"Okay, Yūsei, the hatch opens at midnight," Nervin said.
"He knows," Rally said.
"And it'll only be open for three minutes," Nervin added.
"He knows," Sakura said.
"And once you hop the fence, sector security will-"
"He knows!" Rally and Sakura shouted.
"Can't you at least be positive?" Rally asked.
"Yūsei, do you really think you can do this?" Blitz asked.
"A test run is on thing, but the real deal is something else," Nervin said. "If they catch you-"
"Don't listen to that guy Yūsei," Tank said. "Just hit the gas and don't look back."
"Wait Yūsei!" Rally said, jumping down into the tunnel. He handed a card out to him. "I want you to have this."
"What is it?" Yūsei asked.
"Turbo Booster," Rally said.
"But wasn't this your dad's card?" Sakura asked.
"Yeah, I thought you could use it," Rally said. "Like my dad always said, you never know when you might need a boost."
"It's time," Yūsei said. Sakura nodded and climbed onto the runner. Yūsei put on his helmet. "You guys will be on the monitor, right?"
"Yeah! We're going to go topside and get a clear signal," Rally said. "Now rev it up!"
"And don't stop for nothing!" Blitz shouted. Yūsei sat down and Sakura wrapped her arms around him.
"Ready?" He asked.
"As I'll ever be," Sakura nodded. "Rev it." Yūsei did just that and they sped off.
"Warning! You are entering an unauthorized zone! Turn back immediately!"
"Yusei, we've got company!" Sakura shouted. Trudge drove up to them and knocked into him.
"Pull over Yūsei!" Trudge demanded. Yūsei pulled ahead.
"How'd he find us?" Yūsei asked.
"The chip!" Sakura gasped.
"What about it?" Yūsei asked.
"It must have a homing beacon in it!" Sakura said. Trudge pulled up and tried to grab the runner.
"Don't you two know it's two hours past curfew, or can you not tell time?" Trudge sneered.
"Back off!" Sakura shouted, kicking his leg. Trudge stalled and Yūsei took the moment to speed off.
"Nice kick," Yūsei said.
"Thanks," Sakura said.
"Hang on!" Yūsei said. Sakura tightened her grip and pulled herself closer to him. Yūsei broke through the gate. He pulled on the runner and jumped over the fence. The runner jumped and continued on. "You okay?"
"Yeah, I'm fine," Sakura said.
"You sure?" Yūsei asked.
"It wouldn't matter if I was or not," Sakura said. "We have a goal here, just drive."
"Alright." Yūsei quickly turned, gaining a squeal from Sakura.
"You may have beaten me in our last duel, but this time I've got something special planned for you and I'm taking you down," Trudge said.
"What's he talking about?" Sakura asked nervously.
"See with that chip you installed, I can force you to turbo duel!" Trudge said.
"What did he just say?" Sakura asked quickly.
"Calm down," Yūsei said.
"Overriding suspect's duel runner. Duel mode engaged. Autopilot standby."
"Yūsei!" Sakura shouted, panicking.
"Don't panic," Yūsei told her.
"I can't be this close to a duel!" Sakura shouted. "You know what will happen!"
"Just meditate," Yūsei told her. Sakura took a shaky breath and held him tightly.
"Don't worry, you'll be fine," Yūsei said.
"I let you off the hook last time, but me and my special pursuit deck aren't gonna let you go this time," Trudge said. "And this time, I'll haul you off to the Facility. You and your girlfriend."
"Ew!" Sakura said. "He does know we're siblings, right?"
"Foster siblings," Yūsei said with a smirk.
"Don't even joke!" Sakura said, her cheeks turning pink.
"Thanks to that acceleration chip you installed I can hack into your mainframe and force you to duel. And the only way to get you out of it is to beat me," Trudge said. "Now, I'll show you what my special pursuit deck can do. I summon Gate Blocker in defense mode." A blue gate appeared in front of them.
"And with that I place one card face down and end my turn." Yūsei gasped as his speed counter didn't increase.
"What's going on?" Yūsei muttered.
"What happened?" Sakura asked.
"It's about what didn't happen," Yūsei said.
"What's wrong Yūsei? Did you just notice that your speed counter isn't increasing?" Trudge asked mockingly. "Well it isn't going to. See last time we dueled I underestimated your deck and that mistake nearly sent me back to traffic duty. But this time, I've learned from my mistakes. And you won't be surprising me anytime soon. But boy have I got some surprises for you. For instance, my Gate Blocker spell card. Your stuck in neutral, rather fitting."
"What are you talking about?" Yūsei asked.
"Because, in this duel and in life, you two aren't going anywhere. Unless you count going to the facility as 'going somewhere'. But this isn't going to be a short little vacation like when you went to the re-education center," Trudge said. "You see Yūsei, this time you and Sakura are going to be locked away for a very long time."
"Name the last time I broke a law," Sakura huffed under her breath.
"Assuming you can catch us," Yūsei said.
"Yūsei, time," Sakura hissed.
"It's midnight," Yūsei said. "We have to wrap this up fast."
"But how?" Sakura asked.
"If I get out dueled down here we'll never get to settle the score with Jack. We'll never get to make him pay for what he did. I can't let that happen," Yūsei said.
"Well neither can I," Sakura said.
"Don't even think about it, we have no clue what could happen," Yūsei said.
"But I can't just standby, not when I'm this close, something's gonna happen no matter what," Sakura said.
"Then we'll deal with it when it happens," Yūsei said. He pulled out a card and placed it down. "I summon Speed Warrior in attack mode."
"I remember that pathetic little toy from our last duel." Trudge said. "I also remember that it's attack points double on the turn that it's summoned, but that won't help you one bit. Do you still not know how to count?" Speed Warrior was just 200 points shy of matching Gate Blocker. Yūsei took out another card.
"How about adding a little luck to this card?" Yūsei asked.
"Now that I can do," Sakura said. She quickly kissed the card and Yūsei played it.
"I special summon Turbo Booster in attack mode!" The Rally's monster appeared on the field. "Power up!"
Speed Warrior jumped on Turbo Booster's arms. Turbo Booster shot his arms like rockets and Speed Warrior went after Gate Blocker.
"That doesn't scare me one bit," Trudge said.
"It should because now Speed Warrior can attack using Turbo Booster's special ability!" Yūsei said.
"That won't be enough. Even if you somehow destroy Gate Blocker his defense is much to strong," Trudge said. "And this time, you'll be the one getting hurt from the blast, not me."
Speed Warrior crashed through Gate Blocker, destroying it. Yūsei grunted as his life points were knocked down 200 points.
"Are you hurt?" Sakura asked.
"Not a lot," Yūsei told her.
"I'm sorry, this is all my fault," Sakura said.
"Don't worry, I can handle it," Yūsei said. "There's the pipeline, we might still have some time." Yūsei drove off the elevated platform and quickly swerved into the pipeline.
"Ugh, remind me never to go riding with you again," Sakura groaned. She rested her head against his back.
"Pathetic," Inner said, appearing beside her.
"Shut up," Sakura muttered.
"What?" Yūsei asked, not hearing her.
"Nothing, just keep going," Sakura said.
"I activate my Broken Blocker trap so I can play two gate blockers," Trudge said.
"Oh no not again," Sakura groaned as two more gates formed in front of them.
"What made you two break curfew tonight, Yūsei? You trying to escape the Satellite?" Trudge asked.
"And what if we are?" Yūsei replied.
"Don't you know that your kind don't fit in very well in New Domino city?" Trudge asked mockingly.
"Rude!" Inner said, taking offense to that. "Doesn't he know that we were born there? We fit in perfectly."
"Why are you even taking offense to that?" Sakura asked.
"Should I just ignore this again?" Yūsei asked.
"That may be for the best," Sakura said. "Someone's getting offended."
"We're not exactly going there to fit in," Yūsei said.
"So what's the deal? We both know that you two have got an awful lot of enemies, and they're in some pretty high places. You going to try and settle some score?" Trudge asked.
"Something like that," Yūsei said. "I place two cards face down and end my turn."
"Heh, there's no escape Yūsei," Trudge taunted.
"We've got to find a way around those blockers and fast, or else we won't make it," Yūsei told Sakura.
"You two will never escape, I'll make sure of it," Trudge said. "I'm radioing Ganogo for some back up." A giant cannon ball with a face appeared in the pipeline. "Ganogo, take out his Speed Warrior." Ganogo rolled forward, steamrolling over Speed Warrior. With that, Yūsei's points were knocked down to 3350. Yūsei growled as he waited for Trudge to end his turn.
"I'm sorry," Sakura said.
"Not your fault," Yūsei said.
"Your loss is my gain," Trudge said, and with that his turn ended.
"My move then," Yūsei said, drawing a card. "I summon Junk Synchron in attack mode. Next I'll activate my trap card, Graceful Revival."
"What are you planning?" Trudge asked.
"Lemme show you," Yūsei said. "Thanks to my Graceful Revival I can summon any level 2 or below monster from my graveyard. I'm bringing back Speed Warrior." Speed Warrior skated out of the card and flew next to it's companion. "And now I'll tune them together to summon Junk Warrior."
The two monsters combined in an impressive and blinding light show. "Let's rev it up!" Junk Warrior flipped behind Ganogo and pulled his fist back. He hit Ganogo and the monster disappeared. Trudge growled as he skid back a few feet. He grunted in pain as his life points were taken down to 3050.
"What did you do?" Trudge shouted. "Why did that hurt?" Sakura looked behind them at Trudge in shocked.
"That hurt him?" She asked in shock. "That hurt him!" She threw her hands up in celebration. "This is the first time I've hurt the opponent!"
"Well, at least it's not one sided anymore," Yūsei said with a chuckle.
"Well duh it hurt him, you have learned more control since the last duel you influenced," Inner said.
"You pulled the same move the last time we dueled. You're starting to get predictable using the same old tricks," Trudge said in disdain. He drew a card and smirked. "You're not the only one that can upgrade their monsters! I summon Jute Fighter!" Trudge declared. A small Japanese man appeared on the field.
"Oh no! A tuner!" Sakura gasped.
"It sure is, and the surprises just keep on coming," Trudge said with a growl. "Jute Fighter, tune with one of my Gate Blockers to summon Goyo Guardian!"
"Shit." Sakura growled as the stronger monster appeared.
"Looks like you're the one who underestimated my deck," Trudge laughed maliciously. "Now attack!" Goyo threw his sai at Junk Warrior. Junk Warrior cried out as he was wrapped in rope. "See, when Goyo attacks a monster, it doesn't destroy it. Oh no, it takes control of the monster. And how sweet it is to have Junk Warrior do my bidding." Yūsei grunted as his points shrank to 2850.
"Kinda like your relationship with Jack Atlas," Yūsei bit back.
"You Satellites never know when to sit back and shut up, do you?" Yūsei watched as Junk Warrior was switched to defense mode.
"Blue is not a good color," Inner said.
"Tell me about it," Sakura muttered. "Yūsei, speed counter up to 4."
"Finally, I can activate a speed spell from my hand," Trudge said. "Go, Sonic Buster." The card appeared and shot a light at Goyo.
"Well, you weren't joking when you said you had a few surprises up your sleeve," Yūsei said.
"Glad I didn't disappoint you," Trudge said with a smirk. "And guess what I won't be disappointing my superiors either. This time you won't be running away once the last card is played. And with this attack it won't be long until your life points hit zero."
"Yusei!" Sakura gasped as his life points were knocked down to 1450.
"Now, to make sure you don't pull some fancy trick I think I'll use a second Sonic Buster to slow you down," Trudge said. Yūsei grunted as the second attack hit him in the chest. The runner was pushed back, coming even with Trudge's.
"Yusei, are you alright?" Sakura asked.
"I'm fine," Yūsei panted.
"To hell you are! You've only got 50 life points!" Sakura shouted.
"And soon he won't even have that," Trudge taunted.
"Alright, that's it, intervention time," Inner said with a growl. "No way am I letting this asshole win." Sakura watched as Yūsei's deck glowed white for a second.
"What did you do?" Yūsei asked.
"It wasn't me, I swear. It was Inner," Sakura told him. "I think she rearranged it."
"You won't beat me Yūsei, and you'll never escape from the Satellite, and once I win, I'm taking the two of you in," Trudge said. "I can't wait to see you two get locked up."
"Keep waiting, cause I'm putting the pedal to the metal," Yūsei said.
"But I'm the one that's got all the power," Trudge said, watching his counter go up to 5. Yūsei glanced back at Sakura before drawing a card from his deck.
"I summon the tuner monster, Nitro Synchron," Yūsei said.
"Another tuner monster? You never were the type to give up, were you?"
"Nope, and I'm not about to start now," Yūsei said. "I activate the speed spell Dash Pilfer."
"Impossible!" Trudge shouted. "Thanks to my blockers you don't have the power to use a speed spell."
"Double check the screen pal," Sakura said with a smirk. Trudge looked down at his screen and gasped.
"But how? When? This shouldn't be possible," Trudge said. "How do you have speed counters? Wait a minute."
"I see you're finally solving the puzzle," Yūsei said.
"Strange to see the cogs in that head of his working," Sakura said with a snicker. "I bet they haven't had a good workout in years."
"If you think you're the only one that's full of surprises then you better guess again," Yūsei told him. "This little oversight is gonna cost you big time. While you were busy trying to keep down and hold me back I played slipstream. It gave me the exact number of counters you had when you played your second sonic buster. By trying to hold me back, you've only made me faster!" Yūsei revved his runner and pulled ahead.
"That's just like you!" Trudge growled. "Taking handouts and riding on the coattails of someone else's success."
"Hey, it's what we Satellites do best," Sakura said.
"Dash Pilfer, get in there and save Junk Warrior!" The card hit Junk Warrior, setting him free. Junk Warrior switched back to attack mode and jumped next to Yūsei.
"Even after all these years, you still don't know a thing about me," Yūsei said. "All you see are rules being broken but you never once stopped to ask why. I guess being ignorant pays well."
"Yūsei, now's not the time for a lecture, we don't have much time left!" Sakura said.
"What are you talking about?" Trudge asked.
"We're almost there," Yūsei said. Trudge looked ahead of them and gasped.
"That hatch! You're gonna use it to get out of the Satellite!" Trudge shouted in realization.
"Wow, nothing gets past him does it?" Inner asked.
"Took you long enough to figure it out," Yūsei said with a laugh. "Nothing gets past you now does it? That is, nothing but me, Sakura, and my runner."
"No way. I'm just one move away from locking you two up for good," Trudge said.
"Not gonna happen, cause I'm about to rev it up one last time," Yūsei said.
"Another synchro summon?" Trudge asked in disbelief.
"That's right. Nitro Synchron, give Junk Warrior a little tune up," Yūsei ordered. "I synchro summon Nitro Warrior." Nitro Warrior took the field letting out a battle cry. "And I've got one last surprise for you, if Nitro Warrior attacks on the same round a speed spell was used it gains 1000 attack points."
"It does what?!" Trudge shouted.
"And with that it means that your precious Goyo Gaurdian is gone! Nitro Warrior attack!" Yuse ordered. Nitro Warrior flew at Goyo, punching it until the monster shattered.
"This is far from over Yūsei," Trudge growled as his points were knocked down to 2050.
"Oh yes it is," Yūsei said. "See, when Nitro Warrior destroys one of your monsters and you've got a monster in defense mode, it switches to attack. And guess what happens next." Gate Keeper's points were knocked down to 100 as it was forced into attack mode.
"But that means I don't have anything to protect myself," Trudge said.
"And even thought Nitro Warrior loses 1000 attack points, it's more than enough to win the duel," Yūsei said. "Nitro Warrior, have at it." Nitro Warrior flew forward, destroying Gate Blocker. Trudge screamed as his points disappeared. His runner stopped and steam poured out of it.
"And with 50 points to spare, not bad," Inner said.
"Yūsei, the clock!" Sakura said. They watched as the hatch slowly started to close and garbage began flooding the tunnels again.
"Not so fast!" Inner shouted. She disappeared and Sakura closed her eyes and took a deep breath.
"Yūsei, stay steady," Sakura ordered. Yūsei nodded, his grip on the handlebars tightening. Sakura breathed out one more time. Her body was outlined in red. She cleared her mind completely before opening her eyes. Her eyes were glowing red. The trash around them moved away, flying out of their path. A path opened up towards the hatch.
"The hatch is still closing," Yūsei told her.
"On it," Sakura said. Sparks started flying around the hatch as it stalled. Yūsei drove under the hatch and it slammed shut behind them. Sakura returned to normal and she breathed heavily, leaning back.
"Are you okay?" Yūsei asked, slowing down.
"I'm fine, that just took a lot out of me," Sakura said. "Just keep driving, don't stop until we're there."
"Alright," Yūsei said.
"Yusei!" A voice shouted out. Yūsei immediately came to a screeching halt. He looked around, searching for the owner of the voice.
"Jack!" Sakura shouted, seeing him on an elevated highway.
"And Sakura too, well isn't this a surprise," Jack said. "Long time no see, how have you two been?" When he didn't see smiles on their faces he laughed. "What's wrong? Aren't you happy to see you're old friend, Jack Atlas?"