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"Auntie?" "Yes?" "What do you know about space?" A girl's voice could be heard. "Why are you suddenly interested in that, dear?" A woman asked. "Mama mentioned it yesterday… But she didn't say what it was!"
The woman let out a chuckle. "Space is like an area high above our heads. That's where Sun, stars, and planets are from." She explained. "Tell me more!" The girl exclaimed excitedly. "You're too small to understand it. It will only be boring to you." The woman replied. "Then tell me something that's not boring." The girl pleaded.
"Fine, fine…" The woman chuckled yet again. "Let's see…" She frowned for a moment. "You know what a black hole is?" She asked. "No…" The girl shook her head in confusion. "It's a huge, black hole, that absorbs everything in space." "It sounds scary…" The girl trailed off, her eyes widening.
"Why is it black?" "I don't know… However, it does have its opposite." "Really?" "Si," The woman nodded. "While black hole absorbs everything, its opposite exudes energy. Its waves of light can happen to fall on Earth. That's what I heard, anyway…" She trailed off. "What's it called?" "I think it's… The white hole… That's what the story says."
The girl frowned. "It's not real?" She asked perplexed. "I don't know whether it's real or not, I'm just telling you what I heard about it." The woman laughed, taking the girl in her arms. She then sat on a sofa, putting the girl on her lap. "Who told you that?" The girl asked curiously. "A little bird." A small smile appeared on the woman's face.
"Tell me more!" The child pleaded. "That's the only thing I know. That, and…" Her eyebrows furrowed in concentration. "They said that whenever the waves reached Earth, something bad happened in the world." She finished, thinking about those words as well.
"Bad?" "People would fight, and even more bad things would happen…" "But why? Light's supposed to do good things!" "Where did you get that from, little one?" The woman let out a chuckle in amusement. "When it's dark, you can't see anything without it!" "Clever girl…" She smiled, playing with one of the girl's red strands. "I'm confused too, but I'm telling you what I had heard. Everything bad occurred around the time those waves hit Earth."
"Wow…" The girl trailed off in surprise, making the woman laugh and hug her.
I exited my room with the Duel Disk strapped to my left arm. I had to have this thing with me all the time now that I was in the tournamnet… Anyone could challenge me in case I didn't challenge them!
I quickly checked whether my deck was in the box strapped to my waist. Thankfully, it was. That meant I was ready!
"Hey, you!" A male voice shouted, making me look up in surprise. A Slifer Red student ran up to the bottom of the stairs. He had dark hair, and hazel eyes. A Duel Disk was on his left arm. "Yes?" I asked warily.
However, frankly, I was sure I had an idea what he wanted… He was most probably going to challenge me to a duel.
"I challenge you to a duel!" The Slifer Red student declared. Si, I knew it… Not an hour had passed, and here I was, a target for duelists! I didn't even have a chance to find Jaden… There was a bright side to this though. That was an ordinary student, not the Society member, or Sartorius… Actually, I'd even take former over latter!
I quickly shook my head to get rid of those thoughts.
The guy had just challenged me to a duel. I couldn't bother with the Society or Sartorius right now!
"Then you're on." I nodded to the guy firmly, making him smirk. "What's your name?" He asked. "Serena." I replied shortly. "Yours?" "Moses." He replied. I simply nodded, staying quiet for a few moments. Hopefully, I was going to remember it until the end of the duel… Asking him what his name was in the middle of it would be quite embarrassing!
I took out my deck and shuffled it for a few seconds. Soon after, the deck was in the Duel Disk. I then walked downstairs, right in front of the guy… Moses, the guy's name was Moses!
"How many medallions do you have?" He asked me. "Only one, since this is my first duel." I told him with a shrug. "I already have three." He replied casually. "Actually, that will be four once I win." He then added with a smirk. "We'll see about that." I responded, folding my arms.
At that moment, that feeling of uneasiness washed over me yet again. Not only was I in a tournament, but this would be my first duel since I lost against Sartorius… However, I quickly decided to push those thoughts away. I promised to myself I'd try to get better in dueling, and feel more comfortable in events like these… There was no time to be uneasy about this!
"Then let's get to it!" He exclaimed and ran a bit away from me. I walked to the opposite side, so we were far away from each other. I took a deep breath and pushed the button on the back of Duel Disk. It turned on immediately. Moses did the same thing with his own one.
"Let's duel!" We then shouted in unison, drawing five cards each.
Moses: 4000 LP
Me: 4000 LP
"I'll start!" Moses declared, drawing his sixth card. He put it in his right hand, along with other ones. After observing them for a few moments, he finally looked up at me. "I'll begin with Dunames Dark Witch in Attack Mode!" He put the card in its slot on the Duel Disk.
A lady-like creature dressed with wings appeared on the field (ATK/DEF:1800/1050). I looked at it for a few moments, my eyebrows furrowing.
The first time I had ever seen that card, really… Despite being a student for nearly a year and a half by now, my knowledge was still rather limited when it came to Duel Monsters…
"I'll end my turn with three facedowns." He finished. "My turn." I spoke up, drawing the sixth card. The moment I looked at all of them, I knew what I could do for my first turn.
"I'll start with 'Mystical Space Typhoon'," I lifted up the card in my right hand. "To destroy one of your facedowns!" I pointed to the card on his furthest left. It revealed itself before disappearing. I had no idea what that card was, but it resembled three people dressed in some blue capes…
"Then I'll summon Ocean Amoeba in Attack Mode." The monster appeared on my side of the field in Attack Mode (ATK/DEF:900/400). "I'll set a facedown and end it for this turn." I then put a card in its intended slot.
If everything ended up going with my plans, I could give the guy some pretty big damage the moment he decided to attack my Amoeba… Well, he would have to summon a stronger monster, but the point was there. Its destruction would make him lose amount of Life Points equal to combination of Amoeba's Attack and Defense Points.
Moses drew another card. "I summon Absorbing Kid From The Sky in Attack Mode!" A monster which looked like a kid with white, feathery wings appeared (ATK/DEF:1300/1000). "Then I'll equip it with 'Cestus Of Dagla'!" He lifted up a Spell Card in his right hand. The monster's points immediately rose to 1800.
"Dunames Dark Witch, attack her monster!" The guy lifted up his right hand. The monster fired some sort of blast at my Amoeba, destroying it in process. Smoke appeared, making me cover my eyes as my Life Points dropped.
Moses: 4000 LP
Me: 3100 LP
"Because you destroyed my Amoeba, you lose Life Points equal to its Attack and Defense Points together!" I declared, taking arms off my eyes. Blue light glowed around his body, and his Life Points dropped as well.
Moses: 2700 LP
Me: 3100 LP
"It doesn't matter, since my other monster can still attack you directly!" He declared firmly. "Go, attack her!" He then shouted. His other monster flew to me and attacked me directly. I let out a yelp of pain. My Life Points dropped yet again.
Moses: 2700 LP
Me: 1300 LP
My Life Points have dropped drastically in only his second turn… That meant I would have to find a way to fight back. Not even Amoeba's Special Effect helped me much!
"Oh yes, I forgot to mention," Moses' voice made me look up. "Because it attacked you directly with Cestus Of Dagla, I gain amount of Life Points equal to the damage it inflicted on you!" He smiled smugly. Since it was 1800 points, then that meant… He would have 4500 Life Points?!
Moses: 4500 LP
Me: 1300 LP
I let out a groan of annoyance and tugged at my hair with my right hand.
What was I thinking?! I should have used my 'Flowing Back' facedown earlier! If I had, then he wouldn't have got the chance to get back those Life Points… If I didn't do something, I'd lose, and that certainly wouldn't be a good start in this tournament…
"I end my turn." "Sweet moves you have there, Moses." A familiar voice made me look up in surprise. Jaden walked up to the edge where the middle of our imaginary field was supposed to be.
The guy smirked. "Thanks, Jaden." "However, if I were you, I wouldn't count Serena out just yet." A smile then appeared on Jaden's face as he looked in my direction. I was simply staring at him with my mouth open.
I didn't expect him to appear here in the middle of our duel… And I was a bit surprised he was acting as if what I had told him a while ago was no big deal. But, then again, this was Jaden I was talking about… Whenever we had some disagreements, he would just let it pass…
"Show him, Serena." He grinned.
Hearing him cheering me on gave me a huge boost of confidence all of a sudden… I couldn't mess up this duel. I had no intention to. Not after my friend had just encouraged me to show this guy what I could do…
I nodded in Jaden's direction with a small smile before looking at my Duel Disk. "I draw!" I declared, drawing another card from my deck. I added the card to my left hand and looked at all of them. Finally, I got the card I needed…
"I'll start with summoning Wetland Flycatcher in Attack Mode." The plant appeared on the field (ATK/DEF:1000/800). "Then I'll equip it with 'Nitrogen Boost', which gives it 1000 more points." I continued, lifting up the card in my right hand. The plant's points rose to 2000. "It will only take away a bit of my Life Points." Moses commented with a frown.
"I know," I frowned. "Which is why I'll also play 'Double Boost'." I took the card out of my left hand and lifted it up so he could see it. "With this Spell Card, Attack Points of my monsters double for one turn." I explained. "What?" The guy demanded, his eyes widening in surprise. "I think that means the flycatcher's points are 4000 now." Jaden told him with a smile from the sidelines. "I know what it means!" Moses retorted in panic.
He then narrowed his eyes. "I activate my facedown, 'Solar Ray'!" He cried, just as his facedown revealed itself. "What's that?" I asked in confusion. "For each LIGHT monster on my side of field, you lose 600 Life Points. Seeing there are two monsters…" "That's 1200 points." I breathed in astonishment. That meant I was down to only 100 Life Points…
Smoke appeared, making me cover my eyes.
Moses: 4500 LP
Me: 100 LP
"But my monster hasn't attacked you yet!" I then exclaimed, looking up. "Wetland Flycatcher, attack his Absorbing Kid!" I ordered, lifting up my right hand.
The reason why I chose that monster was because of its Equip Spell. I couldn't have him gaining more Life Points, now that I had only 100…
The plant flew to the monster equipped with that Spell Card and destroyed it. Smoke appeared, as Moses' Life Points dropped to 2300.
Moses: 2300 LP
Me: 100 LP
Unfortunately, the only card I still had in my hand was Mountain Wolf, and I couldn't summon it now… Hopefully, I could turn things around on my next turn. I still had my unused facedown as well.
"I end my turn. Flycatcher's Attack Points return to 2000 as well." I spoke up, just as the monster's points dropped to 2000 from before I had activated 'Double Boost'.
Moses drew another card. "First, I activate my facedown 'Call Of The Haunted', to bring back my monster from the graveyard in Attack Mode!" The monster I had just destroyed appeared on the field once again (ATK/DEF:1300/1000).
Honestly, I didn't understand the point since it had less points than my Flycatcher. There must have been some sort of a catch…
"Then I'll summon Magician Of Faith in Attack Mode." A magician with purple hair and a crescent moon staff in her hand appeared on the field (ATK/DEF:300/400). "Due to her summoning, her Special Effect activates," Moses spoke up, looking in my eyes from across the field. "I get to bring back a Spell Card from my graveyard, and I choose 'Cestus Of Dagla'!"
The card returned from the graveyard. He took it in his right hand. "Then I'll equip it to Absorbing Kid From The Sky." The monster's points rose to 1800 once again. I bit my lower lip.
If my assumptions were correct, he was going to try to destroy my monster. Sure, it would cost him some Life Points since my monster was stronger, but then he could attack me directly with the other one… But I wasn't going to let that happen. I had everything I needed to win this thing… Now I just had to pray he wouldn't have another trick up his sleeve.
"Now, attack her Wetland Flycatcher!" He ordered to his just-resurrected monster. "I activate 'Flowing Back'!" I cried. The facedown revealed itself. "What's that?!" Moses spoke up in surprise. "Your attack is negated, and you lose amount of Life Points equal to my monster's Attack Points." I spoke up with a frown.
"What?!" Orange light appeared Moses, making him flinch. His Life Points dropped to 300.
Moses: 300 LP
Me: 100 LP
"I end my turn." The guy frowned. I drew another card.
"I summon Mountain Wolf in Attack Mode." I declared, putting the card in its intended slot without looking at the other one. The wolf appeared, howling (ATK/DEF:800/1500). "Its Special Effect is that he can attack you directly." I explained, making his eyes widen. "Wait!" He exclaimed in what seemed to be panic.
However, I shook my head. "Mountain Wolf, attack him directly!" I ordered. The wolf let out a howl and raced towards Moses. It slashed at him with its claws. He let out a grunt of pain, and his Life Points finally dropped to zero.
Moses: 0 LP
Me: 100 LP
I took cards out of my Duel Disk and deactivated it. Monsters disappeared from the field. I put the deck in the box strapped to my waist and then looked up.
"Way to go, Serena, that was a sweet duel!" Jaden ran up to me with a smile. "Thanks." I nodded to him, not knowing what else to say at that moment.
That was when Moses walked up to us. "The deal is a deal. Here are your earned medallions." He offered me three of them. I was looking at them for a few moments. Seeing the guys were staring at me, I quickly took the medallions out of Moses' right hand with a quick 'thanks'.
Truth to be told, I still haven't registered that I actually won those medallions… Planning your moves for winning was one thing, actual victory was something else!
"You had some sweet moves there, Moses." Jaden told the guy who smiled with a sigh. "Not good enough, it seems." "The tournament has just begun. There's plenty of time for more duels." Jaden smiled back. "That's exactly why I'll go and see whether I can challenge someone else right away." Moses nodded.
His hazel eyes then landed on me. "That was a good duel. Best luck in the tournament." "Best luck to you too." I nodded back. He then ran off.
I looked at the medallions in my right hand. At that moment, I was feeling a bit of satisfaction, knowing that I won those three things myself… Wait. Was that… Pride? I certainly wasn't interested in dueling tournaments, it was just that… It felt nice to earn something by your actions, and not have others get it for you.
If anything, it was relieving I managed to win this duel, since I was a bit rusty…
"What made you change your mind about participating?" Jaden's voice brought me back to reality. I looked up to see him smiling at me. "Well…" I trailed off, gripping the medallions in my right hand more tightly. "I was damn determined to talk to Sheppard about not dueling, but my run-in with Sartorius kind of enlightened me…" I guessed with a shrug.
"What happened?" His eyes widened in surprise. "He was already in the office talking to Sheppard. I heard them just as I was about to enter, so I overheard a bit what the two were talking about. But Sartorius took it as me eavesdropping, which was why he almost assaulted me later in the hallway…" I let out a nervous laugh.
Seeing he was still staring at me, I decided to continue talking so he wouldn't get the wrong idea. "I quickly pushed him away and ran out." "What were he and Sheppard talking about?" Jaden rubbed the back of his head in confusion. "Apparently, Sartorius asked Sheppard to invite some duelist." I explained with a frown.
"Then why would he get mad at you overhearing a simple request?" He wondered aloud. "Your guesses are as good as mine." I shrugged. "Anyway, his run-in with me kind of made me realize anything could happen if I lost against the Society Of Light member…" "You would get brainwashed." Jaden nodded.
I pursed my lips for a moment. "Most probably, even though that doesn't explain why I didn't get brainwashed when Sartorius beat me in our duel…" I trailed off. "You two had a duel?" He gaped.
It was then I realized there were some things I hadn't told Jaden yet. Maybe it was from all the excitement of seeing each other again. That, plus with what had happened with Sarina… A lot of things had happened for quite short time…
"It happened while you were dueling for the location of our field trip. I confronted Sartorius for snooping in my room, and he said some terrible things about my parents. I challenged him to a duel out of anger." I explained sheepishly. "And you lost." "Si." I nodded with a frown. "Even he seemed to be surprised that I wasn't brainwashed."
"Weird." Jaden commented. "But also good!" He then grinned. "I'd rather not 'see the Light'." I nodded in agreement. "What does that even mean?" He wondered with a chuckle. "Don't ask them. I did that to Sartorius, and the results were less-than-stellar. Chazz was no better when I mocked him for that phrase." I responded seriously.
I then took a deep breath, brushing memories of those two events out of my mind.
"Anyway, it made me realize I had to get better if I didn't want to get brainwashed. I mean, they can challenge anyone, as those are the tournament's rules." I stopped for a moment. "You were right about what you had said," I looked up at Jaden. "So I'm sorry for being a freaking idiot." "You weren't an idiot. You were just upset." He responded in confusion.
I shook my head. "But that happens quite often! Before you, Sartorius had told me something quite truthful, and I ignored it completely. I realized he was right too late… I can't even apologize properly now." A slight feeling of guilt washed over me at that moment.
First I decided to ignore Sartorius' advice, then Ben and I argued because I was rude… I had been mad at both Sarina and Sartorius for ignoring me, when they did that only to help me… And I argued with my aunt because she was hiding secrets from me. That was the last time I talked to her before her disappearance…
I should have appreciated time when everything was normal! I shouldn't have been so stupid…
True, I knew none of them hated me. I knew they were treating me like that because of current circumstances, such as that evil force. But the way they treated me still hurt a bit… I mean, I was literally avoiding Ben now, and running away from Sartorius like a cat from a dog!
"You'll get to say 'sorry' once we find a way to save them." Jaden linked my left arm with his right one with a reassuring smile.
His words immediately lifted up my spirits. While I was certainly still feeling guilty, it made me realize there was no point in feeling like that all the time. Once we saved them, I'd cherish normal time with them even more… There was no time to feel guilty if I wanted to help them!
"Why's it that you're always able to cheer me up so easily?" I looked up at Jaden with a small smile, putting the medallions in right pocket of my blazer. "I'm just that good." He shrugged with a smirk. I smacked the back of his head lightly with my right hand. "That didn't hurt at all."
"It wasn't supposed to. If it were, then you would be just like Ben when I took his 'come in whenever you want' seriously." I smirked as well. "You do know Syrus and Hassleberry were extremely angry about that?" Jaden asked with a laugh while he started leading us somewhere.
I rolled my eyes. "Then how was I supposed to feel? Hassleberry hit me with your blazer and a pillow right in face!" I pointed out and started laughing. "Is there anything wrong with my blazer?" Jaden raised an eyebrow. "Well, nothing concerning the blazer itself… I was more freaked out about running into you, or Syrus and Hassleberry after that eventful morning." I shrugged, the memories of that event flashing through my head.
Even though that event was still embarrassing, it was also something I could laugh about now…
"Oh, it sure was eventful. It's not every day you're in showers, and then hear shouting. I think you three woke up the whole dorm." Jaden started laughing again. "So that's why you weren't there as well…" I trailed off in realization.
"Wait, where are we going?" I then asked. "To the harbor. I had been there before deciding to see where you were." "What were you doing at the harbor?" My eyebrows furrowed in confusion. "Fishing, and waiting for professional duelists to arrive." He explained. "But why wait for professional ones when you can duel someone here?" "It seems more fun at the moment." He shrugged.
I shook my head with a small smile in amusement. Here he was, looking for professional duelists, while normal students were more than enough for me right now… Completely opposite from me.
Not long after, we were at the harbor. It seemed that there was an airplane which had just landed.
"That must be one of professional duelists." Jaden grinned. He was getting ready to run… When something else caught my attention. Out of a corner of my eye, I could see Sartorius, Alexis, Ben, and Chazz not too far behind us.
Maybe this was the duelist Sartorius wanted Sheppard to invite so badly… But that wasn't the reason why I wanted to get out of the way. I just wanted to keep out of Sartorius' sight after that little scene we had had earlier… There was no excuse for my cowardice, I knew that.
"Wait," I grabbed Jaden by his arm, and then pulled him to the side. We hid behind the warehouse. "What are you doing?" He demanded in confusion. "Don't you see Sartorius came as well?" I whispered to him. "Where?" He frowned.
"There." I pointed at the approaching quartet. "I could have called dibs on that duelist if you hadn't pulled us out of the way…" Jaden was still frowning. "Jaden, I think that's the duelist Sartorius wanted to see." I told him seriously. "I still would have been first."
I frowned, wanting to say something else… When I heard voices.
"Why are you two hiding behind the warehouse?" That sounded a lot like Hassleberry. I looked up to see him, Syrus and Bastion staring at us. "Serena pulled us here because she saw Sartorius approaching." Jaden explained.
The three guys looked at us back and forth. "Well, he's about to duel Prince Ojin of Misgarth." Syrus explained with a frown. "Misgarth?" I spoke up in surprise. The first time I heard of that name, really…
"Don't you two read news?" Syrus questioned in a bit of disbelief. "You sound like Ben." Jaden told him with a sigh. I covered my mouth with my right hand not to laugh at that statement. That really sounded like something Ben would say…
"It's a small kingdom, known for launching a SORA satellite recently." Bastion explained briefly. "Why's that satellite so important, soldier?" Hassleberry asked him a bit confused. "I don't know what it does." The British guy admitted. "Then let's just go and see that duel." Jaden urged them to hurry up.
While I knew a prince coming here was a big deal, I wasn't sure whether I really wanted to watch that duel or not… My intention was to keep out of Sartorius' sight for at least today!
Maybe I could wait a bit for them to leave, and then come and hide behind Bastion and Hassleberry for the rest of the duel… That sounded solid enough.
"You guys go on; I'll catch up with you." I quickly spoke up. "Why?" Jaden asked me perplexed. "I have to check something." I lied. The three guys nodded, but my friend still looked a bit hesitant. "Just go, I'll be right behind you!" I slightly pushed him towards them.
He finally nodded slowly, before he and the other guys were off.
They were right behind Alexis and Chazz, who were behind Sartorius and the prince guy. That was when I could see four men and a woman walking past the warehouse.
I got a bit closer to the side of the warehouse, so I could see them better. The woman was dressed in pink formal clothing, and had long red hair. From what I could see, she was carrying some sort of a case in her right hand. In fact, it looked like her hand was chained directly to the case…
The men were all dressed in black formal suits with sunglasses. They were carrying something in their hands… I peeked a bit closer, so I could see what it was. It seemed to be some sort of a small, black box. Actually, not just one. Four of them. Each man was carrying one in their hands.
My eyebrows furrowed in confusion. I had no idea what that was supposed to be… Nor did I have time to ponder longer because someone's hands suddenly pulled me from behind, covering my mouth in process.
I tried to scream to no avail. Instead, I resorted to hitting the person's hands with my fists. I was doing it for a few seconds as strong as I could, when…
"Calm down, you wretch!" A familiar voice made my eyes widen in astonishment. The person took hands off my mouth. He grabbed my hand and quickly spun me around, so we were facing each other. It was Ben.
"What do you want from me…" I started, trying to sound threatening. At the same time, I took a step back, wanting to try to run away… When he grabbed my right hand harshly. "I told you to calm down." He hissed angrily. His green eyes were looking right into my light blue ones.
A frown appeared on my face. "Why should I?" I demanded. He opened his mouth, apparently wanting to say something… But then he put a hand on his face with a groan of what seemed to be pain. It was quite a confusing sight, that was for sure…
"Just shut up and listen!" My cousin growled and took the hand off his face. He then grabbed my other hand. "It's not what it seems… What my mum had…" "What…" "Silence, wretch!" He growled yet again, making me flinch in astonishment.
By now, my heart was beating like crazy.
"Mum had… She was…" Ben suddenly let go of my hands. He grabbed his head, closing his eyes. He then let out another groan of pain.
I knew he was aggressive towards me. I knew he was brainwashed, and that meant he wanted to hurt me. But I couldn't stand seeing him in pain… That's why I decided drop my guard.
"Ben, are you alright?" I asked worriedly and put a hand on his right shoulder. He let out another groan…
The next thing I knew was that he pushed me against the wall harshly. I let out a cry of pain since I hit my back from the impact. "Stay away from me and Master Sartorius, you wretch." Ben growled at me, still having me pinned against the wall.
But then, he let go of me. He started marching towards the end of the port. I was looking at his form in confusion. Then I started walking after him, wanting to see where he was going.
What had just happened was so confusing… Why was he in so much pain? And why did he mention Aunt Maria?
By the time I was at a place across the warehouse, I could see Ben joining Alexis and Chazz from behind Sartorius. A man with purple hair (who I guessed was the prince) was offering him that case I had seen earlier. The four men then gave the prince those four boxes, which he gave to Sartorius as well.
Ben's behavior was weird enough already. This sight made everything even weirder… What was that thing, and why was the prince just giving it to Sartorius as if it was no big deal?! The woman must have had her hand chained to that case for a reason…
Seeing the smug smile on Sartorius' face just made me sure something was bad about the whole thing…
Out of a corner of my eye, I could see the guys at the side. I decided to ask them whether they knew what that thing was. They must have, since they've been here longer than I was.
"What's that thing the prince gave to Sartorius?" I asked quietly, just as I walked up to them. "Those are the controls to the Misgarth's newest satellite." Bastion spoke up with a frown. "But why is he just giving them to Sartorius like that?" I asked dumbfounded.
"The prince and him had a bet before the duel." Syrus spoke up. "Sartorius bet on giving Destiny Heroes to the prince if he lost, while the prince accepted the deal of giving him controls to the satellite if Sartorius won." Hassleberry folded his arms. "Wait, the duel's over already?" My eyes widened in surprise. It's been barely five minutes since I was left alone…
Jaden nodded. "Sartorius won, and without having any turn." He sounded impressed. "That's unfortunately a bad thing…" Bastion let out a sigh.
Out of a corner of my eye, I could see the prince, and his people going back towards the plane. Sartorius, Alexis, Chazz and Ben, on the other hand, started walking away from the harbor.
"Why? What does that satellite do?" I asked the British guy with a frown. His grey eyes looked straight into my light blue ones. "It's capable of destroying all life on Earth."
'It's capable of destroying all life on Earth.' Those words were echoing in my head. I stopped breathing for a few moments. I couldn't even think properly during that time… My heart was racing like crazy, and this uncontrollable panic washed over me. By now, I was even shaking a bit.
"Wait," I looked up with a forced, nervous smile (which made all of the guys look at me in surprise). "What you're telling me is that the prince gambled controls to his life-destroying satellite in a duel? So now Sartorius can do whatever the hell he wants with it while under the control of that force?" I could have sworn I started shaking even more. I mean, I could feel it, but really, that was the only thing I could process at that moment…
Bastion sighed. "Well, yes, more or less."
By now, that fact sank in completely. But you know what? It wasn't helping. My shaking didn't stop.
Why was this so surprising all of a sudden? I've come across a brainwashed sect (my cousin also being a part of it), Sartorius being under the control of some insane-sounding force, ordering Sarina to kill me, and her confirming the whole story… So, again, why was Sartorius acquiring a destroying satellite so surprising?
No idea. That also didn't explain why my head was spinning all of a sudden…
"That's… That's just great." I spoke up, lifting up my right index finger with that forced smile still on my face.
The next thing I knew was that everything started turning black. I started falling. The last thing I felt was someone's arms catching me before I completely lost my consciousness…
Well, yeah, that happened… But, honestly, can you really blame Serena for such reaction lmao…
I'm really looking forward to writing the next chapter, you'll see why once I post it… ;)
I hope you liked it and until next time! :)
