"There is a sacredness in tears. They are not a mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues. They are the messengers of overwhelming grief, of deep contrition and of unspeakable love." -Washington Irving
Pegasus now resided not in a bubble, but in a dark and disgusting cavern that was the great leviathan's pit of despair. All around him were other souls that had been stolen away by Dartz, but he paid them no mind. He wanted to move his body and try to get out of there, but the inside of the great leviathan was sticky like gum and black as tar. He could feel himself slipping away a little more every second, but he tried to stay awake. Cecelia still needed him. He had to stay strong for her. The souls around him kept crying out for help, but he was already resigned to the fact that no one would ever hear his scream.
That is, until the three chosen duelists were captured in the great leviathan as well.
Yugi-Boy! You must free us before it's too late! He called as loudly as he could manage.
He heard Joey and Kaiba get sucked down, but Yugi was still hanging on, and that gave him hope. Suddenly, Yugi called out to all of them.
"Everyone, listen! Each one of us is a glimmer of light in this sea of shadows! Alone we may seem insignificant, but combined together we radiate enough energy to conquer the darkness! Now please, if you can hear me, focus on the light within your heart! It's the only way to save ourselves!"
Pegasus took a deep breath and centered himself.
"Remember those you care about!"
Cecelia. And the baby.
He sat at the breakfast table with Cecelia at his side.
"Oh Maximillion, you're such a gentleman." She said, giving him a peck on the cheek. "But we don't have to go anywhere special. Just being with you is enough for me. I want us to have the honeymoon we never had. All I want is uninterrupted time with you my darling." She said, looking up at him sweetly.
"Remember those who have helped you!"
He stood making a hologram for when Yugi and his friends reached his sanctuary.
"I also have a more personal favor to ask of you. This is a secret of the utmost importance. I didn't want to tell anyone about this, but I have no choice. You're the only one who could possibly help me in my hour of need. I need you to protect someone for me. Don't let her out of your sight! She'll be in my office on the top floor. Her name is Cecelia, and she is my beloved wife. Now that my soul has been taken I can no longer protect her... Please, I beg of you, keep her safe for me. When this ends I'll give you whatever you want, but please give me peace of mind and keep my wife safe. And when you see her, tell her I sent you and told her to trust you. Prove you're not lying by saying the following words to her: ti amo il mio bellissimo fiore. She'll know it was me. And when you see her, please tell her how much I love her. Please protect her, Yugi-boy. You're the only one left I can trust."
"Remember What you fought for!"
He paced the room while Cecelia spoke with a doctor. Finally, the door opened.
"Cecelia my darling, are you alright?" He asked, riddled with anxiety. She smiled at him and it eased his nerves.
"I'm perfect, my love, I'm wonderful..." A huge smile graced her face. "Maximillion, I'm pregnant."
"And Remember why you never gave up!"
He was trapped in a duel, his wife calling out to him.
"You asked Yugi to protect me, remember? Well how can he protect me if he loses the duel? How can he help bring you back home to me if his soul is sealed away like yours is? If he loses this duel we will never get to be together again. You'll be without a wife, I'll be without a husband, and our baby will be without a father. Please, you have to listen to me and stop this before it's too late!"
The light within his heart started to glow, and with a fleeting wish of good luck, he sent it forth to the pharaoh, hoping it would power him up enough that they could all escape. He knew that the Gods were released from the great beast along with the three chosen duelists, but that was all he knew.
For a few minutes, nothing happened. Pegasus' hopes started to become dashed as he waited inside the disgusting tar pit. Then, with a sudden mighty blast from the Egyptian God monsters, the great leviathan was vanquished. Beams of white light began breaking through it's black scaly skin, and then with a final flash of bright light, it exploded. The carcass of the monster began to fall from its place above the smog and clouds and down, down into the sea waiting beneath the darkness.
Suddenly, dozens upon dozens of orbs of white light began pouring out of the great leviathan. It looked as if it was a balloon being deflated as it plummeted toward the earth. Pegasus was freed at last and couldn't wait to get back to his body and hold his wife in his arms.
Cecelia, Croquet, Tèa, Tristan, Roland, and Mokuba were all watching the sky in awe. The millions of lights in the sky were moving every which way, casting out the darkness that had once engulfed the land. They were so distracted by the lights, they failed to notice one entering the helicopter.
With a gasp and opening of his eye, Pegasus was at last back in his own body. He looked around, but no one was there.
"Cecelia?" He asked, but no one answered. He went down the ramp and got onto solid ground. "Cecelia?" He called again.
Every head turned to where Pegasus now stood. Cecelia whipped around in a move so fast it didn't exist. She stared at him in shock and awe as the crowd around her parted like the Red Sea. "Max..." She whispered quietly. A smile graced his face. When the full impact that this was real finally hit, she cried out his name again as They both started running toward each other. Cecelia leaped into his waiting arms. He twirled her around in a circle while her lips crashed upon his in a kiss that would put even the most passionate of lovers to shame. She pulled him into her arms in the tightest of embraces, crying joyfully.
"You're finally here. Finally, you've come home to me."
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