Damn…well, that would certainly explain the lack of reviews. ^.^() Gotta remember to fix that. Thanks to those who reviewed. On with the ficcy!
"In here," Kaiba panted as he quietly opened a metal door. The two yamis followed, both gasping for breath. Kaiba locked the door behind him and sunk against the wall. He waited until they all caught their breath before asking,
"What exactly is the Game of Death?"
Bakura sat down next to him, Yami on his other side.
"I'm sure you can barely remember anything about it, correct, Pharaoh?"
"It's one of the only things I can remember."
"Well then, care to begin?" Yami shot him an annoyed glance, and then took a deep breath.
"The Game of Death was an old Egyptian legend. It was said that there was once three people, two men and a woman. They were criminals. One night, the three attempted to steal a sacred statue from one of Maat's temples. This angered Maat and she turned the three into demonic spirits. The woman was changed into 'Banshee.' One man, the 'Trickster' or 'Illusionist'. The other man, the 'Shape-Shifter.' The three lost all sense and had to be imprisoned in a glass orb, which is what controlled them. A-"
"What the hell does that have to do with the Game of Death?"
"I'm getting to that. Anyways, a decade or so later, another woman happened upon the orb. But something happened to her. The dark powers of the orb corrupted her. She discovered it could prove to be quite powerful and created a game of a sort from it. She would lure in humans, using the three demons as her Players. The humans, or Participants, would be terrorized by the demons, until they either died of exhaustion, or the demons finally killed them."
"So we're being chased by 'Banshee,' right?"
"Yes."
"I don't think I want to know, but, what happens if she catches us?" This time it was Bakura who answered.
"She'll either rip us limb from limb, or will devour our souls."
"Wonderful. Just wonderful." Bakura stood up and rushed the seat of his pants off.
"It could be wo-oh shit. If Banshee is here, no doubt Mage and the Illusionist are here too." Yami's eyes widened as he stood up.
"Yugi and Ryou!"
"Fuck! We have to get to them before the demons do!" The former tomb robber unlocked the metal door and took off as fast as he could down the hallway.
"Hurry your asses up!" Bakura called behind him, not bothering to stop running. Yami and Kaiba were a little ways behind him. The former tomb robber ran at full speed, until he came to a split in the hallways. He didn't bother to wait for the other two, but simply ran down the right hallway. Seconds later, Yami and Kaiba came to a stop at the same split. Yami growled in annoyance.
"That stupid bastard can never wait. C'mon. Hopefully he went this way." The duo took the left passage, but walking this time, so they could catch their breath. There was no sign of Bakura anywhere. Just as Yami was about to turn around and go back to the split, the familiar scream rang through the air.
"We'll have to look for him after we shake the Banshee," Kaiba said as they began running again.
(A.N.- They do that a lot, don't they?)
It grew darker as they kept on running, so that they couldn't even see their hands in from of their faces. Kaiba bumped into something warm and heavy. He went to move it aside but stopped as his fingers brushed against something wet and sticky. His stomach lurched as he realized what it was. Blood. And it was all over his hands.
"Y-Yami…"
"I know," came the weak reply. "Just…just keep on walking." He closed his hand around the CEO's and gently pulled him away from the hanging body. But he bumped into another one, and he felt hair brush against his bare arm.
"They-they're everywhere."
"I know. They're dead though. They can't hurt us."
"Then why do I feel like I'm going to puke?"
Yami squeezed his hand and continued to make his way down the hall, his own stomach knotting in disgust. But it would soon get worse. The bodies seemed to increase as they walked further down the hallway, so that it was impossible to walk without bumping into a body. Yami shuddered as a limp hand brush against his arm. He was about to walk forward when the hand slid back up and held tightly onto his arm. No sounds came out of his mouth as he tried to pull his arm away from the hand, which caused it to squeeze tighter.
"What the he-" Kaiba was stopped as a hand made its way up to his throat. He gagged and tried to pull it off, but to no avail. Dots swam before his eyes. His lungs burned for oxygen. Yami heard the choking and was about to help when he felt more hands grab him, holding him in place. A hand slid around his own throat and squeezed. He tried to fight it off, but only felt more hands grabbing him.
^.^ Hee hee. I'm going to end it here, just to keep you in suspense. I know I said these would e longer and I'm sorry this one is so short. Oh, and I fixed the review thing. ^.^ Teddybear, yours made me laugh. Characters will die in this. But I'm not tellin' who.
