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.
Lady began narrating the events of the previous chapter:
"Alright, things weren't going so well thus far. Odion was out cold, a 'Dark' Marik is on the loose, and...Liz also seems to be really mad at me."
Liz's calm face turned into an angry one...
"Lady, I just can't believe you!" she began.
"What are you talking about?" asked Lady.
"You're my brother's girlfriend, are you not?" Liz questioned accusingly. "Then why not show a little faith? While everyone else, myself included, showed him some encouragement during the duel, you were not being all of that very much!"
"I told you I wanted him to win!" objected Lady. "But the situation looked very bleak."
"That's no excuse!" snapped Liz. "Stop being such a pessimist towards your friends! It's like you don't truly care for Percy at all, otherwise you would never have doubted him!"
Lady had a look of shock and hurt on her face. Unfortunately, the young woman didn't stop there...
"If you continue to be so doubtful about Percy in his duels, then perhaps it's best that you never see him again! ...or even everyone else here."
Outside the room, everyone else actually did not leave... they were listening onto the conversation going on inside the room! ...when the door opened and Lady ran out sobbing down the hallway. Liz then came out of the room and gave a contented sigh after letting her anger and frustration out.
"Much better." The young woman said to herself.
"Ouch, that really hurt me, you know! ...but truthfully, she was right; I was pretty negative during Percy's duel. What's more, I found out my duel in the finals would be against Marik himself."
Meanwhile, Lady was outside on the duel platform and waiting for Dark Marik to arrive.
"Marik..." The beautiful blonde-haired girl said to herself darkly. "He has put my friends through so much pain, agony, and trouble." Then Lady had an idea. "Wait a minute... Maybe if I defeat him, then perhaps that will help me make things right with my friends."
Just then, she felt a cold chill enter her body. Lady then noticed Dark Marik walking out of the staircase and onto the platform. The man was smiling sadistically upon seeing who he was dueling first.
"So, you're my opponent?" asked Dark Marik. "Very good. A young girl like you will be a...most interesting appetizer."
Lady just activated her Duel Disk in response... before getting into a dueling position.
"Once I'm done with you-" she said bravely. "-you will never hurt anybody ever again!"
Dark Marik chuckled and activated his own Duel Disk in response. "Prepare for an experience like none you've ever experienced in your life!"
"Oh please, you don't scare me." Lady scoffed.
Dark Marik glared fiendishly. "Then why do I sense the fear in your eyes?"
"Our duel started off rather well... but then he decided to turn it up a notch. How so? Well..."
Suddenly, Dark Marik could be heard snickering... the snickering soon erupted into psychotic laughter, surprising everyone greatly.
"What is so funny?" Lady demanded hotly. "Last I checked, you're down on life points and have an empty field."
"The funny part is that you actually think you can defeat someone like me." said Dark Marik coolly. "But I'm just getting warmed up!"
With that, he took out the Millennium Rod from his cape as the wind blew it about fiercely.
"Playtime is over! It's time to take things up a notch!"
Suddenly, a large purple fog began to cover the top of the blimp.
"Purple fog?" Zack blinked.
"Oh no..." whispered Discord. "It's happening again."
Thomas knew this, too. "The purple fog..."
Soon, the whole top of the blimp was covered in thick, purple fog.
"Welcome to the Shadow Realm!" cackled Dark Marik. "The darkness hungers for potential sacrifices!"
"W-What is this fog?" exclaimed Lady, looking around. "I know I've seen it somewhere before, but I-!"
"You're about to experience the world's most terrifying game." interrupted the evil man. "There is no going back now, Polly Stone!"
"Right now, I'm feeling really nervous about the duel. Okay, scratch nervous, I mean terrified out of my mind!"
Amazoness Swords Woman obeyed and slashed Makyura the Destructor in half, destroying it in an instant.
"Take that, you creep!" cheered Lady.
Suddenly, she heard some sinister laughter coming from Dark Marik, making her confused and such. Dark Marik continued to chuckle as...blood came splurging from his neck.
"Well done..." The evil man said in a creepy tone (LP: 2050). "You took away more of my life points."
Suddenly, with little warning, Dark Marik's head...fell off his shoulders and onto the ground, leaving behind a very bloody mess coming from Dark Marik's neck (both body and head). Terrified out of her mind, Lady gave a shriek like no other.
"Y-Your head!" The beautiful blonde-haired girl stammered.
"That was a very nice hit, indeed." Dark Marik continued, sounding more creepy than normal while also using his headless body (the upper body was also covered in disgusting, oozing blood) to pick up his head and reattach it to his body, staining his right hand with even more blood in the process. "It was also nice for me, too."
"Never have I felt so scared in my whole life. But with Marik being around, the duel—err...Shadow Game—is only going to get far worse from here on out."
Title: The Sun Dragon, Part 2
The blimp was flying across the ocean... however, a thick purple fog had gathered around the top of the blimp. Inside the fog (Shadow Realm), the next duel of the Battle City Finals was going on. Not only that, but Lady was actually winning! ...although she was NOT enjoying it one little bit.
"Lady! Lady! Calm down!" called Percy. "Lady!"
Still, the beautiful blonde-haired girl would not reply, because it looked like she was stuck in a frightened trance of some sort.
"Why won't she answer?" The green-haired boy asked after giving up.
"What's the matter with her?" asked James. "She's winning the duel, and yet she's scared of something."
Back on the duel platform, Dark Marik gave a cruel laugh at how pathetic and scared his opponent looked right about now.
"What's the matter, my dear?" asked the evil man. "Is there something on my face?"
He laughed menacingly once more, causing Lady to become more and more frightened by the minute.
"Marik!" shouted the voice of Thomas. "Stop this madness at once!"
Dark Marik frowned and turned to look towards the blue-haired boy below the duel platform.
"Hmph! If there's one thing I can't stand-" he said unhappily. "-it's a goodie two shoes trying to spoil my fun."
"What fun?!" snapped Thomas. "Your Shadow Game is basically torturing someone!"
"Which IS my fun!" Dark Marik retorted, before grinning darkly. "Don't you worry, Thomas, you'll get your chance to experience it... once we face each other for real."
The blue-haired boy gazed furiously. The evil man then proceeded turned back to Lady and continue with the duel.
"Now then, little girl, when you destroyed Makyura the Destructor, you've activated its special ability! For the rest of this turn, I can activate any number of Trap cards directly from my hand."
"Any number?!" Lady gasped, speaking for the first time in minutes.
"That's right!" cackled Dark Marik, taking a card from his hand and showing what it was. "And I'll begin with this... I activate a Trap - Rope of Life!"
The mentioned Trap card materialized face-up on the field, just before creating a bottomless hole with a long rope lowering into it.
"This Trap card lets me revive the monster you just destroyed!" explained Dark Marik, before sending every remaining card in his hand to the graveyard. "All in exchange by sending all of the cards in my hand to the graveyard!"
Within seconds, Makyura the Destructor was pulled up by the rope. The evil man wasn't quite finished yet...
"That's not all! The revived monster also gains an additional 800 attack points!"
Makyura the Destructor grew, as Dark Marik had just said, stronger (ATK: 1600 - 2400). Lady grimaced from seeing this, as now she was facing an even stronger monster.
"Marik's monster is now stronger than my own monster." The beautiful blonde-haired girl thought to herself, just before grimacing. "He's going to attack me back!"
Sadly so...
"Attack with Judgement Blade!" commanded Dark Marik.
"Hold up, I thought Marik already attacked?" James questioned.
"He did... but he lost his monster and brought it back with a Trap card." explained Zack. "And since it's still his battle phase when he did that, he can use his revived monster to attack."
Makyura the Destructor, meanwhile, obeyed the command; slashing at Amazoness Swords Woman with its claws, leaving red claw marks on the monster before the wounds ended up destroying her.
"AUGH!" screamed Lady, dropping to her knees and clutching her chest in pain. "W-What's...?"
Bringing her free hand up, the beautiful blonde-haired girl saw...blood?!
"I'm...bleeding?!"
"Haven't you forgot the conditions of our little Shadow Game?" teased Dark Marik. "In this duel, our lives are on the line... And while it is all indeed a simple illusion, the pain is oh so real. The first duelist to reach zero life points...dies."
He laughed maniacally while Lady shivered like a leaf in terror.
"Lady!" cried Percy. "It's not real! You have to fight it and be strong!"
But again, the beautiful blonde-haired girl didn't respond back.
"She's too scared to listen." said Edward gravely.
Dark Marik chuckled darkly. "How pathetic. I was expecting someone with a much braver streak than this!"
Lady continued to shiver in fear. Suddenly, Dark Marik looked at his Duel Disk's life point gauge and, growing shocked, noticed something.
"Hold on!" The evil man exclaimed. "Why did MY life points go down after that attack?"
It's true; Dark Marik's life point meter now read 1150. Everyone else down below was surprised by the action, too.
"How did that happen?" asked Henry. "Shouldn't Lady have lost those life points?"
"When Amazoness Swords Woman does battle-" explained Edward. "-any battle damage Lady takes is inflicted to her opponent instead."
"Then Lady should consider herself lucky." Emily remarked.
"Too bad she's still terrified." Gordon added unhappily.
Regardless of that setback, Dark Marik wasn't looking worried in the slightest.
"It makes little difference to me." he said dismissively. "I end my turn."
Trying to shake the fear from her mind, Lady drew her card.
Turn Nine: Lady Stone (LP: 4000)
Deck: 36
Current Hand (4): De-Spell, Dunames Dark Witch, Fairy's Hand Mirror, and Pot of Greed
All of a sudden, a Spell card (Pot of Greed) materialized face-up on the field.
"Using Pot of Greed, I draw two more cards from my deck."
Lady, still shivering from fear, struggled to draw her two cards, but then accidentally dropped them both onto the ground.
"Oh!" The beautiful blonde-haired girl cried out, kneeling down to pick them back up.
"She can't even think straight." said Discord in concern.
Regardless, Lady recovered a little bit and placed a card onto a monster field slot on her Duel Disk.
"I set one card facedown and summon Amazoness Chain Master in attack mode!"
Appearing onto the field was another Amazoness wearing skimpy clothing and wielding a long, golden chain (Level: 4/ATK: 1500).
"My turn is over."
Dark Marik chuckled. "Then let's continue the torture session!" With that said, he drew his card. "Draw!"
Turn Ten: Dark Marik (LP: 1150)
Deck: 37
Current Hand (1): Holding Arms
The drawn card was a monster card called Holding Arms.
"Well, well, this creature should do good enough!" The evil man held his drawn card out. "I summon Holding Arms in attack mode!"
Appearing onto the field was a pair of shackles with the Millennium Eye symbol between each cuff (Level: 4/ATK: 500).
"And-" Dark Marik continued, wagging his tongue around. "-it prevents your monster from attacking for at least three of your turns!"
"How so?" Lady asked, but soon wished she hadn't.
Suddenly, the shackles attached to Lady's monster and suspended her in the air.
"What?! No!"
"Now watch what else will happen, dearie!" cackled Dark Marik.
Suddenly, Holding Arms shocked Lady's monster with electricity, causing her to yell in pain. Unfortunately, Lady also began screaming in intense pain as she started getting shocked, as well.
"Lady, no!" Percy and the lies called out.
"Stop this now, Marik!" demanded Thomas. "You're going too far!"
"Not far enough, boy!" Dark Marik insisted, looking delighted with all of the torture he was conducting. "So long as we're dueling under my rein, I make the rules!"
Once the shock torture ended, Lady again fell to her knees! ...but this time, she was so scared that she wanted to surrender.
"I can't go on." The beautiful blonde-haired girl said to herself in fear. "I'm too scared. And the pain is too unbearable."
"Thomas, Lady is about to crack!" Percy exclaimed, grabbing his best friend by his shirt collar. "You have to do something to help her!"
"But what can I do?" questioned Thomas, being shook by his panicked best friend. "I'm not the one dueling her."
"But you've got a Millennium Item of your own." argued the green-haired boy. "Can't that do anything to help her?"
"I don't even know how it works!"
Before anything more could be said, the Millennium Puzzle started glowing all gold.
"Huh?!" Thomas and Percy both peeped in surprise.
Atop the duel platform, Dark Marik looked surprised.
"What's this?!" The evil man cried out.
A beam shot out of the puzzle and struck Lady, but did not actually hurt her.
(new location...)
Inside Lady's mind, the beautiful blonde-hair girl was still cowering on her knees and shivering.
"I'm so afraid." whimpered Lady. "I can't fight anymore... it hurts too much..."
"Lady Stone... Lady Stone..." echoed a new voice (male).
Lady looked up. "Who's there?" Suddenly, she suddenly saw a light up ahead. "A light?"
The beautiful blonde-haired girl slowly got up and moved towards the light, gasping at what she saw at the end of her little walk.
"Thomas is that you?" Lady quizzed.
"Yes." confirmed Thomas softly, with a Millennium Eye symbol on his forehead. "My Millennium Puzzle must have allowed me to enter your mind to talk with you."
"But why?"
The blue-haired boy smiled kindly. "Because I want to tell you... you're not alone."
"You mean... the others still care for me?" asked Lady. "Even though I was a doubtful pessimist?"
"We care very much for you." Thomas assured. "Even Liz does, too."
"But she yelled at me!" Lady sniffled sadly. "...even though I deserved it."
"Liz was just being a good older sister to Percy. And even then, she didn't mean what she said to you. She even told us that before we came out to watch the duel."
Lady felt unsure. "Really?"
"I mean every word." Thomas answered truthfully. "Now get out there and show Marik how great of a duelist you really are!"
Lady felt better. "Alright, Thomas." she said, sounding more and more confident. "I will."
(elsewhere...)
Back atop the blimp, Lady was back on her feet.
"How can this be?!" Dark Marik asked in shock. "You should be cowering before me!"
"I'm not afraid of you anymore." retorted Lady bravely. "Thanks to my friends, I'll be able to defeat you!"
"What?!" Dark Marik demanded, before gazing down at Thomas with an enraged glare. "You!"
"Looks like you've lost your touch, Marik." grinned Thomas, while his Millennium Puzzle continue to glow.
"How dare you interrupt my Shadow Game, Billinton!" roared Dark Marik, taking out and holding his Millennium Rod out at the blue-haired boy. "Looks like I'll have to teach you a little lesson when you interfere!"
Thomas, clutching his neck with both hands, choking, while finding himself being lifted off the ground.
"Thomas!" Emily and the lies cried out, scared for their friend's well-being.
After a few seconds, Dark Marik lowered his Millennium Rod as it ceased glowing.
"That's enough punishment... for now."
Emily gripped onto Thomas's shoulders as he coughed and spluttered while trying regain his breath.
"Are you okay?" The dark green-haired girl asked with a look of worry on her face.
"I...think so." Thomas coughed a bit.
"You're going to pay for that, Marik!" shouted Gordon.
"Relax, Gordon." assured Lady, finally drawing a card. "I'll take care of this."
Turn Eleven: Lady Stone (LP: 4000)
Deck: 33
Current Hand (4): De-Spell, Dunames Dark Witch, Fairy's Hand Mirror, and Blood Exchange(!)
It was a Spell card called Blood Exchange.
"Just what I need." thought the beautiful blonde-haired girl with a smile. "Get ready, Marik!"
"Hmm?" Dark Marik raised an eyebrow.
"Behold the Spell card Blood Exchange!" Lady continued, just as the mentioned Spell card materialized face-up on her side of the field. "By paying 800 life points, I shuffle my whole hand into my deck and draw three cards from it."
"Go ahead." Dark Marik insisted.
Lady took a life point hit (LP: 3200) as she shuffled her hand into her deck, shuffled the deck, and drew three cards. They were shown to be Amazoness Spellcaster (Spell card), Dramatic Rescue (Trap card), and Amazoness Fighter (Monster card).
"Now I must end my turn here." she concluded.
"And here I was hoping for a big play." sighed Dark Marik, drawing a card and beginning his turn. "Not that it matters to me... It's my turn!"
Turn Twelve: Dark Marik (LP: 1150)
Deck: 36
Current Hand (1): Card of Last Will
His drawn card was a Trap card called Card of Last Will.
"I'll set one card facedown and end my turn." he stated, slotting his drawn card into an empty monster field slot on his Duel Disk.
A facedown card materialized on the field.
"He didn't attack..." Mavis remarked. "But why?"
"Oh, I want the torture to draw out for as long as possible." Dark Marik answered, his face stretching out like bad animation. "Like so!"
Holding Arms began to glow and surge electricity onto Amazoness Chain Master, but Lady was ready for it this time...
"Don't even think about it, Marik!" she exclaimed. "I activate a Quick-Play Spell card - Grave Arm!"
The beautiful blonde-haired girl's facedown card flipped up and revealed itself.
"This card allows me to send one monster on the field to the graveyard." explained Lady.
"Too bad it won't work on my Holding Arms." smirked Dark Marik.
"But whoever said I would use it on your monster?" Lady asked teasingly. "I'm using it on my own monster!"
"You're what?!"
A large arm reached out from the ground and grabbed Amazoness Chain Master.
"Why would you destroy your own monster?" asked Dark Marik.
"To prevent you monster from torturing me." Lady answered. "And because my own monster has a special effect."
Before being dragged under, Amazoness Chain Master twirled her chain around before throwing it.
"She allows me to take a card from your deck and add it to my hand. Besides, there is one card I want from you!"
The chain pierced Dark Marik's deck and dragged a card out of it. Lady caught it and held it out for all to see.
"The Winged Dragon of Ra!" announced Lady, smirking with triumph.
"She took what?!" James R.'s eyes nearly bugged out.
Carlie was just as surprised. "She took Ra from Marik!"
"That was a clever move." smiled Discord.
"Sure this move cost me 1000 life points, but it was worth it." Lady commented (LP: 2200).
Normally, the opponent would be outraged that his/her best card was taken from him/her, but Dark Marik was actually smiling over his best card being taken just like that... Before long, he started erupting into loud laughter.
"Congratulations..." The evil man said sarcastically and sinisterly. "You got my best card. Let's see if you'll last long enough to use it! As you now have no monster to protect you, I'm free to attack you directly!"
"Not quite. Since you've ended your turn, I'm spared of a direct attack."
Dark Marik gave a small huff. "Hmph! Good point... Draw your card."
"Don't mind if I do!" nodded Lady, drawing her card.
Turn Thirteen: Lady Stone (LP: 2200)
Deck: 32
Current Hand (5): Amazoness Spellcaster, Dramatic Rescue, Amazoness Fighter, The Winged Dragon of Ra, and Cyber Harpie Lady
Her drawn card was the Cyber Harpie Lady monster card.
"The good news is that I got Ra into my hand." Lady thought to herself. "The problem is that I have no other monsters to sacrifice summon it."
Below the duel platform...
"This is interesting." Spencer commented aloud.
"What is?" asked Skiff.
"Lady was able to take Marik's Egyptian God card." answered the silver-haired boy. "Now it's only a matter of time until she summons it."
Back atop the duel stage, Lady finally made a play...
"I set two cards facedown." she began, slotting two cards into her Duel Disk before placing another card onto the device. "From there, I summon Amazoness Fighter in attack mode!"
Another Amazoness in skimpy clothing appeared onto the field (Level: 4/ATK: 1500). Unlike the others, she had no weapon.
"Too easy..." Dark Marik stated, drawing his card. "But that also means more fun for me!"
Turn Fourteen: Dark Marik (LP: 1150)
Deck: 34
Current Hand (1): Holding Legs
"Go, Makyura! Attack and destroyed Amazoness Fighter!"
Upon hearing those words...
"Sorry, dear!" called Lady, poking a button on her Duel Disk. "I activate a Quick-Play Spell card - Amazoness Spellcaster!"
The first facedown card flipped up and revealed itself.
"This card, which requires me to control a monster with 'Amazon' or 'Amazoness' in its name, swaps the attack points of our monsters with one another!"
Makyura the Destructor grew weaker (ATK: 2400 - 1500), while Amazoness Fighter grew stronger (ATK: 1500 - 2400).
"Counterattack!" commanded Lady.
Amazoness Fighter obeyed, kicking Makyura the Destructor in the stomach, destroying him in an instant.
"Ah ha ha ha ha ha ha..." laughed Dark Marik (LP: 250), just as a gory wound being punched into his stomach and spewing out blood. "How wonderfully painful..."
Lady looked frightened and a little sick to her stomach from seeing that, but she managed to keep herself calm from seeing the illusion. Just then, a facedown card on Dark Marik's side of the field flipped face-up and revealed itself.
"And because you've changed my monster's attack points, I'll activate Card of Last Will." The evil man stated. "This Trap card lets me draw until I hold five cards in my hand."
Dark Marik drew four more cards from his deck. Lady, meanwhile, grew worried over what she did; the beautiful blonde-haired girl had assumed by waiting until her opponent had zero cards in her hand, Makyura the Destructor's effect would not activate when it got destroyed.
"Now to activate Makyura the Destructor's special ability!" continued Dark Marik, taking and readying one of his new cards. "Thanks to you refreshing my hand, I'll activate this terrifying Trap card..." He turned the card over and showed the opponent. "Suffer more pain... from Nightmare Wheel!"
Suddenly, Amazoness Fighter found herself trapped on a huge torture wheel of a sort.
"My monster!" cried Lady.
"Not only can your monster not attack-" said Dark Marik, smiling widely as more torture was about to happen to his opponent. "-but you'll lose 500 life points during each of my standby phases!"
"This is bad!" exclaimed Ryan in worry. "Lady will be tortured more if she doesn't do something!"
Dark Marik laughed in agreement. "Exactly! Oh, how I will enjoy those screams of agony!"
"Which is why I won't let that happen." Lady spoke up.
"Huh?!"
"I activate my other facedown card!" declared Lady, poking a button on her Duel Disk. "Trap card, open - Dramatic Rescue, activate!"
The beautiful blonde-haired girl's final set card flipped face-up and revealed itself.
"This allows me to return my Amazoness monster back to my hand and special summon a new monster, also from my hand, in its place."
"Does this mean-?" Thomas started to say.
"So, does this mean you're gonna summon my Egyptian God monster, now?" asked Dark Marik teasingly.
"I'm no fool, Marik." said Lady serious. "I know if I summon Ra now, it would have zero attack and defense points because I never tributed any monsters to summon it."
Spencer frowned in disappointment.
"However! You'll see it soon enough... before the end of my next turn, that is!"
Amazoness Fighter turned back into a card and returned to Lady's hand, before she took a new card to play.
"And now, I choose my Cyber Harpie Lady!"
The familiar winged humanoid wearing purple clothing and Cyber Shield-like armor appeared on the field to take Amazoness Fighter's place (Level: 4/ATK: 1800/DEF: 1300).
"And since the original target for your Nightmare Wheel left the field, the Trap card is also destroyed!" Lady reminded, pointing forth at her opponent.
Dark Marik growled, watching as his Trap card (and Nightmare Wheel itself) shattered into pieces of glass.
"That's better." smiled Lady, preparing to draw her next card. "Now to focus on summoning that God monster."
Despite the setback, Dark Marik merely smirked to himself.
"Will you control Ra?" he thought to himself. "Or will Ra control you?"
"All Lady has to do is attack next turn-" said Percy happily. "-and she's won!"
"Here's where it ends!" Lady announced, drawing her card. "I draw!"
Turn Fifteen: Lady Stone (LP: 2200)
Deck: 32
Current Hand (3): Amazoness Fighter, The Winged Dragon of Ra, and Graceful Charity
It was the Graceful Charity Spell card.
"Not exactly what I need." she thought to herself. "But it might help me get what I need to win the duel still."
"Guys, how will Lady summon Ra if she only has one monster?" Molly asked curiously.
"She may have a surprise in store." said Emily. "But she could just attack without summoning Ra. Either way, she wins."
"I activate Graceful Charity!" Lady held her drawn card out. "This Spell lets me draw three cards from my deck while I discard two from my hand afterward!"
Dark Marik gave an uninterested grunt. Lady proceeded to draw her three cards from her deck. Looking to her hand, she then took two cards afterward.
"First I'll get rid of these two." Lady thought, discarding Amazoness Fighter and her drawn Harpies' Hunting Ground (Spell card). "Now, did I...?"
She had added Gravity Bind (Trap card) and Elegant Egotist (Spell card) both to her hand and gave a satisfied smile.
"Oh, I am so good." Lady muttered quietly, just before speaking up. "Well, you've asked for it, Marik, and now I'm gonna give it to you."
"What's that suppose to mean?" asked Skiff.
"The Winged Dragon of Ra!" Spencer answered, with his eyes wide as dinner plates.
Back atop the platform...
"I activate the Spell card Elegant Egotist!" announced Lady, slotting a card into a Spell/Trap slot on her Duel Disk.
The mentioned Spell card then materialized face-up.
"This card multiplies my single Cyber Harpie into three; summoning two Harpie Lady tokens to join with my real one!"
On cue, Harpie Lady #2 and Harpie Lady #3 both materialized on the field, joining Harpie Lady #1 in posing for battle.
"Let's give a big Battle City welcome to the Harpie Lady Sisters!" announced Lady pleasantly.
"She's got three monsters, now!" exclaimed Skiff.
"Here it comes..." thought Spencer.
"And now-" continued Lady "-I sacrifice my three monsters in order to summon The Winged Dragon of Ra!"
The three Harpie Ladies were absorbed into a huge, forming tornado. Everyone was bracing themselves from the surge of power coming from the tornado.
"She's a fool." thought Dark Marik. "She'll never control the power of an Egyptian God!"
Unfortunately for him, to his surprise, the Millennium Eye symbol was shown on the beautiful blonde-haired girl's forehead.
"What's this!? She has some power infused into her soul? But who-?!"
Look off the platform, Dark Marik saw Thomas's Millennium Puzzle glowing and a Millennium Eye symbol on the blue-haired boy's forehead.
"Dammit! Thomas is giving this girl the power to control the Egyptian God monster!" Dark Marik thought furiously.
"The Winged Dragon of Ra is now under my control!" shouted Lady, while holding her card up high before slamming it down onto a monster field slot on her Duel Disk.
A large light shined from the clouds as an object slowly descended. Everyone (except for Dark Marik and Lady) gazed in amazement.
"So pretty..." whispered Molly.
"I'll say." agreed Mavis.
Suddenly, the crowd (as well as Lady, but except Dark Marik) gasped. When the light faded away, floating in the sky...was just a giant gold sphere of a sort.
"What is that thing?" asked Lady in surprise.
"That's The Winged Dragon of Ra!" cackled Dark Marik. "It is currently locked within its Sphere Form waiting to be relased."
"Sphere Form?!" exclaimed Spencer.
"That isn't possible!" came from Thomas.
"But...how do I even use it?" asked Lady, looking up in complete shock.
Dark Marik never answered the question. He only laughed savagely at his opponent's predicament. Can Lady successfully tame The Winged Dragon of Ra? ...or did she make the final mistake of her dueling career?
To be Continued!
