Halloween.
(Serenity's POV)
It was thundering and lightning was filling the sky with it's electric light for a few seconds each time. It was cold so I rubbed my arms to keep warm, remembering that Joey forgot to pay the gas bills, I sighed and went upstairs to get my quilt. As I was walking back down the stairs the phone rang, I dropped my blanket and rang to get it, hoping it was Joey to say that he was coming home from the senior party, it was really creepy in this apartment. I put the phone to my ear and spoke.
"Hello?" I said and a raspy voice laughed, I shivered in fright.
"Remember me?" The voice taunted and my eyes widened.
"Who's t-there?" I stuttered hoping it wasn't him. He laughed and I recognised instantly who it was, Yami Marik!
"I got ya number!" He laughed and I almost collapsed right there, my eyes as wide as saucers. I frantically looked round, searching for him, but I couldn't see him.
"No! Please No!!" I begged but he just chuckled evilly, that laugh chilled me to the bone, my blood froze as I sank to my knees.
"I'm back! To haunt you!" He warned and I froze, staring at the wall in front of me, he couldn't hurt me again could he?
"No stay away!" I pleaded but the Yami Marik I knew was merciless and hated pleading.
"Ha ha ha ha ha!" He laughed and then ended the phone conversation, the tone kept on playing, his evil laugh still in my head, I shook my head vigorously trying to get rid of the sound.
It's Friday night
So creepy outside
It's is thundering and lightning
There's nobody home
Cause I'm all alone
It's scary and it's frightening
I grabbed my quilt and hid under it, I know it was childish but what else could I do? I already tried to escape but the door was locked and then I knew Yami Marik was here, I ran into the kitchen and grabbed a huge kitchen knife for protection and ran back to the living room. I wished Joey was here, or at least Marik.
The sound of shoes
A shadow that moves
Something odd is tic tac ticking
Someone's in here
I'm so full of fear
The telephone is ringing
I quivered underneath the quilt when I heard the soft thudding of foot falls, I gasped but quickly put my hand over my mouth to muffle it, I surveyed the living room but found nothing until I thought I saw a shadow move! I almost screamed but luckily my hand was already on my mouth.
'He's in here, I can feel it!" I thought, fear rising up in me. Suddenly the telephone was ringing again but I didn't dare go get it. I quickly hid behind the sofa as I heard the footsteps get closer when I saw him by the phone. Yami Marik, the man of my nightmares. He picked up the phone then smashed it against the wall, letting the remains fall to the floor. My eyes widened as he taunted.
"I know your in here Serenity, I can sense you." He looked over in the direction of the couch and I sunk further into the wall.
Now I can see you
Oh no, please no
Now I can touch you
Oh god, please no
I am right here now
Oh please, tell me where
Ha ha ha ha
I'm in a nightmare
You better run
I'm back to haunt you down
He bent down and came face to face with my frightened face, he smirked and whispered.
"Now I can touch you." He stroked my face almost gently, but I knew better.
"Oh god, please no!" I whispered into the night, I shivered at his touch and he chuckled evilly.
"God won't help you Serenity, no one will." He said savouring my terrified expression, I got up the courage to glare at him but shrunk back down when he glared back. "I'm right here now."
A tear rolled down my cheek.
'No I have to be strong!' I thought and kicked him in his privates and ran out of the room, running blindly through the corridor, trying to find an exit. He menacing voice carried through the corridor, carrying a dreadful message.
"You better run Serenity." He warned and I gasped as I ran into a wall in my blind rush of panic. "I'm back to haunt you down."
I ran through the apartment, panic rushing through me, my heart racing and I could hear his manic chuckle echo throughout the apartment.
Halloween, in the death of the night, hear me scream
I'm coming, I'm coming
Halloween, is the fear that I fight, in my dream
Keep running, keep running
(Flashback.)
"Go on Joey I'll be fine, don't worry and go have fun." I said pushing Joey out the door, forcing him to go to the senior Halloween party. He gave me a goofy smile and scratched the back of his head nervously, he was nervous because he was going with Mai. I smiled and gave him a hug, he returned it and ruffled my hair like when we was younger.
"I just worry about ya sis." he explained and I laughed.
"Don't worry big brother, I'll lock all the doors and windows just like you said." I promised and he nodded and saw Kaibas' limo pull up. After all the crazy stuff happening over the years, those finally got to be friends even if they still do tease each other. As the limo door opened, I saw Kira Fay, the sluttiest girl in our entire school, clinging on to Seto's arm, all of them laughing together. Seto and Kira stepped out of the limo to let Joey in and Kira turned round and saw my in my hello kitty pj's, she sneered and stuck her tongue out, as a victory that she had got Seto and I was nothing to him now. I clenched my fists and heard her say in that annoyingly high pitched voice.
"Aww look Seto, poor Serenity is all alone like a big loser!" She taunted and I let out a fierce growl and pounced onto her, punching at whatever part of that slut I could get to, Seto looked shocked, Joey and Yami had jumped out of the limo after hearing the commotion and were now holding me back. Seto helped Kira up and she spat out some blood from her mouth and glared daggers at me, she humphed and got back into the limo, Joey and Yami following after they had made sure I wasn't going to kill Kira, Seto was the last to leave, I looked into his eyes and saw pure anger and disgust, my heart broke for even though she was in the wrong, he blamed me, he turned round swiftly and slammed the limo door behind him. A tear rolled down my cheek as I watched the limo drive of into the night, their laughter I could still hear.
(End Flashback)
Somehow I ended up in my room and remembered that I had a lock on the door, thank god Joey allowed me to have one. I hastily locked the door then sat on my bed to catch my breath, when suddenly my ears picked up on a sound coming from the hallway.
"I'm coming Serenity......." Yami Marik whispered slowly and I almost jumped out of my skin. I always hated Halloween, so it figures that the worst person in my life had to come back on Halloween to finish the job. Damn fucking irony! I remembered the first time Yami Marik had snuck into my room on the Kaiba Corp blimp.
(Flashback)
I had just gotten into bed and opened up the first page on my new book Twilight: Breaking Dawn (A/N: love it, sooo boss XD) when I heard the door opened then close, I just thought it was Joey coming to warn me about Duke or Tristan again but how very wrong I was. I looked up to see my worst nightmare, Yami Marik. I quickly jumped out of bed, searching for something to defend myself with, he just let out a laugh and smirked at me.
"My dear Serenity, I don't believe we've had the pleasure of having an actual conversation, don't you agree?" He asked me in a smooth voice and I nodded stiffly, slowly edging towards the door hoping he wouldn't notice me. Unfortunately the universe hates me.
"There's no use my dear, the door is locked with dark magic." He told me , a manic grin on his face. "Besides there's something you have that I want."
I looked at him confused and saw he was staring at the ring, mom had given me for my 13th birthday, I looked down at it confused, and to my surprise it had a golden eye on it, much like the one on Marik's Millennium Rod or Yami's Puzzle. He grinned and tried to take it off my finger but I resisted, he glanced up at me, his fangs showing on his evil grin.
"Going to resist are we?" He said to me as he unsheathed the bottom part of the Millennium Rod to reveal a blade! I gulped and backed into the wall, but the further I backed away, the closer he neared me. " I have a way to deal with you."
He put the blade on the flesh of my shoulder and moved it vertically, creating a vertical wound and forcing a cry of pain from my lips. He smirked and removed the blade but then put his finger in the wound and scratched the inside. The pain was agonizing and the screams from my lips where getting louder and louder, he seemed to enjoy them, sick bastard! He took out his finger and I sighed but then he positioned his mouth to the wound and started to lap up my blood, I almost threw up and he finally stopped. I tried to stop him but he used his Millennium Rod to immobilize me against the wall, he cackled and started to make various other wounds around my body, a particularly bad one was on my stomach and back, on the stomach he had made a deep horizontal cut and hand forced it open with his hand and was using his razor sharp nails to irritate the inside of my wound, blood was flowing onto the floor like a tiny river and I was visibly paler, another bad one was one my back were his initials Y.M were carved into my back, once he was done, he licked some blood out and swirled it around in his mouth and said.
"Do you want this back?" he mocked and I hurriedly shook my head no but he took that as a yes and spat it back in, the pain pulling very loud screams from my lips. He smiled and positioned the blade at my throat, preparing to end my life right there.
'This is it, I'm going to die.' I thought sadly when suddenly a loud thumping and shouting distracted Yami Marik.
"Serenity!" Yami, Mokuba and the others shouted, my world was growing dark but one voice stuck out through the door.
"Serenity answer us!" Joey pleaded and my heart lifted in hope.
'Save me big brother.' I though glaring at Yami Marik.
He growled in annoyance, he faced me and smirked.
"Looks like we'll have to end this for now." He said, stroking my cheek with the Rod, I flinched away from the shiny gold stick and the demon who possessed it. "But don't worry I'll be back." he promised and just to give the others something to hear, he slashed my arms and back with the Rod, forcing many screams from my lips, agonized screams of pure pain.
"Serenity!" They all shouted but I was too weak to answer, Marik smirked and vanished out of sight, the spell on the door lifted and the others rushed in. They all gasped and Joey and Seto ran towards me, demanding who did this. I mustered up enough strength to whisper his name before the shadows got to me.
"Yami Marik." Those words fell from my lips as I fell into the darkness.
(End Flashback)
I was so entranced in my memory, I didn't hear the door unlock or Yami Marik near me until he roughly grabbed my arm and pinned me against the wall, his scary face had a manic grin on it. Tears misted up my vision but I could still see that grin so clearly.
Hell broke out
On this Friday night
Zombies passing deadly
My Candyman, from Bountyland
Is coming here to get me.
Just a normal Friday night I thought this would be, calling friends from school, watching T.V and eating some dinner while Joey enjoyed himself at the Senior Halloween party. Until Yami Marik ruined it, he's coming back to get me and finish the job. I stared out the window and almost fainted, there were zombies outside my window. Yami Marik followed my gaze to the window and let out a chuckle.
"Ha ha ha, do you like my new friends?" He asked me grinning and I just looked at him with disgust.
"Your a sick fuck, ya know that?" I told him and that wiped the smirk off his face. He snarled and saw the scars from 2 years ago, from on the days he came to my room on the blimp. He smiled and unsheathed the bottom of the Rod again. I struggled in panic and he grin got even wider, he put it near the scabbed scar and cut it open again, my screams filled the air just like on the blimp. I remembered what happened one time when he came back after the others left.
(Flashback -Sorry-)
The others had bandaged my wounds again and they had made Seto put more security around my room. I calmed down and lay my head on my pillow, trying to get to sleep when I saw him come through the wall, I went to scream but he had his hand over my mouth, something was different about him but what? I looked into his eyes and realisation hit me, his eyes were now a soft lavender ,not the cold steely lavender of Yami Marik.
"Marik." I whispered, falling into his arms and he rubbed my back comfortingly, as tears soaked his shirt, I just kept a hold of him, I wouldn't let go.
"I'm so sorry, Serenity." He apologized and I lifted my head up to look into his gorgeous purple eyes. I traced my finger tips over his hair and jaw line.
"There's no need to apologize, for now just hold me, I need you to keep me strong against Yami Marik, please." I pleaded and he nodded and hugged me for what seemed like years. His strong arms held me close to him and his scent filled my nostrils, he smelled like aftershave and chocolate. After a while he let go and put a finger on my lips.
"I have to go Serenity, but I will come back, and I promise, I will protect you." He promised and I nodded, he neared me and planted a kiss on my lips, I kissed back hungrily. He pulled away and gave me a small smile and left the room, leaving me on cloud nine.
(End Flashback – aw that was mushy ^^)
Marik was trying to get the ring off my finger but I slapped him and ran. He growled and ran after me, his pace quickening. I gasped when he caught me and pulled me to the floor, I tried to scramble away but I felt my body fly onto the floor and he neared me with the Rod but then he pulled a match out of his pocket, lit it and held it under the Rod's blade. My eyes widened as he smirked at me and blew out the flame, the Rod getting closer to my snow white skin, I gasped as the blade touched my arm and made a diagonal cut, he then carved into my arm the initials Y.M. The pain was agonizing as all I could see was white, my screams echoed around the apartment.
(Marik's POV)
I watched from my spirit room what that bastard was doing to Serenity, I growled in anger and pulled him into the hallway separating our two spirit rooms. He glared at me and pushed me away.
"Marik stop this now!" I ordered but he just laughed at me pitifully. He used the Rod and forced me against the wall just like Serenity.
"This is none of your concern, Hikari!" He glowered at me and he then grinned. "Besides enjoy the show." I glared at him and tried to pull away but the magic behind it was far too strong. Tears steamed my vision as I saw what he was doing, I looked at the floor and whispered.
"I'm sorry Serenity"
It's squeaking and creaking
I move silent in the night, hahahahaha
Could be the boy from next-door
You'll never guess my disguise
Hahahahaha!
(Serenity's POV)
I remembered the day before, I was walking down the market street when I thought I felt someone watching me, I turned around to just see the hustle bustle of the daily market. I shrugged and kept on walking until I felt it again. I turned around again to see nothing and angrily shook my head.
'Come on Serenity your being paranoid, your probably never gonna see him again.' I thought trying to convince myself. I froze in fear when I heard his voice from an alleyway beside me.
"You'll never guess my disguise." He chuckled and I ran blindly, forcing myself to get away from him.
I looked into his eyes and hoped that they were a soft lavender but was disappointed and scared to find that it was still Yami Marik. I decided to give Marik some strength to help him break through his Yami's shield.
"Marik, I know you can help me, your stronger than him, fight it!" I begged and Yami Marik growled and slapped me. I spat out blood and he laughed.
"Shut up, he can't save you, no one can!" he whispered venomously and I laughed now.
"You obviously don't know your Hikari very well then." I laughed and his grin fell. "Marik is way stronger than you and can beat through your magic shield." Suddenly Marik's voice came through into the air.
"Your right Serenity." Marik yelled and Yami Marik clutched his head in a vain attempt to stop his Hikari from emerging but then gave up and smirked at me.
"You haven't seen the last of me Serenity." He warned and then disappeared, leaving Marik full control over his body. I fell from the wall, the bind now broken and fell into his arms, just like on the blimp. He rested his head on mine and then noticed my blood was staining his shirt, he lifted my head up and stared lovingly into my eyes, I was staring back. Our moment was ruined by a pounding on the door, I gasped and dived into Marik's arms, they then closed protectively around me but then we sighed in relief when we heard Joey's voice along with the rest of the gangs.
"Serenity are you alright, answer the door!" Joey shouted concern in his voice. I stood up shakily and unlocked the door, Joey and the others fell in, the turned around and gasped at the sight of me. I stood there shamed but Marik came up behind me and snuck his arm sneakily around my waist, pulling me in closer. I smiled and leant into him, the others stood there with there mouths wide open. Joey's face turned red and he waved a fist at Marik.
"Hey! Stay away from ma sis, ya big creep." He warned. "It was that bloody Yami of yours that did this anyway!"
Marik's eyes narrowed as he glared and moved forwards menacingly but Yami got in between them.
"Come on you two, lets focus on Serenity." Yami said and they all looked towards me to find me holding onto the wall for support. Joey and Marik rushed towards me, glaring at each other, Marik picked me up bridal style and told Ryou to phone an ambulance, Ryou nodded and ran into the living room when I remembered that Yami Marik had broken it.
"It doesn't work." I whispered and the gang looked confused. " Yami Marik smashed it against the wall when someone phoned." Tea snapped her fingers in realisation.
"That's why you didn't answer when I phoned." She said and Joey looked at her in anger.
"You phoned Ren and you didn't tell me that she didn't answer!" Joey yelled and Tea grabbed his ear in annoyance and shouted loudly in it.
"Well I thought Serenity was watching T.V or on it chatting with her friends!" She screeched down Joey's ear and all of us winced at the high pitched sound that filled the room. The sound disappeared as an ambulances siren filled it instead, a loud knock resounding around the room, Yugi and Tea got up and opened the door, the paramedics bustled in quickly and gently put me on the stretcher and wheeled me into the back of the ambulance, Joey and Marik quickly following, the rest got into Seto's limo and followed us to the hospital. They arrived shortly after me and had to wait in the waiting room while I got stitched up. As I started to wake up from the surgery, I heard Marik and Joey arguing outside.
"I mean it pal," Joey warned his voice menacing. "Stay. Away. From. Serenity!" He enforced every word with a harsh poke to Marik's shoulder, I heard a punch and Marik flew into the door, cracking it a bit. I jumped out of the hospital bed and opened the door, glaring at Joey.
"Joseph Wheeler, stop it right now!" I shouted at him and looked down at Marik to see he had a bloody nose, the gang rushed outside my room, concerned by the noise and Mai looked at Joey angrily and pulled him around the corner by his ear and we heard her shout.
"Joey Wheeler are you trying to ruin you sisters first love!" Mai screamed and the others stared at us, Marik and I blushed like crazy. Yami signalled for them to follow him, to let Marik and I have some alone time. I stared into his gorgeous lavender eyes and we hugged on the floor for what seemed like a millennium.
Finally I was safe, for now.
(Yami Marik POV)
"You just wait Serenity, I will have what's rightfully mine." I whispered evilly.
"Just you wait!"
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