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-Telepathy-

(Thoughts)

Chapter 12

"Where are you, you undead scum?" Anderson sneered as he entered the warehouse. "I know you're here, I can smell you."

"If you know where I am, then why haven't you seen me by now?"

Anderson whipped around to see the vampire he was hunting for. He remembered their last fight, how he had acted, but this time was different. "Are you ready to die?" Anderson asked as he raised one of his blades.

-If he kills me, - Bakura warned the spirit, -I will personally drag you down to Hell with me. -

-He won't kill me, - the spirit said. -I've been around much longer than him, there's no way he can defeat me. - The spirit, now in control of Bakura's body, reached for the gun in his belt. -Let's see how this priest fairs against a thief. - He whipped out the gun and fired, not too sure where the shot would hit.

"Your mortal weapon can't kill me," Anderson said.

-That won't beat him! - Bakura yelled at the spirit. -It won't do anything! -

-It's a distraction, - the spirit said. -Can't you see what's appearing around us? -

Bakura didn't want to, but he did sense the energies of the Shadow Realm appearing around them. -What are you planning? -

-To show him a little something that is deader than you are, - the spirit answered.

-Do you really think I carry my Duel Monsters deck around anymore? - Bakura asked, outraged.

-Of course not, - the spirit answered, annoyed. -But your mind still holds the knowledge of those cards, so I can feed off that knowledge and summon whatever I want. -

-Oh great, - Bakura rambled. -You're going to summon one of those stupid zombies up to attack Anderson. You might as well pull out a wand and make sparks appear. I won't doubt he'll call all of this stuff "black magic". -

-Shut up and let me work, - the spirit snapped. By now the gun was empty, and now Yami Bakura tossed it aside. "I hope you're ready to get serious."

"Me get serious?" Anderson asked, "You're the one who's been shooting."

"Just a distraction," Yami Bakura answered. "Now, were you ever told the tale of the Headless Horseman?"

"Who hasn't been?" Anderson asked. "That's just an old folk tale, used to scare little kids."

"I thought vampires were tales to scare children as well," Yami Bakura said. "But, this sort contradicts that. So whose to say the Headless Horseman doesn't exist?"

Anderson laughed, "You won't be scaring me with that, I've seen worse than that Boogie Man."

"All right," Yami Bakura said, "If a Headless Horseman doesn't scare you, how about a Headless Knight?"

"A what?" Anderson asked. "You're crazy."

"Am I?" Yami Bakura asked. "Why don't you look around and see for yourself?"

"You're bluffin'," Anderson said as he glanced around, but what he saw proved him wrong. "What kinda black magic is this?"

"It's not black magic you fool," Yami Bakura growled. "This is magic from the Shadow Realm, and it's completely different from anything you have ever experienced." He chuckled as he watched the priest dodge a downward slice from the knight. "Do you believe me now?"

"Your little illusion can't hurt me," Anderson cackled as he threw a knife at the knight. The blade hit the knight's armor and bounced off. "Wha?"

"This is no illusion," Yami Bakura said amusingly. "This is real, very real." He chuckled and raised his hand toward Anderson, "Lets tie you up, Chain Energy!"

Glowing lights wrapped themselves around Anderson, binding his arms to his body. "You'll pay for this you monster!"

"How will you do that?" Yami Bakura asked. "Did you forget my knight is still pursuing you?"

Anderson glanced around, and just barely dodged a slashed from the knight. "Release me and fight me yourself, or you afraid that I'll beat you?"

Yami Bakura laughed, "No, I'm not afraid you'll beat me. I know I'll be able to kick you ass across the room and back. I'm just doing this for the amusement."

-Do you seriously you can beat him on your own? - Bakura asked.

-I don't know, - the spirit answered. -Have you figured anything out about your new strengths yet? -

-You idiot! I haven't even had a chance to talk to Alucard about those yet. Do you really think I know how to use them? -

-Maybe I should just take the ring off and have you go insane again, - the spirit suggested. -At least then we'll have a chance. -

-Do you want to die! - Bakura asked, still outraged at the spirit.

-You're already dead, - the spirit pointed out, though he didn't need to. -What have you got to lose? -

-Plenty! - Bakura snapped.

***

Seras stopped everyone when she felt that they were well away from wherever Anderson and Bakura were going. She yanked out her two-way radio and radioed the manor.

"Who was that?" Bakura's mother asked.

"The vampire hunter that's been hunting Bakura," Tea answered.

"Then what are we doing just standing here?" Bakura's father asked. "Shouldn't we do something to try and help him?"

"I just did," Seras replied. "I radioed HQ and told them Anderson was after Bakura. They're sending out troops to find out where they went, and depending on where they are, some extra help may come along."

"Extra help?" Bakura's mother asked.

"You'll find out later," Seras answered. "Come on, the manor's not much further. I'll get you there, but then I have to go to work and help find Bakura and Anderson."

"I'm confused," Kiyo said. "What troops? Where are we going?"

"You'll find out later," Seras repeated and shoved them on.

When they finally reached the manor, Walter met them at the door.

"I'll take charge of them from here," he said.

"I'm not staying here," Joey said. "I'm not going to run away like last time. I want to get a piece of Anderson too."

"You don't want to mess with him," Walter said. "He'll have a knife through your skull before you can blink. Do you really want to go out there with a high risk of dying?"

"I survived," Tea pointed out. "And I just sat in a closet like dead weight."

Walter sighed, "Well, let me stake down a few things first." He turned to Bakura's parents and sister, "You three must stay here. I know very well that your son does not want you to get mixed up in any of this, so I must not allow you to go out there." He turned back to the rest of them, "As for the rest of you, I guess I can't keep you back, but I wouldn't forgive myself if I let you go out there unarmed."

"I'm going to go and get my stuff while you gear them up," Seras said. "Show them where the loading trucks are when you're done, hopefully we'll still be here."

Walter nodded and Seras ran off.

***

Yami Bakura laughed as he watched Anderson run around the warehouse. "He's pretty good, but he won't be living this place alive if I get my way."

Anderson dodged another slash from the knight and found himself in a corner. "Blast you, you walking tin can!" He got an idea, and waited for the knight to strike again. As he expected, the knight attacked with an overhand slash. Anderson leaned back just enough and let the knight's blade slice through the energy bindings, freeing him from their grasp.

"Uh-oh," Yami Bakura whispered. He hadn't expected the priest to get a brain before the knight cut him to pieces, but those thoughts were now fouled.

-Got anymore of those bright ideas? - Bakura asked.

-Shut up! - The spirit snapped. -That trick killed at least twenty minutes. If your friends care that much for you, help should be on its way. -

-Well we can't really wait for it! - Bakura pointed out as he watched Anderson turn the knight into a pile of scrape metal. -Can we at least run? They'll be able to find us if we're out in the open. -

-I want to leave a distraction behind first, - the spirit insisted. He spotted one Anderson's discarded knives on the floor. He also spied on old generator. -Perfect. -

He grabbed the knife and dashed toward the generator. Anderson followed him, but that's what Yami Bakura wanted him to do. When he reached the generator he turned and faced Anderson. "Here I am, the perfect target." He threw the knife at Anderson.

Anderson blocked the oncoming knife with one of his swords, and then threw the two he was holding at the vampire. In his distraction with the knife, the vampire had jumped onto the control panel of the generator, and now jumped away, letting the swords embed themselves into the panel. Sparks flew, and the generator exploded.

Yami Bakura hadn't missed the window above the control panel, and jumped to it when Anderson threw his weapons. Only the explosion kept him from having a more graceful jump out the window. He landed on his side, but the fall wasn't very much, and he got to his feet and started running, not wanting Anderson to gain anything on him.

-May I at least have control of my own body now? - Bakura asked.

-Fine, - the spirit answered. -But you had better not let Anderson catch us. -

-Trust me, - Bakura said as he regained control, -I won't let him come anywhere near us for as long as I can. -

***

Author's Note: AHH! I UPDATED! Concept isn't it? Sorry it took so long, I have had writer's block for everything, and it was still hard to finish this chapter. When was the last time I updated this thing? ...Too long ago... Oh well. I'll try my best to update everything again, but don't expect too much. I'm expecting one hellish week and weekend coming up.