Chapter 31: The Showdown
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Back at arena, everyone was still quiet after Nate defeated the head of the Institute in a duel.
Father then replied, "Dad, I'm very proud of your dueling skills. You did great."
Nate nodded as the ones watching (Except for the Coursers) began to clap and Father then replied, "Now for the deal. My father will reveal our new leader. Will it be you or another Institure head?"
He sighed and then nodded and replied, "Thank you for such a great offer to run the Institute, But I pass on the chance to run this amazing place. I do have decided. I would like Allie Filmore to run this place for us, Father. She would be perfect for this wonderful place and will bring us in the near future in full success."
Father nodded and replied, "Good choice, dad. Allie, will you come down here please?"
Everyone cheered as she came down and faced Nate and he replied, "Can you do us all a honor and help us run this beautiful place into the future for the sake of the Commonwealth and the Institute, Professor Filmore?"
She nodded and then replied, "I would be more then honored to due so, sir. Thank you for the chance to help out. I'll make sure everything is run well, sir."
She shook hands with Nate as they all clapped once more and then Father replied, "This is all dismissed. I'll inform of you all in a meeting in this room tomorrow about when I'm offically retiring as head of the Institiute. Until later tomorrow morning, you're all dismissed."
They continued to clap as Father and the rest of the groups left.
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Meanwhile at the Synth Retention area, Justin Ayo and his two Coursers were not happy about the decision.
Ayo then replied, "Why the hell didn't he pick me instead of that stuck up bitch? I would of been a amazing leader and and that old fart is giving the choice to him and he chooses Filmore? What a totally joke."
X4-18 then replied, "I know you're mad about this decision, sir. I really hope she can bring this place up into the world. I really hope it can happen."
X6-88 looked at him and replied, "Don't you understand at all, idiot? With Filmore's direction, she'll force us to help the Commonwealth of the United States and our group as well. This won't end good at all."
Ayo sighed and replied, "Maybe so, but she'll still need our group. I really hope she doesn't assign us to new things around the Institute. We have no choice in this. You both can go."
They coursers nodded as the left his office and then X6-88 looked at his fellow courser and he replied, "Can we Relay to a private part in Minnapolis, X4? I need you to discuss some orders with you."
The courser nodded as they both vanished into a burst of light.
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At the rooftop of a abandoned gas station (the one that Nate won the gas from), the two coursers appeared in a bright burst of light. No Raiders knew they were there.
X4-18 looked at his fellow courser and replied, "What is it you needed, X6?"
The courser then replied, "Remember when we talked about that Plan X that other night?"
The courser nodded and he resumed, "We need to issue it."
"Does Ayo know?"
"Of course not. He's too busy whinning about what was decided. I have the codes that will activate each of the Satellites in the sky and the abandoned missiles silos around the the United Commonwealth."
"You really want to oblierate everything because of you haiting our new leader for the future?"
He looked at him with a angry look and X4-18 nodded and replied, "I really see your point, sir. What if those chosens go after us?"
"Simple answer. We have the best decks in the world and we'll destroy their chances at beating us, X4. We'll announce it from our hideout tomorrow morning beneath the stadium and we'll broadcast our announcement during that meeting to show those humans we mean buisness."
They both shook hands before vanishing into bursts of light.
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That next day, everyone was at the Institute meeting room (Except for the two head coursers). The Institute heads and the gang was there as well, waiting for Father to announce.
Father then replied, "Morning, all. I'm here to announce that I'll be offically retiring as Director of the Institute at the beginning of next month. After my retirement party, Allie Filmore will be the new head of the Institute and will run it with her husband Nathan, who will be taking her old position with a higher wage as well."
He looked at Allie and replied, "Will everyone refer you as Mother or is there name you prefer, Allie?"
Allie smiled and replied, "Mother will be just fine, sir. This is a true honor to be announced. I want to thank you and your father for allowing me to run this beautiful place for the future. I will be proud to do so!"
"I'm glad to hear that."
He pointed at Nate and his friends and he resumed, "He will be allowed with full honors to help you out if you need the help while he does anything back in the Commonwealth area. Make sure he gets full access of the whole facility and his two friends as well."
"That'll be no problem at all, sir."
Suddenly, a large monitor turned on and Father looked at and replied, "What on earth is this?"
The screen changed and X6-88 and X4-18 where right there and X6 replied, "Good evening, people of the Commonwealth and Institute. I'm X6-88 and his is my courser partner X4-17."
Father stared at Justin and he replied, "You want to explain this, Justin?"
He sighed and replied, "I have no idea about this, sir. I swear these two are working behind my back!"
Father sighed and he stared back at the screen and X6-88 resumed, "We are coming live from a hidden location in downtown Minneapolis and I like to show you all something."
The coursers turned the camera and it was looking a simple laptop on a dusty grey table and X6-88 resumed, "This has been a secret project I've been working on with X4-18 behind your backs. This will allow me to activate the laser satellites in the sky and activate each of the Missile Silos all around the world."
Piper then replied, "What the fuck is he talking about that for?"
X6-88 resumed, "After Father decided to allow his own father to select someone to run the Institute and he didn't select Justin Ayo, it angered himself and us as well."
Both Father and Allie looked at him and replied, "It's true. I was mad, but I have nothing to do with those two fools!"
They all turned back to the two Coursers and X6-88 resumed, "If you don't hand over complete control of the Institute to me and my fellow courser, we'll activate each missile and laser and with the power of them all, we'll obliterate everything in the Commonwealth and the rest of thw World and we'll reduce everything to fiery ruins."
They all gasped and then X4-18 began to speak, "Also, we'll activate a bomb to destroy the core of the Institute and everyone there will be vaporized as well. You have 3 days to do so."
Mike then replied, "This so damn intense! We can't allow that to happen."
X6-88 resumed, "If you can't, this world will be doomed. Also, we'll take a challenge from the 3 chosen ones as well. If they have the guts and power to do so, they'll come find us in Minneapolis and we'll make sure we'll give them a hard duel. One more thing, we can't be shut down as well so any recall codes will not work as well. We look fowards to seeing your response."
The screen shut off and everyone left in a panic (Except for the gang, Father and Allie) and Father sighed and replied, "I don't know where they are and what we can do."
Allie looked Father and repleid, "They want to duel the chosens, sir. We have no other choice."
Father nodded and then he looked at the gang and replied, "Can we ask for your help at this dire time?"
Piper then replied, "Hell, yes! We need to stop those fools before this gets worse. Our decks are ready."
Father nodded and replied, "Good. We have some team themed cards for you three before we go find those traitors and if you need them. Come with me."
They all left the arena and Allie sighed and then she looked at Justin and replied, "You really don't want me as the leader of this place, Ayo?"
He sighed and replied, "Just allow me to do my work with little interuption and I'll have no trouble or problem with you, madam. I actually want to serve under you."
"Thank you so much and We can work on that."
He nodded as they both shook hands.
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A hour or so after getting their decks ready, the gang arrived in the abandoned stadium that the duel with Wolfgang happened at. The Coursers wanted them come alone.
Piper looked around and he replied, "Where are you?"
They both appeared and X6-88 and Nate replied, "I should of known you both would pull a stunt like this. You're both threatning the world."
X6-88 then replied, "I know and don't care right now. You ruined us by not letting me or my boss be the new leader."
Piper then replied, "You are a simple minded machine, Corser. Your boss wasn't even angry about losing the chance to be the new leader. He actually wants to help Professor Filmore at making sure everyone is run well into the future!"
X4-17 then replied, "Should of guessed so. He was such a week little idiot and I'm glad I'm through with him."
"Boo hoo, morons.", Piper sacasticly said with a smile. "Now, where is the fucking laptop?"
He pointed to the table and he replied, "Right there."
Mike then replied, "The future of this world is right there. What do you want to do?"
X6-88 nodded and replied, "I want to duel with you, kid. I've heard of your duels and you have some power your parents give you to help you do so. I want to duel with you and if you win, I'll hand it over and we'l leave and never return to Minnesota or bother the Institute."
Mike sighed and replied, "If I must."
Piper put her across his shoulders and she smiled and replied, "You got this, baby. Now, show these morons how we duel."
Nate smiled as well and replied, "You got this, buddy."
Mike smiled as they both stepped back and the courser sighed and replied, "This why I'm glad to not be human."
They both activated their duel disks and both drew 5 cards and Mike began to glow and then it stopped and then a ring of light was seen around him and X6-88 and Piper then replied, "What the hell is that ring for?"
X4-17 poined at the broken roof and moonlight coming through and Piper nodded.
"Duel.", both yelled out.
(X6-88 LP: 8000 / Mike LP: 8000)
X6-88 then replied, "I'll begin my duel with Armageddon Knight."
As he sat the card down, the dark knight appeared (ATK: 1,400) and then he discarded a card from the deck and then it reshuffled and then he replied, "I'll set a new card and that'll end my turn now."
Mike drew a card and X6-88 quickly replied, "I actviate Zero Gravity."
The trap appeared and then the Knight knelt (DEF: 1,200).
"Okay. I summon my Axe Dragonute."
As he sat the card down, the axe-wielding dragon warrior appeared (ATK: 2,000).
"I now activate Dragon Smash."
The spell appeared.
"Once per turn, I can either gain 300 lifepoints or you take 300 damage each time one of my Dragon monsters destroy one of your monsters. Attack his knight."
The dragon rushed and brought his axe down, blasting the Knight into pixels and then it knelt (DEF: 1,200) and he replied, "I'll give you 300 damage."
He glowed (X6-88 LP: 8000 - 7700).
"Your turn now."
X6-88 drew a card and replied, "I'll activate Smashing Ground."
The dragon exploded into pixels as the spell was played.
"I'll set a new monster facedown and a card facedown and that'll end my turn now."
Piper looked puzzled and replied, "What the hell? He had a open shot at Mike and didn't take it?"
Nate then replied, "He must have had no useful monster to summon."
Mike drew a card and replied, "I summon my Luster Dragon."
As he sat the card down, the small jeweled dragon appeared (ATK: 1,900) and X6-88 pointed to his facedown card and a Dust Tornado appeared and shot out and blasted his spell to little bits.
"Whatever you say. Attack his facedown monster."
The dragon let out a burst of green flames and somesort of black quilled hedgehog appeared (DEF: 200) before the flames struck and then it vanished into a puff of black smoke and Piper groaned and replied, "Not one of those monsters."
X6-88 nodded and replied, "When Shaddoll Hedgehog is flipped up, I can get any Shaddoll Spell or Trap from my deck to my hand."
He quickly grabbed a card and then reshuffled.
"I'll set a card and it's your turn now."
X6-88 drew a card and replied, "Now, I activate my facedown card."
He pointed at it and the trap flipped up.
"It's called Resh Shaddoll Incarnation. I get a Shaddoll back from my graveyard in either faceup or facedown defense and I choose faceup and my I select my Shaddoll Dragon that I discarded with my Armageddon Knight's effect."
The trap glowed and somesort of dragon-like creature connected by strings appeared (DEF: 0).
"I now activate Shaddoll Fusion to fuse my Dragon with a Shaddoll Beast I have in my hand and this fusion needs a dark monster and a Shaddoll monster to create El Shaddoll Winda."
As the dragon-like creature appeared and merged with the other one, a green-haired female riding somesort of dragon-like creature appeared (ATK: 2,200).
Piper groaned and replied, "Not one of the toughest of them all, but it can be annoying."
"Now to use the abilites of my monsters. Since my Beast was sent there by a card effect, I draw a card."
He added a card and then drew one and then he replied, "Now, Blast his dragon."
She aimed her scepter and a burst of dark fiery shot out and struck, reducing it to charred ashes (Mike LP: 8000 - 7800).
"Your turn now, kid."
Mike drew a card and replied, "Your move now."
X6-88 drew a card and replied, "I'll set a new monster and then I'll equip my Shaddoll Shadow Scepter to my Winda."
A scepter appeared in her hands (ATK: 2,200 - 2,500).
"Now, attack his dragon. He gains a piercing ability. Attack his dragon."
She fired a scepter and a burst of dark firey magic and it shot out and a large Dragon with two large black wings and black claws appeared on the card (DEF: 1,500) and the flames burnt it to a crisp (Mike LP: 7800 - 6800) and Mike quickly replied, "When Shadowclaw Dragon is destroyed and I control no other monsters, I banish a Dragon to bring it back."
As he banished his Luster Dragon and banished it, the dragon reappeared and it had bruised wings and its claws were near broken (ATK: 1,800 - 0).
"Make your move now, kid."
Mike drew a card and replied, "I tribute my Shadowclaw Dragon for my Strong Wind Dragon."
As the dragon faded away, the mighty dragon of the winds appeared (ATK: 2,400 - 3,300).
"Now, destroy this Winda."
He flapped his wings and a huge gust of wind shot out and blasted the Fusion into a shower of black globules & shards (X6-88 LP: 7700 - 6900) and X6-88 then replied, "When a monster while equipped with the scepter, I can pay 500 lifepoints and banish the scepter to return any Shaddoll card from my graveyard to my deck."
He glowed (X6-88 LP: 6900 - 6400) banished the card and took his Shaddoll Beast and shuffled into his deck and he then replied, "Thanks to my Winda, I get back my Fusion Card."
"He quickly added the card to his hand.
"Your move again."
X6-88 drew a card and replied, "I'll set a new monster facedown and a card facedown and that'll end my turn now."
Mike drew a card and replied, "I'll set a monster myself and then I'll attack."
The dragon let out a huge windstorm and X6-88 quickly replied, "I activate Negate Attack."
The trap appeared.
"Your move."
X6-88 drew a card and replied, "I flip my facedown Shaddoll Grub."
As he did so, a disgusting grub-like creature appeared. It's body was glowing white strings were coming out of its body (ATK: 1,300).
"Now, one of your monsters loses 500 attack and loses the effect."
The dragon roared in pain (ATK: 3,400 -1,900).
"I'll summon my Homunculus the Alchemic Being."
As he sat the card down, a odd human-like creature with glowing orange skin appeared (ATK: 1,800).
"I use his effect to change his effect from light to fire."
Suddenly, the skin began to a bright red.
"I activate Shaddoll Fusion to fuse my Being with my Shaddoll Grub."
As the two monsters merged together, a large fiery rock-like creature appeared (ATK: 2,450 - 2,950).
"THis is my El Shaddoll Grysta."
Piper then replied, "Great, that thing."
"Thanks to my Grub being sent to the graveyard, all Shaddoll monsters gain 500 attack and that is why it's power went up. Attack his Strong Wind Dragon with Shadow Flames."
The fiery rock shot out a burst of flames and they struck, burning the Dragon alive until it collapsed into a pile of hot ashes (Mike LP: 6800 - 5750).
"Your turn now."
Mike drew a card and replied, "I'll set a new monster and that'll end my turn now."
X6-88 drew a card and replied, "I summon my Archfiend Soldier."
As he sat the card down, the evil footsoldier appeared (ATK: 1,900).
"I use some Normal monsters for this deck. Grysta, attack."
The creature fired a burst of flames and Golem Dragon appeared on the card (DEF: 2,000) and was smashed to bits as the flames struck it.
"Soldier, attack."
The Fiend rushed in and a 2nd Golem Dragon appeared (DEF: 2,000) and he struck it with his sword and it did nothing to it (X6-88 LP: 6400 - 6300).
"Make your move."
Mike drew a card and replied, "I equip my dragon with Dragonic Alchem Wing."
Suddenly, a glowing white wing appeared on the side of the rocky dragon.
"When equipped to this card,I change the equipped monster's attribute and he's going from earth to fire."
The wing turned fiery.
"Also, it allows to be used as two tributes for a dragon of the selected attribute. I now offer for my Tyrant Dragon."
The dragon roared and as it turned into fiery embers that scattered everywhere, the huge fiery dragon appeared with a mighty roar (ATK: 2,900).
Piper smiled and replied, "Yea!'
Nate nodded and replied, "That's what we needed."
"Now, destroy his monsters."
The dragon launched its flames and they struck, incinerating the Fiend and then it launched another burst of flames and they stuck the Fusion monster and it exploded into fiery cloud of black smoke (X6-88 LP: 6300 - 4850) and X6-88 sighed and replied, "When Grysta is destroyed, I get a Shaddoll Spell from my graveyard."
He took a card from his graveyard and added it to his hand.
"Your turn now."
X6-88 drew a card and replied, "I'll set a monster and 2 cards facedown and that'll do for now because that is all I had left in my hand."
Mike drew a card and replied, "I summon my Alexandrite Dragon."
As he sat the card down, the jeweled dragon appeared (ATK: 2,000).
"Attack his facedown monster."
The huge fiery dragon let out a burst of flames and a odd snake-like creature appeared on the card (DEF: 1,000) before the flames burnt it to a crisp and X6-88 then replied, "When Squamata is flipped, one of your monsters is destroyed."
The huge dragon exploded into fiery red shards that rained down onto the field.
"Damn it. Attack him directly."
The dragon glowed and then X6-88 pointed to his facedown card and then a Defense Draw Lifted up and he drew a card.
"Your move."
x6-88 drew a card and replied, "I activate Treasured Cards from Heaven."
Both drew until both had a full hand and then he replied, "I activate Shaddoll Core."
The trap flipped up and a odd creature that looked like a bunch of dragon-like heads appeared (ATK: 1,450).
"I now activate Shaddoll Fusion to fuse it with my Shaddoll Grub and my Core can be used any attribute for a Shaddoll Fusion and I'm choosing Earth."
As the Spell appeared and the two Shaddoll monsters merged, a large mechanical-like creature (ATK: 2,600).
"Meet the mighty and powerful El Shaddoll Shekhinaga."
Piper then replied, "That thing is huge and mighty."
Suddenly, the grub appeared for a 2nd time and it flew into the huge machine (ATK: 2,600 - 3,100).
"Attack his Dragon."
The dragon rushed in and smashed the dragon flat (Mike LP: 5750 - 4650).
"Your turn now."
it stopped glowing (ATK: 3,100 - 2,600) and then Mike drew a card and replied, "I'll set a new monster facedown and that'll end my turn now."
X6-88 drew a card and replied, "I summon my Denko Sekka."
As he sat the card down, the infamous thunder-like Warrior with a sword glowing with electricity appeared (ATK: 1,700).
"Lets do this. Shekhinaga, attack."
The machine charged in and a Masked Dragon appeared on the card (DEF: 1,100) and was smashed flat as it rushed in and then a Keeper of the Shrine appeared and knelt (DEF: 2,100).
"Lucky you, kid. I end my turn now."
Mike drew a card and replied, "Delta Flyer, I need you."
As he sat the card down, a small dragon with two big wings appeared (ATK: 1,300).
"I tune it with my Keeper of the Shrine."
The small dragon glowed as it split into 3 white stars, which turned into green rings and the rings went through Keeper of the Shrine, which turned into 4 white stars (*3 + *4 = *7).
"I Synchro Summon...Exploder Dragonwing."
As he sat the card down, a large purple-skinned dragon appeared with a mighty roar (ATK: 2,400).
"Now I attack your monster and use his effect to attack your machine."
The dragon roared as a burst of purple flames shot out and struck the huge machine and parts of the machine began to melt before the huge machine exploded, showering fiery debris onto X6-88's side of the field (X6-88 LP: 4850 - 2250) and he replied, "When Shekinaga is destroyed, I get a Shaddoll Spell or Trap from my graveyard."
He did so.
"Your turn now."
X6-88 drew a card and replied, "I summon my Shaddoll Dragon."
As he sat the card down, a dark shadowy falcon-like Spellcaster appeared (ATK: 1,900).
"Now, I equip it with my Nephe Shaddoll Fusion and declare light."
The spell appeared and the wings turned white.
"Now, I use my Fusion card to fuse my Water monster with my Shaddoll Shadow."
As they merged together, a huge and tall machine-like Fairy appeared (ATK: 2,800).
"Meet the mighty El Shaddoll Construct."
Piper groaned and replied, "That is one of the more wicked ones."
"I attack your Dragonwing and then directly with my Sekka."
THe huge creature rushed and punched the dragon and it exploded inro purple fiery embers & cloud of black smoke and then the Thunder monster rushed in and struck him down (Mike LP: 4650 - 2550) and then Mike began to groan and cough and Piper looked at him and replied, "Babe, you okay?"
He groaned and replied, "I'll be okay. I have to finish this duel."
"You are one tough person. Your move now, kid."
Mike drew a card and replied, "I banish 2 Dragon monsters from my graveyard to Special Summon my Tempest, Dragon Ruler of Storms."
As he took both his Delta Flyer and the Keeper of the Shrine and banished them both, a huge gust of wind formed and shot through the arena (ATK: 2,400).
"Now, I activate The Eye of Timeaus."
The legendary dragon appeared.
"Timeaus, I merge you with my Tempest to create the Gale Vortex Dragon."
As the two merged together, a huge green-skinned dragon appeared with a mighty roar and it had two large green wings as well as it roared (ATK: 3,200).
Piper smiled and replied, "Yea!"
"I'll banish a Dragon from my graveyard to protect my Dragon here from your card effects."
He took his Exploder Dragonwing and banished it.
"It can attack all monsters once. Attack them both."
THe dragon roared as a huge burst of wind shot out and slammed into the huge Fairy. Cracks formed all around the body before it exploded to pieces of broken metal and then more of the windy attack struck and Denko Sekka exploded into a shower of sparks (X6-88 LP: 2250 - 350).
"There you go. I'll set a card and call it a turn."
X6-88 drew a card and replied, "I pay half of my lifepoints to activate Shaddoll Curse."
As he glowed (X6-88 LP: 350 - 175), Shaddoll Dragon and Shaddoll Grub both appeared (ATK: 0 x2) and Piper then replied, "What's he doing?"
"I now activate Dragon's Mirror to summon my best Fusion monster."
The spell appeared and they merged together, a huge and evil looking dragon appeared with a mighty roar. It had pulsating purple orbs all over its body (ATK: 2,800).
"This is the powerful Starving Venom Fusion Dragon."
Nate then replied, "Oh, man."
Piper then replied, "That looks like one powerful dragon."
"I'll show you all how strong it is. If you control a Special Summoned monster, it gains ATK equal to the ATK of that monster."
The dragon roared even more (ATK: 2,800 - 6,100).
Piper then replied, "Hon, no."
"This ends now. Destroy his monster."
The dragon roared as a huge burst of pulsating energy mixed with toxic venom shot out from the struck his dragon and it roared in pain as the attack dissolved the skin of it and reduced to to a large dragon skeleton, wihich collapsed to the ground in a shower of white dust. The rest of the attack shot out and Mike caught in the middle of a explosion of energy that happened around him (Mike LP: 2250 - 0).
"MIKE!", Piper screamed.
As the smoke and dust cleared, Mike was flat on his back and his duel disk was near the Coursers on the ground and his friends quickly ran to him and Piper then replied, "Baby, you okay?"
Mike slowly opened his eyes and replied, "I can't move or get up right now."
Nate then replied, "Take it easy, buddy. You'll be okay."
Mike then replied, "I was glad to meet and know the both of you.."
Nate then replied, "Why are you talking like this, Mike?"
"I have a serious heart condition. I've been in pain for a week now and I didn't know what it was until we left this morning when I used something in my room to check my body."
They both gasped and then he looked at his girlfriend and replied, "Thank you for everything, honey. I...will..always love you and Nate. Tell my folks...goodbye...for me.."
He then closed his eyes and his head fell back onto the ground and Nate felt around his neck and he sighed sadly and replied, "He's gone, Piper."
She began to cry and then she walked over to Nate and they both hugged as they both cried with each other.
X6-88 looked at the fallen Mike and he sighed and replied, "I'm sorry for your loss."
"Save it, Courser.", Piper muttered under her breath.
And they both stared as X4-17 walked over to his duel disk and he replied, "Time for that dragon."
He went and then a burst of blue energy shot out and send him flying onto his back and he replied, "What the hell?"
X6-88 then replied, "Someone doesn't want us to have that card. They can keep it, X4. We don't need it anyway."
They began to glow and then Nate replied, "What about your laptop?"
X6-88 then replied, "Only a duplicate of the real one. You can find the both of us in three weeks and we'll challenge both of you to a duel. If you win, everything will be saved. For now, We're both sorry for your loss."
Smoke shot out from the laptop before it burst into flames and it and the table was reduced to nothing quickly and the both Coursers faded away into nothing and then they both began to cry as they looked at Mike's deceased body and Piper replied, "What do we do now?"
Suddenly, Allie Filmore and another doctor from the Institute appeared in a huge flash of light and she replied, "What happened, Nate?"
Nate pointed to Mike's deceased body and he replied, "He dueled that courser and after losing the duel, he died of a existing heart condition that he and his folks didn't know about. We need to get his body back to the Institute."
Aliie sighed and replied, "I'm really sorry for your loss, you two. Let's get back."
They began to glow and the body, duel disk and deck and the rest of them all vanished quickly.
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Cards made by me & others
Gale Vortex Dragon
Dragon/Fusion/Effect/Wind/ATK: 3,200/DEF: 2,900/9 Stars
This card is descended by the "The Eye of Timeaus" and offering 1 "Tempest, Dragon Ruler of Storms" as a tribute. You can banish 1 Dragon monster from your GY; Return 1 Spell or Trap to your opponent's hand and for the rest of the turn, this card cannot be targeted by your opponent's card effects. this card can attack all monsters your opponent controls once apiece. When removed from the field, you can banish this card from your GY; Special Summon 1 Dragon monster from your GY (Except a "Gale Vortex Dragon").
Shadowclaw Dragon
Dragon/Effect/Dark/ATK: 1,800/DEF: 1,500/4 Stars
If this card is removed from the field and sent to the GY while you control no other monsters, you can banish 1 Dragon monster from your GY; Special Summon this card, but it's ATK & DEF become 0 and can only used to Tribute Summon a Dragon monster. You can only use this effect of "Shadowclaw Dragon" once per turn.
Dragonic Alchem Wing / Equip Spell Card
Image: A large fiery wing connected to a Luster Dragon.
Equip only to a Dragon monster you control. When equipped to a monster, you can change the attribute of the equipped. While this card is equipped to a monster, it cannot be destroyed in battle with a monster who has a level/Rank that is higher then the original level of the equipped monster. The equipped monster can be used two tributes for a Dragon monster of a monster that has the same attribute as the equipped monster.
Dragon Smash / Continuous Spell Card
Image: A burst of green flames coming out of a Luster Dragon and about to strike a Goblin Attack Force.
When a Dragon monster you control destroys a monster in battle, your opponent takes 300 damage or you can gain 300LP. You can only have 1 "Dragon Smash" on the field at a time.
Dragonic Wrath / Quick-Play Spell Card
Activate when a Level/Rank 7 or higher Dragon monster you control destroys a monster in battle. Inflict damage to your opponent equal to the half of the ATK of the destroyed monster. You can only activate 1 "Dragonic Wrath" per turn.
Shaddoll Grub
Spellcaster/Flip/Effect/Dark/ATK: 1,300/DEF: 1,800/4 Stars
FLIP: Select 1 monster your opponent controls; it loses 500 ATK & DEF and it's effect is negated as long as it remains faceup on the field.
If this card is sent to the GY by a card effect: Select 1 "Shaddoll" monster you control; it gains 500 ATK until the End Phase of the turn. You can only use each effect of "Shaddoll Grub" once per turn.
Shaddoll Shadow
Spellcaster/Flip/Effect/ATK: 1,200/DEF: 1,000/4 Stars
FLIP: Send 1 "Shaddoll" monster from your deck to the GY and then your opponent take 100 damage x the level of the discarded monster.
When sent to the GY by a card's effect, inflict 500 damage to your opponent.
You can only use each effect of "Shaddoll Shadow" once per turn.
Shaddoll Shadow Scepter / Equip Spell Card
Equip only to a "Shaddoll" monster you control. it gains 300 ATK & DEF and when the equipped attacks a Defense Position monster, inflict piercing battle damage to your opponent. When the equipped monster is removed from the field, you can banish this card from your GY and pay 500 LP; Shuffle into your deck 1 "Shaddoll" card from your GY.
Shaddoll Curse / Normal Spell Card
Image: Shaddoll Dragon and Shaddoll Beast appearing in a dark forest and behind them is a El Shaddoll Winda.
If you control no other monsters. Pay half of your LP; Special Summon 2 Non-Fusion "Shaddoll" monsters from your GY to your side of the field. Monsters Special Summoned with this card's ability have their ATK & DEF become 0 and cannot be used in a Tribute, Synchro, Xyz or Link Summon. You can only activate 1 "Shaddoll Curse" per Duel.
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Mike lost and he's dead as well? More to be revealed in the next chapter.