I know, I am the worst authoress in the history of ever! But school has been taking a toll, again and as much as I hate to admit it my semi-non-existent love life is going into full swing. At times like this I think that being a teenage isn't all it's cracked up to be. I am so so so 100x sorry for this long awaited update, I hope you didn't forget to much in my absence! xD

Disclaimer: I don't own Yugioh 5d's and if I did, it definitely wouldn't have ended. :(

Without further adieu, the long awaited chapter 8!

Ally woke up the next morning to someone coming up the stairs from the garage. She sat up on the couch, stretching her back, trying to work out the kinks in her after sleeping on a couch for the past 7 (more like 3) hours. She looked over to see it was Jack coming up the stairs. She sighed; she was going to apologize for yesterday. He was right; it had been her fault all of this had happened.

When she looked at him, he looked confused. She wasn't that surprised at his expression, after all she was in his house on his couch. She took the blanket off of her and stood up in her pajamas. Jack raised an eyebrow.

"I just wanted to say, I'm sorry." She said simply.

Jack huffed. Even though he was happy she was apologizing she still was a 1.5 on his annoyance scale. He only nodded as a response and went up the stairs toward his room. Ally watched him leave, at least he accepted it.

"Deep down he appreciates it."

Ally turned around to see Yusei in the doorway to the kitchen, toast in one hand, paper in the other.

"I hope…" Ally replied, looking back at the stairs for a moment before turning all of her attention toward Yusei. "Where's Aki?"

The violet-haired woman/Yusei's girlfriend had also slept over last night. The dark haired man didn't lift an eye from his newspaper, "Sleeping." Trying to hide the small blush that dusted his cheeks, but Ally could still see the faint red.

"Oh, I see." Ally mocked, rocking back and forth on her heels.

Yusei nudged her with his elbow, toast still in hand. Ally laughed, and looked at the clock above the doorframe, "Wow, it's already 10:30."

"Oh crap, is it?" Yusei asked, looking up from his newspaper to the clock.

"Yea, why?"

"Crow has work in 15 minutes, I gotta get him up." The man replied, walking into the kitchen to set his things down.

Ally waved her hand, "Don't worry about it, I'll do it."

"Really?"

"Yea, sure, it's no big deal." She replied, hurrying up the stairs. Once she reached the top she walked to Crow's room. She knocked once, "Crow!"

She waited for an answer, tapping her foot impatiently. She knocked once again, "Crow!"

After she didn't receive an answer, she opened the door. Crow was under his blankets, his hair a mess, with his head tucked under the pillow. "Crow, c'mon you gotta get up, work beckons!"

Crow mumbled in his sleep and turned on his side, facing the wall and away from Ally. The strawberry-blonde sighed, shaking him with both her hands, "Crow, you have to get up!"

Crow swatted her hands away, "Go away, sleep now, work later."

Ally growled, "I told Yusei that I'd get you up, and I'm going to do it."

She stepped onto his bed, jumping on it. "CROW! CROW!" She continued jumping, making sure that she was bouncing right next to him.

Crow shot awake, grabbing Ally's hand and pulling her down. She yelped and landed on her side by Crow, facing him. His eyes were snapped shut, but he had a smirk on his lips, "Just be quiet and go back to sleep."

Ally silently thanked whatever higher being there was that his eyes were shut so that he couldn't see the blush spread across her cheeks. "Crow," she whispered, a little breathless.

"Shhhh," he responded, keeping a firm grip on her arm.

"Crow, you have to get up, you have work."

"Work can wait," He said.

Ally struggled against his grip, trying to pry his fingers from around her arm. "Crow, I have work too, and I need a new uniform, remember?"

Remember? Of course he remembered. He remembered full well what happened yesterday, and the next time he saw the Thrashers he would give them a good thrashing. But, for now, he wanted sleep, was that too much to ask?

"Ally, just be quiet, and close your eyes."

"I'd rather not."

"Don't be stubborn."

"Crow, you have to get up. Do you want Yusei to come in here and wake you up with me?"

"Nah, I'd prefer neither of you, but I don't think Yusei would appreciate being in my bed."

Ally's blush intensified.

"Am I making you blush?" He asked, his eyes still closed. It seemed like all the boys in this apartment had some sort of sixth sense thing going on.

"No…" she muttered.

Crow smirked, "Do you know what time it is?"

"10:30."

Crow's eyes shot wide open, he saw Ally staring at him, smirking, with a blush on her face, but disregarded it. "10:30? Why didn't you wake me up!"

"I've been trying to, and this is what it got me." Ally said, sweeping her hand around to indicate what Crow had pulled on her while she had been trying to wake him up.

It was Crow's turn to blush, a small hue of pink dancing around his cheeks. "Oh…" He let go of her hand, "Well, you better get out now, I have to change."

"Yea," Ally agreed, getting up and exiting the room.

After completing her shift at Café la Geen, Ally made her way via D-Wheel to the Security Maintenance Bureau in the heart of Neo Domino City. She was accompanied by both Yusei and Aki, who were both interested in what Mikage and Ushio had uncovered from last night.

The trio parked their bikes, entered the main lobby of the building and went up the elevator. When the doors opened all they saw was chaos. Officers were running about, papers tossed everywhere. It looked like someone had turned the place upside down. It was only by sheer luck that Aki saw Mikage and hurried over to her.

"What's going on?" Yusei asked as soon as Mikage spotted them.

Mikage looked up at the trio, her hair was messy and she seemed very tired. Aki looked over the woman; it wasn't like Mikage to be so disheveled. The detective was usually more organized and put together.

She ran a hand through her untidy hair, sighing heavily. She looked all of them straight in the eyes. "They came here."

They couldn't believe their ears. The Thrashers? Here? It couldn't be. Ally looked down at her black boots, biting her lip. Yusei looked up at the ceiling, as if it held all the answers to their problems, and walked away from Mikage. Aki placed a hand on the detective's shoulder, squeezing it.

"It's okay," Aki whispered, attempting to comfort her.

Ally came up on the other side of her, "What did they take?" she demanded, not bothering to clear her head before she piled on the questions. Ally was to tied up in her emotions to think straight.

Mikage looked at the strawberry-blonde, "I'm sorry…"

"I don't need an apology right now Mikage," Ally snapped, smashing her hand against a nearby desk, "What did they take!"

Aki glared at Ally. It was uncharacteristic of her to get angry, especially at someone like Mikage who had been trying to help them ever since Carly's apartment was wrecked.

"They took all of the files surrounding their case," Mikage replied, looking away from Ally's scared blue-green eyes, "and all the information we had on Team 5D's, your addresses, phone numbers, records, everything."

Aki's hand fell from Mikage's shoulder. She clenched her fist looking away from her friend and looking at where Ally was standing. However, the waitress wasn't there anymore, she was running down the hall away from them. Aki sighed, she was scared too, but Ally… Ally had every reason to be scared, and more. After all, both she and Carly were their biggest threats, and if the Thrasher's had everything on them, who knows how safe they'll be.

"I'll go tell Yusei," Aki murmured, leaving the police detective to her own thoughts.

The violet haired woman found him by one of the giant windows that covered the Security Maintenance Bureau. She informed him of what Mikage had told her. Aki's eyes watered up slightly, but she brushed them away from the back of her hand. She was scared yes, everyone was scared, but for some reason Aki felt like she was the next on their hit list. Yusei looked at Aki, wrapping his arms around her; she buried her face in the crook of his neck. She inhaled his scent, a combination of cinnamon and mint, as he placed his chin at the top of her head.

"I'll keep you safe," he whispered, kissing the top of her head.

Ushio barging in disturbed the moment. "I've got something!" He exclaimed throughout the office.

Aki and Yusei looked up at him, hope filling their eyes. "What is it?" Aki questioned, moving towards the former Sector Security Officer.

"Tapes from the security cameras, I've got clean shots of the Thrashers breaking in. For people who cleaned up a crime scene very well, they made a stupid mistake."

Aki smiled wide, looking at Yusei, her eyes gleaming, "Ally and Carly are going to be so happy!"

Yusei nodded, looking around the office quickly, "Speaking of Ally, where is she?"

Aki looked away from him to look at the hallway Ally had run down a few minutes ago, "She left after Mikage told us what happened. I didn't go after her because, well, I figured she'd probably want some alone time."

Yusei nodded, "Well then, let's go tell her the happy news."

The couple could barely contain their excitement when they walked into the garage. A grin was plastered on Aki's face, while Yusei, although keeping his calm expression, looked somewhat eager as well. They found Ally on a stool, looking over her engine. No one else seemed to be home at the moment.

"Ally," Aki exclaimed once they had entered the garage, "We've got some good news!"

The Cyber Duelist looked up from her work to look over at the couple walking hand in hand, "What?" She smirked, "You guys are getting married?"

"No," Yusei responded, as Aki shot him a glare. Both of them were glad that Ally was somewhat back to her normal self. After what had happened at the Bureau, Aki thought that the girl would be spiraling out of control.

"Well then what is it?" the strawberry-blonde asked, trying to hide her giggles of amusement.

"We'll tell you when everyone gets here." Aki said.

Ally stuck out her tongue at the psychic and looked back at her D-Wheel, examining the engine. "Well that's stupid…" she muttered, causing Yusei and Aki to snicker.

In a matter of minutes, Ally couldn't contain her excitement any longer. For the duration of the waiting period, she had fruitlessly attempted to keep herself occupied. At first she sat down, watching some TV to kill the time, and when that didn't help her, she turned to doing puzzles. When the twins came, they started helping her rebuild her deck that had been torn apart when the Thrasher's had raided her home. Eventually, the only person left to wait for was Crow. Everyone else was currently present: Yusei, Aki, Jack, Rua and Ruka. Carly was busy on vacation, she had decided to take some break time and go see her family.

"If Crow doesn't walk through that door in 3 seconds, I'm going to die." Ally groaned, flopping herself on the couch she now called a temporary bed. She put her head in her hands.

Rua and Ruka sat beside her, putting their head in their hands as well; mimicking the older duelist. They too were excited about the news Yusei and Aki were going to share and Crow's absence was making them more anxious.

"Patience is a virtue," Aki commented.

"Well patience can go die."

"… Have you always been this emo?"

"Put a sock in it, Jack."

"Make me."

The door swung open, at that moment, revealing a giant mass of orange hair. Everyone looked up to see Crow standing in the doorway, breathing heavily.

"I came as fast as I could," Crow panted, taking a few steps towards everyone else. That was before Ally got up from the couch, ran towards him and dragged him the rest of the way.

"Sit," she ordered, pushing him towards one of the armchairs.

"Do I get a cookie?" Crow asked sarcastically, sitting in the seat.

He was ignored, however as Ally returned to her earlier spot and looked over at Yusei and Aki who were standing near a wall. "So? Are you gonna tell us now?" She asked, clasping her hands together in an attempt to contain her excitement.

"Well," Aki started, "after you left the Security Maintenance Bureau, Ushio uncovered some new evidence."

Looks of shock and happiness swept the room. Everyone seemed be on the edge of their seats waiting for either Aki or Yusei to continue. After a couple of seconds of waiting, Jack broke the silence.

"Are you gonna tell us or do we have to beg like dogs?"

Everyone, excluding the twins gave him a sour look before Yusei continued, "They have footage of them breaking in, so they can identify everyone in their gang and hopefully track them down. Mikage said even though they took everything, security was going to restart the investigation and keep all their information under lock and key."

The room fell dead silent; it seemed as if no one was breathing. Actually, Ally almost stopped breathing. She clutched her chest, a wave of relief crashing down over her. She felt like she was going to cry.

"Ally, are you okay?" Ruka asked, grabbing the red-head's free hand and squeezing it.

"Yea, I'm fine," She told the younger girl, ruffling her and her brother's heads. "Relieved would be the better word."

"That's good," Rua commented, fixing his now messed up hair. "Do you think Ushio and Mikage will catch them?"

"If I know Ushio and Mikage, and I know Ushio and Mikage, they aren't going to stop until they're all behind bars." Crow said wrapping his arm around Ally's shoulder's in a one-sided hug.

Unfortunately, the door bell rang, causing everyone to look over at the front door and effectively ruining the cheerful atmosphere. They all looked around the room, everyone was accounted for; so who could possibly be at the front door?

"I'll get it," Jack volunteered, gathering his enormous white coat and walking over to the front door.

When he opened the door, he saw a panicked woman with auburn hair and green eyes who had a young boy with brown hair and red highlights clutching her hand. She gazed at him, and started firing off questions. Jack was caught off guard by the onslaught of questions the woman gave him. Before he could answer one, another left her mouth and entered his ears.

"Have you seen the girl that lives above you? We were visiting and there's police tape. She has red hair, blue-green eyes…" the woman trailed off, tears escaping her eyes.

A man with dark brown hair came up behind the woman, a young girl, similar to the young boy in his arms. "It's okay, honey," he said wrapping his free arm around the distressed woman, "We're going to find her…"

Jack watched the scene and looked over his shoulder to everyone in the apartment and motioned for them all to come over. They all looked around to see the woman crying, and a man comforting her.

The man put his daughter down next to her twin brother and spoke up, "Have you seen Ally Davis perchance?"

"I'm right here," Ally said coming up behind Jack. She froze when she fully recognized who was there. "Mom…? Dad…?"

"Ally!" Her mother shouted, dropping the young boy's hand and wrapping her arms around her daughter. Ally, however, wasn't returning the hug. She let her arms fall limply next to her as her mother pulled her into a death grip.

Crow raised an eyebrow, he knew Ally was on rough terms with her parents, but they didn't seem all that strict… They looked happy, overjoyed even, but something seemed wrong. The way Ally was reacting, he couldn't quite place his finger on it, but it seemed off in a way. Aki, on the other hand, instantly didn't like what she was seeing. She, like Crow, had a feeling something was wrong, and she knew deep down that she was right; the violet haired woman knew trouble when she saw it.

And this scene, had trouble written all over it.

I just love leaving you guys with cliffhangers. xD Don't forget to review!