Crimson Star Priestess

Departure

Somewhere, in the shadows and below the surface of Satellite, stood a table with three chairs around it and several candles burning on candlesticks. Three figures sat on the chairs, all of them wearing black cloaks, having purple glowing eyes and male body shapes.

A wind blew the light of the candles, but it wasn't strong enough to extinguish them.

"It appears that our drone was cleansed by the Crimson Star Priestess." The Dark Signer with red marks on his cloak spoke up.

"So your web wasn't strong enough to hold the little butterfly back." The second Dark Signer with blue marks on his cloak chuckled. "Poor Yusei couldn't be a man and protect the Priestess; she had to do all the dirty work herself."

"Her sudden appearance has disturbed our plans." The third Dark Signer with yellow marks on their cloak pointed out. "What action should we take next?"

"We shall just wait for the right moment." The first Dark Signer replied. "We need to weave a much stronger web and make sure she cannot escape her fate."

"I can't wait to see the rest of the Signers expressions when they find the Priestess's dead body!" The second Dark Signer laughed maliciously.

The third Dark Signer remained silent while playing with a certain card in his hand. The first Dark Signer just smirked at the thoughts of what his next actions to ambush Estelle would be.

Estelle's POV

Yusei and I deactivated our Duel Disks now that the shadow duel with the Shadow Drone was over. The energy ring had vanished shortly after our victory, so we were free to go. I rushed straight over to the fallen Shadow Drone to see if he was okay. The innocent man was lying on the ground, weak and burned after the real damage he received. The glowing Spider Mark he had on his arm had vanished.

Yusei didn't waste any time and ran over to the man, grabbing him by his collar, shaking him violently. "Wake up! Hey, you owe me some answers! Start talking!"

The man woke up after being shook and looked disoriented. "Start talking about what? Who are you? What am I doing here?"

"Stop fooling around and tell me what your Spider Mark has to do with Satellite!" Yusei demanded.

"It's no use, Yusei." I shook my head. "His Mark is gone and so is the evil darkness that corrupted him. The darkness erased his memories of the shadow duel."

I wasn't surprised when Carly showed up out of nowhere and joined us, but Yusei blinked in confusion.

"Dick! Aren't you Dick Pitt?" Carly exclaimed. "What's a street duelist like you doing here?"

"Who are you?" Yusei asked the reporter.

"I-I'm Carly, a reporter." Carly introduced herself before taking a Dictaphone out of her bag. "S-speaking of that duel, what exactly happened?"

I ignored Carly as she tried interviewing Yusei and picked up Dick's Duel Disk, which had been blown off his arm after Trident Dragion's attack, then removing the deck to check the cards. The cards he had used as a Shadow Drone were still there.

I felt a chill run down my spine when I sensed a tiny hint of darkness. I glanced down and briefly flinched when I spotted a spider leaving Dick's shirt before dissolving into shadows. I looked down at the deck in my hand and flinched when a purple cloud of darkness emitted from it. I almost dropped the deck, but I held myself back before my eyes went back to the deck, seeing the shadow cards were gone.

I sensed Yusei was standing behind me, so I turned around and showed him the cards. "The dark tuner and dark synchro are gone, Yusei."

Yusei took the deck from my hand and went through it. "You're right. He's got none of the cards he used before."