Chapter 6:A Reunion and a tragic parting.
Marik began to wake up and he saw that Aya was still asleep (and still alive for that matter). He got up from the rotting floor and he tapped her on the shoulder and she began to wake up and her eyes opened to the world around her.
"Marik, how long have I been asleep?" She asked, stretching her arms.
"For only a few minutes." He answered.
She then remembered something very important, "Shit, I forgot about my kid brother."
"You rest here, I'll go find him." Marik said.
"Okay." Aya said as she pulled off her boots and fell asleep again.
Marik walked out of the room, sure he felt foolish for leaving her behind, but he knew that she could take care of herself. He then proceeded down the hallway and up another fleet of stairs, hoping to find any other survivors/visitors.
He put a tight grip on his firearm, hoping that he wouldn't find anything merciless or malevolent. He continued walking until he noticed a room that said, "Children's hospital room." in bright, red words. He then opened the door and saw the little boy he met at the graveyard, playing with a teddy bear that was sitting on a bed.
He then noticed something strange about the boy, he looked just like him, except for the fact that the little boy was dressed in a white shirt and black sweatpants. The boy then noticed Marik.
"Hey, its you again. You're the guy who found my duel monsters cards, aren't you?" The boy asked.
"That was me. By the way, do you know a girl named Aya?" He asked.
The boy's eyes then lit up, "She's my big sister, where is she?"
"Don't worry, she's safe and sound," Marik answered, "by the way, you never told me your name."
"Everyone I know calls me Mark." Mark answered.
"Well, let's go find your sister then." Marik said. The boy followed Marik out of the room.
They walked out of the hospital room and they proceeded down the stairs that Marik had just climbed up earlier and walked down the same hallway again and then Marik saw Bandit Keith sitting next to a corpse, holding his gun. Marik didn't want to know if Keith killed him or not.
"Bandit Keith, did you do this?" Marik asked.
"Hell yeah, I killed the little son of a bitch, but it wasn't my fault, he asked for it." Keith remarked.
"Keith, calm down, there's no reason to kill someone." Marik told him.
"What do you know anyway? It's pretty easy to kill someone,' Keith then pointed the gun at his head in a joking, but foolish, manner, "see Marik, you just pull the trigger and bang, they're dead, plain and simple."
"No one is above the law Keith." Marik replied coldly.
Keith then started to laugh nervously, "I was just joking, the punk was like this when I got here."
Marik didn't say anything and he and Mark walked off, leaving Keith to his sick little jokes.
"What was wrong with that big man?" Mark asked.
"He's, well, a bit of a nutcase." Marik answered as they proceeded to the room that Aya was in, Marik opened the door and Mark saw his sister and ran up to her and hugged her.
"I missed you so much sis. I was so scared when we got separated." Mark said while crying in Aya's arms.
"It's okay, now let's get out of here." Aya told him and they left the room. (Aya had put her shoes back on before Marik returned with Mark.)
They reentered the hallway again and proceeded up another fleet of stairs and to the next floor. To Marik, it seemed like this nightmare would never end.
"Chill Marik." Aya said to him.
"Its not this scenery that bother me, it's-" Marik was cut off when he heard the sound of something metal and heavy crashing against the wall.
"What is it?" Mark asked.
"Just keep quiet." Marik responded.
The hallways grew silent and then the sound was heard again and Pyramid Head appeared out of the shadows, his sword (which looks like Cloud's sword from Final Fantasy 7 in case you didn't notice) in his hand and he was carrying the corpse of a faceless nurse and he dropped it on the ground and stabbed it.
"Its him again." Aya said, fear was now building up inside of her and she felt like she could have a heart attack any minute.
The Pyramid Head then moved up slowly to them, the large, bloodstained knife still in its hand.
"We had better run and quickly." Marik said as he ran off with Aya and Mark trailing behind them. Pyramid Head chased them down the dark hallway.
They kept running, hoping that there wouldn't be a dead end. Marik felt thoughts of death and pain rushing through his mind. The thoughts that were in his mind were painful beyond imagine. He had dealt with so much pain and now, he was going to die here? In this hellish reality?
Then his worst nightmare came true.
A dead end.
He then noticed something unusual about this one though, there was a door, but there was just one problem, it was locked.
"There's no way we're going to make it.......and if we won't be able to make it out, then I'm going to fight." Marik shouted.
The Pyramid Head then caught up with them, Marik prepared to fight as he stared at the Pyramid Head with fire in his violet eyes. Pyramid Head then jabbed at Marik, but Aya pushed him out of the way and took the blow and blood was spilling from her chest and Marik rushed to her aid.
"Aya, why?" Marik asked.
"I'm.....sorry Marik.....I couldn't let you die......and Mark....I'm glad I could see you one last time." She said and then she died.
Marik felt his anger building up inside of him as he clenched his blood stained fists and he took her gun from her limp hand and aimed it at Pyramid Head, who stood there with his head down.
"You are nothing you bastard, you are just an illusion spilt from the deepest bowels of my mind and I will dispose of you once and for all." Marik shouted in anger and he aimed his gun and Aya's gun at Pyramid Head and shot the creature, causing him to grip his chest in pain.
"This is not how 'salvation' shall be made." A voice in Marik head said.
"Who are you?" Marik asked.
"That is none of your concern Marik, if you want salvation, then it will be done in a shadow game and if you lose, you'll die you sinner." The voice hissed.
"And if I win?" Marik asked.
"The girl shall be revived, before the time that the executioner known as the Pyramid Head took her life." The voice said.
"If its to help bring Aya back and to help find Ishizu, then I will duel you." Marik replied, pulling his duel monsters deck from his pocket.
"Then let the path to damnation or salvation begin." The voice said and then a duel disk appeared on Marik's arm and a duel disk appeared on Pyramid Head's arm, only this one was rusted and had barbwire wrapped around it. Then the walls started to turn into rotting flesh and decayed flesh with crosses printed on the walls.
Marik placed his deck in the duel disk, ready to get his friend's life back.
To Be Continued.