Chapter six
Amunet woke with a bed under her, and two people arguing.
"Let her sleep Yami, she's been drained of her energy, she needs to sleep." Malik's voice was soft, yet stern.
"I need to get her back home, where she is safe." Yami's voice was louder.
Amunet finally opened her eyes, she saw Yami and Malik standing there. Malik noticed first and ran to her side.
"How do you feel?" He smoothed her hair out of her face.
"Tired, I just want to sleep," she smiled slightly at him, "You saved me."
He nodded, "Sure did, go head and rest, I need to talk to Yami anyways." Malik ushered Yami out.
"Go ahead and rest Amunet, when Malik is done talking we'll go home." He walked out.
Malik shut the door softly, "Has Amunet shown you any sketches of scripture lately?"
"That is none of your business. Now, why did you harm her?" Yami glared at Malik.
"She caught me by surprise by showing me something she should have no knowledge about." He leaned against the wall, but growled when Yami grabbed for the door and opened it. He slammed it shut, "Let her sleep Yami!"
"She needs to be home, safe and away from you." He kept his hand on the knob.
"She is safe here or did you not know that it was your Aibou's friend whose yami harmed Amunet?" Malik watched Yami's face turned to shock.
"Bakura is the only other one who has an item." He stepped back, "I sent Bakura after her so she wouldn't be alone."
"Exactly, see she is safe here." Malik watched Yami.
Yami recovered his senses quickly, "But you Malik, have beaten her before almost to the point of death. She is not safe with you!"
"That was my yami, you do things that Yu-gi can not control. I can control him now, in fact he helped me save Amunet." Malik leaned against the door so Yami didn't have a chance of getting in.
"Your yami kept Amunet as a slave, and he will do it again if someone gives him the chance. Let me take her home!" Yami slammed his hand against the wall.
"Make you a deal, let her stay here for the night, since she is already asleep, and you can take her home tomorrow. She needs rest, I know this, much better than you do." Malik turned back to the door.
"How do you know it much better than I?" Yami looked at him sternly.
"Like you said she was my yami's slave, he put her through much. Some of it was in the shadow realm and drained her quickly. I would watch over after such occasions, monitor her sleep. She is in such a deep sleep it is almost like she is dead. She will only wake up when she needs or wants to. Do we have a deal?" Malik glanced back at Yami.
Yami sighed ever so slightly, "Fine, she may stay for the night, but if anything happens to her, you will pay. My Aibou will stay with her tonight, tell him what you can about her condition. He shall be back here soon prepared to stay." Yami walked out.
Malik walked back into Amunet's room and sat by the bed. "Yami scared he'll lose you, I wonder why? It's not like I will let anything happen to you again." He brushed a piece of hair out of her face. Amunet was curled up on her side and in the blanket. He smiled at her.
'oh, she's still here' Malik's yami spoke to his mind 'let me see her Aibou, I haven't had a chance to talk to her about her newest discovery. You know portals to the shadow realm could be quite helpful.'
Malik looked up in fear 'You will not touch her, you've done enough damage to last her lifetime.
'It doesn't look like it. I mean if she's always out by herself with out the pharaoh than she must be healed in all ways.'
Malik was about to respond when Amunet rolled over with a groan of pain.
"Amunet, what is it? What's wrong?" he stood to look over her.
'She is having nightmares Aibou, don't you remember how much she suffered from them? She used to interrupt even when you told her not to because she couldn't sleep.' His yami sounded snide.
'I remember,' Malik nodded and watched Amunet squirm.
Amunet's dream was haunted with memories in the shadow realm.
"Summon the monster Amunet" Yami Malik stood in front of her.
"Please, no more, I'm already exhausted, please Master Malik" Amunet was on her knees a few scattered dual monsters were around her.
"No you are not going out until I find out how long your energy can last in here. You are some how connected to this realm and I will find out how. This is the first step; now summon the monster" He stepped up to her.
She reached for a card, the weakest one that was there. Yami Malik stepped on her hand, "not that one, the strongest one."
She shook her head, "I can't…I'm too weak right now, it'll kill me!" He increased the pressure on her hand almost crushing it.
"Fine," she picked up a different card and summoned it. As soon as it appeared a wave of nausea came over her and took the rest of her energy with it. She passed out hitting the ground with a loud thump.
Amunet woke with a jump; her hand grasping for anything. Malik gave her his hand to grasp on to.
"It's alright, it's just a dream." He looked at her, she was shaking and shivering. He pulled the blanket over her with his free hand.
She shook her head, "It wasn't a dream Malik, it was a memory." She pulled the blanket tighter around her, trying to stop shivering. "Malik…"
"Yeah?" He tried to hold her.
"I'm going to be sick…." She threw herself to the edge of the bed emptying herself on his floor.
Malik rubbed her back and pulled her hair away. "You need to go to the doctor."
"No!" she shook her head, but immediately wished she hadn't.
"Then lay back down, and rest, I don't want you sick." He set her on her back and pulled another blanket from a shelf. "Yami will be here tomorrow to take you back to his place. Yu-gi should be here soon. Do you want me to send him in when he gets here?" Malik spread the blanket over her.
"Sure," she nodded, "But just him, if someone else comes with him, don't let them in here. I need to rest, but I want to see Yu-gi." She held the corner of one of the blankets.
Malik nodded and ran out to grab a towel, he came back in to clean up the mess Amunet had made, "Amunet, what were you dreaming about?"
She looked away, "Remember when your Yami took me to the shadow realm?"
"Which time?" He started to mop up the barf.
"The time he commanded me to summon monsters until I was unconscious." She closed her eyes.
"Yeah, I remember, you slept for two days after that." He threw the towel out in the hall and started with another one.
"That was what I was dreaming about. When Bakura took me there that's all I was able to think of." Her voice sounded drowsy.
"Bakura shouldn't have taken you there, he shouldn't have known about it either." He finished, "I'll be back in a moment." He left the room and threw the towels in the wash. There was a loud knock on the door. Malik ran to open it.
"Hello Malik," Yu-gi stood there, bag in hand, behind him stood Bakura.
"Hello Yu-gi, Bakura" Malik nodded, 'Bakura' came out like it was venom.
Yu-gi sighed, "Malik, Bakura is here because Yami didn't want me to be here alone, with you."
Malik shrugged, "Amunet has been asking for you Yu-gi, I'm afraid I can not let Bakura into her room, under her request."
Yu-gi nodded, "Alright, may I see her now?" Yu-gi dropped his back in a chair, Bakura sat in a chair.
"Sure," Malik led Yu-gi to Amunet's room. He knocked, "Amunet Yu-gi is here."
A small noise was heard inside, Malik opened the door and walked in, Yu-gi followed.
"Hey," Yu-gi sat by her bed, "You look pale again."
She smiled slightly and looked at him, "well having no energy does that to you." She tried to sit up. Malik was instantly by her side helping her up.
"You should rest," Yu-gi stood up to leave, "I don't want you to become weaker because I wanted to talk to you."
"It's alright Yu-gi, trust me," She smiled at him, "I'm glad to see you for once and not Yami who yells at me every time he sees me."
"He only does that because he's worried about you." Yu-gi looked at her, "I mean, we all worry about you because of what happened, but Yami seems especially worried."
She nodded slightly, "But Yu-gi, the chances of that happening again are slim."
"But with what happened today, I don't know Amunet, it just seems like fate isn't done with you yet." Yu-gi laughed slightly, "damn I'm starting to sound like Yami talking about fate."
She smiled, "I know fate isn't done with me yet, but I can stop Bakura from taking me to the shadow realm again. It's called avoiding him."
"Wait, Bakura did this?" Yu-gi's eyes grew, "Yami didn't tell me that."
"It was Bakura's yami, Yug, he trapped me in the shadow realm and used me to keep a portal open." Amunet leaned against Malik who was still keeping her up.
"I…I didn't know that." Yu-gi leaned back.
"Yami didn't know either until I told him," Malik spoke up, "I think he thought I did this to her." He played with the ends of Amunet's hair.
"Well, he kind of had good reasons to, I mean…"
Malik cut Yu-gi's sentence off, "I know, stop with the guilt trip already." Amunet's eyes closed.
Yu-gi noticed, "We should let her rest." He stood up to walk out. Malik sighed and laid Amunet back down, "Rest, oh and Bakura is here, so you might want to stay in the room, I'll bring you something to eat later."
The only response was a slight nod of her head, he smiled and walked out.
"So, you two hungry?" Malik shut the door softly and looked at Yu-gi and Bakura who both nodded.
Malik went into the kitchen to fix something. Yu-gi looked at Bakura, "What were you doing this afternoon?"
"Well I was on the way to your house when I lost time somehow I ended up at the Museum." Bakura looked like he had to think about it.
"I see, just to warn you if Amunet acts weird around you, don't worry about it. It's your yami's fault." Yu-gi leaned back.
Bakura just looked at him. Malik gave them both bowls with rice in them. He walked back into Amunet's room without a word.
Yu-gi called after him, "Malik! She needs to rest, why are you going in there?"
"Amunet needs to eat too," he showed Yu-gi another bowl of rice and then walked into the room. He sat his bowl down before gently shaking Amunet. "Dinner time."
Amunet rolled over her eyes wide in fear. He sat on the bed instantly worried, "Amunet, what is it?"
"Yami…Yami caught me stealing…there was threats of cutting my hand off…" She buried her face in a blanket, "I never stole anything…not in this life."
Malik smiled and handed her the bowl, "In this life time, you have never stole anything…save for my Yami's cloak once."
"I forgot about that." She smiled and sat up leaning against the wall for support.
"Let me tell you a story Amunet, one I'm sure Isis has told you before, when you were small." He took a bite of his rice.
"A long time ago, the time that the pharaoh is from, there was a young girl, her parents had been killed when she was young, but she learned to survive on her own. Sadly it was by stealing, but she had to live somehow I suppose. One day she was in the market place looking for fruits that fell on the ground. There were none to be found, so she had to swipe one from the display. She looked around cautiously, and grabbed one. The pharaoh saw her take it and yelled for her to drop it. She ran instead, and the pharaoh and his guards failed to catch her that time. He asked the vender about the girl, and the reply was that she hung around looking for food, and that she was always alone. Meanwhile the girl was peacefully eating her apple when a higher thief walked up to her. He told her that she had great potential and that she would join the greatest of them if she tried. And then oddly enough asked her to snatch him apple, she understood how it was to have to survive off of stealing so she agreed. She went back to the same apple vender to swipe another apple but someone caught her wrist. She looked up only to see one of the pharaoh's priest and the pharaoh standing right there. The story goes on, saying that the pharaoh felt sorry for the girl and took her in as a servant, but something went wrong. The priest that had seen her steal sent her soul into the shadow realm, where he believed she belonged. There was no trial, no taking the evil Ka out of her, nope, just sending her right into the Shadow Realm. Her body laid lifelessly in her room for months, the Pharaoh knew that her soul was no longer there, but was unsure about bringing it back. When he finally decided that it would be best to bring it back, the girl's soul held anger and she wished for revenge on the priest. The pharaoh knew he had lost the girl to the darkness for she was no longer the sweet servant that he had taken in." Malik watched Amunet pick at her rice.
"Isis told me that a long time ago, when I was little, I didn't understand any of it. I understand it now; I was that girl, wasn't I?" She looked at him her dark brown eyes wanting answers.
"You are," he nodded, "There is much more to the story, I'm sure, but it is up to you to remember your past, Amunet, it isn't all in scripture." He watched her eat.
"You knew all along that this girl was the key to the darkness!" Malik's Yami screamed in his head.
I knew no more than you did, that she had a connection to the shadow realm. Malik looked up and Amunet suddenly knew something was wrong.
"I'm going to go talk to Yu-gi and Bakura." She started to stand.
Malik shook his head, "No, you stay in here to rest I'll leave." He stood up as he felt his Yami try to push his way into control. Amunet watched worried, she finished her rice and tried to go back to sleep.
Malik walked through the living room, "Yu-gi watch over Amunet, make sure she rests, I'll be back soon" he walked out.
You should let me see her Aibou, I know much more about her now than you ever will.
Malik shook his head, no, you are not getting near her!
Yu-gi watched Malik walk out the door and then looked to Bakura who shrugged.
"I'll go see if Amunet knows what's wrong with him." Yu-gi stood up, Bakura followed.
He knocked, "Amunet, can I come in?"
"Yeah Yu-gi come on in," She was still sitting up when he walked in.
"Shouldn't you be lying down?" Bakura looked over Yu-gi's shoulder.
Amunet's eyes looked up at him, "Bakura? Is it the real you?"
Bakura nodded slightly, and Amunet sighed in relief, "I'm tired of resting."
Yu-gi sat down, "Malik was acting kind of weird, what was wrong with him?"
"I don't know, he was telling me a story and then he just started freaking out and left." Amunet altered what actually happened just a little.
"He tells you stories?" Bakura sat down.
"Yeah, kind of." She nodded and finished off her rice.
"What was he telling you Amunet? Maybe that will give us something to work off of." Yu-gi looked at her intently.
"He was telling me about the story that is on the tablets at the museum, I know the story, but I can't read it straight off the tablets because I don't know that much hieroglyphics." Amunet repeated the story to Yu-gi and Bakura.
Bakura sat back and listened. Yu-gi thought for a moment. 'Yami, do you remember any of that?'
'No Yu-gi I don't remember any of it, but if it is in scripture then it must be true, just like everything else that has come to pass.' Yami then urged Yu-gi to let him take his place to talk to Amunet, Yu-gi finally gave in.
"Amunet, is it alright if Yami talks to you?" Yu-gi looked at her. Amunet ran her hand through her hair.
"I guess, as long as he promises not to yell at me," She closed her eyes becoming tired again.
Yu-gi nodded and a moment later Yami was there, "Amunet, this legend that you were told, do you know anymore of it?" He kept his voice gentle.
"No, Malik told me it wasn't all in scripture and that it was up to me to remember the rest of it." Amunet rubbed her wrist where bruises were starting to form from the chains.
"Will you let me know when you discover more?" Yami looked at her.
She nodded, "Yeah, um Yami?"
"Yes Amunet?"
"Sorry, about running off, I just get frustrated with people treating me like I'm some rare object, and not human." She looked at him intently.
"The thing is Amunet, you kind of are a rare object, but you are a human being as well. I'm not accustom to having people under my care, I'm some what new at this." He smiled slightly.
Amunet returned the slight smile, "Well it looks like we both have some getting use to. Malik will be going back to Egypt soon, so I won't have him to depend on to explain things to you."
Yami nodded, "As much as I know you don't want to hear it, him leaving is for the best Amunet."
She sighed but nodded, "I suppose so, but we still have one more problem." She turned to Bakura, "The thief that lies inside you will be after me again."
Yami looked at Bakura, "Sadly that is true, so we will just have to keep you from being alone with Bakura."
She nodded, "Yeah." She heard the front door open, "Malik?"
"Yeah Amunet, I'm back." Malik walked in, "We having a party in here? Come on guys move out it's getting late and Amunet needs to rest, you can talk to her all you want tomorrow." He ushered the other two out the room, "Amunet Rest," He shut the door. He threw a few blankets at Yu-gi and Bakura and went to his own room.
The next morning Yami walked into Amunet's room, "Raise and shine, time to go home." Amunet stared up at him, "I've been awake, what took you so long to wake up?" She sat up feeling much better than the night before. Yami smiled at her, with a slight laugh.
Malik came in, "Amunet, be good, I'm going back to Egypt tomorrow." He hugged her, "I'll call or send you a letter or something."
"Alright," she nodded, "Take care Malik, I'm sure I'll see you again."
He smiled and walked them out the door. Bakura followed them silently.