Godwin's Dragon Leash

Chapter 13

By Kellyq

The rain hadn't let up for the past three days, and during those days, spiders started to invade people's homes and biting infants and small children. Jack, Yusei, Kiryu, Martha and Crow had moved some of the kids to her place. Crow and Jack inspected the house for spiders, while Yusei went to the factory to get some bug spray. Kiryu decided to accompany him. The two came to the factory, and were greeted with cobwebs on the door.

"Wait here, I'll get it," Kiryu volunteered, his mark on his arm glowed. Yusei's mark glowed to, and it hurt. He looked over at Kiryu to see that he wasn't fazed by the pain. "Yusei, where's your toolbox?"

The young Signer blinked. "It's not among my stuff. Rally had the cleaning supplies last."

Kiryu nodded his head and ran past the cobwebs. Yusei was about to do the same, but he wasn't quick enough. A couple of spiders were hanging on the doorframe, making more cobwebs. Yusei cursed when the spiders had managed to block the entrance. Kiryu looked over his shoulder to see that he was blocked off. The atmosphere turned thick as Kiryu turned to see that it was Carly.

"You said that you wouldn't hurt my babies," she reminded him. They glared at each other.

"Kiryu!" Yusei cried, his voice laced with fear. The two Dark Signers stared at each other. "What's going on? Are you alright?"

Kiryu cleared his thoat. "I'm fine, Yusei! I haven't found the bug spray, but I did find a woman who needs help!" he answered, mock laced in his voice.

"Hey?!" Carly screeched, grabbing his ear, "I'm not crazy!"

"Play along!" Kiryu growled, swatting her hand away.

Carly blinked and nodded her head. She cleared her throat and started to let out fake tears as she cried. Kiryu's eyebrows twitched. He picked her up in his out stretched arms just as flames melted the cobwebs. Yusei, Crow, Jack and Rally burst in. Kiryu turned and smiled at the group. Carly wiped the tears and stared at the group, and her eyes fell on Jack. She couldn't see very well, but she could tell that he had a nice figure.

"Is she alright?" Yusei made his way over.

Kiryu flashed a smile. "Yeah. Carly's fine."

The young woman nodded her head. "I came here to look for Kiryu. When I got here, this place was just crawling with spiders, and they're still all over the place."

"Oh! That's right! I need to get the bug spray!"

Rally turned and ran to the other side of the room and reached for the door, leading to the closet. His hand touched the door handle and a spider dropped on his wrist. Rally yelped and brushed the arachnid off. Yusei dashed forward and pulled Rally back.

"We need to get out of here!" Crow spoke up, noticing that the wind from outside had picked up.

Right then, half of the tarp on the roof came undone, and rain came pouring in. They all ran out and made their way to Martha's hut.

When they got there, Carly was fishing around in her pockets. She let out a defeated moan.

"Now what did you forget?" Kiryu asked, looking a little annoyed.

"My glasses! I can't find them!" she informed.

"Good grief! This is the second time you've lost those bug glasses and frankly, I'm glad - you looked retarded with them on!"

Carly growled and yanked on Kiryu's ear again. "I don't need to remind you that I can't see very well without them!"

Jack watched for a moment, putting two and two together. He reached into his pocket and pulled out spiral glasses. The lens on the right was broken and cracked. Jack stepped up and tilted the glasses right in front of her. The shine did get Carly's attention. She turned, let go of her boyfriend's ear, and gently took her glasses and placed them on her face. Carly adjusted them, and everything became clearer. Carly stared at Jack and she squealed and blushed.

"Hi, I'm Carly, and you are?"

Jack stared at her for a moment, having an odd feeling in his chest, like he should protect her innocents that radiated off her. He sighed.

"It's Atlus - Jack Atlus."

To Be Continued ...