The lights were flashing like a kaleidoscope as the ground shook, the capsule closing around me and sending me far away from the chaos. An explosion shattered reality, waking me up from the nightmare I had most nights since my friends left.

I sat up, tossed on my jacket and gloves and headed out of the tent to my runner. The others were still asleep, but I wasn't planning on waking them up. I went for a walk, mostly to see if I could find a different chip for my newest creation. It was better than the last one, but without a proper chip that wouldn't matter.

But this was Satelitte, and finding a chip in the first place wasn't easy, especially one that would work longer than ten minutes. Living in the dump was far from glamorous, and it had many downsides, including nothing seemed to work by the time it got to us.

After walking around for an hour, I returned to our hideaway, with nothing new to show. The others were just getting out of bed, cooking what we had left from the last food run. I sat down next to them as the beans were served with stale bread. We ate in silence, and everyone else went off to do their normal daily tasks as I worked on my runner.

I checked all of the parts, to ensure that they were in the best condition for what I was about to do.

I pushed my runner to the ground of the subway and climbed on, putting my helmet on. No use loitering around, better just to start and go as long as possible. I revved my engine and shot down the tunnel, hoping that maybe this time the engine will last long enough to go a full lap around the tunnels.

I slid to a stop as my engine blew, thankfully not doing too much damage. I sighed, got off and checked the damage. At this rate, I'll never get a chance to get even with that traitor. I pushed my runner back to the hideout. With the engine out, it was certainly a workout. One that I was too well acquainted with by this point.

As I arrived back at the hideout, I heard a voice I hoped to never hear again, Jack Freaking Atlas, so called King of Dueling. He was bragging about something, that was for sure. But I didn't have time to worry about his hubris. I rolled up next to the tent and revved the engine to make sure that it wasn't too bad to repair, and it purred-well, more like choked out a rattle.

My friends turned around and turned off the interview. Tank blushed, "Sorry about that Yusei, but the internet only worked in the main tent. Trust us, we tried every other place we could think of, but just couldn't get it to work."

Nervin spoke up, "He still has his unbeaten streak, unfortunately."

Blitz spoke up, "Shut up, she don't wanna know how good Jack is doing."

"Right, sorry."

I sighed, "You aren't the one who owes me an apology."

Blitz nodded, "Right, Jack owes you for what he did back then."

Nervin nodded at the runner, "So what've you been doing today?"

"Testing the latest chip in the tunnels."

Tank stared at me, "Well, are you going to tell us if it worked or not?"

Blitz glared at him, "What does it look like?"

Tank sighed, "Oh, right. I wonder what happened to your old one. It used to look so good on the TV. Haven't seen it in a while though."

Blitz shoved his head down, "Tank, shut up!"

He pushed Blitz' hand off, "It's true though! If Jack hadn't stolen her runner, Yusei would be giving that interview right now. But because he stole Hope, he gets the fame, and we are still stuck here."

Even without looking, I could tell that the others were glaring at Tank for his comments, but I was trying to get the stupid chip working again.

"Yusei! Yusei! Are you down here?"

Blitz greeted her, "Hey Rally, we're all here!"

Tank smiled, "What's up?"

She ran over to me, "Look what I found!"

She held out her hand, a chip in her palm. Blitz grabbed her arm, "It's never been used, you better not have stolen it!"

She yanked away, "I promised you all that I stopped! Plus, it was just in a pile of garbage!"

Everyone took a step back, and Blitz raised his voice, "Who knows how it ended up there?"

Tank nodded, "If someone else stole it and dropped it, you picking it up could be considered assisting them."

Nervin pointed at her face, "If they think we helped you steal that, we might all get marked."

I stood up and walked over, "Rally, can I see that?"

She nodded, and I looked at it, "I'm going to use it."

The others protested. Blitz argued, "You can't keep it."

Nervin agreed, "You've got to make her take it back!"

I pulled out my old chip and put in the newer one. I checked the levels, which had seriously improved with just the one piece. Then I revved the engine, and it's roar filled up the subway.

Just then a light came down through the gap in the subway's ceiling, along with a Security Officer's voice, "You are in possession of stolen property. Turn yourself in."

Blitz raised his hand, "What did you do?"

She cowered, "I promise you, I didn't steal anything!"

I blocked his hand, "Don't worry about what already happened."

"What about the marker? We can't escape!"

I walked over to the computer, and made it send out a signal to disrupt the signal of her marker. Once that was done, I took my helmet from Rally, and put it on, "That'll only work for a couple minutes. Get hidden, and I'll give them something to remember."

I shot out and raced past the Securities. They immediately followed me, but I was too excited to care, because I was actually going fast, and it wasn't struggling. I pulled into an abandoned parking lot, and they stopped right next to me. The cop on the runner took off his helmet, and looked at me, "Looks like you are a distraction, seeing as you don't have a mark. Where'd you get the runner?"

I looked him in the eye, "If you beat me in a duel, I might consider telling you."

He laughed, "How could you duel me? Satellites aren't allowed to own a deck!"

I pulled mine out, resisting a smile, "I seem to have missed that memo."

He smiled, "You are on punk."

His second in command protested, "You can't seriously be considering it Trudge."

Trudge didn't even look at him, "Go, this is my descision."

"But…"

Trudge sent him a dark look, "When was the last time I lost to a Satellite?"

The other one went back to the car, and the others all left. He looked at me, "All right, I win, you hand yourself over and tell me where you got the runner. You win, I say that you weren't the ones that were guilty."

I nodded, "That works for me."

We both got in position, and we activated Speed World. My first Turbo Duel! I hope I don't mess this up on a massive scale.

He took the first turn, "I summon Assault Dog in attack mode and place one card face down."

Assault dog-1200

I drew a card, "I summon Speed Warrior in attack mode!"

Speed Warrior-900

He laughed, "You can't do math can you?"

I sped up in anticipation for what was going to happen, and watched in joy as his attack points rose from 900 to 1800.

"What just happened?"

I smiled, "On the first turn that Speed Warrior is out, his attack points are doubled. Now attack!"

Life Points Trudge=3400

His dog was destroyed, and then he chuckled, "My dog's special effect comes into action. If one is destroyed, I can summon a new one from my deck."

Assault dog-1200

I gritted my teeth, "I set one card face down and end my turn."

He laughed, "I release Assault Dog in order to advance summon Handcuff Dragon!"

Handcuff dragon-1800

"Now attack that Speed Warrior!"

"I activate my trap, Scrap-Iron Scarecrow!"

His trap raised as well, "Nice try but I activate my Wire-Tap trap card, which negates your card and sends it back to the deck, continue the attack Handcuff Dragon!"

Life Points Yusei=3100

He laughed again, "No matter how many you assemble, your card are and will always be trash! Just like you!"

I took a deep breath, Listen Yusei, keep your cool. Ignore the laughing, and kick this guys butt into the next century.

I drew, but nothing I could use immediately to win the duel, "I set Sonic Chick in defense mode set two cards, and end my turn."

Sonic Chick-300

He laughed, seriously, what is it with this guy and laughing, and sent three cards to the graveyard. He held his hand up, "I summon Montage Dragon! It's attack points are determined by the level of the monsters I sent to the graveyard times 300!"

Montage dragon-3000

I glared at him, This isn't going to be pretty.

"Handcuff Dragon attacks Sonic Chick! Then, Montage Dragon attacks you directly!"

Life Points Yusei=100

"My turn!"

Thank you so much! Now we can win!

"I summon Junk Syncron in attack mode."

Junk Syncron-1300

"You have a Tuner monster? How?"

"Next I activate the spell card, Graceful Revival, which lets me summon a level 2 or below monster from my graveyard. And I chose Speed Warrior!"

Speed warrior-900

"Now I am going to show you what we Satellites like to do, use two things that you city folk call garbage and make them into something amazing. I use Junk Syncron to tune Speed Warrior, and Syncro-summon Junk Warrior!"

Junk Warrior-2300

He tried to laugh off Junk Warrior's attack points, "Still not stronger than my Montage Dragon!"

"I activate my speed spell, Vision Wind! This allows me to summon a level 2 or below monster from my graveyard, and add that monster's attack points to another monster on the field."

Speed warrior-900

Junk Warrior-3200

"Junk Warrior, attack that Handcuff Dragon!"

Life Points Trudge=2000

He smiled, "You should have gone for Montage Dragon, because Handcuff Dragon's special ability. It can come back from the graveyard and equip itself to the monster that defeated it. It takes away the same amount of points that it had."

Junk Warrior-1400

"I activate Equip Shot. It changes a equip spell from one of my monsters to one of yours, and then the two must attack each other."

Junk Warrior-3200

Montage dragon-1200

Trudge's face paled as the two battled.

Life Points Trudge=0 Defeat!

I pulled up next to him, "Everything and everyone has potential. Anyone who says otherwise is doesn't deserve to call themselves duelists."

I drove to the only place where I could get a good view of the city, Guess who's coming for their card, Jack.

A/N: This is the first time I've actually wrote out the duels, so I'm really proud at how it turned out. Please review so I can know what you like about this idea, and please tell me how to improve my writing style. See you next chapter!