Laughing in the Dark
We're back again.
And so is the Crowned One
The Bone King he is
Yami can do nothing
Attacked by harpies
His mind wishing for escape,
His body praying for relief,
But Noa must come up with some plan
Yugi must decide,
He must realize...
But Noa needs to keep him safe...
But destruction could descend,
Yugi...
You can't save everyone...
Who shall you choose...
If the moment arises?
Yourself?
Noa?
Yami?
Who?
Who?
WHO!
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Laughing in the Dark
Red Velvet
All of
my hate cannot be found
I will not be drowned by your thoughtless
scheming
So you can try to tear me down
Beat me to the ground
I will see you screaming
Yami curled up like a dog on his satin/feather bed. His arm hurt. His new wounds-closed, but still too tender to be touched. Yami wearily watched the hooded members glide over the tainted ground, preparing themselves to sacrifice Yugi the moment they got their hands on him. But that was not a concern of Yami.
Yugi had Noa with him now...
His hikari didn't need him anymore.
Yami continued to watch the cultists, but the Bone King glided over with a whip made of one long, trailing, ribbon-like blade. Yami cringed at the sight of it, and slowly tried to back up.
Behind the Bone King came two harem girls. They were naked, covered only in old, dried blood. Their red hair was long and limp, and their eyes were wild with impending pleasure. They had eagle claws fastened to their fingers, and they smiled like hell hounds awaiting a kill.
Yami froze as two more of the harem girls emerged, no different than the first two.
"Are you afraid, Nameless One?"
Yami gave no answer. His look of fear turned into the will to fight, and to survive.
"You certainly are amusing. Have fun girls."
The Bone King cracked the whip in the air, and the girls jumped at Yami. They forced him onto his back, onto his sensitive wounds. One held his wrists, so he couldn't lash with his hands. Another held his ankles. The other two jumped at his upper body, tearing the scraps of his shirt away and ripping at his flesh. Yami struggled, but doing so only made them hold him harder and cut him deeper. He screamed in pain, but the giggles of the deranged girls drown him out.
They continued to slash at him, spilling his blood. They tore the remains of his clothes to shreds, and cut him more before leaving him lying naked, bloody, and in pain. The girls had not randomly cut him, they had cut symbols and hieroglyphs into his skin. They had made him the cult's "weapon"
...or the cult's "torment doll".
A blanket of red velvet was thrown over him, and Yami roll over onto his left side, in pain, cold, and alone...
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Noa paced around the living room, disturbed about the new developments. They hadn't taken Yami just due to mistaken identity. They had singled him out. Noa went to check on Yugi again, finding him asleep in Yami's bed, tears drying on his face. She sighed and left the room, still disturbed by this.
It didn't seem right.
Noa sat around for a while, thinking. She had a pretty good idea of where Yami was. But she needed to know what was happening to him.
Noa grabbed a blank sheet of paper and poked her finger with the tip of a knife. She spread her blood over the paper in intricate and mystic patterns. After completing everything, she turned down the lights and concentrated.
Spirits began to encircle her, and whispery voices began to speak.
Why have you called us, Feraling?
Have you a task for us?
What do you wish to see?
"I wish to see what the cult has done to the Nameless Pharaoh."
An easy task.
But you most likely will not like the results.
He has become their torment doll...
Noa watched the spirits take shape of Yami, curled under the red velvet blanket. She could sense the engravings in his flesh, and she could understand his pain.
"Oh by the Umbril...I release you, spirits." Noa said.
The spirits vanished. Noa sank back on the couch and rested her head on the back. She closed her eyes...thinking. she had gifts: Gaia's Fury, Madness, Sight from Beyond, Luna's Blessing, Wyld Warp, King of Beasts, etc. But she had no allies. She had Yugi, but he couldn't shift forms, he didn't know the bliss of running free in the lupine form nor the unbridled power of the Chrinos form.
She needed to speak to Gaia; she needed to talk to the Earth-Mother.
Noa relaxed every part of her body, freeing everything from the stress of life. This was the only way she could speak with Gaia...and even then, the advice was often in riddles.
"Mother Gaia...what am I to do? I am one against many, and my powers are not strong enough..."
What has fallen shall rise again
What is slain lives on
What is stolen will remain
What is gone is gone
"Mother Gaia...the Nameless One will live on? The dead shall rise? Why confuse me more!"
Here is there and high is low
And all may be undone
What is true, the bone won't know
What is gone is gone
Noa's eyes shot open as her chat ended abruptly. She looked out the window as the light of morning was peeking over the horizon.
"Wolves of the Umbril, I ask for your service."
Two spirit wolves materialized before Noa.
"Protect the Pure One, but stay out of sight until needed."
The wolves nodded and vanished from sight.
Noa stretched out on the couch, now intending to get some sleep, and to try to figure out the riddles. Fallen? The God of Destruction fell to the Wyld...to the Winter Wolf tribe. Slain? Stolen? They both must refer to Yami. Gone is gone? Nothing. Here is there, high is low? The blighted glen. It was here, and it was there, and it was high on a spirit sense, but humans couldn't detect it. All may be undone...
Noa didn't hear Yugi leave for school, she was sleeping.
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Chapter End!
Bla!