Joey was thrown back by Payne; he was beating and tossing Joey like he was a rag doll. Joey dodging some of his punches was only hit by his kicks, and when Joey went to the offensive it felt like he was punching a brick wall. This guy was tougher than Joey had ever faced before, and it wasn't looking to well for Joey. Payne was laughing at Joey's pathetic tries to defeat him.

"You are one tough cookie to break, but I will break you in half, and make you beg to die more quickly," said Payne as he slowly stepped towards Joey.

"I won't give in to you, I won't give up."

Joey charged another punch at Payne while he laughed at him. Payne grabbed Joey's arm and twisted it. He grabbed Joey's wrist slowly twisting it more and more, until a loud snap was heard followed by Joey's cry of pain. Payne then hit Joey in back of the head forcing Joey to fall to the ground.

'Where in the world does this guy get his strength?' thought Joey, 'It's like fighting a big smelly ape that is ten times stronger than an ape, and smellier, I got to find a way to beat him.'

Joey used all his strength to stand up; he looked at the giant who stood before him. Joey couldn't fight him in terms of strength, he had to think of a way to kick him down, but punches wouldn't work, he would just grab his arm and break something. Joey looked at his awkward looking broken wrist. It was utterly useless to him now. Joey could barley stand let alone fight this guy anymore, and with Tristan out, not able to back him up, he was in real trouble.

"Joey there is no way you can defeat me, I have been given power by my master, physical strength that goes beyond your comprehension. There is no way you can beat me even if I was blind folded and handcuffed."

"Maybe….but…I won't give up…nor will I loose to you."

"Well, this has been entertaining but I'm getting bored now. I will finish you off here and now. It's useless to think of anything, I'm stronger, faster, and more buff that you will ever be."

'He's right,' thought Joey, 'He is stronger, and faster, and more buff…wait, buff, that's it.'

"Now Joey you die."

Payne charged at Joey, his speed was incredible, but all Joey had to do was stay light on his feet. The unstoppable giant charged at Joey, Joey stepped aside to Payne's left and quickly moving directly behind Payne. Payne stopped his assault and quickly turned around to face Joey again.

"Ha, so you're not going to give up, it's pointless, next time I won't miss."

Payne charged at Joey again, Joey repeated his last action by stepping aside to Payne's left and moving behind him again. Doing this made Joey's body ach like crazy but he had to keep it up, he had to test out his theory and see if it would happen. Payne quickly turned again and charged. Joey kept on repeating his action until finally Payne stopped for a moment.

"I see you now, take this Joey."

Payne rushed towards Joey, as soon as Joey stepped aside Payne quickly turned to position himself to strike Joey down. But before he could strike he cried in pain as he fell down holding his ankle. He looked at Joey as Joey smiled back at him with a grin.

"What…what happed?"

"It's simple you overworked yourself. Your body muscle is tight that's what give you an edge, however, it's too tight, tight enough that it can snap, and that's what just happened."

"I don't get it, your body shouldn't be any different than mine, and I was moving as fast as you were, how come nothing happened to you?"

"Easy, I was running in a semi circle around you as I moved passed you, while you had kept on turning around in a full circle, as I gradually moved faster and faster, you had to keep up with me to strike me, but when you went for your final blow you put a quick spin on that ankle, the very same ankle you have been using to twist yourself around, causing a sprain. You were right when you said I couldn't beat in terms of strength, speed, or muscle, so I had to use my head."

"You think you have won? I will kill you."

Payne used his other leg to jump up at Joey, Joey moving quickly, stepped aside, to dodge Payne's assault and kick him right in his temple, causing Payne to fly towards the wall and to hit his head, causing Payne to K.O. Joey then fell on the ground. Mai, Tea and Terra, who had taken Mokuba's body from the fight, had watched the whole thing. Mai ran to Joey as quickly as she could.

"Joey…you…you stupid little jerk," said Mai with tears forming in her eyes.

"What's wrong Mai…I beat him didn't I?"

"Yeah, but you promised you wouldn't get hurt."

"Joey… I'm just wondering. How did you know that his leg would give out?"

"It's easy…I saw it on an episode of one of my favorite T.V. shows."

"So you based your whole strategy on a T.V. show?" asked Tea in disbelief.

"Well, actually it was a cartoon show."

"That's our Joey for you," said Tristan as he walked over to them.

"Tristan your back up, that's good," said Terra.

"Is everything alright?" asked Tristan.

"Yeah, were okay," said Tea.

"But I feel like crap," said Joey.

"Maybe I can be of some assistance, it took me forever to find you, but at last I have found you," said a dark voice.

A shadowy figure approached, it slowly emerged until the recognized the figure. Bakura bent down and healed Joey using the power of his Millennium Ring. Joey was healed in no time and he stood up. He looked at Bakura in disbelief; he couldn't believe that he was alive after jumping into the dark abyss.

"Bakura, what happened to you?" asked Joey.

"Never mind that, we are almost to Shrin's layer, I can feel the power of other Millennium Items growing near, let's continue shall we."

They continued by going up a flight of stairs, as they continued onward they thought of many things, how things would be like facing Shrin, how Bakura survived, but none of it mattered to Bakura who was walking in front leading them all, with his devilish smile, for already his plans were going into action.