AN: Yea. Damon finally reveals his motives. Sorry, but all my bad guys
have their reasons. It's like Pegasus in that respect. He's not just
taking the millennium items, and screw with peoples minds. He's saving his
wife! Err, dead wife. See? No? Read on anyway.
Hurts VII
"Yea." Damon continued, taunting me with every word. "You've been a very bad child haven't you, Seto?"
"I know what I did!" I snarled, my eyes narrowing dangerously. "You know and I know."
"But does she know?" Damon asked me.
"No. And she won't know." I shot back.
"Know what?" Tea answered curiously. I turned to look at her, the anger burning in my eyes.
'Why does she have to be so fucking nosey? I don't want her to know! I've made that quite clear, so why does she pursue it? If I wanted her to know she'd know. And how does he know? No one knows what I did. Sure, most people have their suspicions, but no one can prove a damn thing! I've made sure of that!'
"Tea! Be quiet and stop asking questions!" I screamed at her. "Just shut up and leave!"
"No!" Damon replied, pulling out a gun from his suit jacket and aiming it at her. "She stays! If I see her so much as turn around, there's going to be a bullet through her ear!"
I felt Tea whimper and pull closer to me, obviously scared senseless by the gun. I wrapped an arm around her waist and hugged her close, my eyes watching the gun carefully.
"Please don't. Don't hurt her." I pleaded with Damon. I honestly had no power over him. I was completely at his mercy, and I didn't like it one bit! All I could do was beg for her release and pray I could protect Tea.
'Wait!' I thought to myself. 'Since when did I give a stuff what happened to Miss Friendship? Oh yea! Since I got her in to this damn mess of mine! How could I be so dense! If only I'd figured out Damon's game earlier. Or if I'd been able to convince him I hated Tea! Well, too late now. I'm just goning to have to get her out of this jam. I promise you that Tea. I'm going to protect you, no matter what!'
"I won't." Damon reassured me. "Not yet. Tea, you asked what Seto had done. You want to know, so I'll tell you."
"Don't!" I begged Damon. I was desperate. He was about to tell her one of the very few things in my life that I hid. I wasn't ashamed of what I did. Hell, if I had to relive that moment I'd probably do the same thing. But if people knew what I had done, well, it was best not to think about that. "Please!"
"Your boyfriend pushed my brother-in-law out a window. His adopted- father!" Damon spat. "My wife was so upset she killed herself. Herself and my child. She was five months. You hear that you stupid bastard? You killed them! Both of them!"
"That was years ago!" I yelled back, trying to ignore the fact that Tea had pulled away from me in disgust and revulsion. She knew the truth now, so I wasn't going to deny it. I would just have to be careful to keep an eye on her. Just because she hated me, didn't mean I was going to take back my promise. Even if she didn't know I had promised her anything. "You're a bit late!"
"Not late. Just cautious. You didn't hurt me physically, so I wanted you to know exactly what I felt! I've been studying you for years, Seto."
"Well why don't you study me for a few more years?" I yelled back. I was so enraged by his words and his knowledge that I forgot to keep an eye on Tea.
"Hey!" Damon yelled suddenly, rotating his shoulder so his gun wasn't pointing at me any more. I didn't stop to think. I couldn't! I didn't have time! Without bothering to look-I knew whom Damon was aiming at anyway-I took off at a run.
"Tea!" I screamed, trying to warn her. I was still running when I felt a force rip through the top of my shoulder and tear at my body. I let out a muffled scream and dropped to the ground like a stone, my head hitting the ground violently. The world was getting foggy but I could hear Tea screaming and another gun shot. I tried to make the world clearer by blinking but every time I shut my eyes they got harder to open. The edges of my vision were darkening and soon it was all black.
'I'm dying!' I though, a touch of panic beginning to set in. 'I'll never see Mokuba again! But I kept my promise, Tea.' I thought with a small grin. 'I always keep my promises.'
I could still hear Tea's screams of panic and terror as I let the shadows envelop my vision and I passed out.
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I pulled out a couple of quarters out of my pocket and feed them into the public phone, barely controlling my tears. I dialed the number with shaking hands and waited for someone to pick up.
"Hello? Turtle game shop." A friendly voice answered. I lost control and began to sob into the phone. "Umm, are you alright? Hello?"
"Yu-Yugi?" I finally managed.
"Tea?!" Yugi replied, totally surprised. "Are you alright? Why are you crying?"
"Kaiba... Kaiba..." I tried again but only ended up howling even harder.
"Tea? I'm going to put Yami on. He wants to talk to you." Yugi told me. I could hear the worry that he was trying to hide, but I couldn't help it. I just cried harder.
"Tea?" A new voice, Yami, asked me. "Where are you?"
"I'm..." I tried, still bawling like a child.
"It's okay." Yami soothed. "Slow down."
"North Point hospital." I managed to choke out.
"Which wing?" Yami asked. I could hear a bit of scuffling in the background and knew that at least Yugi and Yami were coming, if not the others.
"Emergency room." I said between tears.
"Don't move." Yami told me. "Stay where you are. Me, Yugi and the others are coming to get you. You'll be all right. I'll make sure you'll be fine."
I was about to reply that I was fine but I was already crying to hard. I made a sound that Yami must have taken for an okay, because he hung up.
AN: You like? WAHAHAHAHA! You all thought this would be my moment where I lose my own challenge, well its not. Perhaps I should mention that the next few chapters are rather angst filled. Sorry, can't help it if that's the way I write. I'm also thinking of upping my rating to R. What do you think? Review and let me know.
Hurts VII
"Yea." Damon continued, taunting me with every word. "You've been a very bad child haven't you, Seto?"
"I know what I did!" I snarled, my eyes narrowing dangerously. "You know and I know."
"But does she know?" Damon asked me.
"No. And she won't know." I shot back.
"Know what?" Tea answered curiously. I turned to look at her, the anger burning in my eyes.
'Why does she have to be so fucking nosey? I don't want her to know! I've made that quite clear, so why does she pursue it? If I wanted her to know she'd know. And how does he know? No one knows what I did. Sure, most people have their suspicions, but no one can prove a damn thing! I've made sure of that!'
"Tea! Be quiet and stop asking questions!" I screamed at her. "Just shut up and leave!"
"No!" Damon replied, pulling out a gun from his suit jacket and aiming it at her. "She stays! If I see her so much as turn around, there's going to be a bullet through her ear!"
I felt Tea whimper and pull closer to me, obviously scared senseless by the gun. I wrapped an arm around her waist and hugged her close, my eyes watching the gun carefully.
"Please don't. Don't hurt her." I pleaded with Damon. I honestly had no power over him. I was completely at his mercy, and I didn't like it one bit! All I could do was beg for her release and pray I could protect Tea.
'Wait!' I thought to myself. 'Since when did I give a stuff what happened to Miss Friendship? Oh yea! Since I got her in to this damn mess of mine! How could I be so dense! If only I'd figured out Damon's game earlier. Or if I'd been able to convince him I hated Tea! Well, too late now. I'm just goning to have to get her out of this jam. I promise you that Tea. I'm going to protect you, no matter what!'
"I won't." Damon reassured me. "Not yet. Tea, you asked what Seto had done. You want to know, so I'll tell you."
"Don't!" I begged Damon. I was desperate. He was about to tell her one of the very few things in my life that I hid. I wasn't ashamed of what I did. Hell, if I had to relive that moment I'd probably do the same thing. But if people knew what I had done, well, it was best not to think about that. "Please!"
"Your boyfriend pushed my brother-in-law out a window. His adopted- father!" Damon spat. "My wife was so upset she killed herself. Herself and my child. She was five months. You hear that you stupid bastard? You killed them! Both of them!"
"That was years ago!" I yelled back, trying to ignore the fact that Tea had pulled away from me in disgust and revulsion. She knew the truth now, so I wasn't going to deny it. I would just have to be careful to keep an eye on her. Just because she hated me, didn't mean I was going to take back my promise. Even if she didn't know I had promised her anything. "You're a bit late!"
"Not late. Just cautious. You didn't hurt me physically, so I wanted you to know exactly what I felt! I've been studying you for years, Seto."
"Well why don't you study me for a few more years?" I yelled back. I was so enraged by his words and his knowledge that I forgot to keep an eye on Tea.
"Hey!" Damon yelled suddenly, rotating his shoulder so his gun wasn't pointing at me any more. I didn't stop to think. I couldn't! I didn't have time! Without bothering to look-I knew whom Damon was aiming at anyway-I took off at a run.
"Tea!" I screamed, trying to warn her. I was still running when I felt a force rip through the top of my shoulder and tear at my body. I let out a muffled scream and dropped to the ground like a stone, my head hitting the ground violently. The world was getting foggy but I could hear Tea screaming and another gun shot. I tried to make the world clearer by blinking but every time I shut my eyes they got harder to open. The edges of my vision were darkening and soon it was all black.
'I'm dying!' I though, a touch of panic beginning to set in. 'I'll never see Mokuba again! But I kept my promise, Tea.' I thought with a small grin. 'I always keep my promises.'
I could still hear Tea's screams of panic and terror as I let the shadows envelop my vision and I passed out.
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I pulled out a couple of quarters out of my pocket and feed them into the public phone, barely controlling my tears. I dialed the number with shaking hands and waited for someone to pick up.
"Hello? Turtle game shop." A friendly voice answered. I lost control and began to sob into the phone. "Umm, are you alright? Hello?"
"Yu-Yugi?" I finally managed.
"Tea?!" Yugi replied, totally surprised. "Are you alright? Why are you crying?"
"Kaiba... Kaiba..." I tried again but only ended up howling even harder.
"Tea? I'm going to put Yami on. He wants to talk to you." Yugi told me. I could hear the worry that he was trying to hide, but I couldn't help it. I just cried harder.
"Tea?" A new voice, Yami, asked me. "Where are you?"
"I'm..." I tried, still bawling like a child.
"It's okay." Yami soothed. "Slow down."
"North Point hospital." I managed to choke out.
"Which wing?" Yami asked. I could hear a bit of scuffling in the background and knew that at least Yugi and Yami were coming, if not the others.
"Emergency room." I said between tears.
"Don't move." Yami told me. "Stay where you are. Me, Yugi and the others are coming to get you. You'll be all right. I'll make sure you'll be fine."
I was about to reply that I was fine but I was already crying to hard. I made a sound that Yami must have taken for an okay, because he hung up.
AN: You like? WAHAHAHAHA! You all thought this would be my moment where I lose my own challenge, well its not. Perhaps I should mention that the next few chapters are rather angst filled. Sorry, can't help it if that's the way I write. I'm also thinking of upping my rating to R. What do you think? Review and let me know.