Six Signers
Chapter 25: Three Shadow Duels part 1
(Last time)
Carly keeps falling, eyes wide with shock, beyond the billboard and into the haze of violet mist below.
'Misty, Leo, help me-e-e-e-e!' Carly thought.
(Back with the show)
Carly falls past the giant, semi-translucent billboard of Misty's head, still staring up at the window through which she fell, in shock.
'This is not happening...!' Carly thought.
(Flashback)
Carly and Jack draw a card together; Jack yanks her behind a pillar when she starts threatening to draw attention to him...
Carly: My life is flashing before my eyes! Hm, there's a lot more Jack than I would've thought...
Jack turns to her on the tower from which he was staring toward the Satellite, then dons his white blazer once again.
Carly: Oh, he always looks so dreamy at sunset...
(End of flashback)
'Maybe we'll get back together when he learns I got blasted during a psychic duel!' Carly thought.
With that, Carly freefalls straight into the purple cloud beneath her and disappears from sight...
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Then she's floating in the cloud, hovering, no longer falling. Her eyes are wide-open and staring, blank.
'Wow. That didn't hurt nearly as much as I thought it would.' Carly thought.
One card, Fortune Fairy Hu, drifts down to land on top of her.
'...Duel card?' Carly thought.
Her entire deck is falling through the air after her, into the haze.
'Wait- something's happening to me...!' Carly thought.
Above, Sayer looks down where Carly fell, and sees the cushion of bright purple fog that she disappeared into.
"What's that strange light down there?" Sayer asked.
Back in the fog, resting on top of Carly's chest, her cards begin to smoke around the edges as she begins to glow along with them.
'Wha... what's happening...?' Carly thought.
Carly gasps, and suddenly is shining bright violet.
Above, Sayer is still standing at the broken window when everything starts to shake.
(Meanwhile)
As Misty sits quietly in her apartment, the tea in her cup shows ripples.
"It must be time. This earthquake can only mean one thing..." Misty said.
(Meanwhile)
"Yes, duck and cover!" Lazar yelled.
Goodwin, who is sitting behind a desk, is ever inscrutable, waiting intently.
(Meanwhile)
Jack and Mina are standing outside somewhere, and look up...
(Meanwhile)
The Arcadia building trembles along with the rest of the city. A crash of blue, horizontal lightning rips across the sky, and then two columns of bright purple fire race up two lanes of a street, destroying two cars unfortunate enough to be parallel-parked. They keep going, parting ways, drawing a shape. Sayer grips the bottom edge of the windowpane, thrown off balance.
"Gggh! What's going on?" Sayer asked.
(Meanwhile)
Inside, Luna is still in a room.
"What happening?" Luna asked.
(Meanwhile)
The computer in the lab shows the word: DNA Scanning... the bar appear in the screen with 55% on it. The lab was shaking, costing the bed Leo is on, fall on the side.
(Meanwhile)
Bolt and Tenzen, still locked up in the basement, try to keep as safe as they can; Bolt's back is to the door, as close to the doorway as he can get, and Tenzen's cowering on the floor. A ceiling light above them is swaying ominously.
"It's the big one!" Tenzen said in fear.
Bolt bangs on the door.
"Hey, let us outta here!" Bolt called.
The shaking intensifies, and the ceiling lamps swing together, crash into each other, and break, showering the two men with broken glass.
(Meanwhile)
Outside, blue lightning is striking more often than is ever natural, and the landscape is lit a fire with purple flames. They have at last formed a shape; a hummingbird geoglyph, centered around the Arcadia building, which is the only thing left standing around or within it. Sayer, still at the window, is watching all this.
"Well this can't be good!" Sayer said.
Below the window, the purple mist is still there, and an impact site on the ground can just barely be seen below it. But whatever made the impact, isn't there anymore...
(Meanwhile)
"That was quite an earthquake, wasn't it?" Leo asked himself, dusting himself off-
"Hey! I'm free!" Leo said, realizing that straps from the bed are broken and he stands up.
Leo grabs his Duel Disk from the bedside table and run out.
By the way, the computer in the lab shows the word: DNA Scanning... the bar appear in the screen with 64% on it.
(Meanwhile)
Sayer gets on the phone.
"I need a report on the damage, right now! And get everyone evacuated, but leave our guests where they are!" Sayer said through the phone.
Someone is standing in the doorway, wreathed in shadows. Sayer irritably stops speaking on the phone to yell at them.
"What are you doing? Get out of the building!" Sayer said.
"But I'm here to ask you for a rematch, Sayer." Someone said, who sound familiar to Sayer.
"Huh? I must be seeing things!" Sayer said.
A bolt of lightning strikes outside, illuminating the room for a split second, which is enough for Sayer to recognize the person confronting him, as Carly with her blank, staring eyes. Sayer drops the phone.
"Okay, you're having a nervous breakdown, it's the stress of your job, it's gotten to you- I hope." Sayer said to himself.
"Stop talking. I'm not some stress-induced hallucination, I'm real." Carly said.
"But you fell...!" Sayer said in shock.
As Sayer stares at Carly's right arm, a mark begins to glow violet on it, one that matches the earth-scorching symbol outside. Carly looks at it dispassionately.
"And they gave me a soft landing. It seems that the Dark Signers are actively recruiting duelists to join their cause. They chose yours truly, and that's bad news for you." Carly said.
"Uh, let's just talk about this." Sayer said in a bit of fear.
Carly's mark burns, and Carly gasps, as though she just got an electric shock. If she was about to scream, the column of bright light that appears around her cut her off, obscuring her from view.
"Carly...?" Sayer asked in surprise.
"This is the beginning of the end for you!" New and improved Carly said.
Carly reappears; stiletto boots, bare legs, black short shorts or miniskirt covered by a skirt, long in the back and short in the front, that separates into leaves of cloth, extremely daring bare midriff, black gloves that button well above her elbows, an evil-looking duel disk with teeth and a large orange jewel; as the other Dark Signers wear robes, her top is a garment like a short poncho, longer in the front and back than at the shoulders, black highlighted with orange designs, with a hood beneath her hair as it settles back onto her shoulders. A mark similar to tracking dye, in her case a left-side eye triangle, appears on her face. She opens her eyes, and the space around her irises has turned black and her face is alight with sinister glee.
"You're a Dark Signer...!" Sayer said in even more surprise.
"Prepare yourself for the Shadows!" Carly said.
"So the little mouse has become a Dark Signer, right? Well, I've already beaten you once today, and I'll be more than happy to do it again!" Sayer said.
"I must warn you that I'm not the same person. Since I've joined the Dark Signers, I've grown up. You wanna really see how exciting a duel can be, Sayer? Then why don't you agree to battle me in a shadow duel!" Carly said.
"Carly, you've got yourself a deal. I guess you forgot that I'm the leader of the Arcadia Movement! And you're no match for my psychic powers!" Sayer said.
Sayer slots his deck and so does Carly; both duel disks auto-shuffle, and then they both draw five.
"Let's Duel!" They both said at the same time.
"I'll teach you not to mess with me!" Sayer said.
Sayer draw a card and look at it along with his hand.
"Now watch, and learn! I summon Krebons, in attack mode!" Sayer said.
Krebons
Level 2
Psychic/Tuner
Dark
1200/400
A joker like monster appeared.
"Next, I activate Emergency Teleport, this let me summon Psychic type monster from my hand or my deck so, I summon Mind Protector." Sayer said.
Mind Protector
Level 3
Psychic/Effect
Light
0/2200
A small, yellow robot appeared.
"And with Krebons out on my field, well, let's just say this match won't get better for *you*! Krebons is going to tune Mind Protector into a monster that'll make the end of our last duel seem like a fond memory! I Synchro Summon Magical Android." Sayer said.
Magical Android
Level 5
Psychic/Synchro/Effect
Light
2400/1700
An android like witch appeared.
"Next, I activate Double Summon, this let me summon another monster, so I summon Psychic Commander." Sayer said.
Psychic Commander
Level 3
Psychic/Tuner
Earth
1400/800
A man riding on a UFO like tank, appeared.
"Now, I tune level 3 Psychic Commander with level 5 Magical Android in order to Synchro summon Thought Ruler Archfiend." Sayer said.
Thought Ruler Archfiend
Level 8
Psychic/Synchro/Effect
Dark
2700/2300
Two monsters disappeared and a fearsome creature in dark green and bright orange, with bleached white bones for armor, a skeletal face, large wings and claws, appeared.
"Next, I activate Monster Reborn to bring back my Magical Android." Sayer said.
Magical Android reappear.
"I know that I can't attack on my first turn, but I'm afraid that not even your Dark Signer powers can stop Magical Android's special ability! At the end of each one of my turns, guess what I get? 600 Life Points for every single psychic monster out on my field! And why don't we get to the good stuff right away? I think I'll end my turn now and reap my reward!" Sayer said.
Magical Android's staff glows.
Sayer: 4000-5200
"Let's see these Dark Signer powers." Sayer said.
"Careful what you ask for!" Carly said.
Carly draw a card and look at it and her hand.
"I'll start with this little field spell. It's quite the revealing card. I play Future Vision!" Carly said.
(TCG Name: Future Visions.)
The field is veiled with little points of light, as though they're standing in a cloud of stars that has come to sit in the dark office, lighting it up with starlight. The windows at Sayer's back are turned black by the purplish-red quality of the starscape.
"That's quite the trick." Sayer said.
"Just wait. You see, like it or not, I know your fate, clear as night." Carly said.
"Well, Dark Signer or not, Miss Carly, you're the same; that Fortune Deck still can't win. New clothes, some purple lighting- but tell me where all this special magic power makes you duel better. You're still the same failed reporter who couldn't blog her way onto a fansite for Jack Atlas!" Sayer said.
"Well that wannabe no longer exists. Why report on the past when you can dictate the future? And this card says that your future's not so bright. I summon Fortune Lady Light in attack mode." Carly said.
Fortune Lady Light
Level 1
Spellcaster/Effect
Light
?/?
Yellow hair woman appeared.
"With Fortune Lady Light on my field, she gets stronger with every round. You see, for each standby phase she's here, she actually gains one more level. That's 200 more attack points, 200 more defense points, and 200 more ways to beat you each and every round!" Carly said.
(FLL: ?/?-200/200)
"But why stop there, when I can activate my field spell Fortune Vision! I can use its power to send Fortune Lady Light into the future!" Carly said.
Lady Light waves, and vanishes with a slice of her scythe.
"Now- it's time for the real fun to begin!" Carly said, evil way.
"You mean, for me. Your field's open to any attack I choose! Tell me again why the Dark Signers picked you?" Sayer asked.
"What can I say? They like revenge stories. Now, Fortune Lady Light's ability is automatically activated! You see, as soon as she's no longer on my field, I can summon a new Fortune Lady from anywhere in my deck! I choose, Fortune Lady Fire." Carly said.
Fortune Lady Fire
Level 2
Spellcaster/Effect
Fire
?/?
Reddish pink hair woman appeared.
"And since she's already a level two monster, her attack points increase to 400!" Carly said.
(FLF: ?/?-400/400)
"And then the power of her special ability can-" Carly was cut off.
"Why bother with such a pathetic card? I think our last battle is starting to take its toll. That monster of yours is no match for the strength of my Magical Android." Sayer said.
"Where are your manners? You should let a lady finish talking before mouthing off! I activate Lady Fire's special ability! As soon as she's summoned, one of your monsters is automatically destroyed! And there's more, dear Sayer. Unfortunately, all of the points of the monster you just lost turn to damage." Carly said.
"You can't!" Sayer said in surprise.
"I can and I will, now watch and learn! Destroy Thought Ruler Archfiend!" Carly called.
Lady Fire sends the twister of flames at Thought Ruler and Sayer gets blasted against the window frame right next to the shattered hole through the window.
Sayer: 5200-2500
Carly chuckles a little as Sayer stays down, winded.
"I've n-never felt an attack like that...! That energy just now is unlike anything I've faced before...!" Sayer said in a bit of pain.
"You know why? The power of the shadows is limitless." Carly said.
Sayer gets up again, clenching his teeth; if they're going to play rough, he's game.
"Well, Carly... so is mine!" Sayer said.
"Your power pales in comparison to that of the Dark Signers. I play Magical Blast. In fact, I think I'll play two more of these. For each of them, you take 200 points of damage for each Spellcasters I have." Carly said.
Three cards glow and shoot a beam and Sayer is blasted against the wall and falls to the floor again, shaking.
Sayer: 2500-1900
"Next, I play Pot of Greed. This lets me draw two cards." Carly said.
Carly draw two more cards and look at them. Carly then, make a evil smile.
"These will do. Now that you've had a taste of my power, I'll end my turn with two face-downs! Unless you do something and quick, I'm afraid that you're going to lose our little duel, and end up- in the netherworld!" Carly said.
Sayer gasps in horror.
(Meanwhile)
"Why can't we see anything? Come on! I don't remember us subscribing to the static channel! Where's the picture?" Lazar asked.
Goodwin is sitting demurely behind him at his desk.
"Ah. There we go." Lazar said.
The picture on the television screen clears, and shows clouds parting to reveal an aerial shot of the City, with the hummingbird sign centring around the Arcadia building.
"What is that? Ah! No! Goodwiiin! A dark sign!" Lazar said in surprise/fear.
"But what's it doing here? A Sign in our city can only mean one thing, Lazar." Goodwin said.
"A shadow duel? But I thought the Dark Signers were in the Satellite. And now they're fighting here? Goodwin, what the deck is going on?" Lazar asked.
(Meanwhile)
Akiza walks out onto a landing bordering the central shaft of empty space in the Arcadia building.
"Sayer? Anyone? Hello? Come on, stop kidding around." Akiza said.
"Looking for someone?" a voice asked.
"What?" Akiza asked, startled.
Akiza turn to see Misty, walking the walkway.
"I'm afraid Sayer is a little, how should I say, occupied." Misty said.
Misty stops walking, just around the corner of the open walkway, and glares at Akiza.
"Wait. I know you. You're that model." Akiza said.
"I do happen to have a name, you know. It's Misty. You're famous yourself, aren't you, miss Akiza? Or do you prefer 'Black Rose'? Tell me, are you really a witch?" Misty asked.
Akiza is slightly taken aback at Misty's bluntness.
"I've waited a long time for this, miss whatever-you-call-yourself; I want my brother back!" Misty said.
"Your brother? But I don't know him. Why do you think I do?" Akiza asked.
"Enough lies! I want answers, and I want them now, Miss Akiza! Your group of psychics, the Arcadia Movement, stole him! So now, I'll give you one more chance to tell me the truth. Where is- my brother, Black Rose?" Misty asked/yelled.
"I already told you that I don't know!" Akiza said/yelled.
"Then we duel." Misty said.
"Fine! Let's go!" Akiza said.
Misty walks to the corner of the landing to square off against Akiza.
"To tell you the truth, I had hoped it might come to this. A duel should be the perfect chance to try out some of the new abilities that I've recently been offered. You see, you're not the only one here who's keeping a big secret- do not let my perfect face fool you, for I am a Dark Signer, who has come to send you to the netherworld!" Misty said.
"You're a Dark Signer?" Akiza asked in surprise.
Misty holds her right arm across her chest as though brandishing a duel disk on the wrong arm; her arm glows purple- a lizard. A bright purple-white light shines beneath her feet, and her teal-sashed white-cream dress billows up, paralleled by her long, knee-length hair that sweeps up like a pair of black wings. She is completely obscured, consumed, in the purple fire, as Akiza watches; her arm is glowing, too.
"My mark." Akiza said.
When Misty is visible again, she, like Carly, has undergone a transformation. She still wears that pendant in the middle of her forehead, but beneath her eyes appear two dye-like marks: thick, forked lines that are symmetrical to each other. Her eyes have gone black. Over that same full gown, she wears a long, leaved skirt and a top like Carly's but with a longer, cape-like back; her hair is like a cape. The change is not as dramatic, but Misty is unveiled as a bad guy. Her colour scheme is black highlighted with the same shade of green as the sash she was wearing.
"Huh? What do you want?" Akiza asked.
"The truth! And I'll get it, even if I have to shake it out of you!" Misty said.
And like Misty said, the building begins to shake.
(Meanwhile)
"Now what?" Leo asked.
Leo suddenly trip and roll down the stairs. A long way down.
(Meanwhile)
Blue lightning crackles horizontally across the sky, the ground shakes, and a massive crack opening up down the centre of the street and filling with purple fire. Patches of black-and-grey fog and mounds of rubble are scattered around the main event: on top of the hummingbird sign burning around the Arcadia building, there is now a lizard sign also, both centred around the Arcadia building.
(Meanwhile)
On their monitor, Goodwin and Lazar see it. Lazar recoils from the screen.
"Two dark signs? This is quite unexpected!" Rex said.
(Meanwhile)
A Security officer walks toward an edge of one of the signs, a wall of purple flames.
"What's this, some purple fire blockade?" Security officer #1 said.
Another security officer speaks to the prisoner in the Facility shuttle they're driving.
"Looks like your trip to the Facility just got delayed, Greiger. I'm sure you're really disappointed." Security officer #2 said.
There sits the same Greiger we met during the Fortune Cup, with handcuffs on his wrists, heavy shackles on his legs, head bowed. He opens his eyes.
(Meanwhile)
The Arcadia Building stands besieged by two violet signs burning on the cityscape below. Inside, Akiza and Misty face off on the landing.
"If I can't make you reveal my brother's fate, my deck will! I need to know what you and the Arcadia Movement did, Akiza!" Misty said.
"I don't know how else to say it, but the Arcadia Movement wouldn't hurt or hide anyone! It's only here to help! But if you wanna duel, then I think I should at least defend myself!" Akiza said.
A compartment in the wall pops open and reveals Akiza's duel disk. Akiza puts it on.
"After all, this is my home. And I'm not gonna let some Dark Signer push me around in my own place!" Akiza said.
Akiza slots her deck and so does Misty.
"Let's Duel!" they both said at the same time.
Misty: 4000
Akiza: 4000
"I'm first!" Akiza said.
Akiza draw a card and look at it along with her hand.
"And I summon Witch of the Black Rose." Akiza said.
Witch of the Black Rose
Level 4
Spellcaster/Tuner
Dark
1700/1200
A purple hair girl, wearing black dress, appeared.
"When I successfully summon this monster to my field, I get to draw another card from my deck! But if the card I draw's not a monster card, then Witch of the Black Rose will be destroyed." Akiza said.
Akiza draw a card and look at it.
"And it looks like the card I drew is Rose Fairy. And since this card was added to my hand by way of a monster's special ability, I can now summon it!" Akiza said.
Rose Fairy
Level 3
Plant/Effect
Wind
600/1200
A pink rose like fairy appeared.
"Now, Witch of the Black Rose will give a Rose Fairy a big tune up." Akiza said.
Two of the monsters disappeared.
"Black Rose Dragon, welcome to the game!" Akiza said.
Black Rose Dragon
Level 7
Dragon/Synchro/Effect
Fire
2400/1800
A rose like dragon appeared.
"Huh. Impressive. Wielding a powerful beast like that is a testament to why you were chosen to be a Signer." Misty said.
(Flashback)
Misty lays on a gurney looking disheveled as she is wheeled somewhere in a hurry.
Misty: I wonder if your calling was similar to mine.
"Her vitals are dropping, doctor!" Nurse said.
"We have to get her to the emergency room!" Doctor said.
Misty: I knew I had one reason to stay alive. I had to find my brother, and take revenge on those who took him from me!
In Misty's eye, reflections of the passing lights on the ceiling of the hallway are obscured by something like an inkblot, that forms into a lizard with glowing red eyes and green markings.
Misty: So I made a deal.
The lizard hisses, and disappears. Misty gasps, altered.
(End of flashback)
"And now, the power of the shadows has given me a new lease on life, and a chance to finally discover the truth! And once you tell me what I want to know, the shadows will envelop you and your deck." Misty said.
"Well these four face-downs are going to put a stop to that plan! Your turn!" Akiza said.
"Then I draw." Misty said.
Misty draw a card and look at it along with her hand.
"I activate the field spell Savage Colosseum." Misty said.
The walls in the central empty column area are suddenly lined with columned doorways and intricate carvings.
"Now as long as this card's in play, every monster that's in attack mode actually has to attack. Not only that, for as long as this card's in play, I get 300 additional Life Points every time a monster battles! And to keep things safe, I'll be activating another spell card- thanks to the effect of my Field Barrier, you can't counter my Colosseum, and no other field spell can replace the one I already have in play!" Misty said.
'This piece of ancient architecture might just turn me into history...!' Akiza thought.
"Now, I'll summon out my Reptile Gorgon!" Misty said.
Reptile Gorgon (TCG: Reptilianne Gorgon)
Level 3
Reptile/Effect
Dark
1400/1400
A naga with a pinkish purple hair and cobra like crown, appeared.
"And I equip it with this- my spell Attack Pheromone. And now, when my Reptile attacks your monsters, they can't simply hide in defense mode. This card switches them to attack mode whether you like it or not! Now you know how it feels to be in a powerless situation, just like I've been all these years as I struggled to find out what happened to my brother! And this next card should help drive that sentiment home! I cast Molting Escape on Reptile Gorgon! Now my monster's practically invincible. Once a turn, she can't be destroyed in battle, no matter how strong your monster is. Not only that, but every time I use this equip effect, Reptile Gorgon gains an extra 100 attack points. Now let's see how all these spells play out; Reptile Gorgon, attack!" Misty called
Gorgon went for attack.
"Hold on! I think the Dark Signers left you a couple cards short of a deck! Even with all those equip spells, you still don't have a chance against my Black Rose Dragon!" Akiza said.
Gorgon zaps yellow lightning at Rose Dragon, and Akiza's beast retaliates with a full-throated gust of pink-violet flame.
Misty: 4000-3000
Misty smile. When the dust clears, Rose Dragon is still standing there.
"And now, thanks to my Molting Escape equip spell, Gorgon lives. Not only that, but she gets those extra 100 attack points I mentioned, evening the playing field just a little bit more!" Misty said.
(RG: 1400-1500)
Akiza blinks once.
'I don't get it. All those spells and combos just to add a 100 attack points? What's her real plan?' Akiza thought.
"There's one more thing. I haven't yet talked about Gorgon's special ability." Misty said.
"What's it do?" Akiza asked.
Suddenly Black Rose Dragon starts to turn greyish-tan, as though transforming into a sandstone statue of herself. (Akiza had to ask.)
"What have you done to my dragon, Misty?" Akiza asked.
"Let's just say she's resting for now. You see, Gorgon's special ability freezes her mode, I'm afraid. So she can't defend you or attack, since all of her power has been neutralized." Misty said.
"You can't do that!" Akiza said.
"Yes I can." Misty said.
(BRD: 2400-0)
"And I did. Now, if you'll excuse me for just this one moment- I'll enjoy my field spell's effect. I get 300 Life Points because I attacked you this round." Misty said.
Misty: 3000-3300
"You can never beat me; be smart and talk. Tell me what you know about my only brother's fate- and I promise I'll make your defeat quick and painless. So what's your decision?" Misty asked.
"I told you already! I don't know what happened!" Akiza said.
"I see. Then that leaves me no choice. You know your dear friend Sayer? I'm afraid he's... about to lose his shadow duel!" Misty said.
"Sayer?" Akiza asked in surprise/fear for her (fake) friend.
"And so are you!" Misty said.
(Meanwhile)
At the ground floor of the Arcadia building, Leo landed in the centre of the room, near the front doors and his Duel Disk that he has not place it on, landed on his head. Leo sat up and rubbing his head.
"Have a nice trip?" a voice asked/joke.
Leo look and saw caped figure at the doors. Blue lightning strikes the ground right behind him outside, casting a shadow that looks like the Sign of the spider. A Dark Signer.
"Who are you?" Leo asked, standing up.
This individual wears black highlighted with red, sleeveless tunic and gauntlets with, of course, a cape. He takes off his hood to reveal a face marked with two vertical lines tapering from his temples to frame his chin; each with two horizontal strokes, one beneath each eye and the other on each cheekbone. Framed by the vertical lines, a dot in the centre of his chin. His hair is impossibly spiky and pointy, bleach-white without Kalin's greenish tinge to it.
"My name is Roman." Roman said.
"You're... you're the Dark Signer!" Leo said.
"Very good, boy. Let give him some treats. Yes, I'm the Dark Signer." Roman said.
Roman then, rolls up his sleeve.
"And I bear the mark of the Spider." Roman said.
Leo gasps.
(Flashback)
The five Signers ride and fly over a vision of a massive glowing purple spider wrought over the Satellite. Below them, the landscape is engulfed in purple flames.
Leo: The mark of the Spider! Just like in the vision I saw!
(End of flashback)
"Why are you here? What do you want?" Leo asked.
"You have something that belong to me and I'm here to get it!" Roman said.
Leo and Roman move round in circle. Now Leo stands near the door. (Just to let you guys know, I'm not sure the doors have windows over it. So in my stroy, there are windows over the doors. Ok? Good!)
"What are you talking about?" Leo asked.
Roman pick up Leo's Duel Disk.
"In order to reclaim that item, I must beat you in the Duel." Roman said, tossing Leo's Duel Disk to Leo.
Roman's Mark of the Spider glows and the building begins to shake again.
(Meanwhile)
"Why are doing this earthquake?" Akiza asked as the building shaking.
"I'm not doing this." Misty said.
(Meanwhile)
"What's this? Isn't two earthquakes enough?" Sayer asked the building shaking.
Carly is unfazed.
(Meanwhile)
A dark, empty street in Domino. Jack races down the centre on his runner. (You were expecting more purple fire, weren't you?) He left Blister's hideout half an hour ago when he find out Leo and his ...babysitters... are not there.
'Where are Leo and those two? I hope nothing bad happen to him.' Jack thought.
Blue lightning crackles horizontally across the sky, the ground shakes, and suddenly Jack is outrunning a massive crack opening up down the centre of the street and filling with purple fire. Jack look back...
"What? I'd best get a better look at this!" Jack said.
Jack arcs smoothly into a side-alleyway, letting the fire pass him by, and rides right into a building, across the floor of the lobby, up every flight of stairs, and bursts through the rooftop door. He looks down from the rooftop from astride his runner.
"Where'd this come from?" Jack asked.
Patches of black-and-grey fog and mounds of rubble are scattered around the main event: on top of the hummingbird sign and lizard sign burning around the Arcadia building, there is now a spider sign also, all three of them centred around the Arcadia building.
(Meanwhile)
On their monitor, Goodwin and Lazar see it, too. Lazar got scared even more.
"Three now? This is very bad." Rex said.
(Meanwhile)
"A shadow duel is about to start; it's Signer versus Dark Signer, but where?" Jack asked.
Jack looks straight ahead- the only thing left standing in the middle of the three signs!
"The Arcadia Building! Time to kick it into overdrive!" Jack said.
Jack rides back toward the rooftop door, working up momentum, turns back to the edge of the roof and rides right at it; with a yell of triumph, he jumps off the rooftop, across the street, to the next, and lands, spinning like a top. He keeps riding.
(Meanwhile)
Yusei was watching the sign reflected against the clouds.
"Three Signs? I hope Leo is not Dueling against the Dark Signers." Yusei said to himself.
(Meanwhile)
"If it's a Duel you want, then let's do this! After I beat you, there'll be one less Dark Signer to worry about." Leo said, places his Duel Disk on his arm and slots his deck.
"We'll see about that." Roman said, slots his deck as well.
"Let's Duel!" they both said at the same time.
Roman: 4000
Leo: 4000
"I'll start!" Leo said.
Leo draw a card and look at it along with his hand.
"I summon Morphtronic Scopen in attack mode." Leo said.
Morphtronic Scopen
Level 3
Machine/Tuner
Light
800/1400
A microscope appeared, then transform into a robot.
"Next, since Scopen is in attack mode, I get to summon Morphtronic Boomboxen from my hand." Leo said.
Morphtronic Boomboxen
Level 4
Machine/Effect
Earth
1200/400
A boom box appeared, then transform into a robot.
"Now, I tune level three Scopen with level four Boomboxen in order in Synchro summon Power Tool Dragon." Leo said.
Power Tool Dragon
Level 7
Machine/Synchro/Effect
Earth
2300/2500
Two monsters disappeared and a robot like dragon with a screwdriver attach to his left arm and a digger as right arm appeared.
"Next, I activate Power Tool Dragon special ability. One per turn, I can add one Equip Spell from my deck to my hand." Leo said.
The deck did a random shuffle and pick a card for him.
"It's my Break! Draw! When my Power Tool destroys your monster, I get to draw one card." Leo said.
Power Tool Dragon glow white.
"I set two cards face-down and end my turn." Leo said.
"My move." Roman said.
Roman draw a card and look at it along with his hand.
"I activate the field spell, Spider Web!" Roman said.
Spider webs spread across the field, blanketing the ground and crisscrossing through the air around them like a very thin net.
"OK... This could get sticky." Leo said.
"You have no idea! Now I activate the Dark Tuner Spider Cocoon!" Roman said.
Dark Tuner Spider Cocoon
Level 5
Insect/Dark Tuner
Dark
0/0
A big spider with a web wrapping body appeared.
"And the reason I'm able to summon this monster is because my field is empty and you have one monster in play. With that done I'm summoning Dark Spider." Roman said.
Dark Spider
Level 1
Insect/Effect
Dark
0/0
A green tall spider appeared.
"Now, until the end of my turn, Dark Spider can harness the power of the shadows in its web, and grant the power to an insect monster on my field. Which means Spider Cocoon's level grows in power!" Roman said.
(DTSC LV: 5-7)
"And now, Spider Cocoon will return the favour by giving Dark Spider a tune up!" Roman said.
Spider Cocoon released seven stars. The stars plunged into the Dark Spider's hide. It screech in agony before it changed into outlines. The stars combined with each other, vanish, and reappear as six black stars.
"When the shadows are devoured by even darker shadows, the curtains pull back to reveal... a world without light!" Roman chanted.
Out of dark light, was a woman's top body on the spider.
"Come forth- Underground Arachnid!" Roman called.
Underground Arachnid
Level -6
Insect/ Dark Synchro/Effect
Earth
2400/1200
"Oh, great, insect duel. But at least that bug can't get through my Power Tool's defense." Leo said.
"Who says that I wanted to 'get through' anything, boy? I just plan on taking your Power Tool for my own! Go! Twine Thread!" Roman called.
"What?" Leo said in surprise.
Webs cocoon Leo's Power Tool, and it is dragged over to Roman's field.
"Does this mean Power Tool's on your field?" Leo asked.
"That's right. You see once a turn, Underground Arachnid can use one of the monsters on your field as an equip card to gain more power. And now that you have nothing to protect you, Underground Arachnid can attack!" Roman called.
Arachnid is about to attack.
"Not so fast-" Leo said.
Leo try to use one of his face-down card, but the card stay put.
"Sorry, when Underground Arachnid attacks, you cannot use trap or spell cards. Now, let get on with the battle, shall we." Roman said.
The attack comes in the form of a tube woven of thick spider webs slamming into Leo's stomach with enough force to throw him against the webs of the field spell. He falls about ten feet to the ground, face first, and manages to keep a grip on his hand.
Leo: 4000-1600
"That was fun. Akiza and Sayer are having fun too as I can see." Roman said.
"Akiza and Sayer are Dueling?" Leo asked.
"And soon, you and your brothers will spend time in the netherworld!" Roman said, laughing in evil ways.
(To Be Continued...)
(Oh my God! Sayer Vs Dark Carly, Akiza Vs Dark Misty and Leo Vs Dark Roman! And they losing badly. Will they beat the Dark Signers? What will happen when Leo and Jack find out that Carly is a Dark Signer? Just wait and see.)