Chapter 7, The abandoned dorm.

Robin woke up and started to get dressed, it was Saturday so there was no class today but he still had things to do, the first official school duels would take place on Monday and he had to prepare for it.

He also still had the north of the island to explore he planned to do that today, but the first thing he wanted to do was talk to Jaden he never got the chance to thank him for helping Blair yesterday.

Fully dressed in his regular attire he left his room locking the door behind him and walked to the dining room for breakfast, once he was done he left the Obelisk dorm and went to find Jaden.

When Robin reached the Slifer dorm he saw that it was very quiet with most of the students gone, likely enjoying the weekend. Robin approached a Slifer girl sitting outside the dining room listening to music on her phone.

The girl looked up at Robin in shock, she was surprised to see a blue student here. "Excuse me miss" said Robin "I'm looking for Jaden Yuki, is he here" the girl seemed nerves to answer "No, he's at the beach with his friends" she said.

Robin gave her a kind smile "Thank you for the help" he said, then he turned and headed towards the beach. The girl smiled relieved that he didn't want to duel her or anything and went back to her music.

The first thing Robin was greeted with when he got to the beach was the sight of Chumley wearing swimming trunks "Well that image is going to fill my nightmares tonight" Robin thought as he looked around to locate Jaden.

He saw him sitting under an umbrella talking to someone "I know little guy Syrus needs to get more confidents" he heard Jaden say, when he got closer he saw there was no one with Jaden.

"Jaden who are you talking too" asked Robin, Jaden jumped up in surprise and turned to Robin "Oh Robin, it's just you, well I was just talking to my friend here" Jaden said as he pointed to his empty shoulder.

Robin looked at Jaden in confusion "Is that some kind of imaginary friend" he asked, Jaden looked at his shoulder "Oh sorry, I guess you can't see him" said Jaden "So anyway why are you here, you don't look ready for the beach".

"I just wanted to thank you for helping Blair, if those Obelisk boys had caught her, well I don't want to think what could have happened" said Robin, Jaden smiled "Ha, ha, no problem, hey maybe we could be friends and hang out some time" he said. Robin looked at Jaden with a annoyed expression "Jaden, don't push your luck" he said before leaving the beach.

Jaden watched as Robin left, on Jaden's shoulder was his duel monster spirit Winged kuriboh, Kuriboh said something in a language that only Jaden seemed to understand "Sorry buddy, sometimes I forget that no one else can see you" said Jaden.

Kuriboh responded with more strange sounds, "Your right, he probably does think I'm crazy now ha, ha" Jaden said laughing at the thought.

Robin walked back along the path leading to his dorm "What should I do now, explore the island or prepare for Monday" he thought, after a minute of thinking he decided "I should get my deck ready first and get that out of the way".

Returning to the Obelisk boys dorm Robin headed to his room, once inside he locked the door then sat down at his desk and laid his deck out in front of him.

Robin found little to change, his monsters was mostly spellcaster's and dragon's that was ether LIGHT or DARK, the only monsters that strayed away from this pattern was some of the cards in his extra deck.

His spell and trap cards were simple but powerful, he tried to use cards that could be used on their own without having to rely on other cards, but could always be combined for powerful combos.

After finishing his preparations Robin left the obelisk dorm and headed north. There was a wide area to cover to the north and it took several hours for Robin to explore it.

Around the volcano base there was a eight foot high fence made of steel and several signs warning people to stay away, "I hope this isn't an active volcano or the entire school will be destroyed when it erupts".

Leaving the volcano Robin searched the last parts of the north, it was getting late and turning dark the school's curfew was only one hour way. Suddenly Robin felt a unsettling force nearby, turning in that direction and followed that sensation ready and on guard for whatever it may be.

Robin followed the force to an old abandoned building, this building look similar to the Slifer and Ra dorms but much bigger and with a blue roof, in the front garden there was a fountain that had stopped working and around the entire building was a metal picket fence that had started to rust.

Robin looked at this building he could feel the dark force radiating from it, outside the fence there was several signs posted warning all students to stay away and that anyone found trespassing would be expelled.

Suddenly Robin heard the sound of footsteps coming this way and hid behind the trees, Robin waited for the person to come in to view, when they did Robin saw Alexis walk to the gate and kneel down.

Robin stepped out of the trees, "Alexis what are you doing" he asked, Alexis jumped up in fright and turned around when she did Robin saw she was holding flowers in her hand. "Robin, what, how did you get here" she said.

Robin walked up to her "I was just exploring and found this place, what is this place anyway" he said, "It's the old Obelisk dorm, they shut it down last year" she said, Robin through of the dark feeling he was getting from this dorm "And why was it shut down" he asked.

Alexis didn't answer instead she just looked at her feet. Robin sighed "Something bad happened here didn't it" he said, Alexis nodded "A student disappeared from here, and no one know what happened" she said.

Robin looked at the flowers still in her hand "You know who it was don't you" he said, Alexis looked at the flowers and held them tighter "It's ok if you don't want to talk about it, I understand" added Robin, Alexis stayed silent for a second then she seemed to force out the next words as tears formed in her eyes "It was my brother, I'm worried he might be" but she never finished her sentence.

Robin looked at how sad Alexis was then at the abandoned dorm "Are you sure he disappear from this dorm" he asked, Alexis didn't say a word she just nodded her head, seeing this Robin opened the gate with a creek and stepped inside.

"What are you doing, it's against school rules to go in there" said Alexis running forward, Robin turned to her "Alexis if your brother went missing here there might be some clues inside" he said, Alexis looked worried "But what if it's dangerous" she asked, "I'm sure I've dealt with worst" Robin replied.

As Robin walked closer to the front door Alexis opened the gate and ran up to him "Wait, if it's dangerous I can't let you go alone" she said, Robin tried to think of something to say to make her turn back but thought of nothing "Ok then, but promise my you'll stay right next to me the whole time, ok" he said "Ok" replied Alexis as they both headed to the door.

The inside was even worst, it looked like it was once nice but it had fallen into ruin and decay, the floor was chipped and cracked, the wooden banisters was rotting and falling apart and the ceiling had several holes in it, the dark force Robin could feel was much stronger inside.

Robin looked at Alexis "Are you sure this place was shut down just one year ago" he asked, "I'm positive, but it looks like it's been abandoned for decades" she replied, Robin could see that Alexis was uneasy "You can feel it too can't you, that strange uneasy feeling" he said, Alexis nodded "Yes but I thought it was just me" she said, "It's not just you, I think something unnatural happened here" said Robin keeping his eyes open for trouble.

The two walked to the nearest door and opened it, inside was a bedroom, the two went to work searching the room, Robin looked in the wardrobe and Alexis searched the draws. In the wardrobe there was several clothes and in the draws was many personal items of whoever lived here.

"Whoever lived here must of left in a hurry, they didn't even pack all their things" said Robin, Alexis shut the draw she was looking in and said "Maybe we should check the other room to be sure".

The two searched more rooms only to find the same thing clothes and other possessions left behind, "I'm starting to think there was some kind of emergency evacuation here" said Robin, "Robin do you think that my brother" said Alexis "Never mind, I don't want to think about it" she added.

The next room they entered seemed different, there was no sign that anything had been taken, Alexis walked up to the nightstand and gasped in shock, "What's the matter" asked Robin walking up to join her.

On the nightstand was a photo frame with a picture inside, the picture was of Alexis but a couple of years younger and a boy with dark brown hair and the same chocolate coloured eyes as Alexis, "Is that your brother" asked Robin, Alexis nodded "Yes, that's Atticus".

Alexis sat down on the bed and took the photo in her hands and just stared at it without saying a word, Alexis held back her tears she know that if she started to cry she wouldn't be able to stop.

Robin searched Atticus's room starting with the wardrobe, inside it was fully stocked with clothes it didn't look like anything was taken, Alexis looked up briefly but put her head down again seeing the full wardrobe, she didn't want to think what this meant for her brother.

Finished with the wardrobe Robin started searching the draws, inside one he found a academy duel disk with a deck still inserted into it. Robin took the deck out and walked back to Alexis and sat next to her. "Here, I think this was your brother's" he said pacing the deck to her, Alexis took the cards and looked at them briefly before placing them in her pocket.

Robin looked at Alexis, he could see she was struggling to hold herself together, in her left hand she held the photo that she was still staring at while her right hand sat limply at her side. Robin held Alexis's right hand in his left and gently rubbed it with his thumb.

It took Alexis a moment to notice this, she looked at their hands out of the corner of her eye "What should I do, Should I ask him to stop, but I don't really want him to stop" she thought. Her question was answered for her as she looked back it the picture in her hand and her floodgates finally broke.

Alexis throw her arms around Robin and buried her head into his shoulder as she started to cry, Robin was shocked by this but recovered quickly as he held her in his left arm and stroked the back of her head with his right. "It's ok, it's ok, just let it all out" he whispered to her softly.

Alexis continued to cry for five minutes until she calmed down and pulled away from Robin, "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have done that" she said wiping her eyes, Robin put his arm around her shoulder and said "It's ok, come on let's get out of here, this place is depressing".

Alexis didn't object as Robin helped her to her feet and led her out of the abandoned dorm. The two made their way back to their dorms it was passed curfew and they hoped that no one would notice they was late.

At a crossroad leading to the boys and girls dorms respectively Robin let go of Alexis, "Are you going to be ok" he asked, Alexis still held the photo in her left hand "I'll be fine, I just need sometime alone" she said walking down the path to her dorm, Robin watched her go before heading to his own dorm.