Finding Family
Chapter 26 - The Journy: Part 1
Amber groaned as her eyes opened weakly. She looked around but everything was black. She tried to move but her body felt weak. She closed her eyes and, with some paitents, gained back some energy. She sat up and pushed herself into a kneeling position. She felt something wet pooling at her legs.
"Ew no..." she looked down, "Phew. Where am I?" she stood up and looked around, squinting trying to see if she could make anything out. "Hmm...Amara?" When she got no reply she tried again. "AMARA! YOU HERE! YUGI!" Amber knew she couldn't panic. She calmly walked ahead, feeling her way along.
"Where is here? And what's this black liquid?" She bent down and took some in her hands, it glowed and formed into a dagger. Memories of her being held against the wall with the dagger in her body came to mind. She dropped the liquid with landed with a splash. Tears ran down her eyes.
Kaiba glowered at the board members in his company. He really did not want to leave the mansion but knew he had a job to do. He sighed for the tenth time that day when Sakura and her board members walked in. She was dressed in a simple black business suit. She had a sad look on her face rather then the normal happy one. Kaiba knew the feeling.
"Let's just get this over with."
"Yes, lets." Sakura sat down as she pulled out her brief case.
Yugi opened the fridge for the tenth time in a row. He really was hungry but everytime he opened the fridge he didn't feel like getting anything but whenever he closed it he felt like he needed to eat something.
Yugi are you going to eat something?
Yeah...Yugi opened the fridge again but shut it.
You're going to eat, aren't you? Yugi nodded and opened the fridge pulling out a bag of unions, unknown to him. Yugi, I sugest you get something else.
Why? Don't want me to eat now! Yugi snapped at his darker side and pulled an union from the bag.
Yugi I really think you shouldn't eat that.
You think? You think. Stop THINKING! Yami stumbled back away from Yugi as he took a bite of the union. Hot! Spicy! IT'S AN UNION! YAMI WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME!
Yami chuckled, I did.
Sorry. Yugi set the union down and sat down at the kitchen table, I don't get what's wrong with me.
You are worried about Amber. That is understandable. Now, I suggest you have some cereal or something. Yug nodded in agreeement.
Joey paced around the football track completely missing the football tossed at him by Tristan.
"Yo man! Watch out for the ball!" Joey looked in Tristans direction. "What's the matter Joey?"
Amber tried to fight the vines twisting themselves around her body. Slowly the broke the skin, her blood adding to the mass of black liquid pooling at her feet. She fought with all her might to break free of the black thorny vines.
"Someone...help me."
"Someone help me." Amber called out from her sleep. Mokuba chose this moment to walk in. Amber was huddled up in a ball and shivering. She kept calling for someone to help her. Mokuba rushed over to her.
"Hang on Amber, you can get through this."
"Hang...you...this." Amber jumped at the voice unable to hear the sentence clearly.
"Who's there! Is anyone out there!" Amber called out again, "Someone...please..." her strength was starting to give out, "Help me..."
"Help me..." Amber uncurled from her ball and just lay still. She seemed to calm down again.
"I better call Seto." Mokuba pulled out his cell phone and dialed his brothers company number. "Hello, is Seto Kaiba there?" Mokuba sighed while waiting for the secretary to answer his question. "He's in a meeting? Great. Tell him Mokuba Kaiba needs to be called imeadiatly." Mokuba hung up and left the room. "I'll try Yugi."
"Hello? Who is this?" Mr. Motou asked picking up the phone. "Oh Mokuba, I'm sorry, Yugi and Joey have just gone out and niether brought their cell phones. They seemed upset about something. Speaking of which, I haven't seen Amber around much." Mokuba's end of the line went silent for some time. "Well...nice talking to you. I'll tell Joey and Yugi that you called."
Mokuba hung up his cell phone and went back into Amber's room. "Hmm...only a couple of people left and I think Sakura is in the same meeting as Seto."
Amber woke up and found she was laying face up in the black liquid. The vines held her legs and wrists down. She struggled but found the more she struggled the tighter they got. Deciding to relax she closed her eyes. The vines loosened but did not release.
"You have to let go of your fear and anger. Your sadness and doubt."
"Who said that?" Amber once again struggled. She felt the sting of the thorns digging into her skin. "Let me out of these things! AH!"
"Until you release all that holds you back you will never be free." Amber continued to struggle causing the voice to sigh. "Until you learn this lesson I'm afraid you'll never escape." Her wrists bled.
Mokuba watched Amber struggle again. He sighed, not knowing what to do.
"Mokuba? You in here?" Mokuba jumped up and ran right into Joey and Yugi. "I guess you are. Yug was feeling a little down so we came to visit Amber."
"Yeah...how is she?"
"She was calling for help earlier."
"LET ME OUT OF HERE!" Amber screamed. Yugi, Mokuba, and Joey rushed into the room.
Author: I know this chapter is short but it makes a great cliffy...
