Chapter 6: Flaming Eternity

All the art of living lies in a fine mingling of letting go and holding on.
Henry Ellis

"Don't think so lightly of me Kyle. I am the general of Noma. I command the royal guard. And as the captain of that guard, I will lead them to safety. I will win this duel to protect my king!" Lindsey felt strong with her soldiers at her side. The women that were part of the guard would give their very lives for their king because they loved him so and they knew he would do the same. "I'll start. I summon Samantha, the chain master!" A muscular woman warrior with a long chain wrapped around her arm appeared to the field. All the guards were already informed of the possibility of the duel and knew what was at sake. "I also set two cards in my magic/trap card zone and end my turn" "Nice start" said Kyle with a smug look, but your cavemen wont' be able to take the heat of my deck. I set a monster and end my turn" Lindsey drew and prepared for attack. "Samantha, take that creature out!" she commanded. Samantha started to swing her chain and with the sharp hand part of it aimed it at Kyle's creature. But to their surprise, the creature survived. It was a spirit reaper, which could not be destroyed by battle. Lindsey growled in frustration. "Fine I set another one of my guards and end my turn." Kyle drew and laughed loudly at what he drew. "Well honey, I think this is a record. Go get them! Nephthys appeared to the field. Lindsey stepped back in shock. No, not already! I'm not ready to fight a god yet! she thought to herself. "Oh don't worry; Nephthys is actually not that strong at this point. But she will be once gets into something a little more comfortable. Nephthys embraced the spirit reaper and they both burst in flame. "NOW I CALL ON HER TRUE FORM, ENTER SACRED PHOENIX OF NEPHTHYS!" The chamber instantly illuminated with almost blinding fire and heat. Both Samantha and Lindsey had to retreat a little. Kyle's wife was now a bird of flames. She flapped her great and powerful wings and attacked Lindsey's set soldier with the flames from its wings. Laura, the infamous invader of the throne, met a fiery death. Both Lindsey and Samantha were sad over their fallen comrade, but were determined to win more then ever. "A life for a life. That's the Amazon's stand with the murder of their own. You're phoenix will die by their hand" said Lindsey with rage in her voice. "Oh yeah, show me. My wife now has an attack of 2400. Take your best shot!" said Kyle with conceit in his voice. "Gladly, Amazoness shaman, do your stuff. Lindsey played the magic card she just drew. Strange symbols entered into Nephthys and Samantha and then exchange. Nephthys seemed hurt by it while the amazon seemed invigorated by it. "What just happened?" cried Kyle. "It's very simple. The magic card Amazoness spell caster switches the attacks of an amazon with another monster, so now your phoenix has an attack of 1500 while Samantha here has an attack of 2400" explained Lindsey with a smile of her own. "And that's not all, I summon witch of the black forest. Samantha, attack that phoenix and avenge your fallen sister!" Samantha swung her chain again and destroyed Nephthys then he received a direct from the witch's third eye. "That ends my turn" said Lindsey once her warriors took their position. Lindsey: 8000 Kyle: 6000 "NO ONE SENDS MY WIFE TO THE GRAVEYARD! I'LL DESTROY YOU!" yelled Kyle in rage. "I summon Asura Priest." A six armed angel appeared to the field." "Asura priest? That's Lord Chamber's monster" said Lindsey in confusion. "Do you think that the spirit monsters serve only one man? Anyone who is worthy of their power can summon them from the dream world. But enough talking, I'm going to mow down both your monsters. Asura priest, attack that amazon wench now!" "Not so fast, my amazon will band together to protect each other. I activate trap card Amazoness archers!" A band of amazons appeared and shot Asura priest with a barrage of arrows." This trap card lowers all your monster's attacks by 500 and forces them to attack mode. Then they all must attack my amazon. If her attack is higher then your monsters attack, they of course will be destroyed" Weakened by the arrow attack, Asura priest was easily destroyed by Samantha. "Lucky draw" grumbled Kyle. I play the magic card feather of the phoenix. I discard flame ruler to put my spirit reaper on the top of my deck. Then I'll play the magic card, sealing swords of light! Then I end my turn." Lindsey: 8000 Kyle: 5700. Lindsey was pleased with her draw. I now tribute my witch to summon Alexis the penumbral soldier lady. And since my witch went to the graveyard from the field, I can search for a monster with a defense of 1500 or less, and I choose Amazoness fighter. Now since I can't attack for the next three turns, I end my turn right now" For his turn, Kyle just set a monster and ended his turn and Lindsey passed her turn to, waiting out the sealing swords. Kyle looked at his next draw and wasn't very happy. He was forced to end his turn without doing anything. "For my turn, I summon Alicia, the Amazoness paladin." A beautiful blonde amazon with wavy blonde hair came to the field and drew her blade." My amazon gets 100 attack points for every amazon warrior on the field and there are two, increasing her attack to 1900. Now that your sealing swords have worn off, I am free to take you down. Samantha, attack the second monster he set." Samantha destroyed an iron blacksmith. "The special ability of my blacksmith allows me search an equipment magic card from my deck and I choose premature burial" announced Kyle while adding the magic card to his hand. "Fine, Alexis, attack the other set monster" Alexis charged fiercely and stuck the set monster. Her sword struck the bony body of Kyle's spirit reaper, but it quickly healed. "I figured that much. I end my turn" said Lindsey. "I heard of your chain master's special power" said Kyle as he looked his hand calmly. "When she is destroyed by battle, you can pay 1500 life points to steal a monster from my hand. I don't need that at this point. So I'll do this. I equip big bang shot to your amazon chain master. Now I play the magic card hurricane. This will return all magic and trap cards to our hands." As the cards left the field, Samantha screamed in terror. She was burning up and disintegrating. Alexis and Alicia tried to help her but she died moments later. "What did you do?" cried Lindsey in despair. "I must have forgotten to tell you about my big bang shot. When it leaves the field while equipped to a monster, that monster is destroyed and is sent to the shadow realm." "You fiend. How dare you!" yelled Lindsey in rage. "You're in no position to make threats. Especially when I play my premature burial magic card. By paying 800 life points, I can bring one monster back from my graveyard and I choose my lovely wife, Nephthys. Indeed, Nephthys returned to the field in a blaze of glory. Now I summon flame ruler and equip him with that big bang shot you like so much. Then I switch my spirit reaper to attack mode. Go my monsters, decimate her defenses! With her high attack, Alexis fell to Nephthys and the powered up flame ruler edged Alicia, who lost 100 attack points when Samantha died. Then spirit reaper attacked Lindsey directly and destroyed a card from her hand. "That's enough punishment for now. I end my turn" said Kyle triumphal. Lindsey: 7300 Kyle: 4900 Lindsey started to worry a bit. That was a very crippling move, but she vowed to survive. "I will summon Getsu Fuhma, the fiend slaying knightess to the field. A beautiful, red hair female samurai appeared to the field. Now, Getsu, attack that spirit reaper!" Getsu quickly charged and sliced the reaper, taking a good bit of Kyle's life points. "That was pointless" said Kyle. You know that spirit reaper can't be destroyed by battle." "Really look again" said Lindsey. Kyle looked and his reaper could not heal the gash. It started to expand and it destroyed the reaper. "Getsu's morning glory sword destroys all fiends and zombies that battle with her." Kyle growled in anger. "Now I set three magic and traps cards and end my turn Lindsey: 7300 Kyle: 3500. "You're really starting to tick me off!" yelled Kyle. "Now I'll really punish you with another behemoth. My flame ruler's special power allows it to count as two tributes when tributing for a fire monster. So I'll tribute my flame ruler to summon Infernal flame emperor!" A mammoth sphinx of flame burst onto the field. "And if you thought that was bad, when he is summoned successfully, I can remove up to five fire monsters from my graveyard from play to destroy that many magic and trap cards on the field!" "THAT'S IF I ALLOW IT! I ACTIVATE THE TRAP CARD, TRAP HOLE!" yelled Lindsey back. A large pit opened beneath the flame emperor and it fell it its death. "NO!" yelled Kyle. "I end my turn then. I can't afford my wife to run into those cards" Lindsey passed her turn. Kyle set a monster and ended his turn. Lindsey had Getsu attack that set monster. Once her sword hit, a mechanical jar appeared to the field. Lindsey was terrified at what it was. "CYBER JAR! What is that doing here!" cried Lindsey. The jar sucked with tremendous force and sucked both the Nephthys and Getsu into it, and then it exploded. "BUT WHY DID YOU DESTROY YOUR OWN PHOENIX!" asked Lindsey with more confusion then ever. Kyle laughed loudly. "You think I'll ever to that to my love? Did you forget she's a phoenix? During my next standby phase, she will return to the field and she will also destroy all magic and trap cards on the field." While all this was going on, the cyber jar also revealed the top five cards of both their decks. They would special summon all applicable level four or lower monsters in attack or defense mode and then all the rest of the cards would be added to their hands. Lindsey summoned Gracia, the Amazoness swordswoman and Jezebel the infamous unfriendly amazon. Kyle set a UFO turtle and another flame ruler facedown. Since my monsters are still in attack mode I can still take out your monsters!" announced Lindsey. Jezebel destroyed flame ruler and Gracia destroyed the UFO turtle. But when that happened, a solar flare dragon arrived to the field. "Now I activate the magic card, angel's donation. This will allow me to draw three cards and discard two from my hand. Then I'll play the magic card; raise dead to bring back your phoenix on my side of the field." Nephthys revived on the field again, only this time against her husband. Kyle was trembling in rage. He appeared as if he was losing it. Lindsey ended her turn. "You want to make this person. Fine! I play the magic card, cyclone to destroy one of your magic/trap cards." The whirlwind targeted the one of Lindsey's left. I'll chain it. Activate rising energy to increase the attack of Jezebel to 3500 by discarding one card from my hand. "Good. I'll play the magic card, snatch steal and steal her away from you like you did my wife." The magic card made Jezebel switch sides against her will. Now I remove my UFO turtle to summon spirit of flames. Now attack my warriors!" Kyle's dragon, pyro demon and amazon attacked Lindsey. "Jezebel, I'm sorry for this. Activate my final card, holy barrier mirror force! Once Jezebel's blade hit the barrier, it countered with a force that destroyed all of Kyle's monsters. "Fine then, I use the magic card, the shallow grave. This allows us each to special summon a monster from our graveyard facedown. Kyle made his choice and Lindsey chose to bring back Alexis in def mode. He then ended his turn. "I must commend you on getting this far. Apparently, the gods have chosen well. But you'll never defeat me!" Kyle laughed a loud chuckle that echoed throughout the entire chamber