Marik speaking

Marik's father came closer with the knife laughing.

"Melvin, save me!" Marik cried

Inside their head, Melvin banged desperately at the door of his soul room to get out. But all he could do was listen to Marik's cries of terror.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

"AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

They both woke up screaming with Melvin in control of the body. The nightmare of their father coming back from the dead for his revenge had brought on the switch.

Melvin looked around desperately for Mr. Fuzzy.

Mr. Fuzzy was a lavender teddy bear Marik use to hold after his father punished him for something. And because Melvin was made from Marik's pain and inner hatred during that time period, the stuffed animal held great meaning for both of them.

Melvin, beginning to become frustrated by his failure to find the beloved toy, started throwing random things around the room, because in his mind that would help in his search somehow.

The commotion woke up Odion and Ishizu. The first got up to go see what was going on while the later wondered if she should get up of stay in bed and hope someone else would handle it.

Odion left his room in a groggy state wondering why no one else seemed to get up and handle these things.

He opened the door to Marik's room dodging a nightstand as he entered the room.

"Melvin, why are you throwing random furniture around?" Odion ask calmly, use to walking in on such activities by now.

"I'm looking for Mr. Fuzzy." Melvin answered in his demonic voice.

"Did you and Marik have another nightmare?" Odion asked concerned.

"No, for information, I do not have nightmares. My dreams are filled with happy images of me slaughtering the innocent."

"So that's a yes." Odion thought. "Was it the one about father?"

"I do not have nightmares. Expressly ones involving that man who should not be named."

"Yes again." Odion sighed "I'll look for it. Melvin, why don't you go get a snack or something."

Marik's 13 year old cousin Abida walked towards the kitchen to go get a glass of milk. Since guardingthe tomb was a family thing she knew all about Marik and Melvin. She liked Marik and they used to play together a lot but Melvin scares her.

They didn't have a very nice meeting when he first appeared and she still has nightmares about it so you can imagine she wasn't too thrilled to hear he was going to appear more often.

Abida saw the light on in the kitchen she started walk carefully and quietly to the door way.

She saw sandy blond hair but since he was standing in front of the open fridge it was hard to make out who it was.

"Marik?" She asked hopefully.

"No."

Abida gave a startled cry and ran out of the room.

"She's still scared of me, huh." Melvin observed.

"What did you think would happen when you traumatized a 5 year old?" Marik jeered.

"Oh, shut up. I'm not the one hiding in my soul room like a scared little baby."

Ishizu walked in at that exacted moment. She threw concern look down the hall. "Melvin, did you do something to upset Abby?"

"I didn't do anything!" Melvin exclaimed.

"I wasn't saying you did, I was just asking." Ishizu stated calmly.

Odion walked in holding a small lavender teddy bear with a blue ribbon around its neck.

"Melvin, I found Mr. Fuzzy. He was under your bed."

"Good work, slave." Melvin walked over to him and snatched the bear out of the older brother's hands. Then, with bear in hand, he left to return to his room.

Odion turned to his sister saying "I'm not sure to be relieved or insulted he doesn't call me bother."

Ishizu shook her head and sighed. "At least those therapy sessions have been somewhat helpful."

"They still need more therapy." Odion replied. "Lots more."