Five little Duel Monsters
Bakura wandered back to the house slowly, he had spent the night on the cold beach. His lover was gone and he had no reason to go on… well there was one reason, he would have to find Ryou's killer and get his revenge.
"Where have you been?" Seto Asked as he pushed himself off of the outer wall he had been casually leaning on.
"None of your business."
"You could have been killed."
Bakura glared at Seto quickly, was he trying to threaten him? "I will not be killed so easily."
"I see."
"Kaiba, leave him alone…. He just lost Ryou." Yami said as he walked out to them. He handed Seto a cup of hot tea. "Tea, Bakura?"
"No." Bakura looked away. How Ryou loved tea. "It looks like it will be overcast for most of the day, so if we are going to make a signal fire then it will have to have dark smoke." Bakura walked into the house.
Yami looked up at the sky in wonderment and nodded. "I was already thinking that."
"After the tea we will go search for something to burn. I am tired of being here."
"As am I." Seto added and took a long sip of his tea. "My gun went missing last night." He added.
"Oh?"
"I just had it last night, I was talking with Jou and well someone must have taken it while I was a sleep."
"I wouldn't worry about it."
"Oh? Why do you say that?"
"The rhyme doesn't mention anything about a gun."
"What?" Seto rolled his eyes. "Maybe he is done, or he knows there is only a little time left before we get the cops here and he wants to finish us all off right now."
"I don't think so." Yami said. "Regardless, we have little time to get this fire started."
"Yes." Seto set his tea cup down and walked back into the house but paused mid-way. "The next line in the Rhyme is five little monsters going through a door, one got stuck and then there were four. How do you suppose the killer will manage that?"
"I don't want to stick around to find out." Yami said. "Tell Yugi that we should be back within the hour and that he should stay will Jounouchi."
"Tell him yourself." Seto stated and continued his journey into the house, passing Yugi on the way.
"Are you going out alone?" Yugi held on to the right side of the doorframe, he shook slightly.
"Seto is coming with me."
"But the killer is still out there somewhere."
"We will be safe."
"An-and Jou told me that Mr. Kaiba's gun went missing last night."
"My, love. Don't worry, please. This fire is our only way out. If we are to die then I would at least like to have tried to get off of this god forsaken island." Yami crossed the space between them and cupped his new lover's cheek. "Trust me."
Yugi looked into his first's beautiful ruby eyes and felt safe. He nodded and Seto walked back out with a few knives from the kitchen. "I thought it would be nice if we had a little bit of protection."
"Let's go before it's too late." Bakura added and the three left.
Yugi watched them until they vanished behind a hill. "Please come back safe." Yugi slid down the doorframe and watched the horizon.
Yami, Bakura, and Seto started with the fire and set out in different directions to find something that would burn black in contrast with the sky. Bakura passed a few tall palm trees. "I won't be able to reach them." He said to himself and started to head back before he was stopped by a small cave. A red light seemed to be coming out of it.
He scanned his mind for what would cause a light like that and decided that whatever it was it would be electrical and maybe a way to call for help. Bakura walked toward it and glanced inside but all he could see was a small glow. He walked in deeper and stopped as the red light took shape.
He reached down and picked up the small device. He dropped it. The moment he picked up the device he felt a small tug. He had triggered some sort of a trap. Bakura looked at the entrance to the cave. The ground began to shake. Bakura ran for the door.
"Bakura RUN!" Yami called from the entrance of the cave as rocks began to fall from the top of the cave. Bakura ran as fast as he could. Seto was there too and he could almost touch the light… almost. The rocks of the cave fell in on him and he was crushed beneath the boulders.
"Bakura!" Yami screamed and waited for the smoke to clear, for a sign that Bakura was alright. "Dammit!" Yami ran to the rubble and began to dig through boulders.
Seto watched him. Horrified. Stuck in a door… a door could be an entrance…. A cave entrance? This killer was something else. They were not going to make it off the island alive. "Stop. He's gone. We have to get this fire started."
"Right." Yami stopped.
Yugi ran to the door as Yami and Seto walked back. "Jou they're back!" Yugi ran down and wrapped his arms around Yami's neck. "You came back alive!" Yami held him back for a second. "What?"
"Bakura…" Yami said simply and took Yugi's hand. "The fire is going, now we just have to wait."
"No…." Yugi slid down to the ground and covered his eyes as the tears started to fall. "Why?"
"There are only four of us left." Jou added.
"The last four. We will get off of this island." Yami vowed. "I will not let a madman run my life or decide when it will end. Let's gather our belongings and wait by the fire. We will sit and watch each other. He won't try to kill us all at once."
"Alright." Jou said and helped Yugi off of the ground. "Let's go back home, Yugi."
