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Claimer: YAY! This ENTIRE STORY IS MINE! And the one or two or three OCs that show up that aren't Jess are also mine. :)
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Jaden's POV
"Glad to see you're back," Marik said as I walked back into the room. Everyone gave me a once over, realizing I was in different clothes.
"Where'd you get the duds?" Tristan asked. I opened my mouth to answer but someone spoke up before I could.
"I brought them for him." The Pyramids, minus Atem, gasped as Serenity stepped out from behind me.
"Serenity! What are you doing here?" Joey demanded. Atem stood up and walked over to her.
"I called her and asked her to bring Jaden some new clothes." Joey's mouth opened and closed like a fish. Serenity rolled her eyes at his expression.
"Relax, Joey. It's not like I intend to go out and fight. I'm just doing a favor for my husband." Said man smiled at her and took her hands, kissing them.
"And he thanks you." She smiled at him and wound her arms around his neck.
"I can think of some other ways you can thank me." Atem chuckled and brushed his lips across hers. I smiled at them before sitting down next to Alexis. She grabbed my hand and laced our fingers together.
"Maybe you should go home now, Serenity," Tristan said. She glared at him, her head on Atem's shoulder. She took a step back and folded the backs of her hands on her hips.
"Leave? Not a chance. You guys will need my help." Atem touched her hand lightly.
"We may, we may not. I'd prefer not to have to worry about you and everyone else who is a target." She frowned at him. They stared at each other for a moment before he sighed. "Just stay close." She smiled triumphantly and grabbed his hand, locking their fingers. Tristan made a whipping sound, only to be smacked by Joey so hard he fell to the ground.
"Jaden," Jesse called. I looked at him.
"What's up?" He moved closer to me, Julie and Jim following him. Emmy sat down on my free side.
"I've been thinking, about Giese, and I might have a way we can find him and the rest of the Skulls." My eyes grew wide.
"How?" This was news!
"Giese taught me how to hunt, how to track. I might be able to track them back to the base where they all are." I smiled widely.
"That's great! We could get the jump on them." He nodded slowly.
"But there's one problem," Julie said. I groaned.
"Of course, there's always one problem." Jesse looked at me.
"I need to see another…attack. To see another Skull. After that, I could give it a shot." My hopes fell, my body sagging.
"They come to kill, Jesse. Not to give us a chance to track them." He nodded.
"The dilemma exactly." I groaned. Alexis looked at me.
"Even if it isn't something we want to force, the plan in itself is good." I nodded.
"Yes, it is. If something like that happens, you act, Jesse." He nodded.
"What are you guys muttering over there?" Marik called. We all looked back the room. Everyone was watching us. Bastion raised an eyebrow.
"By the looks on your faces, you guys have a plan." The Pyramids and Signers looked amongst each other.
"Call it Plan B," I said. Atticus looked at me.
"What is this Plan B?"
"If the Skulls attack again, I could try to track them back to their base." Tony whipped around to stare at him.
"Could you really do that?" He sounded very shocked. Jesse shrugged.
"I might be able to." Tony's eyes narrowed and he looked back out the window.
"Plan B or not, a plan is a plan," Yusei said. "It's better than diving in head first without any idea." I nodded.
"I know." Blair looked between us.
"But what are you guys going to do until they strike again?" I shrugged.
"I might be able to help with that," Serenity said. I looked at her. She was sitting in Atem's lap, smiling at me.
"How?" She pulled out her phone.
"Yugi and his wife, Rebecca, have a few tricks up their sleeves." I looked at her confused.
"What kind of tricks?" Atem touched her phone.
"Tricks that could find the Skulls if we have enough information on them." My hopes rose.
"Do we have enough?" They looked at each other and shrugged. Serenity dialed a number.
"We'll find out."
"Put it on speaker!" Joey called. She rolled her eyes but pressed the button. We all heard the ringing. It rang once, twice, a third time. Suddenly, a different phone rang off in the kitchen. Julie looked up.
"That's mine." She made a move to get up but Emmy stopped her.
"You stay. I'll get it." She nodded as Emmy disappeared.
'Hello?' Yugi Mutuo's voice called.
"Hey, Yugi. You ready for the info?" Serenity asked.
'Hey, Serenity. Yeah, we're all set over her. Give us what you got.' Atem looked at her.
"You were prepared." She smiled at him.
"I always am." He chuckled again and looked at the phone.
"What kind of information do you want first?" There was silence.
'The members. Name and describe them.' Atem gave me a look, telling me to start.
"Okay, there's Camula. She's a vamp-" I didn't get to finish. Glass shattering and a gunshot silenced me. Everyone froze.
'Are you guys okay?' Yugi asked, frantic.
"Yes, that came from the kitchen," Atem answered. Julie and I gasped, looking at each other.
"EMMY!" Without hesitation, we both lunged off the couch and ran to the kitchen. Julie was in front of me. She rounded the corner and hit the linoleum wrong, sliding down on her back and hitting Emmy. I stopped running and moved slowly into the kitchen. Everyone followed me, gasping at the site.
Julie was pushing herself up, blood clinging to her and her clothes. Emmy lay next to her, a bullet wound on either side of her neck. She'd bled out. Julie had slipped on it and was now covered in it.
"No…Emmy," she whispered. I fell to my knees, not feeling anything. Alexis kneeled next to me, her hands on my back.
"Not her, too," I said quietly. Alexis looked heartbroken. She placed her head in the crook of my neck, her arms still around my neck. She was trying to comfort me but I think I was beyond that.
"Look!" Syrus screamed. I whipped my head up to see someone standing in view of the shattered window, most likely from where the shot come from.
It was Camula.
"Camula!" I yelled. She smiled at me, blowing a kiss in my direction before taking off. Julie, seeing her and realizing she was the one who killed Emmy, jumped up from the floor and ran out the door.
"Julie, no!" Jesse yelled, chasing after her.
"Jesse!" Jim yelled. Jack and Crow grabbed him before he could chase after him.
"Dude, you have to stay here. You all can't run after her," Crow said. Jim looked ready to pull free.
"Listen to him, Jim. Leave Camula to Julie and Jesse," I said. He looked at me. I stood up slowly and walked over to Emmy, Alexis following me. She was holding onto my hand tightly. I kneeled in Emmy's blood, closing her eyes with my fingers.
'Hello? Emmy? Julie? What's going on?' Nathan demanded. I looked up to see Julie's phone lying in the blood. I grabbed it and held it to my ear.
"Nathan, Emmy's dead." He gasped.
'What about everyone else?' I looked around.
"Fine. We'll be fine."
'Good to know. Where are you kids? I want to help.'
"The Kame Game Shop in Domino City."
'I'll be there as soon as I can.' He hung up without a word. I slowly closed Julie's phone, setting it on the counter.
"Jaden?" Alexis called. I pulled my hand from hers and looked at Jim.
"Let's clean this up, Jim." He frowned and walked over to me after tugging away from Crow and Jack. He looked down at Emmy.
"This isn't fair." I nodded.
"You're right, it isn't." I looked up at him. "But the Skulls never play fair."
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EMMY!
T_T She's dead! It's so sad! What's going to happen next?
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