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"I'm going to rescue Chaos," I stated solemnly, looking at the three others I chose to include in this decision, "I can't tell you exactly what I'm going to do but I will tell you it's dangerous. So you have a chance to back out now if you want to, leave now and we'll pretend this conversation never happened."

"Give it up," Vincent said impatiently, pulling on his ponytail, "even if we don't care what kind of trouble this is getting us into, you can't possibly think you're actually going to rescue anybody from the Facilities."

"It's too dangerous, Yuki," Felice frowned, "we don't stand a chance.

"I can't tell you anything until you're in." I replied. Truth is, it's risky even afterwards, but I had little choice.

"Can I talk you out of it?" Galen asked skeptically.

I shook my head.

"Then count me in." The pink-haired teen relented, "if only to stop you from getting yourself locked up in the process. But as soon as you do something crazy, we stop everything."

Oh I'm so far past crazy I can't even see crazy from where I stand.

Felice sighed and nodded too. Vincent gave her an annoyed look.

"What's your plan? I'd love to hear how to get somebody out of the Facilities." He asked.

"We're not going after the Facilities," I smirked, "The only chance we have is the 3-day window when Chaos is within Domino City, on trial and waiting for the transfer."

"You can get to Domino City in three days?" Vincent's eyes narrowed, focusing immediately on the crux of my plan.

"I can't," I replied, "But I'm pretty sure Yusei and Crow can."

"Then what?" Vincent pressed, taking for granted the ex-Enforcers can probably do a lot of things the 'regular folks' can't.

"Yusei has a grudge with the so-called King at Domino City," I replied, "You might remember him, Jack Atlas?"

"Atlas?" Galen chortled, "You're kidding."

"Anyways, Jack's apparently a bigshot now, so Yusei would go and challenge him, attracting all the attention from Sector Security, while Crow and I go rescue Chaos."

"That'll work?" Galen asked skeptically.

"It's the best I've got," I admitted. "Leavings should be fine, and getting back shouldn't be too difficult if we take the river." I'm not as hopeful about the actual rescue attempt.

"It's possible," Felice admitted, "If you can actually leave the Satellite. I don't like your odds, but you have a chance."

Not a good chance.

Not a good enough chance that I would want to send anybody else from my crew into Domino City. But it's good enough to warrant the attempt.

I got Chaos into this mess, so if I can't get him out, the least I can do is join him.

"And how are you going to get the Enforcers to cooperate?" Vincent asked, "Pretty big favor you're asking, Fudo's pretty much doomed."

"I'm sure they can be properly motivated," I replied sheepishly. "Greiger left to pick up Crow," Literally. "And um..."

"Felice, I need you..." Okay, here comes the part of the plan I wasn't as proud of. I paused, looked around and scratched my head. I really didn't see another way around it. Crow was smart, resourceful, an excellent duelist and quite often very lucky, he'd escape our little imprisonment with little difficulty. Unless there's something holding him back, "I need you to bring the kids he takes care of here too, not yet, I'll let you know when it's time."

"Bring.-"Galen tilted his head, not quite understanding.

"Kidnap," Felice blanched, "you're going to kidnap the kids Hogan cares for!"

"We're not gonna hurt them," I assured Felice hurriedly, "…We just have to convince Crow that we would."

Vincent shook his head, not saying a word. His expression were a little similar to mine after I first bit into Satellite rations.

"These kids'll be fine," I repeated emphatically, "we'll take better care of them than Crow ever could. We'll tell them it's an expansion of our educations system, nobody would lay a finger on them no matter what happens."

"And if you can Convince Hogan, Fudo would be putty," Vincent nodded.

In my defense, I thought as I felt my moral compass spinning out of control, Yusei is practically untouchable, Rex Goodwin would make sure of that. And Crow does have the protection of his dragon, and by extension, the Crimson Dragon. These two are any far less risk than anybody else I know. I'm not putting Yusei in any more risk than he would've otherwise gotten himself into, and Crow doesn't seem to mind running from Sector Security on a regular basis.

Okay, that's weak, even for an argument with yourself, but I don't have time to befriend the protagonists to the point where they would risk their life to save a friend of mine- I only have three days. And if I were to succeed in the plan, Yusei and Crow really were the best accomplices I can get.

One by one, Felice, Galen and Vincent nodded their unenthusiastic agreement. I smiled gratefully, "that'll be all. If all goes according to plan, Chaos should be with us again soon."

Roman Goodwin is not easily amused, but even he cracked a smile when he read Rex's coded message to his burner email, a type of communication the brothers reserved for urgent but non-critical information. The idea that a Dark Signer, his Dark Signer, being murdered by the mere mortal man is so ridiculous that it was entertaining. What was Rex thinking? Has he not yet comprehended the powers of these monstrous beasts? Their powers to shape the universe went far beyond even the wildest imaginations of any measly mortal, rendering them infallible in Roman's eyes.

Just in case, he glanced at Kalin's candle, which was still burning strong at his normal seat, a representation of the energies within his soul. It did flicker for a while last night, but Roman dismissed that as another crisis of the mind, to which Kalin was prone ever since he had been converted.

Kalin had left yesterday morning and had not reported back since. While Roman was not concerned for the safety of his Dark Signers, he did wonder if Kalin had decided to take the chance and defeat Yusei Fudo once and for all.

He hoped not.

Speaking as the representative of an evil from another dimension, the loss of one Signer might be replaced if the Crimson Dragon was given enough time, so it's imperative that all Signers be defeated as close together temporally as possible.

Speaking as a mortal not wanting to see the destruction of everything he had known, the son of Professor Fudo is one of the strongest warrior of Light in this world, perhaps second only to Rex. His defeat would weaken the Crimson Dragon even further, leading to unforeseen consequences.

For once, the light and darkness within his soul agreed, Yusei Fudo was not to be defeated yet. Not until he had recruited all warriors of darkness, and Rex had recruited all warriors of light. The Crimson Dragon wouldn't stand a chance if all five Signers were not gathered to fight for its cause. At this rate, even that might not be enough to save the future of this dimension.

Greiger stepped inside the house just as the last trace of sunlight left the Satellite, he looked around searchingly, then focused on the teen coming forward to greet him.

"You must be Greiger, come inside, Yuki's upstairs, she's been waiting for you. Say, what did she get you to do anyways?" Teddy looked curiously at the visitor and the large sac on his shoulder.

It's been pretty obvious that Yuki had made a plan of some sort, and it involved this stranger, but nobody has told him what it was. Sometimes, it sucks to be the youngest.

Greiger didn't respond, only motioned with his hand for Teddy to lead the way, and followed when the brown-haired teen reluctantly complied.

"You know, you talk less than Felice did when she had that toothache," Teddy grumbled, "and talking literally hurt her like pulling teeth."

Greiger didn't react to that comment either, although if Teddy had been looking, he would've see the tall brunet's lips curl up by the fraction of a degree.

"How come you're working for Yuki?" Teddy was not to be deterred by his companion's silence. "I'm Teddy by the way, if you need anything, just look for me. Us brunets have to stick together. You'd think there'd be more of us, this being Japan and all. Are you gonna be here long?"

"No," Greiger finally gave a single word of reply as he followed his young host.

"Why not? You don't like Yuki?" Teddy continued pattering on, "She's not all that bad. I mean she can be a little cuckoo, okay, a lot cuckoo. You know she's forcing Felice to force all the kids to learn how to read and do maths? Felice is the whitehaired girl by the way, you can't miss her. She's the only girl here. I mean except for Yuki of course, but you can barely tell with Yuki."

Greiger nodded silently behind him, at least he couldn't tell.

"Teddy!" Vincent stopped the youngest member of the Magicians at the bottom of the stairs, blabbering about everything and anything that came to his mind to Greiger. They really need to stop letting Teddy interact with suspicious strangers, or at least teach him the importance of keeping secrets from people you barely knew. "Thanks, I'll show him up."

Teddy stuck out his tongue, knowing Vincent doesn't want him to learn this secret Yuki was keeping. "Bye Greiger," he waved and went back to the kitchen. Felice had deemed him the substitute teacher, so he has to learn tomorrow's lessons, in case he has to teach it.

…

"Yuki-sama," Greiger nodded curtly in my direction after Vincent showed him into the large study on the second floor. Vincent followed him inside and closed the door.

"Have a seat," I gestured to the wooden chairs Cyril built, "how did everything go?"

Greiger made no reply, instead he dropped the sac on his shoulder onto the floor, revealing an unconscious teenager with large orange hair and more piercings than was healthy in the Satellite, given the sanitation conditions. Both Vincent and Felice winced.

I turned my eyes to Felice sprawled out on the sofa, she gave me a dirty look and meandered towards the door. That was the signal, when Crows gets here, she was going to convince (trick? Coerce?) the kids he lived with to come here.

"You can't let those kids spend the night by themselves," Vincent sighed, pushing Felice gently towards the door. None of the kids Crow cared for was older than 10 and it's too dangerous for them to spend the night alone in the Satellite.

When Felice eventually made her way out the door, I smiled at Greiger. "I believe this is yours," I pushed the designs Nervin made of a solar power generator towards him. I was going to tell Greiger the design would take a couple of days, but Nervin literally free-handed the thing- my spider-haired engineer obviously had no idea how badass the things he does really are- so I need something else to keep Greiger here. It's actually a little challenging, his village had next to nothing, so I don't know what he needs.

Greiger pocketed the designs without a word but didn't rise to leave.

"If you wait a couple of days," I took the chance to say, "We can probably make you a model or even a prototype, I'm sure that would come in handy when you guys are building your own machines."

Greiger nodded almost imperceptibly, his expression unreadable as always.

"We're still hiring of course, and we're still training new recruits, so if you can help out, that'd be great too." I added. I'm still not entirely certain if he's friend or foe, but I do know that we're desperately short-handed.

"I can stay for a while," Greiger said, sounding candid and reliable in that deep baritone.

"That would be awesome," I think I overdid that line, "Have you met Teddy? He can show you to your room, just let him know that you're taking over for Felice and him."

"I can find him," Greiger rose. Seeing that I have nothing else to add, he nodded to Vincent and I before leaving.

…

"Who's Mr. Tall, Dark, and Handsome-if-you-have-low-standards?" Vincent asked skeptically.

"Greiger," I replied in surprise, "I thought you knew."

"I know his name," Vincent replied, "but who is he really, what do you know about him? You realize he's lying through his teeth. I mean the guy has a duel runner, what's he doing here?"

"Yeah," I made a face, "his story's got more holes in it than Swiss cheese, but, um, he's a good guy."

Vincent pointed mutely at the still unconscious, gagged and bound Crow on the floor.

"He's an okay guy," I amended, "He's reliable, but I wouldn't trust him, he'd easily stab us in the back given the right incentives. I mean, I don't blame him for it, we all value things a little differently."

"So we're keeping this guy around that we know nothing about? And trusting him with the kids? Why?" Vincent's voice reeked with disapproval.

"Both Felice and Teddy suck at dealing with the kids and they hate it. I'm pretty sure Greiger's literate, and half decent at teaching small children." I explained. Seeing the annoyance on Vincent's face, I got a little more serious, "I think he's a spy for Domino," I answered honestly, "so he can come in handy. If not, he'll be pretty useful here too. Though we should still be careful, it's not going to be hard for Goodwin to turn him against us."

Vincent didn't seem surprised at the knowledge of Greiger's likely secret identity, he chose to focus on something else.

"It's pretty easy for Goodwin to turn anybody against us, it is Rex Goodwin, the Director of Domino City you're talking about, right?" Vincent, like most people in the Satellite, had long accepted Goodwin's almost absolute control over both parts of Domino. "That can't be the case though. What would Rex Goodwin want from us that he needs to send a spy to get?"

"I'm not sure," because there're too many possibilities, "but let's be careful. As far as Greiger's concerned, we got Crow here because we don't trust him with the kids he's supposedly taking care of. And Greiger is to know nothing about our plan to rescue Chaos."

"That won't be too difficult," Vincent complained, "I don't even know anything about the plan."

"There's no point getting you involved too," I assured him, "now go. I'll wake Crow up, I think I'll have a little chat with him first."

"Whatever he says, don't untie him," Vincent gave me a worried look and left with the door ajar, presumably so he could better hear my tortured screams of pain and fear from dealing with an ex-Enforcer.

I snickered, gently patting the orange furball Crow calls hair. Vincent's acting like Crow was the villain here.

I felt guilty about this, I really did, just not guilty enough to stop. I needed to put a useful team together and quickly, I can't risk Chaos being locked up, then just 'forgotten about' for the rest of his life. With the Facilities being practically impenetrable, I had a 3-day window while he was in Domino City to get enough people together and rescue him, without getting anybody else locked up. So I needed to ensure Crow and Yusei's cooperation immediately, there wouldn't be many other opportunities.

After the Dark Signer arc, Lazar takes temporary control over Domino City, then it's the Z-One guys, then Lazar again. Lazar doesn't seem he'd be particularly inclined to grant a pardon to a friend of mine, and the Z-One people creep even me out. Without this 'prison' break, the best case scenario is for Chaos' crime to be corrected to aiding a fugitive after Kalin is seen alive, which would still keep him in jail for a very long time.

As for the consequences of messing with the protagonists? I'll deal with those when they come. Some things take precedence.

A/N: This chapter was supposed to include a lot more plot, but that made it ridiculously long. More importantly, I haven't written the rest yet, so I thought this would be a good place to cut it off.

A/N 2: You can see Roman conflicted until his last duel with Rex Goodwin. When he dueled Yusei, he went full Dark Signer. So he's portrayed here as schizophrenic rather than full-on homicidal.

A/N 3: I could have had Yuki convince the protagonists of course, but 1. Yusei really isn't the type to sacrifice himself for complete strangers, and 2. What would be the fun in that?

A/N 4: Honestly, nobody else from Satellite recognized Jack as the 'King' in Domino City even though the Enforcers took over the city and disbanded all duel gangs? Really? So lack of technology it is.

Also, I should probably mention, Yuki isn't the 'paragon of good' type of main character, she isn't even the 'hesitates but always has and selects the morally infallible option in the end' type of main character. Because she's a human who originated from reality, so she'll have a significant number of flaws which may or may not become obvious as the story progresses.