Yugi was lost in thought, his mind drifting like a leaf caught in a gust of
wind. His memories churned.
Back to the original Battle City Tournament, back to the machinations of the Big five and Noa.
Back to his inevitable duel with Malik.
As with Battle City there was a more sinister force working behind the scenes in this Tournament. Since he'd set foot on th island his partner, the Spirit of the Millennium Puzzle, had felt ill at ease.
Yugi's expression shifted to one of utter shock as he felt it, a wave of energy much like the Millennium Items produced when they were used to their fullest. He'd encountered a force much like it in Pegasus. And once again in Malik.
Both had been formidable foes, their minds clouded with anger and loss. The power had corrupted them. Pegasus, who wanted nothing more than to be once again with his lost wife, had been tainted by the sheer power the Millennium Eye he used contained.
Malik, while his intentions were far less noble than the return of a loved one. No, he wanted little more than revenge and the Millennium Rod had fed upon the darkness that had produced in his soul to create Maliks Dark form.
This was the same type of energy and it was coming from the bedroom.
'YUGI! It's Robert, we must help him.' the spirit cried out in Yugis mind almost to the point of causing pain.
Robert had his Duel Disk locked and his cards set. Behind him Sammantha wept as Kelly lay before her frighteningly still.
Sammantha ran her hand over the prone girls face and closed the Hazel eyes. Looking up at Robert she shook her head, tears pouring down her face.
Roberts mind was reeling, anger began to swell within him, his eyes seemed to take on a chartreuse light, his face turning a dark angry red.
All around him his friends lay injured, 'some far worse than that' he thought as he looked at the pile of blackened ash. A gust of wind catching a remnant of a monster card, the blue clad monster in the image barely visible.
The muscles at the back of Roberts neck began to twitch. The veins in his arms bulged as the blood flow they provided increased at the same rate his anger grew.
"You! I'll tear you limb from limb with my bare hands!" As Robert shouted his promise to his foe a faint roar could be heard from all around them.
The very ground they stood upon shook. As if trembling with the same rage Robert was showing.
"Come now Mr. Marcus, if you were capable of carrying through on such a threat I wouldn't be here now. I'd be little more than a bloody mass at your feet wouldn't I?" The dark form spat contemptuously.
"You have no Idea what I'm capable of coward. You hide in the shadows, sending others to do your work for you. I face all challengers I come across in the light." Roberts tone had evened slightly though the rage within him continued to grow.
A faint golden light could be seen far behind him on the horizon of whatever dark world he was in.
As though the Sun were rising.
Yugi rushed past Sammantha into the bedroom Robert and Kelly were currently resting in, a sour look on his face.
"Yugi what's wrong?" Sammantha asked following him into the room.
She gasped upon entering the room, Robert lay there every muscle in his body tensed, sweat pouring off of him in small rivers. A glowing gold eye faintly showing on his forehead.
Roberts expression was set in stone. His heart was pounding in his ears, the golden light behind him was becoming even more bright. The face of his adversary was almost visible.
"You're not going to be able to hide in the shadows forever. Once the light is upon you your weakness and true cowardice will be exposed." Robert said as he set a monster in defense mode and ended his turn Behind him Sammantha was talking to Yugi, trying to wake him up.
"You really think you can stop my destiny boy?" The figure spat also setting a monster in defense mode.
"You'll find you're quite mistaken. Destiny cannot be changed. You're but a stepping stone in my path." He finished, setting a magic or trap card.
"You're wrong. Destiny, Fate, they're only guide posts along the way. We are the masters of our future." Robert replied, setting another monster in defense mode.
He wasn't even really sure why he did it. His hand was full of monsters that would allow him to attack with no problem. But something was nagging at his mind, telling him he needed as many monsters on the field as possible to win.
In his mind he heard a voice, 'From their combined strength will come the great one.' Robert sensed no malice in the voice.
He was wary of it yes, a strange voice talking to him in his mind, of course he was wary of it.
Behind him Sammantha was busy gathering Yugis cards up. The poor young man was awake but a rather nasty wound to the side of his head had weakened him severely.
"I see what you're doing. It won't work that card isn't for you, I won't allow you to have it." The figure spoke, setting another monster in defense mode and yet another magic or trap card and ending his turn.
Sammantha let out a sharp cry as she turned over Joey, his white and blue shirt was stained a deep crimson, his Duel Disk still strapped to his arm was shattered, a large chunk of the sophisticated device was lodged in his chest. A death stare was on his face.
Sammantha bowed her head and closed his eyes.
"Hmph, she's becoming an annoyance, perhaps I should do something about her." The figure said as he leveled his gaze at Sammantha.
"She's of no concern to you. I'm the one you want." Robert said, his voice ice cold at the implied threat to Sammantha.
Robert drew his card, the Lord of Dragons. 'Perfect, I can use this and my Flute of Summoning Dragons to bring out these two Blue Eyes White Dragons!' Roberts inner voice shouted in elation.
'No, not yet. The light of the Sun is not yet upon you. You must wait.' The mysterious voice spoke again, forcefully this time
Robert was confused, what did the light of the Sun have to do with anything. His friends had been torn apart by this freak, He had just heard his enemy threaten Sammantha.
The light grew brighter, Roberts raged climbed higher still, his vision was becoming blurred with angry tears.
The light grew brighter still.
Samamntha watched in shocked silence as a faint glow overtook yugi and he changed slightly, his hair becoming slightly more spiked, his expression intensifying. He even seemed to grow taller.
Yugi reached out towards Robert only to have his hand shocked back by a dark energy.
"This is very bad." Yugi spoke. His expression grim.
Roberts anger was growing with every passing second. Kelly, his sister whom he hadn't seen since he was fifteen years old. She'd been nine at the time. Now he'd never see her again.
Yugi was little more than a vegetable, with a head injury that severe he'd be lucky to live with the amount of blood he was losing, though judging by the dull look in his eyes Robert had to guess that the form of life he'd have after this would be restricted to a soft padded room and lots of crayons.
Joey was gone, destroyed by one of the very things that had helped define him, his Duel Disk, his skills had been sharp, he'd actually managed to rip a pretty good chunk out of their mysterious nemesis' Life Points before the dark figure had batted him away like an annoying bug.
Sammantha's injuries were more mental than anything, she'd reverted back to an almost child like state. With every person that they lost she only got worse.
Anger wasn't the only emotion ripping through him now, fear, compassion, love and even a small bit of happiness that Sammantha was at least alive al swelled within him.
The light grew brighter.
"What's wrong? What's happening to him?" Sammantha asked quickly, flashes of her dream coming back to her, flashes of losing Robert to darkness.
"Whu... What's going on?" Kelly inquired, apparently Sammantha had spoken just a touch too loudly and had woken the sleeping girl who was now clad in one of Robert T-Shirts which hung quite loosely on the girls small frame and a spare pair of pajama bottoms Sammantha had leant her.
Looking over to Roberts bed she noticed the glowing eye on his forehead.
"Oh god... no!" Was all she could say.
Robert could see the face of his enemy now, the vicious scar running along the left side of the figures face, his wicked yellow eyes and that evil grin.
"What's the matter Robert? Don't like what you see?" The figure asked, feigning concern at the expression on Roberts face.
Roberts temper flared sharply, his blood was almost boiling now.
"You." Was all he could manage to say.
And the Light flared.
Back to the original Battle City Tournament, back to the machinations of the Big five and Noa.
Back to his inevitable duel with Malik.
As with Battle City there was a more sinister force working behind the scenes in this Tournament. Since he'd set foot on th island his partner, the Spirit of the Millennium Puzzle, had felt ill at ease.
Yugi's expression shifted to one of utter shock as he felt it, a wave of energy much like the Millennium Items produced when they were used to their fullest. He'd encountered a force much like it in Pegasus. And once again in Malik.
Both had been formidable foes, their minds clouded with anger and loss. The power had corrupted them. Pegasus, who wanted nothing more than to be once again with his lost wife, had been tainted by the sheer power the Millennium Eye he used contained.
Malik, while his intentions were far less noble than the return of a loved one. No, he wanted little more than revenge and the Millennium Rod had fed upon the darkness that had produced in his soul to create Maliks Dark form.
This was the same type of energy and it was coming from the bedroom.
'YUGI! It's Robert, we must help him.' the spirit cried out in Yugis mind almost to the point of causing pain.
Robert had his Duel Disk locked and his cards set. Behind him Sammantha wept as Kelly lay before her frighteningly still.
Sammantha ran her hand over the prone girls face and closed the Hazel eyes. Looking up at Robert she shook her head, tears pouring down her face.
Roberts mind was reeling, anger began to swell within him, his eyes seemed to take on a chartreuse light, his face turning a dark angry red.
All around him his friends lay injured, 'some far worse than that' he thought as he looked at the pile of blackened ash. A gust of wind catching a remnant of a monster card, the blue clad monster in the image barely visible.
The muscles at the back of Roberts neck began to twitch. The veins in his arms bulged as the blood flow they provided increased at the same rate his anger grew.
"You! I'll tear you limb from limb with my bare hands!" As Robert shouted his promise to his foe a faint roar could be heard from all around them.
The very ground they stood upon shook. As if trembling with the same rage Robert was showing.
"Come now Mr. Marcus, if you were capable of carrying through on such a threat I wouldn't be here now. I'd be little more than a bloody mass at your feet wouldn't I?" The dark form spat contemptuously.
"You have no Idea what I'm capable of coward. You hide in the shadows, sending others to do your work for you. I face all challengers I come across in the light." Roberts tone had evened slightly though the rage within him continued to grow.
A faint golden light could be seen far behind him on the horizon of whatever dark world he was in.
As though the Sun were rising.
Yugi rushed past Sammantha into the bedroom Robert and Kelly were currently resting in, a sour look on his face.
"Yugi what's wrong?" Sammantha asked following him into the room.
She gasped upon entering the room, Robert lay there every muscle in his body tensed, sweat pouring off of him in small rivers. A glowing gold eye faintly showing on his forehead.
Roberts expression was set in stone. His heart was pounding in his ears, the golden light behind him was becoming even more bright. The face of his adversary was almost visible.
"You're not going to be able to hide in the shadows forever. Once the light is upon you your weakness and true cowardice will be exposed." Robert said as he set a monster in defense mode and ended his turn Behind him Sammantha was talking to Yugi, trying to wake him up.
"You really think you can stop my destiny boy?" The figure spat also setting a monster in defense mode.
"You'll find you're quite mistaken. Destiny cannot be changed. You're but a stepping stone in my path." He finished, setting a magic or trap card.
"You're wrong. Destiny, Fate, they're only guide posts along the way. We are the masters of our future." Robert replied, setting another monster in defense mode.
He wasn't even really sure why he did it. His hand was full of monsters that would allow him to attack with no problem. But something was nagging at his mind, telling him he needed as many monsters on the field as possible to win.
In his mind he heard a voice, 'From their combined strength will come the great one.' Robert sensed no malice in the voice.
He was wary of it yes, a strange voice talking to him in his mind, of course he was wary of it.
Behind him Sammantha was busy gathering Yugis cards up. The poor young man was awake but a rather nasty wound to the side of his head had weakened him severely.
"I see what you're doing. It won't work that card isn't for you, I won't allow you to have it." The figure spoke, setting another monster in defense mode and yet another magic or trap card and ending his turn.
Sammantha let out a sharp cry as she turned over Joey, his white and blue shirt was stained a deep crimson, his Duel Disk still strapped to his arm was shattered, a large chunk of the sophisticated device was lodged in his chest. A death stare was on his face.
Sammantha bowed her head and closed his eyes.
"Hmph, she's becoming an annoyance, perhaps I should do something about her." The figure said as he leveled his gaze at Sammantha.
"She's of no concern to you. I'm the one you want." Robert said, his voice ice cold at the implied threat to Sammantha.
Robert drew his card, the Lord of Dragons. 'Perfect, I can use this and my Flute of Summoning Dragons to bring out these two Blue Eyes White Dragons!' Roberts inner voice shouted in elation.
'No, not yet. The light of the Sun is not yet upon you. You must wait.' The mysterious voice spoke again, forcefully this time
Robert was confused, what did the light of the Sun have to do with anything. His friends had been torn apart by this freak, He had just heard his enemy threaten Sammantha.
The light grew brighter, Roberts raged climbed higher still, his vision was becoming blurred with angry tears.
The light grew brighter still.
Samamntha watched in shocked silence as a faint glow overtook yugi and he changed slightly, his hair becoming slightly more spiked, his expression intensifying. He even seemed to grow taller.
Yugi reached out towards Robert only to have his hand shocked back by a dark energy.
"This is very bad." Yugi spoke. His expression grim.
Roberts anger was growing with every passing second. Kelly, his sister whom he hadn't seen since he was fifteen years old. She'd been nine at the time. Now he'd never see her again.
Yugi was little more than a vegetable, with a head injury that severe he'd be lucky to live with the amount of blood he was losing, though judging by the dull look in his eyes Robert had to guess that the form of life he'd have after this would be restricted to a soft padded room and lots of crayons.
Joey was gone, destroyed by one of the very things that had helped define him, his Duel Disk, his skills had been sharp, he'd actually managed to rip a pretty good chunk out of their mysterious nemesis' Life Points before the dark figure had batted him away like an annoying bug.
Sammantha's injuries were more mental than anything, she'd reverted back to an almost child like state. With every person that they lost she only got worse.
Anger wasn't the only emotion ripping through him now, fear, compassion, love and even a small bit of happiness that Sammantha was at least alive al swelled within him.
The light grew brighter.
"What's wrong? What's happening to him?" Sammantha asked quickly, flashes of her dream coming back to her, flashes of losing Robert to darkness.
"Whu... What's going on?" Kelly inquired, apparently Sammantha had spoken just a touch too loudly and had woken the sleeping girl who was now clad in one of Robert T-Shirts which hung quite loosely on the girls small frame and a spare pair of pajama bottoms Sammantha had leant her.
Looking over to Roberts bed she noticed the glowing eye on his forehead.
"Oh god... no!" Was all she could say.
Robert could see the face of his enemy now, the vicious scar running along the left side of the figures face, his wicked yellow eyes and that evil grin.
"What's the matter Robert? Don't like what you see?" The figure asked, feigning concern at the expression on Roberts face.
Roberts temper flared sharply, his blood was almost boiling now.
"You." Was all he could manage to say.
And the Light flared.