"Lise, are you up? Breakfast is getting cold, and-" Jarra stopped dead in her tracks at the door of Lise's room. "What're you doing?"
Lise looked up at her friend sheepishly. "Cutting my hair?"
"With a knife?"
"You see any scissors lying around in here?" Lise gestured to the tiny room she was in.
"No," Jarra admitted with a sigh. "Let me help. You don't want it cut too short. It takes forever to grow back."
"Okay then," Lise said. She relinquished the knife to Jarra and sat as still as she could.
"What is taking you guys so long?" Jose came in next, looking rather offended no one was eating the breakfast he had cooked up out of the good of his heart.
Jarra and Lise froze. The knife was inches from cutting off the clump of long hair Jarra held in her hands.
"Uh…"
Jose rolled his eyes. "If you wanted your hair cut, Lise, you should've said so. Follow me."
Lise and Jarra shared a look of confusion, but Lise shrugged. "Better than doing it myself."
Jose immediately got to work. He got Lise's hair wet to make it weaker, and had her stand in front of the only mirror in the temple.
"I'm thinking just below your shoulders, yeah? The bob look doesn't exactly do you justice. You like to play with your hair," Jose said as he brushed Lise's hair out.
"You sure about this, Lise?" Jarra said. She eyed the scissors Jose had taken from his room, a pronounced scowl upon her face.
"It's in the way when it's so long. Go ahead, Jose."
"Okay." Jarra waved her hands dismissively. She settled in to watch.
Jose grinned widely as he snipped off inches of Lise's long blond hair. In no time he had reduced the hairs' extent to a much more manageable length. He even blow dried the wet strands at his insistence.
"Whattaya think?"
Lise grinned in the mirror. "Much better."
Jarra nodded in agreement. "Ass kicking hair."
/
Jack and Carly were huddled in a dark alleyway of Neo Domino City. Carly had her camera ready for anything, and Jack was just ready. Carly had heard about a duel runner smuggling ring increasing their thefts ever since the WRGP's announcement. The two of them were on a stakeout, hoping that they could catch someone in the act.
Before their eyes, a team of men emerged from an alley across the street. They ran into the unattended duel runner garage Jack and Carly were watching. In seconds they had the security measures in place cut, destroyed, or off.
Carly caught shots of the five of them riding off with their stolen loot. The photos looking almost like a stop motion animation of their escape, Carly snapped so many.
Unfortunately, she was slower on pursuit. Jack, on the other hand, shot out of the alley atop his duel runner like a cannon.
"Heh heh!" one of the thieves laughed. "Easy as pie!
"Think again!" Jack cried. He launched his duel runner from one highway, to the highway beneath it that the thieves were using. "You band of stealing miscreants! Don't think you can get away from me, Jack Atlas!" Jack landed behind the five thieves with hardly a shudder.
"Why you no good gnat!" The thief riding point pulled out a gun, aiming for Jack.
"Don't do it, Syd!"
Syd didn't listen. He fired a disrupter beam at Jack, but one of the four other thieves intercepted the hit. His duel runner smashed into the asphalt, throwing its rider. He rolled to a stop shortly, and made no moves to get up.
"Whoa!" Jack skidded to a halt.
The four other thieves kept going.
"You're damn annoying, y'gnat!" Syd shouted back at Jack before he vanished into the night.
Jack ignored Syd's retreating words and ran for the fallen biker. "Why did he protect me? Are you okay? Hey, you have to hang on!" Jack knelt down to see if he could help.
A police cruiser pulled up a moment later.
"Trudge, I got a member of the theft ring her-"
"Kaz!" Trudge gasped as he stepped out of the car. He knelt down beside Jack. "Kaz, hang in there! You jackass, what've you done!" Trudge demanded of Jack.
"Huh? Whattaya mean?"
/
Later that night, Trudge and Jack had managed to shuttle Kaz to the hospital. Carly was at a loss as to what was going on, but she figured she'd better tag along just in case. Yusei and Crow had been called too, and sat waiting quietly.
Trudge shoved Jack away by his collar. "You punk! Thanks to you, all that work we did is dead in the water!"
"Jack had no idea that person was undercover!" Carly insisted, trying to calm Trudge down.
Trudge grunted with frustration and shoved Jack away from him. "Kaz is a top-class turbo duelist among the Duel Chasers. He wanted to make sure those thieves paid for their crimes, and he said he would catch them himself, no matter what. He accepted the risks and infiltrated the theft ring."
Jack bit his lip as he listened to Trudge. It seemed like forever before the Surgery in Progress light went off. Their small group could go in and see Kaz.
The officer's head was clad in bandages, blue hair spilling out of the gaps. He was unconscious for the time being, and breathed evenly under his blankets. The surgery was a success, but it would be a while before he woke up.
Jack's gaze fell on Kaz's deck. The synchro monster on top was dark, fiery, and ominous. A strange choice for a correctional officer. Nevertheless, Jack took the synchro monster. "I'll be borrowing this."
"Hey, you can't…" Trudge was momentarily caught off guard by Jack's stubborn personality. "what do you plan to do with Kaz's card?"
"Jack, where are you going?" Carly asked. Her eyebrows angled upwards with concern.
Even Crow was surprised by his friend's actions. "You're not honestly going after the theft ring?"
"You all stay out of this," Jack said from the doorway. Without looking back, he went on his way.
"Jack?"
"Jack!"
/
"Duel runner theft ring?" A black market dealer in the shadiest black market alleyway Jack could find looked at him like he'd asked to buy an elephant.
"Mm-hmmm," Jack nodded. He picked up a part for sale; his version of trying to be subtle. "I heard they're dropping off their stuff around these parts."
The salesman wasn't buying Jack's act. "And what do you plan to do once you find out where they are, mister?"
"Just going to settle a few accounts with them."
"Accounts, eh? Hold on," the salesman said. He scribbled something down on a scrap of paper and held it up. "It's on the house, as long as you didn't get this from me."
"Right, thanks," Jack said. He took the paper and left.
The directions brought Jack to a dead end alleyway. Dark gray walls with the occasional pipery poking out was the extent of the "info's" worth.
"Odd," Jack commented. "According to the map, it should be right here."
Six guys swooped down from above. Jack was surrounded in three seconds flat.
"What're ya sniffin around for, all shady like, eh?! It's for your own good if y'don't go meddling in other's affairs. Former King!"
The first boy charged, and Jack sidestepped, kicking him to the ground. Jack punched the next guy down into a third. "I don't have time for you small fry! Now, take me to your boss!"
"No need for that!"
Jack turned in time to get nailed in the face with a pipe. He crumpled into a heap on the ground, out cold.
/
"About zhe codenames," Garret said. His hazel eyes were weary, tired of bringing up the subject. "Are zhey necessary?"
"Yes and no," Sasha cut in before Jose could begin his usual speech about the creativity of it all. "It will help me coordinate attacks better if I can simply name an attack pattern or those involved in the attack without giving away who is who beforehand. On the other hand, codenames can be…distasteful…"
"No way!" Jose huffed, crossing his arms. "They're a creative outlet through which I express myself in fighting if I can name myself something that reflects my cool disposition but my bubbling need for fun!"
Lise squinted at him in disbelief. "They are?"
"Of course!" Jose threw an arm around Lise's shoulders. "We get to name ourselves. It's an extension of ourselves, of our artistic and creative qualities! Of our new skills that we use to fight for justice!"
"Um…"
Sasha sat in thought while Jose babbled on. She finally smacked the ground beneath her to call everyone to attention. "I've given this a lot of thought, and I agree to codenames. However!" She spoke up loudly before Jose or Garret could say anything. "I've picked your codenames, and I'm coming up with names for attacks we coordinate as a team. We've gotta be able to defend our home and Master Terra, and I think this can either make or break our team. Whattaya say?"
"As long as you're picking," Garrett said.
"Works for me. Don't care," Jarra shrugged.
"Just call me something cool," Lise said.
Jose crossed his arms and looked away. "Fine."
Sasha smiled. "Then Jose is Bomber, Lise is Powerhouse, Jarra is Cables, and Garrett is Arsenal."
"Now zhat, I can live vith." Garret actually smiled with approval.
"I like mine. Powerhouse!" Lise waved her hands around like mysterious magic power would come out of them at any moment.
"And Cables swings to the rescue! Cooler than Spiderman!" Jarra high fived Lise.
"Whatever," Jose grumped.
"Now that that's established, let's work on our team attacks. I'll also have us play some games to gain each other's trust, one on one matches, and races. Any questions?" Sasha said.
"Yes," Lise raised her hand. "Do we get bathroom breaks?"
"Not if ya don't work! Let's go!"
/
"Jack!
"Jack!"
Carly, Crow, and Yusei slowly came into focus. It looked like he was in the hospital, but he wasn't sure. There was a pounding in Jack's head, but it was otherwise a speed bump on the way to his goal.
Jack sat up slowly and looked at the people surrounding his bed. "Where am I?"
"What were you thinking?" Crow fired back at him. "You can't just storm to the theft ring's hideout! And now they know your face!"
"Please Jack, this is too dangerous!" Carly begged.
Jack wasn't listening though. "This is where I personally draw the line. It doesn't involve any of you."
"Like hell we aren't!" Crow countered, furious with his concern over his friend. "Everyone's worried about you!"
"Jack," Trudge said. He had been so calm Jack hadn't noticed him earlier. "You don't get it at all. These guys aren't an ordinary theft ring. It's a terrifying criminal organization. The boss, Syd, is especially brutal. In the past, he's gotten rid of so many people who've stood in his way, like bugs."
Jack took a deep breath. "How is officer Kaz doing?"
"Unfortunately, he still hasn't regained consciousness."
"Look Jack, if Security can't catch him, then what makes you think you can?" Crow argued, using reason this time. "There's no way you can do this by yourse-"
Jack ignored Crow and got up to leave.
"Hey, I'm talking here!"
"Let him go," Yusei said.
"Yeah, but-!"
"It's fine," Yusei said. He was worried for his friend, it wasn't really fine, but no one could stop Jack when he got like this. "This is just something he has to do."
Jack reached up to scratch at the itch on his head. He found bandages wrapped around his head from his injury. With one small tug, Jack ripped the binding and left the bandages on the floor.
/
"Right."
"That's it."
"All right, let's hit the next spot."
The gang of thieves was at it again. They climbed aboard their truck and drove off.
Jack stepped into the middle of the street. The light from the truck's headlights swept over him, and the driver quickly put on the breaks. The driver had given Jack his "info."
"How dare you trap me like that earlier," Jack said. His anger squelched the tiny bit of fear he'd had. This time he had a plan.
"Say what?"
"What're ya talkin' about?"
Three boys jumped off the back of the car.
"Don't act dumb!" Jack growled, advancing. "Take me to where they are on the double!" He opened the driver's door and grabbed the driver by his collar.
More lights filled the street. The truck was surrounded by more gang members riding duel runners.
"Thank goodness, huh?" The driver sneered. "You don't even have to go cause they've come to you!"
"Back for another ass beating?"
"We should've been a little more careful beating you to a pulp!"
The gang of thieves charged Jack again. He punched the first two guys out, and kicked a third. A fourth guy struck him in the head with a pipe again. Jack went down, and stayed down as the thieves started kicking him.
Eventually they got bored.
"Worthless."
"Already passed out, the bum."
"Let's go."
The thieves climbed aboard their vehicles and peeled out.
"And don't come back, ya jackass!"
"Damn smallfry!"
Jack waited until they had all left. He slowly picked himself off of the street.
/
"Jose, you'll be fighting Lise. Jarra you're fighting me."
"Vhat about me?" Garrett complained.
"You'll referee today."
"Fine. Jose, Lise, to the battleground."
Lise swallowed and entered the ring. Jose lazily tossed a small grenade up and down in his hand as he stepped into the ring.
"Just breathe, Lise!" Jarra called out to her. "You'll be fine!"
Lise inhaled, exhaled. Jose just continued playing with his explosive.
"Begin!"
Lise charged at Jose. He sidestepped. Lise whirled into a trip, but Jose back flipped out of the way. Lise cartwheeled over to him, aiming kicks at Jose's head. He dodged and tossed two explosives over his shoulder.
"Whoa!" Lise batted the bombs away.
Jose ducked his own bombs and wrapped his arms around Lise's torso, locking himself into position. Lise bent down and grabbed her own wrist. In one backwards thrust she had reversed Jose's grab and flung Jose into the air.
"Gotcha now!" Lise leapt into the air with her fist cocked.
"Hate to burst your bubble, but not quite," Jose said, a triumphant lilt to his voice. He slipped out two more bombs and threw them at Lise.
She had no time to get away, or change direction in midair. Lise raised her arms to protect herself from the blast.
Jose's bombs went off, covering Lise in foam. Lise gasped half in relief and half in surprise. The foam instantly hardened and trapped her.
Jose landed deftly on the ground a second before Lise did.
"Jose is the winner," Garrett said.
"Good try," Jose said. "This is a new high density polymer foam I'm working on. It immobilizes, but it can also be broken fairly easily. You just can't be completely encased in it." Jose raised his leg and brought it down in an axe kick on the foam. It instantly shattered, freeing Lise.
"Cool," Lise said, trying to hide her disappointment.
"Both of you did well," Master Terra said.
All five heads turned in her direction. No one had been expecting her to watch.
"Keep developing your techniques, Jose. I want to see those chi activated bombs you've been so eager to develop. Lise, never assume you've won a match until it's over. You're certainly improving, but don't get too cocky."
"Yes, Master Terra." Both Jose and Lise bowed to Terra and sat to watch Jarra and Sasha's fight.
"Begin!" Garret said with much more enthusiasm.
Jarra shot her cables into the ground the second Garrett finished speaking, flinging large rocks up to Jarra's eye level. One by one she kicked them at Sasha. Sasha wasn't distracted in the least as she gracefully navigated between the rocks. Jarra threw her last rock, the biggest, at Sasha. She shot her cables out again, on either side of Sasha and launched her body forward. Sasha was busy punching through the big rock and was surprised to see her opponent hurtling towards her when the dust had cleared. Jarra took her chance and snagged Sasha's wrist with a cable. Jarra landed behind Sasha and pulled as hard as she could, flinging Sasha across the ring. Sasha scowled, but she wasn't panicking. She grabbed the cable encircling her wrist and readied her chi glove. She landed heavily, cracking the ground beneath her slightly, and sent a shockwave of her chi back up through Jarra's cables. Jarra let out a piercing scream as the attack washed over her and immediately released Sasha. Next thing Jarra knew Sasha's face and hand were inches from her nose. Sasha slammed Jarra into the ground by her face and delivered a jolt of chi to her for good measure.
"Sasha is the winner!" Garrett announced, his fist raised.
"Whoa…" Lise breathed. Her eyes were wide. She kept replaying Sasha's attacks over and over in her head. They were the most precise and nearly vicious techniques she had ever seen. Before Master Terra could deliver her verdict, Lise was tapping Sasha on the shoulder. "Can you show me how you do that?"
Sasha blinked at her friend, and then broke into the widest smile Lise had ever seen on her. "Of course."
/
Aboard a fright boat docked in the city's harbor, the ring of thieves counted their inventory.
"Time to say goodbye to this city, huh?" the shady shopkeeper lamented.
"Well, there's no helping it," Syd said. He said in a chair, watching his thieving ring members at work on the massive conveyer belts. "That damn Security spy was really close to learning about this factory, after all. Means now's about the right time."
A loud bang came from the hideout's entrance. One of the thieves who was supposed to be guarding the door landed on the boat's floor.
"What the hell?"
"The jigs up!" Jack declared, astride his duel runner.
"You're Jack Atlas! How'd ya find this place?"
"He lead me right here!" Jack pointed at the crooked salesman.
He began patting himself down. There had to be some explanation, a tracker of some sort? In his shirt collar he found his answer. A transmitter. "You mean, back then when you grabbed me?"
"You screwed up, Gus!" Syd growled.
"F-Forgive me!"
"Y'bastard. Screw with us, will he?!"
"This time we'll be sure to finish you off!" the band of thieves charged for Jack.
Jack was having none of that. He gunned the engine of his bike, and raced down one of the factory's conveyer belts. He knocked a thief out of his way, and the gun Syd was aiming at him out of his way.
"I've already called Sector Security about this place! You've got no place left to run!" Jack cried, landing spectacularly on the factory floor.
Syd didn't surrender. On the contrary, he laughed. "You're right, I lose. I give up! If Security knows about this place, I throw my arms up in defeat! So, how's about we duel until your entourage comes?" Syd sneered.
Jack's eyes narrowed. "A duel?"
"It won't be any ordinary duel. We'll be playing a game of my very own." Syd gestured to the two pronged conveyer belt behind Jack. Two lines lead to two trash chutes equipped with trash compacter and everything. "We'll be dueling atop this." He clambered up the ladder onto the conveyer belt. "It's set up so that when your life points get reduced, the conveyer belt will move, and if your life points get depleted, you get turned into a sandwich over there."
"What?"
"So? You're not being forced. It's okay if you're too scared and wanna quit, former King."
"Fine, I accept your duel," Jack huffed. He stepped aboard his conveyer belt and readied his duel disk.
"Listen up, neither of us are getting down until the other loses. Now, let's hurry up and start, former king."
"Duel!"
Jack: 4000
Syd: 4000
"I'll start, draw!" Jack said. "I summon Mad Archfiend!"
(Mad Archfiend: Atk: 1800 Def: 0)
"I place a card face down and end my turn!"
"My turn!" Syd said. "I summon Assault Wheel!"
(Assault Wheel: Atk: 2300 Def: 0)
Jack didn't like the looks of this monster. "An attack power of 2300?"
"Assault Wheel, attack Mad Archfiend! When he takes an attack, Mad Archfiend switches to defense mode, right? And when Assault Wheel attacks a defending monster, and its attack power if greater than your defense power, it inflicts damage!"
Jack: 1700
Syd:4000
Syd sneered cruelly, watching the conveyer belt take Jack further away. "That's a chunk of your life points gone! So, how's it feel to be one step closer to hell?"
"That's the way!" Gus said. "Hurry up and get sandwiched already!"
"My pride as a duelist can never be crushed!" Jack insisted nobly.
"Can the crap," Syd yawned. "When Assault Wheel attacks, its attack power reduces to zero until my next standby phase. I place two cards face down to end my turn. C'mon now, you better come back at me quick before it's too late to save yourself!"
"I don't need you telling me that," Jack sniffed. "My turn! When there are only monsters on my opponent's field, I can special summon Vice Dragon from my hand! If summoned by this effect, its abilities are halved. Next, the magic card, Polymerization! I fuse Big Piece Golem and Mid Piece Golem in my hand! Appear now, Multi-Piece Golem!"
(Multi-Piece Golem: Atk: 2600 Def: 1300)
"And now I normal summon Archfiend Interceptor!"
(Archfiend Interceptor: Atk: 1400 Def: 1600)
"Battle! Mutli-Piece Golem attacks!"
"Think again! Permanent trap Torture Wheel open! As long as this is on the field, Multi-Piece Golem can't attack or change its battle position! Plus, it inflicts 500 points of damage to yo0u during each of my upcoming standby phases!"
Jack scowled deeply, clearly miffed, but he wasn't stopping there. "Then, Vice Dragon will attack Assault Wheel!"
"Trap activate; Brander Decoy! When a monster on my field is attacked, it gains control of a level four or lower monster other than the one attacking! I'll be taking Archfiend Interceptor now!"
"What?"
Syd chuckled. "This fellow's effect is pretty handy! As long as he's on the field, every time you attack, it inflicts 500 points of damage to your life points! So are you attacking or not?"
Jack's scowl merely grew.
"Sorry, but you've helped me out of another jam! By the way, how's he doing? Dead, I take it?" Syd canted his head to the side in mock sympathy.
"I will never allow you to insult officer Kaz like that! Burn it to ash, Vice Dragon!"
"You're a damn fool, either way! Get ready to eat your monster's effect!"
Jack: 1200
Syd: 4000
"Now you're even closer to Hell!"
"Same goes for you!"
Jack: 1200
Syd: 3000
It was Syd's turn to slowly edge backwards, and closer to certain death by trash compacter. His smile never dropped, however, he was planning something. Idiot. This conveyer belt is set up to stop short of the presser.
"You should start praying that Security comes before you get crushed! I end my turn," Jack said.
"Do you really think Security is gonna come? That's why you're a damn fool!"
"What?"
/
Crow, Yusei, Trudge, Carly, and a few more police cruiser pulled up to the harbor's dock.
"What's going on?" Crow demanded. "According to Jack's call, it should be here…"
"Hey! I was told a tanker was docked here," Trudge said, joining the two boys.
"A tanker?" Crow said.
"So, that's the theft ring's hideout," Yusei said.
"Okay, but it's…kinda gone…" Carly pointed out.
/
"With these chi gloves I developed with Jarra, I can hyper focus my chi into my hands," Sasha was explaining to Lise. "I can send a huge devastating blast through the ground, or I use it to disrupt the chi flow of my opponent. It manifests itself to the eye as an electrical shock or current, or I've been told it feels like that when I use it against an opponent."
"Amazing!" Lise looked up from her notes. "Don't you need to match the chi wavelength of your opponent to devastate their chi senses so badly?"
"Not entirely. I half match them to sneak my chi into theirs, but I keep it half mine so that it acts like a virus. The body recognizes my chi as foreign. With my gloves, I amplify the two reactions so that my opponent is paralyzed in pain.
"What if you reversed it?" Lise suggested, her eyes on Sasha's gloves.
"You mean give them my chi?" Sasha's brows thrust downward into a frown. "That wouldn't exactly help me."
"No, I mean, what if you used these or a similar technique to take the opponent's chi, make it your own, and use it for yourself?"
"Steal chi? Hmmm…" Sasha put a finger to her lips. "I suppose it's possible, but it's extremely difficult. Not to mention risky. Let's begin practicing then, shall we? Jarra, may we borrow a cable?"
"Sure," Jarra chirped, a smile on her face despite her earlier loss. She shot a cable out of her cable backpack and handed it to Sasha.
"Here," Sasha handed Lise one end of the cable and sat at the other end. "I'll send stronger and stronger blasts of my chi through this. Try to match your chi to mine first, then we can move on to the more difficult stuff."
"Thanks, Sasha."
"Don't thank me yet," Sasha grinned. "I'm basically going to be electrocuting you."
/
"Wait, you mean the factory itself is actually the inside of a huge tanker?!" Jack gasped.
"I do, so let's treat ourselves to a nice, relaxing cruise. Though, the only thing left for you is a one way ticket to hell! My turn, draw! Torture Wheel's effect activated! Each of my standy phases, it inflicts 500 points of damage to you!"
Jack: 700
Syd: 3000
"Next, I summon the tuner monster Cannon Wheel!"
(Cannon Wheel: Atk: 500 Def: 1000)
"A tuner?"
"I'm tuning my level two Cannon Wheel and level four Archfiend Interceptor to synchro summon… Combat Wheel!" Syd announced triumphantly.
(Combat Wheel: Atk: 2500 Def: 1200)
"When Cannon Wheel us used as material in a synchro summon, it inflicts 500 points of damage to you!"
Jack: 200
Syd: 3000
"It's been fun, Jack," Syd said. "But this is where we say goodbye. Combat Wheel attack Vice Dragon!"
"Trap activate!" Jack countered swiftly. "Nightmare Demons! With this effect, I will release Vice Dragon to special summon three nightmare tokens to your field!"
(Nightmare Tokens: Atk: 2000 Def: 0)
"The attack target is gone, huh? I cancel my attack. I activate the continuous spell card Block Dugout! When the combined level of monsters on my field is greater than your monsters', you can't attack! Thanks for giving me the three level six presents, you damn fool!" Syd taunted.
"My turn!" Jack drew his card. "I summon Dark Sprocket! I'm tuning my level one Dark Sprocket with my level six Multi-Piece Golem! Lend me your strength, Kaz! I synchro summon Demon Chaos King!"
(Demon Chaos King: Atk: 2600 Def: 2600)
"With Multi-Piece Golem gone, Torture Wheel's been destroyed," Syd said.
"That's not all!" Jack reminded Syd. "When Dark Sprocket is used as synchro material for a dark attribute synchro monster, it destroys one face up spell or trap card on the field! I'm destroying the Block Dugout on your field! That eliminates the only wall protecting you!"
Syd wasn't rattled…yet. "You sure are one sad sap! Combat Wheel's effect activates! I discard one card in my hand, adding half the attack power of all monsters on my field from itself to Combat Wheel! It's attack power if 5500! This effect makes it so that you can only attack Combat Wheel! You're completely helpless!"
"You will pay for mocking Kaz and pilfering a turbo duelists' pride; their duel runners! Battle! Demon Chaos King will attack Combat Wheel!"
"Finally gone off your rocker, eh, former king? Seeing as how you're taking your dive into hell all by yourself!"
Jack smiled minusculy. "When Demon Chaos King attacks, it switches the attack and defense powers of your monsters until the end of the battle phase!"
"W-What?!"
"Go Demon Chaos King!"
Jack: 200
Syd: 1600
"There's still more!" Jack promised. "When Combat Wheel is destroyed, its effect will destroy all Nightmare Demon Tokens on your field! Then, those Nightmare Demon Tokens effects will inflict 800 points of damage to you for each one!"
"What?!"
Jack: 200
Syd: 0
In defeat, Syd fell to the conveyer belt. Jack remained standing, the winner.
"Ha!" Syd sneered. "It's fine! My conveyer belt had a stopper in it from the very start!"
Unfortunately, right as the words left Syd's mouth, his conveyer belt's stopper broke! He fell backwards towards the metal clamp of death the trash compacter promised.
Jack's arm suddenly swooped down. He grabbed Syd by his shirt and punched him in the face. Just for good measure, Jack threw him down to the waiting band of thieves.
"Why you!"
"You bastard!"
Jack looked down at them and started laughing.
/
Syd's giant tanker was completely surrounded by New Domino City's air and naval police officers. In no time, troops had stormed the tanker. Yusei, Crow, and Carly were right behind them.
"Jack!" Yusei spotted their friend first.
"Hey there! You're late!" Jack said. He was covered in bruises, but otherwise seemed just fine. He was throwing the thieves he had fought with into a beat pile for the officers to arrest.
"Jack!" Carly couldn't contain her excitement and relief.
/
That morning Jack met Kaz, who had regained consciousness, on the hospital's roof. His leg and head were pretty banged up, but he was supposed to make a full recovery.
"Here," Jack handed Kaz his synchro monster. "I was able to win thanks to this."
"I'm amazed. You were able to stop Syd's gang all by yourself!"
"Only because Security does sloppy work," Jack blurted out.
Trudge rolled his eyes. "Such a way with words…"
"Hey Jack, once my wounds heal, how's about we have a turbo duel?"
"Sure! Jack Atlas never turns down a challenge!"
The two men shook hands as friends.
