Ok so here's the next chapter. And here's the warning, there's suicide in this chapter and I would also like to take this moment to warn you that the chapters from this one onwards are only going to get worse, sorry.

Anyway, read and enjoy, and don't forget to review.

Resurrection

Chapter 12

"Here"

"Thank you Mr Moto"

"Call me grandpa, everyone does" Solomon smiled, handing Alex a large white mug of steaming hot tea as she pushed her phone back into her jeans pocket. Her mind full of thoughts, mostly about Yami and how she felt about him, making her feel more confused and unsure.

Sighing lightly, Alex watched the small white curls of steam rise from the hot liquid held with in the mug, blowing across the top as she took a long sip, feeling the soothing liquid run down her throat, warming her body completely. It had been a long time since she just sat down and relaxed with a mug of warming tea, the last time she had was when her mother was still alive.

Sighing once again, which seemed to be all she did at the moment, Alex began to rub gentle circles upon her temples as the dark hypnotic male voice began to whisper in the back of her mind, growing louder by the minute.

~ Not now ~

"Alex, are you alright?" Solomon asked, concern held with in his voice but then looked up from her as the tingling sound from the small bell above the shop door echoed around them.

"Grandpa, we're home" Yugi yelled from the shop as Solomon got up from the kitchen table, followed by Alex, cringing a little in pain as the once whispering voice now turned into screams, stabbing away at her mind with every word it spoke. To Alex it sounded crazy but it felt like the voice was trying to pull her body some where and the more she struggled, the more the pain grew, maybe she should just give in and let the voice take her where it wanted, shaking her head at the thought that just crossed her mind.

"How did it go?"

"Not so well grandpa, Ishizu, she's been…" Yugi trailed off as Alex walked out of the connecting door, leaning back against the counter, arms crossed over her chest as she tried to force a smile to cover the pain she was in.

"I'll leave you to it" Solomon smiled, walking back through the connecting door towards the kitchen.

Biting down lightly upon her bottom lip as the pain running through her body began to become unbearable but she was determined not to scream in front of them as the haunting voice continued to get even louder with its screams, like someone had turn speakers on to the max.

"I just want to apologize for the other day, I was bei…""Alex, your bleeding" Yugi cut in as Alex quickly brought her hand up under her nose, wiping away the small flow of blood with her hand.

~ Damn it! Just stop, I can't take it any more ~

"Alex, are you ok?" Yami asked, watching as Alex's body seemed to shake slightly, bracing herself against the counter, her hands clamping down upon the rim as tears started forming in the corners of her eyes, her head felt like it was spinning, as if at any moment it would explode.

How could a voice in her mind be giving her so much pain? Trying so hard to stop her body from shaking but it wouldn't listen.

"I'm fine" she snapped, not really meaning to be so harsh but the pain that the voice in her mind was eating away at her soul, killing her slowly from the inside.

"I have to go" she almost whispered, moving away from the counter as she pushed past them, stopping by the shop door as her whole body felt like jelly. She had to get out but her body refused to move, biting down even harder upon her bottom lip, causing it to bleed a little.

Closing her eyes tightly, Alex clamped her hands to the sides of her head, the cries of pain she longed to scream seemed to become lodged with in her throat as she struggled to make out the muffled voices of Yami and Yugi over the intensity of the voice in her mind.

Her body began to shake more violently as she felt like she was choking upon the pain and screams as the world around her became nothing more then a blur before everything went black.

"ALEX" Yugi yelled as Yami quickly reached her, catching her limp body before she had a chance to hit the ground, putting her left arm around his neck while lifting her legs up with his other, carrying her bridal style into the apartment at the back of the shop.

"What happened?" Solomon gasped, shooting up from out his seat at the kitchen table, knocking over the mug of tea he was drinking.

"She collapsed" Yugi told the slightly shaking old man as Yami made his way up the stairs, leaving the others standing in the kitchen for a moment before following him.

Using his foot, Yami pushed open the door to his room, walking over towards his bed as he gently laid her down, her face screwing up in pain as Yugi and Solomon entered the room.

"She looks like she's in pain, should we call a doctor" Yugi asked as Solomon knelt down next to her.

"What's this?" he asked, mainly to himself, gently pulling her arms towards him as he looked down at the two large scars upon her pale wrists.

"What is it grandpa?" Yami asked, looking at the old mans wide eyes with a raised eyebrow.

"These scars, someone must have really hurt her in the past or she tried to take her own life, you don't get scars like these by accident" Solomon stated flatly as he got up off his knees.

"Someone needs to stay with her"

"I'll stay grandpa, here Yugi, take her phone, you better phone her dad and let him know" Yami said, pulling out Alex's phone from her pocket and handing it over to Yugi, with only a nod from the little one.

"Yugi, tell him she's fine and that she's going to stay here for the night" Solomon yelled after his grandson as he left the room.

Yami looked back down at Alex as her finger nails dug into the white sheets, gripping the fabric tightly in her hand, tears slowly falling from her closed eyes, wiping them away gently with his hand, something was hurting her, causing her enough pain to make her cry, but what could he do, he couldn't even see what was causing her pain.

"You love her, don't you?" Solomon spoke up as Yami looked at him blankly but said nothing. Sighing lightly, Solomon couldn't help but smile as he left the room, closing the door behind him as Yami looked up for a moment before turning back to Alex as he brushed a few strands of fallen hair from her face.

Did her love her? He had no idea since he couldn't remember ever being in love before, all he did know was that he really enjoyed being with her, he felt empty and alone when she wasn't around and that after she kissed him in front of Tea, he longed to claim her lips again with his own, was that love?

A dark mist seemed to choke the once peaceful nights sky as a teenage girl with long ebony hair and some what moon kissed pale skin stood, arms wrapped around herself, upon one of the balconies of the palace, trying to find any source of the moons beautiful glow but none could be found, there was nothing but that darkening mist, clawing its way slowly towards the palace, like a predator stalking its awaiting prey.

Letting out a small sigh as she shivered, a pair of strong arms wrapped themselves around her waist, leaning back against his chest, her head resting upon his right shoulder.

"He's coming for me" she whispered, looking up into crimson eyes.

"I wont let him hurt you Layla, I will protect you, even if it cost me my own life" Atem told her, gently kissing her forehead, sighing lightly at the sadness held with in her once sparkling blue eyes.

Layla moved out at Atem's arms, slowly walking back into the room, tears filling up with in her blue eyes, she couldn't let him be killed for her, she loved him to much to just watch him die. She couldn't bare the thought of him dieing for her, her hands quickly falling upon her slightly raised stomach. She hadn't found the right time to tell him that she was with child and now she couldn't bring herself to tell him.

Turning her head back towards the balcony to look at Atem, tears rolling down her pale skin as she tried to smile, quickly dropping her gaze down to the floor as more tears threatened to fall. Atem walked slowly towards her, he would have given anything to see her smile again, his heart ached from with in his chest at the pain and sorrow that she was clearly feeling.

Lifting her head with his hand to look into her blue eyes, wiping away the remaining tears as he leaned closer towards her, gently capturing her lips with his own as she wrapped her arms around his neck, kissing him back.

"Pardon my lord but Anubis has entered the kingdom" a strong male voice spoke from the doorway of the room as Atem looked up at one of the guards before looking back down at Layla.

"Stay here, you will be safe" was all he said, gently kissing her forehead as he followed the guard out of the room.

Layla watched as the Pharaoh left, turning to the balcony, walking out onto it, her hands upon the stone railings, her eyes wide, the once beautiful cities of Egypt were now engulfed in bright orange flames and thick black smoke. The sounds of cries and screams filled the nights sky, rumbling along the wind like thunder as Layla ran back into the room, collapsing onto her knees, her head in her hands as she began to shake.

"This is my fault" she mumbled over and over again, rocking back and forth, unable to get her body to stop shaking as the continuing cries and screams drifted into her ears, stabbing away at her very soul.

Lifting her head slowly towards the large dresser, her gaze slowly falling upon a small golden handled dagger upon the top. Taking a deep breath, Layla slowly stood up, moving her shaking body towards the dresser, starring down at the dagger with blank eyes, her right hand moving towards the handle, gripping it tightly as she walked out of the room.

Her body seemed to be in some kind of trance as she walked, everything around her was nothing more then a blur, a sea of mixing colours as she entered the throne room. Her once blank blue orbs grew wide with a mixture of fear and shock, Anubis stood before her, Atem upon the cold stone floor, unconscious.

The once beautiful gold lined throne room was now nothing more then a blooded room of death, the scattered body parts and lumps of decaying flesh of the Pharaohs body guards clung to the blood drenched walls and floor all around her as she swallowed hard, trying to fight back the strong wave of nausea, her breathing uneven as she stood shaking in front of the man that had haunted her dreams.

"Layla, its time to open the gate" Anubis hissed at her, his red eyes fixed upon the dagger with in her hand as he slowly walked towards her, curling his lips up into a dark and sadistic smirk as he watched her shaking form come closer to him with every step he took, the years of waiting and planning finally falling into place.

Layla slowly parted her lips but her words seemed to become stuck with in her throat as though the foul air around her had choked away any words she could speak.

Her body shaking uncontrollably with fear as she lifted the dagger towards her neck, the tip lightly pressed onto her soft skin as she gazed down at Atem, she knew what she had to do and she did this for him, to keep him safe.

A single tear rolled down her pale cheek at the thought of her unborn child, but she knew this was the only way, Atem couldn't stop Anubis, he was to strong, but she couldn't allow him to open the gate.

Anubis stopped dead in his tracks, looking over at Layla with narrow eyes as Atem let out a small groan, his eyes slowly fluttering open, slowly looking up at Layla with wide eyes.

"I will not let you hurt anyone else" she almost screamed, her every word dripping with venom, her whole body finding some new found strength at the sight of her love waking up.

Smiling softly at Atem, Layla slowly closed her eyes as another single tear rolled down her cheek, opening her piercing blue eyes to look at Anubis, knowing what she had to do to end the pain and killings.

"I will never open the gate" She hissed as she pushed the daggers tip into her skin, not stopping until her throat hit the hilt of the dagger, pulling it slowly along the line of her neck, opening the blood gushing wound wider.

An almost deafly silence fell with in the room as the blood and tissue covered dagger slipped from Layla's hand, landing upon the stone floor as its sound echoed around both Anubis and Atem as Layla's lifeless body dropped to the floor, surrounding by a pool of her own never ending flow of blood.

A loud roaring growl escaped Anubis' lips as Atem rushed to Layla's side, his hands wrapped around the large opening with in her throat in a attempt to save her life, though he knew from the breaking pain held with in his chest that it was already to late.

The Pharaoh stood, eyes wide, his bare chest stained with thick red ruby blood as he looked down at the lifeless body with in his arms, her once ebony black hair now matted, dripping small pools of blood onto the stone floor, her piercing blue eyes nothing more then soulless glazed orbs as a single tear rolled down Atem's cheek, pilling her cold body closer towards him.

Ok. So that's that chapter. Hope you enjoyed. Please review.