Betrayal Chapter 3
"Sir, I have located Yugi Moto, what is the plan?" one of the Eliminators said into his head piece.
"Joey Wheeler has just entered the duel arena, what shall I do?" another said.
"Seto Kaiba is getting ready to duel, I am waiting for instructions," the third one said.
"I told you this before, it's not that hard to remember you dueling rejects! You duel as well as possible. If you go easy, they will know," Danny yelled back.
"You must be patient with them..." a man said.
"I know, I know, but the chances are thin," Danny said. "We are lucky they cannot find us here. The information we received from Egypt helped us greatly."
"What do you see?" the man said. Danny lifted his Millennium Ring, and attacked to it was the Millennium Necklace which was placed over the eye of the Millennium Puzzle.
"I see a duel... Yugi is losing... Kaiba is losing... and Joey is losing. They are here... they search for the items... we may lose..." Danny said, looking deep into the Millennium Necklace.
"Then we are finished?" the man asked.
"Not exactly... in a few minutes, Yugi, Seto, and Joey may pull off another brilliant move," Danny said, looking at the Necklace once again.
"But without the Puzzle, Yugi may lose... you know he is weakened without the Pharaoh aiding him."
"Yugi has skills, he has the heart of the cards aiding him, even if he doesn't realize it, he will be the most powerful Duel Monster Duelist ever, with or without the help of the Pharaoh. Imagine if Yami Yugi did remember his pasts, imagine the power they would have together..."
"You are right... maybe...."
"Sir, the competition is over," an Eliminator said walking into the room.
"What were the outcomes?" Danny asked.
"Yugi Moto, Seto Kaiba, and a woman has won," he said.
"And what of Joey Wheeler?" the unknown man said.
"He has lost," Danny said, looking at the Necklace, still in his hands. "Thank you, you may leave now, oh and leave the cards you won on the table."
"So, not all is lost. Joey Wheeler was expendable," the man said.
"Do not speak of them as if they were toys," Danny said.
"But they might as well be. They are, like they say, pawns in our game of chess. We must make sacrifices to get to the man we must destroy."
"I agree with that, but they are friends of Yugi. Without his friends, the heart of the cards would be useless. If you remember correctly, Joey fought for his sister's eye operation on Duelist Island. Now that he has the money, what is he fighting for? Yugi needs the Puzzle and his Friend, Yami Yugi back. Seto Kaiba is here for pure pleasure. Even he may not make it through all this."
"And there is nothing we can do about it. We have been talking for far too long. The 3rd and final group of Duelist should be in the middle of their duels. Any messages from the Eliminators?"
"One in a few minutes," Danny said.
"A whole group of them! They are all here, battling like crazy, sir. We need help," the Eliminator in charge yelled.
"They are here, by the dozen," the man said. "What can we do?"
"Attention all Eliminators, in your deck is the card I have told you about! If you have it in your hand, you must use it," Danny said into the head microphones.
"Sir, the results of the battle..." the Eliminator said, coming in.
"We have lost...?" the man said.
"Actually, sir, it wasn't as bad as it could have been. We used the cards and managed to defeat most of them, but not all the Eliminators managed to get the card in their hands," he said.
"How did they win?" the man asked.
"The Exodia cards," Danny answered. "I knew those cards would come in handy. These people have been stealing the most powerful cards in the world, and none more powerful then the Exodia card. The card was the Card Destruction card, forcing both groups to throw away their hands."
"Is it just me, or did you answer a question I was about to ask?" he asked. Danny smiled.
"I have to go make the announcements," Danny said, disappearing and reappearing in the center of Future Tec Amusement Park. "Attention all Duelist, meet me in the Park Center!"
After a few minutes, all the duelists came.
"Thank you for coming. Only 10 duelists managed to make it here today. The final round will take place in 10 minutes. Oh yes, for those who stayed after losing against the Eliminators, please meet up in Booth 3, those who won will receive the cards in Booth 4, Thank you," Danny said.
"Well, that's me," Joey said, walking to Booth 3. Yugi and a bunch of others walked to Booth 4.
"Hello, Joey," Danny said in Booth 3.
"Hey there, Dan. What are we doing here?" Joey asked.
"Can I please see your deck," Danny said. Joey nodded and handed him his deck. Danny looked between the cards and handed them back.
"What was that about?" Joey asked.
"Here, take this booster pack and open it. This is now about the game of chance. I have one Booster pack in my hand. We both open ours and pull out the most powerful card there and we show each other the card. If your card is stronger in defense or attack, you can enter the competition, if mine is, you must leave," Danny said, pulling out a small box of booster packs. Joey looked through the box and grabbed one. They both ripped open the boosters.
"Oh man! Check this out!" Joey said, showing him the Buster Blader.
"Nice card, Joey. All I have is the Beaver Warrior and a bunch of magic cards," Danny said.
"Yeah! I get ta go to the Finals!" Joey yelled.
"Congratulations, you also get to keep both booster pack," Danny said, handing Joey his booster pack.
"Hey Yugi! I get ta be in the game!" Joey yelled, running to Yugi, Tristan, and Téa.
"Wow, the dog won in a game of chance," Seto Kaiba said, walking out of the booth.
"I'll show you a dog!" Joey yelled, dropping his cards. Yugi and Tristan jumped on Joey, holding him back. Yugi was trying to hold onto Joey's arm but, with his size and weight, he just dangled on Joey's raised fist.
"Joey! He was just kidding, weren't you, Kaiba?" Téa said. Kaiba said nothing but just smiled.
"Here are your cards," Yugi said when Joey calmed down.
"Hey, what's my Red Eyes doin in here?" Joey asked, pulling out the card from within the deck.
"Well, that's weird," Yugi said to Kaiba.
"What's weird?" Tristan said to Yugi, listening in on what Yugi said. "Come on, Danny has always been there. He wouldn't take away one of Joey's cards, especially not his Red Eyes."
Yugi and Seto Kaiba just looked at each other and nodded.
"So, what cards did you guys get?" Joey asked.
"Well, we both got 2 cards, one for winning and one for entering the competition in the first place," Yugi said.
"They hide em in white rapping so that we don't know what we got," Kaiba said. "The cards were set up to match our personality and to help our strategies."
"Then open em!" Joey yelled. Kaiba and Yugi opened the packs. Yugi tore through his, Seto opened them neatly.
"I got Card Destruction and Sangan," Yugi said.
"I got Lord of D. and The Flute of Summoning Dragon," Kaiba said.
"Uh..... and those cards do what?" Joey asked.
"Lord of D has an effect that says: 'Dragon-Type Monsters cannot be targeted by Magic, Trap, or other effect cards that specifically designate a target while this card is Face-Up on the field.'" Kaiba said. "The Flute of Summoning Dragon says: 'Playing this Card when you have Lord of D. face-up on the field allows you to play up to 2 Dragon-Type cards from your hand as a Special Summon.'"
"And what about you, Yugi?" Tristan asked.
"Card Destruction says that 'Both players must discard their entire hands and draw the same number of cards that they discarded from their respective Decks.'" Yugi said. "And Sangan says: 'When this monster is sent from the field into the graveyard, move 1 monster with an Attack of 1500 or less from your deck into your hand.'"
"What good are those cards?" Tristan asked.
"Well, I think that if I use Sangan, I can draw the Exodia cards," Yugi said.
"Well, Yugi has figured it out," Danny said.
"Let us hope he will Figure out how to defeat them," the man said.
"How I wish I could help them," Danny said.
"But you can't. You must hurry and prepare!" the man yelled.
"You are right once again, my friend. I must get my deck ready. We know what they are capable of, let us hope they do not know what I am capable of," Danny said, grabbing the glass case from the wall.
"Then leave, and hurry!"
"Ladies and Gentlemen! The Final Duels will begin! The finals are down to 11 people!" Danny announced. "Get your decks ready for the final rounds! It will be a game between 6 groups, and then we will be down to 6 people. Then we will duel again until we are down to 3 people. Now, enter the final duels! Stand around the Circle of Duels!"
Danny led the group to a large circle with the initials DM (Duel Monsters, duh!) in the center. Suddenly, the floor began to move as the circle went deep underground.
"12 circles, computer," Danny said. 12 circles appeared on the floor. "I need each of you to stand on one of these circles."
Soon everyone did, leaving Téa and Tristan in the middle.
"Computers, numbers!" Danny yelled and numbers appeared within the circles. "So here is how the duels go, Joey Wheeler VS. Tomas Landry, Yugi Moto VS. Alex Williamson, Seto Kaiba VS. Malik Ishtar, Jonathon Grove VS. Daniel Mange, Ray Burke VS Jack Hailer, Daniel Higgins VS. Rebecca Romaine, and I will be dueling Amanda Lee," Danny said.
"Ok, so... we know 1/2 the people here," Joey said.
"Wow, you can do math?" Tristan said.
"Ok, no fighting," Téa said. "Get ready."
"We are here," Danny said as the elevator stopped. They walked through the door and found 8 arenas set up. They each walked onto one of the arenas.
"Let the duels begin!" Danny yelled, taking out his deck. The computer automatically shuffled the decks.
"Good luck, Yugi said.
"Same to you, you'll need it," Alex said. Danny looked at Amanda, she wasn't one of them. She had the skill to defeat the Eliminators through her own wit and her skills.
"I have to say, you did very well against the Eliminators," Danny said, drawing 5 cards.
"Thank you. This competition has gone very well, oh and you trained those Eliminators very well, I nearly lost," Amanda said, doing the same and drawing cards.
"You can have the first move," Danny offered.
"Let's duel!" Seto Kaiba yelled.
"Prepare to lose!" Malik yelled.
"I play Flame Swordsman! Attack!" Joey yelled.
"And you have activated the effect of Man Eater Bug, destroying your card and mine," Tomas said.
"And you have activated the effect of Man Eater Bug, destroying your card and mine," Alex said.
"Their all doing the same thing!" Danny thought.
"Well, it's your move," Amanda said.
"So it is," Danny said, drawing a card. "I play this magic card face down and another monster in defensive mode, ending my turn."
"I have studied all of your moves, Danny, and now, I play De-Spell and destroy your Ring of Magnetism!" Amanda yelled, flipping over her De-Spell card.
"Wow, you are good," Danny said, throwing the card in the graveyard. "I'm glad to see someone gets to know their opponent before playing them."
"Why, thank you. Actually, you are the only person I have studied since your duel with Pegasus' henchmen," Amanda said, playing Dark Magician.
"Well, I'm not sure I should be angry that you destroyed my magic card or be flattered that such a beautiful woman as yourself would take time off her hands and study me," Danny said as Dark Magician destroyed Faceless Mage.
"I play La Jinn, The Mystical Genie of the Lamp!" Alex said. "La Jinn, attack!"
"I play Waboku!" Yugi yelled. "Now that your attack has become useless, I play Dark Magician, but first, I play this card, Inexperienced Spy, allowing me to see any one of your card!"
"Take your pick," Alex said. Yugi looked at one of his cards and saw Left Leg of Exodia.
"The Leg of Exodia! He must be trying to form Exodia!" Yugi thought.
"Ok, still my turn! Dark Magician attack!" Yugi yelled, destroying La Jinn, bringing Alex's life points down to 200, Yugi's Life points at a high 1200.
"Now I play The Flute of Summoning Dragon!" Kaiba yelled. "And with the help of Lord of D, I can play my 2 Blue Eyes, and with the one on the field, I emerge these dragons to create Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon! Attack!"
The Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon destroyed Malik's Dark Sage, in defense mode.
"Good job, Kaiba, but now, I flip my other card over to reveal Big Eye, allowing me to see the top 5 cards!" Malik yelled, rearranging the top cards. "Now I play Pot of Greed, allowing me to draw the top 2 cards, and with these 2 cards, I have created Exodia! Exodia, Obliterate!"
Exodia appeared and destroyed Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon, and giving him an automatic win. The bell rang and the holographic simulation of Exodia disappeared.
"I've lost... again... to Exodia..." Kaiba said sadly, dropping his deck.
"I am sorry Kaiba, but you have lost. You may join Téa and Tristan if you would like," Danny said after playing his card. Kaiba was in shock, he didn't move, blink, or do anything.
"How could I lose... again. My dueling abilities have gone down ever since...." Kaiba thought.
"Uh, excuse me, Amanda," Danny said, jumping off the Arena. He walked over to Kaiba and picked up his cards, placing the deck firmly in his hands. Danny walked Kaiba over to the wall and sat him down and walked back to the arena as Téa tried to wake Kaiba from shock.
"Now I play my strongest card! I use Time Wizard to age my Baby Dragon!" Joey yelled. The staff started to spin and landed on the skull, but one more tick and landed on Time Warp, aging Baby Dragon to Thousand Dragon! "Yeah! Way to go! Thousand Dragon, Attack!!"
Thousand Dragon sent out a burst of Flames and destroyed La Jinn, bringing Tomas' Life Points down to 0. The bell rang, 3 times. Tomas Landry, Jonathon Grove, and Jack Hailer all lost at the same time. Instead of sitting down, they all crowded around Malik and left by taking the stairs.
"Well, that leaves us and Yugi and Alex," Danny said to Amanda.
"Well, it's my turn, maybe I could finish it..." Amanda said, drawing a card. "Nope, not the card I wanted... Oh well, first I'll play Stop defense, forcing your Summoned Skull into attack and second, I play Sword and Shield, switching your attack with your defense. For my Final move, I'll play this card and use Black Luster Ritual and Offer Gia the Fierce Night to Summon Black Luster Solider with the Black Luster Ritual!"
A ball of fire appeared and two swords appeared from within. The two swords crossed and made an X in front of a shield. Two hands appeared from the fire and grabbed the swords and held the shield on his arm and then stepped out.
"AHHHHHHH CRAP!" Danny yelled as his Summoned Skull was destroyed and his life points went down to 0. The platform Amanda was standing on lowered and Danny jumped off.
"That was a great game," Amanda said.
"You are the one of the greatest players I have ever met," Danny said, bowing down and kissing Amanda's hand. "And I know a lot of Duelers."
"Why, that is quite a compliment coming from the owner of Future Tec," Amanda said.
"Well, your deck is almost unbeatable, especially with that Black Luster Solider!" Danny said, looking at her deck. "Great cards you have here... How did you manage to get such great cards?"
"Actually, it was from you. Those 2 cards you gave to the winners had Black Luster Soldier and Black Luster Ritual in it."
"How convenient," Danny said. Suddenly, the bells rang and the rest of the duelists finished. "Ok people, the dueling has been finished. Computer, select the people who will duel."
"...... *Beeeeep*...... Joey Wheeler VS Daniel Mange...... Yugi Moto VS Ray Burke...... Amanda Lee VS. Malik Ishtar......" the computer said.
"Well, there you have it. The duels will begin in 1 hour," Danny said. "Now, please deposit all items in this box. The winner of the duel will win one prize. I will decide the prize. Decks will be placed on the table, all items, not money, will be placed in the box."
Everyone walked over to the box and emptied their pockets and placed their decks onto the table.
"Well, we have some special items here. Please excuse me while I look through the cards and the items to decide what items each player will give up," Danny said. He placed each deck into separate glass cases and placed them in the box.
"Malik, give me ALL of your items," Danny said, turning to him. Malik glared at him and Danny glared back as they stood there in awkward silence until Malik opened his Jacket and pulled out the Millennium Rod from his belt and threw it into the box. Danny nodded and walked into his private room.
"Fool," Malik whispered under his breath as he walked away.
"Well....?" the man inside the room asked.
"It seems that I have lost," Danny said, looking down.
"I NOTICED THAT!" he yelled, grabbing his arms.
"Quiet! They will hear you!" Danny said, pushing him back. "And never touch me again. We have here every item they hold and their cards."
"Why don't we take the Rod now?"
"We have to win the right to take the Rod or receive it willingly. Anyway, it's not the honorable thing to do."
"When were you worried about honor? Concentrate on the main idea, retrieving the items."
"Yeah yea, I've heard this all before. Leave now so that I may concentrate." Danny carefully took out every item within the box. He lifted the Millennium Rod up to the light and weighed it carefully. He then took out the decks and looked through every card and walked out.
"Well, I have made my decisions on the things you will give up if you lose and the items you will receive if you win," Danny said. He took out the box and held a few cards in his hand and some items.
"What is it?" Joey asked anxiously.
"Well, we first have a situation," Danny said. He pointed at Malik.
"What do you want now?!" he growled.
"This is a fake," Danny said, holding up the Rod. Mechanical arms shot out and searched him, pulling a Rod from his belt on the opposite side. "And for trying to give me a fake, you will be forced to give up this Item and 2 cards. Now, for the other cards, Joey Wheeler will be playing with his Red Eyes Black Dragon. Daniel Mange will be playing with his Metalzoa. Yugi Moto will by playing with his Dark Magician and Ray Burke will be playing with his Golden Locket Watch. Amanda will be playing with her Black Luster Ritual and Malik will be playing with this item, Meteor Black Dragon, and Gate Guardian! You have half an hour to prepare..."
"Oh, and by the way," Danny added, "I have added a card to each of your decks to help you in the contest."
"Cool!" Amanda yelled, flipping through her deck, pulling out the card Exchange.
"So, will this help me in the duel against Malik?" she asked.
"Maybe..." Danny said. "Amanda, follow me."
Danny led her to the door he had gone into earlier.
"What is it?" she asked as Danny shut the door and turned on the lights.
"Listen to me carefully," Danny said, taking a seat behind a desk, "your opponent, Malik Ishtar, is a holder of a Millennium Item, which is.. uh... an ancient magic item," Danny said, seeing the confused look on Amanda's Face. "Anyway, I need you to beat him in the game and give the item to me."
"Why?" she asked.
"Please, do not ask questions..." Danny said, looking down at his desk. "Listen, if you need any help... any strategies of how to beat him, I will give you a hint."
"No, I don't need any help. I believe in Honor in my duels." Danny smiled.
"That's what I like to hear. But I will at least explain why I gave you that card. Did you notice how Kaiba lost against Malik in his battle?"
"Yes, of course."
"Well, exchange allows you to take one of his cards while he takes one of yours. You have to take 1 piece of Exodia so that he is rendered useless. Make sure you have useless cards in your hands so that he cannot get his hands on your Black Luster or anything like that."
"I still do not understand about the stick thingy, but sure, I understand."
They walked back out of the room and Danny announced that the duels will now begin. Joey and Daniel got on the red arena, Yugi on blue, and Amanda and Malik on black.