0713MM: Hey guys! Here's chapter 14! I know it's been a while. But trust me when I say this, it was worth the wait. Well, I hope you think that.
Helen: Yup. I may have lost my Psychic powers, but I gain a new deck. It's called-
0713MM: (covers her mouth). Not yet Helen. Anyway, I don't own Yugioh ZEXAL, nor Nexus. I do own this story plot and my OC's + my OC's decks.
Nexus: On with my diabolical plans!
0713MM: Yes.
Mizar, Caesar, Heather and Helen: Chapter start! Hope you enjoy!
Chapter 14: Old Powers' gone; New Powers' awakened!
Nexus watched through his black n' white orb, watching Helen and her partner, Neptune, celebrating their victory in the Couples Duel Tournament. He chuckled to himself. His cloak swished when he turned to face his partner, Xavier.
"Xavier." Nexus spoke. He waited patiently for Xavier to look up to him. Xavier looked up into Nexus's hateful eyes. Xavier shivered, but he covered it up. Nexus did notice Xavier's fear, but he said nothing.
"Yes Nexus?" asked Xavier. Nexus pointed at the black n' white orb. It showed Helen and Neptune celebrating. Xavier shook his head. Nexus sighed heavily.
"You know why you joined me Xavier?" Nexus asked. Xavier stood up from his chair.
"Yes." he replied. Nexus waved his hand, beckoning Xavier to continue. Xavier took a deep breath, then continued, "I was afraid of you. Your intimidating looks, plus glare got me to fear you." Nexus grinned in satisfaction, then gestured for Xavier to complete his assignment. Xavier gave a short nod, then snapped his black-gloved fingers, then disappeared through a portal to Heartland City. Nexus gave a malicious, yet evil grin.
Soon, my plan shall come pass! Nexus thought.
Helen was in her room, in Mr. and Mrs. Stone's apartment, editing her deck. She usually does this whenever she feels like, or whenever she feels her deck must be stronger. She glanced out the window, she noticed some hooded figure walking absentmindedly. She narrowed her eyes slightly, then they reverted back to normal when she turned back to her editing.
Now who could that guy be? Helen thought as she continued her work.
Xavier slowly walked through Heartland City. He had waited until after the Couples Duel Tournament celebration had ended before attempting this mission. Deep down, he wished he hadn't joined Nexus. But at the same time, he was glad that he did. He continued to walk around, glancing at the apartments, seeing if there was a sign of a 13 year-old girl. He may have lost a majority of his powers over the 21 years that have gone by, but a few remained. He stopped when he came across an odd apartment. Probably the one he's been looking for. He grinned slyly, then snapped his fingers, waiting to see an overlay network appear in the room above him. He heard a shriekish scream. He assumed that was the prey his partner wanted. Once the light died down, he too disappeared.
"Wakey wakey little girl." Nexus smirked as he watched Helen open her eyes.
"Huh?! What? Where am I?" she asked. Nexus just chuckled.
"Relax little girl." he replied in a taunting manner. "I just need one thing from you, then I'll have my partner escort you back." Helen glanced around at what she was strapped to. She was strapped to a table. Her legs and feet were straight, but also spread out. She began to struggle. In an attempt to escape. Nexus just laughed at her futile attempt.
"Don't bother Helen." Nexus smirked. Helen stopped struggling, then sighed.
"What are you going to do? Kill me?" Helen asked, trying to keep her cool. Nexus chuckled again.
"Kill you?" he repeated. "That'd be ridiculous. No, I'm not going to kill you. What I will do is extract your Psychic power." Nexus pulled out an injector from his drawer. Xavier had a slight smirk on his face, but he then frowned a second afterwards. Helen turned her head to try to get a better look at where she was. To her, it looked like some cursed laboratory. Which, could be right. Nexus grinned, then turned back to face the young girl.
"This here Helen, will allow me extract your Psychic power. How you may ask? Well, it will inject an extractor inside your body, allowing me to extract your power with it. Once that's done, I will insert your Psychic power into the Nexus Cannon." Nexus turned Helen's table around so she could see what Nexus was talking about. Her eyes widened when she saw it.
"It's...huge!" Helen gasped. Nexus laughed.
"Glad you like it." he chuckled. "But, everyone will blame you for their downfall." Helen began to sit up so she could stare into Nexus's hateful eyes.
"What do you mean "everyone will blame me for their downfall"?" Helen asked. Nexus began to laugh harder. Helen raised an eyebrow at Nexus.
"I must have missed the joke, chuckles." Helen retorted. Nexus stopped laughing, then he gave Helen an evil smirk.
"Anyway, time to extract your power!" laughed Nexus as he pushed his hand injector close to Helen's right shoulder. She began to scrunch up like a little ball, trying to avoid the needle from the injector. Xavier turned away. He didn't want to watch. Helen began to scream in agony Xavier closed his eyes.
Please end soon! Xavier thought. He didn't want Helen to suffer more than she already grinned as soon as his extraction ended. When he finished, he took the small orb that contained Helen's Psychic power into a jar. Nexus glanced at Xavier, then at Helen. She unconscious. Nexus gestured to Xavier. Xavier stood up and walked over.
"Yes Nexus?" Xavier asked.
"She is no longer required." Nexus replied. "Return her to her parents." Xavier gave a silent salute, then carried Helen off the table, then snapped his fingers and disappeared. After Xavier left, Nexus took the jar off the table, then inserted Helen's Psychic power inside the Nexus Cannon. It began to power up. This put an evil smirk on Nexus's face.
"Excellent." he laughed. "Helen's Psychic energy has put the Cannon at 80%. Once it reaches 100%, I shall fire it through the sky grate in the ceiling towards Astral World. Once that happens, Astral World shall move closer to Earth. Barian World shall defuse from Astral World, then both Astral and Barian World will fuse with Earth, and I shall become the absolute ruler! Hehehehahaha!"
Xavier returned Helen back to where she was. He glanced at the clock in the room. He sighed in relief. She wasn't gone that long. Only 10 minutes or so. Wait, 10 minutes?! Xavier shrugged it off after resting Helen on the bed. He then snapped his fingers and disappeared. Before he did, he whispered something.
"Good luck Helen." he whispered. "You're going to need it." The second he disappeared, Heather opened the door.
"Helen dear, it's lunch time." Heather shook Helen gently. The young girl opened her eyes slowly.
"Lunchtime already?" Helen yawned as she sat up. Heather gave a nod to her daughter.
"Come on down." Heather gestured to the door. Helen hesitated for a moment, then followed her mother downstairs.
Once Helen had made it downstairs, Neptune turned to face her. He frowned upon looking at her face.
"You look pale." Neptune remarked. "You alright? Did something happen?" All Helen could do was slowly nod as she grabbed a sandwich off the platter on the kitchen table and began to nibble on it. Neptune shrugged, then continued to eat his sandwich in silence. The parents of the six kids began to talk amongst themselves. Helen overheard her mother and Mrs. Stone talking about something. She decided to ignore her mother and Mrs. Stone's discussion. But it was kinda hard to ignore, because they were talking about her. She shivered when Mrs. Stone mentioned that Helen could be good against this new evil, but also bad. She lowered her head.
They don't know that I don't have my Psychic powers anymore. thought Helen. Heather noticed her daughter's sadness, so she raised a hand up to stop Rio from talking. Rio turned to look at Heather in confusion.
"What is it Heather?" Rio asked.
"I must talk with Helen alone." Heather retorted. "You may continue your conversation as if I wasn't there." And with that, Heather walked alongside her daughter away from the kitchen. Most likely to the upstairs bedroom. At least, that's what Helen assumed based on the stairs they were taking. Helen wanted to ask where they were going, but there was no need. They had arrived at the guest bedroom, where she and Neptune were staying. As soon as Helen walked through the door, Heather closed it, then walked over to the bed and sat down. Helen did the same, but sat in her chair to her desk so she was across from her mother.
"So Helen sweetie, mind telling me about what happened to you?" Heather asked kindly, but also sternly. Helen took a deep breath, then began her story.
"Well as you may already know, I like to edit my deck from time to time." Helen began. Heather listened to the entire story. She only interrupted when needed. After Helen finished, she pulled up the sleeve of her T-shirt.
"And that's how I got this." Helen gestured to the short scar that ran from the top of her shoulder to her elbow. Heather released a short gasp, then she sighed.
"I'm glad you're alright." Heather said after a short moment. Helen gave her mother a smile, but i didn't last long, because she got hugged by her mother. Helen wrapped her arms around her mother's' shoulders. After the brief, short hug, Heather let go of her daughter.
"You know, I'm glad you told me this." Heather released a light smile. Helen also gave a smile.
"Thanks Mom." Helen smiled.
"You're welcome sweetie." Heather retorted. "Now, about that Psychic deck of yours, you're telling me it doesn't work? Explain." Helen took her deck box off of her belt, then proceeded to take her deck out of it.
"Here." Helen said, handing her deck to her mother. Heather examined it, flipping it through her hands, skimming through every card.
"I think it won't work because my Psychic powers are gone." Helen sighed. "I can't feel any energy flowing through it anymore." Heather kneeled down so she was within eye level of her daughter.
"This deck has been used for several centuries now." Heather continued.
"By Michael Bakura, I know." Heather rolled her eyes. "Dad told me all about him and being a Barian." Heather's eyes widened slightly, but they reverted back to normal quickly.
"He felt the need to tell me the origins of the deck." Helen continued quickly. "I listened to every detail. Trying to gain as much information on the deck that I could from Dad. After I got as much info as I could from Dad, I went straight to the source: Michael Bakura." Heather smiled at her daughter.
"Well, I'm proud of you for getting as much info on the Psychic deck before actually using it." Heather smiled. Helen beamed up at her mother. But then, she lowered her head.
"But now, my Psychic deck is worthless to me." Helen sighed.
"Not necessarily." Heather tried to brighten the mood. It got Helen's attention; she looked up at her mother.
"What do you mean?" Helen asked.
"I mean, you could use it as a casual deck." Heather replied. "Just like your Ritual Beast and Madolche decks." Helen pondered the thought, then she gave a nod.
"Very well, Heather said as she placed the Psychotic deck back inside the box, then handed it to Helen, who in turn, clipped the deck box back onto her belt. Heather began to walk toward where Helen had placed her laptop. Helen cocked her head to the side, confused.
"Mom, what are you doing?" Helen asked as she walked over.
"I'm going to make a deck for you." Heather replied. "Is a Dragon deck okay sweetie?" Helen just shrugged.
"Sure." was Helen's reply. "I don't see why not." Heather smiled as her daughter's willingness and flexibility to allow her to make a deck for her.
"Mom?" Helen asked before Heather could continue.
"Yes sweetie?" Heather asked as she turned the chair around to face her daughter.
"Thank you." was Helen's reply. Heather gave her daughter another smile.
"You're welcome." Heather said. Heather turned the wheelie chair back around to face the laptop. Helen went to get a chair from the closet, then sat next to her mother as she worked on building a new deck for her daughter. Helen watched carefully as her mother worked. She wanted to memorize the cards' names and effects. When to use them and when not to use them. Heather glanced slightly at her daughter.
"Do you like these card ideas?" Heather asked. Helen stared at the cards. The monsters were Dragon-type, just like she wanted. The Dragons were also LIGHT attribute, which confused Helen, but she didn't mind.
"I like them." Helen complimented. That compliment put a smile on Heather's face.
"Thank you sweetie." Heather smiled. Helen continued to watch her mother work on her new deck.
I hope this deck will suit me. thought Helen.
After what seemed like hours, Mizar called upstairs.
"Heather! Helen! It's time to go!" Mizar called up.
"Okay Dad!" Helen called downstairs. "Me and Mom are just finishing something up on the laptop!"
"Okay! Me and your brother will be outside waiting for you!" Mizar called back up. Mizar turned to face his son.
"Let's wait outside." Mizar retorted. Caesar just nodded. Despite being around his friends that were in Heartland, he couldn't stay here. They lived at Temple Dragos; not Heartland City. Caesar only sighed. He wished his parents wanted to live in Heartland City. It's so nice here.
Shortly after he and his father got outside, Heather and his sister got outside. What he noticed that Helen was grinning ear to ear. He decided that he'd ask her about it later. For now, he had to get onto Neo Tachyon's back with his father, while his sister and mother rode on Neo Neutron. How no one noticed two huge dragons was beyond them. I guess everyone got used to odd things here. Oh well. It was none of his concern. He glanced downward and saw Tethys and Neptune waving up at them. Mr. and Mrs. Stone were also waving.
"Bye Heather and Mizar!" Rio shouted up at them in her cheerful voice. "Hope you get home safely!"
"We always do Rio!" Mizar shouted down as the two dragons flew off into the distance.
Back at Nexus's little lab…
Nexus grinned evilly as he watched through his black n' white orb. He noticed the Tenjo family were flying back to Temple Dragos. His grin only increased. Soon, he turned to Xavier. The place was poorly lit. Mostly because this WAS Dr. Faker's old lab. Before he betrayed Kazuma Tsukamo and Bryon Arclight to open up a portal to Barian World.
"Xavier." Nexus spoke. "Watch the lab. I have some business I need to attend to." Xavier gave Nexus a light nod. Nexus raised his hand and made the thumb's up sign. Before leaving, he turned to face Xavier.
"As for my targets, let's just say that I have some spying and information gathering to take care of first." Nexus answered Xavier's unspoken question. Xavier gave another nod and watched Nexus disappear through the door/archway. He could hear the flap of Nexus's cloak as he disappeared. He also heard Nexus put his hood up. Xavier stared at the door/archway for a moment, then sighed.
I wish Nexus would allow me to do something to help. he thought But he shook his head. No, he doesn't need my help. Not yet, anyway. Xavier began to watch what was happening through the black n' white orb sitting on the desk. He feared that his sister's kids were in trouble, but he could do nothing. He was helpless. Powerless to stop Nexus and his insane goals.
0713MM: Bwhahaha! Soon Nexu's evil goals shall come to pass! Or will they?