Trial By Nightmare

Trial by Nightmare


Disclaimer: I don't own it if you recognize it.

Warning: Swearing and cold pizza ahead

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Minutes after Tany left the room, Malik was pulled out of his dreams by a sharp blow to the chin.
“Owww....what the....?” he frowned as he sat up and rubbed his chin. He looked down and
realized Caroline must have been having hellhell of a bad dream. He leaned over and shook her
until she finally started snapping out of it.
“Any closer and I’ll fuckin blow your head off you mutt-headed freak!” She yelled just before
she opened her eyes.
“Excuse me?” Malik questioned her.
“What? huh? Holy shit! It was just a dream! Man..........hey, you’re rubbing your chin.......you
okay?” she said quickly.
Malik crossed his arms and gave her a strange look.
“Do you always punch like that when your dreaming?”
Caroline bit her lip
“Sorry about that, I honestly didn’t mean to wreck your face like that. No I don’t think so. That
nightmare was just way too real though.”
“If anyone else but you would have punched me, I surely would haven’t sent them FLYING to
the shadow realm. Consider your self lucky princess.” He said with a grin.
They laid back down again, but Caroline was wide awake now. She tossed and turned, keeping
Malik awake. He let out a long sigh and turned to face her.
“How about we just get up”
They both got up and went into the livingroom where they found Tany, Odeon, Mokuba and
Joey, all gathered around the television watching an old episode of COPS.
Malik looat tat them all very strangely
“What are all of you doing up?”
“What does it look like we’re doin’ here?” Joey grumbled.
“Looks like somebody woke up quite ornery today. Don’t go pressing my buttons Joey Wheeler.
Especially, at 3 in the morning after getting wasted.”
Joey sighed and shook his head.
“Your right.......I’m sorry man. It’s just I really didn’t get much sleep. We all been having these
really bad nightmares. None of us can get any shut-eye.”
Caroline leaned on Malik, not so much for support, but more to just cop a feel of his ass.
“Yeah, me too. I dreamed there was this shadow guy...with a dog head.......we were all
there.....except for Malik, *pinches Maliks butt*, Bakura, and Yami. He said he was going to
hold us in an eternal prison between life and death.”
Everybody stared at her stunned.
“That’s what I dreamed”
“Yeah, me too”
They all came to the realization that they all had the same dream. Caroline and Malik sat down
together on the cushy red recliner chair and joined the bewildered ones watching COPS. Minutes
later Duke and Tristan walked out and low and behold, they had a nightmare.
“So tell me about this ‘dog-headed’ guy you all saw.” Malik ask all of them.
“Well, he was tall.” Tany started.
“and had a pointy nose, like a hyena or a jackal or something” Mokuba elaborated.
“and a human body” Duke added.
“and he had this laugh that would send chills down a dead mans’ body” Joey shuddered.
Malik couldn’t believe his ears and what they were hearing.
“Anubis?” he ask curiously.
Everybody said yes at the same time. Malik was puzzled. This just wasn’t making sense.]
‘I’m going to go wake Yami up. He might understand this better.” he said as he slipped out from
under Caroline.
“You should wake up Bakura too......when it comes to death and freaky shit, he’s your man.”
Joey called out as he was leaving.
Malik stopped and looked back at Joey
“Are you bent Wheeler? I’ve partied with that guy before, and believe me, he doesn’t wake up
very pretty.”
A couple snickers could be heard around the room as Malik went to get Yami.
“I’ll get Bakura up, he’s not so bad.” Tany smiled.
“And I’m gonna call into to work. I don’t think I feel up to going in today” Caroline said as she
went for the ph
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Minutes later Tany returned with a very messy haired, but wide awake-maybe even smiling a
little-Bakura. They waited for quite a few more minutes before Malik returned with Yami.
Malik’s eye suddenly seemed alot more puffy than it did earlier. He didn’t look very happy at all.
Yami was rubbing the top of his head.
“You didn’t have to whack me over the head with your rod Malik. I didn’t mean to punch you. I
can’t help I’m not a morning person”
“Well you shouldn’t punched me, You’re lucky all I did is whack you over the head.” Malik
growled.
“I said I was sorry, you don’t need to rub it in Malik”
“Whatever.” Malik snipped as he sat back in the recliner with Caroline.
She looked at Malik with a halin
in
“Now your lip matches your eye, cute”
Malik glared at her playfully
“You’re brutal”
All eyes went to Yami after a few minutes.
“Do I have this correct now, You all had the same dream, and Anubis was going hold you
prisoner between the realm of shadows and death?” he repeated.
“Yeah man, it was freaky!” Joey replied.
“Did he say why?” Yami continued.
“umm......no. I don’t think so” Tany answered him.
“Strange” Yami said to hlf.”lf.”If you’ll excuse me, I need to retur my my soul room for a while
to look through some old books. Please watch over Yugi for me while I’m away.
“Sure thing” Duke replied.
Yami hesitated for a moment.
“and don’t tell him about last night.”
“No problem” Tany snickered with a mischievous look in her eyes.
Within seconds Yugi was back.
“Man, I’m starvin’ marvin’, what’s for breakfast?” Joey whined.
“There’s leftover pizza on the table, but you’ll have to duel me for it” Yugi chuckled as they both
went on a dead ror tor the table.

After cleaning up from the over-indulgence the night before, they all decided to go for a
walk to get some fresh air. There was a park across the street that they all headed over to.
Yugi, Joey and Tristan found a football laying around and stared tossing it back and forth. Tany,
Bakura walked Mokuba to a small ice cream shop nearby. Malik and Caroline were busy
climbing trees and throwing hazelnuts at each other. Nobody noticed as Odeon fell into a deep
sleep on the park bench.
Hours later, they all congregated around a large round fountain.
“Thank you for taking me for ice cream.” Mokuba smiled slightly at Tany.
“Anytime” she smiled back at him.
“Hey, have any of you seen Odeon?” Malik ask, looking around.
“Uh....No. Not since we left”
“Shit..ODEON........ODEON!!!! Can you hear me?????” He yelled loudly.
Everybody started searching the park, but there was no sign of Odeon.
“I wonder if this has anything to do with our dreams” Tany suggested.
Bakura shrugged his shoulders.
“It very well might. Anubis is a sneaky bastard”
“We’d better get back and call the cops. This is not going to look good for us.” Yugi sighed.
Caroline nodded her head.
“Yeah, no shit. First Kaiba, than Tea, now Odeon. This is turning out ot be one of those days I
wish I woulda stayed in bed.”
Malik raised and eyebrow and grinned
“That can be arranged”
Caroline rolled her eyes and smacked him upside the head.
“You are quite a character Ishtar, quite a character.”
“Bed is the last place I want to be.....after that nightmare I don’t ever want to sleep again.” Joey
groaned.
“Hey guys......Yami said he’s found something.” Yugi interrupted.
“Well let him out” Joey replied.
With the blink of an eye, Yami took control. He snapped his fingers and a book appeared.
“Hello everyone. I think I may have found something interesting. Come on, Let’s sit down.”
They all took a seat on the grass and focused on Yami.
“It seems something has triggered Anubis to steal not only the souls, but also the bodies of
whomever he wants to throour our dreams. I don’t understand why he’s doing this, but there’s no
doubt that we have to talk to him personally.” Yami explained.
“Excuse me? I don’t want to see that scary assed mother fucker ever again!” Caroline shrieked.
Yami nodded his head. “Nor will you have to. Anubis can only be found at the entrance to the
afterlife. In order for you to see him again, you would be facing death.”
“Lovely” Caroline groaned sarcastically.
“The only individuals capable to being face to face with Anubis are myself, Bakura, and Malik.”
Bakura nodded his head adamantly
“True. He banished from the afterlife centuries ago after I kept out-smarting him.”
“Go figure” Yami muttered.
“Are you saying the three of us have to go to the edge of the shadow realm?” Malik ask as he ran
his fingers over his Millennium Rod.
“That is correct. This also means while we are away, our lights are in danger of being drawn into
shadows, so all of you need to team up to stay awake. You can’t lose track of anyone.” Yami
went on.
“What about my brother? And Tea? and Odeon?” Mokuba whimpered.
“I don’t know Mokuba. I just don’t know yet.” Yami said in a low comforting voice.
Yami than pulled Malik and Bakura aside. He opened the book he was carrying and looked up at
them.
“In order for us to cross over safely, we cannot take any trace of our alters to the otherside. If any
part of Yugi, Marik, or Ryou were to enter the shadows, we may never see them again.”
“What are you saying here” Bakura asked with a enthusiastic smirk.
“I’m saying you’re getting what you want. Remember how you asked me about finding a way for
you to have a separate body from Ryou’s? Even though I don’t like doing this, it’s the only way
to save everybody. Once I chant this spell, you will be able to materialize outside of Ryou. The
two of you will still share a mind link, even though you will be separate entities. You will still
need to depend on his safety though. If something happens to your light, you will still be
effected.”
Bakura’s eyes lit up like Christmas lights.
“Excellent... Proceed pharaoh.....” he grinned eerily.
Malik nodded eagerly.
“Can we just stay in our soul rooms if we choose not to materialize?” he ask
“Yes” Yami replied. “Now let’s get this oveth.”th.”
Yami chanted the spell and with a flash of light, Ryou, Yugi and Ryou appeared.
“Wow, cool” Yugi smiled brightly as he hugged Yami.
Marik and Malik just stared at each other.
Ryou nodded curtly at Bakura
“Good luck” he smiled.
Bakura nodded his head back.
The 6 other them walked back over to everybody else.
“We should all get back to the hotel. It’ll be easier to keep an eye on each other there.”
Yami nodded his head,
“Good call Tany. Malik, Bakura and I will go talk to Anubis......and ... please take care of Yugi
for me.”
Malik looked at Caroline and ran his hand over her head.
“Don’t beat my light up TOO badly, m’k my dear?”
Caroline chuckled evilly and gave him a hug
“Good luck” she said as she kissed his cheek.
Ryou smiled timidly at Tany. He wasn’t sure she would like him as much as she did Bakura.
Malik, Yami and Bakura took a few steps away. Malik waved his Millennium rod around a few
times and a thick purple mist formed around them, taking them with it as it disappeared.
“Well, there’s that” Caroline sighed.
“Now we just wait I take it” Tany groaned.
“I guess so” Caroline replied as they all walked back to the hotel. “So Marik, how does it feel to
be a free man?” she chuckled.
Marik shrugged his shoulders.
“Iot aot all that free yet.....Odeon disappeared, remember? The authorities will catch on sooner
or later even if we don’t tell them. I really don’t want to go to jail. I’ve been there enough.”
“Let’s just wait to tell them, hopefully Yami, Malik and Bakura fair well and we never have to
say a word.”
“You’re the cop babe, whatever you say.”
Up in their room, they all sat around watching tv. An uncertain feeling blanketed the room.
One unanswered question was going through all their minds.
What was happening with Yami, Malik and Bakura?

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Yea! I whipped up another chappie this morning! Now I can get on with my day! So what do you think is
happening to Malik, Yami and Bakura? Think Anubis will just open his front door and say "Oh, HI! Come on in!"?
*evil laugh* Guess we'll just have to wait and see..........
Thank you for the reviews!!! I appriciate the feedback!!!! Oh yeah, isn't it cool???
Ryou and Marik are back!!!! Yippie!!!!!