Chapter 50, Fighting for a sibling.

Alexis was sitting in the infirmary next to Atticus, Nurse Fontaine was currently out teaching a class so Alexis was by herself.

Robin was just passing the infirmary when he notice that Alexis was sitting inside, "Hey are you ok" asked Robin as he walked in and sat next to Alexis, "Yeah, I'm ok" said Alexis although she was unable to hide the sadness in her voice.

Robin sighed, he knew that seeing Atticus like this every day saddened for Alexis however he also knew that it was pointless to ask her to leave, after all if it was his sister in that hospital bed then there wouldn't be anything that could make Robin leave.

Robin placed his hand on Alexis's in an attempt to comfort her, "Do you want anything, maybe something to eat or drink" he asked, Alexis half smile at Robin's attempt to cheer her up, "A cup of coffee would be nice" she said.

"I'll be right back" said Robin as he stood up and left the room leaving Alexis alone once again.

"Do you truly what to help him" said a voice, Alexis immediately stood up and looked around the room "Who's there" she said, "I said do you truly what to help him" said the voice.

Alexis didn't know who the voice belonged too but she did think that it sounded familiar, "Yes, of course I want to help him" she said, "Then come this way and I'll show you how you can restore your brother" said the voice.

A dark portal opened in the centre of the room, Alexis looked into the portal and saw that it led to the Abandoned dorm, Alexis immediately became sceptical, "How can I trust you" she said.

"Walk away if you don't believe me, but know this, this is the only way you can restore your brother back to his true self" said the voice.

Alexis was about to turn away but then she stopped herself and looked back at the portal, she thought about Atticus and how this could be the only way to save him, but she also thought about how this could easily be a trap.

After over a minute of thinking Alexis made her decision and stepped into the portal.

Robin walked in just as Alexis walked into the portal, "Alexis" shouted Robin as he dropped two cups of coffee and ran to the portal however it shut just before he reached it, "Damn it" said Robin.

Although Robin had only seen the portal for a few second he was able to see that it led to the Abandoned dorm, Robin was already worried he knew how dangerous that place was thanks to his prior experience.

Robin ran out of the infirmary and then down the corridors as fast as he could desperate to reach the Abandoned dorm before something bad happened.

Alexis found herself in the Abandoned dorm, she was standing in the basement in the exact same room where Robin had duelled Titan.

"Ha, ha, welcome back my dear, it's been too long since we last meet" said a voice, Alexis turned and saw Titan standing at the end of the room, "What, but how is this possible" asked a confused Alexis she was sure that she saw Titan be taken to the Shadow realm.

"Surprised to see me" asked Titan in a mocking tone, "How are you here, Robin defeated you" asked Alexis, "Yes he did, and I was sent to the Shadow realm where every moment was pure agony and hell" said Titan with pure hatred in his voice.

"Then how did you escape" asked Alexis, "The Shadow riders found me and took pity on me, they freed me and gave me more power than I thought possible" explained Titan gesturing towards his new mask which was clearly a shadow charm.

"So you're the next Shadow rider" said Alexis, "Yes I am, and I have come to take my vengeance on Robin for sending me to that hell" said Titan.

"If you want Robin then why am I here, are you trying to use me as bait again" asked a very angry Alexis, "No not at all, you see destroying Robin isn't enough for what he did to me, I'm going to take away everything that he cares about first, starting with you" laughed Titan.

"So you was lying, you never had anything that could wake up Atticus" said Alexis with pure venom in her voice, "Actually that wasn't a lie" said Titan as he opened his hand to reveal a bright ball of light.

"Your brother was quite resistant, so the Shadow riders removed his mind and replaced it with another" said Titan, "So Atticus really didn't join the Shadow riders willingly" thought Alexis with a hint of relief.

"Give my brother back his mind you bastard" shouted Alexis, Titan closed his hand and the light disappeared, "I'll gladly bet your brother's mind on this duel, if you put something at stake as well" he said.

"What do you want" asked Alexis getting angrier by the second, "If you defeat me than your brother's mind will be returned, but if you lose then your mind will be taken and you will take your brother's place amongst the Shadow riders" laughed Titan.

Alexis thought for a second, on one hand she could save Atticus, but on the other she could end up becoming just like Nightshroud, it only took Alexis a few seconds to decide, "I accept" she said as she activated her duel disk.

The room became darker as black goo emerged from the symbols around the room and covered everything just like it had done when Robin had faced Titan, "Soon you will be one of the Shadow riders" said Titan as he activated his duel disk.

The duel started and Alexis took the first turn, "I'll start by playing a monster in defence mode and one card face down, now I end my turn" she said.

"Such a shame, I hoped that you would be more of a challenge" said Titan as his turn started, "I activate the field spell Archfiend palabyrinth, this card will increase all of my fiend monsters ATK by 500" he said.

"Now I'll summon Archfiend cavalry in attack mode, and I'll use him to attack you monster" said Titan, Archfiend cavalry attacked Alexis's monster which was revealed to be D.D. assailant.

Archfiend cavalry ATK 1900 DEF 0 LV 4 DARK fiend.

Archfiend cavalry ATK 1900 + 500 = 2400.

D.D. assailant ATK 1700 DEF 1600 LV 4 EARTH warrior.

Alexis smiled, "My monster was D.D. assailant, when she's destroyed she banishes herself and whatever monster destroyed her" explained Alexis, Titan growled in anger as his monster was banished from the field, however there was nothing else he could do so he ended his turn.

Alexis started her turn, "First I summon Manju of the ten thousand hands, when this card is normal summoned I can add a ritual monster or ritual spell from my deck to my hand" said Alexis as she added Spirit's blessing to her hand.

Manju of the ten thousand hands ATK 1400 DEF 1000 LV 4 LIGHT fairy.

"Now I'll activate Spirit's blessing and use the Cyber angel benten in my hand as the tribute, with this I can ritual summon Herald of perfection" said Alexis as she summoned Herald of perfection in defence mode.

Herald of perfection ATK 1800 DEF 2800 LV 6 LIGHT fairy.

"And since I used Benten as a tribute I can add a LIGHT fairy monster from my deck to my hand" said Alexis as she added Cyber angel idaten to her hand, "Now Manju attack him directly" Manju attacked Titan.

Titan LP 4000 – 1400 = 2600.

Titan's LP went down however he didn't seem to mind, "The shadows are my friends now, they won't hurt me" he said.

Titan started his turn, "I activate Dark hole, this spell will destroy all monsters on the field" he said as he activated his card, "I don't think so, I activate Herald of perfection's effect, by discarding a fairy type monster I can negate your card's activation and destroy it" said Alexis as she discarded Idaten, Dark hole was negated and destroyed.

Titan looked incredibly angry as he continued his turn, "I summon Lancer archfiend in attack mode, and I'll use him to destroy your attack position monster" he said, Manju was destroyed by Lancer archfiend.

Lancer archfiend ATK 1600 DEF 1400 LV 4 DARK fiend.

Lancer archfiend ATK 1600 + 500 = 2100.

Alexis LP 4000 – 700 = 3300.

Alexis felt intense pain rush through her body, "So, this is what a shadow game's like" she thought.

"Now I'll place a card face down and end my turn" said Titan.

Alexis started her turn, "I activate the spell card Pot of extravagance, this card allows me to banish six random cards from my extra deck in order to draw two cards" she said as she drew her cards.

"Now I'll summon Exiled force in attack mode" said Alexis, Titan laughed at Alexis's monster, "That card isn't nearly strong enough to defeat my monster" he said, "This card's a lot stronger that it looks" said Alexis.

Exiled force ATK 1000 DEF 1000 LV 4 EARTH warrior.

"I activate Exiled force's effect, by tributing this card I can destroy one monster on the field" explained Alexis, Titan looked horrified as Lancer archfiend was destroyed.

"Next I'll switch Herald of perfection into attack mode and use him to attack you directly" said Alexis as her monster attacked Titan.

Titan LP 2600 – 1800 = 800.

This time Titan showed clear signs that he was in pain as he lost LP, "It looks like the shadows don't like you as much as you thought they did" said Alexis, "Shut up" panted Titan.

Titan started his turn, "I activate the ritual spell Contract with the abyss" he said, "No you don't, I'll use Herald of perfection's effect to negate your card" said Alexis as she discarded Cyber petit angle.

"I don't need that card, I can just use this instead, I activate Double summon" said Titan, Alexis knew that she was in trouble she didn't have another fairy monster in her hand so she couldn't use Herald of perfection's effect again.

"With Double summon I can normal summon two monsters this turn, so I'll normal summon Mad archfiend and I'll also normal summon Archfiend solder in attack mode" said Titan.

Mad archfiend ATK 1800 DEF 0 LV 4 DARK fiend.

Mad archfiend ATK 1800 + 500 = 2300.

Archfiend solder ATK 1900 DEF 1500 LV 4 DARK fiend.

Archfiend solder ATK 1900 + 500 = 2400.

"Mad archfiend attack her monster" ordered Titan, Mad archfiend attacked and destroyed Herald of perfection, "And now Archfiend solder attack her directly" ordered Titan, Alexis was attacked directly.

Alexis LP 3300 – 500 = 2800.

Alexis LP 2800 – 2400 = 400.

Alexis fell to her knees in pain and exhaustion, the shadows sensed her weakness and slowly began to make their way towards her, Titan smiled as he watched the shadows move closer to Alexis.

However before the shadows could reach her Alexis clenched her fist and managed to stand up, "What, how can you still have enough strength to fight" asked a shocked Titan remembering that he had fallen to the shadows during his first shadow game.

"Because, unlike you I have something to fight for" panted Alexis, Alexis was standing but she was very unsteady, her legs was shaking and her vision was blurred, however she was still prepared to fight.

Suddenly both Alexis and Titan heard the sound of footsteps coming closer, "It seems we have some company, shall we let them is" said Titan as he raised his hand to his mask.

The shadowy goo around the door reseeded and Robin ran into the room looking very worried, "Alexis are you ok" he asked as the shadows returned to the door trapping him inside, "Don't worry, I'm fine" panted Alexis, however Robin could tell that she was lying.

Robin tried to reach Alexis but shadows burst from the ground blocking his path.

It was at this moment that Robin realised who Alexis was duelling, "Titan? I thought you was dead" he said, "You're going to wish that I had died" laughed Titan, "I already do" said Robin under his breath.

"I'm so glad that you're here Robin, now you can watch as I take away someone you care about" laughed Titan, "Your acting as if your actually going to win this duel" said Robin.

"What do you mean" said Titan with a hint of anger, "Alexis is just as good of a duellist as I am, and the last time I checked you couldn't beat me" said Robin, Alexis smiled knowing that Robin had complete faith in her.

"When you defeated me I was merely a pretender, but now I have become one with the shadows, neither of you could possibly hope to beat me" said Titan, "Well I'm about to beat you right now" said Alexis.

Alexis drew her card, "I activate Reinforcement of the army, this spell card allows me to add a level 4 or lower warrior monster from my deck to my hand" said Alexis as she added Blade skater to her hand.

"Next I'll use Polymerization to fuse Blade skater and Etoile cyber together, with these two monsters I can create Cyber blader" said Alexis as her new monster appeared on the field.

Cyber blader ATK 2100 DEF 800 LV 7 EARTH warrior.

"You fool, that monster can't defeat either of my monsters" said Titan, "Yes she can, Cyber blader gains a different ability based on how many monsters you control, and if you have two monsters then Cyber blader's ATK is doubled" explained Alexis.

Cyber blader ATK 2100 + 2100 = 4200.

Titan's eyes widened in fear as he realised what was about to happen, "Cyber blader attack his monster now" ordered Alexis, Cyber blader sliced straight through Archfiend solder destroying it.

Titan LP 800 – 1800 = 0.

The shadow began to creep closer to Titan as soon as his LP hit 0, "No, no please, I don't want to go back to the shadows" screamed Titan as he tried to get away, however the shadows grabbed a hold of him and they started to pull him down.

Titan tried to use the magic of his shadow charm mask but this did nothing and the shadows soon covered his face, with one last scream of agony and fear Titan sunk into the ground and was gone.

Alexis was so exhausted from the duel that she could no longer stand, Alexis was about to collapse onto the floor but Robin ran up to her and caught her, "Alexis are you ok" asked Robin, "Yes, I'm ok" said Alexis as she almost fell asleep in Robin's arms.

Suddenly a ball of light burst out of the floor where Titan had been sucked down, the ball of light flew past Robin and Alexis and out of the Abandoned dorm.

"What was that" asked a confused Robin, "Atticus, Titan bet Atticus's mine on this duel, he said that Atticus would be restored if I beat him" said Alexis regaining some of her strength.

"Then we need to get back to the infirmary, he could wake up at any minute" said Robin, Alexis nodded and then Robin helped her up the stair and out of the basement.