Chapter 3: Black Arrival Gaia laughed derisively. "Your Dragon is just too strong to destroy my Swordsman Rex." he stared glacially at the other duelist. and now I know how to beat you. I sacrifice my Warrior to summon Dragon Seeker." The Monster appeared, ready to strike. he quickly lashed out, grabbing Rex's monster and dragging it in. when it had drawn in Rex's monster it opened its mouth and let out a fierce beam of light, incinerating it whole.

Rex stared dumbfounded, "But how is that possible, my monster had the greater attack power." he said shakily

Gaia spread his arms, "When Dragon Seeker is summoned it automatically kills one Dragon type monster on the field. and now that you have no defense remaining, I will annihilate half your life points, Dragon Seeker Hyper Ray Attack!" the Monster launched itself high into the air, at the peak of its ascent it let out another wave of light, which hit Rex right in the stomach. Rex stumbled and looked at his lifepoint readout (2000). "That ends my turn. get your turn over with so I can beat you."

Rex looked pitiful, the attack, even though it was a hologram had ripped his shirt. he slowly drew a card. then a grin appeared on his face. "You shall now lose everything. I activate Monster Reborn on my Dragon, then I summon Gilasaurus and it is treated like a Special summon."

Gaia pulled up a readout about his card graveyard. "and due to the side effect of doing so I return My Swordsman to the Field, in defense Mode."

Rex laughed menacingly "That does not matter. you see I now sacrifice my two Monsters for Tri-Horned Dragon. Attack!" the two monsters disappeared into a vortex and a vicious looking Dragon appeared, it reared back and launched an assault that destroyed Dragon Seeker (1800).

A vortex appeared on the field, drawing the two chosen monsters into its mighty depths. The Black Knight strode onto the field from the vortex where both monsters had disappeared. The knight held its head high, its shield resting in one hand, while the other hand bore his mighty sword. It was truly a sight to behold. The knight looked magnificent in its dark armor, and the dark bearings of the alley only made him more imposing then ever. Gaia smiled over at Rex. "That ends my turn."

Rex almost choked, "Your not going to attack my monster? But that makes no sense. I could easily wipe out your Swordsman of Landstar and the rest of your lifepoints." Rex looked thoroughly bewildered.
Gaia frowned, "Battle City rules state that a Ritual monster can not attack the same turn it is summoned, thus it is your turn, and my fatal flaw was summoning my Swordsman, guess you have to defeat me."
Rex's grin was big enough to swallow a tank, "Fine, I summon Sapphire Dragon to the field, In attack Mode. Tri Horn Dragon, Attack." The great dragon reared back and launched an attack, an attack that quickly reached across the field and slammed into the Swordsman. A cloud of smoke came into the air and the entire field was obscured from view. The smoke cleared from the field slowly, but only one dragon.

"You activated my trap, Rex. And now your Sapphire Dragon shall pay, as will your life points. I activate Magic Arm Shield, forcing your Tri Horned Dragon to attack your other monster. Thus your lifepoints are going to take some damage." Rex looked glumly from his Tri-Horned Dragon to his LP readout (1150).

"And since you can not move again that makes it my turn!" Gaia smiled. "I activate my final Facedown card, Axe of Despair! This mighty card raises my Knights attack power clear to 4000! Attack" The Shield disappeared from The Knight's Hand, and it was soon replaced with an Axe. The Mighty Knight Ran forward and slashed across Rex's Monster with a crossing pattern that opened it up just below its head. The monster roared in pain, then shattered into many pieces. Rex looked pitifully to his LP Readout, as it clicked down to 0.

He sank lazily to his knees. "How...How could I lose? I put everything into building this deck. How?" Gaia calmly walked forward, "And you almost won. It was a great duel, one you should be proud of. I would gladly duel you again anytime. Can I please have your locator card? You can keep your dragon, I have no use for it." Rex nodded glumly at Gaia's words; he reached into a pocket and withdrew a locator card. "Here you go. Good luck." He said, his voice barely a whisper.

Gaia took the card and quietly left.