Chapter Four: The First Battle

From beneath the ship, an opening suddenly appeared. Out of the opening came three men and one woman wearing black trench coats, black shirts, black jeans, and black boots. They might have looked like normal humans, except on their backs were large black wings, and their eyes were glowing with a fierce red light.

"What de heck are dose tings?" Joey cried.

"I don't know, but I'm pretty sure they're not friendly," Tristan yelled.

The four creatures pointed at the children; their hands sparked with red magic, and red beam fired out at them. The teens jumped away and scrambled for cover behind the wall of the warehouse.

"Nope, not friendly at all," Tristan panted.

"Whad do we do now?" Joey cried.

"We do what those three beings told us to do-we fight them and keep them at bay," the Pharaoh said.

"Are you sure we can? I mean, we've only has this magic for less than a day!" Téa cried.

"Perhaps, but we know how to use it at least, so we must try to do what we can. After all, we're the only ones who can stop them," the Pharaoh said.

The other three paused, then nodded. At that moment, the four creatures flew over the warehouse and landed right in front of them. Their hands sparked with furious red magic.

"Ready, everyone?" the Pharaoh said.

"Ready as we can be," Joey replied.

The winged creatures fired.

"GO!"

The four of them jumped up-and found themselves soaring through the air. The four men stared at them in shock for a second, then jumped up and soared right after them.

"Split up! We can each take one of them down!" the Pharaoh cried.

The four split off into four different directions. As expected, each of the four winged creatures went after one of the four teens.

Joey soared over the nearby water, then took a quick look behind him. Sure enough, one of the four winged men was right on his tail. Awright, Joey-show dis freak what chu've got!, he thought.

Suddenly, Joey did a 180 and fired a green ray of magic at the winged man. Caught off guard, the man was struck directly in the chest and howled in pain as he spiraled towards the water.

"OH YEAH!" Joey yelled, striking a victory pose.

However, the victory was short-lived, for before the man could hit the water, he suddenly stopped and started soaring back up towards Joey.

"Oh, crud," Joey said, cringing.

The man started firing at him with red magic, and Joey quickly took off, moving from side to side as beam after beam went shooting past him.

Suddenly, a little farther away, he could see Tristan in the same predicament with another one of the winged men. The two of them caught each other's eye and, with some strange sort of mental communication, nodded at one another.

The two of them began soaring straight at one another, with each of their assailants not too far behind them.

Awright, bro, let's do dis, Joey thought. One…

Two, Tristan thought.

Then, right before they were about to collide-"THREE!" they yelled.

They immediately soared upwards, just in time for their pursuers to slam headfirst into one another. The two dazed men plummeted down and crashed into the water with a loud SPLASH!

"Oh yeah!" Joey cried, giving Tristan a high five.

"Nice teamwork, man!" Tristan agreed.

Téa was swerving in between warehouses, desperately trying to shake off her assailant, but it seemed that no matter where she went, the woman was always right behind her.

However, after another glance, she suddenly saw the black winged woman was nowhere to be found.

"Where is-" Téa began, when she felt a tap on her shoulder.

Téa turned and felt the woman slap her across the face. The woman laughed and said, "Pathetic girl."

Téa looked back at her, her eyes glowing furiously with pink light. "Big mistake," she snarled.

She felt a huge amount of power rush through her; then, with a loud, warrior-like cry, she fired a huge beam of pink magic directly at the stunned winged woman. The woman was struck right in the 

chest and flew all the way back into the wall of a warehouse, where she then slid down and lay on the ground, out cold.

Téa cracked her knuckles together. "That's what you get for messing with me, witch!"

Yugi and the Pharaoh were standing on the roof of a warehouse. Directly in front of them was their assailant, who fired beam after beam of red magic at them. Although thus far they had been able to stop each beam with their own blue magic, they knew this couldn't go on much longer.

Suddenly, from above the warehouse Joey, Tristan, and Téa flew up, their three assailants slung over their shoulders.

"Need a hand, Yug?" Joey asked.

The final winged man turned and stared in horror at his fallen comrades-long enough for the Pharaoh to fire one huge, continuous beam of blue magic right into his back.

The man soared through the air, then crashed directly through the roof of a warehouse.

Joey soared in after him and came out with the other assailant slung over his shoulder. "OH YEAH, WE ROCK!" Joey yelled, pumping one fist into the air.

The Pharaoh smiled. "Excellent work, everyone. We've been able to take this threat do-"

Before he could finish, furious rays of black magic suddenly shot out from the sky and slammed directly into all four of them.

The four fell down and crashed onto the ground, their assailants jumping off of their shoulders and soaring back into the air.

For one second, they were all out cold. Then, with a stir, they awoke and slowly sat up to look at the sky.

The ship from before was hovering above them, and once again, the opening had appeared. This time, however, not only did six more of the winged creatures come out, but they were followed by a strangely beautiful woman with long black hair and icy black eyes. Her lips were colored blood red, and she now pursed them together as she glared at the children. She wore a flowing black dress with red trim, a red necklace, and a black tiara with a red stone on her forehead. In one hand, she held a scepter topped with what appeared to be red claws that held a glowing black orb in their clutch. The orb sparked with black magic.

"Well, well, well, what have we here?" the woman sneered. "Four pathetic little kids, trying to stop me from continuing down my path of conquest. How very frightening."

"Who are you?" the Pharaoh asked, narrowing his eyes.

"Not as aware of mystical creatures and otherworldly beings as you'd seem, hmm? Well then, allow me to introduce myself." The woman landed on the ground before them, the winged creatures hovering close behind her. "I am Queen Kaosu, leader of the Black Enzeru people. Long ago, we had been a powerful kingdom, ruling over thousands of worlds with our dark magic and iron grip. However, years ago we were taken down by revolutionaries, and as of now, the only ones of us who remain are the ones on this ship. But we have stayed hidden, training ourselves and becoming stronger than before-and now, we are beginning to reclaim our place as rulers of many worlds. And…" she smiled coldly "we shall start with this one."

The four teens quickly stood up, but before they could take any action, Queen Kaosu pointed her scepter at them. Black rays of magic shot out of the scepter and smashed the four of them against the wall of a warehouse. The rays then encircled themselves around them, preventing any of them from raising their arms or moving away from the wall.

"Foolish little children," Queen Kaosu laughed as they struggled to break free. "You're only novices with magic, I can tell. You might be able to zap and soar, but beyond that, you can't do anything worthwhile with your powers. Well, allow me and my people to give you a demonstration for your demise."

The Queen turned to her people and cried, "Black Enzeru-DESTROY THEM!"

The Black Enzeru creatures filled their hands with red, crackling magic. The Queen aimed her scepter and created a huge orb filled with black, powerful magic.

"NOOOOO!" the Pharaoh cried.

NOT MY FRIENDS! NOOOO! Yugi screamed.

"FIRE!"

Yugi and the Pharaoh shut their eyes and braced themselves for the impact.