We arrived at the helipad on top of the Security Bureau, where Goodwin was waiting for us along with a copter, "Please remember that the fate of the world rests on your shoulders."

I rolled my eyes as he talked, "In order to stop the Dark Signers, you have to lock the original Ener-D Reactor, deep in the Satellite. And by a twist of fate, it was created by none other than Hakase Fudo, the father of one of our Signers."

Everyone stared at me, but I ignored it and glanced at Jack, who promised to ask instead of me, "Yusei and I won't go unless you promise to finish the bridge."

He paused, "If that's what my champions want, so be it."

Goodwin nodded, "I'm sure that you know your pilot."

He made a gesture, and Trudge came out of the copter. The second he saw me, he bristled, "Wait one moment, I have to escort Fudo?"

To my shock, Goodwin nodded, "In fact, your job is to ensure that Miss Fudo and Miss Izayoi stay as safe as possible."

Trudge froze, "Miss Fudo?"

I smirked, "What? Aren't I the perfect example of a woman?"

"You're a girl?"

Jack marched up to him, "Do you have a problem with my sister?"

Trudge froze, "No sir."

Jack marched onto the helicopter and I followed him, and he glanced up, pointing next to him.

I rolled my eyes and reluctantly sat next to him. Thankfully, Aki sat next to me, "Why do you put up with that?"

"Family means a lot to me. I push him around, he pushes me around. That's how family works."

She smiled, "If you say so."

When we took off, Luna and Leo looked out the window and started yelling, "Bye Tanner! Bye Yunagi!"

I smiled and leaned back. Aki turned to Mina, "What do you know about the Reactor?"

"It was created by a group called the RRD and Doctor Fudo was the head of the project. He dedicated his life to it. Unexpectedly it started spinning backwards and destroyed the city. It's what separated the two parts of New Domino."

Leo looked sad, "Does that mean that her dad…?"

Mina nodded, "No one has heard or seen him since."

I could see Aki look at me out of the corner of her eyes, but I just kept my eyes forward, fighting back the tears.

Trudge looked backwards, "Why would they let a Satellite be in charge of such a huge project?"

Jack glared at him, "Yusei and Hakase were from the city. I'm the only Satellite on this plane. Got a problem with that?"

Trudge turned around rapidly and acted like nothing happened, muttering about the lightning, "One strike and we all go down."

Mina sighed, "We absolutely need to get to Satellite!"

Just then I realized where we were, "Land there, next to the house in the park."

He almost fought with me until Mina spoke, "She knows Satellite better than you, so listen."

We landed next to Martha's house, and when we got out Martha ran straight to Jack, "Do that cute King thing you used to always do."

I smirked at Aki, who looked like she was having difficulty not laughing.

Jack knelt in front of Martha, "Good lady, as the King of Dueling, I promise to protect you."

He kissed her hand and then stood up as Martha ambushed him with a hug, "It's so good to have my son back. And look how big you've gotten!"

"Hey Yusei!"

I waved at the kids, who were running around willy-nilly. Martha waved, "Come on inside everybody."

Jack spoke before I realized what he was going to say, "Martha, Yusei used the card again."

I actually feared for my life as Martha glared at me, "I know it's your only connection with your father, but I told you to never use it! Now hand it over."

I shook my head, "I keep it in the bandages, so I can't pull it out right now."

Her face got even more stern, "Yusei, why is a machine talking for you?"

Jack looked over, "She had to give up her voice to get her answer."

"For a day, and Jack's just saying all of this to distract you from yelling at him."

Martha paused, "Let's talk with everyone first, and then the three of us are going to have a serious discussion."

Jack and I exchange looks that were part smug and part terror before following everyone into the dining room. Martha sat at the head, "Yusei explained part of it to me. You are all here to keep the city safe from people who would want to kill everyone for some petty revenge. And I missing any points?"

Mina piped up, "Each Dark Signer has chosen a Signer that they specifically want to kill. So far the only one we know is the one who attacked Yusei."

Martha nodded, but Aki butted in, "Why is it so quiet here?"

Her face fell, "Everyone who wasn't in this building when the fog came disappeared."

Blister piped up, "Rally, Blitz, Nervin, and Tank had gone out for groceries, and Crow hasn't come back since Yusei's wreck."

I bit my lip, fighting the tears, when Martha spoke up, "Well, no use worrying about what we don't know. You can all stay here until everything is settled. Feel free to wander around and get used to it. Jack, Yusei…"

We both nodded, and everyone else left. Martha gestured for us to move closer to her. Jack sat on her left, and I on her right. She looked at both of us, "I swear that the two of you are going to send me to my grave early. Constantly fighting, arguing, and forgetting what means so much to the other. Yusei is family oriented, and would die for someone that she loves. Jack, you love being in control and making sure that nothing happens to the few people you care about. Why do you fight if you are the same?"

The two of us just sat at the table in silence until Martha spoke again, "We'll talk about this more, but for now I'll settle for taking the card and postponing Jack's scolding."

I pulled out the card, handed it to Martha and went to find the twins.

They were talking to the other kids in the front yard, and Luna immediately came to my side, "Why are they all so happy?"

I smiled at her, "Because they don't know anything different."

We all came back in for dinner, and all of the Signers sat on one side while the others sat on the other. As we sat there one of the kids piped up, "The Security guy made the stew!"

I saw Jack put down his spoon and start eating the bread instead. I decided to break up the tension, "Once we defeat the Dark Signers, the Director said that he would build a bridge between the city and here. Then you can be anything you want."

The kids all cheered up, and ate with more enthusiasm.

Just then all of the marks flared as the window exploded into the room.

I ran to the window as Martha checked on everybody, and saw a man standing outside. His arm had a purple spider on it, and when lightning cracked behind him I noticed that his shadow was also a spider. I pushed the window open, "Who are you?"

He held up his arm as he spoke with an incredibly deep voice, "My name is Roman, and I bear the mark of the spider. I heard that the Signers were in town, and wanted to welcome you all. But, of course, us Dark Signers only have one way of saying hello."

The duel disk on his arm looked like it had a mouth instead of a deck port. I climbed out the window, "If it's a duel you want, then fine. But we'll duel where I want to."

He smirked at me, "Then lead the way."

As I got on my duel gauntlet and duel disk, Aki walked up, "If you want, I can do the talking for you so you don't have to keep grabbing the datapad."

I nodded, and gestured for her to come with me.

We arrived downtown, and the second we started the duel, flames appeared. A circle was directly around us, and then the symbol of the spider was around that.

I drew a card, and held up the one I was about to play. Aki nodded, "Yusei summons Shield Wing in defense mode."

Shield Wing-900

Roman laughed, "I thought you weren't speaking, and this just confirmed it. I activate the field spell, Spider Web."

A giant web took over the field, then he continued, "Then I special summon my dark tuner, Spider Cocoon since you are the only one with monsters."

Spider Cocoon-0

Aki breathed in sharply, "Great."

Roman seemed to enjoy our concern, "I summon Dark Spider to the field. And Dark Spider's effect raises my Spider Cocoon's level by 2."

Dark Spider-0

"Next I Dark Synchro to create Underground Arachnid. When the shadows are engulfed by even darker shadows, the curtain pulls back to reveal a world without light!"

Underground Arachnid-2400

Out of the dark orb came an ugly woman/spider mix, and it immediately spit a rope of web at Shield Wing, dragging it over to Roman's side, "Once per turn, my Arachnid can steal one of your monsters and use it as an equip spell. Now attack Yusei directly!"

I was sent flying into the web/fire wall and crashed back to the earth, losing my breath for a moment.

Life Points Yusei=1600

Aki helped me back to my feet, and I showed her what I was going to do, "She summons Road Synchron in attack mode."

Road Synchron-1600

"Then she activates the spell 1 for 1. She sends one monster to the graveyard in order to summon Tuningware to the field in attack mode."

Tuningware-100

"Next, her Quillbolt Hedgehog comes back from the graveyard since she has a tuner on the field."

Quillbolt Hedgehog-800

"And when she uses Tuningware in a synchro summon, it acts like a level 2 monster. So now she summons Road Warrior!"

Road Warrior-3000

Aki looked at me in confirmation, and then kept going, "First Yusei gets to draw a card since she used Road Synchron in a Synchro summon, and then Road Warrior attacks Underground Arachnid!"

To our shock, that thing used Shield Wing as a Shield. Roman laughed, "Were you expecting something else? My Arachnid can sacrifice a monster equipped to it in order to negate it's own destruction."

Aki grunted, "You still take damage."

Life Points Roman=3400

Roman kept laughing, "Thanks to my field spell, your monster is permanently switched into defense mode."

Road Warrior-1500

I held up another card, and Aki nodded, "Once per turn, Road Warrior can bring out a 1 or 2 level monster. Yusei chooses Turbo Booster, which she can send to the graveyard to destroy a monster that one of her monsters battled this turn."

The creepy monster was finally gone, but Roman's expression made me worried, "I activate my trap card, Altar of the Bound Deity! For every monster in defense mode each turn, this Altar gains a token. When it gets four tokens, I can summon my Earthbound Immortal Uru!"

Just then we heard a voice, "Yusei!"

I turned and saw two of Martha's kids at the edge of the barrier. Aki cried out, "Don't come any closer! And no matter what you do, don't touch the fire!"

A/N: Hello once again! Hope you all enjoyed the chapter!