When Aaron got back to the academy, Jaden and the others talked about their vacations. Hassleberry got bitten by a toxic bug while hiking through the jungle, Jaden, Alexis, Jasmine, Mindy, and Syrus went to the beach, and Jaden got sunburn when he fell asleep in the sun. Chazz went on a cruise and bragged about how many girls' numbers he got on the boat. Aaron and Blair told them about their vacation and about Aaron's duel against Bandit Keith and how his ring turned in to a biker glove.

"Sounds like a sweet vacation." Jaden said smiling. Aaron nodded his head and went back to his dorm exhausted from the boat ride back to the academy.

"Good time?" Encryption asked as Aaron laid down on the bed.

"It wasn't bad." Aaron mumbled as he closed his eyes. When Aaron woke up the next day, he took a shower and got dressed; he had bought some new clothes while he was back home. Aaron also hung up a few new charts and diagrams that Orwin had given him.

Aaron's day wasn't very eventful, but when he went to bed he found himself having another restless night of sleep. Encryption kept asking where Aaron was going, but he gave no answer as he walked out of the room. It was dark out when Aaron was walking around; he knew that it was against school policy to be out at night for no reason, but he did it anyway. Aaron walked to the cliffs, and was shocked when he saw a motor boat docked on the rocks, but there were no remains of people on the boat which made Aaron a little uneasy.

Aaron walked through the woods back to his dorm; he kept hearing noises which made him uneasy because they were too loud to be those of an animal. Aaron walked to the front of his dorm only to be hit over the head by a shady figure. Aaron looked up to see the hooded figure who hit him as well as several others surround Aaron. Aaron was caught off guard and had no time to call upon the power of the Orichalcos. They began punching and kicking him in the side. One of them removed Aaron's duel disk and another took his PDA and threw it in to the river; they just tossed his duel disk to the side.

Once they grew tired of beating up Aaron, he was covered in cuts, bruises, dried blood, and his voice was too hoarse from screaming to speak. They then dragged Aaron in to the woods and left him there. All that Aaron saw was a tattoo that came from a local gang in his hometown. Aaron saw them head back to their boat where they took off. Aaron groaned in pain as he passed out from all of the pain of his injuries.