Chapter 14: Misha's Escape
Misha awoke and forced himself from all fours, he felt like he had just been hit by a semi-truck…he then looked at the Millennium Bracelet and thought, "There's so much I don't know about this thing yet…But why, out of all the people in the world, why did it have to come into my possession?"
Misha then looked at his watch and said, "I better get back to the arena…best not miss the end of a main event."
Misha then passed the stairs to Pegasus' Sanctuary…he then heard the sound of footsteps coming down the stairs, he turned and looked back. He saw Bakura; he was clutching something in his hand. "What were you doing up there, that area is off limits…you should know that by now." Misha yelled.
Bakura gave him an evil eyed look and said, "I don't need to explain myself to you mortal, I just wanted to get something that was up there…now if you excuse me, I'll be on my way."
Misha's face screwed up a bit; he'd never heard anyone talk to him like that before…more or less call him a mortal. "I'm sorry but I'm going to have to ask you to hand over to me whatever you're holding in your hand there?"
Bakura looked back at him and said, "I have a better idea…have you ever play a shadow game before?" Misha stayed silent. "I'm guessing by your sustained silence you haven't…well then this should be rather entertaining to see, I'll make you a deal…if you win I'll give you what I hold in my hand…but if I win, I get that bracelet you have around your wrist."
The spirit of the Bracelet then said, "Misha let me take over from here, your body would barely withstand the power of what this person is requesting." Misha then replied, "Okay, but I want you to be careful too…I only have this body here and it's non-refundable." The spirit of the Bracelet looked at Misha, "Was that supposed to be a joke?" it asked. Misha replied, "I know it's not funny…but I just don't want to die because of anything you did, okay."
The Spirit of the Bracelet took over Misha's body and asked, "So…are we going to duel here or just stand here until sunset?"
Suddenly a blue beam of light shot out of the Millennium Ring, the Bracelet shot out a beam of red light. Both beams connected, the Spirit of the Bracelet felt his legs buckle under him, as he fell to all fours he looked up at Bakura who'd seemed to barely budge at all. "Is this the best you've got?" Bakura taunted.
"You haven't seen anything yet!" The spirit replied, he suddenly staggered back to his feet and gave out a tremendous cry of pain. Bakura's eyes widened, he actually seemed scared, "This can't be…no one has that much power!"
Misha smiled and said, "Well you're meeting someone who does…looks like the tables have turned." A great blast of energy came between them, Bakura fell to all fours breathing heavily…Misha (the REAL Misha) walked over and opened Bakura's hand to see what his prize was, it was the Millennium Eye…Misha quickly picked it up and said, "You know, you still owe me one for this victory."
Bakura looked up, "But the Eye is your reward for this battle…I owe you nothing!" he argued. Misha smiled and shook his head, "This is just a fee for working with me my friend…now I'd suggest you get going, we wouldn't want your host's friends to see us together."
Misha then looked around and thought, "But I don't want them to see me either, I've got to get off this island…and I know the one way to do it."
Misha returned to the tunnels below the castle and said, "Okay…if I remember the way correctly, it should be left, left, right, straight for the next three corridors, another left…yep, here are the stairs." Misha went down and entered an underground cove, on the shore of the cove was a moor, and roped to the moor was a speed boat. Misha looked to make sure everything he would need was aboard (you know, food, life jackets, rescue flares, etc.) Misha untied the boat, started the engine. As he sped out of the cove entrance he looked back at the island, "This is the last time I'm ever going to see this place." He thought to himself, he then saw the speed boat's fuel gauge and saw he had only ¾ a full tank. Misha snorted and grumbled, "Thanks Pegasus…yeah thanks for screwing me over!"