Peggi-*yawns* Hi there readers! Not enough sleep. . .can't write another chapter. . .*falls asleep on keyboard*

Marik-*pokes at her*

Bakura-*sparkles in eyes* Is she dead?

Marik-Nope. . .Just sleeping.

Bakura-Aww. . .

Pegsi-If the authoress is asleep. . .then the only ones who can write the chapter. . .

Co-Hosts-Is us! ^_____^

Disclaimer-The co-hosts don't own Yugioh. . .two of them are in Yugioh, though.

Evil Lawyer Dude-Ahem. . .

Disclaimer-Oh, right. And Peggi doesn't own it either.

Nothing-*happens*

Crickets-*chirp*

Peggi's Dream-*evil crickets and clocks are attacking her*

Dream Peggi-O.o *runs away from them*

Readers-*bored*

E.D.D.-*attacks disclaimer*

Chapter 27-*begins* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

By the time the gang had arrived at the shed, Samantha and Kyle were gone, and they, of course, had taken their hostages with them.

Kaiba-No! My brother!

Kaiba fell to his knees and cried as thoughts of Mokuba being tortured ran through his mind.

Joey-We'll get him back.

Yugi-Yeah. It'll be alright, I promise.

Kaiba-Only make promises you can keep, Yugi. You couldn't even keep Yami safe, much less my brother.

Yugi's eyes filled with tears as he remembered the sight of Yami lying dead. . .well, deader on the bed.

Tea-We're not getting very far by just standing around. We have to find them now. Otherwise it'll be too late.

Keith was now standing on his own, being supported by Bakura and Tristan, and he looked up at them.

Keith-But we have no idea where they are.

Mai-Hey guys. . .I think I know who might be able to find them. . .

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

Samantha held on tightly to Pegasus, and Kyle to Mokuba. Kyle suddenly stopped.

Kyle-I need him now.

Samantha-We aren't far enough. They might catch up. Things would go much more smoothly if some people would cooperate. . .

She glared angrily at Pegasus who suddenly got a huge proud smile across his face.

Samantha-Ryou?

Ryou walked up to Pegasus and smacked him hard across the face. Mokuba flinched, but squealed in pain shortly thereafter. Kyle was digging his fingers into the boy's neck. Suddenly, Kyle began to glow.

Samantha-I said not now!

Kyle-Just a little!

Samantha-NO!

Pegasus-How come you haven't killed me? I mean, not like I want to die or anything. . .but. . .

Samantha-We can't. Not until tonight.

Pegasus-Um. . .why?

Kyle-Because you can only be killed on a full moon. Which is tonight.

Pegasus-Why on a full moon? You seem to be able to kill everyone else any other time.

Kyle-You are different. Because it is you whom we are sacrificing.

Pegasus-SACRIFICING?!

Samantha-Yes. Think of it as. . .due payment. You die, we live again.

Pegasus-But. . .that's not fair! You can't just go around killing people so you can live again! I didn't kill either one of you! Blame my great- grandfather, not me!

Kyle-Well, we would, but he's already dead, as you know. And the sacrifice must be the youngest descendent of the person who killed us. . .well, me anyway.

Pegasus-But. . .

Pegasus would have said more, but decided not to.

*flashback* (A/N:The reason I posted the original first few chapters of this ficcy as another story was cuz it was kinda boring, and I was told to get on with it. . .so, instead of making you go to the other chapters, I just re-did it as a flashback! Yay me!)

Maxamillion Pegasus opened the drapes and stared out into the clear blue waters of his lakeside cabin. It was Saturday and Pegasus was already bored because he and the rest of the cast of Yugioh didn't have work that day. Instead of getting up at his usual 5:30 in the morning, he had slept in and watched tv for the remainder of the day until that point. He turned around, startled, as the door to the room flew open. A young girl that looked exactly like him stood in the doorway. She had the same silvery hair that he had, his ivory complexion, and mysterious stare.

Pegasus-Can I help you, Julia?

Julia-I'm hungry, daddy. When's dinner?

Pegasus-You just ate a little while ago.

Julia-But that was hours ago. It's after four!

Pegasus-Well, what do you want?

Julia-Steak, French fries, a cheese burger, um.and a cherry coke.

Pegasus-Would a sandwich be good enough?

Julia-Peanut-butter, Raspberry jelly, no crust.

Pegasus-Don't you know how to make it yourself?

Julia-Yup. I just like to have my own servant.

Pegasus-Where is your mother?

Julia-At the Sears 50% off clearance sale.

(Think 'annoying Sears commercials')

*end flashback*

Pegasus shook off the memory. That had occurred right before he received the dreaded e-mail notice telling him about the 'sleepover'. Samantha and Kyle knew a lot about him, but apparently they hadn't realized it was his daughter who was the youngest descendent of his great-grandfather. And he wanted to make sure they never found out.

Samantha-But what? No more comments?

Pegasus-Just one. What happens if I'm not even related to my 'great- grandfather'? What if I was adopted?

Kyle-Well then, we'll have to just wait another year because only the true and youngest descendent will work.

Samantha-Why? You weren't adopted, were you?

Pegasus-If I say yes, will you let me go?

Samantha-Foolish human, of course not!

Pegasus-Foolish human? What about you? You haven't even noticed my plan is working.

Samantha-Plan? What 'plan'?

Pegasus-The one where Mokuba gets away.

Samantha turned to Kyle, who then turned to Ryou, who looked at them both. They had all been so wrapped up in the conversation that Kyle had stopped draining energy from Mokuba, and had in turn, let him go. And none of them had noticed him slipping away.

Samantha-NO!

She turned to Pegasus once again, only this time, she looked different. You could literally see the hatred in her eyes. There was a gleam in them that made her look not dead, nor alive. Just simply evil.

Suddenly, Pegasus realized his mistake. . .Rule one. . .never make an angry ghost even more angry. Rule two. . .In the event you break rule one, may I suggest the method commenly known as 'running for your life'?

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

As they wandered through the halls, they all had basically the same thought running through their mind: 'We have to save Mokuba and Pegasus'. Suddenly, Yami walked into view.

Yami-Help. . .me. . .

Yugi-Yami!

Yugi was about to run up to him and hug him, but Bakura stopped him.

Bakura-HE'S NOT YAMI! HE'S DEAD, REMEMBER!

Yami-No! Please, just listen to me! I know what's happening! I'm not dead! Well, I am, but Bakura. . .so are you!

Bakura stared at him as if he was an alien.

Bakura-Expalin yourself, Pharaoh.

Yami-Hello! We're Yamis. That makes us spirits. Spirits are dead.

Bakura put aside his thoughts of 'he's a zombie' and replaced them with 'why was he talking so slow? What does he think I am? A child?'

Joey-Uh. . .I don't know much about this Millennium stuff, but he does have a point.

Bakura-Fine. We'll listen, but for the records, I don't trust him.

Yami-Fine with me. Okay, Samantha is Kyle's sister, and both of them are dead. I tricked them into thinking I'm a zombie when I accidentally walked in on them. See. . .

(A/N:I broke his explination into three paragraphs so it's easier to read, so the next 3 paragraphs are all Yami talking. . .'case you didn't know!) I walked into the bedroom with Ryou. I turned my back on him for just a second, and when I turned around again, Ryou was holding up some blunt object that I didn't get a good look at. He knocked me unconscious, and when I woke up, I realized Ryou must have thought I was dead. I knew Ryou had to be a zombie, and as such he wouldn't remember everything about his life, for example in this situation:Yami's have no pulse, they are already dead, and even when they aren't given a temporary human body or materialized, but taking over their host, they still have no pulse.

When I searched for Yugi and the rest of you guys, I walked into the room the ghosts were in. I took a guess the see-through people were the ghosts, since Mokuba and Pegasus looked frightened and bewildered, they were hostages, and of course, Ryou was a zombie. I tried to wing it, and in an attempt to prove I was a zombie, I even added a 'master' comment when I talked to that 'Samantha' person.

They talked when they thought I was going to distract you guys, and instead, I listened outside the door. They're after Pegasus. His grandfather or something was the one who accidentally killed Kyle in surgery. I saw Weevil coming, so I figured he might have known where you were, and I didn't want him telling them where you guys were, so I made sure they left the room immediately.

Mai-Weevil was just the person. . .zombie we were looking for. We thought he'd lead us to the ghosts. Do you know where they are?

Yami-No clue.

Yami then turned to Keith.

Yami-And I see you're still alive?

Keith-Yeah, why?

Yami-Oh, Samantha just wanted me to kill you is all.

Keith-Comforting.

They all walked, following Yami. Yugi looked at Bakura. He realized Bakura was staring warily at him. He apparently didn't trust him.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

Mokuba still felt weak from having some energy sucked out of him. He hadn't realized before how weak he really was until he broke into a run. In his mind, all he cared about was escaping the ghosts and finding his brother. But in his heart, there was a pang of guilt. Pegasus had purposely distracted them so he could get away. Mokuba knew it. Every-so- often, even in conversation with Samantha or Kyle, Pegasus would glance at Mokuba, but that time he hadn't. He didn't want to bring any attention to him. Suddenly, he ran into someone. . .more like something he didn't want to run into. . .

Mokuba-W. . .W. . .Weevil!

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

Kyle-When is Yami getting back?

Samantha-As soon as he finds those kids. When he does, he should lead them right into our trap. They probably think he just passed out or something.

Ryou-Like me! Fools, they'll believe anything.

Samantha turned to Pegasus, who was slowing her down greatly.

Samantha-Hurry it up! You're going to ruin everything!

Pegasus-Where are we going? Where are you taking me! Why won't you just let me go?

Samantha-Do you have this minimum number of questions you must ask each day?

Pegasus-No, I'm just stalling for time. It's working.

She realized she had completely stopped walking and when she noticed what he was doing, she merely growled in her throat, but didn't do anything to him. She didn't have enough time to deal with it at that moment.

Samantha-Just walk.

As they walked, she told him of her plan.

Samantha-The kids must avoid us for just a few more hours, which is why I send Yami to find them and distract them. That way they won't come to me until it is time. Then, once it is time for them to come, Kyle can drain them of their energy, we will sacrifice you, and we will live again. It is only around five o'clock, and we must wait until eleven to perform the sacrifice. So until then, you just listen to me, do as you are told, and you won't be hurt.

Pegasus-Listen to you and die, or don't listen to you. . .and die. Something tells me I don't have too much of a choice.

Samantha opened her mouth to say something, but she was distracted by Kyle collapsing to the ground. She had drained Weevil of his energy, and that was why she was fine. To survive, even a zombie needs energy, which is why Ryou came in handy. But Kyle, and soon even Ryou would fade away if they didn't have anyone to get energy from.

Kyle-Go on without me. . .

Samantha-No! Never! This won't work without you! You can't just stay here! What if those kids find you?

Kyle-I can't go on.

Ryou-Sure you can.

Ryou picked Kyle up and carried him as they continued walking. But it was only about fifteen minutes later that Ryou began to get weak. When Weevil had first become a zombie, he looked normal. But as Samantha drained his energy, he looked like some sort of decaying mummy. And the same thing happens to a zombie in Ryou's situation.

Ryou-I. . .can't go much further.

Samantha stopped to stare at Ryou. It was true he was just a pawn, but that wasn't why she had selected him to be her newest zombie. She actually liked him, though she didn't know why. She figured it was his warm eyes, gentle actions, and kind heart that drew her in, but now he was also very useful to her. She couldn't let him deteriorate like Weevil had.

Samantha-Here.

She shoved Pegasus towards him.

Ryou-What? I don't understand.

Samantha-I'm sure he'll still be able to be in the sacrifice if he has a little energy drained from him. . .but only take enough to keep you going for a while. I'll see what I can do as for getting another human.

Ryou simply stared at Pegasus and shrugged.

Ryou-Okay then.

He drained energy from Pegasus, and they continued to walk on. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Peggi-*wakes up* Um. . .hi guys. . .*reads what has been written so far* Wow! REALLY long chapter!

Co-Hosts-^____________________________________________^

Peggi-Well, thanks for writing it for me! I'm sure the readers really appreciated it. . .

Marik-Can we write more chapters?

Peggi-Well. . .

Co-hosts-*stare hopefully*

Peggi-*sigh* I guess so. . .Maybe you can help me update 'Scare Tactics'.

Co-hosts-Okay! *run off to update 'Scare Tactics'*

Peggi-So, sakuuya, about your 'Yami already being dead' comment. . .perhaps you've figured it out with this chapter, perhaps not. . .in any case, all will be revealed within the next couple of chapters. All I have to say, is that's very observant of you.

Yami-So, let me get this straight. Samantha only thinks I'm on her side, but I'm actually trying to help my Hikari and his friends. . .or am I really on her side and lying to my Hikari and his friends. . .or. . .

Peggi-Like I said. . .all will be revealed within the next couple of chapters. Anywayz, I'd just like to say thanx to EVERYONE who's kept up with this ficcy, and especially to those who have reviewed. In speaking of reviews. . .*stares hopefully at possible future reveiewers*. . .I'm sure you get the message! Till next time. . .

All-BYE!