Everything...everything's falling apart...
Panting.
I never thought things would turn out this way...
Sweating.
I only wanted to live a normal life...
Sorrow.
Why did the world turn its back on me...?
Tears.
He could hear screaming...hundreds of sad voices singing out to him with melancholy voices. His head pounded. His wrists bled. His vision blurred and refused to clear. He could hear someone's voice calling to him. It sounded like a friend...telling him never to give up hope.
Hope. What was that again? Right...it was that little spark at the end of the tunnel. That...it had flickered and gone out long ago. What was it that doused his last hopes?
He remembered now. It struck him like a raging tiger...the Evil One. It had all happened in a matter of seconds.
He recalled talking in the secret room with a friend about a god. One powerful enough to destroy the Evil One. Then he had attempted—and failed—to release the Other. It was after that that the Evil One took them by surprise.
What had really happened? His mind was so foggy; nothing seemed real. Not even the blood covering his body seemed real. His arms were so tired from holding up his body weight. His slightly open eyes could see the moonlight shining down through a hole in the roof, illuminating a dark figure.
"Yugi," he murmured, rattling his chains weakly.
"Hush," the boy said softly, "it will soon be over."
And the voice of his friend again. "Fight him! Please, don't let him win!"
"Silence him."
There was the sound of laughter and of reptiles hissing...no, not reptiles. The Evil One's Servants, the cold-blooded mercenaries of chaos.
And again...he found himself wondering how this had happened so quickly.
"I can't do it...I don't have the strength."
"You do. It's been inside of you all along."
"I've changed over the years. Even if I had the strength to unleash Seyumi...I wouldn't have the heart to kill Osiris. If I did that...I'd be killing Yugi as well."
"Sadly, we all must make sacrifices."
"That's all you have to offer me as consolation? That's comforting."
"It's the truth."
"What if I don't like the truth?"
"It isn't in our hands. The truth cannot be denied, no matter how much we despise it."
Then...
"There you two are. I've searched everywhere for you."
...the Evil One smiled.
"Yami, run!"
"...I can't move any part of my body..."
"Do not resist, Yami. It will only prolong your suffering."
"I can't resist...can't even move..."
"Good."
A curved dagger flashed in the dark, splitting open the flesh and spilling dark blood everywhere. The Evil One's smile broadened. Next, the pain hit his torso as well.
"What will you do with the empty shell afterward?"
"Kill it."
"Please, don't do this!" the friend yelled, only to be struck between the shoulder blades by a clenched fist.
"You be quiet!" the white Servant snapped.
The yellow Servant struck the friend a second time in the same place.
"Why are you doing this?"
"The world is corrupt...I will purify it by ridding the world of the mortal race."
"Then you are sentencing everything to death!"
"Then let everything die. My life is everlasting; I will create a new world, a world of darkness. Everything shall wither and die in my hands: the oceans will be emptied, the skies will turn an eternal black, the grasslands will become deserts. Demons will overrun the earth and cast the remaining survivors into oblivion. I will bring the Underworld to the world of the living. Then...only then...will my revenge be complete."
"What about your loyal ones? Do they mean nothing to you?"
"I don't require followers to destroy the world. They will surrender their lives if I tell them to. As soon as my use runs out for them, they, too, will be thrown into the abyss."
"You truly are twisted..."
The Evil One spread his arms wide. The dagger fell to the ground with a clank. The sacrifice felt cold...
...and finally...nothing.
Author's Note: If you didn't understand this chapter, the next chapter will explain what happened. This one's written like this to express the weakening of senses and the inability to describe things fully. Mwa hah hah...O.o