The hooded figure looked into the sands. Three figures moved in the distance, almost to far away to see. The figure moved to sweep away when his cloak glowed. The puzzle he was wearing glowed with a light. He shouted when his mind was probed.

'You will not harm Yugi!'

'NOTHING YOU CAN DO YAMI. I CONTROL HIS FATE.'

'This is between you and me. Leave him out of this!'

'YAMI. YOU KNOW THAT I NEED YUGI'S DEFEAT FOR THE FULL POWER OF THE PUZZLE.'

'Don't be a coward! Fight me instead! I will take Yugi's place. If you beat me the power will still be yours.'

'NO. I PREFER TO LET YOU SUFFER AND WATCH HELPLESSLY AS YOUR LIFE IS TAKEN AWAY FROM YOU JUST AS YOU DID TO ME.'

'You only live because of me!'

'LIVE FOR A LIFE OF ENTRAPMENT. BUT I PITY YOU. I SHALL SHOW THE PITY YOU NEVER SHOWED ME AND BANISH YOU TO THE SHADOW RELM.'

The figure sneered inside of his hood.

'YUGI WILL NOT HAVE THE SAME PITY AS YOU. I THINK HIS SOUL WIL BE A NICE TROPHY FOR ALL ETERNITY.'

Yami yelled in fury.

'You will not get away with this! Yugi will stop you!'

'I HOPE HE GIVES ME SOME FUN COMPETION AT LEAST. SHADI WAS NO FUN.'

'You sick animal.'

'THIS CONVERSATION IS OVER.'

The light rushes back into the puzzle and Yami's voice is silenced. The figure stares at the three people as they move closer. Kaiba... Yugi... and ... Marik.

'EXPECTED.'

Ishizu finally decided to act on his movements.

'BUT DOES SHE EVEN KNOW WHO I AM AND WHAT SHE SENTENCED THESE THREE TO? PROBABLY NOT.'

The hooded figure turned to the footsteps approaching him from the tomb behind him.

"They here yet?"

The hooded figure smiled as he looked into the face of Sting. Skullz stayed back in the shadows looking as though he was bored. But the hooded figure knew different. Skullz itched for the fight more then Sting did.

"YES. YOU WILL BE THE TEST. I TRUSTED THE TWO WILL NOT PASS IT."

"No problem."

Sting smiled evilly as he talked to the hooded figure. Skullz moved forward and looked into the sands.

"Three?"

"NOT TO WORRY. MARIK IS OF NO CONCERN. I HAVE A SPECIAL TREAT FOR HIM."

Skullz turned around without a look of care in his face.

"Whatever."

"Yea, we'll just go set up."

Sting ran back down the hall. Skullz passed the figure and moved to exit as well.

"STING CANNOT WIN HIS FIGHT. YOU NEED TO FIGHT FOR BOTH OF YOU."

"Sting is fully capable of beating Kaiba."

"IT WILL BE A 2 ON 2 MATCH."

"What!"

"HA! DON"T WORRY YOUR REVENGE WILL STILL BE CARRIED OUT ON YUGI."

"I wanted to face him alone."

The hooded figure said no more. Skullz truly hated the figure and swore on that moment that after Yugi, the figure was next. The figure sneered again as Skullz walked away. He moved his arm to show the Millennium Key.

"I WILL AWAIT YOUR CHALLENGE SKULLZ."

The figure stepped inside the tomb and threw his arm above his head. He snapped his figures and the doors slammed closed. An inscription could now be read on the door...

He with noble heart or courageous soul, know this: The darkness awaits you inside. Enter to your certain doom.