Prologue
"How long has he been here like this?"
"Six months."
"Such a handsome boy, what happened to him?"
The on call doctor pulled out the clipboard hanging outside the shadow filled room and looked down at it.
"It says a young girl found him unconscious in a park with not a mark on him. Blood work and CAT scan came up with nothing unusual. So did x-rays, not a soul knows what's wrong."
The nurse looked back into the room where she knew the mysteriously comatose white hair teen lay in bed.
"Do we have a name?" she asked turning her attention back to the doctor.
"Ryou Bakura according to the gentleman paying his medical expenses." He replied and shuddered, "That Malik Ishtar with his scarred face and that creepy little boy." The doctor shuddered again.
"Are they related to Ryou, do you suppose?" the nurse inquired as the two walked away.
"Mr. Ishtar said he was but I don't believe it."
From inside the dark chamber came a snicker. Moments later, the door to the room quietly closed then dim neon fluorescence lit up the area beside the hospital bed.
She sat silently there in a chair beside him. It was awkward for her to sit here, to say the least; especially the looks the doctor's constantly gave her; like she'd came from the trash... well... in one sense they were right...
She sat just there; in not much more than the white tube top she constantly played with at the hem, torn up black jeans that were more like shorts. Her face and arms scraped and cut in various places. Quickly, she knew she wanted some reprieve and gazing down at big knee high boots a size too large didn't quite cut it.
"I came up with a great version of Kaiba Corps duel disks" she spoke in barely a whisper turning to the boy laying aside her, "Made them cooler and not as bulky as the ones sported at Battle City."
Silence greeted her but she went on accustomed to the one sided conversations she always had with Ryou since she found him six months ago.
"Did I ever tell you you're my only friend?"
Of course you have... you do nothing short but to say it every single night... That familiar ominous whisper snarled in retort.
She looked down at the gold pendant around her neck. The pyramid with the Eye of Ra in the center surrounded by a ring with pointers around it.
It seemed to glow for a moment. Her gaze became distant and lost, as if something inside were drawing her close and…
Suddenly a small beeper device began to vibrate at her side, snapping her rudely back to the present.
She looked down at it and groaned.
"Gotta go. I'll come back soon, 'kay?"
She leaned over and quickly kissed Ryou on the forehead before covertly slipping out. Seconds after girl disappeared, five robed individuals dashed inside to find the room void of visitors.