Hello Fellow Yugioh Fans, Those of you who like duels in fics I'm sorry to say there won't be a duel in this one, it is more storyline based but there will be a duel at the Start of the next chapter
Chapter 6
Who's pulling the Strings?
Jax pulled up in front of the Pritchard building and in the event that he needed it, he disengaged the card platform once again forming his duel disk. Walking up to the building he found there were more security guards then the last time he was here. "Name?" asked one of them.
"Jax Cambell." Replied the dragon duelist.
"Then step inside, our boss is expecting you." Said the guard stepping aside, "just take the elevator to the top floor he'll be there." He added.
Jax entered and made for the elevator across the room and took it all the way to the top. The doors opened to reveal a spacious Office Foyer and across the hall were the door to the office. As Jax made for the door, he heard a weeping man's voice sounding slightly hysterical that Jax recognized as Mr. Pritchard "I got a call from your Lackey, he said he's on his way, you have your hostage, he's on his way, don't blow up the garbage facility, I need it to keep the public happy and keep my income up!" he cried out
"Only when I have him in my grips I will shut down the bomb, you've done well for me by cooperating, soon Sonika will control all of New Domino City and Rex won't be able to do a damn thing about it!" said a more sinister voice
So Mr. Pritchard is NOT in league with Sonika, at least not willingly though Jax. He couldn't think anymore about it and he booted open the door to reveal Mr. Pritchard, a heavyset man in his 50's who was bald and what hair he had was gray, he wore a gray 3-piece suit and was on his knees before a man Jax didn't know who was around 45 and was flanked by two people who looked like people out of the movie the Matrix only they had black duel disks on their arms and they flanked the other man like body guards pointing handguns at Mr. Pritchard who took one look at Jax and Immediatley groveled at his feet.
"Jax, I'm so sorry I didn't want to get involved with Sonika, but they held the Garbage recycling plant ransom with a bomb threatening to blow the place sky high, Please you've got to believe me!" he cried out but was interrupted by a bullet missing his ear and striking the floor an inch away from Jax's combat boots.
"Geez, looking at an old man groveling at the feet of a young duelist makes me sick you senile pig!" said the bodyguard who fired the shot.
"Now, now, Alden," said the man the two bodyguards were flanking
Jax now turned his attention to the man and instantly asked: "Where is Rika?"
"You mean Goodwin's Granddaughter? She was here but the moment I heard you were on your way I had her transported back home, she was only bait to get your attention." He said eyeing Jax with interest Yes, and a fine agent you will make he thought
"And my attention you have, what the fuck to you want?" asked Jax, glaring Daggers at the man.
"As you might know I am one of Sonika's bosses, the council has heard of your actions putting two of the people our great organization has had good relations with behind bars, we could use people like you." He said smirking
If looks could kill, all three Sonika members would have been dead eighty times already. "I thought my actions against my parents would've already made my answer clear to you, but if you are so slow that I need to clarify it to you, here it is…" with such speed that the bodyguards didn't see him, Jax landed a punch so hard the Sonika Boss was sent flying across the room and landed into the office desk. "I do not want ANYTHING to do with Sonika, unless it means kicking their ASS!" he said cracking his knuckles.
The Bodyguards put both their guns to Jax's head and were about to pull their triggers but the Sonika boss made a motion for them to lower their guns. "If that is what you want, you leave me no choice…" he said, reaching into his coat and pulled out the longest pistol Jax had ever seen this made his blood run cold with fear at that moment bright lights flashed through the big windows of the office as two security choppers hovered in front of the windows with their spotlights activated. At the same time, the door slammed open and Sector security SWAT team launched themselves in, however before they could do anything the Sonika boss pulled the trigger nailing Jax in his left forearm. Pain lanced throughout Jax's arm and shoulder as he fell to the floor and blacked out.
LATER…
Jax awoke but slammed his eyes shut the moment he opened them. When he tried again he found himself lying in a hospital bed alone. He looked over to the bedside table to see his deck lying there. He immediately tried to reach for it but the door opened at that moment a nurse with blue hair and bright orange eyes came through the door. "Ah you're awake," she said "How are you feeling?" she asked checking over a clipboard.
"Um, quite a dull pain at this point." Said Jax pointing to his forearm
"I'm not surprised, you were shot there with a long barreled pistol, it's a wonder you survived!" she said
"Well, I'm also hungry." He added.
The nurse gave a worm smile. "Not to worry, I'll get something from the cafeteria myself." She said brightly as she turned to leave but stopped, oh yes, there is a large amount of people in the waiting room wanting to see you." She said.
"Send them in please." Said Jax eager to see his friends
The door opened and the first person in Was Rika followed by Goodwin, then Yusei Jack, Aki, and the twins. All were calm but Rika took one look at Jax and broke down into sobs as she hugged him. "I'm so sorry, Jax!" she was able to get out through the sobs.
Jax didn't know what to say, he just held her, trying to comfort her. "It's okay, I'll live." He said with a big ass scar on my arm he added in his mind.
"But it's my fault you could've died, all because I went on a date with you." She sobbed
"No, You had nothing to do with it, you were just used." He said in a soothing voice, but then he turned his head to Rex who was standing by the window. "Mr. Goodwin, have your people been able to ID the person who shot me?" he asked in a serious tone.
Goodwin shook his head. "Not yet, my people are working on it though."
"Great, we just add a new member to the team and he is nearly killed by a crime boss who kidnaps Goodwin's granddaughter, Anybody for Coffee?" asked Jack earning a glare form everyone.
Jax looked up at that. "Doesn't sound like a bad Idea to me, you paying?" he added inquisitively
Jack shrugged "I suppose." He said and went out to get coffee, but poked his head in the door "what would you all like?" he asked
"I'll have an expresso." Said Jax.
"Black." Said Aki
"I'll have an expresso as well." Said Rika
"Decaf Triple-triple with equal, large" said Yusei
"I'll have a black as well?" requested Goodwin
"Gotcha." Said Jack writing down everyone's orders on Post-it notes.
"Hey, What about us?" piped in Leo bobbing up and down in front of Jack
"Sorry, Leo but you're a bit young to be having coffee." Said Aki teasingly
"Yeah," piped in Jax "Especially seeing as you act like you've chugged a gallon of the stuff each day!" he said laughing, as did everybody. "Hey Luna, do you know his secret?" Jax asked the boy's twin
"He tends to down a box of s'mores pop tarts each morning, I've tried to get him to stop but he just won't listen." Said the girl rolling her eyes.
"I'll tell you what, I'll get you each a doughnut to make up for it, Okay?" offered Jack
"I'll have a Boston Cream!" exclaimed Leo at that offer
Luna sighed in exasperation "I'll have a glazed." She said putting her head in her hand.
"Okay. I'll be back with these as soon as I can." Said Jack and exited the room.
"So, any of you folks know how long I'll have to stay confined to this bed?" asked Jax.
"The doctors say around four more days, they have other things to tend to, give you some more checkups before you'll be set to go," said Goodwin as Jax sighed "You should be lucky, the weapon used to deliver the payload apparently didn't have a good range, it managed to break some bones in your arm, luckily a SWAT medic was there and made field treatment before we got you to the hospital."
Jax looked down at his bandaged arm "So they didn't catch who shot me?" he asked.
"We're working on it like I said." Said Goodwin.
Still staring at his arm he added, "I doubt I'll be riding my runner for a few weeks."
"Just be glad you're alive and will ride it at a later time." Said Rika hugging him making Jax blush.
The conversation then turned to what to do about Sonika. "We can't openly prosecute most of the crime bosses of Sonika because they are very talented at erasing their tracks, we managed to uproot Jax's parents because of the data Alex was able to extract, usually Sonika keeps people quiet with death threats or using computer hackers to cause Identity destruction. Luckily, while Jax was taking on Sonika to rescue Rika, I myself took steps to prevent that by securing Jax's Identity with every security feature I could get my hands on." Explained Goodwin.
"Halleluiah for the advancement of technology." Said Jax.
"However, seeing as your identity is safe, that doesn't mean your life is safe," added Yusei
Those words made Rika cling tighter to Jax as though he was her lifeline making Jax blush. "Yes," said Goodwin, "Which is why—"
However Goodwin was cut off as Jack entered the room with cups of coffee and two small bags with doughnuts "Okay, everyone, here is Jax and Rika's expressos, Aki and Goodwin's blacks, Yusei's Decaf Triple-triple with equal, Leo's Boston Cream, and Luna's glazed, and MY Cappuchino with chocolate, whipped cream and caramel!" said Jack
"You're worse than Leo!" said Jax as he took a sip of his Expresso.
"I'm not that bad!" exclaimed Leo as he swallowed a bite on his doughnut at those words everyone gave him a look that obviously said we beg to differ! Leo shrank back from all the stares "Okay maybe I am." He said and silently ate his doughnut.
The talk then turned to other things duel related as Leo asked to see Jax's Trident Dragon card. "Once you've finished your doughnut, I don't want Boston Cream all over it." He said
At that Rex stood up, "I have to get back to the office, I must make arrangements for Jax's protection with the SWAT Team." He said
"SWAT Protection?!" exclaimed Jax a little startled "Don't you think that is a bit overkill?" he asked
Goodwin looked at him "You've never seen how nasty Sonika could be, have you?" he asked. Jax shook his head. "Well, if you've been head of the Security Maintenance Bureau as long as I have, You can't be too careful, You've only seen the lighter side of them, I've seen some members of them who shoot people just because they lost a duel!" he said "I'll send you some of the files of the Sonika-related cases so You'll know what to expect from these people." He said and walked out.
"Well," said Yusei, "Visitor time is just about over, so we'd best get on our way." He said getting up from his chair.
"Aww, I wanted to duel Jax to see if I could take down his Trident Dragon!" wined Leo.
"Look, I'll take you to see him tomorrow when I bring him lunch, you can duel him then." Said Rika
"Okay." Said Leo and followed the others out.
"Ah, finally some peace and quiet." Said Jax leaning back in his bed and pulled his deck toward him and gazed at Trident Dragon. I hope we have what it takes to make it through this thought Jax as he placed his Deck down on his bedside table.
There You have it you all, Jax is in the hospital, I had real fun writing the scene with the coffee, I wanted to find a way to lighten up the atmosphere in this chapter and I was reading Kelisidina's Faithshipping fic I Love You, With jack and The coffee, I got that Idea from there so if Kelisidina is reading this, Thank you for inspiring me! (Note to Lover's of Jax's Trident Dragon, He will return next chapter!)