To Remember Light
By: Rikku24
Chapter 8: Betrayal
I arrived at Malik's house right when Yugi and his friends arrived. We all entered the place together and saw a sign taped to the basement door.
We will be meeting down here in the basement so bring all of your stuff. I'm waiting.
-Malik
"I guess we need to go down into the basement," Yugi suggested.
"Yeah, let's go," I agreed.
So we walked down the stairs. It was very dark and all of the lights were dimmed. It was kind of creepy. We eventually came to the bottom of the stairs and one glance at the room told me something was wrong.
((Aibou, I don't trust this place. I sense something evil here. You should leave now))
(But I can't just desert my friends, Yami. It's probably just your imagination)
((Okay, Yugi. I trust you in this. But please be careful))
Yugi began to look at the room uneasily. He kept on looking behind his back. At first the room seemed empty but another glance revealed Malik sitting on a chair that was placed on a platform with a dark figure next to him. Another look revealed a dark corridor that had blood stains on the stone near its entrance. Now Yugi really felt uneasy. Maybe his Yami was right.
I looked around the room and my eyes fell on Malik. He was sitting on a large stone chair that rested on an elevated platform. A dark figure with long hair stood next to him. Isis was nowhere to be seen. But there was something else. An eye identical to that on the Millennium Puzzle glowed gold on his forehead. It was the Eye of Horus. Something wasn't right.
"So you came," Malik said in a creepy voice.
It was as if two people talked at the same time yet I don't know, I couldn't explain it. I could see Malik clearer now, his hair was high and spiky instead of down and long. He had an evil look to him as well. In his hand was an object that I recognized as the Millennium Rod. Now I was a little worried. This wasn't Malik it was someone else. But who?
"Who are you? Where's Malik?!" I screamed at him.
"What are you talking about? I am Malik," He said, laughing evilly.
"No you're NOT! Malik is kinder and he looks different. Now tell me, where's Malik?!" I yelled.
"Foolish mortal. You understand so little yet try to learn what is not yours to learn. People change, Trinity Ariake Soradanomi, and there's nothing you can do about it," Malik said, grinning evilly.
I just stood there in disbelief. This couldn't be Malik. He just couldn't be, not after yesterday. I had loved Malik yet now I felt like my heart was just mercilessly torn apart. Could it be true? Could this be Malik yet I didn't want to face the truth? Tears streamed down my eyes and I just whispered No to myself. Jounouchi gave me a comforting hug and smoothed my hair yet it didn't help.
"Malik Ishtar, look at what you've done! You just hurt the only one you've ever loved! You are a pure fool Malik Ishtar. And a pure jerk," Anzu yelled at Malik.
"I am not the fool for I didn't walk into a trap blindly. Love? LOVE?! Do you think I have EVER loved? It was a lie, as big of lie as life itself. No, you are the fools. And you will pay for it," Malik said, laughing insanely and evilly at the same time.
I just looked up at him and felt every bit of anger I had turn to violence. Before I knew what was happening I ran up the platform and slapped Malik full on the cheek. I looked into his cold violet eyes and said:
"Malik Ishtar, how can you say this? I know you felt love. I just know it. Yet if you thought me to be a weak toy with which you can play with. You were wrong," I said, my words dripping with anger.
I saw his hand move towards the Millennium Rod and I tried to grab his wrist. I knew very well that the Millennium Rod could both control minds and turn into a dagger. Blink. I felt icy steal go into the flesh on my side. I looked into Malik's icy eyes with my own that were filled with shock. I placed my hand on the wound and felt warm blood. The pain both physically and emotionally was too great. I collapsed.
Yugi and his friends watched Trinity fall in disbelief. But it was all a distraction. Their hands were soon bound behind their backs and they were being led down one of the dark corridors.
No. Trinity. She was hurt beyond repair. Malik thought to himself. He was locked in his Soul Room, bound by the same spell he had used against his Yami not too long ago. He had, however, seen what had happened. But not heard. His Yami had stabbed Trinity yet she thought it was the real Malik. What am I going to do? This spell won't wear off for another two hours at the least.
Everything was dark and my side throbbed and bled. No one was tending to it. I was just left to die. I didn't know exactly where I was. It was too dark to tell. But a few glances told me I was in a dungeon of some sort. I heard some voices and recognized them as Yugi's, Jounouchi's, Honda's, and Anzu's. I saw their forms in the cells across from mine. Yugi and Anzu were in one and Honda and Jounouchi in the other. I saw the entrance/exit to the dungeon and also saw that it was guarded by a handful of cloaked beings.
My mind dimmed and everything started going black. I was loosing blood and the more it drained out of my body, the more my life drained away. I had nothing left to live for. My family was dead, my love and happiness was gone, burned, and betrayed. There was nothing else for me. Everything was fading, my eyesight dimmed and I fell into a deep slumber.
"Yugi Mutou, you are wanted by my master," A cloaked man said.
He unlocked the cell's door and led Yugi out. Yugi glanced into the cell where Trinity was and his eyes fell onto a motionless figure. He could barely see any movement. He could not even here the sound of breathing. Yugi felt great concern for his friend yet there was nothing he could do.
The cloaked figure led him into the "main room" and placed him in front of the platform. Yugi looked up into the cruel and merciless eyes.
"What have you done Malik? Do you even care? Trinity is either dying or dead and all you do is sit here like a king and laugh to yourself. Why'd you do it Malik? I thought you loved her," Yugi said.
"Who cares. The only thing I care about is avenging my father and taking control of your Millennium Puzzle!" Malik said angrily.
"Avenge your father? What do you mean?" Yugi asked, gripping his Millennium Puzzle.
"When I was young my father was murdered. I was told that it was the Pharaoh's will that he died. Now I will avenge my father by killing you therefore killing the pharaoh!" Malik yelled.
Yami Malik laughed to himself. He could care less if Malik's father was avenged or not. He just wanted to be convincing. All Yami Malik really wanted was to gain control of the Millennium Puzzle and destroy the boy and the Pharaoh in the act. Suddenly Yugi began to glow and…
"I will no let you harm Yugi or his friends, Ishtar. As spirit of the Millennium Puzzle I also serve as Yugi's guardian. Keep him and his friends out of this, if it is me you want," Yugi said except it wasn't Yugi it was his Yami.
"So Pharaoh, you decided to show face after all. Well, you won't be here for long, I can assure you. For your time alive ends NOW!" Yami Malik said.
A/N: It was Yami Malik the whole time, since the beginning of this chapter.
Malik wept in his Soul Room. Trinity was gone or going, there was nothing he could do about it. His love was out of his reach. He was still bound to his Soul Room yet in another hour or maybe two, Malik would be free. But by then it would be too late.
"Have you heard any sound from Trinity's cell?" Jounouchi asked.
"Nothing, I've been watching her for some time now. I don't think she's alive and if she is then just barely," Anzu replied.
"Poor Trinity, she seemed so happy with Malik. That jerk, I hope he dies!" Honda said angrily.
The three teens were in what seemed to be a small dungeon. Anzu was in one cell and Jounouchi and Honda were in another. Luckily, they were able to communicate with one another.
Trinity was in a cell by herself, blood staining the stone around her. Her blue shirt had tints of purple and red in it now (red blood+ blue cloth= tints of purple and red in cloth). It was so sad to see her body lying there motionlessly. Trinity always seemed to be full of spirit yet now her body was empty of spirit.
"Oh I wish I could go tend her wounds or something. I took First Aid classes you know and I don't like sitting here doing nothing while a friend is dying," Anzu said sadly.
"Yeah, I know how you feel. I just wish there was some way…" Jounouchi replied.
"Hey you! Guards! Yes, I'm talking to you! One of you come here RIGHT NOW!" Honda yelled at the group of cloaked figures guarding the entrance/exit of the dungeon.
The group of cloaked men talked a bit and then one came out. Oh, did I say men? The one that walked towards them was a woman! She had deep blue eyes that were filled with sadness. Her golden hair was just visible for her cloak's hood hid most of her face and head.
"What do you want?" She said in an annoyed tone.
Her eyes were filled with some hardness too they were like melting ice. Hard and icy yet watery (sad).
"We want to give aid to our friend in the other cell. She is dying," Anzu said.
The woman thought for a moment and glanced at Trinity's still form in the cell.
"I will see what I can do. You, however, are not to leave your cells!" the woman said and went off to see to Trinity.
"Man that was strange. I thought they were all men," Honda remarked.
"Yeah, strange," Anzu said, not really paying attention. She was watching the woman tend to Trinity.
I was lost in darkness my whole body was numb. Blood continued to pour from my side. Then something icy touched my skin, it was cold water. A damp cloth wiped away the blood. I looked up to see who was tending to my wounds.
It was a woman with long golden hair and icy blue eyes that were filled with sadness as well. She looked to be in her twenties yet I was never good at guessing one's age.
"Don't move, it will do your wound to good," the woman said kindly, wrapping my wound.
This was the first time I could actually see my cut. It was about four inches long and one inch thick. I couldn't tell how deep it was, though. Malik had done this and it made my wound feel even deeper. Tears formed on the rims of my eyes. I thought he loved me! I was betrayed and I meant to get me revenge.
Cloaked figures surround Yami/Yugi. There was no escape. They placed chains around his feet and bound his hands behind his back. They were not gentle either. The rope bound around his hands was tight and the cold metal pinched the skin on his ankles. Yami Malik approached Yami/Yugi with death in his eyes.
"How can you avenge your father by killing me? Death is but a mercy. And I don't think vengeance involves mercy," Yami said dangerously.
"Your pathetic Pharaoh. I never thought you would fall so low. You're coming up with reasons to make your death even more painful," Bakura said mockingly.
"I know what I'll do. I'll take your Millennium Puzzle with your soul in it and then send the boy off to the torture chamber," Yami Malik said, grinning evilly.
"Leave the boy out of this, Ishtar!" Yami yelled, trying to break his bonds.
"You poor pathetic Pharaoh. You don't understand it, I want to cause you more pain then you've ever felt," Yami Malik said, walking towards Yami/Yugi.
He took out the Millennium Rod and changed it into a dagger. Yami just gave him the death glare. Yami Malik just chuckled. He put the dagger's point up against Yami's throat while taking the Millennium Puzzle off of Yami/Yugi. Yami began to fade and soon Yugi was standing there in place of the Pharaoh. At first he looked confused but when he saw the Millennium Puzzle in Yami Malik's hand, Yugi knew exactly what was going on.
"Take him to the torture chamber," Yami Malik ordered.
The cloaked figures carried Yugi off, heading towards the corridor with blood on the stone around it.
"The plan is almost complete. Now all we need is you sister's Millennium Item and Shadi's," Bakura said, watching the struggling form of Yugi being carried off to his worst nightmare.
"My sister's will be easy to get. I already tied her up. She's locked in her own room right now," Yami Malik said.
"That's good. But what of Shadi's Millennium Items?" Bakura asked.
"We'll have to wait and see. The mind control powers of the Millennium Rod have yet to come in handy," Yami Malik said, looking into the Eye of Horus on the Millennium Rod.
The two Yamis just stood there and laughed. Then they left for Isis' room. The sooner they had all of the Millennium Items the better.
Isis sat weeping in her room. Both her feet and hands were bound with cord that cut into her flesh. The door to her room was locked and the one window was barred. Isis knew her own brother had betrayed her and it caused her great sorrow. She heard footsteps coming and knew that her brother hand his friend Bakura were coming to take her Millennium Tauk.
My wound was bound and cleaned. I felt so grateful. I looked into the woman's eyes.
"Thank you, I believe you just saved my life," I said.
"Don't thank me. It was your friends over there that told me of your condition," the woman said, smiling.
"Then I thank both you and my friends," I replied.
The woman left, locking the cell's door behind her. I felt like a caged bird. I wanted to be free once again, free to soar the skies. My wings were clipped and there was no window I could fly out of. Well, I wasn't really a bird. I couldn't fly and I didn't have wings. I could just compare myself with one now. Or maybe I was a caged wild cat or some other wild animal that only wished to live in her own habitat without being bothered but I instead caged.
I found the cells where Yugi and his friends were in. I was able to find Anzu in the cell across from mine all by herself and Jounouchi and Honda in another cell next to Anzu's. But Yugi was nowhere to be seen.
"Anzu! Jounouchi! Honda!" I whispered a bit loudly.
They all looked at my cell and I could tell that their eyes were filled with happiness and surprise. They didn't expect me to be up yet.
"Trinity! You're alive," Jounouchi said.
"That woman saved your life. We didn't think she'd do anything," Anzu said.
"Yeah, but now your up and well," Honda remarked.
"Not exactly. I can't move around much or my wound will reopen but other than that I feel fine. Where's Yugi?" I asked.
"Well…um," Anzu said.
"He, the guards, their master," Jounouchi said hesitantly.
"Where is he?" I demanded.
"Well…the guards took him to their master, which I'm guessing is Malik," Anzu said reluctantly.
"Then we've got to save him!" I exclaimed.
"How?" The three teens asked at the same time.
"I have my ways, just listen closely," I said, explaining my plan to them.
Malik felt the spell weakening but he still couldn't break through. It was only a matter of time until his Yami broke things beyond repair. Malik tried to break his bond and with each try it grew weaker.
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