T.D.K- Ok. Chappie 14 is ready to roll! Woot! –begins to party-
Atem- Why are you partying? The story's not over yet!
Yugi- -silent- You took the words out of my mouth.
T.D.K- 'Cause we're starting to wind things down, hopefully. Mummy has officially taken a life of its own. But I sense the crescendo of action coming.
Atem- O.k. Good thing I know you're crazy, or I would have thought that to be weird. Anyway, my cousin doesn't own Yugioh, or Mummy. She's got dibs on the plotline and her ocs. Enjoy!
Atem kissed Yugi's cheek, brushing his blond bangs out of his face. "Forgive me, my love. I can't let this go on. I have to stop this, for you and Megan. Remember how much I love you." Atem tore himself away, leaving the room like a ghost. He went to Megan's room next. Name was waiting outside the door. She was not happy with him, that he could plainly see.
"Why do you insist on making the same mistakes, Father? You are leaving Papa and I again. The storm and my sleeping patterns are not your fault. Tea summoned the storm. My sleep patterns are from my body adjusting to my new abilities."
"Megan? I thought you were Name." She shook her head.
"Atem, it won't solve anything if you leave. I've already seen it. Yugi will commit suicide because he won't be able to handle life without you. Grandpa will become so depressed over it, his health will decrease rapidly. I'll be forced to put him in a home, where he'll die not long after. I will be left alone again. I don't want to be alone ever again. I won't make the same mistake twice. I know a spell that will bind you here. Don't make me use it." Atem's eyes widened in shock at the deadly tone in her voice.
How could his beloved daughter threaten him? Her sightless eyes were wide open, and they glowed a soft blue. He knew the glow of magic being prepared. She would bind him to the land, if he tried to leave. She'd given him much to consider. Atem sighed, knowing Megan had won this fight. Her lips lifted into a smirk he hadn't seen since they first met.
"Alright, you win. ...You wouldn't have really used that spell on me, have you?"
"Yes, actually. Atem, Yugi is what binds the three of us together. The pyramid of time. We're physical representations of it. Without you, the past, it's like Yugi, the present, can't exist. Without Yugi, I as the future can't be sane. It's a disruption principle thing."
"Alright. Let's get you back in bed." Atem hadn't really understood what Megan had meant entirely. Megan followed him back into her room. He watched her crawl back under the covers. Atem grasped the edge of the blankets, and pulled them over her. He sat beside her, whispering the stories Yugi had once told her. Atem knew she couldn't understand spoken Egyptian, but it was comforting to them both.
He went back to Yugi, slipping in beside him. "I was wondering if Meg would be able to stop you." Yugi turned to him, a satisfied smile on his face. "Look, Atem, I don't think I could go on without you."
They'd got him and he'd had no idea how they had known. He stared into Yugi's eyes. "You had this planned, didn't you?" Yugi's grin was answer enough.
Yugi slipped into Megan's room, leaving Atem sleeping soundly in the room they shared. She groaned as he shook her shoulder. "Come on, Meg. I need to plot with you." She groaned again, rising. "You up enough to think?" He whispered.
"Why the hell are you waking me up at this Ra damned hour?" She hissed, blind eyes blinking. "It's three in the damn morning, Yugi." He winced at the anger in her voice, but knew she'd forgive him. They'd already had one successful plan to keep Atem with them, but how much longer before the former Pharaoh's guilt was stronger than his love for them?
"Because we managed to stop Atem from leaving, but I really need your ears. Just because you're the Seer now, doesn't mean you can wiggle out of listening to my problems!" Megan laughed softly, returning the grin she knew Yugi was wearing.
"We won't have to worry about that for a while, but at the same time, we will eventually have to let him go. Don't worry. He won't be gone long." Megan said, a knowing look plastered to her face.
"Why do you look like you've just played the best prank of your entire life?"
"Because I remember an alternate to what I told Father about. I can't say what that alternative is. It would simply ruin it!" The pair laughed at the accent she spoke her last words with. While they were talking, enjoying the old habit from before Atem had been woken. Neither noticed that the former Pharaoh was outside the door, nor that he was listening.
He let the voices of his lover and once adopted daughter wash over him. He stifled his chuckles, when they told jokes, or thought up ways to foil their plotting. Atem did have to wonder why Megan said they would have to let him go eventually, but it wasn't his main concern. He sighed, retreating before either Yugi or Megan caught him.
T.D.K- -passes out to sleep-
Atem- -looks at Ty- Ty-Ty? Are you ok?
T.D.K- Let me sleep! If I sleep, I don't have to deal with winter until x-mas and my 21st birthday.
Yugi- Flames shall be sent to the Shadow Realm by one of the yamis. Still not feeling very well are you? –Tyrant nods-