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This fic a joint project with one of my friends, Comic Master Alpha.
EPISODE 2-11
The Third Round
"I shall be the one to end the final round!"
"If you want to end the final round, you have to beat me first!" Sammie shot back as she gathered up her cards.
"Are they really going for the third round?" asked Max.
"Sammie definitely will," Mikey answered.
"Wow, Mikey! I never expected you to answer for a change," Max said surprised.
"Well I've known Sammie the longest," was Mikey's response.
"Aren't you forgetting about someone, bro?" Gabe inquired.
"Sammie's never the type to give up easily it ever," Mikey continued, "She'll see everything through to the end. She may be smart, but she's also incredibly stubborn. Even in a losing situation, she'll face it head-on."
"Wow...." Max looked at Sammie. "Hey Mikey, it looks like she's switching out some cards."
"Huh?" Mikey looked toward his childhood friend. Sammie had taken out a small deck of fifteen cards and was indeed switching some cards from her deck and putting some new ones in.
"So, Sammie's got a side deck," Coltyn observed.
"What's a side deck?" asked Mikey.
"A side deck is a smaller deck that can hold up to fifteen cards," Coltyn explained, "You don't see them often because most people don't engage each other in matches. But if you're in a match, there are breaks in between duels during which you can switch out cards from your deck for cards in your side deck."
"So you can basically modify your deck in between rounds?"
"Exactly."
I just hope those new cards can help Sammie win this round, thought Mikey, If she loses, she's off the island. He watched as she finished switching her cards and placed her deck inside her Duel Disk, which immediately shuffled her cards.
"LET'S DUEL!"
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ROUND 3
Sammie: 8000
Saito: 8000
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"The first turn is mine. I draw!" Saito took the top card off his deck and placed it in his hand. "I summon Masked Dragon in attack mode." He placed one card onto the surface of his Duel Disk and called out his dragon in a Hannibal Lecter mask (ATK/1400 DEF/1100). "I set one card facedown and end my turn."
"My turn. I draw." Sammie drew her card, "I summon Breaker the Magical Warrior in attack mode." A wizard in red armor appeared brandishing a sword and a matching shield (ATK/1600 DEF/1000). "When Breaker is summoned, he gets one Spell Counter, which raises his attack points by three hundred." A yellow gemstone appeared on the hilt of Breaker's sword and the blade began to glow as his attack points rose up to nineteen hundred. "Attack Masked Dragon!" Breaker the Magical Warrior flew forward and swung his sword, cleaving through his target's neck and separating its head from its body.
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ROUND 3
Sammie: 8000
Saito: 7500
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"I activate my Masked Dragon's effect!" declared Saito. "From my deck, I Special Summon Dragunity – Phalanx in attack mode." In a burst of light, a small blue dragon in bronze armor appeared (ATK/500 DEF/1100).
"Now I remove Breaker's Spell Counter to destroy one Spell or Trap Card on the field," announced Sammie. The yellow gem vanished from Breaker's sword and he swung his weapon again, firing a wave of energy that destroyed Saito's facedown card, which turned out to be Synchro Strike. "I'm done. Let's see what you've got."
"If you say so." Saito drew his card. "And what I've got is Dragunity – Dux in attack mode!" A bird man wielding a slave driver's whip appeared (ATK/1500 DEF/1000) "And for each Dragunity monster on the field, he gains two hundred attack points." With two Dragunity creatures out, Saito's Dragunity – Dux rose up to nineteen hundred attack points. "Dragunity – Dux, attack Breaker the Magical Warrior!" Dragunity – Dux spread his wings and flew toward Breaker. With one swing of his arm, he lashed out with his whip and destroyed his target.
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ROUND 3
Sammie: 7700
Saito: 7500
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"Dragunity – Phalanx, it's your turn! Attack her directly!" ordered Saito. Dragunity – Phalanx let out a shriek and flew toward Sammie before thrusting a pair of spears into her.
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ROUND 3
Sammie: 7200
Saito: 7500
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"I'll end with a single facedown." Saito placed his card facedown and turned to Sammie. "It's your move."
"And I draw!" Sammie drew her card. "I summon Ritual Devil Curse Enchanter in attack mode!" She placed her card onto the field and summoned a fat demon wielding a staff (ATK/1700 DEF/1000). "Attack Dragunity – Dux!"
"I activate my facedown!" declared Saito. "Urgent Tuning. Now I can Synchro Summon during this Battle Phase." His Dragunity – Phalanx transformed into two green rings and surrounded Dragunity – Dux before a light engulfed them both. "Come out, Dragunity Knight – Gáebolg!" A dragon in white armor emerged with a bird man wearing matching armor on his back (ATK/2000 DEF/1100).
"Fine." Sammie took a card from her hand. "I set a card facedown and end my turn."
"My move." Saito drew his card. "I summon another Dragunity – Dux in attack mode and with his effect, I'll bring back Dragunity – Phalanx and equip it to him." A new Dragunity – Dux appeared and moments later, Dragunity – Phalanx reappeared clinging to his back. "Now I use Phalanx's effect to Special Summon him to the field." Dragunity – Phalanx jumped off Dragunity – Dux and stood beside him.
"Now I tune Dragunity – Phalanx to Dragunity – Legion and Synchro Summon Dragunity Knight Vajuranda!" From the Synchro Summon light emerged a red dragon with its bird man rider (ATK/1900 DEF/1200). "With Vajuranda's effect, I can bring one level three or lower Dragon-type Dragunity monster from my graveyard and equip it to him." Saito brought back Dragunity – Phalanx and the small dragon appeared with Dragunity Knight – Vajuranda on the back of his dragon mount. "Next I play Mystical Space Typhoon to destroy your facedown." Sammie gasped as Saito's Spell Card destroyed her Sakuretsu Armor.
"Dragunity Knight – Vajuranda, attack Ritual Devil Curse Enchanter!" Dragunity Knight – Vajuranda threw his spear and his dragon unleashed a powerful whirlwind that spiraled with the polearm and struck Sammie's monster, destroying it.
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ROUND 3
Sammie: 7000
Saito: 7500
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"Dragunity Knight – Gáebolg, attack her directly!" Dragunity Knight - Gáebolg pointed with his staff and his mount unleashed a blast of energy from its mouth and hit Sammie with full force.
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ROUND 3
Sammie: 5000
Saito: 7500
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The raw power of both attacks generated a powerful wind that tore down several trees around Sammie. "I'll end my turn." Saito then looked at his opponent and gave her an affirming nod. Sammie bit her lip and drew her card. Her hand went down to her pocket then and pulled out a set of headphones.
"What is she doing?" Mikey asked as she jacked the headphones into her duel disk.
Coltyn continued to watch the duel with stern eyes and nodded, "Ahe is getting serious."
"What do you mean?"
"She is starting her mantra."
"Huh? Mantra?"
"Yeah, many duelists think better when they say or do something habitual that focuses their minds. Music is her mantra"
Mikey thought back, remembering her doing this once before. His eyes widened when he realized, "Ahe did this when she dueled Lector!"
Sammie's eyes were shut as her fingers danced along her Duel Disk, scrolling through songs quickly. One. Two. Three. They weren't the songs that she wanted. Then she found it, her eyes opening slowly and the music in her head started playing. She looked over to her boyfriend and, with a smile, said "Saito, how about we hear a song?"
"Shit!" he said out loud, having seen her do this before.
His protests would fall on deaf ears as she began to sing.
"Do you mind if I hurt you?
Understand that I need to.
Wish that I had other choices
That to harm the one I love.
What have you done now?"
Mikey choked a little at that lyric, but tried not to show it, much as Saito tried to retain his reserved composure, though she was truly frightening now. He eyes were piercing, yet glazed over. It felt like she was peering into his soul.
"I summon Manju of the Ten Thousand Hands in attack mode." She played her move summoned out a green god with ten thousand hands (ATK/1400 DEF/1000). "With his effect, I bring Ritual of Destruction to my hand."
"She didn't have that in her deck earlier, did she?" asked Mikey.
"It's one of the cards she moved in from her side deck," Coltyn reminded him.
"Oh."
Sammie brought the Spell Card out and her Duel Disk shuffled her deck. "Now I play Ritual of Destruction. By sacrificing Manju of the Ten Thousand Hands and Ritual Devil Curse Enchanter in my graveyard, I Ritual Summon Garandolph, Devil King of Destruction!" After the two creatures were sacrificed, a great horned demon rose up and growled (ATK/2500 DEF/1400). "And now for his effect. When Garandolph, Devil King of Destruction is Ritual Summoned, all other face-up monsters with a defense lower than his attack points are destroyed. Then he gains one hundred attack points for every card that was destroyed. Now the way I see it, the only other monsters on the field are your two Dragunity Knights. And last I checked, their defense points were definitely less than twenty-five hundred." She was right. Dragunity Knight – Gáebolg only had eleven hundred defense points while Dragunity Knight – Vajuranda only had twelve hundred. Garandolph, Devil King of Destruction let out a roar and a wave of black energy surged from his body. It struck down the two monsters and destroyed them without any effort as well as knocking back all the spectators. Following their deaths, the great king of destruction let out another roar as his body began to glow black thanks to the two-hundred point increase, raising his attack power to twenty-seven hundred.
"Garandolph, Devil King of Destruction, do what you do best and destroy Saito's Life Points!" Garandolph, Devil King of Destruction opened his mouth and roared before firing a black burst of energy from his face directly at Saito.
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ROUND 3
Sammie: 5000
Saito: 4800
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Saito shielded himself with his arms as the shockwave hit him and he braced himself against the force while the trees behind him were violently ripped up from their places.
"Your move," Sammie said as her hair blew in the wind, the song had passed a good number of lines by now, but she started singing again anyway.
"Would you mind if I killed you?
Would you mind if I tried to?
'Cause you have
Turned into my worst enemy
You carry hate that I don't feel.
It's over now, what have you done?
What have you done now?"
"Gladly." Saito drew his card, his hand shaking lightly as he tried to block out the song. Her voice was like the cry of a siren now, and it was everything he could from falling to its spell. It would bring him victory in this duel; however, it would take time for its effect to kick in. He needed a means to protect himself until it was ready. "First I set a monster facedown. Next, I activate my Future Fusion Spell Card." Saito's Duel Disk released his deck and he searched it for his two Totem Dragons, two Dragunity - Black Spears, and his other Dragunity – Phalanx. "Now in two turns, I can Fusion Summon my Five God Dragon. My turn's over!"
This isn't good, Sammie thought to herself, If he summons his Five God Dragon, it's going to be near impossible to beat. She drew her next card and read the card name. It was useful, but she couldn't play it yet. For the time being, her only option was to attack with her current creature.
" Garandolph, Devil King of Destruction, attack Saito's facedown!" The mighty demon king roared and sank his hands into the ground. With all his strength, he pulled out an enormous chunk of earth and flung it at Saito's card. The monster was revealed to be Masked Dragon.
"I summon another Masked Dragon to the field in defense position!" announced the son of Seto Kaiba as a new dragon wearing a mask unlike that worn by Hannibal Lecter took the place of the other.
"I end my turn."
"My draw." Saito drew his card and immediately set it facedown on the field. Afterwards, he concluded his turn.
"My turn." Sammie drew. Once her turn was over, Saito would be able to summon his powerful dragon. However, her hand had nothing. She had no choice. She switched Garandolph, Devil King of Destruction into defense mode and ended her turn.
"I draw." Saito drew his card and his Standby Phase began. The sky began to warp and from the rift descended an enormous tan dragon with five heads (ATK/5000 DEF/5000). "Five God Dragon, attack Garandolph, Devil King of Destruction!" All five heads opened their mouths and fired breath attacks of earth, fire, wind, water, and darkness and they spiraled together into a single helix before striking down Garandolph, Devil King of Destruction.
Sammie felt the ground start to give and she quickly moved forward a good number of feet as the cliff side gave and fell into the ocean. "Sammie!" Mikey reached out to grab her, but she was able to stabilize herself before he got to her, her headphones sizzled and he face haggard with exhaustion. "Are you okay?"
"I'm fine, Mikey. Get back."
"But..."
"I said get back!"
"Okay..." Mikey returned to his spot and continued watching the duel. Now it was Sammie's turn again. Re-examining her hand, she had Demise, King of Armageddon and End of the World. However, she had nothing to sacrifice. She looked at her deck. Hopefully, there would be something there that would help her. She slowly placed her fingers on the top card and drew it. She looked at the card and smiled.
"I play End of the World!" she announced, "Now I sacrifice Ritual Raven in my hand, which can be used as the entire sacrifice if the Ritual Monster I'm summoning is a Dark attribute creature." Ritual Raven appeared on the altar and its body was consumed by black flames. "I Ritual Summon Demise, King of Armageddon!" The Devil King of Destruction had passed and now in his wake arose the deadly King of Armageddon (ATK/2400 DEF/2000).
"Now I activate Demise's effect by paying two thousand Life Points!" announced Sammie.
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ROUND 3
Sammie: 3000
Saito: 4800
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Demise slammed his axe into the ground and the island shook again as more earth was destroyed along with every other card on the field. When the smoke had cleared, Saito and Sammie stood alone amidst the remains of the area. "Attack Saito directly!" On orders from his master, Demise, King of Armageddon swung his axe and sank its blade into Saito.
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ROUND 3
Sammie: 3000
Saito: 2400
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"I'll end it there," Sammie declared.
"My move." Saito drew his card. He set it facedown and ended his turn. Then it was back to Sammie. She drew and immediately ordered Demise to attack again.
"I reveal Call of the Haunted." Saito's facedown flipped over. "And with it, I shall resurrect Dragunity Knight – Gáebolg!" In a flash of light, the white-armored Dragunity Knight returned to the field.
"He's still short by four hundred attack points," Sammie pointed out.
"Not after I activate his effect," said Saito as Demise's axe slammed into Dragunity Knight – Gáebolg, "When Gáebolg battles, during the Damage Step I can remove one Winged Beast from my graveyard from play and when I do, he gains attack points equal to those of the removed monster." Saito's Duel Disk ejected Dragunity – Dux and he placed it in his pocket. Immediately, Dragunity Knight – Gáebolg's attack points rose up to thirty-five hundred. "Destroy Demise, King of Armageddon!" ordered Saito. The dragon grabbed hold of the axe and blasted Demise, King of Armageddon with a powerful wind attack.
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ROUND 3
Sammie: 1900
Saito: 2400
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"Finish your turn." Sammie looked at the last card in her hand and set it. "Good. Now it's my move." Saito drew his card. " Dragunity Knight – Gáebolg, direct attack!"
"I activate Sakuretsu Armor!" Sammie revealed her card and Dragunity Knight – Gáebolg was killed instantly.
"Tch. Fine. I end my turn." With no cards on Saito's field, Sammie hoped she could draw something to help her out. Her card was a Spell Card that would serve very little purpose right now, but it would help her in the end.
"I play Preparations for the Ritual. First I can select one Ritual Monster from my deck and add it to my hand. Then I can select a Ritual Spell from my graveyard and do the same." She wasn't too happy with the results. She had hoped she would be able to use Divine Grace — Northwemko. However, she didn't have any copies of Ritual of Salvation in her graveyard. In the end, she brought Northwemko to her hand from her deck anyway and End of the World from her graveyard. She hoped that her opponent had nothing that he would be able to summon next turn. "I'm done. Your move."
"I draw." Saito drew his card. It was a useful one, but now was not the time to play it. So he ended his turn.
Sammie drew her card. She was mildly disappointed. She hoped it would have been Ritual of Salvation or at least a Sonic Bird or Manju of the Ten Thousand Hands. Instead , she had drawn Ruin, Queen of Oblivion. She now had a card she could use End of the World for, but still had no sacrifices. She prayed once again that Saito had nothing in his hand to summon next turn so she ended her turn there. Fortunately, Saito passed his turn.
Finally Sammie drew again. At last, she finally had something to sacrifice. "I play End of the World. Now by sacrificing Gandora the Dragon of Destruction from my hand, I can Ritual Summon Ruin, Queen of Oblivion!" Sammie's white-haired queen wearing a long black and red dress rose up and grasped her staff in one hand (ATK/2300 DEF/2000).
"Ruin, attack Saito directly!" ordered Sammie. Ruin, Queen of Oblivion pointed her staff at Saito and fired off a stream of light directly into him.
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ROUND 3
Sammie: 1900
Saito: 100
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"YEAH!" Mikey cheered, "Sammie's gonna win!"
"This is soooooooooo FABULOUS!" Max cried.
"Nice one!" Gabe yelled.
Coltyn's expression did not change. "It's not over until one person's Life Points have been depleted."
"Come on, Coltyn. Sammie's got Kaiba down to his last hundred Life Points," Gabe pointed out, "What can he do?"
"My draw!" Saito drew his card. "First I play Ancient Rules. With this, I can Special Summon one level five or higher Normal Monster from my hand."
"He doesn't have one in his hand already, does he?" Mikey asked.
"I summon the Blue-Eyes White Dragon!" The majestic white dragon with sapphire eyes rose out of the ground and let out an earth shattering roar (ATK/3000 DEF/2500).
"Stop panicking, Mikey," Coltyn said calmly, "Even if Kaiba destroys Ruin, Sammie will still survive for another turn."
"Next I play a second Ancient Rules," Saito announced, "and I'll use it to Special Summon another Blue-Eyes White Dragon!"
"Unless he summons another dragon," Coltyn added. A second Blue-Eyes White Dragon appeared on the field and stood beside the first as it let out a mighty roar.
"Blue-Eyes White Dragon, destroy Ruin, Queen of Oblivion!" The first dragon let out another roar and unleashed a powerful Burst Stream from its mouth, blasting Ruin, Queen of Oblivion.
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ROUND 3
Sammie: 1200
Saito: 100
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Saito looked at the situation and sighed. He had no choice."Sorry Samantha," he said to her, looking at the ground solemnly. She nodded back in understanding. There was no ill will.
"End this now, my loyal dragon!" Saito ordered his other dragon. The second Blue-Eyes White Dragon roared as it spread its wings and flew up to the sky. It stopped several meters overhead and opened its mouth. "Burst Stream of Destruction!" A solid stream of energy shot out and struck Sammie.
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ROUND 3
Sammie: 0
Saito: 100
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An entire path of destruction had been left in the wake of the Burst Stream of Destruction. Behind Sammie, the trees and rocks had been obliterated, leaving a straight path leading toward the mountain on which the castle stood. Everyone just stood there looking at the destruction. Many of them failed to notice when Sammie's and Saito's Duel Bands suddenly flashed vigorously until the two young Duelists collapsed to the ground.
"Sammie!" Mikey ran over to the blonde. "Are you okay?"
"What's going on?" Sammie asked weakly. Two men in black suits arrived and stood over them.
"We'll take it from here."
"Who are you guys?" Mikey asked.
"We're here to take her away," one of the men answered.
"Why?"
"Rules of the tournament," the other man replied, "She's lost so now she's off the island. Besides, if she stayed, she wouldn't last. We're taking her away to receive medical attention."
"What about Kaiba?" asked Gabe. "He's in the same condition."
"He'll be fine. Now hand her over."
"She's not fit for sea travel in her condition," Coltyn pointed out, "Isn't there an infirmary you can take her to instead?"
"There's one in the castle," the second man said.
"Take her there, then. Does that sound reasonable, Mikey?"
"I guess so," was the brunet's response. The two men then helped Sammie to her feet and then slowly made their way to the castle. "Will she be alright?"
"I'm sure she'll be in good hands," Max assured his friend.
"Mikey's not completely wrong for distrusting them, though," Coltyn pointed out, "We don't know who those guys work for. If it's Pegasus, I'm sure she's in safe hands. But if they work for Roman..." He trailed of a little and Mikey looked toward the castle.
Please be okay, Sammie, he prayed in his head.
o o o
Roman walked through the hallways of the castle with his hands clasped behind his back. He had received news that a few people had already been eliminated. He was disappointed that a number of them had been removed from the competition so early. As he made his way down the hall, he stopped and turned to face the wall. It was just an ordinary wall with some elaborate designs on it. That was until he reached up for a portrait of the late Cecelia Pegasus and tilted it. The wall slid to the side to reveal a secret passage. He stepped through and the wall closed behind him. The businessman descended a flight of stairs and approached another door. He pushed it open and walked into a dark room with only one source of light, which was a single large tube in the middle with orange liquid floating up and down like the wax inside a lava lamp. He made his way toward a man who was monitoring the tube, who turned around when he approached.
"Ah, Mr. Roman," he greeted.
"How goes the collecting, doctor?" Roman inquired.
"Unfortunately, some duels were started and finished before could turn it on. However, we've managed to collect quite a bit on our first collection attempt."
"How many Duelists have you collected from?"
"Just two."
"Two?" Roman seemed intrigued. "Two Duelists managed to generate all this energy in a single duel? How?"
"It wasn't a duel," a young voice answered with a British accent from the shadows, "It was a match." Both Roman and the scientist turned toward the shadows to see a small child-like figure. It was silhouetted by the darkness, but they could still tell that it was male. He was crouching on the floor with a large mass in front of him. Roman took a step closer and saw that it was a replica of Duelist Kingdom made out of LEGO bricks with LEGO people resembling the Duelists. A box sat beside the replica with a few figures already inside. The child reached for a cliff near the water and picked up a figure of a blonde girl with her hair in pigtails.
"Resume collecting duel energy," Roman ordered.
"Yes, sir," replied the scientist. Meanwhile, the boy held up the Mikey figure in his hand.
"This lot will certainly prove interesting."
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