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POWER PLAY

(for @ygo5dsmonth2020. Day 8: Further Turbo Dueling King, the Master of Faster, lover of ramen, and one hell of a (jack)ass. Today we’re celebrating the King Himself: Jack Atlas!)

Definitely took this differently as the focus is on Jack, but not from his perspective. This is actually a fic idea I’ve been mulling over in my mind, so maybe this will finally kick me into gear to work on it. But, as always, WARNING: SPOILERS FOR 5DS

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Yusei waited, standing behind the cargo building while the waves crashed against the Satellite docks. Ahead of him, Jack Atlas crouched over a tiny boat that held a struggling boy. Yusei recognized him, Rally’s voice thundering in the empty space.

“Why are you doing this, Jack?” Rally tried to pull away from the blonde, his body twisting and turning as he was bound in ropes. Yusei could not see Jack’s face, but he knew he held a neutral expression. It was the one he always wore when he did something he did not particularly enjoy but knew he had to perform.

“Struggle anymore and I’ll throw you to the sea now.” Jack mumbled, his hands keeping the boy down in the boat. Rally stopped struggling. Yusei also could not see his face, but he heard Rally’s sniffles as Jack continued his ministrations. He made sure the boat was stable before he would push it off.

“Please, Jack. Tell me why.” Rally sniffled.

Jack’s back tightened, Yusei could see it even from behind the building. He wanted to desperately to run out and smooth those lines, to wrap Jack in his arms and tell him it was alright. That everything was going to be alright and that Jack was special and no one would say otherwise.

But any interference would give the enemy exactly what he wanted.

“Just shut up.” Jack mumbled again, his voice strained. Yusei glanced around himself, looking into the shadows. Paradox had yet to show, which meant that Yusei had time to watch events unfold. Ones he had not been present for, had no way of ever knowing what really happened or how Jack felt. In his memory, he had been so angry with Jack. The blonde had betrayed him, throwing their friend out to the sea and making him choose between his life or his cards. Yusei took the obvious choice but lost his duel runner and dragon. At that moment, Jack had been vicious and arrogant, settling to become king no matter what.

But learning of the trials and pain Jack had undergone, following Godwin’s orders and being coaxed and goaded into taking the dragon, Yusei could not help but pity him. He could see it in his shoulders, in that neutral expression that hid his agony, in the way he hesitated before pushing Rally out. Everything Jack did had something else within. He was not doing this simply to gain his royal title: he was doing it to save his friends and family.

Who was to say Godwin would not have come after them? Who was to say that Godwin’s agenda would result in him doing far worse than coaxing Jack to steal and run?

A swirling vortex appeared to Yusei’s left. He pressed himself against the building, hiding in the shadows as a portal opened. The same one Yusei had run into to stop Paradox. Speaking of the Devil, the very man stepped forward, his hair dancing around his mask as he stared at Jack’s back. Yusei could not tell if he was smiling or frowning, but his gaze was locked on Jack. His intention was clear.

A hand came up. Within his palm sat a pistol, black, heavy, and deadly. Yusei’s heart hammered in his chest, his legs tingling as he moved before he even thought. He threw himself at Paradox once more, tackling him back toward the portal. The gun dropped from his hand, falling into the glittering, red space and disappearing into another time.

Everything seemed to slow down. As Yusei fell with his enemy toward the vortex, his head turned to catch one last glimpse of the former Jack Atlas. Unknowing of the danger lurking behind him, the blonde still remained turned away, his arm up as a screen flickered before him. Yusei could see himself talking with Jack. His face was younger with far less stress and anxiety. He was markerless and naive.

It was the moment when Jack had told him where Rally was. Had sent him coordinates to lure him into a deadly choice and to lose his trust in Jack for several years. At the time, Yusei had been angry and upset at Jack’s betrayal. Older and far wiser, Yusei’s heart yearned to fill the emptiness within Jack’s chest. All the pain and all the suffering he had gone through in this moment… Jack had willingly betrayed Yusei to protect him and to gain a new life. One he regretted every single day.

Yusei would eventually learn the truth. It would not be until years later when they would fight amongst themselves with the Crimson Dragon scolding their behavior. It would not be until after Jack bled and Yusei cried that they would reconcile their sufferings. It would be another year before Yusei would be brave enough to press his lips to Jack’s, testing the waters of their friendship. And it would not be until yet another year before Jack would ask Yusei to marry him, his smile and heart and soul so much calmer than it had been in all his life.

The pain they endured at this moment was worth it all. Worth the eventual desired outcome despite how much Paradox tried to change it. Jack’s death would change the whole future for without his regrets, the Signers never would have met. Satellite and Neo Domino City would never have connected. Yusei would have been none the wiser, his Stardust and duel runner still within his possession and Rally saved. Jack would have faded from their existence, thought to have run and never made a name for himself. Yusei would have thought what could have been… and the torture and anguish of the people of Satellite would have continued. Perhaps, the Earthbound Immortals may have even won their game. Yusei would not have obtained his power, and none of the Signers would be there to stop their reign. Jack had been key to starting it all… and his death could be the reason they all fell.

“You fool!” Paradox cried out, both of their bodies passing through the vortex. Jack began to turn but Yusei and Paradox were sucked within, the entrance closing most likely before Jack could have seen. In his hold, Paradox struggled to push Yusei away. Grunting, he clung on, keeping themselves pressed together. Like hell he would be thrown away to a random time!

“Don’t you want to save the future? Why do you fight this?” Another portal opened at the end of a long tunnel, their passage to head back to Yusei’s timeline. Still clinging, Yusei focused on the white opening. He could hear Akiza, Lua, Luka, Crow, and even Jack calling out his name. Their future was still intact… and Yusei had a husband waiting for him on the other side.

“The future isn’t set in stone! And—I won’t let you do it! I won’t let you kill Jack for an outcome you aren’t even sure will happen!”

“It’s one life, Yusei! One life for thousands! Surely you must see the greater good here?”

They drew closer to the opening. Yusei honed in on Jack’s voice, hearing the terror and anguish yet adoration and confidence in his return.

“I will change the future! I will make it so Synchros never destroy us. And I’ll do it with Jack by my side! I won’t ever let you harm him.” Yusei glared, his face inches from Paradox’ mask. He could not tell his expression, but the enemy stopped struggling. He let them fall into the bright white light, back to the future already created because Jack got to live.

Maybe, just maybe, Paradox was starting to believe in Yusei. Believe in him just as his friends did. As his husband did. Believe that he could change the outcome that lay ahead. And Yusei, despite not believing in himself, would do everything he could to make that outcome a reality.

Jack had suffered long enough in this world. He had lost too much, had given up more. Yusei would rather let hell reign over them all before he would let Jack be lost to his own darkness. And that thought pushed him forward—no propelled him forward. He wanted a future where he and Jack could be happy.

“I’ll hold you to it.”

White light made Yusei blind.

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i watched all 20 episodes of "spy kids: mission critical" twice in about a week and here are my thoughts (pt 1/5)

these will be divided into 4 episodes per post so they stay about the same length as one spy kids movie

1.1

no theme song. :/

wow specific location

wow. we love lying to our spouses

greg actually kind of sounds like greg??? like ingrids not right in the slightest but greg sounds like greg

oh yeah i call him greg instead of gregorio bc thats Too Many Syllables

i dunno id rather go on an adventure

oh!!!!! ingrids hair!!!!! cute

they look like friggin iron knuckles from cadence of hyrule

how do you..... classify a move

also why would they teach agents to counter a move that they also taught the agents

dont you mean SWAT

is that tom kenny?????

thats not carmen. i dont care WHAT you say. thats not carmen

shes 14???

since when can he build???

since when do they LIVE at the oss?????

thats a ball. not a blob

oh mood

juni your voice is so squeaky

Every Villain Is Lemons

is this a separate universe????? we already know about the third brain program. and you cant claim that people havent seen the movies cuz theyre ALSO on netflix

the experiment wasnt FUTILE it actually went really well. yall are just cowards

you can destroy gold???? like its not DIAMOND

did golden brain go through childhood??? or did he just.... spawn as an adult????

alliteration

take a wild guess carmen

why are you wearing jeans in the DESERT????

"sis"??? who says that

oh boy fart jokes already

little brothers, cuz youre younger, were related, and youre boys

did you mutate the agents too?????

oh i feel you juni

oh boy butt jokes

carmen youre 14. where im from you COULD have a job at certain places

is he... gonna kill them?????

oh!!!! the mimicking is back!!!

theres no way you had taco butte in the last 5 minutes

teenagers?????? the franchise is spy KIDS get it right

there SHOULD be, yall are licensed spy kids

roll credits

juni stop trying to be a lone wolf it never works youve seen all 4 spy kids

i want to be her

are you.... knighted?????? or are you just british

hes like 11 what do you expect from him

ahavschaj acemate

carmens FACE she looks HIGH

finger guns???? hes bi

THUMB THUMB!!!!!!!

TOM thumb thumb!!!!!!

F L O O P!!!!!!!!!

nvm i want to be HER

im sorry how the H*CK did you just say fegan???????????

piercings!!!!!

and i OOP-

aztec???? bc the aztec death spiral??? nice

maybe im a little biased bc floop but shes my favorite

why are the parents here

who calls it a cuddle bear?????? its a teddy bear what are yall on

oh i love carmens socks

i gotta say im living for goldies aesthetic

haha coward

to be fair hes from the outback, they have friggin emus. those things are creepy

:0 sneaky

nice timing

1.2

wow ig there really is no theme song :(

how can he sleep with a TEACUP

i think at some point youd just... fall asleep????

wow big flex

and i OOP-

scorpions so mean i love her

for like 3 seconds that animation looked like a friggin barbie movie

i thought thumb thumbs couldnt hold things???? like thats their whole point

did she hang up on them?????

when your mom said she wouldnt get mad if you tell the truth so you tell the truth and she still gets mad

K A N Y E?????????

oh no they all have died

drowning a chainsaw????????

PLENTY OF PEOPLE

my parents whenever im tired

did you not hear her name shes clearly immortal

stop yelling

at that point he shoudknt have even been able to drink the milk

why are the spotlights on carmen

*2 hours later*

dont put the phone on the desk????? have you not have a teacher give you detention for that????? i have

i think its pretty obvious what he was dreaming about

in the subtitles the u has the dots but hes not pronouncing it right. it should be more "keurp-ka-kay", not just "coop-ka-kay"

everyone has weird dreams????? step off ace

class lasted for 5 minutes wtf

do the three of them share a phone???? thats what it says in her contacts

ok visage thats a little too far

i hate this dude so much

visage shes allowed to be on her phone shes not in class

psi???? like earthbound????

😔

theyre not wrong

STOP YELLING

thats?? not possible?????? youre just weak

why are you saying that out loud

dude stop im dying of second hand embarrassment

wait the sign with the transcribed words doesnt have the ü. so how he pronounced it WAS right they just messed up the subtitles

i thought there was only ONE of its kind why do they EACH have one?????

why did so many people lose????? it seems pretty straightforward

also i love her ringtone

is that tom kenny again??????

thats.... not how it works

he should not have made that

so the big reveal is that it was his mom, but how does he know shes a cortez now?????? she was avellan at that point

take a wild guess

spurious??????? why are you using his first name

i dont???? think you can????????

1.3

the beats pretty good, im tapping my feet

i love his voice

thats not disco thats TECHNO

actually discos probably right. hes german and in germany clubs are called diskos. the music hes playing is pretty clubby, therefore it would be disco

she has spotify premium???? nice

ooooh scorpion has bed curtains!!!!

why do both cortezes have the floor bed???

how can juni hear aces music???? did his headphones get unplugged????? is it just super loud?????

sounds more like kids music than folk music

HOLY CRAP HES LISTENING TO THE WIGGLES (no offense to the wiggles)

yes hes a heavy sleeper we discussed this last time

he has a bazooka you might wanna run

"carmen is not here" me too carmen, me too

glitch chill

oh yay piss jokes

how does so much stuff come out on the floss

she was asleep???????? take it easy glitch

creative name

also the music sounds like it came right out of cadence of hyrule??????? which could be possible bc the girl who voices glitch also voiced link

glitch its clearly a virus

carmen you can go, psi can handle this

hes so protective of his records im dying

BAHAHA she said "worm?" and ofc my dumb ass thought she meant worm as in "oh worm?"

1.4

i had a whole bunch but tumbr decided to delete it and i dont wanna rewrite it so we missed the last 4 minutes of 1.3 and the first 8 of 1.4, sorryyy

it doesnt matter anyway no ones gonna read this

this whole point system was in the fourth movie, get some new plot points

is that really a good idea carmen???

throwback to when i was a kid and wanted to learn australian

oh no they died

JUNI NO YOU SAID IN THE THIRD MOVIE TO N E V E R SPLIT UP

sheilas a great name shut up

listen i see mirages all the time in the summer but how do you see a fake building???? its always a puddle of water

yeah the outback STEAKHOUSE

you sound like youre on crack

oh no he died

one time i ate a bug bc i thought it was some leftover dorito i had stuck in my teeth

hes pretty good at shelters, did you not see the second spy kids???

hey he calles him juni!!!

s n e a k y

what even is heat rash?????

STOP YELLING

nice STEALTH you tell him he has nice STEALTH

#spy kids #spy kids mission critical #mission critical #spy kids spoilers #spoilers #juni cortez #carmen cortez #fegan floop

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