Domino City - Japan

Ryou was sad to say his grade average at University had slipped due to the constant training for recovering the Millennium Items. Yugi would give him encouraging smiles, which he would return. He felt guilty for keeping Yugi out of the loop. But it was for Yugi's own good, he didn't want Yugi to get into trouble if something had gone wrong. And this had a lot of potential for going wrong. He was going to be breaking into a United States Government facility. He'd done several trail runs of breaking into Kaiba Corporation. The first run had been an absolute disaster. Kaiba had wanted the trial run to see what they needed to work on. They had a lot to work on. The second trial he didn't get caught, but Kaiba still wasn't happy, same with the third and the fourth. By the fifth Kaiba was satisfied, but didn't know if his success had been a fluke or not so he'd arranged for him to do a few more runs. Kaiba increased security each time he completed a break in of his business, so each time was completely different. It wasn't always the main Kaiba Corporation branch he had to break into. He had Ryou going through the theme park and several other locations that Kaiba owned.

He'd been practising multiple languages with Ishizu. He already knew Japanese and English fluently, but she said it didn't hurt to know more. As a part of his archaeology course, he'd already been studying linguistics, so it was just an extension of his education. That area he'd improved on. He spent a lot of time working on his agility, stamina, computer skills and anything else Kaiba or Ishizu thought he needed to succeed.

Once both had agreed Ryou was ready to go, they waited for University holidays. He booked a trip to America. He had a full itinerary for three week. He was going to look the part of a tourist. Nothing he had on him would even suggest that he was going to attempt to break into Area-51. He'd mentioned to his peers at the university about how much he was looking forward to his trip and the time to unwind before the next full semester. To Yugi, he mentioned that he just wanted to be closer to the ring.

"I wish I could come with you," Yugi replied. "I want to be closer to Atem as well. I'll be visiting Joey, Tristan and Tea during my break. Have a safe trip."

"I'll try." Ryou smiled. Yugi and his father were the only two to see him off. Kaiba would raise too much suspicion. Ishizu probably could've got away with seeing him off, but they were staying on the safe side. He'd been surprised that his father had shown up. He still had a rather rocky relationship with his father after years of being host to the Millennium Ring. He boarded his flight, trying not to think about what could go wrong. Trying not to look too nervous. Attempting to be an excited tourist.

Nevada - USA

He had nothing planned the first day. He needed to get over jet lag so once he was at his hotel he tried to relax and enjoy the view. Ryou didn't want to do anything that would tip the Government off to his true intentions. If everything went wrong, he could end up in prison for the rest of his life, or even potentially put to death. The risk of what he was going to attempt was high, but the risk of not doing anything was greater. The Millennium Items had the power to cover the world in darkness if they ended up in the wrong hands. His own hands were possibly the wrong hands. He was hoped that Zork was really gone and that the Thief King spirit would be a changed person, changed for the better.

The next few days passed in a blur as he played tourist, trying to act interested and not nervous for what he was about to do. He could still pull out. No one would be the wiser that he planned to break into Area-51. He was so tempted to pull out when he felt it again. The Shadows singing about the blood they had received. His Yami had killed again. It wasn't the first time he'd felt the Shadows blood lust in the months since the ring and the other items had been stolen. He prayed that it would be the last. He had to stop the ring from killing those who tried to use it. It was his responsibility to bear.

YGO

The actual day he would break into Area-51 came upon him quickly. He left his hotel room like any other day. Instead of following the tourist path he headed towards the place the Millennium Items were being kept. He could feel them.

He lay in wait, observing. Looking for blind spots with the cameras. Counting how long each guard took to complete their round. Being so close to the items, he found the Shadows calling him. He called back and found himself surrounded him in shadows. He took a deep breath. It was now or never.

Ryou scaled the fence, darted to the building and through the nearby doorway. This was too easy, that should have tripped the alarm, and yet it did nothing. He stuck to the shadows. The Shadow Magic making him harder to see, but he wouldn't be invisible if someone looked directly at him. He attempted to keep his heart steady as he walked through the building. He didn't know how Kaiba managed to get blueprints of the building, but they were accurate. He wished that he had time to look at what was stored here. It was a geek's dream to see the place rumoured to house aliens and alien artefacts. He searched out for the items again. He could sense the items, but couldn't sense the distinct aurora that made up his item. The Millennium Ring. He continued walking through the building and finally found the crate that had to contain the items.

The container lid came off easily. He suspected the Shadows had helped him, sensing his intentions. He dropped it to the floor quietly. One, two, three, four, fix, six ... seven was missing. His ring was not with the other items. His heart fell. How was he to get out if he didn't have his item? With a sigh, He picked up the puzzle. Hopefully, the Pharaoh would be able to help.

"Yami, can you hear me?" He asked in quietly, he did not want to alert anyone else.

"Bakura?" He heard in his head. The ancient pharaoh was weary of him. He could feel the spirit looking for signs of his Yami.

"He's not here. I don't know where he is; I thought he was going to be here with you." He said as quietly as possible "Can you help me get the items out?"

"I can't help you the way you need. The only one I can help is Yugi." The ancient spirit appeared next to him. He wasn't looking at the image of Yami Yugi he'd grown used to. He saw the image of Pharaoh Atem. He still looked similar to Yugi. The different was the tanned skin. His eyes a different shade. His clothing those of ancient times.

He nodded in understanding. "In that case, we won't be able to take the tablet."

He picked up the tauk and ankh. He was about to hang them around his neck with the puzzle when he was hit with an electrical attack and knocked unconscious.

Stargate Command - USA

George Hammond didn't like days like today. He'd just had a young man delivered to the SGC from Area-51. He'd managed to break into the building and recover some dangerous artefacts that had recently been moved to the not so secret warehouse. The airman who'd detained him was in the conference room waiting for a debriefing.

"General," the airman greeted him.

"You're the one who detained him," Hammond greeted him. It was a statement, not a question.

"Yes, sir," the soldier replied.

They took a seat with everyone who was to be involved. He'd included SG-1 since he wanted Dr Jackson's opinion on the artefacts the young man had attempted to steal and Dr Fraser, who'd attended to the young man on arrival.

The General looked at the airman, indicating for him to start talking.

The airman began, "I don't know who he is sir, but he was good. I didn't even notice him at first. Then when I did, I lost track of him several times. I had to keep looking at him directly so I didn't lose track of him. The boy, he just blended in with the background. Like he had some cloaking device that didn't work correctly. He did not notice me tracking him. It was obvious he was after something specific. I tracked him to what he was after, he didn't even have to look General, he went directly to the box with those artefacts that were recently delivered from Egypt, the ones you suspect of being goa'uld artefacts. I thought he was after something else at first since he just stood there staring at the items. He picked up the pyramid and started talking. He has to have some type of cloaking technology, because how he kept disappearing isn't natural."

"What did he say?" Hammond asked.

"I don't know sir, it was in another language. After he had finished he picked up two more items, that's when I hit him with the zat gun." The airman replied.

Hammond dismissed the airman. "I have security footage from the young man's break in. He pressed play."

"I don't see anything." Jack pointed out.

They could see all see that the airman was now tracking something, but what that something was they couldn't tell. The box was then opened up. Nothing for a few moments before the pyramid artefact disappeared. It was another few moments before two more artefacts disappeared, then the airman used his zat gun revealing the young person dressed in all black. Gender was hard to tell from the video.

"Dr Jackson, Captain Carter, interview our guest when he wakes." General Hammond ordered. "Workout what technology he used to cloak himself. Find out who he is, where he comes from, how he knew about those items."

Daniel and Sam nodded.

"The artefacts are in your office, Dr Jackson. Find out what they are after the interview." Hammond told the team.

"Anything you want from T and I?" Jack asked.

"Not at this stage, stand by and assist Captain Carter and Dr Jackson." Hammond then dismissed his top team.