IT MAY OR NOT HAVE BEEN RELEVANT BUT THE CHILDREN HAVE NOT BEEN MENTIONED AS OF YET. THIS IS BECAUSE THEY WERE ON A TRIP.
ALSO THEY WOULD BE FEELING VERY IGNORED, JUST LIKE TED AND AKI.
"IT'S OKAY, CARLY," SAID AKI, WHO WAS HOLDING A JUST-WOKEN-UP CARLY "SEE, I'M IGNORED ALL THE TIME. IT'S BEST IN TIMES LIKE THESE TO JUST TAKE UP A CHEERLEADER POSITION."
"JACK DOESN'T IGNORE ME!" SAID CARLY, HE JUST LISTENS TO ME IN A DIFFERENT WAY IN THAT HE DOESN'T HEAR THE WORDS THAT COME OUT OF MY- YEAH HE IGNORES ME. BUT NOT ALL THE TIME IS WHAT I'M SAYING."
"LISTEN TO ME CARLY," SAID AKI, TOO PREOCUPIED WITH HERSELF TO LISTEN TO CARLY "WITH GUYS LIKE THESE IT'S BEST IF YOU JUST TAKE WHAT YOU CAN GET, OKAY? JUST TAKE WHAT YOU CAN GET. BECAUSE WHEN IT'S GOOD, IT'S GOOD. BUT WHEN IT'S BAD, YOU WILL HIT THE DRINK. THERE'S NO OKAY IN LIFE. TRUST ME, I HAVE MAGICAL POWERS AND EVEN THAT DOESN'T HELP."
AND WITH THAT AKI WENT TO CHEER YOUSAY ON (EVEN THOUGH HE WASN'T DOING ANYTHING) IN THE HOPE THAT HE WOULD SPEND SOME TIME WITH HER TOMORROW.
"BUT I CAN'T LET JACK KILL YOUSAY." SAID CARLY. "I KNOW! IF I FIND OUT THE TRUTH BEHIND ALL OF THIS NO ONE NEEDS TO DIE."
AND WITH THAT THOUGHT CARLY WENT TO WAKE UP THE ONLY INTELLIGENT PERSON IN THE ROOM WITH MAD GOOGLE SKILLS : BRUNO.
"GUYS" SAID CROW "YOU LOOK REALLY COOL AND EVERYTHING STANDING THERE WITH YOUR DUEL DISKS OUT READY TO THROW DOWN A FACE DOWN AND EVERYTHING, BUT COULD YOU HURRY IT UP I REALLY NEED TO SWEEP IN HERE." CROW WAS SERIOUS ABOUT HIS SPECIAL SKILL.
"FINE" SAID JACK, WHO KNEW THE IMPORTANCE OF A CLEAN HOME AND PRISTINE APPEARANCE. "I AM GOING TO FIND THE OLD SEAMAN, AND YOUSAY, YOU BETTER BE HERE WHEN I RETURN. COME ON CARLY."
BUT CARLY WAS ALREADY ON THE INTERNET WITH BRUNO.
"N-NOT CARLY TOO." SAID JACK, CRESTFALLEN. "IS NO ONE SAFE FROM THIS GUY? HOW MANY TIMES DO I HAVE TO PUNCH HIM?"
YOUSAY SAT ON THE WORKBENCH, OBVIOUSLY TOO SADDENED BY THE FACT THAT BRUNO HAD FOUND A NEW FRIEND TO STAY STANDING UP (THOUGH YOU COULDN'T TELL BY LOOKING AT HIM). LUCKILY AKI HAD BEEN WAITING FOR THIS MOMENT AND OFFERED A COMFORTING HAND - OR ANY OTHER PART OF HER BODY HE MIGHT REQUIRE.
I'M GOING TO PUNCH HIM AGAIN, JACK THOUGHT AS HE WALKED TOWARDS BRUNO ON THE COMPUTER. NO ONE STEALS MY GOOGLE OWL.
"I'VE GOT IT!" BRUNO SUDDENLY EXCLAIMED, NEARLY GIVING JACK A HEART ATTACK.
"IT SEEMS THE BEEF WAS WITH THE ATLANTEANS. THE AZTECS DON'T REALLY CARE. I FOUND THE FORUM WHERE THEY ARGUED ABOUT IT."
"THEY HAD THE INTERNET BACK THEN?" AKI SAID, ASTONISHED.
"THE INTERNET HAS ALWAYS EXISTED, GOOGLE JUST HAS YET TO CACHE ALL OF IT." CARLY EXPLAINED.
"OH." AKI REPLIED, AND WENT BACK TO BEING HAPPY BECAUSE YOUSAY WAS IN THE FETAL POSITION ON HER LAP. TO BE HONEST THOUGH IT WAS NOW LIKE 4AM SO NO ONE COULD TELL IF HE WAS IN REAL PAIN AND ANGUISH OR IF THAT WAS JUST THE WAY HE SLEPT.
"ANYWAY" SAID BRUNO "I ALSO FOUND OUT THERE WAS AN INCIDENT WELL OVER 50 YEARS AGO WHERE SOME GREEN HAIRED DUDE AND A BUNCH OF BIKERS TRIED TO RESURRECT ATLANTEAN POWERS OR SOMETHING. KAIBA CORP WAS INVOLVED THERE'S A PIXIV BLOG BY SETO KAIBA ABOUT IT."
"GET TO THE POINT" SAID JACK, WHO WAS HOLDING HIS FIST MID-AIR.
"WELL, THAT JUST PROVES THAT IT'S POSSIBLE TO CONTACT THE ATLANTEAN GODS. WE JUST NEED TO FIND OUT HOW TO CONTACT ONE AND SHOW THEM WHAT A GREAT, SWELL, AWESOME AND PURE GUY YOUSAY IS."
AS BRUNO SAID THIS YOUSAY WAS SUDDENLY SITTING NEXT TO HIM ON THE BENCH. "YOU MEAN THAT?" SAID YOUSAY.
"OF COURSE I MEAN IT." SAID BRUNO IN A VERY INNOCENT WAY "I DON'T WANT YOU TO DIE, YOUSAY. DYING IS A TERRIBLE THING!"
"IT'S NOT SO BAD. I CAN STILL DRINK TEA." SAID JACK, OFFENDED THAT BRUNO THOUGHT SO LITTLE OF DEATH WHEN OBVIOUSLY IT WAS WORKING OUT FINE FOR HIM.
ON THE OTHER BENCH AKI HAD BROKEN CROW'S SPARE BRUSH HEAD. CROW GULPED.
"THEN, LET'S FIND AN ATLANTEAN GOD." SAID CARLY. YOUSAY NODDED VIGOROUSLY.
"THERE WON'T BE ANY NEED FOR THAT." A FAMILIAR VOICE SAID, THE DOOR OPENING, REVEALING THE VERY EARLY MORNING LIGHT INTO THE BIKESHED.
