"Ugh, I can't believe this bullshit!" Chelsea yelled out as she plopped down on the top bunk of the bed, she had gotten there a few minutes ago but was still angry at the situation back at the duel field, she lay back on the bed and rested her hands behind her head. "I made up that story as I went along with the others help, what did she expect, a fucking perfect cover story?!"
"You know, talking to yourself is a sign of mental illness." Chloe's voice rang out and Chelsea looked up to see her roommate at the door. "Chelsea, you'd better calm down before the meeting with Tracy, do you really want to get in more trouble?"
"Not in the mood Chloe." Chelsea sighed in annoyance as she looked at her roommate. "Besides I'm facing possible expulsion no thanks to your damn duel spirit, at this point I don't think it's possible to get in anymore trouble."
"Knowing the teachers they'll find a way." Chloe said before shaking her head. "Look I don't mean to nag you, I'm just….."
"Concerned? I can look after myself." Chelsea asserted and Chloe frowned.
"Fine, don't come crying to me when your parents ship you off to military academy." Chloe said sternly and Chelsea's expression darkened.
"What the fuck did you just say?!" Chelsea demanded and Chloe turned to her.
"I'm just being honest with you Chelsea, you may have a second chance this time but what if you face possible expulsion for a second time and they're not so willing to give you a second chance?" Chloe pointed out and Chelsea went to say something but stopped herself short before sighing.
"God damn it, as much as I hate to admit it, you're right." Chelsea grunted as she stared at her roommate. "I'm sorry for snapping at you as well, I'm just under a lot of stress."
"We all are." Chloe pointed out as she sat down on the chair facing the coffee table. "But getting angry about it won't help at all."
"It's not my fault she had to be nick-picky." Chelsea grunted before hopping off the bunk and going over to her laptop. "I need to be prepared for Miranda if we face her in the tournament."
"We don't even know who she's teaming up with." Chloe pointed out as Chelsea started up her laptop. "How do you plan on preparing for her anyway? There's only one thunder monster I can think off who's attack points come close to her dragons and that's Twin Headed Thunder Dragon."
"Yeah and that thing doesn't exactly fit in with a Watt deck." Chelsea said with a grin before remembering something. "Oh yeah, almost forgot, whilst you were at the boy's dorm a couple of packages arrived for you, I signed for them in your place since I didn't know how long you'd be." Chelsea told her before grabbing the packages and handing them over.
"Thanks but I only remember ordering one thing, namely a new Sword and Sorcery novel." Chloe thanked her before opening the packages, the first one was indeed the book that she had ordered, and namely the Sword and Sorcery Anthology by Robert E. Howard, but the other thing confused her. "Someone sent me Duel Monster Cards?"
"Who's it from?" Chelsea asked and Chloe checked the return address.
"It's from my step-dad's card shop; I guess he's trying to help me win my expulsion duel." Chloe said before opening up the pack and looking through them. "Nice, these will help my deck a lot!"
"I hope so." Chelsea said with a nod as she signed into her laptop. "Here's one thing I don't get, if Tracy suspected that we weren't being entirely truthful, yes I realize how big an understatement that is, then why didn't she say anything at the meeting?"
"Good question." Chloe agreed as she added her new cards to her deck. "Maybe she had class to teach and didn't want to be held up any longer?"
"Maybe, I'll ask her when we get to her office." Chelsea shrugged her shoulders as she clicked on the icon for the Firefox application. "Okay…shouldn't be too hard to find the online store….." Chelsea said before something else caught her eye, an e-mail more specifically. "Looks like I've got mail."
"Who's it from?" Chloe asked as she started reading her book,
"Eh, just the usual, Beth's asking if I'm going over to her dorm tonight, annual school newsletter and an e-mail from Tracy…..okay that's definitely not the usual e-mail I get." Chelsea admitted before checking her e-mail. "Tracy wants to see us, guess the hour she gave us just flew by." Chelsea said before closing the laptop lid. "Let's go."
"Sure, just let me put a bookmark in this book." Chloe said before grabbing a nearby sheet of paper and putting it on the page that she was reading, once that was done she left the dorm room with Chelsea.
*elsewhere on the island*
Whilst the students facing expulsion where making their way to the Obelisk Blue Girl's Dorm two students were preparing for the tag team tournament on the North Side of the island.
The duelists where an Obelisk Blue Student called Jason York and an Osiris Red Student called Nicky Tryon, despite their differences they had gotten along well as Jason was one of the few Obelisk Blue Students who helped out the Osiris Red Students regularly.
The duel field looked like this, Jason, a tall lanky student with short black hair, a matching goatee and blue eyes, had two facedown monsters and a facedown card on the field whilst Nicky, a short girl with long red hair and blue eyes, had Rare Metal Dragon (4/2400/1200) on her side of the field and one face-up card, namely Call of the Haunted which was how she had summoned the dragon, her deck was running low as Jason ran an Empty Jar deck, Jason had 1300 life-points left and Nicky had 2000 life-points left.
"Okay Nicky, first I flip my facedown monster into attack mode!" Jason announced as the facedown monster flipped up, Nicky groaned when she saw that it was Morphing Jar (2/700/600) but reluctantly tossed the four cards in her hand before drawing four times, Jason did likewise and flipped his facedown card up. "Now I activate Assault on FGD."
"Oh come on!" Nicky groaned as Morphing Jar shattered and she reluctantly discarded the top two cards from her deck leaving her with one single card left in her deck.
"Sorry Nicky but next turn the duel's mine!" Jason said before setting the card he had just drawn down. "I end my turn with this face-down card.
"Right, it's my move." Nicky said before drawing her card, she grinned when she saw it. "What luck! The last card in my deck is the one I was hoping to draw."
"You don't mean…" Jason trailed off as she picked up her copy of Rare Metal Dragon.
"Yep, I sacrifice Rare Metal Dragon to summon Strong Wind Dragon!" Nicky played the card and the metallic dragon disappeared from the field, in its place stood the mighty green dragon from Eddie's duel with Lance (6/2400/1000) and its attack shot up to 3600 thanks to its effect. "I know that facedown card is Spear Creatin but that won't help you now due to Strong Wind's trampling effect, attack!" Nicky commanded and the dragon beat its wings, it was indeed the monster she had mentioned (2/500/500) as Jason had set it down with Morphing Jar Number 2, the monster's hologram shattered…
"Well if this isn't a good time for me to activate my face-down card I don't know what is! Go Blasting The Ruins! Since I have over thirty cards in my graveyard this Trap will deal three thousand points of damage to you!" Nicky's eyes widened as the blast hit her, the two duelist's life-points hit zero at the same time ending the match in a draw and both duelists deactivated their duel disks. "Good effort Nicky, you're definitely getting better."
"Yeah thanks, we still need to think of a way to make our decks gel though." Nicky said begrudgingly as she gathered up her cards.
"Err, Nicky, you turned off your duel disk right?!" Jason asked and Nicky blinked before looking up, the hologram of Strong Wind Dragon was still on the field…..or was it?
"Yeah, I did!" Nicky called out as she looked at her duel disk. "Don't tell me this thing's malfunctioning again….." Nicky never finished as she was hit in the ribs by Strong Wind Dragon's tail sending her flying eventually landing near a tree.
"NICKY!" Jason called out to her before running up to her. "You okay? Say something!"
"That…..that's no hologram!" Nicky said weakly and Jason turned to Strong Wind Dragon…..
*elsewhere on the island*
Whilst that was going on the students facing expulsion had just come out of the meeting and where meeting in the center of the island as they had class soon, they had told Tracy the truth and she had dismissed them so that she could contemplate on it.
"I'm still not happy about it." Lance said as he walked with the other students. "Now she probably thinks we're crazy!"
"I'd say it could be worse but I can't really think of a scenario that could be worse than that." Chloe told them as she walked towards the main building…..
"HELP ME! A DUEL MONSTER'S COME TO LIFE AND IS ATTACKING ME!" The students blinked before seeing Jason run past them with a look of panic on his face.
"….What did he say?!" The students asked simultaneously as they looked at Jason strangely, before they could continue they heard a loud roar coming from overhead and they looked up, Strong Wind Dragon was directly above them growling menacingly, it took them a few moments for it to sink in before they started to panic.
"Great! I still have nightmares about facing that thing in Battle City!" Lance yelled out with a gulp as he and the others stared down the dragon, soon enough the students started to panic before making a break for their dorms.
"Okay, can someone explain why every single student is late for cla….." Martin demanded as he and the other teachers came out of the main building, he only stopped short when he saw the dragon. "What on Earth is going on?"
"We need to get as far away from that thing as possible!" Chelsea yelled out as they ran towards the east side of the island.
"Gee, thanks Sherlock, what's your next brilliant deduction?" Lance asked her sarcastically as they ran off…
"Chloe, wait!" Silent Magician's voice rang out and Chloe paused. "Summon me to face that dragon!"
"Are you crazy!?" Chloe responded as the dragon touched down in front of her.
"Trust me!" Silent Magician responded and Chloe activated her duel disk without a second thought, it was at that point that her friends noticed what she was up too.
"Chloe, what the hell are you doing?! RUN!" Chelsea yelled out to her and Chloe gave her roommate a reassuring look.
"We need to leave, now! Chloe can catch up later!" Tyler said before grabbing Chelsea by the hand and trying to drag her off with the others, they barely made it five feet however before Chelsea broke free of Tyler's grip
"Fuck this! I'm not leaving her to face that thing alone! I'm getting her out of there!" Chelsea yelled out before turning around the running towards Chloe, however she didn't get far however before Strong Wind Dragon sent her, alongside several other students flying with a beat of its wings before knocking down several other students with its tail, Chloe was able to stand her ground however and quickly searched through her deck.
"You had better know what you're doing Silent Magician!" Chloe thought before playing the card, seconds later Silent Magician Level 8 appeared in front of her.
"Does she really think a hologram's going to work?" Chelsea yelled out as she got to her feet.
"Duel Spirit, I know you're angry and confused." Silent Magician called out to the dragon causing several people to do a double take. "Please, allow me to return you to your home before you hurt anyone else." Silent Magician pleaded and the dragon charged towards her, Silent Magician charged up her staff before firing a beam of light at the dragon that consumed it, seconds later Silent Magician herself vanished and Chloe deactivated her duel disk.
"Holy shit, what just happened?" Chelsea wondered as she ran up to her roommate, Chloe was about to say something before Chelsea winced in pain. "Argh, that smarts!" Chelsea groaned as the students started to calm down, Jason soon returned and started panting for breath.
"Jason, what happened?" Theresa asked the student who looked up at her.
"I'm…..I'm not sure, one minute I was having a friendly match with my partner in the upcoming Tag Team Tournament, the next, I'm running for my life from a monster she summoned." Jason said as he caught his breath. "Nicky…she was injured in the process; she's over on the North Side of the island."
"We'll send a medical team to fetch her." Martin said as he approached the student, medics where starting to pour out of the building to tend to the students that were injured. "York, Richardson, meet me in my office." Martin called out to them and the students nodded before he turned to the rest of the students. "Because of the incident the rest of today's classes are cancelled, I think you've all had a bit too much excitement today." Martin said and the crowd normally would've been happy at that news, but they were still shaken by what had just happened.
*a few minutes later*
"That's what happened." Jason told Martin as he and Chloe stood in his office, Jeff was with Martin and both teachers where equally concerned, the injured students where now in the infirmary and they were waiting on news about them.
"I see, and you have no idea what caused it?" Martin asked and Jason shook his head. "We're going to need something for the press release; it won't take long for news of this to reach the mainland." Martin pointed out and Jason thought for a few minutes.
"My guess is that Nicky's duel disk malfunctioned, she was complaining about that shortly before her dragon attacked her." Jason shrugged and Martin stroked his chin.
"Yes, that does make sense." Martin said before turning to Chloe. "Now onto you Chloe, if it weren't for your intervention then more students would be in the infirmary."
"I know but I honestly don't know why I did it." Chloe said as the teachers turned to her. "I just knew I had to do something."
"Chloe, you realize you could've been killed right?" Jeff pointed out and Chloe gulped before nodding. "Still, if it weren't for you a lot more students would be in the infirmary so I can't chastise you for that."
"Just don't make a habit of it Chloe." Martin added and Chloe nodded. "You may be an Osiris Red Student but you're still under our care, as you can imagine we don't want the students under our care to be injured or worse."
"I understand." Chloe sighed before nodding. "Can I go? My roommate was among the ones injured and I want to see how she's doing."
"Yes, you are free to go." Martin said with a nod and Chloe left the office and walked down to the infirmary with her hands in her jeans pockets.
"Let me guess, Silent Magician told you to stay behind and let her do her thing?" Theresa asked as she approached her, Chloe nodded as she turned to her. "I'm still trying to wrap my head around what happened."
"You and me both, maybe we should ask our duel spirits what happened." Chloe suggested and Theresa nodded in agreement. "You weren't injured where you?"
"No, I managed to avoid injury." Theresa told her and Chloe sighed in relief. "I should be asking you the same thing really."
"Yeah, I guess you should, don't worry Theresa, I managed to get away injury free as well, though the teachers did warn me about pulling stunts like that." Chloe responded and Theresa smiled. "I can't blame them but at the same time it felt good to help out, you know?"
"I hear you." Theresa said with a nod as they approached the infirmary. "I'm guessing you want to check on Chelsea?"
"Yeah, she probably wouldn't be injured if I hadn't stood my ground, that and she's my roommate and my friend." Chloe nodded as she opened the door, the infirmary was full of groaning students who were still feeling the after effects of what happened but they did let out a small cheer when they saw Chloe.
"Chloe, I'm over here." Chelsea called out to her and the two girls approached her, the top that Chelsea was wearing under her blazer was rolled up revealing her bandaged ribs. "Good news is we somehow got off with minor injuries and the nurse wants us to take some time off dueling for a few days."
"That's a relief." Theresa breathed a sigh of relief. "What's the bad news?"
"The nurse also said I should be healthy enough to duel by Friday meaning I still get to do my expulsion duel." Chelsea sighed in annoyance before turning to her roommate. "But on the other hand if it weren't for you things would be a lot worse."
"What can I say? I just acted on instinct." Chloe shrugged before looking around, the other students weren't paying attention and the nurse was tending to Nicky so she leant in and whispered in Chelsea's ear. "If I can be honest though, Silent Magician told me to stay."
"I figured as much." Chelsea said with a nod as Chloe leant back. "Tell your duel spirit that the whole school owes her one."
"I will do." Chloe said with a grin before the nurse walked over.
"How are you feeling Chelsea?" The nurse asked and Chelsea groaned.
"Besides my ribs hurting like hell I'm fine." Chelsea said honestly with a grin. "How long before I can get out of here doc? The boredom's killing me."
"You should be free to leave within the hour." The nurse said after checking her notes and Chelsea sighed in relief, the nurse walked off to check on the other patients and Chelsea frowned.
"So…..we don't have any idea how that happened?" Chelsea asked and Chloe shook her head. "Great, did that Obelisk Blue Student say anything?"
"He thinks that it was a malfunctioning Duel Disk that caused it." Chloe explained and Chelsea frowned before sitting up.
"But that makes no sense; you know how tech savvy I am right?" Chelsea asked and the girls nodded. "I've had quite a few Duel Disks malfunction on me but it was never to the extent we saw earlier, there's something more to it."
"I agree and that's why we plan on asking our duel spirits about it." Chloe told her and Chelsea grinned at that. "Oh god, I just realized that my parents are going to be pissed."
"No kidding." Chelsea said with a nod. "You may have saved us but that was a pretty stupid move if you think about it…..and so was my decision to go after you….." Chelsea groaned as she leaned back. "Ah well, it can't get any worse."
*meanwhile in Domino City*
The card shop that Chloe's step-dad ran was a small one but it was quite popular, in fact before she joined Duel Academy Chloe had been helping out at the shop.
It also served as their home and as the shop was closed for the night Scott was watching TV in the front room, lying down in front of him was the family dogs, a Male Black Labrador called Rex and a female Burmese Mountain Dog called Nala who Chloe had named after watching The Lion King for the first time, Rex was two years old whilst Nala was three years old and Scott was in the middle of watching a televised tournament from England.
"Okay, after this duel I'll take the dogs for a walk, it's the last duel of the tournament anyway." Scott decided as he looked at the dogs, Rex was lying on his side with his eyes facing the TV whilst Nala was sitting nearby without a care in the world.
"We interrupt this program with a breaking news bulletin." The duel was interrupted by a news broadcast and Scott frowned as he had been enjoying the duel. "Disaster strikes at Duel Academy as a malfunctioning Duel Disk led to a Duel Monster known as Strong Wind Dragon attacking several students, fortunately no-one was seriously injured as a young Osiris Red Student by the name of Chloe Richardson put a stop to the dragon's rampage with her monster, we'll have more on this news story as it develops." The news report ended and cut back to the duel but any interest Scott had in the duel immediately went out the window; the two dogs had apparently heard the name of their mistress as their ears pricked up.
"Chloe, what were you thinking?" Scott thought as he turned to see his wife standing by the doorway with the same worried expression on her face.
*back at duel academy*
"No Mister Kaiba, we have no idea how Nicky's duel disk malfunctioned." Martin said on the video phone in his office, shortly after Chloe and Jason left for the infirmary he had gotten a call from Kaiba and to say that he wasn't in the best of moods would be an understatement.
"Mr. Wise, do you know how damaging this news is to my company's reputation?" Kaiba asked on the other end and Martin sighed.
"I understand Mr. Kaiba and rest assured, our technicians will be working night and day to find out what exactly happened." Martin reassured him and Kaiba paused to consider his answer.
"They'll have some help; my own technicians began investigating the incident as soon as word reached my office." Kaiba responded and Martin nodded. "Tell me, where my children injured?"
"No, they managed to get away without any injuries." Martin told him and Kaiba paused. "If it weren't for Ms. Richardson the injured toll would be a lot higher."
"Yes, her name was mentioned in the report." Kaiba said with a nod. "Does this change the fact that she's among the students facing expulsion?"
"Unfortunately no, what she did today was brave, I do not doubt that for a second but she did break a major rule, if she does win her expulsion duel this Friday then she'll be let off the hook." Martin responded with a sigh.
"I understand, be sure to give the girl my thanks." Kaiba said before hanging up, Martin was about to relax when he saw numerous unanswered calls, all from parents of the students here. "That does it, before the end of the week I'm hiring a secretary." Martin decided before noticing that Chloe's parents were among the ones that called alongside Chelsea's parents. "I'll make them a priority for now." Martin decided before placing a hand on the button for the PA system. "Will Chelsea Cunningham and Chloe Richardson please report to my office?"
*elsewhere*
"Oh great, now Martin wants to see us." Chelsea groaned as she and Chloe walked down the hall, she had been discharged a few minutes ago and the two girls had decided to head back to their dorm for the rest of the day so that Chelsea could rest up, that is until the message was heard. "Why does he want to see us anyway? We haven't done anything wrong…for once."
"Maybe we should head over there, just in case." Chloe suggested and Chelsea hesitated. "Oh come on, what's the worst that can happen?"
"Yeah, that's already happened." Chelsea said with a grin as she patted her injured ribs, Chelsea followed her roommate back to Martin's office and Chloe knocked on the door.
"Come in." Martin's voiced called from the other side and the two girls exchanged nervous looks before Chloe opened the door; she went in first before holding the door open for Chelsea who entered. "Good to see that you're up and about Ms. Cunningham."
"Please teach; it takes more than that to keep me down for long." Chelsea said with a confident grin. "So err, why did you want to see us anyway?"
"It actually has something to do with the incident." Martin said and the two girls blinked. "Your parents called whilst the two of you were in the infirmary, they want to speak with you." Martin explained and the two girls gulped nervously. "I'll give you a choice; you call them on your cellphones or on the video phone."
"Our cells are charging back at our dorm room." Chelsea told him and Martin nodded before pressing the dial button. "I guess I'd better get it over with, Chloe you mind if I call my parents first?" Chelsea asked and Chloe nodded, Martin stepped aside to let her call her parents. "This is going to suck!" Chelsea thought as the picture of her dad was shown on the other end. "Hi dad, I'm guessing you've heard?"
"We have Chelsea." Her dad said with a nod and Chelsea gulped. "Chelsea, what were you thinking? You could've gotten yourself killed back there."
"I know dad, I just wanted to get Chloe out of harm's way, that's all." Chelsea sighed as she glanced towards her bandaged ribs. "I think you can see the results of that."
"Yes, I can." Her dad sighed before pausing. "How are you feeling?"
"The doc gave me some painkillers before I was let go." Chelsea told him as she held up a small bottle of pills. "I've got to take them twice a day and I already took some before leaving the infirmary."
"That's good." Her dad said with a nod before sighing. "Just don't try anything like that again Chelsea, you gave us quite a scare when it was revealed that you were among the injured."
"I won't dad, I promise." Chelsea promised before her mom came into view, she was the splitting image of Chelsea but didn't have Chelsea's streaks or piercing, she and her husband chatted briefly off the phone before her dad turned to his daughter.
"Your mother wants a word as well." Her dad told her and Chelsea gulped before her dad passed the phone to her mom.
"Hi mom," Chelsea sighed as she bit her lip. "I'm guessing you want to tell me off for being a dumbass as well?" Chelsea sighed and her mom shook her head.
"Honey, what you did was reckless but you're not dumb." Her mom reassured her and Chelsea smiled at that. "Just please, don't put yourself at any unnecessary risks again, your our youngest daughter and we don't want to see you get hurt."
"I won't, thanks mom." Chelsea sighed before glancing at Chloe. "I gotta go; I think Chloe's parents are getting a bit anxious."
"Off course dear, don't forget to call." Chelsea's mom said before hanging up, Chelsea sighed in relief before standing up.
"That was a lot less painful then I was expecting." Chelsea said as she stepped aside to let Chloe use the phone. "Then again I doubt any earful I would've gotten from them would've been as painful as my ribs are at the moment."
"Maybe they decided to go a bit easy on you because of your injury." Chloe suggested and Chelsea merely shrugged as her roommate hit the redial button so that it would take her through to her parents. "Man, I'm not looking forward to this."
"Well, look at it this way girls it's better to get it out of the way rather than put it off." Martin reassured them and Chloe smiled at that before her dad answered the phone.
"Dad, I….." Chloe hesitated before shaking her head with a sigh. "I can tell you want to yell at me for putting myself at risk like that so get it over with, please."
"Chloe, what were you thinking? You could've been killed!" Her dad started and Chloe bit her lip. "How you managed to escape without injury is beyond me."
"I'm currently wondering that myself." Chloe said before shaking her head. "I realize I could've been killed dad but if I could go back and do it again the only change I'd make is standing up to that thing sooner."
"I understand Chloe but please understand this, your mother and I love you very much and we don't want to see you get injured or worse." Scott responded and Chloe gulped before nodding. "For now try to focus on your match this Friday and don't let what happened today distract you."
"I will dad, oh and thanks for the cards by the way." Chloe said and Scott smiled at that. "With any luck they should help me win and stay at this school."
"I'm glad you like them." Scott said with a nod. "Use them well, some of those cards weren't easy to find." Scott added before there was the sound of a dog barking in the background.
"Was that Rex or Nala?" Chloe asked with a blink and Scott looked out towards the garden.
"It was Rex; I think he's having a barking match with the other neighborhood dogs." Scott said before turning back to her. "I understand your roommate was injured as well."
"Yeah, thankfully she managed to get away with bruised ribs and nothing else." Chloe said as she glanced towards her roommate. "She tried to get me away from the dragon but got injured in the process."
"Well, tell her that we appreciate her trying to help." Scott responded and Chelsea walked up.
"I'm in the same room as her Scott, and I was happy to help, or at least try." Chelsea said sheepishly and Scott nodded. "Some of the other injured students are a bit worse off than me but thankfully no one was seriously injured."
"That's a relief." Scott said with a nod. "Look Chloe, I have to go, the dogs are in need off a walk, just remember if you need to talk my phone numbers on your cell phone."
"Okay, by dad." Chloe said before her dad hung up, she stood up and turned to Martin. "Can we go?"
"Yes, you can." Martin told them and two girls left the office, they left the main building and looked around seeing that, unlike earlier the area outside the main building, including the Obelisk Blue Boy's dorm, was almost completely deserted and the few students who were there where visibly shaken up, it didn't take Chloe long to figure out why.
"It looks like that incident has everyone shaken up." Chloe commented as the two girls walked side by side, Chelsea noticed it too and shook her head.
"Given what happened earlier are you really surprised?" Chelsea asked and Chloe shook her head. "Let's change the subject, I'd rather not think about my injury right now."
"Yeah, that's a good idea." Chloe said with a nod as the two girls neared the pathway that would take them to the east side of the island. "What do you want to talk about?"
"Don't know really…." Chelsea said with a shrug as they stopped for a rest, Chelsea winced as she felt her ribs aching. "Note to self, shrugging with bruised ribs is not a good idea." Chelsea said with a wince.
"Ah, there you are." The two girls blinked before glancing over their shoulders and seeing Tyler approaching them. "I tried your dorm room but you weren't there."
"Sorry, Martin wanted to see us." Chelsea apologized as the two girls turned around. "What's up?"
"Meet me and the others on the North Side of the island in five minutes." Tyler said plainly before walking off. "And bring your duel disks."
"Err, Tyler, the doc advised against duel disk assisted duels for a few days." Chelsea pointed out and Tyler turned to her.
"I never said anything about dueling." Tyler said plainly before walking off, the two girls exchanged uneasy looks before following him.
"So why are we following him if he doesn't intend to get any dueling done?" Chloe asked once Tyler was out of view and earshot; he was quite a bit taller than either of the two girls and had been able to walk quicker than they had.
"Who knows? I'm still trying to wrap my head around what happened earlier." Chelsea said simply, she would've shrugged but she had learned her lesson from earlier. "Maybe it actually has something to do with that."
"Your guess is as good as mine." Chloe said with a simple shrug as the two girls entered the north side being careful to avoid the security cameras; they quickly located Tyler who was waiting for them with the others. "Okay Tyler, what's this about?"
"I'm not the one who you should be asking that." Tyler said simply and the two girls blinked in confusion. "More specifically we need to ask your Duel Spirit that."
"I thought it might have something to do with that." Chloe admitted as she activated her duel disk. "Will Theresa's duel spirit be joining in?"
"He will, but we decided to let you summon yours first." Theresa said with a nod and Chloe wasted no time in searching through her deck, she found the card that she was looking for and played it before waiting several seconds, that was all it took for Silent Magician to appear before them.
"Unlike the last time that this happened, I anticipated this." Silent Magician said as soon as she appeared. "My apologies to those who were injured earlier, my only regret is not contacting my protégé earlier."
"Well to be fair I was wondering whether or not my Duel Spirit Partner had lost her mind." Chloe said nonchalantly and Silent Magician cleared her throat.
"Please Chloe, this is serious." Silent Magician scolded her and Chloe gulped. "Theresa, could you summon your duel spirit?"
"I'm on it." Theresa said with a nod before searching through her deck, she found the card she was looking for and played it, seconds later Armed Dragon Level 10 appeared with a roar.
"Okay, how about we start from the top?" Chelsea asked and Silent Magician nodded. "Okay then, tell us this, what the hell happened back there?!"
"Remember when I said that we had no idea how much damage Phillip Alvers's revival of the Orichalcos caused?" Silent Magician asked and the students nodded. "This was one of the things we were afraid off, when the Orichalcos originally resurfaced there was reports of Duel Monster sightings all over the world, real duel monsters, not holograms."
"I know, my father told me after Nathan Troy got his Soul sealed." Tyler said with a nod. "According to him it was a PR Nightmare for him and his company."
"Yes indeed, now originally the return of the Orichalcos coincided with the release of the Legendary Dragons, powerful beasts used to combat the Orichalcos." Silent Magician continued before pausing. "As you are well aware none of that happened."
"We have several theories." Armed Dragon continued as the duelists turned to him. "My leading theory is that we caught the Orichalcos early enough so that the Spirit world, where the Legendary Dragons reside, didn't notice until after the fact."
"Okay, I get that." Chelsea said with a nod. "But what does that have to do with what happened earlier?" Chelsea asked and the two duel spirits turned to her.
"It has everything to do with it my dear." Armed Dragon said plainly and Chelsea gulped. "We knew this would happen eventually, the barrier between the Spirit World and your world was compromised by the revival of the Orichalcos."
"Wait, you knew that this was going to happen?!" Marcus asked and the two spirits nodded. "Why didn't you tell us? We could've prepared."
"If only it where that simple Marcus." Silent Magician answered with a frown. "But the truth is we had no way of telling when or where this was going to happen or if it would affect you in any way."
"You said when or where…does that mean it'll be happening all over the world?" Andreas asked and the two spirits nodded grimly. "My god, we have to warn the duelists we met in Battle City!"
"And tell them what? That Duel Monsters are going to come to life and attack them?" Theresa pointed out and Silent Magician shook her head.
"Not exactly, there are two methods of sending the spirits back to the Spirit World, both of which depend on the spirit's nature." Silent Magician said with a frown. "First there's spirits like Strong Wind Dragon, feral beasts who can only be sent back home by the attack of another Duel Spirit." Silent Magician said before pausing. "The second method is to duel them."
"You mean like we did at the Abandoned Dorm?" Lance asked and Silent Magician nodded.
"Yes and no, those Duel Spirits crossed over on their own free will." Silent Magician corrected him and Lance nodded. "Even then there's only one way to defeat them and send them home, they must be finished off with a direct attack from the opponents strongest monster, these duel spirits will be actively seeking out strong duelists as a result."
"Students, be weary." Armed Dragon warned them as he turned to them. "Whenever these duel spirits appear you will be in grave danger, Ms. Cunningham can attest to how dangerous the first kind of Duel Spirit is." Armed Dragon said as he glanced towards Chelsea's injured ribs. "The second kind is even more dangerous if you can believe it, they will be angry and confused much like Strong Wind Dragon but with the presence of mind and ability to do something that will get them a duel, even if it means threatening innocent civilians."
"But in that case it'll be a matter of a strong duelist getting there before the police do." Theresa added and the two spirits nodded.
"Indeed Theresa, we will be there to support you should any of you find yourselves in a duel against one, but be careful, they will be extremely skilled duelists." Silent Magician said before turning to her protégé. "You may turn off your duel disk Chloe."
"You may do the same Theresa." Armed Dragon added and the two girls nodded before turning off their duel disks, seconds later the Spirits disappeared.
"Well, that was something." Chelsea gulped as she tugged on her blazer nervously. "So what do we do now?"
"We head back to our dorms and look for any word on Duel Spirit sightings all over the world via the internet." Tyler told them and the students nodded. "Shoot me an e-mail when you get confirmation that it isn't just a malfunctioning Duel Disk." Tyler said before the students left the clearing. "Let's hope that we don't get a repeat of what happened today in a major city." Tyler thought.