Chapter 10: - Seeking Help
Kaiba Land Asia, Japan
Things in the real world were looking bad.
Harry and Mai weren't the only Duellists that had worked out that they could summon their monsters, and there was a large group of them defending the brightly lit White Lightning Arena, where those who couldn't summon hid in the brightest area while the Duellists covered each other's back, trying to make sure that none of those Shadow creatures broke through.
Of course a lot of people had fled. Harry hadn't been surprised to find that Weevil had been among them, and he had no idea what had happened to those people. He just hoped that they weren't ending up like the first few who had been struck down by the ravenous Shadow creatures... he shuddered just thinking about it.
"If you're too tired, Harry..." Mai trailed off at the look he gave her. He felt sick, all the Duellists did, and exhaustion was running rampant among those who were trying to defend the tourists but they kept fighting. Some of them because of fear, some of them because it was the right thing to do, others because everything that had made their lives bearable was either dead or going to going to die shortly if they didn't...
Then everyone's worst fears were confirmed.
The lights flickered and died.
"They've gotten through!" One of the Duellists, Mako Tsunami, if Harry was right, bellowed.
"I summon Winged Wolf Pack! In attack mode!" Harry bellowed, holding his card up and calling his seven strong pack through from the Monster World, uncaring what happened to him as long as what remained of his family were safe and wishing that he had Luna, Rebecca, Ron or Ginny at his side too.
The moment the four star rated pack arrived Harry collapsed, barely conscious. Sirius pulled Harry into the group of Wizards who were trying (and only succeeding about half the time) to provide a second line of defence, as the pack, led by Wolf, tore through as many of the creatures as they could reach.
"We can't keep this up." Mai wheeled around to face the speaker only to find that it was one of this year's newbies, a machine Duellist, Lina McCreedy.
"We have to try." Mai told her, even as she wondered about the futility of this herself. The ones who had dealt with this sort of problem in the past were gone and she didn't know how to stop this rampage.
She hadn't even known she could summon her Duel Monsters until Airo had shown up, and yet she and Harry, who had been the first two to summon their creatures, were being looked to for answers...
A scream erupted as a pair of civilians were pulled out of the group without magic or summoning ability by a group of shadow creatures...
Even as the Duellists moved to save them and protect the rest of the group, a common thought was settling in everyone's minds.
They were going to lose...
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Hawkins Household, California, America
Rebecca hadn't expected anything like this.
When Yugi had phoned her this morning to say that they were going to the museum to get Yami's memories back, she'd expected something to go wrong. It was pretty much a given considering how much trouble Yami and Yugi had attracted over the years, but she hadn't expected anything like this.
It had been a good thing though that she'd been unable to sleep. She'd been in the kitchen getting a snack when the Shadows had hidden the bright morning sky and monsters had started to rise out of the darkest corners.
Luckily for her, Minnola, her Emerald Dragon, had appeared at her side almost the instant that the Shadows had appeared, defending her as she darted up the stairs to her Grandfather's room where he was already loading a revolver.
This was quite possibly one of the few times she was glad that Americans had the 'right to bear arms', especially after the lights had gone out across the entire house in one fell swoop. Her Grandfather, Professor Hawkins, had pretty much dragged her into his study, which was quite possibly the easiest room to defend in the house and, as he and Minnola had covered the door, Rebecca tried to contact everyone she knew.
Only to find most of them weren't picking up.
It was quite possible that the Shadows were messing with everyone's signal. Their phones did, after all, work off of the Kaiba Corp satellites, but she'd managed to speak with Luna alright, and Ginny. It was those closest to the epicentre of the trouble that she couldn't contact, not even Harry, who had been visiting Kaiba Land Asia.
"Rebecca!"
The teen wheeled around, drawing from her deck almost instinctually as she did so, her Fire Princess coming at her call and blasting the creature that had leapt at her from the shadows underneath the desk, causing Rebecca to worry that the flames might damage her grandfather's notes.
She shouldn't have done though. The Fire Princess was careful with them, calling the fire back to her in order to use it again, wheeling around as her grandfather let out a pained cry. Fire Princess cast again to burn the creature that had dared to assault her Duellist's grandfather, blasting the creature off of the old archaeologist and shielding him from further assault as the bright orb of light the creature had pulled free from his chest sank back into his body.
Professor Hawkins's eyes opened almost the moment that the orb vanished beneath his clothes and he scrambled to grab the handgun, finishing reloading it quickly and backing up to stand next to his Granddaughter as exhaustion forced her to her knees, the drain from holding both the Emerald Dragon and the Fire Princess causing her to have trouble staying awake.
It took a moment but she worked it out, what these creatures were after.
They weren't just trying to kill them.
They were trying to take their souls.
And Rebecca didn't know what to do. Those she'd normally turn to were half a world away and even if they hadn't been she couldn't get in contact with them...
Whatever Yugi and the others were doing, whatever it was that had gone wrong, she hoped they fixed it soon.
She wasn't sure how much longer she could hold up...
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Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Scotland
Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry had always been a safe haven for students. Now however the 'safest place in Britian' was turning into a last line of defense.
When the Shadows had first covered the world, a lot of the Wizarding Britain, even with the slander that the Ministry had tried to bandy around, had automatically looked to Dumbledore for answers.
The Headmaster hadn't had any. He had about as much clue about what was going on as the rest of the wizarding world. No, that wasn't true - after the experiences of the last four years, he could take an educated guess as to the magic that was currently choking the planet, but he couldn't give them the answers they were looking for.
The answers to such questions as 'How did this happen?' and 'How do we stop it?'
The children, who had been either sent here for protection or ushered into the relative safety of the Great Hall by their parents, had more clue about what was going on. Spending time around the Millennium Item wielders helped, but only Ron, Ginny and the twins really had any sort of idea as to what was happening.
This had something to do with the return of Yami's memories and none of them thought it was a good sign.
The four of them could feel the Shadows swirling around the school, testing and eroding the wards that had kept the ancient castle safe for hundreds of years, attempting to break through to the souls that were inside and only the combination of the ancient wards and the spells being cast by those trying to protect the school were enough to keep them at bay.
And both were faltering.
Every student at Hogwarts had heard horror stories of the Shadow Realm, most assumed that they were circulated by a certain pair of Malfoys to keep everyone terrified of them, something that would work much better if the Mutou twins didn't keep putting them in their place, but no one had imagined that something like this could happen.
"Mokuba! Hey!"
At Ginny's relieved words everyone turned to listen, hoping that she could shine some light on what the hell was going on.
"What is…? You don't know either? Bakura what?"
"What?" Ron demanded, getting in Ginny's face only to be pulled away by the twins.
"Are you alright?" Ginny sounded concerned, "I'm glad… No, I can't contact Yugi either. His phone rings but I get no answer."
Ron scowled and shook off his brother's arms, starting to pace again as other students drifted away from them now they knew they had no answers.
"I don't know, Mokuba… It's possible…" Ginny squeaked and fell off the podium she'd been pacing as the huge stain glass window smashed and the shadows seeped into the brightly lit hall.
As one the students drew their wands, trying to defend themselves as the creatures that had been causing their protectors so much trouble swarmed the hall.
Ginny scrambled away as a pair of creatures attempted to attack her, terror plain on her face…
"Ginny!"
At the twin's cry a pair of Double Costans, Zombie effect monsters that acted more like ghosts then Zombies, appeared in a burst of purple light and struck at the creatures, who let out a horrible screech and dissolved back into the darkness.
"Did we do that, Gred?" George asked his brother, shocked.
"I believe so, Forge." Fred nodded in reply, just as stunned.
Ginny scrambled to her feet, firing off a couple of the spells Mokuba had taught her during the last school year as she joined her brothers, whose twin ghost like monsters were defending their Duellists as well as any other student that happened to be close by, scowling as her spells slid off the shadowy creatures.
"Anyone else got a deck on them?" Ron asked as he pulled his small stack of cards, which he could loosely call a deck though it didn't have much strategy to it, out of his back pocket, having grabbed them without thinking.
"Why?" One of the others asked even as he pulled a stack of cards out of his jacket pocket.
"Apparaître!" Ron bellowed as he waved his wand. His Swordmaster Yione appeared out of nowhere and started attacking the creatures without a single command, but missed the shade that tried to take Ron out from a distance only to be stopped by a Steel Scorpion that had been summoned by his sister.
"Thanks Ginny."
"You can thank me later." Ginny shot back, not quite sure where the Steel Scorpion had come from, and wary of the headache that had come with it, but glad of its appearance.
Ron nodded, darting back to show some of the others how to use apparaître as Fred, George and Ginny tried to work out if they could replicate their summoning feats with more of their monsters as the creatures continued to pile in through the broken window…
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Lourdes, France
In France, the shadows struck in the small hours of the morning. Two girls slept uneasily in their hotel beds, taking a deserved break from the multi-stage tournament they were both engaged with. Their room assignments had been random, but through luck or providence, Fleur Delacour was sharing a room with a muggle Duellist named Ivy Beauclerc. The pure-human girl woke first, feeling the darkness encroaching despite the night and storm.
"Fleur, did you hear that?" she asked in French, frowning. She didn't know why she reached for her deck, but it seemed to simply appear in her hand by the time she'd finished forming the thought to get up and dressed.
"What?" Fleur asked, looking back, sleepily. "What's wrong ?"
"I'm not sure." Ivy admitted. "Something… creepy. Hungry." She looked at the window, then the door. Finally, her head snapped around when she heard the other girl shriek and fall out of bed.
"Stupefy!" Fleur yelled, and there was a bright flash of red light and some… thing cried out.
"What was.. ?" Ivy mumbled, staring. "S-swordstalker?" She gasped, realising what she was looking at. The human-shaped duel monster was already recovering from whatever Fleur had done, but the blonde wasn't idle either.
"Run, Ivy! Find my sister, and Marcel Delacroix!"
"Ok. What about you, Fleur?" Ivy asked, pulling on a dressing gown over her night dress.
"I'll be fine. Gabrielle will protect you." Fleur told her, making Ivy pause in confusion. Fleur turned her attention back to what appeared to be a real, live duel monster, lifting a wooden stick in her hand. "Protego!" She cried, twisting it through the air to create a nearly invisible barrier that the sword-wielding monster bounced off once, before tearing through as if it wasn't there with a moment's thought. Fleur cried out in surprise, saving her neck by virtue of falling backwards over Ivy's bed.
The window shattered inwards with a great crack, then the air was full of shrieking and the beating of powerful wings.
"Harpie Girl?" Ivy asked. The blonde monster gave her a grin, and she felt a moment of connection before the pink-winged beast backflipped away from one of Swordstalker's attacks. A second monster slipped in through the opening to cast a trio of ice daggers into the monster's chest, before following up with a second salvo from her other hand. "And the Princess of Tsurugi?" She continued, gaping at the blonde Warrior.
"My name is Ran." The Princess told her, as Harpie Girl gathered power before hurling a mini-tornado at Swordstalker, point first, finishing it off. The purple-armoured monster shattered with a twisted cry. Harpie girl turned on a wingtip to hug Ran round the shoulders from behind and kissing the pale-skinned warrior on the cheek.
"I'm Sophie." She said with a huge grin. "We were hunting nearby when we felt you were in danger. Are you hurt, Mistress?"
"Um… no…" Ivy shook her head. "Um… then… are you..?"
"We are the leaders of the monsters who reside in your deck." Ran nodded.
"What's going on?" Fleur asked, looking between the monsters and her temporary room-mate, still holding her wand.
"The Shadows are free." Sophie grinned. "It's great. We can hunt as much as we like, and we can see Mistress Ivy any time!"
"I believe I saw LeGuin nearby. If you go to the roof, I am sure he would like to meet you." Ran told the half-Veela Witch.
"I… I have to find my sister." Fleur told them. "Then I will go. Thank you." She looked at Ivy. "Will you be alright?"
"I'll…" Ivy looked from Fleur to the two Duel Monsters, Ran trying (unsuccessfully) to slip free of her partner's embrace. "I think I'll be just fine." She decided, giving Fleur a smile. "Do you want us to come with you?"
"Uh, no." Fleur shook her head. "I'll manage on my own." She told her, before practically fleeing from the room.
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Just outside of Reykjavik, Iceland
Luna had been on an expedition with her father and a couple of guides to find the elusive Icicle Dragon, when all hell had broken loose.
On the plus side they'd found one. On the downside it had been just moments before darkness had covered the skies and they'd come under attack from a group of monsters that appeared to have no discernable origin and weren't above attacking anything and everything living in the area.
"Hello Arzu." Luna said amiably to the Allure Queen lvl5 that appeared out of nowhere to defend her, sitting down heavily as tiredness hit her, only to be dragged to her feet by her father.
Hello Luna. The Duel Monster replied, amused by her Duellist's complete lack of concern as the wizards around them attempted everything they could think of to protect themselves and found their spells merely passed through the creatures, or worse bounced off and struck their casters, severely injuring several of their group. May I?
At Luna's nod, Arzu launched into battle, taking down several creatures in one fell swoop, covering the retreat as they attempted to get back to their vehicles and retreat back to the capital city.
"What in Merlin's name are these things?" Their regular guide demanded, terrified.
These things, Arzu broadcasted to everyone there, Are soul devourers that were released when the Demon defeated the King.
Luna's eyes widened at her words and Arzu realized too late what she'd said so matter of factly. She'd forgotten that her Duellist was in the same Clan as the Pharaoh whose death would have broken the seal.
Luna, I'm… Arzu trailed off and turned back to blasting the creatures, unsure what to say to her Duellist. She didn't need to say anything, it wouldn't matter for too long. Every Duel Monster knew of the demon, Zorc, and his control over the Shadows and no one had spoken to their Duellist at length about him, believing that the seal would never break and that the legendary Nameless Pharaoh would never fall in such an important game.
Now he had it was just a matter of time before either the human race was wiped out or someone worked out how the Nameless Pharaoh had sealed Zorc the first time and gave their name, memories and soul to do it again.
Not that there was any guarantee that such a solution would work a second time. The Shadows were stronger this time. They'd had over five thousand years to grow and gain power.
Then it hit her. She wasn't supposed to do it, but the Shadow Realm had taken over the human world anyway, it wasn't like she was risking her Duellist's sanity any further by taking her where she wanted to take her.
The main risk to her plan was that if her Duellist spent too long there, she could become a Duel Monster herself, but what was worse?
Having your soul ripped apart or turning into a Duel Monster?
Luna. Arzu retreated to the side of her Duellist, We can't stay here. I can't protect you.
"It's ok, Arzu, I… Father!" Luna cried out as her dad was dragged down by several creatures. The guide held her back, trying to protect her as Arzu tried to blast all of the creatures away and save him.
She was too late.
The shadows devoured his soul and left behind an empty vessel.
Arzu made her decision.
Returning to her Duellist's side, she confiscated her shell shocked partner from the guide and vanished, taking Luna to the one place she knew was safe.
The Dark Palace in the Monster World.
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Kame Game Shop, Domino, Japan
Ombre had no patience for Yugi's parents.
When the first of the Duel Monsters linked to the six Shadow-Touched Duellists who had been in store when the darkness had fallen had appeared at their Duellists' side, they had explained the situation to their incredibly confused summoners.
The Pharaoh and his guardians had fallen and the Shadows were free…
At which point Yugi's parents had fallen into desolate grief for the son they had barely known, while Solomon, who had raised his Grandson for the last thirteen years, and Ombre, whose brothers had just been announced dead, had pulled themselves together, drawing strength from each other, and put themselves into action.
When it had become obvious that the wards Ombre and Yami had worked so hard to create together, combining the magics of the Orb and the Puzzle to create layered wards that would provide a safe haven for them when they came home for the holidays, were going to stand firm where the wand based wards that Yugi's parents had put up just a few weeks ago hadn't, the Princess had called Shadowfae to her and 'borrowed' the two oldest of the Shadow-Touched Duellists who had been at the tournament in order to try and get others to the safety of the shop.
Not that it was hard to attract people to the safety of the shop, not when it was the only place that still had lights. Everywhere else was lit with that odd, dim, light that seemed to come from everywhere and nowhere at the same time that the Shadow Realm was so good at providing.
Ombre and her two helpers, Takahashi, a brown haired, brown eyed wiry built young man, and Lun, a black haired, brown eyed, heavy set young woman, both of whom were over eighteen and had had the risks of doing this explained to them before she'd even taken them out of the door, had managed to rescue quite a few people, but with over fifty people cowering in the back room where the tournament had been being held the Shadows were pushing at the barriers that were in place.
The three younger Shadow-Touched, who hadn't been allowed to help Ombre with the fighting outside because they were considered too young (and two of them were too scared anyway), were 'guarding the windows' in case the wards gave out and they were attacked, but Ombre didn't think they would need to fight.
The Shadows had, after all, always hated her light and had always had trouble feeding from it, unlike Yugi's, mostly because the two types of light magic came from different sources. Yugi's light was much brighter than hers, but hers cast less shadows so there was much less to feed on.
As such it would take much longer for the Shadows to erode her wards, even if they broke through Yami's, which, with the Pharaoh dead, it was likely that they would do sooner rather than later.
"Ombre." Solomon put his hand on her shoulder as she hovered near the doorway to the shop, watching the street outside, where several shadow creatures, some of whom looked like Duel Monsters, prowled. The Princess turned to look at the man she considered her Grandfather and frowned slightly when he shook his head. "No more, Ombre. Takahashi and Lun are exhausted. They don't have your training."
Ombre blinked and looked at the other two who had sunk to the floor and were sitting with their heads practically on their knees, their Duel Monsters, a Naturia Horneedle and a Twilight Rose Knight, watched her warily hoping she wouldn't send their Duellists back outside again.
The older Duellist, who hadn't mentioned that Ombre too was beginning to look drained because he knew all too well that Yugi's particular brand of stubborn had infected most of his household, was relieved when Ombre nodded.
"Later, maybe." The Princess agreed, knowing, unlike her brothers, you couldn't save everyone and it was better to keep the few safe then overstretch yourself and get everyone killed.
Solomon nodded at her, trying to focus on what he needed to do and not on what he had lost. It was hard though and the only way he was keeping himself going was reminding himself that there were people who needed him, though the grief would catch up with him eventually. It was a given.
"Mutou-San." One of the parents, the father of one of the younger Shadow-Touched, Hinata Asuka, who played with Six Samurai monsters, if Solomon was correct, poked his head out of the door that led to the back room that they'd been using for the tournament, "May I have a word?"
Solomon nodded and followed him through, trying to ignore the sob that came from behind him as Ombre slid down the wall she'd moved to lean against and, now she wasn't going out to fight, buried her face in her hands and cried for everyone she'd lost.
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Phoenix, Arizona, America
If ever Tristan could have called in a Situation 4 it would have been now.
He'd been preparing for his flight to Domino for the major tournament that was about to go down in the Kaiba Land amusement park in Japan and silently cussing the fact he hadn't been able to get a flight before so he could go with this friends to the museum, when the skies had gone dark and all hell had broken loose.
He had quite a few friends along the tournament circuit, he was at so many of the five star and upwards ranked tournaments that a lot of the Duellists knew him rather well, and he'd been lucky in that he'd been rooming with one of them.
Melina Brown had been invited to the next tournament on his watch list, so they'd agreed to travel together as far as Domino, where she'd meet up with her friends and he would meet up with his. Or at least that had been the plan until the skies had flooded with a swirling pattern of blacks and purples that he recognized all too well and Mel's Fairy monsters had decided that they were going to protect the pair of them from those Duel Monsters who were under 'Zorc's' control and the shadows that were attempting to rip people's souls from their bodies.
He already owed her his life at least once. When her monsters had filled them in on what was going on, Tristan had been thrown completely for a loop. He'd known and, if not accepted, understood that there was a risk that Yami would leave today, but he had never expected the others to die as well.
And that was what had happened, at least according to Mel's Dancing Fairy trio.
"Don't go phasing out on me again Tristan." Mel snorted, as Tristan slowed down again as they tried to make it to the much easier to defend rooms further in the building, "You can't grieve if these things steal your soul."
An hour or so ago Mel would never have believed him if he'd tried to explain about the Millennium items to her, but now she was offering advice like that?
He supposed that the whole world was going to change now, not just Mel. Magic wouldn't be able to hide after this mess.
Not that his friends had ever been good about hiding the Shadow magic during the tournaments, though, in Yugi and Yami's defence, they generally weren't the ones to start shadow games during matches that were broadcast worldwide. No that had normally been something someone else had started and Yugi and Yami finished.
"Come on." Mel grasped his hand exasperatedly when he was too slow for her liking, "Just one more flight of stairs and then we'll be home free."
Those were famous last words as Tristan looked up the stairs to find a group of warrior monsters waiting for them.
This wasn't going to be fun.
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Berlin, Germany
Leon von Schroeder awoke with a start and a terrible sense of foreboding, as though something terrible had happened. The edges of the room pulsed, darkly, but it didn't have the feel of a migraine, or the edge of a panic attack.
"What is going on?" He wondered, softly in German, reaching for his deck, the faerie-tale monsters ever a familiar comfort. He looked at the cards in surprise as he felt a pulse, then drew the top one. "Red Hood?" He guessed, before turning the card over to look. It was glowing, softly. Before his eyes had even had a chance to open in surprise, the card flashed, and a girl was sitting on his bed. Not just any girl – the girl from the card.
"The pharaoh has fallen." She told him in a melodious soprano. "The pharaoh has fallen and the shadows are unleashed. But we are not free."
"What do you mean?" Leon asked, frowning. "Are you really..?"
"The master of your deck." She nodded. "The demon Zorc has been freed, unleashing five thousand years of darkness upon the world. He has defeated the pharaoh and his champions. He rules the shadows… only those of us who have a human guardian may yet act freely from him. You are our Master, Leon Shadow-Touched. Please, call your army. Call upon the rest of your deck. We will all be needed before the night is out if any of us are to survive." Red Hood took his hands, looking earnestly into his eyes and making the fifteen-year-old blush slightly at the intensity of her gaze.
"R-right…" He nodded. "But what's going to attack us?" He asked.
"Monsters." Red Hood said, simply. "Wild monsters of the Shadows will seek out human lives to consume at their leisure, gaining in substance and reality until they are no longer simply creatures of the soul, but true creatures of the flesh as well."
"Alright." Leon swallowed as she released his hands. He drew the top card from his deck and summoned without looking. "Cinderella."
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Danville Mall, Danville, America
Tea was devastated.
For over six years she'd known that her friends, no, her brothers, were the only thing stopping the world from falling into five thousand years of darkness. For six years she'd kept the secret and hoped, every time that they got into danger, that they'd come home safely.
And now her worst fears were realized. She didn't need the monsters who followed the instruction of Amy, her Dance Instructor's daughter, to fill her in on what was happening. The moment the skies had been swamped by darkness she'd known.
And she'd burst into tears.
Lydia, her instructor, who had taken her out for a meal to wait on news about her 'terminally ill' brother, was confused but understood Tea needed comfort and had come over and hugging her.
In a moment of temporary insanity Tea had told her everything.
About wizards, about Dementors, about the Puzzle, about Yugi, about the Pharaoh.
Everything.
Lydia hadn't believed her to start with, but when the shadows had started to attack everyone and Amy's Duel Monsters had appeared at their Duellist's side, she'd started to.
It was a relief, if anything, to finally have all these secrets off of her chest, especially after so long but it didn't help her pain.
Her brothers were dead or worse, had had their souls ripped apart, and the world was doomed.
She didn't know what to do, how to help, who to call. Everything and everyone was in trouble.
Amy cried out in pain as her Amazoness Trainee fell to a much larger beast, causing Tea to take in what was going on around her for the first time in a while.
"You back with us, Tea?" Lydia asked, looking relieved, having been afraid that the woman had been attacked by one of the creatures and she hadn't noticed while she'd been keeping an eye on her daughter.
Tea nodded, looking around at the gathering of people. It was a large group, some of whom were magical, some of whom were Shadow Duellists, like her friends and most of whom were completely normal.
You could tell the normal ones. They were the ones gathering in a bunch and giving the magic users and Shadow-Touched some really strange looks and fighting off the creatures with guns. She just hoped that they didn't turn those weapons on those who were different if there was a lull in attacks.
Not that she expected there to be but she knew how afraid people got of things that were different. Yugi had always been very lucky with his friends, but the sort of power he had wielded would have scared most people, heck it had scared her on occasion, and most people would rather destroy what they didn't understand then deal with it.
Of course it wouldn't matter soon if they couldn't work together. They had another five thousand years of this after all and if they couldn't help each other, no one would survive this.
If only Yugi was around, he'd always been good at bringing people together. He'd know what to say…
But then if Yugi was around, none of this would have happened…
Tea shook herself and tried to focus on the problem at hand. She couldn't think about her friends right now, not with everything going on. When she had time, she would mourn, but until then she had to stay strong.
Steeling herself, she pulled out her deck and went to the aid of her friends and instructors. "Come forth, Phasing Sprite Phobos!"