Sorry if I put you guys into excitement. This is the real chapter 2. For some fucking reason my computer wouldn't let me edit the chapter so that I could give it a name, so I had to duplicate it in order to make a name for the chapter. Anyway, here it is. Mandy is captured yadaa yadaa yadaa... Enjoy
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"One of our drones has captured a couple of flies," a man in a dark cloak said.
"Good," another one said. "And which one of the Signers was he able to find."
"Yusei Fudo," a third said, "the new champion of the Satellite. He dueled with great strength at the Fortune Cup, but let's see if his power is strong enough to escape our trap. What of the other one?"
"Looks like this fly isn't any ordinary fly. It's the beautiful little butterfly we're after."
"The Crimson Eye Keeper? Well, this is interesting."
"Remember, her innocence and purity contains the light within her heart. We must be able to capture her so that we can perform the ritual."
Back in the parking garage...
"Alright, mister mystery man," Yusei said, "what're you planning to do with the Satellite? And why don't you just let Mandy go?"
"Continue the duel, and I'll tell you everything," the Shadow Drone replied.
"Fine then..."
Yusei gave a worried look to his love, who was in pain from the tight grip the flaming hand had onto her petite body, but she just gave him a half-hearted smile as her beautiful hazel eyes glowed red.
"You're no match for the darkness, Yusei! And I'll prove it to you bring the Dark Tuner Catastroge, which will be sending your monster to the shadows!"
When Dark Tuner Catastroge is used to summon a synchro monster, you can destroy one card on your opponents side of the field.
Dark Tuner Catastroge teleported to Junk Warrior.
"What's happening?"
This was answered when Dark Tuner Catastroge destroyed Junk Warrior.
"Junk Warrior, no!"
"Like the fly caught in the web, there's no escape! Frozen Fitzgerald, attack!"
Frozen Fitzgerald released his ice shards at Yusei.
"Not so fast!" His trap card was about to activate, but it stopped. "What?"
"My monster prevents you from using any trap or spell cards. You're trapped in the threads of darkness, and as long as you believe in the power of the Crimson Dragon, there is no hope!"
Yusei prepared himself as the shard pushed him back into the flaming walls and he collapsed onto the ground.
Shadow Drone: 4000
Yusei: 1200
'If I want to save Mandy and the Satellite, I gotta find way to beat this guy and fast!'
He watched in utter horror as Mandy screamed in pain from the bone crushing squeeze the flame hand was giving her.
"You're no match for the forces I represent. Soon, like all light of the universe, you too shall fade."
"Who are you!?" Yusei demanded, trying to get up. "Are you working for Goodwin!"
"Him? Not quite."
"I draw! And no matter who sent you here, I'm gonna beat you, and get my girlfriend back! And also get the answers I want! I play the trap card, Descending Lost Star! So now I can re-summon a monster from my graveyard, and I'll bring back Junk Warrior, but I think I'll be trading him in to upgrade for a little more horsepower, like my Turret Warrior(ATK 1200)! Now my Junk Warriors attack points get added to his. Let's see your darkness stand up to 21,000 points of light! Turret Warrior, show him what I mean! Attack!"
Turret Warrior destroyed the Shadow Drones monster and life points, and the flame grip on Mandy's body began to loosen a little bit.
Shadow Drone: 3000
Yusei: 1200
"Your pathetic attempt to destroy the darkness has failed. You haven't done anything but delay your own fate, my poor Yusei. Frozen Fitzgerald(DEF 2500) is returns to my field if he's ever destroyed in battle."
"What!?"
"And there's more. If any of your monsters attack mine, then they're automatically destroyed. After all, revenge is a dish best served ice cold."
Frozen Fitzgerald destroyed Turret Warrior by freezing him until he exploded.
'Oh, man. I've gotta find a way around that monster of his, because if I lose, that vision of the Satellite being destroyed might come true, and whoever he's working for will probably hurt Mandy.'
The Shadow Drone smiled. "We sense your fear. It grows like wax in night. Like my monsters, the Dark Signers will always win!"
Yusei and Mandy became confused. "What? Is that who you are?"
"Don't be so surprised. Light and dark are two sides of one coin. We are the same."
"Sorry, never got the membership kit."
"Amusing. But will you find it as funny when your world is destroyed?"
"So the vision was true!?"
"That's right. The Dark Signers have the power to erase the light of your mark and everything you hope to save with it. As for the Crimson Eye Keeper, well since she has more power from her light, she has to be destroyed in order for the darkness to rule!"
"Not on my watch! And to prove it, I play the spell, One for One! So by sending one monster to the graveyard, I can then summon another monster from my hand. Like my Sonic Chick(DEF 300)! Let's see what you got!"
"Be careful, because we have the strength of the dark shadows born of the great eclipse."
"Well right now, the only power that counts out is the strength of your deck, and I know my cards won't let me down!"
"Brave words, especially from someone clinging to his last life points. Now, as you stated, why don't we just leave it up to the deck in my hand. I equip Frozen Fitzgerald with Drain Strife! Now, once I attack your Sonic Chick, all those extra attack points are just thrown away. In fact, half of them replenish my bountiful life points, while you get the other half as damage!"
Yusei got tense.
"Attack! Wipe his mark clean!"
Frozen Fitzgerald attacked, and although Sonic Chick wasn't destroyed, Yusei still dealt damage and was pushed to the fire walls.
Shadow Drone: 4100
Yusei: 100
The Shadow Drone laughed. "Soon you will be finished, as well your precious Satellite and pretty girlfriend!"
Mandy screamed in pain as the flame hand squeezed her petite body as tightly as it could. God only knows if it'll leave a dark bruise. Yusei watched weakly as his love took the pain, and she looked at him as if to beg to make the pain stop. He got up and panted as he turned his attention back to his opponent.
"Soon the power of the spiders thread will squeeze the last of your life points and absorb you into the Nether World, and the Crimson Eye Keepers light will be banished forever."
"I'll never let that happen!"
"Try all you want, but in then end, the darkness will consume you and your precious home. And soon the darkness shall claim your precious girlfriend."
"I won't let it!"
"This web is already woven."
"If you know so much about the future, then you should know that I'm gonna stop you right now!"
"Hah! But how can you stop me when you won't even be here for one more round?"
Yusei glared. "Well, then let's finish this so we can see who's right! It's my move. I summon Nitro Synchron(ATK 300)! And with him on my field, I can summon one monster from my graveyard. So I'm bringing back Quilbolt Hedgehog(ATK 800) in attack mode! Next I activate Wasteful Revival, which let's me bring back another rmonster from my graveyard to the field! Welcome back, Speed Warrior! And now I tune Sonic Chick, Speed Warrior, and Quilbolt Hedgehog with my Nitro Synchron to synchro summon Nitro Warrior(ATK 2800)! Let's rev it up!" Nitro Warrior appeared with a punch. "And thanks to his special ability, I get to draw another card." Yusei drew his card. "And now I'm giving my warrior a power boost!" Yusei used a spell card that made Nitro Warriors fists glow green. "Next I activate Nitro Warriors special ability, which gives an extra 1000 points because I used the spell card, Junk Barrage! And now, attack Frozen Fitzgerald!"
Nitro Warrior destroyed Frozen Fitzgerald.
Shadow Drone: 2800
Yusei: 100
"And now because I used the power of Junk Barrage, your life points take an additional hit!"
Nitro Warrior shot out green bullets at the Shadow Drone as the flame hand loosened its hold onto Mandy a little more, making it easier for her to breathe.
Shadow Drone: 1550
Yusei: 100
"That doesn't faze me, 'cause my frozen fiend will come back and destroy you on my next turn!"
"Don't count on it!"
"Huh!?"
"See my Nitro Warrior's got another special ability, which allows me to switch your monster in attack mode and attack you again! So prepare to feel the power of my Nitro Warriors Dynamite Crunch! Attack!"
Nitro attacked again and the flame hand loosened its grip on Mandy.
Shadow Drone: 1250
Yusei: 100
"And with your monster destroyed, I can finish you off!"
Nitro Warrior attacked once again, and the Shadow Drone was defeated.
Shadow Drone: 0
Yusei: 100
As he fell to the ground, the fire faded and the hand dropped Mandy onto the ground next to him. Yusei ran to her and slowly picked her up.
"Mandy, are you okay!" he exclaimed.
Mandy weakly looked at him with a smile. "I'm... fine..."
Yusei looked down at her body and became pained at the sight of bruises onto her arms, since her blew jean jacket sleeves were rolled up to her elbows.
"Mandy!"
They both looked to see Carly running up to them.
"Carly, what're you doing here?" Mandy asked in shock.
"I saw the whole thing," she replied. "Well, not the beginning, but I saw to the end." Carly gasped at the sight of Mandy bruises."
Yusei handed Mandy over to the journalist as he went to grab the Shadow Drone. "Wake up!" He shook of his hood and it woke him up. "Hey, you owe me some answers, got that! Start talking!"
"Start talking about what?" the drone asked. Yusei let him go as he put a hand to his shoulder. "Who are you? What am I doing here?"
"Stop fooling around and tell me what your spider mark has something to do with the Satellite!?" Yusei looked down and saw that his mark was gone. 'His mark, it's gone!'
He looked to Mandy and saw that she noticed it too. She looked at the man with a concerned look.
"May I see your deck for a moment?" she asked.
The person became astonished as he figured out who she was and handed her his deck. She looked them over and saw no sign of any dark tuners or negative leveled monsters.
'Crimson Dragon, what's going on?'
The Dark Signers have awakened, child. They are spreading mind controlling spiders to infect the people and make Shadow Drones out of them. This is the result. You must leave this place now, before any more trouble comes.
'Okay...'
"Yusei, we have to go."
Yusei nodded and went to her side to gently pull her into his arms.
"What! No!" Carly protested. "We're getting you to a hospital! Those bruises are serious!"
"No, Carly, if we go, that gun's gonna be loaded with questions, and there's to much to explain." She heard the sound of Sector Security coming, and gave her friend a pleading look. "Please, don't tell anybody about this. I'm begging you..."
Carly was a little hesitant, but she nodded. Mandy smiled in thanks before she handed the man his cards back. Yusei looked at Carly.
"Go, I'll cover for you," she said.
Yusei nodded before he slowly picked Mandy up bridal style and began to leave. Mandy gave her friend and apologetic look, but Carly dismissed with a smile that meant it was worth it. As the two left, Carly frowned.
'Please be careful, Mandy...'
It was morning once they had gotten back, and as Yusei opened the door, Tanner gasped at the sight of Mandy's condition.
"Mandy, what happened!" he exclaimed.
Yusei walked past him. "No time to explain, just get her the first aid kit."
Tanner nodded before getting up and looking everywhere for the kit. Once he found, he rushed to Mandy's side at the couch and took out the bandages.
"What happened?"
"I saw a really strange guy last night and I opened the door to see what he needed," Mandy explained weakly. "I asked if I could help him, then he suddenly just grabbed me up and ran off with me."
"I followed them out to the parking garage," Yusei remarked as Tanner patched her up.
"Did he challenge you to a duel for her?"
"Yeah. He was being controlled by people called the Dark Signers."
Tanner looked at him questioningly. "Did you say Signers?"
"Yes. He had a mark like mine, it was glowing and was in the shape of a spider."
"I'm guessing this guy's the one who put you in this condition, kiddo?"
Mandy nodded. "Yeah..."
Tanner had finished with Mandy's arms. "Alright, let's look at your waist."
Mandy lifted her shirt up to expose some of her waist, and Yusei flinched at the sight of a giant bruise wrapped around it.
"Man, that's a big bruise. Alright, hold still."
Mandy nodded, but flinched as Tanner began to wrap up her waist. Yusei rubbed her shoulders in comfort as her body tensed. She soon relaxed once Tanner was done.
"That should do it. Try not to move too much, or it'll get worse."
Mandy nodded before looking to Yusei. "Can you hand me videophone? I need to check up on Carly."
Yusei nodded before taking her phone out of her pocket and handing it to her. She dialed her friends number and waited.
"Hello?"
"Hey, Carly..."
"Mandy, are you okay!?"
"I'm fine. I'm all patched up. How are you?"
"Not doing so good. I'm in jail, I lost my story, and Angela's putting out lies about Yusei!"
Mandy frowned. "Sorry, I got you into this..."
"No need. It was worth it if it meant helping you out."
Mandy grinned. "What about the other scoop I gave you?"
"Oh my gosh! It's the scoop of the century! When I told Mr. Pitts about you and Yusei and showed him the photo, he went crazy! The newspapers had this story put out immediately! People are talking nonstop about this! You should've seen the look on Angelas face when she found out! A lot of your fans are putting on a website about you two! Some of them were ugly about it, but the rest thought you guys were the perfect dueling couple! And guess what? I got a bonus! Mr. Pitts said that the story was enough to make him let me keep my job! Oh, thank you so much, Mandy!"
Mandy chuckled. "No biggy. I'm just glad I could help out a friend."
"Oh, you're such a sweetie! I gotta go before they take my phone away."
"Okay, bye..."
With that, she hung up.
Hours had passed as Yusei tried search online about spider symbols.
"Yusei..."
Yusei looked to her.
"This might sound like a crazy idea, but we need to find Goodwin if we want some answers."
"But you can't trust Goodwin, Mandy," Yanagi protested.
"Yeah, you forget he locked us up? He's not your friend," Tanner agreed.
"Hold on," Yusei said. "Mandy's got a point. Goodwin's the only one with answers about the Crimson Dragon."
"Who?"
They all looked to see Leo, Luna, Alexa, and Cayenne standing behind them.
"You're leaving?" Luna asked. "But it's not safe for either one of you out there."
"Please don't go," Leo said.
Mandy got up from the couch and walked up to them to kneel to their level. "I'm sorry, guys, but I have to. There's still so much questions I have about my powers, and Goodwin's the only one with answers. We have to try, you two. We don't have any choice..."
They clung to her for dear life.
"But what if you don't come back!"
"Please stay here!"
Mandy hugged them. "I'm sorry, kids, but my moms home is in danger, and I need to try to save it from certain destruction. Don't worry about me. Yusei's already made arrangements for some back-up. Yes, we're getting a bodyguard."
They all looked to hear sirens outside and Yusei walked up to the window to see Sector Security.
"Looks like our ride's here."
They all came to the window in time for Trudge to yell, "Alright, Yusei, I got your message. Now get your deck and get down here! I'm not gonna waste my time waiting just because we're teaming up temporarily, you got that!"
"Trudge is your protection?" Tanner asked in disbelief.
"He's more," Yusei said, making everyone look at him. "If he gets us to Goodwin safely, we just might have to call Trudge one of the good guys."
Mandy looked to her friends. "Promise to look after them?"
They nodded before they hugged.
"Take care, girl," Alexa said. "And go kick some Dark Signer ass."
Mandy smiled before she pulled away to kiss the twins heads. "Stay strong for me, okay?"
They nodded before they hugged her and she left with Yusei. Trudge gave them a credulous look as he saw the two holding hands.
"Well, what're we waiting for?" Yusei said. "Let's roll out!"
