Chapter 11: Emergency

The ambulance carrying the burnt and unconscious forms of Yusei and Satellite went wailing past Neo Domino traffic to the hospital. Inside the ambulance Yusei's arm was still glowing and alerting the other Signers he was still in trouble.

In a separate van that was made for carrying Facility prisoners, Lizzie Kingston was being escorted and watched by five other Security officers and Mina. Mina couldn't stop looking at the woman who had C.C. balls strapped around her waist. Lizzie wasn't looking at anyone, but her mind was focused on Yusei and Satellite who used to belong to her brother.

Matt, Lizzie thought, I will do everything in my power to make sure your very first Pokémon lives, and if Yusei Fudo pulls though, I will help train him to use Luxray in battle and teach him about our world. If I know Luxray he wouldn't pick just anyone to be his trainer, he would pick someone who is just like you Matt. What I've seen so far is Luxray really loves Yusei and both of them have a tight bond that is very hard to break. If Yusei wasn't a duelist and they had Pokémon here he would make an excellent trainer.

Mina was still watching Lizzie and trying to figure out who she was. This young woman was tall, had dark brown hair with light brown highlights (the hair was done in a ponytail); hazel eyes and had a tan that was all over her figure. Lizzie had some well developed muscle mass from hard physical work and was more appropriately dressed for a hike than for being in a city. Lizzie was wearing tan hiking boots, blue jeans that had almost lost all of the blue color due to multiple washings, a light pink t-shirt with a light blue vest with multiple pockets. Around Lizzie's neck was a chain with dog tags and at her hips was a brown belt with the six C.C.s (Each of the C.C.s were different colors ranging from red and white capsule to purple and white, as if there were different verities someone could get).

Mina wasn't sure what to make of Lizzie Kingston, but Mina was not going to let her out of Securities reach.

At the hospital Crow had just been released from examination and had gone to join the other Signers. To his great relief all of the Signers with Leo and Bruno were grouped together outside of the room he had just been in. Each one of their marks were glowing but not as painfully as before, but everyone had looks of worry and the one face that had the most worry on it was Akiza's face.

Leo saw Crow coming and spoke up, "Crow I'm glad you're out of the examination room. What did the doctor say?"

Everyone looked at Crow, and they could still see bits of purplish black discolorations on his face from the sludge, not to mention the heavy smell of smoke that surrounded Crow like a cloud.

Crow spoke bitterly, "The doc said I didn't appear to have any internal injuries to my mouth, throat, or lungs. They scraped of the gunk that was on my eyes and took it away for sampling, and didn't see any eye damage. What he did give me was a prescription for eye drops, and the name of a thick cover-up to hide the discolorations. What I really want to know why is everyone sitting out here while Yusei's in danger."

Bruno spoke, "Trudge called and said the emergency crews got Yusei and Satellite and their bringing them to the hospital as we speak. He also said their bringing someone they found at the fire and that we have to see them in order to see something rather unusual."

Akiza suddenly spoke angrily, "They better bring that someone here! I bet there the one who kidnapped and put Yusei and Satellite in that fire! If I still had my psychic abilities I would trash that person and make them regret ever harming the one I love!"

Jack snapped at Akiza, "We don't know if this person is the one who kidnapped Yusei and Satellite, and placed them in the fire. The officer who came yelling about the fire said from the intensity it was an Art Arsonist fire. I don't think the Art Arsonist would be stupid enough to hang around after the fires were set. This individual might have tried to get help. Akiza you still have anger management issues left over from when you got a thrill from hurting people as the Black Rose Witch, and you just declared in front of everyone you love Yusei!"

Akiza shot up from her seat and it looked like she and Jack would start a fight when Crow spoke quickly, "What happened to Kazz? When I woke up I was already in a hospital room, and I didn't find out what happened to him."

Jack had an unhappy look in his eyes and spoke, "The doctors have him in another room, and Kazz is in a drugged sleep. Kazz's entire arm is so swollen you can't even see the joints in his arm anymore, and his fingers are like mini sausages. There are two big purple lumps on his arm where the poison must have been injected and there is a sickly purple discoloration spreading from the area. The doctors don't know what is causing the swelling, and if they can't find a cure, then they might have to cut off his arm."

This news about Kazz's arm horrified everyone, and it hurt Jack even more. Jack remembered when Kazz had risked his life to infiltrate a ring of Duel Runner thieves, and had almost died from his injuries saving Jack from being shot at. In repayment Jack had taken one of Kazz's Syncro Monsters and had used it to shut down the operation. Everyone was fond of Officer Kazz, but the thought of him losing his arm was a very painful thought.

A loud squeaking sound made the Signers turn their heads to a long hospital gurney with the outline of a person totally covered over with a sheet being pushed by a member of the hospital staff.

Jack snapped at the person pushing the gurney, "Don't you think you might want to oil the wheels on that thing, and wait until there aren't a lot of people around?"

The individual spoke sadly, "I know this needs oil, but this person died a half-hour ago and this is the shortest route to the hospital morgue. This one couldn't wait because their one of the severely burned victims from the Art Arsonist fires, and was a member of Security."

Jack was mentally beating himself over the head and spoke softly, "I'm sorry I didn't mean…"

The staff member spoke again, "It's okay, we have a lot of snappish family and friends of the victims in the I.C.U. units, but I heard the ambulance carrying your friend Yusei Fudo and his pet Satellite are almost at the hospital. Anyway I'm very sorry about your friends."

With that the Signers moved and the staff member continued on their way with the newest causality of the Art Arsonist.

A few minutes after the gurney had gone out of sight Carly came scooting toward the gloomy group. She was out of breath and panting heavily, and was trying to say something to the group.

She panted, "Found someone….. has… C.C's…. been camping…. in woods…. Need…. To…. catch my breath….," she looked like she would collapse.

Jack immediately caught Carly and helped her to a chair before she fell over. Then Jack spoke,"Take deep breaths Carly and don't speak until you're able to."

It took Carly a little bit but when she finally spoke she seemed excited about something, "I found someone who has C.C's like Yusei has, and they have been camping out in the woods not too far from where the garage is located. I also saw this person had monsters that live in those C.C's just like Satellite does."

Everyone immediately started asking questions very fast and Carly tried to answer. Finally Akiza shouted, "That's enough Carly can't answer if we keep shouting questions." Then when everyone had quieted down a little Akiza asked, "Carly how did you find this out, and please hurry. Yusei and Satellite will be at the hospital very soon and we all need to be there when they arrive."

Carly took one look at the glowing marks and knew why. She spoke, "I'll try to make this as brief as possible. For the last month and a half, the reporters have been hanging out at the garage, and I spent some time at La Green Café working on finding out more about Evan Jenkins, and the Night Stalker. During this time I noticed the café had a new waitress named Elizabeth. It was two days ago when she was serving me I saw something fall from under her apron, and I saw it was a red and white C.C. ball. I pretended I didn't see it, but she quickly scooped up the ball and pretended she had dropped her wallet. After I left I hid myself among the reporters and news crews, and when she left I quietly followed her and she went into the woods and came to a small camping site. She opened a different colored C.C. ball and out popped a monster that reminded me of Luna's Regulus card. I didn't stay long, but I watched her summon a total of six different monsters from those C.C. balls. What I did notice is that she seemed to care a lot about those creatures and they seemed to care about her. I went to the café yesterday and today to still work on finding more about Evan Jenkins, and to observe Elizabeth. When I watched her she sometimes stole glances at the garage, and today she managed to leave early and go somewhere else. When I asked Stephanie where Elizabeth had gone she said Elizabeth had left early because she hadn't felt well."

Everyone was processing this information, and finally Crow spoke angrily, "So this Elizabeth has been spying on the garage, and has monsters like Satellite! Why has she been spying on us, and why has she been hiding in the woods. I bet she is the Art Arsonist and has been waiting to make sure to attack when we were at out lowest point with Satellite being on probation and waiting to see if she could harm us when we weren't looking!"

Luna spoke up, "You don't know that Crow, you don't know if she is an enemy or an ally. She must come from the same world as Satellite if she has the same type of C.C's, and she must know all about Satellite. This person must have had reasons about not showing herself or her creatures. If the news groups or reporters found out about her then they would have a field day trying to have interviews with her and the local government might try to take away her creatures. From what Carly just said it seems Elizabeth really cares for her creatures and would do everything in her power to keep them safe."

Just as Luna finished speaking a hospital staff member ran to the group and said, "I was told to get you when Yusei and Satellite arrived. The ambulance just arrived and both of them are headed to the emergency room right now."

Everyone got up and ran to the hall just outside the emergency room. Two gurneys came down the hall with the surgical staff on both sides. The first person everyone saw was Yusei, who was in a drugged sleep and his back was a sickening mess of charred clothing, burnt hair and badly burnt skin. His mark was still glowing and the surgery staff moved Yusei into the operating room. The second being was Satellite who was lying on his chest and was in worse shape. Satellite was also in a drugged sleep, but it looked like he was in worse shape. Satellite had burns all over him with scorched fur and charred skin from intense flames. He was rushed into a different room, and the operating light where Yusei had been moved into had turned on.

Everyone had seen Yusei and Satellite and they all had sick feelings in their chests. Yusei was in a bad condition, but seeing Satellite made the feeling worse. Everyone knew the Art Arsonist had tried to kill them both, and they were afraid that both of them might die. For Akiza it was plain agony knowing the one person who had gotten through to her was fighting for his life.

Running down the hall was the same woman who had recently started working at the café, Elizabeth 'Lizzie' Kingston, and she made a beeline for the room that had Satellite. Lizzie knew regular veterinary medicine of this world would not do any good. But in the pockets of her vest were potions, full heals and remedies she had bought from an herbalist shop back in her world that would heal Satellite. She ran past the Signers and their friends and disappeared into the room that had Satellite.

Running behind Lizzie were Trudge and Mina along with a Security officer. Trudge was having no problems keeping up with Lizzie, and neither was the Security officer. But Mina had in her hands her high heels and was mostly having to slide down the hall at high speeds in her tights. Trudge and the other officer vanished behind the doors that had Satellite, but Mina came to a stop near the group, panting.

Everyone stared at Mina and finally Bruno spoke, "Mina, why were you sliding down the hall, and who was that that vanished into the room with Trudge and another officer behind her?"

Mina couldn't answer while she was catching her breath, but Carly suddenly spoke, "That her from the Café, the waitress named Elizabeth. The same person who has those monsters and has been camping out in the woods, the one I just told you about."

Mina managed to regain some of her voice and panted out (while glaring at Carly), "How…. Did… you…know… about her. How did… you know…. About her…. Creatures…."

Jack spoke, "Mina why don't you tell us how you meet Elizabeth and what she is doing here."

Mina managed to regain her voice and spoke with panic in her voice, "We found her at the fire on Shogun Drive with the burnt forms of Yusei and Satellite. She was surrounded by three huge monsters, and she claimed she had gotten both of them out of the fire. She said her name was Elizabeth 'Lizzie' Kingston of Twinleaf, and she also claimed she came from the same world as Satellite and the Art Arsonist. She also thinks the Art Arsonist killed her brother, but I have reason to believe she started the fire."

Carly quickly spoke to Mina, "What makes you think she started the fire, and what makes you think she was trying to kill Yusei and Satellite. From what I have seen from her she cares deeply about her creatures, and she might have been using them to get Yusei and Satellite out of the fires. If she knows anything about the Art Arsonist that would be a big help into stopping him from burning more buildings and putting more people into the hospital."

Mina retaliated, "She was at the crime scene and Lizzie wanted to come along to the hospital to check on Yusei and Satellite. She had a deep interest in Satellite, and she also mentioned in the van that she had medicine to help heal Satellite. I don't know what she is doing to Satellite right now-"

Mina never finished the sentence, everyone else ran into the room where Satellite was being kept. What everyone saw was one of the oddest sights the Signers and their allies ever saw.

I'm leaving you at a cliff hanger again, but it looks like there are trust issues between the forces of Security and Lizzie. In the next chapter Lizzie will have to explain some things to the Signers about her world, and everyone will be waiting for Yusei to get out of surgery. Hopefully after the next chapter I can begin working on the memory sequences and origins of how Satellite got to this world. Please R&R.