"I'll draw my card and sumon the Hysteric Fairy (1800/1000) in attack mode.
I may not be able to take you out in one shot, but I'll settle for two.
Fairy attack!"
"I'm afraid not Fader," Sabin said. "I'll activate another Nitemare Cage card. You're trapped for another two turns, just enough time for me to complete the DEATH message. The Nitemare Cage will dissappear in the same instant that the final letter of my message falls into place, just in time for you to see your own demise."
"I'll end my turn," Fader told him as he watched through the thick, steel bars the letter "T" appear on the field.
"There's no move I need to make Fader. I'll just draw my card and end my turn. Make your last move Fader, so I can complete my message and end this game."
"I don't think so Sabin. I won't let you win."
"You can't stop me. My cage prevents you from attacking."
"Remember I told you that there were cards in my deck that I needed to stop you?"
"Yes, so?"
"Well it just so happens that I have just the right card in my hand. And I drew it on your turn."
"You couldn't have," Sabin protested. "Unless..."
"That's right. My face down monster that you destroyed with Raigeki was the Angel of the Balancing Scales (800/900). You drew a card so my Angel allowed me to draw a card as well. The Harpy's Feather Duster!"
"No! My DEATH Message!"
"Your message wasn't delivered Sabin. And your Nitemare Cage is also gone leaving you wide open for my Fairy's attack!"
"I still have 200 Life Points! On my next turn..."
"You're not going to get a next turn Sabin," Fader said, cutting him off. "Not after I use my Double Magic card."
"But there aren't any magic cards in my graveyard that will do anything to me."
"True," Fader replied. "But you forget that there were three more duelists ahead of you. And since the six of you wanted to make this a continuous gauntlet match their graveyards stll count as being in play and are therefore accessable. So I copy Duncan's Tremendous Fire card. I may lose 500 Life Points, but you're out of this match Sabin, which just leaves Barret, Potemkin and myself."
Fader: 1650, Barret: 2500, Potemkin: 3000.
Barret drew his hand and said nothing. He simply stared at Fader and without even looking at his cards or Duel Disk slammed a monster card in defense position, then signalled to Fader the end of his turn with a hand gesture.
Out of all the duelists so far, this one was making Fader the most uncomfortable. There was no false bravado, no empty threats. There was just silence. And his cold eyes staring at Fader. Some memory, at least he though it was a memory, flashed in Fader's head; a voice that he didn't really recognize, "Beware the quiet ones."
"I'll lay one monster face down, and I'll attack with the Hysteric Fairy!"
Still without speaking Barret flipped over his monster, the Big Shield Gardna (100/2600). The Fairy slammed into the Gardna and was knocked backwards. Fader could almost feel the impact himself as he lost Life Points.
Fader: 850, Barret: 2500.
Barret drew another card and in a flash his Big Shield Gardna dissappeared and was replaced by another face down monster in defense mode.
There's no reason to play a monster in defense mode, Fader thought to himself, Unless it's another super defense monster. Fader examined his hand and the field. Something was telling his that this guy was playing more than just a protection game and that a big move was coming.
"I'll lay one card face down," Fader said, "And I'll switch my Hysteric Fairy into defense mode. I'm done."
Barret drew another card from his deck, and for the first time in the duel he took his eyes off Fader and stared at the card. He set the card into one of his Duel Disk's magic and trap card slots. Then he flipped his face down monster into face up attack mode, revelaing the Millennium Shield (0/3000).
What is he doing? Fader was thinking. It has no attacking power.
Barret then took another card from his hand and played it on the field, the magic card Stop Defense. Barret forcefully pointed at Fader's face down monster. Seconds later Fader's Sonic Bird (1400/1000) shifted into attack mode.
Fader still didn't understand what Barret was trying to do until Barret activated the card that he had set at the start of his turn, Shield & Sword. Instantly his Millennium Shield's attack power sky-rocketed to 3000 points, 2000 more than his Sonic Bird's.
Barret once more pointed to the Sonic Bird and his Millnnium Shield lay itself so that it was parallel to the ground, beoming a giant arrowhead aimed directly at Fader's monster. The Shield then shot forward with incredible force and tore through the Sonic Bird, banishing it to the graveyard.
That was it. It was over. Fader only had 850 Life Points left and the Millennium Shild had dealt him 2000 with that last attack, more than enough to defeat Fader. The Millennium Shield had just won the game.
"I'm afraid not Fader," Sabin said. "I'll activate another Nitemare Cage card. You're trapped for another two turns, just enough time for me to complete the DEATH message. The Nitemare Cage will dissappear in the same instant that the final letter of my message falls into place, just in time for you to see your own demise."
"I'll end my turn," Fader told him as he watched through the thick, steel bars the letter "T" appear on the field.
"There's no move I need to make Fader. I'll just draw my card and end my turn. Make your last move Fader, so I can complete my message and end this game."
"I don't think so Sabin. I won't let you win."
"You can't stop me. My cage prevents you from attacking."
"Remember I told you that there were cards in my deck that I needed to stop you?"
"Yes, so?"
"Well it just so happens that I have just the right card in my hand. And I drew it on your turn."
"You couldn't have," Sabin protested. "Unless..."
"That's right. My face down monster that you destroyed with Raigeki was the Angel of the Balancing Scales (800/900). You drew a card so my Angel allowed me to draw a card as well. The Harpy's Feather Duster!"
"No! My DEATH Message!"
"Your message wasn't delivered Sabin. And your Nitemare Cage is also gone leaving you wide open for my Fairy's attack!"
"I still have 200 Life Points! On my next turn..."
"You're not going to get a next turn Sabin," Fader said, cutting him off. "Not after I use my Double Magic card."
"But there aren't any magic cards in my graveyard that will do anything to me."
"True," Fader replied. "But you forget that there were three more duelists ahead of you. And since the six of you wanted to make this a continuous gauntlet match their graveyards stll count as being in play and are therefore accessable. So I copy Duncan's Tremendous Fire card. I may lose 500 Life Points, but you're out of this match Sabin, which just leaves Barret, Potemkin and myself."
Fader: 1650, Barret: 2500, Potemkin: 3000.
Barret drew his hand and said nothing. He simply stared at Fader and without even looking at his cards or Duel Disk slammed a monster card in defense position, then signalled to Fader the end of his turn with a hand gesture.
Out of all the duelists so far, this one was making Fader the most uncomfortable. There was no false bravado, no empty threats. There was just silence. And his cold eyes staring at Fader. Some memory, at least he though it was a memory, flashed in Fader's head; a voice that he didn't really recognize, "Beware the quiet ones."
"I'll lay one monster face down, and I'll attack with the Hysteric Fairy!"
Still without speaking Barret flipped over his monster, the Big Shield Gardna (100/2600). The Fairy slammed into the Gardna and was knocked backwards. Fader could almost feel the impact himself as he lost Life Points.
Fader: 850, Barret: 2500.
Barret drew another card and in a flash his Big Shield Gardna dissappeared and was replaced by another face down monster in defense mode.
There's no reason to play a monster in defense mode, Fader thought to himself, Unless it's another super defense monster. Fader examined his hand and the field. Something was telling his that this guy was playing more than just a protection game and that a big move was coming.
"I'll lay one card face down," Fader said, "And I'll switch my Hysteric Fairy into defense mode. I'm done."
Barret drew another card from his deck, and for the first time in the duel he took his eyes off Fader and stared at the card. He set the card into one of his Duel Disk's magic and trap card slots. Then he flipped his face down monster into face up attack mode, revelaing the Millennium Shield (0/3000).
What is he doing? Fader was thinking. It has no attacking power.
Barret then took another card from his hand and played it on the field, the magic card Stop Defense. Barret forcefully pointed at Fader's face down monster. Seconds later Fader's Sonic Bird (1400/1000) shifted into attack mode.
Fader still didn't understand what Barret was trying to do until Barret activated the card that he had set at the start of his turn, Shield & Sword. Instantly his Millennium Shield's attack power sky-rocketed to 3000 points, 2000 more than his Sonic Bird's.
Barret once more pointed to the Sonic Bird and his Millnnium Shield lay itself so that it was parallel to the ground, beoming a giant arrowhead aimed directly at Fader's monster. The Shield then shot forward with incredible force and tore through the Sonic Bird, banishing it to the graveyard.
That was it. It was over. Fader only had 850 Life Points left and the Millennium Shild had dealt him 2000 with that last attack, more than enough to defeat Fader. The Millennium Shield had just won the game.