Sammantha was taken aback, the look on Roberts face was one of absolute
terror. It was as if Athena had just pulled back her hood to reveal a skull
wearing clown make-up.
"You shouldn't be here. You need to go back, You need help." Robert said as the turn shifted back to Athena.
"You don't know anything! You were always the favorite, Why was I the one that got locked away? Why did they give up on me?" Athena shouted as she drew her card, the sun was beginning to set and her face was slowly coming into view, a slender face with high cheek bones, purple lipstick was applied to her mouth which was currently in an angry snarl.
"It doesn't matter, once I beat you I'll have what I need. I summon Amazoness Fighter and play Monster Reborn on the Amazoness Paladin!" Athena cried out as the two monsters appeared on the field.
Her face was still partially obscured in the shadows of her hood but Sammantha could have sworn she saw tears freely flowing down her face. Athenas hands were shaking and her lower lip was trembling.
"Destroy him!" Athena commanded of her collected monsters
The fighter hit the defending Troop Dragons with a quick one two combo and the remaining Amazoness monsters slammed into Robert ripping a significant chunk of his life points away.
Athena: 8000
Robert: 4500
Robert was down on one knee, his right hand clutching his chest where the Amazoness Paladin had impacted, While the Holographic systems were non- lethal they still dealt a portion of pain to the Duelist who received a direct attack.
"Not feeling so blessed now are you Robby?" Athena snidely commented while Robert fought to get to his feet she ended her turn once he was standing.
"You've got to stop this. I know you don't really want this." Robert spoke to Athena, not the way an opponent would, but more like someone who cared. Someone who was connected in some deep way to the other person.
"I know you were hurt. Maybe we could have tried harder back then..." Robert trailed off, his gaze downcast as he recalled the events that had spawned this encounter.
America, 1993.
"Dad, why do we have to do this? I mean, I know she did some bad things but..." Robert asked of the older man sitting in the drivers seat, guiding the car towards a long driveway. The sign by the road read, "River View Psychological Institute".
"Robert, I know this is hard. But we can't help her any more. We've done everything in our power. She's..." Roberts father trailed off, setting his right hand on the fifteen year olds shoulder.
"She's too much to handle. Her violent out bursts are beyond me, and since your mother passed away." He stopped, his jaw set sternly.
Robert glanced behind him into the back seat, the form of his ten year old sister laying there covered by a purple blanket sleeping peacefully, Her blonde hair slightly obscuring her slim face.
She looked so peaceful.
It's a shame she wasn't always so peaceful, The outbursts had only started recently, when she'd turned nine, Roberts father had just assumed she was maturing more rapidly than normal, that the outbursts would fade after a little while. But after what happened last week, Robert gently rubbed the large bandage on upper portion of his left arm where she'd scored a hit on him with one of their fathers large daggers when he hadn't given in to one of her tantrums.
Present Day
"Athe... No, Kelly. That's enough! Stop this. We all made mistakes back then. We need to try to move past them. I don't know how you got here. I don't know how you got out of River View either. The last call I got from your doctor said that you'd shown improvement, now I could be wrong but I'm pretty sure they'd have called me if they were letting you out!" Robert was no longer showing his fear, in fact he wasn't showing any emotion at all.
His face was cold and impassive, the minor scar on his left bicep was a dark red, a stark contrast to the relatively pale upper arm surrounding it.
"You've got no right to use that name! You gave up any right to that when you let father lock me up!" She screamed at Robert shaking her head back and forth knocking her hood loose letting her long blonde hair fling about behind her.
"You're in this for the game? To wipe out your Big Brother?" Robert shouted, his eye's looked almost as though they were glowing.
"Fine, how about this then Little Sister, If I win this, you come with me. We'll work through this We'll find a way to get past it. If I loose... Well, you can name your prize." Robert pulled a card from his hand a set it into the magic and trap slot bringing his total count of magic and trap cards to four and ended his turn.
"You actually think you can beat me?! I've been trained to take you apart! To tear you down piece by piece!" Kelly screamed, her voice cracking and the tears flowing freely down her face, her entire body was trembling.
The falls beside the two Duelists seemed to get louder, crashing down more violently than before, as if they'd been enraged by something.
Above dark clouds began to roll in, the occasional flash of light could be seen within, A storm was rolling in.
Kelly drew her card and, hands shaking, summoned a monster.
"Behold! The Amazoness Tiger! It gains four hundred attack points for every Amazoness card I have on the field!" She exclaimed her voice wavering as she looked at her brother standing across from her, his vivid green eyes staring right back at her.
"Now, I'll lay waste to you!" Kelly pointed at Robert, her hand was shaking wildly as the four monsters shot across the field to finish off the remaining amount of Roberts life points.
"Activate Trap! MIRROR FORCE!" Robert called out as a brilliant blue field of energy formed in front of him, all of Kelly's monsters vanished as their attacks reflected back at them.
Kelly's Jaw dropped. That was one of the cards he'd set in his first turn.
"Kel, You can't keep this hatred going. It'll destroy you." Robert said, his eyes softening as he looked at his Little Sister.
Above them the sky was almost totally black with storm clouds, beside them Noa's Falls roared and slammed into the rocks below, the spray of water they created hid the fact that it had started raining.
Roberts clothes were soaked, his short brown hair was matted to his scalp.
Kelly was in no better condition, her cloak hung heavy upon her small frame as it absorbed the water falling upon it, her long blonde hair was plastered to her head and neck, her eye shadow running down her face as the rain and the spray from the falls increased their intensity.
'At least he can't see me crying now.' Kelly thought to herself as she tried to put on a tough face while she stared her older Brother down.
Her turn was over, she had nothing useful in her hand to set and all of her monsters were gone.
"I'll take my turn now Little Sister." Robert said as he drew his card.
'Perfect!' He shouted in his mind, it was about time his deck started working with him again.
"I summon the Lord of Dragons, and activate my face down card, The Flute of Summoning Dragons to Special Summon." Robert paused as he set the two monster cards into his Duel Disk.
"The Blue Eyes White Dragon and Tyrant Dragon!" Robert announced and the two mighty beasts appeared on the field.
The Blue Eyes standing Regal and proud, It's power evident in it's cold stare.
The Tyrant Dragons ferocious might was made clear as it roared and clawed at the ground, small gouts of flame issued forth from it's nostrils, the green gem on its head glowing intensely, It's reptilian eyes narrowed as they focused on Kelly, standing opposite the massive beast.
"You shouldn't be here. You need to go back, You need help." Robert said as the turn shifted back to Athena.
"You don't know anything! You were always the favorite, Why was I the one that got locked away? Why did they give up on me?" Athena shouted as she drew her card, the sun was beginning to set and her face was slowly coming into view, a slender face with high cheek bones, purple lipstick was applied to her mouth which was currently in an angry snarl.
"It doesn't matter, once I beat you I'll have what I need. I summon Amazoness Fighter and play Monster Reborn on the Amazoness Paladin!" Athena cried out as the two monsters appeared on the field.
Her face was still partially obscured in the shadows of her hood but Sammantha could have sworn she saw tears freely flowing down her face. Athenas hands were shaking and her lower lip was trembling.
"Destroy him!" Athena commanded of her collected monsters
The fighter hit the defending Troop Dragons with a quick one two combo and the remaining Amazoness monsters slammed into Robert ripping a significant chunk of his life points away.
Athena: 8000
Robert: 4500
Robert was down on one knee, his right hand clutching his chest where the Amazoness Paladin had impacted, While the Holographic systems were non- lethal they still dealt a portion of pain to the Duelist who received a direct attack.
"Not feeling so blessed now are you Robby?" Athena snidely commented while Robert fought to get to his feet she ended her turn once he was standing.
"You've got to stop this. I know you don't really want this." Robert spoke to Athena, not the way an opponent would, but more like someone who cared. Someone who was connected in some deep way to the other person.
"I know you were hurt. Maybe we could have tried harder back then..." Robert trailed off, his gaze downcast as he recalled the events that had spawned this encounter.
America, 1993.
"Dad, why do we have to do this? I mean, I know she did some bad things but..." Robert asked of the older man sitting in the drivers seat, guiding the car towards a long driveway. The sign by the road read, "River View Psychological Institute".
"Robert, I know this is hard. But we can't help her any more. We've done everything in our power. She's..." Roberts father trailed off, setting his right hand on the fifteen year olds shoulder.
"She's too much to handle. Her violent out bursts are beyond me, and since your mother passed away." He stopped, his jaw set sternly.
Robert glanced behind him into the back seat, the form of his ten year old sister laying there covered by a purple blanket sleeping peacefully, Her blonde hair slightly obscuring her slim face.
She looked so peaceful.
It's a shame she wasn't always so peaceful, The outbursts had only started recently, when she'd turned nine, Roberts father had just assumed she was maturing more rapidly than normal, that the outbursts would fade after a little while. But after what happened last week, Robert gently rubbed the large bandage on upper portion of his left arm where she'd scored a hit on him with one of their fathers large daggers when he hadn't given in to one of her tantrums.
Present Day
"Athe... No, Kelly. That's enough! Stop this. We all made mistakes back then. We need to try to move past them. I don't know how you got here. I don't know how you got out of River View either. The last call I got from your doctor said that you'd shown improvement, now I could be wrong but I'm pretty sure they'd have called me if they were letting you out!" Robert was no longer showing his fear, in fact he wasn't showing any emotion at all.
His face was cold and impassive, the minor scar on his left bicep was a dark red, a stark contrast to the relatively pale upper arm surrounding it.
"You've got no right to use that name! You gave up any right to that when you let father lock me up!" She screamed at Robert shaking her head back and forth knocking her hood loose letting her long blonde hair fling about behind her.
"You're in this for the game? To wipe out your Big Brother?" Robert shouted, his eye's looked almost as though they were glowing.
"Fine, how about this then Little Sister, If I win this, you come with me. We'll work through this We'll find a way to get past it. If I loose... Well, you can name your prize." Robert pulled a card from his hand a set it into the magic and trap slot bringing his total count of magic and trap cards to four and ended his turn.
"You actually think you can beat me?! I've been trained to take you apart! To tear you down piece by piece!" Kelly screamed, her voice cracking and the tears flowing freely down her face, her entire body was trembling.
The falls beside the two Duelists seemed to get louder, crashing down more violently than before, as if they'd been enraged by something.
Above dark clouds began to roll in, the occasional flash of light could be seen within, A storm was rolling in.
Kelly drew her card and, hands shaking, summoned a monster.
"Behold! The Amazoness Tiger! It gains four hundred attack points for every Amazoness card I have on the field!" She exclaimed her voice wavering as she looked at her brother standing across from her, his vivid green eyes staring right back at her.
"Now, I'll lay waste to you!" Kelly pointed at Robert, her hand was shaking wildly as the four monsters shot across the field to finish off the remaining amount of Roberts life points.
"Activate Trap! MIRROR FORCE!" Robert called out as a brilliant blue field of energy formed in front of him, all of Kelly's monsters vanished as their attacks reflected back at them.
Kelly's Jaw dropped. That was one of the cards he'd set in his first turn.
"Kel, You can't keep this hatred going. It'll destroy you." Robert said, his eyes softening as he looked at his Little Sister.
Above them the sky was almost totally black with storm clouds, beside them Noa's Falls roared and slammed into the rocks below, the spray of water they created hid the fact that it had started raining.
Roberts clothes were soaked, his short brown hair was matted to his scalp.
Kelly was in no better condition, her cloak hung heavy upon her small frame as it absorbed the water falling upon it, her long blonde hair was plastered to her head and neck, her eye shadow running down her face as the rain and the spray from the falls increased their intensity.
'At least he can't see me crying now.' Kelly thought to herself as she tried to put on a tough face while she stared her older Brother down.
Her turn was over, she had nothing useful in her hand to set and all of her monsters were gone.
"I'll take my turn now Little Sister." Robert said as he drew his card.
'Perfect!' He shouted in his mind, it was about time his deck started working with him again.
"I summon the Lord of Dragons, and activate my face down card, The Flute of Summoning Dragons to Special Summon." Robert paused as he set the two monster cards into his Duel Disk.
"The Blue Eyes White Dragon and Tyrant Dragon!" Robert announced and the two mighty beasts appeared on the field.
The Blue Eyes standing Regal and proud, It's power evident in it's cold stare.
The Tyrant Dragons ferocious might was made clear as it roared and clawed at the ground, small gouts of flame issued forth from it's nostrils, the green gem on its head glowing intensely, It's reptilian eyes narrowed as they focused on Kelly, standing opposite the massive beast.