When All Was Lost...
Chapter Twenty-Six
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Omen
"Be careful, Yusei!" Rally said encouragingly as he handed him his red helm,"Tank, Blitz, Nervin and I are getting everything set up." Rally said grinning,"We're looking out for you, and don't worry." he smiled,"We'll look out for Akarii too."
"Thanks Rally." Yusei smiled and placed a hand on my shoulders,"Akarii, I'm sorry I can't be of any more help to you." he said softly.
"I understand Yusei..." I responded,"This is something you need to do."
Even if that was true. Something felt off. I began to feel...fear. Fear of letting Yusei go. I unconsciously gripped his jacket sleeve with trembling hands. He stared a while and took my hand in his and whispered.
"Remember...he's you're friend...he will help you." he said softly,"You don't need to be afraid."
"Listen Yusei." said Blitz,"We don't have a lot of time to work with."
"He knows." said Nervin in a gentle huff.
"You're only gonna have about 3 minutes before the pipeline gets flush with trash and-"
"He knows, Blitz!" Nervin huffed,"The more time we take explaining what he already knows, the more we're gonna waste to make this actually work."
"Nervin's right!" said Rally,"Go for it, Yusei. We'll take care of things back here.
"Thanks Rally." Yusei smiled and glanced over at me,"And Akarii...Good luck." With a parting kiss to my forehead, Yusei mounted his runner and took off to get into position.
"Come on, Akarii!" said Rally, taking my hand in his,"Let's go give him all of our support!"
We all gathered around the monitor, watching Yusei through the screen.
Seeing him ride brought pain to my head. Like something trying to break its way into light.
"Yusei's in!" Rally grinned,"He's on his way into the city!"
The City...
I clenched my teeth and held my head.
"Akarii, are you okay?" Rally glanced over in my direction with concern as I held my head.
"Y-yeah..." I groaned and shook my head
"No! He got caught by securities!" said Blitz.
A Turbo duel broke out between Yusei and and an officer. He began giving chase, and the whole scene was waking sleeping memories within me.
Chasing...running...I was running.
I faught to remember.
"Akarii...?" the sound of Rally's voice became muffled and I began to feel...Nothing.
Everything...was gone.
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"Akarii...Akarii?"
A distant voice called my name.
Who's calling me?
"Akarii..."
"...Is she okay?"
"I dunno...she just collapsed all of a sudden, Akarii!"
"What should we do?"
"Akarii..."
What?
"AKARII!"
A set of two electric blue orbs centered in black pits shot through my image censory vision. It was a familiar voice with an unnatural guffaw in violet flames that startled me awake with a heavy gasp and widened blood shot eyes, and a blurred vision of a ginger haired boy hung over me with a panicked expression.
Crow...?
I blinked back and cleared the blurry image.
"Akarii!" Rally gasped and threw his arms around me.
"You scared me!" he cried out,"You weren't breathing for a second!"
"What happened?" I asked as I tried to silence the ringing in my head.
"Well we were watching Yusei escape through the video screen..." said Blitz,"He got into a serious turbo duel...and then you just sorta...fell out."
"Yusei!" I gasped,"What happened to him."
"It's okay!" said Nervin,"He made it."
I sighed in relief.
"Though it was really close though." said Tank before Nervin gave him a quick punch in he shoulder.
"The point is he made it!" said Nervin,"And he's fine..." he sighed,"Though you on the other hand, have me kinda worried there, Red."
I blinked as I stared out into nothing. Everything surrponding me blurred away and that nothing became an abyss with something dark inside.
"Akarii?" Nervin blinked.
"Guys...she's being weird again."
"Knock it off, Blitz! She just went through something!" snipped Rally.
That dream I just had was no ordinary dream...
she said softly.
That was an omen.
She blinked.
And not a very good one...
"Hey...are you okay, Akarii?" Rally asked as I quickly shuffled to my feet and dusted off the dirt spots I must have received when I fell.
"Rally..." I said softly,"...I need to go back to the city."
"Back to?" Rally blinked,"I knew it so you came from there..." he stated,"But...also weren't you trying to escape it or something?"
"Maybe I was." I said softly,"But I have to go back." I said.
I need to face whatever is coming.
"That's easier said than done, Red." said Nervin,"We cut it real close just now with Yusei...we can't take that risk again with you!" he huffed,"Besides with your condition there's no guarantee you would be all right if we tried."
"That's true." said Blitz,"Yusei's jamming program won;t work twice...they're on to it now which means security will be extra tight."
"Yeah..." Rally sighed,"I want to help you Akarii." he blinked,"But I don;t know how at this point...what can we do?"
"You're right." I said firmly,"We can't use Yusei's jamming program twice." I stated,"But there's still a chance." I said as the remaining crew looked to each other in confusion.
"There's only one person who can help me now." I blinked and turned to Rally. He seemed to know everyone and every place in Satellite.
"Rally." I stated firmly,"I need to find Crow."
To Be Continued