Hey Folks! I'm alive! It's unanimous! The next story will be about Jaden and his younger sister. Just to keep things interesting, I'll let you folks decide what kind of deck she should use or if I should keep the storm deck theme and add cards to compliment Jaden's deck! You can even come up with a type all your own and explain it to me! But for now, lets get back Neo Domino!
Ch 5
Ellie made a fist to adjust to the leather gloves she now wore. It'd been 4 whole years since she adorned them. Like the device in Akiza's hair, Yusei had engineered these gloves to control Ellie's abilities. She didn't have much use for them anymore since she had a pretty good grip on her powers now. That is, until Yusei dueled Ronin in the Satilite. Not only had that duel costed them Rally, but Martha as well! To put it lightly, Ellie had lost it and nearly destroyed the entire area. Then, the rest of those Dark Signers appeared, challenging all 5 signers at once. The most disturbing part about the ordeal was that the dark signer who challenged her was a familiar face. His name was Ridel and he had been the criminal who had scared Ellie's power out into the open. Ellie had been barely 6 years old when she had had the encounter. It still haunted her.
Flashback
Ellie mentally kicked herself for being so stupid. It was after dark and Ellie had been out gathering spare cards and mechanical parts for her brother who had gotten into tinkering now. Unfortunately, she hadn't brought him or his friends along and found herself forced into a duel by a local duel gang leader named Ridel Shenight. Now she was in trouble.
"I think I'll have my Cackling Hyena attack you directly!"
The relatively weak monster jumped at Ellie.
"I activate Storm Explosion! This card destroys your monster and negates its attack!"
There was a burst of electricity as the scavenger was reduced to ash. The gang leader growled in frustration.
"I end my turn! Give up kid and I won't hurt you so bad!"
"Please! I haven't done anything! I'll leave!"
"Not happening runt! Once I get rid of you, your pals at that stupid orphanage are next!"
Something changed inside of Ellie all of a sudden, something snapped.
"Never. Threaten. My. Family," She snarled as a hurricane began brewing.
"I draw! And I'll summon the tuner monster Spark pup!"
The small, level 3, lightning blue pup with 400 attack points appeared.
"Since he's on my field I can summon Whirlwind Wolf!"
The level 4 wolf appeared.
"Now by activating the eye of the hurricane field spell, all my storm monsters get a 1000 point bonus! Since Whirlwind has 1700 attack points and Spark Pup has 400, you have 3000 life points, and have no cards on the field, your finished!" Ellie's voice wasn't her own, it was a much more malevolent tone. As the lightning began flashing, the two monsters ended the duel and the two duelist fainted.
Ellie remembered waking up the next night and finding out that her attacker was in the facility. She was relived, but she hadn't forgotten what she did. It was the first time she had used her power and it scared her. However, Yusei had gotten her through it as always. Now, however, she was gonna have to fix her mess by herself. She remembered the plan to take down the towers and seal the gate to the netherworld. While Yusei went with the twins to stop Devac and then take down Kalin, she was heading to face Ridel. Her brother had been unwilling to let her go alone, but some logical thinking from Jack had silenced him.
Jack...
That was another thing she worried about. The dark signer Jack had gone to face was Carly. There was another example of how she had royally messed up. Had she saved Carly back at Arcadia, she wouldn't be a dark signer now!
"No, I can't think about that now, I have bigger fish to fry. Once I'm done, I'll find Jack. He's not too far anyway,"
Picking up speed on her board, which went faster than a runner due to the rocky terrain, she finally reached the tower.
"Ridel! I'm here! Now face me!" A wall of purple fire surrounded her as the thug appeared. He was about 20, with dirty blonde hair, and black eyes. He was well built and was taller than Jack.
"So the little thunder bolt showed up,"
"It doesn't have to be like this. We can both walk away from this, just let me take down that tower,"
"Not a chance brat! I've been waiting a long time for this!"
"Fine then," They activated their duel disk and Ellie's mark began glowing as well as Ridel's, which looked like a vulture.
"LETS DUEL!"
(Far away)
Yusei looked at his mark as he saw Leo try to battle Devac. It was now glowing so he knew his sister was dueling.
"Be safe Ellie,"
(Back with Ellie)
Ellie: 4000
Ridel: 4000
"Ladies first! I summon Lightning Hawk to my field!" The yellow bird with lightning burns materialized on the field.
Lightning Hawk:
AP: 1200
DP: 900
"Thanks to his special ability, he can attack you directly, despite it being my first turn! Go boy! Let him have it!" The monster blasted at the dark signer's life points with ease.
"Next I activate tribute to the tornado! Since a storm monster destroyed one of your monsters, I can summon another one in defense mode! I summon the Wind Blocker Hawk!" A hawk with a shield like body formed in front of Ellie.
Wind Blocker Hawk:
AP: 500
DP: 1900
"I place two cards faced down and turn it over to you,"
Ellie: 4000
Ridel: 2800
"You'll pay for that! I draw and summon Scavenger of Bones!" A skeletal man that appeared to be eating a bone appeared on the field.
Scavenger of Bones:
AP: 1400
DP: 0
"Put that lightning hawk in the grave!" With ease, the monster quickly took out the avian creature, taking 200 life points from Ellie along with it. Ellie, however, wasn't phased.
"I play a trap card, False Prediction! By sacrificing a card from my hand, not only is my hawk revived, but I can summon another monster with the words hawk or lightning in its name from anywhere in my deck! So I bring back my Lightning Hawk and summon the tuner monster Thunder Hawk!" As she did this, the now revived Lightning Hawk and the identical Thunder Hawk appeared.
"Bad move kid. By playing the trap card Scavenger's Revenge, for every monster you have in attack mode, you take 1000 points of damage," Ellie cringed as her points were sucked out of her, but she remained strong.
"Now I'll play the field spell, Dark Carnage! Now you loose another 500 attack points until this card is remove. I end my turn,"
Ellie: 1500
Ridel: 2800
"Wow, this guy is strong. I gotta think of something fast or I'm a dead duck. Correction, I'm a duck who's heading for the Shadow Realm!"
"I draw!" Ellie looked at her card and smile.
"I activate an effect! Since I've gathered all 3 of my hawks unto the field, I can now call upon one of my greatest monsters!" Thunder Hawk formed the synchro circle as all 3 level 2 monsters began combining.
"I summon Electric Storm Phoenix!" An electric blue feathered beast with blue flames on its tail let out a mighty screech as it was summon.
Electric Storm Phoenix is a level 6 storm attribute monster with 2400 attack points and 1900 defense points.
"So is that little song bird supposed to scare me?"
"Yeah! Starting now! Electric Storm Phoenix! Take out his monster with thunder blast!" The lightning bolts showed no mercy as the monster and 1000 of Ridel's life points were taken.
"I place 1 card faced down and end my turn,"
Ellie: 1500
Ridel: 1800
"My move! And I play Refuge of the Dead! Now that my Scavenger of Bones is gone, I get two Buzzard tokens instead. Oh, and by playing Vulture's Sacrifice, they now count as two sacrifices,"
"Wait, but that means,"
"That right! I sacrifice my buzzards to summon, Earth Bound Immortal Cathartes Aura!" The earth began to shake as the two tokens disappeared. Soon, Ellie found herself face to face with a giant red eye. The earth bound immortal was a vulture and it looked ready to kill. It ha 3300 attack points and 1800 defense points.
"Hope you've enjoyed this life kid! Go my mighty beast and squash her pathetic song bird!" A barrage of fire consumed the Phoenix and 900 of Ellie's life points.
"Now you take 300 extra points of damage due to my field spell. I end with a face down,"
Ellie: 300
Ridel: 1800
"I draw! Now thanks to my Phoenix's special ability, when he's destroyed in battle, he returns after the standby phase! Now I summon the tuner Heat Front Kitten and tune them together to create Sky Storm Dragon!" The mighty dragon roared in the face of his opponent, ready to lay down her spirit for her duelist.
"Now I play Sky Storm banter. Since I have a monster with the words Sky Storm in its name, you take 800 points of damage. I end my turn,"
Ellie: 300
Ridel: 1000
Ridel began laughing. "So what!? You just gonna count on your pathetic lizard to save you? Aura! Send this girl to the netherworld!"
The monster charged its attack when.
"I play Stormed in! Now your battle phase is over!"
"I end my turn!" He grumbled.
Ellie: 300
Ridel: 1000
"I draw!" Looking at the card she smirked once more. This duel was now over.
"I use my dragon special ability to destroy your field spell!"
As the dark mound of death vanished, Ellie felt her life points restored.
"Now I play a field spell of my own! Eye of the Hurricane! Now all storm type monsters get a 1000 point bonus!" The mighty creature roared as it became more powerful than its opponent.
"Finish that Earthbound Immortal Sky Storm Dragon!" With the attack heading straight for the monster, Ridel laughed.
"I play Scavanger's cowardice! Now your monster can't attack this turn!"
"Not happening! Remember the card I sacrifice to summon my hawks? Well I activate its effect from the graveyard! The effect of Wind Wizard! Not only is my attack gonna hit, you're taking damage for half your monster's attack points! Game over!" Just as Luna finished off Devac, Ellie also brought down Ridel. As he was turned to stone, he crumbled into dust.
"It's over,"
Ellie walked over to her tower, and snuck a peek inside.
"This must be where I put my dragon," Ellie said, spying the small podium.
With great care, she placed her most precious card there. Then, she felt the entire structure begin to shake.
"Time to go!" Snatching up her card, she raced outside, in time to see the tower disappear under the earth. Ellie then felt a presence in the distance, moving fast to another tower. She thought of one person:
"Jack,"
With no thought, she raced on her board to her friend's side, determined to set things right.