I couldn't see anything but the blood that gushed from invisible wounds around my eyes. It was beginning to feel like someone was trying to tear my eyes out with large knives; the pain had grown so fierce that tears mixed in with my blood and streamed down my reddened flesh. I realized that blood was trickling through my closed fingers, and I could do nothing but hope that the flow of blood would diminish and, eventually, halt altogether.
A quiet, ominous laughter came to my attention suddenly, and the hand that had reached for the light switches was unexpectedly searing with an inexplicable and horrendous pain. I felt and heard the bones in my hand snap rather loudly; the pain traveled down all the way down my arm until it reached my shoulder, and then my arm flopped uselessly to my side. I immediately knew every bone had been shattered, and I felt the urge to scream at the top of my lungs, but because I was in such an unbelievable state of shock, the only noise that escaped my lips was a loud exhalation of breath.
"Didn't anyone tell you about this room, kid?" said a dark and intimidating voice that matched the laughter I had heard just a minute ago. "Why people never come in here anymore?"
"No," I said weakly, spitting out blood that had dripped into my mouth.
"No one comes in here by their own free will. Only the ones He intends to deal with personally feel the need to investigate the shadow surrounding this room. You must have been called."
My knees felt fragile from both pain and fear. I didn't know how much longer I could stand up.
"I don't understand," I replied.
"Don't you?" the voice said bemusedly, but I also caught the amusement behind the words. "Well, then you must find all of this rather…frightening, am I correct?"
I nodded slowly. Droplets of blood fell to the floor beneath our feet.
"Good."
"Who is He?"
"So, you really are oblivious the fate that awaits you. If you had only kept the room dark, everything would have been revealed to you within a matter of minutes." The voice laughed again. "You did the same thing as everyone else who met their demise in this hellish room. You gave in to the fear that preys on the weak-hearted and turned the lights on, despite all of the warnings aimed at you. You're only safe here in the dark."
"What do you mean?" I asked, trying my best not to sound as nervous as I felt.
"There is a curse on this room. 'The reigning king of darkness banishes the desire the light proudly embraces.'"
"Who is He?" I repeated angrily. "And where did Yami and the Millennium Puzzle go?"
"Both your toy and your dear friend belong to Him now, just as they did long ago. And soon, you will too."
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Hey, someone solved the riddle in chapter three! Congrats to Ice-Spirit Phoenix! The next chapter will be Ice-Spirit Phoenix's character's debut in this story, and if you haven't figured out the riddle yet, don't worry! All will be explained later, I promise!!! I must admit, though, the answer is rather complicated and might be confusing at first…I'm just glad somebody figured it out! ^_^