Deep in the core of Kaiba corp's main computers, Duel Monsters data seemed to all be going into

one Black core, which seemed to just be forming. The data was from all of the Duel Monsters played

so far, including Slyther the Sky Dragon.

"Not bad, but I need much more, especialy the two remaining Egyptian God monsters, then I can form

a body and come to the real world, with no other Digimon to cause an annoyance. I'll use this world to create

one of my own, where I am imune to pain and suffering while it consumes the lives of all else. Those tamers

have lost their Digimon, so I will easily kill them"

All the data from the other duels had gone inside him.

"Should I kill them? Perhaps I should keep them alive, to use as amusement. Afterall, now that

Henry no longer posseses the Winged Dragon of Ra, he is no threat. Even the Pharoah will lose his seat of power he

sits so comfortably on. A new era has begun"

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Rika and Takato awoke as the door opened, Henry stepping inside.

Henry rubbed his eyes at first because he was sure he was seeing things.

"Rika, Takato, how did you get here?"asked Henry.

"Well, it's sort of a long story"said Takato.

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All the other duelists were at the drawing room, except for yami Malik. The selector's balls

were going all over the place, everyone in anticipation.

"Please let my opponent be one with an egyptian God card"thought Kaiba.

All the while, Yami Malik was coming ever closer to his room.

The first number came out, Mai's number.

"Mai Valentine"announced Roland.

"Allright! Looks like you're up Mai!"

Mai however was allready walking towards the elevator.

"Where are you going Mai, don't you want to see your opponent first?"asked Tea.

"Makes no diffrence to me. As for you two, see you at the finals"said Mai.

"We'll be there cheering for ya"said Joey.

Mai shrugged.

"If you want to, I would suggest you take this time to prepare yourselves and rest"said Mai.

"I'm not gonna your duel for anything"said Joey.

"I'll come too"said Yugi.

Yami Malik was just outside his door.

"Now then children, let's be ready for the Pharoah when the time comes. It seems a little quiet,

if you children aren't in there as I leaft you, I'll see to it you pay with your mind"

However, his name was announced, the announcement all over the ship. Yami Malik merely shrugged.

"I'll be back"he said before leaving.

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Everyone was waiting on board for Yami Malik to show up, Mai all ready to duel.

They didn't have to wait very long, the door opening to reveal him soon enough, with a huge grin across

his face.

Just the sight of him made Joey sick.

Yami Malik stepped onto the plain field, then it was soon elevated.

Yami Malik shuffled his deck(Mai having done so earlier) and activated their Dueldisks.

Yami Malik took out his millenium rod immidiately, making Yugi and Joey on edge.

"Now then, I duel a very special way, I never duel under normal circumstances, I

need something special. Plus, I need to ensure my opponent feels pain, so we're going

to have a shadow game, or better known as Yami no game"

"A what!"gasped Mai.

A thick purple fog surrounded the entire blimp, creeping almost everyone except Yami Malik

and Kaiba out.

"What is this"said Mai.

"You'll see soon enough, unless you'd perfer to forefit the match"

"Wishful thinking"said Mai.

Yami Malik laughed out loud at the thought of being scared of Mai.

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Alice was not doing too well. She was strapped down to the bed, as she continued to thrash and scream.

One of the doctors got a needle out and injected Alice, who in her mind was escaping.

"NO, PLEASE! NO!"

She weakened however. Her body stopped thrashing and fell into a deep sleep. In her mind, she couldn't

move and was recaptured by the vile demons that haunted her.

They dragged her back to the cross and stood her up on it, bonds automaticly coming out and binding her wrists

and ankles once again, this time twice as tight. Even when she got her strength back, the bonds

would be far too strong, she was at their mercy.

The bonds became tighter by the second as the spirits merely laughed at her.

Takato, Henry and Rika appeared in front of her.

Alice felt too weak to say anything, however was able to smile. This didn't last too long,

as thre three themselves turned into ugly demon like spirits, and the bonds were getting

even tighter.

She thought they would tear through her, however soon got no tighter. No way in Hell was she breaking through

these.

She didn't seem at all surpised they turned against her, she never had any friends, except Dobermon. Well,

used to be. He appeared to her earlier, and turned into a demon spirit as well, crushing her will comepletely.

The newest spirits swirled around her like killer bees ready to strike.

One of them slashed right through her. She screamed in pain, blood falling out of her mouth.

Her head, in reality, had turned over, with blood coming from her mouth.

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Suzy was led through a long narrow tunnel, with no turns or anything, just a straight path into the light.

The spirit followed her, who kept assuring this was the exit.

Suzy was becoming exhausted however the spirit would force her to keep going.

Whenever she fell from tiredness, she was whipped nastily by somekind of vine. Without choice,

she kept on going.

The exit didn't seem any closer then before, which Suzy only now began to notice. She tried to tell

herself otherwise but soon found she couldn't decieve herself.

From the light ahead came a person.

Suzy stopped, as did the spirit.

"Who's there? Is that ou Henwy?"

The figure stepped out, his furious expression changing to a curious one.

"What's this? What kind of weakling would send a child to the Shadwo realm?"he asked.

Suzy knew obviously it wasn't Henry, but that didn't eliminate the hope this being could help her.

"How do I get out of here? Can you help me, pretty pleeze with a sugor on top?"asked Suzy.

"Don't count on it"he said walking by angrily.

Suzy noticed the ring around the figure's neck glowing. She was even tempted to poke the eye on it.

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Takato, with some help from Rika, explained everything that happened to them.

"Since you guys are safe, I've accomplished what I came for"said Henry.

"What about Ra henry? You need to get it back, in Malik's hands it's as lethal

as an evil Digimon"said Takato.

"I can't, I allready lost to Yugi. He's the only one who can get Ra back"said Henry.

"We can't just do nothing. Malik's gonna come back for us, like it or not we're all in this"said Rika.

Henry sighed.

"We can't do anything without our Digimon, that millenium rod puts us at his mercy, he'll come to recapture

us all"said Takato.

"There must be a way to get the Digimon here. We may not have our Digivices, but there should be a computer

on board this aircraft, maybe we can use it to open a agte. Kaibacorp is known for being one of the most

technicaly advanced corporations in all of Japan, so we can use it's computers to open a gate"said Henry.

"Without our Digivices what can we do to open it?"asked Rika.

"We'll find a way. C'mon, this is our only shot. I heared Malik's dueling so we have time. Let's go!"

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The duel began, each starting with Four thousand lifepoints and drawing their hands.

"Ladies first my dear"said Yami Malik.

Mai drew.

"I summon Amazon Fighter!"

An amazon with a light Brown skirt and Red bra appeared on the field, with gloves

and combat boots. It's stats showed as 1500/1300.

"Now I'll set two cards face down. I end turn"

Yami Malik drew with a gigle.

"Now comes Pot of Greed, a magic card allowing me to draw two cards from my deck"

Unlike most cards, he didn't have to put this one on the DuelDisk to use it. He drew his next

two cards.

"This is your last chance to forefit"

"Maybe you should take that chance, only someone desperate would resort to that"

Yami Malik chuckled again.

"It's your suffering, and I will be more then happy to give it"

"Watch it Mai"warned Yugi.

"Don't but in Yugi, I can handle this, trust me"

Yami Malik shrugged.

"I summon Labravo, then I set two cards face down and end my turn"

The mechanical drilling machine had stats of 1600/1200.

"No attack?"asked Joey.

Mai drew.

"I summon Cyber Harpier"

The Golden armored harpier had long Red hair, and it's stats showed as 1800/1300.

"Activate Trap card, Nightmare Wheel!"

The Cyber Harpie was shackled onto a wheel, it's arms and legs strapped.

"Your monster can't move, and when your turn begins you lose five hundred lifepoints"

"Allright, I end turn"

Yami Malik drew.

"This whack job's good"said Joey.

"I sacrafice Labravo to summon Rochiet devil"

A Blue humanoid creature appeared, with stats of 1500/1300.

"Now for it's special effect, it's attack raising by seven hundred every turn. Now

attack her Amazon!"

"Activaet Amazon-

"activate trap card, Magic Jammer. Discarding from my hand, your magic card is rendered useless"

From the circle, came a beam destroying the trap card, with Cyber Harpier slashed through quickly.

Mai's lifepoints dropped to Thirty six hundred, and she groaned with pain, falling to a knee.

"MAI!"gasped Joey and Yugi.

"This is the result of our special game. Whenever you lose lifepoints, you suffer the damage phisicaly. So now

I end turn, and now Nightmare Wheel, take a spin of her lifepoints!"

The Wheel spun around full, and Mai's lifepoints dropped to Thirty one hundred, causing her to hold her

gut in pain, falling to her arm and knees. She felt as though something was tearing through.

"Enjoy this minor pain for now, because it's going to get much worse"

TBC

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