I am so, so, so, so, so, so, so, SO sorry for not updating regularly! I have had SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO much going on lately. Like band rehearsals at school, studying for tests, projects, AND my own personal business. So yeah, a lot. So if you could forgive me, I would appreciate it. So, that's pretty much it. Oh wait, I almost forgot. I've gotten many questions from the owners of the OC's in here on WHEN said OC shall appear, and my answer to that is EVENTUALLY. I don't want to seem to rushed in introducing all of the OC's. I hope you understand what I'm talking about. One more thing. This is my first time writing a speed duel, so here's how I'm gonna do it. I am NOT going to be using speed spels and speed counters. But in compensation, every duel will be 8000 LP. Hope it makes up for it. Oh wait, I lied about there being one more thing. This message is to Duelist of the Stars. I'm changing here outfit because I think it is a little to, uhhhh, suggestive. Yeah, that's the word I'm looking for. Suggestive. Hope I don't piss you off. I just don't want a dominatrix looking character in this story. Gotta keep this PG 13, here. Anyway, here's the next chapter of ESP War.

Arcadia Movement: Divine's office: 9:30 PM. A week after the infiltration of the Arcadia Movement.

Kane, Venessa, and two unknown girls were in Divine's office, sitting around. Apparently, there was a job Divine needed to be completed.

One of the girls had blonde hair streaked with black highlights. She was about 5'3", which was pretty short for her age. Her eyes were two different colors, one being blue, the other being brown. On her torso was a red velvet vest with a stainless white shirt under it. Below the waist was a pair of black shorts that reached her knees.

The other girl was about the height of a certain psychic we all know and love (Hint: Akiza) Her skin was the perfect shade of tan, even though she looked like she hadn't seen the light of day for years. Had cat-like sapphire eyes that seemed troubled and worn, even though she had a smile on her face, which was probably fake. She wore a black shirt with an angel with divine white feathers swinging a bloody scythe. She also wore a pair of black jean shorts that hung to her knees. Around her neck was pair of black head phones, even though she didn't have an IPOD.

That's when Divine walked in with his cocky smile on his face. He took a seat at his desk and beckoned everyone in the room to stand up.

"I have summoned you here because there is something that could pose a threat to the Arcadia Movement itself. At first, it wasn't a very big problem. But now, it is our very top priority to stop the threat before it becomes to the point where it cannot be stopped."

"What is it?" asked Kane.

"We have received reports of agents working for the Arcadia Movement getting viciously attacked, and then disappearing. This anomaly has been taking down our most talented and most loyal members. It must be stopped. Our last agent was able to describe the duel runner the person used right before we lost contact with him. That is where you all come in. All of you must find and eliminate the person responsible for the disappearances of our agents. Understood?"

"Understood," said everyone there.

"If I may ask one question?" asked Kane again.

"What is it?" replied Divine.

"Well, how am I to catch a person ON a duel runner, when I don't have one?"

"You do."

"I what now?"

"You have a duel runner. You were quite the turbo duelist before you lost your memory."

"There you go again, talking about the old me!" said Kane. Suddenly, he remembered something. He remembered all of the functions of a duel runner, how to drive one, how to keep your balance while dueling, everything. "Yeah, I-I guess you're right," was all Kane could say.

"I can't help but be curious," started Vanessa, "I don't own a duel runner, nor do I know how to drive one. How am I useful to this mission?"

"Simple," replied Divine, "I know of your powers, Vanessa."

"Powers?" asked Kane, gazing at Vanessa, who now looked as white as a ghost.

"H-how did you know of that? I never told you anything of the sort."

Divine's smile suddenly turned evil, "Why, my dear Vanessa, you ask? A good leader must always keep records on his followers."

"What powers?" asked Kane.

"You see, your friend Vanessa has a very special psychic power. She has the power to project an almost undetectable, and I emphasize ALMOST, psychic, uhh what should I call it…feel zone? In this feel zone, Vanessa can detect any small movement. It would make the search for this assailant an easier task than it is."

"You don't get it," said Vanessa, shaking her head, "You're asking to me to create a huge feel zone to find this mysterious person. Do you even understand that any activity with psychic power decreases the energy of the person who uses it? And you're asking for a large scale usage of psychic power, which will decrease my energy way faster than a regular psychic power usage."

"That's where I have to stop you, Vanessa," said Divine, "I NEVER specified how large I wanted your feel zone to be. You see, all of the attacks have been around one area. That area is the Daedalus Bridge sight."

"Makes sense," said Kane, "One more question, Divine. Who are those two?"

"Oh, where are my manners?" replied Divine, "This one right here is named Jessica."

"Pleased to meet you," said Jessica really shyly.

"And this other one is named Stephanie. She is my personal assistant."

"Hey," was all she said.

"I think I saw you before," said Kane, "I think I saw you at Divine's side during the opening side during the initiation every day."

"She's always at my side," said Divine, "She always likes being by me. Thinks she views me like a father figure or something."

"I see," said Kane.

"WELL," said Divine with a stretch, "I don't want to waste your time or anything, so I'm going to let you all go. Go down to the duel garage and get your duel runners ready. I trust you'll remember your duel runner, Kane."

"I think so," Kane replied, scratching his chin.

'Good. Vanessa, go with them. I have made accommodations for you to go with them."

"Alright."

"Then what are you waiting for? You can go!" With that, everyone walked out of Divine's office.

Divine remained, chuckling to himself.

"Vanessa, what a useful pawn you will turn out to be. You think I don't know the powers of my most important chess piece?" After that comment, Divine started laughing hysterically, trying desperately to catch his breath.

After he caught his breath and regained his composer, he made one more comment:

"Oh, the hurt. I haven't laughed like that in years! I'm gonna go take some aspirin," with that, Divine walked into the back room of his office to get a pill of the best medicine on the planet.

Arcadia Movement: Parking Floor: 10:00 PM

Kane stared in astonishment at what was his duel runner. It was a black chopper type frame. At the rear of the duel runner were exhaust pipes stacked on top of each other, 3 on each side to be exact. The duel runner had an extra seat to it and another helmet to it, so apparently Divine wanted Vanessa to ride with Kane. Jessica and Stephanie had gone off to get their duel runners and said they would meet up at the Daedalus bridge. They would keep in contact with the radio of their duel runners.

Kane held up the helmet to Vanessa, and for the second time in an hour, Vanessa's face turned pale. The helmet had the design of a circuit board, while the glass was lime green.

"I am NOT riding in your duel runner," said Vanessa.

"Looks like we don't have much of a choice…" replied Kane, forcing the helmet into Vanessa's hands. He placed his helmet over his head, which fit perfectly. He then took the helmet out of Vanessa's hands, seeing that she was having trouble, and placed it on her head.

"Thanks…I guess…" mumbled Vanessa.

Kane then climbed onto his duel runner.

"You coming?" asked Kane, revving his engine twice.

"I-I'm not so sure about this," stammered Vanessa, obviously intimidated by the stunt Kane just pulled.

"It's not as bad as you think," said Kane, offering Vanessa a hand. She gingerly accepted it, and he pulled her into the back seat of his duel runner. "I think I almost fully remember how to drive it."

"Wait, what do you mean by almost?" asked Vanessa as Kane revved the engine again, "Let me off this thing!"

"Can't hear you over the engine!" lied Kane as he gunned it out of the parking garage, while Vanessa was screaming. She clung to Kane's back for dear life.

"Kane! I hate you! I hate you!" exclaimed Vanessa, eyes shut tightly.

"Hey," said Kane, glancing back at Vanessa, seeing her eyes closed, "Look."

Vanessa slowly opened her eyes and what she saw made her speechless. The sky was full of stars, like little gems in the heavens. Not to mention, it was gently snowing, adding to the beauty of the scene. Moving quickly through the streets of new domino city sharpened the effect immensely. The rushing wind, the hum of the engine, the sense of being truly free. Was this truly the same city she had lived her entire life in? Perhaps it was, only from a different perspective.

"Wow," was all Vanessa could manage, and even then it was in a hushed tone.

"Amazing, huh? It takes my breath away too. I wonder if my past self, the old me, felt this way after every ride."

"Of course you would! This is the best experience I ever felt!"

"Hmm, I guess you're right. At least I hope you are. Well, we're reaching the Daedalus bridge pretty soon. We should meet up with Stephanie and Jessica."

"…"

"Vanessa?"

"…"

"You okay?"

"…There's something I have to tell you."

"What is it?"

"You know that feel zone that Divine was talking about?"

"Yeah, what about it?"

"You see, the feel zone can only work while I'm standing still on flat ground. This is because as the feel zone expands, the more unstable it becomes, and the more concentration it needs to handle. While I am in the feel zone state, I am able to detect anything in its radius, as you know. If what's in the feel zone constantly changes, then I can't keep my concentration. Thereby shattering the feel zone, and making me momentarily paralyzed."

"I see…Then I'll drop you off at a section of the bridge so you can use it."

"That's the simplest solution, yes."

Kane then see's two duel runners parked near the bridge with two familiar girls.

"Hey, there's Jessica and Stephanie. Let's pull over," said kane.

"Alright." Kane veered to the side of the road and came to a stop.

Jessica's duel runner was pitch-black, with no signs of white anywhere. The design of the duel runner was a one wheel that surrounded the whole duel runner, similar to Jack's model.

Stephanie's runner was a purple version of Yusei GO! The only difference that there was no trim, and was purely purple.

"It appears we're all accounted for," commented Vanessa, stepping off of Kane's duel runner.

"So, what's the plan?" asked Kane, taking off the helmet to let the snow touch his face.

"I'll take the south side," said Stephanie, "Kane, you take the north side. Jessica, you take the east side."

"What about the west side?" asked Kane again.

"There is no west side," replied Stephanie.

"Wait a minute," started Jessica, "How are we supposed to keep in touch with Vanessa?"

"That's a good question…" trailed off Stephanie.

"Simple answer, though" said Kane like the question was nothing, "If she keeps the helmet of my runner on, she will be connected to the livestream in the radio. She can just tell us what she feels in the feel zone.

"Fair enough," commented Jessica.

"We should get started," stated Stephanie climbing onto the duel runner. She then sped off without another word.

"I agree," said Jessica, climbing onto her duel runner, "Whoever Is doing this, he obviously only works at night."

"Makes sense," said Kane.

"Well, see you later!" With that, Jessica pulled away, leaving Kane and Vanessa by themselves.

"How do I activate the radio, again?" asked Vanessa.

"You see this button?" Kane pointed to a button on the side of the helmet.

"Yeah."

"Just hold it down and your broadcasting it."

"Thanks," said Vanessa, watching as Kane drove off.

"That sensation that runner gave me, is that what being a turbo duelist Is all about? The adrenaline?"

Daedalus Bridge: South Section: 11:20 PM.

Stephanie was burning through the track of the Daedalus Bridge when she got a sudden radio transmission from Vanessa.

"Stephanie, are you there?"

Stephanie turned on micro phone in her helmet and responded, "Yeah, I'm here. What's up?"

"There's a fast duel runner approaching. Get ready for a hard fight. It seems out for blood."

"Roger. Preparing for a duel." Stephanie pulled out her deck and placed it on her deck slot. Not 2 seconds after she did that, a strange duel runner came barreling past her runner. She close behind its tail, but she couldn't catch up. She had the feeling this was a small portion of which this duel runner could accomplish.

The duel runner was a model Stephanie had never seen before. It had only one wheel, but not in the way Jessica's was. This thing looked like it was missing the front wheel. The front of the duel runner looked like a lance made of pure obsidian. This was by far the most bad assed duel runner ever.

"A good night, isn't it?" said the mysterious boy, who had a cigarette in his mouth, "Too bad your part of the Arcadia Movement, or I would have spared you. I usually don't like hurting woman, but I think I can make an exception today."

"…"

"Silent type, eh? It's okay. I'll at least tell you my name. I'm Alexander Becker, but you can call me Drago. Well, let's get this party started!" Drago pressed a button on his Duel Runner and a mechanical voice said:

"Duel Mode Engaged. Auto Pilot Activated. Proceeding to duel mode."

Duel Start

Stephanie: 8000

Drago: 8000

"First around the corner?" asked Drago.

"…Fine." With that, Stephanie shot off like a rocket. When she thought she was going to get there first, she gasped. Already around the corner was Drago with a ruthless grin on his face.

"H-how did he get there so fast?" Was the only thing Stephanie could think of.

"Guess I'm going first," said Drago, drawing his six cards, "Interesting. I set a monster and end my turn."

"That's all?" asked Stephanie, drawing her sixth card, "Fine then. I start by activating foolish burial. This allows me to send to the graveyard one monster from my deck to the graveyard. I send my Marie the Fallen One to the graveyard. Next, I discard from my hand Hecatrice to activate his effect. I can now add to my hand a Valhalla, Hall of the Fallen to my hand from my deck."

A golden, wasp like creature appeared on the field and let out a vibrating like noise that couldn't be described exactly. It turned into a ball of pure light and traveled into Stephanie's hand. The light turned into a spell card.

"Next, I activate the card that was brought to my hand, Valhalla, Hall of the Fallen!"

A place that could only be described as a place where gods live crashed out of the ground.

"Now, once per turn, if I control no monsters, I can special summon any fairy from my hand. Rise, Darklord Zerato!" 2800 ATK/2300 DEF/LEV 8/DARK/Fairy

A demonic version of Archlord Zerato appeared out of Valhalla.

"Now, attack Zerato!"

Zerato swung its massive sword, unleashing a wave of black energy. The wave of energy consumed the facedown monster.

"The monster you destroyed was a little friend I like to call Exploder Dragon. You see, when it's destroyed by battle…"

A small dragon with a small explosive appeared on the field. It flew over to Zerato and dropped the explosive. Zerato realized what the explosive was too late, and was consumed in a mushroom cloud along with Exploder Dragon.

"…it brings the monster that destroyed it alongside it."

"I see a monster face down and end my turn," declared Stephanie.

"My turn then!" Drago drew his next card. "I summon Axe Dragonute!" 2000 ATK./1200 DEF/LEV. 4/DARK/Dragon

A half purple, half black, humanoid dragon flew onto the field. In its grasp was a massive axe that looked like it could cleave any living creature.

I now activate Dragon's Gunfire! As long as I control a face up dragon monster, I can choose to activate either of its two effects. I choose it's first effect, which will let me inflict to you 800 points of damage!"

Axe dragonute opened it's mouth, unleashing an inferno that wiuld make Red-Eyes B. Dragon jealous.

Stephanie: 7200

Drago: 8000

"And now Axe Dragonute will attack your face down."

Axe dragonute flew at a high speed towards Stephanie's facedown. But when the monster was revealed, it turned out faster than Axe Dragonute. The monster resembled a wolf that pure white with a golden aura surrounding it. It leapt up onto Axe Dragonute and clamped its teeth around the dragon's neck. Axe Dragonute groaned in pain, as it took its axe and chopped down the white wolf. Then, Axe Dragonute slumped over, killed by the fatal wound inflicted by the white wolf.

"What the hell was that?" asked Drago, annoyed.

"That was my version of your exploder dragon. It's name is Ryko: Lightsworn Hunter. You see, when it's flipped face up, I can destroy one card on the field. As a cost, I must mill the top 3 cards of my deck to the graveyard."

Stephanie milled her top three cards, which were Darklord Superbia, Archlord Kristya, and another Marie the Fallen One.

"Argh!" yelled Drago, ending his turn with a facedown card.

"Guess it's my turn," said Stephanie, drawing her new card. Suddenly, two new creatues appeared on the field next to Stephanie. They were angels with raven like wings and blonde hair. Both of them blew a kiss to Stephanie, which made her regain 400 life points. Then, both dark angels realized Drago's presence and stuck their tongue out at them. The then disappeared in a flurry of raven feathers.

Stephanie: 7600

Drago: 8000

"The hell?" was all Drago could say.

"Remember the Marie the Fallen Ones that ended up in my grave?"

"Yeah."

"There effect's activates during my standby phase. Basically, I gain 200 life points for each Marie the Fallen One in my grave."

"How broken."

"For you, maybe. So now it's my turn. I activate my monster reborn to bring back Darklord Superbia!" 2900 ATK/ 2400 DEF/LEV. 8/DARK/Fairy

A creature eagle like wings an talons appeared on the field.

"Now Darklord Superbia's effect now activates."

"What effect?" asked Drago.

"When Darklord Superbia is summoned from the graveyard, I can special summon a fairy monster from my graveyard, except Darklord Superbia. I special summon Darklord Zerato!"

Darklord Superbia let out a horrible screech that caused some of its feathers to shake off. Through the veil of feathers, Darklord Zerato emerged with its tainted glory.

"That's where I stop you!" said Drago, activating his face down, torrential tribute, "I'm sending your Dark Angels back to where they belong, HELL!"

A HUGE tidal wave came and decimated Darklord Superbia and Darklord Zerato.

"The ends my turn," said Stephanie.

"My turn, then!" Drago drew his card. "Looks like luck isn't on your side today! I activate future fusion! This will allow me to send cards from my deck to the graveyard listed on the fusion materials needed for a fusion monster. I send from my deck to the graveyard 2 Red-eyes Darkness Metal Dragon, 2 Red-Eyes Wyverns, and a White Night Dragon. And now in two turns I'll get my strongest monster."

"That doesn't sound good," said Stephanie.

"Oh, it isn't! And now, I go to my end phase. The effect of both of my Red-Eyes Wyverns activate! If I didn't normal summon this turn, I can remove them from play to special summon one Red-Eyes monster from my graveyard, except red eye's B. Chick. So I special summon Red-Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon, x2!" 2800 ATK/ 2400 DEF/LEV. 10/DARK/Dragon

Two small wyverns appeared on the field, only to be stomped down on by huge black dragons that bodies seemed to be made of iron.

"I end my turn," said Drago, with his reckless grin now back.

"My turn, draw!" Stephanie drew her card.

The two dark angels came back and blew more kisses to Stephanie. This time, when they saw Drago, they made cry baby faces at him before disappearing.

Stephanie: 8000

Drago: 8000

"I activate trade in. This allows me to discard a level eight monster and draw two cards."

Stephanie discarded a Light and Darkness Dragon and drew two cards.

"I set a card and a monster. I end my turn."

"Time for some collateral damage! I activate the effects of both of my Darkness metal Dragons! I can special summon one dragon from my hand or graveyard. So I special summon my white night dragon…" 3000 ATK/2500 DEF/LEV. 8/WATER/Dragon

A monster similar to blue eyes white dragon appeared on the field. The only difference was that this was actually blue, and it was radiating a cold aura.

"…And Axe Dragonute!" 2000 ATK/1200 DEF/ LEV. 4/DARK/Dragon

The dragon with the huge axe rose from the ground, ready to exact his vengeance.

"Now my axe dragonute attacks your facedown!"

The monster was flipped face up, being revealed to be another Ryko - Lightsworn Hunter. Axe Dragonute raised it's hands over it's head, to protect it from the wolf's fangs again. But Ryko was not interested in killing Axe Dragonute again. This time, it attacked future fusion. Axe Dragonute took this opportunity to attack and kill Ryko. Stephanie sent the top 3 cards of her deck to the graveyard, which were a Judgment Dragon, Valhalla, Hall of the Fallen, and a Gorz the emissary of darkness.

"When my Axe Dragonute attacks, he's switched to defense."

Axe Dragonute Crouched down in a defensive stance.

"My White Night Dragon attacks!"

"I activate my face down, Mirror Force!"

"NO!"

Drago's monsters, except Axe Dragonute (Who had the brains to duck), were blown to bits by a mirror that appeared out of nowhere.

"I end my turn with a face down.

"My turn," said Stephanie, drawing her card. Both of the dark angels came back and restored Stephanie's health.

Stephanie: 8400

Drago: 8000

"Time for the end. Since I have at least ten monsters in my graveyard, I special summon Sephylon, the ultimate time lord!" 4000 ATK/4000 DEF/LEV. 10/LIGHT/Fairy

A huge machine with an old man's face on a TV screen appeared out of thin air. It looked kind of like a divine being.

"Whoa!" said Drago, obviously impressed, "That's a big monster."

"It gets worse! I can now activate Sephylon's effect, which allows me to special summon a fairy from my graveyard with a level 8 or above. The thing is that the monster's effect is negated. Come on out, Archlord Kristya!" 4000 ATK/2300 DEF/LEV. 8/LIGHT/Fairy

Sephylon let out what appeared to be ding, and suddenly a more divine version of Archlord Kristya appeared on the field.

"Wait a minute!" exclaimed Drago, "I know Archlord Kristya! She only has 2800 attack!"

"Did I forget to mention Sepylon's effect? Because when he resurrects one of my fairies, that fairy is brought up to 4000 attack. Kristya, attack!"

Kristya pulled out a lance made of pure light and threw it at Drago, but it was intercepted by a shield with the emblem of a zero on it.

"What the?" was all that could come out of Stephanie's mouth.

"I trust that you're familiar with the trap card defense draw? Well, let me explain. When you attack, I can negate battle damage and draw a card."

Drago drew his card an smile appeared on his face.

"Well, Sepylon can still attack! Go, Chrono Crush!"

Sepylon let out another one of its dings as a huge transparent clock appeared behind it. The same clock, only smaller, appeared behind Drago. The clocks suddenly started going forward in time, about 1500 years in the future. Suddenly, Drago screamed in agony as a purple mist appeared around him. Age had caught up with him.

Stephanie: 8400

Drago: 4000

"God that hurts," said Drago, "Well, it looks like I don't have to hold back anymore, do I?"

"Y-you were holding back?"

"You got that right! Well, I'll take my turn now!" Drago drew his card. "The effect of my future fusion activates! Come on out, FIVE HEADED DRAGON!" 5000 ATK/5000 DEF/LEV. 12/DARK/Dragon

A huge circular symbol appeared in the sky and out came a dragon that was more that could be described with one sentence. Basically, it had a five heads, as it name describes. Each head represented an attribute, except for light. One head looked like pure obsidian. Another looked like it was made out of sandstone and well, sand. The third one had a head that was made of fire that looked like it could melt anything it touched. The next one looked like a torrent of water that would put any Tsunami to shame. The final head looked like it was made of pure plasma (A substance made from wind, I think. You might wanna look that up…) On Drago's back appeared a yellow dragon mark that glowed with a fierce intensity.

"Behold, my ultimate monster! But want to know what's better than 5 heads? 10! I activate my spell card, Dragon's Mirror! This will allow me to fusion summon a dragon monster by removing the materials from my graveyard. So come out, ANOTHER FIVE HEADED DRAGON!" 5000 ATK/5000 DEF/LEV. 12/DARK/Dragon

A mirror appeared in front of Five headed dragon. The mirror reflected Five Headed Dragon perfectly. The reflection looked so real, in fact, that if flew right out of the mirror and became a monster on the field.

"This is very bad," said Stephanie, staring at the two dragons.

"You have no idea! Five Headed Dragon number one, kill Kristya! Elemental Spectrum!"

Five headed Dragon blew it's breath at Kristya, blowing it to pieces.

Stephanie: 7400

Drago: 4000

"Now, Five Headed Dragon number Two! Decimate Sephlyon!"

Not even the divinity of the god of time could protect it from the blast of Five headed Dragon.

Stephanie: 6400

Drago: 4000

"I end my turn," declared Drago.

"My turn, draw!" Stephanie drew her card. It wasn't the card she needed. It was a monster that was pretty much useless to her now. The two Marie the Fallen One's cam and restored her life.

Stephanie: 6800

Drago: 4000

She set the monster in facedown defense and ended her turn,

"My go!" Drago drew her card. He then ordered Five Headed Dragon # 1 to attack her facedown, which was a Hecatrice. He then ordered his other five headed dragon to attack her directly.

Stephanie: 1800

Drago: 4000

"I set a card facedown and end my turn," said Drago.

Stephanie drew her card. She regained the health from both of the Marie the Fallen Ones.

Stephanie: 2200

Drago: 4000

Stephanie looked at her new card and frowned. It wasn't what she wanted. It was, thought, a card that would help her stall. She set a monster and ended her turn.

Drago drew his card and attacked with one of his dragons. He attack a facedown Winged Kuriboh.

"The effect of Winged Kuriboh now activates. I can no longer take damage this turn."

"Hmm, nice stall. I end my turn."

"Alright," Stephanie drew and regained life.

Stephanie: 2600

Drago: 4000

She smiled. It was the exact card she needed.

"I activate the spell card Dark Hole! This will destroy every card on the field!"

"Hehe, I don't think so. I activate the trap card Solemn Judgment, negating your trap card. But I do have to pay half my life.

Stephanie: 2600

Drago: 2000

"No…" was what Stephanie said, bowing her head down.

"Looks like it's my turn," said Drago, drawing his card, "Time to put you out of your misery. Five Headed Dragon, ATTACK!"

Stephanie: 0000

Drago: 2000

Stephanie's duel runner skidded to a halt, with the rider unconscious. There were burn marks all over her body. Drago stopped his duel runner and grinned down at his newest victim.

"You were a good challenge, so I'll let you live this ONE time," said Drago, throwing his cigarette to the side. He then pulled out a pocket knife and walked over to Stephanie's duel runner. "I don't need you perusing me when you wake up, though." With that, Drago cut the oil line of the duel runner, causing all the oil to leak out. He also slashed both of her tires. All of a sudden, he heard the radio of the duel runner spark to life.

"Stephanie? Stephanie? Are you there? What happened?"

Drago turned on the radio and responded, "Oh? It seems my little friend here has her OWN little friends. How many of you are there?"

"You! What did you do to Stephanie?"

"Nothing yet. She's just unconscious after our little duel. But I can't guarantee her safety If you don't tell me how many people are in your group right now."

"…2 more, not including me."

"Thanks for your cooperation!" said Drago, cutting the wires to the radio to silence it, "The hunt has only begun."

AND DONE. Actually, I had a bit of fun with this chapter. Wanted it to be longer, but it's okay. Anyway, next chapter: The Light's Shadow. Later everyone!