"Toon World."
Evo looked up from his computer screen as Jaina entered his office. "What about it?"
"I was reading through my grandfather's journals like you asked," she explained.
He nodded. "And? What did you find?"
"I didn't find any references to The End or Sin or anything like that in any of the entries, but I did find this." She held up a piece of paper.
"What is it?" he asked, raising his eyebrow as his interest peaked.
"A list."
"A list of what?"
"A list of other cards that Industrial Illusions only made one copy of."
"I thought that Toon World was the only card like that."
"So did I." She paused as she looked over the paper. "The references are obscure but my grandfather's journal talks about other cards that he made for Duel Monsters that were based on rare glyphs he found in Egypt."
"What happened to the cards?"
"Well one copy of each was made like I said, but that's not the important part."
"What is then?"
Jaina's expression became grave. "Everyone of the team members on the project died in accidents."
Evo rose from his chair and walked around to the front of his desk. "I don't believe in accidents."
"Neither do I," Jaina replied. "But what I do know is that there was only one person that knew about these cards after the disaster."
"Maximillian Pegasus," Evo answered for her. She confirmed this with a nod of her head. "Were these cards as strong as Toon World?"
"I don't know," she replied earestly. "I had to dig for hours through paperwork and dusty stacks of journals and diaries just to get their names; Saint God Dragon Osiris, God Soldier Obelisk and the Winged Dragon of Ra, the God cards." Evo's eyes widen as each name was spoken. "What is it?" Jaina asked him as she saw the look on his face.
"T-those...those names," Evo said with a wavering voice. "I know them."
"You should."
Evo and Jaina both looked to the entrance of Evo's office. "Shadi," Evo said to the robed spirit. "As least you used the door this time. To what do we owe the honor of your visit?"
"Dark forces continue to gather and rise," replied Shadi. "And you have just found the key to our success or defeat."
"The God cards."
"Correct," said Shadi. "Those cards will be nessesary for the coming battles."
"We have no records of where they are," Evo told him.
"And I haven't seen anything of them in my visions of the future," Jaina added as she fingered her Millennium Necklace.
"No, you wouldn't be able to. Each card is being protected."
"Protected?"
"The God cards were initially sealed away, with the Millennium items, the same tomb that was attacked. It was at great cost but I was able to save the cards before they could be stolen."
"So where are they now?" Evo asked. "And why do I have vague memories of these cards. It feels like I'm remembering a dream. Or a nitemare."
"Your memories have been affected by whatever power is rising, the same power is clouding the visions of the Millennium Necklace." Shadi paused. "I can only hope that they do not already know where the cards are."
"Where do we have to go to get them?"
"The cards are not together. It's too big a risk to keep them in the same place. I will guide you to America for the first."
"America?" Jaina asked.
"Yes. It is where the God Soldier Obelisk is being kept."
"Kept by who?"
"Mya Wheeler."
"Wheeler? Why does that name sound familiar?" asked Evo.
"She is the granddaughter of two Battle City and Duelist Kingdom fianlists; Mai Valentine and Joey Wheeler."
"Alright, but why was she trusted with the card?"
"Both Mai and Joey were trusted friends of Yugi Moto; they also proved themselves time and again in several crisises. Mya herself is a prominent underground duelist."
Jaian turned to Evo for an explanation. "Underground duelists?"
"Duelists who operate outside of the league rules and regulations. Many of them act as hired guns, working for poeple who need proxy for Duel Monster matches."
"And she's got one of the God cards. We should leave immediately," Jaina continued.
"Go and get the travel arrangements ready." Jaina left the office and Evo turned back to Shadi. "There's something you're not telling me, isn't there old one?"
Shadi walked over to the window and looked out over the city. "You are very perceptive. Jaina was not correct."
"About what?"
"Maximillian Pegasus was not the only survivor of the God card project."
"Somebody else worked on it?"
Shadi shook his head. "Not exactly. There was soemone assigned to the project after the disaster. There were many questions surrounding the project and the deaths. Someone was delegated to deal with the issues."
"So what happened?"
"Pegasus ordered the information destroyed."
"Wasn't it? Jaian said that it took forever for her to find what little information that she did."
"The information was not destroyed. It was stolen. The worker assigned to the clean up was never heard from again. It was assumed that he met with a similar fate."
"So what you're saying is that someone else had all the information on the God cards?"
Shadi turned back to Evo and stared him straight in the eye with unwavering sterness. "What I am saying is that someone had all the information required to produce more copies of the God cards."
Evo looked up from his computer screen as Jaina entered his office. "What about it?"
"I was reading through my grandfather's journals like you asked," she explained.
He nodded. "And? What did you find?"
"I didn't find any references to The End or Sin or anything like that in any of the entries, but I did find this." She held up a piece of paper.
"What is it?" he asked, raising his eyebrow as his interest peaked.
"A list."
"A list of what?"
"A list of other cards that Industrial Illusions only made one copy of."
"I thought that Toon World was the only card like that."
"So did I." She paused as she looked over the paper. "The references are obscure but my grandfather's journal talks about other cards that he made for Duel Monsters that were based on rare glyphs he found in Egypt."
"What happened to the cards?"
"Well one copy of each was made like I said, but that's not the important part."
"What is then?"
Jaina's expression became grave. "Everyone of the team members on the project died in accidents."
Evo rose from his chair and walked around to the front of his desk. "I don't believe in accidents."
"Neither do I," Jaina replied. "But what I do know is that there was only one person that knew about these cards after the disaster."
"Maximillian Pegasus," Evo answered for her. She confirmed this with a nod of her head. "Were these cards as strong as Toon World?"
"I don't know," she replied earestly. "I had to dig for hours through paperwork and dusty stacks of journals and diaries just to get their names; Saint God Dragon Osiris, God Soldier Obelisk and the Winged Dragon of Ra, the God cards." Evo's eyes widen as each name was spoken. "What is it?" Jaina asked him as she saw the look on his face.
"T-those...those names," Evo said with a wavering voice. "I know them."
"You should."
Evo and Jaina both looked to the entrance of Evo's office. "Shadi," Evo said to the robed spirit. "As least you used the door this time. To what do we owe the honor of your visit?"
"Dark forces continue to gather and rise," replied Shadi. "And you have just found the key to our success or defeat."
"The God cards."
"Correct," said Shadi. "Those cards will be nessesary for the coming battles."
"We have no records of where they are," Evo told him.
"And I haven't seen anything of them in my visions of the future," Jaina added as she fingered her Millennium Necklace.
"No, you wouldn't be able to. Each card is being protected."
"Protected?"
"The God cards were initially sealed away, with the Millennium items, the same tomb that was attacked. It was at great cost but I was able to save the cards before they could be stolen."
"So where are they now?" Evo asked. "And why do I have vague memories of these cards. It feels like I'm remembering a dream. Or a nitemare."
"Your memories have been affected by whatever power is rising, the same power is clouding the visions of the Millennium Necklace." Shadi paused. "I can only hope that they do not already know where the cards are."
"Where do we have to go to get them?"
"The cards are not together. It's too big a risk to keep them in the same place. I will guide you to America for the first."
"America?" Jaina asked.
"Yes. It is where the God Soldier Obelisk is being kept."
"Kept by who?"
"Mya Wheeler."
"Wheeler? Why does that name sound familiar?" asked Evo.
"She is the granddaughter of two Battle City and Duelist Kingdom fianlists; Mai Valentine and Joey Wheeler."
"Alright, but why was she trusted with the card?"
"Both Mai and Joey were trusted friends of Yugi Moto; they also proved themselves time and again in several crisises. Mya herself is a prominent underground duelist."
Jaian turned to Evo for an explanation. "Underground duelists?"
"Duelists who operate outside of the league rules and regulations. Many of them act as hired guns, working for poeple who need proxy for Duel Monster matches."
"And she's got one of the God cards. We should leave immediately," Jaina continued.
"Go and get the travel arrangements ready." Jaina left the office and Evo turned back to Shadi. "There's something you're not telling me, isn't there old one?"
Shadi walked over to the window and looked out over the city. "You are very perceptive. Jaina was not correct."
"About what?"
"Maximillian Pegasus was not the only survivor of the God card project."
"Somebody else worked on it?"
Shadi shook his head. "Not exactly. There was soemone assigned to the project after the disaster. There were many questions surrounding the project and the deaths. Someone was delegated to deal with the issues."
"So what happened?"
"Pegasus ordered the information destroyed."
"Wasn't it? Jaian said that it took forever for her to find what little information that she did."
"The information was not destroyed. It was stolen. The worker assigned to the clean up was never heard from again. It was assumed that he met with a similar fate."
"So what you're saying is that someone else had all the information on the God cards?"
Shadi turned back to Evo and stared him straight in the eye with unwavering sterness. "What I am saying is that someone had all the information required to produce more copies of the God cards."