Chapter Two.
Count Down: Two Days, Nine hours, Forty five minutes, twelve seconds.
Yugi and his friends and their families arrived in Duelist Kingdom on schedule that weekend on Saturday morning. Maximillion Pegasus was there at the hello pad to meet them and he put on a spectacular event. Pegasus, Yugi, Tea, Tristan, Joey, Ryou and Mai were all taken in open cars down the only street on the island to the castle in victory parade style. Pegasus had spared no expense and it could be seen on the faces of his company employees whom he'd had fallen out to throw flowers, candies, and wreaths at the passing cars while everyone else rode in a bus all the way to the castle. Once they were there, they were ushered inside by beautiful young girls clad scantly in short dresses and deep cut tops.
"Ho, ho, this absolutely amazing." Yugi's Grandfather said as one young girl put a wreath of flowers around his head and gave him a kiss on the cheek. "Yugi, I wish that you'd told me that you were so beloved by Mr. Pegasus."
"I didn't know myself." Yugi said as two girls crowded around him and led him away down the hallway. Naturally, Tea was outraged at this sort of behavior but then she saw the hunky guys in short pants and bowties who were passing out drinks.
"Maybe this isn't so bad after all." She said taking a mint tea.
"I'll say." Rebecca agreed as she took a virgin bloody marry and slapped one of the waiters on the rump.
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Kaiba was making his final preparations for the launch the next day. First he filed a flight plan with the Japanese government to launch a fleet of "test rockets" into high orbit. He assured the government that all twelve of the "test rockets" would land safely in the ocean. He neglected to inform the government, however, that simultaneously, eleven more rockets would taking off from Duelist Kingdom. Then he began loading his cargo onto the shuttles. First they would need food, water, tents, recyclable containers, and construction equipment. Next he assigned living spaces to his most trusted and highly prized employees. He picked only the smartest, strongest, and most physically fit of them, and their families.
"Seto, don't you think we should tell the government what we know?" Mokuba asked as they oversaw the loading of the shuttles. Vehicles upon vehicles filled to the brim with supplies and personal belongings were being loaded into the cargo holds of the long, white, ships.
"Mokuba this is the end of the world. They can't stop it so it's meaningless to give them any warning. Besides, if the governments of the world found out about our plans then they would use these shuttles to save themselves instead of trying to preserve human seed for future generations." Kaiba told his little brother. "This is the most selfless act we can do for our country and for our planet. Be proud Mokuba, for one day we'll be hailed as the saviors of the human race."
"What about Yugi and the others?" Mokuba asked. To this Kaiba gave no answer. He just stood there and looked out the window at his grand scheme taking shape. Tomorrow they would begin loading passengers and then after midnight they would take off for outer space and the unknown.
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Yugi and his family and friends were treated like Kings at Duelist Kingdom and Pegasus threw a fantastic party and grand ball for them. They ate, the danced, and made marry the whole evening long and into the night. Yugi and Tea danced every dance together and then they went out onto the balcony to get some air while the others traded up partners for the next dance.
"Yugi this is amazing." Tea said looking up at the bright night sky. "Who could ever have thought that we'd be back here celebrating after all that we'd went through?"
"I know what you mean, it's kind of strange, but I couldn't think of a better time of place." Yugi said reaching into his pocket. He'd been waiting for over a year to do this, but the right time just never came along. Now seemed like the perfect time though. They were all alone, the night air was warm, and he was sure about both their feelings. "Tea." Yugi said dropping to one knee. Tea looked at him kind of strangely then a look of shock sprang to her face when she looked down and saw the diamond chip ring that Yugi held out before her.
"Oh my gosh, Yugi, is this for real?" She asked getting down on her knees with him.
"It sure is. I want you to marry me Tea, just as soon as we get out of high school."
"Oh wow." Tea said taking the ring and slipping it onto her finger. It was a perfect fit and as soon as it was on, Tea knew that she never wanted to take it off. "Yugi, I love you." She said to him and put her arms around his neck.
"I love you too Tea." He said, they kissed, and then got back up. "Let's go make our announcement to the others."
"Sure thing." Tea said happily. She couldn't think of a better time or place to make such a wonderful announcement as this one. They were getting married. It was just so fantastic that Tea could not even believe that it was real. She kept looking down at her ring and playing with it to make sure that it wasn't just some trinket that would slip off her hand when she woke up the next morning and disappear into the realm of fantasy. How could anything be this wonderful?
"Excuse me everyone." Yugi said banging on a glass with his dinner fork. "We've got an announcement to make!" The entire room fell silent and every eye turned toward Tea and Yugi.
"We'd like announce to everyone that we're getting married next year after graduation!" Tea shouted then put her arms around little Yugi. The entire room erupted in loud cheers, clapping, and well wishes for the couple. Everyone was excited to hear this news. Everyone, that is, except for Rebecca. She stood in the back and sniffled for a moment then she ran out of the ballroom up the stairs, and into her bedroom where she cried her eyes out on her pillow.
"Blasted Tea!" She cried out. "Blasted Duelist Kingdom! She was more angry than she was sad. She was angry at everything that she just lost it. She blamed the place they were in for this terrible news that Yugi would be marring Tea instead of her. Rebecca blamed Maximillion Pegasus for bringing them all here so that Yugi could propose. She was so angry at the entire idea of this ball that she went to the window and cast her Duel Monsters cards out into the sea. They all floated down and to the waves and were taken away. "I vow I'll never play duel monsters again!" She cried. Just then though there was a nock at the door.
"Excuse me miss." Came a voice. It was Maximillion Pegasus himself.
"What do you want?" Rebecca demanded.
"To see if there's anything that I can do for you." Pegasus replied. Rebecca wiped her tears away then sniffled a little.
"Come in." She said, not knowing what else to do. I mean she could have told him to go away but this was his home that she was staying in. Pegasus must have known that she would feel this way because when Rebecca opened the door she was surprised to find him holding a tray with two drinks and a flower on it.
"Dear Rebecca, what troubles you so?" Pegasus asked her when he came into the room. "Surely it can not be the happy news that Tea and Little Yugi will be wed next year?"
"It's not fare." Rebecca said as she sat down on the bed. "Yugi should have asked me to marry him." Pegasus smiled and sat down with her. He put the tray of drinks on the bedside table and handed Rebecca the flower.
"Now Rebecca, you may be a smart girl and you may already be in college but you have to understand that you're too young to fall in love the way you're talking about." He told her. "Yugi may look like he's your age but he's a lot older than you and he's much more interested in girls his own age. Girls like Tea whom he's fallen madly in love with. I can remember that tender young age when I first fell in love. I knew that it was meant to be and so I did everything within my power to make things happen the way I wanted them. It didn't work out the way I wanted them to though. I'm sure you know about my wife's passing."
"You were married?" Rebecca asked.
"Yes, to a lovely young woman whom I loved very dearly. The problem was that it wasn't meant to be. She died and I have never been able to find my way back from her death. I made my wife my whole world and then my world was taken from me. That's why I…" He stopped there.
"That's why you what?" Rebecca asked.
"That's why I…invented Duel Monsters. To make people like you happy. Children around the world look up to me and I do it because I have no children of my own. Now here, drink this, and be happy for Yugi. If you truly love him the way you say you do then you'll drink to his and Tea's happiness." Pegasus handed her a drink from the tray he'd brought in. It was a nice cool, refreshing grapefruit juice and lime. Rebecca raised her glass and so did Pegasus. They toasted Yugi and Tea then they both downed their drinks. "Feel better?" He asked.
"I do kind of feel a little better." Rebecca said then she noticed that she was starting to get a little tired. "What's happening?" She asked.
"Just lay down and get some rest my dear, don't worry." Pegasus said. Before Rebecca could argue she was asleep or unconscious I should say. She doubled over into Pegasus' arms and he laid her back on the bed.
"Oh Croquet!" He called down the hallway. Croquet came running and when he saw the girl on the bed he came to attention. "Take miss Hawkins to the chamber and have her placed in suspended animation." Pegasus ordered.
"Yes sir." Croquet replied. "What about the others, they're all out cold in the ballroom."
"Have them taken to the chamber as well. I want all their personal belongings and duel monsters cards packed up and sent with them on their short trip down to the launch bay."
"You intend to take them with us?" Croquet asked. "But I thought that…"
"You thought wrong. I have to save Yugi and as many of his friends and family as can be saved. I won't leave them here to die." Pegasus stated. "They've done so much for me. They're the ones who freed me from the curse of my Millennium eye. They above all other human beings on the face of this earth deserve to live. Besides, I can't just very well allow true love like Tea's and Yugi's to go unrequited. They have to live and be married and experience all the wonder and bliss of being together for the rest of their lives."
"Um…Yes sir." Croquet replied. He was more than a little confused but then again when working for Maximillion Pegasus that was quite normal. He took Rebecca with him down the secret chamber where the rest of the staff were loading the others into the suspended animation pods. There they would sleep until the ships were safely away from earth.
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The sun rose early it seemed when the next morning dawned over Kaiba Corp. headquarters. Seto Kaiba hadn't slept much that night. He'd been too busy preparing for his epic journey into the dark void of space. Neither had his little brother Mokuba gotten any sleep. He'd spent his night worrying about his friends Yugi, Tea, Joey, and Tristan. They were going to be left behind to die on the earth when the asteroid hit. How could his big brother be so heartless as to leave them all there to die. Oh that's right, he wasn't leaving them all. He was taking Serenity Wheeler with him.
"How can he do this?" Mokuba asked. "He's just leaving them here to die." He hung his head and cried the whole morning long. He cried at breakfast, on the way to the launch pad, and even as they were being suited up for space flight.
"Mokuba stop that." Kaiba told his brother finally, after he'd had enough of his brother's babyish behavior. "I wouldn't be practical to bring anyone other than Serenity." He tried to tell Mokuba. "Speaking of which, is she here yet?" Kaiba asked his technicians.
"She arrived last night from Duelist Kingdom." The Flight Coordinator answered. "We're ready for you and Mr. Mokuba to board now sir. We hope that you'll have a safe flight." The ground crew manning Cape Kaiba Mission Control had no idea of the impending doom. They only knew that it was their employer's will to go into space. When Seto Kaiba's will was made known they preformed whatever task he set before them.
"Mokuba, let's go." Kaiba said then he and his brother got into the elevator and wend down three levels to the underground launch pad where only those with alpha level security passes could get to. There were eleven more just like it all around the island and each one was bustling now with passengers hurrying to get aboard. Their final few moments on earth were very panicky ones. People rushed and crowded to get into the space ships where they had been assigned.
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"Everything is ready Mr. Pegasus sir." Croquet said as he took his seat next to his master.
"You delivered Miss Wheeler to Cape Kaiba last night?" Pegasus asked.
"Yes sir." Croquet replied.
"And Little Yugi is safe and sound with his friends in the cargo hold?" He asked.
"Yes sir." Croquet replied.
"Good then, let's prepare to blast off!" Pegasus exclaimed and grabbed hold of his seat. He was ready and so were everyone else in his half of the fleet. Now it was all up to Seto Kaiba.
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Kaiba sat on the bridge of his command ship and looked out the forward view screen at the bright blue sky above them.
"Count to blast off." He commanded.
"Counting down." Replied Mission control. "Blast off in five, four, three, two, one. Engines go." The engines beneath them roared to life as a spectacular burst of fire, smoke, and debris flew up from beneath the ship and it slowly began to lift off from out of it's bunker. The Earth rumbled and seas shook as Cape Kaiba opened it's other underground bunkers up and more rockets roared to life. The launch shook the Control Center and rocked the small man made island like a toy boat in the bath tub.
Across the ocean another secret launch site began it's count down to launch. Pegasus One and it's fleet took off almost as the exact same time as Blue Eyes Two and it's fleet did. The 23 ships all bound for the outer reaches of the galaxy pulled away from the earth's gravitational pull and broke away freely into space.
"Prepare for first stage separation." Kaiba commanded.
"Separating stage one rocket in five, four, three, two, one. Stage one rocket disengaged." Mission Control relayed. The ships all dropped their rear booster tanks and rockets which all began to fall back to earth while the fleet deployed their new sub-light speed engines and thrusters. "Sub-light test one ready to go." Blue Eyes Two ready for sub light launch."
"Excellent." Kaiba relayed back. "We're ready up here. Engage sub-light engines." He commanded.
"Hello Kaiba boy." Came that nauseating voice over the radio.
"Pegasus, is there a problem with your engines?" Kaiba asked him not so much with concern as wishful thinking.
"Sorry to disappoint you, but yes, they are working. The reason I called is that I wanted you to know that I'll be waking the rest of my crew up any moment."
"Waking the rest of your crew? What are you talking about?" Kaiba demanded.
"I mean that I'm going to waking up some old friends of ours. After all, I can't run this big ship on my own it's the size of a whale and doesn't at all have a becoming shape to it. A Dragon for goodness sake, Kaiba boy don't you have anything on your mind besides dragons?"
"Pegasus, you brought Yugi and his friends didn't you!" Kaiba yelled over the radio.
"Right again there Kaiba boy. Well, it's been nice chatting with you but we've got a lot of hard work to do over hear if we're going to make it to the new world safely."
"Pegasus!!!" Kaiba cried out all the way past the moon and deep into the solar system.
Count Down: Two Days, Nine hours, Forty five minutes, twelve seconds.
Yugi and his friends and their families arrived in Duelist Kingdom on schedule that weekend on Saturday morning. Maximillion Pegasus was there at the hello pad to meet them and he put on a spectacular event. Pegasus, Yugi, Tea, Tristan, Joey, Ryou and Mai were all taken in open cars down the only street on the island to the castle in victory parade style. Pegasus had spared no expense and it could be seen on the faces of his company employees whom he'd had fallen out to throw flowers, candies, and wreaths at the passing cars while everyone else rode in a bus all the way to the castle. Once they were there, they were ushered inside by beautiful young girls clad scantly in short dresses and deep cut tops.
"Ho, ho, this absolutely amazing." Yugi's Grandfather said as one young girl put a wreath of flowers around his head and gave him a kiss on the cheek. "Yugi, I wish that you'd told me that you were so beloved by Mr. Pegasus."
"I didn't know myself." Yugi said as two girls crowded around him and led him away down the hallway. Naturally, Tea was outraged at this sort of behavior but then she saw the hunky guys in short pants and bowties who were passing out drinks.
"Maybe this isn't so bad after all." She said taking a mint tea.
"I'll say." Rebecca agreed as she took a virgin bloody marry and slapped one of the waiters on the rump.
-------Scene Break-------
Kaiba was making his final preparations for the launch the next day. First he filed a flight plan with the Japanese government to launch a fleet of "test rockets" into high orbit. He assured the government that all twelve of the "test rockets" would land safely in the ocean. He neglected to inform the government, however, that simultaneously, eleven more rockets would taking off from Duelist Kingdom. Then he began loading his cargo onto the shuttles. First they would need food, water, tents, recyclable containers, and construction equipment. Next he assigned living spaces to his most trusted and highly prized employees. He picked only the smartest, strongest, and most physically fit of them, and their families.
"Seto, don't you think we should tell the government what we know?" Mokuba asked as they oversaw the loading of the shuttles. Vehicles upon vehicles filled to the brim with supplies and personal belongings were being loaded into the cargo holds of the long, white, ships.
"Mokuba this is the end of the world. They can't stop it so it's meaningless to give them any warning. Besides, if the governments of the world found out about our plans then they would use these shuttles to save themselves instead of trying to preserve human seed for future generations." Kaiba told his little brother. "This is the most selfless act we can do for our country and for our planet. Be proud Mokuba, for one day we'll be hailed as the saviors of the human race."
"What about Yugi and the others?" Mokuba asked. To this Kaiba gave no answer. He just stood there and looked out the window at his grand scheme taking shape. Tomorrow they would begin loading passengers and then after midnight they would take off for outer space and the unknown.
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Yugi and his family and friends were treated like Kings at Duelist Kingdom and Pegasus threw a fantastic party and grand ball for them. They ate, the danced, and made marry the whole evening long and into the night. Yugi and Tea danced every dance together and then they went out onto the balcony to get some air while the others traded up partners for the next dance.
"Yugi this is amazing." Tea said looking up at the bright night sky. "Who could ever have thought that we'd be back here celebrating after all that we'd went through?"
"I know what you mean, it's kind of strange, but I couldn't think of a better time of place." Yugi said reaching into his pocket. He'd been waiting for over a year to do this, but the right time just never came along. Now seemed like the perfect time though. They were all alone, the night air was warm, and he was sure about both their feelings. "Tea." Yugi said dropping to one knee. Tea looked at him kind of strangely then a look of shock sprang to her face when she looked down and saw the diamond chip ring that Yugi held out before her.
"Oh my gosh, Yugi, is this for real?" She asked getting down on her knees with him.
"It sure is. I want you to marry me Tea, just as soon as we get out of high school."
"Oh wow." Tea said taking the ring and slipping it onto her finger. It was a perfect fit and as soon as it was on, Tea knew that she never wanted to take it off. "Yugi, I love you." She said to him and put her arms around his neck.
"I love you too Tea." He said, they kissed, and then got back up. "Let's go make our announcement to the others."
"Sure thing." Tea said happily. She couldn't think of a better time or place to make such a wonderful announcement as this one. They were getting married. It was just so fantastic that Tea could not even believe that it was real. She kept looking down at her ring and playing with it to make sure that it wasn't just some trinket that would slip off her hand when she woke up the next morning and disappear into the realm of fantasy. How could anything be this wonderful?
"Excuse me everyone." Yugi said banging on a glass with his dinner fork. "We've got an announcement to make!" The entire room fell silent and every eye turned toward Tea and Yugi.
"We'd like announce to everyone that we're getting married next year after graduation!" Tea shouted then put her arms around little Yugi. The entire room erupted in loud cheers, clapping, and well wishes for the couple. Everyone was excited to hear this news. Everyone, that is, except for Rebecca. She stood in the back and sniffled for a moment then she ran out of the ballroom up the stairs, and into her bedroom where she cried her eyes out on her pillow.
"Blasted Tea!" She cried out. "Blasted Duelist Kingdom! She was more angry than she was sad. She was angry at everything that she just lost it. She blamed the place they were in for this terrible news that Yugi would be marring Tea instead of her. Rebecca blamed Maximillion Pegasus for bringing them all here so that Yugi could propose. She was so angry at the entire idea of this ball that she went to the window and cast her Duel Monsters cards out into the sea. They all floated down and to the waves and were taken away. "I vow I'll never play duel monsters again!" She cried. Just then though there was a nock at the door.
"Excuse me miss." Came a voice. It was Maximillion Pegasus himself.
"What do you want?" Rebecca demanded.
"To see if there's anything that I can do for you." Pegasus replied. Rebecca wiped her tears away then sniffled a little.
"Come in." She said, not knowing what else to do. I mean she could have told him to go away but this was his home that she was staying in. Pegasus must have known that she would feel this way because when Rebecca opened the door she was surprised to find him holding a tray with two drinks and a flower on it.
"Dear Rebecca, what troubles you so?" Pegasus asked her when he came into the room. "Surely it can not be the happy news that Tea and Little Yugi will be wed next year?"
"It's not fare." Rebecca said as she sat down on the bed. "Yugi should have asked me to marry him." Pegasus smiled and sat down with her. He put the tray of drinks on the bedside table and handed Rebecca the flower.
"Now Rebecca, you may be a smart girl and you may already be in college but you have to understand that you're too young to fall in love the way you're talking about." He told her. "Yugi may look like he's your age but he's a lot older than you and he's much more interested in girls his own age. Girls like Tea whom he's fallen madly in love with. I can remember that tender young age when I first fell in love. I knew that it was meant to be and so I did everything within my power to make things happen the way I wanted them. It didn't work out the way I wanted them to though. I'm sure you know about my wife's passing."
"You were married?" Rebecca asked.
"Yes, to a lovely young woman whom I loved very dearly. The problem was that it wasn't meant to be. She died and I have never been able to find my way back from her death. I made my wife my whole world and then my world was taken from me. That's why I…" He stopped there.
"That's why you what?" Rebecca asked.
"That's why I…invented Duel Monsters. To make people like you happy. Children around the world look up to me and I do it because I have no children of my own. Now here, drink this, and be happy for Yugi. If you truly love him the way you say you do then you'll drink to his and Tea's happiness." Pegasus handed her a drink from the tray he'd brought in. It was a nice cool, refreshing grapefruit juice and lime. Rebecca raised her glass and so did Pegasus. They toasted Yugi and Tea then they both downed their drinks. "Feel better?" He asked.
"I do kind of feel a little better." Rebecca said then she noticed that she was starting to get a little tired. "What's happening?" She asked.
"Just lay down and get some rest my dear, don't worry." Pegasus said. Before Rebecca could argue she was asleep or unconscious I should say. She doubled over into Pegasus' arms and he laid her back on the bed.
"Oh Croquet!" He called down the hallway. Croquet came running and when he saw the girl on the bed he came to attention. "Take miss Hawkins to the chamber and have her placed in suspended animation." Pegasus ordered.
"Yes sir." Croquet replied. "What about the others, they're all out cold in the ballroom."
"Have them taken to the chamber as well. I want all their personal belongings and duel monsters cards packed up and sent with them on their short trip down to the launch bay."
"You intend to take them with us?" Croquet asked. "But I thought that…"
"You thought wrong. I have to save Yugi and as many of his friends and family as can be saved. I won't leave them here to die." Pegasus stated. "They've done so much for me. They're the ones who freed me from the curse of my Millennium eye. They above all other human beings on the face of this earth deserve to live. Besides, I can't just very well allow true love like Tea's and Yugi's to go unrequited. They have to live and be married and experience all the wonder and bliss of being together for the rest of their lives."
"Um…Yes sir." Croquet replied. He was more than a little confused but then again when working for Maximillion Pegasus that was quite normal. He took Rebecca with him down the secret chamber where the rest of the staff were loading the others into the suspended animation pods. There they would sleep until the ships were safely away from earth.
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The sun rose early it seemed when the next morning dawned over Kaiba Corp. headquarters. Seto Kaiba hadn't slept much that night. He'd been too busy preparing for his epic journey into the dark void of space. Neither had his little brother Mokuba gotten any sleep. He'd spent his night worrying about his friends Yugi, Tea, Joey, and Tristan. They were going to be left behind to die on the earth when the asteroid hit. How could his big brother be so heartless as to leave them all there to die. Oh that's right, he wasn't leaving them all. He was taking Serenity Wheeler with him.
"How can he do this?" Mokuba asked. "He's just leaving them here to die." He hung his head and cried the whole morning long. He cried at breakfast, on the way to the launch pad, and even as they were being suited up for space flight.
"Mokuba stop that." Kaiba told his brother finally, after he'd had enough of his brother's babyish behavior. "I wouldn't be practical to bring anyone other than Serenity." He tried to tell Mokuba. "Speaking of which, is she here yet?" Kaiba asked his technicians.
"She arrived last night from Duelist Kingdom." The Flight Coordinator answered. "We're ready for you and Mr. Mokuba to board now sir. We hope that you'll have a safe flight." The ground crew manning Cape Kaiba Mission Control had no idea of the impending doom. They only knew that it was their employer's will to go into space. When Seto Kaiba's will was made known they preformed whatever task he set before them.
"Mokuba, let's go." Kaiba said then he and his brother got into the elevator and wend down three levels to the underground launch pad where only those with alpha level security passes could get to. There were eleven more just like it all around the island and each one was bustling now with passengers hurrying to get aboard. Their final few moments on earth were very panicky ones. People rushed and crowded to get into the space ships where they had been assigned.
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"Everything is ready Mr. Pegasus sir." Croquet said as he took his seat next to his master.
"You delivered Miss Wheeler to Cape Kaiba last night?" Pegasus asked.
"Yes sir." Croquet replied.
"And Little Yugi is safe and sound with his friends in the cargo hold?" He asked.
"Yes sir." Croquet replied.
"Good then, let's prepare to blast off!" Pegasus exclaimed and grabbed hold of his seat. He was ready and so were everyone else in his half of the fleet. Now it was all up to Seto Kaiba.
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Kaiba sat on the bridge of his command ship and looked out the forward view screen at the bright blue sky above them.
"Count to blast off." He commanded.
"Counting down." Replied Mission control. "Blast off in five, four, three, two, one. Engines go." The engines beneath them roared to life as a spectacular burst of fire, smoke, and debris flew up from beneath the ship and it slowly began to lift off from out of it's bunker. The Earth rumbled and seas shook as Cape Kaiba opened it's other underground bunkers up and more rockets roared to life. The launch shook the Control Center and rocked the small man made island like a toy boat in the bath tub.
Across the ocean another secret launch site began it's count down to launch. Pegasus One and it's fleet took off almost as the exact same time as Blue Eyes Two and it's fleet did. The 23 ships all bound for the outer reaches of the galaxy pulled away from the earth's gravitational pull and broke away freely into space.
"Prepare for first stage separation." Kaiba commanded.
"Separating stage one rocket in five, four, three, two, one. Stage one rocket disengaged." Mission Control relayed. The ships all dropped their rear booster tanks and rockets which all began to fall back to earth while the fleet deployed their new sub-light speed engines and thrusters. "Sub-light test one ready to go." Blue Eyes Two ready for sub light launch."
"Excellent." Kaiba relayed back. "We're ready up here. Engage sub-light engines." He commanded.
"Hello Kaiba boy." Came that nauseating voice over the radio.
"Pegasus, is there a problem with your engines?" Kaiba asked him not so much with concern as wishful thinking.
"Sorry to disappoint you, but yes, they are working. The reason I called is that I wanted you to know that I'll be waking the rest of my crew up any moment."
"Waking the rest of your crew? What are you talking about?" Kaiba demanded.
"I mean that I'm going to waking up some old friends of ours. After all, I can't run this big ship on my own it's the size of a whale and doesn't at all have a becoming shape to it. A Dragon for goodness sake, Kaiba boy don't you have anything on your mind besides dragons?"
"Pegasus, you brought Yugi and his friends didn't you!" Kaiba yelled over the radio.
"Right again there Kaiba boy. Well, it's been nice chatting with you but we've got a lot of hard work to do over hear if we're going to make it to the new world safely."
"Pegasus!!!" Kaiba cried out all the way past the moon and deep into the solar system.