Chapter 4: Introductions are in Order

"Dr. Cassidy, what are you doing outside of the room? And where's Ducky?" Gibbs asked worriedly.

This different Dr. Cassidy looked at Gibbs and said, "Perhaps I should let Julius explain."

At this there was a flash and the black cloaked Dr. Cassidy was replaced with the Dr. Cassidy that they met earlier. The black fog that was accumulating earlier was disappearing as well.

"…would someone like to explain why Ms. Valentine is laying on my floor?" Julius asked confusedly.

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Yugi was starting to get a little worried. He had been waiting in an interrogation room all day with only the local police and the Navy MPs questioning him and keeping him company.

/Yami, did you feel that/ Yugi asked.

Indeed I did, although it puzzles me. Yami replied.

/Don't worry, I've been puzzled since those creeps from the Navy came to our house./ Yugi said.

Flashback

Yugi clamored down after cleaning up the juice on his clothing. He wasn't feeling very charitable to a certain yami at the moment.

"Mr. Yugi Mutou?" The agent at the door asked.

Yugi looked a little confused and said, "Yeah, that's me. What do you want?"

The agent straightened his black tie and pulled down his black coat before saying, "We would like you to come with us…for questioning into the events surrounding the death of Lieutenant Manfred Anderson of the Naval base that's just down the road from your shop."

What did he say? Yami asked.

/We've got a little explaining to do, Yami. Tell Grandpa that we'll be back soon./ Yugi told Yami.

Right when he was getting into the black Sedan that the guy was driving, Yugi looked and noticed a figure in a black robe staring at them.

'Ok, why do I have a bad feeling about this caped person.' Yugi thought privately.

End Flashback

Yugi, I thought I also felt Bakura here. But again that doesn't make sense. Bakura was banished to the Shadow Realm permanently. What is he doing back here? Yami thought aloud.

The pair suddenly were zapped from their 'waiting room' to a laboratory where five unknown people and Mai were at.

/Yami…/ Yugi thought.

Don't look at me, I didn't do anything. Yami thought back.

'No, but I did, Pharaoh.'

"Doc, who's this kid? And why did he just…pop out of thin air?" A young woman asked.

"Maybe I should explain." a doctor said.

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Ducky and Abby were gathered up and were waiting along with Mai and Yugi for an explanation.

"Well, Julius, everyone is here, now why did you bring me and the rest of the team here?" Ducky asked.

Julius took a deep breath and started, "Well, Duck…you remember when we last saw each other during a chess game?"

"Yes. Why bring that up now?" Ducky asked.

Julius got a sparkle in his eye and said, "I bring that up now because of my ring. I'm sure Yugi and the Pharaoh recognize this. It's a Millennium Item. Like the puzzle that Yugi holds, my ring is a…magical talisman. Someday we'll have to tell you in detail of what they are or what they do but to make it a long story short, I went a little deeper into another line of work that the other holders didn't know about. Not even the holder of the Millennium Key."

Everyone was shocked at that sentence.

"What do you mean, 'another line of work'? I didn't know that there was something different about the Millennium Items." Yugi said with confusion.

"Neither did I?" Yami said as he appeared out of nowhere.

Everyone but Yugi, Julius, and Abby didn't hear what Yami was saying. Abby looked more confused as to why there were doubles of Mr. Mutou and Dr. Cassidy.

'Hold on a minute, young one. You have more questions than the Pharaoh does.' a voice said in her mind.

'OK, I'm either losing my mind…or Dr. Cassidy is psychic…or this whole story is true.' Abby thought.

"Doctor…Doctor…Hey, Doc!" Tony shouted.

"Huh…oh, sorry for spacing out. Now, the work I do is complicated. So complicated that I can only tell you that if I or the others in the group aren't around, than any one Millennium Item holder could possibly threaten other holders into taking more power than their supposed to. You could say that we keep a balance in power for the Millennium Items." Julius said.

"…Right. Ducky, before our first guest came did you examine Lieutenant Anderson?" Gibbs asked.

Ducky turned around to face Gibbs and said, "Yes, Jethro, I did. And I have more of a puzzle than meets the eye. Let me show you."

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The group, minus Yugi, Yami, Abby, and Mai, were assembled around the body of Lieutenant Anderson. The autopsy looked like it was finished but Ducky was still going to explain his findings.

"Now, my puzzle is that this man's organs are missing." Ducky said.

Gibbs looked stunned and said, "Missing. How do a man's organs go missing?"

Tony chimed in, "Yeah, especially if there was only one knife wound."

"Well, it's not uncommon for organs to go missing if you are into the Ancient Egyptian belief of mummification. However, there were traces of an unknown substance around the knife wound and around the chest cavity where most of the organs are missing." Ducky went on to explain.

"Did you give Abby a sample, Duck?" Gibbs asked.

"I was about to when our first mystery guest came in." Ducky said.

Gibbs looked at Kate and asked, "And who was our mystery guest, Kate?"

Kate opened a file and started reciting, "Gardner, Tea, Age 18, Student of Domino High School. According to the File we pulled of the Duelist Database she's not the best of the group of friends she's with but she's also not the worst. According to her student transcript she's a straight A student. But…"

"But what, Kate?" Gibbs asked.

She hesitated before continuing, "According to her psych profile, she's showing signs of schizophrenia".

Tony quipped with, "So she's losing it in the brain box."

Gibbs smacked Tony upside the head and said, "Right, first thing's first. McGee, I want you to take Abby with you and look around what's left of the crime scene. Kate, I want you to go over to Ms. Gardner's house and see if that profile is telling the truth. DiNozzo, I want you to track down Ms. Valentine's other friends and bring them in. Ducky, give Abbs her sample. Let's get to work."

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I just want to thank BH for pointing out some facts for me. I know Chapter 3 jumps around a lot but I wanted to add a little drama to the story. That and I was strapping with ideas and needed a way to explain the new characters. I hope this chapter explains the new characters and brings up new questions for the next chapter. Please Read and Review.

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