Chapter 21: Wrath of the Witch King (Part 2)

Joey's LP-2200

Erich's LP-2900

"Come on Wheeler…finish your turn so I can finish this and rob you of the finals." Erich said while tapping his foot. "Okay…next I play the Magic card Fissure, say good bye to your Blowpiper." Erich watched as a chasm swallowed his monster up whole, Erich shrugged and asked, "Easy come easy go…I'm guessing your turn is through?" Joey nodded.

"Okay…first I play the Magic card Pot of Greed, so I draw two cards…next I play Ookazi, say good bye to 800 of your Life Points…then next I play the Trap card Coffin Seller, it may not sound like much…but it'll be truly lethal once I play the Magic card Stop Attack, now my Paladin attack the Swordsman."

Joey watched as Erich attacked his Swordsman, he looked at his Life Points and looked rather confused, "What…I'm down to 1100; I don't understand…you only used Ookazi and that only takes 800 Life Points."

Erich rolled his eyes and said, "Lordy…do I have to explain the effect of Coffin Seller to you, well you see…every time I destroy one of your monsters, whether in attack or defense mode, Coffin Seller will lop off an extra 300 Life Points…man-oh-man to believe you were runner up in Duelist Kingdom is a real joke! Your move I guess."

Joey drew a card and said, "Okay…I place one more card face down, and summon Masaki the Legendary Swordsman [1100/1100] in attack mode and end my turn."

Erich rolled his eyes again and said, "Are you that dense…my Paladin will cut Masaki in half, but if you have to persist in calling on weak monsters I'll place one card face down and have Amazoness Paladin attack your pathetic monster." Erich watched as Amazoness Paladin made a great leap of Masaki, "Not so fast Erich…reveal face down card Waboku, this decreases your attack down to 0 meaning Masaki still stands."

"Big deal, within a turn or two I'll come down on you full force!" Erich told him.

"Okay…and seeing it's my turn again, I draw a card…" Joey looked at it and started snickering, "and I'll sacrifice Masaki the Legendary Swordsman…to bring out Jinzo [2400/1500] in attack mode, and with his effect I can get rid of your Ultimate Offering and Coffin Seller cards." Erich watched as both his Trap Cards were vaporized from the field, Erich put them both in his Graveyard and with a yawn said, "Such is life."

Erich drew a card and smiled a smile that told Joey he was in for it, "I'm not surprised you lasted this long Wheeler…but now this has to end, reveal face down card Soul Exchange, now I'll sacrifice your Jinzo…and my Amazoness Paladin, to bring out the monster that'll put the final nail in your dreams coffin…say hello to Kazejin [2400/2000] in attack mode!" Wheeler watched as a wooden box with the symbol for WIND appeared on Erich's side of the field, he knew this monster all too well…Erich had been right, it was over. "Now Kazejin…attack Wheeler's Life Points directly!" Erich called out, the wooden box popped open…letting loose a giant tornado, the twister quickly dashed from the box and attack Joey directly…the duel was over, with 2900 Life Points left Erich had won.

Erich picked up Joey's deck and scanned through the cards, finally stopping on one card, "A Blue-Winged Crown…well out of all the monsters in your deck, I'd never expect you to have this…so I'll be taking it along with one of your locator cards as my prize."

Erich looked at Joey for a few seconds then asked, "Hey…don't be so down on yourself, I mean it's not like you're dueling for someone are you?"

"Actually I am…I'm dueling for my little sister." Joey answered; Erich sat on the ground and asked, "Well do you have a picture?"

Joey showed Erich the locket with the picture inside, Erich gave a low whistle, "Guessing you did something real cruddy to end up here." said Erich. Joey nodded, "The night before her operation I had promised her I'd be there to stay the night…but I got caught up in a duel that lost me my Red-Eyes Black Dragon…I didn't show up at the hospital until the next morning, I didn't mean to do that to her…but now I'm dueling to show that I still care about her."

Erich let out another low whistle and said, "Well…I normally wouldn't do this, but here…take my Question card as a gift, who knows…it may come in handy for you someday."

Erich then got up off the ground and walked off whistling a little tune to himself, when he was out of Wheeler's view of range he took out his cell phone and called Misha…it took ten seconds but Misha picked up, "Hello Erich." Misha responded. Erich could hear Troy and Zach celebrating in the background; Erich cleared his throat and said, "Misha, I found out some interesting information on Joey Wheeler."

"Oh really…well out with it." Misha said in a sly tone of voice.

"It appears Joey has a little sister who's in the hospital right now." Erich told him, "Hmm…" went Misha, sounding as if in deep thought. "I'll go to the hospital and see her myself, oh…and excellent execution on the duel, you didn't do as well as I'd have hoped…but you gave him what he had coming, come back to base…and we'll wait for Johnny's duel." With that they turned their cell phones off, Erich returned to the hotel.

Misha on the other hand went to the hospital to visit Wheeler's sister, he asked the nurse at the desk if there was anyone here by the name of 'Wheeler', the nurse said there was a girl named Serenity who also went by that last name…she gave him the room number and Misha went along his way. When he reached the room he opened the door, and there she was. "Who's there…Tristen is that you?" she asked, Misha then saw the bandages around her eyes and said, "I'm sorry but I'm not Tristen in any way, shape, or form…but I know your brother." Misha pulled up a chair and took a seat.

"So you know Joey…that's good, are you a friend of his?" Serenity asked.

"I'm sort of a friend of his…in a way, but it'd probably not be a good idea that we'd see each other." Misha answered, he then heard voices down the hall…he peeked out the door and saw a security guard heading down the hall. On the way to the hotel Brandon W. had told Misha that Kaiba had put a price on his head, he had to hide in another room. Misha quickly put the chair back in place, "Leaving so soon?" Serenity asked. "For right now, yes…but if your brother or one of his friends stops by can you tell them Misha stopped by for a visit?" Misha asked back, Serenity nodded.

Misha searched around until he sensed some sort of magic presence behind the door to his right, he quickly opened the door and stepped through, inside he saw a person on a bed…he was really bandaged up and looked to be resting, Misha looked at him and said, "Okay, let's see who I'm trapped with…Kyle McCraine….motorcycle accident, interesting…but I don't see why my Bracelet would guide me too (gasp)." Misha then saw the Millennium Item hanging on Kyle's neck…he held it for a few seconds. "The Millennium Shield…I thought it had been destroyed?" said Hagane, "Can we help him?" asked Misha. Hagane said, "Yes…we can heal his injuries a bit so that he stands a bit of a better chance…but after that we must find a way to escape."

Misha put his hand on Kyle's chest, a crimson auora formed on Misha's hand…he watched as color slowly came back to Kyle's face, he suddenly had that same feeling he had back at the hotel. "I know now why I was given this item," said Kyle, taking off the Millennium Shield. "I was to give it to you."

Misha snapped back to reality, he then opened the window and jumped out of it…and when he hit the ground he just casually walked away softly singing, "I know I won't be leaving here, oh I know I won't be leaving here, oh I know I won't be leaving here, oh I know I won't be leaving here…with you."