Copied, Part 1
The snake handler stared at the pool, studying it, waiting for a snake to emerge.
"Come on, who will it be?" he asked calmly, but with obvious impatience. Eventually, a snake slithered to the surface. The handler, arched his eyebrow, and gently picked it up. Immediately, it started striking at him aggressively. The snake was a black mamba with a strange red tint.
"So, he is the next target?" the man spoke passively as Jack's image appeared," How intriguing. But who is his opponent to be?" He spotted another snake move to the surface, and he picked it out. The snake was a red, black, and yellow king snake.
"The mimicker? Interesting," the man said, as the image of a woman appeared in the water," I must find her." The man stood up, and looked at the carving above him, so far, only its hand and upper arm was glowing a dark color.
"I need more power to give him," he said passively, and picked the Earthbound Immortals from his pocket, their spirits now gone, inside the carving," These bound beasts may be devoid of their spirits, but not their attack points and monster effects, they might still be useful yet." He looked into the pool, and at Jack's image.
At the Blue Eyes Mountain, Jack was enjoying his coffee, and was just staring across the road. He then heard a D-Wheel, and turned to see Crow riding up.
"What're you doing?" Crow demanded.
"I didn't know you were blind," Jack said with a smirk and a sip.
"You're supposed to be job hunting, can't you land a decent one?" Crow snapped," Everyone has a job, Yusei's a handyman, I'm a delivery guy, Bruno's a tech assistant, Aki's a hired gardener, and Sherry's a waitress (you try thinking of a job for her)."
"Yes I am," Sherry herself said as she walked behind Jack, handing him his bill," Crow's right, you need to contribute, and I don't mean with your Red Demons Dragon! And don't think just because we're friends, I'll give you any leeway with your cost!" To illustrate her point even further, Sherry pointed to the bill, which was $30 (yen is too complex for me).
"That's it, if you guys are going to jerks about it, then sit back and watch!" Jack growled, before standing up and walking away.
"How long do you think it will be before he gets fired?" Sherry asked.
"Three minutes I bet," Crow answered.
Jack's first attempt was at a sculpture store, but he carved the symbol of the Crimson Dragon on each of them.
"The Crimson Dragon is a mighty creature, in fact, these rocks aren't worthy of baring his mark," Jack declared. He was kicked out the next second.
His next job was at a card shop, but he failed at that as well when he threw away all other Dragon type monsters.
"The only true dragons are Ancient Fairy Dragon, Black Rose Dragon, Black Feather Dragon (yes this is a real card, Crow has it), Stardust Dragon, and Red Demons Dragon," Jack stated proudly. He was kicked out again.
His final attempt was at a diner, but he ate the food made for the customers.
"This meal is worthy of Jack Atlas!" he stated. After being kicked out, he strode, still very proud, away. His friends watched him.
"Maybe we can help him," Aki suggested.
"Why should we?" Sherry responded," He needs to learn something."
"I think its a good idea," Yusei said. Sherry then spun in his direction.
"If Yusei thinks its a good idea, then it definitely is!" she declared, grasping his hand. Aki, then grabbed Yusei's other hand.
"Get your hands off him!" she hissed, and then looked at Yusei with shining eyes," You really think my idea is good?" Yusei just sighed.
Yusei decided to give Jack a go with the job as a fixer. Their first job was to help a guy with his car. Jack began to route it. Yusei watched him the back.
"Good start," he said with a smile," This might be for you." Unfortunately, Jack pulled one thing, and a huge spurt of soot exploded from the exhaust tube in the back, and into Yusei's face. Jack walked away.
"This car was clearly not worthy of being fixed by Jack Atlas," he said, Yusei sighed as he watched him go, and reached for a nearby rag.
Bruno decided to see how Jack would do with electronics. He took Jack with him to one job at a person's home with her computer, and Bruno worked with the connections, Jack watched.
"This is not too hard if you know what each wire does," Bruno explained," Get ready to turn it on!" Jack then pressed the on button.
"Not now!" Bruno cried, but it was too late, and Bruno was giving a shock.
"Not taking the King's ideas," Jack said with a arrogant look as always.
Aki then decided to help him by showing him gardening. She trimmed some of the bushes with a large weed trimmer.
"This is something you can't screw up," she said, wiping her brow. However, Jack came in with a huge lawn mower, and cleared the whole bush.
"They are not true plants!" Jack yelled. Aki's employer's jaw dropped.
"You're fired!" she cried, and Aki sighed and walked away, with Jack in tow.
Later in the day, Jack was riding his D-Wheel alone, since Crow and Sherry didn't want to help.
"I don't understand these people," he said," They don't recognize my worth!" Suddenly, there was a sound of D-Wheel behind him, and Jack turned, and saw a camouflage colored D-Wheel coming his way, it was long and thin, and low to the ground, so the rider was practically lying down. Jack stopped, and so did the person's runner. The rider got off, and took of their helmet, it revealed a feminine face, short, dark green hair that reached just at the shoulders. The woman smiled.
"Identify yourself!" Jack ordered.
"My name is Chamelea," the woman answered with a smile," I've been promised everything I desire to defeat you!"
(Flashback)
Chamelea stood at the foot of the stairs at the altar.
"Defeat Jack Atlas," the snake handler said," And I shall give you what you want." Chamelea smiled hopefully. He threw her a card.
"Use this," he said passively.
(End flashback)
"Duel me!" Chamelea yelled. Jack smiled.
"You think you can stand a chance?" he sneered.
"I know it!" Chamelea snapped.
"If your so confident, then put your money where your mouth is!" Jack yelled, as he mounted his runner again, and Chamelea did the same.
"RIDING DUEL ACCELERATION!!"
"Ladies first!" Chamelea said," And I play Unity of Shadows!" Jack gasped.
"That's the card Copar played!" Jack cried.
"I see your familiar with it, so you should know that when Unity of Shadows, its removed from play, and now the effects of Speed World 2 are negated!" Chamelea yelled. Jack smiled.
"Good thing I accidently packed in Normal Spells," Jack muttered.
"I play a card facedown, and that's it!" Chamelea finished.
"My turn!" Jack said, and he smiled at his hand," I summon Dark Resonator!" The small fiend took form.
"I then play Double Summon, and then I summon Ogre of the Scarlet Scarecrow!" Jack yelled as the ogre took form,"Next, I activate Level Jab, which increases a monster's level by one! I then tune my two fiends together!" The synchro summoning took place.
"The ruler's heartbeats will now file through here! Take witness to its creation-shaking power! Synchro Summon! My very soul, Red Demons Dragon!" Jack chanted, as the great red dragon took form and roared. Chamelea smiled.
"Now attack her directly!" Jack ordered," Absolute Power Force!" The fire gathered in the dragon's fist, and he struck forward.
"Trap activate!" Chamelea cried," Negation Summon! This lets me negate your attack, and summon a Lvl 1 monster from my hand! I summon Copycat!" The dragon's attack faded, and the mirror carrying spell caster took form.
"What good is 0 attack points against Red Demons?" Jack asked with a smirk.
"A whole lot with this monster!" Chamelea said with her own smirk. The reflection of Red Demons Dragon appeared in Copycat's mirror.
"Through his effect, Copycat gains the attack points equal to one monster on your field!" she said, as Copycat's power grew," Then I equip him with Opti-Camouflage Armor!" Copycat then began to shimmer and fade slightly.
"This lets a Lvl 1 monster attack directly!" Chamelea said with a grin," Now attack my servant! Absolute Power Force!" The mirror shot a ball of fire from it, and struck Jack.
Jack: 1000 LP
"I won't fall!" Jack yelled.
"You will!" Chamelea said with a smile, but then it faded, and she spoke solemnly," You must, it means everything for me." Jack arched his eyebrow.
"What are you talking about?" he demanded, Chamelea closed her eyes.
"I need my employer's help," she said slowly," To bring back the ones I lost!"
"Then ones you lost?" Jack asked, and Chamelea nodded.
"My two children," she explained. Jack opened his mouth slightly.
"My husband died, leaving me with only my two sons left for me to love," Chamelea said," Yes, I got married and had children, even though I'm just 19."
"Let me show you," Chamelea said," I activate Dark Memory, which lets me add a card from my graveyard to my hand." As she said that, an image appeared around them. It showed Chamelea in a dark green dress, sitting on a chair, reading a book, a door then opened, and two young boys that looked at the age of five ran in, they both wore green shirt and pants, one wore a name tag that said "Cal", and another that said "Rick".
"Mommy!" they both yelled, as they jumped into Chamelea's lap. She smiled.
"Well, what has you two so excited?" Chamelea asked, hugging both of them.
"We just got some cards!" Cal said excitedly, pulling a Duel Monsters card from his pocket, while Rick did the same thing. One of them was Copycat, the other was Opti-Camouflage Armor.
"We want you to have them!" Rick said, as they handed them to their mother.
"But you found them," Chamelea said with a smile.
"But you could use them in your deck!" they both said. Chamelea smiled brightly, as she hugged both of her children tightly.
"I don't deserve children like you two," she said peacefully.
Jack watched this all in shock.
"What happened?" he asked, Chamelea's eyes were shut the whole time.
"Its too painful to talk about," she said," So just continue watching!" The image changed to a hospital, with two beds, one with Cal, the other with Rick, Chamelea sat in between, holding both of their hands. Rick turned to her.
"We'll be alright, right Mommy?" he asked weakly. Chamelea tried to smile, but tears were welling in her eyes.
"Yes, I promise," she insisted, wiping some tears.
"Pinky promise?" Cal asked, just as weakly, as the family all did it. The image changed again, two show a graveyard in the rain, and Chamelea collapsed in front of two of them.
"I'm sorry, my babies!" she sobbed," I promised you would be okay, please forgive me!" She continued crying, as people in the background watched sadly.
The image faded, and Jack took a deep breath.
"You see now?" Chamelea yelled," I need to beat you, in order to fulfill the promise I made my children! And the person who hired me will help!" Jack's eyes narrowed.
"Don't think I'll hold back," he said. Meanwhile, the handler was watching.
"I'm counting on that," he said passively.
