Even as Chelsea walked to the room where the other graduating students awaited her, she took her time largely because the reality of the situation was still sinking in, as the nineteen year old walked down the hallway she stopped to look at her reflection in a nearby mirror and couldn't help but smile.

"This was my last chance, after my last expulsion my parents told me that if the same thing happened at Duel Academy I'd be sent to military school." Chelsea thought as the memories came back to her, the Chicago native shook her head before she continued to walk down the hallway. "It still doesn't feel real, even though the students are still chanting my name back there I still can't believe that really happened, almost wish Dan wasn't in jail just so I could rub it in his face!"

"You could always visit him in prison for that express purpose." Wattchimera pointed out and Chelsea shook her head as she approached the door.

"It's a day's travel from Chicago to LA, seems a lot to go through just to be a bitch to my ex." Chelsea responded before pausing as she went to open the door. "Then again, after all the shit Dan put me through, maybe it'll be worth it?" Chelsea thought before shaking her head again and opening the door, once she entered the room she was met with a loud cheer from the other duelists. "I didn't miss the start of Lance vs. Brandon because of how long I was taking, right?"

"Nah, they are just about to start." Marcus responded with a grin before Chelsea sat next to her girlfriend in front of the TV. "I know you've probably heard this a lot but congrats Chelsea, you really earned it back there."

"Don't I know it." Chelsea responded with a grin before getting a kiss on the cheek from Beth. "Next on the agenda? Make it past the final four in next year's Battle City Tournament!"

"So, you can avenge your loss to Chloe in the final four?" Andreas asked and Chelsea nodded.

"We both know I would've won that match if Chloe hadn't used Trap Jammer on my Urgent Tuning and then wiped out all my Watts with Silent Magician assisted Diffusion Wave Motion." Chelsea asserted before letting out a sigh. "But on the other hand, Chloe and Lance still have to defeat Brandon and Theresa if they want to join us."

"Yeah and their track record against Brandon and Lance isn't the best, Chloe will be the first to tell you that she thinks the only reason she made it to the final two at Battle City was that Theresa got put up against Eddie in the first round of the Semi-Finals and lost." Andreas nodded in agreement as he folded his arms. "That's not to say that Chloe had an easy first round match either, Axel Loather was the other big surprise for how early he was eliminated."

"I still get a laugh at the look on Chloe's face when she realized that he was her first round opponent." Chelsea responded with a laugh before shaking her head. "I think the only one who managed to match her "dear in the headlights" look was me when I got put up against Miranda Kaiba."

"At least you managed to win that match." Marcus nodded in agreement before they turned their attention to the TV. "So, who knows? Maybe Lance and Chloe can end their losing streaks against Brandon and Theresa?"

"One way to find out." Chelsea responded before they started watching the duel.

*back at the duel arena*

"So, everyone else has had their opponents go first." Lance commented as he and Brandon drew their opening hands and Brandon glanced up at him. "But on the other hand, everyone else is graduating, so maybe you'd like to break that tradition?"

"Nice try but I'm not superstitious." Brandon responded as he shook his head before going over his hand. "I start my turn with an old favorite, Allure of Darkness!" Brandon announced as he played the card and Brandon drew three cards before banishing a card in his hand. "I set two cards facedown and end my turn, and I think you've seen enough of my duels to know what's coming next." Brandon commented as he played his cards and D.D. Scout Plane appeared on the field (3/800/1200).

"Yeah, it's almost as if your duels are formulaic or something." Lance commented as he drew his card, he took one look at it and quickly played the Spell Card. "I activate Dark World Dealings, now we'll both draw one card and discard one." Lance added as he played the card and both men drew their cards before discarding one. "And now I remove the card I discarded from play to Special Summon Inferno in defense mode!"

"And you called my moves formulaic?" Brandon asked as a sweat-drop rolled down his head whilst the small flame appeared on the field (4/1100/1900). "There's a pot calling the kettle black joke there."

"Hey, at least I didn't use Heaven's Lost Property….mostly because I didn't draw it in my opening hand but still." Lance pointed out before retrieving the card from his pocket. "And my monster has an effect like D.D. Scout Plane, when I remove Flamvell Ghost from play I can Special Summon him in defense mode with his effects negated." Lance added before he played the card and a ghostly man wrapped in flames appeared on the field with his arms folded defensively (4/1500/200). "Don't get used to my monsters Brandon!"

"Let me guess, XYZ Summon?" Brandon asked as he folded his arms. "I won't deny that XYZ and Synchro Monsters are powerful, I just never found a place for them in my deck."

"I did often wonder why you where the only one among us who played a fairly old fashioned deck. "But then again, wouldn't a Synchro Summon help get monsters into the graveyard for Dark Armed Dragon or Envoy of the Twilight?"

"Huh, never thought of that." Brandon admitted before scratching his chin. "I should look into that when I get back to the mainland."

"Err, Lance." Chloe commented as she walked up to the duel arena and leaned on it. "! Know you haven't seen Brandon since the Las Vegas Battle City Tournament and all and it is great that you are catching up but maybe don't give your opponent deck advice? And for that matter, I would like to duel before sunset." Chloe added and Theresa nodded in agreement as she walked up to next to Chloe.

"Oops, sorry." Lance responded with a sheepish grin before playing a card. "Anyway, an XYZ Summon wasn't what I had in mind, I sacrifice both of my monsters to Special Summon Bonfire Colossus!" Lance added as his two monsters were consumed by flames and the massive man of fire appeared on the field (8/2600/2200). "Come to think of it, I never got around to asking Sophia Pegasus what made this a Beast-Warrior."

"I've been wondering the same thing." Brandon admitted before Chloe and Theresa cleared their throats simultaneously. "Sorry girls, I'm guessing your going to attack with Bonfire Colossus?"

"You know it! Bonfire Colossus, attack D.D. Scout Plane!" Lance commanded and the massive monster prepared his attack only to have it blocked by Necro Guardna (3/600/1300). "You discarded that for Dark World Dealings?"

"Got it in one." Brandon nodded and Lance looked over his hand. "Anything else?"

"I set two cards facedown and end my turn." Lance announced as his set cards appeared on the field and Brandon drew his card.

"Come to think of it." Martin commented as he turned to Sophia who groaned knowing what question was coming up next. "Why do monsters like Bonfire Colossus get mistyped?"

"Simple miscommunication between the designers and those who print the cards, it's a problem that's dated back to when the game was young." Sophia responded with an annoyed sigh as she folded her arms. "I've tried to eliminate said problem but human error and all that, if the Board of Directors had their way than the process would be automated, but not only would that force me to do some significant lay-offs, but a card designed by a machine just isn't the same as a card that's been hand-drawn."

"On that, we're agreed." Martin nodded in agreement as Brandon made his move.

"I won't waste any time here." Brandon declared as he drew his card, he took one look at it, added it to his hand and played another card. "I sacrifice D.D. Scout Plane to summon Caius the Shadow Monarch!" Brandon announced as the small plane vanished and was replaced by the monarch of shadows (6/2400/1200). "I know we haven't seen each other since the Las Vegas Battle City Tournament Lance but even so, I shouldn't have to explain my monarch's effect by now!"

"Your right, which is why it's not going to happen." Lance responded as his facedown card flipped up. "I activate Fiendish Chain! Now your monster's effect is negated, and it can't attack!"

"Nice try but not good enough." Brandon responded as his own facedown card flipped up. "I chain Dark Illusion, since Fiendish Chain targets Caius this trap card negates and destroys it!" Brandon added as the chains shattered seconds before they were about to ensnare Caius. "Which means my monster's effect goes through, you get no prizes for guessing what monster I'm targeting." Brandon added as the monarch threw a dark ball of energy at Bonfire Colossus destroying it. "Now I know that you don't run any Dark Type Monsters, so your life-points are safe from Caius's effect, same can't be said for Caius's attack though! Caius, attack his life-points directly!" Brandon commanded and the monarch threw another ball of energy at Lance bringing his life-points down to 5600.

"You may have drawn first blood, but it'll help me all the same! I activate my facedown card Shock Draw! Now I draw one card for each thousand points of damage I just took!" Lance responded as his facedown card flipped up and he drew two cards. "And don't get too attached to your monarch because he'll be dethroned soon enough!"

"If I had a dollar for every time, I heard that line from an opponent." Brandon responded as he shook his head before shaking his head. "I'd be slightly richer, anyway I end my turn." Brandon announced and Lance drew his card.

"Bonfire Colossus might be gone but my deck has plenty of ways to deal with Caius." Lance thought as he glanced up at Caius and frowned. "And if I want to join the others in the graduation class, then I'm going to have to deal with Caius quickly, 2400 attack points is nothing to sneeze at." Lance thought before looking at the three cards he had just drawn. "Okay, since you control a monster and I don't, I can special summon Greater Angus!"

"Greater Angus?" Brandon asked as Lance played the card and an even larger version of Great Angus appeared on the field (5/2000/1200). "I know I2 finally got around to releasing a retrained version of Great Angus, but they couldn't come up with a better name than that?"

"Unfortunately, some crap names do slip through the cracks." Sophia thought as a sweat-drop rolled down the back of her head. "When you produce so many cards over a long period of time as I2 has, well, not every name is going to be right on the money."

"I can't really comment on that." Lance responded as he motioned to the monster. "But here's the deal with Greater Angus, if I summon him this way he can't attack and he'll be destroyed during the end phase, assuming he stays around that long." Lance added before playing a card. "Spoiler alert: he won't, for my normal summon I bring out Ultimate Baseball Coach!" Lance announced as he played the card and a man in similar uniform to Ultimate Baseball Kid appeared on the field though he was obviously older and didn't have a bat (1/500/200). "I know he doesn't look like much, but it's the fact that he's a Tuner Monster that counts and I'm tuning him with Greater Angus!"

"Greater Angus, Ultimate Baseball Coach…" Brandon's thoughts trailed off the two monsters leapt into the air for the Synchro Summon. "If I didn't know any better or wanted to get sued for slander, I'd make a comment about why Sophia Pegasus was releasing updated versions of Lance's monsters."

"I Synchro Summon Flamvell Uruquizas!" Lance announced as he played the card and once the bright flash faded the tall, muscular warrior appeared on the field ready for battle (6/2100/400). "And now two effects activate! First, since Greater Angus was sent to the graveyard for the Synchro Summon of a Fire Type Monster, I get to draw a card." Lance added before drawing a card. "Second, since Ultimate Baseball Coach was used in the Synchro Summon of a Fire Type Monster, the monster in question gains one hundred attack points times the level of the Synchro Material Monster, and I'm guessing you know how to do basic math." Lance added as Uriquizas' attack points went up to 2600.

"That could be problematic." Brandon thought as he stared down Uriquizas. "That thing will keep getting stronger whenever it deals damage to the opponent and Lance has already made it stronger using his monster's effect." Brandon thought as he braced himself. "If I don't deal with it soon, then it'll be stronger than my strongest monsters."

"Uruquizas, attack Caius!" Lance commanded and the monster charged into battle before decking Caius and bringing Brandon's life-points down to 7800. "Since Uruquizas just dealt battle damage he gains three hundred attack points." Lance added as Uruquizas's attack increased to 2900. "In other words, he's stronger that Dark Armed Dragon and Caius, the Mega Monarch, I set one card facedown and end my turn." Lance announced as he set the card and Brandon frowned before drawing his card.

"If I don't draw the right card, then this duel will be over before I know it." Brandon thought before he went over his hand, however once he saw the only monster, he could summon he winced. "Okay, so not only can I not deal with Uruquizas right away but the only monster I can set is Sangan, well lead, it was nice knowing you." Brandon thought with a sigh before remembered something. "Or maybe not." Brandon thought before playing the card. "I summon Sangan in attack mode!"

"Almost forgot that thing came off the banlist." Lance commented as the small, three eyed fiend appeared on the field (3/1000/600). "Wasn't the banning of Sangan the catalyst for your deck becoming more chaos based?"

"More or less." Brandon shrugged his shoulders in response. "It had been in the works for a while at that point but Sangan's banning forced me to speed things along if I wanted to compensate." Brandon added before his facedown card flipped up. "But now that Sangan's finally off the banlist, he fits right at home in this deck and I can use one of my old combos again! I activate Dark Spirit Art – Greed! Unless you have a Spell Card you want to reveal I'm sending Sangan to the graveyard and essentially drawing three cards."

"Damn, don't have any Spell Cards." Lance thought as he went over his hand before shaking his head. "Go ahead." Lance nodded and Brandon grinned before Sangan vanished and he drew two cards before adding a third to his hand through Sangan's effect.

"Perfect, I have a way to deal with Uruquizas!" Brandon thought before glancing up at Lance. "Since I used my normal summon to bring out Sangan I have no choice but to end the turn at that." Brandon announced and Lance drew his card.

"This almost seems too good to be true." Lance thought as he looked over the field. "But I'm not one to look a gift horse in the mouth!" Lance thought before pointing at Brandon. "Uruquizas, attack Brandon's life-points directly!" Lance commanded and the monster charged into battle…and was promptly stopped by Battle Fader (1/0/0). "I want to say that I'm surprised that you searched out Battle Fader with Sangan's effect, but I'd be lying."

"Did you really think I'd leave my life-points wide open like that without a plan?" Brandon asked with a grin and Lance frowned. "Anything else?"

"Take your turn." Lance responded as he shook his head and Brandon drew his card.

"No point in dragging this out, I sacrifice Battle Fader to summon Caius, the Mega Monarch!" Brandon announced as he pocketed the card and Battle Fader vanished and was quickly replaced by a larger version of the previous monarch (8/2800/1000). "Since I sacrificed a Dark Type Monster, I can summon my Mega Monarch as if he was a Level 6 Monster and as the old saying goes, meet the new boss, same as the old boss! I target Uruquizas with my Monarch's effect!" Brandon announced as the monarch produced a ball of dark energy, but it was promptly blocked by a wall of flame.

"I activated Wall of Flame." Lance responded as he motioned to the now activated trap card. "Again, the creative genius at I2 knows no boundaries, since you targeted my monster for an effect Wall of Flame negates the activation, and since unlike Fiendish Chain it doesn't target Dark Illusion won't counter it even if you had it on the field."

"True, but I've got other ways of dealing with Uruquizas, especially since I have three Dark Type Monsters occupying my graveyard." Brandon added and Lance's eyes widened once it hit him. "Oh yeah, you know what I'm about to do, I summon Dark Armed Dragon!" Brandon added as he played the card and the huge dragon appeared above the field with a roar (7/2800/1000). "I activate his effect!" Brandon added as he pocketed a monster from his graveyard and the tail slammed down upon Lance's monster destroying it. "Caius, Dark Armed Dragon, attack his life-points directly!" Brandon commanded and the two monsters launched their attacks at Lance bringing his life-points down to 3000. "Only one turn left before the streak ends Lance!"

"Not if I have anything to say about it!" Lance responded as he got back to his feet and gathered up the cards. "Anything else?"

"I set one card facedown and my turn." Brandon announced as he set the card and Lance drew his card. "Even if Lance manages to get past my monsters, Mirror Force will deal with ant attempt at a comeback in one fell swoop."

"This is my one shot, I'd better make it count." Lance thought before playing the card. "I activate Spellbook inside the Pot!" Lance announced as he played the card and they both drew three cards. "I activate Double Summon! Now I can conduct an additional summon in addition to my regular normal summon, and for my first summon I bring out Flame Ruler!" Lance announced as he played the card and the blue haired pyromaniac appeared on the field (4/1500/1600). "In case you haven't figured it out yet, I'm pulling a page from your book, I use Flame Ruler's effect to count for two tribute summons so I can summon Firestorm Prominence!" Lance announced as he played the card and a large crocodile made of fire appeared on the field (7/2000/1500) and when he saw the stats Brandon face-faulted.

"A Level 7 Monster with 2000 attack points?! Wow, and I thought the early days of Duel Monsters was bad for that!" Brandon commented as he got back to his feet. "Have to say Lance, if that thing's your last stand in this duel, then this is going to end anti-climatically."

"We'll see about that, I end my turn." Lance announced and Brandon nodded before drawing his card. "Chloe convinced me to take out Lava Golem for this thing whilst we were in Las Vegas for Battle City, never got to use it during the tournament but I hope she was right about this!"

"I could end this with two direct attacks by my monsters but it's not necessary." Brandon thought as he glanced over at Lance's side of the field. "Doesn't matter if I attack with Caius or Dark Armed Dragon, the attacks will still be enough to end the duel." Brandon thought before pointing to Firestorm Prominence. "Caius, I feel like having alligator stew for dinner, attack that gator!" Brandon commanded and the monarch threw a dark energy ball at the monster destroying it and bringing Lance's life-points down to 2200. "Sorry Lance, it was a good duel but…..." Brandon trailed off before he realized something. "Why are you smiling?"

"Because I wanted you to attack my monster." Lance responded and Brandon gave him a confused look. "When Firestorm Prominence is destroyed by battle and sent to the graveyard, he takes all face-down and non-Fire type monsters with him!"

"WHAT?!" Brandon yelled out before his three cards were consumed by fire. "I should've known you wouldn't go down that easy." Brandon added before he sent his three cards to the graveyard.

"Well, considering you still have a large lead, I'd be surprised if you did." Lance responded as he sent his monster to the graveyard. "And you didn't summon a monster, so you still have your normal summon."

"Caius and Dark Armed Dragon where the only monsters I could summon at the time." Brandon admitted before going over his hand. "But on the other hand, I have five Light Type Monsters in my hand, if I can get them in the graveyard and draw Evening Twilight then I can stop Lance's comeback dead in it's tracks." Brandon thought before glancing up at Lance. "It's your move." Brandon announced and Lance nodded before drawing his card.

"Card Destruction, it's risky, especially since Brandon's deck relies so much on his graveyard but it might be worth the risk." Lance thought before playing the card. "I activate Card Destruction, now we both discard our hands and draw the same number of cards."

"Thanks, Lance, for solving part of my problem for me!" Brandon thought before they discarded the cards in their hands and drew new ones, Brandon took one look at his new hand and grinned. "Scratch that, both problems!"

"It's now or never." Lance thought before playing the card. "I activate Rekindling! With this I special summon as many fire type monsters with 200 defense points from my graveyard as I can so welcome back Flamvell Ghost and Ultimate Baseball Coach!" Lance announced as the two monsters returned to the field. "Alongside newcomers Laval Lancelord and Laval Magma Cannoneer!" Lance added as the two new monsters appeared on the field, the first seemingly had rock hard skin and was carrying a lance of fire (6/2100/200) and the second was a large robot with two huge cannons on its shoulders (4/1700/200).

"Okay, I know Ultimate Baseball Coach is a tuner monster, but I also know that he's the only tuner monster on Lance's side of the field." Brandon thought before frowning. "That can only mean one thing, a Synchro and an XYZ Summon!"

"Let's get this show on the road! I tune Ultimate Baseball Coach and Laval Lancelord together!" Lance announced as the two monsters leapt into the air for the Synchro Summon. "I summon Ancient Flamvell Deity!" Lance announced and once it hit him Brandon's eyes widened as the massive flaming deity appeared on the field (7/2500/200). "First Ultimate Baseball Coach's effect kicks in." Lance added as his monster's attack increased to 3100. "Next, my deity's effect kicks in, you have five cards in your hand, so I think I'll male you banish the five cads I just made you discard." Lance added and Brandon reluctantly pocketed the five cards as Ancient Flamvell Deity's attack shot up to 4100. "And now I use my other two monsters to open the Overlay Network!"

"Just as I thought!" Brandon thought as the two monsters were sucked into the dark portal. "And if Lance's new monster has more than 2700 attack points then I've lost the duel."

"I XYZ Summon Flamvell Lord!" Lance announced as he played the card and from the portal emerged a new monster, this one had a royal appearance, but his hair seemed to be made of fire and he had a staff of fire as well (Rank: 4/0/200). "I activate the effect of Flamvell Lord, by detaching an overlay unit I can allow one of my fire type monsters to attack twice!" Lance added and Brandon lowered his head knowing what was coming. "Ancient Flamvell Deity will be destroyed during the end phase but we both know we won't get to that point."

"Your right." Brandon nodded in response before bracing himself. "Thanks for the great duel Lance and good luck on the Pro-League!"

"Thanks." Lance nodded before pointing at Brandon. "Ancient Flamvell Deity, finish it!" Lance commanded and the deity unleashed his two attacks on Brandon bringing his life-points down to zero.

"The winner of the match is Lance Alvers! Therefore, he joins what has become the largest graduating class in Duel Monsters history!" Martin called out over the PA System and the crowd cheered as both Lance and Brandon deactivated their duel disks whilst the holograms disappeared. "Today has seen an unprecedented fourteen students graduate! Question is, can we make it fifteen? Find out in just a few moments as Obelisk Blue's Chloe Richardson takes on Theresa Daniels in the last Graduation Duel of the day!"

"Congrats Lance." Brandon congratulated him as the two men shared a handshake. "Only one duel left and it's between our girlfriends."

"Yeah, and much as I'd like to watch that catfight in person, I do have the rest of the graduating duelists waiting for me." Lance responded with a grin before he hopped off the Duel Arena, once he did Chloe greeted him with the biggest hug and kiss, she could muster and once she broke off the kiss Lance grinned. "If that's your way of celebrating my graduation, can't wait to see how you celebrate yours, maybe in your bedroom on the ship?"

"Smooth." Chloe laughed before kissing her significantly taller boyfriend again. "That will depend on if I'm in the mood for it, and who knows? Maybe if I beat Theresa I will be!"

"Oh good, now the possibility of Lance getting laid tonight is also on the line!" Theresa joked getting a laugh out of Chloe and Lance as Chloe let go of Lance. "Seriously though, are you ready Chloe?"

"I've been ready for this all day." Chloe responded with a nod before the two women hopped onto the Duel Arena. "I hope you realize that I don't plan on making this easy for you Theresa." Chloe added as Theresa walked over to the other side of the duel arena. "You may have been my first opponent when I arrived on the island but I'm not the same girl you defeated that day."

"Considering how much time has passed, I'd hope so." Theresa nodded with a grin before the two women activated their duel disks. "But just to warn you, I'm not the same girl who defeated you that day either!"

"Martin, you mind if I take this?" Sophia asked as she heard her ringtone go off and Martin nodded before Sophia stood up and left the room, once she saw who it was Sophia went to another, unoccupied room and answered it. "Father, I wasn't expecting you to call."

"Come now Sophia-girl." Maximillian Pegasus responded, and Sophia grinned. "You may have taken my old job, but I'm allowed to check on my daughter, aren't I? So, how goes the graduation duels?"

"Better than expected." Sophia commented as she glanced out towards the duel arena. "Fourteen duelists have graduated, and the pro-leagues are about to get an influx of new talent."

"Excellent and considering that most of those duelists already have tournament experience, they should be more than prepared for the pro-leagues." Maximillian responded and Sophia nodded. "And for what you've got planned for the 40th Anniversary of Duelist Kingdom."

"Yeah, that's what…..." Sophia trailed off before her eyes narrowed. "How do you know about that? It's supposed to be a top secret project!"

"Come now Sophia-girl, I may no longer have the Millennium Eye but what I do have are ways of finding out new information." Pegasus responded and Sophia's eyes narrowed. "I have to say your plans sound simply fabulous!"

"Yeah, well, don't go blabbing about it to the press, it's top secret for a reason." Sophia responded with a sigh as she leaned against the wall. "Soon as I return to LA, I'm finding out just who my father's source is at Industrial Illusions, I trust him to keep a secret but at the same time, I can't risk potential leaks!" Sophia thought before her eyes narrowed. "You didn't just call me to discuss that, didn't you father?"

"As sharp as ever." Pegasus responded with a chuckle. "Keep a close eye on the duelists after graduation, they may have dealt with the Orichalcos, but I fear that their days of dealing with evil are far from over."

"And I bet you'll be right there pulling strings behind the scenes." Sophia responded giving Pegasus pause. "I know it was you who funded the Redemption Seekers father, you may have covered your tracks well but once I knew what to look for, the trail lead straight to you."

"What can I say? I fell victim to the Orichalcos when Yugi-boy dealt with it." Pegasus responded and it didn't take Sophia long to notice that his tone had taken a turn for the serious. "I simply could not risk The Great Leviathan rising again! Don't worry, I paid for it out of my personal fortune, the inheritance you'll get when I pass is unaffected."

"Maybe but I would've appreciated some transparency." Sophia responded and Pegasus chuckled.

"Says the person trying to keep secrets from her own father, we will talk about this again Sophia, until then, enjoy the last graduation duel." Pegasus added before hanging up, Sophia pocketed the phone and clenched her fist but punching the nearby table.

"Damn it! If this leaks to the press before it is ready, then I'll be in trouble!" Sophia thought as she calmed down and called another number on her phone. "This can't wait until I return to LA." Sophia thought before the person on the other end answered. "It's Sophia, we might have a potential leak in the company."

"What do you want me to do about it?" A woman with an Eastern European accent asked, and Sophia frowned.

"I won't be back stateside until tomorrow morning at the earliest, you have until then to track down the leak and send over what you find." Sophia responded as she leaned against the wall. "Make sure that no one knows about this, it's to do with the project I hired you on for."

"Ah yes, Project: Kingdom." The woman on the other end responded with a nod and Sophia grinned. "Consider it done, quote the Raven, nevermore."

"The people I have to deal with to keep this a secret." Sophia sighed as she walked out of the room. "When my plan is unveiled it'll shake the dueling world to it's core, until then, Raven will have to do what she can to keep it a secret." Sophia thought before returning to the room where Martin was.