Failing Lights, Brightening Darkness
Chapter 5-Time stops for no one
Ryou put down the phone and collapsed against the wall, sobbing. Bakura came flying down the stairs like
the overprotective hen he had been since Ryou had gotten out of the hospital and Ryou's dad had gone on a
archeology dig in volcano basin. "What's wrong, hikari? Are you hurt?" "No yami. My dad's-My dad's
dead!" Ryou hollered and began to cry harder. "Oh my poor little light. How?" Bakura wispered hoarsely.
"You remember the dig was in a volcano basin?" Ryou started and Bakura nodded mutely. "One of the
drills hit a lava pocket and the volcano erupted." "God's of my Fathers'!"(don't ask) Bakura gasped. He
embraced his smaller light and shushed him softly as Ryou bawled into his shirt. When Ryou finally
calmed down, he hiccuped softly and said, "They can't even find his ashes. It's going to be an empty
grave." Bakura brushed Ryou's hair as he remembered when his father died.
Flashback
It had been a hot Egyptian day, and his mother had gone looking for the cure for his father's disease. If they
had one more minute-. No. "Daddy-mommy's coming with the cure. Just hang on. Please," a young
Khalid(Bakura) sobbed. "I-I c-can't k-k-halid-ch-chan", his father stuttered. Khalid's father was the image
of frail. His white hair hung limply and looked even whiter than his son's. His skin hung off his body like
in was three sizes too big because he hadn't eaten in days. He was trembling violently. Then he closed his
eyes and murmured something. Not even a minute later, Bakura's mother came riding up with the cure.
"Mommy, daddy's gone to sleep for a long time, right?" "Yes Khalid, he's gone to sleep," his mom said
mournfully.
End Flashback
Bakura shook his head, clearing the memories from his mind, even as his father's last words rung in the air.
"Time stops for no one, Khalid..."
Ryou put down the phone and collapsed against the wall, sobbing. Bakura came flying down the stairs like
the overprotective hen he had been since Ryou had gotten out of the hospital and Ryou's dad had gone on a
archeology dig in volcano basin. "What's wrong, hikari? Are you hurt?" "No yami. My dad's-My dad's
dead!" Ryou hollered and began to cry harder. "Oh my poor little light. How?" Bakura wispered hoarsely.
"You remember the dig was in a volcano basin?" Ryou started and Bakura nodded mutely. "One of the
drills hit a lava pocket and the volcano erupted." "God's of my Fathers'!"(don't ask) Bakura gasped. He
embraced his smaller light and shushed him softly as Ryou bawled into his shirt. When Ryou finally
calmed down, he hiccuped softly and said, "They can't even find his ashes. It's going to be an empty
grave." Bakura brushed Ryou's hair as he remembered when his father died.
Flashback
It had been a hot Egyptian day, and his mother had gone looking for the cure for his father's disease. If they
had one more minute-. No. "Daddy-mommy's coming with the cure. Just hang on. Please," a young
Khalid(Bakura) sobbed. "I-I c-can't k-k-halid-ch-chan", his father stuttered. Khalid's father was the image
of frail. His white hair hung limply and looked even whiter than his son's. His skin hung off his body like
in was three sizes too big because he hadn't eaten in days. He was trembling violently. Then he closed his
eyes and murmured something. Not even a minute later, Bakura's mother came riding up with the cure.
"Mommy, daddy's gone to sleep for a long time, right?" "Yes Khalid, he's gone to sleep," his mom said
mournfully.
End Flashback
Bakura shook his head, clearing the memories from his mind, even as his father's last words rung in the air.
"Time stops for no one, Khalid..."