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Jack revved the engine, and I watched the power levels, "So far, so good."
I heard Crow behind me, "Go all of the way!"
As the engine increased in energy, a warning popped up on my screen, "Stop!"
Crow echoed me, "Stop, idiot, stop!"
A huge explosion rocked the building as a large piece of metal nearly flattened Crow and I.
I sat up, pushing it off, and inspected the damage, "Zora is going to kill us, and Dad is going to take my computer away."
Jack burst out of a pile of rubble, "What happened?"
"The engine couldn't handle that much energy."
Crow sighed, "That's what you get for pushing it so far."
Jack erupted, "You were the one who told me to go all of the way!"
"Since when do you listen to what anyone else says? And anyways, any person with a brain would know to stop when they hear something out of the ordinary."
"Why you little…"
The door swung open, "What did I tell you ruffians about experimenting in my basement!"
Jack and Crow both stumbled over each other, trying to apologize.
As they scrambled to get on her good side, Dad poked his head in, looking at me.
Sighing, I walked over to Zora, bowing, "I apologize. This all happened because I didn't make my instructions clear."
Immediately she cheered up, "Oh, don't worry about a thing! I'm sure that you are just doing your best to change the world. You probably have a ton on your shoulders."
Whispering in my ear, "We ladies need to stick together."
Nodding, trying to hide my smile, I watched her give a final word to the guys, "Don't hold Yusei back!"
As she walked up the stairs, I heard a car pull up outside.
"I'm sorry if my renters made a bad enough ruckus to have Security called."
I exchanged a look with my brothers, and watched as Mina and Trudge came in. Trudge closed the door behind them, and I walked to the control panel to turn on the fan, "What brings you two here?"
Trudge glanced at our rubble around the room, "Still trying to develop that new engine?"
Crow nodded, "Yeah. but between Jack and I having to work, and Yusei helping her dad so much, we don't have a lot of time on our hands."
Mina looked at him, "You guys are famous now, especially Yusei and Jack. You could get sponsors."
Jack grunted, "No thanks. We want to prove that we are citizens now. That means working our way up the ladder with our own two hands."
I nodded, walking over to them, "To be honest, Dad has a lot of money, so we don't even really need sponsors. But we are entering this tournament to see how we can help the city. A duelist is no good if they aren't useful for something besides dueling."
Jack grunted, "But you didn't come all this way to talk about runners, so what's your real motive?"
Mina sighed, "Sharp as always, Atlas-sama."
Trudge spoke up, "Have any of you heard about the Ghost?"
Jack and I both shook our heads no, but Crow nodded, "I heard that he makes people crash after he duels them."
Trudge nodded, "Since crashing isn't a normal outcome of a duel, he must be doing something against the law. But no one has seen him, so we need a duelist to lure him out."
Instantly I knew the purpose of our visit, as did someone else, "If you are asking my daughter to put herself in harms way, then you can forget about it."
Everyone else looked at the stairs leading to our apartment, where Dad was standing. He'd already proven to be overprotective, but I didn't really mind.
Trudge bowed, "I was just coming to ask if she wouldn't mind. She's the best duelist in New Domino right now."
Crow grabbed them both, "The three of us are all too busy! You guys are Security, you deal with this!"
Dad nodded as Crow 'escorted' them out, locking the door behind them, "Let's get back to work."
I looked at Dad, "How many prototypes did you go through?"
"More than this, I can assure you."
Dad and I were working on how to balance out the energy levels in the miniature Reactors I had installed in the runners when the screen went pixilated, "What the…"
The two of us exchanged glances and Dad looked concerned, "I hope that was nothing major."
A minute later, my cell phone rang, "Yusei here."
"It's Crow. Trudge crashed! He's going to the hospital right now!"
He hung up before I could say anything. Closing my phone, I turned to the stairs, "Jack! Trudge is in the hospital! We're going right now."
Jack came down, and we climbed into Dad's car.
As we arrived at the hospital, we saw Mina and Crow sitting in the hallway outside of the operation room, "What happened?"
Crow stood up, relief in his eyes, "Trudge went out to duel the Ghost since we wouldn't help him, and apparently lost to him. He's being prepped for surgery right now."
I pulled him into a hug, and seconds later we saw Trudge being wheeled to the room next to us.
Crow broke free from me and ran to the side of his bed, "Trudge!"
He glanced at me, despite the distance I was away from him, "Don't use synchros against the Ghost."
Before I could clarify, the doctors pushed Crow away and rushed into the operation room.
Dad walked up, "We better go home. Come on Crow, we can put your runner in the back of my car."
We quietly followed him, loaded up the Blackwing, and drove home.
We unloaded Blackwing, and Dad went upstairs, "I take back what I said earlier."
I felt hope grow in my chest, "Then he won't mind when we get revenge."
Crow looked up in shock, "What?"
Jack grabbed his helmet, "We are going after the Ghost. So get on your runner."
Jack and I pulled the covers off our runners, and I slid my helmet over my head for the first time in months.
Crow opened the door as we wheeled our runners out of the garage, closing it behind us.
We shot out, and Jack glanced around, "It seems so strange to have this many bridges between Satellite and the city."
Crow puffed out air, "Seriously. But it's pretty sweet that we can duel on the freeways now."
"Not to be a bummer, but that's why Ghost is such a threat. These duels aren't monitored."
They both looked away from me, and I sighed, "Jack, take the red highway. Crow, green. I'll take blue. Call the second Ghost shows up."
Crow's voice came through the speaker, "I am so tired. When is this freak going to show his face?"
Jack grunted, "Maybe he only attacks one person a night."
"Dad won't be happy if we miss our sleep two nights in a row. But I am sick of waiting."
A flash from behind me caught my attention, and my review camera showed me a duel runner. Quietly, I activated the program I 'borrowed' from Security, and it came up with no registered matches, "Guys, he's here!"
Two voices swore at the same time, and I pressed the button on my runner, "I activate Speed World 2!"
A cool new screen came up, "Awaiting New Domino City Authorization. Authorization granted. Central lane activated."
Yellow lights came up between us and the other vehicles on the road, encouraging everyone to get out of our way. Then I saw parts of the road ahead of us raise up to connect us to the dueling track named Central.
I could feel the excitement of Turbo Dueling fill my soul as he took the first turn, "I summon Wisel Core in attack mode and place one facedown."
Wisel Core-0
I felt one of my eyebrows raise higher than normal, It has to be a trap, otherwise nobody would be this stupid.
"I summon Max Warrior in attack mode."
Max Warrior-1800
"And when he declares an attack, his points raise by 400."
Max Warrior-2200
He chuckled, and I noticed that his voice was strangely...metallic, "I activate Labyrinth of the Kline. All battle damage become 0, no monsters are destroyed, and the attack points of the attacking monster are switched with its defense points for the rest of the turn."
Max Warrior-800
Glancing at my hand, I kept going, "I can summon Turbo Booster when I have another monster on the field. Then, if my monster battled and that monster didn't get destroyed, Turbo Booster releases itself to destroy your monster."
Turbo Booster-0
After his monster was gone, he pulled up next to me, "You fell for it."
Panic filled my soul as he kept laughing, "When Wisel Core is destroyed by an effect, I can summon my Meklord Emperor Wisel parts! Wisel Infinity, Wisel Top, Wisel Attack, Wisel Guard, and Wisel Carrier!"
Meklord Emperor Wisel Infinity-0
Meklord Emperor Wisel Top-500
Meklord Emperor Wisel Attack-1200
Meklord Emperor Wisel Guard-1200
Meklord Emperor Wisel Carrier-800
Out of all of the monsters, only Guard was in defense mode.
Ghost kept going, "Then Infinity's effect combines them all into Meklord Emperor Wisel!"
Meklord Emperor Wisel-2500
A/N: That was easier to write than I thought. Hope you guys like Season 2, but no promises on anything staying completely the same.
