Haas nodded to everyone voicing where they wanted to go. Angelo and Camryn didn't even wait on confirmation before dashing off towards the Turbo Dueling arena, though they had voiced their opinions pretty clearly even before this meeting. Amelia showed up in the middle of it, which Joshua pointed out to him, but that didn't prove to be an issue once Haas briefly explained the situation. She tagged along with the group going upstairs, of which Haas realized a little too late that it included almost everyone. [b][color=aba000]"Huh...? Hey, guys, wait!"[/color][/b] The boy tried to stop everyone, but by the time he did, they already vanished up the stairwell. This meant about three fourths of the group was going to intercept that Ante duel, leaving only Hayate and Haas to investigate the missing students.

[b][color=aba000]"Oh man, I don't even know where to begin..."[/color][/b] Haas wheezed, slightly starting to panic. His lack of actual planning was coming to bite him in the butt. This wasn't helped by the fact that another shadow came through the door. Haas panicked, thinking it was someone related to the kidnappings. He grabbed Hayate by the wrist and dived behind the reception desk to see who it was. Much to his surprise, however....

[b][color=aba000]"...Huh? Hayato? What are you doing here?"[/color][/b]

...it was Hayato who showed up. Didn't Hayato want to work alone last time Haas asked?[hr]Angelo and Camryn snuck through the front door with relative ease, disappearing into the shifting sands on their way to the Turbo arena. At first they didn't notice anything due to an ill-timed sandstorm, though luckily not a very strong one. As they drew closer to their goal they could start to see flashes of bright lights in the sky, followed soon after by the roaring of a Duel Runner's engine. In fact, the duel runner wasn't the only roar they heard. It was faint, but the duo could've sworn they heard a dragon's roar as well.

When Camryn and Angelo arrived at the Turbo Dueling arena, they took a moment to get the sand out of their clothes before checking to see if the door was open. Sure enough, they stumbled into the garage without issue. The lights inside were on, and one of the gates to the tracks were open. The rumors about somebody using them at this time seemed to have been true after all. Figuring that it wasn't a good idea to go out unprepared, Angelo and Camryn swiftly changed into their riding suits and fetched their Duel Runners. Once they pushed them out onto the track, the duo looked around to find the figure they were looking for. The tracks were pitch black, it seemed someone had turned off the lights.

But not for very long. Behind Angelo, the sound of a Duel Runner kicking off the ground suddenly emerged. The spotlights turned on, following a one-wheeled machine soaring through the air overheads. The monowheel had a silver colouring, with an arrow at the front and two 'wings' on the back end, stretched out and coloured a deep blue. The Duel Runner landed a bit in front of the duo of students, spinning around in place for a little while before stopping to face Camryn and Angelo. The person driving it was wearing a white coat over his riding suit, with a cut in the middle to let the tails fall on both ends of the monowheel. From the back-left end of the Duel Runner extended a long, straight and flat Duel Disk mounted on top one of the handlebars. There was a white helmet with a blue vizor on the person's head which obscured their eyes. From underneath the front part of the helmet a golden bang stuck out and on the left and right sides two thick earrings escaped, dark gray and in the shape of the letter 'J'.

[b][color=fff79a]"Idiots... I didn't think there were still people foolish enough to challenge the [i]King[/i]!"[/color][/b][hr]The group going upstairs had become quite sizeable, consisting of no less than seven people. Amelia, Joshua, Michelle, Leander, Maisy, Megan and Nathan all moved together and made sure to watch their step, lest they accidentally draw the attention of any possible security roaming the halls. They all made it up to floor 15 unscathed, but something was off. When Megan pushed open the door, they saw that none of the lights inside were on. Nathan, being the voice of reason, pointed out this might've been a trap. Everyone else basically shrugged him off, however, and went inside anyway. Reluctantly Nathan had followed them inside as well, after which the door slammed shut behind them. Everyone suddenly got grabbed underneath the armpits and held in an arm lock, restraining their movement as the lights sprung on.

[color=8493ca]"Well, well! Didn't think the pilferers would show!"[/color]

A higher pitched, male voice rang out from the opposite end of the room. All around the investigation group were Dark Dorm students, vastly outnumbering everyone there. In the direction the voice came from there was one guy who didn't wear his jacket like the rest, looking a bit older as well. He was sitting in one of the audience seats, legs crossed and resting on his right fist with a smug grin plastered across his face. The guy wore baggy green pants and a dark gray button-up that was missing a button around the middle, with his jacket flung over the shoulders like a cape. His hair was chocolaty brown and [i]incredibly[/i] spiky, with a fringe falling down and covering his left eye. His other eye was a rather odd silver.

The boy jumped down from the audience seat onto the floor below, whistling a little as he evaluated each person present.

[color=8493ca]"Oh man, oh man. When the boys told me a couple'a jokers snuck into that Meio guy's room and left with the note in hand, I kinda expected security to show up. Didn't think you'd all be stupid enough to show up in person though!"[/color]

The boy laughed at his own statement briefly, then paused to scan everyone again. He took notice of something, clearly, because a broad smirk formed on his face again.

[color=8493ca]"They even have their Duel Disks at the ready, no way! Did you guys think to duel instead of that fish guy or something? Without security as backup?! You guys got guts! Aha, tell you what, kiddos! Those who want to volunteer, gimme a shout right now. I'll take two of you on, yeah? If you win, I'll let ya go. If not... Heh! Well, another two can always try, right? And besides..."[/color] The boy's eyes trailed off towards Amelia, licking his lips. The Dark Dorm holding her seemed to have caught on, tightening his grip on her so she let out a small cry in response.

[color=8493ca]"You wouldn't want to put a pretty little thing like her in any danger, eh?"[/color]