Roberts eyes opened slowly, his mind was hazy and his chest felt as though
a small dog was resting on it.
Looking down he saw the large golden object, on each side of him Yugi and Sammantha.
Both were sweating slightly and looked tired.
"Are you alright Robert?" Yugi asked as he stood up and retrieved his Millennium Puzzle.
"Y.. yeah I'm really tired but otherwise I think I'm fine." Robert replied as he sat up, Sammantha sitting on the bed next to him.
"You scared the hell out of me Robert. Don't EVER do that again!" She commanded as she wrapped her arms around him and hugged tightly.
Robert looked around dumbfounded. turning to Yugi he asked "What did I do? What happened?"
Location Unknown
The storm out side was pounding harder now and could be heard through the thick bulkheads. The chop of the sea outside caused the ship to roll and rock unpredictably.
In the largest of the rooms on the vessel, lying on the floor was the still form of Willem Spring. The phone on his desk had been ringing for almost ten minutes.
His eyes were unfocused, staring at the ceiling of the large, plushly decorated office. A strange dark mist was slowly filing the room, issuing forth from the crack in the huge stone sarcophagus.
A knock came at the door to the office, light at first then increasing in volume and urgency.
"Mr. Spring?! Are you alright sir? It's me Claire." Claire called form the other side of the door.
Slowly she pushed the door open, not seeing the dark mist flow immediately into the still form of Willem Spring.
"Mr. Spring? Willem?" She spoke hesitantly as she approached the body lying upon the floor.
Bending down to check his pulse her breath caught in her throat, His face was covered in blood his eyes struck open in shock and what looked like fear.
Pushing on she pressed her index and fore finger to the side of his neck.
The pulse was there, but it was weak and very very slow.
Rushing to the phone on the large desk she picked up the receiver and dialed a series of numbers.
"I need an emergency medical team to Mr. Springs office NOW!" She slammed the phone down and returned to his side.
The Medical team arrived moments later and began assessing his condition then gathered him onto a gurney and hurried him out of the room.
Four people had entered and left that room.
Not one had seen the figure dressed in white robes with large golden Ankh around his neck.
Resting in his hand was a simple white envelope.
"So it begins..." Shadi spoke as he slowly dissolved into the shadows of the room.
Jungle Sector, Rest Zone
"So, You're Robert's sister huh?" Mai asked from behind the door of the room the two ladies were in as she draped her wet clothes over the same door and slipped into a robe and slippers, a large towel wrapped around her head concealing her long blond hair.
"Yes, I am." Kelly answered curtly.
"We talked on the ride to the island, he didn't mention a sister at all." Mai said as she stepped out from behind the door, looking just as good in the robe and towel as she did in her everyday clothes.
"Yeah, well..." Kelly trailed off as Mai interrupted.
"Then again he didn't really saw much at all. I guess I was doing all of the talking." She said as she looked at the younger girl.
Studying her closely Mai could only guess her height to be somewhere around five foot two or so.
The girls blond hair came down to rest over her shoulders and between her shoulder blades, her small nose looking perfectly at home on her angular face.
The striking part of her was the way her hazel eyes caught and seemed to amplify all the light in the room.
The look the girl was giving her was a sure enough tip off that she was Roberts sister, Her eye's had the same attitude.
Meanwhile in the living room
"So Ryu, you and Kelly seem to be hitting it off quit nicely, looking to become Roberts Brother-in-law eh?" Joey joked as he shook his hand in Ryu's hair, mussing the style the white locks were in.
"Cut it out Number two!" Ryu shot back as he slapped away Joeys arm and straightened his hair.
The Bedroom door opened and a very Drain Yugi came out, sweating and breathing slightly harder than he should have been, followed by Sammantha helping to support a still somewhat shaky Robert.
"Hey! You guy's alright?" Joey asked as he bounded over to help Sammantha with Robert.
"Everything's going to be fine now Joey." Yugi said as he sat down in one of the over stuffed chairs and took one of the remaining sandwiches, biting into it hungrily.
Sammantha sat next to Robert looping her left arm possessively around his right and resting her head on his shoulder.
Kelly approached from down the hall with Mai a few paces behind her, rounding the corner she saw Robert and her eye's teared up again.
"ROBERT! Are you okay? Is everything alright now?" She launched into the room blew past Ryu without a second glance and landed on Roberts left side.
Kelly grabbed onto his left arm and Robert winced, the fresh wound crossing his old scar tearing open at the sudden harsh treatment a small trickle of blood rolled down his arm.
"Careful Kel, I'm old I break easy." Robert joked reaching around his little sister hugging her tightly.
"Oh how touching, I think I'm going to cry... this really is a Kodak moment." Mai commented wryly as she entered the room.
"Mai?" Sammantha and Yugi both said in unison, shock at the woman's presence showing their voices and on their faces.
"How long have you been here Mai?" Yugi asked as he got up to greet his friend.
"About an hour or so, what were you guys doing in there anyway, you're all pretty sweaty and you look tired." Mai asked, her left eye brow raised.
Before Yugi could answer there was a knock at the door.
Ryu stepped over the towel resting on the floor to soak up the water that had gathered and answered the door only to find no one there.
"Hey, what's that on the door?" Yugi asked as he approached.
Ryu handed him the simple white envelope.
Looking down he saw the large golden object, on each side of him Yugi and Sammantha.
Both were sweating slightly and looked tired.
"Are you alright Robert?" Yugi asked as he stood up and retrieved his Millennium Puzzle.
"Y.. yeah I'm really tired but otherwise I think I'm fine." Robert replied as he sat up, Sammantha sitting on the bed next to him.
"You scared the hell out of me Robert. Don't EVER do that again!" She commanded as she wrapped her arms around him and hugged tightly.
Robert looked around dumbfounded. turning to Yugi he asked "What did I do? What happened?"
Location Unknown
The storm out side was pounding harder now and could be heard through the thick bulkheads. The chop of the sea outside caused the ship to roll and rock unpredictably.
In the largest of the rooms on the vessel, lying on the floor was the still form of Willem Spring. The phone on his desk had been ringing for almost ten minutes.
His eyes were unfocused, staring at the ceiling of the large, plushly decorated office. A strange dark mist was slowly filing the room, issuing forth from the crack in the huge stone sarcophagus.
A knock came at the door to the office, light at first then increasing in volume and urgency.
"Mr. Spring?! Are you alright sir? It's me Claire." Claire called form the other side of the door.
Slowly she pushed the door open, not seeing the dark mist flow immediately into the still form of Willem Spring.
"Mr. Spring? Willem?" She spoke hesitantly as she approached the body lying upon the floor.
Bending down to check his pulse her breath caught in her throat, His face was covered in blood his eyes struck open in shock and what looked like fear.
Pushing on she pressed her index and fore finger to the side of his neck.
The pulse was there, but it was weak and very very slow.
Rushing to the phone on the large desk she picked up the receiver and dialed a series of numbers.
"I need an emergency medical team to Mr. Springs office NOW!" She slammed the phone down and returned to his side.
The Medical team arrived moments later and began assessing his condition then gathered him onto a gurney and hurried him out of the room.
Four people had entered and left that room.
Not one had seen the figure dressed in white robes with large golden Ankh around his neck.
Resting in his hand was a simple white envelope.
"So it begins..." Shadi spoke as he slowly dissolved into the shadows of the room.
Jungle Sector, Rest Zone
"So, You're Robert's sister huh?" Mai asked from behind the door of the room the two ladies were in as she draped her wet clothes over the same door and slipped into a robe and slippers, a large towel wrapped around her head concealing her long blond hair.
"Yes, I am." Kelly answered curtly.
"We talked on the ride to the island, he didn't mention a sister at all." Mai said as she stepped out from behind the door, looking just as good in the robe and towel as she did in her everyday clothes.
"Yeah, well..." Kelly trailed off as Mai interrupted.
"Then again he didn't really saw much at all. I guess I was doing all of the talking." She said as she looked at the younger girl.
Studying her closely Mai could only guess her height to be somewhere around five foot two or so.
The girls blond hair came down to rest over her shoulders and between her shoulder blades, her small nose looking perfectly at home on her angular face.
The striking part of her was the way her hazel eyes caught and seemed to amplify all the light in the room.
The look the girl was giving her was a sure enough tip off that she was Roberts sister, Her eye's had the same attitude.
Meanwhile in the living room
"So Ryu, you and Kelly seem to be hitting it off quit nicely, looking to become Roberts Brother-in-law eh?" Joey joked as he shook his hand in Ryu's hair, mussing the style the white locks were in.
"Cut it out Number two!" Ryu shot back as he slapped away Joeys arm and straightened his hair.
The Bedroom door opened and a very Drain Yugi came out, sweating and breathing slightly harder than he should have been, followed by Sammantha helping to support a still somewhat shaky Robert.
"Hey! You guy's alright?" Joey asked as he bounded over to help Sammantha with Robert.
"Everything's going to be fine now Joey." Yugi said as he sat down in one of the over stuffed chairs and took one of the remaining sandwiches, biting into it hungrily.
Sammantha sat next to Robert looping her left arm possessively around his right and resting her head on his shoulder.
Kelly approached from down the hall with Mai a few paces behind her, rounding the corner she saw Robert and her eye's teared up again.
"ROBERT! Are you okay? Is everything alright now?" She launched into the room blew past Ryu without a second glance and landed on Roberts left side.
Kelly grabbed onto his left arm and Robert winced, the fresh wound crossing his old scar tearing open at the sudden harsh treatment a small trickle of blood rolled down his arm.
"Careful Kel, I'm old I break easy." Robert joked reaching around his little sister hugging her tightly.
"Oh how touching, I think I'm going to cry... this really is a Kodak moment." Mai commented wryly as she entered the room.
"Mai?" Sammantha and Yugi both said in unison, shock at the woman's presence showing their voices and on their faces.
"How long have you been here Mai?" Yugi asked as he got up to greet his friend.
"About an hour or so, what were you guys doing in there anyway, you're all pretty sweaty and you look tired." Mai asked, her left eye brow raised.
Before Yugi could answer there was a knock at the door.
Ryu stepped over the towel resting on the floor to soak up the water that had gathered and answered the door only to find no one there.
"Hey, what's that on the door?" Yugi asked as he approached.
Ryu handed him the simple white envelope.