Growing up alone on satellite would be tough for any kid, but for Talon it was even harder. His friends all arrested one by one, leaving him the only one not to be behind bars. Will meeting the hyper active red head we all lovingly know as crow be able to give him some hope again?

The Talon of the Raptor, and the Crow's black wings.

Talon was perched high upon a pile of rubble looking out over the water to new domino city. He had been alone so long now but he still tried to appear strong, on the outside at least.

He pulled his deck out of his pocket, an old tattered, unbalanced thing but it was all he had. Though it was against the law for satellites to own cards, Talon did not care; they were the only friends he had left. His deck of raptors, hawks and eagles mostly and he loved them all. Suddenly he hears a voice call up to him, a voice he had never heard before.

"Hey! You a duellist! Sweet!"

Talon watched as the red headed boy clambered up the rubble to sit alongside him. He seemed to be a lively boy; much too lively for Talon.

"Can I see? Your deck I mean?" asked the boy.

Ignoring his request he placed his cards back in to his pocket and turned away. Talon did not want to be befriended by the strange boy, not today.

"Oh... I'm sorry; you don't have to if you don't want too. You're pretty protective of your cards huh?" the boy spoke up again straining to get a good look at his antisocial companion. "Here," he spoke again placing his own set of cards in to Talon's hand. "Take a look at my deck, I trust you." he smiled.

He trusted Talon? Why? He had only just met him, not to mention that he had not uttered a single word to him.

Slightly interested Talon began to thumb through the cards and was surprised at what he found. "A deck of black wings." he finally spoke up.

"Ah! So you can speak!" the red head giggled. "Aren't they great? I love them!"

After handing the hyper child his cards back Talon once again took out his own. "Here, I can trust you now." he muttered passing his deck over.

What suddenly made him change his mind the other thought? But then soon realised once he had taken a look at the cards he held. "Raptors! You're a winged beast duellist too!" the boy grinned brightly.

Taking back his cards Talon went back to being silent, he was not a very conversational child.

"Oh! What's your name? I forgot to ask." the other filled the silence.

"Talon." was all he replied. Why did his name matter?

"Wow I like it! It suits you! I'm Crow by the way." the boy beamed.

"Crow? Suitable for a black wing duellist." Talon commented.

"Aha you think?" Crow laughed looking at the boy sat next to him. Who had now actually turned to face him and gave him a chance to take in his appearance.

His ebony hair sat just above his shoulders, with an emo fringe the swooped over covering his left eye. His eyes themselves, at least the visible eye, was piercing green. His eye brow was pierced along with both his ears. He wore a grey polo shirt and ripped black skinny jeans and had plain black plimsolls on his feet. Crow found the boy fascinating. He looked nothing like his other friends.

"I like your eye brow piercing!" he complimented, always wanting one himself.

"Thanks." Talon then paused before continuing. "Would you like to have it done too? I could do it for you if you would like?"

"WHAT! You would? Really!" Crow jumped falling off the pile of rubble were they were both still sat, and landing in a heap at the bottom, before dying in a fit of laughter.

Talon slid down to join him. "Okay. Follow me then Crow."

As the two walked Talon began to question why. Why was he still putting up with him? Why was he offering to do him favours? He wanted to spend today alone thinking, so why did that plan change?

Shortly after they arrived were the lone boy lived. Crow was shocked by how empty the place was.

"Talon? Do you live he all by yourself?" he asked concerned.

"I do." The dark haired boy answered, rummaging through a back pack on the floor next to a single mattress.

"Where are your friends?" Crow pried deeper growing more worried.

Gesturing for Crow to take a seat on the mattress Talon sighed. "They have all been taken, I'm the last one."

"Taken? To the facility!" Crows jaw dropped.

"As soon as they were old enough to get locked away they were arrested by sector security and I have not heard from any of them since." Talon explained as he prepared his piercing needles.

"I hate them, sector security!" Crow voiced running his fingers over one of his marks. "You're lucky Talon, you're not marked."

"Is that so?" Talon hissed sarcastically as he pinned back his fringe revealing his own mark. A single yellow line that ran from the top of his forehead to his eye. "It's just a matter of time now till they get me too..." Talon mumbled.

"What?" crow questioned suddenly.

"Crow I would be sat still now, unless that is if you want this needle in your eye socket?" Talon warned with stern emerald eyes and swiftly changing subject.

Once crow settled he skilfully pierced through the red heads eye brow and replaced the needle with a bar before the other had even realised it was done.

"What you're done? I didn't feel a thing!" Crow gasped. "You're good!"

"It's my hobby; I've had a lot of practice." Talon then noticed that a small trickle of blood was now flowing down Crow's face. "You're bleeding a little..."

"Oh.. Ah-err can you do something about it then please?" crow was not comfortable with the crimson liquid just casually running down his face.

But suddenly he froze as he felt Talon's tongue come in to contact with his face as the other boy gently lapped off the blood. "T-talon?"

Quickly darting away Talon began to put his piercing equipment away. "Forgive me … I didn't think"

"It's cool." Crow answered looking to the embarrassed brunet. "but you're not a vampire or anything right?" he thought he would check just in case that myth suddenly became reality.

He did not mind. Talon randomly licked the boys blood of his face and the only thing the boy was worried about was the possible existence of vampires. A small smile came to Talons face. His odd liking to blood even creeped out his old friends but not Crow. "No Crow , they don't I'm not a vampire."

"Oh my god! Do it again!" Crow laughed. Gaining only a confused blink from the green eyed boy. "You smiled Talon" It looked really good on you!" He explained showing of his own huge grin.

There was something about Crow that Talon liked, something that made him want to smile for him. It had been a long time since he had smiled like that and now Talon didn't want to stop.

The two boys spoke and played till the sun began to set. By the end of the day they had come quite close.

"Tomorrow you can come see my friends I think you will like them!"

At that moment it felt like the dark haired boys heart shattered. He remembered the reason he wanted to spend today alone and why he didn't want to be come close to Crow.

"I can't…" The boy culled up and hugged his knees trying to hide himself away. "I won't be here."

"Oh really? Why?" Crow asked. The sudden change in attitude of his friend startling him a little.

"It's my birthday tomorrow…" HE knew crow would not understand what this entailed but he said it anyway.

"It is? I will get you something then!" Crow tried to cheer him up but to no avail.

"No don't…" Oblivious. Crow was completely oblivious to it and that's how Talon wanted it to stay. He did not want to put crow in danger.

Talon was going to be 16 the same age that all his friends were taken away from him and thrown in the facility.

"Well I really should go now its late and already pas t curfew… I don't want to worry everyone." Crow voiced as he stood up and began to walk away.

"No… Don't… Please… I don't want to be alone not now." Talon whispered. He could not take this. He wanted to keep crow safe but he didn't want to be left. "Crow wait!" Talon ran grabing hold of the boy holding him tight. "Tomorrow, I will try and be here! I want to see you again!" Tears falling from his eyes.

Crow didn't understand but he hugged the boy back tight. "don't cry… I'll see you tomorrow and we can go see my friends and have a great day."

"Sure…" Talon gently placed a small kiss on Crow's cheek. "I'm gonna miss you Crow. Now get outa here before security finds you out past curfew!"

"T-talon…" the blushed boy replied.

"Go." Talon said with a huge smile. The last smile he knew he was going to have for a long time.

The clock on Talons bare wall slowly ticked over to midnight. "Happy birthday me…" The sudden roar of duel runners and the sound of sirens drew closer till they were just outside. "This is it then." Talon readied himself

"Number 516982! You know why we are here! Come out! You don't want things to end for the way they did for your little friends do you!"

Talon walked out calmly but shot a dark threatening glare to the officer. "I will show you Truge! I'm not going down without a fight!"

"Awweh I thought you had given up Talon when we arrested Tsume! Why are you fighting you have noting left!" Truge smirked.

"That's where you are wrong! I have someone and he's what I'm fighting for! The chance to see him again!" Crow. Talon thought.

"what's that? You hear that boys? The little satellite rat has got himself a boyfriend!" The cruel man chuckled.

"I'm not a Rat! I'm a Hawk! Now duel me security scum!"

"Oh Talon, I would have thought you'd have learned that shamble of cards you call a deck don't work. After all every one of your friend fell using this deck didn't they? What made you think this would be any different!" a loud crack sounded as trudges fist collided with Talons face, causing him to crash to the ground sending his cards flying.

"Crow …" the boy spoke in a whisper even he could barely here and just like the other before him he was carted off like an animal to the facility.