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Chapter 3: Blood
*** I ran over to Seto and tried to wake him up. ///Why is he bleeding so much? /// I ask myself. I grab the phone and try to think what to do. I couldn't think. I couldn't think of what to do! I look in Seto's pockets and take out the crumpled up number of the boy who had visited earlier. I dial the number and pray he's home. I wished I could call Kimi. She always knew what to do, but she wasn't going to be back in town until tomorrow. The phone rings and finally a boy answers it.
"Game shop." He says.
"Is this Yugi?" I ask, reading the name off the crushed piece of paper.
"Hold please." The voice tells me. A few seconds later another voice comes on the line.
"This is Yugi." The voice tells me. "Who is this?"
"You've got to help me!" I beg, ignoring his question. "He's bleeding everywhere and he won't speak to me."
"Who's bleeding?" the boys asks.
"Seto!" I yell at him.
"Mokuba?" he asks.
"He's bleeding." I whimper. "What do I do?"
"I'm coming over right now." The voice tells me. "Take a wet towel and wash the bleeding areas 'til you can see what is causing the blood. When you can see the wounds, take another towel and press it against they cuts 'til either the towel is soaked or the bleeding stops. I'm going to get off now, but only to call an ambulance. Once they know, I'm going to call you back."
I hear a click on the other end of the line and curse. Rushing back over to Seto, I do what the Yugi boy told me to. I look at Seto's face, which is quickly losing color, and pray that help will come soon. ***
@@@I ran to the door and pulled Joey with me.
"Drive." I ordered, as Joey got in his car. Joey shrugged and fished his keys out of his pocket.
"Where to master?" Joey laughed.
"Kiaba mansion." I told him, while flipping through a first aid section of my biology textbook.
"Again?" Joey asked, not sensing my urgency.
"Yes. Seto had an accident and Mokuba called us. Didn't you wonder why I was calling the emergency services?" I muttered, reading up on cuts and blood.
"Not really." Joey shrugged, as he started driving like a New York City taxicab. We fished in and out of traffic, collecting many rude gestures and horn blasts. When we finally got there the ambulance was already taking a stretcher out of the house. I jumped out of the car and ran over to Mokuba.
"You okay?" I asked. Mokuba nodded.
"They're taking Seto to the hospital, but they won't let me ride with him."
"It's okay." Joey told the boy. "We'll follow them."
We all ran to the car and followed the speeding ambulance to the hospital staff rushed him away. I waited with Mokuba until they had stabilized Kiaba, but Joey had to go home early. The doctor came out and tried to smile down at Mokuba.
"He's stabilized, but he's in a coma." The doctor said, trying to keep the smiling.
"May I see him?" Mokuba asked politely.
"Of course. Room 26 on the right." The doctor told him. I waited 'til Mokuba was gone before taking the doctor aside.
"What are his chances?" I asked.
"Not good. In fact if you know any other family members or close friends, you may want to contact them."
[Oh, G-d! This is worse than I thought.] I gasped inwardly. "Why didn't you tell Mokuba?"
"No need to worry him. We're doing our best, but there was so much blood loss."
"I see." I sigh nodding. I go down the hallway to Kiaba's room. @@@
***I walk into the room and look around. ///Seto wouldn't like this room. /// I sigh. ///He always liked darker colors. Black, dark blue, grays, the odd brown. He said they were classy. He never liked anything flashy, not even signs. Why did I just think in the past tense? He's still alive. He's going to be fine! //
I walk over to the bed and hang his coat, which I grabbed on the way out, over the beg post. I look down and him and have to look away.
///That's not my brother! /// I want to yell that out loud, but I know that no one would do anything. ///Seto isn't like this. This person is too pale. And lifeless. Seto would never look like this. ///
I look at his left arm and touch the bandages. They're mostly white, but in some places they are dyed red. I shiver and pull up a chair. I shiver again and take Seto's coat off the bedpost. I wrap it around me and sigh.
"Big brother. What's wrong with you?" I ask. ***
Yugi walked into the room and saw Mokuba sitting next to Kiaba.
"Mokuba?" Yugi asked.
"Yes?" Mokuba asked, not looking away from his brother's face.
"The doctors want you to call any other family members or very close friends of the family. Do you know any?"
"Why do they want me to call?" Mokuba asked, glaring at Yugi. "They only want you to do that when the patient is dying! Seto. Is. Not. Dying."
"No, Mokuba." Yugi lies. "They want you to call, because I can't look after you. Do you know any other family?"
"We have no other family. Just me and Seto." Mokuba whispered. "I'll have to call Kimi. But she won't be in town 'til tomorrow."
"Fine then." Yugi sighed. "I'll tell the doctors that this Kimi is coming tomorrow to look after you. Until then, you may stay with me."
"I don't want to leave." Mokuba mutters, looking back at Kiaba.
"Mokuba, you have to get some sleep and something to eat."
"I WILL stay here." Mokuba growls. Yugi sighs again.
"Mokuba, come on. Just for a few hours. I promise. Come back to my place and my grandfather will make you some dinner and then you can rest. I promise we'll come back early tomorrow."
"But Seto." Mokuba protests.
"I'll leave my number at the desk. They'll give us a call if anything happens."
"I should stay." Mokuba mumbles, as Yugi leads him out the door. Yugi stops at the desk and when he turned back around, Mokuba was gone. Yugi ran back to Kiaba's room and saw Mokuba standing next to him.
"I tried to tell him you needed me, but he insisted. I'm going to call Kimi tonight, so she'll be here soon. I hope you don't mind that I'm taking your coat. I grabbed it on the way out, but the doctors won't let you wear it. They said they need to see the wounds. I promise to come early tomorrow. I'll see you then." Mokuba whispered leaning down and trying to hug Kiaba. This only sort of worked, but Mokuba seemed happy enough, and he allowed himself to taken to Yugi's house.
Chapter 3: Blood
*** I ran over to Seto and tried to wake him up. ///Why is he bleeding so much? /// I ask myself. I grab the phone and try to think what to do. I couldn't think. I couldn't think of what to do! I look in Seto's pockets and take out the crumpled up number of the boy who had visited earlier. I dial the number and pray he's home. I wished I could call Kimi. She always knew what to do, but she wasn't going to be back in town until tomorrow. The phone rings and finally a boy answers it.
"Game shop." He says.
"Is this Yugi?" I ask, reading the name off the crushed piece of paper.
"Hold please." The voice tells me. A few seconds later another voice comes on the line.
"This is Yugi." The voice tells me. "Who is this?"
"You've got to help me!" I beg, ignoring his question. "He's bleeding everywhere and he won't speak to me."
"Who's bleeding?" the boys asks.
"Seto!" I yell at him.
"Mokuba?" he asks.
"He's bleeding." I whimper. "What do I do?"
"I'm coming over right now." The voice tells me. "Take a wet towel and wash the bleeding areas 'til you can see what is causing the blood. When you can see the wounds, take another towel and press it against they cuts 'til either the towel is soaked or the bleeding stops. I'm going to get off now, but only to call an ambulance. Once they know, I'm going to call you back."
I hear a click on the other end of the line and curse. Rushing back over to Seto, I do what the Yugi boy told me to. I look at Seto's face, which is quickly losing color, and pray that help will come soon. ***
@@@I ran to the door and pulled Joey with me.
"Drive." I ordered, as Joey got in his car. Joey shrugged and fished his keys out of his pocket.
"Where to master?" Joey laughed.
"Kiaba mansion." I told him, while flipping through a first aid section of my biology textbook.
"Again?" Joey asked, not sensing my urgency.
"Yes. Seto had an accident and Mokuba called us. Didn't you wonder why I was calling the emergency services?" I muttered, reading up on cuts and blood.
"Not really." Joey shrugged, as he started driving like a New York City taxicab. We fished in and out of traffic, collecting many rude gestures and horn blasts. When we finally got there the ambulance was already taking a stretcher out of the house. I jumped out of the car and ran over to Mokuba.
"You okay?" I asked. Mokuba nodded.
"They're taking Seto to the hospital, but they won't let me ride with him."
"It's okay." Joey told the boy. "We'll follow them."
We all ran to the car and followed the speeding ambulance to the hospital staff rushed him away. I waited with Mokuba until they had stabilized Kiaba, but Joey had to go home early. The doctor came out and tried to smile down at Mokuba.
"He's stabilized, but he's in a coma." The doctor said, trying to keep the smiling.
"May I see him?" Mokuba asked politely.
"Of course. Room 26 on the right." The doctor told him. I waited 'til Mokuba was gone before taking the doctor aside.
"What are his chances?" I asked.
"Not good. In fact if you know any other family members or close friends, you may want to contact them."
[Oh, G-d! This is worse than I thought.] I gasped inwardly. "Why didn't you tell Mokuba?"
"No need to worry him. We're doing our best, but there was so much blood loss."
"I see." I sigh nodding. I go down the hallway to Kiaba's room. @@@
***I walk into the room and look around. ///Seto wouldn't like this room. /// I sigh. ///He always liked darker colors. Black, dark blue, grays, the odd brown. He said they were classy. He never liked anything flashy, not even signs. Why did I just think in the past tense? He's still alive. He's going to be fine! //
I walk over to the bed and hang his coat, which I grabbed on the way out, over the beg post. I look down and him and have to look away.
///That's not my brother! /// I want to yell that out loud, but I know that no one would do anything. ///Seto isn't like this. This person is too pale. And lifeless. Seto would never look like this. ///
I look at his left arm and touch the bandages. They're mostly white, but in some places they are dyed red. I shiver and pull up a chair. I shiver again and take Seto's coat off the bedpost. I wrap it around me and sigh.
"Big brother. What's wrong with you?" I ask. ***
Yugi walked into the room and saw Mokuba sitting next to Kiaba.
"Mokuba?" Yugi asked.
"Yes?" Mokuba asked, not looking away from his brother's face.
"The doctors want you to call any other family members or very close friends of the family. Do you know any?"
"Why do they want me to call?" Mokuba asked, glaring at Yugi. "They only want you to do that when the patient is dying! Seto. Is. Not. Dying."
"No, Mokuba." Yugi lies. "They want you to call, because I can't look after you. Do you know any other family?"
"We have no other family. Just me and Seto." Mokuba whispered. "I'll have to call Kimi. But she won't be in town 'til tomorrow."
"Fine then." Yugi sighed. "I'll tell the doctors that this Kimi is coming tomorrow to look after you. Until then, you may stay with me."
"I don't want to leave." Mokuba mutters, looking back at Kiaba.
"Mokuba, you have to get some sleep and something to eat."
"I WILL stay here." Mokuba growls. Yugi sighs again.
"Mokuba, come on. Just for a few hours. I promise. Come back to my place and my grandfather will make you some dinner and then you can rest. I promise we'll come back early tomorrow."
"But Seto." Mokuba protests.
"I'll leave my number at the desk. They'll give us a call if anything happens."
"I should stay." Mokuba mumbles, as Yugi leads him out the door. Yugi stops at the desk and when he turned back around, Mokuba was gone. Yugi ran back to Kiaba's room and saw Mokuba standing next to him.
"I tried to tell him you needed me, but he insisted. I'm going to call Kimi tonight, so she'll be here soon. I hope you don't mind that I'm taking your coat. I grabbed it on the way out, but the doctors won't let you wear it. They said they need to see the wounds. I promise to come early tomorrow. I'll see you then." Mokuba whispered leaning down and trying to hug Kiaba. This only sort of worked, but Mokuba seemed happy enough, and he allowed himself to taken to Yugi's house.
