Chapter 8

Reginald drew his card. "I play one monster and one trap face down. Your move."

Joey drew. "Fine. Now that it's my turn again, I'll use my Thousand Dragon to attack your face down monster."

A tannish smoke flared from the orange dragon's nostrils and aimed towards Reginald's face down monster. It hit, causing a goblin-like figure to appear and shatter.

"Thanks Wheeler," Reginald said. "Whenever Spear Criten is destroyed in battle, we can both bring one monster back from our respective graveyards. And I think you know what card I'm bringing back, don't you?"

"Guardian Angel Joan."

"Bingo." Guardian Angel Joan reappeared in front of Reginald. "Now, which monster are you bringing back?"

Joey grinned. "The one and only Jinzo!" Jinzo reappeared on the field. "And since Jinzo's back on the field, your trap card is destroyed and traps are useless again." Red blasts emanated from Jinzo's eyes, hit Reginald's face down card and destroyed it. "Now I'll use Dark Sage to destroy your Guardian Angel Joan!" The blasts emanated again and aimed towards Joan.

"Wrong Wheeler," A swarm of Kuribo appeared in front of Guardian Angel Joan and absorbed the blast. "By discarding Kuribo to the graveyard, your attack became worthless."

The Kuribo disappeared.

"Nice save bro," Jackal told Reginald, who gave him a smile of affirmation.

"I play one card face down and end my turn." Joey finally said.

Yami, Kaiba, Horris and Jackal were all watching the duel anxiously.

'Well,' Yami thought, 'at least Reginald can't use traps anymore. But Reginald has been very resourceful, and I doubt that will last long. But I know Joey will pull through.'

"How am I doing Kaiba?" Joey asked teasingly.

Kaiba just turned away from Wheeler. "The same as always. Now get on with the duel already. The sooner it's over the quicker I can rescue Mokuba!"

Joey groaned, and then looked to Reginald. "Your move."

Reginald drew. "I play one monster face down in defense mode. Next my Guardian Angel Joan will destroy your Jinzo!"

The angel outstretched her arms and a white ball formed between them, finally pushing out towards Jinzo.

"Not so fast," Joey cried. "I activate my face down card, Graceful Dice," A miniature man holding a blue die was floating in the air between Joey and his monsters. "Whatever number I roll on the die will determine how much stronger my Jinzo will become for this turn. Go Graceful Dice!"

The man let go of the die and it started to roll.

'Come on, show me some love.' Joey thought.

Everyone watched the die roll; anxious to see what would number would land face up. Finally the die slowed down and finally landed with of all numbers, the number one landing face up.

"A one! Now Jinzo's attack strength will remain the same!"

Reginald smiled. "As I was saying, Guardian Angel Joan, destroy Jinzo." The blast which had aimed for Jinzo earlier hit Jinzo, causing it to shatter on impact, reducing Joey's lifepoints to 1900 and increasing Reginald's lifepoints to 12,050. "I play one more card face down. Make your move Wheeler."

Joey drew. "Alright. Now Dark Sage destroy Guardian Angel Joan!" The Dark Sage's eyes lit blue as it lifted its staff to attack.

"I activate Malevolent Nuzzler." Reginald interrupted. "Increasing my Guardian Angel Joan's attack strength by 700 points." Guardian Angel Joan's attack strength increased from 2800 to 3500. "Now destroy Wheeler's Dark Sage!"

The Dark Sage's attack fizzled upon contact with Guardian Angel Joan. Then Joan opened her arms and a white blast came from the middle of her chest aimed towards the Dark Sage.

"Not so fast."I activate Deal of Phantom. This trap card increases any one of my monsters' strength by 100 points for one turn. And since I have fourteen cards in my graveyard, my Dark Sage gains 1400 points." The Dark Sage's attack points rose from 3200 to 4600. Joan's blast did the same as the Dark Sage's previous attack, and then the Dark Sage attacked again. Guardian Angel Joan screamed and shattered, causing Reginald's lifepoints to decrease to 10,950.

Joey smiled. "Wait, I'm not done yet. Now Thousand Dragon attack Reginald's lifepoints directly!" A creamish colored smoke emanated from the dragons' nostrils and aimed towards Reginald. It impacted Reginald and he could feel the coarse smoke as if it was real and his lifepoints decreased again to 8550. "Your turn."

Reginald drew. "I play one card face down and end my turn."

Joey drew. "Fine with me. Thousand Dragon attack!" The dragon attacked and Reginald's lifepoints reduced to 6150. "Now it's my Dark Sage's turn for some fun again. Wipe out even more of his lifepoints." The Dark Sage did and Reginald's lifepoints decreased to 2950.

Reginald laughed. "You fool; you fell right into my trap. I activate Inferno Tempest."

'Oh no,' Yami thought silently. 'This isn't good.'

"Inferno Tempest?" Joey was unfamiliar with that card. "What does that do?"

"Whenever I lose 3000 or more lifepoints due to one attack, this magic card forces us to remove all monsters from our decks and graveyards from play."

"Say what?"

"You heard me Wheeler. Now get rid of your monsters."

Joey groaned. "Fine." He did. "I'll play one card face down and end my turn."

Reginald drew. "I place one card face down. Your turn."

'Reginald has this duel in the bag,' Jackal and Horris thought. They knew what Reginald's face down card was.

Joey drew. 'Oh man, thanks to Reginald's Inferno Tempest I lost all my monsters in my deck and my graveyard. Fortunately I still have my Flame Swordsman in my hand, but I better protect my two monsters just in case.' He looked then looked at the card he drew. 'Yes! This will help me big time.' "I place one card face down also. Make your move."

Reginald drew. "This game is over Wheeler," Reginald pointed to his face down card. "I activate Return From the Different Dimention. All I have to do is pay half of my lifepoints in order to bring as many monsters that have been removed from play as I can."

'Oh boy,' thought Joey.

"Now I bring back Guardian Angel Joan, Kaiba's three Blue-Eyes White Dragons, and Yugi's Dark Magician." Reginald's lifepoints reduced to 1475, then a huge portal opened in front of Reginald and all five monsters appeared. "Now it's time for me to end this duel. I activate Megamorph. If my lifepoints are lower than my opponents, the attack points of my monsters double. So now I'll make my Guardian Angel Joan even stronger." Joan's attack strength increased to 5600. "Now destroy Joey's Dark Sage!" Joan outstretched her arms and like before a white blast emanated and aimed for the Dark Sage.

"Not yet," Joey said. "I activate Skull Dice. I roll a die and depending on how high I roll is how much weaker your monster gets." A miniature flying devil wearing a black mask appeared, a red die in its hands.

Reginald groaned. 'No. If he rolls a three or higher, I'll lose the duel!'

"Luck may not have been on my side when I activated Graceful Dice, but hopefully now it will be. Now let's see what I roll."

The devil-like figure let go of the die and released it. It rolled in what seemed like slow motion to everyone there.

'Come on,' Joey thought to himself. 'Don't roll a one or a two.'

'Roll a one or two,' Reginald thought to himself.

The die slowed down, and the tension could be seen on everyone's face. Then it finally stopped, landing on a four.

"Yes," Joey practically screamed. "Now your monster loses most of its attack points." Guardian Angel Joan's attack points decreased to 1400. "Now Dark Sage, wipe out Guardian Angel Joan again," The blast hit and didn't phase the Dark Sage. Then the Dark Sage counterattacked and Joan shattered, and Reginald's lifepoints reduced to 0. "And that means I win."

Reginald fell to his knees. "I lost!" Tears started to form in his eyes as Jackal and Horris went over to console their brother.

'Joey did it,' Yugi thought. 'I knew he would.'

"You did a good job Reg," Jackal was telling Reginald.

Reginald slowly stood up, pure anger in his eyes.

"Your brother's right Reginald," Joey said. "You did put up a great fight."

"Keep your pity, I don't need it." Reginald looked bitterly to Kaiba. "I'll bet you're really happy now aren't ya? First you took my father from me, and now you embarrass me in front of my brothers like this."

"I didn't take your father from you at all," Kaiba said with no remorse on his face at all. "You're father's weak ego was what took him away from you. If he wasn't so weak, this whole problem never would've come about in the first place, so don't go blaming me or my family for your problems."

Reginald gave another groan as police sirens blared outside.

"Is that what I think it is?" Joey asked hopefully.

"It is," Yami replied.

In seconds, police cars pulled up outside and stormed into the building, their guns drawn. Once they entered the room where the duel had taken place, one of the many cops who had arrived ordered "Freeze." The officers surrounded the three brothers, cuffed them and brought them to the police cars.

"This isn't over Kaiba!" Reginald called.

'Sure,' Kaiba thought sarcastically.

Then more officers entered the room, followed by Tea, Tristan and Mokuba.

"Mokuba," Kaiba called out to his younger brother.

"Tea, Tristan," Yami called at the same time.

The three newly arrived friends approached the others.

"Are you three alright?" Yami asked.

"Yea we're fine," Mokuba replied. "Thank you guys for helping us."

Kaiba turned his attention to the officer standing next to Mokuba. "Did you catch the losers who kidnapped Mokuba?"

The officer nodded. "All but one. Breaker is still out there, but we'll find him."

"Breaker?" Kaiba asked. "As in the gang leader Breaker?"

The officer nodded. "Don't worry, we'll catch him soon enough. Right now we better get you all out of here."

Everyone agreed and followed the police officer out of the building. But unbeknownst to them, a few buildings down Breaker was watching, and planning. 'You may have outsmarted my men Kaiba, but you won't be so lucky when you deal with me. This isn't over."

The End