This duel has the first Turbo Duel! Yayso! I know you've been begging for one!

Sabrina's not the one dueling. She'll Turbo Duel much later, and I promise I'll reveal her Turbo Deck soon enough! ^_^

I have made some mock Speed Spells to mimic regular spells. The game does this, calling them "Speed Spell - Heavy Storm" or something like that. I'm renaming them like Ruin Queen of Oblivion did with her Shadowchaser fanfic, also involving a granddaughter of Seto Kaiba.

The Duel Puzzles are the second and fourth ones given by the bartender in the game. I like Duel Puzzles a lot. Also, I have realized that I have messed up with the effect of Mage Power in the past few chapters. It increases attack AND defense. This is corrected starting now.

Yu-Gi-Oh 5Ds: Stardust Guardian

A fic by King Dragun

Chapter 8: Speed Warrior

Yusei, Mindy, Druella, and Bolt, along with a crazy old man that Yusei introduced as Yanagi, who was babbling about the 'Signers' or something, met in the rec room as they prepared to leave the hell pit that was the Facility.

"Thanks to you, we were all about to get out of here," said Yusei.

"And our sentences have been reduced to a day," said Bolt, grinning. "Me, Dru and Yanagi will be leaving tomorrow after we do some paperwork."

"Good to know," said Sabrina. "I just hate sadistic bullies. I hope they destroy those disks."

"Hey, I know you enjoyed watching that lard bucket scream when he was blasted!" said Druella.

"You were lucky to get that rare dinosaur card from Jeule, its effect allowed you to damage that gutbat even when you were locked down."

"I had to deal with a stupid stall deck before, it was annoying and frustrated me," laughed Sabrina. "Well, I need to find the Security Storage place in south Domino City, to get my stuff back."

"Wait," said Yusei. "Did you say the duel runners and our decks are in there?"

"Yeah, lardball blabbed his guts about it," said Sabrina. "I guess we will need to get through a ton of red tape to recover them..."

"Mind if I join you?" said Yusei. "Maybe we can work together and watch each other's backs."

"Great idea, we're both trying to get our cards and rides back, so it makes sense," said Sabrina. "And I need to get you back to your friends."

"Not until I get my Stardust Dragon back," said Yusei with a sigh. "It's our ticket to getting out of New Domino and to a better life for all of us. Once we get our runners back, we part ways. Sorry."

"Well, I won't stop you, but let me help you get your stuff back," said Sabrina.

Bolt came up. "Hey Sabrina...Let me thank you for helping get that lard bucket a kick in the pants. You are one heck of an adaptable duelist!"

"Thanks, but I owe the credit to all those guys who gave their cards," said Sabrina.

"Cards mean nothing without skill and you sure had it in spades!" said Bolt, grinning. He pulled a card from his pocket. "See this?"

"It's the Ushi Oni you used in our duel," said Sabrina.

"Nah, it's a scratched copy," said Bolt. "Won't work in a disk. There's a bar called the Bootleg in the Daimon Area, which is the southwest area. Show that card to the bartender and ask for a Sunset Dragon. He'll hook you up with a guy called Blister who will help you get in the center easily and get your stuff without having to go through the red tape."

"Sneaky," said Yusei. "Thanks, Bolt."

"Yeah, thanks, we'll go there immediately," said Sabrina.

"Keep your nose clean," said Druella, smiling. "I don't want you to be back here, got it? I like being here but you shouldn't."

"Right," said Sabrina. "Let's go Yusei, let's get the stuff back."

It turned out that it wasn't too hard to find the Bootleg. Yusei and Sabrina entered and Sabrina approached the bar and took a seat. A seedy bartender with dirty grey hair came up, cleaning a glass. "What can I get a pretty young thing like you?"

Sabrina took the Ushi Oni card and slid it across the counter. "Sunset Dragon, on the rocks."

The bartender saw the card and narrowed his eyes. He then put the glass down and rang a bell. "Closing time, everyone!" The patrons grumbled and cleared out as the bartender put the 'closed' sign on the door and locked it. He came up to Sabrina. "You're duelists, right? I can hook you up but I need to test you first." He took two duel disks out from behind the bar and tossed one to Sabrina. "Put that on."

"I can't duel, that's why I need to talk to..." Sabrina started to say.

"Just do it," said Yusei. "I have a feeling he'll explain it."

Sabrina slipped on the disk and it suddenly activated at the same time the bartender's disk, which had been put on, activated. Suddenly holograms appeared showing cards. "What the... these aren't my cards!"

"Of course not, kid," laughed the bartender. "This isn't a true duel. It's a Duel Puzzle."

"Duel Puzzle?" asked Yusei.

"Yes," said the bartender. "I want each of you to solve a Duel Puzzle to be worthy of my trust. If you can both solve it, you'll show your dueling smarts and I'll trust you enough to help you out. Your goal is to win in this turn by reducing my life points to zero, using whatever you have available. Don't rush as this isn't a timed puzzle."

"Okay, this shouldn't be too hard... I hope," said Sabrina, looking at her situation. "Let's see... hey, I recognize these cards. I have Terraforming, Endymion the Master Magician, and Upstart Goblin in my hand and Tower of Babel activated and Solemn Wishes set. My only problems are you have a Gellundo(1700/0) in defense mode and a Gravity Bind making it impossible to attack you. I have twenty-six hundred life points remaining and you have a mere seven hundred."

She took a minute to think. Come on, this isn't hard! You're named after a fictional spell-caster for crying out loud, and you run spellcasters!

"Well?" asked the bartender.

"I think I have it," said Sabrina. "I activate Terraforming, grabbing a field spell from my deck." She pulled Magical Citadel from her deck and a orb of light entered the Tower of Babel. "Then I'll activate the Magical Citadel of Endymion!"

The magical city formed around them and another counter entered the Babel Tower.

"Next I play Upstart Goblin, giving you a thousand life points in exchange for a free draw," said Sabrina. "And I chain my Solemn Wishes to it to get five hundred life points as well." The magic happened all over the place and Sabrina's life points rose to 3100 as the bartender's rose to 1700. "This will give my Citadel a counter as well."

An orb of light orbited the big tower and a third orb entered the Tower of Babel.

"Now this is going to hurt, but... I activate the spell I got from my draw, Gather Your Mind." Sabrina played it and pulled another Gather Your Mind card from the deck. "This means Babel gets four counters which make it hurt me..." She cringed as the tower collapsed all around her and her life points dropped to a mere 100. "But those counters go right to my Citadel due to its special effect."

The four orbs of light from the ruined tower flew over to the citadel. Another joined it.

"And Gather Your Mind adds a counter too, so now I have seven, more than enough to special summon Endymion himself due to his special ability!" She played the card and six orbs of light flew from the tower and gathered around her field, and a tall black-skinned wizard in dark robes appeared, holding a scepter. (2700/1700) "When he's successfully special summoned this way, I can get a spell card from my graveyard, so I'll pull Upstart Goblin and use it to get you another thousand Life Points." The bartender's life points rose to 2700. Her trap card raised her Life Points to 600 as she grabbed a card from her deck. "And grab Smashing Ground, which I'll use to destroy Gellundeo."

The fairies screamed as they were destroyed by a smashing fist that came from thin air.

"Then I'll use Endymion's effect, ditching Gather Your Mind to destroy Gravity Bind!" Endymion vaporized the sink well. "You're defenseless! Attack directly, Endymion!"

The wizard blasted the bartender with dark magic and he flinched as his life points hit zero.

"Well done," said Yusei as the disks deactivated.

"Well, I do run a spell counter deck so I know how Magical Citadel works." Sabrina giggled. She handed the disk to him. "Your turn."

Yusei activated the disk as the bartender did his. Now standing before Yusei was a Spirit Reaper (300/200) in defense and a face-down card. His field had a spindly blue robot called Destructotron (1600/400) His hand had Psychic Snail, Telekinetic Power Well and Psychic Sword and his graveyard had Mind Master and Krebons. Yusei had 5500 life points and the bartender had a whopping 11900 life points.

"This is hard," murmured Sabrina.

"No, I think I know the solution," said Yusei. ""First, I use Destructotron's effect, since it's the only Psychic on my field. I pay a thousand points(Yusei: 4500) to destroy that face-down card."

The card, a Mirror Force, shattered.

"Next, I activate Telekinetic Power Well!" said Yusei, playing the card. "This allows me to summon two Level 3 or lower Psychic monsters from my grave, so I summon Mind Master and Krebons, the only ones in my graveyard."

The grinning jester(1200/400) and a weird alien vessel with wire arms(100/200) appeared.

"Of course, I now take damage equal to a hundred times their total level," said Yusei, grunting as the psychic energy overloaded his senses. (Yusei: 3600)

"Next, I normal summon Psychic Snail." Yusei summoned a grotesque mollusk with tubes. (1900/1200) "And I use its effect on Destrucotron, paying more life points to do so." The tubes pierced the robot and Yusei and infused fluid into the robot's joints. (Yusei: 2800)

"You're doing good so far," said the bartender, smiling. "But you've got that Reaper..."

"I'll get to him in a moment," said Yusei. "Next, I use Mind Master's ability, tributing the now useless Psychic Snail..." The robot creature blasted a beam that dissolved the snail. "And special summoning Power Injector from my deck!"

A giant robot Frankenstein's monster with metal skin and a blue jumpsuit rose up. (1300/1400)

"Then I use Mind Master's effect again to tribute Krebons..." Yusei grunted as the jester vanished. (Yusei: 2000) "And bring forth Psychic Commander!" A tank with a strange man in it appeared and saluted. (1400/800)

"Then I pay another six hundred life points to use Power Injector's effect to increase all of my Psychic monsters by five hundred attack for this turn." The robot monster roared as he unleashed psychic waves that rippled through the field. (Yusei: 1200) "Then I equip Psychic Sword to Destructotron, increasing his attack further!" A glowing sword appeared in the robot's claw.

"Now to battle!" said Yusei. "I attack Spirit Reaper with Mind Master, and then chain Psychic Commander's effect to it, paying a hundred life points. (Yusei: 1100) Since it's a targeting effect, Spirit Reaper is automatically destroyed on the damage step."

The spirit zombie screeched as it exploded.

"Now I attack with the rest of my monsters!" said Yusei. The Injector punched the bartender and dropped the life points to 10100. The psychic commander fired his tank gun and dropped the life points down to 8200 and the robot slashed twice and dropped the life points to zero.

"Well done," said the bartender, taking the disks back. "You've proven yourselves. As promised, you'll meet the guy who you need to find. Just go outside and he'll find ya."

"Okay, if that's all..." said Sabrina. The two left the bar just as a motorbike with a sidecar pulled up. A man with facial stubble turned to them.

"Get in," he said. "Rex's goons are trailing you."

Yusei noted some men in suits and nodded. Sabrina got in the side car and Yusei piggybacked as the bike rode off, leaving the suits in the dust.

The three walked down a hallway as Yusei and Sabrina massaged a strange white cream into the criminal markers on their cheeks.

"That cream should fritz the signal on those marks for a few days, long enough to get what you're looking for," said the man as he opened the door to his apartment. "The name's Blister."

"Nice, I hope that's not your real name," said Sabrina.

Blister laughed as he sat down in front of a computer. "You're a funny girl... Sabrina, right? I got your data when you used the disks during those puzzles to download your bio data on my laptop." He opened up the computer and accessed the files. "You two got locked up for a couple days in the Facility. Hmmm... let me guess, you got your decks and Duel Runners seized and need them back, right?"

"Yes," said Yusei. "Bolt told us about you, how you could help us out."

"It's very risky," said Blister, checking some maps on his computer. "They've upped security recently, but I think I have a plan. Give me two days and I'll get you hooked up."

"Thanks a lot," said Sabrina.

Sabrina was given Blister's guest room for the next two days and Yusei slept on the couch. The next morning, after a nice quick breakfast, Yusei worked with Blister to iron out the plan while Sabrina went on some errands. On the way back, she ran into a little boy who was studying some tins of cards. "Hey, what you doing?" she asked, curious.

"Oh hi, lady,' said the boy. "My name is Nico, and I'm studying Structure Deck Duels."

"Structure deck duels?" asked Sabrina. "What are those?"

"Simple," said Nico, taking a tin. "You and your opponent take one of these structure decks, which are decks that Industrial Illusions created to help newcomers to the game of Duel Monsters so they don't have to buy a ton of cards, and duel with them. The decks have a nice balance of monsters, spells and traps and run on a theme. Say, you look like a duelist! Wanna try to duel me in a Structure Deck Duel?"

Sabrina thought about it. She did miss her deck but it wouldn't hurt to try this thing out. "Okay, I've got some time to kill." She put her groceries down. "Luckily, nothing in there is perishable, so I have plenty of time to get it back to the apartment. Let's do this."

The kid let her borrow a duel disk. "Now pick your structure deck."

Sabrina took one. "I'll take Spellcaster's Judgment. I'm good with spellcasters."

"Then I'll choose Surge of Radiance," said Nico.

The two took the cards out of the tins and shuffled them. Placing them in the disks, the two activated their duel disks and drew their first hands.

(Sabrina: 8000)

(Nico: 8000)

"I'll go first," said Nico, drawing a card. "I'll set a monster and two cards face down." He played the cards and ended his turn with a wave of his hand.

Sabrina drew a card. "I'll start by playing Spell Absorption..."

"And I negate it with Magic Jammer, tossing a card to negate your spell," said Nico, ditching the card. Sabrina's spell shattered.

"Ugh," said Sabrina. "Oh well, no big loss. I'll summon Gemini Elf." Two lithe female elves appeared. (1900/900) "And equip them with Mage Power, which adds five hundred attack and defense to a monster equipped with it for every spell and trap on my field." (2400/1400) "I set two more cards." She played two cards on the back row. (3400/2400) "And destroy your face-down."

The elves fired bolts of magic that slammed into a girl with blue hair wielding pom-poms. She cried out as she was incinerated. (500/500)

"That was my Freya, Spirit of Victory you destroyed," said Nico.

"Your turn," said Sabrina. The boy drew a card.

"I place another monster," said Nico, making a reversed monster appear. "And play Swords of Revealing Light to paralyze your attacks for three turns." Glowing swords slammed into the field.

"Good go-" Sabrina bit her tongue to avoid cussing in front of the kid. "You're good."

"Thanks," said Nico, smiling. "Your move."

Sabrina drew a card. "I play the Reload I set to shuffle the two cards I have back into my deck and drew the same number of cards." Gemini Elf fell to (2900/1900) "Then I summon Mythical Beast Cerberus!" The familiar blue-furred wizard wolf leapt onto the field. (1400/1400) "Your turn."

"I sacrifice my face-down monster to summon Airknight Parshath," said Nico. The reversed monster exploded and a tall centaur wearing golden armor and a white feather stoll emerged, wielding a silver blade and golden shield. (1900/1400) "Destroy his Mythical Beast!"

The wolf howled in agony as the centaur slashed it into bits. (Sabrina: 7500) "Ugh, first blood to you, I guess."

"And when you take battle damage from Airknight Parshath, his effect activates and I get to draw a card." Nico took a card from his deck. "Which I will set. End turn."

Sabrina drew a card. "I summon Skilled Dark Magician." A tall man in dark robes appeared, holding a black wand. (1900/1700) "Your turn."

Nico took a card out of his deck. "I summon Nova Summoner." A ring of feathers with wings on it appeared. (1400/800) Nico took a little while to ponder his next move. "I can't do anything else, it's your turn."

Sabrina drew a card. One more turn on those blasted Swords. She drew. I have Dark Magician and Dark Eradicator Warlock, but no spells. If I can get three spells going... "I pass, and now your Swords fade." The swords of light melted away.

Nico drew and grinned. "I sacrifice my Airknight Parshath and Nova Summoner for... Guardian Angel Joan!" A beautiful woman with wings and a white dress appeared. (2800/2000)

Oh crud, there goes any hope of getting Dark Eradicator onto the field! thought Sabrina. She had a flash of a vision of this monster wearing a duel disk and dueling someone while a familiar face or two was cheering the angel on. That was weird... I think I have a family member who met a real live Guardian Angel Joan, but that's impossible, it's just a... a card, right? Curse this amnesia.

"Destroy Skilled Dark Magician!" cried Nico. The angelic woman blasted white light at Skilled Dark Magician and vaporized him. (Sabrina: 6600) "And when Guardian Angel Joan destroys a monster, I gain life points equal to its attack!" (Nico: 9900) "I end my turn."

"You're good," said Sabrina, drawing a card. "But Gemini Elf's still stronger thanks to Mage Power." The elves blasted the Guardian Angel Joan to shards. (Nico: 9800) "End turn."

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

Sabrina drew a card. "I play Mystical Space Typhoon on your right card in the back row."

"I chain with Solemn Judgment," said Nico, flipping a card. (Nico: 4800) "Uh no wait, I take that back, I use Seven Tools of the Bandit and pay a thousand life points to stop it." He flipped his other card. (Nico: 3900) Both shattered.

"Uh... okay..." murmured Sabrina. He's just a kid, give him a break. He probably wasn't sure what he wanted to do, but it cost him big time. "Elf, destroy that face-down."

The elves vaporized another angel in a toga. (1400/800) "That was Shining Angel and when it's toasted, I get to special summon a Light monster with fifteen hundred attack or less from my deck, so I choose Leyard the Liberator." A white robot with six arms and huge wings appeared in defense mode. (1400/1500)

Well, he can't do much with that unless he has a trap waiting. Sabrina nodded to end her turn.

Sabrina drew a card and grinned. Jackpot! "I summon Tsukuyomi!" A pointy-eared girl with markings of blue runes on her face emerged. (1100/1400) "And when she's summoned I have to flip a face-up monster face-down, so I choose your Leyard." The robot vanished into a card.

"While that happens, I chain the effect of my Magical Dimension to that, sacrificing Tsukuyomi to special summon another spellcaster, Dark Magician!" The elf girl vanished and was replaced by the famous dark-robed wizard. This was a replica of the original, dark hair and all. (2500/2100) "And when that happens, I get to blow up one of your monsters, so that face-down monster will do nicely." An obese boy with wings appeared and shattered. "Oh, just an Absorbing Kid From The Sky, nothing to fret about. Okay, next I sacrifice my Dark Magician for Dark Eradicator Warlock!"

The wizard's robes turned a dark purple-crimson color and doubled in volume and the hat grew more pointed and the staff became more opulent. (2500/2100)

"What was that for" asked Nico. "He's got the same attack power."

"You'll find out," said Sabrina. "Dark Eradicator Warlock, destroy Leyard! Midnight Magic Attack!"

The sorcerer thrust his hand out and vaporized the face-down Leyard.

"Now Gemini Elf, do a direct attack!" Sabrina ordered. The boy screamed as the elves blasted him with magic. (Nico: 1000) "I end my turn."

Nico drew a card and set it in his back row. "Go."

Sabrina drew a card, shrugged, and pointed to Nico. "Attack, Dark Eradicator." The sorcerer thrust out his hand.

"I trigger my trap card, Widespread Ruin!" said Nico, flipping up his trap. "This destroys the monster you have with the most powerful attack!"

An explosion ripped through he field and the Gemini Elves screamed as they were destroyed.

"Too bad I don't need them anymore," said Sabrina. "End this, Dark Eradicator!"

Nico howled in agony as the dark magic blasted him. (Nico: 0) "I lost..."

The disks deactivated and Sabrina returned it and the structure deck.

"You're pretty good with Spellcasters," said Nico, grinning. "Come back any time for a Structure Deck duel with me!"

"Thanks," said Sabrina. "I was named after..." She then checked her watch. "Crud, Yusei and Blister are gonna kill me if I'm late! Bye, Nico!" She picked up the groceries and ran off. As much as I liked using that deck, I'm eager to get my own deck back from Sector Security... and find out who I am and what those people in my vision I just had are doing...

The time passed quickly and Sabrina and Yusei learned a lot. Rumors were that Rex Goodwin, the man Sabrina had seen just after she kicked Armstrong's butt, was planning a couple of dueling tournaments in the near future. That tickled Sabrina's interest but Yusei was still moping over the fact that he hadn't been able to get back his Stardust Dragon.

Soon, Blister approached the two. "Okay, I've finally gotten a good plan. I've managed to snag some uniforms for you two so you can sneak into the Storage center without being suspicious." She handed Yusei a worker's uniform and Sabrina a Sector Security uniform. "This should get you into the compound." He handed Sabrina a map and a key card. "This card unlocks the card storage area, where your decks are being held. Your job, Sabrina, is to break into the card storage and grab your deck and Yusei's deck. Yusei..." He handed Yusei a card. "This unlocks the garage where they hold impounded vehicles. Your Duel Runners should be there. I don't think they put a club on them as they didn't expect you to get out of jail anytime soon."

"Thanks," said Yusei. "We owe you."

"Just be careful, okay?" asked Blister. "I can't help you if Sector Security finds you again."

"You've done enough," said Sabrina, kissing his cheek. Note to self, never do that again. Ouch.

After changing into the uniforms (Sabrina had to use the guest room for privacy) the two Satellites traveled to the storage center. It was easy to get in, flashing the ID cards that were part of the uniforms was enough to get past the main gates and, after Yusei split up from Sabrina, she was able to get into the card storage room with the key card Blister had given her. She only had to deal with a couple of guards but after they saw her and saw she was a female, they let her pass after she let them flirt with her to get their machismo on. She felt dirty inside but knew she had to swallow her pride to get her cards back. She used the key card to get inside the card storage.

"Finally, my deck is back in my hands," said Sabrina, who looked at the cards. Then she saw something - the deck had changed. "These cards..." Her Dark Magician and Dark Magician Girl were there, but most of the deck had been replaced with different cards. Also, her synchros had been changed and some new cards were in the Extra Deck, cards with black borders.

XYZ? What sort of cards are these? thought Sabrina. She heard guards passing by and put it out of her mind quickly, grabbed Yusei's deck, and hurried to the meeting spot where she met up with Yusei and returned his cards to him.

"Thanks," said Yusei, looking through the cards.

"Make sure nobody tampered with them, someone's changed most of my deck," said Sabrina.

"No, it's all here," said Yusei. "Are you sure that's not your original deck?"

"Positive, I can't find my Magical Citadel of Endymion anywhere and..."

"No time, I've found the Duel Runners," said Yusei. "Come on, let's mount out and break out of here before Sector Security finds out."

The two reached the garage and found a box which Yusei crowbared open. Inside were Yusei's red Duel Runner and Sabrina's blue-purple one. "Ah, good to have Dark Magical back," said Sabrina as she mounted up and put on her helmet. "And the Turbo Deck I had is hidden away in the duel disk too! Awesome!"

"Great, now we can get outta here," said Yusei.

Suddenly spotlights came to life and centered on the crate. "Crap," said Sabrina.

Sinister laughter filled the air as cops charged in, guns aimed at Yusei and Sabrina. "Found you two at last, Satellite scum!" Officer Trudge walked onto the catwalk and smirked evilly.

"Hey, these are ours!" shouted Sabrina angrily.

"Actually, they're now the property of Sector Security," said Trudge. "They're going to be disassembled and rebuilt into new patrol bikes, or maybe we'll just melt them down and make them into toasters! I'm not really sure. As for you two, it's back to the Facility!"

"Didn't Rex give you a tongue lashing about that?" sneered Sabrina as Yusei got on the red bike and put on his helmet. "I'm a free woman!"

"Sure, Mr. Goodwin told me that I had no right to arrest you, but you're Satellite Scum!" snarled Trudge. "You will always be trash that shouldn't be in New Domino."

Yusei fiddled with his Duel Runner.

"Sorry, Yusei, but those Duel Runners are off-line," said Trudge. "So just come out with your hands up and we'll..."

Sabrina gunned the motor.

"WHAT?!" cried Trudge in shock. "But that's..."

"Impossible?" laughed Sabrina. "Hardly. You didn't realize that me and Yusei know how to bring our Duel Runners ON-line, we've been working on ours for weeks! Sayonara, sucker!" She slammed the pedal to the floor and jettisoned out of the crate with enough force to spook the guards and force them to scatter.

"Get them! GET THEM!" roared Trudge as Yusei followed suit. The two runners drove through the building's halls, chased by a slew of patrol bikes.

"Sabrina, we'd better split up!" said Yusei as they tore out of the front door and down the courtyard. "They'll have to split up and we can shake them off."

"Are you sure?" asked Sabrina. "It's not really safe..."

"Do it!" said Yusei as they burst through the closing gate. Yusei split off down one alley and Sabrina took the other. Only a single bike followed her...

Unfortunately, it was the most annoying to shake. "Ha, gotcha now, Satellite scum!" laughed Trudge as he clung to Sabrina like bad peanut butter. "You're not getting away! If you won't surrender, I'll defeat you in a..."

Suddenly, a forest-green Duel Rider motorbike emerged and slammed into Trudge. "Hey BUDDY!" said a familiar voice under a rose-red helmet. "Remember ME?"

"YOU!" snarled Trudge. "The Poison Thorn! I didn't expect you to break out of the Facility!"

"Druella!" gasped Sabrina as the bike, which had thorn paint jobs on the sides and spiked wheels, came up besides her.

"I'll distract the copper, you go and lay low until they're gone," said Druella, winking. "I've got a little score to settle with this guy." She drove down an alley.

"You're not getting away, Thorn!" shouted Trudge, losing interest in Sabrina and chasing after the other biker. Sabrina sighed a bit in relief.

"Be careful," she said, seconds before a couple of patrol bikes appeared. "Oh gawd..." She turned into a tight alley but they were hot on her trail.

Druella's Duel Rider ripped through the hallways. "Ha ha, catch me if you can, copper."

Trudge snarled. "You'll regret getting out of the Facility, Miss Pryson! My special Pursuit Deck will end you like it did those other times!" He activated the Duel Lock.

"Duel Mode Activated. Speed World engaged."

The negative world of Speed World swept over the halls.

"Bah, I LET you win," chuckled Druella as she and Trudge drew their first hands. "I kind of like being in jail, lets me cool down and relax."

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(Trudge: 8000) [TSC: 0]

"Well let's see you relax after I start with this!" said Trudge, drawing a card. He added it to his hand and played another monster. "I set a monster in defense mode, set two cards and end my turn."

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Druella drew a card. "How droll." She drew a card.

"I activate my trap card, Desert Sunlight!" said Trudge, flipping up one of his cards. "This flips my face down monster, Gate Blocker, into face up mode!" A giant stone slab with an eerie eye rose up from the card. (100/2000) "Now, as long as this monster is face-up, you won't be gaining any more speed counters! Let's hope you enjoy what you have because your gears are permanently stuck in neutral!" He laughed wickedly.

"Gate Blocker, how original," murmured Druella. "I summon Genex Controller in attack mode." The card appeared and disgorged a tiny little robot made of gears and sprockets. (1400/1300) "Then I set two cards face down and end my turn."

The two riders turned a sharp corner.

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"Give it up, scum," said Trudge drawing a card. "I play Gonogo in attack mode!" A giant black orb with a wicked demon face appeared. (1350/1600)

"That's far too weak," said Druella.

"Not when I activate my Speed Spell Fast Rush!" said Trudge, playing his card. "By removing two speed counters, I can increase my Gonogo's attack by 700, like Rush Recklessly!" (2050/1600) "Go, destroy that Genex Controller!"

The ball rolled towards the robot... right into a glowing crevice.

"WHAT?!" cried Trudge.

"Ha ha ha, you never learn," said Druella, showing off her trap. "After watching Sabrina dueling in the Facility, I found Dimensional Prison to be much more effective as a trap than Sakuretsu Armor."

"I set another card and end my turn," snarled Trudge. The card appeared briefly before fading away into the roadside.

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"What a waste," said Druella, drawing a card. "I set two cards..." She placed the cards and they appeared briefly before vanishing. "Then I summon Genex Blast in attack mode!" Another robot, this time one which looked like a giant electric fan on legs, appeared. (1600/1300) "And it's effect lets me grab a Dark attribute Genex monster from my hand, like Genex Ally Birdman!" She pulled the card from her deck and grinned.

"Gah, don't tell me..." said Trudge, recalling the scenario.

"That's right, I tune my Genex Controller with Genex Blast! Let's! REV! IT! UP!" Druella laughed as the tiny robot turned into three stars and surrounded the robot fan with green rings. It turned wireframe and split into four stars and a giant green robot with a tiny electric fan in his stomach appeared. (*3* + *4* = *7*) "Go, Wind Farm Genex!" (2000/1600)

"And it gains three hundred attack for every spell and trap card on the field, so now..." Wind Farm Genex's fan turned bright. (2600/1600) "Destroy that accursed Gate Blocker! Geo Crash!"

The creature eroded the stone slab with a blast of wind from its hands and stomach.

"I activate my SECOND trap!" shouted Trudge, flipping it up. "Broken Blocker! Since you destroyed ONE Gate Blocker, I special summon TWO MORE!" Two more stone slabs appeared in defense mode. (100/2000) Wind Farm Genex lost power as well. (2300/1600) "You won't be getting away this time, Thorn!"

"Ugh, like a freakin' hydra, man!" said Druella. "I end my turn."

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Trudge drew a card. "I summon my tuner monster, Jutte Fighter!" A tiny oriental warrior wearing glasses appeared. (700/900) "And I use his special ability." The Fighter waved his sword back and forth and the robot crouched. "Forcing your big junk pile into defense mode... and now I tune up my Jutte Fighter with one of my Gate Blockers!"

The warrior turned into three stars which surrounded one of the slabs, wire framing it and turning it into three stars that were engulfed by green rings of light. A familiar monster appeared. (*3* + *3* = *6*) (2800/2000)

"Behold... Goyo Guardian!" laughed Trudge. "And now it'll dismantle that Genex robot! Attack!"

The face-painted warrior swung his grappling whip at Wind Farm Genex, shattering it, but the robot remains were pulled back by the whip and Wind Farm Genex reformed on Trudge's field, the whip around its neck.

"When Goyo Guardian destroys a monster, he reforms it as his slave," laughed Trudge. "Next turn, I'll shift him to attack and decimate your life points." He ended his turn with a wave.

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Druella drew a card and smirked. "I didn't want to have to do this, buddy, but you give me no choice. I summon this guy... and since he needs two tributes..." She played it.

Trudge gasped in shock as Goyo Guardian and Gate Blocker melted into lava, which formed a hideous lava monster with tiny eyes and a cage around its neck. (3000/2500)

"LAVA GOLEM?!" cried Trudge. "I knew you were a thief, but this confirms how low you'll go! That's a very rare monster!"

"A friend owed me, and it gets rid of annoying enemies like yours," said Druella. "I set a card and activate my two traps. First Birthright, bringing back my Genex Controller." The tiny robot reappeared. "Then Pineapple Blast, destroying one of your monsters, so I'll destroy Genex Wind Farm to get him out of your hands!" The Genex monster exploded violently. "That's my turn, buddy, let's see if you can make this turn count."

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Trudge drew and howled in agony as the golem vomited lava on his head. (Trudge: 7000) "You are going to pay dearly, Thorn. When I arrest you, you're not just going back to the Facility, you're going to the Reeducation Center to learn manners! I sacrifice your Lava Golem for Jinzo!" The golem shattered to reveal a tall green-robed cyborg with an exposed brain. (2400/1500) "And as long as he's on the field, you can't use any trap cards! Next, I use my Speed Spell - Sonic Buster, using half of Jinzo's attack to damage you!"

Jinzo lurched as a beam of ebony light shot from his neck and blasted Druella's Duel Runner, making her skid a bit. (Druella: 6800) "Didn't hurt."

"Then I'll use ANOTHER Sonic Buster!" laughed Trudge as the beam of light shot from Jinzo again, blasting the Duel Runner. Druella struggled to keep it under control. (Druella: 5600) "Now Jinzo, destroy that Controller with Cyber Shock!" The cyborg fired a ball of shadow energy...

"I discard my Kuriboh from my hand to reduce battle damage to zero, protecting my Controller," said Druella, tossing a card. A wall of the furry fiends absorbed the blast.

"Urgh! I end my turn," said Trudge. "But mark my words, you're finished!"

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Druella drew a card. "I play Speed Spell - Overboost, which lets me gain six speed counters until the end of my turn." Her Duel Runner suddenly shot ahead of Trudge's bike. [DSC: 6] "But they go down to one after that time, so I have to make this count, and I will with this! Speed Spell - Summon Speeder! This lets me remove two Speed Counters..." [DSC: 4] "To special summon a Level 4 monster or lower from my hand, but it cannot attack this turn, so I summon Genex Gaia!" A bronze robot rose up. (1000/1900) "And now I normal summon Genex Heat, which I can do without a tribute because I have Genex Controller on my field!" A brass four-armed robot with a furnace spewing flames emerged on the field. (2000/1300) "Finally, I play the Speed Spell - Soul Crusher! I get to wipe out that Jinzo of yours..."

Trudge's cyborg exploded into pieces and both Duel Runners blew a tire, skidding wildly. (Trudge: 5800) (Druella: 4400)

"And we both take damage equal to half of that monster's attack!" said Druella. "Now to give my Genex Gaia a tune-up! Let's Rev It Up!"

Again the controller turned into stars which engulfed the other robot in glowing green rings and made it wireframe. It turned into four stars and then there appeared a giant bronze robot with picks on its arms. (1800/2800)

"Go! Geo Genex!" said Druella with a laugh.

"I know for a fact that its effect won't activate," said Trudge. "You need a Level 4 or weaker Genex on the field and all you have is your Level 5 Genex Heat."

"True, but it's good enough," said Druella. "I attack you directly with both Genex!"

Genex Heat blasted flames at Trudge's bike, making him skid deftly. (Trudge: 3800) [TSC: 4] Then Geo Genex lashed out with his pick arms and blew out Trudge's bike wheel, making him skid farther. (Trudge: 2000) [TSC: 3] "I set a card and end my turn." As the card vanished into the road, Druella's Rider bike slowed down as the effects of Overboost wore off.

Trudge drew a card. "You got a cheap shot on me, Thorn, but this is not the end!" He set a monster in reversed mode and ended his turn.

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Druella drew a card. "I have nothing. Genex Heat, attack that monster!" The flames engulfed a grinning jar. "Great, Morphing Jar." As it exploded, the two riders ditched their hands and drew new ones. "Hey, good call! I attack with Geo Genex!" Trudge's bike was dented by the picks. (Trudge: 200) [TSC: 2] "I set a card and end my turn." She grinned as the card vanished into the roadside as her turn ended.

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Trudge drew a card and grinned. My Speed Vortex! I can use it to wipe out her monsters and summon my Pursuit Chaser to do damage, then I'll use my OWN Overboost next turn and finish her off with...

"Oh buddy?" said Druella, flipping up the card she had set two turns ago. "Trap time!"

Trudge saw the trap and the image of Hiita the Fire Charmer in a ring of flame. "No... not..."

"Spiritual Fire Arts - Kurenai, a great finisher with my Genex Heat!" said Druella as the fire-breathing robot burst into flames and exploded violently, ripping through Trudge's bike and making it crash into a wall. Luckily, he wasn't hurt. (Trudge: 0) (TSC: -)

She laughed as her Duel Rider sped off around an alley.

Trudge profusely cursed his mouth out as he got off the bike and threw his helmet to the ground. "You haven't seen the last of me, Poison Thorn! You hear me?!"

Druella sighed as she turned off Duel Mode and slowed down a bit. The sun was high in the sky as she shielded her eyes from its glare. I sure hope I gave Sabrina enough time to get away. She made me owe her a big one after getting me early parole with that amazing duel against Chief Takasu Armstrong. I hope she's okay...

The bike shot off across a bridge near the edge of the coast.

Time for me to go into hiding until the heat's off... I don't think Trudgey is going to rest for a while as he hunts me down after that insult, so I need to lay low for a week or two, but it'll be worth it.

[To be continued...]

NEW CARDS

Speed Spell - Fast Rush:

Image:The Rush Recklessly red boar in a biker's outfit riding a motorbike.

Effect: Remove two Speed Counters. Increase the attack of a monster you control by 700.

Speed Spell - Speed Crusher:

Image: Lightsworn Wulf buried in rubble caused by a collapsing wall

Effect: This card can only be activated if you have four of more speed counters. Destroy one of your opponent's face-up monsters and inflict damage equal to half of the ATK of the destroyed monster.

Speed Spell - Speed Vortex:

Image: A group of Genex monsters being dragged into an electric vortex.

Effect: Remove five Speed Counters. Destroy all face-up monsters on your opponent's side of the field. If you use this card, you must skip your next Draw Phase.