Serena walked down the aisle of the aircraft as it flew across the ocean.
She moved to where Fader was seated and plopped down beside him, leaning
against him as he stared out the window. "Are you okay?" she asked.
He turned from looking out the window across the vast expanse of water. "I'm fine."
"I know when you're lying."
"I'll have to practice a bit more then," he replied with a fake smile.
"What's wrong?"
"I don't feel right. About leaving Beezy and Vega in the state they were in, or about leaving Dennis there to watch over them." He paused and looked back out the window. "We're heading out across the ocean to who knows where to meet up with some person who holds some Millennium item. I had no idea that I'd be getting into anything like this when I found that single piece of the Puzzle and those five cards in that run down store five months ago."
"Neither of us expected to be where we are. But we have to roll with what life throws at us. Stick things through and believe that it will all work out in the end." She folded over the Millennium Rod in her hands, running her hand gently down the shaft of it. It felt warm to her, like she was still bathed in the golden glow that had hadn't left since she had first touched it in Egypt. "Would you change anything if you had the chance?"
He turned back once again and looked Serena in the eyes. he then took his hand and rested it on her cheek. "Never. I know that I'm going to be able to get through anything, as long as you're right by my side." He clasped her hand in his. They moved in closer to each other and kissed deeply.
"How sweet."
Fader and Serena broke the kiss and looked up from to see Evo looming over the back of their chairs. "What do you want Evo?"
He pointed out the window. "We're coming up on the temple." They all looked out the window. Evo was right, they were over land now, passing quickly over the lush green landscape. "We'll be there in about twenty minutes." Evo turned to walk away back toward his own seat in the rear compartment with Jaina. He paused at the doorway and called back over his shoulder. "You should have enough time. If you know what I mean?"
"Thank you Evo," barked Fader quickly. The door shut and Evo was gone. "We should get ready to land." Fader got up and reached into the overhead compartment to pull down his bag. As he reached into it Serena got up and came up behind him. She placed her hand son his shoulder. "I guess that means that you want to play with your cards instead me?" she asked him with a pout.
He spun and wrapped his arms around her hips and lifted her up. "You know better than that."
"I do, but I can't make things too easy on you."
* * *
There was an imposing staircase looming in front of where the Kaiba Corp hyper-jet had landed. They had landed high in the Tibetan mountain range, led by Shadi's directions to the hidden location of the last Millennium item holder. The six of them walked forward as a group, trudging of the stairs with heavy hearts. Shadi led the way. Right behind him Fader and Serena walked together, holding hands. Evo, Jaina and Adora brought up the rear.
It took them twenty minutes to reach the summit, and when they did the group was in awe once again. Standing in front of them was a large decaying building made of stone. Cracks were evident in the foundation. Had they not been high up in the middle of the mountains Fader almost would have expected to see vines crawling up the walls. There was a huge doorway at the front of the temple and a massive stone doorway blocking the door.
"Any ideas how we're supposed to get in?" Fader asked.
Shadi didn't even turn away from the entrance as he answered. "The temple is sealed with ancient magics. It will only open for those that bear the Millennium Items." Shadi stepped forward and placed his hand on the door. With no effort as all the giant door gave way and separated, leading into the dark chamber. Shadi stepped forward without pausing, or waiting for the others.
"Let's go then already," said Evo, stepping past Fader and Serena. Jaina was right behind him.
Adora stepped up to the door and turned back at the couple. "There is no time to wait." She stepped inside.
"We don't want to be left out do we?" Serena asked as she followed the others inside. Fader took another brief moment to look around at the surrounds of the mountain region before entering the temple as well.
When he entered there was a short period as his eyes adjusted to the change in light where everything was dark. as his vison cleared he saw the looming expanse that was the inside of the temple. Glyphs and symbols littered the walls. Fader could feel a strange energy emanating from the room, a weird power that he never felt before. It made him feel almost...safe. Serena and the others had collected in the rom and were examining the surroundings just as he was.
All of them but Shadi. He stood on the far end of the chamber just in front of another small staircase leading up to another door. The other door was made of stone as well but it was much smaller than the door that had blocked the entrance. Fader walked across the room to Shadi and look up at the door with the dark Egyptian. "What's through there?" he asked.
"The seventh."
"So what are you waiting for?"
"I cannot open it." Shadi pointed and indicated an unmistakable symbol on the doorway. It was the Millennium Puzzle. "Only you can."
Fader cautiously made his way up the steps and examined the door. There was nothing special about it. It looked like every other wall in the decaying building. Chipped, tan stone save for that single symbol of the Millennium Puzzle. There didn't appear to be any handle to pull or button to press to open it, it was a simple flat stone surface outlined as a door. He slowly brought his hand out to touch the symbol. As soon as his fingers came in contact with it, it began to glow with a bright gold aura, and then the door was gone. It hadn't opened. It was just gone.
Serena had moved up a few steps, keeping her distance just a little as Fader examined the door. She held up her arms to block the light as it emanated from the rune. When she brought her arm back down she saw the entryway was now opened, leading into blackness. She didn't even have enough time to speak before Fader stepped through the entryway into nothingness. She dashed up the last few steps to follow him through but was blocked. As soon as Fader had entered the stone doorway had reappeared, as if it had never left.
Fader was gone.
He turned from looking out the window across the vast expanse of water. "I'm fine."
"I know when you're lying."
"I'll have to practice a bit more then," he replied with a fake smile.
"What's wrong?"
"I don't feel right. About leaving Beezy and Vega in the state they were in, or about leaving Dennis there to watch over them." He paused and looked back out the window. "We're heading out across the ocean to who knows where to meet up with some person who holds some Millennium item. I had no idea that I'd be getting into anything like this when I found that single piece of the Puzzle and those five cards in that run down store five months ago."
"Neither of us expected to be where we are. But we have to roll with what life throws at us. Stick things through and believe that it will all work out in the end." She folded over the Millennium Rod in her hands, running her hand gently down the shaft of it. It felt warm to her, like she was still bathed in the golden glow that had hadn't left since she had first touched it in Egypt. "Would you change anything if you had the chance?"
He turned back once again and looked Serena in the eyes. he then took his hand and rested it on her cheek. "Never. I know that I'm going to be able to get through anything, as long as you're right by my side." He clasped her hand in his. They moved in closer to each other and kissed deeply.
"How sweet."
Fader and Serena broke the kiss and looked up from to see Evo looming over the back of their chairs. "What do you want Evo?"
He pointed out the window. "We're coming up on the temple." They all looked out the window. Evo was right, they were over land now, passing quickly over the lush green landscape. "We'll be there in about twenty minutes." Evo turned to walk away back toward his own seat in the rear compartment with Jaina. He paused at the doorway and called back over his shoulder. "You should have enough time. If you know what I mean?"
"Thank you Evo," barked Fader quickly. The door shut and Evo was gone. "We should get ready to land." Fader got up and reached into the overhead compartment to pull down his bag. As he reached into it Serena got up and came up behind him. She placed her hand son his shoulder. "I guess that means that you want to play with your cards instead me?" she asked him with a pout.
He spun and wrapped his arms around her hips and lifted her up. "You know better than that."
"I do, but I can't make things too easy on you."
* * *
There was an imposing staircase looming in front of where the Kaiba Corp hyper-jet had landed. They had landed high in the Tibetan mountain range, led by Shadi's directions to the hidden location of the last Millennium item holder. The six of them walked forward as a group, trudging of the stairs with heavy hearts. Shadi led the way. Right behind him Fader and Serena walked together, holding hands. Evo, Jaina and Adora brought up the rear.
It took them twenty minutes to reach the summit, and when they did the group was in awe once again. Standing in front of them was a large decaying building made of stone. Cracks were evident in the foundation. Had they not been high up in the middle of the mountains Fader almost would have expected to see vines crawling up the walls. There was a huge doorway at the front of the temple and a massive stone doorway blocking the door.
"Any ideas how we're supposed to get in?" Fader asked.
Shadi didn't even turn away from the entrance as he answered. "The temple is sealed with ancient magics. It will only open for those that bear the Millennium Items." Shadi stepped forward and placed his hand on the door. With no effort as all the giant door gave way and separated, leading into the dark chamber. Shadi stepped forward without pausing, or waiting for the others.
"Let's go then already," said Evo, stepping past Fader and Serena. Jaina was right behind him.
Adora stepped up to the door and turned back at the couple. "There is no time to wait." She stepped inside.
"We don't want to be left out do we?" Serena asked as she followed the others inside. Fader took another brief moment to look around at the surrounds of the mountain region before entering the temple as well.
When he entered there was a short period as his eyes adjusted to the change in light where everything was dark. as his vison cleared he saw the looming expanse that was the inside of the temple. Glyphs and symbols littered the walls. Fader could feel a strange energy emanating from the room, a weird power that he never felt before. It made him feel almost...safe. Serena and the others had collected in the rom and were examining the surroundings just as he was.
All of them but Shadi. He stood on the far end of the chamber just in front of another small staircase leading up to another door. The other door was made of stone as well but it was much smaller than the door that had blocked the entrance. Fader walked across the room to Shadi and look up at the door with the dark Egyptian. "What's through there?" he asked.
"The seventh."
"So what are you waiting for?"
"I cannot open it." Shadi pointed and indicated an unmistakable symbol on the doorway. It was the Millennium Puzzle. "Only you can."
Fader cautiously made his way up the steps and examined the door. There was nothing special about it. It looked like every other wall in the decaying building. Chipped, tan stone save for that single symbol of the Millennium Puzzle. There didn't appear to be any handle to pull or button to press to open it, it was a simple flat stone surface outlined as a door. He slowly brought his hand out to touch the symbol. As soon as his fingers came in contact with it, it began to glow with a bright gold aura, and then the door was gone. It hadn't opened. It was just gone.
Serena had moved up a few steps, keeping her distance just a little as Fader examined the door. She held up her arms to block the light as it emanated from the rune. When she brought her arm back down she saw the entryway was now opened, leading into blackness. She didn't even have enough time to speak before Fader stepped through the entryway into nothingness. She dashed up the last few steps to follow him through but was blocked. As soon as Fader had entered the stone doorway had reappeared, as if it had never left.
Fader was gone.