Note To Readers: PHEW! Hey, guys! Sorry for the wait. This chapter took a little bit longer than I thought it would! So I worked REALLY hard for you guys to make this one exciting! PLEASE ENJOY! Chapter 50!
Chapter 50: Roasting On An Open Fire
"RUN!" Roxy cried as the party bolted as fast as they possibly could as the crystals fell one after the other above them. "YOU JUST HAD TO TOUCH THE CHEST!" Kaiba spat angrily. "HEY DON'T BE BLAMMIN MEH RICH BOY!" Joey spat back as he struggled to place the object he had removed from the chest into his pocket. "WELL, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I'M DOING WHEELER!" the CEO yelled as he ran right beside the idiot. "Guy's blaming each other isn't going to do anything! GIRLS TRANSFORM! WINX BELIEVIX!" Bloom cried before all the girls quickly transformed into their Belivix Faerie forms.
"Let's combine our defense shields and see if we can create a protective barrier!" Bloom exclaimed. "We'll follow your lead!" Roxy told the redhead. "SONIC SCREEN!" Musa called out. "PLASMA WALL!" Layla screamed. "SPRING SHIELD!" Flora cried. "FLAMMING ARMOR!" Bloom summoned. "PROUD ROAR!" Roxy finished before they all joined their powers to forge a forcefield. "KAIBA! YOU AND THE GUYS GO! WE'LL HOLD THE SHIELD UNTIL YOU GUYS GET TO THE OTHER SIDE!" Bloom yelled. "B-BUT!" Joey began before Kaiba yanked Joey forward.
"HEY!" Joey spat angrily as he narrowed his eyes. "YOU HEARD THEM!" Kaiba fired back. "Yeah! If we stick around too long we'll be shishkabobs!" Duke followed. "Joey we need to TRUST that the girls know what they're doing..." Yugi told his best friend. "In the meantime, we'll go on ahead and search for the next path! Meet up with us as soon as you can!" Marik yelled out to the girls. "YOU GOT IT!" Layla exclaimed. "UGH DAMN IT!" Joey cursed before the guys all hurried and ran to the next section of the ruin.
"Phew...is everyone alright?" Raeger asked once he caught his breath. "Yeah, except I feel like I'm UTTER USELESS!" Joey yelled frustrated. "It's not like that Joey! We don't have the kinds of powers the girls have! Besides we have a more important task ahead of us!" Yugi exclaimed. {Precisly...we must all trust in each other otherwise we can't overcome the trials ahead...} "Yeah." he murmured. "Which means we have no time to lose!" Marik exclaimed before he paused as he felt his foot lower. The guys froze hearing something move. "Tell me you didn't-" Kaiba muttered. "I...believe I may have just stepped on something..." Marik's voice trailed off. Suddenly dragons statues emerged from the wall. One after the other. In but a moment a blaze of fire shot out from the mouths unleashing a fiery fury wrath upon the young men.
"I SWARE I AM SERIOUSLY REGRETING JOINING UP WITH YOU PEOPLE!"Kaiba spat angrily as he dodged a stream of fire as it went in nearly every direction the boys having to bend backward and forwards and to the side just to prevent from getting burned. "WAHHH! IF WE DUN KEEP DUCKIN OUR GOOSES ARE GONNA BE COOKED!" Joey cried. "OH SHIT!" Duke spat as another statue emerged from above them ready to fire. "We better think of something and FAST!" Yugi told the guys as he made a face. Before they could do anything else the fire from above trailed through the stone as a metal cage snapped all of them within its jaws. Immediately catching the men the floor collapsed sending them all plummeting downwards with a violent jerk.
"AHHHHHHH!" they all cried before the cage snagged on something. All around them was pitch black only to be illuminated by a sea of blue flame below them and surrounding the cage they were trapped in. Nearly everyone was blinded by the fire's intense glow. "WELL! THIS IS JUST GREAT!" Duke exclaimed as he threw his hands up in the air. "Everyone just try and stay calm..." Yugi advised. "Though I suppose that's easier said than done..." Joey only laughed. "Oh yeah except dare's ONE problem...I'M FREAKEN OUT OVA HERE!" the blonde cried. Kaiba only sent Joey a nasty glare.
"Keep that up, Wheeler and I'll haunt you forever..." Kaiba warned. Joey only made a face. "SOMEONE GET MEH OUTTA HERE! OTHERWISE, I'M GONNA BE IN MEH OWN PERSONAL HELL!" the blonde screamed. "What did I JUST finish saying!?" the CEO spat angrily. "Joey try to calm down!" Yugi cried in response. "Either way...the fire on the outside of the cage seems to be spreading to the interior by each minute passed..." Raeger observed as he pulled at the collar of his shirt. He couldn't already feel the heat. "Raeger's right in this situation...the odds are not exactly in our favor..." Marik muttered.
"Maybe but if we DON'T get out of here then WE'RE going to be BARABAQUE!" Duke exclaimed. "And down THERE is even MORE fire!" "...Yes, thanks so much for pointing out the OBVIOUS!" Kaiba rolled his eyes. He was surrounded by idiots! Yugi felt himself sway from the heat before he fell to his knees. Not only was the heating getting to him but the pain from his tattoo was acting up again. "YUGI!" almost every one of them called out as Atem got down to Yugi's side. Gently he held him. "Are you alright Yugi?" the Pharoah asked before the scarlet eyed male struggled to look up at Atem.
"Y-Yeah...I'm ok...I just felt faint..." Yugi murmured softly. {...You're in pain aren't you...?} Atem murmured. "...Really I'm ok...I'm just not use to this much...err excitement." Yugi offered a smile before Atem felt his forehead. {You have a fever Yugi...despite the fire I can tell...let me take over...I can endure this environment better than you are able...please...I ask that you do this...I don't want to have to worry about whether or not you're safe...} Atem pleaded. "...A...Alright..." Yugi shook before Atem took over. Kaiba and Joey sighed relief. At least that was one less problem to worry over. Kaiba closed his eyes as he tried to mull over the situation.
"Hmm well, this ruin is supposed to be a trial...therefore it's up to those whom enter to prove themselves worthy..." Raeger spoke up. "First Crystals and then Fire...could this get any WORSE!? Duke cried. "It can ALWAYS get worse..." Marik deadpanned. "...How do we get ourselves free without falling victim to the flames below...?" Atem questioned out loud. The Pharoah peered into the blue fire before his eyes widened. The blue flames appeared to be formed some kind of symbol. It resembled the same ones as were written on those walls earlier. Perhaps if anyone could know Covenant's Guild Master would.
"Raeger." Atem spoke up as the redhead turned towards him. "Did you find something?" Raeger questioned. "Look down below..." the Pharoah directed before the Guild Master did so. After a moment his eyes widened. "I think all this heat is going to their heads..." Kaiba narrowed his eyes as he shook his head. "I dun see ANYWAY outta dis..." Joey groaned. "I'm with Joey...I hate ta say it guys but we're screwed..." Duke muttered. "Do you recognize it?" Atem asked Raeger. "...ALRIGHT! EVERYONE LISTEN UP!" Raeger yelled. "The flames beneath us are forming a PORTAL Rune!" the Guild Master exclaimed loudly making sure to speak in a clear manner.
"Which means WHAT exactly?" Kaiba raised his brow. "Down below is a gateway out of this place...and there is a key..." Atem told the CEO before he turned towards to Joey. "Joey." "Y-eah wat is it Yu-I mean Atem?" "Did you happen to find anything that was in that chest from earlier?" the Pharoah asked the blonde. "Uh...yeah actually...now dat ya mention it but we took off runnin so fast I forgot ta say anythin," Joey told Atem before he pulled out a crystal owl statue. "And you couldn't have thought to mention it sooner?..." Kaiba muttered. "GAH! GET OFF MEH BACK!" Joey spat back.
"And just exactly HOW is that useless statue supposed to get us out of our current situation?" Duke questioned. "In order to pass this trial we need to look for something to place the owl statue into..." Raeger advised. "Do you see anything like that Pharoah?" Marik questioned. Atem only shook his head. "No I don't...it must be hidden from plain sight..." the Pharoah surmised. The Tombkeeper closed his eyes as he tried to concentrate. "It's WITHIN the flames where the key hole lies!" Marik exclaimed as he slowly opened his eyes. "WHAT!?" both Joey and Duke exclaimed before Joey let out a cry.
"YOUCH DATS HOT!" the blonde cried as the flames licked at his feet. {If it's down there there's NO WAY we can even get near the key hole} Yugi pointed out. "Yes...that's a valid point...even if we were not held within this cage...it'd be a nearly impossible task..." Atem agreed with his other half. "If we break the cage we fall...if we don't...we get burned alive...decisions decisions..." Kaiba muttered sarcastically.
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