A/N: The attack point miscalculation later with Cyber Prima is intentional.
Last Time
"Indeed. I have an idea. Why don't you show me what you've got? Perhaps I'll sign you on as my client." Sartorius said with a smile, knowing she'd accept.
Alexis smirked. "Well I am the Queen of Obelisk Blue."
"Impressive. Talent and confidence." Sartorius said, grinning.
"You know it." She said.
Sartorius laughed softly. "As a matter of fact, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship.
Alexis smirked more putting her deck in. "Where's your duel disk?"
"Who needs a duel disk when you have this?!" Sartorius said showing a small table.
"That's a table." She replied.
"I use more primeval methods of dueling my dear."
"Whatever." She muttered.
"Let's duel!" The 2 shouted.
End Flashback
Alexis drew her opening hand, looking a bit uncertain as she drew. "I… I'll summon Cyber Tutu in attack mode then place 2 cards facedown and end my turn."
Sartorius chuckled softly. "Soon, my dear you will belong to me." He thought.
"I have a strong feeling my top card is my Vision spell." He flipped the card over to show 2 eyes staring through some sort of portal which was indeed Vision.
"No way you didn't even have to look!" Alexis said, stunned.
"Didn't I tell you? Much like yourself I possess a gift. Allow me to demonstrate. The next card in my deck represents you. It's the Hangman." He said showing a card of what looked like a man from the classic game of the same name.
"But that's cheating!" Alexis protested.
"No, Alexis I'm predicting. I have the ability to see events before they occur. And in this card I see your destiny. You hold a great deal of loneliness inside, am I right, Alexis?"
Alexis gasped in shock. This man seemed to know everything about her!
Sartorius smiled. "Don't worry. I never resort to trickery. And if you need proof, then come here and shuffle my cards."
Alexis slowly walked over but you could tell she was cracking under the pressure, mentally.
"Let me ask you something? Do you always act this calm? Because I'm starting to get scared. You should try getting angry one day." Alexis said.
"You amuse me, Alexis."
"See ya did it again!" She said before walking back to her cards.
"Now then I was activating my Suit of Sword X. This card will spin until you say stop. If the card stops upright you lose all your monsters. If it stops upside down however, I lose all of mine." He said.
"Ok….STOP!" She shouted causing it to stop upright.
"It looks like you take the hit, my dear."
"No, Tutu!" She shouted as the aforementioned ballerina was destroyed.
"If you liked that, you'll really enjoy this one. Knight of Pentacles."
Like before, the card rotated but this time she got the ability she wanted.
"Whattya know? Go, me." She said as Sartorius' turn ended.
She smiled as she drew. "I play Premature Burial, so I give up 800 points to resurrect the one monster in my graveyard. Cyber Tutu come back!" She declared as her life points fell to 3,200.
"But why keep her, when I can send her back to my grave to summon something stronger like say, my Cyber Prima!" She called as her new monster with 2300 points appeared.
"Next I play my Lightning Vortex card to destroy all your monsters. All I need do, is discard one card." She said, smirking as she gained the upper hand.
"Now I play the following equip spells. Axe of Despair and Malvolent Nuzzler so my Prima's attack goes up to 3,900!"
"Cyber Prima, attack him directly with Prima Light Stream!"
Sartorius groaned in pain as his life points dropped to 100.
"That ends my turn." Alexis said.
Sartorius smiled, as he drew. "Let's see what fate has in store for you, with Selection of Fate."
"Now you choose a card from my hand, and if it's a monster, I can summon it."
Alexis nodded, as she slowly made her way over.
"Go ahead and choose wisely." Sartorius replied.
She pointed to a card. "That one." She said.
Sartorius closed his eyes, revealing the Hangman.
"No your kidding me!" Alexis cried, stunned.
"Didn't I tell you? This Hangman card symbolizes you Alexis. "
The card was summoned as she lost 1,000 points.
"If the card stops right-side up I lose a monster and life points equal to it's attack however, should it stop upside down then this effect applies to you."
The card spun and stopped upside down.
"No, Prima!" Alexis called.
"It's all in the cards. Thanks to them I now know what you fear the most – Failure."
She looked at him, her amber eyes trembling.
Sartorius smiled, slowly, nastily, lazily. "Yes, Alexis. I know you fear failure. But you lost a duel to one that you have now given your heart to..."
"W-What are you talking about?" The Obelisk Queen asked, shakily.
"Jaden Yuki. You dueled him and were falling in love with him before you dueled him. But the duel... you gave your heart to him," Sartorius answered.
"But I lost. Plus he's too naive to know what love is."
"He knows full well what love is, my dear. And you fell for him because he did what no other boy has been able to do... he defeated you."
"Yes.. but he never notices my feelings.. What can I do?"
"I can make it so he will notice you, my dear...I can give you the keys to Jaden's heart..."
"How? I'll do anything.. please help me.." She begged desperately.
Sartorius smiled as a vampire does when he is preparing to strike against his victim. "Join me... join the Society of Light, Alexis Harper Rhodes, and you will have him..."
"The Society of Light? What is that?"
"It is a society devoted to bringing the world into light."
"I...I don't know..."
"Join me, Alexis. And together, you and Jaden can end this destructive conflict. Join me, and you and Jaden can rule the galaxy as king and queen!"
"All right...help me... show me the light!"
Sartorius chuckled softly, as a few vines shot out from the trees nearby. "Wise choice."
The vines wrapped Alexis by her legs causing her life points to drop to 0 as she screamed before she was blinded by white light.
The following morning Alexis stood in the cafeteria but was dressed in a white blazer along with white high-heeled boots.
"Alexis, what happened? Did you get a new wardrobe or something?" Asked Syrus Truesdale.
Alexis chuckled, icily. "It's more than that. I finally woke up and I've seen the light. The Society of Light! And.. it won't be long before Jaden is all mine!" She declared before laughing in a maniac but evil way.
To be continued…
