~Chapter Fourteen~

Normal P.O.V

Marik cackles as he gets closer to Domino City on his ship.

Soon Domino City and the whole world will be mine once I obtain The Egyptian God Cards and the Millennium Puzzle. But first I would have to remove those pesky twins…who knew that one of them own The Guardian Cards? I would gain their power as well. However, I need to see those cards legendary power by challenging Shaina into a duel!

Odion comes up from behind him. "Master Marik, the silent one awaits in the city." Marik chuckles. "Excellent. Now let's see how Shaina could face off against an Egyptian God Card!"

As for Shaina, she already gained four locater cards after she got out of the hospital. I'm going to make it to the finals! She thought proudly to herself. As she's walking, she sees some people surrounding a figure standing on a bench. Huh…that looks like…Strings!

Shaina goes over there. He's way creepier in real life.

Back to Marik, he smiles, knowing that Shaina is near Strings. He takes control of him, and a glowing eye appears on Strings head. He jumps up abruptly, and lands in front of Shaina.

"Marik!" Shaina shouts angrily. Marik/Strings chuckles. "That's right Shaina! I came here to claim your Guardian Cards!" Shaina scowls. "So you know," she says, drawing her deck closer to her.

"Indeed I do, after you and your sister defeated one of my Rare Hunters, I shortly found out. Now I challenge you to a duel for your Guardian Cards!" Shaina eyes him suspiciously, then smiles to herself. C'mon Shaina, why not, you have a full advantage! You know this guys strategy and junk!

"I accept! But you're going to regret it!" Shaina says, activating her duel disk. "Confidence is a charming trait, but it's mean to soon deter," Strings says mockingly.

"Let's duel!" they both shout.

"The honors of you to go first," Shaina says, drawing her cards. "How kind of you, only giving me one step closer to defeat you! I set a card face down, and summon Humanoid Slime in attack mode. I end my turn."

Shaina smirks. Man, this will be so easy! I just have to draw one of my Guardian Cards in time! She thought to herself confidently. "I summon Garcias the Right in attack mode. Now, attack his Humanoid Slime!" Shaina shouts. His life points go down to 3700.

"A very perceptive move, but not good enough. I play Monster Reborn to revive my Humanoid Slime. Then I summon Worm Drake and play Polymerization to combine the two together to create Humanoid Worm Drake! And then I play my face down, Quick Attack so that I can attack your Garcias the Right!"

Shaina's life points go down to 3500. Damn, I should've known that Marik had something up his sleeve. I shouldn't be so reckless next time. "I summon Magi Lady to the field in attack mode, and Golden Fairy Princess! Now Magic Lady, attack his Humanoid Worm Drake!" Strings' life points then go down 3000.

"I switch Golden Fairy Princess and Magi Lady to defense mode, and end my turn." Shaina says. "My move! I summon Revival Jam in defense mode. Then I activate a Magic Card, Jam Breeding Machine. Now for each of my turns, I can only summon Slime Tokens, if I summon any other monsters, my Magic Card will be destroyed. But you needn't worry, for I have a strategy that will destroy you," Strings says. Shaina can practically see the smirk on Marik's face through his voice.

Shaina draws another card. Yes! A Guardian Card! Guardian of Magix…time to test out it's power, because this can work! Shaina thought. "I summon Sage of Wisdom, Sage of Power, and Sage of Magick to the field! Then I sacrifice all of my monsters on the field to summon…Guardian of Magix!"

Strings stifles a gasp. "It is one of the Guardian Cards!" Shaina smiles. "You're hell right. Depending on all of the monsters I sacrifice, it's the Guardian's attack and defense points! Also each turn I can sacrifice a Magician or Spellcaster monster to add an additional 500 attack points to my Guardian!" Shaina says.

When she puts on the Guardian Card on the disk, electricity crackles, and it appears on the field. The Guardians are truly beautiful monsters. "Since I've just summoned it, I cannot attack for now."

Through Strings, Marik is astounded of the Guardian Card's appearance. The legends are true…they are real! But is it true what some say that their power is equivalent to a God Card? It's time to find out! Marik thought.

"I summon Slime Ball and Slime Morph to the field! Now, I tribute my three Slime monsters to summon, Slifer the Sky Dragon!" Strings say. Now two of the ultimate cards in Duel Monsters face off on the field! Marik thought, looking through Strings' eyes.

TO BE CONTINUED…

A/N: Mwhahaha, cliffhanger!