Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction / Final Fantasy - All Series Fan Fiction ❯ Final Fantasy 7 - Yu-Gi-Oh Style ❯ Huge Materia, Condors, Obby… Oh my!!! ( Chapter 21 )

Final Fantasy 7 - Yu-Gi-Oh style Chapter 21: Huge Materia, Condors, Obby… Oh my!!!             &n bsp;    “You ok babe?” Honda asked once she was safely on board.            &n bsp;   “Well other than the crappy makeup job ala Anzu, I’m fine. So what’s going on?”           &nbs p;    “The Black Tyranno’s all yours now,” Ryuuji said coming from below the deck.            &nb sp;   “Why didn’t you tell me you were gonna steal this thing?! I thought Mai was a goner!” Honda fumed, grabbing the stuff cat by the throat.”                 “Chill dude,” the cat retorted, not the least bit fazed by the death grip he was in, “I had to pull one over on old Kaiba there and believe you me, that’s no walk in the park.”           &n bsp;    “Ryuujji?! Mokuba?!” Mai cried, “You’re here?! Are the others here too?!”           &n bsp;    “Why don’t you see for yourself, good lookin’?” the cat replied.                 Mai dashed to the cockpit, sure enough there they were, Ryuuzaki, Ryou, Jou, and Mokuba. “Hey babe!” called the two toned brunet, “So whatcha think of my Black Tyranno? Ain’t this baby a beaut or what?”           &n bsp;    “Cool it, pal!” scolded Jou, noticing Mai’s disappointed look when she realized neither Yugi nor Atem were there with them.            &nb sp;   “Oh! Um… sorry,” he apologized.           &nb sp;    “So he’s not here,” she whispered sullenly.             ;    “’ey!” Jou said, laying a paw on her arm. “It’s not like we can’t save the world without ‘im right?”           & nbsp;    “I don’t know, Jounouchi,” she said hanging her head. “I just don’t know anymore.”            ;     “Snap out of it Mai!” chided Honda. “I know there’s a lot on our plate right now, but there’s no way out of this mess.”           &n bsp;    “If Yugi or Atem were here, he’d know what to do. He’d smile that cute little way of his and say, ‘Leave it to me, Mai.”           &nb sp;    CRACK! Everyone stared in shock as Mai grasped her now very red cheek. “Don’t you start wimping out on us now Mai!” shouted Honda. If Mai was this affected by Atem and Yugi’s betrayal and the older one’s disappearance, no telling what would happen to the others of their group if she carried on that way.            &nbs p;   “I-I’m sorry, Honda. It’s just that I’m so scared right now.”           &nb sp;    “Mai,” Ryuuzaki said, placing a hand on her shoulder, “I can’t say I like the guy, but I definitely don’t hate him. He mighta been a bit of a weirdo, ya know smart one minute and a complete idiot the next. And sure he had a funny way of talking. I can see why he was acting like he did, not that we all know. What I’m tryin’ ta say is that you’ve gotta stay alive. Who knows, you just might find him so cheer up babe.”           &n bsp;    “I hope you’re right.”           & nbsp;    “Of course I am! There’s no where this baby can’t go, well except forests, but once we find where he is, my Black Tyranno will get there before you can say Tyrannosaurus Rex!”           &nb sp;    “Yeah maybe Atem and Yugi are buried somewhere,” Jou suggested, “I mean dat was one heck of an earthquake back there.”           & nbsp;    “Buried? Wait are you talking about the Lifestream?” she asked, hoping that he didn’t mean the other kind of buried.            & nbsp;   “Gramps told me once dat the Lifestream comes up from undaneath the ground through cracks like dat earthquake. So maybe dat’s what happened ta him.”           &nb sp;    “Sound’s like an idea ta me!” Ryuuzaki said before given directions to the pilot. They headed southeast from Junon to a large island south of Fort Condor. The dinosaur loving pilot had remembered hearing about a few Lifestream cracks near the small village of Mideel.            & nbsp;   After wandering through the village, Mai overhead a rather interesting conversation between two men.            &nbs p;   “Poor kid, it’s been a week since he washed up here and there’s still no change,” said the first man.            &nbs p;   “Ya,” replied his friend, “it’s sad. Weird tho’. He had that really long sword with him and I don’t know ‘bout you but those red eyes of his really creeped me out.”           &nb sp;    Mai’s eyes bugged out. There was only one person she knew who had red eyes. “Excuse me!” she called to them, “That kid you were talking about…”          & nbsp;     “One of the villagers found him about a week ago,” the first man said.            &nb sp;   “Looked like must have drifted a long way too,” added his friend.            & nbsp;   “You said he had red eyes, right?”           & nbsp;    “Ya,” the second villager replied, “Really spooky I tell ya.”           &nbs p;    “It’s got to be him!” she cried, praying to whoever would listen that she was right.            &n bsp;   “Told ya you’d find him, babe,” Ryuuzaki said, smiling. He was happy to see the depression slowly fading from the blonde’s face.            &nb sp;   “You sure Mai?” Honda asked, not liking to be the voice of reason, but if she had gotten her hopes up only to have them shot back down, it would only make things worse.            &n bsp;   “How many people do you know with red eyes?!” she snapped, glaring at the tall brunet. “Where is he?” she asked the villagers, “Is he ok?!”           &nb sp;    “He’s at the clinic, miss,” the first man replied, “if you want to see him.”           &nb sp;    “He’s alive!” she squealed, “Atem’s alive!”           & nbsp;    There was no stopping her. She ran as fast as she could toward the clinic at the back of the village. When she got there, she burst in, barely able to breath. “Atem!” she called desperately looking around at the cots neatly lined up against the walls.            &n bsp;   “I must ask you to be quiet young lady. There are sick people who need their rest,” the doctor said, coming in at the blonde’s shout.            &n bsp;   “I’m sorry, sensei (doctor). I heard that someone washed up and was being taken care of here. He’s a friend of mine.”           &n bsp;    “Your friend?” he asked, confused. “Oh you must mean that young man who showed up a week ago. He’s in the next room, but I’m afraid that he’s…”         &n bsp;      Mai didn’t wait to hear what the doctor had to say. She ran into the room he had indicated and gasped as she looked in.              ;   Sitting in a wheelchair was indeed Atem. His head was hanging low and his eyes seemed to be darting all over the place, but not seeing anything at all.            &nbs p;   “Atem!” she called.            & nbsp;   No response.             ;    “Atem?” she tried again, “It’s me. It’s Mai.”           &nb sp;    The spiky haired teen only mumbled a few sounds of gibberish.           &nbs p;    “Atem?! What’s wrong?! What happened to you?! What did that *bleep* do to you?!” She began to shake his shoulders, trying to get him to snap out of it. “Atem! Please say something!”          &nb sp;     “He can’t hear you,” the doctor said, glaring at her sternly. “He has a very advanced case of Mako poisoning. It appears your friend was exposed to an extreme amount of Mako over a prolonged period of time. So of course he won’t recognize you. It appears that his mind is elsewhere. Somewhere far where we can’t get to.”           &nbs p;    “Man that bites!” Ryuuzaki said, coming in after catching up to her.            &nbs p;   “Mai…” Honda said, placing a hand on her shoulder.             ;    “Atem…” Mai knelt down next to him and placed her head in his lap, silent tears flowing from her amethyst eyes.            &nb sp;   “I think we should leave them alone right now,” the doctor said, ushering the two boys out of the clinic.            & nbsp;   “Why Atem?!” she wailed. “Tell me what I have to do! Talk to me dammit! Come on! Tell me you’re only joking! Wake up!”           &nbs p;    “So what’s wrong with him?” Honda asked, wincing at the sobbing coming from the open window of Atem’s room.            &nb sp;   “Like I told your friend, he has Mako poisoning. The most extreme case I’ve seen yet. What my staff and I believe is that he had an extremely large amount of Mako covered info crammed into his brain all at once. It’s a miracle he even survived. No human should be able to!”           &nbs p;    “So Jou was right,” the tall brunet muttered, “He did fall into the Lifestream.”          &n bsp;     “Look, son. Don’t give up hope just yet,” the doctor said, placing a sympathetic hand on his shoulder. “It may be a difficult case, but it’s not unsolvable.”          &n bsp;     “Do I really want him back?” Honda continued to mutter, ignoring the doctor’s words, “For all we know, he could be still under Bakura’s control.”            ;     “Something wrong son?”           &nb sp;    “Um.. nothin’ doc. Just thinkin’ to myself,” he replied, heading back into the clinic to check up on Mai.            &nbs p;   “You all right?” he asked, feeling terrible for not being able to help either of his friends.                 “I-I’m fine,” she replied, sniffling. “Sorry for worrying everyone. I have something to tell you… Nothing else matters now, just Yugi and Atem… I want them back more than anything.”          &nbs p;     “We all do, babe,” Ryuuzaki said, joining them. “You just hang in there.”           & nbsp;    “He’s right,” agreed Honda, “You’ve gotta be strong for Yugi an’ Atem. And you.” “You guys are right, I’ve been a selfish *bleep* and we’ve got more important things to worry about.”           & nbsp;    “Don’t sweat it babe, you just stay here and take care of your boyfriend. We’ll take care of the big stuff.”           & nbsp;    “But..”          & nbsp;     “Ryuu’s right,” Honda interrupted, “You’ve gotta stay here an’ take care of him. You don’t want him to be alone if he snaps outta it do you?” “No.”        &nb sp;       “Well it’s settled then. You just take it easy.” Honda stopped shortly and turned back to her. “Um… Mai, I know this is gonna sound insensitive, but I’ve gotta ask. You really think that Yugi’s your childhood friend and not one of Bakura’s puppets?”            ;     “Of course he is!” she said emphatically.           & nbsp;    “Well if you’re sure then. Sorry for asking.”                 “It’s okay, Honda. I don’t blaming you for doubting him.”           &nb sp;    “You comin’ or not?!” called Ryuuzaki, anxious to get back to his precious airship.                 “Yeah, I’m comin’!” called the brunet, “We’ll keep in touch ok Mai?” The blonde nodded, smiling gratefully.           &nb sp;    “Good luck,” she said as they left the clinic.   Later on the Black Tyranno…                 “So what now?” Honda asked as the rest of AVALANCHE stood around the cockpit. “And don’t any of you tell me to wait for Atem.”           &n bsp;    “Minna (everyone), I’ve got some news!” Ryuuji suddenly said after being practically lifeless since saving Mai.            &nbs p;   “So what?” spat the brunet, “We already know you’re a spy.”           &nb sp;    “Get over it already!” the cat snapped back, “I told you I was sorry. Besides I’m really one of you for real now. Anyway, Marik and the slut are plotting something, wanna listen in?” he said, grinning rather like a Cheshire cat. They all stared at him, their ears eagerly waiting for the cat’s little broadcast. “I’ll take that as a yes then.”   At Kaiba Corp.  HQ                 “Listen up you idiots,” Seto said to the department heads seated around the conference table. “We’ve got two major problems here, 1) Meteor and 2) Bakura’s forcefield around that crater. What are you going to do about it?”           &nbs p;    “We’ve got Meteor covered boss,” Marik said laughing, “As soon as we get enough Huge Materia, that sucker’s gonna be smithereens!”          & nbsp;     “You sure that’ll work?”           &n bsp;    “Of course it will!” assured the slutty brunette sitting a little too close to him. “Since that kind of materia has such a high density due to our reactor process, the energy we get from it is three hundred thirty times more powerful than the regular stuff. When we ram it into Meteor, the explosion will be so big that Meteor’ll be nothing but space dust.”           &n bsp;    “You’re planning to ram Meteor? With what?” Seto wasn’t too pleased with that idea. They practically had nothing to ship something into space.    “That’s no problem,” Anzu assured, “We just have to get that materia.”            ;     “We got the stuff from Nibelheim’s reactor,” Marik added, “We just have to collect it from Corel and Fort Condor.” The insane blond then began laughing maniacally, driving the CEO almost as insane.   Meanwhile on the Black Tyranno…                 Honda was having a royal fit. “Those *bleep*in’ *bleep*s can’t they just leave Corel alone?! Haven’t they done enough?!”            ;     “’Ey!” Jou piped, “I’ve ‘eard about dat Huge Materia stuff. Accordin’ to Gramps, if we put a little materia next to a really big one, somethin’ll happen. Don’t know what tho’.”          &n bsp;     “Well, there’s no *bleep*in’ way I’m gonna let that rich *bleep* get his hands on any of that stuff! Anyway, when Atem gets back, I bet he’ll flip when he sees the size of it!”           &nbs p;    “Oh? So you do want him back,” Ryuuji mocked.            & nbsp;   “I don’t know what you’re talkin’ about man!” defended the brunet, blushing profusely. “Shut your damn hole cat! I’m just sayin’ that every group’s gotta have a leader and Atem - or was it Yugi – is ours! There’s no way I can fill his job.”           &nb sp;    Ryuuzaki jolted awake, “Huh? Waz goin’ on?” he queried, still half asleep.            & nbsp;   “Congrats Ryuu,” Honda said, clapping him on the back, “You’re our new leader.”                 “Nah, I’ll pass,” he replied, “It’s a pain in the @$$.”           &nb sp;    “Oh come on, be a pal,” the taller brunet pleaded, “We need the Tyranno and you. It’s crucial for saving the world! You’re the only one who knows how to really fly this baby!”           &n bsp;    “You really know how to hurt a guy don’t ya. I’ll do it,” he said reluctantly, “So ya think my Tyranno’s gonna save the world huh?”           &nb sp;    Honda let out a loud whoop! “Thanks man! So I say we go to Corel and kick some Kaiba @$$!”           &nb sp;    “Hey! I’m the leader right?! So I’m the one who says where we’re gonna go! Yo!” he said to the crewman at the helm, “Get your butt in gear and take us to Corel!”           & nbsp;    About a few hours later, they landed as close to Corel as they could and headed straight to the reactor. As expected, they saw Kaiba’s goons crawling all over the area.            &nb sp;   “Hey! You’re…” one soldier cried, recognizing Honda and Ryuuzaki. However, he never got to finish his sentence since Ryou quickly snapped the man’s neck.            &nb sp;   “Remind me not to p*** you off,” Ryuuzaki said, shivering at the white haired teen’s efficiency.           &nb sp;    “Heads up, guys!” Ryou called.            & nbsp;   “*Bleep*!” cursed Honda as they saw a train coming down the stretch of tracks they were currently on. They immediately ran off to the side and hid behind a stack of metal barrels.                 “So that’s how they’re taking the materia outta here,” Ryuuzaki said noticing several large crates loaded on one of the flatbed cars.            &nb sp;   “The hell they are!” spat Honda, determined to stop them no matter what.            &nb sp;   “You’re going after them,” said Ryou. It wasn’t a question.             ;    “Just leave it to ol’ Ryuuzaki!” the two toned brunet said, puffing his chest with bravado. “It’s mostly a bunch of bozos anyway.”                 They began looking for a way to catch up with the train and found another one on a set of tracks running parallel to the first set. “It’s a good thing I know how to drive one of these things,” Ryuuzaki said leaping into the engine car. He immediately began to start it up and with help from Honda and Ryou, the train was hurrying along the tracks after Kaiba’s train.            &n bsp;   Once they caught up, Ryuuzaki slowed just enough to pull alongside of the first train. “I reckon you’ve got ten minutes to stop that thing. So you’d better not screw up!” he called as Honda and Ryou climbed onto the top of the enemy’s caboose.                 It was a very good thing that Ryou was with him, otherwise Honda would never have made it in time due to all the soldiers guarding the train. Ryou tapped on the soldier’s shoulder as they burst into the engine car. “I’d think you’d better stop now,” he said, coolly.            & nbsp;   “What the?!” the soldier said, his eyes bugging out.            &nbs p;   “Just hit the brakes already!” Honda said, knowing time was running out. After taking out the guard and fooling with the controls, the train finally stopped mere meters before Corel. If they hadn’t been able to stop the train, what was left of Honda’s hometown would have been completely destroyed.           &nbs p;    “You the ones who stopped the train?” a man asked coming up to them, “Thanks a heap! Kaiba Corp. was going to ruin our lives. Again! Thanks for saving the only home we’ve got Honda!”           & nbsp;    “Aww… it was nothing,” he replied, blushing slightly, “I was raised in the coal mines same as you.”           &nb sp;    “You’re right!” said a second man, “We’re coal miners aren’t we? Meteor don’t scare us! We can hide in the mines and survive!”            ;     “That must have been some battle, son,” the first man said, “You’ve gotta be tired. How about a free night at the inn? It’s on me.”   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~                   The next day, they said goodbye to the grateful people of Corel and immediately headed to Fort Condor. When they got there, the place was in total chaos. People were running about like bees in a hive, each person doing some task or other.            &n bsp;   “You folks had better get below if you don’t wanna get caught in the battle,” one man said noticing the newcomers.           &nbs p;    “Looks like we got here in time,” Ryou said.            &nb sp;   “It’s Kaiba isn’t it?” Honda asked. The man nodded.            & nbsp;   “Never thought they’d be crazy enough to try and attack this place. Not with that giant condor up top. Let me guess you’ve got a problem with them too?” He could tell by the tall brunet’s furious look that he was right. “Might as well tell you what’s going on, since you climbed all the way here.”           &n bsp;    “So spill,” Ryuuzaki said, making himself at home at one of the long tables in what appeared to be a mess hall of some sort.            &nb sp;   “Like I said, there’s a giant condor at the top of this mountain.”          &nbs p;     “And that’s a problem because…” Ryou started.                 “It’s made the reactor its nest,” finished the man. “Now Kaiba shows up again demanding we get rid of that bird so they could get some kinda special materia from the reactor. Of course we refused, since we have no way of even fighting that thing let alone Kaiba’s army. That’s why we’ve put out ads for mercs. If you wanna help us out here, we’d make it worth your while.”           & nbsp;    “We’d do it even if you weren’t gonna pay!” said Honda.            &n bsp;   “It’s not right to harm a defenseless animal just because it’s in the way,” Ryou added.            &n bsp;   The man thanked them profusely and then told them to go to the top of the mountain and talk to the head man. They did and then were briefed on what to do. The battle wasn’t easy. It took several small squads of locals and mercs and even some of their own gil, but eventually Kaiba’s goons were sent packing.                 Just as the people of the fort were beginning to congratulate each other, there was a sudden blinding light and an earsplitting shriek from the reactor above. “What the heck was that?!” the head man asked, rubbing his still blinded eyes. “Could you guys go check on the condor?” he asked them.            &nb sp;   “Might as well,” Ryuuzaki said, seeing that no amount of refusal would do them any good.            &nb sp;   After a few more minutes of climbing, they watched in dismay as the condor fall from its nest, dead. There was a small cheeping sound and to their amazement, a baby condor about the size of a small shed flap its tiny wings and fly off into the sunset.            & nbsp;   Everyone was saddened at the loss of their adopted mascot, but were also relieved in a way that Kaiba had been unable to get his precious materia. “We can’t thank you enough,” the head man said as Honda-tachi made their way back down the mountain. “It may not be much, but take this.”           &n bsp;    “This is…” Ryou said, eyeing the man questioningly.                 “Take it,” he said shoving the large piece of materia into the winged teen’s hands. “It’s worthless to us anyway. Those condors were more important anyway. Kaiba forced us to build that reactor knowing full well that the birds made this place their home. I’m sorry for deceiving you, but I just couldn’t let an almost extinct species die out.”           &nb sp;    “Nah, it’s cool,” Ryuuzaki said, “Nobody got killed, so who cares who gets what right?”           & nbsp;    “At least those Kaiba *bleep*s didn’t get that stuff,” agreed Honda.     Back on the Tyranno…                 “I’m guessing that their next target would be the underwater reactor near Junon,” Ryou said standing in his usual corner in the cockpit.                 “Who cares where they’re going!” spat Honda, slamming his hand on one of the many consoles, “We’ve gotta beat ‘em and beat ‘em good.”           &n bsp;    “Hey! Watch it will ya!” scolded Ryuuzaki, not liking his ‘baby’ getting abused, “Ya know, now that Kaiba knows we’re trying ta stop ‘em, I bet security’s gonna be a real *bleep*. So why don’t we wait till the heat’s down. I mean we can always kick their @$$3$ back to the stone age and take the materia later.”           & nbsp;    “He’s right,” agreed the white haired teen. “We might as well take a break.”           & nbsp;    “Why don’t we go see Mai?” Mokuba asked.            &n bsp;   “Just what I was thinkin’ kid,’’ Ryuuzaki piped. “I’m kinda worried about her. Ya know with Atem the way his is an’ all.”           &nb sp;    “Fine! Go take a damned vacation for all I care!” The tall brunet then stormed from the cockpit.                 “I’ll go talk ta ‘im,” Jou said, following his friend.            & nbsp;   Meanwhile in Mideel…           & nbsp;    “What should I do?” Mai asked the spiky haired teen sitting next to her. “What if you never come back Atem, what’s gonna happen to Yugi?”           &n bsp;    The others sat around the room, all of them silent as the grave, unable to say anything for fear of making an already terrible situation worse. Suddenly there was an enormous roar from outside the village and the earth shook, rattling the clinic’s walls. “He… He’s… here!” Atem said “What the *bleep*?!!!” Ryuuzaki said, jolting out of the daze he’d been in, “Did ya just say somethin’?!!!”                 They stared at their former leader and he just went back to staring off into space and making nonsensical noises.            & nbsp;   “Will one of ya tell me what the *bleep*’s goin’ on?!” Honda asked hearing shouts from outside.                 They ran from the clinic to see what was going on. On the outskirts of the rear of the village was a massive fissure filled with strange glowing green goop. “What the heck is that stuff?!” Ryuuzaki asked, standing well away from it in case it was toxic.            &n bsp;   “The Lifestream’s busting from below,” Jou said, recognizing the glowing stuff from Sugoroku’s lectures. “This ain’t good.”           &n bsp;    “What’s going on?” Mai asked coming up to them, wheeling Atem. Fearing that the clinic wasn’t safe due to the sudden earthquake, the blond decided to take Atem to somewhere safe – if she could actually find such a place.            &n bsp;   “Nothin’ babe,” the two toned brunet replied a little too quickly. “I think ya’d better get back inside.            & nbsp;   “But…”         &n bsp;      “Chill babe, I’ve got it handled.”            ;     “Just be careful,” she said, reluctantly heading back to the clinic.            & nbsp;   Once the blonde had safely gotten the comatose man back inside, there was another roar and more screaming was heard from outside. She was hard pressed to run and see what had happened this time, but knew that Atem would need her help.            &nb sp;   Outside, Ryuuzaki and the others stood and stared as an all too familiar blue skinned monster came towards the village. “Holy *bleep* that’s *bleep*in’ Obelisk!” he said, cursing his luck. “Why’d he have to show up now?!”           &n bsp;    “Shut it!” Honda said, brandishing his gun arm. “We’ve gotta stop that thing!”           & nbsp;    There was no time for arguing since Obby had chosen that moment to attack. The next fifteen minutes were sheer hell for the group, even with the extra back up, they were still having an extremely hard time beating the monster.                 “Catastrophe!!!!” screamed Honda as he leapt into the air and a blast of super heated plasma shot from his gun arm, hitting Obby dead center.            & nbsp;   “Cosmo Memory!!!” Jou followed his friend’s example, unleashing his most powerful attack. An enormous ball of plasma came falling from the sky and enveloped the god-like monster in its hellish heat.            &nb sp;   “Black Tyranno!!!” Ryuuzaki called into his cell. The airship suddenly appeared above them and launched a furious barrage of missiles while the two toned brunet leapt to and fro, shoving his spear into whatever he could reach.            &n bsp;   “All Creation!!!!” Mokuba suddenly disappeared into a blinding light which then formed into an enormous ball and hit the monster from behind.            & nbsp;   Ryou doubled over as if in pain and there was a faint ripping sound as a second demon wing broke from his back, causing the angel’s wing to shrink back into the skin. Next came a tail snaking its way from his lower back. Once the transformation was complete, Ryou began to blindly attack Obby, slashing here and there wherever he could reach.            &n bsp;   Seeing that these pesky humans weren’t about to go away any time soon, plus they had done a decent amount of damage to him with those last attack of theirs, Obby then just up  and left heading off in a random direction.           &nbs p;    “Hey!! Come back here you *bleep*in’ coward!!!” shouted Honda.            &n bsp;   “Just let it be, bub,” Ryuuzaki said, glad that the battle was over.            &nb sp;   “The Lifestream doesn’t seem to be bubbling as much as it was before,” Ryou said, now back to his normal self.            &nb sp;   “Hate to tell ya Ryou, but it’s acting up again,” Ryuuzaki contradicted, noticing the green goop starting to boil once more. Bet that means Obby’s gonna come back!”           &n bsp;    “It’s gonna blow!!!” Jou cried.            &n bsp;   “Mai!” Honda called, “Get Atem and get outta there!”   Meanwhile in the clinic…           & nbsp;    “I definitely don’t like this,” Mai said, frowning as yet another quake shook the building. “They just won’t stop. Isn’t there anywhere else we can take him doc?” Mai: This is bad...... The tremors are getting worse. Wait a minute, Atem.            &nb sp;   “I’m not sure, miss, but maybe if we get to somewhere that’s wide open.”           &n bsp;    Nodding, the blonde grasped the handles of the wheelchair and began to push Atem toward the exit. “Don’t worry, Atem, I’m going to make sure you get somewhere safe.”           &n bsp;    Another tremor shook the building again, this one the worst yet. Mai and the doctor had to hold onto something in order to keep from falling, even Atem’s chair almost toppled over if it wasn’t for the staff members.                 “Hurry!” yelled the doctor. “The clinic’s going to collapse if this continues!”          &nb sp;     “We’re outta here,” Mai said shoving the nurse away from the chair and started pushing Atem out of the building, “Right Atem?”           &n bsp;    Just as they had reached the bottom of the ramp, the ground opened up beneath them, causing both Mai and Atem to tumble into the bubbling, glowing, green goop of the Lifestream.     ~TBC~     Sakura: Whew!!! Thought I’d never get this chappie done!   Yami: I was hoping you wouldn’t.   Sakura: Watch it pharaoh!!! I could always make it so you’d fall for Pegs.   Yami: You wouldn’t dare, onna.   Sakura: Wanna try me? (veg)   Yami: Um.. I think I hear Seto calling. (runs off)   Sakura: It’s good to be the miko ^_^