The Last One Standing

Alexis woke up to what she thought was a normal morning. However the normality disappeared when she walked outside and found a large group of girls crowded around something.

"Hey girls, what's going on?" Alexis asked as she approached the crowd.

"Alexis, we found one of the boys passed out near our dorm." A girl named Ashley said.

"What." Alexis said as she made her way through the crowd to see what had happened.

Once Alexis reached the center of the crowd her eyes widened in horror at the sight of Jaden lying on the ground.

'No, he got Jaden too.' Alexis thought.

Alexis knelled down to make sure that Jaden was still alive.

"Someone needs to call Nurse Fontaine now." Alexis said to all of the other girls.

"We already have. She said that some members of security will be here soon." One of the girls stated.

Alexis waited with Jaden until two members of security arrived then she followed them as they carried Jaden to the infirmary and placed him in a bed next to Chazz.

Nurse Fontaine went straight to work in checking Jaden's vital signs. While she was doing this Alexis sat next to Atticus's bed to talk to him.

"So I guess Jaden lost." Atticus said sadly.

"Yeah, but I don't understand why he was outside my dorm when we found him." Alexis said. Atticus thought of a reason for this.

"Do you remember what he said yesterday?" Atticus asked.

"Of course I do, he said that he wasn't going to just wait for this last Shadow Rider to show himself." Alexis answered.

"Well what if he went looking for this Shadow Rider and what if he found him outside of your dorm." Atticus said.

"But if that's true, then that means that I was the intended target." Alexis replied.

"Yeah, I guess you were." Atticus nodded.

Nurse Fontaine finished her tests and sighed.

"Is everything okay?" Alexis asked.

"No it isn't. Jaden's in the same condition as Chazz. I just don't understand this. It defies everything I learned at medical school." Fontaine said.

Alexis felt pretty bad for Nurse Fontaine. She was clearly doing her best to help but sadly there was nothing that she could do.

"Well you couldn't figure out what was wrong with Atticus and he woke up." Alexis said hoping to lift Fontaine's spirits.

"Yes, maybe they'll be okay as well." Fontaine said as she gave Alexis a forced smile.

At this point the infirmary door opened and Ryan walked in.

"I came here as soon as I learned about what happened." He said. Ryan looked at Jaden.

'You're unbelievable, Jaden.' He thought.

Ryan walked over to Alexis and Atticus so that the three of them could talk without being overheard by Nurse Fontaine.

"So, I guess you two are the only ones left now." Atticus said.

"I guess so." Alexis nodded sadly.

"So do you have any ideas on what to do now?" Atticus asked.

Both Ryan and Alexis thought for a moment.

"We're not taking any more chances. Alexis, you and I should stay together until the last Shadow Rider is defeated." Ryan said.

"Do you think that will help?" Alexis asked.

"Maybe. Jaden and Chazz were both attacked when they were alone. At least this way if this Shadow Rider does show up we can take him down together." Ryan answered.

Alexis smiled and nodded. She was sure that she and Ryan could defeat this Shadow Rider together.

"Hey Ryan, don't try anything with my little sister." Atticus said half joking.

Ryan and Alexis spent the rest of the day together. They were both careful to keep their eyes open for anything suspicious at all times but they didn't see anything.

Finally after many hours it was time to head back to their dorms.

"Well I guess I should be heading back to my dorm." Alexis said.

"Do you have a problem with me walking you back?" Ryan asked.

"Sure." Alexis said with a smile.

Ryan and Alexis started to walk in the direction of the girls dorm.

"So how powerful do you think this last Shadow Rider is?" Alexis asked.

"No clue, but he's probably smarter than the others." Ryan answered.

"What do you mean?" Alexis asked.

"Well think about it. All of the other Shadow Riders revealed themselves to us and made themselves known, but this last one seems to prefer to hide in the shadows and take us out one by one." Ryan explained.

"Yeah, I guess you're right." Alexis said.

Ryan and Alexis continued down the path. They would reach the girls dorm in about ten minutes. However little did either of them know they were being watched.

"I had hoped that you two wouldn't have stayed together all day, but I see that I was mistaken." A voice said. Ryan and Alexis stopped walking and then quickly looked around for the source of the voice.

"Show yourself." Ryan demanded. At this point Amnael stepped out of the shadows so that the two could see him.

"So you must be the last Shadow Rider." He said.

"Yes and I have come for your spirit keys." Amnael explained.

"Well then, you're going to have to take us both down to get them." Alexis said as she and Ryan strapped their duel disks to their arms.

"No, I would rather battle you two one on one." Amnael said.

"That's not gonna happen." Ryan shot back.

"Actually, it will." Amnael said as he reached into his robes and pulled out the emerald tablet.

Amnael held the emerald tablet above his head and then there was a blinding flash of light. Once the light cleared Alexis saw that Ryan was gone.

"What, where's Ryan? What have you done with him?" Alexis demanded.

"Nothing much. I merely sent him to the other side of the island. Now you and I can duel in peace." Amnael said.

Alexis knew she was in trouble. She and Ryan had originally planned on dueling this guy together but now she would have to duel alone.

When Ryan opened his eyes he saw that he was no longer in the same place.

"Hey Alexis, where are you!" He shouted.

Suddenly Ryan figured out where he was. He was near the Slifer dorm.

'How did I end up here.' He thought. Just then Ryan realized that if he was here then that must mean that Alexis was now on her own against the last Shadow Rider.

'I hope I'm not too late.' Ryan thought as he started to run back to where Alexis was as quickly as he could.

Alexis was currently in deep trouble. She was running out of life points and she had no way to win this duel. Alexis closed her eyes as Amnael declared an attack that would finish her off.

Ryan reached the two just in time to see Alexis falling to the ground.

"Alexis no!" He screamed as he ran up to her and caught her before she hit the ground.

"Hey wake up." Ryan begged as he cradled Alexis in his arms.

"I'm afraid you're too late, her soul already belongs to me." Amnael said. However he didn't seem to have noticed that he was talking. He was far too concerned about Alexis.

"Not again." Ryan said.

Finally he remembered Amnael was there. Ryan stood up and turned to face him.

"You're gonna pay." He said angrily.

"If you truly want to save her all you have to do is defeat me in a duel." Amnael said. Ryan activated his duel disk.

"But not here, if you want to duel then meet me at the abandoned dorm in thirty minutes and don't be late. I don't have much time." Amnael said as he held the emerald tablet above his head and disappeared in a flash of light.

With Amnael gone Ryan returned to Alexis's side. He knew that he needed to hurry to the abandoned dorm if he wanted to duel this Shadow Rider but he wasn't going to leave Alexis here in the middle of nowhere.

He carefully picked Alexis up and began to carry her back to her dorm.

Mindy and Jasmine were both waiting outside of the girls dorm for Alexis.

"Where do you think she is? Her text said that she was on her way." Jasmine said.

"I don't know. You don't think that anything happened to her, do you?" Mindy asked.

Just then the two saw Ryan walking towards them carrying Alexis.

"Alexis!" Jasmine screamed as she ran up to him.

Ryan carefully handed Alexis over to Jasmine.

"Take her to her dorm room and put her in bed." He instructed.

"What happened to her? Did you do this?" A panicking Jasmine asked.

"No, but I'm going to get her back." Ryan answered before running to the abandoned dorm.

He was running as fast as he could. Carrying Alexis to the girls dorm took up a lot of time.

He headed to the abandoned dorm with only a minute to spare. He already had a feeling that he knew where the Shadow Rider would be and headed straight towards the basement.