"That's game." Adela sunk to the floor, looking at Clayton who had been killed by a Fate card earlier on in the duel.

Caleb: 0450
Clayton: 0000
Adela: 0000

"You might have won had you not been so intent on saving Clayton." Adela said nothing. "It's time to seal your Fate. Pick a card." She still didn't respond. Caleb snapped at her. "This duel's over! You'll be free from Begia now! I'll be happy that you two are gone! So pick your card and end this!" Adela shook his head slowly. "PICK YOUR CARD, ADELA!" Adela stood up.

"No."

"What? You have to! Otherwise..."

"This duel doesn't end. We both stay trapped in the bubble until we're dead." Caleb didn't say anything for a long time. When he finally spoke, his voice was a whisper.

"If you don't pick your Fate now, Fate will pick for you. And that wont be pretty. You're not the first duelist to not choose." Adela shook her head. The Fate cards shimmered and shattered until there was only one: The Death of Fate. "Hmph. It was lenient on you. The last duelist got a card far worse than that." Adela rose from the ground, tears streaming down her face as her vision blackened.

"FATE BREAKER!"

"What the hell?" Caleb yelled as the bubble dissolved and Adela fell to the floor. Her eyes were closed but she could hear the conversation.

"I can't believe you, Caleb!"

"You shut up! And where have you been? Not doing your bit for the Island plan!"

"I've been busy. Now are we going to duel or what?"

"How many idiots am I going to duel today?" Caleb muttered as the duel begun.

Why is this happening? Fay had finally been calmed down and the two girls had found a hotel to stay for the night, using up the last of the girls' money. Arlene and Fay didn't care though. Arlene was too occupied with finding Ethan, while Fay was struggling to deal with the Fate cards. When we duelled them, they always activated the Fate cards without hesitation. They never once seemed to think they would lose. Marie...she looked so helpless when she had to pick her card... Fay began crying without noticing this herself. She didn't have to put that card in her deck! And neither did Mendoza! And... She glanced at Arlene who was staring up at the ceiling, unable to sleep.

"Arlene." Arlene sat up and looked at Fay. "I need to tell you some things." Arlene looked at her intently. "You know that Begia came to Duel Academy Island because of me. As long as I can remember they've been coming after me."

"And you said they never told you why they were chasing after you." Arlene pointed out. Fay scratched the back of her head frantically.

"Well, yeah that's true...only I think I can guess why. I...kind of made...the Fate cards." Arlene stood up.

"What? How? You said they were chasing you as long as you could remember! How could you have made those cards when you were only a child?"

"I can only remember back to when I was 8." Arlene stared at her. "I can't remember anything before then. The earliest memory I have is someone helping me to escape."

"Then how do you know you made the Fate cards?"

"I wasn't the one who came up with the idea!" Fay snapped. She mumbled an apology quickly and continued. "I did help - against my will! - to make them. As the man was guiding me out of the facility he told me about why I was here. The Fate cards are made by condensing human emotions into cards. At least, that's the start of it. I have no idea how they can do that or what else they do to make them the Fate cards we've seen, but I know that in order to get human emotions they asked Begia members for their children."

"They WHAT?"

"I don't know why they did it either. The man said that Begia had never been like this before..." She fell silent for a few moments. Just as Arlene was about to speak Fay continued. "The man, I think he was my dad. I can't be sure, but..." Tears fell freely from her face. Arlene walked up to her and gave her a slightly mechanical hug which lasted for a few minutes. When Fay broke the hug she looked much better.

"So was it just you they'd enlisted?" Arlene dared to ask.

"No. I saw more children. Most of them looked like they were in pain..." She stared at the ground. Arlene patted her shoulder and gave her a smile. Fay smiled back as well.

She doesn't think I'm a monster! Even after I helped make the cards, she thinks I'm still me! Fay thought to herself. The two of them lay down in their beds and finally drifted off.

Adela woke slowly. Her eyes showed her that it was night, with the stars gazing down at her. She hesitantly sat up and looked around. She was on a beach and a fire was crackling away next to her. Adela realised how cold she was and warmed her hands on the fire.

"ADELA! You're awake!" The girl turned to see a familiar face walking towards her.

"Bryon Perez!" She exlaimed and hugged him. She then broke off as she remembered the circumstances which allowed them to meet. "Clayton's..." Bryon nodded slowly. "What about Caleb?" Bryon's face darkened.

"We drew. His Fate cards went CRAZY and dissolved. So now we know how to destroy them!" Adela sighed.

"Destroying the cards wont help. We need to get to the source...wherever that is." Bryon grinned and grabbed her arm, dragging her along the beach until they reached a raft. "You built a raft." Adela had meant this as a question, but she felt drained. Bryon noticed this.

"We're going to a nearby island. I WAS able to save a Helicopter, so we can fly the REST of the way!" Adela gave a small nod. She was starting to feel woozy, but didn't tell Bryon as they began their journey back to the mainland.

"So let me get this straight. You attacked Clayton and Adela?" Caleb bristled at Hayden's accusing tone.

"Look, they were a threat to this mission! If I hadn't dueled them..."

"Then we'd be finished by now. Because of you, Adela has probably already made her way off the island and is going to inform people on the mainland. Had you stuck to the plan, we could have started building by now."

"I don't see why we have to build on this island," Caleb muttered. "We could have picked an abandoned one or something..."

"We received orders to build here. Are you going to question them?" Caleb shook his head. "Good. Some of the other Begia members are chasing after Adela as we speak. As for you, you are to return to the base..."

"What? NO! I'm NOT leaving this mission!" Hayden slanted an eyebrow.

"Are you going to let me finish? You are to return there to get some more Fate cards and then return here. As much as I would rather see you pay for your mistakes, Mr. Guerra has decided to let you continue with the island operation." Caleb didn't know whether to be gratefully or angry. He just stood there as Hayden walked off.

Fay and Arlene had checked out of their hotel room and were discussing their next plan of action as they wandered aimlessly about, not paying attention to their surroundings.

"The surrounding buildings of the Begia base looked similar to these ones..." Fay muttered. Arlene just snorted at this.

"Yeah, the Begia base is going to be around here."

"Is that so surprising?" The two girls froze to see Erick Guerra facing them, a small smile on his lips. He was wearing his Duel Disk. "I'm here to duel Fay." Arlene took a step forward, but Erick shook his head. "Fay only, Arlene. You'll have to wait your turn to duel another Begia member. Now come on, Fay!" Fay was shaking as she activated her Duel Disk. Erick simply nodded approvingly and the duel begun.