Guess what? It's that time again. Time for an all-new episode of Duelists
of The Future! (applause) I don't have much to say this time, but I hope
you enjoy this episode. I've rated this episode PG-13 for some slight
sexual content and an attempted rape scene. If you're heavily offended by
this, I recommend you skip that part of this episode. It's near the end,
and it's not long and not really explicit either, I'm just making my
warning known in case you don't like the aforementioned stuff. Oh, a little
side note: I now accept anonymous reviews, so if anyone doesn't have an
account but would still like to review the book, please do so. By the way,
I didn't know I had the 'Don't accept anonymous reviews' function on. It
was activated by default.
Disclaimer: I don't own characters from Yu-gi-oh, Cardcaptors or Pokemon. I'm simply borrowing them for my fanfic. These cartoons belong to 4 Kids Entertainment, Kids Wb, and whoever else.
Duelists of The Future- Season 1- Episode 05, 'Challenges, Part 1' (12/6/2002)
Previously...
Maximillion Pegasus... There, a picture of his dead wife, Cecilia Pegasus hung on the wall. He approached the picture, rubbing his hand across it. Cecilia had blonde hair and was wearing an elegant gold dress.
"Soon," he said softly. "Just soon, my beloved Cecilia, I shall have you back. Once I collect all six Talismans of Life shall I resurrect you, and you shall once again walketh the earth." (Trust me, there's more to this that it appears, can't tell you though)
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Meilin Rae/ Li Showron... Meilin and Li stepped off the boat. They looked around at their surroundings and sighed.
"Well, we're finally here. C"mon, let's go find Tristan and Brock," Li said to Meilin. Meilin nodded and they headed into the city.
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Daisy Chase... "Daisy, no! He has a knife!!" the man shouted.
Daisy was about to punch him, but Seto stuck the knife up in Daisy's stomach, stopping her attack. Her eyes popped open as blood began trickling out the wound.
"Daisy!!"
"Anyway, as I was about to say, remeber that boy Misty used to hang around in the 3rd grade? His name was... um, Seto Kaiba?" Daisy began. "Well, as much as I hate to say this, he's the guy that stabbed me."
"Hunh?!" both Lily and Violet were surprised.
"There's only one thing to do, we call the cops and tell them what Seto did. Then, we'll let them take care of it, simple."
Oblivious to them, the doctor was standing outside the door, listening to their conversation...
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At the hospital, the doctor stood outside the office. His facial expression was unreadible. He decided to listen in to what else they would say. Meanwhile, inside the room, John was preparing to tell the police. He got up from his chair.
"Anyone here has a cell phone or something?" he asked.
The three sisters shook their heads.
"I have one, but I accidentally left it home in the rush," Violet said.
"That's allright, I'll just go find the payphone I called on in the parking garage," John exited the room. The doctor was gone now, but no one even knew he was out there. John walked through the hospital until he reached an teleporter. A keypad was attached to the wall behind the teleporter square. John walked over to it and entered the coordinates G-1 (1st garage level), then stepped on the tile. White light surrounded him and he was teleported downstairs. 5 seconds later, John reappeared on the tile in the garage. He then ran as fast as he could to the payphone nearby. Meanwhile, the doctor had been following him. He whipped out a small communication device and typed on a keypad. Eventually someone on the other end answered.
"Hello?" a deep voice sounded.
"Mr. Kaiba, he's there, in the parking garage," the doctor announced.
"Good, now do your part..." Seto smirked and deactived his communicator.
John reached the payphone and picked up the receiver. He fished around in his pants pocket until he found some change, then as he was about to put it in the phone, a fist slammed into back of his head. John fell to the ground, and Seto hung up the phone. "Surprised to see me, Johnny?"
"Seto Kaiba? What are you doing here, leave me alone!" John ordered as he picked himself up off the ground.
"I don't think that's possible," Seto spoke sinisterly. "See, you're trying to get me busted for jumping you and stabbing your nosy girlfriend, and that's just not acceptible."
"What did you think I was gonna do, sit around and weep? You're really mistaking me for the wrong person," After he finished speaking, John kicked Seto in the stomach.
Seto bent over and groaned, then looked up to stare John in the eye. "So, you wanna play rough now? Trying to play with the big boys, hunh?" Seto stood up and threw a punch at John. John ducked and countered with a punch in the face, then uppercutted him twice in the stomach. John kicked Seto's chin, causing Seto to stumble back. John then proceeded to roundhouse kick Seto, but Seto grabbed his foot and held it.
"You shouldn't have done that," he muttered and threw John on the ground. He then picked him up and tossed him into the payphone. John tumbled onto the ground and groaned in pain. Seto charged over to him and snatched him up by his hair, then landed a solid punch in his face. He tried punching him again, but John blocked the shot and kicked Seto's chest. He punched him in the mouth then punched him three more times in the face. Seto ducked John's next punch and grabbed his shoulders. He pulled him closer and kneed him in the abdomen, then mustered all his strength and uppercutted John in the chin, which knocked John into a nearby windshield of a car. Seto snatched him off and banged his head into the hood of the car, then roundhouse kicked him with all his might, which rendered John unconscious.
Meanwhile, in the hospital, the doctor had knocked out all the Chase Sisters with a crowbar. He smirked and called Seto Kaiba.
"Yes?" answered Seto.
"I've rendered them unconscious, how did you handle John?"
"He was nothing to fight, I took care of him, easily. Now, shut up those Chase Sisters and I'll pay you your money."
"As you wish, sir," the doctor said and deactivated his communicator. He strolled over to Violet's unconscious body and squatted down next to it. "Hmm... I guess you'll be first," he said and took a needle out of his coat pocket which had some strange blue/green solution inside. He grinned evily and injected all of it into Violet's arm, then moved over to Lily. He pulled out another one from his coat pocket and pressed the needle down into Lily's arm, administering the strange solution into her bloodstream. Afterwards, he got up and strolled over to the bed in which Daisy lay. He pulled out one last needle and injected the solution in Daisy via her arm, then round up all the needles and snuggled them into his pocket. He picked up Lily and Violet and placed them inside chairs to make everything look nice and neat. He fixed the room back up quickly and then left.
In the parking garage, Seto had administered the solution into John's system. He dropped John's body down on the ground and walked away with a smirk on his face. "That oughta teach them not to mess with Seto Kaiba," he chuckled and continued walking out of the garage.
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It was now 3:30 in the evening. At the Turtle Game Shop, Solomon was still selling cards to young duelists. Joey had come back and helped Solomon unpack the rest of the boxes, and was now heading home. He left the rest of the pizza upstairs in Yugi's room for him to eat. But Yugi wasn't hungry. Although he tried, he just couldn't get his mind off of his parents. What if they were alive? What if they were really sponsering the tournament instead of Pegasus, to try and find their son? The probability of that was slim to none, but after unlocking the secret of the Millenium Puzzle and getting infused with a mystical being, Yugi believed anything was possible. He layed across the bed daydreaming about what they were possibly like? What hair color did they have? Was his mother's hair long? What were their eye color?
[Yugi, I see you're still thinking about your mysterious parents,] said the aforemention being, Yami.
Yugi sighed heavily. [You're interrupting my thoughts, Yami.]
[Yugi, your parents couldn't be alive. Not after 14 (?) years.]
[Anything's possible, Yami. I gotta search for them, at least.]
[And, just where are you starting this frivolous search?]
[It's not frivilous! I know they're alive! They have to be!]
[But, Yugi, they've been missing for 14 years. If they were really alive, you'd think someone would've actually seen them.]
[I know the odds, but I've gotta try,] Yugi got off the bed and walked over to his window. He unlocked it and opened it up, then stuck his head outside to let the calm winds blow against him.
[So, Yugi, where are you gonna start looking for them?]
[Well, Grandpa said the last place they went was the Crystal Kingdom, so I need to go there.]
[And how are you going to get there? You don't know where the island is,] Yami pointed out.
[Which is exactly why I need to enter the tournament. Once I get to Crystal Kingdom, I can start searching for them.]
[Yugi, I don't think this is the best thing to do. You're going to pay a $15.00 dollar fee and waste a lot of time and energy over a possibility?]
[Yep, and no one can change my mind.]
[Yugi, I'm gonna let you know, although I don't think this is the smartest thing to do, I'm still giving you all my support, and I wish you the best of luck,] Yami told him.
[Thank you, Yami,] Yugi responded and smiled. The wind blew his hair and he watched the cars run down the street. The door to his room opened and Solomon walked inside. He saw Yugi standing over at the window and approached him.
"Hey, Yugi."
Yugi spun around, then sighed when he realized who is was. "Grandpa, hey."
"What are you doing?"
"Nothing, I'm just looking out of the window and thinking about stuff."
"Let me guess, your parents?"
"No, I'm thinking about entering the tournament. They say duelists have a chance at winning 50 to 100 million dollars, and I think I have a chance to win. I'm good at this game, so can I go?" he asked.
Solomon smiled and responded, "Of course, Yugi. Why not?"
"Thanks, Grandpa," Yugi gave Solomon a quick hug then walked over to his computer to register. Solomon smiled and left the room to tend to the store downstairs.
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At the Pegasus Estate, Maximillion Pegasus sat in the bedroom of his home drinking a glass of wine while reading a comic book. After taking a sip he sat it down next to him. Everything was going according to plan. The tournament islands preparation was nearly completed, and the archaeologists was digging for the Talismans. Everything was simply perfect. Nothing could possibly go wrong. Pegasus decided to see how the dig was going. He pressed down a red button, better known as the intercom. He called for his trusty guard, Croquet. It didn't take long for Croquet to enter the room. The guard approached Pegasus and bowed his head down.
"Master Pegasus, what may your request be?" he greeted in a solemn voice.
"Croquet, no need to be serious. I just want to know about the dig. Have they found the Talismans yet?" Pegasus asked.
"No, sir, the Talismans hasn't been found."
"What?" Pegasus was a little shocked. "What do you mean?"
"The Talismans were nothing but a myth, sir, they do not exist. We've dug in all the marked spots where they was supposed to be, but nothing was there. The search was a bust," announced Croquet.
Maximillion shook his head and sighed in disgust. "Oh, no, this just totally throws things off plan! What am I going to do now? I can't bring her back now because the dig was a bust!"
"Master, I do have an alternate plan."
Pegasus looked up into Croquet's eyes. "What is it?"
"We ran across an ancient inscription about the Millenium Items. It said: 'Whosoever wields all 7 Millenium Items shall possess powers unimaginable to all mankind'. You already have one of these items, which means you just have to find the other 6."
"Hmm... are you sure this will work?"
"Quite positive, Mr. Pegasus. The only problem is there are no records that might indicate us to the whereabouts of the 6 items."
Pegasus took another sip of wine and sat the glass back down. "There must be some records or some way to find them. Get working on this, immediately," he ordered.
"Yes, master," Croquet bowed his head once more, then turned and walked out of the room. He closed the door behind him and Pegasus continued reading the comic book.
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Cinnabar Island was a beautiful place, especally in the spring-summer season. The sun shone down on the city, warming the place up to a comfortable 77 degrees. The beaches were filled with people swimming, relaxing, scuba diving, playing games such as volleyball and water polo, surfing, jetskiing, and other things. Tourists from out-of-town were everywhere. There was a lone island off the coast of Cinnabar Island, and a mansion resided on it. Inside the master bedroom of the mansion, sat a 16- year old girl. She was registering herself into the Crystal Kingdom tournament. After she submitted her form, a devious smirk spread across her face.
"I'm coming for you, Pegasus..."
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Misty walked up the stairs to her house and approached the door. She reached into her shorts pocket to grab her key, when something caught her eye. She noticed the note that Violet had left, and she picked it up to read it. It said: 'Daisy was stabbed, me and Lily are going to the Domino General Hospital to see her, Violet'. This caught Misty by surprise, and she dropped the note. Who stabbed Daisy? How was she doing? Misty quickly ran back down the stairs and dashed down the sidewalk. She had to find out how Daisy was doing.
Later, she arrived at the hospital (via public transportation). She briskly walked along until she reached the entrance. The doors slid open automatically and she walked through. She approached a random nurse.
"Excuse me, Miss, but is there a Daisy Chase here?" she asked her.
"Oh yes, she's on floor 7 room 403," the nurse answered and Misty walked away. She stepped onto a teleporter pad and entered in the coordinates, then teleported to that floor. When the process was complete, Misty walked down the hallway until she reached room 403. She opened the door and walked inside to find Lily and Violet slouched over and Daisy laying on the bed asleep.
"Lily, Violet? Daisy?!" she ran inside and approached Lily and Violet. She checked for their pulses. They had one, but it was very weak. She approached Daisy to check her pulse and got the same results. Her eyes bucked open and she ran outside to find a doctor. She spotted a few walking down the hall.
"Doctors, doctors!! You have to help me! My sisters, something's wrong with them!!" she grabbed one of the doctors.
"Allright, miss, calm down. What's wrong?" he asked.
"My sisters, they're all... listen, something's wrong with them! They... th... they're pulses, they're.. they're weak, a-a-and.. and... you just have to see!!"
"Where are they?" another one spoke up.
"In room 403," Misty replied. the doctors headed down there to see what was wrong and Misty followed them. When they arrived, the doctors immediately rushed over to examine the sisters. Misty stood in the doorway waiting and watching as the doctors scanned their bodies with a device. Their facial expression was confused as they scanned over all of them.
"What's wrong with them?" Misty inquired.
The 1st doctor looked at her and answered, "We honestly don't know."
"What do you mean, you don't know?! You're doctors, you're supposed to know!"
"And we don't," spoke another. "The only thing we know right now is that your sisters have some type of lethal toxin, or toxins, inside their system."
"Lethal toxins? What do you mean?"
"I'm still receiving info from the scanner. And it says, the toxins have rendered your sisters into a deep sleep, or a coma. It has shut down their brain. The toxins are slowly eating away all of their important organs, such as the liver, kidneys, their heart. The toxins are reprogamming their cells to emit this substance into their bloodstream, making the intoxication process go faster. The body is trying to fight the toxins, but to no avail."
"We should get them to the E.R, right away," spoke a woman.
"Right. Um, ma'am, we're going to have to ask you to leave, this is a medical emergency," the 1st doctor told her.
She nodded in response. "Allright. When you get some news, just call this number," she handed them her phone number and left the room. She saw some other doctors running down the hall with John on a stretcher.
"Do you know what kind of toxin is in his bloodstream..." a woman was yelling as they rushed down the hall. Misty knew then the same thing that happened to her sisters happened to him. How did this happen to them? And what was she going to do without her sisters? Some tears manage to escape her eyes and flow down her face. She sniffled quietly as she sat in the waiting room. What was going to happen? Would they live? And if they didn't, where was she going to go? She couldn't support herself, she was far too young to get a job. She always depended on them to support her ever since their parents abandoned them, and now that they were sick, who was she going to go to now?
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Meanwhile, in the Pewter City Police Station, Surge, Vicki, and Jason were resting within their cell. And neither of them were happy. They hadn't been there long, and they were already growing tired of it. There was nothing to do, but sit around resting your head on your hands, or take frequent naps. They did this often, to get some kind of 'entertainment' (via their dreams). Surge also practiced his karate skills to pass time. When he got out, he was going to use them on Tristan and beat him into a very bloody pulp for spilling the beans to the cops. Jason decided to strike up a conversation.
"Hey, Surge, what are you goin' to do about Tristan and those dragons?"
Surge was currently resting on his back on the floor. He sat up and turned to face Jason. "I don't know," he said. "I know when I got outta here, I'm gonna go pound me some Tristan and take back my cards."
"Have you cooked up a plan to get us outta here yet? I'm getting claustrophobic."
Vicki erupted into laughter and Jason scowled at her. "Hey, what's so funny?!" he asked. "This tight, uncomfortable jail cell is making me go crazy!"
Vicki continued to laugh. Jason rolled his eyes and turned his attention back to Surge. "So, what'cha gonna do?"
"I don't know, Jason. What can I do?"
"We have to do something! I'm ready to get outta here!"
"So am I! But, it's not like we can just waltz our way outta here, we gotta wait," Surge said and layed back across the floor.
Jason sighed heavily. "You know, we don't even have to be in here. If you had just lied and said we didn't touch Tristan, they couldn't have locked us up because of lack of grounds. But, no, you just had to try and be 'big bad Surge who can do anything'."
Surge sat back up and stared Jason in the eyes. "Enough, Jason."
"You know I'm right. If you just stood your ground, we would not be in this awful place," Jason stared Surge back down defiantly.
"Yeah, boss," chimed Vicki. "Jason's right. You shouldn't told the cops. It's your fault that we're down here."
"No, it's not! It's Tristan's fault," Surge tried to deny it, but he knew Jason and Vicki was right. He did screw up and put them in jail. First off, he was supposed to threaten Tristan before he left him sitting behind the shack. Then, he could've told the cops he had nothing to do with Tristan's misfortunate incident. He could've explained the fingerprints by saying that him and Tristan used to be friends and Tristan let him play with the card before they fell out. Then the accident happened right after and now Tristan's trying to blame him. The bars to the cell rattled, alerting their attention. They looked to see Surge's father standing there.
"Dad? What do you want?" Surge asked him, and Robert didn't answer. He inserted a keycard which opened the door to the cell.
"Son... come with me. I want to talk to you," he stated, which shocked Surge a little. He wasn't expecting Robert to come down to the holding cells and ask him to come talk to him. But, he might be able to convince Robert to let him go. Surge got up from the floor and walked out of the cell. Robert closed it back up and led Surge through the precinct until they reached his office. There, he let himself and Surge inside. Robert shut the door tightly behind him, then took a seat in his chair.
"Now, Surge, I wanna ask you one thing. And I want you to promise that you'll answer it truthfully, allright?" Robert spoke in a stern, fatherly voice. Surge nodded his head and Robert continued. "Are you sorry for your actions, Surge? Are you ashamed for threatening Tristan for that one card, are you ashamed of all your actions in general?"
Surge didn't answer right away. Was he ashamed? No. Was he sorry for his actions? Definitely not. Was he ashamed of threatening Tristan's life for a card? No. He wasn't ashamed of anything. But, he could use this opportunity as a chance to get outta jail. He looked Robert straight in the eye and gave his answer.
"No." Robert was taken aback. "No, I am not ashamed of my actions," Surge said and suddenly lunged out and gripped Robert's throat, choking off his air supply. Robert gagged and tried to pry away Surge's grip, but Surge put his other hand around his neck, further tightening the grip.
"Now, listen up," Surge spoke in a sinister tone of voice, "I am the leader of a gang. You know that, right? Let me, Jason, and Vicki outta jail right now, or else... Mommy Dearest is wasted, got it?" Surge released his grip, but just enough to let Robert get a little breath.
"You wouldn't dare..." Robert spoke in complete shock at his son. Surge has threatened people, but he never threatened to kill family and relatives! Just how evil was his son?
"Well, what's your answer, Dad?! Mother's life is in your hands! You have a choice: let me, Vicki, and Jason go on a technicality, or I'll sick my goons on Mother and kill her, what's your choice?" Surge demanded to know.
Robert was in complete shock. Surge has went so far to threaten to take his own mother's life! How could he even say it? Without his mother, Surge wouldn't even be here! How could he claim to kill her? Robert knew he couldn't let Surge go through with it, so he had to turn them loose... sadly, but if he didn't, he would 'sick his goons' on Debbie, his mother!
"What's your answer, Father?!"
"I'll release you..." Robert's voice trailed off.
Surge smirked and released his grip completely. "Now, don't try any tricks, or else..."
"Surge, I can't believe you. You're threatening to kill your own mother! How could you? After everything she's done for you?!"
"I won't kill her, if you let me go. Decide to hold me and my friends, and she's gone..." Surge grinned evily as his father stared at him in complete and utter disbelief. Robert knew by the look on Surge's face he would do the deed if he didn't release him and his friends.
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Ash was inside his home counting all his money. He layed across the couch with his feet plopped up on the couch's arm. Buying that Plasma Blaster really took a chunk out of his funds, but it was a small sacrifice to pay to get his revenge on Mr. Pegasus. Ever since Pegasus murdered his mother, Ash had never been the same. He once used to be a cheery, happy young man who went to school like any other teenage boy. He had friends, an actual social life, and he had a mother... a mother whom he loved with his whole heart. But, since that fateful day of May 15th, 2032, Ash had never been the same. Ever since he escaped from Pegasus's labs and made it back to Pallet Town, he had been changed. He turned from a happy young man into a loner. He was a dark, broody type of guy. He never got to graduate from 12th grade and make his mother proud. He would never get a chance to go to college and graduate and start making lots of money for him and his mother. Ash counted up an amount of only $100. He stashed it in his pocket and got off the couch. He knew where to go when he need some quick cash.
The Town Centre of Pallet Town was just that, The Town Centre. That's where all the grocerie stores, farmer's markets, fish markets, and anything else was located. The Town Centre was full of local Pallet Town residents doing their daily business. The one thing that stood out in this place was a small casino, or 'Gambling Block', as it was called. It wasn't big at all; it was just big enough for all Pallet Town residents. Ash gave the bouncer outside his fake I.D and walked inside the Gambling Block. He walked through the place attempting to find someone willing to play Poker with him. Ash considered himself a master at Poker, since it was rare when someone defeated him at it. After searching around, he eventually found three other players to play Poker with. Ash gambled all the money he had on the match, and he won the game, too (I would go off into more detail, but I don't know a thing about Poker). He received $300 bucks from the other players, and they decided to play again, betting everything. And Ash won again. He received $1200 bucks this time, and got some angry scowls from the few individuals. Afterwards, Ash decided he had enough money and walked out of the Gambling Block. He started walking down the street, when suddenly someone grabbed him and spun him around. It was one of the other players.
"Hey, listen up kid, I'm not happy that you took all my money..."
"And, what, I'm supposed to care?" Ash retorted, and the man pulled him closer, until their faces were inches apart.
"You're going to give me a rematch and a chance to win back my money!"
Ash pondered this and agreed to it. "Okay, but on one condition."
"What?" the man asked in a flat voice.
"If I win, you give me $400 extra dollars. And... we have to play Duel Monsters, I'm sick of Poker right now."
The man stared Ash in the eyes then agreed to the terms. "Allright, I agree to your little condition. Where will we have the match?" he asked.
"At the park, over there," Ash answered and headed across the street, where the park was located. The man followed him and they walked into the park. Lots of children were running and playing and laughing. This brought back some memories Ash did not want to forget. He remebered Delia taking him to the park all the time when he was a little boy. She used to watch him play with the other kids. He remebered he would feed the fish and ducks in ponds. Delia used to push him on swings and he loved it. The park held so many treasured memories... Ash and the man decided to duel near one of the ponds he and his mother used to play near all the time. They whipped out their Holochips and placed them on the ground, which materialized them into Red (Ash) and Black (man) dueling consoles. Carefully shuffling their decks, they sat them in the deck-keeper and powered up the systems.
"Hey," the man yelled to Ash, "What do I get if I win?!"
"What do you think, doofus? You get your money back!" Ash responded, then his face took on a serious expression.
"Time to duel!" they shouted simutaneously.
Ash's/Man's Life Points- 2000
The man won a game of Heads or Tails, meaning he got to make the first move. He grinned and drew five cards from his deck, looking them over. He pulled one up and placed it down on his console. "I play one card in Defense Mode and end my turn."
"Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Is that all you can do?" Ash drew his first five cards and looked them over, quite pleased with what he had. The cards were: Harpie's Brother, Pot of Greed, Dragon Zombie, a trap card, and Witch's Apprentice. He drew the Dragon Zombie and placed it on his console face-up. "I call out Dragon Zombie, in attack mode!" The monster loaded onto the field.
ATK: 1600 DEF: 0
"Dragon Zombie, attack the defense card now! Deadly Zombie Breath!" Ash commanded. His monster obeyed its order and spewed a large beam of deadly breath at the defense card. The defense card loaded in and revealed itself to be a Baby Dragon. The dragon tried to withstand the breath, but it couldn't and it shattered. The man's life points remained intact.
"Hmm..." the man drew another card from his hand. "I'm playing this in defense mode, as well!" he slapped down the card, and a white light flashed repeatedly on the grid. Ash couldn't help but wonder what the man was up to and why did he keep playing cards in defense mode. He drew a card from his deck.
"I'll lay this out face-down. Dragon Zombie, destroy the defense card with Deadly Zombie Breath!" Dragon Zombie spit out its terrible breath once again, destroying the defense card, which happened to be a Kuribo.
"Figures, you attacked again," the man said quietly and reached down to draw a card from his deck. He looked at it and grinned. "I'm gonna dish this out face-down for later, and play the Flame Swordsman and Rude Kaiser, both in attack mode!" he placed his cards and loaded them into the duel. The Flame Swordsman growled deeply upon loading as did the Rude Kaiser.
(Flame Swordsman) ATK: 1800 DEF: 1600 (Rude Kaiser) ATK: 1700 DEF: 1500
"Go, Flame Swordsman, attack the Dragon Zombie with Flaming Sword of Battle!" the man shouted and his Flame Swordsman charged straight for the Dragon Zombie, sword raised high into the air. Right before it reached the monster, Ash flipped up a surprise trap card.
"Not so fast! I'm activating the magic of Trap Hole!"
"Oh no!" the man gasped. The Trap Hole destroyed the Flame Swordsman before it could reach Dragon Zombie, but he didn't lose any life points. "I wasn't expecting that!" he mused, and Ash drew for a card, hoping for a stronger one. And he got what he wanted. He put the card onto the console.
"Now I play Summoned Skull, in attack mode!" The Summoned Skull materialized onto the battlefield.
ATK: 2500 DEF: 1200
"Go, Summoned Skull, attack the Rude Kaiser now! Lightning Strike!!" The Summoned Skull powered up a large electrical charge and shot it out and the Rude Kaiser. As the attack neared ever closer, the man whipped out a surprise trap card of his own.
"I'm invoking the magic of Mirror Force!!"
Ash's eyes bucked open as the trap formed a shield which reversed the attack back to the source, a.k.a the Summoned Skull... there was nothing Ash could do except watch his monster shatter to its own attack.
"Darn!" he muttered as his life points drained.
Ash then watched the man draw a card from the deck. He smirked and placed it face-down. "And since your Dragon Zombie has less attack power than Rude Kaiser, I deem it destroyed. Rude Kaiser, attack the zombie now! Forearm Slash!" Rude Kaiser charged over to the Dragon Zombie and delivered a powerful slash into the zombie's midsection, cutting it in half and destroying it.
Ash's Life Points- 1900
"Well, well, I'm winning," the man commented and smiled.
"Yeah, only by 100 points," Ash retorted, then rolled his eyes and drew for a card. Fortunately for him, it was the Dark Magician. He smirked and placed it down. "I'm playing the Dark Magician in attack mode (draws two cards from hand and play them), along with the Witch's Apprentice, in defense mode! And I'm playing a card face-down!" Ash's two monster brought themselved into the field.
(Dark Magician) ATK: 2500 DEF: 2100 (Witch's Apprentice) ATK: 550 DEF: 500
The man burst into laughter. "What's the use of playing that 'Witch's Apprentice' card, it hardly has any attack strength! Just another target for my Rude Kaiser."
"You don't know much about Duel Monsters, do you? Or else you'd know that the Witch's Apprentice card raises all Dark type monsters attack and defense strength by 500 points, including herself!"
"WHAT?!!" he grabbed his forehead in amazement.
(Dark Magician) ATK: 3000 DEF: 2600 (Witch's Apprentice) ATK: 1050 DEF: 1000
"Rude Kaiser's time has come! Dark Magician, Dark Magic Attack!!" Ash shouted. Dark Magician thrusted its staff at the Rude Kaiser and fired a green energy beam into it, shattering it.
Man's Life Points- 700
"Now I'm in the lead, and by a lot too," Ash grinned at the man, who scowled in disgust and drew a card from his deck. [Hmm... what can I do? That Dark Magician's attack strength is already 3000, and it's gonna get stronger every turn, unless I destroy that Witch's Apprentice here and now.] "I'm invoking the powers of Dark Magician Girl, attack mode!" The Dark Magician's female counterpart materialized into battle.
ATK: 2000 DEF: 1800
"Dark Magician Girl, attack Witch's Apprentice now! Dark Magic Attack!" The magician raised her staff into the air and fired a pastel pink energy beam at the Witch's Apprentice. Ash flipped his trap card face-up.
"Mirror Wall, activate now!"
"Hunh?!! What the..." the man's voice trailed off as a crystalized wall appeared in front of Ash's two monsters. The attack fired back into the Dark Magician Girl and mesmerized her. "This is very bad!"
"Sure is. You must know that when Mirror Wall is attacked, the attacking monster's attack and defense power is subtracted in half."
ATK: 1000 DEF: 900
"Which leaves your Dark Magician Girl easy prey for my Dark Magician, who also gets another 500 point raise in attack and defense strength!"
(Dark Magician) ATK: 3500 DEF: 3100 (Witch's Apprentice) ATK: 1500 DEF: 1500
"Go, Dark Magician, destroy the Dark Magician Girl now!!" Ash commanded. The Dark Magician obeyed and launched its destructive attack at the Dark Magician Girl, shattering her violently.
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"Well, well, I won! I blew you out! (laughs) I almost scored a perfect on you! I had 1900 life points," Ash jeered. "You know what, you're a sorry duelist. You couldn't even manage to get my life points down to at least 1500! Cough up the dough and go home."
"Whatever," he said and collected his deck. He transformed the dueling console back into a Holochip and stored it along with the deck into his device. He whipped out $400 extra dollars and handed them to Ash. "Here's the money, punk. Now, just because I lost this time doesn't mean a thing! I'll be back to win back all my money!!" he yelled and ran off angrily. Ash stored all of his things and walked away from the dueling site. He made his way home and walked inside, closing the door behind him. He headed into the kitchen and when he arrived there, Delia was standing in the kitchen.
"Hello, son..." she spoke.
Ash's eyes popped open in amasement and shock. He stared unbelievingly at who stood in front of him, his mother... "Mother?"
"Yes, honey, it's me. I'm back."
"...But, but how?"
"That does not matter. I have some news, and... I'm afraid you won't like it," she said to him.
"Wait a minute. This... this is a trick. I-I.. I just saw your body at the bottom of the lake a few hours ago! There's no way you can be standing here alive, this has to be a trick!"
"No, son! It is not! This is me, Delia Ketchum, your mother..." she approached him, but Ash stepped back.
"No, I can't believe this. It's a trick from Pegasus. Stay away from me!"
"Ash, please, son... I am not a trick by Pegasus. I am real, I am your mother!"
"Then... then..... how'd you come back?" he asked, and Delia shook her head.
"Ash, that's not the issue. I have something to tell you."
"...What?"
There was a long silence before Delia continued. "Maximillion Pegasus is...."
"Is...?"
"He is...." she trailed off again.
"He's what? What is he and why should I know?!" Ash snapped. He was still uneasy about the fact that his 'mother' could be a deception from Pegasus.
"Maximillion Pegasus is (her voice began to morph into his) your killer!!" she laughed wickedly and lashed her hand around Ash's neck, choking him. Ash reacted quickly and kicked her in the stomach, then pushed her away. He pulled out the Plasma Blaster and fired a shot at her, but she swiftly ducked, making him hit the wall behind her. She suddenly dissappeared, and the last thing Ash heard was Pegasus's malicious laughter filling the air. He frowned and darted upstairs to the bedroom. Running inside, he noticed a small box sitting on the bed with a crank on the side of it. Ash cautiously approached the box, weary of any traps. He slowly reached out and grabbed the box, then pulled it back toward him. A note on the handle told him to pull it... Ash didn't want to do this. What if something horrid was inside? He swallowed nervously and pulled the handle... some soft music began to play and suddenly the box opened. The (miniature) shocked and fried version of Delia popped out of the box, and it began to laugh (sounding just like Delia).
"GAAH!" Ash dropped the box on the floor, and it began to speak to him.
"Ash... I love you..." she spoke and gave him an air kiss. The soft melody playing began to run down, like a battery using up the last of its juice. She kept repeating the same thing, except it sound like a dying battery.
" (winding down) Ash... I love you... Ash... I love you... Ash... I love you... Ash I love you....." Ash was enraged as he picked up the box and threw it out of the window. He dropped to his knees and began to flashback to his mother's death scene.
(Flashback)
"Sayanora, Delia," he said and pushed a button on a remote control and a force field formed around her. Then, 10,000 volts of electricity erupted on the chains, and shocked Delia severely. She screamed in pain.
"MOTHER!!!!" Ash yelled, but he could do nothing to help her. He stared with his eyes bucked opened and watched as his mother slipped away. Before she passed on she gave him one last, heartwarming smile, then her eyes closed and she passed away.
"Mother..." Ash's eyes began filling with tears as her lifeless body was only held up by the chains. "NO!!!!!" Ash screamed in pain.
(End Flashback)
Some tears began to flow down his face as he sat there, drifting into space. The only thoughts playing over and over again in his head was, [kill Pegasus... kill Pegasus... kill Pegasus... kill Pegasus... kill Pegasus... death be to Pegasus... death be to Pegasus... Pegasus must die...]
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It was late evening now, around 7:58 pm. Misty had left the hospital hours ago since there was nothing she could do. She had stopped crying now, but she was still depressed. She walked along the street slowly, occasionally brushing stray tears off her face. She walked up the steps to her house and unlocked the door. Walking inside, she shut the door behind her and was about to sit down on the couch when the phone interrupted her. She sighed and walked over to the nearest phone to answered it.
"Hello?"
"Yes, is this Misty Chase?" asked a man's voice.
"Um, yeah, this is her, who is this?"
"I am Dr. Willis. I've called to tell the news regarding your sisters," he said.
"Really? H.. how are they?"
The doctor paused slightly before continuing. "Misty I'm afraid that I've got some bad news," he told her. "We took your sisters into E.R and we administered all the strongest antibiotics we had to give. And... none of them worked."
"Hunh? What do you mean? Why didn't it work?"
"Apparently, it's not strong enough," Dr. Willis replied. "This.. virus is continuing to spread through their bodies at an incredible rate! It's taking over their cells. And when their bodies try to fight it, the virus reprograms the white blood cells, turning their bodies' own immune system against them. I'm afraid there is nothing more we can do."
"But you have to do something! You can't just let them sit up and die, you have to help them!!" Misty yelled in frustation and anger.
"Believe me, miss, we've tried all we can but, we simply cannot help them. The virus is too strong," Dr. Willis stated.
Misty was a bit shocked at the sudden news. What was she going to do without them? How could she survive? "Isn't there anything.. you can do? Can't you get some medical labs to help research this virus?"
Dr. Willis cleared his throat and continued on. "Excuse me. We've already done that and they haven't turned up anything. But there may be one person you could turn to..."
"Who?! Who is this person? Where are they?!" Misty demanded to know.
"I personally don't recommend this, this person's..."
"Just.. tell me!" she shouted.
"Okay, miss. She lives out in the woods. Her name is Yelola Winans, and she specializes in this type of stuff. She's a mean, woman, though and she will most likely 'test' you before you can even talk to her."
"Where exactly does she lives?"
"Go all the way out to Wilderness Road and walk until you reach a dirt path. Veer right on this dirt path and keep walking until you reach a small, wooden cottage. That's her house, but I should forewarn you, though, you shouldn't go while it's this late. It will be almost nighttime by the time you get to Wilderness Road, and it's easy to get lost," the man pointed out, and Misty acknowledged this. She hung up the phone and began stored things in her device, like flashlights, batteries, snacks and water, and a tint in case she got lost. After prepping herself, she headed out of the house. Her destination: Small wooden cottage in the woods.
It was around 9:10 when Misty finally reached Wilderness Road. She had rented a motor scooter to make traveling more efficient. The sun had completely went down by now, and the moon was high above the horizon shining its silver glow down on Earth below. She began driving down the dark road carefully, being weary of loose gravel and wild animals. As she continued down the path, she was oblivious to her stalker following her. He eyed her carefully and a malicious grin formed across his face. Now that she was in the dark and all alone, it was the perfect time to make his move... Misty reached the dirt road and took a right turn just as Dr. Willis had instructed her. She continued strolling carefully down the road. Her headlight shined brightly which illuminaed the road and some of the surrounding grass and shrubs. Suddenly, a rope lashed out around her waist and yanked her off the bike. She screamed as she landed on the ground quite harshly. Then, her stalker walked out into the opening.
"Hello, Misty, long time no see..." he stated. Misty instantly recognized his voice. The guy who stood over her looked to be around the age of 16. He was wearing black leather pants and a matching vest, and no shirt was underneath it. He was a big guy, his height was 6'5 and he weighed in at about 239 lbs. He was very muscular too. Washboard abs plated his abdomen, and biceps and triceps buffed his arms. A navel ring was implanted into his navel, along with about 3 ear piercings on each ear (which were filled with earrings). His hair was spiked at the end, and it was dyed blue, leaving the rest of his hair, which was quite messy, a deep black (he liked the wild, bad boy look). His black eyes stared down into her face.
"Ronnie..." her voice trailed off.
"Yes, my dear, it's me, Ronnie Chang. How do you do?" he bowed.
Misty got off the ground with a disgusted look on her face. "Ronnie, what the heck are you doing here?!"
"Misty, chill out... I just happened to be nearby."
"Listen, Ronnie, I don't have time for you. Leave me alone," Misty said and started walking away. Ronnie quickly grabbed her and pushed her back against a tree.
"Wait a minute, Misty... I just wanna talk. Listen, I know I wasn't exactly the best boyfriend, but I've changed. I realize what a mistake it was to go off with that other girl and cheat on you. I was a fool, Misty, and I apologize for any pain I might've caused you. Accept me back into your life," Ronnie pleaded, but the response was a harsh slap from Misty.
"You bastard! How dare you yank me off my bike then ram me up against a tree and beg for me to date you again! I told you, Ronnie, I want nothing to do with you anymore!!" she yelled and pushed him off of her. Before she could get away, he jammed her back onto the tree.
"Listen to me, Misty, please. I've changed, really, I have. I don't run around flirting with other girls, I don't do drugs anymore. I am a different person, now. I'm not just concerned about having sex. What I want is for you to give me one last chance to prove myself. Let me show you that I have all the qualities you've ever wanted from me. Let me show you what a gentlemen is like..."
Another slap, this time harder than last time, met his face. "Ronnie, get your hands off me, and stay away from me! I don't want you anymore!!" Misty pushed him back again and started running away, but Ronnie caught her and grabbed her. He shoved her back onto the tree.
"Shut up, wench!! You're going to be with me, one way or another!!" he shouted, and Misty punched him in the stomach, then kicked him in the chest, making him stumble back. She quickly took off in the direction of the motorbike. Ronnie whipped out a gun and shot out the tires before Misty could speed away. She abandoned the bike and ran as fast as her legs could carry her. Ronnie sprinted after her, and gained on her rapidly (he sprint very often). He quickly caught Misty and tackled her to the ground.
"Now, kiss me, Misty! Kiss me and kiss me good!!" he screamed and tried to french kiss her. Misty clawed his face with her fingernails. "AHH!!" he yelled, which gave Misty the opening she needed. She punched his face twice and kicked him off of her, then got up and took off running again. This time, Ronnie didn't follow her. Misty kept running as fast as she could, anxious to reach the house. She noticed Ronnie wasn't following her, but she kept running anyway. Time passed and her legs began to tire out. She eventually stopped running and took in large amounts of air to try and regain her stamina. Ronnie and Misty used to go out together not too long ago, but numerous events led to their breakup. First off, he seldomly tried to force her into having sex, which was a no-no (she was 14 at the time). Then he began to do drugs, and tried to make her smoke marijuana with him, but she didn't want to. And last but not least, he cheated on her with another girl. He claimed to be 'brushing up' on his sex skills, so when she finally decided to 'do it', he could give her the utmost perfect sex. He also tried to fool her by saying it was a doll he was practicing on, which would've been even nastier had it been the truth. At this time, Misty broke it off with him and he continued to stalk her and try to make her be with him for a few weeks. She then got a restraining order filed against him, and that made him finally leave her alone. She never heard from him again until this day. Once Misty regained her stamina, she started walking down the eerie road. Without warning, Ronnie jumped from a motor scooter onto her and tackled her to the ground. He quickly tied her hands together before she could do anything, and that's when she finally noticed... Ronnie was BUTT-NAKED!
"AAHHH!!!!" Misty screamed at the top of her lungs and she tried to get away. Ronnie used his muscle strength to hold her down though. "I told you I was going to have sex with you, and I meant it! No matter how hard you try, Misty, you and I will have our sex, starting now!!" he yelled and started ripping through her clothes.
"No! No, no!! Help me!! Someone, please help!!" she shouted and Ronnie shook his head.
"You stupid little whore. There's no one else out here but me and you! Face it... I've won, you've lost... hey, ever wondered what my penis looked like up close?! Wanna suck it?!!" he said and thrusted his groin at her face, then continued clawing down into her clothes when all of a sudden, a wolf bit into his side.
"AAAHH!!!!" he screeched in the pain. The wolf started trying to tear his flesh, but Ronnie grabbed a gun out of his device and blew its head off. Misty quickly kicked him in his shins.
"Oohh...." Ronnie grabbed his penis and balls and moaned in agonizing pain. Misty got up and with all her strength, whacked Ronnie in the face. This knocked him unconscious, and Misty used a nearby twig to cut the ropes, then dashed away from him quickly, not looking back. A while later, Misty finally reached the shack. She approached it and knocked on the door, being weary of anything suspicious, and Ronnie. No one came to the door so she knocked louder. Misty tapped her foot impatiently while waiting for the door to open. She still didn't answer the door so Misty bammed on it as hard as she could without hurting her hand. The door suddenly opened, and a old, mysterious woman (Yelola Winans) stood there. She was rather short, around 4'9. She wore a long, purple gown with matching houseshoes. Her gray hair was wrapped under a white scarf. She whipped out a Phased Energy Rifle and pointed at her.
"Who are you, and what are you doing out here bamming on my door?!" she shouted, and Misty tried to explain herself.
"Please, put the rifle away, ma'am, I come in peace."
"Peace?! If you had come in 'peace' you wouldn't have bammed on this door and disturbed my sleep! Now, who are you and why are you here?!"
"My name is Misty and I'm here because someone told me you could help me with something," Misty replied nervously.
"Who sent you here?"
"A Dr. Willis said you specialized in finding cures for viruses and lethal poisonings and such."
Yelola slowly lowered the rifle and stared Misty in the eyes. She then motioned for her to come in. Misty was pretty uneasy as she stepped inside the small shack of a hostile woman with a gun. The shack was pretty decent; the wood on the floor was polished quite nicely. A beige wall helped liven up the room. There was two recliners sitting against the wall to the left of Misty, and a bookcase sat opposite of them. A glass table sat in the middle of the room holding all sorts of trinkets such as dolls, small lockets and small vases of flowers. The woman closed the door and sat the Phased Energy rifle on the wall, then walked over to the recliners and sat down in one. She offered a seat to Misty, but she declined.
"You must be Yelola Winans, correct?"
"Correct," Yelola responded. "Now, I'm gonna get straight to the point. What do you want?" she inquired.
Misty cleared her throat and began speaking. "I've come to you for help. See, my sisters and my friend John have been injected with a lethal toxin that's slowly eating away at their insides. Their bodies can't fight the toxin because it has turned their defenses against them. The toxin is reprogramming their cells to create more toxins and release it into their bloodstream," she finished explaining to the elderly woman.
"Have they been taken to a hospital?"
"Yes, and the doctors have given them all of the strongest medicines, but it isn't working. The toxins destroys it and moves on. So I came to you for help."
"Well, young lady, you won't give any help from me," she announced.
"Hunh? But I thought you specialized in this sort of stuff," Misty said.
"Unless you duel me," Yelola declared. "If you duel me and successfully defeat me, you'll get my help. What do you say?"
Misty stared at Yelola coldly. "The lives of 4 people are at stake and you're concerned about a game?! They need some help!" she yelled, and Yelola stood up. She walked over to Misty.
"Listen, I'm the one in charge around here, this is my house, wench! Duel me, or you won't get any help, understand!"
"You little cow. Don't you realize that 4 people's lives are in danger? There's no telling when the toxin will began to become extremely life- threatening! We have time to try and avert this, so give me some help! Try to find a cure!"
"Shut up! I've got no job! I get paid retirement checks and they're not enough! I must make money somehow, and this is the perfect way! Now, little wench, if you want your friends to get some help, you'd better swallow that pride of yours and duel me! If you win, we can talk business!"
"I don't believe this. You don't how long their bodies can hold up to this virus, and you won't even try to find some kind of cure while they have a chance?! You witch, how can you just sit back and act like this is some kind a game?!!" Misty blood began to boil over as she got angry.
"You told me the hospitals can't do nothing, right? (Misty nods) Well, it seems a person in your predicament would be trying to do anything and everything they can to help them. If you've forgotten, missy, time is ticking away while you're arguing with me! Ever thought about that?!" Yelola asked her, and Misty didn't answer. "I suggest you submit to my terms, or get away from my yard."
Misty rolled her eyes and sighed deeply, then answered, "Fine, I agree to you stupid terms. We will duel."
The elderly woman nodded and walked outside with Misty. "We will have our duel right out here."
"But why here?" Misty was still quite nervous about Ronnie. She knew he wasn't going to stay unconscious forever, but he probably didn't know where she was, so she shouldn't worry. And the witch had a Phased Energy Rifle right inside the shack in case he did show up. Yelola layed out her Holochip and transformed it into a fiery red dueling console. Misty materialized her hot pink dueling console in front of her and whipped out her dueling deck, slamming it down into the deck-keeper. Yelola placed her deck into her deck-keeper and stared at Misty.
"Look at you... that shining, orange-red hair spiraled down to your shoulders. You little wench, you think you're something."
"Stop calling me a wench and duel!!" Misty retorted and frowned in extreme anger. She was having a very bad day.
"As you wish..." Yelola said and smirked. "Duel!" they both shouted, and their life points began filling up.
Misty's/Yelola's Life Points- 2000
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Well, that's it. What did you think about this episode? I can't give you an exact date of when the next episode will be posted, but I believe in about 3 weeks I'll probably have the next one up. Don't forget, I now accept all reviews, signed and anonymous, so please, give a review and tell me what you think. Is it good, or bad? I really hope its good. So, I wonder what I'll do with the book next? Only time will tell...
Disclaimer: I don't own characters from Yu-gi-oh, Cardcaptors or Pokemon. I'm simply borrowing them for my fanfic. These cartoons belong to 4 Kids Entertainment, Kids Wb, and whoever else.
Duelists of The Future- Season 1- Episode 05, 'Challenges, Part 1' (12/6/2002)
Previously...
Maximillion Pegasus... There, a picture of his dead wife, Cecilia Pegasus hung on the wall. He approached the picture, rubbing his hand across it. Cecilia had blonde hair and was wearing an elegant gold dress.
"Soon," he said softly. "Just soon, my beloved Cecilia, I shall have you back. Once I collect all six Talismans of Life shall I resurrect you, and you shall once again walketh the earth." (Trust me, there's more to this that it appears, can't tell you though)
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Meilin Rae/ Li Showron... Meilin and Li stepped off the boat. They looked around at their surroundings and sighed.
"Well, we're finally here. C"mon, let's go find Tristan and Brock," Li said to Meilin. Meilin nodded and they headed into the city.
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Daisy Chase... "Daisy, no! He has a knife!!" the man shouted.
Daisy was about to punch him, but Seto stuck the knife up in Daisy's stomach, stopping her attack. Her eyes popped open as blood began trickling out the wound.
"Daisy!!"
"Anyway, as I was about to say, remeber that boy Misty used to hang around in the 3rd grade? His name was... um, Seto Kaiba?" Daisy began. "Well, as much as I hate to say this, he's the guy that stabbed me."
"Hunh?!" both Lily and Violet were surprised.
"There's only one thing to do, we call the cops and tell them what Seto did. Then, we'll let them take care of it, simple."
Oblivious to them, the doctor was standing outside the door, listening to their conversation...
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At the hospital, the doctor stood outside the office. His facial expression was unreadible. He decided to listen in to what else they would say. Meanwhile, inside the room, John was preparing to tell the police. He got up from his chair.
"Anyone here has a cell phone or something?" he asked.
The three sisters shook their heads.
"I have one, but I accidentally left it home in the rush," Violet said.
"That's allright, I'll just go find the payphone I called on in the parking garage," John exited the room. The doctor was gone now, but no one even knew he was out there. John walked through the hospital until he reached an teleporter. A keypad was attached to the wall behind the teleporter square. John walked over to it and entered the coordinates G-1 (1st garage level), then stepped on the tile. White light surrounded him and he was teleported downstairs. 5 seconds later, John reappeared on the tile in the garage. He then ran as fast as he could to the payphone nearby. Meanwhile, the doctor had been following him. He whipped out a small communication device and typed on a keypad. Eventually someone on the other end answered.
"Hello?" a deep voice sounded.
"Mr. Kaiba, he's there, in the parking garage," the doctor announced.
"Good, now do your part..." Seto smirked and deactived his communicator.
John reached the payphone and picked up the receiver. He fished around in his pants pocket until he found some change, then as he was about to put it in the phone, a fist slammed into back of his head. John fell to the ground, and Seto hung up the phone. "Surprised to see me, Johnny?"
"Seto Kaiba? What are you doing here, leave me alone!" John ordered as he picked himself up off the ground.
"I don't think that's possible," Seto spoke sinisterly. "See, you're trying to get me busted for jumping you and stabbing your nosy girlfriend, and that's just not acceptible."
"What did you think I was gonna do, sit around and weep? You're really mistaking me for the wrong person," After he finished speaking, John kicked Seto in the stomach.
Seto bent over and groaned, then looked up to stare John in the eye. "So, you wanna play rough now? Trying to play with the big boys, hunh?" Seto stood up and threw a punch at John. John ducked and countered with a punch in the face, then uppercutted him twice in the stomach. John kicked Seto's chin, causing Seto to stumble back. John then proceeded to roundhouse kick Seto, but Seto grabbed his foot and held it.
"You shouldn't have done that," he muttered and threw John on the ground. He then picked him up and tossed him into the payphone. John tumbled onto the ground and groaned in pain. Seto charged over to him and snatched him up by his hair, then landed a solid punch in his face. He tried punching him again, but John blocked the shot and kicked Seto's chest. He punched him in the mouth then punched him three more times in the face. Seto ducked John's next punch and grabbed his shoulders. He pulled him closer and kneed him in the abdomen, then mustered all his strength and uppercutted John in the chin, which knocked John into a nearby windshield of a car. Seto snatched him off and banged his head into the hood of the car, then roundhouse kicked him with all his might, which rendered John unconscious.
Meanwhile, in the hospital, the doctor had knocked out all the Chase Sisters with a crowbar. He smirked and called Seto Kaiba.
"Yes?" answered Seto.
"I've rendered them unconscious, how did you handle John?"
"He was nothing to fight, I took care of him, easily. Now, shut up those Chase Sisters and I'll pay you your money."
"As you wish, sir," the doctor said and deactivated his communicator. He strolled over to Violet's unconscious body and squatted down next to it. "Hmm... I guess you'll be first," he said and took a needle out of his coat pocket which had some strange blue/green solution inside. He grinned evily and injected all of it into Violet's arm, then moved over to Lily. He pulled out another one from his coat pocket and pressed the needle down into Lily's arm, administering the strange solution into her bloodstream. Afterwards, he got up and strolled over to the bed in which Daisy lay. He pulled out one last needle and injected the solution in Daisy via her arm, then round up all the needles and snuggled them into his pocket. He picked up Lily and Violet and placed them inside chairs to make everything look nice and neat. He fixed the room back up quickly and then left.
In the parking garage, Seto had administered the solution into John's system. He dropped John's body down on the ground and walked away with a smirk on his face. "That oughta teach them not to mess with Seto Kaiba," he chuckled and continued walking out of the garage.
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It was now 3:30 in the evening. At the Turtle Game Shop, Solomon was still selling cards to young duelists. Joey had come back and helped Solomon unpack the rest of the boxes, and was now heading home. He left the rest of the pizza upstairs in Yugi's room for him to eat. But Yugi wasn't hungry. Although he tried, he just couldn't get his mind off of his parents. What if they were alive? What if they were really sponsering the tournament instead of Pegasus, to try and find their son? The probability of that was slim to none, but after unlocking the secret of the Millenium Puzzle and getting infused with a mystical being, Yugi believed anything was possible. He layed across the bed daydreaming about what they were possibly like? What hair color did they have? Was his mother's hair long? What were their eye color?
[Yugi, I see you're still thinking about your mysterious parents,] said the aforemention being, Yami.
Yugi sighed heavily. [You're interrupting my thoughts, Yami.]
[Yugi, your parents couldn't be alive. Not after 14 (?) years.]
[Anything's possible, Yami. I gotta search for them, at least.]
[And, just where are you starting this frivolous search?]
[It's not frivilous! I know they're alive! They have to be!]
[But, Yugi, they've been missing for 14 years. If they were really alive, you'd think someone would've actually seen them.]
[I know the odds, but I've gotta try,] Yugi got off the bed and walked over to his window. He unlocked it and opened it up, then stuck his head outside to let the calm winds blow against him.
[So, Yugi, where are you gonna start looking for them?]
[Well, Grandpa said the last place they went was the Crystal Kingdom, so I need to go there.]
[And how are you going to get there? You don't know where the island is,] Yami pointed out.
[Which is exactly why I need to enter the tournament. Once I get to Crystal Kingdom, I can start searching for them.]
[Yugi, I don't think this is the best thing to do. You're going to pay a $15.00 dollar fee and waste a lot of time and energy over a possibility?]
[Yep, and no one can change my mind.]
[Yugi, I'm gonna let you know, although I don't think this is the smartest thing to do, I'm still giving you all my support, and I wish you the best of luck,] Yami told him.
[Thank you, Yami,] Yugi responded and smiled. The wind blew his hair and he watched the cars run down the street. The door to his room opened and Solomon walked inside. He saw Yugi standing over at the window and approached him.
"Hey, Yugi."
Yugi spun around, then sighed when he realized who is was. "Grandpa, hey."
"What are you doing?"
"Nothing, I'm just looking out of the window and thinking about stuff."
"Let me guess, your parents?"
"No, I'm thinking about entering the tournament. They say duelists have a chance at winning 50 to 100 million dollars, and I think I have a chance to win. I'm good at this game, so can I go?" he asked.
Solomon smiled and responded, "Of course, Yugi. Why not?"
"Thanks, Grandpa," Yugi gave Solomon a quick hug then walked over to his computer to register. Solomon smiled and left the room to tend to the store downstairs.
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At the Pegasus Estate, Maximillion Pegasus sat in the bedroom of his home drinking a glass of wine while reading a comic book. After taking a sip he sat it down next to him. Everything was going according to plan. The tournament islands preparation was nearly completed, and the archaeologists was digging for the Talismans. Everything was simply perfect. Nothing could possibly go wrong. Pegasus decided to see how the dig was going. He pressed down a red button, better known as the intercom. He called for his trusty guard, Croquet. It didn't take long for Croquet to enter the room. The guard approached Pegasus and bowed his head down.
"Master Pegasus, what may your request be?" he greeted in a solemn voice.
"Croquet, no need to be serious. I just want to know about the dig. Have they found the Talismans yet?" Pegasus asked.
"No, sir, the Talismans hasn't been found."
"What?" Pegasus was a little shocked. "What do you mean?"
"The Talismans were nothing but a myth, sir, they do not exist. We've dug in all the marked spots where they was supposed to be, but nothing was there. The search was a bust," announced Croquet.
Maximillion shook his head and sighed in disgust. "Oh, no, this just totally throws things off plan! What am I going to do now? I can't bring her back now because the dig was a bust!"
"Master, I do have an alternate plan."
Pegasus looked up into Croquet's eyes. "What is it?"
"We ran across an ancient inscription about the Millenium Items. It said: 'Whosoever wields all 7 Millenium Items shall possess powers unimaginable to all mankind'. You already have one of these items, which means you just have to find the other 6."
"Hmm... are you sure this will work?"
"Quite positive, Mr. Pegasus. The only problem is there are no records that might indicate us to the whereabouts of the 6 items."
Pegasus took another sip of wine and sat the glass back down. "There must be some records or some way to find them. Get working on this, immediately," he ordered.
"Yes, master," Croquet bowed his head once more, then turned and walked out of the room. He closed the door behind him and Pegasus continued reading the comic book.
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Cinnabar Island was a beautiful place, especally in the spring-summer season. The sun shone down on the city, warming the place up to a comfortable 77 degrees. The beaches were filled with people swimming, relaxing, scuba diving, playing games such as volleyball and water polo, surfing, jetskiing, and other things. Tourists from out-of-town were everywhere. There was a lone island off the coast of Cinnabar Island, and a mansion resided on it. Inside the master bedroom of the mansion, sat a 16- year old girl. She was registering herself into the Crystal Kingdom tournament. After she submitted her form, a devious smirk spread across her face.
"I'm coming for you, Pegasus..."
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Misty walked up the stairs to her house and approached the door. She reached into her shorts pocket to grab her key, when something caught her eye. She noticed the note that Violet had left, and she picked it up to read it. It said: 'Daisy was stabbed, me and Lily are going to the Domino General Hospital to see her, Violet'. This caught Misty by surprise, and she dropped the note. Who stabbed Daisy? How was she doing? Misty quickly ran back down the stairs and dashed down the sidewalk. She had to find out how Daisy was doing.
Later, she arrived at the hospital (via public transportation). She briskly walked along until she reached the entrance. The doors slid open automatically and she walked through. She approached a random nurse.
"Excuse me, Miss, but is there a Daisy Chase here?" she asked her.
"Oh yes, she's on floor 7 room 403," the nurse answered and Misty walked away. She stepped onto a teleporter pad and entered in the coordinates, then teleported to that floor. When the process was complete, Misty walked down the hallway until she reached room 403. She opened the door and walked inside to find Lily and Violet slouched over and Daisy laying on the bed asleep.
"Lily, Violet? Daisy?!" she ran inside and approached Lily and Violet. She checked for their pulses. They had one, but it was very weak. She approached Daisy to check her pulse and got the same results. Her eyes bucked open and she ran outside to find a doctor. She spotted a few walking down the hall.
"Doctors, doctors!! You have to help me! My sisters, something's wrong with them!!" she grabbed one of the doctors.
"Allright, miss, calm down. What's wrong?" he asked.
"My sisters, they're all... listen, something's wrong with them! They... th... they're pulses, they're.. they're weak, a-a-and.. and... you just have to see!!"
"Where are they?" another one spoke up.
"In room 403," Misty replied. the doctors headed down there to see what was wrong and Misty followed them. When they arrived, the doctors immediately rushed over to examine the sisters. Misty stood in the doorway waiting and watching as the doctors scanned their bodies with a device. Their facial expression was confused as they scanned over all of them.
"What's wrong with them?" Misty inquired.
The 1st doctor looked at her and answered, "We honestly don't know."
"What do you mean, you don't know?! You're doctors, you're supposed to know!"
"And we don't," spoke another. "The only thing we know right now is that your sisters have some type of lethal toxin, or toxins, inside their system."
"Lethal toxins? What do you mean?"
"I'm still receiving info from the scanner. And it says, the toxins have rendered your sisters into a deep sleep, or a coma. It has shut down their brain. The toxins are slowly eating away all of their important organs, such as the liver, kidneys, their heart. The toxins are reprogamming their cells to emit this substance into their bloodstream, making the intoxication process go faster. The body is trying to fight the toxins, but to no avail."
"We should get them to the E.R, right away," spoke a woman.
"Right. Um, ma'am, we're going to have to ask you to leave, this is a medical emergency," the 1st doctor told her.
She nodded in response. "Allright. When you get some news, just call this number," she handed them her phone number and left the room. She saw some other doctors running down the hall with John on a stretcher.
"Do you know what kind of toxin is in his bloodstream..." a woman was yelling as they rushed down the hall. Misty knew then the same thing that happened to her sisters happened to him. How did this happen to them? And what was she going to do without her sisters? Some tears manage to escape her eyes and flow down her face. She sniffled quietly as she sat in the waiting room. What was going to happen? Would they live? And if they didn't, where was she going to go? She couldn't support herself, she was far too young to get a job. She always depended on them to support her ever since their parents abandoned them, and now that they were sick, who was she going to go to now?
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Meanwhile, in the Pewter City Police Station, Surge, Vicki, and Jason were resting within their cell. And neither of them were happy. They hadn't been there long, and they were already growing tired of it. There was nothing to do, but sit around resting your head on your hands, or take frequent naps. They did this often, to get some kind of 'entertainment' (via their dreams). Surge also practiced his karate skills to pass time. When he got out, he was going to use them on Tristan and beat him into a very bloody pulp for spilling the beans to the cops. Jason decided to strike up a conversation.
"Hey, Surge, what are you goin' to do about Tristan and those dragons?"
Surge was currently resting on his back on the floor. He sat up and turned to face Jason. "I don't know," he said. "I know when I got outta here, I'm gonna go pound me some Tristan and take back my cards."
"Have you cooked up a plan to get us outta here yet? I'm getting claustrophobic."
Vicki erupted into laughter and Jason scowled at her. "Hey, what's so funny?!" he asked. "This tight, uncomfortable jail cell is making me go crazy!"
Vicki continued to laugh. Jason rolled his eyes and turned his attention back to Surge. "So, what'cha gonna do?"
"I don't know, Jason. What can I do?"
"We have to do something! I'm ready to get outta here!"
"So am I! But, it's not like we can just waltz our way outta here, we gotta wait," Surge said and layed back across the floor.
Jason sighed heavily. "You know, we don't even have to be in here. If you had just lied and said we didn't touch Tristan, they couldn't have locked us up because of lack of grounds. But, no, you just had to try and be 'big bad Surge who can do anything'."
Surge sat back up and stared Jason in the eyes. "Enough, Jason."
"You know I'm right. If you just stood your ground, we would not be in this awful place," Jason stared Surge back down defiantly.
"Yeah, boss," chimed Vicki. "Jason's right. You shouldn't told the cops. It's your fault that we're down here."
"No, it's not! It's Tristan's fault," Surge tried to deny it, but he knew Jason and Vicki was right. He did screw up and put them in jail. First off, he was supposed to threaten Tristan before he left him sitting behind the shack. Then, he could've told the cops he had nothing to do with Tristan's misfortunate incident. He could've explained the fingerprints by saying that him and Tristan used to be friends and Tristan let him play with the card before they fell out. Then the accident happened right after and now Tristan's trying to blame him. The bars to the cell rattled, alerting their attention. They looked to see Surge's father standing there.
"Dad? What do you want?" Surge asked him, and Robert didn't answer. He inserted a keycard which opened the door to the cell.
"Son... come with me. I want to talk to you," he stated, which shocked Surge a little. He wasn't expecting Robert to come down to the holding cells and ask him to come talk to him. But, he might be able to convince Robert to let him go. Surge got up from the floor and walked out of the cell. Robert closed it back up and led Surge through the precinct until they reached his office. There, he let himself and Surge inside. Robert shut the door tightly behind him, then took a seat in his chair.
"Now, Surge, I wanna ask you one thing. And I want you to promise that you'll answer it truthfully, allright?" Robert spoke in a stern, fatherly voice. Surge nodded his head and Robert continued. "Are you sorry for your actions, Surge? Are you ashamed for threatening Tristan for that one card, are you ashamed of all your actions in general?"
Surge didn't answer right away. Was he ashamed? No. Was he sorry for his actions? Definitely not. Was he ashamed of threatening Tristan's life for a card? No. He wasn't ashamed of anything. But, he could use this opportunity as a chance to get outta jail. He looked Robert straight in the eye and gave his answer.
"No." Robert was taken aback. "No, I am not ashamed of my actions," Surge said and suddenly lunged out and gripped Robert's throat, choking off his air supply. Robert gagged and tried to pry away Surge's grip, but Surge put his other hand around his neck, further tightening the grip.
"Now, listen up," Surge spoke in a sinister tone of voice, "I am the leader of a gang. You know that, right? Let me, Jason, and Vicki outta jail right now, or else... Mommy Dearest is wasted, got it?" Surge released his grip, but just enough to let Robert get a little breath.
"You wouldn't dare..." Robert spoke in complete shock at his son. Surge has threatened people, but he never threatened to kill family and relatives! Just how evil was his son?
"Well, what's your answer, Dad?! Mother's life is in your hands! You have a choice: let me, Vicki, and Jason go on a technicality, or I'll sick my goons on Mother and kill her, what's your choice?" Surge demanded to know.
Robert was in complete shock. Surge has went so far to threaten to take his own mother's life! How could he even say it? Without his mother, Surge wouldn't even be here! How could he claim to kill her? Robert knew he couldn't let Surge go through with it, so he had to turn them loose... sadly, but if he didn't, he would 'sick his goons' on Debbie, his mother!
"What's your answer, Father?!"
"I'll release you..." Robert's voice trailed off.
Surge smirked and released his grip completely. "Now, don't try any tricks, or else..."
"Surge, I can't believe you. You're threatening to kill your own mother! How could you? After everything she's done for you?!"
"I won't kill her, if you let me go. Decide to hold me and my friends, and she's gone..." Surge grinned evily as his father stared at him in complete and utter disbelief. Robert knew by the look on Surge's face he would do the deed if he didn't release him and his friends.
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Ash was inside his home counting all his money. He layed across the couch with his feet plopped up on the couch's arm. Buying that Plasma Blaster really took a chunk out of his funds, but it was a small sacrifice to pay to get his revenge on Mr. Pegasus. Ever since Pegasus murdered his mother, Ash had never been the same. He once used to be a cheery, happy young man who went to school like any other teenage boy. He had friends, an actual social life, and he had a mother... a mother whom he loved with his whole heart. But, since that fateful day of May 15th, 2032, Ash had never been the same. Ever since he escaped from Pegasus's labs and made it back to Pallet Town, he had been changed. He turned from a happy young man into a loner. He was a dark, broody type of guy. He never got to graduate from 12th grade and make his mother proud. He would never get a chance to go to college and graduate and start making lots of money for him and his mother. Ash counted up an amount of only $100. He stashed it in his pocket and got off the couch. He knew where to go when he need some quick cash.
The Town Centre of Pallet Town was just that, The Town Centre. That's where all the grocerie stores, farmer's markets, fish markets, and anything else was located. The Town Centre was full of local Pallet Town residents doing their daily business. The one thing that stood out in this place was a small casino, or 'Gambling Block', as it was called. It wasn't big at all; it was just big enough for all Pallet Town residents. Ash gave the bouncer outside his fake I.D and walked inside the Gambling Block. He walked through the place attempting to find someone willing to play Poker with him. Ash considered himself a master at Poker, since it was rare when someone defeated him at it. After searching around, he eventually found three other players to play Poker with. Ash gambled all the money he had on the match, and he won the game, too (I would go off into more detail, but I don't know a thing about Poker). He received $300 bucks from the other players, and they decided to play again, betting everything. And Ash won again. He received $1200 bucks this time, and got some angry scowls from the few individuals. Afterwards, Ash decided he had enough money and walked out of the Gambling Block. He started walking down the street, when suddenly someone grabbed him and spun him around. It was one of the other players.
"Hey, listen up kid, I'm not happy that you took all my money..."
"And, what, I'm supposed to care?" Ash retorted, and the man pulled him closer, until their faces were inches apart.
"You're going to give me a rematch and a chance to win back my money!"
Ash pondered this and agreed to it. "Okay, but on one condition."
"What?" the man asked in a flat voice.
"If I win, you give me $400 extra dollars. And... we have to play Duel Monsters, I'm sick of Poker right now."
The man stared Ash in the eyes then agreed to the terms. "Allright, I agree to your little condition. Where will we have the match?" he asked.
"At the park, over there," Ash answered and headed across the street, where the park was located. The man followed him and they walked into the park. Lots of children were running and playing and laughing. This brought back some memories Ash did not want to forget. He remebered Delia taking him to the park all the time when he was a little boy. She used to watch him play with the other kids. He remebered he would feed the fish and ducks in ponds. Delia used to push him on swings and he loved it. The park held so many treasured memories... Ash and the man decided to duel near one of the ponds he and his mother used to play near all the time. They whipped out their Holochips and placed them on the ground, which materialized them into Red (Ash) and Black (man) dueling consoles. Carefully shuffling their decks, they sat them in the deck-keeper and powered up the systems.
"Hey," the man yelled to Ash, "What do I get if I win?!"
"What do you think, doofus? You get your money back!" Ash responded, then his face took on a serious expression.
"Time to duel!" they shouted simutaneously.
Ash's/Man's Life Points- 2000
The man won a game of Heads or Tails, meaning he got to make the first move. He grinned and drew five cards from his deck, looking them over. He pulled one up and placed it down on his console. "I play one card in Defense Mode and end my turn."
"Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Is that all you can do?" Ash drew his first five cards and looked them over, quite pleased with what he had. The cards were: Harpie's Brother, Pot of Greed, Dragon Zombie, a trap card, and Witch's Apprentice. He drew the Dragon Zombie and placed it on his console face-up. "I call out Dragon Zombie, in attack mode!" The monster loaded onto the field.
ATK: 1600 DEF: 0
"Dragon Zombie, attack the defense card now! Deadly Zombie Breath!" Ash commanded. His monster obeyed its order and spewed a large beam of deadly breath at the defense card. The defense card loaded in and revealed itself to be a Baby Dragon. The dragon tried to withstand the breath, but it couldn't and it shattered. The man's life points remained intact.
"Hmm..." the man drew another card from his hand. "I'm playing this in defense mode, as well!" he slapped down the card, and a white light flashed repeatedly on the grid. Ash couldn't help but wonder what the man was up to and why did he keep playing cards in defense mode. He drew a card from his deck.
"I'll lay this out face-down. Dragon Zombie, destroy the defense card with Deadly Zombie Breath!" Dragon Zombie spit out its terrible breath once again, destroying the defense card, which happened to be a Kuribo.
"Figures, you attacked again," the man said quietly and reached down to draw a card from his deck. He looked at it and grinned. "I'm gonna dish this out face-down for later, and play the Flame Swordsman and Rude Kaiser, both in attack mode!" he placed his cards and loaded them into the duel. The Flame Swordsman growled deeply upon loading as did the Rude Kaiser.
(Flame Swordsman) ATK: 1800 DEF: 1600 (Rude Kaiser) ATK: 1700 DEF: 1500
"Go, Flame Swordsman, attack the Dragon Zombie with Flaming Sword of Battle!" the man shouted and his Flame Swordsman charged straight for the Dragon Zombie, sword raised high into the air. Right before it reached the monster, Ash flipped up a surprise trap card.
"Not so fast! I'm activating the magic of Trap Hole!"
"Oh no!" the man gasped. The Trap Hole destroyed the Flame Swordsman before it could reach Dragon Zombie, but he didn't lose any life points. "I wasn't expecting that!" he mused, and Ash drew for a card, hoping for a stronger one. And he got what he wanted. He put the card onto the console.
"Now I play Summoned Skull, in attack mode!" The Summoned Skull materialized onto the battlefield.
ATK: 2500 DEF: 1200
"Go, Summoned Skull, attack the Rude Kaiser now! Lightning Strike!!" The Summoned Skull powered up a large electrical charge and shot it out and the Rude Kaiser. As the attack neared ever closer, the man whipped out a surprise trap card of his own.
"I'm invoking the magic of Mirror Force!!"
Ash's eyes bucked open as the trap formed a shield which reversed the attack back to the source, a.k.a the Summoned Skull... there was nothing Ash could do except watch his monster shatter to its own attack.
"Darn!" he muttered as his life points drained.
Ash then watched the man draw a card from the deck. He smirked and placed it face-down. "And since your Dragon Zombie has less attack power than Rude Kaiser, I deem it destroyed. Rude Kaiser, attack the zombie now! Forearm Slash!" Rude Kaiser charged over to the Dragon Zombie and delivered a powerful slash into the zombie's midsection, cutting it in half and destroying it.
Ash's Life Points- 1900
"Well, well, I'm winning," the man commented and smiled.
"Yeah, only by 100 points," Ash retorted, then rolled his eyes and drew for a card. Fortunately for him, it was the Dark Magician. He smirked and placed it down. "I'm playing the Dark Magician in attack mode (draws two cards from hand and play them), along with the Witch's Apprentice, in defense mode! And I'm playing a card face-down!" Ash's two monster brought themselved into the field.
(Dark Magician) ATK: 2500 DEF: 2100 (Witch's Apprentice) ATK: 550 DEF: 500
The man burst into laughter. "What's the use of playing that 'Witch's Apprentice' card, it hardly has any attack strength! Just another target for my Rude Kaiser."
"You don't know much about Duel Monsters, do you? Or else you'd know that the Witch's Apprentice card raises all Dark type monsters attack and defense strength by 500 points, including herself!"
"WHAT?!!" he grabbed his forehead in amazement.
(Dark Magician) ATK: 3000 DEF: 2600 (Witch's Apprentice) ATK: 1050 DEF: 1000
"Rude Kaiser's time has come! Dark Magician, Dark Magic Attack!!" Ash shouted. Dark Magician thrusted its staff at the Rude Kaiser and fired a green energy beam into it, shattering it.
Man's Life Points- 700
"Now I'm in the lead, and by a lot too," Ash grinned at the man, who scowled in disgust and drew a card from his deck. [Hmm... what can I do? That Dark Magician's attack strength is already 3000, and it's gonna get stronger every turn, unless I destroy that Witch's Apprentice here and now.] "I'm invoking the powers of Dark Magician Girl, attack mode!" The Dark Magician's female counterpart materialized into battle.
ATK: 2000 DEF: 1800
"Dark Magician Girl, attack Witch's Apprentice now! Dark Magic Attack!" The magician raised her staff into the air and fired a pastel pink energy beam at the Witch's Apprentice. Ash flipped his trap card face-up.
"Mirror Wall, activate now!"
"Hunh?!! What the..." the man's voice trailed off as a crystalized wall appeared in front of Ash's two monsters. The attack fired back into the Dark Magician Girl and mesmerized her. "This is very bad!"
"Sure is. You must know that when Mirror Wall is attacked, the attacking monster's attack and defense power is subtracted in half."
ATK: 1000 DEF: 900
"Which leaves your Dark Magician Girl easy prey for my Dark Magician, who also gets another 500 point raise in attack and defense strength!"
(Dark Magician) ATK: 3500 DEF: 3100 (Witch's Apprentice) ATK: 1500 DEF: 1500
"Go, Dark Magician, destroy the Dark Magician Girl now!!" Ash commanded. The Dark Magician obeyed and launched its destructive attack at the Dark Magician Girl, shattering her violently.
Man's Life Points- 0
"Well, well, I won! I blew you out! (laughs) I almost scored a perfect on you! I had 1900 life points," Ash jeered. "You know what, you're a sorry duelist. You couldn't even manage to get my life points down to at least 1500! Cough up the dough and go home."
"Whatever," he said and collected his deck. He transformed the dueling console back into a Holochip and stored it along with the deck into his device. He whipped out $400 extra dollars and handed them to Ash. "Here's the money, punk. Now, just because I lost this time doesn't mean a thing! I'll be back to win back all my money!!" he yelled and ran off angrily. Ash stored all of his things and walked away from the dueling site. He made his way home and walked inside, closing the door behind him. He headed into the kitchen and when he arrived there, Delia was standing in the kitchen.
"Hello, son..." she spoke.
Ash's eyes popped open in amasement and shock. He stared unbelievingly at who stood in front of him, his mother... "Mother?"
"Yes, honey, it's me. I'm back."
"...But, but how?"
"That does not matter. I have some news, and... I'm afraid you won't like it," she said to him.
"Wait a minute. This... this is a trick. I-I.. I just saw your body at the bottom of the lake a few hours ago! There's no way you can be standing here alive, this has to be a trick!"
"No, son! It is not! This is me, Delia Ketchum, your mother..." she approached him, but Ash stepped back.
"No, I can't believe this. It's a trick from Pegasus. Stay away from me!"
"Ash, please, son... I am not a trick by Pegasus. I am real, I am your mother!"
"Then... then..... how'd you come back?" he asked, and Delia shook her head.
"Ash, that's not the issue. I have something to tell you."
"...What?"
There was a long silence before Delia continued. "Maximillion Pegasus is...."
"Is...?"
"He is...." she trailed off again.
"He's what? What is he and why should I know?!" Ash snapped. He was still uneasy about the fact that his 'mother' could be a deception from Pegasus.
"Maximillion Pegasus is (her voice began to morph into his) your killer!!" she laughed wickedly and lashed her hand around Ash's neck, choking him. Ash reacted quickly and kicked her in the stomach, then pushed her away. He pulled out the Plasma Blaster and fired a shot at her, but she swiftly ducked, making him hit the wall behind her. She suddenly dissappeared, and the last thing Ash heard was Pegasus's malicious laughter filling the air. He frowned and darted upstairs to the bedroom. Running inside, he noticed a small box sitting on the bed with a crank on the side of it. Ash cautiously approached the box, weary of any traps. He slowly reached out and grabbed the box, then pulled it back toward him. A note on the handle told him to pull it... Ash didn't want to do this. What if something horrid was inside? He swallowed nervously and pulled the handle... some soft music began to play and suddenly the box opened. The (miniature) shocked and fried version of Delia popped out of the box, and it began to laugh (sounding just like Delia).
"GAAH!" Ash dropped the box on the floor, and it began to speak to him.
"Ash... I love you..." she spoke and gave him an air kiss. The soft melody playing began to run down, like a battery using up the last of its juice. She kept repeating the same thing, except it sound like a dying battery.
" (winding down) Ash... I love you... Ash... I love you... Ash... I love you... Ash I love you....." Ash was enraged as he picked up the box and threw it out of the window. He dropped to his knees and began to flashback to his mother's death scene.
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"Sayanora, Delia," he said and pushed a button on a remote control and a force field formed around her. Then, 10,000 volts of electricity erupted on the chains, and shocked Delia severely. She screamed in pain.
"MOTHER!!!!" Ash yelled, but he could do nothing to help her. He stared with his eyes bucked opened and watched as his mother slipped away. Before she passed on she gave him one last, heartwarming smile, then her eyes closed and she passed away.
"Mother..." Ash's eyes began filling with tears as her lifeless body was only held up by the chains. "NO!!!!!" Ash screamed in pain.
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Some tears began to flow down his face as he sat there, drifting into space. The only thoughts playing over and over again in his head was, [kill Pegasus... kill Pegasus... kill Pegasus... kill Pegasus... kill Pegasus... death be to Pegasus... death be to Pegasus... Pegasus must die...]
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It was late evening now, around 7:58 pm. Misty had left the hospital hours ago since there was nothing she could do. She had stopped crying now, but she was still depressed. She walked along the street slowly, occasionally brushing stray tears off her face. She walked up the steps to her house and unlocked the door. Walking inside, she shut the door behind her and was about to sit down on the couch when the phone interrupted her. She sighed and walked over to the nearest phone to answered it.
"Hello?"
"Yes, is this Misty Chase?" asked a man's voice.
"Um, yeah, this is her, who is this?"
"I am Dr. Willis. I've called to tell the news regarding your sisters," he said.
"Really? H.. how are they?"
The doctor paused slightly before continuing. "Misty I'm afraid that I've got some bad news," he told her. "We took your sisters into E.R and we administered all the strongest antibiotics we had to give. And... none of them worked."
"Hunh? What do you mean? Why didn't it work?"
"Apparently, it's not strong enough," Dr. Willis replied. "This.. virus is continuing to spread through their bodies at an incredible rate! It's taking over their cells. And when their bodies try to fight it, the virus reprograms the white blood cells, turning their bodies' own immune system against them. I'm afraid there is nothing more we can do."
"But you have to do something! You can't just let them sit up and die, you have to help them!!" Misty yelled in frustation and anger.
"Believe me, miss, we've tried all we can but, we simply cannot help them. The virus is too strong," Dr. Willis stated.
Misty was a bit shocked at the sudden news. What was she going to do without them? How could she survive? "Isn't there anything.. you can do? Can't you get some medical labs to help research this virus?"
Dr. Willis cleared his throat and continued on. "Excuse me. We've already done that and they haven't turned up anything. But there may be one person you could turn to..."
"Who?! Who is this person? Where are they?!" Misty demanded to know.
"I personally don't recommend this, this person's..."
"Just.. tell me!" she shouted.
"Okay, miss. She lives out in the woods. Her name is Yelola Winans, and she specializes in this type of stuff. She's a mean, woman, though and she will most likely 'test' you before you can even talk to her."
"Where exactly does she lives?"
"Go all the way out to Wilderness Road and walk until you reach a dirt path. Veer right on this dirt path and keep walking until you reach a small, wooden cottage. That's her house, but I should forewarn you, though, you shouldn't go while it's this late. It will be almost nighttime by the time you get to Wilderness Road, and it's easy to get lost," the man pointed out, and Misty acknowledged this. She hung up the phone and began stored things in her device, like flashlights, batteries, snacks and water, and a tint in case she got lost. After prepping herself, she headed out of the house. Her destination: Small wooden cottage in the woods.
It was around 9:10 when Misty finally reached Wilderness Road. She had rented a motor scooter to make traveling more efficient. The sun had completely went down by now, and the moon was high above the horizon shining its silver glow down on Earth below. She began driving down the dark road carefully, being weary of loose gravel and wild animals. As she continued down the path, she was oblivious to her stalker following her. He eyed her carefully and a malicious grin formed across his face. Now that she was in the dark and all alone, it was the perfect time to make his move... Misty reached the dirt road and took a right turn just as Dr. Willis had instructed her. She continued strolling carefully down the road. Her headlight shined brightly which illuminaed the road and some of the surrounding grass and shrubs. Suddenly, a rope lashed out around her waist and yanked her off the bike. She screamed as she landed on the ground quite harshly. Then, her stalker walked out into the opening.
"Hello, Misty, long time no see..." he stated. Misty instantly recognized his voice. The guy who stood over her looked to be around the age of 16. He was wearing black leather pants and a matching vest, and no shirt was underneath it. He was a big guy, his height was 6'5 and he weighed in at about 239 lbs. He was very muscular too. Washboard abs plated his abdomen, and biceps and triceps buffed his arms. A navel ring was implanted into his navel, along with about 3 ear piercings on each ear (which were filled with earrings). His hair was spiked at the end, and it was dyed blue, leaving the rest of his hair, which was quite messy, a deep black (he liked the wild, bad boy look). His black eyes stared down into her face.
"Ronnie..." her voice trailed off.
"Yes, my dear, it's me, Ronnie Chang. How do you do?" he bowed.
Misty got off the ground with a disgusted look on her face. "Ronnie, what the heck are you doing here?!"
"Misty, chill out... I just happened to be nearby."
"Listen, Ronnie, I don't have time for you. Leave me alone," Misty said and started walking away. Ronnie quickly grabbed her and pushed her back against a tree.
"Wait a minute, Misty... I just wanna talk. Listen, I know I wasn't exactly the best boyfriend, but I've changed. I realize what a mistake it was to go off with that other girl and cheat on you. I was a fool, Misty, and I apologize for any pain I might've caused you. Accept me back into your life," Ronnie pleaded, but the response was a harsh slap from Misty.
"You bastard! How dare you yank me off my bike then ram me up against a tree and beg for me to date you again! I told you, Ronnie, I want nothing to do with you anymore!!" she yelled and pushed him off of her. Before she could get away, he jammed her back onto the tree.
"Listen to me, Misty, please. I've changed, really, I have. I don't run around flirting with other girls, I don't do drugs anymore. I am a different person, now. I'm not just concerned about having sex. What I want is for you to give me one last chance to prove myself. Let me show you that I have all the qualities you've ever wanted from me. Let me show you what a gentlemen is like..."
Another slap, this time harder than last time, met his face. "Ronnie, get your hands off me, and stay away from me! I don't want you anymore!!" Misty pushed him back again and started running away, but Ronnie caught her and grabbed her. He shoved her back onto the tree.
"Shut up, wench!! You're going to be with me, one way or another!!" he shouted, and Misty punched him in the stomach, then kicked him in the chest, making him stumble back. She quickly took off in the direction of the motorbike. Ronnie whipped out a gun and shot out the tires before Misty could speed away. She abandoned the bike and ran as fast as her legs could carry her. Ronnie sprinted after her, and gained on her rapidly (he sprint very often). He quickly caught Misty and tackled her to the ground.
"Now, kiss me, Misty! Kiss me and kiss me good!!" he screamed and tried to french kiss her. Misty clawed his face with her fingernails. "AHH!!" he yelled, which gave Misty the opening she needed. She punched his face twice and kicked him off of her, then got up and took off running again. This time, Ronnie didn't follow her. Misty kept running as fast as she could, anxious to reach the house. She noticed Ronnie wasn't following her, but she kept running anyway. Time passed and her legs began to tire out. She eventually stopped running and took in large amounts of air to try and regain her stamina. Ronnie and Misty used to go out together not too long ago, but numerous events led to their breakup. First off, he seldomly tried to force her into having sex, which was a no-no (she was 14 at the time). Then he began to do drugs, and tried to make her smoke marijuana with him, but she didn't want to. And last but not least, he cheated on her with another girl. He claimed to be 'brushing up' on his sex skills, so when she finally decided to 'do it', he could give her the utmost perfect sex. He also tried to fool her by saying it was a doll he was practicing on, which would've been even nastier had it been the truth. At this time, Misty broke it off with him and he continued to stalk her and try to make her be with him for a few weeks. She then got a restraining order filed against him, and that made him finally leave her alone. She never heard from him again until this day. Once Misty regained her stamina, she started walking down the eerie road. Without warning, Ronnie jumped from a motor scooter onto her and tackled her to the ground. He quickly tied her hands together before she could do anything, and that's when she finally noticed... Ronnie was BUTT-NAKED!
"AAHHH!!!!" Misty screamed at the top of her lungs and she tried to get away. Ronnie used his muscle strength to hold her down though. "I told you I was going to have sex with you, and I meant it! No matter how hard you try, Misty, you and I will have our sex, starting now!!" he yelled and started ripping through her clothes.
"No! No, no!! Help me!! Someone, please help!!" she shouted and Ronnie shook his head.
"You stupid little whore. There's no one else out here but me and you! Face it... I've won, you've lost... hey, ever wondered what my penis looked like up close?! Wanna suck it?!!" he said and thrusted his groin at her face, then continued clawing down into her clothes when all of a sudden, a wolf bit into his side.
"AAAHH!!!!" he screeched in the pain. The wolf started trying to tear his flesh, but Ronnie grabbed a gun out of his device and blew its head off. Misty quickly kicked him in his shins.
"Oohh...." Ronnie grabbed his penis and balls and moaned in agonizing pain. Misty got up and with all her strength, whacked Ronnie in the face. This knocked him unconscious, and Misty used a nearby twig to cut the ropes, then dashed away from him quickly, not looking back. A while later, Misty finally reached the shack. She approached it and knocked on the door, being weary of anything suspicious, and Ronnie. No one came to the door so she knocked louder. Misty tapped her foot impatiently while waiting for the door to open. She still didn't answer the door so Misty bammed on it as hard as she could without hurting her hand. The door suddenly opened, and a old, mysterious woman (Yelola Winans) stood there. She was rather short, around 4'9. She wore a long, purple gown with matching houseshoes. Her gray hair was wrapped under a white scarf. She whipped out a Phased Energy Rifle and pointed at her.
"Who are you, and what are you doing out here bamming on my door?!" she shouted, and Misty tried to explain herself.
"Please, put the rifle away, ma'am, I come in peace."
"Peace?! If you had come in 'peace' you wouldn't have bammed on this door and disturbed my sleep! Now, who are you and why are you here?!"
"My name is Misty and I'm here because someone told me you could help me with something," Misty replied nervously.
"Who sent you here?"
"A Dr. Willis said you specialized in finding cures for viruses and lethal poisonings and such."
Yelola slowly lowered the rifle and stared Misty in the eyes. She then motioned for her to come in. Misty was pretty uneasy as she stepped inside the small shack of a hostile woman with a gun. The shack was pretty decent; the wood on the floor was polished quite nicely. A beige wall helped liven up the room. There was two recliners sitting against the wall to the left of Misty, and a bookcase sat opposite of them. A glass table sat in the middle of the room holding all sorts of trinkets such as dolls, small lockets and small vases of flowers. The woman closed the door and sat the Phased Energy rifle on the wall, then walked over to the recliners and sat down in one. She offered a seat to Misty, but she declined.
"You must be Yelola Winans, correct?"
"Correct," Yelola responded. "Now, I'm gonna get straight to the point. What do you want?" she inquired.
Misty cleared her throat and began speaking. "I've come to you for help. See, my sisters and my friend John have been injected with a lethal toxin that's slowly eating away at their insides. Their bodies can't fight the toxin because it has turned their defenses against them. The toxin is reprogramming their cells to create more toxins and release it into their bloodstream," she finished explaining to the elderly woman.
"Have they been taken to a hospital?"
"Yes, and the doctors have given them all of the strongest medicines, but it isn't working. The toxins destroys it and moves on. So I came to you for help."
"Well, young lady, you won't give any help from me," she announced.
"Hunh? But I thought you specialized in this sort of stuff," Misty said.
"Unless you duel me," Yelola declared. "If you duel me and successfully defeat me, you'll get my help. What do you say?"
Misty stared at Yelola coldly. "The lives of 4 people are at stake and you're concerned about a game?! They need some help!" she yelled, and Yelola stood up. She walked over to Misty.
"Listen, I'm the one in charge around here, this is my house, wench! Duel me, or you won't get any help, understand!"
"You little cow. Don't you realize that 4 people's lives are in danger? There's no telling when the toxin will began to become extremely life- threatening! We have time to try and avert this, so give me some help! Try to find a cure!"
"Shut up! I've got no job! I get paid retirement checks and they're not enough! I must make money somehow, and this is the perfect way! Now, little wench, if you want your friends to get some help, you'd better swallow that pride of yours and duel me! If you win, we can talk business!"
"I don't believe this. You don't how long their bodies can hold up to this virus, and you won't even try to find some kind of cure while they have a chance?! You witch, how can you just sit back and act like this is some kind a game?!!" Misty blood began to boil over as she got angry.
"You told me the hospitals can't do nothing, right? (Misty nods) Well, it seems a person in your predicament would be trying to do anything and everything they can to help them. If you've forgotten, missy, time is ticking away while you're arguing with me! Ever thought about that?!" Yelola asked her, and Misty didn't answer. "I suggest you submit to my terms, or get away from my yard."
Misty rolled her eyes and sighed deeply, then answered, "Fine, I agree to you stupid terms. We will duel."
The elderly woman nodded and walked outside with Misty. "We will have our duel right out here."
"But why here?" Misty was still quite nervous about Ronnie. She knew he wasn't going to stay unconscious forever, but he probably didn't know where she was, so she shouldn't worry. And the witch had a Phased Energy Rifle right inside the shack in case he did show up. Yelola layed out her Holochip and transformed it into a fiery red dueling console. Misty materialized her hot pink dueling console in front of her and whipped out her dueling deck, slamming it down into the deck-keeper. Yelola placed her deck into her deck-keeper and stared at Misty.
"Look at you... that shining, orange-red hair spiraled down to your shoulders. You little wench, you think you're something."
"Stop calling me a wench and duel!!" Misty retorted and frowned in extreme anger. She was having a very bad day.
"As you wish..." Yelola said and smirked. "Duel!" they both shouted, and their life points began filling up.
Misty's/Yelola's Life Points- 2000
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Well, that's it. What did you think about this episode? I can't give you an exact date of when the next episode will be posted, but I believe in about 3 weeks I'll probably have the next one up. Don't forget, I now accept all reviews, signed and anonymous, so please, give a review and tell me what you think. Is it good, or bad? I really hope its good. So, I wonder what I'll do with the book next? Only time will tell...