Street Racers Chapter 5: Rescue from the Demon Eye Compound, a Yu-Gi-Oh + Dragon Booster Crossover fanfic

Zypher: Well, we've all been waiting for a while so I will make these notes short. Thanks for reviewing the last chapter and here's the next chapter to Street Racers.

Street Racers

Chapter 5

Ryou woke up and found himself he was in a cage. 'What happened?' he wondered. It then came back to him and he remembered falling through a trap door on the track and knocked unconscious upon impact to a lower street. 'That's right, we were trying to help out Yami and Yugi but Anzu intervened and opened up a trap door on the track. I hope Yugi is alright.' Ryou thought before looking around for Diamond.

He spotted her in another cage and got up, walking over to her. "Diamond, are you alright?" Ryou asked quietly. She groaned before opening her eyes and looked to him. "I'm fine, just a little bruised from the fall. Do you know where we could be?" she asked.

"I don't know but from what it looks, we're somewhere in Down City. Hopefully Yugi and the others will be able to find us." he replied and she nodded in agreement.

Yami, Yugi and their friends gathered up at the pub in Down City, making a plan on how they were going to find Ryou and Diamond. "So, what are we going to do? Down City is pretty big and if the Demon Eye Crew was the cause of this, how can we possibly find them?" Yugi asked. "I don't know but if Anzu was able to get all that gear, including a controlling gear then she must be a part of them. If we can find her then we can find the Demon Eye Crew compound." Marik stated. "But the problem is how? You said she ran off after she lost Doruke so how can we follow her?" Jou asked.

"When I heard about what happened in the street race Yami and Yugi were in, I saw here running off with a blond haired man to Down City. I was able to use a lv 4 marking gear on the guy's dragon so we can follow them. I have the tracking gear right here with me." Keara said as she held up the purple tracking gear.

"Great job, Keara. We don't have time to lose. Come on." Yami said as they left out the pub and mounted on each of their dragons or beasts. Keara turned on the gear as it began to triangulate the location and pointed further into Down City. "Let's go, Naurcorm!" she said and the wyrm dragon nodded as she ran off, the rest of them following behind her.

Once they got to the compound, the boss immediately called for them. "You better hope you aren't let go from the crew, Anzu. You may have succeeding with getting the white draconium sphinx but you failed to place the bone mark on the Black Jewel Dragon." Raphael spoke and she nodded, hoping for the same. They entered the control room and their boss turned to them.

"I have watched you in the street race, Anzu, and I noticed you failed to place the bone mark on the Black Jewel Dragon, not to mention you lost it as well." Dartz murmured. "I know but that brat Yugi rammed into me before I had the chance to do so. Without Doruke, I don't think I can have another chance but I know I can capture Aqua for you, Master Dartz. Please, just give me another chance." Anzu pleaded.

"Don't worry, I will but you best not fail me again or else I will have to let you go. Maybe a nice visit to the Track of Doom will do you and your dragon some good." Dartz said and her eyes widened. "No! Not that! Please!" Anzu cried. "Like I said. Don't fail me again. Now, off with you both. Go and find that bone mark before Yami and his crew does." The two nodded before leaving.

"You're lucky Master Dartz gave you another chance. Since I need to go and check on the boy and his sphinx, Varon will give you a dragon to use so you can go and look for the Furox. Like the master said, don't fail this time or else it's the Track of Doom for you." Raphael said before leaving in another direction.

She nodded as he left and sighed. 'If Yugi didn't ruin my shot in the first place, I wouldn't be in this situation. I will have to take care of him before things get harder for me. I really don't want to be trapped in the Track of Doom with Reepyr and the Prophets crew.' she thought with a slight shudder as she headed down to the stables of the Demon Eye crew and took the dragon that was left for her.

They made it to the compound and saw it was guarded by more wraith dragons. "Sheesh, they really have this place guarded down. How are we supposed to get in without alarming those dragons?" Jou muttered. "Easy." Seto said as he turned Ruby to the right and used his lv 6 green Ramming gear and shot the mace ball in that direction. The wraith dragons followed it immediately, leaving the entrance unguarded.

"Nice trick." Kaiser said before they follow Yami and Keara inside. "Ok, we'll split up into groups. Seto, you and Jou go search in the east. Keara, you and Bakura search the west. Malik, you and Marik can stay here and contact us in any of the Demon Eye crew comes our way. Yugi and I will take the north. Got it?" Yami said. They nodded and left, leaving Marik and Malik behind at the gate.

"Come on, we best get somewhere else where we can see the whole compound and not be seen by the wraith dragons." Marik said and Malik nodded as he followed him.

-With Seto and Jou-

"I'm still wondering why the Demon Eye crew would need Diamond for." Jou murmured as they continued to search. "At the most because she is a rare breed as well as being friends with Yugi. If the boss of this crew knows that Yami and Yugi are close friends then they may target you and the others. Not many know that Aqua is actually the exclusive Black Jewel dragon or else they would be coming after him. But if this crew knows then they are doing everything to make Yami surrender him over." Seto explained.

"Man, so if they captured Yugi then Yami may surrender Aqua for Yugi's safety. Sounds like he already likes Yugi if he's willing to do something like that for him." Jou said. "I think that as well. Hopefully it won't come to that or else we may have another dragon/human war on our hands." Seto said.

-With Keara and Bakura-

"So, why do you two care so much in saving Yugi's friend? Normally you wouldn't give a damn to anyone unless he or she is a racer worthy of the track." Keara inquired. "I can care. Ryou in particular is someone I would want to watch out for. I don't want him to be hurt and Crimson already told me he likes Diamond so why not." Bakura replied.

"So, you really care for him. Is love in the air for you~?" Keara taunted. "Shut up! I didn't say anything along the lines of that!" he exclaimed. "Yeah, she'll really believe you after this, Bakura." Crimson muttered quietly.

"Don't you start either!"

"Alright, alright. I'll leave you alone but hopefully if you do care and love Ryou, at least you tell him before something happens to him other than this." Keara said before telling Naurcorm to trot off farther into the western part of the compound. Bakura mulled over what she said and knew she was right although he didn't want to admit it out loud.

'She's right. This could be phase one to a plan that could affect us all. I don't want Ryou to be hurt in any way and I'm not going to let him be hurt at all.' he thought. "Come on, Crimson. Hopefully you can remember Diamond's scent cause we'll be needing it." Bakura murmured and he nodded as he ran to catch up with Keara.

-With Yugi and Yami-

"Yami, do you think Ryou and Diamond is ok?" Yugi asked. "I don't know for true Yugi but I hope they are alright. I don't know what Bakura and Crimson may do if they are hurt."

"Why? Do you think Bakura and Crimson likes Ryou and Diamond?"

"I don't think, I know. Bakura has been my friend for a long time and ever since he got Crimson, they both share the same attitude with others racers except for those that were able to outrace them even by the slightest margin. Ryou and Diamond are a different matter completely. I know that Bakura wouldn't do anything that involves saving others but he is here to save Ryou. Don't you think that shows that Bakura likes him?" Yami explained and Yugi had to agree with him.

Aqua sniffed the air lightly and Yami looked down to him. "Did you smell something, Aqua?" he asked and he nodded. "Well, lead us there." Aqua nodded as he ran off further into the compound, Yugi and Wolfe following behind him. He found and small entrance to the compound and stopped.

"Aqua and Wolfe won't be able to fit in there." He murmured as he dismounted before looking to Aqua. "Is Ryou and Diamond somewhere in there?" A nod confirmed his answer. "Ok then, come on, Yugi." Yami said and took out the grate to the vent and went inside, Yugi following behind him.

Ryou looked up when he heard someone come in. "Ah so you the rider of the white sphinx. A darling little thing you are." Dartz whispered as he walked over to the cage that contained Ryou. "Keep away from me. What do you want with me and Diamond?" he snapped, a hint of anger in his voice.

"Why, I won't do anything to harm you or your mount. Just needed a little bait to call the Black Jewel dragon and his rider here since the last attempt failed. But now I feel like I don't want to give you up just yet." he responded as he opened the door to his cage and went inside, grabbing him before he could try anything. "Let go of me!" he yelled as he tried to pry Dartz's grip off his arm.

"No, I have better plans for you." he whispered before walking off. Diamond wished she had her gear so she could help Ryou but alas, they were de-magged and gone. She started to charge against the bars, trying to get out but it was no use. "Bring back Ryou!" she roared but he didn't pay a mind to her as he left out the room.

She sighed and looked around for anything that she could use. 'I need to save Ryou before what I think may happen happens.' she thought and looked up to the nearby wall, hearing the grate to the vent fall to the floor. "Diamond! Are you in here?!" Yugi called.

"Yes! Yes, I'm here! Help me quickly! We got a situation on our hands." She cried back. Yami jumped out from the vent and helped Yugi down as well. They ran over to her cage and Yami picked the lock open. "What happened? Where's Ryou?" Yugi asked once Diamond was released.

"That's the problem. Some guy came in here and took Ryou. I have a very bad feeling on what may happen if we don't find him. Also, I think that guy may also be the leader to the Demon Eye crew if he's here. He didn't look like any rider I seen before." she explained.

"No…do you know where they headed to?"

"They went through that door. I may be able to follow where they went to but we need to hurry.". Yami and Yugi nodded as they went to get her gear and equipped it onto her before climbing onto her back. She ran off, following Ryou's scent. Yami started to contact the others so they know what's going on.

"What?! What do you mean Ryou was taken?!" Bakura yelled. /Diamond said that she believed the leader to the Demon Eye crew took Ryou. We need you guys to find a way inside before something happens to him./ Yami said. "Are you on their trail now?" he demanded, now worried for Ryou's safety.

/We're searching now and so are Jou, Seto, Marik and Malik. Hurry and get inside before the wraith dragons start searching inside./ Yami said before cutting the connection. "Come on, Keara, we need to hurry and find a way inside the building. Ryou got captured and was taken further into the compound." Bakura explained and she nodded. Naurcorm looked around before spotting another vent and ran over to it. This vent was also too small for Crimson and herself to crawl in and let Keara down from her back.

Bakura jumped off Crimson's back and removed the grate before crawling inside, Keara following behind him.

Dartz continued to drag him until they were in a furnished room. He walked over to the bed before throwing Ryou onto the plush surface. "Hopefully you will like it better here. I think it's a good dynamic change from being in that cage, especially from a fall such as what you have to endure." Dartz remarked.

Ryou tried to climb of the bed but four Energy Drain whips shot up and wrapped around his arms and legs. He cried out as the whips drained his energy until he was motionless. Dartz smirked, ready to climb onto the bed as well until someone called through his communicator. "What is it?" he snapped, angry that someone interrupted him.

/Master Dartz, the Black Jewel dragon was seen outside the compound along with a few others! What should we do about them?/ Varon called. "Capture them before their riders come back. At the most they are somewhere in the building looking for the boy. Send out the wraith dragons to search for the riders."

/Alright./

"Bring Amelda with you as well, it may be a problem when it comes to the Black Jewel dragon so be careful." he warned and Varon agreed before cutting off the connection.

He turned back to Ryou. "Well, I guess our time was cut short but I will be back for you. Don't try to escape, not saying that you could in your state anyway." He claimed before he left the room, locking the door behind him. Ryou sighed, closing his eyes.

'Well, at least I was able to avoid that. Hopefully Yami and the others were able to free Diamond. I know this guy has something he wants to do with Diamond if he captured her.' Ryou thought before relaxing silently, hoping that Dartz won't come back before his friends can find him.

Diamond looked around and spotted wraith dragons swarming the halls. "Well we are in a jam now, the leader must've found out we're in here and is planning to catch us." She whispered. "Well, we can't leave Ryou here. Do you sense him anywhere?" Yugi asked. She sniffed around a bit before nodding. "Hold on." she said and they nodded as she started to run swiftly through the halls with help of her lv 3 red Thruster gear.

From outside, Aqua and the others gathered up together. "What are we going to do now? The wraith dragons are on alert now and the others are still inside." Ruby looked to him before nuzzling him under his chin, making the golden sphinx blush lightly. "We'll fight. We can take them down easily." Ruby murmured.

"Ruby's right, we have to make time until Yami and the others find Ryou and Diamond." Aqua spoke. They nodded and the wraith dragons spotted them. They started to make their way to them but Crimson stepped up, raising his torso and revealed a lv 7 turquoise Blinding gear. They turned as the blinding flash went off, disorienting the wraith dragons.

"Alright, let's take care of these wraith dragons!" Toben cried as they charged for the dragons.

Diamond stopped into front of a door. Yami jumped off her back and twisted the knob. "The door's locked. Is Ryou in here?" Yami asked and she nodded. "Ok, watch out." Diamond claimed. He moved out the way as she launched the mace ball from her lv 6 green Ramming gear. The door was knocked down and they walked inside.

"Oh no, Ryou!" Yugi said and ran over to the bed. Ryou opened his eyes and looked to him. "You guys…" he whispered, trying to get up but he was still drained of energy. "Yugi, help me. Help me before he comes back…"

"Don't worry, we got you." She murmured as she walked over and ripped the whips from his legs and arms.

Yami and Yugi helped him onto Diamond's riding gear before climbing on behind it before she left out once again. They were unaware of the camera that watched them.

The others met up with each other, keeping themselves hidden from the wraith dragons. "Did anybody find Ryou or Diamond anywhere?" Bakura asked. "No, not yet. Have you tried contacting him?" Marik asked. "No, the connection's being blocked. It might be best if we leave out here now before we get caught." Jou said. The others agreed and made their way back outside.

The last of the wraith dragons ran off after being hit with another mag burst and Aqua sighed. "Hopefully the others are alright." Aqua murmured. Wolfe lowered his head, hoping the same for his little rider. They looked up when they heard something and saw Diamond coming through an opened latch on the roof. She jumped down and landed in front of them.

"Oh, Diamond! You're ok!" Crimson gasped as he ran over to her. "Of course I'm fine. But Ryou's not. The white draconium energy he holds has been completely drained. Where are the others?" Diamond asked. "We're here and we need to hurry up. Two guys are making their way here with some high leveled trapping and dragon control gear. We need to get out of here now." Seto said as they came out from another vent.

They nodded and mounted on their own mounts and left out the compound quickly.

In the control room, Dartz was angry but didn't show it. "But at least now, I know all of the young boy's friends and they happen to have very rare breeds of beasts. We need to capture them if we are to get to the Black Jewel dragon." He surmised. "Raphael, Amelda, Varon. Go and look for the girl and tell her to get back to the compound. I have a little mission for her and she better not fail."

/Alright. We are on our way now./

'I want that white haired boy back to me. I wasn't done with him yet.'

Zypher: Well, this is an odd turn of events. But me being me, I will not let Dartz rape Ryou. Even if I did, I would die before I think about writing a rape scene. Anyways, will Yami and the others be able to keep away from Dartz long enough to think of a plan to stop him? Will Anzu succeed in capturing Aqua and getting rid of Yugi? (No -.-) Will Bakura lose the strong attitude and tell Ryou his feelings before something happens to him again? Will the other succeed to doing the same? Well, all these questions will be answered in the next chapter. Please review so we can get to that.

Note to Readers: If you want to know how the dragon gears look like, go to Dragon City for Dragon Booster then look in their link page for the official 2004 site for gear information