Episode(s): 39

"What's up, Alexis?" said Jaden as he, Chazz, Banner, and a mystery man walked up to Alexis and Rose who were standing near Alexis' brother who was dressed in academy uniform.

"How's Atticus doing?" asked Rose as she smiled at her friend.

"So-so," said Alexis with a sad voice. "I mean, he's out of that hospital bed now, but he still can't remember much of what happened."

"I'm sure he'll come around soon," said Jaden with a smile to his friend.

"Anyway, what bring you all over?"

"The law, actually," said Banner with a smile as he held Pharaoh. The others turned to the mystery man.

"Good afternoon, ma'am. I'm detective Zaloog," said the man who was dressed in the way you would think an old-time detective like Sherlock Holms would dress with a weird eyepatch on his right eye.

"Okay," said the two girls.

"You see, Alexis, since three of the seven Spirit Keys have already been taken by the Shadow Riders and the fate of the world resets on protecting the remaining four, the academy though it best to call in the police."

"By the way, where is your key, Rose?" asked Jaden as he and Chazz turned to look at her.

"Right here, around my neck," she replied as she showed them.

"Same here," said Chazz.

"Yeah, same with me," said Jaden as she showed them.

"Oh my, that's exactly what I was afraid of," said Zaloog with a smile and a condescending voice.. "You may think that's where it's safest, but it's not, for you see, all the Shadow duelists have to do is find you, and they found the key."

"So, the detective suggests we all hid our keys somewhere," said Banner with a smile.

"Whatever's clever, I guess," said Jaden as they then proceeded to go to the student's rooms to hide their keys.

~Chazz's Room~

"Nobody'll think to look here," said Chazz as he put the key in a drawer.

"Yes," said Zaloog with s smirk. "Just be sure, Chazz, that you keep it a secret."

Everyone stopped when they heard a noise outside the room, only to see Gorg, the janitor.

~Jaden's Room~

"There!" declared Jaden as he put the key in a drawer in his desk. "The junk drawer."

"Good. No one will ever find it mixed in with all that clutter," said Zaloog with a nod.

Rose, Jaden, and Chazz just looked at the man suspiciously as Chazz closed Jaden's drawer. They then noticed someone trying to open the door.

"Who's there!" yelled Jaden as he opened the door, only to see a fellow Slifer Red student. "Oh, it's you."

"Well? Who is it?" asked Zaloog right as Syrus and Chumley showed up.

"Hey C.K., you lost again?" asked Syrus in a friendly voice.

"Your room is next door, remember?" asked Jaden.

"Oh, oh yeah!" said C.K. as he ran to his room.

"C.K. is a new transfer student," explained Chumley to the group. He's kinda on the slow side. I love dulin' him."

~Rose's Room~

"Well, this is where I keep all my other valuables," said Rose as she opened a box with jewelry in it and put the key in it. She then turned around as Chazz closed it for her. "There."

"Nice work," said Zaloog with a smirk from where he was sitting on her couch.

"Oh, sorry," said Meanae as she walked into the room. "I, uh, didn't mean to disturb you all."

"What? Who is this?"

"It's cool," said Rose with a smile. "She's the school nurse, no one to worry about."

~Teacher's Lounge~

"I bet your Spirit Key will be safe there, Professor Banner," said Chumley.

"What makes ya think that, Chumley, the fact that it's called a safe?" asked Chazz in a condescending voice. Right then, someone walked by.

"Wait! Who's that over there?" yelled out Zaloog.

"Oh, that's just Cliff the security guard," said Banner with a smile. "If anything, he'll make it even more safe.

"Well," he continued after he yawned, "I suppose we can go to sleep soundly now."

"Yes, quite soundly," said Zaloog as he looked at the students. "Now, children, get to bed. You all must be exhausted."

~That Night~

"Rose!" yelled a voice outside Rose's bedroom.

"What?" said Rose as she just woke up.

"Rose!" yelled another voice as they banged on her door.

"Shit," said Rose as she ran to the door, still in her pajamas. She had on cotton short shorts and a tang top.

"Rose," yelled both boys as she opened the door and they fell through.

"Wh-?' she started, only to be cut off.

"The Shadow Riders stole the keys!" yelled Chazz and Jaden. They then stopped and looked at her and blushed.

"I'll get dressed," she said as she rushed around the room grabbing things, "just give me a few minutes."

"Ri-right?" stuttered Chazz with a blush as he got up and walked out.

"We-we'll be outside," stuttered Jaden as he followed Chazz and closed the door behind him.

~A Few Minutes Later: In Chazz's Room~

"So, all your keys are gone, too?" questioned Chazz as they all sat on his bed.

"Yes, I'm afraid so," said Banner.

"See, Jaden!" yelled Chazz as he looked at the boy sitting behind him. "And they weren't wearing earplugs."

"We'll figure this out," said Zaloog as he appeared in front of Chazz's door, followed by Gorg, Meanae, Cliff, and C.K. with him.

"Detective Zaloog, what's going on?" asked Banner, in shock.

"I rounded up some suspects to help get to the bottom of this most serious crime."

"So, you'll question them?"

"In due time, after I pose a few questions to you first."

"Whatever," said Jaden with a smile as he stood up. "After all, he's the detective, right?"

"Wrong," said Chazz with his arms crossed, causing the others to look at him. "Something's up."

"What's up?" asked Jaden as he sat next to Chazz.

"Chazz, let's let him do his job," said Banner with a smile.

"Sorry, but this here is a job for Chazz Princeton," declared Chazz, shocking the others. Zaloog and the others came into the room as Chazz got ready.

"Now," continued Chazz as everyone settled in, "everyone who knew where those keys were is in this room. So, that means the thief has to be, too."

"Yeah, I guess," said Syrus, "but how will we find him? I mean, won't we need evidence?"

"You know, I did see a press-on nail on my bedroom floor," said Rose with a thoughtful voice. "It was such an ugly design, obviously who ever wore it has no taste."

"A press-on nail?" asked Chazz. "That sounds like a very promising clue, Rose. So where is the press-on nail now?"

"Well, since I knew it wasn't mine and that Alexis is the only other girl that goes to my room, I brought it with me because I thought it would be a clue," said Rose with a smile as she went through her pocket to find the nail. The only problem was that she couldn't find it.

"I'm sorry, it must have fallen out of my pocket on the way over here."

"Well, there goes that lead," said Chazz as he looked at Rose, only to blush as he saw she was blushing out of embarrassment. "But accidents happen, so it's okay!"

"I got one!" said Banner in happiness. "There was a set of footprints leading right up to my safe."

"That's perfect, professor Banner," said Chazz as he turned to Banner. "What size show was it? What was the style of the shoe tread?"

"I kind of vacuumed it up," said Banner with a sweat drop.

"Ya know, there was a hole in the wall of our room," said Jaden as he looked at Syrus.

"That's true," said Syrus as he nodded his head.

"And let me guess, Slacker, You already sealed it back up," said Chazz in an annoyed voice.

"Well, uh, kind of," said Jaden while making a weird face.

"You guys are really something," said Chazz, annoyed. He then looked at Rose who was pouting cutely, making him and Jaden blush as they looked at her. "Except for Rose who tried to bring the evidence. Sometimes accidents happen!"

"You're really good at this," said Rose with a smile as she looked at Chazz, causing said boy to blush. Jaden glared at him.

"Thanks," said Chazz with a smile.

"Well, without any evidence, I guess we won't know who did it," said Banner, causing Chazz to react.

"He did it," he said while pointing at C.K. "and him (points at Gorg), and him (points at Cliff), and her (points at Meanae)."

"Uh, and you're basing this on what?" asked C.K. in a nervous voice.

"Yeah! You heard everyone," said Meanae in anger, "there's no proof. You've got nothing on us."

"Oh, don't I?" said Chazz with a smirk.

"What?" said Zaloog in anger. "Look, how about I ask the questions?"

Chazz grunted and started to rummage through the inside pocket of his jacket.

"How about we here from them?" said Chazz as he showed his three Ojama cards. "You see, when we hid each of the spirit keys, I hid one of these cards with them.

"The three of them are kind of my eyes and ears when I'm not around, and in my dorm room, I had all of these watching you. The point is, they all saw who did it."

'Caught you red handed,' said Ojama Black.

'Soitenly did,' said Ojama Green.

'You're so busted,' said Ojama Yellow.

"Who told you what?" Zaloog asked.

"Really? I'm lost," said Meanae.

"Where are these so-called witnesses?" asked the four accused.

"Well, maybe you can't see them, but I can," said an angered Chazz, "and I know they're behind this, detective."

"I believe Chazz," said Rose as she showed her card Rose Guardian as the spirit showed up next to her, surprising Jaden and Chazz who can see her.

"Same," said Jaden as he showed his Winged Kuriboh card, said creature flying next to his head.

"You're mistaken," laughed Zaloog with a smug smirk. "It's not just them, it's me too."

"WHAT!?" said everyone in shock.

"That's right, my children. All of us are in on it. We are the criminal ring known as," said Zaloog as they all revealed their black outfits underneath their cloths.

"The Dark Scorpions," they all said together.

"Au, sorry. Never heard of you," said the others, together as they looked at the weird group.

"Of course, you haven't" said Zaloog. "We've been deep undercover at your school for years now, waiting for our chance to nab those keys."

"And now, the Scorpions finally have them," they all said together, again, while striking poses.

'Fucking weirds,' thought the students at the same time.

"So?" said Chazz with a smirk. "To use them, you'll still have to beat me in a duel. SO, bring it on!"

"Why you?" question Jaden as he pointed to himself. "I'll duel."

"I'll take them on," said Rose as she pointed to herself.

"Or Professor Banner could," said Syrus as he looked at said teacher.

"Oh," said Banner as he backed away, "I'll sit this one out."

"Of course, that's it," said Zaloog as he looked at his duel disk, "why the keys didn't work. Ha! We have to beat them in a duel!"

"Got that right!" said Chazz as he put his duel disk on. "So, let's go, Shadow Rider."

~Outside the Slifer Red Dorms~

"Duel!" said both men.

"I'll win this as easy as I stole your keys," said Zaloog as he drew a card. "First, I'll summon Golem Sentry in defense mode. Next, I place a card facedown. That'll do for now."

"My turn!" said Chazz as he drew his card. "I play the spell card Fiend's Sanctuary. With this card, I can summon a Metal Fiend Token to the field, and now, I'll sacrifice my Fiend Token to bring out Armed Dragon Level Five. Go, Armed Dragon. Use those arms to destroy that Golem! Spiked Spinner!

"Alright, and for my next move, I'm gonna place two facedowns. Then I'll use my Dragon's ability, and it's a big one."

"Got that right," said Jaden as the others watched in awe. "On the turn Armed Dragon Level Five wins a fight, well, then you can trade him in. . ."

"For a Level Seven," said Chazz, finishing Jaden's sentence.

"Level him up all you want," declared Zaloog. "It won't matter, and you're about to see why.

"First, I play Pot of Greed. And I got just what I wanted: the one and only Don Zaloog!"

"What?" question the students in shock. Banner just made a face.

"And when I say one and only, I truly mean it," said Zaloog as he walked onto the field, "because, my children, I am him!"

"Wait, so," said Syrus, confused.

"He's a card?" question Chumley.

"Whoa," said Jaden in awe.

"Not just me," said Zaloog as he played another card. "With this, Mustering of the Dark Scorpions, I can summon all of them. That right, all the Dark Scorpions in my hand! Now, Scorpion: roll call!"

"Rolls? Who's got the rolls? Where are da rolls?" asked Grog.

"He means say your name, Gorg," said Meanae as she held a whip. "I'm Meanae The Thorn."

"The name is Cliff The Trap Remover," said Cliff with a knife. "Guess how I remove 'em."

"I'm Chick The Yellow," said C.K. as he jumped up and down. "I'm six foot when I jump up."

"And together, we're The Dark Scorpions," they all said.

"Now I'll play a trap," declared Zaloog. "You see, on the first turn that all the Dark Scorpions are out, this trap allows each of us to attack you directly, and for everyone of those attacks, you'll lose 400 life points. Now, let him have it! Dark Scorpion Combination!"

"Take this: Thorn Whip," said Meanae.

"Double Blast attack!"

"Scorpion Slice," said Cliff.

"Mallet Mash," said Chick.

"Hammer Hammer," said Gorg.

"This isn't how you wanna start a duel," said Jaden as Chazz screamed in pain and his life points went down to 2,000.

"And there's more, too," laughed Zaloog. "For you see, Chazz, now our special abilities go into effect against you."

"Say what?" cried out Chazz.

"That's right," said Gorg. "So, first, the monster on your field must return to the top of your deck."

"And then, next," said Chick as he pointed, "a card on your field returns to your hand."

"There's more," said Cliff as Chazz growled in anger. "The top two cards on your deck, they go to the grave."

"And then one card in your hand is destroyed," said Zaloog as Chazz got rid of the two cards.

"And finally," said Meanae with a smile, "a card with 'Dark Scorpion' in its name can be added to our hand from the graveyard."

"And I'll pick this: Dark Scorpion Combination," said Zaloog as he showed the card, "the card that started it all, and now, it'll end it all."

"Stay tough, Chazz!" yelled out Jaden.

"Hello? Of course, I can," said Chazz angerly at Jaden. "Now be quiet and let the Chazz do his thing!"

"You got his Chazz!" said Rose with a smile, causing Chazz to blush and smirk. Jaden glared.

"I play Level Modulation. Now you get to draw two cards and I get to summon from the grave a high-level monster without paying a dime, and I choose Armed Dragon level Seven."

"Him again?" grunted Zaloog as he drew a card. "You give me no choice but to play two facedowns then."

"I hate when this guy plays facedowns," said Syrus in worry.

"I hear ya, Syrus," said Jaden with a smile. "This should be interesting."

"It's my turn," said Chazz as he drew a card. "First, Armed Dragon Level Seven's effect activates. Now, by sending a monster card in my hand to the grave, monsters with attack points equal or fewer than my discarded one are destroyed, and the card I'm discarding is Despair From The Dark: 2,800 attack points."

"Hold it," declared Zaloog. "I play a trap: Retreat of the Dark Scorpions. Now all Dark Scorpions on the field retreat to my hand."

"Fine," said Chazz as he glared. "I'll attack directly. Armed Dragon, go get him. Dragon Sonic Sphere!"

"Oh, no!" said Zaloog's group as his life points went down 1,200.

"How dare he strike the Boss like that," said Cliff in anger.

"Don't you worry. We'll get him back," said Meanae in anger.

"I place one card facedown and end my turn," said Chazz.

"One lucky move, that's all," said Zaloog with a smirk, "but it won't matter. It ends here. I summon myself, Don Zaloog, again."

"No," gasped Rose.

"Then I'll play Mustering Of The Dark Scorpions. Welcome back, Team."

"Yeah!" they screamed.

"Sorry. They're not back yet," said Chazz. "I play Ojama Trio."

"Hey, wait a sec," said Cliff as the three appeared on Zaloog's field. "Why are they on our field?"

"So that you all can't be. See, Ojama Trio creates Ojama Tokens, and they take up three of your monsters' slots, and when destroyed, you lose 300 life points."

'Sorry pal,' said Black.

'Thanks for havin' us,' said Green.

'I just love hot chocolate,' said Yellow.

"So, we can't come out?" asked Chick. "No fair."

"I can," declared Meanae. "Go on, Boss. Do what you have to do."

"Meanae, I'll never forget you for this," said Zaloog dramatically. "I play Dark Scorpion Tragedy of Love!

"When Don Zaloog and Meanae The Thorn are on the field, I can send Meanae to the graveyard to destroy all of your monsters."

"Avenge me Boss! Avenge me!" cried out Meanae.

"I sure will," said Zaloog. "I attack you directly! Double Blast Attack!"

"Chazz!" cried out Rose as his life points went down to 600.

"And now, my special ability activates," said Zaloog in anger. "You have to discard one random card from your hand."

"Actually, it's be my pleasure," said Chazz with a smirk.

"Huh?"

"Cuz the only card in my hand is Ojamagic, and when this card is sent to the graveyard, well, then Ojama Yellow, Green, and Black all come to my hand."

"Bring 'em out," said Zaloog confidently. "They don't scare me."

"Yeah. Well, we'll see what I can do to change that," said Chazz with a smug look as he drew a card. "My turn. Go, Pot Of Greed, and next, I play Polymerization. Scared yet? You will be. Do your thing, Ojamas!"

'You've got it,' said Yellow.

'Time to show these numbskulls,' said Black.

'It soitenly is,' said Green as they all jumped up and hit their heads, causing the others to watch them confused.

"Ojama King," said the new being.

"What is that!" cried out Zaloog, freaked out.

"It's a giant fucking egg," said Rose as she looked at it.

"Makes me hungry," said Chumley.

"Now I play my spell card: Ojamuscle," said Chazz as his monster got buff.

"Now it's an egg on steroids," said Jaden.

'Ojama Tokens, come to daddy,' said the Ojama King as he ate them.

"Ojamuscle destroys all Ojama monsters out, and for everyone that's destroyed, king gains 1,000 attack points," said Chazz with a smirk. "Oh, and since those were Ojama Tokens that were destroyed, you now lose 900 life points."

"Yes!" said Chumley, excitedly as Zaloog's life points went down to 300.

"And now, King's attack points will rise to 3,000! Now go, Ojama King! Attack Don with Flying Belly Flop Drop!"

"Alright!" yelled out Syrus.

"You won!" said Chumley.

"Way to duel, Chazz," said Jaden.

"Bye-bye," said Chazz.

"No. This can't be. We can't lose," said Zaloog as he and his team turned back into cards, causing the others to gasp.

"Well guys, guess that's one less Shadow Rider we have to worry about," said Chazz.

"Well, I say good riddance," said Chumley.

"That's what you get for trying to steal," said Syrus.

"Yes, and now the Spirit Keys are back in safe hands," said Banner as he and the students decided to go to their rooms.