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Jaden's POV

"Okay, it's been ten minutes. Where are they?" Jim said, looking around annoyed. I sighed and looked up from my place on the bench.

"Calm down, Jim, and just try to reach them." 'Them' being Julie and Tony. Everyone was supposed meet at the central park an hour after we left the house. Of course everyone showed up, except for Julie and Tony.

"We've been trying, Jay. We just can't get through," Joey said, holding up his walkie-talkie as if to prove he was right. I frowned and leaned forward, lacing my fingers in front of my face just below my nose.

"Has anyone heard from either of them?" I looked around, chest tightening as everyone shook their head.

"If this is any help, there was a lot of static about twenty minutes ago, as if someone was trying to get a hold of us but couldn't." Tristan said. I rubbed both of my hands over my face and looked at Jesse; he was chewing lightly on his thumbnail. Alexis placed her hand on my knee, squeezing gently.

"Did you try to get through after you heard the static?" I asked.

Tristan nodded. "Of course, but I got diddly."

I sighed again and stood up, rubbing the back of my neck. Everyone watched me as I paced back and forth for a moment. I took a deep breath and pulled my walkie-talkie.

"Okay, I'll try one more time and if I don't get a hold of either of them we're going to look for them." I looked up to see everyone nodding, watching me closely. I flipped through a couple of wavelengths, just making sure that they hadn't accidently changed the one they were on. When nothing happened, I went back to the wavelength we were all originally on. Once I was there, a voice started screaming through the speaker before I could.

"JADEN!"

"Tony!" I yelled back. Everyone's heads snapped in my direction. "Where are you and Julie?"

"Well…you see Little Brother, we found Camula."

Everyone shared wide eyed looks.

"Okay…that doesn't really answer my question."

"Okay, well, Julie and I separated to try and cut her off. I ran around while Julie followed after her. While I was running around, I was supposed to get a hold of you guys."

"So why didn't you?"

"I tried! But the damn talkie wasn't working and all I got was static!"

"Fine, whatever." I sighed. "But where are you and Julie?"

Tony remained quiet.

"Tony?"

"I realized after a few minutes of running that Julie told me to run in the opposite direction that Camula was."

"So?"

"Let me finish. When I figured it out, I quickly turned around and found the area that Julie and Camula ran. But, when I got there…" He broke off, hesitating in a way he's never hesitated before. Something cold clutched at me.

"Finish, Tony."

"I was too late."

There was an audible gasp around me but I quickly shot my hand up to silence everyone. "What do you mean?" 'Please, Tony, don't mean what I think you mean.'

"You know exactly what I mean. I arrived at St. Paul's Church in the abandoned housing district and found them…Camula and Julie. Camula was sprawled on the steps, blood dripping down the steps from the bullet in her chest…her heart."

"I don't give a damn about that vampire, Tony. Where is Julie!" My temper was too razor thin. Alexis grabbed my arm, squeezing it lightly to keep me from doing something I would most likely regret later.

"She was lying at the bottom of the steps, slumped on her side on the ground." He hesitated again, but only for the briefest of moments. "There was a bullet in her head."

I dropped my talkie, but not out of shock. I dropped it so I could catch Jesse as his knees gave out beneath him. Jim grabbed his other arm. "Jesse!" I said, pulling him up to his feet. There was a wide-eyed horror look on his face, and I couldn't blame him. I looked over at my talkie, seeing Atem bending down to pick it up.

"Tony, are you still at the church?"

"Yeah."

"Good, stay there. We'll be there in a minute." Atem looked at me, hand extended with my walkie-talkie. "Let's get going."

I grabbed my talkie, nodding. "Right." I looked at Jim and he nodded at me, taking full control over Jesse. I grabbed Alexis' hand and we all rushed to the abandoned housing district, where the rundown St. Paul's Church was located. It was only minutes away, causing an unsettling feeling to coil in my gut. If Julie really was dead, then two people I cared deeply about would have been murdered within minutes of where I was.

Something told me that this time I wouldn't be able to survive the guilt.

"There!" Crow yelled as he pointed out the large church we were approaching. Sure enough, Tony was standing there, looking at us as we quickly approached. And, as he said, Julie laid at his feet, blood pooled around her. Whether it was all from her or from Camula I couldn't tell.

"Julie!" Jesse tore himself away from Jim and rushed over to the church, the rest of us hot on his heels. He rushed over to Julie, rolling her onto her back and into his arms. He pressed his hand to her cheek, rolling her head closer to him. "Julie?"

I stood behind him and saw how pale she looked, not to mention the bullet wound in the middle of her forehead.

"God help us," Jack whispered, seeing the bloody scene before us.

"God won't help us," Yusei said, looking around. "He hasn't before so why would he now." He clenched his hand, eyes narrowed at the church. Akiza placed her hand on his arm, just a calming gesture.

I moved around everyone in front of me and up the steps. Jim already stood next to Camula; he nudged her chest with his booted foot; she rolled over onto her stomach, sliding down a few steps. He looked at me, saying, "I think she's dead."

I nodded. "What a surprise, me too."

He cracked a weak smile, but quickly shook his head, wiping it away. His eyes darkened as he focused on Jesse and Julie. I flinched even before I looked, knowing what I was going to see. Still, I looked, and wished I hadn't. It wasn't a normal scene, like the kind that happen in movies. This one was even more heartbreaking. Jesse was just holding her, staring down at her face, tears running down his. That's it, that's all. There wasn't any screaming, or shouts to wake up. Jesse was too smart to believe that that would work.

Part of me wished he wasn't, it would make it easier on me.

"It looks like she was jumped," Jim whispered. I nodded and looked down at Camula's body.

"I don't think it was Julie who killed Camula."

Jim frowned. "I don't think it was her either."

"Then who was it?" Joey asked, walking up the steps slightly. I sighed and shook my head, folding my arms across my chest.

"I don't want to say it, but I think it might have been the actual Skull leader."

Everyone but Jesse gasped and looked at me.

"That doesn't make any sense," Kaiba said, narrowing his eyes at me. "The leader is after you, is he not?"

"Not yet," I answered.

"What do you mean?" Tony asked, looking at me.

I sighed and shook my head. "He's a sick bastard, Tony. He wants to watch me suffer. He won't come after me unless everyone I care about is dead, killed by his Skulls. Or…" I trailed off, frowning at Camula's body.

"Or?" Crow probed.

I looked up at everyone. "Or all of his Skulls are dead."

"Well, one more is down for the count." Jack picked up Camula's arm, releasing it only to watch it slam against her body again, proof of death.

"Yes, but is one of ours also out of this twisted game?" I whispered quietly, a question more for myself than for anyone else. Still, someone heard me. Alexis grabbed my arm and clung to it with one hand. I looked at her to see her other hand was clutching her locket. Something cold clutched at my heart and I quickly looked away. I felt like I just found the body of another one of my 'sisters'.

Still, looking away did me no good. I only saw Jesse press his head against Julie's chest as he pulled her tighter against him. 'Yeah…I'm not surviving this one.' I walked down the steps, Alexis still clinging to my arm, and stopped next to Jesse. But before I could say anything, like I was trying to muster up the courage to do, Jesse pulled back from Julie, gasping.

"What's up, Mate?" Jim asked, quickly running down the steps.

Jesse shook his head lightly, an awed expression on his face. "Julie…she…she's…she's breathing."

My hand shot out and clutched his shoulder, spinning him around slightly. "What!"

"That's impossible!" Jack yelled.

"It wouldn't be the first time Julie's survived when all others would have died," Jim murmured.

Atem dropped to one knee, turning Julie's head slightly so he could press his middle and index finger where her pulse would be strongest. We all waited a few heartbeats (no pun intended) while he checked her pulse. "I'll be damned," he said after a moment. "She still has a pulse."

"How can that be?" Crow gasped in shock. Everyone just looked at each other, trying to figure it out themselves. Before anyone could think of a reason, Julie groaned softly in pain. Everyone gasped and looked at her.

"Julie!" Jesse yelled, arms tightening around her. Again, she moaned. This time she turned her head slightly, toward Jesse's chest. She raised her hand and pressed it against her forehead, as if she had a headache.

Which, you know, is a hell of a lot better than being dead.

"We should get her to a hospital before she has a relapse," Kaiba said, leaning down to push Julie's hand aside while he pressed a cloth to her wound. Everyone nodded and quickly got up. Jim helped Jesse stand up with Julie in his arms. They ran off toward the hospital, everyone still in some sort of awe.

Alexis' hand slid down my arm, her hand into mine. "Talk about a miracle."

"I couldn't have said it better myself," I said softly. Alexis looked at me then past me at the church.

"Maybe Yusei was wrong. Maybe God did help us."

I nodded slightly. "Yeah…maybe."

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