A/N: I OWN NO PART YU GI OH 5DS! ALL RIGHTS GO TO THE CREATORS!
Chapter 54: The Plan- Part 1
Third Person POV
An army of Ghosts drove through the highways where duels from the World Racing Grand Prix were taking place, each in separate groups for each duel.
Some of the robots arrived where Team White Tiger was dueling against Team Lightning. They surrounded the White Tiger duelist and said, "We will join the duel."
"Duel system switching to battle royal mode," stated the computer system.
"Battle royal?" the Team Lightning repeated.
"I summon Ally Salvo! Ally Salvo, attack these two!" the Ghost ordered together and the two human duelists and sends them into a tumbling crash.
. . .
Watching the carnage from above, Primo stated, "The World Racing Grand Prix has been changed into battle royal mode. The turbo duelists' fates are at stake in these duels. If they want to live, they had better complete the Grand Design."
. . .
Back at the stadium, the MC called, "Crashes are occurring all over the highways!"
"Let's go talk to Mina and Trudge about this," Era suggested. The others nodded and got onto their duel runners. I flew this time, despite Yusei's small, Angelic-spoken protests, and we hurried to where Trudge, Mina, and a few Sector Security were looking over the highway.
"Trudge! Mina!" Yusei called as they stopped. The two officers turned as Era landed beside Yusei as he ran up to them.
"What's going on?" Era asked.
Suddenly, a Security operator came up and said, "Sir, the highway's turbo dueling system has been changed into battle royal mode. There's a strange signal I am trying to identify."
They followed the officer who soon found the location. Shocking everyone there, it was revealed that the signal was coming from the Ghost.
"Looks like that army of Ghosts Primo was talking to Brehnam about while I was captured," Era commented. "That isn't good." They turned to see Sherry and Elsworth come up. "Nice to see you again, Sherry, Elsworth."
"You as well, Era," Sherry responded.
"The Ghost has appeared again," Yusei told them.
"The army of Ghosts can only mean that Yliaster is trying to destroy the tournament," Bruno stated.
"No," Era responded. "They're after something bigger than that. If you recall, they hosted this tournament. They would want to destroy it. And considering the fact that when I was captured by Primo and Brehnam, it sounded like the army of Ghosts was an idea made only between Primo and Brehnam."
"Is Primo going rogue, then?" Yusei asked.
"I don't know," Era answered. "I don't like it, though."
"Either way, we need to fight together against the Ghost army. Hopefully, we can find Primo who is probably controlling them before we're overwhelmed by sheer numbers," Yusei suggested.
"I can handle that," Era stated.
"Era, you're not going after Primo without me like this. Especially if Brehnam is working with Primo as well," Yusei denied quickly.
"Do you really think you can stop me?" Era responded before taking off.
"Era!" Yusei called but sighed in defeat.
"You going after her, Yusei?" Crow asked.
"I'll worry about her later," he answered. "If something happens, I'll know and get to her."
"How can you get to her?" Trudge asked.
"That's right, he never told you did he?" Leo responded rubbing the back of his head awkwardly.
"Tell us what?" Mina asked.
"I'm an angel," Yusei answered, shocking them, including Sherry and Elsworth.
"An angel?" Sherry repeated.
"How long have you been an angel?" Mina asked.
"Since just after defeating the King of the Underworld," Yusei answered. "But we can worry about this after we stop the Ghost army."
"We will help you," Sherry agreed with Elsworth nodded.
"Same here!" called Kaz's voice as he drove up.
"Be careful. In battle royal mode, anyone can attack anyone, and the Ghost seem to be using that to their advantage," Trudge stated.
"And in a duel against a Ghost, the players suffer real damage. We can't afford to take the situation lightly," Yusei added.
They nodded and took off.
. . .
As Yusei and the others headed for the highway, Jakob said, "Some of the parts of the Grand Design are lighting up."
"Completing the Circuit is so boring and troublesome," Lester commented. Brehnam sat above them on a railing, watching closely.
"We need the Ener-D's strength for that," Jakob responded. "Even though the world doesn't understand the true power of the duel runner and its energy source. When the Circuit is finally completed, the location of a God shall be revealed."
"The Circuit itself is as big as New Domino City; When it completes itself, the city will be destroyed," Lester added.
"It is a small sacrifice on our path to save the future," Jakob responded calmly.
"But what is this future that you desire to save with, Jakob?" Brehnam chimed in making the two look at him. "An ideal future for angels is one of paradise and peace. An ideal future for demons is one of darkness and destruction. What is your ideal future?"
"It is simple, Brehnam," Jakob responded. He was about to complete his answer when Lester exclaimed something alarming to the Emperor.
"The Ghost!" they turned to see images of it appear on the screen.
"They are the robots Primo created," Jakob recognized. "What're they doing out?"
"Your companion unleashed them to do something big," Brehnam answered.
"Was it your idea?" Lester asked.
"No, it was his alone. Remember, my goal here is to get revenge on Era and Yusei," Brehnam answered. "I have no true need to get too involved like this in your petty reach for a 'golden' future." He intentionally put air quotes around "golden" before taking off.
Jakob turned back to the screen with the Ghost. 'What is Primo thinking?'
. . .
Back at the highway, three Ghost robots were trying to defeat a female duelist.
(A/N: I will be numbering the Ghosts like "Ghost 1" and "Ghost 2" to make telling them apart easier. If you don't like it, I'm sorry, but don't be too harsh about it please.)
Ghost 1 called, "Nullfier, attack her directly!"
"Swift Scarecrow, block that attack!" called Yusei's voice as his monster protected the duelist.
The Ghosts and duelist were surprised to see Yusei, Sherry, and Elsworth. "Hey, aren't you from Team 5D's?" the duelist asked Yusei.
"Drop out now. We'll deal with this," Yusei suggested.
"Thanks," she responded before dropping out from the duel.
Yusei quickly called forth Stardust Dragon and defeated the Ghosts along with Sherry and Elsworth.
. . .
At another location, a Ghost attacked another duelist with Clausolas when Kaz and Jack came up. Kaz directed the damage towards him with his Battle Eater while Jack proceeded to assault the Ghost with Red Dragon Archfiend, inflicting major damage.
. . .
Primo was quick to notice four more Ghost units were defeated. "Is Yusei behind this?"
Jakob appeared over a video call and asked, "Primo, what do you think you are you doing?"
"I'm not satisfied with your methods of completing the Circuit. Instead, I am forcing duels to speed up the process," Primo explained.
"The Ghost assault will not bring out the duelists' potential, which means the Circuit can't truly be completed," Jakob countered.
Lester appeared and told Primo, "Listen to Jakob. The one who stands in your way is Yusei, and you already lost to him."
Aggravated, Primo cut the conversation. "I will show Yusei that he can't win against me," he stated.
. . .
Jack and Kaz were facing four Ghost units when the robots suddenly broke off and went into other riding lanes.
"Where are they going?" Kaz wondered.
. . .
At the stadium, Mina and Trudge watched the monitor.
"That's strange," Mina commented.
"Yeah," Trudge agreed. "The Ghost are all moving towards one sole point."
. . .
Back at the highway, Yusei defeated another robot with Stardust Dragon.
"Do you think it is over yet?" Sherry asked.
That's when they heard the multitude of Ghosts coming up behind them. Yusei immediately listened hard to everything around him. He heard Primo say in the far distance as the Emperor laughed, "I have specifically ordered the Ghost army to target the primary threats to my plan."
He looked at his teammates. "Be careful, Primo is sending the entire army after us," he told them.
"How do you know that?" Elsworth asked.
"Being an angel, I could hear him mention it from somewhere nearby," Yusei answered shocking them. An Infinity symbol appeared beneath the road as one of the Ghosts commenced the duel. "The Ghost just forced the duel on us. We need to be careful."
Ghost 1 went first and called, "I summon Ally of Justice Garadholg (Attack 1600/ Defense 800) in attack mode. I set two face downs and end my turn."
Elsworth went second. "I summon Spirit Summit Warrior (Attack 1200/ 0) in attack mode. Next I activate its effect to special summon Liberated Rear Warrior (Attack 0/ Defense 1200) from my hand in attack position. Now I tune Spirit Summit Warrior with Liberated Rear Warrior in order to synchro summon. Come forth, Driven Daredevil (Attack 2400/ Defense 2100)!" he called. "Driven Daredevil, attack Ally of Justice Garadholg!" The attack succeeded in destroying the monster and dropping Ghost 1's life points to 3200.
Sherry went next. "I activate the Speed Spell- Overboost! This increased my speed counters by four. Next I activate the Speed Spell- Speed Fusion to fuse Sacred Knight's Spearholder with Horse of the Floral Knights in order to fusion summon. Ride, Centaur Mina (Attack 2200/ Defense 1600)!" she declared. "Next I normal summon Fleur Synchron (Attack 400/ Defense 200). Now I tune Centaur Mina with Fleur Synchron to synchro summon. Bloom, Chevalier de Fleur (Attack 2700/ Defense 2300)! Chevalier de Fleur, attack the Ghost directly!" The attack hit dropping its life points to 500. "I end my turn."
Yusei drew his card to take his turn. "I send Quillbolt Hedgehog from my hand to the graveyard to special summon Quickdraw Synchron (Attack 700/ Defense 1400) in attack mode. Next I activate the effect of Quillbolt Hedgehog (Attack 800/ Defense 800) to summon itself from the graveyard. Since my opponents control synchro monsters and I don't, I can special summon Reed Butterfly (Attack 300/ Defense 600) from my hand in attack mode. Now I tune Reed Buttefly, Quillbolt Hedgehog with Quickdraw Synchron in order to synchro summon Road Warrior (Attack 3000/ Defense 1500)!" he declared. "Now I activate the effect the effect of Road Warrior to special summon Speed Warrior (Attack 900/ Defense 400) from my deck in attack position. Speed Warrior, attack the second Ghost directly!" The attack hit dropping it to 3100. "Road Warrior, attack the third Ghost directly!" The attack hit dropping the other bot to 1000 life points. "I set a face down and end my turn." Ghost 2 took its turn, drawing its card to begin it. Just then, Yusei called, "I activate my face down, Synchro Prominence to inflict 1000 points of damage to my opponent for each synchro monster on the field!" Ghost 1 and 3 were quickly taken out while Ghost 2 was left with 2100 life points.
"I summon Ally of Justice Tractor (Attack 0/ Defense 0)!" Ghost 2 declared. "I tribute Ally of Justice Tractor to add two Ally of Justice Cosmic Gateways from my deck to my hand. Next I special summon three Ally of Justice Cosmic Gateways (Attack 2400/ Defense 1200 for each) in attack mode since you have at least two monsters that include a light attributed monster. Ally of Justice Cosmic Gateway, attack Driven Daredevil!" The attack destroyed both monsters in a double knock out. "The last of them, attack Elsworth directly!"
"Elsworth!" Yusei called as the attacks hit and the man was sent out of control when he lost.
"I set a card to end my turn," Ghost 2 finished. Ghost 4 drew and Ghost 2 called, "I activate DNA Transplant! Now all monsters on the field become light attributed."
"I summon Ally Salvo (Attack 400/ Defense 300) in attack mode," Ghost 4 declared. "Ally Salvo, attack Chevalier de Fleur!"
"Chevalier!" Sherry called to defend.
Ghost 4's mode was destroyed, but the fourth Ghost grinned and called as his life points fell to 1700, "I activate Ally Salvo's effect! This destroys your Chevalier de Fleur and Speed Warrior!"
The duel went on and the rest of the Ghosts continued to summon Ally Salvos. They were quick to attack Sherry directly until she fell as well, leaving Yusei to deal with the Ghosts alone.
. . .
Era was flying through the sky when she noticed a familiar figure standing on a high building watching everything play out. She glared and silently landed behind him.
"What do you think you're doing, Primo?" she asked catching his attention.
He turned to her and her glared with an amused grin. "Shouldn't you be hiding behind your mate?" he asked.
"I don't try to hide behind him. He's just protective of me, that's all," Era responded. "But what're you doing to this tournament? To these duelists who just came to win a tournament to be called champion, huh? What's your endgame here?" They both glared at each other; one with a devious smirk, one with a deadly serious face. Both waiting for the other to make their move.