Author's Note Part 1: Ah, thanks goes to iloveyugiohGX93, mcdinh, and Ulrich362 for reviewing the previous chapter.

My muses are in extreme sadistic mode for some reason, and they decided to whip this chapter out in a day. I have to warn you that there's mentions of death and an actual death scene in this chapter.

I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh 5Ds, but I do own my OCs. Enjoy?

Chapter 6

"I'll help too," Sky adds, completely surprising me, since she hates Misty much more than I do. "Can you take me… us to Misty's room?"

"Uhm… sure…" Toby replies.

A few minutes later, we're standing in front of Misty's room, and Sky is ducking under the 'DO NOT CROSS' tape. From my position at the doorway, I can see that the entire room is in shambles—the window shattered, blood indeed on the floor in a puddle about a foot across, and the walls damaged, like a Psychic Duelist had been Dueling in it.

Sky stands in the center of the room, her eyes shut and a frown on her face. She mutters something that I can't hear, then adds a little bit louder, "I feel two, no, three different sources… Hmm."

"What are you talking about?" Akiza asks.

She opens her eyes and looks at Toby. "I… I'm very sorry Toby. Your sister is dead."

The reaction is almost simultaneous. His face twists into a mix of anger and sorrow and he shouts, "You're lying! Misty… Misty isn't dead! She can't be!"

Sky's face fills with what looks like true sympathy. "The Crimson Dragon doesn't lie, and he is the one that told me this. I know your sister and I had our… differences, but I know what it feels like to lose a family member…" Her facial expression changes to pain for a few moments, and she continues, "I wish I could offer you something else…"

Toby twitches, his hands clenched into fists. "I… I don't want your sympathy! I want my sister!" he shouts. Then, he turns on his heels and runs down the hall.

Without thinking, I chase after him.

XXX

I find Toby about an hour later, sitting on the roof—the exact spot that I found Sky lying on when I asked about the factions. Tears are rolling down his cheeks, and every few seconds, his shoulders shake with sobs. I clear my throat, and he turns, glaring at me. "Go away."

I walk over and sit down next to him. "No, I'd rather not."

"Why? You don't like me anyways." He turns away from me.

"I never said I hated you," I reply. "And… I've lost people I cared about before." Images of both of my parents and of Kalin pop into my head, and I force back the tears. "It's easier to deal with this if you have a friend."

"So, what? We're suddenly friends?"

"Only if you want me to. If not… uhm… what's the name of one of your friends?"

"…You can stay," he says. "I don't really have any friends here. Misty," his voice wavers, "Misty was my only friend here." And he starts sobbing again.

"Do you want to talk about it?" I ask. Sure, it's not the best question to ask… but what else can I say? If Sky is right, which she most likely is, then he just lost his sister. I don't know what I'd do if Crow died…

He says nothing for a few minutes, and I just sit there, waiting for him to say something. Finally, he says, "My powers. They're not… they aren't geared towards seeing the future, like… hers were."

"Then… what faction should you be in?"

"Green… and you know how much Blue hates them…"

"How did you end up in Blue?"

"It was…" he closes his eyes. "When we discovered that Misty had powers, our parents locked her in her room, and wouldn't let her out except when she had to go to the bathroom. They… they wouldn't let me see her. One day, she decided to run away… and… I followed her. It probably wasn't the best idea, I mean, she was nine and I was six. We had no idea what was going to happen."

"Let me guess. You got attacked?"

He nods slowly, and pulls up the stiff white shirt he has on, exposing his back. There is a jagged, silver scar, almost horizontal from his left side to his right. Toby then puts his shirt back down. "A man recognized her, and he had a knife. We tried to run, but I fell behind… and he did this. Luckily for us, Sayer intervened, or else I might have died… That was when we discovered I also had powers—Sayer could sense them."

I nod, absorbing the information. 'So that's how he knew I was a Psychic when he attacked me in Satellite.'

"Instead of separating us, Sayer let us stick together in the same faction," Toby said. "But now… I guess I'm going to get stuck in Green…" he pauses for a moment and swallows. "You believe her, don't you? That… that Misty really is dead?"

"Yeah."

"I… I think I do, too. It's just… hard…"

"I know. You think that it can't happen to someone you care about, and then it does…"

He looks at me, his blue-green eyes now filled with curiosity over his sorrow. "Who have you lost?"

"My parents… and a close childhood friend," I reply. "My dad vanished one day, my mother got sick shortly after that, and my friend, Kalin… he… went off the deep end… and…"

He wouldn't listen to reason, I remember. And his face… there was no trace of the Kalin I knew in it. In the last few moments before Sector Security showed up, he was destroying so many buildings… and killing I don't know how many people. And… when Security showed up…

An explosion ripples through the area, and the next thing I know, my ears are ringing as I pull myself up off the ground.

There are Sector Security officers gathered about ten meters away from me. They look like they're trying to arrest someone. Wait… not just someone…!

My ears stop ringing, and I can hear Kalin shouting profanity at the officers. Seconds later, I lock eyes with him, and his face somehow manages to turn even angrier. "YOU! YOU AND YUSEI! YOU'RE BOTH TRAITORS!" he roars, ripping away from the officers and running towards me.

Several of the officers pull out guns. They look like stun-guns; in fact, I'm sure that's what they are. Bullets were outlawed before The Split. But no. They weren't stun guns.

I flinch back at the sound of the gun going off, and close my eyes. Something splatters on my face, and I open my eyes back up. I put a hand to my face, and look at it. Blood. There is blood, on my face. Not mine, either.

My vision travels to where my icy-blue-haired friend stands, frozen, about two feet away from me. His clothes are singed, and his hair matted with blood, a result from the explosion that Yusei and I caused. But what really makes my heart stop is the look of surprise on his face as he puts a hand to his chest—no, his heart—and falls—

"Angel?" Toby's voice interrupts, snapping me out of my memories.

"What?" I reply. Then I realize that tears had started to form, and I wipe them away. "I… I was just remembering what happened to my friend…"

"I understand," he says quietly. "How… uhm… how close were you two?"

"Not… not that close," I reply, realizing what he was implying. "But… I grew up in Satellite. When you make friends there, you usually trust them one hundred and ten percent. That, and he was my foster brother. We were in the same orphanage, along with two other friends, Yusei and Jack, and my actual brother, Crow."

"Ah. Sounds… nice. The fact that you have so many friends, not the orphanage thing. I don't think anyone wants their parents to…" he stops and sighs. "I'm just going to shut up before I say something stupid."

XXX

It took almost a month for the Arcadia Movement to return to normal after that. Toby was indeed transferred to Green, making it even harder for Misty's successor as leader of the Blue Faction to be chosen. Eventually it was decided, though I really don't care who the new leader is. All I care about is being able to be friends with Toby, without getting judged for it. He really is a nice guy.

Of course, the normalcy only lasted for another month, when another tragedy happened: one day, Sky turned pale and ran off. Ten minutes later, Devak was discovered missing, in the same fashion that Misty did—room trashed and blood on the floor. Sky also announced him dead, but refused to elaborate on it.

After that, it was like a wedge was driven between everyone. The faction leaders started to ban all ties to other factions—except, of course, Red and Green stayed close. Everyone became suspicious of others, and Sayer ordered bodyguards to be placed around the rooms of the faction leaders. He also installed security cameras everywhere except inside of the bathrooms.

No one trusted anyone. It got so bad that I even started to distrust Sky. I didn't mean to; it just started. But… vanishing right before Devak was discovered missing? It was also suspected that Misty vanished much earlier than when it was discovered… And no one knows where Sky was that morning. I don't think that she could do something like this… but it's all one hell of a coincidence.

Then, two months later…

XXX

"Daigusto Sphreeze, attack Black Rose Dragon!" I shout.

Since Sky was late to training, Akiza and I decided to have a practice Duel. We quickly pulled out Synchro Summons, and stayed at a stalemate until I managed to reduce Black Rose Dragon's ATK to 0.

Suddenly, the power cuts off, leaving the only light in this room coming from our Duel Disks. I frown and say, "That can't be good."

"It's not," Akiza replies. "This building has backup generators powerful enough to keep the power on even in the case of a blackout… I think someone tampered specifically with the power, because I don't see any reason for their to be a blackout in the first place."

"I just hope everyone else is alright…" I say. Then I walk over to the door, which doesn't look like it's going to open electronically. At least it still has a way to get it open manually… "Akiza, come help me get this door open."

We get it open and stumble into the hallway. It's lighter there, so I turn off my Duel Disk.

Seven minutes later, the lights come back on, accompanied with an almost inhuman screech, muffled by walls. My arm burns a little, and I look at it. The mark there is glowing, and I know I have to find Sky.

XXX

Oh, I find her alright. Near the entrance to the building, a Sector Security with blue hair putting her in handcuffs and reading off a list of names that ends with Misty, Devak, and Greiger. Her eyes lock with mine. "Angel! Angel, you have to help me! They say I killed them, but I didn't!"

I drop the gaze, because I honestly think it's possible for her to have done it. I can't watch… not like last time. Not like with Kalin.

But Sky doesn't try to escape, she just shuts up and willingly walks away.

Bile rises in my throat. She might as well have called me a traitor.

XXX

Sky's POV

I don't believe it. My friends, the people I thought I could trust with my life, just stood by and watched as I got arrested. Angel and Akiza… neither of them said anything! And I saw Angel's aura fill with distrust in me when she looked away. Not even Sayer interfered, which really surprised me. I thought I was one of the most important people in the Movement.

'Guess I was wrong about them,' I think sourly. 'All of them! They never really cared about me, did they?!'

The rest of the day, I don't really pay attention to anything. Here and there I would get things like the officers revealing "proof" that I killed Misty, Greiger, and Devak, when they don't even have bodies to go by. Just my word that they're dead. Apparently that in itself is "proof" of my guilt.

They also try to ask about what happened the day I lost control of my powers at the orphanage. Of course, I don't talk. I know what I did, that I set the orphanage on fire with some of the kids trapped inside. They knew about that part, they just want to know why. I won't give them the satisfaction.

After the several-hours-long interrogation, they send me into a cell at the Facility, stating that my Sentence Match is going to be first-thing tomorrow morning.

I lie down on the uncomfortable board that I'm supposed to call a bed. My cellmate, someone my age with a dark blue, almost black aura says, "Name's Syd. Robbed a couple banks. What'd you do?"

I grunt a little. I really don't care about making friends anymore, if one incident can make them totally turn their backs on me. "Sky. Killed a bunch of people," I offer, before rolling over and closing my eyes.

My cellmate didn't say anything to me after that.

To be continued…

Author's Note Part 2: …Yeah, that's where they're leaving it. Next chapter? More torturing of Sky. *Evil grin*

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