It had been a week since Yugi had been rescued from Silas he and hasn't spoken one word, he just sits in bed and stairs at the wall. It's like no one is home, his eyes are dull and lifeless, he won't move unless someone makes him, he won't eat, or do anything but sit. Yami has not left his side ever since we had arrived on base, the rest of the gang would come and visit him as often as possible. But no matter how much they all wished that Yugi was going to get better he wasn't. The strain on Yami was already starting to show; it was getting harder for him not to go on a killing spree without his light to guide him. Everyone could see this yet there was nothing they could do to help him only Yugi had the soul to tame the Pharaoh's rage.

The whole base was walking on egg shells all week avoiding Venatrix as much as possible; she was almost in the same shape as Yugi, just a little better. She only spoke when spoken to and had a constant frown on her face, yet she took care of the sparklings same as always. She would have continued in such a fashion for a lot longer if it weren't for the fact that Jazzy came to talk some sense into her. Now everyone knows that Jazzy is strange so when they saw her talk involved shouting, a tap dance, pie to the face, and a slap with a rubber chicken they weren't too freaked out just surprised. Though despite her unorthodox methods; Venatrix was back to normal within the hour looking for a way to snap Yugi out of his funk.

Venatrix walked into the med bay everyone looked at her yet said nothing, she approached them then sat on the edge of the bed across from Yami. "Has he said anything yet?" she asked in a quiet voice.

Yami just shook his head "No he hasn't, and if it was not for the fact that I can still feel him I would say that his soul had been taken from him by force. I have tried to contact him form my soul room but the door to his remains firmly shut not matter what I try."

"What does he do when Ayame is in here?"

"We don't want her to come in here and see him like this."

Venatrix was not happy to hear this "I don't think that is a good idea to keep Yugi from his sparkling, If it was not for my sparklings I would be in the same state as he is now."

Yami shook his head again "no I don't want to traumatize Ayame she is too young to see things like this she can stay with the other sparklings until Yugi is better."

At this point Venatrix was not paying attention to Yami but Yugi who had started to clutch at the sheet as Yami spoke Venatrix looked into Yugi's eyes as she spook to him "Yugi do you want to see Ayame?" He gave her a faint nod it was not a lot of movement but it was the most he had moved under his own devices all week.

Yami smiled a little when he notices this "are you sure about this Aibou?" he asked in a quiet tone, Yugi nodded again with more vigor this time.

Venatrix smiled and went off to get Ayame from the sparkling nursery; she comes back a few seconds later with Ayame in arms and hands her to Yugi. "It's her feeding time in a few minutes do you want to feed her or do you want Yami to feed her?"

"I'll feed her if I'm allowed to" he said his voice raspy for not being used in a week; Yami's eyes widened in surprise. Venatrix just smiles and hands a bottle to Yugi as he cradles Ayame near his chest to feed her, his eyes were no longer dead looking as he feed his sparkling. He cooed as Ayame tried to take the bottle from Yugi so she could feed herself but she failed causing a faint smile to grace his lips. "Are we going to go home soon?"

Venatrix smiled "yes you can go home as soon as Ratchet deems you fit to go, Seto has had the portal ready to go for a few weeks now you just need to get better."

"Are you going to take Ayame from me now?" he asked well seemingly sinking into himself.

Venatrix looked shocked at this "what do you mean Yugi? Why would I take Ayame from you she is your sparkling?"

"I couldn't protect myself how could I protect her?"

And just like that everything clicked "Yugi I will never take Ayame from you nor will anyone else, Ayame is your sparkling no matter what happens she will always be yours. You just need to get better to look after her full time, you can't take care of her if you are not well so we are helping you out by looking after her well you recover once that happens she will be in your care full time again."

Yugi's face split into a large smile "Then I guess I will have to work hard to get better so I can look after my Ayame."

"I have no doubt about that, get some rest I'll have Ratchet bring in a cradle for Ayame so you and Yami can look after her." Venatrix left the med bay knowing that Yugi was going to be just fine.

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One Week Later

"Come one Yami lets go I want to see how grandpa is doing." Yami tries to balance all the bags they were taking with them along with Ayame in his arms well Yugi bounced around the room. Everyone was surprised how fast Yugi had removed once Ayame had been placed back into his care; he was completely back to normal now.

"Hikari Pretty lets go I want to go see our siblings so I can apologies to them" said Malik well dragging Marik along.

Bakura was sulking "Bakura, Ryou can I talk to you two for a minute?" asked Venatrix; the two came over to see what she was going to say. "This is for you" she holds out a pendent with some symbols on it "it will stop Zok from hurting Ryou you will still be the 'bad guy' but your Hikari will be safe from him."

Bakura looked like he was going to cry at this point along with Ryou "Thank you Venatrix after all the time we have spent here I don't think I could stand my Hikari getting hurt because of me."
"It's my honor to do so; now the Kiba brothers are going to stay here for another week once he returns he will be setting up a gate between our worlds I want all of you to visit as often as you can alright? "There was a resounding yes form all of them and Venatrix smiled "Group hug!" They all said their good byes and headed through the portal. Despite her best efforts Venatrix started to cry as the people from Yugioh left the base felt empty after they had been there for a month. Preceptor cleared his throat a little to get Venatrix's attention. "All right I give you won the bet I cried get over it I'll get your data tomorrow." There was a little victory dance from the since-bots as they had bet Venatrix that she would cry when Hikaris and yamis left so tomorrow Venatrix would go into sub space to get some data for them. Venatrix rolled her eyes at least there was nothing to worry about in sub spaces right? How wrong Venatrix thoughts would be proven as her next adventure would begin with Sirius Black in her pocket….