Chapter 4 complete finally! It only took two and a bit days. Though I suppose it is my fault. I watch fifteen episodes of Sword Art Online on Sunday. Yes ladies and gentlemen, I have no life outside of writing, reading, watching television shows and movies, and playing video games. Hope you enjoy and I do not own Hollywood Undead or any medication names, if I did I wouldn't be sitting here wondering when I will get a job call.
Chapter 4
Rock Out!
12:30PM
Regan opened the door to find gloomy faces around the room, some of the bodies that were in there were wet and there two members seem to be missing from the group that was around the main room. She walked in with Terry's family behind her.
She looked over at Seto and Yugi who were sitting at the table together and somehow hadn't killed each other yet. "Hey, what's going on? Where are Téa and Atem?"
"They are in the medical center, Atem collapsed with an unknown injection in his wrist. The doctors are finding out what it was now. When he wakes up, Téa is going to ask him about what happened." Seto answered her.
Regan switched with Nile feeling her urge to get out and speak with the terms of everyone's plain of seeing. "What do you mean he collapsed?" Nile asked with alarm.
"He passed out and is sleeping; he isn't in a coma for what we got from Téa." Yugi continued. "As far as the doctors got, he's going to wake up."
"When?"
"They don't have a clue." Seto stated. "They have to find out what drug was used first before they can figure out a time or date."
"Or date?! What the hell happened?!"
"It was Jade VS Atem in a game of Battleship and at some point between here and about the fifteenth turn, he was injected with something and then he just passed out."
"A game between those two, Devin would be having a blast if he knew what she has done before this little tournament was even thought up! I thought all this was over with from yesterday!"
"Well apparently not, so calm the hell down!" Seto raised his voice at Nile.
Regan watched her guests flinch.
"Most of us understand what you are worried over for, but please tell me how any of your outbursts are going to help anything Nile?"
"Who is Nile?" Clare asked.
Nile just sighed ignoring her. "Fine, but if it was Jade, I wish to deal with her my way."
"Get in line, Kaibas first." Mokuba stated crossing his arms.
"Can we not talk about killing her or torturing her while I'm in the room, there are still things I wish to speak with her about." Regan demanded and only four heads turned to her as they acknowledge what she said.
Seto looked ready to speak when Mai's and her phone went off. Nile pulled out Regan's phone and answered it. "Ryou this really isn't the best time, my brother-"
Regan walked over listen in on the conversation.
~I know I saw what happened on the computer.~
"Did you happen to spot anything that could be any help on who did this to him?"
~I recorded it, and I think I spotted something, I'm sending it to your phone now. You should probably have Seto go through it just in case I'm wrong.~
"Thank you Ryou."
~No problem, I'll talk to you later.~
"Good night."
Nile hung up the phone and Regan looked over to Mai.
"So what was the message Mai?" Joey asked.
"They got the blood tested." Mai answered.
"About time, what was used?" Nile questioned.
Mai smiled, "Nothing serious, just a sleeping drug called Zolpidem or commonly known as Ambien. He should be awake when it wears off in a few hours."
The room seemed to sigh in relief.
"Oh, Ryou sent me a recording of Atem's game. He said he spotted something but he wanted Seto to go through it just in case he was wrong." Nile said and threw Regan's phone to Seto who caught it.
"What the hell; don't throw my phone across the room!" Regan shouted at her.
"It's fine, I caught it, no scratches." Seto stated as he turned to Mokuba. "Can you get the laptop; it would be easier to see on a bigger screen."
Mokuba nodded and ran into his room.
They waited in silence until Mokuba came back. Seto hooked up the iPhone to his laptop and started to work on it. The TV suddenly came on and a video that was paused was on the screen.
"Let's see what Bakura saw shall we." Seto stated and then played the video. Regan watched the video next to Nile.
Atem came onto the stage.
Devin looked towards him. "Welcome Atem, glad you could make it."
"I'm not late, though I guess some of us wish I was." Atem said as he turned his attention to Jade who didn't back down under his stare.
"Well then, I see that there is some sort of war that has already started between the two of you. Shake hands and then you may begin setting up to finish what war has begun between the two of you."
Jade held out her hand and Atem took it. Regan saw something flicker. "Seto stop, back up to where their hands start to connect."
Though many of the members of the room couldn't hear her, Seto nodded and backed it up slightly. He slowed the video down and Regan saw something on Jade's hand.
"What is that?" Joey asked.
Seto stood up from his chair. "Nile, Yugi, Regan, let's go."
"Hey, what about us?" Tristan called.
"Just wait here, text me if you get any more news." Nile said and Regan followed next to Yugi as the four of them went out the door without another word.
They started running down the hall towards the stadium. Regan thought about what Jade did before the game. She was glad that she didn't place something poisonous in him, but what was the purpose to make him pass out. There was no way she was going to win against either Yugi or herself, so why? They ran into the arena that Atem was playing in and Seto led them up onto the stage.
"Jade was sitting here. What she had in her hand when she shook Atem's hand was a small needle. I doubt he even noticed it pierce him. The drug can take up to forty-five minutes before it knocks someone out cold."
"How long was his game?"
"About fifty minutes."
"He literally stayed up as long as he could." Nile whispered as she knelt down. "This is where Jade would have been sitting right?"
"Yes, so if she dropped the needle after she used it, it would be here." Yugi said.
"But, there are two problems with this theory, she could have taken it, or the custodians could have already cleaned this placed." Regan said.
"If they did they didn't do a good job." Seto said as he knelt to the ground and picked something off of it. "This matches the object in the video, now that we have evidence, I think we go hunt down Jade."
Regan didn't like where this was going, but she guessed anything was better than what she had seen from her nightmares. "Alright then, let's go find her."
"I'm afraid she isn't present on the premises." Someone said behind them.
They all turned towards it and saw Devin walking towards them.
"What do you mean she isn't here?" Seto demanded.
"She has her own quarters somewhere in the city. She only comes if she has a game to attend."
"And you know this how?"
"Because I am the one who made this tournament exist. I have to know where each of my guests are for legal purposes."
"Does your legal purposes do back ground checks on each of the contestants?"
"Yes, but obviously not good enough, I think the only system on this planet that would do the proper job would be your system Seto Kaiba." Devin told them. "I looked at the feedback and I will be attending to Jade's actions myself. There is no need for you to try and track her down."
"And what are you going to do about it?" Nile asked for Regan.
"Disqualify her from the tournament, though I going to give her a chance for her to redeem herself if she beats me in a game that I will be planning for her later on between now and tomorrows main event."
Regan didn't exactly like the sound of that and sent her thoughts to Nile; she didn't bother speaking just in case Devin was more than he appeared to be.
"Maybe Seto and I should deal with her instead. It would be a trouble for you while you are running this tournament. Just give us the address and we can deal with the issue. Atem was our friend and family, we should be the ones to deal out the consequences." Nile suggested.
Seto nodded. "Regan is right, plus it is her mother after all. She would have a bad reputation if you announced this and left because of it."
"I won't talk about why she was disqualified, but it is my responsibility to deal with cheats. If it makes you feel better you can just say one of you kicked her out of the tournament at some point. Maybe Regan should be the one to say this; it would be a nice drama for the audience to eat up." Devin said. "I believe Atem should be waking up within the next hour or so. You might want to go and greet him and then get ready for your winning performance."
"What about the system, it's not like we can change it; the rumor won't live very long."
"Don't worry I already have it covered, now get out of my stadium and go meet up with your room mates and then Atem, I'm sure you have much to discuss."
The four of them walked out of the stadium in unease and headed back to the room.
"Why would Devin want to deal with Jade himself?" Yugi asked everyone openly.
"Pride most likely." Regan answered as she walked next to him; Nile was still in control of her body so she was still in her lovely, weightless, not solid form.
"I guess so."
She looked over at him. "Is there something wrong?"
Seto and Nile stopped walked and turn to them.
"I just don't like how he is ready to rig the system and just disqualify Jade like that so easily. What he should have done was made Atem the winner of that game and just left it at that, maybe even create a three way final match."
"You do have a point, but it is his tournament, he can do what he wants." Seto told him. "Besides, if it was me running the show, this tournament wouldn't have an ending."
"That is also another thing that is bothering me still. We all could have been killed yesterday and before that because of background check failures."
"How about I sue him into the ground, would that make you feel better?"
"Only if the Mutos get some of the profit." Someone said from their door.
Regan turned to it and saw Kayama. "You're dad's hilarious, though he does have a point."
"It was a joke, sort of." Seto replied. "What are you doing out here?"
"Well everyone decided to calm down by having a nice swim or going back to swimming. I didn't feel like getting wet so I thought guarding the door until you got back would be the best idea."
"A smart Muto, well there's a first."
"It seems you have forgotten that I have beaten you in every game we've played and on top of that, I outwitted you in our sword fight earlier today." Yugi said slyly towards Seto.
"You guys had a sword fight?" Nile asked them.
"Yes, it was quite shocking if I remember." Kayama answered.
"Hmm, it was like Death T all over again." Yugi pondered. "Anyway, we shouldn't be standing out here, let's head inside."
Kayama and Regan nodded and the five of them went in. Kayama sat down on the couch while Nile and Seto sat at the table. Yugi just stood by the wall and Regan was next to him. They could hear the screams of Mai and Serenity like they were going to war. Regan got curious and wondered if the sight of seeing spirits was a Muto trait. She walked up to the couch and sat down next to Kayama. He didn't seem to notice her and she frowned. She could feel amusement come from Yugi as she figured he knew what she was doing. She raised a finger and poked his cheek. Regan tried to read him, but she got nothing from him so, she poked him again, and again, and again.
Finally, he sighed and grabbed her finger before she could poke him again. "It's really hard to ignore a spirit when they are poking you in the face."
"So you can see me." She asked him.
"No I'm just talking to myself, because I am poking myself in the face repeatedly."
"That can be arranged."
"So why is Regan sitting here when her body is over there?" Kayama asked.
"Remember all that information yesterday we told you about?" Yugi questioned and Kayama nodded. "Well now you get an example, Regan is sitting beside you, but Nile is the one sitting on the chair."
"Why is this so simple, but yet so bloody complicated?"
"Don't even start, I'm a science only guy and this is what I deal with almost every day due to him." Kaiba jabbed a thumb at Yugi.
"Hey, it would have happened eventually." Yugi whined.
"Nile, meet Kayama, Kayama, meet Nile." Regan said and the two of them awkwardly waved at each other. "Anyway, what time is it?"
"Um," Nile pulled out the phone. "Two thirty."
"That would explain why I'm hungry."
"You didn't eat anything today of course you would be hungry." Seto huffed as he got out of his chair. "What do you want?"
"Ramen." Nile and Regan said together.
"This is going to take a while to get used to." Kayama sighed face palming himself.
"Fine, ramen anyone else, I'm spending Devin's money on this by calling room service." Seto said as he picked up the phone.
"But we want your food." Regna and Nile cried and Regan shot her a look. "You're dead; you don't know what his cooking tastes like."
"Yes I do, I have your taste buds that I currently have and will be using when food arrives in front of me." Nile smirked.
"But, uh, Yugi, make her give me back my body for Seto's cooking!"
"I'm not cooking." Seto stated bluntly and Regan felt crushed.
"Fine, but I still wish to eat the food."
"Think of it this way." Nile grinned. "I'm doing the job for you so you don't have to."
Regan pouted. "Fine, eat it, I'm only allow such a thing to happen because your brother is in the hospital right now, but as soon as he gets out, that body is mine."
"Fine, but I get the phone."
"What the hell!"
"Are they like this all the time?" Kayama asked stopping their bickering.
"Not usually." Yugi and Seto answered.
"I think it might be stress." Yugi stated and Regan turned to him. "But, I'd rather listen to this than be on the other end of their swords any day."
"That I can agree with you on." Seto said and dialed the number.
Regan sighed as she wished for the food and turned to Kayama. "I guess you probably want to know what happened when we left to the stadium."
"That wouldn't be a bad place to start." Kayama replied. "So what happened?"
While Seto was on the phone she explained to him about the needle and Devin's sudden appearance. She told him and the way Devin is going to kick Jade out of the tournament and that everyone had to lie now about defeating her in a game if anyone had asked. "He also said that Atem should be waking up soon."
"That's good; I'm looking forward to the final performance. But from my knowledge of him, he's not going to be too happy about this."
"No he won't be, and I don't think any of us are too happy about it." Yugi sighed as he crossed his arms. "I'll tell the others later; that way not everyone can hear some people shouting."
"Are you going to take it to the roof?" Kayama asked.
"Yea, hopefully it will be cold enough so I can say it without being interrupted."
Seto put the phone down. "That's a fantastic idea, now I won't have to hear the mutt outburst over something he has no control over."
"Glad you think so." Yugi told him sarcastically.
There was a beep suddenly that filled the room. Nile pulled out her phone and tapped it a few times. Her eyes widened and a smile grew on her face. "He's awake!"
Suddenly, the pool door opened and Joey's head popped in. "Yo guys, Atem's awake!"
"We know, we are going there now, we'll bring him back with us."
"What about the food?" Seto asked after Joey left back to the pool.
"Keep it warm, I still want it." Regan said as she and Nile stood up.
"I'm eating it, not you." Nile stated towards her and Regan sighed.
"Are you coming Yugi?"
"Yea, let's hurry."
They ran out the door leaving Seto and Kayama in the main room. They ran down the hall and it wasn't very long before they got to the medical center. They walked in, though Regan slightly hesitated as it was very similar to a hospital and was standing closely to Yugi. They saw Téa with her back turned to the bulletin wall.
"Téa," Yugi called and she turned to them.
"That was quick, come on he's over here." Téa said and led them into one of the rooms in the back. She opened the door and Atem was sitting up on the edge of the bed. "Hey Atem."
He looked over slightly startled like he didn't notice they walked in. "Hi Téa, how's everything while I took a forceful nap."
"Oh the usual turn of events." Nile replied as she walked closer to the bed. Yugi and Regan followed her. "So how are you feeling?"
"Like I was drugged and put unconscious."
"He's fine," Yugi translated with a smile towards Regan.
"What turn of events?" Atem asked.
"Yea, what happened?" Téa asked.
Yugi sighed and told them and Regan was really glad she didn't need to explain it twice.
There was a silent moment and then Atem twitched. "Why?"
"Who knows, but I guess this solves the three people for the finals." Nile told him.
"Perhaps, but it doesn't mean I have to like it, I should have got into the finals."
"It would have been fun for a three way battle; there are all sorts of things that could have been thought up." Regan said. "I just hope that Devin doesn't have something planned to use this occasion."
"Me too, but we can't do anything that isn't in our reach. We have to practice and I need food."
"Right food!" Nile exclaimed and quickly ran for the exit. "Seto has ramen waiting for me."
"H-hey!" Regan cried. "Come back with my body, it's supposed to be mine now that Atem is up, you get the phone remember?"
"The food is still mine!"
"But you're dead, you can't get hungry!" Regan shouted and ran after her as she heard her friends laughing behind her.
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Regan put on a black leather jacket and picked up the white flatbill hat off the edge of the bed. She placed it backwards on her head and then put her shades in her shirt collar. She walked out of her room and found Yugi in a blue, short sleeve, dress shirt, unbuttoned, with a black muscle shirt and a pair of blue cargo pants. She smiled and walked over to him. She could slightly hear Nile's conversation with Ryou in Atem's room. "So are you ready, handsome?"
"More ready than the last performances, this is the last one and I can't wait for it to be over." He replied with a smile back.
"Just don't say that to the audience or think of it on stage, you won't do as great as you have in practice. Not that it would be awful; you got a hundred percent in the three practices today."
"Well I happen to be the King of Games."
Regan giggled as she got closer to him. "Does someone need their ego stroked?"
"Don't start something Regan, he might lose his focus and mess up entirely." Atem suddenly said so close to her, her heart missed a beat as she jumped about a foot in the air and a foot backwards.
"Jesus Christ Atem." She hissed at him and his black leather pants and black muscle shirt.
"I'm already a living god, thanks for giving me the title of Messiah too."
"Alright enough or we're going to be late." Seto said from behind her.
She turned to him and smiled at his super white suit. "Glad you decided to come."
"Do I have much of a choice, just Yugi alone would have done something to make me go; I didn't need you too trying to get me to go."
She nodded at him. "Great so let's go!"
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Regan grabbed the lead guitar while Seto picked up the bass. Atem was shifting his microphone between his hands and Yugi was twirling a drum stick. There was a really large crowd and they were placed in the stadium for their final performance. She took a deep breath as she tried to calm her nerves. No matter what she did when it came to a large groups, she felt like a train-wreak as her nerves tried to break out of her skin to run away. But she didn't allow them to or let them take control and take her with them. There was a single performance left and she wasn't going to lose herself because it was her last. And then after tomorrow's games, whether she participated in more than one or not, they could all go home. She could go home with them and they could forget about the whole thing, or at least try to make the horrors disappear, and continued to deal with their own problems that they had to start with.
The mortal problems first, like the Dragon Slayers and them. And then they, or she, could deal with Dark Matter, destroying him and then they could live their lives as they wished. She could finally figure out where her home was, now that hers was gone, her whole world destroyed in one night. She shook her head and squeezed the neck of her guitar. It wasn't the time to be thinking of awful thoughts. It was the time to get one foot in front of the other in order to get home.
"Let's give it up for our last standing band, the Band of Heroes!" Devin shouted into the microphone and the crowd roared louder than anything Regan was use too.
How many were out there, she didn't know. Her heart was beating fast as she scanned all the aura signatures, mostly due to her subconscious wanting such knowledge. She couldn't count all of them at rate she was scanning them. She felt some drop their hand on her shoulder and immediately noted it was Seto's.
"If you are really in that much of a rush to use your little ability to count how many are in the stands, put the shades you brought with you on and then afterwards I'll tell you if you were right."
"You are a jerk sometimes, you know that?" She hissed at him.
"Only trying to distract you from fainting; besides you have a job to do, do it and that alone and you'll be fine." Seto told her.
"I know that, but let me panic, better here than out there."
"True, but your time's up."
She quickly placed on her shades and followed Seto out onto the stage. Atem and Yugi were in front of them and Regan looked back at Yugi as he sat down in the drummer's seat. She smiled at him as she turned to the front. Each one of them had a mic stand. It was needed for their song. This was their last song and they were going out with a bang, and hopefully without literal explosions.
Devin cleared his throat to grab the attention of the stands. "Ladies and gentlemen, the Band of Heroes will present to you Young original done by Hollywood Undead!"
Regan started off playing the intro ignoring the crowd as they cheered and Yugi played the drums in rhythm. Regan caught a grin coming from Seto as the lyrics were about to start. Seto and Yugi started the chorus in union.
We are young, we have heart
Born in this world as it all falls apart
We are strong, we don't belong
Born in this world as it all falls apart
Regan played her piece and Atem pulled the mic to his mouth. Seto and Yugi started up their playing.
I see the children in the rain like the parade before the pain
I see the love, I see the hate, I see this world that we can make
I see the life, I see the sky, give it all to see you fly
Yes, we wave this flag of hatred but you're the ones who made it
The beat reminded her a bit of a war as Atem rapped out the lyrics.
Watch the beauty of all our lies passing right before my eyes
I hear the hate in all your words, all the wars to make us hurt
We get so sick of so sick, we never wanted all this
Medication for the kids with no reason to live
So we march to the drums of the damned as we come!
Watch it burn in the sun, we are numb
Atem lowered the mic as Seto and Yugi started their chorus.
We are young, we have heart
Born in this world as it all falls apart
We are strong, we don't belong
Born in this world as it all falls apart
She felt a shift in Atem's aura as if he was angry. This made Regan happy has he got into the mood of the song and she continued to play her soloing piece to fuel him.
As we walk among these shadows, in these streets, this fields of battle
Take it up, we wear the medal, raise your hands with burning candles
Hear us whisper in the dark, in the rain you see the spark
Feel the beating of our hearts, fleeting hope as we depart
The drums sounded beautiful behind her as Seto's guitar seemed to echo snare drums
Altogether, walk alone against all we've ever known
All we've ever really wanted was a place to call our home
But you take all we are, the innocence of our hearts
Made to kneel before the alter as you tear us apart
So we march to the drums of the dammed as we come
Watch it burn in the sun, we are numb
Seto and Yugi flowed right into the song as Atem raged out.
We are young, we have heart
Born in this world as it all falls apart
We are strong, we don't belong
Born in this world as it all falls apart
Yugi dropped out and Atem dropped in to join Seto in the bridge.
We will fight or we will fall
Regan finally closed in with her mic and joined Yugi in the choir
till the angels save us all
We will fight or we will fall
till the angels save us all
Seto and Atem started to power the notes.
We will fight or we will fall
till the angels save us all
We will fight or we will fall
till the angels save us all
All four of them joined together in the last two choruses.
We are young, we have heart
Born in this world as it all falls apart
We are strong, we don't belong
Born in this world as it all falls apart
We are young, we have heart
Born in this world as it all falls apart
We are strong, we don't belong
Born in this world as it all falls apart
Regan and Yugi finished off the outro together in harmony leaving the audience apparently in awe as they did a standing ovation.
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Regan sighed with joy as she changed out of her clothes. When they got back to the room, they turned on the news and their performance was all over it, and not just the TV station that was dedicated to the tournament. She went to grab her PJ bottoms just as the door opened and closed. She didn't bother to look as she figured it was one of the girls until she heard his voice.
"Hey Regan, I was wondering if you wanted-" Yugi stopped as she stood there staring at him. "To… watch a… movie. . ."
They stood there for probably about a minute as her body just stopped working. She was only wearing undergarments and of all people Yugi had to be the one to walk in on her. Why Nile had not warned either of them was beyond her imagination. Her face, she knew was probably as red as Yugi's embarrassed face. When that minute was up he immediately stuck his nose to the door and threw his hands up as if he was being arrested.
"I should have knocked, I am so sorry, I should have knocked."
She put on her PJ's and pouted. "Now you are making me feel like you didn't want to see that and its burned into your retinas for the rest of your life."
"I did like it," Yugi blurted out and then he quickly corrected himself still facing the door. "It was rude of me to walk in without knocking and I'm sorry that I walked in on you changing."
"Well it could have been more embarrassing."
"How, right now I wish I could disappear or turn back time."
"I could have just come out of the shower and have nothing on." Yugi's aura changed to one of fear and something she didn't understand, but decided she didn't want to. She walked over to him and placed her hand on his shoulder. He flinched, but didn't turn around. He really was a gentleman. "It is fine and I doubt my brother will ever find out about you walking on me. So what were you saying about a movie?"
"Movie… right movie, well since it is pretty early and we don't have to get up until later we thought to watch the first two movies of the Pirates of the Caribbean and then watch the other two tomorrow on the plane ride back home." Yugi answered. "But… um… are you sure it's fine? It was rude and unexpected and-"
She turned him around and kissed him. "Just drop it, okay?" she asked him afterwards.
He nodded and pulled her closer to him. "Let's sail away for the night, I don't want tomorrow to come just yet. Not when I have to face you to see who goes against Devin. I don't want to you face him."
She smiled in his chest. "But how can I protect you if you face him?"
"Believe in me and that's all you have to do."
"Then you do the same for me, because you're not going to go face him without a fight."
Tada! Hope you like it, next chapter is being posted at some point today, just need to know if I corrected it ….
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