The Start of War

It was a dark night as Yusei arrived home. He had just gotten back from a Turbo Duel Test run with Akiza, who was testing a new Acceleration Chip. The world had fallen again. City people were once again discriminating the Satellites, even knowing that the original home of the Team 5D's members was the Satellite. However, on this night, an old friend of Team 5Ds' arrived at their front door.

"Who's knocking at 3:30 in the morning?! I'll knock on them!" yelled Jack as the three woke up to answer the door. Yusei opened the door to a big surprise… former member of The Enforcers, Sonny.

"Hey, I heard Jack talking about knocking on someone, figured I should join him," said Sonny.

"Sonny!" said the three in unison.

"How'd you get out of the Satellite?" asked Yusei, gesturing for Sonny to come inside.

"How do you think? Blister of course!" answered Sonny. Sonny had short black hair with spiky bangs. He had blue eyes, and under his left eye was a scar-like locator mark, put there by Sector Security. He wore a black t-shirt under a white jacket. He wore black, fingerless gloves, and gray pocket pants held up by a white utility belt which held his decks. He was a turbo duelist with a duel runner much like Yusei's. He and Yusei were alike in more ways than they could count. They used the same kind of deck. That was how they acquired their original bond. They dueled before Yusei escaped the Satellite one day, and discovered that they both used Synchrons. Since then, they've been best friends. They built their duel runners together, though for Yusei, it was his second duel runner. Sonny's was blue and didn't have the arched back. Instead, the back just went up enough to support his back. "It's good to see you guys again. Last I heard, you three were some big shot Turbo Dueling team that, like, saved the world, or something like that."

"Sonny, bring your runner inside. We've got room," said Jack.

"I shall do that. Thank you. That's unlike you, Jack, offering your own space up to me," said Sonny. "Haha, I'm just kidding buddy. I'll be right back."

"Who would've thought he'd show up here? Especially given the fact that the world's back to where it was before we beat Goodwin and built the bridge connecting the Satellite and New Domino," said Crow.

"I'm a little curious as to why he's here," said Yusei. "He doesn't usually just show up out of the blue without a reason."

"Alright, now if someone could open the door, please, that'd be terrific!" said Sonny, sarcastically, from outside the garage door. Yusei pushed a button, and the door opened. "Alright, there she is, right next to her twin. You remember building those Yusei? Boy that was a blast! And then when Rally almost got us all arrested with those chips? Whew, that was a close call!"

"Sonny, why are you here? It's not like you to just show up randomly unless there's some emergency," said Yusei.

"Haha, what, a guy can't just visit his old dueling buddies?! C'mon Yusei!" said Sonny.

"Alright. It's late. Let's go back to bed. Sonny, you can sleep on the couch there. I'll bring you a blanket and a pillow," said Crow.

"Well, thank you Crow!"

The next morning, Sonny was the first one up, and Yusei, Jack, and Crow woke up to a fully cooked breakfast of eggs, sausage, bacon, toast, and coffee.

"Well, good morning you three! I figured the least I can do for barging in here at 3 in the morning was make you guys some breakfast with some coffee. Best coffee in all of the Satellite. And, if I remember correctly, Mr. Picky-Picky over here used to love my coffee. Right, Jack?" said Sonny.

"You did make very good coffee," answered Jack.

"Yusei, when you're done eating, I'd like to go for a drive like we used to, back when we were Enforcers, if that's all right with you," said Sonny.

"Yeah, that'd be fine."

Yusei finished eating and he and Sonny rode their Duel Runners out to the mountains.

"Yusei, I didn't just want to drive. I need to tell you something," said Sonny.

"So you didn't just come visit us for no reason?"

"No, I didn't. It's about Crow."

"Hmm?"

"He's in danger. You remember my ability to talk to monster spirits, right?"

"Of course I do."

"Well… The other day, one of Crow's monsters reached out to me, asking for help. They felt danger, all of them, but had no way of telling Crow, so they sent Armor Master to talk to me. He told me the situation and…"

"What is it?"

"Crow's gonna lose the biggest duel of his life soon. And that duel won't be any normal duel. It'll be a Shadow Game. Crow's going to lose his soul," said Sonny.

"What?! How can you be so sure!?"

"It's the monsters. I don't know how, but they know. Something's going to happen, and not even Black-Winged Dragon will be able to get him out of the situation. But you can't tell Crow! It's essential—"

"What do you mean, I can't tell him?! He's my friend, I can't just sit by knowing something bad is going to happen and not tell him!"

"Yusei, if you tell him, then he'll be too scared too duel again. He'll put his deck up for the rest of his life. Armor Master told me there's a way to get him back… We just have to beat the leader of the Shadow Riders in a duel. I don't know who the Shadow Riders are, or what they're doing in New Domino, but one of them is going to defeat Crow, and it's up to us to get him back," said Sonny.

"Well, if it isn't Sonny, the 'Savior of the Satellite!'" said a familiar voice.

"Trudge. I see you finally realized I wasn't at home. It's only been a week!"

"Heh, you're going to The Facility," said Trudge.

"Trudge, if you don't want demoted, I suggest you just walk away," said Sonny.

"Are you trying to say you can beat me in a duel?" asked Trudge. Sonny grabbed his Duel Disk from his Runner.

"I KNOW I can beat you, and I'm willing to prove it."

"You're as cocky as ever! I'll beat you and send you off to The Facility right here!" Trudge grabbed his Duel Disk and deck and engaged them both. Sonny engaged his deck. "Duel!" they both said.

Trudge: 4000
Sonny: 4000

"The first move's mine. I start with Stygian Street Patrol in Attack Mode! I play two face-down cards. That'll be all."

"I draw! From my hand, I play the Tuning Spell Card! With this, I can bring one Synchron tuner monster to my hand. But, afterward, I have to mill one card from my deck. I add Quickdraw Synchron to my hand," said Sonny. Ha, Trudge, you're in a world of trouble. "I send Tuningware from my hand to the grave to Special Summon Quickdraw Synchron. Next, I use the ability of Quillbolt Hedgehog to Special Summon it to my side of the field. Now, I summon Junk Synchron and use his ability to summon out Tuningware. Now, Tuningware's ability activates and he becomes level two. Now, I tune level three Junk Synchron with level two Tuningware to Synchro Summon Junk Warrior! Now, due to Tuningware's other ability, I get to draw a card! Oh yeah! Since I have a tuner monster on the field, I can Special Summon Boost Warrior from my hand! Now I tune Quickdraw with Quillbolt and Boost Warrior to Synchro Summon Junk Destroyer! Now Junk Destroyer's ability activates and I can destroy two cards on your field. I choose your face-down and Stygian Street Patrol! Now, Junk Warrior, attack!"

"Not so fast! You thought you had this all over with, but you've triggered my trap, Pinpoint Guard! Now, I can Special Summon Stygian Street Patrol back to the field in Defense Mode, and it can't be destroyed this turn at all," said Trudge.

"I place two cards face-down on the field and end my turn."

"My move. From my hand, I play the Spell Card, Synchro Control! Now, I pay 1000 Life Points to take control of your Junk Destroyer."

Trudge: 3000
Sonny: 4000

"Next, I play Stygian Security! Now, I tune my two Stygian monsters to Synchro Summon Stygian Sergeants! I equip Stygian Sergeants with Stygian Spear! Now it gains 600 attack points. Stygian Sergeants, attack! Destroy Junk Warrior!"

"Ngh. That's all you've got? I play my face-down Defense Draw! Now, all damage is reduced to zero, and I get to draw a card!"

"That won't help you. Stygian Sergeants now uses its ability. It gains 800 attack points and can attack again! Go, put a dent in his Life Points!" A lot of smoke formed around Sonny. When it cleared, a Life Point counter appeared next to him that read 4000. "What?! Why didn't you take damage?!"

"Heh, look up above me. Defense Draw helped me a bit more than you thought it would. Effect Veiler can negate the abilities of your monster until the end of your turn," answered Sonny.

"Agh! Junk Destroyer, attack him!"

Trudge: 3000
Sonny: 1400

"I end my turn."

"I draw! I activate Pot of Avarice! Now, I can return the five monsters in my grave to my deck, shuffle, and draw two more cards!" Okay, let's see… There! I got it. "Now, I summon out Marauding Captain! With his ability, I can summon Junk Synchron to the field. Now, since I've Normal Summoned this turn, I can Special Summon Turbo Booster. And, since I have a tuner on the field, I can summon out Boost Warrior again! Now, I tune my four monsters together to Synchro Summon Radiance Dragon! Now Radiance Dragon's ability activates. Since it's the only Synchro monster on my field, I can claim one of your monsters as my own. I choose my Junk Destroyer! Now, I'm ending this duel. Junk Destroyer, attack his Stygian Sergeants!"

Trudge: 2600
Sonny: 1400

"Now that you're wide open for a direct attack, Radiance Dragon, attack him directly with Ultraviolet Blast!"

Trudge: 0
Sonny: 1400

"Agh! How could I let a Satellite defeat me?!" yelled Trudge.

"Hey, in case you don't remember, all of Team 5D's has beaten you, and we're all Satellites," said Yusei.

"Uhh… Yusei. I didn't see you there! If I had known he was with you, I would've just let him go," said Trudge. "You guys should get home. These streets are becoming less safe by the day—"

Yusei's phone began ringing. It was Jack.

"Hello? Jack what is it? Calm down… Speak slowly. What?! Alright, we're on our way!" Yusei hung up. "Crow's in the hospital!"

"It happened already!?" exclaimed Sonny.

"I'll give you guys an escort to the hospital so you can get there quickly," said Trudge.

So, they've already made their move on Tean 5D's?

"It would seem that way," answered Radiance Dragon. "What do you plan to do?"

I don't know… There aren't many things I can do, except duel. I was hoping it wouldn't happen this early.