Chapter 40, Cyber vampires.
Camula was sitting a hot bath topped with rose petals, she was drinking from a wine glass filled with blood, "That old man was a pathetic duellist, however I fell that the others may be much stronger, especially whichever one of them defeated Nightshroud" she thought as she took a sip of blood.
Camula snaped her fingers and a swarm of bats flew down from the ceiling and landed around her bath, "Find the key keepers, observe they, study them, learn every card that they keep in their decks, and then report back to me" ordered Camula.
The bats all immediately obeyed Camula's command and flew out of the castle to find the six remaining key keepers, Camula smiled as she took another sip of blood, "Soon the vampire race shall rise again" she thought.
All of the remaining key keepers was currently in their rooms working on their decks, unbeknown to all of them they was all currently being spied on by Camula's bats.
The sudden loss of Dr Crowler had caused the school to fall into a state of confusion, Chancellor Sheppard had tried to cover up what was really happening by telling everyone that Crowler was away of an important business trip, but despite his best efforts many lessons had had to be cancelled since they had no one to cover for Crowler right now.
Just as the key keepers finished preparing their decks Camula's bats flew away to return to her castle and inform their mistress about her opponents decks.
Later that day all of the key keepers plus Syrus and Chumley had gathered in the hospital to tell Robin what had happened last night and too discuss what they should do next, the sun would be setting in less than an hour meaning that someone would soon have to duel Camula.
"So, Crowler lost" said Robin after the others had told him about Crowler's defeat to Camula, "Yeah and look at what she did to him" said Chazz as he showed Robin the doll that was once Dr Crowler.
"Ok, so how dangerous it this Camula" asked Robin, "I'm not sure, she seems to have only been toying with Crowler when she beat him" said Alexis, "If that's true then she might be even more dangerous that you said" said Robin.
While the others was talking about Camula Jaden noticed the pendant on Atticus's nightstand, Jaden picked up the pendant and saw that it liked extremely similar to the one that he had gotten from the Gravekepper's chief and was currently wearing around his neck.
Out of curiosity Jaden tried to put the two pieces together and to his surprise they fitted together perfectly, Jaden quickly tried to take the two halves apart again before anyone noticed but they seemed to be stuck, Jaden quickly put the now complete pendant into his pocket and hoped that no one would notice what he had done.
"What we should be talking about is who's going to duel her next" said Chumley, "I think Robin should duel her, after all he beat the first Shadow rider" said Syrus, "Are you crazy, Robin's still injured, there's no way he can take another shadow game in his condition" said Alexis.
"Why don't I duel her, I'm always ready for a game" said Jaden with a smile, "Jaden would you please take this seriously, this isn't some fun game anymore, this is a matter of life and death" said Robin.
"I'll duel her, I'll make her pay for what she did to Crowler" said Chazz, "Don't be ridiculous Chazz, this situation clearly calls for someone with brains" said Bastion, "Hey, are you calling me dumb" said an aggravated Chazz, "No, I'm just saying that you lack the ability to think" said Bastion.
Chazz grabbed Bastion by the shirt, "Take that back you repulsive Ra" he shouted, "Let go of me you drop out" said a slightly worried Bastion, the others quickly pulled Chazz and Bastion apart before they could hurt each other.
While everyone was busy keeping Chazz and Bastion apart, Zane silently slipped out of the room, "It's pointless for me to waste my time here, I'll deal with Camula myself" he thought as he walked towards the building's exit.
"Guys stop fighting, this won't get us anywhere" said Syrus as Bastion tried to break out of his hold, "Syrus is right, we should focus on fighting the Shadow riders, not each other" said Alexis.
Chazz and Bastion calmed down and everyone let them go, "Ok, so which of us will face Camula" asked Bastion while he took some deep breaths, "I don't know, who's got the best deck to take down a zombie deck" said Chumley.
"Hey guys, where's Zane" asked Syrus, everybody looked around the room and realised that Zane was gone, "That's strange he was here a moment ago" said Robin, "Where could he have gone" asked Jaden.
"Wait you don't think that he might have gone to duel Camula" said a very worried Syrus, "Don't worry Sy, I'm sure Zane wouldn't do something like that" said Jaden, although the other didn't look as positive as he was.
"Maybe we should go to Camula's castle, just to make sure" said Bastion, "Yeah, that's a good idea" said Syrus as he ran out the hospital door closely followed by the others.
Alexis was about to leave the hospital as well when she heard the sound of a mattress creaking, she turned around and saw that Robin was sitting on his bed and putting his shoes on.
"Robin what are you doing, Nurse Fontaine said that you can't leave the hospital for another week" said Alexis, "I know, but I what to see just how dangerous this Camula really is" said Robin as he put his jacket on and then zipped it up to cover his bandaged torso.
Zane was standing outside Camula's castle, the sun had almost set meaning that Camula would be ready to duel at any minute.
"Look there he is" said a familiar voice, Zane looked over his shoulder and saw Syrus along with everyone else running towards him, "Zane what are you doing here" asked Syrus.
"I'm waiting to duel Camula" said Zane in a very matter of fact way, "Zane are you sure about this, I mean you saw what she did to Crowler" said Jaden, "Unlike him I don't intend to lose" said Zane.
Before anyone could say anything else the sun set and everyone heard Camula's voice come from her castle, "Well, I'm pleased to see that you have all come here to face me, it saves me the trouble of looking for you all" she said.
The doors to Camula's castle opened but Camula herself did not appear, "Come inside children, I would much rather defeat you in the comfort of my own home" came Camula's voice.
Zane without any hesitation started to walk towards Camula's castle, "Zane wait, what if this is a trap" said Syrus but Zane ignored him, "Come on guys, we'd better follow him" said Jaden as he and the others followed Zane into the castle.
The inside of the castle was decorated with a diamond chandelier, the carpet was blood red, and there was a staircase leading to the second floor, standing at the top of the staircase was Camula watching everyone.
"So, your Camula" said Robin, Camula looked at Robin and seemed to only just now realise that he had been absent last night, "Yes, and who might you be" said Camula.
Camula's eyes caught sight of the bandages on Robin's hands, "Tell me young one, did you receive those injuries from Nightshroud" she said, Robin didn't answer although Camula didn't need him too, "I see, well perhaps Nightshroud didn't go down as easily as I thought" she said.
"If your done talking, I'd like to get this over with" said Zane, Camula looked at Zane and smiled, "Of course, I can't wait to get my fangs into your lovely neck" she said as she walk down the stairs.
"As always the pray should go first" said Camula, she knew that Zane's Cyber dragons would have an advantage if he went second, "It won't make a difference" said Zane as he activated his duel disk.
Zane started his first turn, "I summon Cyber dragon vier in attack mode, and when this card is on the field its name becomes Cyber dragon" he said, Cyber dragon vier also gained a 500 ATK and DEF boost thanks to its effect.
Cyber dragon vier ATK 1100 DEF 1600 LV 4 LIGHT machine.
Cyber dragon vier ATK 1100 + 500 = 1600 DEF 1600 + 500 =2100.
"Next I activate polymerization to fuse Cyber dragon vier with the Cryer dragon in my hand to create Cyber twin dragon" said Zane as Cyber twin dragon appeared on the field, after this Zane ended his turn.
Cyber twin dragon ATK 2800 DEF 2100 LV 8 LIGHT machine.
"It looks like Zane's trying to end this duel quickly" said Robin, "Let's just hope that he doesn't try to win too quickly" said Bastion.
Camula didn't seem to be intimidated by Zane's monster at all as she started her turn, "I activate Allure of darkness, this lets me draw two card but then I have to banish one DARK monster from my hand" she said as she banished Vampire baby.
"First I'll summon Vampire lady in attack mode, and now I'll activate the field spell Vampire kingdom, this card will give all of my zombie monsters 500 more ATK points during the damage step" explained Camula.
Vampire lady ATK 1550 DEF 1550 LV 4 DARK zombie.
"What's Camula thinking, her monster has nowhere near enough ATK points to beat Cyber twin dragon" said Syrus, "I have a bad feeling about this" said Alexis.
"Next I'll activate Overpowering eye, this card will let one of my zombie monsters with 2000 or less ATK attack you directly this turn, now Vampire lady attack his directly" said Camula, Vampire lady bypassed Cyber twin dragon and attacked Zane directly gaining 500 ATK points from Vampire kingdom.
Vampire lady ATK 1550 + 500 = 2050.
Zane LP 4000 – 2050 = 1950.
Vampire lady ATK 2050 – 500 = 1550.
"Now Vampire lady's effect activates, forcing you to send a card from your deck to the graveyard, and I chose spell" said Camula, Zane sent Photon generator unit to the graveyard.
"And now Vampire kingdom activates, since you just sent a card from your deck to the graveyard I can send a Vampire monster from my deck to the graveyard in order to destroy one of your cards, and I chose your Cyber twin dragon" said Camula as she sent Vampire sorcerer to the graveyard in order to destroy Zane's Cyber twin dragon.
"Oh no, what's Zane going to do now" said a very worried Syrus.
Zane started his turn, "Since you control a monster but I don't I can special summon Cyber dragon from my hand" he said as Cyber dragon appeared on the field, "Next I'll normal summon Cyber dragon zwei" said Zane.
Cyber dragon ATK 2100 DEF 1600 LV 5 LIGHT machine.
Cyber dragon zwei ATK 1500 DEF 1000 LV 4 LIGHT machine.
"Now Cyber dragon attack Vampire lade" said Zane, Vampire lady gained a 500 ATK boost from Vampire kingdom but this wasn't enough to save her and she was destroyed by Cyber dragon.
Vampire lady ATK 1550 + 500 = 2050.
Camula LP 4000 – 50 = 3950.
"Next I'll attack you directly with Zwei" said Zane as Cyber dragon zwei attacked Camula directly, "Now I end my turn" said Zane.
Camula LP 3950 – 1500 = 2450.
"That won't save you" said Camula as she started her turn, "I activate the effect of Vampire sorcerer, by banishing this card from my graveyard I can normal summon a DARK vampire monster without a tribute" explained Camula.
"And I think I'll summon Shadow vampire in attack mode, and when this card is normal summoned I can special summon a DARK vampire monster from my hand or deck and I choose Vampire dragon" said Camula as she summoned Vampire dragon from her deck.
Shadow vampire ATK 2000 DEF 0 LV 5 DARK zombie.
Vampire dragon ATK 2400 DEF 0 LV 5 DARK zombie.
"Vampire dragon destroy his Cyber dragon" ordered Camula, Vampire dragon attacked and gained a 500 ATK boost, Cyber dragon was destroyed, "Luckily for you since I used the effect of Shadow vampire this turn I can't attack with any other monsters, but my turns not over yet" she said.
Vampire dragon ATK 2400 + 500 = 2900.
Zane LP 1950 – 800 = 1150.
Vampire dragon ATK 2900 – 500 = 2400
"Now I use my two level 5 monsters for an xyz summon, I summon Crimson knight vampire bram, and now I'll use bram's effect, by detaching one xyz material I can special summon a monster from your graveyard, and I'll take that Cyber dragon I just destroyed" said Camula as Cyber dragon appeared on her side of the field to join her Crimson knight vampire bram.
Crimson knight vampire bram ATK 2500 DEF 0 RK 5 DARK vampire.
Cyber dragon ATK 2100 DEF 1600 LV 5 LIGHT machine.
Zane's turn started, "First I'll use Zwei's effect, by revealing one spell card in my hand Zwei's name becomes Cyber dragon until the end of this turn" said Zane as he revealed Cyber revsystem.
"Next I'll summon Cyber dragon drei in attack mode, when this card is on the field its name becomes Cyber dragon, and when its summoned I can make all Cyber dragons LV 5 until the end of this turn" said Zane.
Cyber dragon drei ATK 1800 DEF 800 LV 4 LIGHT machine.
"Now I'll use my two level 5 monster to xyz summon Cyber dragon nova, and now I'll use Nova's effect, by detaching one of its xyz materials I can summon a Cyber dragon from my graveyard" said Zane.
Cyber dragon nova ATK 2100 DEF 1600 RK 5 LIGHT machine.
Cyber dragon ATK 2100 DEF 1600 LV 5 LIGHT machine.
"Finally I'll use Cyber revsystem, this card lets me summon a Cyber dragon from my graveyard, and I chose Cyber dragon drei" said Zane.
Cyber dragon drei ATK 1800 DEF 800 LV 4 LIGHT machine.
"Now I'll use Nova's second effect, by banishing one Cyber dragon that I control I can give Nova a 2100 ATK boost" said Zane as he banished Drei, "And since I banished Drei its effect activates, now I can target my original Cyber dragon and prevent it from being destroyed this turn" explained Zane.
Cyber dragon nova ATK 2100 + 2100 = 4200.
"Cyber dragon attack that revived Cyber dragon" ordered Zane, Zane's Cyber dragon attacked and destroyed Camula's Cyber dragon, however thanks to Drei's effect Zane's Cyber dragon was not destroyed.
"Now Nova attack her Crimson knight vampire bram" ordered Zane, Bram gained a 500 ATK boost but was still destroyed, "Now I end my turn" said Zane, because Zane's turn was over Nova's ATK points returned to normal.
Crimson knight vampire bram ATK 2500 + 500 = 3000.
Camula LP 2450 – 1200 = 1250.
Cyber dragon nova ATK 4200 – 2100 = 2100.
Camula started her turn, "Since Bram was destroyed during the last turn I can special summon him in defence mode during my standby phase" he said as Bram returned to her field.
Crimson knight vampire bram ATK 2500 DEF 0 RK 5 DARK zombie.
"Oh no, what's Zane going to do if Camula attacks with something" said Syrus, "Don't worry, Zane still has another Cyber dragon on the field, if Camula does anything he can just banish it to give Nova another 2100 ATK boost" said Bastion.
Camula had a sinister smile on her face, "I activate the spell card Illusion gate" she said, a strange sinister looking gate appeared behind Camula, everybody was confused, none of them had ever heard of this card before.
"In order to activate this card I must offer it a soul, and if I lose the duel then the soul will be taken by the gate" explained Camula, "She's going to offer that thing her soul" said a very surprised Robin.
"Who said I was offering it my soul" said Camula as she touched the choker around her neck, the choker started to glow brightly, suddenly spectral hands appeared out of nowhere and grabbed Syrus pulling him towards the gate.
Syrus tried to break free from the hands hold but to no avail, "If you defeat me then your little brother will be sacrificed to the gate" said Camula, Zane's face turned to shock and horror for the first time since anyone here had known him.
"You evil bitch" shouted Robin in anger, everyone looked like they was ready to murder Camula with their bare hands.
"Now that Illusion gate has its sacrifice its real effect activates, first all monsters on your side of the field are destroyed, then I can summon a monster from your graveyard ignoring its summoning conditions, so I think I'll summon your Cyber twin dragon" said Camula as all of Zane's monsters was destroyed and Cyber twin dragon appeared on her side of the field.
Cyber twin dragon ATK 2800 DEF 2100 LV 8 LIGHT machine.
Zane looked at his duel disk, "Since Nova was destroyed by a card effect I could use its final effect to summon Cyber end dragon from my extra deck and win the duel, but if I do that then Syrus will be sacrificed to that gate" he thought.
"Zane don't worry about me, just win this duel" shouted Syrus although there was clearly fear in his voice, Zane reached for his graveyard to activate Nova's effect but then pulled his hand away.
Cyber twin dragon launched its attack and Zane closed his eyes accepting what was about to happen, the attack hit and reduced Zane's LP to 0.
Zane LP 1150 – 2800 = 0.
The hands holding Syrus released him and he ran over to Zane, "Zane why did you do that, I'm not that important" he said with tears in his eyes, Zane said nothing.
"It doesn't matter why he did it, what matters is that I won" laughed Camula as her choker glowed brightly, suddenly Zane disappeared and was replaced with a doll version of himself that flew into Camula's hands.
Camula gently caressed the face of the doll with her fingers, "Don't worry, I'll cherish him forever" she said as she licked her lips.
"Now then children, would you kindly leave my home" said Camula, "No way, I'm taking you down right now" said Jaden sounding unusually serious.
Camula now looking rather annoyed snaped her fingers and multiple snarling black wolfs emerged from several side rooms, "Remove these people from my home, my pets" said Camula and the black wolfs immediately began to run at the group with the intent to kill.
"RUN" screamed several members of the group as everyone ran from the wolfs and fled Camula castle, as soon as everyone was outside the doors of the castle shut by themselves and locked everyone outside.
"Now what are we going to do" asked Syrus, "There's nothing we can do, not until tomorrow night at least" said Robin.
Everyone quickly walked away from Camula's castle, all of them had depressed looks on their faces and felt a sense of hopelessness knowing that they had lost their strongest duellist.
