What Really Happened in Team Satisfaction Era

by GDitto

I little boy is kidnapped and sent to Earth. He meets new friends and has a short-lived adventure. Was going to have sequels and be written from other perspectives, too, but I'm working on As the Moon Rises a tale of what's to come over at fictionpress.

3. What the Deck?

"Ash your fort is well-made," said Yusei.

"Thanks," I said. "What are these used for?" I asked Yusei as I pulled out the vampire trio.

"You use them to duel," Yusei responded.

"How do you duel?" I asked eagerly.

"The basics are: you start out with 4000 life points. Then you draw five cards from the top of the deck. You and your opponent take turns attacking with monsters, helping with spells, and defending with traps."

"Still sounds hard." I said.

"It's loads easier after you have played for a while."

We wandered around in old canned foods, and general things like that, until Yusei spotted a box. The box had strange symbols written on it.

"Ash, open it," Yusei instructed. I opened up the box using a latch on the side. Seven more duel cards were in the box. "Ash, the box is a deck box for your cards. Would you like to use it?" he asked.

"Sure," I replied.

"Let's go back to Crow's then," he said.

We wandered back over to where their home was. When we got there, Crow greeted us and asked,"Ash, didja find any cards?"

"Seven," I replied.

"That's great," he said.

"I've been wondering something," I began.

"What?" he asked.

"What are the yellow marks that you have on your face?"

"Criminal markings," said Crow.

"You are a criminal?" I asked in disbelief.

"No. Almost everyone in Satellite has one. I got this 'M' stealing food for you guys."

"Thanks. But what is a criminal marking?" I asked.

"A branding mark," said Yusei.

"Ouch!" I exclaimed. "I hope I don't get one!"

"Sector Security can also use radar and GPS to track the signal that the mark emits," said Yusei.

"Let's go to Martha's," suggested Crow.

"Sure," said Yusei.

"Who's Martha?" I asked.

"Martha and Dr. Hebert are Satellite's doctors. Right now, they have four orphans at their house. Courtney and Sloane are sisters, and Zane and Brianna are ten-year-old twins. Sloane is twelve and Courtney is eight. Sloane tried hard to fend for all of them until I found them two months ago."

"Sloane sounds really nice," I said.

"She is. She's also very polite. If you said that the sky was yellow, she would not correct you."

"Ow!" I screamed.

"What?" asked Yusei and Crow in surprise.

"My memory. I see an ... eleven-year-old girl."

"Maybe she's an orphan too," said Crow.

"I don't think so, but my mind's gone blank."

"Maybe you'll remember soon," said Yusei.

"Well, let's head over to Martha's," I said.

As we headed over to Martha's, I ate the loaf of bread Jack got me.