By the time Yusei and the others had reached the old arena night had fallen. The moon was full tonight and it cast an eerie light on the entire place. There was a sign at the gate that said the place had been condemned.

"That's encouraging." said Crow.

"Our friends across the city have there eyes open for anything suspicious, they'll call us if they see anything. In the meantime we need to investigate this building."

"Whatever, let's split up and get this over with." said Jack.

"Wait! We can't just split up!" said Crow.

"Why not?"

"He's right!" said Leo "Don't you see? It's just like a scary movie."

"It's like a what?" said Akiza.

"Never forget the number one rule of monster hunting." said Crow "The boogeyman always strikes when no one can hear you scream. That's what always happens when someone goes off on their own. Break the rule and you're toast."

"Does it look like we're laughing?" asked Akiza.

"I'm being serious!"

"I'll take my chances with the so-called boogeyman." said Jack.

(guess where I got that from)

"I think Crow has a point, we should split into groups."

"I'm perfectly capable of taking care of myself." said Jack.

"Fine." said Akiza "Jack can go his own way, Leo you go with Crow, Yusei and I will go that way."

"And remember, if anything bad happens, scream."

"The boogeyman attacks when no one can hear you scream. What a joke."

Suddenly Jack heard movement not far away.

"Who's there?"

No response.

"Crow, if this is one of your tricks it's not funny."

At that moment Jack felt someone reach out from behind and touch him on the shoulder.

"Get back!"

He turned around and pointed his flashlight at it.

"Wait, Jack it's only me!"

"Carly? You scared the Hell out of me… What are you doing here anyway?"

"A few nights ago I saw that officer Trudge blown away by someone who used Exodia. Then I heard about what happened at the Tops, I came here to see if the urban legends were true."

"Trying once again to get the scoop of your life are you? Well I'm here to prove to Yusei and the others that there is no ghost."

"Maybe… We can look together? I don't want to be alone if that… demon guy shows up."

"He's not a demon, it's a guy in mask."

"Jack, I saw the guy at the Daedalus Bridge. Not only was his head on fire, but so where the wheels on his runner, and to top it all off he drove it off the bridge and rode on the water."

"You and I both know that's physically impossible. I'll bet you a million American dollars that it was just a hologram projection."

"I'd say you're on, but I don't have a million dollars to bet."

Yusei and Akiza were looking around another part of the condemned stadium.

"You said that they stopped using this place when freaky things started to happen here, what sort of freaky things, or do I not want to know?" asked Akiza.

"Well, people claim to have seen things. I'm not sure what exactly, but apparently it was enough to scare them off."

"Well whoever this Damian guy is he can't be worse than the dark signers. He may have beat Luna and Leo, but they're just kids."

"None of the Dark signers had Exodia in their decks."

"The first King of Games defeated Exodia, a Duel Academy alumnus defeated Exodia, if they can do it so can we. Have you ever faced someone using Exodia Yusei?"

"No. It's an old strategy, and I don't know anyone that has a single piece, I never expected I'd have to go against the forbidden one."

"Neither have I, but I guess some things are just fate. Just like the marks of the Crimson Dragon bringing us all together."

Yusei looked at his arm. He used to bear the mark of the dragon's tail, but when he defeated Goodwin he was promoted to the dragon's head, and since there are always five signers Crow received the tail.

"Yes, our meeting was definitely fate, but I'm starting to think that my meeting Akiza was about more than just to fight the forces of darkness."

As Crow and Leo looked around the old building Crow was singing a song.

"They say he lost his mind, went crazy on that day, went riding on his runner, and drove it straight to… hey! Where's the big bad ghost, been waitin' all night long, he better show up soon, or I'm gonna have to say so long. Oh yeah! Been waitin' at the haunted arena!"

"If you don't mind, we should be looking for my sister." said Leo.

"If the legend of Damian is true then we're not gonna find her. She's probably running from demons at the moment."

"Next time I'm going with Yusei."

At that moment Crow noticed something.

"Wait… there's a light coming from behind that door."

Crow and Leo slowly moved over to the door, then Crow threw it open.

"Stop right there you creepy! …. toilet."

Crow noticed that the light had gone deeper into the locker room.

"Wait here." he said to Leo.

He went further inside, when suddenly he heard the door shut behind him.

"Leo! Leo! Hey this isn't funny!"

"On the contrary…" said a creepy voice behind him "I think it's hilarious."

Crow turned around and found himself face to face with Damian.

"You're the new guy, the Dragon's tail… You should be easy picking, especially since unlike the other signers you don't have a dragon of your own."

(For those of you that don't already know this: At the moment we don't know what the fifth dragon is because it hasn't been made into a card, not even in Japan. But it's not Power Tool Dragon because 1: Leo isn't a signer, and 2: Power Tool Dragon is a machine monster)

Crow wasn't scared, he was actually excited.

"I don't need a dragon to beat the likes of you, now tell me what you've done with the girl!"

"Nothing… yet. Tell you what, beat me in a duel and I'll give her back."

"No problem, you're not match for me and my Blackwings!"

"We shall see."

"Let's duel!"

"The first turn is mine! First I summon a monster in defense mode, next I'll place two cards face down on the field, and finally I'll play the continuous spell card Contract with the Devil, sure I may be forced to discard my entire hand, but from now on during my draw phase I can draw two cards instead of one."

Crow knew very well why Damian would want to draw two cards during his draw phase.

"According to the stories when Damian was a turbo duelist his whole deck focused on summoning Exodia and doing it fast. I'll just have to hit him hard and fast before he can complete him. And I have just the cards to do it."

"I summon Blackwing - Bora the spear in attack mode!"

(ATK: 1700 DEF: 800)

"And since there is a Blackwing on my field I can now special summon Blackwing - Gale the Whirlwind!"

(ATK: 1300 DEF: 400)

"Blackwing – Bora, attack his face down monster!"

Bora stabbed Damian's face down monster and destroyed it, but Damian just laughed.

"You fool, it was a Morphing Jar!"

"Morphing Jar?"

"Is there an echo in here? Yes! A Morphing Jar! Normally we'd both have to discard our entire hands right now, but since there are no cards in my hand I don't need to discard any, thanks to you I get to draw five cards."

"Well so do I pal."

"I know, which is why I'm activating my face down trap card, Approprite! From now on whenever you draw cards outside your draw phase, like right now, I get to draw two cards from my deck!"

"It's still my turn, and don't forget Bora's special effect, since his attack points were higher than your monster's defense points you take damage equal to the difference!"

(Damian: 2900)

"Now that you're defenseless I'll attack you directly with Blackwing – Gale!"

(Damian: 1600)

"And I'll end my turn by playing this card face down."

"Impressive… Most impressive. You actually managed to take more than half my life points on your first turn. But I hope you don't have any fantasies about winning this duel."

"I think I can fantasize all I want, I was a pretty good duelist before, and now that I'm a signer there's no way you can beat me!"

"True you signers are powerful, that's precisely why my master is so interested in you and the others, and why he has given me the power I need to beat you."

"Your master? Who's your master?"

"Less questions, more dueling. It's my turn, and thanks to my Contract with the Devil spell card I get to draw two cards instead of one. Next I play the spell card Allure of Darkness, with this I can draw two more cards from my deck as long as I remove one dark monster in my hand from play, I choose to get rid of Mad Reloader. Now I activate Dark World Dealings, this causes both of us to draw a card from our decks and then discard one card, and thanks to my Appropriate trap I get to draw two more cards. I'll end my turn by playing this monster in defense mode. Since there are eleven cards in my hand I need to discard five, but that's okay because I didn't need them anyway."

"If my math is right he's already gone through more than half his deck. I better finish this duel in a hurry before he summons Exodia."

Crow drew his card.

"It's my turn! Blackwing – Bora, attack his face down monster!"

Bora attacked and the monster revealed itself, but when the spear struck nothing happened.

(ATK: 0 DEF: 0)

"WHAT!?!"

"Sorry bird brain, but my Demon with a Shield can't be destroyed in battle."

"It doesn't matter! Thanks to Bora's special effect you should still lose life points!"

"You mean that would have happened, except that any damage I receive as a result of battle involving my Demon with a Shield is reduced to zero."

"Well in that case I'll just destroy your Appropriate trap card with my face down Dust Tornado!"

"I don't think so. I activate the trap card Dark Bribe! This negates your trap card's effect and let's you draw one card, and since you drew outside your draw phase I can draw two more cards thanks to my Appropriate!"

"Man, this guy has an answer for everything."

At the start of his turn Damian drew his two cards and a wicked grin spread across his face.

"Oh no."

Damian threw his hands up in the air and called out, "Exodia! Come forth!"

The seal was broken and Exodia emerged out of it.

"Definitely not good!"

"Exodia, OBLITERATE!!!"

Exodia charged its attack and fired, the force of the attack sent Crow crashing into the wall.

"Now what were you saying about being able to beat me?" said Damian as he advanced.

"Wait let's not do anything hasty… You know I really respect you and I was hoping we could be friends! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGHHHH!!!"

Crow was consumed by fire and his image appeared on the blank card Damian was holding.

"Two down, three to go."

(To be continued)