Chapter 54, The last one standing.
Alexis woke up to what she thought was a normal morning, however the normality disappeared when she walked outside and found a large group of girls all crowded around something.
"Hey guys, what's going on" asked Alexis as she approached the crowed, "Alexis, we found one of the boys passed out near our dorm" said a girl named Ashly, "What" said Alexis as she made her way through the crowed to see what had happened.
Once Alexis reached the centre of the crowed her eyes widened in horror at the sight of Jaden laying on the ground, "No, he got Jaden too" thought Alexis.
Alexis kneeled down to make sure that Jaden was still alive, "Someone needs to call Nurse Fontaine now" said Alexis to all of the other girls, "We already have, she said that some members of security with be here soon" said one of the girls.
Alexis waited with Jaden until two members of security arrived then she followed them as they carried Jaden to the infirmary and placed him in a bed next to Chazz.
Nurse Fontaine went straight to work in checking Jaden's vital signs, while she was doing this Alexis sat next to Atticus's bed to talk to him.
"So I guess Jaden lost" said Atticus sadly, "Yeah, but I don't understand why he was outside my dorm when we found him" said Alexis, Atticus thought for a reason for this.
"Do you remember what he said yesterday" asked Atticus, "Of course I do, he said that he wasn't going to just wait for this last Shadow rider to show himself" answered Alexis.
"Well what if he went looking for this Shadow rider, and what if he found him outside of your dorm" said Atticus, "But, if that's true then that means that I was the intended target" said Alexis, "Yeah I guess you was" said Atticus.
Nurse Fontaine finished her tests and sighed, "Is everything ok" asked Alexis, "No it isn't, Jaden's in the same condition as Chazz, I just don't understand this, it defies everything I learned at medical school" said Fontaine.
Alexis felt pretty bad for Nurse Fontaine, she was clearly doing her best to help but sadly there was nothing that she could do.
"Well you couldn't figure out what was wrong with Atticus and he woke up" said Alexis hoping to lift Fontaine's spirits, "Yes, maybe they'll be ok as well" said Fontaine as she gave Alexis a forced smile.
At this point the infirmary door opened and Robin walking in, "I came as soon as I heard" he said, Robin looked at Jaden and clenched his fist in rage, "Damn it, so much for not doing anything stupid" he thought.
Robin walked over to Alexis and Atticus so that the three of them could talk without being overheard by Nurse Fontaine.
"So, I guess that you two are the only ones left now" said Atticus, "I guess so" said Alexis sadly, "So do you have any ideas on what to do now" asked Atticus.
Both Robin and Alexis thought for a moment, "We can't take anymore chances, Alexis, you and me should stay together until this Shadow rider is defeated" said Robin.
"Do you think that that will help" asked Alexis, "Maybe, Jaden and Chazz was both attacked when they was alone, at least this way if this Shadow rider does show up we can take him together" said Robin.
Alexis smiled and nodded she was sure that she and Robin could defeat this Shadow rider together, "Hey Robin, don't try anything with my little sister" said Atticus half joking.
Robin and Alexis spent the rest of the day together, they was both carful to keep their eyes open for anything suspicious at all times but they didn't see anything.
Finally after many hours it was time to head back to their dorms, "Well I guess that I should be heading back to my dorm" said Alexis, "Would you mind if I walked you back" asked Robin, "Sure" said Alexis with a smile.
Robin and Alexis started to walk in the direction of the girls dorm, "So how powerful do you think that this last Shadow rider is" asked Alexis, "No idea, but I'd say that he's a lot smarter that the others that we faced" said Robin.
"What do you mean" asked Alexis, "Well think about it, all of the other Shadow riders revealed themselves to us and made themselves known, but this last one seems to prefer to hide in the shadows and take us out one by one" explained Robin, "Yeah, I guess your right" said Alexis.
Robin and Alexis continues down the path, they would reach the girls dorm in about ten minutes, however little did either of them know that they was being watched.
"I had hoped that you two wouldn't have stayed together all day, but I see that I was mistaken" said a voice from the shadows, both Robin and Alexis stopped walking and them quickly looked around for the source of the voice.
"Who's there" demanded Robin, at this point Amnael stepped out of the shadows so that the two could see him.
"I assume that you're the last Shadow rider" said Robin, "Yes and I have come for your Spirit keys" said Amnael, "Well then, you're going to have to take us both down to get them" said Alexis as she and Robin strapped their duel disks onto their arms.
"No, I would much rather battle you two one at a time" said Amnael, "Sorry, but we're not doing things your way this time" said Robin, "Actually, I think that we will" said Amnael as he reached into his robes and pulled out the Emerald tablet.
Amnael held the Emerald tablet above his head and then there was a blinding flash of light, once the light cleared Alexis saw that Robin was gone.
"What, where's Robin, what have you done with him" demanded Alexis, "Nothing much, I have merely sent him to the other side of the island, now me and you may duel in peace" said Amnael.
Alexis knew that she was in trouble, her and Robin had originally planed on duelling this guy together but now she would have to duel alone.
When Robin opened his eyes he saw that he was no longer in the same place, "Alexis where are you" called Robin as he looked around.
Suddaby Robin realised where he was, he was near the Slifer dorm, "How did I get here" he thought, just then Robin realised that if he was here than that must mean that Alexis was now on her own against the last Shadow rider.
"Damn it, when I get my hands on that guy he's dead" thought Robin as he started to run back to where Alexis was as quickly as he could.
Alexis was currently in deep trouble, she was running out of life points and she had no way to win this duel, Alexis closed her eyes as Amnael declared an attack that would finish her off.
Robin reached Alexis and Amnael just in time to see Alexis falling to the ground, "Alexis no" screamed Robin as he ran up to her and caught her before she hit the ground.
"Alexis, Alexis please wake up" said Robin in a panicked voice as he cradled Alexis in his arms, "I'm afraid that your too late Mr Thorn, her soul already belongs to me" said Amnael, however Robin didn't seem to have even notice that he was talking, he was far too concerned with Alexis, "No, no, not again" said Robin with tears in his eyes.
Finally Robin seemed to remember that Amnael was still here, Robin looked at Amnael with pure fury in his eyes, "I'll kill you for this" hissed Robin with so much venom in his voice that even Amnael was taken back or a second.
For a split second Amnael thought that he saw a glint of red in Robin's green eyes, but he quickly brushed it of as just being his imagination.
"If you truly what to save her all you have to do is defeat me in a duel" said Amnael, Robin didn't say a word, he just stood up and activated his duel disk his face showed nothing but pure murderous intent.
"But, not here, if you want to duel me than meet me at the abandoned dorm in thirty minute, and don't be late, I don't have much time" said Amnael as he held the Emerald tablet above his head and disappeared in a flash of light.
With Amnael gone Robin returned to Alexis's side, he knew that he had to hurry to the abandoned dorm if he wanted to duel this Shadow rider but he wasn't going to leave Alexis here in the middle of nowhere.
Robin carefully picked Alexis up and began to carry her back to her dorm.
Mindy and Jasmine was both waiting outside of the girls dorm for Alexis, "Where do you think she is, her text said that she was on her way" said Jasmine, "I don't know, you don't think that anything happened to her do you" asked Mindy.
Just then the two saw Robin walking towards them carrying Alexis, "Alexis" screamed Jasmine as she ran up to Robin.
Robin carefully handed Alexis over to Jasmine, "Take her to her room and put her to bed" he said, "What happened to her, did you do this" asked a panicking Jasmine, "No, but I'm going to undo this" said Robin as he started to run towards the abandoned dorm.
Robin was running as quickly as he could, taking Alexis back to her dorm had used up a good chunk of his time.
For a moment Robin thought about heading back to his own dorm and grabbing the black box under his bed, he knew that it's contents would be a big help to him right now, however Robin knew that he couldn't make it back to his dorm without risking running out of time.
Robin knew that he would have to face this Shadow rider with what he already had.
Soon Robin neared to abandoned dorm with only a minute to spare, he already had a feeling that he knew where this Shadow rider would be waiting, Robin entered the dorm and headed straight towards the basement.
