Not Ancient Egypt (Part 1)

DIMENSION: ANIME (The One That Pays to Save the Day)

"Bastet, it will begin soon. We must start this," Sekhmet tried to encourage Bastet again. However, Isis decided to tag along since nothing had happened yet, there wasn't time to spare. Isis was not someone to fool with! Bastet and the humans, just a bad combination.

"It is all set to go off," Bastet pleaded once more to Isis. "The chain reaction. They didn't want to help, but our involvement will ensure they will, please Isis?"

"They have not built it," Isis said toward Bastet. "Either way? These actions will be the last chance of defense too."

"This is more involved than warning Bakura that you just complained about," Sekhmet muttered. "We can save them."

"If all is lost, it is the last step we must take," Isis said with a warning. "They will all be honored with statues and their memories and accomplishments preserved."

"They will build it! We are already starting a chain reaction, it will enforce it, please!" Bastet meowled as she curled on the ground.

"Sekhmet, I do not believe I am saying this. Do the fetching," Isis said. "Take Bastet away again. I give you permission to try whatever you want in this dimension. If it succeeds, and the winner's win, then maybe it will end good. No promises, but you must fetch them regardless."

"Yes, Isis." Sekhmet picked up Bastet again. "After this, it's another thousand years before we should come back to Earth. It hurts you terribly, you feel too much for them the longer you are here. Let's go."

---

Game Shop

"Masika?" Téa tried to calm. ///Téa: I wish you would wake up.///

///Téa?///

///Téa: Masika, you're there!/// Thank goodness. ///You're back safe and sound with Silhouette. Everyone's okay. You know Yugi and the Pharaoh, they always figure out the impossible.///

///Masika: That doesn't sound super triumphant.///

///Téa: It should be. They went to another dimension to get you, how epic was that? I should believe in anything right now.///

///Masika: The goddesses do not want another deal. I'm sorry. Silhouette is safe now. We will have nice afterlives, it was promised to us.///

"I don't want that. I want to keep living." Téa used her voice again. "As soon as you and Silhouette were safely back instead of crying and shouting to them in thanks, I let myself get mad over all the nudity."

Masika started to open her eyes. "Why would you ever care so strongly about that when they were saving us? We've been nude several times in the middle of saving with Bakura."

Téa blushed. "A different kind of life. I think I did that, so I didn't get . . . hopeful. It's the millennium items or us. Even if the guys had the audacity or will power to make it, they would need 99 people. Ninety nine recorded badly terrible awful people. No innocence, no redeeming, no nothing. And? That's not gonna come easy. It's not right to sacrifice 99 people just to save two."

"It all depends on your point of view," Masika reminded her. "I am glad Silhouette is out of the trap."

"You should make Atem swear not to drag you into another shadow game," Téa insisted. "I know he might not have that power anymore, I don't know, I don't care, but it's not happening."

"It is easier to face the afterlife with someone by your side," Masika agreed. "I would have liked to have that last time."

"It's easier with a friend by my side," Téa corrected her. "I told the guys I want the Bakuras to live with us."

"Yes, I foresaw you would want that silly thing. I warned Atem. He didn't seem to believe me."

"He told me no outright." Grr. "I know they have a bad history, but there was a lot of evil influence between. Before I leave this Earth, they won't be bosom buddies, but they will tolerate each other!" Téa insisted. "I became Yugi's girlfriend too."

"You've always been Yugi's girlfriend," Masika said knowingly. "You just spoke it out loud to each other."

"Not always," Téa said.

"Always. Even when you were far away and tried for relationships, that part of the Pharaoh was always in your thoughts," Masika told her.

"Oh please." Not true. "If you thought that, you never would have had a thing with Dark Bakura," Téa pointed out.

"I don't."

Téa stared at her. "Yeah, you do. You left with him from the store often."

"I just led you to believe that," Masika admitted, "since at the time you were keeping me in a Game Shop working with someone I thought brutally murdered me, killed our cat, and hurt our precious Bakura."

"You never had a thing with Dark Bakura at all?" Téa asked again. "Never?"

"Really? I figured by now you would have realized that. After all our experiences in the past, Téa, why would I ever want something like that?" Masika shook her head. "Honestly."

Oh. "Do you have any feelings for anyone? What about Atem?" Yeah, that was a strange look. "I'm making girl talk. It's a modern day thing. I missed you and I'm trying to make girl talk."

"You pick strange subjects for 'girl talk'," Masika said. "Let's see? Do I have feelings for the mighty Pharaoh who trapped me away with my unborn nearly killing us?"

"Look, Atem gets a lot of things wrong with you for some reason," Téa said. "It was just him trying to find my secret. He's really good at what he does. Any of the other guys could justify his stupid plan, he didn't mean it, it was all a bluff. Talk it out and he could tell you that."

"No!" Masika's voice raised higher than she thought. "I really do not want to see anyone else except you and Silhouette to be honest."

Boy, that was loud and rude. ///Téa: Are you okay, Masika?///

///Masika: We lived our whole lives being owned, Téa. Every morsel since we were but the smallest of children!///

Oh. "I get it." Yeah. "I'm not letting this get in the way. We only have so much time." Téa headed to the door. "I'll be back." She was going to have to talk to Atem.

---

"My. I missed a lot," Grandpa admitted. "I need a better phone I guess."

"Yeah, we should upgrade that." He needed texting at the very least. Yugi called him once when Tristan was in the hospital, but the call must have dropped. He hadn't bothered to set up voice mail either.

"I just don't see the point, I get most calls," Grandpa said.

"It's a good idea to stay up with the times," Yugi pointed out to him.

"Oh pish posh, I don't need to be 'up with the times'. It's a phone, Yugi." He groaned. "Not staying up with the latest thing never killed anyone. Nothing happens all week, I take a little time for myself and the whole place turns upside down. Tristan almost dying, goddess grandkid coming, Atem's already got one in his arms awkwardly." Grandpa sighed and went toward Atem. "Why are you letting her do that?"

Atem raised his eyebrow. "She keeps trying to chew on my jacket."

"So letting her suck on your finger is better?" Grandpa asked. "You need to go get a teether for her, or a pacifier. She's definitely bigger than a newborn. Let's check and see if this little miracle's got some teeth coming in."

"Téa said not to help him," Yugi said, "but what are the teethers for? Do they stop her slobbering all over?"

"Ha." Atem looked proud. "It seems you will need some practice of your own, Yugi."

"It's not a big deal with newborns, they like to suck a lot so a pacifier might help," Grandpa said. "This little one isn't your typical newborn. She's got a full set of hair and she's almost as big as I'd say a six-month-old or so. That means if she did grow faster, she might be teething. Sorry for disobeying Téa's very strange rule, I didn't know it, but just leaving someone with no knowledge of taking care of an infant isn't right. Where is she?"

"Well? She's sort of . . . out of sorts," Yugi reminded him. "The whole being pregnant with a god thing still and being the next sacrifice card. It's really warped things on her."

"Oh. You've always been able to figure out a way out of trouble," Grandpa suggested. "It can't be that hopeless. You need to cheer her up and give her some hope."

"The only hope we have right now is if we recast the millennium items." Atem tried to move his finger from her mouth, but he got a response. "Yes, teething, it's teething. I felt something sharp on my finger."

Grandpa helped him remove his finger while she started to cry. "How much goddess compared to normal baby again?"

"Not much," Téa answered as she came down the stairs. "Hi Grandpa."

"Oh, Téa." Grandpa watched her come toward Atem. "I'm sorry about everything happening to you."

Téa came over to Atem. "I know, let's not dwell on that. I can take her for you." Atem easily handed her over. She put her in Yugi's hands. "Here you go. You can get some practice too. Everyone sticking around needs practice." She grabbed Atem's hand and dragged him upstairs. "You, come with me. We need to talk."