Chapter 6

'I'm in big trouble,' Joey thought to himself. 'I'm down to my last 2300 lifepoints, but now I have to deal with all three of these guys all by myself. What's worse, it's Reginald's turn now, and his brothers are up right after.'

"Don't lose hope." Yami told Joey. "I've been in some worse scrapes than this Joey. I know you can find a way to turn the tide here."

Kaiba remained silent. 'Yeah right. With Wheeler being our last hope, we're as good as beaten.'

"Now, where was I?" Reginald teased. "Oh yes, my move-"

Joey held out his hand to say 'stop.' "Not yet pal, I too have a move I wanna make."

Reginald stopped short. "What?"

"I activate the trap card Graverobber. This allows me to take and activate any card from my opponent's graveyard."

All three brothers suspected which card Joey was going to bring back, and their faces showed it.

"And the card I choose is none other than Implosion in the Cemetary!"

Horris and Reginald looked to Jackal. He was the only one on their side to have a face down card, and they hoped it would help. Reginald glumly shook his head.

"Now my Implosion in the Cemetary will reduce your lifepoints by 1000 lifepoints per card in your graveyards!"

Reginald's lifepoints reduced to 6600, Jackal's to 3100, and Horris' lifepoints to 0.

"Alright Joey!" Yami cheered. "One down, two more to go."

"Don't celebrate just yet boys," Reginald warned. "It's still my turn. I summon Zolga in defense mode." Jackal's lifepoints rose to 3600 and Reginald's to 7100. "Then I'll place one card face down and end my turn."

"Since Horris is no longer in the game, it's my move." Jackal drew.

'Hm, maybe there is a sliver of hope for Wheeler to win after all.' Kaiba thought.

"Get ready to lose Wheeler," Jackal said. "I sacrifice my two monsters so I can summon Levia Dragon - Daedalus, in attack mode." Jackal's Mysterious Puppeteer and his Raremetal Dragon shattered. In seconds, a light blue and white dragon appeared with 2600 attack points. This raised Reginald's lifepoints to 7600. "Now Levia-Dragon, destroy Wheeler's Red-Eyes now!"

The new dragon opened its mouth and a light blue blast came out, aiming directly for Joey's Red-Eyes. The blast hit, and the Red-Eyes Black Dragon was destroyed.

Jackal grinned. "I play one card face down and end my turn."

Joey drew. 'Kaiba's really got a good setup over there. Two of his Blue-Eyes' are still on the field along with Lord of Dragons and the Magician of Faith. If only I could somehow use them to help me out.' He analyzed his hand. 'This is going to be good.' "I summon my Cure Mermaid to the field, in attack mode." A beautiful, blonde mermaid with red fins appeared. This raised Reginald's lifepoints to 8100. "Now my mermaid will destroy Kaiba's Lord of Dragons!"

'What?' Kaiba couldn't believe what he just heard. 'Now magic and trap cards can be used against dragons again.'

The three brothers exchanged amused looks as the mermaid formed bubbles with her hands and sent them towards Lord of Dragons. They hit and the monster shattered.

Joey spoke confidently, "And wait, it gets better. I activate Monster Reborn to bring Kaiba's third Blue-Eyes White Dragon back from the graveyard." The third Blue-Eyes ascended onto Joey's side of the field. "Then I'll activate my last face down card, Polymerization to fuse the three Blue-Eyes White Dragons on the field to form Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon!" The three Blue-Eyes flew in front of Joey into a triangular position. Then they merged together to form a huge whitish blue dragon with three heads and 4500 attack points.

"So? You can't attack with a fusion monster on the turn it's created Wheeler." Reginald clearly didn't concider Joey's new monster to be a threat yet.

Joey just grinned. "Oh I know; but on my next turn, my dragon will crush you. I place one card face down, and my turn's done."

Reginald drew. "We'll see." Once he saw the card that he drew, his face grew into an evil grin. "I sacrifice my Mysterious Puppeteer and my Zolga so I can summon my Guardian Angel Joan, in attack mode." An angel with short blonde hair and long white wings appeared with 2800 attack points." Then he said. "And since I sacrificed Zolga for a tribute summon, my lifepoints are increased by 2000 points." His lifepoints rose to 10,100. Reginald then told Jackal, "Your move."

'I'm surprised Reginald didn't attack my Baby Dragon,' Joey thought. 'Either I'm intimidating him better than I thought, or he's got something planned. I guess I'll find out which soon.'

Jackal drew. "I switch Levia Dragon into defense mode and end my turn."

Joey drew. "My move now, and since my Cure Mermaid is face up on the field, my lifepoints increase by 800 points." His lifepoints rose to 3100. "I'll switch Cure Mermaid into defense mode, and then I'll use Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon to destroy Levia." The mouths on the three headed dragon were glowing white, and then each head unleashed a white blast similar to that of a Blue-Eyes White Dragon towards Levia.

"Wrong Wheeler," Jackal interrupted. "I reveal my face down card, Mirror Force. This trap card reflects your dragon's attack right back at you, and destroys all your monsters that are in attack position."

'Oh boy,' Joey thought, 'this ain't good.'

A clear force field appeared around Levia which blocked the Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon's attack. Then the white blasts were deflected back towards Joey. The blasts hit, and destroyed his Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon.

"Your dragon's been slain.' Reginald explained.

Joey groaned. "I'll place one card face down and end my turn."

Reginald drew. "Guardian Angel Joan, destroy Wheeler's Cure Mermaid now!" The angel outstretched its arms and a white energy ball formed in between them. She then released it towards the Cure Mermaid. The energy ball hit the Cure Mermaid and she shattered. Then Reginald's lifepoints increased to 10,850.

"Hold on," said Joey. "How did your lifepoints increase?"

"My Guardian Angel Joan's special ability. When she destroys a monster in battle, half of that monster's attack points are added to my lifepoints. Don't worry if you don't understand Wheeler, because you'll get another demonstration if you reach your next turn."

After a gesture from Reginald, Jackal drew. "I'm switching Levia Dragon into attack mode. Now destroy Wheeler's Baby Dragon!"

"I activate Waboku," Joey said. "This trap card reduces any attack to 0 damage." Three men in blue cloaks appeared in front of Joey's Baby Dragon. The blast hit them, allowing the Baby Dragon to remain unharmed. "It looks like I'll still have one monster to protect me after all."

"For now you do," Jackal conceded, "but not for long. Make your move."

Joey drew. 'Copycat, that can really help me out here.' "I activate Copycat. This allows me to copy any card from my opponents graveyard. The card I choose, Card of Sanctity."

He, Jackal and Reginald drew until they had six cards in their hands. "Next, I activate Premature Burial. I may lose 800 lifepoints, but now I can bring a monster back from any graveyard. So I'll bring back Yugi's Dark Magician." The magician appeared in front of Joey. "Then finally, I summon Time Wizard!"

'Time Wizard,' Kaiba thought. 'A risky move; but then again, he is in a desperate situation anyway. He just better not screw this up.'

A clock with a red frame around its split yellow and blue face with a purple cape and purple boots appeared, and in its hand it held a wand with a spinner on it. The spinner consisted of two red castles where 12 and 6 o'clock would be, and white skulls split in between them.

"Now I activate Time Wizard's special ability. I'll activate its time roulette. If the spinner lands on a castle, all your monsters are destroyed. Now go time roulette!"

The spinner on Time Wizard's wand spun rapidly.

"That may be Wheeler," said Reginald. "Just don't forget that if Time Wizard's spinner lands on a skull, not only will your monsters be destroyed but you'll also lose half of each of your monsters' attack points from your lifepoints."

'That's what worries me,' thought Joey. 'But Time Wizard's come through for me many times; this one will be no different.'

After forty-five seconds, the spinner began to slow down.

'This is it,'

'Land on a skull!' the three brothers were thinking.

The spinner stopped for the first time on the bottom castle. After a pause, it went to the skull above it. After another longer pause it went onto the next skull. But just as Reginald and Jackal were about to celebrate their stroke of luck, the spinner moved one more time to the final castle. Joey had won the gamble.

"Oh yeah baby," Joey gloated. "Now Time Wizard, show these guys your stuff!"

A squeaky, mechanical "time magic," could be heard from the Time Wizard. It flew up into the air and opened up a time portal directly behind the Baby Dragon and Dark Magician and outstretched its hand with the roulette. Through this portal, 1000 years passed through the duel. Then, all went white. When the duelists next beheld the field, it looked entirely different than before the time warp.

"Since Baby Dragon was on the field, he aged a thousand years to form Thousand Dragon," A huge orange adult dragon with 2400 attack points now stood in front of him. The Dark Magician however wasn't so impressive. Where it once looked young and powerful, it seemed it could barely keep its head up or stop groaning.

"What about your Dark Magician?" Jackal asked in a teasing tone. "Looks like you just made him useless to you."

Joey simply grinned. "We'll see. Now I activate Mystical Space Typhoon, which allows me to destroy one magic or trap card on the field; and the card I choose is Yugi's Dark Door." The Dark Door magic card that Yami had played earlier shattered. "Now, I'll use both my monsters to attack Jackal's lifepoints directly!"

"I activate Negate Attack." Reginald said. "Therefore canceling your attack."

"Don't be too sure, I still have a face down card too, remember? I activate Trap Jammer. All I need to do is discard one card from my hand and I can cancel your trap card's activation."

Reginald groaned. There was nothing else he could do to protect Jackal. The Thousand Dragon and the Dark Sage attacked Jackal, bringing his lifepoints to 0.

"Well Reginald," Joey taunted. "Looks like it's just you and me now."

Reginald laughed. "Don't get too proud of yourself Wheeler. You're down to your last 2300 lifepoints while I have 10,850. You won't beet me so easily, I guarantee you that."

Joey just shrugged. "We'll see. Now, make your move."