So I've been obsessed with DC comics lately. The obsession went from Smallville, to Batman, to Smallville again, then to Green Arrow, now it's a tie between season 9 of Smallville and Speedy/Roy Harper.
They killed Roy's daughter. So, in my angry/sad state, I must update.
Chapter 5: Between the Lines Part 1
Keisa sat in front of her unfinished runner, fiddling with a few spare parts, unable to sit still. She dropped The part in her shaky hands, sighed, and picked it up one more time. But her hands were so unsteady, she couldn't work properly. In a fit of anger, she threw the part at the wall.
"Hey, don't break it," Blitz mumbled, walking into the room and retrieving the part. "You're lucky it didn't bend!" He looked at the nice dent in the wall. "Can't say the same for the wall."
Keisa let out a breath and ran her hands through her hair. She couldn't concentrate. She wanted to finish the runner so bad. It was so close to being ride-able, but she just couldn't concentrate anymore.
"He's been gone for months, Blitz," she growled, standing up and yanking the sheet back over her duel runner. "Something went wrong."
"You just figure that out?" She gave him a flat look and he held up his hands in a "don't shoot" manner. "There's not much we can do from here."
Keisa began to nod and then shook her head vigorously. "No, maybe there is something I can do!" More confident, she ran over and flipped up the laptop.
"Yeah? And what's that?" Blitz asked suspiciously, shoving his hands in his pocket.
She turned to look at him, eyes alight with newfound excitement. "What if I can hack into Sector Security systems and see if I can find anything. Maybe they'll have files on Satellites admitted to the facility!"
"I don't think that's such a good idea…"
"Why not?"
"What if they track the hack back to us?" he argued. "We could all end up in the facility."
"But we won't. It's not like I'm going to be mass downloading their files. I just want to search through them." He just stared at her long and hard.
"Yuse would never forgive me if I let you get sent to the facility."
"They won't even know I'm there," she said softly. "Please. I'll go do it from the other side of the Satellite."
"Alright, but I'm going with you."
"Alright, we're in," Keisa announced. They had set up shop in an abandoned warehouse far from where the rest of their friends were.
"That was quick," Blitz muttered.
"Hey, I'm a pro computer programmer." Her eyes scanned a list of files and dates, eyes narrowing when she reached one that stood out. "There's a video log here. Shortly after midnight the day Yusei left. At the Kaiba Dome."
"You think that's him?" Blitz asked excitedly.
"Well, we're about to find out," she mumbled, clacking away on her keyboard.
Suddenly a video popped up. There, unharmed, was her brother dueling Jack. Silently, they both watched the duel until a bright red dragon appeared above the arena a half a second before the screen went blank.
"What was that?" Blitz whispered.
Keisa typed furiously. "I think we lost the signal. Which means we weren't kicked out. Chances are they never knew we were there."
"Right," Blitz stood up and began packing things up. "Let's get away from here, quick."
She nodded, happy to know her brother had been safe when he got there, but the fact that he was still not back was not good news at all.
"Guys!" Keisa yelled down the tunnel as she ran. While working on her own runner, she had received bits of information from Yusei's runner for the first time in months. This meant that Yusei had turned his runner on. It meant he wasn't in the facility.
"Keisa, run!" she heard Rally yell. She stopped running, stumbling forward as her brain registered what was happening.
"Get out of here!" Blitz screamed to her.
Sector Security had surrounded her friends. She needed to contact Yusei. She didn't know what to do. She turned to run but ran right into a Security guard.
"No!" She yelled, kicking and hitting him. "Let me go!"
"You guys aren't going anywhere," one grunt said with a grin, leading them out of the tunnels.
"You've been requested by the hire-ups," another chirped.
"Yeah? Well, I'll kick your ass right now, let's go!" Keisa snapped, being shoved carelessly towards a car.
"It's no use," Nervin sighed.
"It was only a matter of time without Yusei here," Tank agreed.
As they jammed them all into separate cars, Keisa managed to kick her captor in the knee cap earning her a satisfying hiss before he slammed the door shut.
"Let's duel!" Tanner and Yusei announced, only to be interrupted by the roar of a duel runner pulling up. None other than Jack Atlas stepped off and removed his helmet.
"Hey, Jack," Yusei said flatly, knowing nothing good could come of his arrival.
"Uh oh, why is Jack Atlas here?" Yanagi said shakily.
"Lessons?" Blister responded.
Jack glanced back at them. "Careful."
"What brings you here, Jack?" Yusei asked, getting right to the point. He gasped when Jack pulled out Stardust Dragon.
"I heard you'll be at the Fortune Cup," he announced.
"Word gets around fast."
"I got a deal for you, Yusei. For your Stardust Dragon." Yusei eyed Jack angrily. "You added to your deck. You win, you keep it. I win, you don't, and then you and me are straight, right?"
"Straight? What about my sister and my friends?" Yusei snapped.
"What? What are you talking about?" Jack said, offended. "I didn't say anything about Keisa or—"
Yusei held up the picture that was given to him. "Your pal Lazar stopped by. And if I don't duel, they pay."
"What?" Jack gasped.
"Surprised, Jack?" Yusei asked. "Well don't be. I know Goodwin's behind all of this. And he's gonna regret putting my friends…" Yusei paused and put the picture back in his pocket. "…and putting my sister in harms way."
"You'll definitely need your Stardust Dragon now, won't you?" Jack passed Yusei his card. "And just so we're clear, I don't know anything about this threat, got it? You know I'd never harm Keisa. I duel for me. Goodwin has got his own agenda."
Sorry if it was a bit choppy. I have fanart of Keisa! :D