"Tea, is something wrong?" Amara asked as Tea sat down on a slab of rubble.

"I'm not sure, Amara, ever since that pyramid appeared I've been getting a bad feeling and a couple of times I felt a chill right in my heart. I know it's crazy, but I think this duel might mean the death of Yugi."

"That's the thing with Shadow Games," Solomon said. "The holograms aren't just mixtures of light, they're real. And each attack would be the equivalent of shooting one in the heart. However, the Millennium Puzzle is the strongest of all seven Millennium Items. If anything can counteract the Pyramid of Light, it's the Millennium Items."

Tea looked up at the pyramid. "I hope you're right, Mister Moto,"

"Hey guys," Mokuba called. "I think I can get one of the Jumbo Screens working again. He fiddled with some wiring and then plugged his laptop into a jack. "Now just a few restart commands and…"

The monitor clicked to life with split-screen images of Yami and Kaiba.

"Thank goodness, they're all right," Tea said relieved.

"For now," Amara murmured.

"I play Monster Reborn to bring back Dark Magician Girl!" Yami cried. The card slid out of the graveyard and Yami laid it on the tray. A flash of light and a pretty blonde girl in blue robes carrying a blue staff with a pink orb appeared, sighing almost contently like she was glad to be out of the graveyard. "Next I reveal my face-down card Sage's Stone. When Dark Magician Girl is on the field and Sage's Stone is in play, I can automatically summon Dark Magician (55)!" The Dark Magician Girl cooed as Yugi's favorite monster, a tall purple-haired magician in purple robes carrying a green staff with a jewel in a shell-shape ornament on top, appeared.

"Big deal," Kaiba said dismissively.

"Oh it's a very big deal, for now I sacrifice both magicians…" Both Dark Magicians disappeared in flashes of light. "Now I summon the Sorcerer of Dark Magic (56)!" The new monster was dressed similarly to the Dark Magician with the exception of the color which was a deep black and the staff with had a blue orb set on top. "And with his rise to power comes your dragon's fall from grace! Because for every one of my Sorcerer's fallen comrades in the graveyard, your dragon loses 500 points and right now there have been three magicians laid to rest." Phantom images of Dark Magician, Dark Magician Girl, and Magician's Valkyria appeared. They all aimed their staffs/wands at the Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon. Beams of purple, pink, and green light covered the Ultimate Dragon.

(BEUD: 4500-3000)

"That means my Blue-Eyes is vulnerable to attack!" Kaiba realized.

"That's PRECISELY what it means. Attack with Celestial Blast!" The Sorcerer shot fire from its staff which consumed the Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon.

(K: 2300)
(Y: 1500)

"Now will you stop this madness?"

"Because of one lucky move, I don't think so." Kaiba drew a card and passed his turn.

Yami sighed and drew a card. "Fine, Kaiba, you leave me no choice. I move to attack Peten the Dark Clown!" Kaiba gasped, without Peten he'd have nothing to protect his life points.

"Sorcerer, Celestial Blast Attack!" The Sorcerer launched another fireball which destroyed Peten.

"You may have destroyed my clown but you have forgotten about my Deck Virus trap card! And at a time where you couldn't afford to." The tendrils lashed out.

Suddenly the Sorcerer of Dark Magic leapt into the tendrils path and used his staff to destroy them.

"Sorry, Kaiba, but my Sorcerer of Dark Magic's mystic powers are so mighty that he can stop activated traps like your Deck Virus and destroy it. My deck is safe!" The trap card broke apart.

"But your life points aren't," Kaiba said as he drew a card. He looked at the card and started chuckling. But there was something demonic in his laugh.

"I activate the magic of Monster Reborn!" Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon reappeared. "Next I sacrifice my re-born Ultimate Dragon to summon a new monster!" Yami gasped. "That's right, you see I have an even more powerful monster compliments of Pegasus!"

Pegasus is in on this too? I could barely defeat the two of them separately but now they've apparently joined forces.

"Now I sacrifice my Ultimate Dragon to summon Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon (57)!"

The Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon started to crack apart like an egg shell. From the fallen pieces emerged a white metallic dragon with blue lines running through it.

"Could it be," Solomon gasped. "A card I never seen before?"

"What is that thing?" Tea asked.

"I'm not sure," Amara replied. "But if Kaiba sacrificed his Ultimate Dragon for it, you can bet it has a devastating power."

"Now here's how my new dragon works. He gains 300 points for every dragon currently in my graveyard." Yami counted them off in his head. Kaiba had his three Blue-Eyes White Dragons, his Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon and his Rare Metal Dragon. Kaiba said, "That's an extra 1500 attack points right off the bat for a punishing grand total of 4500 attack points."

(BESD: 3000-4500)

"But don't forget for every magician in my graveyard, your dragon loses 500 attack points."

"I don't think so, thanks to my dragon's Shining Diffusion." The Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon fired a blue beam of energy which countered the energies produced by the phantom magicians. The Sorcerer of Dark Magic was able to protect himself in a force field.

"Your attack points didn't decrease!"

"That's because my dragon can choose which magic, trap, or monster effects can be used against him. Just face it, Yugi, your days as a Duelist are numbered. My Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon is going to blast you back to the minor leagues where scum like you belongs! Now hit him again, Blue-Eyes! Shining Neutron Blast!" The dragon opened its beak-like mouth and fired a giant shaft of energy.

At that moment, the Pyramid of Light started pulsating.

The blast quickly destroyed the Sorcerer of Dark Magic then continued to Yami. The blast went through Yami's body so it looked like he was impaled by it. Once again Yami was thrown into the wall of the Pyramid of Light and once again tendrils of lightning struck him down. Yami let out a blood-curdling scream before falling to the ground, body smoldering.

(K: 2300)
(Y: 200)

Tea gasped and fell down again. "Tea!" Solomon cried.

"No… Yugi," Tea muttered.

Yugi suddenly let out a gasp and fell to his knees. "Yugi, what's wrong?" Harold asked.

"I don't know," Yugi said hoarsely. "It feels like someone gutted me from the inside."

"Hey look!" Tristan noticed a trail of blue energy below them. "It's some kind of energy stream."

"Maybe… if we follow it… it will lead us to Anubis."

"Sounds like a plan," Joey said. Harold took the lead as Joey and Tristan picked up Yugi and helped him along.

"Yugi!" Tea cried as the Jumbo Screen showed the body prone on the ground. She stood and started to run but Amara and Mokuba held her back. "Let me go, he needs me…"

"And how are you going to get inside there?" Amara asked. "I already tried and it tossed me like a sack of potatoes!"

"But… I can't just…" She turned away, not wanting to see the boy that she has known most of her life half-dead on the ground.

The Pyramid of Light was shining brighter than ever now. As Solomon pointed out, "This thing's putting out energy waves that are making my pacemaker go haywire!"

Clouds swirled above releasing lightning. The ground started shaking as the Duel Dome began falling apart piece by piece. Tea, Amara, Solomon, and Mokuba were all gathered together.

"Grab on!" Someone cried. A ladder was lowered to them. Without wondering who it was, the four of them grabbed on and they were lifted out of the Duel Dome.

When they saw their rescuer they were immediately apprehensive. "Pegasus, what are you doing here?"

"First of all, how about a thank you, you little ingrate, if I hadn't figured out what this whole Pyramid of Light fuss was about, you wouldn't be here."

"So what is going on?"

"Kaiba thinks he got that Pyramid of Light trap card from me but in fact it was planted in there… by Anubis!"

"So that really is the Egyptian God's body in that sarcophagus?"

"Yes and no," Pegasus replied.

"Uh… I'm not following," Amara said.

Pegasus looked at Sumi. Sumi sighed. "I'll explain."

Anubis isn't his real name. His real name was lost long ago. Someone erased the real name to prevent his spirit from entering the afterlife. But when he was alive 3000 years ago, he was a loyal captain of the guards.

But he wanted more. He wanted the same type of power the Pharaoh wielded, the power of the upside down pyramid that could control the gods.

"The Millennium Puzzle," Solomon realized.

"Precisely," Pegasus confirmed.

This man sought out an alchemist who offered to forge an artifact that would have the same power as the Millennium Puzzle. The alchemist succeeded big time and the Pyramid of Light was born.

The man was able to gather followers and attempt an overthrow of the Pharaoh. But there was one thing he didn't count on: the seven guardians of the Pharaoh, the other bearers of the Millennium Items. Outmatched, the man released the great evil in an attempt to destroy everything. Since he fancied himself an Egyptian God, he decided to take the name of one: Anubis.

"And how do you know all this?" Mokuba asked raising a skeptic eyebrow.

"A friend told me," Pegasus replied.

"But is there a way to beat him?" Tea asked.

Pegasus looked at Dr. Hikari. "Sumi?"

The alchemist who first forged the Pyramid of Light also forged the weapon on Anubis's destruction. Taking the same type of metal used in the forging of the Millennium Items, he fashioned it into a handle. As for the blade, all the scriptures are vague at best. But the best account mentions that it was forged from the bones of a sacrificed innocent. It was this dagger that stripped the Pyramid of Light of its power and killed Anubis or so everyone thought.

"We were told that the powers of the Pyramid of Light were so strong that the Millennium Items and Dagger alone wasn't enough to completely destroy Anubis," Pegasus took over. "So they buried him alive and chained his sarcophagus up."

"Until my archaeological team unearthed it," Sumi finished.

"I see," Solomon said. "And now Anubis has been released once again and he's going to start another path of destruction."

"He hasn't been restored fully just yet," Pegasus explained. "That's what this Shadow Game is for. Anubis is feeding off the life force of Kaiba-Boy and Little-Yugi. If they don't stop, Anubis will be fully awakened. And without the other Millennium Items…"

"The world will once again be in danger from Anubis," Solomon concluded.

"Look at the world's top Duelist," Kaiba mocked. "On the ground waiting to be put out of his misery like a dog! Sorry, but I'm not letting you off that easily. You have humiliated me too often and now I will return it back to you a hundred fold! Every breath you take is an insult on my honor and I will not stand for worthless riff-raff like you! But perhaps you should stay down, that's where scum like you belongs, under the heels of the true Duelists like me! No… you don't even deserve to be under my heels!" Something in Kaiba's voice changed.

Yami wanted to stand but it was tough. He wanted to hear a friendly voice, any friendly voice, but all he could hear was Kaiba's jabbing backed by some insidious laughter.