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Chapter Four
Joey stretched and winced. He opened his eyes and saw Seto sitting in the chair, he was asleep. Just then the Nurse came in. "Hello, it's good to see that you're awake." She said. "Where am I?" Joey said. "Honey, you're just where you need to be she said. I need to change the pads again. She turned him and when he moaned she rubbed his back. Sorry, I'll be done real soon. There, you don't need these anymore" she said. "How long has he been here?" He asked as he looked at Seto. "Ever since he brought you here" she told him. "Can I have something to drink?" Joey asked her. "How about some juice?" She said. "That sounds good" he said. "Be right back with some" she said.
Seto opened his eyes and saw that Joey was awake. "Thanks" Joey said. "Your welcome" he said. "Seto I can't stay here forever, where will I go? I can't go home" he said. "I know you're going to be staying with me and Mokuba." Seto said. "But my father" he closed his eyes when he thought of what that bastard did to him. "Joey, don't" Seto said. "I'm afraid that he will find me and take me back and it will start over again." "He won't find you I promise" Seto told him. "What about the Police? Won't they be notified?" Joey asked as he wiped a tear from his eye. "Not if you don't want them to be called" Seto said. "They won't believe me, because my father is such of good citizen in their eyes" Joey said. "We'll deal with that if we have to, but right now, you need to get better" Seto said.
The Nurse brought them some supper and they talked. "When did your father first hurt you?" Joey asked him. "I was around seven. Gozabora said that it was for my own good. He was teaching me to be obedient and always do things his way. Then it just became an old routine" Seto said. "Did he ever hurt Mokuba?" Joey asked. "I never would have let him" Seto said. Joey closed his eyes and said. "My father's abuse started when my mother left him and took Serenity to America. He said that it was my fault and so it was my duty to fulfill his sexual needs." "Listen; let's not talk about it anymore tonight, alright?" Seto said. They watched a movie and then Joey yawned and said "that he was going to try to sleep." When Joey was asleep, there was a knock at the door. Seto opened it and there was Yami, Marik and Bakura. "How is he?" Yami asked Seto. "He's getting better, but he still is afraid that his father will find him and it will start again" Seto told him. "You can let him know that it will never happen again" Bakura said. "Who is it?" Joey said in a sleepy voice. Seto opened the door and they came in.
There stood Yami, Marik and Bakura. "What are they doing here?" Joey said in a frightened voice. Yami came over and stood by the bed. "Joey we know what happened and we've made damn sure that he will never hurt you again." Yami said. Joey's eyes filled with tears. "How?" Joey asked. "Bakura did something that was very out of the ordinary for him; he wiped the tears from Joey's face and smiled at him. Let's just say that he left town and won't ever be back, Okay?" "Thanks" Joey said to them. "You're more then welcome" Yami said. "Now you need to get your strength back and get the hell out of this place" Marik said. "I will and thanks again." Joey said. He closed his eyes and went back to sleep.
Seto held his hand out to each one of them, but they did something that took him by surprise, they each hugged him. "You better treat him right, or you just might be seeing his father real soon, do you understand?" Bakura said to Seto. He lifted his eye brow and then he said "that he understood completely." They left and he went and sat back down next to the bed. He reclined in the chair and fell to sleep.
Please R&R.