When All Was Lost...

Chapter Twenty-Nine

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Let's Revv It Up!

"You...want me to what!?"

Needless to say, Crow wasn't too happy to hear this request from me. Of course he wouldn't be. We only just reconnected once again and I was basically asking him to help me leave.

"Let me get this straight..." he stated,"You ran away from the city...right?

"...Yes."

"And now...you want my help to get you back in!?" he huffed,"Forgive me, Rosie, but I don't think I quite follow your logic here!" he stated,"Weren't you trying to escape!?"

"Yes, I know it doesn't make sense-" I stammered,"But..."

"But what!?"

"I can't explain it..." I said to him,"I just...need to." I sighed,"Yusei...he went to the city to find Jack.

"Hm?" Crow blinked,"I see...so he made it out huh?" he sighed.

Now if Yusei could do it...why couldn't I?

"But I have a feeling...he may be walking into a trap."

Crow twitched.

"...What makes you think that?"

"I can't explain it." I said,"And it's all still a little fuzzy..." I sighed,"But I remember something..." I blinked,"Something I did in the city...before I ran away."

Crow blinked and loosened his tension.

He seemed intrigued.

"Really?" he asked.

I nodded.

"I can't...remember it clearly...but I remember...infiltrating somewhere."

"Infiltrating?" he blinked,"You mean...like we used to do?"

I nodded.

"I can't remember where..." I said,"But I do remember something that stood out to me."

"And?" he blinked,"What's that?"

"I remember finding an information file..." I said softly,"About Jack."

"About Jack?"

I nodded.

"I don't know what's coming..." I stated,"But I get the feeling that Jack is in danger." I said oftly,"And Yusei is too,"

Crow stared at me for a while in a long silence before heaving a heavy sigh and shaking his head.

"Akarii...I'm not sure if you realize how crazy that actually sounds." he huffed as he stood up in a storm waving his arms as he spoke.

"But Crow-"

"BUT-" he cut me off with a wave of his hand before sighing and resting his forehead into his fingers,"...Your intuition...has never really been wrong...has it?"

"I..." I blinked and sighed looking down awkwardly while I twiddled my thumbs.

I noticed him glancing back at me before heaving another sigh.

"...I'll help you." he muttered.

"What?" I blinked.

"I said I'll help you!" he snipped,"BUT...I have conditions!"

"Ah...Of course!" I blinked and stood.

"First off..." he said firmly,"Getting you back into the city won't be any easy task." he stated,"And since Yusei managed to escape, chances are they are gonna up the security big time."

"I see..." I sighed.

He was right.

"I guess it really would be impossible, wouldn't it?" I sighed.

"Now...I never said that." he said,"I just said it wouldn't be easy." he huffed and turned toward me crossing his arms.

"First-you're gonna need a duel runner."

"A duel runner." I blinked.

Duel Runner...Duel Runner...

I gasped.

"No! My Duel Runner!" I heaved a heavy sigh and placed my face in my hands,"What happened to my duel runner..." I sighed,"W-Well...maybe I can build one out of all the spare parts in Yusei's hide out."

"Yusei's hide out?" Crow blinked,"You know where it is?"

I nodded.

"That's where I was staying during that time I was trying to remember you..."

"Oh..." he blinked,"I see..." he sighed and looked down sadly.

It hurt me to see him that way.

"Anyway...You don't have to build a runner." he stated,"Come with me."

I blinked curiously and followed him outside.

He led me to the side of the house and started shifting and tossing around random pieces of junk. There seemed to be something buried beneath it. Something that he unearthed.

"Is that..." I blinked,"My duel Runner!"

There it was in its rose red glory. It looked like he gave it a coat of chrome paint too so she shined like new.

"Yeah...I always had hope you would come back." he said softly,"So I kept her runnin' for ya."

I squealed and threw my arms around him.

"Crow, she's gorgeous!" I beamed.

"Yeah yeah yeah." he laughed,"Don't thank me just yet~"

"What do you mean?" I blinked.

"Go ahead~" he smirked,"Give her a revv."

I blinked and approached the familiar machine fitted and formed perfectly to my hand I gave it a revv and listend to the engine sound cut sharply with an acoustic echo.

"oooh Yessss~!" I grinned and giggled, filling with a familiar excitement I hadn't felt in a long long time.

"Good." he stated,"It seems you know how to handle the controls...so this next part shouldn't be hard to follow either."

"Next part?" I blinked curiously when he suddenly tossed a helmet into my hands.

"Revv your engines Akarii Rhodes!" Crow smirked,"'Cuz you and me are gonna have a Turbo Duel!"

To be Continued