Natoya: Hi all! Welcome to chapter 10! /is dressed up like a gypsy/
Yugi: Thanks be to everyone who reviewed!
Natoya: Thanks so much! You guys are wonderful!
Yami: Toya, why are you dressed as a gypsy?
Natoya: Because it's almost Halloween silly! Speaking of...
Shakai: /is wearing a small sweater with a candy corn on it/
Yugi: Aw!
Natoya: And now... /snaps her fingers/
Yugi: /is dressed as an angel/
Yami: /is dressed as a vampire/ What the-?!
Natoya: Time to get festive! /cheers/
Yugi: /blushing, mainly because of Yami's outfit/ Uh... okay, let's start the chapter.
Natoya: Yes, lets!
Yami: Natoya does not own Yu-Gi-Oh, or the movie The Crow.
Natoya: Enjoy the chapter guys!
Warnings for: Blood, violence, guns, knives, swords, and other related violence.
Thanks to my Imouto, Cheyenne, for betaing!!!
Atemu walked quickly down the street, intent on his new target. Weevil was the only one of them left—the only one left to take out. Then he would be done. But what would happen once he was done? Would he die again? Or was he forced to walk the Earth for all time, as a living ghost? Would he ever find peace, eternal rest? The crow cawed above him, drawing his ruby orbs upward to the sky where the crow glided on air, looking back down on him. Their eyes connected and their minds brushed each other.
"What happens when I'm done?" Atemu asked. The crow cawed again and landed on a cable, forcing Atemu to stop walking.
When you are done, there will be no other reason for you to stay. You will return to where you came from. Atemu cast his eyes downward. No other reason to stay? What about Rebecca? At that, Joey's face flashed before his eyes. The crow was right. There would be no other reason for him to remain here. While Becky loved him and he loved her, he knew she no longer needed him. She had Joey now to fulfill the role Atemu and Yugi once filled, and a life without his lover would be truly no life at all. He longed to return to the land of the dead, to find Yugi.
"I'm so tired," Atemu mumbled, leaning back against the wall of a building and closing his eyes.
I know you are. But you can only claim your final rest once your mission is complete, Atemu. Atemu opened his eyes and glanced back up at the bird.
"I know that. I know." Atemu placed his hands inside his pockets and continued walking as the crow let out another loud caw and took to the air with a flapping of sleek black wings. The crow would lead him to Weevil, and to the end of his mission.
There was a party going on downstairs. Loud rock music blared through the buildings as bodies danced and writhed on the dance floor, sweat, blood, and sex mingling all together in one bundle. Over in the corners, women laid splayed in men's laps, either taking drugs or giving those men a little something to remember them by. It was wild—perhaps too wild—but this was just how Dartz liked it. He stood above them on a balcony, each one of them oblivious to him. Dartz's eyes scanned over the bodies below him, a smile coming to his face.
"The room is almost full," Vivian commented, approaching his side and hooking her arm through his.
"Good. It'll soon be time to send my men into this city again to wreak havoc and disaster," Dartz said, moving his arm to wrap it around her body and pull Vivian closer to him. Her own brown eyes scanned the room beneath them, only her eyes held disgust and not amusement.
"How can you stand to watch them?" She asked, reaching up with one hand to lightly touch a lock of Dartz's light green hair.
"One of them could be the arsonist of tomorrow, you know." Dartz grinned at her as she rolled her eyes and smiled.
"None of them are worthy enough to be in your presence. They are lucky enough to even be allowed in your building." Vivian leaned up and kissed his jaw.
"Ah, you flatter me, Princess. Come, it's time to meet the boys." Dartz turned and led her back into his main room, where about twenty men were sitting at his table, drinking bottles of whiskey and beer, and loading their guns. They teased each by holding it to someone's head and cocking the gun, only to take it away with a laugh. Catcalls and whistles sounded through the room as Vivian and Dartz walked in, all their eyes on Vivian's exposed thighs. Dartz shot each one of them a glare and the looks and whistles ceased. Dartz sat at the head of the table and Vivian took a seat next to him. Alexander was standing behind Dartz's seat, a struggling Weevil held tightly in his grasp. Dartz nodded at him and Alexander shoved Weevil in the seat on the other side of Dartz, earning a whimper from the green haired boy as he glanced around him fearfully.
"Good evening, gentlemen," Dartz greeted them. The men's attention was undivided, each one waiting for what he would say.
"Halloween is almost upon us again, boys, and you know what that means." Dartz smiled grimly. "We start a bunch of fires, cause a little chaos, take over some businesses, and make some profit."
"I like the pretty lights," Vivian piped up, running a black colored fingernail up Dartz's arm. The men all shared a chuckle at her words.
"Now, you all have been disappointing me lately." Dartz went on. "You've been slacking; businesses are slowly gaining more power back. Fires aren't as grand and as pretty, even though there are dozens of them." His eyes scanned the men before him. "But that's mostly due to those fucking copycats that keep taking our ideas. You boys don't even seem to be enjoying what you do anymore."
"So what do you want us to do?" A red haired man at the end of the table asked.
"I want you guys to go out there and spread more chaos and disorder, and I want you to enjoy doing it! I want the fires to light the whole fucking city! I want each of you boys to look me straight in the eye and scream to the heavens about how much fun you're having!" Dartz slammed his hands on the table, whipping his head to the side and staring at Weevil.
"WEEVIL!" Dartz screamed. "How do you feel!? Do you feel what I'm saying?!" Weevil's eyes went wide behind his large rimmed glasses.
"I feel like a little worm on a big fucking hook!(1)" Weevil replied fearfully. Dartz and the other men around the large table began to laugh.
"I feel like a little worm on a big fucking hook!" Dartz mocked with a chuckle. All eyes were suddenly drawn to the end of the table where a crow had landed, a loud caw escaping its beak. Weevil screeched and jumped out of his seat, only to be grabbed by Alexander. Vivian's eyes widened and a greedy look entered them as she watched the crow. The bird took off a moment later with another caw.
"Gentlemen!" All eyes then turned to the man who entered the room, walking briskly towards them. Dartz's brow rose and Weevil screamed.
"Let me go! Let me fucking go!" The man continued forward, reaching the end of the table where he hopped up on it, sitting down cross-legged. He clasped his hands in front of him and flashed everyone a white toothed smile.
"You're him, huh?" Dartz spoke. "The man who took out Raphael and the others." The man's crimson eyes flashed and he pointed down the table to Weevil.
"I just want Weevil. Give him to me, and the rest of you may live." Those words sent Weevil into another fit, the green-haired boy screaming and crying to be set free. Dartz rolled his eyes and smiled.
"You can't have him." Dartz replied. The man grinned and rose to his feet fluidly, extending his arms out wide.
"Fine then," he said. "Now let's see you stop me from taking what I want." He motioned to himself. Dartz frowned.
"I've had enough of this shit! Kill him!" Dartz roared.
Atemu smiled as they raised their guns up and prepared to fire at him. The crow cawed in the background, and it soothed him. As the hail of gunfire ripped through his body and vital organs, Atemu closed his eyes. He body shook under the force of the bullets and finally the effects knocked him backwards off the table where he hit the floor with a thud. He lay there for a moment, allowing his wounds to heal. It had hurt some, but not that badly. Soon he didn't hurt at all. He vaguely heard Dartz say something, and the men around the table laughed. He pulled a gun out of his pocket and slid himself under the table.
Meanwhile, Vivian had snuck to the back of the room and tried to grab the crow, who was perched on a table, but it let out a caw and flew off. Vivian pouted, looking off in the direction the bird had flown.
"Hey, he's gone!" Atemu heard a man say. Atemu grinned and shot the man, hitting him in the head. He dropped like a stone and he heard a few yells and shouts of surprise. Men began firing under the table, accidently nailing a partner of theirs a couple times as a man would drop to the floor in pain. Atemu slid out from under the table, firing at whomever got too close to him. Dartz grabbed Vivian and ran with her to the back of the room, Alexander not too far behind. They escaped out the back door, the sound of gunshots echoing through the room.
Weevil screeched and ducked under the table, hiding as gunshots went off above him. As soon as Atemu's clip ran out, he chucked the gun aside. One man tried to swipe at him with a knife, and he grabbed it, turning around and slicing him across the throat, grabbing another gun out of from inside the man's coat at the same time. He fired at a man and kicked another in a chair, sending him out through one of the glass windows, crashing to his death below.
"Holy shit!" Another man yelled, firing at him. Bullets continued to rip through his body as he fired the gun at the remaining men, but Atemu paid it no mind. He didn't even feel any pain. He was too focused on killing these men who were standing between him and Weevil. Men were dropping like flies, and Atemu ran out of ammo again. One man had grabbed a sword and swung it at him. Atemu jumped back, and the man took another swipe. Atemu grabbed the sword and yanked it out of his hands, stabbing him in the gut and then pulling it out, throwing it at the wall where it stuck.
He grabbed another gun from a dead body and began firing again. A few shots came from above him, and Atemu jumped onto the table and dropped onto his back, firing the gun upwards. The two men up there dropped their guns and fell over the balcony, crashing to the floor. The few men left were still firing their weapons in a vain attempt to stop him. Atemu grinned widely and laughed.
"You're all going to die." He told them, firing the gun at another man. Atemu fired the gun a few more times, knocking out the last remaining men. Sirens were now wailing in the background; the police would be here soon. It was silent now, except for the whimpers coming from under the table. Atemu grabbed the sword out of the wall and stalked to the table, jamming it into the wood. He heard Weevil scream, and the boy scrambled out from under the table, only to be grabbed up by Atemu. He swung Weevil around, ruby red boring into greenish blue.
"It's not a good day to be a bad guy, eh, Weevil?" Atemu asked. Weevil let out a shrill and hysterical laugh.
"I'm not Weevil!" He motioned to a man lying dead on the floor beside them. "That's Weevil! Weevil's dead, so you can let me go now!" Atemu shook with rage, and he nodded his head as visions of that night in his and Yugi's home assaulted his mind once more.
"That's right." He replied shakily. "You are dead." He then swung Weevil around again, ignoring his cries for mercy, and Atemu threw him out the window. Weevil screamed all the way down, until Atemu heard a sickening thud and Weevil's screams ceased. Just as Atemu was about to walk away and leave, the door behind him burst open and a few police officers ran in, their guns raised.
"Stop! Don't move or we'll shoot!" Atemu raised his hands in mock surrender and began dancing away, side stepping to the end of the room where he then jumped out of a window onto a fire escape. Above him a chopper shone its light down on him. The crow suddenly flew out behind him, cawing loudly. Atemu smiled at the bird when he saw it land on a ladder and then fly away. He used the ladder to get up onto the roof of the next building over.
Atemu began running across the rooftops, trying to outrun the chopper. He had no idea where he would go, just so long as he got away. The chopper began firing at him, and in a desperate attempt to get away, Atemu dove off the building. He crashed into a pile of garbage below, scaring the crap out of a homeless man, who ran off. Atemu stumbled to his feet and hurried down the alley. A car suddenly screeched to a halt in front of him. Atemu's eyes widened as Joey threw open the driver's side door.
"Get in!" The blond cried. Atemu dove into the car and Joey took off before Atemu even had the door closed. "Next time duck!" Joey scolded. He turned the corner onto another street. The chopper was soon left behind. A car suddenly pulled out in front of him, roaring by, and Joey hit the brakes, cursing. He heard the door open beside him and when he looked, Atemu was gone.
"Damnit! I knew you were going to do that!"
Dartz stared forlornly out the window of the car he was sitting in. He and Vivian were in the back, and Alexander was driving them. Dartz had instructed him to take them somewhere abandoned, where no one would suspect they would go. Alexander had said something about a church in the graveyard. After getting the okay from Dartz, that is where Alexander was taking them.
"The whole city should be in flames by now," Dartz complained. "The sky ought to be blood red."
"So that is the late great Atemu Sennen, I take it?" Alexander commented. "Bastard." Vivian was playing with something in her hands while the two men jabbed.
"He has a special power. But this power can be taken from him. You must take it from him." Vivian told them. Dartz raised a brow and turned to look at her.
"How do you take it?" Dartz replied.
"The crow is his link between the land of the living, and the land of the dead." Vivian went on. Alexander smiled.
"So kill the crow, and we can kill the man?"
"Sounds good to me," Dartz said, continuing to stare out the window at the black night sky.
(1) HYTY requested this line, so this one was put in there for her. /grins/
Note: The last two chapters will follow the movie kind of close now, it was unavoidable, so I hope no one minds.
Natoya: And that ends that chapter.
Yami: /grins evilly, revealing his fangs/ Hee hee, Weevil is dead.
Yugi: /blinks/ Uh... Yami?
Yami: Yes?
Yugi: You're scaring me.
Yami: I apologize love. /hugs Yugi tight/
Natoya: Aw!! /tries to hold back a fan-girl squee/
Yugi: /turns quickly to glance at readers/ Please review everyone. /smiles/
Natoya: Yes, please review!
Yami: /gently bites Yugi's neck/
Yugi: /moans/
Natoya: See you guys next chapter! Bye! /waves/