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Episode Three
Insect Barrier Part II
Alex continued to stare at the monster he had just drawn. It was exactly what he was looking for, this could change everything. Alex looked up at his opponent Bugs, he stood smugly with his arms crossed. Well he was definitely in for a surprise.
The duel was going as follows; Alex was in the lead with 6700 life points, while Bugs had 4800. It was Alex's move and he had three cards in his hand. On the field in face up attack position was Blowback Dragon (2000/1200) and in face down defense position was Adhesive Explosive Card.
While Bugs, had one card in his hand, Ultimate Insect LV 3 (1400/900) face up on the field in attack position, DNA Surgery on the field set to Insect-type and Insect Barrier was activated.
And now it was time for Alex to take back the duel, "I sacrifice Blowback Dragon to summon…Spell Canceller (1800/1600)!" If it was at all possible, Bugs' eyes grew even bigger.
"No you can't do this," he shouted desperately but it was too late as Alex's smile wrapped around his face.
Blowback Dragon began to shake violently as he blasted to pieces in a massive explosion. As the flames swept through the field a new machine appeared on the field.
Spell Canceller was a strange machine. Red tentacles hung from the bottom and the front of it opened up to reveal a thin laser. The back of it was plump like a bug's.
"Now for anyone who doesn't realize it," Alex started up again. "Spell Canceller prevents the activation of spell cards and negates the effect of all face up spell cards."
Trisha and Nick picked up the chant full force, "Yeah Alex teach him a lesson…win this duel!"
Bugs growled as the Insect Barrier slowly dematerialized and the magic card suddenly turned red and a large 'X' appeared on it.
And Alex smiled again, "Now…it's good to be free." Alex paused as Spell Canceller's attack reduced to 1500 thanks to Ultimate Insect LV 3's effect. "Now Spell Canceller attack Ultimate Insect LV 3…Spell Shot attack!"
Spell Canceller's laser began to charge up a large white energy beam. After the beam grew to the size of Spell Canceller the machine unleashed it. The beam went racing across the field and utterly annihilated Ultimate Insect LV 3.
Bugs fell to the ground as the blast passed over his head, his life points quickly dropped down to 4700 (Alex: 6700 Bugs: 4700).
Bugs snarled, "How dare you defeat my Ultimate Insect and my ultimate strategy, you'll pay for that big time…I will crush you like an ant."
Alex laughed as Spell Canceller's attack rose back up to 1800, "Come on Bugs if I had a dime for every time you've said that I would own Industrial Illusions." Bugs said nothing so Alex ended his turn.
It was Bugs turn. He swiftly grabbed the top card in his deck and added it to his hand.
Bugs chuckled, "Oh but this time you are in trouble. I summon Insect Knight (1900/1500) in attack position."
Insect Knight was a tall thin insect. It was gray in color and it wore a gray cape, it held a silver sword, and a blue shield.
"Now Insect Knight attack Spell Canceller, Insect Blade!"
"No," Alex shouted. Once Spell Canceller was destroyed Bugs' Insect Barrier would be back in place and Alex would be prevented from attacking.
Insect Knight shot forward like a bullet. It raised it sword to full height and brought it down on the machine, breaking it in half.
A massive explosion erupted and machine parts went flying across the field. Alex had his arms protect his eyes from the blast and after a few minutes of flying debris the smoke cleared.
Bugs had a grin on his face bigger then his eyes. Alex's life points dropped down to 6600 (Alex: 6600 Bugs: 4700). And the yellow Insect Barrier was back up on the field.
Bugs cleared his throat, "Well I think I have done a sufficient amount of damage for one move, your turn pea-brain."
Alex growled, "Hey Bugs I wouldn't get too excited yet. Take a look at your life points; I'm still in the lead."
Bugs laughed, "We'll see how long that lasts. I feel the winds of change coming."
Alex rolled his eyes and Bugs ended his turn. Before Alex drew he surveyed the field. All he had was his facedown Explosive Adhesive Card, which would destroy Insect Knight with its effect if it attacked but Alex still couldn't attack. Alex had attempted to knockout Insect Barrier but that hadn't work. So maybe he was better off destroying the source, DNA Surgery. And Alex knew just the card to do it. Alex closed his eyes and pictured the monster to every last detail.
Then Alex drew.
His heart skipped a beat…it wasn't the card he needed but…it could help, definitely. Alex had three cards in his hand and he made his move.
"I would actually like to thank you Bugs. If you hadn't destroyed my Spell Canceller then I wouldn't be able to make the spectacular move that I plan on making."
The crowd grew silent, what was Alex up to?
"First," Alex explained. "I activate Monster Reborn, which I wouldn't have been able to activate if you hadn't destroyed Spell Canceller."
Bugs growled as Alex rubbed it in.
Suddenly Blowback Dragon appeared on the field again.
Bugs was suspicious, "Oh yeah and what good will that do you? Even if you defeat my Insect Knight you still can't attack."
Alex nodded, "I know Bugs don't worry about it, I know how to take care of things," and then Alex activate Polymerization.
The crowd grew puzzled; with only one card in Alex's hand who was he going to fuse? But after a few moments it hit Nick and Trisha who had seen it happen before.
"Alex," they shouted, and Alex nodded.
"I fuse the Blowback Dragon on the field and the Barrel Dragon in my hand to create…"
Alex was interrupted by a massive explosion of black light as Bugs' face grew pale. Barrel Dragon appeared on the field for a moment in the black light and then it and Blowback Dragon broke into scrap metal. The black light engulfed the pieces and then the black light engulfed the field.
Then it emerged…Gatling Dragon (2600/1200). Gatling Dragon was a massive creature the size of a Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon. Gatling Dragon's body was jet black. It had three long heads that were tan and at the end of each one was along machine gun. It moved not via legs or wings, but by two massive red wheels on either side of its body.
"Gatling Dragon," Alex introduced to the crowd.
Gatling Dragon was very special to Alex. Alex's uncle had given it to him when he was five years old. His uncle was a duelist, ranked thirty-three in the world. He used a machine deck that matched that of the famous Bandit Keith.
As his uncle lay on his death bed he handed this monster to his nephew at the last minute. Telling him to use it and care for it like he would have. His uncle knew that Alex had a gift for dueling at a young age because of how fascinated Alex was by the game. Alex knew the importance of the card he was holding; it was his uncle's favorite.
Alex promised he'd take care of the card for him, and those were his uncle's last words. A few months later Alex got his hands on a pack of Duel Monsters cards and fell in love with machine monsters. After that he built an entire Machine deck, with Gatling Dragon at the center, and every time he played that card he dedicated it to his uncle.
As the crowd cheered Bugs worked up the nerve to speak, "I've heard about this famous Gatling Dragon, and I don't recall ever hearing anything about it being able to destroy magic or trap cards."
Alex nodded, "You're right, it doesn't do that, but this card can still do a lot of damage."
Bugs gulped as Alex made his move, "I activate Gatling Dragon's effect. Like Blowback Dragon and Barrel Dragon I get three coin tosses. But unlike those two monsters for every coin that lands on heads I can destroy that many monsters on my opponent's side of the field. So all I need is one out of three heads to eliminate your Insect Knight."
The same three gold coins appeared on the field. They began flipping furiously, faster, and faster, and faster.
The one on the left stopped…Tails. Alex winced, he still had two more.
The one in the center stopped…Tails. Alex closed his eyes, he needed to destroy Insect Knight, he never knew what Bugs had up his sleeves.
The one on the right stopped…Heads! Alex jumped into the air as Gatling Dragon charged up its gun on the right. It let out a massive swarm of bullets that completely decimated Insect Knight. The crowd cheered for Alex and he smiled, ending his turn with zero cards in his hand.
Bugs glared, the duel was getting at of hand, he had to mix things up. Bugs aggressively grabbed the top card on his deck, giving him three cards in his hand.
"I activate Ultimate Offering," Bugs said mischievously. A trap card appeared on the field depicting a red monster stealing energy from a green one.
"And now I normal summon Arsenal Bug in attack position!" A strange orange and red bug wielding a sword appeared on the field.
But Bugs wasn't down yet, "I activate the magic card Treasure of Slashing Life! This allows me to draw five cards and in five turns I must discards all the cards in my hand." Bugs picked up five cards, giving him five cards in his hand.
"And now," Bugs announced. "I activate Cost Down, reducing all monsters in my hand by two stars." Bugs paused before he continued; "Now I activate Ultimate Offering, by paying 500 life points I can normal summon an extra monster." Bugs life points dropped down to 4200 (Alex: 6600 Bugs: 4200).
And then Bugs summoned the almighty, all powerful…"Insect Queen," Bugs announced!
Arsenal Bug disappeared and a flash of green light erupted across the field. Suddenly the Insect Queen (2200/2400) appeared. She was like no other insect ever. She had a pale skin with thin black eyes and long thins antennas. She had eight blue legs and a large red rear end. She had two big red wings that were flapping furiously.
Alex stared at the new monster as it let out a shrill cry. Bugs chuckled, "Welcome my queen, feast on your prey." Alex shuddered and Bugs smiled.
Suddenly Insect Queen's attack rose up to 2400. "You see," Bugs explained. "For every face up Insect-type monster on the field my queen gains 200 life points. And thanks to DNA Surgery that's exactly what Gatling Dragon is."
Alex growled and Bugs continued, "But unfortunately my beautiful queen can only attack by sacrificing one monster on my side of the field, and I don't have anything to sacrifice so I end my turn."
Alex took a deep breath; he had to take control of the duel. Control was up in the air right now and Alex needed to gain it.
Alex drew a card, he sighed. "I sacrifice my facedown monster to summon…Jinzo!"
Bugs grew pale for the billionth time. As Alex's facedown monster disappeared a new more powerful machine appeared. Jinzo was a tall machine with 2400 attack points and 1500 defense points. It was wearing tall green armor and its face was a pink disfigured color.
Alex smiled, "And as I think you know Bugs, Jinzo prevents the activation and negates current activations of trap cards."
A thin red laser came shooting out of Jinzo's eyes. The beam slashed an 'X' on both DNA Surgery and Ultimate Offering. Now Alex's monsters were no longer insects and they could get past the insect barrier.
Suddenly Insect Queen's attack dropped down to 2200; there were no more Insect monsters on the field except for her.
Bus felt like crying, his plans were ruined.
Alex smiled and the crowd began to cheer. "Now I activate Gatling Dragon's effect." The famous three coins appeared on the field. They began spinning faster then ever.
The one on the left stopped first…Heads!
Gatling Dragon charged up its guns, Bugs let out a shrill shout as Insect Queen was ripped to pieces.
Alex felt a balloon of happiness swell up inside of him. "Now Jinzo attack Bugs directly!" Jinzo placed his hands together and an orb of purple energy materialized between them. Jinzo pushed his hands forward and the orb went flying at Bugs. The orb hit Bugs in the stomach and sent him flying straight at Jay who moved at the last second.
But Alex wasn't done yet. "Now Gatling Dragon finish him off," at that moment Alex pictured his uncle. Gatling Dragon didn't waste any time. Its three hands immediately unleashed a volley of bullets at Bugs just as he was getting up. Bugs was completely overwhelmed by the bullets and fell to the ground. Just like his life points.
Alex: 6600
Bugs: 0000
The duel was over.
Next Time on Dueling GX…
With the duel finally over Alex has made quite a name for himself. The friends make it back just in time for the welcome dinner and Alex and Nick finally meet Jaden Yuki and the gang. Nick gets on the wrong Syrus and of course a duel ensues. Who will win and what deck will Nick use? Find out next time on Dueling GX and please review!