Disclaimer: See chapter 4 for details
Chapter 5: Friendly Foes, Part 2: No Way Out
"It's my move!" Mai declared. (And it may be my final one) "I summon Worm Drake (1400/1500) in defense mode and play two cards face down. I end my turn from here!" (Bring on your assault) thought Mai.
"Not much of a move." Harpie Lady responded, drawing. "Dragonite attack Worm Drake now!" she commanded as the dragon unleashed an orange-yellow beam of energy (yes, much resembling Dragonite's Hyper Beam attack from Pokemon, I couldn't think of anything else..) (A/N: Don't watch Pokemon)
"Wrong!" cried Mai as her face down card flipped up. "You've activated my trap card, Mirror Wall!" she yelled as a wall of ice created a barrier in front of Worm Drake, in which the energy blast hit and reflected off of it, draining Dragonite's strength to 1350.
"But that's not all! Reveal magic card, Strength Transfer! And, whenever one of your monsters loses attack points, I gain two times the amount of attack points your monster lost!" Mai explained. (M's LP: 3300)
"And things will keep on getting better than that! I switch Worm Drake into attack mode! Worm Drake attack and destroy Dragonite!" The worm crawled around Dragonite, squeezing it tightly and shattering it. (HL's LP: 3850)
"My turn now!" Harpie Lady declared.
"Not yet! Reveal my last face down card, Twister! This trap card will force you to skip your entire turn!" Mai explained, much to Harpie Lady's demise.
"And now I summon Hibikime (1450/1000) in attack mode! Both of my monsters attack her life points directly!" Mai commanded as the worm tightly wrapped around Harpie Lady and Hibikime caused a loud screech, instantly damaging Harpie Lady badly. (HL's LP: 1000)
"And next turn it'll be zero! That ends my turn!" Mai declared as Harpie Lady drew.
(There couldn't have been a better time!) Harpie Lady thought. "I play a chain of magic cards that will destroy you from the inside-out!" she declared.
"First, I activate the magic card, Death Beam!" she yelled as five white flames appeared in front of her. "You'll soon see the importance of these flames, but the magic card will destroy all monsters in 5 turns!" she explained, as Mai groaned.
"I'll play these two cards face down and end my turn by summoning Mystical Elf (800/2000) in defense mode." She stated as Mai drew her next card.
(Okay, all monsters will be destroyed in 5 turns, so, I can't lose any monsters if I don't play any. I can just set up magic and trap defenses, and my Mirror Wall will stop all of her attacks, so I'm all set up to win this duel. All I need is a life point damage magic card, or a monster that can wipe out Mystical Elf, but I don't have one. Just have to play it out.) She thought, picking up one card from her hand.
"I'll play one card face down and en---" she began.
"Not this time! I didn't play that Death Beam card for nothing! I activate my trap card, Forced Defense! This trap card will force you to summon a monster from your hand, or you lose 800 life points!" she gladly explained as Mai placed a monster on her plate.
"But wait! Reveal my second trap card, Dark Revolt (impromptu name obviously) which forces you to lose half of the attack points of every monster you summon!" she explained happily.
"Fine then, I'll play Red Archery Girl (1400/1500) in defense mode!" she declared. (M's LP: 2600).
(Great. She's got me trapped. Now I'm forced to summon monsters, and if I don't then I lose 800 life points, and if I do summon a monster, I lose life points! Plus, all the monsters I summon will be destroyed in 4 turns!) Mai thought, sighing to herself.
One of the white flames above Harpie Lady suddenly became black. "One turn down." She mocked, drawing.
"I'll play one card face down and end my turn." She stated, as Mai drew.
"Great. I'll play it safe." She thought, eyeing a card in your hand.
"I'll play one card face down and end my turn!" she declared, as Harpie Lady grinned.
"And thanks to your rule, I'll lose my 800 life points now!" she stated.
"Hold on! Let's see your hand! You wouldn't want to cheat now would you?!" she yelled as Mai's hand holographically appeared.
"Well, looks like you've been holding out on us Mai! You must summon your Tri Horned Dragon now!" Harpie Lady declared, pointing directly to the card as Mai groaned.
"Fine then, I'll sacrifice Hibikime and Worm Drake to summon Tri-Horned Dragon!(2850/2350) " Mai shouted, as both monsters disappeared and a massive blue three horned dragon stood in it's place.
"And thanks to my magic card, you lose 1425 life points! But lying does not come without a consequence! Your lying will cost you 500 extra life points, putting you in no position to win this duel!" Harpie Lady explained, much to Mai's demise (M's LP: 675)
(But the one drawback she didn't realize is she ended her turn. What a fool. Destroying her wouldn't be worth my time.)
"My move now!" Harpie Lady declared, eagerly snatching her next card. (Perfect! All I need is some life points and a couple of good draws and this duel will be mine without doubt! But I have to guard my life points for now, and also I've got other means of protection.) she thought, seeing the 2nd white flame turn into black.
"I'll pass this turn!" she declared as Mai drew.
"Now! I'll summon Cyber Falcon (1400/1200) in defense mode and end my turn!" Mai declared, watching the third flame instantly change.
"My move again?!" Harpie Lady asked, as Mai snarled. "Temper, Temper. I'll play one card face down and that'll do it for me!" she stated.
Mai drew again. "This is getting really old, but I have no monsters in my hand! NO! I'll lose the duel!" she started, but eyed something. "This will help."
"I activate the magic card, Graceful Charity, which allows me to draw 3 cards and discard two from my hand!" she explained as she discarded two, and drew three.
(Saved!) Mai thought. "I'll play Darkworld Thorns (1200/900) in defense mode and end my turn!" she declared, sighing heavily as the fourth flame faded to black.
"One more turn!" Harpie Lady said, snatching her next card. (Yes! Just one more card I need to draw!)
"I'll activate the magic card, Soul of the Pure, which will increase my life points by 800!" Harpie Lady declared, as an angel sent a light white beam covering her. (HL's LP: 1800)
(Now, I've got one final card to draw!) Harpie thought, signaling her turn was over. Mai hastily drew.
"I'll summon my last monster in my hand! Go, Skull Servant (300/200)" Mai said as a small specter appeared on the field.
Harpie Lady burst out laughing. "You actually mean to tell me you keep a..SKULL SERVANT in your deck!? That has to be the weakest monster in the entire game of Duel Monsters!! I've never known a serious duelist that could even keep one in their sight! I mean I expected your deck to be pathetic, but if you whip out Skull Servants for me, I'd find it much more fun to destroy them one by one, but none the less Mai, your deck needs a giant tune up!"
"SHUT UP!" Mai retorted.
"Well..no matter. End your turn now!" she commanded.
"Gladly. My turn ends now." Mai simply stated.
Both duelists watched the fifth and final flame turn black. Then, all the flames united into a black flaming ring that twirled around in the sky above them, releasing a giant bolt of black electricity. The winds picked up higher and higher, and several smaller thunder bolts came from the huge bolt of black electricity, shattering all monsters on Mai's side of the field, before the small bolts, the huge bolt, and flaming ring all disappeared into the abyss.
"And now that leaves your life points open to a wide attack! You've done well Mai, but I assure you this is the final move!"
"Go, Celtic Guardian (1400/1200)!" Harpie Lady said. "And attack and destroy her! Goodbye Mai!" she yelled as the guardian charged at her, but hit a block of ice.
"You've forgotten about my Mirror Wall trap card!" she yelled, as Celtic Guardian's strength went to 700.
"And that's left your guardian as easy prey!" Mai declared, drawing her newest card. "I summon Cyber Harpie (1800/1400) in attack mode! Cyber Harpie, attack her weakened Celtic Guardian!" she declared as Harpie Lady went and easily sliced through the warrior. (HL's LP: 700)
"And next turn it'll be zero, and this time I promise you that!" Mai proudly announced.
"Foolish girl. It's now my turn! I'll activate the magic card, Monster Reborn! Revive my fallen Celtic Guardian!" Harpie Lady commanded as the magic card spat out her warrior.
"And now I reveal Blood Transfusion, which will sacrifice half of my guardian's attack power, and add it to my life points!" she explained as Celtic Guardian was once again at 700. (HL's LP: 1400)
"But then witness the powerful magic of my deck as I activate one last card, Restoration! This card has two powerful effects! One it will restore my monster's attack power back to 1400, and then it will destroy all active magic or trap cards that weaken my monster's attack points!" she explained cheerfully, as Mai heavily sighed, watching her Mirror Wall activate, and then shatter into pieces.
"And now Mai, I guarantee you the end is near! For I reveal my deck master ability, allowing me to sacrifice 1000 life points, (HL's LP: 400) to triple my monster onto the field, so behold my 3 Celtic Guardians!" she announced as her monster spawned off two clones of itself, all with 1400/1200 stats.
"And that's not the best of this duel yet Mai! For soon it will get much worse! And I can promise YOU that!" she mocked, laughing loudly.
~~~~ CARDS PLAYED ~~~~
Worm Drake: ****/1400/1500/Reptile Type
Mirror Wall: TRAP/Desc: Cut any attacking monster's attack points in half.
Strength Transfer: TRAP/Desc: You may only activate this card when a monster loses attack points. Increase your life points by two times the amount lost.
Twister: TRAP/Desc: Your opponent skips their entire turn.
Hibikime: ****/1450/1000/Warrior Type
Death Beam: MAGIC/Desc: In five turns, all monsters on the field will be destroyed.
Mystical Elf ****/800/2000/Spellcaster Type
Forced Defense: TRAP/Desc: This trap card can only be activated while "Death Beam" is active. Your opponent must summon a monster (either face up or face-down) during every turn or they lose 800 life points. You may look at your opponents hand to require them to summon a monster if they do not summon one. If they are cheating, have them summon a monster and lose 500 life points. When "Death Beam" is sent to the graveyard, this card is also sent to the graveyard.
Dark Revolt: TRAP/Desc: Your opponent loses half of the attack points of any monster they summon, from their life points.
Red Archery Girl: ****/1400/1500/Aqua Type
Tri-Horned Dragon: ********/2850/2350/Dragon Type
Cyber Falcon: ****/1400/1200/Machine Type
Graceful Charity: MAGIC/Desc: Draw 3 cards from your deck, then discard any 2 cards from your hand.
Darkworld Thorns: ***/1200/900/Plant Type
Soul of the Pure: MAGIC/Desc: Increase your life points by 800.
Skull Servant: */300/200/Zombie Type
Celtic Guardian: ****/1400/1200/Warrior Type
Cyber Harpie: ****/1800/1400/Winged Beast Type
Monster Reborn: MAGIC/Desc: Select 1 Monster Card from either your opponent's or your own Graveyard and place it on the field under your control in Attack or Defense Position (face-up). This is considered a Special Summon.
Blood Transfusion: MAGIC/Desc: Sacrifice half of your monsters' points (from whichever mode it is in) and add them to your life points.
Restoration: MAGIC/Desc: Restore all monsters' attack points to the way they originally were (not counting Equip Magic Cards) and, destroy all magic and trap cards that lower any of your monsters attack points.
Chapter 5: Friendly Foes, Part 2: No Way Out
"It's my move!" Mai declared. (And it may be my final one) "I summon Worm Drake (1400/1500) in defense mode and play two cards face down. I end my turn from here!" (Bring on your assault) thought Mai.
"Not much of a move." Harpie Lady responded, drawing. "Dragonite attack Worm Drake now!" she commanded as the dragon unleashed an orange-yellow beam of energy (yes, much resembling Dragonite's Hyper Beam attack from Pokemon, I couldn't think of anything else..) (A/N: Don't watch Pokemon)
"Wrong!" cried Mai as her face down card flipped up. "You've activated my trap card, Mirror Wall!" she yelled as a wall of ice created a barrier in front of Worm Drake, in which the energy blast hit and reflected off of it, draining Dragonite's strength to 1350.
"But that's not all! Reveal magic card, Strength Transfer! And, whenever one of your monsters loses attack points, I gain two times the amount of attack points your monster lost!" Mai explained. (M's LP: 3300)
"And things will keep on getting better than that! I switch Worm Drake into attack mode! Worm Drake attack and destroy Dragonite!" The worm crawled around Dragonite, squeezing it tightly and shattering it. (HL's LP: 3850)
"My turn now!" Harpie Lady declared.
"Not yet! Reveal my last face down card, Twister! This trap card will force you to skip your entire turn!" Mai explained, much to Harpie Lady's demise.
"And now I summon Hibikime (1450/1000) in attack mode! Both of my monsters attack her life points directly!" Mai commanded as the worm tightly wrapped around Harpie Lady and Hibikime caused a loud screech, instantly damaging Harpie Lady badly. (HL's LP: 1000)
"And next turn it'll be zero! That ends my turn!" Mai declared as Harpie Lady drew.
(There couldn't have been a better time!) Harpie Lady thought. "I play a chain of magic cards that will destroy you from the inside-out!" she declared.
"First, I activate the magic card, Death Beam!" she yelled as five white flames appeared in front of her. "You'll soon see the importance of these flames, but the magic card will destroy all monsters in 5 turns!" she explained, as Mai groaned.
"I'll play these two cards face down and end my turn by summoning Mystical Elf (800/2000) in defense mode." She stated as Mai drew her next card.
(Okay, all monsters will be destroyed in 5 turns, so, I can't lose any monsters if I don't play any. I can just set up magic and trap defenses, and my Mirror Wall will stop all of her attacks, so I'm all set up to win this duel. All I need is a life point damage magic card, or a monster that can wipe out Mystical Elf, but I don't have one. Just have to play it out.) She thought, picking up one card from her hand.
"I'll play one card face down and en---" she began.
"Not this time! I didn't play that Death Beam card for nothing! I activate my trap card, Forced Defense! This trap card will force you to summon a monster from your hand, or you lose 800 life points!" she gladly explained as Mai placed a monster on her plate.
"But wait! Reveal my second trap card, Dark Revolt (impromptu name obviously) which forces you to lose half of the attack points of every monster you summon!" she explained happily.
"Fine then, I'll play Red Archery Girl (1400/1500) in defense mode!" she declared. (M's LP: 2600).
(Great. She's got me trapped. Now I'm forced to summon monsters, and if I don't then I lose 800 life points, and if I do summon a monster, I lose life points! Plus, all the monsters I summon will be destroyed in 4 turns!) Mai thought, sighing to herself.
One of the white flames above Harpie Lady suddenly became black. "One turn down." She mocked, drawing.
"I'll play one card face down and end my turn." She stated, as Mai drew.
"Great. I'll play it safe." She thought, eyeing a card in your hand.
"I'll play one card face down and end my turn!" she declared, as Harpie Lady grinned.
"And thanks to your rule, I'll lose my 800 life points now!" she stated.
"Hold on! Let's see your hand! You wouldn't want to cheat now would you?!" she yelled as Mai's hand holographically appeared.
"Well, looks like you've been holding out on us Mai! You must summon your Tri Horned Dragon now!" Harpie Lady declared, pointing directly to the card as Mai groaned.
"Fine then, I'll sacrifice Hibikime and Worm Drake to summon Tri-Horned Dragon!(2850/2350) " Mai shouted, as both monsters disappeared and a massive blue three horned dragon stood in it's place.
"And thanks to my magic card, you lose 1425 life points! But lying does not come without a consequence! Your lying will cost you 500 extra life points, putting you in no position to win this duel!" Harpie Lady explained, much to Mai's demise (M's LP: 675)
(But the one drawback she didn't realize is she ended her turn. What a fool. Destroying her wouldn't be worth my time.)
"My move now!" Harpie Lady declared, eagerly snatching her next card. (Perfect! All I need is some life points and a couple of good draws and this duel will be mine without doubt! But I have to guard my life points for now, and also I've got other means of protection.) she thought, seeing the 2nd white flame turn into black.
"I'll pass this turn!" she declared as Mai drew.
"Now! I'll summon Cyber Falcon (1400/1200) in defense mode and end my turn!" Mai declared, watching the third flame instantly change.
"My move again?!" Harpie Lady asked, as Mai snarled. "Temper, Temper. I'll play one card face down and that'll do it for me!" she stated.
Mai drew again. "This is getting really old, but I have no monsters in my hand! NO! I'll lose the duel!" she started, but eyed something. "This will help."
"I activate the magic card, Graceful Charity, which allows me to draw 3 cards and discard two from my hand!" she explained as she discarded two, and drew three.
(Saved!) Mai thought. "I'll play Darkworld Thorns (1200/900) in defense mode and end my turn!" she declared, sighing heavily as the fourth flame faded to black.
"One more turn!" Harpie Lady said, snatching her next card. (Yes! Just one more card I need to draw!)
"I'll activate the magic card, Soul of the Pure, which will increase my life points by 800!" Harpie Lady declared, as an angel sent a light white beam covering her. (HL's LP: 1800)
(Now, I've got one final card to draw!) Harpie thought, signaling her turn was over. Mai hastily drew.
"I'll summon my last monster in my hand! Go, Skull Servant (300/200)" Mai said as a small specter appeared on the field.
Harpie Lady burst out laughing. "You actually mean to tell me you keep a..SKULL SERVANT in your deck!? That has to be the weakest monster in the entire game of Duel Monsters!! I've never known a serious duelist that could even keep one in their sight! I mean I expected your deck to be pathetic, but if you whip out Skull Servants for me, I'd find it much more fun to destroy them one by one, but none the less Mai, your deck needs a giant tune up!"
"SHUT UP!" Mai retorted.
"Well..no matter. End your turn now!" she commanded.
"Gladly. My turn ends now." Mai simply stated.
Both duelists watched the fifth and final flame turn black. Then, all the flames united into a black flaming ring that twirled around in the sky above them, releasing a giant bolt of black electricity. The winds picked up higher and higher, and several smaller thunder bolts came from the huge bolt of black electricity, shattering all monsters on Mai's side of the field, before the small bolts, the huge bolt, and flaming ring all disappeared into the abyss.
"And now that leaves your life points open to a wide attack! You've done well Mai, but I assure you this is the final move!"
"Go, Celtic Guardian (1400/1200)!" Harpie Lady said. "And attack and destroy her! Goodbye Mai!" she yelled as the guardian charged at her, but hit a block of ice.
"You've forgotten about my Mirror Wall trap card!" she yelled, as Celtic Guardian's strength went to 700.
"And that's left your guardian as easy prey!" Mai declared, drawing her newest card. "I summon Cyber Harpie (1800/1400) in attack mode! Cyber Harpie, attack her weakened Celtic Guardian!" she declared as Harpie Lady went and easily sliced through the warrior. (HL's LP: 700)
"And next turn it'll be zero, and this time I promise you that!" Mai proudly announced.
"Foolish girl. It's now my turn! I'll activate the magic card, Monster Reborn! Revive my fallen Celtic Guardian!" Harpie Lady commanded as the magic card spat out her warrior.
"And now I reveal Blood Transfusion, which will sacrifice half of my guardian's attack power, and add it to my life points!" she explained as Celtic Guardian was once again at 700. (HL's LP: 1400)
"But then witness the powerful magic of my deck as I activate one last card, Restoration! This card has two powerful effects! One it will restore my monster's attack power back to 1400, and then it will destroy all active magic or trap cards that weaken my monster's attack points!" she explained cheerfully, as Mai heavily sighed, watching her Mirror Wall activate, and then shatter into pieces.
"And now Mai, I guarantee you the end is near! For I reveal my deck master ability, allowing me to sacrifice 1000 life points, (HL's LP: 400) to triple my monster onto the field, so behold my 3 Celtic Guardians!" she announced as her monster spawned off two clones of itself, all with 1400/1200 stats.
"And that's not the best of this duel yet Mai! For soon it will get much worse! And I can promise YOU that!" she mocked, laughing loudly.
~~~~ CARDS PLAYED ~~~~
Worm Drake: ****/1400/1500/Reptile Type
Mirror Wall: TRAP/Desc: Cut any attacking monster's attack points in half.
Strength Transfer: TRAP/Desc: You may only activate this card when a monster loses attack points. Increase your life points by two times the amount lost.
Twister: TRAP/Desc: Your opponent skips their entire turn.
Hibikime: ****/1450/1000/Warrior Type
Death Beam: MAGIC/Desc: In five turns, all monsters on the field will be destroyed.
Mystical Elf ****/800/2000/Spellcaster Type
Forced Defense: TRAP/Desc: This trap card can only be activated while "Death Beam" is active. Your opponent must summon a monster (either face up or face-down) during every turn or they lose 800 life points. You may look at your opponents hand to require them to summon a monster if they do not summon one. If they are cheating, have them summon a monster and lose 500 life points. When "Death Beam" is sent to the graveyard, this card is also sent to the graveyard.
Dark Revolt: TRAP/Desc: Your opponent loses half of the attack points of any monster they summon, from their life points.
Red Archery Girl: ****/1400/1500/Aqua Type
Tri-Horned Dragon: ********/2850/2350/Dragon Type
Cyber Falcon: ****/1400/1200/Machine Type
Graceful Charity: MAGIC/Desc: Draw 3 cards from your deck, then discard any 2 cards from your hand.
Darkworld Thorns: ***/1200/900/Plant Type
Soul of the Pure: MAGIC/Desc: Increase your life points by 800.
Skull Servant: */300/200/Zombie Type
Celtic Guardian: ****/1400/1200/Warrior Type
Cyber Harpie: ****/1800/1400/Winged Beast Type
Monster Reborn: MAGIC/Desc: Select 1 Monster Card from either your opponent's or your own Graveyard and place it on the field under your control in Attack or Defense Position (face-up). This is considered a Special Summon.
Blood Transfusion: MAGIC/Desc: Sacrifice half of your monsters' points (from whichever mode it is in) and add them to your life points.
Restoration: MAGIC/Desc: Restore all monsters' attack points to the way they originally were (not counting Equip Magic Cards) and, destroy all magic and trap cards that lower any of your monsters attack points.