Dreams of power
Chapter 21:
...JOHN KERRY!" he finished his sentence and shouts of glee could be heard from inside the studio.
Marik's house, however, was full with looks of disbelief and shock. Sanders had fainted, and so did a couple others that heard the upsetting news.
"We LOST?!" Malik asked to no one in particular, "W-we actually lost?!"
"..." Marik's mouth was wide open but no words came out.
Kaiba rubbed his head, "Where's the Pepto-Bismol? I think I'm gonna be sick..."
Ryou brought him the pink bottle and he took it in his hand, "Kaiba, don't you want a cup?"
He shook his head as he swallowed the entire bottle. When he finished, he threw the bottle on the floor and tackled Marik.
"Ah! Hey! What are you doing?!" Marik yelled as they both went rolling on the floor.
"You idiot! What did you do wrong?!"
"What?! You think this whole thing is my fault? You must be joking!"
"Ugh!" Kaiba eased off of him and held his head, "How could this have happened? I mean, sure... everything didn't go exactly as planned. But Marik had Kerry beat! I knew it!"
Ring, Ring, Ring! The phone started to ring.
Marik picked it up, "This is the house of depressed losers... Marik speaking..."
"Ha, ha!" it was Yugi's voice, "You lost, Marik!"
"Yugi?! What the hell?!"
"Yup, it's me. Yami and I are at John Kerry's celebration party. I bet the joy and happiness kinda tapered off at yours, eh?"
"Why did you call?"
"To show you that good always triumphs over evil!"
"Good?! Kerry is a crooked thief that makes fake purple hearts! You call that good?"
"It's better having him in office than you and Malik. I told you that you wouldn't get away with it. And you haven't-" Marik hung up the phone.
When he turned back around he saw Kaiba reviving Sanders and Malik starring at him, "Who was it?"
"Yugi. He called to rub it in our face! I can't believe this! This is the biggest disappointment I've ever known!"
"I can't believe we went through all that for nothing. Almost a year of our life... wasted on some election... I think I've been traumatized... again."
"Hey, guys." Bakura sat in between them, "Sorry you lost. But don't worry about it. It wasn't that important anyway."
"Wasn't that important?!" Marik shouted, "Bakura, this was totally important. It was our ticket to the world! It would have been cake for us to take over with that kind of power."
"Now, some guy with a foot for a face has stolen it from us."
"Unbelievable." Kaiba stated, "This is just... just... unbelievable."
They all sat there in a long silence for about half an hour until... Ring, Ring, Ring! The phone started again.
"I'll get it." Malik turned around and picked it up, "Hello?"
"Malik? Where's Marik?! I'm gonna get him for hanging up on Yugi!"
"Yami? What do you guys want?"
"I just thought you'd like to know... you lost by two votes."
"We did what?!"
"Two votes. They just said so on the news. They say it's the closest race in the history of the presidential election. It's amazing to me... to think... just two votes..."
Malik slammed the receiver down on the hook and whirled around, "Marik!"
"What is it, Malik? I'm sulking over here."
"We lost the election by just two votes!"
"Huh?!" he turned around to face Malik and an equally surprised Kaiba, "We lost by two votes?!"
"Yeah. Who do you think didn't vote for us?"
"Probably Yami and Yugi..."
"Hold on!" Kaiba looked at them both, "I think I know who didn't vote for you."
"Who?"
"You guys."
"What?!" Marik huffed, "That's ridiculous. Of course we voted for us. You were with us."
"Malik screwed up his voting ballot. He didn't think I saw but when he asked for tape today... I saw the way his ballot looked. There was no way the computers would count that for anything more than trash."
"But that still doesn't-"
"And Marik, remember when Kerry said he wouldn't vote to prove his confidence? Then you told him to vote. He must've done it after we left and so that's two votes that you didn't get. You both are the reason you're sitting here."
"You've gotta be kidding!" Marik fell back and sighed, "What a day... first I lost the election... then I find out I'm the reason for it."
"This is just too much, Marik. I don't know how much more I can take."
"That's too bad, guys." Joey said, "America would've been real interesting with you two running it."
Marik turned around, "You know, Joey, this is half your fault too."
"What?! How?"
"I told you it was bad luck to congratulate me on winning before I actually won! You cursed me!"
"That's the most-"
"Shut up, the both of you." Kaiba said, "I've got a headache..."
"But Kaiba!" Marik whined, "Joey cursed me!"
"I did not-"
"Ooh..." Sanders became conscious, "K-Kaiba?"
"Oh, you're up?"
"You'll never guess what a weird dream I had... I dreamt that Marik loss the election. It was so-"
"Real."
"What?"
"Real." Kaiba repeated, "He did lose and you passed out."
Sanders looked back at Marik and Malik, "That's not true, is it?"
They nodded solemnly.
"Oh my god..." he passed out again.
"Jeez, what a wimp." Malik said.
Kaiba stood up, "He has every right to pass out! I would've done the same thing but I'm not a sissy. I can't believe so much time and money was spent on something that was doomed to fail from the very beginning."
Marik waved away his comment, "Aw, you're not mad about that."
"I most certainly am mad about that!"
"No, you're not. You're just upset about not having your St. Kaiba Day."
He gave a wistful smile, "Okay... so maybe I am upset about not having my own national holiday. I mean, I must admit... it would have been so cool to have a day named after me! But... I guess I'll never have that, will I?" he glared at Marik.
"Oh..." Malik moaned, "This is so... unbelievable. Ugh... today has just been-"
"A tall disappointment." Marik finished his hikari's sentence, "A very tall disappointment."
Kaiba picked Sanders up off the floor and headed for the door.
Malik and Marik looked at him, "Hey, where are you going?"
"First, I'm sending Sanders back to L.A. Then I'm going home."
"Home?!"
"Yes, home! Somewhere I haven't been for then past eleven months! Good-bye, Marik and Malik. And good-luck with the rest of your life. May I never be in it." And with that he walked out of the door.