Chapter 41

Everyone was gathered in the hospital to discuss what their next move should be to stop Camula, the loss of Zane had caused a great deal of distress amongst the group, even Jaden who was usefully happy and jokey seemed to have realised how serious the situation really was.

"So what are we going to do" asked Bastion, "We can't do anything, if Camula could defeat Zane then she can defeat anyone" said Chumley who at this point was a nervous wreck.

"No, she's not invincible, Zane could have won that duel, and he would have if she didn't cheat" said Robin, Syrus hung his head low and remained silent, he blamed himself for Zane's defeat.

"Robin's right, we can take down this vampire if we try hard enough" said Jaden, "But what if she uses that Illusion gate card again, she could offer any of our souls too it" asked Alexis.

"I've already thought of an idea for that, what if the rest of us stay away from Camula's castle tonight, maybe she won't be able to offer our souls to that thing if we're far enough away" explained Robin.

"That could work, but there's still one question that needs to be answered, who's going to face her tonight" said Bastion, no one said anything for several seconds, "I'll do it, I'll tear her to shreds after what she's done" said a very serious Jaden.

"Well that's settled then, Jaden I wish you the best of luck, and take a wooden steak just to be safe" said Robin.

That night Jaden was standing outside Camula's castle alone, everyone else was in their rooms in the hopes that it would prevent Camula from using their souls as an offering for her Illusion gate.

The sun set and the doors to Camula's castle opened, "Alright you blood sucker, it's time for you to pay for what you've done" thought Jaden as he walked towards the castle doors.

Jaden entered the castle and found Camula standing at the top of the stairs drinking a glass of blood, "Hm, only one, are your friends too afraid of me to accompany you" said a smiling Camula as she sipped her drink.

"Sorry, but its just me and you this time" said Jaden as he activated his duel disk, "I don't think that's fair, I think we should have an audience" said Camula as she touched her choker and it started to glow.

There was a flash of light and then suddenly the other Key keepers appeared out of nowhere, all of them looked confused, "What's going on, where am I" asked Chazz not realising what had just happened.

Robin looked at Camula and realised what had happened, "Oh crap, I guess my idea didn't work" he said, Camula smiled "So you thought that you could avoid my Illusion gate by avoiding my castle, how foolish" she said.

"Jaden you have to beat Camula before she plays Illusion gate" said Alexis, "Don't worry, that's what I'm planning" said Jaden.

Camula downed the rest of her blood and descended the stairs to duel Jaden, "So are you ready to join my collection of dolls" she said as she activated her duel disk.

"Wait before we start this there's something I wanted to ask, why are you doing this anyway, why do you what to unleash the Sacred beasts" asked Jaden.

"Why? I'll tell you why, you humans hunted my people to near extinction, there is hardly any of us left now, now we vampires must live in hiding or be destroyed" said Camula, she seemed to be becoming more angry with each word.

"But once the Sacred beast are freed I will use their power to restore the vampire race, and then it will be you humans that will be hunted just as we once was" said Camula her voice becoming more hopeful at the end.

"Man that's pretty harsh, but there's no way I'm going to let you destroy humanity" said Jaden, Camula laughed "It's not like you can stop me.

The duel started, "As always the pray goes" said Camula only to be interrupted by Jaden, "Yeah, yeah, I know, the pray goes first".

Jaden started his turn, "I summon Elemental HERO stratos in attack mode, and now I'll use his effect to add a HERO monster to my hand" said Jaden as he added E HERO Sparkman to his hand.

E HERO stratos ATK 1800 DEF 300 LV 4 WIND warrior.

"Next I'll throw down a face down and end my turn" said Jaden.

Camula started her turn, That was a poor excuse of a move, but then I expected nothing less" she said, "I activate the spell card Night beam, this will destroy your face down card" said Camula as Jadon's face down Trap hole was destroyed.

Camula smiled sadistically, "Now I will introduce you to one of my strongest monsters" she said, "I activate Polymerization to fuse Vampire lord with Vampire familiar" continued Camula.

"What's she doing, those two monsters don't fuse together" said Bastion, "Unless she's using them for a generic fusion summon" said Alexis.

"With these two zombie monsters I create Dragonecro nethersoul dragon" said Camula, everyone was stunned as the terrifying monster appeared on the field, "Guys, I think Jaden might be screwed" said Robin.

Dragonecro nethersoul dragon ATK 3000 DEF 0 LV 8 DARK dragon.

"Now my dragon attack his monster" ordered Camula, Dragonecro attacked but Stratos wasn't destroyed, "Dragonecro can't destroy your monsters by battle but that doesn't mean that you won't take damage" explained Camula.

Jaden LP 4000 – 1200 = 2800.

"Now my dragon's effect will activate, first your monster will lose all of its ATK points, then my dragon will summon a Dark soul token with your monster's original Level and ATK" explained Camula.

E HERO stratos ATK 1800 – 1800 = 0.

Dark soul token ATK 1800 DEF 0 LV 4 DARK zombie.

"Now my Dark soul token will destroy your powerless monster" said Camula, Stratos was destroyed by the Dark soul token, "I end my turn".

Jaden LP 2800 – 1800 = 1000.

"I'm not going down that easily" said Jaden as he drew his card, "I activate Polymerization, to fuse Sparkman and Bladedge to create Elemental HERO plasma vice" said Jaden as Plasma vice appeared on his side of the field.

E HERO plasma vice ATK 2600 DEF 2300 LV 8 EARTH warrior.

Camula looked worried, she already knew what Jaden's monster could do, "I use Plasma vice's effect, by discarding one card from my hand I can destroy one of your attack position monsters" said Jaden as he discarded Bubble blaster to destroy Camula's Dragonecro.

"Now Plasma vice attack that Dark soul token" said Jaden, Plasma vice attacked and destroyed Dark soul token, "Next I'll place two cards face down and end my turn".

Camula LP 4000 – 800 = 3200.

"That was a lucky move" said Camula as she started her turn, "I play a monster in defence mode, and one card face down, now I end my turn" she said.

"Looks like Jaden's got Camula on the defensive" said Chazz, "Maybe, but remember how she took down Crowler and Zane, we can't underestimate her" said Bastion.

Jaden drew his card and was forced to hide a frown, he had hoped to draw a monster, "I attack you monster" he said, Plasma vice destroyed Camula's monster which was revealed to be Vampire baby.

Vampire baby ATK 700 DEF 1000 LV 3 DARK zombie.

Jaden's turn ended, Camula drew her card and smiled, "I activate my face down card, Call of the haunted, this will revive my Dragonecro" she said as Dragonecro returned to the field.

Dragonecro nethersoul dragon ATK 3000 DEF 0 LV 8 DARK dragon.

"Not so fast, I activate my face down card Adhesion trap hole, this card will cut your monsters ATK in half" explained Jaden, however Camula didn't look worried.

Dragonecro nethersoul dragon ATK 3000 – 1500 = 1500.

"I don't need Dragonecro, I have something even better" she said with a smile, "I summon Plaguespreader zombie in attack mode" she said.

Pladuespreader zombie ATK 400 DEF 200 LV 2 tuner DARK zombie.

"Now I'll use my level 8 monster and my level 2 tuner to synchro summon Dragocytos corrupted nethersoul dragon" said Camula as a new monster appeared on her side of the field.

Dragocytos corrupted nethersoul dragon ATK 4000 DEF 2000 LV 10 DARK dragon.

"I thought that card was just a myth" said Chazz in shock, "Apparently not" said Robin just as shocked as Chazz was.

"Dragocytos end this duel" said Camula, Dragocytos attacked, "Not so fast, I use my other face down card, Draining shield, not only will this card stop your attack it will also increase my LP by your monster's ATK" explained Jaden as Dragocytos's attack was stopped.

Jaden LP 1000 + 4000 = 5000.

This clearly annoyed Camula, "I play a card face down and end my turn" she said.

Jaden started his turn, "I activate Plasma vice's effect, by discarding one card I can destroy your monster" he said as he discarded Emergency provisions.

"I don't think so, I activate my trap card Dark illusion, since you just targeted a DARK monster that I control this card will negate your monster's effect and destroy it" explained Camula as Plasma vice was destroyed instead of Dragocytos.

Jaden was clearly worried now, "I play a monster in defence mode and end my turn" he said.

Camula drew her card "I summon Vampire lady in attack mode" she said.

Vampire lady ATK 1550 DEF 1550 LV 4 DARK zombie.

"Now Dragocytos attack his monster" ordered Camula, Dragocytos attacked and destroyed Jaden's monster which was revealed to be winged kuriboh, "Ha, when Winged kuriboh is destroyed I take no further battle damage" said Jaden, Camula looking even more annoyed ended her turn.

Jaden started his turn, "I play a monster in defence mode and one card face down and end my turn" he said.

Camula started her turn, "That face down card doesn't scare me, I attack with Dragocytos" she said, "Bad move, I activate my face down card Mirror force, this will destroy both of your monsters" said Jaden as both of Camula's monsters was destroyed.

"I activate the effect of Plaguespreader zombie in my graveyard, by placing one card from my hand on top of my deck I can special summon my zombie from my graveyard" said Camula as she summoned Plaguespreader zombie in defence mode.

Plaguespreader zombie ATK 400 DEF 200 LV 2 tuner DARK zombie.

Jaden drew his card and smiled, "I summon Elemental HERO prisma in attack mode, I'll also flip my defence monster into attack mode" he said as Crayman was flipped face up.

E HERO prisma ATK 1700 DEF 1100 LV 4 LIGHT warrior.

E HERO crayman ATK 800 DEF 2000 LV 4 EARTH warrior.

"Crayman destroy that zombie" said Jaden, Crayman destroyed Plaguespreader zombie, "Now Prisma attack her directly" Prisma attacked Camula then Jaden ended his turn.

Camula LP 3200 – 1700 = 1500.

To everyone's surprise Camula started to laugh, "That was a pointless move" she said as she drew her card, "I activate Illusion gate" she said, a look of horror appeared on everyone's faces as the large gate appeared behind Camula.

"Now then who's soul should I offer this time, perhaps the smart boy in yellow, or maybe the pretty blonde girl" said Camula as she looked at the group, "You know what, I think that I'll just offer them all" she said.

Everyone prepared for the worst as Camula's choker began to glow, however something in Jaden's pocket suddenly began to glow as well, "What's that" said Camula as she noticed the glowing in Jaden's pocket.

Jaden reached into his pocket and pulled out the completed pendant, "Wait did Jaden take Nightshroud's half of the pendant" asked Alexis, "I guess so" said Robin.

The choker and pendant both began to glow more intensely, it seemed that the two was battling over superiority, soon the lights became so bright that everyone had to cover their eyes and then a small explosion was heard.

When everyone opened their eyes they saw that both the choker and pendant had exploded and lay broken on the floor.

"What, no that's impossible" said Camula with fear in her voice, "I'm not sure how that happened, but I'm guessing that Camula can't offer our souls now" said Robin.

Camula quickly tried to remove Illusion gate from her duel disk but the card wouldn't move, "No, since I've already activated Illusion gate I have no chose but to offer it a soul" she thought.

Camula clenched her fist, "I offer my own soul to Illusion gate" she said, Illusion gate accepted the offering and activated it's effect destroying all of Jaden's monsters.

"Now I can summon a monster from your graveyard, and I chose Plasma vice" said Camula as Plasma vice appeared on her side of the field, "Attack" ordered Camula and Plasma vice attacked Jaden directly.

E HERO plasma vice ATK 2600 DEF 2300 LV 8 EARTH warrior.

Jaden LP 5000 – 2600 = 2400.

"Jaden's going to need something big if he's going to win now" said Chazz, "Yes, but there are cards in Jaden's deck that could do just that" said Bastion.

Jaden drew his card and smiled, "I activate Miracle fusion, this let's me fusion summon an Elemental HERO monster by using monsters in my graveyard" he said, Camula's face turned to horror.

"I fuse Stratos and Crayman to create Elemental HERO gaia" said Jaden as Gaia appeared on his side of the field, "And when Gaia is fusion summoned I can cut the ATK of one of your monster in half and add those ATK points to Gaia" explained Jaden.

E HERO gaia ATK 2200 DEF 2600 LV 6 EARTH warrior.

E HERO plasma vice ATK 2600 – 1300 = 1300.

E HERO gaia ATK 2200 + 1300 = 3500.

"Gaia attack" said Jaden, Gaia attacked and destroyed Plasma vice, reducing Camula's LP to 0.

Camula LP 1500 – 2200 = 0.

Camula began to panic as the doors of illusion gate began to open, Camula ran away from the gate as quickly as she could, but a large spiritual hand emerged from the gate and grabbed a hold of her.

Camula struggle against the hand using all of her vampiric strength in a desperate attempt to escape, the hand's grip tightened and Camula cried out in pain.

Camula continued to struggle against the hand's ever tightening grip until there was a sickening crunching sound and Camula became limp as her bones was crushed.

The hand pulled Camula's limp body through the gate and then the door closed, finally the Illusion gate disappeared.

Everyone was silent, Jaden in particular was horrified at what he had just seen, suddenly something in Chazz's pocket began to glow, "What's this" thought Chazz as he reached for his pocket and pulled out the doll of Dr Crowler which was glowing.

Suddenly there was a flash of light and then the next second Crolwer was sitting on floor fully restored to his true self, "Dr Crowler your alive" said Bastion, "I am? I am" said an ecstatic Crowler as he hugged himself.

"Hang on, if Crowler's back then does that mean that" said Alexis, but before she could finish a door on the top floor opened and Zane walked out.

"Zane your back" said Jaden happily, however Zane just walked past him looking very unhappy, "I guess he's not over his lose yet" thought Robin.

Suddenly the entire castle began to shake coursing Jaden and Crowler to lose their balance and fall down, "What's going on" said a panicking Chazz, "Everyone out now" said Zane.

The group made it outside just in time before the entire castle collapsed into the lake, it seemed that without Camula the castle could no longer survive.

Before anyone could say anything Zane began to walk away, "Hey where are you going" asked Jaden, "Back to my dorm" said Zane nonchalantly.

"Come to think of it, I need to get back to the hospital before Nurse Fontaine realises that I'm gone" said Robin, "I think we should all get some sleep" said Alexis, and with that everyone returned to their beds.