Yu-gi-oh

No Limits

By Kevin Jones

Turn 8-The Facility

Last night was not a good night. First of all I missed dinner, which is never good, also the area I slept in was cold and hard, which is never comfortable and to top it all off Damon and Vanessa wouldn't shut up until they fell asleep which just makes me want to shoot myself in the head. Why was last night a bad night you might be wondering? Well in case you forgot I was arrested by sector security.

Millay got away easy, I don't even think they cared that she was there. All 3 of us were then driven down to the sector security building and locked in a big empty room all night long.

Vanessa made me recount my entire story of the past few days, without fabrication of people dying, and Damon kept complaining about how we were being unfairly treated and how our rights were never given to us, but what Damon doesn't understand is that while we were being man handled into a cop car he was given his right to remain silent, however what he lacks is the capacity to remain to remain silent. Our right to 1 free phone call was another story.

Vanessa and I didn't use ours; I've got no one who's willing stick there neck out for me anyways. If I were to take a guess anyone who Vanessa calls will probably call her parents, and I could only imagine what Mr. and Mrs. Rich would think when they see their little sheltered bookworm behind bars. Damon took his call though; he called his school but from what we could see through the window when he called his school no one answered and when they threw him back in the room he said he heard a voice on the phone tell him the number he dialed doesn't even exist. After that he ranted and I story told.

First Damon fell asleep and then Vanessa, after that I essentially wondered-

"Mr. Rhodes would you please look up."

That's, apparently The "Honorable" Judge Linda Ramirez. She will be giving the 3 of us our punishments for crimes they have no evidence of any of us committing.

The room we're in is dark with the only light coming from behind, shining over the 3 of us.

"Now then for Mr. Rhodes we have several new charges than have been brought to our attention."

Oh shit, creepy old curly haired Hispanic woman knows about me.

"Turbo Dueling without a license, 4 counts; Trespassing, 2 counts; vandalism, 1 count; illegal duel Runner parts, 3 counts and entering the Tops without a permit, 2 counts. Mr. Rhodes we contacted your school and your legal guardian, he has refused to provide council or pay a fiend; now I hope you can explain yourself."

"Turbo dueling is what I do, the only reason I trespassed was because I didn't know that it was private property, and the guy I bought the parts from didn't tell me that they were illegal."

"And the illegal entry into the Tops?"

"I was curious."

"Very well then, for Mr. Rhodes 1 year in the official New York City facility and Mr. Doe we have no record of an Arcadia boarding school, or any papers proving that you are in this country legally, because of this you shall be sentenced to 6 months in the facility for illegal immigration."

She is now looking at Vanessa who up until this point had been burrowing a hole into the side of my head, I think she's a bit shocked to find out I've been less than cooperative when it comes to behaving.

"Ms. Aaronson, being that you never took your phone call we took the liberty of calling your parents."

I glance at Vanessa, now she's scared.

"You may let them in now." As the judge finishes her words I hear the door swing open. I focus in on the sight of a man and a woman. The man is tall but the woman is short, they both look tired but well dressed.

"Oh my god Vanessa what the hell's going on here?" The woman asks hysterically.

She looks nothing like her but apparently the short, chubby brown haired woman is Vanessa's Mother which would make the tall lean black haired man with the beard is Vanessa's father. There isn't a similarity with any of them.

"Your Mother and I received a call that you and 2 boys had been arrested on murder charges!"
"That charge has been dropped due to lack of evidence, there are however several other charges that need to be brought up concerning your daughter-

"Those are my fault."

There's only one thing to do at a time like this, lie.

"I heard at school we were getting a new student with a Daddy who had a nice Duel Runner collection, so I thought I'd take a peak and choose to run off with 1, I found Vanessa following me late yesterday afternoon, probably trying to get it back."

"And Mr. Doe?" The Judge asks, and, yes, I'm essentially making things worse for myself in order to save an irritating ginger.

"He just liked the Runner and started following me."

"Mr. Doe is this true?"

"You bet." Apparently Damon figured out what I'm trying to do.

"Ms. Aaronson is this story true."

"No, he's making it up!" Damn it, apparently Vanessa doesn't get it.
"Chase do you have any idea what they'll do to you if you take the heat for me?"

"Beat it carrot top, to be honest The Facility's going to be great compared to having you around."

That's not completely a lie.

"Judge Ramirez you'll have to excuse my step daughter, she isn't very stable and she's been known to say things that aren't true." Apparently Vanessa's step Dad doesn't mind lying to a judge either.

"No I'm not!"

"Very well then Ms. Aaronson you're free to go."

Vanessa's mom pulls her by the arm out of the court room, her staring at me the whole time.

"As for you Mr. Rhodes I hope you realize that by making that statement you just extended your sentence passed Christmas of next year?"

"I don't like Christmas anyways."

…

It's been half an hour. My arms and legs are strapped into a chair while a helmet attached to the sealing tightly covers my head. A machine lowers and is aimed directly at my right cheek, I have a bad feeling this is going to hurt.

"I noticed that scar on your neck." Says, an apparently, observant guard.

"What about it?"

"Well after this you're going to have something new for people to awkwardly stare at."

Oh crap this hurts! The machine is spraying a liquid tracking device onto my cheek. In order to keep the tracking device in liquid form and not cause me serious bodily harm I think the laser is set at 180 degrees Fahrenheit. I'm biting down on my lip so I don't scream; I'm not going to give this son of a bitch the satisfaction in knowing he can make cry. Oh god it feels like its burning through my skin, the inside of my cheek is starting to feel like its melting!

"Didn't scream, that's ballsy kid, but it doesn't matter because now we can follow your every move."

As 2 more men lift me out of the chair the pain nearly makes me collapse.

…

I've basically been dragged to a truck where I've been sat down on a seat next to Damon who probably also feels to dizzy to say anything.

I turn my head towards the window so that I can see my reflection. Not too bad, it looks like a yellow stretched out Z going across my entire cheek. I'm not sure how they decide what each convict's criminal mark will look like but apparently they chose to go easy on Damon. His is an upside down V that goes along the part of his hair that covers his forehead so most people probably aren't going to notice his, as for me most people who know me probably saw this coming.

I wonder what Vanessa would think if she saw us like this. Wait why'd I think her of her just now? I should probably lean my head and just stop thinking.

…

The official New York City Facility, from what the guard said there are 3 rules. No chewing gum, no drugs and no dueling, so I guess there grey on the areas of sodomy and murdering an inmate because you don't like his face.

Damon and I are placed in a small square battleship grey cell. The beds are hard, the room is cold and there's a large blood stain on the floor but I better get used to it, I'm going to be here for a while.

"We're going to be here a long time aren't we?" Asks a disgruntled Damon.

"Assuming someone doesn't stab us first."

"Oh come on the guards won't let that happen."

"Damon as far as the guard's care you and I are street trash."

"But they checked are files as we came in so they know that neither of us are from the Satellite."

That's sets me off, as you can probably tell I'm not violent, but when people just assume that people from the Satellite are trash that's enough to make me roll up my sleeves.

I walk over to Damon, grab him by the shirt collar and bring him right up to my face.

"Let's get something straight! Just because someone's from a bad neighborhood doesn't make them trash or anything else! We chose who we are and it doesn't mean shit where we're from!"

"Kind words."

Our attention shifts to the guard standing in front of the door.

"What do you want?" I ask.

"Let's just say it's time for the 2 of you to have a meet and greet with your new neighbors."

As the door opens 2 other inmates grab me and Damon, I have a bad feeling we're going to find out the house policy on fighting.

…

We've been "escorted" to the center of the facility. We're surrounded on all sides by inmates. The men behind us slam us to the ground and me and Damon both look up at a young Hispanic man in front us.

"Ok let me explain the rules, first day in everyone duels, you duel well you get respect, you don't duel well, well let's just say you might want to watch yourself in the showers."

"And if we win?" I ask.

"Theoretically you're in charge but there ain't any chance in that happening."

"And why's that Mr.…"

"Kai and because I'm the best."

I scan the crowd, though he looks older than me and Damon, Kai is definitely younger than everyone else so I guess that means this guy's tough.

"O.k. then, I'm up first!" Obviously that was Damon.

"Fair warning kid you lose I can predict what your life here's going to be like."
"What?"

"Damon do you have any idea what happens to little skinny white guy's in prison?"

"I have no idea."

"No surprise there, but how are we suppose to duel if they confiscated our decks?" I ask.

With that Kai walks over to the table and opens a suit case that has 2 old beat up duel disks with decks. Kai picks one up and places it on his arm.

"Let me guess a deck full of cards that you all found here and there," I know how this works.

"Pretty much; now kid say your name and the first turn is yours.

"The names Damon and I'm going to be beating you today."

Damon

"Alright then I summon Masked Dragon (ATK: 1400/DEF: 1100) in attack mode!"

I have a bad feeling that's the only dragon in the deck.

Kai

"Interesting start, I summon Blazewing Butterfly (ATK: 1500/DEF: 1500) in attack mode, now blaze buzz!" (4000-3900)

"Jokes on you because now I can special summon a dragon type monster with 1500 ATK points or less from my deck!"

"Do you even know if there's a dragon with 1500 or less ATK points in the deck?"

"…I guess I don't."

Damon

"My draw, I play the spell card Pot of Greed which allows me to draw 2 more cards; next I summon Regenerating Mummy (ATK: 1800/DEF: 1500) in attack mode, now Regenerating Mummy attack!" (4000-3700)

Kai

"Wow you actually took the upper hand, well than let's see what I can come up with… I play the spell card Bonfire which allows me to add a level 4 or lower fire monster from my deck to my hand next I'm going to summon the Blazing Hiita (ATK: 800/DEF: 1500) I just added in defense mode. Next I set one card face down and end my turn."

Damon

"Well it looks like I've got you on the ropes."
"That's what it looks like."

Keep in mind that Kai said "looks like".

"I summon Amazoness Tiger (ATK: 1100/DEF: 1500) in attack mode; now Regenerating Mummy attack his pretty magician!"

Some of the guys behind me laugh at Damon's command but I watch carefully as Kai activates a trap.

"I activate the trap Castle Walls which will increase my "pretty Magician's" DEF points by 500 until the end of the turn." (DEF: 1500-2000) (3900-3700)

Castle Walls is an old strategy, but it works. (2000-1500)

Kai

"Alright than Its time to end this duel, I play enemy controller which allows me to change your Tiger to defense mode; also I summon Star Fire (ATK: 100/DEF: 100) in attack mode next I activate Blazing Hiita's special ability, I tribute Star Fire in order special summon Nitro Synchron (ATK: 300/DEF: 100) in attack mode, plus when Star Fire is sent to the graveyard via the effect of a fire monster that monsters level increases by 1 (4-5) now my Nitro Synchron is going to give Blazing Hiita's a tune up." The nozzle on Nitro Synchron's head is now whistling and steaming as it dematerializes into 2 large green Rings, Blazing Hiita jumps through those rings and turns into 5 shining stars. (2+5=7)

"I Synchro summon Nitro Warrior (ATK: 2800/DEF: 1800) in attack mode!"

It's big, it's green and it's about to make Damon someone's bitch.

"Now because I activated a spell card Nitro Warrior gains 1000 ATK points, (2800-3800) now Nitro Warrior destroy his mummy, Dynamite Crunch!"

With one punch Damon's strongest monster is reduced to rubble, (3700-1700) and it's not over yet.

"Now because Nitro Warrior destroyed a monster by battle I can switch your cat to attack mode and attack it so long as I give up the power bonus." (3800-2800)

"Am I in trouble?"

"Not if you're gay, Nitro Warrior dynamite wave!"

The tiger gets up, the giant green ogre attacks, (1700-0) and Damon looks in disbelief

Winner: Kai Loser: Damon

"How did you do that?"

"Unlike you I dueled smart."

Kai pushes Damon to the ground and turns around to look at the crowd of criminals.

"So what should we do with this clown!"
The whole prison is now fall of laughter. Kai places his brown boot on Damon's hand and presses down causing Damon to cry out in pain while everyone else is now laughing hysterically. I know what I have to do, I don't want to do it but I don't like seeing guy's like Kai do whatever they want to people.

I place my hand on Kai's back.

As he looks back he says. "Can I help you?"

I trip Kai back and he hits the floor with a thud, now the crowd is quiet.

"You got a death wish or something!"

"I've got the desire to duel, think you can help me with that?"

As he gets up he smiles at me.

"You've seen the deck; you know how crappy it is."

"Don't worry I know what to do."

Next time: Marked faces and knives made from toothbrushes

"You're better than your friend Chase but this duels still over, now Nitro Warrior attack him directly and brings his life points down to 0.