Chapter Sixteen: Escape

DM: I just realized that the four people are actually five people. My bad.

Dragon: Baka!

DM: Yeah I know, asen no baka. (I'm an idiot)

Marik looked around and pulled off curtains to cover his friends with. Looking at the Kaiba brothers, he felt as if he could've helped them out in some way. Malik was crying over his best friend and Serenity was huddled in a corner as she sobbed. Bakura held up his Ring and waited for it to glow but it never happened. Yami looked at the broken thief and sympathized with him. It was only the three of them left and outside was zombies, pounding up against the walls and blocked door. "We have to get out of here," he said as he had covered Ryou.

"And how are we to do that? Take a stroll out there? We would get eaten alive by our second step," Yami sneered.

"Well then, fuck, I don't know anymore. I just want to get out of here before I die for good and quit returning to that Ra damned Rod!" Marik had shouted. Serenity's crying was the only thing that was making them not kill each other. "Maybe we can sneak outside before they notice us?"

"No, look," Yami had said, pointing out one of the windows. Mokuba's dog was there barking its head off to distract the zombies or to get inside. "What is it doing?"

"Barking."

"No shit Sherlock but why?" Yami questioned. He moved away from the window as a zombie passed by.

"Do I look like a dog expert to you? No. Whatever it's doing needs to work. I don't want to die in here," Marik said as he raised a gun.

Something was rumbling in the cellar and started to bang on the trap door. Serenity screamed again and the rumbling grew louder. Malik grabbed her arm and pulled her away from the pounding doors. "I don't want to die!" she sobbed. Malik tried to comfort her the best way he could as he tried to drown out the sound of the zombies.

Bakura stood up and handed the former pharaoh his Ring. "Take this. I'll be back but I need to get rid of them first," he said. Moving the crying girl and worried boy out of his way, Bakura opened up the door and ran for his life past the zombies. All of the decaying corpses followed the running tomb robber and left the group alone.

Marik took his friend's advice and raided Seto's body to find the guns. "Let's go," he said and rushed past Yami. Malik grabbed Serenity's hand and followed his yami. Yami was following close behind and looked around. It had gotten dark and the dead were gone for now. The dog had followed him and was leading them to the edge of the woods. Near the woods was a parking lot and Hummer. Opening up the door, Yami moved backwards as a body fell to the ground. He gently kicked it with his shoe and waited. The body didn't stir and the looked at its head, a hole had appeared in the back and Yami relaxed a little. Getting into the driver's side, Yami saw the Ring glow.

"Let's go," Marik shouted as he shot a limping zombie coming close to the Hummer. Yami reached below the steering wheel and hot-wired the car. Marik climbed in and reloaded his gun.

"Why did they all have to die?" Malik asked his yami, who shrugged. Malik then slipped the Ring over his head and tried to concentrate on the spirit inside of the Ring. /Bakura/ he asked.

/What/ he heard a snap.

/You okay/ he asked with concern.

/Yeah, I'm fine but what about the others/ Bakura asked.

Malik smiled slightly. /They're fine but a little worn out. We found a Hummer./ he said with a little excitement.

/Well, I'll tell you when I've got enough magic so you don't have to carry my Ring forever./ he heard and then silence. Bakura had closed the link and left Malik wondering if he would be Bakura's hikari. Probably not.

Serenity fell asleep against Marik's shoulder and Malik had also fallen asleep. Yami was trying to concentrate on the road before him but it wasn't working. He was slowly drifting off. "Pharaoh, pull over and I'll drive," Marik said as he lifted Serenity's head off of his shoulder and set it on his hikari's shoulder.

Yami shook his head and rubbed his eyes with one hand. "I'll try to stay awake. If I doze off, wake me up and you can drive," he slurred. Marik grinned a little and watched as the world passed him by.