Chapter 13: The Finals Begin
Back at the campsite:
Michael- 0500 Jacob- 0300
"And now I will flip Needle Worm (750/600) and discard the rest of your deck." Michael said.
"Errr." Jacob said. "I may have lost Michael but I'm taking you down with me. Activate Trap Card, Bell of Destruction. It lets me destroy your Needle Worm and inflicts its attack as direct damage to both you and me!"
Michael- 0000 Jacob- 0000
"You actually almost beat Michael?" Ramsey said from behind. "Good for you Champion."
"I went easy on him." Jacob said as he stormed of toward the forest. "Don't expect me to go easy on you."
"Lookin' forward to it Jake!" Ramsey yelled out to Champion as he faded within the depths of the forest.
"Who's he Ramsey?" Michael asked as he sat down.
"This is Richard Vaughn." Ramsey said. "Vaughn this is Michael."
"Nice to meet you Michael." Vaughn said as he extended his hand.
"Nice to meet you too." Michael said back as he shook his hand.
"Vaughn is in the finals just like us." Ramsey pointed out.
"Oh yeah." Michael said. "Well don't expect me to take it easy on you."
"That's alright Michael." Vaughn said as he observed the golden bracelet on his wrist. "I will give it all I've got as well."
The two talked for a while and ultimately came to the discussion of the Centennial Items. Ramsey didn't bother to hear it again so he took a walk. Vaughn told Michael the same thing he told Ramsey, down to the last detail.
"So this thing is part of some key that will give whats his face ultimate power?" Michael asked as he stared at his bracelet.
"Yes." Vaughn answered. "And if he gets his hands on Ramsey's Egyptian God Card, he will become even more powerful."
"Hey where is Ramsey anyways?" Michael asked as he got up and looked around.
Ramsey was at the top of a hill looking up at the sky. A lit cigarette in his hand sent a trail of smoke into the sky.
"He smokes?" Vaughn asked.
"Yeah. But only when he's really tense." Michael answered. "He doesn't smoke constantly."
"Well there is a lot going on right now." Vaughn said.
The two just sat back down and waited for him to come down. Night came, and it came fast. The stars where shinning brightly and the moon was not out. The flames of the fire that Vaughn and Michael made burned beautifully. Ramsey had still not come down. He was still staring at the moonless sky. Vaughn thought he had fallen asleep as he drifted off himself.
Milell's Office: Midnight
"Boring." Milell said slowly. "I can't wait for this friggin' thing to been over with. When do the finals start again?"
"9 AM sir." The guard said.
"9 hours!" Milell shouted. "Well let's occupy ourselves."
"How sir?" The guard asked.
"I know." Milell said with a smile on his face. "Fetch me Silence."
"Yes sir." The guard said as he exited the room.
The North side of Millennium Mountain: 1 AM
A figure in white walked down the steps of Millennium Mountain. He had a deck in his hand and a blank expression on his face. He walked toward a campsite to see a man sleeping by a put out fire. The white figure walked toward the man and stood at his head.
"Huh." Joshua said as he woke up. "Who are you?"
The figure looked down on Joshua and drew a gun. A loud gunshot echoed throughout the island. The figure took Joshua's duel disk and left.
Millennium Stadium: 8: 30 AM
Ramsey, Michael, and Vaughn walked the steps to the stadium's floor. Ramsey had not said anything before they left but had talked as they headed up the steps. They reached the door of the stadium and pushed it open. Milell and two other men stood in the center of the stadium
"Welcome!" Milell said to the three. "You are the first three to make it to the stadium this morning, the other five duelist should be arriving shortly. Oh by the way, Joshua Coverdale had to head home on emergency business and will not be joining us for the finals, however I have scheduled a replacement."
"Please say it's going to be you." Vaughn said.
"No, Richard it's not me." Milell replied. "Joshua's replacement will be arriving shortly."
"Here comes another finalist now." One of the other two men said.
The long brown hair of a woman fluttered in the morning breeze as she approached the center of the stadium.
"State your name." The guard said.
"I am Illusen Rose." She answered and stared at the competition. "Don't you dare go easy on me just because I'm a girl."
"You got it." Ramsey replied.
"Another approaches." The guard said as another figure came into the stadium.
"Dimone Sotras." Milell said. "Good to see you again."
"Shut your trap Sennen." Dimone replied. "You're the last person I want to talk to."
"Five finalists have arrived. Three are still absent." The guard said.
"They still have fifteen minutes." Milell said. "So, you all exited to get this over with."
"I'll get you over with." Dimone said with an angry tone. You could tell that he was pissed off at Milell for the whole mind slave thing. But now he was in his real state of mind and ready to whoop some ass.
"So are you all having fun without me?" A voice called out from behind.
"Well if it isn't Super Arc." Michael said.
"Yes it is." Super Arc said. "And I'm looking forward to finishing what I started back on the hills."
"I see you got your deck back." Michael pointed out.
"Yeah. All the little twit did was tear one of my Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragons. But I still have two, and that's more than enough for me." Super Arc replied.
"I'm here!" Champion said as he came running up to the crowd. "I'm not late am I?"
"No you still have ten minutes left." Milell answered.
"Aww man." Jacob said as he breathed heavily. "I feel like I'm going to pass out."
"Don't pass out now." Ramsey said. "You'll get disqualified."
"Shut it Keya!" Jacob yelled.
"So where's Coverdale's replacement huh?" Vaughn asked.
"He should be here in a few minutes." Milell said.
"Master Milell, the arena is here." The guard said.
"What's he talking about?" Michael asked.
"I'm just resurrecting an old favorite. You all may have heard of the famous Battle City Blimp." Milell said. "Well I'm bringing it back, just not for Battle City though."
A massive blimp lowered into the opposite side of the arena and set down on the ground.
"Five minutes until deadline arrival is finished." The guard said.
"Begin boarding." Milell said.
"Who's that?" Michael asked as he saw a white figure walk towards them.
"He must be the last finalist." Ramsey said.
"State your name." The guard said to the man.
"Silence." He answered and turned toward the blimp.
"Silence!" Vaughn thought. "I see what your doing Milell. I don't know what you did to Coverdale, but using Silence for insurance in this little game of yours?"
"Coming Richard?" Milell asked as they all began to walk to the blimp.
One by one they all boarded and entered a large room that appeared to be the main room. Milell sat in a chair that over looked the room.
"Welcome all duelists." Milell said. "There are eight of you now, but only one of you can win the prize. The grand prize of five million dollars!"
Everybody's eyes went wide open in response to Milell's statement. That was a big prize.
"Now. We have predetermined who will face who so let me tell you the deal." Milell said as he looked at a piece of paper. "The first match will be Silence versus Jacob Champion."
Jacob raised an eyebrow and looked at Silence who didn't look back.
"The second match will be Richard Vaughn versus Michael Sunter." Milell continued. "The third match, Illusen Rose versus Dimone Sotras. And finally Super Arc will face Ramsey Keya. All duelists are permitted to be at the dueling area in one hour. Until then my assistants will guide you to your quarters, so with out further waiting, Let the Finals Begin!
Back at the campsite:
Michael- 0500 Jacob- 0300
"And now I will flip Needle Worm (750/600) and discard the rest of your deck." Michael said.
"Errr." Jacob said. "I may have lost Michael but I'm taking you down with me. Activate Trap Card, Bell of Destruction. It lets me destroy your Needle Worm and inflicts its attack as direct damage to both you and me!"
Michael- 0000 Jacob- 0000
"You actually almost beat Michael?" Ramsey said from behind. "Good for you Champion."
"I went easy on him." Jacob said as he stormed of toward the forest. "Don't expect me to go easy on you."
"Lookin' forward to it Jake!" Ramsey yelled out to Champion as he faded within the depths of the forest.
"Who's he Ramsey?" Michael asked as he sat down.
"This is Richard Vaughn." Ramsey said. "Vaughn this is Michael."
"Nice to meet you Michael." Vaughn said as he extended his hand.
"Nice to meet you too." Michael said back as he shook his hand.
"Vaughn is in the finals just like us." Ramsey pointed out.
"Oh yeah." Michael said. "Well don't expect me to take it easy on you."
"That's alright Michael." Vaughn said as he observed the golden bracelet on his wrist. "I will give it all I've got as well."
The two talked for a while and ultimately came to the discussion of the Centennial Items. Ramsey didn't bother to hear it again so he took a walk. Vaughn told Michael the same thing he told Ramsey, down to the last detail.
"So this thing is part of some key that will give whats his face ultimate power?" Michael asked as he stared at his bracelet.
"Yes." Vaughn answered. "And if he gets his hands on Ramsey's Egyptian God Card, he will become even more powerful."
"Hey where is Ramsey anyways?" Michael asked as he got up and looked around.
Ramsey was at the top of a hill looking up at the sky. A lit cigarette in his hand sent a trail of smoke into the sky.
"He smokes?" Vaughn asked.
"Yeah. But only when he's really tense." Michael answered. "He doesn't smoke constantly."
"Well there is a lot going on right now." Vaughn said.
The two just sat back down and waited for him to come down. Night came, and it came fast. The stars where shinning brightly and the moon was not out. The flames of the fire that Vaughn and Michael made burned beautifully. Ramsey had still not come down. He was still staring at the moonless sky. Vaughn thought he had fallen asleep as he drifted off himself.
Milell's Office: Midnight
"Boring." Milell said slowly. "I can't wait for this friggin' thing to been over with. When do the finals start again?"
"9 AM sir." The guard said.
"9 hours!" Milell shouted. "Well let's occupy ourselves."
"How sir?" The guard asked.
"I know." Milell said with a smile on his face. "Fetch me Silence."
"Yes sir." The guard said as he exited the room.
The North side of Millennium Mountain: 1 AM
A figure in white walked down the steps of Millennium Mountain. He had a deck in his hand and a blank expression on his face. He walked toward a campsite to see a man sleeping by a put out fire. The white figure walked toward the man and stood at his head.
"Huh." Joshua said as he woke up. "Who are you?"
The figure looked down on Joshua and drew a gun. A loud gunshot echoed throughout the island. The figure took Joshua's duel disk and left.
Millennium Stadium: 8: 30 AM
Ramsey, Michael, and Vaughn walked the steps to the stadium's floor. Ramsey had not said anything before they left but had talked as they headed up the steps. They reached the door of the stadium and pushed it open. Milell and two other men stood in the center of the stadium
"Welcome!" Milell said to the three. "You are the first three to make it to the stadium this morning, the other five duelist should be arriving shortly. Oh by the way, Joshua Coverdale had to head home on emergency business and will not be joining us for the finals, however I have scheduled a replacement."
"Please say it's going to be you." Vaughn said.
"No, Richard it's not me." Milell replied. "Joshua's replacement will be arriving shortly."
"Here comes another finalist now." One of the other two men said.
The long brown hair of a woman fluttered in the morning breeze as she approached the center of the stadium.
"State your name." The guard said.
"I am Illusen Rose." She answered and stared at the competition. "Don't you dare go easy on me just because I'm a girl."
"You got it." Ramsey replied.
"Another approaches." The guard said as another figure came into the stadium.
"Dimone Sotras." Milell said. "Good to see you again."
"Shut your trap Sennen." Dimone replied. "You're the last person I want to talk to."
"Five finalists have arrived. Three are still absent." The guard said.
"They still have fifteen minutes." Milell said. "So, you all exited to get this over with."
"I'll get you over with." Dimone said with an angry tone. You could tell that he was pissed off at Milell for the whole mind slave thing. But now he was in his real state of mind and ready to whoop some ass.
"So are you all having fun without me?" A voice called out from behind.
"Well if it isn't Super Arc." Michael said.
"Yes it is." Super Arc said. "And I'm looking forward to finishing what I started back on the hills."
"I see you got your deck back." Michael pointed out.
"Yeah. All the little twit did was tear one of my Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragons. But I still have two, and that's more than enough for me." Super Arc replied.
"I'm here!" Champion said as he came running up to the crowd. "I'm not late am I?"
"No you still have ten minutes left." Milell answered.
"Aww man." Jacob said as he breathed heavily. "I feel like I'm going to pass out."
"Don't pass out now." Ramsey said. "You'll get disqualified."
"Shut it Keya!" Jacob yelled.
"So where's Coverdale's replacement huh?" Vaughn asked.
"He should be here in a few minutes." Milell said.
"Master Milell, the arena is here." The guard said.
"What's he talking about?" Michael asked.
"I'm just resurrecting an old favorite. You all may have heard of the famous Battle City Blimp." Milell said. "Well I'm bringing it back, just not for Battle City though."
A massive blimp lowered into the opposite side of the arena and set down on the ground.
"Five minutes until deadline arrival is finished." The guard said.
"Begin boarding." Milell said.
"Who's that?" Michael asked as he saw a white figure walk towards them.
"He must be the last finalist." Ramsey said.
"State your name." The guard said to the man.
"Silence." He answered and turned toward the blimp.
"Silence!" Vaughn thought. "I see what your doing Milell. I don't know what you did to Coverdale, but using Silence for insurance in this little game of yours?"
"Coming Richard?" Milell asked as they all began to walk to the blimp.
One by one they all boarded and entered a large room that appeared to be the main room. Milell sat in a chair that over looked the room.
"Welcome all duelists." Milell said. "There are eight of you now, but only one of you can win the prize. The grand prize of five million dollars!"
Everybody's eyes went wide open in response to Milell's statement. That was a big prize.
"Now. We have predetermined who will face who so let me tell you the deal." Milell said as he looked at a piece of paper. "The first match will be Silence versus Jacob Champion."
Jacob raised an eyebrow and looked at Silence who didn't look back.
"The second match will be Richard Vaughn versus Michael Sunter." Milell continued. "The third match, Illusen Rose versus Dimone Sotras. And finally Super Arc will face Ramsey Keya. All duelists are permitted to be at the dueling area in one hour. Until then my assistants will guide you to your quarters, so with out further waiting, Let the Finals Begin!