Yu-Gi-Oh 5D's: Power of the Dragon

XI

Yuri rubbed his back again as he pulled his jacket on. "Sleeping on that couch was a bad idea," Yuri muttered to himself. 

"That's because that couch is for sitting," Akiza said. 

"I figured that," Yuri said. He pulled his gloves over his hands and picked up his helmet. "I'll talk to Yusei later, see if Trudge can send an escort over." 

"Thanks, but do you really think that's necessary?" Akiza asked.

"I think it's a little overkill, but your dad wants it done so," Yuri said. He shoved his helmet on his head and got on his runner. "I'll see you later," Yuri said. Akiza took a few steps back as Yuri's runner revved to life. Yuri spun his runner around and took off down the driveway. Yuri rode down the street. Yuri rode off the ramp from the Tops onto the main road. His screen started blinking. Yuri tapped it and Jack's face appeared on it. "What's up?"

"Yusei and I had a run in last night. The guy was good too," Jack said. 

"You guys pulled it out of the fire I'm guessing," Yuri replied. 

"Yeah. Anyway, what were you doing last night?" Jack asked.

"I was with Akiza last night. Her dad says he can push through an investigation into the fake Sayer," Yuri said. "That might help." A car pulled in behind Yuri, but he paid it no mind. "In the meantime, her dad isn't letting her go anywhere without a Sector Security escort."

"Akiza won't like that," Jack said. Yuri turned down a street, and checked behind him. The car was still following him. "What's wrong?"

"Just some guy going the same way as me. You know how I get about that kinda thing," Yuri replied. 

"Yeah. I never really liked it either. Growing up in Satellite does that," Jack said. Yuri turned down another street, and checked behind him. The car was still behind him. Another car pulled in front of him and stopped. The car behind him stopped as well. Yuri brought his runner to a stop. 

"I'll call you back. I've got something to deal with," Yuri said. He disconnected his duel disks card blade from his runner and put it on his gauntlet. He looked around. Eight guys in suits exited them, four from each. "What do you guys want?" Yuri demanded, activating his duel disk. A ninth person stepped out of the first car. He was wearing a long trench coat over a dark vest and shirt and a white tie, and his hair was coiffed over the right side of his face. Yuri could see the hints of a scar peaking out from under his hair, a yellow criminal mark outlining it. Yuri grimaced at Sayer. 

"I heard Sector Security is looking for me," Sayer said. Yuri kept his eyes on Sayer, looking for any sign he wasn't the real one. 

"Sure are," Yuri said, shuffling his cards. "Which Sayer are you?" 

"The one you need right now," Sayer said. He held up a card and tossed it to Yuri. "Give that to Akiza for me." 

Yuri caught the card, glanced at it, then threw it back to Sayer. "You know where she lives. Give it to her yourself. And while your at it, stop it with these cosmic gods, and stop sending your goons to duel us. If you want us out of the picture, you can duel me here and now," Yuri said.

"What are you talking about?" Sayer asked. 

"Don't play dumb. You and your goon squad are looking for those cards. Well I won't have it," Yuri said. Sayer furrowed his brow. "Wait,  you don't actually know?" 

"No. I have no clue what your talking about. Just give the card to Akiza. I had it created so we could get in touch if she or I ever needed to. It may just save her life one day," Sayer said, tossing the card back to Yuri, who caught it and placed it in his card holster. Sayer and his people got back in the two cars and drove away. Yuri waited a few minutes before getting back on his runner. He put in Jack's number, and his face appeared on the screen. 

"You all set with that thing you had to deal with?" Jack asked.

"I'm not sure yet. Get Yusei and Crow and meet me at Sector Security headquarters," Yuri said. He revved his runner and took off down the street. He navigated his way through the streets of the city, until finally he pulled up in front of Sector Security. Jack, Crow, and Yusei were waiting for him outside.

"Hey Yuri, what's up?" Crow asked.

"I met up with the other Sayer. I couldn't tell if he was the fake one or not. He was good," Yuri said. 

"Why did he corner you?" Jack asked. 

"Who knows, but e gave me this," Yuri said, pulling out the card. He finally got a good look at it looked like nothing more than a blank card.

"A blank card? What good is that?" Crow asked.

"He said it was so he could get in touch with Akiza," Yuri said.

"Maybe, but it could also be a way to trick Akiza back to the Arcadia Movement," Yusei said. "But why did you want to come here?"

"Same reason I hung back while you guys took on the duel gangs in Satellite," Yuri said, leading the way in. Mina met them in the lobby. "Is everything set up?" Yuri asked.

"Yes. Follow me," Mina said. She led them to the elevator and pushed the button for the fourth floor. The doors opened to a computer lab. Sector Security card technicians were typing code into the computers and changed cards, and continued typing. Mina showed them to an empty computer and Yuri sat down. He pulled the card Sayer gave him and loaded it into the card reader. Lines of code appeared on the screen, which Yuri started reading. 

"What are you looking for?" Yusei asked, leaning over Yuri's shoulder.

"Any effects we don't know about," Yuri said. "I'm seeing monster configuration, it's attack, but nothing else," Yuri said. "But, I have a few tricks up my sleeve." Yuri cracked his knuckles, and started typing. His eyes flitted across the screen, looking for anything. "Look at this. It's subtle, but every few lines there's a code that doesn't go with the rest of it."

"So? What does that mean?" Jack asked. 

"What it means Jack, is Yuri found the bad effect," Crow said. "That is what you mean, right?"

"Yeah. Now I just need to figure out what it does," Yuri said. He started typing again, copying the code and compiling it. He opened a new window and pasted it. 

"Well?" Jack asked.

"Bad news is that it's scrambled. Good news is, I've seen it before," Yuri said. 

"Where?" Mina asked.

"Me. I used to scramble effect code the same way when Jack, Crow, and Yusei were in the Enforcers growing up in Satellite, so I know how to unscramble it," Yuri said. He started typing again. The code rearranged itself. "It's a tracking program," Yuri said. "And it's the same tracking program I used to use on the cards I sold. Someone decoded it." 

"Which means that you sold this guy a card," Jack said.

"Either that, or he knows someone who was sold a card," Yuri said. 

"I don't think it's that simple guys. Yuri sold a tracker card to pretty much everyone in Satellite. Not to mention that they all scattered after the Daedalus Bridge brought Satellite and the city," Crow said. 

"Who did you give these cards to?" Mina asked for the first time since Yuri sat down. 

"It would be easier to count who he didn't give them to," Crow said. "Pretty much every duel gang got one of these cards from Yuri." 

"And that might present a problem figuring out who made it," Jack said. Yusei ejected the card and looked at it. "What are you thinking?" 

"We lure Sayer to us. We play the card, then Sector Security grabs him," Yusei said. 

"I can arrange for a unit to back you guys up," Mina said. Yuri nodded and got up from the computer.