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Chapter 3

To say that Atem had been angry when he's woken would be an understatement. He'd been fuming and marched off the boat. Yugi had attempted to get him to calm down but… well he was too angry by this time. Yugi had very rarely seen Atem completely lose control of his temper, the obvious time being during the mess with Dartz. But this time, yes he was furious but it was not aimed at anyone else.

Yugi sighed. He was leaning on the railing, observing Cario. He'd watched Atem march away from this point. Sighing again Yugi recalled the confrontation with Atem;

Yugi had only just heard that they had arrived in Cario when he heard a door bang against the wall. Turning to look he saw a very angry Atem stomping towards him.

"Atem?" Atem just walked past, "Atem? What's going on? Where are you going?"

"Leave it Yugi." Atem said.

Yugi frowned and ran to catch him up. He stood in front of Atem, blocking his path.

"What is going on?"

"I'm sorting this."

Atem's voice was rising.

"Atem, calm down. Look, I can help you."

"No. I do this alone."

"Alone?"

"Yes."

"Please I can help you."

"No!"

Yugi paused then sighed, "You can't do this alone, Atem."

The response he got was Atem pushing past him, "Just watch me."

Yugi paused again before running after him again. Atem had already walked off the boat.

"Atem!"

Atem turned on the spot, "No Yugi. I said no. I will deal with this, now just stop."

Yugi said nothing; he knew that there was no point arguing with Atem, he was just too angry. So Yugi just watched as Atem walked away.

It was rare seeing Atem that angry, but he seemed to be controlling it. Knowing Atem the best would be just to let Atem calm himself down. He couldn't really blame Atem for being angry, he had been so close to getting home but now couldn't which must be so infuriating and also heart breaking. Turning away Cario he walked in to find the others, except for Kaiba who had left earlier that day, sat around the table. Marik looked round at Yugi's arrival.

"Where's the Pharaoh?" He asked.

"He's gone into the town, but I would not suggest going after him for a while."

Marik didn't seem to listen to the last part of Yugi's sentence, "We were talking about how Zorc returned. I just don't see how he did it."

Yugi sat down thinking, "Me neither, he said something about the darkness in people's hearts."

There was a short pause before Yugi gasped, "That's it!"

"What's it?" Ishizu asked.

"Zorc was able to come back through the darkness in Atem." Yugi said, "There must have been a small amount left for Zorc to use to come back."

"Wait? I am lost, man." Joey said, "How could he come back, the Pharaoh destroyed him."

"That's the only confusing bit." Yugi said, "I don't know how he survived but Atem still has a small of amount of darkness which enabled Zorc to come back. I think he has worked that out which is why he is so angry."

"So, we have worked out how he returned." Mark said with a sigh, "But how do we defeat him?"

There was no response.

Zorc hummed a tune to himself, it was some annoying tune which a youth had been listening to far too loudly on some device which lives in a person's ears. Now Zorc could not get the blasted tune out of his head. He continued to hum this song to himself as he walked down the street, his plan was ready he knew what he was going to do. He had worked out that the guy who had walked into him earlier was in charge of a huge company which rivalled another company called Kaiba Corp. He stopped, looking up at his destination. A company called Visual Arts. The tall brass gates creaked slightly as he pushed them open. As he approached the building he could see that there were people rushing around inside, clearly very busy. He had guessed that he would have to manipulate his way to get to the CEO, so he invoked his shadow powers. He used them so that no one noticed him walk past them, they just continued with their day to day tasks. He used the thing called a 'Lift' which took him all the way to the top floor. There he found a woman at a desk in front of a door. This door had a golden plaque which read 'David Blackman; CEO'. Zorc smirked to himself before strolling towards the door. Opening it he found David Blackman seated at his desk, he looked up at Zorc's appearance.

"Excuse me, but do you have an appointment with me?"

Zorc just stared at him, his red eyes glazing intently at the latter's green ones.

"I must demand I know your business with me sir."

Again, Zorc said nothing. But he walked over to the desk where he towered over the man. His red eyes flashed dangerously. The CEO in front of him allowed fear to creep into his eyes but he remained defiant.

"Leave, or I will call security."

Zorc smirked, "Such brave words from a man about to die."

"What do you-" The man started but was cut off when a sharp pain entered his heart.

Zorc watched the man try to stand and get to the door. He commanded his shadow powers to work harder. Another choked cry came from the man as he dropped to the floor. Clutching his chest, Zorc knelt beside him.

"W-W-What d-do you want?" The dying man asked, his face turning pale.

"Your company." Was the response, "And now I have it."

Atem, who was still marching through the streets, suddenly stopped. He felt a sudden chill, as if something bad had just happened. Yet he could not place what it was, everything around him was fine, nothing bad was happening so why did he feel like something had? Frowning, he continued to walk, searching for any sign of Zorc. The walk or rather march through Cario had calmed him down, but he was still annoyed at the fact he had not managed to completely destroy Zorc.

'And how is my least favourite Pharaoh doing today?'

Atem sighed, choosing not to answer.

'Oh.. I see. You think I am in Cario? Seriously Pharaoh, how narrow minded are you? Did you really think I would stay in Egypt?'

Atem tried his best to ignore Zorc but that had now been noted.

'Ignoring me Pharaoh? Well ok, this is what you get for ignoring me.'

Atem stopped dead in his tracks, he felt something pulled at him. It was like his soul was being pulled from his body. All of a sudden he it was like he was in a box, watching the world from his own eyes but unable to control his body. He watched as he walked on down the street, saw his fist raise and felt him punch a poor defenceless man. But he could do nothing to prevent it. He saw the horror in other people's eyes. He saw the man raise his fists to retaliate but could do nothing. It was like someone else was in control of his body, he could not control his body but could still feel everything that was going on. He felt the kick to his ribs, but still could do nothing. Eventually, his body ran away. Atem tried to regain control but despite his efforts he could still do nothing.

Then all of a sudden he was in control again. Pressing a hand to his bruised ribs he looked around, he was in an alleyway, with no one in sight. What had just happened?

'Haven't you worked it out yet?!'

The truth was he had a feeling he had but did not want to believe it.

'We are connected, like your were before with that fool of a boy. But the difference here, I can control you. But you can do nothing to me.'

Atem made no response, he had nothing to say.

'Don't believe me Pharaoh, it seems then I must show you.'

Atem was ready to be controlled again but instead a sharp pain erupted in in abdomen. Looking down he saw his shirt turning red and the blood that was flowing. It was a lot of blood that was flowing. He pressed his hand to his now injured abdomen and used the other to cling onto the wall for support. His breathing became shallow and he could feel the colour draining from his face due to his blood loss.

'You don't look so good Pharaoh. Looks like you could do with some help. Oh wait there is none around.'

"I.. I will work out a way to stop you."

'That's unlikely. Well, as much as I would like to taunt you some more I have business to attend to. Have a good sleep Pharaoh.' Zorc said, sarcastically.

Another searing pain to the chest, Atem felt himself collapse and the world turned black.

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