Chapter 8: Light and Shadows
Scott and Bastion were sitting on the floor of their dorm room, Scott showing Bastion several cards. "And if Delta is sent to the grave, you can summon Valkyrion way easier if you have enough Magnet Warriors in your graveyard before him."
"And with Catapult Zone, I can build up a graveyard of Magnet Warriors with little trouble. These cards will be a huge benefit to my Magnet Warrior deck." Bastion said. He looked at another card Scott gave him. "Part of me wishes it was possible for me to have two field spells in play, because Magnetic Field and Catapult Zone would make a great combo."
'Well, it DOES later become possible for two field spells to be in play, so you'll get half of that wish.' "So Bastion, you got any suggestions for my Normal deck?"
Bastion held out a spell card to Scott. "Heart of the Underdog will greatly help build up a hand."
Scott nodded, took the spell card, and put it into a deck. The two spent about half an hour working on their respective decks. When Scott reached completion, he put his deck on the ground and faced bastion. "So Bastion, I've been meaning to ask. How come you haven't challenged Jaden yet?"
"Hmm?"
"Jaden's been in your sights since before you entered Duel Academy. I've seen you write notes about how to counter his deck. Plus...you talk in your sleep."
"I do not!" Bastion spent a few seconds putting the finishing touches on his deck before he put it on the ground. "But if you must know, I'm still in the midst of contstructing a deck. With the exception of the Magnet Warrior deck you helped me build just now, all of my decks are simply prototypes. Good enough to fare against several at this school, but it would be foolish to use a deck that's still in the testing phase against somebody with Jaden Yuki's talents." Scott opened his mouth. "When Jaden isn't handicaping himself." Bastion finished.
Scott shrugged. "Anyway, I'm finished with my deck. I'm gonna take a walk. I'll try not to wake you up if you're asleep when I come back." Scott grabbed his deck, put it in his pocket, and stood up.
Bastion nodded. "Have a nice walk."
Scott walked out of the building. Very few clouds obscured the night sky. "I can't believe Ghassan finds this necessary."
"You wan't me to do what?" Scott asked. He and Ghassan were whispering to each other during Banner's class.
"Follow Jaden to make sure he goes to the abandoned dorm. If they don't trespass there, they don't risk getting expelled." Ghassan answered. "Last night, Jaden, Syrus, and Chumley were telling each other scary stories. Banner mentioned the abandoned dorm, and Jaden said that he plans on checking it out."
"Were you there when they said that?"
Ghassan shook his head. "I overheard Crowler laughing to himself near my dorm. I opened the door and saw that he was eavesdropping near the Slifer cafeteria. It made me go to the cafeteria, and Jaden told me about what they were doing and their plans for the next night."
"Ok. But...why do you need me to follow them? They're going to the abandoned dorm, so events will happen like in canon, right?"
"I just want it to be certain that they trespass on the dorm. If they don't, there's no duel with expulsion on the line, and we lose a chance to get back home."
Scott sighed. "Why do I have to do it exactly? Can't you just tag along? They even told you they were going to the abandoned dorm."
Ghassan shook his head. "Alexis is going to be there to. Remember the episode? She goes to the abandoned dorm to honor her brother. If she sees me, the guy who told her that her brother's still alive, do you think she WON'T ask questions?"
"Well what about Damian? He wasn't even there when you told Alexis about her brother, so she probably suspects him the least out of the three of us."
Ghassan shook his head. "Damian wants to duel as many major characters from the show as he can. Knowing him, he'll probably either challenge Jaden to a duel, or wanna take Jaden's place when it comes to dueling Titan. And that'll just draw more attention to us than we already have."
Scott sighed. "Fine. Whatever."
Scott eventually noticed a worn down building from the distance. "That must be the abandoned dorm." Scott walked down the path. 'So what, do I wait until Jaden and his friends come? What if they're already in? Am I just supposed to wait for several hours until they come out?' Scott figured the real reason Ghassan didn't want to come is due to how boring it would be to wait.
"Wait up!" Scott heard Syrus's voice yell up ahead. He ran towards the building, caught a glimpse of Syrus going over wires that held up a sign saying "Keep Out" on it. Odds are, Jaden and Chumley went in ahead of him.
"Well, looks like I don't have to wait as long as I thought."
"Hey! What are you doing here?" Scott turned around, and saw a familiar looking girl with long blonde hair walk up to him.
"Oh. You're Alexis right?"
"Answer my question." She sternly said.
"I was just taking a night walk, I heard a voice, and I came out of curiosity. I don't know anything about this building." Scott lied. "What about you?"
"I have my reasons. But I'm not convinced you were just walking around. To come at the same place at the same time that Jaden decided to-" Alexis was interrupted by by a figure putting an arm around her neck and putting a napkin over her mouth from behind.
"What the-?!" Scott yelled.
Alexis struggled, and elbowed her attacker repeatedly, but in little time, she started to grow weaker before passing out. "I expected her to simply turn back, not confront you, but it matters not. I have my bait now."
Scott got a closer look, and saw that a man eith a large black jacket and wearing a black hat was the one who knocked Alexis unconscious. On his face was an iron mask. He also seemed to have an advanced type of duel disk as part of it, the part containing the main deck, was strapped onto his chest. "I...think you're titan." Scott suddenly realized that stating that was probably a huge mistake.
The man glared at Scott. "So, even a child knows of me?"
"I'm 18, not really a child..."
"It matters not. You only seemed to be passing along, but I doubt it would be wise to leave any witnesses remaining."
"Hey. I won't blab. Just go along your business and duel Jaden."
"You know who my target is as well?"
'SHIT!'
"You know far too much information about me." Titan let go of Alexis, causing her to fall to the ground. He then activated his duel disk, a bat-like armblade coming out of it's slot. "Prepare to be sent to the shadow realm!"
"I don't have to duel you so, I'll just be on my way."
Titan chuckled. "Then I suppose you wouldn't mind if I crush this young lady's head?" Titan raised his foot upwards, having it hover over Alexis's head.
'That's...dark. I thought we were in the 4kids world?' "Dude, I barely know her. What makes you think I'd risk my life for her? Besides, you need her as bait for Jaden right? So I can tell that you're bluffing."
Titan frowned and put his foot downwards. "Smarter than I was expecting." Titant reached into his pocket. "I was hoping not to resort to these on somebody who's merely a witness but..." Titan threw a wire with a claw attached to it's tip at Scott. The wire clamped onto Scott's left arm and squeezed it. "Hm hm hm. Now you have no choice but to duel." Titan attached the wire onto his duel disk.
"Make it so that I can't leave eh? You're really going to go that far for somebody who isn't your target?"
"It's far more than just a restraint. Ordinarily, I'd throw it onto your duel disk, but since you didn't put it on yet, I had to improvise. Normally the loser, or the one who refuses to duel, has their duel disk destroyed."
Scott widened his eyebrows. "Wait...you're saying that if I lose or don't duel..."
"Then I hope you're right-handed." Titan laughed. "There were times where my targets refused to duel me. If I wasn't able to capture anything that they valued, these were my last resorts."
Scott gritted his teeth. 'Ghassan, I am SO mad at you right now. Wish I brought one of my other decks with me. This was just a deck I made for the heck of it.' Scott got out his duel disk and put it on his left arm, made a bit annoying due to the wire clamping on that arm. "Fine. I'll duel you." Scott activated his duel disk.
"DUEL!" (Scott 4000/ Titan 4000)
"I'll make the first move." Scott drew a card. "I summon Gene-Warped Warwolf!" (2000/100) A whie, humanoid wolf with four arms and long black hair appeared on Scott's side of the field. "I set two cards face down and end my turn." He took a look at his left arm, worried about wha'll happen if he loses.
Titan drew a card, put it in his hand, and got out another card. "I activate the effect of my Archfiend General. By discarding it, I can add the field spell Pandemonium to my hand." Titan discarded a card and added another to his hand. "Next I summon Infernalqueen Archfiend (900/1500) in attack position" A demon with a red and purple cloak and yellow demonic wings on her back appeared on the field.
"I take it she has a useful effect if you're willing to put her in attack mode."
Titan nodded. "As long as she's on the field, all Archfiend monsters gain 1000 attack points." (Infernalqueen Archfiend 900-1900/1500) "Next I activate the Pandemonium spell I added to my hand." A flash occurred before several skeletons of serpent like creatures along with a pool of lava rose from the ground. "Normally, most Archfiend monsters would require me to pay life points every standby phase. But with Pandemonium on the field, I no longer have to do that."
"Your Infernalqueen still doesn't have enough attack points to take down my Warwolf."
Titan set a card. "I end my turn."
Scott drew a card, and looked at it. 'It's the card Bastion gave me.' "I activate the continuous spell card Heart of the Underdog! During the draw phase, whenever I draw a normal monster, I can draw again."
"You can have as many cards in your hand as you want. It still won't help."
"We'll see about that. Gene-Warped Warwolf, attack Infernal-"
"I activate my trap card, Shadow Spell!" Chains shot out of the card, and wrapped themselves around Scott's monster. "With this card, I can target one monster on your side of the field. It's unable to attack or change it's battle position. In addition, it loses 700 attack points." (Gene-Warped Warwolf 2000-1300)
Scott smiled. "Good thing I didn't normal summon yet then. I tribute my Gene-Warped Warwolf to summon Wattaildragon (2500/1000)!" The wolf disappeared in a flash of light before a blue that had electric sparks around it appeared on Scott's field. "I end my turn."
Titan drew. "Your monster may be strong, but my Archfiend deck is more than enough to put it in it's place. I summon my Terrorking Archfiend (2000/1500) in attack mode!" A red and yellow fiend wearing a crown appeared on Titan's side of the field. "Thanks to my Infernalqueen Archfiend, the Terrorking gains 1000 attack points, making him an even more fiendish force to be reckoned with." (2000-3000/1500)
"Dude, I get that you're trying to be spooky scary and all, but nobody talks like that." Scott said.
Titan ignored him. "Go Terrorking! Attack Wattaildragon with Locust Storm Barrage!" From it's chest, dozens of locusts burtst out of Terrorking and flew towards Wattaildragon."
"I activate my trap card, Fiendish Chain. I can target one effect monster you control, and make it's effects negated along with it being unable to attack. I choose your Infernalqueen Archfiend!"
"I see. And if the Infernalqueen's special ability is sealed off, Terrorking's attack points go back to normal, making it weaker than your monster. Unfortunately for you, it won't be that simple." From the pool of lava, six colored orbs, each with a number of 1 to 6 emerged, and flew to Titan, forming in a circle. "We'll let chance determine the fate of our monsters."
"What's the effect?"
A flame burned around the ball that had the number 1 on it. "When you target my Infernalqueen Archfiend with an effect, a number between 1 and 6 is selected at random. And if it's a 2 or a 5, the card is negated and destroyed."
"And that means Infernalqueen's effect will still be active." Scott surmised.
"Indeed. Now, let's spin the wheel of fate and see what happens, shall we?" The flame jumped clockwise from the first orb to the second. Then the third, and so on. The flame made multiple loops until it eventually landed on a 5. "It seems that chance has favored the Archfiends."
Scott gritted his teeth as his flipped over trap shattered to pieces.
"Now the attack continues!" The locusts charged through Wattaildragon, destroying it. (Scott 4000-3500)
"Damnit..." Scott gritted his teeth. He took a look at his left arm again.
"Evidently, I made you very worried about losing a limb if you lose the duel. But no worries." Titan reached for something underneath his shirt. "You won't need any limbs in the shadow realm." Titan got out a pendant resembling an upisde down pyramid with an eye on the front.
Scott's eyes widened. "The...the millenium puzzle?!"
Titan paused for a second before nodding. "Indeed. With this millenium puzzle I can cause a Shadow Game."
A flash of light came from the item. Scott noticed that think smoke was all around the area. "Wait a minute, this can't be a Shadow Game. They're supposed to actually threaten the duelists. You just made some smoke appear."
Titan chuckled. "How about you look at your body?"
"Huh?" Scott then noticed that a portion of his left leg was missing. "Wh-what the?!"
"So you finally noticed. Indeed, in this Shadow Game, you're not only dueling for your life POINTS, but your life as well."
Scott started to breathe heavily. 'This...this has to be a trick right? Wasn't it a trick when Jaden dueled him? I...I think it was..." Scott looked at his left arm again, breathing faster and faster. 'And if I lose, will the wire still blow up my arm? Who knows how much that'll hurt?'
Titan chuckled again. 'He's already beginning to be panic. The fear he feels from my lie about his arm exploding if he loses or refuses made him much more susceptible to my illusions.' "Now, Infernalqueen Archfiend, attack directly!" The Infernalqueen generated a fireball before launching it at Scott.
"I-I activate my trap card Pinpoint Guard! When you declare an attack, I can revive a level 4 or lower monster from my graveyard in defense mode, and the monster can't be destroyed by batle. I choose my Genesis-Warped Warwolf!" The wolf-like creature reappeared on Scott's side of the field. The fireball sputtered out once it reached Warwolf.
"You're only delaying the inevitable. I set a card and end my turn."
Scott drew a card."I drew a Normal Monster, Alexandrite Dragon. Thanks to Heart of the Underdog, I can draw another card." Scott did exactly that. "Hey look. Rabidragon, another Normal Monster. Now I can draw again." Scott drew a third card. "Sweet. Flamvell Guard. I can draw yet again."
"When I said you can have as many cards as you want before, I didn't mean for it to take a century for you to finish."
Scott drew a fourth card. "Well, fortunately for you I didn't draw another normal monster. UNfortunately for you, I drew Ancient Rules! This card lets me special summon one Level 5 or higher Normal Monster from my hand. And I choose to summon my Rabidragon! (2950/2900)" A glowing flash occured before Rabidragon appeared on Scott's side of the field.
"Next, I normal summon my Alexandrite Dragon (2000/100) in attack mode. Finally, I'm switching Genesis-Warped Warwolf to attack mode. Now, Genesis-Warped Warwolf, destroy Infernalqueen Archfiend!" The four-armed beast ran towards TItan's monster and slashed it to pieces (Titan 4000-3900)
A small portion of Titan's right shoulder faded away. "A minuscule amount of damage."
"But now that Infernalqueen is gone, your Terrorking's attack points go back to normal." (Terrorking Archfiend 3000-2000/1500) "Now my Rabidragon's stronger than it! Destroy Terrorking Archfiend!" Rabidragon opened it's mouth before exhaling an icy blast the monster, destroying it. (Titan 3900-2950)
"Damn you..." A chunk of Titan's right arm started to fade away.
"Now, Alexandrite Dragon, attack directly!" The dragon flew towards Titan to slash him.
"I activate my trap card, Call of the Haunted! This lets me special summoned one monster from my graveyard. Revive, Archfiend General (2100/800)" An orange demon-like creature with a sword appeared on Titan's side of the field.
"My Alexandrite Dragon isn't strong enough to destroy it. I place a card facedown and end my turn." Scott said. Titan drew a card. Immediately, the set card from Scott's rose up. "I activate my continuous trap card, Tyrant's Throes! By sacrificing two normal monsters, neither of us can normal or special summon any effect monsters." Alexandrite Dragon and Genesis-Warped Warwolf disappeared into light.
Titan gritted his teeth. "I switch my Archfiend General to defense mode, and place a monster face down. I end my turn."
Scott smiled, his confidence growing. "I draw." Scott looked at what he drew, and shown it. "I drew Phantom Gryphon. Thanks to Heart of the Underdog, I get to draw another card." Scott did that. He then placed the card he drew in his hand. Titan figured he didn't draw a Normal Monster if he wasn't drawing a third time.
"I summon my Phantom Gryphon (2000/0) in attack mode." A gryphon with a blue body appeared on Scott's side of the field. "Phantom Gryphon, destroy Archfiend General!" The gryphon slashed through the monster, destroying it. "Rabidragon, destroy his face-down monster!" Rabidragon let out an icy breath at the card. It was revealed to be Archfiend Heiress (1000/0).
"I activate the effect of my Archfiend Heiress! When she's destroyed by battle, I can add an Archfiend card to my deck. I choose my Axe of Despair."
"Wait, I thought it had to be-" Scott then remembered. Axe of Despair was considered an Archfiend card. In Japan, back in Scott's world anyway, it's meaning is basically 'Archfiend's Axe'. "Fine. I set a card face down an end my turn."
Titan drew a card, put it in his hand, and got out another one. "I activate Double Spell. By discarding a card, I can activate a spell card from your graveyard. I activate your Ancient Rules!"
"Wait...you have a Normal Monster?"
Titan smiled. "Here's a monster that'll send chills down your spine. I summon the Summoned Skull (2500/1200) in attack mode!" A demon with purple skin, blue wings, and armor made out of bones appeared on Titan's side of the field. "Next I activate the Axe of Despair. This will raise his attack points by 1000." A large axe appeared in Summoned Skull's hands. (Summoned Skull 2500-3500).
Scott gritted his teeth. "Now it's attack points are higher than Rabidragon's."
"Good to see that you know your situation. I'd do more damage attacking Phantom Gryphon, but I'd rather not risk you destroying Summoned Skull with Rabidraon if you happen to get rid of Axe of Despair next turn. Summoned Skull, destroy Rabidragon!" Summoned Skull jumped towards Rabidragon, beheading it with the Axe of Despair. (Scott 3500-2950). "I set a card face down and end my turn." Scott noticed that part of his left arm started to disappear and started to breathe heavily. Titan laughed. "Getting scared again?"
Scott glared at Titan and drew a card. He looked at it and immediately activated it. "It's not a normal monster, but I'm getting more cards anyway. I activate Graceful Charity to draw three cards, then discard two." Scott did exactly that. He then got out one of the cards he previously had "I normal summon my Flamvell Guard (100/2000) in attack mode!" A dragon covered in flaming armor appeared on Scott's side of the field.
"Gone mad from fear? Putting such a weak monster in attack mode is suicide."
Scott smiled, and got out the card he previously drew. "I activate the spell card Creature Seizure! Both of us choose 1 monster on our fields, and give control of them to our opponent, though I have to pick a Normal monster. I choose my Flamvell Guard."
Titan gritted his teeth. "I have no choice but to choose my Summoned Skull." Two pods appeared on both sides of the field, Summoned Skull and Flamvell Guard, being in them. A spark of electricity occurred before the two monsters switched places.
"Summoned Skull, destroy Flamvell Guard." Summoned Skull charged at the monster, axe in hand.
"I activate my trap card, Mirror Force! Now, all your monsters in attack mode are destroyed!"
A barrier of energy interrupted Summoned Skull's attack, before a burst of energy destroyed both monsters on Scott's side of the field. Scott frowned. "Great. I end my turn."
Titan drew. "I activate Pot of Greed. This lets me draw two cards." Titan drew, and smiled. "I activate the spell card Mystical Space Typhoon! Thanks to this card, I can destroy any spell or trap on the field. And I choose to destroy your Tyrant's Throes!"
The activated trap on Scott's field was sucked into a whirlwind. "Now I can normal and special summon effect monsters again." Titan stated. "I sacrifice the Flamvell Guard so that I can summon Skull Archfiend of Lightning (2500/1200)." An even more demonic looking version of the Summoned Skull appeared on Titan's field. "Now, attack directly!"
The Archfiend generated electricity before firing it at Scott, electrifying him. (Scott 2950-450) "I end my turn."
The entirety of Scott's left arm disappeared, leaving him with nothing but a floating hand. Titan laughed at Scott's horrified face. "Think of this way, Now you don't have to worry about the explosion ruining your arm."
Scott started to breathe heavily. 'I'm...I'm gonna fade away...' Scott fell on his knees, his breathing growing faster and heavier. "I...I don't wanna die...I don't wanna die..." Scott looked at his faded arm. "I...I can't feel the pain but...my body..." Scott held himself and shivered. "I don't wanna die... I don't wanna die..."
Titan chucked to himself. 'It won't be long until he becomes overwhelmed by fear. I might not even need to deplete his life points for him to spend the rest of his life in a rubber jacket.'
"I don't wanna die...I don't wanna die..."
A voice whispered in Scott's ear. "Let me..."
Scott's eyes widened from the voice. It never happened before, but he knew who was talking to him. "Let you...what?"
"With the two cards you have in your hand, you won the moment he destroyed your Tyrant's Throes. But your fear is clouding your judgment. Let me take over."
Scott didn't even hesitate. "I just want to get this over with. Please...help me."
Titan raised an eyebrow, but then chuckled again. "Looks like you've gone mad with fear after all."
"Briefly. But now it's time to make YOU feel that way."
Titan was taken aback. It seemed as if two voices came out of the young man at once. Scott raised up. A white aura glowed around him, a glowing red filling up his eyes. "Wh-what the?!"
"Your cheap tricks only work for so long. But now, it's time to show you true fear." "Scott" drew a card. He looked at it and shown the card to Titan. "I drew another copy of Alexandrite Dragon, so I draw again. Not like it matters. Your defeat is guaranteed." He drew another card.
"You're bluffing." Titan replied.
Scott smiled. "You're one to talk about bluffing, with your fake millenium item."
Titan's eyes widened. "How did you-?! I mean...this is real!"
Scott didn't feel like it was worth arguing. He put the newly drawn card in his hand, and got out another one. "I activate the Ritual Spell card, Advanced Ritual Art! With this card, I can ritual summon any ritual monster from my hand by sending normal monsters from my deck to the graveyard that equal it's level. I send a Blue-Eyes White Dragon to the graveyard."
"Bl-Blue-Eyes?! How do you have that monster?!"
Scott didn't answer image of Blue-Eyes White Dragon appeared before it was consumed by a blue flame. Flashes of lightning occured. A sinister light came from above. "Destructive light, pitch-black darkness! Open the door to a new future in order to return the world to its destined state! Come forth, Blue Eyes Chaos Dragon! (3000/0)" A dark blue dragon with sapphires scattered on it's body and wings slowly descended.
"Wh-what kind of monster is this?!" Titan yelled.
The door to the Abandoned dorm opened up. From it, Jaden, Syrus, and Chumley exited. "See Sy? I told you there was nothing to worry about."
"Yeah, but that doesn't mean it wasn't scary J." Syrus replied.
The three then noticed the duel, and stopped walking. "Is Scott dueling somebody? And what's that monster?" Jaden asked.
Chumley noticed the unconscious Alexis nearby Titan. "Th-that's Alexis! What happened?!"
Scott looked at the three Slifers, annoyed. "I'd rather not have any witnesses." Scott held out a hand towards the Slifers, before a wave of energy shot out from it, causing the three to go unconscious. He then panted heavily. "I'm low on energy. It'll only last for a few minutes, but I'll end things this turn, so that more than enough time. Blue Eyes Chaos Dragon, attack!"
"Wh-what are you talking about!? Your monster might be stronger than mine, but I'll still have life points!" Titan countered.
Scott laughed. "I activate the effect of Blue Eyes Chaos Dragon. If Blue-Eyes White Dragon was used to ritual summon it, when it attacks, I can change the battle positions of as many monsters you have as possible. Then, the monsters attack and defense points are reduced to zero."
Titan gasped. Skull Archfiend of Lightning switched to a more defensive stance. (2500-0/1200-0) "But-but my monster's in defense mode, so-"
"In addition, Blue Eyes Chaos Dragon does piercing damage." Scott interrupted.
"Wh-what?!"
The Dragon flew up in the air, building up energy from it's mouth. "Finish it Blue Eyes. CHAOS BURST STREAM!" A blast of purple energy was fired from it's mouth at the archfiend, destroying it. Multiple cut wounds appeared on Titan's body before the force of the explosion sent Titan flying towards a tree. (Titan 2950-0)
"Did...did that hurt me? H...how?"
Scott chuckled. "I thought you were a Shadow Duelist." Scott walked towards Titan. It may have been Titan's imagination, but it seemed as if a strike of lightning followed his every footstep. "And don't you know about the penalty games that come as a result?"
"Wh...what are you...talking about?" Titan asked weakly. The force of crashing into the tree weakened him far more than he expected.
The white aura surrounding Scott flew into the air, as Scott fell to the ground unconscious. Red eyes and a red mouth formed from the aura. "You pretended to have powers far beyond your comprehension. How about I show you a real version of the fear you've been inflicting onto others?"
"What the hell are you?!"
The Light of Destruction ignored Titan's question. It's eyes lit up, before a stream of white energy exited Titan, and headed towards the Light.
"GYAAAAAAHHHHHHH!" Titan howled.
"How does it feel? The fear? The pain? The genuine thing is much more potent than what you've been manufacturing, isn't it?"
"STOP IT! PLEASE STOP IT! GYAAAAHHHHH!" Titan's fingers began to slowly dissolve into light.
"Don't worry. Everything will end soon." Titan continued screaming as more and more of his body dissolved. Several seconds later, nothing was left except a dark hat, a dark cloak, an iron mask, and a fake Millenium Item.
"All that work for one measly soul to absorb. Perhaps I put too much faith in these three." The Light of Destruction went back into Scott. A few seconds later, Scott woke up. "What...what happened?"
Hoooooo boy. This chapter took a lot out of me, but I really enjoyed writing it. The Light of Destruction might be limited in it's power, but through Scott's fear, managed to briefly possess him. And through that, the first of possibly many souls our protagonists may inadvertently gather for him. Hope you guys enjoyed the chapter, and are looking forward to the next one!
