Trial By Nightmare

Trial by Nightmare

Disclaimer: I don't own anything recognizible!

This chapter is a little different......we're going to get into the heads a few of
the characters.
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“Yes, Just me” Tany condescending smirked. “Looks like this predicament is taking quite a toll
on you.” she observed, noting the change that occurred when Bakura had control. Life hadn’t
prepared her for the likes of Ryou, Marik, and Yugi and their darker sides.
Bakura always looked like he was glaring. He could be smiling happily( like when he first
introduced his Dark Necrofear to Yugi and Co.), but still glaring evilly at you. It’s a look not to
many can pull off. Not even Marik’s dark side Malik. He always looked like he was smoking too
much of something. He could be pissed off to hell; ready to send you packing to the shadow
realm and STILL look like he was thinking about popping in some Pink Floyd.
Tany cued in on the change in appearance and personality in Ryou and didn’t know what to make
of it. Bakura just there with his arms crossed leaning back onto a wall.
“You wanted to say something?” He said, sounding more pissed off than he’d intended.
Tanok aok a step back, almost bumping into the people she had with her.
“Uh.....yeah.” she said, still in shock.

“Well,” Bakura rolled his eyes, “I’m waiting”

“Yeah, right. Uh....Duke...videotapes....” She said slowly. “The hotel has surveillance
cameras....”
A tall woman wearing a business suit stepped forward.
“What Miss Cantrell is trying to say is, by law, the hotel had to let us view the security camera
from the night in question. We observed who or what went on, and we have evidence to
exonerate Mr. Devlin. The hotel is allowing us have the tapes, so all we have to do is go down to
the police station and present them.”
“Interesting. And who the fuck are you?” Bakura hissed.
The woman didn’t change her facial expression one bit when she heard Bakura’s more
“demonic”voice and chilling presence.
“My name is Silver. I’m the head of the legal team from Kaiba Corps. I suggest we all go down
to the police station right away.”
“Uh....yeah” Tany stammered. She still hadn’t gotten over the 360 degree change in this guy.
Was he just crazy or was there more to it?
Bakura snidely raised his eyebrow and fluttered his eyes,
“Well I guess I’ll come with. I was thinking of going back to bed though.”
Tany looked Bakura over again from head to toe and just shook her head as they followed Silver
downstairs. They picked up Yugi, Joey Tristan, Odeon, Tea and Mokuba along the way. They all
got into a lihat hat was waiting for them outside, and headed on down to the police station.
Officer Lange and Marik followed them in the squad car. Marik still couldn’t believe he was
sitting in a cop car and not breaking something out of spite. After all the antics he’d pulled in
Domino, he’d managed to see the back seat of many squad cars. He was boucing around in the
front seat the entire trip, playing around with whatever button he could find. Caroline seemed to
be a very patient person. She didn’t get pissed and just laughed him off.
As they all gathered at the front steps and went inside, Marik nudged Caroline and whispered in
her ear.
“I have something I have to tell you, I don’t want to say it here though. Remind me to tell you
when I get you alone again.”
Caroline thought it was an odd statement, but nodded her head and smiled.
“Okay.” Than she excused herself as she and Silver went upstairs to present the evidence.
Time seemed to stand still for the crowd downstairs. Bakura stood around glaring at everyone no
no apparent reason, while everybody else just stoooundound reading the free pamphlets about
buckling your seat belt and drunk drivingrik rik didn’t care for reading the pamphlets so much,
so he went over to talk to Bakura.
“So what do you think of all this?” He asked.
“I think, your bothering me.” Bakura said harshly.
Marik didn’t pay any attention to Bakura’s coldness.
“Why are you here and not Ryou” he said very softly.
“You talk to much” Bekura snarled.
Marik put his hand on his hip and took a step back.
“Grumpy today, arn’t we.” he stared.
Bakura lowered his eyes and spoke sarcastically.
“Me?”
Marik just shrugged his shoulders,
“Well get over it. And enjoy your time out, because we’ll be back on thr road soon playing more
clubs.”
“Blah blah” Bakura scoffed.
Marik realized talking to Bakura was senseless, so he sat and starred out the window.
After a good hour long wait, Silver came walking down the stairs.
“Everything is taken care of. We all can leave now.” she said firmly.
“But what about Duke?” Tea ask.
“He’s free to leave here. He will be down in a few minutes. There IS one minor problem
though.”
“Uh oh, doesn’t sound good” Tristan groaned.
“It’s nothing TOO serious, but it is important. You all have to stay in town one more week tops.”
Everybody let out a chorus of whines and groans.
“But why?” Tea whined.
“It’s only for precaughtionary reasons.” Silver stated strongly.
Duke and Officer Caroline came walking down the stairs seconds later.
“Well boys and girls, he’s a free man.” she chuckled.
Tea ran up to Duke and threw her arms around him
“Oh Duke! I’m so glad your out! Did they hurt you at all?”
Duke allowed Tea to hug him. He turned his head facing Marik and Bakura and rolled his eyes.
“I’m fine Tea, really.....now please let go. You’re cutting off my air supply.”
“Let’s get the hell out of here” Bakura suggested.
Marik waited around at the police station for Caroline to get off of work, while everybody else
left for the hotel.
With nothing to do in the hotel besides watch tv and lay around, Bakura found himself
suffereing from boredom. Marik and Caroline were fooling around in the bed next to him and it
was driving him nuts.
“Could you two keep it down?” He growled.
Marik peeked his head out from under the sheets.
“What’s wrong?”
Bakura got up and gazed out the window at the final rays of sunlight.
“I don’t want to stay here all night listening to the two of you gnaw on each other like jackyls on
a rotting gazelle.”
Marik giggled playfully as his new found lover did something to him underneath the covers.
Bakura cast him and evil glare.
Marik regained his composure and focused back on Bakura.
“So go out. Silver didn’t say we had to stay holed up in the hotel all fucking week”
Bakura pondered the thought. It was true what Marik said, never once did Silver say anything
about having to stay in their rooms. Bakura grabbed his leather jacket off the floor and bolted for
the door. As he was leaving, he heard Marik and Caroline going back to their games.

Bakura’s POV
This Ra-damned hotel is getting on my nerves. Every floor looks the same, dark walls, gold light
fixtures, and doors doors doors. Hmmm....reminds me of Yami’s soul room a little. Speaking of
soul rooms....I hope Ryou isn’t sneaking into mine again. The little bastard has a cleaning fetish
or something. What the hell do I need a clean soul room for? I’m a fucking spirit for Ra’s sake!

//My lonliness, is killin’ me.......and I-I must confess I still believe//
What the fuck was that?
“Ryou? Dis you leave your door to your soul room open again?”
I call out, considering he hasn’t spoke to me through our mind link since we traded places, his
sudden presence puzzles me. The song he’s singing is making me queezy.

“Hit me baby one more time........What was that Bakura?” Ryou responded.

One of these days I’ll have to talk to the pip squeak pharaoh about doing some kind of spell that
would grant us seperate bodies. I can’t stand when he starts with that cursed singing.

//Can you shut up? You’re damned song is interfering with my thoughts//
Ryou chuckled and continued humming the tune. DRAT! I’ll have to find something to do fast or
else I’ll blow my fuse! I walk passed Duke’s room where I heard Tany talking to him.

“Let me get this straight, Ryou, Marik and Yugi have these spirit darksides, that just take over
their bodies whenever they please?”
“Yeah, basically. Yami, Yugi’s spirit, is cool. He’s the kind of guy that would give his shirt off
his back if you needed it. Malik, Marik’s darker half, different story. I never liked him much.
Fucker always goes around flashing that Millennium rod in everyones faces threatening to send
‘em to the shadow realm. Bakura, Ryou’s yami, stalks around acting like an asshole, but he’s not
so bad. As long as you don’t piss him off he won’t bother you at all.”
“Ryou..Bakura.....whoever he is.....He’s cute” Tany giggled.

Cute? Gods no, I’m cute! Or wait, Maybe she’s referring to Ryou. Duke’s saying something now,
but I can’t make it out. He better not be calling me cute. I’ll rip his heart out and eat the Ra-damn
thing.

“Just be careful Tany. He might not react the way you want him to”

What the hell is Dork Devlin talking about? Oh fuck it, I don’t care.
I continue walking down the hall, when my ears were met with the pleasant screams of a woman
coming from the room I’m passing by. Hey, this is Joey and Tristans room. What the hell? Guess
I’ll just have to take a look.
“I’ll shred you in two!” a disfigured man wearing a green and red sweater and hat threatens from
the television. Hmm....interesting movie. Brings back memories......Kuru Eruna flashes through
my head. I snap my eyes shut to get rid of the gruesome images still residing in my mind from
my childhood. The faces of those who had slain almost all of my village are still engraved in my
mind. Bastard priests!
“Hey Bakura” a voice calls out from the room across the hall.
“Yugi” I state frankly as I turn to face the pharaoh’s vessle.
He take a couple tiny steps backward. Good, my ‘cute’ness is wearing off.
“Uh....Yami wants to talk to you.”
Oh great. Here comes the pharaoh. Wonder what he wants.
“Bakura, we need to talk” Yami states.

No we don’t. I’d like to see more of this movie Joey and Tristan are watching. Damn it, he’s not
going to shut up.He’s going to talk more.

“Follow me.”

Excuse me? Who died and made you pharaoh again? Where does he get off telling me what to
do.
“No” I reply sarcastically.
“Fine than. We’ll talk here. Remember the show the other night?”
“No” I roll my eyes. Pharoah’s talk to much. This one just keeps on rambling.

“Kaiba seemed very on edge that night. The way he lashed out at you wasn’t like him. I think he
knew something....but him being the kind of guy he is, he wouldn’t tell anybody.”

If I had a gold piece for everytime this guy acts like he knows it all, I never would have needed to
resort to being a thief.

“What is your point?” I say sharply. I don’t need him thinking I actually care.

“We need to go back to the club and get some answers.”

“I would rather sever his spleen than help him.” I retort banefully.
Oh oh, I think I pissed him off, he’s giving me the ‘do what I say or I’ll castrate you’ look. Who
knows, maybe I’ll find something good to steal at the club.
“Fine, lets go.” I reply sharply.

“We need to talk to Marik first.”

Marik? What the hell is this guy thinking? We’re walking back my room now. I can’t wait to see
Yami’s face when he sees what Marik is up to in there.
“Walk right in” I laugh shamelessly.

Normal POV

Meanwhile, back in their room, Marik was entertaining Caroline with his duel stories. He was
laying on the bed, wearing only his purple boxers, with Caroline’s legs draped loosely over his
lap.
“I was looking forward to using my Winged Dragon of Ra on him, but the fool pussed out and
took off screaming, and I’d done was laid a magic card. That had to be the shortest duel I was
ever in.” he mused as he picked at the fringes in the hole in the knee of Caroline’s jeans.
Caroline chuckled as she listened.
“I think his name was Amunaka or something. He was supposedly the best duelist in Saqqara,
what a joke.” Marik continued.
Caroline nodded as she sat up.
“Marik? What is it you wanted to tell me earlier?” she asked curiously.
Marik bit his bottom lip nervously as he slowly lowered himself onto the bed leaning over her.
“Well baby, it’s like this.” he elaborated nervously as he traced her lips with his fingertip.
“I don’t want to scare you off, but since we’ll be spending time together, I feel I need to tell you
this. I have a dark side, and his name is Malik”

Marik’s POV
I was just about to tell Caroline about my sardonic darker half when there was a knock at the
door. Damn it, I have to tell her about Malik! I don’t want him to scare her off on me. I don’t
know why, but I have started developing feelings for this woman. Not only is she as beautiful as
an Egyptian sunset, but she seems to understand me. Nobody has ever made me feel this way.
Damn it, there’s the knock at the door again. I better get up and answer it.
“What” I cross my arms as I look over my visitors. Bakura and Yami? I’m surprised they are not
tearing out each other’s throats.
“Marik. We need your help.” The pharaoh says sternly.
Damn. This guy is WAY to serious. I bet he could make ordering a burger sound sound like a
nuclear attack!
“Big Mac and fries, and make it fast or my Dark Magician will destroy you!// I snicker out loud
at my thoughts. The pharaoh snaps me out of my daze.
“Marik. May we come in? It’s important.”
I open the door and let them in. Bakura is grinning from ear to ear. I’m sure he thought they were
going to walk in on something.Caroline is laying on the bed looking at my deck. She isn’t paying
attention to our visitors at all. She seems focused on my cards.
Yami is telling me something about a club, my dark side, oh gods, I can’t focus on what he’s
saying. I can’t pull my eyes off of the gorgeous woman on my bed. She is so different from the
othe women I’ve been with. For starters, she’s a cop. I never could have forseen this
coming-Marik Ishtar sleeping with the law-it just sounds bizarre.
“Yuuu-whoooo.....Hey, Casanova! Yami asked you a question! ” Bakura brings be out of my
thoughts with his impudence.
“Boos teezee” I growl in my native tounge back at him. It means “kiss my ass” in English. I
prefer speaking in Egyptian, but not many people around here speak it. So when Bakura and
Yami are around, I take advantage of the situation considering they both speak fluent Egyptian.
“Charra alaik” Bakura sneers back. How rude of him. He just said ‘shit on you’. Grrrrr....I should
kick him in the head, Bakura likes to get on people’s nerves.
“Stop it the both of you. This is important. Marik, I need Malik’s help. If we’re going to get any
information from the people at the club, we’ll need him to use the Millennium rod to get into
their minds.”
“Why Malik? I know how to use the rods’ powers too you know” I’m offended. I’m just as good
with the rod as my dark. Fucking pharaoh.
“Malik, like Bakura and myself, has dark powers. We can use these powers to get answers.”
Whatever. Bossy pharaoh. Fuck it, I might as well ask my dark if he’s game for this. Persoy, Iy, I
hope he says no. I’d rather stay here with my girl. Oh shit, that’s right.....I didn’t get to explain to
her completely about Malik! Oh well, this will be a crash course for her.
“Hey Malik, the fricken pharaoh wants you!” I yell to my dark through the door of his soul room.
My dark opens the door just a crack.
“What does he want me for” he replies harshly.
“He wants you to go to that club we played the other night to see if there’s any clues as to where
that fucking character Kaiba is.”
“And what does he need me there for?”
“To fuck with their minds” My dark opens the door further. Damn, all he’s wearing is a pair of
jeans. If they were any tighter they’d cut off his circulation.
Malik is making his thinking face now....
“Alright. I’ll go.”
Damn it! I was hoping he’d say no. That blows my night now. Fucker.
“Okay, I’ll tell him you’re in. Just wait a bit for me to let you know when to come out though. I
was just about to tell my new girlfriend about you when prince pipsqueak and grampa
grumpy-pants interrupted.”
“That’s fine” My dark nods. I’m glad he and I get along better now. For a long time he was a real
asshole, but we’ve since made ammends.
Okay. It’s time to tell Caroline ready or not. I sit on the bed next to her and take her hand into
mine. She’s giving me a very odd look.
“Babe, Malik is my dark side. He’s part of me. I wanted to be able to explain this more before
you met my dark, but I can’t now. I have to let him out so he can go with Yugi and Bakura. That
means I have to go. I’m sorry.”
She looks up at me with her bewitching green eyes. She seems confused.
“Just stay here at the hotel and wait for me. I’ll tell you everything when we get back.”
“I should go with you guys. I used to work security there, I have connections yet.” she says,
looking at Yami.
“Okay, sounds good.” he replies. I turn to Caroline and give her a quick kiss before I call forth
Malik.
“So I get two sexy Egyptians for the price of one later? Damn, I can live with that” She laughes
as I pull my lips away.
“You can look at it like that” I grin back as I turn around and call Malik out.
“You know Yami, you should consider finding a spell that makes it possible for us to materialize
seperate from our lights. Than we wouldn’t have to watch these two devour each other” Bakura
suggests.
“Maybe so” I hear Yami reply before Malik takes control of our body.
That actually sounds like a good idea coming from Bakura for once.
Normal POV
The club was very crowded that night. Yami, Bakura, Malik and Caroline pushed their way
through until they come to a door marked ‘Employees only”
“Don’t worry, Conway’s office is back here. He’s the owner. C’mon” Caroline points out as she
holds to door open.
After talking with the owner for a few minutes, Caroline yanked Malik out of the room.
“C’mon, let’s ditch ‘em for a few.” ahe grinned mischieviously. Malik followed her to the bar,
where she ordered them both a shot.
“Why did you drag me out here?” Marik ask, holding his shot glass to the light.
Caroline shrugged her shoulders and took her shot.
“I guess I found them rather boring. If the guys downtown can’t figure this out, I don’t see how
they can. Why waste our time. Besides, I’d like to get to know you better. You’re pretty sexy for
a dark side.”
Malik was visibly surprised. He took his shot quickly and slammed down the glass.
“I’m sexy? That’s a new one. I don’t think anybody has ever said that to me.”
Caroline chuckled as she linked her arm with Malik’s.
“Well, if I’m going to have any tpye of relationship with your light, I have to get along with you
too. Wanna go mosh?”
“Mosh?” Malik repeated curiously.
“Yeah, Mosh. See them guys up infront of the stage? They’re moshing.”
Malik looked up near the front of the stage and observed the mosh pit. It looked dangerous, but
that made it all the more intriguing.
“The band that’s on now is called Slaytanic, they’re a Slayer cover band. I’ve seen them play
here a few times. C’mon.”
Malik followed Caroline into the crowd, leading him very close to the stage.
[Simple smiles elude psychotic eyes
Lose all mind control rationale declines
Empty eyes enslave the creations
Of placid faces and lifeless pageants ]
The lead singer growled from the stage.
Malik liked these guys already.
They stayed in the mosh pit for that one song, than Caroline lead Malik back to the bar for
another shot.
“Cool song, eh? she said as she slammed her empty shot glass down.
“Yes, I enjoyed it.” He retorted. Just as he drank down his shot, Yami and Bakura emerged from
the employee’s only door and walked over to them.
“Let’s go.” Yami said rigidly. On the way back to the hotel, Yami restated what he’d learned
from the owner.
“He said Kaiba seemed very worn out. Conway even suggested he go get some rest, but Kaiba
refused. He mentioned something about aweful dreams that somebody was after him. It’s almost
as if Kaiba was having dreams of his abduction.That’s all that Conway found out of the ordinary
that night though.”
“That’s odd. Hmmm” Caroline nodded. Bakura and Malik didn’t have anything else to say, so
they followed quietly.
Once they arrived back at the hotel, they noticed more police officers scourihe bhe building.
Caroline quickly sided up to an officer who’s name tag read “J. Thomas” Yami, Malik and
Bakura followed her.
“What the fucks going on?” she asked her fellow officer.
“There’s been another abduction. The female named Tea Gardener has disappeared now. This
case is even more puzzling than the Kaiba case.”
“Oh? Why?” Caroline replied.
“Because witnesses are saying she fell asleep in the lobby and just vanished without a trace.”


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Authoress: Now we have 2 MIA's.....hmmm.....I wonder where they went! Sorry it took so long for me to update,
The holidays really screwed up my week!
Marik:Yeah right. We know the truth, you were busy charging up your credit cards at the mall.

Authoress: SHHHHHH! You wern't suppose to say that Ishtar!

Bakura: It's no secret you have an addiction to shopping.

Authoress: Well jeez! There were sales everywhere! How can a girl pass up such a glorious thing?

Bakura: You should consider tomb robbing. You spend nothing and can accumulate quite the collection
of expensive rare antiquities.

Marik: Better yet, try staying home and working on your story! I don't appriciate these cliffhangers!

Authoress: In that case, tune in next time when we'll pig out on pizza, play a couple drinking games,
and maybe even finally meet the creep causing all this madness!!!!!!