Operation: N.E.X.U.S.
By: Crimson Blacksmith
No one
Expected an
X-treme
Unplanned
Situation
In a small part of town, a large mansion decorated the street. It was painted blue with orange caps on the large pillars of the house. It had many balconies and windows that all matched the exterior. There was a lake in the backyard and a large grass maze to the left of the building. It was all surrounded by a large wall with two gates on each side. It held a commanding position on the lane.
A strange vehicle that looked like a school bus that was tricked out landed right in front of the door. Five small, humanoid shapes jumped out of the bus armed to the teeth with funny looking toys. The shortest figure went to the door and placed a mail package right on the welcome mat. He retreated to the ship and flicked a switch on a small wooden controller.
BOOOOOOMM! The large door shattered into pieces with a huge explosion. The explosion caused a small earthquake that shook the foundations of the house. The five figures entered the house, weapons bearing, and searched the building for a certain room. The strange thing was...they were all kids.
The first one was completely bald and wore dark sunglasses. He was dressed in a red sweater and brown shorts. He had a headphone on and was wielding a sort of blaster with red salsa in a container on top of it. He was Nigel Uno AKA Numbuh 1. The second person was running around really slowly in the south corner of the building. He was really pudgy and wore a blue shirt and brown pants. He wore an aviator cap and was carrying a mailbox with a metal chute. He had a mailbag with cartons of orange juices in it. He was Hoagie P. Gilligan AKA Numbuh 2.
The third one was skipping along joyfully in the hallways. She wore a long sleeved green shirt and wore black pants. She had long flowing black hair and she looked Japanese. She carried a pipelike bazooka that was cut in half the long way and it had teddy bears as ammunition. She was Kuki Sanban AKA Numbuh 3. The fourth one was really short. He wore an orange hooded sweater and jeans. His hair was yellow and drooping over his eyes. He was carrying what seemed to be a mustard bottle on a stick. He was Wallabee Beatles AKA Numbuh 4. That last one was acting smooth. She wore a red cap and a blue and white shirt. She had her black hair tied in a ponytail and she was of the African American origin. She carried a long plank that had a soda bottle at the end, like a rifle. She was Abigail Lincoln AKA Numbuh 5.
They all simultaneously entered the same room. It was very big. It barely had any furniture in it. It had torches on the side of the wall and it was painted blue. There was one desk on the opposite end of the room. A large swivel chair was behind it. Sitting on it was a strange man. You could barely see his body. H was completely black with two glowing yellow eyes and a glowing red outline. The kids had their weapons aimed at him.
"Give it up Father," Numbuh 1 started, "we know you have developed a night-ray in order to make it so that kids have earlier curfews."
"Very good, Numbuh 1," Father stated in a normal voice, "but it seems you forgot the main detail!" With that his body burned on flames and he encased the room in fire. His now red aura was replaced with fire.
"Numbuh 5 thought it was too easy." Numbuh 5 said.
Five new forms entered the room. It was actually one form made up of five kids. They were all dressed in a proper manner they had an eerie presence.
"Well, if it isn't the Kids Next Doomed." The five kids said in a creepy droned unison voice.
"The Delightful Children from Down the Lane, I thought I smelled something like crud when I busted in." Numbuh 4 said.
"We thought you were on vacation." Numbuh 3 said.
"On the contrary, Kuki," the children started, "It was simply false information."
Numbuh 1 took the advantage that everyone was talking. He clicked his heels and his shoes ignited into rockets and he flung himself straight at Father. He lifted his weapon as father raised his hand. Just as the two were about to collide, everything seemed to freeze in time. Then, a blue light appeared and shined into a large dome around the mansion. In a blaze of light, there were people missing from the room.
In another dimension, the same thing had happened in a town known as Tremorton. It happened at a unique high-school, in which a world hero went during the weekdays. The blue dome had completely covered the school and time had stopped. There were also many people missing from that scene.
In a large floating piece of land, located in a Nexus, 15 figures fell from many portals in the sky onto the piece of land. They landed in a town that was made of buildings made of bamboo. They were in the town square that had a large pedestal and stage. It was also made of bamboo. The "island" was very tropical.
Where the 15 figures crashed, a sole figure stood in the middle of it. He wore a black business suit and had black normal hair. He stood there waiting for everyone to get up, and when they did, he went up to the pedestal and started talking.
"Welcome, all of you." He said. "You have been brought here for one purpose. That purpose… is to duel in the Nexus Games!"
"The what?" asked a male teenager wearing a red overcoat with green hair. "You mean as in Duel Monsters?"
"Yes." The man said. "I am Roth Gilfried. I am the host and announcer. The Nexus Games, by the way, is a tournament in which a new game is played by people of different dimensions. This time, it is Duel Monsters because you have all had past experiences in dueling. You will be playing for the title of Dimensional Champion, and a mystery gift."
"But we don't have our decks or disks." The boy continued. As if on cue, a duel disk with decks in them appeared on everyone's arm. The boy leafed through his deck. "This is my deck!" he said, shocked. Everyone did the same thing.
"Yes, and if you wish to get new cards, there are vendors around the store giving them for free." Roth explained. "Anymore questions?" he asked. No one replied. "Good, now let's meet the competitors." He started calling out peoples names and a spotlight appeared out of nowhere on them.
"Kyle Dracus" The boy in the red overcoat and the serious expression stood up.
"Nigel Uno" Nigel stood on the stage.
"Father Delightful" Father just stood their menacingly
"Mr. Fizz" A man in a white business suit and sunglasses stood up.
"Jenny Wakeman" A humanoid robot girl, who was a bit shy, appeared. She had a white and blue paintjob and her "hair" was blue with pigtails.
"Flora Girox" A young green-haired girl with a flower in her hair stood. She was adorned in a dress that was made out of leaves.
"Sheldon Lee" A slanky-looking teen with acne started shaking. He had oily hair and was wearing a brown jacket.
"Brad and Tuck Carbunkle" A teenage boy with orange spiked hair and a black sweater vest, along with a hyper little black-haired kid in a red shirt stood up.
"Brit and Tiff Crust" Two overdressed teens, one that was tall with sleek hair and she wore a purple overcoat. The other one was small with ponytails and a hat and a gothic outfit.
"Angie Jill" A young girl with blond hair wearing a yellow shirt and white skirt went up.
"Wolfgang Van Helsing" A strange looking man wearing a cowboy hat and black overcoat strolled up to the stage.
"Linny Handros" A girl with long black hair wearing a purple dress and shirt skipped up to the stage.
"The Toilenator" Nigel, Father, and Fizz groaned as a clumsy man in a yellow latex suit with a toilet seat on his neck and toilet paper rolls on his head feet and hands tripped onto the stage.
"And lastly, the Delightful Children" The five kids, who were confused, walked up to the stage.
"Now," Roth continued, "we will be choosing the match-ups for tomorrow's event." He snapped his fingers and a large machine appeared along with a screen. The screen had a tournament web and the machine had many different pieces of paper in it. "This is the machine that will determine the matches for the first round, but before we can get to that round, we must do a preliminary round."
"Huh?" Numbuh 1 asked.
"We are going to have to shorten the contestants by having matches to determine who go to the final round." Roth explained. "And now to choose." As he said that, 15 glowing orbs appeared above his hand. They all started flying around and two stopped while the others kept going. The images of Kyle and Tiff appeared in one of each of the orbs. "The first match will be Kyle against Tiff."
"Woah, woah, woah, wait." Tiff started shaking her hands. "Me and Brit duel together, not apart."
"I am sorry," Roth apologized, "It would be unfair for Kyle to have to face two duelists."
Kyle started to say something, but was cut off by Brit, "Listen, fashion reject, me and Tiff use the same deck, hand, field, and lifepoints. We only alternate who goes each turn. That means we have two brains and two looks."
Kyle started talking, "I don't care if you brought a hundred of you to duel, I'd take 'em all on." Kyle had a smug look on his face. "Are you sure?" Roth asked. Kyle nodded. "All right, then." Another orb came from the bunch and fused with Brit's orb. Her image soon joined Tiff's.
Two more orbs came out and the images of Numbuh 1 and Wolfgang appeared. "Second match is Nigel against Wolfgang." Nigel stared at the strange looking man. This continued on and on.
Match 3: Flora vs. Sheldon
Match 4: Jenny vs. Mr. Fizz
Match 5: Father vs. The Toilenator
Match 6: Brad vs. Tuck
Match 7: Angie vs. The Delightful Children
It got down until only one orb was left. That orb was Linny's. She seemed a bit confused. "I don't have an opponent." She said.
"That is a problem." Roth started.
"No it isn't." said a mysterious voice.
Numbuh 1 and Father almost died of a heart attack when they heard that familiar voice. They turned around to see a man in his early twenties walking towards them. He was wearing a black inner-shirt, black jeans, and a purple overcoat. His strange purple hair matched his eyes.
"Shadow!" they said in unison.
Continued in Chapter 2, "Dressed to Duel"