A/N: Sorry for the delay. Basically life, stuck, work, yeah. There may be a few things in this chapter that may seem confusing as first. They will be explained later but you can ask me id you want and I'll try to answer without giving spoilers. But rewatching the episode(s) in which Seto Kaba duels Zorc Necrophades in the Memory World arc of the anime might help out a lot. Again, I'll edit this tomorrow.

Chapter summary: In which Oliver finally sees the darker side of the Court, the Pharaoh and King get something precious, and the Manhunter acts as mediator.

To Egypt

"Mai. Mai! What happened? What was that? Mai answer me! Mai! Mai!"

Mai looked around frantically for her phone which she had dropped when she first cast her Trap. She ended up having to crawl several feet back to the door to her phone, fumbling with it as she crawled back to the body of her Regent.

"Ishizu," he sobbed. "Ishizu, he's gone. He's gone. Kaiba's gone. What do I do? What do I do? WhadoIdo?!"

"Calm yourself, Sorceress," Shaadi said, taking Mai's face gentle between his hands. He stared directly into her eyes and said firmly, "Kaiba may be gone, but Seth remains. You must calm yourself now and help Seth."

Mai visibly shook as she tried to hold back her sobs, fighting back a panic attack. Her head jerked up and down in a nod and Shaadi gently took the phone from her.

"Ishizu," he said into the speaker, "can you hear me?"

"I can," the Priestess said, her voice shaking. "I can't feel the Balance. What happened? Tell me now."

"The Bastard attacked," Oliver called towards the phone before Shaadi could reply.

"As Oliver said, the Bastard attacked," Shaadi confirmed. "Kaiba's soul is gone. Only Seth remains."

"No," Ishizu whispered in horror. "But that-"

"You are now the de facto leader of the Triad of the Balance Priestess," Shaadi continued. "And as your Advisor, I highly suggest you let the Dark Triad loose. I would like Carter dead."

"Wait, wait, woah," Oliver exclaimed, climbing off of Kaiba's unconscious body and reaching for the phone. Shaadi expertly avoided the grab but waited for the vigilante to cat h his balance and speak once more. "You can't just order someone's death."

"I have done no such thing," Shaadi said calmly. "I have suggested it, not ordered it."

"You haven't," Ishizu's voice echoed over the phone's speaker. Her voice was cold with restrained fury. "I am."

"We are not the mafia," Oliver said loudly. "You can't just call a hit on someone."

"We can if they have all but murdered our leader," Mai said, her eyes cold despite the tears still streaming from them. "Leave some behind for me, Priestess," she called to her phone. "I want to rip his face off."

Shaadi nodded and Ishizu said, "I will try. But with my brother and Bakura involved, I cannot guarantee anything."

"That's fine by me," Mai snarled viciously.

"Wait, listen to me!" Oliver said. "Do not stoop to their level. Don't become what they are."

"Oliver," Ishizu said. "What happens when someone assassinates the President of the United States?"

"He's hunted down, arrested, jailed, and sentence in due process of the law," Oliver said sternly.

"And that is exactly what we are doing," the Priestess said. "I am the acting head of the Triad of the Balance. That makes me the equivalent of the Vice President. Someone has all but murdered by Regent. We will hunt down those responsible, capture them, and submit them to a Judgement Game. The Penalty of which will be death."

"But is death necessary?" Oliver asked. He agreed, whoever was behind this should pay dearly, but the idea of senselessly killing someone else for it rubbed him the wrong way. He sighed internally as he thought of how much being a part of the Justice League had changed him.

"Oliver," Ishizu said. "Look at Mokuba."

Oliver blinked and turned to look over his shoulder. Even knowing what he would see, the sight still tugged at his heartstrings. Mokuba kneeling and cradling his big brother's head in his arms. His body was hunched over Kaiba's head which he held close to his chest. Long, tangle black hair hung over his face as he cried over the body of the last blood relative he had. Oliver swallowed.

Footsteps pounded down the hall and he whirled around in surprise anticipating another attack. But the two people who emerged were wounded and haggard. It took him a moment before he recognized the Isono cousins without their trademark sunglasses. Fuguta was holding up Roland who was strongly favoring his right leg. Both had lesions covering their face and their clothes were torn. Clearly, they had experienced something prior to these events.

"Kaiba-sama!" Roland cried, freeing himself from Fuguta's grasp and hobbling precariously over to where Mokuba sat weeping. He carefully took Kaiba pulse before pulling Mokuba to him and rocking him gently as tear sparkling in his own gray eyes. Fuguta walked over more slowly and placed a hand on Roland's shoulder as wetness lined his own eyes as well.

"Oliver," Ishizu said. "You are a vigilante but you are also a member of the Justice League. But most importantly, as Kaiba would say, you are yourself first. But keep in mind, we are a Court and we will enforce our laws. Carter has committed the crime of attempted murder at the very least. The penalty for attempted murder is death. Even if we felt compelled to offer mercy, the most I could conceivably give is a quick death. But I doubt my brother would agree."

Oliver thought back to his first meeting with Marik Ishtar and winced. He would not be surprised if Marik showed no mercy at all. He closed his eyes and sighed in resignation. When he opened his eyes again, he noticed something they had all missed before. It had been dropped and fluttered to the ground near the bedroom wall. For some reason, he felt like that small piece of paper was important.

Curious, he stood and walked over to the wall and picked up the card. It took him a moment to recognize the card for what it was because the Monster, name, level stars, details, and attack and defense point information was all completely blank. He remembered what the Bastard had done to Jounouchi's Red Eyes Black Dragon and felt his stomach drop.

"Ishizu," he said, holding the phone up to his mouth. "How many Blue Eyes White Dragon cards does Kaiba have again?"

"Three," the Priestess replied. "Why?" she added hesitantly.

"Because I think he may have none now," he said.

He glanced back over his shoulder to see Shaadi watching him closely. The Advisor's orange eyes widened when he heard the vigilante's words and he immediately began frantically searching Kaiba's body for the Regent's Deck. It only took a moment for Shaadi to spot the Deck, clutched tightly in Kaiba's hand. He pried it out and quickly began shuffling through it, heedless of the effect his touching another Shadow user's Deck might have on the unconscious Regent.

"Oliver?" Ishizu's voice called, tense. "What do you mean by that?"

Oliver did not answer right away, too busy watching Shaadi intently, hoping the result would not be what he suspected. After a moment, Shaadi looked up in confusion, shaking his head.

"One of the Blue Eyes White Dragon cards is missing," he said.

"What?!" Mai gasped.

"Blue Eyes?" Mokuba said, lifting his tear stained face. "What about Blue Eyes?"

Oliver scrambled back over to the Advisor holding out the now blank card. "This card," he said forcefully, "what was it? Do you know?"

"Oh my god," Mai whispered, staring at the blank card. "That's a Blue Eyes' card."

Oliver handed Mai the phone before taking Kaiba's Deck from Shaadi and shuffling through it. He found the other two Blue Eyes cards. But strangely only one other was blank. The third was still intact.

"I thought..." he murmured. "Ishizu," he said abruptly. "When the Bastard stole Jounouchi's Red Eyes Black Dragon, you said it was gone of the copies of it, right?"

"Yes," Ishizu said.

"Two of Kaiba's Blue Eyes cards are blank," Oliver said, holding the two blank cards in one hand, "but the third still has a Blue Eyes on it," he said, turning his gaze to the intact card in his other hand.

"That..." The Priestess's words trailed away as she processed this new information. "That does not... How?"

"Give them to me," Mokuba demanded.

Oliver turned to the younger Kaiba and obediently handed the boy his big brother's Deck and three Blue Eyes White Dragon cards. Mokuba took them gingerly, gazing at the two blanks cards in fear before replacing them in Kaiba's Deck. He pressed a hidden catch and the Duel Monsters card pendant on his necklace which matched his big brother's identical pendant and tucked the one intact Blue Eyes card inside. So the pendants were lockets.

"Ishizu," Mokuba said, clutching his big brother's still unconscious body close.

"I'm here Mokuba," the Priestess said gently.

"Tell Bakura and the others to wait for me," he said, eyes hard and filled with a furnace of emotion. "I want to be the one to cast the Penalty Game."

"Of course," Ishizu said. "I assume Shaadi will teleport you here."

"I will," Shaadi said.

"What about the Lights?" Mai said, wiping her eyes. "Jounouchi and Honda are here in Japan. They should be able to join in. And what about the Yugi and Yami?"

"I would be stunned if they did not notice the sudden lack of Kaiba's Balance," Shaadi said calmly. "Nevertheless, I will attempt to contact them in the Regent's absence."

"Are you sure astral projection is possible between realities?" Ishizu asked.

"Wait, you can do astral projection?" Oliver gasped.

Shaadi nodded the vigilante. "I normally require the Millennium Ankh to do so and have only projected to locations in this reality. However, I am willing to try projecting elsewhere now." He stood, dusting himself off. "I believe it to be possible," he said to Ishizu. "It is worth a try at the very least."

"I agree. Let me know how you do, but Shaadi," she added, "do not take long." Her voice regained its cold edge. "We have work to do."

"Understood," Shaadi replied. "Mokuba," he said, turning to the Keeper, "I will not be long. Will you give me the chance to contact the King and the Pharaoh before we leave?"

Mokuba nodded, seriously. "Don't take too long," he said.

"Yeah, about that," Oliver interjected. He sighed, resigned to what he was about to do. "Let me get the Watchtower to teleport us to Egypt. Hawkgirl is there which means the Watchtower has their coordinates. It would be easier to do that have Shaadi take all of us by himself."

"You are coming as well, then?" the Advisor asked.

"Someone has to keep this train wreck of a group together," Oliver said. "Besides, Kaiba was my friend as well."

Shaadi closed his eyes and drew his Shadows to him, gathering around his form so they had a memory of his appearance imprinted on them. Then he attempted to push through the barrier between worlds. He was met by resistance and pushed hardly until he felt a headache begin to pulse behind his brow. He sighed in defeat.

"It would appear, inter-reality projection is currently beyond my capabilities," he said regretfully.

"Don't worry," Mokuba said, reaching out to the drained Advisor. "You tried. That's what matters."

"I just realized," Mai said suddenly, eyes huge. "How is Obelisk taking this?"

"Ra-Horakhty," Shaadi breathed in realization, "have mercy. We must go to Egypt as quickly as possible."

"I agree," came a voice that startled the group.

All eyes dropped to Kaiba's body and were stunned to see the Regent's glacial blue eyes open and gleaming. Seth was awake.

"I would have a word with this...Carter Hall," he hissed. He attempted to push himself up, reluctantly relying on Mokuba's, Roland's, and Fuguta's help to do so. "I will regain my ka if I have to destroy everyone in that godforsaken camp to do so."

Mokuba blinked and loosened his grip on Seth in his brother's body, then nodded grimly. "I'll help," he said, earning him an approving gaze from Seth. "He's my nii-sama." His lips twitched upwards in a smile that seemed more suitable to Kaiba's face than Mokuba's and said coldly, "Ra-Horakhty wants a few words with those idiots as well."

Seth paled visibly, eyeing Mokuba cautiously before nodding. "I believe Obelisk has claimed them first."

"No," Mokuba said. "I claim first dibs, then you, then Obelisk, then Ra-Horakhty."

"I can go with that line up," Mai chimed in. "On the understanding there's something left for me to tear."

Oliver shook his head and pressed the button for the communicator. "Arrow to Watchtower," he said.

"Flash here," the speedster said in an exhausted voice that was clearly stifling a yawn. "Why're you up so late? Early? Late? Whatever. Why're you up?"

"Kaiba's soul has been stolen," Oliver said, getting straight to the point.

"The fu-!"

"Listen, I'll call you back in five minutes and when I do, I want you the teleport myself and our group directly to the dig," the vigilante said, standing. "I'm getting my weapons."

"Weapons?" Flash echoed. "Dude, do I need to call in Superman or somethin'?"

"Hopefully not," Oliver said, hurrying to his room to pull on his vigilante gear. "Green Lantern's welcome to come though and Hawkgirl's already there."

"Yeah, she's there."

"Good," Oliver said. "Wonder Woman might be needed for this," he added.

"She's resting in her room up here right now," Flash said.

"She is? I thought she was still in Themiscyra."

"She's reporting back here," Flash explained. "I can wake her."

"Do that. Oh, and see if you can find a way to get hold back the press," Oliver warned. "I get the feeling this isn't going to end pretty."

He walked back into Kaiba's room and was pleasantly surprised to see Seth standing precariously in Kaiba's body, one arm slung over Roland's shoulder and his other hand resting on Mokuba's shoulder for support. Shaadi, Mai, and Fuguta were standing around him protectively.

"Alright Flash," the vigilante said. "Ready when you are."

"Seven to beam to Egypt," Flash said. "In three, two, one."

There was a flash of white, then the group was gone.

"Yami!"

:I know, aibou,: the Pharaoh said in his mind. :I felt it too.:

"Do you think Carter succeeded?" Yugi asked, turning to his newly materialized ka next to him.

"Let us hope not," J'onn said, rising from his place by the window.

"J'onn," Yami said, nodding in greeting. "I'm sorry we woke you."

"It is no problem," the Martian replied, gazing calmly at the doors as if anticipating something.

Footsteps suddenly pounded down the hall towards their room and Yami took up a defensive position in front of Yugi moments before the doors were flung open and flamboyantly revealing none other than Maximillion Pegasus.

"What the devil was that?" Pegasus exclaimed, throwing up his arms dramatically. "Tell me, Yugi-boy. What did you do?"

"We did nothing," Yugi said quickly. "But I think that was the problem," he added sadly.

"Kaiba's soul has been taken," Yami said, easing his posture to a less battle ready one. "We did not act fast enough."

"What?" J'onn gasped.

Pegasus hummed. "Well, lucky for you, I have a few copies of some of my new cards from my vaults I can give you. It will take time to make the others. However," he said, pulling out a single card from his pocket. "I do have another card for you. I only had the chance to make one copy of this card so far and I will very likely only make two more maximum. I expect them to go directly to Kaiba," he said sternly. "This particular Monster is rather temperamental."

Yugi took the offered card and flipped it over to gaze at the art on the other side and his breath fled him. Gazing gently from the card art was a lovely young woman with soft, tan skin and long silver-blue hair. An unseen wind blew the woman's hair behind her revealing four long, slim braids, two on either side of her face. A simple leather band encircled her head matching her long brown dress. Elegant designs made of silver and mother of pearly clamped around the woman's waist and hips emphasizing her slim build and giving her a mystical feel. Armlets made of the same silver and mother of pearl materials adorned both arms above her wrists. But her most distinguishing feature, were her two soulful blue eyes.

"This is Kisara?" J'onn murmured, studying the card over Yugi's shoulder.

Yugi could not answer aloud, too busy taking in the beautifully detailed Monster in his hand. He managed a distracted nod as he lifted his eyes to the Monster's name. Her name was fitting: Maiden With Eyes of Blue. She was a level one Light Monster. Interestingly enough, she had zero attack and defense points. She was also a Spellcaster and Tuner Monster.

"Tuner?" Yugi asked. "What's a Tuner Monster?"

"It's a new group of Monsters which I will not release for at least another decade or so," Pegasus said. "I'm still working out the finer details of them. I'll let you know when I figure it all out."

Yugi nodded distracted by the card still in his hand. He read the card's instructions and smiled when he understood why only Kaiba could ever wield this card. It could be used to Special Summon a Blue Eyes White Dragon directly from the players hand, Deck, or even the Graveyard. Kisara must have influenced Pegasus as he created this.

"You have our word," Yami said, placing a hand over his heart. "Only Kaiba will ever use this card unless he dictates otherwise or she summons herself."

"Good," Pegasus said, flipping his hair over his shoulders. "Well, now that you have what you came for and Kaiba-boy needs you, I suggest you scurry off to help your friends. You may be from a different reality but I doubt that core value of yours is any different from my Yugi-boy."

Yugi grinned. "Not in the slightest."

"We should go," Yami said. "The lack of Balance is...disturbing. Ishizu is nowhere near as strong as Kaiba."

"What does Ishizu have to do with this?" J'onn asked curiously.

"She's the de facto leader of the Triad of the Balance in Kaiba's absence," Yugi replied. "Jounouchi is my de facto leader."

"And Marik is mine," Yami said. "Which brings to mind," he said, glancing wryly at his partner. "We should probably get back before Marik and Bakura rip Carter to shreds."

Yugi turned slightly green and nodded.

"Bakura," Pegasus murmured. "Ah, he must be the personality that stole the Millennium Eye from me. I assume he is in the same situation as you two?"

Yugi shook his head. "No," he said. "It is similar, but different. We'll explain later."

"Yes," J'onn said. "I believe we are pressed for time."

Pegasus humphed. "Well don't let me keep you. Shoo! Shoo!" he said, waving his hands in a dismissive gesture.

Yugi turned and took hold of J'onn's hand. "J'onn," Yugi said. "When we get back, could you help us get to Egypt?"

The Martian tilted his head mildly. "Why?"

"Because I need to at least attempt to restrain my triad from causing too much destruction," Yami said. "Marik is not necessarily known for his subtlety when it comes to revenge. Bakura has the patience needed to carefully plan something like this out as does Ryou but Marik would sooner lash out in the open than from the shadows like Bakura."

"I understand," J'onn said, nodding slightly. "It would be a problem if Carter died."

"Oh, I have no problem with that," the Pharaoh said. "In fact, I will see to it he does."

"Yami," Yugi chided gently, his face drawn down in disappointment.

"I may not have much say in this," the Pharaoh said. "Ishizu is in charge and she would sooner murder Carter with her own knife then let him live after what he's done."

Yugi winced but reluctantly nodded his head.

"You truly are different," Pegasus said softly.

Yugi turned back to the creator of Duel Monsters, a sad smile on his face. "Even if we do nothing, the Shadows will probably kill Carter on their own. If we are there, we can try to offer mercy. If we are not there, then..." He sighed. "There has to be another way," Yugi insisted, turning the full force of his gentle violet gaze on his ka's crimson.

The Pharaoh held the gaze for several moments before nodding and fading from existence, merging back with Yugi. The young King then gripped J'onn's hands tightly with his own, the new cards including the Maiden with Eyes of Blue carefully tucked in his pocket, and called on Ra's golden power.

He felt the Egyptian god's burning glory flood his veins to the brim, heat coursing through him. Only then did he reach out and picture home. The heat burned him then vanished and he opened his eyes. They were in the same hotel room they had been in moments earlier with Pegasus. This hotel room, however, was blessedly empty. It was also still dark outside.

Before Yugi could release J'onn's hands and move to the hotel room doors, the Martian made them invisible and pulled them through the hotel walls to the cool night air outside. He flew them up to the rooftop, solidified and became visible again. Then he touched his communicator and said into the device, "J'onn to Watchtower."

"Man, everyone's awake," came Flash's drowsy voice. "I take it since you're calling, you and the Yugis must be back."

"We are," J'onn said. "We require a teleport to Egypt."

"That...yeah, I bet it has something to do with Kaiba," Flash said. "I got a call from Arrow a few minutes ago asking the same thing. I teleported them to Egypt about five, ten minutes ago."

"Kaiba!" Yugi cried towards the communicator speaker. "Was Kaiba alright? And what about Mokuba?"

"Dude, I'm sorry man," Flash said. "But Kaiba's gone. According to Arrow, Seth's still there but he's barely functioning. It's like he's in a daze or something."

"It is because he is unused to controlling a physical body," the Pharaoh said, materializing next to Yugi and placing a reassuring hand in his partner's shoulder. "It is like straining a muscle you have not used in months or, in his case, years. It is difficult and requires much concentration."

"But what about Mokuba?" Yugi pressed.

"He's...not handling it well," Flash admitted reluctantly. "I'm actually seriously worried about him. He sounded mad."

"I bet," Yami muttered.

"Seth sounded furious if you could hear around the exhaustion," Flash added. "I'm actually wondering if I need to call in Superman or Batman to take make sure nothing too serious happens."

"What about Green Lantern?" J'onn asked.

"He's with them, so it Hawkgirl and Wonder Woman is planning on showing up, too," Flash said. "It's a regular party."

"Listen, Flash," Yugi said urgently. "I have something Seth and Kaiba need. It could help them reunite without killing Carter."

"Woah, woah, woah!" the superhero exclaimed. "Killing? We don't do killing, kid."

"You may not," Yami said seriously, "but we do. Every one of us has directly or indirectly caused the death of someone. Marik and Bakura thrived on murder in the past. And they are both currently in Egypt with the person who inadvertently stole their Regent's soul, with a vindictive Priestess, a boy who will do anything to get his big brother back, and half of a soul who's current sole purpose is to reunite with his other half no matter the cost."

"...shit," Flash muttered.

"Indeed," J'onn agreed.

"Let me put in the coordinates and I'll get you there as fast as I can," Flash said. There was few moments of silence. Then the communicator came back to life. "Got it. Ready?"

"Yes."

"'Kay. Energize."

The group vanished from the rooftop of a hotel in Domino City, Japan, and reappeared on the edge of a camp in the Egyptian desert. The screams were all they needed to know which direction to run.