"Hello, please do come in, Kyoko." Rudger says, finally opening the door after a minute. "I hear you have been learning a little more about everyone's history here, which I'm guessing means that you are here to do the same to me. Would that be correct?" I wonder how he knew what I had been up to, but I just decided that all the Dark Signers must be connected in some way. If not, he probably had some kind of special power to help him figure it out. I just give him a nod yes, so that he knows that's why I'm here. "Well, I guess I can tell you a little about myself, but I'm sure you already know how I died. After all, your father and I were very close. I died the same time as him, with the failure of the Moment device." Rudger raises his hand, jestering to the area we are in. The home of the exact Moment device he was talking about.
"I know my father worked on the Old Moment, but I never knew how much he worked on it or that he was so close to you. Do you think you could tell me a little bit more about him?"
"I don't want to tell you too much, child. I need your rage right now to fight the Signers, but I will make a deal with you. When we finish taking down the five Signers, then I'll give you any information you want about your father. For now, I will just say that he was very involved in the Moment's development. So much that he worked alongside Dr. Fudo, Rex, and I." My Father worked directly with Yusei's father. This is all news to me, maybe the plan my father had for the Moment weren't just blueprints but his own designs. This definitely explains where my family's money came from. The most surprising this is that my father worked with Dr. Fudo, that means that even if the Zero Reverse didn't happen, I still would have grown up alongside Yusei. We were always meant to be friends as kids then, but maybe Yusei and Kyoko in that timeline would still be friends instead of battling on opposite sides. If I would have known Yusei, I wonder if I would have known Jack as well.
"Why did you become a Dark Signer after the Zero Reverse? Who do you want to get revenge on?"
"I was destined for darkness, my child. The gods choose me as the first Dark Signer to return. Though it most likely came from my jealousy. Jealousy is the worst kind of rage a person can have, it makes you into more a monster than anything else."
"Who were you jealous of?"
"I think it's best if you didn't know, child. If I do, then your rage might be turned towards me, and we can't have that. What I can say is that neither of the people I originally wanted revenge on are not around anymore. But I still have an outlet for my revenge. I will only be able to take my revenge on one of them. They both thought it was a bad idea to continue the work that we had started together, everyone took their side. I was jealous and filled with anger. I was going to continue doing what I wanted, with or without them. But in doing so, I was the catalyst for my own life ending, I'm afraid." I tried not to think too far into what Rudger was saying, but that makes me wonder if the people he is talking about are Dr. Fudo and my father. If so, then that means he is the one to blame for my Father's death, the outbreak of psychic's, and my Mother's death. That must mean that Yusei and I are the people he's after, and like he said, he can only get his revenge on one of us. If I wasn't a Dark Signer, I would be good and gone at the hands of Rudger, just like Yusei will be. No. I can't let myself think of this. So, I decide to ask Rudger one final question.
"Do you regret anything about becoming a Dark Signer and dying when you did?"
"I regret having to leave my son behind. The fact Jack had to grow up without a father will always haunt me, but my feelings towards my boy are not going to stand in the way of what I have to do as a Dark Signer." Wait, Jack? It can't be, is Jack Atlas Rudger's son? I stop to think of picture I saw of Rudger when he was alive. Tall, blond spiky hair, and similar face structure. These are the traits that Rudger and Jack share. Plus, Jack was sent to the same orphanage as Dr. Fudo's son. It all makes sense, my instinct is to run and tell Jack, but it's all too late for that now. It won't make a difference to his life after I kill him.
"Jack Atlas is your son?"
"Jack Godwin, but yes, they are the same person. Even if I may regret leaving him, he's grown up just fine without me around. Though that will all be ending soon and I imagine you will be the one to bring him to that end."
"You are correct, just like you will be bring Yusei Fudo to an end." Rudger gives me a large smile.
"I'm glad you were able to figure it out on your own, my dear. Now get some rest or something, for tomorrow our battle with the Signer's begins." I bow goodnight to Rudger and head for my room. I lay in the cold empty bed staring at the ceiling, it's hard to sleep knowing my body doesn't rely on it anymore. I decide to get up and go for one last ride around the Satellite I once knew, because after tomorrow, there might not be anything left of it.
It's dark outside but there's no wind tonight. The air around me is still and quiet, a full moon lights up the night sky. It normally wouldn't be safe for someone to drive around the B.A.D. area at night, but not for me. I have no reason to be afraid anymore. These are mere humans and I have the powers of a God. This is who I'm truly meant to be. I'm enjoying my last ride around the Satellite until two D-Wheels begin to follow me in the distance. I speed up to try and lose them, but it's no good. I look back. It's Dmitri, Kai, Lorenzo, Kamila, and Freya. Dmitri and Kai are sharing his D-Wheel that now has a small blue side cart attached to it. The cart contains Lorenzo with a helmet hanging on for dear life. The other is driven by Freya as Kamila sits behind her. Freya is catching up to me. I take a sharp right. Freya doesn't make the turn but Dmitri does. They are following me, I try to shake them off but they just keep appearing. Then, I turn right down a long street, I look back and don't see them. I finally did it, or so I think. Freya's D-Wheel turns onto the street from the direction I'm heading. She quickly turns, cutting off the street. I make a sharp U-turn and head back in the direction I came, but am cut short again as Dmitri pulls into the street cutting me off. I look back Kamila and Freya are off the D-Wheel and approaching me. Dmitri and everyone are getting off their D-Wheel also. Fine. If they are going to be like this, then I'll duel every last one of them if that's what it takes. I don't care if they used to be my friends.
"Kyoko, what the hell do you think you are doing in the Satellite and why do you look like that?" Dmitri shouts as he approaches me. I'm off my D-Wheel now and loading my cards into my duel disk.
"What the hell do you think you are doing, coming here to the Satellite? You have no idea what's going on. So, unless you want to die, I suggest you get out of here!"
"We are here to bring you home with us! You abandoned us and didn't even tell us why! We just want to know what the fuck is going on, Kyoko!"
"If you want to know why, then you are going to have to duel me!" I yell raising my duel disk at Dmitri. They have all formed a circle around me now.
"Fine. If a duel is what you want, then I duel is what you will get. If I win you are going to come home with us!" Dmitri loads his duel disk. "Get inside that building, you guys!" Dmitri shouts at everyone else and points to one of the open doorways of one of rundown buildings surrounding us, they slowly back away into the building.
"Haha, you won't be able to beat me! I have new powers now, you are going to die, Demetrius!" Dmitri give me a bad look, I can't tell if its from using his full name or the threat I have given him.
"Bring it on, Kyoko!" He raises his duel disk, ready to duel.
"Fine, but it's your funeral!" I raise my hands, my Dark Signer mark on my arm begins to glow, and a strong wind fills the street we are standing in. Purple flames rises miles behind us, it runs down the streets of the Satellite, forming the lines of the Heron that also resides on my arm. The fire begins to travel down the the lines begin to travel down both sides of the street we are standing in. Before the lines get half way down the street, I see Kamila step out of the building running towards Dmitri.
"Kamila!" Everyone standing to the side is screaming her name. She shoves Dmitri and he stumbles into the doorway of the building across from everyone else.
"No! Kamila, why?" Dmitri shouts to her, his eyes look up at her terrified from where he fell on the ground. Then the purple flames pass us, only leaving me and Kamila inside them. We are standing inside the rounded head of the heron, the beak of the Heron rounds off at the end of the street cutting everyone else off from getting inside.
"She's my best friend. I have to stop her! I know this isn't who she really is, I want to show her that she doesn't have to be this way, that she can just be happy with us! I have to duel her!" Kamila shouts at Dmitri. I just let out a laugh. "What's so funny Kyoko?" Kamila ask as her eyes turns towards me, staring me down.
"You thinking you can beat me."
"I will beat you, you are coming home with us Kyoko!"
"We will see about that." We both raise our duel disk to each other.
"Duel!" We shout in unison as we draw our hands.
"My turn!" I shout first and draw a card. "I will be taking the first turn, then you have one turn to try and defeat me. When we make it to the third turn, you will be done for!" I let out another laugh, it echoes in the tension of the air around us.
"During my turn, you have to tell me what's going on Kyoko!"
"Fine, it's not like you will be alive to remember any of it though."
"But we will!" Dmitri shouts from outside the fire. I glare at him and unintentionally let out a snarl.
They will all be dead eventually, but for now, kill this one. The voice inside my head is back, but this time it doesn't seem to be communicating with me. It seems to be controlling me. The command to kill Kamila fills me head and any thought of remorse are flooded out. I have been give a job, and now, I must go through with it.
"I play the spell card, Card Destruction, from my hand. We each must discard our hands and redraw them." I smile and send my hand to the graveyard, drawing 5 new cards from my deck. Kamila does the same, but she doesn't look happy about it. "Then I summon Laval Blaster to my side of the field (ATK:1200)."
"I activate the effect of Naturia Cosmobeet from my hand! When you normal summon or set a monster, I can special summon Naturia Cosmobeet from my hand! Come, Naturia Cosmobeet (ATK:1000)!" I roll my eyes and continue my turn.
"That small monster can't do anything to me! I activate the effect of Laval Blaster. Since I have a Laval monster in my graveyard, I can discard the top 5 cards of my deck to the graveyard! Then, Laval Blaster gains 200 attack points for each Laval monster sent to my graveyard with this effect! I sent two to my graveyard to Laval Blasters attack increases to 1600! Since Laval Volcano Handmaiden was sent to the graveyard by this effect, I can use her monster effect is send one Laval monster from my deck to the graveyard. I send Laval Lancelord to the graveyard to join my monsters. Then, I set one card and end my turn!"
"Tell me what's going on Kyoko! Why did you run away from us to the Satellite? What did we do to you?"
"It's not what you did, it's what you are!"
"Your friends?" Kamila ask clearly confused.
"No, it doesn't matter that you are my friends. You are Psychics!"
"So are you!" Kamila says, pointing her finger at me.
"Not anymore!"
"What are you talking about? Of course you are!"
"I'm not so sure about that, Kamila. She feels different, stronger." Dmitri says to her.
"Then what are you?" Kamila says to me demanding a response.
"I moved on, I am a Dark Signer now!" Freya lets out an audible gasp, considering she is the only one that really knows what being a Dark Signer entails.
"What does that even mean, Kyoko?"
"It means I'm no longer a human. To you, I am a God!"
"What in Gods' absolute names are you fucking talking about?"
"I have been blessed with the powers of the Underworld. The Gods have reached up to me and given me the power to do their biddings!"
"Why do you need such powers? You are already a Psychic, that's more than enough power for whatever you are trying to pull off Kyoko!"
"I can't be a Psychic anymore! I am not a monster! Psychics are just monsters that deserve to die! All they do is cause destruction and harm! So I must get rid of every last one of them!
"Look around you! Being a Dark Signer has made you into more of a monster!"
"I am not a monster. I am a God and I am going to rid this world of evil. You know nothing about my past or the real me! This is the true me, accept it or die trying to fix me!"
"I will never accept it! This isn't the true you! We know the real you, you are sweet, fun, and caring! Not a monster like you are now and I'll prove it to you! My turn!" Kamila shouts drawing her card. "I play the spell card, Pot of Greed! This allows me to draw two cards from my deck! Then, I summon Naturia Pumpkin from my hand (ATK:1400) and its effect allow me to special summon one other Naturia monster from my hand if you control a monster. Join us, Naturia Cliff (ATK:1500). Then, since I used the effect of a Naturia monster, I can special summon Naturia Hydrangea to my side of the field (ATK:1900)! Then, I activate the spell card One for One from my hand! I send Glow-Up Bulb from my hand to the graveyard and special summon Spore to my side of the field from my deck (ATK:400). Last, but not least, I can special summon Glow-Up Bulb from my graveyard by sending the top card of my deck to the graveyard. Enter, Glow-Up Bulb (ATK:100)!" Kamila's field is full with five monsters, there are only a few options for her to go from here.
"Is that all you got?" I shout at her.
"Don't worry, this is the only the beginning. I am going to beat you right here and right now!"
"I'd love to see you try." I smirk, knowing that my set card will cause any effort she puts into this duel to waste.
"Why do you want all psychics to die? Why do you want me to die?" Kamila says with her eyes clearly full of hurt.
"Gods, I don't want you to die! I just... You're a Psychic! I wish you weren't a Psychic, then I wouldn't have to this to you, but I have to!"
"Why?"
"Because Psychics are evil! They use their powers to take whatever they want, lives included! Just because my father worked on the Moment device, they decided to take their revenge out on my family! They murdered my Mother, made me into a Psychic, and still want to kill me! They ruined my life and the lives of countless others! So I will take the life of every. Last. Psychic."
"Not all Psychics are bad! We can't let a few ruin the lives of many. So many Psychics have to hide who they really are because a few decided to use their powers for bad things, Kyoko. We aren't all bad!"
"You can't tell me you have never hurt anyone because of your powers!"
"Maybe I have and maybe so have other psychics. But even if we didn't have powers, people just do bad things sometimes. It's part of being human! As humans, we make mistakes, even if they hurt other people!"
"Then I will never have to worry about doing bad things again, because I'm no longer human!"
"No matter what kind of powers you have, you are still a human! You still have a heart, Kyoko! Please, we all love you Kyoko!" Kamila raises her hands over her chest to cover her heart and gives me a small smile.
"You don't love me and I don't love you!" Kamila's face falls. "Sweet words are not going to work! You were never even really my friends, you all just pitied me for not having any other friends! You are only saying these things to try and stop me! It's not going to work, the only way I won't kill you is if you join us."
"I will never join you. If you don't think you are not human anymore, it's because you are just pure evil! Pure darkness! I'm going to take you down and prove that not all Psychics are bad, and if you have these powers that you don't have to use them for evil! People like us could change how the world views Psychics, we just have to use our powers for good!"
"Then come on, win this duel, show me! SHOW ME!" I scream as loud as I can at her.
"Level 1 Glow-Up Bulb tunes level 4 Naturia Pumpkin! Brave tiger that lies deep within the forest, tear apart your foes with your mighty claws! Reign as the lord of the western forest! Synchro Summon! Arise, Naturia Beast (ATK:2200)! Then, when I Synchro Summon a Naturia Synchro monster, I can special summon Naturia Ladybug from my graveyard (ATK:100)! Next, I use the level 1 Spore to tune the level 5 Naturia Beast! Noble dragon that dwells within the depths of the forest, crush your foes with your fierce power! Reign as the lord of the eastern forest! Synchro Summon! Arise, Naturia Barkion (ATK:2500)!"
"That's still not enough to win this duel! Now, finish your turn so that I can take you down!"
"Don't rush me! I'm still not done yet. When you take the full force of my attack, you will take three times the amount of damage I need to finish this duel! I play the spell card Miracle Synchro Fusion from my hand. Naturia Barkion from my field fuses with Naturia Beast in my graveyard! A roar that trembles the very forest! Arise king of the forest and destroy all opposition! Fusion Summon! Appear, Naturia Gaiastrio (ATK:3200)! Now, I will banish Glow-Up Bulb from my graveyard to special summon Spore from my graveyard! Then the level of Spore matches the banished monster, meaning that spores level stays at level 1. Now, the level 1 Spore tunes the level 5 Naturia Hydrangea and the level 4 Naturia Cliff. A roar echoes through the forest! Harmonize and become an even greater force! Synchro Summon! Appear, Leo, Keeper of the Sacred Tree! When Naturia Cliff is sent from the field to the graveyard, I can special summon a level 4 or lower Naturia monster from my deck. I special summon the level 2 Naturia monster, Naturia Tulip to the field (ATK:600)!" The attack power on Kamila's side of the field keeps growing and she still has one more card left in her hand, but she would hate it if all this work she's doing goes to waste, by one set card. She may be able to summon plenty of monsters to her field, but what's the point if she can't even protect them from being stopped. "I play the spell card Monster Reborn from my hand. Return, Naturia Cliff (ATK:1500)! Now the level 2 Naturia Tulip tunes the level 4 Naturia cliff, level 2 Naturia Cosmobeet, and the level 1 Naturia Ladybug! In the depths of the earth, an ancient force slumbers! Awaken and reign from on high! Synchro Summon! Appear, Giganticastle (ATK:2900)! Then, for every non-tuner used to Synchro Summon this monster, its attack and defence increase by 200. Since I used three non-tuners, Giganticastle's attack and defense increase by 600." Giganticastle's attack raise to 3500. "Now I use Naturia Cliff's effect again to special summon Naturia Dragonfly from my deck (ATK:1200)! Then, Naturia Dragonfly's attack increases by 200 for each Naturia monster in my graveyard! Six Naturia monsters are in my graveyard so Naturia Dragonfly's attack increases by 1200!" Naturia Dragonfly's raises to 2400.
"So, you have a total of 12200 damage on your field. Let's see you give it to me, but if you do, it will be too late to join me. If you do this, we can never go back from here."
"I told you already, I will never join you!" The words come out of Kamila's mouth like venom.
"Then, you will join my parents in the afterlife and your friends will be soon to join you."
"I will win this duel! I will! I will!" Kamila looks around at all her friends standing around with nervous eyes. "But…" Kamila pauses, her eyes meet with Lorenzo's. "If anything bad does happen, get out of here! Leave me here and run! If I don't win, then there will be no saving me here. If I lose, run. Run for your life." A tear runs down Kamila's face. "Let the City know what happened here today. Tell Godwin and then find Jack. He is the only one that can save her." Kamila wipes her tear and turns back to me. Kai is holding Lorenzo to his chest as Lorenzo weeps and Freya is patting him on the back. Everyone already knows what's going to happen. Kamila isn't going to win, even her friends have given up on her.
"Shut up! Finish your turn!" I spit out at her. "Your friends have given up on you already so get this over with quickly!"
"Leo, Keeper of the Sacred Tree attack Laval Blaster! Lion's Roar!" Kamila's monster charges straight towards my monster, but he's not going to make it.
"Ha! I activate my trap, Negate Attack! The attack of your monster is negated and the battle phase ends!" A swirl of wind blocks Kamila's monster from attacking mine and pushes him back onto his side of the field. Kamila freezes, looking like she is about to pass out. But she does the only thing she can do now, stand her ground.
"I end my turn!" Kamila yells out, trying to seem strong, but her face is broken when a large howl is let out from Lorenzo and he falls to his knees with tears streaming down his face. "It's okay. I will make it through this turn, but… If I don't, please, listen to my advice. Please."
Use the power of my card this turn, child. Let me free.
"This is the end for you! My turn!" I draw one card and add it to my hand, I have four cards in my hand and one monster on my field. I will make this work. "I play the spell card Pot of Avarice from my hand! I add Flamvell Firedog, Flamvell Grunika, Flamvell Dragnov, Laval Lakeside Lady, and Dread Dragon from my graveyard to my deck, then draw two cards!" Now I have five cards in my hand and it is the perfect combination. "Next, I play the spell card Earthbound Revival! I discard Masked Dragon to the graveyard to add one Earthbound Immortal monster and one field spell card from my graveyard to my hand. I play the field spell card Molten Destruction, which cause all fire monsters to gain 500 attack but lose 400 defense! This raises the attack of Laval Blaster on my field to 2100! Then, from my hand I play the spell card Rekindling, allowing me to special summon as many fire monster with 200 defense from my graveyard!" Thankfully, I discarded plenty of monsters during my first turn. "Now come, Laval Forest Sprite (ATK:300-800), Flamvell Baby (ATK:800-1300), Laval Volcano Handmaiden (ATK:100-600), and Laval Lancelord (ATK:2100-2600)! I tribute Laval Volcano Handmaiden and Laval Lancelord to Tribute Summon Laval Judgement Lord (ATK:2700-3200)! Then, when Laval Volcano Handmaiden is sent the graveyard, I can send Laval Cannon from my deck to the graveyard and I activate the spell card Tribute Carnaval which allows me Tribute Summon once more this turn! I Tribute Laval Forest Sprite and Flamvell Baby! O dark deity who will bring forth ultimate destruction! Take these souls to fulfil our dark purpose! Advent, Earthbound Immortal Iluta Pisgo!" The dark marker on my arm begins to glow and the Earthbound Immortal's heart beats and shines from the sky. Small orbs of light from places behind my fly towards the heart. These are the sacrifices of people standing inside the flames of my Earthbound Immortal. When all the orbs have collected inside the heart, it expands into the shape of a gigantic heron. It flies in the sky, causing a large draft of wind to flow through the streets. It is black with bright purple lines running down its body, similar to my Dark Signer clothes. It lets out a screech into the sky as it descends to the ground. Everyone standing around covers their ears from the screech.
"I won't let you win! You still have to get around my monsters!" Kamila screams over the sound of the Earthbound Immortal Iluta Pisgo.
"That won't be a problem! I use the effect of Laval Forest Sprite! When this card is sent from the field to the graveyard. All face-up Laval monsters on my field gain 200 attack for each Laval monster in my graveyard until the end phase! There are three Laval monsters in my graveyard so Laval Blaster and Laval Judgement Lord gain 600 attack!" Laval Blaster's attack increases to 2700, while Laval Judgement Lord's attack increases to 3800. "Then, I use the monster effect of Laval Judgement Lord! I banish Laval Forest Sprite from graveyard to inflict 1000 damage to you!" Fire gathers in the palm of Laval Judgement Lord and shoot directly at Kamila. The Flames surround Kamila and she falls to her knees screaming out in pain. The fire is gone and she slowly returns to her feet.
"Is that all you got?"
"No, but this is. Earthbound Immortal Iluta Pisgo can attack you directly! Hell Strike! Goodbye, Kamila!" Earthbound Immortal Iluta Pisgo opens up it large beak and lets out another loud screech to the sky. Kamila screams out raising her arms as if it will help her block out the attack, but Earthbound Immortal Iluta Pisgo rams its beak into the ground at Kamila causing her life points to fall to zero. Earthbound Immortal Iluta Pisgo and the flames around us fade away. All that's left is me and Kamila's body which lies motionless in a crater on the ground. Everyone runs out to her, not paying any attention to me. Freya makes it first and falls to her knees, scooping Kamila up into her lap. Everyone is crying and screaming.
"Kamila, please… Please wake up… Please I need you… Don't leave me alone." Lorenzo says, grabbing her face on both sides and pressing a small kiss on her lips. "Please." He lays his forehead on Kamila's for a second, but then pulls away as she begins to stir. "Kamila!" Kamila opens her eyes a tiny bit looking up around her.
"F-Fr-Freya?" That's all that Kamila can get out. Lorenzo stands quickly, clearly in shock and stumbles back. Dmitri catches him as he turns to bury his face in Dmitri's chest, before letting out muffled screams.
"I'm here!" Freya says, pushing the hair out of Kamila's face. "I'm here. Please talk to me." Freya presses a small kiss to Kamila's forehead.
"I… I…" Kamila is struggling to get words out.
"You what, talk to me baby, please." Freya says resting her head on Kamila's to hear her better.
"I lo… I lov-" This is all Kamila can get out, before her body evaporates into dust. Freya's arms fall to the ground beside her and it looks like she whispers something into the air. Then, she throws her arms up into the air letting out a scream before standing up and running towards me.
"You monster!" She screams and I run to my D-Wheel and get on driving away. I scrape Freya's D-Wheel on my escape, but I don't care. I have to get out of there before I kill anyone else. The sun is already rising as I head back to the Old Moment. When I get back, I take my seat at the table. Everyone is gathered there already.
"Welcome back." Rudger says as I sit down. "We will be gathering around the Old Moment device this afternoon to take over the Satellite. Then, the Signers will come to us for the final battle of light and dark."