Chapter 3
Emma had returned to her hotel room to change before she was due to meet up with Yugi. Upon entering she felt like she could sense that somebody had been in whilst she was out. She stared at the two beds that were in the room, her bag that she had placed on to one of them was now on the floor. A noise came from the bathroom which made her grab a nearby lamp, raised it above her head and stand flat backed against the wall next to the closed door waiting for it to open.
As the door slowly opened she made her move and brought the lamp downwards to hit the intruder over the head, but stopped at last minute as she recognised the person stood before her. She threw the lamp on to the bed and clutched her chest as though to stop her heart from escaping. "Jeez, you almost gave me a heart attack master Shadi."
"At least I know you're on your guard and are taking this whole situation seriously." Shadi replied in an un-amused tone, as he spotted the dueldisk on Emma's arm. "Have you been duelling?"
Emma looked at the dueldisk and saw the diamond dragon glitter in the light, as she quickly tried to think of an excuse but failed. She looked at Shadi and could see disappointment in his eyes. "Only twice, against Yugi and Kaiba, and nobody saw us duel apart from two of Yugi's friends and Kaiba's brother." She sat herself down on her bed as Shadi still stared at her in disappointment as he had told her not to duel unless it was extremely serious. "I'm sorry."
"Have you spoken to the pharaoh yet?" Shadi asked, as he watched Emma remove the dueldisk from her arm.
"Not yet. I'm about to meet up with him shortly." she replied as she reached for her bag on the floor. "Do you have any idea what we're up against yet, and just what exactly can I tell him?"
"That still remains unknown at this present time, but I will inform you as soon as I know myself." he told her before adding, "Under no circumstances are you allowed to reveal to the pharaoh ,or anybody else for that matter, that you are the reincarnation of Hathor as that could put this whole mission in jeopardy."
"I understand." Emma replied sadly, as she placed the dueldisk in her bag. Shadi was convinced that she was the reincarnation of the Egyptian goddess Hathor and to be the next bearer of the millennium key. Since she had met him almost six months ago he had been teaching her how to use the powers of the millennium key and also tried to regain any memories of her previous life. All this had been kept a secret from everyone else and it was beginning to take its toll as she felt herself feeling more depressed each day, but managed to hide it as best as she could.
Shadi sat down on the bed next to Emma, removed the millennium key from around his neck and handed it to her. "I think it's time that you kept this."
"But I still don't know how to use it!" Emma protested at the sight of the golden ankh held before her.
"You'll learn in time." smiled Shadi as he hung it around her neck. "But at this moment in time you have a pharaoh to meet."
Yugi stood waiting outside the pizza place where Joey had told him to meet Emma. He had been waiting for about quarter of an hour before Emma finally turned up.
"I'm sorry I'm late." Emma apologised as they both entered through the doors in to the restaurant which was almost empty apart from some kids who where playing Duel Monsters at the back, and a couple who sat gazing in to each others eyes whilst their food turned cold.
They sat down at a table and ordered drinks from the waiter as he past by. Emma turned to Yugi. "If it's okay with you and the pharaoh, I'd like to talk directly to him please."
"Okay." replied Yugi in his usual happy tone. He lowered his head to look at the millennium puzzle that hung around his neck, and when he raised his head once more the spirit of the pharaoh who inhabited the puzzle had gained control of his body.
"Hello Yami." Emma greeted him as she spotted the change deep within his eyes.
Yami nodded in return to his welcome. "Yugi tells me that you've been sent here by Ishizu."
"That's right." she confirmed. "She senses that there is a great dark and dangerous power about to descend upon the town of Domino. That is why my master and I have been sent here to try and resolve the problem before it gets out of hand."
"Your master?" asked Yami slightly confused.
Emma decided that the only way to explain this was to show him the millennium key which she was wearing tucked under her top. "I've been chosen to learn the powers of this millennium item." She pulled on the gold chain that the millennium key was hung on to reveal it to Yami.
"Shadi!" exclaimed Yami answering his own question.
"I'm still not able to access its powers yet but…" Emma stopped talking as she saw Yami rest his head in his hands as if it was about to explode. "Are you okay?" she asked as she placed the millennium key back from where she had gotten it.
Yami rose from his seat and stumbled in to the waiter who was returning with their drinks. There was a loud crash as the glasses hit the floor and broke, leaving the soda to bubble and fizzle away across the tiled floor. The waiter quickly got up from the floor to fetch something to clean up the mess, but Yami laid there unconscious.
Emma knelt down beside him and shook him gently on the shoulder causing him to moan as he became conscious again. "Are you okay?"
"I'm fine, but what did you do to Yami?" Yugi had regained control of his body and wasn't his usual cheery self .He placed his hand on his forehead which had begun to bruise from the impact of the fall.
"I didn't do anything." Emma tried to explain, in a panicky voice. "Is he okay?"
By now the other customers were staring at them and the waiter had returned with a mop for the floor, muttering under his breath how clumsy kids today were.
Yugi got up and tried to brush himself down on the areas were he had been covered with soda. He lowered his voice as he spoke. "He had some kind of bad reaction to the millennium key when you showed it to him."
"I'm really sorry, I didn't know that would happen." Emma made a mental note to ask Shadi if he knew of anything like this happening before.
"He says he'll be fine, he's just a bit startled." Yugi replied in a cheerier tone, rubbing his forehead once more.
"I think we should go, you could do to get yourself cleaned up." she paid the waiter more than enough money to cover the costs of the spilt drinks and broken glasses before they both left.
For a while they walked in silence back towards the Game shop, It was Emma who broke the silence. "Until any of us can figure out what's going on you and Yami have to be on your guard. If this thing is related to ancient Egyptian mythology and the millennium items then it could be after you. Let me know if anything strange happens, okay?"
"I will don't worry." Yugi turned to find that Emma had stopped.
"I'm not going to go any further, as I don't want Tea to dislike me any more than what she already does." she told him, as she began to double back on the way they had just come. Seeing the puzzled look on Yugi's face she shouted, "Just tell her that I'm not planning to move in on her territory!"
Yugi began to blush as he continued to make his way home.
Once again Emma had returned to her hotel room. The room was empty but seeing that the bathroom door was closed she yelled, "Master Shadi, are you still here?" but there was no answer.
A book lay open on the desk and she approached to see what it was. Some of the words seemed to stand out from the rest as she could read 'the jaws of Sobek', but as she reached for the book she accidentally knocked it on the floor which caused it to close up on itself.
She bent down to retrieve the book and could now see that it was Shadi's journal. She opened the journal to find the page that it had been open at so that she could place it back were it had been, but she couldn't resist reading through what was written there.
'It has been many weeks now since I last saw any improvement in Emma's abilities to use the powers of the millennium key. I'm beginning to doubt that she is the one meant to bare it after all. I am even beginning to have doubts about whether or not she is the reincarnation of Hathor. Apart from the false memories that I have placed in her mind myself, she has not remembered anymore of her previous life.'
Emma stopped reading the journal. She felt confused, upset and angry at the same time. Shadi had been using her, making her believe things that weren't real. She wished Shadi was there right now so she could give him a piece of her mind.
There was a stumbling noise that came from the bathroom and the thought of confronting Shadi disappeared from her mind as quickly as it had entered, as she panicked since he was still there after all. Not wanting to be anywhere near him right now she put the journal back where it belonged, picked up her bag from the bed and left the hotel room at a quick pace.
After she had exited the hotel, Emma ran as fast as she could through the darkened streets of Domino. Not once did she think about what way she was going as she was too devastated to cope with even simple things like that.