"It's not fair… I just isn't fair! Why does my twin sister get to duel demonic dragons and be a hero while I sit here caged like an animal!?!"
Leo had lost track of how much time had passed since he was placed inside this cage. Even with all the comforts of home he still hated it. Since Drakonadon was unpredictable, Leo wasn't allowed to be anywhere near his cards, he also couldn't leave to go to the bathroom, instead he had to go in a bucket.
"Why? Why was Luna born with the mark of the dragon? I always wanted to be a super cool duelist, I should be the one saving the world! Luna… Luna robbed me of my potential, and I'll make her pay dearly for it!"
At that moment Leo stopped.
"What am I saying!?! This isn't Luna's fault… she never asked to become a signer… and this is all my fault for finding that stupid fragment…"
"Everyone… Everyone is to blame… Yusei… Jack… Akiza… Crow… Luna… all of them!!! I could be the number one duelist in the world, but they're sucking up all the glory! They're all against me… they all must…"
"No… No!"
"Don't you see Leo? I'm your friend."
"Go away!" said Leo "You're the reason I'm in this cage to begin with!"
"You need to get rid of the others if you want to be a great duelist… I can help you with that."
"No… If that's what it takes… then I don't want it!"
"Well then… let's see how that choice will affect your future."
Leo's vision started to blur. Suddenly he saw an older version of himself typing on a computer in an office cubicle. He and everyone else in the room looked like total zombies.
"This is your future if you allow the others to continue stealing the spotlight. While Luna becomes a great duelist you'll be doomed to a job that you hate, sitting in a tiny office cubicle and typing on a computer like so many other mindless drones. A lifetime of typing letters and numbers chipping away at your mind bit by bit every single day."
The scene changed to a graveyard, there was a new grave with Leo's name on it. The casket had just been laid inside and it didn't look as if anyone had come to the funeral.
"And at the end of this long and pointless life… oblivion… None one will miss you… no one will mourn you… no on will remember you… While others go down in history, you'll be nothing… nothing but dust in the wind… is that what you want?"
"No…"
"Of course not… this is what you want."
This time Leo saw an older, better looking, version of himself riding around on the most amazing duel runner he had ever seen, but that wasn't all, he was also bearing the mark of the dragons head, and he was also using Yusei's Stardust Dragon. The crowd was going absolutely crazy for him.
"But… but how is this possible?"
"Let's just say that in this timeline Yusei doesn't need his precious Stardust Dragon anymore… I can make all this happen for you Leo… but you need to work with me and not against me."
At that moment Leo heard the door opening, ever since he was possessed only one person ever came in to see him.
"Leo… Leo, are you…"
"Luna, get out of here!"
"Leo, what's wrong?"
"Luna, he's taking control, you're in danger, get out!"
"Leo I…"
"GET OUT!!!"
Luna reluctantly left the room.
"What is wrong with you!?! You could easily have taken her!"
"I knew it! There is only one way to get the mark from someone…" said Leo "And I learned the easy way what happens when you betray your friends over something as insignificant as a championship trading card game title."
"That may be true with Jack Atlas." said Drakonadon "But if you let me help you Leo, then you won't have to worry about your former friends coming back to haunt you."
Leo knew what Drakonadon meant by that.
"No… never…"
"When you change your mind Leo, I'll be right here…"
"Luna, how is he?"
"Yusei I…"
"Luna, what is it?"
"I… I think we're… losing him."
"Yanagi, we need to find a way to get that demon out of Leo."
"I believe the only way to do that is to remove the fragment from his body."
"And how do we do that?" asked Akiza.
"I don't know, I'm not an exorcist."
"Those dueling geckos want the fragment in Leo's body and the one we got from Terra, why don't we just let them take them?" asked Crow.
"Because if we do, then they will use them to restore Drakonadon to his former glory, and when that happens he'll unleash an army of dragon minions, not to mention the all powerful juggernaut that is Aggemoah, upon the world and devour the souls of men, women, and children of all ages. Is that what you want?"
"I… I guess not."
"Well too bad… because it's going to happen anyway!"
A strong gust of wind whipped open the windows and sent Yusei and the other flying into the wall.
"What in the name of…"
Yusei looked up and saw that there was a tall green dragon in the room with big wings.
"I am Aeolus, Dragon of air. I have come for the darkness and earth fragments. Surrender them or prepare to suffer."
"If by suffer you mean duel, then chain me to the wall." said Jack.
"Ah… the once great Jack Atlas…"
"What do you mean once great? I may no longer be the undefeated champ, but I've still got it where it counts!"
"I'll be the judge of that." said Aeolus as a duel disk appeared on his arm.
"Let's duel!"
"The first turn is mine! I'll blow you away with my wind attribute monsters! But for right now you'll have to settle for this face down monster."
"Is that all? Either you don't have one of your precious fragments, or you just plain stink."
"We'll see who stinks after you make your move Atlas."
"Very well, since you have a monster on your side of the field and I don't, I can special summon Vice Dragon!"
(ATK: 1000 DEF: 1200)
"Sure he has only half his attack and defense points, but that doesn't really matter because I'm sacrificing him to summon Strong Wind Dragon!"
(ATK: 2400 DEF: 1000)
"And since I summoned him by sacrificing a dragon type monster, he now gains half that monster's attack points."
(ATK: 2900)
"Strong Wind Dragon attack!"
"I knew you weren't the real deal Jack Atlas, you've fallen right into my trap, my facedown monster is Adhesive Explosive!"
Before the attack could connect Aeolus's monster revealed itself and attached itself to Jack's dragon.
"Not only is damage calculation not applied, but now on your next standby phase your dragon will be destroyed. In the meantime I'll activate the spell card Hand Destruction, which forces us both to discard two cards from our hands and then draw two cards from our decks. Next I'll summon Chain Thrasher!"
(ATK: 1000 DEF: 600)
"And since I just sent two Chain Thrashers to the graveyard with Hand Destruction, he gain attack two additional times this turn!"
"It doesn't matter if he can attack a hundred times this turn, Jack's dragon is still on the field, and it has more than enough attack points to destroy Chain Thrasher." said Crow.
"I don't need to attack his dragon." said Aeolus "Thanks to this, I activate the spell card Secret Pass to the Treasures!"
"Not that! Wait, what does that card even do?" asked Carly.
"With that card Aeolus can select one monster on his side of the field with 1000 attack points or less, and that monster can attack his opponent directly."
"Too true, Chain Thrasher, attack him directly!"
Chain Thrasher attacked Jack three times.
(Jack: 1000)
"Did he just lose three quarters of his life points in one turn?!"
"Yes, and now he's about to lose the only monster on his side of the field!"
Aeolus' Adhesive Explosive dentonated and took Jack's Strong Wind Dragon with it.
"Nice trick… But as you can clearly see I'm still standing." said Jack "And it was foolish of you to leave your monster unprotected. Since there are no monsters on my side of the field I can summon Big Piece Golem!"
(ATK: 2100 DEF: 0)
"Now I activate the spell card Double Summon, which I'll use to summon Dark Resonator!"
(ATK: 1300 DEF: 300)
"Now I'll tune my Dark Resonator to Big Piece Golem, in order to synchro summon Red Dragon Archfiend!"
(ATK: 3000 DEF: 2000)
"Oh yeah, now he's in for it!"
"Red Dragon Archfiend, destroy Chain Thrasher!"
Red Dragon Archfiend blasted Chain Thrasher into nothingness.
(Aeolus: 2000)
"And if that wasn't enough to scare you, I'll place two cards face down."
"You think this is over just because you've gotten your prized monster onto the field?!"
"Never crossed my mind, a duel is never over until a players life points hit zero."
"Yes and the player whose life points will hit zero first will be you, once I destroy your precious Red Dragon Archfiend."
"Go ahead and try."
None of the monsters in Aeolus' hand could take on Jack's Red Dragon Archfiend. Wind was one of the most under-supported monster attributes, but dueling was about more than just fancy cards.
"I'll summon a monster in defense mode and end my turn."
"I'll bet it's another Adhesive Explosive." thought Jack "Fortunately I have just the card on the field to deal with it, now I just need to draw a monster card."
Jack drew his card.
"Perfect, first I'll switch Red Dragon Archfiend to defense mode!"
"Uh… Why is he defending when he clearly has the advantage?" asked Crow.
"It must be part of his strategy."
"Next I'll summon Twin-Shield Defender in attack mode!"
(ATK: 700 DEF: 1600)
"Now I activate the trap card Nightmare Archfiends! By sacrificing one my Twin-Shield Defender, three Nightmare Archfiend Tokens are summoned to your side of the field in attack mode!"
(3x ATK: 2000 DEF: 2000)
"Have you gone mad? You just gave me three monsters to use."
"Too bad you won't be around to use them. I activate the trap card Zero Gravity! When this card is activated all face up monsters on the field go into the opposite of whatever battle position they're in."
Jack's Red Dragon Archfiend was switched back into attack mode, and Aeolus' three Nightmare Archfiend tokens were switched into defense mode.
"So what? Even if your monster can attack I still won't lose any life points!"
"I wouldn't count on that. Red Dragon Archfiend, attack his Nightmare Archfiend token!"
(Aeolus: 1200)
"What the?! What just happened?!"
"When a Nightmare Archfiend token is destroyed, its controller loses 800 life points. Oh, and since Red Dragon Archfiend just destroyed a defense position monster in battle, all other defense position monsters you have out are automatically destroyed."
All of Aeolu's monsters where destroyed, including the two remaining Mad Archfiend tokens.
(Aeolus: 0)
"Oh boy does my deck blow…"
Aeolus burst into flames. When it died down Jack saw that Aeolus' air fragment was sitting on top of the ashes.
"That was quick." said Carly.
"You expected anything less? Now that's one less dragon we need to worry about."
"But if what Yanagi said is true, then that means there are still two to go."
