"So are you going to explain yourself?" Serena asked. She stood in front of
the robed stranger, her arms crossed over her chest, the Millennium Rod
tucked under her arm. The other three Millennium item holders wer all there
as well, standing on all sides of the imposter, surrounding him.
"I still do not understand," Evo said. He looked drained both physically and mentally, the strains of his match still weighing heavily on him. "How is it possible? You claim that he is not Fader but the resemblance is almost perfect. My Millennium Ring does not indicate the pressence of any Millennium Items other than those owned by ourselves and I sense no other energy from the Shadow Realm to cloud his mind. This is Fader I say."
"No," Serena replied with a stern expression. "He isn't."
"You should listen to her Thief," the imposter said turning to the man. "She's a very smart girl. Smarter than I thoguht any of you capable of being."
"Thief," Evo repeated. "You keep calling me that. Even during our match you would refer to me as nothing else. You do not honestly know my name, do you?"
"You name has been long since forgotten Thief. Lost to the sands of time. But if you refer to the name of your host vessel then my answer to you is no. Nor do I have any wish to. The name is irrelevant, as is the vessel itself. But then emotional attachment has always been a problem for you hasn't it? You grow too fond of your hosts, a critical mistake."
"Silence!" Evo shouted.
The robed stranger continued, unshaken. "Bakura wasn't it? The name of your last vessel. Whatever happened to that host?"
"I said silence!" Evo repeated argrily. The Millennium Ring glowing and shaking about his neck.
The imposter grinned evilly. "I do believe that I may have struck a nerve."
"That's enough!" called out Serena. "I asked you a question."
The stranger turned to face her. "Do you think that you scare me little girl?"
"I don't care what you're feeling right now. All I care about is gettign answer to my question. Who are you?"
"Nmaes hold too much importance to you all. What to call something. I am an evil that you couldn't possibly imagine. A soul so dark and black that it would cause terror in the bravest of hearts. But if my name is so important to you, then you may call me Sin."
"What are you doing here?"
"Questions, questions and more questions. Your thirst for knowledge is admirable. But will give you nothing of value. I know more about you then you know about yourselves. Any information that I tell you would be insignificant to the power that I already wield over you."
"Then answer my question. Why are you here Sin?"
"I'm positive that I made myself clear before young Kaiba. But I shall repeat myself this once since you may not have heard me when you were in your weakened state. I have come for you."
"That isn't going to happen," she retorted.
Sin stared into Serena's eyes, as if peircing her soul with his glare. "You can protest all that you want, but it will not change fate. Destiny is calling out across time and space to you Serena. It's words echoing and haunting; 'You cannot escape'."
"I'm not the one that needs to escape. I'm not the one surrounded by four Millennium Items." Serena told him.
Sin looked around at each of the four people standing around him. "The four of you," he said as his eyes returned to Serena. "Are nothing." A flash of energy surged from his body in a powerful discharge of black lightning that sent all four of his would be captors into the walls of the Egyptian cathedral. Each of them fell to the ground as they collided with the walls; Adora, Shadi and Evo were all knocked unconcious.
Serena placed her hand on top of her head, rubbing it as she pulled herself up to a kneeling position. Sin walked up to her and placed his hand on her chin, lifting her face so she was looking into his eyes.
"Now are you scared?" He asked her in a low whisper, his face just inches froms hers.
She tried to twist her face from his grasp, but he held her fast. She spit in his face. "You disgust me," she barked at him.
Sin smiled as he wiped his face off. "I know how hard that is for you to say," he told her. "As you look into the face of your lover." He kissed her passionatly on the lips, holding her close with his hand and she continued to try and pull away. "Do you see him when you look into my eyes? Do you feel him on my lips?"
She glared at him with cold, uncaring eyes. "I see nothing of him in you. When I look into his eyes I see heart and passion and courage. I see nothing but a monster when I look at you."
"You have never seen a real monster my dear. But I assure you that you will. You've found yourself in a dangerous game young Kaiba, one that will push you against everything you've ever known. A game your own grandfather failed to win."
Serena quickly whipped her hand up to smack Sin across the face, but he was faster then she was and grabbed her wrist with his free hand. He took his other hand, still holding her chin and pushed her back to the ground. He then stood straght up to tower over her.
"You son of a bi---" Serena started to shout at Sin as she reached for the Millennium Rod. She barely had it in her grasp when Sin's foot came down, crushing her arm under the weight of his foot. She screamed in pain as Sin pressed down harder on her arm as he bent down and wrenched the Rod from her grasp.
"Like you," he said, turning over the item in his hands. "This is both powerful and beautiful." He pulled on hte top of the Rod to reveal a blade that was concealed underneath the shaft. He bent down and pressed the blade against her throat. "And it also hides a very dangerous secret beneath its surface." He paused. "You will be perfect." Standing up he tossed the Millennium Rod to the ground at Serena's feet. "But now is not the time. You're not ready yet."
Sin turned his back to Serena and began to walk away, making his way through the rubble and debris of the dying sanctuary and past the still forms of the other Millennium item holders. When he reached the entrance he pushed open the great wooden doors, the sunlight washing over the darkened temple.
"You will see me again girl," he called over his shoulder. "The paths of our destiny are intertwined and they will cross again. And the next time, you will be coming with me." With that the doors slammed shut behind him and he was gone. It was the last thing Serena saw before she lost conciousness."
* * *
"Good, she's waking up."
Serena's eyes fluttered open and she found herself looking up at Evo from the ground. She sat up slowly. "Wh-Where is he?" she asked.
"Sin is gone," Shadi answered from near the doorway. "It would appear that his mission to procure you was not as important as he lead us to believe in the first place."
"No," Serena replied. She braced herself against Evo as she rose to her feet. "He said that it wasn't time for me yet. That he would be back."
"So what?" Evo said."Did he just come here to flaunt his power in our faces?"
"He had another agenda," Adora added steppig forward from the broken altar.
"Which was?" Evo asked.
Adora shook her head. "I don't know."
"So how do you know that he had another agenda?"
"Because Edam's body is gone," Adora said, holding up her brother's deck and Duel Disk.
"I still do not understand," Evo said. He looked drained both physically and mentally, the strains of his match still weighing heavily on him. "How is it possible? You claim that he is not Fader but the resemblance is almost perfect. My Millennium Ring does not indicate the pressence of any Millennium Items other than those owned by ourselves and I sense no other energy from the Shadow Realm to cloud his mind. This is Fader I say."
"No," Serena replied with a stern expression. "He isn't."
"You should listen to her Thief," the imposter said turning to the man. "She's a very smart girl. Smarter than I thoguht any of you capable of being."
"Thief," Evo repeated. "You keep calling me that. Even during our match you would refer to me as nothing else. You do not honestly know my name, do you?"
"You name has been long since forgotten Thief. Lost to the sands of time. But if you refer to the name of your host vessel then my answer to you is no. Nor do I have any wish to. The name is irrelevant, as is the vessel itself. But then emotional attachment has always been a problem for you hasn't it? You grow too fond of your hosts, a critical mistake."
"Silence!" Evo shouted.
The robed stranger continued, unshaken. "Bakura wasn't it? The name of your last vessel. Whatever happened to that host?"
"I said silence!" Evo repeated argrily. The Millennium Ring glowing and shaking about his neck.
The imposter grinned evilly. "I do believe that I may have struck a nerve."
"That's enough!" called out Serena. "I asked you a question."
The stranger turned to face her. "Do you think that you scare me little girl?"
"I don't care what you're feeling right now. All I care about is gettign answer to my question. Who are you?"
"Nmaes hold too much importance to you all. What to call something. I am an evil that you couldn't possibly imagine. A soul so dark and black that it would cause terror in the bravest of hearts. But if my name is so important to you, then you may call me Sin."
"What are you doing here?"
"Questions, questions and more questions. Your thirst for knowledge is admirable. But will give you nothing of value. I know more about you then you know about yourselves. Any information that I tell you would be insignificant to the power that I already wield over you."
"Then answer my question. Why are you here Sin?"
"I'm positive that I made myself clear before young Kaiba. But I shall repeat myself this once since you may not have heard me when you were in your weakened state. I have come for you."
"That isn't going to happen," she retorted.
Sin stared into Serena's eyes, as if peircing her soul with his glare. "You can protest all that you want, but it will not change fate. Destiny is calling out across time and space to you Serena. It's words echoing and haunting; 'You cannot escape'."
"I'm not the one that needs to escape. I'm not the one surrounded by four Millennium Items." Serena told him.
Sin looked around at each of the four people standing around him. "The four of you," he said as his eyes returned to Serena. "Are nothing." A flash of energy surged from his body in a powerful discharge of black lightning that sent all four of his would be captors into the walls of the Egyptian cathedral. Each of them fell to the ground as they collided with the walls; Adora, Shadi and Evo were all knocked unconcious.
Serena placed her hand on top of her head, rubbing it as she pulled herself up to a kneeling position. Sin walked up to her and placed his hand on her chin, lifting her face so she was looking into his eyes.
"Now are you scared?" He asked her in a low whisper, his face just inches froms hers.
She tried to twist her face from his grasp, but he held her fast. She spit in his face. "You disgust me," she barked at him.
Sin smiled as he wiped his face off. "I know how hard that is for you to say," he told her. "As you look into the face of your lover." He kissed her passionatly on the lips, holding her close with his hand and she continued to try and pull away. "Do you see him when you look into my eyes? Do you feel him on my lips?"
She glared at him with cold, uncaring eyes. "I see nothing of him in you. When I look into his eyes I see heart and passion and courage. I see nothing but a monster when I look at you."
"You have never seen a real monster my dear. But I assure you that you will. You've found yourself in a dangerous game young Kaiba, one that will push you against everything you've ever known. A game your own grandfather failed to win."
Serena quickly whipped her hand up to smack Sin across the face, but he was faster then she was and grabbed her wrist with his free hand. He took his other hand, still holding her chin and pushed her back to the ground. He then stood straght up to tower over her.
"You son of a bi---" Serena started to shout at Sin as she reached for the Millennium Rod. She barely had it in her grasp when Sin's foot came down, crushing her arm under the weight of his foot. She screamed in pain as Sin pressed down harder on her arm as he bent down and wrenched the Rod from her grasp.
"Like you," he said, turning over the item in his hands. "This is both powerful and beautiful." He pulled on hte top of the Rod to reveal a blade that was concealed underneath the shaft. He bent down and pressed the blade against her throat. "And it also hides a very dangerous secret beneath its surface." He paused. "You will be perfect." Standing up he tossed the Millennium Rod to the ground at Serena's feet. "But now is not the time. You're not ready yet."
Sin turned his back to Serena and began to walk away, making his way through the rubble and debris of the dying sanctuary and past the still forms of the other Millennium item holders. When he reached the entrance he pushed open the great wooden doors, the sunlight washing over the darkened temple.
"You will see me again girl," he called over his shoulder. "The paths of our destiny are intertwined and they will cross again. And the next time, you will be coming with me." With that the doors slammed shut behind him and he was gone. It was the last thing Serena saw before she lost conciousness."
* * *
"Good, she's waking up."
Serena's eyes fluttered open and she found herself looking up at Evo from the ground. She sat up slowly. "Wh-Where is he?" she asked.
"Sin is gone," Shadi answered from near the doorway. "It would appear that his mission to procure you was not as important as he lead us to believe in the first place."
"No," Serena replied. She braced herself against Evo as she rose to her feet. "He said that it wasn't time for me yet. That he would be back."
"So what?" Evo said."Did he just come here to flaunt his power in our faces?"
"He had another agenda," Adora added steppig forward from the broken altar.
"Which was?" Evo asked.
Adora shook her head. "I don't know."
"So how do you know that he had another agenda?"
"Because Edam's body is gone," Adora said, holding up her brother's deck and Duel Disk.