Chapter 19: Distrust
"Wait, THAT'S why you came along?" Ghassan asked. The two were inside their hotel room that KaibaCorp paid for. As each hotel room only had a maximum of two beds, KaibaCorp booked a seperate hotel room for Damian, who was currently on his way to have fun at Kaiba Land. They were out of their school uniforms, Ghassan wearing a yellow t-shirt and jeans, Scott wearing a black t-shirt and shorts.
Scott nodded. "The Light wanted me to have Kaiba hold a copy of Blue Eyes CHAOS Dragon. Looks like he was planning on taking over Kaiba's mind."
"So does that mean that Kaiba's working for The Light now?"
Scott shook his head. "The Light said it would take some time. Kaiba's able to fight if off, but he'll eventually be taking over."
"And we don't have to do anything like beat him in a duel or whatever?" Ghassan asked.
"Will we?" Scott asked The Light of Destruction in his head.
"No. I possessed Sartorius and The D in a similar way." The Light of Destruction answered.
"Guess not." Scott said out loud.
Ghassan said nothing for a little while before speaking up again. "So Scott, when did this thing with The Light happened?"
"You mean when he dragged us to this dimension?"
"I mean when was he able to speak in your mind at will. The Light rarely speaks to me, and when he does, it's always in a dream."
"I...think it started when you sent me to make sure Jaden and Syrus enter the Abandoned Dorm. I wound up dueling Titan when he wanted to get rid of any witnesses, and at some point, I let The Light take over. After that, I woke up with Titan gone, only his clothes, mask, and Duel Disk left." Scott opened up his luggage and got out a black iron mask, and a large black jacket from it. "These belonged to him."
"Do you think that...?"
Scott nodded. "Titan's soul is gone now." There was a long silence before Scott decided to break it. "You know, one our tasks was to restore The Light of Destruction to his original strength, and he did suggest collecting souls.
"I dunno...it looks like the only way to do that is by having The Light take over our bodies. I'm not sure if I trust him with that."
"He does know I can hear him, right?" The Light of Destruction asked Scott.
"Besides, we have another way. Duel Energy."
"We don't even know how it works though." Scott pointed out.
"But we know somebody who does. Professor Banner. He's planning on reviving the Sacred Beasts, and Damian said they need Duel Energy to reawaken. If we get answers from Banner, we'll be able to find out more about it."
"How are we gonna get Banner to tell us? He's kind of an enemy of ours, remember?"
Ghassan smiled. "I've been thinking about that for a while, but now that you told me that Titan's gone, I have an idea. With Titan gone, that opens up room for a Shadow Rider, right?"
"I get it. One of us three whill offer to be a Shadow Rider, and get information from Banner since he'll view us as an ally."
Ghassan nodded. "And, since one of us will be a Shadow Rider, we'd be able to actually record Banner talking about them. We submit it as proof to Sheppard that Banner's a Shadow Rider, he gets the boot from the academy, and we won't need to worry about him protecting Jaden anymore. We'll run this by with Damian when he gets back from KaibaLand to see if there's anything we're off base about."
Scott smiled. "Sounds like a plan." He and Ghassan high-fived each other. "But will we WANT the Sacred Beasts to reawaken, or will that get in our way of proviing Duel Energy for The Light?"
"We'll decide based off what Damian tells us about the show, and what Banner tells us about how Duel Energy works. Still, if the Sacred Beasts need Duel Energy to reawaken, that'll take away potential energy for The Light, so we probably don't want them reawakened."
Scott nodded. "Acting as regular students and as Shadow Riders only to betray both sides eh? Works for me."
"Remember, we're not sure if the plan will actually work, so depending on what Damian tells us-" Ghassan was intterupted by a knock on the door. "Huh. Guess he's back already."
Ghassan walked towards the door, and opened it. The person he saw wasn't his younger brother, but a figure whose body was covered in a dark cloak. The only thing Ghassan could tell was that he was wearing glasses. "Um...who are you?"
"An ally of yours. Can I come in?" His voice was on the young side. While he was nearly as tall as Ghassan, he was probably around the same age as Damian.
'That voice sounds familiar.' Ghassan thought. "Sure."
The cloaked figure entered the room, closing the door behind him. "An ally? What do you mean by that?" Scott asked.
I mean that you don't have to play dumb. I'm serving The Light of Destruction as well." The cloaked figure responded.
Ghassan's eyes widened. "We're...we're not the only ones?!"
"Remember what The Light told us in one of our dreams? He has another person collecting souls for him." Scott pointed out to Ghassan. He then turned to the cloak figure. "I take it you're who he was referring to?"
The cloaked figure shook his head. "I'm assigned a different task than that. More in the lines of instructing other servants of The Light."
"How...how many are there?" Ghassan asked.
"From what I was told, there's your little brother, you and your friend, me, a couple of Duel Spirits, a pro duelist called The D, and a man named Sartorius."
'Sartorius. He's gonna be making his move during the second year.' "So, why are you here?"
"Well, me and my partner were told to meet with you three. Let you know that you have other people to help you out if you need to."
"And he couldn't have told us that himself?" Scott asked.
"Well, there was more to it, but doesn't work with that Damian kid not being here."
"Wait, what about Damian?" Ghassan asked.
The cloaked figure nodded. "There was supposed to be a test with you two, but since he split off from you two, my partner's going to meet up with him. The Light can't test the loyalties of you two like he intended, but he can still absorb Damian's soul."
Scott and Ghassan's eyes widened. "WHAT?!"
Damian stiffened up. The claw of a large monster was heading his way. 'Oh crap, oh crap, oh crap.'
The claw phased through Damian's body before the hologram of Dragon Zombie faded away. Damian barely resisted the urge to scream in terror, something the three other passengers failed to do.
The cart continued to move forward through the dark tunnel."Oh man, that was awesome!" Damian exclaimed. KaibaCorp's hologram technology was incredibly convincing, so it was a no brainer that it would be implemented for a horror ride at Kaiba Land.
"Totally!" A young man with blonde hair in the seat behind Damian stated.
"How didn't you scream? YOU were the one who got slashed!" A girl with red hair pointed out. She was in the seat next to Damian.
"When I was younger, I heard that if you scream on this ride, you'll get electrocuted to death. Obviously that's not true, but I guess I worry that's the case subconsciously or something."
"You honestly believed that an amusement park would deliberately threaten the lives of it's visitors, and still be allowed to run?" A woman with long brown hair in the backrow asked.
'Well I'm pretty sure Kaiba Land didn't get shut down in the manga.'
The ride was filled with things to make the ride scary. More holograms of monsters attacking the riders, mysterious breathing from an unknown area, fog slowly enveloping the area. There was even a shadowy figure Damian noticed following the cart from time to time to make it seem as if somebody was stalking them. It was a blast.
"I think we're coming back to the start." The girl next to Damian said.
As she said, the cart was slowly coming back to the line where people wait for the ride. The rail bars lifted up, and the passengers stood up.
"Alright, the next four people in line may enter. The ones who just went on the ride, please exit the cart." A bald security guard said.
"That was sick." The blonde said as he got out of the cart.
"Totally." The red haired girl agreed as she got out of the cart.
Damian stood up and got out of the cart as well. The four walked to the security guard who gave each of the riders their bags. "We hope you enjoyed the ride."
"Absolutely!" Damian replied. "Definitely gonna come here the next time I come to Kaiba Lan-"
"Mommy, is that part of the ride?" A young boy in the line asked.
Damian turned and saw a cloaked figure was hanging on the wall nearby the tracks of the ride. It then jumped off the wall and next to Damian. It was crouching down, but the figure was large. "Damian Abunura. I've been searching for you all day." The figure didn't even bother to whisper.
"Wh-what's going on?!" The security guard asked in fear.
"How do you know my name?" Damian asked.
"I'm here under orders. Duel me, or I'll kill every person in this area." The figure said.
Damian looked around. While those who worked at Kaiba Land were confused and horrified, all the people in line simply watched in curiosity. They must have thought this was a performance or something. 'Well, might as well give them what they're expecting.' "I'm not gonna let you hurt anybody here. I accept your challenge!"
Some of the children started to cheer for Damian.
The cloaked figure nodded before walking out of the attraction, Damian following. The three other people who went, as well as several people who were waiting to go through the horror tunnel next decided to follow and watch the duel. The cloaked figure stopped not too far from the entrance of Kaiba Land. "Let's begin." The cloaked figure put on a Duel Disk, and activated it.
Damian put his bag on the ground, and dug through it. "Any chance of taking off that cloak of yours?" Damian got out his Duel Disk and one of his decks, putting the former on his arm, and the latter inside said Duel Disk. "And explaining why you're ordered to duel me?"
"I'll answer that other question if you provide a challenge. But I'll reveal what I look like." The figure grabbed his cloak. Instead of hands was a mechanical claw. He took off his claok and threw it in the air, revealing what he looked like. A green, anthropomorphic lizard with cybernetics.
Damian's eyes widened. "Gi...Giga Gagagigo? I'm dueling a monster?"
The monster crouched down. "Let's begin."
"Amazing costume." A girl watching the duel said.
Damian activated his Duel Disk. Both of the two drew until they have five cards in their hand. "Duel!" The two simultaneously said. (Damian 4000/ Giga Gagagigo 4000)
A security guard with brown hair at the front entrance walked towards the two. "Um, excuse me sirs, if you're going to duel, please do it in one of our Duel Stadiums instead of out in the open."
Giga Gagagigo slashed the air in front of the security guard. "Don't interrupt me, or I'll kill you when I'm done with the duel." The security guard decided to back away before the cloaked figure turned back towards Damian. "I'll make the first move." The figure drew a card. "I set two cards face down. Next, I summon a card in defense position. I end my turn."
Damian drew. "When I control no cards, I can special summon Speedroid Terrortop (1200/600) from my hand!" A trail of red tops appeared on Damian's side of the field, the lead one having two blades on it's sides.
"Never seen a monster like that before." A girl who was watching stated.
"Look mommy, spinning tops!" A young boy exclaimed.
'Since I'm in Kaiba Land, a deck based off toys seems to be appropriate.' "When Terrortop is Normal or Special Summoned, I can add a Speedroid card from my deck to my hand. I choose my Speedroid Menko. Now, I'll normal summon Speedroid Tri-Eyed Dice (300/1500)." A floating three-sided die with a red eye on each of it's sides appeared. "Now, I tune my level 3 Tri-Eyed Dice to my leve 3 Terrortop."
"Umm...what does he mean by tune?" A man in the crowd asked.
"I think it has to do with that new Synchro Summon thing" Another man answered.
Tri-Eyed dice transformed into three green circles which Terrortop went through, slowly dissolving into light as it did.. "Magical sword with the form of a cross. Use your power to rend all enemies!" A green flash occured. "Synchro Summon!" A blue machine looking similar to a Kendama toy appeared on the field. "I special summon Hi-Speedroid Kendama (2200/1600)
The crowd muttered in amazement upon seeing the Synchro summon. While Synchro and Tuner monsters were now officially made by Industrial Illusions, they were still a rare sight to see due to how expensive they were.
"Hi-Speedroid Kendama does piercing damage. Attack his defense position monster!" From it's tip, Kendama fired a blue laser at Giga Gagagigo's face down monster.
"I activate my trap card, Waboku. My monster isn't destroyed, and I take no battle damage." A barrier formed around the card, protecting it from destruction. "Of course, the attack isn't considered negated, so the monster is still flipped face up. Exactly what I wanted." A young girl with long blue hair wielding a staff emerged. By her side was a small, green, anthropomorphic lizard-like creature. "When Eria the Water Charmer (500/1500) is flipped face up, I get to take control of a WATER monster you control for as long as she's on the field."
"Sorry to tell you this, but Kendama is a WIND attribute monster. Eria's effect won't work."
The lizard smiled. "I activate my continuous trap card, DNA Transplant. I can make all monsters on the field one attribute of my chosing for as long as it's on the field. I declare the WATER attribute!"
Damian gasped before a shining blue aura surrounded Hi-Speedroid Kendama. "And since it's a WATER monster now, Eria can take control of it."
"Indeed. Go Eria!" Eria waved her staff around, generating a large amount of water from it. The water headed towards Kendama, and wrapped around the monster, forming a makeshift rope. Eria gave a tug, and Hi-Speedroid Kendama was yanked to Giga Gagagigo's side of the field. "Now your monster is mine."
"I end my turn." Damian stated.
Giga Gagagigo drew a card. "I activate Pot of Greed to draw two cards." Giga Gagagigo drew two more cards from his deck. "When I control a Spellcaster monster such as Eria, I can special summon this card from my hand. I special summon Jigabyte." (1500/200) The lizard-like monster on Eria's shoulder jumped into the air before electricity formed around it. The creature started to grow in size, and became much more muscular before landing on the ground. "Now, I sacrifice Jigabyte to summon Bitelon (2400/1000)" Jigabyte disappeared, and in it's place, a large purple serpent with one red eye appeared.
"That lizard thing has two monsters with over 2000 attack points, and the other guy has a clear field." A young boy said.
"Looks like the duel's over." A woman said.
"Bitelon, attack directly!" The serpent charged at Damian.
"I activate the effect of Speedroid Menko (100/2000) from my hand!" A mechanical card depicting artwork of gears appeared on Damian's side of the field. "When you declare an attack, I can special summon Menko in attack position. AND all monsters in attack mode that you control are switched to defense mode."
As Bitelon was about to strike, a wave of energy shot from Menko, knocking it back. Both Bitelon and Kendama switched to more defensive stances. "Clever defense. I end my turn."
Damian drew a card, put it in his hand, and got out another one. "I summon Speedroid Red-Eyed Dice (100/100)." A yellow, six-sided die with six red small red orbs floating around it appeared on Damian's side of the field. "I tune my level 1 Red Eyed Dice with my level 4 Menko!" Red Eyed Dice transformed into a single green circle. Menko went through them, slowly dissolving at it did. "Lively soul of swordplay, manifest yourself to rend all who oppose you. Synchro summon!" A green flash emerged. "I special summon the level 5 Hi-Speedroid Chanbara!" (2000/1000) A giant futuristic toy sword appeared. A blue aura surrounded it due to DNA Transplant.
"Cool! A giant sword for a monster!" A young boy in the crowd exclaimed.
"Hi-Speedroid Chanbara gains 200 attack points everytime it attacks. Go Chanbara, destroy Eria the Water Charmer!" Chanbara flew towards Eria, wind forming around it as it charged (Hi-Speedroid Chanbara 2000-2200/1000), and sliced her in half.
"Now that Eria is gone, control of Kendama goes back to you." Giga Gagagigo said. The water that wrapped itself around Chanbara dissapeared, and Kendama was back on Damian's side of the field.
"Shame I can't switch it back to attack mode during the battle phase. Anyway, Hi-Speedroid Chanara can attack twice during the battle phase. Chanbara, destroy BItelon!" Chanbara flew towards the serpent (Hi-Speedroid Chanbara 2200-2400/1000) before slicing it in half as well. "Now you're the one with no monsters. I switch Kendama to attack mode and end my turn."
Giga Gagagigo drew a card. "Hmph. I set two cards face down and I summon Granadora (1900/700) in attack mode." A grotesque reptile with multiple eyes and several sharp edges appeared."When Grandora is summoned, I gain 1000 life points.." (Giga Gagagigo 4000-5000) "I end my turn."
Damian drew. "Putting it in attack mode because Kendama does piercing damage eh? Well Kendama still has more attack points than it. Go Kendama, destroy Granadora!" Kendama built up energy in it's tip.
"I activate my trap card, Diamond Dust. I destroy all WATER monsters on the field, and deal 500 damage to you for each one."
"So, he's destroying his own monster and getting himself wide open just for 500 damage?" A woman asked.
"Pay attention mom. DNA Transplant makes that other guy's monsters WATER as well." A young girl replied
"And I take 1500 points of damage in total." Damian said.
"I'm just annoyed that I didn't draw this card previously. It would have been much more preferable." Giga Gagagigo said.
Damian shrugged. "That's just how the game goes sometimes."
All the monsters on the field turned into ice. Soon afterwards, they shattered into pieces before heading towards Damian. As they did, Damian noticed that this wasn't just shockwaves and holograms. Damian felt the coldness of the ice as they barraged him. The force of them as they collided into him. The occasional sharp edge that cut his clothing or even skin. (Damian 4000-2500) Damian kept his balance, and held onto one of his arms with the other. "I...I felt actual pain..."
"Seriously?" A young man asked.
"Shh. This is part of the performance moron." Another young man next to him said. "Sweet effects though. It looks like he's actually bleeding."
"Ugh...I know Granadora's other effect." Damian said. "When it's destroyed and sent to the graveyard, you take 2000 points of damage. And you destroyed it with Diamond Dust's effect."
"I know." Giga Gagagigo said.
A streak of energy shot out from Giga Gagagigo's Duel Disk, and towards Damian. "GYAAAHHHH!" (Damian 2500-500) Damian fell on his knees, panting. "What...how did..."
"My quickplay spell, Spell of Pain. If an attack or card effect would do damage to me, I inflict it to you instead."
'I thought that card only worked if the opponent activateda card effect to do damage. It must work differently in the anime.'
"I was worried you'd be a difficult opponent. It looks like I was wrong."
A voice whispered in Damian's ear. "Let me..."
"Wh-what?" Damian reacted.
"I said I was wrong to be worried. Now, do you end your turn?" Giga Gagagigo asked.
"Let me take over."
"No." Damian slowly came to his feet. "I set a card face down and end my turn."
"Do you truly want to risk losing? Your life is on the line. I know you're frightened. Your mental barriers are weakening."
Damian realized that The Light of Destruction was somehow talking to him in his head. "It's your move."
"If you let me take over, I'll have a better chance at winning. If you lose, you'll die. Don't you understand that?"
"Of course I understand that. I feel pain in this duel, and my life is on the line." Damian whispered.
"What are you mumbling about?" Giga Gagagigo said.
Damian smiled. "That you made this duel infinitely more fun than it would be otherwise!"
Ghassan and Scott were running down the streets to get to Kaiba Land. Traffic was heavy, so they figured it would be faster to run than to take a cab. The Cloaked Figure was running alongside them, getting some pretty awkward stares from pedestrians. "Why would The Light want to kill Damian?" Scott asked.
"Something about Damian being too much of a risk."
"God damnit, I TOLD Damian he was getting too attached!" Ghassan yelled.
Scott turned away. "Seriously Light, you're gonna have Damian killed even when he helped me beat Jaden in the tag duel?" Scott asked.
"So, The Light can communicate freely with you huh?" The cloaked figure asked.
"It's a possible solution. Damian's a risk, but I could still have use for him.' The Light of Destruction responded.
"Then why send a guy to absorb his soul for you?!" Scott replied.
"Because Damian could grow afraid, much like how you were against the fake Shadow duelist. Then he'd let me take over, and I'd win the duel for him. I'd absorb the soul of whoever he's dueling, and Damian's mind would be less guarded against me.'
"You son of a..."
"You know, we can only hear one side of the conversation." The cloaked figure pointed out.
"This is all a scheme. The Light's pitting Damian against another of his minions to try and get a win-win scenario. Either absorb Damian's soul, or take over Damian to have his mind less guarded or whatever, and absorb the soul of whoever's dueling him."
"God. That bastard!" Ghassan yelled.
"I get it. He either gets rid of a potential threat, or he's a step closer to taking over the minds of you three." The cloaked figure said.
"I knew it. We can't trust The Light."
"We can't trust him, but we kinda have no choice but to work for him. He's the only way we can get back home." Scott pointed out. "I don't like it, but that's how it is."
Ghassan clenched his fists and turned to Scott. "Damnit...he's trying to kill my brother and we just have to let it slide?!"
Scott said nothing.
Ghassan took a deep breath as he was running. "Alright, if Damian lives, we'll keep working for him. But if Damian died because of The Light, we're gonna find a way to destroy this bastard."
"...He can hear you Ghassan."
"I know."
The cloaked figure chuckled. "Well, at least you're not dead set at betraying The Light. But if you decide to betray him-"
"Yeah yeah. You'll have to oppose us." Scott replied.
The cloaked figure nodded. "By the way, you're heading the wrong way to Kaiba Land. You should have turned left a little while back."
"WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL US THAT EARLIER?!" Ghassan screamed.
"More exciting? Do you even understand the situation?" Giga Gagagigo asked Damian.
"Of course I do. And I'm not gonna lie, I'm pretty terrified. But at the same time, having my life be at risk makes the duel so exhilarating. I've fantasized being in duels like this ever since I was a little kid. And here it is. A reality."
Giga Gagagigo gritted his teeth. "Exhiarating!? Fantasizing having your life at risk!" The cyborg lizard anrily drew his next card. "I activate Monster Reborn to special summon Bitelon from my graveyard!" The large purple serpent reappeared. "Now, I normal summon Gagagigo (1850/1000) in attack mode!" A more muscular version of Jigabyte appeared. "Gagagigo, attack directly!"
"I activate my trap card, Pinpoint Guard. This lets me special summon a level 4 or lower monster in defense mode when you declare an attack. And that monster can't be destroyed by battle or card effects. I choose my Speedroid Terrortop!" The trail of red tops reppeared on Damian's side of the field. "And with Terrortop, I add a Speedroid monster from my deck to my hand. I choose a second copy of Red Eyed Dice."
"It won't matter. Bitelon does piercing damage when it attacks a defense position monster. It's over! Bitelon, attack Terrortop!" The serpent loomed in on Terrortop, slowly opening it's mouth.
"Looks like the show's over." A man in the crowd watching said.
"Great effects, though kinda a shame that the duel was so one-sided." Another said.
Damian put a hand on his chest. His heart was racing. 'If this attack goes through, I'm actually gonna die. Holy shit, this is awesome!' "I activate the effect of Speedroid Tri-Eyed dice from my graveyard! By removing it from play, I can negate an attack!"
"Fine. I set a card face down and end my turn."
Damian drew a card, look at the card he drew, and smiled. "Looks like this duel is over." Damian put the card in his handand got out another one. "I activate Shock Surprise. I remove from play up to two Speedroids in my graveyard, and destroy that many cards on the field. I remove from play my Speedroid Red Eyed Dice and Speedroid Menko frm my graveyard to destroy your Bitelon and facedown card!" Giga Gagagigo frowned as sparks of electricity destroyed the sea serpent and his facedown Magic Cylinder. "Next, I normal summon the Speedroid Red-Eyed Dice I added to my hand previously." A second copy of the yellow dice monster appeared.
"A level 4 synchro summon?" Giga Gagagigo asked.
Damian shook his head. "I can do that, but I'm gonna use Red-Eyed Dice's ability. When summoned, I can target another Speedroid monster I control, and have it's level be anywhere between 1 and 6. I choose to make my Speedroid Terrortop a level 4. Now, I tune my level 1 Red-Eyed Dice to my Level 4 Terrotop!" Red Eyed Dice transformed into a green circle. Terrortop went through them, slowly dissolving at it did before a green flash occured. "I synchro summon a second Hi-Speedroid Chanbara!" (2000/1000) A second copy of the Synchro Monster emerged.
"You think that monster will be enough for you to end the duel this turn? I'll still have life points even if it can attack twice!"
Damian got out the card he drew at the start of his turn. "I activate Hi-Speed Re-Level. By removing from play a Speedroid in my graveyard, I can make a Synchro monster I control gain 500 attack points for each level the Speedroid had! The Synchro Monster's level also becomes the same as the removed from play monster, but that won't really matter here. I remove Speedroid Terrortop from play to have Hi-Speedroid Chanbara gain 1500 attack points!" (Hi-Speedroid Chanbara 2000-3500/1000)
Giga Gagagigo's eyes widened. "And since Chanbara can attack twice..."
Damian smiled. "It's over. Chanbara, destroy Gagagigo!"
The sword flew towards Gagagigo (Hi-Speedroid Chanbara 3500-3700/1000) and slashed it's head off. (Giga Gagagigo 5000-3150) "Now, attack directly!" Chanbara raised itself upwards (Hi-Soeedriud Chanbara 3700-3900/1000) before slashing Giga Gagagigo. (Giga Gagagigo 3150-0)
Damian deactivated his Duel Disk. "Looks like I win." Damian walked towards the monster. It didn't look like the duel actually hurt Giga Gagagigo like it did for Damian, so he didn't feel guilty about the duel. "So, you said you'd give me answers if I provided a challenge. I think beating you falls under that."
Giga Gagagigo immediately grabbed Damian by the neck. "Shut up." Giga Gagagigo put more force into his grab, choking Damian. "Acting as if the risk of death is just a way to excite yourself over. You don't know what it's like to suffer!"
Damian couldn't breathe. The monster's grip was too strong. His vision was getting obscured, and it was getting harder to hear anything. It felt oddly soothing.
"I'd kill you now, but The Light would only be able to absorb your soul if I beat you in a duel."
'The Light? Wait...this guy is working for The Light of Destruction?!'
"You can live for now, but the next time we meet, I WILL kill you!" Giga Gagagigo released his grip on Damian before dissolving into light. Damian was left on the ground, catching his breath.
'The Light of Destruction sent him after me? Why? Was it a test? Or did The Light actually betray me? And how did he get a Duel Spirit to work for him?' Damian noticed the crowd of people watching, who were beginning to wonder if what they saw was really a performance. 'Better ease their worries.' Damian stood up and looked into the sky. "I don't know what you are, or who you're working for. But mark my words, you'll NEVER defeat me!" Damian raised his fist in the air dramatically.
Several of the people applauded, as Damian bowed. 'I'm lucky that monster decided to spare me though. I could have sworn that I was a goner there.' Damian stopped bowing and decided to leave Kaiba Land. He had enough excitement for one day. 'Then again, for the sake of this world, maybe it would have been for the best if he killed me.'
The Light of Destruction shown that he's not exactly trustworthy, attempting to set up a win-win scenario where he'd absorb the soul of one of his servants either way. It didn't succeed, but that doesn't mean The Light doesn't have anything planned for the future.
I had fun writing this chapter. Not just the duel, but to show off Damian's more unhinged side. The guilt of working for The Light is affecting him in more way than he was expecting to. Well, I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter, and are looking forward to the next one!
