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Sorry I was a bit longer with this one, I'll try to keep pace with these from now on.
It was a tough one to write, but I think it came across well, it's time to dive a little deeper into everything today…
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Alexis's POV
It is fair to say the past few days have been rather strange…
But then again, they haven't, compared to a lot of things that have happened recently…
Ever since the reunion…
Scrap that ever since Jaden came back into my life, everything has just gone crazy…
I mean take the past few days for example…
I was just casually at work, then next thing you know, I had a headache and I was taken to some telepathy realm.
Or at least, that's what I was calling it…
I wasn't even really surprised when Yugi and Solomon told us all about it, the telepathic link between Jaden and me. I mean it certainly wasn't the weirdest thing that was happening to us of late anyway.
It had actually come in handy at some points recently, even though we were barely talking but really, it wasn't a surprise in the end. I mean, Solomon and Yugi being there had taken me aback but then again, they had been involved in so much already that it didn't come as breaking news.
Then you had everything at the card shop…
Jaden had come back, or at least gradually come back…
We had started talking a little, mainly through our newfound telepathy but then again, we had still been distancing ourselves.
We had made progress, especially after the incident involving the ladder…
Now, let me put it out there, the whole ladder thing hadn't been on purpose, but I didn't mind being saved you know…
Anyway, after that everything had been easier, we went about our work without having to avoid each other, even manging to have proper conversation without getting mad at each other…
I sat on my sofa at home. I'd been meaning to go around to the Yuki's for a while but hadn't had the courage to do so. It wasn't that I was avoiding them, I just didn't know what to say. Malcom and Josh had been to the shop a few times whilst they were out searching and I'd managed to speak to them then, but other than that, I'd barely heard from them.
"What are you watching?"
Jesse came down and sat next to me. He had been a big help the past few days since the argument Jaden that I'd had back at the party. He managed to help me get home after that night because I was in state by the end.
"Errrr… not much to be fair," I said offering him the remote.
He took it from me and started scrolling through the channels, I hadn't really been watching with everything on my mind.
Come upstairs…
I jolted with surprise, scaring Jesse as well…
"Jesus Alexis, you scared the hell out of me."
I laughed nervously, "yeah sorry… I errrr…. thought I saw a spider."
Alexis, upstairs…
I knew that voice…
But why now?
Wait! Give me a minute!
"Alexis?"
Dam it, now I missed what he said!
The voice rumbled, clearly laughing…
Not funny Jaden…
Oh, but it is…
"Alexis, is something wrong?"
"Umm, no, I just need to get something, I'll be back in a second?"
Jesse looked sceptical at first but eventually gave in.
"Okay, but I'm not waiting for you."
I smiled, "that's fine, I don't like The Great British Bake-off anyway…"
I laughed as I walked away at Jesse's reaction. Ever since he got that job at the bakery all he's wanted to do is watch that show…
I made my way upstairs. I don't know what I was more nervous about, Jaden or the fact that I had no idea why this was happening…
When you get to your room, sit on your bed…
My heart started racing…
This was a bit forward…
No Alexis, not like that…
I smiled at those comments as I entered my room and sat on my bed…
Right, what now?
Well, you better be ready…
Suddenly, the bright light appeared again, and the searing pain went through my head…
Surely there has to be a better way to do this?
Jaden's POV
I found myself standing in an all too familiar café, but my mind was reeling…
I mean, what had just happened…
One minute I was planning to have a duel with my brother, then the next thing I know, there's this….
This thing, standing there right in front of us. Not to mention the fact that it threatened me…
Was that what Yugi was trying to warn me about?
Time, Jaden, in time I will explain…
I look around, I mean, if I were able to hear a voice, surely, I would have been able to see who the voice belonged too.
You'd think so wouldn't you, but it doesn't quite work like that…
What… What do you mean?
I mean, you know you don't have to be somewhere to be able to talk to someone like this…
The voice was right, I knew that. Whoever the voice belonged too, it sounded wise, like Solomon but maybe x10 wiser. I wanted to listen to them, I wanted to understand what they were saying…
I shook myself free from this mini trance. After everything going on recently, I wasn't about to let my guard down in case this was some trick…
Oh Jaden, do you really think I'd let you be here if I was going to hurt you, I would have sorted that out already…
I tried to ignore the voice…
What do you want with me?
Well, actually that is a very good question, but I can't answer that until Miss Rhodes is here…
Alexis? What do you want with her?
I anger spark…
Was I…
Being protective?
Don't worry Jaden, I merely want her here, similarly to you ,I want to explain…
Well, I mean, that didn't sound particularly threatening…
Okay…
Good, now, how to get Miss Rhodes here?
Everything went silent for minute…
I could try…
It felt weird saying that after not speaking to Alexis recently, but it was true, I could try…
Very well, go ahead…
For the next few minutes I attempted to draw Alexis here, but I didn't want to just let her pass out. I took a bit longer than anticipated but I managed to get her away from Jesse and upstairs. It would have been some explaining to do to him.
Ugh…
I know, sorry, it was the only way…
I wish it wasn't, I get the worst headaches from it.
She did have a point, all this dropping in and out could not be healthy for the old brain.
There are other ways Miss Rhodes, I'd be willing to teach you some time…
I looked at Alexis who froze in her spot…
Why is there a random voice in the café?
I smiled at her; it did seem that way.
This is…
She looked at me expectedly.
You know, I don't actually know who this is…
Ahh yes, seems only fitting now the both of you are here…
Suddenly there was a glow, a white light just like I saw in the garden. Then, before us was something I wasn't expecting to see. A tall, wise looking man dressed in the finest white robe stood there looking down on us.
Explains the wise feeling I had…
He wasn't actually standing, more hovering and he looked vaguely familiar…
Then it hit me…
You're…
Bingo…
Luckily, I still had my duel disk and deck attached to my arm, so I started to rifle through it…
I could tell Alexis was very confused.
One, Jaden, why are you wearing a duel disk?
Was going to duel Josh before I got here…
If I hadn't been so preoccupied looking through the cards, I imagine I would of seen a shocked expression on Alexis's face…
Oh… Okay… Let's just act as if that information is nothing new…
I could hear the frustration in her voice, so I stopped what I was doing and looked at her.
I was trying to cheer him up, so I thought this was the best way to do so…
Suddenly, the look on her turned apologetic…
Oh… Err… I'm sorry…
No, don't worry, it's fine, well not fine because my brother is missing as well.
I went back to searching whilst Alexis looked shocked again.
What is it with you and brushing over important things right now?
AHA! Found it!
I held out a card in the direction of the newly formed person and took a look…
I knew it!
Very good Jaden, I didn't expect you to get it so quickly, especially as you haven't used it…
I felt slightly guilty when he said that but moved on quickly…
Wait…
Alexis stepped closer to me.
Isn't that…
She took the card from me to have a better look…
Indeed Miss Rhodes…
So, you're the Dark Magician of Space and Time?
Well, actually not entirely, the 'dark' bit doesn't really apply, but it is in my title, so yes, but I go by Delorium…
Alexis and I looked at Delorium, then at each other and back again.
Come to think of when you look at him, he does have some resemblance to both DK and Dee in one way or another…
Ahh yes… Well… Dee and DK… Where are they?
As if saying their names summoned them, they appeared next to us.
Someone say our…
They both paused and looked in the direction of Delorium.
Master…
Father…
Dee whacked DK on the head…
Owe…
She gave a look…
Oh right, sorry master…
Delorium shook his head at the two…
How many times have I told the two of you not too call me master?
Both Dee and DK lowered their heads…
Err… What's going on?
In truth, I was also slightly confused.
Oh, hey Alexis…
Dee gave Alexis a hug, well attempted too anyway…
Dee, please…
Dee smiled at Alexis and took a step back. We both turned to face Delorium, who had now ventured over to a table with five chairs.
Please, all of you, come and sit…
We all quickly made our way over…
He didn't look like the type of guy you wanted to ignore.
Delorium waved his hand and several drinks and sandwiches appeared.
Oh nice, this again!
I grabbed a sandwich and some orange juice and tucked in.
The anticipation of duelling had made me hungry…
Some things will never change…
DK went to grab some food, but Delorium swatted his hand away…
No, you two, if you want some, you'll have to order your own…
Dee and DK mumbled under their breath as they order, which made me feel slightly guilty…
Don't worry Jaden, eat up, those two know I only buy for guests, they usually order their own anyway…
Guests?
It was a good job I could use my mind because I had a mouthful of cheese and tomato sandwich as I thought that…
Yes, you see, this place we're in, is called Obseleasium, I created it myself…
I looked around, that did make more sense. I mean I knew it probably had a better name than 'Telepathy Realm.'
You were the one that brought us here the other day?
Delorium nodded…
Why?
Well, that was more for Yugi and Solomon, but I'll explain that in a bit…
I was confused, Yugi and Solomon said they didn't know what this place was, so how did Delorium know how to create it for them…
Once Dee and DK had finished ordering and we had eaten all we could, Delorium waved his arm and cleared everything off the table.
Right, shall we begin?
Alexis and I looked at each other, whilst Dee clapped her hands in excitement.
Oooo, this bit is so exciting…
Please, Delilah, some calm…
Dee instantly stopped clapping and a serious expression passed over her face…
We all turned our attention to Delorium…
Jaden, Alexis, how much do you know?
I looked at him as if he was speaking a different language…
Of what?
Delorium stayed silent…
We know very little Delorium, only about Dee, DK, Yugi, Solomon and our mind link, that is all…
I'm glad Alexis is here. Even though I was trying, it was hard to concentrate with everything I had witnessed at my house only a little while ago.
Very well, I shall go back to the beginning…
Delorium waved his hands and a sphere circle appeared next to him, with different pictures flashing through it…
I wanted to ask a question about it, but I felt as though this was a moment to stay silent…
In the beginning of existence…
As Delorium talked, there were pictures appearing, no, almost memories, appearing within the floating sphere…
Please Jaden…. Focus….
I nodded and focussed on what was being said…
In the beginning of existence there was nothing, until, four entities collided with one another….
Space…
Time…
Light…
And Dark…
He paused for a minute, almost for effect…
Those entities formed to create what you see today, life, but in order to do so, they had to create a being, a being to watch over them, control them…
As I watched the videos flicked through, I realised, that this being that was in fact Delorium…
That's you…
He nodded and then continued…
Indeed, I was created with the intention of being the lone arbiter over these entities…
I wracked my brain; did that mean I was in the presence of a god…
No Jaden, like you I was created, I am a being, but a being with immense power…
Remind me never to get on his bad side…
These entities became mine and mine alone to control, but…
I watched as different emotions flooded over Delorium…
Dee and DK each placed a hand over him, almost as a calming tool…
But, with all this great power, these entities started to become too much for me, one grew, becoming greater than the others…
Darkness…
Alexis said it as more of a whisper…
Indeed, the darkness inside me started to take over and therefore, I had to do something about it…
He looked and smiled at Dee and DK, who smiled back…
I enlisted the help of several other beings, created with the intention of helping control this power, whilst also harnessing its full potential…
I looked at Dee and DK, who both had their eyes fixed on us, smiling…
I enlisted the help of Delilah, Der….
DK instantly shuddered and Delorium paused…
DK and Deutorius to help me control these entities….
I looked at Delorium, who was beaming at the two…
So, you, shared your power?
Indeed Jaden, that is correct, but I still harnessed most of the power, controlling all the elements…
Dee and DK nodded. It was starting to make sense now. They weren't related but they were like family and Delorium asked for them to be created therefore almost taking a fatherly type role in their lives, whilst almost guiding them.
Precisely Jaden, he is our mentor and father…
I looked at DK and smiled, there was so much I didn't know…
Alexis was doing the same at Dee…
Indeed, but… In order to harness this power, I had to separate it, something I didn't have in the beginning…
He held out his hand pointing towards DK…
In DK, I shared the power of space….
I looked at DK and things were starting to click…
That explains the constant disappearing….
Precisely, DK has the power to control space…
He then held out his other hand towards Dee…
In Delilah, I shared the power of time…
I looked at Dee, that made less sense, but I guess there hadn't been a need for time…
And within both, I shared both the power of light and dark in order to create balance…
I looked at them. Maybe I had taken them for granted, they were very powerful beings…
I started thinking though…
You mentioned another name? Deutorius?
As I mentioned the name, Dee and DK started to shake and Delorium's face started to change…
Jaden… What happened to you before you got here?
I started to cast my mind back and it got me thinking…
I was duelling, or rather about to duel my brother and then this figure appeared in front of me and said he would take another…
Dee and DK suddenly looked at me, worried expressions cast over their faces…
You…
You saw him?
I was confused once more…
Saw who?
Delorium steadied his two apprentices, who were starting to shake, and look towards me…
Jaden, you were face to face with Deutorius himself…
I stared at Delorium for a minute…
I was…
Indeed Jaden, you were face to face with another being of great power, power that he doesn't use wisely…
I stared at them once more.
Okay…
So…
There was Delorium, who started it all…
Then he created DK, Dee and Deutorius. DK had space. Dee had time.
Then what did Deutorius have?
Delorium shuddered, this I could tell wasn't an easy story.
Just like DK and Dee, I shared my power with him, but unlike these two, Deutorius seemed more resistant, he was able to hold more similarly to me…
I noticed that Dee and DK's heads dropped slightly at those comments.
And with that, I shared more of the light and dark with him, entrusting space and time to these two…
But he became greedy, he wanted more power, which I knew was a sign that the darkness was taking over him…
So, I tried to weed his power away from him…
There was a momentary pause, as if he was contemplating something.
He wasn't always bad, but the darkness it got to him and he started to think irrationally, I didn't have any other choice…
Dee and DK once again placed their hand on Delorium…
You did what was right…
You did master…
Delorium breathed in and then pronounced to continue his story…
In the end, the darkness had fully consumed him, so I did the only thing I could, I banished him to a place of infinite darkness…
I was starting to understand now. It was clear that this Deutorius was the guy that had confronted me…
That meant…
Deutorius, he has my brother and sister…
Alexis looked at me, with complete concern…
Jaden I…
I knew her concern, especially after what I had just been told but I wasn't going to let that get to me, Josh was strong, and I knew he would find Tessa.
If a godlike creature could, then Delorium had gone pale white…
This…
This is not good…
Alexis and I looked at each other…
What do you mean?
Over time, Deutorius learned to harness the darkness and create a realm all of his own. He learned to harness the power of time, which he had always wanted, and use it to warp his own living realm and get out of the one I had put him in…
I started to feel sick. At first, I had hoped he had held them hostage in the place Delorium had taken them too, but I started to feel like that wasn't the case…
This place, where is it?
Delorium focussed his gaze at me…
Jaden, this place, it isn't for the faint hearted, few return from the place and I barely came out of there myself…
I switched and I looked at him…
Then you can get me there…
His faced dropped…
Jaden it isn't that simple…
I started to feel frustration come over me…
No, it is that simple...
I felt something touch my arm and realised that Alexis was looking at me…
Jaden, I know you want to help Josh and Tessa, heck, I do as well, but it might not be that simple…
I looked at Alexis and I felt reason come over me. She was right. I didn't know what I was going up against, only that he was very dangerous.
Delorium.
Alexis started animatedly looking at the spirit…
What is this place? Why is it so dangerous?
Well, in creating his realm, he warped time, meaning that when you're there you age far quicker than usual…
That rang a bell…
Victor…. that sounds like Victor!
Delorium nodded…
Indeed Jaden, Victor Stoichiev is one of the few people I know to have gotten himself out of the darkness realm…
You knew him?
Indeed, well, DK had told me, so I went to investigate and that's how he came to you…
It was all starting to make sense…
So, you've been watching me this whole time?
Delorium nodded.
Yes, from a distance, I have been watching both of you.
I looked at Alexis, who was confused.
The two of us, how am I involved in this?
Ahh Alexis, you are an important part. You were the one who started the chain. You are the one who can help us put away Deutorius for good.
How? How can I?
Delorium started to move as if deciding how to put whatever it was, he was about to say next…
You see, what Deutorius wants is to destroy what I created. That being this realm. But, in order to do that needs to rid it of all of one thing to cause unrest…
So basically, he wants to destroy the world…
Great…
He won't target space or time because he can't take these two on…
He pointed at DK and Dee, who both had their chests puffed out slightly.
He won't rid of the dark, clearly.
Yeah that made sense…
That means…
The only thing he can target is light…
Right, exactly, he can only take light…
But don't DK and Dee hold some of that as well…
Delorium suddenly looked sad again…
That….
That isn't the case, after what happened with Deutorius, I took the darkness from them and I took light as well…
I smiled slightly; it was clear he cared greatly about these two…
I trained then to not lose out to their entities and over time, they have managed to control them, but I dare not risk giving them back light or dark…
It made sense, but then what did he do with it?
At that moment, he started to look around, almost as if he didn't want to heard by anyone but us…
He then started to whisper slightly…
I decided, where would the last place he would look, therefore I created two humans…
I stood there stunned for a minute…
Wait…
Yes Jaden, I created two humans and split the light and dark between them…
It was all starting to make sense…
Except one thing…
How do you do that? Do they not age?
Oh no Jaden, they are like you and Alexis, they can die, they can age, the entities simply pass onto a new pair of children…
So, then, is that why Deutorius is here, hunting them…
Indeed, he wants to take back the light and he's using his darkness to infect it, which I think it already is…
Then, I worked it out…
He's trying to find them…
Precisely and I think he thinks you're one of them Jaden…
A pit in my stomach started to form. It all made sense now. He was trying to get to me.
Yes Jaden, that is why I got Yugi and Solomon to warn you…
Wait…
Hold on, I thought they didn't know about you, or at least that's what they said…
Delorium started laughing…
Aha, is that so. No, they do know about me, in fact they were the ones who started to worry about you first, they were worried he was after you…
The card shop….
He knew, Yugi knew he would come, so put us in some place that he could keep an eye on us…
Delorium started to nod…
Yes, but they didn't want to give anything away, that's why they worked out about your memory reading…
Stupid memory reading…
I started to work everything out…
We need to go confront him…
Everybody turned to face me, looking shocked.
Jaden, that might not…
Delorium listen, either way, Deutorius is going to come for me and I need to save my family, so the best way to do that is head on….
But you will be meeting him on his terms…
I paused for a moment…
I know, but, I have to save them…
Delorium looked at me, considering everything I'd said…
Hmm, very well, but first you must work out how to do this. I can get you in, but you need to plan…
I nodded…
For the next few moments, Delorium gave us everything he knew on the place, before eventually finishing.
Well, this is it…
If you need anything come to me, you can contact me now you know who I am, just ask for me and mutter…
Great Delorium, I call on thee…
I held back a laugh as he finished…
That's not funny…
He didn't look best pleased…
It is a little bit my lord…
I looked at Dee and DK, who were smiling at me…
Hmm, well, time to get you both back…
Wait but…
Before I even had time to finish, there was a bright white light then everything went dark….
I awoke on, lying on the grass, almost exactly where I was before I had gone to Obseleasium.
Clearly, Delorium didn't have time for goodbyes…
My head felt like a train had hit it, but then again it usually did after this.
I looked around me, my parents were still lying there, out cold…
How do I explain to them what happened?
I was fairly sure they would have no idea anyway, but then again; it was only fair I tell them considering it has a lot to do with Josh and Tessa.
I started thinking to myself and I started plotting…
There was no chance I was leaving my brother and sister in there and I had all the information I needed.
This was it…
I was going to the Darkness Realm….
There you go guys, hope you enjoyed that and it was worth the wait.
I'll try and put together the next chapter as quickly as possible but like I said, if it doesn't arrive on time, wait until the next Monday or Friday.
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