The doors opened to another obstacle: escalators . . .and lots of them.
'These must lead us to where ever the others are.' Yami gazed down at the
metal gizmo clutched in his fists. 'This thing . . .what is it?' He went
into a daydream-like trance until he was awoken by a scream. "TEA!"
Immediately wide awake he looked around, 'more of those dark shadows,
what?!' He rushed over, "what's the matter?"
She stood pointing at the object speechless; Tristan however was just standing in awe. The Red Eyes Black Dragon, in a of its fury, was roaring in their direction . . .
-*
The waterway seemed surprisingly quiet after the incident. But the fact still did remain: was Seto Kaiba truly dead?
"u-ugh . . ." his cold body began to stir, "what . . .what . . .the heck happened to me?" his body was in pain, his skin was as pale as a marshmallow. It toke some work, but he was back on his feet, just barely though. His legs didn't seem to be able to hold anything on them. The others were gone as was Ansum and Joey. "Something must have happened."
In slow motion, Kaiba was making his way to the Great Hall . . .
-*
Ansum turned to face Wheeler, who was still out cold.' "Wake up!" he stirred a little bit. "I said wake up boy! GET UP!"
"yeah . . .what?" they looked eye to eye for a moment, "I SAID WHAT?!" there was a sudden moment where Wheeler lost control, his body was twitching; his mind couldn't concentrate. "Wh-What's happin?" he made eye contact with Ansum once more before falling under his spell.
"Now . . .answer me. Wake up!" he demanded.
"Yes master." Said a voice not resembling anyone in the room, a low sinister tone. 'I don't know . . .what's going on? I CAN'T CONTROL WHAT I'M DOING!' The world went black . . .he was falling . . .in . . .in water . . .just falling in an endless pit of water.
-*
"A Red Eyes . . .here?" Yami seemed slightly confused. 'But that's a duel monster . . .' Yami looked around at his comrades, who were both as stunned as he was; Tea had her hand on her mouth to get to not scream; Tristan was just dumbfounded, his knees trembling unable to move. "I . . .I . . .need to attack it . . ." he lifted up the keyblade to strike the beast . . . "AHH!" he ran up about to strike when a voice cried out from the other side of the room:
"YUGI!" a figure stumbled in on them. Yami and the others turned around: Seto Kaiba was standing right before them.
"KAIBA!" Tea rushed over to him, nearly knocking him over, "You're . . .You're . . .ALIVE!" He just nodded in response. His insipid face met Yugi's.
"Yugi, that is no ordinary monster you're dealing with."
"What do you mean Kaiba?" Yami was bewildered, "didn't you program this or something? Just to freak us out?" Kaiba shock his head.
"Yugi, I didn't create Kingdom Hearts and you know that. Duel monsters isn't in this at all; something is up." He looked left and right, "Where's Mokuba? And for that matter, that mutt and his sister?"
"Serenity and Joey." Tristan corrected under his breath.
"Kaiba," Yami spoke in a whisper, "that guy we chased . . .the one that attacked you, he kidnapped both Serenity and Mokuba . . .Joey too is with them." Kaiba pulled out his fist to punch Yami but instead fell over. "Are you all right Kaiba? You look pretty bad."
"Fine," his said though gritted teeth. The four gazed up Red Eyes.
"It's Serenity." Yami said.
"WHAT!?" Everyone was bewildered.
"It has to be," he motioned, "SERENITY!! FIGHT IT!"
The Red Eyes spoke in a similar tone, "H-Help me Yugi. I can't fight it . . ."
-*
Ansum watched it all from the Great Hall. 'So Seto Kaiba did survive . . .that's amazing. He must have been dead, for at least a minute or so . . .or else I would have gotten my energy from the boy. No matter,' He looked at the Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon card in his hand, 'I will break him, using his own flesh and blood to do so.'
-*
'This is strange,' Joey looked around, 'A dream? What?' Suddenly he woke . . . 'Back in this dump again.' He tried to talk but his voice was frozen. 'I need help.'
-*
Yami pulled out the keyblade, "Serenity, the only way I may be able to help you is to destroy you." She nodded. Suddenly, her eyes lit up in a red fire.
"YUGI!" her scream pierced the air. "HELP! I . . .I . . .I . . ." Yami lifted the keyblade above his head; the Red Eyes fell, fainted somehow and returned back to its human form, Serenity.
Tristan dashed over to her, "Serenity?" she didn't stir, "Serenity? It's me Tristan! Say something girl." Again, she was silent. It was calm for a few eerie moments till her body dissolved. Yami could have sworn that he saw tears rush down Tristan's face with his, "please don't go."
-*
Ansum slammed his fist against the ground. "DRAT! That stupid dragon didn't destroy them . . .irritation, just as much as Sora was." The memory of Sora was painful yet felt like yesterday. The time when he was beat by him . . .he was so young, so foolish. "My first dragon my not have been formidable to them but my second will be a different matter. ARISE MY DRAGON!" The card in Ansum's hand glowed white . . .flashes of white spanned the entire room.
"Blue Eyes," he gazed up into its eyes, "destroy the intruders and do NOT fail me like this one did." He snapped his fingers; Serenity appeared, comatose at his feet. "Now go!" the dragon toke off, in the direction of the others.
-*
At a now even slower pace, Yami, Tea, Tristan and Kaiba made there way past the elevators. They haven't spoken a word to each other since they saw the Red Eyes. Kaiba, who was now being held up by Yami and Tristan, was staring into space. Tristan was mourning, with a few sniffles every few minutes. Yami was still wondering about the others and the strange thingamabob that he held in his fists.
Tea however, seemed worried about Kaiba more then the others. 'Ever since we found him again, he's been really weak. He can barely even walk.' She remembered seeing him lying on the ground, not breathing. It made her cry just thinking about it . . . 'I think he's such a jerk for all the things he's done to Yugi but still,' she looked at his face again, flushed out of all color. 'I can't help feeling . . .' Tea shock her head, 'No way! Never that!' They continued on.
"ENEMY ALERT!" They stood still for a slight moment.
"Brace yourself everyone." Yami shouted, rising the keyblade.
-*
She stood pointing at the object speechless; Tristan however was just standing in awe. The Red Eyes Black Dragon, in a of its fury, was roaring in their direction . . .
-*
The waterway seemed surprisingly quiet after the incident. But the fact still did remain: was Seto Kaiba truly dead?
"u-ugh . . ." his cold body began to stir, "what . . .what . . .the heck happened to me?" his body was in pain, his skin was as pale as a marshmallow. It toke some work, but he was back on his feet, just barely though. His legs didn't seem to be able to hold anything on them. The others were gone as was Ansum and Joey. "Something must have happened."
In slow motion, Kaiba was making his way to the Great Hall . . .
-*
Ansum turned to face Wheeler, who was still out cold.' "Wake up!" he stirred a little bit. "I said wake up boy! GET UP!"
"yeah . . .what?" they looked eye to eye for a moment, "I SAID WHAT?!" there was a sudden moment where Wheeler lost control, his body was twitching; his mind couldn't concentrate. "Wh-What's happin?" he made eye contact with Ansum once more before falling under his spell.
"Now . . .answer me. Wake up!" he demanded.
"Yes master." Said a voice not resembling anyone in the room, a low sinister tone. 'I don't know . . .what's going on? I CAN'T CONTROL WHAT I'M DOING!' The world went black . . .he was falling . . .in . . .in water . . .just falling in an endless pit of water.
-*
"A Red Eyes . . .here?" Yami seemed slightly confused. 'But that's a duel monster . . .' Yami looked around at his comrades, who were both as stunned as he was; Tea had her hand on her mouth to get to not scream; Tristan was just dumbfounded, his knees trembling unable to move. "I . . .I . . .need to attack it . . ." he lifted up the keyblade to strike the beast . . . "AHH!" he ran up about to strike when a voice cried out from the other side of the room:
"YUGI!" a figure stumbled in on them. Yami and the others turned around: Seto Kaiba was standing right before them.
"KAIBA!" Tea rushed over to him, nearly knocking him over, "You're . . .You're . . .ALIVE!" He just nodded in response. His insipid face met Yugi's.
"Yugi, that is no ordinary monster you're dealing with."
"What do you mean Kaiba?" Yami was bewildered, "didn't you program this or something? Just to freak us out?" Kaiba shock his head.
"Yugi, I didn't create Kingdom Hearts and you know that. Duel monsters isn't in this at all; something is up." He looked left and right, "Where's Mokuba? And for that matter, that mutt and his sister?"
"Serenity and Joey." Tristan corrected under his breath.
"Kaiba," Yami spoke in a whisper, "that guy we chased . . .the one that attacked you, he kidnapped both Serenity and Mokuba . . .Joey too is with them." Kaiba pulled out his fist to punch Yami but instead fell over. "Are you all right Kaiba? You look pretty bad."
"Fine," his said though gritted teeth. The four gazed up Red Eyes.
"It's Serenity." Yami said.
"WHAT!?" Everyone was bewildered.
"It has to be," he motioned, "SERENITY!! FIGHT IT!"
The Red Eyes spoke in a similar tone, "H-Help me Yugi. I can't fight it . . ."
-*
Ansum watched it all from the Great Hall. 'So Seto Kaiba did survive . . .that's amazing. He must have been dead, for at least a minute or so . . .or else I would have gotten my energy from the boy. No matter,' He looked at the Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon card in his hand, 'I will break him, using his own flesh and blood to do so.'
-*
'This is strange,' Joey looked around, 'A dream? What?' Suddenly he woke . . . 'Back in this dump again.' He tried to talk but his voice was frozen. 'I need help.'
-*
Yami pulled out the keyblade, "Serenity, the only way I may be able to help you is to destroy you." She nodded. Suddenly, her eyes lit up in a red fire.
"YUGI!" her scream pierced the air. "HELP! I . . .I . . .I . . ." Yami lifted the keyblade above his head; the Red Eyes fell, fainted somehow and returned back to its human form, Serenity.
Tristan dashed over to her, "Serenity?" she didn't stir, "Serenity? It's me Tristan! Say something girl." Again, she was silent. It was calm for a few eerie moments till her body dissolved. Yami could have sworn that he saw tears rush down Tristan's face with his, "please don't go."
-*
Ansum slammed his fist against the ground. "DRAT! That stupid dragon didn't destroy them . . .irritation, just as much as Sora was." The memory of Sora was painful yet felt like yesterday. The time when he was beat by him . . .he was so young, so foolish. "My first dragon my not have been formidable to them but my second will be a different matter. ARISE MY DRAGON!" The card in Ansum's hand glowed white . . .flashes of white spanned the entire room.
"Blue Eyes," he gazed up into its eyes, "destroy the intruders and do NOT fail me like this one did." He snapped his fingers; Serenity appeared, comatose at his feet. "Now go!" the dragon toke off, in the direction of the others.
-*
At a now even slower pace, Yami, Tea, Tristan and Kaiba made there way past the elevators. They haven't spoken a word to each other since they saw the Red Eyes. Kaiba, who was now being held up by Yami and Tristan, was staring into space. Tristan was mourning, with a few sniffles every few minutes. Yami was still wondering about the others and the strange thingamabob that he held in his fists.
Tea however, seemed worried about Kaiba more then the others. 'Ever since we found him again, he's been really weak. He can barely even walk.' She remembered seeing him lying on the ground, not breathing. It made her cry just thinking about it . . . 'I think he's such a jerk for all the things he's done to Yugi but still,' she looked at his face again, flushed out of all color. 'I can't help feeling . . .' Tea shock her head, 'No way! Never that!' They continued on.
"ENEMY ALERT!" They stood still for a slight moment.
"Brace yourself everyone." Yami shouted, rising the keyblade.
-*