Bright lights flashed in the dimming sunlight of New Domino City. People wandered the streets, enjoying the nightlife and laughing as they went about their lives. Almost none of them paid attention to the spiky-haired boy.
Almost none.
"Wolfgang, this is Foxtrot. Target us on foot and heading west on Smith Street." An agent reported into his cell phone.
A window of a car belonging to another agent rolled down just in time to watch the 'target' walk past. "Trapline, he's coming your way."
"Roger that, got the eyeball."
"Follow on foot, Trapline. Do not lose visual contact!" Foxtrot ordered, and stepped out of the shadows.
/
Yusei turned down a much less inviting street complete with depressed-looking people slumped over front doors, trash, and possibly rats. The sun was just disappearing on the two agents on foot hid behind a nearby building.
"Hang back Foxtrot, let's see what he's up to." An order patched quietly through.
A small flight of stairs led sideways into the joint. Marked people sat at tables, probably drunk, with friends. Ignoring them, Yusei headed for the counter and sat down.
The bartender heard the sound of the stool swiveling and turned around. "What do you want here? Lose your puppy or something? My heart's breaking for you, but this ain't the animal shelter. Now get outta here. We got a no loitering rule; paying customers only."
"In that case, I'll have some milk." Yusei said, pulling Tanner's card from his jacket to slap it down onto the table. The bartender's eyes widened. "Bolt Tanner gave this to me. I'm looking for a guy named Blister."
Without another word, the bartender poured a glass of milk. He set it on Tanner's card with a small tap. "You in some kind of trouble."
"You could say that." Yusei responded.
"Those suits not with you then?" The bartender had noticed them too. He kept cleaning out glasses like he was none the wiser. "You should beat it. You don't find Blister, Blister finds you."
Yusei nodded, and downed the milk. "Thanks." The glass went back to the table; the card returned to his jacket.
"Thanks? For what?"
Yusei got up and left Bootleg.
From the roof of a nearby building, a man on a duel runner jumped onto the street, narrowly missing Yusei's head with the back wheel.
"Looking for me?"
The suited agents broke into a run. "He's getting away! Don't move!"
The man on the runner moved quickly, and turned around to reface the oncoming street. "Need a lift?"
"You could say that." Yusei said.
"Then hold on tight!" The man revved the engine and took off, leaving the two agents in the dust.
Realizing they couldn't catch him, the agents stopped. "Who was that? Check the Navalink, are we tracking the signal?" One of the guys asked.
The other man raised up a device resembling a cell phone. A layout of the city was illustrated on the glowing front with a moving red dot representing Yusei. "Yeah, they're going north on-agh-come on!" The red dot disappeared.
"What's going on?"
"Tell Wolfgang we've lost visual and radar."
/
"Are you Blister?"
"In the flesh." He looked up at the sound of a helicopter. "They usually save the helicopters for the big-time offenders, but you seem harmless enough. You know something about some fat cat you're not supposed to know?" Blister asked.
"Actually, I think somebody knows something about me, but I don't know what."
"Well, your marker won't transmit for a few hours. Ah, here we are." Blister pulled into a building. "I've cloaked this place; you're good for now. So, Bolt Tanner told you to come here and find me, did he?"
"That's right."
"I don't suppose he sent you to pay me the chunk of change he owes me."
"'Fraid not."
"In that case, you must be here for the official Blister hook-up. So, what's the deal? Need a new identity?"
"I want to get my Duel Runner out of the Impound Center."
"I'm working with a friend of yours to do that." Blister said. "He's in the room on the floor below this one."
/
"Okay, 'Mr. Adams'." Blister said several hours later. A duffel bag, disguise, and fake ID lined the table. "Your maintenance uniform is set, and I've got your ID card. Just need to hack into the city system. And… done. Simon Adams, you are officially an employee of the New Domino City Security Impound Center. Now, each door requires a specific code. Let me hop on to the mainframe and see where they're keeping your ride, so I know what codes you'll need. When did they take it?"
Yusei just barely tuned back in to Blister to answer the question. He had discovered a picture and was studying it. "A couple of days ago, Blister."
"All right, I'll have to break the encryption on the security mainframe, logarithm runs, post imaging, and I'm in, just gotta narrow the search down to single ride duel runners confiscated over the past week or two, run that against a list of other variables, and bingo!" In the security files, Yusei's runner popped onto the screen. "Vault 64B." Blister informed them, and slid over to the other computer. "Top floor. Now to snag the passcodes you'll need to get in. This shouldn't be too hard."
"Blister, were you a duelist?" Yusei asked.
"Huh?" Blister spun to face them in his chair, and got up when he saw what Yusei was holding. "What are you doing snooping around in here? Put that picture back!"
"Looks like you were taking names in the big leagues."
"Neh, I was never big league material that's for sure. My partner and I dueled in the semi-pro league for a bit. But that was a different life; it was a long time ago." Blister sat back in his chair. "Put the picture down."
"Tell me about your partner."
Yusei returned the picture and card to their original spots.
"Talk to me," Yusei changed the subject as he walked up to Blister's work station.
"Got the passcode for 64B."
"Is that all we'll need?"
"That, the ID card, your uniform, and a whole lotta luck. The security droids are on a random program so I can't help ya there."
"I'll risk it. So. Your duel partner."
"Man, you don't know how to let something go, do you? We're not here to get to know each other, got it?" Blister snapped defensively.
"Sorry, Blister," Yusei said. "Forget I said anything."
/
The next morning dawned bright and early in New Domino. Another all-nighter for Blister, but he was used to it.
"Rise and shine, Yusei." Blister said to the only person who got any sleep.
Yusei opened his eyes when Blister set the red duffel bag on the table in front of him. "Everything you'll need tonight is in the bag. Tell Tanner I'm putting this on his tab. Again."
"Will do." Yusei told him, and took his hands out from behind his head before standing up. He reached for the bag, but Blister pulled it away from him. Yusei gazed up at Blister's deathly serious glare.
"Look, man, I did everything I could, but the odds are still against you."
"People who have a choice worry about odds. I have to get my runner back if we're going to get our friends out of the Satellite."
"What? You are taking this huge risk for some friends?"
"Of course. They're all we've got."
Blister sighed and looked over at the framed picture. "You're insane, you know that?"
"It's what friends do." Yusei said.
"What sort of bullshit is that?"
"You wanna tell him who the guy in the picture is, Blister?" A voice asked from the shadows.
After waking up, Wenslow went to see how Blister was doing.
"His name's Aero. We were best buds. You'll notice of course that I said 'were. I've learned you shouldn't bother with friends, because the only thing a friend is good for is finding the best way to let you down. You're better off just looking out for yourself, ya hear?" Blister's expression changed hardened, but it didn't take a mind reader to tell it was just for show.
"We were on a practice run, I lost control of the bike, the connecting cables tore apart. We were gonna slam into a building. I didn't have time to think. I just turned away. He was stuck in the side car, he had no control.
"He spent eight months in recovery. When he got out, he quit dueling. I never heard from him again, except for this card he sent me. It was his part of our best combo. It's all torn and burned. I'm pretty sure it was his way of saying that he'd never forgive me."
Blister walked over and picked up the card. "Not that I blame him. I wouldn't forgive me either if I was him. Don't take this risk for your friends, cuz' come crunch time, they're gonna let you down. I mean, look at me. I let my best friend crash right into a building just to save myself."
Yusei took the duffel bag and slung it over his shoulder.
"Time for us to head to the Impound Center."
Blister whipped around. "That's it? I just spilled my guts, and…that's it? You're not listening, you're not even acknowledging anything I've just said?"
"Don't be so hard on yourself, Blister." Yusei said.
"I don't care what he says. Friends are the most important things a person can have. Without them you're nothing." Yusei was thinking out loud.
/
Hearing the sound of a revving duel runner, Blister looked out the window. Yusei and Wenslow were just leaving the front doors. The two of them turned to the right, but Blister was more concerned with what was coming from the left.
'Looks like one officer doesn't know when to quit…'
/
The Security impound center was locking up for the night. The building resembled an up-side-down skirt. Crowds of employees left and Yusei entered in disguise from a bathroom. Wenslow had crawled into a vent and was doing surveillance.
Doors, windows, and security hatches were shut tight. Every single light was switched off. It was now or never.
'So far so good.' Yusei opened up another bathroom door from deeper inside the impound center.
Yusei reached the top. "We'll talk more later. We're close."
"Right."
The two came to a door.
"This is it. Now I just hope this ID and passcode work." Yusei slid the fake ID across the scanner. To his relief, the code worked.
Yusei consulted a digital map, using his finger to trace a path connecting their current position to the red dot that marked his duel runner.
"Do not move." Wenslow warned him.
"Make your presence known Trudge!" He yelled into the darkness.
Officer Trudge laughed. "I'm beginning to think you two like me. Why else would you constantly go out of your way to make sure we keep meeting up like this? Although I gotta say, this is probably your craziest stunt yet. What on earth were you thinking?"
Yusei glared at Trudge, shielding his eyes from the bright spotlights. "I just want my duel runner back, Trudge. It is mine."
"That's what you think. That runner of yours is now the property of Sector Security. It's gonna be a patrol bike, or maybe they'll scrap it and turn it into a bunch of toasters! I'm not really sure." Trudge mocked.
"Keep dreaming." Wenslow growled.
Yusei whirled and cleared the side of the crate. The guards kept their distance. Yusei leapt into the crate and began to get his runner functional again.
Trudge leapt down onto a lower crate. "Nice try, Yusei, but that runner is offline." He landed on the ground, still a ways away from the crate. Her eyes flashed red, daring him to come any closer.
"Just surrender quietly."
Inside the crate, Yusei revved the engine.
"What is that?" Trudge said disbelievingly.
Wenslow then grew several times his size as two large wings extended outward.
Officers gasped. Trudge's mouth dropped open as Yusei ransacked the crate by driving straight into it. Sparks flying, Yusei shredded to the left. Wenslow hovered off the ground and then created a hole in the Impound Center to escape.
"You asked for it." Trudge growled and jumped into motion.
"Surprise!" Trudge called when he slammed into Yusei, making him skid against the wall. "Do you really think you can escape from me again? I'll never stop chasing you. Don't you get that?"
"Tell you what; I'll make you a deal. Give yourself up right now, and I'll forget the fact that you broke into the vault when I'm filling out the report!" Trudge proposed.
/
"I'll start!" Yusei called. "I set a monster and end my turn!" The face down appeared beside his Runner.
"I draw!" Trudge snarled, drawing as their Speed Counters increased.
"I draw!" Yusei called, pulling the card from his Deck and smiling as he saw it (Yusei 8000LP 2SPC) (Trudge 8000LP 2SPC).
"I summon Junk Synchron!" The orange armored Tuner flew from a blue portal (ATK: 1300). "Now I use his effect to bring back Shield Wing!" The pterodactyl appeared with a shriek, crossing its wings over its chest and turning blue (DEF: 900). "And now I Tune them together to Synchro Summon…!"
Junk Synchron pulled his ripcord and began to vibrate, rising into the air and splitting into three glowing rings that encircled Shield Wing, reducing it to two glowing stars. The stars aligned within the rings and connected as a jet of dark purple aura that filled the Synchro Summon…
"Clustering stars will call upon a new force. Become the path its light shines upon. Synchro Summon! Show yourself, Junk Warrior!"
Junk Warrior (ATK: 2300) burst from the Synchro Summon, but Trudge's Trap Card lifted up.
"I activate Discord Counter!" He shouted. "With this, when you Synchro Summon, I can return your monster to the Extra Deck and bring back the Material Monsters in defense position. In addition, you can't summon any more monsters until the end of your next turn!" Junk Warrior groaned and split into five glowing stars.
The stars formed into two groups, one of three stars, the other of two. The three star cluster formed into Junk Synchron (DEF: 500), while the two star cluster became Shield Wing (DEF: 900). Both crouched into defense mode and turned dark blue.
"I lay one card face-down." Yusei said softly. The face-down appeared behind Junk Synchron.
"I draw!" Trudge yelled.
"I activate Speed Spell – Count Up!" Trudge yelled "with this, I can discard any number of cards from my hand to gain two Speed Counters for each! I discard one card to gain two counters!" He discarded Guard Dog and his Runner sped up (Trudge 8000LP 5SPC).
"I summon Pursuit Chaser!" The security droid appeared from a portal with a wail of sirens (ATK: 1400). "Pursuit Chaser, attack his Junk Synchron!" Pursuit Chaser fired energy from its searchlights, blowing Junk Synchron to atoms.
"Now Pursuit Chaser's effect activates, since a defense position monster was destroyed by battle, you get hit with 500 damage!" Yusei gasped in pain as a blast of energy shot from Pursuit Chaser and exploded around him.
(Yusei 7500LP 3SPC)
"I end my turn with a face-down," Trudge said. The card appeared.
Yusei drew silently (Yusei 7500LP 4SPC) (Trudge 8000LP 6SPC).
"Your Discord Counter only prevents me from summoning," he pointed out "I can still Set monsters face-down." He placed a monster face-down on his card panel and it appeared beside his Runner. "Now I activate Speed Spell – Angel Baton." He drew two cards, Sonic Chick and Debris Dragon, discarding Sonic Chick. "I end my turn there.
Yusei 7500LP 3SPC/Trudge 8000LP 6SPC
Trudge drew with a vicious smirk (Yusei 7500LP 5SPC) (Trudge 8000LP 7SPC).
"I switch Search Striker into attack mode," he said. The warrior stood up (ATK: 1600). "Now I activate the Trap Card Final Attack Orders, forcing all monsters on the field into attack mode." As the Continuous Trap lifted up, Yusei's Shield Wing lifted out of defense mode (ATK: 0).
"Except it doesn't work on face-down monsters." Yusei pointed out. Trudge grimaced.
"Oh well." He retorted "Pursuit Chaser, attack Shield Wing!" Pursuit Chaser fired a blast of energy at Shield Wing, but the pterodactyl survived due to its effect. Yusei cried out as the blast struck him.
(Yusei 6100LP 4SPC)
"Search Striker, attack Shield Wing!" Trudge ordered.
"I activate Defence Draw to negate the damage!" Yusei yelled. The glowing shield appeared before him and blocked the attack as he drew a card. Trudge snarled in irritation.
"I end my turn with a face-down," he said.
Yusei 6100LP 4SPC/Trudge 8000LP 7SPC
As Yusei drew, he realized that all the doors around were closing.
"There's no escape!" Trudge laughed "we've got you locked in like a rat in a trap! You won't escape this Duel, Yusei!" They were driving down a hallway, straight towards a steel door…
"Yusei, keep going!" It was Blister's voice, spoken through Yusei's helmet radio.
"Blister?" he gasped. He obeyed, gunning the Runner's engine…
Just before he struck the door, it exploded, sending steel inwards. Yusei's Duel Runner shot right into an elevator shaft and he began to fall…
"You won't escape that easily, Satellite scum!" Trudge roared as his Runner entered the shaft and he too began to fall…
Their Speed Counters increased (Yusei 6100LP 5SPC) (Trudge 8000LP 8SPC).
"I summon Debris Dragon!" Yusei yelled. In a flash of light, a teenage version of Stardust Dragon burst from the Synchro Summon with a soft growl (ATK: 1000). "And when Debris Dragon is Normal Summoned, I can Special Summon a monster with 500 or less attack points from my Graveyard, like Sonic Chick!" The small pink chick appeared before him (ATK: 300).
"Now I Tune Debris Dragon together with Shield Wing and Sonic Chick to Synchro Summon…!" Debris Dragon soared upwards into the shaft, past Trudge's Runner, and dissolved into four glowing rings that descended and encircled Shield Wing and Sonic Chick, reducing them to three glowing stars. The stars aligned within the rings and connected as a jet of golden aura…
"Clustering forces will create a bright freedom. Become the path its light shines upon. Synchro Summon! Strike now, Lightning Warrior!"
Lightning Warrior burst from the Synchro Summon, soaring downwards beside Yusei (ATK: 2400).
"What?!" Trudge exclaimed "you've never used him before!"
"He's a new addition to my Deck," Yusei said "and he's going to help me a lot here! I activate the Speed Spell – Speed Energy and use it on my Lightning Warrior!" Lightning Warrior glowed with an aura of powerful energy (ATK: 3400). "Now, Lightning Warrior, attack his Pursuit Chaser with Lightning Punisher!" Lightning Warrior turned in mid-air, kicking off of Yusei's Duel Runner, then the chute wall and throwing a punch into Pursuit Chaser, smashing the drone into scrap metal. Trudge snarled as he was hit by a crackling fist.
(Trudge 6000LP 6SPC)
"I activate my Trap Card, Final Countdown!" he shouted in rage "with this Continuous Trap Card, I can't activate Spell or Trap Cards, but I can Set one down per turn! Then at any time I can send Final Countdown and all the cards set by its effect to the Graveyard to deal you a certain amount of damage depending on how many cards were sent!" The card lifted up and glowed with baleful aura.
"Well, now my Lightning Warrior's effect activates!" Yusei called "you take 300 points of damage for every card in your hand, and at the moment, you have one! Lightning Warrior, Lightning Ray!" Lightning Warrior unclenched his fists and raised his right hand towards Trudge, sending an arc of lightning into the Sector Security officer, who cried out as the powerful shock ran through him.
(Trudge 5700LP 6SPC)
Lightning Warrior descended to Yusei's level once more, soaring downwards beside his master.
"I end my turn with a face-down card!" Yusei called. The face-down appeared and Lightning Warrior stopped glowing (ATK: 2400).
Yusei 6100LP 5SPC/Trudge 5700LP 6SPC
"I draw!" Trudge snarled (Yusei 6100LP 6SPC) (Trudge 5700LP 7SPC).
"I use Final Countdown to set a card!" A face-down appeared, glowing with the same baleful aura as Final Countdown itself. "That's 500 damage…"
"Now I summon Torapart!" A blue portal opened and a bizarre creature something like a witch puppet appeared, its body ending in the upper thighs at some sort of black shield, with an identical puppet emerging from the other side (ATK: 600). "And I Tune Torapart to Search Striker to Synchro Summon…!"
Torapart rose upwards and split into two glowing rings that descended and encircled the ascending Search Striker, reducing it to four glowing stars. The stars aligned and connected as a jet of black aura even as Yusei struck the bottom of the shaft and the lift doors opened, letting him out. Then the doors closed, blocking the passage and letting Yusei get away…
Within the lift shaft, Trudge was still falling and the Synchro Summon was forming his monster…
"A denizen of hellish defense shall block off this highway. Let your justice envelop this scum in its eternal binding. Synchro Summon! Come forth, Goyo Guardian!"
The Synchro Summon exploded like a supernova and faded to reveal a hulking warrior, clad in the outfit and make-up of a kabuki actor. In his hands he wielded a jutte on the end of a long rope (ATK: 2800)…
10
Yusei rode onward through the building when suddenly another Duel Runner burst from side passages.
The other Runner was dark green, and Blister was riding it.
"Blister?" Yusei asked. "Why are you here?"
"Don't bother thanking me." Blister said "I'm only here to check out my handy work. If you get caught, my reputation might never recover. We're not friends; I've ruined one friendship already."
"Tell me about Aero." Yusei said. Blister sighed.
"We used to be hitting big in the exhibition leagues." He said. "Our Machina Deck was unstoppable… but it only worked because Aero was a great competitor and a greater friend. Aero thought we could be a team forever, but he didn't understand that Tag Team Dueling only gets you so far. I was going to go solo, after a guy from Kaiba Corp showed up, offering some real big money. I was going to hit the Pro Leagues and face the big names, Atlas…" "Phoenix, Truesdale, the real big guys."
"We were dueling another team… he played Machina Sniper and it got destroyed… I got mad at him. He asked why I cared after my big shot at the Pros from Kaiba Corp. I told him friendship doesn't pay the rent and we just kept arguing."
"The Duel Runner ahead spun out and overturned, but we didn't notice in time… we got hurled off the track and Aero's sidecar broke off… we were heading for a factory and I tried to get his hand, but I panicked and pulled away. He crashed into the wall."
"He spent a few months in hospital… and he sent me Machina Sniper in bitterness and scorn. He hates me."
"You're wrong." Yusei replied. "You're just too angry to realize that."
Then a fourth Duel Runner engine roared and Trudge caught up, smashing Blister aside brutally.
"This Duel is still on, scum!" He shouted. Goyo Guardian gave a roar beside him.
"Goyo Guardian, attack Lightning Warrior with Goyo Lariat!" Goyo Guardian spun his jutte lasso and hurled it at Lightning Warrior…
"I activate my Scrap-Iron Scarecrow Trap… hey, why isn't it working!" Yusei shouted.
"When the monster Synchro Summoned with Torapart attacks, you can't use Trap Cards until the end of the Damage Step!" Trudge laughed. The jutte struck Lightning Warrior and shattered it, before striking Yusei, who gasped in pain.
(Yusei 5700LP 6SPC)
"When Goyo Guardian destroys a monster by battle, that monster is summoned to my field in defense mode!" Trudge called. Goyo Guardian pulled back its jutte and stomped on the ground. Lightning Warrior formed next to Trudge's monster in defense mode (DEF: 1200), before standing in attack mode (ATK: 2400) due to Final Attack Orders. "Now, Lightning Warrior, attack that face-down with Lightning Punisher!"
"I block the attack with Scrap-Iron Scarecrow!" Yusei called. The Trap lifted up and the scrap scarecrow appeared, blocking Lightning Warrior's punch. Then it vanished as its card flipped face-down again.
"I end my turn," Trudge snarled.
Yusei 5700LP 6SPC/Trudge 5700LP 7SPC
"I draw!" Yusei called (Yusei 5700LP 7SPC) (Trudge 5700LP 8SPC).
"I summon my Speed Warrior!" The grey-armored skater appeared from a portal, effortlessly skating beside Yusei (ATK: 900). "Now I end my turn with a face-down card!" The card appeared.
Yusei 5700LP 7SPC/Trudge 5700LP 8SPC
"I draw!" Trudge yelled (Yusei 5700LP 8SPC) (Trudge 5700LP 9SPC).
"Now I Set this card for the effect of Final Countdown!" The face-down appeared. "That's 1500 damage…"
"Goyo Guardian, attack his face-down with Goyo Lariat!" Goyo Guardian lashed out with the jutte, but his attack bounced off of Fortress Warrior even as the monster switched to attack mode (ATK: 600).
"When Fortress Warrior battles I take no damage, and once per turn he can't be destroyed in battle!" Yusei explained.
"Damn you!" Trudge roared "Lightning Warrior, attack Speed Warrior!"
"I counter with Scrap-Iron Scarecrow!" Yusei yelled. The scarecrow blocked the attack and vanished again.
"I end my turn!" Trudge snarled.
Yusei 5700LP 8SPC/Trudge 5700LP 9SPC
"I draw!" Yusei called (Yusei 5700LP 9SPC) (Trudge 5700LP 10SPC).
"You're not afraid." Blister murmured. "Just like Aero…"
"That's because I've got you on my side, and Aero felt the same." Yusei said.
"But you're going to lose." Blister said "in the end; he'll get past Scrap-Iron Scarecrow, Yusei. His Final Countdown will be finished next turn and he'll hit you hard with it. My reputation will die if you lose, kid."
"I'll win, and your friendship will make it possible," Yusei said. Blister shook his head.
"This isn't the Satellite, Yusei." He said. "Over here; friends just get in the way."
"You don't really feel that way." Yusei replied. "Aero gave you back Machina Sniper, remember?"
"He did that out of spite!" Blister protested.
"You're wrong." Yusei replied. "He gave it back out of friendship. It was burnt, but he'd tried to fix it, I could see that. Aero rescued that card and tried to fix it up, to show you your friendship still existed. That was why he was so badly hurt, because he went into the flames to get your card back."
"As touching as this is, just get on with the Duel!" Trudge roared.
"Right then," Yusei said "so be it! I activate Speed Spell – Vision Wind to revive my Sonic Chick!" Sonic Chick reappeared with a cute chirp (ATK: 300). "Now I summon Turbo Synchron!" Turbo Synchron appeared from a blue portal in a flash of light (ATK: 100). "Now I Tune my four monsters together to Synchro Summon…!"
Turbo Synchron rose into the air and formed into a glowing ring that encircled the other three monsters, reducing them to five glowing stars. The stars aligned within the ring and connected as a lance of emerald aura that exploded out to fill the Synchro Summon…
"Clustering bonds weave a greater force. Become the path its light shines upon. Synchro Summon! Roar engines, Turbo Warrior!"
Turbo Warrior burst from the Synchro Summon, gliding beside Yusei (ATK: 2500).
"Now I activate my Trap Card, Synchro Strike, giving Turbo Warrior an additional 500 points for every monster I used to summon him!" Yusei called. Turbo Warrior glowed with energy (ATK: 4500). "And finally, I activate Speed Spell – Final Attack, doubling his attack points for this turn only!" Turbo Warrior gained a destructive red aura (ATK: 9000).
"Now, Turbo Warrior, attack his Goyo Guardian with Accel Slash!"
Turbo Warrior charged, drawing back his claws to strike even as the kabuki groaned (ATK: 1400). Yusei's Warrior Synchro ripped into Goyo Guardian, tearing him into atoms with a single blow from his claws that struck onward and slammed into Trudge's Duel Runner, making the Security cry out in horror and pain as steam erupted from his Duel Runner…
Yusei 5700LP 9SPC/Trudge 0LP 3SPC
Trudge's Duel Runner screamed to a stop as Yusei and Blister continued onward on their Duel Runners.
"This is where I leave you guys," Blister said "if you can get away, meet back at my place." Yusei nodded as he pulled away to take a side passage.
They burst through the main entrance of the impound center and were engulfed by a crowd of Securities wielding tasers. Julian was quick enough to move to one side and thus escape the majority of the group before swerving back round to help Yusei, who was driving right through the center and suffering painful electric shocks. His screams of pain echoed around, but he forced himself to keep going…
10
In a well-furnished apartment, a girl with pale green hair sat on a sofa, her golden eyes full of worry. She wore a pale pink jacket over a royal crimson shirt and light purple shorts. Her hand was gripped around her right forearm tightly.
Suddenly a boy who looked very similar to her burst in, wearing a white jacket over a blue shirt and light blue shorts. His eyes and hair were the same color as hers, and he was smiling, though the smile became a look of concern as he saw her.
"What is it, Luna?" He asked.
"There's something wrong, Leo." Luna murmured. "Something… outside…" She stood and ran to the door, her brother following…
Rose and Sara also felt something and walked outside.
10
Yusei burst from the crowd of Securities and just barely managed to keep going.