MarikRules- Okay I'm now updating The Ring Curse.

Bakura- what took so long?

MR- shut up. I do not own anything.

00

0

Chapter 12 Explanations

"Well now what?" Y. Marik asked. "Let's talk to someone who may know them. Maybe they'll tell us about that girl." Marik suggested. Everyone agrees. "Let's see. Who could help us?" Ryou said. "Maybe we should look at more letters. See who all sent them and talk to them." Bakura suggested. They pulled the letters out. "So what are we looking for?" Ryou said. "Lets first find a person who's name shows up the most. Then we'll read threw their letters and see how well they knew the wheelers. Then we'll work from there." Marik said.

They looked threw the letters. "How about Erica Valentine. I think she's Mai's sister. She wrote a lot of letters to the family. I think she was also their doctor." Y. Marik said. "Okay, does she live around here?" Marik asked. "Yeah she should be in this neighborhood." Y. Marik answered. Then lets go." Ryou said.

They followed the directions to Erica's house. When they got there Marik went to knock on the door. A woman answered. "Yes can I help you?" She asked. "Are you Dr. Erica Valentine?" Marik asked. She nodded. "Yes, are you sick?" She asked. "No, but we were wondering. Could you tell us about your sister Mai? And her family?" Marik asked. Erica looked surprised. "Why do you want to know about them?" She asked curious. "We were doing a report on Katasya Organization. We talked to Joseph, then he threw us out." Marik explained. "I see. How did you know about me. Did he tell you?" Erica asked. "Um yes, he mentioned you." Marik lied not wanting her to know they were going threw other peoples mail. "Well come in then, I'll tell you anything that I can." She said.

They all entered her house. "So what is it you want to know?" She asked. "Well for starters, who is this?" Marik asked and handed the picture of the girl to Erica. Erica looked at the picture. "Serenity." She answered. "She was Joey's little sister. Joey's parents died when Serenity was a baby. Joey and Mai took her in. For some reason Mai and Joey couldn't have a child, no matter how much they tried. So Mai was thrilled to get the baby." Erica said with a smile. "So what happened? Why doesn't Joey still have Serenity?" Marik asked. Erica sighed. "Joey never did like Serenity. She wasn't like most girl. For one thing she was afraid of water, and she had some kind of supernatural power. Mai started having bad halogenations. She was seeing horrible things. They thought Serenity put them there." Erica explained.

"Was it Serenity who caused the event at Katasya organization?" Marik asked. Erica nodded. "Then what?" Bakura asked. "You still haven't said what they did with her."

"Well they had put her in Joey's organization, since it was for people with her powers. But then she caused that event then they sent her to a physiatrist. I think she's still there." Erica said.

"Do you know for sure?" Marik asked. Erica shooked her head. "Do you know why Mai committed suicide?" Y. Marik asked. "I'm not sure. My guess is that jerk Joey was cheating on her. Or she didn't like the thought of poor Serenity being sent away." Erica said. "Well thank you." Marik said. They got ready to leave. "You leaving? Its kind of late. Why don't you stay the night. I'd hate for you to be out so late." Erica said. "Okay, thank you." Marik said. "I want to go back and check out Joey's house later anyway." Marik whispered to the others. They nodded.

Erica had some spare rooms they were going to stay in. "I'm taking a shower." Marik said as the others were getting settled. He went into the bathroom. And got in to the shower. He was relaxing letting the water rain down on him. He didn't notice the bathtub filling up more then should be. He ran his hands threw his hair then felt some one wrap their arms around his neck and pull him backward down under the water. Marik struggled against the person. As soon as he was able to get his head above the water he screamed for help, before getting pulled back under. "Help!" Marik screamed again and gasped for air before the person pulled him back under. Marik continued to struggle. But was becoming weak from the loss of air. "Three Days" Was heard before he blanked out.

Marik woke up and began coughing. He was wrapped in a towel and Y. Marik was next to him after performing CPR. "You okay? What the hell happened?" Bakura asked standing in the doorway. "She tried to drown me." Marik said. "Well at least your alright." Y. Marik said. "Yeah but I only have three day. She let me know that as she was trying to kill me." Marik replied. "Well lets get to bed and hope she doesn't bother us again." Bakura said. They went into their bedrooms and went to bed.

00

0

MR- Yay another chapter finished. Oh yeah (Grabs Joey.) Be nice and give Kimyo a kiss.

Joey- okay. Kisses KimyouTeki.

Marik- Read and review.