Disclaimer: And now your host…Yami Yugi!
"Hello, everyone! Five thousand years ago, I was the Pharaoh of Egypt. While I may not remember much about that particular phase of my life…er..or should I say afterlife? Either way, there is one thing I do know..Angel-Belle does not own Yugioh. She didn't own it five thousand years ago…and she won't own it five thousand years from now. She will NEVER own Yugioh!"
"Yami…I think they get the point, ok!?"
"Oh…excuse me…I may have gotten a bit carried away."
Author's Notes:. WARNING: BLOOD AND GORE IN THIS CHAPTER! This chapter's a bit short, but very long on drama. So that's why I decided to let this chapter stand out on its own. Plus, you could probably skip to the next chapter if you wanted to and still figure out what was going on. this. Arigato for all the reviews! Wow..over 200 now…Thank you sooo much!! A special thank you goes to my beta-reader, Hyatt Insomnia!
Warnings: Mild violence and language. Blood and gore in this chapter.
Listening With The Heart
Chapter Twenty: A Bloody Mess
Kaiba suddenly lunged at Joey's father. He grabbed the older man's wrist and pointed it upwards just in time. Joey yelped when the gun went off. The bullet hit the ceiling and made a small hole there. The two men ended up on the floor, wrestling for control of the gun.
Joey watched the scene unfold in horror. "Louie! Do something!"
Louie looked incredulously at the the blonde duelist. "Whaddya want me ta do??"
"Stop 'em!" Joey pulled as hard as he could, but to no avail. He couldn't get out of the handcuffs.
Louie looked over to Kaiba and Frank wrestling on the floor. "How 'm I supposed ta do that?"
"I don't know!" Joey shouted back, "Jus' stop 'em!"
Louie looked back over to the two men fighting, but made no attempt to break them up.
"Then get me out of these handcuffs! I'll stop 'em!" Joey pulled frantically, trying to get out of his restraint.
Louie shook his head. "Yer nuttier than yer ol' man, kid." And with that, he turned and left. "LOUIE!" Joey screamed after him.
He turned his attention back to his wrist that was handcuffed. There had to be a way to get free! He continued pulling and struggling. Suddenly another shot rang through the room. Joey froze for a moment. He didn't hear the sounds of his father and Kaiba rolling around on the floor anymore. That meant that one of them had probably been shot. The blonde teen quickly buried his face in the pillow. He didn't want to see who had been the one to lose this fight. It was eerily silent in the room. It seemed like time was suspended. Joey didn't know how long he had been in this position on the bed, but it felt like ages. He felt someone come over and sit down behind him on the bed. "Joey?" He instantly recognized the owner of that voice. He lifted his head out of the pillow slightly to reply.
"K-K-Kaiba?" He asked softly.
He heard a sigh. "Yes, it's me, Joey. It will be all right now." He felt Kaiba rub his back soothingly.
"M-my f-father?"
"He won't be bothering you anymore. You're free now."
Joey still had his face turned to the pillow. "I…I g-got shot, too, remember? I recovered…."
"Your father won't be recovering, Joey. Trust me."
"Wh-what?" He started to turn his head to look, but Kaiba gently pushed him back so he was facing the pillow again. "Don't look. It's not a pretty sight." Joey nodded in response. Kaiba sat behind Joey and continued to rub his back until the police finally arrived.
"Holy…," one of the officers breathed when they reached the room.
"What happened here?" another asked.
"I'll answer all your questions at the station," Kaiba replied. "Right now, I think we should get his boy out of here. That's his father."
"Oh crap."
"Do you have a key for these handcuffs?"
"Uh, yeah, sure, we do…"
"Good. Then I suggest that you use them so we can get him out of here." The officer silently retrieved his key and unlocked Joey's handcuffs. Joey rubbed his wrist, which was starting to form a bruise on it from his struggling. "C'mon Joey, let's go." Kaiba helped Joey to stand. He was careful to stand directly behind Joey, so the boy wouldn't turn around. He began to direct him out of the room. Another policeman came in and approached Kaiba. "We need to know what happened here. What is your involvement in all of this?"
"I'll explain everything…first I'd like to get this boy out of here." Kaiba replied.
"We can take care of that. Why don't you explain to me now?" He stood right in between Kaiba and Joey. The blonde was about to exit the room, but didn't want to leave without the CEO. Kaiba saw that Joey was about to turn around. "No, Joey, don't….!" He tried to push past the offensive police officer, but it was too late.
Joey gasped at the horror that greeted his eyes. His father was lying in the middle of the room. There was a large gaping hole where part of his head should have been. There was blood splattered on the wall and the floor. There were small bits of tissue on the floor, which Joey realized were probably parts of his father's brain. His lifeless eyes stared up at the ceiling, and his mouth hung open.
Kaiba quickly shoved past the policeman and grabbed Joey's arm. He literally dragged the teenager from the room; moving quickly down the hallway. He was enraged that the police were so stupid as to let Joey see his father like that. Halfway through the living room, Joey's knees gave out, and he collapsed to the floor. The older brunette instinctively wrapped his arms protectively around the boy. "It's okay, Joey…it's going to be all right."
They stayed there for a while like that, with the young CEO comforting the shaken boy. He gave his infamous glares to any of the police officers that tried to get them to leave before Joey was ready to. They wisely backed off.
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