"What's going on?" Yusei asked. He looked, terrified, at his predicament.

"What's going on is that you're going down," Kalin answered, grinning maliciously. "Time for me to pummel you into the depths of the Netherworld!"

"The Dark Signers got to you."

"No, I'm not some puppet. I'm one of the guys pulling the strings. This right here is the real deal! I'm not like the drone you dueled back in Domino City. He was just a pawn in our little game. We caught him and others like him in our web, so to speak."

The helicopter drew nearer to the glowing light. Jack stood halfway out the door, his hair blowing in the wind, heedless of the possibility of falling to his death. "That vision… it can't be!"

"Interesting," Carly mused. "I wonder if this has anything to do with the news reports about the Nazca Lines in Peru! Remember that Jack? The lines started glowing and then they disappeared or something."

"Pilot, take us down lower!" Jack commanded.

"Uh, okay." The pilot did as he was told and the copter sped downward, right across Crow's path. The boys saw each other instantly.

"Jack?"

"Crow?" A split second later, the copter kept flying on. The surroundings were slightly more visible now. "Who's that down there with Yusei? Why are we stopping here? Get lower!"

"There's some kinda energy field down there. My instruments are going haywire!" the pilot reported nervously.

"Energy field?" Meena shouted at him over the roar of the helicopter blades. "What's causing it?"

"I said take us lower!"

"Jack, uh… that's probably not safe," Carly told him.

"Who do you work for?" Jack fired at the pilot angrily, ignoring Carly. "Lower!"

Grudgingly the pilot obeyed. The turbulence increased exponentially on the little aircraft.

"I'm losing control! I can't hold her steady! Brace yourselves!" The pilot yelled as the helicopter fell farther and farther downwards. "Come on, pull up, pull up! There you go." The pilot managed to level out the flight pattern.

"Jack?" The copter was close enough for Yusei to see inside. "What's he doing here?"

Kalin looked up irritably. His irritation turned into a rather nasty smile.

Jack recognized Kalin too. "Is that who I think it is?"

"I've gotta take us back up," the pilot said. "It's too dangerous at this level." The copter drifted back upwards quickly.

"Was that Jack Atlas?" Kalin smirked. He knew he it was Jack, and he laughed crazily. "This is great! With Jack and Crow here we're almost all back together again! It's good to see you, Yusei!"

"Kalin, what happened to you?" Yusei asked quietly.

"You surprised? You never thought you'd see me again. To think; we used to be soooo close! Well, in case you were wondering after all these years. You should know, I haven't forgiven you for betraying our friendship!"

"Kalin, you betrayed us when you took things too far!"

The Dark Signer glared at Yusei. "I didn't take things far enough! Because of you and your weakness!"

"I had no choice," Yusei said.

"Jack, what's going on? It seems like you know that guy down there with Yusei! Who is he?" Carly questioned.

"His name's Kalin," Jack replied evenly. "He's from the Satellite. We all used to duel together. He was one of our closest friends."

Carly did a double take. "That guy was your friend?"

A cyclone blew away the last of Crow's lifepoints. Defeated, he slumped to the ground of the abandoned warehouse.

A fat boy dressed in red snickered at Crow. He had two boys, one in brown and one in blue, behind him.

"Did you really think you could defeat us all by yourself, Crow?" the boy in red taunted. He kicked Crow's duel disk. "You were boring."

"Not cool."

"Take a message to your friends" the boy dressed in brown said. "The Fleet District belongs to the Magicians and that is not gonna change anytime soon."

The boy in blue spoke up next. "And let em' know this is what happens to duelists who challenge us!" he walked forward and kicked Crow's duel disk across the room.

"Aw, was that necessary?" Crow complained, massaging his slightly aching wrist.

"Just be glad we don't take your deck, ya loser."

The leader and a fourth boy dressed in green walked into the light. The fat boy turned around and received a signal from the leader. Their laughs spelled doom for Crow.

"Hey, come on guys, let's talk this out! I'm sorry I came to your turf and challenged your authority," Crow laughed and sneered comically. "And if you believe that, I got a high rise penthouse in Domino City I'd like to sell ya!"

The boy in red grabbed the front of Crow's shirt and slammed him into the wall. "Ya like magic, Crow? Cuz we're about to make you disappear for good! Nobody's gonna save you! Nobody even knows where you are! This hideout is secret!"

Crow grinned despite his uncomfortable position. "Oh really?"

"Huh?" All as one, the boys turned to where Crow's duel disk rested. A red light flashed repeatedly from inside, only noticeable since the top layer was kicked off.

"What is that?"

"What is that?" the boy holding Crow up repeated. "Some kinda detonation device or something?"

Crow just laughed. "It's a transmitter."

"What's it transmitting?"

"Transmitting our location!" the boy in blue finally realized.

"Whattaya guys thinking? We should scram right?" Red fat boy asked, he and his friends were already sweating.

Crow laughed as there was a loud booming noise. The building shook and then all was silent. Nobody moved. Nobody even breathed. After a while, the Magicians relaxed.

"That was your big rescue? That was pathetic?" the fat boy insulted.

The red-haired boy was still smiling. "Wait for it."

Suddenly a blast larger than the first one tore a hole in the side of the building. Shrapnel rained down everywhere. Fearing for their lives, the Magicians dropped Crow and darted out of harm's way.

"They're here," the leader growled furiously. "The Enforcers." He stared fearfully at the intruders. "Cut the power!"

The boy in brown found the lights and switched them off, plunging the building into total darkness. He took off for the exit, but was intersected by an Enforcer member. "You're not leaving are you? The fun's just about to start." The boy gritted his teeth and stood his ground. That turned out to be a mistake when the Enforcer snapped a handcuff like lock onto the boy's duel disk. "The loser's duel disk is destroyed, and until we have a winner no one's going anywhere!"

"Who are you?" At that second, the clouds covering the moon drifted away, showering the factory with moonlight. "Yusei!"

"Hey Crow, you forgot something!" another Enforcer tossed a new duel disk towards Crow.

"Got it!" Crow called when he'd effortlessly caught it. "Thanks Lise!"

"Sure thing," Lise saluted playfully. "Did you like my explosion?"

"Loved it! You're getting better!"

"It's amazing what you can do with a bunch of time, scraps, and the internet! Good luck!" she ran off to take down the boy dressed in green. With her clamp she lassoed the boy. "And you thought you were going somewhere."

Ready for some payback, Crow managed to tie the fat boy's duel disk to his. "Now I got you too!"

"Stop," yet another Enforcer stopped the boy in blue. "I can't let you leave without thanking you, ya know, for taking care of our friend. We were worried about him, so please, allow me to express my heartfelt gratitude!" Jack used his own clamp to tie the boy down to a duel too.

"Let's duel!"

"It's my move! I summon Speed Warrior in attack mode!"

"Let's dance! Allow me to introduce you to Blackwing Bora the Spear!"

"I think it's time you lost! I summon out Flame Alchemist to the field!"

"It's my turn and I summon Mad Archfiend!"

Watching all his lackeys falling, the leader attempted to escape. The last Enforcer intercepted him.

"What's the hurry? You feeling left out?"

"Who-Who're you?" the leader whimpered as Kalin stepped into the moonlight.

"I'm the guy who's gonna bring you down. You and your Magician friends have been making life miserable for people in the Fleet District. That's gonna end here and now! You're hocus pocus days of controlling the Fleet District are over!" Kalin used his own clamp to snare the leader into a duel as well. "Shall we?"

"You planned this!" the Magician leader growled, activating his duel disk.

"Junk Warrior attack with scrap fist!"

"Now to finish you off! Blackwing Armor Master attack!"

"Fire Gryphon, take out his lifepoints!"

"Exploder Dragon Wing's got some hurt he'd like to give you!"

All four Magicians lost, and their duel disks shorted out, completely useless.

"Dark Eradicator Warlock attack!"

"It won't do much good against my Gate Buster trap card!" Kalin countered. "And presto!" he exclaimed when he'd won. "This duel's over! Now why don't you make like a rabbit and disappear!"

"Kalin," Yusei said. He and the others grouped together, having defeated the Magicians.

"Hey Crow, sorry you had to be the bait," Kalin apologized.

"Won't be a problem; that's Lise's job!" Crow joked.

"Hey!"

"Just kidding," Crow paused to give Lise an affectionate noogie. "Though, could you guys be a little quicker next time with the surprise entrance?"

"You got it," Kalin replied cheerfully as they all bumped fists. "That gang was the last of them." The Enforcer's leader filled out a small portion on the map of Satellite. "The Fleet District is officially safe, thanks to the Enforcers!"

Kalin laughed evilly and smiled in the same manner.

"Something funny?" Yusei asked moodily.

"We had fun way back in the day, didn't we? Didn't we, Crow? And Jack, didn't we have a blast? We're short one member but that's okay, because now that's all gonna end!"

"So, uh," Carly piped up from her place in the helicopter, "I'm guessing you're not exactly friends anymore. What happened?"

"When I was growing up, Satellite was a rough place, rougher than it is now," Jack started. "Every district was overrun by duel gangs. In order to survive, you found friends, you stuck together, and you laid low. I had Yusei and Lise and Crow and Kalin; they were my friends. We hung out together, we looked out for each other and for everybody else in our district. At first, our only goal was to make our district a safe place to live. But then Kalin got ambitious. He decided we needed to rid the Satellite of all the duel gangs."

"You guys ready to go take down the Ambulators?"

Yusei and Jack nodded.

"Yeah!" Crow said excitedly.

"You bet," Lise grinned.

"We can dream all we want to, but we're never getting out of the Satellite, boys," Kalin began.

"And?"

"And girl," Kalin corrected, rolling his eyes, and quickly recovering from his mistake. "So we need to make the Satellite the place to be! We need to wipe out these duel gangs and make the street safe for everyone!"

"Kalin inspired us. He taught us to believe in ourselves. He showed us that we had the power to change our situation, and that we could control our own destinies. I guess you could say he was our leader, and at the time, we would have followed him anywhere.

"Things were going great. Satellite's districts were starting to become safe, but then Kalin took things too far."

"You never should have betrayed me, Yusei," Kalin said bitterly.

"You had to be stopped."

"I was trying to make Satellite a better place. Do you really think Sector Security had our best interests in mind?"

"Of course not," Yusei said. "But that doesn't-"

"They needed to fall like the duel gangs! Satellite needed to be ours and ours alone! But the past is ancient history; let's start talking about your future! I'm going to send you to the Netherworld!" Kalin gunned his engine and rode straight towards Yusei, passed him, and stopped a ways behind him. "Come on, let's duel!" Another engine rev and Kalin was spitting debris as he shredded forward.

"We will of course be dueling with the Speed World field spell!"

"Kalin, talk to me; what happened to you?!" Yusei pleaded.

"It's a little late in the game to play catch-up, Yusei, cuz what's done is done and there's no going back. The only thing left to do is for me to defeat you!"

"So," Yusei switched topics. "What happens to me if I lose this duel? Do I become one of you?"

"Not quite," Kalin replied, still smiling wickedly. "But you will be consumed; you'll be first into the shadows of the Netherworld!"

"That's not going to happen!" Yusei promised. "I'm going to stop you and save the Satellite!"

"Let's duel!"

Yusei: 4000

Kalin: 4000

"Meena," Jack said, still standing at the open door. "Do you think you could get their play by play up on the monitor?"

"Yes, I can do that. Just need to lock into their frequencies." In seconds Meena had their lifepoints and play by play set up to watch from the copter.

Down below, Crow did the same. He was getting a very bad vibe from all this. "Yusei, be careful."

"Let's go!"

"Yes," Kalin agreed. "Time to begin this thing! Time for the Enforcers to ride again! It's my turn, and I summon Infernity Beast!"

A demonic dog emerged on Kalin's field. Its red eyes glared menacingly from its black and grey body.

(Infernity Beast: Atk: 1600 Def: 1200)

"And now that I've got him on the field, I think I'll place one card facedown and end my turn! Come, Yusei, I've been looking forward to this duel for a very, very long time! Don't hold back; give me everything you've got!" Kalin challenged.

"You asked for it!" Yusei declared and began his turn. "I summon Speed Warrior in attack mode! And during the battle phase of this turn, Speed Warrior's attack points are double! Speed Warrior, move in and send that beast of his to the pound!"

"Not so fast, Yusei!" Kalin thwarted all too gleefully. "I play my trap Depth Amulet! By discarding one card from my hand, I can negate your monster's attack! Looks like you're still playing the same old cards. I expected more, Yusei!"

"Oh yeah? And how have you changed up yours Kalin?"

"You'll find out soon enough."

"Well, in the meantime I'll play two facedowns and end my turn!"

"My move then," Kalin said, beginning his next turn. "And from my hand I'm summoning Infernity Archfiend!"

(Infernity Archfiend: Atk: 1800 Def: 1200)

"And now Infernity Beast, take out his Speed Warrior!"

Yusei: 3300

Kalin: 4000

Flames from the monster's attack engulfed Yusei, dealing real damage.

"Careful, Yusei," Kalin snickered. "Don't spin outta control!"

Yusei struggled to keep going as he leaned on the purple wall of flames dangerously.

"The powers of the dark shadows really suit me! Duels are much more exciting when I can dish out real pain!"

Finally, Yusei managed to right himself and keep on riding. His expression was rather grim though.

"In fact, I like it so much, I think I'll dish out some more! Infernity Archfiend, attack directly!"

The monster spread its arms and a huge purple magic circle emerged right above Yusei.

"Yusei!" Jack shouted.

"Hang on!" Crow yelled.

Kalin just laughed like a crazy person. A large red hand descended down from the magic circle hovering in the air, ready to crush Yusei in its grasp.

"Hey, Yusei, here's a helping hand! Too bad the only one that's going to help is me! Now prepare to be absorbed into the Netherworld!" Kalin grinned with anticipation.

"Okay we made it, whoa…," Fish breathed. "Now what?"

"We get closer, see what we can see," Lise instructed matter of factly. She was shaking, maybe with fear, but mostly worry.

"Now that we're closer, that is definitely the Giant," Fish confirmed, as she surfed past the boundary line of the Giant mark on the ground and in the sky.

"Yeah, but where's Yusei?" They slowed down, searching the Giant's lines. Suddenly, Fish's head bounced backwards violently. "Fuck! Ow, that hurt?"

"What happened? Why are you backing up?"

"There's some sort of invisible wall here. You know, like video games? Looks like this area hasn't unlocked for us yet."

Lise rolled her eyes. "Now is not the time to be making shitty jokes. This complicates things a little."

"Ya think?" Fish asked, rubbing her forehead.