Chapter Two: A Way Out...?
/What?...Where...Oh, yeah. I still haven't found out who that man was yet...I have never heard his voice before, and it was too dark to get a good look at his face./ The girl shivered, her hands unconsciously going around her wrist and toying with the bracelet that hung there.
A few minutes later, the man came back into the room, staring at her, unnoticed, he stood leaning against the wall before making his presence known.
"Good morning my dear, did you sleep well?" he asked.
"No...not really." she responded. "Who...who are you? And what do you want with me?"
"Who am I?" He laughed. "My dear, I thought that you would have figured that out by now! With your Millennium Item, and you being as smart as you are."
"Millennium Item?" she questioned.
"That bracelet you are wearing my dear, is one of the Millennium Items, they are rather ancient, and originate back in the ancient days of Egypt, when the Pharaoh Yu-Gi-Oh was ruler." he stated, matter-of-factly.
She looked down at her bracelet, thinking about what he had said.
"Which brings about my question, how did a low-life like yourself come across such a powerful item?" he asked, glaring at her now, his eyes glowing slits in the darkness of the room.
"I....I was running...through an old construction site, when...one of the bricks on the destroyed building started to glow...and...I...I was curious so I went over to...to get a better look at it, and then....it broke open and the bracelet was just laying there so I grabbed it and started running home again..." she said, stuttering from the coldness of the damp cell.
"Well, that's an interesting story my dear. That is just one of the reasons for why I chose you of all the other people that I could have chosen. You posses one of the great Millennium Items, as do I. Which is why I need your help. And if you do not cooperate, the consequences will be severe." he stated, laughing at the end of his speech.
She nodded slowly, hesitantly, and then lowered her eyes to the floor, avoiding his gaze. She couldn't bare to look at those glaring eyes, she felt as if he could see right through her, and maybe even hear what she was thinking. She didn't feel comfortable when he was standing there and watching her.
He noticed how her eyes darted to the floor as she nodded. He knew he had her now. She was a scared and helpless girl now.
"But....who.....who are you??" She asked hesitantly once again, eyes still not moving from their place on the floor.
"Why my dear, you STILL haven't figured that out? I have given you soo many clues! I am Pegasus! Possessor of the Millennium Eye!" he stated, eyes glowing as he stepped into the lighted area of the dark place. He stood about a head taller than her, and he had long white hair, with brown eyes....no, eye, the other one had in it a replica of an eye, maybe that was the Millennium Eye he had mentioned. "I am the owner of the company that makes the Duel Monsters Cards. I can use my Millennium Eye to look into my opponents minds, and you my dear, you hold a Millennium Item that has been long forgotten, I don't even think the young Pharaoh would remember it, for it has been too long. You my dear, Possess the great Millennium Bracelet. Unlike one of it's counter parts, the Millennium Ring, instead of giving the possessor a great and evil side, it's power brings out a lesser known side, the side of good. I have yet to see it work on you though, for you are still evil." he said this last part thoughtfully, looking into space for a few minutes with a thoughtful look.
The girl just sat there, cursing the asshole jocks who had chased her that day when she found the bracelet, if they hadn't been chasing her to beat the shit out of her, then she would never have found the bracelet, and therefore, she wouldn't be here....where ever here was.
He sighed and snapped out of his thoughts, turning around and leaving, "Some food will be brought to you later." he then turned and shut the door on the way out.
She broke down and started crying. /Why me? Why me?? Why not someone else? Why did I have to find this stupid bracelet?/ At these thoughts, she felt another voice in her mind, a kind and gentle voice, one she had heard often in her dreams.
//You were destined to find this bracelet. Fate led you to it that day, and there is no telling what fate still has in store for you. You will find a way out of here, and I will help you. I am your Guardian, my name is Yami Kalina, but you may call me Kalina. I am sorry that I have kept myself hidden all this time, but I did not see it fit for me to show myself to you yet. I often came to you in dreams, comforting you when you were depressed, but I see that now is the right time to come forth. This Pegasus must me stopped!//
Scared now, the girl backed away and into the wall, as if the person who was speaking was right in front of her. In a minute or so, the person was. A beautiful woman had materialized in front of her, she had long beautiful hair, the same color as her own. Black, and at the bottom, the tips were hot pink, and she had beautiful blue eyes, also similar to her own. It was as if she was staring into a mirror.
"Don't be scared Kairi. I am not going to hurt you, I'm here to protect you. You may not know it, but I have been within that bracelet you wear, and I have appeared a few times. If you may recall anytime where you felt as if you were not yourself, or that someone else was guiding your thoughts and your actions, that was me, I sometimes took over control of your body, in order to help you through rough times." Kalina said, Kairi watching her with scared eyes, and nodding slightly.
"Why are you my guardian though? How did you get in that bracelet? How long have you been in there? I've got so many questions now...." Kairi said, staring at Kalina in awe. "And how did you get there? I thought you were in my bracelet?"
"I was. But I can materialize in and out of it whenever I wish. It's part of my powers. I can yield Shadow Magic. It's a very powerful type of magic that not many can use." She explained.
"What about my other questions? Why are you my guardian? How did you get in there? How long have you been in there?" Kairi asked, her mind almost exploding from wanting the answers.
Kalina laughed, "Don't worry Kairi! You will have your answers soon enough! For now, we must focus on the matters at hand. Who knows when Pegasus will be back. We must make a plan to get out of here."
Kairi tilted her head to the side for a minute, thinking. It didn't take to long for something to kick in. "Kalina, didn't you say before that you can control a very powerful type of magic? Umm...Shadow Magic?"
Kalina nodded.
"Well, why don't you use that to get us out of here? Is it strong enough to break this wall?" Kairi asked, pointing to the brick wall behind her.
"I could do that, but it would make a loud noise, and, I'm pretty sure we are underground. That's why it's so cold down here. If I were to be able to get us upstairs somehow...we might be able to sneak past them all." Kalina stood there looking around, turning her head and looking around. She spotted what she had been looking for, or at least that's what Kairi thought, because she exclaimed 'Ah ha!' before walking briskly in the direction of the bed.
Kalina grabbed the blankets that were on the bed and her hands started to glow. The fabric started to glow also, and it was soon surrounded in light, blocking it and what was happening to it, from Kairi's view. Soon enough, though, the light faded and in Kalina's hands were two outfits, almost similar to the ones that Pegasus had been wearing when he had come down and given Kairi an explanation as to why he had taken her from her life.
Kalina handed one to Kairi and then proceeded with putting hers on. Kairi took it and proceeded with doing the same.
"How did you do that? They were just ordinary, raggedy bed sheets a few minutes ago!" Kairi exclaimed.
Kalina smiled, "They still are." At this, Kairi gave her a weird look, causing her to just chuckle more. "All I did was turn them into raggedy clothes, very bad looking if I might say, and then I put an illusion on them, making them look like fancy clothes to anyone who looks at them."
Kairi shook her head, amazed. "Wicked....but, now how are we supposed to her out of the cell?"
"They keys." Kalina said, matter-of-factly.
"But the keys are all the way on the other side of the room. Hanging up on the wall too. Way at the top near the ceiling. And we can't get out of here." Kairi said, losing her nerve.
"You can't, but I can. All I have to do go back into the bracelet. Then, you slide the bracelet onto the other side of the cell, then, I materialize out again, and, Viola! I'm free! Then, I let you out by way of the cell door." Kalina explained, seemingly happy with herself for coming up with such a brilliant idea.
Kairi just shrugged and put the bracelet on the other side of the cell bars like she was told, not ever letting her hand come off of it. Kalina materialized back into the bracelet, and a few seconds later, she was back.
Kalina walked over to the keys, grabbed them off the hook, and released Kairi from the cell. Then, remembering something, seemingly important, she ran back into the cell and grabbed another bed sheet, surrounding that one in light also. A few minutes later, in her hand were two hats.
"We can't forget to cover our heads, our hair sticks out for miles! Someone would definitely recognize us!" Kalina said, handing a hat to Kairi as she put on her own, tucking her hair inside it. Kairi did the same.
They both looked up at the stairs and headed towards them. Kalina went ahead.
"I'll go first, to see if the coast is clear." she stated.
Kairi followed her up the stairs until they got to the door. At the top, both girls were nearly out of breath.
"Gods! That was a long staircase! How can anyone climb those! Jeez! We must be buried pretty deeply underground!" Kairi exclaimed, careful to keep her voice to a whisper.
Kalina went ahead and opened the door a crack, peeking her head out slightly. It seemed as if everything was clear, so she poked her head the rest of the way out, searching every inch of the seemingly endless hallways to her right and left. She turned around and gave the Ok to Kairi.
"Coast is clear, come on! Let's go!" Kalina said.
Kairi and Kalina both stepped out of the doorway, closing it tightly behind them.
"Which way do we go?" Kalina asked.
Kairi looked around. She saw the signs on the walls and read them. One said, Laboratory, another said, Conference Rooms, and the last one said, Pegasus. "Definitely not that way. I say we go to the Conference Rooms, there should be a way out there."
Nodding her head in silent agreement, they both started walking down the hallway to the right, hoping beyond hope that it would lead them out of this place.
Disclaimer: See Chapter One
A/N: Hey! Please read and review! I love reviews! And guess what? I'm not going to post Chapter 3 until I reach 10 reviews! So, now you have no choice! Ha! I win! I am the authoress! Feel my wrath! Mwhahahahah!!! *Clears throat* Hmm! Ahh...well, anyway...Once I get 10 reviews, I'll post chapter 3! But that's only if I have it written! Oh yeah! And e-mail if you have ANY ideas or suggestions! Or just leave it in a review! I love to take suggestions, and I will use any you might have! Thanks! Bye now! REVIEW OR DIE!!!!!!!!!!
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