I Cry Tears of Blood

Chapter 14: Revealed

Yugi sniffled as he looked down at his unconscious friend. Joey was strapped to the various devices around him, beeping, making shuffling sounds, and monitoring his every move.

Yugi touched Joey's hand and sighed, "Please Joey ... wake up ..."

Yami came into the room and hugged Yugi from behind, "Don't worry Yugi ... once he wakes up, he'll be able to tell us who tried to kill him."

Yugi frowned, "Do you think it was Marik?"

Yami bit his lip thoughtfully, "I would ... if I didn't have experience with how psychotic killers think ..."

Yugi turned to look at his counterpart, "What do you mean? You think it wasn't Marik?"

Yami sighed, "Well, not directly him anyway... you forget about his ... the presence inside of him."

"So you think it was Malik?"

Yami let of Yugi and sat at Joey's bedside, "It's a possibility, but would he really risk it? No matter how much he wanted to hurt Marik, would Malik really make it that easy for us to figure out who it was?"

Yugi looked at the floor, "So ... it couldn't have been him ..."

"It could have."

Yugi looked up at Yami frowning, "But you just said-"

"Yes, unless Malik was close to his goal. Then he wouldn't care who knew ..."

"His goal ... you mean he's going to try a takeover again?"

"I believe so ... since his purpose is to control Marik and use him to destroy the world."

Yugi looked confused, "So we really don't know ... do we?"

"No, no we don't. We can't go around jumping to conclusions."

Yugi sat next to Yami, "But who else could it be?"

Yami shook his head, "Anyone ... anyone who hates both Joey and Marik and will do anything to make sure they suffer.

Yugi touched Joey's hand again, "But how come there haven't been any attempts at taking Marik's life ... see that's where it gets confusing. Who'd want to hurt Marik ... yet not kill him ... they must want him alive for something ... "

Yami looked at the ceiling, "Sounds like Malik to me ..."

"But we just eliminated him! Yami you're not helping!"

Yami sighed and took Yugi's hands into his own, "Listen Yugi, I can't help you. Nor can I just to conclusions. Malik is not out. He never is ... right now he's our main suspect, we cannot let ourselves rule him out."

"I want to know who tried to kill Joey right now!"

Yami hugged Yugi close, "So do I ... but ... we have to wait. Wait and see if Joey-"

Yami froze when he saw Joey's hand twitch, "Yugi ... he's ..."

Yugi quickly turned to Joey. He opened his eyes halfway and gave Yugi a half smile.

"Joey! Oh god ... Joey who did-"

Yugi stopped when he saw Joey was trying to tell him something.

The blond whispered, "Scream ..."

Yugi frowned and saw Joey's mouth form a word which he recognized immediately. His eyes widened as Joey's eyes fluttered closed again.

"Oh god ... Yami ... Marik and anyone close to him ... they're in danger ..."

Yugi stood up quickly, "We've got to warn them!"

Yami nodded, "Let's go."

The two ran out into the night.

A/N: Short chappie. Build up tension. Can't say more! Review PLZ!