Disclaimer: I do not own Yugioh or any of the characters so don't sue me:D
Sins Of The Past
"W-What?" gasped Tea as she opened her eyes and realized that she was in a cold place shrouded in darkness "Where am I?". At that moment a loud hissing sound was heard somewhere in the distance, followed by a rumbling sound. There was something coming towards her, but she couldn't see what it was exactly. The only thing Tea could make out, were two eerie green lights. Suddenly she managed to make out the faint silhouette of a woman standing in the distance. "Who are you?" asked Tea who was unsure of who the woman was "Tell me!". "I am Quetzalcoatl" said the woman in a strange voice that sounded both male and female "And now that I've returned, I want to make sure all dues are paid". "Huh?" asked Tea as she stared at the enigmatic woman in the shadows "What are you talking about?". The woman didn't respond, but her green eyes began to glow in a demonic way. Suddenly she transformed from a woman, into a gigantic black cobra with feathery wings. Tea immediately screamed and tried to run, but her body was completely paralyzed from fear. "Now that I have you here little Angel" hissed Quetzalcoatl as it raised it's head and glanced down at the girl in front of it "You'll pay for your mother's sins!". Quetzalcoatl then hissed, bared it's long white fangs, and attacked the paralyzed Tea with all of it's force. Tea just screamed in anguish before her body went completely limp in the serpent's mouth...
"No..."
"NO!" screamed Yugi at the top of his lungs as he suddenly clutched his chest and fell facedown into the snow "TEA!"
Although he had tried to convince himself that he was worrying in vain, Yugi was unable to do so. In fact he began to feel worse and worse with each passing minute. So while his mother and grandfather continued watching television, Yugi decided to get up. As he approached the door that led outside of the game shop, he noticed something on the sidewalk: snow. Yugi just stood there looking puzzled since it was still too early in the year for snow. Either way he was curious, so he opened the door and stepped outside. As soon as he did this, the image of Tea and Quetzalcoatl flooded his mind. Yugi also felt himself become overwhelmed with a feeling of fear and anguish unlike any other. The moment the serpent attacked Tea though, Yugi felt a strong pain tear through his body. The pain was so overwhelming that he cried out, and fell into the snow completely unconscious.
"Yugi!" cried both Mr. and Mrs. Moto as they reached the door upon hearing his sudden cry of pain, and found him on the ground "YUGI!"
"He's out cold!" cried Mrs. Moto as she threw herself onto her knees and began to shake her son as hard as she could "Yugi speak to me!"
"And speaking of cold" exclaimed Mr. Moto as he observed his daughter's desperate attempts to wake Yugi "Why is there snow out here?"
"Tea" suddenly groaned Yugi despite the fact that he hadn't fully regained consciousness yet "Tea..."
As soon as Mr. and Mrs. Moto heard what Yugi had uttered, they exchanged glances. It wasn't strange for Yugi to utter Tea's name since she was his oldest friend. Even when he was still a child, it was obvious that he had a huge crush on her. As they grew up though, the feelings appeared to have gotten much stronger. Suddenly Yugi's violet eyes opened and were filled with a look of anguish. I know that something happened to you Tea...
"What?" shouted Alex as he suddenly clutched his chest and landed face first in the snow "Tea!"
Since he was all alone and had nothing better to do, Alex decided to watch television. He soon discovered though that all of the channels were going crazy with last minute reports about an escaped convict. The moment he heard that the convict had last been spotted in downtown Domino near Azure Inc, Alex worried. Suddenly he heard the front door open and Alexandria came in. She was shivering like crazy and muttered something that sounded like "stupid snow". He didn't understand what she was talking about, until she told him to go outside and see for himself. As soon as Alex opened the front door and stepped out onto the porch, his mind was filled with an image of Tea and a strange woman. He was also flooded with strange feelings of anguish, fear, pain, and even guilt. The moment Quetzalcoatl transformed and attacked Tea, Alex cried out since he felt the pain tear through his body. He then fell facefirst into the snow, right as his father was pulling into the driveway.
"Alex!" shouted Dr. DeWinters as he immediately ran out of his his car and straight to his son's side
"Alex what are you-" said Alexandria as she walked over to the front door after hearing her brother shout "What happened?"
"I'm not sure" said Dr. DeWinters as he quickly pulled his son up out of the snow "But we have to get him inside"
"T-Tea..." groaned Alex who was completely delirious at that moment from the bizarre surge of feelings
Dr. DeWinters and his daughter quickly got Alex inside and promptly put him on the couch. He didn't have a fever, but continued muttering the name Tea over and over. The doctor and his daughter were completely perplexed, but then Alex opened his grey eyes. As he looked at them, they noted that his eyes were filled with a look of confusion. Why did I just see that?
"I'm almost there" panted Amneris as she quickly ran down the street and saw the "Von Schroeder's" building in the distance "Just a few more blocks and-Hey what's going on?"
After leaving her apartment, Amneris was surprised to see that it was snowing. This didn't stop her though, since she was determined to get to her daughter as quickly as possible. So after spending about twenty minutes skidding up and down icy sidewalks, Amneris finally approached downtown. The first thing she noticed was that the main streets had been blocked off by the police. This wasn't a problem though since she knew a shortcut through the alleys that would lead her straight to "Von Schroeder's". Unfortunately she hadn't counted on the alley being blocked off by the police as well. In fact there were at least four patrol cars, two ambulances, and several policemen in front of the alley. Just my luck...
Dammit!muttered Amneris as she looked at the yellow police tape before waving her arm at a policeman to get his attention "Why is this alley blocked off?"
"Ma'am I'm going to need for you to step back" said a man whose badge identified him as Liutenant Harris, as he approached Amneris and motioned for her to move "You're stepping over the line"
"Well why is this alley blocked off in the first place?" snapped Amneris since she hated the police more than anything "I need to go through it in order to get to "Von Schroeder's"!"
"I'm sorry ma'am but that's not going to be possible" said the Liutenant Harris as he turned around and faced in the direction of the alley once again "We're investigating a possible double homicide that happened in this alley"
Amneris was about to ask the Liutenant something, but then he motioned over to someone in the alley. Suddenly two policemen emerged, with a handcuffed man between them. The man was a redhead clad in dark clothes and a black trenchcoat. For some reason he refused to or was unable to walk, so the policemen were literally dragging him along. This obviously annoyed them, but they knew just how to make him pay for his resistence. As soon as they reached one of the patrol cars, they threw the him onto the hood of the car as roughly as possible. The redhead didn't even flinch though, and simply turned his head to the side. The moment he did, he realized who the woman standing there behind the yellow tape was. It was only then that Amelda finally decided to react...
"Angel..." hissed Amelda as his grey eyes suddenly filled with anger as he stared right at the auburn haired woman "This happened because of you.."
"What?" thought Amneris as her pale green eyes opened wide in surprise when she realized what he had called her "Did he just call me Angel?"
"She made them pay Angel..." spat Amelda who was filled with so much anger and hatred as he stared at this woman "She made them pay for what you did!"
"Hey that's enough out of you!" shouted one of the policemen as he suddenly slammed his nightstick down close to Amelda's face
"What the Hell?" thought Amneris as she continued to stare at the unusually feminine looking redhead male "Is he talking about-"
SCREECH!
After nearly having been run over earlier, Amneris immediately spun around upon hearing tires screech. The culprit turned out to be a black sedan that had come to an unexpected halt in the middle of the street. Suddenly the passenger door flew open and a young man with messy brown hair jumped out. A few seconds later the driver side door opened and a tall, well built, blonde man emerged. The brunette quickly ran up right next to where Amneris stood, but his attention was focused on the redhead in police custody.
"Amelda!" shouted Varon as he stared in complete and utter confusion at his friend who lay their handcuffed against a patrol car "What happened mate?"
"What's going on?" asked Raphael with a confused look on his face as he immediately turned towards the policemen "Why is he handcuffed?"
"Because he's under arrest" said the Liutenant who noticeably flinched a bit when he realized just how tall and muscular Raphael was "He's the prime suspect in a possible double homicide"
"WHAT? YOU'RE WRONG" shouted Varon as his sky blue eyes suddenly shot open and he tried to reach out towards Amelda "My friend would never do that! Tell them mate!"
"Varon...Raphael..." said Amelda hoarsely as he raised his head and looked at his friends with a defeated look on his face "I didn't do it..."
Upon hearing what Amelda had said, the policemen just shook their heads and gave cynical laughs. After all every single person that they arrested always claimed to be innocent. This infuriated Varon who tried to jump forward, but was immediately restrained by Raphael. After all Raphael knew just what Varon was capable of when upset, and didn't want him to end up getting arrested as well.
"Liutenant Harris!" shouted a female police officer as she suddenly dashed out of the alley and ran up to him "The victims are still alive!"
"Alive?" thought Amelda as he suddenly raised his head once again when he heard what the woman said
"They're still alive?" asked Liutenant Harris with a slightly surprised expression on his face "What's their current condition?"
Before the officer got a chance to answer though, the paramedics emerged from the alley with Tea and Odysseus. Both were wrapped in white blankets stained with some blood, and had oxygen masks on their faces. Odysseus's entire body was twitching violently, while Tea was completely motionless. As soon as Amneris saw the victims, her eyes widened in shock. Although their faces were partially covered by oxygen masks, she realized that they were husband and daughter. The paramedics quickly put them into the ambulances and immediately rushed towards the nearest hospital. Only now did everything that the redhead had said, made sense to Amneris. He had been talking about The Viper, and how this was her way of finally getting revenge. Revenge which had no doubt been administered by the hands of this redhead assassin. Suddenly everything went red, and Amneris found herself lunging straight towards Amelda. You took away my only happiness...
"YOU SON OF A BITCH!" screamed Amneris as she clawed Amelda's cheek so aggressively that she managed to draw blood "I'LL MAKE YOU PAY!
It was only now that he was being attacked, that Amelda understood what The Viper had seen in this woman. Behind the small and relatively harmless looking exterior, lay
the ultimate sadist. This woman didn't just want him dead, she wanted him to suffer as much as possible beforehand.
"HEY!" shouted Varon as immediately ran over and began to try and pull the crazed woman off of his friend "LEAVE HIM ALONE!"
"Let go of me!" screamed Amneris as she took a swipe at Amelda's jugular artery even as Varon tugged at her "He has to pay for what he did!"
"Varon!" shouted Raphael who had no choice but to run forward and try to pull Varon off of the woman "This isn't the way to get things done!"
"Dammit!" shouted Liutenant Harris as he and several other officers ran over and quickly restrained Varon, Amneris, and even Raphael "Will you people get out of here already?"
"You filthy bastard!" screamed Amneris as she looked at Amelda, while kicking like crazy and attempting to break free from the officer restraining her "I'll make you regret the day you were born!"
"Officer Baker!" shouted Liutenant Harris as he turned around and looked at the female officer there "Take the suspect and get him down to the station right away!"
"No you can't take him!" shouted Varon who like Amneris, was desperately kicking and trying to break free "You can't!"
"Yes Liutenant!" said Officer Baker as she saluted her superior before turning around and pulling Amelda off of the hood of the car "Come on you heard the man"
Varon continued shouting that it was all a mistake, but it was of no use at all. Officer Baker pushed Amelda into the backseat of the car, before quickly driving away. As Amelda looked out the back window, he could see that his friends and Amneris were finally released. Raphael exchanged a few words with the Liutenant, before turning to Varon and saying something. Both immediately ran back towards the car, and headed off in the opposite direction for some reason. Meanwhile Amneris was just standing there staring at the patrol car Amelda was in. Only now the expression on her face wasn't one of anger, it was one of sheer desperation. Amelda also noted that a figure dressed in black seemed to be walking towards her. Unfortunately never got a chance to see who it was, since the car turned onto a different street at that moment.
"Tea...Odysseus..." whispered Amneris before suddenly falling to her knees and beginning to cry like never before "IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN ME!"
"No...It should have been me" said a soft female voice as Amneris heard the distinctive sound of someone in high heels walking up behind her "After all I'm guiltier of a far bigger treason than you Angel"
"What?" gasped Amneris as she spun around upon immediately recognizing the voice even though she hadn't heard it in many years "Victoria?"
"Amneris" said Constantina as she suddenly knelt down beside the woman who had just called her by her true name "Forgive me...please forgive me"
While Amneris was extremely upset, she was also glad to see her old friend. Especially since Victoria had become very successful and now went by the name of Constantina. What she didn't understand though was why Victoria was asking for her forgiveness. Amneris didn't even have to ask though, since Victoria explained why. She knew that The Viper planned to kill someone, but she had assumed that it was Raphael. Now because of her mistake, two innocent people had been harmed. Amneris simply sobbed and said that there was nothing that she could have done. After all she knew that she was the only one responsible for the attack on her husband and child. Even death would be too kind a fate for someone like me...
"Today has been a perfect day" thought The Viper as she stood before two of her minions, while holding the now inanimate figurine of Quetzalcoatl in her hand "I don't think anything could make it any better"
Since the day Angel deserted her over twenty years before, The Viper swore revenge against her. Especially since she didn't go alone, and decided to take Victoria with her. This angered her because they were her top two minions, and were aware of things that nobody else knew about. If either one ever chose to reveal any information, it could be a damaging blow to The Society. For this same reason, The Viper sent assassins to kill Angel before she ever got a chance to talk. None of them even came close, which fueled her anger and made her more determined to get revenge. Now that she had finally made Angel pay, she felt a great sense of triumph. That fool Odysseus and the girl won't survive the night...
"Angel paid the ultimate price for betraying me" said The Viper as she walked over and carefully placed the figurine back on her desk "Now let this be a valuable lesson..."
"Madame I'd never betray you!" cried Claudius as he suddenly threw himself to the floor and practically kissed The Viper's feet "I only live to serve you!"
"As do I Madame" said Dr. Lestrange as he threw himself onto his knees and bowed low in the prescence of his master "I would never betray you"
"I know that you won't..." laughed The Viper as she took a few steps away from her overzealous minions "After all you're both a pair of spineless cowards!"
"But...what now Madame?" said Claudius as he looked up at The Viper with his strange toadlike face "Will you go after Victoria?"
Suddenly the smile on The Viper's face vanished, and her green eyes opened wide. The very mention of Victoria's name caused the wound on The Viper's wrist to sting once again. Although Victoria wasn't an assassin, the knowledge she possessed made her far more dangerous than Angel. In fact she was more dangerous than anyone who had ever been in The Society Of Assassins. Now that the garbage has been cleared away, I've saved the best for last...
"Everything that happened was my fault" thought Serenity as she sat on the couch clutching a blue Scapegoat plushie "How could I have been so naive?"
After running away and leaving Duke and Tristan behind, Serenity ended up heading straight home. She still couldn't believe everything that she had just heard and witnessed between them. What had apparently started off as a crush on her, had quickly escalated into far more on both parts. Now it had gotten to the point where both young men were willing to fight each other for Serenity's love. The fact that Serenity didn't actually have feelings for either one, made her feel even worse. She felt that perhaps she had somehow led them on, and given them both the wrong idea. Either way Serenity was feeling so guilty and miserable, that she didn't notice that Joey had just opened the front door.
"Phew I'm glad I finally managed ta get home!" exclaimed an out of breath Joey as he held two pizza boxes in his right hand "Best of all dese babies are still hot!"
Much like every other person in Domino, Joey was caught completely off guard by the unexpected snow. But while other people were quickly rushing to get home, Joey had something else on his mind. So despite the strange weather conditions, Joey decided to head off to the local pizzaria. After all Serenity was probably already home, and it would be a nice surprise. Once he had his pizzas though, Joey ran home as quickly as his legs could possibly carry him. While Joey had been smiling broadly as he entered the apartment, it faded when he noticed the look of unhappiness on Serenity's face. What's goin' on?
"The signs have always been there" thought Serenity who was still completely oblivious to her brother's arrival "But I was just too blind to notice them"
"Serenity?" said Joey as he walked over to the couch, placed the pizzas on the coffee table, and had a look of concern in his brown eyes "Is everythin' alright sis?"
"Huh?" said Serenity as she suddenly snapped out of her state and was surprised to find her older brother sitting beside her "Oh...um...everything's fine"
"C'mon sis it doesn't take a genius ta see dat somethin's botherin ya" said Joey as he noted the crushing hug that Serenity had her plushie in "What's goin' on?"
"Oh Joey..." cried Serenity as she suddenly leaned over and slumped herself against her older brother "Something terrible happened this afternoon..."
Serenity immediately began to tell Joey about her run in with Duke and Tristan that afternoon. Joey was not very happy to hear that Duke had the nerve to wait for her outside of the high school. He also now understood why Tristan claimed that he had a very important "appointment" that afternoon. Serenity then told him how they started shouting at each other and claiming that the other didn't deserve her love. While Joey knew that Tristan and Duke had a crush on his little sister, he didn't realize it had grown so much. This angered him though, since he didn't consider either of them good enough for Serenity. She can't feel dis way about those two...
"Those no good rotten bums!" shouted Joey as he suddenly clenched his fist as if though ready to pound something "You're too good for those two sis!"
"I feel so bad because I do like both of them..." said Serenity with a slightly sad expression as she continued hugging her plushie "But not in that way..."
"Huh?" said Joey as his expression of anger quickly turned into one of confusion and then to one of relief "Ya don't like 'em?"
"I only like them as friends" said Serenity as she quickly nodded her head before a sudden flush came across her face "But there is somebody that I do like..."
"It's him isn't it?" said Joey as everything that had happened with his sister in the past few weeks finally began to make sense "Dat Valon guy right?"
"Yeah...it is Valon" said Serenity as her pretty face suddenly lit up with a smile at the thought of the young man she liked "He's really really sweet"
"I wouldn't trust dat guy so much sis" said Joey since he didn't like the idea of his younger sister being in love with someone he didn't know "He could be some kinda sick pervert"
"No, Valon's not like that" said Serenity since she knew just how overprotective of her Joey could be at times "He treats me really well"
"Well..." said Joey who at that moment began to have a very strange feeling about the entire situation "I still wanna know who dis guy is"
"Well that's perfect since I want both of you to meet" said Serenity as she smiled sweetly at her older brother "After all I want you to see just how nice he really is"
"Den it's settled!" said Joey who felt relief in knowing that soon he would get to see exactly who this guy actually was "So what now?"
"Time to eat those pizzas?" asked Serenity jokingly as she pointed to the two pizza boxes sitting on the coffee table
"Ya read my mind!" said Joey as he quickly opened up the boxes and salivated at the delicious treat inside "Now lets chow down!"
As Joey immediately began to eat two slices of pizza at once, Serenity couldn't help but smile. Although she still felt bad about causing Duke and Tristan to fight, another weight had just been lifted off her shoulders. After all Serenity had finally found the courage to tell her older brother that she liked someone. Now the only thing she had to do was convince Valon to meet her brother. Then once Joey saw the kind of sincere person he was, he'd have no problem with it. Then everything will be just perfect...
"Christmas may still be a few weeks away" thought Seto as he looked out the window of his limo as it pulled through the front gates of his mansion "But Serenity Wheeler is getting her first gift tomorrow"
He then reached over, opened his infamous silver briefcase, and retrieved a single manila envelope. As Seto held the envelope in his hands, a big smirk came across his usually stoic face. After all contained within the envelope was all of the information that Roland had managed to find about Varon. He then opened up the envelope and grinned as he looked at the information on the very first page.
"While the mere fact that he was in jail is incriminating enough" thought Seto as he skimmed through the information for about the tenth time that day "This is what I want her to see first"
While at first Seto couldn't decide what Serenity should see first, he finally made up his mind. The very first page happened to be the one that showed that Varon had been part of the Paradise Corporation/Doom Organization. It proved that at one time, he had served a madman bent on destroying the planet. To make matters worse, Varon had been one of his top three minions. Seto was confident that upon seeing this, Serenity would be disgusted by Varon. After all how could she possibly want to be around someone who almost helped bring down civilization? Especially when that same person was guilty of trying to steal her beloved older brother's soul. That alone is enough to make her hate him for life...
"The sooner she sees what's in this envelope" thought Seto as the limo driver came around and opened the door for him "The sooner she'll be mine"
The mere thought of finally getting what he wanted, was more than enough to make Seto grin. After all whenever he wanted something, he didn't care who he had to destroy in order to get it. Now Varon was going to pay for having dared to set his sights on the same prize as him. Seto was so caught up in his pleasant thoughts, that he failed to notice his brother watching him from a window. Although Mokuba knew that his brother was in a better mood, the grin completely caught him off guard. After all the last time he had ever really seen Seto grin, was when they were still living at the orphanage. The way Seto was smiling on this day was very unnatural and almost sinister looking though. Although Mokuba loved his older brother very much, he had a very strange feeling. I think Seto's up to something and it's not good...
Several Hours Later
"This room..." thought Amelda as he sat at a small table and glanced up at his new surroundings "It's the same one that Odysseus was in..."
While Odysseus had been confused when he sat in the room, Amelda knew exactly why he was there. After all it was the police that found him in the same alley as Tea and Odysseus. They were also the ones who brutally ripped Tea from his arms, before tackling and handcuffing him. Then again what else could they do with a man whom they believed had just brutally murdered two people? The officers down at the Domino Police Station also treated him in the manner they felt he deserved. At first some of the male officers laughed and made snide comments when they saw him. After all it wasn't everyday that they saw such a feminine looking male. The laughter only increased upon discovering that he happened to have a feminine name as well. While Amelda could honestly care, he wasn't ready for what came next. As soon as Officer Baker explained why he was arrested, the policemen stopped laughing. Instead they came forward, threw him to the ground, and began to search him for concealed weapons. At this point though Amelda's pain killers had worn off, which meant his entire body ached very badly. So when the officers began their search, he grit his teeth and began to struggle against them. This was a mistake though, since the officers wasted no time in tazering him. Amelda cried out in pain which amused them, and caused them to continue tazering him until he lost consciousness. When Amelda finally woke up, he found himself locked in a large room with only a small table and a chair in it.
"Miruko...Tea...forgive me" thought Amelda as his eyes focused on a small light hanging directly over the table "Forgive me for not being able to protect you both"
Even though he had heard that Tea was still alive, Amelda felt completely miserable at that point. Now that he was all alone in this room, he had more than enough time to think about what had happened. While the image of Tea lying there in the snow was devastating, it made him realize something. Tea only had a stab wound, while Odysseus actually had a knife in his stomach. This meant that she had definitely been stabbed first...but by who? Could it be that Odysseus had stabbed her, his own child, before turning the knife on himself? It was possible since the man was completely out of his mind and had already attacked her once before. But if this truly was the case, Amelda couldn't even imagine the terror Tea must have felt. I would have given anything to be there to protect her from her him...
"But I was too late..." thought Amelda as he pounded his fist onto the table in pure frustration "Now she's in the hospital and it's all my damn fault!"
Click Click
"Okay all you get is ten minutes with him" said a voice from outside as the some keys jingled and the various locks clicked upon opening "So make it snappy"
"Yes yes I know" said another voice which sounded like that of an older man as the final lock clicked open "After all I've been an attorney since the time you were probably still in diapers"
At that moment the door swung open and there stood Mr. Anderson with a leather briefcase in his hand. He had a sleepy look on his face, and yawned as he stepped into the room. Even though Amelda wasn't sure what time it was, he figured it was probably the middle of the night. As soon as Mr. Anderson stepped into the room, the guard shut the door and began to shut the locks. He acts as if though the crown jewels were in here...
"Good evening Amelda" said Mr. Anderson as he slowly walked over towards the table and placed his briefcase on the table "I must say I never thought I would ever see you in this room"
"Mr. Anderson what are you doing here?" asked Amelda since he was honestly surprised to see Raphael's lawyer there
"Raphael called me and told me what happened" said Mr. Anderson as he opened up his briefcase and pulled out several papers "So I've spent the past few hours gathering all of the information necessary"
"So..." said Amelda almost hesitently as Mr. Anderson yawned while sorting through the papers lying before him "What's going to happen?"
"Well based on the information I've gathered..." said Mr. Anderson as he took a deep breath before looking into the grey eyes of the young man in front of him "Things are very complicated"
Mr. Anderson explained that due to the circumstances he was found in, Amelda was the only suspect. There also didn't appear to be any witnesses, which would make it difficult to prove his innocence. He also explained that even though the Gardners had survived, Amelda was still in dangerous territory. Both had lost alot of blood, and there was no guarantee they would survive. In the event that both ended up dying, Amelda would face two counts of first degree murder. Even if one lived and the other died though, the severity of the punishment would depend on who the deceased one was. If Odysseus died, the punishment could be anywhere from five to ten years. If Tea died though, it was an entirely different story. While it was known that Odysseus was extremely violent and dangerous, his poor daughter was anything but. She was just an innocent girl who had the misfortune of being in the wrong place at the wrong time. So if anything were to happen to Tea, Amelda faced the possibility of life in prison...
"I didn't do it Mr. Anderson.." said Amelda with a pained look in his grey eyes as he looked over at the man in front of him "I could never hurt Tea..."
"While I believe you Amelda..." said Mr. Anderson as he noted the unusual slashes that Amelda seemed to have on his face and neck "It seems we're already at a disadvantage"
"Disadvantage?"
"While both Odysseus and Tea Gardner are still in critical condition" said Mr. Anderson as he pulled out a paper with something hastily jotted down on it "Miss Gardner's condition in more serious.."
"What?" exclaimed Amelda as he felt as if though something had just punched him in the back "How serious is her condition?"
"After recieving a blood transfusion" said Mr. Anderson almost hesitently since he knew this was a very difficult situation "She went into a coma..."
"No..." thought Amelda as he suddenly balled his hands and pressed them against his aching forehead "This can't be happening"
Although Mr. Anderson had many clients over the years, looking at Amelda reminded him of a particular one. Like the young man sitting before him, Odysseus Gardner found himself accused of a crime he didn't commit. Even when he sat in this very same room, Odysseus seemed to have hope. He had hope that justice would be served, and that he would would be proven innocent. Amelda on the other hand though, had a desolate look on his face that showed no sign of hope. It's almost as if though he's already given up and accepted defeat...
"It might be just be a temporary thing though" said Mr. Anderson with a hopeful tone in his voice "And she could wake up at any given moment"
"Or she could die..." said Amelda in a strange and almost lifeless tone of voice as he stared at the table
Before Mr. Anderson even got a chance to respond, the door swung wide open. The guard then came inside and told him that time was up, and that he would have to leave immediately. Mr. Anderson said goodbye to Amelda, before picking up his briefcase and directing and indignant huff at the guard. Now that he found himself alone once again, Amelda was feeling far emptier than he had before. Thanks to The Viper, not only would he lose Tea, he would lose his freedom as well. Never again would he see his friends or any of the other people that he had grown to care about. I have nothing to believe in now...
To Be Continued...
Author's Notes: Thank you so much to everyone who reviewed the last chapter! Yes I know that was a wicked cliffhanger, but now you know what happened :). As for Amelda's treatment in jail, it's pretty much just based on my imagination. Well I don't know what else to say, except for more OOC warnings(as usual). Hugs and Kisses people! (hands out Cream Eggs) :D