Chapter 14: Dawn of Destiny
Jacob, relishing in his victory, started to do a victory dance, while
all of his discarded cards were restored and returned to his library.
Truesdale was injured by decided to limp away without causing anymore
trouble. Paul on the other hand wasn't very happy. He quickly sat
straight up and charged Jacob angrily despite his injuries. Jacob
stopped his dance and turned around, only to run into Paul's charging
clothesline. While Jacob was trying to recover, Paul picked him up with
one hand and started to choke him. "You idiot. No way will an imbecile
like you take my chaos monster. I will end your life now" growled Paul.
Then a thorn whip cracked and wrapped around Paul's neck. "Make one move
and I'll tear your freaking head off!" warned Meanae. She used her rose
whip to stop Paul while Chick and Gorg tried to chase Truesdale down, but
he headed to the waterside and used some of his monsters to get away.
Paul dropped Jacob and stood there irate. Don got some rope and tied
Paul's hands together. Then the scorpion gang tended to the distraught
Alice and the other women of the former Shady Lady tavern. No one was
hurt and Alice did have some medicine in her outside warehouse so she
could tend to everyone's injuries. But unfortunately Alice was extremely
upset. Her tavern was destroyed. She didn't have anything anymore. The
scorpions were busy tended to the girls while Jacob demanded answers out
of Paul. "Start talking Grimm. Why did you attack the tavern?" "Didn't
you hear me the first time, you fool. I didn't do this. I noticed that
the village was ablaze and also noticed fire over here. I thought your
brother was here and I came here for his help." "Spare me, you wanted to
ask my brother for help?" mocked Jacob. "You were probably trying to
lure my brother here to gang up on him and steal his monsters." "You
know while we are here wasting time here, the village is being attacked
by Ha des's forces." "What?! What the heck does Hades want with the
village?" "How should I know?" argued Paul, "If you untie me, maybe we
can both check it out." "Me trust you? Please, I'm not that stupid."
"Believe me, I'm the best chance you have. If there was a time you
needed to trust anyone, you better do it now. Let your scorpion friends
handle things here. We need to stop Ha des. "Go ahead Jacob, we will
take care of the ladies here" said Don. "All right Paul, let's go. But
if you try anything, I will kill you." "Have it your way, now let's go."
Jacob cut Paul's bindings off and both men headed to save the village.
By the morning light of day, Danny beheld the spirit temple. He had been
traveling for most of the early morning. Of course, Rosa joined him.
She kept on harping on this was his destined day to die and that there
was no way she was letting him out of her sight. So they both traveled
together to the temple. Before entering, Danny wanted to let Rosa know a
couple of things. "Alight Rosa, you're gonna need to stay out here.
From what I heard, this temple is bad news. They say that only really
evil or really pure people can last in this temple. It drains strength
from you as you travel. Not only that, they say that there are obstacles
guarding the swords." "I told you already, I'm not leaving you. I will
turn into a card so that you can use me. You better not get me killed."
Rosa closed her eyes and transformed into a card. Danny looked in
surprise. Wow, he knew that this was a great addition to his deck. He
shuffled it in and entered the temple.
Chapter 15: The fight for the legendary swords
Danny entered into the spirit temple. As soon as he set foot inside, he
could already feel the strain of the temple's magic. Although he had
plenty of energy to spare, he knew it was a good idea to get out of here
as soon as possible. Danny quickened his pace to a jog. He came to a
passageway with colored tiles. Knowing that this had to be a trap of
some kind, he pulled out his sword and tapped a random plate. A giant
stone slab closed behind him and fountains of fire spewed all around him.
He ducked down and waited for them to stop. After a minute the danger
was over. He stayed down and tried another one. Same result. As soon
as that round was over, he tapped a yellow one. He braced himself again,
but this time, no fire came out. Danny figured he could only step on the
yellow ones. He nimbly jumped from yellow tile to yellow tile, but as
soon as he reached the middle, all the tiles turned to other colored ones
and the tunnel started to close ahead. "Give me a break" Danny
complained. He broke into a straight sprint and did get a little burned,
but managed to beat out the rock wall. Next he came to a huge chasm that
was very long and very deep. Danny thought for a moment and cast a float
charm on himself. He started to creep across the chasm. Normally, this
spell should have lasted for at least 10 minutes, but it was only a few
seconds before Danny dropped. He frantically tried to return to the edge
but missed it. Danny was frantically waving his arms and grabbed...thin
air? Sure enough, Danny grabbed some invisible ledge. "It was a leap of
faith" Danny said to himself. He pulled himself up and slowly followed
the ledge by feel until he got to the end. When he got to the end, he
spread some dirt on the ledge so he could go across it easier if he had
to leave in a hurry. Danny went into the next room. It was a large,
almost cathedral-like in style and at the end in two stones stood two
swords. One shone with a brilliant light and had a beautiful handle with
a gleaming blade. The other was a dark sword with a bigger blade and
seemed to pulse an evil aura. "The Masamune and Eslydion..." Danny
whispered to himself. He got a little ecstatic at the sight of the
scared blade. He ran towards it. Then a woman leaped down from one of
the statues lining the wall. It was Demetra. "You? What are you doing
here?!" exclaimed Danny. "Doing the will of my master" said Demetra
emotionless. "Hades wants the Masamune doesn't he?" asked Danny. "He
wants much more then that. He also wants me to bring him the chaos
monster located in this temple, the chaos sorcerer." "Can't let you do
that Demetra" said Danny getting tense. "Then I must defeat you once
again. Draw your deck; I challenge you to a duel!" Danny looked at her
determined but reluctant face. He knew that she really didn't want to do
this. He had to save her. "Demetra, you're forcing yourself. It
doesn't have to be this way" Danny said while moving to her with arms
outstretched. Demetra got surprised and stepped back. "What are you
doing? Stay back" she cried. "Please Demetra, please come back to me.
I miss you. And I want to return to the family." "Don't do this again.
I swear I'll bite you." Demetra's vampire fangs popped out again and she
prepared to spring if Danny came any closer. Danny, however didn't stop
his advance. Demetra got weepy and leaped toward Danny and tackled him.
She turned his neck to the side and dived toward his neck. "I do not
wish to be your enemy Demetra. If death is what will put an end to that,
then so be it. I just ask one favor from you Demetra. Please do not let
the chaos sorcerer fall into the wrong hands. Please give it to Rosa.
Danny unholstered his deck and put it to his side. "Also, please let my
spirits go. Now do as you need to" Danny closed his eyes and yielded his
fate to Demetra. Demetra clenched her teeth and shed more tears. "Why
are you doing this? Why are you making me right about you? Don't be
weak Danny. Be strong for me." She cried some more and withdrew her
fangs. She laid down on Danny and kissed him. Danny returned it and
held her close while shedding tears of his own. "Let's do this together,
Demetra. Let's save Earth just like we were meant to." "Right" said
Demetra drying her face. They got up and went toward the swords. But
before they could touch them, a vortex opened up and a strange man popped
out. "The chaos sorcerer" said Demetra. "Yes, I am the chaos sorcerer,
and I am in charge of protecting these blades of light and darkness. All
those in search of their power must make it through the temple and defeat
the guardian in a duel. That is why only shamans of light or darkness
can make it through here." "If it's a duel you want you got it" said
Danny while reaching for his deck, which he reholstered after getting up.
Demetra also brought out hers. "Now two against one is not fair, so
I'll even the odds more." The chaos sorcerer did some weird hand
gestures and two clouds came from his hands and started to form into
shapes on the ground. Up rose two beings. One looking like a sinister
Danny and the other like a pure, compassionate Demetra. "You will duel
against your opposite selves. If you win, you can attempt to claim the
swords. And if you lose, you will lose your decks and your minds.
Prepare to battle!"
Jacob, relishing in his victory, started to do a victory dance, while
all of his discarded cards were restored and returned to his library.
Truesdale was injured by decided to limp away without causing anymore
trouble. Paul on the other hand wasn't very happy. He quickly sat
straight up and charged Jacob angrily despite his injuries. Jacob
stopped his dance and turned around, only to run into Paul's charging
clothesline. While Jacob was trying to recover, Paul picked him up with
one hand and started to choke him. "You idiot. No way will an imbecile
like you take my chaos monster. I will end your life now" growled Paul.
Then a thorn whip cracked and wrapped around Paul's neck. "Make one move
and I'll tear your freaking head off!" warned Meanae. She used her rose
whip to stop Paul while Chick and Gorg tried to chase Truesdale down, but
he headed to the waterside and used some of his monsters to get away.
Paul dropped Jacob and stood there irate. Don got some rope and tied
Paul's hands together. Then the scorpion gang tended to the distraught
Alice and the other women of the former Shady Lady tavern. No one was
hurt and Alice did have some medicine in her outside warehouse so she
could tend to everyone's injuries. But unfortunately Alice was extremely
upset. Her tavern was destroyed. She didn't have anything anymore. The
scorpions were busy tended to the girls while Jacob demanded answers out
of Paul. "Start talking Grimm. Why did you attack the tavern?" "Didn't
you hear me the first time, you fool. I didn't do this. I noticed that
the village was ablaze and also noticed fire over here. I thought your
brother was here and I came here for his help." "Spare me, you wanted to
ask my brother for help?" mocked Jacob. "You were probably trying to
lure my brother here to gang up on him and steal his monsters." "You
know while we are here wasting time here, the village is being attacked
by Ha des's forces." "What?! What the heck does Hades want with the
village?" "How should I know?" argued Paul, "If you untie me, maybe we
can both check it out." "Me trust you? Please, I'm not that stupid."
"Believe me, I'm the best chance you have. If there was a time you
needed to trust anyone, you better do it now. Let your scorpion friends
handle things here. We need to stop Ha des. "Go ahead Jacob, we will
take care of the ladies here" said Don. "All right Paul, let's go. But
if you try anything, I will kill you." "Have it your way, now let's go."
Jacob cut Paul's bindings off and both men headed to save the village.
By the morning light of day, Danny beheld the spirit temple. He had been
traveling for most of the early morning. Of course, Rosa joined him.
She kept on harping on this was his destined day to die and that there
was no way she was letting him out of her sight. So they both traveled
together to the temple. Before entering, Danny wanted to let Rosa know a
couple of things. "Alight Rosa, you're gonna need to stay out here.
From what I heard, this temple is bad news. They say that only really
evil or really pure people can last in this temple. It drains strength
from you as you travel. Not only that, they say that there are obstacles
guarding the swords." "I told you already, I'm not leaving you. I will
turn into a card so that you can use me. You better not get me killed."
Rosa closed her eyes and transformed into a card. Danny looked in
surprise. Wow, he knew that this was a great addition to his deck. He
shuffled it in and entered the temple.
Chapter 15: The fight for the legendary swords
Danny entered into the spirit temple. As soon as he set foot inside, he
could already feel the strain of the temple's magic. Although he had
plenty of energy to spare, he knew it was a good idea to get out of here
as soon as possible. Danny quickened his pace to a jog. He came to a
passageway with colored tiles. Knowing that this had to be a trap of
some kind, he pulled out his sword and tapped a random plate. A giant
stone slab closed behind him and fountains of fire spewed all around him.
He ducked down and waited for them to stop. After a minute the danger
was over. He stayed down and tried another one. Same result. As soon
as that round was over, he tapped a yellow one. He braced himself again,
but this time, no fire came out. Danny figured he could only step on the
yellow ones. He nimbly jumped from yellow tile to yellow tile, but as
soon as he reached the middle, all the tiles turned to other colored ones
and the tunnel started to close ahead. "Give me a break" Danny
complained. He broke into a straight sprint and did get a little burned,
but managed to beat out the rock wall. Next he came to a huge chasm that
was very long and very deep. Danny thought for a moment and cast a float
charm on himself. He started to creep across the chasm. Normally, this
spell should have lasted for at least 10 minutes, but it was only a few
seconds before Danny dropped. He frantically tried to return to the edge
but missed it. Danny was frantically waving his arms and grabbed...thin
air? Sure enough, Danny grabbed some invisible ledge. "It was a leap of
faith" Danny said to himself. He pulled himself up and slowly followed
the ledge by feel until he got to the end. When he got to the end, he
spread some dirt on the ledge so he could go across it easier if he had
to leave in a hurry. Danny went into the next room. It was a large,
almost cathedral-like in style and at the end in two stones stood two
swords. One shone with a brilliant light and had a beautiful handle with
a gleaming blade. The other was a dark sword with a bigger blade and
seemed to pulse an evil aura. "The Masamune and Eslydion..." Danny
whispered to himself. He got a little ecstatic at the sight of the
scared blade. He ran towards it. Then a woman leaped down from one of
the statues lining the wall. It was Demetra. "You? What are you doing
here?!" exclaimed Danny. "Doing the will of my master" said Demetra
emotionless. "Hades wants the Masamune doesn't he?" asked Danny. "He
wants much more then that. He also wants me to bring him the chaos
monster located in this temple, the chaos sorcerer." "Can't let you do
that Demetra" said Danny getting tense. "Then I must defeat you once
again. Draw your deck; I challenge you to a duel!" Danny looked at her
determined but reluctant face. He knew that she really didn't want to do
this. He had to save her. "Demetra, you're forcing yourself. It
doesn't have to be this way" Danny said while moving to her with arms
outstretched. Demetra got surprised and stepped back. "What are you
doing? Stay back" she cried. "Please Demetra, please come back to me.
I miss you. And I want to return to the family." "Don't do this again.
I swear I'll bite you." Demetra's vampire fangs popped out again and she
prepared to spring if Danny came any closer. Danny, however didn't stop
his advance. Demetra got weepy and leaped toward Danny and tackled him.
She turned his neck to the side and dived toward his neck. "I do not
wish to be your enemy Demetra. If death is what will put an end to that,
then so be it. I just ask one favor from you Demetra. Please do not let
the chaos sorcerer fall into the wrong hands. Please give it to Rosa.
Danny unholstered his deck and put it to his side. "Also, please let my
spirits go. Now do as you need to" Danny closed his eyes and yielded his
fate to Demetra. Demetra clenched her teeth and shed more tears. "Why
are you doing this? Why are you making me right about you? Don't be
weak Danny. Be strong for me." She cried some more and withdrew her
fangs. She laid down on Danny and kissed him. Danny returned it and
held her close while shedding tears of his own. "Let's do this together,
Demetra. Let's save Earth just like we were meant to." "Right" said
Demetra drying her face. They got up and went toward the swords. But
before they could touch them, a vortex opened up and a strange man popped
out. "The chaos sorcerer" said Demetra. "Yes, I am the chaos sorcerer,
and I am in charge of protecting these blades of light and darkness. All
those in search of their power must make it through the temple and defeat
the guardian in a duel. That is why only shamans of light or darkness
can make it through here." "If it's a duel you want you got it" said
Danny while reaching for his deck, which he reholstered after getting up.
Demetra also brought out hers. "Now two against one is not fair, so
I'll even the odds more." The chaos sorcerer did some weird hand
gestures and two clouds came from his hands and started to form into
shapes on the ground. Up rose two beings. One looking like a sinister
Danny and the other like a pure, compassionate Demetra. "You will duel
against your opposite selves. If you win, you can attempt to claim the
swords. And if you lose, you will lose your decks and your minds.
Prepare to battle!"