Disclaimer: I don't own Yugioh GX. It's just that simple.
The Samurai Kid
By: Patattack
Revenge of the Vampire – Part 1
During a dark and dimly lit night, a crescent moon hung over a lake. Fog lay overtop the water, draping it in an eerie blanket as a long boat glided across, accompanied by a horde of flying bats. A coffin lying inside the boat creaked as its lid slid open and a woman with long hair and blood red lips sat up. She looked at her surroundings and smiled wickedly, at the same time as an evil laugh escaped her lips.
Jaden sat upright as he awoke from his nightmare, clutching his sides. "Jaden!" Syrus exclaimed from his seat right next to his friend's hospital bed. "Are you okay?"
"Oh man," the hero duelist mumbled. "Weird dream. I saw a girl."
"A girl?" Syrus wondered.
"You must be feeling better if you're dreaming about girls," Miss Fontaine said as she came into view.
"How is Nightshroud- I mean, Alexis' brother?"
The Obelisk girls' headmistress looked to the right, where Alexis was sitting next to her brother who was still immobile in his bed. "I'm afraid he hasn't woken up yet. But still, he's in stable condition."
Jaden then took note of Jeremy who was unconscious on another bed in the infirmary. Christine was sitting in a chair next to the blond boy, looking sadly at him and the bruises he'd gained as a result of the attacks aimed at him. "What happened to Jeremy?"
The blue haired girl turned around to look at the brunette Slifer. "He got forced into a shadow game against another possessed student during the time you were knocked out," she explained, pointing to the unconscious form of the former Shadow Rider. "He won the duel, but passed out not too long afterwards and he's been like this since."
"Whoa."
"Girl… evil… approaches," Jeremy muttered in his sleep, then returned to a state of full unconsciousness.
On the lake, the boat from Jaden's dream was going along silently. The woman in the coffin raised her arm as she commanded the bats to do her bidding. "Go, my minions. Find me my prey. So that we can succeed where Blank and Nightshroud have failed." She held up a rose in her hands and smiled as she watched her bats fly away.
During the following day, news of a strange vampire had already begun to blossom all over the island. "Hey, did you hear about the vampire?"
"Vampire?"
"Dude! I saw her with my own eyes! Or at least, my roommate did. She's got these gigantic fangs."
"Wait! Are you saying it's a she?"
"I am so not kidding, it's a girl vampire!"
"But she better stay away from my boyfriend!"
Word of this eventually reached Chancellor Sheppard's ears, who called Chazz, Zane, Erik, Bastion, Crowler and Banner to his office because of it. "Vampire!" Chazz said in surprise after hearing Sheppard's suspicions.
"I'm afraid the rumors may not be rumors after all."
"Oh my," Banner muttered.
"Puh-lease," Crowler said. "It's a practical joke."
"A joke?" Bastion asked doubtfully. "It wasn't a joke that put Jaden and Jeremy in the hospital."
"Do you think this vampire lady's a Shadow Rider?" Zane inquired.
"Perhaps."
"Great," Erik said sarcastically.
"Be on the lookout for anything suspicious." Crowler and Banner looked to each other nervously, while the others simply nodded at this.
Later on, Chazz was sitting in his room at the Slifer dorm, with his cards laid out on the floor while deciding how to arrange his deck. "Let's see this vampire girl try to get the drop on the Chazz." He was too focused on his cards, that he was unaware of the bat hanging from the rafters, looking down at him with glowing red eyes.
At the same time, Bastion was in his own room, sitting at his desk, choosing which cards to use and which to set aside. He was also being spied on by another bat, this one looking at him through his window.
Erik was sitting down at a desk in his room with his deck strewn out before him. "Vampire…" he mused. "With something as unexpected as that, I've got to make sure my deck is ready." He then chanced to turn around and opened the curtains at his window all the way. "Hmm, I was sure I saw something there," he muttered to himself, unaware that another flying bat had been secretly watching him through a crack.
Elsewhere in the Obelisk boys' dorm, Zane was sitting down while going over his own cards. But like all the others, he was unknowingly being watched.
"A vampire?" Crowler said to himself as he sat in his office. "What's next? The boogeyman? Who would believe something so ridiculous?" As he was mumbling, a fifth bat was hanging upside down, surveying him through the window.
As for Banner, he was sitting in front of a mirror in his own room. Strings of garlic bulbs were hanging from the ceiling, candles were lit on the floor and he was dressed in an odd manner, while waving an equally strange stick in the air. "Stay away," he spoke up. "I know you're out there. I have a huge horror movie collection, I know all your weak spots, I am ready for you." The bat watching almost sweatdropped upon seeing this, but then lost interest and flew away to its mistress.
Back in the infirmary, Alexis stood up from her seat and walked over to Syrus, who was still sitting next to Jaden. "How's he doing?" she asked the small Slifer boy.
"He hasn't said anything since last night," he answered sadly.
"Oh…"
"How's your brother, Alexis?"
The Obelisk girl in question shook her head. "Pretty much the same. But he'll get better. I know it, he's a fighter, you know?"
Syrus nodded at this. "I know."
Alexis then turned towards her Obelisk friend who was still next to Jeremy's bed. "Are you alright?" she asked.
"I'm fine," Christine responded.
"And Jeremy?"
"Like Jaden. He's taken a beating, but he'll get through… eventually."
Alexis looked at her friend for a moment, before speaking softly enough so that only the two of them could hear. "I don't mean to pry, but what were you and Jeremy doing before he got taken away for that shadow game?"
The blue haired girl looked back at her for a moment before answering in an equally soft voice. "You know that talk we had before Jaden's duel against Nightshroud?" Alexis nodded in confirmation. "Well… I went over to the Slifer dorm and brought Jeremy outside to walk with me so we could be alone for a while." Christine paused briefly and then continued. "I wanted to confess how I really felt about him… but that Shadow Rider took him away before I could get to it."
Alexis looked at her friend with a sympathetic expression. "Don't worry. I'm sure you'll get your chance and that everything will be alright." Christine merely nodded at this. "I just hope that the others don't get it as bad in their duels. After all, it sounds as if the next Shadow Rider is already here."
Not only was that true, but they were also being watched by another of her bats.
As for the vampire mistress in question, she was in an empty bathroom, lying in a bathtub. She held out her hand as one of the bats came flying in and landed on it. "My precious. What did you bring for me?" Its eyes glowed red, at the same time as its owner's. Images of the key-keepers appeared in her mind. "So this is our opposition. Hmm… who shall it be?" She then settled on the image of a dark haired Obelisk boy with a stern expression. "You… you will be my first."
Later on, the spirit key holders, apart from Alexis, Christine, Jaden and Jeremy were standing before Chancellor Sheppard in his office. "Good news Chancellor," Chazz announced. "I've searched the whole campus, and there's no-"
"VAMPIRE!" Chumley shouted as he came running in the office, stopping in front of the key-keepers. "I saw her! She's at the lake!"
Along with Chumley, the same key-keepers walked through the forest and stopped at the edge of the lake, shrouded in fog while a crescent moon hung in the sky. A sleek red carpet rolled out from within the fog up to them. "I think she's expecting us," Bastion commented.
"At least it's the red carpet treatment," Crowler said.
"Crimson red," Zane noted.
"Isn't that fitting?" Erik muttered.
"What now?" Bastion wondered.
"Now we face her," Zane stated.
"Yeah, but who?" Chazz asked.
Banner and Crowler backed away from the lake, but then happened to bump into each other, causing the Obelisk headmaster to leap forward in fright and stand in front of the group. "Oh wow, you are so brave," Chumley remarked.
"We'll be right behind you," Bastion said supportively.
"Yes, by a good ten feet," Banner added.
"Hey, I have an idea," Crowler said as he turned around. "Let's draw straws to see who goes first. Now, where can we find straws? Oh, never you mind. I'll find them, just don't follow me."
"Sorry Crowler," Erik spoke up. "But you're up."
"Syrus!" Chumley called out as he ran into the infirmary. "Crowler's going to duel against the vampire lady!"
"Good, he'll beat her easy, right?"
"Wrong, Sy," Alexis said. "Crowler may talk a big game, but he plays a terrible one."
"If this Shadow Rider's as tough as any of the others, then he'll get creamed," Christine added.
Crowler stood in front of the red carpet, whimpering nervously. "What's the hold up?" Chazz asked.
"If you're in such a hurry, why don't you go first?"
A wind suddenly came up, blowing away some of the fog, opening up a corridor that led up to a boat sitting at the other end of the carpet. A beautiful woman with long green hair stood on the boat, wearing a crimson red dress split at the lower part, a duel disk and a collar around her neck. "Gentlemen," she spoke in a Transylvanian accent. "Why don't I just come to you?" She stepped out of the boat and onto the carpet, water rippling outward with each step. She had a look of disgust when she stopped a short distance from Crowler. "And who might you be?"
"I'm your challenger," he answered in a nervous tone.
'I don't think so,' she thought to herself. 'I crave another.'
"You are not worthy."
"I BEG YOUR PARDON!" Crowler shouted. "I have a PHD in dueling! That takes nine years in duel school, you know!"
"Fine," she said in a bored tone. "If you're that anxious to lose your key, then you may duel me, Camula, vampire mistress of the Shadow Riders." Her eyes briefly glowed red as a horde of bats appeared out from the fog.
"So she's the vampire," Banner noted. "I need to get new horror movies."
"Rubber bats and plastic teeth," Crowler said. "Your tricks don't scare me."
"Well then, perhaps this will. If you lose, I get your soul. Actually, this little doll does." She held up a small faceless doll.
"You want to take his soul and the key?" Bastion asked in disbelief.
"Forget it!" Chazz said.
"Is that all?" Crowler asked, not really scared by her conditions. "Don't want anything for you mummy? Or perhaps something for your pet werewolf to chew on."
Camula grinned wickedly at this. "Be careful what you wish for, it may just come true. Now then, key-keeper, let's duel!" She then walked off the carpet and stood opposite Crowler, at a distance that the others wouldn't get caught in the crossfire. Camula's disk, seemingly a bracelet at first glance, suddenly sprouted bat like wings with spaces for playing cards. Crowler's duel vest turned on at the same time and both duelists drew their starting hands.
Camula: 4000
Crowler: 4000
"So, key-keeper," the vampire mistress spoke up as she drew a sixth card. "You don't believe in werewolves? Well, perhaps this will convince you. Rise, Zombie Werewolf." A gray furred werewolf with red eyes, shackles dangling from its wrists and wearing tattered green pants stood up on its hind legs. (1200) "And I'll end my turn with a face-down card."
"Please, what do you take me for, some sort or pathetic amateur? That face-down is obviously a trap. And that mangy fleabag is clearly the bait. But even so, I'll bite. Because you've bitten off more than you can chew. First, I summon Ancient Gear Knight." A humanoid machine monster similar to the Ancient Gear Soldier appeared on Crowler's field, safe that it carried a thick shield in the left arm and its right one had a lance connected to it. (1800) "Now, since he's a Gemini, my knight is treated as a normal monster when on my field on in the graveyard."
"Gemini?" Chazz wondered, apparently confused at this.
"Like Crowler said, a monster that's treated as a normal monster when on the field or the graveyard," Erik explained "But when it's on the field, you can normal summon it to gain an effect."
"That's right," Crowler said. "And thanks to Double Summon, my knight can become just like my other Ancient Gear monsters." A thin white aura appeared around the machine creature. "And when he attacks, you can't activate any spells or traps. Now, Camula, I think it's time we gave that filthy slobbering mongrel of yours his needle. Attack!" The mechanical creature charged forward and impaled the werewolf in its torso.
Camula: 4000-3400
"I guess that Crowler is more of a cat person," Zane remarked.
"That was fun!" the Obelisk headmaster exclaimed. "I should get out of the classroom more often!"
"On the contrary," Camula spoke up. "You should study up. Then you'd know, my werewolf is coming back." The Zombie Werewolf let out a howl as it returned, but even stronger than before. (1200-1700)
"But how?"
"Ahh, the living. I forget the ignorance of a beating heart. When Zombie Werewolf is destroyed, I get to summon another from my deck with 500 more attack points."
"And he… teaches us?" Chazz said in disbelief.
"Don't worry," Crowler tried to reassure them. "Everything is under control. I place one card face-down. I guess it's your turn."
"Why thank you. And I summon Vampire Bat in attack mode." A large dark gray bat appeared next to Camula's other creature. (800) "And with my winged friend on the field, every zombie monster I control gains 200 attack points." The bat and werewolf were then surrounded by a dark aura that powered them up. (800-1000) (1700-1900)
"Don't the three of you look so cute. You know, if you had bags, you could go trick or treating."
"The only treat will be your demise. Zombie Werewolf, go sic that Gear Knight. Midnight Pounce." The lycanthrope leapt forward and bit into the metal man's lance arm, causing it to explode and send back the attacking creature.
Crowler: 4000-3900
"Well, well. It would appear that your mutt still has some bite in him after all," Crowler commented. "No matter, I still have more life-points."
"Perhaps, but not for much longer. Vampire Bat, attack with Swarming Scourge." The weaker zombie then split apart into a flock of miniature bats which flew towards Crowler and bit into him.
The Obelisk professor fell to his knees, clutching his head in pain. 'I can actually feel their little teeth! This isn't some dueling hologram, this is real! And that can only mean one thing… this is really a shadow game too!'
Crowler: 3900-2900
"Crowler's taking a beating," Syrus remarked, as he and the others in the infirmary were watching the duel being transmitted to them on his PDA.
"No, he can't!" Alexis said. "If he doesn't win, he'll lose his key and his soul. What'll we do?"
Now done with attacking, the swarm of bats flew back to their side of the field and fused into the large one. Camula laughed at her opponent's predicament. "For rubber bats, they pack quite a wallop, don't they? Listen, dear, you don't have to endure this. Step down and I'll duel that one in white."
"You hear that, Zane?" Chazz asked. "Sounds like you're her type."
"Yes, or her blood type," Banner added.
"So how about it? Give me your student and I'll let you go free."
"As tempting as that may be," Crowler said as he struggled to get to his feet. "I don't think so! I won't let you lay a finger on my students! Do you understand! I am the leading professor at the most famous dueling academy in the world! And if you want to get to my students, you'll have to get through yours truly!"
"But, you can hardly stand," Chazz noted.
"Don't worry about me. I still have a deck in my hand and a few tricks up my sleeve. Like this for example. I play my face-down card, Damage Condenser. By getting rid of a card in my hand, it summons a monster from my deck whose attack points are equal or lower than the damage you've just inflicted on me. In other words, the more pain you deal, the more hurt you'll feel. Rise, Ancient Gear Cannon." A metal contraption with a set of cannon barrels mounted on gears appeared in front of Crowler. (500)
"Very well, I end my turn."
"And I'll begin mine by playing Pot of Greed to draw two cards. Then I sacrifice Ancient Gear Cannon to deal to you 500 points of damage and prevent either of us from using traps during the battle phase of this turn." The named monster exploded in a flurry of orange pellets which struck Camula, though it seemingly did little to faze her.
Camula: 3400-2900
"Next I play my Ancient Gear Castle." A castle made of sand colored stone appeared, complete with turrets and other fortifications. "And I also play the field spell Geartown." The surroundings were suddenly changed so that everyone stood in the streets of an old looking town filled with machinery and gears. "This reduces the number of sacrifices needed to summon an ancient gear monster by one. So I can bring out my own four legged friend, Ancient Gear Beast." A dog made of a collection of gears with metal plating appeared on Crowler's field. (2000-2300) "Of course, because of my castle, he gains 300 attack points. And as you're about to see, he's well trained. Go, Ancient Gear Beast, show that Zombie Werewolf who's top dog."
"Don't do it!" Chazz warned him. "If you win that battle, she'll just bring back the werewolf all over again. Hello!"
"Appreciate the advice, but you're forgetting his special ability. Ancient Gear Beast negates the effect of any destroyed monster."
"Clever calculation," Bastion commented.
"Yes, good thinking," Banner remarked.
"Now, attack Zombie Werewolf." The metal hound pounced on the werewolf and bit down on its side.
Camula: 2900-2500
"If you'd like some held with your dueling strategy, feel free to stop by my class."
"Maybe Crowler's lesson plans really do work," Chazz said.
"Quiet," Bastion spoke up. "He'll only give us more homework."
"Nice move," Camula commented as she drew. "Pity you won't have many more. I sacrifice Vampire Bat to summon Ryu Kokki." The large bat was then replaced by a hideous looking monster made of skulls and other skeletal body parts. (2400) "Attack that beast." Camula's creature lunged at the metal dog and crushed it in a deadly embrace.
Crowler: 2900-2800
"I end my turn with a face-down."
"With my Geartown still in play, I can now summon Ancient Gear Gadjiltron Chimera." A large green and gray metal monster with four legs and a long tail rose up on Crowler's field. It had three different heads perched on its shoulders, and a fourth one at the end of its tail. (2300-2600) "Attack that… thing," he ordered, pointing to Ryu Kokki. The metal creature charged forward and crashed through the amalgamation of bones, which dissolved into dust.
Camula: 2500-2300
"Alright, now she's defenseless," Chazz pointed out.
"But not for long. I reveal my trap, Zombie Resurrection. When one of my zombie type monsters is destroyed in battle, I can summon one from my graveyard, provided it has less attack points. And I choose, Vampire Bat." The large grayish bat reappeared on the vampire mistress' field. (800-1000)
"Okay then… I end my turn."
"And I cast the field spell Infernalvania." The mechanical city crumbled into nothingness and as a dark Transylvanian castle appeared behind in the distance behind Camula.
"When you destroy Geartown, I can summon any ancient gear monster I want. Rise, Ancient Gear Golem." Crowler's signature monster stood up on the field. (3000-3300)
"It won't matter. Because with Infernalvania, I can discard a zombie monster from my hand and send every creature on the field straight to the graveyard."
"But don't you forget, by using Infernalvania, you're not going to be allowed to normal summon your monsters anymore," Chazz pointed out.
"So what? Who says I need any more monsters? Isn't that right?" she asked Crowler.
"Don't play games with me. I know all about that bat of yours," the Obelisk's headmaster said.
"But do your students? Do they know my vampire bat can be made indestructible by simply discarding another one from my deck? Or did you skip that chapter?"
The onlookers gasped at this revelation. "Oh dear!" Bastion exclaimed.
"But first, I'll discard one of my zombie monsters for Infernalvania." A man in with blue hair and wearing a dark suit and cape appeared briefly, before disappearing as Infernalvania began to glow. Both monsters then exploded, although Vampire Bat left behind a bunch of flower petals. "And I'll just get rid of another Vampire Bat in my deck to keep this one on the field." The flower petals came together to reform the winged creature. "Now attack the good professor!"
Crowler was once again surrounded by a flock of angry bats. "No! Not again! I can't take much more of this!"
Crowler: 2800-1800
"He needs our help!" Zane spoke up.
"No, stay back. This is my duel, and my duel alone. You must protect your keys." The Obelisk headmaster then fell to the ground.
"Crowler, we can't just stand here and do nothing!"
"Yes, I completely agree with you, darling," Camula said, looking at Zane. "Please step in. Save your teacher, because obviously he can't save himself."
"WRONG!" Jaden's voice came up. Chumley and Syrus stopped amongst those watching the ongoing duel, the former letting Jaden down, who he'd been carrying on his back. "Dr. Crowler can win this duel."
"I know that voice," Crowler muttered. "It's slacker."
"I know because I've dueled him. Believe me, he can throw down, and he'll find a way to beat you. So get up, Dr. Crowler, and get your game on!"
Hearing those words of encouragement gave Crowler the motivation to get to his feet. "I am not giving up!"
"Oh, are you still here?"
"You had better believe it! And here to stay too, missy! You see, though it makes me slightly ill to admit it, JADEN IS ABSOLUTELY RIGHT! I CAN BEAT YOU! I CAN THROW DOWN AND I CAN GET MY GAME ON! I suddenly feel the need to rinse my mouth out."
"Come on, it's not that bad, teach," Jaden said.
"Yes, perhaps," Bastion admitted. "But you know what is? His life-points."
"Crowler will have to mount a comeback," Erik stated.
"Now, let's get back to the duel," Crowler said as he drew his card. "I play Ancient Gear Workshop, allowing me to take an ancient gear monster from my graveyard and put it into my hand. Then I'll summon Ancient Gear Golem in attack mode." Crowler's signature monster rose up on his field, albeit only without a power boost. (3000)
"Check it!" Chazz said. "Crowler's best monster."
"But where's the sacrifice?" Syrus asked.
"It's on the field," Zane pointed out. "The Ancient Gear Castle. A very skillful move. When summoning a monster with Ancient in its name, you can sacrifice Ancient Gear Castle. And it counts as the same number of sacrifices as however many monsters have been summoned so far." The named spell card then disappeared from the field.
"Now, Gear Golem, attack Vampire Bat with Mechanized Melee." Crowler's signature monster pulled back its arm and threw a transparent fist at the flying zombie, which then passed through its owner.
Camula: 2300-300
"Did you forget that Vampire Bat can't be destroyed?" Camula asked as her persistent monster returned in all its glory. "But as Infernalvania will demonstrate, your golem can."
"I'm afraid you're mistaken."
"What's he gonna do?" Chazz wondered.
"Oh… just destroy every spell and trap card on the entire field. Suffer the wrath of Heavy Storm." A violent wind suddenly came into existence, shattering Camula's face-down card and reducing the Transylvanian castle to dust.
"You must be quite a bore to your students. So predictable."
"Please, you don't know what you're talking about."
Camula's jaw then dropped beyond what most people could, at the same time as a viperfish tongue came out and a vicious pair of fangs could be seen. "Oh, don't I? I activate the trap, Zombie Bed."
"You can't! I just destroyed all the trap and spell cards."
"Which is exactly what I wanted you to do."
"But why?"
"Of course," Zane stated. "Zombie Bed must have to be destroyed in order to be activated."
"Very good, my darling. And now that it has been, its effect lets me summon back another Vampire Bat in attack mode." A second giant bat appeared next to the first." (800-1200) (1000-1200) "Thanks to your card, you're completely defenseless."
All the onlookers stared in surprise. "She knows Crowler's every move even before he does," Chazz said.
The vampire mistress chuckled as her face became normal again. "It's easy when you have a hundred flying bats at your command." One of said bats chose that moment to land on her shoulder as she drew her card. "It's over, Crowler. I activate Book of Life. It resurrects my Vampire Lord." The blue haired vampire returned amidst the flying bats. (2000-2400) "However, you cannot give life without taking it away. So I'll be taking your Chimera from your graveyard. And now I'll remove Vampire lord to summon Vampire Genesis." The more human looking vampire made way for a powerful purple giant with a large blue wing on its back. (3000-3400)
Crowler turned away from the duel and looked at the students watching him. "My students, no matter what happens to me, always remember this… It's true, I may have been hard on you at times, but it's simply because I believe in you. Therefore, if I fall here, there's still hope. Cause I know you all will rise."
"Don't talk like that!" Zane said.
"This isn't good," Erik muttered.
"Have you finished with your final lesson yet, Crowler?"
"Excuse me, but that's Doctor to you!" the Obelisk headmaster snapped at the vampire woman.
"If you wish, I'll put it on your tombstone as soon as I'm finished. Vampire Genesis, destroy his Golem." The giant vampiric creature shot out a stream of purple mist which tore through Crowler's Golem.
Crowler: 1800-1400
"That all? I thought you Shadow Riders were supposed to be tough."
"You want more? Very well, try this. Vampire Bats, attack." The two flying bats then split into a flock of smaller ones who swarmed Crowler.
"Dr. Crowler!"
"Jaden, avenge me, my boy." And with those words said, he fell to the ground in defeat.
Crowler: 1400-0
"His key, is mine," Camula said as the remaining holograms faded away.
"No way!" Chazz spoke up.
"We can't stop her. She won the duel," Jaden pointed out.
The female vampire then walked over to her fallen opponent and took the spirit key from his neck. It disappeared in a flash of light as she held it up. "One down, six to go. And now, darling children… to take my second prize." She pulled out the small doll, which began to glow with an eerie purple aura, along with Crowler's body. When it was done, the doll had been transformed into a likeliness of the teacher. "Dolls are pretty, but this is decidedly not." The vampire lady tossed it to the ground like a piece of trash. "It's garbage now."
"That's it!" Jaden exclaimed, and went to take a step forward, but found Zane's arm in the way. "But…"
"Now, I bid farewell." A dark castle then appeared in the fog behind Camula.
"We'll find you!" Erik declared.
"And duel!" Bastion added.
"Children, that's precisely what I'm hoping for." She disappeared in thin air, her evil laughter lingering behind.
Hope you liked it and all that, oh, and please review.
Cards made up by me:
Zombie Resurrection
Normal Trap
Effect: Activate only when a zombie type monster you control is destroyed in battle. Summon another one from your graveyard with lower attack points.
Image: An undead hand reaching out through the ground, from among the scattered remains of Ryu Kokki.
Next chapter: Crowler's out of the game, and now Zane wants to avenge him.