Quick Note:
I am aware of a few spelling mistakes in the duel last chapter. I changed it all on my backup copy on the computer. Also Crystal Beast Cobalt Eagle got discarded twice that's because I made a mistake with the hands and had to go back and change a lot and it got missed out during the change. It should have been Crystal Promise that got discarded. For those of you who are duellists out there and could see that Ryan would have won easily, I know I saw it too guys. Thing is it needed to be a draw and Ryan is more of a business man than a duellist so doesn't see these things and therefore makes rookie mistakes which I think I showed. Right let's get on with the next Chapter.
Chapter/Episode 10 - 'Gathering the Chosen, Alice's Release'
A large man in a doctor's coat is walking down the hallway towards the waiting room. He is followed by two nurses on each side. He seemed to be carrying a large bed chart with scribbles all over it. They reach the waiting room and walk towards a very worried looking Natalya. Natalya looks up and hopes that the man is going to share some good news with her.
"Natalya Ghost" he asked.
"Yes, how is he doing" Natalya said.
"Well he is stable, will need to keep him in for a week or so just to make sure" the doctor replied.
"Several fourth degree burns down his back and left side of his body"
"Third degree burns to the right shoulder"
"What looks to be massive trauma to the head"
"With light charring of the skin to go with it" the doctor explained as Natalya looked in shock and what he was saying.
"He is awake if you would like to see him" the doctor offered.
Natalya stood up. "If I could, then please" she replied.
Natalya, the doctor and the two nurses headed back up the hallway into the emergency ward for extreme cases. They went into a private room in the corner of the ward. Ryan was lying there in casts attached to several parts of his body. The charring was clearly visible in several areas. Natalya walked over and sat in the chair next to the bed.
"At least your face is not damaged" she said trying to cheer him up.
Ryan did not reply, so she decided on a different subject. "We found the girl who attacked you"
"She was with another man who shares a birthmark" she mentioned.
"We have them in a holding cell as we speak" she noted.
Ryan turned his head to look at Natalya. "Lift up the sleeve to my right arm" he simply said.
"Sir" Natalya said.
"Please, you have to see this" he said.
Natalya did what she was told to do by her boss. She rolled up the sleeve of the hospital robe he was wearing and looked in shock. There was a large star shape on his right arm.
"You have a birthmark as well" she asked.
"I got it while I was duelling last night" Ryan replied.
"So that is what you were doing up there" Natalya said.
"A cloaked man broke through the windows and challenged me"
"It was Jaffa from the records, I couldn't believe it" he explained.
"The duel was so twisted, every point of damage we took it actually hurt us both physically and mentally" he went on.
Natalya grabbed his right hand and tried to shush him. "You do not need to speak of what happened, you need to rest right now" she replied.
"I need you to do something for me" Ryan asked as he turned to look up at the roof.
"What is that sir" Natalya said, she would do anything for this man and now she would prove it.
"Release Laura and whoever else you captured" Ryan said.
"I also want Alice James who is in the detention facility to be released into Neo Domino City" he added.
"What on earth for" Natalya asked.
"If what I know is to be true, they are going to be facing a tough time for the sake of everyone on this planet"
"I am more than sure they cannot fill their purpose in a detention centre" he replied.
"We will get right on it sir" Natalya said as she stood up.
"Thank you" Ryan said as he drifted to sleep.
Natalya watched her boss for a second before heading out the door, closing it quietly as she did so. She reached into her bag and took out a mobile dialling a number into it as she did so.
"Security HQ, this is Natalya Ghost, I am coming by to make a prison release" she said before closing the flip on the phone.
"This is so damn boring" Oliver said lying down on the bed.
"Stop your whining Oliver" Laura ordered.
"Yeh, try being tied up like I am" Kai said while he was yawning.
"It is not exactly easy to sleep while being bound"
Craig was sitting at the edge of the top bunk twiddling his thumbs about. "So how long do you think we will be getting" he asked.
"Well my guess is that Mike Tyson over there will get the same time as me if not longer for his assault on security" Laura replied.
"I will be getting a fairly long sentence for breaking into Kaiba Corp, splicing their files and then spitting on a security officer"
"You and Oliver will only get a month or so for being accomplices" she explained.
Craig let out a sigh. "We only just got into town as well".
"This is some first visit to the city" Kai said.
"I am sorry guys, I did not think they would find me, I have dodged security before" she explained.
"Besides if your any relation to me you will have been to the city before" Laura added.
"Maybe but I was too young to remember" Kai replied.
A man walked up the cell door and began to unlock it. He was wearing a security uniform and was quite a large guy, both in height and size. He had a menacing look on his face while he started to open the door.
"Ok the girl first for a trial" he said.
Laura got up and walked towards the cell door. "You must be that Scott guy from earlier on" she said.
"Good to hear you remember my name, I am going mark that face so slowly" he replied smirking.
"Well let's get going then" Laura said as she kicked the cell door. The cell door flung open and smacked Scott right on the face causing him to fall backwards.
Scott who was now grabbing his nose stood back up. "Ouch you stupid bitch" he said as he raised his hand to make a fist.
"That's enough" a woman said as she walked into the room.
"Natalya, what an unexpected surprise" Scott said turning his attention to Natalya.
"I phoned the HQ and told them I was coming" she replied.
"I am sorry I was busy preparing for the trials of these little punks" Scott said pleading for some attention.
"There is a change of plan, they are to be released at once" Natalya ordered.
"Looks like you won't be marking my face today then Scott" Laura laughed as she walked towards Natalya.
"Why are you releasing us" she asked.
"This comes from the head of Kaiba Corp himself" Natalya replied.
"Well tell Ryan, I say thanks" Laura said.
"Let's go guys" Laura motioned towards the exit.
"We do not want to keep her waiting" Oliver noted as ran to catch up with Laura.
"Let's go then Kai" Craig said jumping down from the top bunk and leaving the cell.
"How about a little help here" Kai asked while his hands and feet were still tied up.
"Did you hear they are releasing Alice" Ali said who was sitting at the dark table.
"Well that is what we wanted" replied Burdock.
"So the chosen are finally gathering" Stuart said.
"Where abouts is Jaffa anyway" Stuart asked.
"Said he had something to do" replied Ali.
"Well thanks to Ali, Alice is in no state of mind to duel any of us" Burdock noted.
"Hey, I did what you lot told me to do"
"That is true"
"The fact is we did not see this coming" Stuart explained.
"What would happen if we could turn her right now" Burdock asked.
"Yeh, we could have another member and make this even easier to beat the chosen" Ali mentioned along with Burdock.
Stuart stood up from the table. "If we are going to turn Alice, I would like to do it".
"Fair enough" Burdock replied.
"Hurry back, and bring us some freaking pizza" Ali shouted as Stuart was walking out the door.
"You know I won't be long" Stuart said with a laugh.
"Get the usual" Burdock and Ali shouted together.
The corridor was dark and damp. There were people rattling the chains they were bound to and others who were singing. People with their heads sticking out of the bars they were confined to begging for something to eat or to be let out. Other complaining of the rat infestation while the rats happily played around in the cells. Two men were walking down this corridor, one of whom was carrying a file.
"Just down here" the one with the file said.
"What number did you say the cell was" the other man asked.
"Cell block F, 100203" the man with the file replied now reading the information on the file.
"Wonder why the boss would order a criminal to be released into the city".
"Well, he is the boss so we I assume he has good reason".
"Rumour has it he went loopy, his whole office was destroyed".
"I would not be caught talking like that if I were you".
"He was decorated a hero he was".
"We will soon see if it is true then".
"Well, here we are". The man with the file said as he unlocked the doors to the cell.
The two men walked into to see the 19 year old girl sitting on the floor, her eyes as cold and lifeless as ever. "She seriously does not move, does she?"
"Time to get up, you get released today" the man with the file said picking Alice up from the ground.
"We have had her in therapy because she refused to eat" he said while holding Alice up.
"It would seem that she suffered a serious trauma before ending up in here and she cannot seem to get over it" he added.
"Well she will not last long out in the city like that"
"That is truly not our problem now she is being released" the man with the file said shaking his head.
"You grew quite attached to her, didn't you" the other man asked.
"She has just got an interesting condition, being a psychiatrist I find it fascinating"
"Well like you said, she's no longer our problem now, let's drop her off outside"
The two men carried Alice out of the detention centre and threw her outside the front entrance. Alice stood up and looked around the area. All she could see was the building around her burning, people screaming in fear and a giant baby in the centre of town.
"Get out of here, your free" a member of security said throwing a bag full of her stuff at her.
Alice reached down and picked up the bag, her vision returning to normal and she could see everything normally again. Looking down at her right arm at the mark she was wearing she had one thought on her head. That thought was the intense pain she was put through in her most recent duel against Ali. She never wanted to feel pain like that again, she blamed it all on duelling and the mark she wore on her right arm. The mark she had grown to hate while she festered in that prison for months. She decided to head towards the centre of town and gets the underground to Satellite.
One of the security guards walked out to the two men and whispered into one of their ears.
"Direct orders just in, because of her state of mind she is to be followed by a member of security at all times until further notice"
"Very well, I will do that myself" the psychiatrist said now starting to tail Alice.
Oliver, Kai and Craig were standing outside as they watched Laura talk with Natalya in the lobby at Security Hq. They finished their conversation and gave each other hug before Laura started walking towards the group. She threw her guys at Oliver who stood there looking puzzled.
"You three go back to mine, I am heading to the hospital" she said.
"Why would you go there" Oliver asked.
"To speak to Mr Steel" Laura replied as she noticed Security pushing her D-Wheel out of the compound.
She slid her helmet on and climbed onto the fairly standard looking D-Wheel. "I will not be long" she said.
Laura pressed a button and the D-Wheel just sprung into life. She grabbed the handle and gave it a couple of revs, the engine roared loud. She just petted the front like a dog.
"Wont be long" she said as she sped off.
"So we have to walk across the city to get back" Oliver sighed.
The three guys let out a little sigh before beginning to wonder across the city to get to Laura's apartment, mumbling curse words about Laura which they dare not say to her face. Scott was sitting on a security pursuit bike on the highway when he saw Laura speed right past him.
"Oh you are mine bitch" he said as he sped after her.
Scott caught up with Laura who was heading along the highway towards the hospital. "Where does a criminal like you think you are going" he asked.
"That really is none of your business" Laura replied.
"Well I am rather bored so let's have ourselves a little duel" Scott said.
"Besides I want to repay you for what you did" he added pointing towards the bandage on his nose.
"I really do not have the time for this" Laura replied.
Scott just smirked. "Like you have a choice".
"Speed World, forced activation, set on" he said pushing a button on his pursuit bike.
The space around Scott and Laura lit up into the world of speed world. Both bikes flipped into their duel positions and shuffled the decks.
"Duel Mode On, Auto-Pilot Standby" the D-Wheel's bellowed out.
'I really do not have time to amuse this idiot' Laura thought drawing five cards into her hand.
'You will learn to respect me punk' Scott thought as he placed five cards into his hand.
"Riding Duel, Acceleration" both of them cried as they sped along the highway.
Life Points - Scott (4000) : Laura (4000)
Speed Counters - Scott (0) : Laura (0)
Scott's hand: Assault Gundog, Search Striker, Jutte Fighter, Gate Blocker, Speed Spell - Count Up
Laura's hand: Harpie Lady 1, Flying Kamakiri #1, Speed Spell - Elegant Egotist, Speed Spell - Silver Contrails, Spiritual Wind Art - Miyabi
"Let's do this, Draw" Scott said taking a card and placing it into his hand.
'Great, Speed Spell - Summon Speeder, I won't be able to use it yet but it could come in handy' Scott said.
'Time to lock her speed right down' he added in his head with a little laugh to himself.
Scott took the Gate Blocker from his hand and placed it on his disk. "I summon Gate Blocker in defence mode" he said as a large tablet looking thing with one eye appeared in front of Laura's D-Wheel. (Def: 2000)
'God damn pursuit decks' she thought.
"I will end my turn" he added.
Life Points - Scott (4000) : Laura (4000)
Speed Counters - Scott (1) : Laura (0)
"Notice how your counter does not increase thanks to the effect of my Gate Blocker" Scott laughed.
"I will break down this and win" Laura said taking the card from the top of her deck.
'Excellent, Icarus Attack' she thought as she placed it into her hand.
'I can use this card to blow up his Gate Blocker and any other card he plays next turn but it means sacrificing my Harpie' she thought looking at her hand.
"I summon Harpie Lady 1" Laura shouted placing the card onto her duel disk.
A large bird looking woman with wing arms and claws burst out on the field and gave out a shriek ready for battle. (Atk: 1300) - (Atk: 1600)
"What the hell, why did your monsters attack points raise" Scott demanded.
"Simple" she replied.
"Harpie Lady 1 increases all WIND type monsters by 300"
'I should of remembered' Scott thought cursing to himself.
"I place one card face down and end my turn" as a reverse card appeared next to her D-Wheel.
Life Points - Scott (4000) : Laura (4000)
Speed Counters - Scott (2) : Laura (0)
"My turn" Scott said drawing his card. He quickly glanced over to the Magical Cylinders he had just drawn.
'Chances are she has a counter face down so I will not attack yet, just keep my speed lockdown combo going' Scott thought with a smile.
"I summon Assault Gundog" Scott called placing a monster onto his duel disk. A giant dog with ammunition and a gun strapped to his back burst onto the field and began running alongside Scott and his D-Wheel. (Atk: 1200)
"I place one card face down and end my turn" as a reverse card appeared until Assault Gundog and then disappeared.
Life Points - Scott (4000) : Laura (4000)
Speed Counters - Scott (3) : Laura (0)
'He is planning on locking me down with this speed trap' Laura thought to herself.
'No worries I can still use my trap now'.
"Draw" Laura shouted swiftly taking the top card from her deck. Her eyes glancing over at Hunter Owl she had drawn.
Laura with a smile across her face took a card from her hand and placed it on her duel disk. "I summon Flying Kamakiri #1" she said as a large green bug looking thing with wings and large yellow eyes buzzed out onto the field ready to attack. (Atk: 1400).
"Trap card, Open" she said.
"Icarus Attack"
Laura pointed at the Harpie Lady on her side of the field. "I sent my Harpie Lady to the graveyard, now I can destroy your face down and Gate Blocker"
"What" Scott shouted in shock.
Lighting fired from the sky as the Harpie Lady was swallowed away. Two strikes came flying down striking the monster in front of Laura and the face down card Scott had just placed.
"Next" she said pointing towards Assault Gundog.
"Flying Kamakiri attack his Gundog now" she commanded as the insect rushed at the dog. The dog's eyes bulged open as the insect took a mighty swing at it causing it to explode. Scott's life points dropped by 200. (Life Points - 3800)
At that point a portal opened and a second Assault Gundog burst out onto the field. (Atk: 1200)
"What" Laura looked in shock.
"Simple, when you destroyed my Assault Gundog by battle I can special summon another from my deck" Scott replied.
"Turn end" Laura said.
Life Points - Scott (3800) : Laura (4000)
Speed Counters - Scott (4) : Laura (1)
'Damn she stopped my lockdown, well looks like it's time for the damage to begin' Scott thought reaching down to his deck.
"Draw" Scott continued taking his top card and placing it in his hand, Dark Resonator was not going to help him right now.
"Do not think I am an amateur" Scott stated.
"I summon Jutte Fighter" he said as a little Japanese looking man with a weird backpack burst onto the field. (Atk: 700)
"I tune the level 2 Jutte Fighter with the level 4 Assault Gundog, tuning" Scott commanded holding his hand up in the air.
The two monsters shot up into the sky. Assault Gundog becoming four stars of light while Jutte Fighter turned himself into two green rings of light. The stars aligned themselves inside the green rings and a white light burst from the inside.
"Synchro Summon, Goyo Guardian" Scott called as a Japanese Samurai with what looked like a lasso burst onto the field from the light. He had weird looking makeup on. (Atk: 2800)
'This cannot be good' Laura thought.
"Goyo Guardian, attack that little bug now" Scott commanded.
The monster swung the lasso like thing in the air before launching it at Laura's monster. The little bug's eye bulged out its head even further as the metal attached to the end of the rope collided with its face. The monster did not explode, instead it was wrapped tightly in Goyo Guardians rope as he pulled it to Scott's side of the field. (Def: 1200)
Scott began to laugh. "How do you like my monsters effect of stealing yours instead of sending it to the graveyard" he asked as Laura's life points dropped by 1400 and he speed counters dropped to 0. (Life Points - 2600) (Speed Counters - 0)
"I know about your monsters effect but you won't get a chance to use it" he added still laughing.
'My field is empty and I have; Speed Spell - Elegant Egotist, Speed Spell - Silver Contrails, Spiritual Wind Art - Miyabi, and Hunter Owl in my hand' Laura thought to herself.
"I end my turn there" Scott said still laughing.
Life Points - Scott (3800) : Laura (2600)
Speed Counters - Scott (5) : Laura (1)
'This deck is powerful but I know I can win against him' Laura thought as she reached down to her deck.
'Hes got my monster and his monster with no face downs'
"Draw" she said swiftly taking the top card, glancing over at the Silpheed she had just drawn.
"I summon Hunter Owl in defence mode" Laura said slamming a card onto her duel disk. A weird looking owl that was standing up wearing battle armour and holding an axe came swooping down onto the field and knelt down next to Laura's D-Wheel. (Def: 900)
"Next I remove the Harpie Lady 1 in my graveyard to special summon Silpheed" Laura continued taking the card out of her graveyard and placing it in her pocket. A sudden tornado stormed onto the field and a woman burst out from the middle. She was wearing white cloth like armour and had green spiky hair. (Atk: 1700)
"Silpheed attack Flying Kamakiri now" Silpheed leapt up with her weird shaped looking wand and pointed it at the bug looking thing on Scott's side of the field. Releasing the a huge hurricane that swept Flying Kamakiri off the field and straight into the graveyard. Silpheed then came back down next to Laura.
"Since I destroyed a monster you must discard a random card from your hand" Laura stated as a card ejected from Scott's hand.
'Damn, my Search Striker is going' he thought placing the card into his graveyard slot.
"I do not have a monster that fits the requirements for Flying Kamakiri's effect" Scott stated.
"I throw a face down and end my turn" she said as a reverse card appeared.
Life Points - Scott (3800) : Laura (2600)
Speed Counters - Scott (6) : Laura (2)
"Enough games now" Scott said.
"Draw" he quickly took his top card and checked it before placing it into his hand.
"Goyo Guardian destroy pesky bitch" he pointed at the Silpheed on Laura's side of the field.
"Trap card, open" she called activating the trap card by pressing a button on her D-Wheel.
"Spiritual Wind Art - Miyabi" Laura shouted.
"What the" Scott cried.
"I send a monster with WIND attribute from my field to the graveyard and I can send Goyo Guardian packing" Laura stated.
She pointed over at Silpheed. "You did your job but time for you to go" as Silpheed vanished into a flurry of light. The light then shot straight at Goyo Guardian bursting it into a million pixels of light as Scott returned the card back to his Extra Deck.
"Damn you" he said.
"I summon Dark Resonator in defence mode and end my turn" a weird looking ghost appeared holding two weird looking metal objects which it crossed to look as if he was shielding. The monster went blue. (Def: 300)
Life Points - Scott (3800) : Laura (2600)
Speed Counters - Scott (7) : Laura (3)
'I know all about Dark Resonator's effect but I have 3 speed counters so I know what to do'
"My turn, Draw" Laura said taking her top card.
Laura quickly glanced at the card she drew and noticed it to be another Harpie Lady 1. She added it to her hand and did a quick scan of the situation.
'Right, He had Dark Resonator on the field and that's it. But the thing is it's a pesky defender monsters and I need to attack it twice so I am going to need three monsters to do some damage'
'I got just the idea' she smiled.
"I summon Harpie Lady 1" Laura said slamming a card onto her duel disk as a bird like woman identical to the one at the start of the duel screeched onto the field reach for an attack. (Atk: 1300) - (Atk: 1600)
"Activate Speed Spell, Elegant Egotist" she added placing a card into her duel disk.
"For each set of 3 speed counters I remove I can special summon either a Harpie Lady Sisters or Harpie Lady" Laura stated taking the card she wanted from her deck as he speed counters dropped by 3. (Speed Counter - 0)
"Come forth, Harpie Lady Sisters" as three bird like females burst onto the field. They looked similar to the Harpie Lady 1 next to them but there colours were slightly different to identify who was who. (Atk: 1950) - (Atk: 2250)
"I switch Hunter Owl into Attack Mode" Laura switched the battle position of the card and the beast got up from its kneeling position and prepared to attack. (Atk: 1000) - (Atk: 1300) - (Atk: 1800) - (Atk: 2300) - (Atk: 2800)
"Why did it get such a huge boost" Scott demanded to know looking at the beefed up monster.
"Simple" Laura said.
"He gets 500 additional attack points for every WIND attribute monster on my side of the field" Laura explained.
'This is not good' Scott thought to himself looking worryingly at the army Laura had built up.
"Harpie Lady 1 attack Dark Resonator" Laura commanded pointing over at the little thing guarding Scott. The Harpie leapt into the air and scratched the little monster however it did not explode, instead it staggered before going back to its defending position.
"You need to attack it twice to kill it" Scott stated with a smile.
"You think I did not know that, why do you think I built up my wind army"
"Now, Sisters finish it off now" Laura went on.
The three sisters looked at each other before leaping into the air. One by one they striked the chest of the little tuner monster, each time leaving a scratch mark. Once all three of them attacked the monster suddenly exploded in a flurry of pixels.
'Shit' Scott thought.
"I am not finished" Laura continued.
Tilting her D-Wheel to the side and pointing right at Scott she gave her command. "Hunter Owl direct attack"
The monsters eyes lit up as it charged right for Scott who just looked in horror as the owl raised its axe high into the air. With one swoop down he smacked Scott's D-Wheel causing his life points to drop by 2800 and his speed to drop by 5. (Life Points - 1000) (Speed Counters - 2)
"Turn end" Laura said.
Life Points - Scott (1000) : Laura (2600)
Speed Counters - Scott (3) : Laura (1)
Scott took a couple of deep breathes before continuing. "Draw" he said checking what he had drawn.
'No good, Montage Dragon' he thought.
He scanned over his hand and remembered the Shield Wing he drew earlier and forgot about, it could defend against all three of her monsters and was his only chance now, at least until he gained one more speed counter for Summon Speeder and attempt to bring out his Goyo Guardian again.
"I summon Shield Wing in defence move and end my turn" Scott said placing the card onto his duel disk. A little blue looking dragon with wings landed next to Scott and proceeded to use its giant wings to shield its face. Presumably this was how it defended itself. (Def: 900)
Life Points - Scott (1000) : Laura (2600)
Speed Counters - Scott (4) : Laura (2)
'Well I will not be able to end this duel next turn'
'He will then plan on trying to pull out Goyo Guardian again, I cannot let him do that again' she thought to herself.
'Guide me please' she asked as she closed her eyes and drew the top card of her deck.
Laura opened her eyes and checked the card. Her eyes widening with excitement as she drew it. "Speed Spell, Graceful Wings" she said placing the card onto her duel disk.
"I can activate this card when I have 2 or more speed counters"
"Target WIND attribute monster is the only monster that can attack this turn and has its attack increased by 300" Laura explained.
"So what" Said Scott.
"You just made it so you cannot blow up my monster and make your loss all that more real" he added.
Laura just smirked. "Did I mention this card gives my monsters a Penetration effect" she simply asked.
Scott just sat there shocked and speechless. He tried to open his mouth and think of something but he this was the end and he would lose.
"Hunter Owl, attack his Shield Wing now" Laura commanded, again tilting her D-Wheel and pointing at the defending monster on Scott's side of the field.
The overgrown owl fly up into the air and then dive bombed towards the monster. Taking out its axe it in one swing sliced the monster but failed to destroy it. A sudden flash of light sped towards Scott who took some damage as his life points dropped down to 0. Scott shouted out as steam ejected from parts of his D-Wheel as it came to a sudden halt. Scott started waving his first towards Laura who began to speed off into the distance.
"I will get you next time"
"I swear it" he shouted.
Atop of a building next to the highway where the duel had just taken place stood Jaffa, his new shiny cloak picking up in the wind. He had watched the whole duel and there was a slight smile on his face. Like he was proud of how strong his daughter was. He clapped his hands together before turning away.
"Well done my little girl"
"You have gotten much stronger with that deck" he said as he walked away.
Life Points - Scott (0) : Laura (2600)
Speed Counters - Scott (2) : Laura (2)
Result - 'LAURA WINS'
Laura pulled up at the front of the Hospital. Taking the deck out of the deck zone she glanced over her cards.
'Thank you' she thought.
Taking off her helmet and turned her head to the entrance of the Hospital where she planned on having a little chat with Mr Steel. She climbed off the D-Wheel and placed the helmet on the seat.
'Wonder what is so important he wanted me to come and see him in hospital' she thought heading into the Hospital.
"Stop right there missy" a member of security was standing at the entrance to the ward.
"My name is Laura Jeffers"
"I was sent here by your boss" Laura said.
"Just let me confirm that" the security member said, still holding out his arm in front of the door.
The man then whispered into a device attached to his collar. "Laura Jeffers here to see Mr Steel, is this correct"
"Standby for confirmation" the device said back.
"Oh come on, I do not have time to wait about" Laura whined.
"You can either wait or go home now" the man replied.
"I have a better idea" Laura said with a smirk.
In one motion she delivered a brutal kick to the balls of the man standing guard. He immediately reached down to grab his throbbing jewels as he dropped to the floor in pain. Laura simply stepped over him and walked through the door and into the ward.
'I love steel toe boots' she thought to herself with a smile across her face.
Alice was wondering towards town. She had to try and get back to Satellite and just live a normal life, no more following leads about her parents, they were dead and she should have listened to her grandmother. She found a dark side alley and decided to go into it. Once there she unzipped her bag and took out the deck that she was given, flicking through all the cards, tears rolling down the side of her face. She dropped to her knees while the cards spilt all over the floor.
"I cannot believe a daughter of mine is on her knees throwing in the towel" a man's voice came from within the dark alley.
Alice suddenly turned her head and looked down the alley. She squinted her eyes, her tears blurring her vision. She wiped the tears from her eyes and looked on as hooded figure was walking towards her.
'Who the hell is this guy' the psychiatrist thought to himself now hiding behind a bin.
"Who are you" Alice cried.
The man took down his hood revealing his face. It looked fairly normal, he had green/hazel like eyes, his hair had been styled similar to Yusei Fudo's but was not identical. He had a yellow marker that was also similar to Yusei Fudo's down the left cheek. "You do not need to worry, Daddy is here" he said.
Alice still on the floor stared on in disbelief. 'Is this really my father' she thought.
Stuart, her father, held out his hand. "Come with me Alice, you will never need to feel the pain you felt again"
Alice reached out her hand to take her father's hand, he sounded to reassuring that she would do anything to stay away from that horrible pain. As she was about to take his hand the psychiatrist jumped out from the bin and shouted.
"Stay the heck away from her whack job"
Stuart looked up at the man staring over and pointing at him. "Excuse me"
"I have a duty to follow this girl and to make sure she is unharmed" the psychiatrist replied.
"You're saving her from her own father" Stuart asked.
"I know enough about this girl to know that her father went missing a long time ago, you cannot be him".
Stuart began to laugh. "Yet here I am, standing before you as alive as a normal man".
"Perhaps we can settle this with a friendly duel" Stuart suggested.
The psychiatrist dropped his briefcase and opened it up. Taking out and securing the duel disk onto his arm. "I think I can agree to that" he replied.
'Prepare to feel so much pain you will need your own psychiatrist' he thought in a loud tone through his head.
Authors Note:
Ok, I don't know if this one is longer but it sure took me awhile to write up. I surprised you all there with that little duel :P Before you ask, you will be seeing another Hell Rider in action next chapter, so be prepared.
Next time on Yu-Gi-Oh HR:
'What is this incredible power!?! SO MUCH PAIN!', 'Alice come with me and I will protect you from the pain'
Next time, Episode 11 - 'Corruption, Stuarts Frightening Power'