DISCLAIMER: I don't own any of the Yu-gi-oh! 5D's characters, they belong to their respective owners. I do, however own Kai and Twiggy and my friend owns Jo.

Anyways, please enjoy this bit of randomness~

The taxi pulled up along the side of the street and the car door opened, producing a young girl of fifteen, with waist-length brown hair and a fringe that parted slightly in the middle. Her forest-green eyes looked up from the slip of paper in her hand to the house number. I'm in the right place, she thought as she straightened up her denim pleated skirt and shifted her messenger bag at her side. It was heavy, but not as heavy as her backpack.

Suddenly, a girl opened the door of the house and jogged down the sidewalk towards her in a red t-shirt and black shorts. She was about the same age as the visitor, if not a year or two older. She had shoulder-length blonde/brown hair with highlights and hazel eyes. She seemed worried but tried to hide it with her excitement that her friend was finally here.

"Jo!" the visiting girl exclaimed, coming up to her.

"Kai, you finally made it," Jo forced a smile.

Kai slipped a loose strand of hair behind her ear, "Yeah, I can't believe my mom let me travel here alone. Of course, my uncle drove me to the airport, but I came here on my on mostly." She laughed to shake off the nervousness. A lot of people made fun of her for being sheltered all the time.

"Cool," Jo mused, "But, you probably shouldn't have came here after all."

"What? Why?"

"You won't believe me if I told you," Jo bowed her head. She didn't believe it herself. It was as if she was living inside a dream. More like a nightmare.

"Oh, come on," Kai smirked, "What is it?"

Jo took a deep breath. "Just a couple hours ago, our mayor was kidnapped and a broadcast message told us that Goodwin was going to lead our town until the mayor was rescued."

"You're kidding me," Kai said, disbelieving.

"See? I told you that you wouldn't believe me," Jo said in an angry tone, "Sorry, it's just that in the past couple of hours, so much has happened. My parents… they started acting up. My neighbors too. The whole town is brainwashed or something."

Kai stared at her, skeptical. "Then why aren't you brainwashed too?" she asked her, crossing her arms in front of her chest.

"I don't know!" Jo snapped. "Come on, I'll show you what's been on the news. But I can't show you what happened to my parents," Jo led Kai up the sidewalk to the house, "I had to lock them down in the cellar because they've been acting so weird."

"I guess I'll believe it when I see it," Kai said to make her friend feel better, "But man, if Goodwin has seriously taken over your town, I'm so going to go see him."

"Uh-huh," was all Jo could say as she shut the door behind Kai and turned on the television. It showed the news anchor sitting at the desk, with a distant look in her eyes as if she wasn't really there.

"Mr. Rex Goodwin has offered his services to us until his men rescue the mayor. There have been no leads yet as to where the mayor's kidnappers might be, but Mr. Goodwin reassures us that he is working on it."

"Woah, she looks baked," Kai commented.

"Don't you see? She's being brainwashed!" Jo pointed at her eyes. The glazed look, as if she was dead.

"She's probably just high or something. It's hard to be a news reporter," Kai was in denial.

"Rosie, I'm here at the mayor's office where Mr. Goodwin is working with the police on the case," a man in a blue windbreaker said as he stood on the steps of a building. He, like the news anchor, Rosie, had a dead gaze in his eyes. He too was brainwashed.

"This is staged!" Kai snorted, falling into the couch.

"I'm not lying. Come on, we'll go to the office and you can have a look for yourself," Jo said, switching off the TV and heading for the door.

"Ok, let me leave my backpack here," Kai said, dropping it by the door before following Jo back down the sidewalk and into town.