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Chapter 25: Behind the Card
It had been a week since the last incident with Jakob, Primo, and Lester. Now, Yusei, Bruno, and Jayla were at the Sector Security Headquarters with Trudge and Mina. They were talking about the men from before and what exactly happened.
"If they were willing to go so far as to take a god's power, this can't be good," Trudge commented.
"No, it can't. if I could tell right, the tournament is a part of this plan they have along with the darkness that is around New Domino lately," Yusei added.
"Is it around any other places?" Mina asked.
"Every city or town has its own darkness around it. It's a natural fate of life. But most of those darkness aren't strong enough to affect the everyday lives of mortals. It's why gods don't mess with them. Especially that there is always going to have to be a balance in life," Yusei responded.
"What balance is needed?" Trudge asked.
"A balance in everything around you. Dream, nightmare; rich, poor; Signers, Dark Signers; water, fire; Heavens, Underworld; Sun, Moon; light, darkness," he replied. "No matter what type of thing you can think of, it cannot be there without its opposite. In other words, there cannot be light in the universe without there being darkness. But most of the time darkness stays quiet and keeps the balance. But the darkness here isn't staying quiet like it should. It is trying to overpower the light, just as the Dark Signers did. It is growing fast and it is growing powerful. If something isn't done soon to weaken and destroy this darkness, there won't be a world left to save."
"Has there been other worlds with situations like this?" Mina asked.
"There have. Plenty of them, in fact," Yusei answered. "Most are saved by their chosen, but some have been destroyed. Those who were not going to make it easily, the gods tried to help. But by the time we realized the darkness was too powerful for the mortals, it was too late. So we've been watching each world carefully for it to happen again. When we noticed the faint but powerful strength of the darkness here, we were relieved we discovered it in time and the Crimson Dragon had Izanagi get me to come down here to help. All of us, deities, knew this was going to go from bad to worse fairly quickly."
"And with how these men seem to be after deities for their power, don't you think it's a bit risky to stay here?" Trudge asked.
"Perhaps," Yusei replied. "But at this point, I can't turn back. This darkness has gotten too powerful for me to question staying here and leave mortals to it. I may only be able to help protect the Signers and mortals from this darkness, but protecting you is all I've done for mortals since the first world and life forms were created. It's a job that I cannot ignore, especially since this darkness is powerful enough to change the threads of mortals."
"I see," Mina responded.
"Either way, something bad is coming," Jayla stated. "And we need to be ready since the tournament seems to be a key point in this darkness." They nodded in agreement.
They turned though as another officer came in and Trudge asked, "What is it?"
"There is a report that there is a time bomb inside the building," the officer information. Yusei glanced down in thought. Something didn't seem right.
While Trudge and Mina called for an evacuation, Bruno asked him, "Do you sense any energy like from a bomb?"
"No," he answered.
Trudge ordered the three of them out. But just as they went to exit the area, Yusei noticed Sherry run in the building. He immediately turned around and ran after her.
"Yusei!" Jayla called but he followed Sherry. However, he did noticed Bruno and Jayla follow him.
Yusei noticed Sherry go through a door to the central computer terminal and Elsworth begin to shut the door. He slipped through along with Bruno but Jayla was locked on the other side.
Elsworth began to wire his duel disk to the door. Once his duel disk was fully wired to the door, he stated, "It is now impossible for the door to be unlocked unless I am defeated in a duel. If you want to get to Mistress Sherry and your friends, you will have to face me."
"Fine," Jayla agreed and they began the duel.
Elsworth went first and drew his card, "I summon Spirit Summit Warrior (Attack 1200/ Defense 0) in attack mode. Now since Spirit Summit Warrior was successfully normal summon, its effect activates, allowing me to summon Liberated Rear Warrior (Attack 0/ Defense 1200) from my hand in attack mode as it is a level three or below warrior type monster. Now I tune Spirit Summon Warrior with Liberated Rear Warrior in order to synchro summon. Come forth, Driven Daredevil (Attack 2400/ Defense 2100)! I end my turn with two face downs."
Jayla drew her card. "By sending Quillbolt Hedgehog from my hand to the graveyard, I can special summon Quickdraw Synchron (Attack 700/ Defense 1400) form my hand in attack mode. Now since I have a tuner monster on my field, I can special summon Quillbolt Hedgehog (Attack 800/ Defense 800) straight from my graveyard in attack mode. I then tune Quillbolt Hedgehog with Quickdraw Synchron in order to do my own synchro summoning. I summon forth, Nitro Warrior (Attack 2800/ Defense 1800)! Nitro Warrior, attack Driven Daredevil!" Due to Elsworth's monster's effect, it wasn't destroyed but Elsworth's life points still took the hit dropping him to 3600 life points.
"I activate the second effect of Driven Daredevil! This destroys your Nitro Warrior," Elsworth fought. "And then I activate Master and Servant's Resolve! Since your monster was destroyed by a monster's effect during the battle phase, you're dealt damage equal to the attack of your Nitro Warrior!" Her life points instantly dropped to a mere 1200.
"I summon Tricular (Attack 300/ Defense 300) in defense mode and set one face down. That ends my turn," Jayla finished. "What're you and Sherry doing?"
"I am here to help Mistress Sherry eliminate all her enemies, regardless of my cost to myself," Elsworth answered.
"Why are you so devoted to supporting Sherry and her mission?" she asked the man.
"I do not have to answer that," Elsworth refused.
. . .
Bruno and Yusei followed Sherry into a room where she began an analysis of a card.
"Sherry, what're you doing?" Yusei asked.
Sherry looked at them but reached to grab Bruno. But the half-amnesic man dodged the French girl, saying, "We don't want to fight you."
"I need to analyze this card," Sherry said.
Yusei looked at it confused. "Why?" he asked.
"I need to determine the motive behind my parents' murder," she answered.
Sherry went to unleash a lethal attack on Bruno, but the man's eyes glowed red and he deflected the attack, throwing Sherry across the room with ease. The girl lands, ready to fight more, but Bruno seized Sherry by the neck.
He was about the punch her, but Yusei grabbed his fist and yelled, "Bruno, stop!"
Bruno stopped and Yusei knew it was only because he noticed the card. Bruno grabbed it and Sherry exclaimed, "Give it back! It has the truth I've been searching for!"
At these words, Bruno returned to normal and he released Sherry. "What happened?" he muttered.
Yusei looked over him. "Something weird and dark took hold of you for a second. I'm not sure what it was, but it made you not you," he told him. He looked at Sherry. "Sorry about Bruno. I'll explain everything while I help you find out as much as I can about your card."
Sherry looked at him shocked. "You would really help me?" she asked. "But I broke into the headquarters."
Yusei gave her a reassuring grin. "It's the least I can do. One, it is as a compensation for Bruno's actions. I'm sure he'll help, too. Plus, and most importantly, I don't want the people who murdered your parents to get away with what they've done either," he told her and her eyes widened. "No one should get away with murder, Sherry." He then added mentally, 'Though it was probably those men who kill her parents and want to remake the world.'
Sherry nodded and they got to work. And as Yusei subtly suggested to Bruno, he helped as well.
. . .
It was Elsworth's turn and he drew his card to begin his turn. "Now due to it being my standby phase, I will take 1000 points of damage to keep Master and Servant's Resolve on the field," he declared and his life points fell to 2600. "Driven Daredevil, attack Tricular!"
The attack destroyed my monster, but Jayla defended herself, "I activate Tricular's effect to special summon Bicular (Attack 200/ Defense 200) from my deck in defense mode."
"I activate Reversal Sword! This destroys your Bicular and inflicts damage to both of us equal to its attack," Elsworth fought and she watched as her monster was destroyed and her life points drop to 1000 while his dropped to 2400. "I set a face down and end my turn."
Jayla drew her card. "I summon Debris Dragon (Attack 1000/ Defense 2000) in attack mode. And now since Debris Dragon was successfully summoned, I can activate its first effect to summon back Tricular (Attack 300/ Defense 300) from my graveyard in attack position with its effects negated. And since I normal summoned a monster, I can special summon Turbo Booster (Attack 0/ Defense 0) from my hand in attack position," she declared. "Now I tune my Turbo Booster and Tricular with Debris Dragon in order to synchro summon. Take flight, Stardust Dragon (Attack 2500/ Defense 2000)! Stardust Dragon, attack Driven Daredevil!"
"I activate Standoff!" Elsworth fought. "And due to the first effect of my Daredevil, it isn't destroyed while dragon is." But his life points still fell to 2300.
"I activate Stardust Dragon's ability to negate the effect of Driven Daredevil and destroy it by tributing Stardust Dragon," Jayla tried but it didn't happen confusing her.
"With Standoff in play, both players cannot tribute monsters on the field," Elsworth explained.
"Well, I activate Space Jump! By removing Stardust Dragon from play, I can inflict damage to you equal to its attack," she fought and the assault succeeded and Elsworth's life point fell to zero.
The door was unlocked and Elsworth and Jayla walked into the room where Bruno, Sherry, and Yusei were finishing an analysis on a card.
"That's strange," Bruno stated. "There's nothing strange about the card." But more surprising, the terminal surges a storm of energy and Jayla ran to them only as they were enveloped in a burst of light.
Jayla, Bruno, Sherry, and Yusei looked at each other and their surroundings that looked like a cyber plane. Jayla looked at Yusei, and she mouthed, "Know anything?" He shook his head. They turned back to the plane area.
But they all noticed a strange mechanical object with an eye staring right at them. They stared at it but a high pitched frequency and light scanned us. The sound made Yusei cover his ears in pain while the other three fell unconscious.
"W-What is that?" Yusei asked.
"Strange," said a deep voice that had a slight echo, while the noise stopped obviously making Yusei relieved. We looked as Jayla, Bruno, and Sherry flashed out. "Your mind and body is different. Very strange, indeed. But you are a god so I suppose it shouldn't be too surprising."
"Who are you?" Yusei asked it.
"You will find out eventually," the being answered. "Do not worry about that."
Suddenly the sound came out again, only much louder and higher pitched. Yusei covered his ears again, trying to block it out, but it wasn't long until he fell unconscious as well.
. . .
Yusei woke back up to see Jayla waking up beside him along with Bruno. Though, Sherry was still rendered unconscious. They looked around. They were back in their world but were far from the Sector Security Headquarters. Elsworth came up.
"There you are, Mistress Sherry," Elsworth stated. He looked at Yusei. "I owe you a debt for not turning us into Security, Yusei, Jayla." Elsworth then picked up Sherry and drove off.
"What… just happened?" Bruno asked.
"I don't know," Yusei answered. "But that being in that machine…"
"Did you talk to that thing?" Jayla asked. "I only saw it for a few seconds before I was knocked out by some sound."
"As a god, and if it wasn't obvious enough, my mind is more thoroughly protected to high frequency sounds and things like that, but it can hurt a lot more," the god explained. "Meaning I was able to stay conscious for a bit longer. In that time, the man inside just said that my mind and body was different, which was strange to him, but it shouldn't surprise him too much since I'm a god. And then said I would find out who he is eventually before sending out the sound again only a lot worse and knocking me out."
"Weird," Bruno commented.
"And I'm not sure I like it," Jayla added. "Come on, we need to head back to Headquarters so we can grab out runners." They nodded and Yusei took to the air, using his power to help Bruno and Jayla come with him as well.