After his monster was gone, he pulled up next to me, "You fell for it."
Panic filled my soul as he kept laughing, "When Wisel Core is destroyed by an effect, I can summon my Meklord Emperor Wisel parts! Wisel Infinity, Wisel Top, Wisel Attack, Wisel Guard, and Wisel Carrier!"
Meklord Emperor Wisel Infinity-0
Meklord Emperor Wisel Top-500
Meklord Emperor Wisel Attack-1200
Meklord Emperor Wisel Guard-1200
Meklord Emperor Wisel Carrier-800
Out of all of the monsters, only Guard was in defense mode.
Ghost kept going, "Then Infinity's effect combines them all into Meklord Emperor Wisel!"
Meklord Emperor Wisel-2500
The rising sun reflected off my helmet, adding to my anxiety, "I place two facedowns and end my turn."
Ghost started to laugh, "Meklord Emperor Wisel, attack directly!"
I clicked the button, "I activate Shock Reborn, which cuts the battle damage in half."
It slowed down the blade of his monster, but the resulting explosion pierced me.
Life Points Yusei=3150
Not another Shadow Duel.
Shaking off that thought, I looked up, "Shock Reborn lets me summon a monster from the graveyard with the same amount of attack points or less as the damage I just took. Come out Turbo Booster!"
Turbo Booster-0
Ghost was still smiling, "I place one facedown and end my turn."
I drew my next card, and looked at the possibilities, "I use Angel Baton, which lets me draw two cards if I discard one."
"Then I summon Debris Dragon, which brings a monster with 500 or less points back from the graveyard. So I'll bring back the monster I just sacrificed, Gauntlet Warrior!"
Debris Dragon-1000
Gauntlet Warrior-400
"I combine them all together to create my best friend and protector, Stardust Dragon!"
Stardust Dragon-2500
I could tell that Stardust was worried, and I could feel the relief coming from my brothers, who had joined us when I was distracted.
"Then I use Meteor Stream, which increases a Synchro's points by 300 for the rest of the turn."
Stardust Dragon-2800
"Take out Meklord Wisel!"
That annoying laugh came from behind me again, "Wisel Guard's effect activates, and he takes the blow instead."
"Meteor Wave gives Stardust the ability to use piercing damage for this turn."
Life Points Ghost=2400
As Stardust's points dropped to normal, I sighed, "I place one facedown, and end my turn."
Ghost didn't start his turn right away, and but when he did, I wished he hadn't, "I summon Wisel Guard 3 in defense mode."
Wisel Guard-2000
I twisted around in my runner, "Why are you so determined to kill Turbo Duelists?"
"I'm not after the duelists. I am trying to get rid of the useless things called Synchro monsters."
"Excuse me?"
Ghost looked insanely excited, "Synchros are proof of humanity's evolution. We don't need them! Once per turn, Wisel Infinity can absorb a Synchro monster."
Green streams of light shot out of the infinity symbol, and wrapped around my beloved dragon, pulling it towards the other machine.
Don't use Synchros against the Ghost, Trudge's voice echoed inside my mind as my dragon disappeared.
Why don't I ever remember warnings?
Ghost screamed with laughter, "Then that Synchro's points are added to my Meklord!"
Meklord Emperor Wisel-5000
Oh shoot.
"Now attack Fudo Yusei directly and end his life!"
Despite the inappropriateness of the timing, my first thought was, He wouldn't call me a guy if he could see me clearer.
Second thought was pure panic as I pressed a button on my disk, "I activate Scrap Iron Scarecrow! It negates your attack once per turn and then sets itself back on the field."
He went nearly silent, "I place two facedowns and end my turn."
Scanning my hand, I only felt concern. All of my strong cards were synchros, so the best I could come up with at the moment was, "I summon Bicular in defense mode and place 1 facedown."
Bicular-200
Ghost seemed to have gained confidence in the one short turn that I just took, "I activate the trap Wise A3. This allows me to send Wisel Attack to the graveyard to summon Wisel Attack 3."
Wisel Attack 3-1600
Meklord Emperor Wisel-5400
"Now attack!"
"Scrap Iron Scarecrow still exists."
It bounced off my Scarecrow, but Ghost chuckled, "You thought I'd fall for that twice?"
Fall for it? Not the right use of that phrase.
"I use the trap Battle Return. If my monster wasn't able to battle this turn, it's points drop by half and it can attack again."
Meklord Emperor Wisel-2700
It launched forward and crashed into my small monster, causing an explosion.
I felt the explosion as Ghost laughed, "With Wisel Attack 3, it can now deal piercing damage!"
Life Points Yusei=650
"When Bicular is destroyed in battle, Unicycular is summoned in its place."
Unicycular-100
Ghost kept going, "Then I use Trap Recycle, which allows me to bring back a trap if I discard a card from my hand. So I bring back Battle Return, but I can't set it this turn."
Jack's voice somehow reached us without using the duel network, "You are disgusting me with your incompetence, Yusei!"
His annoyance only made it worse when I drew Sonic Chick.
Ghost laughed yet again, "You Turbo Duelists are useless without your precious Synchro monsters."
"I use the Effect of Speed World 2, which lets me draw another card if I get rid of 7 speed counters."
His laughter was really starting to get on my nerves, "What hope do you have? I have your most powerful monster."
Crimson Dragon, I know it's really forward of me to ask for help, but Stardust and I are in danger. Could you help me out?
My mark flared at the same time as the top card of my deck did. The dragon head shot up my arm onto my back, and the others joined it, letting me feel the concern of the other Signers.
I drew the card, and saw a small pink dragon, "I summon Majestic Dragon!"
Majestic Dragon-0
"Then I activate the trap Synchro Material. This allows me to steal a monster from your side of the field to use in a Synchro summon. Come back, Stardust Dragon!"
Stardust Dragon-2500
"And now your Meklord's points drop!"
"No!"
Meklord Emperor Wisel-2900
"You wanted to stop Synchros, and now you get to meet my most powerful one! I combine my monsters together to create Majestic Star Dragon!"
I jumped as it was summoned, and was surrounded by its bright light.
Majestic Star Dragon-3800
Ghost sounded upset, "But you still won't be able to destroy my Emperor."
I smirked, "On the contrary. My dragon can negate any and all monster effects."
"WHAT?"
"Which means that I get to chose which monster we attack. Star Dragon, attack the head!"
Wisel Top-500
3300 points of damage should finish this.
We shot through the head, making it explode behind us. Ghost screamed and went over the edge, his runner exploding upon contact with the ground.
Gliding down to pick up the guys, I could really sense their concern, "Get on the dragon!"
The climbed on with their runners, and Majestic Star Dragon landed near the crash, not willing to get closer, "Thank you. I release you now."
It faded away in a glitter of light, and we ran to Ghost.
Sparks flew across his body, and I became suspicious, "Be careful Crow."
He reached out and touched his shoulder, and his whole arm fell to the ground twitching.
Both of them jumped back as I carefully moved closer, "He's a robot. I wonder if he has a control chip?"
A week later, Trudge and Mina walked in with pictures.
Mina spread them across the table, "Ghost was a prototype of a 'Ridingroid', which was being created to handle runner violations. But it went missing a couple days before Ghost showed up."
Trudge nodded, "Too bad it didn't have a control chip."
"It was scheduled to delete upon losing, making sure that Security wouldn't be able to figure out who stole it."
I tossed it to Trudge, who stared at it in shock, "Hey! You can't just take evidence!"
Jack puffed out air, "Without her, you guys would have never caught Ghost."
Crow laughed, "Plus she's better than your minions at decoding."
I blushed as my dad smiled from his position on the stairs, "I'm not that good. It's just the result of practice."
Jack murmered in my ear, "Anyone else feel like this is just the beginning?"
Crow nodded, as did I, "It certainly feels like it."
A/N: Sorry it's late. Somehow it got deleted, so I had to write it between my classes. Have a good day!
