Rudger's Revenge

Prologue

By Kellyq

The air around the big hole in the ground was stifling and cold. Yusei, Crow, Trudge, Leo, and Luna stared down. There were stairs leading into the darkness.

"I'm going to do some scouting," Crow said, scanning their surroundings.

"Good idea," Yusei said. "Why not have Luna, Leo, and Trudge back you up just in case?"

"What? No!" Luna cried, fear lacing her voice. "What if, while we're gone, you turn into a Dark Signer?"

Yusei smiled. "Don't worry about it, I'll be fine. Besides, I'd feel better if you guys didn't follow me anyways." He closed his eyes for a brief moment. "Considering that enough people have gotten hurt because of me."

Luna hugged her friend with sympathy in her eyes, and Crow patted Yusei's back. They all felt grief for him, especially Luna. She felt Yusei's emotions through her mark on her arm, when he fought to save Kalin. I'm sure Jack and Akiza felt Yusei, too, she thought.

"Come on," Crow urged. "I think I saw something on the way here, and I want to check it out."

Trudge, Leo and Luna followed the red-haired teen to the left and Yusei made his way down the stairs. The atmosphere was thick with hate and sadness. I'm going to get to the bottom of this, Yusei thought. He claimed to know my dad ... He made it at the end of the steps, and he turned and walked into a large spacious room. Yusei didn't pay that much attention to what was around him. The room had a big hole in the middle, and there was a bridge that led to the other side. Yusei tensed up with anger when he saw Rudger walk up. The evil man smirked, with hunger in his eyes.

"Ah, Yusei. You've finally come, and I see that you sent your little slut to hell," he said, chuckling.

"Don't call him that! And how dare you play with Kalin's feelings like that!" Yusei accused. He placed his hand on his heart. Yusei closed his eyes as his hand balled into a fist. Images of holding Kalin in his arms before he turned into dust flashed through his mind. "You took advantage of him ... twisted the truth into making him believe that I betrayed him - when I tried to save him - and you took advantage of that!"

Rudger tisked softly, pulling his hood back to reveal his face. "Fate chose Kalin to become a Dark Signer, and Fate chose you to take his life."

By now Yusei was shaking with anger. He opened his eyes and there was nothing but intense hate and venom in them. "Fate didn't choose me to do anything! And I won't let you get away with what you did to my beloved Kalin and the others you took from me!" Yusei growled, half yelled, pointing an accusing finger at the man.

"I didn't do anything. He wanted revenge and I merely offered my services," Rugder stated calmly.

"Shut up!" Yusei yelled. "And duel me!"

Rudger chuckled. "Oh, I'll do more than that."

He snapped his fingers and three small strong spiders dropped from the ceiling. Yusei moved but he lost is footing and fell back. The arachnids seized the opportunity to use their webs and Yusei was tied down with his arms over his head, and his legs spread. The young Signer tried to move, but he couldn't.

"Don't even bother," Rudger said as his silhouette moved across the floor and hovered over Yusei. He tried to shift his body so that Rudger wasn't staring at him, but the cobwebs held him down.

"You're mine now - just like your dear sweet father was almost mine, 17 years ago." Yusei stopped struggling and stared at the evil man with confusion. "That's right," Rudger said, crouching next to his prey. "I knew your parents ..." he reached between Yusei's legs and squeezed him hard, until he let out a painful yelp. "Especially your father ...!"

Yusei groaned in disgust and glared at Rudger with no change in his eyes. "Yea? What does this have to do with me? What did I do?"

"Haven't figured it out yet? I'll give you a hint." Rudger reached into his pocket and pulled out a picture.

Yusei eyed it for a moment. Rudger looked very different in the picture. He had blonde hair instead of white that spiked out at the side of his head like a crown. His skin was a nice peach color instead of copper. His pale blue eyes that were now darker blue were closed, and he had arms wrapped around a male that looked identical to Yusei, but didn't have highlights. They were both wearing lab coats, and the dark-haired man had on a wedding ring while Rudger didn't.

"So - you're telling me that you want revenge for something my father did," Yusei stated as Rudger placed the picture back in his pocket. The young Signer started to struggle out of the cobwebs. "Sorry, but it's not going to happen!"

Rugder growled and slapped Yusei across the face, and grabbed his wrist. The mark on Yusei's arm was glowing even brighter than before. He continued to squirm, trying to yank his arm free from Rudger's harsh grip.

The older man chuckled. "You've got a lot of strength, just like your father." Rudger paused before eyeing Yusei's delicious body. "And I think it's time I told you more of the truth about your father and I."

To Be Continued ...