Chapter 13: A hero appears
Jacob was desperately trying to get warm as he walked through the
countryside. He went back to the dark scorpion hideout. Taking the
opportunity to repay his earlier rudeness, they teased him with their
warm shelter and meal. Jacob told all of them to shove it and walked
off, too proud to give them the apology they asked for. Now he was
regretting it. The night air was bitter and it was too late to be
walking around. Not that he was scared or anything. Not with his chaos
soldier. He noticed that his path lead him near the Shady Lady tavern.
Jacob thought for a moment. The women there didn't like him that well.
Most of them teased him whenever he tried to hit on them. There was that
one though. Mimi, the young exiled amazon girl had the total hots for
him. Jacob grumbled at the very thought of spending the night in the
same building as her. Oh well, shelter was shelter. He noticed a blaze
afar off. The shady lady was in that direction! He ran over and sure
enough the tavern was on fire. Most of it was put out already though.
He noticed two men near the tavern. He ran over to confront them. The
two men turned around. Jacob recognized one of them as Paul Grimm, one
of his brother's old students. "Paul, did you do this?" asked Jacob
sternly. "I didn't do anything to these women. You should be thanking
me for putting the fires out. I was just passing by."
"I don't believe you" said Jacob. "Whether you want to believe me or
not, that's not your problem now. Now you need to worry about me taking
your chaos soldier from you. Jacob Chambers, I challenge you to a duel
for your black luster soldier!" "Why should I accept? I could have my
soldier just blow you away right now." "If you don't agree to this duel,
I'll finish the destruction of this place. I don't know who did it, but
I'll finish it if it means luring Danny here and stealing more chaos
monsters." Danny heard a group from behind him. It was the Dark
Scorpions. "Is there a problem Jacob?" asked Don while pulling out his
guns. "Yea, I think its time to show these creeps a lesson, Dark
Scorpions, its time to duel. They all nodded and turned into card form.
"Wonderful!" cried Paul. "It won't be any trouble to defeat an amateur
like you. Truesdale lets get him." "Jokes on you Paul. I will not help
you. I will now fight both you and Jacob in a three way duel for both of
your Chaos monsters!" "That ready to die huh? Fine, I'll destroy you
both. Let's duel!"
The dueling platform rose once again and all three warriors prepared for
a harsh duel. "I'll begin" declared Jacob. "I'll summon the unfriendly
amazon in attack mode. Then I'll set two cards facedown. That will do
it for me." "Good opening move" said Truesdale to Jacob. For my turn
I'll summon Granadora then I'll play the legendary ocean magic card. And
because of my Granadora's special ability, I gain 1000 lifepoints" A rush
of water flooded the area around the platform; however the duelists were
hovering safe above the water. "To finish, I will also set two cards
facedown and end my turn" It was now Lord Grimm's turn. This is bad he
told himself. It's not often were I'm overpowered in the first turn.
"Since I can't beat your monsters right now, I'll play the pot of greed
magic card, allowing me to draw two more cards. I'll set a monster in
defense mode and end my turn." It was Jacob's turn again. Because he
couldn't give the tribute his amazon needed to stay on the field, she was
destroyed in the standby phase. "I'll play the magic card; raise dead
(monster reborn) to bring back my amazon. I'll then summon Don Zaloog to
the field. My amazon will destroy your defense monster and then Don will
attack you directly!" The amazon's huge sword made quick work of Paul's
dark blade, and Don shot Paul with his guns. Paul lost 1400 lifepoints
and Don discarded one card from Paul's hand. Paul: 6600 Truesdale: 9000
Jacob: 8000 Jacob ended his turn. I could attack Paul directly said
Truesdale to himself, But if Jacob gets more of the scorpions to the
field, it could be bad for me. I think I'll get rid of the real threat,
Don Zaloog. for my turn, Granadora will attack you Jacob. Granadora
dove underwater. Don tried to counterattack, but Granadora was too
strong, Don was pulled underwater and perished. Jacob lost 700
lifepoints. Truesdale: 9000 Jacob: 7300 Paul: 6600 Jacob was extremely
winded off now. "You mess with my friends you winged freak, you mess
with all of us" threatened Jacob. He pointed a finger at Truesdale.
"You're behind is mine" Paul began his turn. He finally saw the
opportunity to play those high level monsters that were in his hand.
"I'll play the magic card, snatch steal. I'll steal Granadora from you
Truesdale." "Is that so? I'll counter with the trap card Raigeki
Strike!" I'll discard one card from my hand and destroy your magic card."
Paul was again worried. That ruined everything. Now he was open again
to another direct attack. If Jacob summoned another scorpion, their
effects would cripple him. Paul was forced to end his turn. In his
standby phase, Jacob's amazon was once again destroyed. "I'll summon
Cliff the trap remover, then I'll play this magic card called the A
forces. This card will give all of my warrior monsters 200 attack points
for every warrior and spell caster monster on my side of the field.
Cliff's attack was now 1400. Jacob wanted to attack Truesdale, but
Granadora was too high in attack. Cliff, take down Paul! Cliff ran as
fast as he could through the flooded playing field and stabbed Paul in
the gut. Paul lost another 1400 and Cliff destroyed two cards from
Paul's deck while he was reeling. Truesdale: 9000 Jacob: 7300 Paul: 5200
Truesdale started to delight in Paul's pain. He enjoyed Paul cursing and
trying to stop the bleeding from Don's gunshots and Cliff's stab wound.
"How does it feel Paul, to be on the receiving end of great pain? You
are finally being paid back for all of your crimes against my people.
Now I think I'll add in more pain with Granadora. Granadora, rip him to
shreds!" Granadora roared and swam toward Paul.
note: this is an intermission. This was a long duel, part two is the next chapter