Annime: Here we go. Let's see if this can be our last chapter.
And yes, I was told how dueling works, but even after watching the anime I don't know all of their cards.

Jaden: Annime doesn't own YUGIOH GX or anything belonging to someone else.

Chapter 15

Jaden raced into the cave as fast as he could. He tried his best not to trip over anything as he made his way through the blinding cave.

'It's so dark in here,' Jaden thought as he slowed down a bit. 'How am I going to find Alexis and the others if I can't see five feet in front of my face?'

Suddenly, Jaden smacked into something…hard. The brunette fell backwards and landed with a thud. He blinked, shook his head, and stood up quickly as anticipated that he would see be hit again. When nothing happened he took a few steps forward to what he had run into. When his hands finally touched it he frowned. It was a wall; he was pathetic enough to run into a wall.

That's when he heard someone- who it was, he didn't know, but whoever it was sounded as if they were in pain. Suspecting it was one of his friends, he slid his fingers against the cave's walls so that the solid stone could lead him to his friends.

Chazz couldn't believe it. He didn't have the energy to look up at the winner of the duel. Maybe it wasn't his lack of energy- maybe it was his pride that kept him from acknowledging that he had lost. Still, whatever the reason he kept his face planted against the ground as he lay there soar and defeated.

"Isn't this sad," the dark figure spoke. "You lost, and soon will your friend."

"Jaden WILL beat you," Chazz muttered when he finally looked up to glare at the monster. "Mark my words."

"He can't duel, remember? And Valarie isn't planning on dueling him anyway. She's just going to get rid of him; end of story."

Jaden continued to follow the voices from deep within the cave. They turned from cries of fear and pain to arguments and verbal wars. He was almost close enough to make them out, and the voices sounded extremely familiar-

BAM! Jaden was knocked against the wall like he was nothing. This sent his head spinning and he felt something wrap around his waist. He was then picked up and slammed against the floor.

"It's so nice for you to join us, Jaden." A female voice spoke. The teen looked up and his eyes went wide when he saw it was the new girl from school: Valarie. "Your friends have been waiting very patiently for you."

Jaden wanted to yell at her, demand from her what she had done to his friends, but when he tried his throat punished him and he winced.

"Aww; is the little hero hurt?" the girl said with a wicked grin. "I guess it won't matter if I do this then." With that she threw a ball of darkness at the boy. The male in turn jumped and tumbled to the side. He looked around for any sign of his friends. This was when he was hit in the back with something sharp and hard. "Whoops," the girl spoke sarcastically. "I guess I should keep a better eye out for where I swing at things."

Jaden grunted as he stood up as fast as he could. His hand flew to the back of his head and he felt something warm and went. His face then scrunched up in a wince as he felt the gash that was spilling out the blood.

"So, what are you going to do about it?" the girl taunted. "Are you going to fight me, or run like a little wimp?!"

Jaden growled as he dodged another blow from the girl. After that she threw a blow to the knees, making the teenage boy fall.

"Your friends were almost as fun to play with as you," the girl continued. "Hopefully you will last longer, though."

Jaden was about to yell at her again, but once he remembered that he couldn't talk, he sped past her to move deeper into the cave.

"Do you really think you can run from me?" Valarie shouted as she chased him at his heals. Jaden almost slid off his feet as he followed the path through the cave that made him turn abruptly. Hoping that this didn't make him slow down too much, he tried to run even faster as he continued straight on. He blinked when he saw light at the end of what once seemed like an endless abyss. He went for it, not looking back to see how close Valarie was.

Once Jaden reached his destination, he saw it was a room lit up with torches that hung from the walls. The duelist looked around frantically until his eyes spotted what looked like a prison cell. He raced towards it, knowing that that was where his friends had to be.

"I like I said before," Valarie slurred. "They were fun t.o play with! Although, I could only DUEL them, YOU…you I can finish off!"

Jaden wasn't listening to her, though. He was too busy staring at his friends lying unconscious on the other side.

To say Jaden was angry would be an understatement. The brunette could feel the rage in his chest expanding with a great velocity. He was mad at himself for coming too late…he was mad at Valarie for hurting them…he was mad at the shadow for causing all of this.

"Jaden," a voice suddenly spoke out. It sounded hoarse and choked. Jaden practically jumped at the sound. "Jaden," the voice called again, making Jaden finally figure out it was Atticus who lay inside the prison. "Go…find…the stone. It's…farther down…the cave…Smash it…it's the only way."

Jaden was confused as he watched Atticus cough and sputter. He wanted to ask why this stone was so important and he wanted to ask his friend if he was ok. But, sadly he couldn't as he held a hand up to his own throat with frustration.

How much of this chaos could have been avoided if he could have just spoke and dueled? How many people wouldn't be hurt?

Annime: I know it's a bit of a short chapter. But I changed my mind and decided to make the next chapter the last one and make that one a little short as well.

Jaden: PLEASE REVIEW!