This story was done in collaboration between me and Jriddle41 (Sodormatchmaker on DeviantART), and we both own the OCs that are used in the story. Everything else belongs to their respective owners:
Thomas and Friends (c) Hit Entertainment and Mattel
The Railway Series (c) Rev Wilbert Awdry
Yu-Gi-Oh! (c) Konami
Song used in Intro and Outro (c) Unknown
WARNING: Again, this story is rated T (13-plus) for moments of violence, bloody moments, and some suggestive themes. Viewer discretion may be advised.
Darkness... That was all Mavis could see at this very moment. Blackness, all because she was unconscious after the ship she and her friends were on got hit by a tidal wave (during a fierce storm) and sunk to the ocean bottom. Finally, the blonde-haired girl's eyes started to flicker open. Her vision was blurry, but she soon recovered it.
"Where... What happened to me?" Mavis asked wearily. Looking around, she noticed a lot of clubs, old-fashioned clothing, bones, etc. "Where am...I?"
Mavis looked over and saw Molly and Rosie seated next to her (unconscious).
"Molly? Rosie? Wake up."
Some pained moans came from the two unconscious girls as they started to come around.
"Rumble my legs..." groaned Molly.
"Are we dead?" asked Rosie.
"I don't think so." Mavis replied, beginning to look down. "We must be in a-" Before she could finish, the blonde-haired girl saw that she was tied up and her shirt had risen up enough to show her tummy (and bellybutton). "What the-?!"
"What's wrong?" Rosie asked...but got her answer when she saw that she was tied up with her shirt risen up, too. "Hey! Why am I-?"
"What's going on here?" asked Molly, tied up with her shirt risen up as well.
Three pairs of teasing snickers were heard from outside.
"It looks like our guests are awake now!"
"Who's there?" asked Mavis loudly. "Show yourselves!"
Entering the hut came the three goblins of...
"Goblin Attack Force?" blinked Molly.
"The one and only." said one of the goblins. "You could be thanking us right now, you know."
"Why?"
"We three found you girls unconscious on the beach." added the second goblin. "So we brought you to our humble pad to rest up."
"Well, we thank you for finding us." nodded Rosie, but then grew anxious. "But that doesn't explain WHY we're tied up with our shirts up and exposing our tummies."
"Oh, we were bored and thought about having our own little...fun...with you as a reward for rescuing you." snickered the third goblin.
The three smirking goblins then pulled out some feathers from behind their backs. None of the three girls liked where this was going.
"W-What are those for?" asked Rosie nervously.
Mavis was panicking. "Oh no! No, no, no, no! Stay back!"
Too late. One of the goblins approached, sat down next to the blonde-haired girl, and dipped the feather in and out of her navel, causing the poor girl to laugh hysterically.
"Tickle, tickle, tickle!" snickered the goblin.
"N-No, ha ha ha ha, n-not my, ha ha, bellybutton!" Mavis cried, mid-laughter.
Suddenly, Rosie started laughing after a second goblin approached and started dipping his own feather in and out of the pink-haired girl's navel.
"C'mon, give us some laughs!" teased the second goblin.
"HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!" Rosie shrieked with laughter. Turns out that her tummy and navel were both just as ticklish and sensitive to touch as Mavis's. "TH-TH-THAT TICKLES!"
Molly, looking quite scared for her two friends, turned and saw the third goblin approaching her with a sneaky smile on his face.
"Oh, don't you worry." said the third goblin. "This won't hurt at all. This is all in good fun!"
Molly didn't say a word and just looked on in fright.
(elsewhere...)
Outside the hut in the middle of a small forest, it was somewhat quiet (minus Mavis and Rosie's laughter being heard)... At least until Molly's laughter came shrieking in.
"Ha ha... HA HA HA HA HA!" The black-haired girl wailed with laughter. As with Mavis and Rosie, Molly was just as ticklish on the tummy and navel. "Y-YOU GUYS ARE, HA HA, HORRIBLE!"
Up on a nearby tree, the same humanoid man wearing black and gray armor stood on a large tree branch listening to the noise coming from the hut.
Title: Ultimate Anti-Hero
Back inside the hut, Mavis, Rosie, and Molly were still laughing up a storm. The three mischievous goblins continued to either dip their feathers in and out of the girls' navels, or just resort to gliding the tip of the feathers along their (the human girls) bellies, just barely flicking the tip of the navel.
"Ha ha ha, I need to, ha ha, find a way, ha ha ha, to, ha ha, resist!" Mavis thought to herself.
The blonde-haired girl took a deep breath and puffed out her cheeks as she tried to hold back the laughing. However, this wasn't very effective.
"Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!"
"You know something? Laughter IS the best kind of medicine!" chuckled the first goblin, clearly enjoying the pleasure of tickling a pretty human girl.
At this rate, it looked like the poor girls were going to laugh themselves to death.
"I, ha ha ha, can't take, ha ha ha, it anymore!" wailed Rosie, mid-laughter.
"I think, ha ha ha, think, ha ha ha, I'm going, ha ha ha, to explode!" cried Molly in between laughs.
Just then, there was a loud, angry roar outside the hut. The goblins immediately stopped with tickle torturing the three human girls.
"Did you guys hear that?" asked the first goblin.
"It...sounded like a dragon's roar." replied the second goblin.
"Let's go check it out." suggested the third goblin.
The goblins took their clubs off of the nearby table and left the hut. As soon as they were gone, Mavis, Rosie, and Molly each were able to finally managed to get some air back into their lungs.
"I'm glad THAT'S over." sighed Rosie.
Before either Mavis or Molly could say anything in response, they both saw a humanoid male wearing black and gray armor enter the hut.
"Who are you?" asked Molly, looking rather surprised and frightened by the male's appearance.
The man merely kept a cold look on his face and remained silent. Mavis, however, knew who it was.
"He must be the Knight of Dark Dragon." she thought. "One of Percy's cards!"
The mysterious Knight of Dark Dragon silently drew out a sword and immediately freed the three girls. Now cut free, Mavis, Rosie, and Molly each stood back up and fixed up their respective shirts.
"Um, thank you." said Rosie nervously.
"Best to thank me later." Knight of Dark Dragon replied coolly...yet harshly. "Now, follow me."
With that said, he left the hut.
"Whoa... Not the friendly type, is he?" asked Mavis to Rosie.
"At least he freed us." shrugged the pink-haired girl. "We'd best go before those mischievous goblins come back."
Quickly, the girls followed the armored man out of the hut.
(elsewhere...)
Outside, Knight of Dark Dragon, Mavis, Rosie, and Molly were all trying to make a clean get away, when...
"Stop right there!" called the voice of one of the goblins.
While the girls cringed as they froze in place, the Dragon Knight merely cursed quietly. Nearby, the Goblin Attack Force had found their targets.
"Why are you taking our playmates away from us?" demanded the first goblin.
"We rescued them first." protested the second goblin.
"Playmates?!" snapped Mavis in outrage. "Y-You tickled us without thinking about if we'd like it or not!"
"Aw, come on!" argued the third goblin. "We were only having harmless fun. Besides, we thought you ladies were really enjoying yourselves."
"And now that jerk wearing the armor is stealing you away from us!" complained the first goblin.
"Do you buffoons really want to mess with someone like me?" asked Knight of Dark Dragon, sounding very menacing. "Because that would be an unwise move on your part."
"Heh! We ain't afraid of you, pal!" scoffed the second goblin. "We're the Goblin Attack Force!"
"And we're about to teach you some manners." said the third goblin.
"Goblin Attack Force style!" finished the first goblin.
Knight of Dark Dragon merely stared coldly at the three goblins as he began glowing all red. He would show those three idiotic goblins what happens when you mess with the wrong Dragon Warrior.
"What's he doing?" whispered Molly.
Before long, Knight of Dark Dragon had transformed himself into a fiery dragon-like spirit.
"What is this?!" screamed the first goblin.
"A very ticked off dragon spirit, that's what!" wailed the second goblin.
"Lets get out of here!" cried the third goblin.
The three goblins started to run back towards their hut... but Knight of Dark Dragon was not gonna let them escape...alive.
"You're not going anywhere!" he shouted.
With another fierce roar, the fiery dragon made a dive towards the hut the three goblins had entered. There was an explosion upon contact with the hut, and the three human girls each braced themselves from the force of the blow.
"Whoa!" cried Mavis.
When the force of wind died down, the three girls looked in the direction of the hut...and got a nasty shock at what they saw.
"Oh... my..." Molly whispered in fright.
The hut was completely destroyed. All that was left behind was a raging fire... which a now human Knight of Dark Dragon emerged from without flinching or caring that he caused death and destruction.
"My work here is done." The man said to the three girls without any care in the world. "Your welcome by the way."
Knight of Dark Dragon started to leave, just before...
"You killed them, didn't you?" Mavis asked quietly.
The dragon man stopped in his tracks and looked over his shoulder at the three human girls he had rescued.
"So what if I did?" he asked bluntly. "They got what they deserved."
"It wasn't right!" argued Molly in an upset tone. "Those goblins may have been rather mischievous, but they weren't even close to being evil!"
"Who cares?" dismissed Knight of Dark Dragon. "They should have known better than to mess with the ultimate Dragon Knight."
"You..." said Rosie angrily. "You're-!"
Immediately, the man turned around fully and gave the pink-haired girl a cold stare.
"I'm what?" he threatened. "Go ahead and say it!"
"You're a monster!" The pink-haired girl snapped.
"A monster, eh?" asked Knight of Dark Dragon sarcastically. "Like I haven't heard that one before. You know something? You girls look and sound really pathetic right now! You three are almost like damsels just waiting to be rescued by your knights-in-shining armor, and if weren't for me showing up and saving your butts from those goblins, you'd probably be still inside that hut being tickled."
"Take that back!" squeaked Rosie.
"Heh! I'm not one to do so that easily. Why don't we settle this in a short and sweet duel? I kinda like to show you three a little something interesting if you accept."
"Fine by me." nodded Rosie, activating her Duel Disk.
Knight of Dark Dragon smirked and activated his own Duel Disk. Already, he could hear the call of the legendary dragon in his deck.
"Patience." The Dragon Knight said mentally to his deck. "Your time will come soon."
Both Mavis and Molly weren't sure what their pink-haired friend was getting into by dueling this mysterious Dragon Knight.
"Are you sure you can do this, Rosie?" asked Mavis. "Maybe I should duel him with you."
"I'll be fine." insisted Rosie. "Someone needs to teach Mr. Dark Knight over there some manners, and I'll be the one to do so!"
With that said, the two duelists drew their opening hands and gazed at each other spitefully.
"Time to duel!" They both said at once (LP 4000).
(elsewhere...)
Inside the throne room of the Castle of Dark Illusions, the Court of Darkness had gathered around a crystal ball.
"It would seem as though Knight of Dark Dragon has already found some of those humans." said Vampire Lady.
"Yesssss..." agreed Vampire Lord with a hiss. "Those three girls."
"Do you think it was wise of us to hire someone like him?" questioned Darkbishop Archfiend. "His reputation in the Duel Monsters Spirit World is infamous."
"That may be-" replied Airknight Parshath. "-but he at least knows how to get a job done."
"He may be good at his job-" huffed Earl of Demise. "-but he usually doesn't listen to our orders."
"Regardless, he was willing to serve us for a large fee." Vampire Lady pointed out.
"Agreed." said Vampire Lord, looking back at the crystal ball. "Now let's see what he will do to these fools."
(elsewhere...)
Back somewhere in one of the forests of the Duel Monsters Spirit World, the duel between Rosie and Knight of Dark Dragon had begun. And Mavis and Molly were both watching and cheering for their pink-haired friend.
"Come on, Rosie!" called Mavis. "You totally got this one!"
Rosie turned and flashed her blonde-haired friend a thumbs up, just before turning her gaze back towards Knight of Dark Dragon while preparing to draw her card.
"First turn goes to me!" she declared, drawing. "NOW...!"
Turn One: Rosie Vulcan (LP: 4000)
Deck: 39
Current Hand (6): Adamantine Sword Revival, Guardian Angel Joan, Mirror Force, Ruby Dragon, Polymerization, and Silent Doom
The pink-haired girl added her drawn card to her hand and gazed at her opponent.
"Okay, this won't be easy." she thought to herself. "I don't know what his dueling style is like, and he obviously won't be showing any mercy towards me. I'll have to be careful."
Knight of Dark Dragon kept a calm, cold look on his face while remaining silent. Finally, Rosie made a play.
"I place one card facedown." she announced, slotting a card into a Spell/Trap slot on her Duel Disk. "Next I summon Ruby Dragon in attack mode!"
A red ruby-like dragon materialized with a roar (Level: 4/ATK: 1600).
"Hey, Rosie's deck has changed!" Molly announced. "Didn't she used to have a Maiden in Love deck?"
"She stopped using it in favor of a copy of Thomas's deck." explained Mavis. "But ever since Rosie got over him, she decided to go with a Gem Dragon/Anti-Cure style deck."
"A Gem Dragon/Anti-Cure deck..."
"Let's see what else Rosie can do with it." suggested Mavis, looking back at the duel.
Back in the duel field...
"That ends my turn!" Rosie declared.
Not impressed by his opponent's weak play, Knight of Dark Dragon was very quick to criticize.
"A weak and simple move." he said harshly. "Made by a weak and simple duelist. And now, let's see what MY deck can do."
With that said, Knight of Dark Dragon went and drew his card.
Turn Two: Knight of Dark Dragon (LP: 4000)
Deck: 39
Current Hand (6): Mirage Dragon, Monster Reborn, Lightning Vortex, Inferno Fire Blast, Troop Dragon, and Dark Dragon Ritual
Smirking, the Dragon Knight took and placed a card onto a monster field slot on his Duel Disk.
"I summon Mirage Dragon in attack mode!"
Appearing to the field was a yellow dragon with whitish hair (Level: 4/ATK: 1600).
"But our monsters are tied in attack points!" protested Rosie.
"If you would be so kind as to shut up, I'll continue with my play." retorted Knight of Dark Dragon rudely, making the pink-haired girl scowl. From there, a Spell card called Lightning Vortex materialized face-up. "Now behold Lightning Vortex!"
"Not good!" Mavis winced. "By discarding a card from his hand, Knight of Dark Dragon can go and wipe out Rosie's only monster!"
"That's right." confirmed Knight of Dark Dragon, discarding a card from his hand to the graveyard. "Now say goodbye to Ruby Dragon!"
Several bolts of lightning struck Ruby Dragon and vaporized it.
"My monster!" Rosie cried out..
"Hmph! Now you're wide open for a direct attack..."
The pink-haired girl was a little worried at first, but remembered the Mirror Force Trap card that was set facedown.
"That's what you think!" she said aloud. "I activate my facedown card!"
Nothing happened, much to Rosie's confusion.
"Huh?" The pink-haired girl blinked. "I said I activate my facedown card!"
Still nothing happened.
"What's going on? Why isn't my Trap card activating?"
"You're stupider than I first thought." sighed Knight of Dark Dragon irritably. "Your facedown card isn't activating because of my Mirage Dragon's effect."
"Effect?" Rosie blinked.
"Whenever Mirage Dragon attacks during the battle phase-" explained the Dragon Knight. "-you can't activate set Trap cards!"
Now Rosie was really worried. Over with Molly and Mavis...
"Rosie's in trouble!" panicked Molly.
"Duh!" snarked Mavis.
"Now to make you pay for your little foresight!" declared Knight of Dark Dragon. "Mirage Dragon, attack my opponent directly!"
Mirage Dragon obeyed, firing a rainbow-like blast at Rosie, causing her to scream in pain (LP: 2400).
"ROSIE, NO!" cried out both Molly and Mavis.
"Hmph! It would seem I was right about you." said Knight of Dark Dragon coldly, while folding his arms. "You ARE pathetic! I honestly don't know why I was hired by the Court of Darkness to either capture or destroy you..."
"Wait a minute." interrupted Rosie, while getting back to her feet. "Did you say the Court of Darkness hired you?"
"So, you know of that loser band?" Knight of Dark Dragon raised an eyebrow. "To answer your question - yes! I was hired by them."
"The Court of Darkness took our friend, Emily!" shouted Rosie. "And since you're working for them, that makes you our enemy as well!"
"Watch it, little girl." warned the Dragon Knight. "So far I've been going easy on you. But if you're not careful, I just might have to get serious."
"I'm not afraid of you!" snapped the pink-haired girl, drawing a card.
Turn Three: Rosie Vulcan (LP: 2400)
Deck: 38
Current Hand (5): Adamantine Sword Revival, Guardian Angel Joan, Polymerization, Silent Doom, and Rope of Life
Adding her drawn card to her hand, Rosie decided it was time to summon her secret weapon.
"So, you like dragons, huh?" The pink-haired girl asked, holding out a new card. "Well, I'll show you one I happen to like! ...but first I'll play my Silent Doom card!"
Ruby Dragon reappeared in defense mode (Level: 4/DEF: 1300).
"Why bother bringing back that weakling?" asked Knight of Dark Dragon, not looking worried or amused at all.
"So I can activate this card!" Rosie slotted a card into her Duel Disk. A Spell card called Adamantine Sword Revival materialized face-up. "Adamantine Sword Revival!"
"This should be interesting..." The Dragon Knight thought to himself. "Nothing I can't handle, though."
"Thanks to this-" smirked the pink-haired girl. "-I can sacrifice my Ruby Dragon in order to special summon from my deck my new ace monster - Diamond Head Dragon!"
Ruby Dragon faded away, and appearing in its place was a large, emerald green dragon with scales as hard as crystal (Level: 8/ATK: ?/DEF: ?).
"My new monster's attack points depend on the attack of whatever dragon monster I tributed to summon this card plus 1000 extra points." explained Rosie. "Since I tributed Ruby Dragon to summon Diamond Head Dragon, that gives my new monster 1600 plus 1000 attack points! ...for a grand total of 2600 attack!"
Diamond Head Dragon gave a loud roar (ATK: 0 - 2600).
"Unfortunately, my new monster cannot attack the turn it was summoned. So I'll just end it here and now."
"Great move, Rosie!" called Mavis. "You should be safe for a little while."
"Go, Rosie!" cheered Molly.
Suddenly, Knight of Dark Dragon started to laugh at how naive those three girls were being right now. So they thought they had the duel won now? HA! Not even close.
"Huh?"
"What's so funny?" asked Rosie curiously.
Knight of Dark Dragon only continued laughing loudly, cynically, cruelly, and sardonically.
"Hey! Are you even listening to me?!"
"You really think that dragon will help you?" asked Knight of Dark Dragon, as he finally stopped laughing. "It's powerful, yes... But will it win you the duel?"
"Of course it will!" insisted Rosie.
"You're dead wrong." said the Dragon Knight in response. "I'm the master of dragons... and I know for a fact...that Diamond Head Dragon will not win you this duel."
With that said, the man drew his card. In addition, he was glowing as red.
"Huh? What?" gasped Rosie. She was feeling rather worried.
Unfortunately, the pink-haired girl wasn't the only one who was worried...
"Our cold-hearted knight is glowing all red." whispered Molly.
"Yeah..." agreed Mavis. "Now I wonder why?"
"I think we're about to find out." Rosie commented.
Turn Four: Knight of Dark Dragon (LP: 4000)
Deck: 39
Current Hand (4): Inferno Fire Blast, Monster Reborn, Dark Dragon Ritual, and Knight of Dark Dragon
Indeed they were - Knight of Dark Dragon immediately held out a Spell card.
"I'll begin with a Ritual Spell card... Dark Dragon Ritual!"
The mentioned Spell card materialized face-up.
"To ritual summon my monster-" explained Knight of Dark Dragon. "-I must offer enough monsters to equal the level 4 or higher."
"Mirage Dragon equals that level!" Rosie exclaimed.
Mirage Dragon immediately vanished in a streak of fire.
"How right you are! Now, I'll ritual summon forth...me!"
As the fire died down, out came the monster version of Knight of Dark Dragon (Level: 4/ATK: 1900).
"But he's the least of your concerns." The man continued, and then asked a question... "Can you three hear something?"
"What?" asked Molly.
A faintly dragon's roar was heard echoing coming from Knight of Dark Dragon's Duel Disk and deck.
"It's the call of my great beast." The man stated. "And it's waiting for me to unleash it on you!"
"Well, you'll have to tell it to wait, because right now you have to beat my Diamond Head Dragon." retorted Rosie.
"So naive..." hissed Knight of Dark Dragon, beginning to glow all red once more. "You know nothing of my beast's great power! ...and I'll now unleash it!"
The Knight of Dark Dragon monster started to turned into a fiery dragon spirit.
"I activate my knight's special ability! By sacrificing him, I can call forth from my deck the great beast!" Knight of Dark Dragon took a card from his deck and held it up. "...the Red-Eyes Black Dragon!"
The fiery dragon spirit gave a roar and started to flying towards the sky. Meanwhile, Rosie, Molly, and Mavis each gasped in horror upon hearing the monster's name.
"THE RED-EYES BLACK DRAGON?!"
The sky darkened as thunder boomed and Knight of Dark Dragon began a summon chant.
"Almighty black dragon of the volcanoes, I call upon your power to burn my opponent into ash! Let nothing stop you from unleashing your true strength... and let nothing stop you and I from winning this battle of fate..."
Something was coming from the darkened sky.
"Whoa..." Rosie breathed in fear.
"Come forth - RED-EYES BLACK DRAGON!" shouted Knight of Dark Dragon, slamming his monster card onto a monster field slot on his Duel Disk.
The clouds parted (the sky remained darkened) and descending down was none other than the Red-Eyes Black Dragon itself.
"So someone other than Percy uses that monster..." thought Rosie, trembling in fright.
"Oh dear..." whispered Molly in terror.
Red-Eyes Black Dragon let loose a menacing roar before the three human girls (Level: 7/ATK: 2400/DEF: 2000).
"Gaze well into the eyes of defeat, you fool!" cackled Knight of Dark Dragon. "As I've mentioned before, I am the master of dragons! ...and the Red-Eyes Black Dragon, one of the most feared dragons out there, is the headline of my playing style!"
Red-Eyes Black Dragon (ATK: 2400) and Diamond Head Dragon (ATK: 2600) both faced each other with threatening growls or roars.
"My dragon's still stronger, though!" protested Rosie.
"Maybe so, but it's all I need to win here and now!"
"Even if you do go and power it up now, it will be unable to attack this turn because you summoned it by your Knight of Dark Dragon's effect!" Rosie argued some more.
"Again, you're so naive!" insulted Knight of Dark Dragon, taking and holding up another card from his hand. "What I hold here is the one card that will bring you down!"
Rosie, Mavis, and Molly each silently waited to see what the man was going to do. Knight of Dark Dragon then slotted the card into a Spell/Trap slot on his Duel Disk. The Spell card materialized face-up...
"The Spell card Inferno Fire Blast!"
"I-I-Inferno Fire Blast?!" Rosie was really scared now.
"You know, there's an old saying I heard about both the Blue-Eyes White Dragon and the Red-Eyes Black Dragon." Knight of Dark Dragon remarked. "'The Blue-Eyes brings power, and the Red-Eyes brings potential'... I'm about to show you what that potential is all about with my Inferno Fire Blast Spell!"
Red-Eyes Black Dragon started charging up a burst of hit flames from its mouth.
"This card allows Red-Eyes to deal direct damage to your life points equal to its original attack points." explained the Dragon Knight, smiling savagely. "So now, Red-Eyes... finish them off!"
Red-Eyes Black Dragon obeyed, firing off the devastating Inferno Fire Blast, surrounding the whole area with fire. For dramatic effect, Diamond Head Dragon roared in agony as it melted away from the seering heat of the fire. Rosie, meanwhile, braced herself as she felt the heat of the flames getting to her.
"Rosie!" cried out Mavis and Molly at once, just before the flames caught up with them.
(elsewhere...)
Back inside the throne room of the Castle of Dark Illusions, the members of the Court of Darkness were extremely pleased with what they were seeing on the crystal ball.
"He did well in defeating those pests." smirked Earl of Demise.
"All he has to do now is bring them to us!" added Vampire Lady. "We can use them to fuel our real target's anger and darkness even further!"
(elsewhere...)
Back in one of the forests somewhere in the Duel Monsters Spirit World, the flames were finally dying down...and Rosie collapsed to her knees, a little bit burnt and badly bruised (LP: 0).
DUEL RESULTS: Knight of Dark Dragon wins!
"I... I've lost..."
Finally, the pink-haired girl fell facedown and passed out.
"R-Rosie...!" called Molly, slightly bruised but still standing.
"Don't die!" cried Mavis, rushing to her fallen friend.
Unfortunately, the two girls finally collapsed (but still conscious) when they reached their down friend. A few seconds later, a shadow loomed over Mavis, and the blonde-haired girl fearfully looked up to see Knight of Dark Dragon coldly leering at her.
"I'm the winner." The Dragon Knight said threateningly.
"Then I guess now you're going to hand us over to the Court of Darkness." coughed Mavis, weakly trying to keep herself awake.
Then, to the blonde-haired girl's surprise, Knight of Dark Dragon shook his head.
"Not a chance." he replied. "I was planning on doing so if your friend put up a far better fight. But since she didn't, and the fact you three look so pathetic right now...I'll spare you."
Mavis didn't say a single word to that.
"However... be forwarned that I may not spare any of you the next time we meet."
With that said, Knight of Dark Dragon vanished in a flash of fire. Despite also being badly weakened from being affected by that duel, Molly and Mavis both had to find a place to help their unconscious, injured friend.
(elsewhere...)
Somewhere outside the Castle of Dark Illusions...
"You did what?!" shouted the voice of Vampire Lady.
(elsewhere...)
Inside the throne room, Knight of Dark Dragon was speaking to the Court of Darkness, and they were NOT happy with the Dragon Knight after they heard what happened.
"You were supposed to bring those humans to us!" bellowed Vampire Lord. "What do we even pay you for?"
Knight of Dark Dragon folded his arms and scoffed. "They weren't worth my time."
"Not worth your time?!" exclaimed an angry Earl of Demise. "What's to stop us from getting rid of you for your disobedience?"
"And I think I should warn you-" threatened the Dragon Knight, giving off a dangerous glare in response. "-is you should watch what you say to me. You know damn well of my power, and I'm not afraid to unleash it on any of you."
Nothing more was said by the members of the Court of Darkness. Glad to have gotten his point firmly across, Knight of Dark Dragon turned and left the throne room.
"What a bunch of losers." he muttered to only himself.
Well... that kinda went well, don't you all think? Either way, Vampire Lady could only hiss in anger.
"How dare he mock us like this!" The lone female member of the Court of Darkness fumed.
"Agreed!" added Earl of Demise. "We should have killed him when we had the chance!"
"But he does have a point." Airknight Parshath spoke up. "Knight of Dark Dragon is one of the most powerful beings in this world, and a tamer of one of the most feared dragons, too."
"A power we must respect... even if he doesn't respect us." agreed Darkbishop Archfiend.
"Otherwise, he may go and do us in." finished Vampire Lord.
The Court of Darkness remained silent after that discussion. This Knight of Dark Dragon... will our heroes encounter him again? Who knows...