~Ari~

The closer we get to Death Valley the more I begin to worry. What if Yami loses? The car then comes to a cliff and we're forced to stop. We get out of the car and stand at the edge of the cliff. Below us, is another ledge and then across from that is the duel field between Rafael and Yami. "Aw no! That Orichalcos thing is on the field!" Joey says.

"Let's head down to the bottom ledge, we'll get a better view." Duke says.

The four of us slide down the edge of the cliff and make it to the ledge across from the dueling field. "Wait, Rex and Weevil, what are you guys doing here?" Tristan asks.

I look over and see the two of them standing there, "We came to witness the power of the Orichalcos!" Rex says.

"What's happened so far?" I ask.

"Yugi played the Seal of Orichalcos and then started throwing away his monsters one-by-one!" Weevil says.

H-he played it? No, it can't be. "No, that's not like him. He'd never do something like that."

"Well, we saw it! It's true, I'm telling ya!" Rex says.

"Yugi's not that kind of person though. It's like he turned dark." Joey says.

The worst part of it is that Yami seems to be enjoying the power the Orichalcos gives him. Yami has 600 Life Points, while Rafael has 100. "Looks like Yugi's got this in the bag!" Tristan says.

"I'm afraid if he does win though." I say.

"What are you talking about? Do you want him to lose his soul?"

"No, of course not. It's just, what if he continues to use that card after he wins? That card changed him, and pretty soon, he could turn on all of us."

"You've gotta point there." Joey says, "What if he joins that creepy Orichalcos gang? He's created a whole new enemy just by playing one card."

I then see Rafael play a monster known as Guardian Eatos and equip him with some kind of sword. Dark Magician Girl, Dark Magician, Gazelle, Berfomet, and Big Shield Gardna then appear on the field facing Yami. They look rather angry at him. All of them go inside the sword Eatos is holding and now it has 10000 attack points. Eatos attacks Yami's monsters and his Life Points go to 0.

"N-no, he can't lose." I say.

The Seal grows smaller and forms around Yami. I can sense Yugi for a brief moment but then it vanishes. Yami falls unconscious and tears begin to fall down my face. "Yugi! Get up!" Joey shouts.

Nothing happens. Rafael walks up to Yami and takes back the Orichalcos stone along with the card. A helicopter appears behind him and throws down a latter. Rafael grabs Yami and climbs onto the latter. "Get your hands off of him!" Joey yells.

"Fine. I already have everything I need!" Rafael says. He throws Yami onto Tristan and Joey, making them fall over. The helicopter flies off after.

Joey gets to his feet and lays Yami on the ground. "Yami, get up! Please!" I say.

His face twitches and then he opens his eyes. "Your okay!" I say hugging him.

He doesn't return the hug and he feels like he's shaking. "Hey Yug', you alright there?" Joey asks.

I separate from him and I can see that his eyes are all glossy and on the verge of tears, "What is it?" I ask.

"H-he took him," Yami says facing away from us, "Y-Yugi's gone."

Now I start crying again. Yugi paid the price for what he did. Yami falls to his knees and punches the ground, "It's all my fault! Yugi, come back! It should have been me!" he shouts.

"But I don't get it. How can Yugi be gone, if he's standing right here?" Tristan says.

"That's not Yugi standing in front of you. It's the spirit of the Millennium Puzzle. Yugi chose to pay the price for that duel." I say wiping away my tears.

The three of them seem to be catching onto it now. They don't say anything though; they just stand in complete shock. It seems like I'm the only one capable of speech at this moment, "Guys, we've got to head back and tell the others. It's not going to go smoothly, but it has to be done." I say.

"I guess so." Duke says.

Yami is still crying and didn't seem to hear us. I walk up next to him, "Yami, we've got to head back. You can't stay here forever." I say.

He doesn't say anything, but stands up. The five of us climb the ledge back to where the car is. Also there, is Rebecca's horse that Yami took here. He gets onto the horse while the four of us get into the car. There's no point in conversation during the car ride; there's nothing left to talk about. I'm not sure how this whole thing will turn out, but it's not going to be easy. We finally reach the trailer, where Rebecca and Tea are sitting outside. Yami gets off of the horse and Rebecca runs up and hugs him. Of course though, he doesn't hug back.

The rest of us get out of the car. "So you won then Yugi! Great! How'd you do it?" Tea asks.

"He didn't win, Tea. He lost." Duke says.

"You're lying! He's standing right here!" she looks over at Yami, "Wait… oh no."

"Yugi, why are you acting so strange?" Rebecca says, obviously not paying attention to what we just said.

"They got Yugi, Rebecca. This is all my fault. I unleashed the magic that took him away." Yami says.

"What! You knew that card was evil, but you played it anyway! You took my Yugi away!" she sobs. "It should've been you!"

Rebecca starts crying against Tea. "She's right. I let everyone down, including Yugi. He warned me not to use that card, but my rage took control." Yami says.

"What happened, happened. We can't change anything so we just need to figure out a way to fix it." I say.

"I betrayed Yugi. There's nothing we can do."

Joey grabs Yami by his shirt, "Snap out of it!" he then punches him in the face, causing Yami to tumble to the ground.

"Joey, don't be so hard on him!" Tea says.

Joey ignores us, "Focus, man! In order to save Yugi, we've gotta look ahead, not back!" he says. "So we gotta find dis Dartz guy and then find where he keeps his souls!"

We decide to head inside the trailer and discuss it there. We all sit down at the table and start thinking about what we can do. Yami seems a little more alert now, which is good. "Okay, so they want to destroy the world, we've seen this before, we can handle it." Tristan says.

"Well, the first thing we should go after is that Giant Eye thing." Joey says.

"We've got the Legendary Dragons to help us with that, but where do we even start?" I ask.

"Well, my grandpa's research lab was burned down, so we can't explain our story to anyone, we've got no evidence." Rebecca says.

"Yeah, but, what about those ruins of Atlantis?" Tea says.

"They destroyed them."

"They ruined the ruins?"

"But don't give up!"

We notice that Professor Halkins is standing there watching us. Tea says that he came back sometime last night. "You're right by looking to the ruins. I believe that this gang is descendants of Atlantis." He says.

"But why would they try and destroy their own ancestral home?" I ask.

"They must be trying to hide something, possibly their history. The legend is that Atlantis was the most advanced civilization in history, with technology far beyond anything anyone has ever seen. But the city was destroyed by a dark beast under the control of an Evil King who drew his power from a mysterious stone."

Yami looks concerned by the words 'evil king'. "But maybe they want to destroy da ruins because it has something on how ta destroy dat beast." Joey says.

"That could be it! Is there anything left of the ruins we get get information on?" Tea asks.

"No, the ruins are completely destroyed. But, in Florida, there's a museum that has some inscriptions from Atlantis. I was doing research there, so maybe they have something that can help you." Professor Halkins says.

"Yeah, but how are we supposed to get there?" Duke says.

"Um, what about Kaiba?" Joey says.

"Yeah, like he'd ever give us a ride." I say.

"Well I'm still gonna try! Rebecca, let me use your webcam."

"Right there on the table." She says.

Joey gets onto the Kaiba Corp line and waits for him to answer the call. Joey is smudging his face aginst the camera, so we really can't see anything. One of Kaiba's assistants answers the call and then puts us threw to Kaiba. "Hey Kaiba! That you?" Joey says.

"It would work better if you stepped back from the camera." Mokuba says.

"Oh right." Joey steps back so we can all look at the camera. Kaiba's sitting at his desk, with Mokuba standing next to him.

"What do you want Wheeler?" Kaiba asks.

"We got some clues about those biker punks." Joey says.

"What kind of clues?"

"My answer comes wit a price. Just give us a ride to Florida and I'll fill you in."

"Why should I?"

"Look! Yugi lost his soul in a duel and we're running outa time!"

"Way to keep it a secret Joey!" Tristan says.

I look at the webcam and Kaiba seems to be angered now, "YUGI LOST!? He gave his championship title to some nobody! Shut up and leave me alone, you're a disgrace Yugi!" with that said, Kaiba ends the call.

"What now?" Yami asks.

"I guess I can scrape up some extra cash for you guys. You guys can take a train to the airport and then fly out to Florida." Rebecca says.

"Alright, thanks! Duke, maybe you should stay behind with Rebecca and Professor Halkins." Tristan says.

"Okay, I guess so." Duke says.

"Aw yeah! We're goin ta Florida!" Joey says.

I know it's taking me slightly longer to put up a chapter lately, but I've gotten really lazy and just didn't feel like writing one. Hopefully, I can break that habit soon. It was really annoying during Kaiba's outburst, because my brother wouldn't leave me alone during that part, because apparently, he likes that part and he's a creepo. I just felt like sharing that.