Me: I have decided to update twice today, since I was gone for a week.

Sky: Good idea, maybe more people will like your story.

Me: In this chapter you and Sydney exchange your pasts.

Sky: Hmm, that would explain most questions the readers' have.

Sydney: Yeah, but now I don't get to keep any secrets…

Me: Deal with it. Anywho, I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh 5ds, but I do own Sky and Sydney so no touchy!

Me: Still updating two revisions in the same day!

Chapter 12

"This seems like a good place to stay, right Sydney?" I ask. "I mean, it's out of the way and looks like it's abandoned…"

The building has several broken windows, and it's missing a section of one of the walls. Inside, the place is covered with dust, but it doesn't seem to be in that bad of a condition. It's a little bit of a fixer-upper, but I'm sure no one will look for us here.

She snorts, "Pfft, this is in a better condition than my old place. Of course it's fine with me. We just gotta get rid of the stupid dust."

"Yep, I agree." After all, in Satellite, anything that had a roof and didn't look like it was going to fall down was good enough to be considered 'home'. Finding a building that wasn't half-destroyed was a rare commodity.

We dust everything off first, and then once that's done, we claim a room and crash.

It's a good sleep, nightmare and vision free. I don't think I've really slept since the day before I faked my death. I wake up the next morning feeling refreshed, at least physically. Mentally, on the other hand…

I shake my head. This is for the best. I don't want anyone to hurt my brother…

Stretching my arms, I head back to the room I think used to be a living room. Sydney is up as well, attempting to get a television to turn on. "D***it, work you stupid thing!" My new friend kicks the machine. Then she looks up, and realizes I'm standing there. "Oh, hey Sky."

I nod in acknowledgement. "Having issues with the TV?"

"Yeah," she looks at the metal box. "Can't get it to show anything but static."

"Let me try fixing it…"

XXX

Twenty minutes later, the television is up and running, and is playing about one hundred different channels.

I wipe some sweat from my forehead. "There, that should do it. I bet I could get more, but I was never as good as…" My voice cuts off as I realize I was going to say 'my parents'. That fourteen-or-so-year-old wound still hurts the same as it did when it was only a day old.

"As who?" Sydney asks, curiously.

"As… my parents," I reply, willing away the annoying tears that are starting to form.

"Orphan then, huh?" Sydney asks. "Don't worry, I am too. Parents didn't want to sell our land to some big shots, and, well… they hired some assassins and had 'em killed for it. After that, it was off to Satellite for me—parents had friends there, and that earthquake hadn't happened yet."

I blink, absorbing the information. That's a horrible way to lose your parents, and the way she just passes it off like nothing…

"How'd yours die?"

"E-Excuse me?" I ask.

"Your parents. How'd they die?" she repeats.

"I'm not telling my life story to someone I met yesterday!"

"Hey, I told you some of mine," Sydney retorts. "It's only fair that you tell me some of yours."

I glare at her, but eventually sigh. She does have a point. "They died… in the explosion. Zero Reverse. The real cause of Domino's split."

"…So? Give me the details!"

I bite the inside of my lip, and then I spill everything. About how Roman, who was one of my parents' friends, stabbed them in the back in the worst way possible, causing the Reactor to spin in reverse and separate Satellite from Neo Domino.

I even end up telling her all I know about how I have wings, simply because I knew she would continue to badger me about it, and I don't feel like arguing with her right now.

"Huh. So, how'd you end up on the beach?"

"I… faked my death to get away from my friends," I say.

"Damn. What'd they do to ya?"

"It wasn't them… it was… someone threatened my. Said if I didn't leave, they'd kill them and make me watch."

"Oh. That makes sense. I was worried that they raped you or something."

My face turns bright red. "I'm seven years older than two of them, and almost nine years older than the other two—one of whom is my younger brother. Trust me, that wasn't an option."

She shrugs. "I've seen it happen before. Don't judge."

I inch away from her. That was not something I needed to hear.

My stomach suddenly growls. "Oh, looks like I need breakfast."

Sydney's stomach growls as well, and she grins. "I guess I do as well!"

To be continued…

Sydney: Ending the chapter with the mention of food is weird.

Me: Hey, this is my story! It has to be weird at parts.

Sky: That in itself is very…strange.

Me: I have the right to be crazy!

Sydney: Okay, before this turns into an argument, please review!

Me: I am totally open to flames!

Me: Haha, this isn't even the strangest chapter anymore… Well, still, please leave a review!