Here's the next chapter. Hope you like it!
Disclaimer: I don't own Yugioh GX, and probably never will…
Warning: Some mild swearing
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Alexis and Syrus walked into the boys' side of the Obelisk dorm, trying not to be seen by anyone.
"Come on. Zane's room is on the third floor." Alexis whispered as they slunk through the halls. Most of the guys were already in their rooms, preparing to sleep. "If someone sees us, our story is that we're looking for my brother."
"Right." Syrus whispered back. The two went up the staircase and stopped outside of Zane's room. Syrus grabbed the doorknob and twisted it. The door was locked.
"D#^." Alexis swore. "We should have gone in through the window, like Blair and Jaden did."
"Someone would have seen us. But never mind that; we can't stand here all night. Don't you have a bobby pin or something like that?" Syrus had obviously been watching too many James Bond movies.
Alexis ran her hands through her hair. "Nope. Do you have a pen?" She looked down at him. Syrus checked his pockets and pulled out a miniature ballpoint pen. How a pen ended up in his pocket, he didn't know, but he wasn't about to start questioning fate. He handed the pen over to Alexis, who unscrewed the shell and pulled out the plastic tube with the ink.
"Great. Hang on a second." She inserted the pen into the hole in the doorknob and pressed down. A little button inside the knob depressed and the doorknob turned easily in her hand. (AN: This actually works. I do it all the time in my house) "We're in!"
Syrus gave a quiet cheer. "Let's get this over with before Zane shows up. I can't wait to see Atticus's face when we come back with the card."
Alexis grinned at the thought. Both of them stole quietly into Zane's room, and closed the door behind them. The door locked as it clicked shut.
"Keep the light off." Syrus glanced around nervously, then went over to the bedside table and slid open the drawer. "Jackpot!" He held up Zane's precious Cyber Dragon deck. He flicked through it and pulled out a card. "Got it. Let's go."
Alexis, who had been standing guard by the door, heard a very familiar and unwelcome voice in the hallway. "Syrus! He's here!" She spoke softly and very urgently.
Syrus went paler than a polar bear in a snowstorm. He quickly put Zane's deck back into the drawer and proceeded to freak out. "What are we going to do?!" Alexis grabbed him by the hand and dragged him under the bed.
"Hide!" They flattened themselves to the floor and went absolutely silent as the door unlocked and footsteps entered the room. The light turned on and the door shut. Zane walked over to his bed and set something down upon it. Alexis and Syrus glanced at each other. This was very, very bad.
Syrus slowly reached into his pocket and withdrew his PDA. He held it out so Alexis could see it and typed:
What r we going 2 do?
She took it from him, erased the message, and typed a new one:
Don't know! If he finds us, we're dead
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Zane, in the meantime, was sitting at his computer, typing away on some piece of homework or another. He thought he heard a quiet clicking, but decided that it was nothing. Probably someone next door…
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Beep! Beep! The two instinctively threw their hands over each other's mouths. Then they realized: Alexis's PDA wasn't switched on silent, and she was receiving a call. She went to grab it and stopped. Zane had gotten up and was looking around. Please, no… Her fingers wrapped around it and switched the power off.
Zane began searching the room systematically, looking for the source of the noise. He drew closer and closer to the bed, finally kneeling bedside it to look through his night table. He was only a few inches away from Syrus's foot.
Syrus was having a bad, but very silent, panic attack. He could feel himself start to hyperventilate, and fought to keep his cool. We're so dead! If he moved his foot, Zane might see. If he didn't, Zane might touch it by accident.
Alexis was having a freak-out of her own. Atticus, if we get out of this, I'm going to strangle you with my bare hands! I can't believe you talked us into this.
Zane, having found nothing, stood and moved away from the bed, and the two concealed students.
As Syrus and Alexis thought hard on how to get out of this mess, Zane walked over to his window and closed the shades. He walked over to his closet and looked through the shelves. He pulled out a pair of pyjama pants and walked into the bathroom. A few seconds later, the shower turned on.
Alexis turned to Syrus. "We have to get out of here now! This could be our only chance."
Syrus wiggled out from under the bed, crawled a few steps towards the door, and immediately froze. The door to the bathroom was wide open, giving Zane a clear view of the door to freedom. "$!&*!" He swore quietly. "He's looking!"
Zane opened the door to the shower and stepped out to get something from the counter.
Alexis, covering her eyes the best she could, scooted rapidly under the bed. Syrus, who had been closer to the door, had to dive under the couch. It was a tight squeeze, but he made it. Zane went back into the shower; the two breathed a quick sigh of relief.
They had no more opportunities to escape, for Zane stayed in the shower for about three more minutes. He wrapped himself in a towel, and walked into his room, picking up a pair of pyjama pants. Syrus could feel Alexis blushing. The girls of Duel Academy would kill to be here right now he thought.
Zane yawned loudly, stretched, and flicked off the light, plunging the room into darkness. Well, I guess I'll have to sleep here all night Syrus groaned internally. The springs on his bed squeaked as the Obelisk climbed in between the sheets on his bed. The silence broke with a yelp of pain as Alexis whacked her head on the bed frame, trying to ease her cramped neck muscles.
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Zane heard someone yell from underneath his bed. What the h#**?! He leapt up, and turned on the light. "Who's there? Come out right now!" He demanded loudly.
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The jig's up. Alexis pulled herself out from underneath the bed. At the same time, Syrus came out from under the couch. They stood up, and looked at Zane sheepishly. The latter's mouth dropped open, and he seemed robbed of the ability to speak.
"What…how…why?" Zane gabbled. Syrus drew together his courage and spoke.
"Don't be mad, Zane. We didn't mean any harm. It was a dare."
"Mad? I'm not mad, I'm furious! You broke into my room!" Alexis tried to alleviate his fury.
"We're sorry. This was…poor judgement on our part." She went on to tell the story, from the game of Truth or Dare to Atticus's Ultimate Dare. Zane got even madder, if that was even possible.
"Poor?! Not studying for a test is poor judgement. Breaking into someone's room and planning to steal one of their cards on a dare is pure stupidity. I would have thought that at least you, Alexis, would have had better sense than to listen to your brother." Syrus took offence of this, and turned red.
"Just what is that supposed to mean?!" Zane rolled his eyes.
"You don't always make the best decisions, Syrus, as I'm sorry to say." Syrus opened his mouth to retort, but Alexis stepped in before the fight could escalate.
"You're right, Zane. It was stupid, and we are really, really sorry. We should never have listened to Atticus." Zane took a deep breath, some of his anger disappearing. He smiled a little, making Syrus a little apprehensive.
"I accept your apology. You two had better leave before Crowler shows up and gives us all detention." Zane showed them to the door. His brother shot him a look.
"You are letting us off way too easily. What's the catch?" Zane smirked wickedly.
"Well, you told me that if you refused to do a dare, you have to do a make-up dare, correct? I get to decide what substitute dare you have to do, because you technically failed and I'm not telling on you for trespassing." Alexis and Syrus suddenly looked very nervous, scared even.
"You decide?" Syrus squeaked. Zane nodded evilly.
"Have a good night." He closed the door. Syrus and Alexis exchanged one agonized look, and rushed off to their own dorm rooms, from which they sent a message to their friends telling them that they were safe.
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Hm. I guess this is turning into a story with three chapters, instead of two. Bwah hah hah! What will Zane make them do? R&R!