Bakura jolted forward as he felt Ryou's body tense up. He looked through Ryou's line of sight, as a gigantic monster-like metal horse had lost control on the other side of the bridge. Ryou called them semi trucks.
'Ryou!' he shrieked, his hikari already slamming the break pedal against the floor.
Against the wet pavement, Ryou's car skidded towards the railing. The truck still sliding against its driver's volition, struck the guardrail on the other side of the bridge. Unable to stop, it bounced off and flew back into the center of the bridge.
The next few seconds felt like an eternity to Ryou, as his hands spun the wheel frantically so he could at least recover control of his vehicle.
He only felt the impact for a second, the truck colliding with the driver's side of his small car, forcing it through the railing, and over the edge of the bridge. It spun a few times in the air, before crashing upside down onto the ground where rocks met the edge of the lake.
'Ryou!' Yami Bakura screamed from inside the soul room. The crash had sent him spinning as well. 'Ryou! Can you hear me? Ryou!'
The only answer he received was pain, followed by a long stretch of silence.
'Ryou! Dear Ra… Ryou!' he cried. 'Please… not now… please don't leave me yet…'
There was no response from his hikari, even as his screams echoed throughout his mind.
'Ryou!'
At the game shop, the telephone rang.
"Maybe that's Ryou." Yugi smiled. His yami was sitting in his soul room, contemplating reasons for his opponent's lateness. Yugi frowned at the more distasteful reasons, but left the pharaoh to his own devices.
He picked up the phone. It was Joey.
"Yes? What? Oh no… No. I haven't seen the news… What!" his voice grew more frantic with every exclamation.
'What's going on?' Yami Yugi asked.
"Oh God!" Yugi shouted. "Yes, of course! I'll go right now!"
He hung up the phone.
"Yami, it's Ryou!"
'What's wrong, aibou?'
Yugi grabbed a raincoat from his closet.
"He's been in an accident." Yugi announced. "We need to get down to the hospital."
His yami only nodded, as Yugi dashed out the front door of the game shop, barely having time to close it on his way out.