I'm sorry about the wait. I've had a case of writer's block with this, so be warned. This chapter may be short, so, please don't be mad if it is. Ludor has been introduced, but who is he? Is he a zombie, or a greater evil? Can the remaining Protectors stop him before they are transformed themselves? Read on, and find out!

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The strange figure, who was known as Ludor, leapt off the roof, floating downward to their level. His skeletal hands reached out for Lukara, but he jumped away, his eyes burning with anger. Kairi pulled out her sword, but Joey and Brian held her back. The now zombie Yami limped over to the stranger, his eyes burning with a fiery rage.

"Why are you here, Ludor?" Lukara hissed, each word filled with venom.

"I want to please my master by fulfilling my duties," the figure laughed, reaching for the hood. "Since I knew that you would be hiding here, I decided to have a little bit of help to search for you. Just look around you, Lukara. All around you are the undead. They feed on the living, but since there is no living among them, they'll have to settle for you." Lukara looked around him in fear, and noticed that the other Protectors, excluding Yugi and Brian, were now covered with rotting skin, tattered clothes, and had glowing crimson eyes. Kairi had resumed her normal zombie form, but her eyes were burning with evil and hate.

"You fiend!" Joey roared, leaping at Ludor, but the figure removed his hood to reveal a girl with bright red hair, and brown eyes. "Serenity?"

"Joey, stop!" Lukara yelled. "He can assume the visions of people that we know. Don't let him distract you! We go for the zombies first, and then we take him out."

"Good plan, but…how the hell can we do that?" Brian asked, cocking the shotgun.

"Simple, we just destroy the zombies by cutting off their heads, but for you, you just blast away." Brian nodded, while Lukara waved his hand. Two swords appeared in both Yugi and Joey's hands, the blades glistening. Lukara pulled out his sword, and pointed it at Ludor.

"Prepare to be sent to Hell," he spat.

What will happen as the battle begins? Find out in chapter six!

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