Hello and welcome to one of my first fanfics. This is inspired by the story Shadowchasers written by Cyber Commader, and I have used his world with his permission. Hopefully I don't let down such an excellent writer.
This story is set 7 years after GX, so not in the 5D's universe. I will be using the forbidden list as of March 2009 and when that changes I won't be changing this fic to suit it.
There won't be much mention of the stars of the GX show but when they do show up I will be using the Japanese names. Using TCG cards I will be using their American names, and for cards that exist only in the OCG, I'll use the most agreed-upon translation. For anime-only cards, I'll use either the original name or the dub name, depending on which makes more sense.
Now onto the Story!
Shadowchasers The Calling
A fanfic by Lightningshadow7
Chapter 1: The Tour
Oh Come on! What do you mean I got to…but look at the kid…I have to do what? Take the kid with me! Huh. Well when you put it like that Jalal.
Ok kid I guess that's the deal. My name is Andrew Tennent. I have to show you the ropes. I get the joy of teaching you how a Shadowchaser does his runs. You were supposed to be in San Francisco for your training but lucky for us, your in Chicago for the job with me.
Wait what? You don't know what a Shadowchaser is? Oh come on now. Where did they get you, the idiot tree? Fine I'll tell ya but only this once so pay attention. The Shadowchasers are a group who deal with Shadows and keep humanity safe from them and them safe from humanity.
Wait you don't even know what a Shadow is? You are kidding me right? Your serious? Gee whiz ok here's how I explain it to you. You know all those things in bed times stories and movies with midgets-I mean hobbits? The elves and Orcs and dragons? They're real. They come from a world where they are incredibly common but were snatched off by some weird force and dumped here with no memory of how or what their home was like. But they adapted.
Why don't humans see this? Wouldn't this be reported to the government? That's the thing humans can see it. Problem is our brains blot it out, call it a trick of the light or rationalizes it. I know a guy who was dating a Troll for 7 months, and didn't even realize it, only broke up with her because her 'dog' kept tearing up the sofa. Right.
Not all humans are like this. Some, like you and me, can see them. We are called Aware. There's no mist over our eyes. There is also the Sensitive who get some idea something's wrong but aren't really sure.
Now 1000 years ago, the Shadowchasers were created by Jalal a half dragon who saw the logic in making a group dedicated to stopping either group taking advantage of another. Ofcourse most humans don't know we exist so don't be writing home to your mum about us, unless you want to be put in a loony bin kay kid?
Now let me show you around…
Andrew sighed as he prepared to show the kid around the base. He scratched the back of his dark brown hair, and kept rubbing his dark eyes. His accent showed he was clearly American, and he wore a black trench coat with a Navy Blue lining, while he wore normal black jeans. Across his back he wore what seemed to be a metal back pack, with a timer on it that read 13:42.
From the front the base looked like a rundown old garage and repair store. The buildings on either side of it were even more run down and there weren't many visitors. He saw the kid go squeamish upon the sight of it.
"If you think this is bad, wait till you meet an Ooze creature. You will be crying for a warm shower." He stepped towards the sign which read Closed, and tapped the O sign twice. "Let me in Sam. I've got the new kid with me." A large outdated SUV in the back moved like it was on a conveyer belt, to the side revealing a glowing blue staircase. Andrew walked towards it before turning around at the scared trainee. "Kid I'm not going to hold your hand. Either come along or stay there. Doesn't bother me." As he walked down, the kid came down right behind him.
Below was far more impressive. Pristine White walls and floors, there was a large HD TV in the corner. A lab was connected to the far side of the room, while living quarters were connected on either side of the room, men on one side women on the other. In the centre of the room stood a large pad with a light on the bottom that was currently green. "That is where Jalal sends us orders via hologram. If we need him we can use it to talk to him, but right now we don't need him."
The kid asked carefully, "Wait, isn't Jalal the half dragon who made the Shadowchasers 1000 years ago?" Andrew nodded. "Yup. Good to know your following." Before any more questions could be ignored, another person entered from one of the living quarters. She was blond haired and very tall and lithe, she was clutching a cross that lay across her chest and had her head facing towards it.
"Hey Sandy! Good to see you! This is the new trainee! The kid's name is-" he stopped himself when he saw her look. The look. Her beautiful face had a snarl that chilled both Shadowchasers to the bone. Her blue eyes were almost animal like. "Sorry. Didn't know. Carry on." Sandy looked back to her cross and went back to her room.
"Pal, a bit of advice if your going to stay here. Do not bother Sandy Lunar when she's praying. I'd rather wrestle a Hydra then disturb Sandy when she's praying. At least with the Hydra the suffering would be quick." It's hard to tell if he's joking. "Maybe Sam is in a better mood." Andrew led the recruit to the lab he knocked twice. Then he heard a gruff voice answer.
"Whose bothering me?" Andrew stepped away from the door and the recruit soon saw why. A powerful kick opened the door from inside, and out came a tall, Military looking man. What was most unusual about him was that his dark skin ended at his left arm was completely metal. "What you looking at?" Sam said, before grabbing the recruit with his normal arm. "You think this is some zoo you can just stare wherever you like?" The recuit was terrified at this and felt like crying. Then Sam started to laugh.
"Ah man, I'm just pulling your chain. Man Andy where do they get these guys?" He let the recruit down gently. "The name's Samuel Mason, ex US army Corporal and father of two. Welcome to the Shadowchasers. Think your ready to hunt down the most dangerous creatures this world has ever known?" He had a very proud, patriotic smile.
"Now Sam, we don't just catch humans." At this Sam visibly turned visibly angry. Before he could respond, the backpack Andrew was wearing beeped, before speaking in an effeminate male voice.
"Warning, Shadowkind detected stealing a motorcycle from a human and destroying a public place in the process. Species is determineded to be Tiefling." Andrew shook his head. "Well, kid it's time to see how we handle things in the Shadowchaser bizz. See ya Sammy!" before rushing the recruit up the stairs. Sam just sighed before returning to the lab.
Andrew gets on top of his motorcycle, a red and silver off road bike. It appears to be reinforced and it's engine is huge. The speedometer has a gauge that can go up to 300 miles per hour. Andrew pulls the recruit on behind him. "Hold on tight, this ain't a kids ride." He revs the handle, before it shoots off.
Riding on the bike, every moment seems to be like watching a movie on fast-forward. The walls appear and then are avoided with incredible reflexes. A mistiming could make the motorcycle go splat. "Fun isn't it kid?" The kid's response was being sick. "Oh God, don't get it on my ride!"
Finally the ride began to slow down upon coming closer to another motorcycle. It was a normal hog, black no defining characteristics except for the fact the license plate had been visibly melted down and torn off.
"Ok get off the motorcycle buddy!" Andrew stated as he rode up alongside the opposing driver. "As a Shadowchaser, I order you to get off the motorcycle! I won't be asking again!" The driver wasn't accommodating, and made a rude gesture, before pulling out what appeared to be a miniature flamethrower. He pulled the trigger, and a jet of flames shot out at Andrew's bike. A quick flip of the wrist, and Andrew had slowed down and was directly behind the rider.
"Alright, don't say I never warned you." Reaching into his backpack, he pulled out a long silver sword. It was inlayed with some runes that glowed dark blue. He then zoomed forward, and slashed at the tires of the motorcycle. The motor cycle started to spiral out of control and the Tiefling leapt out of the vehicle, dropping his flame thrower as he did so.
As the Tiefling got up from the fall, not looking worse for wear, Andrew drove up to him got off the bike and pulled off his backpack. "Kid, stay on the bike." The recruit eagerly agreed. "Alright Mr…I'm sorry what's your name."
"It's Fred. Fred Grind." Andrew raised an eyebrow.
"Grind? You sure?" The Tiefling took off his helmet and revealed through his brown hair he had short curly horns. His eyes were dark red, not just the irises but all of the eye except the pupil.
"Of course I'm sure! What kind of idiot doesn't know his own name?" Andrew raised his hands defensively.
"Ok, ok. No offense. Now I'm going to give you the option of a fair contest before bringing you in." Out of his backpack he pulled out a new duel disk, resembling a yellow version of the ones from Duel academy.
"WHAT? You're dueling him? Why are you dueling him? You should be arresting him!" Both Shadow and Shadowchaser turned to look at the recruit.
"Is he new?" Fred asked.
"Very new. This is training day. But I thought he would know this much." He put his head in his hands, before addressing the recruit.
"In the Treaty- you know at least that much right? The agreement between Shadowchasers and all recognized Shadows? They would be exempt from human laws, but if they broke Shadowchaser laws they would be given the option of a fair contest before being brought to trial. However it was hard to decide what a fair contest was, because Shadows were usually stronger then humans and Shadowchasers knew special techniques-are you sure no one explained this to you?" The kid's head shook, signaling no.
"Well anyway, after duelmonsters was made Jalal decided this would be the best fair contest, since no one could expect what cards or strategies the other duelist could use so it was fair to both sides. Now I'm going to offer this guy a fair trial. If he doesn't accept, I take him down. I couldn't exactly duel him on a motorcycle now could I? That would be dumb."
"I accept. Now quit chatting, and let's finish this." The Tiefling pulled out a very old model, resembling the ones from Battle city.
Both dueldisks lighted up and extended allowing both duelists to put their decks in. Both duelists drew 5 cards, before both announced,
"Duel!"
(Fred: 8,000) - - - - - - - - - - (Andrew: 8,000)
"I'll go first, human." Fred said grinning as he drew his 6th card. "I set a monster facedown and end my turn." The Brown back of the card appeared in front of him.
Andrew drew his 6th card, before grinning. "Alright, time for some real action. I summon Gladiator Beast Laquari (1800/400)!" As the card appeared on the field, a ring of fire surrounded it, before out of it leapt a humanoid tiger warrior, wearing a red chest plate. It roared as it made it's entrance. "This is my favorite card, so why don't you get to know it better. Rocket Claw attack!" The Beast-Warrior leapt at the facedown monster, before it revealed itself as a blue turtle like creature. The turtle wasn't around long before it burst into pieces by the attack.
"Moron. That was my UFO Turtle (1400/1200) and when it's destroyed in battle I can summon a fire monster with 1500 or less attack. Like my Solar flare Dragon (1500/1000)!" Appearing on the field was a long snake, seemingly made out of fire.
Andrew wasn't impressed. "Oh a Solar Flare Dragon, real original. You think of that yourself or did you steal that from the internet?" Fred was visibly steaming from that remark. "I however, have a surprise up my sleeve. Tag Out!"
Laquari turned around to face Andrew. A gate appeared infront of him. Out walked what appeared to be a heavily armed rhinoceros. The two Gladiators gave each other a high five, before Laquari walked into the gate and disappeared, and the rhinoceros bent down on the knee and covered himself with a tower shield. (700/2100--2400)
"This is Gladiator Beast Hoplomus, in defense mode. When a Gladiator Beast survives a battle with another monster, I can put it back into my deck and summon a different Gladiator Beast from my deck. More helpfully the Gladiator beasts gain new powers if they are summoned this way. Case in point, Hoplomus' Original Defense becomes 2400 if summoned by Tag Out." Quickly glancing at the cards in his hands, he set two down.
"I end my turn."
"Finally! I've been waiting forever for you to shut up!" He drew his next card and glared at it. "Alright! Prepare for double the trouble! I summon another Solar Flare Dragon (1500/1000)" Another Solar Flare dragon appeared alongside the original. The two dragons then snaked their heads around each other, appearing to be a two headed dragon.
"As long as another Pyro monster is on the field you can't attack a Solar Flare Dragon. And since both my Solar Flare dragon's are Pyro type-"
"Yes yes, I can't attack either of them. The infamous Solar Flare Lock. Oh the horror, like I haven't seen this before." Andrew Said sarcastically.
"Alright fine it's not original! But that doesn't mean you can beat it! I set a card facedown and end my turn." The hologram appeared behind the two dragons, both of which started to glow bright orange.
"Oh, the Solar Flare Dragon's effect, how could I forget? They deal 500 damage each to my lifepoints at the end of your turns. What can I do? It's not like I have a facedown card to help me." He dryly stated, before pressing a button on his duel disk. One of his facedown cards lifted itself, revealing a trap card.
"Meet my Gladiator Beast War Chariot. When you activate a monster's effect and I have a Gladiator beast face up, this card negates the monster's effect and your monster is destroyed." One of the solar Flare Dragon's heads roared in pain before disappearing. "I still take 500 points of damage from the other dragon, but I can accept that."
(Fred: 8,000) - - - - - - - - - - (Andrew: 7,500)
Ignoring the Tiefling's angry glares, Andrew drew his card. "Alright then, I summon Gladiator Beast Darius (1700/300) in attack mode!" A volley of light emerged from the hologram of the card before a purple humanoid with a horse' head stepped out, adorned in yellow shoulder pads and loincloth.
"Now Gladiator Beast Darius, destroy the Solar Flare Dragon!" Darius charged towards the dragon, and punched it into pixels with a right hook. Fred was smirking however.
"I activate my facedown card, Backfire! Now you take 500 points of damage whenever you destroy one of my fire monsters!" However his trap card shattered. "What? What did you do?" Andrew pointed at the card he had just activated.
"This is my Parry trap card. When you activate a trap, I can send one Gladiator Beast in my hand back to my deck, like my Gladiator Beast Dimacari (1600/1200) to negate and destroy it. Bye bye." He shuffled the card back into his deck. "But since it's the end of my battle phase, I can send Darius back to my deck to bring out someone new. Meet Gladiator Beast Samnite (1600/1200)! Tag out!" Once again the gate appeared, but this time a white tiger, adorned with a shield and a glowing white sword leapt out of the gate. Darius disappeared into the gate, and back into the deck.
"I set a card facedown and end my turn." He looked Fred right in the eye, as if daring him to do something new. And it was starting to make Fred sweat.
"That's it! No more mr nice guy! Kid gloves coming off! You want it you got it!" Before drawing his card and looking at it. "Alright, I remove from play one Solar Flare Dragon and one UFO turtle from my graveyard," He put both cards in his pocket. "To special summon Inferno(1100/1900) and Spirit of Flames (1700/1000)!" The two monsters that appeared were both very angry and seem to give off smoke as they touched the ground. Inferno seemed to be a face made entirely of fire, and in its jaws held human skulls. Spirit of Flames looked like it was formed out of lava.
"But that's not all I'm doing. I sacrifice both of these monsters," The two monsters stopped glaring at Andrew to face their master with confused faces. "Quiet you two." The two monsters disappeared in flames. "To Summon Infernal Flame Emperor (2700/1600)!" Out of the flames rose a huge behemoth, a giant creature with two sets of wings coming out it's back. It breathed fire from it's body as it roared. Andrew rubbed sweat off his forehead with his sleeve.
"Whoo boy. Is it getting hot out here or is it just me?" Fred's eyes glowed red at the Shadowchaser. "No need to get so fiery with me." He laughed at his own joke and looked at the recruit by the bike, who hadn't said a word. "Oh come on, that was funny! Sigh. Everyone's a critic." before returning to the duel.
"That's it! Infernal Flame Emperor tear him to shreds!" Andrew raised his chin.
"You sure? Really sure?" But it did no good, as Infernal Flame Emperor shot out a blast of fire anyway. "Alright, don't say I didn't warn you. Go Waboku!" Three women in blue gowns stood infront of the gladiators, absorbing the fire. After the fire died down the three women disappeared.
"My Waboku reduced battle damage to me or my monsters to 0. Now my Samnite survived the battle and you know what that means? Tag Out!" The gateway appeared behind Samnite, who walked in before being replaced by what looked like a fish in amour carrying two rocket packs on it's shoulders.
"Meet Gladiator Beast Murmillo (800/400). And he's going to destroy your Infernal Flame Emperor." The Gladiator readied it's trident. The Tiefling smirked.
"It doesn't stand a chance. And there is no way you can make it strong enough by next turn to beat my monster." Andrew shook his head.
"Not next turn. Now. Murmillo, Sub-Aquatic Barrage!" The Murmillo's rocket pads opened up and shot out two spiked missiles at the Flame Emperor, who held it's chest as it was struck before bursting into pixels. "My Murmillo can destroy 1 face up monster when it's special summoned by a Gladiator Beast. Of course this wouldn't have happened if you were smart enough to activate your monster's effect."
Fred looked confused for a moment before he slapped his head in realization. "Oh no! I could have removed a monster from my graveyard and destroyed your trap! I wouldn't have battled it, and you would be stuck with Samnite!" Andrew winked at the Shadow.
"Got it in one, give the man a prize? How about a one way ticket to your jail cell, escorted by me? If you give up now, I'll throw in a basket of goodies." Visibly fuming, Fred set one card face down and ended his turn with one card in his hand.
"But everyone likes a basket of goodies..." Andrew said sounding heartbroken. Then he looked at his card and became serious again. "I Summon Test Tiger (600/300)!" A small tiger cub appeared on the field, adorned in miniature amour. It mewed at Fred. The Tiefling sniggered.
"Oh what's that going to do? Drink milk at me?" Andrew had an evil grin on his face that made the Tiefling nervous.
"Don't. Mess. With. The. Kitty." Fred gulped. "Test Tiger, Activate effect. Tag Out!" The kitten disappeared, while a gate appeared behind Murmillo. It walked into the gate.
"Wait a minute, there was no battle, how come the Gladiator Beast's effect be activating?" The recruit asked, speaking up for the first time since the duel had started. Andrew stopped shuffling his deck to turn to the recruit.
"Simple kid. Test Tiger's effect jumpstarts it, after I tribute it. Now I can special summon a Gladiator Beast from my deck. Meet one of my strongest creatures, Gladiator Beast Alexander (2400/600)!" Out of the tunnel a lion wearing golden armor with two angel like wings appears. Both it's wings glow white with energy.
"When my Gladiator Beast is summoned this way, it can't be affected by spell cards. Alexander attack him directly!" The Gladiator Beast's wings blasted bolts of white energy at Fred. However before the attack could reach, a suit of armor rose out of the ground and took the blast.
"What the heck?" Andrew exclaimed. The armor lumbered towards the Gladiator, before it was in striking range and lunged at it. When the armor had the Beast in it's grip both shattered into pixels.
"Sakuretsu Armor destroys a monster that attacks me. Not too smart are you?" Andrew was none too pleased.
"Watch it pal, I'm not done with you yet. I set a card facedown and end my turn." He flexed his hands, now devoid of any cards.
Fred drew his card and then looked at Andrew, before revealing what he had drawn. "See this Meteor of destruction? Why don't you get more personal with it?" He put the card in his spell and trap slot, and the hologram sky grew red as a comet appeared to fall from the sky, striking Andrew and knocking him down.
"That all you got?" Andrew said, getting up slowly.
"Not even close. First I set a card facedown," the card's hologram appeared in his spell and trap zone. "But then I play Blasting Vein! I sacrifice the spell card and draw two from my deck!"
The card shattered into pixels. Suddenly a dark spirit rose from where the trap had just been, and went inside Andrew, causing him great pain.
"Did I forget to mention that was black Pendent, and when it's destroyed you take 500 points of damage? An oldie but a goody."
(Fred: 8,000) - - - - - - - - - - (Andrew: 6,000)
Fred smiled at his new cards. "Well what do you know? My luck's turning around! I summon Blazing Inpachi (1850/0)!" A pile of logs appeared infront of Fred, before they ignited. They slowly rose and formed into a living mechanical being. Andrew however was unimpressed. "Your monster still can't get through my gladiator Beast, and if you try I'll just be getting a new one." Not to mention the fact that my facedown Defensive tactics will prevent any damage to him if he does increase the Inpachi's power. He thought to himself. "I wouldn't worry about that. I play Shield Crush!" As the card's hologram appeared on the field, a red blast from the card destroyed Gladiator Beast Hoplomus. "My Shield Crush destroys one monster that's in defense mode on the field. And now your wide open. Blazing Inpachi, Charcol Blast!" The Pyro monster sucked in a huge expanse of air, before releasing it as smog and fire at Andrew. "*cough* that wasn't nice *cough*." As he wiped the soot off himself.(Fred: 8,000) - - - - - - - - - - (Andrew: 4,150)
"Oh I'm so worried about your opinion about me. I can't do anything else though, so take your turn." Andrew drew his next card, looked at it with a blank stare, before setting it in the monster zone. "Your move."Drawing his card, Fred's eyes bulged open. "Oh boy. This is not your day. I summon Royal Firestorm Guards (1700/1200)!" A large red reptilian monster appeared on the field, it's lower body being one large tail and it's upper body possessing claws. It flashed red, before Fred's graveyard ignited.
"Don't be alarmed human." He said the last word mockingly, "My monster allows me to take 4 pyro monsters from my graveyard and reshuffle it back in my deck." He took out Infernal Flame Emperor, Inferno, Spirit of Flames and his last Solar Flare dragon out of his graveyard and shuffled them back into his deck.
"I can now also draw two cards from my deck." He looked at his two cards, before scowling.
"Didn't get what you wanted?" Andrew enquired, before coughing again. "Man that smoke really clogs up the lungs. Why do they make this game so realistic?"
"Well before you cough your lungs out, chew on this! Blazing Impachi destroy his facedown monster!" Again the burning construct shot a blast of fire and smoke at Adrew. This time however, his monster took the damage for him. The card flipped up to reveal what appeared to be a monkey wearing a dueldisk, before shattering into pixels.
"You know that card sort of looks like you." He ignored Andrew's glare. "However to me, all you monkeys look the same."
"That was my Test Ape (700/300). When it's destroyed in battle I can summon a level 4 or lower Gladiator Beast from my deck. So welcome the return of Gladiator Beast Laquari (1800/400)!" The monster roared as it appeared again in a flash of light.
Dang it. Laquari is too strong for my Firestorm guard to destroy. But I don't need to worry. I'll just use my two trap cards. If mirror Force doesn't get him my Magical Cylinder will.
"I set two cards facedown and end my turn. But next turn I'm going to destroy your Laquari and move onto your lifepoints."
Andrew closed his eyes and whispered, ""Mishara Namre Dolu." Before drawing his card. Then he smiled. "Oh I don't think so pal. I summon Gladiator Beast Bestiari (1500/800)!" A gust of wind appeared on the field, causing several of the monsters to put their arms up to prevent being tossed aside. But the wind died and revealed a green bird, decked out in advanced armor standing with arms by its side.
"Sadly he's not sticking around a lot." The bird suddenly went teary and looked pleadingly at it's master. "Oh come on don't give me that look." The monster gave a big smile, and winked at Andrew. "That's right you think your funny don't you pal."
Fred and the recruit just look on with strange fascination. "Hey kid, is he mixed in the head?" Fred asked. The recruit shrugged.
"Regardless of my monster's humor, we're doing a fusion. Contact Fusion!"
"Wait!" Fred shouted, interrupting Andrew, whose eye begins to twitch menacingly. "I know about this! Both monsters go back to the deck to summon a fusion Monster. Judai Yuki uses this all the time! But only Elemental heroes can do Contact Fusion!"
"Never interrupt my montage! Ever!" Andrew starts taking some deep breaths. "In actual fact, Gladiator Beasts also have the ability to Contact Fuse. So that makes me special doesn't it? Now where was I? Oh yeah! Contact Fusion!" His creatures began to glow white, and became one form.
"Say hello to Gladiator Beast Gyzarus (2400/1500)!" Out of the white glow, appeared another bird similar Bestiari except with even more decked out armour, it looked like it couldn't move. Luckily, there were rockets connected to its sides that kept the creature levitating.
Fred didn't seem worried by the creature. Doesn't matter, my cards will still make him suffer for that oversized rooster.
"I activate my monster's effect. Rocket Wind Flap!" Using rocket propelled wings, it swept gusts of wind towards Fred. The attack destroyed his two set cards.
"What did you just do?" The sweating with fear Tiefling screamed.
"I did nothing. My Gladiator Beast Gyzarus can destroy two cards on the field when summoned, and I chose to take out your two set cards. But this is going to hurt more. Gyzarus attack his Firestorm Guards!" Again it prepared it's rocket powered wings for combat, and shot the same gust of wind, but this time it took out the reptilian guard.
"And with that amazing move I end my turn." I could use his effect to get two Gladiator Beasts from my deck, but right now I think it would be better if I just stuck with what I got right now.
(Fred: 7,300) - - - - - - - - - - (Andrew: 4,150)
Fred looked really nervous as he drew his next card. Ok no need to panic. I'm still leading by over 3000 points. This shmuck just got lucky. He looked at the card he drew. This will stall for time."I set a monster facedown, and move Blazing Impachi to defense mode."
Andrew drew a card and looked over the field. Then he grinned. "I summon Enraged Battle Ox (1700/1000)!" A tall minotaur appeared on the field, glowing with a red aura. As it roared, the gladiator Beast started to glow with the same red aura.
"Now Winged Beast, Beast-warrior and Beast monsters get piercing damage. That applies to most of my Gladiator Beasts. Enraged Battle Ox destroy his Blazing Impachi!" The beast slashed at the monster, turning into a pile of logs before shattering into pixels.
"Now Gyzarus destroy his facedown!" Gyzarus' rockets became more powerful, shooting the Gladiator Beast towards the facedown, and physically slashed it; revealing the monster to be another UFO Turtle (1400/1200).
(Fred: 4,400) - - - - - - - - - - (Andrew: 4,150)
Fred Clutched his arm, as if he was in pain. "I now summon Flame Ruler (1500/1600) in attack mode." A fiery Pyro in the red jacket and blue pantaloons appeared. Andrew looked at his options. I don't know, should I tag out? I could get more but… I don't know I don't like using a monster more then twice. I'm already kicking his ***. Bah, I'll do more but only to swarm the field."I return Gyzarus to my fusion deck," The monster disappeared. "To special summon two new friends. I summon Gladiator Beast Dimacari (1600/1200) and Gladiator Beast Octavius (2500/1200)!" Two new monsters appeared, one a tall purple minotaur with spiked gauntlets, and a tall humanoid bald eagle decked out in golden amour. Both monsters glowed red with the aura of the Enraged Battle Ox.
Heh heh. My Dimacari can attack twice. Come next turn, I can destroy what ever facedown he plays with my Octavius, my Battle Ox can beast his flame Ruler if he's still there and my Dimicari and whatever I summon next can beat his lifepoints to nothing. It's the perfect plan.
At the otherside of the arena, Fred was terrified. Why did I summon Flame Ruler? The chances of me drawing something good to use this card with are a thousand to one! Ok not that bad but still. I have about 3 monsters that need two tributes, and only two are going to help me. Well here goes. He slowly drew his card, not looking at it, before peeking with an eye open. He almost fell down in disbelief.
I must be the luckiest Sonofa this side of hell. "I sacrifice my Flame Ruler," The monster turned to fire, but surprisingly it split into two bodies before each disappeared. "To summon a level 10 monster."
"Level 10? What could possibly…oh no. Not that. It can't be…" Andrew said, looking very nervous.
"That's right. It's Ultimate Obedient Fiend (3500/3000)!" The ground infront of the Tiefling split open, and a gargantuan creature rose out of it. The monster was at least the size of a sky scraper and had the iconic appearance of the devil. Andrew gulped.
"I see the family resemblance. I guess he got the good looks in the family?" Andrew said with a very brave face. Oh come on, how come the criminals get all the cool cards? I'm going to get showed up and infront of the new recruit too.
"Your taunts are meaningless to me. Ultimate Obedient Fiend destroy his Octavius!" The Fiend raised a huge claw before bringing it down to strike the Gladiator Beast. Luckily he was stopped by a sudden forcefield surrounding Octavius.
"That was my Defensive Tactics. It's like Waboku, but for Gladiator Beasts." The demon kept banging on the forcefield, until finally it gave up and returned to it's previous position.
"Well you can't do anything else so I assume you end your turn." As he said this Octavius disappeared from the field, but without a replacement.
Sadly Octavius doesn't bring back a Gladiator when he tags out. And I couldn't keep him on the field because I didn't have any cards in my hand. Luckily my Defensive tactics goes on the bottom of my deck so maybe I'll see it again.
Andrew drew a card from his deck, but frowned at it. Rush Reckless. As of right now useless. "I move both my monsters to defense mode and end my turn." The two minotaurs crouched down and put their hands across their chests in unison.
Fred drew a card and smiled at it. "You know, I'm not much of a fan of Judai Yuki, but he does have some nice cards. I found this in a pack once and thought it suited my deck to a tee. But I'll let you decide. I play H - Heated Heart!" A red H appeared on Ultimate Obedient Fiend's chest, as it's attack score rose. (4000/3000).
"Not only does my monster gain 500 Attack points, it gets piercing as well. Swell isn't it." Andrew makes no response.
"Eh. You just can't please some people. Ultimate Obedient Fiend, Ultimate Inferno Slash!" It rose a large hand before bringing it down on Enraged Battle Ox, shattering it into pixels, and taking a huge dent in Andrew's lifepoints.
(Fred: 4,400) - - - - - - - - - - (Andrew: 1,150)
Fred smiled. "You haven't got a chance in hell Shadowchaser. Make your last move."
Andrew looked at his deck. Looked at his opponent, and then looked at his deck again. "Come on. I'm not losing to a common criminal. Not now!" He said to no one in particular. He drew his card, before looking at it fondly. Then smugly at Fred.
"Bye bye. I play Brain Control. I pay 800 points and I take your monster for the turn." A large brain appeared, and hands reached out to grab Ultimate Obedient Fiend. It brought him over to Andrew's side. Fred looked horrified before he remembered.
"You can't attack with him. If you have another card on the field or in your hand you can't attack with Ultimate Obedient Fiend."
Andrew nodded. "I'm aware of that. I wouldn't want to anyway." He placed the card in his hand into the spell and trap slot. "I play rush Reckless on Gladiator Beast Dimacari which increases his attack by 700 points. (2300/1200) And he can attack twice. So I switch him to attack mode."
The minotaur returned to attack mode, but appeared to be supercharged as it kept shaking. "Attack him directly, Rocket Strike!" The minotaur ran towards Fred's now empty field, and struck him in the gut.
Fred coughed, clutching his chest. "I'm still here and next turn your finsished."
Andrew shook his head. "There will be no next turn. My Dimacari can attack twice." Fred's world was then eclipsed by a giant purple fist, knocking him down.
"Check and mate."
(Fred: 0) - - - - - - - - - - (Andrew: 350)
The cards on the field started to disappear as the duel disks turned off. Andrew pulled out a glowing blue gem from his pocket. "Fred Grind, you are guilty of assult, destruction of public property and theft." He turned to the recruit. "Now kid, watch. This is how we do arrests."
The gem glowed brighter and Fred cringed infront of it. Finally a flash from the gem, enveloped Fred and when it ended Fred was gone.
"Don't worry kid, he's not dead. He's been immobilized until he is sent to trial. Now let's head back home." He put his leg over the motorcycle before getting back on. He pulled the handle bar, and the two Shadowchasers zoomed off.
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As Andrew drove up to the base, he was surprised to see a limousine out front. "Who would bring a limousine to a place like this." He slowed down to see who was inside. The door slid open and out stepped a tall blonde man wearing light shades and a white suit with a green tie. Andrew put his head in hands.
"Ah not this bozo." The tall man offered his hand to the Shadowchaser.
"Hello Andrew. So good to see you again." He said dryly. "I've been sent here to collect a young Shadowchaser, who was sent for training here by accident. The name was-"
Andrew raised his hand to stop him.
"Yeah yeah. This is the kid." He pointed to the recruit behind him, ignoring the handshake.. "Why the sudden interest Mark? Jalal wanted me to teach him." Mark shook his head curtly, putting his hands by his side.
"No I'm afraid that just won't do. See the committee believes this group isn't adjusted enough to train a new Shadowchaser. I have no idea what Jalal's intentions were, but that's irrelevant. I have a signed order by the Committee to bring the recruit to San Francisco, where he will be trained properly." Mark pulled out a yellow piece of parchment, which had several signatures on it. It reeked of magic to those who could sense it.
Andrew looked over the parchement before nodding. "Fine, it checks out. But why the sudden interest in the recruit?"
"That is not of your concern." He turned to the recruit. "Come now. Let's go." The recruit nervously stood up, before looking at Andrew for guidance.
"Sorry kid. Your stuck with the guy in the horrible suit."
"It's Armani." Mark said with a raised eyebrow.
"Wow. Even Armani can't make you look good." Mark took the recruit with him, and led him into the limousine, before it drove off.
Andrew sighed. "That poor kid." Before driving inside the garage.
Well there you have it. First day on the job and the kid's going off to San Francisco. Too bad it had to be with Mark. I hear San Francisco was lovely before he showed up.
I don't think I'll be getting up tomorrow. It's Sunday. It's been a tiring week and no one should work on a Sunday. I think Sandy's going to church though. Hope she enjoys herself.
Next time: We learn a little bit more of one of the more secretive members of the Chigaco Shadowchasers. Sandy's hoping to look for answers, but unfortunately she's going to meet with an old friend.
Stay tuned for "Cold Shoulder".
