Alex: I'll see you guys around.

Yusei: You're not coming with us?

Alex: No. My fight is with Roman, and following you to the tower would just cost me time. Good luck Yusei.

Yusei: I understand, be careful.

Alex nodded and drove off.

Luna: I hope Alex will be okay.

Yusei: I'm sure he'll be fine. He and I both have a score to settle.

Meanwhile in one of the abandoned streets of the Satellite, Crow's duel runner was laying on its side next to an old fridge. Suddenly, it opened and Crow walked out of it before collapsing in the street. He tried to figure out where he was when he remembered driving away from a cloud of black smoke. He stood up and managed to right his duel runner before mounting it and driving off. He drove down the streets and didn't see anyone.

Crow: Everyone's gone. Oh no, I've gotta check on my nest. I hope everyone is okay. Come on, faster!

He arrived back and checked the place.

Crow: Anyone here? Say something. It's me, Crow. Stop messing around and come out, no more hide and seek.

After searching for a few minutes, he realized they were all gone, but he also stumbled upon another realization.

Crow: The Dark Signers. They'll pay for this!

He looked up and saw the mark of the giant floating in the sky before mounting his duel runner and driving towards it. As Crow was driving, he saw a massive duel runner. Realizing it must be a Dark Signer, he jumped off a nearby ramp and landed in front of the runner, forcing the driver to stop.

?: Get out of my way!

Crow: Sorry pal, but you're not going anywhere. Wait a minute, I know you, you're Greiger. You're a Dark Signer? What are you after?

Greiger: I'm looking for Alex and Yusei.

Crow: Well, you've found Crow, and you're not going anywhere until we duel.

Greiger: You're challenging me? Get real, you're not a Signer.

Crow: Listen here. The only thing that matters here is that you're a Dark Signer, and I'm gonna make sure you pay for what you did, and the only currency I accept is bitter defeat.

Greiger: What are you talking about? I didn't do anything.

Crow: Don't try and play dumb with me. Your giant monster and freaky dark fog have taken everyone from Satellite, including the orphans I was taking care of.

Greiger: What?

Crow: They were just innocent kids! How could you do that to them? But then I guess that's just how you Dark Signers operate, but I can tell you this: Not anymore. I'm gonna stop you!

Greiger: You speak to me of vengeance. I am on my own path to revenge and it doesn't involve you. My fight is with Goodwin, but before I deal with him, I'm going to stomp his little puppets one by one.

Crow: Well I've got some news for you, if you wanna hurt my friends, you're gonna have to go through me.

Greiger: You don't get it. You're not a Signer, you aren't worthy of a battle with me.

Crow: You know, I had a feeling you jerks wouldn't accept my challenge, so I got a little insurance.

He pulled out a black device with a timer that began counting down from 5 minutes.

Greiger: And just what is that?

Crow: It's an electromagnetic pulse charge, and when it goes off, that duel runner of yours is history, and if you think you can get away in time, you haven't seen me ride.

Greiger: Huh, that's a bold move. Since you're so determined to destroy yourself, I guess I'll oblige you. Perhaps by dueling you, I can lure Yusei and Alex straight to me.

Greiger and Crow drove to another part of town where they could duel.

Greiger: This is a real shadow duel Crow. Once it starts, there's no going back, and when the final card is played, only one of us will walk away.

Crow: Well, you Dark Signers took everything I had, I'm already at a point of no return.

Greiger: Very well.

Crow: Oh, and one little thing. Let's do this for real, no autopilot, no restrictions. I've gotta protect myself. If he summons an Earthbound Immortal, I'll need to be able to out maneuver his attack so I don't crash like Alex did. You ready?

Greiger: I'll let this answer that for me.

The Speed World field spell activated and the whale geoglyph appeared, and Alex, Luna, Leo, Trudge, and Yusei all noticed it.

Alex: A whale symbol? That means there's a new Dark Signer. I should look into this.

Trudge: I don't remember Mina mentioning anything about a Dark Signer with a whale mark.

Yusei: That's because there wasn't one, which means they've turned someone new into a Dark Signer.

Luna: Yusei, my mark isn't glowing.

Leo: That means whoever is dueling isn't a Signer.

Luna: You don't think it's Alex do you?

?: The answer to that is no.

Luna looked to the other side to see Alex driving next to them.

Luna: Alex!

Leo: What are you doing here?

Alex: I saw the whale mark and decided to investigate.

Yusei: So if you're not dueling, and it's not a Signer dueling, then who is it?

Alex: I suggest we find out.

Back at the duel, Greiger and Crow were getting ready to start.

Crow: Since we're freestyling this duel, who about whoever passes the first corner gets the first turn?

Greiger: Fine by me.

Crow: You ready?

Greiger: I was born ready. How should we count down?

Crow: Here.

He tossed the device from earlier onto the street.

Crow: Relax, I lied earlier, that's just my alarm clock. We start when the timer hits 0, deal?

Greiger: You had me going there.

Crow: And you'll be going second once I hit that corner.

The timer hit 0 and they both took off.

Both: "Let's duel!"

Crow: 4000 LP

Greiger: 4000 LP

Crow: His runner has a lot more horsepower than mine, but I gotta remember: It's not how fast you drive, but how skillfully you arrive.

Greiger: What are you doing? Do you seriously think you beat me around the first corner? Let me show you what real speed looks like.

They approached the first corner, but due to the size of Greiger's runner, it skidded to the edge of the track.

Greiger: I've got you beat Crow.

Crow: Think again!

He sped up, passing Greiger and passing the corner first.

Greiger: You wanted me to take the turn as fast as I could didn't you?

Crow: Of course I did. With a big frame like that takin' a curve at that speed, I knew you'd slide out to the edge and leave an opening for me. My runner is smaller, which lets me maneuver better than you. And it looks like the first move is mine, I draw. And from my hand, I summon Blackwing Shura the Blue Flame.

Level 4/Dark/Winged Beast

ATK 1800/DEF 1200

Crow: Next I place one card face-down and end my turn.

Greiger: Then it's my move. First I summon Trap Reactor - Y FI from my hand in attack mode.

Level 4/Dark/Machine

ATK 800/DEF 1800

Greiger: And now I activate Diving Exploder's special ability. By sending it from my hand to the graveyard, the attack and defense of our monsters are switched this turn, which means your bird is about to be grounded Crow.

Shura: 1800-1200 ATK

Reactor: 800-1800 ATK

Crow: So you're saying going first got me nothing?

Greiger: Nothing but trouble. Now Trap Reactor, attack Shura the Blue Flame!

His monster launched a barrage of laser blasts at Crow's monster, destroying it and shaking Crow's runner a bit.

Crow: 3400 LP

Crow: Off to a wobbly start.

He started to regain his balance, but his duel runner hit a large rock in the street, getting knocked up into the air and off the duel track. As he was flying through the air, his mind drifted to the kids that were taken by the Dark Signers.

Crow: If I lose here, I'll let everyone down.

Hey everyone. I'm back and it's Crow's turn. I plan on uploading at least every Friday. I'm hopeful I can either get a replacement for my computer or get it fixed, but doing either of those is probably going to take some time. I do plan on uploading in the meantime, but I have to share this computer with 2 other people, one of whom spends almost all day on it, so while I'm going to try and keep my uploads regular, I can't make any promises. I hope you all enjoy the story, have a great day, and stay safe.