Chapter 26: Fire Fox
After a quick lunch, the group resumed their search. By now, they were in the industrial part of the city, with factories and warehouses lining either side.
"Man, this place sure is spooky. So big and ominous..."
"Yeah, no kidding! Let's get out of here..."
Syrus hadn't been watching where he was going and tripped, his glasses falling to the ground as he tried to collect himself.
"Hey, watch it buddy!"
"Sorry about that. I was just passing through..."
Once Syrus had righted himself, he was surprised to see that the person he had ran into wasn't a person at all, but a small orange fox.
"What're you staring at? Never seen a talking fox before? Well, now you and I have to duel."
"Oh, sorry, but I'm..."
"No excuses! This is duel world, and if you want to get anywhere here, you have to win, so put your cards where your mouth is!"
Realizing there was no reasoning with him, Syrus pulled out his deck.
"Guess I don't have a choice..."
GAME ON!
Fox Fire: 8000
Syrus: 8000
"Since you ran into me, I'll make the first move. I'll start with my Robotic Knight (1600/1800) in attack mode. Next, I set one card face down and end my turn."
"Alright then, my turn. To start, I'll summon Submarineroid in attack mode, and use him to land a sneak attack directly on you!"
Fox Fire shielded himself from the blast, pushing him back slightly.
Fox Fire: 7200
Once it resurfaced, Submarineroid switched to defense mode.
"I'll set two cards face down and end my turn."
"You'll pay for that! I sacrifice my Knight to summon Thestalos the Firestorm Monarch, and I'll use his effect to destroy the card on your far right."
Syrus cringed as the fireball disintegrated the chosen card, his UFOroid.
Syrus: 7500
"Now Thestalos, take out his toy boat!"
Thestalos slammed his fist into the ground, sending a pillar of fire that destroyed the submarine.
"I end my turn there."
Syrus groaned, not having anything in his hand strong enough to destroy his opponent's monster.
"I summon Gyroid in defense mode, and end my turn."
"Humph, is that all? I summon Ultimate Baseball Kid in attack mode. Next, I banish Robotic Knight from my grave to summon Inferno (1100/1900)! Lastly, I activate the spell card Molten Destruction, giving all of my monsters 500 extra attack (2400-2900/1000-600) (500-3000/1000-600) (1100-1600)! Lastly, I activate my Dust Tornado to destroy the trap card on the right!"
"That was my Wonder Garage, and with it I can summon a level 4 or lower Machine type Roid from my hand, and I choose Truckroid (1000/2000)."
"Big whoop. Thestalos, Inferno, take out his helicopter!"
The two weaker monsters pelted the machine with fire before it fell in a burning pile of scrap metal.
"And don't forget, since Infero was the one to deal the final blow, you lose 1500 life points!"
Syrus cringed as the demonic flame breathed smoke at him, forcing him to cover his mouth to keep himself safe.
Syrus: 6000
"Now Ultimate Baseball Kid, destroy his Truck!"
With a mighty crack of the bat, Truckroid disappeared into a fiery inferno.
"That ends my turn."
Syrus staggered to his feet, analyzing his hand for a way out.
"I'll start by activating Card of Sanctity. Next, I'll use March of the Roids to summon Tankroid (1500/1900). Next, I activate Call of the Haunted to bring back Truckroid, which I'll now sacrifice along with Tankroid in order to summon Armoroid (2700/2000) in attack mode!"
"So whatt? All of my monsters are still stronger."
"Not for long. If I summon Armoroid using at least one roid monster, all spell and trap cards in play are immediately removed from play!"
"What(2900-2400/600-1000) (3000-2500/600-1000) (1600-1100/1500-1900)?"
"Armoroid, attack Inferno"
The massive jet raised an arm, launching its fist so hard that it shattered the demonic being instantly.
Fox Fire: 5600
"I end my turn with one card face down. Your move."
Fox Fire scoured its hand for anything to defend itself, to no avail. Sighing, he deactivated his duel disk.
"I surrender. You win, human."
With that, it scampered off, leaving everyone very confused.
"Well, that just happened."
"Congrats, Syrus."
"Thanks...I think."
"Hey guys, check this out!"
Everyone turned to find Atticus and Hassleberry bounding towards them.
"Where'd you guys go?"
"Well, Syrus's duel got boring..."
"HEY!"
"So we decided to go do some more searching, and check this out!"
Curious everyone followed the two to a dark alley, where they found...
"Is that..."
"A robot?"
