In reality, Chelsea had been sitting next to Jenny's unconscious body for fifteen minutes crying her eyes out over the aftermath of the duel but to Chelsea, it felt like she had been in there a lot longer by the time the medics arrived alongside Sophia, Chelsea finally looked up when she heard Sophia clear her throat and was thankful that her tears had long since dried up and that she didn't really make a habit of going overboard with make-up either.

"I can't even begin to imagine what's going through your head Chelsea." Sophia greeted her as she offered Chelsea a hand, Chelsea took it and Sophia pulled her back up to her feet. "She's in good hands, the infirmary isn't equipped to handle injuries like hers but the doctor in charge has years of experience and that's not even counting the experience of the doctors at Domino City Hospital." Sophia added and Chelsea nodded as she glanced over at Jenny being escorted away on a stretcher. "As for the air ambulance, once I described the nature of the crash to them, they sent one over right away, should be here in no time."

"Good, at least she'll be in a good hands." Chelsea responded as she folded her arms before taking a deep breath. "Frankly I'm feeling too emotionally drained to compete in the next session, like I said before, I was in a crash like hers when I was her age but whilst my protective gear saved my life, I still hurt like hell afterwards." Chelsea added before taking a deep breath. "That's what worries me most, the demon never even considered giving her any protective gear, she may as well have been dueling in a bikini for all the good it did her."

"I watched the crash on the CCTV camera before I left the castle, I made sure to call Jenny's parents and they are flying in from Scotland." Sophia nodded in understanding as she let out a deep breath. "I have to agree with you Chelsea, from what I could see, Jenny would be lucky if she was paralyzed from the crash."

"And in this sport, that would mean the end of her career as a duelist." Chelsea responded as she lowered her head. ""I know I said that I wouldn't know what to do with myself if the worst came to pass and that goes double for her paralyzed."

"I can understand you feeling guilty over inadvertently causing that crash, even as someone who's never ridden a motorbike before that was difficult to watch so I can't even imagine how bad it was for you." Sophia responded before shaking her head. "But from what I could see, there was nothing you could've done."

"Don't you think I know that?" Chelsea asked as she took a deep breath. "There was only one scenario I could think off, me pulling up alongside her bike and pulling her off, but even taking away the possibility of me crashing my own bike by trying that stunt, we're not talking about a small child here, we're talking about a woman who's only a couple of years younger than me, I work out, I go to the gym and I do lift weights but even I'm not that strong."

"I understand feeling guilty but playing What If scenarios in your head won't do you any good." Sophia responded before motioning for Chelsea to follow her. "Detectives from Domino Cities' police department will want a word with you as you were the only witness to the crash, they'll be here within the hour."

"Oh, great." Chelsea grunted as she folded her arms and Sophia gave her a confused look. "I've only ever spoken the police about something that directly involved me once, when I was fifteen."

"You mean when you were arrested for assault?" Sophia asked and Chelsea nodded. "You don't have to worry about anything like that, from what I could see from CCTV, you shouldn't face any legal charges, whether or not Jenny's family sues you is another matter."

"It's a good thing that my career as a duelist has allowed me to afford a decent lawyer then." Chelsea responded as she folded her arms. "Then again if Jenny needs any longtime care, I'd be happy to pay for it."

"Might not be necessary, Jenny's family still lives in Scotland and last I checked, the UK still has the NHS." Sophia assured her with a nod as she led the younger woman up the stairs. "Then again, we still don't know the extent of her injuries."

"Remember the crash I mentioned?" Chelsea asked and Sophia nodded once she remembered the conversation. "Like I said, my protective gear saved my life but even with that gear I still have several broken bones, enough to keep me in hospital for a long while."

"I remember, there was talk about whether the title should be vacated during your hospital stay." Sophia nodded after thinking for a minute, "Bet you were glad that you had defended the title before the crash."

"That was the only good thing that came out of it, missing that year's Battle City was not fun." Chelsea nodded as she caught up with the taller woman. "But then again, I didn't come to a sudden stop by slamming against a tree like Jenny, if I did, I probably would've had to vacate the title."

"All we can do now is hope for the best." Sophia responded as she led the younger woman up the stairs. "Bernard will lead you to a side room where the police will chat with you, don't tell the other duelists but I'm delaying the second session until tomorrow and extending the tournament by a week."

"That's going to make a lot of people unhappy, not everyone can do this as their day job." Chelsea pointed out and Sophia nodded.

"I know but once they know why I'm doing it, they should understand." Sophia responded with a nod before the two women returned to the castle.

*later*

By now Jenny had been taken to the mainland to be treated and the other duelists had been informed, Sophia sat alone in her office going over the paperwork associated with extending the tournament time.

"It's a good thing father chose to host this tournament during the quietest time on the Duel Monsters calendar, at least back then." Sophia thought as see went through the paperwork. "Back then Battle City wasn't a thing and the game was just taking off but even now April is generally one of the quieter months in Duel Monsters." Sophia thought before the door opened and she looked up. "I can't say I'm surprised to get a visit from you."

"It's not everyday that Duelist Kingdom gets visited by an air ambulance and policemen from the mainland." Kaiba responded before sitting down opposite Sophia. "What did the medics say about Jenifer's condition?"

"They could only take an educated guess based on Chelsea's recounting and the CCTV footage, but it was exactly as bad as Chelsea described it." Sophia sighed as she shook her head. "Jenny is considered a rising star in the UK scene in general and not just Scotland, I'd hate to see it derailed by something like this or worse."

"I saw the footage myself and she'll be lucky if she's ever able to walk again." Kaiba nodded grimly before leaning forward. "That said, I think we should at least consider canceling the tournament."

"If only that was so simple." Sophia responded as she shook her head. "But our companies combined spent millions getting this set up and that was on the Virtual World technology alone, then we had to get TSR on board to let us use the Dungeons and Dragons license both in the tournament and the MMO, not to mention all the refunds we'll have to pay out to those who purchased the finals livestream." Sophia responded as her expression darkened. "I don't think I need to explain the rest."

"Indeed, if we cancel the tournament at this critical time our companies will lose millions." Kaiba nodded once he understood what she meant. "And that's before the investors panic, best case scenario? We both lose our jobs as CEOs of I2 and Kaibacorp respectively."

"Worst case? Both companies declare bankruptcy within a year at most, and that comes with its own best/worst case scenarios." Sophia nodded as she took a deep breath. "Best case, our companies merge, and everyone keeps our jobs, and maybe I'll finally tie the knot with Tyler, worst case both companies shut down, thousands of people lose their jobs and our respective products go into limbo." Sophia added as she ran a hand through her hair. "As the tournament organizer my duty is to the safety of the competing duelists but as the I2 CEO my duty is to the bottom line and unfortunately, I have to look at the bigger picture here."

"I knew you'd say that, but we both know what's at stake here." Kaiba nodded in understanding as his frown deepened. "If your company goes bankrupt it won't just affect the lives of the employees, but it'll have ripple effects felt around the world."

"More pro-league duelists than I care to count, management companies that only manage duelists, all the duel academies around the world." Sophia nodded as her expression turned grim. "All gone in an instant, it'd make The Great Depression look like a major economic upturn by comparison."

"All the more reason for this tournament to be a success." Kaiba nodded in agreement. "How is Cunningham handling all this?"

"About as well as you'd expect, as controversial as she is Chelsea is a still good person and seeing someone only a couple of years younger than her get injured that badly wrecked her emotionally." Sophia explained as she leaned forward. "I've known her since her Duel Academy days, yet I had never seen her that emotionally drained before, and I doubt the chat with the cops helped matters either, what with her juvenile record."

"Given what I've seen of the crash, it should go without incident." Kaiba nodded before his expression turned grim. "There was one other reason I came in here."

"And judging from the look on your face, it wasn't to see my pretty face." Sophia deadpanned before Kaiba placed his phone on her desk, Sophia blinked before picking it up and doing a double take. "Is this accurate?" Sophia asked as she glanced up at her business partner. "Max Stevens was found dead at his home?"

"It is, I checked several other news sites that cover the Chicago area and they are all covering it." Kaiba responded as Sophia zoomed in on the headline to get a better look.

The headline only managed to raise more questions: "Former Illinois Regional Champion Max Stevens found dead at home in apparent suicide?" Sophia read the headline out loud as she read it over and over before scrolling down. "They found him hanging by his belt in his bathroom after we were forced to let him go following his attempt on my life?" Sophia asked with a suspicious look on her face. "That can't be a coincidence, Max had no known history of depression or suicide attempts."

"I was thinking the same thing." Kaiba nodded in agreement before Sophia passed him back his phone. "But it's not like celebrity suicides are rare."

"True, except he was a washed up duelist who never made it out of the Regionals." Sophia responded with a frown on her face. "Aside from us, I doubt there are many people outside of the Illinois area who have even heard of him, hell Chelsea was the one to dethrone him, but I doubt she remembers him that well."

"Even if she doesn't remember him it doesn't make his suicide any less tragic." Kaiba pointed out and Sophia nodded in agreement. "But that's if it was a suicide."

"If your about to say that he was murdered, well without any proof we can't say otherwise." Sophia nodded in agreement as she shifted her weight. "But it seems too coincidental to me, Max was flown back to Chicago yesterday and it's a fourteen hour flight, even taking time zone difference into account, that doesn't leave a lot of time between the events that led to his death."

"True but given how low he was on the totem poll in the Illinois scene, I doubt they will consider the investigation a priority." Kaiba nodded before he passed over his phone which had had another news story on it. "He had one next of kin, a younger sister." Kaiba added and Sophia picked up the phone.

"Cassandra "Cassy" Stevens, first year student at North Academy." Sophia noted as she read the News Article. "Says here that she was granted leave from North Academy to fly back to Chicago and identify the body, she's only sixteen why is she being burdened with that responsibility?"

"The article explains that further down but to summarize, their parents died when Max was twelve and she was seven, no other surviving family." Kaiba explained as his frown deepened. "I can only imagine what's going through her head."

"And yet Max commits suicide out of the blue even though he knows that'll leave his sister with no family?" Sophia asked with a skeptical look on her face. "Speaking as someone who was in a similar situation when my birth parents died, if I had a younger or older sibling suicide would be the last thing on my mind!"

"Agreed, I'll keep digging and I suggest that you get Jade on it as well." Kaiba responded before he stood up. "I have to rearrange some things to accommodate our new plans for the tournament."

"You and every other competing duelist." Sophia nodded in agreement before Kaiba left her office. "Demonic possessions, one duelist with bi-polar disorder whose mental health is getting worse and now a duelist is potentially crippled for life just as their career was taking off." Sophia thought with a sigh as she leaned back in her chair and looked at the ceiling before throwing her hands up. "For the next anniversary, I'm just going to release a legacy set or something along those lines!"

*meanwhile*

Chelsea had not spoken to the police much in her adult life, the last time was when she was attacked after retaining the Illinois Regional Championship just a few weeks earlier but that was quick and easy compared to the talk she was about to have.

"Okay, Ms. Cunningham, I understand that you are upset over what happened to that other duelist, but this has to be done." The policeman assured Chelsea as she made herself comfortable opposite the two male officers. "Ms. McQuaid is on her way to the mainland as we speak, she'll be in good hands at Domino City Hospital."

"That's good to know, still feel like crap for accidentally causing the crash." Chelsea sighed as she leaned forward on the desk. "Should I just start from the beginning or just cut to the chase?"

"Start from the beginning, we need as much information as we can get for our reports." The younger off the two officers responded and Chelsea sighed.

"It was right after dinner and there was still time before the next session, so I headed out of the castle for some fresh air." Chelsea stated as the two officers took notes. "Turns out I wasn't the only one with that idea, Sophia and Jenny where at the bottom of the steps to the castle talking, well Sophia was talking, Jenny was ignoring her whilst having a cigarette, either way she was being rude to both me and Sophia and Sophia told me that she was frustrated over being eliminated from the tournament."

"I see." The older officer nodded as he took down his notes. "What happened next?"

"Me and Sophia were talking among ourselves when Jenny suddenly screamed in pain, we realized to late that she was being possessed by a demon." Chelsea stated before shaking her head. "I know this has to sound crazy to you guys."

"Not at all, this is a crazy world in general." The younger officer assured her, and Chelsea nodded. "We often had to take in unconscious Orichalcos Duelists from when they were assaulting Duel Academy."

"I probably contributed to that at some point." Chelsea responded as she shook her head. "Back on topic, the demon summoned a bike from out of nowhere and basically challenged anyone in the castle to a riding duel, as an experienced speed duelist who had my bike on the island I accepted." Chelsea added as she took a deep breath. "I won the duel but Jenny lost more than just the duel, the demon took the bike away whilst she was riding it and that led to the crash, I was in a similar crash when I was her age but there was one major difference."

"Yes, Sophia mentioned this when she called dispatch." The older officer said as he checked his notes. "Your protective gear saved your life?"

"Essentially yeah, I had just gotten my bike license and felt invincible, enough to try some stupid stunts in traffic." Chelsea explained as she ran a hand through her hair. "I wasn't watching where I was going and a car didn't see me until it was too late, I woke up hurting like hell in a hospital bed surrounded by my older siblings, all five of them, somehow managing to combine a look of concern with a look of "what were you thinking?"." Chelsea explained with a sigh. "I spent a few months in hospital and my first motorbike was trashed but my protective gear saved me from my injuries being much worse, Jenny didn't have that luxury."

"I think we got everything we needed here." The older police officer said as they stood up. "Based on everything we know, you are unlikely to be charged with anything, whether Jenny's family will sue you is another matter."

"Even if they did, I'd just try to get it settled out of court as soon as I could anyway." Chelsea nodded before she watched the two officers leave. "Well, I'll admit that the younger officer was kinda cute at least, if I wasn't gay and taken, I'd probably ask for his number." Chelsea thought with a chuckle before she stood up. "At least that went a lot better than when I spoke to the police after my arrest."

"That arrest was for assault." Wattchimera reminded her and Chelsea gave her spirit a death glare as he appeared next to her. "This was for a crash that was beyond your control, you had nothing to worry about."

"I know, and thanks for the reminder." Chelsea thought with a grunt as she left the room. "Then again, considering I broke Ray's nose in front of an auditorium full of witnesses and video evidence, the interview was basically a formality." Chelsea thought as she went back to her room.

*elsewhere in the castle*

Once Jade had received her instructions from Sophia, she had gotten straight to work in figuring out the mystery behind Max's apparent suicide, and she wasn't alone.

"Remember when this was going to be just another tournament?" Jade wondered as the Australian woman typed away at her Alienware laptop whilst Raven watched on from the side. "Albeit one with the Virtual World gimmick?"

"Jade, you know as well as I do that Duel Monster tournaments that go exactly as planned are the exception, rather than the rule." Ravel responded as the Polish Woman shook her head. "Even so, since the Orichalcos Incident there has been less magical activity at tournaments."

"That's exactly what I meant." Jade responded as she spun her chair around to face Raven. "We both know that after Chloe put the Orichalcos to rest five years ago Sophia was waiting for some new evil to fill in the power vacuum left by Victor and his cronies but five years passed and no new evil popped up, not even at the Battle City that immediately followed Victor's defeat." Jade added as took a moment to fix her ponytail. "Hell, she contacted you to investigate a leak at I2's Corporate HQ whilst she was at Duel Academy for that group's graduation duels."

"And your still mad that you weren't on Sophia's Rader at the time, then again you were just an East Academy Student at the time." Raven commented dryly and Jade shook her head.

"All I'm saying is that I could've gotten the job done in half the time it took you and I wasn't as good with computers back then as I am now." Jade pointed out before she turned her attention back to the laptop. "No offense intended of course, whatever happened to the leak anyway?"

"Sophia let it slide because both parties knew that he was going to be retiring soon." Raven explained as she moved towards Jade's desk. "And in defiance of the old movie cliché, the leak wasn't found dead moments later."

"Your thinking of "One Day Removed from Retirement", not "about to retire anyway", though honestly I'm surprised Sophia let him retire with his pension." Jade commented as she glanced up at the shorter woman. "Considering the lengths, she went to in order to keep this whole thing a secret from the dueling world until she knew that it was ready for prime time, I would've expected her to fire him without his pension."

"The man was an old friend of the family, he did sign a Non-Disclosure Agreement on his way out however." Raven explained as she folded her arms and Jade nodded. "However, that did lead to Rachel being hired as his replacement as the lead technician on this project."

"Hired literally after graduation from MIT if I remember correctly, I only wish I could see the looks on her classmates' faces." Jade nodded with a chuckle as she typed away at her laptop. "We're getting off topic, the reason we're in here is to figure out whether Max really committed suicide or not."

"Unfortunately, there's only so much we can do from here." Raven responded as she got her phone out. "Fortunately, I know someone who can help us."

"It's not that Charles guy, right?" Jade asked with a raised eyebrow. "I still can't believe she plucked a guy out from accounting to be your cameraman just because he has a side job as a photographer."

"Charles is back in accounting, based on what he told me he has no intention of traveling anywhere for quite some time." Raven responded as she shook her head. "Traveling back and forth from Domino City and America so much in one week made him homesick I guess."

"Or maybe the guy just doesn't like flying and by the time he found out, it was too late to back out." Jade suggested with a shrug before Raven went out to the balcony in Jade's room to make her call, when Jade heard her companion speaking in Polish, she shook her head and focused on her work. "The guy she's contacting either speaks limited English or is better at Polish, either way I have a job to do." Jade thought as she continued to do her work.

"You will find out soon, my child." The demonic voice rang out in Jade's head and she froze. "That there is no hiding from me."

"Jade?" Raven asked and Jade looked up not realizing how much time had passed. "Did you find something?"

"Huh? Oh, no, I was daydreaming." Jade responded as she shook her head and Raven raised an eyebrow before the Australian woman resumed her work. "God, I hope this doesn't lead to me being possessed! That looked painful enough for the other victims!"

*later*

By now the air ambulance was well on it's way back to the mainland with Jenny and the policemen that had interviewed Chelsea were on their way back to the mainland as well leaving the duelists who were still competing with some time to mull over what had transpired.

"On one hand, I'm glad that that interview with the police went a lot better than the one that led to my arrest all those years ago." Chelsea thought as she surfed the internet on her laptop, as best she could tell, news of the crash had yet to reach the mainland though she had been talking with her older siblings and her parents about what had happened and they all said the same thing, that it wasn't her fault and the best she could do was pray for Jenny. "Pray for her? Yeah, right, did they forget that I'm atheist nowadays?"

"You can still send her positive vibes." Wattchimera reminded Chelsea as her duel spirit appeared next to her. "And I know you've been debating pulling out of the tournament to go visit her."

"Briefly debating that option." Chelsea corrected him as she leaned back in her chair. "But I am the Illinois Regional Champion, and this is my first major tournament since I defended the title against Rodney Flannigan three weeks ago, if I pull out now then what does that say about the Illinois scene in general?"

"True, though I have to say it is amusing that your suddenly so concerned about PR." Wattchimera responded and Chelsea rolled her eyes knowing where this was going. "Didn't you tell Brad to fire the PR firm at the championships?"

"The same PR Firm that unironically gave me the "Shock Rock Chick" moniker and shot down all my suggestions for a better nickname." Chelsea responded as she shook her head in disbelief. "Iron Maiden? Do you want to be sued? Heavy Metal Thunder is too unspecific, and those were my best ones." Chelsea thought as she leaned her head back and linked her hands behind her head. "I swear at this rate I may as well give starting my own PR Firm a go!"

"Except you have no experience in running a business." Wattchimera pointed out and Chelsea scoffed.

"That's what online classes are for." Chelsea responded before there was a knock at the door and she glanced up at the door was Wattchimera disappeared from her side. "I'm decent!" Chelsea called out and the door opened. "Hey Chloe." Chelsea greeted her old friend as the shorter woman entered the room. "Do I even need to ask what brings you here?"

"I guess it is kind of obvious." Chloe nodded in agreement as she walked over to her old roommate. "Any word on Jenny yet?"

"She left for the mainland via an air ambulance about…" Chelsea trailed off before grabbing her phone to check the time. "Twenty minutes ago, I know it takes half a day to reach the mainland by boat so by helicopter it should be a lot quicker."

"Yeah, hopefully." Chloe nodded before sighing. "How are you feeling though? Sophia said that you were the only witness to the crash."

"Too emotionally drained to even think about dueling, I should be good to go for the next session though." Chelsea responded with a sigh as she shifted her weight. "The worst part was that she only came to a stop after crashing back first against a tree but she was tumbling for a good minute and a half at least before she came to a stop, I couldn't do anything to prevent it without putting my own health at risk and the fact that she wasn't wearing any protective gear didn't help matters."

"One would think that this demon would take care of the people it possesses." Chloe commented as she folded her arms. "I know the crash happened after the duel, but the no protective gear thing makes no sense to me."

"It's not liked the demon would've had to go overboard either." Chelsea commented earning a curious look from Chloe. "Speaking from my experience as a riding duelist and motorcyclist in general, with a bike helmet your halfway there already as they protect your head and even then, you're better off getting a certified helmet for safety reasons, clothing wise? Well, starting from the jacket, anything that's denim or leather will do nicely as long as it's not flapping, underneath the jacket you can basically get away with a t-shirt or something similar, stick some jeans and boots on your lower half and your basically good to go."

"Your really well versed in this." Chloe commented and Chelsea shrugged her shoulders.

"I learned all of this when I was getting my bike license, saved my life more than once." Chelsea explained with a nod before glancing over her outfit. "Then again, I wasn't really that well protected either, my battle jacket is too flappy to wear on my bike, I was just asking for trouble by wearing it open with a crop top on underneath and, well, my legs would've been protected by my jeans at least." Chelsea sighed as she turned to face Chloe. "But on the other hand, I didn't expect to get in a riding duel during this tournament due to the nature of it and my management company flew in my D-Wheel without my knowledge."

"I have seen deck masters with abilities related to riding duels so there might still be encounters with those scenarios in mind." Chloe commented and Chelsea nodded as she got the idea. "The monsters were what you'd expect really, Chaosrider Gustaph, Stygian Street Patrol, even monsters that have four legs."

"Might have to look into Wattcentaur, see if that has any Deck Master abilities like that." Chelsea commented before shaking her head. "We're getting off topic, but I do appreciate you stopping by."

"Yeah, I wouldn't be surprised if the others pay you a visit either, they were all worried about you." Chloe responded with a nod and Chelsea grinned. "Lance would've come over as well, but he wanted to look into better deck masters than Ultimate Baseball Kid first."

"He still has that thing in his deck?!" Chelsea asked with a dumbfounded look on her face before shaking her head. "It would be one thing if it was a good Fire support card."

"That's what I keep telling him, he still uses Great Angus even after all these years." Chloe commented with a sigh and Chelsea shook her head. "Then again, I'm the girl who still uses Gemini Elf."

"Gemini Elf is still a decent level four beatstick and it's good fodder for any number of Normal Type/Spellcaster Support Cards." Chelsea pointed out and Chloe nodded in agreement. "Kinda surprised that Sophia never released a retrained version of that card, I mean hell Neo The Magic Swordsman got a retrained version but not Gemini Elf?"

"Apparently you can encounter the elves in a duel so maybe that'll prompt Sophia to finally do it." Chloe suggested with a shrug before blushing slightly. "Though the last group that encountered them apparently interrupted them having sex in a lake, buck naked and all."

"I'm beginning to think that I got the wrong group." Chelsea deadpanned getting a laugh out of Chloe. "And not just because I slept with Kylie earlier." Chelsea thought before realizing something. "Wait, aren't the Gemini Elves meant to be twins?"

"Nicola said that it was a legacy title and the latest elves to hold the title happened to be a lesbian couple." Chloe shrugged her shoulders whilst Chelsea gave her a funny look. "I'm beginning to think Sophia hired outside writers for the world's storyline who didn't even bother looking up lore and then had her own writers fix their mistakes."

"Gee, you fucking think?!" Chelsea deadpanned before shaking her head. "On one hand I'm always for more LGBTQ representation in video games, what with me being a lesbian and all, on the other hand, it shouldn't interfere with established lore."

"That's why I don't read Lord of the Rings fanfiction." Chloe nodded in agreement and Chelsea let out a slight laugh. "Seriously though, if you need to talk you know where to find me."

"Just like old times." Chelsea grinned before she watched her old roommate leave her room. "Guess I should've seen the other duelists coming to check up on me coming, or at the very least the ones who know me personally, either from my duel academy days or my reign as Illinois Regional Champ." Chelsea thought as she turned her attention back to the laptop and woke it up after realizing that it had gone into sleep mode. "And considering how many countries have duelists representing them in this tournament, I'll be surprised if anyone from outside my party or my graduation class stops by." Chelsea thought as she took a sip of her coke.

*elsewhere in the castle*

Jade and Raven had left Jade's room for a quick break in between information gathering by that point but they had now returned to their work.

"Feels like I'm spending more time digging up dirt for Sophia than actually dueling." Jade commented with a sigh as the Australian woman sat down in front of the Alienware laptop. "And this is also the most time I've spent with another woman in my bedroom with my clothes on."

"Unsurprising, given that you came out as gay around the same time as Chelsea was making a name for herself on the pro-leagues." Raven shrugged her shoulders as she leaned against the wall. "Though unlike Chelsea, you've never had any sexual interest in men."

"Yeah, my parents tried setting me up with some city boys, but it never worked out," Jade responded as she shook her head. "Especially after I moved into Adelaide."

"Forgive me for asking but isn't Australia notorious for not being friendly to LGBTQ individuals?" Raven asked and Jade shook her head.

"Considering that there are still places in the world that execute people for being gay, not really." Jade responded as she turned to the shorter woman. "If anything, Australia's like America in that sense, some areas are more progressive than others in terms of gay rights and even then, we only legalized gay marriage after America got the jump on it." Jade added before glancing at the picture on her desk. "It was always legal for women, but it took until 1997 for the same to apply to men, never really understood that myself."

"Indeed." Raven nodded before looking at the photo. "She was your first partner, yes?"

"Yeah, Merindah, or Meri as I liked to call her." Jade nodded as she glanced at the picture. "It was a double whammy for her, being aboriginal and a lesbian but we made it work until she…." Jade trailed off before she felt a sharp stinging pain in her head and clutched her head in pain. "Ahh, my head, what…" Jade trailed off again as her eyes widened. "Raven, Nadia, I don't care, you need to get out of here!"

"We both know that's not going to happen." Raven responded as her tone of voice made it clear that she was perfectly aware of what was about to happen. "There's only one way we know to get rid of that demon."

"Yeah, I…." Jade trailed off before she let out a blood curdling scream as the Australian woman was consumed by dark light, Raven remained motionless as her friend and colleague lowered her head briefly as the demon possessed her.

"Did you really think I'd be satisfied with just one possession?" The demon asked through Jade's lips as he made her stand up. "You know the drill by now Nadia."

"Pokonam cie, deomie, a poniewaz. Bog jest moim swiaadkiem uwolnie Jade!" Raven initially spoke in her native Polish before pausing. "Translated from Polish, I will defeat you demon…."

"And as god is my witness, I will free Jade!" The demon interrupted Raven's translation taking the Polish woman aback. "I know how to speak all languages, and god cannot save you now." The demon added before the two women were consumed by a dark light.

*minutes later*

When Raven opened her eyes, she found herself and the demonically possessed Jade in a dark void and it took her a moment to adjust to the lack of light around them.

"Where have you taken us?" Raven demanded as her eyes narrowed. "And the more pertinent question is, why?"

"All will be answered in good time." The demon responded as he made Jade activate her duel disk. "You will both make it out of this void alive, but when I win, I will possess both of your bodies allowing me to get close to Sophia and Kaiba."

"Why not just lead off with this then?" Raven pointed out and the demon paused. "Your other victims were young, regional level duelists at most, in fact before Jade Jenny was the first national level duelist you possessed."

"All will be revealed in due time." The demon responded and Raven frowned in response. "Now activate your duel disk already."

"As you wish." Raven responded as she activated her duel disk and both women drew their opening hands. "I don't know why your going this or why you injured that young duelist earlier but as far as I'm concerned? You will hurt no one else this day!"

"We will see about that, as I'll go first!" The demon responded as he made Jade draw a card. "I activate the Continuous Spell Card Fires of Damnation! From this moment onwards, any Demon Dragon monster I control inflicts piercing damage, such as Demon Dragon Wyvern!" The demon announced as he played the card and a demonic dragon appeared on the field with a roar (4/1800/1200). "It's your move." The demon announced and Raven drew her card.

"If all that Fires of Damnation does is give monsters piercing damage I'll be surprised." Raven thought as she added her drawn card to her hand. "Jade is one of the best dragon duelists I know, and that demon should have access to her memories, in other words he should know about Dragon's Rage." Raven thought before playing a card. "I activate a Continuous Spell Card of my own, Black Whirlwind! Now when I normal summon a Blackwing Monster I can add another to my hand, I won't keep you in suspense either, I summon Blackwing – Boro the Spear!"

"Excellent." The demon thought as the large, spear wielding Blackwing monster appeared on the field (4/1700/800). "She is playing right into my hand."

"Through Black Whirlwind's effect I add Blackwing – Gale the Whirlwind to my hand!" Raven explained as she retrieved the card from her deck and added it to her hand. "And as I control a Blackwing Monster other than Gale the Whirlwind I can special summon him!" Raven added as she played the card and the small blue Blackwing monster with the green head appeared on the field (3/1300/400). "Now point in wasting time, I use my two monsters to perform a Synchro Summon!"

"This is going better than I hoped!" The demon thought as Raven's two monsters leapt into the air for the Synchro Summon.

"I Synchro Summon Blackwing Armor Master!" Raven announced as she played the card and once the blight flash faded the massive armored Blackwing monster appeared on the field ready for battle (7/2500/1500)). "Armor Master, attack Demon Dragon Wyvern!" Raven commanded and the Blackwing monster took flight before diving right at Demonic Dragon Wyvern…only to be quickly consumed by flames. "What?!"

"Did you really think that all Fires of Damnation did was allow my monsters to inflict piercing damage?" The demon asked mockingly as Raven ended up getting burned as Blackwing Armor Master was destroyed. "When you attack my monster with a level six or higher monster Fires of Damnation automatically destroys it and takes that monster's attack points out of your life points!" The demon added as Raven's life-points dropped to 5500.

"I knew there was more to that Spell Card, why not just use Dragon's Rage if that was all it did." Raven responded once the flames died down and she quickly picked up two cards. "I set two cards facedown and end my turn." Raven announced as her two facedown cards appeared on the field and the demon drew his card.

"Like you I won't waste time." The demon commented as he motioned to the dragon. "I activate the effect of Demon Dragon Wyvern, as I control him with Fires of Damnation on the field, he can attack twice this turn with his attack power doubled!" The demon added as the wyvern doubled in size and power. "He'll be destroyed during the end phase but there won't be an end phase! Demon Dragon Wyvern, finish this duel!" The demon commanded and the wyvern got ready to breath fire at Raven…...

"You will learn one thing about the women Sophia employs as duelists, we don't go down easily." Raven responded as her facedown card flipped up. "I activate Call of the Haunted to bring back Armor Master!" Raven announced as Blackwing Armor Master returned to the field. "Even if you destroy Armor Master, I won't take damage from this battle."

"We shall see! Demon Dragon Wyvern, your new target is armor master!" The demon commanded and the wyvern turned his attention to Armor Master.

"I activate Synchro Sacrifice!" Raven announced as her other facedown card flipped up. "As you are attacking a Synchro Monster with a stronger monster this trap card automatically destroys both!" Raven added as both monsters shattered into a million pieces. "And as a bonus, the two monsters I used to Synchro Summon Armor Master last turn get shuffled back into my deck." Raven added as she returned both cards to her deck and let it shuffle.

"You survived this turn but not the next, I set two cards facedown and end my turn." The demon announced as he set the two cards and Raven drew her card.

"I activate Allure of Darkness! I banish one Dark Type monster from my hand to draw two cards." Raven announced before she pocketed a card and drew two more cards. "Now I Normal Summon Blackwing – Aluster the South Wind!" Raven announced as she played the card and a small, red pink and yellow bird appeared on the field (4/1300/0). "First Black Whirlwind's effect activates." Raven announced as she started searching through her deck, once she had added the card, she wanted to her hand she continued. "When this monster is normal summoned, I can Special Summon one banished Blackwing monster which is level four or lower, such as Blackwing – Tornado the Reverse Wing!"

"Another Synchro Summon?!" The demon demanded as a large purple Blackwing monster appeared on the field (4/1000/1200). "I know Aluster is a Tuner Monster!"

"Not just yet, I activate the second effect of Synchro Sacrifice from my graveyard banishing it and Blackwing Armor Master to increase the level of one monster I control until the end phase, I chose Aluster!" Raven added as Aluster's level increased to six. "Now I tune my two monsters together!" Raven announced as the two monsters leapt into the air for the Synchro Summon. "You've met Blackwing Armor Master, now meet his evolved form, Blackwing Full Armor Master!" Raven announced as she played the card and a massive Blackwing monster in jet black armor appeared on the field ready for battle (10/3000/3000).

"So, you've summoned something bigger, I'm not scared." The demon scoffed as Blackwing Full Armor Master got ready for battle. "Fires of Damnation will…..."

"Be ineffective." Raven responded and the demon paused. "Blackwing Armor Master can't be destroyed by battle, Blackwing Full Armor Master is unaffected by card effects, Blackwing Full Armor Master, attack his life-points directly!" Raven commanded and the monster took flight before diving right at Jade.

"I summon Battle Fader from my hand to end the battle phase!" The demon announced as he played the card and the small clock like fiend appeared in the path of the much bigger monster (1/0/0). "You won't be rid of me that easily."

"I set one card facedown and end my turn." Raven announced as she set the card and the demon drew his card.

"I activate my Trap Card Demonic Sacrifice." The demon announced as his facedown card flipped up and Battle fader vanished from the field, "I sacrifice Battle Fader to summon two Ancient Demonic Dragons from my deck!" The demon announced as two gigantic demonic dragons appeared on the field looming over Raven (10/5000/3300). "When Demonic Sacrifice is activated all other effects get negated for the rest of the turn."

"Meaning Full Armor Master is no longer immune to effects." Raven nodded as she barely managed to keep her cool. "But you still have to destroy my monster to get to me."

"That's where my other trap card comes in, Demonic Overhaul!" The demon announced as the other trap card flipped up. "This doubles my dragon's attack power until the end of the turn." The demon added as the two dragon's attack powers increased to 10,000. "Your finished, Ancient Demonic Dragon attack Full Armor Master!" The demon commanded and the dragon prepared to breathe fire at Full Armor Master.

"I'm not the one whose finished as Magic Cylinder turns the attack right back at you." Raven responded and the demon's eyes widened as the fire was turned back at him sending his life-points back down to zero as the void around the two women vanished.

*back in Jade's room*

When they returned to Jade's room Jade had to steady herself as she grabbed a hold of her desk chair, Raven rushed over and helped steady Jade as she sat back down.

"How are you feeling?" Raven asked after a few minutes once Jade had regained her composure and the Australian woman let out a deep breath.

"Aside from the splitting headache, I'm fine." Jade responded as she clutched her head in pain. "But there was one benefit to being possessed by that demon, which is not a sentence I ever thought I'd say out loud." Jade added before glancing at the clock. "Midnight?! Wasn't it just after eight o'clock when I was possessed?"

"Time must move slower in that void." Raven nodded as she glanced out the window, "What do you mean?"

"I meant it let me get a sneak peak into the demon's thoughts, don't ask me how but it revealed one thing." Jade added as she raised her head showing a look of horror on her face. "When we've been defeating the demon's possessed duelists, we've been playing right into his hand!"

"What?!" Raven asked and Jade nodded solemnly. "Tell Sophia in the morning, I think we both need a good night's sleep after that duel."

"Agreed." Jade nodded as she turned to her laptop and shut it down. "See you in the morning."

"See you." Raven nodded before she stood up and left the room.

*the next morning over on the mainland*

By this point Jenny's family was well on their way to Domino City from her home in Glasgow, Scotland, but Kenny herself was just waking up in her hospital bed.

"Fucking hell, is there anything that doesn't hurt?" Jenny thought as she came to her senses, looking around her body she noticed that most of her upper torso was either bandaged or in a cast. "What the hell happened to me? The last thing I remember is getting a headache whilst I was getting nagged at by Sophia…..." Jenny's thoughts trailed off as she tried to move her legs but no matter how hard she tried, they didn't move an inch, as it slowly dawned on her and she realized that her legs weren't in casts she looked around in a frantic state of panic. "What the fuck?! I can't move my legs…..." jenny trailed off as it hit her like a ton of bricks. "I CAN'T MOVE MY LEGS!"