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Moon Shadow: And thanks to everyone else! Hope we don't disappoint you! Here's Chapter Six.Shadow Scar.
Endless Myth: OOOHHH freak-ay!
Moon Shadow: Don't make me use my Tae Kwon Doe skills on you.
*** Chapter Six ***
Lee was surrounded by darkness. She had fallen into the swirling void of darkness, and the shadows had parted to let her through, forming a path of light through the endless sea of night that she now floated through.
Tim opened his eyes and immediately shut them again, blinded by the sudden beam of light that had streamed into his eyes. When he tentatively opened one eye again, he took the time to adjust to the light before looking around him. The light was bright as the sun, bouncing off the very substance of the world he was in. It sparkled light as dazzling as a thousand diamonds. Around his neck, the sphere of the past was burning like fire, hot to the touch.
He looked around in despair for Lee, but she was no where to be found.
Lee, he thought, Oh, Lee, where are you?
Lee tried to stumble through the darkness, but she couldn't find her way. She was completely and utterly alone. She couldn't even find Tim.
Tim. This was all his fault. If he had listened to her, everything would be the way it was before, and she wouldn't be here. She shivered. This was so much like all those times she had been alone and scared, before she had met them, before she had transferred to NHS from her private school. Then, while she was surrounded by her own thoughts, she heard Tim's voice.
Lee? Oh, Lee, where are you? She spun around when she heard him, expecting to see her friend stumbling towards her in his clumsy way, a cocky grin on his face like usual. But when she turned, she saw nothing. Just more of the abyss, going on for as far as she could see. Her fingers were clasped around the sphere of the future, and it was icy cold. She looked down and saw into the swirling mist inside the sphere, and saw.Herself.
She was standing next to Matt on a dock, and he was laughing at something the sphere-Lee had just said. Sphere-Matt grabbed sphere-Lee's hand and twirled her around, spinning her away from him. Lee looked up from the sphere. She would worry about what she saw there later, but first she had to find Tim.
Lee closed her eyes and felt a tear trickle down her cheek.
Tim, she thought in anguish, I've never felt so alone, please come back to me, I need help.
Lee?
Tim? Lee thought in surprise. He was still no where in sight, but she could hear his voice as if he was standing right next to her.
Lee! Oh my god, where are you?
Where are you?
All right, fine. Where are we, then? Tim said inside her head, and she could feel him laughing. A sense of relief flooded through her.
I don't know. And how is it that can hear you? Unless. Lee paused. Unless we're speaking mind to mind.
No. Tim stopped laughing, and Lee had a perfect picture of him in her mind, his face serious, standing alert and tense. No. Lee, there must be an explanation for this.
But Tim, that is an explanation! Lee thought at him excitedly. What if this is what the spheres do?
What are you talking about?
What if the two people with each of the spheres can speak to each other mentally? Lee said. Look. Right now, can you picture me?
He could. The picture of Lee in his head was so clear, so sharp, so perfect, that it was like she was standing in front of him. Her dark eyes were so red that it looked as it she had been crying, but now they were shining with a light so fierce that it made him want to pull back. Because she was so strong, so beautiful, that she was almost glowing.
Yes, Lee, I can, but-
And I see you. I think that we're speaking to each other telepathically. Why don't you believe me? She pleaded.
Tim sighed out loud, and looked down. A movement inside the sphere caught his glance. It showed a tall, fair woman dressed in purple-he took a sharp breath when he recognized his mother-in the arms of a boy who didn't look much older than Tim was now. Tim watched, fascinated, as his mother pulled away from the strange man, and walked away, tears in her eyes.
Tim? Tim, why aren't you answering me? ? Lee's message finally reached him.
Yeah, yeah-I'm here.
Good. You scared me. Lee said hesitantly, and Tim smiled.
"Well, what the hell happened?" Matt shouted at Ben. "Where are they?"
"Matt!" Ben said, trying to calm his friend down. "Matt, chill. I don't know."
"So what are we gonna do?" Matt yelled, shaking Ben off him. "I mean-we can't just leave them like this!"
"No. But you know just as much as me about this." Ben knelt down and picked up the Mirror Wall card from where it had fallen. The front of the card was still alight. "And I don't know if there's anyone on the planet who would believe-
The shrill ring of the phone cut him off. He sighed, and went to answer it.
"H'lo?"
"Hello, this is Yugi Motou-Lee's friend? Yes, it's time for her to be getting home. Do you think you could tell her from me to get moving?"
Lee. Tim thought shakily, I think we know what the millenium spheres can do.
Oh, do you see images, too?
Yeah-Wait, can you see what I see?
Well, I don't know, what you see, now do I?
Look through my eyes, he answered, and looked down at the sphere. He felt Lee pull back mentally, afraid of going so far into his mind, but he gave her a shove with his mind and she looked out with his eyes at the sphere.
No. We don't see the same thing. She said, withdrawing from his mind. I see me, an-and Matt.
Ah. Matt.
Right, well-
Lee. That woman in the sphere.she's my mother.
Really?
Yes.
She's beautiful. She paused. Why don't you live with her?
She gave me away. Tim said, and Lee could sense the bitterness in his voice. She couldn't support me. And she moved to New York City a few days ago.
Is that why-
Yes.
What about your father?
I doubt he wants me. :
Not the fatherly type?
No. In her mind, Lee could see Tim clench his fists and look sharply away. He's more the leave-and-never-come-back-type.
I'm sorry. Lee thought. She could feel his pain now, worse that any physical pain she had ever felt. Tim, I-
Don't try to say anything. He cried telepathically. Don't even try! People keep telling me that 'they know how I feel' and that 'It'll be okay' but who the hell are they kidding?
Tim.
Just shut up! You don't know what it's like, so don't pretend! He fought to keep from crying.
That's not what I was going to say.
Oh, so what were you going to say? Really, I want to know. Let's see if you can make me more miserable than I already am! It'd be quite an accomplishment, Lee-
Tim, shut up! Lee yelled. Then she softened. Let's get out of here. You said you wanted answers, now I know why, but we're not going to find anything out here. She looked around and shuddered. Even having a friendly voice in her head couldn't completely block out the endless void of shadows that surrounded her.
Lee.
What?
I'm sorry.
I forgive you. Tim.
Here.
I'll help you find her.
No.
Yes. And I'll find your father, too. I promise you, Tim, I'll help you find them both.
I'm not looking for them. Tim responded, sighing. It was useless to try and convince Lee of anything. Let's get out of here, Lee.
Yeah. Let's go.
They waited.
Uh, Lee?
Yes?
You know how to get back, right?
"So, let me get this straight." Yugi said, standing in front of Ben and Matt in Ben's living room. Sara was lying asleep on the couch, math books forgotten. "Lee and Tim said the-incantation? -And disappeared?"
"Yes."
"Into the cards." Yugi continued, raising his eyebrows at Ben. He leaned over to take the cards from Matt, running his fingers over the smooth surface of the two cards, one of them shining bright white and the other so dark it was practically casting shadows over the room.
"Yes."
"Well." Yugi said decidedly. "I'd say that-given the kind of magic that the Millennium items have-that they can't come back-"
"No-"
"-Until they want to." Yugi finished. "But even then they have to know how to use the magic. But that shouldn't be a problem, right?"
Matt and Ben stared at him with faces of stone. On the couch, Sara was waking up and rubbing her eyes.
"They-you're not telling me that they just made it up as they went, are you?"
"Well-" Ben began.
"Sort of-" Matt continued hesitantly.
"Yes." Said Sara, getting up and coming to stand next to Ben. "That's exactly what they did."
"Oh. In that case, I have no idea where they are. And I have no idea how to figure it out." Yugi shook his head. "They could be anywhere. The power of the spheres-No, the power of magic in general, is not supposed to be taken lightly!"
"But what do they do?"
Yugi sighed inwardly. Yami heard him.
Yugi.
No.
Let me take over.
No!
I'm the only one who can explain this to them-
Like you know-
I do-and what's Matt going to say when he finds out about Lee?
What does that have to do with anything?
Just let me do it.
No! There are to many things you won't let me know about what happens when you take over!
Like what?
Like what Mai told you that day-
I can't tell you that, Yugi.
I won't let you take over.
Too bad. Yami forced his way to the surface and Yugi's mind retreated to the puzzle. Yami turned to Matt and Ben. "I can explain." he said. "My name is Yami, and I-"
"Just tell me what happened to Lee!" Matt cried out in frustration. "Tell me, tell us-we won't freak out. But you have to tell me!"
"Tim and Lee are stuck between the past and the future." Yami said somberly.
Okay. No, really, this is fine. I mean, a little freaky, but I could get used to this.
Well, you don't have to be so sarcastic!
Well I'm sorry, Tim, but it's my nature!
Do you know what our problem is?
Um-I'm not going to answer that question.
We're trying to hard to get back.
So you suggest that we should.what?
I don't know. But it's a start!
Oh god. Lee cut herself off suddenly and started walking through the blackness.
Lee! Where are you going?
To find an apartment! She snapped back. I think we're going to be here a very long time!
They stared at him. "Beg pardon?" Ben stuttered out eventually. Yami nodded slightly.
"Yes. They are trapped within the time voids."
"And this is a.bad thing.?"
"Oh, not really." Yami said. "If they knew how to get back, I'd say it would be quite an adventure."
"Okay," Matt broke in. "Start at the beginning. I just don't really have a head for this magic stuff."
"All right." Yami said. "The Millennium spheres, when activated, let the two people who have them speak to each other mentally."
"Come again?"
"They two people can talk mind to mind." Ben said to Mat. He turned to Yugi. "Go on."
"Thank you. They also let the two people see the past or the future, depending on which sphere they have. That's when they're alone. But when the two people are together, and both decide to use the spheres, they can go back or forward in time."
"Oh lord."
"Yes. So what I'm guessing is-and I don't know this for sure- I'm guessing that Lee and Tim decided unconsciously to time travel. But since it was an unconscious decision.they're trapped between the times."
"But.what does that have to do with communicating telepathically?"
"Oh, that's a common trait of a Millennium item. The puzzle, for example," he said, gesturing to the golden pyramid on a chain that was around his neck. "This puzzle lets me stay within Yugi Moto and share his body. And we used to have a friend.Ryou Bukura."
Sara looked up sharply at the name. "Who?"
"Ryou Bukura. He too had a Millenium item. But instead of a friendly spirit within him, the Ring housed an evil spirit that could control his body."
Sara narrowed her dark eyes. Ben looked at her. "Are you okay?" he asked, concerned.
"Oh-yes, I'm fine." She smiled reassuringly, but her gaze remained on Yami, who continued.
"I assume that what the spheres can do, instead of giving the holder a spirit inside them, gives them another person's mind. Of course, they can only read it with the other person's permission, but still.what a power!" He shook his head. "I just hope they can get back."
This was not reassuring. Matt stared miserably at the place Lee had last stood.
Oh Lee, he thought. What's happened to you?
Lee! If you rush off, we may not be able to communicate. We don't know how long this will last.or what the range is.
Oh come on! If I'm going to be stuck in this place for the rest of my life, can't I at least explore it?
We're going to get back.
Well, if you have any bright ideas, let me know!
Okay. They waited in their separate places for a while. Lee?
'Sup? I've got a bright idea.
Let's hear it.
We've been forcing the magic. What if we just sort of.relax.and reach down, and let ourselves sort of float down and touch it?
Tim?
Yes?
What are you talking about?
Lee, the magic we're trying to use isn't like a spell you cast.
Really?
No. It's inside of us. We have to just not think about it.
Sort of like in Star Wars?
What?
You know, when Yoda says to Luke, "There is no try. Do, or do not."
There was no answer, and Lee thought frantically, Tim? Tim are you there?
Uh, yeah. He responded.
Where were you?
What, you can't hear hysterical laughter telepathically?
Oh, you're funny.
Oh yes. He said, and Lee grinned in spite of herself.
Let's get out of here. She thought softly, and closed her eyes. Tim could see her, her long eyelashes resting gently against her pale cheeks. He closed his eyes too, and for a moment they were no longer two people, but one, and their thoughts and actions were combined, as both of them wished with all their hearts that they could return, that they could go back.
The Millennium spheres glowed bright, and there was a flash of light that Tim could see behind his closed eyes; the light pricked at his eyes, and he flinched, but then it was gone, and he opened his eyes to see the dull blue walls of Ben's living room. He was holding Mirror Wall in his right hand, and he could see Lee, who was standing in front of him, her cheeks flushed pink now, and her eyes bright, holding Shadow of Eyes. He reached out and hugged her, because at that moment she was the only person he wanted to see. He pulled her close and leaned against her shoulder.
Lee resisted slightly at first-she had never been a very 'huggy' person-but then she relaxed and wrapped her arms around his neck. They stood that way for a long time, not caring that Ben and Matt and Sara were watching them, not caring that Yami was smiling his mysterious smile at them. They just held each other, until Lee pulled back and gave him a strange look.
"What?" Tim said, his voice, the voice he hadn't used for what seemed like an eternity. "What's wrong?"
Lee answered in the now familiar way. You have a scar on your neck. she thought.
Really? I didn't know.
You do. It's in the shape of an eye.
An eye?
Yeah, dipwad. She let go of him with one hand and touched one finger gently to the surface of the sphere. The eye glowed brightly. The eye. Like this.
Oh.
"How could you not know?" Lee said out loud. "It's pretty noticeable."
"I don't know," said Tim. Then he finally noticed his friends watching him, and let go of Lee, embarrassed. Lee smiled and walked over to Yami, now Yugi.
"Lets go home, Yugi." She said. He wrapped his arm around her and they walked quietly out of the house.
***
The knife plunged downwards towards the baby, but just as the knife made contact, Mai found her strength and hurled a stone that she had found on the rocky ground towards Peter, and his weapon slipped out of his hand. At the same time, the child, Tim, rolled out of the path of the blade.almost. The knife scraped the back of his neck, leaving a deep cut. Peter was lying on the ground, a bloody wound from Mai's last defense on his head, unconscious. Mai leapt from the ground and ran sobbing towards her children. Holding them close, she shakily regained her breath and ran, clutching her children, back towards the city and her apartment.
Sitting in her apartment with a steaming cup of tea, Mai closed her eyes. She could hear Tea Gardner in the kitchen, humming softly to herself. Mai leaned back in the chair and sighed weakly. Tea heard her and came in, carrying Lebecca in one arm and holding Tim over her other shoulder. Mai opened her eyes and reached out to take Tim from her.
"Mai.I talked to Yami."
"How much did he tell you?"
"All of it."
"Even about Joey?"
Tea blushed. She was young, eighteen, and innocent. "Yes. Especially about Joey."
"Ah." Mai rocked her son back and forth gently. "What should I do?"
"Why are you asking me?"
"Who else can I ask?"
"Well.Listen, Mai, Yami asked me to give this to you. For Tim and Lee."
"What.what are they?" Mai said, shifting Tim to the side to take the two glass orbs from Tea.
"I don't know. He said that they would help your children control their power."
"Oh." Mai set the spheres on the table. "Well, I'll ask him later. But I need to know what to do now!"
"You're not safe here."
"They're not after me, Tea. They're after my children."
"Yes." Tea bit her lip and thrust her finger into Lee's hand, letting the small girl squeeze it. "You should separate them."
"Yes. But where?"
"Well." Tea said, thinking. Then, "Oh! I know!"
"What?"
"If you want one of them to be close to J-to their father, why don't you give one of them to Seto and Serenity?"
"Who?" Mai looked up sharply. "Seto Kaiba? And Serenity Wheeler?"
"Yes, they were just married a few weeks ago."
"Oh, I bet Joey was overjoyed."
"He'll live. But really, why don't you let them raise one of the children? And I have a friend-Cindy Lear-she's always wanted a big family, let them raise the other child."
"Tea, you're a lifesaver."
"Or better yet, Mai, why don't you talk to Joey? And you two could-"
"No!"
"Why? Don't you love-"
"Of course I do!" Mai said miserably. "Of course I still love him. But I can't risk having him hurt!"
"Mai-"
"No, Tea. We can't. The entire family-we have to be split up. That's the only way this'll work." She looked down at Tim, and ran her fingers over the scar on his neck. It was in the shape of an eye-as if foreshadowing her son's fate.
***
Endless Myth: Okay. That's the end.sorry if we confused you.
Moon Shadow: She means, it's the end of the chapter,
Endless Myth: They know what I meant.
Moon Shadow: Well you scared me.please review, people! And look for the next part sometime soon.
Endless Myth: I'm gonna say it again. PLEASE review!
Endless Myth: You have no idea how much your feedback means to us.
Moon Shadow: So thanks to.CrystalLili thanks for sticking with us so far, we know we can be exasperating. Please keep reading!
Endless Myth: Serenia, glad you like the title, hope you're going to continue reading!
Moon Shadow: SweetSweet, so happy you like the story.but.you're gonna have to wait a while for Mai's story.sorry! Don't worry, we'll tell you sooner or later.
Endless Myth: Oh, Stephen thanks for reviewing.you know you spelled "strangle" wrong, don't you?
Moon Shadow: And thanks to everyone else! Hope we don't disappoint you! Here's Chapter Six.Shadow Scar.
Endless Myth: OOOHHH freak-ay!
Moon Shadow: Don't make me use my Tae Kwon Doe skills on you.
*** Chapter Six ***
Lee was surrounded by darkness. She had fallen into the swirling void of darkness, and the shadows had parted to let her through, forming a path of light through the endless sea of night that she now floated through.
Tim opened his eyes and immediately shut them again, blinded by the sudden beam of light that had streamed into his eyes. When he tentatively opened one eye again, he took the time to adjust to the light before looking around him. The light was bright as the sun, bouncing off the very substance of the world he was in. It sparkled light as dazzling as a thousand diamonds. Around his neck, the sphere of the past was burning like fire, hot to the touch.
He looked around in despair for Lee, but she was no where to be found.
Lee, he thought, Oh, Lee, where are you?
Lee tried to stumble through the darkness, but she couldn't find her way. She was completely and utterly alone. She couldn't even find Tim.
Tim. This was all his fault. If he had listened to her, everything would be the way it was before, and she wouldn't be here. She shivered. This was so much like all those times she had been alone and scared, before she had met them, before she had transferred to NHS from her private school. Then, while she was surrounded by her own thoughts, she heard Tim's voice.
Lee? Oh, Lee, where are you? She spun around when she heard him, expecting to see her friend stumbling towards her in his clumsy way, a cocky grin on his face like usual. But when she turned, she saw nothing. Just more of the abyss, going on for as far as she could see. Her fingers were clasped around the sphere of the future, and it was icy cold. She looked down and saw into the swirling mist inside the sphere, and saw.Herself.
She was standing next to Matt on a dock, and he was laughing at something the sphere-Lee had just said. Sphere-Matt grabbed sphere-Lee's hand and twirled her around, spinning her away from him. Lee looked up from the sphere. She would worry about what she saw there later, but first she had to find Tim.
Lee closed her eyes and felt a tear trickle down her cheek.
Tim, she thought in anguish, I've never felt so alone, please come back to me, I need help.
Lee?
Tim? Lee thought in surprise. He was still no where in sight, but she could hear his voice as if he was standing right next to her.
Lee! Oh my god, where are you?
Where are you?
All right, fine. Where are we, then? Tim said inside her head, and she could feel him laughing. A sense of relief flooded through her.
I don't know. And how is it that can hear you? Unless. Lee paused. Unless we're speaking mind to mind.
No. Tim stopped laughing, and Lee had a perfect picture of him in her mind, his face serious, standing alert and tense. No. Lee, there must be an explanation for this.
But Tim, that is an explanation! Lee thought at him excitedly. What if this is what the spheres do?
What are you talking about?
What if the two people with each of the spheres can speak to each other mentally? Lee said. Look. Right now, can you picture me?
He could. The picture of Lee in his head was so clear, so sharp, so perfect, that it was like she was standing in front of him. Her dark eyes were so red that it looked as it she had been crying, but now they were shining with a light so fierce that it made him want to pull back. Because she was so strong, so beautiful, that she was almost glowing.
Yes, Lee, I can, but-
And I see you. I think that we're speaking to each other telepathically. Why don't you believe me? She pleaded.
Tim sighed out loud, and looked down. A movement inside the sphere caught his glance. It showed a tall, fair woman dressed in purple-he took a sharp breath when he recognized his mother-in the arms of a boy who didn't look much older than Tim was now. Tim watched, fascinated, as his mother pulled away from the strange man, and walked away, tears in her eyes.
Tim? Tim, why aren't you answering me? ? Lee's message finally reached him.
Yeah, yeah-I'm here.
Good. You scared me. Lee said hesitantly, and Tim smiled.
"Well, what the hell happened?" Matt shouted at Ben. "Where are they?"
"Matt!" Ben said, trying to calm his friend down. "Matt, chill. I don't know."
"So what are we gonna do?" Matt yelled, shaking Ben off him. "I mean-we can't just leave them like this!"
"No. But you know just as much as me about this." Ben knelt down and picked up the Mirror Wall card from where it had fallen. The front of the card was still alight. "And I don't know if there's anyone on the planet who would believe-
The shrill ring of the phone cut him off. He sighed, and went to answer it.
"H'lo?"
"Hello, this is Yugi Motou-Lee's friend? Yes, it's time for her to be getting home. Do you think you could tell her from me to get moving?"
Lee. Tim thought shakily, I think we know what the millenium spheres can do.
Oh, do you see images, too?
Yeah-Wait, can you see what I see?
Well, I don't know, what you see, now do I?
Look through my eyes, he answered, and looked down at the sphere. He felt Lee pull back mentally, afraid of going so far into his mind, but he gave her a shove with his mind and she looked out with his eyes at the sphere.
No. We don't see the same thing. She said, withdrawing from his mind. I see me, an-and Matt.
Ah. Matt.
Right, well-
Lee. That woman in the sphere.she's my mother.
Really?
Yes.
She's beautiful. She paused. Why don't you live with her?
She gave me away. Tim said, and Lee could sense the bitterness in his voice. She couldn't support me. And she moved to New York City a few days ago.
Is that why-
Yes.
What about your father?
I doubt he wants me. :
Not the fatherly type?
No. In her mind, Lee could see Tim clench his fists and look sharply away. He's more the leave-and-never-come-back-type.
I'm sorry. Lee thought. She could feel his pain now, worse that any physical pain she had ever felt. Tim, I-
Don't try to say anything. He cried telepathically. Don't even try! People keep telling me that 'they know how I feel' and that 'It'll be okay' but who the hell are they kidding?
Tim.
Just shut up! You don't know what it's like, so don't pretend! He fought to keep from crying.
That's not what I was going to say.
Oh, so what were you going to say? Really, I want to know. Let's see if you can make me more miserable than I already am! It'd be quite an accomplishment, Lee-
Tim, shut up! Lee yelled. Then she softened. Let's get out of here. You said you wanted answers, now I know why, but we're not going to find anything out here. She looked around and shuddered. Even having a friendly voice in her head couldn't completely block out the endless void of shadows that surrounded her.
Lee.
What?
I'm sorry.
I forgive you. Tim.
Here.
I'll help you find her.
No.
Yes. And I'll find your father, too. I promise you, Tim, I'll help you find them both.
I'm not looking for them. Tim responded, sighing. It was useless to try and convince Lee of anything. Let's get out of here, Lee.
Yeah. Let's go.
They waited.
Uh, Lee?
Yes?
You know how to get back, right?
"So, let me get this straight." Yugi said, standing in front of Ben and Matt in Ben's living room. Sara was lying asleep on the couch, math books forgotten. "Lee and Tim said the-incantation? -And disappeared?"
"Yes."
"Into the cards." Yugi continued, raising his eyebrows at Ben. He leaned over to take the cards from Matt, running his fingers over the smooth surface of the two cards, one of them shining bright white and the other so dark it was practically casting shadows over the room.
"Yes."
"Well." Yugi said decidedly. "I'd say that-given the kind of magic that the Millennium items have-that they can't come back-"
"No-"
"-Until they want to." Yugi finished. "But even then they have to know how to use the magic. But that shouldn't be a problem, right?"
Matt and Ben stared at him with faces of stone. On the couch, Sara was waking up and rubbing her eyes.
"They-you're not telling me that they just made it up as they went, are you?"
"Well-" Ben began.
"Sort of-" Matt continued hesitantly.
"Yes." Said Sara, getting up and coming to stand next to Ben. "That's exactly what they did."
"Oh. In that case, I have no idea where they are. And I have no idea how to figure it out." Yugi shook his head. "They could be anywhere. The power of the spheres-No, the power of magic in general, is not supposed to be taken lightly!"
"But what do they do?"
Yugi sighed inwardly. Yami heard him.
Yugi.
No.
Let me take over.
No!
I'm the only one who can explain this to them-
Like you know-
I do-and what's Matt going to say when he finds out about Lee?
What does that have to do with anything?
Just let me do it.
No! There are to many things you won't let me know about what happens when you take over!
Like what?
Like what Mai told you that day-
I can't tell you that, Yugi.
I won't let you take over.
Too bad. Yami forced his way to the surface and Yugi's mind retreated to the puzzle. Yami turned to Matt and Ben. "I can explain." he said. "My name is Yami, and I-"
"Just tell me what happened to Lee!" Matt cried out in frustration. "Tell me, tell us-we won't freak out. But you have to tell me!"
"Tim and Lee are stuck between the past and the future." Yami said somberly.
Okay. No, really, this is fine. I mean, a little freaky, but I could get used to this.
Well, you don't have to be so sarcastic!
Well I'm sorry, Tim, but it's my nature!
Do you know what our problem is?
Um-I'm not going to answer that question.
We're trying to hard to get back.
So you suggest that we should.what?
I don't know. But it's a start!
Oh god. Lee cut herself off suddenly and started walking through the blackness.
Lee! Where are you going?
To find an apartment! She snapped back. I think we're going to be here a very long time!
They stared at him. "Beg pardon?" Ben stuttered out eventually. Yami nodded slightly.
"Yes. They are trapped within the time voids."
"And this is a.bad thing.?"
"Oh, not really." Yami said. "If they knew how to get back, I'd say it would be quite an adventure."
"Okay," Matt broke in. "Start at the beginning. I just don't really have a head for this magic stuff."
"All right." Yami said. "The Millennium spheres, when activated, let the two people who have them speak to each other mentally."
"Come again?"
"They two people can talk mind to mind." Ben said to Mat. He turned to Yugi. "Go on."
"Thank you. They also let the two people see the past or the future, depending on which sphere they have. That's when they're alone. But when the two people are together, and both decide to use the spheres, they can go back or forward in time."
"Oh lord."
"Yes. So what I'm guessing is-and I don't know this for sure- I'm guessing that Lee and Tim decided unconsciously to time travel. But since it was an unconscious decision.they're trapped between the times."
"But.what does that have to do with communicating telepathically?"
"Oh, that's a common trait of a Millennium item. The puzzle, for example," he said, gesturing to the golden pyramid on a chain that was around his neck. "This puzzle lets me stay within Yugi Moto and share his body. And we used to have a friend.Ryou Bukura."
Sara looked up sharply at the name. "Who?"
"Ryou Bukura. He too had a Millenium item. But instead of a friendly spirit within him, the Ring housed an evil spirit that could control his body."
Sara narrowed her dark eyes. Ben looked at her. "Are you okay?" he asked, concerned.
"Oh-yes, I'm fine." She smiled reassuringly, but her gaze remained on Yami, who continued.
"I assume that what the spheres can do, instead of giving the holder a spirit inside them, gives them another person's mind. Of course, they can only read it with the other person's permission, but still.what a power!" He shook his head. "I just hope they can get back."
This was not reassuring. Matt stared miserably at the place Lee had last stood.
Oh Lee, he thought. What's happened to you?
Lee! If you rush off, we may not be able to communicate. We don't know how long this will last.or what the range is.
Oh come on! If I'm going to be stuck in this place for the rest of my life, can't I at least explore it?
We're going to get back.
Well, if you have any bright ideas, let me know!
Okay. They waited in their separate places for a while. Lee?
'Sup? I've got a bright idea.
Let's hear it.
We've been forcing the magic. What if we just sort of.relax.and reach down, and let ourselves sort of float down and touch it?
Tim?
Yes?
What are you talking about?
Lee, the magic we're trying to use isn't like a spell you cast.
Really?
No. It's inside of us. We have to just not think about it.
Sort of like in Star Wars?
What?
You know, when Yoda says to Luke, "There is no try. Do, or do not."
There was no answer, and Lee thought frantically, Tim? Tim are you there?
Uh, yeah. He responded.
Where were you?
What, you can't hear hysterical laughter telepathically?
Oh, you're funny.
Oh yes. He said, and Lee grinned in spite of herself.
Let's get out of here. She thought softly, and closed her eyes. Tim could see her, her long eyelashes resting gently against her pale cheeks. He closed his eyes too, and for a moment they were no longer two people, but one, and their thoughts and actions were combined, as both of them wished with all their hearts that they could return, that they could go back.
The Millennium spheres glowed bright, and there was a flash of light that Tim could see behind his closed eyes; the light pricked at his eyes, and he flinched, but then it was gone, and he opened his eyes to see the dull blue walls of Ben's living room. He was holding Mirror Wall in his right hand, and he could see Lee, who was standing in front of him, her cheeks flushed pink now, and her eyes bright, holding Shadow of Eyes. He reached out and hugged her, because at that moment she was the only person he wanted to see. He pulled her close and leaned against her shoulder.
Lee resisted slightly at first-she had never been a very 'huggy' person-but then she relaxed and wrapped her arms around his neck. They stood that way for a long time, not caring that Ben and Matt and Sara were watching them, not caring that Yami was smiling his mysterious smile at them. They just held each other, until Lee pulled back and gave him a strange look.
"What?" Tim said, his voice, the voice he hadn't used for what seemed like an eternity. "What's wrong?"
Lee answered in the now familiar way. You have a scar on your neck. she thought.
Really? I didn't know.
You do. It's in the shape of an eye.
An eye?
Yeah, dipwad. She let go of him with one hand and touched one finger gently to the surface of the sphere. The eye glowed brightly. The eye. Like this.
Oh.
"How could you not know?" Lee said out loud. "It's pretty noticeable."
"I don't know," said Tim. Then he finally noticed his friends watching him, and let go of Lee, embarrassed. Lee smiled and walked over to Yami, now Yugi.
"Lets go home, Yugi." She said. He wrapped his arm around her and they walked quietly out of the house.
***
The knife plunged downwards towards the baby, but just as the knife made contact, Mai found her strength and hurled a stone that she had found on the rocky ground towards Peter, and his weapon slipped out of his hand. At the same time, the child, Tim, rolled out of the path of the blade.almost. The knife scraped the back of his neck, leaving a deep cut. Peter was lying on the ground, a bloody wound from Mai's last defense on his head, unconscious. Mai leapt from the ground and ran sobbing towards her children. Holding them close, she shakily regained her breath and ran, clutching her children, back towards the city and her apartment.
Sitting in her apartment with a steaming cup of tea, Mai closed her eyes. She could hear Tea Gardner in the kitchen, humming softly to herself. Mai leaned back in the chair and sighed weakly. Tea heard her and came in, carrying Lebecca in one arm and holding Tim over her other shoulder. Mai opened her eyes and reached out to take Tim from her.
"Mai.I talked to Yami."
"How much did he tell you?"
"All of it."
"Even about Joey?"
Tea blushed. She was young, eighteen, and innocent. "Yes. Especially about Joey."
"Ah." Mai rocked her son back and forth gently. "What should I do?"
"Why are you asking me?"
"Who else can I ask?"
"Well.Listen, Mai, Yami asked me to give this to you. For Tim and Lee."
"What.what are they?" Mai said, shifting Tim to the side to take the two glass orbs from Tea.
"I don't know. He said that they would help your children control their power."
"Oh." Mai set the spheres on the table. "Well, I'll ask him later. But I need to know what to do now!"
"You're not safe here."
"They're not after me, Tea. They're after my children."
"Yes." Tea bit her lip and thrust her finger into Lee's hand, letting the small girl squeeze it. "You should separate them."
"Yes. But where?"
"Well." Tea said, thinking. Then, "Oh! I know!"
"What?"
"If you want one of them to be close to J-to their father, why don't you give one of them to Seto and Serenity?"
"Who?" Mai looked up sharply. "Seto Kaiba? And Serenity Wheeler?"
"Yes, they were just married a few weeks ago."
"Oh, I bet Joey was overjoyed."
"He'll live. But really, why don't you let them raise one of the children? And I have a friend-Cindy Lear-she's always wanted a big family, let them raise the other child."
"Tea, you're a lifesaver."
"Or better yet, Mai, why don't you talk to Joey? And you two could-"
"No!"
"Why? Don't you love-"
"Of course I do!" Mai said miserably. "Of course I still love him. But I can't risk having him hurt!"
"Mai-"
"No, Tea. We can't. The entire family-we have to be split up. That's the only way this'll work." She looked down at Tim, and ran her fingers over the scar on his neck. It was in the shape of an eye-as if foreshadowing her son's fate.
***
Endless Myth: Okay. That's the end.sorry if we confused you.
Moon Shadow: She means, it's the end of the chapter,
Endless Myth: They know what I meant.
Moon Shadow: Well you scared me.please review, people! And look for the next part sometime soon.
Endless Myth: I'm gonna say it again. PLEASE review!