Chapter 17: Tomb Raiders Part 3

Syrus and Hassleberry trudged down the dark corridor, straining to see in the dim light.

"Man, this place could use some more lighting."

"Yeah, no kidding."

All of a sudden, Hassleberry stopped, but Syrus didn't notice and walked right into him, knocking him to the ground.

"Hey, watch it!"

"Whoops. Sorry about that."

Syrus patted the ground, looking for his glasses that fell off his head.

"Come on, where are they?"

"Where are what?"

"My glasses! I can't see without my glasses!"

To his surprise, someone handed him his glasses, which he happily accepted.

"Thanks, Hassleberry!"

"Uh, Syrus? I'm over here."

"Huh? But then who..."

Looking up, he nearly screamed in terror at the ugly, red skinned corpse that was in front of him.

"Who You? You intruders?"

"Uh, no, no, we're welcomed guests. My name's Syrus, what's yours?"

"Me called Dark Dust Spirit, me protect Pharaoh's tomb. You no welcome here, you me duel."

Unsteady, Syrus raised his duel disk.

"Um, Get your Game On?"

"Me crush you like bug!"

Syrus: 8000

Dark Dust Spirit: 8000

"Puny human go first!"

"Uh, thanks, I guess. I set one monster face down and end my turn."

"You call that move? Me play Nobleman of Crossout. Facedown monster go bye bye."

Syrus sighed unhappily as his Gyroid bit the dust.

"Next me play Call of Mummy, let me special summon Patrician of Darkness (2000/1400) in attack! Next, me summon Pyramid Turtle! Attack tiny man!"

"Ah come on, I'm not that small!"

Syrus's protest was cut short by being attacked , causing him to collapse in pain.

Syrus: 4800

"Me end turn there. Make move."

Grunting, Syrus pushed himself to his feet.

"Nice move, now here's mine. I draw!"

"Let's see, I could use Power Bond, but without De-Fusion I'll take the damage at the end of my turn, and right now I need all of the life points I can get. However...

"Alright, ugly, I'll start with Power Bond, letting me fuse Ambulanceroid with Rescueroid to Fusion Summon Ambulance Rescueroid (2300-4600/1800) in attack mode. Next, I'll summon Steamroid to join him. Steamroid, attack his..."

"Patrician's effect activates. Me choose attack target, me choose Pyramid Turtle."

With its attack target selected, the train trampled the turtle with ease.

Dark Dust Spirit: 7100

"Me summon Ryu Koki (2400/2000) because Pyramid Turtle's effect."

"Don't forget, I still have my Ambulance Rescueroid, so which one of your Zombies will get it now?"

"Me choose Patrician of Darkness itself."

With sirens blaring, Syrus's mechanical monster ran over the Zombie with ease, causing its master to groan in pain.

Dark Dust Spirit: 4500

"Alright, way to go Syrus!"

"I'll end my turn there, and just so I don't take damage from Power Bond, I activate Pikeru's Circle of Enchantment, protecting my life points."

Snarling, the zombie took his turn.

"Me make puny human pay! Me play Brain Control! Me pay 800 life points (4500-3700), take control of toy Ambulance. Me sacrifice Opponent's monster, summon Vampire Lord (2000/1500) in attack mode! Smash his choo choo!"

Syrus smiled. The zombie had played right into his hands.

"I activate my face down, Widespread Ruin! This destroys your attack position monster with the highest attack!"

"What..."

A small explosion occurred, consuming the Vampire but leaving Syrus and his monster unharmed. Growling, the Spirit ended his turn.

"Your turn..."

"Gee, thanks. And to start, I'll play Premature Burial, paying 800 life points (4800-4000) to summon back Rescueroid (1600/1800). Next, I summon Drillroid! Finish him off, guys!"

The Zombie could only make a weak effort to defend itself before being utterly steamrolled by Syrus's army of sentient vehicles.

Dark Dust Spirit: 0000

Syrus Wins!

The zombie groaned as its body began to collapse, sand pouring out slowly.

"No...me failed master..."

With that, the spirit faded away, its remain falling to the ground in a heap of sand. Syrus and Hassleberry just stood there and watched for a minute.

"Well, that just happened."

"Yeah, no kidding. Let's get moving."

With that, the two put the weird encounter behind them and continued their adventure.