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Yuki's POV
Our trip to the Satellite was already of to a bad start when the Dark Signers showed up, the and tried to duel Yusei, once more taking his friends as hostages and leaving him to either stop his friend or lose.
This spider man…he's their leader, a vile man who plays with people like he's some kind of king...this guy.
"When summoned Turbo Booster Cannon can destroy one monster on the field and deal damage to the owner equal to it's attack." The boy substitute said.
"Rally don't!" Yusei yelled.
That brat's gonna…
"I destroy Earthbound Immortal Uru!"
The blast from the rocket incinerated the giant pink and black spider and ended the duel, turning Yusei's little friend into the same black fog that had engulfed the island.
"Yusei!" Everyone ran over to him.
"That was certainly quite a show." The Spider Signer said as the other four Singers appeared behind him "But this is where the battle between Signers and Dark Singers reaches it's final act."
"Your battles will be decided by the stars of fate." A hooded man in a golden bordered cloak said.
"Fate?" Akiza asked.
"In others words you each have an opponent among them you're destined to face." Cleopatra told her.
"Still haven't conquered your fear of the Immortals Yusei?" Kalin laughed "There should be plenty of fear left, fear of me that is!"
"Oh I'm afraid alright…" Yusei stood up and glared at them "Afraid of what I might do from the rage I have!"
Everyone was staring them down, no one making a move at first.
"Little one." The man with the gold cloak held up a card "Were you looking for this?"
"That's-!" Luna gasped "Ancient Fairy Dragon!"
"If you wish to retrieve it then face me in battle." He smirked "I won't run or hide, I am Devack, Dark Signer of the Monkey!"
So that's Luna's opponent…can she really stand up to someone like that?
"Well then, let us meet at the fated places." The man in red said turning away and vanishing into the fog.
"Get back here!" Yusei ran after him "We'll settle this now!"
"Don't be hasty, the stage at which we settle this has already been set." His voice said "I don't care fight me now!"
"Yusei stop it!" I grabbed him "You just had a tough duel and now you're trying to take on five people at once, you've yet to defeat a single Earthbound Immortal don't be an idiot!"
Later
We fell back to the orphanage to regroup and figure out where everyone was supposed to be going and doing.
"We still have a major issue." Cleopatra said "The Fifth Signer."
"I know." I sighed ignoring her "And the only way to free everyone that's been taken is to defeat them all."
"How do you know that will even work?" Jack asked.
"I don't." I told him "But right now we all need a little hope, so I'm gonna hope it's true…I've helped save an Ancient Pharaoh, fought a Vampire, got my soul stolen and have met Gods…"
I looked out the window at the dark sky.
"But this is the worst I've ever seen it get." I looked up "Have they really forsaken us?"
"The world rests on the brink of near destruction." Cleopatra cut in "For now, let's all believe just a little. Yuki and I were assigned this task, and we will not fail, we will save the world!"
"The issue now is where are you supposed to meet them?" Blister asked "They talked about the Stars of Fate a lot."
"They must be referring to the controllers for Ener-D." Mina said "There were four of them before the incident which shut the reactors down…they each had a code name, Ccapac Apu, Ccarayhua, Aslla Piscu and Cusillu."
"The Giant, the Lizard, the Hummingbird and the Monkey." Cleopatra explained.
"But what about the Spider?" Luna asked.
"The Main Reactor was designated as Uru." Mina said.
"The Spider Mark." I nodded.
"To seal Ener-D again the four controllers must be activated and the main reactor sealed again." Mina told us.
"Which means the Spider man from earlier was the leader." I nodded "Roman…"
"So, he's the final boss." Blister sighed "You have to stop the henchmen first."
"The cards you have, save Ancient Fairy Dragon which is in enemy hands, are the keys to the seals." Mina told them "You'll need to defeat the Dark Signers and turn off the machines. I was told Director Goodwin was given those cards by Doctor Fudo."
"My father?" Yusei asked "So then he was the one that-."
"No." Mina shook her head "He tried to stop it but that's all I know. The cards were set free and just happened to find their way to the four of you."
"Fate again." I sighed.
"This is the end of the line, it's all on you guys now." Cleopatra said "If you lose…it's game over for now just us but the whole world."
Mina grabbed a map and marked it.
"These are the four controllers." She said "Giant, Monkey, Hummingbird and Lizard."
"Should we go to them in order or something?" Officer Trudge asked.
"There's no time for that especially since these are one on one duels." Cleopatra said "We'll have to split up, everyone will take a reactor."
"I'll go to mine by myself." Jack said "There's no reason to stick together."
"But we just united." Luna frowned.
"Don't worry." Yusei smiled and took his gloves off "We're connected by are marks, so we'll be together even if we're apart."
"So then who's going where?" Trudge asked.
"I'll take the Giant Reactor." Yusei said "Kalin will be there, waiting for me."
"Misty is the Lizard." Akiza nodded "So that's where I'll go."
"Devack has Ancient Fairy Dragon." Luna nodded "He's the monkey so…I have to fight him!"
"I'll be there cheering you on!" Leo yelled.
"Then the Hummingbird…" Jack nodded "I'll handle it."
"That just leaves one problem." Cleopatra said pointing at the center "Someone has to stop the main reactor."
"Can we really just hope the Fifth Signer shows up?" Akiza asked.
"The Fifth Signer isn't coming." I told her.
"How can you be sure." She asked.
"He's…just not." I lowered my eyes"…We'll do it, Cleo and I will go to the Spider Reactor."
"But-."
"Signer or not worst case I'll stall for time, don't worry." I held up my ringed hand "The Gods will protect me, I know they will."
"Trudge!" Cleo took over "You take Leo and Luna."
"…right." He nodded.
"I will go with Akiza." Mina nodded "Jack, Yusei and Yuki can all take their own Duel Runners."
"I'll stay here and hold down the fort." Blister said.
"Alright, we head out first thing in the morning!" Yusei said.
Later
I was up in bed most of the night staring at the ceiling.
"Cleo…do you really think the world is on the brink of doomsday?" I asked.
"I'm not sure." She sighed.
"Why won't the Gods stop it?" I asked.
"You know them, they've created a thousand worlds and hundreds of dimensions." She sighed "They've probably seen countless worlds gets destroyed, it's probably a lot for them to bear but they're hands off, once they set a world spinning they rarely ever interfere again."
"Okay." I fixed my hair "We should go."
I fired up my Crawled and waited outside with the others.
"What's wrong Luna, are you nervous?" I asked.
"I…" she was shivering "I'm scared."
"Don't be." I put my hands on her shoulder "These last few weeks…you've grown so much, you're becoming a wonderful young lady, I'm so proud of you."
"Yuki I…" she was crying a bit "You said you would be there…"
"We might not be there with you but we'll be right here." Cleo held her hand "…here take this."
"One of your rings?" she looked down in her hand
"That's the ring from the Goddess of Happiness." I smiled "With this you'll have a God watching over you, one that will remind you to always smile, so even if you get scared and we're not there, just smile and think of us."
"Come on Luna let's go!" Leo yelled running up.
"Leo…Luna." I walked up to them.
"Yuki!" they both hugged me.
"Be careful okay." I smiled at them, kneeling down to look them in the eye "You can do this, just please don't get hurt."
I held them close.
"If something happens I want you to know…" I swallowed hard.
"Don't say that." Luna hugged me tighter.
"We'll be okay." Leo tried to reassure me.
"We love you both very much." Cleo and I smiled at them.
The hugged my again as they got back in the truck.
"Trudge." I got back on my ATV "I'm trusting those two to you."
"If anything happens to them." Cleopatra took over and glared.
"Don't worry." He looked forward "I've got this."
"You two be good." I said "Look after each other."
"From here on it's your own skills that will decide things." Jack said.
"These are going to be tough battles." Yusei said "But just remember we're all connected together, don't give up!"
Everyone sped off in their own direction.
"Don't worry…she'll be fine." Cleo told me.
"I know, she's stronger than she thinks." I smiled.
I jumped my ride over some rubble and arrived at a hole in the ground.
"Here it is." I parked.
"Down into a pit of hell." Cleopatra said.
"Sounds like the average Monday for us." I smiled.
I walked down a long wiring flight of stairs and once at the bottom I came to a massive bridge, Roman standing on the other side.
"I have a feeling the Gods of Light would send someone." He said.
"I'm not here to play games." I engaged my disk "Your name is Roman Goodwin, Older Brother of Rex Goodwin, you are responsible for the Ener-D disaster and you're also the fifth Signer. After being infected with the Mark of Uru you cut off your own hand and Birthmark, the Head of the Dragon, you gave that arm to Director Goodwin before triggering the Zero Reverse incident and killing yourself to birth the return of the first Earthbound Immortal, Uru…did I miss anything?"
"How did you-?" he looked back.
"I read you mind when you were dueling Yusei." I told him "What I really what to know is why Rex kept saying the Fifth Signer would be coming when we needed him since he knew it was you and you weren't helping…I guess I'll just have to duel the answer out of you."
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