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Chapter 4: Not Dead Yet

1:30 pm: on the blimp

Joey & Rose were still asleep when Serenity came to wake them up.

"Joey! Rose!" She called. They both woke up wondering why Serenity was calling them.

"What's wrong, Serenity?" Joey asked his sister.

"Kaiba wants all of us to meet him in the shelter. He says it's important."

"I hope he found something." Rose said.

They all walked to the shelter just outside the blimp. Yugi, Tea, Tristan, Duke, Mai, & Bakura were already there when Joey, Rose, & Serenity arrived. The thing was sitting on the table with a cloth over it. All was quiet until Tristan broke the silence.

"What do you guys think it is?" He asked everyone.

Duke answered, "I don't know, but I do know what it's not."

"And what's that, Duke?" Bakura asked.

"It's not human. It can't be. I think its some sort of alien or something."

Joey laughed. "Come on, Duke. There's no such thing as aliens. It's not possible."

"Then what do you think it is, Einstein!?!" Duke yelled.

"I don't know what the hell that thing is so stop fucking screamin' at me!" Joey yelled back.

"Why don't you fuckin' make me!"

"You asked for it!!" Joey raised his fist to punch Duke.

"Joey! Calm down man! Now is not a good time to pick a fight!" Tristan said as he grabbed Joey's arm before he could knock Duke out.

Yugi also tried to calm him down. "Tristan's right, Joey." He said, putting his hand on his shoulder. "Rose needs you right now. I know it doesn't seem like it, but I think she's more shaken up by all of this than any of us."

Joey lowered his arm. He looked over to Rose who was on the other side of the room. She seemed to be in a total daze looking out the window. "I hope Kaiba found something out. But then again I'm not sure if I even wanna know what that thing is." She thought to herself. "Sigh I just wanna go home. This shit is just too fuckin' stressful for me." She then felt someone taking her right hand in to theirs. She turned her head to see who it was. Joey was sitting next to her, looking into her brown eyes.

"Are you feeling OK?" Joey asked.

"Yeah. I guess I just have a lot on my mind."

"Like what?"

She looked at Joey for a moment, hesitating to answer. "Nothing."

Joey knew something was bothering her, but he didn't push it. He knew Rose didn't like to reveal what she feels inside. She always kept her feelings bottled up. Joey just put his arm around her shoulders & she rested her head on his shoulder. Kaiba then walked in with a tape recorder in his hands & Mokuba right behind him.

"Hey, Kaiba." said Mai. " Why did you bring us all down here?"

"Yeah. What seems to be so important?" Tristan asked him.

"And what's wit da tape recorder?" Joey asked next.

"If you will let me speak, I may be able to answer all your questions. So I really need you to listen to what I have to say." Kaiba said in a tired voice. He waited a few seconds to make sure he had everyone's full attention. "As you all know, I've been examining this thing for the last few hours. Before I started examining it, I was trying to at least guess what it could possibly be. I overheard Duke & Joey arguing over that subject & honestly, I'm not sure which one of you is right."

"Wait!" Duke interrupted. "You mean to tell us that you don't even know what this thing is?"

"That's right." Kaiba replied.

"Then why the hell are we here? I thought you found something out!" Joey said, angry that Kaiba would be wasting their time like this.

"Guys, let Kaiba explain. I'm sure he brought us in here for a good reason." Bakura calmly reassured Joey & Duke. Everyone returned their attention back to Kaiba.

"As I was saying, I'm not sure exactly what this thing is. While I was looking at its physical features, I thought it might be some sort of alien or something, but then I started examining its anatomical features. And from the inside, it seems to be...human."

"Wait! How's that!?!" Duke interrupted again.

Kaiba was getting tired of Duke's interruptions. "Let me finish, Dice-Boy!" Duke got quiet. "Anyways, like I said, It seems to be human based on its anatomy."

"But, it can't be human." Tea said with a confused look on her face. "I mean.....well, you guys saw it. No way any person can look like that."

"My point exactly." Kaiba replied.

"O......K..........so you brought us here to tell us that you haven't figured out what this thing is?" Tristan asked. "Waste of time, if you ask me."

"Not exactly. I found this while I was finding a place for Mokuba to sleep since he wanted to stay here with me." Kaiba picked up the tape recorder he brought with him. "I think this could somehow help us."

"How?" asked Bakura.

"Well.......just listen." Kaiba pushed the "Rewind" button & then "Stop" & "Play". It was silent for a moment, but then they heard a man start speaking.

"I'm gonna hide this tape when I'm finished." said the voice. "If none of us make it, at least there'll be some kind of record. Storm's been hitting us hard now for 48 hours. We still have nothing to go on .......................One other thing.............I think it.....rips through your clothes when it takes you over ...................Windows found some shredded long johns but the name tag was missing............They could be anybody's............Nobody............Nobody trusts any body now. And we're all very tired................... There's nothing else I can do..............just wait.......................R.J. MacReady, helicopter pilot, U.S. Outpost Number 31."

All was silent for a moment. But then Rose broke the silence. "So that's MacReady. I wonder what happened to him and the rest of the other people."

"What does he mean when he said 'it takes you over'?" Tristan asked.

"I'm not sure." Rose replied. "It sounds like someone or something was attacking them. Killing them off one by one."

"Whoa!" Joey was shocked at what she just said. "How'd you come up wit dat, Rose?"

"First he said 'If none of us make it' & then he's talking about something 'taking you over'. I don't know what that means, but I think it might have something to do with that thing." She looked over to the thing on the table, covered by a light blue cloth. They all looked at it for a moment.

"I don't know about you guys, but I'm starting to get a headache just trying to figure all this out." Tristan complained.

"Big surprise." Tea said under her breath.

"Yeah shouldn't we start the tournament?" Bakura asked Kaiba.

"No." Kaiba replied. "I think this is more important."

"Kaiba's right, you guys. The tournament can wait." Yugi agreed. "Plus, I don't think I'll be able to concentrate in a duel. All I can think about is that thing & what it could be."

"Yeah, me either." Joey agreed. He was also too worried about Rose, but he didn't want Rose to know that. Even though she claims to be OK, Joey knows when something's bothering his girlfriend.

"We're gonna have to post-pone the tournament for later." Kaiba said. "But I'll let you guys go for now & get your minds off this thing."

Without hesitation, everyone exited the shelter. Kaiba & Serenity stayed behind. Everyone else went back to the blimp. Joey's mind was already on another subject besides the thing.

"Man, I'm starved. What's to eat?" he said while looking in the refrigerator.

"Now that you mention it, I'm kinda hungry, too." Yugi said while his stomach started growling really loudly to where everyone heard it.

"Whoa, Yugi!" Tristan said. "Did that come from you?"

Yugi smiled. "I guess so. I didn't know I was that hungry."

Everyone laughed. They all found something to satisfy their hunger & watched a comedy to keep their minds on happier things. Until Mokuba came running out of his room.

"What's wrong, Mokuba?" Tea asked him.

Mokuba was trying to catch his breath before he started talking.

"I was studying a sample of that thing, and I found out......this thing isn't dead yet!"

"WHAT!?!" They all said.

"Are you sure?" Mai asked.

"Yes, I'm sure."

"But it was frozen in the snow for who knows how long." Duke said. "No way anyone can survive that!"

What!?! It survived the freezing cold!?! What's up with that? NEways, I'll be putting up Chpt. 5 soon. I kill off someone in Chpt. 5, can you guess who? Ha! You never will! laughs evilly You'll have to read it cuz I'm not tellin'. =P Well, plz R&R & keep reading my story. = )