Sabrina woke up in the dark with a pounding headache. She groaned and pushed herself up and put a hand to her head, but the rattling of chains made her freeze. Was someone in here with her? Suddenly, there was a burst of light and Sabrina shot her hand up to protect her eyes. "You're finally awake," someone said. "You've been out for several hours." Sabrina lowered her hand to reveal Bakura standing about seven feet away from her with a lit torch in his hand.

"Ryou?"

"Not exactly." Bakura told her.

"Who are you? Where am I? And what have you done with Ryou? Are you his twin or something?" At that the Ryou look-alike laughed.

"Me? Twins with that weakling? No. I'm not his twin. I'm what you might call a guardian, only darker. They call me Bakura."

"Bakura? Wait! Are you that evil spirit that Yugi told me about?"

Bakura's eyes narrowed. "Yugi," he growled. "So he warned you about me."

"He did."

"You listened very well," Bakura said, taunting her.

"Bite me!" Sabrina shouted.

"That comes later," he answered. Sabrina got quiet. She didn't know anything about this psycho or what he had meant when he had said ' that comes later', but she didn't want to find out.

"So, are you going to tell me where I am?"

"You're in a hidden room in the basement of Ryou's apartment building. Don't bother trying to scream for help. I made sure no one would be able to hear you."

"What are you going to do to me?"

"Nothing...yet."

"What's that supposed to mean?"

"You'll find out. Until then, make yourself at home. You're going to be here for a while." At that, Bakura turned to leave. Sabrina jumped to her feet.

"You bastard!" she shouted. She tried to run at him, but no sooner had she gone three feet than something pulled taut and Sabrina toppled forward onto her stomach. She pushed herself up onto her aching knees and checked to see what had stopped her. There, around her ankles, were shackles. Sabrina followed the thick chains with her eyes. Exactly three feet away was a steel plate, bolted to the floor, with the chain attached to it.

"I took the liberty of installing those last night." Bakura was standing in front of her now. Sabrina turned a glare up at him.

"You sick psycho." Bakura knelt down on one knee, so that he was eye level with Sabrina, and took her chin between his thumb and fingers.

"There's no need for name calling," he told her, smirking. He looked so arrogant like that that Sabrina wanted nothing more than to wipe that smirk off his face. In fact...Sabrina's hand shot up at Bakura's face, but at the last instant his hand appeard out of nowhere and caught hers at the wrist. His grip was so tight that the bones in her wrist started to crush and she gasped in pain. She tried to pull out of his grasp, but he held her in place. "I wouldn't try that again, my dear. Not if you want to leave here alive."

Sabrina looked up at him in fear. She could tell by the look in his eyes that he wasn't bluffing. She started shaking and Bakura smirked again. "You won't kill me," Sabrina stated, "Ryou won't let you. And when he finds out what you've done you'll be sorry."

Bakura laughed. "Ryou, make me sorry for anything I do? That's something I'd enjoy watching."

Sabrina got defensive. "Ryou's stronger than you think. You just wait until he finds out."

"If you want him to know so much why don't you tell him?"

"What?"

Bakura smirked. Ryou, someone wants to talk to you. The ring around Bakura's neck began to glow and, before Sabrina's eyes, an image of Ryou appeared in the glow.

"Ryou!"

Inside the soul room, Ryou sat, slumped, against the door. He had tried non-stop for hours to get out, but it was useless. Suddenly, Bakura's voice rang out in the room. Ryou, someone want to talk to you. Ryou's head snapped up from where it had been resting against his chest. A small window appeared out of nowhere and, on the other side, sat Sabrina.

"Sabrina!" Ryou was on his feet again. "Are you alright?"

"She's fine for now, Ryou," Bakura answered for her.

"I am not!" she objected, "He's shackled me to the floor!"

"Your shackles, of course, I nearly forgot," Bakura said, then, the scene in the window shifted as Bakura moved.

"What are you doing? Get away from me! No!" Ryou heard Sabrina protest. There was the sound of rattling chains, a slight struggle, and finally the sound of a lock clicking.

"Leave her alone, Bakura!" Ryou shouted, but he was ignored. The scene in the window shifted again and Ryou saw Sabrina being dragged across the floor by her wrists. A new pair of shackles were secured at the base of her hands and Ryou saw Bakura's hands on the chains. Sabrina cried out in pain when Bakura gave a particularly hard tug on the chains. Ryou ran to the window and pounded against it. A magical shield protected it so that he couldn't break through it, but he still tried. "Hold on, Sabrina! I'll get out! I swear it!" At that, Ryou turned around and charged at the soul room door. He rammed it with his shoulder so hard that the sound reverberated throughout the soul room. The door didn't budge, so Ryou got up and charged it again.

Bakura suddenly stopped and actually dropped Sabrina's chains. The shock of Ryou slamming into the soul room door had shaken his control. Ryou slammed into the door again and Bakura doubled over and grabbed his head. "Stop it, Ryou!" he ordered, but Ryou ignored him and continued his internal assault. Bakura was forced to concentrate so hard that he had to close the window into the soul room. The Millenium Ring lost its glow and returned to mearly hanging around his neck.

On the floor, Sabrina watched the struggle going on. ' That ring is his power,' she thought. ' If I can get it away from him, Ryou can gain control.' At that, Sabrina jumped to her feet and made a grab for the ring. Bakura felt someone pull on the ring and opened his eyes to see Sabrina trying to snap the cord that held the ring. A rage like none he had felt before consumed him. Brown eyes bled to a murderous red.

"You wench!" he shouted and slapped Sabrina, hard, across the face. She released the ring with a cry and hit the floor on her side. When she looked back up Bakura was towering over her. "No one touches my Millenium Ring," he snarled andleapt at her. Sabrina screamed and tried to crawl away, but Bakura was faster than her. He grabbed hold of her and rolled her onto her back. She tried to kick him away, but the heavy chains on the shackles made her slower so he was able to dodge. In the next instant, he was sitting across Sabrina's hips with his hands wrapped around her throat.

Sabrina's hands shot to her neck as she tried to pry Bakura's hands from her windpipe. She couldn't breathe, and her panic was making her heart pound faster. Already, her body was starting to feel the lack of oxygen. Her limbs were getting weaker and her vision was getting hazy. Bakura smiled maliciously. "Don't be scared, I won't kill you. I'm simply going to feed your soul to the Shadow Realm. Sabrina's eyes were filled with terror as Bakura's Millenium Ring started to glow. Ryou was still fighting to get out, but Bakura's insane anger had drowned out his host. The Millenium Ring glowed brighter as the shadows in the basement started to lengthen and reach for the two sitting on the floor. Suddenly, another glow pierced the dark and gentle hands grasped his wrists. Bakura looked down from where he had been watching the shadows grow and found Sabrina gazing at him.

"Please do not do this, my love," she said in an eerily calm yet pleading voice. Bakura stared down at her as if parallyzed. Weren't her eyes cerulean a second ago? Now they were the greenish yellow of panther eyes: eyes that seemed able to stare right into the depths of his soul. He couldn't tear his gaze from her, and as he stared a voice sounded in his head. It is alright, my love. I am here now. Sleep. Your host and your anger have drained you. It is safe to rest now. I will keep the nightmares away.

'Yes,' he thought. ' I can rest now.' As soon as that thought finished, the voice in his head started to sing a lullabye and Bakura felt his soul drift into slumber.

In the soul room, Ryou stopped his assault as a voice reached his ears. Someone was singing. Suddenly, the lock to the soul room door clicked and the door swung open. On the other side stood a being encased in golden light. The light was so bright that he couldn't tell who the being was, but from what he could see it was a woman inside. The woman took a step into the soul room and Ryou saw that in her arms she carried a boy of about seven or eight. He was curled up and snuggled against her chest in sleep. The woman continued inward, but stopped when she got to Ryou. The light coming from her hurt Ryou's eyes, but he didn't dare look away for fear that she would vanish and leave him here. "Go," she said to him. He didnt' need to be told twice. He took off running for the door, but stopped when he reached it. He turned back around and gazed at the boy in her arms.

"Is that Bakura?" he asked her.

"The Bakura you know lies sleeping inside the innocent one I hold. This form is lost when the darknesss awakens, but returns when the hatred and thirst for revenge lie dormant. He will sleep the rest of this day." Ryou nodded and ran out the door. It closed behind him and through it he heard the woman start to sing again.

(A/N: Alright, I'm sure I lost some of you with the whole little child thing. This is basically what I was trying to get across. The soul is supposedly the representation of what you really are on the inside. When Zork the demon that possesses Bakura is awake, Bakura's soul takes on the look of Ymi Bakura, horned hair and all, but when Zork is asleep, Bakura's soul returns to that of his innocent self. What he looked like as a child before he watched his village be slaughtered.)

What happened to Sabrina? Who's the woman inside the light? How did she get there? How can she calm down Bakura like she did? And what will happen now? You'll have to wait and find out. What did you think? Review people!