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*Niagara Falls Academy Card Shop, 3:12 P.m.*
Colin sat on the floor of the card shop, eye level with the Machine Overlord card in the glass, and just stared at it.
"Staaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrreeeeee."
"Kid you mind?" Angelo the shop manager said. "You're scaring away the students."
"I'm so close!" Colin said. "I'm just a few thousand short."
"Well until you have a few thousand-buy something-or get out!" Angelo ordered.
"Ok Ok!" Colin said standing up and looking at the other cards. "Hmmmm-mmmm-Hm?...Mmm hmm..."
"So you have exams today?" Angelo asked.
"Yeah at 3:30." Colin said. "Hoping to get some last minute cards."
Colin scanned the glass cases for anything special. One card caught his eye. A Fusion Card with a picture that looked similar to dark Magician girl, only she was wearing a red and silver body suit and robotic armor.
"Whoa, what is that?" Colin asked.
"That?" Angelo asked looking over. "Thats Technopath Magician. They only made about 10 of those."
"Whoa it's kinda pricy." Colin noticed. "This would put a dent in my Machine Overlord fund."
"Best to leave it be then." Angelo said. "Unless you have Dark Magician Girl AND Machine Prince you won't be able to fuse it. I sold my last Machine Prince about a month ago to your female friend."
"To my..."
(Flashback)
"Here, I got you something." Trinity said as she pulled out a small Christmas Present, a carp all wrapped up for the Holidays.
"You got me..?" Colin asked. He took it and opened it to reveal a New Card. "The Machine Prince? This is very rare-How'd you get it?"
"I saw it in the card shop a month ago." Trinity said. "I...I used the money I was saving to go home to pay for it."
"What? !" Colin asked shocked. "Why would you do that? It's not worth it."
"Don't say that!" Trinity scolded him. "You're my Friend."
(End Flashback)
Colin took out his deck and shuffled though it. He stopped when he found the Dark Magician Girl in there.
(Flashback)
"Endymion, destroy that Chaos Emperor Dragon!"
Endymion conjured up a massive amount of magical energy in his scepter and shot a powerful and massive stream of magic at Chaos Emperor Dragon and destroyed it. The attack resulted in Draco's Life Points being reduced to 0.
Yue (LP 0) Draco (LP 0) Colin (LP 100) Trinity (LP 1500)
"We win!" Trinity stated.
After some aftermath talks, Prof. Alucard walked onto the Stage carrying 2 Cards in protective cases.
"Alright you two," Prof. Alucard said. "I have your Prize right here. 1 Dark Magician and 1 Dark Magician Girl."
Before Prof. Alucard could hand them the cards, Colin snatched the Dark Magician Girl from her with pure glee.
"Awesome! I always wanted a Dark Magician Girl!" he spoke aloud. He then noticed Prof. Alucard and Trinity staring at him. "Uh...I mean...sure this is cool. Whatever."
Trinity blinked that stated laughing. "Hahaha. Colin you are such a Spaz." she said.
"What the hell is that supposed to mean?" he asked her.
"I don't know." she replied with laughter. "It just sounded right."
(End Flashback)
"That girl..." Colin said with a smile. He put the Cards away. "I'll take it."
"I can throw in some Technopath Spell cards as part of a bundle." Angelo said. "Just an extra $20."
"I'll take it." Colin repeated. Colin paid Angelo and the shopkeep handed him the cards. "I gotta show this to Trinity."
Colin looked around and found Trinity near the entrance to the main building talking to Prof. Springfield. Colin stopped when he saw them and saw something was wrong. Trinity had her hands over her face and was crying. Prof. Springfield had his hand on her shoulder in a comforting way.
"Look..." Prof. Springfield said to her. "You won't have to take your exam today...and for what it's worth...I'm sorry for your loss."
Prof. Springfield looked over at Colin, nodded, and walked away. Colin walked over to Trinity after Springfield left.
"Trinity, what's wrong?" Colin asked.
Trinity's sobs whaled through her hands. She tried to choke back the tears to be able to speak and lowered her hands.
*Sniff* "C-Colin...m...m-my..." *sniff* Trinity cried. She swallowed back her crying to speak clearly. "...my brother died."
"Oh Trin...I'm...I'm sorry." Colin said. "I-...I'm...Trin-"
Colin put his hands on Trinity's shoulders, to offer comfort and she hugged him close and cried into his shoulder.
"He was only 4 years old!" Trinity cried. "It's no fair! NO FAIR! Why did...why-why...why?"
Colin wanted to answer her. "Trinity..."
"What did he do?" She asked, tears still falling. "What did he do to deserve this? !"
Colin hugged her close as she continued to cry into his shoulder. No words could be said to ease her pain.
The PA system then came on. "Colin Kennat. Please report to Duel arena B to take your Exam."
*Really? Now?* Colin thought to himself. He just couldn't leave Trinity now. Not while she was like this. Trinity let go of Colin and wiped her face.
"Go." she said. "I'll be ok now. You need to *sniff* need to go."
"...Alright." Colin said. "I'll see you back at the dorm."
Colin waited a moment...but then took off for his exam.
Colin arrived at Duel Arena B and found Prof. Springfield waiting at the entrance.
"How is she?" Prof. Springfield asked.
"Crying." Colin said. "A lot."
"I don't blame her." Prof. Springfield said. "But life gos on. We need to do what we need to do."
"Kinda Cruel Prof!" Colin said.
"Yeah it is." Prof. Springfield said. "But it is the truth. We need to continue on with our lives. It is sad, but there will be time for mourning. As of right now, YOU need to pass this exams. Your grades are shit. If you don't pass, there will be consequences."
"Yeah yeah sure." Colin said walking to the arena. "So am I dueling you?"
"No." Prof. Springfield answered. "You'll be dueling a Professor and they will grade you on your performance. The other school professors will be watching from the stands and will only effect your grade a little. The grade given by the dueling professor will most likely be your final grade. I can't duel you cause I am your dorm head and therefore biased for you. The school selected a teacher who is unbiased and will grade you fairly."
Colin entered the arena and saw all the Professors sitting, scattered around the arena except for one. The Professor standing on the arena stage, prepared to duel, was Professor Erin Alucard.
"I'm calling Bullshit!" Colin shouted. "There is NO WAY she is UN-biased toward me!"
"Fine. Leave." Alucard said. "You don't want to duel I'll fail you! No problem!"
"OH you SUCK!" Colin said. Prof. Springfield took a seat in the stands and Colin, reluctantly, took the stage and readied his duel disk.
Alucard (LP 4000) Colin (LP 4000)
"You wish to go first?" Alucard asked. "Or should I?"
"You." Colin said.
Alucard drew her first card. "I activate the Continuous Spell Call of the Mummy! Once per turn, if I don't control any monsters, I can Special Summon a Zombie-type monster from my hand! I Special Summon Vampire Lord (Lv.5 2000/1500)! Next, I activate the Continuous Spell Card of Safe Return! Now when a monster is Special Summoned from the Graveyard, I can draw 1 card! I now summon Soul-Absorbing Bone Tower (Lv.3 400/1500) in attack mode! As long as there's another Zombie-type monster on my field, you can't attack it! I now place one card face-down and end my turn!"
Colin drew his first card. "Since you control a monster and I don't, I can Special Summon Cyber Dragon (Lv.5 2100/1500) from my hand! Next I Normal Summon the Tuner Spare Part Machine (Lv.3 100/1500) and then I'll tune him with Cyber Dragon to Synchro Summon Robotic Barrel (Lv.8 2800/2700)! Attack Vampire Lord!"
"I activate the Trap Compulsory Evacuation Device!" Alucard responded. "This send your monster back to your hand, or in this case, the Extra Deck!"
A spring sent Robotic Barrel flying back into Colin's Extra Deck.
"Ah, crap!" Colin said.
"Starting off falling into a trap." Alucard said. "Not very good. That will take away some points."
"I don't need you narrating Please! Thank you!" Colin said. "I end my turn with one face-down!"
Alucard drew her next card. "I activate Pot of Greed to draw 2 more cards! Next, I summon Double Coston (Lv.4 1700/1650)! Vampire Lord, attack him directly!"
"Go, Trap Card, A Hero Emerges!" Colin reacted. "You pick one of the 3 cards in my hand and if it's a monster, I can summon it to the field!"
"The one on the right." Alucard said.
"... You sure you don't want the one in the middle?" Colin asked, pushing the middle card up a bit to make it more noticeable. "The not so ominous one in the middle? *In high-pitched voice* Pick me. Pick me."
Alucard glared at him. "The one on the right."
"Fine." Colin sighed. "Jinzo (Lv.6 2400/1500)! Had ya fooled didn't I? Ha!"
"I call off my attack!" Alucard said. "I end my turn by activating the Spell Card The Dark Door! This forces both of us to attack only once each turn!"
"Fine by me." Colin said as he drew his next card. "Just as long as you know that all Traps are useless when Jinzo's on the field! Now I'll summon Medic Bot Machine (Lv.3 0/1600) in defense mode! Jinzo, attack Double Coston!"
Jinzo created a ball of psychic energy in his hands and shot it at Double Coston, which destroyed him and inflicted Alucard with 700 points of damage.
Alucard (LP 3300) Colin (LP 4000)
"I'll set one card face-down and end my turn!" Colin finished.
"Not bad." Alucard said as she drew her next card. "I now remove Vampire Lord from play to Special Summon from my hand Vampire Genesis (Lv.8 3000/2100)! Vampire Genesis, attack Jinzo!"
Vampire Genesis destroyed Jinzo and inflicted Colin with 600 points of damage.
Alucard (LP 3300) Colin (LP 3400)
"I end my turn!" Alucard said.
Colin drew his next card. The card was Machine Prince. Colin looked at the card and saw Trinity's face in his mind. She was always happy, or at least content, around him. Seeing her cry like that...
"Kennat!" Alucard said. "Make your move! "I have no Patience for you!"
"eh-Alright!" Colin said. "I send Perfect Machine King from my hand to the Graveyard so I can Special Summon the Machine Prince (Lv.5 2000/1000)! With Machine Prince, I can look at the top 5 cards of my Deck, select one to add to my hand and discard the rest!" Colin looked at the top 5 cards of his Deck and took one, sending the others to the Graveyard. "The card I picked is a Spell called Mini-Bot's Magnetism! If I control Spare Part Machine, Medic Bot Machine or Iron Shield Machine, I can equip it to it and you can only attack it as long as it's on the field! I end my turn!"
Alucard drew her next card. "I activate the effect of Vampire Genesis! By discarding a Zombie-type monster from my hand, I can Special Summon a Zombie-type monster with a lower Level from my Graveyard! I choose to discard my Level 6 Ryu Kokki so I can Special Summon my Level 4 Double Coston! And since I summoned a monster from my Graveyard, Card of Safe Return activates and lets me draw 1 card! I forgot to mention that when Double Coston is used to Tribute Summon a Dark monster, it's treated as 2 monsters! So I Tribute Double Coston to summon Despair from the Dark (Lv.8 2800/3000)! I also now activate the Spell Card Emergency Provisions! I give up my Dark Door and Call of the Mummy cards so I can gain 2000 Life Points!"
Alucard (LP 5300) Colin (LP 3400)
"Vampire Genesis and Despair from the Dark, attack Medic Bot Machine!" Alucard declared her attack.
Both monsters attacked Medic Bot Machine, but he wasn't destroyed due to his special ability.
"I end my turn." Alucard said.
Colin drew his next card. "Of course..." Colin said as he looked at his next card. The Dark Magician Girl. Trinity wore a costume of this card on Halloween. She was absolutely radiant...
"Kennat, you are starting to get on my nerves!" Alucard spoke up. "Enough of this stalling!"
"Sorry," Colin said. "I just have a lot on my mind."
"Right now you must have your mind on this exam!" Alucard barked. As of right now, Nothing else Matters!"
"Nothing?" Colin asked. How the hell can she say that? Nothing? So my family doesn't matter now? My friends don't matter? Trinity doesn't matter? "Bullshit!"
"Excuse me?" Alucard asked.
"BULLSHIT!" Colin shouted. "Of course it matters! This Exam is just an obstacle in what truly matters!"
"And what is that to you?" Alucard asked.
"My friends for one thing!" Colin said. "Right now one of them is crying her eyes out, and I'm stuck here taking your stupid exam when I should be consoling her!"
"Well guess what?" Alucard asked. "Once we're done here, you're free to go."
"Alright then!" Colin said. "I'll sacrifice Medic Bot Machine to summon Dark Magician Girl (Lv.6 2000/1700)! And since Medic Bot Machine left the field for the Graveyard, I gain 3000 Life Points!"
The magical sparkle dust appeared around Colin and his Life Points increase by 3000.
Alucard (LP 5300) Colin (LP 6400)
"Now I'm gonna use Polymerization to fuse Dark Magician Girl and Machine Prince together!" Colin said.
"You can fuse those two monsters together? !" Alucard asked in surprise.
"What do you know? Something the professor don't know." Colin said. "Yes, I can fuse them together and I create the Technopath Magician (Lv.7 2450/2000)! Next, I activate the Spell Card Technopath Data! This lets me add 3 Technopath Spell Cards from my Deck to my hand, however I can't activate them this turn! So I'll end my turn!"
Alucard drew her next card. "Vampire Genesis, attack his Magician!"
"With Technopath Magician out, I can activate Spell Cards during your turn!" Colin stated. "And I activate the Spell Technopath Summoning! This lets me summon a Level 7 monster from my Extra Deck and must be selected as an attack target this turn! I summon the Fullmetal Alchemist (Lv.7 2700/2100)!"
"Vampire Genesis can still destroy it!" Alucard pointed out.
"I also activate the Spell Technopath Shield!" Colin said. "This prevents a monster I control from being destroyed until the End Phase!"
Fullmetal Alchemist attempted to block the attack with his arm, but a kinetic shield surrounded him, blocking Genesis' attack. Colin still lost 300 Life Points.
Alucard (LP 5300) Colin (LP 6100)
"I end my turn." Alucard said.
Colin drew his next card. "Oh, righteous!"
In that moment, Alucard caught a glimpse of the past. A Student in a Red jacket, similar to Colin said 'Oh Righteous' in the same tone that he said it. She had to grab her arm to keep herself from shaking and quickly composed herself.
Colin smirked. "Go, Limiter Removal! This doubles the attack of all Machines on the field! So both of my monsters have their attack doubled! Both of them will attack!"
Fullmetal Alchemist charged at Vampire Genesis and destroyed him, then Technopath Magician destroyed Despair from the Dark, inflicting Alucard with a total of 4800 points of damage.
Alucard (LP 500) Colin (LP 6100)
"Well, when you end your turn, your Machines will be destroyed." Alucard pointed out. "Your Limiter Removal has a side effect, remember."
"Trust me, I know Limiter Removal better than anyone in this school." Colin said. "Which is why I'm going to activate Technopath Magician's effect!"
"What effect?" Alucard asked.
"I select one of my own Spell Cards, negate the effect and send it back to my Deck!" Colin stated.
The hologram of the Limiter Removal Spell Card began to short circuit and disappeared. As a result, Technopath Magician's and Fullmetal Alchemist's attack power return to normal. Colin took the Limiter Removal, put it back into his Deck and his Deck auto-shuffled.
"Not only does it let my two monsters to stay on the field, but I'll be able to use Limiter Removal again if I end up drawing it." Colin said.
Professor Alucard looked at her empty Duel hand and smiled. "All right." She said. "I've seen enough."
"... Heh?" Colin asked.
Alucard placed her hand on top of her Deck and surrendered, officially ending the Duel.
Alucard (LP 0) Colin (LP 0)
"Kennat you did very well." Alucard congratulated. "Even though I hate to admit it...but I think you deserve an A today."
"Thanks-no excuse me." Colin said. As he ran out the door.
Prof. Alucard blinked. "That little asshole!" she said. "I'm trying to be nice and he brushes me off! DOOOH! I should've FAILED him!"
Trinity was sitting on the couch of the Slifer dorm lounge in complete silence. No one was around, either taking exams or spending their free time out. Trinity sat alone until Colin came back and sat next to her.
"Hey," he said to her
Trinity said nothing. She just leaned against him, placed her head on his shoulder and wrapped her arms around to hug him. They sat there for a long time in the silence.
"...They're having the funeral this weekend." Trinity finally said. "My parents are making me fly back home tonight...I'm going to miss the dance."
"I get it." Colin said. "Don't worry. There will be other dances. I promise you'll be my date for the next one."
Trinity smiled for the first time that day. "Thank you." she whispered. "You're very sweet." She then leaned up and pecked his cheek with a kiss.
Colin stayed with her for a while. Just giving her comfort...
Colins Cards
Machine Prince
Machine/Effect (ATK 2000 DEF 1000)
Level 5/Light
This card Cannot be normal summoned or Set. You can Special Summon this card from your hand or deck by sending 1 "Perfect Machine King" from your hand to the graveyard. If this card is Destroyed as a result of Battle, you can special summon 1 "Perfect Machine King" to your feild from your Graveyard. Once this card is special summoned you can look at the top 5 cards ontop of your deck. Select 1 to add to your hand and send the rest to the graveyard. If your oppenent has a Face-up trap card on the field, you can remove 1 Trap card from your graveyard from play to destroy that card. If your oppenent has a face-up Spell card on the field, you can remove 1 Spell Card in your graveyard from play to send that card to the bottom of your oppenant's deck.
Technopath Magician
Machine/Fusion/Effect (ATK 2450 DEF 2000)
Level 7/LIGHT
"Dark Magician Girl" + "Machine Prince"
As long as this card remains face-up on the field, the following effects are activated: *This card is treated as a Spellcaster-type monster. *You can select 1 Spell Card you control and negate its effects. Return the selected card to your Deck, shuffle and draw 1 card. *You can activate Spell Cards from your hand during your opponent's turn.
Technopath Data
Spell
This card can only be activated while you control a face-up "Technopath Magician". Add up to 3 "Technopath" Spell Cards from your Deck to your hand. Those cards cannot be activated during the turn you activate this card.
Technopath Summoning
Spell/Quickplay
This card can only be activated while you control a face-up "Technopath Magician". Select 1 Level 7 monster from your Extra Deck and Special Summon it. The Special Summoned monster must be selected as an attack target during the turn you activate this card.
Technopath Shield
Spell
This card can only be activated while you control a face-up "Technopath Magician". Select 1 monster you control. Until the End Phase, that monster cannot be destroyed or targeted by card effects.
A few Days later...
Trinity arrived back at the Slifer Dorm at about 1:00 A.M. She wasn't expecting anyone there to be up at this time, so when she walked through the front doors she was surprised to see Prof. Springfield up and messing with the lounges thermostat.
"Prof. Springfield?"Trinity asked.
"Welcome back Trinity." Prof. Springfield said. "How was the funeral?"
"Sad." She said.
"Sorry." Prof. Springfield said. The lights in the lobby suddenly turned off. "God Damn it! Trinity I'd hate to ask this of you, but I need to fix this thing or we'll be frozen by morning. Could you please to the roof and fix the circuit breaker?"
"I don't know-"
"Just go to the roof, find the big box with a big switch and flip it the other way." Prof. Springfield explained.
"Ok." She said.
Trinity walked up the stairs, being very quiet so she didn't wake anyone, and went out onto the roof. Once she got onto the roof, she saw lights circling the roof edge. She heard soft music playing as well and noticed that the roof had been decorated with he Decorations for the Winter Formal.
"What the?" Trinity asked.
"Trinity."
Trinity turned her head and saw Colin, dressed nicely (Nothing too formal) standing there. he held out his hand to her.
"May I have this dance?" He asked her.
"Colin? Why-How did you-Why did you-"
"I worked hard to do all this." Colin interrupted. "The least you can do is allow one dance."
Trinity looked at him, smiled, and took his dance. A Slow song was playing for them, bringing them close together. Their bodies swayed back and forth with the music.
"Why did you do all of this?" Trinity asked.
"Because I like you." Colin said. "Do I really need a reason other then that?"
"Well..."
"Trinity, I just wanted to do something to make you happy." Colin explained. "We missed the Formal, but it was crowded.. Up here, it's just the two of us."
"And the freezing cold." Trinity joked.
"I really didn't notice." He said.
Trinity's arms slid around Colin's neck as his arms held her waist. Trinity's smile brightened up the cold winter night.
"Thank you." She whispered. Trinity leaned forward and kissed him.