Jack was riding his duel runner down the highway when he saw the Dark Signs were surrounding the Arcadia Movement building. He turned in that direction and sped off. Meanwhile, Alex and Sayer's Shadow Duels were still going on.

Alex: 4000 LP

Misty: 3000 LP

Alex: It's my turn. I play the spell Dark Fusion, so I combine my Evil Heroes Voltage and my Stone Guardian to bring out my Evil HERO Lightning Golem.

Level 6/Light/Fiend

ATK 2400/DEF 1500

Alex: And now, since my Castle Gate is still activate, I can draw 1 card.

Misty: Shame your Golem won't be able to destroy my monster.

Alex: I wouldn't be so sure of that.

Misty: And why would that be?

Alex: Because due to his special ability, once each turn, he can destroy any monster on the field.

Misty: Say what?

Alex: Lightning Golem, destroy her monster with Voltic Ball!

Lightning Golem did as ordered and vaporized Reptilianne Gorgon.

Misty: I play the trap Destruction Retribution. Since you destroyed my monster by a card effect, you take damage equal to the amount of attack points the monster had when it was destroyed, and one of your monsters with attack less than or equal to that damage is destroyed.

Two beams of light shot from her trap, one hitting Inferno Wing and destroying her, while the other hit Alex, making him wince in pain.

Alex: 2500 LP

Akiza: Are you okay Alex?

Alex: I'm okay, but Misty won't be. With your monster gone, you're wide open. Lightning Golem, attack with Dark Lightning!

Lightning Golem raised his hand and launched a black thunderbolt at Misty, taking away most of her life points.

Misty: 600 LP

Alex: And due to your Colosseum card, I gain 300 life points.

Alex: 2800 LP

Misty: You know, you and Akiza are one and the same. You both only destroy everything around you. Neither of you care about anyone but yourselves.

Alex: That's not true. Akiza is a good person!

Misty: Do either of you even care about the people you scared during the tournament? And you Alex. You went ballistic in your duel with the professor and left him in critical condition.

Alex: That wasn't my fault. I wasn't in control of myself.

Misty: Right, that alleged "split personality" you developed called Alastor. Is that even true, or is it just you hiding behind a mask to hurt people without repercussions to yourself?

Alex: I would never hurt someone like that. Alastor was born from my torment over the way people treated me when I first got my powers.

Misty: But deep down you wanted to lash out at others, but you just kept quiet to protect your family's image until you snapped.

Alex: N-no. That's not true. Is Misty right? Was Alastor even real, or just some persona I came up with to take my anger out on innocent people?

Akiza: Don't listen to her Alex!

Alex: But what if she's right? What if I've just been pretending to be someone else to make myself feel better about my outbursts?

Akiza: Alex, I know it's not true. You are the kindest, most gentle person I've ever met. I know you could never do something like that to anyone, no matter what they did to you.

Alex: Thank you Akiza. You tried to make us think we've done nothing but cause harm to people, but you're taking your anger out on people who did nothing to you.

Misty: You two can keep lying to yourselves thinking you're good people, but I know the truth, and once I beat you, I'll make you see it.

Alex: I end my turn, it's your move Misty. A little bit more and this duel will be over.

Misty: I draw. And I play the spell Reptilianne Spawn. By banishing a Reptilianne monster in my graveyard, I can summon two Reptilianne tokens to my field.

Level 1/Earth/Reptile

ATK & DEF 0

Alex: Two tokens? You're about to-

Misty: That's right, summon my Earthbound Immortal.

?: Alex!

Alex looked down at the lower floors and saw his parents.

Alex: Mom? Dad?

Alexis: Hang on Alex, we're coming!

Alex: You need to run!

Misty: I'm afraid it's too late for them. I sacrifice both my tokens to summon Earthbound Immortal Ccaryhua!

Alex: Don't!

A relic just like the one from when Kalin summoned his Earthbound Immortal appeared outside, before absorbing the souls of everyone nearby, including Alex's parents. He could only watch helplessly as his parents dissolved into light and flew outside to be absorbed by the artifact. Alex fell to his knees and yelled out in anguish before he started crying.

Akiza: Alex!

Misty's Earthbound Immortal then emerged from its prison outside the building.

Level 10/Dark/Reptile

ATK 2800/DEF 1800

Meanwhile, things were going poorly for Sayer as well.

Sayer: 1800 LP

Carly: 4000 LP

Sayer: I draw. If I don't turn this duel around, I'm done for. She said her field spell activates when we normal summon a monster, so if I special summon a monster, it'll stay on my field. I play the continuous spell Teleport. Once each turn, if I control no monsters but you do, I can pay 800 life points to special summon a psychic type monster from my hand, so I give up 800 life points to summon my Storm Caller.

Level 6/Wind/Psychic

ATK 2300/DEF 2000

Sayer: 1000 LP

Carly: So you figured out my field spell's weakness.

Sayer: That's right, and now I play the Premature Burial equip spell. By paying 800 life points, I can bring a monster back from my graveyard and equip it with this card, so I'm bringing back my Magical Android.

Level 5/Light/Psychic

ATK 2400/DEF 1700

Sayer: 200 LP

Sayer: Now Storm Caller, attack Fortune Lady Fire!

Carly: I play the trap card Slip of Fortune. This will negate your attack and remove my monster from play until my next standby phase.

Sayer: But now that your monster's gone, you're wide open. Magical Android, attack directly!

Magical Android raised her staff and shot a ball of green energy at Carly.

Carly: 1600 LP

Sayer: Now I normal summon my Psychic Commander.

Level 3/Earth/Psychic

ATK 1400/DEF 800

Carly: And now the effect of Future Vision activates, so he's removed from the game until your next turn, assuming you get another turn.

Sayer: I end my turn, which means the effect of Magical Android activates, so since I control two psychic type monsters, I gain 1200 life points.

Sayer: 1400 LP

Sayer: Alright, now our life points are about even. If I can survive Carly's next turn, I'll be able to summon my Thought Ruler Archfiend and win the duel.

Carly: It's the end of the line Sayer. I draw. And now my monsters return to my field, and since it's my standby phase, their levels each increase by one. And now I sacrifice my monsters in order to summon my most powerful monster!

Sayer: What?

Carly: I summon Earthbound Immortal Aslla Piscu!

Level 10/Dark/Winged Beast

ATK & DEF 2500

Sayer: But if you normal summon a monster, Future Vision will remove it from play until your next turn, so you won't be able to do anything with it.

Carly: That's what you think. When Earthbound Immortal Aslla Piscu leaves the field, all your monsters are destroyed, and for every monster destroyed by this effect, you lose 800 life points.

Sayer: But then that means,

Carly: That you lose. Aslla Piscu, send Sayer to the Netherworld!

Sayer heard a screech and turned around to see the biggest monster he had ever seen in his entire life. Aslla Piscu rammed its beak into the building, setting off explosions on the floor where it struck, sending Sayer flying. He crashed though the wall and fell through the building. Akiza watched as he fell and screamed out for him.

Misty: And now it's your turn Alex. Ccaryhua, attack Alex directly!

Alex looked up to see Ccaryhua charging a black sphere of energy in its mouth.

Alex: I failed. Mom, Dad, I'm so sorry. I couldn't save you, and now I'm going to lose. How could this happen? What did I do to deserve this?

Ccaryhua's blast crashed into the building and sent Alex flying, but he barely managed to grab a hold of the railing.

Akiza: Alex, hang on! Grab my hand!

Alex: Why? My parents are gone. I don't have anything left to live for.

Akiza: That's not true! You have me. I care about you Alex.

Alex looked up at her one last time.

Alex: Thank you for everything Akiza. Tell everyone I'm sorry, and I'll miss them, and tell Luna to take care of Yubel for me.

He tossed Akiza the box with Yubel's deck in it.

Akiza: Alex don't let go! Grab my hand, I can pull you up!

Alex: You can't save someone who doesn't want to be saved. Goodbye Akiza.

Akiza: Alex!

She tried to grab him, but he let go and fell. She couldn't believe it, he was gone.

Misty: While I'd love to finish you now, I'm afraid we'll have to finish this another time.

The building started collapsing from the attacks from the Earthbound Immortals when Jack and Yusei showed up at the building. They drove their duel runners inside and called out for Akiza and Alex. While they were searching, Jack found Carly's glasses, except they were cracked and slightly broken. They then heard Akiza calling out. They ran to her voice and found her lying among the fallen debris.

Jack: Akiza, are you okay?

Yusei: Where's Alex?

Akiza: He's gone. He dueled a Dark Signer and lost. I tried to save him, but he fell off the railing.

Yusei: It can't be.

Jack: Come on, we have to leave before the building comes down on top of us!

He put Akiza on his duel runner and they managed to get out of the building before it collapsed. They managed to calm Akiza down enough for her to tell them what happened. Once she finished, Yusei and Jack couldn't believe what they heard.

Yusei: It's no wonder Alex gave up after what he saw that happen to his parents right in front of him.

Akiza: I know what it feels like to lose your parents.

Jack: What do you mean?

Akiza: I lost my parents when I was just a child, and I wasn't that much older than Alex was.

Yusei: I'm sorry that happened to you.

Once they finished talking, they decided to take Akiza to the hospital to make sure she was okay.

Yusei: The Dark Signers are gonna pay for everything they've done.

Jack: You've got that right. They're gonna regret the day they decided to mess with us and our friends.

Akiza: For Alex and everyone else whose lives been ruined by the Dark Signers, we will defeat them.

Little did they know that this wasn't the end of their young friend.

Hey everyone. So Alex lost his duel with Misty. And what do I mean by this isn't the end for him? I can't say yet, but just know that two more characters from GX are going to make an appearance soon. I hope everyone enjoyed the chapter and I'll see you in the next one.