Wow, you guys rock! :) Well, just like I promised! Here's your bonus chapter for the last one being uber short! ENJOY!

Disclaimer: I do not own YuGiOh GX or Jess; she still belongs to ladydream-chan.

Claimer: YAY! This ENTIRE STORY IS MINE!!!! And the one or two or three OCs that show up that aren't Jess are also mine. :)

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Narrative POV

"I don't like that they went by themselves," Jim said as he kicked his feet up on the coffee table. Julie threw her apple that she was eating at his head.

"They can handle themselves better than anyone else. Besides, why would you need to be there? The two leaders should be the only ones to go get help," she said. He just sighed and threw her apple back at her. She took a fresh bite out of it and folded her legs up below her.

"Julie," Alexis called. Said woman looked up to see her walking down the stairs with Maria in her arms. She was giggling loudly and tugging at Alexis' hair. In other words, Alexis couldn't put her down for a nap. "Help." Julie laughed and set her apple down.

"I'm coming." She stood up and headed for the stairs. Just as she walked around the corner of the couch, a gunshot suddenly rang out through the air. Glass shattered and she fell to the ground.

"Julie!" Jim screamed, kicking over the couch and pulling her around behind it. Everyone else quickly dove to the ground and got behind it as well. Tony and Axel both knocked over the steel dining room table and shoved it in front of the couch to serve as extra protection.

"Julie, are you okay?" Jess asked quickly. Julie hissed loudly and pressed her palm against her shoulder. Blood was running down her arm and through her fingers.

"I'll survive." Jim shook his head and forced her hand back slightly so he could examine the wound himself.

"The bullet didn't pass completely through." He tugged off his orange bandana from around his neck and folded it up, placing it over the wound and forcing Julie to press her hand against it. "You need a hospital and stat."

"But we can't leave right now. The Skull who shot her is still out there, still waiting," Axel said. He was crouched next to Jim. Alexis moved over to Julie, Maria still in her arms. She was crying.

"Are you okay?" she asked. Julie nodded and raised her injured arm up to lightly stroke Maria's hair, calming her down.

"Fine." Emmy crawled over to the trio and sat down between her and Jim.

"How do we get out of here?" Jim and Axel looked at each other and then at her.

"We have a plan. Stay here," Jim said. Everyone looked at each other confused. Axel began to army crawl out of the safety of the couch. But the shooter didn't shoot at him.

"Why isn't Axel being shot at?" Blair asked as said boy ran upstairs, still not being fired at. Jim looked honestly confused.

"I don't know. Maybe it's not a Skull out there," he said. Tony leaned around the couch to look out the sliding glass door. The glass was shattered on the ground, showing that was where the shot came from.

"Whoever it was, they have a great eye." Syrus looked at him.

"Why would you say that?" He leaned back against the couch back to safety.

"Because they're at least five hundred yards away from the house, because that's as far back they have to be in order not to be seen." As he said that, Julie suddenly froze her face paling and her breath hitching in her throat. Alexis placed her hand on Julie's, which was still on her daughter's head.

"Julie, are you okay?" Everyone looked at her. Her eyes were wide.

"No…it…he…they…NO!" She was quiet as she spoke toward the beginning but she screamed at the end. Maria began to cry again as everyone else simply jumped.

"What is it, Julie?" Jim demanded.

"No time! We have to get a hold of Jesse and Jaden now!"

"And we will, once we get you to the hospital, once we get out of here," Axel said. Everyone looked up to see him lying on his stomach with a rifle in front of him. His eye was looking through the scope. He kept his face passive as he looked for his target. Then, without any warning, he pulled the trigger. A loud bang rang through the house, causing everyone to cover their ears. Alexis pressed Maria's head into her chest. As the silence became deafening, Axel jumped down from the stairs. He tugged Chazz to his feet as he landed next to him. "Quickly, I barely injured him."

Without a second thought, everyone jumped to their feet and ran out of the house. Jim wrapped his arm around Julie and acted as her shield. They all made it into the cars and got away from the house (and shooter) before anyone else was hurt.

"Where's the closest hospital?" Jim asked the driver, who was Tony. Axel was driving the other van.

"Domino City."

"What's wrong with Ochi City Hospital?" Bastion asked. Jim looked at him.

"They refuse to tend to gang members." Tony nodded.

"And Domino City is the closest one that will take care of gang members." Julie turned to look at Alexis.

"When we get to the hospital, call Jesse and tell him and Jaden to get there immediately." Alexis looked at her and nodded.

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Jaden's POV

"So we're helping them, Atem?" Joey asked. He nodded at him. We had just walked back into the room.

"Yes. The Skulls shouldn't have just been the Bloods and Cribs problem to begin with, but they were and they handled it. We're going to help them now, because they need it." Joey smiled and cracked his knuckles.

"Awesome, because I've been getting bored at home. I need some good fighting." Kaiba rolled his eyes, Marik and Tristan sighed, and Atem chuckled. Jesse and I both smiled at each other.

"Thank you," I said. Atem placed his hand on my shoulder and squeezed it.

"So what's the plan?" Tristan asked. Atem and I sat back down with the others.

"Well, maybe we could," I began but was cut off by a phone ringing. I looked at Jesse. He pulled out his cell phone and flipped it open.

"Hello?" Kaiba let out an annoyed sigh. Jesse's face paled and his eyes grew wide suddenly. He shot to his feet and I did only a second later. "We'll be there in as soon as we can." Then he snapped his phone shut and shoved it in his pants pocket.

"What happened?" I asked. He looked at me.

"A Skull attacked the house; it was a sniper apparently and they shot Julie!"

"Is she okay?" He nodded.

"It was Alexis on the phone, and she said so. They're at the Domino City Hospital."

"Everyone?" He nodded again.

"Everyone." I turned around and walked past Kaiba, shoving my feet into my shoes.

"Let's go." Jesse was next to me, shoving his own feet into his shoes.

"We'll go with you," Atem said. I dug the keys out of my blazer pocket and looked at him. He and the other Pyramids were all preparing to leave.

"Are you sure?" I asked. He just smiled at me and slipped his arms into his jacket.

"We promised to help you, and we're going to." Jesse and I smiled at each other and nodded.

"Let's go then." We left the shop with a quick goodbye to Grandpa. Jesse and I got into our car as everyone else got into their own.

"Follow me, Jaden," Atem said. I nodded and he began to lead everyone toward the hospital.

"I guess we don't have the home field advantage anymore," Jesse whispered. My hand tightened around the wheel.

"They're fighting dirty, Jesse, that's all." I looked at him. "We still have the advantage." He gave me a sad look.

"I really hope you're right, Jaden." I looked back out the window.

"You and me both."

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