A/N: Here's the next chapter. I'd like to thank Thomas Drovin for suggesting a few of the quotes used in this chapter. Enjoy.
Chapter Nine.
"Bastion hasn't been seen for weeks guys." Syrus said. Everyone nodded.
"Something happened to him, Bakura knows what that something is." Damaja said with a scowl. A soft knocking on the door was heard. "I'll get it." Damaja said, getting up, walking to the door, pushing it open. A young Obelisk Blue student handed Damaja a piece of paper, walking away. Looking on the front of it, he walked over to Alexis, handing it to her.
"How'd whoever sent this know I'd be here?" Alexis asked, opening the paper. Looking at it, she gasped. Damaja walked next to her, looking down at it.
"You can't." Damaja said, shaking his head.
"I can take her Damaja." Alexis said, nodding. "Please...I promise I'll be careful." Alexis pleaded.
"Fine, but I'm going with you." Damaja said. Alexis nodded, standing up.
"Let's go." Alexis said, walking towards the door, Damaja following her. "Come on guys, we can't be sepperated at anytime." Alexis said, Jaden and Syrus getting up, following them.
"Today is the day we take down Damaja and Alexis." Bakura said, looking directly at Cloe and Mar. "I want you to pull no punches against them. Go all out. Make sure they tremble in fear. Leave them as an empty shell of their former selves. Understood?" Bakura said.
Mar and Cloe nodded their heads. "Yes Master." They both said.
"There's been yet another change of plans. You each will be facing them in a...Shadow Game. I suspect there will be no problems with that." Bakura said, Cloe and Mar nodding their heads. "Good, Cloe you have the card I placed in your deck, correct?" Bakura asked. Cloe nodded. "Then go Cloe, defeat Ms. Rhodes." Bakura commanded. "Mar, stay here, I need to discuss something with you." Bakura said, as Cloe made her way out of the room.
"Yes Master, what is it?" Mar asked in a daze.
"I need you to make sure no matter what you defeat Damaja. If you do not...people will be angry with me. I do not want that. Understood?" Bakura said.
"Yes Master, I will defeat Damaja." Mar said.
"Good. Make sure you use both of the cards I gave you to use. Understood?" Bakura demanded.
Mar nodded his head. "Yes Master." Mar said.
"Now go prepare." Bakura said, waving him off. Mar walked out of the room.
"They had better not fail. Or it's my ass on the line." Bakura spat.
"We're almost at the location she mentioned Damaja." Alexis said, walking through the forest. Suddenly a single hooded figure leapt from the shadows, standing in front of Damaja. They both stared at eachother, Alexis turning around due to his silence. "Damaja run!" Alexis yelled out.
"GO, BEAT CLOE! I'LL DEAL WITH THIS!" Damaja demanded.
"Ple..."Alexis was cut off.
'NO, I SAID GO!" Damaja yelled out, motioning for her to run. And that she did, she continued to run as fast as she could.
The hooded man began to crack his knuckles, lowering his head, chuckling slightly.
"It's just me and you Mar. Let's settle this now." Damaja spat, anger shown clearly in his eyes.
Pulling the hood off of his head, he threw it to the side. "It's not that easy little brother. I'm going to torture you...slowly. When you beg me for your death I will be satisfied." Mar said, smirking sinisterly.
"Well, you have a lo..." Damaja began to say before once more, everything went black.
"Help me carry him to the arena CD." Mar said to the guy behind the fallen Damaja.
"Cloe! I'm here! Come out and let's get this over with!" Alexis yelled out, deeply worried about Damaja.
"I'm right here Rhodes." Cloe said, stepping out from behind a tree, a duel disc on her arm. "Your boyfriend killed my father. Now I'm going to show him what it's like to lose someone close to him." Cloe spat.
"You don't think he knows?" Alexis said. "If anyone knows about losing people close to him it's Damaja. He's lost both of his parents, one when he was first born." Alexis said. "So don't give me that bullshit about wanting to show him what it's like. BECAUSE HE KNOWS!" Alexis declared.
"Your admiration is touching. Too bad I'm going to have to rid this place of you." Cloe said, not feeling a thing from what Alexis said.
"You're going to kill me off like Bakura did Bastion?" Alexis said, backing up a bit.
"No you see, Master removed him from this place simply for the pleasure of it. Not that I'm not going to get pleasure from sending your soul into this card right here." Cloe raised up what looked to be a magic card, but with a completely white picture. "You see, Master has provided me with a card used by a group of people after Battle City...Doma. Heard of'em?" Cloe asked.
"The group of people who stole the Egyptian God Cards from Yugi Moto." Alexis said, shocked.
"And they all used a card. And that card just so happens to be in my deck. Are you ready to have your soul sealed away Rhodes?" Cloe spat.
"You'll never beat me." Alexis said, shaking her head.
"Then let's begin.." Cloe said.
"DUEL!" Cloe and Alexis both said.
"Ladies first, and you clearly aren't one." Alexis said, drawing her Six cards.
"Bitch." Cloe said, drawing her Five.
Cloe Ward: 4000, Five cards in hand.
Alexis Rhodes: 4000, Six cards in hand.
"I'll set a monster face down and a card face down. End turn." Alexis said, two face down cards materalizing in front of her.
Cloe Ward: 4000, Six cards in hand.
Alexis Rhodes: 4000, Four cards in hand.
"Looks like this is the beginning of the end for you Rhodes.." Cloe said, glaring at the card she drew.
"Get something good?" Alexis asked.
"You have..no idea." Cloe said, sliding a card into her Field Magic slot..."THE SEAL OF ORICHALCOS!" Cloe yelled out, a glowing blue circle appearing around the field they were standing on. Glowing lines began intercrossing the circle, forming some sort of symbol. The excat same symbol appearing on her forehead. "If you remember, only one of us is walking away from this." Cloe said, a sinister laughter escaping her mouth.
"Damaja I need you." Alexis said to herself.
"Wake up!" Mar yelled, throwing a bucket of water down on the fallen Damaja, he sitting up in a hurry, looking up at Mar in anger.
"What do you want from me?" Damaja yelled out. Mar simply shook his head, reaching into his pocket, pulling out a pack of cigarettes and a lighter, tossing them to Damaja.
"Keep'em." Mar said, walking over to a table, Damaja looking at them. "Well hurry the fuck up, we don't have much time." Mar said, looking at Damaja.
"What the hell is this?" Damaja asked, picking the pack of cigarettes and lighter up, pulling one out of the pack, placing it between his lips, lighting the lighter, taking a hit from the cigarette.
"I'm keeping your ass alive." Mar said, not turning away from the table.
"I thought you hated me." Damaja said, exhaling a puff of smoke.
"I did. Then I got older and more mature. I realize it's not either of our faults that Mother or Father died. And I'm sorry about how I treated you as kids." Mar said, deep sincerity in his voice.
"How am I supposed to believe you? I mean you're working for Bakura right?" Damaja asked.
"Was. Was working for Bakura. I've seen the shit he does for fun, it's enough to make a sane man mad." Mar said, still not turning from the table. "And as the believeing part, your girlfriend is going to win her duel with Cloe, and Cloe will die. And soon as I am done, you're going to win your duel with Bakura, and Bakura will die." Mar said.
"Wait. How do you know Alexis will win?" Damaja asked, getting up from the ground.
"Bakura reinforced Cloe's deck with two cards. Phantom Gate and The Seal of Orichalcos." Mar said.
"I know what the Seal does, but what of Phantom Gate?" Damaja asked.
"It destroys all monsters on opponents side of the field, allows you to special summon a monster that was played during the game, no matter the summoning costs. But if that monster dies...whoever played Gate will lose their soul." Mar said.
"There's no way Alexis can win. You know that." Damaja said in anger.
"I hacked Cloe's Duel Disc. The second it reads the Phantom Gate, it's effect will go through. But she will lose all of her lifepoints, making Alexis the winner." Mar said.
"So Cloe will die?" Damaja asked.
"I don't like it anymore than you do. But it just has to happen alright?" Mar spat. "Their duel should be ending soon." Mar said.
"Now...I'll summon my Immortal Warewolf in attack position." Cloe said, a purpleish warewolf, shackles wrapped around it's wrists. It gained the same symbol on it's forehead as the one on Cloe's, not only that, it got bigger. "Normally it'd only be Eleven Hundred attack. But it gains Five Hundred from my Seal. Which brings him to a grand total of Sixteen Hundred." Cloe said, smirking.
"Big deal. All of that for just a little attack boost?" Alexis asked.
"The Seal does so much more than that Rhodes. Just watch." Cloe said. "Now, Immortal Warewolf, attack her face down monster!" Cloe demanded, the Warewolf leapt foward, howling. It lunged at Alexis' face down monster, only to be knocked back.
"My Cyber Gymnast, she has Eighteen Hundred defense points. So you lose Two Hundred lifepoints. Too bad." Alexis said, smirking.
"Bah, I'll set a card and end my turn." Cloe said, a facedown card materalizing in front of her.
Cloe Ward: 3800, Two cards in hand.
Alexis Rhodes: 4000, Five cards in hand.
"My move." Alexis said, looking at her hand. "I'll activate the ability of my Cyber Gymnast, by discarding a card from my hand, Mind on Air, I am allowed to destroy one attack position monster on your side of the field." Alexis said, the Cyber Gymnast leaping up into the air, twirling around, as she came down, sending a kick right to the face of the Warewolf, destroying it.
"You'll regret that Rhodes." Cloe spat.
"I don't think so. I'll sacrifice my Cyber Gymnast for my CYBER PRIMA!" Alexis declared, the Cyber Gymnast fading away, a glorious female dancer appearing on the field, spinning around faster and faster. "When she is Tribute Summoned, she destroys all Magics and Traps on the field, INCLUDING YOUR SEAL!" Alexis shouted, Prima spinning around the field, destroying Alexis' and Cloe's facedown cards, returning to Alexis' side of the field, the Seal still standing strong. "Hey?" Alexis shouted, confused.
"My Seal can't be destroyed by non-Orichalcos power effects. Sorry, try again." Cloe said, smirking. "Oh and you destroyed my Undead Bed. When it is destroyed while facedown, it allows me to Special Summon a Zombie type monster from my Graveyard. Immortal Warewolf, return from the depths of the Graveyard." Cloe demanded, a giant coffin, looking to be made of jade, appeared on the field, the lid sliding off, Immortal Warewolf, leaping out. The symbol reappearing on it's forehead, it's attack going back up to Seventeen Hundred.
"No matter. Cyber Prima, dance all over that!" Alexis shouted, the Prima leaping into the air, spinning around, diving down, sending a sharp kick into the face of the wolf, destroying it. "You lose Seven Hundred lifepoints." Alexis called out. All of a sudden, an Immortal Warewolf dug up from the soil of the field, howling loudly. "What the hell?" Alexis asked.
"Oh, so sorry. I forgot to mention when Immortal Warewolf is destroyed by battle, I am allowed to Special Summon another from my deck...with 500 more attack points added to it. Bringing it to a grand total of...Twenty-Two Hundred attack." Cloe said, smirking.
"Pfft, like I'm scared of that. I'll beat you none the less." Alexis said. "I'm done." She said.
Cloe Ward: 3100, Three cards in hand.
Alexis Rhodes: 4000, Three cards in hand.
"Hahahaha. Now I'll sacrifice my Immortal Warewolf to summon this..."Cloe said, a pale skinned figure rising up from the shadows, a cape waving slightly in the wind, the creature smiled, fangs shown. "MY VAMPIRE LORD!" Cloe shouted. "But before you say a word, that's not all. I'll activate the magic card...Coercive Demon Eyes." Cloe smirked, sliding the card into the slot. "Now Vampire Lord can attack you directly this turn. WHICH HE WILL DO!" Cloe shouted, Vampire Lord's cape opening up, millions upon millions of bats swarming out, smashing into Alexis, sending her crashing to the ground.
"Damn. That hurt." Alexis said, clutching her sides.
"Now for Vampire Lord's effect. I can declare a type of card, Magic, Monster, or Trap. I choose Trap." Cloe said with a smirk.
"Doble Passe." Alexis grumbled, sliding the card into the graveyard.
"Vampire Lord has overstayed his welcome, I shall remove him from play to Special Summon my...VAMPIRE GENESIS!" Cloe exclaimed, a giant grotequse, purple skinned abomination rising up from the shadows. "Let's see what you can do Rhodes." Cloe said.
Cloe Ward: 3100, Zero cards in hand.
Alexis Rhodes: 2000, Four cards in hand.
"Now, it's time to say bye bye to that Genesis." Alexis said.
"I'd like to see you try." Cloe said.
"Watch. I'll play Monster Reborn to bring back my Cyber Gymnast." Alexis stated, the masked Gymnast appearing on the field. "Then I'll use it's effect, discarding Blade Skater, to destroy VAMPIRE GENESIS!" Alexis shouted, the Gymnast leaping into the air, spinning around, faster, faster, faster, as she dove down, sending a series of kicks into the giant Vampire, destroying it. "Now your lifepoints are wide open! CYBER PRIMA, ATTACK HER DIRECTLY!" Alexis shouted, the dancer spinning around, crashing right into Cloe, knocking her to the ground. "And I'm done this turn." Alexis stated.
Cloe Ward: 1800, One card in hand.
Alexis Rhodes: 2000, Two cards in hand.
Cloe began to shake slightly as she drew her card. "You lose Rhodes. I ACTIVATE THE PHANTOM GATE!" Cloe screamed out. At that time, the Cyber Gymnast and Cyber Prima began to get sucked into the giant hellish looking gate, the doors closing. "It allows me to destroy all of your monsters, and then allows me to Special Summon a monster that has been successfully played during this duel...MY VAMPIRE GENESIS!" Cloe shouted, the giant creature appearing on her field. Out of nowhere, Cloe's lifepoints began going down, fast. They hit Zero, the Gate opening. "NO, WHAT THE HELL IS THIS?" Cloe screamed out hysterically. The gate sucked her into it, the doors...closing. Nothing was left in front of Alexis where Cloe stood, Alexis just stood there, completely shocked at what happened. The Phantom Gate card began hovering to the ground, showing a picture of Cloe's face, shown to be in extreme fear.
"Wh..what happened?" Alexis asked herself, completely dumbfounded.
"I tampered with her Duel Disc. When she played Phantom Gate, it reduced her lifepoints to Zero, and well..Phantom Gate steals your soul if you lose." Mar said, walking up to her, Damaja by his side. Alexis ran foward, latching onto Damaja, holding him.
"I was so scared. I didn't know what happened to you." Alexis said, tears welling up in her eyes.
"I'm here now, you're okay." Damaja whispered to her.
"What is he doing here?" Alexis asked.
"He was under Bakura's possession. Nothing he did was his fault. We've mended our bad past. Now we need to fin Bakura and take him down. We need to end this." Damaja said.
"Speak of the devil and he shall appear." A voice said from behind them, all three of them turning around, looking directly at Bakura.
"You BASTARD!" Mar yelled out, running at Bakura. The Ring on his chest simply glowing, sending Mar flying back into the tree, a loud crack heard, as Mar fell to the ground lifeless.
"N..no...NOOO" Damaja ran over to check on him, checking for a pulse...nothing. "YOU'LL NEVER GET AWAY WITH THIS BAKURA!" Damaja yelled out.
"You see, I already have. According to these papers, Mar dropped out of Duelist Academy and left this morning. Too bad. Too bad for all of you. You had to screw everything up, didn't you Damaja? You could'nt just defeat her and enjoy the rest of your childhood, COULD YOU?" Bakura spat.
"My childhood was over the moment I learned I was going to die." Damaja said, emotionlessly.
"Hmmph. See you both in class." Bakura said, walking away, disapearing in the shadows.