Chapter 2
Armageddon
"It's a shame you shall never become an adult," the man said as a pitch-black Duel Disk appeared on his left arm, "for you shall never live long enough to see that future." Kyte clenched his teeth. "You're not gonna get away from what you did to them!" he said as he looked over his shoulder; rubble and people are still frozen in time with expressions of fear written all over their faces. The man simply chuckled, "And you children think you can deliver 'justice'?" "Enough!" Jasin said with anger in his tone. "Kyte and I will make you fall to your knees and put everything back to normal!" The shrouded man hid a smirk beneath the darkness. Yes, Jasin, feed that inner rage within you. I'll need as much anger as possible to put my plan into work, the stranger thought.
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Kyte placed his hand onto his deck of cards, "I'll start things off!" He drew a card and looked at his hand of cards. "Okay," he said as he grabbed a card from his hand, "I'm gonna summon Silent Swordsman LV3!" He placed a Monster Card onto the disk; a miniature warrior appeared onto the Field with a wide sword over his shoulder. ATK/1000 DEF/1000 Kyte then placed two cards into the Spell/Trap slots. "Then I set two cards down," he said as holograms of face-down cards appeared. "End turn." Jasin nodded towards his friend, "Right! My move now!" He drew a card as well; he immediately picks a card from his hand. "I summon Horus The Black Flame Dragon LV4!" he said as a silver hawk-like creature appeared onto the field. ATK/1600 DEF/1000 "And then," he said as he inserted a card into the Spell/Trap slot, "I'll play a face-down and end my turn." The man started laughing; both friends looked up at him questioning why he'd laugh. "If that's all you got then I shall end this quick," he said as he drew a card from his own disk. "I shall summon Manju of the Ten Thousand Hands." A horrid creature appears onto the field with ten thousand hands showing from all over its body, just as the card's name described it. ATK/1400 DEF/1000 The monster started to glow, and, at the very same time, a new card appeared in the man's hand. "Manju allows me to--" he said just as before Kyte interrupts him. "We know what it does! It allows ya to get any Ritual Spell or Monster!" Jasin chuckled from Kyte's interruption. "Heh, duh! We are California's top duelists, y'know!" "Ah," the sigh coming from the man, "children these days. They never know when to stop their infernal talking!" He then thrusted his hand towards Kyte's direction with the demand: "Attack his weakling-of-a-monster!" The creature jumped into the air and sent thousands of blue blasts towards the defenseless swordsman. "Not so fast," Kyte said as one of his set cards flew open, "I use the trap, Waboku!" A golden barrier surrounded the small warrior in protection as the bursts of energy flew towards him. The barrier simply absorbed the blasts and, with this, Kyte held a smirk. "Maybe next time you'll have better luck." The man simply chuckled the words, "Atleast I'll have a 'next time'. I shall end my turn."
Kyte drew a card from the Deck Slot; his small monster started to glow. "Now, during my Standby Phase, my Silent Swordsman evolves into a greater monster," he said as the warrior started to grow and age, his sword glowing as it also became much bigger, "Silent Swordsman LV5!" ATK/2300 DEF/1000 "Now, attack that freak of nature!" The warrior listened to the command; the swordsman jumped high into the air with his large sword ready in his hands. He landed right infront of Manju, the blade touching the floor beneath it. A line of light appeared on creature's body and both sides of his body depart and then shatter into data.
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"Alright, Kyte!" Jasin shouted to his friend. Kyte smiled and signalled him with a thumbs-up; he looked back towards the dark-shrouded man. "And with that, I'll pass the turn to my partner." His friend then drew a card. Good, we're summoning our best monsters now. The sooner we win the game, the better. He picked a card from his hand. "I play the Spell Card, Level Up!" His hawk-like dragon roared as its wings flew open; the monster was also growing larger. "My Spell Card does exactly what it's named to do! It levels up my monster, ignoring any kind of summon condition. Now, meet my transformed dragon; Horus the Black Flame Dragon LV6!" ATK/2300 DEF/1600 "Attack, now, with Shadow Flame!" The dragon then flew up into the air, glowing in a dark-blue aura, his might beak wide opened. Then, a burst of black and blue flame came past its mouth and onto the man; the man did not scream nor flinched at all. I can feel rage, even from his own creature. Yes...He shall make a fine addition to my plans.
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Weird, Kyte thought, this Duel is getting very easy. I don't know why, but it feels like as if he's testing us; he wanted us both to duel him at the same time and he's way too calm. He tried to shake off the feeling and looked at his partner. "We're getting closer to finishing this!" Jasin kept his sight on the man and simply replied with a nod.Kyte wondered if his friend also felt something was wrong. "Make your move, you psycho," Jasin said with anger in his tone; the stranger grinned, under the mist of blackness, with satisfaction and pulled a card from his deck. " I shall set two cards face-down onto the field," he said as two set cards appeared, "and then play Card Destruction." Oh great, now we have to draw a new hand, Jasin thought. All three duelists placed their cards into the Discard Slot (also as known as the "Graveyard") and drew the same number of cards they once had. "I shall give you both boys a small token. I activate Card of Sanctity and, by it's effect, we now draw cards until our hands contain six." They drew cards without hesitation. Suddenly, a chilling fit of laughter came from the shrouded man causing the two youn teenagers to shudder. Kyte clenched his right fist. "What's so funny?" Kyte demanded. The dark mist that was covering the man started to fade, revealing what he truly is. He wore a black jacket, along with a black shirt and black pants as well. He had long silver hair, the front slightly spiked into the air. His face is a dark tan and his eyes revealed a cold, black color that would seem so empty to anyone. A devious grinned slowly showed upon his face and spoke in a calm, low tone, "The end of everything."
Suddenly, both boys were stricken with fear of the man's words; they can feel what was going to happen. "Wh-What do you mean," Jasin asked him, " 'the end of everything'?" The man simply smirked as if he was proud to explain what he means. "My cards have divine abilities and whatever they do, it shall be done. For example," he said as his two face-down cards flipped up, "I activate the Spell Cards, End of the World!" Kyte and Jasin both asked in their heads: "End of the World?" Without warning, the floor started to crack and seperate as blue flame started to rise from within. Then, a bright, blue beam rises from the ground and up towards the sky, obliterating the stadium celing with no trouble at all. As the two young duelists looked up, they could see a pattern forming in the sky oh which they have never seen; black clouds started to cover the blue skies as if a blanket of darkness would cover a blue abyss. Jasin held his stand but was frozen in fear; Kyte was looking up in amazement but was also fearful what is to come. "You see," the man said the teens directed their attention back to him, "Armageddon has started right now. Everything shall now be extinct once this duel is over. I discard Dark Necrofear to summon a queen of your extermination!"
A blue, female fiend appeared onto the field and, in her arms, carried a possessed doll with empty green eyes. The creature was then sucked into the raging blue beam to satisfy the effect of one of his Ritual Spells. "I must offer an eight-star monster so I may be able to summon her!" Kyte and Jasin stared into the beam and started to notice a figure inside of it. The beam then seperated into two columns, revealing the horror within; the creature was a beautiful female. She had a rather unusual dress, covered in many designs and colors; her hair was a long white silver color, similar to her master's hair color. In her hand was a weapon that seems like an axe, but the blades were on both sides. The most frightening thing about this monster was her shadow, for it also had a face on the blackness. The man held a satisfied smile on his face as he noticed that fear was written across the boys' faces. "Ruin, Queen of Oblivion." ATK/2300 DEF/2000 Jasin swallowed hard, trying to keep calm. "I have never seen that monster before in my life," he said as he kept looking at the woman. "Children," the man said to them, "have you forgotten my second Ritual Spell?" Their eyes widened in fear for they have forgotten all about his second Spell Card. The departed blue beams became one again, next to the queen. "I now discard my Invader of Darkness," he said as he inserted a card into his Graveyard. "It is time," he said in a proud tone, "to meet the king!"
A black shrouded fiend revealed himself onto the field but his grand appearance was interrupted as the column of blue light sucked him in. The beam glew brightly and then seperated into two, just as it did last time. A large, horrid creature stood before the young players; the monster's body was enormous and the head of this thing was a demonic skull that held a psychotic grin as it placed a gigantic axe over it's shoulder. Kyte could feel his heart skip a beat as he looked into the eyes of this monster. What in God's name are these things? he asked himself in a tone filled with fear. The master of these horrible creature stood behind them as the words escaped from his devious lips: "Demise, King of Armageddon." ATK/2400 DEF/2000 The unsuspected teens looked at these creatures, not knowing what they will do next. "I think," the devious man said, "it would be boring for me to end this right now. I'll just extend your torture with this spell." He picked a card from his hand and slipped it into a Spell/Trap slot. "I use my king's ability: Obliteration!" the man commanded as the enormous creature raised its axe into the air. Suddenly, as the master commanded, black electricty flew from the dark heavens and obliterated all the cards Kyte and Jasin had. Jasin's eyes widened in disbelief of what happened, rage building up inside him. The man smirked as his Life Points deducted two-thousand points from this effect.
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H-He destroyed all of our cards! Kyte thought, still in amazement as the powerful creatures stood before him. Their master's hand slowly raised into the air, commanding, "Give them pain and despair!" Demise charged towards Kyte, shaking everything in its wake. The monster then thrusted its axe towards the teen; Kyte dodged to the side due to a reflex. The blade cuts through his shirt, scarring his bare chest. Kyte clenched his teeth, shutting his eyes, and wanted to scream in agony. He couldn't believe it. He actually felt the axe pass through his shirt and skin. He falls onto his knees, his hands holding his chest; small drops of blood fell to the floor. Jasin looked onto his friend and saw the horror infront of him. "Ky--!" His scream was interrupted by a strong sudden pain on his chest as well. As he took a step back from this surprise of pain, he looks foward, realizing the cause of his pain; Ruin stood before him with axe in hand. On the axe was a piece of Jasin's own shirt. Jasin stood there, holding his chest that held a long cut.
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The horrible man looked towards Jasin, their eyes making contact. As Kyte turned towards his friend's direction he noticed something. A black aura was surrounding both the man and Jasin. He realized that his friend seem to be in a trance. "What are you doing to him?" he demanded to the man. The man started to laugh, saying, "His anger is being released into the dark He has now become one of our brothers. Brothers? Kyte thought.
"Yeah, brothers."
Kyte turned to his left, a man standing in a black trench coat. A hood was covering his identity. He crossed his arms. "What're you lookin' at, Spike?" Kyte clenched his teeth and opened his mouth to respond but someone else interrupts. "Spike?" Kyte turned around and saw a large man, also wearing a black trench coat, a hood over his face. "Isn't his name--" he began, but another voice interrupts suddenly. "He can't know his past identity yet. We'll tell him when he's on the ground, dying." The confused teen looked up to the stands were the frozen people stood. There, inbetween two people, sat another man in a trench coat. Kyte wished he can see their faces. "Just who are you?" The man who stood by Kyte's left spoke up, "My name is Ridick. And I'll be sure you'll remember it in the afterlife." The large man spoke with a booming voice, "Mine's Arcko, pipsqueak!" The man who's at the stands didn't say a word. Arcko looked up to his member in confusion. "Aren't ya gonna say your name?" The man chuckled coldly. "That won't be revealed until I can extract my revenge." Ridick scuffed, "You really are a show off."
Kyte, then, looked towards his opponent. "What about you? And while you're telling me the answer, leave my friend alone!" The man smirked, closing his eyes. "That cannot be done. Our plans has already started," he said as he pointed upward to the hole in the stadium ceiling, where a storm ravages on, "and we need young Jasin so all can be finished. But, don't think we'll leave you here as this arena crumbles." He suddenly thrusts his hand towards Kyte's direction. The teen started to feel cold and sad. He looked down. A black hole was forming beneath him. He wanted to run but, for some reason, he can't. "What's going on?" His feet began to sink into the bottomless darkness; his head was moving in all directions, looking towards everyone. When the blackness was up to his chin, he looked towards the man who's responsible for all of this. The man slowly opened his mouth as Kyte sank lower, and lower.
"My name...is Sinnar."
Kyte was laying down, awakening. What a nightmare. It felt so real. As he opened his eyes, he realizes that he wasn't on his bed. He quickly sat up. Under him, was dirt and grass. He touches the ground, wondering if he was still dreaming. He felt the cold soil on his fingers. He notices that he was still wearing his outdoor clothing. He looks to his left arm, seeing his Duel Disk still attached to him. "What's going on here?" he asked to himself. Jasin! He quickly stands up in thought of his best friend. But as he looked on, he notices that he isn't anywhere near home. Huge mountains were everywhere in sight. Kyte started to panic as he looked in every direction, seeing mountains. "Where am I?" His yell echoed through the plains. He quickly turns around and sees some sort of temple. Kyte wondered that maybe people inside there knows anything of what's he doing here. He started to run towards the building, anxious to know why he's here and not at home with his friends. As he ran closer to the temple, the sooner he realizes that he knows this building. It's my local church. He looked up and notices that the holy cross that he knew was chipped off, only the base of it remained. He notices that the outside walls were aged, covered in moss and plants. What IS going on here?
(Sorry for such a short chapter! Been busy and all but no worries, the next chap will be much longer! Review please!)