Seto gasped silently under his breath at the sight of the completed project. A girl, no, robot, laid out on a steel platform was resting in a sleep-like state. Her ear, actually hard drive, was open filled with wires sending the last bits of information. She was the exact replica of his lost lover, the one no one ever knew of. This robot girl was the copy of his now deceased personal assistant, Samantha Motou. Though she was related to Yugi, his greatest rival, the two shared a silent relationship and very tight friendship. The only reason she was dead was because of Pegasus' last tournament while he had been under the influence of Anubis, who had risen again as a strange item. The item that Pegasus mistakenly took for his Millennium eye, which in fact, almost brought about his own death. He trapped Sam within a card as she played, and when it was Kaiba's duel, Pegasus used her against him…
"I play…Blue Eyes Dragon Magician!"
A smirk played across Pegasus' face as his remaining eye met with the stunned expression of Seto Kaiba.
"I-I've never heard of that card!" Seto stepped back as the light emitted from the played card took shape. It took the shape of a teenage girl with smooth blonde hair and striking blue eyes.
"Sam! What have you done to her!" Kaiba demanded as Pegasus laughed at his surprise.
"Well Kaiba boy, your little friend here wanted to play, so here she is! Lovely little card, eh? Don't worry, Kaiba boy, she's not going to attack you. Blue Eyes Dragon Magician! Use Exchange!"
Sam the card waved her hands uncontrollably in a strange pattern until she glowed. Her panic-stricken gaze caught Seto's as she disappeared back into card form and reappeared in Pegasus' hand.
"And now Kaiba boy. I get to play any two cards I want from my hand. And I choose these two. I place one monster card face down in defense mode. And, this one as well." Two upside down cards appeared before him, "Your move Kaiba boy."
Seto grimaced then looked at his hand and back up to his Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon on the field. "Blue Eyes! Attack the face down card on the left!" He shouted with his usual ferocity.
Pegasus clicked his tongue and waved his finger at Kaiba like he was a naughty school boy. "I guess you really don't have a heart, Kaiba boy. You fell right into a costly trap." He raised his hand revealing a card on the field, " I activate the magic card Maiden Sacrifice! Which means I sacrifice to your Blue Eyes any card I want. And I choose the one you aren't attacking."
"And you're doing that because?" Seto asked in annoyed puzzlement.
"Because I want to win this duel, and as you recall, in this duel everything is real…" Pegasus grinned in a devilish way.
Seto looked up to see chains wrap around the other card and pull it up, releasing the monster inside in which was…
"No! Stop! Don't attack that!" Kaiba frantically shouted to his dragon, seeing the card was Sam. But his attempt was too late and the blast collided with chilling force.
He looked over to see Sam laying on the ground completely beat up. He started to run out there to her, to help. He reached out his hand, she reached out hers, only in time for her to look up at him with fearful blue eyes and shatter to pieces, as all cards did.
Seto stood with silent rage as he stared at the floor for a moment when a scientist walked up to speak with him.
"Sir, there are a few…problems."