Fader got up out of the chair without a word to Evo and walked over to Jaina. He took Serena's arm and put it around his shoulder and hoisted her up into his arms. He made his way with her out of the laboratory to follow Beezy and Vega to the Kaiba Corp medical facilities.

Evo called after him as he walked. "We both have questions Fader. The problem is we each have the answers that the other one needs."

"I have nothing to say to you right now," Fader shouted back. Fader pushed the door open to hallway with his back and glanced down at Serena. She was stirring in his arms which was a good sign. it felt odd to hold her physically in his arms the way he was doing now, his only contact with her since he woke up from his coma had been digital. He heard footsteps behind him, following him.

"The game has changed Fader," he heard Evo saying to him. "But then again, you'd know that if you hadn't been asleep for the past month." At that comment Fader paused briefly. "I'm not your enemy anymore Fader."

Fader continued walking towards the sickbay, and Evo was silent for the last few minutes of the trip. Finally Fader pushed through the double doors and stepped with Serena into the sterile, white room. He ignored the orderlies that approached him and went straight for a table at the side of the room and placed Serena down on to it. At the tables beside her rested the unconscious forms of Beezy and Vega. It was only then that he turned back to address Evo who was flanked by Jaina.

"We are on the same side," he said. With a gesture the Millennium Ring shimmered into view, hanging around his neck. Evo pointed at the Millennium Puzzle that Fader was wearing. "Whether you want to believe it or not."

"Evo, get out of here."

"This is beyond any grudge that you could hold over me. This is about saving people."

"People like you?"

"Yes people like me, and people like her," Evo pointed at Serena, who was being attended by several orderlies. Her eyes still weren't open, but she was breathing normally. "If you don't get past your petty vengeance, a little glitch in a computer program will be the least thing on people's minds."

"What are you talking about?"

"I'm talking about The End my boy, the catastrophic events of seventy five years ago are starting to repeat themselves, and it's up to you, me, Jaina, Serena and a few others to stop it."

Fader looked down at Serena, then back at Evo. "The Millennium Rod...." he said, with his voice trailing off. Jaina produced it from behind her back, and placed it into Serena's arms where she lay. It was then that Fader saw the Millennium Necklace hanging around Jaina's collar. "That's why you took such a vested interest in me in Battle City, isn't it? It was because you saw that I was going to assemble the Puzzle." Evo nodded. "And Serena? Did you see that she was intended for the Rod too?"

"Not just that," Jaina explained. "I saw the entire outcome of the tournament. I saw the two of you together in my visions. We knew that you two would come together and unite."

"So you used her to push me forward and pull me in to all of this?"

Evo corrected him, "We didn't pull you anywhere. We saw what was already set to transpire."

Fader stood stoic for a second, contemplating what to do."I want to know," he finally said. "Everything. Everything that I missed while I was in my coma." So Evo did. Told him about the attack on Fader's unconscious form, about Evo's intervention and subsequent rescue of the helpless Fader. About the trip to Egypt to meet with the Ishtar twins and get the Millennium Rod for Serena. And about Sin. "And he looks like me?" Fader asked after Evo had finished most of the story.

"It was almost impossible to tell the difference. Almost. It was Serena who knew. Just by looking at Sin she knew."

"And what happened?"

"Sin attacked Edam and killed him. He was intent on taking Serena with him, but took only Edam's body while we were incapacitated. For what reason we do not know. Nor car Jaina deduce through the powers of her necklace. Whoever this Sin is, he is capable of masking himself from the powers of any of the Millennium items. And he seems to not be alone."

"What do you mean?"

"Jaina and I returned to Industrial Illusions to try and find clues as to the nature of Sin and his power. Instead we found out about the God cards."

"Osiris..." Fader whispered, trailing off.

"You know of them?" asked Jaina.

"Just the one. The Saint God Dragon Osiris. A fearsome beast, practically invincible." Fader paused as he reflected back on his duel with the spirit of the Millennium Puzzle. How he had stared into the cold eyes of the gargantuan dragon and how a feeling of awe had just overwhelmed him as Osiris' final attack had completely enveloped him.

"Well the other two are the Winged Dragon of Ra, and this," Evo held up a blue card in his hand. If Fader hadn't looked closer at it, he would have mistaken it for a normal ritual monster. "God Soldier Obelisk. It was in America, being kept by her." Evo pointed past Fader and it was just then that he realized that it was not just Beezy, Vega and Serena that were in the Kaiba Corp infirmary.

"Who is she?"

"Mya Wheeler. Granddaughter of Joey Wheeler and Mai Valentine. She's also the current Underground Duel League champion."

Fader walked over to the girl's bed. "What happened to her?"

"She was attacked by a woman named Discord. We know that she's affiliated with Sin. And we also know that information on the God cards was recently stolen. It doesn't take a genius to realize what it means."

"Sin, and whoever he works with are after the God cards," called Serena from her bed. Fader wheeled around and rushed to her side as she propped herself up with her arms. "I'm okay," she reassured Fader. "Thank you." She swung her legs over the side of the bed and was going to stand up, but paused, holding her head, her other hand clutching to the Millennium Rod. "I'm just a little woozy."

"That's all we know right now," concluded Evo. "Jaina had a vision about your awakening on our return trip from America and about the current crisis at Kaiba Corp, so we arrived here. Too late it appears however. Now Fader," Evo said with a heavy voice. "We have filled you in on the details of our adventures, but there are still questions that we must ask of you. You were in a coma for one month exactly to the day. From what I understand you burst into Kaiba Corpwith no warning and demanded to be plugged in to the DMO universe where as I can see you saved the day and played hero once more."

"That's not all you did." The group turned it's attention to the source of the voice. A spikey hair young man, resting on the bed beside Vega, her hand in his own. He didn't even look up when he spoke, his gaze still intent on her face. "You knew about that 'Big Five' or whoever the hell they were. And you got that crazy golden aura when you destroyed the Blue Eyes Toon Dragon."

"Dennis?" Fader asked. Seeing the former Baby Dragon for the first time in his human form.

Dennis got up from where he was sitting and walked over to Fader. "I'm sorry to get upset. If you hadn't shown up I doubt either Vega or I would ever have gotten out of that game alive. I'm sorry for the way I talked to you in the DMO world.

"You had every right to," replied Fader. "There's no reason to apologize." Fader looked at Dennis' face and stature for a moment. You. You're Dennis Devlin right?"

"You keep up with Dungeon Dice Monsters?" Dennis asked.

"Not really. It's just...you look a lot like Duke. You even have the stupid die hanging from the earring."

"Gentleman," interrupted Evo. "Forgive me. But My question to Fader still stands; what happened to you after the puzzle was assembled?"

Fader took a deep breath. He could feel every set of eyes in the medical bay staring at him. "I met the spirit of the Millennium Puzzle."

"The Pharoh," Evo and Jaina said together.

"He called himself, Yami. He told me that he had been the one talking in my head, coaching me through some of the more difficult moments of Battle City. We were at the location of the final battle of The End but he lost his memory though. He couldn't remember any details about the event, or who it was against. but he knew that the battle was a tie. That it ended without a resolution and now, seventy-five years later things are coming together as they did then."

"What happened next?" Evo asked, speaking for everyone who was clinging to Fader's words.

"He challenged me to a duel. A...shadow game. He wanted to test my abilities and to give me a taste of what I was in store for. We dueled. He summoned the Saint God Dragon Osiris and I lost. He exacted a penalty game. My coma."

"Why a coma? Most times the penalty for a shadow game is banishment of the mind forever, not a month."

"He didn't want me dead. It was only a test. From what I get from the memories that I share with him, whoever owns the Millennium uzzle becomes bonded to the Spirit, to Yami. But the bonding process takes months, and there are lapses in memory and conciousness as the spirit takes over from time to time. By placing me into a coma, the Spirit was able to integrate faster with me, without having to worry about the memory blackouts. We're still not completely bonded yet. i can't communicate with him, but I can feel him with me, and feel his memories as if they were my own."

The door to the infirmary opened at that moment, drawing the attention all those who were awake. Standing in the entryway were Shadi and Adora, each holding their Millennium items. "The time has finally come," Shadi said. "Forces are shifting and gathering." he looked at Evo. "The first victory was theirs, but with the aquisition of Obelisk, we have struck back." He looked at Fader. "The Pharaoh has rereturned and we are finally ready."

"Ready for what?" Fader asked.

"To meet the last of seven. The holder of the Millennium Eye."