Hopes and Fears
Mage: Maybe you should back away now, Wheeler, and save your soul!
Joey: And let Kaiba run all up and down on me, ehhhh, not gonna happen.
Mage: Then you leave me no choice!
Both: Let's duel!
Joey: I think I'll use my Red Eyes Black Dragon (2400/2000) as my Deck Master!
Mage: And I'll use the awesome powers of my Shadow of Oblivion (3000/2000) as my Deck Master.
Joey: What say I kick this duel off?
(He drew.)
Joey's thoughts: Yes! I gots me a perfect hand, baby!
(The cards in his hand were Jinzo, Alligator's Sword, Scapegoat, Panther Warrior, Skull Dice and Graverobber.)
Joey: You're going down! First I summon Alligator's Sword (1500/1200) in attack mode!
(The monster was summoned.)
Joey: Next I'll place three cards face-down and end my turn!
Mage: Your monster is pathetic! It will crumble before my Evil Shadow! (1600/1200)
(A huge fiend appeared and roared in front of Joey.)
Mage: Next I'll activate Spectral Darkness!
(The entire field was covered in darkness, with spirits flying around them.)
Joey: Whoa, what's all this then? Your Saturday night?
Mage: This card remains face-up on the field constantly until the duel is over! When this is activated, I can summon an endless army of Darkness Creatures (1500/0) for every turn that passes by.
(Another spectral monster appeared.)
Mage: And what is worse! Each time when one of my monsters attacks one of your monsters, you'll have no choice but to remove one card at the top of your deck to the graveyard!
Joey: What!
Mage: Evil Shadow! Show the Alligator's Sword a taste of your teeth!
Joey: Not if I can help it! Activate Skull Dice!
Mage: What!
Joey: It's a little personal favourite of mine. I roll a die, and your monsters power decreases depending on the roll of the die!
(An imp rolled a dice and it landed on 4.)
Joey: Alright! Now your monster's power is decreased to a measly 400!
(Alligator's Sword countered the attack and dropped the Mage to 2900.)
Joey: So who's all big and hairy now? You've lost a quarter of your life points, and I haven't broken a sweat!
Mage: You will crumble! I'll place two cards face-down and end my turn!
Joey: I'll show yah!
(He drew Gearfried the Iron Knight.)
Joey's thoughts: Alright! The train to victory's heading my way. Except I really don't like those face-down cards. Best bust 'em up.
Joey: I'll sacrifice Alligator's Sword to summon Jinzo (2400/1500) in attack mode!
Mage: Ah, but then my Deck Master Ability kicks in, when you sacrifice monsters, you must choose between sending it to the bottom of your deck or removing it from play.
Joey: I think I'll choose bottom of the graveyard, now where was I? Oh right, Jinzo!
(The huge cyborg appeared on the field.)
Joey: And the best part is, your trap cards are ancient history!
(The card was about to blast the traps away.)
Mage: Don't count on it!
(His Deck Master countered the blast and Joey's life points fell to 3400.)
Joey: Hey, what's the big idea!
Mage: Your feeble attack triggered my Deck Master's special ability! Whenever you attack, you must also go through my Shadow of Oblivion!
Joey: That means I gotta get a monster higher than 3000 to attack?
Mage: And I highly doubt you have one card in your deck of that magnitude!
Joey: But hold on a sec, how come your monster didn't interfere when your Shadow attacked?
Mage: The effect only lasts when you are attacking.
Joey: Looks like I gotta get a monster higher than 3000! Okay, I end my turn!
Pharaoh: Joey's got a lot of odds.
Kimiko: Yeah, how's he going to get a monster stronger than 3000?
Omi: He must think of something.
Mage: Hahaha! Now my foolish fiend! Behold the powers of the Seal of Orichalcos!
Joey: Not good!
(The seal circled the field and on the Mage's head.)
Joey: Alright, enough with the light show and on with the duel!
Mage: As you please! But you should know, now that the Spectral Darkness card has become real, it will prey upon you, bringing out your worst fears!
The darkness around them started to fluster around Joey, showing Mai slipping through his fingers.)
Joey: Mai!
Mage: Ah yes, your worst fear is letting her go! Now that this is on the field, it will plague you until you beg for mercy!
Joey: I ain't giving up!
Mage: Good boy! Now let the darkness feed on your worst fears, while my Master grows stronger!
Raimundo: Come on, Joey! Don't let this cream puff psych you out!
Mage: Now it's my turn! And now I summon another Darkness Creature! And the two of them increase to 2000!
(Both attack points increased to 2000.)
Joey: Don't count your symbols just yet. Your monsters are still no match for my Jinzo!
Mage: I beg to differ! I activate Passing of Souls!
Joey: What's that!
Mage: For one turn, I can transfer the attack of one of my monsters to another. So one Darkness Creature loses all its attack power, while the other doubles!
Joey: What!
Mage: Now my monster has 4000 attack points! Now my creature attack!
(The monster slashed Jinzo with its claws and sent Joey's life points to 1800.)
Joey: Chunk outta my life points and lost one of my best cards!
Mage: That's right! And you lose the top card in your deck!
Joey: You're kidding!
(He drew and found out it was his Gilford the Lightning. Joey felt like crying.)
Joey: No way!
Mage: Very soon the Seal will take you as its offering!
Joey: You can stick that in your tattoos!
(The darkness around Joey swirled around him, and he slowly began to grow weak.)
Joey: Man! Must …keep…duelling!
(He drew Pot of Greed.)
Joey: And now I activate Pot of Greed! Which makes me draw two new cards!
(He drew two cards.)
Joey: Oh yeah! We're back in business! I activate Hope of Master to Apprentice!
Mage: What!
Joey: By removing from play one monster from my graveyard, I can replace it with a weaker monster, so my Jinzo is removed from play, so I can summon my Insect Queen! (2200/2400)
(The huge queen spider took the field.)
Joey: And she increases by 200 points for all bug-types on the field, mainly herself!
(The spider increased to 2400/2600)
Joey: And now I activate Scapegoat! This baby makes four little sheeps that is useless in battle, but excellent in sacrificing! Now Insect Queen, take one Scapegoat and use it to obliterate one Darkness Creature!
(The spider blasted away one monster and sent the Mage to 2500.)
Joey: Oh yeah, my spider kicks …
Raimundo: Way to go, Joey! What did I tell yah?
Kimiko: The duels far from over, Rai.
Mage: And the duel ends here!
(He drew and laughed maniacally.)
Mage: Now, Wheeler! I sacrifice my second Darkness Creature to summon my rarest card: Hierarch of Darkness (1250/800)
(A royal looking monster appeared with an odd talisman.)
Joey: Oooooh, I'm so scared, please don't let your pathetic card destroy my all powerful Insect Queen! Ahahahaha!
(But the monster increased to 1750.)
Joey: Go on and take your Orichalcos boost, I'm still stronger than you!
Mage: You fool! You don't know this master of destruction's full power! Like for example, he can destroy all monsters at the cost of 1000 life points!
(The Mage's life points fell to 1500.)
Joey: What!
(The Hierarch raised its Talisman and sucked up all the monsters on Joey's field.)
Joey: No! My Insect Queen!
Mage: Now attack his life points directly!
(The monster raised the talisman once more and blasted Joey back to the Seal wall. And his life points fell to 50. He drew the next card which was his Axe Raider, and he fell on one knee with the strain of the darkness.)
Joey: Can't…win.
Kimiko: Joey's doing badly! We've got to do something!
Pharaoh: Joey! You have to win! Your soul depends on it!
Joey: Yeah, but my Red-Eyes is the only monster in my deck that could pull it off, but after that move, I dunno if he's hiding anything else!
Mage: Actually, I am hiding something, this monster can nevr be targeted by monsters, he is totally safe. And he can attack your life points directly, regardless of monsters or not!
Omi: That means Joey only has one more turn to pull a kitten out of his cap!
Stephanie: Rabbit out of his hat!
Joey: Joey Wheeler never gives up! I may be down in the dark, but I know something in my deck can shine it off!
(He drew.)
Joey: Now I activate Card of Sanctity, this card allows us to draw till we got six cards in our hand.
(He drew four cards, it was enough.)
Joey: Now yah big tattoo freakazoid! I just gotta ask you one question, do yah like games?
Mage: What are you talking about? This is a game right here! A game for your soul!
Joey: Thought you might say that. 'Cus I got a special game for you! Activate Question!
Mage: What! Question?
Joey: That's right! See, yah gotta guess, what monster card is at the bottom of my graveyard, if right, then he's outta here for good, if not, then it's coming back for a grand finale. So go on, pick your monster!
Mage: Hm, aha! You played excellent Wheeler! But the card I pick is your Jinzo!
Joey: Let's see then!
(The graveyard slot spat out a card, he lifted it up, but it wasn't Jinzo, but it was Gilford the Lightning (2800/1400))
Mage: What! How can this be possible? Your Jinzo was destroyed before Gilford!
Joey: Not true! Remember Hope of Master to Apprentice? Jinzo made an escape route out the graveyard, and Gilford was the next first card.
Mai: Wow, impressive!
Joey: And that's not all! I summon Gearfried the Iron Knight (1800/1600) in attack mode!
(The black-clad swordsman was summoned.)
Joey: And next I activate Release Restraint! To turn Gearfried the Iron Knight into Gearfried the Swordmaster (26002200)
(The new warrior was summoned.)
Mage: Your warriors may be strong, but my monster cannot be targeted by them! Its hopeless Wheeler, Darkness enshrouds you!
Joey: What? I'm just half-way of Joey's master scheme! I bring Red-Eyes to the field!
(Red-Eyes went beside Gilford.)
Joey: And now I summon the Claw of Hermos!
(The dragon was summoned.)
Mage: The Legendary Dragon!
Joey: That's right! Now fuse with Red Eyes Black Dragon to form: Red Eyes Black Dragon Sword!
(Gearfried the Swordmaster picked up the sword and did a swinging trick with it.)
Joey: As long as he's on the field, Red Eyes us still alive. But it should be you that's worried!
Mage: Why me?
Joey: Because once Gearfried's been equipped with magic cards, he can destroy any monster on your side of the field! Monster attacks might have nothing on that card, but not monster effects!
(The Swordsman slashed the Hierarch ands was destroyed.)
Mage: No, my monster!!!
Joey: Alright, Gilford! Put the sting on his life points!
(The Swordsman slashed the Mage with his giant sword and sent his life points to 0.)
Mage: I may have lost the Duel, but I can now become a sacrifice to the Great Leviathan! Soon my gullible fools, he shall awake and annihilate you all! Ahahahahahahahahaha!
(He collapsed as the Seal disappeared.)
Joey: Adios, yah pain in the neck!
Mai: Joey! You did it!
(She wrapped her arms around Joey.)
Joey: Yeah, Joey Wheeler never disappoints his fans.
Raimundo: And with that out the road, we can get Chase now!
Kimiko: Bring it on!