BlackRose: Ugh. Too many ideas. *smacks head on desk*
Bakura: *walks in* Er…what the hell are you doing?
BlackRose: Trying to stop getting ideas for fics. There's just too Ra damn many!
Bakura: -.- I thought you LIKED getting ideas.
BlackRose: Yeah, but not this many! *smacks head on desk again*
Bakura: -.- Since BlackRose is busy trying to break the desk with her skull, I guess I'll have to say it. *groan* On with the…Ra help me…chappie. *shudders* . . No one better have heard that.
Yami shook Duke roughly.
"Wake up!"
"I don't think this is the place we want him to awake in," Seto said quietly, keeping as much distance as he could between himself and the bodies, which wasn't much. His throat ached and he fingered the bruises lightly.
"Good point. Let's get out of here."
The two looked around.
"The question is…is there another way out? We sure as hell can't go back the way we came." Something nearby shuffled. Seto pulled something out of his jacket. There was a brief flicker of light, then a rather loud boom. Yami jumped despite himself.
"What was that?" Seto held up his hand, which was gripping something small and metal. Yami face-faulted.
"Why the hell didn't you use that before? And why the hell do you have it?!"
"I only just remembered it. I wasn't thinking clearly before. As to why I have it, you seem to forget I own a very large corporation. I need to protect myself with something, right?"
"I don't think they should let you keep that. You're dangerous enough as it is. You don't need a weapon on top of it."
"I'm going to take that as a compliment."
Yami opened his mouth to speak, only to be stopped as Duke groaned rather loudly. He cried out and held his hand over his stomach.
"Shiiiiiiiit." Yami started, remembering that their friend was rather hurt.
"We need to get you somewhere safe."
"No, don't worry about me. I'm fine."
"You're bleeding through a hole in your stomach. That's not 'fine'," Seto snapped. Duke shot him a dirty look.
"I'm conscious, aren't I?"
"You weren't before." Ignoring his protests, Seto took off his jacket and wrapped it around Duke's stomach, careful to not disturb the wound. Seto looked at Yami.
"We really need to find a way out of here. Fast." Almost as soon as he said that, something caught his eye. Light was seeping through a crack at the bottom of the wall. He crept towards it, his fingers brushing against something cold. He tightened his hold and swung the door open.
"And this would be our way out," he said. Yami looked suspiciously at it.
"I don't think-"
This time Duke spoke up.
"Would you rather stay in here?"
"No."
"Then that door is our only way out." Yami sighed and followed Seto, helping Duke, who had wrapped an arm around Yami's shoulder and was using him to help him stay upright. Seto led the way into the room. As soon as Yami and Duke had cleared the door, it swung shut, a familiar and unsettling click of a lock following it.
"Well, that settles it. We have no choice but to keep going," Duke said.
"I'm really starting to loathe your mansion, Kaiba," Yami muttered.
"So am I."
The three proceeded to make their way through the room. Despite the light that had been shining through the crack, the room was almost as dark as the previous one.
"Shit," Duke said after a few moments of silence, "I hope Ryou's okay."
"I'm sure he's fine. If that psycho is with him, he's safe."
"I told you before Kaiba, we all went separate ways! He's by himself!"
"Then I'm sure he saw sense and went back to find Malik."
"I hope your right."
"I always am."
Duke and Yami sweat dropped at this.
"Full of himself, isn't he?" Duke muttered.
"I'll say."
Kaiba began to realize something as they went further into the room, which turned out to be yet another hallway. It was getting colder. Duke shivered.
"Is it just me, or did it get extremely cold all of a sudden?"
"No. It's cold as hell." Yami's teeth were chattering. Wife beaters weren't exactly meant to keep a person warm.
"Sshh. Did you hear that?" Kaiba whispered. Duke and Yami glanced at each other.
"Hear what?" Kaiba lifted his head as he heard the moan.
"That."
"I think being in here is getting you p-" Yami clutched at the puzzle and cried out, letting go of Duke as he fell to the floor. Duke's head spun. Strong arms wrapped around his waist to keep him from landing on the floor too.
"Yami? What is it?" Kaiba asked, alarmed.
"No…no…nononononono! Yu-Yugi! NO!"
"Yami? Hey, you okay?"
"Does he look okay, Devlin?"
Duke chose to ignore this.
"YUGI! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!" Tears were streaking down Yami's cheeks. Duke crouched down, ignoring the pain that shot through his stomach. He reached out to touch Yami's trembling shoulder.
"He-he-he can't...can't be…NO! YUGI!" Duke's eyes widened and he turned to Kaiba.
"Do you think…"
"It's possible."
"I failed…to protect him. YUGI! No!"
"Yami, get up," Kaiba snapped. Yami didn't hear him. He just continued to mutter.
Kaiba was getting annoyed. Duke being injured was enough. Now he had a mourning yami on his hands.
"Damn it Yami, we don't have time for this!" He proceeded to pick Yami up by his collar and set him on his feet, then placing Duke's arm over his shoulder again, who was leaning heavily against him.
Yami was now staring straight ahead, at the wall, saying nothing. Duke waved a hand in front of his face. Yami stood, unblinking.
"Come on Yami, snap out of it." He received no answer.
"Well, at least walk." And, unbelievably, the former pharaoh proceeded to follow as Kaiba and Duke began walking. There was only one thought echoing throughout his head.
Yugi…I've failed him. Failed at my job as his yami.
Then he crumpled to his knees again. Part of his soul felt like it had been ripped away from him. Then again, that was what had happened. Duke let go of Kaiba, swaying slightly as he picked Yami up and backhanded him.
"You can grieve once we get the hell out of here. Now isn't the time." He swayed again, feeling the floor tilt up to meet him, only to be caught before he fell.
Yami blinked, shaking his head morosely.
I…will have to think of this later. I may not deserve to live anymore, but that doesn't mean I have to bring Kaiba and Duke with me.
He resigned himself that this wasn't the place to mourn. He could die after he helped the other two get through this.
BlackRose: Yeah, I know…not any action. Wasn't even scary at all. That's cause I couldn't really think of what to do for them in this chappie. ^.^() The next chappie will be a helluva lot better, I promise. REVIEW PLEASE!
