This story was done in collaboration between me and Jriddle41 (Sodormatchmaker on DeviantART), and we both own the OCs that are used in the story. Everything else belongs to their respective owners:

Thomas and Friends (c) Hit Entertainment and Mattel

The Railway Series (c) Rev Wilbert Awdry

Yu-Gi-Oh! (c) Konami

Song used in Intro and Outro (c) Unknown

WARNING: Again, this story is rated T (13-plus) for moments of violence, bloody moments, and some suggestive themes. Viewer discretion may be advised.


Opening up somewhere in town, Discord's limo was driving across the street.

"Are you boys okay?" The voice of Discord asked.

Inside the limo, James R., Ben, Zack, and Toby were all seated inside with Matt, Michael, Edward, and Discord.

"We're okay." sighed Zack

"But those Rare Hunters took our friends and my sister." said Ben, sounding very upset. "We have to save them...before it's too late!"

"We'll find them." Matt said reassuringly.

"Well, the first thing we should do is go find James, Henry, and Gordon." suggested Michael. "They're likely in danger as well."

"Right." nodded Edward.

With that, the limo drove away.


Title: The Skyscraper Tag Duel, Part 2


Back atop the big skyscraper, Thomas and Spencer both were facing Lumis and Umbra. two Rare Hunters.

"You two won't know what hit you!" taunted Lumis. "Once we've beat you, both your Egyptian God cards will belong to our master!"

"Not to mention you'll be taking a long fall from here!" added Umbra.

"You're not going to beat us." insisted Thomas. "We will win and rescue our friends!"

"You mean 'I' will beat them." interrupted Spencer. "I don't need any help from the likes of you, Billinton!"

"Spencer!" Thomas argued.

"Anyone with half a gnat's brain would have enough common sense to listen to someone other than themselves, Spencer." teased Lumis. "No wonder everybody hates you."

"Enough!" shouted Spencer. "Let's just continue with the duel!"


Turn Five: Lumis (LP: 4000)
Deck: (38)
Current Hand (5): Curse Transfer, Tribute Doll, and Mask of the Accursed


"Very well." nodded Lumis, holding a card out. "And I believe it was my turn now."

The Mask of the Accursed card materialized face-up.

"I play Mask of the Accursed!"

A rather creepy looking mask appeared on Beta, causing it to leave its defensive stance.

"What did you do to my Magnet Warrior?" demanded Thomas.

"This card prevents you from using your Magnet Warrior to attack or defend with." laughed Lumis. "In addition, you lose 500 life points on all of your standby phases so long as my Spell card remains in effect!"

Thomas growled.

"Now I'll set one card facedown-" Lumis slotted a card into his Duel Disk. "-and end my turn."

"My turn!" said Thomas, drawing.


Turn Six: Thomas Billinton (LP: 4000)
Deck: (38)
Current Hand (6): Sage's Stone, Obnoxious Celtic Guardian, Multiply, Archfiend of Gilfer, Polymerization, and Kuriboh


"And since it's your standby phase-" Lumis spoke up again. "-500 of your life points are depleted!"

Thomas kept his neutral expression as he went into his thoughts (LP: 3500).

"As long as that mask is out." he thought, "Beta can't attack or defend. And I lose 500 life points during each standby phase. So if I tribute Beta for Archfiend of Gilfer, I won't have to deal with that." Thomas then spoke out. "Say goodbye to your mask, Lumis, because I'm going to sacrifice Beta for another monster!"

"Oh no, you're not!" said Lumis, poking a button on his Duel Disk. "I reveal the Continuous Trap card; Mask of Restrict!"

His facedown card flipped up and revealed itself.

"This will be your ultimate downfall!" The shorter Rare Hunter declared. "As long as this remains on the field, you and your partner over there cannot tribute monsters to summon your more powerful ones!"

"Meaning-" added Umbra. "-both of your God cards have become useless too!"

The two Rare Hunters laughed with evil glee and triumph, while Spencer cast a furious glance over to Thomas.

"I knew he'd mess up!" The silver-haired boy thought angrily.

"I may not be able to dispose of your mask-" said Thomas. "-but I can still summon another monster to protect myself!" He went to select the Kuriboh card in his hand and placed it sideways on his Duel Disk. "I summon Kuriboh in defense mode!"

The brown fuzzball monster appeared with a gentle coo (Level: 1/DEF: 200), which was followed by the materialization of a facedown card.

"I place one card facedown and my turn is over."


Turn Seven: Umbra (LP: 4000)
Deck: (38)
Current Hand (6): The Illusionist Faceless Mage, The Masked Beast, Spell Transfer, Premature Burial, and Token Eater(!)


Upon drawing his card, Umbra started looking at his best possible choices.

"So many good cards to use," he said to himself. "But who to attack?" Umbra went into his thoughts. "I could attack that Magnet Warrior...but then we would lose the effect of Mask of the Accursed. On the other hand, Vorse Raider is a big and vulnerable target...but Spencer will just activate both of his facedown cards."

Suddenly, Lumis turned and spoke to him...secretly with a hidden transmitter in his mask.

"Go ahead and attack." he whispered. "I'll cover you."

Umbra heard his teammate (from his own transmitter) and smirked evilly in response.

"I've made my choice...Shining Abyss will go and attack Vorse Raider!"

Shining Abyss charged up a beam of light and fired at Spencer's monster.

"Just as I hoped you would!" grinned the silver-haired boy, poking a button on his Duel Disk. "I activate the Trap card Ring of Destruction!"

The facedown card on the silver-haired boy's field flipped up and revealed itself before creating a large red, explosive ring around Shining Abyss.

"This ring with now destroy any monster on the field of my choosing and then deal damage to both of our life points equal to the current attack of the destroyed monster!"

"That monster won't be Shining Abyss!" called out Lumis, holding his right hand out. "I reveal the Trap card Curse Transfer!"

Lumis's own facedown card flipped up and revealed itself, Thomas gave a gasp of horror at another team strategy Lumis and Umbra had planned.

"This Trap will let me redirect your activated Trap card to another monster." explained Lumis. "...like Vorse Raider!"

The ring disappeared from around Shining Abyss and reappeared around Vorse Raider.

"Say goodbye to your only monster!" declared Umbra.

But Spencer wasn't licked yet, and held out his left hand dramatically.

"I'm not gonna lose life points!" he exclaimed. "I reveal my Ring of Defense Spell card!"

Spencer's remaining facedown card flipped up and revealed itself.

"Now I won't lose any life points from your-"

"What was that?" mocked Umbra, holding up a card from his hand and slotting it into his Duel Disk. "You'll have to speak up louder as I play this Quick-Play Spell card; Spell Transfer!"

The mentioned Spell card materialized face-up.

"This lets me use your Spell card as my own. So now I'M safe from the damage."

An explosion filled the arena. While Umbra was, as he said, safe, Spencer was not so lucky (LP: 2100).

"Spencer lost almost half his life points." thought Thomas.

"Now Shining Abyss-" commanded Umbra. "-wipe out the rest of Spencer's life points!"

Shining Abyss charged up its attack and hurled it towards a terrified Spencer.

(elsewhere...)

Meanwhile, at the harbor, Emily and Mavis were both being taking by two Rare Hunters to somewhere.

"Let us go!" demanded Mavis.

"Where are you taking us!?" Emily asked angrily.

"You'll find out soon enough, foolish girls." said a Rare Hunter.

And by soon enough, he meant now. One Rare Hunter opened a door to an empty warehouse. With that, the Rare Hunter carrying the two girls tossed them both into the room.

"See you both in a few hours." snickered a Rare Hunter, shooting the two girls a flirting wink, much to their disgust.

He closed the door, leaving Emily and Mavis both trapped.

"Where are we?" Mavis asked, while looking around.

"I don't know." answered Emily. "But we have to escape and help Percy and Carlie somehow."

(another room...)

Speaking of Carlie, she was just thrown into another empty room along with Percy.

"And stay in there until we come for you two." A Rare Hunter grunted, closing the door.

"We have to get out of here." said Percy, looking around. "Before something all the more bad happens."

"What do they want with us?" asked Carlie.

"I wish I knew."

Yup, this was a bad situation for all four captives.

(elsewhere...)

Over somewhere in town, James, Gordon, Henry, and Molly were walking down the street...with James being as happy as can be.

"This is my lucky day." he said pleasantly. "I finally got six Locator cards, I won some awesome new cards for my deck, and I finally got the girl."

"We feel so proud of you, James." smiled Henry.

"Just...don't let it go to your head, okay?" suggested Gordon.

"I'll try not to." replied James.

Molly then heard a car horn honk out, catching her attention.

"Oh my, what was that?" she asked curiously.

The four teens watched as a limo drove up to them.

"A limo?" quizzed Gordon.

Out of the limo stepped Edward and Toby.

"Toby, Edward!" smiled James. "You two, I have some great news!" He held out his six Locator cards. "I've won six Locator cards!"

"Yeah, that's great, James...but right now, we have a serious situation." Toby replied.

James grew worried. "What's wrong?"

"Percy, Emily, Mavis and Carlie were captured by the Rare Hunters!" exclaimed Edward.

Upon hearing that bit of info, Gordon and Henry both reeled back in shock.

"No way!" They cried out in unison.

"Where are they now?" asked James.

"We don't know." came a voice from inside the limo.

Suddenly, a window rolled down, and Discord popped his head out.

"H-hey, you're Mr. Crawford, aren't you?" Molly asked.

"The one and only." smiled Discord.

"Hold on a minute." Gordon interrupted for a moment. "What exactly happened?"

Edward sighed. "You guys might want to get in, for this might take a while."

The four teens obeyed and got into the limo.

(elsewhere...)

Shining Abyss, meanwhile, fired off its attack towards a terrified Spencer.

"Say goodbye, Spencer Gresley!" laughed Umbra.

Just before the blast could hit, though, a Kuriboh token suddenly appeared and took the blow.

"Huh?!" Spencer was shocked.

"But how?!" cried Umbra, looking just as shocked.

Thomas's field now consisted of Beta The Magnet Warrior (still masked) and three Kuriboh tokens (one was destroyed protecting Spencer)...and a face-up card (Multiply).

"My Multiply Spell card multiplied my Kuriboh into four Kuriboh tokens." explained Thomas. "And I used one of them to protect Spencer."

"But I thought-" Lumis started.

"Just because we can't get along doesn't mean I have to let him die." protested Thomas.

Spencer, however, didn't seem or look thankful for the save.

"Don't do me any favors, Billinton!" he snapped. "Next time, I'll do it myself."

"Have you ever seen anyone so ungrateful, Umbra?" asked Lumis teasingly.

"I can't say that I have, Lumis." replied Umbra. "Here Thomas takes the effort to save Spencer from falling to his death, and he's so ungrateful for it!"

"If I were Thomas-" Lumis added. "-I would have just let you die, Spencer."

Thomas growled and looked back over to Spencer.

"Spencer, if you want your brother back, then we have to work as a team." he said almost pleadingly. "If one of us falls, then the other won't have a chance against their teamwork!"

"Are you questioning my skills as a duelist?!" Spencer demanded.

"I'm questioning your ability to be thankful to those who help you!" snapped Thomas. "They've been able to counter most of our best moves, and we can't tribute summon monsters, meaning that we can't summon our Egyptian Gods. Do you really want to risk never seeing Skiff again just for your egotistical pride?"

"Be quiet, Billinton!"

"I protected you this turn. If you don't do the same, then I might not be able to do so the next time." The blue-haired boy retorted. "And that will be a time where you will need it!"

"Good riddance." Spencer spat.

"This will be easier then we thought." said Umbra gleefully. "Master Marik will be thrilled to find out Thomas Billinton is dead because he and Spencer couldn't get along."

Without another word from anyone, Spencer drew his next card.


Turn Eight: Spencer Gresley (LP: 2100)
Deck: (38)
Current Hand (4): Kaiser Glider, Crush Card Virus, Stop Defense, and Graceful Charity


"I activate Graceful Charity!" Holding his card out. "Now I draw three cards from my deck and discard two cards from my hand."

First, he sent Stop Defense and Crush Card Virus to the graveyard and draw his three cards. Suddenly, The silver-haired boy noticed what he had drawn.

"My Blue-Eyes White Dragon." he thought, seeing one of his beloved monster cards. "Too bad I can't summon it now... or maybe I can..."

Once he knew what to do, Spencer took two of his newly drawn cards.

"I place one card facedown and summon Battle Ox in defense mode."

A large minotaur-like monster wearing armor and wielding an axe appeared (Level: 4/ATK: 1700/DEF: 1000).

"It's my turn!" announced Lumis.

(elsewhere...)

Back in the Rare Hunter's hideout, some voices could be heard coming from one of the rooms.

"Come on, Mavis, keep it together!" came the voice of Emily.

"I'm trying!" Mavis's voice could be heard grunting. "But being at the bottom isn't easy, you know!"

Inside one of the rooms, Mavis was struggling at the bottom to try and hold Emily up on her (Mavis) shoulders so she (Emily) could try and reach a window.

"You've gained weight." The blonde-haired girl grunted in pain as she struggled.

"Quiet, I think I can...make it!" Emily replied, nearly reaching for a window.

Unfortunately, Mavis eventually gave in and fell down...taking her dark green-haired best friend with her.

*CRASH*

Emily had fallen down and landed on something soft, thus breaking her fall.

"Wow, that landing wasn't as painful as I was expecting it to be." she smiled.

"Ow..." moaned a voice.

On the other hand... Emily looked down where she was sitting and saw that she had landed atop of her best friend.

"I'm so sorry, Mavis." Emily apologized, helping the blonde-haired girl back up. "Are you hurt?"

"Only my back and butt are." Mavis groaned, rubbing her sore spots.

Suddenly, the nearby door opened and a Rare Hunter appeared carrying a protesting Skiff.

"Let me go, you creeps!" he exclaimed.

The Rare Hunter replied by throwing the young boy into the room and closing the door. Emily and Mavis both ran over to see if he was okay.

"Skiff!" cried Emily.

"Are you okay?" added Mavis.

"I'm fine." said Skiff, just before seeing his two friends. "Oh, Emily! Mavis!"

"What do those creeps want with us?" asked Mavis.

"I don't know." The young boy admitted. "But I think we're bait."

"Bait?" asked Emily.

"For Thomas and my brother."

"But why?" Mavis asked. "What do these Rare Hunters want with them?"

"The Rare Hunters want the Egyptian God cards from the two." Skiff answered.

"Egyptian what?" Emily blinked.

"The most powerful cards in Duel Monsters." explained Skiff. "Spencer has Obelisk the Tormentor, and Thomas recently obtained Slifer the Sky Dragon."

Emily soon realized something. "Is this why your brother enforced the Ante rule for the tournament?" she asked, dreading the answer.

Skiff nodded. "He wanted to lure the Rare Hunters and take back the God cards they had stolen."

"Stolen?" Mavis quizzed.

Skiff explained to the two girls what Ishizu told him and Spencer.

"So this is why we're under the Rare Hunters' clutches." Emily thought to herself. "They will do anything to get their hands on those cards...and kill Thomas."

"Emily, are you feelings okay?" Mavis asked with concern.

"Not really." said the dark green-haired girl unhappily. "We have to find a way out and warn Thomas."

"What do you suggest we do?" Skiff asked.

Emily wished she had an answer.

(elsewhere...)

Back atop the skyscraper, it was currently Lumis's turn.


Turn Nine: Lumis (LP: 4000)
Deck: (37)
Current Hand (2): Tribute Doll and Grand Tiki Elder


"I summon Grand Tiki Elder in attack mode!" The shorter Rare Hunter declared, holding up his card.

Appearing to the field was a monster wearing a Tiki Mask and robes (Level: 4/ATK: 1500).

"Destroy a Kuriboh token now!" Lumis commanded.

Grand Tiki Elder obeyed, waving its arms and hitting a Kuriboh token with magic.

"Now you have only two left."

Thomas grunted and drew his card.


Turn Ten: Thomas Billinton (LP: 3500)
Deck: (37)
Current Hand (5): Sage's Stone, Obnoxious Celtic Guardian, Archfiend of Gilfer, Polymerization, and Pot of Greed


"Now you lose 500 life points!" reminded Lumis.

Thomas grimaced (LP: 3000), just before looking back at his drawn card.

"This might come in handy." he thought, before looking up. "Okay, Rare Hunters, I'll begin my turn by playing Pot of Greed. Letting me draw two more cards."

Thomas drew his cards and noticed what one of them was. It was Card Destruction.

"Card Destruction!"

Thomas looked at his hand carefully before deciding a move.

"I should have known better than to trust Spencer." he thought crossly. "He's so stubborn and ungrateful."

"Hmph!" huffed Spencer, breaking the blue-haired boy's thought. "What are you waiting for, Billinton? Make a play already! I just hope you're done messing up because I have a card in my hand that could win the game for us...but thanks to your earlier foul-ups, I can't play it. I guess it's better off in the graveyard."

Thomas, despite feeling a bit upset with his friend/rival, started to get the hint.

"Spencer WANTS his hand discarded." he thought. "I guess I now know what I must do." Finally Thomas spoke out loud. "I place one card facedown and end my turn."

A large facedown card materialized behind Beta The Magnet Warrior.

"Not even going to summon a monster?" teased Umbra. "Guess you DO want to lose."

Thomas kept himself calm. He knew that the two Rare Hunters were just trying to rile him up.

"Here's where it ends!" Umbra declared, drawing a card.


Turn Eleven: Umbra (LP: 4000)
Deck: (37)
Current Hand (5): The Illusionist Faceless Mage, The Masked Beast, Premature Burial, Token Eater(!), and Curse of the Masked Beast


"I play a Ritual Spell card!" He slotted his card into his Duel Disk. "Curse of the Masked Beast!"

The card materialized face-up.

"Now I will offer my monster and Lumis's monster to call forth the mighty Masked Beast!"

A large mask shaped cauldron with Torches appeared. Both of Lumis and Umbra's monsters were absorbed into the cauldron.

"Now Masked Beast-" shouted Umbra. "-come forth!"

A large centaur-like monster appeared (Level: 8/ATK: 3200).

"Next I'll play this Spell card." Umbra went on, slotting a card into a Spell/Trap slot on his Duel Disk. "Token Eater!"

The card materialized behind The Masked Beast. Both Kuriboh tokens were eaten alive by large monster-like Fly Traps.

"My Kuriboh tokens!" cried Thomas, before seeing his life points take a hit (LP: 2000). "Why did my life points go down?!"

"My Spell card deals 500 points of damage to you for each tokens destroyed," explained Umbra.

Spencer cast a glance towards the blue-haired boy.

"Masked Beast!" commanded Umbra. "Attack Thomas directly and finish him off."

Thomas could only watch in horror and defeat as The Masked Beast charged towards him in an attempt to defeat him. However...

"Battle Ox, defend my teammate!"

The Battle Ox suddenly ran in and took the blow instead, destroying it.

"What happened?!" Umbra asked in shock.

Thomas was shocked by what happened, too.

"It was Spencer!" Lumis exclaimed.

Spencer just chuckled.

"Why'd you save him?" demanded Umbra.

"You forget; this is a tag team duel." The silver-haired boy replied coolly. "And my partner was in danger of losing."

Thomas smiled. "Thank you, Spencer."

"Don't misunderstand me." replied Spencer firmly. "I only did it to repay you and your Kuribohs for saving me." He then went into his thoughts. "Now you just need to repay the favor."

Lumis and Umbra were both very cross.

"This can't be!" argued Lumis. "We were informed that Spencer would be so stuck up he wouldn't even help someone else."

"You thought wrong!" Thomas replied, poking a button on his Duel Disk. "Reveal facedown card, Card Destruction!"

The blue-haired boy's facedown card flipped up and revealed itself.

"Oh no!" Lumis exclaimed in horror.

"Our entire hands!" added Umbra.

"That's right." confirmed Thomas. "All of our hands go to the graveyard and we redraw from our decks the same number of cards we've discarded."

The four duelists discarded their hands and redrew.


Turn Twelve: Spencer Gresley (LP: 2100)
Deck: (30)
Current Hand (2): Soul Exchange and The Flute of Summoning Dragon


"That's not all." Spencer added.

"There's more?" asked Umbra nervously.

"Yes, thanks to your Mask of Restrict I was unable to summon the monster I had in my previous hand... But now I can summon it!"

"But how?" Lumis demanded.

"I reveal my facedown Spell card!" announced Spencer, poking a button on his Duel Disk, causing his facedown card to flip up and reveal itself. "Monster Reborn! With this, I can bring back the monster I discarded! My Blue-Eyes White Dragon!"

A shadow image of Blue-Eyes White Dragon was shown letting out a roar. Light filled the area as Lumis and Umbra both screamed in horror as the sight.

"This can't be possible!" wailed Umbra.

"It is!" Thomas smiled.

"This is the price you pay for kidnapping my family to get to me!" Spencer shouted dramatically. "Now prepare to feel a wrath like none you've ever experienced before! Go, Blue-Eyes!"

The dragon finally showed itself and let out a massive roar. Spencer laughed maniacally as he pointed forth like he had ordered his dragon to attack.


To be Continued!