A scream could be heard not too far from where Yugi and Joey were.
"You hear that?" Joey asked.
"Yeah, let's go check it out," Yugi said.
They both ran to where the screams came from, dropping the firewood. They arrived to a dueling platform where one side was completely dark and the duelist facing the darkness had zero life points while the other duelist only had 5250.
"I lost..." said the duelist as his platform dropped.
"No, you were eliminated!" said the other duelist laughing evilly.
"Is that who I think it is?" Joey asked.
As the other platform dropped, the duelist walked over to the defeated duelist and lifted him up by his right wrist where his dueling glove was and tossed him to the ground. The duelist was huge, over 7 feet tall and he was wearing all dark clothes and the hat on his head read "P K"
"Panik!" Yugi shouted.
Panik looked over to Yugi and Joey and noticed Yugi instantly, "YOU!"
The defeated duelist ran away into the forest and was gone.
"Panik, how'd you come back from the Shadow Realm?" asked Yugi.
"Salazar did it, and now that I'm back, I'm gonna break your arms!" Panik said as he walked towards Yugi with his hands out.
Joey stood in between them and said, "Get lost Panik, if you ever place a hand on one of my friends you're gonna have to eat through a straw."
"What if I place a hand on YOU?!" he shouted throwing Joey off guard and gave him a really hard blow to the gut, and he fell to the ground.
"Joey!" Yugi shouted as he got down helping Joey up.
However Panik had other plans. He grabbed Yugi by his jacket and tossed him six feet. Yugi's deck box had opened and cards had scattered on the ground.
"Yugi!" shouted Michael as he ran out of the forest and jumped and tackled Panik, but Panik didn't fall down by absorbing the whole attack and slammed Michael on the ground.
Michael tried to get up, but Panik stomped on his back.
"Here." Michael said weakly as he threw several of Yugi's cards towards him that were scattered on the ground. "Kick the crap out of this guy."
Yugi got really mad and the Spirit of the puzzle intervened. "Panik! Get off of him! Your duel is with me!"
Panik removed his foot from Michael's back and said, "Yes we shall duel but under different conditions. You have to bet all of your star chips and put your Puzzle on the line, too."
"Very well," Yugi said as he got onto his platform and it rose up.
'Very well' indeed!" thought Panik as he got onto his platform. "Maybe you should have let me finish."
Panik pressed a button on his console and mechanical cuffs appeared on each side of Yugi and Panik and from their ankles to their knees, they were locked on the field.
"What is this?!" Yugi shouted.
"A safety precaution." Panik said. "Master Salazar's made it so the eliminators don't get away with losing. The loser in this duel will descend with their platform with an uncontrolled drop."
"Let's duel!" they both said and their life points shot up to 8000.
"I'll start," Panik said picking up five cards and drew an additional one. "I'll first start by playing The Castle of Dark Illusions (920/1930) in defense mode and I'll play one magic or trap card face down ending my turn." But as the face down monster card and the magic or trap card appeared, all of Panik's side of the field as well as Panik vanished in the darkness.
"What's this?" Yugi asked.
"Scared of the dark, Yugi?" Panik asked.
"He used this same cheap trick before, his card has the ability to hide his other defense monsters," Joey said to Michael as they both got up from their injuries.
Yugi's turn-
"Hiding in the darkness will never save you," Yugi said drawing his card. "I play Breaker the Magical Warrior (1600/1000) and when he's summoned he's given a spell counter that raises his attack by 300 points making it 1900. I'll also play one card face down ending my turn."
Panik's turn-
Panik drew his card and said, "I play one monster in attack mode," because of the darkness, Yugi couldn't see what card was there and Panik wasn't giving any help. "And I'll attack Breaker the Magical Warrior!"
Before the monster could emerge from the darkness and attack Breaker, Yugi thought strategically about this, 'If he's attacking Breaker, then it must have more than 1900 attack.'
Right when the monster had emerged from the darkness to jump up and strike down Breaker, Yugi flipped his facedown card, "I activate Spellbinding Circle, remember it, Panik? It binds the monster and makes it unable to attack," the monster was revealed to be King of Yamimakai (2000/1530) and it returned to Panik's dark side of the field.
"Then I'll end my turn," grumbled Panik.
Yugi's turn-
"Yugi, your pathetic cards don't matter you're only prolonging the inevitable," Panik said to him and began laughing.
Yugi ignored him and drew his card and thought, 'Mirror Force? This won't work against his defense monsters.'
"Hurry up and make your move!" Panik shouted.
"Fine, I play the Dark Magician Girl (2000/1700) in attack mode and I'll have her attack your Castle of Dark Illusions!" The Dark Magician Girl fired a purple blast of energy destroying Panik's castle and making his monsters now visible.
"No! My Castle!" shouted Panik.
"No more hiding in the shadows for you, Panik," Yugi told him.
Panik's turn-
Panik drew his card and laughed, "I play Remove Trap destroying your Spellbinding Circle and I'll also play Fissure destroying your weakest monster, Breaker the Magical Warrior!"
"Not so fast," Yugi said. "I activate Breaker the Magical Warrior's special ability to destroy your Fissure magic card and it lowers his attack to his original 1600."
"Then I'll end my turn," Panik said, now even more annoyed.
Yugi's turn-
Yugi drew his card and smiled, "I'll sacrifice Breaker the Magical Warrior and I'll bring out the Dark Magician (2500/2100)!" As the magic warrior of red armor vanished, a magical warrior in purple armor appeared. "Dark Magician, attack his King of Yamimakai!" Dark Magician did so by opening his left palm and unleashed an invisible attack that changed King of Yamimakai's color negative and it disintegrated from the field.
Panik cringed his teeth at Yugi's smug look and thought to himself, 'That's right, think you're ahead right now.'
"And now, I'll have my Dark Magician Girl attack your life points directly, Attack!" The Dark Magician Girl did so by firing another purple blast of energy towards Panik directly but as it was halfway there, a ball of metallic slime appeared in front of the blast, and it was hit with the blast and as the smoke cleared, it remained unharmed.
"What's that?" Joey said looking at the ball of slime.
"Yugi might have some trouble with that card," Michael said.
"That's right, I activated my trap card, Metal Reflect Slime and it's also trap card as well as a monster. And it has 3000 defense points! Try and break through that, Yugi!" Panik said and began laughing.
Panik: 7500
Yugi: 7000
Panik's turn-
Panik drew his card and said, "What's bad is only going to get worse for you, Yugi. I play one card face down in defense mode ending my turn."
Yugi's turn-
"You may have a powerful defender on your field for now, but you won't have anymore defenders on the field." Yugi said as he drew his card. "Dark Magician, attack his face down monster!" The Dark Magician aimed his staff towards the face down card and fired several black bolts of energy to it but as the monster flipped face up, Spirit Reaper. The monster was hit with the blast, but it remained on the field.
"What was that you were saying?" Panik asked. "I believe there's another powerful defender, Spirit Reaper. He cannot be destroyed by the effects of battle."
"Panik's deck must be all-out defense," Michael said. "I can only think of one card that can wipe them all out."
"I hope Yugi's got it," Joey said.
Panik's turn-
Panik drew his card and laughed, "I play one card face down in defense mode and I'll play one magic or trap card face down ending my turn."
Yugi's turn-
"I draw and I play Curse of Dragon (2000/1500) in attack mode and I'll end my turn." Yugi said.
Panik's turn-
"Didn't want to attack? I expected as much," Panik said drawing his card and laughed looking at it. "First, I'll flip my face down card, summoning another Metal Reflect Slime in defense mode and I'll sacrifice my face down monster to bring out General of Impenetrable Defenses (1550/2500) in defense mode." As the second metal blob appeared, the facedown defense card vanished, being replaced by a warrior wielding a huge sword. "But this monster has an exclusive ability. He can attack even if he's in defense mode. First I'll play Pot of Greed drawing two cards." Panik drew his cards and laughed. "I'll play two Reliable Guardians, each one increases his defense by 700 for one turn giving him a defense power of 3900! Now my General, attack his Curse of Dragon!" The General charged at Curse of Dragon and beheaded it dealing Yugi 1900 damage. "That'll end my turn."
Panik: 7500
Yugi: 5100
Yugi's turn-
Yugi drew his card and was surprised to see it as he thought, 'Osiris! But I can't play this, there's got to be something else but what? I just have to trust in the Heart of the Cards.'
"I play one card face down in defense mode and I'll play Swords of Revealing Light, ending my turn." Yugi said as the bright swords appeared blinding Panik and his monsters.
Panik's turn-
"Your light show won't last long," Panik said as he drew his card and said, "I'll play one card face down ending my turn."
Yugi's turn-
Yugi drew his card and said, "I play Gazelle the King of Mythical Beasts (1500/1200) in attack mode and I'll flip my face down card Berfomet (1400/1800) and I'll play the magic card Polymerization, fusing them to create Chimera the Flying Mythical Beasts (2100/1800) and I'll end my turn."
Panik's turn-
"Trying to give my General a bunch of targets, eh Yugi?" Panik asked. "How thoughtful of you. Well two more turns until my General will wipe out all your monsters."
"Think what you want," Yugi said. "These cards will devastate you and your defenders!"
'I'm well aware there isn't a card in Yugi's deck besides Valkyrion and his Egyptian God Card that can break through my defenses but I have something special for that card...' Panik thought to himself as he drew his card. "I flip my face down card, Lightforce Sword and now at random I'll discard a card from your hand and it is unplayable for 4 turns." A sword appeared on Panik's side of the field and it shot towards Yugi and it skewered Yugi's card, Saint Dragon God Osiris and Yugi placed his Egyptian God Card in a compartment on his Duel Disk.
Yugi's turn-
'If I can't use Osiris how can I break through all of Panik's monsters' Yugi thought drawing his card, and said. "I'll play Celtic Guardian in attack mode and I'll end my turn."
Panik's turn-
"1 turn until your swords are gone and your demise will begin," Panik said drawing his card. "I'll pass my turn"
Yugi's turn-
Yugi drew his card and said, "I'll sacrifice my Celtic Guardian to bring out the Summoned Skull (2500/1200) and I'll play one card face down ending my turn."
Panik's turn-
The swords had faded and Panik laughed, "Now you're in for it Yugi! I'll draw my card and I'll play Horn of Light increasing his defense to 3200 and now I'll attack your Dark Magician Girl!"
A glowing horn appeared on the General's forehead and the big-sword- wielding warrior charged at the female spellcaster and as he raised his sword to strike her down, Yugi flipped his face down card.
"I activate Magical Hats, Hats materialize!" Yugi said as he took two magic cards from his deck and three hats appeared, one of them holding Dark Magician Girl. "Choose if you have the courage!"
"I'll show you, you insolent whelp!" Panik shouted. "General of Impenetrable Defenses, attack the middle card!" The warrior lifted up his huge sword and slashed it down on the middle card, and it was revealed to hold nothing. "What, nothing?!"
"Well looks like you chose wrong," Yugi said as the hats vanished and the Dark Magician Girl appeared on the hat to Panik's right.
"No matter," Panik said. "My General can wipe out all your monsters now, and you won't even have enough monsters to sacrifice to bring out Osiris! HA-HA-HA!!!"
"That laugh's getting annoying," Michael said.
Yugi's turn-
'He's right,' I'll never get enough monsters to bring out Osiris or even get my Magnet Warriors out, he's slowly wiping me out, I really need the right card right now,' Yugi said drawing his card hoping it will be something good.
"What?" Yugi said to himself. "This isn't my card."
Yugi looked at the card and read the title 'Dark Force.' But even more mysterious was that the card's effect wiped out all of your opponent's face up defense monster.
"Taking your time in admitting defeat?" asked Panik.
Yugi's turn-
Yugi ignored him and said, "I play Alpha the Magnet Warrior (1400/1700) in attack mode and I'll play one card face down." The green magnet warrior appeared and behind it was a face down card.
Panik's turn-
"Here's the Beginning of your end, General attack Alpha the Magnet Warrior!" Panik shouted.
However as the warrior was about to strike the Magnet Warrior down, Yugi flipped his face down card and a black barrier surrounded Alpha and shot towards the General destroying it completely, but that wasn't all that was destroyed, the wave kept on spreading destroying his two Metal Reflect Slimes and his field was now empty.
"No! Where did you get that card!?" Panik shouted.
Yugi thought back to when this card could've been slipped into his deck and remembered when Michael handed Yugi some of his cards, but Yugi remained silent about it.
Yugi's turn-
Yugi didn't need to draw a card, he had five monsters enough to wipe out Panik. "Dark Magician, Summoned Skull, Chimera, Dark Magician Girl and Alpha attack his life points directly!" All five of the monsters unleashed their attacks dealing a total of 10500 Direct Damage to Panik wiping out his life points.
Panik: 0
Yugi: 5100
"It's over, I won." Yugi said.
"Yeah that's showin' him Yugi!" Joey cheered.
"Damn that was a lot of damage," Michael said.
Panik began quivering in fear as his platform began making weird mechanical noises then all of a sudden, it had detached from the arena and fell 15 feet towards the ground. But Panik had survived the fall and that's what he hated more.
"No... Master Salazar, please, not that," Panik said to what it seemed, no one.
Yugi, platform descended normally and the cuffs covering his shins were removed and he walked over to Michael and Joey who were all looking over to Panik in a very familiar scene.
Panik's forehead became occupied by the Millennium symbol and he pulled out a key unlocking the cuffs to his shin, pulled out four star chips from his enormous dueling gloves, and ran off to the forest. Yugi, Joey and Michael chased after him but not before Michael took the four star chips. They ran through the forest and when they got through, they saw a cliff to the edge of the ocean.
"Salazar, stop!" Yugi shouted.
Panik's controlled body turned to Yugi and said, "This fool is weak and expendable, I do not tolerate failure, and he knew that when he got hired."
Then like Weevil, Panik opened up his arms in a crucifix position and leaned back on the edge of the cliff and Salazar released Panik's control and Panik fell into the shallow water filled with rocks. They killed him on impact breaking many bones including his skull several times and then his corpse was washed out to sea and he was gone.
The spirit of the puzzle left Yugi's body and he fell to his knees in shock, since he's never seen a person killed in such a shocking way. But Yugi wasn't the only one Michael and Joey were in a state of shock too.
"Come on guys," Michael said. "I don't know who this Salazar guy really is but if he's capable of this he has to be stopped."
"Yeah," Yugi said standing back up. "Salazar is a heartless beast, and he must be stopped.
Then three of them walked away from the cliff at 8:00 PM on Duelist Kingdom...
NOTE: I'm well aware Castle of Dark Illusions has a different effect (something that powers up zombies for several turns) but I thought it'd be more befitting if the Castle gave off the whole darkness effect enshrouding Panik's cards like the first time he used it. Also, I'm not sure how Magical Hats works, because there were three extra monsters along with three hats on the field, but oh well.
Also, I'll be using dozens of yet-to-be-released Japanese cards, in case you never heard of some of the cards.
"You hear that?" Joey asked.
"Yeah, let's go check it out," Yugi said.
They both ran to where the screams came from, dropping the firewood. They arrived to a dueling platform where one side was completely dark and the duelist facing the darkness had zero life points while the other duelist only had 5250.
"I lost..." said the duelist as his platform dropped.
"No, you were eliminated!" said the other duelist laughing evilly.
"Is that who I think it is?" Joey asked.
As the other platform dropped, the duelist walked over to the defeated duelist and lifted him up by his right wrist where his dueling glove was and tossed him to the ground. The duelist was huge, over 7 feet tall and he was wearing all dark clothes and the hat on his head read "P K"
"Panik!" Yugi shouted.
Panik looked over to Yugi and Joey and noticed Yugi instantly, "YOU!"
The defeated duelist ran away into the forest and was gone.
"Panik, how'd you come back from the Shadow Realm?" asked Yugi.
"Salazar did it, and now that I'm back, I'm gonna break your arms!" Panik said as he walked towards Yugi with his hands out.
Joey stood in between them and said, "Get lost Panik, if you ever place a hand on one of my friends you're gonna have to eat through a straw."
"What if I place a hand on YOU?!" he shouted throwing Joey off guard and gave him a really hard blow to the gut, and he fell to the ground.
"Joey!" Yugi shouted as he got down helping Joey up.
However Panik had other plans. He grabbed Yugi by his jacket and tossed him six feet. Yugi's deck box had opened and cards had scattered on the ground.
"Yugi!" shouted Michael as he ran out of the forest and jumped and tackled Panik, but Panik didn't fall down by absorbing the whole attack and slammed Michael on the ground.
Michael tried to get up, but Panik stomped on his back.
"Here." Michael said weakly as he threw several of Yugi's cards towards him that were scattered on the ground. "Kick the crap out of this guy."
Yugi got really mad and the Spirit of the puzzle intervened. "Panik! Get off of him! Your duel is with me!"
Panik removed his foot from Michael's back and said, "Yes we shall duel but under different conditions. You have to bet all of your star chips and put your Puzzle on the line, too."
"Very well," Yugi said as he got onto his platform and it rose up.
'Very well' indeed!" thought Panik as he got onto his platform. "Maybe you should have let me finish."
Panik pressed a button on his console and mechanical cuffs appeared on each side of Yugi and Panik and from their ankles to their knees, they were locked on the field.
"What is this?!" Yugi shouted.
"A safety precaution." Panik said. "Master Salazar's made it so the eliminators don't get away with losing. The loser in this duel will descend with their platform with an uncontrolled drop."
"Let's duel!" they both said and their life points shot up to 8000.
"I'll start," Panik said picking up five cards and drew an additional one. "I'll first start by playing The Castle of Dark Illusions (920/1930) in defense mode and I'll play one magic or trap card face down ending my turn." But as the face down monster card and the magic or trap card appeared, all of Panik's side of the field as well as Panik vanished in the darkness.
"What's this?" Yugi asked.
"Scared of the dark, Yugi?" Panik asked.
"He used this same cheap trick before, his card has the ability to hide his other defense monsters," Joey said to Michael as they both got up from their injuries.
Yugi's turn-
"Hiding in the darkness will never save you," Yugi said drawing his card. "I play Breaker the Magical Warrior (1600/1000) and when he's summoned he's given a spell counter that raises his attack by 300 points making it 1900. I'll also play one card face down ending my turn."
Panik's turn-
Panik drew his card and said, "I play one monster in attack mode," because of the darkness, Yugi couldn't see what card was there and Panik wasn't giving any help. "And I'll attack Breaker the Magical Warrior!"
Before the monster could emerge from the darkness and attack Breaker, Yugi thought strategically about this, 'If he's attacking Breaker, then it must have more than 1900 attack.'
Right when the monster had emerged from the darkness to jump up and strike down Breaker, Yugi flipped his facedown card, "I activate Spellbinding Circle, remember it, Panik? It binds the monster and makes it unable to attack," the monster was revealed to be King of Yamimakai (2000/1530) and it returned to Panik's dark side of the field.
"Then I'll end my turn," grumbled Panik.
Yugi's turn-
"Yugi, your pathetic cards don't matter you're only prolonging the inevitable," Panik said to him and began laughing.
Yugi ignored him and drew his card and thought, 'Mirror Force? This won't work against his defense monsters.'
"Hurry up and make your move!" Panik shouted.
"Fine, I play the Dark Magician Girl (2000/1700) in attack mode and I'll have her attack your Castle of Dark Illusions!" The Dark Magician Girl fired a purple blast of energy destroying Panik's castle and making his monsters now visible.
"No! My Castle!" shouted Panik.
"No more hiding in the shadows for you, Panik," Yugi told him.
Panik's turn-
Panik drew his card and laughed, "I play Remove Trap destroying your Spellbinding Circle and I'll also play Fissure destroying your weakest monster, Breaker the Magical Warrior!"
"Not so fast," Yugi said. "I activate Breaker the Magical Warrior's special ability to destroy your Fissure magic card and it lowers his attack to his original 1600."
"Then I'll end my turn," Panik said, now even more annoyed.
Yugi's turn-
Yugi drew his card and smiled, "I'll sacrifice Breaker the Magical Warrior and I'll bring out the Dark Magician (2500/2100)!" As the magic warrior of red armor vanished, a magical warrior in purple armor appeared. "Dark Magician, attack his King of Yamimakai!" Dark Magician did so by opening his left palm and unleashed an invisible attack that changed King of Yamimakai's color negative and it disintegrated from the field.
Panik cringed his teeth at Yugi's smug look and thought to himself, 'That's right, think you're ahead right now.'
"And now, I'll have my Dark Magician Girl attack your life points directly, Attack!" The Dark Magician Girl did so by firing another purple blast of energy towards Panik directly but as it was halfway there, a ball of metallic slime appeared in front of the blast, and it was hit with the blast and as the smoke cleared, it remained unharmed.
"What's that?" Joey said looking at the ball of slime.
"Yugi might have some trouble with that card," Michael said.
"That's right, I activated my trap card, Metal Reflect Slime and it's also trap card as well as a monster. And it has 3000 defense points! Try and break through that, Yugi!" Panik said and began laughing.
Panik: 7500
Yugi: 7000
Panik's turn-
Panik drew his card and said, "What's bad is only going to get worse for you, Yugi. I play one card face down in defense mode ending my turn."
Yugi's turn-
"You may have a powerful defender on your field for now, but you won't have anymore defenders on the field." Yugi said as he drew his card. "Dark Magician, attack his face down monster!" The Dark Magician aimed his staff towards the face down card and fired several black bolts of energy to it but as the monster flipped face up, Spirit Reaper. The monster was hit with the blast, but it remained on the field.
"What was that you were saying?" Panik asked. "I believe there's another powerful defender, Spirit Reaper. He cannot be destroyed by the effects of battle."
"Panik's deck must be all-out defense," Michael said. "I can only think of one card that can wipe them all out."
"I hope Yugi's got it," Joey said.
Panik's turn-
Panik drew his card and laughed, "I play one card face down in defense mode and I'll play one magic or trap card face down ending my turn."
Yugi's turn-
"I draw and I play Curse of Dragon (2000/1500) in attack mode and I'll end my turn." Yugi said.
Panik's turn-
"Didn't want to attack? I expected as much," Panik said drawing his card and laughed looking at it. "First, I'll flip my face down card, summoning another Metal Reflect Slime in defense mode and I'll sacrifice my face down monster to bring out General of Impenetrable Defenses (1550/2500) in defense mode." As the second metal blob appeared, the facedown defense card vanished, being replaced by a warrior wielding a huge sword. "But this monster has an exclusive ability. He can attack even if he's in defense mode. First I'll play Pot of Greed drawing two cards." Panik drew his cards and laughed. "I'll play two Reliable Guardians, each one increases his defense by 700 for one turn giving him a defense power of 3900! Now my General, attack his Curse of Dragon!" The General charged at Curse of Dragon and beheaded it dealing Yugi 1900 damage. "That'll end my turn."
Panik: 7500
Yugi: 5100
Yugi's turn-
Yugi drew his card and was surprised to see it as he thought, 'Osiris! But I can't play this, there's got to be something else but what? I just have to trust in the Heart of the Cards.'
"I play one card face down in defense mode and I'll play Swords of Revealing Light, ending my turn." Yugi said as the bright swords appeared blinding Panik and his monsters.
Panik's turn-
"Your light show won't last long," Panik said as he drew his card and said, "I'll play one card face down ending my turn."
Yugi's turn-
Yugi drew his card and said, "I play Gazelle the King of Mythical Beasts (1500/1200) in attack mode and I'll flip my face down card Berfomet (1400/1800) and I'll play the magic card Polymerization, fusing them to create Chimera the Flying Mythical Beasts (2100/1800) and I'll end my turn."
Panik's turn-
"Trying to give my General a bunch of targets, eh Yugi?" Panik asked. "How thoughtful of you. Well two more turns until my General will wipe out all your monsters."
"Think what you want," Yugi said. "These cards will devastate you and your defenders!"
'I'm well aware there isn't a card in Yugi's deck besides Valkyrion and his Egyptian God Card that can break through my defenses but I have something special for that card...' Panik thought to himself as he drew his card. "I flip my face down card, Lightforce Sword and now at random I'll discard a card from your hand and it is unplayable for 4 turns." A sword appeared on Panik's side of the field and it shot towards Yugi and it skewered Yugi's card, Saint Dragon God Osiris and Yugi placed his Egyptian God Card in a compartment on his Duel Disk.
Yugi's turn-
'If I can't use Osiris how can I break through all of Panik's monsters' Yugi thought drawing his card, and said. "I'll play Celtic Guardian in attack mode and I'll end my turn."
Panik's turn-
"1 turn until your swords are gone and your demise will begin," Panik said drawing his card. "I'll pass my turn"
Yugi's turn-
Yugi drew his card and said, "I'll sacrifice my Celtic Guardian to bring out the Summoned Skull (2500/1200) and I'll play one card face down ending my turn."
Panik's turn-
The swords had faded and Panik laughed, "Now you're in for it Yugi! I'll draw my card and I'll play Horn of Light increasing his defense to 3200 and now I'll attack your Dark Magician Girl!"
A glowing horn appeared on the General's forehead and the big-sword- wielding warrior charged at the female spellcaster and as he raised his sword to strike her down, Yugi flipped his face down card.
"I activate Magical Hats, Hats materialize!" Yugi said as he took two magic cards from his deck and three hats appeared, one of them holding Dark Magician Girl. "Choose if you have the courage!"
"I'll show you, you insolent whelp!" Panik shouted. "General of Impenetrable Defenses, attack the middle card!" The warrior lifted up his huge sword and slashed it down on the middle card, and it was revealed to hold nothing. "What, nothing?!"
"Well looks like you chose wrong," Yugi said as the hats vanished and the Dark Magician Girl appeared on the hat to Panik's right.
"No matter," Panik said. "My General can wipe out all your monsters now, and you won't even have enough monsters to sacrifice to bring out Osiris! HA-HA-HA!!!"
"That laugh's getting annoying," Michael said.
Yugi's turn-
'He's right,' I'll never get enough monsters to bring out Osiris or even get my Magnet Warriors out, he's slowly wiping me out, I really need the right card right now,' Yugi said drawing his card hoping it will be something good.
"What?" Yugi said to himself. "This isn't my card."
Yugi looked at the card and read the title 'Dark Force.' But even more mysterious was that the card's effect wiped out all of your opponent's face up defense monster.
"Taking your time in admitting defeat?" asked Panik.
Yugi's turn-
Yugi ignored him and said, "I play Alpha the Magnet Warrior (1400/1700) in attack mode and I'll play one card face down." The green magnet warrior appeared and behind it was a face down card.
Panik's turn-
"Here's the Beginning of your end, General attack Alpha the Magnet Warrior!" Panik shouted.
However as the warrior was about to strike the Magnet Warrior down, Yugi flipped his face down card and a black barrier surrounded Alpha and shot towards the General destroying it completely, but that wasn't all that was destroyed, the wave kept on spreading destroying his two Metal Reflect Slimes and his field was now empty.
"No! Where did you get that card!?" Panik shouted.
Yugi thought back to when this card could've been slipped into his deck and remembered when Michael handed Yugi some of his cards, but Yugi remained silent about it.
Yugi's turn-
Yugi didn't need to draw a card, he had five monsters enough to wipe out Panik. "Dark Magician, Summoned Skull, Chimera, Dark Magician Girl and Alpha attack his life points directly!" All five of the monsters unleashed their attacks dealing a total of 10500 Direct Damage to Panik wiping out his life points.
Panik: 0
Yugi: 5100
"It's over, I won." Yugi said.
"Yeah that's showin' him Yugi!" Joey cheered.
"Damn that was a lot of damage," Michael said.
Panik began quivering in fear as his platform began making weird mechanical noises then all of a sudden, it had detached from the arena and fell 15 feet towards the ground. But Panik had survived the fall and that's what he hated more.
"No... Master Salazar, please, not that," Panik said to what it seemed, no one.
Yugi, platform descended normally and the cuffs covering his shins were removed and he walked over to Michael and Joey who were all looking over to Panik in a very familiar scene.
Panik's forehead became occupied by the Millennium symbol and he pulled out a key unlocking the cuffs to his shin, pulled out four star chips from his enormous dueling gloves, and ran off to the forest. Yugi, Joey and Michael chased after him but not before Michael took the four star chips. They ran through the forest and when they got through, they saw a cliff to the edge of the ocean.
"Salazar, stop!" Yugi shouted.
Panik's controlled body turned to Yugi and said, "This fool is weak and expendable, I do not tolerate failure, and he knew that when he got hired."
Then like Weevil, Panik opened up his arms in a crucifix position and leaned back on the edge of the cliff and Salazar released Panik's control and Panik fell into the shallow water filled with rocks. They killed him on impact breaking many bones including his skull several times and then his corpse was washed out to sea and he was gone.
The spirit of the puzzle left Yugi's body and he fell to his knees in shock, since he's never seen a person killed in such a shocking way. But Yugi wasn't the only one Michael and Joey were in a state of shock too.
"Come on guys," Michael said. "I don't know who this Salazar guy really is but if he's capable of this he has to be stopped."
"Yeah," Yugi said standing back up. "Salazar is a heartless beast, and he must be stopped.
Then three of them walked away from the cliff at 8:00 PM on Duelist Kingdom...
NOTE: I'm well aware Castle of Dark Illusions has a different effect (something that powers up zombies for several turns) but I thought it'd be more befitting if the Castle gave off the whole darkness effect enshrouding Panik's cards like the first time he used it. Also, I'm not sure how Magical Hats works, because there were three extra monsters along with three hats on the field, but oh well.
Also, I'll be using dozens of yet-to-be-released Japanese cards, in case you never heard of some of the cards.