Chapter 14

Authors Note: Sorry for late update, Regional was this weekend, and I had stuff to do. Also my pc is kinda messed up so it might take some more time to update.

"A moon." said Magnus as he stared to the door. He, Tyriel and Jaden were staring at the door. The door was very plain, it was one of the abandoned dorm's doors. However, this wall had something that made it different from the other doors.

"It is a moon" agreed Jaden as he looked at the giant drawing of a moon carved in the door.

"Are you sure this is the place?" asked Magnus.

"Yes, Lord Magnus." said Tyriel.

"Alright, it seems Banner must have set a spell so we cant access whatever is behind this door 'till nighttime. " said Magnus. "You two, make distractions in the academy, try to keep the people away from these dorms for the day."

"Yes, Lord Magnus." said Tyriel and Jaden. They both ran through the hallways as they left the abandoned dorms.

... Several hours later

Christy opened her eyes. She noticed she was lying down, but in the nurse's office. She sat up then felt a pain in her abdomen. There were bandages wrapped around it.

"You should conserve your strength" said a voice. Christy turned to the side and noticed Bastion, Alexis, and Syrus were there.

"How long have I been out?" asked Christy

"About a couple of hours, what happened?" asked Syrus

"I had a shadow duel" she said. The others went pale.

"A shadow duel! Not again, is it another Shadow Rider? We are gonna have to warn Tyriel and Jaden about it. I wonder where they been?" said Syrus.

"No, not a Shadow Rider, it was Tyriel." she said.

"You lie." said Alexis, in a rush to defend Tyriel.

"No, Tyriel and Jaden are... evil." said Christy

"That's crazy talk." said Alexis.

"Well it would explain why they both have disappeared out of the blue" said Bastion.

"No that's a lie. Why would Tyriel or Jaden turn evil?" asked Alexis.

"I don't know. It looked like if they were brainwashed or something, but I think I know what they are after."

"What?" asked the group.

"A Millennium item, one that happens to be Professor Banner's." said Christy.

"Speaking of Professor Banner, did you guys noticed he didn't show up at all after his break?" said Syrus.

"Well, he got attacked but I doubt Tyriel nor Jaden did anything to him... unless he went after them."

"He must have gone after them then and, if I am not mistaken, I am pretty sure who's behind the brainwashing." said Bastion.

"How would you know?" asked Christy.

"Tyriel told some things about him, and one included a certain Magnus character. He sounds like the kind of person who would do this." said Bastion. And just as he said the name "Magnus", Christy winced. "Something wrong, Christy?"

"I don't know, something about the name "Magnus"... in any case, If I recall right, Banner hid his item, the Millennium Scale, in the abandoned dorms. It's protected by a spell so no one can enter the chamber where the Scale is unless its nighttime." said Christy.

"So we have to stop them beforehand." said Bastion.

"We will, what time is it?" asked Christy.

"Its 6 pm,the sun will set in about an hour. and what's this "we" stuff? You are in no shape to go. That shadow duel hurt you pretty bad, another one could be lethal." said Syrus.

"I don't care, I am going and that's that."

"No don't go Christy. Just stay, I promise we will get Tyriel and Jaden back" said Alexis.

"I don't trust you Alexis."

"You will have to, c'mon lets go." said Alexis as they started walking outside the nurse's office. They ran through the hallway, then were shocked as they arrived to the courtyard. A lot of students were on the floor bleeding.

"Oh my god." Alexis said as she covered her mouth.

"Tyriel and Jaden's doing. We have to take them to the nurse's office right away." said Bastion. As Bastion ran towards a student he asked him what happened.

"A masked duelist came and dueled me to a weird duel, the monsters were real!" he shouted. Bastion just helped him up and helped him walk back to the nurse's office.

"You coming?" asked Bastion to Alexis and Syrus. They both nodded and help students up to the nurse's office. All this walking bought Tyriel and Jaden some time. They ran back to the abandoned dorm and started building a blockade, blocking the hallway. They picked the rocks and pieces of cement and wood around to make a blockade. It took them about 30 minutes, just in time for the gang to make it there. Alexis, Bastion and Syrus started walking through the abandoned dorm.

"I don't like this place..." said Syrus.

"Don't be a chicken Syrus, c'mon." said Alexis as they went through the old dorm. They walked around for about 10 minutes until they found blockade.

"It must be here, this looks like it was made by hand." said Bastion.

They started destroying the blockade, piece by piece. Destroying a blockade is easier than making it, thus it was destroyed faster than the time it took to build. As the dust cleared, they saw 3 figures, Tyriel, Jaden and cloaked figure known as Magnus.

"Not a very good blockade, is it Tyriel?" asked Magnus.

"No, Lord Magnus." answered Tyriel.

"Tyriel! Jaden!" shouted Alexis as she saw them. But as he saw them, they were different. Alexis couldn't point her finger on it, but something was different.

"Stay away girl, they work for me." said Magnus.

"Listen you, I...what's going on?" said Alexis as rumbling sound started to appeared shaking the floor and the door with the moon opened.

"Its open..." said Magnus as he looked at the chamber. There were stairs leading underground. Then from behind Alexis, Bastion, and Syrus came a figure running.

"Christy no!" shouted Alexis as Christy went pass them and rushed through the stairs. The whole group ran after her, with Jaden on the lead. As they entered the chamber they noticed it was rather simple. It was just a square-like room holding the Millennium Scale on the top. As Christy ran towards it and grabbed she noticed there was another hand grabbing it as well. It was Jaden's.

"Let go Jaden." she said.

"No, we are gonna duel for it." he said.

"Fair enough, lets duel." she said. The Millennium Scale glowed as it formed what seemed to be a force field surrounding them.

"She's in a lot of trouble." said Bastion as the Millennium Scale glowed.

"Lets hope she can get out of it." said Syrus.

"I will start this up" said Jaden as he drew "I play Tainted Souls! By decreasing my life points by 1000, every monster i play becomes Tainted and gets attack bonus equal to the attack of a monster you summon, however I take damage equal to 1/4 of the attack."

Jaden: 3000

Christy: 4000

Very powerful card for such a minor cost thought Christy as Tyriel continued.

"Now I play Elemental Hero Sparkman and end." said Jaden.

"The shadows are taking you Jaden, you have to fight them!" shouted Christy.

"Just go with your turn already!" shouted Jaden.

"Maybe this will let you see the light. I play Familiar Possessed- Hita!" shouted Christy as her monster appeared. Then Jaden monster power boosted up and he took damage.

Jaden: 2538(decimal rounds up)

Christy: 4000

"I set 2 cards and end." said Christy.

"You fool! By playing Hita, you power my monster all the way up to 3450, more than enough to take down your monster. Now Tainted Sparkman, destroy Hita!"
"Not so fast, I flip my Mirror Wall trap card! It cuts your monster attack in half, thus it becomes 1725, weaker than Hita's 1850!" said Christ as Sparkman blasted his blaster towards Hita but a Mirror Wall made the attack weaker and Hita deflected it at Sparkman.

Jaden: 2413

Christy: 4000

"Well because you destroyed my Tainted monster, i can play my magic card Tainted Destruction. I will destroy your monster and you take damage equal to half the attack while I take damage equal to 1/4 of the attack." said Jaden.
"Not gonna happen, I flip my other trap card, Spiritual Fire Art- Hita. By sending Hita to the graveyard, I can inflict damage to you equal to her attack, thus I inflict 1850 damage." Hita turned to flames then tackled Jaden, knocking him to the ground. The fire started burn Jaden.

"Jaden, roll!" she shouted. Jaden started to roll to get the fire out.

Jaden: 563

Christy: 4000

"It looks like this shadow business has only reduced your dueling skills." she said. "Or are you going easy on me?"

"I...I... I play Pot of Greed!" stammered Jaden. "Allowing me to draw 2 cards, then I will play my second Sparkman!. And since you lowered my life points so much, its perfect for my Megamorph."

"Megamorph?" asked Christy.

"Yes, if i have lower life points than you then my monsters get double the attack power! Making Sparkman 3200! And you are wide open."

"Oh no, he is right." she said as she realized her mistake.

"Yes, Tainted Sparkman blast her!" said Jaden. The sparkman charged his gun then blasted Christy. She shouted in pain. The shock went through her as she felled to the ground. The cards in her hands in the floor.

Jaden: 563

Christy: 800

Jaden couldn't believe what he had done. He stare blindly to his terrible deed. His feeling of guilt was lifted when he noticed she was starting to get up. In a shaky fashion, Christy slowly picked her cards and stood up. She could barely stay standing.

"Jaden...I will...not let... this monster... control you. I...play...Rescue Cat!" she shouted as a small kitty appeared. Jaden stared into the cat. It was the card he had given her. He knew he had lost the battle before he began, and for the first time he was controlled, he smiled.

"I activate...Rescue cat's...effect. I give him... to summon... 2 Des Wombat!' said Christy. The cat disappeared and 2 wombat's appeared. "And because... of Tainted Souls... your sparkman... gains 3200 attack... but you lose...800 life points... ending the duel."

Jaden: 0

Christy: 800

The dark shadows disappeared and the force field made by the Millennium Scale disappeared. Christy grabbed the scale to keep it safe.

"Christy... I am sorry." said Jaden as he looked at her. She smiled a tad as a tear fell from his eye.

"Give me that Scale." said Tyriel as he appeared.

"You are going... to have to... duel me... for it." said Christy.
"No! You can barely duel, I will." said Jaden.

"No." said Alexis as she started walking there. "This is my duel."

They knew she was right, and thus they got their duel disk ready.