Haunted
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Kaiba's eyes went wide as he heard Jou's thoughts and he stopped immediately. Jou?
He felt a sudden surprise and a jolt of happieness wash over him from Jou's end. Seto!
"Yami! Stop!" Kaiba called to the other who was getting ready to tear down another street. Said Yami stopped and looked at him, raising an eyebrow, obviously annoyed the other stopped him from his search. "I got a connection from Jou!"
In a second, Yami was at his side, trying to reach out to Yugi as well, eyes furrowing when he couldn't. "Is Yugi alright? Where are they?" he spoke eagerly and worriedly.
Seto sighed and took in a breath. Where are you guys? What happened?
After I went to go for Yug', I got 'napped by some guys and was pushed into a car with Yug'. Alice was in on it! She gave me an Yug' this green stuff in shots and Yug' knocked out and he hasn't woken up. He is alive though, I can hear him breathing. I didn't fall asleep. It took a long time ta keep myself awake.
Do you know where you are?
No. But know we're in a basement.
Kaiba looked around the area to see tall buildings and small shops. Analyzing the bottoms where the street met the wall. Windows.. windows.. windows… He thought. Are there windows where you are?
There was a long pause and Kaiba worried that something had happened before he let out the breath he had been holding when Jou replied. Yes. One, with like… and 'S' symbol… I think it is backwards for you.
"Yami! Look for backward 's' symbols for the basment windows!" Seto told him and the other nodded and complied quickly as he took to another direction, holding tight to the line between him and Jou, feeling it like if there was a rope between them, connecting their thoughts together.
"I found it!"
I see Yami!
"Thank Ra."
Yugi didn't know how long it had been, but is seemed like hours before the strong vibes of pain coming from Heba, subsided to a dull pressure.
In that time, Heba had fallen asleep in the same position he had been in since he locked himself in the room. Yugi had watched cautiously and with pity till he had knocked himself out with all the pain. Yugi shivered at the thought of him, the memory now burned into his skull as he watched Heba gripping his stomach and eyes as well as pressing against his teeth that punctured his hand's skin, making it bleed and coating it with a think red coating, almost like red wine.
Yugi sighed and looked out the window opposite the door where he stood next to, to see the moon had risen high and as he glanced around the room, he noticed the candles spilled in white liquid around their half burned bodies.
A soft but confident knock came to the door and jolted Heba awake. His head snapped up and his eyes were wide. That is when Yugi noticed the crimson swirls and specks in his eyes. The same marvelous crimson that Yami had.
"Yuugi." Atemu's clear baritone voice called. "Are you alright now?"
Fear flashed though Heba's eyes as he racked his head for an answer. "Uhh, yes Atemu. I'm fine. Just tired." He said, glancing around the room and slowly rising to his feet.
There was a pause as the two heard a soft 'tink' noise. "Are you sure? Is this your chamber's key?"
"Uhh.. Noo.. I have my key right here.. in my desk." Heba responded, going to the small bowl of water and washing his hands free of the blood that had caked on.
"It has your symbol on it."
"Maybe it is the spare!" Heba called and Yugi shook his head.
He isn't going to fall for that..
There was a soft clicking as Atemu attempted to open the door. "Heba? Is your room.. locked?"
"I have come down with something Atemu. I don't want other's to catch it." Heba answered, throwing out the reddened water out the balcony window. "Don't worry about me. I'll be fine."
"Yuugi.. I'm worried about you. Where are your guards? I stationed some here. Heba, Are you alright?" Atemu's voice sounded worried.
Heba sighed as he leaned against the door frame. "I am fine Atemu. Don't worry about me. They probably went on break or something…"
Yugi shook his head. That isn't going to work.
There was silence for a long time before Atemu spoke with a stern voice, that surprised Yugi greatly, and obviously Heba as well. He said, "Heba. Open the door now.". His voice was much more lower than normal and well more stern than his usual calm voice.
Heba stepped back to face the door, his whole body shaking greatly. His eyes flickered in a hidden fued as he touched the door handle. Heba let his head fall forward, blocking Yugi's view of his eyes, but he could still see the soft crystal streams slowly flowing down his cheeks as he brought back his hand and brought his other one up to his face, trying to wipe away the tears. He let out a choked sob and the door flew open with a worried Atemu striding in.
It took him no longer to open the door, than to have Heba n his arms and hugging him tightly, his eyes shut as if trying to take away what was making him cry.
Yugi watched with heart-ache, wondering slightly if this was really real or just something to make his head spin.
Stumbling slightly, Yugi sat on the ground, knees drawn up to his chest as he watched the two.
"Yuugi…" Atemu started, his voice soft now as he tried to look into Heba's face. "What is wrong? Please tell me. Please Yuugi.."
Heba shook his head, tears flowing freely as he tried to push Atemu away, head down low. "No. No! Atemu, stop, leave me alone.." he whimpered between quick and sobs and short sucked up breaths.
"Please.. Please tell me Heba!" Atemu continued, taking Heba's face into his hands and bringing up his subtly pinkish face. His eyes widened when he saw Heba's eyes. The violet color swirled in with crimson and the tips of his new teeth just barely showing between his lips. "What… what… what happened?"
More tears came as Heba sobbed and tore himself away from Atemu. "No! Stop! Go away! I—I don't know what happened!" he cried out.
Yugi's throat tightened like if two hands were gripping at them as the tension and fear grew thick in the air.
But it only seemed to come from Heba.
Atemu stood there, shocked for a moment as his eyes flickered, but never lost the soft gaze on Heba. "They got to you, didn't they?" he asked.
Heba fell to his knees in front of Atemu, his palm holding himself up as he nodded, his body shaking with sobs. "Oh dear Horus.." he whimpered. "I don't know how… I never came in contact with one… I just.. I just drank some wine and then.. I just felt so sick and then…then.." his throat seemed to constrict as well as he tried to suck in the air, his body shaking more. "Then I turned into this!"
Atemu kneeled down as well, pulling Heba into his arms, an holding his head to his shoulder. "It is alright.." he whispered to him, adding in soothing words to calm the other. "Who brought in the wine?"
"Katlima."
Alice stepped briskly into a room, almost looking like a study, except it had so many bottles scattered around, some with dead creatures and others with unknown vermin crawling around in black lumps.
She sneered at the creatures as she stepped up to the desk, where the men from earlier stood at each side and a slim girl stood, looking down into the chair that was turned away from Alice.
"Sir." She started, resting her palms on the dark stained desk that looked older than anything she had seen yet. Her fingers drummed against the underside as her eyebrow twitched. "They are near. I can smell them!" she hissed.
"And you think we can't?" the girl hissed at her, her olive-silver eyes glaring daggers at her as they burned with a metallic flame. She tossed a glance at each man, giving them a cue to leave, which they did eagerly.
Alice snorted at the girl, but kept her mouth shut, looking at the turned chair with great intensity. "Maybe you can, maybe you can't. How long has it been since your last feed? You sound like a living woman." Alice hissed back, glancing at the girl.
"Fuck you." She cussed. "I would never want to be a living-low-life woman that is bound to die in some matter." She frowned. "I have better chances walking into a Church than driving like a drunk merchant if I wanted to compare."
"That makes no sense you infernal hag!"
"Infernal! How dare you you pathetic thing named vampire. You haven't even lived like one for more than a good century! When were you turned? When you were being fucked like the whore you were before my brother was as kind as to give you a chance! I would have rather lit you on fire after you tried running out on us and not bringing back any feed!"
Alice was ready to retaliate when a booming voice yelled: "Enough with your incompetent words you brats!" the chair fell backwards on its wheels as a grey, white, and black cat hopped onto the table top gracefully. His sharp feline eyes as silver and green as the girl's. He glared at each of them in turn. "Alice. I am your superior, and so is my sister. You treat Katlima with respect or so shall I go with my sister's wish to burn you."
Alice's jaw clenched tightly as she gazed down at the feline. "Forgive me Master.. Mistress." She said softly, but as though she had to force the last word out.
"Heta.." said Katlima said softly, patting his short fur softly. "What she says be true. I sense them close. They are probably looking for contact with them through their little links."
The cat's eyes narrowed more as he sat with great dignity and poise. "Well isn't that so. I would have expected it to be. Like that silly fairy tale they tells children of the prince coming to save his true love. How so….romantic." he laughed loudly. "How pathetic"
Katlima's mouth twisted into a nasty grin as she chuckled darkly. "Yes, isn't it? Do they think they will pull through again? Fools! They don't know who they dare mess with. The most fearsome King of Vampires, my Ra! How humorous! And to think we had to actually serve under him for so many years!"
Heta rose slowly to his paws and he jumped gracefully onto the floor, landing with a very soft "mph". "Well." He started, padding his way to the door, turning to grin mischievously. "We'll have to repay the favor of him allowing us to work so long, now shouldn't we?"
Katlima smirked. "Pray tell me brother, what do you have in mind?"
"Oh dear sister… I have a lot of things in mind." He chuckled. "Alice, take me to the prisoners.. we must have a little reunion…."
Alice smirked. "I'd just me glad to Master…"
Yugi's eyes flickered between Atemu and Seth as their whispers mixed together, neither one pausing in their speech as they spoke quickly. Heba sat on his bed, his own eyes flickering between the two as well, trying to figure out what they are talking about.
Heba's eyes had returned to their normal bright violet eyes and his sharp teeth grew back to normal. Besides his distressed look and punctured palm, he looked perfectly fine.
Servants came in and out, dropping off little bits of wine and fruit and dhurra bread as asked, Atemu checking the wine and bread and rinsing the fruit off completely before anyone ate anything.
"What are we going to do?" Atemu said finally, sitting next to Heba, his face looking tired and worn.
"We need to figure out who exactly did this and why." Seth said, his blue eyes gazing around the room and at the blood stains on Heba's robes.
"It was Katlima." Heba commented softly. "She brought in the wine, she gave me the cup. I should've figured something was wrong when she took a bit longer than need be over the cup."
"Yes.." Seth agreed. "But you can never know if it was her idea, or the chef's, or an enemy's that forced her into it." He frowned. "But.."
Atemu looked at him with narrowed eyes. "But?"
"But I think Heba is right." Seth said, walking to the balcony door and stopping. "I think it was Katlima. I never liked the girl one bit, since the day her brother started and she joined the servants. I never liked her.." he repeated.
"We have to get evidence." Atemu sighed. "I wish I could just throw her away, but.. knowing what she turned Yuugi into.." he said sadly, holding Heba's had tightly. "You never know who she might be in with. Another one of those creatures that swallow human blood? One that turns others into their kind with just a sip of drink? You never know, and by just sending her in with nothing to have on our side to not only protect our dear Egypt, but also ourselves."
Seth sighed, nodding in agreement. "Your right Pharaoh. I shall see what I can find." He turned from the balcony and glided across the room to the door where his pair of guards awaited to escort him back to his room. He gripped his rode tightly. "Do not leave your rooms without a weapon. We never know who is on our side and who is not." He whispered to them as he left.
Yugi walked up to Atemu and Heba who had fallen silent after Seth. He touched them both with a ghostly hand and frowned when they gave no reaction to him. I don't like this. He thought. What is going on? What did Katlima do? What is she planning? His eyebrows furrowed and he glared at the floor. What will happen next?
BE Dragon: And there is the end of Haunted, chapter nine! .:grins:.
PLG: How lovely. Another short chapter.
BE Dragon: Considering that I haven't updated in a while, and have been terribly busy, I think I did good. .:pouts:.
PLG: Phsh. What ever. I still think it is short.
BE Dragon: Hey! I made it a page or so long than last time! OD
PLG: What ever!
BE Dragon: .:laughs:. Well, I hope you all enjoyed this chapter! I really did try hard. I'm having writer's block and I don't know if it came out right. TT. Tell me how I did?
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