Chapter Four: An Army of Dudes
The burly man and Melody were standing on the roof of an old farmhouse. The wood was all grey and rotted, so much so that it was a surprise they hadn't crashed down into the place, and one of the doors to the barn had slightly fallen off its hinges.
The man held out one of his hands in front of him. The hand glowed with red magical light for a second. A megaphone appeared in it.
He held the megaphone out to the siren. "See this, little siren?" he said in a sickly sweet voice. "This is a 'magical' device which enhances one's voice, so it can carry out over a long, long distance!" He shoved it into her hands. "Now guess what I want you to do with it."
Melody looked down at the device. "Sing into it?" she murmured.
"Exactly!" he said. His face changed to a nasty glare. "Now get to it."
Melody sighed sadly. She clicked a button on the handle of the megaphone and started to sing out her siren song in a very soft voice.
"Louder!" he yelled at her.
She winced and let her song ring out long and clear.
The heroes had been running down the street after Spencer when suddenly they heard the sound of the siren song flowing out over the city.
"Uh, someone please tell me dat's not what I tink it is," Joey said.
At that moment, various guys of all ages and sizes started walking down the street and out of the stores, all moving in the direction of the song. Their arms were stretched out in front of them, their eyes all had the same glazed over look, and their mouths were hanging open. Some women peered out of the stores' doors and stared at the guys' bizarre behavior.
"I hope it's what you think it is, or else some really nasty zombie virus has infected all of the guys in this city," Spencer said, staring around at the dumbfounded men.
"This is terrible! We can't just let that creep take over the town like this!" Téa cried out. She paused. She put a hand to her throat. "Wait-where'd my siren song go?"
"It's still gotta be there," Spencer replied. "Maybe it just took a little longer to get under control since the power was given to you by a younger, less powerful siren."
"Well, that's good," Téa laughed. "At least I won't have crowds of men following me around anymore."
Yugi's Millennium Puzzle glowed and the Pharaoh took over again. "While this song will create a bit of trouble for us, I know," he commented, looking around at the guys, "it should at least make it a bit easier to find the siren and her captor,"
"Yep, just follow the drooling, completely brainwashed army of dudes," Joey agreed.
"Excuse me!" Kaiba suddenly yelled out. "Am I the only sane person here who doesn't find chasing down sirens and brainwashed people a normal thing to do?!"
Everyone stared at him. Finally, Spencer replied, "You don't think it's normal? My gods, Kaiba, you must be crazy."
He cracked up and Kaiba rolled his eyes as they and the others started following the siren-hypnotized men.