Cold Chills
( song fic time! "Cold Chills" is a kick ass song off Kix's 1990 "Hot Wire" album.
Oh, yeah, I don't own Kix; not the band, not the cereal. )
Tany treaded cautiously through the purple mists of the Shadow Realm. It was so quiet that she could hear her heart beating in her chest. The Shadow Realm was a place she had never even considered going to. She'd heard so many bad things about it from Ryou. The was a place like she'd never experienced before. The screaming silence was enough to drive any sane person out of their mind. A song she'd once heard started echoing through her head.
Well it's way past sundown
Hear the clock strike twelve
Feel the darkness fallin'
Oo, it's hot as hell
What's that shadow, who's that sound?
You're right in the wrong part of town
Tany suddenly found herself back home. Not her home with Ryou and Bakura, but the home she'd grown up in. The house was silent, except for the ticking of grandfather clock in the family room. Tany grinned as she walked through the quiet house. She remembered all the happy times she'd spent with her family there. She had come from a very large family, of which she was the first born child. There was never a dull moment around her house growing up. The silence in the house now was almost menacing. Tany looked up at a very large family portrait that hung over mantle. She smiled as her eyes passed over her parents and 9 other siblings. Tany stared at the portrait, which looked very recent.
"No.......this isn't right" she said to herself as she inspected the portrait closer. "Where am I?"
You got.....
Cold chills runnin' down your spine
Cold chills - you think you've lost your mind
Is this just a walkin' nightmare
Will you wake up from this dream?
Cold chills - cold chills........
You tried but you can't scream
Tany gripped tightly onto the heavy stone mantle and swallowed back the lump growing in her throat. Why wasn't she on the portrait? Had her family forgotten about her? She reached up and ran her fingers along the picture, wondering what was going on.
Everyone was leavin', but you stayed on your own
Thought they'd come and get ya
Now it's a long way home
You thought you heard 'em call your name
But there's no one there to blame
The sound of voices began to echo through the house as Tany backed away from the mantle.
"Mommy! Mommy! Timmy fell and hurt hisself! He needs you to fix his owie!"
"I can't Collin! I've got 5000 things to do around here and nobody to help me! Timmy will have to wait until after I've finished feeding Paige and cleaned up the grape juice Amanda spilled on the carpet."
Tany ran to her younger sibling and tried talking to him.
"I can help! Where's Timmy?"
The figure of her brother infront of her didn't respond to her offer of assistance.
"Collin! I'm right here! Mom! I can help!"
Collin turned around and walked back outside.
Tany followed him out where she found another of her younger siblings laying on the ground squealing in pain.
"TIMMY!" Tany shrieked as she kneeled over his small frame..
"Daddy's gonna kill us Timmy, We weren't suppose to be playing super hero on the roof"
Tany tried to reach out to her fallen brother, but her hands went right through him as though she was a spirit.
"Oh my god, his arm is broken! What do I do!" Tany screamed. Even though her voiced echoed, the figures of her siblings infront of her heard nothing.
Tany thought quickly. She was desperate to find help for her little brother.
She ran back into the house in search of some way to alert anybody about Timmy. She ran upstairs a looked into her brother Jason's room. Jason was the second oldest. Tany was 5 years older than him. Before Tany had moved out, she and Jason had always helped their parents with the younger siblings. As Tany looked into the room, she gasp at the sight before her.
Jason was nothing like she remembered. Her brother, now 19 years old, was kicked back on a futon playing an electric guitar. His hair was long and he looked as if he hadn't eaten anything in days. The aroma of freshly smoked marijuana lingered in the air.
"Jason! Timmy's hurt! He needs you!" Tany yelled as loud as she could. Her brother didn't even notice. He lit up a cigarette and continued to strum away to some old death metal song.
"I can't take this!" Tany screamed as she ran to the next room, the room her 2 twin sisters, Jessica and Brie, shared.
The two girls were sitting on one of the beds looking a magazine.
"Did you tell mom yet?" Jessica ask Brie with a serious edge to her voice.
"No, I just can't! She'll tell dad and I'll be dead meat!" Brie replied.
"Brie, you can't hide it forever. They're gonna find out eventually.
The identical siblings both fell silent as the sound of their fathers voice resounding through the house.
"Shhhhh.....Dads home" Brie whispered.
You hear footsteps in the silence
Your heart's poundin' - you're tremblin', shakin', no no no no!
This wasn't the same family Tany remembered so fondly. When her father would return home
from work, everybody was there to great him at the door.
Is this just a walkin' nightmare
Will you wake up from this dream
If you break down you'll be sorry
As the vultures pick you clean
"I need to get out of here!" Tany thought out loud as she ran out the front door. She knew none
of what she had seen was real. She kept reminding herself it was all a bad dream as she ran as
fast as she could.
Cold chills runnin down your spine
Cold chills - you think you've lost your mind
Is this just a walkin' nightmare
Will you wake up from this dream
Cold chills, cold chills, cold chills
You got the
Cold chills, cold chills, cold chills
You gotta get away
"Bakura!" Tany shouted as Bakura appeared infront of her out of nowhere. "I'm so happy I found you! Where's Malik and Yami? We need to find Caroline and get out of here!"
Bakura paid no attention to Tany and focused on something down by his feet.
"That's right vessel, BEG for forgiveness!"
Tany looked closer at the figure cowering infront of Bakura.
"Ryou!" she gasp as his features became for apparent.
"Please don't do it again! I'll be a good vessel! I promise!" Ryou begged.
Bakura clenched a fist and popped Ryou right in the nose, causing blood to gush out his nostils.
"Ryou!!" Tany screamed. She tried to run to Ryou's aid, but she found herself unable to even move.
Ryou only let out a tiny whimper as blood dripped down the front of his face.
"Why do you have to be such a bitch!" Bakura said venomously
"Please stop, you're hurting me........" Ryou pleaded.
Bakura pulled a pair of brass knuckles out of his pocket and sliiped them over his hand.
"You haven't even begun to experience hurt! Never fucking test me again vessel!" he growled as he yanked Ryou up by his throat.
"STOP!" Tany screamed as Bakura pummeled the hell out of Ryou.
Cold chills, cold chills, cold chills
They're walkin you home, you got the
Cold chills, cold chills, cold chills
You're left all alone
Cold chills, cold chills, cold chills.............
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Caroline walked casually through the shadows. She didn't seem phased by the images of the people she only knew as strangers. She still only remembered her life up until the age of 17. The memories of Marik, Bakura, Yugi and all the rest were still locked somewhere in her head. She'd already made it quite a ways through the Shadow Realm.
"This is lame" she yawned . Just to keep herself amused, she started to sing a song that she remembered.
"What walks down stairs alone or in pairs
And makes a slinkity sound
A spring a spring
A marvelous thing
Everyone know its slinky.
A slinky a slinky
for fun its a wonderful toy
A slinky a slink
its fun for a girl and a boy"
Caroline stopped and stretched her arms after her little performance.
"Walking sucks. I wish I woulda brought my car." She mused out loud as she massaged her own shoulders.
Suddenly, she found her surroundings grow very familiar. A face appeared out of the shadows in front of her, than a body.
"Tommy Ceccerelli?"
The shadow figure ignored Caroline and walked right past her and approached a new shadow figure.
"Who's she?" Caroline gasp as watched her high school sweetheart cuddle up with an unknown woman.
"Tommy? What are you.........doing?" She couldn't believe her eyes. Tommy was kissing this strange woman!
Caroline clenched her fists and stormed over to them.
"You are SO dead Ceccerelli!"
Tommy cupped the strange womans chin in his hand and smiled, oblivious to Caroline's presence.
"Angela, I love you"
Caroline turned way and began to walk slowly in the opposite direction.
"Say what? He loves..........that too? What the hell? Hmph! Two faced dillhole......."
Caroline pressed forward with the thought of her high school boyfriend cheating on her. It seemed so real. She couldn't shake the picture she carried in her head of him kissing the other woman. Slowly, she succumb to the twisted mind games of the Shadow Realm.
*****
" Just remember now, everything that happens here is just in our minds. None of it's real if you don't let it be."
Caroline's final words before they separated.
Tany took a deep breath and focused on Caroline's parting instructions.
"Not real........Not real" Tany repeated over and over as various scenes played out her worst dreams. She walked on bravely until everything suddenly went dark.
"What the hell is this now?!?"
A quick flash of light lit things up very suddenly. Tany covered her eyes from its brightness. It slowly faded into a soft glow. Tany slowly uncovered her eyes.
"Who.........are......you?" she said nervously as the figure of a beautiful woman, appeared before her.
"I am a friend of Ryou and Bakura. I know they are in trouble. I wish to assist you in dark Bakura's safe return to the mortal realm so that his light may be saved.."
Tany shook her head to try and absorb this. She was feeling a bit overwhelmed.
"Are you......an angel Am I dead?" Tany squeaked.
The woman smiled sweetly.
"You are not dead" the woman assured her.
"Do you know where Bakura is?" she ask nervously.
"I do. The ancient god Anubis is holding him, Malik Ishtar, and the Pharaoh captive across the river. I can take you there, but power is limited to that."
Tany decided to go on a whim and follow the woman.
*******
Caroline wandered through the shadows aimlessly. As she walked further, old nightmares flooded her mind.
She suddenly stopped and sat down.
"What's going on?" she said to herself hopelessly. Only a trace of her sanity was still intact. She could feel tears welling up in her eyes.
Anubis watched her from a distance. He assumed the form of Ammut, so he wouldn't scare her away when he made his move.
"What's wrong?"
Caroline jumped and tried to scramble away, but only got twisted up and fell.
"AHHH!" she squeaked.
Anubis extended his hand and smiled.
"I heard you crying. I'm not going to hurt you."
Caroline cautiously reached her hand up to his and allowed him to help her to her feet.
"What is this place? Why am I here?" she ask out of curiosity.
Anubis ran his fingers lightly over her hair and chuckled.
"I got worried when you didn't return. I figured you go lost in the Shadow Realm again."
Caroline cocked her head.
"Huh? What do you mean? All those mean people weren't real? I imagined it all?"
"Indeed"
Caroline shook her head.
"But it was all so.........real."
Anubis wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her a little closer.
"You really need to stop getting lost in the shadows, my dear. Now let's get you back home. I have a very special gift waiting for you."
Caroline nodded her head and went with Anubis willingly. Anubis smiled wickedly as he lead her to his domain.
//I knew she'd take my bait. Her memories may be lost, but her ka* is still strong. She has too much pride to admit she has no clue what I'm talking about.//
Anubis lead Caroline into his domain, showing her directly to a lavishly decorated room.
"Why don't you change into the outfit on the bed." he suggested.
Caroline nodded and walked over to the bed. She picked up the outfit and looked it over with approval.
"I will return for you shortly."
Anubis left the room, allowing Caroline time to change. Whether Anubis was truly a friend or not; she didn't really know, but this was much better than wandering around in the Shadow Realm. Anubis seemed nice enough, so Caroline concluded that he was indeed, friend. She quickly slipped out of her clothes and put on the outfit Anubis suggested to her.
Soon there after Anubis returned. He stopped in the doorway as his eyes fell over Caroline, now dressed in a provocative tight black dress and a dark purple cloak.
"Very nice" he smiled as he slowly approached her.
He pulled her into an embrace, than ran his hands down her shoulders.
Caroline, responding impulsively, reciprocated his affections.
"So beautiful" Anubis purred in her ear.
Caroline loved the attention he was giving her, and began to show her appreciation. She ran her hands down his chest and buried her face in his long black hair.
"Mmmm" she sighed against his chest.
Anubis wanted to take her right there, but he knew it wasn't yet time.
//Damn mortal forms........no control// he thought to himself as he noticed the reaction his mortal form was having to the petit blond in his arms.
"Come with me, we can proceed with this once we've played with our new slaves."
"Slaves? What did they do?" Caroline ask curiously.
Anubis sighed deeply.
"Treason"
Caroline looked up at him with a childlike innocence.
"What are we going to do to them?"
Anubis patted her head and grinned.
"Anything you want, my dear. Anything you want..."
Caroline followed Anubis down to where he was keeping Malik, Yami and Bakura.
"I have a little surprise for the three of you" Anubis announced as he walked into the cold, dimly lit dungeon.
Tombstone glares greeted Anubis. .
"I brought somebody down to visit you" He grinned evilly and turned to Caroline.
"Say hi to our new toys, my dear."
Caroline stepped up and looked over Malik, Yami and Bakura. Their wrists and ankles were shackled to the wall, and their clothing was torn badly.
Caroline stepped back and glared.
"I remember these slaves! Though they seemed to have FORGOTTEN who I am!"
Malik tried to lunge forward, but only ended up hurting himself.
"Caroline! What's he done to you!"
Caroline looked at Malik scornfully.
"I don't like people who ignore me" she hissed.
She turned to Anubis and grinned vindictively.
"Give me something to teach these punks a lesson."
Anubis snapped his fingers and a whip appeared in his hands. He handed it to Caroline, who cracked it in the air just for fun. The sound made Malik, Yami and Bakura flinch.
"NO!" Yami exclaimed.
"Caroline, we're your friends, please don't hurt us!" Bakura yelled.
"Please don't do this" Malik pleaded.
An evil smirk spread across Caroline's face as she gazed into Anubis's eyes.
"Good choice"
Anubis leaned down and lightly kissed her lips, knowing that it would get a reaction from Malik.
"Get your filthy ass-lips off of her Anubis ." Malik expectantly growled.
Caroline and Anubis withdrew from the kiss and looked at Malik. Caroline began to laugh evilly.
"I'll start with the smart ass"
*means soul pretty much, from Egyptian mythology.
*******
The woman magically brought Tany directly into the darkness of Anubis's domain.
"I must go now, Bakura is in the next room."
A bloody scream echoed from the room the woman had referred to. It sounded like Yami. Chills ran down Tany's spine as the woman disappeared. She waited until nothing but silence came from the next room. Quietly, she crept through the doorway.
"Holy shit!" She exclaimed. Bakura looked up with fear piercing through his eyes. Malik and Yami didn't move.
Tany grabbed a set of keys off the wall and ran over to unlock Bakura. Once all his restraints were open, he collapsed into Tany's arms.
"Holy crap Bakura, who did this to you?"
Bakura was still to weak to speak. All he did was whimper.
Tany stood him up straight and made him focus his eyes on hers.
"Bakura, we need to get you home. I can't handle dragging all three of you out of here. You need to help me"
"A.......few......minutes........" Bakura pleaded.
"A little faster, I don't want to get caught here!" Tany begged.
Bakura slowly regained enough strength to carry Malik out of the prison, while Tany helped Yami. They made it to the room Tany first appeared in and were greeted by the Dark Necrofear.
"Master Bakura" the creature spoke respectfully as it bowed.
"Can you get us out of here?" Bakura ask it.
"Yes" The creature replied. Seconds later they appeared on the edge of the Shadow Realm.
After thanking the monster for it's help, Bakura turned back to Tany.
"We need to stop and rest before going into the Shadow Realm. Malik and Yami took a worse beating than I did, but with rest they'll be fine. Now tell me Tany, how did you get here?"
Tany took a deep breath.
"A duel, with Caroline.........she got me here."
"What? Caroline got you here?"
Tany nodded her head.
Bakura suddenly fell to his knees. Tany rushed to his side.
"Bakura? Are you okay?"
Bakura nodded his head.
"I'm fine........just.....hurting."
Tany touched his spiky hair lightly and squinted her eyes.
"Who did this to you?"
Bakura began to relax a little and regained his composure.
"Caroline"
Tany's eyes got huge.
"Caroline did this to you guys? Why? How?"
"I wish I could answer you as to why. I suspect Anubis did something to her. As for how she did it? I'd rather not go there."
Tany nodded. The sight of Bakura's wounds explained it all.
"I understand."
Within a few minutes Yami, Malik and Bakura had regained most of their strength.
Malik looked back and stared at Anubis's domain with contempt.
"The bastard has my wife yet"
Yami lowered his head,
"I'm sorry Malik, but we need to leave. Our lights need us."
Malik hesitated to follow the others through the shadows and back to the mortal realm.
"I can't just leave her with Anubis though!" he protested.
"Well I'm not going back there Malik. You're *wife* already did enough damage" Yami frowned as he looked down at his ripped up, blood stained clothing.
"I'm not going back either. Anubis has her under his power, there's nothing we can do" Bakura retorted.
Malik took a final glance back at Anubis's domain.
"I'm sorry Caroline" he sobbed as he turned and followed the others through the Shadow Realm.
****** Anubis knew that Yami, Malik, and Bakura had escaped. He didn't bother pursuing after them though. From his throne room, he watched their every move through the Shadow Realm, keeping a vindictive eye on Malik.
"You might have escaped with your life Ishtar, but you've lost something that means far greater to you."
Anubis heard a somebody walking into his throne room so he turned to see who it was.
Caroline approached Anubis and bowed her head.
"Hello"
Anubis nodded his head.
"Yes, Hello. What do you want? I'm a little busy right now."
Caroline ran her fingers through her hair and sighed.
"I'm just bored. Wanna entertain me?"
Anubis took his attention off of the escapees and focused on Caroline.
"If that's what you desire"
Caroline stepped closer to Anubis and looked up at him with lust filled eyes.
"Maybe we could have a little fun?"
Anubis reached out and cupped her cheek in his hand.
"You look stunning"
Caroline stepped back and stuck a pose for Anubis.
"I'm glad you like"
Anubis licked his lips.
"How about we go somewhere a bit more -private-?"
Caroline smiled as she took his hand.
"Let's get naughty" she whispered in his ear suggestively.
Anubis started to chuckle as he lead her into a room he'd specially prepared for this purpose. The room was filled with lit black candles. The light scent of Egyptian musk permeated the air. There was a very large bed covered in black satin sheets. The petals from black and red roses covered the satin sheets. He used his prior knowledge of Caroline's deepest desires as his guide in creating the room.
Her reaction gave him the assurance that his preparations were well appreciated.
Caroline looked around in awe.
"This is beautiful!" she exclaimed.
Anubis walked over to the bed and sat down.
"C'mere" Anubis instructed her.
Caroline approached him slowly.
"Have a seat"
Caroline nodded her head and sat a short distance away from him on the bed. Anubis patted the spot next to him.
"Slide on over, I won't hurt you...."
//Yet// he mused to himself.
Caroline obeyed his order and scooted closer to him. Anubis took both her hands into his and admired his pet.
"Are you sure you want this? You seem nervous."
Caroline nodded her head as she began removing his clothing.
"I want this......" she purred.
//A shame Ishtar isn't here to watch me take his wife// Anubis laughed to himself.
Caroline lowered herself to her knees and licked her lips.
"You ready?"
Anubis stroked her long blond hair.
"Ready when you are.......my dark angel."
**********
Once they'd managed to pass safely through the Shadow Realm, they saw the dark door that had brought Caroline and Tany there in the first place.
"There it is!" Tany squealed excitedly.
"Thank the gods." Yami sighed.
Malik looked back and shook his head.
"I can't just leave her there."
Yami rolled his eyes.
"Malik, we already went over this."
Bakura nodded his head sharply.
"Yeah Captain Stupid! We're not going back to save your psychotic possessed wife."
Malik clenched his fists until his knuckles turned white.
"Fine, let's just go than."
Yami walked through the dark door first, than Tany. Bakura looked back at Malik before stepping through.
"Come on Malik, home is only a few steps away."
Malik briefly glared at Bakura and turned back around.
"Home isn't home if my wife isn't there. Fuck it, I'm going back for her!"
Malik took off running back into the shadows.
"MALIK! NO!" Bakura shouted back, but it was too late. Malik was dead set on bringing Caroline back with him.
Bakura rolled his eyes and stepped through the dark door.
"That crazy son of a bitch went back." he announced as he stepped into the livingroom.
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Can you believe that Anubis? What a skanky god! LOL
I apologize for not updating as often as I did in the past. I've been swamped with schoolwork amongst other things. I can't wait for Spring Break!!!!!!! Oh yeah, I suggest you go out and buy a Pepsi. Granted I'm a Coke fan, but Pepsi's giving out free song downloads. Since it's free music, I encourage you to download "Cold Chills" by Kix. The song rocks! Download "Naughty naughty" by Danger Danger too while you're at it. Why? Just because. LOL (I can't help this shameless urge to plug my glam bands, hehehe)
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Bakura: Why did you make me an asshole?
Authoress: Cuz you are.
Ryou: She's right Bakura.....you just don't carry the nice guy look all that well.
Bakura: Well, that's.....just.......uh.......great."
Caroline: I'd rather be an asshole that a SLUT! What's up with that authoress?
Authoress:........Uh.......I love you all?
Malik: She keeps making me look like a nutcase, so I say we kick her ass!"
Ryou: Uh, Malik? You are a nutcase.
Malik: Am not!
*Authoress sneaks away*
Bakura: Curses! She took off! I bet she's checking to see if FFnet fixed their email issue....
Malik: Probably, she was pretty pissed off about her reviews not showing up.
Ryou: That's probably why pulled out a whip.......
Malik: EEK! No more beatings! Help us get back at Ffnet for screwing up! Make them work overtime! Flood us with reviews!! We'll thank you for it!
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