They stood, stunned, staring at the slim yet slightly muscular man before
them. He looked stern yet a little confused. "What? He looks just like
Yugi!" Professor Tailor exclaimed. "Yeah but he's at least six inches
bigger." replied Joey.
Commander Seto stepped forward. "Who are you? What are you doing here?"
"I .... ugh ......."
"Any idea who he is, doctor?" Serenity looked up from the computer screen to see the imposing figure of Commander Seto. She had been examining the man, although she had no idea why; she was always just needed to examine or treat people and felt she was always left out of the loop. "He's in good health. Is he a relative of Yugi? They look kind of similar."
This new patient was different, especially the interest Commander Seto was showing in his results. Only once before had she seen him so concerned about someone, and that was when her brother, Joey had been in the accident in Egypt and had severe burns.
"Examine him further. Match his DNA on our database."
She had tried to find out who he is. He had been fairly quiet but compliant yet had not said much and didn't tell her his name. The database was just as revealing.
"I don't understand; he's genetically identical to Yugi."
Commander Seto walked out, then two guards came in and took the man away.
A calm faced Yugi walked into Ryou's room, closed and locked the door, then freaked out. "What is it?" asked Ryou.
"Something really weird happened."
"Did something go wrong with the test?"
"The ring is gone."
"WHAT? Are you sure?"
"And this guy appeared from nowhere."
"Calm down. It's hard to understand you."
"OKAY. Okay."
Ryou walked the panicked Yugi over to his bed and sat him down. "So the ring is gone, what happened next? Has Commander Seto been asking about us?" Ryou felt his insides suck together, he wanted to just grab Yugi and run, run the world away from Seto and the relics. What would happen if they thought him and his friend stole the relics, or helped someone else steal them? Could they be imprisoned or killed or never be able to pilot again?
"After the test, he ordered me to the lab. I think he suspects something. Just then the really weird thing happened. There was this really big flash and this guy just appeared."
"Are you sure? Who is he?"
"I don't know. They said he looks like me."
"We must find out what's happening."
"Right, but that's what got us in trouble to begin with."
"I know" Ryou paused, thinking what had happened to him and what had happened to Yugi, wondering what secrets the relics held. "Was the relic still there after he appeared?"
"You will not believe the day I've had." The door slammed shut. Serenity took of her coat and carefully folded it over her arm before dropping it down next to the door. She walked up to Tristan, who was holding a frying pan over the stove and wearing a floral apron, smelled the aroma of the colourful vegetables he was cooking. "Mmm ... that looks nice." she whispered in his ear. She kissed him on the cheek before slumping down on the couch and turning the TV on. Tristan took the pan off the heat and picked up her coat.
"Bad day was it?"
"I know we can't talk about sensitive stuff, but is Seto always like that?"
"He's under a lot of stress right now."
"Its about that new guy isn't it, the one who doesn't have a name?"
"Honey, you know can't talk about that stuff."
"Where did he come from, who is he?"
"He looks a bit like Yugi doesn't he?"
"Why did Seto have guards escort him? It seems a bit much."
"He could be a spy, or a terrorist. We don't know. We're just being cautious."
"It sounds like he just appeared from nowhere."
"He did, right before my eyes in the lab."
"Now sweetheart, I thought all that cloning stuff was behind us."
Tristan carefully placed two plates on the table infront of Serenity, beautifully presented with the vegatables in the middle of white rice, with half a grilled steak on the side. It looked and smelled perfect.
"No! It has something to do with those things we found in Egypt."
"These things just made him?"
"I know it sounds weird but it's true."
"I hope you won't be studying the things any more, I worry about you sometimes."
"One of them disappeared before I got in this morning."
"So the other one made him?"
"Seto put it in quarantine at least until we know who he is."
"And the millenium project?"
"We're removing the units one by one. It takes so long and we still have to be ready for an emergency."
Serenity giggled "Don't say that, you'll jinx it."
A hand landed on Joey's shoulder. "I thought I'd find you here." Seto said. Joey looked back and brushed Seto's hand from his shoulder before turning back to look ar Mai. She lay deep in a coma in the hospital bed. Instruments beeped rhythmically as a backbeat to the clinical blue and light of the room. Joey sighed "It's my fault you know."
"You always come here when you're worried about something."
"That's none of your business."
"I apologise." Seto walked out, his footsteps echoed in sharp contrast to the sounds of the room "It's okay if you don't want to talk now, I'll speak to you later." Joey watched Mai's face, unmoving as she lightly breathed. "You're the only one I can talk to." Joey sobbed.
Seto watched from behind the door. It had been over a year since the accident, since she had saved Joeys life, but in saving his life, she took his life. Joey returned to see her every day, he could never forgive himself. Joey had grown to need Mai, to confide in her, to share his needs and regrets. It was the kind of dependancy that Seto wished Joey had for him.
A figure appeared from a dark corner of the room. Only its pale hair and a shining golden ring on its chest were visible. It spoke in a deep, rough voice "I expected more from you Atemu."
He stared, stunned "Atemu? Am I ......"
"Lost your memory? This is an interesting development."
"Tell me who you are."
The ring glowed brighter, making its eyes shine in a blank golden light and revealing its masculine pectorals. It laughed as it stepped back into the darkness. Atemu stumbled toward it "You must tell me who I am! Please!"
Ryou put his arm around Yugi's head and held it to his chest. "Calm down. Shhhh." he whispered. Yugi knelt next to Ryou's travel bag with a drawer in his hand. He paused for a moment, still gasping with a wild panicked look in his eyes, then lowered the drawer to the ground. "We've faced tougher things than this."
Yugi looked up. Ryou was now cradling Yugi's head in his arms. "I'm sorry. I guess I'm not much help like this."
"Don't worry, I'm here for you." Ryou gave Yugi a protective kiss on the forehead.
Yugi stared at Ryou's throat. He watched as Ryou's muscles briefly tensed as he kissed him then relaxed as he moved away. "I'm so sorry. You are the one who got hurt, I should be looking after you."
Ryou let Yugi go. Yugi's head dropped limply. Ryou started taking his belongings out of the bag that Yugi had so hastily jammed them in to. He put everything back in place exactly as it was before. Yugi caught his breath.
With two guards struggling to keep pace, Seto headed towards the room in which they kept the mysterious newcomer. It was partly to bury his feelings in his work and partly wanting to vent his frustration on someone that he arranged this unscheduled interrogation. He dramatically swung open the door and appeared in the room as a dark silhouette in the hard light of the corridor outside.
Atemu was lying on the floor in a pool of blood.
Commander Seto stepped forward. "Who are you? What are you doing here?"
"I .... ugh ......."
"Any idea who he is, doctor?" Serenity looked up from the computer screen to see the imposing figure of Commander Seto. She had been examining the man, although she had no idea why; she was always just needed to examine or treat people and felt she was always left out of the loop. "He's in good health. Is he a relative of Yugi? They look kind of similar."
This new patient was different, especially the interest Commander Seto was showing in his results. Only once before had she seen him so concerned about someone, and that was when her brother, Joey had been in the accident in Egypt and had severe burns.
"Examine him further. Match his DNA on our database."
She had tried to find out who he is. He had been fairly quiet but compliant yet had not said much and didn't tell her his name. The database was just as revealing.
"I don't understand; he's genetically identical to Yugi."
Commander Seto walked out, then two guards came in and took the man away.
A calm faced Yugi walked into Ryou's room, closed and locked the door, then freaked out. "What is it?" asked Ryou.
"Something really weird happened."
"Did something go wrong with the test?"
"The ring is gone."
"WHAT? Are you sure?"
"And this guy appeared from nowhere."
"Calm down. It's hard to understand you."
"OKAY. Okay."
Ryou walked the panicked Yugi over to his bed and sat him down. "So the ring is gone, what happened next? Has Commander Seto been asking about us?" Ryou felt his insides suck together, he wanted to just grab Yugi and run, run the world away from Seto and the relics. What would happen if they thought him and his friend stole the relics, or helped someone else steal them? Could they be imprisoned or killed or never be able to pilot again?
"After the test, he ordered me to the lab. I think he suspects something. Just then the really weird thing happened. There was this really big flash and this guy just appeared."
"Are you sure? Who is he?"
"I don't know. They said he looks like me."
"We must find out what's happening."
"Right, but that's what got us in trouble to begin with."
"I know" Ryou paused, thinking what had happened to him and what had happened to Yugi, wondering what secrets the relics held. "Was the relic still there after he appeared?"
"You will not believe the day I've had." The door slammed shut. Serenity took of her coat and carefully folded it over her arm before dropping it down next to the door. She walked up to Tristan, who was holding a frying pan over the stove and wearing a floral apron, smelled the aroma of the colourful vegetables he was cooking. "Mmm ... that looks nice." she whispered in his ear. She kissed him on the cheek before slumping down on the couch and turning the TV on. Tristan took the pan off the heat and picked up her coat.
"Bad day was it?"
"I know we can't talk about sensitive stuff, but is Seto always like that?"
"He's under a lot of stress right now."
"Its about that new guy isn't it, the one who doesn't have a name?"
"Honey, you know can't talk about that stuff."
"Where did he come from, who is he?"
"He looks a bit like Yugi doesn't he?"
"Why did Seto have guards escort him? It seems a bit much."
"He could be a spy, or a terrorist. We don't know. We're just being cautious."
"It sounds like he just appeared from nowhere."
"He did, right before my eyes in the lab."
"Now sweetheart, I thought all that cloning stuff was behind us."
Tristan carefully placed two plates on the table infront of Serenity, beautifully presented with the vegatables in the middle of white rice, with half a grilled steak on the side. It looked and smelled perfect.
"No! It has something to do with those things we found in Egypt."
"These things just made him?"
"I know it sounds weird but it's true."
"I hope you won't be studying the things any more, I worry about you sometimes."
"One of them disappeared before I got in this morning."
"So the other one made him?"
"Seto put it in quarantine at least until we know who he is."
"And the millenium project?"
"We're removing the units one by one. It takes so long and we still have to be ready for an emergency."
Serenity giggled "Don't say that, you'll jinx it."
A hand landed on Joey's shoulder. "I thought I'd find you here." Seto said. Joey looked back and brushed Seto's hand from his shoulder before turning back to look ar Mai. She lay deep in a coma in the hospital bed. Instruments beeped rhythmically as a backbeat to the clinical blue and light of the room. Joey sighed "It's my fault you know."
"You always come here when you're worried about something."
"That's none of your business."
"I apologise." Seto walked out, his footsteps echoed in sharp contrast to the sounds of the room "It's okay if you don't want to talk now, I'll speak to you later." Joey watched Mai's face, unmoving as she lightly breathed. "You're the only one I can talk to." Joey sobbed.
Seto watched from behind the door. It had been over a year since the accident, since she had saved Joeys life, but in saving his life, she took his life. Joey returned to see her every day, he could never forgive himself. Joey had grown to need Mai, to confide in her, to share his needs and regrets. It was the kind of dependancy that Seto wished Joey had for him.
A figure appeared from a dark corner of the room. Only its pale hair and a shining golden ring on its chest were visible. It spoke in a deep, rough voice "I expected more from you Atemu."
He stared, stunned "Atemu? Am I ......"
"Lost your memory? This is an interesting development."
"Tell me who you are."
The ring glowed brighter, making its eyes shine in a blank golden light and revealing its masculine pectorals. It laughed as it stepped back into the darkness. Atemu stumbled toward it "You must tell me who I am! Please!"
Ryou put his arm around Yugi's head and held it to his chest. "Calm down. Shhhh." he whispered. Yugi knelt next to Ryou's travel bag with a drawer in his hand. He paused for a moment, still gasping with a wild panicked look in his eyes, then lowered the drawer to the ground. "We've faced tougher things than this."
Yugi looked up. Ryou was now cradling Yugi's head in his arms. "I'm sorry. I guess I'm not much help like this."
"Don't worry, I'm here for you." Ryou gave Yugi a protective kiss on the forehead.
Yugi stared at Ryou's throat. He watched as Ryou's muscles briefly tensed as he kissed him then relaxed as he moved away. "I'm so sorry. You are the one who got hurt, I should be looking after you."
Ryou let Yugi go. Yugi's head dropped limply. Ryou started taking his belongings out of the bag that Yugi had so hastily jammed them in to. He put everything back in place exactly as it was before. Yugi caught his breath.
With two guards struggling to keep pace, Seto headed towards the room in which they kept the mysterious newcomer. It was partly to bury his feelings in his work and partly wanting to vent his frustration on someone that he arranged this unscheduled interrogation. He dramatically swung open the door and appeared in the room as a dark silhouette in the hard light of the corridor outside.
Atemu was lying on the floor in a pool of blood.