And here is the third chapter, hope you enjoy.

Chapter 4

Forbidden Seeds

Friday, December 23 2011; 1:00PM (Ottawa)

Saturday, December 24, 2011; 3:00AM (Domino)

The airport was crowded as families and business folk boarded planes and left planes for the holidays to come. Regan walked in line with her friends in and her hand in Yugi's. The group looked for whatever their flight provider has in mind to tell them which lane he was parked in.

"Where is that flying pony? Geez, we spent the last few hours freezing our butts off at Parliament Hill and antagonizing car ride to this airport and he isn't even here!" Joey grumbled next to Yugi looking over the travellers' heads.

"I know what you mean and that pizza is long gone leaving me starving." Tristan complained next to him. His stomach followed making a few people look at him.

"I just hope nothing happens like the last time we were supposed to meet him." Atem replied into the air as he watched the flight times on the board.

"Well knowing him, he will probably make this entire airport stop and turn." Téa answered in between Regan and Atem.

Ryou nodded and the seven of them sat down on the seats and waited approximately two seconds as the crowd hushed and stopped moving. The group turn to where the crowd was facing and dropped their jaws at the sight. There had to be sixteen duelists surrounding a man in the middle.

"Those are Duel Professors." Yugi announced as a man with black shaggy hair winked at him.

"Hello Yugi-boy and company, sorry to keep you waiting, but we had an issue back in California." The fifteenth century dressed man in the middle replied as the group separated to reveal him. "But we got here, just as I said we would."

"What kind of issue requires sixteen duelists?" Regan asked though she accidently let out her impatience in her tone.

"Show some respect towards Pegasus-sama!" A man with white hair yelled with a black duel disk on his arm.

"Yako please, she's distressed. We are lucky that we only received the flat of the blade." Pegasus told the man. "Now we need to vamoose before those guys follow us in their own jet."

Without being asked twice the seven teenagers rushed through the airport after the duelists and the creator. They left without going through security and met on the flight lane where a jet that a leader of a country would use was sitting and waiting.

"So we are having our flight in a 747 style, awesome." Joey cheered as his stomach growled. "Please tell me that there is food on that plane."

"Of course there is, this is Pegasus and his Duel Professors we're talking about." Tristan answered with a proud grumble from his stomach.

"Okay kids, on the plane." A short haired female with a sort of vampire like dress, eighteenth century Regan guessed, shouted.

Joey and Tristan boarded instantly. She grunted in annoyance from the girl's own vibe next to her and followed.

"What's up with her?" Regan heard the girl asked.

"I'm fine, let's go before we get shot down or something." She replied without looking back.

She didn't stop to wait for a reply as a migraine had formed making her stomach turn. The aura and vibes that were coming from her own friends was enough for her to handle, but now with the new emotions, personal auras, and different vibes she seemed to be collecting without a stop button and it was creating a lot of stress and tension to her shrinking temper. The air was filled with aggression making her feel slightly violent and angry, but it also was filled with worry making her feel disorganized and unable to think without causing her head to feel dizzy.

She sat in a simple seat on the top floor with all the Duel Professors and her friends on the lowest gather around the kitchen and bar, hopefully not giving the minors something they shouldn't have. The collection of everything slimmed down a large amount of her migraine leaving her stomach slightly less twisted in knots. Her ability kicked into gear again as four people came up the stairs. One of them was Yugi, which she knew instantaneously. The other was Atem which was almost as quick because of Nile's own memory. The third was Ryou. But, the last one wasn't completely sketched in as she waited for them to get closer to the top. The door handle started to turn and she completed her analyse. The final one was Pegasus and to her satisfaction; she was correct about the other three as they came into the room.

She watched in silence and didn't say a word to the creator sitting on the seat across from her in the booth. The three other boys sat in the opposite side of the plane in their own booth of four seats. She could feel tension build as the plane started to move, but knew for certain that it wasn't from the chance of the Dragon Slayers owning a fighter jet.

She sighed trying to drown out their pulsing anxiety. "Is there something you would like to ask Pegasus?"

"There are a few questions and requests." He answered with a playful expression.

She glared in complete rage as his annoying playful tone ran through her skull like a screaming kid.

The man adjusted himself with uncertainty. "Already then not in a great mood or in a stable set up."

"What's supposed to mean?"

"That glare is scarier than the Pharaoh's and Kaiba's combine. Your eyes seem dangerous and there are red streaks that leaked into the blue."

Regan froze with fear, and then recollected herself looking away. She winced at the thought of what they were going through just to keep themselves alive. She closed her eyes and an image of overtaking the company by force flashed by. The thought was revolting and didn't even seem hers or at least she hoped it wasn't; Regan knew that she couldn't handle such a task, but maybe with help…

"Regan… Regan!" Pegasus snapped making her eyes snap open in fear of the horrible thoughts and at the tone the man gave. There was concern and something that he probably used to raise orphans, but she couldn't understand what is was. She turned to Pegasus and found a look that matched that unknown tone.

"What is the problem child? You weren't like this when I talked to you a few hours ago and you certainly are not the same person that I met at the tournament."

"There isn't-"

"Please a blind-deaf man can tell there is a problem. And even without my Millennium Eye, I can tell that you are exhausted and have thoughts going through your mind. When was the last time you slept?" Pegasus asked.

"Just before we left for Ottawa." She answered with a confused expression as she tried to figure out the man in front of her.

"Okay before that?" Pegasus asked urgently.

She didn't answer, the days, the hours and the minutes were mumbling in her skull. She found she couldn't think and answer the question as much as she would have liked.

"And to think you were going to cheer practice yesterday."

'Was it only yesterday that they were kidnapped? Why does it seem like days have gone by in my heart then a few hours?' She thought to herself trying to place events on a timeline.

"She hasn't slept since Sunday." Yugi interrupted answering Pegasus's question. "I think it was about someone trying to kill you."

"What are you-?"

"Nile and I talked while you reviewed practice." He interrupted her. "What are you doing? You can't save anyone if you don't sleep and you know it."

"Yeah and you don't have any idea of what follows!" She shouted finally snapping her posture. "It just seems so unnatural now … almost forbidden."

There was silence in the still air like a bell that was struck allowing it lingering its sound.

"How forbidden," Pegasus asked with that strange tone.

"It is as forbidden as eating from the Tree of Knowledge." Regan replied looking away from them. Their auras were enough for her; she didn't need their faces to add to the mixture of not breaking down as much as she had. She hadn't meant to throw all off her rage at Yugi; he was the last person that she wanted to yell at. "It is like a weed; a parasite that feeds on everything that my mind treasures. It feeds on my fear, my anger, my pride, my selflessness, everything it can to create something new. Dreams that aren't really dreams, but they are torture devices. The thoughts aren't my own they are thoughts that I would never think of or want to happen. Just a few moments ago, the thought of taking over Kaiba Corporation at this moment would be perfect timing. My brothers out of the way, it can be easily done since I'd be the next in line. I would never want Seto and Mokuba dead. They are all I have left. Plus I wouldn't want to run the company; I declined the offer of being vice president from Mokuba two weeks ago. They worked too hard to get as far as they did just to be dropped off a cliff and hang there. I'm not a person that takes away the pride of someone just too completely destroy everything. I'm technically running it right now, but it is for situations that call for it. I'm the backup that keeps the system functioning and I wish for nothing more."

"When did these start to occur?" Pegasus asked carefully.

"The nightmares have been there since the ending of the tournament. I will never forget it inside of that ball of shadows. Something entered me and planted a forbidden seed while I was in there. As the days have come and gone, there are some aspects that they just don't feel like me anymore; like I'm disappearing and I can't block any of this madness out. But the final stroke was with my date with Yugi. Then, Yami Marik appearing in that alleyway…"

"You have to-" Pegasus started, and then she turned her rage and fear at him.

"I've tried!" She yelled feeling her tears forming. "They are always there and nagging at me to stop resisting. If I did then Nile and I, well, we would go poof, replaced by that figure the demon truly wants."

"Are you talking about that creature?" Yugi asked suddenly recognizing what she was talking about.

She nodded. "Yes, that is exactly what I am talking about and once that seed is matured enough then poof."

"Poof? Poof what, what goes poof?" Pegasus asked in confusion. "What creature are you talking about?"

"A chaos version of myself would be born devouring Nile and I in the process. And until we can find out where the weed killer is, I won't be able to stop feeding it."

"Feeding it what?" Ryou asked in concern.

"Every strand of aura that I come in contact with; it has heightened my sense to locate aura and read it and when we were in the airport I completely shut down, that was until Pegasus came with all those duelists… it turned back on."

"Sorry," Pegasus apologized as a butler came in with drinks.

Regan took the water offered to her as Pegasus and Atem took the wine offered to them. Yugi took the juice box off of the tray and you had a glass of water. She took a sip.

"Thanks for the drinks," Yugi said as the butler walked out of the cabin.

"It's not your fault, it's not like you knew about the parasite." Regan said and drank half of her water. There was a silent moment as her head started to get fuzzy. She looked at the drink and then back at the creator as he gave a small victory signal. "You son of a-"

She didn't finish her fowl speech as the dreaded darkness entered.

00000

Yugi didn't panic, but still went to Regan's seat and held her as the glass she had fell to the floor. He had a feeling Pegasus would place something in her drink. Slipping a sleeping drug into her water was probably the only way for the stubborn girl to get some sleep, but he didn't think it would work that quickly. Though, the pill idea was a victory for Pegasus.

"I've never seen it work that fast," Pegasus remarked in awe. "I wonder when the last time she actually had a good night sleep was."

"A long time ago," Yugi sighed as he adjusted Regan on his lap to cradle her with no idea when she would wake up. "Do you think this was a good idea?"

"I don't know Yugi-boy, but I guess we will have to wait and see." Pegasus replied as he got up from his seat. He walked to each of the doors and locked them. "This little incident is going to give me a pain later, but it also does not leave this room. Got it my little friends?"

Atem, Ryou and Yugi looked at each other and nodded.

"Yeah we got it, why was this the only way?" Atem asked.

"The dream or whatever she thinks it is needs to run its course and those sleeping pills she consumed wont light up until we land. So until then it has plenty of time to run." Pegasus answered and looked at the three males that gave disbelieved faces. "And I might be a little curious."

"Being curious almost killed a few people." Atem stated looking fiercely at the creator.

"I don't think Regan even if I did kidnap her brothers would actually attempt to kill me."

"No, she wouldn't. But Nile on the other hand would. Yugi told Pegasus.

"Nile, isn't she-"

"Yes that would be the spirit in the River's Puzzle." Atem answered with a grin. "And my sister."

Pegasus paled, "Oh God."

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Seto Kaiba was sitting patiently as his kidnappers tried to find the false brother he put them up too. Grinning in his mind, he was thankful that he had a sister that he could trust. And he knew Mokuba was also thankful, but both hoped she wasn't going through hell like they were where ever they were. So far, the Dragon Slayers were running in circles and found the back door hard drive Mokuba insisted that held their step brother Noah.

Mokuba grinned evilly sitting across the jail cell from him. "I wonder how long it will take for them to realize Noah isn't who they are looking for."

"I'm sure Noah is doing his best to confuse their puny brains to liquid. Then he will probably screw with the system. As annoying as that kid is, he's fucking smart." Seto answered as he listened to the annoyed shouts from the other room. He frowned. "I just hope he can distract them of the time as well."

"The plan will work Seto."

"I know."

"Then do you look worried."

"Murphy's Law, when something can go wrong, it will."

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The first thing that came to her mind was fear. The hall Regan stood in was gloomy and cold that matched the castle like hall that ended in front of her. A room was attached to the hall that was silent until a scream of pain shattered through it. Her heart skipped a beat. She ran forward into the room in silent fear. The room surrounded her in a dark fog. She didn't slow down as the noises of screams and shouts became louder. Something glinted in the dark and the sound of something going through the air. The sound of the splatter of blood hitting the floor and wall stopped her in her tracks as the scene came into view. As the room became silent, she saw chained to the wall were her friends, Yugi, and her brothers not making a sound, limp and staring with blank, unseeing eyes. She gasped in disbelief, feeling tears fall as the sounds of the red liquid dripped onto the floor.

"You killed them." Someone broke into the air. "You killed them with your own blade. You did this to them."

Regan took a step back away from the bodies. "I- I didn't. No I didn't kill them."

"But I did and I am you. This makes you the murderer." It said as it came into view.

It was like looking at her own reflection only distorted by the thin line divided by balance. Compare to the light colour clothing she often wore with a regular amount of clothing on, the girl was wearing the opposite. She wore dark colors of red and black with minimum clothing. She wore a tube top that covered her chest and a pair of extremely short shorts with the pair of boots Seto had bought her in Vancouver.

"Who are you?" Regan asked in distasted as she realized the dream again.

The girl with the red aura laughed. "I am you."

"No you aren't." Regan retorted in a bit of rage.

This wasn't the first time Regan saw this and each time she woke up. But each time she tried like before she couldn't and she was in a panic on the inside along with sadness and anger.

"And why am I not you? We look the same. We are carrying the same type of weapon." The girl pointed at the swords attached to her belt. "If I am not you then you must be the fake. You don't belong in this world; that is for certain. I can truly activate the power of the River's Puzzle while you lack the potential. You are nothing compare to me. Yugi can tap into his full power and the powers of the Millennium Puzzle; he has a place and he has found it. He knows his purpose of being the light while his former life is the dark. You are both; you have no need for such an item, nor no place in this existence."

Regan looked down at the item around her neck. The girl in front of her was right no matter what way someone saw it. The Millennium Puzzle connects the two people that split so long ago, but what was she to Nile? She was hardly a pure light like Yugi was and she wasn't a pure dark like Atem. She was just neutral, both light and dark like just about every person on the planet, so insignificant and pointless. Regan turned her head away leaving her hair in her face hiding from the girl trying hard not to show her despair and tears that formed. "Is that all?"

"Heh, I even remember that conversation the day your father came over to talk with that wretch of a woman."

"Don't speak of her that way!" Regan snapped. "Leave her in peace!"

The girl ignored her and continued. "That day when they spoke you don't remember it completely and Seto couldn't understand what they were saying, but I can. Let me show you what happened."

The foggy death room disappeared to place them in the front room of the house Regan first met Seto in over thirteen years ago. The scene was strange seeing it in third person not from her memory. Jade stood in the opening the door with a younger version on herself just behind her in curiosity. Her father came in with her brothers with a grave look on his face.

"Jade, I came to pick up my daughter." Her father stated.

Jade smirked in pleasure and amusement. "I don't think so, see I like the fact I have money and the ability to have power."

Father growled in dismay. "She's not some item you can purchase in a store! She's a human being and my daughter on top of it!"

Jade chuckled. "Her powers are much use though; they are pleased to have such a girl within their reach. Plus she doesn't even know who you are."

"Have you at least been teaching her Japanese or Kanji?"

"Of course and much more. That was in the deal for me keeping her and not someone else in the group. She answered and then grinned evilly. "On top of that, she and I have a mother/daughter relation. We even have the same last name."

"They changed both of yours?"

"That's right."

Father glared and then looked down at Seto. "Seto, go play with Regan; Jade and I have to talk."

The scene changed to the original castle room.

"See I am the true version, I understood the old language of Camelot that should be written in your blood. But you didn't, you are the fake." The girl said making the blades in her hand glow a deep red. All of a sudden something clicked.

"You were right about Yugi and Atem being light and dark and you are right about Nile and I being neutral in that sense, but there is something that has been shoved in my face since the day I was born. My ability of aura, you are more developed then me in the sense of controlling it, but that's what makes you the fake. Nile's aura and my aura are incomplete. It doesn't have a single color that the aura sword can pick up."

"What are you talking about, how can an aura not be complete?"

"With the power of the River's Puzzle, five thousand years ago Nile sacrificed herself in a ritual that split her aura to seal Dark Matter. When I was born, my aura wasn't whole and the other half was hiding inside of this item and I didn't even know it until a day before my birthday and was completely certain about it when the incident happened in Vancouver." Regan replied pulling out both blades from her sides as they charged in their northern light colors. "Your sword shows one complete nature. Mine is an incomplete bar code, but when Nile and I are together channeling our aura's into the sword-"

Nile appeared next to her taking the right blade with her right hand and held Regan's right hand with her left. They channeled to each other their aura as it and the sword solidified as a silver color which made the swords glitter like a full moon.

"We are complete." Nile finished the statement.

"I won't accept this, I am the real figure!"

"Doubt was your ability to make me second guess myself, but now that ability doesn't work. I know who I am and who I need to be. And about the Camelot conversation, you got to learn it before you can understand it, doesn't matter if it's in my blood because Seto doesn't know it either. But I will tell him when I save him and Mokuba from the Dragons Slayers. Say hi to whoever is in charge where ever you go."

Nile nodded and left. Regan charged up her swords and tapped into her item making the colorful lights return. She placed all of her emotions into the swords that even she felt the intensity as happiness collided with rage and her fears collided with her hope. She ran forward with no second thought and moved her blades swiftly and effectively. There was no sound as she released the aura stream against the fake. "You will not destroy everything that everyone has worked so hard for. Leave me you parasite!"

The fake looked angry and annoyed, then suddenly the parasite turned to dust as the energy hit. Then the room turned white.

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Regan opened her eyes to an empty seat where Pegasus use to sit and someone cradling her. Slowly turning her head, she looked up to see Yugi looking down at her in sending comfort in powerful waves. Then her own feelings of relief, happiness and freedom washed over her in a more powerful waved. She immediately rose up and hugged him burying her head in his shoulder. It wasn't until Yugi was telling her it was alright many times over when she realized she was crying. After several minutes of calming down, she regained her bounds of the world around her. Ryou and Atem were sitting in the same place they were before while Pegasus was leaning against the wall behind the seat. Without warning, Nile took over and jumped over the seat in front of Pegasus and grabbed his collar in rage with sword in hand. Immediately, Atem went into action as Regan looked on standing at the door in spirit form.

"Nile, leave Pegasus alone!" Atem demanded behind her.

"Give me a good reason why I shouldn't kill him." Nile retorted.

"Because he's helping us." Yugi answered moderately. "Plus, Regan wouldn't approve of having blood of a fellow human on her hands let alone yours."

Nile paused and Regan shook her head. Sighing, Nile released Pegasus and lowered her blade very carefully. Pegasus reposted himself from the sudden life threatening actions.

Nile glared very darkly at the creator. "You ever pull something like that again and threaten Regan life; I won't be so kind next time."

Pegasus nodded and she looked back towards her partner.

"You need to rest." Regan pointed out to her.

"As you wish," Nile agreed and left Regan to have her body again.

She dropped to the floor in a sitting position in the middle of Pegasus and Atem as they looked at her in complete confusion. "Whether Nile may have not agreed with method, we are both grateful. Thank you."

Pegasus smiled. "No problem."

"But, I really don't appreciate having something slipped in my drink." She hissed in annoyance. "Where are we anyway?"

"I think we are just about there." Ryou replied turning to the window. "There are several buildings and what looks to be desert around this place."

The pilot came on the intercom. ~Ladies and gentlemen, please buckle your seatbelts we are coming in for landing. Welcome to Las Vegas, Nevada.~

Now let the showdown begin, once Pegasus shows them to the right building of course.