Notes for the author: Okay the legal mumbo jumbo; I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh! or any of its related companies. I do however own the characters Cameron and Zander. The Character of Wes belongs to Lifevirus7 and the characters of Bethany and Eriza belong to Beth aka Android Eighteen. (Both of whom are members of) As far as cards go I do own: Non-loyal Magician, Blood Brothers, and All In One. If you want you may use these cards just let me know. I know most of you do not like Bethany Kaiba but (and I don't mean to sound rude) you'll just have to get used to her. When ever a person with a Yami (i.e. Yugi and Yami Yugi) thinks, they will each say one sentence. So Yami will say one sentence, then Yugi, than Yami again. Special thanks go to my friends who helped me in some parts of this, and Harry Potter author J. K. Rowling. If this is the first chapter you're reading I highly suggest that you go back and read the past two chapters if you want to have idea of what's going on. Also please note that I am not a good speller or writer. So please forgive my misuses of "Their" "There" and "They're" amongst other things. Future chapters of this story will take longer to make (due to school opening soon) so please be patience. Any text found in-between "[" and "]" are thoughts not speech. Thank you, and enjoy.
"I'll let you pass..." The voice had returned but this time much louder. "if you give me my queen."
"Who's there?" Beth asked the darkness all around her.
"Come now my queen, you sound like you don't remember me. Ouch, that hurts." The voice seemed to be getting closer.
"That voice. It sounds familiar." Yugi said.
"I was just thinking the same thing." Cameron added.
"I'm glad someone remembers me." The voice said. It was coming closer. Out of the shadows stepped the creator of the sound. He was wearing an orange sweater with the hood up over his head; he appeared to be the same age as Cameron. It was Wes! But there was something a little off about him.
Cameron was shocked. "Wes?! What are you doing down here? We have to go before whoever made those monsters shows up!"
"Hehehe. The names of my mind slaves aren't something I care about."
Beth was thinking out loud. "Mind slaves? That means you must be Marik!"
"Correct my queen. Now come with me and your friends will be spared."
"And if I don't go willingly?"
"I'm not giving you an option. I may be in control of one slave but I can always control another!" Wes slowly raised his left hand and placed an open palm towards Beth. Beth's eyes became glazed over. Again the symbol of the Millennia appeared on her fore head. Wes pulled back his hood to reveal that he had one as well.
"Give her back!" Yugi ordered. As he said this Yami and Zander took control just in case.
"Oh how nice the ancient spirits have come out to play." Wes/Marik mocked with a grin on his face. "If you want your wench back so badly you'll have to win her from me in a duel."
"Care to make it a two on two duel?" Yami Yugi asked. "Your two puppets against me and Zander."
Zander spoke up. "Winner takes the queen, and you remove your hold on Wes's body."
"Sounds like a deal to me. Let the shadow game BEGIN!" Wes/Marik threw his hand in the air, as the shadows in front of them opened up putting a gap between the four duelists. Out of the gap rose two sarcophagi and each one was marked with the sphinx. They slid in-between Yugi and Zander, and Beth and Wes/Marik.
"What are these for?" Zander asked?
Wes/Marik answered. "Any moron can place cards on a table in front of them, but in this shadow game your mind will also be tested as well. When you damage your opponent's life points, even if it means their points would reach zero, you must answer a riddle and if you get it right you do damage as usual."
"And if we get it wrong?" Yami Yugi asked.
"Well, you'll just have to figure that out your self."
Zander turned to Yami Yugi. "If at all possible, let's not find out."
"The riddles you will answer are from all over time. Some go as far back to ancient times and other might have been though up just yesterday, so stay on your toes. I hope you don't mind if I start." Wes/Marik said. "I'll start by summing the Ancient Lamp (Atk: 1050) and use its effect to summon La Jinn (Atk: 1800) onto the battle field. It's your turn Zander." Zander looked over at Yami, he was standing calm and cool like he always does, but something seemed to be worrying him.
[Yami? Is their some thing wrong Yugi? It's nothing; I'm just not feeling to well. Don't worry; we'll save Wes, get Beth and get out. I'll try to hang on until then. Please do.]
"Well? Don't keep us waiting." Wes/Marik said.
"Fine. I'll play." Zander stopped and thought for a second. "This card in defense and play this magic card, Gravekeeper's Servant." As he spoke a little demon appeared. It was smoke black with little red eyes; he was armed with a pitchfork. "In short if I'm attacked the attacker sends the top card of their deck to the graveyard. It's your turn Beth."
"........." Beth had no control over herself, she could not even talk. She placed one card face down in defense mode and ended her turn.
"It seems everyone is playing defense," Yami Yugi stated. "I'll play Gazelle the King of Mythical Beasts (Atk: 1500) in attack mode. Now, Gazelle destroy the Ancient Lamp!" Gazelle leaped up and in one swipe of its paw the lamp was destroyed. Wes/Marik should have lost 450 life points but his counter did not go down. The sarcophagus between Wes/Marik and Beth opened up. Sand flew out of it, and formed words in midair.
"Well now Pharaoh can you answer the sphinx's riddle?" Wes/Marik asked very full of him self.
Yami read the riddle. "A woman has seven children. Half of them are male. How is this possible?"
Zander thought out loud for a moment. "Seven children. Half male. Well unless she has three and a half children I don't think it's possible."
Yami figured it out. "All of the lady's children are male." The sand that formed the riddle gathered into a cluster and spelt out the word CORRECT. The sand then flew back into the sarcophagus as it closed. Wes/Marik's life points lowered to 3550.
Wes/Marik grunted is frustration. "Hurry up and end your turn pharaoh!"
"Fine. I'll place these two cards face down and end my turn."
Wes/Marik was trying to come up with a strategy. [Knowing Yugi, he's played one card to hurt my monster and one to help his. Bethany over there is completely brain dead. So that leaves Zander.]
"La Jinn attack Zander's face down monster!"
"Not so fast." Zander interrupted. "Did you for get about my little Gravekeeper?" A card appeared, impaled on the Gravekeeper's pitchfork. "Show us, Gravekeeper, what card is sent to the graveyard." Slowly the Gravekeeper removed the card from the pitchfork. "An Opticlops. A very strong monster and one of Wes's personal favorites. Too bad it's in the grave yard now."
"Shut up! My attack still continues! La Jinn, destroy his monster!"
"Again you jump to conclusions. My monster is the Giant Soldier of Stone and it has 2,000 defense points while your La Jinn only has 1800 attack points. Which means..."
"Which means I lose another 200 life points." Wes/Marik said in frustration as his life points dropped down to 3350. "And you don't have to answer a riddle because it was my own attack!"
"So now it's my turn." Zander drew another card from his deck. "I'll play the Witty Phantom in attack mode (atk.1400 def.1300) and move my Soldier into attack as well. Now I'll play the magic card Shield & Sword. Giant Soldier of Stone attack Beth's monster." The Giant Soldier of Stone pulled out the stone sword from its left shoulder and threw it at the hidden monster. The hidden monster quickly appeared it was the Pharaoh's Servant; the stone sword impaled the servant as he shattered into pieces. "Now Marik it's your turn. Since I played Shield & Sword my Phantom has an attack of 1300 and you La Jinn only has 1000. So, Witty Phantom attack!" The Phantom shot a playing card up his sleeve into his hand and then threw it at La Jinn. La Jinn was destroyed in a puff of smoke. The sarcophagus opened up again and the sand flew out just like before. The sand spelled out the riddle.
"IF YOU WERE RUNNING A RACE, AND YOU PASSEDTHE PERSON IN 2ND PLACE, WHAT PLACE WOULD YOU BE IN NOW?"
"You'd be in second?"
"CORRECT." The sand again flew into the sarcophagus as Wes/Marik's life points dropped again to 3050.
It was Beth's turn again. With out making a sound and with no signs of thought she placed one monster in defense and placed one more card face down. She made no more movements and it was Yugi's turn.
"I'll activate my magic card Brain Control." Yugi stated as the card that was face down turned face up. As Beth's face down monster (Pharaonic Protector) glided onto Yugi's side of the field she activated her trap card The First Sarcophagus. The Sarcophagus appeared on her side of the field and just laid there.
"Yugi, by any chance do you know what that does?" Zander inquired.
"Sorry, but I don't." Yugi answered back.
"Great, something else we have to worry about."
"Anyway, I'll sacrifice Gazelle and the Pharaonic Protector to summon my Dark Magician. Zander who do you think I should attack? Marik?"
"Yeah, go right ahead. The sooner we beat him the better."
"All right then, Dark Magician attack Marik directly!"
Wes/Marik laughed at their impatience. "Not so fast Pharaoh! You must answer the riddle first. Or did you forget that?" As he spoke the sarcophagus opened up again and the sand took formation in the air.
"WHICH IS HEAIVER; A POUND OF GOLD OR A POUND OF FEATHERS?"
Yugi replied quickly. "Their weight would be the same."
"INCORRECT"
"What?" Yugi asked very puzzled.
"THE WEIGHT SCALE OF GOLD IS DIFFERENT THAN THE WEIGHT SCALE OF ANYTHING ELSE. SO A POUND OF GOLD WEIGHTS MORE THEN A POUND OF FEATHERS." The sand did not move back into the Sarcophagus.
"Ha ha ha! Looks like the pharaoh isn't as smart as I thought." Wes/Marik cackled will glee.
"So, what happens now?" Yugi asked.
"Just watch your Dark Magician." The sand started spinning around the Dark Magician and all at once covered his body; leaving what looked like a sand sculpture. The sarcophagus opened back up. From the top of the sculpture the sand returned to the sarcophagus leaving no trace of the Dark Magician.
Yugi started to say something. "My Dark Magician..."
"Is destroyed" Wes/Marik finished for him, smiling. "Now it's my turn." Wes/Marik drew his card, and smirked. "First, I play these two cards facedown. Then, I summon Chaos Necromancer in attack mode!" (Atk. 0 Def.0) "This monster receives 300 attack and defense points for each monster in my graveyard. Which brings its attack to 900. Now I'll end my turn."
"It's my turn now." Zander said. "What a pathetic card. Any one of our monsters could take it out. I summon Harpie's Brother in attack mode!" he proclaimed as he played his card.
"Right into my trap. I sacrifice my Necromancer to activate my trap card, Crush Card!"
"No that's the same card Kaiba used on duelist kingdom!" Yugi said shocked that Wes's deck had such a rare card.
"Not quite Yugi." Cameron said taking back his body from Zander's control. "You see, at the arcade in Domino you can trade in points for cards, but theirs a catch. The cards you can get are not quite as strong as their rare counter parts found in packs. This Crush Card only effects monsters with 1500 or more attack points in our hand, field, and whatever we draw for the next three turns. It's not quite as bad, but..." He paused to discard his Harpie's Brother on the field, The Total Defense Shogun, and Cyber-Tech Alligator both in his hand. "...it still hurts."
"I know what you mean. Good bye Beta." Yugi said as he place the Warrior into his graveyard.
"Alrigth Marik you'll leave my friends body now! Witty Phantom, Giant Soldier of Stone, attack him directly!"
"I'll active my second trap card. Negate attack. I'm safe."
"For now. I'll place one card face down and end my turn."
Beth drew one card from her deck, besides the First Sarcophagus rose The Second Sarcophagus.
"In one more turn my plane will be complete!" Wes/Marik said.
"Not if I stop it." Zander said taking back control of Cameron's body. "I'll activate my magic card Mystical Space Typhoon to destroy The Second Sarcophagus."
Yugi started to draw a card form his deck. "This next card could determine the fate of our duel. Take this, my Swords of Revealing Light! We are safe for 3 turns now! I also place this card facedown and end my turn."
"Those swords won't change anything." said Wes/Marik as he drew a card. "I play Archfiend Soldier in attack mode (Atk. 1900 Def. 1500) and end my turn."
"Now it's my turn." Zander said as he started to draw a card.
"Zander, if we want to win we'll have to believe in the heart of the cards and help each other, as friends."
"Yugi I am not your friend, I'm your assassin. And I will not stop for anything to finish my job. Even if it means eliminating you."
"What are you saying?" Yugi asked.
"You remember that nutrient Z I gave you a while back? Weren't you curious why their was only one pill in the container?"
"No, but now I have the feeling I should have."
"You see Nutrient Z has one small side effect."
"Side effect?"
"You'll be experiencing a crippling headache about..." He glanced at his watch. "...now." Right on cue Yami fell on his knees, clenched his forehead with one hand and used the other to keep balance. But it was useless, he soon fell catatonic. "Well that eliminates one. Now where were we? Oh yes, I draw and active Monster Reborn, to revive Yugi's Dark Magician."
Wes/Marik was surprised at what just happened but he hummed in satisfaction. "Well, I didn't see that coming."
"Good. Tell me Marik why did you take Beth to be your other mind slave? Because she was a women? Because her mind was easier to get into? Because my mind was putting up a fight?"
"Why do you ask questions you already know the answer to? Why can't I get into your head!?"
"Well, Magneto, its because the millennium rod that sealed me in the shadow realm; and since then I've grown an immunity to it."
"Your kidding." Wes/Marik raised his hand, palm out towards Zander. "Damn it I can't break through."
"Never thought I'd say this, but thank you Seto Kaiba. But theirs another gift he gave me that you should thank him for."
"Thank him for?"
"The ability to remove your control over people." Zander pulled out his dagger, and pressed down on a button shaped like the symbol of the millennium. The blade of the weapon gave of a aw-inspiring glow as it shot form the handle of the blade, a rope connecting them together, and slid into the Beth's forehead. Zander tugged on the rope as his and Cameron's conscious entered Beth's mind.
Beth's mind looked like a hall way, blocked by a huge door with the symbol of the millennium on it. Over to the right side the door was jammed open by the millennium puzzle.
"I'm confused. What just happened?" Cameron asked the man dressed in Egyptian attire, Zander. Zander was about as tall as most grown men and looked very slim. His hair was short but a dark brown in color, with eyes to match. Even though Cameron did not really care about his own physical looks he was jealous of Zander tan and lack of acne.
"Well, this is all symbolism." He started. His voice was deep yet gentle, but in it you could imagine it being very fierce and angry. "This hall way is connecting our minds to Bethany's and Eriza's. This door is Marik's control over them."
"And the puzzle?"
"Well when Yugi was knocked out Beth was able to loosen Marik's control. So now we just have to open it. Start pulling."
"Damn this thing is heavy." Cameron moaned struggling to pull the door open.
"Bethany, Eriza can you hear me?"
"WHAT DID YOU DO TO OUR YUGI!?" The two voices shouted from the other side, their voices echoing.
"That would be a yes." Cameron said with sarcasm.
"Shut up Cameron. Bethany, Eriza, we need you to push on the door."
"Don't worry about Yugi he'll be fine. He's just out cold."
Bethany answered back. "He'd better be if you hurt him I swear I'll-"
"Yeah, yeah we know the routine." Cameron and Zander responded at the same time.
"What an angry young lady you are." Eriza added.
"I'm not angry just ... passionate." Bethany said a little offended.
"What cards are in your hand, Beth?" Cameron asked. Beth listed her cards.
"Beth I need you to play the magic card Non-loyal Magician." Zander requested. "Than exchange your Dark Witch for my Millennium Shield. Trust me I have a plan."
"Fine, but I'm watching you." Beth said trying not to lose her temper.
Zander had to give the order. "Alright every one on 3 push or pull as hard as you can. 1. 2. 3." With all their strength the door was forced open and it disappeared.
"Now, get out of my mind." Beth ordered.
Back in the shadow realm the dagger slipped out of Beth's forehead leaving no mark or burse. And returned to the handle of the dagger. The symbol vanished from Beth's forehead.
"Their should be a limit to how long your turn lasts." Wes/Marik said in annoyance, his arms crossed.
"Beth, it's your turn." Zander said.
"I'll draw then play Non-loyal Magician, this card allows me to play one face down card. And I'll use it on Yugi, to play his Exchange."
"What! How?" Wes/Marik asked in confusion.
"Just because Yugi's out of the game, that does not mean his cards are." Beth answered. "Now Zander I'll take your Millennium Shield."
"And I'll take your Dark Witch." Zander finished. "Your personal favorite if I'm not mistaken."
"You guessed right Zander." She tuned to Wes/Marik. "Marik you're going down. No two ways about it."
Wes/Marik grunted in anger. He was being beaten at his own shadow game. "I still have one turn and one monster. I'll sacrifice my Archfiend Soldier to summon my Summoned Skull! (Atk. 2500 Def. 1200) Now I'll equip him with Dark Energy which increases his attack by 300 points. (Atk.2800 Def.1200) Well Zander whatever your gonna do, you'd better do it now."
"You're in an awful rush to lose, but if you insist. I'll sacrifice my Giant Solider of Stone to Summon the Dark Witch. (Atk. 1800 Def. 1700) Then I'll activate my Magic card. Blood Brothers."
"Blood Brothers?" Wes/Marik inquired.
"Blood Brothers allow me to take a monster from your deck and play it on my side of the field, and in return you get to do the same. So I'll take Wes's Steel Fan Fighter, the only non-fiend card in his deck." (Atk.2200 Def.1850)
"Fine and I'll take your Seiyaryu." (Atk. 2500 Def. 2300)
"All right but it won't matter much. Now for my final card I'll play All In One."
"What does that do?" Bethany asked.
"This card allows me to take all the attack points of all my monsters and give them to just one monster. This way I'll only have to answer one riddle. So now Dark Magician, Steel Fan Fighter, and Dark Witch give your attack points to Witty Phantom." All the other monsters attack plummeted to 0 while Witty Phantom's rose to 7900. "Marik you've kidnapped Yugi, you've taken over my best friend's mind, you've attack both Beth and I when we entered, you even turned Beth into a zombie, and to top it off you've made me late for first period. I'M PISSED! WITTY PHANTOM ATCAK HIS SUMMONED SKULL AND END ALL THIS!" The Witty Phantom shot a playing card up his sleeve into his hand and then threw at the skull, still in attack mode. In a blinding explosion the Summoned Skull was destroyed.
With the laugh of a crazy man Wes/Marik asked, "You still have to answer the riddle and if you get it wrong those swords will protect you for only one more turn." The sarcophagus opened once more; the sand took place hanging in the air. "Looks like this one is hard." Marik said laughing with delight.
"FIRST THINK OF THE PERSON WHO LIVES IN DISGUISE, WHO DEALS IN SECRETS AND TELL NAUGHT BUT LIES. NEXT, TELL ME WHAT'S ALWAYS THE LAST THING TO MEND, THE MIDDLE OF MIDDLE AND END OF THE END? AND FINALLY GIVE ME THE SOUND OFTEN HEARD DURING A SEARCH FOR A HARD-TO-FIND WORD. NOW STRING THEM TOGETHER, AND ANSWER ME THIS, WHICH CREATURE WOULD YOU BE UNWILLING TO KISS?"
"HA, let's see you answer this one Zander. Show me how you'll defeat me. Go ahead let's see you try."
Zander looked Marik right in the eyes. "A spider."
"Alright, it's your funereal. You've heard his answer now show us the real solution!"
The sand gathered together and spelt out the word. "CORRECT"
"Sorry Marik but YOU lose!" Zander said with triumph.
"Tell me how did you know the answer so quickly?" Wes/Marik asked totally bewildered as his life points dropped to 0.
"It's from Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, you twit. Now as we agreed, leave Wes's mind NOW!" As he spoke all the monsters diapered back into the shadows.
"Of course, but you know, I can't let you leave this realm!" He raised both his hands in the air. Above them a, vortex appeared. Out of the vortex swarmed thousands of flying monsters; each one stronger then the previous. Wes's body fell limp; Marik had left along with the symbol of the millennium.
"Oh Shit." Zander said looking up seeing the monsters. The monsters were very high up they would at least have a few minuets to be safe. "Beth, get Yugi I'll get Wes I have an idea."
"Mind filling me in?"
"You can summon monsters out side of a duel right? And I can create inanimate objects. If we combine these powers we could summon the Dokurorider."
"The who?" She asked carrying Yugi's body.
"This guy." He looked through his deck and found the card. "If we can summon him he can drive us out on his motorcycle."
"That's a good idea. What are we waiting for?" Within seconds the Dokurorider was helping them get Yugi and Wes's unconscious bodies onto the cycle. He grabbed Beth by the waist and lifted her up and put her on his lap. He lifted Cameron and tossed him in the back. Cameron held onto the seat with all his strength, which wasn't much.
"Let's get going!" Cameron suggested. The Dokurorider revved the bike and took off. "If we go through where we came in well be back at the game shop." Cameron said speaking loud enough so Beth could hear him over the wind.
"Yeah so?" She asked.
"We'll be even later! Dokurorider go about one eighth of a mile past the portal we came in though and then turn right."
"What good will that do?" Beth asked.
"It should take us out right near the school."
"Why are you so obsessed about this?"
"I've never been late for school in my life, and I'm going to because of that jerk." They finally reached the location. Cameron pulled out the dagger. "Zander showed me how to do this." Cameron took the dagger and reached as high as he could, jabbed the air with the dagger and pulled down. It created a hole in the shadow realm to the real world.
"That is the school! How did you know how far to go?"
"I was board one day. Now hurry up this hole won't stay open forever." Bethany grabbed Yugi and Wes as she dragged them through the hole. The Dokurorider returned to the shadows as did the other monsters chasing them. Moments later the fore of them were in the school trying to get passes to class.
"All right Bethany, Cameron you can go to class." Started the Secretary "What happed to these two." She asked signaling to Yugi and Wes.
"Um..." Cameron started.
Beth save his excuse. "They hit their heads, hard. Some time in he nurse's office, and they should be fine."
"Right let's get going. Come on Beth." Cameron said running down the halls. "Lets see room B-5, B-6, B-7 here its is." Cameron though out loud as he read each room number.
"Sorry we're late Mr. Tokuoka." Beth said trying to pretend that nothing happened and that it was just a normal Friday.
"You'd better be." Mr. Tokuoka said whit a scowl on his face. "Take your sets and I better not hear a word out of either of you." They both nodded and sat down.
About ten minutes later Cameron asked, "May I go to the bathroom?"
"Take the pass and hurry up." Mr. Tokuoka growled from the front of the class. Cameron grabbed the pass and instead of going to the bathroom he headed down to the nurse. Yugi and Wes were lying down in the beds they had down their. Wes was starting to wake up.
"How are you feeling?" Cameron asked.
"I'll be fine, just as soon as the spin stops rooming." Wes responded.
"Well at least Marik didn't take your sense of humor from you."
"I know you Cameron, and I know you never come to see any one just to say 'Hi' so what are you doing here?"
"Just letting you know that we have detention."
"For what?!" Wes asked jumping out of the bed.
"Well, we were late. Tell Yugi when he come to. See you later."
