Six Signers

Chapter 50: Mark of the Spider part 2

(Last Time)

"Now, attack the brat!" Roman ordered.

The attack comes in the form of a tube woven of thick spider webs slamming into Leo, causing him to nearly tip over if it wasn't for Eatos' spirit appear and keep Leo's Runner on balance.

"You're finish, boy!" Roman said.

(On with the Story)

Yusei and Crow just arrive near the purple fire wall.

"We need to find a high place." Crow said.

With that, they ride to the highway, a perfect veiw and safe place.

"Do you see them?" Crow asked.

"There they are!" Yusei said, pointing at the two Duel Runners.

"They're Turbo Dueling. Hold on a moment." Crow said, turn the duel screen on, seeing the Turbo Duel, "Not good. Look like Leo's on a bad start."

(Meanwhile)

"I end my turn. You better make a really good move if you want to survive." Roman said.

"Oh I intend to." Leo said.

Leo draw a card and look at it.

(Roman's SPC: 2; Leo's SPC: 1)

Leo look at his hands. 3X Cyber Dragons, Speed Spell - Speed Fusion and seems to be new trap card.

'Cyber End Dragon could handle that spider guy. But I don't have enough Speed Counters. There's only one thing to do. I just hope I get to draw a right card.' Leo thought.

"I reveal my face-down card, Jar of Greed. This allow me to draw one more card." Leo said.

Leo closed his eyes silently praying for the right card, then draw a card. he open his left eye for a peak...

"Alright! I play Speed Spell - Overboost!" Leo said.

With that, Leo speed up, catching up with Roman.

"Now I gain four Speed Counters." Leo said.

(Leo's SPC: 1-5)

"With that done, I activate Speed Spell - Speed Fusion. Since I have four or more Speed Counters, by fusing three Cyber Dragons from my hand, I summon my mighty Cyber End Dragon!" Leo said.

Cyber End Dragon

Level 10

Machine/Fusion/Effect

Light

4000/2800

A giant, snake-like, three headed, winged robot dragon appeared.

"That's a very big toy." Roman said.

"Well, this toy is going to squash that spider. Cyber End, attack! Super Strident Blaze!" Leo ordered.

Cyber End Dragon send a flames like beam at the Underground Arachnid and destroy it.

Roman: 4000-2600

(Roman's SPC: 2-1)

(Meanwhile)

"Alright! Leo got him now! No matter which mode Roman place his monsters, Cyber End will still take out his Life Points." Crow said.

(Meanwhile)

"Are you done yet?" Roman asked.

"Not even close! I reveal Miracle Locus, trap card! This trap forces you to draw one card, and gives Cyber End Dragon 1000 more attack points, and the ability to attack for a second time this turn. So, draw your last card." Leo said.

"How dare you!" Roman said as he draw a card.

(CED: 4000-5000)

(Meanwhile)

"Perfect! That means the duel is over." Yusei said.

(Meanwhile)

Trudge and Luna sit down and relax after tie up Rex and put Tiara inside the cat carrier.

"I'm so glad we manage to catch them." Trudge said.

Suddenly, a big shadow hover over them. Luna and Trudge look up and saw a giant metal wing. Leaving the pets in safe zone, Trudge and Luna run up the pile of junks and see the Duel.

"Look like Leo is on the winner line!" Trudge said.

(Meanwhile)

"This is a payback, for Martha, Rally, Tank and everyone I care about. But it's also for something most important thing to me... MY LOCKET!" Leo said in rage.

"Your locket?" Roman asked.

"It was all I had left from my family! And you and other Dark Signers are going to pay! Attack, Cyber End Dragon!" Leo ordered.

Cyber End Dragon sends flames like beam at Roman...

(Meanwhile)

"If that attack success then Leo wins!" Crow said.

(Meanwhile)

"You got him now, Leo!" Trudge said.

(Meanwhile)

The beam is coming in close to Roman.

"This can not be! I'm Doom!" Roman said in fear before he put a evil smile, "Just kidding. From my hand, I activate my Guard Spider's special ability. When you attacking and I got no monsters on the my side of the field, I get to special summon it."

Guard Spider

Level 6

Insect/Effect

Earth

0/3000

A big spider in armor with a big shield in front appeared.

Cyber End's beam hit the spider and destroy it.

"But you still take the difference as damage." Leo said.

"Not really. My spider has another effect. I take no Battle Damage from battles involving him. So I'm spared." Roman said.

Leo glare at his enemy while set a card.

"I'll get you soon, Roman! It's your turn." Leo said.

(Leo's SPC; 5-1)

(Meanwhile)

"Oh man! He had Roman!" Crow said.

(Meanwhile)

"My turn." Roman said.

Roman draw a card and look at it.

(Roman's SPC: 2; Leo's SPC: 2)

"I set a card face down and end my turn." Roman said.

"Then it's my move." Leo said.

Leo draw a card and look at it.

(Roman's SPC: 3; Leo's SPC: 3)

"Cyber End, wipe out that Dark Signer now!" Leo ordered.

(Meanwhile)

"Leo, wait!" Yusei call out!

It was too late to call off the wild attack. Cyber End sends flames like beam at Roman...

"Not so fast! I play Attack destroyer! When you attack me and I have no monsters, this trap destroy your attacking monster." Roman said.

Roman's trap card block Cyber End's attack and fire a white beam at Cyber End and destroy it.

"Cyber End!" Leo said.

"Also, for every five stars on the monster that just destroyed, I get to draw two cards and Set them in Defense Position in your Monster Card Zones.." Roman said.

Roman draw cards and set them.

'Great job, Leo. Not only did you not beat him, but you help him have two monsters he'll need. I bet his next draw would be that Earthbound Immortal. I need to defend my self.' Leo thought.

"I summon Morphtronic Lantron in defense mode." Leo said.

Morphtronic Lantron

Level 1

Machine/Tuner

Light

200/200

A flashlight appeared.

"Your move." Leo said.

"Is that all?" Roman asked.

Roman draw a card and look at it.

(Roman's SPC: 4; Leo's SPC: 4)

Roman snarl.

'He didn't get it. That's good new for me.' Leo thought.

"From my hand, I activate my Draw Web Spider's special ability. By send it to the graveyard, I get to draw two more cards." Roman said.

Roman draw two more cards and look at them. Dark Signer then smile at one of the cards.

"I sacrifice those cards to summon Earthbound Immortal Uru!" Roman said.

The floating stone that heralds the summoning of an Earthbound Immortal appears in the air above them. High above the duel the clouds are roiling in dark spirals, and some of the darkness in the clouds streams downward, funneling into the crater and twining around the mechanism in the sky, seeping in through its pulsing cracks. It explodes, the purple light from above outshining. Leo shields his face, then looks up when the light stops. Standing over the crater, is a massive black spider with glowing red designs!

Earthbound Immortal Uru

Level 10

Insect/Effect

Dark

3000/3000

"This time, I'll destroy you and your Dragon of Life!" Uru said.

"Before I end the Duel, I think Yusei and everyone around here should hear a very good stroy about planetary particles." Roman said.

"Planetary particles? What's that?" Leo asked.

"Let me explain this so you'll understand. These particles act like planetary gears, binding otherwise unrelated particles to one another. Kind of like how the Mark of the Crimson Dragon has united you and your little friends, a planetary particle brings other unlike particles together." Roman started.

(Flashback)

Roman: Yusei's father's team began conducting experiments, using planetary particles to build and manipulate greater molecular structures, which led to the discovery of Ener-D, and the creation of the Ener-D Reactor.

Professor Fudo proudly gazes up at the beautiful light of the spinning reactor; behind him stand the other two men; Rex and Roman Goodwin, also smiling.

Roman: Rex and I joined his team as research assistants. Everyone was excited about the possibilities the Reactor was presenting, especially Yusei's father. He couldn't contain his enthusiasm.

Professor Fudo turns to Rex and Roman, and speaks, "Gentlemen, it's working! And this is the key."

Professor Fudo indicates a small device in his hand. They look back up at that beautiful reactor...

Roman: The research was proceeding smoothly. Until that fateful day...

(Flashback changes)

Professor Fudo is seated at the console at the base of the Reactor, typing. Rex and Roman stand behind him, manipulating handheld screens.

Roman: We were working late into the evening...

The three hear a rattling sound, and look up at the Reactor, startled and panicked. Fudo speaks, trying to keep calm, "That doesn't sound good." He looks at the console in front of him. A readout shown as a row of bars shows the fifth and sixth from the left spiking, and the others rising fast.

"Those energy readings can't be right... can they?" Rex asked.

"There's nothing wrong with the equipment, everything's working." Roman said.

Roman: We couldn't comprehend what we were witnessing. The only thing we were certain of was that the Ener-D Reactor seemed to be creating a strange and magnificent power that science couldn't define.

(Flashback changes)

Cataclysmic lightning slashes the sky above the lights of New Domino City, and purple clouds swirl overhead. The sky looks exactly like it does when Dark Signers are around.

Roman: Every time we conducted a test, unusual weather descended on New Domino City.

(Flashback changes)

"Are you serious, Professor?! You're shutting the Reactor down?!" Roman asked in shock.

Professor Fudo stands before the Reactor, opposite Rex and Roman, "I have no choice! We can't pinpoint the connection between the Reactor and these recent, unusual occurrences. It's-"

Rex cut Professor off, " Well, yes, but, that's why we have to press on."

"It's why we have to stop. We can't risk something terrible happening! We can't knowingly put the city in danger in the name of progress." Professor Fudo said.

Roman: I wasn't happy, to say the least!

(Flashback changes)

Roman sits in a dark room, probably late at night without permission, typing away on a console.

Roman: So I did some investigating, and discovered that there was another part of the world where similar weather conditions and seismic anomalies were happening at the same time as our tests!

(Flashback changes)

The noonday sun burns overhead as Roman, sitting aboard a plane, stops reading his magazine and looks out the window as the clouds part and he can see a landscape covered with geoglyphs in the distance.

Roman: So I journeyed to the Nazca lands to find out as much information as I could.

After landing, Roman hits the terrain in a military-looking jeep, and as we pan out, we see that he's driving around, coincidentally, the edge of the mark of the spider.

Roman: While traveling around, I heard a local legend. According to this myth, every five thousand years, powerful spirits rise up and battle at the Nazca lands! The Nazca *lines* were said to be the evil spirits sealed away, defeated by the great dragon during their last battle!

Roman climbs out of the jeep, takes a gulp from his canteen, and looks around.

Roman: I was so curious, so I drove out to see these lines for myself. It was there I met a man- a man from Iliaster.

As Roman stands there on the site looking around, he notices a man in a white suit is standing nearby, looking straight at him as though having been expecting him. We can't see his eyes.

(Flashback pause)

Yusei who hears everything from the Duel Runner's screen, reacts, "Lliaster...?"

(Flashback)

The man from Iliaster speaks to Roman, manipulation in every syllable, "Professor Goodwin, right? Shame about the Reactor. I can't believe Professor Fudo just shut it down."

"How d'you know about me and the Reactor?" Roman asked.

"You can't take it, can you? You want desperately to continue the particle research. Am I wrong?" The man asked.

Roman doesn't answer.

"The research must continue. Even if that means getting rid of Professor Fudo." The man said.

"You better explain yourself and quick!" Roman said.

"Beyond the Reactor's light lies... something special. A power like our world has never known. You've felt it, haven't you? We at Iliaster believe that you're the real visionary, Roman; the one brave enough to turn the present, into the future. You are special, Roman. Destiny has handpicked you; you've been marked for greatness." The man said.

Roman's getting kind of tired of the games. "What do you mean?!"

"You have a mark on your left arm, do you not? " The man asked.

Roman was shock as he rolls up his sleeve; on his arm is burned the fifth mark of the Crimson Dragon, the Head of the Dragon.

"I've had this mark on my arm since I was born" Roman said.

"That's right. Destiny has chosen you, Roman. And no one can hide from their destiny forever." The man said.

(Flashback pause)

'Wait! He has the Mark of the Dragon?!' Leo thought.

Leo turn his Duel Runner around and ride backwards as he looks at the arm supporting Roman's cards; it's made of metal.

'Is he the Fifth Signer?!' Leo thought.

(Flashback)

"Wait! This legend I've been hearing about! This epic battle... does it have something to do with me?" Roman asked.

A strong, dusty wind blows up out of nowhere. Roman cries out and shields his face. The man from Iliaster has stopped walking, and answers him, "It just might. Are you strong enough to listen to the voice in the light? It will tell you all you need to know."

Through the dust Roman moved his arm to keep watching this suspicious figure. As he does, the stranger's shape seems to become part of the dust, or vanish; he's gone without a trace.

"Ugh... wait! Don't leave!" Roman call out.

The dust storm subsides. Roman is alone.

"...What's he mean, 'the voice in the light'?" Roman asked.

Roman: After that man disappeared, Something else come to me... something from the dead!

Roman turn and saw a clock man.

"Greeting, Goodwin." A man said.

"Who are you?" Roman asked.

"How rude of me. I am the messenger from the Underworld that contained the Creature of the Dead." Messenger said.

"Creature of the Dead?" Roman asked.

"The archenemy of the golden dragon called the Dragon of Life. In fact, you hold the mysterious card of that dragon." Messenger said.

Roman was surprise as he pull out a single card. It's look like Life Stream Dragon card but got no name, level stars, type, ATK or DEF points. Just a picture of the golden dragon himself.

"I had that card years ago." Roman said.

"That's right. If you want more information, just do as that other man said." Messenger said before suddenly fall in pieces, showing some bones.

(Flashback pause)

'Wait! Roman used to own my Life Stream Dragon?! But how can my dragon be mysterious till now?' Leo thought.

(Flashback)

Back at the Reactor lab, Roman approaches the spinning, glowing Reactor.

Roman: And then I heard it. It wasn't a voice like me talking to you; it wasn't words. But the light was speaking to me, nonetheless!

Roman stares at the light, entranced and terrified. Suddenly, the light flares, and black and red energy crackles through it. Roman gets visions: A charred landscape, with craters blown out of it that make it look like the surface of the moon- Uru, Cusillu, Ccarayhua, Aslla Piscu, and Ccapac Apu, the Crimson Dragon, and how it challenged the Earthbound Immortals!

Roman: And then, I saw it all! And I understood! The Ener-D Reactor was destiny's instrument! It had the power to break the seals of the Nazca lines; to release the Army of Shadows; and instigate the great battle!

(Flashback pause)

"That guy lost it!" Trudge said.

Rex then heard something, look at it then snarl before barking. Luna and Trudge turn to see Goodwin walking by.

"Director?" Trudge asked as he and Luna run to him.

"I came to say goodbye to someone. To my... my brother." Goodwin said.

"Roman?" Luna asked.

Goodwin nodded, "When we were young, everyone knew my big brother was a genius. I was always very proud of him... But in addition to his genius my brother was burdened with a great destiny!"

(Flashback)

"This issue is not up for debate! I am shutting down the Reactor!" Professor Fudo said.

Fudo stands before the reactor, opposite five men in suits. One of them speaks, "Sorry, Professor, I'm afraid you no longer have any authority. As of this morning you've been expelled from the R.R.D."

"I've been what?!" Professor Fudo asked in shock.

"We've poured way too much money into the development of this reactor. We're not going to sit back and let it all go to waste. So Roman Goodwin will be taking over." One of the men said.

As if on cue, Roman stepped up behind the suits, face distorted with a rather sinister grin.

"Roman, what-! What's the meaning of this?!" Professor asked in surprise.

"The R.R.D. needs to be led by someone with the courage to move forward," Roman mused, "The Board now feels that I am that person."

"I've already taken action and shut down the generator towers. The seals are already in place, they-"

Roman cut Fudo off, "When you say 'seals'..." He holds up Stardust, Archfiend, Black Rose, and Ancient Fairy Dragons' cards. "Are you talking about these?"

"How did you...?" Prof. Fudo replied alarmed, before he grabs the cards out of Roman's hand and pushes past him, causing the golden dragon card to slip out of Roman's pocket and fly off through the vent, running from the room. The agents drew laser pistols and opened fire, several beams grazing the scientist, one managed to pierce through and making a single card fall from his grip: Ancient Fairy Dragon…

(Later in the Flashback)

Fudo slumps against a wall in a hallway, almost definitely injured, as Rex Goodwin crouches beside him, worried.

"Talk to me, sir, how can I help you?" Rex asked.

"Rex... shut down... the Reactor! Take these- and hide them from your brother!" Fudo said as he offers Rex the three remaining dragons, intense and determined. Rex accepts them, reluctant and afraid, and takes a moment to stare at the three cards entrusted to him... "The safety of the world depends on it!"

(Later in the flashback)

Rex Goodwin runs into the chamber that contains the Reactor.

" Roman! Where are you?!" Rex asked.

Rex later then ran into the reactor control room to find Roman, "There you are!"

Roman did not turn around, just stood up and replied angrily, "Rex! Did you help Professor Fudo escape?!"

Rex took a closer look, at the fabric of Roman's lab-coat it was dyed red and torn at the end of its sleeved. He saw red liquid dripping onto the floor in a small rich puddle. And Rex did not have to guess that the arm that used to be on Roman's left side was missing, "What have you done to yourself?!"

"Never mind that! Just take this!" Roman lifts an enclosed cylinder from the floor and tosses it behind him toward his brother, "Take this and run...!"

Rex looked at it, then at Roman, "What is in this capsule?!" he demanded.

"The key to the world's survival!" Roman at last looked at him, eyes wild in some kind of inner battle. Rex gasps, perplexed and troubled; and then he pressed a button on the cylinder to let the cover fold out. His eyes widened when he found a severed arm inside, "Good and evil were battling within me, brother! And I chose the path of darkness. Keep the mark of the Dragon safe; gather the four Signers then come back and defeat me!"

"Brother!" Rex said as he picks up the capsule.

"Go!" Roman pulled out a laser pistol and shot a warning shot at Rex's feet to chase him away. "Find the Signers! Find them!"

(Flashback changes)

Roman staggers to the console in front of the Reactor.

"And with this... I will be reborn as a Dark Signer!" Roman said as he pounds his right fist right through the emergency glass onto a dangerous-looking big red button. And then the Reactor shines blindingly, and a light from the black and purple swirling clouds above casts a shining beam of light on the needle that towers over this part of Domino City and the destruction explodes outward from that point. Zero Reverse is happening. In a building somewhere, the lights have gone out except for an emergency infrared fading in and out. A computer voice speaks, repeating throughout the scene.

" Warning. System malfunction. Please follow evacuation protocol." The computer said.

Professor Fudo presses a button, and a hatch in front of him opens up, little more than a box or a tube. The baby in his arms starts to cry as he gently places him inside. Fudo attempts a brave smile.

"Don't worry. You'll be safe, my son." Fudo said.

Baby Yusei keeps crying as Fudo presses the button and closes the hatch, then the capsule, sort of an escape pod, zooms away through a hatch in the wall. No sooner is it gone than the room lights up with purple energy; Zero Reverse has reached Fudo.

Outside, the brilliant, destructive light domes, then shoots a column of fire into the sky. Buildings sway on their foundations and drift apart as the ground rips open; a huge tidal wave crests skyscrapers, and a small patch of ruins floats apart from the mainland, isolated by whirlpools and storms swept up by the annihilation...

(End of flashback)

"It was at that moment, the door to the netherworld opened... and I became a Dark Signer." Roman said.

(Meanwhile)

"Man. To think that Yusei is a son of Professor." Trudge said.

"Is...is there anything about Leo's life?" Luna asked.

"I'm afraid that happen 17 years ago. The boy wouldn't be exist during that time. But I'm doing everything I can to found out about him. But first I need you to pass along a message to Yusei for me." Goodwin said.

"What is it, sir?" Trudge asked.

"If he defeats my brother or any Dark Signers, tell him I'll be waiting." Goodwin said before he turn the corner before Luna went after him.

"What do you mean?!" Luna said.

Luna turn the corner only to have see Goodwin disappear.

"He's gone." Luna said.

(Meanwhile)

"You lied to me, Roman! You said that my father was greedy, and that he didn't care about the safeguards!" Yusei said at the screen.

"Oh, Yusei, I said what I said because I wanted to upset you. To rattle you. In truth your father was a self-righteous bore, who couldn't see the magnificence of the Ener-D Reactor! In the end he was blinded by fear! Just as you will be!" Roman said frm the screen.

"You snake!" Yusei said.

(Meanwhile)

"And now to finish you off, boy. And reclaim my card! Earthbound Immortal Uru, attack Yusei directly!" Roman ordered.

Uru looses an ocean of web on Leo! Leo slip and crush his runner hard!

Leo: 1600-0!

"LEO!" Yusei said.

"NO!" Crow yelled.

(NO! Leo lost! What are we going to do?! You just have to wait and see.

After reading Petor's Yu-Gi-Oh! 6D's' new Chapter 1, I see that I might not giving you a good detail about Leo's Duel Runner. So, here it is. It's got two wheeles, golden colour, robot version of a dragon design and instead of bike like handle, Leo's Duel Runner has the same handle as Yusei's or Crow's.

With that done. See you all soon.)