Yami had run out of the room after he saw Ianna get kidnapped. Yugi quickly followed. "What are you going to do?" Yugi called after Yami.
"I have to find a away to help her," He ran down the hallways, towards Ianna's room. He didn't know much about what she did, about the incantations and such, but he would every book in her room searching for an aswer. When he walked in he barely noticed that on the wall was the same 'viewing screen' as was in his room. He also noted in the back of his mind that since the puzzle had been reassembled everything was back to normal.
Yugi ran in after Yami and found him going through a book case full of ancient looking texts. "Do you know what you're looking for?" he asked. Yami just shook his head and pulled out numerous books. Yugi looked up at the 'screen' and watched Ianna struggle against her bonds in the cage. Yugi sighed and settle down on the ground in front of the book case and helped Yami in his search.
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Tea arrived home and found her answering machine had one new message on it. It was Joey and Tristan, there were at Yugi's house and said they would wait for Ianna. She picked up the phone and called them back.
"Hello?" Tea heard Tristan pick up the phone.
"Hey, it's me," Tea greeted. "Is Ianna back yet?"
"No not yet, we've been here for about an hour," Tristan told her. Tea wrinkled her forehead.
"She should have been back, we started walking seperately at the park. That was almost 15 minutes ago." Tea was starting to get worried. She heard Tristan telling Joey what she said, then she heard a door slam. "What was that?"
"Listen Joey and me are going to go out and looks for her, don't go anywhere, we'll meet back at your house." Tea nodded as Tristan hung up the phone.
"Something is not right with this whole thing." Tea muttered.
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Ianna was just staring at Marik, who was holding onto his Millennium Rod. "Where did you get that?" Ianna questioned him.
"That's none of your buisness," He spat back at her. "Now are you going to tell me your secret?" Ianna shook her head no.
"I do not see why I should, it would only be helping you," Ianna said calmly.
"You will tell me, or I will find ways to make you tell me," The Rod started to glow as he said this. "Will you come willingly?"
Ianna stayed silent, comtemplating what to do. 'I can't tell him that both of them are-' her thoughts were cut when she felt an intrusion in her mind. Marik was smiling now.
"Go on, where are they?" Ianna glared at him stopping her thought process. "Please don't stop cause I'm here."
"Get out of my head."
"Not until you tell me," His voice turned cold and angry.
"Why do you care so much?" She preactically yelled at him. His Millennium Rod glowed a little brighter.
"Ah!" Ianna yelled as her head started to pound with pain. "Stop it!" Ianna screamed as the pain got worse. She could tell that Marik was searching her mind for information. Suddenly the pain stops and Marik put away the Rod.
"So they've been here the whole time," He said holding up the puzzle. "This could delay my wait a little longer," he smirked at Ianna. "If I didn't have an idea of how to fix this." He started to walk out of the room with the Puzzle.
"No!" Ianna screamed at him. "What are you going to do?" The door slammed shut as Marik left the room. Then her armband started to glow and the ropes around her ankles disappeared. She stopped and looked down in awe. "How-" she noticed the glow coming from her armband. The door opened again and one of the robed men came in. He unlocked the cage door and pulled her out. She quickly got to her feet and was pushed out of the room, she soon arrived in the largest room of the wharehouse. Ianna saw the Puzzle sitting in the middle of the floor and Marik standing a few feet away from it looking at her.
"This is where it all ends, at least for your brother."
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Yugi and Yami looked up when they heard Ianna yell in pain. "What's happening?" Yami asked putting down the book he was looking at.
"I'm not sure but," Yugi looked and caught a glimpse of the man holding the Millennium Rod. "Isn't that the Millennium rod?!"
Yami's eyes widen. "It's Marik." he muttered something under his breath. Then Marik took the Puzzle and left the room, leaving Ianna out of the picture. "No, where is he going?"
"I don't like this at all," Yugi said with worry in his voice.
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Another robed man came in the room and held onto one of Ianna's arms as the the other man held onto her other arm. Marik had done something with the Millennium Rod and now the Millennium Puzzle was now glowing on the ground. "What are you doing?" Ianna asked him as he walked over to where she was. He smirked and just continued to watch the Puzzle. A blinding light issued through the room, causing everyone to look away. When the light was gone, the Puzzle wasn't on the floor anymore. It was hanging around the neck of Yami now, he was looking a little stunned.
"Yami!" Ianna yelled trying to get away from her captors.
"Ianna!" Yami started to run forward but Marik stepped forward and in front of Ianna. "What do you want with her Marik?!" Yami demanded.
"I'm sure what I'm going to do with her yet, but what I want concerns you," he said sternly.
"You have to win my Puzzle in a duel, fair and square," Yami looked at Marik. "And this doesn't involve my sister, now let her go."
"I think I'll raise the stakes," Marik smiled. "Not only is your power on the line," Marik snapped his fingers and a part of the floor opened up revealing a hole in the floor. A hook descended from the ceiling over the hole. The two men holding Ianna walked over and hooked Ianna's hands over the hook, the hook catching on the ropes. "Now your sister is part of the deal." Yami looked at Ianna as the hook started to rise again, taking his younger sister with it. "If you lose then she will fall, and either be doomed to the Shadow Realm, or whatever I choose, and I get your Puzzle. And of course if you win then you can leave here with your Puzzle, and your sister." Marik smiled sadiscally.
"No! I demand that you release her now, she is not apart of this!" Yami yelled. He moved towards Ianna but was stopped by the two robed men. "Let her go, this is between you and me."
"If you refuse then the girl will fall anyway," Marik said still smiling. Yami stayed silent looking at Ianna. "I will give you two days to make your decision and prepare." The floor closed and the hook ascended into the ceiling take a struggling Ianna with it. "I will come and find you." The two robed men then pushed Yugi towards the exit where he was practically thrown out the door. Quickly turning around he tried to open the door but found it locked. Sighing he started walking back towards his house, recognizing the pier.
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Tristan and Joey ran down street, looking down allies and headed downtown. It was early in the morning, the sun hadn't even started to rise, everything was silent except for the shoes hitting the pavement adn the huffing of breath. Ahead of them was the pier, and behind them was the city. They stopped running to rest.
"Where do we go now?" Tristan asked leaning against a light post catching his breath.
"I don't know, I," Joey looked down teh street one way than the other. Then he saw a figure coming down the street from the piers, he couldn't tell who it was but they were walking slow with their head down. "Maybe we should ask that guy is he's seen anything odd." Tristan shrugged and they jogged over to the guy.
"Hey mister-" Tristan stopped talking when the person lifed their head. "Yugi!" Joey and Tristan ran towards him and give him a quick hug. "Where have ya been man?"
"Complicated story, I would just be repeating what Ianna said," He said quietly.
"Hey man, what's wrong?" Joey asked. He could tell that something was obviously bugging his friend.
"Marik got Ianna," He said simply.
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Yugi sighed, he was laying on the floor back in Yami's room. He was staring at the ceiling thinking of random things, he didn't wanna watch what was happening outside, knowing that it wasn't any good. When Yami had left he knew that something had happened, but he wasn't sure if it was good or bad. Knowing that he was still in the Puzzle he knew that everything was not back to normal, and he would still be in there for a while. He picked up the book that was laying next to him and opened it. It was a record book of Ancient Egypt, a timeline almost. He found it quite interesting though.
Sighing again he began to read the book taking his mind off his thoughts.
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Ianna struggle on the hook as she was brought up through the ceiling. Three more guards awaited her there and pulled her off the hook. Two of the guards grabbed her and lead down a flight of stairs, while the third shut the openeing in the ceilling and took care of a few other things. Down the stairs and down a hallway, through a set of door and down another hallway, and stopping in front of a wooden door. The men untied her ropes and threw her inside the room, locking the door. Inside it looked like a bedroom, everything was either tan or white. Just a bed, a dresser and a desk with a chair. Nothing too elaborate, since it was in an abandoned wharehouse.
Ianna could only guess that it was marik's bedroom, and her suspicions were confirmed when t he door opened and a smiling Marik waltzed in. "Hello, my dear."
Ianna backed away from him. "Stay away from me." Marik chuckled and kept walking towards here. She kept backing up until she hit the bed and fell on her back. Marik leaned over her and grabbed her pulling her up.
"You will listen to me while you are here," His smile diisappeared. "You will do what I tell you, with no objections or back talk."
"And what if I refuse?" Ianna asked, fearing the answer. He flashed a smirk then pulled out his Millennium Rod.
"You're already familiar with some of it's power," He said, his voice low and cold.
"Why should I? Why should I do anything you say?" She started. "You are just using me, I am just a pawn in your sick game."
"And as a pawn I can control you." The Rod began to glow again. Ianna winced in pain and grabbed her head, she was determined not to yell out. "You can not deny my power," Marik growled. The pain only got worse as Ianna hit the ground on her knees.
"Stop it!" she screamed as Marik only grinned. "What are you doing?!"
"Just taking out a little insurance on my pawn and captive," he smiled. "I'm just going to hold onto your soul." He laughed as Ianna's screams stopped and her body went limp. Marik felt triumphant as two robed men picked up Ianna's body and moved it to another room.
All Ianna could do was watch from inside the Millennium Rod.