Finding Family
Chapter 28 - The Journy: Part 3
Author: This whole chaper will be in a dream sequence so it will be in regular typing.
Amber ran through the long hallway trying to get out of there. She didn't want to face her fears again. Although she conqured them they could not be totally cured. At this point she was scared, more scared then she had ever been in her entire life. She wanted out of this place but there was so much more she had to conqure.
She pushed open to mahogany doors and looked inside the room. It was circular with a door on the other end. She looked around for any frames with no paintings in them and found none. Her eyes then wandered down to the floor where she spoted a circle. She feared walking into the room but it was the only way to get to the other side.
"You know what you must do," the voice called out.
"I know..." Amber sank down onto her knees, "I just want to get home."
"I know. Cross the room and you'll be that much closer." Amber closed her eyes and stood. She took a baby step into the room and felt her body pulled in. She looked around holding her hands to her chest. She took a deep breath and took another step when a small circular window appeared in front of her.
Flash Back
Amber was ten now. She was sitting alone on a rock near the water. Tears ran down her pale face as she looked out into the distance. She felt so alone. Her foster father had thrown her out for the night and not one of her neighbours would help her.
End Flashback
"What do you mean?" Yugi and Yami asked at the same time.
"Something is not right here." Seth led the four others into a door with a long hallway. "Someone broke through here." Seth fingered one of the chared frames, "Amber couldn't have done this. Most paintings would disappear. These are destroyed."
"I see." Yami fingered one of the paintings. "Lets hurry!" The group rushed down the hall which didn't seem to end.
"I'll show her. She won't make it out of this alive. I just have to catch up to her. This hall is just too damn long and I can't sustain in this girls body for long." The brunette walked ahead and saw the mahogany doors Amber had gone through. "Such a simple spell to break." She pressed her hand against the door but she was pushed back to the ground.
Yugi and co. were still walking down the hall, looking at the chared frames. Yugi walked up to a painting that had not been chared.
"Hey guys. This one hasn't been burned." Yugi stroked the frame. Everyone came up to him and wondered what Yugi was doing. "Who would do so much damage to such a beautiful frame?" Yugi seemed to put all his attention on the frame. It slowly turned black. Yami quickly pulled Yugi away as long vines wrapped around his arm.
"Kaiba...free him..." Yami commanded pulling Yugi from the vines, at least trying.
"He just had to go and touch the frame." Kaiba and Seth fired their magic at the vines sending Yugi and Yami crashing in the wall of the hallway.
"Ow..." Yami sat up and rubbed his head, "You okay Yugi?" Yugi nodded weakly and collapsed into Yami. "Guess not." Yami picked up his light and made sure to he was held was comfertable in his arms.
"Is he okay?" Joey asked worridly looking over his friend.
"Yes...a little rest and he'll be fine. I felt Yugi's need to go up to that frame. It was calling him for some reason." Yami looked at the now pitch black frame, "Something tells me Amber encountered these."
"AHH!" A scream was heard, a female scream.
"AMBER!" All the teens rushed down the corridor. Yami skidded to a hault when they noticed a girl huddled on the ground nursing her arm. Yugi awoke and poked Yami in the arm to let him know to put him down. Yami did so and Yugi walked up to the girl.
"Are you okay?" Yugi bent down and touched the girls shoulder but she jumped away. "We won't hurt you."
"Speak for yourself," Kaiba muttered.
"Kaiba!" Yugi and Joey glared at the CEO. He just shrugged. Seth sensed something from the girl and put his hand toward her.
"How do I know you won't hurt me?" the girl asked and looked up. Yugi and Yami backed away shocked. Joey leaned into Kaiba trying to catch his balance. Kaiba held onto Joey tightly.
"What are you doing here!" Yami helped her up but sensed something more to her. Something he didn't like.
"I...just appeared here. I think someone is behind this door. I heard screams," she looked at the door, her blue eyes hiding a dark glimmer.
"Tea...go home." Joey took a step toward her, "Please? It's not safe."
"I know. All those paintings just burnt up when I touched them...I was so scared Yugi!" Tea hugged Yugi and started to cry. Seth and Yami glared at her, Joey and Yugi gave her sympathetic looks and Kaiba just shrugged her off.
"It's okay Tea. Everything will be okay. Shh..." Yugi patted her on the back while looking at Yami. When she finally calmed down she looked at Seth.
"Is there a reason you're pointing that hand at me? And how come you look like Kaiba?" Tea took a step toward him. "I'm really surprised to see you guys here though. This place is way scary." Seth backed away from Tea.
"Tea...go home." Yugi stepped toward her. "Please?"
"No." Tea lowered her head and raised her arms to her side, "No ones leaving except me." Her voice changed, it was deeper and filled with hate. She radiated power, so much that all five male teens were sent flying into the walls.
Yugi stood up on shaky legs. "Why Tea?"
"Yugi...help me..." Tea was on her knees now. She was shaking badly.
"Tea..." Yugi took a step toward her but someone held him back.
"Yugi...help me please...she's controlling me..." Tea was begging now.
Yugi was struggling from the grip and broke free. He broke into a run as he headed for Tea. Yami rushed after him. Seth fired a dark energy sphere at Tea. It was going to hit her but, to Yami's fears, Yugi took the hit. He fell down in a slump on the ground.
"YUGI!"
"Seth...you said you were better then this...shows what...you...Tea?" Tea leaned over Yugi and pulled him into her lap. She took out a long dagger and held it up to his neck, "What are you doing Tea?"
"Shut up and stand." Tea ordered. Yugi did as she said, "Now listen to me. Your precious Tea isn't here anymore. My name is Anzu, Tea is the my reincarnent. Open this door and I will not kill your precious little light my pharoah. You don't and he dies. And you people, you can die here."
"Don't do it..." Yugi squirmed. The blade side made a small cut on his neck. Blood run down it. Yami curled his fists into a ball.
"Who sent you?"
"Do you really need to ask?" Anzu smiled, "And believe me...your one thorn in his neck that he won't allow anymore."
"Erik."
"Yes. And he's paying me a handsom sum of money to get rid of you. Enough money for Tea to start her own studio and go to dance school, too bad she can't fight me." Anzu laughed shrilly. "Besides," Anzu licked Yugi's ear, "He's too cute to kill so I don't want to resort to that."
"Touch him again and I will kill you with my bare hands!" Yami snarled and was about to take a step foreward but stopped when she raised the blade causing Yugi to raise his head higher.
"Ah ah ah...move and he die, and that means you die pharoah. No body to house your soul and you'll be on a one way trip to Ra."
"You don't scare me."
"Yes, but I do have the power to stop you. You're brotherly feelings for this boy will be your downfall." Anzu laughed again and kissed Yugi on the neck. A tear ran down his cheek.
"What do you want with Amber?" Kaiba asked holding the staff.
"I will entrap her in my dark web, and when I do she won't be able to fight all that she hides. You don't know her as well as you think."
"What do you mean?" Joey snapped angrily. Kaiba had to hold him back.
"What do I mean? What do I mean? It's simple really, she hides things from her childhood from you. So until you find out from her, you don't know her at all." Anzu laughed and looked at the group. "And to think...all of this will all be for nothing because you won't exisist when Erik and Aroga finsish with you."
"This plan will never be completed!" Seth shouted out.
"Let Yugi go." Yami had a fist so tight that blood was coming out of his palms.
"Open the door first."
"Don't do it," Yugi pleaded.
"I..."
"Do it now or I'll kill him!" She put the dagger edge more into Yugi's throat.
"Don't!"
"I have to...I'm sorry Yugi. Amber." Yami turned to Seth and they blasted the door open. Amber was sitting on the floor looking at an image.
"Good boys. Here," Anzu tossed Yugi to the ground.
"AMBER! RUN!" Amber turned her head to face the voices. She saw Joey, Kaiba, Seth, Yugi, Yami, and the shocker, Tea.
"What the-" Amber was slammed against the wall by an invisble force. She stood up and put her arms crisscrossed across her chest and stopped herself from being blown against the wall again. "Damn..."
TO BE CONTINUED!
