Chapter Five
Yugi was shaking. He couldn't stop it. He was sat on the covers of the dorm bed, shaking uncontrollably. In the past four days, four people had died; Triston, Tea, Ishizu and now Pegasus. It was insane. Who would do this? And why would someone do this?
There was one thing that Yugi couldn't stop thinking about. If there were three victims left…
If the murderer was trying to get to Yugi, then wouldn't it make sense to start killed friends and then kill the person most important last? Or maybe they'd kill the most important person and then Yugi would beg for death?
Either way, if his most important person was in danger, then there was no question. Atem was in danger. And it was all Yugi's fault.
All of these murders had been his fault. Yugi couldn't shake the feeling that he was going to lose Atem. Even though Atem sat there next to him with his arms wrapped around the smaller boy's waist, comforting him, Yugi felt as though he would just disappear.
It was a new day, and another murder was anticipated. Security was doubled and everyone was paranoid.
It was getting late and most people had gone into their dorm rooms, but they probably weren't asleep.
Yugi sighed and managed to stop shaking as bad. Atem was trying to calm him down, and had almost succeeded, when suddenly a startled yell rang through the air.
Yugi tensed up and jumped out of the bed. Such a startled yell could only mean one thing.
Yugi got to the source of the yell first. Duke was backed up against a wall with his hands covering his mouth. He was staring into the room that he was stood outside. Yugi followed his gaze and gasped.
Mai Valentine was laid on the floor. There were five puncture wounds in his throat, all bleeding. The blood was pooling around her head as her lifeless eyes stared ahead in eternal shock.
The Millennium Ring rested innocently beside her hand.
Five murders … there had been five murders, and there were only two left. Who else would die before the freak came after Yugi? Or worse—what if the freak went after Atem?
Who could it possibly be? The people were random—with the exception that they'd all spoken with Yugi at some point. That was pretty much it. It'd gone from Yugi's best friends to people he'd spoken to maybe once or twice.
"What happened?!" Joey demanded as soon as he arrived. Serenity walked over to Duke, who was still in a state of shock.
"Duke?" She asked. "Duke, what happened?"
A police man arrived and investigated the scene. "It's been at least five or so minutes since she was … ," the police man trailed off. "Who discovered her?"
"Duke did," Serenity answered. Duke had lowered his hands to his sides but he continued to stare blankly ahead of him.
"I-I … I opened the door a-and there she was …," Duke said in a shaky voice. "I-I …,"
"Why weren't you in the room?" The police man asked.
"I'd gone to clear my head for a bit. Me and Mai had an argument so I left," Duke replied.
The police man nodded his head. "Very well," He closed the door to block off the view of Mai. "I want you all to return to your dorms. Mr. Devlin, you can join Mr. and Miss Wheeler in their dorm,"