Chapter 15

"Why should I duel you? You don't have the scale" said Tyriel.

"Yes... she does." said Christy weakly. She handed her the Scale. "See?"

"So bring it on Tyriel." said Alexis.

"If that's how you want to lose you life, go for it. Go first." said Tyriel as he loaded his duel disk.

"I set 3 face-downs and I play Etoile Cyber. I end." said Alexis.

"Pathetic, did you know I dueled Christy earlier?" said Tyriel.

"You are the one who hurt her?" she asked in disbelief.

"Yup, but see I went easy on her... you, on other hand, wont get that treatment."

"Is that so? Bring it."

"Oh I will, first I play Dark World Lightning!" said Tyriel as the millennium started to glow like it did with Jaden and Christy but this time it shined a dark light. Then from the top of the ceiling a dark lightning appeared destroying Alexis's face-down Mirror Force. Then from dark ness came a creature with no fear. A dark muscular being appeared wearing an armor. It had tusk coming from his face, and a long sword tucked safely in his sheath.

"What is that?" asked Alexis.

"Meet Sillva, Warlord of the Dark World! Whenever he is discarded, he is summoned to the field. Now Sillva, show Etoile Cyber why you are the Warlord of the Dark world, destroy it!" commanded Tyriel. The warlord withdrew his long sword and ran towards the monster.

"Not so fast, I activate Double Passé, it makes your attack directly, but then it lets my Etoile Cyber attack you directly." said Alexis. Tyriel face changed to a worried face.

"Alexis no! An attack from him will do worse than just cut you." shouted Christy. Tyriel knew this. The warlord ran towards Alexis but before he could slash her face there was a force field protecting her.

"I activate another face down, Draining Shield! It gives me life points instead of hurting me, and my Etoile Cyber still attacks you." said Alexis. The graceful women ran and slashed Tyriel.

Tyriel: 2200

Alexis: 6300

Tyriel cringed from the pain but he made a small smile.

"Hmm I set 2 card and end."

"Time to finish this duel, I play Cyber Gymnast! With her effect i can discard a card in my hand and destroy on your monster. And i will do so, and give this useless magic card, and destroy your Sillva!" said Alexis as the Cyber Gymnast did her moves on Sillva.

"And since i have attacked you yet, you are wide open. Etoile Cyber finish him off! " commanded Alexis but just as Etoile Cyber headed towards Tyriel, his side field glowed green. " What's going on?"

"The gateway is opening." said Tyriel with a sadistic smile. Then from the ground rose Sillva once more. "I activated Gateway to the Dark World and it allows me to summon a monster with Dark World on its name from the graveyard!"

"No!" shouted Alexis

"Yes, are you done?" said Tyriel. Alexis had nothing to protect her.

"Yes, I end my turn."

"Good, first i play Graceful Charity. I will draw three and discard 2. Since I discarded Broww, Huntsman of the Dark World, i get to draw an additional card. And i also discard my Beige, Vanguard of the Dark World, he gets special summoned to the field." said Tyriel.

"That was an excellent move, he negated the bad effects of Graceful Charity!" exclaimed Bastion.

"Just whose side are you on?" asked Syrus.

"Just saying" said Bastion

"Then I play Bronn, Mad King of the Dark World! Now Bronn will attack Etoile Cyber!" said Tyriel. From the shadows a twisted fiend appeared. He was chained from his hands and feet but that didn't stop him. He ran towards the Etoile Cyber and massacred it. "And his effect is i get to discard a card, and i will select Broww, so i draw another card. "Beige will attack Cyber Gymnast, and Sillva will attack you directly!" Beige easily took care of Cyber Gymnast and Sillva ran towards Alexis and slashed her uniform a long deep cut, she let out a long piercing scream as she fell to the floor. Blood quickly came out. Tyriel looked at her bleeding, his face was expression less.

Tyriel: 2200

Alexis: 2700

"You sick animal! How could you do that to Alexis!" shouted Jaden. However Tyriel remained with his expression-less face. He wasn't sure what to feel. He had finished off his biggest threat without even taking down her life points but, it didn't felt right. He wanted to do something, he wanted to help her. No! You will not help her! His mind told him, and he obeyed. Alexis still was lying in the floor groaning as a small pool blood was starting to form. She slowly tried to get up, but she couldn't. She stood on her knees.

"I..am not done!" she shouted.

"Well i am. Its your turn." said Tyriel, hiding any expression. Alexis hands were shaky but she managed to draw a card.

"I play... Pot of Greed." she said weakly as she drew 2 cards. "Dark hole..." she said as she played the card. A giant hole sucked all the monsters, destroying. "Card of Sanctity..." Both of them drew till they had six cards in their hands. "I play Premature burial...and bring back.. Etoile Cyber. Then I will polymerization.. and fuse it with Cyber Blader to make Cyber Blader." She held her the place where cut was tighter to seal blood from leaving. "Cyber Blader...attack!" The blader swiftly moved through and slashed Tyriel.

Tyriel: 100

Alexis: 1900

Tyriel cringed again. The blader was more powerful, but it was still only a hologram, unlike his dark world creatures. He kept staring at Alexis. He felt he should help her but every time his mind told him otherwise.

"I draw. I play Giant Trunade!" said Tyriel "It returns all magic and trap cards to the owner hand, which triggers my Treasure Map card. I can draw 2 cards, and discard 1. I will choose to discard my second Sillva, and he gets special summoned. Sillva, destroy her Cyber Blader!" said Tyriel. Sillva ran straight into Cyber Blader, he slashed her but it did nothing other than lower Alexis' life points.

Tyriel: 100

Alexis: 1700

"What happened?" asked Tyriel. In order to avoid Alexis waste energy, Jaden answered for her.

"Cyber Blader can't be destroyed if you only have 1 monster on the field. " answered Jaden. Alexis drew her cards, however this time her vision was getting blurry. She was losing consciousness. She held her cards funny and the group could see what it was. They all turned happy when they saw what she had. It was Fusion Weapon! She could equip to Cyber Blader and blast Sillva to win. However they were surprised when she play another card.

" I play...Tainted Sword of The Gods! " said Alexis.

"Hey Bastion what's the card?" asked Syrus.

"Its a very rare card, you can increase a monster attack by 2000, but who ever is the owner of the monster loses 1000 life points at the end of their turn. However, as long as the card stays up in the field the owner of the swords must give a monster each turn."

"That means if Alexis plays on her monster she will win and wont take the damage right?" asked Syrus.

"Yes" said Bastion.

"I will...equip Tainted Sword...of The Gods on...Sillva!" she said. This shocked everyone. This gave Sillva the power to defeat her and win the game. "I end my turn." as she ended Her Cyber Blader disappeared as the cost of the Tainted Swords. Tyriel was shocked. He had the option to win. She was wide open, barely conscious. One swift hit, and she be gone. For good. But then he started to think, and doubted him self. Attack her! She's wide open his mind told him. But he knew he couldn't. Unfortunately, he knew he had to.

"Here's the most important part... of the duel." said Christy.

"Huh?" asked Jaden.

"If Tyriel attacks, he will have given up on his past, and will have joined Magnus for ever. If he doesn't, then he will take a severe hit as a punishment for his wrong doings." said Christy.

"What do you mean?" asked Jaden.

"Isn't it obvious?" she asked.

"No." admitted Jaden.

"Looked at that monstrosity on his side of the field. That took Shadow Magic Lord- Hadriel's place. The moment he strikes down Alexis, he will have killed the only person capable of rescuing him." said Christy. Meanwhile, slowly started to speak.

"Now-w, S-S-Sillva, a-a-t-tack A-allllllexis!" he stammered. Everybody looked away. Sillva ran with his swords towards the battered Alexis. He withdrew his sword but just before he slashed her Tyriel shouted "STOP!". Tyriel feel to his knees, as he whispered "stop" again. Sillva turned to look at him. He was shocked that Tyriel had stopped the attack. Everyone as a matter of fact, was shocked. Tyriel couldn't deal with this so he knew the only way to stop it.

"I end." he said with a smile. And with that the sword came out of Sillva's hand, and since it had been touched with dark world hand, the sword had the same power as a dark world creature. The sword did a giant blast towards the ceiling. Then, similar to the spell card Dark World Lightning, a lightning came and struck down Tyriel. He screamed in pain as he fell unconscious. Alexis smiled as she fell unconscious too