Hey guys. Long time no see huh? After, almost three weeks, chapter six is here! I'm starting to get really excited because I have a huge twist coming up in a couple chapters and I'm excited to see what you guys think of the new direction I'm taking with this story. It'll be a shocker…at least I hope it will be. Anyhoo, let's move on shall we? Enjoy!
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The sound of Joey's ringtone is what woke Alissa a couple hours later. She groaned and rolled over to grab her phone.
"What is it?"
"Jeez, I forgot ya weren't a mornin' person Alissa. Sorry bout that."
"Well I'm up now. So what's up?"
"I wanted to call to let ya know that school is cancelled. There was some damage to da school so classes are cancelled until they're done repairing da damage." Alissa grinned from ear to ear. She had only returned to school that Monday and she was already starting to get overwhelmed with the heavy workload she had.
"That's the best news I've heard all week."
"I was gonna meet up with Yug and the gang later. We're gonna see if we can figure any of this weird stuff out. Ya wanna come with?"
"Thanks but I should probably be here when the Kaibas get back. Call me if you find anything though okay?"
"Alright. Talk to ya later Alissa."
"Later Joey." She hung up and let out a yawn. She placed her phone back on her nightstand, rolled over onto her side, and shut her eyes. Before long she had slipped into slumber again.
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"You stupid skank!" The sound of another glass breaking as it hit the wall made the dark haired girl wince. All she had done was spilt his beer. She hadn't meant to make him mad, but then again, making him mad was a relatively easy feat.
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean-."
"Did I say you could speak?" She instantly shut her mouth and looked down at her hands, which were presently clenched tightly in front of her. "I should let you starve! My family helps you and this is the thanks I get?"
"I'm sorry. It won't happen again."
"You bet your ass it won't happen again." He grabbed onto her wrist roughly, making her look up at his towering form in fear. "You're going in the closet."
"No! No please! I'm sorry!"
"I'll let you out in a few hours after you've had time to think about what you've done." Without another word, he shoved her into the hall closet and shut the door. She stumbled into the small four by six room and let out a small whimper. She heard the sound of something heavy being moved in front of the door and her heart dropped.
"Please let me out!" she screamed, pounding against the door. "I'm sorry!" She sobbed, tears of panic running down her face. Her breathing came out in rapid gasps and hiccups. She slowly stopped banging on the door, knowing that it was no use. He wasn't going to let her out until he wanted to. With this thought in her mind, she curled up into a tight ball and cried.
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"Alissa? Alissa wake up!" Alissa's eyes snapped open when she heard someone call her name. Seto stood above her with his hands on her shoulders. A deep frown was set between his brows.
"Are you alright?" She nodded and sat up.
"I'm fine. It was just a bad dream. When did you guys get back?" She asked, quickly changing the subject. The last thing she wanted to do was have to explain her nightmare. He took the hint and dropped the subject.
"We got back about two hours ago." Alissa glanced at the clock and noticed that is was nearly noon.
"Why didn't you wake me?"
"I didn't see the need to. You were out late last night, I figured you needed rest."
"About last night, I'm sorry I didn't answer your calls. There was so much going on I must not have heard it going off. I didn't mean to worry you."
"Stop living in the past. It happened and there's nothing we can do about it now."
"Yeah. I guess you're right." Alissa's phone suddenly started to ring. She quickly swiped it off her nightstand and answered it.
"Talk to me Brooklyn. What'd you find out?"
"Quite a bit actually. We ran inta Rebecca Hawkins in town an' she took us to da museum ta meet up with her grandfather."
"Rebecca Hawkins? Why does that name sound familiar?"
"She's a young duelist dat we met after Duelist Kingdom. She's da Intercontinental Champion or somethin' like dat."
"Hm okay. Well what did you find out?"
"Apparently Duel Monsters has been around longer 'den we thought. He thinks he found Atlantis."
"Atlantis? As in the Atlantis that disappeared into the sea like ten thousand years ago?"
"Da very same. He found carvings down there that looked like Duel Monsters!"
"So what does that mean?"
"I'm not quite sure, but he did tell us somethin' else."
"What?"
"He thinks there's a dimension where duel monsters are real and he thinks dats' where all these monsters are comin' from."
"You really think these monsters are real?"
"I'm not sure. All I know is that somethin' is goin' on here and it's definitely not normal."
"That's for sure."
"I gotta go now Alissa. I'll let ya know if we find out anythin' else."
"Alright. Thanks Joey. Stay out of trouble okay?"
"Will do. Talk to ya later Alissa."
"Bye Joey." She hung up the phone and then placed it back on her nightstand. Seto, who hadn't left the room during the duration of the call, was frowning at her.
"Why are you looking at me like that?"
"You need to stop hanging out with those dorks. They're poisoning your mind with that magic bullshit."
"Hey. They're my friends! They have names you know!"
"You're right, how uncouth of me. You need to stop hanging out with those dorks Yugi, Tea, Tristan, and Wheeler."
"You know you aren't doing a very good job of helping me remember your good qualities."
"And you aren't doing a good job of being logical about this situation. Real monsters? Yeah right." She crossed her arms in front of her chest and frowned. Why is he being such an ass? I mean, I know he had to come home from his business trip way earlier than expected but he doesn't have to be such a jerk about it.
"Alright then Rich Boy, give me a logical explanation for all this then."
"What did you just call me?"
"Oh, I'm sorry. Did the name Rich Boy offend you? I was thinking Shitlord or Asshole would be more appropriate, but I was trying to be polite."
"I'd appreciate it if you'd watch your language. I don't want Mokuba to pick up on any of your coarse vocabulary."
"Stop being an ass-." She stopped and let out an annoyed sigh when he glared at her. "Stop being a jerk and I'll consider it." He looked at her for a moment then frowned.
"You don't remember?"
"Don't remember what?"
"Rich Boy is what you would call me before you had your accident."
"Oh. I'm sorry. No, I don't remember." It happened again. She didn't understand how she could be completely fuming at this guy one moment and then feeling bad for him the next. She hadn't meant to get his hopes up. He frowned when he saw the guilty look on her face. Again with the self-pity? When will she learn that this situation isn't her fault?
"Stop apologizing. I don't like having to repeat myself, but like I've already told you countless times, it isn't your fault. And quite frankly, self-pity isn't quite becoming."
"I guess this is your version of a pep talk huh?" She looked up at him and smiled weakly. "Thanks."
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The rest of the day passed quickly and without another call from Joey. Since her previous night had been plagued by nightmares, she fell asleep quickly. A sudden, loud noise from out side caused her to sit upright in bed.
"What the hell?" She rushed to the window and peered out at the city. Her eyes widened at the strange light phenomenon going on outside. The light danced across the sky in shades of blue, green, red, and yellow. The hell is going on? She quickly grabbed her robe and bolted towards the stairs. Seto met her in the hallway.
"Alissa what are you doing?"
"I'm going outside to see what's going on. We're a bit too far south to be seeing the Northern Lights, especially since it's this time of year. Something weird is going on and I want to know what it is."
"Alissa you can't just go out there. It might not be safe. Let me-."
"Then I guess I'll find out for the both of us if it's safe." She brushed by him and went down the stairs. She walked out of the mansion with him following closely behind her. What she saw stopped her in her tracks. Monsters were being sucked up into the sky and trapped there. She heard Seto freeze behind her.
"Do you still think this situation is normal? 'Cause I would classify this as abnormal."
"There has to be a logical explanation for all this."
"Well let me know when you think of one." She turned her gaze back to the weird phenomenon in the sky. "It looks like everything is happening right over the plaza." She started running in the direction of the plaza without another word.
"Alissa!" He let out an annoyed sigh. Sometimes her adventurous spirit really got on his nerves. Does she have absolutely no regard for her own life? He quickly went after her. Upon reaching the plaza, Alissa ran into Yugi and the gang.
"Hey Yugi!"
"Hey Alissa what are you doing here?"
"Same thing as you, trying to figure out what the hell is going on."
"Any idea on what that crystal thing in the sky is Yugi?"
"I may have an idea Tristan." Suddenly there was a large smashing sound and the crystals broke away to reveal a yellow eye.
"Agh what is that?" Tea asked in fear.
"I really don't want to know!" The eye shot a strong twister of wind right towards Alissa and her friends.
"Run!" The group quickly moved out of the winds reach. Alissa turned and her stomach dropped. Yugi hadn't moved and the twister was headed right for him.
"Yugi no!" The twister hit, concealing Yugi behind a swirl of wind and debris.
"Yugi!" Alissa went to charge forward but was stopped short by a pair of arms grabbing her waist. She turned over her shoulder to toss a glare at the person holding her.
"Joey what are you doing? Let go! We need to help him!" Suddenly, the winds disappeared, revealing Yugi holding a card. A bright light came from the card, destroying the tornado. When the light disappeared, a green dragon was in its place.
"Look at the size of dat dragon!" The green dragon released a blast of light from its mouth. The light collided with the eye, making it disappear.
"What just happened?"
"Yug made that creepy eye thing disappear."
"What do you think that thing was?"
"Whatever it was, it's gone now."
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Alissa ran into Seto on her way back from the plaza and he was anything but happy.
"I don't understand why you're so upset."
"I'm upset because of your blatant disregard for your own life. Do you want to get yourself killed? Is that what you want?"
"Jesus would you stop! I'm not a child! I can take care of myself! Your constant attempts at controlling me are really starting to tick me off! Stop suffocating me!"
"Fine."
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The next afternoon, Alissa sat in the waiting room outside Seto's office. She had been there all day and boredom was starting to take its toll on her. Her phone rang suddenly and she answered it with a smile.
"Hey Joey."
"Hey Alissa. We have a lead."
"Really that's great!"
"We're headin' to America!"
"Why are you going to America?"
"Get ova' here and I can catch ya up on the way to the airport."
"Oh. Um no, it's okay. Just tell me about it later."
"What's wrong Alissa? Dontcha wanna come with us?"
"Of course I do. But I shouldn't. I'm kind of on Kaiba watch right now after what happened last night."
"Dat jerk."
"Ah it's okay I guess. I understand why he'd be worried. I almost died not too long ago so it makes sense that he'd be so paranoid. I just wish he would trust me. It's not like I'm going to go skydiving without a parachute. Well, anyway, I'll let you go Joey. Send me a text when you guys lands so I know you guys got there alright."
"Will do Alissa."
"Tell me what you find."
"Alright. Later."
"Bye." Alissa hung up her phone and pulled a book out of her bag. I might as well pass the time with a good book. Her attention was brought away from her book when Mokuba rushed by her and into Seto's office.
"Mokuba?" She got up from her position on the couch and followed Mokuba inside Seto's office.
"Seto someone is buying up all the shares of our company!"
"What? That's impossible!" He turned his attention to his laptop and quickly started hitting the keys. "You're right Mokuba!"
"What are we going to do?"
"We have to stop them. If we don't do something quickly, they can take control of the whole company! There's only one person I can think of who'd be capable of all this." Suddenly, the phone in Seto's office began to ring.
"What is it?" he answered harshly.
"Oh Kaiba-Boy. Long time no see."
"Pegasus!"
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And that's where I'm ending the chapter for now. Again, I'd like to apologize for how long it took me to update. There's just been a lot going on in school and I couldn't find enough time to type this up. I tried to make it longer to make up for the lack of an update, but unfortunately it didn't end up as long as I wanted it to. Hopefully you guys will all enjoy the update anyway. Until next time!