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The perfect team

Chapter 13:

The first man was hit in the shoulder, the other in the knee. But it didn't matter. The poison he had put on them would paralyze them until it reached their hearts and killed them. Soon enough he heard two thuds. Finally reaching his destination, Jaden closed his eyes for a moment. He needed to concentrate. Five men were left standing, three of them injured. Silently thinking through his possibilities, he finally decided to take the easy way.

Stepping out of hiding, a dagger in his hand, he said:

"I'd like to play some more…but there's someone waiting for me! And for me, that means risking it all!"

And he threw the dagger.

(Scene Change)

Alexis was dying with anxiety. She could hear the sounds of their enemy's approach, but she wasn't able to see them yet. Plus, she couldn't make out how many opponents there were. What if there were dozens of them? What if they couldn't stop them? What if they captured them and used them as hostages? That would be the end of everything! Alexis knew that neither Jaden nor Yugi would endanger her or Tea's life--no matter the cost!

'This isn't good.' She thought, worried. 'We have to win. If we don't… then we're doomed. This Bakura guy will win and achieve everything he ever wanted, including his victory over Yugi. Who knows what he would do with all that power if he became the new King of Games?! Who would stop him then from conquering the world?'

Alexis shuddered involuntarily. She didn't even want to think about that possibility--let alone have to live it! Then again, she would probably be dead before that could happen. Still, she didn't like the idea. She thought about all her friends and comrades at the Academy, her parents and her brother at home and of course what would happen to Jaden.

What would happen to all of them!

'Bakura will kill them!' she concluded. 'If we fail here Bakura will kill them all as retribution for our rebellion against him. And, of course, to give everyone else a demonstration of how those who dare challenge him come to an end…'

She shuddered again. Then the sound of a breaking twig reached her ears. They were near now. So near, that Alexis could see the man's boots right infront of her. The spy didn't dare move. She couldn't screw up now! This man only had to walk a few steps more and he would fall into their trap. As silently as possible Alexis finally reached for the two knifes Tea had given her. They were longer than normal knifes, almost like short swords. Only one more step and…

With a startled cry the man was flung into the air, where he swung for a few seconds. The man was too shocked to make any more noises in the first moment and after that, he was dead. In the blink of an eye Alexis had stood up and cut his throat. The man's companion was just trying to help his comrade out of the trap when the second knife hit him straight in the back as the Obelisk Blue spun around. The second man tried to scream, but blood flooded into his mouth and all he could manage was a gasp.

Alerted by the cry, more men came to see what happened. Alexis ran right into the middle of the group, spinning so she could hit all of them. They were so surprised that she had time to stab three of them in the heart before the first shot hit her. A searing pain cut through the spy as the bullet struck her in the thigh. Crying out, her legs gave in and she sunk onto the ground. Laghing evily, one of the men pointed a gun right at her head.

'No!' she thought. 'I can't die here, Jaden is waiting for me!'

Biting her lower lip she raised herself enough to cut into his wrist.

"Ahh!… Bitch! How dare you, you worthless shit!" the man screamed in pain, before he slapped her hard across the face. In the next moment, however, an arrow hit him right in his throat. He fell over, dead.

"Now, now. Is that any way to treat a lady?" a voice asked mockingly.

Tea's voice!

"Who's there?!" one of the men inquired. "Come out of your hiding place, whore!"

The next arrow hit him in the eye.

"Such a foul mouth."

"Stop fightin' and we'll grant you a painless death…" another said. "That is the gentlemenly thing to do, right?"

"Yes!" Tea answered. "But unfortunately…"

The third arrow hit him in the heart.

"Unfortunately, you're in no position to 'grant' anyone anything. All of your men are down. You're one of the last ones and you will die now, if you don't give up."

"You're lying!"

"Try me." Tea challenged as she bent the string, another arrow ready.

The men seemed to be uncertain all of sudden. They, too, seemed to have forgotten about their hostage--or maybe they knew Tea wouldn't stop for just one person…

Three men were standing, but one fell on the ground suddely. Two daggers were stuck in his back. The last two enemies turned around immediately. Behind them stood Jaden, twirling another dagger with a finger. And a few meters behind him lay Blair, unconscious. She was tied to a tree, to make sure she wouldn't be able to move even if she woke up.

"She wasn't joking!" Jaden said, serious. "Put your weapons down or die."

(Scene Change)

It was dark in the vault. The few torches on the walls gave little light to chase away the aura of shadow and death that resided in this place. At the opposite end of the room stood an ancient stone table. Figures had been painted on the stone centuries ago, but the colour still looked fresh. If one watched it closely they got the impression the figures could suddenly escape the stone and come to life. The motif wasn't anything out of the usual for an old Egyptian tomb where it had originally been standing--it was a painting of the last judgment over the deceased's soul. Yet, one thing was different. On this tablet there were two souls that were being judged upon together, two names carved into the five-thousand-year old stone.

"Ah, there it is!" Bakura exclaimed. "The judgment of the pharaoh's soul. And his queen's of course. Finally, I found the holy tablet that holds the name of that insufferable goody-two-shoes!"

"We found it. Without me you still wouldn't have a clue about it. Not to mention, you can't even read the symbols carved there. You were a mere thief after all, and the Pharaoh's name has been written in a highly sophisticated form of the old Egyptian language." Bakura growled at the insult. Behind him Marik stepped out of the shadows.

A chuckle was heard:

"I suspected you would come here. After all, you always were a power- hungry lunatic, Bakura. And it's a pleasure to meet your acquaintance. I'm sorry, I didn't get your name…"

Calmly leaning against the wall at the entrance was Yugi…

End of 13th chapter!

A/N: The story is on the verge of it's final showdown- at least for Yugi! But, how about the others? Tea, Alexis, Bastion, Kaiba, Joey and everyone else… What will become of them, while Yugi is fighting the very definition of evil? Find out in the next chapter. I hope I can get it up, before I have to move, but I won't promise anything. Please leave a review and tell me wether you liked it or not and what I could do better.