"" Spectrophobia is a fear of mirrors and one's own reflection. The phobia tends to stem from a traumatic event involving mirrors – perhaps the fear of apparitions or ghosts being in the mirror – or low self-esteem related to one's physical appearance.""

A pair of deep amethyst eyes fluttered open. Searching around, they stumbled upon the sight of their friend fast asleep next to them.

Yugi looked around for a while, confused about what happened. He was in a house, in a warm bed. However, it wasn't his house. And it wasn't his bed.

I truly believed Yami had been the most pathetic character of the bunch, thinking it was 'all a dream'. Yugi seemed to think he was rescued. RESCUED FOR CRYING OUT LOUD!

It cracks me up thinking about it!

Yami soon woke up as well. He seemed very happy to see that Yugi was awake and well.

"What happened? Where am I?"

Yugi had asked unsurely, Yami shrugged, he responded extremely quietly,

"I-I don't know, really... We..we found a cottage and people... And.."

Yami gave a small squeal of fright as he was interrupted by the blonde haired idiot slamming the door open and hugging Yugi tightly.

"Hey Yug's! Are you doing better?"

Yugi nodded, he didn't remember what happened.

Yami helped Yugi get out of bed and everyone was gathered in the living room. It was small and I made sure to decorate it with plastic potted plants and cheap but natural looking things.

Sometimes having a break from the suffering is the salt to the wound.

Mai was busy twirling her hair around her finger. She had makeup caked on her face, which was surprising seeming as she never looks at herself. I was moderately impressed with that skill, which is why I supplied her with cheap makeup.

Stuff from the pound store, yknow?

The more I listened to the trivial talk the group had, the more I felt like falling asleep on the job and forgetting I ever started this project.

Not that I'm regretting this, it's still highly enjoyable watching people be scared of your creation.

"Hey, this sounds strange but.."

Shizuka spoke up, adjusting the blindfold which was still over her eyes,

"I think we need to go to the next room and..."

She trailed off. The girl felt over her wrist with her fingers, where a small red dot was glowing from under her skin.

"Why?" Anzu asked, brushing her short brown hair gently,

"They're watching us. We need to make a move.."

Everyone took a look at the red dot.

This dot was a peculiar dot.

Not to me, obviously.

It was the small light from an embedded chip. I jabbed it into everyone when they first came to this paradise.

This lets me see who is behaving and being a good boy or girl, and who's not.

Perfect isn't it?

Jounouchi looked at the dot suspiciously, not understanding its technological brilliance.

"I guess we have ta move then.."

No one seemed to want to leave, well, why would they?

They're in a perfectly warm and safe house and there isn't anything scary. However, they knew. They knew that my eyes were watching. They knew that they could be seen from all angles.

So they left. In hopes that I would not see them.

They inspected the two doors at the end of the room. One had a blue label and one didn't have a label.

"We shouldn't go to the one with that label..."

"Why?"

"It's suspicious..." Yugi mumbled, casually walking up and opening the other door.

There was a large, empty space. A moment of silence fell between the subjects. Concerned for what's to come, Anzu stood by Mai, who seemed confident and calm.

"What a bizarre room..."

Jounouchi looked around, being in front of the group. Yami shuffled behind him, followed by Yugi and the other girls.

"Wait--!" Anzu called out as they had reached the middle of the room, "Mai's acting weird..!"

Yugi urgently looked back to see what was going on.

Mai stared vacanctly at the room. The area was filled with her reflection. Or, as one would put it, mirrors with her reflection in it. Her eyes met with herself, seeing every little imperfection that was on her skin.

"Mai! Are you okay?!"

Jounouchi yelled in question. Mai, obviously, didn't respond. She just stared silently, feeling the coldness overtake her body.

I knew how to take out two birds with one stone.

After all it is the villains job to bully the main characters.

Except, I am not a villain.

I pressed a button on the control panel and watched the magic happen.

Laughter. I thought it would be a good way to compare the different reactions between two people. After all, the laughing will just add salt to the open, infected wounds.

The second the laughing started happening, both Yami and Mai dropped to their knees. The group split into two groups, those who checked on Yami and those who checked on Mai. A boy group and a girl group.

Mai slowly put her head on the ground. She didn't want to see anything anymore. She wanted to be like Shizuka, blind and unknowing to the world around her. Her heart beat rapidly, her breath caught onto itself and stopped her from breathing. All her fingers twitched and her hands trembled extremely. Anzu tried getting through to her, calling out her name and hugging her tightly, but nothing went through.

She looked over to the group watching over Yami. He was grabbing into Yugi's chest and screaming to himself, this sound muffled by Yugi's white jumper.

"I should never have gone outside... I'm so stupid... Weak... I should just...!"

He burst out into tears, covering his ears and trying to control his breathing. He gasped and called for air, shaking violently and holding Yugi as he tried to calm him down.

" They're not laughing at you! Look , no one's even here but us! "

" WHAT IF THERE ARE PEOPLE WATCHING US?! What if... What if.. What if... They're..."

Yugi gently petted him and hummed to calm him, like a child..

"Yug's good at calming him down." Jounouchi stated, walking over to Anzu, "She might be a different story though."

Anzu was kneeling down. She hugged her friend tightly as Mai cried about how she looked and felt and how she couldn't breathe.

"Mai... You're not ugly you... You're the most beautiful person I know, inside and out."

Anzu smiled, she looked into her eyes as Mai picked her head up.

"Let's get you out of here..."

Anzu beamed, helping her up and making sure she couldn't see anything. She still struggled to breathe, shaking and crying.

The three girls in the group made their way to the only exit at the end of the room. Slowly, the other half of the group followed behind, gently ushering Yami into the next room.

I turned off the sound intercom to give them a moment to breathe. There's no point in 'researching' with subjects if the subjects are overwhelmed and overexerted.

See? I have a heart!

Yugi gently lay Yami down on the pure white ground. Anzu slammed the door shut and returned to the group.

"Are they okay?"

Shizuka spoke up, sitting on the floor and tightening her bandaging that covered her eyes.

"I think so," Jounouchi smiled, looking down at the two people who were just calming down.

Yami was still clinging to Yugi's chest, begging to go home to himself, knowing it would do nothing.

Mai looked up, hands still shaking, she reached out and took Jounouchi's hand.

"Are you gonna help me up or not?"

"Yeah yeah, your majesty"

The two blondes laughed as he helped her up.

"You doin' okay?"

"Yeah..I think. "

"Dats good."

I noticed how small of a reaction her's was. Maybe I needed something bigger to snap her into a episode?

"Let's rest here for a bit" Yugi smiled, taking his motorcycle helmet and checking all of the screens and shells.

Everyone agreed, sitting around in a circle and chatting.

"Hey! What were you guy's homes like?" Anzu giggled, in a gossipy mood even after what happened.

The second Yugi looked up, still holding his helmet, and started talking, I knew...

I knew that I messed up.