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Chapter Eight

Joey was laying in bed and he looked like he was dead. He had dark circles under his eyes and he was so skinny. His face was gaunt and oh, his breathing was so erratic. He had IV's in his arms to help put liquid in him because he was dehydrated and they were also giving him medicine to help his body regulate itself. They had him hooked up to machines that would monitor his heart beats and they even had one to monitor his brain waves. There was a line that had oxygen attached to a mask so that he would be able to breathe better and Seto wanted to scream that the one person that he loved was tormented so.

Seto finally found out where Joey's mom and sister was and he contacted them and told his mom what had happened and she started to cry and then she asked if he could somehow help them come back to Domino so that she could be with her son? Seto told her to be at the airport the next day and there would be two tickets waiting for them. Mary then said "God bless you and please give my baby a kiss for me and tell him that we are praying for him."

Joey had fallen into a catatonic state and as the Doctor explained it to Seto "he has experienced such a terrible trauma and hell if it were me, I think that I'd rather be somewhere else then to be in the same world where he suffered such pain. We can only hope and pray that he will somehow want to come back and if not that we have only one choice, and that is to institutionalize him for the rest of his life." Seto wanted to throw the doctor for telling him the truth, but he'd rather know what to expect then to have anyone lie to him.

Everyday one or two of Joey's friends would come and sit beside his bed and talk to him and tell him stories and they would laugh and even cry when they did. None of them would refuse to come and spend time with him because they want him to recover and come back to them. Ishizu wanted to be able to heal him, but as Shadi had said "he needs to come to terms with that hell he was forced to live through and if he is strong enough to, then he will open his eyes and wake up and want to live. He will need years of therapy to be able to understand what that monster did to him and the other young men and at times he will never find answers and that is when it will test his faith that in time it will all fade away enough for him to live again."

When Mary and Serenity came to the hospital, Seto warned them that Joey's condition wasn't good, but we were all hoping for him to want to come back to reality and live again." As she looked down on the face of her first born, Mary had tears running down her face as she silently asked God to take care of her son and if he would will he please send Joey back to them. Serenity stood with Seto's arm around her and as she walked up to the bed she had hold of his hand and she whispered "big brother, I need you to come home and let me give you a big hug and kiss, so please open your eyes and let me know that you're going to be alright." Seto looked at Mary and they both had tears running down their faces and she smiled at him and said "my son will come home."

Joey continued to remain where he was. He was in a place where he didn't have to think of the horrible things he was forced to do or that was done to him. He never knew that he was safe and with the ones that loved and wanted him to come back to them. Everyday Seto was sitting beside Joey, holding his hand and telling him that he loved him and as tears ran down his face Seto told him that he didn't want to live in this world without him.

Yami, Marik and Bakura had heard what Seto said and it scared the hell out of them and they were going to confront him when he came out of the room, because if Mokuba would of heard what his brother had just said he would be so shaken and heaven only knows what that he might do, if he thought that Seto didn't love him and didn't want to stay with him.

Seto came out of the room and as he walked to the elevator, the Yami's grabbed him and dragged him into a vacant room and then Bakura said "what in the hell is your problem? You really need to make damn sure that your brother isn't around to hear you say that you'd rather leave this world unless Joey comes back to you." Seto started crying and Yami took him into his arms and as Seto cried on Yami's shoulder, he whispered "please tell me what to do? I'm so mixed up and I need all of you to help me." Marik and Bakura walked over and as the three Yami's wrapped their arms around Seto, Marik started saying an old Egyptian Prayer and then Bakura and Yami joined in as they asked "Ra, please wrap your arms around this poor soul and give Joey the strength to want to fight and come back to the ones who love him." Now all they could do was hope that Joey wanted to come back and want to live again.

One night Joey is visited by a shadow from his past, who is it, and will it make a difference or not?

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