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Demon Duelist Legacy Chapter 3- The Shadow's test
Hawk smiled coldly. "Consider it a handicap, and also consider it your part of the bet. That device has a powerful group of surgical nanomachines within it. Now those machines are within your blood stream. When you take damage in the duel they will damage your body in.....interesting ways. When you run out of life points they are programmed to kill off your brain."
When he saw Daniel's terrified expression he couldn't help but smile. "Look on the bright side though. If you win you get a Blowback Dragon. If you lose you will die. I suggest you duel you hardest." His maniacal laughter sent chills up Daniel's spine.
Hawk drew his five and motioned to Daniel. "Since I was the one to make the challenge you are more then welcome to go first."
Daniel grimaced at the device that was attached to his arm. He didn't bother trying to run, because he doubted that Hawk had overlooked the possibility. The thing would probably explode if he went out of range of Hawk. ("Looks like I'll just have to win.") He drew his five cards and then his sixth. Looking his options over, he smiled. ("I've got this duel in the bag.") "I set two cards face-down and a monster in defense mode. End turn."
Hawk smiled at the three cards on his opponent's holographic field. "I hope you don't expect me to attack. For I will set one monster in defense and two cards face- down on my field, just like you did. End turn."
Daniel drew and smiled. "I don't care what you do. Time for the big man himself! I sacrifice my face-down Mechanical Chaser to summon Jinzo!" A strange looking metal pod with six spindly arms appeared, and then faded as it was sacrificed.
Hawk grinned like a bird that had just seen a mouse in the middle of an open field. "I activate Horn of Heaven. By sacrificing my face-down Sangan, not only can I counter Jinzo before he ever hits the field, but I can also search my deck for a monster with 1500 or less attack points and place it into my hand." A furry three-eyed beast appeared on Hawk's field, and then turned into an ornate horn that blew the slowly appearing form of Jinzo off the field.
Daniel growled at being foiled and slid his favorite monster into his graveyard. ("Well so much for that plan working out.") "I set one card face-down and end my turn."
Hawk drew and flipped his other face-down card. "Next I activate my Mystical Space Typhoon, crushing one of your face-down cards. I choose the center one." A sudden wind picked up and Daniel's center magic/trap exploded into pieces.
Sighing sadly, Daniel pulled his Rise of the Machines card out of its slot and slid it into his graveyard. ("He's picking my strategies apart.")
Hawk smiled that cold smile again and set a monster in defense mode. "Give it up boy. I can beat you with almost no effort. End turn."
Daniel drew and set a monster face-down. "Shut up. End turn."
Hawk drew and set one card face-down and another monster in defense. "End turn."
Daniel already knew it would be foolish to attack. ("But what can I do? It's attack or let him build up a defense in this duel. Doing either are bad choices, but letting him build a defense is worse.") His blood ran cold as he realized why Hawk was playing on the defense. "How much time do I have in this duel?"
Hawk's smile got even wider. "That's very perceptive of you boy. In ten minutes the nanomachines are going to kill you regardless of the score. You've got ten minutes to take me down." His laughter rang out through the cold metal hallway, grating on Daniel's ears.
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CJ growled and looked the field over. Then he looked his hand over and sighed heavily. ("Nothing I have in my hand can get past his castle. I'm going to have to draw something or else he will have me locked out of attacking.") His hand inched for the top card of his deck. He drew it and everyone in the lower audience stared in awe. CJ opened his eyes slowly and a smile crossed his lips. ("Top deck.")
"I activate the magic card Pot of Greed! This allows me to draw two cards from my deck." He drew his two new cards and grinned. "Say goodbye to your pretty castle. I activate Heavy Storm to blow all magic and trap cards off the field!" A heavy wind picked up on the field and CJ's United We Stand card shattered. Then the wind started to travel over to Commander's field.
Commander pressed a button on his disk and flipped his face-down trap. "Reveal Weather the Storm! This will negate any effect that would destroy my Castle and I will also gain 2000 life points." The wind dissipated and Commander was encompassed by a green glow.
CJ- 7900
Commander- 12, 800
CJ set one monster card face-down and two magic/traps on his field. "End turn." ("I'm finished. He's got every counter needed to handle my deck.") He sighed and got ready for Commander's assault.
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"Here goes nothing!" Daniel had to end this quickly. "I sacrifice my face-down X-Head Cannon to summon Machine King (2200/2000) to the field!" A large humanoid robot appeared on the field and lifted its rocket arms to point at Hawk. "Thanks to his special ability my King gains 100 attack points for every machine on the field, including himself." (2300/2200)
"Now my Machine King attack him with your Rocket Punch!" Giving off a whirring noise, the King's rocket fists flew across the field and crushed the face-down monster.
Hawk's smile didn't relent. "You attacked my Shadow Jam." (1000/1000) For a moment nothing happened, and then a blob of black goo formed on Hawk's field. "When it is destroyed in battle I may sacrifice 2000 life points to bring it back from the graveyard in defense mode. You also lose 1000 life points when I do this."
Daniel- 7000
Hawk- 6000
Daniel was about to ask what else Shadow Jam did, but his words caught in his throat as pain spiked through his body. It got more and more intense until he almost lost consciousness altogether. Finally the pain stopped and he fell to his knees panting, blood dribbling from his mouth to the ground.
Hawk couldn't help but add to the pain of the situation. "Oh by the way, I'm going to activate my face-down Provocation trap card. This forces all of your monsters on the field to attack my Shadow Jam at the start of every one of your turns, regardless of the monster's mode. Anything else you would like to do to add to your suffering?"
Daniel slowly came to his feet and spit out a gob of blood to the stone walkway. "I told you once and I'll tell you again. Shut up. I'll finish my turn with one card face-down on my field."
Hawk drew his next card, his cold grin wider than ever. "Two cards face-down and I end my turn."
Daniel drew and braced himself as his Machine King fired its fists at the Shadow Jam and blew it to pieces. Seconds later the black blob reformed on the field.
Daniel- 6000
Hawk- 4000
Daniel didn't have pain all over his body this time. Instead it all came to his left leg. He gritted his teeth and went to one knee as it felt like someone was electrocuting his left leg alone. He felt his leg twitch at the damage that was being dealt to it, until with one loud pop his knee blew out.
He fell to the floor screaming and yet somehow he managed to avoid dropping his hand of cards. His vision started to blur and everyone part of him just wanted to lay down and die, but he had to try and win this duel. With about seven minutes left before he was killed, he didn't have time to feel pain.
Wincing, he stayed on the ground and kept his weight on his one good knee. "I...set one card....face-down," He took in a deep breath and slapped a monster onto the duel disk. "And I'll summon Reflect Bounder (1700/1000) in attack mode. End....turn." A mechanical creature appeared on his field that was covered by several mirrors.
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Commander drew and laughed long and hard. "Now I shall summon forth another Castle Knight token by discarding a card from my hand." Another Castle Knight trudged onto the field and kneeled next to its counterpart.
Commander's suit of armor rustled as he slapped a monster down on his disk. "Now it is time to call in the artillery squad. I summon Throwstone Unit (1000/3000) in attack mode." The drawbridge to the castle opened and a catapult rolled out onto the field. "End turn."
CJ looked at the defenseless Throwstone Unit and drew, already smiling widely. "That was a bad idea tin man. I sacrifice my face-down monster to summon my Manticore of Darkness! (2300/1200)" There was an echoing howl from the ceiling as a winged lion beast floated to the ground in front of CJ.
Now Manticore of Darkness take down his Throwstone Unit!" The lion howled and lunged across the field. Right before it reached the catapult though one of the Castle Knights leaped in the way and deflected the Manticore off its shield.
CJ- 7700
Commander- 12, 800
Commander laughed heartily at the confused look that came onto CJ's face. "You are truly one of the most gullible players of this game I have ever seen. I wanted you to attack my Throwstone Unit. That way I could trigger my face-down Vanguard trap card. As long as this continuous trap is on the field I can block any of your attacks with one of my Castle Knights."
CJ grimaced and set one card face-down and one monster in face-down defense. "End turn."
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Daniel watched through blurred eyes as Hawk drew his card. "Don't worry boy, I'll put you out of your misery soon enough. I play the continuous magic card Amplified Pain. It is an extremely rare card that doubles all amounts of damage you take from monster effects. End turn."
Hands shaking uncontrollably, Daniel drew and without even looking set the card face-down. ("Here it goes.") His Reflect Bounder and his Machine King powered up their attacks and hit the Shadow Jam. Right before the two attacks landed though Hawk flipped up a face-down card. "I activate the rarest card in my deck, Good Reaction to Simochi! Now any life point reductions from monster effects become life point increases for me!" As the trap flipped up and the jam was blown apart twice, Daniel braced himself for the pain.
Daniel- 2000
Hawk- 8000
Daniel knew that it was coming, but it didn't matter how prepared he was for it. He could feel nothing but agony as the nanomachines seemed to drill holes in his skull and spine. ("If I go ....out.") He managed one gargling scream of pain before collapsing, a pool of blood forming at his mouth.
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Commander drew and slapped a monster onto the field. "I sacrifice a Castle Knight to summon forth King of the Castle Arthur (2400/2200) in attack mode!" A knight in golden armor appeared next to Commander and the remaining Castle Knight bowed to him.
"As long as Arthur is out whenever I summon forth a Castle Knight you lose 1000 life points. I shall do so now." Commander discarded the last card in his hand and as a new Castle Knight trudged out to join the other, Arthur waves his gauntleted hand and CJ's life points dropped.
CJ- 6700
Commander- 12, 800
"Now it's time to start my assault on your monsters! Arthur shall attack your Crazy Beast!" Arthur drew his sword and leaped down from the castle, flying across the ground and slashing the D.D. Crazy Beast to pieces.
CJ- 5700
Commander- 12, 800
Commander laughed as his monster returned to the top of the castle. "Do you surrender yet fool?"
CJ drew and didn't bother to respond. "I set one monster in defense, and then I'll place the rest of my creatures in defense mode. End turn."
Commander sighed and drew. "Observe as luck favors me. I play Pot of Greed. Now I shall draw two cards from my deck!" He drew them both and slapped down a monster. A silver armored knight appeared on the top of the castle next to both Arthur and Commander. "I summon Royal Knight Lancelot (1200/2400) in attack mode. With his special ability now whenever I summon my Castle Knight, a second one is summoned to join it."
Smiling as CJ paled, he snapped his fingers. "Now I sacrifice my two Knights to my Throwstone Unit, which deals you half of their attack in damage." The two Knights climbed onto the catapult and were launched at CJ, slamming into him and bowling him over.
CJ- 4700
Commander- 12, 800
Commander slid his last card into the graveyard. "I'm sure you know what comes next. I shall summon forth two Castle Knights." The drawbridge to the Castle opened again and a pair of Castle Knights marched out, kneeling before the entrance to the castle. Arthur waved his sword and CJ grimaced as his life points plummeted more.
CJ- 2700
Commander- 12, 800
"Finally, I shall have Arthur attack your face-down monster!" The golden knight came down from the castle and cut the card in half. As it faded CJ smiled slightly and held up the card.
"This is my Giant Rat. When it is destroyed in battle I am allowed to special summon any earth attribute monster with 1500 or less attack points from my deck to my field in attack mode. I shall summon another one of my Giant Rats. (1400/1450)
Commander shrugged at that. "Why should I care? Before my turn ends Arthur shall attack thy Battle Ox." The silver knight flew down and slashed the Minotaur monster to ribbons.
CJ drew and took a deep breath. He had yet to look at the card in his hand, but if it wasn't a good card then the duel was over. His eyes slowly opened and as he saw the card he sighed tiredly. "I end my turn."
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From up in the stands Deondre, Janeam and Allon all stared in horror. Finally the silence was broken by Deondre. "You can't give up CJ! I'm sorry about what I said before! Don't just give up like that!"
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CJ smiled weakly and shook his head. "Ignore the peanut gallery Commander. I end my turn and that's mean it's your move. Let's end this quick."
To be continued...
Next Chapter: A pair of miracles
Author's Notes: Just a few notes on this chapter. All of the Knight stuff that Commander uses are my creations. So is every card you have seen Hawk use so far. Still can use anything you guys want to offer to me. Feel free to tell your friends about this fic by the way. Later.