A/N: Yeah….Lots of things happens while I work on this chapter. 4th of July came around and so did our county fair. That's always a joy, went on some rides, saw friends, and watch people puke. Michael Jackson died. Ah it's such a shame. RIP to him. Really his music was a huge influence to others. He will be missed.

So this chapter is like how the title is. Yes. Hope you enjoy.

I never got the chance to thank my reviewer-er-s from chapter 18 or 19. Erm… something to close to that.

Special thanks to:

Koragirl (your new to my stories I notice. Thanks anyways)

Midnight-Shadow18450 (what does the numbers mean in your name?)

Yami yasi (You know what? Imma make the next chapter better than this just for you)

Atem-tea lover 4ever (I can count on you for sure.)

Shadowfox313 (your name reminds me of Sonic the hedgehog.)

YamixSetofanatic94 (just out of curiosity, were you born on the '94? Anyways you're awesome)

Fantasia49 (big kudos for you my friend)

Mello-the melon. (Aka heart-drop rocker. Ha I just figure that out right now)

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Chapter 21: Procedures

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Yami looked around as the question was being asked.

"Please state your emergency"

He put a hand to his forehead, a bloody print lay there. "I-uh…" he fought for something to come out.

"Sir? Are you alright?"

"I need-" his eyes shut closed. "Patch me to Officer Kane tell him it's Yami," his voice was steady now. He was put on hold. Maybe the operators recognize him? It wasn't his first time asking for Kane. He got up and paced around slowly. His nerves were out of control at the moment. Suddenly he can hear Officer Kane calling to him.

"Kane!" boy was he glad to hear a familiar voice.

"Yami where the hell are you?" Kane yelled over the phone. Yami raised an eyebrow.

"I'm at the abandoned factories outside of the city," Yami told him. "Kane? You there?"

"Yami you better tell me what's going on!" Kane's voice boomed. "Are you okay? Why were you with your father?! Did he hurt you?" Yami rubbed his temple. He didn't want to talk about this. What he wanted was to go home and see Tea. If he wasn't so banged up he would run all the way to her house just to wrap his arms around her. Seeing her safe is all he needed right now.

"Please come," he whispered. Kane stopped his yelling.

"I'll be there in 15 minutes," he hung up the phone. Yami dropped the phone him on the ground and walked to the other side of the tunnel away from the body. He sat down and pulled his knees to his chest.

There were many things that were pushing at him, forcing him to think. Force him to realize what just happen. It would take forever to grasp it all and Yami just didn't have the energy to do so. His hand lifted to rest on his chest, something was missing. He looked down.

Oh it was just his necklace. Why he never kept a track of that thing was beyond him. But at least it was home, in his room where no one can't get their greedy hands on it. It did come to his mind at times that it look pretty pricy and his father did try on occasions to steal it for his own use, like selling it and using the money for drugs or booze. How was it possible that he hadn't lost when he was kid?

Yami looked at his knees. He felt distant thinking about something other than what happened but perhaps that was better for him.

Thinking of the puzzle reminded him of his childhood which he loathe. But it also reminded him of Jasmin and Yugi so he supposes it wasn't all that bad. They gave it to him and he knew he would feel upset if he lost it. He still remember the way Jasmin talked when she told him she thought that he forget it.

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"You know Yami my boy," Richard spoke with much suave. "You have prove to be worthy of my enemy. Who would've known?" he joked and Yami made no move to laugh. "Unlike those other wanna-be gangsters you actually prove to be bothersome. With what taking out Ushio twice, bringing Jasmin back-"

"I didn't tell her to come!"

Richard looked at him with a raised eyebrow. "No need to scream Yami. What was I saying? Oh yes." he suddenly looked serious. "Do you think you can make a mockery of me and get away with it?"

What the hell was he going on about? Yami thought. "What are you talking about? Is this why you wanted me to come? Just to threaten me even more?" he growled. "I'll take you on!"

"Careful Yami," Richard voice was no longer playful. "I have eyes everywhere, perhaps even ears. I'm only threatening you because you seem too stupid to get it if I write it on paper." Yami could actually feel his heartbeat picking up speed. "I have a couple guys following you. They could've gotten after you at any moment. I got two at the hospital, the one Jasmin is at. And not to have them visit Ushio either." Yami leaned back letting the fear seeping in. "Officer Kane isn't always with you, but me," Richard gave an evil smirk. "I'm like your little guardian angel, except I have no intention of protecting you whatsoever"

'Is she okay?' Yami asked himself. Just thinking back of the conversation between his father and him made him look around himself suspiciously. As if any moment Richard's followers would pop up just to shoot him down. 'Are they watching me here now?' he took a peek at the dead man a couple feet away.

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Kane raced against the clock. It was the sound of Yami's voice that drove him here. It sounded broken and weak. He was worried and he repeatedly beat himself up again. He wasn't there for Yami when he was small, when he was in middle school, high school, and against his father. Especially against his father. He failed all the time and he felt like shit.

When the Mazaki's called him around 6pm he knew something was wrong. The girl, Tea, was in hysterics. And once she told him Yami was taken away by a woman and two men with guns, he knew why she was scared. So he immediately went to the police station. He had a feeling this was happening because of Richard. But he was no help to him. That man merely spat in his face when he brought up Yami. He checked with the front office asking if they saw Yami by any chance. They told him he came to visit Richard a couple of hours ago. So that's why Richard got defensive. He went to his desk and made some calls. He needed to find Yami under any conditions except death.

8:30 came around and still no answers. The Mazaki's were calling every 20 minutes checking up on any updates and news. Kane fell guilty when he had to tell them that they had nothing but everybody was doing everything they can to find him. It didn't seem enough at the time.

But it was true. Finding Yami became the department's first priority. It became a kidnapping case. Detectives were now involved most of them at the Mazaki's house, and first rate officers guarding and helping in anyway, even the merely patrol officers where doing their part of patrolling the streets keeping an eye out for Yami.

Minutes later the Chief Police arrived, Chief Wong, with his daughter Vivian. Of course she came once she heard was going on. She ran to Kane once she saw him. He noticed her mascara was ruined with tear streaks. Another hour came by and nothing changed.

All they knew was that Yami was kidnapped during the time of 2:00pm to 6:00pm when the Mazaki's called. They know Yami came to visit his father around 1:40 and spent about 15min approximately talking to him. In the recorded video that was caught of them, they saw a woman and two men that matched Tea's description. They were identified on the data base and the information was being look at. Richard was being interrogated. Lillian Kuroki was found and also being interrogated.

However what made Kane more worried was that the other two men, Mitchell and Brian, could not be found, not at their place or their usual hang outs. It just had to be a connection. Tea told them that she saw the guns and that they showed them to Yami before he left with them.

They probably threatened him so he would go.

Now, once Yami was done talking to Richard, there lays the answers. There was a huge possibility that Yami was kidnapped after he left the police station. A witness, a runner, who came in around 6:30pm once the news was spread around from TVs to Radios, told them that he remembered seeing a boy being tied up and a black car.

"Dude, I didn't know what was happening at the time," he told two interrogators. "I just saw two beefy men, picking at a tall kid with weird hair. They ganged up on him and tied him down, that's all I saw, I swear," he told them.

"What did you do after?" one of the interrogators asked.

"Well I ran before they could see me," the runner answered. They set him free knowing that was all the runner knew.

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Kane squinted as he caught sight of the factory; it was really about a 20 to 30 minutes ride. He can see a fence on the ground and stopped before entering. He got out of the car and looked at the fallen fence. There were tire marks running over and leading to somewhere else in the private property. He got back in and followed the tracks. The tracks lead to a tunnel, Kane once again stopped the engine and climbed out of the car. He had a feeling something was in there and pulled out his gun. He grabbed a flashlight from his belt and turned it on. He looked inside the tunnel waving the flashlight although there was already light. He put the flashlight back in pockets and put up his gun. He pulled back the safety and walked step by step.

"Hello?" his voice bounced within the walls. He saw two figures sitting against the walls of the tunnel. He couldn't get a good look at them. "Yami? Is that you?" No replied.

"Anyone?" he asked as he walked further in. One of the figures stirred and as he lifted his head from his knees Kane gasped with realization. He put the gun down and ran to Yami full speed.

"Kane?" Yami whispered tiredly. Kane nodded and bend down to his knees to gather Yami in his arms. It was a move that a father would do to a child when they found them lost and broken. Yami looked at him, warmed by the hug; he didn't even notice he was shivering. His teeth were chattering. Kane put a hand to the back of Yami pulling him closer. Yami groaned from the pain of the hit where Kane laid his hand.

Kane pulled back now worried of Yami's condition. He took a look at Yami's head. There was a massive swollen area, no open wound thank god but this was serious enough. Kane knew he had to get him to the hospital to check him for any concussion or brain problems from the injury. He looked back at Yami's face, to see him closing his eyes, his face very exhausted. There was a bloody hand print smeared on his forehead. He checked for cuts.

He then put his hands on the sides of Yami's face. "Are you okay? Your ribs fine?" he asked. Yami opened his eyes to look at him. He felt to stiff to nod so he gave him a smile.

"My head hurts like hell, and I feel like my body weighs a ton. Other than that I'm peachy fine," Yami mumbled. Kane was glad to hear Yami's teasing but couldn't help but feel worried for him. "I want to go home Kane," he said afterwards.

Kane nodded understanding. Now to take care of the figure he saw. He turned around and cringed at the sight.

The man's clothes were drenched with blood. Kane let go of Yami and walked to the figure. He notice there was a bullet hole in the chest.

"Damn," Kane cursed. He knew he had to get the rest of the department involve. He heard Yami move and turned around.

"I didn't kill him Kane, I swear," Kane heard him as Yami tried to walk to him. "I only got in a fight with him but I didn't shoot him. He was like that when I woke up,"

Kane knew Yami wasn't lying. He knew Yami wouldn't kill the man like this. In fact now that Kane looked around there was no gun. No way Yami would've walked away from the tunnel in his state and get rid of the gun.

"Alright, well there's nothing we can do about him," Kane got out his phone and dialed a number.

"Yeah I got a potential homicide victim here at the deserted water reservoir outside of the city. Yami Atemu has been located also with a serious injury. I need feds and backup to check out the crime scene,"

"Is Yami Atemu a suspect?" a man on the other side asked.

Kane looked at Yami who stared at back at him. Yami's young eyes were huge and slightly scared of his answer. "No. No evidence is shown and he says he didn't kill him,"

The man answered back and told him they'll be there to inspect.

"I'm taking Yami to the hospital to get his injury checked out. I'll meet back at the station in about an hour," he told them and hanged up. He looked at Yami and smiled for the first time in hours. "Let's get you out of here," he told Yami and helped him walked to the car.

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Yami felt his eyelids getting heavy. Kane was speeding down the highway aiming for the closest hospital.

"I already called the Mazaki's. There gonna meet us there, is that okay Yami?" Kane asked Yami. Somehow Yami fell asleep for a couple of minutes. Yami nodded, his neck was still stiff.

"How bout Jasmin?" he questioned. Kane shook his head. Yami knew Jasmin wouldn't be able to leave, not at this time. He was worried for her, her safety.

Tea will be there, along with Jerry and Mr. and Mrs. Mazaki. Yami felt a sudden ease in his heart. That's good. He thought to himself. He can see Tea there, and everything will be fine afterwards. He was trying to be positive here and he really couldn't do much thinking with his banged up head.

"You'll be fine Yami, I guarantee it," Kane spoke.

Yami was grateful Kane hadn't gotten into his 'officer and his duties' mode. He was thankful that Kane didn't ask any question of what happen. Well I suppose there will be time for that later, Yami reasoned.

About 10 minutes later they were there. Already a stretcher was out waiting for them in front of the emergency room doors. The nurses helped Yami get out of the seat and lay him down on the stretcher. He wanted to tell them that the blood on his shirt wasn't his as they ripped it open and check of a wound of some sort but he figure they would figure that out without his help.

They rolled him into the room. Someone connected a heartbeat monitor to him, entering sharp needles into his arms and others attached cables to his chest and forehead. They took off the brace and a doctor felt around his ribs to check for anything broken. People wrote down things ran out of the room and came back with blood bags of Yami's blood type and strange equipment.

Yami seemed to make out one of the doctors speaking. "We have to relieve the pressure behind his head," He groaned when they felt around there. It turns out the blood was building and they had to suck it out, one of the nurses told him. He almost cried out when he felt something sharp against his head. Another nurse made him breathe from a mask.

"Count backwards from 10 sweetie," they told him.

"10...9…" he can feel the gas sweeping through his mouth and nose. It was making him tired and so sleepy. "….8" was his only number before he fell under.

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Kane watched the doctor's work. They shaved of the hair where the swollen area was. A nurse handed one of the doctors an empty syringe. He suspected they were going to draw out the blood from Yami's injury. Maybe afterwards they will be able to tell if what struck Yami caused any problems with his head.

He had fears that Yami's would go into a coma during the small procedure. Just like Ushio Tetsu who was still in coma as far as he was concerned.

He walked away from the doors and sat down at a chair in the waiting room. He would just have to wait for the Mazaki's to arrive.

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Tea couldn't stop her pacing. Jerry watched her from the couch; the movie was over a long time ago. His neck was starting to ache from moving it side to side. He was surprised that her pacing didn't leave a mark on the ground. He knew she was worried, scared, anxious, and the list go on… She wouldn't eat, her eyes were red from crying and as stupid as it sound she was blaming herself.

Well she shouldn't. Jerry thought angrily. "Would you stop that?!" he shouted. He realize he had said that out loud as the policemen and detectives stopped what they were doing and Tea stopped her pacing and looked at him curiously. He stood up from where he sat and went to her. "This isn't your fault, Tea," he said to her softly putting his hands on her shoulder like an older brother would do.

Her eyes went glossy and her throat choked up with sobs waiting to burst.

Jerry grabbed her and pulled her into a hug. "Come on Tea," he whispered. Everyone went back to work. They sympathize with what the family was going through.

"Yami chose to go with them," Jerry told her.

Tea sniffed. "I saw them with the guns," she mumbled. "I shouldn't have just stood there,"

"So what are you thinking? That you should've gone out to stop them and with what? Your body?"

"I was thinking of calling the police," Tea said getting angry.

Jerry closed his mouth and rubbed his face with one hand. He opened his mouth to try a different approach.

Suddenly the phone rang and Tea was only seconds away from answering. "Hello? Officer Kane?" she breathed.

Jerry watched her, he can hear bits of pieces from the other line but it was Tea's happy and teary expression that gave him a relieved sigh. "You found him?" He saw her grinned and he did also. "Well is he okay?"

Her face fell and she nodded. "What happened?" Jerry asked.

"What hospital?" There was moment and Tea nodded. "We'll be there," she hung up and ran to her room for shoes and a jacket. Jerry followed her before grabbing his jacket too.

"Tea?" he called to her. She turned to him.

"They found Yami. He's at the hospital. Where the keys?" Jerry checked his pockets, he was pretty sure he left them in there when he came back from the video store. Ah. He held them out. "Go get mom and dad and I'll meet you at the car." Jerry nodded while Tea went to the kitchen to look for her parents. She hadn't notice the detectives and investigators already leaving. They must've heard the update and the commands to head to the abandoned factory.

Just as Jerry promised, he was in the car with the engine already running. The outside wind was cold and Tea wrapped her jacket even tighter. She opened the door to the passenger seat while her parents sat in the back seats.

Tea fumbled with her fingers. Another force of habit that wouldn't leave her at this moment. She was happy, she should be, they found Yami. Sure he was sent to the hospital but Tea had to look in the bright side of things. At least he wasn't killed.

It seemed that was the only thing that hadn't happen to Yami but he was always so close to it. Just an inch away from death's grasp and Tea had this weird metaphor of death playing with Yami. Like a yo-yo or a doll. What were those weird ones called? Voodoo Dolls or something.

Yami should be left alone. He never asked for this, no one asks for a psycho ridden father with an obsession of making their own son suffer. Or sons, Tea sometimes forgets although Yugi was saved a long time ago and Yami was the one to save him. You couldn't forget Jasmine either. She never knew at the time, of course, and she regretted been told at first but there is no way around it. Something like child abuse, murder, and torture isn't something you should play around in your head. She learn that from those three and especially from Yami.

Her thoughts came back to him. Would be okay? Physically yes. But emotionally? Mentally?

There were so many things she wished she could do to help him. She wished she knew where to start.

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Kane looked at his watch. It's only been about 10 minutes since they started the procedure. One of the nurses already came to check up on him and told them that the minor surgery was a success and all they needed to do was do an MRI and CT scan of his head. There was no damage done to his ribs, thank god. It seemed his brace protected him like a shell. Like a turtle. The thought made Kane smile in an effort to be lighted up by the good news.

"Officer Kane!" he recognizes that voice and turned to meet the Mazaki's walking towards him. He gave them a friendly smile and he notices the youngest, Tea seemed to relax at his smile.

"The minor procedure went great, they just need to some tests to confirm any problems." he told them once they stood only feet away.

"Problems?" Mrs. Mazaki questioned. Kane turned to her and explained the head injury of Yami's.

"He was struck in the back of his head, there was blood building up there so they stuck a needle to suck it out. Now they want to check if any damage was done to his brain," Mrs. Mazaki nodded.

Tea walked by all of them, looking at the doors of the emergency surgical rooms. These pass experiences made her feel queasy about being in a hospital. She was scarred from the horrible memories of Yami bleeding against the wall and Jasmine's unconscious body on the floor. Her heart ache for Yami. Would he ever get out of here?

Jerry laid a hand on her shoulder. He stood quiet for a moment. Tea turned to him and tried her best to smile. "He's going to be fine," Jerry slowly nodded his head, he agreed with her.

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A/N: It started out great didn't it? It kinda went downward after that. I got stuck…

I hope I got the medical stuff right though. It would be embarrassing since I watch House MD 24/7. I don't think the CSI scenes were that bad.

I hope you guys forgive me for that and I apologize for grammar and spelling mistakes. At least its long right?

Ta-Ta for now. Reviews are love.