Here is chapter four. I would just like to say thanks to Cody for pointing some things out to me and I hope that everyone will continue to read. Thanks for reading and please review. Enjoy!

Chapter 4: Listening in on Evil

Drake sat at the table eating his lukewarm oatmeal. It wasn't the best tasting grub, but it was what they had. He didn't look up as Paige and Ryder stumbled into the cafeteria after a full day of class. They each got a bowl and began eating, shuddering at every bite.

"How can you eat this crap?" Paige asked Drake.

"It's what we get. If you want to survive, then you eat what you can get your hands on." Drake replied, eating another mouthful.

"That's just like you Drake. Always using that same philosophy." Hayden said as he sat down on Drake's other side, "Can't you ever complain?"

"Takes too much energy. I'd rather use it for dueling or skateboarding. See y'all later." Drake said and took his empty bowl to the cleaning area and then picked up his skateboard from beside the door. He set off and zipped through the corridors, barely avoiding crashes as he focused his daredevil abilities to sense when to move. He had no idea how he did it. It was as if he could see what would happen before it did.

He came to the courtyard and found several duels taking place. Over the past three weeks, he had racked up win after win as people came to challenge him, the guy who had beaten the former number one. He knew that he had caught the attention of that Kagemaru guy. He and Obelisk were both wary of the guy.

"Hey you!" somebody shouted at Drake.

"Yeah? What do you want?" Drake asked, turning to face the guy.

"You're the one that beat Hayden right?"

"Are you here to duel me just for that too?" Drake asked in exasperation.

"No. I'm not here for a duel. Superintendent Kagemaru wants to see you in his office." The guy then turned and walked away.

Drake shrugged as he set off once again. He wondered what the guy wanted this time. Every two or three days, he would call Drake in and have him answer a bunch of questions and then run a letter to the shipyard outside the academy. It was getting annoying.

He came to a stop silently and was about to knock when he heard talking inside. Yes, he knew that it was rude, but he listened in anyway.

"Test Jaden? There? But he is one of my best students!" came the voice of someone that he didn't know.

"Then surely he will overcome the trial. If he is as good as you say then he will certainly be one of our opponents." Kagemaru replied.

"All right. I'll take him. I shall do as you say." The guy on the other side of the conversation sounded resigned.

"Of course you will." Kagemaru said and then laughed as it seemed that the conversation was over.

Drake stayed quiet for a few minutes and then knocked on the door. He went in when Kagemaru called out and stood a few feet from the superintendent's desk with his hands behind his back. For a moment they stood there in silence as the two regarded each other.

"So? Have you given anymore thought to what I asked you?" Kagemaru asked.

"Forgive me sir, but I still don't know what I think of having the world in my hand. It seems like too much trouble for me." Drake replied keeping a cool voice, like always.

"Very well. When you have the answer, come and tell me. Now take this letter to the docks and then get yourself some time to think."

"Yes sir. I shall do as you say." Drake turned and started walking towards the door.

When he reached it, he opened it and stepped out, leaving it open just enough to hear him talk about some kind of plan coming together. He set off on his skateboard once again and made it outside the walls. He paused when he was out of sight of everyone and finally did something that he had thought about doing for a while. He carefully opened the letter and stared at what it said.

The time is about to come. You seven prepare now and wait for my signal. Soon we shall march against Duel Academy.

Drake carefully sealed the envelope again and made his way down to the docks. He was now feeling scared. His own headmaster was plotting to destroy the world? He silently called for Obelisk.

"What is it?" He asked.

"I think I know the cause of the trouble. What is hidden at Duel Academy?" Drake stiffened as his mouth was automatically shut.

"I'm sorry. I'm willing to tell you, but no one else can hear this. It is dangerous information." Obelisk said and the force disappeared from Drake's mouth.

"Could this have anything to do with why you three came back?"

"Not now. Wait until we can get Paige and Ryder together. I only want to have to say all of this once." Obelisk disappeared and Drake made it down to the docks and then headed back up to Alcatraz.

….

Drake was walking through the courtyard when he heard Hayden calling him. He turned around and raised an eyebrow when he saw the duel disk strapped to Hayden's arm.

"You want a rematch Hayden?" Drake asked.

"Yeah. I want to see how my deck will stand up to you now." Hayden replied with a grin.

"Well alright then, but remember, if you come at me, prepare to lose." Drake said as he activated his duel disk.

"Duel!" They both shouted and a crowd gathered around them.

"I'll start this off!" Drake said and drew a card, "And I'll summon my Zure, Knight of Dark World! I set two facedowns and end my turn." A vertical card appeared behind a fiendish knight and Hayden's turn began.

"I draw and summon my Lady in Wight in defense mode!" Hayden said as an emaciated old lady appeared and sat down in a throne-like chair.

"I activate my trap card Torrential Tribute!" Drake said and both monsters on the field were destroyed by the deluge that shot down from the sky.

"Grr. I set a facedown and end my turn." Hayden growled.

"I draw and activate my Raigeki Break! I discard my Beiige, Vanguard of Dark World to destroy your facedown and Beiige immediately comes to my field from the graveyard due to his ability as well as I activate my Call of the Haunted to bring back my Zure, Knight of Dark World!" The two monsters appeared on the field and Hayden started to get worried, "Next I sacrifice both of them to summon The Supremacy Sun!" A human dressed in mixed gold and black armor appeared on the field (A: 3000/D: 3000).

"Well, dang." Hayden said as he took the three thousand points of damage.

Drake: 4000

Hayden: 4000 1000

Hayden drew and smiled, "I discard one card to activate my spell card Lightning Vortex!"

Drake grunted as he withstood the blast without moving, but he thought he saw an aura around the card that was sent to the graveyard. It reminded him of…

"I then activate my Double Summon to first summon my Vampire Lady and then sacrifice her for my Vampire Lord." Hayden said and he noticed the tenseness that appeared in Drake's body, "That's right. I tribute my Vampire Lord in order to special summon my Vampire Genesis!" A giant beast appeared on the field with 3200 Attack.

"I attack your Supremacy Sun!" Hayden shouted and Vampire Genesis struck and Drake grunted and raised an arm as he took 200 damage, "I end my turn." Hayden said smugly.

Drake: 4000 3800

Hayden: 1000

Drake drew and he laughed out loud at what he drew, "First! I activate The Supremacy Sun's special ability! In my standby phase after he was destroyed, I can discard a card to special summon him back to the field." A bright light appeared and The Supremacy Sun appeared.

"Why did you do that? He can't destroy my Vampire Genesis." Hayden said in confusion.

"That wasn't my main reason. It was to get a third dark monster in my graveyard." Drake said with his bloody grin across his face.

"I don't get it." Hayden said confused.

"I can only summon this monster when I have three dark monsters in my graveyard! Come out my Dark Armed Dragon!" Drake shouted in excitement. A large dragon that looked like the Armed Dragon Lv. 10 with full black armor appeared on the field, "His effect is that I can banish one dark monster to destroy a card on the field and I choose to destroy your Vampire Genesis!"

Hayden gasped as his monster was destroyed and then The Supremacy Sun followed up with a final attack that depleted his life points to zero.

Drake: 3800

Hayden: 1000 0

Hayden slumped again as he was defeated yet again. He turned around to walk off, but he stopped when he felt a hand on his shoulder. He turned and was surprised to find Drake behind him. He looked at him in confusion and Drake made a subtle motion for Hayden to follow him. Hayden shrugged and walked out of the room behind Drake as he met up with Paige and Ryder at the entryway.

"So what is going on?" Paige asked, "And what is Hayden doing here?"

"That's what I want to know." Hayden said with his arms crossed as they walked, "Are you going to tell us anytime soon?"

"Not here." Drake turned a corner and opened a door that was halfway down the new corridor.

"A broom closet?" Paige demanded, "You brought us to a broom closet?"

"It's one of the few places that isn't bugged." Drake said.

"Bugged? Why would this place be bugged?" Ryder asked.

Drake glanced over at Hayden and raised an eyebrow. Hayden grinned as he knew what Drake what thinking.

"Think Ryder," Hayden drawled, "This place is filled with criminals. Why wouldn't they do everything they could to keep tabs on us? By the way, what did you do to have to come to Alcatraz of all places?"

"NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS!" Ryder shouted and they all flinched back.

"Okay. Touchy subject. So now will you tell us why we're in this closet Drake?" Hayden asked.

"First I want to know what I felt during our duel. That power felt familiar and I want to know who it was." Drake said with his arms crossed.

"What power?" Hayden asked innocently.

"A power that felt similar to him." Drake said as he held up the Obelisk the Tormentor card.

Hayden's jaw went slack as he looked from the card to Drake. His hand began moving to his deck box that was sitting above his right hip. He drew out a single card and the spirit of the card manifested around Hayden. As soon as it did, Obelisk appeared with the other two around Drake, Paige, and Ryder. The three God Cards stared down the single monster on the other side.

"Just as I thought," Drake said as he looked at Hayden with a raised eyebrow, "Tell me, how does Dreadroot feel about the Three Sacred Beasts?"

The deathly aura that filled the room scared Paige and Ryder and made Drake feel slightly uneasy.

"I guess that answers my question." Drake said.

"Yeah, I don't think he likes hearing about them." Hayden said with a wince.

"Well he will have to get used to it, because that is what we are here to talk about." Obelisk grumbled.

"And why is that?" demanded a voice that was like the sound of a dusty corpse moving around after a long time of being still.

"Because they are currently trying to escape their bonds." Said the Winged Dragon of Ra from Ryder stood.

"Well that doesn't sound good." Hayden said.

"No, it isn't," Drake said, looking Hayden and the other two in the eye, "And the one who is responsible is our dear old Superintendent Kagemaru."

For a moment there was silence and then Ryder asked, "Do you have proof?"

"That letter that I had to deliver to the harbor today? I took a look at it on my way down." Drake said.

"I don't think that Mr. Kagemaru would like that." Paige said with a wry grin.

"Do I look like I care?" Drake asked, "Anyways, it said for a group of seven to prepare and wait for a signal."

"And just what will happen when that signal comes?" asked Cinder as she stepped inside the closet with John behind her.

Drake raised his eyebrow again and then looked at Hayden, "I don't know, but I think it involves someone named Jaden. I overheard Kagemaru talking to someone else about some kind of test."

"Well, I sure don't know anyone named Jaden." John said sourly.

The others quickly admitted that they didn't know who that was either.

"Then I guess that this is where I come in." Cinder said.

"What do you mean?" Drake asked.

"She can get into the school's system and find whatever information that you're looking for." Hayden, "She's a true computer wizard."

Drake noticed the look of joy and almost rapture on Ryder's face and subtly motioned for Paige to do something about it. Paige took great pleasure in 'accidentally' stepping on Ryder's foot. Ryder barely kept himself from howling in pain as he glared at Paige and Drake.

"Alright." Drake said, "Once Cinder finds out who this Jaden is, we should start planning what we need to do. Agreed?"

The other five nodded.

"Also, could you find out who this teacher is?" Drake asked, "We need to know the identities of all allies and enemies."

"All right. Consider it done." Cinder said and they left the room.