Chapter 49, Abidos the third.

Robin and Alexis was sitting near the lighthouse, "So, still no luck with your brother" asked Robin, Alexis shook her head "No, I'm starting to think that he's never going to wake up" she said sadly.

Robin noticed how sad Alexis was so he put his arm around her to comfort her, "Hey, don't think about that, there's always hope" said Robin although he didn't believe his own words.

Alexis knew that Robin was lying but she appreciated his attempt at cheering her up, "Thanks" she said as she moved a little closer to Robin and snuggled up to him.

Robin and Alexis stayed like this for several minutes enjoying each other's company, finally Alexis broke the silence, "Robin, I wanted to thank you for everything you've be doing" she said.

"What do you mean" asked Robin, "I mean, you've done so much to help, you saved me from that Titan guy, you helped me search for Atticus, and you cheered me up when I thought that all hope was lost" said Alexis causing Robin to brush.

"Robin I think that" said Alexis however before she could finish her sentence something reached out of the water and grabbed her leg causing Alexis to scream and pull her leg away.

Robin and Alexis backed away from that water and watched as four mummies climbed out of the water and onto land, "Run" said Robin, the two turned to run away but they was stopped by another six mummies that was blocking their escape.

Robin and Alexis backed up against the lighthouse, the two was heavily outnumbered and the mummies was slowly coming closer.

Jaden, Chazz, Syrus and Chumley was all walking back to their dorm, "And then I played Flame wingman and totally wiped out his life points" said Jaden as he told the others about a duel that he had won earlier today.

Syrus and Chumley was clearly enjoying the story but Chazz was extremely bored and he wanted to get back to his room as quickly as possible so he could have some peace and quiet.

"Hey what's going on down there" said Syrus, the others looked at what Syrus was pointing at and saw Robin and Alexis down by the lighthouse being surrounded by mummies.

"Are those mummies" asked a terrified Chumley, "This has got to have something to do with the Shadow riders" said Chazz, "What are we doing to do Jaden" asked Syrus.

Jaden thought quickly, he didn't want to put his friends in any danger, "Syrus, you and Chumley need to get back to the red dorm" he said, "What, but what about you" asked Syrus, "Syrus please, the Shadow riders don't want you two, so you need to get out of here" said Jaden.

Syrus was about to protest but he was stopped by Chazz, "Listen to him, we don't want another repeat of that Camula incident" said Chazz, Syrus was clearly disturbed by the mention of Camula but this was enough to get him to listen.

"Ok, just please be careful" said Syrus as he ran in the direction of the red dorm closely followed by Chumley.

"Come on, we'd better go and help them" said Chazz, Jaden agreed and the two ran down towards the lighthouse to help Robin and Alexis.

Robin and Alexis was now completely surrounded by the mummies with no way to escape, "Hey do you guys need a hand" said Jaden as he and Chazz reached the lighthouse, however some of the mummies took notice of the two and the started to approach Jaden and Chazz, "Ok, maybe we didn't think this through" said Jaden as he took a step back.

At this moment one of the mummies came up behind Robin and grabbed him by the shoulder, "Get off of me" said Robin as he spun around and punched the mummy in the head.

Much to everyone's surprise Robin's attack knocked the mummy's head clean off, it seemed that the mummies was so rotten and decayed that they was falling apart, the mummy's now headless body fell limply at Robin's feet.

Everyone was silent for a moment until Robin said something, "Guys, let's take them apart" he said.

Chazz smiled as he clenched his fists, "Great idea" he said as he punched the nearest mummy leaving a nasty dent in its head, "I don't really like fighting" said Jaden, at that moment a mummy came a little too close and Jaden kicked it in the stomach leaving a large hole, "But I can make an exception" he added.

One mummy targeted Alexis, however she performed an impressive front kick that hit the mummy in the chin sending its head frying into the air, "Nice kick" said Robin surprised that Alexis was able to do that.

"Robin behind you" warned Alexis, Robin turned his head and saw a mummy sneaking up behind him, Robin spun around and went low delivering a sweep that sliced through both of the mummy's legs, the now legless mummy tried to reach for Robin but he stomped on its head crushing it.

"That is enough my servants" called a voice, all of the remaining mummies immediately stopped their attack and backed away from the Key keepers.

"What's going on" asked a confused Jaden, suddenly there was a flash of light and then a boat that was decorated with gold appeared out of nowhere.

A man stepped off of the boat, he had tan skin and he was dressed like an ancient Egyptian pharaoh, he was also wearing a golden mask that hide his face, there was also several others with this man, they was all dressed in an ancient Egyptian attire as well.

The mummies approached the masked man and bowed down to him, "I assume that you're the one behind this" said Robin as he wiped some of the mummies remains off of his shoulder.

"Yes, I am Pharaoh Abidos the third, the fifth Shadow rider" said the masked man, "Who" asked Jaden, "Jaden, Abidos is that undefeated Pharaoh that Banner told us about yesterday" said Alexis.

"Undefeated, great this will be a blast" said Jaden as he strapped his duel disk onto his arm, "Jaden are you insane, Pharaohs like him used to duel in shadow games all the time, this guy could be on a similar level to Yugi Moto" said Robin.

"That's just more reason to duel him" said Jaden as he walked up to Abidos, "He's going to die" said Robin, "Very well, you shall have the honour of being the first to fall to me" said Abidos.

The duel started, "As a Pharaoh I declare that I will go first" said Abidos as he drew his first card.

"I shall summon Pharaoh's servant in attack mode, and I will also place one card face down" said Abidos as he ended his turn.

Pharaoh's servant ATK 900 DEF 0 LV 2 DARK zombie.

"Ha, do you see now that you are far out matched" said Abidos his voice filled with confidence, "Not really, that monster's not really very powerful" said Jaden, "How dare you, my Servant is an incredibly powerful monster, none has ever defeated it" said Abidos sounding very offended, "Well I'll be the first" said Jaden.

Jaden started his turn, "I summon Elemental HERO wildheart in attack mode, and now I'll use him to attack your monster" he said, Wildheart attacked and destroyed Pharaoh's servant.

E HERO wildheart ATK 1500 DEF 1600 LV 4 EARTH warrior.

Abidos LP 4000 – 600 = 3400.

"Incredible, no one has ever defeated one of my monsters" said Abidos in amazement, "Wait are you being serious, that monster was really weak, anyone could have defeated it" said Jaden.

"What are you talking about, out of everyone I have ever duelled not one of them could ever defeat my Pharaoh's servant" said Abidos, "Wow, they must have been really weak opponents" thought Jaden.

"Well anyway, I end my turn" said Jaden, "Not just yet, I activate my trap card The first sarcophagus, and since your ending your turn this card allows me to activate The second sarcophagus from my deck" said Abidos as the second sarcophagus appeared on his side of the field.

"What do those cards do" asked Jaden as he looked at the two cards, "Nothing yet, but just wait and you'll see my strongest monster" laughed Abidos.

"You know, this Abidos guy really shouldn't be telling Jaden his strategy" said Robin, "I know, it's almost as if he doesn't know what he's doing" said Alexis, "I'm starting to wonder if he really doesn't know what he's doing" said Chazz.

Abidos's turn started, "I summon a monster in defence mode and end my turn" he said.

Jaden started his turn, "It's not like I've ever been one to back down, I summon Elemental HERO Sparkman in attack mode" he said.

E HERO Sparkman ATK 1600 DEF 1400 LV 4 LIGHT warrior.

"Go Wildheart attack his monster" said Jaden, Wildheart attacked and destroyed Abidos's monster which was revealed to be Pharaoh's protector, "Now Sparkman attack him directly" said Jaden, Sparkman attacked Abidos directly, after this Jaden ended his turn.

Pharaoh's protector ATK 900 DEF 0 LV 2 EARTH zombie.

Abidos LP 3400 – 1600 = 1800.

Abidos was in shock, "I don't understand, how can you be this strong" he said, "I don't really get what you're talking about, I haven't even summoned anything big yet" said Jaden.

"You have even stronger monsters than those, but none of my servants have ever summoned anything that strong against me before" said Abidos, "Wait a minute, you duelled your servants" said Jaden, "Of course" said Abidos.

"Haven't you ever duelled anyone who doesn't work for you" asked Jaden, "No, why" asked Abidos, "Well then how do you know that they was even trying" asked Jaden, "What are you talking about, my servants would never" said Abidos however he became silent when he realised what Jaden was saying.

Abidos turned to his servants, "All of you, I command you to tell me the truth, have you always allowed me to win our duels" he said, all of the servant suddenly had looks of fear on their faces, "Master we only" said one, "We thought that you would" said another, "Please don't execute us" said another.

Abidos couldn't believe what he was hearing, "No" he whispered, Abidos then fell to his knees in despair, "Hey are you ok" asked Jaden, "My whole life has been a lie" sobbed Abidos.

"So this guy's never won a real duel in his life" said Chazz in amazement, "I can't tell if this is pathetic or just sad" said Robin, "I think it might be both" said Alexis.

"Hey, aren't you doing to finish the duel" asked Jaden, "How can I, I'm not a duellist, I've never been in a real duel before" said Abidos hopelessly, "Well consider this to be your first duel" said Jaden.

"What do you mean" asked Abidos, "Just because you've never faced a real opponent before that doesn't mean that you can't start now" said Jaden, "You want to continue duelling me" said Abidos in confusion, "Sure, you can finally learn what a real duel is like.

Abidos's confidence seemed to have been restored, "Very well, this will be my first true victory, but if I am going to face you then it should be face to face" he said as he stood up and removed his mask revealing the face of a young man who wasn't even twenty.

"Since you've ended your turn the effect of The first sarcophagus will activate, this allows me to activate The third sarcophagus from my deck" said Abidos as The third sarcophagus appeared on his side of the field.

Abidos's turn started, "Now that I have all three of my sarcophagus cards on the field I can send them all to the graveyard in order to summon my strongest monster, Spirit of the pharaoh" said Abidos.

Spirit of the pharaoh ATK 2500 DEF 2000 LV 6 LIGHT zombie.

"And when Spirit of the pharaoh is summoned I can special summon up to four normal level 2 zombie type monsters from my graveyard" said Abidos as Pharaoh's servant and Pharaoh's protector returned to his field in defence mode.

Pharaoh's servant ATK 900 DEF 0 LV 2 DARK zombie.

Pharaoh's protector ATK 900 DEF 0 LV 2 EARTH zombie.

"Is that it" asked Jaden, "Yes, why is there something wrong" asked Abidos, "No, it's just I expected more after you went through all that trouble" said Jaden, "You're the one who's in trouble Jaden" said Abidos.

"Spirit of the pharaoh attack his Wildheart" ordered Abidos, Spirit of the pharaoh attacked and destroyed Wildheart, after this Abidos ended his turn.

Jaden LP 4000 – 1000 = 3000.

Jaden drew his card, "Alright I activate Polymerization to fuse Sparkman with the Ncroshade in my hand, with these two monsters I can create Elemental HERO darkbright" said Jaden.

E HERO darkbright ATK 2000 DEF 1000 LV 6 DARK warrior.

"Now Darkbright attack his Pharaoh's servant, and when Darkbright attacks a defence position monster you take piercing damage" said Jaden, Pharaoh's servant was destroyed.

Abidos LP 1800 – 2000 = 0.

Abidos's LP dropped to 0 however he didn't seem to be saddened by this, "Thank you Jaden for showing me the truth" he said, "Don't worry about" said Jaden.

Suddenly a bright golden light appeared and Abidos's servants began to disappear, "What's going on" asked Jaden, "Without the power of my shadow charm me and my servants will be forced to return to the afterlife" explained Abidos, "Wow that's kind of harsh" said Jaden.

"Jaden will you please come with me" asked Abidos, "Wait what" said a surprised Jaden, "Now that I know the truth I want to learn how to truly duel and I'd like you to teach me" said Abidos.

"I'm flattered but I don't think that I'm ready to go to the afterlife just yet, do you think that you can wait a few years" said Jaden, Abidos nodded "Yes I understand, when the day finally comes I look forward to meeting you as a friend rather that a rival" he said.

Abidos and his boat disappeared in a flash of golden light leaving no trace that he had ever been there, "Well, I'm looking forward to seeing that guy again, in about a hundred years" said Jaden with a smile.