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Chapter 16

A child. What stood before them was nothing more than a child. He could only have been eleven or twelve at the oldest, though he obviously wasn't that yet, with messy green hair falling around his face. His eyes were sharp and sad, too sad for his age. His hands shook and it didn't escape anyone in the room (except maybe Caitlynn in her catatonic state) that he only wore a pair of shorts much like Yusei.

Slowly, Yusei stepped toward him, edging away from his group. "Hey. What's your name?"

The green-haired boy glared at him, shaking hands turning into fists. "It doesn't matter! You're not leaving here!"

Aki moved slowly, hands in the air, to join Yusei, hoping that she would appear less imposing or scary. "All we want to know is your name. Can you tell us your name?"

The boy seemed to blow up for a moment before his golden eyes fell to the ground, lip trembling. "Leo."

"Okay. That's good, Leo." Aki urged, eyes darting to Yusei's for a second. Slowly, she took another step forward. "Now, can you tell me why we can't leave?" Her voice was gentle, soft, but at the words, Leo jolted as if an electric current ran through him. He seemed to loose his breath for a moment before he looked up to glare at them, eyes glowing a faint purple.

"You can't leave because he said you can't." Just like that, there was no more talking to him.

Faint winds picked up as metal objects strapped against the walls suddenly began to glow with the same faint purple aura as Leo's eyes. They lifted into the air, snapping free of their bonds. Drills, needles, scalpels, and more metal equipment flew in the air. "He said you can't leave."

"Not good!" Exclaimed Jack, tightening his grip on the unaware female in his arms.

"Really not good!" Agreed Crow over the slowly picking up winds.

Yusei gritted his teeth, taking in the scene. He stared carefully at Leo, thinking. The boy obviously wasn't bad. Maybe brainwashed? He wasn't sure, but he was at an age where one could be easily influenced. He tried to slowly inch forward, but quickly jumped back when a flying pair of scissors pinned itself to the place where his foot had landed.

"Yusei!" Aki exclaimed, jumping back with him and gripping his arm.

He cursed silently, eyes roaming the room. His eyes stopped on the wall behind his table, or the testing table he had been strapped to, really. There was a door nearly directly behind the table, leading out of the room!

He gritted his teeth.

All he had to do was distract Leo.

His eyes landed on his twin, pale and eyes staring unseeingly. For just a moment, her eyes fluttered as if she would snap out of her daze, and he heard voices talking animatedly in the back of his head.

Stop screwing around and get back here! It's dangerous!

We'll find her!

Sis?

I love you. No matter what.

Please be okay! He said she was here! What if they-

Abruptly, the voices cut themselves off. Yusei sighed, shaking his head and willing the disembodied voices away. He had enough problems without worrying over whether or not he was a paranoid schizophrenic. Yusei sighed.

He had to distract this boy somehow. And he had to do it quickly.

Before time ran out.

. . .

The boy slowly made his way down the hall, through the door, and down a long flight of stairs. Eyes focused and an evil smirk on his face, he slowly let the door at the bottom creak open even after he had unlocked it. He stepped in, basking in the nightmare that was the rotten, blood-smeared room. A smile seemingly genuine touched his face.

You will be mine. He thought, grinning at a singular figure across the room. It was beaten and bloody, and completely disturbing. Soon. You will be mine.

"Hey, guys. Miss me?" It nor any other figures around it spoke. He grinned. Not that he had expected it to. "Too bad you guys won't see my final win. You know, it'll be great. I'll get Caitlynn and the big guy will get what he wants. Of course, he's had casualties, but-ha HA! You already know about that, don't you?" The boy began laughing, done with his gloating.

His laughing turned into complete maniacal laughter as he walked back up the steps, satisfied with his visit to the deathly room and leaving the door cracked open and unlocked. Slowly, the boy slid into a side room halfway up the steps and carefully shut the door, trusting that it would go unnoticed.

Soon, Caitlynn would walk down those steps. Soon, she would find that room. And soon, she would be his.

He sat down on a nearby stool, grinning at the prospect as his laughter began to die down.

She would regret ever crossing him. He had made sure of it.

. . .

Yusei closed his eyes, willing something-anything to come to mind that might help him in this situation. He realized that Leo was waiting for his move. After all, to win, all Leo had to do was keep them locked in the room.

But Yusei needed them out. Somehow, someway, he had to save them.

Just like when he was younger. Slowly, a memory seemed to form in the darkness of his mind. He tensed, waiting for it to take hold and help him out of this mess. Just for a moment, he hoped that it would help him conjure a miracle.

He needed one.

. . .

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Goldfish # 8: Next time on Tested, we find out more on Yusei and Caitlynn's past! And why is Leo helping the people who are obviously using him as a test subject? And who are those mysterious men in this story that not even the authoress seems to know?

FudoTwin17: Hey! I have a plot! Stop pretending I don't know anything about it!

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