Chapter 17: The stand
Demetra seemed to be having some difficulty. She was holding her head
and seemed to trying to not scream. "What's wrong Demetra?" asked Danny
with fear in his voice. He tried to comfort her. "Hold your position
paladin" warned the sorcerer. "We are in a sacred duel. If she is not
able to duel, she must forfeit and save herself the punishment of losing
this duel" "Drop out Demetra" pleaded Danny. "I can handle the last
one." "No way, we are in this together." She seemed to conquer her
ailment temporarily. Danny wanted to end this now and take care of her,
but he still couldn't lose his cool. Reluctantly, they both continued.
Dark Danny began his turn. I will summon Sapphire Dragon to the field.
Then I'll play raise dead and tribute my dragon to summon my tyrant
dragon back from the graveyard. The dreadful dragon rose from the dead
and shot out a powerful ray of flame toward the heroes. "TYRANT DRAGON,
SEND THAT ANGEL BACK TO HEAVEN!" Joan was once again defeated.
"Activate trap card, the rope of life" said Demetra, still suffering from
her ailment. By discarding my entire hand, I will resurrect Danny's
angel and give it 800 extra attack points, bringing her attack to 3600.
"What?!" cried Dark Danny. To end his turn, he played molten
destruction. The temple started to erupt from certain lamps smoky lava.
The field magic card increased the attack of all fire type monsters by
500. Demetra drew a card and set one facedown and ended her turn. She
wasn't looking that well. She was looking very ill and still seemed to
be struggling as if she was trying to keep control of something. Dark
Danny seemed pleased with his next draw. "I play the magic card, snatch
steal!" Joan became brainwashed and flew to Dark Danny's side of the
field. Danny felt sorry for Joan. She has died three times so far and
just now became brainwashed. "Now for my ultimate monster" said Danny
triumphantly. "I'll summon Horus Flame Dragon level 4 to the field." A
mystical fire breathing dragon came to the field. Thanks to the magic
card, it was 2100. "My flame dragon is unbeatable. As long as he
remains face up, he cannot become brainwashed. I will now direct all of
my attack power to Demetra. Hopefully the pain will make her submit,
just like you did to my Demetra. The dragon and brainwashed Joan
prepared their attacks. Danny looked in horror. He had no cards or
monsters to defend her. If these attacks connected, the force and pain
could kill even someone like Demetra, especially in the state she was in.
"Activate trap card, gravity bind" said Demetra weakly. Danny silently
cheered. It was indeed one of his hated traps, but at least Demetra was
safe and both duelists had lots of low level monsters to attack under it.
Danny suddenly remembered Lily and how good she was on breaking though
opponent's defenses. A wave of concern and sadness overcame him, but he
held his cool. Danny drew. "I will play my own cyclone magic card to
destroy your magic card. Joan will now return to me but not before your
magic card gives me 1000 life points. Now I will transfer two light
souls from my graveyard into another angel of mine. Two shining spirits
fused together and formed the soul of purity and light. Once she
appeared, Danny ended his turn. Dark Danny passed his next turn.
Demetra set another card facedown and ended her turn. Danny set one
monster facedown and played two cards facedown and ended his turn. Dark
Danny got another huge smile on his face. First he destroyed gravity
bind with cyclone, then he tributed his flame dragon for hours flame
dragon level 6. Now my dragon will attack your facedown monster.
Danny's saint magician was destroyed, allowing him to put a magic card in
his graveyard in his hand. Dark Danny then attacked with his Tyrant
dragon and Demetra was the target. "I don't think so! Activate trap
card, mirror wall! This card will halve your monsters attack." "Don't
you know anything!" said Dark Danny with a smirk. "My dragon is immune
to traps that affect him only. The dragon indeed destroyed the mirror
wall with little difficulty. It barely slowed down the attack. "JOAN,
PROTECT DEMETRA!" cried Danny again. The slowed attack gave Joan enough
time to intercept the attack and with Joan's increased attack she
deflected it. The dragon died by its own flame and Dark Danny lost 200
life points, while Danny gained 2900 life points. Dark Danny got upset
again but brushed it off. "You may be able to handle my tyrant dragon,
but let's see you handle my strongest monster. I'll tribute my hours
flame dragon to summon hours flame dragon level 8." The dragon burst
into flames but became reborn into a huge, terrifying dragon. My dragon
is not only strong, but I can negate any magic card I wish without paying
any life points, discarding any cards, or tributing any monsters. In
other words, you're through! I will also play the temple of the kings.
This magic card will allow me to activate traps like magic cards but more
importantly, I need it to summon another monster. But for the time
being, I will play trap card, hexagram's curse. This trap card will
paralyze your angel in a magical seal. It won't be able to attack."
Danny started to sweat a little. The dragon had an attack of 3500. It
was still strong enough to be beaten by Joan, but it would be tough
without using magic cards for insurance. Plus Joan couldn't attack
anyway it was his turn. I will summon Tsukuyomi to the field. A dark
priestess appeared from the special portal from which only spirit
monsters dwell. "Her? What can she do?" asked Dark Danny. "Oh my
priestess has more then just a pretty face. Her special power allows me
to turn one monster on the field facedown defense mode and I'm choosing
your dragon. "What will that do?" "Lots. For one thing I can play
cyclone and destroy hexagram's curse, allowing my angel to attack. Joan,
destroy that dragon. Since the dragon was facedown, it couldn't negate
the magic card and was destroyed easily. Now I'll finish you off with
the soul of purity and light. "Activate trap card, holy life barrier!"
cut in Danny. "By discarding one card from my hand, I negate all damage
to my life points this turn. "Blast!" cursed Danny. Dark Danny would
have another shot at life. "Nice try, but it will take more then that to
take me down. I will play the magic card raise dead to resurrect my holy
beast-shelket from the graveyard. Since temple of the kings was still in
play the mystical beast could be brought to the field. I will also
summon tribe infecting virus. By discarding another card from my hand, I
will destroy both of your angels." Sure enough, both Joan and the soul
started to weaken and quickly died from the deadly virus. Now to end
this. I will play another cyclone to make sure your traps don't cause me
anymore trouble. "Wrong move" said Demetra with a weak smile. "I
activate judgment of Anubis" I will discard one card from my hand to
negate your card, but more importantly, I will destroy your monster and
inflict damage to your life points equal to its attack." The mystical
beast of circuit vanished and Dark Danny lost 2500 life points.
"Checkmate..." whispered Demetra as she fell over.
Demetra seemed to be having some difficulty. She was holding her head
and seemed to trying to not scream. "What's wrong Demetra?" asked Danny
with fear in his voice. He tried to comfort her. "Hold your position
paladin" warned the sorcerer. "We are in a sacred duel. If she is not
able to duel, she must forfeit and save herself the punishment of losing
this duel" "Drop out Demetra" pleaded Danny. "I can handle the last
one." "No way, we are in this together." She seemed to conquer her
ailment temporarily. Danny wanted to end this now and take care of her,
but he still couldn't lose his cool. Reluctantly, they both continued.
Dark Danny began his turn. I will summon Sapphire Dragon to the field.
Then I'll play raise dead and tribute my dragon to summon my tyrant
dragon back from the graveyard. The dreadful dragon rose from the dead
and shot out a powerful ray of flame toward the heroes. "TYRANT DRAGON,
SEND THAT ANGEL BACK TO HEAVEN!" Joan was once again defeated.
"Activate trap card, the rope of life" said Demetra, still suffering from
her ailment. By discarding my entire hand, I will resurrect Danny's
angel and give it 800 extra attack points, bringing her attack to 3600.
"What?!" cried Dark Danny. To end his turn, he played molten
destruction. The temple started to erupt from certain lamps smoky lava.
The field magic card increased the attack of all fire type monsters by
500. Demetra drew a card and set one facedown and ended her turn. She
wasn't looking that well. She was looking very ill and still seemed to
be struggling as if she was trying to keep control of something. Dark
Danny seemed pleased with his next draw. "I play the magic card, snatch
steal!" Joan became brainwashed and flew to Dark Danny's side of the
field. Danny felt sorry for Joan. She has died three times so far and
just now became brainwashed. "Now for my ultimate monster" said Danny
triumphantly. "I'll summon Horus Flame Dragon level 4 to the field." A
mystical fire breathing dragon came to the field. Thanks to the magic
card, it was 2100. "My flame dragon is unbeatable. As long as he
remains face up, he cannot become brainwashed. I will now direct all of
my attack power to Demetra. Hopefully the pain will make her submit,
just like you did to my Demetra. The dragon and brainwashed Joan
prepared their attacks. Danny looked in horror. He had no cards or
monsters to defend her. If these attacks connected, the force and pain
could kill even someone like Demetra, especially in the state she was in.
"Activate trap card, gravity bind" said Demetra weakly. Danny silently
cheered. It was indeed one of his hated traps, but at least Demetra was
safe and both duelists had lots of low level monsters to attack under it.
Danny suddenly remembered Lily and how good she was on breaking though
opponent's defenses. A wave of concern and sadness overcame him, but he
held his cool. Danny drew. "I will play my own cyclone magic card to
destroy your magic card. Joan will now return to me but not before your
magic card gives me 1000 life points. Now I will transfer two light
souls from my graveyard into another angel of mine. Two shining spirits
fused together and formed the soul of purity and light. Once she
appeared, Danny ended his turn. Dark Danny passed his next turn.
Demetra set another card facedown and ended her turn. Danny set one
monster facedown and played two cards facedown and ended his turn. Dark
Danny got another huge smile on his face. First he destroyed gravity
bind with cyclone, then he tributed his flame dragon for hours flame
dragon level 6. Now my dragon will attack your facedown monster.
Danny's saint magician was destroyed, allowing him to put a magic card in
his graveyard in his hand. Dark Danny then attacked with his Tyrant
dragon and Demetra was the target. "I don't think so! Activate trap
card, mirror wall! This card will halve your monsters attack." "Don't
you know anything!" said Dark Danny with a smirk. "My dragon is immune
to traps that affect him only. The dragon indeed destroyed the mirror
wall with little difficulty. It barely slowed down the attack. "JOAN,
PROTECT DEMETRA!" cried Danny again. The slowed attack gave Joan enough
time to intercept the attack and with Joan's increased attack she
deflected it. The dragon died by its own flame and Dark Danny lost 200
life points, while Danny gained 2900 life points. Dark Danny got upset
again but brushed it off. "You may be able to handle my tyrant dragon,
but let's see you handle my strongest monster. I'll tribute my hours
flame dragon to summon hours flame dragon level 8." The dragon burst
into flames but became reborn into a huge, terrifying dragon. My dragon
is not only strong, but I can negate any magic card I wish without paying
any life points, discarding any cards, or tributing any monsters. In
other words, you're through! I will also play the temple of the kings.
This magic card will allow me to activate traps like magic cards but more
importantly, I need it to summon another monster. But for the time
being, I will play trap card, hexagram's curse. This trap card will
paralyze your angel in a magical seal. It won't be able to attack."
Danny started to sweat a little. The dragon had an attack of 3500. It
was still strong enough to be beaten by Joan, but it would be tough
without using magic cards for insurance. Plus Joan couldn't attack
anyway it was his turn. I will summon Tsukuyomi to the field. A dark
priestess appeared from the special portal from which only spirit
monsters dwell. "Her? What can she do?" asked Dark Danny. "Oh my
priestess has more then just a pretty face. Her special power allows me
to turn one monster on the field facedown defense mode and I'm choosing
your dragon. "What will that do?" "Lots. For one thing I can play
cyclone and destroy hexagram's curse, allowing my angel to attack. Joan,
destroy that dragon. Since the dragon was facedown, it couldn't negate
the magic card and was destroyed easily. Now I'll finish you off with
the soul of purity and light. "Activate trap card, holy life barrier!"
cut in Danny. "By discarding one card from my hand, I negate all damage
to my life points this turn. "Blast!" cursed Danny. Dark Danny would
have another shot at life. "Nice try, but it will take more then that to
take me down. I will play the magic card raise dead to resurrect my holy
beast-shelket from the graveyard. Since temple of the kings was still in
play the mystical beast could be brought to the field. I will also
summon tribe infecting virus. By discarding another card from my hand, I
will destroy both of your angels." Sure enough, both Joan and the soul
started to weaken and quickly died from the deadly virus. Now to end
this. I will play another cyclone to make sure your traps don't cause me
anymore trouble. "Wrong move" said Demetra with a weak smile. "I
activate judgment of Anubis" I will discard one card from my hand to
negate your card, but more importantly, I will destroy your monster and
inflict damage to your life points equal to its attack." The mystical
beast of circuit vanished and Dark Danny lost 2500 life points.
"Checkmate..." whispered Demetra as she fell over.