Zak shielded himself from the blast and waited for Captain Corn to finish.

'Number 50 can't attack if it uses this effect, but Giant Tacorn can! So now it'll attack you directly!' Captain Corn concluded.

Zak waited until the last second before activating his Magic Cylinder to reverse the damage he'd have taken. Captain Corn screamed when the attack came right back at him. Zak couldn't help but smile.

[Captain Corn: 900]

Captain Corn ended his turn by activating a common spell card: Dian Keto the Cure Master. With that, he regained 1000 Life Points before ending his turn.

[Captain Corn: 1900]

Zak drew his card and was happy to see it: Pot of Greed. That along with the other two cards in his hand was enough for him to deal some serious damage by using his own Number. Zak summoned Trident Warrior to the field and used its effect to Special Summon a Level 3 monster from his hand. He now used a new card: Shine Knight, which he Special Summoned in defence mode. When Shine Knight was in defence mode; it became Level 4 due to its effect. Zak then Overlayed his two Level 4 monsters for the Xyz Summon of Wind-Up Zenmaister. He then activated his last facedown which was also a new card.

It was called Xyz Reborn and it Special Summoned an Xyz Monster from the graveyard before attaching itself as an Overlay Unit. Zak revived Gem-Knight Pearl in Attack mode. Now he had the two Rank four monsters he needed for Number Thirteen. But before he Xyz Summoned it, Zak activated Pot of Greed to draw two more cards. The cards he's drawn were Mystical Space Typhoon and Blustering Winds: the exact two cards he needed! Zak was excited now; he was truly about to change the tides of the duel. Zak found his voice once again while summoning his new ace card.

'I Overlay my two Rank four monsters to Extend Xyz Summon!' Zak shouted triumphantly, 'I call upon the twisted light and darkness to become the dragon of true power to aid me in this duel! I call forth the king of chaos; Number 13: Darkshine Dragon!'

The chaotic silver and black dragon burst through a portal above Zak's head and roared out in power. Zak, once again, felt the impending darkness of the dreaded creature attempting to control him. But, once again, he managed to force it away. Despite the summoning of a powerful Number, Captain Corn was not worried, and he activated his trap card: Bottomless Trap Hole to prove it. But Zak was one step ahead and he activated his dragon's effect in response; negating the trap and having Number Thirteen gain 500 Attack points. Zak then activated his Blustering Winds to raise the dark Number's Attack points to 4500 total. Captain Corn grinned.

'Did you forget about my here Field card boy?' He asked in a sarcastic tone, 'I can simply negate any attack waged on a Plant-Type monster.'

Zak hadn't forgotten though and was just getting to it with his Mystical Space Typhoon. Now, without Captain Corn's field card, he couldn't block Zak's attack. Zak decided that Giant Tacorn was more of a threat due to its ability; if Captain Corn summoned another Plant-Type monster next turn, then Zak would be taken down. The powerful silver flame of Zak's dragon obliterated the growth of corn and other plants that Captain Corn called a monster.

[Captain Corn: 500]

Zak ended his turn there and waited for Captain Corn to try and respond. Number Thirteen still resided on 4500 Attack points and this was more than twice the Attack points of Captain Corn's Number 50: Black Corn. This meant that it would take a miracle for the latter to use his Number's effect and even then, Zak could retaliate with his own monster's effect. Captain Corn drew his card and grinned, before activating it: Fissure. This would destroy the weakest monster on Zak's field in terms of Attack points. Zak simply used his own dragon's effect in return. But now Captain Corn was ready for him and the former activated his last trap card: To Act Like Corn. All it did was negate Number Thirteen's effect; allowing Fissure to take it down. Then, obviously, Captain Corn directed Number 50: Black Corn to attack Zak directly.

[Zak: 900]

'One more turn and you're through!' The Captain shouted, before ending his turn.

Zak knew he was right. If Zak drew a monster with less than 2100 Attack points, then Captain Corn would destroy it with his Number; resulting in Zak taking 1000 points of damage and hence losing. But if Zak didn't summon a monster; then Captain Corn would attack directly and win. Zak was not all too pleased with the situation; especially since his Number had already been destroyed. Zak drew in silence and hoped for the best. To his absolute luck, Zak had drawn Monster Reborn. He was going to win. Zak activated the spell card and revived his Number 13: Darkshine Dragon in Attack mode. Captain Corn stepped back in horror; he knew what was coming. Zak directed the dragon to attack in silence. The silver burst of destruction from number 13 resulted in Number 50 sailing its last voyage.

[Captain Corn: 0] [Winner: Zak]

Captain Corn was blasted back by the last attack and Zak instantly responded by activating the Photon Gauntlet at the Captain. The device launched off toward him; looking like a ghostly blue apparition of the gauntlet attached to it as it headed into Zak's foe. The ghostly gauntlet delved into Captain Corn's chest and shocked him. Zak winced as he saw what the newly modified device did now. He'd be sure to modify it a little more to reduce the shock it gave. After the Photon Gauntlet had finished its task, Zak walked over to the dazed Captain and searched into his Extra Deck. He found the shining Number 50 card and placed it in his own Extra Deck. Zak decided to wait around for Captain Corn to regain consciousness. That only took a minute or two and the Captain glared at Zak as he stood up. Zak wanted answered now.

'How'd you know I had a Number?' Was the first question to leave Zak's lips.

Captain Corn grunted at Zak, but he knew now that the boy was dangerous, and so reluctantly answered the boy's question.

'I have a special camera device that allows me to locate them,' Captain Corn replied, still trying to recover from the shock.

He then searched his Extra Deck quickly for his Number card and then promptly glared at Zak when he realised that the latter had taken it.

'Why you!' Captain Corn began.

'Don't even start,' Came Zak's sharp response.

Captain Corn grunted; he knew that Zak was trouble. Zak nodded and turned to leave while Captain Corn glared at him the entire time. Zak exited the Heartland Theme Park and headed for home. He had just successfully hunted his first ever Number card and he felt alive because of it. And to top things off, Zak now had another Rank 4 Xyz monster that he could use to bring out his own Number 13: Darkshine Dragon. All that was left to do was to try and modify the Photon Gauntlet so it wouldn't be as shocking as it had been as when Zak had used it on Captain Corn. The walk home was quick due to a small surge of adrenaline flooding through Zak's veins.

Zak was happy with his newly modified deck; it had worked well against his first true opponent and had helped him bring out his new dark ace. Despite the Number attempting to possess Zak, Zak had felt that the Number had felt a certain satisfaction in destroying another one of its own. Number Thirteen was a creature which wanted destruction, and Zak was lucky enough to have such a creature spearheading his deck. Zak realised that he'd need to control his own darkness and the darkness of the Number if he was to successfully hunt Numbers. Zak had reached home now and it was beginning to get dark. He headed inside and, no surprise, his roommate was out. Zak sighed and decided to get to work on fixing the Photon Gauntlet. He put his deck on his bedside table and went back into his workshop. Tonight was going to be a long night.