Chapter 25

Interference

A/N: OHMIGOD! It has been a long while since I updated! I'm so so so so so soooooooo sorry! Trust me, I've wanted to update, but school and writers block decided to gang up on me and start kicking my ass! As of now, I will get back on writing schedule. Hope you all enjoy!

Within the next few days, Kayla had seen Joey duel against one of the Big Five, Johnson. She was about ready to take down one of them, herself. She was just itching to duel at least one of them. "The faster we take down those freaks, the faster we can all get the hell out of here." she thought.

Eventually, the group found themselves traveling through a dark cave that seemed to have no end to it. Kayla used her lighter to help clear away the darkness, and the rest of the gang would fill her and Bakura in on their encounters with the Five.

"The bright side is," Tea said. "We've defeated at three of them. Only two more left."

"The only problem is that we don't know when or who they'll strike next." Yugi added.

Joey suddenly stopped in front of Kayla. He stood up straight, and grew rigid. With Yugi's words in mind, he took off running. "Serenity!" he called out. "I'm coming!"

"Joey! Wait up!" Tea shouted, running after him. The rest of the gang followed after her.

Within a few minutes, a female scream was heard, and Joey screeched to a halt. "That was Serenity!" he said frantically.

"We'll find her, Joey." Tea said, panting. "Don't worry; we're going to find her."

That didn't stop him. Joey took off running again, determined to find his sister.

"Joey, hang on!" Kayla shouted. This time, she was the one who led the others after him. He continued to call out for Serenity, only to receive the echo of his voice as a response.

Joey's hope increased within seconds. He could see the end of the tunnel ahead of them. Light spilled through the tunnel. With all of the speed left in them, the gang burst through the door and found themselves on a platform in a metal room.

Below them, they could see a duel in progress with Tristan, Duke and Serenity. Their opponent looked to be a giant robot.

A/N: Just a side note. I will be majorly tweaking the storyline here, if you can't tell already

"Now, witness the triumph of machine over man. Or should I say woman?" The opponent said. The rest of the gang knew it had to be one of the Big Five. "Machine King, prepare to attack her Forgiving Maiden, now!"

Kayla felt the same rush of adrenaline she'd felt during Mai's duel with Marik. She felt the urged to jump into the duel and stop the attack.

Without thinking, she grabbed onto the railing of the platform, and launched herself off of it. Tea and Yugi called after her, but she ignored them. She landed on her feet behind Serenity. Closing her eyes and taking a breath, she drew a card from her deck. She opened one eyes, seeing it was exactly the one she needed. She wasn't sure if this was going to work at all, but it was worth a shot. She slapped it onto her Duel Disk.

"Activate Negate Attack!" she screamed. Tristan, Duke and Serenity all turned and looked at her. They were unsure of whether she was crazy or not.

In the end, they concluded she wasn't.

The opponent took a step back. His attack had failed. "What's this?" he shouted. "You can't interfere with my attack. You're not a part of this duel! And even so, you're deck is not valid in this world."

"Looks like the guy in charge here says otherwise." Duke said. "If it's not allowed, the trap card wouldn't have even shown up on the field. Noah must've allowed it to happen himself."

"And if that's the case," Kayla said. "I'm joining in on this duel."

"You can't do this. I won't allow it!"

"I'm afraid you don't have a say in that, Nesbit." Noah's voice entered the argument. "I'm in control here, and I'm allowing the woman to duel. This discussion ends here."

A few moments later, Nesbit glanced over at Kayla. "Very well. I will give you ten minutes to reassemble your deck with the cards provided in our database. Then you shall join the duel. But keep in mind, no matter what you chose I shall still win this duel."

Suddenly, rows of cards appeared before Kayla's face. "Just touch the cards you want." Serenity said, filling Kayla in. Kayla nodded. "Thanks." She said, bringing up her hand to make a selection. Some cards that were already in her deck sat before her. She picked some of them, and made newer selections; cards that she had seen before, and liked.

Before her ten minutes were up she was ready. "Alright, Nesbit." She said. "Let's go."

"Select one Duel Monster to serve as your Deck Master." Nesbit reminded her.

"I remember." She drew her first hand, and smiled. "I chose Splendid Venus as my Deck Master."

The moment she said that, the Duel Monster appeared beside her. Not only was it a powerful monster, but its special effect would come in handy later.

"And for my first move." Kayla said. "I play Bountiful Artemis in defense mode, and place two cards face down." She turned to the rest of the gang. "Anything I need to know?"

"Just keep on the safe side." Duke said. "We've had a hard time taking down this guy ourselves. Tristan's lost the most life points out of all of us."

"Also," Tristan added. "We're not allowed to discuss strategies, or help each other out."

"Fun." Kayla said sarcastically. "Alright. Let's do this."

"It's my turn." Serenity said.

And with that said, the real duel began. It had taken both Serenity and Kayla a little time to get used to the Deck Master system.

Tristan's life points had dropped rapidly in his attempts to protect Serenity from her mistakes and Nesbit's attacks.

Nesbit's Final Artillery special effect had taken a toll on everyone throughout the entire duel. But Kayla had a plan to end that.

On her next turn, she put her plan into action. "I activate Dian Keto the Cure Master on Tristan, increasing his life points by 1000." She said. "Then I play Hysteric Fairy in defense mode. And then, I'll sacrifice my Fairy and Bountiful Artemis in order to summon Angel 07!" She discarded the two cards, and brought her new monster onto the field.

"When this card is Tribute Summoned, the effects of opponents' monsters cannot be activated. Meaning no more Final Artillery and your Machine King can no longer gain its 100 attack points from other Robot monsters. But that's not all. I'll attack your Machine King, costing you 300 life points."

"A clever move." Nesbit said. "But you're attack is only a minor setback. What I have in store will force all four of you to lose. Then your minds will be trapped here. So prepare to lose everything!"