I'm back with another episode of 'Rocket Power: Waking The Dragons'! Before we get started, a quick author's note for you. You may be asking yourself 'Why are Synchro Monsters here? They didn't show up until 5Ds!' Answer to that is...This is MY work! I can do whatever I want! That includes putting in Exceed and Pendulum Monsters, even though they didn't appear until ZEXAL and ARC-V, respectively! Gotta keep up with the times, man! With that out of the way, LET'S ROLL!


Previously on 'Yu-Gi-Oh!':

Reggie: I'LL SAVE YOU, TWISTER! No matter what it takes!

Clio: Time we give this Aussie a taste of his own medicine, Reggie!

Duke: We're gonna wipe the floor with you!

Clio: Then you're gonna tell us where you sickos are keeping my cousin!

Reggie: Plasma Vice, ATTACK VALON DIRECTLY AND END THIS DUEL! LIGHTNING SKYDIVE SLASH!

Valon: 0

Reggie, Clio, Tito, Duke and Rebecca: WIN!

Valon: Master Dartz can't be found unless he wants you to find him...

Otto: Time to place a call to Mr. Seto Kaiba.


Hours after the 5 on 1 duel against Valon, we see Otto, Reggie, Clio, Sam, Lars, Yugi and Joey aboard Kaiba Force 1, KaibaCorp's top jetliner. They were followed by Ray and Tito, who were driving along in Ray's Mercury Marquis. Duke and Rebecca were also along for the ride, following along in Professor Hawkins' truck. Manning Kaiba Force 1 was an unknown pilot with short red hair and just outside the plane, a sequence of lights flashed across the sky.

"You see that, Clio?" Reggie asked.

"What is it, Reg?"

"I have no clue, but it looks pretty cool!"

Otto pulled Reggie and Clio back to get a look at the situation himself. His expression soon grew serious. "It's as I feared."

"Don't tell me, Otto..." Sam began.

"It's the Leviathan. We're running out of time," Otto said. Then, a strange voice was heard over the loudspeakers.

"Attention passengers, we may be experiencing some mild turbulence. Please fasten your seatbelts...just to be safe."

Mokuba was quick to point out the strange familiarity of that voice.

"Seto...don't tell me that's Alister!" the younger Kaiba brother feared.

"I'm afraid it is...and I have no time for his tricks!"

Otto and co. were confused. They had no idea who he was or if he was one of Dartz's henchmen.

"Who's Alister?" Duke asked.

"Just some punk who works for Dartz," Mokuba began. "He's blaming my brother for what happened to his brother!"

"Wait a second! I think I heard about that! KaibaCorp once decimated cities with tanks before Seto came along and defeated original company president Gozaburo Kaiba," Sam explained to the shock of his friends. "I follow all the great chess players - Bobby Fischer, Garry Kasparov, you name it! Did you know that Gozaburo Kaiba's final chess match before his untimely death was against Garry Kasparov himself?"

"You must be jokin'!" Joey exclaimed.

"I'm not joking, Joey. August 5th of 1996, about a month before Gozaburo's passing. The match took place in Philadelphia. It was a best of 7 match and it ended in a 3-3-1 draw, preserving both players' unbeaten records...until the IBM computer Deep Blue came along 6 months later and took down Kasparov," Sam explained.

"No more, Squid. Please," Otto begged.

"I don't think flying into this light show was the best course of action," Clio pointed out.

"I'm with ya, Clio!" Otto responded, giving her a quick peck on the cheek.

"Isn't this all some sort of freaky illusion?" asked Reggie.

"Maybe, but if it doesn't stop in 3 minutes, Duke, Lars and I are going with Kaiba to tell the captain to change course immediately!" Otto threatened. Then the lights started to flicker on and off.

"Maybe we should do that now, Otto," Lars said.

Kaiba radioed for the captain, but there was no response, prompting Mokuba, Clio and Reggie to run in and check matters themselves. There was no one in the conference room and I seriously doubt they had to use the bathroom at the same time, so something freaky was definitely going down aboard Kaiba Force 1!

"Sorry, boys. But this is a private party now! We have some unfinished business to attend to, Kaiba!"

"Alister! We know you're in there, so show your face now!" Kaiba commanded. Mokuba checked the cockpit, but no one was there. The plane was on autopilot.

"You'll regret the day you ever trifled with an Intercontinental Duel Monsters champion, you coward!" Reggie shouted.

"Quick! To the conference room!" Otto called out as the lights were restored. Alister soon revealed himself, turning the head chair of the conference room.


"This plane's so big, you could practically lose yourself...so you better be careful or you'll be next!"

"Should've known it'd be one of you creeps!" Lars exclaimed.

"How about you and I have a rematch, Kaiba? I have a score to settle, remember?"

Seeing this, Otto and Sam couldn't let Kaiba go at it alone! Who knows how dangerous Alister could be?

"HALT! If you're dueling Kaiba, then you're dueling me and Sam, too!" Otto shouted as he and Sam jumped in alongside Kaiba.

"I appreciate you two wanting to step in like this, but this is none of your business! I have to face this coward myself!" Kaiba bellowed.

"Not a chance, Kaiba! Who knows how dangerous this Alister guy could be!" Sam feared.

"He does work for Dartz, if you haven't figured it out yet!" Otto added.

Kaiba realized that they weren't backing down, so he let Sam and Otto put themselves on the line to join him in this duel. "Let's make it 3 on 1, Alister!"

"It doesn't matter what the odds are...YOU'RE GOING DOWN, KAIBA!"

Kaiba quickly pushed a button on the conference room control panel, turning the conference room into a duel ring. "You want a duel? YOU GOT ONE! Luckily, I'm always prepared."

"You'll never learn," Alister began. "Nothing can prepare you for what I'm about to unleash! Your souls are mine!" he added as his Duel Disk activated.

"LET'S GO!" Sam, Otto and Kaiba said in unison as their Duel Disks activated.

"DUEL!"

Sam: 8000

Otto: 8000

Kaiba: 8000

Alister: 8000


"If you don't mind, I'll go first!" Sam exclaimed as he drew his card. "I'll activate Scale 1 Stargazer Magician and Scale 8 Timegazer Magician to set the Pendulum Scale!"

"PENDULUM?" Everyone else asked.

"You're about to see the Power of the Pendulum!" Sam exclaimed. "SWING FAR, PENDULUM! CARVE THE ARC OF VICTORY!"

A portal opened between the two magicians releasing 3 new monsters. "I'll summon out PERFORMAPAL ELEPHAMMER, PERFORMAPAL WHIP SNAKE and my ODD-EYES PENDULUM DRAGON!"

The first monster was an elephant with a hammer on the end of its trunk, the second one was a pink snake that could be used for a whip and the last monster was a huge, red scaled dragon with golden horns.

Elephammer:

ATK: 2600

DEF: 1800

Whip Snake:

ATK: 1700

DEF: 900

Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon:

ATK: 2500

DEF: 2000

"I'll throw this face down and end my turn for now."

It was Otto's turn now and he had a gruff act to follow. After all, Sam just summoned 3 monsters on his first turn with a method he had never heard of before! But knowing Otto, there's always a way to top it. "My move! I DRAW!"

Otto smirked as he looked at his hand. 'Perfect', he thought. "I activate CARD DESTRUCTION! This forces us to discard our entire hand and draw 5 new cards!" Otto explained as they resolved that card's effect. "Now that that's out of the way, I play my Spell Card - MONSTER REBORN! Return to battle, JUNK SYNCHRON! Now I play Quillbolt Hedgehog's effect! When I have a Tuner monster out, Quillbolt Hedgehog is automatically summoned to the field!" he explained as both monsters were summoned to the field.

Junk Synchron:

ATK: 1300

DEF: 500

Quillbolt Hedgehog:

ATK: 800

DEF: 800

"Now I play the Trap TUNER CLONING from my Graveyard! It creates a copy of any Tuner on the field! I choose JUNK SYNCHRON! With Junk Synchron's arrival comes its special effect that allows me to bring back a monster from my Graveyard! So take the field, SPEED WARRIOR!"

ATK: 900

DEF: 400

Kaiba had pieced everything together..."That's why you played Card Destruction! So you can summon multiple monsters on your first turn!"

"That's right, Kaiba! But I'm not through yet! It's time for a DOUBLE SYNCHRO SUMMON!"

"SYNCHRO WHAT?!" Alister cowered in fear.

"You're about to witness my deck's strong suit! First I tune Level 3 Junk Synchron to Level 2 Quillbolt Hedgehog! From Two Come One And From One Will Come Great Power! Watch As They Merge Their Might, Combine Their Courage! I SYNCHRO SUMMON...JUNK WARRIOR!"

ATK: 2300

DEF: 1300

"YES! That's Otto's favorite Synchro Monster!" Clio cheered.

"GO, ROCKET BOY!" Reggie added.

"You're gonna love Junk Warrior's special power! When he's summoned, he gets Attack Points equal to the total Attack Points of all Level 2 or lower monsters on my field! Guess what? Speed Warrior's a Level 2 monster! That means Junk Warrior gains 900 Attack Points now!"

Junk Warrior ATK: 3200

"Now I'll tune my Level 3 Junk Synchron copy to my Level 2 Speed Warrior! Time to bring out one of my newest monsters! Meet my HYPER LIBRARIAN!"

Hyper Librarian:

ATK: 2400

DEF: 1800

"With his effect, whenever a Synchro Summon occurs, I get to draw a card, which I shall do right now since I just Synchro Summoned!" Otto didn't even look at his card, but he knew it was what he needed. "I'll summon out TURBO SYNCHRON! And now that I have a Tuner Monster, I can Special Summon BOOST WARRIOR to the field! But they won't be out long, because I'll tune them together! Behold As Both Power And Speed Surge Toward Each Other And Collide To Create Pure Might! I Summon Out, The Synchro Tuner...FORMULA SYNCHRON!"

ATK: 200

DEF: 1500

"When Formula Synchron revs its engines, I get to draw a new card, plus 1 more from my Librarian. But that's not all...FORMULA SYNCHRON IS ALSO A TUNER MONSTER!"

"NO!"

"I'm afraid so, Alister! That means I can Synchro Summon again! I tune Level 2 Formula Synchron to Level 5 Junk Warrior and Level 5 Hyper Librarian! Meet my most powerful Synchro Monster...SHOOTING QUASAR DRAGON!"

A 20 foot tall dragon soon flew onto Otto's side of the field. With a mighty roar, it made certain to everyone that Otto wasn't a force to be taken lightly. This was his most powerful Synchro Monster - SHOOTING QUASAR DRAGON.

ATK: 4000

DEF: 4000

"I'll play 3 cards face down and end my turn."

The duel then shifted over to Intercontinental Champion Seto Kaiba. "My move! I summon X-HEAD CANNON!"

ATK: 1800

DEF: 1500

"That's all for now."

The duel now shifted to Alister and when you deal with someone who has a score to settle, chances are they have a powerful deck. "My move! I activate RAIGEKI to clear out Dullard's field! Say goodbye to your Pendulum Monsters!" Alister beamed as a lightning storm struck Sam's field, clearing it of monsters. "Next, I'll summon my SCIENCE SOLDIER in Attack Mode!"

ATK: 800

DEF: 800

"Science Soldier, ATTACK SAM DIRECTLY!"

On Alister's command, Science Soldier punched Sam, knocking him to his knees.

Sam: 7200

"That will be all for now."

"Then allow me!" Sam said as he drew. "Time to bring back some old friends! From my Extra Deck, I Pendulum Summon WHIP SNAKE, ELEPHAMMER and ODD-EYES PENDULUM DRAGON!"

Once the 3 monsters re-appeared on Sam's field, Alister was left in a state of shock. "I thought I got rid of those monsters!"

"You thought wrong! When Pendulum Monsters would be destroyed, they go to my Extra Deck instead of the Graveyard, meaning I can summon them back to the field, so long as my Pendulum Scales are up! Now, Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon, destroy Science Soldier with SPIRAL FLAME SURGE!"

Sam's dragon launched a fire surge at Alister's Science Soldier, destroying it.

Alister: 6300

"I'll play another card face-down and end my turn."

"Thanks, Squid. BACK TO ROCKET BOY!" Otto exclaimed as he drew his next card. "Since I know nothing you have can beat my Quasar Dragon, I'll just play a card face-down and attack you directly!"

"HOLD IT! I Special Summon BATTLE FADER to block your attack and end the Battle Phase!"

Otto grunted. His attack was blocked just like that! How could Alister have been so prepared? "I end my turn!" Otto growled. "Kaiba, it's up to you now!"

Kaiba nodded. Sam and Otto set him up. It was now up to him to finish the job. "My draw! I summon Y-DRAGON HEAD!"

ATK: 1500

DEF: 1600

"Y-Dragon Head, destroy his Battle Fader!"

Y-Dragon Head fired a ball of electrical energy at Battle Fader, destroying it with ease. "Now, X-Head Cannon...ATTACK ALISTER DIRECTLY!"

Alister: 4500

"I think that's just about enough punishment for now. I end my turn with a face-down."

Alister then drew his next card. "You 3 think you're so confident, don't ya? You've been pre-occupied with your own monsters that you've forgotten what I have in store! I ACTIVATE THE SEAL OF ORICHALCOS!"

"Mokuba, GET BACK!"

"Clio, Reggie, FOLLOW MOKUBA AND GET THE HELL OUT OF DODGE!" Otto warned as the Seal grew to its full size, covering the field and causing Kaiba Force 1's autopilot to malfunction. "Next I play a Spell - DOUBLE SUMMON! This allows me to summon 2 monsters this turn! I'll start by summoning CYBER SOLDIER OF DARK WORLD in Attack Mode!"

ATK: 1400 - 1900

DEF: 1200

"Now for my next trick, I'll need some help from the dark powers of the Orichalcos!" Alister said as a dark smoke engulfed the field. Otto, Sam and Kaiba were soon transported to what looked like a desolate wasteland. But it was really the village where Alister grew up after the KaibaCorp takeover. Soon, blasts were fired, destroying Sam's Whip Snake and Kaiba's Dragon Head.

Sam: 7000

Kaiba: 6000

"What just happened?" Otto asked.

"I activated a Trap Card known as Tank Corps and added it to my ultimate weapon, the KC-1 Crayton! This reinforces my tank with 3 more, as well as an additional 1500 Attack Points! Which means my last attack dealt 2000 points of damage to you, Kaiba!"

KC-1 Crayton:

ATK: 1500 - 2000 - 3500

DEF: 2000

"I'll lay a card face-down and end my turn."

"How pathetic," Sam retorted as he began his turn. "Time for another Pendulum Summon! I'll Pendulum Summon my Whip Snake from my Extra Deck and PERFORMAPAL SECONDONKEY from my hand!"

Secondonkey:

ATK: 1000

DEF: 2000

"Now I'll sacrifice my Secondonkey in order to Special Summon my SLEIGHT HAND MAGICIAN!"

ATK: 2500

DEF: 2000

"Sleight Hand Magician can be Summoned to the field by sacrificing a Performapal Monster that's not a Pendulum Monster. Also, once a turn, I can ditch a card in my hand to destroy a card you have on the field! So, I'll discard a card to destroy your Tank Corps! Without your rear defense, your Crayton's a sitting duck!"

KC-1 Crayton ATK: 3500 - 2000

"Odd-Eyes, eliminate his Cyber Soldier of Dark World! SPIRAL FLAME SURGE!"

Alister: 3900

"That ends my turn."


Meanwhile, inside the cockpit of Kaiba Force 1, Reggie, Clio and Mokuba are rushing to get the plane under control.

"Clio, you stabilize the plane while Mokuba and I radio for help!" Reggie barked as Clio immediately took to the pilot's seat. Mokuba proceeded to engage the radio and attempted to radio for help.

"Mayday, Mayday! This is Kaiba Force 1! Is anyone out there? We've lost control! Repeat, WE'VE LOST CONTROL!"

"Mokuba, you're doing it wrong! Let me give it a go," Reggie said as she took over the radio. "Kaiba Force 1 to Ground Control, something's gone wrong! The autopilot's busted and we're losing altitude fast! DISENGAGE! REPEAT, DISENGAGE!"

No response.

"Mokuba, try your phone! I'll keep on the radio, see if I can get someone on the other end," Reggie suggested before jumping back on the radio. "Kaiba Force 1 to Ground Control, we're falling fast and we need help! DISENGAGE! REPEAT, DISENGAGE!"

Still no response.

"Any luck on your phone, Mokuba?"

"No signal, Reggie!"

"What are we gonna do, Reggie?" Clio asked.

"I'm not sure, Clio. Usually Otto, Twister or Sam would've figured something out by now. But we're trying to save Twister and Otto and Sam are locked in a duel against one of Dartz's henchmen, so we're on our own for this one, Clio!"


The calls for help didn't go unnoticed in the conference room, however...

"MOKUBA!"

"CLIO! REGGIE!" Otto cried out. "Guys, we have to win this duel! Our friends and family are depending on our victory! It's my turn! DRAW!" Otto shouted with a mean look on his face. "I play the CARD OF SANCTITY! This forces us to draw until we have 6 cards in our hand! Now, QUASAR DRAGON...END THIS DUEL!"

"Looks like you've fallen for the same trick twice! My NECRO GARDNA will block your attack and end your Battle Phase! All I have to do is remove it from play!"

Otto just walked back into the same Trap! He's not this sloppy when he duels! Perhaps the thought of losing his sister and girlfriend has clouded his judgement! "I'll lay one more card face-down and call it a turn. You're up, Kaiba!"

"And you're done, Alister! I play MONSTER REBORN to bring back my Y-DRAGON HEAD! Next, I'll summon my Z-METAL TANK!"

ATK: 1500

DEF: 1300

"Twist, Rocket Girl and I have those exact same cards, Kaiba. I'm well aware of what they do," Otto told Kaiba.

"Then you should know that these aren't just any monsters...THEY COMBINE TO FORM THE XYZ-DRAGON CANNON!"

ATK: 2800

DEF: 2600

"LAUNCH CANNON FIRESTORM!"

On command, Dragon Cannon launched laser blasts at Alister's tank, destroying it.

Alister: 3100

"Should've expected hostility from you. After all, you are Gozaburo Kaiba's son," Alister implied.

"THAT'S A LIE! Kaiba's nothing like his step-father!" Otto shouted.

"He rebuilt KaibaCorp from the ground up WITHOUT ANYONE'S HELP!" Sam added.

"And he doesn't need people like you getting in his way, Alister!" Otto retorted.

"Whatever. I'm not finished with the 3 of you yet!" Alister then got a sinister grimace as he drew his card. "If you thought the Seal of Orichalcos was bad, just wait 'til you see what else I have in store for you! In fact, why wait why I can end it now? Your time's up!" Alister cackled. "Let's review - we're on an out of control plane and you're about to lose the last duel of your career. I'd say this isn't your day!"

TO BE CONTINUED...


What does Alister have planned? And can Clio, Reggie and Mokuba get Kaiba Force 1 back under control before it crashes? STAY TUNED AND FIND OUT!