I could hear my name being called, it was faint. The water muffled the sound but I could tell that Yusei, Jack and Crow were callin' out for me. As I hit the water I had no choice but to take off my armor so I wouln't drown myself. It hurt to take it off knowing I could never get it back, but it wasn't worth dying over. Although with my air supply getting lower I'm pretty sure it's going to look that way. I pocketed my deck and took off my duel wings and blades, the things that made me different from regular turbo duelists was now plummeting to the bottom of the sea. As I saw my wings and armor get farther and farther away from me the more depress I got.
...Darkness.
~Jack's POV~
I have to find her, I have to save her. These feelings, they were familiar but I haven't felt this way since...well since Carly. I love Carly, but I care alot for Roni.
Could I...?
Should I?
We reached the bay and I saw only her helmet as it had floated to the top. She must have took her armor off.
"Roni!"
We all went as far as we could into the water but there was no sign of her.
Wait...
A body appeared out of the water, it was Roni. She wan't moving, she must be unconcious. I swam to her and took her out of the freezing cold water and carried her to shore to laid her on her back. I placed my ear by her mouth...she wasn't breathing. Yusei tried to move me out of the way.
"I know CPR Jack, let me see if I can revive her," Yusei explained.
As I moved out of Yusei's way I reminded myself what I did to Ralley. Yusei had told me he had to do CPR on him as well. I felt so guilty, this only opened the wound that I thought had healed. Minutes had past. Crow and I looked on, things weren't looking so good for her. Suddenly, she coughed up the water that was in her lungs. She blinked a few times and looked at us, a small smile played on her face, she was happy to see us.
All three of them tried to help her up, but she refused the help.
"I'm fine, I can do this..."
Roni took only a few steps, then colapsed.
"We have to take her to the hospital," Yusei said.
Jack picked her up and Yusei handed Jack Akiza's helmet as they all raced to the hospital. Half way there Jack felt her breath on his neck. This releaved Jack,
"She's breathing, hang on Roni. Don't give up yet."Jack thought.
They continued to race through the city, this grabbed the attention of Sector Security. They already knew about the results of the duel thanks to the news team. So they already knew about the duelbots. They were ordered by Trudge to escort them to the hospital.
They finally got there and the trio rushed in and they quickly took her. The doctors requested that they all wait in the waiting room. This was a time to figure out why these people went after her. They went outside to talk as they waited.
" Man, it's bad enough that we know who these wackjobs are, but now they're attacking anyone who gets too close to us," Crow said.
Yusei added, " I don't think that's the only reason Crow, that seems too simple."
None of them could find any explination as to why the duelbots went after her, and to use three of them was just sick and cruel.
"Once we find the bloaks who did this, I will make sure they never even look at a deck of cards ever again," Jack proclaimed.
A nurse came outside and showed them to Roni's room. They saw her there and he doctor was there to explain.
"Your friend suffered some minor injuries from the blast. Her armor protected her, so we lucked she fell, and was in the water her lungs filled up with water and we are taking the proper precoutions. We treated her with medication and she should be fine.
The group was relieved that she was going to be okay. They decided to head home and let her rest. The doctors explained that she'll be there for three days so they would come back then.
~ Jack's POV ~
I had to go and think for a while. I told Yusei and Crow not to wait up for me, as usuall that birdbrain Crow had to remind me of the upcomming tourniment. I know I have the skills to win, it's not my first tourniment. For once I was confused, Me and Roni had just got reaquainted and yet I fell a bond with her somehow. I really needed to put things into perspective. I went back to my old hangout, I hadn't been there since I left the Satalite. When I got there I noticed there was stuff that I don't remember being there before. My throne in the center of the stage, I thought about things for what felt like hours on end. On my seat was a card sleve face down. I piceked up the sleve and saw a paper inside. I took out the paper and read the note,
Roni,
One day you will have someone that you really care about, someone who really cares about you. If you are both duelist I want you to use this card as a symbol of your bond with them. This card represents unity and with unity, there is nothing stronger.
~B
I had no clue about this "B" person, but he knew Roni. She hadn't had the chance to tell me anything much about what had happen since I last saw her. But if he or she was important, you would think she would tell me. The card was Dragon Knight Draco-Equiste, I had heard about this card but had never seen it for myself. I had to assume that Roni was the one who lived here now. I took the card and bagged some of her clothes and somethings that I thought she would want. I made a discission that night, I cared enough aboout Roni that she would stay with us. No one was going hurt her again, not while I am still breathing. I don't care what Yusei or that birdbrain Crow have to say about it.
Yusei and Crow were at there lil' place in the City. Yusei was watching the news, they were reporting on the three on one duel and Trudge had to do damage control for the trio. Yusei felt bad for Roni, she was only attacked cause she wanted to be friends with them. It didn't help that the duel was not only a physical attack but a physiological attack as well. They knew about her past, but how? He had to help her heal, as he watched her summon Red Eyes Darkness Dragon, he got an idea.
Jack drove up and parked his runner with the others. He got the bags and placed them in his room.
"Roni's staying here with us," Jack said.
Crow and Yusei couldn't beileve what they just heard. Neither of them attempted to argue with him. They agreed that they would allow her to stay. Bruno came in and asked,
"Hey guys, whats for dinner?"
Jack and the others dissucussed the change and when Roni was released they would pick her up and tell her the news. All they coud do now is hope that he healing process went as planed.