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Thanx for the reviews and advice....stupid brain think!!!! Anywayz I took on the advice of one and went to the book store and read for about 4 hrs. of anime. Yep! But enough talk, here's the next chapter. Oh yeah, I never really pictured S'naugh, I just portrayed him as evil. But I'll describe in the next chapter.
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Next day.
It was midday when S finally called the group over for a talk in the living room. Tea entered the room, ready to apologize to her friends. But before she speak a word, Joey spoke up.
"Tea, we're all really sorry 'bout yesterday."
"No, I should apologize. This is new to me also and I would be shocked as well if I saw myself k-killing someone." She smiled at her friends. "I know you guys' too well to be really angry at you."
"Are the sappy sorry's done now?" S cut in. Everyone looked at S in surprise. "Sorry," she sighed, "not in a good mood. While you guys were asleep, I had a talk with the others and for right now, we're hangin' low until we found out whether Raleth was the only traitor. We're interrogating everyone, leaving no one out."
"Ahem.....," said Seto, pointedly. "Just how long are you guys' staying here? I have work to do, it's hard to work when-"
"Actually we're not going to be here long. Unfortunately for us, I have to bring you too. By now, they've probably found out where we are, thanks to Raleth. They'll try to attack you if you stay behind, thinking we'll come back to save you. They've done it before."
"We leave tonight, no later than 8:00. You can do whatever you want until then as long as it's within the grounds of this house," she continued.
"Yeah! I'm goin' to the kitchen! It's lunch time!" shouted Joey. The others enthusiastically agreed with him. "Wait! No, you fools! You can only stay in your rooms!" yelled Seto, running after them, waving his arms up and down.
Tea watched her friends depart and then headed to the garden, planning for a stroll. She wasn't hungry. She breathed in the crisp air and admired the flowers as she walked around a water fountain. One of Kaiba's men approached her. "Excuse me, miss, Shalanelle requests to speak to you. Please come with me."
"What? Oh, okay." She followed him and they walked toward out of the garden.
"Where are we going?" she asked the man. "To a private room, Shalanelle doesn't want anyone to listen." They turned a corner toward a side gate. "Wait," Tea said, slowing down, "this doesn't lead to any room. This door leaves the grounds."
"You're right, my pretty," the man said. The man suddenly shifted form into a beautiful woman. She had flowing deep purple hair with dark blue eyes. A sheer almost-toga like attire wrapped around her body showing off her buxom curves. Mist appeared around her and wrapped tendrils around Tea's neck. Tea tried to struggle but her body seemed so heavy.
"What's happening," said Tea, trying to keep from collapsing. "Just a little magic to ensure your cooperation," said the woman.
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Meanwhile.
S felt an uneasy feeling. "Something doesn't feel right," she muttered to herself. 'I'm so paranoid. I put enough security spells that no one would be able to get in unless they were admitted from the inside. Or unless it was one of our own people,' she mentally added. She felt a shiver go though her body. 'It coudn't be!' she thought. 'Shit! I didn't change the security spells so that no one, including my side, could get in. Someone else besides Raleth must be a traitor and is inside the grounds right now!'
She ran into the kitchen where Seto was grappling with Joey and Tristan, trying to keep them away from the refrigerator. The rest was at the table eating. "You guys," she called out in the din, "where's Tea?"
Everyone stopped. "Tea?" asked Ryou. "I thought she was with you." They looked at each other. "Tea!" they all shouted and dashed for the door.
"I sense her over that way!" S yelled, motioning with her hand.
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As the world started to spin in front of her, Tea distantly heard yells. 'S, anyone, help me,' Tea thought before she blacked out.
"There!" said S, running toward the woman who has picking up Tea. She skidded to a stop in front of the purple-haired woman. "Oh, Jalena, how could you!" she said in shock. "I would expect Raleth to be a traitor but you?......"
The woman, Jalena, looked at her coldly. "You're right. You wouldn't understand. You who had everything, power, beauty, favorite of the Dragon, but most of all you had the fortune to be married to S'naugh.....So of course you wouldn't understand why I switched sides."
Is that why you changed sides?!" S said in disbelief.
Jalena snorted, her eyes a wintry blue. "Oh you are so naive! You can't believe that I could backstab you? It was so easy! S'naugh promised me power, so much that you would be like an ant compared to me. You had everything, but, no.....you never used it to your benefit. But I, I took up the opportunity." She shook her head mockingly, "You were always a stupid fool!" she spat.
"Well? What are you going to do? Kill me, like you kill all are your enemies?" Jalena said, still holding Tea in her arms.
S stared sadly into her blue eyes. "I guess even spirits have greed and ambition just like the mortals," she softly said, tears filling her eyes. "I'm sorry for bringing you into this fight, so long ago," she bit her lip, trembling. "I know the Jalena I knew long ago is gone. Gone because S'naugh's twisiting lies...But I can't let you go back to his side.........it has to end here for you........Jalena......my friend...
Jalena dumped Tea onto the ground. "I knew the consequences of my actions when I switched, and I knew the consequences when I took this mission to get Tea."
S raised a hand, and Tea floated toward her. "Here," she said, giving Tea to Yami. "Hold her."
"Jalena.....don't fight me.....please," S said making a circular motion with one hand. A shield appeared around the two of them.
"Protecting the mortals, just as you were told to do?" Jalena said, amused. "How ironic.....it seemed just a few thousand years ago you didn't care whether they were killed." Suddenly yellow flames erupted in front of her and weaved a cage around S, slowly closing in. "Try to dodge this, S."
There was a sizzling sound and water flooded on top of the fiery net. "Jalena....don't do this....don't make me fight," S whispered.
Jalena merely gave her a tight-lipped smile while turning into a black fog. "I always fight," she said, her voice sounding out from the middle of the fog. The fog blanketed over S, choking her.
"Jalena....don't," S said spluttering. S waved her hand and a gusty wind swirled around the vapor, blowing it to one side. Jalena reformed back to her human body. "I know you're better than me but will you actually kill me?" she said tauntingly.
Jalena put her hands out in front of her, green and blue light arcing through the air, forming a ball of energy that was growing bigger and bigger. "Unless you kill me, this will come after you, and you won't be able to dodge it."
S looked helplessly at Jalena who smiled. "I knew you couldn't kill your good friend," she said, releasing the energy.
"I'm sorry Jalena," said S softly. As the energy raced towards her, she formed a mirror spell between her hands. The energy ripped through and hit the mirror with a bang. Suddenly it was rocketing back toward Jalena and hit her in the chest, exploding.
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Okay, that's the end of this chapter. Please review! Thanx. :)