A lot was going on, but Laura was unaware of it. Laura took Ryu to the hospital and was able to make it there. After bringing him to the hospital, she waited to hear how he was doing. The doctors just finished with him and was being told his condition.
"Your friend should be fine and make a recovery. He's just going to need some rest." The doctor claimed.
"That is good news." Laura said as she was glad to hear that. "I do need to go and meet up with my other friends. I have also left a message with his parents. Will someone call on his condition like when he awakes?"
"We'll let you know. You have nothing to worry about." The doctor claimed.
"Thank you." Laura said. Knowing Ryu was going to be safe and well, she headed out to meet up with her friends again. She thought there was nothing to worry about like the doctor said, but there is. As Laura left the hospital, Meldrick's men followed after her to capture her as well.
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The Duel
Senshi and Conner were in a real predicament. Houki, Charlotte, and Mila have all been captured and taken as Meldrick's hostages. In order to save them, Senshi and Conner have to defeat Ying and Yang in a tag duel. Senshi and Conner had a total of 2400LP remaining, but their only monster was Senshi's Jetstream Beta. Ying and Yang had 2700LP, and they managed to summon out their best monster: Planetary Balancer with 3200atk points.
"That's quite the beast you two have, but it's nothing compared to my own." Conner claimed.
"Tough talk when our monster is the dominant one." Ying said.
"He's just trying to look tough to avoid showing his fear." Yang claimed.
"Conner, we must be careful with this monster." Senshi warned him. "Not only is that monster powerful in offense, but it is in defense as well. We have to attack it a total of three times in order to destroy it."
"Thanks for the advice I didn't ask." Conner said.
"Conner, we must work together!" Senshi called to get it through Conner, but Conner is just too stubborn.
"I don't need anyone's help. Just watch. I'll bring that big behemoth down myself." Conner claimed, but that was the opposite of what those two really needed.
"While you two bicker, keep you head in the game. It's your move now, Ichika." Ying said.
"Very well. My turn! I draw!" Senshi said as he drew his next card. "I'll begin my turn by summoning out Jetstream Gamma to the field!" Senshi summoned out a new monster. This one was silver and slim with a set of wings, pointed feet, and had horns curing back from the side of it's head. It also had a total of 1500atk points. "I activate Gamma's ability! When he is summoned to field when Jetstream Alpha or Beta are on the field, I can summon the third piece straight from my deck! Come, Jetstream Alpha!" He summoned the third mechanical warrior out on the field with it having 1400atk points.
"Having those three monsters isn't going to do you any good. Not one of them is strong enough to defeat Planetary Balancer." Ying claimed.
"Alone, no. The true power of these three happens when they combine their powers together!" Senshi claimed. "I release Jetstream Alpha, Beta, and Gamma to summon the form they take when they combine!"
"Combine?!" Ying and Yang questioned. The three of them broke apart and came together to form a new monster. This monster had a broad figure with Gamma's wings, horns, and feet. It was given Alpha's sword and shield with the jet-like structure from Beta attaching to the sword.
"I summon Jetstream Epsilon!" Senshi claimed as his new monster landed down on the field resembling a powerful warrior. It even had a total of 2800atk points.
"That is rather impressive, taking three monsters into one like that." Ying said.
"It would be more if the monster was actually strong enough to beat Planetary Balancer, but it's still weaker." Yang pointed out.
"For now, but that can easily change." Senshi claimed as he reached for another card in his hand. "I activate the equip spell: Nitro Hardrive!" He played the equip spell and his monster radiated in a blue light. "This spell card gives Jetstream Epsilon an extra 800atk points!" Epsilon's power increased to 3600. "Attack now!" Epsilon flew straight at Planetary Balancer and slashed it's sword against the monster. That caused Ying and Yang's life points to drop down to 2300, but their monster still survived.
"A good effort, but not good enough." Yang claimed.
"We'll see. For now, I end my turn." Senshi said as he set a card and ended his turn.
"That's it? Orimura, you'll have to do much better than that if you want to save your little friends." Conner said. "This whole tag duel ended up being a waste. I could have beaten both of them myself. You're just slowing things down."
"You seem sure of yourself, Conner." Ying taunted.
"But you'll still have to wait your turn." Yang said as he took his turn. "I'll begin my turn by playing my Pot of Greed spell! this allows me to draw two more cards!" He drew two more cards and they looked like two powerful cards that could help. Next, I activate Mystical Space Typhoon! This card destroys one spell or trap card on the field, and I choose your Nitro Hardrive!" A blast gust of wind flew by and destroyed Senshi's spell. With it gone, Epsilon's power dropped back to 2800. "With that out of the way, your monster is history! Planetary Balancer, destroy Epsilon!" Planetary Balancer unleashed another powerful attack with Epsilon getting caught in it and was destroyed with Senshi's and Conner's life points dropping to 2000.
"Figures." Conner complained.
"There aren't any monsters either of you have that can save you, but just in case, I'll place one card facedown and end my turn." Yang said as he placed another card facedown and ended his turn.
"My turn!" Conner said as he drew his next card. "Time to show you fools what a real duelist can do. I'll start by summoning Creature of the Void to the field!" When he played his card, a dark portal opened and a fiend-like creature emerged with it having 1500atk points. "Next, I activate his special ability! When this creature is summoned, I can summon another dark attribute monster to the field. I have just the one, too. I'm summoning Molt Dragon to the field!" He summoned out a new dragon. It was big, brown, and had six legs like an insect. It also had 1400atk points. "Now I'm going to activate Molt Dragon's special ability. By lowering his attack points all the way to zero, I can summon a level four or lower dragon from my deck!"
"You're bringing out another dragon?" Ying questioned.
"Of course! I'm summoning out Fear Dragon!" Conner said. His Molt Dragon opened up like it was molting it's skin. When that happened, a new dragon emerged out of it. This dragon was a skeleton that stood on two legs and large claws with black wings. It also had 1500atk points while Molt Dragon's attack points dropped to zero.
"Conner, what are you planning?" Senshi said.
"You're about to see." Conner said as he had something special planned. "I've updated my deck greatly! Watch as I build my circuit!" Conner said. When he said that, a square gateway with arrows opened up on the field. "The summoning conditions are at least two dragons! So, I set Molt Dragon, Fear Dragon, and Creature of the Void in the link arrows!" All three of his monsters turned into spiraling energy and they each went into an arrow on top of the square and in the sides. "I link summon! Rise, White-Eyes Cyber Dragon!" The gateway opened up and unleashed a ray of light with a dragon flying out. It looked similar to his signature White-Eyes Silver Dragon, but it looked mechanical with it having 2500atk points.
"What is that?!" Rin said as they've never seen anything like that before.
"Conner really has updated his deck greatly." Senshi said.
"You're about to see what a link monster can do." Conner said. "First, I'm activating Fear Dragon's special ability! By banishing this card from my graveyard, my monster gains 1000atk points while yours loses 500!" A dark aura came around his dragon and unleash a fearful roar. Its power rose to 3500 while Planetary Balancer's attack points dropped to 2700. "Your monster is nothing compared to mine! White-Eyes Cyber Dragon, attack Planetary Balancer!"
"It's still not enough! Planetary Balancer won't be destroyed!" Ying said.
"Wrong again!" Conner claimed. "You see, there are two spaces on the field between both sides. Those spaces are for monsters that are summoned from the extra deck, and shared between sides. That allows my White-Eyes Cyber Dragon to be linked to Planetary Balancer!"
"Linked?!" Ying and Yang questioned.
"It's what happens when the arrow of a link monster points to a space that's occupied by another monster." Conner explained and that's just what it is for his link monster. "That allows me to use my monster's special abilities. The monsters this card is linked to have their special abilities negated!" Neither Ying or Yang liked the sound of that. "Now you'll lose your best monster, as well as 800LP!"
"Actually, they're about to lose more!" Senshi claimed. "I activate Nitro Hardrive's effect from my graveyard! By banishing this card, the damage dealt this battle is doubled!"
"You actually did something right for once. Go, White-Eyes Cyber Dragon! Destroy that balancer with Cyber Lightning!" Conner ordered. His dragon unleashed a powerful blast of lightning. Planetary Balancer got dealt a powerful blast. Ying and Yang were dealt a powerful blast with their life points dropping all the way to 700.
"Wow. That's some beast Conner has." Rin said as she and Cecilia were amazed.
"It certainly seems to fit Conner." Cecilia claimed. Conner's new dragon is quite powerful. He's improved his deck greatly. Does Conner have other dragons just as powerful now?
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The Girls
Meanwhile, the girls were trying to escape. They weren't sticking around to be used against Ichika or Conner. Houki and Charlotte lifted Mila up while Mile tried to force a window open.
"Hurry up, Mila." Houki said.
"I'm trying." Mila said as she kept going at it until it finally broke and she was able to climb through. "I made it." It seemed like they were about to make it, but that was when the door opened up. The guys who grabbed them earlier came in and saw they were escaping again. They hurried in and grabbed a hold of Charlotte and Houki.
"Mila, hurry! Get out before they get you!" Charlotte said.
"I'll be back with help!" Mila said as she was able to jump out and was able to escape. Hopefully, she actually can help them.
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The Duel
"This duel is just about over." Conner claimed as it seemed like victory was theirs. "You just lost your best monster. How can you possibly think you can win now?"
"You think this is over? It isn't." Yang claimed as he and Ying still seemed confident. That wasn't a good sign for Senshi and Conner. "In fact, we should actually thank you."
"Thank us?" Senshi said as they didn't like the sound of that.
"Yes. We're not the same as before, Orimura. We're much stronger thanks to some cards that Master Meldrick gave us." Ying claimed.
"Like this trap card! I activate Darkened Awakening!" Yang claimed as he activated his card. "We knew you would try to destroy our Planetary Balancer. This card activates WHEN he's destroyed! It allows us to summon a more powerful monster."
"More powerful?!" Senshi questioned as he thought Planetary Balancer WAS their strongest.
"Behold, Darkness Balancer!" Ying and Yang announced. Darkness erupted as it rose as a new monster rose out of the field. They summoned out a giant, a behemoth in dark armor with ominous red eyes and horns emerging out of the helmet. A cape as black as night flew in the wind. It also carried a massive axe. Everything about this monster said terror.
"I've never seen a monster like that one before!" Senshi claimed.
"And you never will again! This duel is just about done!" Ying claimed.
"You will be swallowed by our monster's darkness! You have lost this duel and have failed your friends!" Yang claimed. Just as they managed to destroy their ace monster, Ying and Yang busted out a new monster that they claim is even more powerful. What power does this monster hold? How can Senshi and Conner beat it?
