Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Trapped Without Sight ❯ Enemies Join Forces ( Chapter 5 )

Chapter: 5 Enemies Join Forces   Psygore – one of Keith’s Cronies   Seto finally realized that he’d need help to get Skyla from the pharaoh, so he decided to free Bakura and Ishtar from the dungeon and also to bring in another friend of his named Keith to help him to get her back into his possession. First, he sent Keith to grab her when she was alone and bring her to his chambers. Then he told Bakura and Ishtar to work up some other trouble to get the pharaoh distracted from protecting Skyla. Keith struck when Skyla was walking down the hall by herself to get to the throne room.   ‘This is so perfect, I don’t have to lure her into the throne room at all if she’s already there when I grab her.’ Keith thought.   Skyla entered the throne room and was grabbed from behind before her captor covered her mouth to prevent her from calling for help. What he covered her mouth with though was a chemical that he found in the healer’s quarters (after he knocked Yugi unconscious) that put people to sleep. Skyla struggled against him to free herself from his grasp but fell unconscious before she could do anything to escape.   “The high priest would like to see you.” Keith whispered in her ear as he carried her to Seto’s chambers.   Skyla came to noticing that her wrists chained to the wall and looked around to see Seto, Bakura, Ishtar, and another guy she didn’t recognize. She also remembered that they didn’t know she had her vision back, so she acted like she didn’t know where she was.   “Where am I; who’s there?!” she demanded. “You should recognize my voice” Seto said. “You! Why don’t you get over yourself?! I know that there are more people here besides you, who did you get to be your attack dogs Seto?!” She asked sarcastically, awaiting a blow that would most likely come from her comment.   Seto raised his foot to kick her in the side when she looked at him defiantly and sent him into the wall.             &n bsp; “This is impossible! You can see?!” Seto stated shocked.             “That’s right, knock up one point for bozo number one!” Skyla said sarcastically.              “Great, that means she can see my beautiful face.” Bakura said.             “If that’s what you call beautiful, I’d hate to see what you think is ugly.” Skyla retorted.             ; “I see she’s still as feisty as ever.” Ishtar commented. “Gee what planet have you been on Blondie; I’ve always been feisty, and always will be!” Skyla yelled. “You’ll pay for that!” Ishtar said bringing down his millennium rod, hitting her in the gut.   Skyla slouched over in pain before looking at him angrily and throwing him into the wall. Seto was recovered by then and walked over and slapped her across the face harshly.              ;  “You will be silent in the presence of a royal!” he commanded.           &nbs p; “The only royal I’ll ever be silent for is master Yami!” She said defiantly.           &nbs p; “How bout you guys leave and I’ll take care of her.” Bakura suggested. “I’m sure you will, I know you like her Bakura and I don’t trust you alone with her for one minute.” Seto said. “She is going to serve me and that’s that.” Seto continued while looking into Skyla’s defiant eyes. “I’d rather die than serve you, you royal pig!!” Skyla said angrily. “I would do the honors if Yami didn’t hold you as his prize; but I want to see his face when he finds out that I was able to break you and that you won’t look him in the face.” Seto said, smiling cruelly.   And with that, Seto dismissed the other three men in his chambers and brought out a whip to try and break her. As he whipped her, her screams got louder and more agonizing. Back in Yami’s room, Yami was pacing back and forth wondering where Skyla was and why she hadn’t returned to his chamber yet. Bakura and Ishtar knew what Seto was doing was wrong but they were afraid that if they told the pharaoh, he’d just throw them into the dungeon all over again. Bakura and Ishtar however did want to learn more about Ryou and Malik so they made up a scheme to kidnap them and pull a learning session. They struck when Ryou and Malik were doing their daily chores. Bakura captured Ryou when he went down to the kitchens to cook for him; Ishtar captured Malik when he was patrolling the dungeons. Bakura and Ishtar found an empty chamber earlier that day and they brought their two captives there to talk with them.   “I said, let go of me!” Malik said just before he was dropped on the ground. “What’s this all about?” Ryou asked as he was set down gentler on the bed. “We want to get to know you; you look so much like us that we decided to hold a ‘getting to know you’ session.” Ishtar answered. “You expect us to trust you?!” Malik asked incredulously. “Not really, but we do want to show you that we don’t intend to hurt you.” Bakura answered. “You held me up by the throat against the wall when I served your meals!” Ryou yelled. “I was in the dungeon, what did you expect!” Bakura yelled back. “Oh yeah, you’d be the perfect married couple.” Malik said sarcastically hearing snickers from Ishtar. “You wanted to kill me if I remember correctly!” Malik yelled at Ishtar. “I didn’t know how I was supposed to react around someone who looked exactly like me that just happened to be a telekinetic.” Ishtar explained.   This exchange went on for a couple of hours before they finally started to get along. Meanwhile, Yami was going ballistic; three of his slaves had disappeared.   “None of their collars have even been activated; the only way for that to happen would be if they were removed.” Yami stated.   In Seto’s room, he had finally broken Skyla to the point where she was too afraid to oppose him; not to mention, she had lost consciousness.   “Heh, finally, I broke you; tomorrow Yami will find out what happened to you in a way he will never forget.” Seto said before cleaning up and going to bed.   The next day came, and Ryou and Malik went back to Yami’s chamber with Ishtar and Bakura to explain that they had come to no harm and that Bakura and Ishtar actually did have hearts. They were also going to ask if Bakura and Ishtar could become guards instead of being thrown back into the dungeon. After two hours of making deals and testing loyalty Yami finally agreed to let them become guards. That’s when Bakura decided to tell Yami where Skyla had disappeared to.   “My pharaoh, I know where Skyla is; Seto finally got her due to bringing a man named Keith in to catch her for him. He was planning to break her to have her serve him; he replaced her collar so that the other one couldn’t protect her and she couldn’t call on her monster.” Bakura explained. “How long have you known this?!” Yami asked angrily. “Since last night, but I was afraid that if I came forward, you’d just throw me in the dungeon again.” Bakura explained. “Well, now that you have come forward, I’ll go rescue her.” Yami stated. “I’m afraid it’s too late for that pharaoh.” Seto said while leaning on Yami’s doorframe. “What are you doing here you demon?!” Yami asked seething. “Not much, just showing you that Skyla can be broken under the right circumstances.” Seto answered nonchalantly while pulling hard on a rope that was attached to the collar that Skyla wore.   Skyla was pulled harshly to Seto and what Yami saw horrified him. Skyla had several scars from a whip coming down on her arms, legs and Yami guessed that her back was in severe condition as well. What hurt Yami most though, was the fact that Skyla wouldn’t even look him in the face. Seto put his arm around her and pulled her towards him as he turned away and headed back to his chambers. Yami saw a single tear slide down Skyla’s cheek as they headed down the hall. Yami was in a rage, he quietly stepped out in the hall in time to see Seto push Skyla harshly to the ground and it was at that point that he snapped and mind crushed Seto right there.   “Bakura, Ishtar, get that body out of my sight!” Yami commanded.   Yami walked over to Skyla who didn’t even move to get up and put a hand on her shoulder. Skyla pulled away almost immediately and turned her eyes to the floor letting tears flow down her cheeks. Yami noticed that her eyes were also dull instead of the bright eyes he was used to.   “Skyla, I’m not going to hurt you; you know that I would never hurt you.” Yami said gently.   Skyla turned her head towards him, keeping her eyes to the floor and thought about it, realizing that he never laid a finger on her when she was in his chamber and that he really cared for her. Skyla looked at Yami for a few minutes before throwing herself into his arms and breaking down crying. Yami was shocked at first before he started to comfort her saying,   “Shhh, it’s alright, he’ll never hurt you again.” ‘Rojo, could you come out please, Skyla needs some comfort and security and I think that you can help her to feel better.’ Yami requested mentally.   Rojo came out of the shadow realm in front of Yami and Skyla. In seeing Skyla’s condition, he knelt down next to her and put a hand on her shoulder, causing her to look up at him.             &nb sp; “Rojo? Rojo!!” Skyla said in disbelief before being pulled into a hug by him. “It’s alright master, it’s alright. Shhh, you’ll never be hurt again; as long as you call out to me for help.” Rojo comforted her.   When they heard no more sniffles from Skyla they looked down to find that she had fallen asleep. Yami walked into Seto’s room and retrieved the collar that Skyla had when she was with him before returning to his chamber and removing Seto’s collar from her neck. Yami then replaced his collar on her neck and had Yugi look over her wounds that were still open in places, especially on her back, and had him heal her. When Skyla awoke, she noticed that the scars from the whip had vanished and her back was no longer sore. She sat up and tried to stand when she started to fall over; she would’ve hit the ground if Bakura hadn’t caught her.   “Careful there, you shouldn’t try moving yet, you’re still very weak.” He said.   Seeing who was holding her, she pushed away from him landing on the bed.   “Skyla, don’t worry, Bakura and Ishtar are Yami’s new guards. If they hadn’t told Yami what happened, he would’ve never thought that Seto got a hold of you.” Ryou said from his corner in the room. “Really?” She asked, unsure. “Really, they mean no harm. They had to kidnap Malik and me to show it, but they mean no harm.” Ryou answered.   At that point, Yami walked in with some food, Yugi following close behind. He walked over to the bed and asked,             & nbsp; “Skyla, are you hungry? Would you like something to eat?”           &nb sp; “Please, that bastard high priest didn’t feed me.” Skyla answered.             ; “You’re getting your spunk back I see.” Yami said smiling.   When Yami sat on the bed, Skyla leaned over and hugged him tightly. (Luckily he placed the food on a night stand).   “Yami, I’m so sorry I’m such a burden. You had to save me so many times that I’m beginning to think that I’m nothing but trouble to you.” Skyla said sadly. “You’re not a burden; I love you too much for you to be a burden.” Yami said. “You love me?!!” Skyla asked surprised. “Uh… I mean… well…” Yami stuttered. “You’re special to me; yeah, that’s it.” Yami tried to cover up turning beet red. “Well, I… love you to… Yami.” Skyla said, a faint blush appearing on her cheeks as she looked down at the bed sheets.   The room was soon filled with the teasing of the other slaves and the guards that were in the room. Skyla chose that time to grab the tray of food and eat. Yami looked at her and saw that she ate quickly showing that she obviously was starving.   “Glad to see you like the food.” Yami said with a big grin. “It’s amazing how much you can eat when you’re starving.” Skyla replied back sarcastically after swallowing a mouthful of food being half way through the meal.   She finished her meal and thanked Yami for it, before thanking Yugi for healing her, and then she asked to walk around the palace with everyone that was in the room and to get Joey and Tristan in on the action. Yami approved since she wanted to walk with everyone and not by herself. The day continued on at a normal pace and everyone was able to go about their usual routines, but Skyla still did have her fear of men that she didn’t know. A peasant came into the palace to talk to Yami and Skyla backed into the wall when he looked at her for she knew for a fact, that the man was the one that grabbed her when she was in the throne room by herself. Yami was confused at her actions because she didn’t act that scared when he met with all the other peasants that day. His confusion finally annoyed him enough for him to get up and walk over to her to find out what the problem was.   “Skyla, what’s the matter?” he whispered in her ear. “That man is the one that grabbed me and brought me to Seto’s chambers, I’m sure of it.” She answered. “What do you mean you’re sure of it?” Yami asked. “He knocked me out with something he stole from the healer’s quarters.” “That’s why Yugi was unconscious when I went to check on him.” “Yes… that must be it. Anyway, are you going to kill that man or not?” Skyla asked impatiently. “I want to question him on it first.” “He’ll just lie to you; just kill him and get it over with.” Skyla said, earning a glare from Yami. “I’m the pharaoh, and I’ll do it my way.” He said to her before walking over to question the man. “‘I’m the pharaoh, and I’ll do it my way.’” Skyla mocked as she slid down the wall and began to pout.   The next thing Skyla saw was Bakura and Ishtar dragging Keith off to the dungeons while he struggled against them.             &n bsp; “I will get you for this wench! You can count on it!!” Keith yelled at Skyla.             “I’d like to see you try!” She retorted. “Oh, don’t worry, you will!” he said with a smirk before he was hauled down the stairs and into the dungeon.   Unfortunately, Keith did manage to get out of the guards’ grasp and knocked them out in the process; fortunately, Malik was on duty and he used telekinesis to throw Keith into a wall and knock him out before locking him into a cell of his own. For the next few months, life in the palace continued as usual and Keith had yet to come up with a plan to escape from the dungeon.     NOTE: Sorry it took forever, but I just got over spring break so I was able to work on this, and a couple of other stories.   Seto: You had to make me the bad guy and kill me didn’t you? WB Chan: It was either that or not giving you a part at all. Ishtar: He’s not the only one you made evil! WB Chan: I fail to see the problem. Bakura: The problem is, you made me and Ishtar saps! WB Chan: I still don’t see the problem; you’re a lot cuter when you’re good. Ishtar: Says you. WB Chan: Do I have to make you do something stupid to where Yami kills you two off?!! Bakura & Ishtar: No, No that’s quite alright; we can deal. WB Chan: Good boys, now go fetch your lights. Bakura & Ishtar: We’re not dogs!! WB Chan: I can fix that problem; make you able to shape-shift. Bakura & Ishtar: Hell No!! WB Chan: Fine, but if you don’t behave I just might make you able to turn into animals and you won’t be the only ones. Yami: Bakura and Ishtar, you are not going to make the decision for all of us! Bakura & Ishtar: Okay, okay, we’ll stop complaining. Yami: I love being pharaoh. WB Chan: That’s all fine and dandy but we are moving on to the next chapter now. Bakura & Ishtar: Yes almighty authoress.