Well, we're on chapter 3, I hope you're all enjoying this as much as I am.
Also, I've only got one more file after this at the time I'm writing this introduction (except for one I'm saving for later). Hopefully I'll have more soon, but if anyone wants to write one, feel free to send it to me.
So without further ado, lets get started.
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CHAPTER 3:
MORPHTRANSITION
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You know, I like to think I know my team pretty well.
Steven is kind of an open book, he came to Paradise City as a student and became a Shadowchaser after we saved him from a gang of Shadows. He's got a family back home, and nothing really stands out about him.
Then there's Charlie, other than that she enjoys teasing me about my non-existent love life (don't you start on that too, we're just friends!), she usually keeps to herself away from the rest of us. What I do know about her is that she used to be a teacher at the Leo Institute, how she wound up here is beyond me.
Still, its gotten us some great contacts and helped us be better duelists. I just wish I knew more about her.
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Quin looked up at the ceiling of the temporary quarters she had been given at Tartarus Station. She still had a lot to think about right now, Alexandra and the team aboard the station had been tracking the energy signal through the abyss, not an easy task to say the least but as soon as they found something they would let her and Leslie know.
She sighed as she picked up her deck and fanned the cards out as she looked it over. Her Kozmo deck had served her well so far, and while she was still learning a lot of the tricks, she had a good idea of exactly what she was doing. There was a lot about working for Morgana's Kin that required getting used to, but dueling was one thing that was easy.
She sighed a little and looked at the two cards that Leslie had given her, they were new cards to her, and that was something hard to get used to. She sighed as she leaned back on the bed and closed her eyes, letting the quiet of the station overtake her for a moment before there was a buzz at the door.
"Come in," she said as she looked up and Leslie walked in. "Is there any word on what's going on?"
"Alexandra says they've narrowed it down to a few layers of the Abyss," Leslie said with a shake of her head. "We've eliminated pretty much all the major layers that we were worried about, so that at least narrows down what Demon Lord we're dealing with."
"Unless they sent someone into another realm," Quin commented.
"Unlikely, but not impossible," Leslie said with a shrug. "I don't like this, it feels like we're missing something obvious here, and I'm worried about it."
"You're not the one who's going to have to investigate..." Quin said with a groan.
"Heh, yeah, remember what I told you about going to the abyss when I first made you my apprentice?"
"Don't," Quin said with a chuckle as she looked over at Leslie. "But if you have to, do it quickly and don't attract attention to yourself."
"Yeah, that's it," Leslie said with a shake of her head. "I hate going to the Abyss personally, there's always a risk there, but we don't have a choice. You'll have back-up if you need it, but we can't send in a major strike-force here, are you going to be okay?"
"I hope so," Quin said with a shake of her head. "I've never been there before, am I ready for this?"
"Don't worry, you'll do fine," Leslie said as their duel disks went off suddenly. "Sounds like they know where you're going."
Quin nodded as she hit a button and Alexandra's face appeared. "What's the word?"
"We've tracked it to an unimportant layer of the abyss from a strategic standpoint," Alexandra answered. "But we're still worried given who's in charge of it."
"Who's that?" Quin asked.
"The Harbinger of the Apocalypse, Raum," Alexandra answered. "Whatever is going on, its connected to his realm of Demanscus."
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The next day after Eva and Steven had dueled against their opponents, Charlie was out on a patrol in the city on her bike. She paused a moment when she saw a large crowd outside of one of the local duel schools.
"Hmm, busy day at You Show," she commented as she went past the crowd. Not that she was surprised, the recent pendulum summoning had put the school on the map.
She had to admit that it was curious, Pendulum summoning was pretty much unknown even to her or her contacts. But at the moment, she had more pressing matters to worry about.
She shook her head and was about to head down the road again when her duel disk started to ring. She hit a buttoon and an image of a man with brown hair framed by blonde locks and dressed in a purple button up shirt appeared.
"Professor Marco, I wasn't expecting to hear from you," Charlie said as she looked at the man surprised. "Can I help you with something?"
"We've got a bit of a situation," Marco said with a shake of his head. "I tried calling the police, but I was told that if I wanted to get any real results I needed to call you. There's been a bit of a problem with one of my students."
Charlie paused a little at that, Professor Marco was one of the more popular teachers at the Leo Institute. If the police couldn't help and they were sending him to her, that could only mean that there was a Shadowkind involved.
"Alright, tell me what happened."
"One of the new students in my class Diana Farley is in trouble," Marco said with a shake of his head. "She's been acting strange lately, talking about seeing her dead brother and even talking to someone that isn't there. She's been more, distant than usual as well. I don't really know what's going on, but if you don't mind looking into this for me."
"I can't promise that I'll have answers for you," Charlie said with a sigh, though it certainly sounded like it could be Shadow related. "Where do you want me to meet her?"
"She usually goes to that local cafe the Mirage Oasis for lunch," Marco answered. "She should be there soon. I'll make sure that everything is handled with her teachers if needed."
"Thank you, I'll check it out," Charlie said. "I'll help your student if I can, just know that I'm not a psychologist. So, if I can't help her..."
"Just try, that's all I ask," Marco said with a nod.
"Alright, I'll try," Charlie said as she turned the screen off and headed off towards the Mirage Oasis cafe.
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The Mirage Oasis Cafe was a small cafe on a street near the Leo Institute of Dueling. The owner was a former pro duelist who had moved to Paradise City and opened the cafe a few years back. Charlie hadn't really been there before, but right now she wasn't here for the cafe.
She checked her deck and duel disk for a moment before she opened the front door to the cafe. She looked around for a moment before she spotted what she was looking for, a girl dressed in a Leo Institute Uniform was sitting in a booth.
What caught her attention however was the spectral form of an older man in his 20s hovering next to her. She narrowed her eyes, that was definitely Shadow related, the girl seemed to be in a hushed conversation with the figure.
Charlie moved over to the booth and the girl looked up at her after a moment. "Hey, who's your friend there?"
"Wait, you can see him?" The girl asked as she looked up at Charlie.
"Yeah, he's floating right there," Charlie said and looked at the spectral man thoughtfully for a moment. He suddenly looked very uncomfortable when he saw the mark on her face.
"You're a Shadowchaser," he said simply.
"And you're an Envie I'm guessing," Charlie said as she narrowed her eyes. "I suspected it was something like that."
An Envious Malevolence or an Envie was a non-coporeal species of Shadowkind. They latched onto people who had recently lost loved ones and took the forms of their lost loved ones.
They were parasites, they wanted to complete a ritual that would give them a body. She hadn't run into them before, but she had read about them... not helped by the fact that she knew someone who had run into one.
And she wasn't going to let this one get away.
"What do you want?" The Envie asked and narrowed his eyes. "How'd you even learn about us?"
"Professor Marco told me about you," Charlie said as she looked at Diana. "He's worried about you. We need to get you freed of this before its too late."
"You know the rules, Shadowchaser," the Envie said as he looked at her. "If you want to deal with me, you're going to have to duel."
"I know how it works," Charlie said, she didn't like doing this but she knew the Envie could do a lot of dangerous things with a crowded cafe. "Let me guess, if you win I leave you both alone."
"That's right," Diana said as she reached into her bag and took out a duel disk and deck. "This place often has duels in it, so it won't draw any attention."
"Understood," Charlie said with a shake of her head before she nodded to a waitress who was dressed in a kimono.
After a few minutes the tables were moved out of the way for Charlie to duel against Diana and the Envie. She glanced around, there were a few Shadows here, hopefully this was going to work, this would be embarrassing otherwise.
"Lets duel," she said as she activated her duel disk and Diana did the same.
(Charlie Vaughn: 8000) - (Diana Farley: 8000)
"Don't worry Diana, you know what to do," the envie said as they drew their opening hands. "You've studied at the best Duel School in the world, you can win this."
"Really? Because I've taught there, I think I have the edge here," Charlie said as she looked her hand over.
"You know what they say about those who can't do," Diana said as she looked her hand over and slid two cards into her disk before she set a monster face down. "I'll set two cards face down, and then set one monster in defense mode, that's all I can do right now."
A basic start, lets see if I can do better, Charlie thought as she drew her sixth card and smiled a little. "Since I have no monsters on the field, I can special summon my Super Quantum Red Layer in attack mode, its morphing time!"
A warrior monster appeared in front of her. He had red armor with a lion-like helmet and larger than normal shoulder pads. One hand had a set of long claws on it and he smirked at her (2000/800).
"A Super Quantum monster?" Diana asked surprised.
"That's right, my deck is filled with these cards," Charlie said with a smirk as she gave Red Layer a nod. "And since that was a special summon, I can now normal summon my Summoner Monk!"
A man with blue skin and long grey hair appeared in front of her before he knelt down in the meditative position (800/1600).
"Now I'll discard one spell card, and then I can special summon a level 4 monster from my deck," she continued as she discarded a card and a new monster appeared, this one was dressed in green robed armor with a helmet with two wings on it appeared, then an identical monster appeared next to him (1600/1400).
"Wait, how did you do that?" The Envie asked as they backed away a little at the sight of the two monsters.
"When my Super Quantum Green Layer is normal or special summoned, I can special summon another one from my hand," Charlie said with a smirk. "Unfortunately I don't have another Super Quantum in my hand or I could do it again."
"Yeah, unfortunately..." Diana said with a gulp.
"But I can now create the overlay network!" Charlie said as a vortex appeared in front of her and the two Green Layers flew into it. "Drawing power from the grid itself, I bring forth my machine of the air!"
The vortex opened and a machine appeared, it resembled a large metal bird with a green body and wings. It let out a metallic screech as it spread its wings (2200/2400).
"So welcome to the field, Super Quantal Mech Beast Aeroboros!"
"You weren't kidding about being a teacher at the Leo Institute weren't you?" Diana asked with a gulp before she looked at Charlie. "You're Professor Vaughn aren't you? I heard about you from the other students, you left the school a year ago."
The Envie frowned a little as he realized just what they were up against.
"That's right, and I'll take out that face down monster with my Red Layer, Slash of the Lionheart!" Charlie ordered as the warrior ran forward and prepared to slash at the monster.
"Go trap card, Waboku!" Diana countered as several women appeared in front of her, the attack still contacted and revealed a treasure chest with a mouth.
"Dark Mimic LV1?" Charlie asked.
"That's right, and I can draw one more card," Diana said as she drew a card.
"I'll set one card face down and end my turn," Charlie said with a groan as a face down card appeared in front of her.
Diana drew a card and then took her deck out. "Since its my standby phase, I can sacrifice my Dark Mimic LV1 to special summon my Dark Mimic Level 3."
A new chest appeared, this one was silver with red parts and had tentacles coming out of it (1000/1000).
"I'll activate my spell card Celestial Sextant, by placing a level 6 monster on the bottom of my deck I can draw two cards," she said and took a card from her hand and put it in her disk before she drew two more cards.
Odd move, but I'm guessing she has a plan, Charlie thought worriedly.
"Now I'll play my spell the Dark Door," she continued and a barrier appeared between them with just one entrance. "And I'll set one card face down and summon my Silent Magician LV4!"
A young female magician with white and blue robes and a pointed hat appeared holding a staff (1000/1000).
"And that's all for my turn," Diana finished.
"Alright, its my draw!" Charlie said as she drew her next card.
"Which gives my Silent Magician LV4 a Spell Counter and 500 attack points," Diana said with a smirk as Silent Magician started to glow and her attack rose to 1500.
Okay, nothing I can't handle, even with that dark door card, Charlie thought as she looked at the card she just drew and slid it into her duel disk. "I'll set this card face down to start things off. Now, I know all about your Silent Magician so I'm going to take her out before she becomes a threat. Aeroboros, attack Silent Magician with Quantal Wing Slash!"
The mechanical bird swooped in and slashed at the magician with its wings, only to have it re-directed towards the chest when armor formed over it.
"Attack Guidence Armor?" Charlie asked as the chest shattered.
"That's right, and since it was summoned by my Dark Mimic LV1, I can draw 2 cards," Diana said as she drew two more cards.
Great, she's getting more and more of an advantage, but I can still take out that magician, Charlie thought as she shook her head. "Alright, I'll end my turn there."
"Then its my turn!" Diane said as she drew her next card.
"That'll help," the Envie said as he looked over her shoulder. "Don't worry, as soon as you have your stronger monster you can deal with her overgrown bird. Play your card and you'll be one step closer."
I don't like the sound of that, she probably has cards that force me to draw more cards, Charlie thought as she looked at the young magician. I've got a bad feeling about this, but my monster can deal with it.
"I activate my One Day of Peace spell card," Diane said as she slipped the card into her disk. "Now we can both draw one card and neither of us take damage until my next turn."
Well, that wasn't so bad at least, Charlie thought as she drew her card and the magician glowed as her atttack points rose to 2000. I just have to hope that whatever she draws can't make me draw again.
"Hmm, well, this will certainly help," Diane said as she slid the card into her disk and it appeared in front of her. "I'll set this card face down and end my turn."
Charlie drew a card as the Silent Magician glowed more and her attack rose to 2500. Well, that's a problem but nothing I can't handle, she thought as she looked up at her machine monster.
"So, what do you have this time?" The Envie said with a wicked smirk. "Your monsters aren't nearly strong enough to take out Diana's Magician."
"No, but I've got something that will make things easier," Charlie said as an idea started to form in her mind. "I summon my Super Quantum Blue Layer!"
A new monster appeared in front of her, it was blue and looked feminine with a helmet and long red hair flowing behind her. She looked at Charlie and then the opponents and nodded, holding her hands up as golden gauntlets glowed with blue energy (1200/2000).
"That's still..." Diana started to say.
"Thanks to her effect I get to add one Super Quant card to my hand," Charlie said as she took a card out of her deck and then slid it into her duel disk and a set card appeared in front of her. "Which I'll set face down and then I'll activate the effect of Aeroboros and force your monster face down."
Diana frowned as the Silent Magician knelt and then was replaced with a face-down card.
"That's not good..." she commented.
"Its alright, she can only attack once thanks to your spell," the Envie said with a nod. "You have nothing to worry about."
"Now I'll attack your Magician with my Aeroboros!" Charlie said as the machine fired missiles at the face down monster only for a metal scarecrow to intercept it. "Oh you have got to be kidding me."
"That's right, you can only attack with one monster per turn, and I can stop your attack," Diana said with a smirk. "You'll have to try harder than that to beat me."
"I, end my turn," Charlie said with a shake of her head as she looked her hand over, there wasn't much that could help her right now but the card she had set would change everything.
"Then its my draw!" Diane said as she drew her next card and looked at it before sliding it into her disk. "I'll set this card face down, and don't think I don't know your monster's weakness, you can't attack with it if it doesn't have an overlay unit."
Charlie flinched a little, she was right of course, it was the main weakness of her mechs. But at the same time, she did have ways to get around that downside, and she'd have even stronger monsters waiting.
"I'll switch my magician back into face-up attack position and end my turn," Diane finished as the young magician appeared again (1000/1000). "You better be careful before you make your next move."
Okay, lets hope I can do something about that Scarecrow, Charlie thought as she drew her next card and then smiled even as the magician glowed a little.
Diane and the Envie suddenly looked nervous as they saw that smile. Whatever she had drawn was going to be dangerous.
"I summon my second Super Quantum Blue Layer!" She said and the blue armored woman appeared again. "Drawing upon the power of the grid itself, I bring forth my beast of the sea!"
The vortex appeared in front of her and the two Blue layers flew into it. The monster that rose from it was a machine that was made up of two large whale-like creatures attached to a metal part that had two energy bursts coming out of it that knelt in a defensive positione (1800/2800).
"Welcome to the field, Super Quantal Mech Beast Grampulse!" Charlie said as the mech let out a metalic whistle.
"Don't worry, its nothing you can't handle, she can only attack once and your trap will stop it," the Envie said.
"That's right, it's only a matter of time before your monsters are destroyed!" Diane said, trying to sound more confident than she felt. "This duel is as good as mine."
"Not quite yet, I still have the effect of Grampulse," Charlie said as she took one card and slid it into her duel disk. "By detaching an overlay unit I can destroy one of your spell or trap cards, so I'll take out your Scarecrow!"
The machine fired a burst of energy at the face down card that shattered.
"You still can only..."
"That's about to change too, I activate my trap card Super Quantal Mech Sword - Magnaslayer and give it to Aeroboros," Charlie continued and a sword appeared in the machine's claws and its attack rose to 2600. "But that's not going to last long, I enter my battle phase and get rid of the sword, and then my machine can attack two more times. So I'll take out first your Magician, and then attack you directly twice!"
Diane backed up as the machine's sword shattered then missiles hit first the magician and then rained down around Diane who covered her face.
"And that's everything for my turn," Charlie said with a smile. "It looks like I've turned this duel around."
Not for long, Diane thought as she looked at her deck.
(C: 8000) - (D: 2900)
Diane drew her card and smirked a little as she showed it to the Envie. "Look at that brother, I've got exactly what I need."
"Go for it Diane, you know what to do," the Envie said with a nod.
"I activate my spell card, Level Modulation, so you can draw two cards and I can bring back one of my level monsters!" Diane said.
"Crap..." Charlie said as she drew two cards and looked at them as Silent Magician LV4 re-appeared. "What are you going to do with her?"
"I'll get to that in a moment, first I activate Breakthrough Skill to negate the effect of Aeroboros!" Diane said as a trap flipped up and a spike hit the machine. "And I'll add my Level Up spell card, so I can skip the spell counters to summon Silent Magician LV8!"
The small magician started to glow and grew larger into a woman with the same robes only longer and she swung her staff around (3500/1000).
"Now, Silent Magician LV8, take out Aeroboros with Solar Magic!" Diane continued and the spellcaster swung her staff and blasted the machine with her magic and it shattered with a screech. "And I'll end my turn there.
(C: 6700) - (D: 2900)
Okay... lets hope I can draw something that works, Charlie thought as she drew her next card and flinched. It was her second copy of Super Quantal Alphan Strike, she wasn't going to be able to use this.
"Bad draw?" Diane asked with a smirk.
"Wouldn't you like to know," Charlie said as she added the card to her hand before she picked out two others out of her hand. "I'll set these two cards face down and switch my Red Layer to defense mode."
The two face down cards appeared in front of her as the warrior knelt in defense mode and she looked her hand over again.
She doesn't seem to use any Xyz monsters, so some of my cards aren't going to help, Charlie thought as she looked at Diane and shook her head. But this duel isn't over yet, I just need to draw the right cards and this duel is all mine. I can't take out her Dark Door or she'll just be able to attack with her other monsters, so I have to hang back..
"Keep it up Diane, you'll win this in no time," the Envie said with a smirk. "She doesn't have anything right now that can stand up to your monster."
"Not yet at least," Charlie said as she looked at her extra deck.
"Well good luck with that, you've got a lot to do before you can take me down," Diane said with a smirk. "Is that your turn?"
"Yes," Charlie said.
"Then its my draw!" Diane said as she drew her next card. "I activate the spell card Card of Demise, so now I can draw three cards but I can't deal damage to you and I have to discard my hand at the end of the turn."
She picked the next three cards up off her deck and nodded at the Envie as she showed them to him.
"Very good, now lets get this started," he said with a smirk.
"I'll set one card face down and then I'll activate Emergency Provisions to get rid of my Dark Door!" Diane said as a mouth appeared and swallowed up the spell card as her life points went up.
Great, that means she can attack with more than one monster, and I'll bet she has one, Charlie said with a groan as she looked at her monsters.
"Next, I'll summon Ultimate Insect LV3!" Diane continued and a purple and red caterpillar like insect appeared in front of her (1400/900). "Now, lets take out your Zord there. Silent Magician LV8 take it out with your Solar Staff!"
The magiciain spun her staff around and sent a burst of magic at the machine.
"I'm activating its effect first!" Charlie said as she took out the remaining overlay unit. "So I'll use it to take out that face down you just set!"
The robot fired energy and it hit the card which was revealed to be Transcendant Wings before it shattered.
"Too bad, that could've been useful later," Charlie said and let out a sigh of relief as her monster shattered.
"Now Ultimate Insect, take out her Red Layer!" Diane said and the insect slithered forward and shot acid at the monster and it shattered. "And that's all for my turn."
(C: 6700) - (D: 3900)
"Then its my draw!" Charlie said as she drew her next card. And unless its a winner, then I'm not going to stand much of a chance.
She looked at the card and smiled a little, this was going to help a little she just had to get the right card. She slid it into her duel disk and it appeared face down in front of her. "I'll start by setting one card face down and then I'll activate my Summoner Monk's effect, so I'll discard my Overlay Capture spell to summon my last Green Layer."
She sent one of the cards to the graveyard and the robed monster appeared kneeling in defense mode one last time (1600/1400).
"Not exactly the strongest monster you have," Diane commented.
"I know, but he'll buy me some time," Charlie said as she looked at her monsters. "I'll end my turn there."
Diane drew her next card and smirked. "First, since its my standby phase I can sacrifice my Ultimate Insect LV3 to level it up!"
The insect broke apart and a silver colored insect burst out of it. It had long spindly legs and mandibles that clicked before it let out poison that lowered the attack of Charlie's monsters by 500 (2300/900).
"And thanks to my monster's effect, your monsters lose 500 attack," Diane said with a smirk.
"You're doing great Diane, keep it up, now use the card you just drew!" The Envie said with a wicked smirk.
"I equip her with the spell, Big Bang shot!" Diane said and the spellcaster glowed with burning energy as her attack rose to 3900. "Now she gains a tramping effect, which makes her even more dangerous!"
Crap, Charlie thought as she looked at her face down card, it wasn't going to stop the attack, she just had to hope it would help.
"Now, take out her Green Layer with Solar Magic!" Diane said and the spellcaster shot her attack at the monster which shattered. "Now its your turn Ultimate Insect, take out her Summoner Monk!"
The insect skittered forward and swung at the monk.
"Go trap card, Metaverse, now I can activate one field spell!" Charlie said as she took a card out and the cafe around them changed into a hangar of a large machine with several robots around them. "And I activated my Super Quantal Mech Ship Magnacarrier!"
"Too bad it didn't stop my attack," Diane said as the monster shattered. "Its your turn, I'd make the best of it if I were you."
(C: 4200) - (D: 3900)
Charlie drew a card and flinched, it wasn't going to help her. "I'll simply set this monster in defense mode and end my turn," she said and a set monster appeared in front of her.
"You better hope I don't draw a monster or this duel is over," Diane said and drew a card as she flinched.
"Didn't draw a monster huh?" Charlie asked.
"Shut up, I can still level up my insect," Diane said as her insect glowed and its body grew larger and more blue as it opened its back revealing large wings that buzzed (2600/1200). "And now I'll move into my battle phase and attack your face down monster with Ultimate Insect!"
The insect buzzed its wings as poison fell on the monster and it shattered after revealing a third Blue Layer.
"Now Silent Magician LV8, attack her directly!" Diane continued as the female magician fired a magical blast at Charlie and she was pushed back.
"Its almost over now," the Envie said with a wicked smirk that Diane couldn't see.
Its not over yet... Charlie thought as she looked at her deck.
"I'll end my turn there, don't get comfortable though, next turn its all over," Diane said and laughed.
(C: 300) - (D: 3900)
"Then I draw!" Charlie said as she drew and look at her next card. Okay, this is gonna be risky, but I just have to hope it pays off.
"Well?" Diane asked.
"I activate my Pot of Desires," Charlie said as she picked up the next 10 cards from her deck and pocketing them. "By banishing 10 cards face down, I can draw two cards."
"You're taking a big risk, you know that right?" Diane asked. "You could banish whatever you need."
"I know, but its this or lose," Charlie said as she drew two cards and smiled. "I activate the spell card Monster Reborn, and I'll bring back my Red Layer!"
With that the red armored monster appeared in front of her again as he swung his claw around a little (2000/900 - 700).
"Why bring him back? He won't help you," Diane said.
"Oh but he will, I can discard one card and special summon an Xyz monster from my extra deck that's the same attribute as the one on the field thanks to my field spell," Charlie said and discarded the other card she had drawn and her extra deck glowed and the carrier around them shook as the Red Layer flew into it. "So welcome to the field, Super Quantal Beast Magnaliger!"
A new monster ran into view, it looked like a robotic big cat with a mane and mechanical limbs. It let out a mechanical roar (2600/2000 - 700).
"And I can use his effect, by detaching one overlay unit I can destroy one of your monsters, like your Ultimate Insect!" Charlie said as she took the card and slid it into her graveyard before the insect shattered and Magnaliger's attack returned to normal.
"You should have used that on my Magician," Diane said.
"I'll get to her in a moment, I'm first activating the other effect of my field spell, by sending it to the graveyard I can form the Overlay network using my Super Quantal Mechs from my field and graveyard to summon my strongest monster!" She said and the field around them began to shake even more as the vortex appeared in front of her.
First Magnaliger flew into it, then Grampulse and Aeroboros appeared and flew into it. The monster that rose from it was massive, it looked like a humanoid robot that was made up of different parts from it. The chest came from Magnaliger, the arms and wings came from Aeroboros, and the legs came from Grampulse (3600/3200).
"Its still..." Diane started to say.
"My Super Quantal Mech Beast Grand Magnus has effects depending on how many overlays it has and since it has at least two I can detach one of them to shuffle one card back into the deck," Charlie said as she held up Grampulse and the giant machine flapped its wings and it sent the fire aura around Silent Magician away and then the magician herself shattered. "Now, Grand Magnus attack her directly with Quantum Magna Slash!"
The robot charged forward and drew a sword that it slashed at Diane with and she fell back on her butt.
"Its... not... ove..." Diane started to say when she saw Charlie's trap, the one she had this whole time flip up. "No, not Xyz Reborn."
"That's right, so welcome back Grampulse!" Charlie said as the two headed machine appeared in front of her again (1800/2800). "Grampulse, finish this!"
The machine sent a burst of energy at Diane and she screamed as it flowed through her.
(C: 300) - (D: 0)
"What are you going to do now?" Diane asked as the holograms vanished around her.
"Diane, you're being fed on by a parasite, I'm going to send you somewhere that you can be helped," Charlie said with a soft smile as she took out her gem. "Don't worry, you'll be fine."
She raised the gem and Diane vanished. She shuffled her deck and gave the wiatress a nod as she headed back out and got on her bike, she had a patrol to finish.
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"You're kidding, he tried to steal the data again?" An elven woman with short black hair and dressed in a tank top and blue jeans asked with a chuckle.
"Yeah, well he's not one to give up easily," Eva said with a chuckle, the two were talking in the kitchen in the Shadowchaser's home base. "Still, something is weird about all of this, he was using Fusion monsters and then Steven dueled a Dark Elf with synchros."
"Odd, perhaps something is going on," the elf said.
Charlie smiled a little, she had known Myra since the elf had arrived from Shadow a few years back. She had been a recent arrival and had been set upon by a group that was trying to take advantage of that.
The two had been friends ever since, despite Charlie's jokes to the contrary they were not a couple. Eva smiled a little at the Elf, it wasn't that she wasn't cute, she just, had a lot of things on her mind and she was still getting over an old relationship.
"Hey lovebirds," Charlie said as she came in. "Its good to see you again Myra."
"You too Charlie," Myra said with a smile as she gave her a nod.
"Run into any trouble?" Eva asked.
Charlie paused a moment. "I ran into an Envie at the Mirage Oasis," she said with a shake of her head. "He was feeding on a student from the Leo Institute."
Eva frowned a little and shook her head. "I hope he'll be stopped somehow," she said softly.
"Don't worry, dealing with Envies have gone a long way," Charlie said as stretched out a little. "I'm going to go get a shower, you two have fun!"
"We're not... oh never mind," Eva said as Myra just laughed and Charlie left. "See what I have to put up with every day?"
"I think its funny," Myra said with a chuckle.
"Yeah, yeah," Charlie said and shook her head, she just hoped that everything would be okay.
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Well, that's the third member of the main Shadowchasers in Paradise City introduced, but we're not all done yet.
Next chapter, we leave the mortal plane as Quin Lamont tracks down the source of the energy being sent to Tharizdun's prison. Can she learn anything new about what's going on? Find out next time in, "D.D. Warrior Lady."
Also, don't forget to send in your file ideas.
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The Somber King, Ruler of an Empire of Universes.
Solani, Universe TO-2998, Universe Cluster Zeta-5.
While there are many organizations in the multiverse, most of them are limited to only a single universe or they don't stay in a single one. There are however exceptions, but the most dangerous of them is the Solanira Empire and its ruler, the Somber King.
The Solanira Empire spans over at least 6 universes with the universe designated TO-2998 at its center. The Empire is one of the major powers of the multiverse, and is not one to be taken lightly.
Morgana's Kin historians have managed to track down the origin of the Somber King and his Empire. Apparently the King is the last survivor of a universe that had been consumed by chaos, leaving nothing in its wake. How the King survived is not known, but he has dedicated himself to hunting down the beings that destroyed his home, and protecting other universes from suffering the same fate.
The Somber King's empire has few rivals in the multiverse as very few beings are capable of threatening his Empire. The King himself is rarely at home, often traveling to other universes in pursuit of the beings that destroyed his home universe aboard his flagship.
The Somber King and his forces rule the worlds under their control with an iron fist. There is little that escapes his notice, and he's not a being to be taken lightly. He is on occasion willing to negotiate and trade with some groups, but if he truly sets his sights on a universe, it'll take a lot to push him back.
One individual that encountered the Somber King claimed that he was able to weaken him using a magic deadzone. It appears that the Somber King utilizes technology supplemented by magic, so if the magic is negated his technology is fairly weak.
However he's still a dangerous opponent to deal with for anyone. The Somber King is truly a force to be reckoned with for even the mightiest of warriors.
Story Ideas: The Somber King can work well as a main villain for a fanfic that involves him invading the Shadowchasers universe. His forces are not easy to face, but if you get enough warning you can win.
Alternatively if you could reason with him he could become an ally against the forces that had destroyed his home universe if they came to the Shadowchasers universe. He's hard to reason with, but he may be willing to negotiate if all else fails.
Even if you were to defeat the being that attacked, it is however possible that he will stab you in the back.
As to who attacked his home, well that's something that is not completely known. Perhpas it was an elder evil, or perhaps it was something else entirely.
Deck Ideas: The Somber King knows very little about Duel Monsters, but if he was to ever duel his deck could be just about anything. He'd likely use a deck with overwhelming power like Ancient Gears or Five Gods Dragon.