Chapter Six: Hit
With only seconds to spare, the Pharaoh shoved Téa all the way down onto the ground. The orb soared passed, missing them only by inches, and vanished into the woods.
"NO!" Resheph yelled in horror. He tried to dash towards the two, but suddenly a staff like the Dark Magician's slammed down onto his head. Knocked out, Resheph fell flat onto the ground, and the bottle rolled out of his hands.
Spencer smiled sweetly down at him, the staff clutched in his hands. "Staffs can be used for more than just firing magic, Rishi," he said.
The Pharaoh slowly sat up. He gently took Téa's shoulders and helped her sit up as well. "Are you all right?" he asked.
Téa didn't reply for one moment; then, suddenly, she embraced the Pharaoh. "Thank you…" she sobbed out. "I was so scared…"
The Pharaoh was shocked for a moment; then, he gently patted her on the back. "It's okay, Téa."
Meanwhile, while Susiros had been distracted by her boyfriend's attempt to zap someone with the potion-enhanced magic, Joey and Tristan had been able to blast her down onto the ground. Angrily, she got up and yanked a silver box out of her cloak. With one hand, she grabbed Styx, Nox, and Resheph with beams of magic that she fired out at them; with the other, she fired a spark into the box and created a portal leading to the throne room of Resheph's castle. "We'll remember this, you brats!" she yelled, and she jumped into the portal, with the other three trailing behind her on their beams. As soon as the last one of them was through, the portal and its box vanished.
Kaiba and his little brother were still trying to dash through the trees of the park. Kaiba wanted to get away from the freaks as soon as possible, and Mokuba simply wanted to remain with his brother.
Suddenly, with a cry of shock, Mokuba stumbled on a tree root and fell onto the ground.
Upon hearing Mokuba's yell, Kaiba stopped and turned around to see his brother lying on the ground. He ran back and tried to help Mokuba get to his feet when he caught a glimpse of something with a black and violet glow soaring through the trees.
Kaiba realized with a jolt that the object was heading right towards them. Almost lightning-fast, he jumped in front of his brother and shielded him with his body. He felt the glowing object slam into his back.
The moment that the object was absorbed into him felt extremely long and strange. All at once, Kaiba could feel a sharp pain in his back and a strange, powerful warmth flowing throughout the rest of his body…
"Seto!" Mokuba cried out as the glow from behind his brother faded.
"I'm fine, Mokuba," Kaiba replied, helping his brother back to his feet. "Now let's go!"
The two of them dashed through the rest of the park and down the couple of blocks all the way back to the limo, where Kaiba quickly opened the door and let Mokuba inside. When he climbed in himself, he yelled out "To the house!" before slamming the door shut.
The limo's tires screeched as it did a U-turn and sped down the street.
Back in the park, Spencer slowly helped Bakura to his feet. "You okay now?" he asked.
"Yes…I had no idea that anyone could be so powerful…" Bakura said.
Spencer laughed. "There's more where that came from, bro," he replied. He then turned towards the Pharaoh and Téa, the former helping the latter to her feet. Joey and Tristan landed beside the two of them.
"Is your ankle okay, Téa?" Spencer asked.
"Yes, it's fine now, thank you," Téa replied, smiling.
Spencer nodded. "Well, amigos míos," he said, "Resheph, Susiros, and the black-clad henchmen have gone back to their own world, so…I'd better go back, too. But first…"
Spencer picked up the bottle and gazed into it. A tiny bit of the potion remained. "Let's find out what exactly this is, shall we?"
He dipped one finger into the bottle and delicately touched the potion remnant, attempting to sense its power. He gave a small shudder. "Geez, we should consider ourselves lucky," he said. "If someone takes a swig of this thing and then fires magic out at someone, the latter will be stripped of their powers and..." He paused.
"And what?" Joey asked.
"Wellll…magically is basically part of a person's heart and soul. If you take it away from someone…the someone would go down as well."
The others gave a small gasp. "Oh, man, thank god we weren't surprised into getting hit by that!" Tristan said.
"Sí, but we should be even more grateful that it's nighttime and no one else is around."
"Why's dat?" Joey asked. "Everyone else in our world doesn't have powers, so dat orb wouldn't really affect dem, right?"
"Um, not exactly," Spencer replied. "Spells and potions are tricky items; if they're used for something which is the opposite of what they're meant for, then it's the opposite which shall happen to the something."
The others looked confused. "Huh?" Joey said out loud.
"Okay, say, for instance, that some thief decides that in order to steal from a shop, he's going to use a spell to turn off all of the alarms and motion sensors and unlock all of the doors. However, if that spell comes into contact with an alarm that isn't already on, then the spell is actually going to result in turning that alarm on."
"So if some spell dat's supposed ta take away magical powers hits someone widdout dem…" Joey began.
"…then they would actually gain magical abilities," the Pharaoh finished.
"Yeah, you can see why that would be bad." Spencer said.
"But hey, since dere's no one around at dis time a night, den we won't have to worry about dat, right?" Joey asked.
"Probably not," Spencer said. He snapped his fingers and another custom-made portal box appeared. He placed it onto the ground and fired a gold spark into its opening. A light shot out and formed a portal which led into the streets of Kingrah. "Well, everyone, it's been exciting, but I'd better go home and be ready for Resheph's next attack. Later, guys!"
"Bye, Spencer!" the others called out.
Spencer jumped through the portal and back into his own world. Once he was through, the portal and its box vanished into thin air.
Joey yawned. "Well, I'm beat," he said. "I'm gonna go home and get some sleep." He snapped his fingers and transformed into thousands of green sparks which soared up into the air and out into the distance.
"Yeah, I'm with Joey," Tristan said. He, too, transformed into sparks and soared away, with Bakura not far behind him.
Téa was about to go when she turned and saw the Pharaoh gazing out at the spot where the orb had vanished into the woods. "Aren't you going home too?" she asked him.
"Hmm?" he said, looking up at her. "Oh, yes, I'll be going soon."
"Okay," Téa said. "Goodnight." She transformed into pink sparks and flew away.
Once she was gone, the Pharaoh looked back at the orb's vanishing spot. Yugi's spirit appeared beside him and said, "Is something wrong, Pharaoh?"
"That orb...I don't know why, but for some reason I get the feeling that it didn't simply vanish…I believe it did hit someone…someone who wouldn't exactly be as willing as us to believe in such powers…"
Yugi looked out at where the orb had vanished as well. "Well, I don't know who would be out at this hour, but…let's keep an eye out anyway for anything suspicious that happens…"
"Don't suspicious things already happen to us?" the Pharaoh laughed.
Yugi smiled. "Right. So let's keep an eye out for anything normal instead."
The Millennium Puzzle glowed and Yugi retook control of their body. He snapped his fingers, transformed into a shower of blue sparks, and soared away into the night.