Chapter 44: Fighting for a Friend
Mobius smirked as Gigobyte snarled mindlessly at his former friends.
"I see your familiar with my partner. Or rather, my slave, just like you shall soon be."
"What did you do to him? Gigobyte, please, remember!"
"He can't hear you. He's under my control, and unless you can beat me he shall remain so."
Eria glared, and raised her duel disk.
"Fine."
Atticus stepped forward, raising his own duel disk.
"I'm with you. Let's do this!"
"Thanks, Atticus."
GAME ON!
Gigobyte/Mobius: 8000
Eria/Atticus: 8000
Gigobyte went first, showing his opponents A Legendary Ocean before playing it, taking them all to the underwater kingdom. He then summoned Giga Gagagigo (2450-2650/1500) in attack mode before ending his turn.
"Alright Gigobyte, this is for your own good. I activate Fissure to destroy your monster. Next, I summon my Mother Grizzly (1400-1600/1000-1200). Attack them directly!"
The mother bear slashed Mobius across the chest, making him grunt in pain.
Gigobyte/Mobius: 6400
"I set two cards face down and end my turn."
"You'll pay for your subordination! I summon Amphibious Bugroth Mk-3 (1500-1700/1300-1500) in attack mode! And since I have A Legendary Ocean in play, I can attack you directly!"
Atticus and Eria barely raised her hands in defense before the torpedoes hit, nearly sending them flying.
Eria/Atticus: 6300
"You okay, Eria?"
"Never...been better."
"Not for long, you won't be. For now though, I set one card face down and end my turn."
"Alright then, my turn. I summon Red Eyes Wyvern in attack mode! Attack his machine!"
"I activate my trap card, Waboku! Now my monster and my life points are safe."
Atticus groaned, and glanced over the cards in his hand.
"I set one card face down and end my turn."
Gigobyte mindlessly drew his card and summoned Star Boy (550-1250) (1700-2200) (1600-2100) before going on the attack, once more blasting Atticus and Eria directly.
Eria/Atticus: 4100
"I activate Damage Condenser, bringing out Alexandrite Dragon (2000/100)!"
He then made a motion for Eria to take her turn.
"Alright, time for he big guns. I activate my face down, DNA Transplant, making all monsters on the field water attribute (2000-2700/100-300). Atticus, do you mind?"
"Go right ahead!"
"Thanks. I activate Big Wave Small Wave, destroying all Water monsters on our field. Then, I can special summon the same number of Water monsters from my hand, so come on out Frostosaurus (2600-3300), Granadora (1900-2600), and Gagagigo (1850-2550)!"
Eria/Atticus: 5100
"This is for controlling my friend. Granadora, attack his Bugroth!"
The large reptile bit into the machine, snapping it in half with his powerful jaws.
Gigobyte: 6000
"Now Gagagigo, attack Star Boy!"
Gigobyte/Mobius: 4700
"Now Frostosaurus, attack them directly!"
The frozen Brontosaurus charged, knocking his opponents off their feet before returning to his side of the field.
Gigobyte/Mobius: 1900
"I end my turn. Just hang in there, Gigobyte!"
"Your friend is mine, and so is this duel! I summon Beelze Frog (1200-1400/300-500). Now, I activate my own Big Wave Small Wave. Come on out, Levia-Dragon-Daedalus (2600-2800/1500-1700) in attack mode!"
"Oh no! That's one of the strongest cards in the game!"
"And its about to get stronger, because I tribute him to summon Ocean Dragon Lord- Neo- Daedalus (2900-3100/1600-1800) in attack mode!"
Everyone watched in horror as the large Sea Serpent grew even larger, gaining an extra head and extra fins on its back and tail.
"Now I activate his effect. By sending Umi, or in this case A Legendary Ocean, on my field to the graveyard, all other cards on the field and in our hands go straight to the graveyard!"
One of the beast's heads sucked up all the water, building it up into one powerful blast before unleashing it, wiping out every other card in a single swoop.
"Now my Neo Daedalus, attack these fools directly!"
The other head fired a massive water blast, knocking Atticus and Eria into a nearby wall, the two groaning as they struggled to their feet.
Eria/Atticus: 2200
"Enjoy your next turn, boy, for it will be your last."
Atticus grunted in pain, struggling to draw his next card.
"I activate Card of Demise. Now I draw five new cards."
When Atticus saw what cards he had drawn, he grinned manically.
"This duel is over! I activate the ritual spell, Red Eyes Transmigration! By removing from play the Red Eyes Black Dragon in my graveyard and tributing the Troop Dragon in my hand, I can now summon Lord of the Red (2400/2100)!"
The flames from the ritual covered his body, causing everyone to gasp in concern. But when they had died down, Atticus was just fine, now coated in armor designed after his ace monster.
"So what? My Daedalus has far more attack points than you!"
"I'm not done yet. I activate Red Medicine to give us 500 more life points."
Eria/Atticus: 2700
"So?"
"So now my Lord of the Red's effect activates. When a card effect is activated, I can destroy one of your monsters, so say goodbye to your Ocean Lord!"
"What?!"
Atticus brought his hands together and fired a huge ball of fire, boiling the Sea Serpent like it was a fish in a fryer.
"Now I'll attack you directly for game!"
Atticus flew across the field, punching Mobius so hard that he went flying right through a wall into the void of the world.
Gigobyte/Mobius: 0000
Gigobyte clutched his head, screaming in pain while Eria ran over to him.
"Be careful, Eria! He might still be under mind control!"
Eria paid him no mind, taking Gigobyte into her arms while channeling energy into him to help soothe his pain.
"Gigobyte, can you hear me? Its me, Eria."
At last, Gigobyte's growls of pain subsided as his eyes became focused once more, blinking as he adjusted to being in control once more.
"Eria? Where...am I? The last thing I remember is being in Kozaky's lab, and..."
Eria grabbed him, pulling him into a big hug while tears of joy ran down her face. His memories coming back to him, Gigobyte took her into his arms.
"I'm sorry, Eria. You've always kept me out of harm's way, I just thought..."
"Shush, its alright. You're safe now."
"Gigobyte, do you remember anything about who did this to you?"
"Not really, I didn't mange to get a good look at them. All I remember is being taken into some kind of spaceship, and..."
"You mean like that one?"
Everyone looked out the hole in the wall to see a spaceship flying off into the distance.
"Its a safe bet. We need to follow them so that they don't do this to anyone else!"
"Gigobyte, are there any other spaceships around here?"
"No, whoever did this doesn't want us finding them."
Just then, Syrus got an idea. Reactivating his duel disk, he took out UFOroid and placed it on his duel disk. Just as he thought, the monster appeared right in front of them.
"This ought to let us follow them."
"Hey, good idea Syrus!"
"Come on guys, after them!"
The group of 10 crammed into the spaceship, which then took off after the mysterious spacecraft. They didn't know where they were going, but they hoped to find answers when they got there.
