~Ari~
I still can't believe Mai is betraying us like this. Like, what out all that stuff back in Battle City? She seemed to really care for all of us. "Come on Mai, don't do this. We're all your friends!" Joey says.
"Too late. Now I play the Seal of Orichalcos!" she says.
The Seal forms around her and Joey. "Come on Mai. Can't you just tell us what's wrong?"
Mai ignores him, "Now I play Harpie Lady! And she gains 500 extra attack points from the Seal!"
Joey just stands there speechless. "What's wrong Wheeler? Afraid of losing?" Mai asks.
"I'm actually afraid of winnin. And what's wrong wit you? The old Mai would never turn on us!"
"The old Mai is gone. She was too weak to be kept around. I traded her in for power. So make your move so I can get on with my life!"
"Alright Mai, I'll duel you. I'll summon Alligator Sword in defense mode!"
"I summon another Harpie Lady! Attack now! Next, my second Harpie can attack you directly! I'll also set a card face-down."
Joey is down to 2200 Life Points already. "Alright, I summon Rocket Warrior in defense mode! Then I'll throw down a face-down and end my turn."
"How pathetic. Harpie Lady, destroy Rocket Warrior! Then I'll have my other one attack your Life Points!"
"Say hello to my face-down; Scapegoat! Nice try, but now you won't be able to touch my Life Points!"
"Well, I have a face-down as well. Reveal Nightmare Tri-Mirror! This card allows me to duplicate the effect of Scapegoat. And since you have four sheep, I get four new Harpie's. I place a card face-down and end my turn."
"Look out! I summon Panther Warrior in attack mode! Now I sacrifice one Scapegoat so he can attack one of your Harpie's!"
"Reveal trap! Harpie Lady Sparrow Formation! Now my Harpie's can negate your attack."
"Mai, you've gotta stop this! I don't know if these guys are controlling you, but you've gotta wake up!"
"Those weaklings up there couldn't control me even if they wanted to. I was sick of my life, so I changed it. None of you would understand. After Battle City, I set out to become the best. I went into tournament after tournament and won, but I never felt any stronger. Soon, the nightmares started and I had no one there to help me. I was ready to end my life, there was no point in living if I couldn't do anything; I was a weakling. But then I met Valon, he promised me true power and that was what I deserved. That was when I could finally take control of my life and be the very best."
"We never knew you felt that way. You could've come to us, we would've helped ya!"
"Save it! I don't need friends, I need power! Now I play Harpie Lady Phoenix Formation! Since I have six Harpie's on the field, I can destroy up to six of your monsters. And then their attack points will come out of your Life Points, so say goodbye!"
Joey only has 200 Life Points left now. "The only thing left for me to do now is quit." Joey says.
"No, Joey!" Yami says, "If you quit, then you're giving up on yourself and your friends. If you truly want to save Mai, then you'll keep fighting!"
Joey thinks this over, "Your right Yug. Thanks. Now I play the Fiend Megacyber! Now, attack one of her Harpie's! Then I'll set a card face-down."
Mai is down to 3600. "Guys, is that you?"
We turn around to see Duke standing outside. "Wait, are you guys dueling in there?" he asks.
"No time to explain. We're all trapped in here and we need your help to get out!" Tea says.
"Right, I'm on it!" Duke says running to another side of the building.
"My move!" Mai says, "I sacrifice two of my Harpie's to summon Harpie's Pet Dragon! Now, attack his Fiend Megacyber!"
"Reveal Compensation Mediation! With this card, you can choose two cards from your Graveyard on the field along with my trap. If I pick one f your cards, then I lose, but if I pick mine, then I can negate your attack." Joey says. Mai chooses her two cards and then places all three on the field. "I'll pick the middle card!"
The card is revealed to be Compensation Mediation. Alright, Joey did it! But now the two cards Mai picked get put on top of her deck. Mai sets two cards and ends her turn. "I place one card face-down! Then I'll summon a monster face-down and switch Megacyber into defense mode."
"My move-!"
"I activate Drop Off! Now you've got to discard the card you drew."
"Activate Trap Jammer! Alright, Harpie's Pet Dragon, destroy his Fiend Megacyber! Then Harpie Lady, attack his face-down monster!"
"You just destroyed my Fiber Jar! And you activated its ability!"
"Too bad, because I activate Harpie's Feather Storm! Anything else?"
"I'll set a monster and end my turn."
"I activate Harpie Lady Phoenix Formation! And in case you didn't figure this out, it means I win!"
"Nice try Mai, but you destroyed my Neko Mane King. And since he has zero attack points, I don't lose any Life Points, so you just wasted your best card! And I believe it's my turn again."
Joey's Duel Disk starts glowing and then he draws his card. "Alright I activate Monster Reborn to bring back Fiend Megacyber! Then I play Time Wizard in attack mode! And now I'll welcome the Claw of Hermos to the field!"
Hermos? Since when did he have a card like that? Or is it one of those dragons like the one Yugi has? "Then I fuse my Hermos with Time Wizard to get Time Magic Hammer! It's time for Fiend Megacyber to use it now, so now attack her Harpie's Pet Dragon!"
"Activate Harpie Lady Sparrow Formation!"
The attack does nothing. It only puts numbers above each of Mai's monsters. Mai draws, but then all of her monsters are destroyed. Was the Hammer able to destroy them? Mai just sets a card. "Alright, Fiend Megacyber, attack her Life Points directly! I'll set one card face-down and end my turn." Joey says.
Mai is down to 1400. She starts mumbling something about how she can't lose and get go back to some place, but it's hard to make out. Mai draws and Harpie's Pet Dragon comes back to the field. "It was those numbers! Harpie's Pet Dragon had the number one, so it returns one turn after Joey destroyed it." Yami says.
"Now, Harpie's Pet Dragon, destroy his Fiend!" Mai says.
"Reveal face-down; Skull Dice! And I roll a two, so now your Dragon's attack points are halved!"
Mai is down to 450 Life Points. I look up to see the guy named Valon jump from the second floor, "With these fragment of tha Orichalcos stone, I unlocked tha Seal!" he yells.
A small explosion happens, which sends us all backwards. When the smoke from it clears, Valon and the other two men are standing next to Mai, "Don't think this is over! We'll come back and claim all of your souls!" the one with dark hair says.
The blonde-haired one lifts up his Orichalcos stone and the four of them disappear. I notice that Joey is starting to stand up now since the explosion knocked him over, "Wait, where's Mai? Did they take her?" he says.
"I guess so." Tea says.
Joey punches the ground, "Don't worry, we'll get you back Mai." He says.
I hear footsteps coming through the door, "Kaiba?" Yami says.
Kaiba apparently got himself a new trench coat, his new one is purple, "Oh great, the geek patrol is here." He says. Mokuba is standing behind him.
I didn't even have time to notice that the doors are now unlocked. Duke runs in through one of the doors. "Any sign of Pegasus?" Kaiba asks.
"No. Mai Valentine took his soul with the Orichalcos." Yami says.
"Orichalcos? I just dueled a guy who was babbling on about that, so we came here to get answers. Whoever has Pegasus is trying to gain control of my company and I can't allow that to happen."
Yami grabs the card Pegasus sent us from his pocket, "Maybe Pegasus wants us to use this somewhere to get answers." He says.
"Huh? There was a door upstairs that remained locked even when I cracked the security." Duke says.
"Then take us there now!" Kaiba demands.
"Okay, okay, geez." Duke leads us upstairs and takes us into what looks like Pegasus' office. Over on the right is a locked door with a ID card scanner next to it. Yami swipes the card on it and the door unlocks.
"Um, who wants to go in first?" Joey says.
Kaiba and Mokuba walk into the room and turn on the lights. The entire room is empty except for a bunch of Toon monster statues. "I hate these Toons." Kaiba says.
A hologram of Pegasus then appears in front of us, "Yugi-boy welcome, or least I hope it's you. By the way, I did all these statues myself!" it says, "And if you're listening to this then that means that those men trying to capture me have completed their task. Listen closely; it all began when a mysterious man tried to buy out my company. But there's more, that man possesses an ancient power like none I've ever seen, and his name is Dartz."
"Who's Dartz?" Yami says.
"Nobody cares." Kaiba says.
"You're in danger, Dartz plans to destroy civilization. And the only card that can defeat him is in this room. Ever since my retirement, I've had a lot of spare time so I've been researching the ancient Egyptian history of Duel Monsters. And these creatures existed long before the pyramids were even built. And Dartz is currently trying to resurrect the most terrifying beast I've ever seen; the Great Leviathan. He needs the souls of man and beast in order to resurrect it once again. If he succeeds, then the world as we know it could end. I created a card to help you and its hidden someone in this room, think wisely!" the hologram disappears.
We all start looking around. "Look over there; Pot of Greed! It's the only statue here that's not a Toon, which has to be it!" Yami says.
I walk over to the statue and look inside it. I find a card inside and pick it up. The card is completely blank, "How is this going to help us?" I say as I hand I hand it to Yami.
"It has to work somehow." He says.
"Wrong." Kaiba says, "This is a hoax, just like in Duelist Kingdom. There's no random guy sneaking around stealing people's souls with a trading card. He's just trying to buy time so he can take over my company!"
"Kaiba, not everything is about you! Think about it." Yami says. He grabs Timeaus from his deck and shows it to Kaiba, "You have one of these two, correct?"
Kaiba draws his dragon, and Joey draws Hermos. "You know that these cards aren't normal Kaiba. So help us, and join us so we can defeat Dartz."
Kaiba's always the downer. And Sabrina's going to duel in maybe two chapters, I can't predict anything. Just thought I should give the heads-up.