Chapter 72; operation dimension takeover
Sonic woke up at dawn to run a few laps before everyone else and clear his mind. Today was the day of the attack. He could no longer sleep. He was very nervous. And he felt his heart would burst with anxiety.
He had spent all night revising the plan but he felt unsure no matter what. While everyone thought it was good, he had started to think it was actually a big risk. If their operation of breaking into the stadium and capturing the commander while at the same time convincing his troops that he was a traitor and have them join the resistance instead went wrong the resistance would end. And there were so many things could go wrong.
He was so lost in his thoughts that he didn't notice Amy coming up to him.
"What are you doing up so early?"
"Trying to pull myself together. I need to remove this anxiety before the operation begins.
"Why are you so worried?"
"Everyone is depending on me general. The basis of the plan is mine so if it fails…"
"It won't fail."
"How do you know?"
"I just know. You have literally made the resistance stronger in one day. It took me months to gather all these people to our cause let alone make them stronger."
"Are you sure you aren't putting too much trust in me general?"
"I don't think I'm putting enough trust in you" she said with a smile.
Sonic felt encouraged by her words. He smiled back at her.
"Thank you".
At that moment they heard voices from inside the fortress. The soldiers were waking up. Sonic and Amy made their way back inside and soon enough Shadow joined them.
"Morning general. Morning king"
"King?" Sonic said in surprise.
"Your codename" Amy told him.
"Oh right. Why king though?"
"You are the duel king in your dimension right? What better name?"
"You got a point I guess" Sonic said.
Shadow then turned to the soldiers who had started gathering.
"Attentioooooooooooon!" he screamed as they stood in formation.
"The day to fight once again has come! Arm your hearts with courage my soldiers! Today we march into dimension 518! If the plan works we will not need to fight. but if need arises we will fight harder than ever today! And we will win!"
The soldiers shouted a war roar.
"Today we send our enemies a message! The multiverse is not yet theirs! We are not yet theirs! The resistance stands strong!"
The soldiers roared once again.
"Now my soldiers prepare yourselves! For soon enough.. it will be time to fight!" Shadow screamed while at the same time sending Mephiles to gather the members of the infiltration squad.
Some minutes later Sonic, Tails 616 and the remaining members of the squad had assembled and prepared to open the portal to 518. Silver previously upgraded the wristwatches so that portals could be opened right on top of each other essentially becoming one and the same allowing multiples to pass through it safely. Soon enough they had opened the portal. They walked through it and ended up in a junkyard in 518.
After the portal closed they walked through the mountains of junk and found the entrance of the sewers.
"Activate the gps" Tails ordered a version of Knuckles from the squad. The latter obliged and the squad fully dressed in protective suits started walking through the sewers.
Sonic couldn't smell anything but the sight of the sewer water wasn't any less disgusting. He could also see in his comrades' faces they were equally as disgusted as he was.
Minutes went by in total silence except their footsteps. Suddenly a version of Jet who was wearing a headset made by Silver which allowed him to catch sound waves from above stopped moving.
"What is it?" Tails 616 asked him.
"I can hear shots from above. The general and the shadow of war must have started the diversion. We need to move quickly."
They all walked quicker until they made sure they were under the stadium-fortress. Tails 616 ordered versions of Sonic,himself and Knuckles to cut the ceiling of the sewer open to enter one of the storage rooms. After 5 minutes of hard work using blowtorches to weaken the material and saw buzzes to cut it open they opened a hole. The team then took half of the squad and proceeded further to enter from a different room. Sonic, Tails and the remaining soldiers followed by the version of Vector who would pretend to be the commander then set up a small device Silver had given them also which allowed them to detect other enemy soldiers from inside the storage room. Slowly and impatiently they copied enough soldier forms with the illusion program to pass unnoticed. They all then split into groups of two and started heading towards the commander's room ready to take on his guard and praying they wouldn't run into the soldiers the forms of which they copied.
Sonic who had partnered with Tails 616 for this tried his best to act cool when they came across enemy soldiers. Thankfully no one talked to them as they were all busy following orders and assumed the same for Sonic and Tails. After a while they reached the start of the hallway that led to the commander's office and the base of his personal guard. Almost at the exact same time the rest of the duos they arranged arrived.
"Alright. Team 1 is in position. Team 2 you ready?"
"We need a couple more minutes. Got sidetracked to keep the rouse".
"We don't have 2 minutes."
"On our way. Just a little longer. Over and out".
"Screw it. Let's go." Tails said as he, Sonic and the remaining members of team 1 walked down the hallway.
A version of Amy was standing outside the door to the office. When she noticed them coming she whispered something to her wristwatch and ordered them to stop.
"What is your purpose here?"
"We have come to escort the commander elsewhere. The rebels entered the city. Lord Sonic's orders."
Amy nodded and was about to open the door but instead sounded the alarm!
The deafening sound of a siren blasted everyone in the building. Sonic who knew now that their time had been reduced to mere seconds before an entire army came to the aid of the commander, attacked Amy and knocked her down with his strongest punch. Right away the door to the next room was opened and the remaining members of the commander's guard emerged. A Sonic, a Tails, a Knuckles, a Silver and a Blaze.
"They got Amy! Get them!" the newly appeared Sonic screamed as his charged the enemies as his mark started glowing.
Everyone in the corridor started fighting in an all-out brawl. Sonic was doing his best to avoid getting punched by the members of the guard. He watched in horror as the Knuckles from the guard punched one of his allies with such strength that the head was almost cut off from the body. Their ally dropped to the ground dead.
It was obvious that they were using the powers of the lunar dragon on themselves to increase their physical strength. Sonic tried telling this to his team to do the same but it was no use. They didn't have a moment to think or communicate.
At that moment 10 more soldiers appeared from the other end of the corridor. The commander's guard didn't stop fighting thinking that the newcomers were backup. However when the newcomers arrived they took out taser guns and let the members of the guard have it. In mere moments they were out like a light.
The leader of the second team, a version of Tails from dimension 480 approached Tails 616 and Sonic.
"I told you to wait! Now we lost a soldier!"
"I told YOU that we didn't have time! You took too long!"
"Enough!" Sonic said knowing time was running out "team 2 lock yourselves in the guard's room and try to convince them to ally with us. If they don't agree find out where the relic is and then push them through a portal. And don't exit the room unless you hear the password."
"Roger" Tails 480 said and began dragging the bodies of the fainted guard members inside the room.
Sonic then turned to the commander's room's door and kicked it open with some help of his powers of the dragon. Just as he predicted the commander of the dimension Vector was there sitting behind his desk relaxed thinking his guard had it under control. When he saw them barge in he almost fell from his chair.
"What the…" was all he managed to say before 2 soldiers jumped on him and immobilized him before he was able to call for backup. Sonic brought everyone inside and barricaded the door. Moments later he heard bangs coming from it as backup had arrived and was trying to open the door.
"Quickly. Tie up the commander and start the broadcast" Sonic said while he contacted Amy "general how are things outside?"
"The moment the alarm went off everyone of them retreated into the city. We are already inside. They are gathered outside the fortress. Ιs the transmission ready to start?"
"Almost there. Tails have you hacked into the stadium's big sreen?"
"Yes. We're all set. Vector take place" Tails ordered him as the latter wore the commander's uniform.
"Ready" he said taking place in front of a soldier who was targeting him with a duel disc firing system.
"We go live in 3….2….1… now" Tails said as he pressed the button to activate the camera.
Immediately two members of the squad fired with their duel discs on the ceiling making it sound like they had just fought their way into the commander's office. Vector who was wearing the now tied up commander Vector's uniform immediately dropped to the ground and removed his duel disc.
"Please no violence! Have mercy!"
"Why should we spare you? You and others like yourself have spread pain to millions! Give us one good reason not to end you right now!"
"I can give you information about lord Sonic. Locations, names, plans you say it. Just please spare me. Please! I was forced."
"It's working" Amy said to Sonic through the com "they see everything. And they are outraged by his betrayal."
"Good we'll keep going."
"We can consider sparing you if you answer this one question. Is it true there is a relic important to the warlord in this fortress?"
"Yes. Yes! I can take you to it"
Sonic at that moment heard screams of anger coming from the walls and through his com. They had achieved their mission. The army was now headless. The perfect opportunity.
"Cut the transmission" he ordered making sure he was heard "let's have this gentleman prove he is telling the truth.
Once the transmission was cut they all started celebrating silently to keep the rouse going. Sonic then opened the office door and faced all the now silent and immobile backup for the commander who now looked like they had no purpose.
"Your commander has shown his true colors. There is no more reason for us to fight. Let's head outside. The general of the rebellion has a few words to speak to everyone".
The enemy troops looked at each other and just headed outside accompanied by the remaining members of the squad except for 2 soldiers who took the captive commander elsewhere. Sonic then knocked the door to the guard's room and whispered "king". Upon hearing his codename, Tails 616 opened the door. Inside were only the members of team 2. The guard was nowhere to be found.
"They didn't want to cooperate did they?"
"No."
"Where is the relic?"
"Inside the commander's vault. We will have to interrogate him for the password."
"Or just crack the vault open. We'll see later. For now let's go to the general's speech to the losing side" Sonic said.
They left the guard room and after a few minutes of silence while moving towards the entrance of the fortress where Amy was waiting for them Tails voiced a question he had.
"What are we going to do with the captured commander? We didn't think this through. If we recruit all of the soldiers under him to the rebellion he will not be accepted among them".
"And he is too big a loose end to let go. I don't know. We'll have to discuss this with the general" Sonic said trying to solve this dilemma inside his head.
Once they were out they were greeted by the entire part of lord Sonic's army under the command of the captured Vector. Some of them raised their duel discs to fire but most remained silent. Sonic had hit jackpot with his plan. Seeing their commander being a coward who only turned to the warlord for power had made them unsure of how they would be treated by the warlord. Making it the perfect opportunity to open their eyes to the evil the warlord was causing.
At that moment the marching forces of the rebellion appeared behind them approaching the fortress. Sonic could see their enemies whispering. On the front was Shadow, his tall stature along with his battle scars and his metallic hand made him look like a walking god. And right there by his side was Amy. The two leaders of the rebellion. Shadow stopped short of reaching the silent former allies of the warlord while Amy moved forward through them who opened the way for her. She made it to the entrance of the fortress and greeted Tails and Sonic.
"Good work. We have done it."
"Yes general. Now let's not keep these people waiting."
"Ok. When I tell you to come forward you come ok?" she said referring to Sonic.
"Yes."
Amy nodded and turned to face the former warriors of the warlord.
"Why are you all being silent?" she asked them but no one said anything.
"You have watched us march in this dimension today and capture your commander. Aren't you going to fight back?"
"Why should we fight for him? He betrayed the warlord!"
"He did. You all saw he was really afraid of the warlord. He joined him for nothing but the chance to be on the winning side".
"He won't be on the winning side. But we will. Once lord Sonic finds out you captured us he will come to our rescue" the same guy said. Sonic saw it a version of Jet. He wore a helmet with the number 215 on it.
"Captured you? Of course not. Look behind you. My troops are not here to fight you. We have only come to free the dimension".
Jet 215 wanted to answer but he knew she had a point.
"As for the part that he will come to your rescue… I don't think you really believe it. He sees everyone as nothing more than disposable tools. Where do you think your former commander's guard is?"
Jet 215 realized that they were indeed absent.
"Once we captured your commander they retreated and went to find your warlord. our own soldiers followed them and they were all killed. We heard it happen."
Jet 215 was at a loss for words.
"You have been told that we are your enemies. But we will not call you our enemies. Or bad guys. You have all been deceived by real bad guy this whole time. And for that we won't capture you. We are giving you a choice. We can let you go… or you could join us."
"W-why would we join you? What does it matter that you give us a choice. If the warlord is as evil as you say then we are doomed regardless".
"Not quite. Because we have an ally who has prevailed over the warlord once."
"Who?"
"Sonic 999" Amy said as Sonic took a step forward and raised his right hand revealing his mark of the dragon.
Immediately everyone of the spectators gasped at the sight. Sonic lowered his hand again and noticed Am motioning to him to continue her speech for her.
"It is true. I faced the warlord in a duel. And if he was not a coward and let the duel end I would have won. The general is right. The warlord is pure evil. And he will stop at nothing for power. You are nothing but pawns to him. But not to us. Why do you think we orchestrated this whole plan today? We did so no one of you would have to die. We knew your commander would barricade himself in his room. But a true leader would fight by your side. I have nothing more to say about this matter. Your leaders up until now were cowards and evil who would sacrifice you in an instant. But the rebellion values every version of every person living across the multiverse. We want to save as many as we can if not everyone".
The spectators started whispering again. Sonic knew he had to end the message in a powerful way so that it would impact them a lot. He motioned to Silver who was at the back to send up a drone to record a message which could be spread across the dimension with the help of quantonions. Once the drone started recording he continued.
"You are not our enemies and we are not your enemies. We all have only one true enemy. And it is the warlord. He sits in the safety of his dimension while you were all fighting his war for him. Losing you lives or worse your loved ones for his crusade of evil and destruction! Are you going to continue serving him after all that?!"
"No!" the spectators roared while being recorded by the drone.
"Whoever sees this message across the multiverse, if you are enemies of the warlord you are friends of the rebellion. Do not fear him for you are not alone! Fight on! And together we will free the multiverse!"
The spectators roared once again agreeing with Sonic.
"And now I'm referring to the warlord personally through this. Yes, I killed your son who attacked me and tried to kill me, yes I blew up your fortress and yes I burned your face in that explosion. But you have caused thousands of times more pain to trillions! And soon enough the multiverse will know this too! You're going down!" Sonic said as the drone stopped recording and broadcasted this mes You are going down!sage throughout the dimensions in waves of quantonions.
After Sonic had finished giving his speech Shadow took over and started gathering everyone who wanted to join the rebellion actively and the rest would stay in this dimension. Amy arranged as well that they put the dimension on lockdown the same way Sonic had protected his own, so that the warlord couldn't reconquer it. After these arrangements were made she, Sonic and Tails returned to commander Vector's office. There Amy sent Tails off to find the soldiers guarding him and ordered them to take his wristwatch and open a portal to lord Sonic's dimension and send him there. They knew the lord Sonic wouldn't hear anything Vector would say. After Tails left Sonic and Amy uncovered the hidden vault.
"Now what?"
"Simple" Sonic said grabbing the door to the vault while using his powers to increase his strength the same way the commander's guard had. Amy copied him and together they broke the vault open. Inside was a small box. Sonic took it and opened it. Inside was a small cylinder. And inside was small piece of parchment.
"A parchment? That is the relic?"
"The whole thing is the relic general. But the important part is this." Sonic said having unrolled the parchment and revealing a written message.
"Let me see" she said taking it and reading it.
"When the dimensions collide, when your spirit is as steadfast as a rock, the sapphire cracked on the side, the power it will unlock".
"A poem?" Sonic wondered.
"Or maybe a riddle. Whatever it is we need to hold onto it. Let's go. We need to return to our base before the dimension is put on lockdown".
"Yeah".
They left the commander's office and joined Shadow outside.
"Good news general. Over 80% of the local soldiers have agreed to join us.
"Really? Awesome! The more we gather the stronger we get."
"We need to get going" Tails' voice was heard from Amy's duel disc com system "the rogues are harnessing their powers to lock the dimension".
"Let's go" Amy said activating her wristwatch and creating a portal. Sonic and Shadow copied her opening the portals right on hers making them one and the same. Once they had walked through, they looked back and saw a weird phenomenon occur. A small blue veil covered the portal and then disappeared. Sonic took a rock and threw it towards the portal. Just as he expected it bounced back.
"Good. Victory for the rebellion" Amy said with a smile.
Sonic and Shadow then followed her as they returned to their base. It was way more crowded than before. They had even started using their powers to expand the courtyard and have more room for the recruits. It was an almost perfect view.
Except for the fact they had to bury their fallen comrade. Sonic and the leading members of the resistance buried the body on the beach close to the fortress. Shadow had suggested that the burial was attended by everyone but Amy discouraged him, claiming they needed everyone to be in a good mood. Sonic agreed with her stating that the recruits needed to see the normal side of the rebellion, not a burial.
After the burial they returned to the base where thankfully everything was going perfectly. The recruits and the rebel soldiers were interacting very smoothly. Some were even sparring in dueling. Before of course the leading members of the resistance could also relax, they needed to have a meeting to discuss the riddle found in the vault. They all headed to the meeting room on the top floor as the sun was setting casting shadows in the walls of the room. Once they had all sat at the table Amy revealed the contents of the parchment she and Sonic had found.
"When the dimensions collide? What does that mean?" Silver said scratching his chin.
"What if it means? They all start to merge due to everyone of ourselves interacting with other versions of ourselves?" Storm said causing everyone to look at him.
"Sorry. I saw it once in a movie."
"If that was the case it would have happened a long time ago. This war has been raging on for months." Silver countered.
"He is right. It has to mean something else."
"What if it is referring to the war itself?" Wave said thinking "in a way the dimensions are colliding through their inhabitants".
"That could be true. But what about the next sentence. When your spirit is as steadfast as a rock. What do we need steadfast hearts and spirits for exactly?"
"No idea" Sonic said "but the next one sounds strange. The sapphire cracked on the side. What does it mean? That there is a cracked sapphire out there that has power? And what do we need it for?"
"Whatever the answers are this is a clue to the mystery of the lunar dragon's true form. Perhaps the other dimensions on the list also contain some. What is the next one general?" Tails asked Amy.
She pulled out the list and looked through it.
"749".
"I heard about that place. It is something like an xyz dimension. Everyone there uses only xyz related strategies".
"Interesting. All right. Shadow. Tomorrow I want you to gather our best xyz style duelists. We need to have an expedition to that dimension and see what we can find."
"You got it general."
"Ok everyone meeting dismissed. Let's go and meet our recruits".
Everyone left the meeting room and returned to the courtyard to celebrate their victory.
Meanwhile in dimension 111 in his stronghold, lord Sonic was undergoing a procedure to heal his face from the burns. Normally he would have used his powers to heal his face but his overflowing rage for Sonic 999 was making it difficult to focus his power correctly. The procedure was very slow and painful and drove him mad. He couldn't wait to be done with it and continue his conquest in order to draw out 999.
"My lord" one of his advisors came inside very cautious and not daring look him in the eyes "my lord I… it's very bad news".
"What bad news?"
"We caught a quantonion transmission. It was sent from the rebellion."
"The rebellion?"
"Yes my lord… they… they took back dimension 518.. the relic is in their hands".
"What?!"
"And it's worse than that.. they uh… somehow blocked our access to the dimension. we can open portals there but can't walk through them."
Lord Sonic's rage was flowing through the room like a invisible blanket of evil.
"Show me the message".
"Y-Yes m-my lord" the advisor said as passed the message from his wristwatch to the warlord's.
The next few seconds passed by like an eternity of anger and rage for the warlord. He watched us his army turned against him and roared cries of defiance. And in the end was the cherry on top of the cake. The message Sonic 999 sent to him personally.
At that very moment 3 soldiers brought in the defeated commander Vector. Lord Sonic could hear them as if they were at the end of a large long tunnel. Their voices never echoed completely in his ears. Because at that very moment he heard the final words of Sonic 999's message. They echoed in his head so loudly that he felt the urge to explode.
"You're going down!"
The next moment the advisor, Vector and the soldiers in the room caught fire out of nowhere. They fell to the ground writhing and screaming in pain begging lord Sonic to stop. But he couldn't hear them. All he could hear was his own scream of anger and rage as his powers continued to destroy everything around him.
At the same time at the rebels' base everything was running smoothly. Sonic Amy Tails and Shadow had got into a conversation with Jet from dimension 215 who told them his life story of how he had joined the warlord out of fear for his family but over time found himself desiring power. His wife and child eventually left the dimension to get away from the man he was becoming.
"All I want is to see them one more time" Jet ended his story "to apologize. And to see the face of my son just once. I don't care if they forgive me. I just want peace".
"Do you have any idea where they went?"
"No. They could be in any dimension."
"I see. Well maybe we will run into them in our quest to stop the warlord. If not we will help you find them afterward".
"Thank you. For that and for waking me up from that nightmare I was falling into".
"Don't mention it. Just being our ally is enough of thanks".
"Say you are said to be the strongest Sonic in the multiverse right?" Jet asked Sonic 999.
"That's what I'm called. I don't think myself to be the strongest but I'm pretty good if I do say so myself".
"Then let's see what you got" Jet said challenging him.
"Hey. Let him be. He was in the front lines today in enemy territory he deserves some rest" Amy countered.
"What? It's just a duel. For fun."
"I said he deserves rest. If you want to duel I'll take you on" Amy said boldly.
"Sure. I'm down let's do it"
They both activated their duel discs which drew the attention of everyone. Sonic himself was very intrigued. He had never seen the general duel.
"Duel!"
"I'd normally say ladies first and go first but I think I will let you go first."
"As you wish general! I draw! I activate the field spell prank kids place!"
"Prank-kids?" Sonic wondered in surprise "some name for a deck archetype".
"With the effect of place I add a prank kids monsrer from my deck to my hand. I choose prank kids dropsies! And now I summon it!"
Sonic surprised by the appearance of 3 blue kids from that monster card. That deck looked funny.
"Now I set the link markers with my dropsies! Circuit combine. Link summon! Come on out! Prank kids meow-mu!"
A pair of a cat and a dog playing appeared on the extra monster zone something that Sonic realized Amy found very cute.
"Now my dropsies effect activates. If it's sent to the graveyard as a link or fusion material I can heal by 1000 LP and summon a prank kids monster from my hand or deck in defense mode. Come on out prank-kids lampsies!" (Jet LP 9000)
"Woah. These monsters link up into more powerful monsters, affect our life points and summon others? Very powerful" Amy commented impressed.
"Thank you. Now I once again set the link markers with my lampsies and meow mu! Circuit combine. Link summon! Come on out! Prank-kids dodo-doodle doo!"
"Another funny monster" Sonic said greatly impressed by both the funny artwork of the monsters and their powerful effects.
"Funny and powerful. When dodo doodle do is summoned I can add a prank-kids spell or trap card from my deck to my hand. But this the 1st effect to activate in a chain. Lampsies activate second so they resolve first. You lose 500 life points and I summon another prank kids monster".
"Good chain. You are trying to add a spell or trap and protect your monster by making it resolve second so I can't use any effect like ash blossom. However a card like effect veiler is a different story. By discarding it, doodle do loses its effect".
"Impressive. Lampsies resolves. Join the fun prank kids rocksies" (Amy LP 7500) "Now to continue the fun.I set the link markers with my doodle do and rocksies! Circuit combine. Link summon! Come out! Prank kids bow wow bark!"
"This guy keeps piling up his advantage. This should make it fair for him to fight the general" Shadow said smiling.
"She is that strong?" Sonic said in surprise.
"Just watch" Shadow answered.
"Rocksies effect activates. I banish a card from my hand, in our case psy-frame driver and draw one card then summon a new prank kids to the party! I draw! Now come on out! Once again welcome prank kids dropsies."
"Not again" Amy said grumpy.
"No worries general. The effects of each prank kids monster are once per turn. However I'm far from done. I activate the spell card pot of desires. I banish the top 10 cards of my deck to draw 2 new ones. Excellent. I activate the spell card prank kids pranks. I discard prank kids fansies and summon a prank kids token in defense mode. Next I set 2 cards face down and enter my end phase. I use now another one of pranks' effects. I return doodle do, dropsies and fansies from my graveyard to my deck shuffle and draw one card. Now I end my turn".
"My turn I draw" Amy said.
"Once you draw I activate the effect of bow wow bark. I tribute bow wow bark and add back lampsies and rockies to my hand. Furthermore any prank kids I control this turn will not be destroyed by card effects."
"You control none".
"For the moment. I activate my first set card! Prank kids pandemonium! I fuse prank kids from my hand or field! The kids of blue, red and yellow that play pranks on people. Now become one and spread chaos mixed with fun! Fusion summon! Come on out! Prank kids battle butler!"
"Strong" Sonic said "3000 attack and defense and can't be destroyed by card effects".
"And now the abilities of my 3 prank kids activate!"
"They can be activated on my turn too?"
"Yes. Lampsies burns you for 500, dropsies heals me for 1000 and rocksies allows me to banish a card from my hand and draw a new one! Plus they all summon other prank kids from my deck! Come on out rocksies dropsies and lampsies!" (Jet LP 10000, Amy LP 7000)
"Impressive board Jet. Now to break it apart!" Amy declared "I draw!"
"Tear it apart?" Jet said in surprise.
"Yes. And the demolition starts right now. I activate the field spell magical meltdown. With this effect I can add aleister the invoker from my deck to my hand."
"She has an invoked deck like my son?" Sonic wondered in silence.
"Now I summon aleister the invoker. With his effect I add the fusion spell invocation from my deck to my hand."
"No you don't general. I discard ash blossom to negate this effect."
"Fine. I activate another spell card. Nadir's servant!"
"And this is where the general's true power comes in play" Shadow commented.
"Another card I've never seen before." Sonic said.
"I send a monster from my extra deck to the graveyard like el shadoll apkalone. Now I can add a dogmatika monster from my deck to my hand. I choose dogmatika ecclesia the virtuous. Now apkalone's effect triggers in the graveyard. Because it was sent there I can add a shadoll card from my deck to my hand and then discard a card. I add shadoll schism and then discard shadoll beast. Beast's effect lets me draw a card because it was sent to the graveyard. Since you control a monster that originated from the extra deck I can special summon ecclesia imeediately. Now her effect comes in play. Since it was summoned I can add a dogmatika card to my hand from my deck. I choose dogmatika punishment. I now enter the battle phase! Aleister, ecclesia attack dropsies and lampsies!"
"I don't think so I activate the effect of battle butler! By tributing it it destroys all your monsters!"
"Some effect but it will cost you your best monster!"
"On the contrary general. Meow mu can be banished as the cost of this effect instead. Battle butler! Serve the general a good old plate of pain!"
Battle butler exploded destroying both of Amy's monsters.
"Good move. But I'm far from done. I set 3 card and end my turn."
"Why didn't see go for any link plays before attacking?" Sonic asked Shadow.
"The general's dogmatika cards restrict you from using your extra deck after even one of them resolves. However the general knows this and always plans accordingly. You'll see."
"Such a restrictive deck. What is her plan?" Sonic said.
"I draw general. I summon another lampsies from my hand. Now I set the link markers with all 4 of my prank kids except battle butler. Circuit combine! Link summon! Rise! Prank kids rip roaring roaster! And now 3 out of my 4 prank kids' effects activate!"
"Not this time Jet. I activate the trap shadoll schism. I can fusion summon a shadoll fusion monster by banishing materials from my graveyard!"
"Oh no! I know this strategy. I can't let it go off. I activate roaster's effect! It's too bad that I will lose it but tribute it to destroy all your spell and traps!"
"Yes. But it's the cost to tribute it! And I activate my second set card called by the grave! It banishes your monster and negates its effect!"
"No! I discard ghost belle and haunted mansion to negate your spell card since it banishes a monster!"
"Valliant effort but I am one step ahead! I activate the effect of psy framegear gamma!"
"Oh no!"
"It negates the activation of a monster's effect if I control no monsters summons itself to my field and then destroys the card he negated. So belle is negated, called by resolves and negates your roaster and my schism resolves successfully! I fuse together el shadoll apkalone and beast! The magician who control the creature of darkness and the beast the feeds off the darkness. Now become one and bring for the deity of chaos! Fusion summon! Rise! El shadoll winda!"
"That's what the general was going for!" Sonic said in shock "Winda allows each player to special summon once per turn! And since Jet already summoned rip roaring roaster the prank kids' effects will resolve but they won't be able to summon anything!"
"Damn. The effect of my prank kids monsters resolve!" (Jet LP 11000, Amy LP 6500) "You may have the upper hand general but I'm ahead in life points and I can just rebuild my board once I get rid of winda! Battle buttler is still alive and therefore will destroy you! Battle butler! Attack winda!"
"I activate the trap dogmatika punishment! I send a monster with equal or more attack power than battle butler in my extra deck to the graveyard and destroy battle butler! I send borreload dragon! Say goodbye Jet!"
"Not yet! I activate my butler's effect. This time he does tribute himself but it destroys your winda for good!"
Battle butler exploded again this time going down. Winda however was left standing.
"How is that possible?!"
"Winda can't be destroyed by card effects Jet. Battle butler used its effect for nothing. And now your monsters have effect destruction protection too. but because of winda's floodgate effect you can't summon any more monsters!"
"Damn. I end my turn."
"Gamma and driver are banished because of gamma's effect".
"Give me your best shot general!"
"Time to end this! I draw! Perfect! I use my winda to set the link markers! Circuit combine! Link summon! Come forth gravity controller! Now I activate the spell card invocation!"
"She drew it!" Sonic said in shock realizing what she could do now.
"I banish ecclesia and aleister! The virtuous maiden and the invoker of the elements! Now become one and bring for the beast of light! Fusion summon! Come forth! Invoked mechaba! Next the effect of invocation activates in my graveyard! I add aleister to my hand to add it to my deck. And now I summon aleister and use its effect to once again add and activate invocation! This time I fuse aleister on my field with rocksies in your graveyard!"
"Oh no!"
"The invoker of the elements and the yellow kids that play pranks on people! Now become one and call forth the beast of earth! Fusion summon! Appear! Invoked magellanica!"
"Not enough to finish me general!"
"Not done yet! I have one final card in my hand! Another copy of nadir's servant. I send elder entity ntss from my extra deck to the graveyard and add another ecclesia to my hand! Elder entity's effect activates upon hitting the graveyard! your last set card is destroyed!"
"No my storming mirror force!"
"And now I summon ecclesia to my field since there is a monster from the extra deck on it! With her effect I add dogmatika fleurdelis the knighted! And she has the same effect as ecclesia. She is immediately summoned to the field due to the presence of a fusion monster! Now I enter my battle phase! Gravity controller and my invoked monsters attack!"
"AAAAAH!" (Jet LP 4500)
"Ecclesia your turn!"
"AAH!" (Jet LP 3000)
"So close yet so far general! Your last monster only has 2500 attack points I will survive and win next turn!"
"There won't be a next turn Jet! Fleurdelis grants a 500 attack point boost to herself and all dogmatika monsters on the field every time a dogmatika monster battles! And ecclesia just attacked you!"
"Oh no! It can't be!"
"Finish him Fleurdelis!"
"NOOOOO!" (Jet LP 0) "Damn so close. You are very strong general. If you are so strong I can only imagine Sonic 999's power."
"I'll take it as a compliment. Thank you. Let's get back to celebrating our victory comrades!" she said as the celebration continued.
Later that night after everyone was fast asleep Sonic reached out to his family to inform them of the victory. His children were ecstatic at the news. And Amy felt unending happiness but also anxiety for the future of the war.
"Don't worry Ames" Sonic told her "we will all be fine. The rebellion has my back and I have theirs. That is how we will win".
"I know. But don't relax just because you won one battle. The war has just begun."
"I won't. I promise you I will return safe and sound. Goodnight my love" Sonic said as he cut the connection and laid on his bed falling asleep getting ready for tomorrow's expedition in dimension 749 or as Tails 616 called it the xyz dimension.
