CK: Hello.....its me, your ever-writer's-block-ridden authoress!!! ^
^;;;;; Okkei-day, to the responses I go!!! MUA-hahahaha!!!!
Sakuuya: Thanks for the compliments!! ^ ^ I'm glad you liked your date with Shadi, I really like it when people request dates 'cuz they're so fun to write. Mehehe.....I still can't believe the T-shirt I made him wear...........LOL.
Im Evil: I did? Lemme see.....*checks* *turns red* Oops........hehe......thanks for the compliment, though!!! And yes, I shall continue, even if it does take me three weeks....LOL, hehe.
Okkei, that's it! To the chappie we go!!!
Disclaimer: Once....a long time ago.....in a galaxy far far away.....I actually DID own Yugioh.....but then....THEN......a man named Kazuki Takahashi.........came and stole my precious Yugioh......for he wanted it for himself.......and he became a millionaire off it, while I....I remained an average person....and then....then.......when I told this same speech to someone else I knew......George Lucas stole the introduction to my disclaimer......*sniff*......so now I must say that NO, no I do not own Yugioh or Star Wars or any such thing.....but that is my tale.....
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~ No One Can See the Olive Branch
((A/N: Once again, major apologies, this chapter may be shitty thanks to my writer's block becoming a chronic illness.....ah well, once I get to the conclusion in a chapter or two, I should be okay again.....))
By the time dinner had rolled around, the Three Stoog------I mean, Joey, Mai, and Tristan-----had become too hungry to keep chatting so much. This was a major relief for Yugi and Ryou, who were silently making "yak yak yak" motions with their hands for the last ten minutes. Not to mention Yami making more jokes along the lines of the "spanking Pegasus" thing just to freak Yugi out. Mai, Joey, and Tristan *still* didn't know why Yugi's eye had been twitching that whole five minutes.
When they had finished dinner, they brought their plates back to the kitchen to wash them---Cecilia had thrown something together, even though she was not the best of cooks---while Cecilia cleared everything else off of the table.
Yugi noticed one thing out of the ordinary....where did Pegasus go? At breakfast he had stayed with Cecilia the entire time (thanks to some bad blood going around, they'd eaten in the kitchen instead of the dining hall). Now, he was nowhere in plain sight, and Cecilia had eaten with them for this meal.
Yugi stood up. "Here, let me help you." He assisted Cecilia in gathering some of the dirty plates. "Oh, thank you, Yugi." When they finished collecting the plates, Yugi helped Cecilia clean the dishes: she washed, he dried. Conversation between them was......awkward, to say the least. Mostly about the weather, especially how fast the snow seemed to be melting. Past that, though, very little was said.
When the last dish was put away, Yugi tried to casually ask the question he's dried all those dishes to get answered. "Oh, by the way.....have you seen Pegasus around? I would've thought he'd be spending the day with you......"
Cecilia smiled a little, though with a hint of sadness, showing she'd been waiting for some sort of ulterior motive to surface. "I really don't know what he's doing, but I saw him go downstairs to one of the laboratories a few minutes before." Again the sad smile, but this time it appeared because of memories of a girl she had never met or spoken to, yet may have died unwittingly for her.
Yugi, not noticing any of this at all, nodded fervently. "Oh, alright, thank you." He walked out of the room at a faster pace than was probably necessary, leaving Cecilia to herself. Alone, once again.
She though to herself. Well, since Max must be working, maybe she could walk around the island for awhile....she'd never seen it up close before, and no one needed her......
No one would care if she left for awhile, would they?
She went in search of her coat, planning a day involving no-one but herself. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~
Pegasus pulled one of the wires, cursing under his breath when a spray of sparks came out along with it. This was going to take awhile....aargh....
He continued to fiddle with the control panel of the chamber in his laboratory. He had to get moving if he wanted this thing up and working before the Yugi-tachi left. They wanted this Tea girl back, right? Well, that's exactly what'd happen.....if these FRICKIN' WIRES JUST DID THEIR FRICKIN' JOBS AREADY............................
Well, then again, it was partly his fault that he had to fix this thing anyway....the break-off switch made the entire set of machines shut down after they were used to fulfill their deadly purpose.... At the time he'd been building it, it had seemed like a good idea....he knew what Cecilia's face would look like if she stumbled across the corpse (not unlike what had happened that morning)....he knew how upset she'd be and that she would feel guilty for it.....but if she tried to reverse the process, she wouldn't be able to do a thing....she didn't know the first thing about machinery or electronics.
If he could stop her from that, then his job would be done.
As he worked, the one word that the Yugi-tachi had been murmuring this entire time came into his head:
Murder.
Well, what else would they think? They weren't complete idiots, they'd have figured out what this piece of scrap metal did eventually. But he knew he was as good as dead if they decided to confront him. Nothing he'd say would be able to stop them.
So what COULD he tell them? Hmm..........well.....none of them except the Kaiba brothers really had a clue about advanced machinery, and even the Kaiba duo probably didn't know all the background information for reincarnation. He could.....tell them it was an accident, maybe? Yes, that would work. Well, he'd have to make up something about the machine backfiring, then give them a reason to stop acting so suspicious......he could tell them that....that it made you weak, maybe ill, as though it had sucked the energy out of you. And if he told them that he'd be the one used as the proverbial offering, then THAT would shut them up.
But when it came down to what he was *really* up to......well, he'd have to wait until nightfall. He'd wait until then, and then no one would be awake to stop him......the best time to do it would be in the early morning, just in case someone had trouble getting to sleep.
They'd find the corpse in the morning.......everyone would believe it was just an accident, that the Pegasus hadn't had time to finish fixing the machine........Pegasus already knew who they'd find that morning. They might come up with some motive, say, that grief had driven *him*, who lay there dead and stiff, to throw himself into an early grave. Maybe they'd have their suspicions, but there'd be no proof to back it up. And then they'd have to leave, they couldn't stay forever.....
He thought of Cecilia, her face full of sadness.
//I'm sorry Cecilia.....I'm sorry that I have to lie to you, that I have to hide all of this from you....I'm not the same man that you married seven years ago........
But I'm going to do this.
I have to.//
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~ CK: Okkei, first off, I am SO sorry that this took forever to type up, especially when, well, nothing really happens in the chapter. You may get one more chapter of nothingness, but after that, stuff definitely happens. Anyways, I'm typing biweekly now, cuz its getting too hard to bang these out once a week. Also PLEASE TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK OF THE STORY IDEA!!!! I'm dying for replies (once again, to Sailor Twilight Assassin, THANK YOU!!!!!!!)!!!!! I really want to know if you like the story line. And lastly, as usual, review, please!!!! Dey motivate me, dey does!!
Sakuuya: Thanks for the compliments!! ^ ^ I'm glad you liked your date with Shadi, I really like it when people request dates 'cuz they're so fun to write. Mehehe.....I still can't believe the T-shirt I made him wear...........LOL.
Im Evil: I did? Lemme see.....*checks* *turns red* Oops........hehe......thanks for the compliment, though!!! And yes, I shall continue, even if it does take me three weeks....LOL, hehe.
Okkei, that's it! To the chappie we go!!!
Disclaimer: Once....a long time ago.....in a galaxy far far away.....I actually DID own Yugioh.....but then....THEN......a man named Kazuki Takahashi.........came and stole my precious Yugioh......for he wanted it for himself.......and he became a millionaire off it, while I....I remained an average person....and then....then.......when I told this same speech to someone else I knew......George Lucas stole the introduction to my disclaimer......*sniff*......so now I must say that NO, no I do not own Yugioh or Star Wars or any such thing.....but that is my tale.....
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~ No One Can See the Olive Branch
((A/N: Once again, major apologies, this chapter may be shitty thanks to my writer's block becoming a chronic illness.....ah well, once I get to the conclusion in a chapter or two, I should be okay again.....))
By the time dinner had rolled around, the Three Stoog------I mean, Joey, Mai, and Tristan-----had become too hungry to keep chatting so much. This was a major relief for Yugi and Ryou, who were silently making "yak yak yak" motions with their hands for the last ten minutes. Not to mention Yami making more jokes along the lines of the "spanking Pegasus" thing just to freak Yugi out. Mai, Joey, and Tristan *still* didn't know why Yugi's eye had been twitching that whole five minutes.
When they had finished dinner, they brought their plates back to the kitchen to wash them---Cecilia had thrown something together, even though she was not the best of cooks---while Cecilia cleared everything else off of the table.
Yugi noticed one thing out of the ordinary....where did Pegasus go? At breakfast he had stayed with Cecilia the entire time (thanks to some bad blood going around, they'd eaten in the kitchen instead of the dining hall). Now, he was nowhere in plain sight, and Cecilia had eaten with them for this meal.
Yugi stood up. "Here, let me help you." He assisted Cecilia in gathering some of the dirty plates. "Oh, thank you, Yugi." When they finished collecting the plates, Yugi helped Cecilia clean the dishes: she washed, he dried. Conversation between them was......awkward, to say the least. Mostly about the weather, especially how fast the snow seemed to be melting. Past that, though, very little was said.
When the last dish was put away, Yugi tried to casually ask the question he's dried all those dishes to get answered. "Oh, by the way.....have you seen Pegasus around? I would've thought he'd be spending the day with you......"
Cecilia smiled a little, though with a hint of sadness, showing she'd been waiting for some sort of ulterior motive to surface. "I really don't know what he's doing, but I saw him go downstairs to one of the laboratories a few minutes before." Again the sad smile, but this time it appeared because of memories of a girl she had never met or spoken to, yet may have died unwittingly for her.
Yugi, not noticing any of this at all, nodded fervently. "Oh, alright, thank you." He walked out of the room at a faster pace than was probably necessary, leaving Cecilia to herself. Alone, once again.
She though to herself. Well, since Max must be working, maybe she could walk around the island for awhile....she'd never seen it up close before, and no one needed her......
No one would care if she left for awhile, would they?
She went in search of her coat, planning a day involving no-one but herself. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~
Pegasus pulled one of the wires, cursing under his breath when a spray of sparks came out along with it. This was going to take awhile....aargh....
He continued to fiddle with the control panel of the chamber in his laboratory. He had to get moving if he wanted this thing up and working before the Yugi-tachi left. They wanted this Tea girl back, right? Well, that's exactly what'd happen.....if these FRICKIN' WIRES JUST DID THEIR FRICKIN' JOBS AREADY............................
Well, then again, it was partly his fault that he had to fix this thing anyway....the break-off switch made the entire set of machines shut down after they were used to fulfill their deadly purpose.... At the time he'd been building it, it had seemed like a good idea....he knew what Cecilia's face would look like if she stumbled across the corpse (not unlike what had happened that morning)....he knew how upset she'd be and that she would feel guilty for it.....but if she tried to reverse the process, she wouldn't be able to do a thing....she didn't know the first thing about machinery or electronics.
If he could stop her from that, then his job would be done.
As he worked, the one word that the Yugi-tachi had been murmuring this entire time came into his head:
Murder.
Well, what else would they think? They weren't complete idiots, they'd have figured out what this piece of scrap metal did eventually. But he knew he was as good as dead if they decided to confront him. Nothing he'd say would be able to stop them.
So what COULD he tell them? Hmm..........well.....none of them except the Kaiba brothers really had a clue about advanced machinery, and even the Kaiba duo probably didn't know all the background information for reincarnation. He could.....tell them it was an accident, maybe? Yes, that would work. Well, he'd have to make up something about the machine backfiring, then give them a reason to stop acting so suspicious......he could tell them that....that it made you weak, maybe ill, as though it had sucked the energy out of you. And if he told them that he'd be the one used as the proverbial offering, then THAT would shut them up.
But when it came down to what he was *really* up to......well, he'd have to wait until nightfall. He'd wait until then, and then no one would be awake to stop him......the best time to do it would be in the early morning, just in case someone had trouble getting to sleep.
They'd find the corpse in the morning.......everyone would believe it was just an accident, that the Pegasus hadn't had time to finish fixing the machine........Pegasus already knew who they'd find that morning. They might come up with some motive, say, that grief had driven *him*, who lay there dead and stiff, to throw himself into an early grave. Maybe they'd have their suspicions, but there'd be no proof to back it up. And then they'd have to leave, they couldn't stay forever.....
He thought of Cecilia, her face full of sadness.
//I'm sorry Cecilia.....I'm sorry that I have to lie to you, that I have to hide all of this from you....I'm not the same man that you married seven years ago........
But I'm going to do this.
I have to.//
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~ CK: Okkei, first off, I am SO sorry that this took forever to type up, especially when, well, nothing really happens in the chapter. You may get one more chapter of nothingness, but after that, stuff definitely happens. Anyways, I'm typing biweekly now, cuz its getting too hard to bang these out once a week. Also PLEASE TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK OF THE STORY IDEA!!!! I'm dying for replies (once again, to Sailor Twilight Assassin, THANK YOU!!!!!!!)!!!!! I really want to know if you like the story line. And lastly, as usual, review, please!!!! Dey motivate me, dey does!!
