BlackRose: *wails* I know! I am SO sorry for taking so long to update! Ya see…I gots in trouble by my daddy. . Stupid goddamn dogs!
Bakura: You! Get back here so I can rip you apart! I'm going to fucking kill you for what you did to me in the last chapter!!
BlackRose: O.O Eep! On with the chappie! *runs*
"Damn it. Where the hell is he?" Joey looked down both corridors.
"Hey Yuge! Get out here! This ain't the place to be playin' Hide an' Seek!" Tristan sighed as he leaned against the wall.
"I don't think he's going to be coming out any time soon. We've been lookin' for him for like an hour." This earned him a glare from Joey.
"We gotta keep lookin'!" Tristan sighed again, pulling his hands out of his pockets as he tried to look at something other than his friend.
"I think we would have found him by now. Maybe…maybe he already found some lights and went to go get the others." Joey brightened.
"That's gotta be it. Now we just have to find 'em."
So the duo set off once again down the hall, in search of their friends. Unaware of the game they had been tricked into playing.
*~*~*(scene change)
Mage chuckled as he heard the frantic blonde's shouting. He shook his head as he walked silently towards them, trench coat flapping soundlessly behind him. But something was nudging at him. His heart. How was he supposed to know his old friend was still alive? That he was one of the spirits of the Items? His heart ached briefly as he thought bitterly, A dead spirit of the Items. Damn it 'Kura, why did you have to be one of them? He shook his head forcefully as he crept after the two humans. Concentrate on killing the Participants. No time for remorse. Now, how to kill the two? Splitting them up was always easiest. But that couldn't be done. The blonde and brunette were no doubt almost inseparable. He'd just have to kill the two together. But how to do it was the question. He contemplated this as he silently followed the two teens. An image flashed before his eyes. Short. Tri-colored hair. Ah ha! Now he knew how to kill them. Instantly, his form morphed into that of an exact duplicate of the young boy he had killed not too long ago. He left the two boys at a different hallway, cutting to the left so he could get ahead and wait for the two to pass before executing his plan.
*~*~*
"Shit. How can Kaiba make his way around this place without gettin' lost?"
"I have no idea. I'd never be able to find my way out of here. He must have this whole place memorized or something."
"Yeah, no kid-Yuge! Hey Yugi!" Tristan blinked and looked ahead. There stood their old friend.
"Where the hell've you been?" he asked.
"I was trying to find you guys. I…I got lost."
"We did too. We thought you disappeared or something."
"Nope. Listen…I found the others. Kaiba couldn't get the lights to work, so they just went back into the living room. They're waiting for us." He jogged off, the blonde haired one at his heels. But Tristan was confused. Kaiba should be able to fix his own backup, right? If not, no way in blue hell would he just go back upstairs like that. And now that he thought about it, where was Yugi's puzzle? Hadn't he had it on before? Tristan shook his head. Something was wrong about him. He took so much time contemplating this, that by the time he snapped out of his thoughts, the other two were long gone.
"Well, that decides it. Looks like I'm all alone now." He shuddered despite himself. This place was creepy enough when it was just the three of them. But now that he was alone? No, best not think about what those shadows looked like. Or the grisly message on the walls before. What had that meant, anyways?
*~*~*
"This way. Just down the stairs."
"Since…since when did you get so…fast?" Joey puffed as he stood at the top of the rather long and narrow flight of stairs.
"This isn't the way we went up either."
"Joey, I think Kaiba had more than one staircase."
"Oh yeah."
"Follow me. And watch your step." And with that, the short teen disappeared down the stairs. Of course, Mage used a little magic to get to the bottom of the flight faster than the real Yugi could have possibly gotten. He was waiting at the bottom, a smirk on his face that was completely unlike Yugi's normal grin.
"Hey Yuge, wait up."
"C'mon Joey. You're too slow. I'll leave without you if you don't hurry-"
But his threat was stopped as Joey lost his footing, crying out as he did so. Muffled thuds could be heard as the dopey blonde tumbled down the long flight of stairs, body falling at a dangerous angle, head and neck first. No matter how hard he tried, he couldn't stop from falling. There was a sickening crack as Joey finally made it to the bottom. But he wasn't moving. His head lay at an unnatural angle, one bone jutting out of the side of his neck. He never got up, honeyed orbs ever staring into space, his mouth an O of surprise. Yugi's chuckle grew louder and deeper as he changed back into Mage. It soon became a maniacal laugh, one most similar to Bakura's.
"I tried to tell you to watch your step. You're faith in little Yugi was your demise, young one. Pitiful, really, to be so damn devoted to your loved ones that you couldn't even tell the difference between them and an imposter. Such a shame. Such a dreadful shame," he whispered before he placed his boot above Joey's head and brought it down. The shattering of his skull echoed throughout the room as blood and brain matter spattered all over the floor. Mage chuckled again and swiftly walked away from the dead blonde, deciding whom he should play with next.
Bakura: HAHAHAHAHA! The mutt got himself killed! By falling down the stairs! How fitting!
BlackRose: O.O And Katana-chan and Okami-chan say I'm bad. I get it from him! *points* Oh yeah, and guys, please tell me what you think of it so far. Is it scary enough? Have enough gore? Should I up it to rated R? I NEED TO KNOW HERE PEOPLES!!!!!
