Yu-Gi-Oh 5D's my story 32

(Open on a night sky with patchy clouds. Pan down A car goes by the building in which Yusei continues to duel the drone 2.)
Yusei: Alright, mister mystery man. You may have me in a tight corner, but I'll make sure you don't do anything to the Satellite!
Drone 2: Assuming you'll win the duel.
(Yusei's lifepoints stand at 3700, and the Drone has a full 4000.)
Yusei: Fine, then.
(Carly comes running up the stairs and pauses to regain her breath. She then sees what she's just walked in on.)
Carly (mutters): Huh? What's going on? It's some sort of... underground duel. Waaait-- *Yusei!* What is *he* doing here?! Stay cool, Carly, and just start recording... Okay--
(Holds up camera and clicks it on; she is recording what is in front of her, and VO'ing it)
Carly: Th-this is field reporter Carly Carmine, <4:00> coming to you live from, um, some kind of parking garage thing, I guess. But, the big story here is-- New Domino City's newest champ in an *underground duel* with--
(Carly's camera focuses on Yusei, then pans over to the Drone.)
Carly: Um, some guy in a- in a *bath robe* with a glowing arm like Yusei's!

Drone 2: You're no match for the darkness, Yusei, and I'll prove it to you by playing the Dark Tuner Catastrogue, which will send your monster to the shadows! After using Dark Tuner Catastrogue to summon a dark synchro monster, I can destroy your Junk Warrior
(It vanishes and appears in front of Junk Warrior)
Yusei: What?!
(It blasts Junk Warrior, and destroys it.)
Yusei: Junk Warrior! NO!!

Carly (still filming): Dark Tuner; well that's a new one. I wonder what *else* this guy has.

Drone: Like the fly caught in the web, there's no escape! Frozen Fitzgerald, attack!
Yusei: Not so fast-- what?!
(Yusei just attempted to activate "Descending Lost Star", and it froze up.)
Drone 2: Seems like your Barian Friend never told you about *these* abilities. My monster prevents you from using any trap or spell cards. You're trapped in the threads of darkness, and as long as you believe in the power of the Crimson Dragon, there is no hope!
Yusei: Hah!
(Yusei is hit with the full direct attack, lifted off the ground and slammed into the back of the fiery ring. He falls to the ground on his face with a moan; his lifepoints go straight from 3700 to 1200)
Yusei (think): If I wanna save the Satellite, I better figure out a way to beat this guy, and fast!


Carly (still recording): I'm not sure what we're seeing, but, Yusei seems *really hurt.* Could it be that these 'dark' monsters' attacks are *real*?

(Yusei stands up again, gritting his teeth.)
Drone 2: Like all light in the universe, you too shall fade!
Yusei: Why are you doing this?! Why are you taking your prejudice out on the Satellite?!
Drone 2: We do what's necessary to get to you, Signer. You of the Crimson Dragon will be destroyed!
Yusei: Never! I draw!
(His card is Turret Warrior.)
[Turret Warrior 1200//L5]
Yusei: And no matter who sent you here, I'm gonna beat you, and protect my home! I play the trap card "Descending Lost Star"! So now I can re-summon a monster from my graveyard! And I'm bringing back my Junk Warrior!
(Junk Warrior reappears on the field.)
Yusei: But I think I'll be trading him in to upgrade for something that has just a little more horsepower! Like my Turret Warrior!
[Turret Warrior 1200///]
Yusei: Now Junk Warrior's attack points get added to his! Let's see your *darkness* stand up to twenty thousand watts of light!
(Turret Warrior's total is 3500 attack points.)
Yusei: Turret Warrior, show him what I mean! Attack!
(Turret Warrior opens fire on Frozen Fitzgerald with lasers. It explodes, big-time, creating a huge gust of wind that blows a van end-over-end toward Carly.

(She yells and braces herself; the car can be seen flying toward the camera POV---! The car collides with another car behind her, and she crawls out of the wreckage, barely saved from getting crushed, reaching blindly for her glasses, still recording.)
Carly: Close one...

(The Drone's lifepoints decrease to 3000.)
Drone 2: Your pathetic attempt to destroy the darkness has failed. You haven't done anything here but delay your fate, my poor Yusei! Frozen Fitzgerald returns to my field if he's ever destroyed in battle!
Yusei: What?!
Drone 2: And there's more! If any of your monsters attack mine, then they're automatically destroyed! After all, revenge is a dish best served ice-cold!
Yusei (think): Ugh... Oh, man! I gotta figure out a way around that monster of his! Because if I lose, that vision of the Satellite being destroyed might come true!
Drone 2: We sense your fear; it grows like waxing night. Like my monsters, the Dark Signers will always win!
Yusei: What makes you think so!?
Drone 2: Don't be so surprised. Light and dark are two sides of one coin. We are the same!
Yusei: Sorry, never got the membership kit!
Drone 2: Amusing! But will you find it as funny when your world is destroyed?
Yusei: I believe I already got the memo from Cortez about it being destroyed!
Drone 2: The Dark Signers possess a power that will erase the light of your mark and everything you hope to save with it!
Yusei: Not on *my* watch! To prove it I play the spell "One For One"! So by sending one monster to the graveyard (Quillbolt Hedgehog), I can then summon another monster from my hand! Like my Sonic Chick!
[Sonic Chick /300/]
Yusei: Let's see what *you* got!
Drone 2: Very well! Because we are the strength of the dark shadows, born of the great eclipse!
Yusei: Well right now the only power that counts is the strength in your deck, and I know my cards won't let me down!
Drone 2: Brave words, especially from someone clinging to his last few lifepoints! Now, as you stated, why don't we just leave it up to the deck in my hand! I equip Frozen Fitzgerald with "Drain Strike"! Now, once I attack your Sonic Chick, all those extra attack points are just thrown away! In fact, half of them replenish my bountiful lifepoints, while you get the other half *as damage*!!
Yusei: Huh!
Drone 2: Attack-- wipe 'is mark clean!
(Frozen Fitzy's attack is shards of ice; Yusei actually falls and hits the ground on his shoulder blades, flips over entirely and hits the wall of the arena backfirst. He's down to 100 lifepoints and has to stay down for a moment; the Drone's lifepoints shoot back up to 4100)
Drone 2: Ha ha ha ha ha! Soon you'll be finished, along with your precious Satellite!


(Yusei gasps for breath as he steadily gets back to his feet.)
Drone 2: Soon the power of the spider's thread will squeeze the last of your lifepoints to zero and absorb you into the netherworld!
Yusei: I'll never let that happen. Even if do beat me, I know Cortez won't let it happen as well!
Drone 2: Try all you want, but in the end, the darkness will consume you *and* your precious home.
Yusei: I won't let it!

(Flashback again to the Signers' vision of a fiery spider destroying the Satellite landscape.)
Drone 2 (VO): This web is already woven.
(End Flashback.)

Yusei: If you know so much about the future, then you should know that I'm gonna stop you *right now*!
Drone 2: Ha! But how can you stop me, when you won't even be here for one more round!
Yusei: Ugh... well then let's finish this and see who's right! It's my move!
(Yusei's card is Nitro Synchron.)
Yusei: I summon Nitro Synchron.
[Nitro Synchron 300//L2]
And with him on my field, I can re-summon one monster from my graveyard; so I'm bringing back Quillbolt Hedgehog in attack mode! Next I activate "Graceful Revival", <10:00> which lets me bring another monster back from my graveyard to the field! Welcome back, Speed Warrior! And now I tune Sonic Chick, Speed Warrior, and Quillbolt Hedgehog with my Nitro Synchron, to synchro-summon-- Nitro Warrior!
(Nitro Synchron squeaks, and its pressure meter moves over to full-- then it practically explodes into two stars that go soaring upward, swirling around to form green rings. Sonic Chick, Quillbolt Hedgehog, and Speed Warrior each transform into golden outlines, their stars shining brightly, the green rings around their heads like halos.)
Yusei: Let's rev it up!!
[Nitro Warrior 2800//]
Yusei: And thanks ot his special ability, I get to draw another card! (Junk Barrage) And now I'm giving my Warrior a power boost! Next I activate Nitro Warrior's special ability, which gives him an extra one thousand attack points because I played the spell card "Junk Barrage"! And now, attack Frozen Fitzgerald!
(Nitro Warrior destroys Frozen Fitzgerald, its fists glowing bright green with power. The Drone's lifepoints now read 2800.)
Yusei: And because I used the power of my "Junk Barrage, your lifepoints now take an additional hit!
(Drone's lifepoints now 1550.)
Drone 2: Ugh...! That doesn't faze me! 'Cause my frozen fiend will come back and destroy you on my next turn!
Yusei: Don't count on it!
Drone 2: Huh?
Yusei: See, my Nitro Warrior's got another special ability, which allows 'im to switch *your* monster into attack mode and then attack you again!
(AS Frozen Fitzgerald reappears on the field, it switches to attack mode.)
Yusei: So prepare to feel the fury of my Nitro Warrior's Dynamite Crunch! Attaaack!!
Drone 2: Huh? Uuuuugggghhhh!
(Drone's lifepoints now 1250.)
Yusei: And with your monster destroyed, I can finish you off!
Drone 2: Uuuuugggggghhhh!!!!
(Drone's lifepoints now 0. There's a huge flash of blinding light.)

Carly (still recording): Whoa. It looks like... Yusei just won the match. And, it's on tape! I just got the scoop of the century!!
(The drone's duel disk goes flying, and he hits the ground not far behind.)
Drone 2: Agh!
(the fiery ring fades as Yusei runs across the field and grabs the drone by the shirt, pulling him to a sitting position)
Yusei: Wake up!
(The guy dazedly shakes his head, and his hood slips off; the drone doesn't look too sinister anymore)
Yusei (Think): Hey, you owe me some answers, got that?! Start talkin'!
Guy: Start talking about what?
(Yusei lets go of his shirt, and the guy rubs his shoulder, clearly in pain)
Guy: Who *are* you? What'm I doing here?
Yusei: Stop fooling around and tell me what your spider mark has to do with the Satellite! Huh?
(He looks; the spider Sign has completely vanished, as though it was never there.)
Yusei (think): His mark! It's gone! Oh right, Cortez said once a shadow drone is defeated, the mark disappears and they won't remember anything else.
(Carly awkwardly joins them, speaking to the guy)
Carly: Hi, I'm Carly Carmine, and I was hoping you'd tell me what it's like to be the first amateur to take on Domino City's new champ.
Yusei: And why are you asking?
Carly: Oh, well, ah, 'cause I'm a world-renowned reporter, and *this* is gonna be my biggest story ever!
(She holds a portable microphone up to Yusei; as she speaks, we see a spider crawl off of the guy's neck and disappear in a puff of purple magic, which looks just like the strange haze also appearing around his deck.)
Carly: Now, perhaps you wouldn't mind answering a *few* things. First of all, were you always planning to use Nitro Warrior triple synchro-summon? Two-- did you have a counter for Frozen Fitzy's re-summoning? Three-- is this some sort of publicity stunt?
Guy: Why would I be a part of some publicity stunt?
(Yusei reaches over and picks up the deck; the slot in the duel disk automatically slides shut. Over the next few lines, Yusei looks through the deck, glimpsing Chaosrider Gustaph, Karate Man, Tactical Espionage Expert, Jar of Greed, and Exiled Force.)
Carly: Because he beat Jack Atlas and maybe he's trying to showcase his street techniques.
(The guy talks to Carly, as Yusei thinks; I caught as much of the guy's line as I could.)
Guy (overlapping): Impossible! ...Jack's the best ever... lost?
Yusei (think, overlapping): There are cards missing! His dark tuner and dark synchro monster have vanished!
Guy: Th-this guy's the new champion, a-and I tried to duel 'im?
Carly: So what you're saying is, you don't know why you're here, why you're dueling, and why your arm had a *spider* on it?
Guy: Spider? Wait- that reminds me of something.

(Flashback. This same guy stands around in front of tumbledown buildings, a shining thread descends behind him, and he reacts, as though he feels something on his neck.)
Guy (VO): I was down in the Narrows, waiting for a couple of duel buddies, when out of nowhere--
FB Guy: Huh?
(End Flashback)

Guy: It felt like some kinda spider stung me or somethin'.
(The former drone suddenly winces, as though overcome by a sudden headache. Sirens can be heard.)
Guy: Augh...!
Carly: A *spider*?! (she hears the siren) Who called Security?
Yusei: We better get outta here before they start asking questions. <14:00>
Carly: But, my interview...!
Yusei: We'll finish it later!
(Yusei turns and runs for the edge of the building.)
Carly: W-wait... Just- one more question- c'mon!
(She moves to follow, but the guy grabs her by the ankle.)
Guy: Wait!
Carly: Waaaaaahhh!
(Once again, Carly falls spectacularly on her face, the camera flying out of her hand. Meanwhile Yusei is nimbly vaulting over a support beam and jumps down a story to the alleyway below. He runs away; Carly is flat on her face with the guy clinging to her ankles.)
Guy: Pleeeease, don't leave me behind!
Carly: Whaddaya doin', huh? (she kicks a foot, wailing; the guy cringes back and shields his face) *I lost the best scoop everrrrr!!!!!*
(Her camera, flung aside by her fall, clatters across the ground and is caught under to boot of the leader of the squad of Sector Security that just arrived. He picks it up, looks around, and points an accusing finger)
- So! Are you two responsible for all this property damage?!
Carly: Wwhuut...? (she looks behind her at the cars she nearly got crushed under) Oh, uh, *that*! (she shakes her head frantically)
- Hands up!
(Both Carly and the guy throw their hands up in the air, wailing in terror)

(In the darkness, a glowing spider Sign's two back right legs vanish, then one reappears. The scene lights slightly as we pan back, and we see that this mark belongs to Roman. He covers the mark again with the glove that he had rolled up to bare it.)
Kalin: It seems the fly has escaped the spider's web.
Roman: I know, Kalin, yes. But remember was just a test to see if the satellite was truly worthy of our efforts. Just like the time you sent your drone to duel the Barian.
(As we cut to Jack, lying defenseless in his hospital bed, as a spider descends on a thread outside his window.)


(A truck roars through outside as Yusei returns to Blister's hideout in the earlyish morning. Tanner looks up from the computer screen.)
Tanner: Hey. Where'ja run off to last night? I was startin' to get worried.
Yusei: There was a really strange guy outside and I followed him.
Tanner (stands): What happened? Did he challenge you to a duel?!
Yusei: Yeah. And he was being controlled by a group called the Dark Signers.
Tanner: Did you say Signers?
Yusei: *He had a mark*. And it glowed like mine, but it was in the shape of a spider. Cortez dueled the same one, but the mark of the last guy had a *creeper*
(Zoom in on Yusei's glove-covered right arm...)

(...Then cut away to an official building somewhere in New Domino. A video screen plays footage from the duel, and we hear the drone cry--)
Drone (via screen): Attack! Wipe 'is mark clean!
(Goodwin pauses the video with a raised hand, and speaks to the wall beside him.)
Goodwin: So they've finally made their move.
(A holoscreen appears with a mysterious figure silhouetted on it. Appears to be wearing a black suit jacket over a lighter shirt. His head is bulky and squarish)
- The Dark Signers may present a problem--
Goodwin: Yes, but they're nothing we can't handle, my old friend. If they want to fight me, well-- <16:00> they'll get more than a battle, they'll get a WAR!!


(At a Security station somewhere...)
Carly: *Yusei's a FRAUD?!*
(Carly is reading the article on a holoscreen in the air, furious)
Carly: Why would Angela do it? There's not one credible source in this entire article! How *dare* she smear Yusei like that! She's gonna wish she never wrote this!!
- Be quiet in there!
Carly: Huh?
(The door opens; a guy in a suit speaks to her)
- Hey, you wanna talk? Save it for the interrogation room.
(He closes the door)
Carly: I-interrogation? (pulls out her deck) Well, I still have *you*. Let's see what my Fortune Deck says now...
[Fortune Fairy Chee 0/0/L6/earth]
Carly: 'Super pinch'?! So what... you're telling me, is that this is gonna be a bad day? Uh, *duh*, I'm stuck in jail, I lost my story, and now Angela's plastering the headlines with lies! What else, *what else* are you gonna try to tell me, huh?!
(She's getting too noisy again and a voice shouts through the door; she cowers.)
- Listen up in there! (opens it) *I said be quiet!* (slams it)
(Carly's eyes turn into fountains of tears the moment the door closes.)
Carly (wails): I need a get out of Sector Security for free card!! <19:00>

(Yusei types away swiftly, even wearing his gloves, at a computer in Blister's hideout. The sun is setting outside the window. Cortez stands besides to see if he can help Yusei find some missing links. Yanagi is watching from a corner, and Tanner walks over with three mugs and sets one on the table for Yusei and Cortez.)
Tanner: Hey, how's it goin'?
Yusei: Not good. The searches on spider symbols aren't turning up any solid leads.
(Tanner takes a sip from his own mug.)
Yanagi (bracing): I know you'll find a way to save the Satellite, guys.
Cortez: Count on it, Yanagi. (stands) But first We're gonna have to get some answers, and only one person has them; We need to find Goodwin.
Yanagi: But you can't trust him!
Tanner: Yeah, you forget he locked you guys up? Huh! He's not your *friend*!
Yusei: But he's the only one with answers.
Cortez: For now, we have to get to Goodwin.
Luna: Who?
(Tanner, Yusei and Cortez turn to Luna-- she's standing over by the door; Leo stands next to her protectively.)
Luna: You're leaving? But it's not safe for you out there!
Leo: *Please* don't go!
Yusei: We have to. The people in the Satellite are in danger and we have to try and help them somehow.
Leo: Stay here! You'll be safer in the City; 'cause who knows what's out there? And what if it's true? What *if* some spider's gonna destroy all of the Satellite?
Luna: He's right, don't leave! What if you get stuck and can't get back here ever again?
(Yusei and Cortez walks over, Yusei puts a hand each on Luna's right shoulder and Leo's left, looking them in the face.)
Both: Huh?
Yusei: Don't worry. In fact we already made arrangements, for some backup.
Luna (nonplussed): You're getting a bodyguard?

(Just then, several Security cars pull up in front of their building. )

Tanner: Hm?
Luna and Leo: Huh?
(Yusei stands, turns, and throws open the window, Tanner at his shoulder.)
Cortez: Looks like our ride's here.

(In the middle of the circle of Security cars is one Security runner, with a familiar rider standing beside it.)
Trudge (roars through a megaphone): Alright, you two, I got your message! Now get your decks and get down here! I'm not gonna wait all day just because we're teaming up temporarily, you understand me?!
Tanner: *Trudge* is your 'protection'?
Yusei: He's more.
Cortez: He's our ticket
All: Hmm?
Yusei: If he gets us to Goodwin safely, we just might have to call Trudge one of the good guys.
(Yusei and Cortez descends the stairs; Trudge 'hmph's upon seeing them. Slight tension, showdown in the air. Trudge raises an eyebrow disdainfully. Cortez and Yusei pauses, then breaks the silence fearlessly)
Yusei: Well what are we waiting for, let's roll out!
Cortez: We have a director to see!