Disclaimer: I do not, in any way, shape, or form, own Yu-Gi-Oh. Or the characters. I wish I owned Yami Marik though. Poor hot guy that I'm torturing.

/Ryou to Bakura/

Bakura to Ryou

(Yugi to Yami)

)Yami to Yugi(

Seto to Set

-Set to Seto-

Thoughts

"Speech"

Marik's POV

I saw Mariku, but I couldn't believe it. He was being tortured? When I sent him to the Shadow Realm, I never thought that this would happen, never hope for this. Yet he was laying there, thrashing and screaming, trying to escape from the torture. It took the person a bit to notice us, and he looked surprised when he did. When my yami noticed the pain had lessened, he looked around, after quieting down. When he saw us, I saw him mouth out 2 words: 'Thank You' before he passed out. I wanted to go and help him, all former hate forgotten.

In its place, anger towards the man torturing him erupted, anger at him for hurting my yami, anyone, like this. No one deserved it. Yet he had, he had tortured my yami until he had broken down. There had been no reason. I prepared to jump at the man, but Bakura grabbed me. Why, I do not know. I know my yami isn't exactly his favorite person, but even he shouldn't let him be in this much pain.

"If you want to live, you have to stay back. This man is a vampire. Not the best person to pick a fight with. Don't worry, I know a way to get him away." he whispered, still keeping me in his grasp. Dang he has a strong grip.

As I looked around, I noticed no one else looked very good about what happened. Ryou looked ready to throw up, or pass out, which ever came first. Yugi also looked sick , but he had also closed his eyes, not wanting to see all the blood. Even Yami looked slightly sickened, even though he and my yami had been major enemies. I, on the other hand, was sickened and enraged, seeing my darkness in this state. Sure, he tried to get rid of me, but even if that... The Shadow Realm was enough, even for him. While I had been musing, I hadn't noticed the man's movements. He was wearing a robe with a hooded cloak over it, so as to prevent his face from being seen, and to my horror he was right in front of me in seconds. At that time, though, I didn't have much thinking time, for he picked me up by the throat, and had started to squeeze, I felt my breath slip away. The feeling was short lived, for Bakura had thrown a silver... thing at the man, and he dropped me, before disappearing into the shadows. I got up unaided, after regaining my breath.

Bakura was looking round the room, scrutinizing every detail in the shadows and blood patterns. He finally stopped over my yami, and crouched down to inspect him. I moved towards Bakura and Mariku, and, even though it was only seconds, it seemed like hours. Once I reached him, I actually saw worry on Bakura's face. Worry that my yami wasn't going to live? Or something... deeper, more sinister?

After a moment of tension, in which Yugi had left the room, saying he felt sick, and Yami following him. Ryou had come next to his yami, having an inquiring look about him. I finally asked the question.

"What are you so worried about, Bakura?"

"An issue you would've never noticed. He's a vampire. And don't worry, he's alive, but I don't know if he'll live."

"A vampire? They aren't real. Are they?" Ryou asked, coming into the conversation.

"What do you think? I'll show you he's a vampire," he turned Mariku over so that we could see his back, and pointed out to odd spots next to each shoulder blade, which the bone nubs were easy to see because of his malnutrition, "This is where his wings would come out," he then turned him back over, and pointed out his K9 teeth in his slightly open mouth," These are longer than on a human."

"So he is a vampire. But, this will complicate things. How will we get him into a hospital? We can't heal all this ourselves. And if the doctors found this out, they'd surely want to study him." I answered, wondering if Bakura had thought of this.

" No dur, Sherlock. We will just have to take him to a different hospital. One that treats vampires. It's actually quite a nice place."

"What do you mean a hospital for vampires? Surely there aren't more. Plus, if they had one, wouldn't they keep it secret?" Ryou was getting on Bakura's nerves.

"Of course there are more vampires, and they have a hospital. They only reveal the vampires section to vampires, Baka."

There was a period of silence, in which Yami and Yugi had come in, then left to find Seto and the others in the Boiler Room hallway with Bakura, leaving Ryou and I to care for Mariku. A couple of times, he would shift and seem to be waking up, only to fall back into unconsciousness. Sometimes, he would start to whimper through the veil of unconsciousness, it was obvious either the injuries pained him that much, or he was dreaming. I thought back to when we had found him, and couldn't blame him for screaming. Anyone would have done the same, actually maybe worse. When I had more closely inspected Mariku's frame, he had become incredibly thin, his ribs and many bones stuck out, letting anyone clearly see the breaks.

I had been trying to access his soul room, while Ryou was standing at the door, but was brought back by a sudden, harsh cough, which was followed by more coughs. I realized this was from my yami, and came back to reality to find him shaking and sweating terribly. Ryou had come over and was looking concerned, when the seizures began to start. Mariku had started to flail and twist, while Ryou and I were trying to help him, but we were afraid of hurting him. We had finally been able to pin down both of his arms without harming him, now the only thing was the harsh breathing and coughs coming from him. When I felt his forehead, it was obvious that he was sick, his forehead was burning. I noticed a red band of fever stretched across his face. If I wanted Mariku to live, we had to get him to the hospital. And fast. I really hope Bakura can explain the situation to the others.

Bakura's POV

I have recently reached the Boiler Room hallway, along with Yugi, Yami, and two new people, Rex and Weevil. The way we had found them was... Odd. We had heard people calling for help from in a pair of lockers, and when we had finally picked the lock on both of them, Rex and Weevil had come tumbling out from their respective lockers. Their excuse was that they were hiding from the attackers. They're lucky they're so midgety, almost like Yugi, or they wouldn't have fit in the lockers. Lucky midgets. We had met up with Set, Seto, Mokuba, Tristan, Joey, and Duke, then had a hard time explaining the situation to them. Joey couldn't believe he was going to help the same person that had tried to get rid of him.

We had started to walk to the room where I had left Marik and Ryou, when Ryou contacted me. It sounded urgent.

/Bakura? We need to get Mariku to the hospital. Fast. He's showing major signs of sickness. He's burning up!/

Okay! Calm down. I'll just hurry.

/Couldn't you call for an ambulance?/

Err... Maybe.

/Then call! Unless you WANT him to die?/

What?! No! Isn't there a phone near you? LIke in the hallway?

/... Yes .../

Then use that, baka!

/Fine!/

And our link went dead. Dang he can be stupid at times. Just hope Mariku's still alive.

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