Wounded Hearts

Chapter 17: Oil and Water

Set voiced their thoughts, "We're screwed."

Everyone froze when Yami opened his eyes, and then Shadi did the strangest, weirdest, most crazy thing he'd ever done. He walked over to Yami, slammed him into the bedposts, tied him up, and stuffed his turban into the Pharaoh's mouth. All this happened very fast.

Marik, Bakura, Isis, and Set just stared at Shadi as he turned to them and said, "I know a way out."

With that Shadi threw the bed on its side, Yami tumbling to the side with it and exposed a trap door. Shadi threw open the trap door and stood back, "Go in now!"

It took a moments for everything that had just happened to sink in to the others in the door. Then as Yami shouted muffled curses at them Set helped Isis into the passage and shoved Shadi in. Set was about to grab Marik's wrist when Marik pushed him hard and Set fell into the passage himself.

Marik looked anxiously at Bakura who was trying to keep the soldiers back single-handedly.

Bakura yelled to him, "Go! I'll meet up with you! GO!"

Marik frowned, "What! No! I can't leave you!"

Bakura sighed, "Yes you can! Go to the Paradise of Yamm and wait there! I promise I'll meet up with you! On my life!"

Then Marik was pulled into the passage by Shadi. But, at that moment Marik saw sad resingation in Bakura's eyes. He knew that look. He'd seen it when Bakura was taken prisoner ... it only meant one thing ... but ...

"NO! NO KURA!" Marik screamed at Bakura hysterically. "PLEASE! COME! Please don't LEAVE me!"

Then Marik was pulled down into darkness as the trap door was slammed shut and he burts into tears.


Shadi finally broke the silence, "Alkajairo.Paradise of Yamm, the ocean goddess. It's Alkajairo, we'll go there Marik, don't worry just get in."

Marik took one more look at the palace wondering if Bakura was okay, then mentally slapped himself for thinking otherwise.

'Ofcourse he's okay! He's Bakura! He's always okay! And tommorow he'll be at Alkajairo and everything will be okay.'

Marik reluctantly tore his eyes from the palace and got in the caravan. He sat next to Isis. She was about to say something but Shadi silenced her with a look.

"We'll be at Alkajairo by nightfall," Shadi told Marik, who was trying to hide his tears. "Everything will be okay, Marik."

But Marik cried because he wasn't sure if everything would be okay ... and because he wasn't sure he'd ever see Bakura alive again.


A/N: Almost dooooooooooone! One more chapter ... I'll have it posted by today ... or maaaaaaaybe tommorow! How was it? Uber horrible! Or no? R&R PLZ!