Hey All,

I've noticed that there are fewer reviews than there are chapters. No matter, I'm NOT going to give up.

I realized that there was something missing, or rather someone. I figured that it was time to bring him in. Hope you enjoy, not just the chapter, but also someone's reaction to the 'new' character.

PhantomBrat out...

Danni

It's soooo boring in here, there's absolutely nothing to do. I just found out that I'm confined to the infirmary until Dr. Frasier can examine me to make sure that the stun from a Zat (I found out that that's what they call the thing that hit me) didn't leave any permanent damage. It's bad enough that I was sick, but being stuck in bed is enough to drive me nuts.

Mokuba showed up just as I was contemplating on bugging Sammy to let me borrow his body through Partial Possession just to get a temporary break. "I heard you're stuck in here," he stated.

"Yeah," I replied. "I'm thinking on having my big brother bring my binders in so I can organize my cards or my art journals or something."

Mokuba looked at me, "Can I see your journals?"

"Sure, why not," I shrugged. "We'll just have to give Sammy about five minutes after I call him to get them."

Mokuba smiled, "Ok."

^Sammy.^

^^Yeah, Danni?^^

^Can I have my art journals?^

^^That bored huh?^^

^Yeah, and Mokuba wanted to see some of them.^

^^How fast do you want them?^^

^How fast can you get here?^

^^About five minutes if I take the shortcut, longer if I don't.^^

^Take the shortcut. Besides, we need to let Mokuba in on our secret since his brother and everyone else knows.^

^^Alright. See you soon.^^

Mokuba was staring at me, "You had the look that Yugi and Ryou get sometimes."

I realized what he was talking about, "I was talking to my big brother. You see we're twins. Sammy and I are one of the types of twins that can sense what the other is thinking or feeling. The thing is the twin link is fairly common among identical twins and very rare among brother-sister twin sets. Plus, our Link is way stronger than most twins' because we can carry conversations in the manner in which you just saw."

"Wow, I wish I had a twin," Mokuba said.

I laughed, "Sometimes being a twin with the kind of connection Sammy and I have has its setbacks."

"What do you mean, Danni," he asked.

"Well, if my big brother doesn't block his side of our Link off when he gets hurt, I can feel his pain. The same situation applies to me as well," I answered.

^^Danni, I'm here.^^

^Cool. I'll let Mokuba know.^

"Sammy's here. We wanted to let you in on a secret," I told him. "Sammy and I aren't like most twins."

Mokuba looked confused, "What do you mean by that?"

"Just watch that wall," I said, pointing to the one in front of me.

^Come on in big brother.^

Mokuba

I looked where Danni had pointed. The boy from earlier walked through the wall! "Hey, Danni," he said. "Glad to see you awake."

"Nice to see you too, Big Brother," Danni replied. "Mokuba, I'm not sure if you got a chance to meet my big brother, Sammy."

"N-n-n-nice to meet you, Sammy," I managed to get out. "My big brother said that you were the only set of twins here, but I've seen two other kids that look like you. Are you sure you're not quadruplets?"

Sammy laughed, "Yup. The other two that look like us are Sam and Danny. If you have any trouble telling us apart later, I'll give you a clue; look at our eye color. Sam and I have amethyst eyes while Danni and Danny have blue eyes."

"I'll try to remember that," I replied.

Danni handed me a journal to look at. "Wow, Danni," I said. "These are great drawings! Have you ever thought of entering any contests with them?"

Danni smiled, "Thank you Mokuba. And I've never really entered them anywhere. But I have sold a few with our uncle's help. He allowed me to display them in his office and I've sold prints of them that way." Danni looked at Sammy, "Hey big brother, did you get around to pranking Bakura yet?"

Sammy frowned, "Not yet, I was sort of hoping that you could help me there. Wanna do the stunt we use on Uncle Set-set?"

Set-set? I used to call Seto that until we were taken to the orphanage.

"Sure," she replied, grinning. "But you'll have to wait until he's alone first, otherwise it'll never work."

Sammy laughed as the doctor came over. "Ok, Danni," she said, "I need to make sure that there are no lasting effects from that Zat blast. You boys need to leave for a few minutes. I'll let you know when you can come back in."

Sammy nodded, "That's ok. I'm gonna go put Danni's books away and maybe play some video games." We left the room after wishing Danni luck.

Janet

"Well, Danni," I said after checking her, "You're clear to leave. I saw no damage and you can walk unaided. Just come back if you need anything."

Danni nodded, "Ok. Um, quick question."

"Go ahead." I replied.

"Weren't you going to check my other side," she asked.

I had forgotten that the Twins and Danny were different than the others. They were individuals with two forms instead of being either a split soul within two bodies or sharing the same body, or being a willing, or unwilling, host to another creature. "Alright then, go ahead and change so we can be sure," I told her.

Danni nodded and without saying a word, changed her form. She only had a few differences in her appearance, her hair was white and her eyes were green. "Ready," she smiled.

I double-checked her and found that there were no problems and told her that she was free to go. Danni paused, "Um, I was wondering if I could stay here a bit longer. Just until Sammy and I do something."

"What would that be," I asked.

Danni grinned, "Sammy wanted to prank Bakura and the best way to mess with someone like him is through 'Partial Possession'."

"Explain," I said, crossing my arms. I had a feeling I was going to regret this.

"Sammy and I found out that we could take partial control of each other," Danni answered. "It's kind of like a stronger version of the Twin Link, but there's a way of knowing if we're doing a 'Partial Possession'. All you have to do is look at our eyes. For some reason, we end up with one blue eye and one amethyst. It really comes in handy if we want to creep out the bad guys that kidnap one of us and our parents want to know if the kidnapped one is ok. The last time, I made Sammy's kidnapper run from the room screaming something about possessions and demons while Sammy was telling Mom and Dad where he was and filling them in on my little prank."

I sighed, "Let me go get General Hammond and SG-1 before you and Sammy do this. I really don't want them getting upset about you and Sammy messing around with your powers when we still don't know what you two are fully capable of."

After informing General Hammond and SG-1 of the Twins' plan, we led Danni to the observation room. "Ok Danni," Sam started, "We're going to watch you from that room. Whenever you and Sammy are ready, we'll begin."

Danni nodded, "Sammy said he's ready whenever. He's spotted Bakura leave the others and go into their room, but he's not sure how long he's going to be in there."

We headed to the observation room. Danni closed her eyes and when she opened them, it was as she said earlier. One eye was blue and the other amethyst. "Danni's ready," came the reply. We turned on the wireless bug we had planted on Sammy after Danni told us what they were going to do. We had even had the video feed from their room sent to the room we were in.

Bakura

I headed to the room to see if I could finally go through the bag that had all the locks on it. From what I gathered from the colors of the bags, the blue one without locks likely belonged to Sammy and the purple one with the locks was Danni's. There was no fun in going through a bag that presented no challenge, so I decided on the purple one.

"What do you think you're doing," a voice questioned.

"Who do you think you are to sneak up on me, foolish mortal," I shot back, turning around to see that nobody was there.

"We don't appreciate your attempts to break into our personal property," the voice said as the owner of it slowly appeared from thin air. It was Sammy. "We don't like it when those whom we consider to be our friends try to steal our things."

This boy must be possessed! The thing was I felt no Shadow Magic or Item in the room. How is this possible? "Who or what are you." I demanded to know.

"We are who we are. Our names are of no concern to you, petty thief," the boy stated.

I stepped back, "Whoever is possessing the boy, show yourself now."

The boy crossed his arms and smirked. "Are you frightened of us," he asked as he vanished from sight, laughing.

I started to run from the room, but crashed into the group instead. "What was that," Ryou asked.

Tristan

We were headed to Sammy, Yugi, Atem, Ryou, Bakura, and Tucker's room when we heard voices coming from there. We got to the doorway just in time to see Sammy vanish from sight.

Bakura tried to run from the room but crashed into us. I'd never seen the evil spirit so frightened. Atem couldn't help but laugh at this sight. When he calmed down, we went to find out why Bakura was so scared. Danny, Sam, Tucker, and Alex had taken off after Bakura ran into us. This made them the ones most likely to know what was going on.

Jack

The Twins' prank was amazing! I had never imagined that they could speak through each other so easily. I was starting to really envy the Twins now. While Danni was messing with Bakura for trying to break into her backpack, Sammy was telling us some of what she was doing. He knew that we were observing her end of the prank, but hearing him put some of his opinion in was helpful since it was likely that we could use this to our advantage later.

Apparently Danni thought that such a stunt was more effective if she used a multiple sense when speaking. It seemed to work out quite well. She did say that it set Sammy's kidnapper on edge, and it appeared to have unnerved Bakura.

"Danni says she done. Bakura's so freaked out that he's run from the room in a panic," Sammy said. "If I don't get back, I'm going to be bombarded with questions. Time to go play the innocent, evil Twin."

After Danni's eyes returned to their normal blue color, she stretched, "Wow, that was fun."

I carried Danni to the room where the others were gathered to play games. "Thank you Jack," she said as I sat her down in a chair. "Hi guys."

I smiled as I walked out of the room. She was lighter than she looked. I suppose that it had something to do with being part ghost.

Malik

Bakura had gone off in search of Sammy, muttering something about sending the Twin to the Shadow Realm for terrorizing him during a raid. Moments after he left, Jack came in carrying Danni. After she thanked him, he left and Sammy showed up. "So what'd I miss," he asked innocently. "I went looking for Danni and was told that she was on her way here. I'm glad to see you out of the infirmary, little sis."

"I was starting to think I'd go crazy and start begging for release from the place," Danni whined. "I can see why Uncle Tuck hates places like that. There was absolutely nothing to do in there."

I watched as Sammy handed Danni a purple bag, which had multiple locks on it. "Thanks big brother," she said, smiling.

Great, another kid that calls their brother 'big brother'. I couldn't believe my eyes when Danni reached into the bag without undoing the locks. She pulled out a blue, overstuffed book and sat there flipping through the pages. I just sat there watching as she closed it and put it back, again without undoing the locks. She pulled out two handhelds and looked around, "Who wants to play Duel Monsters via GameBoy? I have a spare handheld with the game and a cable."

I was closest and was severely bored, "I'll play you."

"Careful, Danni almost always wins at Duel Monsters," Sammy cautioned me. "She had yet to beat two of our uncles back home, but she's pretty good at demolishing the competition at tournaments in our age group."

"Then why didn't you offer to Duel her," I asked.

Danni answered, "One time he mentally boasted about how he was going to beat me, strategy and all. I forfeited the Duel and explained why. Since then twins, triplets, and such are to Duel in separate arenas and never against each other."

"So why turn your own brother in like that," I asked, confused.

Sammy looked at me, "Because I should have known better and not gone against what our uncles taught us. Our uncle that was in charge of the tournament wasn't too pleased with me and as punishment, I was disqualified from the rest of the tournament. Our other uncles lectured me on proper Duelist etiquette, then they informed Dad. My decks were taken away for a month. It was pure torture! But I learned my lesson, and haven't done it since. Of course, it was my fault to begin with."

"I'd say it was," Danni spoke up, "you forgot to cut off your end of the Twin Link."

Danni and I played Duel Monsters with the handhelds and she beat me easily. I passed my handheld to Joey, who lost in less than ten minutes. The Pharaoh took a turn and Danni ended up 'Decking Out'. They were pretty evenly matched in Deck strength. Danni was at 1500 LP while he was at 1800 LP.

"Well, that was fun," Danni said as her handheld's batteries died after going another round against the Pharaoh and 'Decking Out' again. "Well, it looks like I may not be able to beat you either. At least I know that I need to improve my strategies a bit, and stock up on batteries. I'm totally out of them."

Sammy grinned, "Sis, did you forget that you could 'charge' your batteries or play your games without them?"

Danni shook her head, "I didn't forget. Besides, I can't do that to these batteries anymore. I've already 'recharged' them four times. If I do anymore, they'll blow. I'd rather same these for a fight."

"There you are, boy," Bakura growled from the doorway. "I believe payback is in order."

Sammy backed up, "W-w-what'd I do?"

"Don't toy with me mortal," he threatened. "You messed with the wrong person."

"But I didn't do anything," Sammy stated.

Bakura advanced a few steps towards the boy, "Oh, but you did. And I believe a trip to the Shadow Realm is in order. Nobody crosses me and gets away with it."

"BAKURA! That's enough," the Pharaoh stated. "Leave the boy alone."

Bakura grumbled, but backed off. Sammy thanked the Pharaoh just as Jack came back in.

"Ok kids," he announced. "Tomorrow the Twins, Yugi, and Ryou have been chosen for this mission. It turns out that the planet we are going to is full of twins and the general feels that you four are best suited for going. Danni, Janet says that you are good for travel. So get a good night's sleep."

"What about us," a new voice whined.

Everyone looked behind me shocked. I smacked my face, "Don't tell me he's back."

"Who is that," Jack asked, apparently shocked too. "And how did he get in here?"

I groaned, "Jack meet my dark half, Marik. He's not like the Pharaoh and Bakura. He's all the darkness that I had put into a separate personality. He was supposed to have vanished forever after the life-or-death duel at the end of Battle City. Unfortunately, he's back."

"Let's clear this with the general," Jack said. I groaned again while Marik gloated. "Come on boys."

Jack

I telling the Twins, Yugi, and Ryou that they were picked to join us on the next mission since the planet was inhabited by twins and that they were the best choice. When I had finished telling them this, a new voice that sounded a bit like Malik's only, I don't know, darker spoke.

I looked behind Malik and saw that there was a person behind him that looked a bit like him. "Don't tell me he's back," Malik whined smacking his face.

"Who is that," I asked, shocked at the sudden appearance of another strange teen. "And how did he get in here?"

Malik groaned, "Jack meet my dark half, Marik. He's not like the Pharaoh and Bakura. He's all the darkness that I had put into a separate personality. He was supposed to have vanished forever after the life-or-death duel at the end of Battle City. Unfortunately, he's back."

"Let's clear this with the general," I said. Malik groaned again while Marik gloated. "Come on boys."

I led them to the General's office, "Sir, we have a bit of a problem here."

"What is it, Jack," General Hammond asked.

I motioned for the boys to come in, "This, Sir. It turns out that Malik is like Yugi and Ryou after all. He's got another him like Atem and Bakura."

"Actually," Marik started, "I'm nothing like the Pharaoh or the Tomb Raider."

"What makes you say that," I questioned him.

Marik smirked, "I'm originally made up of Malik's negative thoughts and emotions. But since it seems that the Pharaoh and the Thief are here to stay, I get my own body and therefore my own personality."

General Hammond was not pleased, "Who are you?"

"I am Marik," he replied.

"Well Marik," George told the 'boy', "you and Malik are to report to the infirmary for observation."

Marik scoffed, "Why?" He turned to Malik, "You told them about us didn't you?"

Malik groaned, "I had to explain what happened during Battle City and that you were the one responsible. Besides, Yugi and Ryou told them about the Pharaoh and Bakura."

I led the boys to Janet and filled her in.

Solomon

I went to check on Yugi and saw that he was in the largest of their rooms with the rest of the 'Junior Leaguers'. I was pleased to see that he had made new friends. Tucker and Alex were taking apart old electronics at one of the tables while Danny, Sammy, Joey, and Tristan were playing video games on the TV. Tea and Sam were watching them while Ryou and Yugi were watching Atem and Danni Duel. Bakura was playing a game on a handheld, grumbling about something. Seto and Mokuba were at a different table on their laptops. I noticed that Seto was glaring at the spot on the floor where Danni and Atem were Dueling. He was obviously upset at the sight.

"Wow, Danni," Ryou stated when Danni could no longer draw cards, "You and the Pharaoh seem to be evenly matched."

"Yup. I think I might need to take out Pot of Greed and the two Jar of Greed cards," Danni admitted. "They just don't seem to help my Deck out. Anyways, it gives me an excuse to try out Coffin Seller, Temple of the Kings, and Mystical Beast of Serket. I just need to search through my binders later."

I couldn't believe that Atem had finally met a person that he could barely beat in a Duel. I walked in and looked at their Life Points. Atem had a narrow lead over Danni when she 'Decked Out'. This was amazing.

"Hi Grandpa," Yugi said looking up at me. "Can you believe that Yami and Danni have reached a close draw fifteen out of twenty times?"

I was shocked, "You don't say."

"Yeah, Danni ran out of cards fifteen times and Yami won five times before she 'Decked Out'," he explained.

Atem looked up, "I must admit, Danni is a far better challenge than anyone I have ever faced, and an honorable opponent." He looked at Danni, "Wherever did you learn such skills?"

Danni smiled, "One of my favorite godfathers-slash-uncles taught me. I have yet to beat him at a Duel. As you could see, even we are so evenly matched that I couldn't win."

"So why twenty games if you couldn't win," I asked Danni.

She looked at me, "I love the game and Yami was teaching me how to use my deck to its fullest capacity. Well, I'd better head off to bed if I want to be wide awake for tomorrow. 'Night everybody. Thanks for the lessons Yami."

I had gotten used to the Twins referring to Atem as Yami. They seemed more comfortable in doing so and neither he nor Yugi had a problem with it. As she left the room, Danni dropped a small black book on the ground. I picked it up, noticing the drawing it had opened up to. It was amazing. Danni drew a scene of a palace garden and had drawn in hieroglyphs, some of which that hadn't been seen anywhere other than in the tomb of the Pharaoh. There was so much detail. I called Sammy over and handed him his sister's journal.

I said good night to my grandson(s) and told them to get some rest since they had a big day ahead of them. I headed back to my room and decided to put off translating some text that one of the other teams brought back.