Me: I'm back! And after a day too!

Bakura: Good for you.

E: Ah, ignore him.

Me: Disclaimer anyone?

E: Sorceress of the Nile does not own Yugioh, just me and Amba.

Me: Oh! And in case anyone is confused:

'Mind link'

'Thoughts'

"Talking"

Me: Hope that clears that up and meet, Marik and Elecktra's daughter, Amba!

Amba:Hi!

E: Happy reading!


A small neighborhood slept quietly as the silver stars winked in the sky above. At the end of the block, was a two story house with Egyptian cats on the lawn. Inside this house, a small family of three slept peacefully. This was the house of Elecktra and Marik Ishtar, as well as their small daughter, Amba who was seven years old. Marik loved his wife and daughter more then anything, but there was something waiting in the darkness that wanted to steal that love away.

'Wake up, my weaker half.' Marik groaned in his sleep as a voice whispered in his mind.

'Do you really think that I have forgotten?' He opened his eyes and his head began to pound to no end.

"Gah!" He cried out as he clutched his head. Elecktra groaned and sat up.

"Marik? What are you doing up?" She asked tiredly.

"I have a headache." Marik answered, clenching his hold on his hair.

"Do you want a Tylenol?" She asked. Marik growled as his head pounded more.

"Are you okay?" She asked, fear creeping into her voice. Then the pain stopped. Marik turned to his wife.

"No, I think I'm okay now." Elecktra didn't look convinced. Marik looked at his wife and offered a small smile. Then he saw something lurking in the dark behind Elecktra, holding a golden knife.

"E! Look out!" Marik cried and Elecktra turned to see Yami Marik holding the rod with the knife ready.

"Die magician!" He cried and Elecktra screamed as he stabbed her. Her body fell back into Marik's arms.

"NOOO!" Marik gasped sitting up and clutching the blankets. Marik panted and ran a hand though his hair.

"Marik? You okay?" Marik turned to see Elecktra looking at him with a concerned and tried look on her face. Marik flinched when his head began to hurt again. The same sharp pounding pain in his head.

"My head is hurting."

"Do you want a glass of water?"

"No!" Marik saw Elecktra flinch at the force of his voice.

"No, I'm okay. Just go back to sleep." Elecktra gave him a suspicious look and yawned.

"Alright, good night."

"Good night, Elecktra." He watched her as she lay back down on the pillows and fell back to sleep. Marik lay down with his arms folded behind his head.

'Was that just a dream? Weird, it felt so real.'

Buried deep inside the young man's mind, his darker half smirked, pleased with himself. True, it was only a dream, but it was also a vision of the torment that was to come, and Yami Marik would make sure of that.


Elecktra stretched as she woke up later that morning to see Marik still asleep next to her. She smiled down at her husband. She lightly kissed him on the cheek, and leaving the room to let him sleep. Him waking up in a cold sweat last night mildly freaked her out a little bit, but she pushed those thoughts out of her mind as she went to the kitchen see Amba dressed in her uniform.

"Good morning, Amba." She greeted her daughter with a smile and she smiled back.

"Good morning Mom." Her smile faded when she didn't see Marik.

"Where is Daddy?" Elecktra frowned.

"Daddy had a nightmare last night and he's still asleep." Amba frowned.

"Is he going to be okay?"

"I don't know Amba, but you better get to school." She handed her a bag and a bagel. Amba stuffed the bag into her schoolbag and hugged her mother before taking the bagel and stepping out the door.

"Bye Mommy!" She cried as she ran the street. Elecktra smiled as she watched her go. She walked back into the house and fixed herself and Marik breakfast. Her thoughts began to wander as she cooked. It was like he had seen something, something that wasn't good. She looked out the window.

'I wonder what it was. I'll ask Hiro, see what he can make of it.' She thought. Marik walked in tiredly and sat down at the kitchen island.

"Morning." Elecktra greeted.

"Morning." Marik greeted back. Elecktra pulled out two plates and placed a two pancakes on one and set it in front of Marik.

"Thanks." Elecktra nodded.

"Amba get to school?"

"Yea, you missed her. She was kinda sad not to say goodbye to you." Marik sighed. Elecktra poured herself a cup of coffee and fixed herself a pancake.

"So what was that dream about last night?" Marik froze.

"It was nothing." Elecktra eyed him.

"Marik, you're a terrible liar." Marik frowned.

"Don't worry about it okay?" Elecktra shrugged and didn't press, but it bothered her that he refused to tell her. Marik stood and took his plate and put it into the dishwasher.

"I'm going to go get ready." He kissed her on the cheek and walked back into the bedroom. Elecktra cleaned up the few dishes and placed them in the dishwasher.

"See you later, Elecktra." Marik said as he stepped out of the bedroom wearing jeans and a blue collared shirt.

"Bye Marik, I love you." They kissed and Marik walked out the door, leaving Elecktra alone. She sighed. Even then, she could tell he wasn't going to tell her about the dream, but it was strange. He wasn't so insecure around her. Something wasn't right, and Elecktra could feel it. She just couldn't tell what it was. She grabbed the phone and dialed Anzu's number, knowing the dancer would be around. To her surprise, Bakura answered.

"Hi Bakura."

"Oh, do you want to talk with Anzu, magician." Elecktra made a face. Bakura never failed to get on Elecktra's nerves and she never failed to get on his nerves.

"STOP REFERRING ME AS MAGICIAN BAKURA!" Elecktra yelled into the phone and she grinned when she heard Bakura groan on the other end.

"You're going to make me go deaf!"

"Good!" Elecktra paused when she heard shuffling and mumbling on the other end. Elecktra looked down to see Hana looking at her with a confused and weirded out look on her face.

"Oh stop looking at me like Hana." Elecktra groaned as she looked down at the chocolate lab.

"E? Are you there?" Anzu's voice came from the phone.

"Yea, I wanted to ask you and Bakura to meet me, I need to tell you something about Marik."

"Okay, where do you want to meet?"


Me: Yea, sorry if this chapter was kindof boring.

E: It was meh.

Amba: What does meh mean?

Me: It's when E's reaction to the chapter is smack-dab in the middle.

Amba: Ohhhh.

Me: Anyways, thanks to Blood thirsty angle and Queen of the water for reviewing Blood in the Shadows. I intend to write another story where Amba and the twins (Rin and Akio) are grown up. I think that would be interesting. But until then, TTFN!