Prisoner of The Dark Sign

Chapter 43

Yusei's Pov

We had searched everywhere. We couldn't find Crystal anywhere. 

"She has to be here. I know it." Jack said.

He was frustrated and worried. As were we all. 

Akiza and Crow came back. They were searching the bottom floors and Jack and I were searching the top floors. 

"We have a problem." Akiza said.

Jack glared at her and he snapped "What now?!"

She glared back at him and she said "The tube is missing."

Our eyes widened as that probably meant that Crystal was in it somewhere. Now we really had to find her and fast.

"How are we going to--" Crow started but stopped when our marks glowed.

He smirked and said "Asked and answered."

Jack rolled his eyes and our marks told us to go. We followed it and we were confused when it led us to a bookcase.

"A bookcase?!" Jack yelled in utter disbelief. "You have got to be kidding me!"

"Easy there Jack. There has to be a reason our marks led us here." I said.

"Well if there is then I'd like to know it." He snapped.

Just then Crow took a book from the shelve and dusted it off.

"Shame these things are going to waste. They--"

He was cut off with the bookcase swinging wide open and smacking right into him. 

Jack smirked and said "Well there's your reason Yusei."

"You ok?" I asked Crow.

"Who cares?" Jack said as he walked into the hidden room that the bookcase was hiding.

I helped Crow up and we went into the room and we all froze. Laying on her side with her entire body covered in purple flames, was Crystal. Her eyes were closed and she didn't look like she was even breathing.

Jack rushed up to the tube and he looked at the screen on the side of the tube. 

"The oxygen is dangerously low! He's suffocating her!" He said.

Akiza ran to the tube and she said "Find the drone."

"What?" I asked.

She looked at us and she said "There must be a drone in here that is using a physic card to hurt her with purple flames. We have to find it and destroy it. That's the only way to rid her of the flames."

Crow had found it and he said "Akiza. Mind lending a hand?"

She nodded and used one of her rose cards to destroy the drone. As soon as she did the flames on Crystal were gone. Akiza then walked over and pressed a few buttons and the tube beeped and then opened.

"How did you know to do that?" Jack half snapped half asked.

She glared at him for the hundredth time and replied "I saw Sayer work on something like this back in the Arcadia movement. He showed me how to operate it."

"What would Sayer need with a thing like this?" I asked.

"It was to be used against our enemies. To make them suffer for making us suffer." She said softly. 

Jack lifted Crystal up into his arms and her mark glowed and colour began to come back to her skin. The burns and cuts on her faded and her breathing came back. It was like the Crimson Dragon was healing her.