Back inside the apartment Yugi was still unconscious everything was quiet except for what sounded like the sink dripping again. Yugi was happy to hear something calming instead of the sound of his father cursing and shouting at him and the sounds of hard objects making contact with his brittle body.
Yugi felt a tightness around his ankles, wrists, and neck. His father had tied him up and hung him in the bathtub, that he spent all night cleaning, to die. Yugi barely opened his eyes only to be able to see out of one after his father had hit him with the wooden paddle.
He was trying to see if he could break the rope behind his back, but found it hard for it felt like his wrist was broken and it was starting to swell up causing him discomfort. Yugi wiggled for a while when he noticed that he was standing on a small glass that was the only thing that was keeping him from hanging himself.
He also noticed that a small pool of blood was forming in the bathtub and realized that it was his blood. Yugi stood on his tip toes on top of the small glass hoping that someone, who heard all of the commotion from his fathers beatings come save him from this hell he called home.
Suddenly a loud bang could be heard from the living room causing Yugi to become frightened thinking that his father had come back to finish the job. Yugi closed his eyes tightly pretending to still be unconscious.
He listened closely to the voices coming from the living room and noticed that there was more than one voice coming from the living room. Even though the voices were faint he could make out the words 'looks like he isn't here' and 'search for the boy he might still be here'.
Yugi kept his eyes closed fearing that it was just his imagination and his father was still in the apartment watching a police movie. Suddenly the bathroom door flew open causing Yugi to jump and nearly fall off the small glass.
Yugi opened his one good eye to see that a female police officer had kicked the door open and was pointing her gun at him. "Sir I think I found the missing boy!" The female officer returned her gun to the holster and stepped aside to allow a large male police officer to enter the bathroom. T
he officer looked down at the female officer with a worried look on his face. "Have the paramedics come up as soon as they get here." The female officer nodded and made her way out of the room leaving the male officer alone with Yugi.
"Hello there son my name is Chief Maxwell Johnson. You can call me Max. Why don't I get you down from there so that you are a bit more comfortable." Max stepped forward and took Yugis small frail body in one hand and cutting the rope with a knife in his other hand.
Yugi had let a small yelp leave his lips when Max took hold of his body. "I'm sorry about that. Lets get you untied and talk about what happened to you." Max cut the ropes around Yugis wrists and ankles.
Once he was freed he backed away from Max with fear in his eyes. "Everything is going to be okay son you have nothing to fear now that your father is no where to be found. So you can come over and let me know what happened to you when your dad was around."
Tears started to form in Yugis eyes and a small whimper left his lips causing him to cover his mouth remembering that the last time he cried his father had told him that he shouldn't cry that crying was for the weak and that it was pathetic for a weakling like him to cry.
Yugi suddenly jumped when Max placed his large hand on his sore shoulder. "Listen to me son. You have nothing to fear now because your father isn't here anymore to cause you pain so if you want to cry then let it all out and cry."
The tears that were forming in Yugis eyes began to poor down his face as he burst into tears. Max felt sorry for Yugi and brought the small, but frail boy into a hug causing him to cry even more. "You just let all the pain of the past from your fathers torture just pour out in those tears and don't you dare hold back."
Yugi did what he was told and cried his eyes out feeling more and more better the more he cried. Suddenly the paramedics came in the bathroom with a stretcher ready to take Yugi to the hospital. "Sir the paramedics are here to take Yugi to the hospital."
Max looked up and nodded, but quickly turned his attention back to Yugi when the crying had stopped. Max gently brought Yugis head back away from his body allowing him to lay in his arms. Yugi had passed out from both the pain from his fathers beatings and from crying.
"Looks like I'll be talking to him at the hospital." Max gently lifted Yugis frail body and placed him on the stretcher. "Someone needs to call his living relatives and let them know what is happening."
Max nodded to the female officer and left the bathroom entering the master bedroom only to stop and pick up a picture that had Yugi, his Grandpa, and his mother smiling."I know this man. My son always goes to his game shop to get duel monster cards." Max turned to the female officer. "Forget about making that call. You and I are going to go talk to his living relative in person."