{Quarter to Three}
{Chapter 6: Not Good!}
He blinked. ...What?
"What?" Isis stared at him.
"We need to find someplace more private. Right away. Come." She turned and walked down the hall. Jou blinked and followed. Having someone tell you you're going to die is kind of a shocker ...
Isis stalked quickly down the halls with Jou following right behind her.
"I'm going to have to apologize to you, Katsuya."
"What?"
"You're going to be taken away before I have the chance to explain everything to you."
"How did you ..." He trailed off. ... duh.
"Jounouchi, you are in fact, in Egypt. No hallucination, no dream."
He stayed quiet. Footsteps could be heard down the hall.
"The visions you saw were not of a past life. They were of your future." She paused and turned to look at him, then said, "You have to change it."
He let the fact soak in. ... What the hell?
"What do you mean?"
"Everything you saw in those visions were of your future. You know how it ended as well."
The fire? He was going to die in a fire? Screw that. He was going to die?
He opened his mouth to speak but nothing came out. She glanced to the side to look down the hall. The footsteps were getting louder.
"However, your future is not set in stone. You have to change it if you want to come out of this alive." The steps grew heavier and louder.
He continued to stare.
"The first thing you need to do is make sure Sekh does not become your new master. You know who Sekh is, I'm sure."
This was getting to be too much too fast. But she continued.
"I'm sorry it had to be like this, Katsuya. I'm very sorry." She bowed her head. "But you have to do it. You have to cooperate or you'll be killed!" She paused and then whispered, " I don't want you to die again."
Jou was suddenly seized from behind and dragged off in the other direction.
He began to struggle. He wasn't ready for this! "Isis!"
But she ignored him and walked the other way.
"ISIS!" He was suddenly thrown to the ground, where he landed on his knees.
Jou stood and looked around. He was in a whole different room. Large draperies hung from the windows and candelabras hung on the walls. His arms were gripped again and he was dragged to the middle of the room. There were other people there. All lying down. ...Were they sleeping?
Jou stared for a moment before he found himself thrown to the ground again.
He glared up to the guard who threw him, then blinked. That guard looked suspiciously like ... Honda.
"Honda?" Jou stood and stared at the guard. "Honda" glared at Jou and swung out at him.
Jou caught his arm, and looked closer at his face. "Is that you? Why are you doing this?"
"Honda's" other fist came suddenly and knocked Jou across the face. Jou was suddenly flung to the ground as he clutched his face. He stared up to the Honda look-alike in shock.
This most definitely was not Honda. He turned around to find some of the others had woken up.
"Know your place, slave," Honda spoke to him. He turned and left.
The other slaves around him were now waking up. The doors he came through were suddenly opened up and he walked in. Seto Kaiba ... Sekh.
Jou stared at him. He'd never seen Kaiba in such little clothes... He looked around himself again. All the other people were now bowing in a row. When did that happen?
He felt a hand on the back of his neck, and suddenly he was shoved forward. Guess he was supposed to bow too...
He peeked up through his bangs. What was going on?
Another man he couldn't recognize paced along the row of people. He stopped in front of a young girl, and grabbed harshly onto her hair pulling her up. What was he doing?
Wait a minute. Anzu? Jou stood suddenly. The man placed a hand over her breast and the Anzu look-alike whimpered.
How dare that man touch Anzu like that?! Jou moved to run towards the Anzu-look-a-like but he was suddenly stopped and thrown to the ground. He glared angrily up the person who threw him. It was that damn Honda look-alike again! Jou stood again, and threw an angry punch into his face. "Honda" fell to the ground and Jou raced over to Anzu.
"Anzu!" Jou grabbed her around the waist and pulled her angrily from the man's hands. "Don't touch her!" He carefully set her on the ground. He stood back up to the man, who looked furious.
Jou slid into a defensive position and waited. Then he looked around. Everyone in the room stood shocked. Staring. Even the people who were on the floor. Okay. Not good.
But he still stayed in his defensive position. No way was he going to let himself be vuln-- ... He felt a presence behind him and jammed his elbow backwards into the attacker. He spun and round-housed the man in the head.
...Whoa. Where did he learn to do that? He was suddenly swung at from behind. Okay, not the time to think about it.
Jou turned towards the man who swung. It was the bastard who was touching Anzu! Jou growled and threw an uppercut into his stomach. The man stumbled backwards and Jou angrily kicked him in the side. The bastard fell to his knees and Jou slammed the side of his arm into the corner of his neck and the man fell the ground, passed out cold.
Jou had no time to catch his breath as he was suddenly assaulted from behind. He tried to pull away but found he couldn't. His arms were securely held. Anzu was suddenly in front of him, also being held. Jou stared at her. She looked dead scared. She eyed him with wide eyes, and they were suddenly dragged forward.
Jou found himself on the floor once more, and he stared forward. Was that the pharaoh in front of him? Why exactly did the pharaoh look like Yami? Jou blinked.
"I'm assuming you know this woman?" Yami spoke to him. Jou stayed silent in shock. Sounded just like Yami too.
"And I'm also assuming that because of this, this prompted your attack against one of my advisors."
"That bastard deserved it." Jou said without thinking.
Yami's eye's flashed dangerously. He looked down to Anzu and pointed. "Execute her!"
Jou's eyes widened in shock, as he couldn't hold back a gasp. Anzu was suddenly screaming as she was dragged away.
"NO! You can't do this!" Jou stood and chased after her. He grabbed her and pulled her away once more. The guards backed off. They had seen what this man did to the advisor.
Anzu was crying now. "Why are you doing this?" she whimpered.
"What? Why wouldn't I?"
"I do not know you."
Jou opened his mouth to reply, but suddenly dropped her in shock. She didn't, did she? This was not Anzu. The guard was not Honda.
He couldn't reply. He just stood reveling as the facts hit him hard. He was in Ancient Egypt. He was completely alone.
Anzu was suddenly seized again and dragged away. She was no longer screaming. Jou dropped to his knees and covered his mouth. He was going to scream if he took it away.
Or maybe throw up.
This wasn't right. Why was he here? For some dead incarnation of his? Why did he care how he died? He felt tears prick the sides of his eyes. He had just killed Anzu. Or at least someone who looked exactly like her. This wasn't fair. It wasn't right and it wasn't fair.
Yami's voice suddenly sounded out. "This is what you receive for insubordination, slave."
Jou stood and walked angrily towards Yami. "How could you do that so coldly, Yami?"
The room suddenly fell dead silent. Oh crap. What did he do now?
"How do you know my name, slave?" Yami spoke coldly. "And you would dare speak it to my face!?" He was roaring now.
Jou froze. Uh-oh. That weird creepy eye-thing started appearing on his forehead. Uh oh big time.
The room seemed to melt away and it was replaced by darkness. Oh. Not good at all.
Yami's eyes flashed as he placed out his hand. Oh. Not good, not good, not good!
Jou placed his arms in front of his face, awaiting his definite fate.
There was a sudden flash, and the black around him seemed to fade away.
Was it over? Was he lost forever in the shadow world now? He peeked over his arms.
Oh ...
In front of him stood two very large, very real monsters.
Flame Swordsman and Red Eyes Black Dragon.
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Ezra: Erk!! I'm so sorry everyone! I know it's been forever since I updated, but I've been so busy. School had finals and a whole bunch of other junk. Plus, this chapter was surprisingly hard to write. But I'm done with school for the summer now! =D And I know where I'm going with the plot too. The next chapter wont take as long to get out!
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