I was slowly pulled from the world of sleep by the smell of food. Rubbing the sleep out of my eyes, I rolled out of bed and stumbled downstairs.

As I reached the ladder, I overheard Dad talking with Bruno, "So how bad is your amnesia?"

"I feel like I'm close to something when I'm dueling or working on machines, but everything else is a complete blank. Speaking of machines, did you name Yusei after the gear?"

Dad chuckled, "Yeah. It fits her personality really well. She excels when she has friends around her, even more so if they all have a similar purpose."

Bruno sounded curious, "What do they have in common?"

"All of her friends want to become amazing duelists. Yusei helps them out."

I slid down the ladder, "We also don't like it when people talk about me when I'm not around."

Dad chuckled as he put some katsudon in a bowl, and Bruno stared at me as he paused eating. I looked at what he was eating as I sat down, "So you like ramen?"

He shrugged, "It was just the only thing that appealed to me."

While eating with one hand, I started organizing all of my engine designs so they would be easier to access. Before long, Bruno joined me at the computer and I started to explain to him my idea, "So I was thinking about making a Momentum engine for the runners. That way, once they are going they will be self sustaining because Momentum gains energy from duels. And with the way the three of us duel, we'll have enough left over energy to use our runners when we aren't dueling. It will also be stronger than the ones we have now, making it possible to go even faster than we do at this moment."

Bruno nodded, "But if you don't balance out the energy levels, the amount of power is practically useless."

"That's why I've been focusing on the energy output. If I could figure it out with an average engine, then it would be easier to understand in a more advanced engine."

Suddenly I became aware of someone wanting help behind me, and turned around to see all of the Signers (and Leo) watching the two of us, "What do you need help with?"

Aki held up her homework, "Physics."

Dad moved over to her, "Yusei is a little overwhelmed right now. The two of them are creating a new engine, which is going to take a long time. But I can help you with your homework, and Leo, if you want to try a new combo, it will do you good if you duel someone new. Crow, can you duel him?"

Everyone nodded, and I turned back to the computer, "So, if we…"


I leaned back and stretched, "Alright, we'll make the engine tomorrow. But we both need sleep."

Bruno nodded, and he headed upstairs while I started to turn off everything in the safest way to make sure that nothing that we had done today was going to disappear. Before I could turn off my favorite computer, Dad drifted in, "I need to check my email, can I use your computer so I don't bother Bruno?"

"Sure. I'll see you in the morning."

He hugged me, "Did you make a back-up?"

I waved the comment off, "I'll make it in the morning. Right now I can barely think straight."


Raised voices woke me up, and I rushed downstairs to see Bruno and my brothers gathered around the computers, "What's going on with my computers?"

Bruno looked upset, "They've both been completely wiped of all of their files. Someone destroyed everything, and it's possible that they took the engine program."

Jack grabbed him, "You must have done it! No one else knew about the program!"

Crow separated the two of them, "Come on, Jack! We're Satellites, so we know better than anyone that a criminal doesn't stay at the scene of the crime."

I nodded, "Not just that, but how would Bruno take the file? All he has is the clothes on the back, plus Dad and I keep our flash drives hidden. And someone would have had to come with their own program to clear my files."

Just then I looked upstairs, "They didn't crash Dad's computer, did they?"

All three of them shook their heads, and I calmed down a little, "At least I have some of my work left."

Jack turned to me, "Can you guys make the program again?"

Shaking my head, I flopped down in my chair, "No. That's like asking a pair of duelists to do the exact same duel all over again. It can never happen."

Crow sighed, "I can't find any fingerprints anywhere. They must have been wearing gloves."

Bruno suddenly walked over to the ramen station that Jack had set up, "One of the ramen cups is missing."

My wonderful blonde brother lost it, and started yelling at the top of his lungs, "First he ruins her computer, and then he eats one of my noodle cups?! If I find this guy, I am going to hurt him!"

While Jack ranted and raved, I watched Bruno reach into the nearby garbage with a pair of chopsticks, and pulled out a bit of plastic, "It has a fingerprint on it! Is there any way of checking who it belongs to?"

I spun around to face my computer, "Yeah, just put it on the scanner and then we can hack into Security's database."

Crow smirked, "Still hiding a few secrets from Security?"

A smile inched over my face, "I'm not going to tell any one person or group everything that I have up my sleeve."

Bruno sat down next to me, and started using my codes to get into Security's database, while I started bouncing the signal, "I'll make a web of trails to slow down their detection, but if we don't get past the firewalls fast enough, the two of you should get out of here."

Jack leaned against the wall, "I'll take as much blame as I can."

Crow smirked and joined Jack, "Going to jail won't be as much of an issue now. No kids to worry about, and all that."

Smiling, I turned back and became immersed in the computer, vaguely aware that something was happening at the computer.

"Four minutes left."

For some reason, Crow sat at the computer, and then was yanked out by Jack, who took his place at the monitor.

"Three minutes."

Quietly, I reached into the network, and made a few Security computers crash to slow down the search.

Jack and Crow were both away from the monitor, and Bruno sat down again.

"Two minutes."

Around the thirty second mark, the trail went cold, and I looked up to see all three staring at the other computer in shock.

On the screen was an all too familiar purple haired freak.

Lazar.

I placed my head down next to the computer, "Why would the Vice-President of Kaiba Corp want to steal a program that hasn't even been tested yet?"

Jack grunted, "Because everyone in New Domino is scared to death of you dueling skills. Whomever is his new boss probably doesn't want an even bigger threat."

Looking into both of my brothers' eyes, I sighed, "Our new 'friends' are also probably worried about all of us as a collective."

Crow rubbed the back of his neck, "That's a pretty good point."

Getting up from my chair, I stretched, "Might as well go down to Security. If he sends it through the computer, I won't have an issue getting it back. That means that Lazar is going to have to take it in person."

All three of them got all of their things together, and Bruno got on our spare runner that we had been using for testing engines.

"Let's go."


I leaned against the wall, and tried to ignore the stares of my brothers, "Staring at me makes it harder than if no one is watching."

Once they weren't watching me, I reached out, and searched for Lazar's personality. After a few minutes, I found a mischievous soul coming out of the building.

"Here he comes."

Opening my eyes, I was able to see the three of them looking around the corner, "There he is."

Climbing onto our runners, we started to slowly follow the car that Lazar was inside.

We were just out of sight of Security when I felt a brief moment of panic come from the car, then it changed direction and headed to the mall.

"He spotted us!"

Jack muttered a word that wasn't suitable for childrens' ears while we followed the car into the mall parking lot.

I pulled to a stop far away from the entrance to the mall, with the guys parking around me. Crow took off his helmet, "Why are we parking here?"

"Long story short, by parking here, it is a lot harder for him to know where we are coming from, or if we are following him."

Climbing off my runner, I started walking inside the mall. My army of gentlemen followed a couple steps behind me, and I fought back a smile, I feel so powerful right now.

As we entered the massive building, I stretched out mentally, carefully searching for Lazar's emotions. Blindly, I reached out and grabbed Crow's arm to steady me as I slowly guided us to our target.

Once we were close enough that I could likely see him, I opened my eyes, only to stifle another laugh. Bruno was the only one acting remotely normal. Jack was walking with his face pointed directly at the ground, not looking up for a second, while Crow was being very obvious about trying to sneak.

Sliding around a corner, I sighed in relief, "He's looking at the cup ramen. I think he'll be here for a while. Bring him to me-quietly."

Crow walked down the hall past him, while Jack walked up beside him like he wanted to look at the ramen as well.

Without any warning, both of them jumped on Lazar, and dragged him back to where Bruno and I were waiting, "Lazar, how kind of you to join us. Now what did you do with my engine program?"

He blinked, putting on a confused look, "What are you talking about?"

Jack grabbed his hair, "You ramen stealing liar! How dare you eat my ramen!"

A flicker of recognition went across his face, then it disappeared as he sweetly smiled at us, "I have no idea what you are talking about."

Suddenly there was a blur as he shot out of his clothes, while still somehow keeping them on, "Little bugger!"

The four of us rushed after him, weaving in and out of the foot traffic with varying degrees of success.

Bruno clearly had barely any experience moving through crowds, while Crow and I wove between people like a river running through a rocky bed.

As we rounded a corner, two versions of him came out of a store and ran away from us. Before I could stop the boys, they ran after the two.

Grabbing Bruno's shoulder, I muttered, "Those are machines. Not sure what type, but neither of them are human."

We hid around a corner, and waited for a few minutes.

Sure enough, Lazar walked past us and went straight outside without even a single look behind him, making it extremely easy for the two of us to follow him outside.

Bruno turned to me, "Shouldn't we tell your brothers what's going on?"

"My runner has a tracking beacon, if they need to find us they can. But we can't afford to wait."


A/N: Thanks to Nozomi Higurashi and an anonymous Guest for reviewing on the original version of this chapter.