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.
"Looks deep," Eli, said looking down into the bowls of the hole, for that's all it really was, a very big deep hole. Davis had remained silent since they left New York.
"It is," Achmed said securing Eli to the ropes. "Are you ready?"
"Ready as I'll ever be."
Eli leapt of the edge of the crevice and began repelling down.
"Davis?' Asriel said placing her hand on her husband's back, "What's wrong?"
"I think that we're being played," Davis said, "and I don't like it."
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The cave was long and dark, and seemed to go on for miles. Eli dangled precariously from the repelling ropes. Eli was the only one with enough experience to actually do any spelunking. Plus he was the only one of the four of them who hadn't gotten a god card yet and he was feeling slightly jealous.
Only two cards remain, he thought, with just one god card I'd have enough power to take on Seto Kaiba and finally teach him a lesson for what he did to Gabriel. But I can't let revenge consume me or else I'll end up no better than him.
Eli often had mental struggles with himself, trying to do what was right, and yet finding the balance to teach Kaiba a lesson. He sometimes wondered if his goal was even the right course of action.
"No," Eli said shaking his head and thinking aloud, "Kaiba needs to learn that there are consequences for his actions."
"Eli Meggido," A voice declared from the darkness.
"Who's there?" Eli said flicking on his flashlight. The light shone on a kid of about 18 or 19. He had long brown hair like Davis's but unlike Davis he didn't wear his in a ponytail. He had on a black T-shirt and a pair of blue jeans. He also wore a duel disk. Eli noticed a long dark tunnel behind him.
("That must mean that there was another way down here that Leo didn't know about,") Eli thought.
"Eli Meggido?" He said in surprise. "I'm going to duel the duelist ranked 15th best in the world?"
"Who are you?" Eli responded.
"Kell Zephyr at your service," He said bowing, "most just call me Zephyr. I was formerly in the service of Marik and the Rare Hunters."
Eli made a gruff throaty noise somewhat like a groan and rolled his eyes. He had encountered Rare Hunters in the Battle City tournament. He had acquired the seven of the eight locator cards necessary to qualify for the finals in that tournament, but his final opponent was an Egyptian woman who seemed to know all of Eli's moves before he made them. In the end he had lost to Ishizu and had to forfeit his locator cards. A disappointing and discouraging defeat.
Eli, Martin, and Eli's friend Kira had also been in the Shadow Tournament, but their team had lost to Achmed's team just before arriving at Garlin's Castle.
"All right," Kell said, his duel disk flipping from standby mode to active mode. "Let's get this party started."
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"I summon Kaiser Seahorse in attack mode," Eli said, as an enormous warrior like seahorse appeared in front of him (1700/1650) "And play the Spell Card Warriors of Luna! This lets me search for a light type warrior and add it to my hand."
"My move then?" Kell asked, he snapped a card from the top of his deck, "I've always wanted to duel someone like you Eli. You're the kind of duelist who pushes a player to his limits, and makes the duel that much better."
Eli said nothing in response to this.
"I summon Makyhura the Destructor (1600/1200) in attack mode," Kell said. "He's a personal favorite and the key to my main deck strategy. I set a single card facedown."
A purple warrior with a single Egyptian Eye on his otherwise blank face, and large claws attached to his wrists appeared.
"Then it's my move," Eli said, "I sacrifice Kaiser Seahorse for The Creator in attack mode. (2300/3000) and set this card facedown."
Kaiser Seahorse vanished and was instantly replaced by a huge orange being with charged particles of electricity flowing around it.
"And now for some irony," Eli said, "The Creator will destroy!"
A blast of lightning shot out of the Creator's hand and struck Makyhura.
"Good," Kell said, "Now I can activate Trap Cards in my hand. As a former Rare Hunter I have several rare Trap Cards. Like Call of the Haunted, and Michizure."
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Twin arms reached out of the ground and grabbed the Creator and dragged him into the ground. At the same time Makyhura rose from the Graveyard. (1600/1200)
"Now it's my turn," Kell said, "I sacrifice my Makyhura for Spell Canceller (1800/1500) which means that all of your Spell cards are useless. Plus Makyhura just went to the graveyard so I can activate Grave Chain and Curse of Darkness. Grave Chain lets me discard a card from my hand in order to activate Call of the Haunted from my graveyard so Makyhura returns (1600/1200) and Curse of Darkness will deal 1000 damage to you when you play a Spell Card."
Eli winced as a mechanical creature and Makyhura reappeared on the field.
"Spell Canceller attack him directly!" Kell said.
The machine attempted to fire a ray blast at Eli however a mountain of brown fluff balls appeared in the way.
"Kuriboh!" (300/200) Eli said, "This little guy packs a wallop and saves me from Spell Cancellers attack."
"But not from Makyhura," Kell said, the unusual purple warrior lunged at Eli.
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"Now," Eli said, "I sacrifice The Creator and Kuriboh from my graveyard in order to summon Black Luster Soldier Envoy of the Beginning! (3000/2500)"
The legendary soldier from the dawn of time emerged onto the field in a glowing swirl of Light and Darkness.
"Soldier," Eli said, "Attack both of his monsters and finish this."
"Not so fast Eli," Kell said, "My Trap Card Right of Priority says you have to attack Makyhura before you attack any other monster."
The Black Luster Soldier lunged and struck Makyhura. All at once a huge wheel made from Dragon Bones appeared and locked Black Luster Soldier to it.
"Behold my Nightmare Wheel," Kell said smiling.
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"I know how the Nightmare Wheel works," Eli said, "I now activate my own Trap Card A Second Opportunity."
Kell's eyes widened in anticipation.
"This Trap Card must be activated when a card with two abilities is in play. Like Don Zaloog and Black Luster Soldier. I can now activate both abilities and Remove Spell Canceller from play."
The Soldier nodded his head at the Spell Canceller and it vanished in a flash of light.
"I Pitch Black Warwolf in attack mode," (1600/600) Kell said, "Your move."
The Nightmare Wheel ground into Black Luster Soldier, but the Soldier never once screamed.
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Eli drew, "Mirage Dragon! (1600/600) Soldier Remove Pitch Black Warwolf from play!"
The Soldier nodded his head again from the wheel and the black werewolf vanished.
"That's enough," Kell said, "I summon Trap Orb (0/0) and play Machine Duplication to summon two more (0/0) (0/0)"
Eli's eyes widened at what he knew must be next.
"I sacrifice my three Trap Orbs in order to summon JORMUNGAND THE MIDGUARD WYRM!"
(7000/7000)
The entire cavern began shaking and the stalactites began falling.
"You're going to bring the whole cave down on us!" Eli yelled over the noise.
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Asriel and Davis waited by the mouth of the hole, while Achmed spoke on the phone with Sharia about their new child.
"What about you Asriel," Davis said, "Do you want a kid?"
Asriel looked at her husband coyly, "I don't know," she said scooting closer to him, "They're supposed to be a lot of trouble. And then there's the Heart family curse to worry about."
"What curse?" Davis said snapping his head up and looking at his wife.
Asriel sighed, "Okay there's this family legend that says that the Hearts are descended from King Arthur."
"So?"
"King Arthur only had one kid," Asriel said, "Mordred, son by Arthur's half sister Morgan La Fey. So we're supposed to be cursed in the 'Child Bearing Department'," She said. "Supposedly we can't have more than one child and that child that we do have is supposed to be very unlucky."
"What about you?" Davis said, "You're not unlucky."
"Tony," Asriel said.
"I don't believe in luck," Davis said kissing Asriel on the forehead, "it leaves too much to chance."
Suddenly the ground began to shake, and Asriel nearly fell into the crevice, but Davis caught her and hoisted her up even as the shaking became more and more violent.
"Someone is summoning a god card directly beneath us," Achmed said holding up Tash.
"See," Asriel said, "Unlucky!"
"I caught you Asriel," Davis said, "I'll always be here to catch you. I promise."
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Two glittering Red Eyes shone through the Darkness and moved out of the tunnel behind Kell.
The head that emerged reminded Eli a little bit of Slifer the Sky Dragon, and a little bit of a Rattlesnake. It was emerald green and huge! Eli couldn't even see how far back the snake's body went into the cave.
"This is Jormungand," Kell said, "This card can Devour worlds. After all Fenrir is his brother. His attack points are 1000x the number of cards removed from play. I count three Trap Orbs, Spell Canceller, The Creator, Pitch Black Warwolf, and Kuriboh."
Eli shuddered at the sight of the giant serpent.
"I activate Jormungand's ability!" Kell said, "World-eating Serpent! He devours all other monsters on the field and adds their power to his own because Jormungand has all the effects of the removed from play cards."
Jormungand opened his enormous mouth and breathed in. A glowing light at the back of his throat appeared and as the Black Luster Soldier and The Mirage Dragon were sucked in they vanished. (9000/9000)
"Jormungand can't attack the turn he devours so go ahead and make you last play."
Eli drew. He looked shakily at the cards in his hand. ("All right how do I go about this? Davis summoned a monster that always has 2800 more attack points than any monster it battles in order to stop his god card. Achmed ignored the god card and went straight for the life points. And Asriel lowered Hel's attack points to zero. How do I beat this god card?")
"I set this card facedown and summon Double Coston in defense." He said as his twin black ghosts appeared.
Jormungand abruptly reacted to the presence of Double Coston.
It opened its mouth and a spray of venom shot out and hit the Double Coston. (300/250)
"Whenever you normal summon a monster in Jormungand's presence," Kell said, "Jormungand will spray venom on it and it will weaken by the total number of stars on the field times 100. If the monster hits zero it's destroyed."
Eli winced again. Jormungand lunged and ate up Double Coston in a single bite.
""Jormungand is a very powerful card," Kell said, "Don't feel bad about not being able to beat it."
"Whoever said I couldn't beat it?" Eli asked. Kell cocked an eyebrow.
"Return from the Different Dimension." Eli said as his Trap Card flipped up.
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"Black Luster Soldier-Envoy of the Beginning, The Creator and your three Trap Orbs. (3000/2500) (2300/3000) (0/0) (0/0) (0/0)"
Kell looked at Eli in surprise. "This weakens Jormungand (4000/4000) but it doesn't bring him to zero."
Eli nodded. "But isn't that what Trap Orbs are for?"
"You can sacrifice a Trap Orb to activate a Trap Card in your deck but I don't see how that will help you."
"It's combinations that help me Kell," Eli said, "not them by themselves. I sacrifice two Trap Orbs to activate my Spellbinding Circle (3300/4000) and my Dust Tornado to destroy Curse of Darkness."
The two silver orbs shape-shifted into Eli's Trap cards and blasted Kell's field.
"Now I play Luminous Spark," Eli said sliding his field card zone open. Light began shining throughout the cavern. Brightening everything.
"This raises all of the monsters on my field," Eli said, (3500/2100) (2800/2600) (500/0)
"Black Luster Soldier," Eli pointed to the god card, whose eyes widened and then narrowed as the soldier brought his blade down on the snake.
"Now Soldier," Eli said, "Finish it."
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"I bow to your superior skills," Kell said handing Jormungand to Eli, "Use it well."
Eli tugged on the rope to signal to pull him up.
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"Come one," Davis said looking at Eli and he and Achmed pulled him out. Davis didn't need to ask he knew that Eli had gotten the god card.
"I think I figured out what's going on," Davis said, "And if I'm right we're going to have some major competition for that last card."
To be continued…
Original Cards:
Warriors of Luna
Right of Priority
A Second Opportunity
Trap Orb
Original Cards by Wolf General and Seeker of the Soul
Grave Chain (SOTS)
Featured God Card: Jormungand the Midguard Wyrm
A divine serpent that dwells in the depths of the earth. He thirsts for the blood of Thor. It is said that if he is released with his brother and sister he will cause the end of the world.
To Guardian Master: You can if the person you're reviewing accepts anonymous reviews.
To Vyser: Your character was in this chapter, did you like him?
To John: Well Quetzalcoatl isn't Obelisk the Tormentor now is he?
To Wolf General: Yes we all love Fenrir, he gets to make a cameo next chappy as long as it's okay with you.
To Seeker of the Soul: And now she has one, assuming you got my e-mail. I know that Pendragon the Lightning's attack points are ridiculously high but I think that there are enough limitations on him that he works. (If you disagree I'll slap some more limitations on him)
Oh yeah and Hel rocks too.