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Joey and Yugi follow Dr. Packard to the second floor. "I didn't think that I would have to see this hospital again so soon." Joey says sadly with his hands in his pockets; Yugi looks up at him and Chris glances back for a second. He suddenly stops and turns to the both of them, "I'm going to warn you, Tristan isn't going to look like he normally does. He isn't going to respond to you when you talk to him." Joey and Yugi nods in unison and ushers for him to take them to Tristan's room. When they walk into the room Joey took a deep breath and Yugi was getting extremely nervous.

Tristan is hooked up to I-vack machines monitoring his pulse, heart rate, and blood pressure. There is a blue tube hooked to a breathing machine inside his mouth breathing for him with IV's in his arms. Tristan face is extremely paler then usual and his hair isn't in his signature style, his dark-brown hair is laying limp on his shoulders. He is laying perfectly still.

"Yugi, you can go first."

Dr. Packard says interrupting their thoughts. "You have five minutes" Yugi tries to walk into the room but his legs wouldn't allow him to move. He just stares at Tristan with wide eyes trying to wrap his head around everything. "You don't have to go in, Yugi. Just wait for me out here" Joey says not taking his eyes off of Tristan. Yugi just nods and sits in the chair outside of the room trying to catch his breath. Joey slowly walks into the pale white room closer to Tristan. He hears the machine breathing for him and says slowly

"Hey Tristan" he says walking closer to him, "You know these machines aren't a good look on you buddy." Joey weakly says with the false hope that he will laugh or respond back.

"Tris, I know that you had to be in so much pain and you must be enjoying yourself now, wherever you are. But I need you to fight, I need you to come back…I need you to come back to me. I can't lose you, we've been through so much together already. So please, use the strength I know you have and come back…..Please" Joey starting to cry, grabs his hand and cries on his chest.

Dr. Packard comes in a grabs Joey off of Tristan and takes him out of the room. "LET GO OF ME!" Joey screams to no avail. Dr. Packard, holding a kicking and distraught Joey responds, "You can't lay on him while he has the breathing machine, it could cause serious consequences." Joey eventually gives up and sits on the floor with Yugi sitting next to him consoling him.

"I need to tell you this. Tristan had a number of bruises and scars on him that have to be a least five years old or longer. Is there anything that you can tell me about that?" Dr. Packard asks while kneeling down to the two teenagers.

Joey and Yugi both look up at him and then at each other. "Either way I have to call CPS about this matter. But was wondering if there was anything that I should know before hand, it could help Tristan later." Joey says through tears,

"It all started when Ray came into the picture"