Reggie's gone to the dark side! Who can save her? Who can save Eddie and will our heroes be able to save Twister and the world from this new evil? Let's start unraveling this mystery, shall we?
It was morning. Just a few hours have passed since Eddie's soul was taken after his duel with Reggie. Eddie almost won, but Reggie had played a card known as The Seal of Orichalcos. That card gave her monsters the power they needed to defeat the former Prince of the Netherworld and lock his soul away. Soon after the duel, Sam told Lars to call his friends from the nearby city of Domino. This morning, Otto, Sam, Lars, Clio, Raymundo and Tito were set to meet this crew.
And here they are! It's Yugi Moto, Joey Wheeler, Tristan Taylor, Tea Gardner, Rebecca Hawkins and Duke Devlin!
"Yugi! Joey! Nice to see you guys!" Lars greeted.
"Hey, Lars! What's up?" Yugi said, running up to body slam the elder Rodriguez brother. "Easy, Yugi! Ya nearly knocked me down!"
"Sorry, Lars."
"What's with you and Yugi, Lars?" Sam asked.
"Oh, before Joey came along, I hung out with Yugi and Tea. Yugi taught me all I know about Duel Monsters!" Lars explained. "But enough talk, Yugi. I called you guys here because an evil force has overtaken Otto's sister."
Everyone gasped. "Is that true, Otto?" Duke asked.
Otto nodded. "I'm afraid so."
"When did this all start?" Tea asked.
"It started yesterday, when we found out my cousin was killed," Clio started. "I wasn't here, but I did get a call from Otto soon after saying that Reggie had gone missing. When we found her, we saw our friend Eddie flat on his face at Madtown skate park. He was unconscious. We tried to get him to wake up, but he never did. We fear that whatever force that's controlling Reggie is behind this," she explained.
"Something that can take souls away..." Joey started.
"Isn't that what Pegasus and Marik did with their Millennium Items?" Tristan asked.
"Exactly the same, Tristan. This new power is far greater than anything we've ever faced," Yugi told the crew. "It'll take all we've got to defeat this evil force and save our friends."
That's when Clio, Raymundo and Tito spoke up.
"Then I'm going!" Clio said.
"Me too!"
"Aloha to that, bruddah!"
Otto was shocked. His girlfriend, father and Tito were duelists? Okay, Clio he understood...but his father and Tito?
"Dad, Tito, you guys are awesome, but you can't be serious!"
"Relax, Otto. Tito and I were champion duelists when we were your age," Raymundo started.
(Flashback - 1986)
We see a 23 year old Ray Rocket staring down his opponent, 20 year old Jean-Claude Magnum. Raymundo had Cyber End Dragon on the field with 3 cards face-down and 4 cards in hand. His Life Point meter read: 8000. Jean-Claude Magnum had Ninja Grandmaster Hanzo in play equipped with Great Kite of Ninja. He had no face-down cards and 2 cards in his hand. His Life Point meter read: 2600.
"Cyber End Dragon, END THIS DUEL WITH SUPER STRIDENT BLAZE!" Raymundo commanded as his Dragon struck the movie star, hitting his face, knocking him to the floor and defeating him.
Jean-Claude Magnum: 0
Raymundo: WIN!
We now see Raymundo and Tito in a tag duel against the Paradox Brothers. On Ray and Tito's field, we see UFORoid Fighter, summoned by combining Tito's UFORoid with Raymundo's Black Luster Soldier, strengthened by Power Bond for a total Attack Power of 8400. Tito had 4 cards in his hand and 4 face-down cards. His Life Point meter read: 5600. Raymundo had 3 more down cards and 3 cards in his hand. His Life Point meter was showing: 5200. The Paradox Brothers had their signature monster, the Gate Guardian, out on the field. Para had no face-down cards and no cards in hand. His Life Point meter read: 3200. Dox had 2 cards face-down and 1 card in his hand. He had 4000 points remaining.
"UFORoid Fighter, ATTACK GATE GUARDIAN NOW AND END THIS DUEL!" Raymundo commanded.
"COSMIC CRUSH!" Raymundo and Tito shouted in unison as UFORoid Fighter blasted Gate Guardian away.
Paradox Brothers: 0
Raymundo and Tito: WIN!
(Return to Present)
"Them's were good times, bruddah!" Tito told Raymundo.
"Sure were, Tito! It would be fun to get back in the saddle!"
"Especially since the fate of the entire free world's at stake!"
"And Otto should know I never let him go into a super dangerous situation like this without me!"
It was settled. The battle for the fate of the world was about to begin.
"Excellent!" Yugi exclaimed. "We're all convened. We're ready to win this battle! Something else happened last night...the Egyptian God Cards were stolen." He told the group.
"By who?" Otto asked.
"This motorcycle gang. Couldn't see who they were. I beat this hooded freak in a duel, but he tossed Obelisk to one of those hoodlums," Yugi explained. "This morning, before we came here, I got this tape from Pegasus," he said, holding out a VCR tape.
"A tape from Pegasus?" Otto asked as he handed it to Raymundo.
"Play it, Mr. Rocket!" Joey said.
As the tape played, Pegasus explained that his Duel Monsters have been popping up all over the world and that someone had punctured a hole between our world and a world where Duel Monsters lived. Thankfully, the Duel Monsters hadn't reached Ocean Shores and Seto Kaiba was taking all the heat. But this was ruining the reputation of both KaibaCorp and Industrial Illusions. Pegasus wanted to see Yugi and friends in person because he had important information to share with him. He had also enclosed a special card to get into his compound. The card had a key on it and on the box was the address of Industrial Illusions - San Francisco, California.
"That's not far from here," Sam pointed out.
"Otto, you, Clio, Sam and Lars go in your Corvette. Ray, you and Tito follow in your Marquis. We'll go in Duke's car," Yugi said. (Note: I've always seen Otto as a Corvette kind of guy. There's no excuse not to have him in a cool car!)
"Let's motor!" Otto exclaimed as they piled into their respective cars.
Within an hour, the group was at the headquarters of Industrial Illusions in San Francisco. But when they opened the door, there was no one there. Suddenly, the gates closed in around them.
"What's goin' on?" Sam asked.
Otto tugged on the metal gates. "We're locked in, guys!" he shouted. Then, a red motorcycle zoomed in through the back entrance. Its rider, a face from Yugi and Joey's past, a blonde girl about Otto's age. Her name - Mai Valentine. But like Reggie, she wasn't herself. She was out for payback against Joey.
"If you're goin' through with this, then count me in!" Otto exclaimed, activating his Duel Disk.
"You sure, Otto?" Joey asked.
"Couldn't be more sure, Joey. Now let's get down to business!"
"What do you say, Mai? 2 on 1 sound good?" he asked.
"Doesn't matter what the terms are! You're still goin' down, Wheeler!" Mai declared. Each player drew their cards. The Life Points were set and...
"TIME TO DUEL!"
Mai: 8000
Otto: 8000
Joey: 8000
"First move's mine!" Otto shouted as he drew. "I'll begin with my Junk Synchron!"
ATK: 1300
DEF: 500
"I'm not done! Next I play my DOUBLE SUMMON card! So I'll sacrifice my Junk Synchron to summon SALVAGE WARRIOR! When I summon Salvage Warrior, I can summon any Tuner Monster from my hand or the Graveyard! Return to battle, Junk Synchron!" Now Otto had all he needed to pull his signature move. "I tune Level 5 Salvage Warrior to Level 3 Junk Synchron! From Two Come One And From One Come Great Cosmic Might! I Synchro Summon...STARDUST DRAGON!" Just like that, a silver dragon with blue and green scales appeared. This was Otto's signature monster - STARDUST DRAGON.
ATK: 2500
DEF: 2000
"Synchro WHAT?" Duke asked, confused at what Otto just pulled.
"Synchro Summon. I don't know what it is, but it looks cool!" Yugi said.
Otto smiled as he turned back to the duel field. "I'll set 3 cards face down and defer to Joey."
Drawing his first card, Joey could sense he was in trouble, despite his teammate having a powerful Synchro monster in play. For starters, he was taking on one of his friends! Plus, for all he knew, Mai could have that Seal of Orichalcos card on her! Joey didn't want to hurt Mai in any way, so he decided to play defensively.
"I'll start by summoning Alligator's Sword in Defense Mode!"
A humanoid alligator with a silver sword soon took the field in front of the Brooklyn-accented duelist.
ATK: 1500
DEF: 1200
"And that's all for me."
It was Mai's turn now and from the looks of things, she wasn't gonna show any mercy just because she and Joey had a thing for each other. Mai chuckled as she drew her first card. "I'll begin by summoning my Harpie Lady to the field in Attack Mode!"
ATK: 1300
DEF: 1400
"Now I activate...THE SEAL OF ORICHALCOS!"
Just like Eddie's duel with Reggie, the Seal appeared at Mai's feet, then expanded to its actual size, trapping Otto, Joey and Mai inside the duel field. "Thanks to the Seal of Orichalcos, all my monsters get a 500 Attack Point boost! Plus, whoever loses the duel loses their soul!" Mai explained. "Harpie Lady, destroy Wheeler's Alligator's Sword!"
On command, Harpie Lady swooped in and slashed Alligator's Sword with her talons, destroying it. "I'll play a card face down and end my turn!" Mai declared.
"Back to me! I draw!" Otto shouted as he drew. 'Excellent.' he thought, looking over his hand. "First thing's first. I play the CARD OF DEMISE! This lets Joey and I draw 5 new cards, so long as we discard our entire hand in 5 turns!" Otto explained as he and Joey drew their cards. "Next, I play MONSTER REBORN! This will let me bring back my Junk Synchron!"
As the orange engine-like monster appeared on the field, Otto put his plan into action.
"I think I'll use my Normal Summon on Junk Synchron's friend - SPEED WARRIOR!"
ATK: 900
DEF: 400
"Now why would you go through all that trouble just to summon those two weaklings?" Mai questioned. Then she pieced it together. "Unless..."
"Unless I plan to Synchro Summon again. And it just so happens I do!" Otto said. "I tune Level 2 Speed Warrior to Level 3 Junk Synchron! From Two Come One And From One Will Come Great Power! Watch As These Monsters Combine Their Power, Combine Their Courage To Synchro Summon...JUNK WARRIOR!"
ATK: 2300
DEF: 1300
"You've triggered my Trap! Reveal NIGHTMARE TRI-MIRROR!"
"A TRAP CARD?!" Otto and Joey gasped.
"Whenever you summon a monster, Nightmare Tri-Mirror automatically activates, giving me Harpie Ladies equal to the number of monsters you have in play! Since you have 2 monsters in play, I get 2 more Harpie Ladies!" Mai explained as 2 more Harpie Ladies appeared.
"I'll just topple the 2 you just summoned! Stardust Dragon and Junk Warrior, DESTROY HER HARPIES!"
On Otto's call, Junk Warrior and Stardust Dragon flew in and rammed into 2 of the Harpie Ladies, destroying them.
Mai: 7000
"I'll throw down 2 more face-downs and end my turn."
Little did Otto and Joey know...they had someone looking in on their duel with Mai, all with motorcycle gear on. One of their onlookers was a brunette Aussie, about 19 years old, his name - Valon. The 2nd was a muscular blonde, about the same age as the Aussie. His name - Rafael. The last onlooker was someone familiar to Otto - his sister, Reggie.
"Well, we all know where this duel is going," Reggie quipped as she walked towards her dark blue motorcycle and started riding off.
"Just where do you think you're going, mate?" Valon asked.
"None of your business, Valon. But if you must know, I'm off to find the people responsible for killing my boyfriend and give them what they deserve,", Reggie explained. She was gone as quick as a wink, leaving Rafael and Valon to watch the duel themselves.
Joey then drew his next card. He was still hesitant to duel for fear of hurting Mai. "I'll summon Rocket Warrior in Defense Mode!" he exclaimed as a rocket-like warrior took the field.
ATK: 1500
DEF: 1300
"I'll throw a card face-down and end my turn."
The duel returned to Mai. She drew her card, then looked towards Joey's defensive monster. "Pathetic," she said. "I play the HARPIE REVIVAL Spell Card! This lets me bring back my destroyed Harpie Ladies!" Mai shouted as two more Harpies took the field. "Harpie Lady 1, destroy Rocket Warrior!"
On her declaration, the first of the 3 Harpie Ladies swooped in and slashed Rocket Warrior, destroying it. "Harpie Lady 2, ATTACK WHEELER DIRECTLY!"
Joey: 6200
"Harpie Lady 3, IT'S YOUR TURN!"
Joey wasn't about to be attacked directly again! There was but one play he could make. "I reveal my face-down card! SCAPEGOAT!"
Just like that, 4 Sheep Tokens appeared and one of them took the hit. "I always hated those goats. I play a card face-down and end my turn!" Mai grunted.
The duel shifted back to Otto. Once he drew his card, Otto knew he could clinch the duel for him and Joey right here. "First, I play my CARD OF SANCTITY! This forces us each to draw until we're holding 6 cards!", he shouted as they resolved the effect of Otto's Spell Card. Otto smiled as he looked at his hand. This duel was all but over. "I reveal my SHALLOW GRAVE Spell! This allows us to access any monster from our Graveyard! I choose my Salvage Warrior!" Otto said as his Salvage Warrior returned.
ATK: 1900
DEF: 1200
"I choose my Rocket Warrior!" Joey said.
"And since you have no monsters in your Graveyard, you can't utilize the effect of Shallow Grave, Mai!" Otto exclaimed. "Now for the effect of Salvage Warrior! When he's summoned, I can summon any Tuner Monster from my hand or the Graveyard! I think I'll choose my TURBO SYNCHRON!"
A miniature green engine-like monster soon took the field.
ATK: 100
DEF: 600
"ANOTHER SYNCHRO SUMMON?!" Mai gasped.
"Yes! I tune Level 1 Turbo Synchron to Level 5 Salvage Warrior! Now it's time to rev it up with my newest monster! Start your engines...TURBO WARRIOR!"
ATK: 2500
DEF: 1500
"Turbo Warrior, Stardust Dragon and Junk Warrior, DECLAW MAI'S HARPIES!"
Turbo Warrior and Junk Warrior punched 2 of Mai's Harpies while Stardust Dragon launched a stream of cosmic energy at the last Harpie Lady, destroying all 3 in one attack.
Mai: 5500
"I'll play 1 more card face-down and end my turn."
"My turn! DRAW!" Joey exclaimed as he drew his card. "I'll switch Rocket Warrior into Attack Mode, then summon my PANTHER WARRIOR!"
ATK: 2000
DEF: 1600
"Panther Warrior can't attack unless I make a sacrifice. So I'll give up one of my Scapegoats so my panther can attack," he explained. "SWIFT PANTHER SLASH!"
One Scapegoat vanished and with that sacrifice, Panther Warrior jumped into action, swinging its sword and slashing Mai.
Mai: 3500
"Now Rocket Warrior, enter Invincible Mode and ATTACK MAI DIRECTLY!"
Akin to its name, Rocket Warrior transformed into a rocket torpedo, flying in and striking Mai on her chest.
Mai: 2000
"I'll end my turn with that."
Before Mai could even draw her card, Otto pressed a button on his Duel Disk to reveal one of his down cards. "Activate RING OF DESTRUCTION!"
"WHAT?!" Mai gasped.
"Ring of Destruction will destroy my Turbo Warrior and we'll all take damage equal to Turbo Warrior's 2500 Attack Points!" he explained.
"But that means..." Mai cowered.
"YOU LOSE!" Otto shouted as the ring exploded, destroying Turbo Warrior.
Mai: 0
Otto and Joey: WIN!
All Mai could muster before the Seal took her soul was...'NOT AGAIN!' Then, Rafael issued a stern warning to Yugi. "You may have gotten away this time, Pharaoh, but rest assured, you won't escape next time. The power of the Orichalcos puts your puzzle to shame!" he said, raising his Orichalcos stone to the sky before he and Valon vanished.
Meanwhile...
We see Reggie about to leave Industrial Illusions on her motorcycle, with her targets already planned. However, she stops short when she spots a set of quadruplets walking towards Levi's Stadium, home of the San Francisco 49ers. There were 2 blondes and 2 brunettes. Their names are Ashton, Aiden, Andrea and Audra - better known as Quadruple Image.
"Wait a second! You're Otto's sister, aren't you?" Andrea asked.
"Andrea, you klutz! That is Otto's sister!" Ashton confirmed.
"She's not looking like how Twister described her, though. She looks...sinister. Almost vengeful," Audra observed.
"How right you are," Reggie quipped. "You're the ones who killed my boyfriend and now you'll get what you deserve!" she exclaimed as she activated her Duel Disk.
"A duel, eh?" Aiden asked. "Well, don't say we didn't warn you, but in addition to being good skaters, we're also Tag Duel champions," he warned as he and his siblings activated their Duel Disks.
"You'll still go down all the same," Reggie said as they drew their hands.
"DUEL!"
Ashton: 8000
Aiden: 8000
Andrea: 8000
Audra: 8000
Reggie: 8000
"I'll make the first move," she declared as she drew her first card. "Looks like I drew the card that'll seal your fates," Reggie said.
'What did she draw?' the quadruplets thought to themselves.
"I play...THE SEAL OF ORICHALCOS!"
"We've got to end this duel now!" Audra exclaimed. "Otherwise, we're all done for!"
TO BE CONTINUED...
Oh boy! Reggie's goin' after the ones she THINKS killed Twister. But has the Orichalcos clouded her judgement? And what has Pegasus left for our heroes? Find out...NEXT TIME!
