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Fanfic Chapter 174: Mechanized Melee Pt 2: A Kink in the Machine
Serenity: We came upon this strange factory in the middle of nowhere. As it turned out it was all a trap set up by Bandit Keith, one of Joey's opponents from Duelist Kingdom. After capturing Wingweaver and turning her into a machine, he captured me, Yugi, and Harold and threatened to turn us all into machines unless Joey could beat him in a duel. Joey has some great moves but Bandit Keith has that Machine King monster on the field. Be careful, Joey, Bandit Keith looks like he's willing to do anything to win this duel.
Bandit Keith was laughing at Joey's predicament. He had his Machine King and two face-down cards while all Joey had was Axe Raider and three of his Scapegoat tokens. "Look at you," Keith exclaimed, "Cowering like a little baby, not that I blame you."
(J: 2600)
(B: 1500)
"Big talk coming from someone who's trailing in life points," Joey returned. "I summon Little-Winguard (1) in defense mode."
"I may be trailing now," Keith said as he drew a card. "But all that is about to change. I reveal my face-down card, Call of the Haunted."
"Not again!" Joey whined. "I had a hard enough time beating this card last time."
"And you're about to have an even tougher time, for with Call of the Haunted I can bring a monster back from the graveyard. I think Gear Golem should do nicely."
(MK: 2300-2400)
"Now let's reacquaint you with Gear Golem's special ability. We each take over 800 points of damage."
(J: 1800)
(B: 700)
"Next I'll have my golem attack one of your Scapegoats." Spikes destroyed the yellow sheep. "Machine King, attack his Winguard!" The little warrior was destroyed.
"Relax, Joey, he doesn't have enough life points left to activate Gear Golem's effect," Yugi assured him.
Oh I'm not worried about that, Bandit Keith thought. For with my new powers, I can wipe this dweeb out in one fell swoop. "I end my turn."
There has to be some kink in his machines, Joey thought. He started his turn. What I need to do is summon a machine monster of my own, like Jinzo (2), he can destroy that Call of the Haunted plus he has the same number of attack points as that Machine King. On the other hand… He looked at the cards in the rest of his hand. If Keith's new machine deck is anything like his old one, he must have some kind of magic card that can take control of machine monsters. And then I would really be in for it. On the other hand, if I just leave things as they are, Keith will just summon another machine monster and really jazz that king of his up. I guess I'm going to have to take that chance. "I sacrifice…"
A loud shaking interrupted them. "What was that?" Keith asked.
"I think this factory's being attacked," Yugi guessed.
Joey smiled he had a feeling he knew what, or rather who it was. "That would be my buddy, Red-Eyes Black Dragon, trashing the joint. He won't stop until he finds us so if you want your place to remain intact; I suggest you let my friends go."
"Oh please, I'll have won this duel long before that dragon finds you and your friends will be my own personal cybernetic assault squad."
"Why do you need your own personal cybernetic assault squad anyway?" Joey asked scratching his head.
"Simple, I plot to overthrow Panik."
"What?"
"Impossible!"
"Uh-oh!"
Panik growled, "I knew something like this would happen."
"It's Bandit Keith, so of course there's something sneaky going on," Tea cracked.
"Well, even if he wins, I shall give him a fate that is much worse than what he would have received from his loss."
"Once I beat you, Panik's next and then the Shadow Realm's power will be mine alone!"
"So in other words, you're going to cheat your way to the top just like last time. And they say I'm the dumb one. Anyway, as I was saying, I sacrifice my Little-Winguard to summon Jinzo to the field!" A bald humanoid wearing goggle, a metal mask, and black cloak appeared. "And when Jinzo shows up, all your traps go bye-bye!" Call of the Haunted and Keith's other face-down card exploded. Gear Golem disappeared.
"Call of the Haunted was attached to my Gear Golem," Keith explained. "When it goes to the graveyard, so does the monster. But you now have a machine monster on the field which makes up for the loss of mine."
(MK: 2400)
"Looks like our monster are pretty much even-steven."
"You wish, for all I need to do is summon another play another monster. Like this one, Heavy Mech Support Platform (3)." To Joey's shock, he slid it into one of the rear slots, the one normally reserved for magic and trap cards. "Did I imagine it, or did you just play a monster card in a magic card slot?"
Bandit Keith smirked.
Harold realized it, "Joey, he's playing a Union Monster!"
"What's a Union Monster?"
"A new type of monster, Kevin Hunter and I went up against them in Battle City."
"Dark Blade and Pitch-Dark Dragon, combine your selves into one!" To Kevin and Harold's shock, the two monsters combined. Now the Dark Blade was riding on the Pitch Dark Dragon.
"Union monsters can equip onto other monsters to increase their attack power!" Harold explained.
"Your wimpy little comrade is right," Keith explained as the strange harness hooked itself onto Machine King. "Heavy Mech Support Platform is a machine union monster I made myself. It can only be equipped to machine monsters. It raises their attack points by 500!"
(MK: 2400-2900)
"Oh man, that ain't good."
"Oh, it's good… good for me! Machine King, why don't you play some Heavy Metal for our friend Jinzo!" Giant missile launcher folded out from behind Machine King and missiles fired destroying Jinzo.
(J: 1300)
(B: 700)
(MK: 2900-2800)
"Hey Wheeler, you should leave the machinations to the real masters."
"Is that any way to talk to the guys who saved your life from a fire?"
"Save me? You were the chumps who put me in that fire to begin with!"
"I guess I was right, the Shadow Realm has made you loopy."
"You're the loopy one! You're always talking about how you rely on your friends! I can't believe it I can't believe someone would want to spend their time with a dork like you! Friends, ha! That's got to be the biggest joke I have ever heard. I bet they don't even like you."
"Don't listen to him, Big Brother!"
"We consider you our friend no matter what," Yugi added.
"Oh its okay, go ahead and tell him the truth that you don't think he can win!"
He's trying to goad me, I can't let him what he says get under my skin. I was the runner-up in Duelist Kingdom and one of the final four at Battle City. He's nothing but a cheat. Pegasus could see that with one eye. If I want to prove I'm better than him, I'm going to have to duel with my heart and soul. Joey opened his eyes and stared directly at Keith. "Man, are you lame."
"Huh?"
"You couldn't beat me and you definitely can't beat Yugi, what makes you think you can overthrow Panik? You should've just stayed at home and played with your little wind-up toys."
"What right do you have to mock me?"
"I've got every right. Let's review, shall we. One, you locked us all in an underground chamber. Two, you stole my entry card into the finals. Three, you literally had cards up your sleeve. Four, you broke something precious belonging to a friend of mine. As for me, I don't have to lie, cheat, or steal to win or get what I want. That's why… I know I'm going to win."
"And how are you going to do that?"
"Watch and learn, geek," Joey said as he drew a card. "I play Pot of Greed which lets me draw two cards. I set them face-down and end my turn."
"That's your super strategy? Man, you're even lamer than I remember. This ends now!" Bandit Keith drew a card.
"Reveal trap card: Thunder of Ruler," Joey announced. Lightning burst through the roof of Keith's factory and struck Keith.
"Wh… what did you do to me?"
"I activated a trap card, a trap card that stops you from declaring any attack this turn."
"No!"
"I probably should've thanked you for destroying Jinzo. I wouldn't even be able to set it if you hadn't destroy it so thanks, Keith-y." Around that time, the roof burst open and Red-Eyes Black Dragon descended along with Buster Blader, Queen of Autumn Leaves, and Edina. "Welcome to the party, guys," Joey greeted. "You're just in time to see me trounce Keith's keester again."
"You can't beat me, I stacked the deck in my favor I created the Firewall and Heavy Mech cards. There was nothing you can do to beat me!"
"Yak, yak, yak. Want to know what my other face-down card was, I'll show you. System Down! Now by paying 1000 life points, I get to destroy and remove all machine monsters on the field!"
(J: 300)
(B: 700)
Keith screamed in rage as his monsters were destroyed. "I won't be defeated by you again!"
"Uh… news flash, you just did. I play Monster Reborn to revive my main monster Jinzo!" The monster reappeared. "Jinzo, clean his clock! Cyber Energy Shock Blast!" Jinzo formed a sphere of energy with his hands and thrust it at Keith. Keith was thrown back.
(J: 300)
(B: 0)
"Keith's betrayal ends now," Panik declared. He turned to someone Tea couldn't see. "Get him!"
Yugi, Serenity, and Harold were released from their bonds. Their guardian monsters destroyed the assimilation devices.
"What do you say, Keith, make it two out of three?" Joey asked.
"Oh Bandit Keith!" A shaft of energy descended and a new figure appeared. It was a fat man with pale skin and pink tufts of hair dressed in a black cloak.
"Oh no, not him!" Yugi gasped.
"Who's that?"
"It's one of Pegasus's goons," Joey explained. "He disguised himself to look like Kaiba and tried to beat Yugi."
"Panik is very upset with you, Bandit Keith," the newcomer said. "He'd like to have a word with you."
"Well tell Panik that he can just go…"
"Temper, temper, Bandit Keith," it said shaking a finger. "You can tell him yourself." He held up his hand and another shaft of dark energy descended over Keith. As the shaft of energy started to take Bandit Keith away, he smirked, "It doesn't matter, I already have one cybernetic minion, that monster over there." And then he disappeared.
The thing turned to face the others. "So sorry for that poor display of duel-manship, I assure you it won't happen again."
"Wait a second, where's Tea?" Yugi demanded to know.
"Come find me and I just might tell you." And the fat creature disappeared.
"Nice going on your duel, Big Brother," Serenity cheered.
"Thanks, Sis, I'm just glad you guys are safe."
"Guys, I need help here!" Harold called. He was trying to pull the metal bonds off of Wingweaver who was now completely mechanized. Her wings looked like half moon-shape pieces of metal. Her body was golden as her tunic once was.
She wasn't moving.
"I can't get these off," Harold complained.
Joey turned to his dragon. "Red-Eyes, do you mind?" With a swipe of its mighty claw, the Red-Eyes Black Dragon broke the bonds holding Wingweaver. The fairy-type monster crashed to the ground with a loud clang.
Harold shook Wingweaver, "Wingweaver? Wingweaver, please, open your eyes. Wingweaver!" Harold turned to Edina, desperation in his eyes, "Edina, can you heal her like you did Yugi?"
"I'm sorry, Harold, but not from something like this," Edina said sadly.
"You mean she's…" Serenity trailed off.
Harold looked down. "No… it can't be… Wingweaver." He embraced her, holding her metallic head to his chest. It was clear that he was crying. He looked up at the others. "I… I don't understand," he said sobbing. "I know she's just a Duel Monster Card. So why… why am I acting like I just lost my mother."
"In the Shadow Realm, Duel Monsters are just as real as we are," Yugi commented. "It would've been just as bad if that was one of us."
"Harold," Serenity said quietly. She placed a hand on his shoulder and rubbed it. "I wish I could say everything was going to be all right, but… I don't know."
Harold took another look at his favorite monster. "Wingweaver… I'd do anything to have you back, even give my soul to the Shadow Realm… just to have you back to normal."
Yugi noticed something and gasped, "Harold, look at your Duel Disk!"
"Huh?" Harold looked down at his wrist. His deck was glowing. "What in the world?" Energy shot from the deck into the air and formed an angel in a white dress.
"Serapheem (4)!" Harold gasped.
Serapheem regarded the fallen Wingweaver with a sad look. She then laid her hands on each side of Wingweaver's face. Slowly, the mechanized form dissipated leaving Wingweaver as she originally was. She opened her eyes and started to fly around.
"Wingweaver, you're back!" Harold cried happily. He embraced the monster tightly. "I'm so glad you're back." He turned to look at Serapheem but she had already disappeared. Harold searched through his deck until he found the Serapheem card and stared at it lovingly. "Thank you, Serapheem, I'll never forget what you did."
"Looks like everything is back to normal," Joey commented. "So can we get out of here now?"
"Yeah," Yugi relented. "We still need to rescue Tea." Red-Eyes Black Dragon blasted a hole in the wall and everyone let as the factory tumbled down.
The End
Duel Monster Database
(1)
Name: Little-Winguard
Level: 4
Type: Warrior/Effect
Attribute: Wind
ATK: 1400
DEF: 1800
(2)
Name: Jinzo
Level: 6
Type: Machine/Effect
Attribute: Dark
ATK: 2400
DEF: 1200
(3)
Name: Heavy Mech Support Platform
Level: 3
Type: Machine/Union
Attribute: Dark
ATK: 500
DEF: 500
(4)
Name: Serapheem
Level: 9
Type: Fairy/Ritual/Effect
Attribute: Light
ATK: 3250
DEF: 2800
This card can only be Ritual Summoned with the Ritual Magic Card Heavenly Light. When this card is Ritual Summoned successfully, Special Summon up to 4 Normal Light Monsters from your graveyard (Wingweaver is excluded). These monsters are treated as Equip Spell Cards and can raise the ATK of this monster by 200 points per monster card equipped to it. After 1 attack, the monsters return to the graveyard. During each of your turns after this monster first attacks you can Special Summon 1 Normal Light Monster from your graveyard for one turn.
