Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Anything For You ❯ Burn ( Chapter 30 )

Mystical Dragon: they're going to be fine, don't worry.
Pharaoh Yamis Princess: *Hugs plushie* thank you!!
Lunara: He'll be ok. Promise.
Dragondreamer: Hmmm…Yes….I am enjoying my vacation….very very very very much…..

Bakura's POV
I carried Ryou out of that Ra-forsaken house when we heard Seto's helicopter fly overhead. The helicopter landed outside the forest perimeter. I walked towards the sound of the humming engine as Ryou still whimpered. "For Aten……do it for Aten…"
I stopped and turned around and saw the thick black smoke rise above the trees and fill the forest with thick, black, smoke.
Burn.
I walked away calmly ignoring the crackling of the blazing cabin as if it were non-existent. Marik continued to walk through the forest until he saw Seto, Joey, and Malik jumping out of the helicopter.
"Kaiba!" Marik screamed to Seto who turned his way, the long cape flowing behind him in the wind currents of the helicopter's blades.
Seto, Joey, and Malik saw us walk out of the forest and break into a desperate run for the helicopter.
Malik ran to Marik grabbing Aten out of Marik's grasp. Malik broke into a crying fit, stroking Aten's hair and kissing the little chibi's cheek. "Aten, wake up, please! Aten?? Aten?"
Seto ran to me and took Ryou's pulse as he lay in my arms. His face did not look optimistic. "He needs that hospital. I called Zira and he's on his way to the Domino Emergency Ward right now."
Joey picked my daughter out of the helicopter and she ran to me.
"Daddy! Daddy! Daddy!" Aria's arms wrapped around me keeping me where I was standing with her mother in my arms. Aria looked up at me and touched Ryou's left arm that was dangling. "Mommy? Mommy, are you happy to see me?"
Ryou gripped onto me tightly and threw his head back. "Do it for Aten…do it for Aten…."
Even Seto…the big, tough, powerful, mighty, rich, strong CEO…cringed. It was then that I knew that if Seto was scared, the situation was more serious than what I wanted to believe.
"Mommy needs his rest, Aria. Into the helicopter, baby girl."
Seto hurried all of us into his helicopter and we flew overhead hearing the sirens blare beneath us.
**********Hospital**********
When we arrived at the helicopter pad at the top of the hospital, Zira was standing there with two beds and six doctors. We landed and I climbed out of that infernal contraption as fast, but as gently as I could with Ryou still in my arms.
I gently laid him on the white hospital bed missing his long white hair. What did that bastard do to Ryou and why did he cut his hair?
Zira quickly checked Ryou's pulse. "His heartbeat is too fast." Zira checked his pupils. "Ryou is in shock. Quickly, we have to get him to the emergency room."
The doctors wheeled Ryou away and Marik gently laid Aten on the other hospital bed. Zira listened to his heartbeat. "His heart seems fine, but he is very thin. Let's get some fluids and medicine in this kid just to keep him safe."
Malik jumped out of the helicopter and ran towards the doctors wheeling Aten away. Zira reached out and put his hands on Malik's chest. "Mr. Ishtar, you must stay back. Let the doctors do their job."
"But Aten needs me! I can't let him go again!"
Marik came behind his hikari and gripped his shoulders tightly immediately making Malik freeze. "They're going to take care of them, tenshi."
Malik turned to Marik and just nuzzled into his hikari.
…….
At least Marik had his hikari….mine's not here. We followed Zira downstairs, but we were unable to follow Ryou into the emergency ward. We waited outside.
I paced. I worried. I prayed. Please let Ryou be ok.
Seto called Yugi and Yami on the cell phone. Aria sat beside Seto and watched me.
"Daddy? How long is mommy gonna be in there?"
I heaved a sigh. "I don't know, Aria. I don't know. I hope they're both ok."
"I wanna pway with Aten. I wanna pway Dull Monners with him."
"Aten needs his rest, Aria. I don't know when he'll be able to pway."
Seto sat back on the chair and gave Aria a hug pulling her close to his body. "I called them. They should be here soon."
That pharaoh was coming here? He allowed Aria to be kidnapped. If he tried to call me, I may have been able to protect Ryou. I would have been able to protect Aten.
But I couldn't because of that higher-and mightier-than-thou pharaoh.
The doctors came in and told us that Aten was in the pediatric ward. He was given his own room because he seemed to be very sensitive to light and sound.
"Light and sound? Was he hurt?" Marik asked his lip trembling.
"It doesn't appear so. We're putting some fluids into him and when we shown the light in his face, he cried. It seemed to hurt his eyes. So, we put him in a dim room alone, but with constant monitoring."
Marik turned to Malik who lowered his head slowly. "Can we take him home soon?"
"We want to keep him here for 48 hours. They're going to be the crucial hours. We just rubbed him down with some warm water and dried him and we have some IV's in him now to give him medication. We have to feed him every hour."
"Can I see him now?"
Marik nodded. "Yes. We have two friends on their way. Can you see them in when they come? Yugi Motou and Ra-Damned Pathetic Useless Pharaoh." Marik walked into the room with his friends and hikari following him.
I stopped gripping the doctor's arm. "How is Ryou?"
"He's still in the ER. I'll let you know when he's done."
I nodded and walked into a dim room where Marik and Malik were bent over a hospital basinet stroking and caressing Aten's cheek.
Malik and Marik touched Aten's face lightly whispering his name.
Seto and Joey stood at the foot of the basinet hand-in-hand. Aria's sat in Seto's arms. Joey's face was full of pity. Even Kaiba had a look of concern on his face. Malik ran his hand down Aten's sides.
"He lost weight." Malik lifted Aten's shirt and they saw Aten's ribs expanding as he breathed in. "Dear Ra."
Aten opened his little purple eye and turned his head to look at us. "Daddy? Mom?"
Aria smiled. "Aten is awake!"
He looked at me.
"Daddy Bakura…where's mommy?"
"Mommy is still in the ER. Mommy will be ok, though."
Aten's eye lowered to Seto and Joey. "Unkie Seto? Did you buy me my pony yet?"
Joey covered his face and ran from the room. Seto shook his head. "Umm..I haven't looked for the pony yet, Aten. I want you to pick it out."
"Pony?" Marik asked. "I don't think you want a pony, Aten."
"But I do…I want a pony…you can ride it, too, daddy."
Marik closed his eyes and he almost lost his balance. Marik was shot off of his horse in ancient Egypt. That is how he was killed.
Yugi and Yami walked in. "Whose bright idea was it to call me "Ra-Damned Pathetic Useless Pharaoh"?"
Marik turned to Yami quickly. "Look at Aten, Yami! Why didn't you call and tell us that Aria was taken? We could have protected Aten from Steven and this is all your fault!"
Marik pushed Yami back into the wall. "All this is your fault and you were irresponsible!"
I turned to Yami as well. Seto, Malik, and Yugi watched as Marik and I pinned Yami to the wall. "I could have protected Ryou from his father, Yami!"
Yami struggled against us and I punched him in the face. Malik and Seto pulled me off of Yami.
"Why didn't you call me, pharaoh? Why?"
Yami rubbed his bleeding lip. "Because…you never gave me our cell phone number."
I stepped back. "I never did?"
"No. You never tell me anything. I would have warned you, but you keep everything from me. How can I call you when you keep everything a secret?"
"I keep things from you to protect myself from you, Yami, because I can never trust you."
"And it was your mistrust that caused Aria and Aten and Ryou to disappear. I would have warned you, but you tell me nothing. It is YOUR fault, tomb robber."
I stepped back. He was right. I was the reason. I looked around the room and returned to the waiting room to sit until they called me for Ryou.
It was another hour before they called me to see Ryou. I walked into the room figuring that the rest were busy with Aten.
I opened the door not knowing what I would see.

Next Chappie: Bakura tries to help Ryou…but does it help..or will he do more harm than good?