WARNING: SOME GORE AND MEMORIES OF INCEST…..Aten transfers his nightmares to Serenity.

 

Sweet Misery: Thanks for pointing that out to me. I don’t watch ER, I work from 330-12am now.  But it’s good to know for future reference.

Kat: YEAH, SETO TORTURE!

Marik Ishtar 77: *GLOMPS*

Pain Addiction: Hayden has regressed mentally, he doesn’t have autism, but it looks a lot like that, doesn’t it?

Caterfree:  Technology is good and helpful, but when it is a pain in the ass, it is a ROYAL pain in the ass.

 

[…]=Aten’s memories

//…..//=Yami Aten’s voice in Aten’s mind.

/…/=Aten talking to Yami self

 

My Nightmares I Give To You

 

Joey woke up as the alarm sounded at five in the morning.  He blinked as he looked at the illuminated clock, grumbling.  He reached over with a trembling, weak hand to turn off the alarm.  He rolled over and wrapped his arm around his sleeping lover.

“Gozuboro….stop…stepfather….hurts….”

Joey shook Seto’s arm lightly.  “Love, it’s time to get up.”

“I’ll be good….I’ll be good.  Don’t…touch…Mokuba.”

Joey shook Seto harder.  “Seto.  Wake up, baby!”

Sapphire eyes shot open as he looked around.  It was his bedroom.  He turned his head sharply to see who was cuddled up behind his back.  Seto’s head fell onto the pillows tiredly.  “Sorry, Joey.”

“No, it’s okay.  It’s time to go change Hayden.”

“Again?” Seto asked defeatedly.

The blond nuzzled his cheek against Seto’s back.  “It won’t be for much longer, Seto.”

“I hope you’re right, Joey.”

The couple rolled out of bed.  Joey struggled to stand up, his legs threatening to buckle beneath him.  His sheets were wet with sweat.  He wrung his hands nervously.

“Joey, are you able to handle this?”

“Yes,” he nodded. “I’ll try.”

Seto tied his bathrobe around him and kissed his lover’s cheek.  “I can handle this if you need time to rest.”

Joey shook his head. “No.  I don’t need Hayden trying to do what he did to you last night.  I’m coming to help you.”

“Okay, Joey. But if you can’t handle this, come back to bed, okay?”

Joey smiled. “You worry about me too much.”

Seto kissed his lover on the lips. “Can you blame me?”

“No, I can’t,” Joey said as he hugged Seto.  “Let’s get this done.”

Seto and Joey walked to Hayden’s room and opened his bedroom door.  “Good morning, Hayden…Hayden?”

Seto and Joey gasped.

Empty bed.

“Hayden!  Joey, look under the bed!  I’ll check the bathroom.”

Joey ran to the bed and looked underneath.  “He’s not here!”

Seto ran to the bathroom.  “He’s not here either!”

“Hayden!” Seto and Joey called.

Seto and Joey checked in the closets and ran into the hallway. 

“I’m checking Jaimen’s room, Joey.  You check the Study!”

Seto ran down the hallway, his heart leaping into his chest as he prayed for his son’s safety.

 

Hayden’s POV

Look at them.

Together.

This is so wrong…..

Evil.

Disgusting.

Cruel.

Look at these two…..PEOPLE……

Lovers.

Laying together in a state of hate…..

Their arms wrapped around each other in a hug.  This wasn’t a hug.  This is VIOLENCE!

Hugging….Kissing….

Madness.

That’s what it is.

Insanity.

They smile in their sleep….but what they really want to do is scream and hate.

Does that BOY love that girl in the bed?

That girl….she…looks…like she’s going to have a baby.

That BOY is responsible.  He must be.

It must have been rape.

That is what made her have the baby, I bet.

That’s what happens…….

Don’t worry, girl.  I will take care of your assailant!

I am the Angel of Death.

I will save you from your rapist…..

I will save you all from your pain….

I will save you from a life of torture under this BOY’s abuse, girl….

What can I use?

Screwdriver.

MADNESS!

From my wheelchair, I pick it off of the table.

Here I come, BOY!

Time to give you what you deserve…..Death.

I wheeled my wheelchair over to beside the BOY. 

INSANITY!

LOVE IS HATE! HATE IS LOVE!

Time to die for your crime….

Time to perish into eternal darkness for your sins….

Time for me to administer justice!

I grabbed the screwdriver and raised it above the BOY’s head.

MUST…..KILL!

MUST KILL LOVE!

I will crush your brains! 

Make you bleed like you have made so many others bleed for your enjoyment!

I will watch you die!

DIE!

Bludgeon you to death for the good of all!

Goodbye…..DIE!

I wheeled towards the bed to get a better hit at the back of the BOY’s skull.  The wheelchair creaked and the girl opened her eyes.

NO!  MUST KILL!

She screamed in terror.  “MOKUBA! LOOK OUT!”

I brought the screwdriver within an inch of the man’s skull when the girl grabbed my wrist!

I WILL NOT BE STOPPED!

With my other hand, I grabbed the man’s black hair and shoved his face down into the pillow.  If I can’t stab a screwdriver into his brains, I will smother him instead.

“MOKUBA!  SETO! JOEY!  HELP!”

The man struggled as his air was cut off.

The girl grabbed my other wrist and tried to save her assailant!

Why does she care if I kill him? 

He’s better off dead.  He’s a man.  He’s better off dead.

“HAYDEN!  MOKUBA!” a deep voice cried out from the doorway.

I released my grip on the black hair and felt a pair of strong hands on my wrist.

“Hayden, drop the screwdriver! Now!”

 

Normal POV

Mokuba brought his face off of the pillow, breathing heavily.  Jeanie stroked Mokuba’s hair and held him.

“Mo-by, I was so scared!”

“It’s okay….Jeanie….I’m…*gulp* fine.”

Joey ran into the room and saw Hayden holding a screwdriver above Mokuba’s head.

“Hayden, no!”

The teen dropped he screwdriver.

“Uhh!!! Na!” the boy retaliated against Seto holding onto him.

“Joey, take Hayden into his room! Now!”

The blond immediately obeyed as he wheeled Hayden back to his room.  Seto kneeled by Mokuba’s bedside.

“Little Brother, are you okay? Say something.”

Mokuba’s bottom lip trembled.  He broke away from his girlfriend and wrapped his arms around Seto’s neck. 

“Shhh…..Mokuba, it’s going to be alright now.”

Jeanie rubbed Mokuba’s back.

“Did Hayden hurt you, Jeanie?” Seto asked her.

“No.  I appear to be fine.”

Seto nodded. “Good.  Mokuba, I’ll handle Hayden.  You go back to sleep.”

Mokuba laid back down and his girlfriend held him against her.

The CEO pat Mokuba on the shoulder and returned to Hayden’s room.  Seto helped Joey get Hayden back into his bed with much struggling.  They changed him with even more difficulty. 

“Hayden, we do not kill family members,” Seto said, trying to control his old rage that was boiling in him.  “That was wrong!  Tonight, we will LOCK you in your room.”

Joey raised an eyebrow. “Seto, we can’t--.”

“He tried to kill Mokuba, Joey!  I will not tolerate that type of behavior!”

“My father locked me in my room!” Joey barked at Seto.

Seto crossed his arms sternly. “I am not risking anyone else’s lives over this, Joey!  What if he killed my baby brother?  What if he goes after Jaimen next?  What about Jeanie and her baby?  Do you want to wake up to find a screwdriver lodged in the baby’s skull?”

Joey looked away.

“DO YOU, JOSEPH?”

“NO!”

Seto stamped his foot. “I—MYSELF—am responsible for the safety and welfare of my child and my brother!  Pretty soon there will be a baby on this floor!  I am also responsible for the safety and welfare of the five hundred and six people who work in this building!  This hand signs paychecks for all of them!  I can’t have Hayden wandering the halls attacking my family and my staff!  There is no way in hell I am jeopardizing the safety of the people in this building, Joey.”

“Hayden is our child, too!”

“Hayden just tried to murder, Joey!”

The blond growled. “Hayden just needs more time, Seto.  He won’t do it again!”

Seto narrowed his eyes. “He better not.”

The CEO turned on his heels and left the room angrily.

“Asshole,” Joey muttered under his breath.

********************

Katie entered the room and covered her mouth from what she saw.  Robbie had crawled into Aten’s hospital bed.  Much to her surprise, Robbie was not laying on any of Aten’s many IV’s. 

Aten was facing the window and Robbie was spooned against Aten’s back.  The word ‘MINE’ was visible on Aten’s left side of his back.  Katie approached the bed to check the IV’s and make sure Robbie was not laying on anything.

She walked to Aten’s side and checked his medicine bag.  Katie lifted Aten’s arm in his sleep and removed the needle.  Quietly, she applied a new needle to the bag and slipped the IV under Aten’s skin. 

Katie looked up and saw Robbie wide awake looking up at her.  “Robbie?  What are you doing in Aten’s bed?”

Robbie wrapped his arm around to Aten’s skinny belly. “I don’t want to leave him.”

“Honey, you have to go home today.”

“But Aten can’t come home….I can’t go home without him.”

Katie put her hand on Aten’s white and blond hair.  A congested breath left the sleeping boy.

“Robbie, Aten cannot come home yet.  He has to stay here.  He needs these antibiotics and they can only be administered here.”

Robbie blinked as a single tear came down his face. “I can’t….I love him.”

Katie looked down at Aten, the Egyptian boy’s fingers twitched in his sleep.  Aten’s body gave a twitch.  “Robbie, Aten is better here.  If Aten goes home, he could get even more sick.”

“Could he die?”

Aten’s eye twitched in his sleep and he gave a little whimper.

“Yes, he could, Robbie.”

Robbie looked down at his sleeping friend.  He didn’t want him to die, but he didn’t want to leave him, either.  Robbie shifted closer to Aten.  “Do you promise to take care of Aten for me?”

Katie smiled. “I’ve been his nurse for years, Robbie.  I’ve always taken care of him.”

Robbie raised an eyebrow. “Do you double-secret-mega promise?”

The woman laughed. “Yes, Robbie, I double-secret-mega promise to take care of Aten for you.”

 Robbie sighed and buried his cheek in Aten’s hair.  “As long as you double-secret-mega promise.  It’s okay.”

“Aten is in good hands here, Robbie. And you are welcome to come in anytime.  Now…what do you want for breakfast?”

“Got any pancakes?”

Katie wrote his order. “I’ll see if we have pancakes.”  She nudged Aten lightly.  “Aten, honey?  Wake up.”

Aten’s purple eye opened first.  “Is sā’a kaam?  I was dreaming…..” (What time is it?)

“Sorry, Aten, but I need to know what you want for breakfast.”

Aten yawned. “Ana ‘aayiz bayd wi ‘ayza ‘aseerburtu’an wi zabaadi.” (I would like eggs and orange juice and yogurt.)

Katie blinked.  “Umm…maybe this will help, Aten.” Katie pointed to the menu with pictures. “Point to what you want to eat.”

Aten raised his arm unsteadily and pointed at what he wanted to eat.

“Shukran,” Aten said with another yawn.

“You’re welcome, Aten. You wake up and I’ll put your breakfast in, boys.”

Aten nodded quietly. Katie left the two boys so close you couldn’t stick a piece of paper between them. Aten shifted back into Robbie with a smile and a sigh.

“Morning, Aten. How do you feel? Your chest all better yet?”

Aten shook his head and coughed.  “Not there yet, Robbie. Give me a few more weeks.  Then we can play shoulder men.”

Robbie laughed. “Aten, you silly!  It’s ‘soldier’ men. Not shoulder!”

The Egyptian boy laughed. “I know, but it sounds like ‘shoulder,’ but its spelling is different  ‘Shoulder’ is spelled ‘S-h-o-l-d-i-r.’  ‘Soldier’ is spelled ‘S-o-l-e-j-e-r.”

“Aten, ‘soldier’ is spelled ‘s-o-l-d-i-e-r.’  ‘Shoulder’ is ‘s-h-o-u-l-d-e-r.’”

Aten turned his head. “I didn’t hear you complain about my dyslexia since hat ‘Get off OF me’ incident.”

Robbie shook his head. “How can I forget?!  I said, ‘Get off OF me…not ‘Get off ON me!’”

Robbie and Aten laughed.

“I rest my case,” Aten said with a grin.  “Admit it, Robbie, you enjoyed it.”

Robbie blushed, shifting his hips a little further back.  Aten couldn’t know he enjoyed being pressed to him, only a thin piece of material coming between them.

“Did you enjoy it?”

Aten shifted his eyes. ‘Uh-oh…Quick, Ishtar…say something! Anything!’

Aten faced ahead of him. ‘If only you knew how I felt, Robbie…if only.’

“I always enjoy the time we spend together, Robbie.”

Robbie smiled as he nuzzled Aten’s hair with his cheek. 

“Robbie, can you hold my IV lines up while I turn and face you?”

Robbie held the tubes and lines up so Aten turned to face him.  Aten winced as he laid on his back.

“Does it hurt?”

Aten closed his eyes and laid on his back, panting from lack of oxygen.  The simple motion of turning around had exhausted him.

Robbie put his hand on Aten’s chest.  The skin rippled with the congestion. The Egyptian’s eyes fluttered with exhaustion, his body trying to fight the infection surrounding and festering in his heart.

Robbie leaned over and put his head on Aten’s shoulder. “Don’t leave me, Aten.”

‘I never will, Robbie.’

“You’re all I have.”

‘Youre all that I want.’

Aten opened up his eyes and gave Robbie a smile.  “Don’t talk that way, Robbie. I won’t leave you. Trust me.”

Robbie looked up at Aten. “Promise?”

The Egyptian smiled. “I promise I will never leave you.”

Robbie leaned over and kissed Aten. The Egyptian reached up and took Robbie’s face in his hands. Aten’s hands slid down to Robbie’s chest.

The pair of white hands rested on Aten’s arms and slid over, running delicate fingers over Aten’s side.  Robbie touched Aten’s hip and shifted closer to the body beside him. Robbie moved his kisses down Aten’s neck, avoiding any of the IV sites.

Dr. Zira and Katie walked in and quietly walked out before they could be noticed.

Katie blinked. “Did we…just see what I thought we saw?”

Zira sighed. “Marik’s fruit didn’t fall far from HIS tree, that’s for certain.  We’ll give them a few more minutes to…umm…finish.”

Robbie’s hand reached around Aten and rubbed the smooth soft skin that covered the right side of Aten’s back.  The skin was flawless.

Robbie and Aten moaned into the kiss as Aten’s hand roamed down Robbie’s side.  Aten’s dark hand rested on Robbie’s hip.  Aten gripped the skin lightly.

Aten pulled back from the kiss nearly breathless.  “Sorry, Robbie.”

“No…don’t be. I like….to touch you, Aten.”

Aten blinked and buried his face in Robbie’s chest.  ‘If only I wasn’t so scared everytime you do.’

“I like to touch you, too, Robbie. I’m glad that you can do that. It makes me feel…special.”

Robbie smiled. “If anyone says you are not special, Aten, you tell me where they are so I can kick them in the teeth!”

Zira entered the room with Katie.  “There will be no teeth-kicking, Mr. Morgan.   Time for your breakfast, boys.”

“Get to your bed, Robbie,” Katie instructed.

Robbie sighed. “Too comfy.”

Aten giggled. “Robbie, we have to eat.”

“Alright,” Robbie pouted as he slid out of bed.

Robbie’s hospital gown caught on the bed as he slid off.  Robbie walked away and heard a rip.

He looked down and found himself naked….with an obvious erection from laying with Aten.

“Oh no!” Robbie gasped as he put his hands in front of himself to hide his arousal.  Robbie blushed a deep red as Aten sat up to look at him.

Aten crossed his legs as his body reacted to seeing Robbie unclothed.  Aten’s eyes scanned Robbie’s body.  Robbie was thin, but still no where as skinny as himself.  The white boy’s legs were strong and were becoming muscular like his father.  Robbie’s belly slightly protruded.  He had only gained that in the past year when Robbie started eating more than he had in the past.  Robbie’s back was sculpted and his hips had widened a little.  The boy was also acquiring a more broadened chest.  Robbie’s backside was turned toward him and Aten found himself wiping his chin free of some drool.  Robbie was perfect.  Everything about him was perfect.

“Umm…can…can I have some clothes??? Umm…I can’t be naked…in front of…a girl.”

Katie ran to get Robbie a new hospital robe.  The boy his behind the bed, holding himself in his hand.  “Here you go, Robert.”

Blushing, the boy reached out for the robe with his free hand. “Thank you….”

Aten watched Robbie dress as he began eating his breakfast.  He shifted uncomfortably on the bed, his body becoming aroused as Aten thought about Robbie.

He imagined laying on top of Robbie, kissing him on his chest, his stomach…and his lips.

His mind wandered to how good Robbie would feel.

He knew how men made love.  How would Robbie feel if they were to make love together?

Aten gave a little whimper from his bed.  Robbie hopped onto his bed.

“You okay, Aten?”

Aten’s eyes widened as he felt something wet slip onto the sheets.  He lifted the sheets and he bit his lip. White stuff…..The stuff that I saw in the cabin….“Uh-oh.”  Aten shifted his eyes uncomfortably and blushed.

“Aten, you okay?” Zira asked.

Aten lowered his head.  “Umm…I….Yeah, I’m fine.”

Zira put his hand on Aten’s forehead. “You sure? You look feverish.”

“Yeah.  Sure. I’m fine.”

Zira raised an eyebrow.  “Okay.  Eat your breakfast, Aten.”

Zira and Katie left.

Aten breathed a sigh of relief as his Dr. Zira left, unaware of what had happened beneath the sheets.

Robbie and Aten ate their breakfast together.  After they were done, Robbie crawled back into bed with Aten until his mother and father came to pick him up.

 

Dr. Zira entered with Miranda and Daniel.  Miranda looked at the two boys in the bed, knowing it would be difficult to separate them.

“Come on, Robbie, it’s time to go,” Daniel said.

Robbie looked up at his father with large, chibi eyes. “Can’t I stay?  Just another day or so?  Aten should be perfect in another day!  I know it!”

Aten sighed. “Robbie, you should go home.  I’ll be fine. Dr. Zira will take care of me.”

Robbie pulled Aten against him and buried his face in his neck.  “Aten…I can’t leave you…”

The Egyptian laughed. “Robbie, I’ll be fine. This isn’t the first time I’ve been in the hospital for a really, really long time.  Remember when I got my pacemaker put in?  I was in here for a little bit.”

Miranda walked to the side of the bed and put her hand on Robbie’s shoulder. “Robbie, come on, son.  We have to go.”

“Robbie, I’ll be fine here.  Remember you were telling me how much you missed your mommy’s pan-tates? And waffles?  You don’t want another morning of the oatmeal here.  I know you don’t like oatmeal at all.”

Robbie shook his head. “It looks like puke.”

Aten wrinkled his nose. “Well, I guess I won’t be able to eat the oatmeal here anymore.  All I’ll be thinking about is how it ‘looks like puke.’  It’s not bad.  Elkview Hospital has the worst oatmeal I’ve ever had in a hospital.  The oatmeal here is better than anywhere I’ve had it.”

“Do you really want me to leave?”

Aten sighed. “My sister brought over my paints and my tablet, Robbie. I want you to go home and relax.  Your mom and dad miss you.  Your daddy is hardly home.”

“Come on, little soldier. It’s time to go home.”

Robbie was careful as he slid off the bed.  It was bad enough being naked in front of the nurse. 

Daniel gave Robbie his bag. “Here’s your clothes,” he said as he pulled the curtain over to allow his son some privacy while dressing.

“How do you feel today, Aten?” Miranda asked.

“Feeling a little…” Aten yawned. “Tired today, mom.  I think I’m going to do some painting today and sleep.”

Aten had called Miranda ‘mom’ as a term of endearment.  He had been doing that for years.

Robbie dressed and went to Aten.  “Get better really quickly, Aten, so we can play together again.”

“I will, Robbie.”

Daniel watched as Robbie and Aten gave each other a quick kiss on the lips.  Miranda took Robbie’s hand.

“Let’s go, Robbie.”

“Aten!!!” Robbie sobbed as his mother lead him away.

Aten waved goodbye with a sigh. 

 

Aten’s POV

This room is so…empty without Robbie. I picked up my pencil and started to sketch my new picture.  During the night, I sometimes opened my eyes to watch Robbie sleep.

He’s so funny when he sleeps sometimes.  His mouth hangs open and you can see him drool in his sleep It’s hilarious!

Well, Robbie is going to be celebrating Christmas in a few months, so I had better be painting him a present.  He loves my paintings. Every year I give him a painting, even if I only have time for a small one.

This year’s painting will have to be small. I don’t have the time or the energy to do a big one.  There isn’t even enough time for me to submit my artwork for the Domino Museum Art Extibishion! 

That’s a shame. I really wanted to send in my artwork for that. They always have people there who have what Daddy Bakura calls ‘fat pockets.’  How can pockets be fat?  The people who go there are rich, though.  One man always comes from the Cairo Art Museum and boys one of my paintings.

He calls me…a…what is that word?....a protesty.

Well, there’s always next extibishion around my birthday.  The art people look at me and smile.

‘It’s your birthday?  I’ll take that painting over there!  Happy Birthday to you, Chibi Picasso.’

Chibi Picasso….that’s what they always call me.  I’m not as good as Picasso.  I like Monet. My work isn’t even in Picasso’s style!

They buy me sugar-free candy and pay my father for my paintings. I have my own bank account just for my paintings!

Can you believe it?

I’m a big boy now, that’s why!

I think I’ll draw Robbie sleeping. I won’t put the drool in, though.

Don’t tell Robbie I said that he drools in his sleep!  I don’t want him to stop doing it! 

I sighed and finished my sketch.

“So, I heard you were here! I had to come see for myself!”

I lifted my head. Aunt Serenity?

“What?”

She entered the room with a smirk.  “So, what are you here for?”

“Why do you care?”

“You don’t want my consolation?  I should have known….you are a freak like your father!”

………….

She laughed. “I should have known you’d end up here!  Keep fucking your boyfriend and you’ll die here! Good riddance!”

………….

I felt something inside me tighten. I felt….rage.

Hatred.

Fury.

Helplessness.

//Let me stand up for you. Right now…you are too weak to defend yourself.//

 

Normal POV

Serenity saw Aten’s head lower.  “I should have known you’d end up to be just like another freak like your father!  You Ishtars are no better than the Kaiba Family!

Serenity saw the boy’s hair spike, lightening bolts forming in the white and blond hair.  Aten raised his eyes and his eyes had turned completely pitch black.

She stepped back as he heard a low, menacing laugh come from the boy. “What…what is going on?”

The yami boy grabbed his IV lines and tore them from his arm.  He jumped off of the bed and looked up at the half-trembling girl.  “You fear me….don’t you?”

Aten’s nails sharpened and grew.  His canines sharpened and protruded from his lips. 

“You….you can go yami!” Serenity said, backing up.

Aten advanced on her, making her back out of the room.  “You foolish….foolish girl…..mocking me.  You have no idea of the fury which you have awakened within me.”

Serenity and Aten entered the hallway. The nurses and doctors stopped when they saw Aten walking and backing Serenity into the wall. 

“Aten!  What are you doing out of bed?” Katie asked as she ran up to the chibi.  She took a look in Aten’s eyes and saw them black.  “Aten?”

Yami Aten narrowed his eyes at Katie.  “Back away. This does not concern you, woman.”

Katie backed away and ran down the hall screaming for Zira.

Two nurses approached Aten.

“Mr. Ishtar, you have to get back to bed!” one nurse exclaimed.

“Aten, you’re not ready to be out of bed,” the other said.

Yami Aten turned to the man and woman and let out a screech.  “STAY AWAY FROM ME!” Aten swiped his claws when the woman tried to reach for him.  “Do not touch!”

Serenity looked towards the elevator.  She inched towards it.

Yami Aten growled. “You stay here!”

The Egyptian spread his arms and clenched his fists.  Serenity’s arms were spread and she was pinned against the wall by an unseen force. 

“You call me a freak?  That may be.  But, I know that you are the child of a no-good, rotten, abusive father!  I doubt that Uncle Joey told you the truth of what your father was…..and what he had to go through living with him.”

Aten took his hospital gown and tore it in half, leaving him naked in the hallway.  He crossed his arms in front of him and turned around.

“I bear these marks on my back as a testament to hatred.  I know first-hand…..the sting of abuse…..and how the effects never die.”

Dr. Zira and Katie pushed through the crowd. “Aten?!  Aten, what are you doing out of bed?” Zira asked.  “Why did you tear your gown off?  You’re going to get sick!”

Yami Aten growled at Zira.  “BACK! GET BACK!”

Zira tried to move his feet.  “I can’t move my legs!”

“I also know, Aunt Serenity, that you never had to live with what Uncle Joey and I had to endure.  Let me show you how it feels….to be plagued….by endless nightmares…..”

Aten turned to Serenity and spread his arms.  He lowered his arms together, allowing Serenity to come down to his level. 

“I am going to show you everything that I had to endure….then maybe you will understand what Uncle Joey and I lived through….”

The naked Egyptian yami-child put his hands on Serenity’s forehead.

Images flashed in front of Serenity….

[Serenity looked up and saw a middle-aged man looking down at her. ‘Okay, grandson, open up for granddaddy!’ Serenity screamed as she felt a hot, throbbing pain invade and spread throughout her body.]

[‘Don’t tell your mommy we did this, Aten…..if he found out, he’ll spank you hard.’ Serenity looked up at the man as she felt the man slip something small into her.]

[Serenity looked down at a concrete block.  She could feel herself on her knees and felt hands hold her head down.  The familiar pain spread through her body again. ‘My grandson is so hot and sexy….just like his mommy.’  Serenity felt a pair of hands on her hair, pulling her head up.  She looked up and saw Malik standing there.  ‘Mind if I join in?’] (**Note!: Malik was under Aku’s possession at this point in Hostile Takeover. It wasn’t Malik, but Aku who did this to Aten.)

[Serenity felt herself laying on the same concrete block.  The same middle-aged man hovered over her, growling. ‘Stop fighting, you little brat!’  Serenity’s head whipped violently to the side as a harsh slap was dealt across her face and something was slammed into her body again.]

“And most recently,” Aten added.

[Serenity looked up and saw Yami standing up.  She felt herself on her knees.  ‘You have no choice, Aten,’ the pharaoh said looking down at her.  She felt something gag her quickly.]

Serenity let out a scream. “STOP! NO MORE!”

Aten released his grip on Serenity. “You will no longer have a peaceful night’s sleep!  Every dream you have for the rest of your life will be a nightmare!  You will dream my nightmares and will live with them…just as I have lived with them for ten years.  You called me a freak?”

Aten’s hair spiked and twitched. “GIRL, YOU DON’T KNOW FREAK UNTIL YOU’VE MET ME!”

Yami Aten pounced on her and snarled.  The nurses tried to interfere, but Aten turned his head and growled. 

Yami Aten took his canines and sunk them deep into her cheeks.  Blood seeped from the wound.  Like a vicious dog, Aten thrashed his head as he bit into the flesh, ripping some of it off.  Blood poured from her cheeks as Aten chewed on what he bit off of her cheek. 

“My scars may be hidden, but you will forever show this mark as a reminder…..Don’t FUCK with me and the Ishtar name!  Because you are talking to the Angel of Vengeance…..the Destructor of Light.  I am the true Dark side of this boy…..Yami Aten…..Yami of Vengeance.  I am Pure Hate. I am the Lost Innocence of this boy.  And I am…your worst nightmare realized!”

Yami Aten watched her start to cry from the pain.  “I cannot count the tears I’ve cried for my lost innocence!  All you cry for is some lost flesh!  That will grow back, you foolish girl!  My innocence will never return.”

Yami Aten released Serenity and stepped back.  “Now….you have seen the truth behind it all.  Now, hopefully you will be a little wiser than you were when you walked into my hospital room.  Maybe now….you….will….be a little more…” Yami Aten wavered on his feet.  “Considerate.”

The naked yami wavered on his feet, suddenly unable to balance himself.  Yami Aten took a step and was losing his balance.

In a moment’s time, Aten had fallen to the ground, his body still.

Zira moved and ran to the fallen boy.  He put his fingers to Aten’s neck.

“Get a defibrillator here, stat!”

Zira and Katie picked Aten up and carried him into his bed.  They laid the bed down flat.

Zira pressed his ear to Aten’s chest.

No heartbeat.

“Shit! Cardiac arrest! ATEN!  COME ON, PEOPLE!”

Zira put his stethoscope to Aten’s chest.  “Come on, Aten…don’t you die on me!”

Zira tilted Aten’s head back and checked his airway.  He breathed into Aten’s mouth and pressed on Aten’s chest to start the heart beat.

The Egyptian boy laid still on the bed. 

“Get the defibrillators ready!”

Zira put the paddles on Aten’s chest. “CLEAR!”

The electrical current spread through the Egyptian’s body, making the limp body spasm.

Zira placed the stethoscope to Aten’s chest. “Nothing! Again!  CLEAR!”

The current spread through Aten again. 

Zira put his stethoscope to Aten’s chest. He heard a slight bump.  The heart slowly began beating on its own again.

The doctor let out a sigh of relief. “He’s back.  Get another robe for him, Katie, and cover him up.

 

Aten’s POV

What just happened?

I feel…….tired.

//I took care of it….just like I always do.//

/What happened?/

//Your bitch of an Aunt came in to call you a freak./

/……………/

It’s not my fault, is it?  I cannot help what happened to me.  I cannot help that I love Robbie.

It’s ridiculous to rely on the praise of others.

It’s foolish to depend on others for your self esteem.

If it’s foolish and ridiculous…why do we do it?

I want to go home….

I want to forget….

Why did it happen again?

Why did Yami do that to me?

It happened again…..

Is that my worth?

To be used for other people?

Well, I will be nobody’s puppet anymore.

I’m going to be quiet.

I’m not going to say anything.

//You cannot hide yourself from the world.//

I can.

I’ll protect myself by just staying quiet.

I will no longer speak.

 

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Jeanie laid on her back on the examining table.  Dr. Peters walked in.

“Hello, Ms. Hessinger.  How are you?”

“Little sore today, but that’s the way it’s been.”

Dr. Peters put his examining gloves on.  “Well, we should be able to see the fetus by now.  Let’s take a look.”

Dr. Peters smeared the goo on her stomach and put the scope on her stomach.

The doctor smiled. “There’s an arm….there’s the baby’s leg….and…what’s this?”

Jeanie turned to look at the screen.  Her mouth dropped in shock.

“Oh my god……”

 

 

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