Ch 10 Arrival

The rest of the flight was easy no more attacks and I slowly got to know some of the other people on the plane Rachael used a variety of decks including something called Valkyries an interesting deck all in all. Allen Stryder another unusual person who owned blue eyes white dragon and always seemed angry with Kaiba. Krisa the second girl with Bakura was the most surprising it was obvious she liked Bakura but wouldn't say anything.

They landed and everyone slowly filed out of the plane then Kaiba's cell rang. He spoke into it in clipped annoyed tones and then hung up.

"They're running late, they'll be here in about an hour"

"Well we should all look for something to do then" Yugi sr. suggested and wandered away towards the gift shops. Most of the older people followed his example wanderer turned to see maddy already being challenged by Stryder.

He hopped up on a bench and sat down to watch the duel Stryder pulled on a mask and put on shades to cover his eyes. He was 5'6" with amazingly white hair he was wearing what was apparently his usual blue pants and a blue tank top. The Dragon tattoo on his left shoulder easily shown and his metal armbands on both wrists caught the light every now and then.

"How about a duel?" Stryder asked maddy as he moved up to her.

"Your on you can go first" maddy says as she activates her duel disk.

"Call me Stryder, and it will be my pleasure." Slides on an all black Duel Disk and draws his cards. "I lay one card face down, and set a monster in defense mode, your turn."

"Alright Stryder" Maddy draws her five cards spirit barrier, spear cretin, amplifier, smashing ground balloon lizard and for her turn drew barrel dragon. "I'll set these two cards and set this monster in face down defense mode" maddy said setting spirit barrier and smashing ground before setting her monster balloon lizard.

"My move." Stryder said looking at maddy "I draw then set one more card face down and set one more monster in defense mode."

"I draw" maddy drew a feather of the phoenix "I'll set this monster in face down defense mode, your move"

"Hm, I like the way this is starting." Stryder says before drawing "I activate Pot of Greed" he Draws 2 more cards "Now, I sacrifice my two monsters to summon this. My Blue Eyes White Dragon! Fortune favors the bold, Blue Eyes, attack her second monster." The huge monster appeared and roared his burst stream of destruction eradicated the little spear cretin maddy had set down.

"My spear cretin is flipped up and destroyed but since I don't have any monsters in my graveyard only you can bring back a monster" maddy said a frown on her face.

"Then I choose my Luster Dragon"

"Oh goody, I draw" maddy drew monster reincarnation "now I activate my magic card smashing ground which destroys the monster with highest defense on your side of the field which is your blue eyes white dragon!" an earth quake started under blue eyes but suddenly fizzled out.

"My Trap Card, Magic Jammer says otherwise." Stryder says as he Discards 1 card.

"Darn it, I play monster reincarnation by discarding feather of the phoenix to bring spear cretin back to my hand I then set him back on the field in face down defense position." maddy says doing her move then ending her turn with, "your move"

Stryder drew "Well, this is getting good. I summon Sangan in Attack mode."

"Is that your move?" Maddy says as Stryder pauses "cause I've got a whole lot of nothing"

"No, I was just giving you a chance to respond that's all, I believe in giving plenty of time. I equip Sangan with my Axe of Despair. Then I activate Deck Devastation Virus, using Sangan as the Monster. Now I get a monster and you have to show me your hand, the monsters on the field and the next 3 you draw. Anything with 1500 attack points or less is destroyed." takes Cyber Jar, and shuffles.

"Nice" maddy says and shows the 2 cards she has in her hand amplifier and barrel dragon the 2 monsters on the field are shown balloon lizard and spear cretin and both are destroyed "crap"

"Now, my Luster Dragon can attack your LP directly. Attack!"

"This sucks I've got nadda" maddy says as the luster dragon bites a chunk out of her side and her life points drop down to 6100.

"Well, Then Blue Eyes attacks as well. That takes you down to 3100. I end my turn."

Maddy picked herself up after the blast from blew eyes her skin smoking and crackling she drew black luster ritual "I set this card face down"

"I lay this face down, set 1 monster in def mode, and I'll attack with Luster Dragon." luster dragon leaps across the field and takes another chunk out of maddy.

"Well you called my bluff I've got nothing at all," she says getting up again.

"Like I said, Fortune favors the bold. I'm afraid this duel must end. Blue Eyes attack." Blue eyes fired a huge burst stream and blasted Maddy to the floor.

"Well thanks for a good duel stryder" maddy said getting up off the floor.

Shuts his disk off and walks up. "Indeed, we must do this again sometime." Stryder holds out his hand to shake.

"Sure I'm sure there'll be plenty of time for one later" maddy says as she steps forward and shakes his hand.

"Alright you two move out of the way, hey Rachael how about a duel?" wanderer says getting up walking over to them.

"Well Wanderer, I guess you want to test your skills, too bad your skills won't help you," Rachel says as she activates her duel disk and draws. "I'll go first, and I set this card, before discarding my Thunder Dragon, to get two more," she says, and the two dragons go into her hand. "I'll then play Fusion Gate, and fuse together the two Thunder Dragons to summon Twin-Headed Thunder Dragon (2800/2000), in attack mode," the red dragon appears. "I'll end my turn there."

"Of course not you need equal parts skill and blind luck" wanderer was as he draws "I'll set these two cards and summon opticlops in attack mode!"

"Hmm, interesting move," Rachel says, and draws then laughs. "I'm almost set to win, but first I play Harpie's Feather Duster!"

"Darn it my traps" wanderer says as the feather destroys his two face down trap cards.

"Hehe, now I activate my face down Treasure of Nebelung, and activate Nibelung Ring from my deck, equipping it to your demon, I also get to draw 5 cards," Rachel says, and the ring equips to the demon. "Now, I play the magic card, Walkuren Ritt, this card, means Ride of the Valkyries, and allows me to summon Valkyries from my hand, I choose Valkyrie Sovite (1600/1600), Valkyrie Altest (1600/1600), Valkyrie Dritt (1000/1600), and Valkyrie Brunhilde (1800/2000 + 1500)!" She shouts, and the 5 Valkyries appear, suddenly Opticlops is destroyed, and Altest goes up to 3400 attack, and Dritt goes up to 1100 attack. "Now, my monsters, direct attack!" the monsters leapt at wanderer each slashing him sending blood guts and gore everywhere.

"Wow crap, you've got some interesting monsters there" wanderer said still on his feet the holographic blood and gore not bothering him at all as it disappeared.

"Thanks, Wanderer," Rachel says. "Very hard to beat Valkyries, only one person has ever succeeded in doing so, Seto Kaiba."

"Kaiba? Really? I beat him in less then five moves much like you just beat me" wanderer said seeming more and more distracted.

"Yeah, you'll have to ask Joey about the time he faced Valkyries sometime," Rachel says, and gathers up her cards. "I hope the swords didn't hurt too much."

"Ha don't worry about it I've had much worse done to me"

"That's good," she replies.

"Really it's good I've had worse done to me? Thanks a lot"

"No that's not what I mean at all"

"I know I also know this something powerful is coming this way and your win isn't completely honest on my part" wanderer said and bolted off moving towards something only he could perceive.

"What? Come back here you bastard!" Rachael yelled and started to chase but just watched wanderer move far faster then she could keep up.

Maddy shrugged and grabbed Krisa another duelist from the plane who was just sitting around "how about a duel?"

"Sure Maddy" Krisa said her Dark blue hair that went down to her thighs was glistening in the sun, her Dark blue eyes lit up as they spoke, she was wearing a Black tube-top, a black trench coat, a black mini-skirt, and black knee-high, high healed boots.

"Alright let's go" Maddy says as she activates her duel disk and draws her cards sakretsu armor, barrel dragon, balloon lizard, ninja grand master sasuke, and pharaoh's treasure then she drew zolga for her turn "so I guess I'll go first, I set this monster face down" maddy says setting balloon lizard then pharaoh's servant and sakretsu armor "and setting these 2 cards I'll end my turn"

"Alright." Krisa Summons A Man with Wdjat then uses his effect. "I'll see the first MT card please!"

"Alright" Maddy's pharaoh's treasure is shown

"Okay. I place one MT card face down and attack your face down monster!" Balloon lizard is flipped phase up and the man with Wdjat bounces off the balloon lizard causing Krisa's life points to drop to 7700. "Crud... Your move" Krisa says mumbling a little.

" I draw" maddy draws blindly loyal goblin "during my standby phase balloon lizard gets a counter on it, now I summon my monster blindly loyal goblin (1800/1500) now I attack with my goblin!"

"7500 Life Points Crapsicles" Krisa says as blindly loyal goblins sword slices the head off her man with Wdjat blood sprays wildly from the stump till the monster drops and dies.

"Well that's the end of my turn your move" Maddy says looking down at her cards.

"I play Tribute to the Doomed on your Balloon Lizard and summon a FD monster." Krisa says playing the magic card.

"Well you lose another 400 life points for destroying my balloon lizard with only one counter on it, I draw" maddy drew grave keepers guard "I set this monster in face down defense position "and I attack with my blindly loyal goblin"

"Okay. You destroyed my Ryu Kishen Powered." Krisa says as her monster is skewered by blindly loyal goblins sword.

"Your move Krisa"

"Alright! I play Monster Reborn to get back Ryu Kishin Powered. Then, I sacrifice it to summon the Dark Magician Girl! I'll also equip the Dark Magician Girl with the Malevolent Nuzzler and I'll attack your Blindly Loyal Goblin!"

"Ha, you fell for my other trap sekretsu armor which destroys your monster" Maddy's monster is suddenly covered in wicked evil looking armor.

"That's what my face-down Seven Tools of the Bandit was for! So, that didn't work and my attack continues!" her life points dropped to 6500 and Maddy's monsters armor is destroyed. Then dark magician girl's dark magic attack burns away blindly loyal goblin.
"Darn my turn I draw" Maddy said as her life points slipped down to 7100 and she drew spirit barrier and set it on the field, "I set this card and activate my pharaoh's treasure" Maddy flipped up her grave keepers guard sending dark magician girl back to Krisa's hand then she summoned her zolga "attack my monsters!" Zolga shot beams from its eyes scorching Krisa wherever they hit then grave keepers guard smashed his staff over her head again and again.

"Damn it!" Krisa swore as her life points dropped to 3800 and her clothes slowly smoldered.

"Your turn Krisa" maddy said checking her cards again.

"I pass this turn…" krisa said after she drew her face drooping when she looked at her cards."

"Nothing to do? Sucks I draw" maddy drew outstanding dog marron, maddy activated her trap card spirit barrier " I summon my ninja grandmaster sasuke (1800/1000) and I attack with all three of my monsters ending this duel!" ninja stars plunged into Krisa's skull before she was pummeled to the ground by grave keepers guard and finally Zolga blasted her again.

"Good duel! I guess luck wasn't on my side tonight! Oh, well!" Krisa said lying on the floor panting heavily "man that takes a lot out of you"

"Yes it was a very good duel and they do indeed so hopefully we'll play again sometime?" Maddy asked as she helped Krisa to her feet.

"Yeah, okay! Sounds good!" Krisa said as she's helped up off the floor.

Some distance away on the other side of the airport wanderer leapt a fence and stepped into the street a car slid to a stop inches from him.

"I don't know what you are but I won't allow you to harm anyone under my protection."

"I take it your wanderer interesting I thought you'd have more of an aura"

"Is that right? And how do you know who I am?"

"I'm an oracle."

"Really for good or ill?"

"What?"

"Forget it duel me now or you won't pass"

"Very well I accept wanderer, I am Meerice now let us begin our duel." She drew then set one monster face down in defense and ended her turn.

Wanderer drew his first five cards disc fighter, blindly loyal goblin, mask of darkness, wicked breaking Flamberge baou and pot of greed. Then he drew for his turn sakretsu armor. "Alright let's rock, first I'll play pot of greed" wanderer drew soul exchange and card destruction. Then summoned blindly loyal goblin (1800/1500) and activated wicked breaking Flamberge baou by discarding soul exchange from his hand his goblin reached out and took the great weapon in both hands and his goblin went up to 2300/1500 "now attack my goblin!"

The goblins sword plunged into the Absorbing kid from the sky was skewered on it.
"I'll summon my Injection fairy lily ATK/ 400 DEF/1500 I attack activating her special effect sacrificing 2000 of my own life points to make her attack 3400." the monster charged forward the needle ready to skewer the blindly loyal goblin. Wanderer activated his trap card sakretsu armor the goblin was suddenly covered in evil looking armor and fairy lily splattered against it covering the goblin in fairy blood.

" I've got nothing I can do I end my turn." Meerice says.

"All right my turn" wanderer drew hidden book of spell. "I'll set this trap card and this monster in face down defense mode and attack your life points directly with my goblin!" wanderer's goblin leapt forward and swung his sword with all his strength a huge slash appeared in Merciee's chest as her life points dropped to 5700 "your move"

"I set this monster in defense and end my turn" Meerice said looking at her cards.

"I draw" wanderer drew soul tiger "I activate my trap hidden book of spell allowing me to return my pot of greed and my soul exchange back to my deck which is then shuffled, then I flip up my mask of darkness and return sakretsu armor to my hand and I set it. Then I summon my disc fighter. Now I attack my goblin destroys your monster and my other two creatures attack you!" disc fighters disc slices deep into Meerice's neck and blood begins pouring from the wound then mask of darkness lets out a bolt from it's eyes and the wound burns shut. Meerice's life points drop to 3800

Meerice drew then set another monster on the field "it's your move"

Wanderer drew battle footballer "well here let me see if I can help you I play card destruction and discarding my soul tiger and battle footballer I draw two more cards" wanderer drew emblem of dragon destroyer and another battle footballer " I activate the magic card I just drew emblem of dragon destroyer I now sacrifice my disk fighter and mask of darkness to summon my buster blader now I destroy your face down monster with my goblin then attack you directly with my buster blader!" the huge sword slashed through Meerice's body causing blood to splatter on the road.

"I discard one card from my hand and end my turn."

"Ooh no moves?" wanderer says drawing cyber jar then he set his battle footballer facedown in def mode "well I attack with both my monsters ending this duel" both monsters leapt forward and drove there swords into Meerice driving her life points down to 0.

"So you've won are you happy now?" she says as wanderer steps forward and helps her up.

"Yes actually I sense power in you but no evil intent, Marik sent you to show us where he's at didn't he?"

"Yes I serve with the other tomb keepers to protect the pharaoh and the millennium items."

"Of course you do but there's more then that as well there's the 3 god cards as well"

"How'd you know?"

"Ha like I wouldn't know that? Now let's go" wanderer says leaping into her car and they start towards the front of the airport.

Another weird confrontation not sure I really like this universe too many variables and instead of clearing up they seem to be growing worse every hour oh well nothing I can do except enjoy the ride I guess.