Hey readers, sorry if I take awhile to update fics for awhile, but I'm kinda burned out on fic writing, so updates may take awhile. You can also expect updates to be shorter than usual.

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"Okay, since you agreed, I feel I should add the small fact that I'll be waiting at the end of the maze for you all, and my four 'bodyguards', you could say, will be along the way out. Good luck all!"

Pegasus and his four monsters then vanish.

"I still hate that creep." Joey muttered.

"I'm not sure why Pegasus is doing this, but apparently we're going to have to play along with his little game if we want to survive." Yami Yugi told the others.

"We had better start now so we can leave sooner." Bakura suggested.

"Let's stick together. Who knows what this maze has or what Pegasus has added to it." Tea told them.

As the group went onward, Bakura ended up at the rear, much to his pleasure so none would notice his eyes shift.

'Now how the hell is Pegasus able to read minds? That is only an illusionary copy, and I still have the Millennium Eye.........something is definitely wrong here, and I don't like it one bit.'

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"Come on Seto, I know you can stop that weirdo!"

Kaiba was busy trying to hack into the system to delete the programs Pegasus had placed inside. It was a bit tricky, but he seemed to be making some headway.

"Only a little further, and I-"

Then Pegasus popped up on the screen in the chibi form, shaking his finger at Kaiba.

"Uh-uh-uh Seto Kaiba, I'm not going to allow you to spoil my fun."

Seto and Mokuba both grimaced as Pegasus walked over to a plug on the screen, had a "?" pop over his head, and then pulled the plug. Then Seto's hacking progress abruptly was all gone.

"When I get my hands on you Pegasus, I'll...."

"You'll do what now Seto Kaiba? Beat me up? Throttle me? I'm just a program, and you can't actually hurt me."

Kaiba scowled.

"Ow!"

Kaiba looked up. Then he realized Mokuba was clicking on the Pegasus on screen with the mouse.

"Ouch! Hey! That hurts!"

Seto smirked as Mokuba kept 'poking' Pegasus.

"Gotcha!" Pegasus exclaimed as he grabbed the mouse and dragged it over to a recycle bin and dropped it in, "Now I have someone else to talk to."

Then in a flash, the Pegasus A.I. was gone.

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At the mansion, Xavier was worried, and Scott, Jean, and Logan noticed.

"What's wrong?" Scott asked.

"I'm not sure. I just have this ill feeling that Kurt and Bobby, as well as those they're with, are in trouble."

"You mean like Magneto?" Logan asked.

"No, but-"

Then to their surprise, the bookcase in front of the computer in the study slid open and the computer screen came on. They all turned to the screen to see Pegasus' face.

"Mind if I have my say in this conversation?"

"Who are you?" Jean demanded.

"Pegasus J. Crawford, but I'm known as Maximillion Pegasus in business deals, so that's what most people know me by, anyway, I'm calling about two of Charles Xavier's students. Kurt and Bobby I believe."

"What'd you do?" Scott asked.
The screen shifted to a camera view of the group in the maze.

"Oh, not much, they just ended up as part of my revenge on Yugi Mutou. You see, I added a little something to the experience. Those duel gloves have had powerful batteries put in. Don't try to save them or I'll just trigger them to kill them anyway."

"Oh great, so we can only watch and hope they make it out of your little deathtrap." Logan muttered.

"Correct Logan." Pegasus answered.

"What the?"

"Let me explain, the Millennium Eye I have..." Pegasus said as he pulled the hair in front of his eye away, "Allows me to see into the minds of others, including you."

"What is it you want?" Xavier asked.

"Me? Oh I just called letting you know Kurt and Bobby are going to be a bit 'late' if they make it out or not." Pegasus said with a grin.

"You're insane!" Jean shouted.

"Could be. Anyway, be glad I'm letting you enjoy the show."

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At this point, on the travels through the maze, now Kurt and Yami Yugi were behind the others, very far behind due to taking one of two forks in the path. Theirs had been a dead end, so they were trying to catch up.

"Man, what is it with this Pegasus guy?" Kurt asked Yugi.

"I'm not entirely sure. I know he took the souls of my grandfather, Seto, and Mokuba and put them in cards, and attempted to gain control of Kaiba Corp."

"Oh man....he sounds really nasty." Kurt commented.

"When we tried to confront him to make him return our friends' souls, we ended up finding his journal. His reasons for his actions were unusual ones. It doesn't matter right now though, this isn't Pegasus we're facing, it's a machine that is imitating him."

"Oh, right.....HUH!?!?!"

Kurt yelped as a VR Projector flashed around, and in doing so, it crossed him, and interfered with his image inducer. For a few seconds, Kurt appeared to be donning the outfit of an Aqua Madoor before he shut off his inducer. The whole time Yami Yugi was watching in shock.

"Great.....now the inducer is malfunctioning."

"Kurt, you're......"

Kurt sweatdropped.

"I.....ah.......It's........Um..........I kind of have a confession......."

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Meanwhile, the others were getting rather hot.

"It feels like a furnace in here." Bakura said in his imitation of Ryou's voice.

"I wonder why it's so hot." Tristan muttered.

Then when they entered the next room, they saw a huge flaming area, with a path through the middle, where Manga Ryu-Ran stood, sleeping.

"Looks like I'm up...." Bobby said as he stepped forward.

"Man, I hope Yugi and Kurt are all right." Joey said to himself.

As Bobby got closer to Manga Ryu-Ran, he snickered.

"Oh geez, look at the size of that bubble."

Manga Ryu-Ran had a giant bubble on his nose that got bigger as he exhaled and smaller as he inhaled, which was easily Bobby's size.

"How do I wake this guy up to duel?" Bobby asked the others.

"Like this!" Joey shouted as he took a rock out of his pocket and threw it at the monster.

"Joey, it's just a projection, the rock can't....." Bakura started.

Then the rock smacked Manga Ryu-Ran in the head, and fell down, popping the bubble. Manga Ryu-Ran snorted a bit as he woke up.

"Hit it???" Bakura said, stunned.

Bobby and the others sweatdropped, and looked at the monster.

"Go 'way, I'm napping...." It said as he went back to sleep.

"HEY! WE'RE SUPPOSED TO DUEL!!!!!"

Manga Ryu-Ran just stood there sleeping.

"......Now what?" Bobby wondered.

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Kurt's got trouble and the Ryu-Ran won't duel.......what next?