Chapter 16: The price of power
"The rules are as follows" declared the Chaos Sorcerer. "This will be a
two on two duel with no time limit. Both duelists will share the same
field and graveyard. You are allowed to cross tribute and also allowed
to use card effects for any person in this duel. Both duelists on a team
can still only control up to 5 monsters and magic/trap cards. Also, no
player will be allowed to attack until everyone had a chance to play a
card. Now to begin. In this duel Demetra Novax will begin first. Then
Dark Danny will go next, and then light Demetra, then lastly Danny
Chambers. Now begin your turn Novax" Demetra took a breath and drew her
first card. "To begin, I'll set a monster in defense mode and play two
more cards facedown. That will do it for me. Dark Danny also put a
monster in defense mode and set two cards facedown and ended his turn.
"For my turn, I'll summon Dunames Dark Witch and end my turn. "Okay,
time for some offense" said Light Demetra in a commanding voice. "I'll
also set a monster in defense mode and set two cards facedown." "And
I'll activate trap card, ring of destruction" Dark Danny cut in. "My
target is your angel." "Blast, not another ring..." grumbled Danny as his
angel fell victim to the terrible trap card. All duelists took 1800 life
point damage. Life points: Danny: 6200 Dark Danny: 6200 Demetra: 6200
Light Demetra: 6200 Demetra began her second turn. "I'll play Harpie's
feather sweeper to destroy all of your magic and trap cards." The
guardians both got grimaces on their faces. A crush card was destroyed.
"But that was my card!" exclaimed Demetra while staring at her deck.
"You need to keep better eye on things that are yours" said the chaos
sorcerer. Demetra sneered and ended her turn. Dark Danny put another
monster in defense mode and ended his turn. Danny copied that move and
put his own monster in defense mode. Light Demetra also played one
monster in defense mode. For her turn, Demetra just drew a card. Dark
Danny set one card facedown, ending his turn. I don't feel good about
this... said Danny to himself. So far, all players have been playing
defensively. When this game busts open, its going to be bloody Danny
decided to take action. I'll tribute my facedown monster and one of
Demetra's to summon Guardian Angel Joan. Now my angel will attack your
defense monster Imposter Demetra. The twin headed behemoth was easily
destroyed by Joan's divine ring. Her attack increased Danny's life
points by an amount equal the original attack of the destroyed monster.
Danny: 7400 Light Demetra made a smirk. "Your monster may be strong,
Chambers, but my dragon makes a quick recovery, returning to my side of
the field with 1000 attack and defense points. Now I'll tribute my two
monsters to summon Sanga of Thunder." "Sanga of Thunder!" exclaimed
Danny. You must be holding the power of the gate guardian" "Light
Demetra once again smirked. "Correct hero, I do wield the power of the
mighty gate guardian. And with my quick tribute deck, both of you will
face its wrath!" "We'll see about that" said Demetra bravely, "It's my
move. I'll set two cards facedown." "Activate trap card, ojama trio!"
said Dark Danny quickly. Three ugly gremlins appear on Demetra's side of
the field. "What is the meaning of this?!" Demetra demanded. "The ojama
trio trap card makes these little guys appear on your side of the field.
They may be weak, but their presence comes at a terrible cost. If they
leave the field by battle, you lose 700 life points for each one"
exclaimed Dark Danny. "Just great..." grumbled Demetra as the creatures
danced around. "Now to make use of your ojama monsters" declared Dark
Danny, "I'll summon spear dragon. My dragon special ability allows me to
inflict life point damage to your monsters, even if they are in defense
mode. And once my dragon attacks your tokens you'll lose 1600 life
points." "Just try it" threatened Demetra, "I'll activate trap card,
ceasefire! This powerful trap card will turn all facedown monsters
facedown, negating any flip effects. In addition, both of you will lose
500 life points for each effect monster on the field." Both guardians
lost 2500 life points. "And as for your dragon, I'll activate trap card,
nightmare wheel of torture!" This trap card will render your dragon
useless and make you lose another 500 life points at each of your standby
phases. Dark Danny/Light Demetra: 3700 "That was great Demetra. I have
confidence we'll win this duel. For my turn, I'll summon Manju of the
ten-thousand hands to the field. My angel's special ability allows me to
search for one ritual monster or magic card from my deck and I'll put
Miracle Ark into my hand. Then I'll attack Sanga with Joan's divine ring
of mercy." "Sanga, raise Light Screen!" said Light Demetra. My monster
special ability allows me to negate a single attack one time in this
duel. I'll cash it in now." The light screen destroyed the ring and
Danny ended his turn. Light Demetra set one card facedown and ended her
turn. Dark Danny drew, took his life point damage and got an evil look
on his face. :"Let's see you block this! I'll tribute spear dragon and
my witch of the black forest to summon my almighty tyrant dragon to the
field. "And I'll activate my ring of destruction to destroy your
precious angel Danny" said Light Demetra. The ring destroyed Joan and
everyone received 2800 life point damage. Now my dragon, show them your
wrath!" The dragon inhaled deeply and got a huge fireball at one of
Demetra monsters. Both Danny and Demetra had to shield their eyes.
Demetra's nimble mongoma was destroyed, increasing her life points by
1000 and allowing her to summon two more to the field. Then the dragon
attacked again, destroying the many-handed angel. "Your dragon can
attack twice?!" cried Danny as he felt the pain from the attack. "Sure
can" said Dark Danny. That's just one of my dragon's special abilities."
Danny: 5600 Dark Danny: 3200 Demetra: 7200 "Now for my turn to begin"
said Danny. "Before you begin Danny, I'll activate magic card cyclone to
destroy one of their cards." Light Demetra's facedown God's declaration
was destroyed. "Thanks for the help Demetra" said Danny once again.
"Now there's nothing stopping me from playing this card, dark hole!"
"All monsters on the field were destroyed. "Next I'll play the magic
card exchange. I'll exchange a card from you, Imposter Demetra." She
sneered and showed Danny her hand. He took her raise dead magic card and
she took his Jowgen the spiritualist. "Now I'll activate magic card,
raise dead." "If you think you're getting my dragon think again" added
Dark Danny with an irate look on his face, another effect requires you to
tribute a dragon to resurrect him." "Who said I wanted your dragon? I'm
going to bring my Guardian Angel Joan to life!" With the card's magic,
Joan made a glorious return. "Now my angel will attack Light Demetra
directly making her lose a great deal of life points. She fell to the
ground in pain and couldn't get up. It appears that Light Demetra cannot
continue the duel" said the chaos sorcerer. Danny, it's up to you.
Danny will have a turn in-between your turns. "This is unacceptable"
said Danny with a furious tone. I will destroy you both!" Danny
continued to hold his focus, but lost it when Demetra started to shiver
furiously and held her head. "Demetra, what's wrong?" cried Danny,
rushing to her.
"The rules are as follows" declared the Chaos Sorcerer. "This will be a
two on two duel with no time limit. Both duelists will share the same
field and graveyard. You are allowed to cross tribute and also allowed
to use card effects for any person in this duel. Both duelists on a team
can still only control up to 5 monsters and magic/trap cards. Also, no
player will be allowed to attack until everyone had a chance to play a
card. Now to begin. In this duel Demetra Novax will begin first. Then
Dark Danny will go next, and then light Demetra, then lastly Danny
Chambers. Now begin your turn Novax" Demetra took a breath and drew her
first card. "To begin, I'll set a monster in defense mode and play two
more cards facedown. That will do it for me. Dark Danny also put a
monster in defense mode and set two cards facedown and ended his turn.
"For my turn, I'll summon Dunames Dark Witch and end my turn. "Okay,
time for some offense" said Light Demetra in a commanding voice. "I'll
also set a monster in defense mode and set two cards facedown." "And
I'll activate trap card, ring of destruction" Dark Danny cut in. "My
target is your angel." "Blast, not another ring..." grumbled Danny as his
angel fell victim to the terrible trap card. All duelists took 1800 life
point damage. Life points: Danny: 6200 Dark Danny: 6200 Demetra: 6200
Light Demetra: 6200 Demetra began her second turn. "I'll play Harpie's
feather sweeper to destroy all of your magic and trap cards." The
guardians both got grimaces on their faces. A crush card was destroyed.
"But that was my card!" exclaimed Demetra while staring at her deck.
"You need to keep better eye on things that are yours" said the chaos
sorcerer. Demetra sneered and ended her turn. Dark Danny put another
monster in defense mode and ended his turn. Danny copied that move and
put his own monster in defense mode. Light Demetra also played one
monster in defense mode. For her turn, Demetra just drew a card. Dark
Danny set one card facedown, ending his turn. I don't feel good about
this... said Danny to himself. So far, all players have been playing
defensively. When this game busts open, its going to be bloody Danny
decided to take action. I'll tribute my facedown monster and one of
Demetra's to summon Guardian Angel Joan. Now my angel will attack your
defense monster Imposter Demetra. The twin headed behemoth was easily
destroyed by Joan's divine ring. Her attack increased Danny's life
points by an amount equal the original attack of the destroyed monster.
Danny: 7400 Light Demetra made a smirk. "Your monster may be strong,
Chambers, but my dragon makes a quick recovery, returning to my side of
the field with 1000 attack and defense points. Now I'll tribute my two
monsters to summon Sanga of Thunder." "Sanga of Thunder!" exclaimed
Danny. You must be holding the power of the gate guardian" "Light
Demetra once again smirked. "Correct hero, I do wield the power of the
mighty gate guardian. And with my quick tribute deck, both of you will
face its wrath!" "We'll see about that" said Demetra bravely, "It's my
move. I'll set two cards facedown." "Activate trap card, ojama trio!"
said Dark Danny quickly. Three ugly gremlins appear on Demetra's side of
the field. "What is the meaning of this?!" Demetra demanded. "The ojama
trio trap card makes these little guys appear on your side of the field.
They may be weak, but their presence comes at a terrible cost. If they
leave the field by battle, you lose 700 life points for each one"
exclaimed Dark Danny. "Just great..." grumbled Demetra as the creatures
danced around. "Now to make use of your ojama monsters" declared Dark
Danny, "I'll summon spear dragon. My dragon special ability allows me to
inflict life point damage to your monsters, even if they are in defense
mode. And once my dragon attacks your tokens you'll lose 1600 life
points." "Just try it" threatened Demetra, "I'll activate trap card,
ceasefire! This powerful trap card will turn all facedown monsters
facedown, negating any flip effects. In addition, both of you will lose
500 life points for each effect monster on the field." Both guardians
lost 2500 life points. "And as for your dragon, I'll activate trap card,
nightmare wheel of torture!" This trap card will render your dragon
useless and make you lose another 500 life points at each of your standby
phases. Dark Danny/Light Demetra: 3700 "That was great Demetra. I have
confidence we'll win this duel. For my turn, I'll summon Manju of the
ten-thousand hands to the field. My angel's special ability allows me to
search for one ritual monster or magic card from my deck and I'll put
Miracle Ark into my hand. Then I'll attack Sanga with Joan's divine ring
of mercy." "Sanga, raise Light Screen!" said Light Demetra. My monster
special ability allows me to negate a single attack one time in this
duel. I'll cash it in now." The light screen destroyed the ring and
Danny ended his turn. Light Demetra set one card facedown and ended her
turn. Dark Danny drew, took his life point damage and got an evil look
on his face. :"Let's see you block this! I'll tribute spear dragon and
my witch of the black forest to summon my almighty tyrant dragon to the
field. "And I'll activate my ring of destruction to destroy your
precious angel Danny" said Light Demetra. The ring destroyed Joan and
everyone received 2800 life point damage. Now my dragon, show them your
wrath!" The dragon inhaled deeply and got a huge fireball at one of
Demetra monsters. Both Danny and Demetra had to shield their eyes.
Demetra's nimble mongoma was destroyed, increasing her life points by
1000 and allowing her to summon two more to the field. Then the dragon
attacked again, destroying the many-handed angel. "Your dragon can
attack twice?!" cried Danny as he felt the pain from the attack. "Sure
can" said Dark Danny. That's just one of my dragon's special abilities."
Danny: 5600 Dark Danny: 3200 Demetra: 7200 "Now for my turn to begin"
said Danny. "Before you begin Danny, I'll activate magic card cyclone to
destroy one of their cards." Light Demetra's facedown God's declaration
was destroyed. "Thanks for the help Demetra" said Danny once again.
"Now there's nothing stopping me from playing this card, dark hole!"
"All monsters on the field were destroyed. "Next I'll play the magic
card exchange. I'll exchange a card from you, Imposter Demetra." She
sneered and showed Danny her hand. He took her raise dead magic card and
she took his Jowgen the spiritualist. "Now I'll activate magic card,
raise dead." "If you think you're getting my dragon think again" added
Dark Danny with an irate look on his face, another effect requires you to
tribute a dragon to resurrect him." "Who said I wanted your dragon? I'm
going to bring my Guardian Angel Joan to life!" With the card's magic,
Joan made a glorious return. "Now my angel will attack Light Demetra
directly making her lose a great deal of life points. She fell to the
ground in pain and couldn't get up. It appears that Light Demetra cannot
continue the duel" said the chaos sorcerer. Danny, it's up to you.
Danny will have a turn in-between your turns. "This is unacceptable"
said Danny with a furious tone. I will destroy you both!" Danny
continued to hold his focus, but lost it when Demetra started to shiver
furiously and held her head. "Demetra, what's wrong?" cried Danny,
rushing to her.