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Chapter Nine: So it Begins
Serenity had awakened before the dawn her mind racing so fast that she could no longer sleep. Serenity sat in the car by the window and watched the stars glitter in the sky remembering her first experience in the Shadow Realm. What an experience that had been for Shadi had informed her that she was the rightful owner of the Millennium Scale.
"There must be some mistake I just can't be the owner of an Item. The Items are supposed to belong to people who are strong in both heart and mind like Yami, Tea and Ariel not me. I am not strong."
"But you are strong Safiya and I made not mistake in telling you that you are the owner of the Scale." Serenity jumped out of her chair.
"Shadi! What- what are you doing her and how?"
"The power of the Millennium Key allows me to move my spirit wherever I choose. And I am here to talk to you about you being the owner of the Scale. It is a great responsibility, do you know what the Scale is capable of doing?"
"No."
"The Scale has the ability to judge a persons soul and determine whether or not they are lying. If the Scale discovers they are lying then it will send that persons soul to the Shadow Realm and that is not as nice of a place as you saw."
"But I am not strong enough to control the power. I am always having to be saved."
"No one knows how to control their Item in the beginning. Nefertiti, Isis and Yami had to learn how to control the powers of their Items with time." Shadi looked into Serenity's eyes and Serenity felt as if he were looking into her soul. "I know what you are thinking and you are wrong. You are not the weak one of the group, but that does not mean there won't be times when you will need to be saved. You are growing stronger everyday Safiya and your brother and your boyfriend can see it. Just trust you instincts and you heart." They could hear noise coming outside the room, "I must go someone is coming but do what I said and you will find your way." Shadi disappeared just before Duke walked into the room. Serenity sat back into the chair as if he wasn't even there.
"Good morning Serenity. I have brought you breakfast. Lets see here we have pancakes, bacon, fruit and toast..."
"Go away." Serenity didn't even look at him.
"Now don't be like that it will all be fine in a few days." Duke set the tray down on here bed and walked over to the chair. Sadly the chair could be turned in circles, so Duke turned the chair around so that Serenity was facing him. "You shall have everything you have ever wanted or even dreamed of." Duke took Serenity's hand and kissed it, "And you and I will be together forever."
Serenity pulled her hand out of Duke's and stood up.
"Never touch me! I am not yours and I will never be yours!"
"Oh but you are mine Serenity." Duke stroked her cheek with his fingers, "You most ceritnaly don't belong to Tristan Tyler because all he is good for is a laugh."
"He is ten times the man you will ever be!" Serenity turned to walk away from him, but Duke grabbed her arm and swung her around. Serenity was quicker then him and punched him in the face. "I said never touch me."
The guards outside had heard the noise in the room and opened the door to see what was wrong. When the door opened Serenity threw Duke out the door on top of the guards.
Yugi's room
Yugi sat on his bed and Yami stood in front of him they were deep in conversation about what might be coming and what had happened. Yami of course was still very angry about Bakura kissing Tea.
"I told you that he would play off the fact that you love her."
"I know that Yugi but I am allowed to get mad."
"I think you have gone beyond mad."
"When I get my hands on that asshole I will make him pay!"
"Yami if you don't settle down your not going to have any energy to kill him."
"Fine."
"So what are we going to do about this new threat?"
"The only thing we can do is fight it. Thankfully the have to deft us in a duel to win the Puzzle. And you know how bad they are at dueling."
"Good point. Hey has Tea tried to talk to you yet?"
"No but she might still be asleep. I hope she is okay." "She's fine you know she is perfectly capable of taking care of herself." Yugi looked out the window he hated when Yami got mad like this because he could feel the anger too.
Yugi watched Yami pace back and forth across the room. It wasn't bad enough that they had been kidnapped, no an ancient evil just had to come back and threaten to take over the world. Not to mention Bakura kissing Tea in front of them so now both him and Yami wanted to kill Bakura more then ever. And now Yami looked like he was about to explode.
As Yami continued to pace the floor the door clicked and opened and in came Marik. Although Marik couldn't see Yami, Yami could see him and Yugi was sure that if Yami was not in spirit form Marik just might be dead now.
"Hello little Yugi I have come to speck to the Pharaoh."
"Fine but I am not responsible for what he does." The Puzzle flashed and Yami sat where Yugi had been, "What is it you want with me this time Marik?"
"I have come to inform you that shortly everything you and your friends owned will be mine." Marik was smiling with immeasurable pleasure, "Your rain as Pharaoh is almost over and you shall not survive this take over."
"You shall never rule the world or the Shadow Realm Marik. And if anyone is going to perish in this battle it will be me."
"You are in no position to make threats I have your friends, cards and not to mention Tea or Nefertiti. And once everything is set she shall be web to Bakura. They will make a lovely couple, don't you think?"
"Tea will never marry Bakura even if you do kill me and you may have my cards but you can't take out the God cards. Those must be won in a duel along with my Puzzle and beating me is something you have been thus far unable to do."
"You know that all high and mighty act might work on some but it doesn't work on me. Your days are numbered both as Pharaoh and in life." Marik threw something soft at Yami and walked out the door. Marik had thrown a white polo shirt and a pair of kaki pants at Yami. (Alexia: People where this type of clothing when on digs in Egypt because it breaths.)
Meanwhile
Gozaburo came bursting into the room that Kaiba was being held in and flipped the mattress off the bed; throwing Kaiba on the floor. Although it had been years since Kaiba had been awaken this was by Gozaburo, Kaiba was surprisingly not surprised. Instead he quickly untangled himself from the bed sheets and jumped to his feet.
"Change into these we are leaving in a half an hour." Gozaburo threw the same cloths at Kaiba that Marik had thrown at Yami.
"Where is Mokuba?"
"I'm not going to tell you."
"You tell me where he is or I'll."
"You'll what? You can't do anything without destroying everything you hold dear. I have you brother, your beloved Blue Eyes and Marik has Ariel. I can't do anything to Ariel, but if you so much as go against me I will shred your Blue Eyes or worse I just might harm Mokuba. I care nothing for the little brat he is just extra baggage." The door to Kaiba's room opened. "Ah Marik I was wondering when you would show up for a security report."
"I was delayed, but what is the update?"
"Everything is in order and everyone has their clothes for the trip to the base. I just haven't stopped to look in on Granger I will do that when I am finished with my pathetic excuse for a son."
"There is no need to look in on Ariel I have Odeon guarding her, she won't get anywhere. I closely guard all my possessions and besides my Rode Ariel is my most prized possession." Kaiba had heard enough
"Ariel does not belong to you!"
"Oh I suppose you think she belongs to you, do you?"
"I would never say that she belonged to me, I don't own her any more then you do! Ariel belongs to no one and she is not a prize!"
"She will in a short time because when I become Pharaoh anything I want will belong to me."
"You will never get her, she would die first."
"We shall see. Come on Gozaburo we have to finish getting ready." They left Kaiba to his angry thoughts of killing the both of them.
Within a half an hour three trucks were ready to leave the airport. In the first were two Rare Hunters driving, the girls, Odeon, Marik, and Bakura (Alexia: These are the type of trucks that you see people riding in the back of in the country). In the second were again two Rare Hunters driving as well as the boys, Pegasus and Gozaburo. In the third were the rest of the Rare Hunters along with Keith, Jackson and Duke. The sun had barely pecked its head above the horizon and they were already speeding through the desert trying hard not to give into the feeling of sleep. They were trying their to remember where they were looking for landmark or anything that would help them. But it seemed that they had landed it the middle of nowhere and were still in the middle of nowhere. There was nothing around but sand and hills and they all looked the same.
Suddenly they stopped in front of one of the hills and Odeon jumped out of the truck. He walked up to the hill and opened what looked like a rock. Odeon then proceeded with whatever he was doing and all anyone heard was what sounded like beeping. Odeon closed the 'rock' and backed away from the hill as the ground began to tremble. At once everyone realized that the side of the hill itself was opening revealing a hidden cave.
The three trucks drove past Odeon and into the cave, Odeon followed as the door closed behind him. The cave itself was very dark the only light cave form torches along the wall and an occasional flashlight. From somewhere inside the cave they could hear to sound of horses pawing the ground. After a few moments the trucks came to a halt Bakura and Marik hopped out as Keith and Duke came to the back of the truck. Keith got in the truck and seized a very reluctant Mai by the arm and pulled her out of the truck, Duke proceeded to do the same with Serenity who was surprisingly fighting harder then Mai. Tea and Ariel on the other hand simply refused to move and neither Marik nor Bakura could move them.
"What is the hold up?" Gozaburo came around to the back of the truck
"We can't get them out of the back." Bakura indicated to the girls
"Oh what did they threaten to hit you with a chick kick. God I can't believe you two." Gozaburo hopped into the back of the truck and walked straight over to Ariel, "Now you listen her girl I don't want anymore trouble from you, because if you cause anymore that little brat Mokuba is going to have a little accident."
"You wouldn't dare."
"Oh wouldn't I? Okay you just stay here and will find out." Gozaburo waited for Ariel to move
"I don't believe you have the guts to kill him." Gozaburo had enough he grabbed Ariel by the wrist and pulled her to the end of the truck, "I have had just about enough of you. I have no idea who's worse you or Seto. No matter I won't have to deal with him for much longer. You see once Marik is finished with Seto I get to kill him and just maybe I will kill that little brat as well." Gozaburo was holding Ariel's arm so tight that it was starting to fall asleep but Ariel didn't even notice. The only thing that she noticed was the gun in Gozaburo's coat pocket. Before Gozaburo could stop her Ariel had gotten the gun and held it firmly to his head.
"Not if I have anything to say about it. Oh and by the way I am not afraid to kill you." Her blue eyes held no mercy as she cocked the gun. The sound ecoded through the cave and everyone turned around to watch. Kaiba had a smile on his face when he saw how afraid Gozaburo was of Ariel because Gozaburo knew perfectly well that she would kill him.
"Odeon being the boy now!"
"Yes Master Marik."
"Ariel put the gun down now!"
"Shut up you asshole! If you don't let us go I am going to blast his brains in!"
"Marik I-I don't think-think she is joking either." Gozaburo had a hard time speaking, "Can't you just control her with that Rod!"
"Not well she is wearing that Necklace I can't."
"Master I have him."
"Hold your gun to his head a prepare to shoot him."
"Yes Master."
"Now I will say this once more Ariel PUT THE GUN DOWN or the boy dies." Ariel turned her head and saw Odeon holding Mokuba with a gun to his head.
"MOKUBA!!" Ariel dropped the gun, jumped out of the truck and ran to Mokuba
"Let him go."
"No" Odeon moved the gun from Mokuba's head to Ariel's "Now back away." Ariel did as she was told. As she back away she felt someone grab her arm, it was Marik.
"One more outburst like that and Mokuba dies no questions asked. Understand?"
"Yes." Ariel stared into Marik's eyes with nothing but pure hatred
"Good." Marik pulled Ariel into a kiss as a way of testing how well she could control her anger, but he did enjoy it. "Now bring the horses out! We are running late as it is."
With in ten minutes several horses were standing in the entrance of the cave and the riders were ready to mount. Both Marik and Bakura were riding midnight black stallions; Ariel had been made to ride with Marik and Tea with Bakura. On the other horses were Odeon and Mokuba; Gozaburo and Seto (Alexia: They don't want the guys to run away and when a horse it galloping you can't exactly have someone tied up on it now can you.); Duke and Serenity; Keith and Mai; Pegasus and Ishizu (Alexia: Weird I know); the rest of the guys were all paired up with other Rare Hunters or Croquet or Kemo.
It wasn't even close to eight but they could already feel the desert beginning to heat up as the sun continued to rise higher and higher into the sky. They rode on and on across that desert in what seemed a never- ending race against time, which it was indeed. For what the ten didn't know was that they were being taken to the Pharaoh's tomb where they were to perform an ancient spell to take them back to the time of the Pharaoh; right back to ancient Egypt. Marik new very well that the spell had to be preformed before midday or they had to wait another five years and he wasn't willing to do that.
Finally after almost two hours of non-stop ridding Marik called the horses to a halt and dismounted. It was a very strange place that they had stopped at because the only thing that anyone could see was a mound of sand. But suddenly Ishizu gave a shriek, got herself out of Pegasus grip and made a beeline for Marik. Ishizu shoved Ariel out of the way and grabbed her brother by the shoulders and shook him.
"HOW DARE YOU DO THIS!!! THIS IS HOLY AND SACRID GROUND AND THAT INCANTATION WAS DESIGNED TO BE USED IN TIME OF GREAT NEED NOT WHENEVER YOU FEEL LIKE TAKING OVER THE WORLD!!! HOW CAN YOU BETRAY OUR FAMILY LIKE THIS!?!? NOT TO MENTION THE OATH OUR FAMILY HAS TAKEN TO PROTECT THE PHARAOH'S TOMB FROM-FROM-FROM PEOPLE LIKE YOU!!!"
Marik pushed his sister to the ground as two Rare Hunters came to restrain her. "I can do whatever I please! IT IS I AFTERALL WHO SHOULD BE PHARAOH!" Marik calmed himself and pulled his Rod out from inside his cloak muttered of few words in Egyptian and the small hill of sand turned into a great rock formation. In front of them was a door cut right into the rock with hieroglyphs on it.
Marik indicated to the Rare Hunters and they walked forward and opened the door to the tomb. Marik, pulling Ariel behind him, entered the tomb first followed by the others. The entrance of the tomb was like a large hall, only without the really high walls, and branched out into several different tunnels. Marik lead the way straight through the hall to the door at the far end. There side by side were two sarcophaguses the Pharaoh Yami and the Queen Tea.
"The rest of your past lives are buried through out this whole tomb in your own rooms. That is why there are many passages leading off the main hall. But for what we are about to do we need to be in the Pharaoh's main chamber. Now I am going to put all of you in a certain spot in the room and when I put you there I don't want you to move even a inch."
Marik handed Ariel over to one of the Hunters and took Tea from Bakura. Marik walked Tea to the head of the sarcophaguses. He the proceeded to place Ariel on her right, Serenity on her left, Mai next to Ariel and Ishizu between Serenity and Mai; until they formed a circle around the sarcophaguses. He then placed Yami behind Tea, Kaiba behind Ariel, Tristan behind Serenity, Joey behind Mai and Shadi behind Ishizu. The rest stood along the far wall and Odeon had his gun pointed at Mokuba's head just incase anyone decided not to do as the were told.
"Alright here is how this is going to work, I am going to give the girls an incantation to say which they will repeat over and over until the pass out because that is how we know that the spell has worked. No one else in this room is allowed to talk or even move. Oh and if you decide to disobey my orders Mokuba dies." Marik walked back to his spot along the wall, "Okay here is the incantation: What was once is now again, who we were we are again. The past to the present and the present to the past we claim once again our past."
The five girls looked at each other and nodded and begin to say the incantation in unison, "What was once is now again, who we were we are again. The past to the present and the present to the past. We claim once again our past." The minute the finished the first line they had begun to glow, faintly at first then the light grew.
The girls continued to chant the incantation and the change that was supposed to happen had begun on the third time saying the incantation. The first noticeable change was the fact that the chamber was slowly, very slowly changing into a throne room. Also their outfits began to change starting with Ishizu's. Ishizu's kaki pants and white shirt changed into her normal everyday attire (Alexia: She always dresses like an Egyptian). Once the outfit was complete a burst of light that came from here filled the room. Once the light receded Ishizu was lying on the floor, Shadi's clothes had changed and the room looked more like a throne room then a burial chamber.
The next outfits to change were Serenity's and Mai's. Serenity's became a long flowing white dress outlined in silver, two gold bands formed around her forearms, a thin gold band formed around her head, and a cape appeared. Mai's outfit became a short white skirt and a white tank top shirt that showed her stomach, both were outlined in purple. Two bands also formed around her forearms, but that were silver, which was the color for the royal army. Sandals formed on both of the feet and Mai's hair changed to a darker blonde, almost like a brunette who hard been in the sun a lot causing her hair to get highlights.
Mai was the first to collapse and just like with Ishizu and light came from her and filled the room. When it cleared Mai was lying on the floor Joey's outfit had changed as well as Keith's. Keith and Joey were both wearing the skirts that men wore back in Egypt. Joey's was outlined in silver and he had silver bands on his forearms. Keith had no bands on and his skirt was that of a commoner. The chamber had changed even more it now looked almost completely like a throne room.
Serenity was the second to collapse and the same thing happened as before. Except now Tristan and Duke's outfits had changed. Tristan was wearing the same thing as Joey and Duke was wearing the same thing as Keith. The transformation of the throne room was now complete and you could now faintly hear people voices. The voices were coming from people from the past.
Finally Tea and Ariel's attire was beginning to change. Ariel was now wear what looked like a golden bikini with a short shear gold wrap tied in the front; the top was like Mai's only it was gold (Alexia: This is the same type of outfit Eve was wearing in the Mummy Returns. You know the one she was wearing when she had the flash back well on the blimp thing.). Around her forearms were golden bands with the Millennium symbol on them. Around her head she wore a golden band the came to a point in the middle of her forehead were a small sapphire hung. There were also several golden bracelets around her wrists. Unlike Mai Ariel's hair stayed the same color blonde.
Tea's clothing changed into a long translucent golden strapless dress that was accented with several other colors in a diamond pattern (Alexia: Eve was wearing this dress in the same flashback as the other one. She wore it when she was standing on her balcony as she witnessed her father's murder.). Just like Ariel Tea had golden armbands with the Millennium symbol on them and golden bracelets around her wrist. She also wore a golden headband that had a diamond hanging from the end.
The strangest thing happened when their outfits finally changed they did not pass out like the other three instead the glowing that came from their bodies increased and the rose off the ground. Slowly Tea and Ariel begun to move in a circle around the middle of the room just above the sarcophaguses, which for some reason had not yet disappeared. Their chanting was becoming increasingly louder but their mouths were no longer moving. In fact it seemed they had passed out put they had not collapsed. Instead as they continued to move in a circle the lights left their bodies and begin to swirl around the others on the ground changing the rest of their out fits. When their outfits had changed the light went back up to the girls and begun circling around them.
Then from out of now where the light burst from the room with a gush of wind and went through the hall and out into the rest of the rooms. They could see shadows of people walking around becoming sold people and their voices becoming clearer and clearer. The chanting continued to get louder and louder for about a minute and then the light came rushing back into the room completely filling it then disappearing. The sarcophaguses were gone and they were now standing in the throne room in the middle of the Pharaoh's palace. Tea and Ariel stopped moving and their chanting stopped abruptly; slowly the limp body lowered themselves and came to rest on the marble floor.
"It worked. It worked." Marik could barely believe it
Footsteps were now coming towards the throne room. Guards, priest, servants and councilors came running into the throne room only to find the girls on the floor and the guys held by the enemy.
"What is the meaning of this? Why are they back from the battle field so soon?" asked one of the guards "The battle is over." Pegasus stepped forward "You have lost and there is a new Pharaoh." Marik stepped forward.
"I am the new Pharaoh and you shall call me Pharaoh Marik." Everyone in the room bowed, "Now take these women to their rooms, but take the Sorceress to the Pharaoh's bed chamber and take the old Queen to the Sorceress' bed chamber. You guards take these men to the dungeons I will decide what to do with them later."
All the guards and servants bowed once more, "As you wish Pharaoh."
Marik walked up to the throne and sat down in it "So it begins the beginning to our take over."
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Chapter Nine: So it Begins
Serenity had awakened before the dawn her mind racing so fast that she could no longer sleep. Serenity sat in the car by the window and watched the stars glitter in the sky remembering her first experience in the Shadow Realm. What an experience that had been for Shadi had informed her that she was the rightful owner of the Millennium Scale.
"There must be some mistake I just can't be the owner of an Item. The Items are supposed to belong to people who are strong in both heart and mind like Yami, Tea and Ariel not me. I am not strong."
"But you are strong Safiya and I made not mistake in telling you that you are the owner of the Scale." Serenity jumped out of her chair.
"Shadi! What- what are you doing her and how?"
"The power of the Millennium Key allows me to move my spirit wherever I choose. And I am here to talk to you about you being the owner of the Scale. It is a great responsibility, do you know what the Scale is capable of doing?"
"No."
"The Scale has the ability to judge a persons soul and determine whether or not they are lying. If the Scale discovers they are lying then it will send that persons soul to the Shadow Realm and that is not as nice of a place as you saw."
"But I am not strong enough to control the power. I am always having to be saved."
"No one knows how to control their Item in the beginning. Nefertiti, Isis and Yami had to learn how to control the powers of their Items with time." Shadi looked into Serenity's eyes and Serenity felt as if he were looking into her soul. "I know what you are thinking and you are wrong. You are not the weak one of the group, but that does not mean there won't be times when you will need to be saved. You are growing stronger everyday Safiya and your brother and your boyfriend can see it. Just trust you instincts and you heart." They could hear noise coming outside the room, "I must go someone is coming but do what I said and you will find your way." Shadi disappeared just before Duke walked into the room. Serenity sat back into the chair as if he wasn't even there.
"Good morning Serenity. I have brought you breakfast. Lets see here we have pancakes, bacon, fruit and toast..."
"Go away." Serenity didn't even look at him.
"Now don't be like that it will all be fine in a few days." Duke set the tray down on here bed and walked over to the chair. Sadly the chair could be turned in circles, so Duke turned the chair around so that Serenity was facing him. "You shall have everything you have ever wanted or even dreamed of." Duke took Serenity's hand and kissed it, "And you and I will be together forever."
Serenity pulled her hand out of Duke's and stood up.
"Never touch me! I am not yours and I will never be yours!"
"Oh but you are mine Serenity." Duke stroked her cheek with his fingers, "You most ceritnaly don't belong to Tristan Tyler because all he is good for is a laugh."
"He is ten times the man you will ever be!" Serenity turned to walk away from him, but Duke grabbed her arm and swung her around. Serenity was quicker then him and punched him in the face. "I said never touch me."
The guards outside had heard the noise in the room and opened the door to see what was wrong. When the door opened Serenity threw Duke out the door on top of the guards.
Yugi's room
Yugi sat on his bed and Yami stood in front of him they were deep in conversation about what might be coming and what had happened. Yami of course was still very angry about Bakura kissing Tea.
"I told you that he would play off the fact that you love her."
"I know that Yugi but I am allowed to get mad."
"I think you have gone beyond mad."
"When I get my hands on that asshole I will make him pay!"
"Yami if you don't settle down your not going to have any energy to kill him."
"Fine."
"So what are we going to do about this new threat?"
"The only thing we can do is fight it. Thankfully the have to deft us in a duel to win the Puzzle. And you know how bad they are at dueling."
"Good point. Hey has Tea tried to talk to you yet?"
"No but she might still be asleep. I hope she is okay." "She's fine you know she is perfectly capable of taking care of herself." Yugi looked out the window he hated when Yami got mad like this because he could feel the anger too.
Yugi watched Yami pace back and forth across the room. It wasn't bad enough that they had been kidnapped, no an ancient evil just had to come back and threaten to take over the world. Not to mention Bakura kissing Tea in front of them so now both him and Yami wanted to kill Bakura more then ever. And now Yami looked like he was about to explode.
As Yami continued to pace the floor the door clicked and opened and in came Marik. Although Marik couldn't see Yami, Yami could see him and Yugi was sure that if Yami was not in spirit form Marik just might be dead now.
"Hello little Yugi I have come to speck to the Pharaoh."
"Fine but I am not responsible for what he does." The Puzzle flashed and Yami sat where Yugi had been, "What is it you want with me this time Marik?"
"I have come to inform you that shortly everything you and your friends owned will be mine." Marik was smiling with immeasurable pleasure, "Your rain as Pharaoh is almost over and you shall not survive this take over."
"You shall never rule the world or the Shadow Realm Marik. And if anyone is going to perish in this battle it will be me."
"You are in no position to make threats I have your friends, cards and not to mention Tea or Nefertiti. And once everything is set she shall be web to Bakura. They will make a lovely couple, don't you think?"
"Tea will never marry Bakura even if you do kill me and you may have my cards but you can't take out the God cards. Those must be won in a duel along with my Puzzle and beating me is something you have been thus far unable to do."
"You know that all high and mighty act might work on some but it doesn't work on me. Your days are numbered both as Pharaoh and in life." Marik threw something soft at Yami and walked out the door. Marik had thrown a white polo shirt and a pair of kaki pants at Yami. (Alexia: People where this type of clothing when on digs in Egypt because it breaths.)
Meanwhile
Gozaburo came bursting into the room that Kaiba was being held in and flipped the mattress off the bed; throwing Kaiba on the floor. Although it had been years since Kaiba had been awaken this was by Gozaburo, Kaiba was surprisingly not surprised. Instead he quickly untangled himself from the bed sheets and jumped to his feet.
"Change into these we are leaving in a half an hour." Gozaburo threw the same cloths at Kaiba that Marik had thrown at Yami.
"Where is Mokuba?"
"I'm not going to tell you."
"You tell me where he is or I'll."
"You'll what? You can't do anything without destroying everything you hold dear. I have you brother, your beloved Blue Eyes and Marik has Ariel. I can't do anything to Ariel, but if you so much as go against me I will shred your Blue Eyes or worse I just might harm Mokuba. I care nothing for the little brat he is just extra baggage." The door to Kaiba's room opened. "Ah Marik I was wondering when you would show up for a security report."
"I was delayed, but what is the update?"
"Everything is in order and everyone has their clothes for the trip to the base. I just haven't stopped to look in on Granger I will do that when I am finished with my pathetic excuse for a son."
"There is no need to look in on Ariel I have Odeon guarding her, she won't get anywhere. I closely guard all my possessions and besides my Rode Ariel is my most prized possession." Kaiba had heard enough
"Ariel does not belong to you!"
"Oh I suppose you think she belongs to you, do you?"
"I would never say that she belonged to me, I don't own her any more then you do! Ariel belongs to no one and she is not a prize!"
"She will in a short time because when I become Pharaoh anything I want will belong to me."
"You will never get her, she would die first."
"We shall see. Come on Gozaburo we have to finish getting ready." They left Kaiba to his angry thoughts of killing the both of them.
Within a half an hour three trucks were ready to leave the airport. In the first were two Rare Hunters driving, the girls, Odeon, Marik, and Bakura (Alexia: These are the type of trucks that you see people riding in the back of in the country). In the second were again two Rare Hunters driving as well as the boys, Pegasus and Gozaburo. In the third were the rest of the Rare Hunters along with Keith, Jackson and Duke. The sun had barely pecked its head above the horizon and they were already speeding through the desert trying hard not to give into the feeling of sleep. They were trying their to remember where they were looking for landmark or anything that would help them. But it seemed that they had landed it the middle of nowhere and were still in the middle of nowhere. There was nothing around but sand and hills and they all looked the same.
Suddenly they stopped in front of one of the hills and Odeon jumped out of the truck. He walked up to the hill and opened what looked like a rock. Odeon then proceeded with whatever he was doing and all anyone heard was what sounded like beeping. Odeon closed the 'rock' and backed away from the hill as the ground began to tremble. At once everyone realized that the side of the hill itself was opening revealing a hidden cave.
The three trucks drove past Odeon and into the cave, Odeon followed as the door closed behind him. The cave itself was very dark the only light cave form torches along the wall and an occasional flashlight. From somewhere inside the cave they could hear to sound of horses pawing the ground. After a few moments the trucks came to a halt Bakura and Marik hopped out as Keith and Duke came to the back of the truck. Keith got in the truck and seized a very reluctant Mai by the arm and pulled her out of the truck, Duke proceeded to do the same with Serenity who was surprisingly fighting harder then Mai. Tea and Ariel on the other hand simply refused to move and neither Marik nor Bakura could move them.
"What is the hold up?" Gozaburo came around to the back of the truck
"We can't get them out of the back." Bakura indicated to the girls
"Oh what did they threaten to hit you with a chick kick. God I can't believe you two." Gozaburo hopped into the back of the truck and walked straight over to Ariel, "Now you listen her girl I don't want anymore trouble from you, because if you cause anymore that little brat Mokuba is going to have a little accident."
"You wouldn't dare."
"Oh wouldn't I? Okay you just stay here and will find out." Gozaburo waited for Ariel to move
"I don't believe you have the guts to kill him." Gozaburo had enough he grabbed Ariel by the wrist and pulled her to the end of the truck, "I have had just about enough of you. I have no idea who's worse you or Seto. No matter I won't have to deal with him for much longer. You see once Marik is finished with Seto I get to kill him and just maybe I will kill that little brat as well." Gozaburo was holding Ariel's arm so tight that it was starting to fall asleep but Ariel didn't even notice. The only thing that she noticed was the gun in Gozaburo's coat pocket. Before Gozaburo could stop her Ariel had gotten the gun and held it firmly to his head.
"Not if I have anything to say about it. Oh and by the way I am not afraid to kill you." Her blue eyes held no mercy as she cocked the gun. The sound ecoded through the cave and everyone turned around to watch. Kaiba had a smile on his face when he saw how afraid Gozaburo was of Ariel because Gozaburo knew perfectly well that she would kill him.
"Odeon being the boy now!"
"Yes Master Marik."
"Ariel put the gun down now!"
"Shut up you asshole! If you don't let us go I am going to blast his brains in!"
"Marik I-I don't think-think she is joking either." Gozaburo had a hard time speaking, "Can't you just control her with that Rod!"
"Not well she is wearing that Necklace I can't."
"Master I have him."
"Hold your gun to his head a prepare to shoot him."
"Yes Master."
"Now I will say this once more Ariel PUT THE GUN DOWN or the boy dies." Ariel turned her head and saw Odeon holding Mokuba with a gun to his head.
"MOKUBA!!" Ariel dropped the gun, jumped out of the truck and ran to Mokuba
"Let him go."
"No" Odeon moved the gun from Mokuba's head to Ariel's "Now back away." Ariel did as she was told. As she back away she felt someone grab her arm, it was Marik.
"One more outburst like that and Mokuba dies no questions asked. Understand?"
"Yes." Ariel stared into Marik's eyes with nothing but pure hatred
"Good." Marik pulled Ariel into a kiss as a way of testing how well she could control her anger, but he did enjoy it. "Now bring the horses out! We are running late as it is."
With in ten minutes several horses were standing in the entrance of the cave and the riders were ready to mount. Both Marik and Bakura were riding midnight black stallions; Ariel had been made to ride with Marik and Tea with Bakura. On the other horses were Odeon and Mokuba; Gozaburo and Seto (Alexia: They don't want the guys to run away and when a horse it galloping you can't exactly have someone tied up on it now can you.); Duke and Serenity; Keith and Mai; Pegasus and Ishizu (Alexia: Weird I know); the rest of the guys were all paired up with other Rare Hunters or Croquet or Kemo.
It wasn't even close to eight but they could already feel the desert beginning to heat up as the sun continued to rise higher and higher into the sky. They rode on and on across that desert in what seemed a never- ending race against time, which it was indeed. For what the ten didn't know was that they were being taken to the Pharaoh's tomb where they were to perform an ancient spell to take them back to the time of the Pharaoh; right back to ancient Egypt. Marik new very well that the spell had to be preformed before midday or they had to wait another five years and he wasn't willing to do that.
Finally after almost two hours of non-stop ridding Marik called the horses to a halt and dismounted. It was a very strange place that they had stopped at because the only thing that anyone could see was a mound of sand. But suddenly Ishizu gave a shriek, got herself out of Pegasus grip and made a beeline for Marik. Ishizu shoved Ariel out of the way and grabbed her brother by the shoulders and shook him.
"HOW DARE YOU DO THIS!!! THIS IS HOLY AND SACRID GROUND AND THAT INCANTATION WAS DESIGNED TO BE USED IN TIME OF GREAT NEED NOT WHENEVER YOU FEEL LIKE TAKING OVER THE WORLD!!! HOW CAN YOU BETRAY OUR FAMILY LIKE THIS!?!? NOT TO MENTION THE OATH OUR FAMILY HAS TAKEN TO PROTECT THE PHARAOH'S TOMB FROM-FROM-FROM PEOPLE LIKE YOU!!!"
Marik pushed his sister to the ground as two Rare Hunters came to restrain her. "I can do whatever I please! IT IS I AFTERALL WHO SHOULD BE PHARAOH!" Marik calmed himself and pulled his Rod out from inside his cloak muttered of few words in Egyptian and the small hill of sand turned into a great rock formation. In front of them was a door cut right into the rock with hieroglyphs on it.
Marik indicated to the Rare Hunters and they walked forward and opened the door to the tomb. Marik, pulling Ariel behind him, entered the tomb first followed by the others. The entrance of the tomb was like a large hall, only without the really high walls, and branched out into several different tunnels. Marik lead the way straight through the hall to the door at the far end. There side by side were two sarcophaguses the Pharaoh Yami and the Queen Tea.
"The rest of your past lives are buried through out this whole tomb in your own rooms. That is why there are many passages leading off the main hall. But for what we are about to do we need to be in the Pharaoh's main chamber. Now I am going to put all of you in a certain spot in the room and when I put you there I don't want you to move even a inch."
Marik handed Ariel over to one of the Hunters and took Tea from Bakura. Marik walked Tea to the head of the sarcophaguses. He the proceeded to place Ariel on her right, Serenity on her left, Mai next to Ariel and Ishizu between Serenity and Mai; until they formed a circle around the sarcophaguses. He then placed Yami behind Tea, Kaiba behind Ariel, Tristan behind Serenity, Joey behind Mai and Shadi behind Ishizu. The rest stood along the far wall and Odeon had his gun pointed at Mokuba's head just incase anyone decided not to do as the were told.
"Alright here is how this is going to work, I am going to give the girls an incantation to say which they will repeat over and over until the pass out because that is how we know that the spell has worked. No one else in this room is allowed to talk or even move. Oh and if you decide to disobey my orders Mokuba dies." Marik walked back to his spot along the wall, "Okay here is the incantation: What was once is now again, who we were we are again. The past to the present and the present to the past we claim once again our past."
The five girls looked at each other and nodded and begin to say the incantation in unison, "What was once is now again, who we were we are again. The past to the present and the present to the past. We claim once again our past." The minute the finished the first line they had begun to glow, faintly at first then the light grew.
The girls continued to chant the incantation and the change that was supposed to happen had begun on the third time saying the incantation. The first noticeable change was the fact that the chamber was slowly, very slowly changing into a throne room. Also their outfits began to change starting with Ishizu's. Ishizu's kaki pants and white shirt changed into her normal everyday attire (Alexia: She always dresses like an Egyptian). Once the outfit was complete a burst of light that came from here filled the room. Once the light receded Ishizu was lying on the floor, Shadi's clothes had changed and the room looked more like a throne room then a burial chamber.
The next outfits to change were Serenity's and Mai's. Serenity's became a long flowing white dress outlined in silver, two gold bands formed around her forearms, a thin gold band formed around her head, and a cape appeared. Mai's outfit became a short white skirt and a white tank top shirt that showed her stomach, both were outlined in purple. Two bands also formed around her forearms, but that were silver, which was the color for the royal army. Sandals formed on both of the feet and Mai's hair changed to a darker blonde, almost like a brunette who hard been in the sun a lot causing her hair to get highlights.
Mai was the first to collapse and just like with Ishizu and light came from her and filled the room. When it cleared Mai was lying on the floor Joey's outfit had changed as well as Keith's. Keith and Joey were both wearing the skirts that men wore back in Egypt. Joey's was outlined in silver and he had silver bands on his forearms. Keith had no bands on and his skirt was that of a commoner. The chamber had changed even more it now looked almost completely like a throne room.
Serenity was the second to collapse and the same thing happened as before. Except now Tristan and Duke's outfits had changed. Tristan was wearing the same thing as Joey and Duke was wearing the same thing as Keith. The transformation of the throne room was now complete and you could now faintly hear people voices. The voices were coming from people from the past.
Finally Tea and Ariel's attire was beginning to change. Ariel was now wear what looked like a golden bikini with a short shear gold wrap tied in the front; the top was like Mai's only it was gold (Alexia: This is the same type of outfit Eve was wearing in the Mummy Returns. You know the one she was wearing when she had the flash back well on the blimp thing.). Around her forearms were golden bands with the Millennium symbol on them. Around her head she wore a golden band the came to a point in the middle of her forehead were a small sapphire hung. There were also several golden bracelets around her wrists. Unlike Mai Ariel's hair stayed the same color blonde.
Tea's clothing changed into a long translucent golden strapless dress that was accented with several other colors in a diamond pattern (Alexia: Eve was wearing this dress in the same flashback as the other one. She wore it when she was standing on her balcony as she witnessed her father's murder.). Just like Ariel Tea had golden armbands with the Millennium symbol on them and golden bracelets around her wrist. She also wore a golden headband that had a diamond hanging from the end.
The strangest thing happened when their outfits finally changed they did not pass out like the other three instead the glowing that came from their bodies increased and the rose off the ground. Slowly Tea and Ariel begun to move in a circle around the middle of the room just above the sarcophaguses, which for some reason had not yet disappeared. Their chanting was becoming increasingly louder but their mouths were no longer moving. In fact it seemed they had passed out put they had not collapsed. Instead as they continued to move in a circle the lights left their bodies and begin to swirl around the others on the ground changing the rest of their out fits. When their outfits had changed the light went back up to the girls and begun circling around them.
Then from out of now where the light burst from the room with a gush of wind and went through the hall and out into the rest of the rooms. They could see shadows of people walking around becoming sold people and their voices becoming clearer and clearer. The chanting continued to get louder and louder for about a minute and then the light came rushing back into the room completely filling it then disappearing. The sarcophaguses were gone and they were now standing in the throne room in the middle of the Pharaoh's palace. Tea and Ariel stopped moving and their chanting stopped abruptly; slowly the limp body lowered themselves and came to rest on the marble floor.
"It worked. It worked." Marik could barely believe it
Footsteps were now coming towards the throne room. Guards, priest, servants and councilors came running into the throne room only to find the girls on the floor and the guys held by the enemy.
"What is the meaning of this? Why are they back from the battle field so soon?" asked one of the guards "The battle is over." Pegasus stepped forward "You have lost and there is a new Pharaoh." Marik stepped forward.
"I am the new Pharaoh and you shall call me Pharaoh Marik." Everyone in the room bowed, "Now take these women to their rooms, but take the Sorceress to the Pharaoh's bed chamber and take the old Queen to the Sorceress' bed chamber. You guards take these men to the dungeons I will decide what to do with them later."
All the guards and servants bowed once more, "As you wish Pharaoh."
Marik walked up to the throne and sat down in it "So it begins the beginning to our take over."
(Okay I know this is like one of the shortest chapters I have written but I wanted to get it up so you guys would have something to read. I hope you enjoyed it! PLEASE R&R PLEASE!!!!)