Monster

Kidnapped

Bakura hated how he scared his Angel. Ryou was so little, so pure and innocent, he didn't deserve what was happening to him. Not at all. Bakura had cried for about an hour, Ryou was terrified of him! He seemed way too innocent to know about Shadows yet, and he didn't seem to have any real family. Otherwise wouldn't somebody have reported him missing the day he was gone? Bakura was just calming down finally, when a Shadow started whispering to him. "Go redeem yourself by hurting the boy. You better do it right." The Shadow disappeared. Bakura pulled on his hair wanting to scream. In fact, he did. Hadn't his Angel gone through enough today? He decided to take matters into his own hands. He charged inside Ryou's room slamming the door open. Ryou whimpered too hurt to do anything. Bakura ripped drawers out of the desk finally finding a key. He bent down near Ryou and unlocked the shackle. Ryou looked at him with confusion. Bakura lifted him up running down the stairs. He grabbed two bags and didn't stop until he was far away from the city in the forest. He set Ryou down and took some things out of his bag. It was a large duffel bag and he pulled out a tent pitching it with little effort.

It was dark now, and Bakura had just finished the fire. He grabbed the other bag pulling out some freeze dried neapolitan ice cream and some others. From the first bag he grabbed two blankets, draping one over Ryou. Bakura sat next to him handing Ryou one of the neapolitan ice creams. Ryou silently ate it glancing at Bakura from time to time too afraid to run away. Bakura couldn't handle the silence any longer. "I'm sorry. For everything I've done." He said. Ryou was confused. Bakura really just apologized? Tears welled up in Bakura's eyes. "I-i didn't want to do it. I promise you that. But the Shadows, they made me! I know you don't know of them. So I will tell you about them. Shadows are living beings who feed off of fear. They hide in the darkness and they are strong. They are like ghosts, they can whisper in your ear and possess you. Every time they made me hurt you, they wanted you to scream. They feed off of your fear. I'm so sorry." Bakura said.

Ryou just nodded his head. He felt so relieved. So Bakura really did like him, and they did have a connection when they first laid eyes on each other! "Ryou, I-I like you. And I don't just mean like you, I mean... I-i love you..." Bakura said looking away. Ryou blushed and smiled. Bakura knew then that Ryou liked him too. They decided to go to bed early. Bakura picked Ryou up going over to an air mattress he blew up earlier. He set Ryou down and laid down next to him. He put his arm over Ryou pulling him closer to help him feel safe. Little did Bakura know, someone was watching. When it was midnight, Bakura felt cold and thought he heard something. He moved his arm, and found Ryou was gone. His eyes flashed open, and he saw something taking away Ryou. Bakura couldn't see it, but he knew it was a Shadow. He chased after them, but he wasn't fast enough. He bent over panting with tears in his eyes. How did they find him?

Bakura knew he was going soft. Otherwise he would've kept his guard up. But he couldn't help it. Whenever he looked at those warm chocolatey brown eyes, he seemed to melt. He couldn't help it, Ryou was just so adorable. But now, the Shadows had him. They would either use him to draw Bakura out, or, just use him for a fear toy. And then try and draw Bakura out. He would have to find Ryou quickly, before the Shadows did anything bad. He thought he heard a scream, and took off after it. Ryou had instantly woken up when he felt the Shadow put a hand over his mouth. He felt cold and terrified. The Shadow ripped Ryou from Bakura's grip and was pulling him through the forest. He saw Bakura wake up and chase them, but he couldn't keep up. Ryou was absolutely terrified, and he couldn't do anything. The Shadow was way too strong. Finally they came to a stop at an abandoned warehouse. The Shadow brought him inside sitting him on a chair tying his wrists behind his back.

"I suppose Bakura didn't tell you. He is one of us, you do know that much right? Pathetic. Of course he didn't tell you. Long ago when he was 10 years old, he was drowning and we saved him. He has to do what we say. Although, he's been doing it so long we don't need to ask him. He just does it. He takes pleasure in it. He loves hearing his victim's scream. He just went a little crazy yesterday. An outburst. He can be like that sometimes you know. How does it feel, to know someone hates you so much that they completely try to destroy you and make sure you know they hate you? Feels awful, huh? Well that's how it is for us Shadows. Because of everyone's hatred for us, we decided that we would start to terrify and take over their world. We used to get our energy from laughter, you know? But it all changed. And now, you will be the next victim." The Shadow said cruelly. Ryou couldn't handle it. This was too much.

Had Bakura really just been lying to Ryou, that he in fact hated him? It would explain how he was able to hurt Ryou so often. But what about the tears? Maybe he just had allergies or was crying about something else. Ryou had tears streaming down his face. He wasn't scared really, not after everything he'd been through, he was more just upset. Ryou started shaking, and the Shadow smiled. He had broken Ryou. Toyed with his emotions and killed his heart. The Shadow, named Smith, leaned close to Ryou. "I'm going to torture you worse than Bakura ever did. Just for the fun of it, my name is Smith. Oh, I can't wait to scare you so bad you're screams will be heard miles away. And if Bakura comes? I have another hiding spot." He said slyly. Ryou cried even more, he was starting to get a little scared now, and Smith could tell. He was feeling stronger by the minute. "Hm, what to do first?" Smith said. He walked over to a table. An arrangement of weapons were on it. Then seeing a big bucket full of water he smiled. "I wonder how long you can hold your breath? Let's find out." He said with a sly smile.