Total Drama Yu-Gi-Oh!: Enter The Orichalcos
Takes Place: After the events of Total Drama World Tour and during the events of Yu-Gi-Oh! Season 4. (Kind of AU since the Courtney/Duncan/Gwen love triangle never happened, and the events of during season 4 is another "what-if" scenario.)
Summary: After World Tour is over, old and new friends must join together in order to save both the Earth and the Duel Monsters world from an unknown enemy and its allies bent on stealing souls, and reviving a powerful beast from ten thousand years ago! Can they save the world once more, or will the drama get in the way?
Pairings: As you know by now, there'll be Seto/Gwen (duh), some Yami/Téa, Yugi/Rebecca, Joey/Bridgette (possibly, will be hinted at), Yami/FC (Fan Character)
Disclaimer: I do not own the following two shows. Total Drama Island/Action/World Tour/Revenge of the Island/All Stars/Pahkatew Island are all owned by Fresh TV., Cake Entertainment, Teletoon, Cartoon Network, and the Australian Broadcast Company while YuGiOh!/GX/5Ds/ZeXal/ZeXal II/Arc-V are all owned by Nihon Ad Systems, Konami, 4K Media, and Studio Gallop. PLEASE support the official releases.
Also, the fan character Alex Nakamura is owned by Nicktoons4ever (XxBlackRoseWitch378xX). Full credit goes to her.
Warnings: Crossover pairings either happening or coming soon. Also possibly violence and themes unsuitable for younger readers. Reader discretion is advised.
A/N: Maybe I should think about getting a beta writer to help me write duels. Don't get me wrong, the duel in this chapter started out great, but it went downhill as this chapter goes on, that I'll admit. I'm sure the next duel I wrote will make up for it, I don't know.
So I hope you enjoy anyways despite the duel in this chapter being crappy.
Oh, and one last reminder: I'd advise to read Chapters 3 & 7 again so you can get the dialogues in this chapter. Since this is technically an AU and that I changed a few things from canon, I don't want to have any bad reviews like "BUT THEY DID THAT IN THE ACTUAL SHOW! DON'T DENY CANON!" or stuff like that if you actually missed out on one of the previous chapters. Thank you.
Chapter Ten:
Courtney vs. Joey Wheeler
She jumped and did a somersault in midair until she landed safely on her feet. She opened her black, almond eyes as she stood up. Everyone looked at her and saw that something was off about her. Instead of wearing clothing she often deems "CIT material", she was wearing a gray corset with a dark gray vest, dark green pants with a belt, and knee-high black boots. She is even wearing a chocker with a teal diamond attached to it.
While everyone looked shocked (or scared in Tyler's case and fearful in Gwen's case), Bridgette was the only one who was smiling. She felt happy that her friend was still alive.
"Hey, it is Courtney!" Tyler said, as he started to look scared at the sight of her.
"Courtney, hey!" Bridgette said with a friendly smile on her face. "Glad to see you well after that Hawaii incident."
Tristan glared over at Courtney and said, "Alright Courtney, spill it. What brings you here to San Francisco? Have you been following us or something?"
Courtney gave him a death glare, but didn't say anything.
"Oh I see how this is going," Duncan said, placing a hand on his head, looking annoyed. "You're here to get back at Gwen and I, right?"
Courtney looked at him and smirked evilly, saying, "You're right on the money, Duncan. And if you losers are here to see Pegasus, then you're too slow. He's already gone."
"What?!" Yami asked.
"What do you mean by that?" Tristan asked.
"Let's say that an old enemy of mine already took his soul last night," Courtney explained. "And you wouldn't be too shocked to learn who took him."
"You're lying," said Joey.
"Am I?" Courtney said, before digging into her back pocket and pulled out a card. She looked at him, still with an evil smirk on her face, and held the card up for everyone to see. The picture of what looks like Pegasus with some kind of seal over him.
"Oh no!" Yami yelled.
"Whoa, who did this to him?!" Tristan yelled.
"Wait, so does that mean you're with the Swordsmen?!" Téa asked.
"Courtney, what's going on?" Bridgette asked, looking a bit worried. "I'm sure we can talk about this."
"About what, girly?!"
Bridgette looked up to where the voice is and the group followed her lead, and saw, on the balcony, there stood two of the Swordsmen motorcycle gang. One of them with shaggy brown hair and the other looking tall with spiky blonde hair who looks serious.
Courtney looks back and suddenly looks annoyed, indicating that she knew who they were.
"What is there to talk about?" the guy with the shaggy brown hair with an Australian accent asked. "Yeh friend isn't what she used to be."
"No way, it's those guys again," said Joey.
"You know them?" DJ asked. "Are they that motorcycle Swordsmen gang I heard about?"
Yami couldn't help but to nod, and said, "Yes. Valon and Raphael."
"And as for you," the one name Valon said, glaring down at Courtney. "Why did yeh insist on keeping these blokes to yehself, Court? Why don't yeh share with the rest of us?"
"Oh my gosh, I can't stand these guys," Courtney muttered, before looking up at both him and Raphael. "I already told you guys that I call dibs on Duncan and Gwen! Their mine! The rest you can have!"
Duncan couldn't help but to glare at his ex-girlfriend, and said, "Your nuts, Courtney. If you're only doing this for revenge, you're wasting your time! Besides, why do you even considered rubbing what had happened back on the show in everyone's faces?! None of my relationships is of any concern."
"Ah, hello? Since we're well known throughout the world, it's EVERYONE's business!" Courtney yelled back. "I'm getting my revenge on both you and that Boyfriend Kisser, even if it's the last thing that I ever do!"
"She's insane!" Tristan yelled. "I knew Courtney would do something like this, but I never expect for her to sold us out like this with the likes of them!"
Bridgette looks over at Tristan with somewhat of a worried look on her face, and said, "No! Courtney's my friend. She would never do anything this drastic when she's desperate." She looked over at Courtney and said, "Courtney, please. Tell him you wouldn't do something like this."
"Time to explain yourself," Yami said in a demanding tone in his voice.
"Hey, I'm only in this for revenge," said Courtney. "You all saw what happened. You all saw how Gwen stole Duncan from me. And now I'm here to give them what they truly deserve."
Courtney moved her left arm where a dark, ancient-like Duel Disk was strapped onto her wrist, and it moves to have five slots that is shaped like a blade. She then glares over at Gwen with pure hatred in her eyes.
"And I'm starting with you, Boyfriend Stealer!"
Gwen just stood there, her face being in fear. Just before she could say anything, however, Joey stepped right in front of her, looking angry at Courtney.
"Hold on, Courtney!" he yelled. "If you want to go through my pals, your gonna have to deal with me!"
Everyone gasped.
"Hey, I'm only after Gwen and Duncan," said Courtney. "I don't want to duel you! Besides, what do you even see in them? You saw how Gwen stole Duncan and how Duncan cheated on me with her!"
Joey gave out a groan and said, "If you think Gwen stole Duncan, your mind must be filled with nuts. Gwen didn't even steal Duncan. And even if she did, I would admit it would be wrong, but I'll also say that you deserve it!"
"What?!" Courtney yelled, glaring at Joey.
"Joey, think what you're doing!" Tyler said. "This is Courtney we're dealing with."
"And besides, giving you a head's up dude, you don't want to get her angry," said Duncan. "You saw what she can do if she gets angry."
Joey looked over at Duncan and said, "And that's what I've been trying to do. Besides, you and Gwen already had enough of her back on the show." He then looks back at Courtney. "If you want to go after them, Courtney, your gonna have to duel me first!"
"So you're willing to take their sides, especially since Gwen is evil?" Courtney asked. "Fine. Since your close to Duncan anyway, I guess I can take you out first. And then Gwen soon after!"
Yami walked up to Joey and said, "Joey. Think what you're doing. By the looks of it, Courtney is with the Swordsmen. She could have the Seal of Orichalcos with her. If she plays it, then both you and her souls are on the line."
Joey looks at him with a friendly smile and said, "I know, Yug'. But at least it's worth trying. I'll find my way to turn this duel around so I wouldn't have to lose."
With that, Joey walks a few feet from Courtney, and lifts his arms up with his Duel Disk activated. He then pulled his deck from his pocket and placed it in the card slot, which both he and Courtney drew five cards from their decks.
"Let's duel!" both Joey and Courtney yelled in unison.
Courtney: 4000/Joey: 4000
"Ladies first!" Courtney yelled, drawing a card from her deck (6).
She looked at the card she drew and smirked.
"Right on schedule," she said before looking at Joey. "So for those two bums, how about I give them a little sneak peek? I play the Spell card, the Seal of Orichalcos!"
Everyone gasped in horror. Courtney opens up a field slot in her disk, placed the card in, and closes it (5). Within seconds, everything around her was starting to glow a bright teal color with a gust of wind with everyone getting caught in it. Within seconds, the glow started to expand into a large circle surrounding Courtney and Joey, Joey getting out of the wind.
"So…is this the Seal of Orichalcos?!" Gwen asked through the wind. "The card you guys told me about before?"
"That's the one, Gwen!" Tristan yelled.
The wind around Joey and Courtney started to die down, as he looked over at her with a glare. He, along with everyone else, saw Courtney being surrounded by some form of darkness. To them, it looks as if she was enjoying being surrounded by it. By the time the darkness ceased, however, a glow suddenly appeared on her forehead, her bangs moving aside to show it. The glow was then revealed to have the same symbol as the Seal of Orichalcos, her eyes somewhat glowing a red color.
Joey took a step back, looking intimidated.
"Whoa," he said.
"It's just as I feared," said Yami. "Courtney has embraced the powers of the Orichalcos. This duel must end."
Courtney moved her hair and said, "You do know what's gonna happen, right Joey? Whoever loses this duel loses their soul. And that someone's not gonna be me."
"You're insane," said Joey. "You always were."
"So what?" Courtney asked with a smirk on her face. "I summon Shining Angel in attack mode!"
With that, she slams a Monster Card onto the Monster zone (4), as a male angel with four wings on his back with a halo on top of his head appeared. However, just as soon as he did, his eyes started glowing blood red and his forehead was glowing, as the Seal of Orichalcos appeared (ATK: 1400 – 1900).
"Also, since I'm in control of the Orichalcos, my monsters fall under its control by giving them five hundred extra attack points," Courtney explained. "Your move now, loser."
"I'll show you loser! Look out!" Joey yelled angrily, drawing a card from his deck (6).
He looks over the cards in his hand, as he thought, Aw man. I don't have anything here to keep her down. Looks like I'll just play around a little while.
"I summon one monster in face down defense mode and end my turn," he said, placing a card horizontally face down (5), the same horizontal backing of the card appeared in front of him.
"That's all you got?" Courtney asked, drawing a card from her deck (5). "I summon Hysteric Angel in attack mode!"
She places a card onto the Monster Zone (4), as a lawyer-like angel, complete with angel wings and a halo on her forehead, appeared in front of her. However, her eyes suddenly turned red with the seal on her forehead appearing (ATK: 1800 – 2300).
"Are you kidding me?!" Tristan yelled. "Now Courtney has two strong monsters on the field!"
"First, Shining Angel, destroy his face down monster!"
With that, Shining Angel flew over and unleashed a gust of wind from his hands. Joey's face down monster flipped open, revealing to be Alligator Sword (DEF: 1200), as it got attacked and disappeared into pixels.
"Now it's your turn, Hysteric Angel!" Courtney demanded. "Attack his life points directly!"
With that, Hysteric Angel adjusted her glasses before unleashing an energy beam from her eyes, attacking straight at Joey. With that, he screamed out as it was a direct hit (Joey's LP: 4000 – 1700).
"Oh no, Joey!" Téa yelled with a worried tone in her voice.
"Hang in there, man!" Tristan yelled.
"But something isn't right," said DJ. "How come Joey screamed like that? Wasn't that supposed to be a hologram?"
"Not while the Orichalcos is in play, DJ," Yami explained. "Inside the seal, the monsters are real."
Gwen turns her head to look at him with a shocked look on her facing, asking, "What?! You mean like the Shadow Realm?"
Yami couldn't help but to nod heis head.
"If that's true, why is Courtney doing this?" Bridgette asked.
"I guess the same way she wanted to hurt Duncan and Gwen like she's doing to Joey," said Tristan.
"I think I'll place one card face down and end my turn," Courtney said, slipping a card into the Spell/Trap zone, the vertical backing of the card appearing between her and her monsters (3).
Joey regained his balance, as he drew a card from his deck (6), thinking, I think these should stall her long enough for me to come up with something. And quick!
"I summon one monster face down in defense mode and place one card face down," Joey said, placing one Monster Card horizontally while slipping a card into the Spell/Trap zone.
"My move, now," Courtney said, drawing a card from her deck (5). "I'll move to my Battle Phase and activate my Trap Card! Defenders Intersect!"
The card flips open in front of her, the image showing Jerry Beans Man and Swordsman of Landstar in the middle of a desert ready to fight each other.
"You know what it does?" Courtney asked with a smirk on her face. "All of your monsters that are in defense mode are changed into attack position!"
With that said, Joey's face down monster flips open, revealing to be Rocket Warrior (ATK: 1500).
"Hysteric Angel, attack his Rocket Warrior!"
Hysteric Angel adjusted her glasses before unleashing an eye beam right at Rocket Warrior, as it got destroyed (Joey's LP: 1700 – 900).
"Joey!" Tyler yelled.
"Courtney, stop!" Bridgette yelled.
"And now, Shining Angel, finish him off!" Courtney demanded.
Shining Angel flew towards Joey, but before it could do anything however, the face down card in front of Joey flips open, the image showing four adorable tiny goats that are orange, pink, blue, and yellow.
"Activate Scapegoat!" Joey yelled.
With that, the same scapegoats from the image appeared in front of Joey, as Shining Angel destroyed one of them instead.
"Thanks to this Spell Card, I get to special summon four sheep tokens in defense mode to defend my life points," said Joey. "Top that, Court!"
"Hmph," Courtney said. "I'll go ahead and end my turn."
Joey drew a card from his deck (5), as he looks at it and thought, Alright. Looks like Lady Luck's on my side!
"I'll place one card face down and summon Panther Warrior in attack mode!" Joey said, as he slips a card into the Spell/Trap zone as well as placing a Monster card vertically on the Monster Zone (3), as a face down card appears in front of him and a panther-like warrior wearing a blue and yellow armor with a green cape and carrying a sword and shield (ATK: 2000/DEF: 1600).
"However, Panther Warrior comes at a price," Joey begins to explain. "It cannot attack unless I tribute a monster. And since I have three Sheep Tokens, I'll sacrifice one of them so my Panther Warrior can attack. And since your Shining Angel has nineteen hundred attack points, my Panther Warrior will attack it!"
With that, one of the Sheep Tokens evaporated as it's vapor surrounded the blade on Panther Warrior's sword, as Panther Warrior swings it's sword and slices Shining Angel in half before it disappeared into pixels (Courtney's LP: 4000 – 3900). Courtney, however, was unfazed by it.
"Is that all you got?" she asked, drawing a card from her deck (6). "My move, now. I summon The Agent of Creation – Venus in attack mode!"
She slams a card onto the Monster Zone (5), as a beautiful woman with long gold hair and beautiful wings on her back appears. Her eyes suddenly opened as they turn red as the Seal of Orichalcos appeared on her headpiece (ATK: 1600 – 2100).
"And she has a special ability," Courtney said. "By paying five hundred life points, I can special summon Mystical Shrine Ball from my hand or deck. And it just so happens I have it right here!" (Courtney's LP: 3900 – 3400)
She places another card onto the Monster Zone (4), as a bright, crystal-looking ball appeared. However, it started to have a red-tint in its glow as the Seal of Orichalcos appeared on it (ATK: 500 – 1000).
"Next, I activate the Spell Card Mystical Space Typhoon," Courtney said, slipping a card into the Spell/Trap zone (3), the image showing thunder striking through a typhoon. "It destroys one Spell or Trap card on the field, and I choose your face down card!"
With that, wind was beginning to burst, as thunder suddenly hits the face down card in front of Joey, as it disappeared into pixels.
"Hey, I was gonna use that!"
"Well too bad!" Courtney said. "Hysteric Angel, destroy his Panther Warrior!"
Hysteric Angel adjusted her glasses before unleashing an eye beam at it, as Panther Warrior got destroyed (Joey's LP: 900 – 600).
"Next, Agent of Creation – Venus, Mystical Shrine Ball, attack his last two scapegoats!"
With that, Venus unleashed a purple energy blast and while Mystical Shrine Ball began to shine greatly, as they made a direct hit at the last two Scapegoats. Both of the Scapegoats' eyes widen before they got destroyed into pixels.
"Well look at that," Courtney said with a smug. "You have nothing to defend yourself. How do you like that? Only a couple more until I take your soul! And then Gwen soon after!"
"What the hell, Courtney?!" Joey said. "Just what the hell? All of this just for revenge?"
"It's more than revenge, if that's what you're thinking," Courtney said, crossing her arms. "It's payback! Do you want to know how I ended up here? Why I decided to join this little gang?"
"Not really."
"Because of what I've went through, as well as my goals to be perfect," said Courtney. "Before I took part in season three, and during my custody battle with Duncan, I took some free time to not only study for my S. , as well as continue on with my high school life, but if I had enough time on my hands…I took part in official Duel Monsters tournaments. I only did so to further my goals to be perfect at everything, especially in the card game everyone loves so much. I took time to study more about the card game and certain strategies and tips everyone uses, so I can be one step ahead of them. Of course I've always win and come out on top, but I desire more. I felt like I was missing something. Even though I was one of the sixteen duelists of the Battle City Finals, I didn't get the attention and respect that I want."
"Well you have been stuck in a death-inducing coma for the majority of it, so yeah," Tristan said.
"Will you shut up and let me continue?!" Courtney shrieked. "Where was I? Oh yeah. I felt like I was missing something, like I was craving for more to complete my goals. And it's because of those…jerks that I've dueled against in those tournaments that makes me want to be the very best."
Her eyes looked past Joey as she eyed on Gwen on the group, as she continued, "And that's where Gwen came along. Of course I wasn't expecting someone like her, because she wrapped her Goth hooks around Duncan, but I was feeling…as if she was one of those things that was missing. I felt like my life would be near completion, even if she is incapable of keeping a list. Back at the plane, Gwen and I became friends…ish. But instead…"
The looks in her eyes suddenly changed into a death glare, as Gwen looks fearful once again, stepping a bit closer to Yami for comfort.
"…The times she made me smile, she only used me to get Duncan all along. I thought she was my friend, but all she is, is a two-timing, backstabbing, boyfriend kissing, sun fearing, emo loving, money grabbing, attention stealing, dirty lying pure evil villain! And I HATE HER FOR THAT! That's why I would anything in my power to get back at her, to put her in her place, and to seal her soul away so I wouldn't have to deal with her anymore! So her soul will be offered to the Doma organization for our cause."
"Doma?" Yami asked, with a confused look on his face.
"And it's because of her, because of my need to be the best is why I joined the Swordsmen," said Courtney. "When I first met the leader for the first time…when I first felt the power of the Orichalcos…it was something I never dreamed of, and figured it would help me towards my goals. And at the cost of it is working for this organization, but it's worth it. Worth it to destroy the likes of her! And after I'm done with you and her, than Duncan will be next. It'll serve him right for cheating on me."
Duncan placed his hand on his face, looking annoyed.
"Courtney, I thought I told you this before, I didn't even cheat on you!" Duncan yelled. "And you think sucking souls out of people using cards is gonna help you?!"
Courtney scoffs at him and said, "Of course. At least I wouldn't have to put up with you two anymore! And Joey, since you volunteered, your going down!"
"Your insane, Courtney!" Joey yelled, glaring at her with his own death glare. "You think being perfect is all there is to need in your life?! And getting back at my friends is gonna accomplish something like that, even though they never did the unthinkable?!"
"Ugh, you really are stupid, are you?" Courtney asked. "But who knows? Maybe when I'm done with you, Duncan, and Gwen, I think the next thing I'll do is to track down your little sister, pay her a visit, and told her about your demise. And as soon as I see her grieving over your loss, then I'll take my sweet time taking her soul in the most pain fullest of ways."
That instantly broke the last string on the violin. Joey looks at her, still glaring at her. It's bad enough that she's out to get revenge on his friend, but going after his family like that has clearly crossed the line!
"Are you KIDDING me?!" he yelled. "I mean, I get your after my pals and all, but if you were to dare go anywhere near my sister…I am going to take you down before that happens, Courtney! Believe it or not, I will beat you! So look out, 'cause it's my move now!"
With he, he drew a card from his deck (4), as he said, "First, I play the Spell card Pot of Greed!"
He slips a card into the Spell/Trap zone (3), the image showing a green pot with a menacing grin on its face.
"This lets me draw two cards from my deck," Joey said, as he drew two cards from his deck (5). "Then, I summon Fiend Megacyber!"
"What?!" Courtney yelled. "But it's a level-six monster, you cheater!"
"Don't be so sure, 'cause Fiend Megacyber has a special ability," said Joey. "I get to special summon him if you have two or more monsters out on the field!"
With that, he placed the card onto the Monster Zone (4), a warrior wearing a gold armor with shoulder blades, as well as a long purple cloak (ATK: 2200).
"Now Fiend Megacyber, attack her Mystical Shrine Ball!"
With that, Fiend Megacyber punched Mystical Shrine Ball as it broke into piece before disappearing into pixels (Courtney's LP: 3400 – 2200).
"Then I'll place one card face down and end my turn!" Joey finished, slipping a card into the Spell/Trap zone (3).
"Well, it's good that Joey's up on his A-game, right?" DJ asked.
"Yeah, but if he makes at least one screw up or if Courtney goes one step ahead, he's done for," said Tyler.
"That won't happen," Tristan said. "Cause he'll win no matter what."
"HEY GUYS!"
Everyone turned around, and, to their surprise, saw Duke and a girl on the other side of the barricades.
"Duke," said Yami.
Téa, Tristan, Bridgette, and DJ walked towards the barricaded entrance, with surprised looks on their faces. DJ and Bridgette, meanwhile, instantly remembered who the girl is.
"Duke, hey!" said Tristan.
"Alex, you're here too?" Bridgette asked.
Gwen looks confused at the girl Bridgette and DJ recognized, as she asked, "Alex?" She turned her head to look at Tyler and Duncan. "Do you guys know her?"
"Yeah, she's the chick who helped us out," said Duncan. "She drove all over the place to find us after that incident back in Hawaii."
"She brought us here to Pegasus and taught DJ, Bridgette, and I on how to duel," Tyler explained. "She's nice once you get to know her."
"So Duke, what brought you here?" Tristan asked through the barricades.
"Funny story, Alex here invited me to come see you guys here," Duke said, gesturing over to Alex, before looking past Tristan and Téa to see Joey and Courtney in the middle of a duel. "But what's going on? Why is Joey dueling against Courtney?"
Alex gasped at the glow around Joey and Courtney, as she asked, "And what is the Seal of Orichalcos doing here?!"
Gwen looked back at Tyler and Duncan and asked, "And how does she know about the Orichalcos?"
"She told us that her big brother works for Pegasus," Tyler explained. "After he was…gone, Pegasus hired her to run a lot of errands. She already knew ahead of time of what's going on, and even showed us evidence of the monster sightings."
"It's hard to explain," Téa said through the barricades. "But right now, we're trapped."
"So can you try and see if you guys can get us out of here from out there?" DJ frantically asked.
Alex nodded and said, "Sure! I know my way around this place. We'll get you guys out of there in no time." She looks over at Duke and said, "Duke, follow me."
She quickly runs off, as Duke said, "Right. We'll be right back!"
With that, he turned around and ran off, trying to catch up with Alex.
"Hurry guys!" Tristan yelled. "We're counting on you!"
Back at the duel, it was Courtney's turn, as she draws a card from her deck (4), and looks at it, thinking, This will come in handy when the time's right. For now, I think I'll go ahead and do this.
"I sacrifice both Hysteric Angel and Agent of Creation – Venus in order to summon a powerful monster!"
Both Hysteric Angel and Agent of Creation – Venus disappeared in a flash of light, as Courtney slams a card onto the Monster Zone (3), as a beautiful woman with long silver hair wearing a long white dress while wearing a silver crest on her chest, gold arm bands, and silver headgear while carrying a silver ceptar with a red sphere and a pearl-like shield appears in front of her master. A hint of red appears in her eyes as the seal appears on her headgear (ATK: 2600 – 3100).
"Joey, meet Athena!" Courtney exclaims. "Now go, attack his Fiend Megacyber!"
"Activate Trap Card!" Joey yelled, his face down card flips open, the image showing some kind of blade with chains attached to it. "Kunai with Chain! I get to choose one or both options. So I'll go with one of the options! Your monster gets switched to defense mode!"
With that, the same blade and chain appeared from the card, as the chains wrapped themselves around her wrists, dragging her down until she's in defense mode (DEF: 800).
"Darn it!" Courtney yelled. "I think I'll end my turn by placing this face down."
With that, she slips a card into the Spell/Trap zone (2)
"Alright, it's my move so look out!" Joey yelled, as he drew a card from his deck (4). "I summon Gearfried, the Iron Knight in attack mode!"
He places a card onto the Monster zone (3), a warrior made entirely out of iron shows up (ATK: 1800).
"A-ha!" Courtney yelled. "You just activated my Trap card. Torrential Tribute!"
The card flips open in front of her, the image showing a blue torrent striking down. With that, the same torrent from the card appears as it not only destroys Fiend Megacyber and Gearfried the Iron Knight, but Athena as well.
"Hey, what gives?!" Joey yelled.
"Isn't it obvious?" Courtney asked. "When you normal summon a monster, Torrential Tribute destroys every single monster on the field, as well as my own."
Joey groaned, and said, "I place one card face down and end my turn."
He slips a card into the Spell/Trap zone (2). Courtney drew a card from her deck (3), and thought, Just what I needed.
"I remove my Agent of Creation – Venus from play in order to special summon Master Hyperion!"
There was a glow coming from her Graveyard slot, indicating that said monster was removed from play, as she places the card onto the Monster Zone (2). A very tall warrior with firey wings on its back and wearing heavy-suited armor appears before her. It's eyes glowed red as the seal appeared on its forehead (ATK: 2700 – 3200).
"Now go, finish off that scum!" Courtney demanded. "Destroy the rest of his life points!"
Master Hyperion locked on and prepared to attack, but not before Joey activated his face down card, the image showing a small crater with spikes.
"Activate Chasm of Spikes!" Joey yelled. "When you attack with your monster, it's automatically destroyed, and you lose life points equal to one fourth of your monsters attack points!"
With that, Master Hyperion immediately fell into a creator with spikes before it disappeared (Courtney's LP: 2200 – 1400).
"Doesn't matter!" Courtney yelled, before slipping a card into the Spell/Trap zone (1). "I'll place one card face down and end my turn."
She glares over at Joey and thought, This isn't over yet. This card is my last resort! If I go down before he does, then this strategy will save me. There's no way I'm going to lose my soul before I take down Gwen!
Okay, I'm doing good so far, Joey said. If I summon a strong monster, then maybe I'll beat Courtney, and the seal will take away her soul before she lays a finger on my pals. Especially on my sister. Come on Heart of the Cards, show me some love.
Before he could lay a hand on his deck, however, his deck was starting to glow. Joey looks at it with a confused look on his face, as he asked, "What's gives?"
At the same time, one of Yami's cards in his deck, that was in the deck slot of his deck, was glowing as well. Yami took the card…and saw that the Eye of Timaeus was glowing once again.
All of a sudden, there was a flash of light…
When he opened his eyes, Joey gave out a loud scream before looking around his surroundings. Instead of being in the duel with Courtney, he suddenly found himself in a rather strange, large area. But he wasn't alone. Yami was with him as well.
"Yug', where are we?" Joey asked. "Wasn't I in the middle of winning the duel against Courtney?"
"I've been to this place before," said Yami. "It's the Dominion of the Beasts."
Out of the corner of his eye, Joey turned his head and saw a sword sticking out…from a giant statue of a frozen dragon.
"Wow! Now that's one big ice sculpture!" Joey yelled in surprise.
"It's a dragon, frozen until a chosen Duelist releases it," Yami explained. "And I have a feeling that you may be one of the chosen ones. If the theory's true, then you'll pull the sword. If you do that, then the dragon will awake."
"You sure?" Joey asked.
Yami nodded. With that, Joey focused his attention on the sword, as he grab hold of the handle. When he does, however, he felt something going through him.
"Hey, it's calling out to me!" Joey said.
With that, he grips the sword with both of his hands, as he begins to pull the sword with all his might. While mustering his own strength, there was suddenly a glow, and within a few seconds, Joey successfully pulls the sword out of the ice. With that, the ice around it was beginning to shatter and break apart.
"Wait, I know this dragon's name," said Joey. "It's…it's Hermos!"
With that, all of the ice broke apart as a huge, orange dragon with a horn on it's nose gives out a loud roar, finally free after ten thousand years…
Joey quickly opened his eyes as he looks around. He saw that he was back in the Industrial Illusions building, and back in his duel against Courtney.
Was…was that a dream?!
He turns his head and saw Yami standing there.
Now Joey has one of the dragons in his deck too, Yami thought.
"Hey! Dumb blonde-for-brains!" Courtney yelled. "What's taking you so long?!"
Joey looks carefully at his deck, before drawing a card (3)…and to his surprise, he drew the same dragon he saw from his vision, the Claw of Hermos.
No way! He thought. It's that dragon, Hermos! So that wasn't a dream at all.
"It's this way!"
"You sure?!"
"Yeah!"
After running down a hallway, Alex quickly opened a door at the end of the hall, and ran it with Duke following her. He looks around and saw that their now in the security room with multiple computers, as well as television screens showcasing from the security cameras.
"Do you know how it works?" Duke asked.
Alex looks at him, looking a bit paranoid, and said, "No. I'm just an errand girl. They never taught me how to crack the code!"
"Darn it!" Duke yelled. "Looks like we're gonna have to figure this out."
"Alright, let's end this!" Joey yelled. "First, I activate Graceful Charity!"
He slips a card into the Spell/Trap zone (2), the image showing an angel with a halo on her hand holding a glowing card.
"This lets me draw three cards from my deck and discard two!" Joey said.
He then drew three cards from his deck (5), looks at his hand, chooses two cards, and slides them in the Graveyard slot (4).
Just what I needed! He thought. A perfect victory to wipe her out!
"Now I'll activate the Spell Card Monster Reborn to bring back Fiend Megacyber!"
With that, he slips a card into the Spell/Trap zone (3), the image showing an Egyptian Ankh symbol. With a glow, the same monster that was destroyed earlier appeared from a flash of light (ATK: 2200).
"Next I activate the Spell card Ancient Rules!" he continued as he slips another card into the Spell/Trap zone, the image showing an ancient scroll with a dragon on it, as well as a picture of a monster being crossed out with some ancient text. "This lets me summon a level five or higher monster from my hand without having to sacrifice! So now I summon my Red Eyes Black Dragon!"
He slams the card onto the Monster Zone, and with that, a big, black dragon with blood red eyes appear, giving out a roar (ATK: 2400).
"So? Your gonna finish me off now?" Courtney asked.
"As much as I love to, I want to use this excuse to summon this to wipe you off the floor!" Joey yelled. "Courtney, say hello to Claw of Hermos!"
With that, he slams the card onto the Monster Zone, as the same, giant red dragon shows from his vision appear behind him, giving out a battle roar.
"Whoa!" Tyler yelled. "What is that dragon?!"
"Joey doesn't have that card!" Tristan said. "What gives?!"
"And now I'll fuse together my Hermos with my Red Eyes to form something new!"
With that, Hermos gives out a giant roar, to which everyone covered their ears. Joey watched as the two dragons fused together in a giant glow…and, in their places, there was a black sword, in which the blade was black and sharp and the handle has the same shape as his Red Eyes. Fiend Megacyber took it, and held it in it's grasps (ATK: 2200 – 3200)
"Hey, it increased it's attack points!" DJ pointed out.
"But can monsters fuse together to make Equip cards?" Bridgette asked. "This is weird."
"I'll trust this," Joey said with a smile. "Fiend Megacyber, attack the rest of her life points!"
With that, Fiend Megacyber quickly moves to where Courtney's at, and swung it's sword across her, with Courtney screaming out (Courtney's LP: 1400 – 0).
"He did it!" Duncan yelled. "Joey beats her! Yeah! Now we won't have to worry about her."
Courtney, despite losing all her life points, smirked and said, "Guess again, Dunky! I activate my Trap Card. Sharing the Pain!"
The card flips open in front of her, the image showing two warriors with their swords through each other's limbs, their blood pouring out.
"If I were to lose life points, you lose the same number of life points I lost!" Courtney explained. "So now we're even!"
With that said, the card begins to glow, as Joey lifts his arms in front of his face (Joey's LP: 600 – 0). As soon as that happened, the seal below them was beginning to glow.
"What's happening?!" Joey asked.
Within seconds, a giant blast bursts through the seal, the impact of it sending Courtney and Joey off their feet and towards the ground. Joey couldn't help but to groan in pain when he landed on the ground, with Duncan walking up and kneeling down next to him.
"You alright, man?"
Joey placed his hands on the floor below him and began to sat up, saying, "I'll be fine. But what happened?"
"It was a draw," Yami said. "Since no one lost, no one loses their soul."
Courtney slowly sat up, as she carefully stood up on her feet. Everyone watched as she leans her head up, glaring at the group.
"I did that just so I wouldn't go down," she said. "You may be lucky this time, Joey, but next time, you wouldn't be. Besides, your already on my list of people to steal souls from. Gwen, being number one!"
Gwen was looking fearful once again, Yami placing a hand on her shoulder to calm her down.
"On that matter, I think I'll take on Boyfriend Kisser right here, right—"
However, she stopped her sentence when she felt a hand being placed on her shoulder. Courtney turned her head and saw Raphael standing behind her.
"It's over," he said. "We're done for today."
"What?" Courtney calmly asked. "But what about—"
"'Ey, he's says that we're done in this forsaken place," Valon said, standing at her other side. "You'll get that Gothy another time, 'kay?"
Courtney couldn't help but to groan and said, "Fine. But just this once."
Raphael looks over at the group and eyes over at Yami, saying, "I'll make up for what happened…by taking your soul, Pharaoh! The power around my neck puts your puzzle to shame."
With that, he took the teal crystal he was wearing around his neck and ripped it off, followed by lifting it high in the air. When he did, the crystal was beginning to glow, to the point where it was starting to bright up the place with a green-like color. Everyone quickly placed their arms over their eyes to block out the brightness.
"This should do it…Awesome! I cracked the security system!"
"Alright, Duke!"
Back at the lobby, the brightness suddenly dies down, as the barricades that were blocking the doors was beginning to rise up. Everyone looked behind them and saw that they're no longer prisoners.
"Well, we're no longer locked in, that's one thing," said DJ.
"But where did that gang go?" Bridgette asked, as she looked back to where Courtney, Raphael, and Valon once stood. "And…where's Courtney?"