8 elements: oh my god, I'm sorry I'm late
Yugi: having a hard time in trying to write it?
8 elements: hell yeah
Yugi: thought as much
Atem: can we move on now?
8 elements: oh yeah, here's the latest chapter, let me know what you think
Chapter 9: Just another day
Yugi had just finished rounds and was heading back to his office to go through some routine paperwork. He was thankful that he didn't have a huge work load today, and that he didn't have to work in the E.R, he may have been a doctor and had a passion to help those in need, but sometimes working on the E.R would take a long time and be very tiring.
When he was half way through his paperwork, his office door was flung open as a nurse entered in a frantic pace.
"Dr Muto, we have a stabbing victim in the E.R, and no one is free!" she didn't need to finish her sentence as Yugi was already running down the halls, towards the E.R. When he entered, he saw that an operating room was being prepared and the victim was being brought in on a stretcher. He made his way to the stretcher to help the other doctors and see what damage the victim sustained.
"Dr Muto, am I glad to see you," another doctor said as Yugi got close.
"That's fine, let's just- Atem!" He yelled, which caused some of the people moving the stretcher to stare at him, but they quickly went back to work. Atem managed to open his eyes to see Yugi looking down on him, but also trying to stabilise his injuries as well.
"Yu-Yu-Yugi," he said as he tried to reach up with his hand, but it was placed back down as they arrived at the operating room.
"Get me an oxygen mask and some anaesthetic, he's losing too much blood!" Yugi yelled as everything was getting prepared, but Atem was still trying to reach Yugi's face with his hand, but Yugi just finished putting on his gown, gloves and mask, and had no time to try to comfort him.
"Hold on Atem, can I get that mask, we need to start," a breathing mask was placed on Atem's face and his shirt had been cut open to reveal the wound on his shoulder.
"Okay, inject the anaesthetic, we have to start now," Atem tried to say something, but when he felt the needle in his arm, the drug had began to enter his system, making him feel sleepy, and it wasn't much longer until he fell asleep because of the drug, allowing the doctors to begin their work.
Meanwhile, at the front of the hospital, Amunet had just arrived and was desperate to find out the condition of her son. She approached the front desk and tried to find out where he was.
"Excuse me, could you tell me where Atem Sennen is, he was just brought in," she said when she was at the front desk. The person there looked up to see who it was and quickly turned back to look at a computer screen, they quickly typed something in and clicked a few times before finding what they were looking for.
"He is currently in surgery, but we already have a room prepared for him. You can go there and wait for him to be brought in if you would like to." The person said as they looked back up to Amunet, who gave a small smile.
"Yes please, what is the room number?" She asked.
"Room 104, it's on the third floor," she gave her thanks before heading off to the elevator so she could go to the third floor. There wasn't any other people who were waiting so she was able to get in and up to the floor in relative quickness. Thankfully for her, the room wasn't very far from the elevator, so she went in the room and sat down on one of the chairs in the room that would be used for visitors, but she wasn't able to think about anything else than the condition of her son, and if he would be alright.
Back with Yugi, he had just finished the operation on Atem, the damage he sustained was much more than he thought. The weapon used to stab him was twisted when it came in contact with his body, ripping at some of the surrounding muscles, so his shoulder was badly damaged. His hand was not as bad as it looked, the blade missed the bones in the hand, so it just needed to be cleaned and stitched, but now came the most difficult part, waiting for him to wake up.
"Okay, can we take him to his room? We've done all we can at the moment," Yugi asked and some of the other doctors helped him to move Atem to the room that he was assigned to. When he entered the room, Yugi noticed that Atem's mother was already there and she stood up as soon as she saw that Atem was wheeled in to the room and lifted on to his bed. He was still unconscious and still needed an oxygen mask on, but he was made more comfortable and some I.V tube was placed in his left hand, making sure that he got his fluids. When everything was set up, the other doctors left the room, except Yugi, who decided to stay behind since his boyfriend was the one who was injured.
"Dr Muto, what happened?" Amunet asked as she sat down in a chair next to her son's bed, holding on to his uninjured hand.
"We are unsure at the moment, I was just finishing up on my shift when he was brought in, all I was told that he was a victim of a stabbing, but other than that, we don't know what happened." Yugi explained as he took the second seat that was next to the bed, not wanting to leave his boyfriend at the moment.
"I wish that we would've met under better circumstances Dr Muto," Amunet said, trying to strike up a conversation.
"I feel the same way, and just call me Yugi, since I'm dating your son it only seems fit to call me that." Yugi explained, and got a small smile on the face of Amunet.
"My son was right about you, you're a very special person.
"Maybe, but I am just someone that's there to help those in need."
There was a knock at the door and someone walked in, the man who entered was about 6ft tall, with white hair going to his shoulders, blueish grey eyes and wearing a grey business suit.
"Amunet, it's good to see you again," he said and Amunet just gave a smile before standing up to hug the man.
"It's great to see you to Aknadin, I just wish it was under better circumstances," she released him from the hug and sat back down by her son's bed. It was then Aknadin noticed that Yugi was in the room as well, he seemed a little confused at why he was there, but then he noticed he was wearing a doctors uniform.
"Mr Sennen, it's a pleasure to meet you, I'm Dr Muto, but just call me Yugi," he stood up and shook his hand, to which Aknadin returned the gesture.
"Well it is a pleasure to meet you as well Yugi. Pleased don't be offended, but shouldn't you be working around the hospital now?" He asked and Yugi gave a gentle smile.
"Actually I had a quick talk with my boss when we finished the operation and he said that I could stay with Atem, I'm not sure if you've been told, but he and I are together. That and I just about finished my shift when he was brought in." Yugi explained, but when he finished, they all heard a small groan. The three turned to look where Atem was and could see that he was starting to wake up, much to their relief. Amunet immediately grabbed on to his un-injured and gave him words of encouragement to wake up.
"Come honey, you can do it, wake up," she said and Aknadin joined in as well.
"That's it Atem, open your eyes," he said as Atem was close to opening his eyes fully, so Yugi added the last bit of encouragement.
"Atem, come on, your safe now," when Yugi said that Atem finally managed to open his eyes, but he shut them quickly because of the lighting of the room. When he felt like he had gotten used to the lighting, he opened them again, but slower than before. He looked around him and saw that his mother, Yugi and even Aknadin was in the room with him, but he turned his head towards his mother who was close to crying.
"Mother," he said in a dry whisper, and Amunet just nodded before she gave him a gentle hug.
"Oh my baby, who could have done this to you?" She asked, Atem was going to answer but he was cut off when he felt a hand on his uninjured shoulder, he turned his head to see who it was and was greeted by his uncle's face.
"It's good to see you again Atem, I only wish I came sooner," he said and gestured to his injuries. Atem gave a soft chuckle, then he noticed that Yugi was right beside his uncle. Just like before he went into surgery, he reached out with his hand to Yugi, and unlike last time, Yugi grabbed on to it, intertwining his fingers with Atem's.
"Thanks Yugi, I hope this doesn't count as a date," he said and Yugi laughed at the statement as well as Aknadin and Amunet, Atem himself just gave a smile, knowing that he got everyone to cheer a little.
"You always seemed to get us to laugh at the right moments Atem," his mother said as she wiped a tear away from her eyes. Atem just shrugged his uninjured shoulder at the comment.
"It's a gift, what can I say?" He said, but then he thought about something else as well. "Pardon me a moment Yugi, but will this push back my treatment for my legs at all?" He asked and Yugi gave a questionable look before thinking over everything his mind.
"Pardon me a moment, but what are you talking about Atem?" Aknadin asked, but Amunet explained everything for him.
"What he means is that he recently started a treatment plan to help him be able to walk, that is if he goes through all the steps." She explained and Aknadin's eyes widened, but he soon broke out in to a smile.
"That is wonderful news, your father would be proud of you my boy," he said to Atem and he gave a smile at the mention of his father. Atem then turned back to Yugi.
"So do you think that the treatment will have to be put off for a while?" He asked again, and this time Yugi answered him.
"Not really, if you think about it, you'll have to do rehab for the injuries you have now and you could do some leg work during that time as well, so if you think about it, it won't really be pushed back at all." He explained, much to the relief of Atem and his family.
A knock on the door grabbed everyone's attention, since Aknadin was the closest, he opened the door to find a police officer on the other side.
"Pardon me sir, I was told this is the room of Atem Sennen, is that correct?" He asked as he checked over the notes he made to get to the room.
"Yes it is, do come in," he said and moved out of the way to let the man in, when he did walk in, Aknadin shut the door and turned to look at the rest of the people in the room, who didn't seemed surprised to see an officer at the moment.
"Mr Sennen, I'm Deputy Morgan of Domino Police Station, I was sent here to get some information if you feel up to it at the moment." He explained and shook hands with Atem. Amunet and Aknadin decided to give him some space and left the room so he could tell his side of the story, Yugi was about to leave as well, but Atem still had a good hold on his hand, so he just sat back down.
"I understand, is there anyone else that you have talked to before me officer?" He asked and Deputy Morgan gave a nod of his head.
"Yes I have, I have talked to your secretary, a few other employees of yours, a security officer and your attacker before I came here," he explained, shocking Atem.
"Please don't be insulted Deputy, but I didn't think that you could get all that done in such a short time," he commented and Yugi gave a small nod in agreement, Deputy Morgan just gave a small chuckle, which almost sounded like one that Atem would do.
"That is fine Mr Sennen, I'm just dedicated to my work. Anyway, I need to ask you some questions, is that alright or do you need more time?" He asked Atem.
"No, I'm alright to do it now, is that alright Yugi?" He turned to his boyfriend, who nodded his head in agreement.
"That's fine, just don't get stressed out too much," he said and Deputy Morgan looked confused at the small conversation.
"Before we begin, who are you sir?" He asked Yugi, who gave his reply.
"I'm Dr Yugi Muto, I'm Atem's personal doctor and the one who performed his surgery, and I'm also his boyfriend," he explained and Morgan gave an understanding nod before preparing a tape recorder and his notepad. He placed in on a bedside table before pressing the recording button.
"This is Deputy Morgan here interviewing Mr Atem Sennen, also present in the room is his boyfriend Dr Yugi Muto." He said before beginning to get down to the harder questions. "Firstly Mr Sennen, at what time did you arrive at work this morning?"
"I arrived at about 6:00 am, I had to go back in after I had taken a few weeks off." He explained, knowing what question he would be asked next.
"Why had you taken a few weeks off Mr Sennen?" Morgan asked him, and again he gave his answer.
"I had recently began a treatment programme that my boyfriend had developed to help those who don't have the ability to walk, I needed to take a few weeks off to recover from the first process of the treatment."
"Alright, back to the attack, when did you first realise that Miss Gardner was in your building?"
"I would say between about 7:00 and 7:30 am, I had heard a scuffle from outside my office. My secretary Debra was trying to stop someone from entering my office from what I could hear. When I heard the voice of the person, I could tell who it was straight away. I went to my door and opened it to see that my secretary was attempting to keep Miss Gardner from entering my office."
"Why was she trying to enter your office Mr Sennen?"
"I'm unsure about, all I know that she said was that 'I can see Atem when I please', those were her words, not mine."
"I understand, please continue."
"When I had seen her outside, she pretty much demanded me to let her in, I decided to take a chance and let her in, before she entered I told my secretary to call some of my security team, but after Miss Gardner entered my office, I told her to call the police as well."
"Why did you ask her to call the police as well as some of your security team? It would seem to be a little over board."
"Some would consider that, but I consider myself a careful man and I didn't exactly trust her."
"Right, after you told your secretary to call the police, what did you do then?" Atem paused before trying to remember the events of that morning.
"Mr Sennen, do you need more time to recover before continuing?" Morgan asked Atem,
"No, I'm fine, I was trying to remember the events of this morning in order." He stopped again when he felt a headache starting to form, but he pushed it back before going on with the interview.
"When I went back inside of my office, she was on one of the sofas, she was sitting in a position in which she hoped to seduce me, but I didn't fall for her attempts. She stated that she 'came to see her boyfriend,' which is a load of rubbish because I am with Yugi at the moment."
"And what did you do after she made that statement?" Yugi had now gently taken Atem's injured hand in his own, giving him some comfort and encouraging him to go on.
"I told her that I was in a relationship with somebody and that I didn't like the fact that she was making comments like that. She then made some derogatory terms about how Yugi looked like a poor person and that I should only go out with some one in my league, meaning that she thought that I should be with her or someone like her. I got pretty upset with the statements that she made and lost it, shouting that Yugi was more than enough for me. She got upset that I said that and she walked over to me in an attempt to intimidate me, which didn't work."
"And what did she do after that?" Atem sighed before continuing his story.
"She lent over me saying that why was Yugi enough for me, she placed her hands on my legs which caused great pain in my legs."
"How did that cause you pain if I may ask?"
"I suffer from an extremely rare disease called Tornado syndrome, it affects my lower back, my hips and legs, essentially I can not walk and it causes me extreme pain."
"Right, what happened after she put pressure on your legs?"
"I yelled at her to get off and I pushed her away."
"And how did she react to that? When I asked her this question, she said that you assaulted her, slapping her face for no reason." Morgan explained and Atem's temper started to rise, and Yugi could tell.
"Deputy Morgan, did Miss Gardner make it seem like she was the victim when you were questioning her?" Yugi asked as he rubbed Atem's hand, which managed to calm him down.
"She seem like she was a victim in the way that she described everything," Morgan replied before Atem answered his question.
"Deputy Morgan, I can tell you now that I did not slap her for no reason. The reason to why I slapped her was because she tried to make herself look better than me, and the fact that she pretty much made a statement about how my father is now dead and no longer in my life, that is why I slapped her." Atem explained as a few tears managed to escape from his eyes. The other two men in the room could see how a statement like that would upset him, but Morgan needed to get his answers.
"Okay Mr Sennen, just a few more questions. What did you do after you slapped her?"
"I pretty much yelled at her that I didn't like the way she was talking about my father, and the fact that I hated people bad mouth those who can't defend themselves, I then went back to my desk to get back to work and for her to take the hint to get out, which she didn't."
"What happened after that?"
"She said my name which grabbed my attention, I told her to get out but she didn't budge. She sat on my desk over the paperwork that I was trying to do, she said she had something to tell me and I asked her what. She then told me that if she couldn't have me, then no one else could. Before I had time to react, she brought the letter opener out from behind her back and stabbed me in the shoulder. I tried to get it out but she got it in a position that I couldn't reach, I was then tipped out on to the floor, I tried to get away but she stopped me and then stabbed me again, but it was in my hand. Before she could do anything else, the police broke my door down and got her off me. I passed out not long after that." Atem finished explaining and Deputy Morgan stopped his tape recorder.
"Thank you Mr Sennen for your time, I'll let you know if anything happens, get some rest." He said before leaving and Atem let out a tired sigh.
"You okay Atem?" Yugi asked as he released his hand and checking over his injuries.
"I guess so, I'm just really tired at the moment, do you think you could get some stuff to help me sleep?" Atem asked Yugi, who gave a nod to his boyfriend.
"Sure, I'll be back as soon as I can. Shall I tell Amunet and Aknadin that you want some sleep now?" Atem thought about that before nodding in agreement with Yugi. Yugi gave Atem a kiss on the forehead before leaving the room, he saw both Atem's family members waiting outside the room.
"Yugi, how is he?" Amunet asked the young doctor as he closed the door behind him.
"he's fine, he wants to get some sleep at the moment, so I'm going to get something to help him, I'm afraid that you may have to leave now." Yugi explained, expecting them to protest at least, but instead of that, they both just nodded their heads in agreement.
"That would be best for him now, thank you for informing us Dr Muto," Aknadin said before looking at his watch, noticing the time.
"Well, I think I'll go see how my son is doing, might give him a heart attack as well," Aknadin commented and got Amunet and Yugi to laugh, it seemed that making comments like that ran through the family.
"Alright then, I'll tell him that, have a nice time guys, I'll let you know if he improves at all." Both the older adults bid their goodbyes before leaving the hospital, which left Yugi to his thoughts for a moment.
He had thought that Atem would finally be able to get back to work like he had wanted to, but thanks to the actions of what Yugi thought was a spoiled brat, he was now in the hospital recovering from stab wounds. Yugi just sighed and went to go get something to help Atem sleep, and he had a funny feeling that he would have some more visitors, some that would most likely cause quite a few stares.
8 elements: sorry I took so long
Atem: stuff happens
8 elements: I know that, look what happened to you
Atem: hey
Yugi: anyway, please give a review while I try to separate these two 'stands up and goes to separate the two from fighting