This story was done in collaboration between me and Jriddle41 (Sodormatchmaker on DeviantART), and we both own the OCs that are used in the story. Everything else belongs to their respective owners:
Thomas and Friends (c) Hit Entertainment and Mattel
The Railway Series (c) Rev Wilbert Awdry
Yu-Gi-Oh! (c) Konami
Song used in Intro and Outro (c) Unknown
WARNING: Again, this story is rated T (13-plus) for moments of violence, bloody moments, and some suggestive themes. Viewer discretion may be advised.
Running as fast as she could from the high school, Rosie wanted to get as far away from Diesel 10 and the Smelter Teens as she possibly could. All she could think about is how badly she screwed up.
"How could I have been so stupid?!" Rosie thought to herself, tears steaming down her face. "I thought I was doing something good for someone. Just to find out I... I..."
The poor pink-haired girl didn't get any further, and just collapsed onto her knees to cry out of shame, disgrace, and remorse.
"Rosie!" called a voice (male). "I'm so glad you're safe!"
Rosie looked up in surprise. "Stanley? Stanley is that you?"
Yes, it was Stanley Hudswell. The gray-haired boy was actually safely out of the school, too.
"Yup, it's me." smiled Stanley
Rosie continued to tear up. "Oh, Stanley, this is all my fault!"
"Yeah, I've heard." The gray-haired boy acknowledged. "However, I don't blame you for what happened at all."
"You don't?" The pink-haired girl blinked through her tears.
"No, I don't." insisted Stanley kindly. "You were just trying to do what you thought was right. Diesel 10 was the one who lied to you."
"But how did you get out?" asked Rosie.
"I saw you leading Diesel 10 and most of the Smelter Teens down the hallway. I got suspicious over what was going on, so I secretly followed." explained Stanley. "I couldn't get into the office when I saw the Smelter Teens outside, but I did listen to the message that criminal gave. After that, I got out of the school as fast as I could."
"What should we do? You and I are no match for Diesel 10, right now. And the school is on lockdown..."
"Let's head into town and get help." suggested the gray-haired boy. "Maybe Flynn and the rest of the Fire Department can assist us in stopping Diesel 10."
"I hope so." whispered the pink-haired girl. "I really hope so..."
With that said, Rosie and Stanley both started to race across the street... Just then, there was a loud screeching sound of tires burning rubber on the ground.
"Hey!" called a voice (male). "Watch where you two are going!"
The two Sodor High School teenagers looked and gasped in amazement.
"Whoa!"
Title: Big Trouble at Sodor High, Part 3
There, sitting on the road, were three VERY cool looking motorcycles. Riding them were three civillians not from around the Island of Sodor:
-The first was a 16-year old boy with short dark brown hair, brown eyes, orange shirt and black pants.
-The second was a 16-year old girl with shoulder-length brown hair, black eyes, and was wearing a purple t-shirt with a blue jean jacket over the shirt, and purple shorts.
"Look both ways before crossing the street." scolded the third motorcycle driver, who was actually 18-years old. He had short black hair and glasses, and was wearing a white t-shirt and gray shin-length shorts. "Safety comes first, you know."
"Who are you three?" asked Stanley and Rosie both at once.
The brown-haired boy removed his helmet and smiled.
"The name's James." he said. "These guys are my friends... Zack and Carlie."
Carlie (the girl) removed her helmet and smiled.
"It's nice to meet you both." The brown-haired girl said cheerfully.
Zack (the older boy) removed his helmet and kept a calm look on his face.
"What's the rush, anyway?" The black-haired boy asked. "You two nearly got hit by us."
"We're real sorry-" Rosie apologized hastily. "-but we need to get to town and find help."
"What's the matter?" asked James R., now sounding concerned.
"A criminal has taken over our school!" Stanley explained direly. "All our friends are trapped inside with no escape!"
"That's awful!" gasped Carlie. "We'll help you save them and stop that criminal."
"Thanks." sighed Rosie gratefully. "But we'll need more help. Could you guys give me and Stanley a ride to town to the Fire Department?"
"Say no more." Zack nodded, putting his helmet back on. "We'll help you two any way we can."
The two teenagers climbed aboard Zack (Stanley) and Carlie's (Rosie) motorcycles respectively and they rode off.
(elsewhere...)
A while later, the three motorcycle driving teens arrived in the town of Knapford.
"I've never seen motorcycles like these before." Stanley commented, riding with Zack. "What kind of models are they?"
"Duel Runners." Zack answered plainly.
"Duel Runners?" Rosie blinked, having heard the answer come from Carlie, too. "What's a Duel Runner?"
"Special motorcycles that you can play Duel Monsters on." explained James R.. "My Duel Runner is painted black and orange, and is named 'Blackbird'."
"And mine is painted red, and is named 'Bloody Kiss'." added Carlie.
"Wait, so you three are duelists?" asked Stanley.
"James and Carlie are-" Zack corrected. "-but I'm not."
"There are two other duelists of our group." James R. added. "Matt and Michael. Out of us, they're easily the best of the best. The former is actually not only the champion of all of North America, but is one of the greatest duelists of all."
"Too bad they're off exploring the island." giggled Carlie.
Pretty soon, the teenagers found Flynn and Belle's firefighting team. They had just put out a fire at an apartment building, and were getting ready to leave when...
"BELLE! FLYNN!"
The two adults looked and saw the kids pull up.
"Stanley? Rosie?" blinked Belle. "What's going on?"
"Come quick!" Rosie said very quickly, out of breath. "My... school... danger!"
"Easy, slowly." said Flynn soothingly. "Now, tell us what's happening."
"A criminal named Diesel 10 has taken over Sodor High School and is holding everybody inside prisoner." Stanley explained more calmly. "We need help!"
"Say no more!" nodded Belle, now looking dead serious. "We're ready to come to the rescue."
"And again, we'll help out in any way we can." Zack added.
"Well then, let's kick this rescue into overdrive!" cried James R., who revved his Blackbird up once more.
(elsewhere...)
Twenty minutes later, the three Duel Runners and three fire trucks arrived outside in Sodor High School's front yard.
"So, how do we get inside?" asked Carlie. "You said the place was on lockdown, right?"
"There's a secret passage to the Smelter's Class." answered Rosie. "Maybe that's still open."
"What's going on?" said another voice (male).
The group all turned around and saw Duck, but Rosie was more surprised.
"Duck?!" The pink-haired girl exclaimed. "You got out, too? But how?"
"I...don't remember." admitted Duck, rubbing the back of his head. "I remember listening to Mr. Nodniws's announcement on the PA, then suddenly I blacked out. Later on, I woke up and found myself outside."
"Strange." Stanley commented. "Very strange, indeed."
"Now, where's the secret entrance you've mentioned?" Zack asked Rosie.
"Follow me." Rosie ordered, running ahead. She lead everyone to a door near a part of the building. "This is it."
James R. gripped onto the door handle and pulled on the door, but it wouldn't open...
"It won't open." The brown-haired boy grunted, tugging more and more. "It's locked!"
"Now, how are we going to get inside?" asked Carlie.
"I have an idea." Zack spoke up. "It won't be pretty, but it might work."
"Let's hear it." said Duck.
Zack looked to Flynn. "Do you have some strong rope?"
"In one of our fire trucks." nodded Flynn, raising an eyebrow. "What do you need it for?"
"Get it for me, and I'll show you."
Flynn went to the fire truck and brought back some strong rope.
"Here you are." The fire chief offered.
Zack took the rope and tied one end to the door handle, and the other end to his Duel Runner.
"Zack." whispered James R., looking surprised. "You aren't thinking of..."
"Using my Duel Runner to pull the door open?" interrupted Zack, answering the question. "That's exactly what I'm gonna do."
The black-haired boy got onto his Duel Runner and started it up. Bringing it to full throttle, the door was pulled open in no time.
"Geez! It's a good thing I'm not that door." Belle commented in a deadpan tone. "Because that would hurt in the morning."
"Come on!" Rosie shouted, running into the Smelter classroom.
Stanley, James R., Carlie, and Zack all followed the pink-haired girl inside. Now that they were inside, they searched around.
"Anything?" asked Rosie.
"No." Carlie shook her head.
Eventually...
"How did you guys get in here?" came the voice of Den.
"The school is on lockdown." came the voice of Dart.
There stood Den and Dart. Rosie had to keep much restraint to keep herself from going over and doing something very drastic to those two Smelter Teens.
"You let Thomas and Emily go, right now!" The pink-haired girl demanded.
"Sorry, but we can't do that." Dart replied, shaking his head.
"Why not?!"
"You two seem reluctant." Carlie commented softly, walking forth. "Reluctant to take orders from that Diesel 10."
Den and Dart both took one look at the brown-haired girl and blushed at how pretty she was.
"We didn't really want it to go this far." said Den shyly. "Um, I mean..."
"What he means is-" Dart spoke up. "-that we only wanted a bigger, safer classroom."
"So, why are you still obeying Diesel 10's orders then?" asked Zack. "He's lied to you about getting a new classroom just so he could take over the school."
The two brothers didn't answer. They only looked to each other for a moment.
"I think we should..." Den started.
"Go?" Dart finished.
Den nodded. "Yes."
"Besides, I never liked Diesel 10, anyway." Dart added.
"Me neither." Den agreed. "Why shouldn't we stay?"
And they moved away from the door, causing Rosie to sigh in relief.
"Yes!" she cried out. "Now to save Thomas and Emily."
"Hey, where'd Duck go?" asked Stanley, noticing that the Great Western green-haired boy was not inside the classroom.
"He must be waiting outside with Flynn and Belle." James R. suggested.
Either way, Rosie opened the door. There, Thomas and Emily were both tied to two separate chairs.
"Thomas! Emily!"
The two captured teenagers turned and gasped.
"Rosie?" Thomas and Emily both said at once.
"I'm so glad you're both alright!" exclaimed Rosie. Without wasting another second, she began to untie her friends.
"How did you get in?" asked Thomas.
"That would be my doing." said Zack coolly, gesturing to himself.
Thomas and Emily were both confused when they saw the black-haired boy, James R., and Carlie.
"Who are you three?" Emily asked. "I've never seen you before."
"We're Zack, Carlie, and James." said Carlie, introducing herself and her two friends. "We've come from America."
"We're adopted children of Discord J. Crawford." added James R..
Thomas and Emily were both surprised.
"Discord told us about you guys!" exclaimed Thomas. "But...he said there were five of you."
"That's because our two others friends, Matt and Michael, are both out exploring the Island." Zack pointed out. "We happened to come upon Rosie and Stanley here while riding into town."
"I'm so sorry that I caused this to happen." said Rosie sadly. "I thought I was helping the Smelter's Teens out by getting them a bigger classroom."
"It's okay." Thomas replied calmly, placing both hands the sad girl's shoulders. "We understand completely. Now, come on, let's go free everyone..."
Upon arriving in the hallway, the teens found Den, Dart, Sidney, and Paxton going to some of the nearby classrooms.
"What are you three up to?" Stanley called out.
"We're freeing the other students here." Paxton replied truthfully. "Believe me when I say this; we had no intention of letting this happen."
"This is our way of saying we're sorry for helping that monster out." added Sidney.
"Thank you." smiled Emily. "I knew you weren't bad guys."
"Speaking of bad guys..." Thomas spoke up. "It's time to teach Diesel 10 a lesson."
With that said, he, Emily, Rosie, Zack, Carlie, and James R. all took off down the hallway. Just as quickly, Henry and Edward both showed up to join them.
"We're with you in this!" declared Edward.
"Let's teach Diesel 10 a lesson!" put in Henry.
As they went down further down the hallway, James and Gordon both joined up too.
"Let's take back our school!" said Gordon.
Even further down, the gang found Toby and Percy, who both instantly joined as well.
"That fiend's not going to get away with this!" declared Toby. "What he did was wrong!"
Eventually, the large number of teenagers had arrived outside the office. Diesel and his gang could be seen chatting.
"What the-?" Diesel was surprised to see Thomas and the others. "How did you guys get loose, and-" Upon spotting Carlie, he grinned flirtingly. "-who's the babe?"
Carlie gave the devious black-haired boy a disgusted glare in response.
"She's one of our new friends." snapped Thomas. "We're taking back the school!"
"So, get out of the way!" added Percy. "You lot are out numbered."
Seeing as they were outnumbered, Diesel and his gang did back down. This allowed everyone to enter the office. Inside, Stacy Jones was cowering under her desk when she spotted Rosie and Thomas.
"If you're looking for Diesel 10, he's inside Sir Topham Hatt's office."
"Thank you." Thomas bowed politely. He went over to the door to Sir Topham Hatt's office and opened it. "This is it..."
Inside the main office, Diesel 10 was seated in Sir Topham Hatt's desk with his back to the gang. He kept a calm, yet evil look on his face.
"So, you've come back, Rosie." he muttered sinisterly, before turning around to look at all of his enemies with a maniacal look on his face. "Foolish girl, the school is all mine, now!"
"You're wrong! It's our school! And we're taking it back!" Thomas shouted defiantly.
Rosie stepped forward. "You tricked me Diesel 10! You made me think I was helping the Smelters' Class, but I now know your scheme, and we're going to stop you, here and now!"
Diesel 10 gestured his claw hand out. "You'll do nothing!"
"Oh yes, we will!" said Thomas, stepping forth.
Suddenly, there was a loud crowd of voices coming from the hallway.
"What the-?!"
Stanley smiled. "Oh, did we forget to mention four of your students have gone and freed all of the other students and teachers of this school?"
Enraged, Diesel 10 growled.
"I'd say you're outnumbered now, Diesel 10." added James.
"So, you might as well give it up, Diesel 10!" Gordon demanded. "You don't scare any of us. YYou might as well pack it up, and get your butt out of our school!"
Diesel 10 slammed both hands on the desk. "Me? Leave!?" he shouted. "Never! This school is mine, and I'll never give it up to the likes of you fools!"
"What makes you think you can take all of us on?" asked Zack calmly. "There's more of us than there is of you."
Diesel 10's angry face soon turned to one of glee as he erupted into maniacal laughter, catching everyone off-guard.
"You all think you have me beat, don't you?" Diesel 10 asked dangerously. "Well you don't! Take a good look outside why don't you?"
James R. ran to a nearby window and gasped. Outside, there were hundreds of hoodlums wielding baseball bats and knives. Worst of all, many of them had also surrounded Duck, Belle, Flynn, and their firefighting team, ready to attack them at the given command.
"There's a whole army out there!" James R. announced in horror. "And Duck, Belle, Flynn, and the other firefighters are all surrounded!"
"I called in my gang." explained Diesel 10. "Somehow, I knew something like this would happen, so I took some extra measures to ensure that I win no matter what. So, you fools might want to think twice before you try to take back the school."
"You monster!" shrieked Emily. "Those are innocent people out there!"
"And if you think I'm bad, now." Diesel 10 rebuffed. "Wait until I tell you all this; a few of my gang members also paid a little visit to a certain home of one of you fools eearlier, and—how shall I put this—kidnapped a duo of younger sisters..."
Thomas gasped in shock. Diesel 10 didn't just do what he (Thomas) thinks he (Diesel 10) did... but the evil smile on the man's face confirmed that he did do it.
"YOU SENT SOME OF YOUR MEN TO KIDNAP MY SISTERS?!" he roared in anger.
"Correct!" laughed Diesel 10.
"Let them go!" demanded Percy.
"Oh, I'll let them go..." The criminal nodded, before bringing his Duel Disk up from under the desk and onto his left arm. "Only IF the San Francisco champion can defeat me in a duel."
"Fine!" Thomas nodded, clenching a fist. "I accept your challenge."
"Then follow me to the gym." Diesel 10 walked away from the desk. "That place has so much more room."
Suddenly, a voice spoke in his head.
"Excellent work so far, Diesel 10." said the voice of the same teenage boy. "Now, all you need to do is destroy Thomas Billinton."
"That won't be a problem, master." insisted Diesel 10 in his head. "With my deck, along with the cards you and your followers have supplied me, it will be an easy job."
"Just remember-" The teenage boy warned. "- that if at one point you start slacking off, I will be taking over."
"I can assure you that I never slack off!"
(elsewhere...)
In the gym, there were dozens of hoodlums waiting, and to Thomas's horror, there was both Annie and Clarabel being held captive.
"BIG BROTHER!" They both shrieked in fright.
Suddenly, the other teenagers (minus Thomas) got themselves being held captive by the hoodlums, too.
"Let my friends go!" snapped Thomas. "It's obvious that it's me you really want!"
"I will only do so IF you win this duel." Diesel 10 retorted, tossing a Duel Disk over to the blue-haired boy. "Should you lose? All of you will die!"
"I won't lose to the likes of you!"
Thomas equipped the Duel Disk onto his left arm, slotted his deck into the card holder, and activated the device.
"Big words coming from the San Francisco champion." laughed Diesel 10.
Once the criminal activated his own Duel Disk, the two duelists drew their opening hands (LP: 4000) x2.
"Let's duel!" They both shouted in unison.
Everyone in the gym watched silently. The teenagers and teachers really hoped that Thomas could win and save everyone...
"Since we're in my domain, I'll take the first turn." Diesel 10 insisted.
Turn One: Diesel 10 (LP: 4000)
Deck: (35)
Current Hand (5): Magic Metal Coat, Cyber Jar, Machine Conversion Factory, Trap Jammer, and Mystical Space Typhoon
He took a card from his hand and gave a devious smile while placing it facedown on a monster field slot on his Duel Disk (sideways).
"For my opening move, I'll just summon this monster in defense mode."
A facedown card appeared on the field (sideways).
"That's all for now." said Diesel 10 sneakily.
"My turn!" announced Thomas, drawing a card from his deck. "Draw!"
Turn Two: Thomas Billinton (LP: 4000)
Deck: (34)
Current Hand (6): Obnoxious Celtic Guardian, Magic Cylinder, Dark Magician Girl, Magical Dimension, Polymerization, and Curse of Dragon
"You can do it, Thomas!" called Percy, just before he felt a hoodlum smack him upside the head.
"Keep quiet!" The hoodlum snapped.
Thomas watched that happen and grimaced before looking back over to Diesel 10, holding up a card in the process.
"I summon Obnoxious Celtic Guardian in attack mode!" announced the blue-haired boy.
The elf swordsman appeared on the field (Level: 4/ATK: 1400/DEF: 1200).
"Attack Diesel 10's facedown monster!"
Obnoxious Celtic Guardian obeyed, charging at the facedown monster with his sword.
"HA!" laughed Diesel 10. "Your first turn, and already you get into trouble!"
The monster was revealed to be...
"Cyber Jar!" gasped Thomas in realization.
That's right... The mechanical jar appeared from the card and created a black hole, destroying itself and Thomas's monster.
"Now we both draw an additional five cards." said Diesel 10, holding up five drawn cards. "And then we special summon as many possible level 4 or lower monsters we draw."
Thomas obeyed and drew five cards from the top of his deck. They were shown to be Gaia The Fierce Knight, Shift, Spider Web, Sage's Stone, and Mirror Force
"I've drawn the following monsters." Diesel 10 held the three cards up. "And they are all low leveled ones—but have a pretty high attack power."
Three machine monsters called Mechanicalchaser appeared on his side of the field (Level 4/ATK: 1850/DEF: 800) x3.
"So, what did you draw? Can you even special summon something?"
"I might not be able to special summon anything I drew-" said Thomas, grabbing another card from his hand. "-but I can still do this!" He held out the Polymerization Spell card. "Observe as I activate Polymerization to fuse Gaia the Fierce Knight with Curse of Dragon to fusion summon Gaia the Dragon Champion!"
Gaia The Fierce Knight and Curse of Dragon both briefly appeared on the field before fusing together. Once the fusion summon sequence ended, Gaia The Fierce Knight was shown riding Curse of Dragon like the dragon was his steed (Level: 7/ATK: 2600/DEF: 2100).
"Too bad you've already attacked." Diesel 10 pointed out.
"I place two cards facedown and end my turn." Thomas continued coolly, sliding two cards into separate Spell/Trap slots on his Duel Disk.
Two facedown cards materialized on the field.
"Pathetic!" Diesel 10 commented loudly, before drawing his card. "My turn!"
Turn Three: Diesel 10 (LP: 4000)
Deck: (29)
Current Hand (9): Magic Metal Coat(!), Machine Conversion Factory, Trap Jammer, Last Day of the Witch, Machine Recycle(!), Cost Down, Machine King, Machine King, and Zoa
"From my hand, I'll activate the Spell card Cost Down!" The criminal held the mentioned card out. "Now, by discarding one card from my hand-" He sent a copy of Machine King to his graveyard. "-for the rest of this turn, all the star levels of the monster cards in my hand get lowered by two! And now..."
He held out and placed a copy of Machine King onto a monster field slot on his Duel Disk.
"I summon Machine King in attack mode!"
Appearing on the field by the Mechanicalchasers, was a large robotic monster (Level: 6/ATK: 2200/DEF: 2000).
"But that monster is weaker than my Dragon Champion!" Thomas protested.
"Wrong!" Diesel 10 pointed out.
"How?!"
"My Machine King gains an additional 100 attack points for every machine-type monster on the field." explained the wicked criminal. "And so far, I have four."
"Don't you mean three?" asked Thomas.
"INCLUDING itself."
Machine King grew extra strong (ATK: 2200 - 2600).
"He's good." commented Zack.
"But now Machine King and Gaia the Dragon Champion are tied." Carlie pointed out.
"Not to mention Thomas has those facedown cards of his." added James R..
Back in the duel field...
"I'm not worried about the facedowns." Diesel 10 insisted, holding another card up. "My Machine Recycle Spell card will handle that problem."
"Machine Recycle?" Thomas quizzed.
"Yes. In exchange for not letting any of my other monsters attack this turn, my Machine King can safely attack without setting off any of your facedown Spell or Trap cards!"
"But both monsters will still be destroyed." objected Thomas.
"Now, I'll equip Machine King with the Equip Spell card Machine Conversion Factory." Diesel 10 held up another card. "This boosts my monster's attack power and defense power both by 300 points."
The mentioned Equip Spell card materialized face-up behind Machine King, causing it to grow much stronger (ATK: 2600 - 2900/DEF: 2000 - 2300).
"You were saying, boy?"
Thomas scowled in response. Before long, the battle phase commenced...
"Machine King-" ordered Diesel 10. "-destroy Gaia the Dragon Champion with Jet Punch!"
Machine King obeyed and fired off both of its fists like rockets. The pair of fists struck Curse of Dragon and shattering it to pieces. Gaia The Fierce Knight then fell onto the ground and shattered to pieces, too.
"Your Gaia the Dragon Champion has been blasted out of the sky." Diesel 10 declared.
Thomas grimaced as his life points took a hit (LP: 3700).
Suddenly, the image of the same teenage boy from before appeared and spoke to Diesel 10, sounding very pleased so far.
"Yes." The teenage boy said sinisterly. "Kill him and bring me victory!"
"Oh, I will master." Diesel 10 obeyed mentally, and then spoke aloud. "You're no match for me, Thomas Billinton! Once I defeat you, you alone will pay for ruining my life!"
"Why do you hate me this much?!" Thomas demanded angrily.
"It's your fault I got arrested in the first place!" snapped Diesel 10, with his voice full of venom-like hatred for the blue-haired boy. "You and your friends ruined my chance to become the principal of your blasted school!"
"You deserved it!" objected Thomas. "You've tried to take over the school, not caring if you hurt innocent people in the process. For that, I'll certainly stop you again!"
With that said, and full of determination, he drew his next card.
Turn Four: Thomas Billinton (LP: 3400)
Deck: (28)
Current Hand (6): Dark Magician Girl, Magical Dimension, Shift, Spider Web, Sage's Stone, and Magician's Valkyria
"I summon Magician's Valkyria in attack mode!" announced Thomas, holding his card out.
The older female spellcaster appeared twirling her scepter around (Level: 4/ATK: 1600/DEF: 1800).
"Next, I'll activate a powerful Spell card." The blue-haired boy held his card out. "Magical Dimension!"
As the mentioned Spell card materialized face-up on the field, a large casket with chains rose from the ground behind Magician's Valkyria.
"As I control a spellcaster-type monster on my side of the field-" explained Thomas, readying a new card from his hand. "-I can tribute one monster I control and special summon another spellcaster from my hand... So watch, as I sacrifice Magician's Valkyria to summon Dark Magician Girl!"
The casket opened up and Magician's Valkyria jumped inside as the coffin closed up. Upon opening back up, the female apprentice of Dark Magician jumped out and glared at Diesel 10 with anger (Level: 6/ATK: 2000/DEF: 1700).
"That's not all."
"You mean there's more?" asked Diesel 10, looking slightly worried.
"Magical Dimension allows me to also target and destroy one monster on your field!" Thomas pointed out. "Say goodbye to your Machine King!"
The casket reappeared on Diesel 10's field and opened, causing a purple fog to pull Machine King inside as it closed up.
"You little son-of-a-" Diesel 10 began to say.
Just before the wicked criminal could finish his sentence, the casket exploded and left a cloud of dust on his side of the field.
"You'll pay for that, kid!"
"I don't think so." retorted Thomas, slotting a card into his Duel Disk. On cue, the Sage's Stone Spell card materialized face-up on the field. "Because, now, I'll activate a Spell card - Sage's Stone! If Dark Magician Girl is on the field when Sage's Stone is played, I can special summon from my hand or deck one copy of Dark Magician!"
A card slipped out from Thomas's deck. On cue, the purple-haired, male spellcaster appeared on the field and joined the Dark Magician Girl in facing down Diesel 10's monsters (Level: 7/ATK: 2500/DEF: 2100).
"So, that's Dark Magician." Carlie breathed.
"And how a true champion plays." added James R.. "He'll go very far in his career!"
Back in the duel field...
"Now, my magicians-" commanded Thomas, entering the battle phase. "-attack Diesel 10's Mechanicalchasers!"
Dark Magician Girl obeyed by first firing a blast of black burning from her wand, destroying one of the Mechanicalchasers. Diesel 10 growled as he watched Dark Magician begin its turn to attack. Dark Magician attacked by holding up his hand, and thrust it forth, causing the area to fizzle its colors about. Another Mechanicalchaser felt the blow of the attack and shattered to pieces of glass.
"Say goodbye to 800 of your life points!"
Diesel 10 growled again as he took damage (LP: 3200). The whole audience in the gym (well, all except for the hoodlums) cheered for Thomas's big comeback move. Back over with Diesel 10, an image of the same teenage boy appeared next to him. The teenage boy did not look too happy with how Diesel 10 was fairing...
"You're slipping up, Diesel 10." he scolded. "Didn't you say you could beat Thomas Billinton with no trouble at all?"
"Give me time." Diesel 10 requested. "I'll take him down."
The teenage boy sneered. "You'd better..."
Once the image of the teenage boy was gone...
"Get ready, boy!" Diesel 10 drew his card. "My turn!"
Turn Five: Diesel 10 (LP: 3200)
Deck: (28)
Current Hand (5): Magic Metal Coat, Trap Jammer, Last Day of the Witch, Zoa, and Monster Reborn
"I equip my remaining Mechanicalchaser with the Equip Spell card Magic Metal Coat!"
The mentioned Spell card card materialized face-up on the field, but nothing seemed to happen...
"What's going on?" Thomas asked, looking confused.
"Oh, I don't know." Diesel 10 shrugged innocently. "Perhaps you should attack and find out?"
Thomas scowled as he drew his next card. Diesel 10 merely kept his smile while waiting for a play.
"Come on... come on...!"
Turn Six: Thomas Billinton (LP: 3700)
Deck: (26)
Current Hand (3): Shift, Spider Web, and Magic Formula
The blue-haired boy looked at his card and then looked back up at Diesel 10.
"I equip my Dark Magician Girl with Magic Formula! This gives her an extra 500 attack points!"
A large book appeared in mid-air, and Dark Magician Girl began reading it, causing her strength to go up (ATK: 2000 - 2500).
"Now, attack Mechanicalchaser!" commanded Thomas. "DARK BURNING ATTACK!"
Dark Magician Girl obeyed and jumped into the sky, firing off another magical blast from her wand. The blast got closer and struck Mechanicalchaser, but then the blast got reflected back!
"What?!" cried Thomas.
The blast then struck both Dark Magician and Dark Magician Girl, destroying both of them at once.
"My magicians..."
No one else in the audience had expected that either.
"What did you do?" demanded Thomas.
"That's the power of my Magic Metal Coat." taunted Diesel 10. "It covers my machine-type monsters with a coating so shiny that it allows them to reflect any attack made by a spellcaster-type monster. That causes the blast to be reflected back to another monster... But since your Dark Magician Girl had equal attack strength to the Dark Magician, they were both destroyed at once!"
"That's hardly what I call fair." Emily commented acidly.
"Don't give up, Thomas!" called Rosie.
"I've got no intentions of giving up." insisted Thomas, before looking back to Diesel 10. "I end my turn."
"My turn." said Diesel 10, drawing a card. "Draw card!"
Turn Seven: Diesel 10 (LP: 3200)
Deck: (27)
Current Hand (5): Trap Jammer, Mystical Space Typhoon, Zoa, Monster Reborn, and Machine King
His drawn card was another copy of Machine King.
"I'll tribute my Mechanicalchaser, now." The criminal announced, causing his monster to vanish in a blue streak.
"But why?" Thomas gawked. "Your Equip Spell card gave you a great advantage."
"And it still does." Diesel 10 retorted, adding the card to his hand. "If I lose my monster in any way, then my Equip Spell card automatically returns to my hand."
"That's cheap!" called Henry.
"Now, come forth - Machine King!"
A third copy of Machine King appeared on the field (Level: 6/ATK: 2200 - 2300/DEF: 2000).
"Next I'll play the Spell card Mystical Space Typhoon!" Diesel 10 said, holding out his card. "Say goodbye to one of your facedown cards!"
The Spell card materialized face-up on the field and caused a typhoon to start up.
"Target the left card!"
The typhoon blew over and destroyed Thomas's first facedown card (briefly revealing it to be Mirror Force).
"My Mirror Force!" cried Thomas.
"Too bad." laughed Diesel 10. "Attack directly, my Machine King!"
"I can't block this attack without the use of a spellcaster-type monster." Thomas thought to himself, looking towards his remaining facedown card. "Magic Cylinder is useless to me!"
Machine King's fist flow over to the blue-haired boy and punched him, causing him to fly back a small distance while yelling in pain (LP: 1400).
"Soon you will lose, and the school will truly be mine!" Diesel 10 cackled madly. "Get ready to lose it all, Thomas Billinton!"
To be Continued!
