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Chapter Five

The entire house was quiet and up in the room that Joey shared with Seto and Mokie; Joey started having the same terrifying nightmare that he had while he was in the hospital right after they found him.

Dream sequence:

He was locked in the basement of their house and his daddy was standing over him screaming "You're no good, why didn't you just die when you were born you stupid retard!" Why is my daddy screaming at me, what did I do? Then when I started to say something he hit me with the belt and I cried out and he hit me again and again and each time he hit me he yelled "Don't you dare say on damn word or I swear I'll kill you do you hear me?" I can't talk because I don't want to get hit anymore it really hurts. All he could do was whimper softly and curl up in a fetal ball and pray that his daddy didn't hear him. Where's mommy, why doesn't she come save me? Please someone save me.

Dream sequence over:

Mokuba woke up to the sound of someone whimpering and he went to get Seto. "Big brother, wake up something is wrong with Joey he's making weird noises."

Seto woke up and looked over at the bed that Joey was on and he knew instantly what was wrong and he picked up Mokuba and he said "Go get Papa please." When Mokie ran to get Solomon, Seto got out of bed and silently walked over to the bed that Joey was sleeping on and he said "Joey it's alright now, I'm here and I'll help make the bad dreams go away."

Joey awoke with a start and he reached out to Seto who held him in his arms as Joey shook uncontrollably and he sobbed and said "Make them go away."

Just then Solomon rushed into the room and he walked over to where they were sitting on the bed and he wrapped his loving arms around them and they all cried for everything horrible that ever happened to either of them and then he dried their eyes and said "Let's go to the kitchen and I'll fix us some hot chocolate." Joey said "I wet the bed."

Solomon then softly said "Alright, lets get you changed and change the sheet and then we'll go get some hot chocolate."

Joey looked at them and he asked "You no hit me for what I did?"

Solomon smiled down at him and then Seto said "Hey from time to time we all have accidents and no one ever gets angry or says a bad word we just help each other and we then forget what happened and its in the past where it stays."

So while they were helping Joey get dry clothes on and they changed the sheets, Mokuba was with Bakura and Ryou and as Mokie held onto Bakura he asked "What was wrong with Joey?"

Bakura who was woken up by Solomon and asked to take care of Mokuba while he and Seto helped Joey,so when Mokuba asked him about Joey he looked down into the face of this sweet child and he said "I guess he must have had a bad dream and he didn't know how to wake up so that's why Seto asked you to get Papa and Seto stayed to make sure that Joey didn't fall out of bed."

Mokuba smiled up and Bakura and he yawned and Bakura softly laughed as he laid Mokie down beside him and covered them up and they went to sleep. Seto knew that his brother was alright when Papa said "Mokie's with Bakura and Ryou right now."

When they got to the kitchen Seto got out a small pan while Solomon got out the milk and chocolate mix and as he heated three cups worth of milk he stood there watching Joey sit beside Seto and from time to time Seto would touch Joey on the arm and whisper something to him and Joey would nod his head and wipe away a tear or two. When the hot chocolate was done, Solomon brought the cups to the table and they drank their chocolate in silence and when they were done, Joey looked at both of them and he said "Thank you both for being here for me, I was so afraid that dream was so real it was like being down there again."

Solomon reached out and took Joey's hand in his and he said "Son we are one big family here and we always look out for each other and if any one of you boys ever need anything all you have to do is ask and if I can I'll make sure that you get it. So don't ever think that you're alone because we're all here with you."

Joey yawned and they all started to laugh and Solomon said "I think we all should try to get some sleep, so see you both in the morning." Joey and Seto walked back to their room and as Joey stood there looking at his bed he started to shake and Seto walked over to him and he said "Want to sleep with me for awhile?"

Joey turned around and he asked Seto "You don't mind if I do just for a little while?" Seto shook his head no and then he walked over to his bed and said "Inside or out?" Joey said "Outside please." Then they climbed into bed and Seto covered them up and they went to sleep and Joey didn't have another nightmare the rest of the night.

In the morning Mokuba woke up and ran to the kitchen to see Papa and when Solomon heard Mokie's soft voice he turned around and picked him up and gave him one of his special bear hugs and kissed him on the forehead and then Solomon asked "What are you doing up so early for?"

Mokuba then looked kind of sad and he said "Bakura told me that maybe Joey was having a bad dream last night that's why he was making those weird noises, was he right?"

Solomon smiled as he thought of Bakura the first of the boys that was found being the big brother to all the other ones trying to come up with an answer that wouldn't frighten Mokie and then Solomon told him "Bakura was right, Joey was having a bad dream and Seto and I stayed with him till he was feeling better."

Just then Seto and Joey walked into the room and Mokuba ran to Seto and said "Big brother I love you." Seto picked him up and hugged him and he said "Squirt I love you too." Mokuba looked at Joey and he said "Are you feeling better this morning?"

Joey smiled at him and he said "Yes and thanks for going and getting Papa for me, it really helped." Mokuba had such and big smile on his face and then Seto said "Go get dressed, remember we have Mr. Thompson coming today to help us with our studies and we have to be on so hurry up."

Joey looked at Solomon and he asked "What are studies?"

Solomon smiled at him and he said "Would you like to learn to spell your name and maybe read a book? Well Mr. Thompson can help you so why don't you two go get the others and come back here for breakfast and then all of you can go get dressed for your first lesson on how to spell your name."

Seto and Joey smiled at each other and they ran to get the others up and by when everyone was in the kitchen and eating Solomon was planning what to fix for lunch and dinner. When everyone was done eating, they all helped washing and drying and putting everything away then they all ran to their rooms to get changed and ran down to the living room to wait for Mr. Thompson to arrive.

Please R&R...

Chapter Six Coming Up...Joey begins to learn to read and write...