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Chapter Summary: Marik is punished for disobeying Dartz, but Yugi's vision proves that he might have other intentions involving Yami and Ryou.

Powers:

Mokuba: able to breathe under water.

Seto: freeze, slow down, speed up, go back or forward in time.

Jonouchi: telekinesis, also able to fly.

Shizuka: transformation

Yami: super strength

Yugi: clairvoyance/foresight (able to see the future)

Ryou: mind control, telepath, and healing powers

Bakura: super speed

Malik: transportation

Marik: elementlist

"speaking"

'thoughts'

memories/Mokuba's journal

Yugi's visions

Shrouded in Shadows: Secrets of the Ten

Chapter 2

Pain and Punishment

Yami and Ryou walked quietly into the common room. Only the children and Dartz were allowed in the common room, though Dartz had never stepped foot into it unless a new child was brought in. It was sort of like a hideaway for them. It was a circular door, six doors in all; one leading out into the hall, five other to their rooms. Everyone shared a room with their sibling. The cream colored walls were decorated with paintings, sometimes seeming sinister or comforting, all depending on the light coming from the crystal chandler that hung above their heads. There were bookshelves lining the walls as well. Dartz had decided to give them their own small library since they kept sneaking out to the main one and no punishment they received seemed to change that.

Bakura just raised an eyebrow as Ryou sat down beside him and opened a book he had been reading the night before. "So," he said carelessly. "You have fun?"

Ryou blushed as Yami chucked the piece of wood he had been carving into at Bakura's head. "What was that for!" Bakura yelled at him rubbing the sore spot on his head.

"So you always have to be such a pervert?" Yami glared at him.

"Yes," Bakura said simply. "Yes I do."

Yugi suddenly spoke up before a fight could start. "Ryou, play something for us!"

Ryou, at seeing pleading eyes from Yugi and Malik, agreed. They had found out that Ryou could control people's minds through his music without causing harm to himself, which would usually happen if he tried to control more than one person or controlled someone for too long of a time.

Yugi sighed in relief as Yami and Bakura seemed to settle down. The tension in the room disappeared with the first few notes from the harp, just like it always did. Yugi knew that Yami and Bakura would have definitely killed each other by now if it wasn't for Ryou's powers.

The smaller albino stopped playing when knocking interrupted his song. "Marik," he said softly, remembering this morning. "I think that's for you."

Marik just shrugged his shoulders before getting up and opening the door. The guard told him that Dartz had summoned him, but Marik was already whistling as he walked down the hall.

OOOOO

Dartz glared at Marik as he casually walked into the throne room, not even bothering to let the guard announce his presence. 'And whistling as well!' Dartz thought angrily.

"So what's the punishment this time?" Dartz asked, sounding as if he was commenting on the weather.

And evil smile slowly crossed Dartz's face as he motioned to two of the guards. Before Marik knew what was happening the guards had forced him onto his knees. He heard the footsteps of another as he came up behind the Egyptian. He heard the creak of a whip and stiffened. Dartz had never before given any of the children a physical punishment before. Most of the time they were just locked in the common room or forced to help the servants.

"I think twenty lashes will be fine, Keith," Dartz said to the man behind Marik.

Fear flashed in Marik's eyes, but only for a second, and thankfully Dartz didn't see it. Keith was the general of Dartz's armies. He was drunk with a bad temper, and not to mention a sexual appetite as big as his ego. Marik didn't like this man at all, especially when he decided he wanted to go after Malik, Ryou, and Yugi.

Keith smiled as he raised the whip and brought it crashing down on Marik's back, but the Egyptian stayed silent. He refused to let them hear him scream.

OOOOO

Yugi sat up in bed breathing heavily. He threw the covers off and ran into the common room where Yami, Bakura, Seto, and Jou were. They had all decided to wait for Marik to come back while insisting that their younger siblings get some sleep.

"Yugi, what's wrong?" Yami asked when he saw his brother. There was fear and worry in the younger one's eyes as he looked at his brother.

"You have to wake Ryou up so he can heal Marik."

"What do you mean?" Bakura asked.

"Did you have a vision, Yugi?" Seto asked in his normal, emotionless voice.

"Yeah," Yugi answered quietly. Yami and Jou had come over to him by now.

"Yugi, sit down and tell us what happened," Yami said as he led his brother over to one of the many chairs that were scattered through out the room.

Yugi nodded before telling the four what he had seen.

Keith brought the whip down again and again. Marik bit his lip to keep from crying out. They had long since passed twenty lashes. Now, Dartz just wanted to hear him scream.

"All you have to do is scream, Marik, and then it will all be over," Dartz said sweetly, yet at the same time it sounded evil. "Your pride is not worth dying over."

"Only for you its not. You can't kill me because you still need my powers," Marik growled as he glared at the silver haired ruler. Blood was dripping from his lip and nose from when Keith had punched his earlier.

Dartz just glared at him before nodding to Keith, who in turn grinned as he kicked the Egyptian in the stomach, a creaking sound singling that he had broken some of Marik's ribs. Marik only growled to cover the scream. And then, Keith kicked him again, aiming for his already broken ribs. Marik gasped as the pain blinded him for a second.

"That's enough Keith, we shall continue with this tomorrow night. I still want him to give a message to Yami."

"And that was it. I don't know what message Dartz wanted to give, but I know it can't be good." Yugi sighed as he finished. He had hated watching Marik in that much pain, and Yugi knew how much pain he was in because he had felt it all during his vision.

Bakura growled in anger and frustration. Dartz had already had them locked in for the night. Every night and ten he would order their doors to be locked so they could only be opened from the outside. The doors also had special charms on them so that their powers were useless against them. While they could still use their powers in the common room, they could not use their powers on the door.

"The albino finally stood. "I'll go get Ryou," he said softly, but his voice was full of anger and hate.

A few minutes later Bakura reemerged from his room with a sleepy Ryou close behind. "What's going on?" he asked, trying not to yawn.

Before anyone could answer the doors were thrown open and Marik was thrown inside, blood already pooling around him.

OOOOO

So, this is where I leave you for now. Sorry it's so short, but I thought that would be a good place to end it. Next chapter will be Dartz's message for Yami, and a few of Ryou's darkest secrets are reveled when Seto uses his powers to go back in time. Remember, if you want the side story next chapter I need at least seven reviews for this chapter. So please, review.