Disclaimer: I own nothing of Yu-Gi-Oh! Except the Cards I printed at the bottom. These characters are mine, except Eli Meggido, who was in fact created by my brother.
And now the continuation:
Achmed and Asriel slid the boat up to the shore.
Asriel breathed deeply. ("Well,") she thought, ("Leo was right there are ruins here.")
The Jungle had overrun most of the ancient city. It was now a mess of crumbling walls and broken stairways.
"Davis would love it here," Asriel thought out loud.
"Why is that?" Achmed asked looking around the city for the sacrificial basin.
"Davis loves all things ancient," Asriel said as Achmed inspected the walls, "Archeology is a hobby of his and he's hoping to go into that field when he retires from dueling."
"Asriel!" Achmed said his eyes wide with shock.
"What?" She said looking up.
"You must come see this."
Asriel ran up to Achmed's side, "What is it?"
Achmed merely pointed to the carvings on the wall. Asriel did a double take as she looked closely at the carvings.
"Those look like duel monsters!" She said.
"Indeed," Achmed said. The carvings had a distinct Aztec flavor to them but nonetheless they were distinctly duel monsters.
"The Ancient Egyptians believed that history repeats itself in cycles," Achmed said, "We have seen magic before in this game…I am beginning to suspect that this 'new' game of Duel Monsters is not new at all."
"Look," Asriel said, "Kuriboh, and Blue-Eyes White Dragon."
Achmed nodded. "Look at the man commanding them."
Asriel looked and gasped, "That looks like Eli!"
"I noticed that too," Achmed said, "And the Black Luster Soldier and Chaos Emperor Dragon."
Asriel turned towards the Egyptian Duelist with a mixture of fear and wonder in her eyes.
"Achmed look!"
Achmed slowly turned around and stared. The ancient carvings had an image of the Gravekeepers on them, and a sorcerer who looked incredibly like Achmed.
"Fascinating isn't it?"
Achmed and Asriel spun around to see where that voice came from.
"The writing indicates that this city was actually a game site," the voice echoed through the buildings. "People would play the games and the losers would be sacrificed to the war god Huitzilopochtli. This was know as the flowery death."
A southern man of about 35 emerged from a hole in the ground, "Of course sometimes the winners were sacrificed it depends on the god's mood."
Achmed looked him over. He seemed very familiar. He wore an outfit much like Indiana Jones except that Harrison Ford never wore a duel disk. He also had a back leather bag slung over his shoulder.
"I know you," Achmed said, "You're that thief Raymond Dirk!"
"Give the man a prize," Dirk said.
"You stole several items from the Egyptian Museum in Cairo," Achmed said, "My friend Ishizu was not pleased."
"Well I'm sorry," Dirk said his voice dripping with sarcasm.
Achmed looked even more pissed, "And my wife's father is the Curator for the Museum in Bangladesh. You took several items from there as well."
"We keep just missing each other," Dirk said lighting a cigarette. "Now don't we?"
"What are you doing here?" Asriel asked.
"Well isn't it obvious?" Dirk said, "Who better for the job of stealing a Mayan God Card then the world's best thief?"
"And you measure your skill by the fact that you've never been caught," Achmed said.
"That and the spoils of my missions," Dirk smiled.
"You cannot leave this place," Achmed said, "I will not allow it!"
"Oh I don't think you have a choice," Dirk said. He snapped his fingers and shrouds of darkness began to surround them.
"What in the…" Asriel started. She ran towards the bubble of darkness that had surrounded Achmed and Raymond Dirk. She entered it and came out exactly where she came in.
"Yah!" She yelped, "Achmed!"
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"Ya ever been in a Darkness Game?" Dirk said smiling, "Cuz let me tell you it's like nothin' and no duel you've ever been in before."
"I'm a quick study," Achmed said, the stern-look still in his eyes.
Achmed-4000LP
Dirk-4000LP
"I think I'll make the first move," Dirk said, "I set two cards facedown and summon Great Phantom Thief in attack mode (1000/1000) end turn."
Achmed drew, "Then it is time for the thief to die!"
Achmed carefully placed cards into his disk.
"I play the continuous Spell card Gravekeeper's Servant, and set one card." A green backed card with the image of a demon floating over a graveyard appeared, followed by another card facedown. "Then I summon Gravekeeper's Assailant! (1500/1500) attack his phantom thief."
Achmed-4000LP
Dirk-3500LP
"All right, all right" Dirk said, "Just testing the water so to speak. Boo! I play Goblin thief to steal five hundred Life Points from you!"
Achmed-3500LP
Dirk-4000LP
Achmed screamed in pain as the goblin took his life points. It was then that he knew that this was no ordinary duel. This was real, just as he had suspected.
"Now my Bait Doll will force the activation of one face down card," Dirk said smiling.
Achmed glanced over as his facedown Book of Moon flipped up.
"Book of Moon switches my Assailant into facedown defense mode," Achmed said. Green light surrounded the Assailant and when it cleared a single defensive card was in its place.
"Well wasn't that nice of you," Dirk said, "I summon 8-Claws Scorpion! (300/200) Whose attack becomes 2400 when battling a face down defensive monster." (2400/200)
A green scorpion with far too many pincers lunged and destroyed Achmed's monster.
"Now it is my move," Achmed said, "I summon Gravekeeper's Cannonholder (1400/1200) in attack mode."
A single Gravekeeper with a wooden cannon appeared.
"Cannonholder attack," Achmed said.
"Not so fast," Dirk said, "I activate Family Rescue!"
"That card let's you replace the monster on the field with one in your hand that share part of the same name," Achmed said, looking at the Family rescue in his own hand.
"You do catch on quick," Dirk responded, "I'm replacing my Eight Claws Scorpion with The Dark Scorpion Burglars! (1000/1000) The greatest thieves in the game of duel monsters."
Five warriors appeared with identical scorpion tattoos. Dirk turned towards Achmed and showed him his own scorpion tattoo.
"Mr. Dirk," Achmed said, "My distaste for thieves notwithstanding your burglars are no match for my Cannonholder."
"This is true," Dirk said, "So I activate my Dark Scorpion Arising! This gets rid of my useless Scorpion Burglars and brings out some new guys!"
The five burglars on the field vanished.
"What 'new guys'?" Achmed said.
"Let me introduce them one at a time." Dirk said smiling, "Don Zaloog the King of thieve. (1400/1500)"
A muscular warrior with two guns and an eye-patch over his right eye appeared. He had the Dark Scorpion Tattoo.
"Cliff the Trap Remover," (1200/1000) Dirk said, "Expert on getting rid of traps and identifying valuables." A brown haired man with glasses and a pocketknife appeared. He had the Dark Scorpion Tattoo.
"Meanae the Thorn," Dirk said, (1000/1800) "Cliff's girlfriend and the brains of the operation. Don't think she's kinky just cause of the whip. She's also Don's second in command, and he trusts her to get the job done."
A brunette with a long spiked whip appeared. She gave a nod to her boyfriend and her boss. She had the Dark Scorpion Tattoo.
"Gorg the Strong," Dirk continued, (1800/1500) "The muscle of the Dark Scorpion Burglars."
A bald well-muscled battle-scared man with a large metal mace and the Dark Scorpion Tattoo appeared.
"And last but certainly not least Chick the Yellow," Dirk said, (1000/1000) "He can fit into places the other thieves cannot."
A little shrimp of a man with an oversized mallet appeared. He had the Dark Scorpion Tattoo.
The five scorpion burglars struck a pose.
"End Turn," Achmed said eyeing Dirk's last facedown card.
"I set two cards facedown," Dirk said, "and trigger my Dark Scorpion Combination!"
Achmed's eyes widened. "First this card will weaken all of my Scorpion Burglars." (400/1500) (400/1000) (400/1800) (400/1500) (400/1000)
"And now they can attack you directly!" Dirk pointed at Achmed and five burglars lunged.
Achmed jerked each time a Scorpion hit him with their individual weapons. He collapsed weakened and battered.
Achmed-1500LP
Dirk-4000LP
Achmed groaned.
"That's not all Achmed," Dirk said snickering. "I have to discard the top five cards from my deck because of your Gravekeeper's Servant but Gravekeeper's Servant is destroyed because of Cliff."
The Gravekeeper's Servant shattered apart.
"Now you loose the top three cards in your deck because of Gorg and Don."
"Necrovalley, Charm of Shabti and The First Sarcophagus," Achmed said looking disappointed as he forced himself to his feet.
"Chick will take the Top Card on your deck and put it on the bottom of your deck," Dirk said, "And it's your move."
Achmed drew. "I sacrifice Gravekeeper's Cannonholder for Gravekeeper's Chief. (1900/1200) This revives Gravekeeper's Assailant. Gravekeepers attack Don and Gorg!"
"Trigger Dark Scorpion's Kuriboh (300/200) from my hand," Dirk said sliding the card into his graveyard, "This will prevent Dark Scorpions from being destroyed this turn."
A little Kuriboh wearing a Dark Scorpion jumpsuit with the Dark Scorpion tattoo and the eye-patch of Don Zaloog appeared and shoved the two Gravekeepers into a bag, and then deposited them onto the ground where they fell on their rear ends.
"End turn," Achmed said sounding frustrated. Kuriboh effects like that, were hard to counter.
"Now my Scorpions have served their purpose and are useless to me," Dirk said.
Don Zaloog looked back at dirk nervously.
"You just saved them," Achmed said, "Why would you consider them useless?"
"I saved them to be sacrifices," he said laughing, "They did damage to your life points and now they are of little more use to me."
The five scorpion burglars all began to look nervous.
"You fool," Achmed said, "In this Darkness game the monsters are real…not mere holograms. I have never seen a duelist disrespect his monsters so."
"I don't disrespect them," Dirk said, "They are merely tools for me to use at will."
Achmed's Assailant and Chief looked at Dirk's monsters with a look of pity in their eyes.
"First," Dirk said, "I'll divide and conquer with Tribute to the Doomed on Gravekeeper's Chief."
"Fool," Achmed said, "Gravekeepers are never divided but always work together to protect one another. Gravekeeper's Watcher will defend my monster and destroy Tribute to the Doomed (1000/1000)"
"It doesn't matter," Dirk said, "Time to rid the field of my useless scorpion burglars and make room for something better. I sacrifice Don Zaloog, Meanae the Thorn, Cliff the Trap Remover, Chick the Yellow and Gorg the Strong in order to summon…"
The scorpions each got a look of horror on their faces as they vanished.
"TASH THE INEXORABLE!" (5000/500) Dirk laughed and the Aztec god of death destruction and war arose on the field.
It stood about ten feet tall, small for a god card. Its head looked like the head of and eagle, with a wickedly curved beak. It's skin was blue-green and he had four arms. Each arm had wickedly curved talons. He wore a red loincloth and a red shield on his chest. A sinister green serpent coiled around Tash's left upper arm. He had a ceremonial knife in his upper right arm and an Aztec battle-axe in his lower left arm.
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As Eli and Davis made their way towards the ruins where the second god card was Davis's deck began glowing.
"Davis what is it?" Eli said noticing Davis lift up his left-arm and draw Quetzalcoatl from his disk.
"I think it's alive," Davis said looking at the rainbow colored god card, "And I think it's pissed."
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"You disrespect your monsters to summon that card," Achmed said, "I'll be all too happy to relieve you of it."
"Not likely," Dirk said, "Tash's attack points are equal to the number of monster sacrificed to summon him times one thousand. And I can choose how many I want to sacrifice."
("That's why he sacrificed all of his scorpion burglars,") Achmed thought, ("He wished Tash to become as strong as possible.")
"I activate Tash's ability Bloodletting! I can pay one thousand Life Points to destroy one monster on your field."
Dirk took a knife and slit his arm. Instead of spilling out onto the ground however it floated and billowed up to Tash's mouth as if it were in the water. Tash breathed it in.
Achmed-1500LP
Dirk-2000LP
Gravekeeper's Chief and Assailant shattered apart.
"Tash," Dirk said, "Attack his life points directly."
The god card raised its four arms and lunged towards Achmed.
"Dark Wall of Air," Achmed countered flipping the card face up. He wasn't sure if the move would work, as he didn't know which cards god cards were immune to. He closed his eyes and waited certain that if the Dark Wall didn't work that Tash would kill him.
But the wall did defend Achmed, and Tash was unable to break past the circle of air.
Achmed opened his eyes.
"This duel is over Dirk," Achmed said.
"You have no monsters that can stop Tash!" Dirk said, "And when I present this god card, and your deck to they guy who hired me I'll be one rich puppy."
"I may not have any cards that can stop Tash," Achmed said, "But you do. To that end I activate Tribute Resurrection! This allows me to target a Multi-star monster and revive the cards that were sacrificed for it at half their stats on my field! I target Tash, and thus the Dark Scorpion Burglars become mine!"
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The Five Dark Scorpion Burglars appeared on Achmed's field. They looked at Dirk with very acrimonious scowls.
"My scorpion Burglars!" Dirk said, "What a joke, not only are they weak and useless, they're weaker than usual thanks to Tribute Resurrection."
"He who disrespects his monsters does not deserve them," Achmed said, "I discard Gravekeeper's Kuriboh in order to activate any Spell or Trap Card in the graveyard that I choose. I choose Dark Scorpion Combination."
The five Scorpion Burglars looked at Achmed and then at each other and smiled. The rushed past Tash ignoring him completely and assaulted Dirk.
Achmed-1500LP
Dirk-0LP
"What are you going to do with my Scorpions!" Dirk said looking terrified. "They don't fit your deck!"
"My wife Sharia called me this morning to tell me that she was with child," Achmed said, "I shall give them to the child when they come of age, and I will raise that child to take far better care of his monsters than you ever did."
"Thank You," Don Zaloog said turning towards Achmed, "We promise to serve your child well, for what you have done for us."
"What?" Dirk said, at that moment Tash turned towards Dirk, and smiled maliciously, how he did this with a beak was a mystery to Achmed.
He reached over and picked up the thief and pecked him on the head. Both vanished and Dirk's duel disk clattered to the ground.
The bubble of the Darkness Game faded away and Asriel, Davis and Eli rushed in to see Achmed standing over a duel disk holding a card.
"I must be careful when using this," he said.
To be continued…
Original Cards:
Family Rescue
Dark Scorpion Arising
Dark Scorpion's Kuriboh
Tribute Resurrection
Gravekeeper's Kuriboh
The Divine Serpent of Quetzalcoatl
Featured God Card:
Tash the Inexorable
The Spirit of Huitzilopochtli, the bloodlust of this being is insatiable. It is said the Quetzalcoatl will one day slay him. Those who stand in his presence and show no fear are worthy of Honor
To Phoenix Talon: I thought that we weren't going to review each other. I told you why Phoenix isn't a character in this now let it be.
To Seeker of the Soul: Quetzalcoatl is not an evil god. He was a very good god, as the god of life he never demanded life as a sacrifice. All Mayan gods required blood to live so Quetzalcoatl was fed through bloodletting (Ritual cutting of fingers and other digits so that you bleed) Quetzalcoatl's evil brother Tezcatlipoca got Quetzalcoatl drunk. Quetzalcoatl was so ashamed that he sailed across the sea on a raft of serpents. When Cortez showed up in Mexico they Aztecs believed him to be Quetzalcoatl returned. (Quetzalcoatl predicted when he would return and coincidentally enough (or perhaps not coincidentally) it was the same year as Cortez showed up.) Huitzilopochtli (Represented by Tash) was the Mayan/Aztec god who ate human hearts in order to fuel the sun. So in fact an evil god who eats people's hearts for a regular meal resides in Achmed's deck, not Davis's. As for the series Legendary Warriors has some cool cards don't you think?
To John: We'll see.
To Vyser Adept of Dragons: Okay you've given me a cool idea for a deck strategy, so I'll use your character because you gave the idea to me.
To Grisham: Dude! I already chose my god cards ages ago and yes Jormungand is one of them, but his effect is different then the one you made. As for Fenrir, remember my universe is contemporaneous with wolf general's so I would never disrespect him by creating my own version of Rikuo's god card. In fact Fenrir has a great deal to do with this movie, as we shall see later. Have you kept up with War of the Gods? Did you like Badr?
To High Elf Swordsman: What and Ra isn't? Or Obelisk and Slifer for that matter. They're GOD cards for Pete sake. Quetzalcoatl is less powerful then Ra, but more powerful than Slifer and Obelisk. Tash is weaker than Slifer but more powerful than Obelisk (In my opinion) I am rather fond of Quetzalcoatl so don't knock him
To Falcon Demon General: Thanks, keep reading and reviewing.