It had been 3 weeks since Yami had been brought to the palace. He had refused to tell Atem what he wanted and Atem grew more and more frustrated. He would torture Yami until he passed out unconscious and then wait until his wounds healed fully and then torture him again.

"Bring him to the torture room," Atem told Bakura and Marik after a long frustrating meeting with his council. "I have a different idea for today."

"We'll be waiting My Lord," Marik said as he and Bakura headed down to the dungeons, smiles on their faces.

"Another torture session?" Heba asked as he walked with Atem to his study.

"Yes, but a different type of torture this time," Atem said pulling a wooden box off his shelf and heading down to the dungeon with Heba. "You're coming again?"

"Well someone has to make sure you don't kill him," Heba said with a roll of his eyes. "After all, how would you get the information out of him?"

"Fair enough," Atem said with a smirk as they entered into the room. This time, Yami was tied down to a chair with his wrists tied to the arms and his ankles tied to the legs of the chair.

"Don't you get tired of torturing me? You'll just get the same answer every time," Yami said glaring at the Emperor.

"Perhaps not today," Atem said handing the box over to Heba who held it in his hands in confusion. Atem opened the box and pulled out a silver ring with purple stones on it. "Do you know what this is?" Atem asked turning to face Yami.

"You're gifting me jewelry now? Sorry, not my type," Yami said with a smirk on his face.

"This is a mind control ring," Atem said walking slowly towards Yami. "Since you won't give me the information I want, I figured we would try something a little different."

"Ate," Heba said as Atem stopped in front of Yami. "Are you sure about this?"

"Feel free to leave if you want to Heba," Atem said as he knelt down in front of Yami and held his hand.

"Wait!" Yami said with wide eyes as he struggled to free his wrist. However, it all proved to be futile as Atem slipped the ring on his finger. His mind going blank as soon as he did and his body loosening as his consciousness slipped away.

"Blink twice if you can understand me," Atem said, Yami blinked twice as he stared at the wall, his eyes empty and blank. "Good."

"Even I have to admit that thing is a little creepy," Marik said as he stared at Yami from the corner of the room.

"No kidding," Bakura said as he stared at the ring with a shiver.

"Now, tell me," Atem said moving to stand in front of Yami. "Where is the main camp located?"

"South of the Nile, in the middle of the forest," Yami answered in a monotone voice.

"And what was the plan after capturing our supplies on your failed mission?"

"We weren't planning on capturing it, just destroying it and killing the vampires there," Yami answered, his hand shaking a little.

"Finally, what is their next move?"

"Probably meeting with Captain Samantha East," Yami answered. Atem smiled and bent down to slip the ring off Yami's finger.

"There," Atem said tilting Yami's head up by his chin. "Was that so hard?"

"You bastard," Yami said with a glare.

"I have what I need," Atem said turning and placing the ring back into the box. "Put him back in his cell."

"Yes My Lord," the pair of guards said, moving to untie Yami from the chair. Atem turned to Heba and the two brothers headed out of the dungeons.

"You're lucky you didn't break his mind completely," Heba said as they headed back to Atem's office. "You remember what happened to the last man who wore the ring."

"Of course I do," Atem said with a sigh. He turned to a passing by a servant who stopped and bowed before him.

"What can I do for you My Lord?" the servant girl asked.

"Summon Mai and Anzu for me, send them to my study," Atem said. The servant girl nodded and bowed once more before leaving.

"At once My Lord," she said before heading off to find the female vampires.

"Damn it," Yami growled out as soon as Bakura and Marik left. He was still shaking off the effects of the ring. "I have to warn them, but how?"

Suddenly, an idea came to him. It was a stretch but it might work. Heading to the window of the dungeon cell, Yami whistled a series of whistles and waited. Finally, a dark brown owl landed in front of the window and stared down at him with its yellow eyes.

"Emeril," Yami said with a sigh of relief. The owl let out a soft hoo and Yami reached up to the window and pulled the metal carrier from around her ankle. Emeril was a messenger owl the resistance used to send fast messages when the need came up. Seeing as he had nothing to write with, Yami scratched his finger against one of the nails sticking out of the wall, his finger bleeding from the wound.

Using his blood to write a message as best he could, Yami rolled it back up and placed the carrier back on Emeril's ankle.

"Go find Yugi and give it to him," Yami explained. Emeril stared at him for a few moments before she flew off. Yami sighed and only prayed that his message would get to them in time.

Yugi sighed in annoyance as he studied the map in front of him. Aside from trying to figure out where exactly Yami had been taken, he was trying to figure out where the camp was the vampires had was. The vampires had recently captured a village of humans and had been keeping them as prisoners where they would eventually be taken to be slaves for the noble vampire families.

Suddenly, an owl flew in through the open window. Emeril. Yugi turned just as the owl landed on the table beside him.

"Emeril?" Yugi asked as he walked towards the owl. Joey, Malik, and Ryou ran in a moment later.

"What's up with Emeril? We seen her fly in a few minutes ago," Joey asked.

"I don't know, I thought she was just out hunting, she came back early," Yugi said before pulling the metal carrier off her ankle, it couldn't help to look. He unrolled the paper inside and his eyes widened.

"What's wrong?" Ryou asked.

"What does it say?" Malik asked as Yugi read over the message.

"Yugi?" Ryou asked as his friend was unusually quiet. Yugi turned to the trio with wide eyes.

"Go and get Leah and Sean," Yugi said. "Hurry!"

The trio nodded and rushed out of the room, confused on why he needed Leah and Sean but they went along with it anyways. They returned a few moments later with Leah and Sean.

"Yugi? What's wrong?" Leah asked as she walked up to the young teen.

"We need to leave," Yugi said handing the paper to Sean who read the message.

'THEY'RE COMING

EVACUATE'

"Who is this from?" Leah asked as she read over the paper. "Is that written in blood?"

"Yami," Yugi said as he started to roll papers up around him.

"How can you be sure?" Sean asked.

"Because I know Yami, they probably forced him to tell them where we are and he sent a message ahead of time before they have a chance to get a force together."

"If that's true, how much time do you think we have?" Leah asked turning to Sean who studied the blood on the paper.

"I'd say a day or two, they'd probably be planning an ambush and for that, they'd need a lot of their troops," Sean said rolling the paper up and placing it on the table.

"Go and start telling everyone to start packing immediately," Leah said turning to Joey, Ryou, and Malik. "We shouldn't waste the time we have until they get here."

"Yes Ma'am," the trio said with a bow before rushing off to spread the news.

"Where will we go? Surely you must have an idea of where to go," Sean asked turning to Yugi who studied the map below him for a moment.

"I remember Yami telling me about some backup base our parents had set up secretly, it wasn't used because it was only for emergencies."

"So I take it only you know where it is right?" Leah asked, Yugi nodded and rolled up the map.

"Yami told me in case something like this happened and he wasn't around," Yugi said with a frown. "Guess we can be glad he did."

"What do you mean they were gone!?" Atem yelled slamming his hands down on his desk. Mai and Anzu flinched as he did so, even Heba, Bakura, and Marik flinched.

"There was nothing there, not even a mouse," Anzu said with a frown. "Maybe they decided to switch locations?"

"Or someone told them," Mai suggested, Atem froze before he growled, his eyes glowing red.

"I know who," Atem said stomping out of the room. "Bakura! Marik! With me!" Heba realized where he was heading and hurried after his brother.

"Atem wait!" Heba called out as his brother rushed down to the dungeons.

Yami turned as he heard someone rushing towards his cell. He saw Atem unlocked the cell door and stomp inside. Yami had been staring out the window when Atem arrived and the next thing he knew, Atem had his hand wrapped around his neck and he was pinned against the wall, his feet lifting off the ground.

"You," Atem growled out, his eyes glowing red as he glared into Yami's own violet eyes. "You told them we were coming."

"And what if I did?" Yami managed to choke out as Atem pinned him against the wall.

"Ate," Heba said as he stood by the cell door.

"Stay out of this Heba," Atem growled out. Heba let out a soft sigh but ultimately decided to stay outside the cell with Bakura and Marik. "You're getting on my last nerves."

"What are you gonna do? Yami choked out with a smile on his face. "Kill me?" Atem was silent for a moment before a smile graced his face.

"Oh no, I have something else in mind," Atem said lowing Yami down to the floor, letting the teen lower to the ground. The resistance leader immediately started coughing as oxygen filled his lungs once more. "Heba, go and get it."

"Are you sure?" Heba asked knowing exactly what Atem wanted.

"Go," Atem said turning to Heba with a glare. Heba didn't waste another minute and headed off to fetch what Atem wanted. "Hold him down," Atem ordered Bakura and Marik. The two guards followed their orders and stepped into the cell, both on either side of Yami. Atem leaned down and unbuckled the black leather choker from around Yami's neck and tossed it to the ground behind him.

"What are you gonna do?" Yami said testing the strength Bakura and Marik had on him as they forced him to kneel on the ground, both holding an arm back while the other was on either shoulder. "Bite me?"

"No, I have something else in mind," Atem said with a shake of his head just as Heba returned with a black box in hand. Atem opened the box and pulled out a silver choker out of the box. Yami recognized the collar as one the vampires would make their slaves wear.

"What? Gonna make me one of your blood bank slaves?" Yami asked as Atem walked over, collar in hand.

"Not a blood bank slave, a different kind of slave," Atem said as he leaned down and clicked the choker into place around Yami's neck. Atem placed his arm behind Yami's neck and the next thing Yami smelled was the smell of copper. A few moments passed before Atem drew his arm back, two bites in his arm that were bleeding crimson.

"What did you do?" Yami asked as he stared at the wounds on Atem's arm which began to heal themselves, the bites closing over.

"This is a special type of collar, we don't use it very often and only a few have worn these collars," Atem said as he knelt down in front of Yami. "It's a Blood Collar," Atem said as he lifted Yami's chin with his fingers, looking right at his eyes. "If the individual is away from the owner for a long time, the collar will kill them."

"So what was the blood for?" Yami asked as he remembered the puncture wounds on Atem's arm moments ago.

"Well, the collar needs a master doesn't it?" Atem asked with a smirk on his face. "Hence why I gave it my blood."

"Which means-"

"Which means, you can't go far from me or else you'll be poisoned," Atem finished letting go of Yami's chin.

"You bastard," Yami growled out with a glare. "So what? You gonna keep me by your side like a little pet?"

"Not a pet, think of it more as a personal servant if you will," Atem said standing up. "Which means you'll have to stay by my side, unless you wish to die of course."

Meanwhile, the resistance group had managed to evacuate the base and to the base. At least, to the entrance.

"So where's the entrance?" Leah asked as she glanced around the large mountain in front of them.

"I'm not sure," Yugi said climbing off his horse, Sean and Leah following suit. Yugi started glancing around the mountain for any sign of an entrance, or even a way to open the entrance.

"Yug'! Come look over here!" Joey yelled, waving his friend over. Yugi ran over and saw what Joey had found. "Don't that look like your pendant?"

As Yugi studied the image on the stone wall, he realized it looked like the pendant he and Yami had. The pendants were matching ankh's which their parents had made for them when they were younger.

"I wonder," Yugi muttered as he pulled out his pendant and held it up to the wall, sliding the pendant into the engraving on the wall. There was silence for few moments before the ground shook as part of the wall opened slowing, the entrance.

"is that it?" Ryou asked as everyone stared into the tunnel that had been revealed, watching the torches on the wall light up the dark tunnel

"Only one way to find out," Yugi said as he headed into the tunnel. The group following shortly after.