After a good night sleep it is time to enjoy our cruise.
At least that is what I hoped for, it seems someone is out to get us.
Leo Dueled Miranda yesterday, she only cheated, but my opponent he is relentless, rude and out to inflict serious pain.
He is in with Miranda and he hinted about a third member of his group.
Chapter 3.
Coffin Seller.
Juliet now was sleeping with her arms around Jack, Jack had his arms around Juliet's waist.
Leo was sleeping on his back, he was snoring loud.
Suddenly the knob on the door moved, someone opened the door, he threw a small object inside the room, the object, a small bomb, unleashed some gas Leo stopped snoring.
When the man was sure nobody would wake up he picked up the bomb, it read Sleeping Gas.
The man grinned he picked Juliet up and walked out of the room.
One hour later Juliet slowly opened her eyes, something had woken her up, she looked around but saw nothing.
'Jack?' She shouted. 'Leo?'
But there came no reply, she felt something around her wrists she felt what it was and she felt chains, she quickly stood up from the cold ground.
'I've kept you in the dark, quite literally.' A manly voice said and suddenly a light in the distance turned on.
Juliet looked around her, she stood in a large room, cobwebs hung from the ceiling the floor was covered with dust, she saw some weird devices connected to a Duel Disk around her wrists, that devices were chained to a pipe behind her.
'Show yourself!' Juliet shouted.
'Not before you get proper dressed.' The voice said.
Juliet still wore her pajamas, the chains around the devices fell off.
'Now change your clothes, I won't look.' The voice said.
Juliet quickly changed her clothes, she now wore a pink bikini top and bottom, she was bare feet.
'Now that's a good girl.' The voice said.
'You big pervert!' Juliet shouted.
Then the door opened, a big muscular man entered the room, he wore the same devices as Juliet had around her wrists, he wore black swimming trunks his head was bald.
'That friend Leo of yours has defeated and exposed Miranda.' He said.
'So she is on your side, I guess you're after me now to avenge her?'
The man laughed.
'Does the name Greybeard ring a bell?' The man asked, Juliet didn't expect that question.
'No.' She said.
'Then you cannot know what forces are at work here, this isn't about revenge, as long as you don't know the meaning of Greybeard you are kept in the dark.'
Juliet gritted her teeth. 'When my friends notice I'm gone they come look for me.'
'You were dragged away from your room, you and your friends did not notice that because of a bomb filled with sleeping gas I threw in, who says we're still on the cruise ship?'
Juliet bit on her lip.
'Like I said I'm keeping you in the dark.' The Duel Disk of the man activated, Juliet activated hers.
'Let's see.' She said looking through her Deck.
'Cautious a good sign.' The man said.
'Okay Juliet, since I know your name I shall tell you mine.'
Juliet was surprised that he knew her name.
'I am Bruce.' The man said.
'Okay Bruce, you made a huge mistake, you are a big pervert forcing me to wear a bikini.'
Bruce laughed. 'You will thank me later.' Bruce said and suddenly the heat in the room rose, two hatches in the wall opened and water flowed into the room.
Now Juliet was happy she wore a bikini the heat was overwhelming the water was ice-cold.
'Now we Duel.' Bruce said.
Jill and Miranda stood in an abandoned room on the cruise ship.
'When do you strike?' Miranda asked Jill.
'Around noon I guess.' Miranda said.
'What Deck do you use, your standard Deck?'
Jill shook her head. 'You mean my Reactor Deck? No I won't use it this time, Jack would only take it down and nothing happens.'
Miranda sighted. 'Did Mr. Greybeard gave you the special Deck?'
Jill nodded. 'But that means...' Miranda started but she didn't finish her sentence.
'Yes it means it's gonna be hard on both of us.' She showed Miranda the Deck.
'Yeah I see what you mean.' Miranda said.
'Images of the past.' Jill said and she put the Deck away.
'Okay then Bruce.' Juliet said. 'We're carrying weird devices around our wrists, we stand in ice-cold water barefooted, and the rest of the room is pressing hot, what do you want?'
Bruce shrugged. 'I want a Duel that's all.' He said, like Miranda wanted to Duel Leo and another member want do Duel Jack.
'Jack's in danger, I need to warn him let's do it!' Jill shouted.
(Bruce: 8000) - (Juliet: 8000)
'I shall start this Duel.' Bruce said and he drew a card.
'Seems I draw first blood.' He said and he played a card a huge, ugly green worm, with tentacles on its backside appeared. (500 ATK)
Juliet almost screamed.
'This is my Vampiric Leech, and it can attack on the first turn.'
The Vampiric Leech lunged forward through the water it bit in Juliet's leg.
'That hurts! Really hurts, then she heard a buzzing sound and a shock shot through the devices on her wrists, she fell to her knees.
(Bruce: 8000) - (Juliet: 7500)
'This, this is a Shadow Game?' Juliet gasped as she rose to her feet.
'No miss Miller, I would not need a torture device to inflict pain if this was a Shadow Game.'
Juliet looked at her leg, a wound from Vampiric Leech was still visible.
'And that? That is real, but if this is no Shadow Game you must be a Psychic Duelist.' Bruce laughed.
'You are right, but don't worry I control my powers well.' He said.
'Now let's continue, I set these and give the turn over to you.' Bruce said and three reversed cards appeared on the field.
'My draw.' Juliet said.
'I summon a monster, give it up for Cyber Tutu!' She shouted and a young girl wearing a red and white spandex outfit appeared, she made a pirouette. (1000 ATK)
'Attack that Vampiric Leech!' Juliet shouted.
'Miss Miller, let me explain about another effect of Vampiric Leech, I could have discard a card to change it to defense mode in my Main Phase two.'
'But you didn't, that mean that...' Juliet started.
'A Trap card!' Bruce finished as one of his three cards shot up.
'Nightmare Wheel!' Bruce shouted and the torture device appeared, chains grabbed Cyber Tutu and chained her to the machine.
'Look behind you miss Miller.' Juliet looked behind her and chains grabbed her arms and legs she was pulled against the pipe, she could barely move her arms.
'I end my turn.' Juliet said she was fighting against her tears.
'Then I draw.' Bruce said drawing his card.
'But before I do something first Nightmare Wheel activates.'
Cyber Tutu got a shock Juliet also got one she screamed.
(Bruce: 8000) - (Juliet: 7000)
Juliet felt the heat in the room turning up a notch.
'Now I sacrifice my Vampiric Leech...' Bruce started, and the Leech slowly disappeared. 'For Helpoemer!' A ugly Fiend with a dark skin appeared, it had no eyes at all, two extra mouths opened, one on the left side of his chest one in the center of his chest, it moaned. (2000 ATK)
'Gross!' Juliet screamed.
'Don't
hurt his feeling now.' Bruce said.
'Anyway I end my turn.'
Juliet didn't look at Helpoemer as she made her draw.
'Looks like I can kill two birds with one stone.' Juliet said.
'I summon Drill Synchron!' A small machine appeared in the water, it was a sphere with eyes and with caterpillars as legs and drills as arms, above his eyes it had another drill. (800 ATK)
'Now how will that save you?' Bruce asked.
Juliet smiled. 'Drill Synchron is a Level three Tuner, and Cyber Tutu a Level three Non-Tuner.'
Nightmare Wheel disappeared, the chains around Juliet also disappeared, Cyber Tutu changed into three glowing stars, Drill Synchron flew towards them.
'The drills of friendship will burst through the walls of hatred, become one with the earth. Break through! Drill Warrior!' Juliet chanted, A huge warrior appeared on the field resembling a humanoid form of Drill Synchron, he held drills as weapons. (2400 ATK)
'Next I'll Equip him with this...' Juliet said playing the Spell card. '...Junk Barrage!' Drill Warrior flexed his muscles.
'Now Drill Warrior, destroy Helpoemer with Drill Lance!'
The drills started to spin, Drill Warrior moved closer to Helpoemer piercing the fiend with his drills, a strange liquor splat in the water.
'That is just... gross.' Juliet said she looked green in the face now.
'But enough of that now the effect of Junk Barrage kicks in, you lose half your monsters Attack Points as Life Points.'
Drill Warrior turned around and pierced Bruce with his drills the man crouched, he screamed when the shock of his device hit him.
(Bruce: 6600) - (Juliet: 7000)
'I'm not done yet, you know Helpoemer is on his best in the Graveyard, if he is in there he stays there, at the end of each of your Battle Phases he discards a random card from your hand to the Graveyard.'
Juliet looked over her cards.
'And to make sure that effect affect you I reveal this.' Bruce's facedown card spun around. 'Coffin Seller!' He shouted.
'Reminder, that only works if a monster card is sent.' Juliet said.
'Indeed so I have this.' Bruce said and his last facedown card spun around.
'Magical Thorn!' Juliet shrieked.
'Yes double damage if Helpoemer chooses a monster.' Bruce said with a grin.
'I must end my turn then.' Juliet said and the cold slimy hand of Helpoemer burst out of the ground. it picked a card.
'Quillbolt Hedgehog.' Bruce said, the devices started to buzz again and Jill got another shock.
(Bruce: 6600) - (Juliet: 6200)
Juliet fell in the water again, it was much colder now.
'What is going on? If I lose Life Points the waters becomes colder or the room becomes warmer, I can't hold out.'
'My draw.' Bruce said.
'I set this.' He said and a reversed monster appeared.
'That will be all.'
Juliet managed to get back up her feet, she slowly drew her card.
'I summon Junk Servant!' She said and a Warrior that looked more like a toy robot appeared on the field. (1500 ATK)
'Junk Servant attack that hidden monster!' Juliet shouted, Junk Servant charged in.
The reversed card disappeared in its place a small reaper wearing a purple cloak appeared. (200 DEF)
'Spirit Reaper?' Juliet said surprised.
'Yeah Spirit Reaper, I guess you want to end your Battle Phase now?' Bruce asked and Juliet nodded, Helpoemer's arm appeared again, this time it grabbed Shield Wing, Juliet felt the shock again, this time the temperature didn't rise.
(Bruce: 6600) - (Juliet: 5400)
'I set this one.' Juliet said and a facedown card appeared.
'Your move Bruce.'
'I first destroy your facedown card.' Bruce said.
'Mystical Space Typhoon!' Juliet shouted she could grab hold on a pipe or else she would have been swooped away when the storm started.
'Now for this monster I need two sacrifices.' Bruce said.
'You only have one.' Juliet replied.
'Did I said who's monsters I needed to sacrifice?'
Juliet went silent, she probably knew what was coming.
'I sacrifice your monsters!' Bruce shouted and Drill Warrior and Junk Servant were absorbed by lava, a cage appeared around Juliet, the next moment she was lifted into the air by a huge creature completely made of lava. (3000 ATK)
'Lava Golem...' Juliet sounded really scared now.
The water in the room turned to vapor the heat in the room turned up a few notches, it was almost unbearable now.
'I end my turn there.' Bruce said.
With a shock Jack woke up.
'Juliet?' He asked and he felt next to him.
'Juliet!' He shouted.
'What's wrong?' Asked the sleepy voice of Leo.
'Juliet's gone!' Jack shouted turning on the lights.
Leo wanted to push aside his blanket.
'Don't...' Jack started, then he saw Leo wearing sweatpants.
'What, you thought I was serious about sleeping naked?' Leo grinned.
'No time to joke Juliet is gone.' Jack repeated.
'She must be on the ship.' Leo said, now he was serious.
'Combing the whole ship would take a lot of work, not to mention that there are guards.'
Leo grinned.
'You know, I used to sneak out of everything, when I was grounded I could escape whenever I wanted and at school it was 'funny' to steal locker keys, if someone lost his key he came to see me, I could open any lock.
Five minutes later they were dressed.
'Okay, if I would kidnap a girl on a cruise ship, I would hide her on a place nobody actually came, then sneak her out to the rescue boats the moment land was near.' Leo said.
'I have an idea.' Jack said.
'The list of rules, we check them if we can find something.' Leo nodded and they both headed off to the main hall.
'Let's see.' Leo said when they arrived, they read the rules.
'Machine room is forbidden for passengers.' Jack said.
'To obvious, there is bound to be security there.' Leo said.
'What about this the crew quarters?
'Nah.' Leo said with a sight.
'Unless one of the crew members kidnapped her, I don't think we'll find her there.'
They read further. 'Got it.' Leo suddenly said. 'Look at this.' he was pointing at one of the rules.
'Seems there is an abandoned room in the belly of the ship, there we will find her.' Leo said.
Juliet was sweating the heat was getting to her.
'Then I draw.' She said she sounded weak.
'Then the effect of Lava Golem activates.' Bruce said, lava slowly dripped into the cave, Juliet screamed when the lava touched her foot.
(Bruce: 6600) - (Juliet: 4400)
'I set this...' Juliet said and a reversed monster appeared.
'End of turn.' She slumped to her knees.
'Bruce looked at the card he had just drawn.
'I think I'll pass.' He said.
Jack and Leo quietly opened the door to the belly of the ship.
Jill and Miranda were watching.
'They will mess up.' Miranda said.
'I don't know, in your Duel we saw Leo was cunning and he kept his cool.' Jill said.
'The coast is clear.' Leo said. 'Jack you wait here.'
Leo quietly walked to the end of the small hall, he looked around the corner.
'Come!' He whispered and he signed Jack to come, Jack moved closer.
'There.' Leo whispered he pointed to a door, they heard a scream.
'Juliet!' Jack shouted.
'Quite!' Leo hissed, a guard entered the hall, he now was patrolling the area around the abandoned room.
'Why is there a guard here?' Leo wondered.
'Because I told him to patrol that area.' Jill replied to the computer screen.
'Now watch Miranda.' She said.
Leo was cursing. 'That guard is in the way.' He whispered more to himself.
'Let's see...' Leo carefully looked around.
'That's it...' Leo muttered. 'Wait here.'
Leo moved closer to the guard moving behind object he was very quite, when Leo was behind the guard he took his weapon without the guard noticing.
'Turn around.' Leo said, the guard looked behind him and saw Leo with his gun.
'Put your hands in the air around that pipe.' The guard did what Leo said, then Leo took the handcuffs from the guard and put them on the guards wrists, the guard was now forced to stand with his hands in the air.
'Come on Jack its safe now.' Jack came out of his hiding spot he felt the door but it was locked tight.
Leo took a small pin out of his pocket, he moved it around in the lock and then the door opened.
Juliet was panting, the heat was now unbearable, suddenly the door opened.
'Leo, Jack!' Juliet shouted when she saw her friends.
'Juliet! Let her go you bastard!' Jack shouted.
Bruce shook his head. 'I am Bruce, a Psychic Duelist, I'm holding the heat back, in the room, except in the area that is our field, I can turn the heat up and cook her.' Bruce said, now Leo and Jack felt how hot is was.
'Juliet...' Jack whispered.
'I'm okay.' Juliet said she barely felt the heat anymore.
'My turn.' She said drawing her card, lava dripped in the cage again.
'I'm getting rid of your Lava Golem with this, Junk Synchron!' Juliet shouted and a small orange robot appeared on the field. (1300 ATK)
'Now that he is Summoned I can Special Summon a Level one or two monster from my Graveyard and I summon Shield Wing!'
A dragonic creature covered with green scales appeared, it had shields as wings. (900 DEF)
'Now I Flip Summon my Sonic Chick!' A small pink bird with red boots appeared. (300 ATK)
'And finally I use the effect of Quillbolt Hedgehog in my Graveyard, I control a Tuner so I can Special Summon him.'
A small rodent with screws and bolts in his back appeared. (800 ATK)
'Now Bruce...' Juliet said with a smile. 'These monsters minus Lava Golem are eight stars.' Junk Synchron gave a pull to his ripcord.
'The light of friendship shines bright when the destroyer of hatred arrives. Call upon the junk thrown away by mankind. I summon you Junk Destroyer!' Juliet chanted and with a huge crash a warrior landed he was heavily armed, he had four arms. (2600 ATK)
'Now he comes with a handy effect, I can destroy a card for each of Non-Tuner materials used, in case you lost count it were three.'
Lava Golem slowly melted away, as soon the cage hit the ground it exploded, Juliet breathed the air was a tad colder now, new water poured into the ship it was ice-cold.
Bruce looked at Juliet, she pointed at Spirit Reaper and Magical Thorn, Junk Destroyer crushed both.
'Attack directly with Destroy Knuckle!' Junk Destroyer lunged at Bruce knocking him into the water, Bruce screamed when the shock hit him.
(Bruce: 4000) - (Juliet: 3400)
'I end my turn.' Juliet said and the hand of Helpoemer appeared it grabbed away a Spell card.
'Then I shall draw.' Bruce said drawing.
'I summon Drillago.' He said and a yellow machine covered in drills appeared.
'You only have a monster with more than 1600 Attack Points so I attack you directly.'
The drills of Drillago pierced Juliet, she was launched on her back into the water she screamed when she got the shock.
'Juliet!' Jack now screamed.
Leo stepped forward. 'I would stop there if I were you Mr. Scot.' Bruce said. 'I can control the shocks.' Leo stepped back.
'I end my turn with this.' Bruce said and a reversed card appeared.
(Bruce: 4000) - (Juliet: 1800)
Juliet sat on her knees.
'Bruce!' Jack shouted, Bruce looked at him.
'I won't help Juliet I swear, but please let me approach her.'
Bruce thought for a minute.
'Please I beg you!' Jack said he dropped on his knees.
Leo saw what Jack was planning, he quickly slipped away.
'No.' Bruce said. 'This is our Duel, stay out.' He was focused on Juliet again.
'I draw.' Juliet said she sat half on her knees now.
'Junk Destroyer attack Drillago!' Juliet shouted.
'I don't think so.' Bruce said and a second Nightmare Wheel appeared, Juliet was chained to the pipe once more.
The torture device couldn't restrain Junk Destroyer, so it jumped into the air and landed on Junk Destroyer.
'Not again.' Juliet whispered.
Helpoemer's hand appeared and grabbed away a Trap card.
'At least I set this, to block your Drillago's direct attack.' Juliet said and a facedown card appeared on the field.
Bruce made a draw. 'First the effect of Nightmare Wheel.' Bruce said now Juliet only struggled when the shock came.
'I set this.' Bruce said and a reversed monster appeared.
'And I end my turn.'
(Bruce: 4000) - (Juliet: 1300)
Juliet managed to draw a card.
'It's over.' She muttered.
'I activate my facedown card Machine Angel Ritual.'
The bonfire erupted. 'Now I sacrifice Junk Destroyer.' For the second time Nightmare Wheel was destroyed and the chains released Juliet.
'I Ritual Summon Cyber Angel Dakini!'
This time a blue-skinned angel appeared, she had four arms, in two of them she held a pole in both others a sword. (2700 ATK)
'Since she is Ritual Summoned you must destroy one of your own monsters.'
Bruce gritted his teeth, Drillago began to smoke and finally exploded.
'Now Dakini also has a Trampling effect, so attack!'
The facedown card disappeared and a blob resembling a marshmallow with eyes and a mouth appeared (500 DEF)
Dakini slew it with her sword but it reformed again.
'Marshmallon?' Juliet sighted both Bruce and Juliet screamed when they got a shock.
The hand of Helpoemer appeared and pulled away another card.
(Bruce: 1800) - (Juliet: 300)
Bruce was nervous now he looked at his hand, no monsters there, and no way to revive one.
'Damn.' He muttered.
'My luck ran out.' He slammed a card in his Disk and a reversed card appeared.
Juliet quickly made a draw.
'I Summon A-Team: Trap Disposal Unit!' Juliet shouted and four robots appeared, one red, one blue, one orange and one green, they all wore yellow helmets. (300 ATK)
'Dakini finish it!' Juliet shouted.
'Go Mirror Force!' Bruce shouted and his reversed card spun around.
Juliet smiled the four robots disappeared and Mirror Force scattered.
'What?' Bruce shouted.
'They are called a Trap Disposal Unit, they get rid of Traps.' Juliet said and Dakini pierced Marshmallon and Bruce, who felt on his behind.
(Bruce: 0) - (Juliet: 300)
The moment Bruce's Life Points hit zero the devices around Juliet's wrists unlocked she dropped the Duel Disk and the devices.
Bruce slowly got up. 'Where is that Leo?' He asked and Jack pointed somewhere above Bruce, Bruce looked up and the last thing he saw was a metal pipe descending on his head.
When Bruce laid knock-out on the ground Leo quickly tied him up.
'Juliet!' Jack shouted and he caught Juliet before she fell on the ground.
Leo pushed a button and the temperature in the room slowly returned to normal, also the hatches closed and the water was drained.
'Leo give me the bag we took.' Jack said and Leo handed the bag over to Jack, Jack opened it and took out a long-sleeved, black, leather jacket, and a pair of black tights, also he had her black leather boots, he helped Juliet put on the clothes, she was shivering.
'It's okay now Juliet you're safe.' Jack whispered into her ear, but Juliet couldn't stop shivering.
'Leo, warn one of the crew, and make a room free in the hospital wing.' Jack said and Leo ran off.
'Come.' Jack said and he lifted Juliet off the ground, Juliet clamped her arms around his neck.
'It was terrible.' She whispered.
'Cry Juliet, don't fight the tears.' Jack whispered and so Juliet started to cry.
A couple of hours later Bruce woke up with a huge headache.
'Here.' Miranda said handing over a bag of ice, Bruce clutched it against a bump on his head.
'You went too far.' Jill snapped.
'That poor girl is in the hospital.' She said.
'Really, she won't be long there.' Bruce groaned.
'What do you mean?' Jill asked.
'She is strong, I really turned up the heat there, it would've roasted a normal human alive in a few seconds.'
Miranda took a step back.
'The water it would have frozen a normal humans legs off.' This time Jill took a step back.
'And these shocks were lethal to normal people.'
Miranda and Jill looked at each other.
'Yeah we saw Leo breaking in into that room, he was like an expert burglar, he even planned that surprise attack on you in the few seconds Jack distracted you.'
'Seems they really are the once then.' Bruce muttered.
Jill was shaking now. 'What has gotten into you?' Miranda asked.
'Well um, Leo only defeated you by keeping calm, Bruce here is hurt because he enraged Juliet's friends, if I put my plan into motion to Duel Jack, what do you reckon will happen?'
Both Bruce and Miranda knew what Jill was talking about.
Next Time:
The second day of the cruise started dramatic.
But the danger isn't over yet, two members of the mysterious team are down only Jack remains to Duel one.
There concern for Juliet made it clear they are not evil, but they aren't on the good side either, what is their game?
Find that out next time in a chapter I call 'Magical Dimension.'
Card details:
Vampiric Leech
Type: Insect/Effect
Attribute: Earth
level: 4
ATK: 500
DEF: 1200
This card can attack during the first turn of the Duel. During your Main Phase 2, you can discard 1 card to change this card's battle position.
Note: The above card was first used by Marik Ishtar during the Yu-Gi-Oh anime, episode 138 The Final Face Off - Part 1, all credits goes to the creative writers of that episode.
Cyber Angel Dakini
Type: Fairy/Ritual/Effect
Attribute: Light
level: 8
ATK: 2700
DEF: 2400
This card can only be Ritual Summoned with the Ritual Spell Card, "Machine Angel Ritual". When this card is Special Summoned, your opponent must select 1 monster they control and destroy it. When this card attacks a Defense Position monster, inflict piercing damage to your opponent.
Note: The above card was first used by Alexis Rhodes during the Yu-Gi-Oh GX anime, episode 60 A New Breed of Hero - Part 3, all credits goes to the creative writers of that episode.