A/N:Yami's POV Again!

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Chapter 2

The Hospital

"Yugi!" I called out desperately.

"Yami is everything okay?" he asked.

"Come here! I need your help," I called out louder. He came downstairs in an instant and ran back upstairs to get some blankets and a towel.

"What happened?" he asked.

"All I can tell you is that it's the same girl I bumped into last night…she's wet and cold…we might have to remove some of her clothing and bundle her up to keep her warm."

"I can tell…but you don't know anything else?"

"She was buried under the snow…other than that, she was alone."

"Do you think it was those guys from last night, you know, after we let her thru?"

"Probably…let's just help her before her condition worsens."

"Right," Yugi said as we got to work. He began to remove her jacket and her shirt while I took off her sneakers and socks. "Yami!" he said loudly. He seemed worried and that worried me too. "Yami!" he said again.

"What is it?" I asked.

"Look," he said softly. I looked at her stomach and saw two cuts. They looked like stab wounds. They were still bleeding but not gashing and I noticed that the color on her face was leaving her. Her breathing and her pulse were getting slower by the moment. "She's dying on us Yami! We need to get her to the hospital!" Yugi called out.

"Pack a small bag and call 911! I'll keep her warm and apply pressure on the wounds so they stop bleeding. Go!" I replied. He ran upstairs as fast as he could and got everything ready while I stayed downstairs and kept her warm. I replaced her jacket with mine and wrapped a blanket around her stomach area tightly to reduce the bleeding. I dried her hair slightly with a towel to help her feel better. Her breathing was slower now and getting more uneven by the moment. Her wounds had stopped bleeding but I don't know how long that will last.

"I called! They'll be here soon!" Yugi said while coming downstairs. "How is she?" he asked worriedly.

"Not good…her breathing is slowing down and her pulse is too," I said sadly. Just then we heard a siren. The ambulance had arrived. Yugi showed them inside and found me with the girl. One of the guys acted as if her knew her.

"Poor kid. I hate seeing her like this," he said. "Come on Jason! Let's get her in the ambulance and do something with those wounds," he continued.

"Excuse me…" I said to the guy. "Do you know her?" I asked.

"I've only seen her twice. Once she had a split lip and the other time well…I don't want to talk about it," he answered me.

"Why not?" I asked.

"Horrible to say the least. It's just bad to think about that. Now…who's riding with her and who goes with the driver?" he said.

"You go with her Yami…you found her. I'll go up front with the driver," Yugi answered.

"All right then…come with me," said the guy. We followed and we got inside the ambulance. Then the one named Jason asked me lots of questions.

"How did this happen?"

"I was walking home from the supermarket and I saw a trail of blood and I followed it. It lead me to an empty alley. I walked further into the alley and stepped on something. I removed the snow from where the sound came from and found her." I replied.

"How was she?"

"Cold and her breathing was slow and uneven. I took her to my home and began to remove some of her clothing to warm her up. Then my brother began to remove her wet shirt and found those wounds. They were bleeding but not gushing as some serious wounds do. I redressed her, wrapped a blanket that I had near over her wounds and gave her my jacket to keep her warm while my brother called 911."

"I know this is an odd question but…when did you last see her?"

"Last night while leaving the movie theater. My brother and me were walking home when I bumped into her. She seemed all right and gestured us to move out of the way. We did as asked and she ran off. A short while later some guys came in the same direction as her and we think that they followed her and did this to her." I said. He stopped asking me questions and was focused on writing something.

"Jason this isn't good," said the person that talked to me earlier while putting the diverse medicines on her.

"Why is that Chris?" Jason replied, looking up.

"She's lost a lot of blood…she might not make it this time," said Chris. I felt terrible. I should've followed her last night.

"Yami it's not our fault. Don't think that. I know we should have followed her but if she needed help she would've asked for it," Yugi said through our link. I still felt guilty about it but thanks to Yugi I understood that she would've asked for help but she chose not to.

"Are you sure?" asked Jason.

"Yes…she's lost a lot of blood. I'd take a sample to check on her blood type to get someone to donate blood but I can't risk it. She's to fragile right now," Chris said.

"Last time she was just as bad wasn't she?" asked Jason.

"No, she was still awake…her blood loss then was at least a third of what she's lost this time. She's been bleeding since last night due to what this young man has said and from the look of these wounds and her condition. She's lost way more blood this time due to how long she went unattended." Chris informed. They began to work on the stab wounds and I took her hand. I knew she probably was unconscious due to the loss of blood but I gave her hand a comforting squeeze. I felt then as if she weakly closed her fingers around my hand.

We arrived at the hospital shortly afterwards and she was taken to the operating room. I was told to wait in the waiting room and Yugi came in just as I sat down.

"Sorry I took so long…I had to call grandpa to tell him where we were. Remember…he comes back from Egypt soon," Yugi said as he sat down.

"You're right…I had forgotten about him," I said.

"It's okay…she's going to be fine."

"I don't think so Yugi…she lost a lot of blood. She's in really bad shape Yugi," I said while allowing guilt to consume me yet again.

"Stop feeling guilty! I know we should've helped but she ran off so fast that I'm sure we wouldn't be to catch up," Yugi said calmly.

"Thank you Aibou…but I won't feel better until she does…"

"I understand that Yami…but don't feel guilty from it anymore…"

"I just hope she manages to come out alive from all of this…after all, one of the men from the ambulance has seen her twice."

"What happened those times?"

"One was a split lip and the other one…he didn't talk about it."

"I'm betting it was serious if he didn't talk about it," Yugi said. Just then, a doctor came to talk to us.

"Misters Muto?" he asked.

"Yes?" I asked.

"I have some news about the girl you brought in," he said.

"Good or bad?" I asked.

"It all depends on how you look at it…"

"How is she?"

"She's in critical condition due to her blood loss. Thankfully, we don't have to put her on Life support at the moment."

"What do you mean 'at the moment'?"

"If her condition worsens overnight we'll have to put her on Life support if her parents allow it."

"Where are her parents?"

"They'll be here tomorrow…"

"But it's their daughter!"

"But it's the only flight that they could book to bring them back so soon."

"Oh."

"Now both of you can stay in her room. I'd like a word with the elder one of you two before you go in."

"That would be me doctor," I said. I knew Yugi wanted me to go inside her room to check on her due to his reaction. "Go ahead Yugi, I'll be right there."

"Fine then Yami," he replied as a nurse lead him to her room.

"Now what did you want to talk about?" I asked.

"I heard that you asked Chris if he knew the girl," he began.

"Yes I did…why do you ask?" I replied.

"Well…I know that you met the girl last night for the first time due to what Yugi told me," he said.

"Yes, I did and so did he."

"I know. I wanted to talk to you because I noticed that ever since you got here you're rather worried or guilty about what happened."

"I-I…"

"I was told by Yugi the guilt part but other than that I noticed your serious concern for this girl's health. She is in critical condition like I said but that's not what I want to talk about."

"Then…what is it?"

"Well…this girl has been thru a lot more than what you think and due to what you told Jason during the ambulance ride I figured this was getting more serious."

"What is getting more serious?"

"I can't explain it well but I'd like you to read this. This explains most of what she has been thru. Her parents know all about this but don't share many details with us about it. I have a feeling that they're keeping something from everyone that has come across such a remarkable girl. I also have a feeling that she isn't as mute as she pretends to be," he said. As he said that he pulled out some sort of police file with her name on it.

"She's a criminal?" I asked.

"No! Far from it! It's just a series of court cases about her that haven't been fulfilled, but most of these contain her testimonies. Written of course, but nonetheless, she shares her story and I'd like you to read this. You may share this with Yugi but try to keep it between you two," he said with a lowered tone.

"Are you sure we can read this? I mean, her parents should allow us to read something so important and confidential as this," I said.

"Actually, it was her mother's wish that you both read this since you found her. I'll take you to her room and please read this. Keep it between you and Yugi," he said while taking me to the girl's room.

"I will," I said as we reached her door. He nodded as if to say that 'It's all I ask' and I went in.