Chapter Thirteen
A Duel of Desire
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Pegasus leered at one end of the arena facing Aquarius who stood opposite him. Everything was set up. Systems were running, duel disks were in place, and the stakes could be no higher.
"Are you ready, Aquarius?" Pegasus practically cooed.
"I'm always ready to take down guys like you." Aquarius stated boldly.
"I wonder what you'll do with me once I'm down, darling girl." Pegasus smirked as Aquarius blanched.
"What a jerk, messing with her like that." Mokuba growled.
"The sad thing is, is that it's just begun." Yugi murmured hopelessly.
"I'm not using my toon deck, Kaiba, so you can stop spitting nails at me. I have every intention of playing fair." Pegasus said smiling up at the catwalk where the group of three watched.
"The road to hell is paved with good intentions." Aquarius smirked as she shuffled her deck and placed it in the holder.
"So smart." Pegasus smiled sweetly.
After drawing, their respective five cards the two duelists began.
"I summon Mystical Elf in defense mode and end my turn." Aquarius stated as the Mystical Elf appeared on the field.
"Starting out with a strong defense, very intelligent. I draw one card and end my turn." Pegasus stated with a smile.
"He didn't put any cards on the field, does he want to lose?" Yugi asked aloud.
"He must be playing mind games again." Mokuba surmised.
Aquarius drew her card and looked at Pegasus curiously. "I summon Harpy Lady and attack your life points directly." Aquarius said slowly expecting a trap.
Pegasus's life points drained from 5000 to 3700 while the platinum haired man merely smiled.
"I draw my card and end my turn." Pegasus stated charmingly.
Aquarius looked at him suspiciously. "Are you purposely throwing the match?" Aquarius asked drawing a card.
"Of course not." Pegasus smiled.
"Whatever." Aquarius muttered as she placed a magic card on the field. "I activate card destruction!" She stated as she discarded her hand.
"Oh, now Aquarius, that's just no fun." Pegasus pouted.
Both duelists drew five cards.
"I then attack with Harpy Lady once again reducing you to 2400, I end my turn." Aquarius stated looking up at the catwalk.
"I place Blade Rabbit in attack mode. I then summon Divine Dragon Ragnarok and attack your Harpy Lady. Say bye-bye." Pegasus smirked.
Aquarius's life points clicked down to 4300. She drew her card and frowned, nothing she could use.
"Is that all little Aquarius?" Pegasus asked as she nodded mutely. "Very well, allow me to take further control. I switch Blade Rabbit to defense, which activates its special effect. Say your sweet partings to Mystical Elf because it's now gone!" Pegasus chuckled as the elf disappeared from the field. "I then attack your life points with both my Divine Dragon and Blade Rabbit, reducing your value to 2400. Your turn." Pegasus smiled.
"Wow. I mean wow!" Mokuba exclaimed shocked.
"What a turn around." Yugi mumbled.
"How's she going to get out of this?" Mokuba questioned looking at his silent brother and equally tense Yugi.
"I'm not sure, Mokuba." Yugi murmured quietly.
"I place this one card face down." Aquarius sighed.
"I attack with Ragnarok and Blade Rabbit, congratulations Aquarius; you're down to 500 life points. Have you thought over my offer anymore?" Pegasus asked his eyes twinkling madly.
"What's he talking about? What deal?" Mokuba asked looking at the two older males questioningly.
"I don't remember a deal." Yugi stated thoughtfully.
Seto's knuckles turned white, his back even more rigid than it had been. He had a very good idea what Pegasus had offered her and if he was right, Pegasus was going to get his wings clipped, permanently!
"I haven't given up yet, besides you're not my type." Aquarius smirked winking up at Kaiba only to notice his sour disposition.
"That's to bad." Pegasus pouted.
"I use Regeki eliminating all your monsters. I then use monster reborn to summon Blade Rabbit and attack your life points. Now we're both at 500 life points. Sure you don't want to back out?" Aquarius smirked.
"I believe a tie will be in order, ensuring we both get what we want." Pegasus stated knowingly.
"What's he talking about?" Mokuba asked.
"A tie! Why?" Yugi murmured looking down at the duelists.
"I'm going to beat you Pegasus, there will be no tie." Aquarius stated firmly.
"That's where you're wrong." Pegasus stated as the side doors were busted down.
"Police! Don't move!" A uniformed officer yelled.
"Ta ta!" Pegasus laughed disappearing through a hidden door, leaving the police foiled.
"Damn!" Aquarius swore as the police force swarmed the arena. She stormed off the stage shirking the duel disk as she walked.
Yugi, Mokuba, and Kaiba barely got outside in time to stop Aquarius from leaving.
"Where are you going?" Yugi asked as Aquarius unlocked the Lamborgene.
"To Pegasus's home. It's not that hard to figure out where he'd run to." Aquarius stated as she walked to the driver's side door.
"You can't go after him." Kaiba finally spoke.
"This wouldn't have been necessary if you hadn't called the police." Aquarius stated bitterly as she opened the door to climb in.
"Aquarius let me help you." Kaiba pleaded holding the door to prevent her from getting in.
"I've had enough of your help. I've lost my brother Kaiba!" Aquarius cried out suddenly breaking down in tears.
Kaiba quickly held her close to him as she cried into his shoulder. She struggled against him at first before clutching at him for dear life as the tears threatened to drown her.
"Hush, shhhhh, it's alright now. It's okay, shhh." Kaiba comforted gently.
"I don't know what I'm going to do." Aquarius choked.
"We'll figure it out, I promise. Let's get you home, darling." Kaiba calmed as he slowly led Aquarius to the backseat.
After placing Aquarius in the back, he motioned for Mokuba and Yugi to get inside. Yugi sat beside Aquarius rubbing soothing circles on her back as she held her head in her hands speaking incoherently. Mokuba sat next to his brother as they started the ride home.
"What are we going to do?" Mokuba asked quietly.
"Whatever we can, I remember how I felt when you were taken. I won't let her lose her brother." Seto stated firmly speeding up.