I do not own anything "Yu-Gi-Oh" related. The characters, cards, and settings described in this piece of fanfiction all belong to their rightful owners. All cards in bold however do belong to me, mainly because they are custom made cards I created.

Jace and Sam looked all around the swamp covered field, the fumes of the gas still looming in the air and filling their nostrils with its putrid smell. The Professor just summoned a Rank 10 monster, normally it should be massive and easy to see, but instead it is hidden nowhere to be found by regular eyes.

"Where is it?" Jace yelled towards the Professor.

"I can show you, arise from the swamp my mighty serpent!" With a rumbling that shook the earth and the water surrounding the boys, a humongous snake poked its head out with its massive body following. It was a green scaly snake with flashing red eyes. Its right eye was bigger than the other as it looked on its prey poking its forked tongue out. As it did with 3 glowing purple lights dancing around the great beast in an orbit-like pattern, the attack indicator beside the monster read 1000. Too low for a high rank XYZ.

"An attack boost monster perhaps? It must have one hell of an effect." Jace thought to himself only to be interrupted by the Professor.

"Vennomintrusion's effect activates! When it is successively XYZ summoned I can place up to 5 Venom counters anywhere on the field. Sam your Masked Knight LV7 is only at 900 attack and your Jewel Flare Jace is at 1000, so I place 2 Venom Counters on both of your monsters decreasing their attack power to 0, then Venom Swamp will activate destroying them." The mammoth snake hunched down all ready to pounce on its prey in front of it and like a flash of lightning it lunged forward towards Masked Knight biting him in the abdomen. The snake was so big that it got its entire mouth around the girth of the knight as it sunk its teeth into him. All the while the knight himself only gasped out unable to comprehend what just happened. The snake let go of the knight letting his body slide out of the snakes mouth as he got to his knees, his life force all drained as he sunk beneath the murky water.

"LV7!" Sam cried out seeing his ace monster fall beneath the ripples of the water. He dropped to his knees, it felt like he could feel his monster's pain as his life force was being drained from him. It was agony that he wouldn't wish upon his worst enemy. He was snapped out of his thoughts when the Professor spoke again.

"And now for Jewel Flare, feel the pain the pain Vennomintrusion's fangs will bring!" The giant snake turned its attention toward the aquamarine dragon now beside it and lunged for him snatching him in a similar manner as Masked Knight. Lifting him in the air the dragon could feel the venom enter his body and drain everything out of him. He concentrated putting all of his remaining energy that he could muster in contacting Jace who could only watch as his friend was practically being killed in front of him unable to do anything.

"Jace…" he began. He looked at his dragon knowing the sound of his voice. "You must win… for both of us. Remember what I said before… you can end this on your next turn…. I have faith in you." He concluded as he was dropped from the snake's mouth and sunk in the water below.

Jace saw his monster fall beneath the waves and like Sam felt the pain Jewel Flare felt, the pain of dying. He looked down at the water, trying to see the snake at his ankle that still held him in place, "I'm sorry, Jewel Flare. I'm sorry LV7 I couldn't save you." Now clenching his fists getting more serious "but I will end this duel and get rid of the infernal swamp here and now. I swear it." A fierce look appeared in Jace's eyes as he felt the fire of his soul light with a burning intensity. "I activate my facedown card the quick play spell 'Shooting Mirage' when Jewel Flare Dragon Stardust is destroyed while it's on the field I can target one card my opponent controls and destroy it, so I will target your wretched Venom Swamp!" the giant card flipped up and flashed with a powerful white light enough for both the Professor and Sam to shield their eyes. When they uncovered them they found a ghostly image of Jewel Flare hovering in front of Jace. He then roared as cracks started appearing in his body, the cracks got bigger and bigger until with another flash of glorious colored light he exploded engulfing the field with increasing amounts of stardust. The Professor looked on as his eyes adjusted back to the dimly lit walls of the factory and as remnants of the swamp disappeared from view. Jace himself sighed as he looked towards his duel disk and thanked Jewel Flare for his help promising him a rest.

The Professor interrupted his thought process once again "Well played young Jace but now an even bigger threat appears before you now. Since his initial summon his over, Vennomintrusion's other effect activates he gains 1000 attack for every reptile in my grave so far I only have 1 but that's about to change because I activate the spell card 'Snake Rain' from my hand, by discarding 'Venom Boa' I can send 4 reptile monsters from my deck to the grave."

"No way! That will give Vennomintrusion a total of 5000 extra attack!" Sam cried out eyes wide open at this effect.

"Exactly, so I choose 'Venom Cobra, another Venom Boa, Venom Serpent, and That Pesky Reptile' from my deck to the grave boosting his attack power to a massive 7000!" As he did this the already humongous snake grew in size to match the height of the ceiling high above them as the attack power indicator went to 7000. Sam was shocked to see such a powerful monster as his mouth was wide open. Jace however wasn't thinking about the monster in front of him but the monsters that he put in the grave. "That pesky reptile? He's pulling off a safety measure just in case we have something up our sleeves. That card can be banished in order to protect a Reptile-type monster on the field from being destroyed by card effects." He looked down at his hand "I have something to get around that card but not the massive attack power Vennomintrusion has. Damn, everything is going to come down to my final draw!"

"I will have you boys know that Vennomintrusion has three effects that can only be activated once while this card is face up on the field. One is that by detaching an XYZ Material I can inflict 2000 damage to a player if this card failed to inflict battle damage. Two, is that when this card is attacked I can detach a material and negate that attack. Three, whenever my end phase rolls around I automatically detach a material." Professor stated in a cocky voice obviously boasting about his monster.

"Why are you telling us this?" Sam asked genuinely curious.

Professor only smiled "Because it's impolite to not know how you're going to die. So I'm telling you how with this monster!" laughing manically after. Suddenly stopping to say "Let's get this show on the road shall we? I attack you, Sam, directly with Vennomintrusion!" The snake lumbered its massive body towards Sam.

"Don't worry Sam I got…" Jace started only to be cut off by his friend.

Jace looked over noticing that Sam was looking at the ground "No you don't. I got myself." He then looked up smiling "I'm sorry dude, but I got this one. I activate my facedown trap, 'Left Arm Offering.' This card allows me to select a spell card from my deck and add it to my hand at the price of sending all other cards in my hand to the graveyard!" He discarded all of his cards in his hand and his deck spat out a spell card in which Sam took with a smile on his face. "I now activate the spell from my hand 'Stampeding Bull' I can activate this card when my opponent declares a direct attack, by special summoning this card in defense position as a Level 4 effect monster with 2000 attack and 0 defense I can forcefully end the battle phase at the price of taking damage to this card's attack." A muscular black bull appeared on Sam's field with mad red eyes and was puffing out steam. It then turned around and charged Sam knocking him to the ground with the wind knocked out of him.

"Forgot… in these duels damage is real." He said in between gasps of air that he tried getting into his lungs.

The snake backed off and retreated back in front of the Professor and coiled up waiting for further orders. The Professor had the look of satisfaction on his face even though his monster failed to attack. "I furthermore activate the effect of Vennomintrusion. Once per turn I can detach one XYZ material from this card and inflict 2000 points of damage if my monster failed to inflict battle damage this turn the material I detach is XYZ Plant. So I choose that person to be you Jace!"

One of the orbs of light that was orbiting the monster lifted itself up to the giant maws of the snake as it bit down on it and what looked to be like hawking up venom. Within a second the snake spit out that venom from its mouth towards the young duelist forcing him to shield himself as the venom covered his body as he felt himself get weaker as his life points went down to 12000.

"At least some damage was taken out of it. I end my turn with that, it is now that Vennomintrusion's effect activates once again at one and only one end phase on my turn Vennnomintrusion automatically detaches an overlay unit. I detach Vennominon the King of Poisonous Snakes. Since this card that card was a Reptile type monster Vennomintrusion gains 1000 attack." The indicator next to the monster went up and the monster's size grew once more. The Professor continued cockily smiling "I have 1 material left and when this card runs out of material the end phase of that turn I win the duel." He said snickering as he said the last phrase with another orb of light disappearing from the giant snake's orbit.

"Why are you taking satisfaction in pain and damage? What happened to you before all of this?" Jace said breaking him from his snickering. The Professor only stared at him for what seemed like an eternity and then chuckled to himself and shook his head. "Wouldn't you like to know?"

"Yes, I do. I've noticed all of the things that most people wouldn't, you take satisfaction in pain and suffering, so all I want to know is why."

"Then let me answer your question with another question. Have you parents ever told that you were going on a trip for the summer, and got dropped off at a place you never knew existed? A supposed boarding school of sorts for "gifted" children? Or how about never seeing them again after that? Cutting all communications from you and your left with a single question in your mind. Why?" he said speaking from his heart obviously traumatized by his past getting louder and louder with every question.

"Because my parents did that to me. They couldn't stand having a walking "time bomb" as their son just waiting to go off. So they sent me away to the Arcadia Movement when I was only 8 years old. 8 YEARS OLD!" he screamed forcing the last three words into Jace and Sam's mind. "That supposed "summer" trip became the rest of the year, then the year after that, and then the rest of the decade. I never saw them again nor did Sayer ever give a reason for why. I hated them for it, I still do. But it doesn't end there, oh no not by a long shot. A few years passed by and my hatred grew and grew for my parents, and thus so did my power as a result. Sayer noticed this and brought me in for "special testing" saying that I was to lead a new generation in the fight against others who were down trodden, abandoned, and otherwise alone. Of course I submitted myself, who wouldn't for a cause that righteous. To stop others from having to go through what I did was all too enticing." He stopped only to look up at the boys in front of him. "Do you think I was born this way? Do you think it is biologically possible to be born with slits for eyes and an ingrown nose?"

The boys didn't know what to say and all they found themselves doing was stand there and listen not being able to move. "The answer is no. The "special testing" was me being drugged on a regular basis and experimented on with animal DNA, mainly snakes. I couldn't back out of it after I already said yes or I would have been dueled into submission by his newest star duelist, a young woman with dark burgundy hair whose name escapes me. All of that made me into this…. This "thing" a monster of my former self unable to show my face even at Arcadia without getting glares and looks of fright."

"I know your pain, really I do. But that doesn't give you the right to punish people all because of your parents." Jace interjected.

"What? You think that my parents caused this? That is where you're mistaken. A couple more years done the line Sayer died when the Earthbound Immortals rampaged this city and the movement was abolished leaving many people that lived there without homes, myself included. Trying to make a new life for myself I gave school a try, being only 17 I got into high school and tried to be the best student I could be, not knowing what else to do with myself. But everyone there shunned me for my face and so I resorted to always wearing a hoodie to hide it. That didn't stop the other students though always bullying me for being different than them. Hatred always leads to violence as was their case when they would beat me up on regular accounts. Then one day while I was just walking trying to mind my own business, they came after me and started beating me, trying so hard to beat me out of existence. It was then I found my true calling, ridding the world of all of its evil. I found new found strength and with my powers I summoned Vennominaga who easily dealt with that trash. I looked down at their motionless bodies and smiled at justice being served. It was then I donned the name Professor and studied snakes, my second nature, I harnessed their power and the power within me from that DNA and rose to a new existence. Whenever I dueled the criminals in the back alley they wet themselves when they heard the name "Professor", it would be the last thing they would hear before their evil was erased. Soon after that I found the other remnants of Arcadia mainly Lector and Spinovich, who share the same goals as I do. Can't you see? We are only trying to build a better world but you two stand in our way."

"We stand in your way because you are hurting innocent people by taking cards and using your powers to hospitalize people or worse. I can understand the pain you feel but this isn't the way to go about it. A cause is never right when it calls to kill or hurt others." Jace retorted to his claim.

"You're wrong, the people we target have committed crimes against humanity. Just look at all the crap that goes on everyday; rape, muggings, murder. All the people we target are criminals, we are the heroes that this city and the world needs. The police don't do anything about it. They bring them in and they do time, but then they go right out and do it again. This is the cycle of the world. Pain only leads to more pain."

"Where are you getting your information from? The people you face off with are innocent people. They have families, husbands, wives, sons, daughters, nieces, nephews, all of them who haven't committed a single crime in their lives."

The Professor became angry at hearing this "Your wrong Lector knows all of the rotten people of this city, and they must be punished."

"Lector told you all of this? He's lying to you. Probably for his own gain." Jace said trying to get some sense into the man in front of him.

"Enough talk, when I defeat you I will only erase more walls from humanities rotten core."

Jace: LP- 12000 Sam: LP- 12000 Professor: LP- 100

"So be it. I'll knock some sense into you if it's the last thing I do. My turn, Draw!" Jace yelled out looking at his card. "I activate the spell card, 'Card of Adversity', this card allows me to draw 2 cards when I control no monsters and my opponent has a special summoned monster." As the spell card materialized on the field and flashed Jace drew 2 cards and grinned. "I now activate the spell card 'Stardust Shimmer." You see by selecting a Dragon-type Synchro monster in my grave and by banishing monsters that equal the selected monster's level I can special summon it. I have Jewel Flare in my grave who is level 8 and so I banish level 3 Junk Synchron and level 5 Tricky to special summon him back. Come back to me one more time Jewel Flare Dragon Stardust!" as he was saying this the spell card erupted with shimmering dust and with a slight breeze the dust manifested itself into the form of Jewel Flare, and then took form as the dragon roared as it returned to the field.

Jewel Flare Dragon Stardust Attribute: Light

Level 8

2500 ATK 2000 DEF

"Jewel Flare attack Vennomintrusion now!" the dragon complied gathering energy in into his mouth.

"Fool, I know you have 'Honest' in your deck so I will not fall for that trick. I activate the effect of Vennomintrusion. I can negate your attack by detaching the last overlay unit and then further increasing his attack because it was Vennominaga." The final unit hovered in front of the snake's mouth as it was demolished not leaving a trace of it left as the Snake lifted its tail to shield the assault.

Sam opened his mouth wide at his friend's "mistake." "What are you doing Jace he has all three materials gone and your monster's weaker. He won the duel!"

Jace smirked "That's exactly what I was waiting for."

"What?" Professor and Sam both exclaimed

"I now activate the quick-play spell 'Flash Effect' from my hand. During the battle phase when a monster effect is activated on the field I can target that monster and it gains 800 attack. But the effects of all effect monsters on the field are negated. I think you know what that means."

"Vennomintrusion's attack boost becomes negated! Impossible!" As the giant snake turned back into its original size with the attack indicator going down to 1800 as it tried running for cover.

"Jewel Flare end this duel now!" the dragon released the energy it was storing up towards the tiny snake as it hit with extreme precision blasting the snake away, and knocking the duelist down hitting his head on the edge of the pit. A buzzer went off and pictures of Jace and Sam appeared overhead with winner above them as augmented reality disengaged and the snakes holding them in place disintegrated to ashes.

Battered and bruised they looked at each other and then at the Professor not moving from his spot. "Why isn't he getting up?" Jace asked bringing the obvious question to light.

"He hit his head and is now unconscious, that's all." Sam said bringing his medical knowledge up to the fray. "Come on, we have more work to do."

"Not yet, Sam can you do anything about treating him before we leave?" Jace asked making Sam stop walking and look back at him.

"Are you crazy? Why would I help out a madman who has killed people and hurt others for their own twisted messed up reasons?"

"Listen I know it sounds insane but something just won't sit right with me if we just leave him here. Plus maybe he can be changed by showing him a little kindness instead of abandonment and pain that he has experienced his entire life. You heard his story and in his tone of voice you knew it to be true that he is only truly looking for acceptance that's what forced him to be like this."

Sam looked at Jace and then up in the air as if thinking it over, trying to come up with the best course of action.

"If you don't want to you can wait over there, it won't be long." Jace replied slightly limping over to the Professor on the ground and tried to pick him up by himself but failing due to the damage he sustained to his ankle thanks to that snake bite. Sam sighed and walking over and helped Jace out lifting the Professor up and walking him over to the side of the wall and setting him down with his head up.

"There at least with that the blood won't rush to his head while he's unconscious." Sam said wiping his hands together. "Jace."

His friend perked up and looked at him. "What's up?"

"Why are you so caring even to people that hurt you like Professor did?"

"Someone has too. Plus I feel like we are the same in a way, coming from pain and all but he never got out of it like I did, and so he just walked further down the path of darkness. I'm only trying to show him the light."

"Noble as ever, I see" Sam said with a smile.

"You know it." Jace replied

A clicking of a door being unlocked was heard across the room, indicating their access for the next challenge. "Are you going to be alright Jace? We both took some damage back there, I don't know how long we can last especially if the damage gets even more intense."

"I'll be fine don't worry. I'm beginning to see why we started with 16000 life points. It's so we would be bogged down with real damage for us to be a real threat later on. You ready to show them not to underestimate us?" Jace said holding out his hand in a fist

Sam smirked ready for the challenge "You know it." As he reciprocated the gesture and bumped fists. As they walked towards the end of the room and pushing the door open ready for the next battle.

Chapter 11 "Game 2- Spinovich" Preview

With the Professor defeated Jace and Sam move onto the next room determined to make this duel quick in order to take as little damage as possible. But when Spinovich dishes out a ton of real effect damage it becomes apparent that their bodies may not be able to handle the damage sustained when they both collapse onto the ground.