A Fantastic Story
Chapter 18 -Tied up

Yugi and Tea stepped through the lift doors together holding hands and laughing. He then switched on the lab lights, to reveal Tristan sitting in the middle of the lab. Yugi and Tea let go of each other's hand and stop laughing once they saw each other.

"Yeah, I have that effect on people," Tristan said.

"Tristan…"Yugi replied, confused about way he was sitting alone in the darkness.

"Oh, you remember my name do you?" Tristan said as he got up and started poking Yugi in the chest. "Do you also remember what you swore to do with every breath in you body?"

"Tristan, we're working as hard as we can…"

"We? Who's we?" Tristan yelled as he looked around the lab.

"Professor Hawkins and Rebecca had to go out of town for a day or two."

"Oh, I can that, but what's your excuse? Kaiba was right!"

"Kaiba? Listen Tristan, I don't know whether or not this thing will change us back or make it worse. That's why I need more time! If you just be patient for a little while longer…"

"Easy for you to say!" Tristan yelled as he grabbed Yugi's face and stretched it up to his level. "Look at me Yugi! Since we became friends two years ago, I've done nothing but protect and stand up for you! And for what? So you can play twister with your girlfriend while I'm the freak of the weak?"

Suddenly, Tristan threw Yugi crashing into one of the side walls of the lab.

"Tristan! Stop it!" Tea shouted. "Or I will!"

"Stay out of this Tea!" Tristan shouted as he turned to face her. Suddenly, Yugi jumped on his back and tied his stretched out arms around Tristan's.

But Tristan broke free a bit, grabbed Yugi's head and pulled it over his shoulder. But Yugi stretched his neck around under Tristan's body and came up back behind Tristan, where it was before.

Tristan repeated this again and again several more times, but Yugi would deliver the same result every time. Every time this happened, Yugi's grip would tighten around Tristan until he could no longer move.

"I hope your flexible enough to watch your own back," Tristan said as he was tightly tied up by the rubber Yugi. "Because I won't be! You're on your own now!"

Suddenly, as Tristan's cruel words hit him, Yugi sadly realised Tristan and sat down on the floor of the lab. As soon as Tristan was realised, he immediately went out of the lab and down the stairs.

Tea, after seeing this, ran over to Yugi and went to helped him to his feet.

"Are you okay?" she asked.

"Yeah…don't worry about me," Yugi replied. "Go on, go after him, I know you want to."

Tea nodded, as much as she would of loved to say with Yugi, she knew that she had to talk to Tristan as well. So she ran after him. Meanwhile, Yugi was still sitting on the floor, looking down at the lab floor. But then he lifted his head up and looked over at the machine in the middle of the lab.

Tristan had made it down to the bottom floor of the building, just when Joey came though the main doors with something in his hand and a big smile on his face. He then noticed his friend coming towards him.

"Hey Tristan, check this out!" Joey said as he held up a small action figure of Tristan as 'The Thing', but there were some figures that made it look nothing like him, like it's square head.

Joey then pressed a little button on its chest a little voice came out of it and said:

"It's clobbering time!"

"That's catchy, right?" Joey laughed as he pushed the button again. But Tristan wasn't too amused. With his right hand he shoved Joey up against the lobby wall and with his left hand, grabbed the toy out of Joey's hand and smashed on the wall, just as it was saying it's catchphese. "Hey! That was the prototype!"

Tristan just grunted at him and then stormed out of the building. Joey, stood up against the wall in shock for a while, but then turned angrily towards the man doors to go out again. This is when Tea finally made it down to the lobby.

"Joey, have you seen Tristan?" she asked.

"Yeah, and I hope for the last time to!" he replied.

"Don't be like that!"

"Like what? It's time to face up to it Tea! Life's not all smiles and silly friendship symbols! I'm done with this freak show. I'm moving back into the real world!"

"Is that what you call it? 'Real'?"

"At least it beat's living here! And for the record, they love me!"

"Joey!" Tea yelled. "What happening to us? Don't you remember the years we spent together? Doesn't that mean everything to you?"

Joey suddenly stopped just as was about to go out the doors, but didn't turn around.

"Well…that's all in the past now," he said before leaving the building.

"Joey…" Tea whispered as she was about to go after him again. But suddenly, the lobby light started flickering wildly and felt the building jolt, which seems to be coming from the top level. "Oh god…Yugi!"

To be continued…