"I believe it's time you and I faced each other Yusei. If you think you're strong enough to defeat me then come to the side of the Old Reactor"
"What?" The spider mark on Trudges mark vanished and Trudge was back to normal. I can't believe that all this time it was him…I should have known.
"What? What's everyone looking at?"
"So are ya gonna go? You know it's a trap right?"
"Of course it's a trap but, I'm gonna have to face him sooner or later and the quicker I defeat his Earthbound Immortal the quicker Rally and Martha, and all the others will be safe"
"You sure you're up for this?"
"I've never been more, sure of anything. It's time to go settle things with Roman" I was still quiet: Still unsure of what to do. Should I let Yusei face him? Should I go with them? My thoughts were brought out by Crow placing his hands on my waist.
"Darling are you okay?" I looked up to see everyone staring at me. I put on a fake smile and nodded.
"Yeah, I'm okay" I'm really not. Crow picked me up gently and walked over to the car. He opened the door and sat me down. He whispered.
"We'll talk later okay?" I nodded. He kissed me once before heading over to his runner. Yusei mounted his runner and everyone else got into the car. We were all off now: Heading to another Dark Signer duel. Soon, I wish that it was all over. Why did it have to be him? Why? I just feel like crying my eyes out.
"Look at that! The Old Reactor sight"
"I can't imagine what is was like when it blew up way back when"
"Think every disaster movie you've ever seen, roll it all into one then multiply that by 10. Here's hoping that nothing like that happens today" Luna groaned.
"Don't be scared Luna"
"There's something powerful and terrifying down there Leo, I can feel it" I can too.
"Right but…I mean uh…I'll be with you so that's good right?" Luna just nodded. We stopped at the sight and Crow came over to help me out. We walked over to the large hole.
"NO WAY! IT'S TOO SCARY!"
"Let the record show that Leo's courage lasted a whole two seconds" (HAHAHAHA I cracked up at that. GO LUNA!)
"Well this is it"
"Yeah: you with me?"
"To the wheels fall off buddy" I smiled.
"But…what about Wendy?"
"I'll be fine Yusei. Don't worry" He smiled and they all headed down stairs. I was about to follow after but Crow grabbed my arm.
"You're staying with me." He seemed to have heard something and looked around. He held my hand and we walked in a different direction.
"Why aren't we going…?" Crow cut me off.
"Shhh…" He ran over and I followed slowly. He stopped and I soon did to. "What do we got here?" I looked down and gasped. "The Public Security Bureau" He looked around again and gasped. "Wendy, before we go in, I need to know…" He looked directly at me and held my face in his hands. "…What was wrong before? You were spacing out. Is there anything you need to tell me?" Should I tell him? I smiled and shook my head. "You sure?" I nodded. He looked deep into my eyes and saw through my act. "Darling… I know there is something you are keeping from me, but I won't say anything. Tell me when you're ready okay." He smiled and kissed me. "Now keep close alright. We are going in and with you and that big belly of yours…I might not be able to hide you as well" He snickered and I giggled.
"My belly's not that big Hun" He snickered again and felt Feather kicking and moving.
"Alright, let's go. Hold my hand and keep as close to me as you can. I don't want anyone spotting you alright? I couldn't bare it if they took you away from me" I smiled and hugged him close. I held his hand tight and stayed behind him as we headed west. (Made that up haha) We got to the sight and I stood behind Crow as he made sure the cost was clear. He squeezed my hand letting me know that it was clear and we slowly ran to the entrance. Crow placed his hand on the entrance key and the door opened. He looked towards me and smiled. "Come on! Time to investigate" We walked around until we got to a staircase. I gripped Crow's hand. I could feel something. Or maybe Lily can feel something and she's telling me to be careful. Crow helped me down the staircase until an earth shake occurred.
"AHH!" I screamed clutching my stomach. I didn't want something to hurt Feather.
"Wendy, hold onto the rails." I did as I was told and held on. Crow held onto me to make sure that I was safe. The shake stopped. "Are you okay?" He held me tightly. I nodded.
"I'm fine" I gasped.
"Wendy! What is it?" Crow held me close.
"I can feel it. The duel has started" I started to shake violently. What's going to happen? Is Yusei going to make it? Crow held my tight trying to soothe my thoughts.
"Shhh…Wendy, Shhh…It will be okay" He rubbed my back as I started to sob. Should I tell Crow now? How would he react? I felt another jolt. I gasped again. I can feel the Earthbound Immortal rising.
"I think the Earthbound Immortal has been summoned." Crow still held me as I sobbed.
"Come on darling. We better keep moving. If the Immortal has been summoned, Yusei will need as much support as he can get" I nodded and walked with him. Later we walked down to the bottom of the stairs. I gasped with relief: Too many steps to walk down. Not good for a pregnant woman. I looked down and gasped. I leant down and picked up what appears to be a photo frame. The glass was broken but the photo is still intact. I gasped again. This photo…has a family on it. The father…looks like Yusei. This must have been Yusei's parents and awwww….BABY YUSEI! "Huh? This must have been the reactor's research area. Wendy? What ya got there?" He snuck his arms around me and looked at the photo. I smiled.
"How cute is Yusei as a baby" I giggled. Crow snickered and hugged me closer. He kissed my cheek. "I'll keep this with me and give it to Yusei when all of this is over." I placed the photo into my jacket.
"Good plan Hunny" Crow and I kept walking around aimlessly. We stopped as we got to a random door. "Wonder what's inside? Wendy, stay behind me okay?" I nodded holding his free hand. Crow opened the door courteously. "Whoa! Rex Goodwin, what are you doin' here?" Oh Crap! I moved next to Crow.
"Crow! Wendy!"
"What's going on?"
"I came to say goodbye to someone…to my brother…to Wendy's father"
"WHAT?"
"Crow, calm down."
"You mean to say that Wendy is your niece? And wait, so that means…that Rex Goodwin is your uncle Wendy? And….oh….whoa….that means…..that Roman….is your father…." I sighed and nodded. "That…bastard…"
"Crow!" He looked at me and I could see the anger in his eyes.
"When we were young, everyone knew my big brother was a genius. I was always very proud of him. But in addition to his genius my brother was burdened with a great destiny." I glanced over at the wall. I picture of my father, Yusei's father and my uncle together. Happy. Before the beatings took place and my father wasn't evil. According to my mother, he was far from evil. He wanted me when he found out that mum was pregnant. He wanted to have a baby. He wanted me to grow up with his friend's child. Which I now believe is Yusei.
"Darling?" He came over and held my waist. "You okay?" I looked at him and smiled.
"Yeah I'm okay"
"Your father wasn't always evil Wendy." I nodded. "It was the darkness that took over him." I nodded again. Goodwin smiled. "I haven't seen you in a long time Wendy. It's nice to see you"
"It's nice to see you too Uncle Rex" (Hahahahaha Uncle Rex Hahahahaha)
"And what's this? Am I going to be a great uncle soon?" I nodded. My uncle smiled. "Come on. I'll tell you both the full story." Uncle Goodwin motioned for Crow and I too follow him as he told the story.
"So your brother started hearing voices and made the reactor spin in reverse? I guess with forces like that at work, it's no wonder the legendary man who tried to build the Daedalus bridge wasn't successful"
"So I take it you believe that legendary man really existed?"
"Well…yeah. I mean the guy is kinda sorta my hero. One day I'm gonna reunited Domino City and Satellite" Awwww…
"Yes of course and then your gonna change society and stop crime and cure diseases. You know I might be able to make that dream a reality, but first I need you too pass on a message to Yusei for me. If he defeats my brother, tell him I'll be waiting" Crow ran over to the door that my uncle went through.
"Hold Up! What do you mean? Waiting where?" I urged Crow to keep moving and we did. We headed alone corridors, more stairs and a few more doors, until we heard something a voice in the distance. Yusei…duelling my father. My father mentioned Yusei's father.
"…THAT'S A LIE! IT HAPPENED BECAUSE OF YOU AND CHOICES YOU MADE"
"If only you knew how wrong you are" I sighed as Crow pulled me close to him. He doesn't want my father to hurt me.
"Don't listen to that wing nut Yusei."
"Crow! Wendy!" Oh no. He had to mention my name.
"He's kidding himself"
"Ya think so?"
"I know so. I heard what you just said about your dad man and your right. It wasn't his fault. There was no way he could have known that Roman was gonna do what he did"
"I guess so"
"Look at it this way. If Zero Reverse never happened you, me and all the others may not have met up and become best friends. Good things lead to bad things, leading to more good things and that's just life and at the end of the day we all have choices. We aren't destined to make them. This guy is just using destiny as a way to be a jerk or who knows, maybe it was my destiny to say that. But either way: FINISH THIS GUY WOULD YA!" I sighed and just kept looking up. My father was looking towards us.
"I'm on it! You know what, all that really matters is that we listen to ourselves and that we do what we think is right. Maybe there is destiny but if that's the case, then you were destined to fail. I reveal my last trap card, STARDUST FLASH. If I willingly release Stardust Dragon, I can use this trap card to summon it back from the graveyard"
"You can bring that beast back again" Just the sound of my father's voice…it sickens me.
"That's right Roman and now it's going to attack with Cosmic Flare." My father lost and he fell to the ground. But he started to chuckle. We all gasp.
"You really think it's over don't you? Well unless you seal all the towers by sunset, the king of the netherworld will resurrect." My father turned to dust and evaporated. The towers bridges where Yusei and my father were standing on started to break. Yusei screamed.
"AH!" We all screamed and shouted for him. I started to sob and cry. I didn't want to loose another friend too my father. Crow held me close.
"YUSEI!" We watched as Yusei fell into the light. I screamed. I started to sob. Crow crept his arms around me and I hugged him tight now crying. I couldn't contain it. My father was the one who made the ground fall and Yusei is now nowhere to be found. My father was one of the Dark Signers. I stopped crying and Crow is now hugging me into his chest. "Shhh…It will be okay. We'll get Yusei back." I was just lost in thought when Crow was soothing me. "Darling? We should get to the others. Leo and Luna probably want you beside them. We headed up to where they were. Well Crow ran.
"Oh Yusei…he's…he's"
"YUSEI!" We stopped and just looked down.
"NOOOOOOO! Yusei's just gotta be alright" Leo yelled.
"And he is; Yusei's a survivor that much we know. Of course, what we don't know is where this glowing lake of light took him. We just stared unable to think of where he is. Feather was kicking violently. I had to stop myself from flinching. She is worried about Yusei too. I placed my hand on my stomach and rubbed it, to calm her down. I smiled as she stopped and started moving slowly. Crow came over and put his hands on my waist. "You okay?"
"I'm fine, she's just worried about Yusei too" Feather moved lightly again. "What are we gonna do?"
"I believe we can help" Luna and I looked towards our duel monster spirits. Leo, Crow and Trudge were just staring blankly at us. Lily and Kuribon looked at us innocently.
"How can you two help us?" I asked.
"We can fly in there and see if Yusei is okay. We're spirits; nothing out of the spirit world can effect us. Although, there's a good chance Yusei will be able to see us so be prepared for questions from him" Luna and I nodded. "Also, don't be alarmed if you two don't feel that we exist anymore. It's just something that happens when we go from one world to the next" We nodded again.
"Are you sure guys?" Luna asked. They just nodded. I didn't know if they should go or not. I didn't want to loose Lily and I know that Luna doesn't want to loose Kuribon. "What should we do Wendy?" I thought for a moment.
"Do what? What's going on?" Leo asked. Crow told them what was happening. He assumed I was talking to Lily. I smiled and looked at her.
"Let's trust them Luna. We need to see if Yusei is okay, besides, nothing can break our bond with them" She smiled and nodded. I looked at Lily and Kuribon and nodded. They went their separate ways and headed down to the glowing light. Luna and I felt a jolt. We gasped. They were gone inside. Now all that's left to do it wait.
~Lily's POV~
I was doing what my master wanted me to do. Kuribon and I went into the light and gasped at what we saw. Yusei was on the ground unconscious. Kuribon and I gasped. We flew over.
"Yusei get up. Please"
"Who's there?" Yusei whispered.
"Yusei, don't be alarmed. We're here to help. Wendy and Luna sent us" Yusei looked up and tried too understand where he was.
"How is the possible? Two duel monster spirits? Where in the world?" He was now standing up straight. He looked directly at us.
"They are all worried about you Yusei. Are you okay?" Yusei smiled and nodded.
"I'm fine but how did you two get here? I heard that Wendy can see duel monster spirits but I never knew I could" I giggled.
"You can't really; it's this place we're in. Even we don't know this place and we've been around for thousands of years"
"Well, at least we are in one piece" Just then thousands of lights came out from the ground. The spirits of people who died from Zero Reverse. "Where are all these things coming from?" Kuribon and I shielded Yusei. After all, it's our job to protect humans. Our shields didn't work. The spirits were still trying to get to Yusei. "AHHH LET GO OF ME! BEAT IT!" He groaned. Kuribon and I did the best we could.
"You heard him. Leave him alone! Don't make me use my needle on you" I pointed it out to them and they back away a little. They were still ganging up on him though.
"STAY BACK! STAY BACK!" He yelled. One for them grabbed his arm and his mark started to glow. "Wait a sec…could these be the spirits of the people who disappeared when the original Enerdy reactor had its meltdown?"
"Quite possibly Yusei"
"Well if they are, they don't seem to be very big fans of me, that's for sure." Yusei gasped. I looked back at him. He was sinking. Kuribon and I did the best we could to free him. "AHHHH!"
"STAND DOWN!" What? Who is that? "Oh lost spirits of the netherworld. It is not yet this ones time." They all disappeared and Yusei was now free. Well, more like floating. "Yusei…there is still much for you too do back In the Satellite Sector"
"Hey…who…are you?"
"Someone not to be questioned"
~Wendy's POV~
"He's down there somewhere….YUSEI!" I don't know what to do. I'll just let Lily and Kuribon do this. We'll see if they come back with answers. "YUSEI!" I sighed. Crow wrapped his arms around me. "Shhh, it will be okay sweetie" He kissed my cheek. Yeah, I don't know about that.
~Lily's POV~
"I just don't get it. Some mystery man saves me from a gang of grabbing ghouls then vanishes without a trace."
"You'll find out soon enough Yusei"
"You can read minds to?" I nod. "Whoa! Okay maybe not without any trace. Where's that light coming from? Or better yet who? I gotta find out."
"Well then let's get going. You can stand up and walk Yusei." Yusei got up and started to walk around. With Kuribon and I in front of him, protecting him.
"Oh well: looks like this is the end of the road."
"No! This is just the beginning for you Yusei." A yellow light appeared and Kuribon and I got into a fighting stance.
"Why'd you save me from those spirits earlier? Who are you?"
"Who am I? Do you mean to tell me, you don't recognise your own dad?" My eyes turned big. This man is Yusei's father. Oooooo Wendy is gonna be so excited to hear this.
"Father? But you're..."
"Listen to me Yusei, there's not much time. There is still much for you to do back in the Satellite Sector."
"Wait, what do you mean?" What does he mean?
"My son: You are destined for great things." Yusei started running after his father.
"Father!" Kuribon and I followed after him.
"But you must rise to that greatness: If you are to achieve them."
"Father! Don't leave me!" (Awwww Yusei is sooooooo cute haha)
"My son, I never have. I will always be with you" Awwww….
"NO FATHER COME BACK!"
~Wendy's POV~
I felt a sudden jolt and gasped. Crow held my waist. Suddenly, a large light appeared and we saw Yusei up the top of it. He's okay…I also saw Lily and Kuribon.
"Whoa! Wendy…I think I just saw Lily" I gasped.
"What…How is that possible?" I looked at him. He was gazing upwards.
"Wait…nope. She's disappeared" I giggled and hugged him. He wrapped his arms around me and then placed one hand on my stomach. Feather kicks and moves as always. We were all still looking up at Yusei.
"LOOK, UP TOP THERE! Is that…?"
"Yeah it's Yusei" The light left and Crow and Trudge were just about to catch him. They caught him.
"Yusei, open your eyes" Crow begged.
"Say something"
"Are you okay?" We stared down at him. He started to open his eyes. We all smiled happily.
"I'll remember what you said…father" I heard him whisper. I looked up at Lily and she smiled. I mouthed 'thankyou' to her. She smiled even more.
"Uh: you feelin' okay Yusei?" I held onto Crow: Wondering if Yusei was going to be alright.
"What?" He was okay.
"What exactly happened down there?" Trudge asked.
"Hey, give him a break would ya? He's just a little shaken up that's all" I giggled at Leo.
"I'm fine. Thanks for looking out for me you guys." I felt so grateful. I wanted to hug my duel spirit.
"No prob: Now to look out for the rest of the world. There's no time to spare." Crow said as he held onto me.
"In that case we better get a move on"
"Right, we have to seal the two remaining duel towers by sunset. Or the king of the Netherworld will resurrect. Let's move"
