(A/N:Chapter Eight begins Part Two of this story. Thank you to everyone who has been reading and reviewing this so far. I'm sorry the updates are so far apart)

Chapter Eight-Emergency at Rex's

"Come on, Elizabeth. I know you don't want to, but you have to come take your medicine. Your breathing is bad!" Rex sighed. "Do I have to call Espa over here again?" The former dino duelist was frustrated with his latest foster child. Even though Lizzie had requested him, Rex knew that it was only to keep from having to go to an orphanage. But it wasn't a secret that she rather liked being around Rex and his two sisters. However, winter had finally settled in around Domino, and as it had come, so had Elizabeth's chronic Bronchitis. Rex remembered that even Bakura had to fight with her to take her medicine. "Please?"

"Fine." Lizzie pouted, though she tried not to show it when she got up the steps to Rex's side.

"I know you don't like this junk, but it'll make your breathing better. Now, here." He handed her the inhaler.

Yuck! I hate this stuff. I wish Yami Bakura could send the people who invented this stuff to the shadow realm! She took the required two puffs, then tossed it back to Rex. "I'm going to play with Meghan and Christien!"

"Be careful, Lizzie!" Rex called out, but his words were lost on her giggles as Christien snowballed her. Rex shook his head, returning to the warmth of his kitchen. I wonder if the courts have come to any decisions...it's been almost four months since Elizabeth came here. I love her and all, but she should be with Bakura, without question. He glared at the pot of water he had on for hot chocolate. "This job is so unfair! It really wreaks!"

"I'm sorry." Weevil was leaning on the door frame when Rex turned around.

"No, I am. See,I have to keep her here until the court decides between Seto or Bakura." Rex muttered.

"How's she doing here?" Weevil asked. He wasn't as familiar with Lizzie Bakura as Rex was, but he knew the girl was close to three of his best friends. Frankly, he did feel a little left out when Joey, Espa and Rex talked of her the week before at their weekly lunch.

"She's doing all right I guess." Rex replied. "She seems to be pretending that this is just one big camp." He shook his head. "There is one thing that gets on my nerves though. I've tried to break her of it, but it's not working."

"What is it?" Weevil asked, as he slid his glasses up the bridge of his nose.

"Well, she seems to have imaginary friends. I know that's normal in children Monica's age, but hers. What makes it so weird though is that they're actually duel monsters. She's named a couple of the cards from her deck."

Weevil shrugged. "Well, Kenny had invisible playmates up until she was eleven. Maybe it'll wear off on it's own. Have you talked to Bakura about it?"

"I want to, but I'm not quite sure how to.." Rex glanced out the window, to see where his charges were. "What if he gets offended?"

"I'm sure he knows about it as much as the rest of us do. " Weevil assured his friend. "Just bring it up casually or something. You know?"

"I suppose.." Rex was frowning. "Where did they go?!" He walked out on to his back porch. "Meg! Lizzie!"

Suddenly, he saw Christien and Meghan running towards him, looking very worried. "Guys? Where's Elizabeth?!"

"She's having a reall y bad asthma attack, Rex! We left her with Chris' brother. She can't seem to get out of it!" Meghan seemed hysterical. "I thought her medicine would've preven ted that!"

"Not always." Weevil broke in. He ran past the two kids, and towards where they had come. "Rex, call an ambulance, now!"

Rex looked stricken, but he snapped out of it a minute later, and got his phone. He told the operator what was going on, and then gave his address. After he hung up, he dialed Bakura's number. He knew the court order said no contac t, but he also knew that Bakura would've never forgiven him if he didn 't call. The phone rang three times before Rex heard the sound of Yami Bakura on the other end. "Hello?"

"What." Yami Bakura still lacked phone etiquette.

"I need to speak to Ryou at once." Rex replied just a rudely. He was also known to be quite rude sometimes.

A minute later, the gentle British boy came to the phone. "Hello?"

"Bakura, this is Rex. We have a problem with your sister." He explained as best as he could what was going on,.

"Oh dear...." Bakura's voice was trembling. "I'll meet you at the hospital. I have to call Kaiba." He hung up quickly.

"Kaiba?" Rex shook his head at the dial tone, before hanging up as well. He still didn't really know the whole story between Bakura, Lizzie and Seto Kaiba. He just never bothered to ask. He didn't have time to ponder this, since Weevil came back with Lizzie then. "Is she all right!?"

"No. She's really hot, and now her breathing is even more labored." Weevil replied in concern. "Do you need me to go with you to the ER?"

"Someone needs to stay here with Monica. I'm sure Meghan's gonna wanna go too." Rex replied, beginning to feel frazzled.

"I'll take her back to m y house. Espa'll do it, I'm sure." Christien offered now.

"I'd rather call him first." Rex said, as he began zipping Lizzie up. The girl was near hysterical. "Shhh...It's going to be okay, Elizabeth. We're going to the hospital as soon as the ambulance gets here." He might not have known much about Lizzie's condition, but he knew her hysteria wasn't helping her in the least. "Lizzie, you have to calm down. You're only making yourself worse."

"That's right." Weevil nodded. He was still holding her in his arms. This was as awkward for him as it looked to Rex. "Relax."

Meanwhile, Christien had called Espa, and upon hearing the situation, Espa had offered to also call Joey so that he'd be at the hospital too. He also agreed to baby sit Monica while Rex went to deal with the situation. "Espa said he can do it." He told Rex when he hung up.

"Huh?" Rex was distracted by the ambulance.

"Espa said he'd watch Monica, and Joey's going to meet you guys there as well." Christien picked Monica up, and they headed to his house before Rex could protest. Rex usually did have a hard time accepting help from other people. Espa was the same way most times.

Rex either didn't notice, or was too distracted by what the EMTs were doing with Lizzie to notice that the young Roba had left. He helped them get her into the ambulance. "Weevil, bring Meghan with you in my car, okay?" He tossed his keys to the insect expert. "Please be careful with her!!"

"I won't get your sister killed. I promise." Weevil replied, knowing that Rex was referring to the car.

"I meant with the car!" Rex exclaimed.

"Duh!" Weevil replied with a smirk. "Come on, Megs. Let's go." The whole caravan pulled out of Rex's driveway, and headed to the hospital. Everyone was thinking the same thing. Why hadn't Lizzie's medicine worked?

In the midst of the confusion, DM,Kuba and CG watched from a distance. They waited until the insect duelist had turned the corner up the street before looking at each other. DM spoke first. "It had to be Mana. I was there when Lizzie took her inhaler. It was the strong one."

"But why would Mana go to all that trouble knowing the adults would just get her medical help?" CG asked.

"Because she's Mana. That's why." DM muttered. "I don't think we should take this lightly."

"We won't,but we can't do anything standing around here." CG pointed out. "Personally, I wanna bash some Mana."

"I'm with you, but I think it might be wiser if we get advice from the Pharaoh first, don't you?" DM asked. They hadn't had any need to visit Pharaoh Atemu for a long time, but this was a much more serious matter now.

"I suppose you're right, as usual." Kuba spoke up. "Come on then. Let us go." The three duel monster guardians disappeared then, leaving no trace that they had ever been there.