Chapter Eleven: A Secret Revealed: The White Veil
It was now the fifth day of the Genex Tournament, Saturday. Pat was walking up on the volcano as he was two days ago, when her heard a loud, dark-voiced yell of:
"And now, Cyberdark Dragon! Destroy Red-Eyes Darkness Dragon!"
Instantly, Pat, hearing the word Dragon, dashed to where the sound came from. He stopped for a few seconds, holding his ears to protect them from an eardrum-destroying roar, followed by an explosion and a scream. A black energy wave came at him and then disappeared. Pat ran even faster to the scene.
Upon getting there, he saw, of course, Jaden, Syrus, and Tyranno, two of which were standing around someone with dark brown hair wearing a black shirt underneath a large black coat with pointy shoulders, black pants, black shoes, and a Duel Disk on his left arm.
Hey! That's Atticus Rhodes, Alexis' brother! Pat thought. However, he then saw Syrus standing about eight yards away with an angry look on his face, and then Pat also saw the person walking away from the blue-haired Ra…
Pat slowly approached the figure, and when he was behind him said: "Zane? Is that you?"
The person turned to look at Pat. The person is Zane Truesdale, Syrus' 18-year-old and 5 foot 10 tall brother, who had very dark blue hair and narrowed black eyes, wearing a black shirt, black pants, and black shoes, with an almost ground-dragging black coat having silver bands around the upper and lower arms, lined with a silver-like color on the collars and button rows.
"It's been a long time, Pat." smirked Zane.
"Yes, it has. What's with the new get-up?"
"I was about to ask you the same thing. Shouldn't you be wearing a… Slifer jacket? Heh-heh-heh-heh!"
Pat growled. "I like your clothes, but your non-dueling attitude… not so much."
"Oh, so you're saying you'd like to duel me, then?" Zane smirked, standing so he looked directly down at Pat.
"Uh, no! Of course not!" Pat cracked a foolish smile.
"Hmm… Whatever."
Zane walked off.
Jeez… He's changed for the better when he duels, but hot otherwise… Pat thought.
He then turned to Syrus and walked up to the angry teen. "Um, Syrus? Why are you so mad?"
"Grr… Zane! That's why! He treats his cards and his opponents like trash!"
"And the problem is?"
"Oh, c'mon Pat! Don't you treat your cards with respect?! I know you don't treat your opponents like that…"
Syrus rubbed a spot on his arm where he was hurt by his Duel several weeks ago with Pat.
"Let me answer your question…" Pat pulled from a deck box underneath his coat a card. Jaden, Tyranno, and Atticus walked over to see what Pat was doing.
"In my hand I hold an Ultimate Rare card, Armed Dragon LV5. If someone offered me 20 dollars in exchange for this card, or would give me 20 if I ripped it up, it'd be a deal."
Let's see if he's telling the truth… Syrus thought, pulling out a twenty dollar bill.
"I'll give you this if you rip that card up."
"WHERE DID YOU GET TWENTY… Aw, never mind." Pat ripped up the extremely hard-to-get card and snatched up the money.
"Told ya." Pat smirked. He dashed off with Syrus' dollar bill in hand.
"Aw, phooey… I needed that!"
"Don't worry, Sy. Whatever you need, I can help you! Um, I think…" Jaden said, placing his hand on Syrus' shoulder.
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Two Days Later
Pat had claimed five more medals, all from Slifer Red students.
"Ah, it's good being the best…" he sighed.
Out from a nearby group of trees, Jaden walked up to Pat, holding something.
"Hey, Pat! I taped up you Armed Dragon LV5 for you! You can't use it, but…" Jaden held out a taped-together Armed Dragon card.
"I don't care, Jaden. It was nearly worthless to me then, and is worthless now." Pat grabbed the card and tossed it to the nearby ocean.
Jaden crossed his arms. "Pat, you really should respect your cards. I'm glad you don't have a Monster Spirit…"
"A what?"
"Monster Spirit! The spirit of a… Duel Monster. I got Winged Kuriboh, and Chazz has the three Ojamas."
"Ojamas?! Winged Kuriboh?! HA-HA-HA-HA!"
Pat then looked at Jaden and was about to say, "That's just stupid", when he noticed a hazy form on his shoulder… It was a brown-furred ball with large yellow and purple eyes, with green hands, feet, and yellow claws, with wings sprouting from its back.
"Winged Kuriboh!" Pat cried.
"Yeah, I said he's my…"
"Shut up, Jaden! How come I can see Spirits when I don't have one?"
"Hmm… Well, maybe you'll get one soon."
Pat smirked and walked away.
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Western Island, Port
It was past ten o' clock at night as Pat stood still by the lighthouse, breathing in the salty sea air of the ocean in front of him. Many thoughts ran through his mind.
Monster Spirits… Society of Light… What's going on?! All these things are happening so fast, I feel like I'm gonna explode or something!
Then a feminine voice broke his thoughts.
"I knew I saw you down here…"
Pat gasped turned around, seeing Alexis standing behind him with her arms crossed and a smirk on her face.
"Grr… Alexis. What do you want?"
"Just thought I'd take a break from the tournament." Alexis walked up to stand beside Pat.
"Well, if you're here, I'm not!" Pat growled. He walked away.
Alexis sighed, and then said:
"Pat… Why do you suddenly hate me?"
Pat stopped walking.
"It's because… Alexis… You joined an organization that I despise…"
"Well, why do you hate the Society of Light?! Light is the answer!"
Pat gritted his teeth at what Alexis had said.
"I've heard that too many times… Alexis, can I trust you with a… secret of mine?"
Alexis walked back up to Pat, only half a foot in front of him.
"What is it?"
Pat didn't answer for a few moments, and then turned his head towards the sky.
"I… Um… A year and a half ago, I was in the Society of Light…"
"What?! How… Why did you get out?"
"I have Justin to thank for that. He dueled me to show me the truth, that Master Sar… Err, Sartorious messed with my head and fooled me into thinking that… Light is the…"
"Answer." finished Alexis.
Pat nodded, and turned his back to Alexis.
"I haven't gotten rid of all of the things I got from Sartorious… Including the deck I received for being so loyal. I was also the second most powerful person, second to Sartorious himself."
Alexis placed her soft hand on Pat's shoulder. "I'm sorry you left, Pat… And I'm also sorry Justin fooled you into thinking light is not the answer."
Pat growled, and, clenching his fists and only two inches from Alexis' face, roared:
"STOP SAYING THAT!"
Alexis flinched back, surprised at Pat's outburst.
"I… I'm sorry, Alexis. Listen… When you aren't working for Sartorious or whatever, we could be friends again… But if I see you in that white outfit, you are going down."
Pat smirked at Alexis, pushing his face closer to hers without noticing. When he finally did notice, Alexis lurched forward with her arms and pulled Pat into a hug. After she stopped, the blonde female blushed and pushed Pat away, turning away from him.
"Sorry about that…" Alexis said.
"It's, uh… It's okay… Lex." Pat walked away, this time without interruption.
…Lex? thought Alexis, her blush reddening.
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The Next Day
Pat had found an opponent: the Robert who Justin had dueled to get into the Academy. He was still a Ra Yellow. The duel had already been on for quite a while, and it even had a small audience: Jaden, Syrus, and Tyranno, along with Justin.
Pat's LP: 3100.
Robert's LP: 1500.
On Robert's side of the field were two facedown cards, and no monsters. He had changed his deck from a basic Dragon Deck to a Stall Deck.
And on Pat's side of the field was a Hyozanryu, a sparkling light-blue-skinned dragon with a yellow horn on its nose, yellow claws, and diamond-shaped wings. ATK/ 2100 DEF/ 2800.
It was Pat's turn.
"Okay! I'll start by placing one monster facedown, and then… Hyozanryu! Attack Robert and end this duel!"
Hyozanryu let out a rainbow-colored blast from its prism-toothed-mouth.
"Ha! I play Mirror Force, deflecting that to your Attack mode monsters!"
The blast was redirected back to Pat's shiny-scaled dragon, who exploded with a loud boom.
"Grr…" Pat growled.
"And now, I'll activate a Spell known as Trap Gatherer! I can put one Trap in my hand from my deck, and by paying 500 points, I can Set it this turn. I have to show you though… I place Magic Cylinder facedown!"
Robert's LP: 1000.
A facedown card appeared.
Perfect! Now I can't attack, since my facedown is the weak Man-Eater Bug! Good thing I put him facedown, or else he'd be with Hyozanryu now. Pat thought.
"I'll end my turn."
Robert drew a card. "Okay! I summon Goblin Attack Force!"
Five green-skinned goblins wielding bats and wearing brown servant outfits appeared. ATK/ 2300 DEF/ 0.
"And I equip him with Fairy Meteor Crush, meaning you lose the difference between his Attack points and your monster's Defense!" Robert smirked as his five Goblins began glowing red.
"Now, attack, my Goblins!"
The group of green people clubbed Pat's facedown monster, which was revealed to be a bug with sharp claws and a large mouth. ATK/ 450 DEF/ 600.
"I may lose 1700 points, but your Goblin Attack Force is destroyed now!" Pat shouted. The many goblins and single bug disappeared.
Pat's LP: 1400.
"I'll let you go. Just remember… I have Magic Cylinder down!" Robert smirked as Pat snatched a card out from his deck.
Hmm… I drew… AAH! NOT THAT CARD! Pat screamed in his mind…
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Meanwhile, in the White Boys' Dorm...
Sartorious' Room
Sartorious stopped looking at his tarot cards, letting a small gasp escape his mouth.
"I sense something… Pat drew that card… I'd better go tell Chazz and Alexis to go see what is happening…"
Sartorious walked out of his room and went into Chazz's, finding the black-haired Society member on his bed. Sartorious informed Chazz about what he had sensed, and then told him to scan the island for Pat, with Alexis.
Chazz went to the White Girls' Dorm to talk to Alexis, and the two walked the island, finding Pat rather quickly…
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"There he is!" Chazz yelled. He and Alexis ran through a narrow pass in the many trees of the forest, causing Syrus, Jaden, Tyranno, and Justin to look back. The two Society members broke through the wall of four bystanders to see Pat staring at a certain card he just drew, with a terrified look plastered upon his now pale face.
"What's going on with him?" Chazz muttered.
"Don't know. He just drew that, and now…" Jaden started to reply.
"SHUT UP! I WASN'T ASKING YOU, JADEN!"
Alexis, meanwhile, stood silent, looking at Pat's face.
It must be White Veil… The female looked down at her deck…
And with Pat…
No… I know I can win without this stupid card… But how?! I have fourteen hundred points, and my only monster that's in my hand that I can play is strong enough to take either me or Robert out, but he's gonna play Magic Cylinder… I know it! But White Veil negates and destroys all Trap and Spells active and about-to-be-activated when the monster equipped by it attack. I CAN'T PLAY IT, THOUGH! IT'S THE SOCIETY'S SIGNATURE CARD! IT'S… IT'S… It's my only hope… I already used Trap Jammer and Mystical Space Typhoon earlier…
Pat's mind broke into two separate beings: the usual black-clothed and red-eyed one, and a strange, white-clothed one with blue eyes, like a Red-Eyed Black Dragon vs. a Blue-Eyes White Dragon…
PLAY WHITE VEIL! yelled the White one, symbolizing Pat's Society side…
PLAY WHITE VEIL! AND THEN SUFFER THE CONSEQUENCES! yelled the Black one, symbolizing Pat's evil/non-Society side…
PLAY IT!
DON'T PLAY IT!
PLAY IT!
DO NOT PLAY THAT CARD!
Pat let a small growl escape his mouth, and then he finally noticed Alexis standing a few feet away… She winked at him and smirked, as if knowing what he was going through…
Pat gritted his teeth, and the inevitable answer arose… As usual, Blue-Eyes triumphs over Red-Eyes…
Pat placed a monster card on his Duel Disk, shouting:
"For the final turn of this Duel, I summon Spirit Ryu in Attack mode!"
A dragon with red eyes, a cream-colored underside, a blue-scaled top side, one cream-colored arm and a white-glowing scythe-shaped one, and cream-colored wings. ATK/ 1000 DEF/ 1000.
"Now, I'll use my facedown card: DNA Transplant! It changes all face-up monsters' Attributes to what I want, and I choose LIGHT…"
Spirit Ryu began glowing a white color slightly.
"And now, I… I…" Beads of sweat dropped down Pat's head. "I activate the Equip Spell Card… W… W… W…" Pat stuttered.
Justin let out a gasp, and he rushed forward and, pushing Alexis out of his way, yelled: "DON'T PLAY IT, PAT!"
"I ACTIVATE… WHITE VEIL!"
Pat placed a Spell into his Disk, and, as Jaden, Syrus, Tyranno, and even Chazz gasped, and Justin groaned, a white felt veil enveloped Spirit Ryu, covering the dragon with the long fabric. It also glowed, making Spirit Ryu shine a bright color.
"How could you…" Justin groaned.
"YEAH! HE DID IT!" cheered Alexis.
"He had the White Veil card?!" Chazz cried out.
"He's a Society member?!" exclaimed Jaden and the other two.
"What… Have I… Done…?!" Pat growled to himself.
Pat let out a low growl, but then regained his cool and collected personality, but with a dark smirk…
"And now, I use Spirit Ryu's ability. By discarding a Dragon to my Graveyard, he gains 1000 points until the turn's end. So, I discard Komori Dragon and Luster Dragon Number Two to increase his power by 2000 Points!"
(Spirit Ryu) ATK/ 3000 DEF/ 3000.
There his goes again, maxing out his monster's Attack points just to hurt someone! thought Alexis. And this time, I like it… Heh-heh-heh-heh…
"And now, Spirit Ryu! Attack Robert directly with Draco-Power Slash!"
Ryu flew towards Robert and prepared to slash him with his scythe-shaped arm.
"Hold on! I play Magic Cylinder! This Duel's over!" Robert smirked.
"Oh, it's over, all right. My White Veil destroys all Spells and Traps that are active or are being activated when the equipped monster attacks! Continue, Ryu!"
Magic Cylinder rose up, and was destroyed by a shockwave of white light sent out from Ryu's mighty roar. Spirit Ryu then descended upon Robert and slashed him with his scythe-shaped arm, knocking Robert to the ground and making him scrape along the ground a few yards.
Robert's LP: 0000.
This Duel's Winner: PAT McCLINTOCK!
"I won. And… Wait…" Pat looked towards Robert, and then the White Veil card. "Since I used White Veil, then Robert… He…"
Robert sat up and tossed a medal to Pat, and then stood up with a smirk.
"Thank you, Pat…" he sneered. "I now know where I am needed… THE SOCIETY OF LIGHT! HA-HA-HA-HA-HA!" Robert walked away, in the direction of the White Boys' Dorm.
Pat blinked at what he had done, and Chazz now stood beside Alexis.
"Welcome… Back… To the Society of Light, Pat! Heh-heh-heh-heh-heh!" smirked Chazz.
"Yes, finally…" Alexis said, placing her hand on Pat's shoulder. Chazz looked at this and scowled, and then grabbed Pat's arm and dragged him to the Boys' Dorm. He stopped, however, when Pat whipped his arm up, throwing Chazz several yards away.
"Hey! Ow… WHAT WAS THAT FOR?!"
"I would never rejoin the Society, Princeton… I only used White Veil to beat that idiot. I don't need it now." Pat grabbed the aforementioned card and tore it in two, causing Chazz and Alexis to gasp.
The Ra Yellow Student tossed the halves of White Veil into a gust of wind, blowing it away to wherever.
"Hmph!" Pat huffed, walking in the direction of the Ra Dorms. Justin followed.
"That's it… Alexis, you and I are gonna have to duel that loser to get him in the Society." Chazz growled.
"I'm with you, Chazz…" sighed Alexis. After giving one last, saddened glance in Pat's direction, she went to her Dorm, and Chazz went to his.
"So…" said Syrus. "Pat was in the Society of Light…"
"I can't believe it! That… That..." Tyranno growled.
"Hold on, guys! You know Sartorious messes with people's heads to get them to join!" Jaden said, waving his hands.
The three stood there, conversing amongst each other for a few minutes, and then went to find another opponent…