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Jack was still moping when they got back to The Enforcers hideout.
"How could she have beaten me? Jack Atlas of all people, and in one turn! She must have cheated!"
"We did watch her shuffle her deck," Yusei said.
"Still, she must have had it all planed out from the start!" Jack argued relentlessly.
Kalin rolled his eyes. "She used Graceful Charity at the beginning geniues. That means she had cards that she didn't want."
"Or didn't need." Yusei pointed out.
"What ever!" Crow exclaimed. "She beat Jack. She probably just got lucky with her cards. Can we go to sleep now? It's late and don't we take on the 'Fire Eaters' tomorrow?"
"Crow's right," Kalin said, becoming serious. "We have to keep our main goal in sight. We have to make The Satellite a safe place for everyone, and we can't let some random girl get in the way of that… Right Jack?"
Jack frowned, but Kalin had a point. The only reason that they weren't laying low was to make their home a safer place.
"Right."
Meanwhile, on the roof of a building blocks away, Phoenix was starring at the stars. Her eyes were trained on Ursa Major, the Great Bear.
"The Enforcers… Why do they seem so, so, so… different?"
There was a slight rustle behind her. She flinched, but didn't turn around.
"Hey Shadow. Come here girl."
A long-haired black cat sauntered out of the shadows and on to her lap. Phoenix checked the small pouch around Shadow's neck and let out a sigh of relief when she felt the pointed objects. She pulled out the necklace by the chain and held it in her hands. The black and silver stars clustered at the center of the chain , reflecting what little light it caught. She reached up and clasped the chain around her neck, feeling the familiar coolness of the black chain.
She was sitting there on the roof, absent-mindedly stroking her black cats long fur, when she heard foot steps in the street below. Both she and the cat tensed before silently creeping over to the edge of the roof.
There were seven guys in the street . They looked to be in the age range of fifteen to nineteen, all of them wearing a red bandana around their necks, marking them as The duel gang, "Fire Eaters".
Phoenix raised an eyebrow.
"What are they doing here?" She muttered. "This isn't their district!"
One of the duelist turned around to face the others. Judging by the rest stopping suddenly, he was their leader.
"Alright men," He said in a deep, authoritative voice. "Tomorrow we'll spring a surprise attack on The Enforcers, so we have to memorize as much of their territory as we can. They'll think they have the advantage because we're on their turf, but they won't know we know how things are here. And when the sun goes down, it'll be an easy victory!"
As he finished, the others slapped him on the back and praised him for his brilliant plan, then they dispersed to look around. It didn't take long because their overconfidence made them think that if they just knew a little, they could make The Enforcers scared.
Finally they left, and Phoenix pulled back from the edge, thinking over what she had just heard.
"I'm surprised. It's actually a good plan… But what if it works? Then the gang that's different from all the others will be defeated, and possibly destroyed if Sector Security gets a hold of them!"
Phoenix leaned against the low barrier of the edge for a moment thinking.
"But if they're warned… They might have a chance. They won't be surprised, and they can think of ways to counter the others movements…"
Phoenix sighed, then checked the time in her old battered watch.
"Come on Shadow," She said getting up and picking up her faded black backpack as Shadow jumped down to the roof and walked to the other side of the building with Phoenix. In front of them was a small walk way leading to the next building. "We're going to drop in on some friends." And with that, they stepped onto the walk way and took off across the roof tops.
Yusei Fudo couldn't sleep.
Jack and Crow were snoring away, Kalin was sleeping lightly as he always does, But for the life of him, Yusei couldn't fall asleep.
He turned on his back and stared up at the ceiling. He thought about The Girl they had met… Phoenixian.
When Crow had said she didn't look very tough, Yusei disagreed. There was something about her that hinted to him that she was strong, unlike some duelists. Even before Phoenixian and Jack drew their starting hands in their duel, she looked like she expected to win. She was… Well, there was no other word for it, different.
Yusei closed his eyes…
And heard a light thump on the roof, followed by a slightly heavier one.
Yusei sat up and looked over to Kalin, whose eyes had popped open and was getting to his feet. He caught Yusei's eye and nodded to the roof. Yusei stood up and followed Kalin to the flight of stairs.
As they reached the top of the stairs, they caught a glimpse of a dark figure sitting at the table beyond where the roof had fallen in of the room they were in. Kalin and Yusei both stepped out to the table, and were stunned at the person in front of them.
"Phoenixian?"
Fifteen minutes later, Phoenix had finished telling The Enforcers what she had heard. Kalin had gotten Jack and Crow before she started so they could hear. Unfortunately, Jack had tried to kill Phoenix when he saw her.
Flashback-
"What's going on?" Jack asked as he and Crow followed Kalin up the stairs to the broken room on the top floor.
"Just follow me." He said.
As they emerged from the stairs, Jack saw Yusei sitting at the table with someone. Jack rubbed his eyes and looked again.
It was that girl, Phoenixian Niwa!
Jack, before he knew what he was doing, lunged at her, wanting to strangle her for defeating him in a duel. Luckily for Phoenixian, Crow and Kalin held him back.
"Calm down Jack!" Kalin hissed. "She has something to tell us. About the Fire Eaters!"
At this, Jack relaxed to the point that the other two could release him. He knew how important it was that The Enforcers defeat the other duel gangs.
Kalin turned to Phoenix after sitting down and the other two followed his suit.
"Alright, Phoenixian," He said. "Explain!"
Flashback End.
Four sets of eyes were trained on Phoenix, sapphire, pale gold, violet, and grey. All of them had the same wondering look. It was Yusei that finally broke the silence.
"So the Fire Eaters were in our district? And they're planning to catch us off guard and challenge us?"
"In a nutshell?" Phoenix said. "Yes."
"Why did you warn us?" Crow asked
"Yes, why did you warn us Phoenixian?" Kalin asked.
Phoenix tugged on her long black bangs that reached her mouth, and fiddled with her black necklace, which Yusei noticed she hadn't worn earlier.
"First off, please don't call me Phoenixian. Phoenix works just fine." She said with a small smile. "Secondly, I'm not exactly sure why I warned you, beside the fact that you… meem…frent." She muttered the last part.
Jack smirked. "Sorry, what was that? I couldn't hear you."
Phoenix glared icy daggers at Jack that made the others flinch before repeating herself.
"You guys seem different. I'm not positive on how, but you do."
There was silence for a few moments until Kalin spoke.
"Well," He started. "I think we owe you a thank you. Umm…" He glanced at Yusei, who nodded his head. "I'd also like to ask you-AHHH!"
Kalin fell backwards in his chair as Shadow leapt onto the table in front of him.
Phoenix quickly grabbed Shadow, and set her in her lap. "Calm down it's just my cat Shadow!" She said quickly. Kalin calmed down as Yusei reached out to Shadow and she purred, then went to his lap.
"Anyway,' Kalin continued, after he pet Shadow. "I'd-We'd like to ask you to consider helping us… maybe…if you want?"
Phoenix waited for objections from Jack, but to her surprise they didn't come. He was actually nodding, slowly, but it was definitely nodding. Yusei and Crow were also. Phoenix turned and smiled slightly at Kalin.
"So," She said. "You're asking me to give up being a loner and be come an Enforcer? Right?"
Kalin swallowed, considering the idea that Phoenix would reject his offer.
"So… How about it?" He asked
Phoenix thought for a moment before shrugging.
"What the heck! I got nothing to lose." She said with a easy smile.
Kalin, Yusei and Crow all smiled and Jack just shrug. Yusei reached across the table, hand out stretched. "Then let me be the first to officially welcome you to The Enforcers, Phoenix!"
After they all shook, Kalin waved an arm to the stairs. "We have a lot of work to do before tomorrow team, so we have to be ready!"
"Yeah," Crow said. "Including getting some sleep!"
They all laughed as they walked under cover with their new Enforcer, Phoenix, and new friend, Shadow.
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