~Ari~
The array of light comes and goes as we keep walking. I'm worried that the Great Beast will rise soon. Yami and I have been walking the train tracks for about an hour or so, but we haven't seen the gang anywhere. "Do you think they wandered away from the tracks?" I ask.
Yami thinks this over. He was pretty optimistic about them being here a while ago, but now he's not so sure, "We'll find them no matter what." Is all he says.
We've reached a forest by now, but it's not too thick. I look down at my Duel Disk for a moment and then notice that it starts glowing. I look at Yami's Duel Disk to find that it's doing the same thing. "What's this?" he asks.
"The Legendary Dragons must want something." I say.
Two streams of light come from our Duel Disk's and then meet with another two. The streams of light then transform into Timaeus, Critias, Hermos, and Ion. They all fly up into the sky and circle around a plan that looks minutes away from crashing. The four of them grab a hold of the plane as it almost crash lands.
"Yami, come on, let's see what's happening." I say.
He nods and the two of us run into the woods and stand a top of a hill over a lake. The plane crash lands, but no harm was done. All four dragons disappear as dust rises into the air. "Wait; is that one of Kaiba's planes?" Yami says.
"There's somethin ya don't see every day!" the two of us look over to find Tristan, Joey, and Tea standing on the other side of the hill.
"Hey guys! We finally found you!" I say.
"Yeah! But wait, what about that plane?" Tea says.
"Let's go check it out." Tristan says.
We slide down the hill and head towards the plane. I notice that Rex is lying unconscious on Joey's back, so I guess they dueled after all. We reach the side of the plane and the side door opens. Kaiba stands in the doorway with a man in his arms. "Kaiba?" Yami says.
"Oh great, it's the geek squad." He says jumping down. Mokuba follows him.
Kaiba tosses the guy in his arms onto the ground, "Who is that guy?" I ask.
"His name is Alister. My big brother dueled him and then he lost his soul." Mokuba says.
"So, you dueled that guy on a movin plan?" Joey says.
"Maybe I did. And don't you geeks have somewhere else to be?" Kaiba says annoyed. I notice that he doesn't make eye contact with Yami because he's probably still mad about him losing.
"Kaiba, by now you must know that your destined to help us. We need your help to stop Dartz." Yami says.
"Please Yugi, I've had enough of the word 'destiny' for one lifetime. Can't you dweebs just handle stuff on your own?"
A Kaiba Corp. helicopter lands by the crashed plane and Roland emerges from it. "Mister Kaiba, thank goodness you're alright! But I have some terrible news…" he says.
"What is it?" Kaiba says.
"Kaiba Corp. It's been entirely bought out by an unknown source. The company is no longer yours."
"WHAT!? SOME NO-GOOD BAFOON HAS MY COMPANY!?" Kaiba yells.
"Well, um, yes sir."
"Erg, we're going to the United States Kaiba Corp Headquarters now! I'm going to teach this person not to mess with MY company!"
"Hey, what 'bout us? Ya can't just leave us all here." Joey says.
"Fine geeks, get into the helicopter, we leave in thirty seconds."
We all aboard the helicopter and take off. We lie Alister and Rex on the floor, while the rest of us takes the seats along the walls. "So, how can one person have all the money to buy the entire company?" Tea asks.
"Someone must've broken into the main computer and hacked into my account." Kaiba says.
"What about the ruins? We've got to get to that museum and find the ancient text." Yami says.
"I already have a team there figuring it out."
"Um, Mister Kaiba." The pilot says, "There's an emergency signal coming from the museum, they're calling on the red line."
Kaiba nods and opens his briefcase. He then takes out a laptop and logs on. "The museum has been taken over. But no matter, at least we have the information we need." Kaiba says.
"We should send this information to Professor Halkins. He should be able to translate it." Yami says.
"Then you do the honors." Kaiba says handing him the laptop.
Yami kind of struggles with figuring out how to use it, because we're not used to technology much. But after a few minutes, he's able to use it pretty well. He opens up the webcam and contacts Rebecca, "Oh, hi, Pharaoh." She says.
"We have the carvings from the ruins. See if your grandfather can read them." Yami says.
Professor Halkins leans over Rebecca and looks at the files, "These images are too blurry. I can't read what they say." He says. "We'll meet you guys in Florida to discuss a plan later."
They log off and Yami shuts the laptop. "We're still going to the United States Kaiba Corp Headquarters; my supercomputer will be able to translate it." Kaiba says.
"But that place is probably swarming with guards!" Tea says.
"But he does have a point. First these criminals went after Pegasus, and now they've targeted Kaiba's company. We have to stop them before they can create any more damage." Yami says.
"Wow, your speaking pretty clearly even if you've lost your title." Kaiba says.
"Kaiba, this is more than just a dueling title. The entire world is in danger." I say.
"Says the girl who still has a dueling title. And you geeks need a new hobby, let the professionals save the world." Kaiba says.
We ignore him and just wait for us to arrive in Florida. The sun has gone down and now we're just waiting to land. We reach a pier and find Duke, Rebecca, and Professor Halkins waiting for us. The sky now looks like it could start pouring at any minute. We all get off of the helicopter, and it takes off again to deliver Alister and Rex to a hospital.
"So, how was da road trip guys?" Joey asks.
"We ran into a problem about halfway there. We saw Mai and one of those weirdos, the one that stopped your duel." Duke says.
"Jerk! Where'd he go?!"
"We don't know. But he really has something against you Joey."
"Anyways, we're going to Kaiba Corp to find Dartz. That's why we came here." Yami says.
"I'll come with you guys! You'll need some tech support!" Rebecca says.
"Ha! Like we'll need a kid around. Believe me kid, I've got this covered." Kaiba says.
"I'm no kid!"
"Whatever. I'm going to Kaiba Corp; any geeks that wanna come should speak now."
"I'm going with you Kaiba. I need to defeat Dartz." Yami says.
"I'll go too!" I say.
"It's going to be too dangerous. You should stay with the others."
"No, you guys will need back-up. And besides, anywhere else is probably just as dangerous."
"Will you geeks just shut up? The girl can come, but stay out of my way." Kaiba says.
The three of us run off toward Kaiba Corp while the rest of the gang stays behind. Kaiba soon stops near the opening to the sewer. "Why are we stopping here?" I ask.
"I made an underground passage in the sewers. This opening should lead us right there." Kaiba says.
He slides the disk out of the way and then jumps down there. I jump down next, while Yami closes the opening and jumps down. Kaiba starts running and Yami and I follow him to a corridor in the sewer. We then reach a doorway, but its locked shut. Kaiba yanks the picture of Mokuba from his neck and then swipes it onto the key card, which opens the door.
The door turns out to be an elevator and the three of us head inside while the doors close. The elevator begins to head upwards and so far we don't have any problems. But I stand corrected when the lights go out and the elevator violently shakes. "What was that?" Yami asks.
The ceiling then breaks open and one of the Orichalcos monsters jumps down. It looks kind of like a one-eyed mutant rabbit. Yami pulls me close to him and tries to shield me from the monster. It then lunges toward Kaiba, probably aiming for the throat, but Kaiba dodges the attack and the beast goes right through the elevator wall. "You alright?" Yami asks.
"Yeah, what about you Kaiba?" I say.
"I'm fine, now we're getting out of this elevator." He then smashes the controls with his Duel Disk, which causes the doors to open automatically. Yami and Kaiba push them open all the way and then we all get out at one of the floors. The welcoming party we get is an army of Duel Monsters. "Be careful, these monsters are real, not holograms." Yami says.
"Why would I believe something like that? I suggest you check yourself into a mental hospital, Yugi." Kaiba says.
"A doorway has been opened between our worlds and there's somehow. If you've got a better explanation, then feel free to share it."
"You're still crazy, but my only concern now is to get rid of these monsters."
"Then let's quit talking and fight them." I say.
"Go, Obnoxious Celtic Guardian!" Yami says.
"Come forth, Magician's Valkria!" I say.
"Come out, Vorse Raider!" Kaiba says.
Our monsters destroy most of the army, but the monsters keep getting reinforcements. "This way!" Kaiba says. He starts running down a hallway. Yami grabs my wrist and we run after him. Our monsters stay behind to fight the army.
We reach the end of the hallway, where another door is waiting. Kaiba swipes his card, "DENIED." Swipes it again, "DENIED."
"Someone must've reprogrammed the code." Kaiba says.
I look back at the army to find them destroying our monsters, "Guys, we need new plan, we have no defenses left." I say.
"Need some help guys?" the doors then open and we run through them.
"Rebecca, is that you?" I say.
"Yep, Kaiba's security wasn't hard to break into." She says over the intercom.
She ends up unlocking each door we encounter and we finally make it to the room holding the supercomputer. Kaiba swipes his card and it begins to scan him. "Seto Kaiba confirmed. Say a command?" the computer says.
"Shut down the system and upload the back-up system!" Kaiba says.
"Affirmative, Mister Kaiba."
Kaiba puts the file with the photos on it into the computer and it begins to scan it. A photo of some sort of symbol shows up on one of the multiple screens, "Wait I've seen that symbol before." Kaiba says.
"What is it?" Yami asks.
"It's the symbol to a secret financial organization called Paradius. No one has seen them, but they say that they own a portion of every company in the world. OH CRAP!"
"What is it?" I ask.
"The president of Paradius is Dartz! He also runs a gang called Doma."
"That's the biker gang! Upload a picture of Dartz."
On the screen, appears a picture of a man around the age of thirty who has green hair and yellow and green eyes. "Wait, that's him! I saw that man once in a vision; he fought the battle of Atlantis." Yami says.
The computer begins to explode, and when the smoke clears all of the files are lost. A blue fog then forms around us and Yami pulls me closer to him. A dragon-like beast appears and Dartz stands a top of it, "Well, if it isn't Mister Kaiba ad the infamous Pharaoh and Queen." He says.
"What do you want Dartz?" Yami says.
"I assume you should've figured that out by now. Even baboons are smarter than you all are. But, you are the 'chosen duelists', so why don't you prove it?"
"I don't have to prove anything to you! Now give me back my company!"
"Or what?"
"Dartz, why don't we just duel you? We don't have time for all this." I say.
"Good idea, I summon The Eye of Timaeus!" Yami says.
"Come forth, Fang of Critias!" Kaiba says.
"Wing of Ion, I summon you!" I say.
"Ah, the Legendary Dragons, eh? It's been ages since our last battle? I'm surprised Timaeus can still see out of that eye, due to the damage I've caused it."
Timaeus roars in anger and then lauches a fireball at Dartz. Dartz then disappears before the blast even touches him. "We'll meet again, but next time, your souls will be mine!" Dartz voice echoes.
The Legendary Dragons disappear and then room returns to normal. A loud bang comes from the door and some of the monsters break through. Kaiba runs ahead and reaches an elevator off to the side. Yami grabs my wrist and we run over there. Honestly, I can run on my own.
We enter the elevator and begin to head upwards. We reach the roof of the building where some of the monsters are already waiting for us. "New plan?" I ask.
"Yeah, jump." Kaiba says.
"Are you insane? We'll die!" Yami says.
"No we won't."
I then notice Kaiba's Blue-Eyes Jet fly toward us and hover just below the roof. The three of us jump off the edge and into the Jet. One of the monsters on the roof however, blasts the side of the jet, causing it to spiral out of control and crash land. Luckily, none of us are injured.
"Not a happy landing." Kaiba says.
We look back at Kaiba Corp to find smoke emerging from it. "That fool won't take my company!" Kaiba says.
"We have bigger problems. Look." I say.
Up in the sky is the shadow of a serpent-like creature, which I assume is the Great Leviathan. "How much time do we have left?" Yami says.
I gave Kaiba some (okay, a lot) of extra sass in this chapter, but it was enjoyable to write. Hopefully, this chapter had a tad bit more romance (more mental probably than anything). And I may have slipped a Revenge of the Sith line in there, so see if anyone can figure that out. And okay, enough of my rants.