Chapter 36 - A Terror Of A Train Ride

"Hm?" Yami stood up next to Rose, sounding confused. "What do you mean?" he asked.

Rose opened the door, to reveal the gang standing in the middle of the carriage looking completely dumbfounded, "This train is completely empty!" she exclaimed.

"Alright, I am officially freaked out," Tea said, looking around with a worried expression.

Joey noticed Rose and Yami at the other end of the carriage, "Hey is there anyone in the next carriage?" he asked.

Rose turned around and opened the door to the connecting car, "Nope," she called back, "Not a soul."

"Do you have to say soul?" Tristan asked, not looking very happy about the empty train carriage.

"It's a complete ghost town in here," Joey said, as Rose and Yami walked down the carriage to join them.

Tea had an uneasy feeling in her stomach, "Don't say ghost, either."

"I bet those slime balls are behind this," Joey said, balling his hands into fists, "and i bet they're on board."

"Well what are we standing here for, lets get them!" Tristan said, a determined look on his face. Yami nodded and he turned and headed for the other carriage as the others followed suit. After Yami, Rose and Tea had crossed over to the other carriage however, the train cars started separating.

"Joey, Tristan!" Tea called back to them, but the carriages were already too far apart for them to make it across the gap.

"What do we do now?" Tristan called out.

"Get help!" Yami said to them, as the back half of the train slowed down even more. Soon Joey and Tristan were two small blurs in the distance.

"Come on," Tea said, grabbing Rose's hand to pull her along. "We have to find a way to stop this train." They ran through the carriage, and Tea tried the call button to talk to the conductor, but there was no reply.

"I don't like the sound of that," Rose said worriedly. "Who's driving the train?" Yami then ran ahead to the front carriage and out the door. "Pharaoh, what are you doing?" she called out, running after him.

"I've got to get in there so I can stop this train!" he called back, looking towards the drivers car.

"But how?" Tea asked. The section of the train controlled by the driver was clearly cut off from the rest of the train as a safety precaution. It looked about impossible to reach it while the train was moving at such a high speed.

"I have an idea," Yami said. "There may be an emergency hatch on the roof," he jumped over the railing and started to climb the ladder to the roof of the train.

"Be careful," Rose said as he reached the top. That's when Rose and Tea heard a familiar laugh.

"Is that...?" Rose asked in shock, before climbing up the ladder behind Yami.

"Rose! Wait up!" Tea said, following her.

"Weevil Underwood," Yami said, standing across from him on top of the train, "Are you behind this? You better start explaining yourself!"

"Weevil?" Rose said as she reached the top, "What do you want, worm boy?" she said with a glare as she climbed onto the top of the train.

"What do you think I want? A rematch with the king of games," Weevil said, laughing maniacally.

"Are you nuts?" Tea said, now climbing onto the top of the train behind Rose. Rose was standing up behind Yami, but Tea pulled her down so that she was kneeling next to her, afraid that she would lose her balance.

"I'm just in the mood for a friendly duel," Weevil laughed. He explained how he wanted to use his new secret weapon, and he pulled out an Orichalcos stone, waving it in front of them with a wicked grin.

"I knew we couldn't trust him," Rose said, narrowing her eyes at the bug enthusiast.

Yami turned around, seeing Rose and Tea behind him, "You two should go back down, it's too dangerous up here," he urged.

Rose simply stood up, ignoring his warning as she looked straight at Weevil, "You do realise that if you go through with this you could lose your soul, right?"

"That's the whole point! I want to make him pay!" Weevil announced, pointing an accusing finger at Yami.

"Let him learn the hard way," Tea said, pulling Rose back down again. Wind gusted around them from all sides as the train continued along its tracks at high speed, but neither duelist backed down from the challenge as they activated their duel disks. "Here we go," Tea said, "Duelling on top of a train, what's next the aeroplane?"

Weevil began boasting about how he had improved since their last duel as he drew his cards. He then looked up at Yami with a devilish grin. "Guess what card I drew?" he said, before bursting out into laughter.

"Weevil don't be a fool," Yami warned.

"What seems to be the problem?" Weevil laughed, holding out the Seal of Orichalcos so that they could all see it. "You've played this card before, haven't you? If I'm not mistaken this is what you used to lock little Yugi away!"

"Don't listen to him," Rose said, trying to clam Yami down, who was fuming. "He's just trying to mess with you."

"I know," Yami said, "I won't allow my anger to take over again." Weevil activated his card, and the Seal of Orichalcos appeared on the field, pushing Rose and Tea off of the carriage.

"No!" Yami called out, "Rose! Tea!" He watched as Rose managed to grab onto the top of the ladder, while Tea fell back onto the carriage behind.

"Tea!" Rose called out, hanging on the ladder, "Are you okay?"

Tea had a tight grip on the edge of the next carriage, "I'm fine," she called back, forcing a smile.

"Please stay safe, both of you," Yami said, before turning back to Weevil with a determined look upon his face. The duel continued, and Weevil was off to a good start. He infected Yami's only monster on the field, rendering it useless. He then managed to summon his insect queen, which became the strongest monster in play.

"My insect army is slowly infecting the playing field, just a few more turns and you're bug bait!" Weevil laughed.

"We'll see," Yami said, drawing his card.

"Yeah people like you never win!" Tea called out.

"What's this? More comments from the peanut gallery? Tell me, what is a person like me?" Weevil asked, a smirk plastered on his face.

"You're a greedy, power hungry worm," Yami said, narrowing his eyes as the smaller duellist.

"What does that make you?" Weevil retorted, "Correct me if I'm wrong but aren't you the one who wanted power? So much that you sold out your best friend just for a taste of it?"

"Watch it bug boy!" Rose threatened, clenching her fist.

"I'm just telling you what I witnessed first hand during your last duel, thats all. You were determined to win at all costs, weren't you? So you activated the Seal of Orichalcos, even though you knew you were endangering the life of someone close to you! Now that's what I call power hungry and greedy. But now the seal and all its powers belong to me," Weevil laughed.

"You're not scaring anyone," Tea said.

"If you think you can win this duel by playing your little head games then you're sorely mistaken Weevil," Yami said.

"What you call little head games, I call opening you up to the truth. And whether you realise it or not it's causing you to doubt yourself!" He pointed at Yami's trembling hand, who stopped himself and sent a glare in Weevil's direction. "Not that I blame you, I'd be shaking in fear also, if i were the one about to lose his soul!"

"You can win this, Pharaoh," Rose called out reassuringly.

"Yeah, squish this bug freak!" Tea cheered. The duel continued, and each monster that Yami summoned was turned into a bug thanks to Weevil's trap card, giving his queen more attack points. Eventually the only thing left on Yami's side of the field, was Weevil's Cocoon of Evolution, and it was about to hatch. Soon, Poison Butterfly emerged, with a whopping 2700 attack points. Only problem was, it took away 500 of Yami's life points for every turn it stayed on the field. Weevil was in a fit of laughter by this point.

"I wouldn't be laughing if I were you," Yami said confidently, looking at the card he just drew with a smirk.

"Huh?" Weevil said, "What did you draw?" Yami held up the card in his hand.

"Timaeus!" Rose pumped her fist in the air.

"He can still turn this duel around," Tea said confidently. Yami summoned his dragon, and Weevil was freaking out. He tried to merge Timaeus with Poison Butterfly, but the dragon wasn't happy with this, and destroyed itself before the transformation was complete.

"My dragon!" Yami called out, his eyes wide with disbelief. "Oh no, he's abandoned me."

Weevil burst into a fit of laughter, "The darkness of the Orichalcos is still within you! Last time you duelled you turned your back on all your monsters, and now Timaeus is returning the favour!"

"Don't listen to a word he says," Rose called out.

"He's right," Yami sighed, dropping his hands to his sides. "I end my turn."
"Music to my ears!" Weevil said, drawing his card. Weevil managed to reduce Yami's life points down to 500.

"Oh no," Tea said, "As soon as the Pharaoh's turn ends Poison Butterfly will take the rest of his life points!"

Yami summoned Breaker the Magical warrior to the field, and used it's special ability to destroy Weevil's insect barrier. This meant that he could use Weevil's Poison Butterfly against him.

"Go Poison Butterfly! Attack Armoured Centipede!" Yami announced. He then attacked with Breaker, reducing Weevil's life points down to 2200.

"Nice try," Weevil laughed, "But it looks like your turn just came to an end, which means Poison Butterfly takes the rest of your life points!"

"Too bad I'm not done yet," Yami said with a smirk.

"Huh?" Weevil stepped back, unsure of what his plan was.

"Now quiet down so I can complete my turn," Yami said, glaring at him. He activated a magic card called Bezerker Soul. First he had to throw out his entire hand, then he could draw until he drew a magic or trap card. Meanwhile, with every monster he drew he could attack with a monster on his side of the field. Yami drew Queen's Knight, so Breaker attacked Weevil, leaving him with 700 life points. Then Yami drew Gazelle.

"Looks like you're out of luck," he said, "Breaker! Attack again!" Weevil's life points hit zero. Even though Yami had already won, he continued to draw cards, continuously attacking Weevil again and again. Rose jumped up onto the carriage as he continued drawing cards.

"Pharaoh, you've already won!" she called out to him. He drew another card and she grabbed his arm in an attempt to stop him from attacking again.

"Let me go!" He yelled.

"You can stop now," she said gently, "It's over, you've already won the duel."

"The seal of Orichalcos is gone," Tea said, now climbing up onto the carriage behind Rose. Yami looked at Rose and Tea and realised what he was doing, before dropping his hand.

"I'm sorry," he said, before looking over at Weevil as the Orichalcos took away his soul. Yami then ran over to him, "Tell me where Yugi is!" he demanded, grabbed the boy's shoulders, but he didn't show any sign of life.

"Pharaoh, he's gone," Tea said, "The Orichalcos took him away." They all stared down at the lifeless boy, when the train suddenly made a terrible screeching noise.

"What's happening?" Rose asked frantically, as they felt the train start to come off of its tracks.

"The train! We're going to fall straight down that cliff!" Yami called out in panic. "Quick! Grab my hand!" He called out to Rose. She grabbed Yami's hand and just managed to reach Tea before the train plummeted over the cliff.

dun dun DUUUUN

though we all know what happens so it's not really a cliff hanger :P hey, get it? cliff?

...I'll go back to updating now...

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