Chapter One: The Sirens
Yugi, Joey, Tristan, Téa, Bakura, and Kaiba were gathering up their things. School had just ended for them, and luckily, since they weren't on cleaning duty, they were free to go home.
Joey stretched and let out a loud, fake yawn. "Okay, I'm beat," he said. "Tank god tomorrow's de weekend or else I'd just pass out right in de middle of class."
"Why would that matter?" Kaiba asked. "You wouldn't be able to understand what was happening even if you were awake."
Joey glared at him. "Did I ask for your commentary?!" he yelled.
Kaiba just grinned, happy to have annoyed 'the mutt' again.
"Well, if nobody has any plans," Yugi said as he pulled the class door open and everyone walked out into the hallway, "maybe we could all just go to a movie or something."
"How about de arcade?" Joey said. "Betcha I can beat de high score on dat new game dey've got."
"Let me play it first," Tristan replied. "My high score could beat the old high score and your high score."
"Hah! In your dreams, ma-"
Suddenly, a glowing white portal appeared in front of everyone, stopping them in their tracks. From out of the portal stepped a young man who looked like the Pharaoh save for his orange-tan skin wearing a black sleeveless shirt, blue pants with blue boots at the bottom, a short blue cape, and silver-studded belts around his neck and waist.
"Hola, amigos míos," he said.
"Spencer!" the teens cried with delight.
Except for Kaiba, who folded his arms and said, "What insanity are you bringing us into this time?"
Spencer glared at him. "Nice to see you too, Kaiba," he said sarcastically. "Now then, let's get right to the 'insane' problem." He turned around and reached inside of the portal. A woman stepped out of it, with her hand held in his. She had a strange, ethereal beauty to her with her dark eyes and teal hair, and she wore a teal haori over a white gown. "This, you guys, is Eika. Eika, the defenders of this dimension."
Eika bowed down. "It's nice to meet all of you," she smiled.
"Eika's daughter, Melody, recently vanished from when she went out into the woods surrounding their village. Based on our custom-portal trackers, we have reason to believe that she was kidnapped and taken into your world."
"Oh, that's terrible," Téa said.
"Do you know why someone would want to take your daughter?" Yugi asked Eika.
Eika nodded. "They must want to use her power…" She tapped a finger against her chin. "Perhaps they want to build up some sort of army…or maybe it's a woman who wants a few worshipers…why else would someone want to attract so many men…"
The others looked baffled. "Uh…Miss Eika, what exactly is your daughter's power?" Yugi asked, sounding very confused.
Spencer started laughing. "Oh, geez…I'm sorry, but the looks on your faces are precious…" He finally took a deep breath and explained: "Melody and Eika are sirens."
Now the six defenders stared. "Sirens?" Kaiba repeated with disbelief.
Spencer rolled his eyes. "Yes, Kaiba, sirens. The purely female creatures that have the power through their singing to hypnotize men to come to them and do their bidding. We have an entire village of them living in my world."
"Um…Spencer?" Yugi asked. "Aren't sirens supposed to be…"
"Evil?" Eika finished.
Yugi blushed.
She smiled. "It's okay, we're well aware of our notorious reputation for luring men to their deaths. But I can assure you, my fellow villagers and I have absolutely no interest in destroying anyone. We've changed our ways; now we use our powers to assist the police of Kingrah with catching their male criminals."
Spencer nodded in affirmation. "The last injury caused by a siren occurred thousands of years ago. And that was only because her singing on the rocks by the sea carried over to those sailors."
"So…do you have any idea where exactly whoever kidnapped your daughter took her?" Tristan asked.
"We will in a moment," Spencer replied. He shut his eyes and floated a little bit off of the floor. His outline started to glow with a golden light.
"I should go," Eika said. "I would probably interfere with your sensing." She looked back at the defenders. "You will help the king find my daughter, won't you?"
Yugi's Millennium Puzzle glowed with a golden light, and the Pharaoh took over for him. "We'll do whatever we can, Miss Eika," he replied.
"Thank you so much." She bowed down again, then turned and stepped back into the portal. Once she had gone through, it suddenly vanished.
Spencer opened his eyes. "Got her!" he cried out, dropping back down to the floor. "Follow me, guys!" He turned and started running down the hallway.
"Here we go again," Kaiba muttered as the others dashed after him.
In the Domino park, a bunch of teenage guys were hanging out by a bench. They sported the rebellious emo looks with their black leather, ripped jeans, and spiked dog collars.
Unbeknownst to them, a man was gazing at them from within the woods. He looked pretty tough and burly with spiked brown hair, dark sunglasses, and stubble along his chiseled jaw. He wore a black leather jacket, red T-shirt, black jeans, and black boots.
Now he grinned and looked down. Melody's hand was clenched firmly in his. She was letting out tiny, nearly unnoticeable sobs. "Awright then, missy," he said. "Time to use that singing power of yours."
Melody let out one last whimper, then let the burly guy drag her out of the woods.
"Excuse me," he said to the rebels.
The guys looked back at him and the little girl. "Can we help you?" one of them said with a sneer.
The man looked down at Melody. "You will. Right, little miss siren?"
Melody sighed. She opened her mouth and started to sing.
The song didn't have any particular words to it. It was simply a beautiful, flowing sound like "aah" which continuously changed in its pitch. The teenage guys stared at her as she sang. Slowly, their eyes became clouded over and drooped, and their mouths dropped open.
Once she was done, the man told her, "Tell them to do whatever I say."
Melody looked down at the ground. "Do whatever he says," she murmured, pointing up at the man.
"Yes, mistress," the guys said in droning voices. They and walked over to her and the man and bowed down in front of them.
"Now, then," the man grinned, "this is what I want you to do…"