Last time on Yu-Gi-Oh! GX: Enter the Twosome…
"Wow. Where are we?" Justin asked no one in particular.
Pat, holding a map of Duel Academy Island, said: "Oh, crud. Justin, I know where we are. The… Obelisk Blue Girls' Dorm. THE GIRLS' DORM CANNOT BE VISITED BY THOSE OF THE OPPOSITE GENDER OF THOSE INSIDE!"
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"Let's duel!" shouted Pat, Mindy, Jasmine, and Justin.
Duel Setup: Pat McClintock and Justin Cheek vs. Mindy and Jasmine
LP: 8000 Per Team
DUEL!
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"I activate my Trap Card!" shouted Mindy.
"And I'll do the same!" Jasmine yelled out. Their face downs rose up. Both were the almost the same…
"WE ACTIVATE…" began the two female Blues in synch.
"Destruction Ring!" Mindy cried out.
"And Ring of Destruction!" exclaimed Jasmine.
A ring with ten red circles around it spun around after materializing in front of its card, attaching itself to Rare Metal Dragon's horn. Additionally, a silver ring appeared, wrapping around Battle Ox's.
"Okay, I know what Ring of Destruction does, but not Destruction Ring." Justin said.
"Grr… These two are ending the duel in a draw, J. Ring of Destruction inflicts damage to everyone's Life Points equal to a monster's Attack power, which would be 2400 right now. And Destruction Ring inflicts 1000 points to everyone, regardless of the monster's power."
"Oh… Okay."
There was a silence, and then…
A loud BOOM echoed across the lake as both rings self-destructed, blowing up the monsters they were equipped to.
Mindy and Jasmine's, and Pat and Justin's LP: 0000.
DRAW
"Urgh… Well, we didn't win, but we didn't lose. So, what happens?" Pat muttered.
"Well, I say we tell!" shouted Mindy.
"I'm dueling Pat, and that will decide their fate. I'll give you an hour for deck prep, Pat." Alexis walked away to the Girls' Dorm.
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An Hour Later
Pat and Alexis both stood in small boats anchored to the lake bed, with Justin sitting behind Pat, with Mindy and Jasmine sitting beside Alexis' boat in a separate one.
"I'm ready when you are, Alexis." Pat smirked, activating his Duel Disk.
"Well, I'm ready!" replied Alexis, activating her own Disk as well. She now wore on both arms blue elbow-length gloves, with silver bumps on the knuckles.
"Remember, Pat… Lose, and we get expelled…" Justin said quietly.
"Oh, gee. No pressure there." Pat growled. "And pressure is not what I need."
"Shutting up now." Justin said.
Pat turned his attention back to Alexis.
"IT'S TIME TO DUEL!" smirked Pat.
With the participants' hands now holding five cards, a new duel began…
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Chapter Eight: A Lost Love or a Lost Cause?
Duel Setup: Pat McClintock vs. Alexis Rhodes
LP: 4000
DUEL!
"As before, ladies first." Pat said, peering at his hand.
"You're the first gentleman duelist I've met." Alexis smirked as she drew a sixth card.
"I summon Command Knight in attack position!"
A female red-armor-clad knight with a yellow cape and black hair, wielding a sword appeared. ATK/ 1200 DEF/ 1900.
"And his effect increases all Warriors' Attack by 400, and only my Warriors. I'll end with two face-downs."
(Command Knight) ATK/ 1600 DEF/ 1900.
Pat drew his sixth, glancing only momentarily at the card. "I know what it does, Alexis. A certain other blonde uses it when we duel…" Pat sent a look at Justin. "It also cannot be attacked if another monster exists on your side of the field. But it only has one thousand, sixteen hundred points. I use Mystical Space Typhoon to eliminate your first facedown!" Pat shouted, slipping a Spell into his Graveyard.
Alexis' leftmost card was destroyed by a gust of wind and rain.
Grr… He destroyed my Mirror Force…
"And now, I'll summon Mechanicalchaser!"
A yellow-green mechanical monster with many weapons coming from its spherical body and a sword-shaped tail appeared. ATK/ 1850 DEF/ 800.
"I'll place one card facedown. Your turn, Alexis." Pat smirked.
Alexis drew another card and placed it in her hand. "I place one monster in facedown Defense, and that's all."
Pat cackled quietly at the move's simplicity, and then drew. "I summon Machine King Prototype!"
A machine with red and silver coloring, with a machine gun on his left arm appeared. ATK/ 1600 DEF/ 1500.
"And he gains 100 Attack and Defense points for each Machine on my side of the field."
(Machine King Prototype) ATK/ 1800 DEF/ 1700.
"And now… Prototype, attack her facedown monster! Mechanized Gunfire!"
Prototype's machine gun fired off hundreds of bullets, hitting Alexis' facedown card and destroying it.
"And that's all for now…"
Alexis drew her next card. "Ah! Perfect! I activate Polymerization to fuse Blade Skater and Etoile Cyber in my hand to make… My Cyber Blader!"
After depositing three cards into her Graveyard, a new monster appeared. It was a female, with long blue hair, a red and purple jumpsuit, and blue skin, with red blades on her the bottoms of shoes. ATK/ 4200 DEF/ 800.
"WHAT THE?!" Pat screamed.
"My Cyber Blader has three abilities…" Alexis smirked. "One: if my opponent has one monster, it can't be destroyed in battle. Two: if you have two monsters, its Attack is doubled. And three: if you have three monsters, it negates your Spells, Traps, and Monster effects. Anyway… Cyber Blader, attack Machine King Prototype!"
Cyber Blader rushed in towards Machine King Prototype, preparing to slash the Machine.
"Hold it! I activate Shrink, halving your card's Attack!" shouted Pat.
(Cyber Blader) ATK/ 2100 DEF/ 800.
The feminine monster slashed Machine King Prototype in half, destroying it.
Pat's LP: 3700.
"Grr…" Pat growled.
"Your move." Alexis said, causing Pat to instantly whip out a card from his deck.
"I activate Robot Factory!"
The field became a gray-floored factory, with conveyor belts and machine parts all over.
"This Field Spell increases my Machine monsters' Attack by 200, and also… Heh-heh-heh…" Pat cackled.
(Mechanicalchaser) ATK/ 2050 DEF/ 800.
"It also lets me play this Spell: Mechanical Multiplication! I can summon two Robot Tokens by paying 500 Points!"
Pat's LP: 3200.
Two red-eyed silver-plated robots having no arms or legs materialized beside Mechanicalchaser. ATK/ 200 DEF/ 200.
"And now… I tribute my Tokens to summon one of the strongest monsters in my Machine deck…"
The two Tokens disappeared.
"I SUMMON FUSILIER DRAGON, THE DUAL-MODE BEAST!"
An orange and brown mechanical dragon with a tank-like body, a cannon on its head, and sharp teeth. ATK/ 3000 DEF/ 2000.
"You forget…" smirked Alexis. "My Cyber Blader's Attack gets doubled now."
(Cyber Blader) ATK/ 4200 DEF/ 800.
"I know. That's why I have this little baby: Tribute to the Doomed! I discard one card from my hand and destroy one monster on the field."
"No! Not my Cyber Blader!"
"Actually… No. I'm going easy on you, as I do with all females that are… Well, that doesn't need to be said." Pat whispered to no one the last part, trying to hide a blush.
"I can easily think of a few things…" Jasmine whispered to Mindy. The two let out girly giggles.
Pat sent a very angry glare at the two, followed by a deep, rumbling growl coming from his throat, causing the two females to whimper and cling to each other in fear.
"Anyway… I'm destroying my Mechanicalchaser."
"WHAT?!"
Mechanicalchaser became mummified by mummification wrap appearing from nowhere, wrapping the Machine up and destroying it.
(Cyber Blader)
ATK/ 2100 DEF/ 800.
"And now, Fusilier Dragon! Attack Cyber Blader! Missile Ray Burst!"
From Fusilier Dragon's mouth, a wide blast of red-colored missiles shot out towards Cyber Blader, exploding at a few inches away. A loud boom followed the explosion.
Alexis' LP: 3100.
As the smoke cleared, Alexis said: "My Cyber Blader can't be destroyed, since you have one monster, ya know."
"Yes, I know that, Alexis. It's your move."
Alexis drew a card. "Okay! My turn! I summon Injection Fairy Lily!"
A fairy in a white and red nurse's outfit with a heart on her white cap, white and blue stockings, and pink hair, holding a blue needle. ATK/ 400 DEF/ 1500.
"I'll switch Command Knight into Attack mode. Now, Fairy Lily, attack!"
"What?" Pat questioned.
Injection Fairy Lily flew towards Fusilier Dragon, pointing her needle at the Machine.
"Now I use Fairy Lily's ability! I pay 2000 points to increase her power by 3000 until the end of the Damage Phase!"
Pat's eyes turned to Anime-like white circles with black outlines.
Alexis' LP: 1100.
(Injection Fairy Lily) ATK/ 3400 DEF/ 1500.
The needle became larger, and Fairy Lily threw it at Pat's Machine, destroying it.
Pat's LP: 2800.
"And now, Cyber Blader, go!"
Cyber Blader dashed at Pat, smacking him, causing him to fall where he stood and nearly go into the water, which was invisible from Robot Factory.
Pat's LP: 700.
"And last, Command Knight!"
Command Knight ran towards Pat, with her sword ready for use.
"No…! Grr… I… I ACTIVATE MAGIC CYLINDER!"
Two horizontal red and gold cups appeared, sucking Command Knight's sword in one. The other cup spat it out at Alexis.
"I place Kuriboh into my Graveyard to negate all damage to me!" shouted Alexis.
The sword hit her, and returned to Command Knight, having no effect on her Life Points.
"Well, now we're both almost out of Life Points." Alexis said cheerfully. Pat, however, didn't return speech at all, let alone cheerfully.
"Um, Pat? Are you okay?"
"…"
Silence…
"…No, Alexis. I'm not. I now realize something… I realize something all too obvious… I treat female opponents with respect, as I am chivalrous… Well, at least to those who aren't half nuts, half mean, half weird, or half all of the above. But…"
The all-too-familiar black mist shrouded the field…
"Grr… That policy will no longer be permitted by me. I will begin… Begin…" said Pat in his demonic voice.
"B-B-Begin what…?" whimpered the three girls.
"I WILL BEGIN DESTROYING ALL IN MY PATH! GACK-ACK-ACK-ACK-ACK-ACK-ACK-ACK-ACK-ACK-ACK-ACK!"
"This black mist… It's so… Strange…" said Alexis softly.
"Now… It's my turn." Pat sneered, drawing a card and placing it in his hand.
"I activate another Mechanical Multiplication, summoning two more Robot Tokens!"
Two robots with red eyes and no limbs appeared. ATK/ 200 DEF/ 200.
(Cyber Blader) ATK/ 4200 DEF/ 800.
"And now, the final act of the evening… I tribute my Tokens to summon the strongest card in my deck… Even better than my Dual-Mode Beast. I summon…"
The two Robot Tokens disappeared, and a loud mechanical humming and clanking filled the air.
(Cyber Blader) ATK/ 2100 DEF/ 800.
"It's so powerful, I must destroy all other cards I have on the field and remove from play all cards in my Graveyard!"
The field became regular again.
"And now… I summon… Ancient Gear…"
"Um, the most powerful one, Golem, doesn't have an effect that makes you remove from play all your cards." Alexis interrupted.
"SILENCE! I SUMMON THE ANCIENT GEAR GADJILTRON MEGABOT!"
"The what?!" Justin, Mindy, Alexis, and Jasmine cried out.
A gray and brown robot with mechanical claw-arms, gears in its hips, shoulders, claws on its feet, one glowing red eye and one gear-shaped eye, a mechanical jetpack on its back, and lastly two pairs of gear-shaped wheels on the bottoms of its feet. ATK/ 4000 DEF/ 4000.
"It's even stronger than… My Ancient Gear Gadjiltron Chimera and Gadjiltron Dragon…" Justin gasped quietly.
"And now, I play this powerful Spell: Direct Attack! I must pay half my Life Points and discard every card in my hand to the Graveyard first."
Pat placed his hand in the Graveyard.
Pat's LP: 350.
"I also must halve the power of the monster I use it on."
(Ancient Gear Gadjiltron Megabot) ATK/ 2000 DEF/ 4000.
"But it's worth it. Gadjiltron Megabot, attack Alexis Rhodes directly! HA-HA-HA-HA!"
A powerful red blast shot out from Gadjiltron Megabot's mouth straight for Alexis, slamming into her and knocking her several yards back, and off the boat. The female screamed in pain as her Life Points dropped.
Alexis' LP: 0000.
This Duel's Winner: PAT McCLINTOCK!
The holograms faded, as did the black mist, and Pat dropped to his knees with a gasp.
"A… Alexis…" he gasped. Removing his black coat and Duel Disk, now wearing the black t-shirt that was underneath his coat, he dove into the lake.
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Pat… Why? Alexis moaned in her head, with several tears coming from her eyes.
It's over… Alexis sobbed.
However, out of nowhere, a shadowed, humanoid form blasted towards her.
"I got you… Lex…" he said.
The human form was Pat, who swam quickly towards Alexis, grabbed her around her waist, and swam back up to the lake.
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The two let out gasps for air as they surfaced, with Alexis coughing. Pat swam over to the shore and placed Alexis down.
"You okay, Alexis?" he said.
"Cough… Hack… Yeah… NO THANKS TO YOU!"
Alexis stood up and laid a powerful smack to Pat's cheek, knocking him to the ground.
"YOW! Grr… I saved you, Alexis! I know you had to be saved because of me, but COME ON!"
"I know, Pat… It's just…" Pat stood up and interrupted.
"Whatever, Alexis. I'm going back to my dorm to dry off. See ya later." Pat stormed away, thinking:
Great… Now Alexis hates my guts.
"Um, Pat…" called the blonde.
"WHAT?!"
"…I guess I do owe you for saving me… So, here… I have a card I want to give you... Maybe you could use it in our next duel. Heh-heh…"
Alexis pulled out a somewhat wet card from her Duel Disk.
"Good thing I put my cards in invisible sleeves…" Alexis sighed. She handed a card to Pat, and then ran back to her Dorm.
"Hold on, Alexis. We should tell Ms. Fontaine about how Pat nearly made you drown!" called out Jasmine. Mindy was rowing to the lake shore.
"Oh, come on! You want another duel to start?" Alexis sweat dropped, placing her hands on her hips.
The three girls, with Jasmine and Mindy now on the shore, went back to their Dorm. Two of them, both the non-blondes, sent glares at Pat.
"Hmph… Now, what card is this?" Pat muttered. As soon as he looked, a blush appeared on his face.
Hidden Wish…? Hmmm…
Justin walked up to Pat, and angrily said: "Let's go, Pat. And one thing: you hurt Jasmine, Alexis, or Mindy again, and I'LL tell Crowler about tonight. Minus me."
"You little…" Pat snarled. "FINE!"
The two walked back to Ra, not speaking to each other at all…
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Alexis' Room
Alexis, trying to sleep underneath the covers of her bed, sighed:
"…Pat… If it wasn't for your brutality… That Hidden Wish card would have another meaning…"
Her lower lip quivered as she rolled over to get some sleep.
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And now, we join Pat, who is sitting in a chair in his room, staring at the Hidden Wish card.
Alexis… Does this card have another meaning…? Or does it just symbolize the small friendship we might possibly have…?
"Alexis…" he groaned, with his lower lip shaking briefly.
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A few days later…
Pat walked upon a scene. A duel had taken place, which he hadn't bothered to watch. The stadium was filled with new Society members, all males. Sartorious sat on the highest chair, and Pat noticed Chazz and Alexis down in the center.
He also spotted Jaden and Syrus standing near him.
"Hey, guys, what's up?" he asked.
"Alexis… She…" gasped Syrus.
"Chazz beat her…" Jaden sighed.
"Wait. Then… That means…" Beads of sweat rolled down Pat's face.
"Yeah… She's…"
"Alexis has joined the Society of Light, Pat." spoke a voice, belonging to Justin. He was sitting close to where Jaden and Syrus were.
"No… Impossible… I…"
Then the words from Alexis somehow reached Pat's ears.
"You've helped me to see the light, Chazz. Thank you."
The brown-haired Ra looked down, seeing Alexis smile at Chazz and Chazz smirk back.
"Grr…"
Pat sent a mad glare at Sartorious, who noticed this and returned a smirk.
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Pat's Room
"I gotta get over it… Alexis is no longer wanted in my heart…" Pat groaned.
"OH, WHO AM I KIDDING!? ALEXIS! COME BACK! COME BA-A-A-A-ACK!" For one of the first times in his life, tears streamed down Pat's cheeks, when suddenly, a note slid into his room from underneath his door, followed by footsteps walking away…
"Hmm? Sniff… What's this?" Pat snatched up the note, reading it.
There is a way you can be with your darling Alexis, Pat… Join the Society, or lose her forever!
From your ex-Master, Sartorious.
"Crud… I'm caught between my two great loves… Alexis Rhodes… AND MY LOVE TO HATE THE SOCIETY!"
Pat growled, and opened his door, swiftly in his anger.
"ALRIGHT, SARTORIOUS! I KNOW YOU'RE…"
No one was in sight. But at Pat's feet was a small box.
"Huh?"
He brought it into is room and opened it. Inside was… A Society White uniform.
"To: Pat. From: …"
Pat stared at the name.
"ALEXIS?!"
Pat let out another growl, letting his head drop. He threw the jacket at his trunk of "forbidden" objects…
I'll get you back, Alexis… Pat thought. Even if it takes years.
PM: How romantically-angst-like of me… Heh-heh-heh…
