Warnings: Rating M, swearing, child abuse, if this type of thing offends you then DO NOT READ! This is a fictional story and nothing more. This rating will be staying the same nothing will change, so please take note.
Disclaimer: I don't own Yugioh.
CHAP 11. Escape and shopping Sprees
Meg was thrown onto the hard floor of the basement where she had spent the night before; he had used her again, and beat her a little this time, she had a split bloody lip, and a bruised cheek from a swift backhand she got earlier when she had bit him on the hand to get away from him. "A few more days." He said as he chained her ankle again and headed for the stairs. Meg coughed as she rolled onto her side but came up short as she hit something. Meg pushed herself up wincing as she did, but gasped out of shock and fear and moved back in a hurry. "Oh I hope you don't mind a little company." He laughed. "Meg, meet Lucy, Lucy meet Meg."
"You're a sick bastard!" Meg shot at him angrily; he was standing on the stairs half way up where he had thrown her from, he just smirked at the comment.
"Be grateful that it's not you… yet." He walked up the stairs and with a loud slam of the door and the lock falling into place, he was once again gone. She turned her eyes to the other.
Lucy lay on a blanket and she looked to be clean not a mark on her but for the word 'bitch' carved into her left breast. Her short blonde hair fell around her head, and blue eyes stared at the ceiling, big and fearful she was pretty and young much younger in her late teens... maybe.
Meg got up and grabbed an old rag from one of the boxes and placed it over her face, she jumped right back again as far as she could get and rubbing her arms against the sudden cold in the room, the chain didn't let her get to far. She looked around searching for that escape. Meg looked out the small window that was covered in frost leaning on the sink for balance and to get a beater look, but not being able to see through the window she sighed and gave up. She let herself down and turned and lent on the sink with a sigh, her heel hit something under the sink and it rattled, a metal on metal sound and she crouched down and found a toolbox, she pulled it out and opened it, it was empty but for a few things.
She took out a hammer and a few screwdrivers, she bit her lip thinking what to do with them, and that she should have watched all those McGyver t.v shows that her mother liked so much, she might have learnt something from them, but then again she never thought she would need to escape from a basement.
Meg pushed aside all thoughts and started to work on the chains but nothing seemed to work. She glanced at the pipes that held her; she hit it with the hammer at the joint as hard as she could. She almost screamed with happiness as the pipe gave way and the chain came free. She dropped the tools and got up running to the little window, with the cuff around her ankle still and some of the chain. She pulled herself up and managed to get it open she gasped as the snow fell in on her skin, she pushed it all aside with her arm and looked out, pulling her arm back in, she watched the outside world for movement, her captor, and any sounds that could tell her that he was lurking outside.
She got down she would need something to cover herself up with, and looked around spotting the blanket under Lucy. Meg groaned as she decided that she needed it more than what Lucy did, she rushed over and pulled it free from under the body and wrapped it around herself. "Don't worry, I won't leave you here, and I won't let him get away with this." She pulled the rag from off the others face, and laid it over her hips. "In case I don't make it maybe you can get him for the both of us." She pulled a few strands of hair from her hand, she had pulled it free in the struggle when he dragged her back down here, and she opened Lucy's mouth with a little difficultly, it was hard and set, she rolled the hair into a ball and placed into the mouth and closed it again. "I'm sorry, I'm so sorry." She whispered to Lucy. "I'll get help for the both of us."
Meg stood up looking down at the frightened girl; she had wished that the young girl hadn't been here alone when she died at the hands of her captor. "Good bye Lucy." She went over to the window and crawled her way out. Her freedom!
Meg pulled herself out of that small window, she gasped as the cold snow touched her bare skin. She got to her feet pulled the blanket around herself more and looked at her surroundings.
She gave a whimper as there was nothing but woods, she started to walk slowly. 'What way should I go?' she asked herself, it seemed so hopeless. She bit her lip. 'If I just run straight ahead then I'm bound to find someone.' She looked around again, not seeing her captor anywhere, she shifted on her feet, they were numb already from the snow.
'Now or never girl!' with that she took off running, arms and legs pumping as she headed for the tree line. She was a track and field runner; long distances were her favourite so this would be no sweat for her, unless the cold got her.
The blanket kept slipping and she had to keep grabbing at it to keep herself covered. She gasped as a loud bang echoed through the trees as bark fell from a nearby tree; she too fell to the snow, but got back up and ran, the blanket was left behind. "WHERE ARE YOU GOING MEG?" Her captor called, his voice echoed around her.
'Away from you.' She answered him in her head; no point giving off her direct location, a few more shots from a gun missing her, as she still ran from him.
"Don't be like this, I'm a great guy. You don't have to run from me!" he called out again, she knew he must be reloading his gun, but the bastard was keeping up with her 'how?' she thought, but cried out as she fell down an embankment, her feet went over her head as she tumbled down, she came to a sudden stop at the bottom.
Meg shook her head glad that she hadn't hurt herself on the way down scrambled to get up to her feet and run again. "I thought you loved me?" She looked over her shoulder and there he was on top of the hill with the gun aimed at her, she stopped and turned and faced him panting.
"FUCK YOU!" She screamed at him tears finely falling as all hope left her.
"I'm quite annoyed with you." He growled at her, he too was out of breath. "This wasn't meant to happen this way."
"I'm so sorry to have spoiled your plans." She sneered at him, what did it mater now, she was going to die right here in the woods alone like Lucy, and no one would ever find her. "You fucking Mamma's boy." She threw some snow at him. "What's your childhood trauma, Mommy didn't love you enough? You sick fuck." She fell to her knees as he just watched her. "SHOOT ME YOU FUCK!"
"You're so angry!" He stated amused never had any of his girls did this before they died.
"Just don't stand there, SHOOT ME!" She yelled again, he grinned taking better aim at her, but they both froze as voices came from their right.
"I think it was over here?" A mans voice said.
"Are you sure?" a second one said, they were close.
Meg jumped to her feet and turned in the new comers direction. "Over here!" She took off running, hoping to make it to them.
"No one gets away from me." He aimed and shot. Meg barely heard him and she didn't care she was escaping, but pain shot right through her head. She stumbled and fell to her knees touching the side of her head, pulling her hand back and looking at it and finding blood.
"Oh hell, what's going on?" The men stopped a few feet away from her. She looked up to find two men with guns of their own, 'hunters.' She thought as she fell face first in the snow.
Marik was at the mall, along with both of his older siblings, Isis and Rishid. Malik clung to Marik's hand and stayed as close as possible Ryou had Malik's other hand.
Ryou who was walking close to Malik giggled as if Malik had said something funny to him and latched onto Malik's arm. Malik frowned at him but let it go looking up at Marik
'Bad men.' Marik thought, what could have Ryou meant by that, sure the words where simple enough for anyone to understand. But what were they hiding from? And to top everything off, Bakura was coming home soon, if all went well, and he would ask Ryou about it later tonight, on what he meant or try to find out a little about them. "Hey Marik." Rishid said, nudging Marik with his elbow.
"I'm going to look at the new store." He moved about the over crowded mall, Marik and Isis lost track of him almost instantly.
Soon the four were walking through the bed section of a store, Marik and Isis talked as Malik was smiling at Ryou who found it necessary to sit on each bed and bounced a little testing them out on their softness, last thing that Ryou wanted was a hard bed to remind him of the long and so many nights spent on hard floors.
Ryou took his time in picking a bed for himself, they moved onto the toy department, once again Malik was ever watchful over Ryou, who looked over all the toys picking them up and looking them over, "I'll be back." Marik said to Isis who was helping Ryou, she nodded and Ryou giggled as the stuffed bear that he was holding spoke to him. 'Lets be friends!'
It took Marik a while to get what he was after, he bought both Ryou and Malik a new play center for the back yard, with swings, slide, complete with playhouse, and bikes for all three. Bakura being the older and most likely wouldn't be to happy with a play center, so Marik got him the latest game console with games, he had a feeling that both boys would be with him for a while, so he didn't mind, he spent a bit more time picking out other things for them, never had he ever spent this much before on gifts, he left them to be delivered at a later date.
Malik watched Ryou giggle and hug the teddy bear. "I never had a teddy before." Ryou smiled holding it out in front of him.
"We'll just have to take it with us then." Isis said, and handed the bear to the lady at check out, with Malik and Ryou following her. Isis looked around through the crowd of people looking for Marik. "Lets just go this way." She said turning to her left, Ryou held her hand as Malik clutched to Ryou's arm. Malik hated it when Marik wasn't around Ryou was okay but he wasn't Marik and neither was Isis.
Isis stopped as she saw Marik walking towards her he said. "I got what I need." Malik let go of Ryou's arm and ran to Marik who scooped him up, the boy snuggled up to him and relaxed, Marik gave him a firm hug. "I think we should head home?" Marik said as it was starting to get dark, but he sighed as his cell rang out. He moved Malik to his left arm and looked at the caller Id then answered it. "Officer Ishtar."
"Marik, I need you to come to the station and bring Malik with you." Yami said sounding urgent, Marik frowned glancing at Malik who was watching him and then Ryou who was looking at his teddy bear and Isis was kneeling in front of Ryou talking to him about the bear.
"Now?" Marik asked.
"Yeah, I think I found something out about Malik that you need to know about, I'm not exactly sure but it could be a lead… but if I'm right you might not like it."
"Alright be there soon." Marik hung up and pocketed his cell. Had Yami found Malik's family? Marik bit his lip his insides going cold. He hoped not, he hoped that Malik was an orphan. He was a detective after all and maybe there would be away to keep Malik's real family away from him, he had connections he could use, lawyers and such. He wasn't going to give Malik up at all. "Mare?" Isis glanced up at him worriedly.
"I need to go to the station for a bit." He glanced at her, but she noticed that he was looking right through her.
"Oh, are you okay?" She stood up taking Ryou's hand in hers. 'What has happened?' she thought, Marik looked nervous.
"Could you just watch Ryou? I won't be long." Marik said turning and walking away, Isis frowned at him.
"Is everything alright?" She asked following him, Ryou was jogging beside her as he was pulled along with her much longer strides.
"What's happening?" Ryou gasped, trying to keep up the bear was jostled about in his right arm.
"I don't know, I'll talk to you later." Marik said moving around an elderly couple and their shopping cart.
"Marik? Must you take Malik with you?" She had noticed that he hadn't left the child with her and police station was no place for a child.
"It concerns him." Marik mumbled and didn't sound happy at all.
"Is Marik taking Malik away?" Ryou asked out of breath, he looked up at Marik then Malik and he got worried with the way they were acting he had a feeling that he might not see Malik again. "STOP!" Ryou yelled pulling his hand free and ran forward, Isis gasped as Ryou latched onto Marik and pulled on his trouser leg. "Stop it, stop it!" Marik stopped walking and looked down, Ryou looked up scowling him with tears falling. A few people looked their way giving disapproving glances at such an outburst but kept walking by. "You can't take Malik away you said forever." Marik looked at Isis then down at the boy.
"Ryou?"
"You said, you said." With each word Ryou tugged on his leg, the boy was now sobbing Marik knelt down placing Malik on his feet and pulled Ryou into a hug. "You can't take Malik away cause he can't talk yet." Ryou looked up, thinking this was the only reason that Marik was walking off with Malik in such a hurry. "Please Malik needs some one to love him too." Malik watched him wide eyed, was Ryou right, was Marik taking him away? Malik started to cry too. Marik ran a hand over his face and groaned, he looked up as Ryou said. "He'll learn to talk, he will." Ryou was begging Marik on Malik's behalf.
"Ryou, Malik's not going anywhere I'm just taking him to work with me for a little while." Marik feeling guilty for not explaining himself better to the little ones.
"Really, Malik's not going away?" Ryou rubbed his eyes with the back of his hand.
"No, you'll see him before you go to bed tonight." Marik pulled the both of them into a hug.
"Promise." Ryou asked pulling back eyes locked with Marik's.
"Promise." Marik wiped the remaining tears from Ryou's face, then Malik's. "No more crying." Ryou nodded and hugged Marik then Malik. "Isis will watch you until I get back, so be good for her okay?"
"I want to come too." Ryou let go of Malik as Isis took his hand; Marik gave his sister a pleading look for help.
"Hey Ryou." She got the boys attention. "How about you and I go see Bakura, would you like that?" Ryou burst into a big smile and nodded his head. With that the small group split up.
TBC
There you have it another chap I'll update soon… don't know what on but I will on something… so Review me people.
