The shadow duelists part 2
Last time we saw Andrew, he was trapped behind a rotating wall of the forbidden dorm building. Jaden and the others ran in the direction that Alexis' scream had come from. While they were looking for her, Andrew tried to find a way out. He shone his flashlight in front of him, looking very carefully to see if he could spot anything that might cause the wall to open up. He searched on the sides, the floor and the ceiling as well. But the only thing he could find was a tunnel leading away from the wall.
"Well, it looks like I can't get out the same way I came in. Guess I have no choice but to go down the tunnel and hope if it leads to an exit."
Andrew walked away from the wall and followed the path until he reached a room with walls made of earth. There were also two passages at the other side of the room. One on the right, and one on the left.
"Okay, where should I go next?" Andrew wondered. As he glanced between the passages, he noticed something on the floor right between them. He made his way to it and picked up what turned out to be a duel monster card. He was surprised to see what kind of card it was.
"Neo-Parshath, the Sky Paladin. That's Jenny's card. But what's it doing here?"
In another part of the dorm, Jenny woke up and tried to move, only to find herself tied to a wooden cross.
"I see you're awake young miss." A deep voice spoke up
"W-what? Who's there?" She demanded.
A person stepped out of the shadows. It was the cloaked figure who knocked Jenny out earlier.
"Who are you? What do you want from me?"
"Well, for the moment, I need your assistance to lead your yellow clothed friend right into my trap."
Jenny widened her eyes. 'Andrew.' She then glared at the cloaked figure. "You leave him alone. You hear me?"
The cloaked figure chuckled. "You're in no position to make threats. Especially when you have no idea who you're dealing with." The cloaked figure approached her and unleashed an aura of dark energy from his glove. When he was close enough, Jenny was able to see the stranger's smirking mouth that revealed some fangs, making her tremble in fear.
Meanwhile, Andrew was still staring at the card he found.
"There's no way Jenny would have left this card on purpose. What could have happened?"
As if to answer his question...
"AAAAAAAHHHHHH!"
"Was that… Jenny?" Andrew asked as he looked in the direction the scream came from, the passage on the right side. "I'm coming Jenny!" He ran down the tunnel in hope to find her. Even though the passage was as long as the last, Andrew was fast enough to made it to the other end in a short time. The room he emerged in was carved in stone. Each wall had a big eye resembling to those on the Millennium items. There were statues of human sized demons surrounding the smooth and flat floor in the middle of the room. On the other side of this room, Andrew saw a wooden cross, with Jenny tied to it. He also noticed a cloaked figure with its glove wearing hand reaching for her.
"Hey, you! Leave her alone!" Andrew called out.
"So, you decided to show up? Good, because now I can have some fun…" The cloaked figure turned around. "…by sending you to the Shadow Realm." The figure pulled back their hood, revealing the face of a man with short white hair. But the most frightening features was his skin that was purple with scales, his smirking mouth revealing some fangs and his yellow snake like eyes. In short, this man looked like a demon.
"Who are you? Why did you kidnap Jenny?"
The demon like man shrugged. "Well, I suppose I owe you some answers before I take your soul. As for who I am, you can call me Kang. And why did I kidnap your friend? So I can duel you in a shadow game."
"A shadow game?" Andrew asked.
"That's right. And if you lose this duel, your soul is mine. And to make things worse for you, I'll be taking her soul as well."
"I won't let you take anyone's soul. Especially Jenny's."
"Be careful Andrew."
"Don't worry. I'll get you out of this. I promise."
"How touching." Kang taunted before tossing Andrew a duel disk who caught it with ease. "Now then, let the shadow game begin." He tossed aside his cloak, revealing his body covered by dark purple armor with a three-eyed skull emblem on his chest plate. The left arm part of his armor extended to form a duel disk with the same color as his armor. Then from out of nowhere, A dark purple fog appeared and wrapped itself around the three people in the room, blocking everything out of sight, except for them. There was only darkness wherever Andrew looked. The wooden cross that Jenny had been tied to was gone and instead she hung in midair, her hands and feet bound by the darkness.
"What's going on?" Andrew asked.
"Welcome to the Shadow Realm. I hope you like it, because this is where you're going to spend your time for all eternity."
Andrew simply activated his duel disk. "Let's just get this duel started."
"If you insist."
"Duel!"
Andrew: 4000
Kang: 4000
"Since this is my domain, I'll start." Kang said as he drew his sixth card. "I play a facedown monster in defense mode, then I place another card facedown and end my turn." Two cards appeared in front of him.
"My move. I summon Elemental HERO Heat in attack mode." His white and red armored hero appeared on the field. (ATK: 1600 DEF: 1200 LV:4) "This hero gets 200 extra attack points for every Elemental HERO I have on the field, and that includes himself." (ATK: 1600-1800) "Elemental HERO Heat, attack his facedown monster with Burning Fist!" The armored hero ignited one of his fists and dashed towards the facedown monster.
Kang smirked evilly. "Foolish boy. Attacking my facedown monster with that creature is a waste of your energy." The facedown card flipped up and revealed a giant fiend with silver armor over its skeletal-body. On its chest was blue jewel. And as soon as this monster appeared, it used its giant, orange hands to block Heat's attack. "Your monster is strong, but not strong enough to break through the defense of Renge, Gatekeeper of Dark World." (ATK: 100 DEF: 2100 LV:4)
The fiend used its giants hands to push Heat back to Andrew's side of the field. But then, Andrew suddenly felt strong pain in his stomach.
Andrew: 4000-3700
"Nnggh. W-what is this pain?"
"This the nature of the shadow games. Any damage you take is real. And there's another thing you should worry about." Andrew looked in the direction Kang was pointing at, and to his horror, he saw something very shocking. A part of Jenny's left arm disappeared.
"What!? What's happening to me?" She asked with fear in her voice.
"What have you done?" Andrew asked with a demanding tone.
"Since I'm the one controlling this shadow game, I decided to add a special rule to make this duel more entertaining. When you lose life points, your friend loses a part of her body to the shadows. But don't worry, she'll get her body back as soon as you win. But I doubt you have what it takes to win this duel."
Andrew grunted before inserting a card into his duel disk. "I play a facedown and end my turn."
"Okay. Then I'll liven things up with the spell card Dark World Lightning. This lets me destroy a facedown card on the field and I think I choose the one on your side." Then from the sky(if there even was a sky), a purple lightning struck Andrew's facedown card. "And once this part is done, I have to discard one card from my hand." Kang slid a card from his hand into the graveyard. When that happened, the ghost of a cylinder-like fiend monster with a larger upper body appeared behind Heat.
"What is that?"
"This is Kahkki, Guerilla of Dark World. Since it was discarded, its special ability activates. I get to destroy a monster on the field and I think you can guess who my target is." The fiend grabbed the hero and exploded, destroying its victim. "And now when that's settled, I summon Beiige, Vanguard of Dark World in attack mode." The monster that appeared in front of its master was a muscular human like fiend wearing bits of armor that looked like as it was made of bone and holding a spear in its hands. (ATK: 1600 DEF: 1300 LV: 4) "Now my servant, attack him directly!" The fiend advanced towards Andrew and thrust its spear at him. The weapon passed through his stomach like a ghost, but the pain he suffered was so intense that he fell to his knees and grabbed his stomach.
Andrew: 3700-2100
Jenny faded up to her waist as Andrew lost his life points. "Oh no! Andrew!"
Andrew grunted when got back on his feet. Kang just sneered. "You can fight the pain all you want, I'll get your soul sooner or later. Speaking of souls, I think I'll use my facedown card to banish the soul of your fallen warrior." With that said, Kang revealed his facedown card. "It's called Dark Smog and it works like this; once per turn, I can take a monster from your graveyard and remove it from play. All I have to do is discard one fiend type monster from my hand." Kang discarded another card from his hand. And then purple smoke came out of Andrew's graveyard slot. What happened next was his hero appearing within the smoke. Then something appeared from Kang's graveyard, the ghost of a gray armored fiend with a fur pelt on its back, its face covered, carrying a quiver at its waist and a short bow in one hand. It launched an arrow at Andrew's monster, making it cry in pain before it disappeared.
"No! Heat!"
"Hmhmhm. How unfortunate for you. And it gets worse, because the monster that sent your hero away was Broww, Huntsman of Dark World. And since he was discarded by a card effect, I get to draw one card from my deck." He drew his card and inserted it into his duel disk. "I end my turn with one card facedown."
"My turn." Andrew looked over the cards in his hand. 'His cards are very tricky. Especially since their abilities activates when they are discarded. And the rules of this shadow game doesn't make things better. But still, I have to keep fighting. For Jenny.'
"Okay I play the spell card Polymerization. And with it I…"
"Will make this situation worse… for you." Kang interrupted. "Since you were foolish enough to activate a normal spell card, I can use my facedown card. It's a trap card known as Dark Deal. First I must give up 1000 life points."
Kang: 4000-3000
"After that, your won't be able to fuse monsters with your spell card. Instead it becomes a card with the power to force the opposing player to discard one card from their hand."
Andrew was shocked by this. "Could it be that your remaining card…"
Kang smirked evilly as he slid the card into his graveyard. "That's right. It's another Dark World monster. And since it was discarded by a card effect, I get to summon it. So say hello to Lucent, Netherlord of Dark World." The monster that appeared on the field was a bulky demon with horns, wings and skull-like face. Its armor seemed to be made partially of bone and partially of reptilian scales. The armor was shiny and reflective. (ATK: 2400 DEF: 0 LV: 6) "And unfortunately for you it gets worse. Since Lucent was discarded by the effect of your card, I'm allowed to summon another fiend type monster from my deck. And I choose Grapha, Dragon Lord of Dark World." Once those words left Kang's mouth, a loud roar was heard from above. Andrew looked up and saw the creature that roared a moment ago. It was a menacing dragon with wings. It had a skeletal-looking head with horns near its mouth, attached to a long, bony neck. It also had long tail with a sharp tip. It flew down to the field and landed beside Lucent. (ATK: 2700 DEF: 1800 LV: 8)
"Oh my god." Jenny gasped.
"Now I have two powerful monsters on the field thanks to you. There's no way you can win this. So how about you surrender now and let me put you out of your misery?"
Andrew stared at the monsters nervously for moment before giving Kang a glare. "I'll never give up. Nothing you do will make me surrender."
Kang scoffed. "If you want to lose so badly, then make your move."
"I will, but I won't lose to you. I summon Elemental HERO Blazeman in attack mode." The red armored fire hero appeared. (ATK: 1200 DEF: 1800 LV: 4) "With this monster summoned, I can take another Polymerization from my deck and add it to my hand. And I'll use it right now to combine Blazeman and Shadow Mist to form Elemental HERO Nova Master." Blazeman was absorbed into the fusion vortex along with the black armored heroine and the red and orange armored hero appeared on the field. (ATK: 2600 DEF: 2100 LV: 8) "And since Shadow Mist was sent to the graveyard, I can activate her special ability, which lets me add a HERO monster from my deck to my hand. And I choose Elemental HERO Voltic." Andrew explained as he revealed the monster card he took from his deck. "Nova Master, attack his Lucent with Burning Sphere Bomb." Nova Master created a fire sphere and threw it at the Netherlord.
Kang: 3000-2800
"And since Nova Master destroyed a monster in battle, I get to draw one card from my deck." Andrew his card and smiled when he saw what he drew. "I place one card facedown and end my turn."
"Hmph, what a waste." Kang commented as he drew his next card. "I activate the spell card Pot of Greed. Now I can draw two cards." He looked over the cards he drew and chuckled. "This is the end for you. I will open the doors to Hell for you with my field spell The Gates of Dark World." Behind Kang appeared a large, black gateway with many murals of fiends on it. "As long as this card remains on the field, all fiend type monsters gain 300 attack and defense points."
(ATK: 2700-3000 DEF: 1800-2100) (ATK: 1600-1900 DEF: 1300-1600) (ATK: 100-400 DEF: 2100-2400)
"So much strength." Jenny commented.
"My dear lady, this is nothing. Compared to this that is." Kang inserted his other card into his duel disk. "I activate the spell card Riryoku. With this I can choose a monster on the field and halve its attack points. After that, the lost points are added to another monster on the field. And I think I'll transfer half of your monster's power to my Dragon Lord." A demon-like ghost came out of the spell card and placed a hand on the fiery hero's chest, so it could absorbed his energy. This caused him groan and to fall down on one knee. (ATK: 2600-1300) Then, the ghost was absorbed into Grapha's body. The dragon roared as its power increased. (ATK: 3000-4300)
"4300 attack points!" Andrew exclaimed.
"That's right. And with that many points, my dragon can finish you up with one blow. Now my Grapha, destroy his monster and the rest of his life points. Dark World Hellfire!" The dragon unleashed a breath of silver flames at the weakened hero.
"Andrew!" Jenny cried.
"You forgot about my facedown card."
"What!?" Kang exclaimed.
"I activate Battle Fusion. This card lets me increase my monster's attack points with the same amount of points as your monster's attack points." With that said, Nova Master held up his hands and absorbed the flames. (ATK: 1300-5600) After that, he used those flames to form a sphere and threw it at the dragon.
Kang: 2800-1500
"And since Nova Master destroyed another monster, I get another card from my deck." Andrew drew his card before giving Kang a smirk. "What's the matter? Are you upset because your attack backfired?"
"Way to go Andrew!" Jenny cheered.
Kang stood silently for a moment. And then… "Hm. Hmhmhm."
Andrew raised an eyebrow. "What's so funny?"
"Kehehehe…. Fuhahahahaha! Did you really think you got the upper hand by destroying my Dragon Lord? I'm afraid it's not that simple. Now my Beiige, return to my hand." At the demon-like man's command, the vanguard's body glowed and transformed into a card which was added to Kang's hand.
"Huh? How are you able to return your monster to your hand?"
"How about I let my old friend answer your question?" As soon as those words left the shadow duelist's mouth, a dark portal appeared, and out of it came the dragon-like fiend. (ATK: 2700-3000 DEF: 1800-2100 LV: 8)
Andrew gasped. "Grapha!? But he was destroyed."
Kang smirked. "Indeed he was. However, he has the power to come back from the grave. All i have to do is to make one of my Dark World monsters return to my hand."
"Oh no." Jenny said disbelieved.
"And here's more bad news. Now when I have a fiend type monster in my hand, I can use the second effect of my field spell. Once per turn, I can take a fiend type monster from my graveyard and remove it from play, like my broww." The spirit of the named monster appeared on the field before it entered the gateways. "After that I'm allowed to discard another fiend type monster from my hand to draw a card from my deck." After discarding his Vanguard, Kang drew a new card. "But I'm not done yet. Since Beiige was discarded by a card effect, he is automatically summoned from my graveyard." The Gates of Dark World opened up and the spear wielding fiend came out. (ATK: 1600-1900 DEF: 1300-1600 LV: 4)
"Great." Andrew commented sarcastically. "So I still have to deal with this fiend army."
"That's not your only concern. Thanks to my field spell, I was able to get this spell card. Activate Card of Demise! Now I can draw until I have five cards in my hand." Kang drew a new hand and was very pleased when saw what he got. "Looks like I'm lucky today. First I place on card facedown." A facedown card appeared behind Beiige. "And now I activate the spell card Bait Doll. This lets me choose a facedown card on the field and reveal it, and if it happens to be a trap card, I can force its activation. So I'll use my spell to activate my facedown trap card, The Forces of Darkness. This allows me to take two Dark World monsters from my graveyard and add them to my hand. So I take back Lucent and Kahkki." The two named cards ejected from his duel disk and he placed them in his hand.
'This is bad.' Andrew thought.
"And now I activate the spell card Dark World Dealings. Now both of us must draw one card from our decks, then we must discard one card from our hands." Each duelist drew a card and discarded one from the hand. "The card I discarded was Kahkki, so now I can destroy another monster. Say goodbye to your Nova Master." The spirit of Kahkki appeared behind Nova Master and destroyed him with an explosion. "And just to make sure you won't be able to use him again, I activate the effect of Dark Smog. I discard Lucent so I can remove him from the game." The fiery hero appeared before being swallowed by the shadows. "And now that Lucent was discarded by a card effect, he comes back." The winged, skeletal-looking Dark World monster came out from the gates and landed on the field. (ATK: 2400-2700 DEF: 0-300 LV: 6)
'No. After all the trouble Andrew went through to get rid of those monsters, they were able to return.'
"Well, it would be waste to give up one of my powerful monsters, but I have to be sure you won't defeat me. So I activate the spell card Mystic Wok. By sacrificing one of my monsters, I can add its attack or defense points to my life points. And I think I sacrifice Beiige and use his attack strength to increase my power." The spear wielding fiend disappeared and Kang was surrounded by a blue healing aura.
Kang: 1500-3400
"I place one card facedown and end my turn."
"My move. And I summon Elemental HERO Ice Edge in attack mode." The monster that appeared was a little kid wearing spiky armor that looked as if it was made of ice. (ATK: 800 DEF: 900 LV: 3)
Kang scoffed. "What do you think you would accomplish by playing that weakling?"
"Ice Edge may be a monster with low attack strength, but he has a special ability. Once per turn I can discard one card from my hand. After that, Ice Edge can bypass your monsters and attack you directly." Andrew explained as he discarded one of his cards. "Then I play Monster Reborn, and use it to summon my Shadow Mist from my graveyard." The dark armored heroine kneeled down in front of Andrew. (ATK: 1000 DEF: 1500 LV:4) "And since she was special summoned, I can activate her second ability. I can take a quick play spell card with the word Change in its name from my deck and add it to my hand. And now Ice Edge, attack him directly with Subzero Punch!" The icy kid dashed towards Kang and punched him with a fist surrounded by ice-cold air.
Kang: 3400-2600
"And now his special ability activates. When Ice Edge inflicts battle damage by a direct attack, I'm allowed to destroy one facedown card in your spell and trap card zone." Kang growled as his facedown card froze solid and then shattered.
'Dammit. I'll make that brat pay for doing that.'
"And now I activate the spell card Mask Change. With this I can send a HERO monster to my graveyard in order to summon a Masked HERO with the same attribute that the sent monster had. Now Ice Edge, time to transform." The named hero was enveloped in a light. "I summon Masked HERO Acid." Ice Edge was replaced by the dark blue armored hero with his gun in hand. (ATK: 2600 DEF: 2100 LV: 8) "When this monster is summoned, his ability activates. Now all your spells and traps on the field are destroyed."
Kang watched in horror as the masked hero fired a stream of acid that melted Dark Smog and The Gates of Dark World. (ATK: 3000-2700 DEF: 2100-1800) (ATK: 2700-2400 DEF: 300-0) (ATK: 400-100 DEF: 2400-2100) He then gave Andrew a hard glare. "You won't get away with this you bastard."
"Oh yes I will. Especially since now my Acid's second ability kicks in, making all your monsters lose 300 attack points." Kang noticed his monsters that fell down to their knees, suffering the burning effect of the acid. (ATK: 2700-2400) (ATK: 2400-2100) (ATK: 100-0)
Jenny was overjoyed by this. 'Alright! Now Andrew can destroy any monster he choose.'
"Masked HERO Acid, attack his Lucent with Acid Blast." The named monster fired another stream of acid, making the body of the Dark World monster to melt.
Kang: 2600-2100
"And with that, I should end my turn."
"Okay you brat, playtime is over. Grapha, annihilate his Shadow Mist with Dark World Hellfire." The dragon unleashed another breath of silver flames and burned the dark armored heroine to ashes.
"Once again, I can take another HERO from my deck and add it to my hand, and I choose Elemental HERO Flash."
"It doesn't matter which card you take. You will be banished to the Shadow Realm. I end my turn with two facedowns.
"I draw." Andrew drew a card and paused for a moment. 'Let's see. I could attack his Dragon Lord. But as long as he has another Dark World monster on the field, he can resurrect it by returning that monster to his hand. So it would be best if I attack his Gatekeeper first.'
"Now Acid, destroy his Renge!"
Acid was aiming his gun at the Gatekeeper of Dark World. But before the battle began, Kang started to chuckle.
"You fool! You just triggered my facedown trap card."
"What!?"
"I reveal my Staunch Defender card. When your monster attacks, I can use this to make your monster attack any monster I choose. Therefore, your target will be my Dragon Lord."
This was definitely not what Andrew expected. "Why would you do that. If you do that then…" He then gasped as he realized. "You're planning to resurrect it, so it can return to the field with its full strength."
But Kang just let out an evil laughter. "A good guess, but I have another plan. A plan that would involve my other facedown." With that said, the card he mentioned was revealed. "I activate the trap card Ambush Shield. This lets me sacrifice one of my monsters. After that, that monster's defense points are added to the attack points of any other monster I choose. So I sacrifice my Gatekeeper of Dark World in order to make my Dragon Lord stronger." The defensive fiend monster changed into light particles which were absorbed by Grapha. The Dragon Lord roared by the extra power. (ATK: 2400-4500)
"4500 attack points!?"
"That's right and thanks to my Staunch Defender, you are forced to attack my Dragon Lord." Andrew could only watch as his hero fired another stream of acid while Grapha unleashed another breath of silver flames. The two attacks met each other head on, but because of the Dragon Lord's extra power, the stream of acid was pushed back by the flames. When they reached the masked hero's gun, an explosion occurred. It was so powerful, it managed to push Andrew, causing him to fall down.
Andrew: 2100-0200
As Andrew's life points went down, more of Jenny faded away. All that remained of her was her head. She gave Andrew a worried look. "Andrew! Are you okay?"
Kang let out another evil laughter. "Hahahaha. Do you understand now? No matter how much you struggle, the outcome will be the same as its meant to be… your soul being swallowed by the shadows. Just give up so I can banish you for all eternity. Your defeat is inevitable."
Andrew was laying face up, groaning in pain. His vision was became blurry.
'I-I can hardly see. The pain is unbearable. I… don't think I can keep this up. I'm sorry Jenny.' He thought sadly.
But what happened next was something that caught Kang off guard; the deck in Andrew's duel disk was suddenly glowing and what happened next, was something even more shocking. A life size projection of a figure kneeled down at Andrew's side. It was none other than the crimson red cloaked duel monster known as Phantom Magician.
'A duel spirit? This brat seems to be more problematic than I thought.' Kang thought in annoyance.
The masked spirit placed hand on Andrew's chest.
"Andrew. Wake up. You have to get up."
When Andrew opened his eyes, the first thing he noticed was the figure looking down at him.
"W-what the? Phantom Magician? But how? Am I… Am I dreaming?"
"No, you're not dreaming at all. You can actually see me. But never mind that. You have to get back to the game. This duel is not over yet Andrew. You can win this."
"I-I don't know if that's true. That guy's monster is too strong." Andrew replied with a doubtful voice.
"Don't give up yet." The duel spirit encouraged him. "You can defeat him. You have to believe in yourself and in your deck. Plus, you made a promise to your friend."
Andrew widened his eyes as he remembered. "That's right. I promised that I would save Jenny." While speaking, he used all his strength to get up. "You're right. I have to keep fighting. Not just for myself, but for Jenny too." And he was finally back on his feet. He then gave Phantom Magician a grateful smile. "Thanks for your help my friend."
"Anytime you need it, partner. Now win this duel." With that said the duel spirit returned to the deck and Andrew held a serious look.
Kang was very annoyed by this. "You're so damn stubborn. You haven't a ghost of chance to win this duel. Just GIVE UP!"
"That's not gonna happen. I promised my friend to get her out of this and nothing you do can stop me."
Jenny was glad that he was still fighting. 'Yes. Go get him Andrew.'
"Now, back to the duel. I summon Elemental HERO Flash in defense mode." The monster that appeared was a man wearing a blue skin tight outfit and silver armor. He also had a lightning bolt-like symbol on his helmet. (ATK: 1100 DEF: 1600 LV: 4) "And with that I end my turn."
"Fine then." Kang growled as he began his turn. "Grapha, destroy his monster now." The dragon unleashed yet another breath of silver flames and destroyed the defending warrior.
"You triggered Flash's special ability. Since he was destroyed in battle, I can remove him from play, plus three other Elemental heroes from my graveyard. And I choose Shadow Mist, Ice Edge And Blazeman." THe spirits of the named heroes appeared on the field for a moment before they all disappeared. "And with that done, I can take a normal spell card from my graveyard and add it to my hand. The card I choose is Polymerization."
"Hmph, fine. I end my turn."
"Then here goes. I activate the spell card Pot of Greed, which means two more cards for me." Andrew his two cards and smiled when he saw what he got. "Now I place one card facedown and summon Phantom Magician in defense mode." A facedown card appeared, along with the masked skeleton figure. (ATK: 600 DEF: 700 LV: 3) "I end my turn.
"Enough of this." Kang spat out, before looking at the card he drew. He then gave Andrew an evil smirk. "I hope you're ready, cuz I'm about get rid of your facedown card. But first I play my second Dark World Dealings, so once again, we must draw one card and then discard one." With that said, each player drew a card and discarded one. When that happened, a spirit of a new monster appeared; a fiend monster with gray skin and a big brain wearing nothing but a green cape. It was also wielding a book in its hand.
"What is that?"
"This is Gren, Tactician of Dark World and he has a special ability. As soon as he's discarded from my hand because of a card effect, he automatically destroys one spell or trap card on the field. So say goodbye to your facedown card." The spirit flew over to Andrew's side of the field and smashed his card to pieces. "And with that done, I let my Dragon Lord annihilate your little friend." The dragon-like fiend flew towards Andrew's monster and slashed him with its claws. But before he got hit, Phantom Magician looked back at Andrew and nodded to him.
'Thanks again for your help. I won't let you down.' Andrew thought before he focused on the duel. "You activated my Magician's ability; when he's destroyed in battle and sent to the graveyard, I'm allowed to summon a HERO monster with up to one thousand attack points, and I choose Elemental HERO Bubbleman." The blue armored hero with white cape appeared (ATK: 800 DEF: 1200 LV: 4) "And thanks to his special ability, I can draw two cards since he's the only card on my side of the field." He explained as he drew two cards.
"Hmph, you can't keep doing this forever. I'll take down your defense sooner or later, and when that happens, your soul is mine. Make your final move so I can end this."
'I have to agree that this will be my last move. So here goes something.'
"I draw." Andrew looked at the card he drew and gasped.
Kang gave him a smirk, believing that Andrew got a bad draw. "What's wrong? Didn't you get the card you were hoping for?" He taunted. But then, to his surprise, he heard Andrew chuckle.
"Actually, I got a card that was better than I expected." He replied as he revealed the card he drew. It was Elemental HERO Sparkman.
Kang was now glaring at him. "That's your trump card? There's no way in hell you can defeat my Dragon Lord with that weakling. Especially since he's still powered up thanks to my Ambush Shield card. Are you mocking me?"
"You're right. My Sparkman won't be able to defeat your Dragon Lord… at least not alone."
"Huh?"
"But thanks to my spell card, that will change. I play Polymerization and combine my Bubbleman and Sparkman to create… a hero with a fighting spirit as bright as the sun." The two named heroes were absorbed into the fusion. And then, it suddenly flashed. The light was so bright, that Kang was forced to cover his eyes. Eventually, the light died down. When Kang opened his, he saw a new monster standing in front of Andrew; a man in a white and gold suit that bore six red gems as well as a strange contraption that resembled the sun attached to its back.
"What is that?" He demanded.
"This is my Elemental HERO The Shining." (ATK: 2600 DEF: 2100 LV: 8)
Kang stared at the new monster for a moment before he laughed. "Nice try, but that monster is way too weak to defeat Grapha."
"Then it's a good thing that he has a special ability; he gains 300 attack points for every one of my Elemental heroes that has been removed from the game. And since six heroes are removed from the game so far, The Shining gains 1800 attack points." The hero's body began glowing brightly as he became stronger. (ATK: 2600-4400)
"Hehe. Impressive, but it's still not enough."
"Then I just have to play this spell card, Gold Sarcophagus. With this I can take a card from my deck and remove it from play until my second standby phase after the activation of this card."
The purple scaled man backed away as he realized what Andrew was up to. "If that's the case, t-then…"
"That's right, I can remove another hero from my deck so The Shining gets even stronger. I think I remove Burstinatrix." A golden box appeared, as well as the monster card with the picture of the red clad heroine. The card was then placed inside the box and then, it disappeared. (ATK: 4400-4700)
"No! Now it's stronger than my Dragon Lord."
"Yes, but before I attack, I summon Elemental HERO Voltic in attack mode." A man wearing a gold and purple armor appeared, bolts crackling over his body. (ATK: 1000 DEF: 1500 LV: 4) "Now Shining. Attack his Dragon Lord with Solar Burst!" The six spikes on The Shining's contraption started to glow with white energy. And then, The Shining gathered all the energy to form a ball between his palms. Finally, he threw it at the dragon-like fiend and obliterated him.
Kang: 2100-1900
"No, it can't be. You destroyed my Dragon Lord."
"That's right. And with him gone, you are wide open. Now Voltic, attack him directly!" Electricity appeared in Voltic's hands which he sent to Kang.
Kang: 1900-0900
"And now you're finished." Andrew claimed.
"What are you talking about? I still have 900 life points left. What do you mean I'm finished?"
"You are finished because now I can activate Voltic's special ability. When he inflicts battle damage to you, I can special summon one of my Elemental heroes that has been removed from the game."
Kang widened his eyes in horror. "Impossible!"
"It's very possible. See for yourself." With that said, Voltic unleashed electricity in the air and created a dimensional portal. And out of it came Elemental HERO Heat. (ATK: 1600-2200 DEF: 1200 LV: 4)
"NO! THIS CAN'T BE!"
"Alright!" Jenny cheered.
"Now Heat, attack him directly with Burning Fist!" The hero dashed towards Kang and punched him with his fire covered fist, knocking him flat on his back.
Kang: 0900-0000
The darkness surrounding the three people suddenly began to amass around Kang. "N-no. This can't be happening."
"Looks like you've fallen victim to your own rules."
Kang gave him a hateful glare. "DAMN YOU!"
And so, he was enveloped by the shadows, at which a dazzling light shone all over the two academy students, forcing them to close their eyes. When they opened their eyes, they were back in the room they'd been in before. Except that now Jenny was tied to the wooden cross again, but with her entire body having reappeared.
"Andrew, you did it."
Andrew smiled at her. "I told you I would, didn't I? Now I'll untie you so we can get out of here." He put away his duel disk and deck, then proceeded to undo the ropes around her wrists, waist and ankles. Luckily, the knots weren't tied so tight so it was easy for Andrew to untie Jenny. In a short time he'd managed to free her, though she was feeling a little weakened by the whole experience.
"Here. Hang on to my shoulder and I can help you walk."
"Thank you." She place her left arm around his shoulder and they both left through the only exit. "So how did you end up here?" She asked as they walked.
"Well, Jaden, Syrus, Chumley and I were in a room where we found a tablet on the wall that showed the seven Millennium items. I was standing close to it when it turned around and I got stuck on the other side. We tried to move it with no success, then we heard Alexis screaming. The others went after her and I stayed back to try to find a way out myself. I came to a room at the end of a tunnel and found one of your cards." As he spoke, he gave her back the Neo-Parshath card. "And then I heard you screaming and came down here."
"I saw Alexis taken by a tall man in black before I passed out."
"She'll be fine. I have no doubt that Jaden got Alexis free." They continued in silence until they arrived in the room with the three tunnels, including the one they came through. "Okay. We just came through here and the one across is the one leading to the wall that trapped me. So I guess we take the right." With that said, they followed the path.
They continued walking, the passage leading them upwards. Eventually they arrived at a spot where they could see a little light. When they stopped, they saw a bunch of wooden planks barring their way. "Do you think we can break through this?" Andrew asked.
"Well, let me see how stable it is." Jenny stood off of Andrew walked to the barrier. Her footing was steady now that she'd recovered. She raised one hand and pushed against it. The whole thing fell outward despite the fact that she'd hardly put in any effort.
Andrew blinked twice before shrugging. "Well, that was easy." He commented, earning a giggle from her.
They walked into another room and were to the sight of the Slifer trio and an unconscious Alexis.
"Hey Andrew! Good to see you again." Jaden said.
"Same to you Jaden." Andrew replied.
"What happened to you?" Syrus asked.
"I'll tell you everything. But before that, we better get out here before something else happens."
"Yeah, good idea."
And so, everyone left the building and told each other what had happened their points of view.
Later on, Crowler was walking inside the abandoned dorm. "Hehehe. Little Jaden must be beaten and paralyzed with fear by now. Come out shadow duelist. I want to hear every last detail, every chattering of his jaw. Hm?" Crowler noticed a card on the floor and picked it up. "What's this? "It's the shadow duelist's Pandemonium card. He would never leave this behind unless… He lost!?" He then muttered to himself, discontent that his plan had failed.
Alexis was leaning against a tree, still unconscious. Everyone was waiting for her to wake up. Eventually, she stirred from her unconsciousness and opened her eyes.
"Well well, good morning sleepyhead." Jaden said.
"Where am I? What are you doing here?"
"Hold on. What kind of thank you is that? We're here because we had to find the bad guys, win the duels and rescue the damsels in distress."
"Yeah, I noticed a cloaked figure sneaking up on Jenny." She said while looking at he female friend.
"And you were taken by a man in black. But at least we each had a brave hero to come rescue us." Jaden and Andrew smiled sheepishly at her words.
"Oh, we found your card and this." Jaden handed Alexis back Etoile Cyber and a framed picture of the Obelisk student they'd found.
Her eyes widened as she recognized the boy in the picture. "My brother! This is the first trace of him Iv'e seen in a long time."
"That's right. I brought it to let you know that we wanna help you find him. After all, we can't have you getting locked up in any more tombs searching for him all by yourself."
"You were really worried about me, weren't you?"
As soon as those words left her mouth, everyone noticed that light was beginning to appear over the tree tops.
"Uh oh. Sun's up. We'd better get back before they notice that we're gone."
"Bye girls." Syrus said.
"Yeah, later." Chumley said.
"See ya in class." With that said, the three slifers took off running in the direction of their dorm. "Oh, and if anyone asks, we were never here!"
Alexis looked at the picture with a soft smile. 'But you were and you saved me. And now I might still be able to save my brother too.'
"Well, I better head back to my dorm as well." Andrew said as he was about to leave.
"Hey Andrew." Jenny called out.
He turned around to face her. "What is it?"
"You think you'll be okay? You were really hurt when that man dueled you."
Andrew gave her a reassuring smile. "Don't worry about me. At least you are safe. That's all that matters to me."
Jenny widened her eyes when he said those words.
"Okay, see ya later." And so, he left.
Jenny watched at him walking away, while her cheeks tinged red.
Alexis noticed her blushing face and smiled. "Come on Jenny, let's go back to our dorm."
"Huh?" Jenny almost jumped when Alexis spoke up and turned towards her. "Oh yeah, good idea."
Alexis was amused by Jenny's reaction, but decided to leave it be. And then, they headed back to their dorm.
Here you go. Another chapter to this story. I hope you like it.
