Last time...
Zelda: Okay, I have no idea what's going on around here. Things have gotten too hectic here in the carnival. Duel Monsters appearing from out of nowhere, some man making a duel disk appear just by raising his arm up, and a giant spider woman! Not only that but Seto Kaiba and Serenity Wheeler are after me! What is going on here! This is all too confusing for me!
Chapter Seventeen: Defiance
Zelda continued to run from Kaiba and Serenity. As she passed an alleyway, two hands grabbed Zelda by the neck and her mouth, covering up her screams. She moved her eyes to see who was her attacker and saw Mai. Mai let go of her neck and put a finger to her lips.
"If you don't want those nutcases to find you, come with us." she said, letting go of Zelda.
"What the hell is going on? Who are you and what do you want with me! Are with Kaiba and his little bitch!" Zelda shouted.
"Keep your voice down! You don't want them to hear you, do you!" Mai asked. "Listen, my name is Mai Valentine."
Zelda's eyes widened. She couldn't believe she was in the company of Mai Valentine, the Harpy Duelist. The one who defeated Joey Wheeler during the Doma invasion.
"A-Are you for real?" she muttered.
"Of course she's for real." came a voice.
Zelda looked behind Mai and saw Bakura and Bi. She glared at Bakura. She knew that it was partially his fault for releasing Lilith onto the world and killing almost everyone. Bakura looked at the black haired carnival girl.
"It's been a while, hasn't it, Mordecai?" he asked.
"What the hell did you just call me?" Zeldaasked.
Bi sighed and walked over to Zelda. She put her hand on her shoulder and sat her down on a wooden crate.
"It would be best if you sat this one out. Get ready for what Bakura and Mai have to tell you. It will blow your mind. It did mine." Bi said.
Back at the duel, however, Gen was not having much luck against Jolie and her Lolth monster. The French duelist and her monster were both laughing, knowing that Gen couldn't make a comeback even if he tried.
Jolie - 1925
Gen - 2200
"I'm vaiting for your decision, Gen. Do you zurrender?" Jolie giggled.
"You wish! An Archknight never surrenders!" Gen said, drawing a card.
Jolie's eyes widened. Archknight? I thought they all died in the final battle against Lilith! Who is he? she thought. Gen looked at the cards in his hand. He sighed and shook his head.
"I guess I'll just have to play Pot of Greed for my opening." he said, drawing two more cards. "Next, I'll just play this monster, the Red Eyes Black Dragon Chick (1/800/500)."
A red egg appeared on the field, then hatched. A baby Red-Eyes Black Dragon emerged from it. It looked at Lolth and let out a small squeak-like cry. Jolie started to laugh even more.
"You're kidding, right! Please tell me zat waz not the move you wanted to do!" she laughed.
"Oh it is, but I'm not finished. I'm going to activate its special ability to sacrifice itself and Special Summon one Red-Eyes Black Dragon (7/2400/2000)!"
Just as Gen said, the baby dragon started to glow black and grow in size. The Red-Eyes Black Dragon appeared on the field, growling.
"Vat! Zat's your big move!" Jolie asked.
"Nope, not yet. I'm going to offer my Red-Eyes Black Dragon to Special Summon a greater dragon! Red-Eyes Darkness Dragon (7/2400/2000)!"
Jolie gasped as the Red-Eyes Black Dragon started to grow more dark. A red light shined from its black skin. It looked at Jolie and let out a loud scream. The people in the carnival began to panic.
"Just so you know, my dragon gains 300 ATK for every dragon in my graveyard! That means the Red-Eyes Black Dragon and Black Chick!"
At that moment, the dragon started to grow more as its ATK went to 3000. It growled evilly as its eyes flashed red. Jolie was now whimpering.
"I don't believe zis! It's almost az powerful az my monster! But it's still not strong enough!" she shouted.
"Fine then, I'll activate my face-down card, Spirit of the Red-Eyes!" Gen shouted, revealing the card.
Spirit of the Red-Eyes
Type: Magic/Equipment
Effect: Increase the ATK of 1 monster with the name "Red-Eyes" in its name by double the original ATK.
The dark dragon growled again and started to grow more and more as a red aura shined from it. Its ATK was now 5400, 1800 more ATK stronger than Lolth. Gen shook his head.
"Red-Eyes Darkness Dragon, attack with Mega Flare!"
The dragon took the sky, Lolth looking upwards. The dragon opened its mouth and dark fire started to charge up inside it. Within seconds, it shot out a large fireball at Lolth, disintegrating the spider queen.
Jolie - 125
Gen - 2200
"No vay... You destroyed Lolth with that pathetic monster...?" she asked.
"Pathetic? Looks like my dragon has you on the ropes, Jolie! Let's see you try to worm your way out of this one!" Gen taunted.
Jolie drew a card and smiled.
"I will. I activate my Magic Card, Monster Reborn, reviving Lolth!" she shouted as Lolth reappeared. "Next, I pay half of my life points to increase her ATK by double!"
Jolie - 63
Gen - 2200
Lolth's ATK increased to 7200. Gen's eyes widened. He knew that if Jolie attacked now he would lose the match. It was all over.
"Then, my spider queen will attack your dragon!"
With that, Lolth shot a beam of dark energy at the dragon, destroying it with no problem.
Jolie - 63
Gen - 0
"Hmph, so much for you." she giggled, flipping her hair.
Lolth's image disappeared off the streets of Chicago as Gen looked on in disbelief. I lost... I'm sorry, Mai. he thought. With that, Jolie blew Gen a kiss, then ran through the crowd to catch up with Kaiba and Serenity. Gen looked at where she was going and started to run after her.
Back in the alleyway, Zelda looked shocked. She couldn't believe what she was hearing. Her parents weren't really her parents, her family not really her family, everything was just a lie to her. A lie to protect her. Not only that, she couldn't believe that she was once Mordecai, a man that used cryptic carnival monsters to win his matches. A man that was killed in battle when Lilith was released into the world by Bakura's foolishness, their foolishness. She too felt responsible for the death and rebirth of many, yet making them forget their past lives.
"So now we have to find Ayana and get her back with us before Kaiba takes her to Lilith's burial grounds." Mai said.
"Do you think you can handle the responsible of the entire world's lives on your shoulders, Zelda?" Bakura asked.
What choice did she have? She had to accept. She was a Lilim, one of Lilith's eight children. She now knew that the monsters that Bakura, Mai, Bi, and Jolie had were activated. Only Kaiba, Ayana, Serenity, and Ayana had to activate theirs and Black Death would awaken, letting people know the end was near. If Lilith were to return to the world of the living again, everyone would die, whether they had a choice or not. Everyone except the Lilim, her children. They would be spared. She couldn't bear envisioning the deaths of billions if Lilith returned. She raised her head to meet Bakura's.
"I'll follow you to the ends of the earth to stop Kaiba's insanity. He wants to bring forth the end of the world, he has to go through me first." Zelda said.
"That's good to hear." Bi replied.
"No, that's not good to hear at all." came a voice.
They all turned around to see Kaiba and Serenity standing at the alleyway entrance. They were glaring at the group in front of them.
"How could you listen and go with them, Zelda? They are the ones responsible for why you don't remember your past!" Kaiba shouted.
"Oh, and you weren't! You wanted power more than anything! You wanted to wake up Lilith to get eternal power! Everyone was fooled by her and those who were died! Don't you have any remorse for you killing your own brother!" Bi shouted.
"Shut up!" Kaiba shouted. "Don't bring Mokuba into this!"
Bakura, Bi, and Mai held up their duel disks, holding them like bladed gauntlets. They were afraid to kill Kaiba and Serenity where they stood. Just then, Jolie walked up to Kaiba and Serenity. She was shocked to see Zelda standing behind the three.
"Vat! You couldn't get her on our side!" she shouted.
"Not now, Jolie - wait a sec, where's that fool you were dueling?" Serenity asked.
"Oh, the Archknight? I took care of him with no problem at all." Jolie laughed.
Archknight? Gen was an Archknight? Mai thought. She shook her head.
"You're lying! Gen's not an Archknight! We killed the Archknights before Lilith awoken!" Mai shouted.
"Zat's vat you zink. Apparently you missed one." Jolie said.
"Enough talking. Weren't not needed here anymore." Kaiba said, pressing a button on his coat. "Janguru, Mushi, get us out of here!"
No response came from Kaiba's henchmen. He pushed the button again.
"Answer me!"
No response again. Kaiba looked frustrated. Something must've happened to the insect andjungle duelists. They would always answer upon command. Finally, a voice broke the silence.
"You called, Seto!" came the voice.
"What! Toorima! Where is Janguru and Mushi!" Serenity shouted.
Toorima laughed evilly. Even this made Bakura's group worried.
"Those two? Ha! You actually care about a bug and a reptile? Those fools didn't stand a chance against me. They're probably rotting away right at this minute."
"You didn't!" Kaiba shouted.
"I didn't what? Kill them? No, I didn't, but they're close to death. They lost to me in a Game of Darkness. I'm sure Mai and Bakura over there is familiar with the penalties in those games."
How could Bakura and Mai forget? When Bakura lost, his body was consumed into the shadows of the Shadow Realm and Mai was locked in an hour glass that would kill her when time ran out. Mai shook her head again. She didn't want to hear this.
"You bastard! Release them now!" Kaiba shouted.
"I don't think so. They'll be released when I want them to be released! And they'll be set free when I bring Ayana to the Crystal Gates!" Toorima chuckled.
The Crystal Gates! No! He wants to have Ayana merge with Lilith already! That idiot! He'll doom us all! Bakura thought.
"You go anywhere near zose gates and you'll kill us all!" Jolie shouted.
"I know... I want you all to die. I should've been there in the final glory of Lilith's awakening as a Lilim, but did I? No! That cross dressing bitch, Bi, took my title! So now you'll all pay for my anguish! I'll see you there at the gates, and bring your monsters with you, all of you!"
After that, static came from Kaiba's communicator. This couldn't be happening. Toorima had betrayed Kaiba, he has nearly murdered Mushi and Janguru, and he's taking Ayana to Lilith. Then, Gen walked into the alleyway.
"What the? Oh great, looks like I'll have to beat the crap out of the three of you!" Gen said to Kaiba's group.
"Shut up, Gen! This is more important than that at the moment!" Mai shouted.
"What? But Kaiba and them are -"
"That's enough, Gen! I don't think you heard any of that, did you?" Bakura asked.
Gen shook his head. He obviously hadn't heard Toorima's threat to the world.
"What's going on here?"
Zelda looked at Gen.
"It's happening again... at the Crystal Gates. Lilith is about to be set free." she said.
Next time...
Mai: Looks like we're in a pickle big time here. Toorima has taken Kaiba's jet and Ayana with him. There's no other way to the Crystal Gate except by summoning all of our monsters. We don't want to do that or we'll signal the end of the world again. Not to mention that Gen has to explain his whole Archknight story to us. Maybe he hasa solution to make it to the gate without us awakening the monsters. Find out in the next story of "Apocalyptic Revelations: Archknight."
Author's Note: Hello there, it's nice to see you all again. I know I haven't been updating the story much, but that's because I have someone very important to me in the hospital at the moment. I'll update the story more, maybe even finish it soon, but not at the moment. Please read and review this chapter of my story, and no flaming. I will not accept flaming reviews. If you have any suggestions as to what should happen in the next chapters, suggest them in the review as well. I'll be waiting.