Destiny - Chapter Four (Tag-Team Madness)
Joey placed his hand on his deck and drew a card which had to turn the duel around if he was to win. If his luck was good he would draw the card he needed. He looked at the card in his hand; it was now up to fate. "I play Time Wizard, and activate its special effect."
"Oh, not again," Rex said in a patronising tone, "You're relying on chance again, this time it won't save you, even if you win." The Time Wizard bought its staff up and the spinner spun around, passing pictures of skull, skull, castle, skull, skull and castle. The spinner started slowing down; skull, castle, skull, skull, it ticked over slowly to castle and then to skull and skull and it finally landed on castle. The Time Wizard's staff activated a vortex which destroyed Rex's Rampaging T-Rex and Dinox. Joey placed one card face down and ended his turn.
Rex drew a card and played the Monster Reborn magic card bringing Rampaging T-Rex (6/2350/2000) back from the graveyard, to the field. He then played the field magic card, Wasteland which transformed the digital field to a barren and rocky waste. Rampaging T-Rex received an extra 200 attack and defence points from the Wasteland magic card. "Rampaging T-Rex attack Time Wizard and finish the duel," Rex ordered. The huge dinosaur charged at Joey's Time Wizard and slashed and bit with its claws and teeth.
"Activate Nutrient Z," Joey proclaimed. "Nutrient Z is played when you are going to lose 2000 or more life points, and this card allows me to add back 4000 life points before your attack hits." (Joey 5900LP) The dinosaur finished with the miniscule, clockwork wizard (Joey 3850 LP). Joey drew a card but he had no monster and played two cards face down. Rex started his turn and summoned a Great Dinosaur (4/1650/1250) to the field and then declared an attack. "You've lost, Joey. Attack my dinosaurs."
"Not so fast," Joey said, "Activate the trap card, Final Gamble, which prevents your damage and immediately ends your turn, but I get two turns to win, and after that I lose." Rex laughed, "You won't win in two turns I've still got so many lifepoints left." Joey drew knowing this would have to be a very good draw for him to stand any chance at all of winning. He drew and yes, it was the card he needed. "I play Grave Digger to take your Monster Reborn and play Gilford the Lightning (8/2800/2300??) Gilford the Lightning came onto the field and activated his special ability destroying both of Rex's monsters. "Gilford, attack Rex's life points directly." Gilford charged with his great sword and chopped downwards in a crowning blow at Rex, taking away 2800 LP (Rex 2100LP) "Now who's winning, dino boy," Joey bragged, and then he laid two cards face down.
"You'll pay for that," Rex shouted back. He drew a card and played Dino Seeker (3/1200/1400) in defence mode and placed one card face down. Rex thought, "If he attacks he'll fall right into my trap. "I end my turn."
Joey drew his last card, "I play An Advent of Black Dragon, to summon Dark Knight of Black Dragon which I then sacrifice to play Jinzo." The Dark Knight disappeared to the card graveyard and the mechanical robot Jinzo replaced it on the field. "Jinzo, attack the Dino Seeker, and then Gilford finish off his lifepoints." Jinzo destroyed the Dino Seeker and Gilford attacked and finished Rex off.
"Noooo! You won," Rex cried as Gilford slammed its sword producing a shower of sparks which signalled Rex's loss. Joey went over and took his prize, the location card and then walked off with Tristan and Duke Devlin.
Meanwhile, in the warehouse, two familiar figures were thrown into at the base of the throne. The possessed fugitive looked down and Set's resonating voice spoke, "Yes, they will do greatly," his spirit form shot out of the fugitive's arm and into Mokuba and Serenity, possessing their souls and making them his slaves. "Yes they will do well indeed."
Amun walking through the alley, crossing to the other side of the city, came out of the other side of the alleyway and was looking for another duellist to fight when Yugi came up to him and asked, "How is the tournament going?"
Amun looked at Yugi's deck and saw two locator cards and replied, "Well, I think, I've won one duel, I see you've won one too. Perhaps we should duel for one locator card." He looked at Yugi and waited for Yugi's reply.
"Yes, I think we should have a duel," Yugi said and they began to set up. Suddenly, two robed people jumped out from the shadows, "Not so fast," it was the resonating voice again, speaking thorough one of the robes. "I challenge the both of you to a double duel. The prize is your souls; both of you have power which would be worthy additions to my plans for domination." Simultaneously, both the robes pulled out duel disks and set up.
"Leave Yugi out of it, our personal fight does not concern him, Set. He is innocent," Amun told the robes.
"Silly child, you don't realize his power, I want the power of his soul. He is more intimately connected with your past then you know poor boy. And this way, I kill two of you in one fell swoop." The spirit stopped speaking and the digital field formed around them as the two robes got ready.
"Sorry, I got you mixed up in this, Yugi" Amun apologised, "It wasn't meant to involve you, not in this way." A steely look went through his face and the scars began to glow. Amun shuffled his deck and slotted it into the duel disk.
Yugi, standing there, poised ready to duel, "Don't worry about it. I've been in plenty of situations like this in the past. We'll win because we have to."
"But you don't understand. This is an ancient blood feud, lasting through millennia, you can't possibly grasp the powers used in this duel," Amun explained in an almost pleading tone, "Keep safe, it will be very dangerous." He waited for the robed duellists to speak again.
"I said don't worry, I've dealt with vengeful spirits and these sorts of ancient magic before, I could tell what you were when I first saw you in the park," Yugi replied, as he too waited for the robes to start the duel or to indicate for them to start.
"You can go first," the robe on the left spoke, "I'm going to crush you anyway. The rules are simple, one of you goes and then one of us, then the other one of you two will go and then the last one of us. No attack until each person has one monster on the field." The other robe spoke up, "And 5000 Life Points each, and the match is won when both players on one team has lost. Begin now." The robes' eyes stared blankly ahead at them.
Amun stepped over to consult with Yugi over strategy, Yugi said, "Their decks are probably going to play off one another, and we're going to have to stop that. I'll go first okay?" Amun assented to the strategy and Yugi went. The cry "Let's Duel" reverberated through the street.
(Duel 5 Yugi 5000LP, Amun 5000LP v Robe 1 5000LP, Robe 2 5000LP)
Yugi drew a card and played Silent Swordsman Lv 0 (4/1000/1000) in attack mode, "And I'll place two cards face down and end my turn." The Left Robe drew a card, and lay three cards face-down and summoned Yami Mage, (3/1200/1000), and ended his turn. Amun drew, and played Pharoah's Chariot (3/1500/1950) face down and played two other cards face-down, and then ended his turn. The Right Robe drew and played Neo, the Magic Swordsman (4/1700/1000) and played one card face-down and ended his turn. Now, all players could attack under the rules.
"Now the real fun begins," the left robe said as he laughed, "I play Dark and Light Combine. I can take my monster and my partner's monster and fuse them into a more powerful monster, Yami-Neo Swordsmage (7/2700/2700). Yami-Neo Swordsmage, Dark Light attack." The left robe ordered his team's monster to attack Silent Swordsman. "Not so fast," Yugi said, "I activate the trap card, Mirror Force." The Swordsmage's attack was blocked and reflected back at it, destroying it in the process, leaving both Yugi's opponent's exposed.
"Garrr," the left robed man said, annoyed at the destruction of his monster, "I place two cards face down and end my turn." Yugi drew a card and Silent Swordsman powered up to Level 1 gaining an extra 500 attack and defence points. I play Immediate Time Jump, which advances the playing field two turns powering up Silent Swordsman to Level 3 (4/2500/2500). "I summon Red Gadget, in attack mode." Activating its special effect, Yugi drew a Yellow Gadget into his hand. Yugi attacked with both Silent Swordsman and Red Gadget.
"Simpleton," the right robed duellist said, "I activate the trap card, Circle of Light," trapping the Swordsman in a circle, making it stop its attack. However, the Red Gadget attacked successfully. (Right Robed Duellist 3700LP)
Yugi put another card face-down and ended his turn. The right robe drew a card, and played, Dunames Dark Witch (4/1800/1050) and attacked Yugi's Red Gadget, destroying it. (Yugi 4500LP) He placed another card face down and ended his turn.
Amun drew a card, beginning his second turn; he played Pharaoh's Camelry (4/1600/1400) and one card face down. "I activate the magic card, Valley of the Ancient Pharaoh, which boosts the attack of any monster with the word Pharaoh in its name by 300 attack points. I attack with my Pharaoh's Camelry and Pharaoh's Chariot. Pharaoh's Camelry attacked the left robe who was defenceless but the left robe used the trap card Mirror Force, "Haha! Both your monsters are dead," he bragged as the attack was reflected.
"Sorry, but Pharaoh's Chariot can attack from Defence Mode so your trap doesn't affect it, perhaps you should be paying more attention to the cards, Set," Amun replied calmly. (Left Robe 3500LP) The left robe activated a second trap card, Compensation for Damage, which allowed him to summon a monster onto the field after taking battle damage, he played Dark Sword (3/1550/1250). Amun ended his turn and then the left robe drew a card, he activated the effect of Dark and Light Combine to Dunames Dark Witch and Dark Sword to form Dark Sword Witch (7/2300/2200). The Left Robe ordered his Dark Sword Witch to attack Pharaoh's Chariot, destroying it, leaving Amun exposed to a second attack from Yami Magus (4/1500/1600). (Amun 3500LP)
Yugi drew a card, and played the Magic Card, Double Summon, (Yugi 4000LP) playing both Yellow and Green Gadget from his hand, and then he activated a set Pot Of Greed, allowing him to draw two extra cards, he then ended his turn without attacking. The Right Robe drew a card and summoned Neo Magus (3/1000/1200) in Attack Mode and fused his and his partner's monster using the permanent magic of Dark and Light Combine to form Yami-Neo Magus (6/2000/2200), he declared an attack on Amun, who activated a trap, Pharaoh's Peace Edict, which at the sacrifice of 500 life points prevented any attack (Amun 3000LP). The Right Robe's turn ended and Amun drew and played Pharaoh's Priest (3/1000/1500) in Defence Mode and played another card face down and ended his go. The Left Robe drew a card, and attacked with his Dark Sword Witch, choosing to attack Green Gadget, Yugi activated the trap card, Spellbinding Circle, stopping the Dark Sword Witch's attack and reducing her attack by 700 to 1600. The Left Robe played Dark Bear (3/1000/1200) in Defence Mode and played one card face-down and ended his turn.
Meanwhile, we saw Kaiba sitting in his Kaibacorp headquarters, watching the duellist keenly through his large flatscreen TV; he zoomed in on the two versus two duel that was going on now. This is good; I can see that Yugi hasn't lost any of his touch. The video recorder was recording every play of every duel, ready for use in his duellist school. The students would have an exciting trip to the finals of this tournament.
Yugi drew a card, it was The Saint Dragon of Osiris, the Egyptian God card given to him by the departed Pharaoh Atem. He sacrificed his three monsters to play Osiris, since he had four cards in his hand Osiris had 4000 attack and defence points. Now he knew that they would win, Osiris was too powerful it would destroy anything the opponent's could summon. "I attack with Osiris," Yugi stated.
"You fell right into my trap," a deep voice spoke, reverberating through both Yugi's opponents. Amun's ritual scars began to glow a blood-red as he felt the power of Set's magic flow through the bodies of his puppets. The deep voice continued, "Activate Set's Coffin Trick, it will bury your Osiris into a coffin, rendering him useless." Panic flashed through Yugi's face as his trump card was rendered useless, Amun looked on grimly, knowing that they were in for a long ride.