It didn't take long for Yugi and the others to notice that Cat was hurt. Yugi immediately ran to his sister's side, while Joey and Mai took over where his Dark Magician had left off.
"Cat! Cat!" Yugi called, trying to revive his sister as he knelt down beside her.
"Yugi?" Cat murmured as Yugi's face blurred and became clear. "Yugi!"
"Are you alright? We got to get you out of here!" Yugi said as he tried to move her. Cat winced as Yugi stopped his attempts.
"No Yugi, you have to get everyone else out of here!" Cat said, the pain she was feeling showing in her voice. "We can't win. You have to order the retreat and take them home."
"But what about you?" Joey said as he and Mai ran and stopped next to them.
"I'll be fine." Cat insisted. "Don't worry about me. You guys need to do what needs to be done!"
"I'm not leaving you!" Yugi protested as Cat put a weak hand on his.
"Come on Yugi. You as the prince have a right to your people to lead them out of here! I'll still be here when you're done, and I have my duel monsters." She said looking at her Pegasus that was hovering over her. "Please Yugi. They need you!" Yugi nodded slowly. He knew she was right. If they were going to beat this game, then he had to make sure that his team would live to fight another day.
"Besides," Cat said interrupting his thoughts. "That arrow only took 1000 life points, I still got 3000 left."
"Alright." Yugi said standing up. "We'll be back for you." He said.
"Maybe I should stay with her." Joey volunteered.
"No!" Cat protested. "He needs both of you. I'll be fine." Mai and Joey nodded as they ran off with Yugi and Cat sank back to the ground, breathing heavily. She closed her eyes and fell unconscious again, welcoming the blackening relief from the aching pain in her shoulder and in her heart.
Seto continued to run toward Cat as he saw Yugi and his friends leave. Seto gave a growl of disgust, what kind of a brother was he? Leaving his sister like that! Seto reached Cat and knelt beside her, cradling her head as the rain continued to fall from over head.
"Cat?" he whispered. "Cat?" he tried again after no answer. He shook with anger, he had told his duelists not to attack her! Someone would pay for this.
Two of Seto's servant saw him and ran toward him, noticing how he was bent over the form of a girl.
"Prince Seto?" They questioned as he turned cold blue eyes toward them.
"You!" he yelled as they stepped back in fear. "That was
your archery girl that shot that arrow!" Seto accused angrily. The man shook
his head and held out his hands palms out.
"Prince Seto! I never issued that command!" The man protested as Seto silenced
him with a glare. Seto turned his attention back to Cat as he studied the
wound. The first thing to do was to remove the arrow.
"Hold her!" Seto ordered as he propped her up against the now kneeling two men. The men looked at each other, then to Cat, and back to Seto.
"Um, my lord…" The other man began nervously. "She is not one of our…"
"Silence!" Seto yelled at them as they quickly shut their mouths. Seto's expression softened as leaned closer to Cat.
"I don't know if you can hear me, but we are going to take out the arrow, it will hurt, but it needs to be done." He said to her gently as he broke off the tip of the arrow. Then steeling himself he pulled the arrow out as Cat gave an unconscious scream of pain. Seto quickly tore off part of his coat and wrapped it around her shoulder, discarding the broken arrow. The two men looked to Seto for instruction as Seto picked her up bridal style. Seto looked at them then at Cat Pegasus, who was watching nearby, ready to step in if anymore harm came to it's mistress. Once the monster saw its master was being taken care of, it disappeared in a flash of light and returned to its card form.
"Take that card and put it back in her deck." Seto ordered sternly as they two men rushed to do as commanded. Seto then summoned his Blue eyes and took off into the air, flying toward the familiar house. Cat stirred in his arms as the wind rushed over her face. Seto hugged her protectively to him as they landed outside. He walked up the front steps and laid her gently next to the door. "Seto?" Cat murmured as she opened her eyes a crack and saw the familiar brown hair and stunning blue eyes. "Seto?" she whispered again. Seto took no notice of her identification of him as he stood up. He then knocked and rushed off, vaulted onto his blue eyes and flew off. But not before making sure that Yugi found her and took her inside. He smiled, knowing she was safe now and returned home.
