The wings of a Pegasus

Chapter 8: Return to Light

Kage watched the battle with awe and wonder. They had driven the monster back. Suddenly it reached out and grabbed Tea. "Bakura I need you!" The Blue eyed dragon looked at his master and saw her running towards the other human. "His wrist Bakura." The dragon attacked the monster's wrist while Kage pulled Tea free. Kage turned her back for just a moment and it used its teleportation ability to send her and Tea far away. The men seeing this attacked in rage and finally brought the monster down. Bakura sent Diabound out to look for the girls but before they could leave they were suddenly floating. They were being pulled towards the ruins of Kul Elna. The entire group was pulled through the gateway which shut behind them.

Atem told Yugi they would have to duel for the title King of Games. As the duel played out Joey and Tristan were searching for a way to get Tea and Kage back. When Yugi played his final card and the duel was won Atem said this. "I don't know where the girls are but as the gate opens maybe we can find them." The gate to the past opened once again and as Atem walked towards it something fell out of it onto him. It was Tea. "Ow.. Oh I made it back." She hugged Atem hard and asked him not to go. "I have no family here Tea its all in the past." She interrupted him. "Let us be your family Atem. I don't want you to go."

And she leaned forwards and planted a soft kiss on the pharaohs lips. When she pulled away both were blushing but Atem grabbed her hand and stepped away from the gate. Both were nearly bowled over when the others grabbed them into a hug. Bakura looked at the gate and noticed it was closing. "The gate!" before he made it across the room it had shut forever. They all looked at the thief who was trying to pry the gate open with his bare hands. "Bakura stop your hands are bleeding!"the man didn't even seem to hear them. "My dragon."

They heard some commotion from outside and rushed to look. When tea stopped in the first room she noticed that Kage's body was gone. Before she ran out of the room. Standing some distance away from the others was a massive white dragon. Its armor gleaming in the desert sun. Tea gasped seeing its claws and what was held within them. "Oh gods.." Bakura and Marik stood before the dragon and its eyes focused upon them. It growled darkly but neither flinched, its tail lashed the sand on which it stood before it seemed to sigh and lower itself down. Kage lay within its claws body limp and a fever flush on her cheeks. "She is sick Bakura." Marik said as they carefully removed her from the dragon's claws. It leaned down and nuzzled the girl before it too vanished in a flash of light. Granny Ishtar hobbled over to the men and gently set her hands on the child's face. "She is very ill, she needs to be seen by a doctor." They got her loaded onto Seto's helicopter then transferred to Pegasus' plane for the flight back home.

Even though it took three days to get back to the Pegasus estate Kage did not wake once. The old woman kept wiping her face and neck with a cool damp cloth to try and keep the fever under control. Once they settled her into a bed the doctor began looking her over and promptly had all the men leave. "I will be right outside the doors.." Bakura growled before slamming the door. "I guess he is her boyfriend?" Tea chuckled. "You could say that Doctor." The woman carefully began removing the wealth of jewelry the younger woman wore. "What beautiful jewelry." She said as she laid the millennium ring in the box with the rest of the items and jewels. Serenity took the box and set it between her and Tea. "Her temperature is far too high for my liking. Can one of you run a tepid bath?" Tea said she would and headed for the ensuite bathroom. Serenity walked over and opened the door slightly enough to call out. "We are going to stick her in a tepid bath to try and break the fever... She isn't going to like it. But don't come bursting in." She closed the door again and the doctor and Granny Ishtar finished undressing Kage. "Oh my god!" The doctor gasped. "Sacred Ra..." Kage's chest, sides and stomach were a mess of overlapping ugly bruises. Her hips and outer thighs were the same way. Tea hissed softly thinking what her own body would look like stripped bare.

"Moving her just got harder.." the doctor sighed. "Would any of them be able to keep calm?"Tea shook her head so forcefully the room spun. "It would be a nightmare!" The woman sighed again. "Ok were going to have to try and wake her." Granny Ishtar shook her shoulder and got a deep groan. "Wha Granny?" She rasped. "You need to get up Little Dragon. We have to bring your fever down.. They carefully guided her towards the bathroom where Serenity gasped at seeing her friend. "This is were we might have problems..." The doctor said as they got her to stand in the tub they made her sit in the water and she let loose a pained scream. "What the hell is going on in there!?" Marik yelled through the door. Serenity left the bathroom nearly in tears and opened the door a bit. "Her injuries and the fever are working against her. The cool water of the bath probably feels like ice to her. But she is alright. The doctor and Granny Ishtar are with her." She closed the door again and leaned against it. It took two hours and three bath water changes before the doctor would let her get out. Kage was still barely awake but shivering so harshly the doctor wanted her dry and safely in bed. They cleaned out and bandaged her injuries and Serenity got her some clothes from the stuff that had been brought over from the Kaiba land apartment. Once she had on the bare minimum of clothing the doctor took a blood sample and sent it downstairs to be tested. She also went over Tea with a fine tooth comb and after cleaning and wrapping her injuries she sent the woman to the next bedroom for some rest. "Sleep is the best thing for you young lady. Don't give me no lip just take yourself to bed and stay there."

Tea left with a robe wrapped around her and after telling the boys she was being sent to bed by the doctor she entered the room and closed the door. Doctor Kamiya sighed when she finally left the room to see the boys still standing around waiting on her. "Well to give you a run down those two are not good. Tea the younger one has extensive bruising and some scrapes and cuts from being handled harshly. Tea admitted to being thrown down a few flights of stairs... The older one is literally a mass of bruises.. I am afraid they may have broken some of her bones and I am waiting for the x-ray to arrive from downstairs she had several deep cuts and abrasions. Some of which I can't match to a weapon I am aware of. Once I have the results of the blood tests I will start to introduce medication to sedate her and provide strong antibiotics to counter the fever. If this is a viral infection boosting her immune system will speed up the virus and get it out of her system faster. Her current temperature is 105.8 but if it starts to get any higher I will have to put her back in the bath." Maximillion sighed. "Do what you need to I am not worried about the cost." The doctor smiled. "Cost doesn't matter to me either. But I want your word on something Max." His eyebrow raised and the rest of the boys leaned in to hear. "Find out who did this and make them regret it... Those poor girls.." Eyes narrowed around them. "Don't worry Doctor even if I can not do it physically I will make them pay for this..." Pegasus growled darkly. He didn't see it but several heads were nodding along with him.

Several days passed before there was any remarked improvement, the x-ray had shown they had broken three of her ribs and had cracked two of Tea's. Purple-blue eyes opened slowly and blinked to clear the fog. "Hello?"She rasped. Doctor Kamiya opened the door a few moments later with a bag of IV fluid and nearly dropped it in shock. "Hello child.. I am your Doctor. You have been asleep for nearly three weeks." Kage's eyes widened. "Three weeks!?" She rasped. Kamiya went and changed her fluid bag before getting her a cup of water. She had Kage drink it slowly. "Nasty taste.." Her rasp wasn't so harsh now but it was still there. "I think you should get some more sleep I will inform the others you woke up but I want you to rest." Kage nodded and snuggled back down into the soft bed and within moments was asleep again.

Two days later she was sitting up in bed when Tea came in. "Hey, your awake again.." Kage nodded. "Still hurt though.. Where is Bakura or Marik?" Tea smiled. "They are with Mr. Pegasus getting their identities straightened out. Atem is there also." Kage nodded sighing before asking Tea to help her get to the bathroom. Kage took a shower and Tea brought her some clean clothes from the wardrobe where her stuff had been placed by the maids. Kage got out of the shower and got dried off she was slow to get dressed but was grateful when she saw Tea had chosen one of her dresses. She put on her strapless bra and her undies before having Tea help her into the beautiful silver silk. The dress zipped in the back and when tea stepped back she gasped in awe. The dress had an empire waist that flowed out in graceful ripples to dance around her ankles. Around the hem of the skirt was several small but lovingly detailed stitching of the blue eyed dragon. The dress was completely strapless and showed off her tanned skin beautifully.

When she sat Tea helped her brush her hair into a waterfall of white silk. They chose several of the beautiful sapphire jewels from the stuff the doctor removed on her first night and Kage placed it on. She also took the millennium ring and pulling on its strap made it long enough to wrap around her hips and dangle over her left thigh. "Go get a shower Tea. I'll lend you one of my dresses and we will go meet up with the boys." Tea eagerly did so and when she emerged Kage helped her dress in a crimson dress with thin straps and gold phoenixes around the hem. She reached into the box and pulled out the puzzle. She changed the chain for a strap and lengthened it the same way. Tying it around Tea's waist she allowed it to rest on her lower belly just above the vee of her legs. Tea blushed. They left without shoes to wander the massive house. They walked to the balcony and Kage's eyes hardened. Mai was walking below them carrying a very familiar box. "Vermin!" Kage called. Mai looked up and on seeing the two tried to run for it. "Seto!" Kage yelled and a blue eyes dragon only a foot or two taller then Mai appeared before the front door.

Inside the meeting Yugi was bored. He was just about to fall asleep when he felt a tug on his soul and heard a muffled yell. He got up startling Ryou and opened the door to stick his head out. "You vile piece of filth you dare steal from a dragon!" Kage was pissed beyond reason. Mai was stealing her mother's box, it was all she had of the woman who gave birth to her. "Seto! Grab her!" The dragon snatched the woman in his claws and held her before his master. She didn't notice the eyes on her as she descended the stairs her hair dancing around her in the wake of her power. "Slifer!" The rod was in her hand a tiny crimson dragon floating above her. "I think I will beat you like I should have that day in the alley." Suddenly arms were around her and she growled and struggled. "Let go!" She snarled. "No my daughter I will not."

She froze at those words. She wiggled again and he loosed her. She slowly turned and they stared at one another. "Not possible..." She said shocked. Maximillion looked down at the stunned woman-child before him. "Yes.. You are mine. Your mother hid you away to save you from those who would use you against me. Now you are strong enough to stand at my side. My little warrior... My Kisara." Tears spilled from Kage's blue-purple eyes. "Is that my name?" He smiled at the girl. "Kisara Draca Pegasus. My child, My heir." She smiled through her tears. "I have a name..." She looked at the old woman who had entered the room. "Granny I have a name!" She grinned and the old woman smiled. "Yes Little Dragon I know. Your father and I have spoken many times since our arrival here." She heard a squeak and her mind returned to the present and her eyes hardened and her pupils narrowed. She turned to Mai and smiled. It was no kind smile. "Seto, Shake her until she returns what is mine." The dragon shook the teenager sharply for several minutes until the box dropped from her hands to the floor.