-Chapter 182: Transcendence of Machines, Part 2-
Both Vogue and Mink glared each other down. Mink's life points stood at 2550 while Vogue's remained at 100. Vogue field consisted of her powerful Xiaolin Casshern (2300/1700) and her two Diabound Curses (1800/1200 2x).
"Draw!" Mink screamed, breaking the silence. Mink had her strong Mobile Fortress Stronghold which was the only thing protecting her. "Now! I activate Raise Dead to bring back Red Gadget! (1300/1500)"
"Heh." Vogue said. "Waste of a card."
"Finally! I'll summon Yellow Gadget! (1200/1200)" Mink announced as a yellow mechanical warrior materialized into the field. "In defense mode! I'll then set one card face down and end my turn!"
"Draw!" Vogue announced, drawing her next card. "Now! I bring forth my third Diabound Curse! (1800/1200)"
"Err.." Mink said.
"Xiaolin Casshern! Attack and destroy her Mobile Fortress Stronghold!" Vogue announced, casting out her arm.
"Reveal trap card! Attack Nullification!" Mink announced as her trap card flipped up. "This will negate your attack and end your battle phase!"
"I'll set a card face down and end my turn!" Vogue announced.
"Now I draw!" Mink announced, drawing her card. "I'll sacrifice Red Gadget and Yellow Gadget to summon this... Megalix Knight Level 8! (2400/2400)"
"What now. You're losing hope on your little gadgets?" Vogue smirked, looking at the tall robotic suit.
"You should pay more attention to what's happening to you." Mink smiled as all three of Vogue's Diabound Curses returned back to the others. Vogue's Xiaolin Casshern disappeared.
"What's going on?!" Vogue said.
"Megalix Knight Level 8's effect allows me to return all your monsters back to your hand!" Mink pointed. "Allowing it to attack your life points directly and ending this duel!"
"No..." Vogue growled.
"Now! Megalix Knight, attack her life points directly!" Mink commanded as the robotic suit jumped forth.
"I was saving this for your stronghold but I'll have to use it. Reveal trap card!" Vogue announced. "Dealer's Sword!"
"Err.." Mink growled as a sword appeared, spearing her Megalix Knight Level 8 into it's card from, pinned on the ground.
"This trap will remove your Megalix Knight from play as long as it's on the field." Vogue grinned. "Looks as if you won't be able to bring back your Gadgets and your fortress will topple over."
"That's right... She can summon back her Xiaolin Casshern..." Mink thought.
"Well what are you waiting for?" Vogue asked.
"I'll set two cards face down and end my turn!" Mink announced.
"Damn..." Vogue growled, drawing her next card. "Now! I summon Xiaolin Casshern! (2300/1700)"
"Activate magic card!" Mink announced as her magic card flipped up. "Trap Reversal!"
"No.." Vogue growled.
"This magic card allows me to activate any other trap card on your field, and I chose your Dealer's Sword!" Mink called out as the magic card morphed into Vogue's trap card. A sword appeared, pinning down Xiaolin Casshern to the ground like Mink's Megalix Knight Level 8.
"Well it looks like we are at a draw of monsters." Vogue smiled. "But I have strong power, with the help of my Carnal of God."
"Relying on evil never brings you what you want." Mink growled.
"Why, I've wanted to come back and Whiley allowed me." Vogue smiled.
"What?" Mink said in confusion.
"Yes it's a sad story, dear Mink. But I was once a strong duelist, I went into the dark side and ended up like this, soul-less, and empty shell of nothing. It lead me to death.. But as I weeped I saw a burning ball of darkness, it called me and I went for it... It was he who brought me here." Vogue said.
"Whiley?" Mink asked.
"Yes, Whiley... He promised me greater power, the only thing I needed to do was bring you down." Vogue smiled. "He knew I could defeat you and I did. Problem is that your little friend Danny stopped our leader. Whiley is like a god to us, he found al the right people but what went wrong?"
"That's because unlike us, Dan believe he could defeat your leader. He beat him with all his might. It was just me... Who worried nothing about my friends... That's why I lost." Mink said, looking down a bit. "But all that has changed and I'm depending on him, and my other friends to bring Whiley down!"
"Heh... All that useless hope. The world is falling into pieces and none of you can glue it back together." Vogue smiled, waving at Mink. "And now I'll start my turn!"
"Go ahead!" Mink yelled. "Give me your best shot!"
"Now! I bring forth Diabound Curse! (1800/1200)" Vogue announced as the demon came toward the field. "Attack and destroy her Green Gadget!"
"Reveal trap card! Fairy's Coordinates!" Mink announced as her trap card flipped up. Suddenly a fairy appeared onto the field, flapping her wings calmly.
"What?! You lie to your own deck theme, placing some kind of fairy in it..." Vogue growled.
"Yes, but it comes helpful in this kind of situation. Now that you've announced the attack, my trap card will change your target to my Mobile Fortress Stronghold!" Mink pointed out as Diabound Curse blasted a fire ball toward it.
"No..." Vogue growled.
"You lose!" Mink yelled.
"Not so fast!" Vogue yelled, pointing at her face down card, commanding it to activate. "Once I discard a card, my Holy Life Barrier will negate the damage!"
"Errr, no." Mink growled, determined to bring Vogue down.
"I'll end my turn by summoning a monster, face down in defense." Vogue smiled.
Mink suddenly was aware, Vogue was hiding some deep secret of her own. "What could she be hiding..." Mink wondered as she looked upon the defense monster which was face down.
"Draw..." Mink announced, drawing her card. Mink smiled, looking at her new card. "Now that I've drawn the right card, I can now unleash the force of my stronghold."
Vogue smirked as Mink held up her card. "I now activate Tempest, destroying all magic and trap cards on the field!" Mink announced as a giant whirl wind thrashed at Vogue's Dealer's Sword and Mink's Trap Reversal, unleashing their held up monsters.
"Whaddiya know, you've just brought out my Xiaolin Casshern." Vogue said, rolling her eyes.
"Next, I'll sacrifice Megalix Knight Level 8 in order to summon this, Psycho Shocker's Creator! (2400/1500)"
"Heh, what a waste." Vogue smirked. Suddenly two glowing lights appeared, materializing into Red Gadget (1300/1500) and Yellow Gadget (1200/1200).
"What?! What's going on?!" Vogue stammered as the three gadgets united, jumping into the three slots on the stronghold's chest, activating it's effect.
"It was Megalix Knight Level 8's ability, it brought me back the two monsters which I sacrificed to bring it to the field, now I have all three gadgets, which gives my Mobile Fortress Stronghold three thousand attack points! (3000/2000)"
"No!" Vogue growled, taking a step back.
"Yes, Vogue and now's your end, seeing that you have weak monsters and almost no life points!" Mink said. "Now! Mobile Fortress Stronghold, attack and destroy her Xiaolin Casshern!"
"Bad choice." Vogue smiled.
"What?!" Mink gasped.
"Reveal monster, Jar of Vines! (100/1000 3000 4000)" Vogue calmly announced as her monster flipped up, revealing a wooden jar with vines flooding out of it.
"Jar of Vines?" Mink said in confusion. Mobile Fortress Stronghold raised it's fist, bringing it down on the Chinese warrior but then the vines moved swiftly, grasping the giant's mechanical arm and throwing it back, reducing Mink's life points to 1550.
"Yes, a really rare and easy card." Vogue smiled. "None like you've ever seen. There's only one of it in the world and I posses it."
"How does it work.." Mink said, glaring at Vogue.
"Like I said, easy. I can activate it whenever I want and it will always be your attack target. Also, because Marsh Melon is in my graveyard, all it's defense and attack points increase by three thousand practically making it almost impossible to defeat." Vogue giggled.
"Well then I'll bring it down myself." Mink sneered.
"Try as you will, you WILL fail." Vogue said.
Mink glanced at her Psycho Shocker's Creator, hoping it will guide her to victory. "I'll set one card face down and end my turn."
"Good, because you're going to lose." Vogue said, drawing her next card. "Now I shift my Jar of Vines into attack mode! (3100/4000) And then I'll force one of my Diabound Curses to curse your Mobile Fortress!"
Mink growled, knowing that once her fortress is destroyed, she'll only be left with three weak gadgets which will be destroyed easily, letting Vogue win the duel.
"You're going down, and you'll be left with nothing but a nightmare!" Vogue laughed. "Jar of Vines, attack and destroy her Mobile Fortress Stronghold!"
The jar moved sideways, it's opening facing the giant mechanical warrior. Tons of vines flew out, wrapping around the giant, squeezing it.
Suddenly Mink smiled. "No so fast..." She said as her graveyard slot slip out Android Psycho Shocker.
"What...." Vogue said.
"There was a reason I summoned Psycho Shocker's Creator... And the reason was to save my self from this moment!" Mink yelled, holding up her Android Psycho Shocker car. "Psycho Shocker's Creator allows me to remove my Android Psycho Shocker from play if it's in graveyard, forcing you to skip your battle phase!"
"No!" Vogue gasped as the vines began to release the giant.
"Yes, and now I've been given one more chance to stop you!" Mink yelled pointing at her.
"But that was just one chance, there's no way for you to get past me with my Jar of Vines." Vogue smirked.
"There's always a way to defeat anything!" Mink yelled.
"But not my Carnal of God, it's limitless!" Vogue hissed.
-CARDS PLAYED-
Raise Dead: MAGIC / Desc: Special Summon 1 monster from either your opponent's or your own graveyard in either face up defense or attack position.
Red Gadget: Level 4 / 1300/1500/ Machine / Desc: When this card is summoned to the field, add 1 "Yellow Gadget" from your deck, to your hand. Your deck is then shuffled.
Yellow Gadget: Level 4 / 1200/1200/ Machine / Desc: When this card is summoned to the field, add 1 "Green Gadget" from your deck, to your hand. Your deck is then shuffled.
Megalix Knight Level 8: Level 8 / 2400/2400/ Machine / Desc: When this card is summoned to the field, return all monster cards on your opponent's side of the field to their hand. When this card is sent to the graveyard, return any monsters you used as a sacrifice to summon this monster to the field in their original position.
Dealer's Sword: PERMANENT TRAP / Desc: You may remove one monster from the field. When this card is destroyed, return that monster to the field to it's original position.
Xiaolin Casshern: Level 5 / 2300/1700/ Warrior / Desc: This card can be Special Summoned to the field if you have only 100 life points. Negate any effect of a monster that is destroyed by this card.
Trap Reversal: QUICK PLAY MAGIC / Desc: You may change this card into any face up trap card on the field.
Green Gadget: Level 4 / 1400/600/ Machine / Desc: When this card is summoned to the field, add 1 "Red Gadget" from your deck, to your hand. Your deck is then shuffled.
Fairy's Coordinates: TRAP / Desc: You may direct the attack of one of your opponent's monsters to a defense positioned monster on your side of the field.
Holy Life Barrier: TRAP / Desc: Discard 1 card from your hand. During the turn that this card is activated, all damage received from your opponent becomes 0.
Tempest: MAGIC / Desc: Destroy all Magic and Trap cards on the field.
Psycho Shocker's Creator: Level 6 / 2400/1500/ Warrior / Desc: You can remove 1 "Android Psycho Shocker" from your graveyard to skip your opponent's Battle Phase.
Jar of Vines: Level 4 / 100/1000/ Plant / Desc: FLIP: You can turn this card into face up defense position on your opponent's turn. As long as this card remains face up in defense mode, your opponent can only target this card as an attack target. If you have "Marsh Melon" in your graveyard, you can increase this card's ATK and DEF by 3000. Each time your opponent attacks this card, decrease this card's ATK and DEF by 500.