Chapter 6
The rain was coming down hard, Yugi and Atem got back from school absolutely soaked. Philippa went and got them a towel each "Thanks." Yugi said. They went up stairs to get changed, while Philippa finished cleaning the shop.
"You've done a good job there." Grandpa commented.
"Thanks." Philippa replied. She went into the kitchen to get the dinner going. A clap of thunder made her jump, and spill the pasta sauce. She rolled her eyes, grabbed some kitchen roll, and started to clean it up. As she finished she looked out the window again. Another clap of thunder, but what scared her was the ugly face that appeared at the window. It was gone less than a second later but she could have sworn it was the Demon. She walked towards the window, another clap of thunder, and the demons face appeared again, this time it stayed. Philippa backed away. The Demons face was still there. "You stay away from me." She said strongly. She was about to run and find Atem when he appeared in the doorway. She looked back at the window, and saw that the Demon was still there too. "It's astonishing what you blood can give me isn't it." The Demon said. The Demon at the window vanished. Philippa looked back at the Demon in front of her. "Now are you going to be a good girl and do as daddy says?" The Demon said in the cold voice that Philippa hated so much. Her fear, started to turn to anger, and she used her powers for the first time since she, Atem and the others had gone to the fortress to rescue Yugi. The Demon was sent flying back, knowing that she was faster than him, Philippa made a break for it. Atem and Yugi came running down the stairs, grandpa also joined them. "What on earth is going on?" He asked. The Demon faced them,
"Did you really think that I was going to let you just get away?" The Demon said.
"Would have been nice." Atem said. The Demon chuckled.
"Straight to business, tell me where the millennium items are, hand over the girl, and I might let you live." The Demon said. Atem pulled Philippa behind him. "You're not getting Philippa for a start, and secondly, the Millennium Items are gone." He stated.
"Don't give me this crap again, tell me where they are!" The Demon bellowed. Atem just glared at him. "Fine." The Demon grunted. He dived forward, at an impossible speed. Philippa was still faster and sent him back with her powers. The Demon snarled. There were suddenly two Demons standing in front of them. They both dived forward, this time Philippa didn't stand a chance. The Demons stood in front of Atem, Yugi and Grandpa again. One of them held Philippa in his talons. "Let her go!" Atem demanded. "Tell me where the millennium Items are." The Demon demanded. The Demon that wasn't holding Philippa suddenly disappeared. "How many time's am I going to have to tell you, their gone, they fell into the depths of the earth." Atem stated. The Demon forced Philippa's head to the side, and tore her shirt and bandage that cover her, still healing bite wound. "Tell me or I'll kill her." The Demon stated. Atem didn't know what to do, then he had an idea.
"How about we duel of it." Atem said. The Demon chuckled.
"Alright, but lets make things a little more interesting." He replied. A dark smoke surrounded the Demon and Atem. Yugi and Grandpa couldn't be seen though it. The Demon chuckled again. 'A shadow game.' Atem thought. The Demon thought Philippa onto the black ground. "Now." The Demon said quietly. A duel disk appeared on his arm, Philippa and Atem also got one. "Hold on, this is between you and me." Atem said. He realised that the Demon intended for Philippa to duel too.
"I said 'lets make this a little more fun.'" The Demon snarled. Philippa stood next to Atem.
"Philippa…" Atem started, but she cut him off.
"I'll be fine." She stated. They had to imagine the deck that they wanted to duel with, and that wasn't a brainier for either of them.
"Let's Duel."
Atem LP 4000 Philippa LP 4000
The Demon LP 4000
"Ladies first, I'm still a gentleman after all." The demon said coldly.
"Could have fouled me." Philippa replied. "I place a monster in face down defence mode, and one card face down to end my turn." The Demon chuckled.
"Then it's my turn." Atem stated. "I place one card face down. I also discard one card to special summon The Tricky in attack mode."
(The Ticky, dark, level 5, spellcaster, ATK 2000, DEF 1000)
"And since I haven't normal summoned this turn yet, I can summon another monster, so I summon Mystical Elf in defence mode. That ends my turn." Atem said.
(Mystical Elf, light, level 4, spellcaster, ATK 800, DEF 2000)
'He's got a twilight deck, it's quite different from mine, but they could still work together.' Philippa thought.
"It's my turn, and I summon Mad Archfiend in attack mode." The Demon stated.
(Mad Archfiend, dark, level 4, fiend, ATK 1800, DEF 0)
"I attack Philippa's face down defence monster." Philippa's monster flipped face up to show a white blob monster. But it wasn't destroyed by the attack.
"Sorry, but Marshmallon can't be destroyed by battle." Philippa stated.
(Marshmallon, light, level 3, fairy, ATK 300, DEF 500)
"Plus, when you attacked you activated his effect, which hits you for 1000 life points." She added. The Demons life points went down to 3000. "Don't think you've won already. Thanks to Mad Archfiends effect the difference his attack points and your monsters defence points are taken out of your life points." The Demon stated. Philippa's life points went down to 2700.
"Philippa!" Atem cried.
"I'm fine." Philippa replied. The Demon chuckled.
"I end my turn with one card face down." He said.
Atem LP 4000 Philippa LP 2700
The Demon LP 3000
"My turn, place one card facedown and one more monster in defence mode. That ends my turn." Philippa stated.
"Then it's my turn. I attack your Mad Archfiend with the Tricky." Atem stated.
"I play my facedown, the quick play spell rush recklessly, which gives my monster 700 more attack points." The Demon stated. Mad Archfiend's attack points went up to 2500. "You're still behind, I play my facedown. Magic Jammer, by discarding one card from my hand, I can negate your spell." Philippa stated. Mad Archfiend was destroyed and the Demon's life points went down to 2800, he growled. "I place one card face down and end my turn." Atem stated. "Thanks." He said to Philippa.
"Don't mention it." Philippa replied.
Atem LP 4000 Philippa LP 2700
The Demon LP 2800
"It's my turn. I remove one dark monster in my graveyard to special summon Black Wolf, in attack mode." The Demon stated.
(Black Wolf, dark, level 4, beast, ATK 2200, DEF 1000)
"I also play the magic card, Big Shot. Which means whenever I attack a monster that's in defence mode with black wolf, you still take the damage." The Demon stated. "I attack Marshmallon." Although Marshmallon wasn't destroyed, Philippa's life points went down to 900. "Philippa!" Atem cried.
"I'm still fine." Philippa replied.
"I'll end my turn." The Demon said.
Atem LP 4000 Philippa LP 900
The Demon LP 2800
"Don't think I'm giving up. I tribute both of my monsters to summon The Dark Armed Dragon." Philippa stated.
(Dark Armed Dragon, dark, level 8, dragon, ATK 2800, DEF 1800)
"You're in for it now, Dark Armed Dragon attack!" Philippa ordered. Black Wolf was destroyed and the Demons life points went down to 2200. "I end my turn." Philippa stated.
Atem LP 4000, Philippa LP 900
The Demon 2200
"It's my turn." Atem stated. "I tribute both of my monsters to summon the Dark Magician."
(Dark Magician, dark, level 7, spellcaster, ATK 2500, DEF 2000)
"This is over, I attack you directly." Atem stated.
"This isn't over, I activate Black wolf's effect. When I'm attack directly by a dark monster, I can remove Black Wolf from play to activate one trap card from my deck." The Demon explained. "And the trap card I choose is magic cylinders. Which sends your attack right back at your monster, and you take damage equal to his life points."
'Not that card.' Atem thought, his life points dropped to 1500. Philippa gasped, as the attack hit Atem in the chest.
Atem LP 1500 Philippa LP 900
The Demon 2200
"Now it's my turn, and I summon Dark Vulture." The Demon stated.
(Dark Vulture, dark, level 4, winged beast, ATK 1700, DEF 800)
'That Dark Armed Dragon is a bit of a problem, but I'll deal with that once I've dealt with the Pharaoh.' The Demon thought.
"I attack you directly Pharaoh." The Demon stated. Atem closed his eyes and accepted this as the end.
"I play my trap card, end of the wrong line!" Philippa shouted.
"Philippa don't!" Atem shouted.
"This card redirects your attack to my life points." Philippa stated. She gave Atem one last smile before the attack hit her and everything went black. The last thing she heard was Atem crying her name.
"You bastard!" Atem said in a dark voice.
"How you can care about her so much I don't know. But it doesn't matter, because she will be in the shadow realm the instant you lose." The Demon said.
"Except I'm not going to lose." Atem stated. "It's my turn." Because of end of the wrong line's effect, Atem gained control of all monsters Philippa had on the field and all the cards in her hand. So Dark Armed Dragon was on his field, and call of the haunted, black pendant, and chaos command Magician were added to his hand. "I place two cards facedown, now I summon Magicians Valkyria, in defence mode." Atem stated.
(Magicians Valkyria, light, level 4, spellcaster, ATK 1600, DEF 1300)
"This one's for Philippa, Dark Armed Dragon attack!" Atem ordered. Dark Vulture was attack but not destroyed. The Demons life points went down to 1100. "Dark Vulture can't be destroyed by another dark monster." The Demon stated. Atem growled.
"I end my turn." Atem stated.
Atem LP 1500
The Demon LP 1100
"I attack your Magicians Valkyria." The Demon stated.
"I play my Trap card, negate attack." Atem stated. The Demon stated.
"You saved yourself for one more turn, not that it's going to do you a lot of good." The Demon snarled. "I play the magic card, only the mighty, which means you can't attack with anything less than a level 8 monster with 3500 attack points until my next standby phase."
"My turn. First I tribute Magicians Valkyria, to summon Chaos Command Magician." Atem stated.
(Chaos Command Magician, light, level 6, spellcaster, ATK 2400, DEF 1900)
"Next I play my facedown card, Call Of The Haunted. This lets me bring back Dark Magician." Atem said.
"This isn't getting you anywhere." The Demon said.
"Oh yes it is, I play the spell card, polymerization, this fuses my two magicians to summon The Dark Commander of Magic." Atem said.
(Dark Commander Of Magic, Dark, level 9, spellcaster, ATK 3200, DEF 2800)
"He's still too weak." The Demon stated.
"He won't be after I equip him with the spell card Black Pendant. This gives my monster 500 more attack points, making him strong enough to attack and win this duel." Atem stated. Dark Commander Of Magic's attak points went up to 3700.
"No!" The Demon stated.
"Now, attack!" Atem ordered. Dark Commander Of Magic attack and the Demons life points dropped to 0. The Demon dropped to his knees. Atem ran to Philippa, he turned her over and rested her head against his arm. "Philippa." He said, as he shook her gently. Her eyes fluttered open. "You won." She said quietly.
"Yes." Atem replied. Philippa brought up a weak arm and put it around Atem's neck. He knew what she wanted and he pulled her up into a hug.
The Demon got to his feet, and raced over to them. Atem and Philippa moved out of the way just in time. They stood up, Philippa was still weak and had to cling to Atem for support. The Demon charged at them again, but was thrown back by Philippa's force. She suddenly felt even weaker, and her body went limp. Atem gripped her to stop her from falling. The Demon made another attack, but a hole appeared in the earth less than a foot in front of Atem and Philippa. The Demon fell, but not before he'd grabbed Philippa's leg, taking her with him. Atem held his grip stopping them from falling. Holding the weight of both Philippa and the Demon was a tall order, but he wasn't going to let Philippa fall into the shadow realm. All the same, he could feel her hand slipping out of him. "Philippa, hold on!" He told her. Philippa gripped his wrist so tightly that her claws cut Atem's skin. Atem didn't care. The Demon looked up, he stretched his arm up and grabbed her shoulder with the bite. Philippa winced at the sudden weight on the wound. She looked down and saw that if she didn't do something, the Demon was escape and send her and Atem to the Shadow Realm. But there was only one thing she could think to do. The Demon pulled himself up Philippa's body, until he could whisper in her ear. "If I go, you're coming too." The Demon stated. Without any warning he bit into her shoulder, causing Philippa to scream in pain. She started feeling even weaker, as the Demon drank her blood. She looked up at Atem with tear filled eyes. There was nothing he could do, if he moved they would all go over. He looked in to Philippa's pain and terrified eyes, he knew what she was going to do. "No, Philippa, No!" He shouted, he instantly tightened his grip on her wrist. Philippa stated crying, "I love you." She said, her voice filled with pain, than she let go of Atem's wrist. Atem tried to hold her but her wrist slipped through his hand, and the Demon and Philippa fell. "No!" Atem shouted at the top of his lungs. The hole vanished, tears rushed down Atem's cheeks. She was gone.
Atem didn't even notice that the darkness had lifted until Yugi has shaking his shoulders. "Atem, are you Ok?" Yugi asked frantically. His brother didn't answer him at all. "Atem, what's wrong?" yugi tried again. "Where's Philippa?" Atem finally snapped out of it, but he still felt a stinking pain in his heart from the loss of Philippa.
"She's gone." Atem said barely above a whisper. Yugi understood almost instantly, and a pain hit his heart to. Tears filled his eyes. He hugged Atem comfortingly, they were both feeling the loss, Philippa had become a good friend, Yugi didn't know what to say. To be more accurate he couldn't, he couldn't say that Philippa would be ok, because she wouldn't, she was gone and wouldn't be coming back. So he just hugged his older brother and waited for him to calm down.
Two weeks later
"Hey buddy." Joey said as he came in.
"Hey." Atem replied.
"You doin' alright?" Joey asked.
"Yep." Atem replied. Joey could easily tell that he was still upset about Philippa.
"Look pal, I know you liked her, maybe more than that. But you've got to move on, me and the rest of the guys hate seeing you like this." Joey said. Atem sighed, "You did love her, didn't you." Joey said.
"Yeah." Atem replied. Joey knew that he wasn't going to snap out of this any time soon. Joey was also upset, all his friends were. Joey couldn't think of anything else to say. "God, I suck at this." Joey said. Atem felt the tug of a smile for he first time in two weeks. "Dare I ask how Yugi's doin'" Joey said.
"Better than me." Atem replied. "What about Serenity?"
"Quite bruised, but she'll be fine." Joey answered. Joey thought he needed to change his tactic. "Well I don't know about you, but I fancy some grub." Joey said. "You comin'?"
"I, um…" Atem tried to think of an excuse, but changed his mind. "Yeah." Atem replied. He was sad, but he knew that being broken wasn't going to do him any good, and it wouldn't have been something Philippa would have wanted.
Don't hold your breath folks. Sequel in progess. Hope you enjoyed this fic, please leave a review, and thanks for reading.