Moonlady: This meeting of the Penguin Opposition Force will now come to
order.
Lady Akhana * to Gema:* She is having too much fun with that line.
Star: Any new business?
Gema J. Gall: Yep! Introducing E-100 Alpha to POF!
Demon Child: So you finally convinced him to join?
Gema J Gall: Yep!
E-100 Alpha: I am ready to save the worl.
Demon Child: Can you call piranha bunnies?
E-100 Alpha: Well, no......
Demon Child: I didn't think so.
E-100 Alpha: Is he for real?
Lady Akhana: Sad to say, but yes.
Star: Where are the Pharaohs Light and Dark?
Moonlady: They said something about having some kind of clue.
Gema J. Gall: Well, while we are waiting, we should try to get more members.
Star: Yeah! Tell us in a review or send an e-mail to princess8light@yahoo.com or princessakhana@yahoo.com.
Moonlady: We need you!
E-100 Alpha: Does anyone know anyone in the mustard business? We could really us their help.
Star: *To Akhana:* Didn't you say you were going to start a yahoo group? *Lady Akhana sweatdrops*
Demon Child: The cool lightbulb just turned colors.
Moonlady: I think the pharaohs have arrived.
Pharaoh Light: Hi!
Pharaoh Dark *as he lays down an unconscious college student:* Hello, sorry, we're late.
Lady Akhana: What kept you?
Gema J. Gall: And what did you do to him?
Pharaoh Dark: We were looking into a nearby Burger King.
Pharaoh Light: To see how big the threat was.
Pharaoh Dark: The penguins haven't been there that long, so we were hoping to get lucky. But this worker resisted and we knocked him out.
Pharaoh Light: So now we get to have fun questioning him and playing with our cool lightbulb.
Star: Nice job!
Moonlady: It is time to find those demon birds' plans.
Demon Child: What?
Lady Akhana: Not you, go play with your rabbits.
Gema J Gall: Let the interrogation begin.
Pharaoh Dark: What do you know about the penguins?
Pharaoh Light: How long have you been working for them?
Disoriented College Student: What happened? Where am I?
Star: Bad answer.
E-100 Alpha: Give up, you can't win.
Disoriented College Student: You're mistaken.
Gema J Gall: Excuse me, I need to borrow Shayla's Scales. *Runs off*
Pharaoh Light: Then why is the light red?
Disoriented College Student: I don't know, it's your light.
Moonlady: He's an enemy.
Demon Child: Let me sic my piranha bunnies on him, please.
Star: Not yet.
Gema J Gall: I got the scales! *Holds Millennial Scales*
Pharaoh Dark: Now talk, what are the penguins' plans?
Disoriented College Student: I don't know what you are talking about. *Scales tip*
Lady Akhana: He's lying.
Pharaoh Light: Answer us, what are the penguins planning to do?
Moonlady: Answer honestly or DC Kantel gets you.
Demon Child: Yay!
E-100 Alpha: Isn't that a little extreme.
All: No.
Pharaoh Dark: One last time, tell us everything you know.
Disoriented College Student: Never! You pathetic race shall be ours!
Gema J Gall: OK, break out the vampire shadows.
Demon Child: Yippee!
**************************************************************************** ****
Within an hour everyone had boarded and been assigned rooms. Since most of the crowd had already been deported, everyone was able to have a luxury suite. Joe, Bakura, Tristan, and Yu-Gi got the bottom floor. Mai, Shayla, Tea, and Martin were on the second floor. The Kaibas got the third level. Seto went inside of his room and hardly emerged the rest of the three day trip back. His helicopter, which was low on fuel, was tied to the top of the ship. The boat pulled out. Everyone except for the Kaibas waved good- bye to Lara and Drake as the boat pulled away.
"Good-bye, and good luck!" called Mai to Lara.
"You too," Lara called back.
"Take care," said Joe.
"Thanks for everything," added Yu-Gi.
"Until next time," said Bakura.
"It was great, I hope we see each other again," Drake said.
"Don't get into too much trouble," joked Tristan as he saw Lara's arm slip around Drake's waist.
"Be sure to write," added Shayla. Martin just waved shyly.
The next night.....
Shayla was leaning against the railing outside of her cabin, listening to the wind and the water. She was thinking about her insane vacation. As much as she hated her trip to the Shadow Realm, she really wasn't that eager to get back to the Group Home. Her thoughts turned to her Millennial Scales. She never would have guessed that her treasure was magic. The scales meant so much to her. They were the only gift from her dead friend. It hurt so much to think of Luther. She let out a long sigh as Mai exited her cabin, which was next to Shayla's.
"Are you OK?" she asked.
"Just thinking," Shayla replied.
"It was a crazy week. If I had known all of this was going to happen I never would have come," said Mai.
"Not even for the prize money?" asked Shayla.
"The money doesn't seem so important now, not after all that Pegasus put everyone through in their duels. I am glad I didn't have to duel him," answered Mai.
"I wish I was so lucky," muttered Shayla, inaudibly.
"What happened after Yu-Gi's duel?" asked Mai. Shayla took a deep breath and began to recount her adventures in the Shadow Realm.
"All of that happened?!" exclaimed Mai. "It sounds like something out of a sci-fi film."
"I know," agreed Shayla, "I am still trying to figure it all out." There was a brief moment of silence. Up above, Seto Kaiba had emerged from his room for some crisp night air. Kaiba was trying to clear his head and figure a way to reclaim his company from Pegasus and his band of traitors. He heard voices and leaned over the rail. He saw who was talking, so he paused and eavesdropped.
"Are you going to enter any more tournaments?" Mai asked at last.
"I don't think so, not after this insanity," answered Shayla. She shifted positions, leaving her walking stick against the railing. It had been fixed with a strip of duct tape.
"Why not, you are a good duelist, have a great deck, and know a lot about the game," Mai pointed out.
"If every duelist is as crazy as the people I have met this week, why would I want to?" asked Shayla.
"Why waste a talent?" Mai answered with her own question. Shayla stood silently for a moment.
"I bet you have every female monster card ever made," Mai pointed out, "You deck is one of the best coordinated ones I have ever seen. Well, next to yours truly, of course." Shayla smiled.
"I don't have every female card, although I have been trying hard to get them," admitted Shayla. "Not to mention a whole new set comes out at the end of the week, and I still have to get those."
"Really, what cards don't you have?" asked Mai.
"Dark Magician Girl, Dunames Dark Witch, and Leopard Girl," said Shayla. "I also don't have the two ritual female monsters; the Cosmo Queen and Performance of Sword. But I would also need the Cosmo Queen's Prayer and Commencement Dance ritual cards to use them."
"Those are hard cards to find," admitted Mai, "but no harder than the cards you already have. How did you get so many?"
"I won them off of other orphans," said Shayla with a smile.
"I have an idea," thought Seto Kaiba. He gave one of his rare smiles as he remembered the blind girl trying to pick the locks to free him. "Actually, I have two ideas. I don't know where I got the first one from, but the second will help show the world who is in charge of Kaiba Corp."
He vanished back into his cabin without a word. Mai and Shayla continued to talk until they both got to tired and called it a night.
As the boat pulled into port.....
Everyone stood eagerly on the deck, bags ready to head home from a hectic weekend. Everyone, but Shayla that is, who hung at the back of the group. The Kaibas had yet to make an appearance.
"I am heading straight to the hospital and seeing grandpa," said Yu-Gi excitedly.
"I want to call Serenity and tell her the good news!" exclaimed Joe.
"Think of the phone bill," said Tristan.
"I don't care," said Joe.
"Let him be happy," scolded Tea.
"I am just ready to get back to my apartment," said Mai, who had, by far, the most luggage.
"I agree," said Bakura, "This week had been crazy. I am ready to get home." No one noticed a slight glitter that came from and object clutched in his right hand.
The boat pulled into the port. Various people were milling around, eager to see the champions. A few reporters were there as well, ready to get the scoop. The boat stopped and the ramp was pulled down. Everyone picked up their bags and began to unload.
"Where is Shayla?" asked Mai when she noticed there was one person missing. The group looked back. Shayla had sat down on the deck, half hidden by a coil of rope. She was shaking badly.
"What is wrong?" asked Mai as she approached.
"Are they here?" Shayla asked Martin fearfully. Martin walked over to the railing, scanned the crowd, and came back.
"Yes," he answered.
"Who?" asked Tea.
"I can't go back," said Shayla, "I am not going back. There is nothing for me there. I can't go back."
"Go back where?" asked Joe.
"To the Group Home," answered Shayla, "I can't go back there. I am more afraid to go back there then I have been of anything else."
"Then don't go back," said Mai.
"I am not, I can't," said Shayla.
"Then were are you going to go?" asked Tristan.
"You can't just run-a-way!" protested Yu-Gi.
"You can come with me," Tea and Mai volunteered at the same time.
"Really?" asked Shayla, calming down.
"Of course, it is my apartment, I am able to invite who I want to," answered Mai.
"I am sure my parents wouldn't have a problem if you stayed a couple of days," added Tea.
"Are you sure?" asked Shayla, "Because I will go with you." Martin looked down and frowned.
"Yeah, come on," said Mai. "Here where this." She pulled out a floppy sun hat, which completely hid Shayla's face.
"Are you sure about this?" asked Tristan.
"Yes," answered the three girls. The group left the boat, keeping Shayla in the middle. While Yu-Gi and Tristan didn't approve, they weren't about to blow the cover, either. Shayla then dropped back with Martin.
"Are you OK with this, Martin?" she asked. He quietly said yes. "You know this means we have to split up." Martin agreed again. A wave of sadness washed over them both.
"I'll miss you," said Shayla. She put her hand on her younger friend's shoulder. "Cover for me, at least until I get out of here." Martin smiled sadly. Shayla hurried to catch up with Mai as Martin hung back.
They exited the boat. Tea and Mai ushered Shayla quickly though the crowds as Joe, Tristan, Yu-Gi, and Bakura got caught by the reports. Martin walked sadly to the Group Home van.
"Here we are," said Mai as they approached her silver convertible. Shayla and Mai entered. Tea waved them off. Mai drove to her apartment as Shayla wondered the wisdom of her decision.
To be continued in Shayla's Story; Season 2.....
Lady Akhana * to Gema:* She is having too much fun with that line.
Star: Any new business?
Gema J. Gall: Yep! Introducing E-100 Alpha to POF!
Demon Child: So you finally convinced him to join?
Gema J Gall: Yep!
E-100 Alpha: I am ready to save the worl.
Demon Child: Can you call piranha bunnies?
E-100 Alpha: Well, no......
Demon Child: I didn't think so.
E-100 Alpha: Is he for real?
Lady Akhana: Sad to say, but yes.
Star: Where are the Pharaohs Light and Dark?
Moonlady: They said something about having some kind of clue.
Gema J. Gall: Well, while we are waiting, we should try to get more members.
Star: Yeah! Tell us in a review or send an e-mail to princess8light@yahoo.com or princessakhana@yahoo.com.
Moonlady: We need you!
E-100 Alpha: Does anyone know anyone in the mustard business? We could really us their help.
Star: *To Akhana:* Didn't you say you were going to start a yahoo group? *Lady Akhana sweatdrops*
Demon Child: The cool lightbulb just turned colors.
Moonlady: I think the pharaohs have arrived.
Pharaoh Light: Hi!
Pharaoh Dark *as he lays down an unconscious college student:* Hello, sorry, we're late.
Lady Akhana: What kept you?
Gema J. Gall: And what did you do to him?
Pharaoh Dark: We were looking into a nearby Burger King.
Pharaoh Light: To see how big the threat was.
Pharaoh Dark: The penguins haven't been there that long, so we were hoping to get lucky. But this worker resisted and we knocked him out.
Pharaoh Light: So now we get to have fun questioning him and playing with our cool lightbulb.
Star: Nice job!
Moonlady: It is time to find those demon birds' plans.
Demon Child: What?
Lady Akhana: Not you, go play with your rabbits.
Gema J Gall: Let the interrogation begin.
Pharaoh Dark: What do you know about the penguins?
Pharaoh Light: How long have you been working for them?
Disoriented College Student: What happened? Where am I?
Star: Bad answer.
E-100 Alpha: Give up, you can't win.
Disoriented College Student: You're mistaken.
Gema J Gall: Excuse me, I need to borrow Shayla's Scales. *Runs off*
Pharaoh Light: Then why is the light red?
Disoriented College Student: I don't know, it's your light.
Moonlady: He's an enemy.
Demon Child: Let me sic my piranha bunnies on him, please.
Star: Not yet.
Gema J Gall: I got the scales! *Holds Millennial Scales*
Pharaoh Dark: Now talk, what are the penguins' plans?
Disoriented College Student: I don't know what you are talking about. *Scales tip*
Lady Akhana: He's lying.
Pharaoh Light: Answer us, what are the penguins planning to do?
Moonlady: Answer honestly or DC Kantel gets you.
Demon Child: Yay!
E-100 Alpha: Isn't that a little extreme.
All: No.
Pharaoh Dark: One last time, tell us everything you know.
Disoriented College Student: Never! You pathetic race shall be ours!
Gema J Gall: OK, break out the vampire shadows.
Demon Child: Yippee!
**************************************************************************** ****
Within an hour everyone had boarded and been assigned rooms. Since most of the crowd had already been deported, everyone was able to have a luxury suite. Joe, Bakura, Tristan, and Yu-Gi got the bottom floor. Mai, Shayla, Tea, and Martin were on the second floor. The Kaibas got the third level. Seto went inside of his room and hardly emerged the rest of the three day trip back. His helicopter, which was low on fuel, was tied to the top of the ship. The boat pulled out. Everyone except for the Kaibas waved good- bye to Lara and Drake as the boat pulled away.
"Good-bye, and good luck!" called Mai to Lara.
"You too," Lara called back.
"Take care," said Joe.
"Thanks for everything," added Yu-Gi.
"Until next time," said Bakura.
"It was great, I hope we see each other again," Drake said.
"Don't get into too much trouble," joked Tristan as he saw Lara's arm slip around Drake's waist.
"Be sure to write," added Shayla. Martin just waved shyly.
The next night.....
Shayla was leaning against the railing outside of her cabin, listening to the wind and the water. She was thinking about her insane vacation. As much as she hated her trip to the Shadow Realm, she really wasn't that eager to get back to the Group Home. Her thoughts turned to her Millennial Scales. She never would have guessed that her treasure was magic. The scales meant so much to her. They were the only gift from her dead friend. It hurt so much to think of Luther. She let out a long sigh as Mai exited her cabin, which was next to Shayla's.
"Are you OK?" she asked.
"Just thinking," Shayla replied.
"It was a crazy week. If I had known all of this was going to happen I never would have come," said Mai.
"Not even for the prize money?" asked Shayla.
"The money doesn't seem so important now, not after all that Pegasus put everyone through in their duels. I am glad I didn't have to duel him," answered Mai.
"I wish I was so lucky," muttered Shayla, inaudibly.
"What happened after Yu-Gi's duel?" asked Mai. Shayla took a deep breath and began to recount her adventures in the Shadow Realm.
"All of that happened?!" exclaimed Mai. "It sounds like something out of a sci-fi film."
"I know," agreed Shayla, "I am still trying to figure it all out." There was a brief moment of silence. Up above, Seto Kaiba had emerged from his room for some crisp night air. Kaiba was trying to clear his head and figure a way to reclaim his company from Pegasus and his band of traitors. He heard voices and leaned over the rail. He saw who was talking, so he paused and eavesdropped.
"Are you going to enter any more tournaments?" Mai asked at last.
"I don't think so, not after this insanity," answered Shayla. She shifted positions, leaving her walking stick against the railing. It had been fixed with a strip of duct tape.
"Why not, you are a good duelist, have a great deck, and know a lot about the game," Mai pointed out.
"If every duelist is as crazy as the people I have met this week, why would I want to?" asked Shayla.
"Why waste a talent?" Mai answered with her own question. Shayla stood silently for a moment.
"I bet you have every female monster card ever made," Mai pointed out, "You deck is one of the best coordinated ones I have ever seen. Well, next to yours truly, of course." Shayla smiled.
"I don't have every female card, although I have been trying hard to get them," admitted Shayla. "Not to mention a whole new set comes out at the end of the week, and I still have to get those."
"Really, what cards don't you have?" asked Mai.
"Dark Magician Girl, Dunames Dark Witch, and Leopard Girl," said Shayla. "I also don't have the two ritual female monsters; the Cosmo Queen and Performance of Sword. But I would also need the Cosmo Queen's Prayer and Commencement Dance ritual cards to use them."
"Those are hard cards to find," admitted Mai, "but no harder than the cards you already have. How did you get so many?"
"I won them off of other orphans," said Shayla with a smile.
"I have an idea," thought Seto Kaiba. He gave one of his rare smiles as he remembered the blind girl trying to pick the locks to free him. "Actually, I have two ideas. I don't know where I got the first one from, but the second will help show the world who is in charge of Kaiba Corp."
He vanished back into his cabin without a word. Mai and Shayla continued to talk until they both got to tired and called it a night.
As the boat pulled into port.....
Everyone stood eagerly on the deck, bags ready to head home from a hectic weekend. Everyone, but Shayla that is, who hung at the back of the group. The Kaibas had yet to make an appearance.
"I am heading straight to the hospital and seeing grandpa," said Yu-Gi excitedly.
"I want to call Serenity and tell her the good news!" exclaimed Joe.
"Think of the phone bill," said Tristan.
"I don't care," said Joe.
"Let him be happy," scolded Tea.
"I am just ready to get back to my apartment," said Mai, who had, by far, the most luggage.
"I agree," said Bakura, "This week had been crazy. I am ready to get home." No one noticed a slight glitter that came from and object clutched in his right hand.
The boat pulled into the port. Various people were milling around, eager to see the champions. A few reporters were there as well, ready to get the scoop. The boat stopped and the ramp was pulled down. Everyone picked up their bags and began to unload.
"Where is Shayla?" asked Mai when she noticed there was one person missing. The group looked back. Shayla had sat down on the deck, half hidden by a coil of rope. She was shaking badly.
"What is wrong?" asked Mai as she approached.
"Are they here?" Shayla asked Martin fearfully. Martin walked over to the railing, scanned the crowd, and came back.
"Yes," he answered.
"Who?" asked Tea.
"I can't go back," said Shayla, "I am not going back. There is nothing for me there. I can't go back."
"Go back where?" asked Joe.
"To the Group Home," answered Shayla, "I can't go back there. I am more afraid to go back there then I have been of anything else."
"Then don't go back," said Mai.
"I am not, I can't," said Shayla.
"Then were are you going to go?" asked Tristan.
"You can't just run-a-way!" protested Yu-Gi.
"You can come with me," Tea and Mai volunteered at the same time.
"Really?" asked Shayla, calming down.
"Of course, it is my apartment, I am able to invite who I want to," answered Mai.
"I am sure my parents wouldn't have a problem if you stayed a couple of days," added Tea.
"Are you sure?" asked Shayla, "Because I will go with you." Martin looked down and frowned.
"Yeah, come on," said Mai. "Here where this." She pulled out a floppy sun hat, which completely hid Shayla's face.
"Are you sure about this?" asked Tristan.
"Yes," answered the three girls. The group left the boat, keeping Shayla in the middle. While Yu-Gi and Tristan didn't approve, they weren't about to blow the cover, either. Shayla then dropped back with Martin.
"Are you OK with this, Martin?" she asked. He quietly said yes. "You know this means we have to split up." Martin agreed again. A wave of sadness washed over them both.
"I'll miss you," said Shayla. She put her hand on her younger friend's shoulder. "Cover for me, at least until I get out of here." Martin smiled sadly. Shayla hurried to catch up with Mai as Martin hung back.
They exited the boat. Tea and Mai ushered Shayla quickly though the crowds as Joe, Tristan, Yu-Gi, and Bakura got caught by the reports. Martin walked sadly to the Group Home van.
"Here we are," said Mai as they approached her silver convertible. Shayla and Mai entered. Tea waved them off. Mai drove to her apartment as Shayla wondered the wisdom of her decision.
To be continued in Shayla's Story; Season 2.....