Zaira's p.o.v.

I sighed a little and was looking out of the window. I could see that the sun was up which only could mean one thing. That I had spend a day in this place, and that the world dueling carnival's second day was underway. I was right now sitting in a comfortable couch in a giant room with enormous windows. I have spend a lot of my time here in this place, (secondly I got Trey to tell me where I was) so I knew I was in this big mansion. I was still a prisoner of Vetrix. Beside being in my prison cell (who was this giant, actually comfortable room, if I could leave it), the living room I was in now, was the only place I have been in. Beside that cartoon room of Vetrix where he was sitting on a throne. I actually haven't been in it, since he gave me that proposal. Quinton was still my prisoner keeper. He was actually sitting on the couch beside me, reading a book. If I could, I would have tried to read the book's title, but this stupid crest on my forehead, Quinton's stupid blue crest by the way, made sure I couldn't do a thing, Quinton hadn't approved of. Like hitting him really much or destroy his reading. That was one of the things I really was longing for. That and escaping. I could move around in the room, we were in now, but couldn't leave it. Not without Quinton or his stupid approval. I had a feeling I couldn't sneeze if he hadn't approved it. I was grateful I had bathroom in my room. However I still felt like that I had no privacy here. However Quinton was actually not the worst prison guard. I would prefer Trey and Grace. Mostly because Grace was a girl, and Trey because he in some way had a crush on me. He would treat me nicer. However at least it was not Quattro. That moron, who thought he was a ladies man and thought I was into him too. In your dreams. Apros Quattro. He was in this room as well. Right now he was tossing profile lists of his fans in the air, and slammed them down on the wall with a some cards. Quattro was smirking like hell. He had a evil look in his eyes.

"Which of my fabulous fans shall I chose today. So many targets to chose from".

Then he was laughing like hell. I sneered a little at him. Not really loud, but Quinton looked up from his book. He looked at Quattro for a minute, then at me.

"Zaira, Is there something wrong?" He asked. I sighed a little and nodded.

"Yep. Everything. Like my freedom. You can't keep me in here. Secondly I am bored to hell. If you not gonna use me for anything. Then let me go" I said angry.

Yep, I was allowed to talk, but that was almost also the only thing I could do to defend myself with. Quinton lifted an eyebrow a little.

"Well if you want some fun" said Quattro suddenly and was standing beside me "Then I am available in the evening, You can even get a kiss if you want to".

"I am not that bored or desperate" I said "So go away Quattro". Quattro grinned.

"Ah don't be like that" He began, however Quinton stopped him.

"Didn't you hear her Quattro, now get lost. Your attitude seriously concerns me" Quinton said "She is a prisoner yes. but not your girl or anything".

"Hey it isn't my fault I am popular" He said "Both to the girls and in the dueling circuit. I believe you are jealous Quinton. I mean come on I have to make my work interesting somehow, since I never lose".

I looked at him and was rolling with my eyes. I was about to say something, when I felt pain through my body.

"Zaira don't meddle in this conversation" Quinton said and I knew the crest on my forehead was activated.

Even if I wanted to meddle, I couldn't now. Quinton just needed to say my name and what he want and well.. then I can't do it. The others can't control me unless Quinton gives the torch to someone else. That is mostly Grace when he needed to sleep or rest. I really hoped he would do that soon. Grace was at least a girl. Not like she was nicer that Quinton, but still a girl.

"Don't be so sure about that Quattro" Quinton then replied his brother and closed his book "Your arrogance will be your downfall".

I was agreeing with Quinton on that one. If you were to corky, people could easily surprise you and maybe win.

"Oh if you don't like how I operate, then maybe we shall switch job, then you can go out hunting numbers for a while, while I take care of Zaira" He said and looked at me "So what about it Zaira, what about letting me take care of you for a while. I mean you can't get a prettier prison guard. If you even win over me in duel monsters, I even treat you to a dinner. Even I must admit you are pretty hot and...".

He never continued because he got slashed in the head by a rolled newspaper.

"Quattro! Isn't that the 3. time you have been flirting with her" a girl voice said and Grace appeared behind Quattro. The yellow/red haired boy sneered and turned around and looked at Grace. He was pretty angry.

"What was that for?!" He yelled "You know that hurt. Give me that newspaper and then I can show you how it feels". Grace just snort and was holding it out of reach.

"Um nothing you just annoy me" She said "But I feel sorry for that poor girl you are gonna get hooked up in the future. Oh wait wasn't there a girl are a you loved once.. um what was her name again oh yeah R...".

Quattro slammed his hand at her mouth and sneered. It really looked like he didn't want that girl name out.

"You dare say that name ever Again!" He yelled "I kill you I swear!". I sighed inside.

"Zaira you can speak again" Quinton said suddenly "I don't think we have any important stuff to discuss". I sighed a little.

"Thanks" I just said in a plain tone.

Quinton shrugged. Grace was just grinning a little. Quattro sneered and was about to fight her when Trey walked in here.

"Alright you two stop it" He said and in his hands he had a tray with cups and a tea can. He placed it on the table "You shouldn't fight over small stuff".

"He/She started it!" Grace and Quattro said in unison "Oh no you started it". Then they began fighting anyway. Trey sighed. I looked over at Quinton.

"How can you live with them?" I asked "I mean are they always like that".

"Believe me sometimes I can't" Quinton said and sighed a little. He took a cup of tea "However this is at least at minimum today. Grace, Quattro, stop it or I will cancel the family time in the afternoon".

Quattro who had grabbed some of Grace's hair (he was lying on the ground) and was about to hit her stomach, stopped up. Grace who was grabbing his hair and was kicking him with her leg also stopped up. They didn't look so happy and rushed over and grabbed their cup of tea.

"Oh thanks for the peace of quiet" Quinton said "You are embarrassing us in front of Zaira here. Vetrix was so nice to let her out her room today and...".

However he never got the chance to say something else. Trey had interrupted him.

"Zaira!" He said and turned around and looked at the couch, like he hadn't noticed me yet, which properly was the case.

He had rushed over to me and was now lying down on one knee and was holding one of my hands. He was smiling like hell.

"Oh Zaira my beautiful princess, please take this rose who is struck out of my bleeding loving heart, as a symbol of our friendship" he said and was holding out the rose towards me.

Actually he more like placed it in my hand. I sweatdropped. Quinton facepalmed and Grace and Quattro sighed deeply.

"Um it is a really beautiful rose Trey, but I don't love you back you know" I tried explaining. He never listened to that part.

"Do you know you have the most beautiful purple eyes" He suddenly said and made Grace and Quattro did an anime falldown. Quinton was facepalming again.

"Okay casanova" Quattro said and grabbed the rose and destroyed it in front of Trey "Listen well, she is not the right girl to crush on!". Trey looked so sad.

"Oh and you are the one to talk" said a voice suddenly and Vetrix walked down from the stairs to the other storey where his room properly was "Wasn't you hitting on her, just a minute ago Quattro".

I looked up at Vetrix so did the others. However I noticed that some of them was looking away rather quickly. Quattro sneered.

"Well I was just trying to help Trey getting over her. Hoped seeing me flirt with her would break his heart" He said in annoyed tone "I mean let's face it Vetrix, I can beat everyone. Getting girls, winning duels. There is nothing I can't do". I was rolling with my eyes. Vetrix grinned a little.

"I approve of your self confidence Quattro, however you must learn self control and behave, just like the others" Vetrix said which made Quattro pretty angry.

I looked at them. One at the time. I had wondered, why they all 4 was listening to a kid.

"Oh yeah" said Quattro coldly "But why does it matter what you think?".

However Quinton was not liking the tone Quattro was talking in. He had gotten up from the couch, and was standing in front of him now, with a cold look.

"Watch it Quattro" He said "You will show Vetrix some respekt. You will not talk to him in that way!".

I was actually a little surprised. He had treated Quattro and Grace differently, just a minute ago, but when Vetrix appeared and Quattro was unrespectful, Quinton was fierce and actually a little scary. Vetrix looked at me and then was gazing at the others. He stopped at me again.

"What are you all actually doing?" He said coldly "Didn't I tell you to get to work".

"Um sorry Vetrix sir" Grace said "I just thought we could all have a tea break that's all. Before we go to work". Vetrix glared down at her.

"I didn't approve of that now did I Grace" He said in a coldly tone "Especially not with Zaira in here as well. I made it okay for her to leave her room, but not for all of you to treat her as a guest. Do you all understand?". The 4 siblings nodded.

"Yes Vetrix" they repeated in unison.

I could feel the tension in here. I also noticed that Grace had clenched her fists a little. Vetrix looked over at Quinton.

"That's good. Then go to work. Quinton give them today's mission" He said.

"Yes Vetrix. Quattro you know what to do, gather more numbers" He said "Trey you will accomplish him today. You know Shark and his little friends are still are looking for Zaira, and Shark are tracking down Quattro for revenge. Keep onto to this number. I have a feeling, you will meet very soon".

Quinton had grabbed a number card from the wall, from all Quattro's fanservice lists. He gave it to Trey.

"Yes brother" Trey said and I could feel the sadness in his voice when he replied "I understand". Then him and Quattro left the room and properly also the mansion.

"Good" Vetrix said in a coldly tone and turned towards Grace "You are gonna clean this mess you have made Grace. Next time every idea you are having is going through me. I decide if you need a break or not, understand?". Grace bit her lip.

"Yes Vetrix" she said slowly. I noticed she didn't look happy at all.

"Fine then get to it. You will be relieve Quinton in a minute after that, however before you do, meet me at my room" He said coldly.

Grace nodded and took the tea can and other stuff out of the room. When she had left Quinton looked at Vetrix.

"I am sorry, I will try keeping her better in line Vetrix sir" Quinton said "This here is all Dr. Faker's fault. Someday I will take everything from him, just like he took everything from us".

I looked confused at them, but decided to not say anything. They looked pretty angry right now. Suddenly Vetrix was standing in front of me.

"Hi how are you?" He asked in a mocking tone.

I sneered. I hadn't noticed he had moved down the stairs. I really hated him right now.

"Well I could have it better. A lunatic is keeping me as a prisoner after all" I replied.

I could see that Quinton was about to say something, but Vetrix stopped him.

"Oh really" He said and grinned "Well you wouldn't be a prisoner if you just gave me what I want Zaira". I snort coldly.

"Yeah dream on, I am not giving you anything" I replied "Actually to save you for future trouble, just send me home and then we don't have to fight this meaningless battle. To add a plus, I will not tell anyone about you or your henchmen". Vetrix grinned a little and grabbed my chin.

"You are forgetting who you are talking to girl" He said in a cold tone "You are at my place, my home so to speak and you are my prisoner. You can't demand anything. Be glad I'm keeping you alive for now. Because as soon as I figure out how to obtain your powers, you will not be alive for much longer". I just sneered at him.

"Well good luck with that meaningless battle" I said "Cy and I will not give you anything". Vetrix grinned a little evilly again.

"I am always getting what I want Zaira. You will regret not talking up on my offer" He said "Quinton take her away. When I have talked with Grace, take a long break. We have a lot to do after all". Quinton nodded and looked at me.

"Are you coming Zaira?" He said "You can go on your free will, or make me force you. Your choice".

I sighed deeply and got up from the couch.

"Coming Quinton" I said and began following him out of this room.

Yuma's p.o.v.

Yuma was standing in the garden outside the house. Mr. Heartland had just announced that this was the second day and Yuma was so ready. Tori was standing beside him.

"Yes. I am gonna sweep this tournament" Yuma said in a determined tone.

"Dream on Yuma, sweeping is my job" said Lillybot and walked passed him with a broom in her hands. Yuma smiled and took up his heart piece with 3 pieces in it.

"Tst well I am doing pretty awesome so far" Yuma told her and showed her his heart.

"What that? It looks like garbage it looks broken?" Lily replied. Yuma smiled.

"No it is not broken. It is for the tournament" He said "I got 3 pieces already. When I get all 5 of them I am ready for the finals. I am so feeling the flow on this one".

"Well maybe you shall just win your first duel... oh and find Zaira. Then we can talk about the finals Yuma" Tori said. Yuma's mood suddenly went down.

"Oh yeah my sister. We haven't seen her yet. If there were just a clue, a sign, then I will be able to find her" Yuma said in a little sad tone.

"Come on Caswell" yelled a voice suddenly "Pick up the pace". Bronk suddenly rushed passed Yuma's house on his skateboard.

"Wait up Bronk!" Caswell yelled and rushed after him.

"Um wonder what is wrong with them?" Tori asked "Shall we follow?".

Yuma nodded. They rushed after Caswell and Bronk. It was pretty easy to catch up to them, because Caswell had fell down some stairs a little away from where Yuma was living. Bronk was waiting for him, but he did look impatient a little.

"Quit goofing around. We don't want to be late" Bronk told Caswell.

"Yo what is going on here?" Yuma asked when he arrived "Why are you in such a hurry?". Tori just arrived as well now and was catching her breath. Caswell smiled.

"Hi you guys" Caswell said "Haven't you heard, Quattro is coming".

"Who's Quattro?" Tori asked and Caswell took out his mini pc. Yuma was praying that it was not the person, Shark mentioned had kidnapped Zaira.

"He is one of the best duelists in the world" began Bronk and smiled like hell "He rules. Quattro faced up against Shark in the nationals".

"So that was him?" Yuma said and looked at the picture of the mini pc. This was not good? Or was it? He was a little confused. Astral was floating beside him.

"We must be cautious when we are dealing with him Yuma" Astral warned him.

"Quattro just challenged me and Bronk to a duel. Isn't that awesome?" Caswell asked. His eyes was sparkling of joy. Yuma sneered inside.

"Um you guys should turn him down" He said slowly. His friends looked confused.

"Are you kidding?" said Caswell worried. Yuma smiled a fake smile.

"Well eh someone just told me that Quattro doesn't play by the book" Yuma quickly added. Bronk and Caswell looked at Yuma with a serious look.

"Quattro is one of the most honest duelist there is" Bronk told them. Caswell nodded.

"He is our hero, losing to him would be a great honor" He added. Then they began leaving. They didn't want to be late. Yuma looked at Tori.

"Um just go ahead Tori. I am coming in a sec" He told her. Tori nodded and rushed after Caswell and Bronk. Yuma took up his duel gazer and found that number he wanted to call. After some seconds, it got picked up in the other end.

"Yuma. What do you want?" said Shark in the other end. Yuma sighed.

"We got a clue or I got a clue. My friends got challenged by Quattro. Something about fanservice or something like that" Yuma told him "We are on the way over to him now. On that duel place he chose for them". Shark sneered and looked at Yuma.

"And you are 100 percent sure it is him Yuma" He said and Yuma nodded.

"Yeah I saw a picture, a boy with yellow and red hair, scar on his face, Bronk told me you faced up against him in the nationals" He told him. Shark sneered.

"It is him alright. I am coming. Whatever you do, don't lose him. Distract him until I arrive. I will follow your gazer" Shark said coldly "And remember Quattro is all mine!".

Then he hung up. Yuma sighed deeply and looked at Astral. He was a little higher up in the air.

"Can you see my friends Astral?" He asked. The ghost nodded.

"Yes, Run fast forward and turn to the left at the next street and you should catch up with them" He told Yuma. Yuma nodded and began running like hell. A clue. A clue to find Zaira and he was not gonna lose it now.

They arrived at some construction site, who was almost shut out from the city. Yuma looked confused around. There were a lot of things to build stuff with.

"This is a weird place to have a duel" commented Yuma. Caswell just smiled.

"Quattro picked the spot. Properly wanted a place quiet to avoid his fans" Caswell told them.

Yuma was not so sure about that. However Bronk said it made perfect sense. Then a little while later, they could hear footsteps, and walking towards them was that champion Quattro and he was followed by a dude dressed in red noticed Yuma. Yuma was staring at Quattro for a moment. Was he really the one who kidnapped Zaira? Yuma was not really sure here. However Bronk and Caswell rushed over to them. They were really big fans of him.

"You must be Caswell and Bronk?" Quattro asked and smiled "My apologies for being late. Shall we start dueling?". Caswell and Bronk smiled.

"Yeah but first, can you sign your autograph please" Caswell asked and was holding his mini pc at him. Bronk did as well. Quattro only smiled.

"With pleasure. I get a thrill out of spoiling my fans" He said and took the mini pc's.

Yuma looked at him from the side line. He looked like a nice guy, why should he kidnap Zaira or set up Shark? Hmm maybe it was all a big mistake? Yuma was not really sure. However after the autographs, Quattro asked about the duel. In the end Quattro suggested a battle royal. Yuma looked a little confused.

"Interesting" said Astral "In a battle royal everyone's dueling against each other, but Quattro must know that Bronk and Caswell is going to team up, so this is actually a two against one duel".

"I just love spoiling my fans!" Quattro said "I want this duel to be special for you. There is even a chance, that together you two could beat me. It should be a memorable matchup". He was smiling a lot at Caswell and Bronk.

"Sweet!" said Yuma and grinned "Guess Quattro is really cool".

How could I think he had something to do with it. Shark must be dead wrong about this guy! However the duel began.

Caswell: 4000Lp.

Bronk: 4000Lp.

Quattro: 4000Lp.

Quattro gave Bronk and Caswell the first move. He stated it was yet another one of his fanservices. The two males of course took him up on that offer. Bronk started off with summoning "Aye iron" to the field. Then he ended his turn. Caswell summoned "Debugger X" to the field and ended his turn and letting Quattro have his turn.

"Well well, you chosen very unusual monsters, nice work you guys. I can see you are both rude and creative" Quattro praised, which made Caswell and Bronk jump for joy.

Quattro began his move. He placed a monster facedown in def mode. He placed 2 facedown's and played the field spell "Xyz colosseum". With this card, all XYZ monsters on the field gained a power boost, but every monster who wasn't an XYZ couldn't attack. Quattro ended his turn. Yuma and Tori looked around.

"This colosseum looks old and creepy" Tori commented. Yuma nodded.

"I see what he is up to" said Bronk and smiled "You can't summon a XYZ monster before you at least have two monsters with the same level".

"So that's why he play his field spell so he can stop our attacks" said Caswell impressed. Bronk nodded in agreement.

"Unless we outsmart him" Bronk concluded.

He summoned "Tin goldfish" to the field. It eff activated, and made it possible for Bronk to summon another "Tin goldfish" to the field in att mode. Then he overlaid all his monsters on the field to XYZ summon "Tin archduke" to the field. It gained 200 more att, because of the field spell card. Bronk used his monsters eff. By using a Ou, his monster could switch battle mode on Quattro's monster. His facedown monster switched to att mode and revealed Quattro's monster "Gimmick puppet princess". A monster with 0 att.

"Oh my it looks like you outmaneuvered me Bronk, you certainly are a talented duelist" Quattro praised again, and made Bronk fell happy for been praised.

"Nice going Bronk" said Caswell "The duel just started and Quattro praised you twice already".

Bronk attacked Quattro with his monster and gave him major damage. However Quattro had "Puppet repair" trap card ready. When a puppet monster is destroyed, he is allowed to summon the same kind of monster from his deck to the field. He summoned another "Gimmick puppet princess" in def mode. Bronk used his monster's eff again and switched Quattro's monsters battle mode.

"Amazing your monster can actually use it's special ability more than once per turn. This isn't looking good for me" He said and smiled.

He looked like he was about to get ready to lose. However he was still smiling his happy smile. It was Caswell's turn now. He summoned "Debugger Z" to the field now, which also allowed him to summon "Debugger Y" to the field from his deck. He overlaid his three monster's to summon "Antidote nurse" in att mode. It also gained 200 more att points. Caswell attacked with his monster, thinking that he now had beaten Quattro.

"My congratulations. Your attacks has been truly amusing, but they were hardly enough to defeat me" He said and now smirked.

He told them that as soon as Caswell had attacked, he revealed his "Gimmick box" trap. Quattro took no damage this turn and the trap became a monster on the field with the att from how much damage he would have taken. That's 2000 att. The pink haired boy beside Quattro sighed.

"You should forget about this duel brother, it is clear they don't have any number cards, or else they would have used them by now" He said "Let's just return home".

"Hehe Trey what's with you all of the sudden" Quattro said and his polite tone in his voice, he had been using for the start of the duel disappeared "Why so anxious to get home all of the sudden? Maybe because you want to see her again? Our newest little puppet". Trey turned slight red.

"Um no that is not it. I um just don't see any reason to stay here. They have no numbers after all" Trey said quickly "And please stop calling her puppet. It sounds so cruel and evil. Secondly she isn't a puppet". Yuma looked in horror.

"Wait they are number hunters?" said Yuma in disbelief. Astral's eyes widened.

"I see, Quattro and his brother must be number hunters" He said. Quattro grinned.

"Since you ask me so nicely I will stop calling her that for now. I mean gonna have some fun in a minute anyway" He said and smirked.

He looked at Bronk and Caswell. "Now my friends since I can't take any numbers from you, I will enjoy watching you squirm instead". Caswell and Bronk looked in horror.

"What?" they asked "What does that mean?". Quattro grinned evilly now.

"How many times do I have to tell you I love spoiling my fans. When I say spoil, I mean really spoil" He said and grinned "You two are finished. Even though you two are pretty good. Compared to the rest of the dorks I have faced that is. However compared to my skills you are still far beneath my level, and even working together you are not good enough to beat me".

He summoned "Gimmick puppet scarecrow". Then he activated the spell card "Level doubler". By discarding a card in his hand he could double scarecrow's lv from 4 to 8. He overlaid the two monsters on his field to XYZ summon "Nb 15 gimmick puppet giant grinder". The field spell giving Quattro's monster 200 more att points.

"They are really number hunter" Yuma said and looked in horror "Then Shark was right. He is properly responsible for kidnapping Zaira". Astral nodded.

"Yes, but right now I am more worried about Bronk and Caswell" Astral said "This doesn't look like a friendly duel any more".

Yuma nodded. Astral was fully correct, when Quattro activated his monster's special eff. By using a Ou, he could destroy his opponent's monster and inflict damage equal to the destroyed monster's att point. He first destroyed Bronk's "Tin archduke", giving him 2400 points of damage. Bronk got blasted to the ground, groaning in pain. He then did the same thing to Caswell.

"I won't be happy until I give all my fans exactly what they deserve" Quattro said with an insane laugh.

Yuma was sure he enjoyed giving them pain. However Quattro was not finished yet. By banishing his two "Gimmick puppet princess" in his grave, he could summon two monsters to the field from his opponent's graveyard. He chose their XYZ monsters. Astral looked in horror.

"He has set up the perfect attack loop" Astral said worried. Yuma looked at him.

"Wait that means he can attack and destroy their monsters again?" He asked.

"Correct. Your friends are helpless now" Astral pointed out. "Quattro planned this".

"My fans are no difference from the puppet monsters contained in my deck. They are helpless to resist my will, and I am pulling all the strings hahaha" Quattro said and laughed like a maniac.

Minutes later he destroyed their monsters again and blasted them with their attack points. Caswell fell unconscious to the ground. Bronk was barely conscious. Quattro had won the duel.

"It is not over yet" Quattro then yelled "I still have a lot more spoiling to do. Go giant grinder". Yuma looked in horror.

"Hold on!" Yuma said "You won the duel. This duel is over". Quattro grinned.

"Sorry, but this duel is over when I say it is OVER!" He said "Giant grinder attack with final dance".

He attacked both Caswell and Bronk once again. Yuma could only look when Quattro attacked them, dealing them even more pain. When the duel finally was over, Yuma rushed over to his friends.

"Come on you guys!" He yelled "Wake up! Wake up!". Bronk groaned, but Caswell was out of it. Yuma clenched his fists.

"Bronk it is going to be okay" He told him "Just hang on". Bronk nodded.

"But what about Caswell" He asked worried. Yuma sneered He looked at Quattro.

"You maniac!" He yelled "They looked up to you! Why did you do this to them?!".

"Hahaha let's just say I find this highly entertaining" Quattro replied and smirked.

"Okay that does it" Yuma yelled "You are so gonna pay, but first.. What have you done with my sister?". Quattro looked puzzled at him.

"I have no idea what you are talking about?" He said. Yuma sneered angry.

"Don't play dumb! I know you kidnapped her! Now tell me where she is!" Yuma screamed at Quattro. The two boys looked at him.

"Brother I think he means Zaira" Trey said "In the notes Quinton gave us there were something about a foster family taking care of her... but I don't understand? The note indicates she runs away from time to time... they shouldn't be on us so fast".

"Well don't you think I know my sister!" yelled Yuma angry.

"Oho so you are the puppets brother ehh" Quattro interrupted and smirked "Well I wonder why you actually want to be that girls brother. I mean she is special, maybe a little good looking for a girl too and has powers, but beside that, she is worthless".

"WHAT!" screamed Yuma "You dare say that about her!". Quattro smirked.

"I say want I want to say kid" He replied "And I say she is worthless. I am actually amazed that a you, her loser brother, found out we were the ones doing it. How did you know kid".
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Yuma sneered and was about to reply, but someone was quicker.

"I told him Quattro!" yelled a voice and from a platform a magenta/purple motorcycle jumped down towards them. Shark had apparently arrived.

"Hello Quattro, you were hard to find. However since you are this Shark's prey there is no escaping now" Shark said and smirked evilly "Let's duel!".   

Zaira's p.o.v.

Time skip, a little earlier or underway with Quattro's fanservice duel.

"Okay, just a little bit more" I mumbled to myself "Just some tiny small steps more... if I just could touch that hasp, then...".

I sneered and tried to touch the hasp in the window who was in the bathroom. I had made a staircase out of the tables and chairs from the room and was trying to reach the window. I was almost there.. just some millimeters and then I would be able to get out of here. However..

"Um" coughed a voice suddenly and I froze instantly. I instantly looked down and found Grace at the door to the bathroom "I wouldn't do that if I was you Zaira".

I was cursing myself inside. If I just had been a little faster, then Grace hadn't returned from wherever she get's my food, and I would be long gone from here.

"Zaira come down now" Grace told me and I sighed when my body obeyed her purple crest on my forehead now. I climbed down, but had a angry look on my face.

"One day I will return back to my family" I sneered "To Yuma, Kairi and Grandma Haru. You can't keep me in here". Grace sighed a little.

"To your foster family right" She said and walked inside my room "Yuma from the lower classes are your adoptive brother right".

I sneered, nodded and followed her inside the room again. Grace sighed a little.

"Well go inside the bathroom and take the chairs and tables in here" She said "It is pointless to escape through the window. You will never succeed". I sneered angry.

"Well if I don't try, I will never succeed now will I" I replied. Grace sighed.

"I mean it is pointless, because Vetrix has a crest around the mansion" She said "It keeps our house hidden for the world. Secondly since you have no crest or are allowed to leave the house, the crest will block you out. You can't leave".

"Wait what?" I said in disbelief "No that isn't true". Grace sighed a little.

"It is, but don't take my word for it, try as you might to open the window. However I have warned you when you got shut back from the crest" She said "Please just come in here with one of the tables. I have brought you food. I really hate forcing you".

I looked at her and sneered. Then I walked back to the bathroom and took the chairs and tables back. I placed me grumpy at the table and looked at her. Grace walked over to me and placed a tray with food on the table. Apparently she had placed it on the bed, before she entered the bathroom and saw my attempt to escape. It was a big plate with some soup. It was filled with a lot of stuff. Beside the plate was some bread. I looked at it and took the spoon.

"I am only eating it because I need the strength to fight to get free" I said and put the spoon in my mouth. "Wah that is actually delicious. What is it?".

Grace was suddenly had a big smile on her lips and her eyes was sparkling from happiness.

"You really do? I made it yesterday for dinner. It is my special vegetables stew" She said in a happy tone "The boys loves it, although I have to make a little meat or Quattro would complain. He always does. However Christ taught me to cook once and...".

She slammed her hand over her mouth. I grinned a little at her.

"So Chris eh, sound like you like this guy" I said and ate a little more of the food "Is he your boyfriend?". Grace looked angry at me.

"Ihr you are so gross, that would be so wrong. He is my brother god damn it" She said angry and covered her mouth again. I blinked a little.

"Oho so Chris eh, is that one of your brothers real name" I questioned and shrugged "I really don't care who you all really are, I only want to leave this place. You weird siblings and that kid, who you are apparently taken orders from. Vetrix is seriously messed up. I wonder why you are follow...".

However I got slammed in the cheek. Grace had apparently given me a highfive. She looked pissed at me.

"I forbid you... I forbid you from talking about my father in that way" Grace yelled at me. I was slowly rubbing my check. Then her words sank into my brain.

"Wait what!" I yelled "Your father?! How is that possible? He is younger and smaller than me. Okay you family is seriously messed up". Grace sneered angry at me.

"Don't say that!" She yelled and attacked me, but this time I was ready.

I grabbed her fist, however she hit me with her leg.. and well in the end we began fighting. We tumbled around in the room, but in the end I actually won. I was sitting on her chest and was holding her arms, so she couldn't hit me.

"No. I say what want, and honestly your family is messed up" I yelled angry at her "What kind of father is okay with keeping a girl prisoner and steal her powers. He even knows I will die if he takes them and he is fully okay with that. If that is not messed up, then I don't know what that word means".

I was breathing pretty hard now. I needed to get as much as I could say out before she activated the crest.

"Don't you think I know that" yelled Grace suddenly and surprised me "I know that! I know Vetrix is... my father is twisted. I know he is messed up, but they are still my family. I still love them. I just wished everything was back as it was before!".

I looked surprised at her and moved myself from her. I walked over and placed myself at the bed. Then I looked at her. Grace was still lying on the ground.

"Want to talk about it?" I said "You look like it fills a lot. I know I am a outsider, but maybe I can understand you and your crazy family of yours".

I knew all to well how the past or scary events could infect one another. Grace sneered angry.

"They are not crazy" she yelled but sat up and looked at me. Then she turned away. I had a feeling she was not gonna tell me. I sighed and laid down on the bed.

"I... father gave me a reprimand today" She said in a slow tone "When I was at his room today".

I looked at her. She had placed her back against the bed, still sitting on the floor. She was having her knees close to her chest. She was staring out in air.

"Was it because of the tea thing here in the morning?" I asked. She nodded slowly.

"Yeah, father wanted me to stop these, in his eyes, pointless attempts to get the family together and do something" She said "He says it is well pointless and well is slowing his process in gathering numbers. I shall focus on our goals instead". I bit my lip.

"And what is these future goals of his?" I asked. Grace sighed a little.

"He won't tell. He doesn't trust me. He says I shall only gather numbers for him" She said "He and my brother Christopher alias Quinton, is the only one who knows his true goals I think".

I hummed a little. Not knowing what to say to her at first.

"Tell me about your family" I then asked slowly "You said you wished everything was just like before, so I presume that it wasn't so messed up once". Grace sighed.

"You wouldn't understand" she began, but I interrupted her.

"Try me" I said "I will maybe understand and you will get this of your chest".

Grace sighed a little again and looked at me for a minute. Then she nodded a little.

"Well you are right, everything hasn't always been like this" she began and actually smiled a little "We were once a happy family, resembling you foster family. If you were wondering why I knew, it was because father made me spy on you. Vetrix our father was a full grown man and called Byron Arclight. My real name is Ana by the way, Quattro's is Thomas, Quinton's is Christopher and Trey's is Michael. Arclight is our real surname. Father was a researcher, and sometimes caught up in work, so sometimes he was rarely around, but when he was we were having fun and enjoyable times. Like picnic, playing games or other awesome stuff. We had each other and were happy. I was happy! I remember one time when I had a nightmare. I think I was around 12 or something..".

Ana/Grace's p.o.v.

Flashback:

"Wha...No! Don't! Please don't! Wah!" I yelled and woke up. I was sweating and gasping for air. Then the light got turned on in my room. 

"Ana, Ana are you okay? I heard you screaming" said a voice and I could feel protective arms around me. I was pulled into a hug. I let out a cry. 

"Chris, Chris! It was terrible, just terrible" I said and clinging to his chest "I was so scared". 

"Shh it is okay now" Christopher said and stroked my hair a little "Don't worry, whatever nightmare you had, it will not haunt you again. You know we will not allow it to come back.".

I slowly relaxed, but were still clinging to his chest and clothes with my hands. 

"I want father" I whispered and could feel Christopher tense a little. He let go of me. 

"Ana, I am not sure that is such a good idea, father came home late last night" Christopher began "Maybe we shall let him sleep?". I sniffled a little. 

"But, but..." I said and tears fell down my cheeks "I need to talk to him. In my dream he was...".

I sniffled a little again. Christopher sighed and scratched his hair. 

"Yeah but still.. I am not sure..." began Chris, but he got interrupted by another voice. 

"No need to concern yourself about me Chris, I am awake. I am amazed she didn't wake her brothers up. She was screaming really loud".

A man was standing at the doorstep and was smiling at me. I rushed out of bed and over to him. I gave him a big hug. 

"Father!" I said and sniffled a little "It was terrible! There were monsters and they attacked me and, and then you saved me, but the monsters were following you now and, and...". I let out a cry. I got slowly lifted up and pulled into a hug.

"Oh sweet little Ana. Yeah that does sound terrible, but you know what that will never happen and do you know why?" He said slowly. I looked at him and shook my head.

"Well that's because your brothers would never let that happen to us" He said and patted my head "Michael would properly bite the monsters. Thomas would kick them in certain places and Christopher would...".

"I would knock them out with a bag full of books" Chris said which made me laugh a little. Then suddenly a sound of something got slammed to the floor could be heard. We all turned around. Christopher sighed a little, but then smiled. 

"Michael. Thomas. I know you are out there" Byron said and smiled "You are worried about your sister aren't you. It is okay, you don't have to hide you know". Then two boys walked out of some shadow near the staircase. Thomas was grumpy. 

"Like I care about her" He said and snort "I don't care hff". 

"Father" said Michael and hugged our father. I got placed on the floor again, but I also hugged father. He was smiling a lot. 

"What about a group hug then" father suggested "Then we can all go down and drink Christopher's awesome self made hot chocolate".

Chris smiled and nodded. He joined in the hug. Thomas mumbled something, but in the end he joined the group hug. Then we all left towards the kitchen.

"I remember that day really clearly" Grace said and smiled. She looked up at Zaira. "That day was a reminder, of how it used to be. How close we were as a family. However then it changed. Father out of respect, helped a man named Dr. Faker with something and went on a journey..We didn't see him for months...".

We were sitting in the living room. Just relaxing after an awesome meal Christopher had made us. I was dressed in a summer dress, father had brought on one of the travels. Thomas stated it was ugly, which made me chase him down around in the room. Thomas was pretty teasing this evening. I was having a hunch it had something to do with that father had given Trey a duel monster card called "Chronomaly Aztec Mask Golem". Father had given him a doll. Not like Thomas wasn't appreciating it. I had seen him play with it and move it around with strings, laughing like hell when it was moving like he wanted it too. He always had a weakness for marionette dolls. However it was not really a masculine thing to show your friends. Therefore he was trying to steal Michael's card instead, which ended up fighting. I was supporting Michael of course! Well in the end Chris had to stop us two from fighting, stating that we couldn't have a sleepover in the living room with stories. That made us instantly stop fighting. Father was always sending Christopher books. Well he loved reading and some of them was with fairy tales. Some of them, he was reading for us at bedtime. My favorite was "The princess and the witch". Thomas's was "Knight vs dragon". Michael loved so many, but mostly the ones with magic was his favorite. After Chris had told us this evenings fairy tale, something with a cursed princess who traveling around the world finding a cure for herself, and fell in love with a fierce knight, Michael looked up at Christopher and sighed a little. 

"When will father return big brother?" He asked which made us all freeze up. I knew Thomas had been thinking the same thing. We all looked up at Chris. He sighed. 

"I sadly don't know Michael" He said honestly. Michael sighed a little. 

"I wish he was here" he said "I miss him. I want to show him how good I am at dueling". 

"Well I don't" said Thomas in a stubborn tone, which we knew was stating the exact opposite "I don't care if he is gone".

I looked at him and snuck my hand under his blanket and grabbed his hand. He looked at me, but didn't say anything. However he didn't let go of my hand either. Christopher sighed a little we had a little group hug again. 

"I know you miss him. I miss him too" Chris said "However father wouldn't want us to get sad and unhappy now would he. We just have to stick together until he returns".

"But I also miss him" I said "Want to give him my latest drawings". Christopher padded my head a little and smiled "What about I teach you all to duel tomorrow? Then when father returns, you can show him how good you have become". We all lit up and was excited.

"However I will only teach you if you all get's a good night sleep" Chris stated, which made us quickly place our heads on our pillows, excited to learn how to duel in the morning.

"However later on we found out Chris's words with "Stick together" wasn't gonna last forever. I am not sure how much time had passed, but one day Christopher broke that promise" Grace said and sighed deeply. She had clenched her fists. "One day Chris left us too! That was one of the worst days in my life... ".

(Age: Ana 14, Thomas, 15, Michael 12, Christopher,18.)

"Please big brother you can't leave us" We all hugged him.

Me, Thomas, and little Michael. Christopher sighed and hugged us all. Then he turned his back towards us.

"I have to leave. I am sorry, but you will have to go with these men." He told us. I looked back and saw some men in black suits. They were waiting in the background at a wan. However I really didn't want to go with them. Neither did my brothers. 

"No! We want to stay with you" we said in unison. Christopher sighed. 

"You can't. Please understand, I have to leave" He said in a sad tone "Take... take them away".

The black suited men nodded and grabbed us. We all began fighting to get free. The most temperamental and feistiest of us all was of course Thomas. He was kicking and hitting them, just to get free. They had to have extra guards to hold him. That was properly the reason I got free from the guards grip. As soon as I got free I rushed over to Christopher and hugged his leg. I was actually clinging to it. 

"Big brother, please don't leave us! No don't let them take us away. Why are you leaving? Don't you love us any longer?" I yelled and cried. 

"Ana... I, let go of my leg" He said in a low voice "You... have to...leave". 

"No! I will not lose you too" I yelled "You promised us we stick together until father returned. You promised. I love you big brother. Please, I will be a good girl, we will behave. I will make Thomas behave too. Just don't leave us. Please stay". I placed my head at his leg. 

"Ana" he first whispered, then arms was placed around me and I was pulled into a hug "I am sorry. I am so sorry. My dear little sister. Nothing of this is any of your faults. You and your brothers are the best siblings I could wish for. Please understand that I am not trying to get rid of you. I love you all very much". I let out a cry again.

"Then why are you leaving" I said and sniffed "First father and now you. It is not fair". 

"I know. I know my grateful little sister, but I have to leave. I have something I must do" He said and sighed. He wiped my tears away. "I will return Ana. I will return and take you all back, but until then, go with these men". I sniffed a little. 

"But I want to be with you" I said slowly "The others want's that too". 

"I know. However you can't. I need you to be a strong girl and do me this favor" He said and looked at me "Take care of your brothers for me. Michael needs you to be there for him when Thomas is to hard on him. Thomas needs you to protect him as well, even though he never admits it. You need to keep him in line and out of problems. You know he will end up in it in the future. Be the best sister you can for both of them. Can you do that for me?".

I sniffed and nodded. He smiled and let go of me. The black suited men took my arm and moved towards the wan. When we were almost there, I turned around and looked at Christopher a last time. 

"I will wait for you big brother!" I yelled "We will wait for you". Then I got placed in the wan as well and we drove away.

Zaira's p.o.v.

I looked at Grace along the way when she was telling me her story. I must admit it both surprised me and shocked me a little. I was rather speechless actually, and didn't know what I had to say at first. However I think Grace actually didn't notice. She just kept on telling her story.

"Chris, my big brother kept his word. A year or two later he came back for us. We had been kept in this institution, where they took care of children who hadn't any relatives to take care of them. Not a orphanage, since you couldn't adopt people, but it was close to it." She said slowly "It was a place they took care of children until they were adults. It was not the best place in the world. We were not treated badly, but it was a pretty poor place, and didn't help that Thomas ended up in fights with other kids all the time. However when Chris came back we were all happy and there were happiness around us again for a time". I looked at her and sighed a little.

"Let me guess, your father returned" I asked and Grace nodded.

"Yeah he returned, however he had changed" She said "His body had shrunken down to a kid size. Something with that he had been in another dimension and he had to pay a prize to get back to ours. He was driven by revenge for the one who had done it to him and now called himself Vetrix. One look at our father and Chris sort of changed. Whatever he found out in these couple of years, it changed him. That's how it all started...".

Grace looked at me now and sighed a little. I bit my lip. She had a hard life, just like me! However unlike me, she had never been alone. She had her family and brothers until the end, until their bond in some way broke.

"So when you said you wanted everything like it used to be, you meant like in the past. A big happy family" I questioned. Grace smiled and nodded.

"Yeah, that day Christopher left, I decided that when he returns, I would do everything I could to make us as a family again. I also decided to never ever cry again and be strong for my brothers. When father came back, we all took code names and gave up our real names. I chose Grace, because I read in a book that people with that name had a deep inner desire for a stable, loving family, that's what I want to get back" She said in a determined voice.

I looked at her. I felt empathy with her. I really did, but I also couldn't forget what she had done to me. She and her family had kidnapped me after all, and tired to kill me. It was not just something I could kick out of the window and forget. Regardless how much pain she had been in. I sighed.

"So what now?" I asked and she looked confused up at me. I continued. "So what are you gonna do now? How are you gonna make that messed up family fixed again".

"I don't know" Grace replied and sighed "I am not sure what to do any longer".

"So are you just gonna let all these things happen?" I asked "The revenge scheme? The number hunting? The killing? You indirectly was about to kill me. Are you proud of that?". Grace sighed and shook her head a lot.

"No. I am not. I don't want that to happen. But they are my family I can't...".

"Can't or won't" I interrupted "If Yuma or Kairi turned into some kind of people like Vetrix, then I think I will confront them. I will try to stop them with all my might. I am not you Grace, and I can't decide for you what to do, but if I were you I would think over what I want and when I come up with a solution, I will do something about it".

Grace got up from the floor and looked at me. She was looking cold at me.

"I don't need advice from a stupid thief girl" She then said "I live for my family and that is that. There is nothing more to it". I sighed and nodded. If that was her answer then so be it. I was not gonna stop her. She walked over to me.

"Lay down Zaira" She said and the purple crest on my forehead glowed "Lay down and fall to sleep".

I could feel my body react and before I knew it, my eyes closed on me and I fell asleep.