Here's the next chapter.
I thought that the title fit.
Enjoy!
Chapter 37- Kill the Stepfather!
The ambulance arrived at the hospital, and the paramedics rushed Yugi into the hospital.
Ryou trailed behind them, deathly worried for his injured friend.
"We have a stabbing victim over here!" one of the paramedics shouted, trying to get a doctor's attention.
Dr. Reynolds immediately ran over. "What happened?" Dr. Reynolds asked.
"Not sure. All we know for certain is that he was stabbed in the back. He's lost a lot of blood." a paramedic told him.
Dr. Reynolds glanced down and noticed it was Yugi. 'Yugi!' Dr. Reynolds thought. He then started barking orders. "Get him into cubicle one! We need O-positive blood on the double!" Dr. Reynolds ordered.
The paramedics took Yugi to the cubicle.
"Will he be all right, doctor?" Ryou asked.
Dr. Reynolds turned to Ryou. He recognized him from the incident earlier. "I don't know." Dr. Reynolds said.
"Please. You have to save him." Ryou said.
"I'll do my best." Dr. Reynolds said before he went to where Yugi was.
Ryou wrapped his arms around himself. He was worried to death about Yugi.
Bakura arrived a moment later. "Ryou, how is he?" Bakura asked.
"I don't know. The doctor is looking at him now." Ryou said.
"Damn it! Why did this have to happen to Yugi? He didn't deserve this." Bakura said.
"I know." Ryou said.
Bakura noticed that Ryou had tears in his eyes and wrapped his arms around Ryou. "Don't worry. Yugi's going to be okay. He's a fighter, and there's no way that he's going to leave us now. He's got way too much to live for." Bakura said.
"I know. I'm just worried." Ryou said, holding onto Bakura tightly.
"I am, too." Bakura replied.
A few moments later, Yami arrived at the hospital with Solomon, Seto, Joey, Marik, Malik, Tristan, and Tea there as well.
"Where is he?!"
"Is he all right?!"
"What happened?!"
"What's going on?!"
Bakura growled. "All right!" Bakura said loudly.
The group grew quiet.
"We don't know what happened exactly. Ryou and I arrived at Yugi's house and found the door partway open. I went in to see if Yugi was okay and found him on the floor. Someone had stabbed him in the back. Ryou called for help, and he was brought here. The doctor is looking at him now, but we don't know more than that." Bakura said.
A moment later, Dr. Reynolds walked out.
"Dr. Reynolds, is Yugi okay?" Yami asked.
"I don't know. He's lost a great deal of blood, and I don't know what the extent of the internal injuries might be. We are going to need to do surgery, though." Dr. Reynolds said.
"Please. Just do what you need to." Solomon said.
"I plan on it. Someone needs to fill out all the forms." Dr. Reynolds said before he walked off to do the surgery.
Solomon got the forms and started to fill them out.
"All right. Who the hell did this, and who do I need to kill?" Marik demanded, pissed off.
"I don't for certain, but I would say that Yugi's stepfather is the one who did this." Bakura replied, just as pissed.
"I'll kill him." Yami growled angrily.
"Take it easy. We need to make sure that Yugi's going to be all right first. Then we'll figure out what to do with him." Seto said.
"Why do you think Yugi's stepfather did this?" Tea asked.
"Bakura and I came to the hospital earlier today. Beth was running a fever, so we wanted Yugi to check her to make sure she was all right. Bobby was here. We saw him hit Yugi in the face and then the stomach." Ryou said.
"What?!" Yami exclaimed, growing even angrier.
"When I saw that, I grabbed the guy and pulled him away. Dr. Reynolds forced him to leave since he didn't need medical attention. Yugi was okay, but man, I wish I had killed him then." Bakura said.
"No. You would have only made things worse for yourself." Solomon said.
"Would he resort to murder, though?" Seto asked.
"I don't know, but I honestly wouldn't put it past him." Joey said.
There wasn't much more that the group could do, so they waited.
Amara and Aknankanon soon arrived with Darren Morgan behind him.
"How is Yugi?" Amara asked.
"He's in surgery now. We'll know more once he's out." Yami said.
"This is becoming repetitive. I need to know what happened." Darren said.
Most looked confused.
"This is Darren Morgan, chief of police." Yami said.
"Yes. I talked to Yugi earlier. It seems that his stepfather attacked him here." Darren said.
"Yeah." Bakura said.
"Now, I need to know what happened with this incident." Darren said.
"I don't know. Ryou and I had been called by Yami to stop by Yugi's house and check on him. Yugi hadn't arrived at the engagement party tonight. We stopped, and the door was open partway. Thinking something was wrong, I went in and looked around cautiously. I found Yugi on the kitchen floor. There was a knife in his back. Ryou came in when he heard me shout. He called for an ambulance, and I came to the hospital while calling Yami to come here." Bakura said.
Ryou nodded in agreement.
"I see. Well, I'll have to talk to Yugi when he's able to find out what happened." Darren said.
"We'll let you know when you can." Aknankanon said.
"In the meantime, I'm going to be hunting down Yugi's stepfather." Darren said.
"Why? You don't know that he's done this." Seto said.
"True, but I can arrest him for two different assaults, and that also makes him a prime suspect in this." Darren said.
The group then walked off.
"Did you call him?" Yami asked, looking at his parents.
"Yes. I figured that he would need to know about this." Aknankanon said.
"I just hope that Yugi's going to be okay." Tea said.
"I'm sure that he will." Joey said.
~Two Hours Later~
Yugi was still in surgery, and everyone was worried.
Yami had paced so much that he was going to wear a hole in the floor.
Bakura and Marik had found another way to amuse themselves.
"We could always tar and feather him." Marik said.
"Too painless. How about I get a machete, we lock ourselves in a soundproof basement, and do whatever we want." Bakura added.
"We could add in assortment of other weapons, too." Marik said, his eyes shining.
"We could always skin him alive." Bakura said.
"There's the idea of beheading him." Marik said.
Bakura smirked. "We could always cut off his balls and-" Bakura started.
"All right! Enough!" Aknankanon said, tired of hearing this.
"Yeah. Can't you think of something more productive to do with your time?" Tea asked.
"Hey. What better way to pass the time than to come up with different ways to kill him?" Bakura asked.
"Well, at least start saying them more quietly. Not all of us want to hear what your sick minds can come up with." Amara said.
"You know, you could always make it look like an accident." Malik said.
"Meaning?" Marik asked.
"Push him down a flight of stairs." Malik said.
"That's not painful enough." Marik said.
"Make it a thirty story building." Malik said.
"Hmm. Has potential." Bakura said.
"I swear that Marik has been a bad influence on you, Malik." Tristan said.
"I don't think so." Malik said.
"We do." Joey said.
Yami finally stopped pacing. "What's taking them so long?" Yami asked.
"These things can take time, Atemu. You just have to try and be patient." Amara said, knowing how impatient her son could be.
Bakura and Marik decided to go back to figuring how to kill Bobby.
"You know, we could always buy a lion and throw him to it." Bakura said.
"Or take him to Florida in the States and throw him in crocodile-infested waters." Marik said.
"Take him in a plane and push him out when we're at 45,000 feet." Bakura said.
The group was annoyed, but was glad that they weren't coming up with as gruesome ways to kill Bobby.
Marik suddenly smirked. "You know, we could keep that idea of a soundproof basement and heat up some metal and took and use them to torture him." Marik said.
"Excellent." Bakura said.
"Back to the gruesome deaths." Amara said.
"Doesn't surprise you, does it?" Aknankanon asked.
"With these two, nothing surprises me anymore." Amara replied.
The group listened as Bakura and Marik came up with other ways to torture and kill Bobby.
"Why not just lock him in a cell with a serial killer?" Yami asked.
The group looked at him.
"What?" Yami asked.
"Hey! That's perfect. Get one that's good at torture." Bakura added.
"That's not like you, Atemu." Amara said.
"Well, this guy has seriously crossed the line with me." Yami said.
"I have to admit that I agree. He needs to pay in some way. I may not agree with torture, but he doesn't deserve to roam free." Solomon said.
A few moments later, Dr. Reynolds walked out.
Everyone was on their feet in an instant.
"Dr. Reynolds, is he all right?" Yami asked.
"Yes. He'll be fine. Thankfully, the baled didn't do much damage. It barely misses his spinal cord, and it didn't hit any major organs. It nicked one of his kidneys, but there shouldn't be any permanent damage. We were able to repair the damage to the kidney." Dr. Reynolds said.
"So, he'll be all right, then?" Solomon asked.
"Yes. He'll need to stay in the hospital for a few days." Dr. Reynolds said.
"That's good." Aknankanon said.
A moment later, Darren arrived. "How's Yugi doing?" Darren asked.
"He should be okay." Aknankanon answered.
"Did you get him yet?" Bakura asked.
"No, but we're looking for him. As soon as we find him, we'll take him into custody." Darren said. He looked at Dr. Reynolds. "I'll need to talk to you about this." Darren said.
"Of course." Dr. Reynolds said, knowing it was police procedure from other cases he had dealt with.
"Can we see him?" Solomon asked.
"Only two at a time, please." Dr. Reynolds said.
Solomon nodded his agreement.
Solomon and Yami went back to see Yugi first.
Yugi was still unconscious, but you wouldn't have been able to know that anything was wrong just by looking at him, aside from the bruise on his cheek.
"Oh, Yugi. This shouldn't have happened to you." Solomon said as he went over and put his hand on top of Yugi's.
Yami stood back for the moment to give Solomon some time with Yugi.
"I know that you'll be okay. You always are." Solomon said.
It was hard for him to see his grandson like this, but he knew that Yugi would be all right in the end.
After a few moments, Solomon left, leaving Yami and Yugi alone.
Yami walked over and too Yugi's hand in his. "I shouldn't have let you go back to the house alone, Yugi. I'm sorry. I should have known that he might try something like this, but I promise you that it won't happen again. I will make sure of it." Yami said.
It wasn't long before Yami decided to leave.
Joey and Seto went to see Yugi next.
"Mom. Dad. Maybe you should go and get the kids." Yami said.
"Right." Aknankanon said.
"Well, we'd all better get our kids, too." Bakura said.
"Yeah. We'll come back and see Yugi tomorrow." Marik added.
Everyone then left.
"Yugi is going to be okay, Yami." Solomon said.
"I know." Yami said. He looked over at Solomon. "You can go on home if you want since it's late. I'm planning to stay with Yugi tonight anyway." Yami said.
Solomon nodded and left.
When Seto and Joey came back, Yami told them what was going on.
"Well, we'll go on, too." Seto said.
"Just call if anything happens." Joey said.
"I will." Yami assured him.
The two then left as well.
Yami sighed before heading back to Yugi's room.
Aknankanon and Amara arrived back at the Sennen mansion with the kids.
"Where are Daddy and Yugi?" Sophia asked.
"Don't worry, Sophia. You'll see them tomorrow. Come on. Time for bed." Amara said. She walked upstairs with Danny and Sophia to put them to bed.
Brighton and Mitchell were older, so they knew that something was up.
"Grandpa, what's going on?" Mitchell asked.
Aknankanon sighed. He figured that there was no reason to lie or not tell them. "Listen. The party didn't happen tonight." Aknankanon said.
"Why not?" Brighton asked.
"We're not sure exactly what happened, but someone attacked Yugi when he was at his house, and he's in the hospital." Aknankanon said.
"Who did that?" Mitchell asked, slammed.
"We're not sure, yet, but the police are looking into it. Yugi is going to be fine. We already know that. Your father is staying with Yugi at the hospital tonight." Aknankanon said.
"He'll be okay, though?" Mitchell asked.
"Yes. We know he'll be fine." Aknankanon said.
"Who would want to hurt Yugi, though?" Brighton asked.
"We don't know yet." Aknankanon said.
"At least Yugi's going to be okay. That's the important thing." Mitchell said.
"Yeah." Brighton agreed.
Despite being worried, Mitchell and Brighton went on to bed before their grandmother got onto them about it.
"How did they take it?" Amara asked.
"They were upset, but that's to be expected. They were glad that Yugi's going to be okay." Aknankanon said.
"That's understandable. They really do like Yugi, and I know that they would be devastated if something happened to Yugi." Amara said.
"They wouldn't be the only ones." Aknankanon said.
"Yes. Atemu would be devastated as well.
"We don't have to worry, though. Yugi is going to be okay." Aknankanon said.
"I know." Amara said.
The two went on to bed, thought neither slept well.
The following morning, Yugi opened his eyes and grimaced at the pain in his back. He looked around and knew that he was in hospital room. He worked at one, so he knew what the rooms looked like. His eyes then fell on Yami, who was asleep in the chair in his tuxedo.
It was then that Yugi remembered what had happened.
"Bobby." Yugi said in a whisper.
Yami hadn't been sleeping well, so Yami woke up. "Yugi!" Yami exclaimed, sitting up straight.
Yugi smiled at him. "Hey, Yami." Yugi said.
"Are you feeling okay?" Yami asked.
"I think so." Yugi said.
"Man. You gave us a scare last night." Yami said.
"Sorry about that." Yugi said.
"It's not your fault, Yugi." Yami said.
"Yeah, but I ruined the party." Yugi said.
"Yugi, I don't care about that party right now. We can have it another day. I'm just glad that I sent Bakura and Ryou to check on you when you were late." Yami said.
"Is that who found me?" Yugi asked.
Yami nodded. "Yeah. Dr. Reynolds said that you should be okay and that there isn't any permanent damage." Yami said.
"Well, that's good to hear." Yugi said.
"Yugi, was it your stepfather that did this to you?" Yami asked.
Yugi sighed. "Yeah." Yugi admitted.
"I'll kill him." Yami growled.
Yugi reached over and placed a hand on Yami's. "Yami, don't do that. Let the police handle this." Yugi said.
Yami sighed. "All right, Yugi. I'll let them handle this, but I am still pissed." Yami said.
"I'm not saying that you can't be pissed." Yugi said.
Yami grinned. "You should have heard Bakura and Marik while we were waiting to hear if you were going to be okay. They came up with so many different ways to kill that man its ridiculous." Yami said.
"I don't even want to know." Yugi said.
"No. You don't." Yami agreed.
A few moments later, Dr. Reynolds walked into the room. "I'm glad to see that you're awake." Dr. Reynolds said.
"Yeah. I hear I owe you my life." Yugi said.
"Well, I suppose so. Let me just check on you." Dr. Reynolds said.
Yami moved back so that Dr. Reynolds could do what he needed to do.
"Well, you seem to be doing okay, but you'll be in the hospital a few days." Dr. Reynolds said.
"Somehow, I knew that one." Yugi said.
The two then started to talk about the specific of what happened using technical terms, which Yami didn't understand. He cleared his throat.
"Sorry, Yami. I forgot that you don't understand all of this." Yugi said.
"I have other patients to see. Just don't give the nurses a hard time." Dr. Reynolds said.
"Like you didn't?" Yugi asked.
Dr. Reynolds laughed. "Do what I didn't do." Dr. Reynolds said before he left.
"What was that about?" Yami asked, sitting back down.
Yugi smiled. "You know the saying doctors make the worst patients?" Yugi asked.
Yami nodded.
"That." Yugi said.
"Oh. I guess that phrase is true, then." Yami said.
"Pretty much." Yugi said.
"Well, I'd better call everyone and let them know you're okay." Yami said.
Yugi nodded.
"Oh, and you'll have to tell Darren what happened." Yami said.
"I figured that. I'm assuming you found out what happened at the hospital yesterday." Yugi said.
"Yeah. I want to kill the man." Yami said.
"Well, don't." Yugi said.
"I think you might want to tell Marik and Bakura that. I think that they're more likely to kill him than me." Yami said.
"I'll let Ryou and Bakura handle them." Yugi said.
Yami nodded his agreement. He went and called everyone.
It wasn't long before the hospital room was full.
"You sure know how to scare people, runt." Bakura said.
"Believe me. That wasn't my intention." Yugi said.
"You really will go to any lengths to get out of going to a party, won't you?" Marik asked.
The entire group laughed.
"Well, I think I'd of rather been at the party." Yugi said.
"The good thing is that you're okay." Tea said.
"Yeah. I'll be glad to get out of the hospital, though." Yugi said.
The group was still talking.
Nurse Hennessey walked into the room. "All right! There can only be up to four people visiting a patient at a time, so some of you have to leave." Nurse Hennessy said.
Taking the hint, everyone left expect for Yami, Solomon, Aknankanon, and Amara.
"Nice way to get out of work, Yugi." Nurse Hennessey said.
"Well, I'm still at work. I'm just not working, Karen." Yugi replied.
Nurse Hennessey chuckled. "I suppose so." Nurse Hennessy agreed.
"Sorry about the overload." Yami said.
"No problem. I get that you were all worried." Nurse Hennessy said. She just checked on Yugi's vitals before she left.
A moment later, Darren Morgan walked in. "I hope I'm not interrupting." Darren said.
"No. Come on in." Yugi said.
"I needed to know what happened yesterday." Darren said.
"I went home to get ready for the party when my doorbell rang. I answered it, and it was my stepfather. He forced his way in, and we got into an argument." Yugi said.
"What was the argument about?" Darren asked.
"The usual. He believed I owed him for his "taking care" of me for two years. I really don't believe that. I told him I didn't owe him anything and told him to leave." Yugi said.
"What happened then?" Darren asked.
"I don't know where the knife came from. All I know is that I felt a sharp pain in my back, and I was pretty sure I had been stabbed. I fell, and he said something like I deserved it. I must have passed out not long afterwards." Yugi said.
"All right. Thank you." Darren said.
"Is he in custody yet?" Aknankanon asked.
"No." Darren said.
"You might want to find him soon. Bakura and mark are pissed, and they might attack him at least." Yami said.
"Well, they won't have to worry about him now." Darren said.
"I don't understand. I thought you didn't catch him." Amara said.
"Oh, we caught him. He's just not in custody." Darren said.
"He got off?" Yami asked, shocked.
"No. A couple of officers and myself went to arrest him. He opened fire on us, injuring one of my officers. We returned fire, and he was killed." Darren said.
"I can't say that I'm sorry." Yugi said.
"Well, you mentioned before that he wanted money. I found out why. Apparently, his family disowned him for some reason. Not sure why, but he needed money, so I'm guessing he came to you." Darren said.
"Well, that answers my unanswered questions." Yugi said.
"There won't be a trial now, and you shouldn't have any other problems." Darren said.
"Thank you, Darren." Aknankanon said.
"Just doing my job. I hope you get back on your feet soon." Darren said.
"Thanks." Yugi replied.
Darren left the room.
"Well, good riddance, I say." Solomon said.
"Yes. He certainly caused enough trouble." Aknankanon said.
"I'm just glad that it's over." Yugi said.
"So am I." Yami said. He chuckled and said, "Who tells Bakura and Marik that they won't get to torture him?"
"Let Ryou and Malik tell them." Yugi said.
After they got out of school, Mitchell, Brighton, and Sophia all wanted to see Yugi.
Aknankanon had picked up and had already decided that he was going to take the kids to see Yugi.
Yugi was sitting up in bed when the three kids arrived.
"Yugi, are you okay?" Mitchell asked.
"I'll be fine, Mitchell. There's no need to worry." Yugi said.
"What happened?" Brighton asked.
"I was attacked, but I'm fine." Yugi said.
"Who did this?" Mitchell asked.
"It doesn't matter, Mitchell. The person has been caught and the police dealt with it." Yami said.
"Oh. Okay." Mitchell said.
"Can you come home, Yugi?" Sophia asked.
"No. Not yet, Sophia. I have to stay in the hospital for a few days before I can come home." Yugi answered.
"Well, it'll be good to get you home." Mitchell said.
"I agree with that." Yami said.
"Don't worry. I'm in good hands here. I should know. I work with the people here." Yugi said.
"We're all glad that you're going to be okay, Yugi." Amara said.
"I know, and I will be fine." Yugi said.
"So, I guess the party didn't go as planned." Mitchell said.
"No. We're going to have to reschedule it." Yami said.
"We'll have it another day." Yugi added.
"Well, at least you're okay." Brighton said.
"Yes. That's what we're all thankful for." Amara agreed.
~Two Days Later~
"I'm glad that I can go home." Yugi said.
Since Yugi's back was bothering him, Yami was helping him get dressed.
"I know what you mean. I don't exactly like coming to the hospital." Yami said.
"You've come and visited me here before." Yugi pointed out.
"I know, but I was coming to see you when you were working. This time, you were in the hospital." Yami said.
Yugi smiled. "Yeah. I know." Yugi said.
"The good thing is that you're all right, and that your stepfather won't be bothering us ever again." Yami said.
"I'm glad that he is out of my life. I thought that there was no way I was going to manage to force him to stay out of my life for good." Yugi said.
"I don't think that you need to worry about that now." Yami said.
"I know." Yugi said.
Once Yugi was checked out of the hospital, the two headed for the Sennen mansion.
"Yami, you've missed the last three days of work." Yugi said.
"I know." Yami said.
"Don't you need to go to work?" Yugi asked.
"Yugi, I own the company. It's no big deal. Besides, I can do a lot of stuff at home." Yami said.
"That's why you were on your laptop the entire time." Yugi said.
"Yes. There's no need to worry." Yami said.
"Well, you're going back to work tomorrow." Yugi said.
"But-" Yami started.
"No buts, Yami. I'm out of the hospital now, and your parents both live in the house. I will have plenty of help. You don't need to miss work because of me." Yugi said.
"How long are you out of work?" Yami asked.
"Roughly six weeks." Yugi said.
"Well, at least you'll have plenty of time to rest and recuperate." Yami said.
"Yeah. I know." Yugi said. He glanced over at Yami and said, "You do realize that this means no sex for six weeks."
"What?!" Yami exclaimed.
Yugi rolled his eyes. "You didn't think that it would happen, did you?" Yugi asked.
"I hadn't thought about it." Yami said.
"Well, it won't be happening now." Yugi said.
"That really stinks." Yami said as he pulled into the gates.
"You'll live." Yugi said.
"I hope so." Yami said.
The two got out of the car.
"Come on." Yami said.
Since it was Saturday, the kids were at home.
"Hey, Yugi. Glad that you're home." Mitchell said.
"Thanks, Mitchell." Yugi said. He walked into the living room and saw a banner that read "WELCOME HOME, YUGI", which was hung up.
"What is this?" Yugi asked.
"Well, we thought giving you a little welcome home party was in order." Amara said.
"You didn't have to do all this, but I appreciate it." Yugi said.
"Thank the kids. It was their idea." Yami said.
"Well, I really do appreciate it. Thank you." Yugi said to the kids.
"You're welcome." the kids said.
Belle came up and started rubbing on Yugi's legs.
"It's good to see you, too, girl." Yugi said. He went and sat down on the couch, and the welcome home party started.
That night, Yugi and Yami went to bed.
"That was a nice little party the kids threw." Yugi said.
"I know. They wanted to do it for you, and I didn't have the heart to tell them no." Yami said.
"It was nice." Yugi said.
"Well, the kids love you a lot, and they were worried about you." Yami said.
"They are great kids." Yugi said.
"That they are." Yami agreed.
"Well, I'm just glad to be home, although my moving in is going to be pushed back." Yugi said.
"No, it won't. Marik and Bakura are going to pack your things and bring them here for you. You can still move in on schedule." Yami said.
Yugi laughed. "You just want me living with you as soon as possible." Yugi said.
"Yes, I do." Yami agreed.
"At least you admit it." Yugi said.
"Don't worry about anything, Yugi. I have everything under control." Yami said.
"Even your libido?" Yugi asked.
"Well, that's why cold showers were invented." Yami said.
Yugi laughed at that.
Yami smiled. "I can wait until you are ready again." Yami said.
"Thanks, Yami." Yugi said.
The two settled down to go to sleep.
Hope you liked it.
Next: Not sure quite yet. Might have some wedding planning.
R&R.