Overlooking the City was Sampson back in his office. He was looking at a picture, it was him with the other council members in a picture. They were all wearing suits, sitting at a table, smiling at the camera.

"Im sorry Roger, sorry I had to seal you away. But my job is more important then my friends."

Sampson pushed a button on his desk. "Have we found Malik yet?"

"Yes Sir, but hes not in the City's area. We cant deploy unless its within the City's limits."

"Very well. Looks like we need to bait our fish. "

"Sir that will not be a problem. According to the dome scanners... there heading this way ."

Sampson paused for a second. " Do we know why?"

"No Sir."

"Fine, as soon as there in range deploy the dome. The sooner I can transport Malik, the sooner this City's cleaning can begin."

"Also, one thing Sir. The Professor is moving, hes being taken by some youths into a house?"

"Malik must be after that Professor, thats what was in Rolands book. Send the DP down there now."

Just Outside The City

Hannah Malik and Alex were now walking to the City's fence.

"So were after this guy." Alex was looking at his picture on a tablet. "Professor Ivan?"

"Thats him, When Derek asked me to get something from him, I was lucky. He only locked it in a basic safe. I had to break into his office and take it."

"What do you know about him." asked Hannah turning around.

"Before Sampson went nuts with power, he was the City's leading expert in Planets. He never dueled hence why he was never arrested or anything. One day Sampson gave Ivan a job. To research this Project N.W, but Ivan said the results were to dangerous, even in the hands of the President of the City. He locked it away and hid it. I was only able to find it thanks to my knowledge of, well y'know being a ex criminal."

"So Sampson took the file from you."

"Yes, I never guessed it was part of his plan. Sampson asked me to give him files all the time. At the start, I was looking in them, before I handed them over and nothing was in them. All they were was basic City history or some art. Eventually I thought anything he asked me to get for him, was for his enjoyment, not for what he was planning."

"He got you to hand you files all the time, he knew eventually you would stop being paranoid." said Alex.

"Yes, he played me for the 1000th time."

"But what I don't understand is, why didn't he just get the files himself?" asked Hannah.

"Its reputation, if Sampson had gone and got the file, he would have been exposed. The people in the City either cant join us because the guards now block the fence or there all believing his ideas."

A while later the trio arrived at the fence, just by their old Village.

"So, how are we going to avoid detection?" said Hannah to Alex.

"Were not, I might be able to hack the Anti Duel Network, but hacking into the entire City's security is another job."

"So what then?" said Malik.

"We cant talk to people within the City using normal contact methods, the only way we can talk to them is via the secret tunnel. I have asked them to bring him here via the tunnel."

"But wont that expose it to the DP?" replied Hannah

"Yes it will, after the break in yesterday at the safe house, the DP will be all over the City. Taking someone onto the streets and down the tunnel will expose it. However our spies wont be followed, so it will take the DP sometime to see where they went.

Malik nodded. "OK lets head back to the Village.

In The Village

Malik Hannah and Alex were now in a old run down building sitting. There was a big circle door next to them, it was the tunnels entrance.

Hannah got up and looked out the window. "I do miss this place."

"I know, thankfully Derek does not know about our back up base."

"What actually happened here Malik? You never actually told us why Sampson got rid of this small village."

"In between the Eight City's, long before Sampson came to power, there was smaller Villages . Sampson had no interest in these small villages. So he, well he sealed the people living in them away."

"Im not surprised, so he wants the other seven City's for something."

"Yes, which is why he has someone in each, spying."

A while later, time was passing by slowly. Alex looked at his tablet for the time. "Its been to long, they should have been here by now."

Malik and Hannah looked back at Alex. "Fine. We will need to head down their ourselves. Get your disks just in case."

Alex turned the lock on the circle door and opened it. He grabbed a torch from his pocket and led the way.

The tunnel was dark and damp. It was made of old bricks.

Hannah looked around, with concern as they were walking, Alex looked back. "Scared are we?" he said with a sarcastic tone.

"Me, no, not me."

"OK." said Alex. He then turned off his torch, making it go all dark.

Hannah started to panic. "Malik, Alex where... where are you!"

Alex then turned on his torch again. "Yeah not scared." Alex giggled.

"Damnit Alex." Hannah went over to him and started to flap her arms around. "Sometimes I could punch you."

Malik remained quite, he raised a small smile."You two and your arguments. Never gets old." Malik continued to walk down the tunnel, ahead of Alex and Hannah.

The two looked at each other. "Did Malik just smile?" said Alex.

"Yeah... its weird. But then I'm not surprised he is more happy. He finally got his secrets out and he no longer needs to hide who he is."

Malik overheard the conversation. "Yes, but who am I. Why did I feel those feelings with Blaze, and why did he call me King?" he thought

A while later down the tunnel, Alex was now in front. Malik and Hannah were talking.

"So... your scared of the dark? I never knew that."

"Yeah. I have these memories of this dark place. I can never seem to remember where it was. But since then I have been scared of dark places."

"You never speak about your past Hannah." questioned Malik.

"Ha. I cant remember much of it, the earliest I can remember, is well... the day you found me with Alex. I have memory issues."

Flashback One Year Ago

Hannah, still wearing her blue jeans and green tank top is running down the streets of the City, her duel disk deactivated. She is being chased by the Duel Police.

"Command were in pursuit of a runaway, shes not giving up he deck or disk. We shall be taking her down." said one officer.

Hannah kept running and stopped. "I hear people can now duel thanks to someone who hacked it. Guess I need to duel these guys."

"Give yourself in young girl."

"Im not a young girl, I'm seventeen!" Hannah shouted. She activated her duel disk. "Lets go."

However in the background. Malik who had just saved Alex, saw Hannah.

"We can save that girl as well." said Alex.

"Yes, but how. Shes about to duel?" replied Malik

"Before I escaped my workshop, I built this." Alex showed Malik a small little computer chip. "When this is activated and you summon a monster, you will have thrity seconds. All monsters become real."

"What? Just like the night of the explosion?"

"Yes, I was trying to see what caused it to happen. Monsters coming real, and then attacking people. The people disappearing. I needed to find out more."

"So do I." Malik clicked the button on the chip and threw it near Hannah.

"Girl with blond hair, come with us quick!"

Hannah turned around. "No why should I?"

"We can help, we can get you somewhere!"

"I can battle my own battles!"

"Damnit, said Malik. "I play Ragtag Explosion!"

"Thats a spell not a monster!" said Alex.

"Surely it works the same?" As Malik said that, mini explosions started to happen near them. One happened right in between Hannah and the DP.

Malik quickly grabbed Hannah and ran with Alex.

"Let me go, dammit." she shouted.

Alex was right behind. "Well shes a moaner."

The three had made their way near the fence.

"OK, climb over. We need to get over there."

"Yeah, climbing isn't my thing." said Alex.

"Just go!" Malik shouted to him.

"OK OK." Alex begun to climb. Malik turned to Hannah, who was still being held by Malik.

" GO!"

Malik let go of her, "I have a place you can come to, where we can fightback against Sampson. I have been building a team, this is my last run into this City to recruit more fighers, Do you want to stay here and obey his rules?"

"No but why should I trust you?!"

"Because." Malik looked down. "Because in life you need to take a chance, let me be that chance." Malik held out his hand. Hannah was thinking, she then clenched Malik's hand.

"Fine. One chance. I dont know why, but I feel like I owe that to you."

End Of Flashback

Alex was far ahead now. He could be heard as a echo. "Er guys. Come down here."

Hannah and Malik ran down to the tunnel. There they saw three DP officers, holding onto three white males with torn clothes with handcuffs on. The DP had arrested Team FightBacks spies.

However just behind the men, was a man in a tweed jacket and black trousers. He had grey hair He was also handcuffed.

"Hello you three. Looks like your little plan wasnt such a success." said one of the officers.

"Damnit. Guys you OK?" said Alex.

"Were fine boss. Don't worry about us." one spy said.

"Profesor Ivan, how about you?"

"Im fine, im sorry im not as fast as I used to be."

"Ok dont worry, I will get you out of here. How did you get access to this tunnel?" said Alex.

"You see, since yesterday when you broke into our safe house. We have increased the security. Thanks to Mr Sampson's new dome, he can see all energy patterns. We saw the Professor being move and we followed."

"New dome. So that was the parcel. I wonder what thats for." thought Malik.

"If you want the Professor and your three spies back, then you will need to take us out." said the second DP officer.

"Fine, bring it on." said Alex thinking it would b duel.

Malik stepped forward, "No way Alex." Alex looked up.

Hannah stepped forward as well. "Were a team Alex. We will take them on, as a team."

"A 3 v 3? Thanks guys."

"No worries Alex, you hear that DP, we will take you down as a team, then your City!" said Hannah pointing.

"Oh that wont happen. Especially when we deliver the package to Mr Sampson" said the third DP.

"Package, who's that?" said Malik.

"You." said the first guard.

Next time - Alex, Malik and Hannah go head to head in a three way duel with the DP for their spies and the Professor.