Chapter Fourteen: The Plan

DM: Give it up for my longest fic ever! –tosses confetti in the air-

Dragon: Yeah but this is going to be a really weird ending.

DM: Uh-huh, but that's the fun thing about this whole fic, you don't know the outcome of it all. I mean, even I the author don't even know the outcome. I'm trying to figure it out but it'll come to me sooner or later.

Dragon: Let's hope later because you have over 1000 hits on it.

DM: Really? SUGOI! –means cool for those of you who don't know-

Dragon: Feeling better about two chapters ago?

DM: Not that much but I'm slowly getting over it. Anyways, thanks for reviewing. I really appreciate it.

Serenity panted as she ran with her friends. Malik was just barely ahead of her when he fell over a tree stump. "Why are we running? They can't run, only limp," he complained. Serenity stopped and collapsed to the ground. Her breath was heavy and she knew that he was right.

"Because those dead things might realize that they can. Then we're all fucked. If you haven't noticed, I want to stay alive!" Tristan shouted as he picked Serenity up. He knew that he was right and that kept them pressing forward. If everyone wanted to stay alive, they had to keep moving.

Mokuba had collapsed and was picked up by his brother. "I'm not letting you die," he heard before passing out. Seto carried his brother and whatever else he had picked up in the dark, possibly one of the bags of food. Yami was in the lead followed closely behind by Bakura. Even if the previous night and the morning that followed it was harsh, they had still managed to stay intact and not wounded at all. Marik took over his hikari's body to let Malik rest. Where were they going?

They had come to a river three hours later and stopped there. "Shit! I never want to run again," Tristan complained and let his feet soak in the cold water.

Mokuba had regained consciousness by then and looked around. "Where is she?" he murmured.

Seto looked at his brother with a concerned look. "Where is who?" he asked.

"The dog."

Seto looked around. His brother's dog wasn't anywhere to be found and he certainty wasn't going to call for the mutt. "She's still back there, I think," he said looking through the woods around them. They needed to find a safe place to rest before they start running again. Maybe another Wa-mart………… NOT!

Mokuba sat up and looked at the ground. He went over to a clear area of ground and built six mounds. He lost a lot of friends over this and he wasn't prepared to lose anymore, especially his brother. He cried silently as he prayed. Hopefully, this would be the last time he would pray before this was all over.

Marik watched Mokuba pray and saw that he had created a mound for Ishizu. Lowering his head, the yami wished that all of this was just a dream. "Dear gods, let this be a bad dream," he whispered. The silence gave him an answer that it wasn't a dream and that he and Bakura would have to create another body for each of them, his hikari's sister was gone, his hikari's best friend who was like a big brother was gone and now, he had only the yami left. Why did it seem like everything was messed up?

Yami sat next to his friends and looked up at the sky. Yugi, I'm sorry that I didn't protect you. I was supposed to and yet I didn't. Please forgive me, he thought. Not only was Yugi gone but also so was Joey and Tea. They had all been together for a long time and then Duke came in the picture, then the Ishtar's and now, there was only Malik and his yami, Serenity and himself left. First, he lost his memories and now his lost his friends. Kaiba still had his brother and that was all that he needed. Still, even if Kaiba didn't want to admit it, he cared about the others because they were friends.

Bakura looked down at his ring. What would happen if Ryou died as well and Bakura didn't have a body at that time? Would he go back into the ring until his next hikari or would he fade from existence and the ring would be useless? No, he needed to stop thinking things like that. Ryou was going to be fine and Bakura would make himself another body. But still, the death of Ryou would be harsh on him like it was on the pharaoh.

Serenity stood up and put a hand on Tristan's shoulder. "I have an idea," she had said, scaring the shit out of him.

Tristan jumped and his eyes were wide like saucers. "Did you have to do that? I thought that you were one of those things. Fuck, you scared me to death," he said as he covered his racing heart.

Serenity giggled. "Sorry but I have an idea. How did we get here?" she said motioning to the area around them. It was surrounded by a lot of brush that looked hard to get through, but somehow they got through.

"Um, I don't know, I was following Marik, or was it Malik?" Tristan asked with a confused look on his face.

Serenity ignored his confusion and looked around her again. "We could probably stay here. I mean it must have taken a while for you guys to get through so why not stay here for a while?"

Bakura looked up. "You know, she's got a point," he said as he also looked around. The only entrance they had was a the stream and someone who always have to be on guard but other than that, it was pretty safe until it was time to go again.

Serenity grinned and sat down on a large rock with a smile. She felt like her brother would be proud of her. Closing her eyes, she felt the sun's rays hit her face through the tree branches.

DM: Yes, I know, short and lame but still I had a great idea coming home, so I'll put it in the next chapter.

Dragon: REVIEW!