I think I lost him…

Chapter 10:

Late night deck work

Earthern lance

Reunion

After my little…disagreement with James, Elendil and myself retired to our room. It was around 9pm anyway, getting late enough. Justin and Andrew were in their room, prepping their decks. Simon and Ryan…I don't know, probably taking care of each other.

Elendil sat on her bed, I was on my own. Following Justin and Andrew's advice, I had gotten a bag for spare cards, making sure that they were handy so I could make any last minute adjustments. Elendil took her own way, placing them in a suitcase all to themselves.

We placed our decks out on the bed. My method was placing them all out separately, so that I could see every card I had in my deck, putting like next to like. Elendil had placed hers all over the place with one main idea. Monster top left, magic top right and traps on the bottom.

Something told me this was going to be a long night. After what James had shown us with the accel synchrons, we would have to adjust our strategy even more to counter them. I knew that wasn't the biggest issue. Justin and Andrew were. Their decks were…almost godly compared to mine. I had to think of something to counter them.

As I was going through the cards, one such monster stuck out for some unknown reason. I picked it up, looking at it. Lance synchron. A 2 star earth warrior with 400 attack and 1000 defence points. It was a tuner, and the picture was a young girl holding a lance. The monster's effect was to allow one level 4 or lower monster to attack directly once per battle phase. So I could have a good powered up level 4 and beat the opponent quickly.

Something about this monster seemed…familiar…like I had used it before. I looked away, not recalling any moment when I had done such a thing. I looked at it again, getting that feeling again.

"Hey guys" I spoke, my duel spirits all appearing around me, relaxing on the bed. Somehow we all fitted on.

"What troubles ye, sir Dark?" Silmea asked. I swallowed, thinking of what to say.

"I don't think you'll know Silmea, but have I used this card in the past" I showed them the synchron, Lightblade, Darkblade, Ruby and Silveneste looking at it.

"I don't recall such an event" Lightblade told me, thinking about it. "It could just be a magical afterimage left over from Matea or something you saw in the other realm"

"Ok, I'm gonna need a translation on the first half"

"Déjà vu" Ruby told me.

"Thank you"

"Something about does seem familiar though" Silveneste chimed in. she grabbed the card, somehow my new abilities allowing her to do so, then examining it. "That lance seems so…familiar"

"I remember it too" Darkblade told her, scratching his head. "I just can't put my finger on it though"

Silveneste then stopped, dropping the card and looking at the window. She closed her eyes, getting her bow off her back and jumping down. We looked at her, wondering what she was doing.

"Someone's here" she told me, her finely tuned ears listening to the intruder. "Right out there" the window opened, a strong gust of wind blowing in. the cards we had set out were saved by us quickly throwing the covers over them. "Another spirit"

"Can't I get a day off?" I moaned, jumping down off the bed and grabbing my spare deck. Something tells me I'm gonna to need it.

Silveneste Jumps out the window, followed by the duel spirits, then me and Elendil. We both seemed to know we didn't want to miss this. Thankfully we were on the ground floor. When we got outside, Silveneste had tackled the person to the ground, but was suddenly thrown off her.

Darkblade charged in, swinging his blade from over his head. the intruder simply raised their lance, blowing him as quickly as he had begun. They then followed up with a kick, sending him backwards onto the ground. Lightblade looked at Silmea, both men nodding and charging at them. The person span round again, blocking both men, sending them back with some supernatural force. They both hit the ground hard, Silmea's helmet spinning round so the visor was at the back.

Ruby was last, and decided to throw a fire ball at the intruder. The intruder saw the red orb, plunging her weapon into the ground, the earth itself rising up to defend her. The fire dispersed harmlessly on the soil, but the earth itself rose under Ruby, flipping her over and throwing her down onto the ground, face first.

"Too easy" she taunted. I know it's a she as her voice is higher then a mans. It's kinda young, sassy and feisty. Silveneste got back up, running at the intruder, swinging her bow at her. The girl blocked every attack with her majestic lance, glinting in the moonlight. The archer was forced into a deadlock with the lancer, her face changing from anger, whilst breathing heavily, to surprise, then a smile. She backed up, holding her bow still.

"Glenda?" she asked, half confused, half surprising…actually aren't they the same thing.

"Glad someone recognises me" she replied, holding her lance downwards. The pair embraced each other, laughing as they did so. They broke the embrace, looking at each other.

"Look at you. Still a part of Darkblade's mercenaries are you?" 'Glenda' asked

"I am indeed. And what about you, been working out in Misaltia eh?" Silveneste replied.

"Yes, I have, been good training and all, taking on the barbarians of Neverwinter really helps"

"And I see your dress sense hasn't improved"

"Neither has yours" she got some rope out, holding it taut against Silveneste chest. "But it seems your getting bigger" Silveneste pushed her away, turning red.

"Stop it, Glenda. You're embarrassing me" Darkblade got off the ground, as did the rest of the group. Silmea thought he had gone blind until Lightblade punched his helmet around.

"Glenda?" Darkblade asked. The woman turned to Darkblade, smiling.

"Darkblade? Wow" she walked around the warrior, examining every inch of him. "Wow, you've really changed a lot" she grabbed his arm. "Got a lot more muscle…and I see Frostmourne is still going strong"

"Aye, it is. And I see you haven't changed much" Lightblade stopped, looking at her with Ruby and Silmea along side him.

"Oh god" he spoke. Glenda heard him, turning to the warrior.

"Lightblade? Didn't think I'd find you here" she told him, running over to him and jumping. Ruby and Silmea moved out of the way, letting her land on him. he caught her in his arms, dropping his weapons to do so. "My, you've become more handsome then I last saw you"

"Glenda…I thought you were gone" he told her, almost desperately.

"Well, I was, but now I'm here" she said the first half like you'd expect someone who was upset to, but then went super happy on the 2nd half. "And I'm here to help you out, my mighty spell sword…"

"Please Glenda, we've been through this"

"Then you shouldn't have bewitched me with your charms"

"Erm, if I may intrude" I started. Glenda looked at me, stared for a bit as she registered who I was, then jumped down from Lightblade, running over to me. "No, please don't jump, I beg of you!"

"Dark. Wow, I haven't seen you in…3 years" she told me, stopping in front of me, grabbing my cheek and pulling it playfully. "Has my brave warrior been working out? because, my you look a lot fitter"

"Erm…I hate to be rude but…" I broke out of her grip before I lost use of my right cheek. I looked at her, seeing dirty brown hair, along with dirty leather clothing and a majestic lance in her hand. Her boots were dirty as well…from mud I'd say. She didn't look half bad, and bared a resemblance to Silveneste. on her lance was a symbol, like wind blowing over the plains. "Who are you?" she looked shocked at this.

"Dark, you know me, I was there with you 3 years ago" I raised an eyebrow. "The first tourney?"

"This is my first" I told her. She looked gobsmacked at this part.

"You don't remember?" I shook my head. Apparently not. "Well then, I guess I better reintroduce myself" she put her lance into the ground, kneeling down in front of me. "Glenda Whisperwind, Trench warrior of the plains, sister to the angelic Silveneste and warrior of Silmeria" another one…great. "I thought I lost you three years ago, when we all got separated" I blinked

"Three years ago?" she nodded. "I was at home, just barely getting a deck together to play with my friends"

"No you weren't, you were duelling with the pros" she stood up, looking at the moon. "We all played a huge roll in getting you through all those hard matches" someone please fill me in!

"So what happened to separate us?" I asked her, playing along. She opened her mouth to start speaking, and then stopped, closing it and putting a finger on her chin.

"You know, I don't know. Last I know was you summoned me and then you won" that was helpful.

"There was a lot more in that then you think" Darkblade told me, walking over to me. "First Andrew brings it up, now it seems as though something DID happen"

"Yeah, but what?" I asked. he shook his head.

"I don't know, I don't have any recollections of that event"

"Neither do I" Silveneste told me.

"Or me" Lightblade echoed.

"And I do not" Ruby continued. Silmea stayed quiet. Maybe he wasn't there.

"So we have something that happened three years ago that none of you can remember?" Elendil summed up. We all nodded. "Well, looks like you'll have to find out what happened yourselves"

"And we will" I told her, smiling. "We haven't yet"

"Anyway, why I'm really here" Glenda started, smiling. "I was wondering if I could join up with you guys. After all I miss Silveneste and I'm sure I could be of use to you" she grabbed her lance, holding it behind her. "It'll be just like old times"

I thought about this for a bit. she would be helpful in the duels up ahead, and i suppose she is family. and if she has some kind of info we don't, then we need it. maybe it could be the key to fixing all of this.

"glad to have you aboard" I told her. she smiled as she heard me, running at me and giving me a big hug.

"Thank you, Dark. Thank you! Thank you!" she shouted. she kept repeating this, tightening her hug. I couldn't breath.

"Glenda...Can't...breath" I somehow breathed. she looked at me, letting me go.

"Sorry" she told me. I breathed deeply, the fresh air tasting great.

we all went back inside, Glenda's card now on the bed along with the others. (Glenda, Trench warrior of the plains, earth warrior, 6, 1900, 3000) i place her in the deck, sorting it out and turning the disk on.

"So when do we start?" Glenda asked, now a pure duel spirit.

"Next duel" I told her, smiling. "Then you'll get a workout"

"Oh, sounds fun" she told me, smiling.

something tells me shes taking that the wrong way...

Glenda whisperwind...she'll be fun to make use of...

that sounded wrong