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Yuki's POV
We had all received an invitation from Goodwin to come meet him and discuss more about the Signers, I barely trusted him as is but he had better information than I did, and I needed to know more if I wanted to help Luna. Our group consisted of the Four known Signers, Leo, Jack's assistant Mina and myself.
"Whoa this place is huge." Leo looked at the mansion.
The doors slowly opened and Goodwin stepped out, looking at sneaky as ever.
"Welcome, although it happened in a roundabout manner I'm pleased to be able to meet with all of you like this." He said.
"Hmm." Jack hummed "You're rotten to the core."
Seems I'm not alone in my distrust.
"Let's cut to the chase, what do you want?" I asked.
"I don't recall inviting you." He said.
"Where Luna goes we go." Cleopatra growled.
"I'm not going anywhere without Yuki and Leo." Luna hugged against my waist.
"Hmm…very well then." He sighed not bothering to fight me on it "This way please."
We were lead inside, then down an elevator and into the basement where Goodwin had a secret, ancient style room, from there we entered a very dark room where the only light was a red glow from the floor.
Suddenly it was like we had been transported to the past, floating over a sort of ziggurat surrounded by the image of the Crimson Dragon.
"How does this fit in a mansion?" I wondered.
"I sense that we are no longer occupying the space we did before." Cleopatra told me.
"This is the Symbol of the Signers that has passed down as legend from the People of the Stars." Goodwin told us. "You were all brought here as a result of the Crimson Dragon's will."
Luna was looking nervous "Everything that happened to me when I was little, seeing those spirits it was…"
"You are yourself." Cleopatra took over and placed a reassuring hand on her shoulder "Nothing decides your fate but you, not the gods, and especially not some dragon. Fate is not ironclad."
"But aren't there supposed to be five Signers?" Leo asked.
"You're short one." I said.
"The other one awakened long ago." He said "When you find yourself in great danger that person will appear."
"Why not just let us meet them now?" I blinked.
He's still hiding something…why wouldn't the most important Signer, the one with the mark of the head, be here?
"You will know in time." He said as the room flashed and we were now standing above the Nazca Lines "Thousands of years ago the Crimson Dragon sealed the Earthbound Immortals within the earth. Those seals are now referred to as the Nazca Lines. Recently though the Geoglyphs there have been vanishing. This is the doing of the Dark Signers."
"So that's what those Shadow Duelists are, like that guy from the parking garage the other day." I noted.
"Or that crazy woman in the Arcadia Building." Cleo added "They use Shadow Duels to make the damage real. Underworld Dueling…"
"Whenever a Dark Signer appears a Geoglyph will surely follow." Goodwin explained "Their arrival has put all of New Domino City…no all of the world in danger."
"I saw it, in the Satellite all those people were absorbed by that heart." Yusei said "Sacrifices!"
"Hmm…" Cleopatra hummed "Such dark beasts."
"It's safe to say they've exceeded my calculations." Goodwin sighed "The same thing happened in the city just the other day."
The image changed to the Arcadia Building with the giant lizard and bird.
"This is the other night." I said "That's the bird the Dark Signer summoned Assla Piscu."
"An Earthbound Immortal is a Dark Singer Gog summoned with human sacrifices." He explained.
"Well at the rate they're going unless we stop them half the city is gonna be gone by the end of the week." Cleopatra told me.
"The only people who can defeat them and save us from a world of darkness are you, the Signers." He explained.
"Who gives a damn about fate!" Jack yelled "I decide what I'll do!"
"There's just one last thing to ask." Yusei said "When I returned to the satellite a man I thought was dead, someone who used to be my friend appeared to me as a Dark Signer. Kalin Kessler, he was once on a team with Jack and I…he had horrifying powers. He sacrificed people of the Satellite to summon a horrifying monster, his Earthbound Immortal Ccapac Apu was unaffected by Magic or Traps and couldn't be targeted by monster attacks. Had the Duel not stopped due to my Runner malfunctioning I would have died. What I want to know is how, how did Kalin become a Dark Signer?"
"What even are Dark Signers anyway?" Jack demanded to know more.
"It would be better if you didn't know." Rex told him.
"Enough bullshit!" Cleopatra snapped "If you expect these kids to but their lives on the line you owe them all the answers you can give!"
"I need to know if there a way to return them to normal." Yusei asked.
"There is not." Goodwin stopped him mid question "There is no way to turn a Dark Signer back to their former self. They are the dead brought back to life, they have ceased to be of this world."
"Cleo?" I whispered.
"I'm not sure, perhaps defeating them could purge the darkness." She shrugged "But I've never seen anything quite on this level, they are by all accounts zombies possessed by a dark being's will…even Marik wasn't this bad."
"Someone who's dead can't come back to life." Jack spoke.
"No they can, you can't even comprehend things of the underworld." Cleopatra told them "It's a dark place filled with dark spirits, magics and evil, necromancy like this would be child's play there."
"Destiny is in motion, you should think hard about what you want to do." Goodwin said "However we are running out of time."
Later
"Luna." I met with the younger girl in the garden "Are you sure you want to do this, I won't stop you if you do but don't feel like you must."
"I'll be okay, I have to do this like I promised Ancient Fairy Dragon." She looked at her cards "And so that they don't destroy the city and hurt Leo…or you."
"You're a sweet girl Luna, don't worry I'll be right there with you." I rubbed her head.
"I know." She frowned.
"What's wrong?" I asked.
"It's Leo." She sighed "I'm worried he feels left out."
"I'm sure he does." I said "You're being tapped for a great destiny and he's stuck at home."
"I want to protect myself and not be a burden to him." She said "I just worry that it'll hurt him."
"We all have to move on and change the nature of our relationships sometimes." I said "it hurts but it's also important."
She smiled at me.
"It's okay to want to be yourself and still be protected." I hugged her "Leo, Cleopatra and I will be right there with you, so don't be afraid."
"Come look at this!" Mina called everyone over and opened her laptop.
On the screen was the Satellite, but it was engulfed in dark black smog.
"Well we know where to go next." I nodded.
AN
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