Malik gasped at the room in front of him.
The room had large lit torches lining the sun baked brick walls. The only noticeable exit was a small opening in the wall, leading to the main hall.
What everyone was creeped out about, Malik and Isis in particular, was the large blood stain on the back wall, and the skeleton close by. There were also large blood stains on the floor.
Yugi's eyes widened in fear.
"Where are we?"
Malik stood there in shock, staring at the large, smooth, rectangular stone in the middle of the room.
Isis gulped.
"My Ra…"
Yami Malik's eyes were also wide, but he was staring at the skeleton.
Suddenly it clicked.
"This was were you lived!" Joey shouted in shock.
Dead silence fell back into the room.
Kaiba frowned deeply.
"A complete replica. That is all it is." He finally spoke several minutes later.
"So, uh…whose skeleton?" Joey grinned nervously.
More silence.
"Let's go." Malik spoke as well, his voice shaking slightly, leaving the room.
Yami Malik swiftly tried to follow Malik, but was jerked back against Bakura's chest.
The creature turned and looked at the tomb robber pleadingly, but he was met with a cold glare.
Ryou ran after Malik, running up next to him.
"What's wrong?" The smaller hikari looked at the blond Egyptian.
Malik just stood there, staring straight ahead. Finally his voice sounded.
"That…wasn't there before."
Ryou turned and looked, then realized that before them lay a huge labyrinth.
"Oh crap."
The British boy and the Egyptian turned and looked at Kaiba, the owner of the voice.
Everyone had slowly come out of the room, stepping next to Malik in a large group.
They all began to move into the labyrinth, there was a hall going left or right.
"Which way?" Joey asked, but Kaiba had already walked towards the left.
Malik watched Kaiba then followed him, an arm wrapped around Ryou's shoulder.
Everyone else soon followed.
They walked on for what seemed an eternity, before there was a loud cry from the back of the group.
Malik whirled around to see Isis tripping and falling, one of the tiles she had stepped on sinking.
Suddenly Bakura took off running forward, as if there was a strange sixth sense telling him to run. He still had a grip on Yami Malik's shoulder, which was running in front of the tomb robber.
Everyone else stood still, listening and waiting. Suddenly they got their sign.
A large dragon roared, rushing at them. Everyone instantly ran after Bakura and Yami Malik, each trying to run faster than the other. Malik was at the front, but Ryou was lagging behind, barely keeping up with Malik. Suddenly the smaller of the two fell, letting out a piercing cry.
"Malik!" Ryou shouted as he fell, a sharp pain shooting through his ankle. The white haired teen's eyes began to water from the intense pain.
The Egyptian in the lead heard someone scream his name; his head turning. Malik then realized Ryou was hurt.
"Ryou!" He shouted, turning back and picking Ryou up. But before he could stand, the dragon roared, about to claw him.
Malik leapt back, turning tail and running as fast as he could.
Ryou wrapped his thin arms around Malik's neck, trying to hold on.
"Malik…"He whispered, small tears running down his face.
Malik didn't reply, but kept his eyes ahead of him, watching for a turn.
But he didn't find one. The walls began to close in on him.
The Egyptian ran as fast as he could, and as the walls were barely touching him, he closed his eyes…
And felt nothing. He realized he had stopped running, before he heard a voice.
"Are you just going to stand there brother? We're taking a rest."
His lavender eyes slowly opened as he realized he had made it through the tunnel and into a large room. This room wasn't like the others. It had the same walls, but everything else was bare. There was nothing in this room. There weren't any torches either, so it was a bit dark.
Ryou had curled up to the best of his extent in Malik's arms, shaking.
Malik sighed in relief then sat down near the wall, stroking Ryou's soft white hair.
Ryou let out a small squeak, curling up more now that he rested in the slightly larger Egyptian. There were still a few tears running down his face, but he didn't care. The
Briton knew he was safe in Malik's arms.
Malik sighed, letting Ryou settle down a little before running a hand down to his ankle. The Egyptian began to feel and push on it, causing Ryou to whine and grip his tanned shoulders in pain.
The pale male shifted a little, moving his ankle a small bit in the process. Malik now knew it wasn't broken.
Ryou looked up at Malik, blinking in confusion.
"Where are we?"
Malik looked down at Ryou.
"If we knew that, we wouldn't be lost."
Ryou sighed, realizing that was true. He leaned against Malik a little, closing his eyes. His ankle still hurt very badly, but not as much as before.
The Egyptian also sighed, leaning against the wall. Lavender eyes began to scan the room.
On the far wall, to the right of the entrance, stood Joey and Yugi. Joey was leaning on the wall, and Yugi simply stood there, rigid as a stone and straight as a stick.
On the wall directly straight from the door was Kaiba, who was also leaning, and Isis, who was sitting down. In the corner, Bakura had forced Yami Malik in front of him. Bakura sat down on the floor comfortably while Yami Malik stood.
Mokuba sat next to where his brother stood.
Malik then turned his eyes back to his yami. The creature was staring at the ground, a look of unhappiness spread across his features.
Yami Malik looked up at his hikari, but soon turned back to the floor as Bakura threatened to stand.
Finally Kaiba moved towards the door.
"Let's go nimrods."
Everyone followed.
Kaiba's hand gripped the door firmly pushing.
The next room was large. There were many torches lining the walls. It looked almost like the last room they were in, minus the skeleton, the blood stains and the rectangle block.
On the other side of the room was the stairs. But before the stairs stood a tan clothed figure. They couldn't see its face.
Suddenly Malik went pale as it revealed its face.
To be continued…