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Chapter 27

Yami Heila looked at Yami as he got out of the limo, then her thoughts drifted back to what Eagle had told her.

"Sent to protect what?" Heila asks

"To protect…" Eagle looks over at Heila, "you."

She didn't really understand. Yami Heila watched him walk over towards her. She was beginning to hope that Eagle had told him something before that would help her unlock the mystery.

"What are you after this time?" Yami asked in his calm cool voice

"Andromeda wants me to bring you back."

"And if I don't want to come?"

"She's sure you will, just like I am." Yami Heila remarked as she walked a little distance away from him and prepared her duel disk, "because I'm going to win this duel."

Yami and Yami Heila drew their hands.

Yami Heila looked at her hand, "I'll lay this monster card face down and I'll also place these face down." Three cards appeared in front of her.

Yami looked at Yami Heila then at his hand.

in Andromeda's Hideout

Eagle lay in the room that Yami Heila had taken her to, she could hear Andromeda down the hall. She waited for Yami Heila to return, knowing that she would have questions for her. She closed her eyes as she let a wave of pain shoot through her back. When she opened her eyes, Marik stood over her. A small smile crossed her face then panic took over take her.

"What are you doing here?" Eagle asked straining to sit up on her elbows.

"Tell me how to use the card." Marik demanded placing a foot on her chest to keep her from getting up.

"Why?" Eagle asked straining against the weight of his foot.

"Just tell me and I'll help you out of here." He applied more pressure to her chest.

"Marik…this isn't like you…"Eagle responded feeling the air escaping fro her lungs

More pressure, Eagle raised her arms to try to push his foot off.

"Tell me."

Eagle coughed her arms falling back down beside her.

"You need a coin to use the card." Eagle told him

"What coin?"

"The coin I was given by Ra." Eagle coughed again

"Where is it?"

"I don't know." Eagle replied trying again to push his foot off.

Marik put on more pressure.

"You can't use it with out me anyway." Eagle stated desperately trying to remove his foot.

He removed his foot and Eagle took several deep breaths then looked up at him. She hadn't noticed the eye of ra that had appeared on his forehead.

"You're not Marik." She shouted only to be answered by a severe kick that sent her across the room.

"Of course I'm Marik. Just the one you sent to the shadow realm." He replied as an evil smirk crossed his face

"How?" Eagle asked trying to stand.

"Andromeda released me from that awful place, and I want to return the favor to you," he laughed.

Eagle leaned against the wall that was behind her. She scooted up the wall until her whole body was leaning on it.

"I won't let you." Eagle replied trying to fight the dizziness, that over took her.

"I'm afraid you don't have any say in the matter." Yami Marik stated as he walked towards Eagle.

Eagle looked around her. Yami Marik smirked evilly as he walked closer. Eagle knew she was in no condition to run from him. As she looked at him, she noticed Andromeda standing in the doorway. Andromeda smirked as Yami Marik picked up a torch that hung on the wall behind her.

"Listen you don't want to do this. She's using you. Do you think she's gonna let you stay free of the shadow realm once you send me there." Eagle pleaded as he lifted the torch towards her

"She made me a promise."

"She probably didn't tell you that I had to stay alive to use the coin either did she."

"I don't care, So long as I get my revenge on you."

He pushed the torch up closer towards her. She could feel the heat from the lit torch as it danced in front of her. He inched it closer towards her. She could feel her skin burning as the flame touched her. She could hear him laugh as she tried to get away from the flame but he continued to block her escape.

"That's enough, I have the information I need and Yami Heila is bringing the Pharaoh here as we speak." Andromeda interrupted.

"I'm not leaving yet. I want her to feel what it was like for me in the shadow realm." He replied pointing the torch at Eagle again this time scorching the right side of her face.

Eagle screamed out in pain as her skin melted under the flames touch. Yami Marik laughed at her pain. He pulled the torch away and walked away from her. Eagle slid down the wall, her face still burning. Yami Marik and Andromeda walked away leaving her there. Eagle sat there watching the doorway. She closed her eyes to the pain on her face.

She heard footsteps heading back towards the room she was in. her eyes opened to see Yami Marik walking into the room. She tried to get up so she could try to escape him this time, but as she tried to stand her legs buckled and she fell back to the floor.

"Please don't stand." Marik remarked with a laugh.

Eagle looked past him towards the doorway. Andromeda wasn't standing there. She focused back on Marik. He carried a duel disk with him. He threw it at her. She looked up at him as she caught it. She glanced down at the duel disk. A deck had already been placed in it.

"Andromeda wants you to duel the pharaoh and bring him back here with you." Marik stated

"What if he doesn't want to come here?" Eagle asked looking back up at Marik.

"YOU will bring him here or Heila will die." Marik replied grabbing Eagle, "the same fate awaits her if you choose not to duel him."

Eagle looked at him, and then nodded. He let go of her, then turned and walked away. Eagle watched him leave then pulled the deck out of the duel disk. She looked at it then placed it back in the duel disk and sighed. She struggled to her feet and slowly made her way to the doorway. Marik was nowhere in sight when she stepped into the hall. She looked down the hallway, and then turned to find Andromeda standing next to her.

"Looking for something?" Andromeda asked evilly.

"Just a way out of here."

"So you are going to duel for me. Good. I will take you to the pyramids where the pharaoh is waiting." Andromeda replied as a cloud of smoke surrounded them.

with Yugi, Isis and Seto.

"Inside this pyramid is the third Egyptian god card. I placed it here just after Marik returned. This is the only entrance to the inner chamber. The card that is in there is Slifer the Sky dragon. Yugi, that card is waiting for you to awaken it. Only you are permitted to enter the pyramid." Isis explained turning to look at him.

Yugi nodded then looked back at the pyramid. Something moved around the pyramid and they looked to see Eagle walking towards them. Yugi noticed the duel disk.

'Yami I don't think Eagle's the same anymore.' Yugi thought as she stopped a little away from them.

"Eagle, you're okay." Isis shouted

"No, Isis, I'm not. Nor do I wish to do what I must. So please forgive me." Eagle replied preparing the duel disk.

"Eagle, I don't want to duel you." Yugi remarked stepping forward.

"Stop right there Yugi. I have no choice." Eagle drew her hand.

'That doesn't sound like the Eagle we met on duelist kingdom.' Yugi thought

'Your right Yugi it doesn't.' Yami replied

'What should we do?'

'We'll have to talk some since into her.'

Yugi prepared his duel disk and they shuffled their decks.

"My turn," Eagle shouted drawing a card. "I play pot of greed, then I play dragged down to the grave, I choice your dark magician.

"Your bistro butcher."

They put both cards in the graveyard. "Now I play premature burial and bring back my bistro butcher, then place this card face down and end my turn."

Yugi draws a card. I play change of heart then I summon Queens Knight in defense. Now bistro butcher attack her life points directly."

Eagle draws two cards from her deck. "I place two cards face down and end my turn

"I summon a second bistro butcher and lay two cards on the field. Now I attack your Queens Knight and your life points." Yami draws his two cards.

"My turn," Yugi looks at his hand, "I play monster reborn and bring back my queens knight in defense. Now I summon Kings Knight in defense, and because of his special ability, I also summon Jacks Knight in attack mode to the field. Now my Jacks Knight, attack her Bistro Butcher." Jacks Knight attacks and Eagle takes the difference "I lay one card face down and end my turn."

"I place this monster face down and attack you Queens Knight, and I'll activate respect play and ominous fortunetelling, and then end my turn."

"I activate Exchange and take you shallow grave from your hand."

Eagle takes her card.

"Now I use shallow grave to bring back my dark magician.

"I bring back my bistro butcher"

"Then I sacrifice Kings Knight and Jacks Knight, to bring out Buster Blader. Now I attack both of your bistro butchers."

"Thanks to ominous fortunetelling, I select the card on the right and I know it's a monster card."

Yugi turns the card to reveal Kuriboh. His life points drop.

"Now end my turn."

"Eagle let's stop this now. I know you don't really want to duel me."

"I don't have a choice. You wouldn't understand. So just finish your turn."

"Eagle…"

"Yugi, don't think I'm going to change my mind. I have to do this. Now take your turn."

Yugi looked at his hand. Eagle had 700 life points left. One more attack and it would be over.

"I play card destruction. Then reveal card of sanctity."

They both discard their hands then draw cards until they have six.

"I activate Appropriate." Eagle yells

"Now I attack your face down card with my Buster Blader."

Eagles' face down card flips to reveal Sangan.

"Now I attack with my Dark magician and take the last of you life points."

Eagles' life points drop to zero as she falls to her knees. Tears raced down her face. Yugi ran to her side and placed a hand on her back. He noticed the badly burned skin on her face. Eagle pulled away from his touch.

"I can't go back. Not now." Eagle cried as Isis appeared beside Yugi.

"Where is Heila?"

"With Andromeda, she said she'd kill her if I didn't duel you."

"Who did this to you?" Yugi asked

"Marik…"

"That's right; I did a nice job on it to." Marik said from behind them.

They all looked up to see him standing behind Eagle. Eagle tried to back away from him, but he stepped on her leg and she screamed out in pain.

"Andromeda wants to see you. I'm sure she won't be pleased that you were defeated by the pharaoh." Marik smirked as he reached down and grabbed her leg, which was now very red.

"I won't let you take her any where." Yugi said with a determined look in his face.

"As much as I'd like to duel you today, I'm afraid I'm just too busy. Perhaps another day." Marik said before a black cloud enveloped himself and Eagle.

"No!" Yugi yelled into the black cloud.

The cloud vanished and they were no longer there.

"Andromeda has control of my brother, which means she now has one of the Egyptian god cards. We can't let the other two cards fall into her hands." Isis said as she stood up and looked at the spot where Marik had just been.

"How do we get into the pyramid?" Yugi asked

with Odion

"I hope yug is okay." Joey said, as he looked out the window at the houses that all looked alike.

"I'm sure he's fine." Tea replied looking towards the front of the limo.

Odion had been driving for a while now, and they still didn't seem any closer to the Valley of the Kings. Tristan was sleeping in the seat behind her and Joey was across from her. Mokuba was sleeping beside Tristan.

"Odion, how much longer till we get there?" Joey asked

"Only a couple minutes."

Tea looked out the window and could see several pyramids standing along the horizon.

'Hang on Yugi, we'll be there soon.' Tea said to herself.

Sorry for the delay. Chapter 28 is in the works and I hope to have another duel in it. maybe two. I hope to have the next chapter up in the next month. So I'll be working hard on it. Please review this. I really want to know who likes this story or if there is something, I should change. So until next time, happy reading