A Trilogy of Tension

Based on three Laps in the F-Zero anime: Laps 9, 10, and 11, as well as the original Yugioh. This was a sort of coping mechanism for Ikran as each Lap gave her anxiety in the past, showing that Dark Million should no longer be taken seriously.
==Lap 1==
Based on the events of Lap 9, Jody's Secret.
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As Tinsel was heading home from her shift in the Mobile Task Force, she decided to look for her best friend, Rick. She eventually found him in his usual relaxing place, Memory Park, watching the ships go by; something that he and Haruka used to do 150 years ago. She wondered if it was the accident that got him so down, on what happened to Jody after he slammed the Death Anchor into the White Cat and Zoda winning that fateful race. Rick told her that Jody's actually half-human, a cyborg, thanks to a lethal shootout in downtown Mute City invaded by Zoda! She lost her brother, Andy, but she survived thanks to the robotic implants made by Dr. Stewart. Her words rang in his ears that there's more than just payback and must focus on the little things too. She hated what Zoda did to her, but Dark Million should be their biggest priority. Tinsel reluctantly agreed with her words and followed him to base.
Little did the duo knew, Jody left for Planet Alcatrand and its abandoned prison! Sure enough, she was there, then ambushed by Dark Soldiers led by the maniacal mutant! Rick was on the prowl, making them scurry, though Jody was caught in the rain of fire! Or more like ice, since the Silver Comet managed to freeze the bullets and shut down the guns, causing the battleship to flee! Luckily, Rick and Jody were unscathed, although she had a shot shoulder blade from her cyber parts!
As they were heading back to Earth, Tinsel muttered for backup and called Yugi in Domino City, Japan. She warned him that Dark Million should be taken more seriously, and she needs the Duelists' help again!
==Lap 2==
This was based on the Lap, The Promise, which was supposed to be Episode 10, though 4Kids switched it to Lap 6, before Miss Killer's actual debut 2 episodes later!
A week passed after the fateful shootout and stunning secret, and Tinsel visited the Falcon House before starting her shift. Rick and Lucy were there along with the sick kid, Alias, whom they'd met before Rick and Tinsel were on the search for Samurai Goroh. He said he has an upcoming heart surgery that'll save his life, but he was too nervous. Then, Roger Buster came in for Burt's intergalactic delivery of Doreyean mangos specially for Alias! He heard of his fears too, and he decided to take up the Fake Star race! Rick volunteered to participate too, as an incentive for Alias to take the operation, while Roger'll give him more mangos. They made a handshake and sealed the deal, though since the race was overbooked, Tinsel had to sit this race out!
None of Dark Million's cronies happen to be there, although Falcon was along with the Mighty machines and the White Cat and Dragon Bird. It was suspicious, and her fears had been justified as the Federation received ransom to give Zoda 10 million space credits, or each machine shall blow if over/under the orange zone! The Platoon got the alert, and the race became stagnant. One machine went too fast and blew up, which proved Clash wrong as he thought it was some kind of prank! While he analyzed the sensors, the Blue Falcon leapt off course and stuck beneath the track! He boosted and invaded the blank blimp overhead!
Meanwhile, Tinsel contacted Yugi and Joey, and Falcon sent them directions to the nearest Warp Gate that'll take them to Mute City from Domino City! They took the route, Yugi transformed to Yami, and Joey aged his monster to the Thousand Dragon. Both it and the Curse of Dragon unleashed their fury onto the blimp, while sending out a stowaway, Kuriboh! He glowed and exploded the blimp while Falcon escaped and was taken off by the Falcon Flyer! The blimp was crashlanding toward a mountain side where the sniper, Pico, was! He bailed, and Jody shouted for Rick to slow down!! He had a promise to keep to Alias, stepped on the accelerator, and won without exploding!!
Draq received corporal punishment for betraying Roger and giving into Miss Killer's demands on giving up the goods. He questioned if they'd still be partners if Draq continues to be so weak! Rick was also punished for disobeying orders and was put on an intense probation for a month! That got under Tinsel's skin; whenever he does a good deed, especially helping Alias, he gets the bitter end of the stick! While Alias smiled and thanked Rick for winning as a space transport left Earth along with his mom and the 2 deliverymen.
==Lap 3==
Based on the events of Lap 11, Double Jeopardy. This was supposed to be Lap 12, but it was 11 in English and had to cut Clank out! Décor was also changed as it was supposed to be a Christmas episode in Japan, but in the US, it was a few weeks prior!
A week after the fateful Fake Star Race, Jody summoned Rick to Tanaka's office; there, he and Tinsel saw the face of their assailant! When Tinsel was giving Rick mouth-to-mouth as his life was fading thanks to The Skull! Her name's Miss Killer (Luna Ryder in the English dub), and Jody had evidence she works for Black Shadow and has entered the Meteor Stream race! Like the last one, since it was a popular tourist site, it was overbooked; only Rick, Lucy, Jack, and EAD entered while Tinsel was cut out again!! Jody, however, volunteered for her to keep an eye out with her Duel Monsters!
She was in the audience and the arena was still breathable despite being over Earth! The shields went down, and deadly meteors were hitting the track! Tinsel immediately summoned her Duel Monsters in Attack Mode to fight back the onslaught, while one remained in Defense Mode! Since she was in space, and was so far away, she couldn't contact her friends; she was on her own!
Each monster fought valiantly to protect the pilots, though the sudden appearance of the Black Bull made her horrified; she assumed the emperor of brutality was responsible as wrath was his way on winning! She ordered the Monsters to continue protecting the drivers, and ignore the Black Bull, although there was an oncoming stream heading toward the leading pilots: Rick, Falcon, Miss Killer, and Black Shadow! The Bull hammered the Shadow out of the way and took the blow, as did the brave Giant Soldier of Stone!! Each monster was falling...
Except for the Winged Dragon, Guardian of the Fortress! He nuzzled Tinsel as she cowered, and everyone was ok, though the Bull, Falcon, and Shadow disappeared! By default, Lucy Liberty was victorious after 7 excruciating laps!!
Ric, Jack, Burt and Tinsel celebrated Lucy's epic victory!! Although...this was just the beginning of Tinsel's curse losing several races, and eventually quitting Dueling as Yugi and Joey get busy with a 10,000-year curse!
== Trivia ==
* This was a crossover fic involving Yugioh, including Yugi, Yami, Joey, and some of their Duel Monsters. Those include: Baby Dragon, Time Wizard, Thousand Dragon, Kuriboh, Catapult Turtle, Red-Eyes Darkness Dragon, Winged Dragon/Guardian of the Fortress, and Giant Statue of Stone.
* Ever since she first saw these episodes in the FoxBox, Ikran became anxious on the three episodes as Dark Million was truly raising the bar! It was based on 3 episodes Jody's Secret, The Promise, and Double Jeopardy.
* Ironically...4Kids took out The Promise and made it episode 6, which was irrelevant since Miss Killer was seen before her debut 2 episodes later, while Japan did the same!
* The podfic features 2 songs; Ikran was into DDR back in 2004, mostly Extreme such as Absolute by DJ Taka (for Allias' theme), and Drop the Bomb by Scotty D.
* The third chapter, as well as the 11th episode, features the Outer Space Meteor Stream circuit from F-Zero AX!
* By the second chapter, based on The Promise, Ikran started to despise Jody Summer in the anime! Especially whenever she punishes Rick despite doing a good deed or slaps him a lot! It'll be significant in Ending it All.
* After the events of the trilogy, story-wise it kickstarted Tinsel curse on losing races, and this was before Yugi and Joey dealt with the Great Leviathan and Dartz, thus she quit dueling.
* The idea of having Jody as a cyborg reminded Ikran of Det. Del Spooner from I, Robot; they were both made in 2004, after all. He wasn't the only cyborg cop that has a vendetta.
*There were some minor errors in this fic: Alias was actually called Timmy in the English dubs, as Ikran couldn't remember it till the remaining 3 episodes were miraculously recorded; the dialogue was a tad inaccurate as Roger was the one who uttered for Alias to take risks instead of Burt; Rick's line was off as he wanted to make his promise to Alias official; Alias didn't thank Rick at the end of Lap 2 in the English dub, contrary to the Stonestream Dub.
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