AN: I will be skipping duels when I don't want to write them or if I want to get chapters out sooner. Sorry in advance.

Episode(s): 31 – 33

"Ahh!" yelled Jaden as he sat up from his hospital bed.

"Jaden," said Rose in shock.

"I saw a women."

"A women?" asked Syrus in shock.

"Well, you must be fine if you dreaming about women," said Miss Fontane as she walked out. "Though I wonder if it has to be with a beautiful young lady that happens to be here."

"What abut Alexis' brother?" asked Jaden, trying to change the subject as his cheeks burned.

"He's okay, but still unconscious."

~The Next Day~

"How's Jaden?" asked Alexis as she walked up to Syrus and Rose.

"He hasn't said anything since last night," said Syrus with a sad voice.

"Oh."

"How's your brother?" asked Rose. Alexis just shook her head.

"Pretty much the same. But he'll get better. I know it," she turned to her friends and smiled. "He's a fighter, you know?"

"We know," said Syrus with a smile.

"I just hope the rest are as well," started Rose as she looked at Jaden and touched his forehead. "After all, it sounds like the next Shadow Rider is here."

"Rose! Syrus!" yelled Chumley as he threw the door open and walked into the room. "Dr. Crowler's gonna duel against the vampire lady!"

"Great, he'll beat her easy, right?" asked Syrus in hope as he stood up to look at Chumley, Alexis coming to stand next to him.

"He talks a big game, but he plays a terrible one!" freak out Alexis.

"Shit," said Rose. She then got distracted when she saw Kuriboh appear above Jaden. She then noticed that Jaden had woken up. "Jaden?"

"Lets stay here and watch it from here," said Chumley.

"Right," said Syrus as he pulled out his device to watch the duel.

"Jaden," said Rose, again, trying to get his attention.

"I want to help," said Jaden.

"You can't, Jay. You're injured."

"It looks like he's losing!" freak out Syrus.

"He can't!" said Alexis. "If he loses, then we lose a gate key!"

"I need to go," said Jaden, again, as he sat up.

"Jaden!" said Syrus surprised.

"Alright, Jaden," said Rose as she gave him his Jacket and helped him put it on. "Let's go, guys."

~Sometime After the Boys Left~

"Why didn't you go with them?" asked Alexis as she and Rose sat around Atticus.

"If another Shadow Rider came and attacked, I wouldn't want you to be by yourself," said Rose with a smile. "Besides, I already stressed out from watching Jaden duel, I don't want to stress because our idiot teacher is dueling, and Jaden wants to be an even bigger idiot and go while he is in pain."

"I can see that," giggle Alexis.

"We can only hope to see what happens when they get back," said Rose as she looked at her lap.

"What do you think will happen?" said Alexis as she looked at her brother.

"I don't know. We can only hope for the best."

The two then started to talk about random things to pass time, from talking about the latest gossip to talking about some school subjects.

"Girls," said Zane as he and the others walked into the room. He and Bastion were helping support Jaden.

"What happened?" asked Rose as she looked at the boys as they placed Jaden on his bed. She got up and helped him out of his jacket. She folded it up and placed it next to the bed.

"Where's Crowler?" asked Alexis. The boys only looked down. Alexis gasped and looked at her brother as she held his hand, taking comfort in his warmth.

"No," said Rose in shock as she looked toward Zane, who looked straight ahead with anger in his eyes.

"She took his soul and turned him into a doll," said Chazz as he showed them as he moved to sit on the chair in front of Jaden's bed.

"I'll play a trap, then I'll play a spell, and then attack!" yelled Jaden, only to lay down on the bed as his body was in pain. "Well, just as soon as I get better I will. Camula's gonna get it sooner or later. I mean, Takin' that spirit key is one thing, but Crowler's soul, too?"

"Jay, you really ought to rest," said Syrus.

"Sy's right, after all, if we're not at our best, it's our souls that will be sealed in those dolls and our bodies will be catatonic!" said Banner as he began to freak out. This resulting in Pharaoh yelling as he jumped down to hind under Jaden's bed.

"No Pharaoh! Just cause the word has 'cat' in it doesn't mean it applies to you," Banner said as he crawled to get his cat. "Though I'm not sure nine lives makes a difference with vampires."

"The worst part is, since Camula was able to take Crowler's key, she needs just six more to unleash those beast cards," said Bastion, catching everyone's attention.

"Then it won't just be our souls at stake," said Rose as she looked at her friend. "But everyone's in the world!"

"That's it! I'm dueling her – Tonight!" declared Jaden.

"You duel? Think again!" said Chazz as he stood up and covered Jaden with his sheet. "You can't even win a duel with a sheet. This duel is for the Chazz."

"Zane?" questioned Rose as she walked toward her friend while the boys messed around. Zane continued to look forward.

Zane grunted and walked out of the room, Syrus called to him and followed after his brother.

"What's with him?" asked Jaden from his bed.

"Not sure," said Rose as she walked toward her friend to continue talking to them.

~A Few Minutes Later~

'What a crazy day,' thought Rose as she walked to her dorm.

"Rose," said voice.

"Hmm?" hummed Rose as she turned around to see who had called her. "Zane?"

"I need you to do me a favor," said Zane as he walked to stand in front of her. "I'm going to go against Camula, I need you to stay with Atticus."

"What?"

"We can't guarantee they won't come after him if we leave him unprotected. And knowing Alexis, she will get so caught up with everything she wont even bother to think about that."

"I understand," said Rose after a few moments. "I will get somethings and head over there."

"Thank you," said Zane as he started to walk away.

"Make sure to think everything through. Good luck," said Rose. Zane just waved as he walked away.

~That Night~

"What are those bats?" asked Rose out loud as she watched a whole bunch of bats flying outside her room. "Good luck Zane."

'Please be careful!' thought Rose to herself as she ran out of her room and toward where Atticus was.

~Sometime Later~

"Rose," said Alexis as she walked into the room. Rose was sitting next to Atticus' bed.

"Alexis? What's wrong?" she asked when she noticed that Alexis' eyes were red.

"Zane lost," said Alexis as tears stared to fall.

"No," said Rose as tears started to well up. The two girls held each other and started to cry.

~The Next Day~

"Jaden," said Rose as she put a towel on his head and cleaned off his forehead.

"Atticus!" said Alexis in shock, causing Rose to turn around to see what was wrong. She gasped.

"You're awake!" said Rose in shock as Alexis took the breathing mask off of him.

"Alexis," said Atticus in a tired voice, "I need to tell you about her. The vampire known as Camula. You can't defeat her like the others."

"But why not?" asked Alexis as she grabbed his hand.

"She has a shadow charm that gives her the power to steal souls. I'm sure you've already seen her use it already, but you can stop her with another charm," said Atticus as he lifted up the charm around his neck.

"That's the other half of Jaden's," said Rose as she came to stand next to Alexis.

"Jaden, take it," said Atticus as he struggled to take it off. Alexis helped him and gave it to Rose, who took it to Jaden.

~A Few Minutes Later~

"The cavalry is here!" yelled Rose as Alexis drove the boat they were in. She stopped the boat in front of their friends.

"We don't need Banner when we've got Jaden!" said Alexis as she got out of the boat.

"Huh?" question everyone as they looked at the boat. They watched Rose move a blanket and Jaden come out.

"What's up?" asked Jaden with a smile.

"For the last time! You can't!" yelled Syrus in retaliation.

"Yeah, you're still hurt, slacker!" said Chazz with a smirk.

"It's true," said Bastion as he put a fist up.

"Maybe, but," started Alexis as she looked at her two friends. Jaden nodded and looked down at his neck as Alexis explained what had happened with Atticus.

"Doesn't scare me," said Chazz as he looked to side.

"So, we fight fire with fire!" said Rose with determination. "We've got our own shadow charm!"

"Compliments of Atticus!" said Jaden with a big grin.

The group looked at him and decided to go and confront the vampire. They walked into the fog and walked up to the same door as last time.

"I'm here for my friends' souls!" yelled Jaden.

"I didn't know the Crowler was our friend," said Rose to Bastion who laughed.

"And I'm not leavin' 'til I get 'em!" continued Jaden with determination.

"Actually, truth be told, dear, you're not leaving here ever again, not a single one of you are!" said Camula with a smirk.

"Get your game on! And I mean on high!" said Jaden as he drew a card. "Because if someone duels my friends and turns them into some dolls, it puts me in a bad mood!"

"And let me tell you something: I don't care!" said Camula.

"Maybe this will change your mind!" said Jaden. "Polymerization! I fuse Elemental Heroes Avian, Sparkman, and Bubbleman. Now introducing: Elemental Hero Tempest!"

"Wow! What a way to start the duel!" said Syrus in awe.

"Jaden wants to end this quickly and with Tempest out there, he just might be able to do it!" said Bastion.

"I wouldn't count Camula out just yet," said Chazz with his arms crossed.

"Yes, after all, we've seen how strong her cards can be, especially that Illusion Gate!" said Banner.

"We'll just have to hope she doesn't get a chance to play it," said Alexis in worry.

'You better win Jaden!' thought Rose as she watched.

"Last, I'll throw down a facedown. Let's see what you got!" said Jaden.

"Well, well, if you're in such a hurry to lose, alright, I play. . ." Camula started but then began to laugh after looking at the card she drew. "Illusion Gate!"

"Damn," said Rose with worry as the card's ability activated and everyone cowered away from the smoke. "You got this Jaden!"

"Oh dear, this decision is just far too hard to make," mocked Camula. "Why don't I just put all your friends at stake?"

"What? All of them?" said Jaden in shock.

"Never underestimate the power of the shadows. With this necklace, I can do anything!"

"What's that light?" asked Rose in shock from her spot next to Alexis.

The group watched as Jaden's two halves of the amulet had combined into one whole piece. It caused a bright light to shine from the now complete amulet. The light shot out and fought back the moving shadows, shocking everyone.

"What happened?" asked Chazz.

"Jaden's shadow charm cancelled the power of her necklace!" said Rose in happiness.

"Just in time! I thought we were all done for!" said Bastion with a smile.

"Now, if she wants to use that card, she's going to have to use her own soul," said Rose with a smirk.

"I have a feeling that she is okay with that," said Alexis as Camula did just that and unleashed her cards power.

She used it to get Tempest to fight Jaden and drop his life points to 1,200. She was about to use her Zombie Werewolf to attack, but Tempest started acting up.

"Guess he doesn't like his new boss," laughed Jaden. "But you can forget the two-week notice, I think I'll just play my trap cross heart! And that puts Tempest back on my side!"

"What!?" said Camula in shock as Tempest went back to Jaden. She then got mad. "Go ahead and take him back! I will still win!"

"Looks like Jaden's learned a few new tricks," smirked Chazz.

"There's more were that came from!" said Jaden as he drew a card. "Alright! Time to teach that werewolf pooch a few new tricks! Like how to play dead!"

Tempest attacked the Werewolf and Camula's life points went down to 2,400. This caused Camula to laugh.

"How quickly you forget!" laughed Camula. "When you destroy my Werewolf, another one comes from my deck with a little surprise, 500 more attack points!"

"Maybe a facedown will tame 'im," said Jaden as he put a card facedown.

'Damn, Jaden, what are you going to do?' thought Rose as Camula started her turn. Even so, Rose was focused on Jaden. 'You better win Jaden, we have so much riding on this.'

"Did you see that?" asked Syrus in shock as Vampire Genesis was summoned.

"Unfortunately," said Chumley.

"300 attack points," said Chazz in shock.

"And a powerful special ability, to boot," said Bastion in angered. "Jaden will have his work cut out for him."

"Next, I'll use the spell card Genesis Crisis! Now, every turn a Zombie-type monster is transferred directly from my deck and into my hand! And with Vampire Genesis, I can discard that monster to the graveyard to summon another one! It can be any Zombie monster, as long as it is a lower level! So, I'll be discarding Ryu Kokki to bring back Vamp's best friend: Zombie Werewolf!

"Now, if I recall, your Elemental Hero cannot be destroyed in battle, as long as you sacrifice one of the other cards on your field. And it seems you have one. Pity if something should happen to it like, for example: if it disappeared due to my Giant Trunade!" said Camula as she took Jaden's facedown card.

"How did she know to do that?" asked Syrus in shock.

"I don't know," said Bastion in anger. "Camula knows our decks better than any one and what's more, she's calculated a perfect strategy against them!"

"So, isn't the villain supposed to tell the charming hero how she did it? 'Cuz I'm all ears!" asked Jaden in an attempt to get information. 'I'm totally calling cheating!'

"You didn't think that my bats were just for decoration did you?" said Camula as her eyes glowed red. "They were spying on each and every one of you! And just as they told me the weaknesses of your pathetic little friends, Crowler and Zane, they told me yours! You can't win!"

'I can't believe she actually told him,' thought Rose with a sweat drop.

"And now! Vampire Genesis, go and attack that Tempest! Crimson Storm!"

"So much for that Elemental Hero Tempest," said Chazz in anger. "Now Jaden's out there like a sitting duck!"

"And I think that Zombie Werewolf likes ducks," said Syrus in fear. "This could be it, guys!"

"This is very anti-lishus!" said Chumley in fear.

"You're through! Zombie Werewolf attack Jaden directly!" said Camula with a smirk as her monster attacked Jaden. She then became angered when she noticed Jaden was still standing. "Well? Fall down! You should have no more life points left!"

"Guess again, Camula!" said Jaden with a laugh.

"How is this?"

"Insurance is how!" said Jaden as he showed a card. "When you sent this facedown card back to my hand, its effect went off, and I got 500 life points just in time!"

'So now he has 300 life points left. You have to be carful Jaden,' thought Rose in fear as she looked on.

"I see. How fortunate for you. But you just postpone the inevitable. I activate the magic of Genesis Crisis! And now I'll add yet another Zombie monster from my deck to my hand!" said Camula in anger.

"Jaden's hanging on, but still, Camula has way more life points than him," said Alexis with worry.

"For sure, Shadow charm or not, how could we ever let him duel Camula?" asked Chazz in anger. "He's just not at the top of his game! We might as well hand over our spirit keys right now!"

"There's always hope," said Bastion in annoyance. "But I admit, with that Vampire Genesis and that Genesis Crisis on the field, there isn't much of it."

"Let's bargain with her, maybe put her in touch with the local blood bank?" question Banner with hope.

"I highly doubt that's going to work," said Rose as she looked at her professor with a raised eyebrow.

"I think this is bigger than that, professor, I mean sure, Vampires crave blood, but I think this one craves our spirit keys a lot more!" said Jaden with sweat coming down his face.

"Pathetic mortal, you have no idea what I crave," said Camula in anger. "Centuries ago, the Vampires were a proud and peaceful race. We lived in harmony with our mortal brothers and sisters, that is, until the Dark Times, until the War. No one knew who struck first, but the fighting was fierce, neither soldier nor child was spared the horror as hatred decimated both our peoples.

"I, the last of my race, had no choice but to go into hiding. For years I slept a coffin as my home. Then a stranger approached, the dark power of shadow coursed through his veins. He offered me a choice: spend an eternity in my tomb or accept his shadow charm and join his quest for the sacred beast cards.

"For each duelist that I would best in battle, their soul would be mine! Which I would use to resurrect my defeated army of vampires, and we would suck our revenge from the bloated vein of humanity!"

"Wow, a little to much information there," said Jaden with indifference.

"Agreed," said Rose as she looked uncaring. "Not that it isn't a sad story, but really?"

"So, if I go down right now, you'll get my key and my soul to start a vampire army?"

"You're smart for a mortal," said Camula with a smirk. "Perhaps you'll do us both a favor and just give up, Jaden."

"He better not!" yelled Rose in anger. Jaden looked at her and smiled.

"Wasn't dreaming about it beautiful!" he said to her, causing her to blush and the others to chuckle at her.

'Only I can call her that!' thought Chazz in anger.

"So here goes, somethin'!" said Jaden as he drew a card in determination. "Sweet! I'm startin' with my Pot of Greed! Or, in this case, Pot 'a Need, cuz that's just what I got!

"I play Dark Factory of Mass Production, this lets me take two monsters from the graveyard and put 'em right back in my hand! Now I activate Fusion Gate! You can forget about Polymerization! This baby let's me fusion summon without it!"

"So, what!" said Camula in frustration.

"So, check out Avian 'n' Burstinatrix! Or should I say: Elemental Hero Flame Wingman!" said Jaden as he summoned his monster. "There's more! I'm fusin' Wingman and Sparkman to make somthin' even better!"

"Two fusions?" asked Rose in shock.

"I summon Elemental Hero Shining Flare Wingman! Alright Flare Wingman! Now let's get our pals'souls back!" said Jaden with a smirk.

"Flare Wingman?! But you've never used that card in your deck before!" Camula said in anger. "You have to be cheating, you put it in there when I wasn't looking, didn't you?"

"Uh, yeah! But, ya know, I'm not sure that's cheating," said Jaden with a smile. "I mean, hello, Camula! You were the one spying! And anyway, I didn't even sneak it in anyhow!"

"You lie!"

"Nah, not really! I just figured that since you were all about the shadows, I should pack something that's bright, like the Elemental Hero Shining Flare Wingman! And, boy, is he! Check out that glow!"

"Fine. Use him. With just 2,500 points, he still won't defeat Vampire Genesis!"

"Actually, Camula, yeah he will. Cause for each of my Elemental Heroes that are just chillin' away back at the graveyard Flare Wingman gains 300 attack points!"

"Then my Vampire," said Camula scared.

"Is about to bite the dust! Shining Flare Wingman, show this lady how we do things back at Duel Academy! Attack Vampire Genesis with Solar Flare!" said Jaden as his monster attacked.

"And when Vampire Genesis is not on the field all zombie type monsters you have out are destroyed!"

'Come on Jaden,' thought Rose as the life point dropped down to 2,300.

"Sorry, but it takes more than that to defeat a vampire!" said Camula.

"Good, cuz I got more for ya: Flare Wingman's Special Ability! And it's better than a wooden stake! You get hit for damage equal to the attack points of the monster I just destroyed!"

"No! It can't be!" screamed Camula.

"Yes!" yelled Rose in happiness. "Go Jaden!"

"That's game!" said Jaden with a smile but stopped when the Camula's soul was taken.

"Big bro!" yelled Syrus as he went to where his brother was. The others minus Banner and Chazz stayed behind with a newly appeared Crowler.

"Guys, we got to get out of here!" yelled Rose as the place started shaking.

"Run for it!" yelled Jaden as they started to run. Chumley picked up Zane and they ran for it.

Once outside, the group watched as the castle came down. As it came down, the sun shined, and everyone looked at the lake.

"At last, the nightmare's finally over," said Alexis as Bastion handed Jaden Camula's necklace.

"This one at least. Cuz Camula was just the second of the Shadow Riders and that means more are on the way," said Jaden as he looked at the necklace.