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[[Yea, I dunno- it did kinda get weird in 3. 1 and 2 were amazing. Ew.... the eye thing skeezed me out... razz ]]

Bakura nodded. "Sounds like it might work," he said. She was quick to figure it out- which impressed him. He removed the last cover to reveal a statue that resembled an Aztecian style monkey. It had two spots for the two pieces, where the eyes should be. He stuck them in to represent the time he wanted. The dagger was placed and the doors opened up. "Good job," he said as he went to take then knife back. The doors shut when he did so. They reopened when he put it back the dagger. "Damnit," he murmured.

Jonouchi just grabbed it when they asked if he could reach it. He pulled away only to have part of his skin on his face that was on the bar rip off. It was a small part, but it hurt horribly. He screamed out as well. "SON OF A b***h!!!!" he yelled.

Ryou heard Naomi's scream first. Spinning around, he saw the water shoot out. "Naomi!" he said as he stood in the way of one of them. The water was freezing, he yelped as it hit him. He only blocked one of them.

"Hold on Naomi!" she said, feeling sick when she heard her scream. "Jo! Are you ok?" she said even more sickened by the skin. She saw Jonouch nod and he got up. Akiko held the blanket out, "I'm ready- when she comes down I'll wrap her in the blanket."

Amme slowly woke up, she was knocked out before. She couldn't move and it was dark. She was so scared. Little did she know, but she was hanging from her wrists that were inside a box. Her body ached, it felt like somebody had beaten her. Bruises were probably forming.

There was a door with a note on it near Atem. The note read, 'CARE TO LOOK?' Just like the other door. Inside was where Amme was, but it couldn't be seen until the door was open.

Bakura growled, wanting that knife he followed behind Despair, then looked right and left. "Then we'll go to the center. You can get your hikari and I'll kill this mad man," he said. He admired Despair's way of thinking, though he would never verbally say it.

Jonouch got up and went to the shackles. He unlocked one at a time.

Akiko took the robe- it was big enough to wrap Naomi's body. As she was unshackled, Akiko wrapped her and held her. She mingled and managed to bring Naomi outside of the freezer. She lowered her gently. "Naomi, your ok now- your out of there," Akiko said trying to keep her mind positive. "Just stay still for a while until you begin to warm up," she said.

Ryou walked away from the water when Naomi was out. He ran out of the room and stumbled to Naomi. He kneeled down and hugged her gently, "Naomi...." he said worried yet happy she was ok.

"Good, perfect, Ryou stay like that. Your body tempature why help her," she said. "I need something to keep her hands and feet warm, as well as her head," she said out loud.

Amme heard the door open and she winced. 'No more', she thought, 'no more pain'. She closed her eyes, afraid to see that man again. The light from the door revealed Amme hanging from her arms. Her hands were each in their own glass and steel boxes. There was a blade on yhe inside of the box and on the outter side of each box. There were two timed clocks that could start a count down at any second. Her feet hung about one foot above the ground. She reopened her eyes to see a different figure in the doorway. "A......Atem....." she said in a weary voice. Little did they know, there was a trip wire near the door way that could start the machine's count down.

[[I altered that wrist box in Saw 2]]

"I thought you wanted to go to the center," Bakura said as Despair started to go to the right. He didn't understand her logic. He stood there with his arms crossed, refusing to move until he got an answer.

Akiko couldn't do more until Naomi was warmed up. She stood up and looked at the scene. She felt nausaus- wozzy. This whole situation made her sick to her stomach. She put her hand to her mouth, she was going to be sick. She turned around and ran out the door. She went toward the wall and puked. Thankfully, she didn't get anything on herself.

Joey ripped off a piece of cloth to press against his injury. He sat there to calm himself down.

Ryou was told to stay there, but he would have even without the command. He remember what Akiko said about Naomi's hands, head, and feet. He didn't have anything, except his shirt. He took off his plad shirt and lifted her head up gently. He wrapped it so it was almost like a hat. He laid back on her, hoping his body temperature would transfer.

Amme heard the click and looked around. The blades slowly began to move toward her wrists. She panicked and huffed in fear. She tried pulling her wrists out but couldn't. "I can't get out!" she cried out. She would die if the blades cut her wrists. "I don't want to die...." she murmured as tears went down her cheeks.

Bakura snarled as he stuck his hands in his pockets and followed her. He was getting to the point where he just didn't want to leave her. Not that he couldn't do this on his own, or that she couldn't- he just, wanted to be around her. Bah, stupid feelings! What was with him? He never cared for anybody except himself and now he's warming up to this woman? He must be getting soft- and he didn't like it. "Fine, then the next obstical you get yourself into, I'll just stand back and watch. I'm sure you can get out all by yourself- just like those other two traps," he insulted.

Akiko looked over when she was done to see Yugi. She wiped her mouth and nodded. "Yea, I'm fine," she said not wanting to worry him. She walked toward him. "Sorry," she said for no reason really- she just felt she had to say it. It was a bad habit of hers, to apologize when she didn't do anything wrong. Perhaps she was just sorry for the situation that was going on.

Joey found some extra material to wrap Naomi's hands and feet with. He did so, so they could warm up too.

Ryou heard her whimper and saw the tears roll down her face. "Don't cry Naomi. It's ok now," he said as he patted her tears dry with his sleeve. "I'm sorry Naomi, I should have protected you. I'm so sorry this happened," he said with small tears forming in his eyes. Seeing Naomi cry made him sad and upset as well. Her body was warming up- they no longer had to fear skin touching skin and sticking from the coldness. He was able to touch her cold face with his warm hand. He came down and kissed her forehead.

As the blades came closer to her wrists- Amme panicked more and more. Her breathing had increased to the point where she was hyperventalating. She balled out crying, scared to death what could happen. The details horrified her. The blades were moving slow- so they would cut her slowly- a slow and painful death. Blood would spill out everywhere, the blade would grind her bones slowly. Her weight would pull her away from her severed hands- ripping the remaining muscle and skin. All these details flowed through her mind and petrified her. "Please," she managed to say out loud, "Atem please...." The blades were about halfway through the box- her wrists were at the ends. There was a strange bruise on her left leg- right above the ankle. It wasn't round, and it almost looked like a blister and a bruise- at least from far away. Dangling on her foot was a note that had writing on it. Right below her foot was a knife on the ground.

[[I'll reveal the note next post- it's going to be gross XP ]]

Bakura snarled slightly at her. She seemed unphased by his insults- which ticked him off a bit. He did so enjoy watching people become more upset and trying to fight him back. Oh well. They entered this new room, there was a huge pool. "What is this?" he said rather annoyed. He moved in before she did- standing to the edge of a pool. He looked up and around. "So this is it? A giant pool? We'll just simply swim across it. Hope your not afraid to get wet," he said as he was about to jump in.

Akiko shook her head slowly and shrugged slightly. "I don't know," she said in a cracked voice. She felt like she was going to cry again- she hated this. Her friends were getting hurt and they couldn't escape. She lowered her head, not wanting to show him she was crying. "I'm scared," she whispered.

"Because I couldn't protect you," he said still upset. Tears ran down his face. He felt as if he had failed her. As a friend, as something perhaps more. "This should have never happened to you," he said.

Jonouchi sat back off to the corner, letting Ryou and Naomi have a moment together.

The note read:
'In Egypt the left leg always faced forward to the Pharoah. That's because the heart was on the left side of the body- the heart was to the Pharoah. However, the key to her freedom is now buried under her skin in her ankle. Will you cut this woman and take her respect before time runs out?'
Amme's ankle did have a strange bruise. On closer observation, her skin had been cute open and a small key had been placed inside. The skin had already healed where it had been cut.

Bakura stopped and looked at her strangely. Her shout had more to it then warning. Fear perhaps? His look was shock at first, then it switched to aggravation. "Well then, what do you suppose we do to get across?" he said, "There shouldn't be a problem with the water. It looks fine to me." Bakura wasn't really looking very well. He was still aggravated with Despair and himself because of Despair. [[should we do a game with her and the water?]]

Akiko felt really stupid as she cried, but she couldn't help it. Amme would usually comfort her when things were bad. Not only was this the worse situation she has ever been in, but Amme wasn't with her. Even worse, Amme was out there and anything could be happening to her. She felt especially stupid crying in front of Yuugi. But she couldn't stop now. She covered her face with her hands as if hiding away. She mummbled through her hands and just enough for him to hear her, "I feel so empty without Ammeterasu. I don't know what to do." This was the first time she ever meantioned to another human being about her yami. And although it felt a little good, it still didn't get rid of her fear and sorrow. She leaned slightly forward toward Yuugi, unconsciencely.

Ryou's tear stopped rolling down his face. He held Naomi close to him. He was afraid for her life, his life, and his friends' lives. "We're going to stay close together this time. We're not going to get seperated this time," he said. Naomi seemed to be recovering, which was a good thing. But he couldn't get the image of her tied up like that out of his mind. He kept the hug much longer then he should have. But he didn't want her out of his grip yet. He did it for himself and for her. Doubts if she wanted to be hugged didn't even cross his mind at this time.

Amme looked at Atem when she heard his voice. For a split second, she though that possibly he may have realized who she was. It was a split second though, there were more important things to be concerned about now. She nodded her head as she huffed an 'ok'. She clinched her eyes shut and said, "I trust you." She knew that even if he didn't know her anymore, that he was still himself and he wouldn't do anything to hurt her or anybody. Her body still shook violently with fear. She prepared for him to cut into her skin. "Do it," she said giving him the go ahead.

[[Make it something like the water tank trick- the one Houdini (sp?) died in? Have it so Bakura has to save her before time runs out. He would save her with just that, but to make things more interesting- if he fails he would die too? Like, maybe Despair would have a key with her in the tank. I'm thinking Bakura has some type of eletric device on him- if he can't solve the game, then water would go on the device- thus frying him. What do you think?]]

Bakura glared at her deeply with her comment. What was her problem? It was just water. He too saw the small basket float toward them. She got to it first- pulling out a card. "Well, what does it say?" he said. Perhaps, this was a trap. But how? Nobody could be hiding in the water without drowning. The water was opaque, one was not able to see the bottom or anything in the water. However, there was a small ripple in the water. Bakura quickly locked his eyes onto the spot. What was it? It couldn't be anything living, could it? No, now his mind was wondering- worrying about things that cannot be.

Akiko wrapped her arms around him, accepting the hug. If it wasn't for her being scared shitless, she would be kicking herself right about now. Why did she have to act so weak? Why did she have to make matters worse? Why did she have to make others worry when there were more important things to tend to? She buried her face in Yuugi's shoulder. He was her best friend, he was always there for her. And now, she really did need somebody. They all needed one another. In hearing his words, she felt a little better. Hearing they would be ok gave her better thoughts, rather then thoughts of them being trapped there forever. "Your right," she said though still with a sorrowfull voice. "We'll get out of here, right?" she asked in almost the manner of a child. It was all a matter of hearing it.

Ryou continued hugging her until she meantioned getting changed. He blinked a few times, completely forgeting she was in nothing but bra and underwear. H e pulled away from her and backed away. He tried his hardest not to blush- this wasn't the time for any of those thoughts. Yes he liked Naomi, maybe a bit more-so, but now wasn't the time to think about it. They need to get out of this place, and soon. "I..... er....... sorry," he said in a bit of a squirm. He didn't want to look like a perv or anything. He took back his shirt, "Oh no, it was no problem." He then looked away from her, as if giving her privacy.

Jonouchi had her clothing and gave it to her, "Here you go Naomi." He smiled at her and added, "Glad your ok." With a pet on her head he walked away to look around the room. There had to be some type of clue around there. Something to lead them to the eventual exit.

Amme cringed, trying not to whimper as the blade cut into her ankle. Yes, it hurt, but she would live. They needed that key- and soon. The blades were close. Once the key was his, he would have to unlock both wrists from both boxes. A groan of pain escaped her mouth as the knife went deeper into her ankle. She couldn't feel the blood trikle down- but she knew it was. She huffed, "Do you have it?" Tears streamed down her face, she managed to supress much of her screams, but it didn't mean that the pain was exstrodinary to her.