Chapter 5:

Jack felt a blast of cold air as Brionac unleashed its attack on him. He raised one of his arms to block it, as his Life Points dropped from 3800 to 1500. Two of his speed counters vanished as well, as the mystery duelist ended his turn.

"I suggest you surrender now. You cannot win this duel." He said calmly, as though he was barely invested in the duel. He placed one card face down, and passed it over to Jack.

"Never! A duel isn't over until the last card is played!" Jack exclaimed, drawing from his deck. At least, that's what I thought. But at the rate I'm going, I may not survive this.

"It's my draw now!" Jack yelled, as he checked his options. "Since you have a monster out and I don't, I can summon Big Piece Golem to the field." He placed the card down, as the large stone golem appeared beside him, with 2100 attack points.

"Next, I summon my Medium Piece Golem as well!" Jack added, summoning the smaller golem to the field, with its 1600 attack points. "And when both of them are out on the field, I can automatically summon my Small Piece Golem!" a third, smaller golem appeared beside his monsters in defense mode, with 0 Defense Points.

"And now for the fun part, I activate a Speed Spell, Speed Fusion!" Jack exclaimed. "When I have 2 or more speed counters, I'm allowed to fuse my monsters together. So I'll fuse my Big and Medium Piece Golems together, to summon Multiple Piece Golem!"

As Jack activated the card, both of his golems launched into the air and fused, returning to the duel as the towering Multiple Piece Golem, with its 2600 Attack Points accompanying it. "Like I said, a duel isn't over until the last card is played. Now, Multiple Piece Golem, attack his Brionac!"

As Jack's Golem raised its fist to crush the Mystery Duelist's Dragon, he started to laugh. "I concur, it isn't over until the last card is played. But sadly for you, that last card is being played now. I activate my trap, Magic Cylinder!"

"What did you say?!" Jack said in alarm, as the trap appeared. Two large cylinders appeared between Jacks Golem and the Mystery Duelist. One of them absorbed the attack of the Golem, as the other was aimed directly at Jack.

"Based on the panic in your voice, I see you know what this card does. But for those unaware, it redirects any attack from your monster straight back to your life points!"

Before Jack even had time to react, a blast of energy representing his Golem's attack, fired out of the second cylinder, straight at him. His runner was engulfed in the blast, as his life points dropped from 1500 to 0.

"AAAAAH!" Jack screamed, feeling the full force of his Golem's attack, as his runner engaged its breaks, slamming Jack's back against his seat. His runner slowed to a stop as the monsters disappeared, with the mystery duelist stopping right next to him.

Dismounting his runner, the duelist approached Atlas' runner. Jack was barely conscious, as he attempted to reach his arm out to block the duelist, but it was no use.

In one swift motion, the duelist retrieved Jack's deck, and pulled out his Red Dragon Archfiend. "You won't be needing this anymore." He said, returning Jack's deck to its place, before returning to his runner.

Before he could take off though, Yusei drove his own runner in front of the duelist, with Crow blocking the back of his runner. "That's not yours. What do you even need the cards you've been collecting for, anyway?" Yusei said, as the duelist mounted his runner.

"What they are needed for is none of your business. If you really want to find the answer for yourself, you'll have to best me in a duel." The duelist replied, revving up his runner. "Now move."

"At least give us your name, man." Crow countered. "You expect us to just let you show up in our city and take peoples cards, then disappear without us knowing anything? I don't think so."

"…Fine. You want a name, then you can call me Réku. Now get out of my way." He replied. Yusei obliged, moving his runner, with Réku speeding off the moment that the way was clear.

"What a jerk, that guy" Crow thought out loud, before turning his attention to Jack and rushing to his aid, leaving Yusei to watch Réku disappear into the distance.

He beat Jack, and by the looks of things, he didn't even seem to care. Just how good is this guy?

"Yusei!" Crow yelled, getting his friend's attention. "We need to get Jack to the hospital, and fast."

"Right" Yusei replied, turning his focus over to his friends, leaving Réku as just a thought in his head.

Meanwhile…

As Réku sped across the bridge, he pulled out the Red Dragon Archfiend he had acquired from Jack, looking it over. With his runner set to autopilot, he looked over the cards image of the black and red dragon.

That Atlas fellow put up more of a fight than the previous duelists I faced He thought to himself. I wonder if his friends will actually make me bring out my ace…

Leaving that thought, Réku pulled out another card from his deck and tossed it forward, opening a portal in front of his runner, with him disappearing into it before the portal closed.