~Ari~
Yami, Kaiba, and I start heading back to where the trailer was. It takes a while, but we eventually reach the trailer, "Hey Seto! I knew you would come back!" Mokuba says.
"We're fine, Mokuba. We know who we're after now and it's time to crash their party." Kaiba says.
"Well, then we better hurry because Joey left to find them on his own!" Rebecca says.
"He went off on his own? Is he crazy?" I say.
"Apparently so."
"We've got to get to Paradius Headquarters before he does, or else he could be in serious danger." Yami says.
"Guys!" we look over to find Tea running toward us, but I still don't see Tristan around.
"What is it Tea?" Yami says.
"Those same Orichalcos monsters that we saw in the desert are now roaming the city!" she says.
Professor Halkins then comes out of the trailer, "That's not all. These monsters are all over the world. And people have been dropping into a corpse-like state." He says.
"It must be the Orichalcos!" Rebecca says.
"And we can't even ask the police for help, because they've all been taken over by the Orichalcos!" Tea says.
"Then I guess the world is in our hands again. We'll have to battle our way through to Dartz." Yami says.
"And where's Tristan?" I ask.
"I don't know. He ran after Joey earlier." Tea says.
"Let's hurry up then. Get into the trailer; we're going to Paradius Headquarters. Maybe we can find Joey and Tristan on the way." Duke says.
We nod and then get into the trailer. Duke gets into the driver's seat of the truck and starts driving. "Okay guys, we're about a mile away from Paradius, so we should be there in no time." Rebecca says.
"Hear that Seto? We're going to get our company back!" Mokuba says.
"It won't be easy. We're dealing with a powerful organization here and we can't afford any mistakes." Kaiba says.
Kaiba's right. Dartz has gotten too powerful already and we need to take him down quickly. We keep driving and then the trailer jolts and makes a stop. "Ow, doesn't Duke know how to drive this thing?" Tea says.
"Let's look outside." I say.
We all get out of the trailer to see one of those Orichalcos Soldiers and its attacking Tristan. "What should we do?" Tea asks.
Yami draws from his deck, "I summon Celtic Guardian!" he says.
The Celtic Guardian shows up, destroys the soldier, and then disappears. Tristan looks over at us, "Wow, thanks Yugi." He says.
"No problem." Yami says.
"Hey, where'd Joey go?" Tea asks.
"Joey had to be the hero or whatever and chase down one of those Doma guys."
"Oh no! Was it Valon?" Rebecca says.
"Who?"
"Valon's the guy that Rebecca and I faced earlier. He seems to really have something against Joey." Duke says.
"Then we better find him quickly." I say.
"That amateur will have to wait. Look around." Kaiba says.
I look up to see that at least ten Orichalcos Soldier's are surrounding us. I get my Duel Disk at the ready, "You guys ready to fight these guys again?" I say to Yami and Kaiba.
"Anything to get to my company." Kaiba says.
All three of our Duel Disk's begin to glow and we draw Critias, Ion, and Timaeus. We nod at each other, "Come forth, Eye of Timaeus!" Yami says.
"I play Fang of Critias!" Kaiba says.
"Wing of Ion, I summon you!" I say.
The three of our dragons then appear, looking ready to fight. The three of them blast the soldiers, but more keep appearing. Timaeus blasts at least fifteen of them with one attack, while Ion claws another ten, and Critias stomps on the rest. After all the soldiers are gone for the moment, our dragons turn into small orbs of light and then return to their cards.
Kaiba begins to walk away with Mokuba, "Where are you guys going?" I ask.
"Do you honestly think since I helped defeat some holograms, that I'm automatically part of your little fan club?" he says, "I work alone and no amount of holograms is going to change that."
"Kaiba, can't you at least help us find Joey?" Yami says.
"I'm not wasting my breath on that nerd. But if you wish to, my satellite system is open."
"Oh yeah! Joey's Duel Disk is probably on!" Rebecca runs back inside the trailer.
"Yeah, maybe Rebecca can get into the system and track Joey!" Tea says.
We wait around outside to see if Rebecca can find Joey. We've probably been waiting for fifteen minutes so far. "Ugh! I can't wait around anymore, we need to find Joey!" Tristan says.
"Tristan, we're all concerned, but we just need to stay calm." Tea says.
"But you don't understand! Tea, you were there, back at the train tracks, Joey was determined to get Mai back, even if it meant that he'd get his soul taken! That could've already happened since Mai and Valon are both after him!"
"I know, but-"
"We can't wait around forever! Let's go now!"
"Tristan, we need Kaiba's tracking system." I say, "There's no point in wandering around with nowhere to go, if we do that, then he could already be gone. If we use the tracking system, we may still have a chance."
"Hey guys, I've got it!" Rebecca says. She grabs a map out of her pocket, "The system says that he's about a mile away."
Yami takes the map from here, "Alright, I'll go alone and bring him back." He says.
"You're not going alone. It's too dangerous." I say.
"Yeah, and besides, Joey's our friend too!" Tea says.
"The three of us will come with you." Tristan says.
"Alright then, Duke watch Rebecca and Professor Halkins. After we find Joey, we're going after Dartz. Don't worry Rebecca; we'll bring Yugi back safely." Yami says.
She nods. "We're wasting time. Let's go now." I say.
So Yami, Tristan, Tea, and I run off in search of Joey. Yami hands Tea the map and Joey should be only a few blocks away. We run for about ten minutes, until Yami and my Duel Disk's glows. I draw Ion to see it glowing, along with Timaeus, "I guess Joey was able to play Hermos." I say.
"Then that means he's still out there, come on." Yami says.
Our Duel Disk's continue to glow as we run; probably meaning Hermos is still in play. After a few minutes, the glowing stops. Was Hermos destroyed? We don't have time to stop and think about it, so we just keep running.
"I think
"Do we have the time to?" I say.
"Wait, look over there." Yami says.
We look over to see a white beam of light coming from a ways away. I look at my Ion card again to see that it's glowing. I guess Joey's still out there. We begin to run off in that direction. After a few minutes, a green beam of light then appears in the same place. "Oh no, was that Joey?" I say.
"I hope it wasn't." Yami says.
We keep running and then we reach a four-way intersection. "This way." Yami says running to the right.
As we keep running, I then notice another ray of light, which is also green. When I get a better look I can see it forming into the Seal of Orichalcos, "Guys, you don't think Joey's dueling again, do you?" I say.
They look up at the Seal, "If that is him dueling, then his soul hasn't been taken yet." Tea says.
"Right, we've got to keep moving." Yami says.
We keep running until we reach around the area where we saw the Orichalcos form. "He should be around here somewhere." I say.
"Wait, look at Timaeus." Yami says.
The Timaeus card is glowing and so is Ion. "Did Joey play it again?"
"I guess so."
He turn a few more corners and then both of our cards stop glowing. I hope Joey didn't lose. We run down another alleyway and then see a fence up ahead. Up against that fence is Joey and Valon; both not moving. "Oh no, did Joey-?"
"Yes, he lost his soul." Yami says.
Sorry about the wait for this chapter, but I've been rewriting a 'Servant, Priestess, or More?', I just wanted to fix some errors and such in it. Right now I'm done with 10/20 of the chapters, so when I get free time between that, I'll post another chapter.