"What's happening?!" cried Joey.
"Something... really bad," answered Tristan. "Something -"
"Tea!" exclaimed Yugi. "I can feel it – she's losing. Badly!"
"Grrrrr... I should put that creep in his place!" growled Joey with a clenched fist.
"La Jinn, attack her face-down monster!" hollered Yami Bakura.
"You attack my Kiseitai," Tea said weakly. "Its effect equips it to your attacking monster, giving me life points equal to half the attack of La Jinn during... your standby phases."
Bakura broke into a hearty laugh. "You're no fun at all!" he cried. "It looks, little Tea, as though I'll just have to dispose of you."
Tea's eyes clouded over. There was no hope left. She could at least go with honor.
"Dark Elf has the highest attack power. Dark Elf -"
But before Dark Elf could even attack, Tea collapsed. My friends, she thought, I'm sorry.
"Well, ha ha ha!" shrieked Yami Bakura. "I did not have need to strike the final blow! She is gone and lost now in the shadow realm, and that's all!"
Tristan, Joey, and Yugi all choked at the same time.
"No..." whispered Yugi.
"Look!" Tristan yelled.
The darkness slowly, purposefully, crept down from around the duelists. And there, lying injured on the ground, was... Tea.
"Tea!" Yugi and Joey cried.
"No, Tea lost!" exclaimed Tristan, shocked. "Isn't there anything we can do?"
"There's nothing you can do!" laughed Bakura, stepped away from Tea.
"You... you monster!" raged Joey. "Why don't you pick on a duelist your own size?"
"Very well, then," replied Bakura. "She posed no challenge. Maybe you will."
"Joey..."
"Good luck, man," said Tristan.
"We will duel," said Bakura, "And I will annihilate you. Ha ha hhha haha hah!"
