A quick message for jordan (dragonwerewolfultimo), I have a disclaimer on my profile page and the prologue is not an exact copy of the first episode or Yu-Gi-Oh GX because Lynn has a duel with Professor Derek at the beginning.
AUTHOR'S NOTE: I'm back from school and seeing as how I have a two week break and a high school graduation to attend, I plan on taking a bit of a breather on this story. Also, after going over the layout of future chapters, I found that I have some irregulaties that I feel I must attend to before I continue on effectively. So before I take my break, I have this for you.
Chapter Twenty-Eight: Heart of an Amazon
Wake up girls… It's time to wake up sisters… Still feeling the side effects of the gas, Lynn slowly opened her eyes to find herself lying on a large bed. Groaning in pain, the princess sat up and gasped at her surroundings. Lynn was no longer in the classroom but in a prison cell, surrounded by iron bars. The bed she was lying on was bolted to the floor. Above her, a purple light shone down, casting its rays across her cell. It was also that Lynn realized that her blazer, socks and boots were missing as well as her amulet. Luckily enough, her spirit key was still with her.
"Lynn! Over here!" Lynn looked to her right to see another cell with Alexis inside.
"Alexis!" Lynn cried as she wearily climbed from the bed and walked over to the edge of her cell.
"Are you OK?" Alexis asked.
"I've been better." Lynn then glanced around further and realized that almost every other girl on campus were in separate cells spread across the room.
"Do you have any idea where we are?" Lynn wondered.
"I can tell you that but it won't matter." The two girls as well as any others who were awake turned as a new person walked into the room. This person was a muscular woman who was tanned deeply. Garbed in a tank top, black pants and boots, her red hair was in a thick ponytail as her blue eyes scanned the room.
"As you can see, I've imprisoned you here in my domain but don't think of this place as a jail. I've had you put here for safety. I wouldn't want any of you to get hurt," the woman explained, "By the way, my name is Tanya, Amazon maiden of the Shadow Riders and seeing as how this school has so many wonderful young men, I've decided to take one on as my husband."
"So why imprison us?" Another voice called out, one that Lynn recognized as Lucia's.
"These shadow games are intense and seeing as how we all know how dangerous they are, I've placed you away from all that while the men duel in the tournament I've set up," Tanya explained.
"Tournament?"
"That's right. A tournament where the prize is my hand in marriage!" Tanya laughed. It was then a couple of Obelisk Blue students walked in, empty looks in their eyes.
"Mistress Tanya. These two have lost. What shall we do with them?" one of the boys asked, pointing to two unconscious students. Despite their missing blazers, scuffed up clothes and messed up complexions, the three girls recognized them immediately.
"Bastion! Jaden!" The three girls gasped.
"Throw them in with those two," Tanya replied, pointing at Alexis and Lucia's cells. Lynn watched as the two cells were opened and Jaden was tossed carelessly into Alexis' arms as Bastion was thrown into Lucia, knocking her over. The Obelisks then slammed the cell doors shut.
"Enjoy yourselves girls. You're going to be in there for awhile," Tanya laughed as she walked out of the room, the Obelisks walking behind her.
"Wait! You can't just leave us here!" Lynn shouted. But the woman had already left.
"Now what?" Lynn sighed as Lucia and Alexis studied the boys' wounds, "Are they OK?" The two girls shook their heads.
"They're in bad shape. We need to get the boys out of here," Alexis said as she laid Jaden's unconscious form into her bed. Lucia had done the same with Bastion. Lynn however had more pressing matters to deal with. Lynn studied the lock on her cell and found it to be a simple lock with a fairly large keyhole.
"I could pick this lock if I had a wire," Lynn sighed, "Are any of you wearing a barrette?" The few girls who were awake shook their heads in disappointment.
Check under your pillow…A voice suddenly said. Lynn looked around.
"Who's there?"
Check under your pillow…
"What's going on Lynn? There's nobody here except us," Lucia said. Lynn however wasn't paying attention as she walked back to her bed. She lifted up the pillow and to her surprise she found her amulet and a button-sized green crystal there.
"How'd those get there?" Alexis asked as Lynn pulled her amulet back on, "And what's with the crystal?"
"That's a Farore's Wind crystal! It can teleport you places!" Lucia gasped as Lynn scrutinized the gem.
"But it can only take one person," Lynn said with disappointment.
"It's obvious then. You have to go," Alexis declared.
"Alexis is right. Get out of here and take down that Shadow Rider!" Lucia agreed. Lynn nodded as she threw the crystal to the ground, releasing its magic. In a flash of green light, Lynn vanished and reappeared outside of her cell.
"That crystal sure didn't have much energy," Lynn complained as she ran down the hall Tanya had taken. Using the stealth techniques of the Sheikah to blend into the shadows, Lynn easily snuck past patrolling students until she finally reached the storage room. Inside, she found her missing blazer and footgear. With it were her deck and a duel disk. Lynn snapped on the gear and quickly scanned her deck to find all of her cards were untouched.
"Time to defeat Tanya," Lynn told herself as she slipped out of the storage room and up a nearby staircase. At the top, she encountered two burly guys from Ra Yellow. They hadn't seen her but she knew they would only have to turn around. Unfortunately for them, they never got the chance as Lynn knocked them cold with two blows to the back of the head.
"Sorry fellas," Lynn whispered as she ran past them and into the night air. She looked out in surprise as she found herself standing amongst the many seats of a large Roman style coliseum and sitting in the elitist seats nearby with teachers fanning her was Tanya, a fairly large tiger lying at her side. It was then one of the servants, mainly Dr. Crowler who noticed the sneaky blond creeping towards the stands.
"Miss Tanya! A prisoner has escaped!" The doctor screeched. Tanya sat up and looked down directly at the young duelist.
"I don't know how you got out little girl but if you insist on being a nuisance, I'll have to give you a beating. Men!" Tanya grinned as she pulled out a wooden flute. Lynn gasped as the woman played a brief tune on the flute aggravating the boys she had called on.
"Do me a favor and capture her!" Tanya smirked. Lynn frowned as the students slowly encircled her.
"You're under a spell! You have to fight it!" Lynn pleaded as the circle became tighter. With a war cry, the students dove at the princess who quickly teleported up to Tanya's booth, where she snatched the flute from the Amazon.
"Give that back!" Tanya ordered as Lynn dove away and out the window of the seats. Lynn dashed down the spectators' seats until she reached the edge of the arena. Lynn jumped down and glanced at the flute.
"No more games! This ends now!" Lynn shouted as she snapped the flute over her knee. As soon as the flute pieces hit the ground, white energy left the students, leaving them clueless as to what had happened to them. Down in the dungeons, the locks magically vanished as the doors opened.
"We're free!" Lucia cried. Up on the surface, an enraged Tanya leapt down from her high perch and onto the stadium floor, duel disk on her arm.
"I was so close! A few more duels and I would've found my husband!" Tanya screeched as she readied her duel disk, "Because of you, I must start all over, but before I do, I'll crush you!" Lynn activated her duel disk and slotted in her deck.
"You'll have to beat me first!" Lynn challenged as she drew her opening hand, "Think you have the guts to harm 'one of your sisters'?"
"From this point on, you're not one of my sisters! You're just a key keeper I just have to crush!" Tanya growled, "And I'll begin by playing my Amazoness Swordswoman (ATK: 1500) in attack mode as well as a facedown!" Lynn watched as a woman garbed like Tanya appeared on the field. Its red hair was a wild mane as it swung a fairly large sword.
"Is that all? Please!" Lynn scoffed as she drew a card, "I play Polymerization and fuse my Divine Dragon Ragnarok and my Four Sword Maiden to create the Princess of Divine Light (ATK: 2000)!" The blond smirked as the pink clad swordswoman appeared on her field.
"So it's going to be one swordswoman against another eh? Fine with me!" Tanya shouted.
"And me because I use my princess' special effect! I choose an attribute and all monsters of that type lose 500 attack and defense points so I'll choose Earth and weaken your Amazon!" Lynn countered as the princess cast green light across the field, draining its strength (ATK: 1500 – 500), "Now attack that Amazon with double divinity swords!" The two monsters rushed each other and after clashing blades, Lynn's princess pulled one of her two swords away and stabbed the Amazon, destroying her, but not before it threw its sword at Lynn (LP: 4000 – 1000), causing her to cry out in pain.
"What happened? I destroyed your monster, but I took the damage!" Lynn gasped as her monster returned to her side.
"It's called a special ability. When Amazoness Swordswoman is involved in a battle, my opponent takes all the damage," Tanya smirked, "And speaking of Amazons, I'm bringing one out with my trap card, Amazoness Pride. With it, I can special summon my Amazoness Tiger (ATK: 1100 + 400 – 500) from my deck and he gains 400 attack points for every Amazon on the field." Tanya grinned broadly as her tiger jumped from the stands and took to the field growling. Lynn glanced down at her hand and slotted in one facedown.
"Go right ahead and make your move because with my princess still in play, all of your Amazons are powerless!" Lynn declared. However, with Tanya's draw, she thought different.
"I'm going to have to disagree with you child. I summon my Amazoness Paladin (ATK: 1700 + 200 – 500), a creature who gains 100 attack points for every Amazon on the field including herself. Next I'll play Amazoness Call to rip apart your fusion monster!" Tanya declared as another Amazon took the field, this time garbed in a tattered cloak. It was then the Princess of Divine Light cringed in pain as spirits split her apart, turning her back into Lynn's dragon (DEF: 1000) and her Four Sword Maiden (DEF: 2500).
"And with your princess gone, my monsters regain their points (A. Tiger ATK: 1100 + 800 / A. Paladin ATK: 1700 + 200) and now I'll put them to use! Amazoness Tiger, destroy Lynn's dragon!" Tanya commanded, as her four-legged beast drove its claws into the pink dragon, "Now to finish my turn, I'll place one card facedown and activate a spell card called Rare Gold Armor and add it to my Paladin." The spectators watched as the warrior's cloak was replaced with shimmering gold armor.
That move makes little sense. It doesn't increase the Amazon's attack points nor does it weaken my monster. That armor must have some kind of ability I'm not seeing. Lynn thought as she drew a card, "OK Tanya, you may have me in a corner but I'm going to take control of this duel right now because I sacrifice my maiden in order to bring out Impa, Sage of Shadows (ATK: 2100)!" Tanya frowned as the maiden vanished into the ground only to reappear behind Lynn. It rose from the ground from Lynn's shadow as a white-haired woman garbed in a black bodysuit and armor appeared on the field. Wearing two swords similar to the fusion monster Lynn used earlier, its red eyes were locked onto Tanya's two monsters.
"Quite a powerful monster you have there, but the problem is that I've set it up so you can't attack," Tanya smirked.
"How is that?"
"Easy, thanks to my tiger's special power. If he's on the field with Amazon monsters, you can only attack him but since I've equipped my Paladin with the Rare Gold Armor card, you have to attack her."
"Now I get it, a rule clash. The cards protect each other, making it impossible for me to attack," Lynn frowned, which is bad news for me because if she summons another Amazon monster, her tiger will be strong enough to destroy my sage. Tanya drew a card and grinned.
"I summon Amazoness Blowpiper (ATK: 800) in attack mode and since I have another Amazon, my tiger gets a power boost (ATK: 1900 + 400)!" Tanya grinned as an Amazon with a flute appeared on the field, "Now my furry pet, attack the sage of shadows!"
"Lynn! Look out!" A bystander cried as the tiger ran across the field.
"It's too bad you'll never hit my sage!" Lynn shouted as two exact doubles of the sage appeared on the field, "With her shadow projection power, she can summon two shadow tokens to the field. Now you have to guess which one of my three monsters is the real one. If you're right, all three will vanish. Just don't ask me what happens if you miss." This caused Tanya to cringe but her fear was quickly dissipated as she pointed at the middle clone.
"Tiger attack the middle monster! Amazon claw swipe!" Tanya commanded. Lynn smirked as the tiger drove its claws into open air as it tumbled.
"You missed which activates my sage's other ability. When an attack on her is cancelled, I can special summon one level four monster from my deck to the field and I choose Net Navi Megaman (ATK: 1500)!" Lynn explained as her blue armored Navi took the field, buster raised in attack position.
"Fool! You've left your Navi open to attack! Amazoness Paladin (ATK: 1700 + 300)! Attack!" Tanya shouted, her swordswoman leaping into battle.
"It sounds like all of your brains are down in your gut because you forgot my facedown card and now it's gonna cost you!" Lynn warned as it revealed itself, "My trap BusterPack.exe lets me increase the attack points of one Navi by 700 for this turn, making him stronger than your paladin (ATK: 1500 + 700)! Now counter attack with your mega buster!" Tanya grimaced as Lynn's warrior fired a purple energy blast right into her Amazon, crushing it (LP: 4000 – 200).
"And without your monster and its armor, your plan's shot!" Lynn grinned, "Get it? Shot?" Everyone looked at the blond weirdly as she laughed at her joke.
"I play a trap card Call of the Haunted and with it, I can bring my Amazoness Swordswoman (ATK: 1500) out for another go around and then I'll place my last card facedown," Tanya continued as her swordswoman returned and stood next to the other two Amazon monsters. Lynn drew a card and glanced at her hand.
"Looks like it's time for me to bust out a new trick. First I summon Net Navi Metalman (ATK: 1600) to the field," Lynn began summoning a new Navi. This new Navi wore thick red armor on its torso, feet and hands. Saw blades were attached to its shoulder and around its gloves and boots. Its entire body shone brightly in the moonlit arena.
"Now I'll fuse him with Megaman through my Double Soul spell card and create a new monster: Megaman Metal Soul!" Lynn continued as the two monsters combined. In the place of the two Navis stood Megaman, now garbed in Metalman's armor (ATK: 1900 + 1000).
"2900 attack points!" Tanya gasped.
"Yeah, enough to crush your pathetic Amazons! Megaman! Attack that tiger with metal break!" Lynn commanded, pointing at the feline monster. Tanya however, wasn't ready to give up.
"Not so fast! I play a trap card Amazoness Archers! Now all your monsters must battle and their attack points are decreased by 600!" Tanya countered as several pink clad Amazons appeared and fired their arrows at Megaman (ATK: 2900 – 600).
"He may be weakened but he's still stronger than your tiger!" Lynn said as her monster rushed forward, his body glowing.
"I don't think so! Attack my tiger!" The two duelists locked eyes as their monsters collided, creating a massive explosion, enshrouding the field in smoke.
"And so your monster says goodbye," Tanya said, "I may have lost my tiger, but I have one more monster than you now." But as the smoke cleared, Tanya gasped (LP: 3800 – 1200) at the sight that lay before her. Standing over her fallen tiger was Megaman Metal Soul.
"My tiger! What happened?"
"My monster's special ability kicked in. When Metal Soul battles a monster, the opponent's effect is not applied so your tiger's power boost ability was rendered useless," Lynn explained, "But lets not worry about that! I still have my Sage (ATK: 2100 – 600) to fight with! Destroy the swordswoman!" Tanya grimaced as the two women launched themselves into battle and were destroyed.
"Now I end my turn," Lynn grinned, causing Tanya to grimace in anger.
"Don't get too cocky! I'm not done with you yet!" Tanya warned as she drew, "I first use my Blowpiper's special power. During my Standby Phase, I can reduce the attack points of one of your monsters by 500 and I'll choose Metal Soul (ATK: 2300 – 500). Next I play Pot of Greed and draw two more cards, one of which is The Warrior Returning Alive! With it, I can bring my Amazoness Swordswoman (ATK: 1500) back from the grave and to my hand. Now I'll summon her and activate the spell card Amazoness Arrows!" Lynn gasped as the blowpiper gained a set of arrows.
"With this card, I can destroy one monster and I'll choose your Metal Soul Megaman!" Tanya explained as the Amazon fired an arrow into Megaman's neck, forcing him to fall over unconscious and vanish, "And now that your monster's gone, I attack with my Amazoness Swordswoman!" Lynn gasped as the Amazon rushed in and slashed Lynn (LP: 3000 – 1500), cutting her life points in half.
"Now Amazoness Blowpiper! Attack Lynn with poison dart!" The Amazon loaded a dart into its pipe and fired, nailing Lynn in the shoulder (LP: 1500 – 800).
"And with that I end my turn," Tanya smiled as Lynn slumped to the ground, clutching her aching shoulder, "You look like you could use a break."
"I'm not done yet," Lynn gasped as she struggled to her feet, I can't keep this up any longer. I have to finish the duel this turn. Lynn drew a card and glanced at it.
"I play Roll of Fate, a spell card that lets me draw up to six new cards depending on what number I roll but I must also remove the same number of cards from the game," Lynn began, rolling a die. The blond grinned as the result was a three.
"Next I play Silent Doom, which lets me bring my Divine Dragon Ragnarok (DEF: 1000) back from my graveyard," Lynn continued, her pink dragon reemerging onto the field, "Then I summon my Four Sword Emerald Hero (ATK: 1900) and fuse him with my dragon through Double Soul, creating my Emerald Edgemaster (ATK: 2500 + 1000)!" Tanya gasped as the green clad swordsman appeared and then gained its dragon hide armor due to the fusion.
"Another Double Soul monster?"
"And a powerful one at that! It's just enough to defeat you! Edgemaster, attack that blowpiper with emerald edge attack!" Lynn commanded, her swordsman leaping into battle.
"No! I won't lose like this!" Tanya screamed as the blowpiper was cleaved in half, taking out her remaining life points.
"It's over!" Lynn declared as the holograms faded, "Time for you to leave." It was then all of her strength left her as Lynn collapsed right into Zane's waiting arms.
"It's OK. I got you," Zane said as soldiers streamed in to help the needy students.
ELSEWHERE, IN A REMOTE LOCATION…
"You plan to do what?" A woman asked.
"You heard me. As long as that tanker is there, we can't make a move. So we're going to take another approach," Camden's voice rung out.
"But what you're doing is unthinkable!"
"What are you saying?"
"I won't let you bring harm to those children!"
"But you want to find your family don't you?"
"That's the sole purpose of why I'm here! I only joined up with you to find my daughter but if you're going to do this deed, then…"
"Then you'll what? Warn them? I don't think so." Camden then snapped his fingers as two men, one cloaked in red and the other in yellow, seized the woman's arms.
"What do you want to do with her boss?"
"What else do we do traitors? Throw her overboard."
"No!"
"No one will cross me. I will have those Sacred Beasts and with them, the Elemental Knights shall rule the world!"
CHAPTER PREVIEW:
Lynn: Things are too quiet.
Syrus: Yeah, but that's because everyone's on edge.
Bastion: Or it's because everyone's up at the volcano collecting mineral samples.
Jaden: Hey guys! Lucia's gone missing!
Chumley: Not luscious! An Elemental Knight is here and he's dueling Lucia!
Lynn: Next time on Yu-Gi-Oh GX Legacy of Lynn: Of Fire And Water!
Syrus: It may just be me, but I've got a feeling something bad is going to happen.
