I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh or any of its characters.

"Hey, Wil, why are you wearing a sword?" Crow asked me the next morning as I was practicing kata by the unfinished bridge.

"Ask my girlfriend when I pick her up in a couple of hours." I groaned. The kata I had been doing reached a point that involved a massive stretch, or at least it felt that way. I hadn't done the right exercises for a few days.

"Why do you do this stuff again, the… kata? You called it that, right?" Crow leaned against the railing, perplexed.

"It is just a sequence of techniques practiced on an imaginary opponent, nothing to worry about," I replied.

"Well, it better be something that Team Dirty Works has to worry about because Kalin sent out the call. We move now." Crow said.

"What's the reason, what justice are we serving?" I asked, standing fully.

"Apparently, they're harboring known rapists, killers, and robbers." Crow frowned.

"And you don't quite believe him?" I asked.

"He's still overzealous. I'm worried that he may be stretching the truth a little. Couldn't we at least try peaceful resolution?"

"That is why we duel with cards instead of fists and guns, Crow."

"Yeah, but if we're supposed to be the good guys cleaning up streets then why don't the Securities like us? Why don't we just nab the baddies and hand deliver them to Sector Security?"

"Because we'd still be criminally branded, just as vigilantes instead of gangsters, although maybe still as gangsters," I responded, mildly exasperated. "Come on, we better get to Team Dirty Work's hideout. Kalin has probably already gotten Jack and Yusei started on the group there. I've only got a couple of hours."

"Are you going to use that new sword of yours?" Crow grinned.

"I hope not, cleaning a Wakizashi is a real Kuriboh of a chore."

Crow had run ahead of me, and we'd been separated for the last five minutes. When I finally reached the hideout, I saw four guys in vests, helmet, and goggles ganging up on Jack. Then they saw me. One of them made a motion for two of the four to charge at me with raised duel disks. I didn't even bother to activate mine.

"My apologies, gentlemen, perhaps another time, one in which you're certain that you want your decks to burn." I tapped the gem on the blade of my disk.

"We heard about you, Jernigan, and I don't think you've got the guts." I smiled at their arrogance. It was impressive, and by that I mean it left an impression.

"I don't think you'll win!." laughed the other. They both turned on their disks and drew five cards.

"If it is your wish to lose your deck and maybe your arm, then so be it, but I go first." I sighed, turning on my disk.

"Agreed, but we get 8000 life points as a team; we lose and win together. You stay stuck with 4000." the first one grinned.

"I don't have much of a choice, do I?" I sighed again.

"No,unicorns" they said together.

"Then I draw!" I said, drawing my sixth card.

Turn 1: Wilhelm

Wilhelm: 4000

(dirty works thugs): 8000

I examined my first draw in addition to my other five cards. There was no way that this duel was going to be over quickly. I hadn't built my deck to be fast, but to win.

"I'll start by setting three face downs and summoning Cliff the Trap Remover." Cliff hopped onto the field, squatting on his haunches with a dagger at the ready.

Cliff the Trap Remover: 1200/1000

"I end my turn." I smiled. I had Don Zaloog in my hand, but I figured that it would be better to save the captain for later.

Turn 2: Thug 1

The tanner thug drew a card and yelled, "I summon Sunlight Unicorn, and it'll attack Cliff!" A White Unicorn with a mane made up of blue flames galloped onto the field, then charged at Cliff.

Sunlight Unicorn: 1800/1000

If I didn't know better, I would have sworn that Cliff looked at me and winked in that moment, but I shook it off in time to activate the first of my face downs. "I activate Shrink," I said.

"What?" was the response from the tanned thug. He watched in horror as his unicorn shrunk to half of its original size before Cliff rammed his dagger through the unicorn's skull. The unicorn shattered into a dozen glimmering pieces.

Thugs: 7700

"And because Cliff just dealt damage to you, the first two cards from the top of your deck are sent to the graveyard." I grinned as Cliff jumped across and grabbed at the duel disk, slapping the top two cards from the thugs deck into the graveyard zone.

"I set one card and then I'll end my turn." the thug sighed.

"But we'll still pummel you!" said the paler one.

Turn 3: Wilhelm

"Keep telling yourself that." I drew a card and smiled. I looked over at Cliff and said, "I'm sorry, buddy, but I'm sacrificing you to summon The General." Cliff nodded and was enveloped by the field as I put his card into the graveyard. "I summon Dark General Freed." The General's armor was covered in hues of black, gold and sickly green, with lightning all around him as he rose out of the place where Cliff had been standing.

Dark General Freed: 2300/1700

"And then I'll activate Call of the Haunted to bring Cliff back from the grave." Cliff jumped right back out and stretched his arms before returning to combat readiness. "Cliff the Trap Remover will attack you directly first, but this time he won't be attacking your deck, he'll be removing your face down."

"He can do that?" the tanned thug staggered back in surprise as his face down shattered under Cliff's dagger.

"I get to pick which one he does every time he does damage, and now that your field is clear, Dark General Freed will attack you directly." The Dark General raised his hand and released a bolt of lightning at the thug.

Thugs: 4200

"I end my turn." It seemed like this was going to be a shorter duel after all.

Turn 4: Thug 2

The pale thug drew a card and looked at his partner.

The tan one said, "My apologies for losing half of our life points in a single round."

"No harm, no foul, I'll activate Banner of Courage, which increases the attack power of our monsters by 200 points during our battle phase, and then I'll activate Lightning Vortex" the pale one discarded a card and I watched, aghast, as both of my monsters were shattered by the lightning.

"Then I'll summon Marauding Captain and attack you directly!" The pale one thought he had it in the bag.

Marauding Captain: 1400/400

I pressed a button on my duel disk and said, "I activate Magic Cylinder." The attacking captain went into one cylinder and rushed back out the other, straight back at the pale thug, who took the sword slash poorly.

Thugs: 2800

"You'll pay for that!" he cried. "I set two face downs and end my turn!"

Turn 5: Wilhelm

I drew a card, "I'll pay? I already have, I'm the one with an empty field. I activate Reinforcement of the Army to add Strike Ninja to my hand, and then I'll summon him." The ninja with the flowing red scarf shimmered into being on the field.

Strike Ninja: 1700/1200

"And seeing that Banner of Courage only works during your own battle phase, he'll attack your captain." I said. The ninja disappeared and reappeared behind the captain and struck at him with his kunai, forcing the captain to shatter.

Thugs: 2300

"I'll set a card and end my turn." I said.

Turn 6: Thug 1

The tan thug drew a card and said, "I activate Call of the Haunted to bring Sunlight Unicorn back from the dead!" the Unicorn galloped back into attack position. "And then I'll summon Armed Samurai - Ben Kei and equip him with two Axes of Despair!"

Armed Samurai - Ben Kei: 2500/800

"Nice, three attacks at an effective 2700 and Sunlight Unicorn with one attack at 2000. Well done." I said.

"That's right, and now Sunlight Unicorn will attack your Strike Ninja!" he said, thinking himself triumphant.

Silently, I activated my face down, Mirror Force. The Unicorn shattered mid-gallop, and the samurai who was dual-wielding axes shattered as well.

"What the… Why the… I end my turn."

Turn 7: Wilhelm

I drew a card, "Don't worry about it too much, you did well, you almost had me, but now I summon Don Zaloog. He and strike Ninja will attack you directly, but before I make the command, you should know that your duel disks will explode violently, and you should probably throw them off the moment that you see sparks. This is my final warning, and they won't explode if you surrender to me now."

Don Zaloog: 1400/1300

One shook his head in disbelief and the other just said, "Never, you don't have the guts."

I shrugged, "Attack." The Ninja appeared behind the pale one and Don walked up to the other, and then they struck.

Thugs: 0000

Their disks started to spark and the cards remaining on their duel disks started catching fire, and then the disks exploded. One of them got the disk off in time, but the other had an arm that was charred with third degree burns, and one of his fingers was missing, and he was so in shock that he couldn't even scream. I said to him, "I'm sorry, but I warned you. Go get medical attention, get your friend to help you."

I walked past the duo who was rushing out and saw Jack had already beaten the two facing him. I also saw the look of horror on his face.

"What's the big idea, Wilhelm? Are you trying to kill people? Are you trying to ruin all of their hopes and dreams forever?" He shouted at me.

"No, I warned them, I told them how to avoid it, I told them what to do, and one of them didn't listen." I said, trying to get past Jack.

He wouldn't let me, "And you think that it makes what you just did ok?"

"I was told that we were hitting vagabonds, muggers, rapists and the like, so if they don't listen, yeah." I said.

Jack's face paled, "That isn't what Kalin told me."

"What did he tell you then?"

"That Dirty Works had issued a challenge." Jack whispered sullenly.

I raced up the stairs, past a room where I saw Crow dueling a thug.

"Where are you going?" he asked.

"Kalin lied. I'm going to confront him." I said, seething with rage.

"What?" Crow cried. At least, I think that is what he said, I was already through the hallway and into the next room, which had guard railings to protect people from falling through the incomplete ceiling.

"Hey!" A thug yelled at me from the other end of the room, and soon another thug joined him.

I don't have time for this. I barrelled through them, knocking the wind out of one with my knee and thrusting an elbow into the neck of the other, then I just kept racing. I got up the next staircase to be on the top of the building, where I saw what I didn't expect.

I wanted to see Kalin dueling the leader with a twisted grin on his face. I wanted to see Yusei dueling Kalin for twisting the purpose of the Enforcers to suit his pride. I wanted revenge on Kalin in some way or another. I saw Kalin barely hanging on to Yusei, who was dangling from the side of the building. I saw Kalin trying to save the life of my friend.

"Yusei! Hang in There! I'll pull you up in no time!" I could see Kalin struggling.

"Kalin!" Yusei yelled. Kalin just grunted in response.

"It's not working! Just let go! Keep this up and you'll fall, too!" Yusei was screaming at Kalin.

"Are you nuts?" Kalin cried right back. "I can't just leave you! No way! Argh… I'm… Definitely… not letting you go!"

"Kalin, I'll be alright somehow, just let go."

"I can't, you're my... friend!"

"Well, isn't that just precious! You two just warm my heart." said a man from across a bridge that was connected to another rooftop. "I never thought that trap would actually work, but it snared both of you. Just smashing! But I wonder how much longer you can continue this little game of friendship… All I have to do is hurt you just a little to get you to let go, am I right?"

I stepped onto the bridge, "Even if nothing else, I should work as a stall tactic. Let's duel, you and I."

"We haven't even introduced ourselves, though if all three of you wish to fall together, I'm sure that it can be arranged. My name is Gushizawa."

"Wilhelm!" Kalin grunted. "We're okay here! I got this! You just put that guy in his place!"

"Ahh… Then you are the famed Wilhelm. I hope that none of my boys suffered too much damage." Gushizawa said.

I didn't acknowledge Kalin but to Gushizawa I said, "Two have lost their decks, one of them might lose an arm."

"I see, then I consider it my duty to stop you, risking myself in the process." he said.

"I understand and respect that, but be aware that I warned them the whole time."

"In all honesty I don't think that its much of a risk facing a wimp like you. It will be a day that the satellite will long remember, when the Enforcers fall." he grinned. "Quite literally to their demise."

If he hadn't said that last bit I would've wished for the opportunity to turn the virus off, but I didn't, nor did I want to anymore. Regardless, it was too late for me: we had already turned on our disks and he had started the first move.

Turn 1: Gushizawa

Gushizawa: 4000

Wilhelm: 4000

He drew and slapped a card into the field card zone, "I activate Shien's Castle of Mist, so that whenever you attack a Six Samurai Monster, your monster loses 500 attack points." The field was covered in mist, and I could see a Japanese castle in the distance. "I also activate Six Samurai United, and summon Six Samurai - Zanji to the field giving my United spell card a counter. Then, I equip Zanji with Legendary Ebon Steed, and if he would be destroyed, the steed goes instead. It also gives him a power boost." A pale Samurai covered in armor that shone gold and orange galloped in on a black steed. His smile was sickening.

Six Samurai - Zanji: 2000/1500

"I set a card and end my turn." he said.

Turn 2: Wilhelm

I drew a card and said, "So be it. I'll match your Samurai with a ninja. I summon Vengeful Shinobi!"

Vengeful Shinobi: 400/800

"What?" he laughed. "You can't be serious with that puny little thing!"

"I'm plenty serious," I replied. "Which is why I'm backing him up by setting three face downs before ending my turn."

Turn 3: Gushizawa

Gushizawa drew a card, "I'll summon Six Samurai - Irou, which gives my spell card a second counter!" A black clad samurai rose onto the field wearing sunglasses and bearing a black nodachi. He immediately fell screaming into a pit.

"Unfortunately, I activate bottomless trap hole, removing Irou from play." I smirked.

"Argh! I still get the counter, so I'll activate Six Samurai United, sending it to the graveyard with two counters so that I can draw two cards!" he looked at his new cards and frowned. "Zanji, attack that wimp of a shinobi!" The Samurai drew his blade with a wave of golden light and leaped at the shinobi, but he went into one cylinder and right back out the other, bringing his sword down on Gushizawa instead.

"Ahh!" he cried.

Gushizawa: 2000

Wilhelm: 4000

"That's what you get for attacking a ninja, friend. Furthermore, since he was targeted for an attack this turn, my Vengeful Shinobi allows me to draw a card from my deck." I smiled.

"I… I end my turn." Gushizawa said.

Turn 4: Wilhelm

I drew a card and said, "I'll set one card, then activate Reinforcement of the Army to add Torapart to my hand."

"Where did you get that little guy?" he asked.

"I pilfered it from the securities."

"Nicely done."

"Thank you, but regardless, he won't be summoned just yet. First I'll activate Mystical Space Typhoon to destroy this misty field." A twister blew between us and towards the faraway castle, destroying it entirely and clearing the field of the mist. Gushizawa did not look happy.

"Next I'll summon Junk Synchron, right before I tune him with my Vengeful Shinobi to summon X-Saber Wayne." I was beaming. I could also make out the sounds of Kalin pulling Yusei up to safety. On the field, three rings of light enveloped two stars, and out of the beam of light stepped a cowboy bearing a gunblade.

Junk Synchron: 1300/500

X-Saber Wayne: 2100/400

"And Wayne's effect allows me to summon a level four or lower warrior monster from my hand, so now you get to meet Torapart." A dual-sided puppet appeared next to the cowboy.

Torapart: 600/600

"Now I'll tune Torapart with Wayne to summon Lightning Warrior!" This time two rings enveloped five stars, and out of the light stepped a massive man covered in white armor and red scarves billowing out behind him. Lightning pooled around his fists and out of his frenzied yellow hair.

Lightning Warrior: 2400/1200

"And since I have exactly three DARK type monsters in my graveyard, I will special summon Dark Armed Dragon to the field!" I said.

As the massive dragon flew onto the field and landed with a resounding thump, Gushizawa cried, "Wait, you have four monsters in your graveyard, not three!"

Dark Armed Dragon: 2800/1000

"Wayne is an EARTH type, not a DARK." I clarified and watched as doom sunk into his face. "Furthermore, Dark Armed Dragon's ability allows me to remove from play a DARK type monster from my graveyard to destroy a card on the field. First, I'll remove Shinobi from play to destroy your face down." A ghostly image of the ninja slashed at the set card, making it shatter.

"Second, I'll have Torapart removed from play to destroy your Steed." the horse disappeared through a portal, leaving a terrified Zanji to fall onto his rear end rather abruptly.

"Finally, I'll remove Junk Synchron from play to destroy Zanji himself." a ghost of the mechanized warrior exploded behind Zanji, shattering him. Dark Armed Dragon roared with glee from the victory, at least, I think it did. It freaked me out.

"Gushizawa," I said to the sullen-faced gang leader. "Surrender and the virus won't destroy your deck and duel disk."

"I'd rather die than surrender." he shook his head.

"You probably won't die, but you'll definitely lose most of your arm and maybe a bit of your torso if you don't at least throw your duel disk away the moment I attack." I warned. The truth suddenly dawned on him, but then he shook his head again.

"I can't do that. All of my men have fought with honor. Some have suffered because of you. I can't let that memory be in vain."

"Surrender, Gushizawa, and join me. Your morals seem conflicted, as though you both enjoy causing pain to others and hate it, as though you seek to honor those who follow you while still having great ambition. Make up your mind, or by Obelisk, I swear your hopes and dreams will die today." I steeled myself and watched him squirm, wishing that I had popcorn.

"Join the Enforcers?" he asked weakly. By this point Kalin and Yusei were behind me. I could see Yusei nodding at what I was saying out of the corner of my eye. I knew that he appreciated my attempts to show mercy.

But then Kalin yelled, "Stop wasting time and finish him off, Wilhelm!"

That was the final straw. Jack and Crow had just run up the stairs when I turned around and punched Kalin in the gut, which I followed up by taking the opportunity to put an elbow into the back of his neck, knocking him to the ground. I left him there as he and everyone else on the rooftop was in shock.

"Not as an Enforcer, Gushizawa. Something else. I'll think of something." I shook my head.

"Why would you punch your own Team Leader?" Gushizawa asked, perplexed.

"He lied to me, and he isn't my leader anymore. The captain is undeserving of the commission, and gave unlawful orders. It became my duty to bring him down."

"What are you talking about, Wil?" Yusei said. I could've cared less about Yusei right then, so I directed my eyes back at Gushizawa.

"Surrender. Now." I said. Slowly, he gathered his hand and put the cards back on top of his deck.

Gushizawa: - - - -

Wilhelm: 4000

I walked over to him and put a business card on top of his deck, "This is where you'll find me. Come and talk to me tomorrow around noon, and bring your men who have the best behavior. I decide whether or not they join us."

Gushizawa nodded his head, gulped, and started walking down the stairs. Thankfully, Crow and Jack just got out of his way.

"You pathetic excuse for a duelist!" Kalin screamed. "Surrendering to another team! Letting all of your people down!"

I kicked Kalin. My hand was itching to draw the sword, but instead I took off my vest and threw it in his face, "Goodbye, Kalin, see you never. The rest of you are still welcome at my place anytime. I'll still do the maintenance on your disks for free."

Kalin was screaming profanities at me and calling me a traitor until I had long since left the rooftop. All of Satellite could hear it.