Part Two
"Uh, hello."
Mai grinned coquettishly. "You've got a weak handshake. Is something the matter?"
Pegasus took a step back as the woman moved towards him. "Just . . . a little off-center, that's all. Elevators always make me dizzy."
"You sure it's the elevator and not me?" Mai spread her lips in a wide smile, her body language highly exaggerated as she moved in closer. Pegasus felt the metal wall at his back and couldn't believe that he was allowing such a woman to corner him. "Don't be shy . . ."
"Really, Miss Valentine, I don't think that's . . ."
"So you do remember me. That's what I thought. Now come on, mystery man. Aren't you gonna share your name?"
She moved in, stretching out one hand with the intention of caressing his cheek; but the man grabbed her wrist a little sharply. "No, thank you."
"Ooohh . . . I like a man who knows how to play it rough."
Pegasus winced and released her wrist. "My apologies."
"No problem." But something had just clicked. Mai looked closely at the man less than a foot away. The set of the jaw, that silver hair, that unmistakable nose - Mai's smile melted into a look of outrage. She reached forward, snatching the sunglasses from his face before he could react. Pegasus made a sound of protest as she cast the spectacles on the metal floor and stomped them with one booted foot. "Hey!"
"You bastard! What are you doing --" She stopped from sheer shock. "What the hell happened to your face?"
Pegasus looked a little confused, but quickly caught on and straightened, pulling his hair over the empty eye socket so casually that it seemed perfectly normal. "I'm sure I don't know what you mean --"
Without waiting for a further response and already recovered from the shock, Mai bunched her hand into a fist and slugged her elevator companion in the face.
Pegasus gasped, his hands flying to his face as blood spurted from the wound. "My nose! You broke my nose!"
"It's not broken, you big baby!"
He pulled his hands back, searching the small amount of blood that dotted his fingertips. "I can't believe you! Do you assault everyone you meet?"
"I didn't break it, but I *am* gonna beat you silly, you smug sonofabitch!"
"Are you so sure, Miss Valentine?" Pegasus stood straighter, wiping the blood from his injured nose carefully as he recovered his composure. "Really, that was uncalled for."
"You deserve a lot more than that! I should've known who you were, Maximillion Pegasus." Mai was overcome with fury as she glared at the man across from her. To think that just a few moments before he'd seemed attractive! He didn't even have a left eye anymore. "You're here to hurt Yugi, aren't you? Well you're gonna have to go through me."
Pegasus sighed, "Really, Miss Valentine, I have no desire to go through you, as you so tritely put it." He smirked nastily. "But then, I suppose you'd have to counter with something. I imagine it would be quite humiliating if anyone knew what you were up to there for a moment. You must be a very lonely woman."
"That coming from a guy who whines like a baby when he's hit and watches cartoons all day?"
"Now, now. No harsh words. I'm sure we can work something out -"
At that moment, however, the elevator stopped, jarring both duelists from their argument. The elevator made no sound, and the two regarded each other silently as the lights flickered and died. Pegasus sighed. This was most certainly not turning out according to plan.
"Uh, hello."
Mai grinned coquettishly. "You've got a weak handshake. Is something the matter?"
Pegasus took a step back as the woman moved towards him. "Just . . . a little off-center, that's all. Elevators always make me dizzy."
"You sure it's the elevator and not me?" Mai spread her lips in a wide smile, her body language highly exaggerated as she moved in closer. Pegasus felt the metal wall at his back and couldn't believe that he was allowing such a woman to corner him. "Don't be shy . . ."
"Really, Miss Valentine, I don't think that's . . ."
"So you do remember me. That's what I thought. Now come on, mystery man. Aren't you gonna share your name?"
She moved in, stretching out one hand with the intention of caressing his cheek; but the man grabbed her wrist a little sharply. "No, thank you."
"Ooohh . . . I like a man who knows how to play it rough."
Pegasus winced and released her wrist. "My apologies."
"No problem." But something had just clicked. Mai looked closely at the man less than a foot away. The set of the jaw, that silver hair, that unmistakable nose - Mai's smile melted into a look of outrage. She reached forward, snatching the sunglasses from his face before he could react. Pegasus made a sound of protest as she cast the spectacles on the metal floor and stomped them with one booted foot. "Hey!"
"You bastard! What are you doing --" She stopped from sheer shock. "What the hell happened to your face?"
Pegasus looked a little confused, but quickly caught on and straightened, pulling his hair over the empty eye socket so casually that it seemed perfectly normal. "I'm sure I don't know what you mean --"
Without waiting for a further response and already recovered from the shock, Mai bunched her hand into a fist and slugged her elevator companion in the face.
Pegasus gasped, his hands flying to his face as blood spurted from the wound. "My nose! You broke my nose!"
"It's not broken, you big baby!"
He pulled his hands back, searching the small amount of blood that dotted his fingertips. "I can't believe you! Do you assault everyone you meet?"
"I didn't break it, but I *am* gonna beat you silly, you smug sonofabitch!"
"Are you so sure, Miss Valentine?" Pegasus stood straighter, wiping the blood from his injured nose carefully as he recovered his composure. "Really, that was uncalled for."
"You deserve a lot more than that! I should've known who you were, Maximillion Pegasus." Mai was overcome with fury as she glared at the man across from her. To think that just a few moments before he'd seemed attractive! He didn't even have a left eye anymore. "You're here to hurt Yugi, aren't you? Well you're gonna have to go through me."
Pegasus sighed, "Really, Miss Valentine, I have no desire to go through you, as you so tritely put it." He smirked nastily. "But then, I suppose you'd have to counter with something. I imagine it would be quite humiliating if anyone knew what you were up to there for a moment. You must be a very lonely woman."
"That coming from a guy who whines like a baby when he's hit and watches cartoons all day?"
"Now, now. No harsh words. I'm sure we can work something out -"
At that moment, however, the elevator stopped, jarring both duelists from their argument. The elevator made no sound, and the two regarded each other silently as the lights flickered and died. Pegasus sighed. This was most certainly not turning out according to plan.