Hello and welcome back to another installment of Legacy of the Star Princess. You know the drill, so R&R and enjoy the episode.

Crow had just turned off the television when Yusei's mark began to glow. Yusei folded his hand over his arm and closed his eyes. Blister was still on the couch, leaning over awkwardly to see the mark.

"Hey, Yusei, isn't that the mark you were talking about earlier when you were explaining the whole Signers thing? Why's it glowing like that?"

Yusei opened his eyes. "It's Sidney. She's hurt, and I can feel it."

Crow raised an eyebrow. "What?"

"I can't really explain it well. It's like…I can sense her."

"Like a tracking device or something?" Crow wondered. Midori was still trying to fall asleep, but offered her two cents as the world of slumber sucked her in.

" Something…like that. But, maybe not exactly…" She yawned as she drifted away. Yusei looked down at his mark.

"You had the right idea, Crow. But, it's more than knowing where she is. I can sense what's she's feeling, and right now she's scared, and in a lot of pain. She's in a duel with a Shadow Drone…she needs help, somebody needs to help her!" Yusei clenched his fists angrily, but Crow put a hand on his arm to reassure him.

"There's nothing you can do about it. But, you told me that Jack's a signer. At least for now, we don't have any choice but to hope he's close by and can come help her." Crow told him regrettably. Yusei tried to conceal his worry, but it was still obvious to Blister and Crow.

"She'll be ok. You'll see here when you go back to the city…Hold yourself together, Yusei. For Sidney."

Yusei also had the feeling that if he could sense Sidney, than the other signers, including Jack, Luna, and Akiza, would also sense her. It made him feel full of anguish inside because he couldn't be there for her. For now, all he could do was hope one of the others would come and save her.

…

Sidney finally got a balance and firmly planted her feet on the floor. She huffed at the Drone in defiance as she drew her next card: Dimension Wall.

Suddenly, the Drone's life points were boosted to 3300. He explained himself.

"Remember when I played The Cheerful Coffin? I sent three dark attribute monsters to my grave, including Marie the Fallen One. My Fallen Guardian give me back 300 life points for each of those monsters on your standby phase, and Marie adds another 200. So, whenever your turn comes around, I get back 1100 life points!"

"I set one card face down." She slapped Dimension Wall down next to Dust Tornado. The Drone smiled.

"You think a couple of face downs will scare me? You're not even a real duelist! Besides, aren't princesses always in need of rescue?" He tormented her. She bit her tongue. However, even if she wasn't some hot shot duelist, she was certain that she had a strategy that would blow him away.

"I summon Rescue Cat in attack mode." She placed the card down. A burst of light revealed an adorable white house cat, with pink feet, black stripes, adorable green eyes, and an orange rescue helmet with its small ears sticking out.

(Rescue Cat is a Level four Earth attribute, Beast type monster with 300 attack points and 100 defense points.)

"It's funny you should mention rescuing, because I have a rescue team ready to come in and save my life points from you Fallen Guardian. I activate my Rescue Cat's special ability." The cat began to glow and disappeared in a ball of light. Taking its place were two small gray Koalas with big brown feet, beady little eyes, big black noses, and each with a seashell cuddled between their paws.

The Drone cackled. Sidney smiled and explain herself.

"By sending my Rescue Cat to the Graveyard, I can special summon two level three or lower Beast type monsters. They are destroyed at the end of my turn, but it's well worth it, because I choose my two Sea Koalas and summoned them in attack mode!"

(Sea Koala is a level two Earth attribute, Beast type monster with 100 attack points and 1600 defense points.)

The Drone looked at the Koalas, trying to stifle his laughter. "My master will find this so amusing. A princess who summons her animal friends to help her!"

"Yeah, and these creatures come with their own ability. You see, when there is another beast on my field, I can reduce the attack of one of your monster's to zero. And since I have two Koalas and they fit that description, it looks like your Feuerstein is about to take a beating."

Feuerstein's attack was reduced to zero, causing him to become old and decrepit. Sidney them declared an attack with her first Koala, which slammed its tail against the monster's side and sent him reeling into the graveyard. She attacked again with her second Koala, who threw a Seashell at the Drone's head. When she had finished, his life points were down to 3100.

"I end my turn by playing Dian Keto the Cure Master, which restores my life points by 1000." A shimmer of a white orb brought Sidney's life points back up to 3300.

"It's your move." The Sea Koala's vanished. The Drone drew.

"I play Premature Burial. I give up 800 points to bring back Feuerstein, and equip him with this card."

Feuerstein reappeared in all his ferocity. The Drone now had 2300 life points.

"Now you're wide open. I declare a direct attack!"

As Feuerstein raised his scepter and a gust started whirling up, Sidney raised her hand and revealed her trap card.

"I counter your attack with Dimension Wall, which I can only use when you declare an attack with a monster. I'm sorry, but this duel is over."

"I don't think so; I play a Quick Spell from my hand known as Instant Energy!" He glowed for an instant. His life points were boosted to 3300 before the attack landed and brought it down to 800 points.

"It's like your Dian Keto the Cure Master you played on your last turn. The only difference is I can play it anytime because it's a quick spell card." He explained before ended his turn.

"I doubt you have any other nasty little tricks like that up your sleeve, Star Princess." He smirked. Sidney reviewed the cards in her hand: All she had left was her Ritual Spell Card, Doriado's Blessing, and Fire Trooper.

If she didn't draw a good card soon, she would be dead in two turns, she thought. She mentally crossed her fingers and prayed and she carefully picked the next card from her deck. As she drew it, she felt her marks burning intensely, and suddenly got a strange feeling inside of her.

Her gut said it was the other signer. They were worried about her; they knew she was in trouble. Just as she flipped the card over, she heard two voices from around the corner.

"Sidney!"

"Miss Clay-Jacques!"

She swerved around to see Lazar and Jack just beyond the barrier. Lazar had a panicked look on his face when he saw the current state of the duel. Jack's mark was shining on his arm. Even if it was just Jack and Lazar, she was glad SOMEBODY had come for her.

Feuerstein's ability kicked in, raising his life points to 1900. Sidney took a deep breath looked at the card. She immediately played it and announced her turn. The Drone stood in anticipation.

"I play the card known as Card of Sanctity! It's an old school favorite that let's us draw until we each have six cards in our hands."

So, each of them began drawing. The Drone swiped his cards quickly and added them to his hand. Sidney checked over her cards carefully.

First, there was Lunar Solstice Dragon, her signature Synchro monster. But, she couldn't summon it, nor was it strong enough to defeat Feuerstein. It was followed by Baby Dragon and Poison of the Old Man. She flipped up the last two cards and smiled.

The Drone smirked.

"I place a card face down. Then I activate the Ritual Spell Card, Doriado's Blessing! By sending my level three Fire Trooper to the Graveyard, I can call out my Elemental Mistress Doriado, in defense mode!"

She sent her Fire Trooper to the grave, and a swarm of golden light brought forth a beautiful maiden in light and dark blue robes with gold trimmings and jewelry, adorned with a colorful pink, green, and gold headpiece. Her eyes were a soft blue against her wheat blonde hair.

(Elemental Mistress Doraido is a level three Light attribute Spellcaster type with 1200 attack points and 1400 defense points.)

"I end my turn. But before I do that, I play Poison of the Old Man." The Drone felt a searing pain as his life points dropped to 1100.

"You're just delaying your defeat!" The Drone drew his card. He was so confident of his victory, he ordered his monster to attack Doriado without thinking of Sidney's two face downs.

"I activate Elemental Burst!" Her trap card flipped up.

"You need a monster of Earth, Fire, Wind, and Water to play that. Doriado isn't any of those!" The Drone declared.

"She's all of those and more, you see, my Doriado has a special ability. She is treated as having the Earth, Fire, Wind, and Water attributes as well as Light. So, instead of having to sacrifice four monsters, I only need one. So now I can destroy your Feuerstein, again!"

Doriado turned into a multi-colored ball of light that rammed into Fallen Guardian Feuerstein and swallowed him up in the cascade of flames. The drone stepped back to avoid getting burned.

The Drone looked down at his hand. All that was left were Cheerful Coffins and higher level Dark attributed monsters he couldn't summon. He had no choice but to end his turn.

Sidney drew a card, and found it to be Ribbon of Rebirth. But she had no need for it now. She slapped a card onto the Duel Disk.

"I summon Baby Dragon!"

(Baby Dragon is a level three Wind attribute Dragon type monster. It has 1200 attack points and 700 defense points.)

An adorable, horned orange dragon appeared, with flickering green eyes and tiny litter claws. It was about the size of a house cat, but had just enough power to finish the drone off.

The Drone panicked. Sidney ordered her Baby Dragon to attack. The Dragon took a deep breath, puffing out its cheeks. When it exhaled, a wall of flames roared forth and consumed the Drone as his life points plummeted to zero. The circle of purple energy began to fade, and the spider mark on the Drone's arm vanished. The man collapsed on the floor, his robe was burned and tattered, and the floor around him was utterly ruined. But in general conditions he was actually ok.

"Ummmm…" Sidney muttered. Lazar raised his hand.

"We got it covered." The teen sighed with relief as she too collapsed. This time, Jack was able to get behind her to take her up in his arms. Sidney was disoriented and out of focus from the Duel, and as such was not in her right senses to protest Jack's actions. She was worn out and had a few bangs and scratches on various part of her body of the duel, and her clothes were discolored and slightly torn.

Jack wished Yusei could see him now. He hoped Yusei would learn of the news of his engagement soon. He wanted to make him as jealous as he made Jack when Sidney implicitly chose him over Jack.

As he got a smug expression on his face, he looked down to see a red aura of light beginning to wrap around Sidney's body, starting from her marks and moving outward. Neither Lazar, nor Jack or Sidney had any idea what was happening or what it meant. But somehow, Jack got the feeling that him holding her, and the fact her mark on the right shoulder, the tail, was glowing more brightly than the others. Whatever was happening, this was her third power.

…

…

Midori found herself wandering into a dream. Or perhaps a nightmare. She was back in the dark room underground, with only the light of a candle burning dimly, resting on a table in the corner. She could barely see a thing. But then, she heard a voice, perhaps that of a young man. It was…HIS voice.

"Its hard to believe… a little mouse could be of such importance."

She tried to run, but she was surrounded on all sides by darkness. Midori could sense that he was behind her. She timidly turned her head to see a shadowy figure, just barely illuminated by the candle light.

When the group who took her from her grandfather brought her underground, they swiftly presented her to three men in dark robes, each with a different trimming color. He was among them. The young man seemed to be the shortest and wiry looking of the trio, but was just as ominous.

"…And what a pretty mouse you are too." She had the feeling he was simply taunting her when he said this, trying to build her up so he could tear her down.

He wore a black robe like the people who had thrown her into this secluded prison. But instead of white trimming and decorations, his was a more elaborate light blue. She could see faintly a red shirt, earthy slacks and what looked like a long chain of fangs dangling down. His face was mostly covered by his hood, but she could see his winter white hair falling over the blood red marking on his face.

"What's the matter, little mouse? Are you afraid of me?"

Before she could answer him, he swooped over and pushed her to the ground. Midori lay flat on her back, and she felt a heavy weight above her. That's when she realized the man was right on top of her, and her tunic had been pulled up above her chest. A brief flickering of a blade caught her eye, and when she reached towards it, she discovered he had a knife in his hand.

The young man slapped her hand away with his free hand and pinned it down. All but her left hand was completely pinned down by his weight. Midori squirmed to free herself, but every time she managed to move even an inch, he took the knife to her skin and made a small cut, from which a tear of blood would come forth.

"Don't try to fight it, you'll only hurt yourself. You don't need to be afraid… I can make you afraid if that's what it takes to make you lie still!" His voice rang in her ears and she whimpered, hoping someone would stop him.

Midori could feel herself fading, that this was just a dream. The man planted a kiss on her mouth with his own cold, thin lips, to prevent her from screaming. As he pressed his lips against hers, she began crying and started to hear a voice of in the distance.

"Midori! Midori! Wake up…"

Everything disappeared into blackness, and the feeling of her attacker's body on top of her was lifted. It was replaced by the feeling of a gentle gloved hand rubbing her shoulder. As she woke up, she realized the voice belonged to Crow, and a wave of relief came over her.

…

Crow sat Midori up on the couch as he roused her from sleep. There were still tears in her eyes. She rubbed them, but Crow had her put her hand down as he wiped the tears from her face.

"It's ok now, you're safe. It was just a nightmare." His voice was reassuring to her. He had found her when she was dumped out on the beach and took her in. Midori thought perhaps he genuinely cared about her. Many people had paid no attention to her in her life, except for her grandfather and what few friends she had. She was plain, small, and an oddity all in one. At least, that's what she thought in her mind.

She wondered if her grandfather was looking for her and if he was ok, but instead something else came out of her mouth. She suddenly had a sensation of a dark presence not to far from Crow's shack. Midori shivered, and felt that somehow she had encountered this dark energy before. A few kids from outside came running in and surrounded Crow.

"There's a scary purple light shaped like a giant outside! We're scared!"

Crow stood up and gave all of the kids a reassuring gesture. Yusei, who was sitting on the couch, got up and followed him outside. Midori chased out after them, and Crow called back to Blister.

"Look after the kids until we get back!" Blister agreed to it and told all of the kids to stay close to or inside the shack or wherever they lived until things were checked over and deemed ok. He hoped they would be.

Crow and Yusei stood by their runners as they saw a purple silhouette not to far from them. Midori ran up behind them panting as she went.

"Midori! This may be too dangerous for you to come with us. You need to stay here!" Crow told her. She refused to go back inside.

"I don't want the men in hoods to take you away! If they see me, they might just take me and leave you alone!"

"That's crazy talk! Haven't you been hurt enough by them?"

"You helped me. You cared for me. At least let me have a chance to make my own decisions as well." She said quietly. Yusei wasn't sure about either of them going. He had already put a lot of people in danger.

"You realize if you two come, there's no turning back?"

Crow nodded as he put on his helmet. He got a spare helmet out of a special compartment in his bike, resembling the other.

"I made an extra in case something happened to the other. But, I can't force you to stay. So, you might as well wear this." Midori gladly took it and thanked him. Crow couldn't help but admire this girl's courage.

She was small, and young, probably a couple of years or so younger than himself. Midori lived in the Satellite, and she endured a lot of suffering, at least from what he had seen, and she was willing to face more of it. That took real courage.

"I'm doing this for my grandpa. I want to know…if he's ok." Crow nodded as he got on his bike. Midori got on after his and curled her arms around his waist.

Yusei nodded to both of them as he started his engine. Crown started his soon after, and the three of them were off in a trail of smoke and energy.

A deep fog was falling over the Satellite. Over where the purple silhouette stood tall and ominous, a young, tall, willowy man in a black hooded robe with blue decorative trimmings stood on a pile of scrap, waiting. His arm was raised high in the air, and a glowing purple mark resembling the ghostly figure beside him glowed eerily.

He smirked as he felt the presence of the three people riding up the road.

"Well, it looks like I get to kill two birds with one stone today."

Another episode comes to a close! Be sure to be back here for another one, coming to you soon. Be sure to check out Coke head's A Furturistic Fairytale and her page on Deviantart (known as oO-Kai-Oo). Also, check out my page on DA as well (known as LittleBlackDragon). I also have a trailer for this fanfiction on Youtube, under the same username as my DA.

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