Trudge was driving Leo and Luna to the monkey control unit and Leo was looking at the rooftops and the dozens of crows lining the rooftops staring down at them, and they were putting him on edge. Luna put her hand on his shoulder to try and get his attention, but scared him and caused him to yell out.
Leo: Don't scare me like that Luna.
Luna: You scare me when you scream like that.
Leo: Sorry, it's just that these freaky birds have me on edge.
Luna: You shouldn't have come with me Leo.
Leo: Don't worry, I'll be fine. I'm not gonna let some crazy birds scare me away. I'm here for you, and I'm not going anywhere.
Suddenly the spirit of Luna's Kuribon appeared in front of Luna and started jumping around frantically.
Luna: Something bad is happening in the spirit world isn't it?
Trudge: Who are you talking to back there?
Suddenly Luna was enveloped in a bright light, and a beam of light shot into the sky. Alex and Yusei noticed and stopped to get a better look.
Yusei: That's coming from the direction Luna went.
Alex: I have a bad feeling about this.
Back in the truck, the light was so intense, it caused Trudge to lose control and he ran into a scrap heap.
Trudge: Are you kids alright?
Leo: Yeah, I think I'm okay. What about you Luna?
He waited for a moment but didn't get any kind of answer. He looked towards her, but the only thing he saw was an empty seat.
Leo: She's gone!
Trudge: What?! But how?!
Leo: That light came out of nowhere, and when it faded, she disappeared.
Trudge: We've gotta find her. She could get hurt out here all by herself.
He and Leo walked around calling her name in an attempt to track her down, but while Leo was walking, he came across the control unit.
Leo: Well, now we know where the control unit is. Now if we could just find Luna. Devack, where are you?!
Devack: I've been waiting for you, Signer.
Purple flames sprung up around Leo, creating the monkey geoglyph. Akiza noticed the symbol floating in the sky and pointed it out to Mina.
Akiza: It looks like Luna's duel is about to begin.
Jack had stopped his duel runner and was staring in the direction of the geoglyph.
Jack: Looks like the final round has begun.
Back at the duel field, Leo had just come to the realization that he was about to duel Devack.
Devack: Who are you? You're not a Signer, what are you doing here?
Leo: I'm here to duel you. That is unless you're afraid to take me on.
Trudge ran to the top of a nearby hill and saw Leo in the middle of the barrier.
Trudge: Leo!
Devack: Is this some kind of joke? Where's the little girl? Why isn't she here? I told her to come.
Leo: I won't let you hurt my sister, so you're gonna have to duel me instead. I may not be a Signer, but that doesn't mean I can't duel, so bring it on!
Devack: I applaud your enthusiasm boy, I truly do, but you lack the power to defeat me.
Both: Let's duel!
Leo: 4000 LP
Devack: 4000 LP
Trudge: Leo, get out of there, don't be a fool!
Just then, Alex and Yusei showed up on their duel runners.
Trudge: What are you two doing here?
Yusei: I turned around when I saw that pillar of light. What's going on?
Trudge: Well first, Luna disappeared to who knows where.
Alex: She must've gone to the spirit world for some reason.
Trudge: There's no such thing as the spirit world.
Alex: After everything you've seen, you really think that?
Yusei: We can talk about this later, right now we've gotta stop this duel. Hey Devack, that kid's not a Signer! You can't duel him!
Devack: I already am. And once a shadow duel begins, it cannot be stopped until somebody wins.
Leo: Then let's get going. It's my move! I summon Morphtronic Magnen in defense mode.
Level 3/Earth/Thunder
ATK & DEF 0
Leo: I place one card face-down and end my turn. My set card is Morphtransition, so if he attacks, I can negate his attack. Then if I can summon another Magnen on my next turn, I'll be able to stop him from attacking.
Yusei: Leo, you've gotta stop this! You need to find a way out of this!
Leo: No way Yusei! If I can beat Devack then Luna won't have to face him!
Alex: Leo is stronger than you give him credit for Yusei.
Yusei: But is he strong enough to beat a Dark Signer?
Trudge: All we can do right now is hope Leo has what it takes to win.
Alex: You guys stay here and make sure Leo pulls through, I'm gonna see what I can do to help Luna in the spirit world.
Yusei: But how are you going to get to the spirit world?
Alex: Just let me worry about that.
He got on his duel runner and drove off. As he was driving, his duel runner started to be cloaked in shadows before he drove into the shadow of a building and disappeared.
Yusei: Good luck Alex.
Meanwhile, Luna was coming to in the spirit world. She raised her head up and saw she was in some kind of forest.
Luna: Looks like I made it.
She was then greeted by a familiar spirit.
Luna: Kuribon it's you.
Luna turned her head to the side and saw a large mountain in the distance.
Luna: That's the mountain where Ancient Fairy Dragon was sealed away.
Back in the real world, Leo and Devack's duel was proceeding.
Devack: It's my turn, I draw. And I summon Magician Ape in attack mode.
Level 3/Dark/Beast
ATK 800/DEF 1200
Devack: I now activate my monster's special effect. By discarding one card, I can take control of one of your monsters, but I cannot change the battle mode of that monster, so I discard one card to take your Morphtronic Magnen.
His monster launched a stream of blue lightning from his staff, dragging Magnen to Devack's field.
Devack: And with that out of the way, Magician Ape attacks you directly!
His monster shot a bolt of purple electricity at Leo, causing him to cry out in pain.
Trudge: Leo!
Yusei: Hang in there!
Leo: 3200 LP
In the spirit world, Luna could hear her brother screaming.
Luna: That sounded like Leo just now. You don't think he's dueling do you Kuribon?
Back at the duel, Leo had fallen to his knees.
Leo: Well, that hurt. This duel is as intense as when Luna and I dueled Nightshroud.
Devack: Don't worry, I'll try to send you to the Netherworld with as little pain as possible. That is the only mercy I can offer you.
Leo: I won't let you hurt Luna!
He shakily got to his feet and breathed deeply for a minute before continuing the duel.
Yusei: It's Leo's turn, but I'm worried. He doesn't look so good.
Trudge: He's a tough kid. He can handle whatever Devack throws his way.
Yusei: I know you're right Trudge.
Devack: Your friends up there seem to think you can handle more punishment. Care to test that theory?
Leo: You bet I do! I draw! Magnen Bar. This isn't much help to me. Wait! If I summon it, I bet Devack will try to take it using his Magician Ape's effect, and if he does- I play Morphtronic Magnen Bar in defense mode!
Level 1/Earth/Thunder
ATK & DEF 100
Leo: I'll end my turn with a face-down.
Devack: It looks like you're scraping the bottom of the barrel.
Leo: We'll see about that Devack. I won't let you hurt Luna.
Back in the spirit world, Luna was running through the forest.
Luna: I can't believe I'm back in the spirit world. Now that I'm here, I have to keep my promise and save the Ancient Fairy Dragon!
She remembered what the Ancient Fairy Dragon had told her, and that she had to find Regulus.
Luna: Okay, so I've gotta find Regulus, rescue Ancient Fairy Dragon, take her back to the real world to help Leo, defeat the Dark Signers, and save the planet. Easy.
As Luna was running, she saw a town in the distance. She arrived in the city and it seemed to be abandoned.
Luna: It doesn't look like anyone is here.
She looked ahead and saw numerous duel spirits down the road.
Luna: Hi, I'm Luna, can you help us?
She tried to approach them, but they all ran away when she got close.
Luna: Wait, we're not going to hurt you!
She turned down one of the streets and saw the spirits running away.
Luna: What are they afraid of?
Luna saw one of them around the corner of one of the buildings. The spirit realized it had been spotted and ran away.
Luna: Wait! Don't run away! If we don't catch those kids, we'll never find Regulus.
She spotted a nearby bench and stopped to rest on it. After sitting down for a minute, she steadied her breathing and tried to figure things out.
Luna: I just don't get why they're scared of us.
She lifted her head to see numerous spirits watching them before they ran away. Kuribon got Luna's attention and directed her attention to a nearby flight of steps.
Luna: What is it Kuribon?
When she reached the stairs, she saw a ball bouncing, but what really grabbed her attention was that the ball was bouncing up the stairs. She caught the ball as it bounced towards her.
Luna: Okay that's strange, since when do balls bounce up stairs?
She then heard a rustling sound and turned her head to the side and saw leaves rising up off the ground and reattaching themselves to a tree.
Luna: It's like everything is happening in reverse here. If we don't find out what's causing it, I might end up in diapers again.
Kuribon made another sound, talking to Luna.
Luna: You think it's that staff? They're all over town.
A strong breeze then blew through the town.
Luna: Where's that wind coming from?
Spirit 1: The collectors are coming!
Luna: Who are the collectors?
Spirit 2: They capture all the duel spirits!
Spirit 3: Hurry, this way!
Suddenly, a purple mist seeped out of one of the streets near Luna, who dropped the ball she was holding in fear.
Luna: I don't know what that is, but let's not wait around to find out!
The mist faded away and revealed a troop of monkeys wielding staffs like the ones littered around town.
Monkey 1: I don't want anyone messing around like last time.
Monkey 2: Whatever you say boss.
Monkey 3: I wanna find some spirits and turn 'em into stone!
Monkey 1: Keep searching!
Luna had hidden away in one of the side alleys with Kuribon.
Luna: No wonder everyone's hiding.
Suddenly Luna's deck began to glow. She pulled it out and held it close to her, trying to calm her duel spirits. A group of duel spirits came running down the street, followed closely by the monkey soldiers, one of whom turned down the street Luna was on and found her. Luna screamed out before Kuribon, Sunny Pixie, and her Sunlight Unicorn manifested themselves and ran away.
Luna: Wait, stop!
The monkeys chased after her spirits.
Monkey 1: Oh they'll stop alright.
The monkeys pointed their staffs at Luna's spirits and launched beams of purple energy at them, locking them into large stone tablets that looked like their duel cards. Having petrified them, the monkeys turned their attention back to Luna, who proceeded to run for all she was worth. She kept running until she wound up in a dead end.
Luna: Oh no.
She could see that the soldiers were approaching the alley she was in. Suddenly, one of the pavement stones lifted up, revealing a spirit Luna was familiar with.
Luna: It's you!
?: This way lady Luna.
Luna dove into the hole with the spirit and the stone dropped just before the soldiers arrived at the alley.
Monkey 2: Huh, didn't she run down this alley?
Monkey 1: She's got to be around here somewhere, fan out and find her!
Hey everyone. Well, the duel between Leo and Devack has started. And who is this familiar spirit? Stay tuned to find out.