It felt like an age had passed before Beth saw Chelsea's request for a Skype chat and called her over Skype but before long Chelsea was ready to talk with her girlfriend.
"Hey Chelsea, sorry for the wait, things have been hectic since I started at North Academy." Beth greeted her girlfriend and Chelsea grinned though she was mentally preparing herself for the conversation to come. "How goes the tournament? I know the last we spoke, you mentioned that your party includes Kylie and Ray."
"You can add Kaiba to that list as well." Chelsea responded nearly causing Beth to fall out of her computer chair in response. "We just hit the second level so things should start getting interesting soon."
"One can only hope." Beth responded with a grin but before long she frowned as she sensed something was wrong. "Chelsea, is something bothering you?"
"And here we go." Chelsea thought before letting out a deep breath. "What makes you say that?"
"Chelsea, we've been girlfriends since we were teenagers and we've lived together for about two years now." Beth responded as a sweat-drop rolled down her head. "If I can't tell that you are stressed out about something even after all that, then I've wasted the past six years of my life."
"Oh good, that makes me feel so much better about the fact that I had sex with Kylie." Chelsea thought sarcastically before sighing. "Your right, I am stressed about something, I did something incredibly stupid earlier today."
"You didn't lose your temper, did you?" Beth asked with a concerned look on her face and Chelsea quickly shook her head much to Beth's relief. "That's good, I thought you had put that stuff behind you."
"That stuff is so far behind me that it may as well be in another country." Chelsea assured her before lowering her head. "I'll just give it to you straight, I found out that Kylie never got over how our relationship ended all those years ago, I was upset that she didn't admit it sooner, but we talked for a bit until…." Chelsea trailed off before sighing. "Well, Kylie started coming onto me at some point, I didn't pick up on it at first because she was subtle about it, as in nudging up closer to me and talking about what could've been between me and her? One thing lead to another and we had sex." Chelsea admitted and Beth was quiet for the longest time as she processed the information. "I didn't realize how badly I fucked up until after we were done."
"For Christ's sake Chelsea." Beth sighed as she ran a hand down her face. "What were you thinking?! You know she's got a boyfriend of her own, right?"
"Yeah, I know, they are apparently in an open relationship of some kind." Chelsea nodded as she let out a deep breath. "I'm not about to pretend that that excuses me for succumbing to her advances, but I figured being honest about it would be better than lying about it,"
"Honesty was always your best trait, even if you are brutal about it." Beth nodded in acknowledgement and Chelsea sighed. "What about Jasmine?"
"What about her?" Chelsea asked with a confused look on her face.
"She thinks the world of you, and you go and do this?!" Beth pointed out and Chelsea bit her lip before nodding. "I'm not suggesting that I'm going to be calling Chris as soon as this chat ends but she looks up to you and Jamie as her cool aunts! Okay granted you and Jamie are her only aunts but my point still stands."
"I wasn't thinking about her at the time, I mean it'd be really weird to think of your three year old niece whilst your having sex with other women wouldn't it?" Chelsea pointed out and Beth paused.
"Fair point, I'll give you that." Beth admitted with a nod before sighing. "I have to go because I've got dinner in the oven but just promise me one thing Chelsea, that this was only a onetime thing, and this won't happen again during the tournament."
"I made it clear to Kylie that it was a onetime thing before we started having sex and reaffirmed it once I woke up from the post sex nap, as good as she is in bed, I'm not about to leave you for her." Chelsea responded and Beth let out a sigh of relief. "Kylie respected that fact but did invite me into her tent if I changed my mind about round two."
"I take it you didn't take her up on the offer?" Beth asked and Chelsea nodded.
"Even if I did, the session was almost over anyway, I don't think Sophia was ready for the end of a session to interrupt a sex session." Chelsea assured her girlfriend who nodded with a chuckle. "Pretty sure they didn't cover that in sex ed, anyway, look, either way, it's obvious to me that we're going to need couple's counseling once this tournament is over."
"You read my mind from hallway across the world." Beth chuckled before sighing. "But seriously Chelsea, I'm willing to let you off this time but if you cheat on me again there may not be a next time, are we clear?"
"Crystal, and I'd better go see about grabbing a table for dinner." Chelsea responded as she checked the time on her laptop clock. "Speak with you tomorrow?"
"Sure, though I don't think I'll get much sleep tonight after this conversation, see you later Chelsea." Beth responded before she ended the Skype call.
"That has to be the most awkward conversation I've had in years." Chelsea thought as she stood up and walked away from her laptop. "Definitely up there with the conversation with the teachers at Duel Academy following my assault on Jessica and the conversation with my siblings during the rage intervention, hopefully I'll be able to put this behind me as well." Chelsea thought before she left her room.
*in the dining hall*
By now most of the tables in the dining room had been taken up by the duelists, those who had been eliminated and those who were still in the tournament alike, leaving Chelsea without much choice of where she would sit.
Fortunately for her, one of Chelsea's oldest friends pulled through. "I was hoping we'd get a chance to chat and catch up." Chloe commented as Chelsea made herself comfortable opposite her old roommate from Duel Academy. "Between all the demonic possession and the tournament, we haven't really had a chance for that, have we?"
"Considering that I spent the first two dinners chatting with either Ray or Kylie, that was unavoidable." Chelsea nodded in agreement before she picked up the menu, she could see Kylie from where she was, and her ex was sitting with her boyfriend a couple of tables over from them. "And considering I just slept with her in game behind Beth's back, I'm in no hurry to chat with Kylie right now." Chelsea thought before turning her attention back to Chloe. "When's Lance joining us anyway?"
"He won't be that long he's just having a Skype Chat with Mike and Sophie." Chloe responded with a nod and Chelsea grinned. "Mike's still annoyed that he got snubbed when it comes to tournament invites, especially with Jason in the tournament."
"That's right, they were roommates in Osiris Red, weren't they?" Chelsea asked and Chloe nodded as Chelsea leaned back. "At least I know why Beth didn't get an invite, poor track record and a new job at North Academy will do that."
"Shame, I was looking forward to seeing her again." Chloe nodded with a sad sigh as she glanced over at the taller woman. "You ever think about the Academy days much? Or your teenage years for that matter?"
"Don't even get me started." Chelsea responded as she shook her head with a face-palm. "No offense but the only positives I really take away from those days are the facts that I met my current girlfriend, grew into the woman I am now and finally found my niche in the world." Chelsea added as she motioned towards her deck. "That last part is kinda funny actually, my older siblings took up jobs that weren't related to Duel Monsters in order to forge their own paths instead of following in dad's footsteps, yet me, the youngest sibling who was still being called their baby sister at eighteen, ended up being a successful duelist just like dad."
"Fate has a funny sense of humor at times." Chloe nodded in agreement before the drinks the two women had ordered arrived. "Then again, I still doubt whether or not I would've taken up Duel Monsters in the first place if my biological dad wasn't such a horrible parent."
"I'm pretty sure most people would agree that your childhood would've been a lot happier if he was at least a decent parent." Chelsea pointed out and Chloe quickly nodded in agreement. "But like I said, between my juvenile record and all the schools I got kicked out of I don't have a lot of stuff from my late teens to look back on with pride, except maybe coming out of the closet."
"Isn't your family accepting of the fact that you're a lesbian though?" Chloe asked and Chelsea nodded.
"Do you think they would've tried as hard to turn me into a success story if they weren't?" Chelsea asked with an amused look on her face and Chloe shook her head. "Tell you the truth? Whenever I tell someone in the Illinois scene about what I was like as a teen, most of them admitted to my face that they wouldn't have been as patient with me as my parents were and that's me being polite, because they know how brutally honest I can be and that I can take as much as I can give in that department." Chelsea added as she ran a hand through her hair. "And looking back, I find it difficult to blame them one bit."
"Even then they still had their limits, I still remember the looks on their faces when your parents showed up at Duel Academy that day you beat Jessica up." Chloe responded with a nod and Chelsea nodded in agreement. "As for me, I have a mixed opinion about it too, for the reason you mentioned, on one hand I cemented my love for Lance and made some great friends, you included, on the other hand, there is definitely some stuff that I'd rather sweep under the rug."
"Including one incident that I won't say out loud because of where we are." Chelsea nodded in understanding and Chloe quickly nodded once she got the idea, even though years had passed since that day and Chloe was over it for the most part, she still deeply regretted the day that she used the Seal of the Orichalcos in a duel even though she had never added it to her deck willingly nor would she had ever added it to her deck otherwise. "We've been dwelling on the depressing stuff for far too fucking long."
"Tell me about it." Chloe nodded in agreement before raising her glass. "We may have come from troubled beginnings Chelsea, but we still haven't let that define us as women, rather we use it as fuel to push us forward, I'd say that was worthy of a toast, wouldn't you?"
"Fucking A it is!" Chelsea nodded in agreement before accepting the toast. "Here's to the future and whatever the fuck it brings us."
"Cheers." Chloe nodded before the two women took sips of their drinks. "Though to be honest, I can't take credit for that quote, I paraphrased it from a fantasy novel I'm reading at the moment."
"I figured as much, I still remember the week you got so far behind on homework because you were so engrossed with reading The Lord of the Rings for the fifty millionth time that I had to step in to get you back on track." Chelsea nodded in agreement and Chloe laughed at that memory from their second year. "I still don't remember how that ended with you on top of me in my bed right when the security guard came in for the nightly dorm check."
"The others never did let us live that down, did they?" Chloe asked with a laugh and Chelsea nodded with a chuckle. "If it weren't for the Obelisk Blue dorms being big enough to eliminate the need for roommates, I'd almost think that that was the only reason that the third year was the only one where we weren't roommates."
"Even so, it's not like our rooms in the Obelisk Blue Girls Dorm were that far apart." Chelsea pointed out with a grin and Chloe nodded. "Just out of curiosity, how much of that quote was paraphrased?"
"I literally only needed to swap the genders around, the original quote was about two brothers with dark and troubled pasts sharing a toast before they went into war." Chloe explained after thinking for a minute and Chelsea nodded in understanding. "Obviously we're not sisters either."
"Yeah, for one thing, if you were born in Chicago, you'd have good taste in pizza." Chelsea teased her old roommate and Chloe gave her a mock death glare. "Don't want to get into that argument for old time's sake?"
"Aside from the fact that Sophia's security would break it up in an instant, there are several Italian duelists competing who'd have their own opinions about it." Chloe responded as she glanced around the room. "After all, Italy is the birthplace of pizza."
"And god knows how many other dishes Beth's learned from our Italian neighbors." Chelsea chuckled in response as she shook her head. "If you ever stop by Woodstock, you should try Beth's cooking, she's turned into quite the cook since we moved in together."
"I've grown into quite the cook myself, me and Beth would probably cook up a hell of a feast." Chloe nodded in agreement and Chelsea grinned though the conversation was reminding her of the one she had with Beth earlier. "Something on your mind?"
"It's nothing, I think it's about time we ordered food anyway." Chelsea responded and Chloe nodded in agreement. "If I can help it, the only way anyone but Beth, Sophia and Kylie will find out about me screwing Kylie earlier is if it leads to the end of my relationship with Beth, obviously that's a worst case scenario but still." Chelsea thought as she went over the menu.
*later*
After a delicious meal most of the duelists went on their separate ways to prepare for the next session, there was only a handful of duelists who weren't in the tournament and one of them was still fuming over her elimination.
"Fucking bullshit!" Jenny McQuaid thought as the Scottish duelist sat down on the bottom step of the stairs to the castle and got a cigarette out, she was young, still in her early twenties and around Chelsea's height with shoulder length red hair in a messy ponytail and green eyes clad in a beige jacket over a black t-shirt, blue jeans and black boots and right now she needed a smoke. "I had that match won and that fucking guardian just had to reveal its Exodia strategy? How the fuck is my career supposed to survive this?!"
"I could've sworn the guidebook that came with the packages clearly stated that the outside of the castle is a No Smoking zone." Sophia's voice rang out and Jenny glanced up to see the current I2 CEO standing just a few steps up from her. "Wouldn't you rather be socializing with your fellow duelists?"
"Get bent." Jenny grunted in response as she lit her cigarette. "My career may as well be over thanks to that fucking guardian and you know it."
"Look I know how frustrating it is to be one of the first duelists eliminated from a tournament, even I've been there." Sophia responded as she walked up to the Scottish woman not realizing that a third woman had joined them. "But that doesn't mean your career is over, you'll bounce back from this."
"Is this a bad time for me to come out and clear my head?" Chelsea asked and Sophia glanced up at the Illinois Regional Champion before shaking her head. "Then again it seems she's out here for the same reason."
"Don't get high a mighty with me Ms. "I won my first title within a year of graduating from Duel Academy."." Jenny responded as she rolled her eyes and Chelsea raised an eyebrow as Sophia walked up to her. "What problems could you possibly have compared to mine?"
"The fact that I cheated on Beth for one thing." Chelsea thought as Sophia approached her. "What's up with her?" Chelsea whispered to Sophia once she was close enough.
"Jenny was eliminated from the tournament yesterday and her opponent was using an Exodia deck." Sophia explained and Chelsea nodded once she got the idea. "As you can imagine, she's more than a little frustrated."
"Yeah, I noticed." Chelsea nodded as she glanced over at the younger woman. "Besides, I wanted to ask you something about that thing with Kylie."
"If your about to ask whether it'll be leaked to the press, don't worry, the only info that is allowed to be leaked to the press is eliminations." Sophia assured her but what neither woman noticed was Jenny grunting in pain as she grasped the side of her head. "Anything that'll just be fuel for the tabloids won't be leaked, unless the leaker wants to be fired…" Sophia never finished her sentence as Jenny let out a blood curdling scream making both women jump as they turned around.
"Jenny?" Chelsea called out to her Jenny was consumed by a dark light until she finished screaming, in the process she had dropped her lit cigarette which a nearby guard was quick to put out. "Fuck! This is the incident on the ship all over again!"
"We meet again Sophia." The demon greeted the two women through Jenny's mouth before a jet black motorbike appeared next to her. "I'm about to take one of your duelists on the highway to hell." He added before making Jenny get on it.
"Wait!" Chelsea called out before Jenny sped off, Chelsea let out a huff as she watched Jenny speed off. "How the fuck are we going to catch up with her?"
"Bernard, go grab Chelsea's d-wheel." Sophia instructed one of her men catching Chelsea by surprise, when Sophia saw the look Chelsea was giving her, she cleared her throat. "Any active duelist who uses a d-wheel had them flown in by their management company, you included, and yes, that includes your deck."
"Is the island even suitable for this?" Chelsea asked as she glanced out towards the heavily forested island. "Because I don't think crashing face first into a tree sounds like a lot of fun!"
"I doubt there are many who'd disagree with you." Sophia nodded in agreement as Barnard brought Chelsea's bike and speed deck up to her and Chelsea hopped on before grabbing her helmet. "But you've been a motorcyclist for how long?"
"Since I turned twenty one." Chelsea nodded as she put her helmet on and fastened it. "But that was mostly in cities and highways, not through a forest, why did they fly them in anyway?"
"Mostly to give the duelists something to do in between sessions." Sophia added before walking up to Chelsea as she got her bike going. "Remember, we're counting on you, me and Jenny, can I have your phone so you can call me once you're done?"
"No pressure then." Chelsea deadpanned before passing Sophia her phone, once Sophia had added her phone number to Chelsea's contacts she sped off. "Step one, find the demonic possessed duelist on a motorbike as she rides through Duelist Kingdom, how hard can that be?" Chelsea thought as she sped off.
*later*
It took Chelsea half an hour to find Jenny but she had used that time wisely, using it as an excuse to get used to riding her motorbike through a forested area and by the time she had found Jenny in a clearing she was adept at handling the bike.
"So, the lamb has come for the slaughter." The demon spoke through Jenny's mouth as it sat upon the bike. "Do you realize where we are?"
"Should I know this place?" Chelsea asked as she looked around the area, once she confirmed that it looked like just another clearing to her she focused her attention on Jenny. "No helmet or protective gear of any kind, if it wasn't obvious before that this guy doesn't care about the people he possesses, it is now."
"Our starting point is in the very area where Yugi Moto defeated Weevil Underwood to claim his first star chips." The demon explained as he had Jenny rev up the bike. "And I will take you on a guided tour of the island before I crush you!"
"Do I look like a fucking tourist?!" Chelsea demanded as her eyes narrowed. "Let her go or I will personally come down to hell and beat the shit out of you!"
"You can certainly try Cunningham." The demon responded before he started riding off. "I don't need to explain the rules of a riding duel to you, do I?"
"Practically all of my duels since I hit the pro-leagues have been riding duels." Chelsea responded as she started her motorbike again and sped off after Jenny as Speed World 2 came into play. "In fact, let's make things a bit more interesting." Chelsea added as she accessed her Spotify playlist.
"What are you…." The demon trailed off as "Rhythm to my Madness" by Dust Bolt started to play through Chelsea's d-wheel's speakers. "Music?"
"Yep, courtesy of my Spotify playlist." Chelsea responded with a big grin on her face as they sped around the forest. "Because I need a kickass soundtrack if I'm going to kick your ass!"
"Out of all the humans I've faced, you are certainly the most unique." The demon responded as he made Jenny sweat-drop. "And just for that, I will go first." The demon added as he looked over the cards in Jenny's hand whilst the two women's speed counters went up to one apiece. "I set two cards facedown and I summon the Demonic Priest!" The demon announced as he made Jenny play the cards and a demon in priest's robes appeared on the field next to Jenny's bike (4/1800/1200). "That ends my turn."
"And now I don't know whether to put some Judas Priest or Behemoth on." Chelsea thought as she drew her card and their speed counters went up to two. "What do you think Wattchimera?"
"I think you should concentrate more on where your going, unless you want your face to have an intimate meeting with a tree." Wattchimera responded as he appeared next to Chelsea's bike and Chelsea sweat-dropped. "As for the music, if you insist on playing it, leave it on Shuffle Play and focus on the duel."
"Good idea." Chelsea responded as she looked over her hand, "I set two cards facedown and I summon Wattcobra!" Chelsea announced as she played the cards and the small multicolored snake appeared next to her bike (4/1000/500). "And now to draw first blood! Wattcobra, attack her life-points directly!" Chelsea commanded and the snake leapt towards Jenny…...
"I don't think so!" The demon responded as the drum intro to "Combat Shock" by Warbringer started to blast through the area. "I activate my trap card Hellish Rebuke! It destroys your Cobra and inflicts damage equal to it's attack to your life-points!"
"SHIT!" Chelsea yelled out as fires consumed Wattcobra and burned away at her bike bringing her life-points down to 7000 and she lost her first Speed Counter. "So much for first blood going to me, it's your move!"
"I draw." The demon responded as he drew his card and looked over Jenny's hand whilst Jenny gained a slight lead with three Speed Counters to Chelsea's two. "Let's not waste any time, Demonic Priest, attack her life-points directly!" The demon commanded and the priest charged forward towards Chelsea…...
"I was hoping to save this for later in the duel." Chelsea admitted as her facedown card flipped up. "But I activate Call of the Haunted to bring back Wattcobra from my graveyard!" Chelsea added as the small snake returned to the field just as I, Calligula by Ex Deo started to play. "Feel free to try again." Chelsea added as the Demonic Priest backed away from her.
"Okay, I will! Demonic Priest, attack her snake!" The demon responded as the demon resumed his charge towards Chelsea this time aiming for her snake.
"Sorry to be the bearer of bad news but my Negate Attack Trap Card says otherwise." Chelsea responded as her trap card flipped up. "As for what it does…"
"I know what it does, which is why I'm not allowing you to negate my attack and end the battle phase! I activate my Priest's effect! If a counter trap would be activated in response to his attack, that trap will be instantly negated!" The demon responded as the priest slashed through Chelsea's trap just as "Pleasure to Kill" by Kreator started to play. "And that's not all he's destroying, continue your attack!" The demon commanded and the priest slashed the snake bringing Chelsea's life-points down to 6200.
"Well, there goes that plan." Chelsea thought as she steadied her bike. "I may be behind on life-points, but it won't take me long to bounce back."
"That's where your wrong." The demon responded as his second trap card flipped up just "Amen and Attack" by Powerwolf started to play. "My trap card Shield of How instantly negates any and all direct attacks, you are helpless."
"Do you know who your talking too?" Chelsea asked with a scoff as she looked over her hand as Amen and Attack continued to play for a bit before it faded into Brotherhood of the Snake by Testament. "I've been the Illinois Regional Champion since my rookie year and every year my latest challengers try to come up with a new way to counter my Watts, every single one of them has failed and you'll be no different!" Chelsea added as Jenny turned her bike down a path out of the forest and down the coastline.
"I will take pride in being the first." The demon responded before Jenny motioned to the coast. "And soon, we will be in the area where Yugi Moto did battle with Mako Tsunami."
"You mean the duel where Yugi had his monster attack his own Spell Card?" Chelsea deadpanned as she glanced over at the coast. "No matter how many times I read his biography I'll never understand how Yugi did that!"
"Whatever, I end my turn with a facedown card." The demon responded and Chelsea drew her card as their speed counters went up to four for Jenny and three for Chelsea.
"I gotta turn this around." Chelsea thought as "A Vow To Conquer The Ocean" by In Mourning started to play. "I swear my Spotify Playlist has a weird sense of humor sometimes!" Chelsea thought before looking at her drawn card and immediately played it. "I activate Speed Spell – Angel Baton! Now I give up my three Speed Counters to draw three cards and discard one!" Chelsea announced before she drew her three cards and discarded one. "This should do it." Chelsea thought with a grin before setting her two drawn cards. "I set two cards facedown and end my turn."
"That's it? Pity!" The demon responded as he drew his card just as he made Jenny turn away from the coast and more towards the inland. "How long is this damn song anyway?!" The demon demanded as their speed counters went ip to five for Jenny and one for Chelsea.
"Hey sometimes epic music needs to be long!" Chelsea retorted before glancing at her phone. "And if you must know, this song's seven minutes and twelve seconds long."
"The sooner I defeat this insolent human the better! I summon Demonic Cleric!" The demon announced as he played the card and a demon in plate armor appeared on the field ready for battle (4/1500/1200). "And you are in for a world of pain!"
"Not if my trap card has anything to say about it, I activate Wattcancel!" Chelsea responded as her trap card flipped up. "Since you just summoned a monster, this trap card allows me to negate the summon and destroy your monster in exchange for sending a Watt monster from my hand to the graveyard!" Chelsea added as she discarded a monster and Demonic Cleric shattered. "Better luck next time!" Chelsea added as they neared the cave entrance.
"I would take you into the cave and tell you about the arena of lost souls and the labyrinth but it's likely that we'd never get out." The demon said as he spun Jenny's bike around. "And having two of my possessed bodies starve to death isn't conducive to my plan! Demonic Priest, attack her life-points directly and finish what you started last turn and attack her life-points directly!" The demon commanded and the priest charged towards Chelsea…...
"Did you really think it'd be that easy!? I activate my trap cad Light from Beyond!" Chelsea announced as her trap card flipped up depicting the stereotypical light at the end of the tunnel. "And before you get your panties in a bunch about your priest's ability, this isn't a counter trap but what it does is allow me to Special Summon one Light Type Monster from my graveyard, he can't attack this turn but since it's your turn that's a non-issue!"
"Fine, bring back your pathetic snake so I can strike it down again." The demon sneered only to be surprised when Wattcentaur appeared in the Demonic Priest's path (6/2400/1200). "I never destroyed that!"
"Your right, you didn't, I discarded Wattcentaur here for Wattcancel's effect." Chelsea responded as the centaur raced alongside her bike as "Enter the Grave" by Evile started to play. "Normally I could have him attack you directly by cutting his attack points in half, but your trap card means I'll have to settle for destroying your priest instead!"
"Take your turn!" The demon sneered and Chelsea drew her card just as her speed counters went up to two and Jenny's went up to six.
"I activate Speed Spell – Overboost! For the rest of the turn my speed counters increase by six but during the end phase, they will drop to one." Chelsea announced before she overtook Jenny. "What's the view like back there?" Chelsea asked as the two women turned a corner.
"It was better without you obscuring my view!" The demon responded as Chelsea grinned as they reached a hilly area. "And we have reached the point where Rex Raptor was defeated by Joey Wheeler…..."
"Earning Joey his Red-Eyes Black Dragon, I've read Joey's auto-biography as well!" Chelsea responded before she slowed down. "And now I give up seven of my counters to draw another card." Chelsea added as her speed counters dropped to one and she drew her card. "Why are you doing this?"
"You want to know why I'm possessing duelists competing at this tournament?" The demon asked as Chelsea added the card to her hand and Chelsea shook her head.
"No, well, okay that too, but why are you acting as a tour guide for Duelist Kingdom?" Chelsea asked as a massive sweat-drop rolled down her head. "Surely one of Sophia's rent-a-cops would be better suited to this?"
"Why not?" The demon asked and Chelsea frowned.
"That's all I'm going to get out of you on this topic, isn't it?" Chelsea asked and the demon nodded as "Twilight of the Thunder God" by Amon Amarth started to play. "Fine by me! I summon Wattbull!" Chelsea announced as she played the card and the large multi-colored bull appeared on the field (4/1300/1000). "Attack his life-points directly!"
"Weren't you listening before?" The demon asked as he motioned to Shield of Hell whilst Wattbull charged towards Jenny's bike. "My trap card will negate the attack…..."
"And by negating the attack, Wattbull's effect will activate destroying all face-up trap cards you control!" Chelsea responded and the demon's eyes widened as "Kickstart my Heart" by Motley Crue started to play. "Why do I have this on my playlist? I hate Motley Crue!" Chelsea thought as Wattbull smashed through the trap card destroying it. "This would leave me open to use Wattcentaur's effect as I already described it but frankly, I'm sick of looking at that priest! Wattcentaur, attack his priest!" Chelsea commanded and the centaur charged forward before smashing into Demonic Priest destroying him and bringing Jenny's life-points down to 7400.
"So, you finally drew first blood!" The demon responded as they returned to the forested area. "I still have the lead and now I can activate my trap card A Toll is Due!" The demon added as the trap card flipped up. "I pay two thousand life-points but in exchange I can draw one card for each card that was destroyed this turn."
"Wouldn't really be my first choice against a Watt duelist, just saying." Chelsea pointed out as Jenny's speed counters dropped to four and her life-points dropped to 5400 before she drew two cards. "Then again, I have to wonder why I'm giving you advice." Chelsea added as "Fucking Hostile" by Pantera started to play. "That's much more like it!" Chelsea thought as a broad grin spread across her face. "It's your move."
"I draw!" The demon announced as he made Jenny draw a card whilst Chelsea's speed counters went up to two and Jenny's went up to four. "I set a card facedown and I summon Whoracle!" The demon announced as he played the card and a young woman dressed in a revealing version of the classic oracle outfit appeared on the field.
And then pulled down her face mask to reveal a hideous set of fangs (1/0/0). "To think, I was about to thank you for the eye candy!" Chelsea deadpanned as she glared at the new monster. "But aside from sharing the name of my favorite In Flames album, she doesn't have much going for her!"
"Why do you care? Watt Monsters are only good for attacking the opponent directly!" The demon retorted as it glanced over at Chelsea. "I activate Speed Spell – Demonic Power! I give up every remaining speed counter I have to give Whoracle that many attack points!" The demon added and Chelsea's eyes widened as Whoravle's attack power went up to 4000. "And as long as I have at least one Demonic creature in my graveyard, he can attack directly!"
"This is definitely going to hurt in the morning!" Chelsea thought before remembering something. "You'll have to take a rain check on that!" Chelsea announced as she retrieved a card from her graveyard and Electromagnetic Turtle (4/0/18000) appeared in the path of the Whoracle stopping her in her tracks. "During the opponents battle phase, I can remove Electromagnetic Turtle from my graveyard to end the battle phase immediately, and before you ask, I discarded this turtle for Angel Baton!"
"You survived this battle but not the next one." The demon retorted as he picked up two cards. "First I activate my own copy of Overboost!" The demon announced as Jenny's bike sped up. "Now I activate Speed Spell – Relive Battle."
"I've heard of that card." Chelsea realized as her eyes widened. "It's so powerful that Sophia refused to release it to the general public! And considering the cards I have seen released to the public, that's saying something!"
"Indeed, and thanks to this I get to conduct my battle phase again! Whoracle, attack her life-points!" The demon commanded and the Whoracle charged forward before biting into Chelsea's leg and bringing her life-points down to 2200.
The impact nearly caused Chelsea to crash and she closed her eyes for a second, in her mind's eye she saw Beth, her older siblings, her parents and finally Jasmine before she snapped back to reality and steadied her bike with seconds to spare. "Did you really think you'd get rid of me that easily?!" Chelsea demanded as she glared at the demon. "Your talking to the woman who wouldn't stop chasing an education no matter how many schools she was expelled from because of her temper! To me, you're nothing!"
"Insolence! You will learn to learn to fear me! Especially since Whoracle's attack points will stick around!" The demon snapped at her and Chelsea's eyes narrowed. "Make your final move!" The demon commanded and Chelsea drew her card.
"I'm no longer religious but still, I can't help but think that this is repentance for cheating on Beth earlier." Chelsea thought as she took a deep breath. "If that is the case, then the only way I can really repent is to win this duel and free Jenny of the demon's control." Chelsea thought as her Speed Counters went up to one and Jenny's went up to two and she drew her card, just as she did "I Am The Antidote" by Lost Society started to play as they went further into the forest. "If that's not a good sign I don't know what is."
"What are you talking about?!" The demon demanded as Chelsea looked at her drawn card.
"This song is called "I Am The Antidote", it's by a band from Finland called Lost Society." Chelsea explained as her grin broadened. "But that's not the important part, for me it symbolizes the fact that you are poisoning Jenny by possessing her and I am the antidote to that poison!"
"What the hell do you mean?!" The demon demanded and Chelsea's grin grew wider.
"What I mean is, I'm about to win this duel! Wattcentaur, Wattbull, attack her directly!" Chelsea commanded and her two monsters, once Wattcentauir's attack had dropped to 1200 through its effect, charged forward before slamming into Jenny and bringing her life-points down to 2900. "You are still in the lead but that won't last!"
"Will it? I activate Damage Gate to summon another Whoracle!" The demon announced as he played the card and another Whoracle appeared on the field. "And Demonic Power's effect applies to all creatures with that name!" The demon added as Whoracle's attack power went up to four thousand.
"So your going for the overkill route, am I right?" Chelsea asked and the demon nodded whilst making Jenny grin sadistically. "I set one card facedown and end my turn!" Chelsea announced as her facedown card appeared on the field and the demon drew his card just as their speed counters went up to one.
"This is over! Whoracle, finish it!" The demon commanded and the first Whoracle charged towards Chelsea.
"As I said, I am the antidote." Chelsea responded as her facedown card flipped up. "And here's the vaccine! I activate my trap card Dimension Wall!"
"No!" The demon yelled out as the Whoracle struck the wall of energy sending a beam of light at Jenny and bringing her life-points down to zero. "You saved my latest victim, or did you?"
"What do you…..." Chelsea trailed off before it hit her like a ton of bricks. "When you go, the bike goes too!"
"Exactly!" The demon responded before the bike disappeared beneath Jenny's legs.
"No!" Chelsea yelled out as Jenny barely had time to react before she crashed to the ground and tumbled, Chelsea could only watch in horror as Jenny crashed back first against a tree finally coming to a stop and dropping to the ground unconscious. "Shit! Why didn't I think of this!" Chelsea cussed herself as she stopped her d-wheel and immediately got off her bike.
"You had no way of preventing that." Wattchimera responded as Chelsea grabbed her phone and paused the playlist. "Best you can do is call Sophia!"
"Right!" Chelsea nodded as she ran up to Jenny's unconscious form and knelt down next to it as she waited for Sophia to answer.
"Chelsea, I'm guessing you've got good news?" Sophia's voice rang out and Chelsea shook her head.
"Good and bad, the good news is I won the duel." Chelsea explained as she looked over Jenny's unconscious form. "Bad news is, when I defeated the demon, he took the bike with him causing Jenny to crash, I'm no medical expert but it looks really bad, she crashed against a tree back first."
"I see." Sophia responded but Chelsea could tell from her tone of voice that she was as devastated as Chelsea was. "I converted one of the hallways into an infirmary, send me a picture of your location and I'll have medics on the scene ASAP."
"Sure, but that's not a real hospital setting, is it?" Chelsea pointed out and Sophia nodded on the other end.
"Believe me, I know, it was to treat minor wounds, nothing like the crash you just described, I'll have Domino City Hospital send an air ambulance as soon as they can." Sophia responded and Chelsea let out a deep breath. "Don't worry about the next session, I'll work something out, are you hurt?"
"I'm fine, nearly crashed at one point but I regained my balance." Chelsea assured her before letting out a deep sigh. "At least psysically, don't think I need to say how I am emotionally, me and Jenny didn't exactly get off to a good start, understandable reasons or not, but I hate seeing a fellow duelist get hurt like that, especially when they are only a few years younger than me."
"I don't blame you, according to her file she had turned twenty one just before the tournament began." Sophia explained and Chelsea felt like a heavyweight boxed had just punched her in the gut when she heard that. "Chelsea?"
"I'll go into detail later but I got into a motorcycle crash when I was her age." Chelsea explained before removing her helmet. "Only thing that saved my life was the protective gear I had on but Jenny didn't have any, if the worst comes to pass, I don't know how I could live with myself."
"I understand completely Chelsea but it's out of our hands." Sophia responded and Chelsea let out a deep breath. "We'll talk more at the castle."
"Off course." Chelsea responded before Sophia hung up, Chelsea wasted no time in taking the picture and sat down next to Jenny's unconscious body. "No protective gear, even before the crash she would've been fucked." Chelsea thought as she looked the younger woman over. "She's barely older than I was when I had my crash, but I had my protective gear on which saved my life." Chelsea thought as she felt the tears well up. "Worse part is, it's all my fault!" Chelsea thought she started crying her eyes out.