Loud voices echoed around the cement building, yanking me from the realm of dreams. Rolling over, I glanced at the window, "What's going on out there?"

My view out was blocked by Alex, "It looks like your big friend is being roughed up by the officers."

The speed at which I reached the window was nearly superhuman, though the view was chilling.

Tanner lay face first on the center platform, so still that it was hard to see him breathe. Giant Whale was standing over him, yelling at a volume that should have only been possible with a megaphone, "Y'all are all going into lockdown because I realised that I've been too soft on y'all. Tanner here had a deck, and attacked one of my officers when we took it from him. I wonder what you've all gotten away with?"

After sparing my teeth from grinding them together, I spoke up, "The deck wasn't exactly a secret. He dueled every new person that came into this place."

Beady eyes glared up at me, "And what are you implying?"

"That you use any power given to you to harm others."

He pretended to be shocked and offended, but he would need about 300 more acting lessons before it would start to be believable, "I am so hurt that a piece of garbage from Satellite thinks that I'm despicable. You should take that back before someone gets hurt."

Scoffing as I crossed my arms, I spoke in an even tone, "Even Satellites can have a moral compass, just like any good duelist does."

True offense was filling his face as he kept talking, "I'm a duelist, are you saying that I'm not a REAL duelist?"

"Yes."

Fury filled his face, "Then how about we duel to find out? If you win, Tanner gets off scot free. If not…"

"I will stay here for the rest of my life."

Alex's voice hissed in my ear as I continued to stare down the horrible man, "What are you doing?"

Giant Whale laughed so hard I could almost smell his foul breath, "And what about the old man? He also had a deck on him."

No way I'll let him mess with my friends, "He also gets off free if I win."

"You got yourself a deal, Satellite."


Exactly at 8:30 PM, I was escorted down to a platform that the majority of inmates could see with little to no effort, where Giant Whale was waiting. I calmly made eye contact with him as he laughed like a lunatic, "You need a deck to duel, Satellite, or did you forget that one minor detail."

Keeping the smile off my face was so ridiculously hard, "Which is why I have one."

Absolutely every guard looked floored as I held up my modge-podge deck of donated cards, "Most of the people here managed to keep one card when they were thrown in, and thanks to them donating their cards to me, I have enough for a full deck."

There were a couple veins on his face that were trying to pop, "Fine! Put on the duel disks!"

Loud clinks warned me of what I could barely comprehend: the duel disks were attached to chains bolted on the ground. My eyes looked up at my opponent, "Why the chain?"

No human being should be able to smile that coldly, "Let's just say that the results of this duel will be shocking."

My jaw attempted to crush my teeth, and I bit out, "I summon Great Phantom Thief in defense mode and then end my turn."

Great Phantom Thief - 1000

His laugh was more grating on the nerves than literally anything I had experienced before, "I start my turn by summoning Iron Chain Repairman in attack mode. Take out that pathetic ghost!"

Iron Chain Repairman - 1600

It was kinda cool to see the way his monster attacked, but I didn't like it when my monster was destroyed. He kept laughing, "His special ability kids in, whenever he defeats a monster, you take 300 points of damage."

Life Points Yusei=3700

My vision went white as searing pain shot up and down my body, dropping me to the floor like a sack of flour. As my body came back into control, Giant Whale's laugh bounced around in my head, "It seems like I neglected to mention the fact that these chains help you to be aware of exactly how many life points you have lost."

Pushing off the ground, and staggering to my feet, I watched him place two facedowns.

I blinked a couple times to make sure that my vision was clear before starting my turn, "I summon Kickman in attack mode."

Kickman - 1300

"Next I equip him with the spell card Stim-Pack, which gives him an additional 700 attack points."

Kickman - 2000

By the time I had everything set up, the muscle spasms had calmed down, "Attack his Iron Chain Repairman!"

Yet again I was forced to see him smile smugly, "I activate Soul Anchor, which makes my monster indestructible in battle."

One of my eyebrows rose up, "So? You still take damage."

Life Points Armstrong=3600

His scream sounded off, but it was quickly revealed why as he started to laugh, "Oh, no. It seems that my duel disk's electric current is not functioning!"

Voices came out of the cells:

"Dirty rotten cheat!"

"Quit the duel!"

"Beat the crooked cop!"

Ignoring the voices, Giant Whale continued, "I summon Iron Chain Snake in attack mode."

Iron Chain Snake - 800

"And then I activate his special ability, which equips him to your monster, and takes away 800 of his points."

Kickman got wrapped up like a kitten in a ball of yarn before I could even process the sentence.

Kickman - 1200

Bracing myself, I waited for the next inevitable sentence, "Repairman, attack!"

Life Points Yusei=3300

Once again, pain filled my body as I hit the ground, barely able to hear the next sentence, "And his effect takes another 300 points."

Life Points Yusei=3000

My vision swirled around as I brought myself back from the brink of unconsciousness. Don't let them down, they are all depending on you.

Pushing myself back to my feet, I ignored his laughter, "When a monster than Iron Chain Snake is equipped to is destroyed, you have to send one card to the graveyard for every level that monster had. He was a level three, so say goodbye to three of your cards."

No muscle in my body wanted to move, but somehow I managed to send my cards to the graveyard. Internally, I was grateful that my face was too tired to smile, He doesn't know what he's doing.

Scanning the cards in my hand, I plotted my next move, "I play the spell Nightmare Steel Cage. No monsters can declare battle on anything on my side of the field. The only downside is that I cannot summon any monsters until the spell ends."

I quietly placed Call of the Haunted facedown on my field before ending my turn.

He eyed the cage around me, "Well, I guess that you can't stand being away from the bars! I summon Iron Chain Snake from my hand, and then I use Iron Chain Repairman's special ability to bring a level four or below Chain monster back from the graveyard, so I summon my other Iron Chain Snake."

Iron Chain Snake-800

Iron Chain Snake-800

"Then I activate two spells: Poison Chain and Paralyzing Chain. Poison Chain makes it so that for every turn I don't battle, you send an amount of cards to the graveyard equal to the total level of my field. My total level right now is ten."

I sent the cards willingly, hoping that my grimace looked real. Once I did that, he kept talking, "And whenever you send cards from the deck to the graveyard you take 300 points of damage."

Life Points Yusei=2700

Oh boy. I curled up as my life points dropped, trying to not scream, which was harder each time. I stood back up, "I place three cards facedown and..."

Giant Whale interrupted me, "I activate Psychic Cyclone. I choose if a card is a trap or a spell, and if I'm right, I get to draw a card and yours is destroyed."

He pointed at Dust Tornado, "I say that one is a trap."

For a second shock registered through my system, before it clicked, This is his home turf, and a jail no less. There has to be countless cameras, which are doubtless pointed at me right now. Well, at least that will be good for Alex to escape.

I sighed, "Then I guess I will place another card facedown."

A smile revealed his unnaturally straight teeth, "I summon Iron Chain Blaster in attack mode."

Iron Chain Blaster-1100

"And then Poison Chain makes you discard 12 cards."

My cards had barely gotten into the graveyard when he spoke again, "And then of course I use Paralyzing Chain."

Life Points Yusei=2400

Once again, I ended up on the ground, slowly catching my breath. I looked up just in time for him to continue, "I activate Blaster's special ability. I send one of my snakes to the graveyard in order to dent your life points."

Life Points Yusei=1600

My cage dissolved, and I was having difficulty getting up, and staying up. My hands shook as I drew the next card, the lights plummeting off before I could even look at it.

Now's my chance!

Despite my shaking fingers, I managed to switch two of my facedowns, and slid Rubble King up my sleeve. Before I could do anything else, the lights kicked back on. Giant Whale was whispering to his coat collar, which was likely connected to how he knew what card was where.

The lights going out was probably Alex's friends helping him get out of here. Wish I could have gone with him.

Clearing my throat, I started my turn, "I activate my spell, Jar of Greed, which lets me draw one more card. Then I use Call of the Haunted to bring Kickman back from the graveyard."

Kickman-1300

"His special ability lets him use any equip card in my graveyard, which is pretty full right now. I choose Axe of Despair, which adds 1000 points to his attack points."

Kickman-2300

Looking at my hand, I placed another card down, "Then I summon Exiled Force in attack mode."

Exiled Force-1000

"Now take out Iron Chain Snake."

Life Points Armstrong=2100

I watched in joy as he got the same punishment that I did. And to add to my joy, I could still attack. I smiled, "Exiled Force, take out the other snake!"

"Wait, no! There's a glitch in my dueldi-"

I watched in well hidden joy as his points dropped further as he squirmed in pain.

The intercom turned on, "We found someone in the mechanical room. We are bringing him to you right now."

A group of guards brought Alex toward us as Giant Whale stumbled to his feet. The Whale pointed at Alex, "How did you get out of your cell?"

One of the guards saluted him, "A hole under his bed."

The two were talking about something when Alex spoke up with pride, "I turned it on. I doubt they know how I did it, so they can't turn it off without ending the duel."

I nodded at Alex and turned to the big guy, "If I win he also gets off without a punishment."

He glared at me, "As if a piece of garbage like you would ever win this duel."

All of the inmates started cheering my name as I continued the duel, "Due to Exiled Force's special ability, I can send them to the graveyard in order to destroy a monster on your side of the field. I choose Repairman."

I watched as it disappeared, and as he got madder and madder. He drew his next card, "I play Reload, which allows me to put my hand back into the deck, which is shuffled. Then I get to draw the same amount of cards. Next I play Mystical Space Typhoon, and I'll use it to destroy the card on the...left!"

It is really hard to not smile when someone doesn't realize that they've been tricked. I watched in humor as he freaked out that it wasn't the right card, "Oh, you mean this card?"

Battle Mania flipped up, and his anger shot higher than the heavens. His voice rose even louder than his ego, "You think that's funny, huh? I'll show you something that is funny! I summon Iron Coil, and use it to tune my Blaster to summon Iron Chain Dragon!"

Iron Chain Dragon-2500

Great. Just what I didn't want. He continued, "For every 'Iron Chain' monster I removed from play form the graveyard he gains 200 attack points. I remove all five from play to give him an extra 1000 points."

Iron Chain Dragon-3500

I braced myself for the attack and watched as my Kickman was destroyed.

Life Points Yusei=400

The pain is definitely getting worse each time. If this goes on much longer I'm going to pass out. I could barely hear Giant Whale talk about how I had to send three cards to the graveyard. I sent them away, and once again braced myself for the effect of Paralyzing Chain.

Life Points Yusei=100

My body hit the ground again, and I gasped for breath, secretly proud of myself for not screaming at some point during this duel. I staggered to my feet and drew my last card.

He started laughing like a maniac, "This duel is over! You have only one card left and 100 life points."

I interrupted him, "You are right in a way, because you are about to lose."

A simple flick of my wrist revealed Rubble King, which I promptly held out to show him, "Once I realized that you were spying on my hand, I took the first opportunity to hide the card crucial to my plan from your cameras. I summon Rubble King to the field in attack mode."

Rubble King-0

I summoned Rubble King, "If Rubble King is on my field when I have thirty or more cards in my graveyard, I can activate a spell directly from my hand. The only one I have left is Blasting the Ruins which can only activate also if I have 30 or more cards in my graveyard, thank you so very much, you take damage equal to each card times ten. So in other words, the least amount of damage that you could take in this scenario is 3000. And you were saying that my mismatched deck is useless?"

Rocks appeared around me, then launched towards Armstrong, who collapsed from the shocks.

Life Points Armstrong=0 Defeat!

He pushed himself up, yelling at the top of his lungs, "Arrest both of them!"

I glared at him, but before I could say anything, a voice interrupted, "You are fired Mr. Armstrong. Vacate the premises within the hour."

My eyes snapped up to see the director standing on a walkway, glaring at the fallen man in front of me. Giant Whale must have overstepped his boundaries on this duel.

Armstrong got dragged away by guards screaming as the Director walked away. Every door burst open, letting all of my fellow inmates swarm me.

I passed out the cards to their respective owners, as I repeatedly got slapped on the back in congratulations. By the time Tanner and Yunagi got to me, my back was killing me.

"Great job, Yusei."

Rolling my shoulders, I chuckled, "The only hard thing about the duel was the pain from the shocks. Other than that, it wasn't the worst duel I've been in."

"Why does that not surprise me?"


A/N: Thank you to PipeDream and Let's-Go-To-Vermont for reviewing the first version of this chapter!