Six Signers
Chapter 36: Goodwin's discovery and Leo's dark guilt
Goodwin is at his office, reading a file.
"This had all the DNA of two young Signers?" Goodwin asked.
"Yes, Director. I had hard to get Leo's hair simple." Lazar said.
(Flashback)
Two nurses walk past the tree like plant. When there's no one around, the arms came out of the sides, lifting the pot, which reveals legs, and sneaking through the hall. When, the plant got to the room, it's slowly, quietly open the door. After making sure no one was there but sleeping Leo, the plant unzips the zipper, revealing Lazar. Lazar went to Leo, pick a single hair and cut it with a scissors. Lazar pull a handkerchief, put the hair on it and fold the handkerchief. Lazar went to the door but suddenly, the door open, squashing the clown like man to the wall, and the nurse enter to check on Leo. After checking...
"I don't get, why are we helping the Satellite brat." Nurse muttered to herself.
The nurse went off, closing the door, showing a clown pancake.
"...ouch..." Lazar the pancake said.
(End of Flashback)
"And you check this twice?" Goodwin said.
"10 times, sir. And it's show the same." Lazar said.
Director turns two television screens on. One is showing Luna in the living room while other shows Leo, looking for someone through hallway.
"To think, one side live on New Domino City while other side lives on Satellite and neither of them have knew it." Goodwin said.
"They hardly know each other for 12 years. It not surprise they haven't figure it out." Lazar said.
"...The point is, that the reason why Leo and Luna look a-like." Goodwin said.
"But how did that boy got to the Satellite?" Lazar asked.
"I don't know." Goodwin said.
Goodwin then, takes the file to the safe.
"But those two must never know." Goodwin said.
Goodwin throws the file in the safe and close the door, locking it safe.
"Make sure no one find out of this file." Goodwin said.
"Yes sir." Lazar said.
With that, both Director and his clown friend went off. Inside the safe, few the papers from the file slide out a bit, showing one paper with the big red words: TWINS between Leo and Luna's picture.
(Meanwhile)
Leo has found the lunch buffet.
"At least here, I can be alone for the while." Leo said.
Leo piles his plate with some food. After that, Leo went to one of the table and eating in sadness. After the while, Leo just pokes his food with a fork in sadness.
'I can handle all the Dark Signers. But can I handle Kalin?' Leo thought.
(Flashback)
A dark, rainy night; the action is practically in black and white. Security cars race by, their lights a harsh contrast in the darkness. Lightning rips up the sky, sharply illuminating the scene.
Somewhere in a dark alley, the scene is only briefly lit with lightning: Kalin, standing over a fallen person wearing a Security uniform.
Leo and Kalin are fighting, wrestling, rolling over and over in the rain.
Finally Leo pinned Kalin, holding both of his arms to the ground.
"Mark my words brat, you'll pay for this!" Kalin yelled.
(End of flashback)
'I just can't believe my old friend is one of the Dark Signers.' Leo thought.
Leo stared at space.
"This is your entire fault!"
Kalin's mad voice repeat through his head. Leo suddenly, knock the table away. Just then, someone came to Leo.
"Are you feeling alright?" Yusei asked.
Leo didn't say anything.
"...Come on. Let's get some fresh air." Yusei said.
(A few moments later)
Yusei and Leo are sitting on a bench beside the path.
'I don't think I have what it takes anymore...' Leo thought in sadness.
"We need you to be strong, little bro." Jack said walking by with Crow.
"Big brothers... I know that he's a Dark Signer, now, but... Kalin used to be one of your friends. You guys used to throw down together, and play 'King of the Deck' and all that. Kalin even become like a brother to me. Now I'm supposed to call him the bad guy and go at him?" Leo asked.
Leo stares at his hands.
"I may've been the one who made him a Dark Signer!" Leo said.
Leo clenches fists.
"I don't know if I can do this, guys!" Leo said-
SLAP!
Leo who's cheeks turned bright red in the shape of right hand, stared in shock at Jack who done it.
"What was that for?" Leo asked.
Jack doesn't reply, teeth clenched with fury.
(Meanwhile)
Luna is at the living room.
'Ancient Fairy Dragon, if the Dark Signers got you and the Spirit World, I'll save you and the world.' Luna thought.
(Meanwhile)
"What do you think you're doing?" Yusei asked.
"What does it look like, you dolt, I'm trying to knock some sense into him!" Jack said.
This time, Jack knee down and punches Leo in the stomach and Leo falls to the ground face first. He props himself on his elbows, reluctant to stand up and give Jack the same target again, and turns to look up at Jack.
"Look at you, Leo. You look like some sad little puppy that's been left in the park! I'm gonna share a secret with you, little chum... you disappoint me! You disappoint all of us, even yourself! You wiped the floor with me in the tournament! You stole my title! You were able to do so 'cause you had no fear as we taught! You were sure of yourself like we do! What happened to that boy, Leo? Where did that boy run off to, anyway?" Jack asked.
Leo look at Jack in surprise.
"I know Kalin was our friend and you look up to him like a brother; but that was then, and this is now, and yes, it's that simple!" Jack said.
Leo looks at the ground.
"But... I made you guys betray him..." Leo said.
Jack grabs Leo by the shirt and lifts him up and I mean lifts up as Leo is not touching the ground, nose-to-nose.
"You didn't make us betray him, you try to stop us for what we become! He betrayed all of us, remember? Now pull yourself together, man!" Jack said.
(Meanwhile)
There's a garden where the bushes bloom with roses of all colours. Akiza walk through the garden.
'This garden is so beautiful and peaceful. I just wanna walk around here forever! I wish I could share this with my family...' Akiza thought.
(Flashback)
Akiza stands with her parents in the slightly demolished hospital room in which she and Leo dueled.
"Do you really have to do this?" Mrs Izinski asked.
The Izinski family stand in the room in which Akiza dueled Leo, still with debris from the duel around the walls.
"I don't have a choice. This is my destiny, mom. Besides, if I don't help Yusei and Leo fight the Dark Signers, we're all in trouble." Akiza said.
"She's right." Mr Izinski said.
"But it sounds so horrible and scary and dangerous, Akiza! And you know, we- we finally got a chance to be a family again." Mrs Izinski said.
"There'll be plenty of time to be a family- after I bring down the bad guys! I have to do this, mom. I owe it to everybody I ever pushed away." Akiza said.
"What do you mean?" Mrs Izinski asked.
"I've let my powers get the best of me my whole life. And because of that, I hurt a lot of people." Akiza said.
"That's all over now, sweetie. You're not that person anymore." Mrs Izinski said.
"Right. But now I have a chance to use my powers for good. The Dark Signers are threatening to destroy this entire city. If I wanna stop them from doing that, then I gotta step up." Akiza said.
"Let someone else step up!" Mrs Izinski said.
"Akiza, what if you're not ready yet? What if you still don't know how to fully control your powers? You could end up destroying yourself." Mr Izinski said.
"What?" Mrs Izinski said.
"You really feel like you're up for this?" Mr Izinski asked.
Akiza nods. Her father smiles.
"Well, I certainly wish things could be different, but... at least you're not alone in this. You'll have Yusei, Leo and the others with you." Mr Izinski said.
Akiza smiles.
"I don't like this." Mrs Izinski said, worried.
"Darling, our girl has spent her whole life trying to figure out where she belongs. She finally knows. And who're we to hold her back?" Mr Izinski asked.
(End of flashback)
'Thank you, dad.' Akiza thought.
(Meanwhile)
Jack, Yusei, Crow and Leo are sitting on a grassy knoll.
"Hey, Jack." Leo said.
"Yes?" Jack said.
"Your words hit harder than your punches and slaps do. You were right about Kalin and you were right about me. I lost my focus and my confidence. I know that to beat these Dark Signers and protect my friends, I can't hang onto any doubts." Leo said.
"Exactly. Forget Kalin. Think about Rally and your friends and everyone else." Jack said.
Without his friends and his brother looking, Jack pulls Carly's broken glasses out of a pocket of his coat.
'And so will I. Don't worry, Carly- wherever you are, I'm gonna find you.' Jack thought.
The glasses gleam in the sunlight. Unnoticed by either of them, Mina is some distance away, watching them.
"Feeling any better?" Akiza asked, joining the four bros.
"Yeah." Leo said.
"That's good, because I was starting to worry. We can't save the world from imminent doom without you, you know." Akiza said.
"Yeah, I know. Same goes for you, Akiza." Leo said.
Akiza sat next to Leo.
"Do you think your family are out there?" Akiza asked.
"Well, I know they are out there somewhere. And I'll find them!" Leo said.
"Oh, will you, now?" Akiza said.
Suddenly, Akiza grab Leo and start to tickle him. Leo laughing and struggling.
"If I didn't know any better, I say Akiza and Leo acting like family." Jack said with a bit of smile.
"Should we help?" Crow asked.
...
"Nah!" older male Signers said.
Unnoticed by any of them, Luna was watching them from some distance away, still have unknown feeling.
(Leo felt a bit of guilt and Goodwin figure it out but won't tell them. What would happen now? Just wait and see. Until then, see you really soon.)