Part Three: A missing Dedi
Yugi and Kaiba turned around in fear, "Joey and Mai!" said Yugi excitedly and Kaiba just let out a sigh of relief. Yugi give Joey a bear hug, "Ok, ok I missed you too; buddy, sorry to say this but… I…. can't… breathe", Yugi let go Joey, who was gasping for air. "What! No hug for me?" asked Mai in a jokily sad voice. Yugi hugged Mai too, "ok, enough mushy stuff, my allergies are acting up," Joey said wiping a tear his eyes. "So Joey what brings you here?" asked Yugi. "It's Serenity's first day in this hospail, we just thought we visit her," said Joey. "Serenity told us that she saw here so here we are," said Mai
Kaiba was up from his seat looking at Joey, automatically Joey's happy face turned into a face of anger, "well if isn't Mr. Sunshine, what are you doing here Kaiba?" said Mai sarcastically. "Me…hum…well…I came to…visit my cousin Zoey," said Kaiba with a fake smile.
Zoey looked at Kaiba, 'Cousin? I look nothing him they will never believe him,' Zoey thought. "O really what's you relation" said Joey going closer to Zoey's hospital bed, making Zoey feel a little uncomfortable. "She's my cousin twice removed," said Kaiba, Yugi looked at Zoey's face. "Hey you better stay away, she has…" Yugi thought for a while "yoedoaszeru," said Kaiba finishing Yugi's sentence, all the people in room looked confused "Yoedo what, what's that" asked Mai. "It's a disease that drains all your energy, you can't eat anything and your ankle is strained," said Yugi.
Zoey bit her lip to stop herself from bursting out laughing. Joey backed up a little; Mai looked at Yugi's eyes and noticed his eyes were twitching. "So how this 'yoedoaszeru' disease twist peoples ankles," said Mai, who was staring right at Yugi?
"Umm…well, it umm, Kaiba how did it do that again?" Yugi asked looking at Kaiba, he gives an 'I don't have a freaking clue' look, and then Zoey could not hold anymore and burst out laughing,
"What's so funny, kid?" asked Joey, "Yoedoaszeru is a spell not a disease" said Zoey. Kaiba was thinking 'Gee I just that made up I don't think was a real word.' "Yuge, why did you lie to me?" asked Joey a little hurt. "Sorry Zoey isn't comfortable with people yet," said Yugi sadly.
"Why is that?" asked Mai curiously. "Its long story," said Kaiba, "So Yuge, why are you visiting Kaiba's cousin," asked Joey. "Well…umm…"said Yugi. "Because I asked him to come, he's a friend isn't he" said Kaiba.
Mai and Joey's faces went completely blank, they both were thinking the same thing, 'did Kaiba just say Yugi was his friend?' Joey went closer to Kaiba and looked strait at his blue eyes, and then Joey waved his hand in front his eyes and knocked on his head.
"Hello is Kaiba, in there, you know the one who is a loner and insults me all the time?" Kaiba looked at Joey as if he were crazy. Then Joey backed up a little stareing, pointing at Kaiba then screamed "Alien!"
Joey hid behind Mai "take her she's the leader." Mai looked at Joey and said "My hero, not!" she spoke sarcastically. Yugi started laughing and Zoey was laughing even louder now. "I'm no alien, Mutt Boy so go find a chew toy to play with while you get your brain examined," said Kaiba jokily, now Zoey was laughing so hard she was crying.
Zoey could not remember when she laughed this much since… well since forever. In addition, Mai looked at Zoey laughing for some strange reason, something that was oddly familiar about her.
Zoey looked at Mai, and Zoey wondered why Mai looking at her weirdly. Then something happened both Zoey and Mai locked eyes and then it seemed that time froze, nothing moved everything was froze expect and Mai and Zoey, "What's going on?" asked Mai, she looked at Joey hiding behind her, she pushed him, and he fell on the floor without moving an inch. Zoey looked at her shocked and said "Project M?"
"Project M? What you talking about Zoey, my name is Mai Wheeler not 'Project M." "Dedi don't you remember me, it's me project Z" said Zoey happily. Then Mai felt as if a forbidden door was open, in her mind as if floodgate had let loose her past came flowing back like a river.
(Flashback; a few years ago)
A young girl with blonde hair and violent colored eyes found herself in a see through box. She touched the wall and got an electric shock that was so painful she falling on the ground in pain, "Let me out!" shouted the girl. "Relax, Project M, you will be in there until Dr. Whitman needs you," said a man in a suit. Project M knelled into floor and cried, "I'm so alone".
Project M heard a knock and looked to see another box across from her on the front of box it said Project Z. "Dedi you're not alone, I'm right here." "Dedi, what's that mean?" asked project M confused. "Dedi means big sister in Hindi," said Project Z. "I'm you're sister how?" asked project M wondering how they could be related. "It's long complex story," said project Z.
In a few minutes project M and Z became close sisters, but then a man in white lab coat with green spiky hair came to them. He was medium size height, and wearing sunglass, wherever he went. "No it's Dr. Whitman," said project Z. "Well how my little projects doing?" asked Dr Whitman with an evil grin on his smug face.
Dr. Whitman looked at Project's M and Z cage. "It's time for an experiment," he said. Project M looked at Project Z face of terror. Project M did not know what experiment was but by the look of her little sister, she did not want to find out.
"I pick the new girl," said Whitman pointing project M cage. "Leave, my Dedi alone!" said Project Z running to the edge of the cage. "Aw, isn't that cutie, take Project M" said Dr. Whitman. The cage was removed and project M tried to run but four men in suits surround her. She held her hands in front of her, then time froze, the men in suits, and Whitman did not move even an inch.
"What happened?" asked project M she look at her frozen little sister. "Don't worry I promise, I'll back for you, someday and free you from this rat hole," she said.
Project M ran but then time unfroze and Whitman look to see that project M was missing "After her!" he yelled. The men obeyed and ran after Project M, like a pack of hungry wolves after their prey.
Project M ran even faster, all of a sudden metal doors closed behind her. The people on the other side knocked hard on it trying to get through. Project M heard a voice saying, "Dedi, I will hold them as long I can, RUN, Dedi run as fast you can." Project M did not have time to think about the voice so she ran and exited the building. Meanwhile Dr. Whitman looked into Project Z. She held her hands close to the case's wall and it looked if she was praying. Dr. Whitman picked up a remote it look about the size a TV remote it held several buttons in different colors, red, yellow, green, and orange, Dr. Whitman pushed a yellow button, and then in a split second, a small gun appeared next to the cage. It went right to left inside the cage and it pointed at project Z.
It shot a dart at her, and then Project Z suddenly felt sleepy and fell on the ground asleep. Dr. Whitman reached into his pocket and pulled a black Walkie-talkie, he pushed the red button "Hunter, get me Project M now!" he barked. After a moment, a "Yes sir!" came out of the walkie-talkie.
Project M ran outside and she found herself in a forest, she ran outside but the metal doors behind her give way. She turned around which project M's last mistake, because a person in the bushes shot a gun at project M. She felt something, then found a dart on her side, and fainted.
The four people in suit stopped and picked up project M, one man shouted "good job hunter" the man in bushes rose up, give thumbs up and take a Walkie-talkie out of his pocket and said, "We got her boss."
Project M opened her eyes and saw that she tied to a metal table and then Dr. Whitman looked her smiled and an evil grin. "Sorry M but I'm the boss and none my projects get away," said Whitman with the smile like the devil.
"What you going to do to me?" asked project M frightened. "Giving you an injection, it will make sure you don't escape again," said Dr. Whitman holding a huge injection needle. "No!" Screamed project M, project Z open her eyes saw she was tied to a chair facing her sister. "Dedi!" said Z "Metal to liquid!" she shouted, the needle of the injection turned into liquid metal leaving only the bottle.
"That's it!" shouted Whitman throwing away bottle. He held his hand to both girls said "J, F, B," then girls both their eyes opened. "Who are you?" asked project M and Z they untied project M she look curious at project Z. "Who's she?" pointing to her. "Noone you need to know," said Dr. Whitman.
"Take her away," they did as they were told and dropped her at someone else's house and said, "This is your parents' home." Then they left and that was the last time project M saw Z until now.
(Back in the present)
"Project Z" said Mai crying. "Dedi, I missed too" said Zoey, Mai ran to Zoey and they both hugged each other, it was tearful reunion. "I'm sorry, I don't keep my promise," said Mai sadly.
"It's ok Dr. Whitman erased both our memories, so there no way you would have known," said Zoey smiled. Mai looked at Zoey's leg noticed there was a case on her leg "What happen to your leg?" asked Mai concerned about Zoey. "Yugi accidentally shot me in the leg," she answered. "He did what!" exclaimed Mai, Zoey told Mai all about what happen so far, while she stood there in shock.
"Wow, that's hard to believe, but it's better than whatever story those two made up," said Mai laughing. "You want to tell Joey or should I?" asked Mai. "Nah, let him figure it out himself," said Zoey "That might take awhile," said Mai jokily.
"So Zoey, did I do all this?" asked Mai. "Yep, Dr. Whitman gave us special powers. Yours is freezing time, mine is control over metals," Zoey said and took a bowl filled with liquid metal and showed to Mai. "Watch this Dedi," said Zoey with one finger she swirled the air; the liquid was swirling into a little silver tornado. Mai was amazed, "Harpy Lady," said Zoey. In few moments, the metal formed into a metal Harpy Lady statute, and Zoey lifted the statue with her hand and give to Mai. "My power improved, over the years don't you think?" asked Zoey confidently.
"I'm impressed," said Mai "yeah well when you're stuck for 8 years in a glass cage you learn to control your power, slowly time unfroze. "Uh, oh look like my powers are fading," said Mai. Zoey nodded and went back into her bed, Mai stood in front of a frozen Joey, in a few minutes time unfroze completely.
"Hey what I am doing on the floor?" asked Joey getting up and wipe his clothes, everyone laughed then Mai looked outside the hospital room and saw that two suits were three doors down from Zoey's room. "CWS" she muttered then turning to the gang and Zoey, "Hey guys, some people in suits are three doors down from here". Yugi and Kaiba gasped and then looked outside. "Oh crap," said Kaiba, with worry. Yugi looked at Seto, "We have to get her out of here now."
…To be continued