A/N: I don't own YU-GI-OH! 5ds. Cheating, Armstrong. For shame! To hell with you!

English: "I…"

All other languages: "Will"

Thoughts: 'Kill you…'

Inner Demon: 'I curse you with eternal damnation!'

Chapter 6: Soon To Be Free, Part 1

We were just about to walk out of the assembly hall, when Armstrong stopped us. "Hold it! Yusei, Arrow, you're the ones Mr. Goodwin has chosen!" He yelled to us.

"Careful Yusei. You too, Arrow." Tanner said. We nodded. Goodwin walked over to us. I moved closer to Yusei, and grabbed his hand again. Goodwin just really freaked me out.

"So tell me Mr. Fudo, Ms. Ryuu, what do you think about the little experiment I proposed?" He asked.

"We don't want any part in it." Yusei said. I nodded in agreement.

"You'll take part and you'll like it, you insig…" Armstrong started to say, but both Goodwin and I interrupted him. Goodwin did it by raising a hand while I took a more… colorful approach.

"LOOK YOU GOD DAMN BITCH WE AIN'T GONNA DO IT IF WE DON'T WANNA! NOW GET THAT THROUGH YOUR PEA-SIZE BRAIN! YOU TO YOU FUCKIN' RICH BASTARD! I CURSE YOU WITH ETERNAL DAMNATION!" Then I repeated the 'I CURSE YOU WITH ETERNAL DAMNATION!' part in every single language I knew. Oh, the look on their faces was priceless. Once I finished cursing them, I laughed at their expressions. Yusei gave me a look that said 'You just made it worse, you know.' I shrugged. Then Goodwin seemed to gain his senses back

"Oh come now, I know you want some answers."

"Huh? What kind of answers Goodwin? What do you mean?" Yusei said, playing dumb.

"Don't act so coy, Yusei. I know all about the Mark of the Dragon that appeared on your arms." Goodwin replied.

"Really, then tell me what you know about it. What does it mean?" Yusei countered.

"That's what I'm hoping to uncover with your help. I can't do it alone."

"Well we don't believe you. You're hiding something. You're just going to use us." Yusei said. I nodded once more.

"Of course! We all use each other, just look at our city. The Satellite need the trash that we give them, that they recycle into energy and heat which we in turn use, Yusei, Arrow."

"It's not trash that we need, it's freedom." Yusei said. More nodding.

"Fine, it's yours." Goodwin said.

"For what?" Yusei said suspiciously.

"Just come with me so I can study your marks. Together we may be able to unlock the secrets of the Signers. But say no, then we have a special place to send you two. Then who knows what might happen to you once you get there."

"What do you mean?" Yusei said.

"Well, here in the Facility, anything is possible."

"We'll take our chances." I spoke up.

"Yes, you will." Let me just say that I do not like the way he said that.

§§§§§§§§ Later §§§§§§§§

"Welcome to your home sweet home, we call it :The Hive. This is where Chief Armstrong likes to house the worst of the worst." The four guards escorting us explained. We paused to look at the other guys stuck here, "Come on, keep moving!" They pushed us forward, which earned them a death glare, colorful comments, and a threat to let Robin tear off their flesh slowly, piece by piece until they die. You can only imagine how scared they were of my little angel.

"Hope you like your stay! The director general sends his regards!" I heard Armstrong yelled at us. We both looked back to glare at him, and I muttered a 'few' oaths.

A few seconds later, we were, yet again, pushed into a cell. "Get in there, and don't expect a mint on your pillow." The guards laughed at us and left.

"Ah man, and I was just getting use to being on my own. Say, if it's not to much trouble, take the top bunk would ya'? I use to crash up there, but I kept rolling over I my sleep and falling of the edge. The name's Alex." Some dude said to us. I jumped on the top bunk and pulled out Robin from my bag. I tossed her a rat, got my MP3out, and started polishing my knife, sword, gun, nuclear, taser, grenade, and poison collections. Then I realized a problem.

"Wait, we can't be in the same bunk, it would be really awkward. We are just friends, so us sharing the same bunk=NO!" I said.

"Well, at least we know each other. For all we know, Alex could be a murder." Yusei argued

"Why does it seem like you want to be in the same bunk as me? Fine, but no touching." I said.

"Yusei and Arrow, right? My last room mate's name was Skeltor or somethin'. I don't know, he wasn't much of a talker. I like to talk…" Alex ranted. 'How is everyone? I really miss them. Spike might kill Yusei if he ever finds out that we had to share a bunk at the Facility.' "…and I named it after my first dog, but, hey is it true what they're saying about you?" Alex said.

"What are they saying?" Yusei asked.

"Lots! Like Arrow took out some dude in two turns, and Yusei stood up to Tanner in a duel and royally schooled him! I challenged Tanner once, after he and his buddies sorta, well, they locked me in a laundry room for two days. It was pretty funny though." Alex tried to say something else, but Yusei interrupted.

"I have a headache Alex. Can we save the chitchat for later?" Alex nodded.

"Psss, Yusei, Arrow!" Yanagi said.

"Huh, they brought you here to?" Yusei asked. Yanagi just motioned for us to follow him. He led us out to the middle of a bridge, where Tanner was.

"You're here to Tanner?" I said.

"How are you guys? I'm glad to see you made it here in one piece." Tanner said.

"I hate to interrupt, but does anyone know what we're doing here? This is the long term maximum security zone. This must have been a paperwork error. I was at the top of the release list." Yanagi asked.

"Hey, you and me both grandpa." Tanner said.

"What's going on? Do either of you know what this is about?" Yanagi questioned.

"What did they tell you when they brought you here Tanner?" asked Yusei.

"You know, some nonsense about needing to restructure the system, blah blah. I don't believe a thing they say." He replied.

"So what do you know about the guy in charge here?" Yusei asked.

"Armstrong is a bully. He does whatever he wants, he's a tyrant, and when he has a bone to pick, he'll do anything to pick it. Why'da ya ask kid? Did you do something to get on that moron's bad side? Are we here 'cause of you?" Tanner said.