Testament 054: Beyond the Looking Glass
"Something new?"
Nero still continued to duel, by setting Bubbleman on his field, facedown monsters were not affected by Vice City. "Yes..I will not give up until my life is reduced to nothing, if thats what you are asking." He finished his turn. "You really are a lost case, so be it...Die!" Malicious Devil initiated his third murder, and cleaved the water elemental in such a way that not even a judge would recognize it. "Trap card!" And that was the moment where Jacob stopped being able to predict what his other half would activate. "Neo Signal!" For he did not recognize that trap card, not at all. A light beacon spelling out the latter 'N' appeared above Vice City's skyline. "What is..that?" A small mole appeared before him (900/300) "This is N-Spacian Grand Mole, dont you remember? I used it before against Ned. Neo Signal allows me to summon a Neo Spacian when a monster on my field is destroyed." The signal disppeared again. "There is a difference between our decks after all, Jacob. I did not realize it until I drew last turn. But while you have Evil heroes in your deck."
Neo Signal, Normal Trap
Activate only when a monster on your side of the field is destroyed and sent to the graveyard. Special summon 1 level 4 or lower 'Neo-Spacian' monster from your hand or deck.
"...I have the power of Neos in mine." Jacob gritted his teeth. "You are even less like me then ever before.. Nero." He placed a card facedown. "My turn... Vice City forces me to attack. But, I want too!" The mole then activated its effect, burrowing deep into the ground. "Argh, thats how Ned lost his..." The Mole then came up from the ground, drilling right into the devil. "Yes! With its effect, the N-spacian bounces itself and its assailant back into players hands. And this effect does not target, so Vice City can not stop it." Or in this case, the hand and the fusion deck, which was where Malicious Devil came from. "You want to compete with me, at this level?" He spat. "I think its the only way, in which I can stop you from anticipating my every move, Jacob. You may know my Elemental deck inside and out, but Neo Space is a whole new area for you and me to discover." But Jacob activates his own signal. "Bah, you're mental, nothing can stop evil." He used his own trap: Evil Signal, a red skylight appeared, showing the letter 'E'.
Evil Signal, Normal Trap
Activate only when a monster on your side of the field is removed from the field. Special summon 1 level 4 or lower [Evil Hero] monster from your hand or deck.
He special summoned Evil Hero Infernal Gainer (1600/0) "I will crush both Neos and Elemental!" Nero realized that he was wide open, he could normal summon Grand Mole again, but he had a better idea. "I activate this card: Future Fusion!" The continuous spell clashed with 'Within Fusions Shadow'. "You idiot, nobody is watching us here, stop pretending!" The trap negated that spell too. "The shadows are all around, everyone has abandoned you!" Futire fusion turned to blood, the blood turned to Jacob, and he added Dark Fusion to his hand again. Nero however needed this more then he liked. "Draw." He could draw again as well, and he received a good spell. "I activate Convert Contact! I can only use this card when my field is empty! I can discard a Neo-Spacian from my hand and deck, to draw two new cards." He discarded Grand Mole and a monster from his deck. He obtained a monster and a trap card. "Then, since I did not yet normal summon, I call Neo-Spacian Hummingbird (800/600) in attack position, and activate its effect. For every card in your hand, I can gain 500 lifepoints." He raised his LP by 500, since Jacob only had Dark Fusion. "Finally I set a trap card, and end my turn."
Nero's LP: 1700
"Are you serious? You expect me to fear those weak creatures? Pfeh, Grand Mole was the one that could have helped you the most, and you threw him away. Then again I suppose this suits you more, little Nero. My weakest Evil Hero is twice as strong as your mightiest Neo-spacian, eheheh. So just die already!" He still had the infernal demon on his field, and attacked the bird with it. "Trap card!" He revealed his facedown. "You cant target my evil heroes!" But Vice City had no effect on this card either. "Widespread Ruin, this trap kills the strongest monster on the field, so it does not actually target!" A claymore mine attached itself to the Hell Gainer, and blew it to pieces. "You know Jacob... for a parasite of the inner mind, your eyes do not often see passed the surface." He said. "I don't need to look beyond that, I already know your strengths and weaknesses." Jacob growled. "Then what are they, if you know them so well?" He inquired with a smile. "Its obvious, your reliance on fusion, it mirrors your reliance on friends."
"You seek companions, and you try to gain approval and self-esteem from them. Thats why you even tried to befriend people like Cleo Caine." Nero flinched. "Dont give me that sad look.. You demanded an answer, and now you have one! So go ahead, draw, show me your next pathetic Neo-Spacian!" He said loudly "You..." He sighed, and summoned Neo-Spacian Glow Moss (300/900) to the field, it was a glowing ball of plant matter. "How adorable." Jacob cackled. "Even so, you left your field open." Then the two Neo-spacians atatcked the spirit with light and wind energy. "Oh, owch, please stop, I cant take anymore." He remarked dryly. "Are you done yet?" But then he noticed that his dueldisk slot opened, he could draw a card? "This is the effect of Glow Moss. It allows my opponent to draw a card, when it attacks. Depending on what you draw, I can either attack directly, end the battle phase, or put Glow Moss to defense mode. You must have drawn a spell card, since it still attacked." Jacob had drawn a spell indeed. "You must be suicidal, ahaheh." And now that he had three cards in his hand, he reactivated the ability of Hummingbird, to gain 1500 LP. "Perhaps the solitude has driven you to this, but I shall put this spell to good use.."
Nero's LP: 3200 Jacobs LP: 1700
"Dark Factory of Mass Reproduction, I can add two normal monsters with less then 1500 atk, back to my hand." He reclaimed Burstinatrix and Avian from his cemetery. "As I said before, only my fusion is allowed here." He pointed to his continuous trap. "In the shadows, you are alone, and weak. But I grow stronger from this singularity..Dark Fusion!" He then played the spell, to combine Clayman, Burst Lady, Avian and Bubbleman. "Earth, fire, wind, water, all four elements fuse into the ultimate evil: The Arcane Grimorum!" In front of Nero stood the dark counterpart to Electrum, Evil Hero Grimorum (2900/2600). The evil oozed off of his black plated armor, and his eyes glowed a fierce blood crimson. The blood leaked into the Neo-spacians as well, they started to cringe and moan. "Even your friends, now turn to darkness. Grimorum turns all elements into his own, and decreases their power for all dark-types on the field." Glow Moss (0/0) stopped glowing, and the Bird (0/0) no longer looked cheerful. "My monsters are dark types?" Jacob nodded. "And Grimorum weakens any monster besides itself, they all lose 300 points per dark monster on the field. Now, be gone Humming Bird!" He took care of the healer first
Nero's LP: 300
Evil Hero Grimorum, 8/2900/2600 Dark/Fiend/Fusion
[Elemental Hero Avian] + [Elemental Hero Burstinatrix] + [Elemental Hero Clayman] + [Elemental Hero Bubbleman]
This card cannot be Special Summoned except by the effect of [Dark Fusion]. This card is unaffected by spell cards. As long as this card is on the field, all face-up monster cards on the field are treated as the Dark-Type, and all your opponents monster cards attack and defense points are decreased by 300 for each dark-type monster on the field. When this card is removed from the field, remove a dark-type monster card in your graveyard from play, and increase your lifepoints by an amount equal to that monster cards attackpoints.
"You see now, all light is gone, Grimorum suffocates it all." He spoke with confidence, he was certain of victory now. "No, not yet, there is always light. I will break free of this void, Jacob, and then you will never haunt me again." He drew a spell and his eyes widened. "All it takes, is a burst of light. HERO Flash!" He played the spell, to remove H-Heated Heart, E-Emergency Call, R-Righteous Justice and O-Oversoul in his cemetery from play. "The letters H, E, R, and O combine! This spell allows me to summon a normal monster from my deck: the hero of Neo Space: E-hero Neos" The champion of neo justice temporarily illuminated the field, as he (2500/2100) descended. This was the trump of Neos monsters. "Then, during this turn, it can attack the opponent directly!" Already though, the shadows attached themselves to Neos, Grimorum obscured his powers as well (1600/1200). "I will still hit you!" It punched Jacob square in the gut, and nearly killed him as well. "Eheheh, thats not going to cut it."
Jacobs LP: 100
"Close, but not close enough!" Before the massacre could begin, Nero placed his last card facedown, and switched Glow Moss to defense mode. "A different kind of opponent would commend you for making it this far, but I do not care for sympathy. You failed, so you die!" Grimorum unsheathed a gigantic scimitar, and slammed it down in the face of Neos. "Not so fast!" But then he flipped his trap card, Neospacia Road. "This trap negates battle damage done to E-hero Neos, and allows me to add 1 [Neo-Spacian] from my cemetery to my hand." He took back the Black Panther. "Still you run.. cant you do anything else? You avoid the truth, your own weakness, your own fate!" He placed a trap facedown. "I am not running, Jacob, I am not going anywhere. I am here for those you killed and harmed. Now let me show you another kind of fusion." He drew again, and summoned Black Panther(1000/500) to the field. With four monsters on the field, everyone lost 1200 points (Panther: 0/0, Neos: 1300/900)
Neospacia-Road, Normal Trap
Activate only when a face-up monster with [Neos] in its name is attacked. Send 1 [Neo-Spacian] monster card from your graveyard to your hand, to negate the battle damage done to that card this turn.
Jacob blinked "Another fusion? You cant do that, my trap blocks all kind of fusion cards!" But still the Panther and Glow Moss were removed from the field. "Contact Fusion does not need spells to combine with the creatures from Neospace, I thought you knew everything I knew?" In this case Black Panther, Glow Moss and Neos formed a monster of light and darkness. "Chaos Neos(3000/2500)" However, even with the nice introduction, Grimorum could still lower its power (2400/1900) "Ehaheheh, you can not win, you can not." He repeated, sounding madder every turn. "But it has an effect too, you know" Nero pulled out three coins. "A gamble effect that does not target!" He tossed all three, they landed one after another. "Depending on the number of heads, I can either." The first two were heads. "Negate effects, or.." And the third was heads as well. "Destroy all monsters on my enemy's field." The chaotic hero stretched out its claws, and banished Grimorum from the field with a mere gesture. "No!"
Jacobs LP: 2700
He lost his monster, neither immunity could stop the effect of Chaos Neos. "Ha! At least I can recover lifepoints by removing Malicious Edge from play!" Grimorums ultimate ability was to do just that, his life went up, but so did the attack of Chaos Neos (3000/2500). "Thats not enough, Jacob, it ends!" Chaos Neos attacked directly, a direct attack would take care of that lifepoint boost. "It ends when I say it ends! Widespread Ruin!" So he flipped his trap card to destroy Chaos Neos. "Ahahah, did you think I would go down that easy? We have the same traps remember!" The claymore mine took care of the contact fused warrior, not a scrap was left. "..." But Nero did not talk back, he activated a quickplay spell from his hand. "Reverse of Neos." And the graveyard opened again. "This card revives E-Hero Neos when a Neos fusion is destroyed during my turn. And that monsters attack is increased by 1000 points." The dying Chaos Hero was replaced with a stronger E-Hero Neos (3500/2100).
"N-NO!" He could not believe it, he was out of defenses, out of tricks to play. "Sorry, but I know you always have a last-desperation move, because I have one as well. I wont let you get away..." Neos could also attack during this battle phase. "You can not, you can not kill me! I am the true Nero, you are the fake!" He went ballistic and tried to run away from the duel field. "You are not me, and you wont become me!" Neos was right behind him. "This is for my parents, for Ananka and for all my friends, Neos Flare!" Then at last Jacobs lifepoints were reduced to nothing by the final fiery attack from the E-hero. As a result he started to wither like dust in the wind. "No, not yet, I can not die ...yet." He coughed with his last few breaths. "Ghh, Nero..dont you know..what I..?" He tried to say... but even quicker then that, he was gone. The seed of malice had been vanquished. Neo was left alone with the silent world again, but it was a happy kind of silence. "I wish I knew..what you...we were."
Jacobs LP: 0
Meanwhile, Simone received a notice frim SIM again. Apparently the train compartment had begun moving once more, and it would arrive soon. "Ugh, should have seen that coming. You should report your news faster, SIM, they will be here any minute now." She sighed and got up from her comfortable couch. "Oh well, I guess if I anyone has to defend this city from intruders, the adopted daughter of the one that found will suffice." She walked out of the lobbey, and placed an Orichalcos-style dueldisk on her wrist. "Nobody will set foot in Atlantis, nobody will stop project Zetto."
"Finally." Cleo rasped as the monorail slowed to a stop once more, only this time it was not Jacob that forced the vehicle to stop, they had simply reached their end-destination. The other train was right next to them, so they knew this was the place where Simone ended up. "Well then lets not wait around." He opened the door. "What about her, we can't just leave her, can we?" She was talking about the body, that which remained of Ananka de la Isla. "..I dont know what to do...we can not send her back up stairs, the tunnel is blocked." Abandoning her seemed like the wrong thing to do anyway. Yet carrying her would slow them down. "I think she would want us to save those that are still alive first." He sighed and turned away from her. "Well its not like anyone will harm her now." Caine tried to lighten the mood, the situation was morbid even for her taste. "At least lets put her somewhere else then this cold floor." And so they did, as soon as they left the compartment, they seated the former Seeress against the walls. They gave her one last look, and then they went through the doors ahead of them. Once they reached the other side, they were greeted with a display that surpassed their expectations
(To be continued in Testament 055: At the Gates of Atlantis)
New Cards used by Nero Jacobus
Neo Spacian Hummingbird
Neo Spacian Glow Moss
Elemental Hero Neos
Elemental Hero Chaos Neos
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Convert Contact
HERO Flash
Reverse of Neos
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Neo Signal (+)
Neo Spacia Road (+)
(+ Based on the traps used by Judai/Jaden)
New Cards used by Jacob Nero
Evil Hero Grimorum
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Dark Factory of Mass Production
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Evil Signal
