Chapter 5: Finding Out
The weekend passed and my brother went off to college again. And then, it's me alone again, in my lonely and quiet house, my parents are at work 9 hours a day and comes back at around 10:00pm so I get a lot of time alone at home. I always have the urge to invite Yami over to keep me company but I never have the courage to ask him. Besides, what would my mom say if she found out? But on Tuesday, it started to get creepy inside the house. Especially, at around 6:00 when the house gets dark and shadowy. I decided to go upstairs where there was more light.
Upstairs, I turned on my CD player and listened to music from my favorite singer, Avril Lavigne. I put in the CD and I listened to my favorite songs and singing along while I was chatting on the internet. But in the middle of one of the songs, the music dimmed out and a voice rose above the soft singing.
"I'm coming for you.Aetha!!!!"
"Huh?" I said as the music grew louder until it got to its regular volume again. The sneering voice was now gone but it creeped me out.
Luckily, I was chatting with Yami so I typed to him:
" SORRY I DIDN'T TELL YOU A LONG TIME AGO BUT I'M AETHA!!!! "
I actually meant to keep my screename a secret from him so I could find out more about his past, but I see that there's no point in keeping it a secret now. I was scared so I started typing frantically to him again:
" SORRY!!! BUT JUST NOW, MY CD PLAYER STARTED TALKING TO ME!!!! I'M SCARED CAN YOU COME OVER OR SOMETHING?? "
" ARE YOU OK? "
" NO!!!! JUST COME OVER...I'M SCARED... " I typed again. He agreed and said that he'll come to my house immediately.
In about ten minutes, the doorbell rang. I opened the door and to my relief, he was standing there. He was looking very tired and haggard and breathless but nevertheless, he's here.
I invited him to come in immediately and led him upstairs. On the way there, he asked me, "So what happened?"
"The CD Player.I was listening to a song.suddenly, the sound grew smaller and a creepy voice said, 'I'm coming for you.Aetha!!!' and it returned to normal."
Yami looked stumped, it's not everyday that a CD Player says your name aloud so he has a reason to be stumped. Then his face was replaced by understanding.
"Do you know who it is?"
"KNOW WHO IT IS??!!! HOW WOULD I KNOW??!!! I MEAN, IT JUST STARTED TALKING TO ME!!!!!!!" I burst out at Yami.
"Sorry for asking a ridiculous question but do you recognize the voice?" he said in a sorry tone.
"Look, I'm sorry I yelled at you," I said while putting my hand up to my forehead stressfully. "It's just.I'm scared.that's all."
By then, we already got to my room, my computer was still on and so was the CD Player. Yami sat down on my bed as if he's been here before, he didn't take time to even survey my room. But he continued pursuing the same question.
"Do you recognize the voice?" He asked patiently, waiting calmly for an answer. I don't know how he can be so calm when someone's coming after me. I am panicking in my mind right now.
"I.know I heard that voice somewhere.but I don't know where!!!" I said, my voice trembling, I sat down next to Yami on my bed. I was frustrated and scared. I don't know what to do and definitely not where to go to escape from the person coming after me.
"It's okay, just keep your doors locked, and I'll try and stay with you in the afternoons if you need me to," Yami said with a smile. That smile reassured me a lot, I was so happy and glad that I have a friend like him.
"Thanks," I said with lots of gratitude.
But yet I know, somewhere in my mind, some memory I forgot is itching to surface whenever Yami is here with me. However, I don't know what. I also know that the person who threatened me is someone I know, but yet, I don't know who. I can recognize the voice, only a little but I don't know who has a sneering voice like that of which spoke from the CD Player.
Before I had a chance to say something, the phone rang, making me jump a few feet. I went over to my desk and answered the phone.
"Hello?" The voice on the other end said.
"Yeah? Who is this?" I asked suspiciously.
"It's me, Marik, I would like to talk to Yami, please."
"Ok." I said slowly and I motioned to Yami that it was for him. He came over to me and I handed the phone to Yami, who was just as confused as I.
I went back to my bed and just sat there, half listening to the phone call, half thinking, how does Marik know my phone number? That was one of many unanswerable questions I had these days. But I just have just a little idea that Yami and all the other people that came from Egypt is behind all this mess.
Suddenly, a sharp voice cut me off from my thoughts, but it was just Yami. So I started eavesdropping again.
"NO!!!! I will not!!!! I know what you are trying to do Marik and I will not do it!!!!" Yami said angrily to the phone. Then he turned and saw me staring at him. So he took the phone downstairs and talked so that I can't hear him from up here in my bedroom. Immediately, I wished that I could hear what Marik and Yami were saying.and I could!!!! Right after I made that thought, I could hear them as clearly as if they were both in my room!!!!
"Why not? Agree to this deal and I'll leave you alone forever!!!!" Marik said in an angry way.
"No.that'll just leave you to conquer the world for yourself!!!! I cannot agree to this nonsense. Besides, the Millennium Puzzle is mine!!!!! Just as the Millennium Rod is yours!!!" Yami said, enraged and furious.
"But still, I was destined to have it!!! Weren't you there!?!?" Marik yelled in the phone, even though I could hear him as if he was yelling in my ear.
"Where?" Yami said innocently.
"Were you not there in the future??? Did you not see it??? I was destined to have the Millennium Puzzle, even Queen Aetha assigned it to me!!!!" Marik reasoned, shouting once more, also, making me cringe at his voice.
Queen Aetha? I thought to myself, I guess it's just one of those other unanswerable questions about Yami's mysterious past or future, as Marik mentioned it.
"Yes, I saw that clearly, I was there. BUT DID YOU NOT SEE THE PANDEMONIUM YOU CAUSED!!!!!????" Yami yelled again, almost deafening my ear.
Marik, I could tell, was speechless.
"THAT is precisely WHY Queen Aetha sent me back HERE!!.So that I could stop her from making the SAME MISTAKE ALL OVER AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!" Yami practically hollered into the phone.
I did not know that Yami had that big of a temper, but before I had time to dwell on that thought (and many others), Marik started talking again.
"Well, you either give me the Millennium Puzzle.or Aetha gets it." Marik said, threatening Yami.
My eyes grew big at the mention of my name. So it was him who spoke the threatening words through my CD Player. Before my brain could reel in the information, Yami replied back to the threat.
"No, I won't give you the Millennium Puzzle, but I won't let you get to Aetha either. You won't touch neither of them. Besides, Aetha has her power to protect her, Marik, do you think that she's that easy to get to?? Did you know she almost killed Kaiba a few days before you came??!!!" Yami exclaimed.
Ahh, so it was me.
"Well, forget Kaiba, he deserved to die, pity she didn't really kill him." Marik said inattentively and continued, "You do a poor job as her guardian, I could have done better. But too bad Queen Aetha didn't choose me to look after he past self. Well, her decision, her loss."
"But wait.you still respect her don't you? You still call her Queen Aetha, and not just plain Aetha." Yami reasoned.
"Yes, I still respect her, she's the best queen anybody could ask for, besides me being the king of the world." Marik said and added the snide remark at the end.
"Yeah, well, that's not going to happen!!!" Yami said angrily and hanged up.
Before he had time to come up the stairs, I quickly ran to my door, full of questions. By the time he came up to the landing of the second floor, I was blocking the way to my room.
When he walked closer to the door, I took tiny steps and blocked him. Then, angrily, I pushed my finger at his chest to stop him from walking any further into my room.
I said dryly, "YOU, sir, owe me an explanation."
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A/N:
Ok, this is the point where I get stuck, plz, review or something!!!!!
The weekend passed and my brother went off to college again. And then, it's me alone again, in my lonely and quiet house, my parents are at work 9 hours a day and comes back at around 10:00pm so I get a lot of time alone at home. I always have the urge to invite Yami over to keep me company but I never have the courage to ask him. Besides, what would my mom say if she found out? But on Tuesday, it started to get creepy inside the house. Especially, at around 6:00 when the house gets dark and shadowy. I decided to go upstairs where there was more light.
Upstairs, I turned on my CD player and listened to music from my favorite singer, Avril Lavigne. I put in the CD and I listened to my favorite songs and singing along while I was chatting on the internet. But in the middle of one of the songs, the music dimmed out and a voice rose above the soft singing.
"I'm coming for you.Aetha!!!!"
"Huh?" I said as the music grew louder until it got to its regular volume again. The sneering voice was now gone but it creeped me out.
Luckily, I was chatting with Yami so I typed to him:
" SORRY I DIDN'T TELL YOU A LONG TIME AGO BUT I'M AETHA!!!! "
I actually meant to keep my screename a secret from him so I could find out more about his past, but I see that there's no point in keeping it a secret now. I was scared so I started typing frantically to him again:
" SORRY!!! BUT JUST NOW, MY CD PLAYER STARTED TALKING TO ME!!!! I'M SCARED CAN YOU COME OVER OR SOMETHING?? "
" ARE YOU OK? "
" NO!!!! JUST COME OVER...I'M SCARED... " I typed again. He agreed and said that he'll come to my house immediately.
In about ten minutes, the doorbell rang. I opened the door and to my relief, he was standing there. He was looking very tired and haggard and breathless but nevertheless, he's here.
I invited him to come in immediately and led him upstairs. On the way there, he asked me, "So what happened?"
"The CD Player.I was listening to a song.suddenly, the sound grew smaller and a creepy voice said, 'I'm coming for you.Aetha!!!' and it returned to normal."
Yami looked stumped, it's not everyday that a CD Player says your name aloud so he has a reason to be stumped. Then his face was replaced by understanding.
"Do you know who it is?"
"KNOW WHO IT IS??!!! HOW WOULD I KNOW??!!! I MEAN, IT JUST STARTED TALKING TO ME!!!!!!!" I burst out at Yami.
"Sorry for asking a ridiculous question but do you recognize the voice?" he said in a sorry tone.
"Look, I'm sorry I yelled at you," I said while putting my hand up to my forehead stressfully. "It's just.I'm scared.that's all."
By then, we already got to my room, my computer was still on and so was the CD Player. Yami sat down on my bed as if he's been here before, he didn't take time to even survey my room. But he continued pursuing the same question.
"Do you recognize the voice?" He asked patiently, waiting calmly for an answer. I don't know how he can be so calm when someone's coming after me. I am panicking in my mind right now.
"I.know I heard that voice somewhere.but I don't know where!!!" I said, my voice trembling, I sat down next to Yami on my bed. I was frustrated and scared. I don't know what to do and definitely not where to go to escape from the person coming after me.
"It's okay, just keep your doors locked, and I'll try and stay with you in the afternoons if you need me to," Yami said with a smile. That smile reassured me a lot, I was so happy and glad that I have a friend like him.
"Thanks," I said with lots of gratitude.
But yet I know, somewhere in my mind, some memory I forgot is itching to surface whenever Yami is here with me. However, I don't know what. I also know that the person who threatened me is someone I know, but yet, I don't know who. I can recognize the voice, only a little but I don't know who has a sneering voice like that of which spoke from the CD Player.
Before I had a chance to say something, the phone rang, making me jump a few feet. I went over to my desk and answered the phone.
"Hello?" The voice on the other end said.
"Yeah? Who is this?" I asked suspiciously.
"It's me, Marik, I would like to talk to Yami, please."
"Ok." I said slowly and I motioned to Yami that it was for him. He came over to me and I handed the phone to Yami, who was just as confused as I.
I went back to my bed and just sat there, half listening to the phone call, half thinking, how does Marik know my phone number? That was one of many unanswerable questions I had these days. But I just have just a little idea that Yami and all the other people that came from Egypt is behind all this mess.
Suddenly, a sharp voice cut me off from my thoughts, but it was just Yami. So I started eavesdropping again.
"NO!!!! I will not!!!! I know what you are trying to do Marik and I will not do it!!!!" Yami said angrily to the phone. Then he turned and saw me staring at him. So he took the phone downstairs and talked so that I can't hear him from up here in my bedroom. Immediately, I wished that I could hear what Marik and Yami were saying.and I could!!!! Right after I made that thought, I could hear them as clearly as if they were both in my room!!!!
"Why not? Agree to this deal and I'll leave you alone forever!!!!" Marik said in an angry way.
"No.that'll just leave you to conquer the world for yourself!!!! I cannot agree to this nonsense. Besides, the Millennium Puzzle is mine!!!!! Just as the Millennium Rod is yours!!!" Yami said, enraged and furious.
"But still, I was destined to have it!!! Weren't you there!?!?" Marik yelled in the phone, even though I could hear him as if he was yelling in my ear.
"Where?" Yami said innocently.
"Were you not there in the future??? Did you not see it??? I was destined to have the Millennium Puzzle, even Queen Aetha assigned it to me!!!!" Marik reasoned, shouting once more, also, making me cringe at his voice.
Queen Aetha? I thought to myself, I guess it's just one of those other unanswerable questions about Yami's mysterious past or future, as Marik mentioned it.
"Yes, I saw that clearly, I was there. BUT DID YOU NOT SEE THE PANDEMONIUM YOU CAUSED!!!!!????" Yami yelled again, almost deafening my ear.
Marik, I could tell, was speechless.
"THAT is precisely WHY Queen Aetha sent me back HERE!!.So that I could stop her from making the SAME MISTAKE ALL OVER AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!" Yami practically hollered into the phone.
I did not know that Yami had that big of a temper, but before I had time to dwell on that thought (and many others), Marik started talking again.
"Well, you either give me the Millennium Puzzle.or Aetha gets it." Marik said, threatening Yami.
My eyes grew big at the mention of my name. So it was him who spoke the threatening words through my CD Player. Before my brain could reel in the information, Yami replied back to the threat.
"No, I won't give you the Millennium Puzzle, but I won't let you get to Aetha either. You won't touch neither of them. Besides, Aetha has her power to protect her, Marik, do you think that she's that easy to get to?? Did you know she almost killed Kaiba a few days before you came??!!!" Yami exclaimed.
Ahh, so it was me.
"Well, forget Kaiba, he deserved to die, pity she didn't really kill him." Marik said inattentively and continued, "You do a poor job as her guardian, I could have done better. But too bad Queen Aetha didn't choose me to look after he past self. Well, her decision, her loss."
"But wait.you still respect her don't you? You still call her Queen Aetha, and not just plain Aetha." Yami reasoned.
"Yes, I still respect her, she's the best queen anybody could ask for, besides me being the king of the world." Marik said and added the snide remark at the end.
"Yeah, well, that's not going to happen!!!" Yami said angrily and hanged up.
Before he had time to come up the stairs, I quickly ran to my door, full of questions. By the time he came up to the landing of the second floor, I was blocking the way to my room.
When he walked closer to the door, I took tiny steps and blocked him. Then, angrily, I pushed my finger at his chest to stop him from walking any further into my room.
I said dryly, "YOU, sir, owe me an explanation."
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A/N:
Ok, this is the point where I get stuck, plz, review or something!!!!!