You may or may not have noticed that I have an unfinished Zatch Bell fic hangin' out there, that's because I was in the middle of writing that story, and I had the idea for this story and so I just had to start writing this one. But it's happening again! I have such a good idea for a story and I wanna start it, but I really wanna keep this one going, so excuse me if this chapter or the next few are a little "bleah." It may or may not be like that, but still my motivation for this one is "bleah" if you know what I mean. But I'm tryin'!
Edit – oops, you may have been wondering at one point why Luther was telling his opponent his face down cards :disgruntled: I didn't mean to do that, those are just notes for me that I forgot to erase, :fixes:
Post-Writing Note – It's very very long, this time because I decided not to break up the battle that takes place and kept it going all the way through. My head really hurts right now. Anyways, funny story, I started this chapter on Halloween, I'm sure on top of things aren't I?
Here's chapter 5!
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- Anthony Coram and Alicia Abbott are not lovebirds. They are actually really close friends since they were 4. They are both 17 now, going into their senior year of high school, and contrary to fact, they really do seem to be an item.
- They were just finishing off an informal date to the pizza place, where they were now on first name-basis with the workers, and were waltzing out together, arm in arm, sharing a large soda. It had been a splendid date and they had a lot of fun. Forgetting how the date went so far, let's move on to the future and say that the mood is just about to be killed. Oh well.
- Luther and Rex were having a heated discussion about the correct dueling stances and gestures. Luther went on, "But why would you throw your hand that far out when you draw a card? Anyone could see it!" He protested.
- Rex argued back, "It's to add dramatic effect to it, without the dramatic effect, duels are so dry." He spat on the sidewalk and stepped on it as if making a statement of some sort. Although, Rex and Luther didn't notice their presence at the time, Anthony and Alicia were friends of theirs.
- As they passed by the pizza place, still leaving the couple unnoticed, Anthony chimed into the conversation. "Hey guys, what's all this about?" He and Alicia walked over to the duelists who stopped in their tracks and turned around. "I should've known you two would have entered the Battle City Tournament."
- Rex smirked and replied, "Entering is no accomplishment, one of us are gunna win it!" He clapped his hand on Luther's shoulder.
- Anthony laughed, "You think so? I'd like to see it happen." He turned to Alicia and kissed her on the cheek, which was no uncommon sight. "Hey, we were about to go get some ice cream, you guys wanna come with? The more the merrier!" He then offered.
- Rex took the offer, "Yeah, I'm actually kinda hungry after all that excitement, whaduya say Luth? You comin'?" He jumped over to Anthony and Alicia's side.
- Luther shook his head, "No, that's ok. I think I just want to walk around the city a bit, who knows? I might find a challenge out there somewhere." He shrugged.
- "Ya sure? Alright, well I'm going anyways, as long as these two don't go all smoochy along the way." Rex said jabbing a finger towards the anti-couple. The two immediately disconnected from each other.
- "Shut up, it's not like we're dating or anything!" Anthony retorted defensively. Rex rolled his eyes and sarcastically commented as they all walked off. Luther chuckled and headed in the other direction.
- Grumble went Luther's stomach after a good five minutes of walking. All that talk about food reminded Luther that it was around lunch time and that he hadn't eaten since last night. So, without further consideration, Luther took a detour to the closest fast food restaurant. …Which turned out to be filled with spectators and duelists alike with a line exceeding the door. Too famished to wait, Luther tried yet another fast food place, which was also full to the brim. Luther sighed in exasperation. He could always go home and fix a sandwich. So he headed in that direction.
- Luther took the fastest route home, which involved winding and weaving through alleyways and deserted streets. Luther took a mental note that these would be ideal places to duel unnoticed shaking off the pressure of an audience and such. And when he rounded a corner, he found that someone was one step ahead of him.
- Just as Luther took the corner, he saw the last move of a sad battle. An older looking guy wearing a black cloak was mopping the floor with a distraught looking kid. The man was the typical mysterious stranger, the hood covering his face, and most importantly, shadowing his eyes. He controlled a monster Luther couldn't identify but was definitely very powerful and was attacking the young kid's monster. The kid's final life points were drained and the score was displayed, 5000 to zero, a total wipeout.
- Luther watched from behind the building on the corner as the opponents approached one another, he had to strain to hear but he listened to what they said.
- The voice that was presumably the mysterious man's said, "Gimme that." In a very commanding tone and he ripped the Locator Card from the kid's neck. The kid flinched and started rummaging through his deck fervently. The man then said, "Keep your card; I've no use for such a weak monster. Now buzz off!" The kid obliged without a word, running out of the alley, not noticing Luther as he passed by and disappeared. Luther looked after the hooded figure, which turned around and walked into the shadows. At that moment, Luther saw something on the duelist's back that made him jump. It was a cobalt design of an eye. Luther had seen this design before, on Hamingja. Domar interrupted Luther's scrutiny without warning, ((So what do you think?)) He asked. Luther didn't really know what to think, seeing Odin's Eye on something other than his puzzle came as quite a shock. After a second of consideration, Luther then said to his partner, ((I'm following him.)) Domar didn't respond, so Luther started his pursuing.
- He followed the dark figure into the shadows, around more corners and alleyways. He followed the man for about five minutes and almost lost him once or twice, until finally they reached some form of a destination. The man had approached the side entrance to an old run-down warehouse. The door had a sign above it that said "RexCorps" the name of Rex's dad's company. Accounting for the condition of the warehouse, though, Luther assumed that it hadn't been used in a long time so he made nothing of the sign. Instead of entering the warehouse however, the shady man simply placed the Locator Card he had just received into a mailbox that was bolted onto the wall next to the door, and walked back towards Luther.
- His heart racing, Luther dashed behind a dumpster that was on the verge of disintegration. And pulled an unfortunately wet cardboard box in front of him. Luckily, he finished this move just before the mystery man glided ominously right by. When he took the next corner, Luther kicked away the corrugated cardboard and continued his chase. ((Who is this guy? And how does he connect to you?)) Luther said to Domar who replied, ((I cannot think of anything resembling the shade, but I don't think he is here for good intentions.)) ((You think?)) Luther said sarcastically. Domar didn't respond again.
- He chased down the alley and took the same corner as the "Shade" as Domar put it. The left turn emptied out into the normal, populated street. He had lost the cloaked man now. Pedestrians obstructing his view, Luther couldn't find him. So he had a 50/50 choice, either going Left or Right down the street. He chose Right. After a good deal of walking and searching, he knew that all was lost, until he heard a commotion. Looking for the source he finally located his prey. The shade was talking to yet another kid wearing a duel disk. The kid was sitting on a stoop and yelling at the man.
- "No way! I already battled one of you, you ruthless jerks!" He bellowed. One of you? Luther thought, There's more of them? The man then grabbed the kid's arm and said, "C'mon kid, I'll make you an offer you can't refuse."
- Luther intruded on the confrontation. "Didn't you hear him?" He said angrily at the shade. "He doesn't want to battle and you can't make him." He narrowed his eyes at the plainly evil character.
- The shade made a growling kind of noise and left the scene sweeping his trailing cloak as he turned around and swiftly disappeared. Luther glared at him until he was out of sight and then looked at the kid. He was about to ask him about the cloaked man, but was cut off. "I didn't need any help!" He said angrily.
- The kid was short and looked to be around eleven or twelve. He had messy brown hair that pointed out in random directions and the same color eyes. Luther walked over to him. "I'm sorry; I just thought that maybe you could use some help. I didn't mean to anger you or anything."
- A sigh escaped from the kid's mouth. "No, I should be sorry; I had no reason to snap at you like that. It's just I'm not in such a great mood right now. I lost my favorite card to one of those cloaked guys, and can you believe it? Another one comes up to me right after and asks me to duel." He shook his head, "I was demolished by that first one, I don't even feel like being part of this tournament anymore."
- Luther frowned, "Now, hey, don't be like that." He said encouragingly. "So you lost a battle, no big deal. You can hop back in just like that." He wondered how good of a duelist the messy haired kid was.
- The kid then looked up at him, "Actually, despite what I said before, I'd like to thank you for helping me out there. Is there any way I can repay you?" He asked.
- Luther thought about this for a moment and smiled as a beyond excellent idea came to him. "Yes there is." He said, "You can continue with this tournament, because no one should beat themselves over a loss like that." The kid looked up and smiled. Luther continued, "And I can be your next battle! I haven't battled anyone so far, and it looks like you've already had a few battles." He toyed with a rock on the ground with his foot.
- The kid stood up and faced Luther. "My name's Skyler Winger and I'd love to have one more battle. If I win, I'll stay in the tournament, but if I lose," He acknowledged the one and only Locator Card he possessed, "Well, then it looks like I'm out."
- Luther stuck out a hand and helped Skyler off the stoop. "Luther Jacobs; and you've got yourself a challenge, Skyler."
- Skyler looked surprised, "You mean like 'Mr. Jacob's Game Shop' Jacobs?" He asked. Luther nodded and told him that Mr. Jacobs was his grandfather. "Wow cool, lucky you, having a game shop owner as your grandfather, you must reel in all the good cards."
- Luther disagreed, "My cards are probably no better than yours are, Skyler, and if I know anything about Duel Monsters an overpowered deck is not a balanced one." He shrugged.
- A simper played on Skyler's mouth, "I like you Luther, oh, and call me Sky."
- They mutually decided that they wanted to try out dueling in the deserted streets and alleyways since neither of them were really in the mood for so much attention. The walk gave Luther some time to question Sky about the shades. "So you said you already dueled one of those cloaked men?" He asked rhetorically. "Any idea who they are?" Was his actual question.
- Sky shook his head, "No, all I can tell you is that they are awfully tough; practically impossible to beat." His eyebrows frowned as he continued, "I was only able to destroy one of his monsters. He beat me of course, 4600 to 0." Luther opened his mouth to say something but Skyler continued. "One of my friends battled one today. He was obliterated like me, but for some reason, the man didn't take his rare card. So when the cloaked man asked to duel me, I thought 'What do I have to loose? One of my Locator Cards, no biggie.' But then when he beat me, he took my card too, there was nothing I could do to stop him either, considering it is in the rules and all." He sighed, finished with his monologue.
- Luther didn't say anything, his question was sort of answered anyways, and they were nearing their battle site. Their place of combat was in a wide street in a deserted part of town. Newspapers and other litter tumbled by in the tufts of wind that bombarded them. Buildings all around them were boarded up and decorated with caution tape. The whole place looked generally gray, even as the sky started to close up itself. The blame for why this place was so desolate can be pointed to a flood that happened over 10 years ago.
- The reached an ideal place to set up and shook hands showing their sportsmanship. "I hope you give it your all." Said Luther, "Otherwise you wouldn't be paying me back."
- Sky gave a smirk. "Don't worry, I plan to." He replied, and they took their places on either side of the street. Instinctively, they said, "Let's Duel!" and drew five cards. Sky took the first turn. "Ok then, first, I will summon the card I just drew Avatar of the Pot." Placing the card on his Duel Disk, Sky relished the moment as his monster appeared on his side of the field. Avatar of the Pot we can safely label as a strange monster. Its muscular green body, made decent by a carpet loincloth, was topped with a very familiar image. The head of the humanoid was derived from the card "Pot of Greed."
Avatar of the Pot Attack
Atk 1200; Def 1300
- Luther had to bite his tongue from laughing at the strange sight, Skyler noticed this. "Sure you're laughing now, but its special ability is no laughing matter." He picked a card from his hand and showed it to Luther. It was Pot of Greed. "See this card?" he continued, "I can discard this from my hand to activate Avatar's special ability, which now lets me draw 3 cards." Luther's laughing died down as Sky did so. "Now I will activate the spell card Gaia Power. It's a field spell card that adds 500 attack points to any Earth monster on the field. You will find soon enough that this card is very useful to me." In a dazzling display of holographics, large trees burst from the solid concrete beneath them and invisible power was transferred to Avatar of the Pot.
Avatar of the Pot Attack
Atk 1700; Def 800
(Gaia Power)
- "And I will also throw down a face down card to finish my turn." The face down card glimmered onto the field. Sky smiled and said with a hint of sarcasm in his tone, "Don't get too overwhelmed."
- Luther said nothing but drew a card and examined his hand. He had nothing so far that would be of much use, but he was able to protect his life points with a monster placed in defense position. "I'll summon Earthbound Spirit in defense position. And that's all."
Earthbound Spirit Defense
Atk 1000; Def 1600
(Gaia Power)
- "Wait a minute!" Luther protested, "My monster's supposed to have a defense of 2000!"
- "For someone who lives in a game shop I though you would have know better Luther." Skyler said cockily as he drew his next card. "As well as boosting an Earth monster's attack, it also lowers their defense by 400. Thought you could save your skin with an Earth monster? Well think again. Go Avatar of the Pot, attack Earthbound Spirit!" And with a well aimed punch, Earthbound Spirit shattered into many pieces of holographic data. "Also, I will activate my trap card Rock Bombardment. This card allows me to send a rock-type monster in my deck to the graveyard to inflict 500 points of direct damage to your life points. And I'm sure Dissolverock will do the trick." Having already sifted through his deck and placing the card in the graveyard, a considerably sized boulder was hurled out of the now face up trap card toward Luther, who flinched as it passed right through him.
Life Points
Luther Jacobs – 4500
Skyler Winger – 5000
- "Now come on Luther," beckoned Sky, "You made yourself out tougher than you're displaying now, how about you try harder, for my sake?" He chuckled and then ended his turn.
- Luther wasn't too fond of Sky's new attitude and now had the urge to put him in his place. "Well, if you say so," Luther said, "But remember, you asked for it." He drew a card and continued with his turn. "First off, I'll place The Thing in the Crater in defense position and proceed to place two more cards on the field face-down. Then I will use the power of the spell card Double Spell which, if I discard a magic card from my hand, lets me use a spell card from your graveyard. And since the only spell card in your graveyard is Pot of Greed that will have to suffice." The too familiar card appeared on his side on the field and granted him the ability to draw 2 more cards. "Finally," he continued, "I'll use De-Spell to deactivate Gaia Power, which signals the end of my turn." L2
The Thing in the Crater Defense
Atk 1000; Def 1200
Avatar of the Pot Attack
Atk 1200; Def 1300
- Sky pouted, "Aw man, that card helps me out so much! Oh well, no use crying over spilt milk, I'll just have to clean it up." He said and drew his next card 7. "For my next turn, I'll sacrifice Avatar of the Pot to summon Stone Ogre Grotto."
Stone Ogre Grotto Attack
Atk 1600; Def 1500
- "My next move will be to attack your monster. Go Stone Ogre Grotto!" But before the brute could start its attack on The Thing in the Crater Luther activated a trap.
- "Wait a second; I'll activate Destruction Punch, one of my face down cards. This card will destroy any of your attacking monsters whose Attack is less than the Defense of my attacked Defense Position monster." He beamed at his move.
- Sky cocked an eyebrow and smirked, "Misplaying a card now? Get your head in the game Luther! Stone Ogre Grotto's Attack is by far higher than your monster's Defense."
- "Ah, but you forget my other face-down card," Luther rebounded, "Which just so happens to be Castle Walls, I'm sure you know what that does." He said happily. For the record, Castle Walls adds 500 Defense to any monster on the field. Luther chose The Thing in the Crater.
The Thing in the Crater Defense
Atk 1000; Def 1700
(Castle Walls)
- Stone Ogre Grotto continued with its assault on Luther's monster. This resulted in the destruction of Stone Ogre Grotto and Skyler taking 100 points of damage to his Life Points.
Life Points
Luther Jacobs – 4500
Skyler Winger – 4900
- With nothing more to do, Sky ended his turn, sending Luther into his. "Before you object towards my next move," Luther said after drawing a card, a grin playing on his face, "Wait and see." He placed a card on the field, "I'll start by activating the magic card Dark Hole!" Confused, Sky opened his mouth to say something, but Luther stopped him. "Yes, of course you don't have any monsters on the field, but I do." The space-like vacuum stole The Thing in the Crater from the field. "But due to its special ability, when it's destroyed, I can Special Summon a pyro monster to the field. And the monster I choose is Mr. Volcano!" A monster appeared on the field in a flash of fantastic holographic light. It resembled a human with wispy red hair, fiery crimson eyes, and an emerald green cape. Fire burst from his hands at random moments. "But that's not all," Luther continued. "Since that was a Special Summon, I can also summon another monster to the field, and I'll summon Darkfire Soldier #2!" The following monster was indeed intimidating. Looking not entirely unlike a samurai whose garments are entirely engulfed in flames.
Mr. Volcano Attack
Atk 2100; Def 1300
Darkfire Soldier #2 Attack
Atk 1700; Def 1100
- Skyler grimaced; he knew what was coming next. "And in a spectacular display of fireworks, it's time to witness your downfall." Luther sounded like the ringmaster of a circus. Then he called out the attack, "Go, Mr. Volcano and Darkfire Soldier, Dual Flame Blitz!" Almost immediately, the two pyro monsters lashed at Skyler, taking his life points down a considerable amount.
Life Points
Luther Jacobs – 4500
Skyler Winger – 1100
- Impressive as the blow was, Skyler wasn't as disappointed at the attack than Luther thought he might be, but then again, with all the cards he had in his hands it wouldn't be surprising if he had a good move in mind. Luther, on the other hand had not one card to hold on to. But with the two monsters he had on the field he wasn't too worried. Sky then made his next move. "Alright, first, I'll play Destroyer Golem in attack position."
Destroyer Golem Attack
Atk 1500; Def 1000
- "Also, I will equip my Golem with Megamorph, a spectacular card which doubles my monster's attack when my life points are lower than yours." The rune that was displayed on the Megamorph card was embedded into Destroyer Golem's forehead and mystically powered it up.
Destroyer Golem Attack
Atk 3000; Def 1000
((Megamorph))
- "That's not all though, I'll also play the ritual magic card Earth Chant which-" He started to explain but Luther cut him off.
- "Which lets you ritual summon an Earth monster, I know, I have that card too somewhere in my deck, useless to me now but I know what it does." He grinned, waiting to see what monster Sky was going to conjure.
- "Very well, I discard this monster in my hand to Ritual Summon Rock Ogre Grotto #1!" A rift in the street below their feet gaped like the jaws of a hungry predator, and from it raised a monster made of all rock, much like Stone Ogre Grotto, but a lot less professional looking.
Rock Ogre Grotto #1 Defense
Atk 800; Def 1200
- Disappointed, Luther sunk his head; he was expecting to see something really cool but was only greeted with this pitiful thing. "What? That's it?" Luther asked, clearly let down.
- Skyler simply smirked and said, "There's a method to my madness, but for now, go Destroyer Golem! Attack Mr. Volcano!" And before Luther knew, the giant hunk of animated rock lunged forward and destroyed Mr. Volcano.
Life Points
Luther Jacobs – 3600
Skyler Winger – 1100
- And with that little display of brute force, Sky ended his turn. Since he had no other cards in his hand Luther hoped and prayed that the next card he drew was a useful one. When he did take this action to start his move off, lo and behold, a useful card was drawn. He announced the playing of the card face down and he continued onto his battle stage. "I'm still baffled as to what you were trying to accomplish by placing Rock Ogre Grotto onto the field, but it's not going to help you much anymore. Go ahead, Darkfire Soldier, take out that hunk of useless rock." With nothing in its way to prevent the attack, the flame-engulfed Samurai took the opportunity to strike the target, which was incidentally incinerated by the fiery blow. "And that's the end of my turn." He concluded.
- Skyler let out a short laugh as his monster was destroyed. "You'll see what I have in store soon enough," he drew a card, subsequently useless to him, "But for now, I'll attack your last remaining monster with Destroyer Golem."
- "The heck you will!" Shouted Luther and he activated his face down card, "Say hello to Mirror Force, I'm sure you know what that does." The brick-laden figure clashed against the near-invisible barrier and shattered instantly. Luther lifted his chin up in a smug sort of manner, but Sky let another laugh escape from his mouth that was enough to erase Luther's visage.
- "Well now, it's time for you to take a peek backstage and reveal the plan I've been building up for quite some time now." He removed a number of cards from his graveyard, "See these? These are all the monsters that you destroyed this entire battle, have you noticed something special about them? If not, I'll let you know that they are all Rock types. Now watch them all come back to haunt you when I play this next card."
- Sky took the cards he held and placed them into the pocket on the Duel Disk that meant the cards were removed from play. He narrated his turn, "By removing any number of Rock cards in my graveyard from play, I can special summon the almighty Megarock Dragon whose original attack and defense become the number of rock monsters I removed from play to summon him multiplied by 700. And since I removed 5 monsters from play my Megarock Dragon's attack and defense become 3500!"
Megarock Dragon Attack
Atk 3500; Def 3500
- All the while, the giant monster shimmered onto the field and gathered its strength from the sacrificed monsters. Now when I say big, that's an understatement, but this dragon was Big. In fact, it was so big it couldn't fit on the duel field and had to take homage behind Skyler, towering above both him and Luther, not to mention the real entity in danger, Darkfire Soldier. Skyler continued his narration, "Unfortunately though, my battle phase has already passed, so you'll have to wait one turn to witness the power of this monster. Hope that's not too long for you."
- Luther risked a gulp. He was stunned stiff in front of the monstrosity, and it wasn't until Skyler interrogated his paralysis did he start to make his next move. He drew a card and was thankful to see a green face on the next card. "Alright then, for my next turn I'll play a card we both know too well, Pot of Greed." He noticed Sky roll his eyes, but ignored it. The next two cards he drew would decide the battle. Driving his soul through the deck on his duel disk, he willed the cards he needed to be there for him and then satisfied Pot of Greed's effect. "And to end my turn, I'll place Darkfire Soldier in defense mode."
Darkfire Soldier #1 Defense
Atk 1700; Def 1100
- A grin played on Skyler's face when he drew his next card, "I hate to disappoint you, but to my pleasure I seem to have drawn a card that will render your defense position monster useless." He placed a magic card on the field, right under Megarock Dragon, "I'm sure Megarock Dragon will welcome this equip card to the field with open arms. The card is Big Bang Shot which, firstly, increases my monster's attack by 400, but more importantly has an additional effect."
Megarock Dragon Attack
Atk 3900; Def 3500
((Big Bang Shot))
- "And I'll show you that special effect by attacking your Darkfire Soldier." With a loud roar that seemed to make the buildings around them waver from sonic shock, the earthly dragon started its attack. Its eyes glowed red with the power from Big Bang Shot as it grabbed Darkfire Soldier in the strong bone structures also know as its jaws and clamped down. In a terrific light show, the samurai exploded into tiny bits of holographic information. But something in the air made the attack not seem finished. All of a sudden, Luther felt the indescribable feeling of one's Life Points draining. He watched as the number on his Duel Disk fell from 3600 to 800. He staggered back a bit then glared at Skyler, "What just happened?" He asked simply.
- Sky nodded, "Nothing but the effect of Big Bang Shot, which, when I attack your defense position monsters, deals battle damage equal to the difference of my attack with your defense. That was all. Oh and of course, my turn is finished. Not that you can save yourself on your next turn; there is no possible monster you can summon more powerful than my Megarock Dragon."
- Sky was right, unfortunately, there wasn't a monster in Luther's entire deck that could subdue the Megarock Dragon. But upon drawing his next card, Luther did find another way around that obstacle. "There is nothing I can do besides placing these three cards face down." was all he said during his turn. And all three cards in his hand were placed on the field.
- "What is this last ditch effort? You won't have any time to play those cards once I enter my battle phase, which I'll go into right after my draw phase." Sky said and intimidatingly drew his next card. "Alright then, go Megarock Dragon; attack his Life Points directly!" He said with a malicious grin.
- Luther held up a hand and one of his face down cards rose into the air. On it displayed a group of women. Luther didn't say a word; Waboku was a well known card and didn't need explaining, though for clarification, it turned any damage to 0 during the turn activated. Skyler sneered and said something about a "cheap card." He reluctantly passed his turn to Luther.
- "You're done." Luther said to his opponent, and activated the next of his face down cards, "This is Ring of Destruction, which destroys your precious Megarock Dragon and inflicts its attack power as battle damage to both of us.
- "But that'll result in a draw!" Skyler incredulously stated.
- Luther smiled weakly, "Not unless I play this card." The last face down card flipped up, showing a golden gun positioned behind a wooden door. "Barrel Behind the Door takes any damage that isn't Battle Damage I would take a rebounds it to you, leaving me unscathed."
- In a spectacular chain reaction the following events happened. Megarock Dragon writhed and shook about as the Ring of Destruction bound around its neck and eventually exploded, taking the rocky reptile with it. Two strands of energy flowed from the spot where it had once stood and shot towards Luther and Sky, Luther's energy beam was absorbed by the gun that was now positioned in front of him and immediately shot it right back out at Sky. Skyler's expression was of great fear and disbelief when the two bolts hit him and sucked out the rest of his life points.
Life Points
Luther Jacobs – 800
Skyler Winger – 0
- And so, the battle was over, leaving the two combatants alone in the street. We'll return to them later.
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- Rex Raptor Senior drained the last of his coffee as if it were his first coffee in over a year. He smacked his lips and sighed in delight. Nothing could make his mood any better as of now, but it certainly vulnerable to wane. And he had a feeling it might when his advisory executive asked to enter his office warily. "What is it Riley?" Raptor asked.
- Riley gulped and unwillingly told his boss the news. "Well, it seems that some of the Rare Hunters decided to neglect your orders not to collect the first round's rare cards and took them for their personal gain." He walked over to the window and peered out at the streets.
- Raptor sighed exasperatingly and thought to Mjolnir See what's happening because of your decision? The large mallet thought back at him, Well, call the disobeyers in and I'll deal with them personally. Raptor reclined in his executive chair and told Riley to bring the Rare Hunters to him, all the while wishing he had another coffee.