When All Was Lost...
Chapter Thirty-Eight
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"All right, how you lookin?"
"All Systems Go." Akarii responded to Crow's voice on the other end of the receiver.
"How are you feelin?" he asked through the two way communication,"Think you're ready?"
"Ready as I'll ever be, I guess." she sighed.
Weather I'm ready or not, this is something I have to do.
I hate knowing that I have to return...but I know I must.
Something is calling me, and it's so magnetic.
Like something is pulling me...unsure however on where exactly that was headed, but I feel it's somehow connected to Yusei. And Jack too.
"I'm gonna need you to promise me something, Akarii."
"What's that?"
"Promise me that once this is over...you'll come back home. Safe."
"Didn't I already promise you that?"
"Well promise me again, Dammit!" He huffed,"I already lost you once, and it took 3 years to get you back!" he stated,"Now you're running off again and this time I'll be damned if I LOSE you again, you got that!?"
"O-KAY~" she laughed,"...I Promise."
"...My jamming program won't be much better than Yusei's." he said to her,"But it will work just as well." he said,"You will have about 3 minutes to make it through the pipeline. ."
"...Got it." she said softly.
"I can't believe you worked so hard to escape the city...and now you're going back to it." said Rally.
"Yeah, I'm sorry." she said with a gentle nod."Turns out I still have a few things left to take care of..."
"No need to apologise." said Rally,"You just do what you have to do." he smiled,"Just...promise not to forget us, okay?"
"There's no way I could." she said softly to him,"Not this time...I'll be back."
"Akarii." Crow called her name with a firm but gentle tone,"It's time."
"Right." she said understandingly and gave one final look back at the people who helped her get this far,"...See you soon."
With that she was off.
"Ready, your position!" said Crow as she rode her way through the path Crow guided her to follow.
This signal phrase meant she was arriving to her randezvou point.
She rode up to her starting point, ready and waiting.
"Steady..." he said to her, and she gripped the handle bars sitting on idle ready to zoom the instant he said-
"GO!"
Like a bullet...she was gone.
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Grrh...I can't believe I ket that punk escape me on a duel runner like that...
AND he managed to beat me in a Turbo Duel too!
Officer Trudge huffed in his thoughts as he remained planted on his post.
Fingering at the scar on his face, a souvinier from his earlier endeavor with a run away.
Now because the guy escaped, he was stuck planted here on patrol to make sure no one else escaped.
And even had his deck temporarily confiscated for having dueled the guy in the first place...let alone lost.
So they took it for..."reformation" one could say.
"Haaaaaah~!" He heaved out a heavy sigh.
Suddenly his ears burned and he lifted his head to listen.
Is that...a Duel Runner engine?
He wondered to himself.
And it was fast approaching.
"You've gotta be kidding me..." he grumbled to himself,"Again!? No way..."
Suddenly a rose red blur whirred passed him, leaving him stunned and speechless.
"Oh...HELL no!" He huffed once he regained his bearings and began pursuit.
There's no way in hell I'm letting this happen AGAIN!
"HEY YOU!" he called out through a loud speaker radio echo catching Akarii's attention as she glanced back.
"STOP THAT RUNNER! YOU'RE NOT GOING ANYWHERE, PUNK!"
"Shit! It's the cops!" she hissed into the radio receiver.
"Don't let up!" Crow said back,"That jamming code won't last forever you have no time to waste!" he said heavily,"Full Speed ahead! You gotta get through that pipline before time runs out and he catches you!"
"Right..." she said back,"But he isn't going to let up Crow."
"Well can't blame him~" Crow began to snicker,"You've got a fine ass, so he'll aim to stay on it!"
"BE SERIOUS BIRD BRAIN!" she shouted back through the receiver blushing like wild fire which was met with Crow's laughter.
Thank god he couldn't see it or he'd never let up.
"I got it. I got it!" He laughed,"Don't try and shake him off, it will risk throwing you off course!" he said back,"You just make sure he doesn't pass you, understand!?"
"Got it." she smirked,"So it's a race then...All hail the race Queen~"
"Hail!"
"HaHa~ It's the quick or the dead~ And I don't really feel like dying today~!" Akarii grinned and readied all systems for Turbo Mode Boost,"So let's ride this puppy-HEEEYAAAAHHHH~! HaHaaa~"
She sped forward in a zip.
There was something rather exciting about the idea of kicking some Sector Securty Tale Lights in her natural element.
"Oh, I don't think so, Punk!" Trudge wasn't having any of this shit tonight,"You won't lose me that easy!" He did the same and rode her ass, all the way to the designated destination.
To be Continued