"So our targets are a bunch of teenagers?" Victor growled as he heard the man's questioning voice, it was Monday morning and the students at Duel Academy had been using the weekend to relax and have some friendly duels; however that wasn't Victor's concern, at the moment he was talking to his agents all over the world via Skype.
"These are not mere children." Victor said with a frown as he showed the agents the pictures. "Lance Alvers is the reason why you're working through me and not Phillip and I'm sure you don't need to be reminded of what happened to his agents."
"All right, you've made your point." A female agent said begrudgingly. "They are at Duel Academy at the moment correct?"
"Correct, but they do have a field trip to Domino City scheduled for the end of the month, all of the targets will be on that trip." Victor told them before turning to the female agent. "Why? What do you have planned?"
"I'm the closest agent to the island; I can get there by the mid-afternoon at the latest." The agent answered and Victor turned to her. "With your permission, I would like to target the students where they feel the safest."
"That is incredibly risky and you know it." One of the other agents told her. "Michael did that whilst he was running reconnaissance and all that did was alert the students to the revival of the Orichalcos."
"Please, Michael only did that in the first place so that he could avoid detection; if he hadn't then maybe Phillip would still be a part of this." The female agent scoffed and Victor frowned. "As good a duelist as he was I'm miles better and I'm better at subterfuge to boot."
"Subterfuge…..what the hell is that?!" Another voice spoke up and Victor turned to one of the agents who hadn't spoken up yet he sweat-dropped as he cleared his throat.
"It's a fancy word for espionage, as for you Cortez, you have my permission but if you fail I will deny any knowledge that you ever existed, let alone worked for me, do I make myself clear?" Victor asked and the female agent nodded. "You get your choice of target as far as your first opponent goes, choose wisely….."
"I will target Chelsea Cunningham; she seems to be the weak-link of the group." Cortez told him and Victor nodded. "How soon can I get the information on her?"
"I'm e-mailing it now." Victor told her as he attached Chelsea's Duel Academy profile to the e-mail. "Remember you are not to make yourself obvious and I will send in one of my personal bodyguards to oversee it."
"I know the routine by now Santiago but don't worry, by the end of the day you'll have the souls you need." Cortez told him before hanging up and Victor sent the e-mail.
"As for the rest of you, should she fail I'll need you to pick up the slack, remember failure won't be tolerated." Victor told them and the rest of the agents nodded before hanging up.
"How soon do you want me on the helicopter?" His female bodyguard asked and Victor turned to her.
"Within the next five minutes, I just need you to accompany Cortez, nothing more, nothing less, and leave your travel arrangements to me." Victor answered and the agent nodded before walking off. "As for you….." Victor said as he turned to the male bodyguard. "You have your orders."
"Yeah, I'm going on a recruiting spree." The male bodyguard grunted as he folded his arms. "I know the Battle City disaster left us with a limited number of agents but….."
"And that is exactly why you must do this." Victor interrupted him and the agent sighed before leaving. "I will not repeat Phillip's mistakes; he may have had his own goal but me? I'm completely loyal to the cause."
*later that day at Duel Academy*
"Ugh, did Maria have to make that meeting as long as she did?!" Chelsea moaned as she and her roommate entered their dorm room, Maria had requested to them that they come to her office as soon as their first lesson, gym class, was done, the two girls where in the Gym outfits though the only difference between there outfits was the fact that Chloe's had a long sleeved top that showed off her navel but covered up the scar on her arm. "Not only that but it was so pointless! She was just confirming what Theresa had suspected, that our behavior would be monitored closely from now on."
"Theresa may have suspected it but she was just making it official." Chloe shrugged her shoulders as she sat down on the bed. "By the way, did you send that e-mail to Tyler for me?"
"You mean the one about your new cards? Hold on, let me check." Chelsea said as she logged in to her laptop. "Yeah, it was sent, he hasn't replied yet though…." Chelsea said before noticing the sole new e-mail in her inbox. "Looks like I have mail from Beth."
"Let me guess, inviting you over to her dorm for a "late night study session"?" Chloe asked and Chelsea grinned knowing exactly what she meant.
"If she is it'd surprise me, we did have a celebratory make out session Friday night." Chelsea responded before checking her e-mail. "Okay, this is just plain weird."
"What's up?" Chloe asked as she walked over to the laptop. "She wants to meet in the forested area between the west side and the middle of the island for sex? What's weird about that?"
"Oh right, your still getting to know her." Chelsea remembered with a frown. "Chloe, Beth is a total clean freak, I often joke with her that the day that we, me and Beth that is, have sex outside of her dorm is the day Yata-Garasu is taken off the Forbidden List." Chelsea responded the confusion evident on her face. "This isn't just out of character for her, it's just plain wrong."
"Maybe you should go meet her anyway, I'm not exactly an expert on the subject but maybe she just wants to try something new." Chloe suggested and Chelsea frowned before she swapped her gym top with her regular one,
"Or maybe I can get some answers." Chelsea said as she put her blazer and duel disk on. "You should know the routine by now."
"Yeah, you don't know how long you'll be, if anyone asks you went to one of your classes early and I'll enjoy some time alone." Chloe said before pausing. "Oh and I won't touch the laptop."
"Right, and if you see any e-mails waiting for me let me know when I get back." Chelsea added before heading over to the door. "Look Chloe, I'm still having my doubts about this but if I call and tell you that something is wrong don't hesitate to come over."
"And it won't be an invitation for me to join in?" Chloe asked with a grin that made it clear that she was joking and Chelsea grinned.
"Please, if we did that then all the male Osiris Red Students would miss their classes because they stopped to watch." Chelsea responded before leaving the dorm room. "Man, I walked right into that one." Chelsea thought with a laugh before heading over to the area. "Okay, the e-mail said to meet her in a clearing just up ahead…." Chelsea thought as she neared the clearing not noticing a robed figure in the treetops, she entered the clearing and looked around finding it deserted. "Okay, Beth, I'm here, what's up? And more importantly if you wanted to make out why didn't you just invite me over to….." Chelsea never finished as she nearly jumped out of her skin on account of an arrow narrowly missing her head and impacting a nearby tree. "What the hell is going on?"
"Ah good, my prey has arrived!" Cortez's voice rang out and Chelsea looked around for the source of the voice. "Welcome Chelsea Cunningham to the site of your demise!" Cortez added before leaping from a tree top, she was a tall tanned woman with long black hair and blue eyes, she was wearing an outfit that showed off her toned body which was blood red in color, and most importantly she was holding a bow and arrow in her hand.
"Who are you? And where's Beth?!" Chelsea demanded and Cortez smirked.
"Oh don't worry; your little girlfriend is safe for now!" Cortez said before stepping aside showing an unconscious Beth, she was bound and gagged and her clothes where ripped.
"You bitch! What the hell did you do to her?!" Chelsea demanded and Cortez smirked.
"I merely knocked her out and tied her up after I forced her to send you that e-mail." Cortez smirked and Chelsea growled. "As for the ripped clothing, well she thought that she could take me in a fight and the rips are a result of that." Cortez said before discarding her bow and arrow and pulling out a gun which she pointed at Beth's head. "And unless you want to start searching for a new girlfriend you won't alert security or anyone else on the island, do I make myself clear."
"You still haven't answered my question, who are you!?" Chelsea demanded as her eyes narrowed. "And more importantly what do you want with me and Beth?!" She added and Cortez smirked before holstering the gun.
"You may call me Karina Cortez, and it's not your weakling of a girlfriend that I want Chelsea…" Karina said before digging out a duel disk that sent a shiver down Chelsea's spine. "It's your soul that I want."
"That duel disk…..it's the same kind that Otto used during the Battle City Semi-Finals!" Chelsea realized as her eyes widened. "I…I thought….."
"You thought that your friends' futile efforts actually eliminated the Orichalcos? Don't make me laugh, there are more of us than you know off and we grow stronger every day!" Karina interrupted her and Chelsea's eyes narrowed; unbeknownst to them Victor's female bodyguard was watching from the tree tops and frowned.
"Karina, the boss said to NOT make it obvious that you work for him, remember?" The bodyguard reminded her and Karina frowned.
"I know what I'm doing; she won't be around long enough to tell the tale anyway." Karina told her before turning to Chelsea. "Here's the deal, we fight to the finish and if you win I'll let Beth go…" Karina said before her grin widened. "But when I win…well I'm sure you've seen what happens on TV."
"Yeah I have." Chelsea gritted her teeth before glancing at Beth's unconscious form. "I don't like this, I could try to leave so I can get help but I don't want to leave Beth alone with this bitch!" Chelsea thought before activating her duel disk. "I accept your challenge."
"Excellent." Karina said as she activated her duel disk, Chelsea glared at her before she activated her duel disk and both women drew their opening hands.
"Perfect, I drew Wattcastle, with this I should be able to destroy the Orichalcos once she plays it and get my own Field Spell in play." Chelsea thought before glancing at Karina. "You know what? You can go first."
"Very well, I draw!" Karina said before drawing a card. "And let's not waste any time here, I activate the Seal of the Orichalcos!"
"Oh boy, this isn't going to be fun!" Chelsea grumbled as she braced herself, the infamous seal surrounded both duelists and the pentagram appeared on Karina's head as her eyes turned red, Chelsea turned her attention to Beth who was still unconscious. "Hold on Beth, I'll save you…I hope." Chelsea thought as she glared at Karina.
*meanwhile back at the Osiris Red Girl's Dorm*
Because of the fact that Chelsea hadn't called Chloe had assumed that she was correct in her assumption and was currently chilling out on the bottom bunk, her next class wasn't for an hour so she had some time to herself.
"That's if Beth and Chelsea don't get caught." Chloe thought as she rested her hands behind her head. "Still, if she isn't back by the time my next class finishes I'll go looking for them."
"Chloe, I hate to interrupt your rest and relaxation but your roommate is in grave danger." Silent Magician said abruptly and Chloe sat up.
"What kind of grave danger?" Chloe asked her duel spirit who sighed.
"She is in an Orichalcos Duel." Silent Magician told her and Chloe could've sworn she felt her heart skip a beat when she heard that sentence.
"Oh please tell me you're kidding?!" Chloe pleaded as she grabbed a duel disk and ran out of the room making sure to lock it behind her.
"I wouldn't joke about something this serious Chloe." Silent Magician answered as Chloe ran down the halls of the Osiris Red Girl's Dorm. "Get there quickly, she will need all the help she can get."
"What about the others?" Chloe asked as she exited the dorm.
"The other duel spirit partners will let them know now please hurry!" Silent Magician answered and Chloe didn't need to be told twice.
*meanwhile at the Ra Yellow Boy's Dorm*
"Restart my life of self-destruction, to climb the wall of dark destruction…." Lance sung along to the Testament song "Over the Wall", unlike Chloe and Chelsea his first class, Duel Theory with Martin, wasn't until the midafternoon so he had some time to chill out and listen to music, even if some of his neighbors complained.
"Lance, are you there?" Thestalos's voice rang out catching Lance's attention; he turned down the music a bit so he could listen to what his Duel Spirit Partner had to say. "Chelsea is in an Orichalcos Duel!"
"Huh, that's nice." Lance responded as he leaned back on his bed.
*outside the dorm room*
"Okay, so we pick up Lance, Brandon, Theresa, Chloe and Tyler and run over to where Chelsea's Orichalcos Duel is being held." Marcus said as he chatted with Andreas, they had just received word of it themselves and had opted to meet with the others first. "If we can make our voices heard over his music that is….."
"SHE'S IN A WHAT?!" Lance's voice rang out and Marcus and Andreas sweat-dropped as the music stopped abruptly.
"Never mind, I think he knows." Andreas commented dryly as the door to Lance's room swung open and Lance ran out. "Good morning Lance, is it safe to assume you know how much trouble Chelsea is in?" Andreas asked and Lance frowned.
"What clued you in? What I just screamed maybe?" Lance commented dryly before shaking his head. "No time, we have to get over there and give her our support."
"That's what we were doing, we figured it would be best if we picked up the others first." Marcus told him before the three boys ran off.
"You ever consider calling them on the way over?" Lance asked and Marcus shook his head.
"That was my first choice but my cell ran out of juice whilst I was waiting for Theresa to pick up, it's charging at the mo but it may be too late by the time it is charged." Marcus told him and Lance frowned when he heard that. "I did try Andreas's cell but he told me that it was charging as well."
"And even if it was working we all know how bad the reception is in the dorms." Andreas added as they exited the dorm. "I thought we eliminated the Orichalcos."
"Yeah, I mean all the souls that got captured during Battle City where released after I dueled my dad." Lance said with a nod. "But apparently there's more than we originally thought."
"There you are!" A familiar voice rang out and the three of them looked up in time to see Theresa, Brandon and Tyler approaching them, it was Theresa who had spoken up. "I got your call Marcus but you hung up just as I was going to answer."
"Yeah sorry, you can thank my Cell's Battery life for that." Marcus told her and Theresa nodded. "You got the message about the Orichalcos Duel as well?"
"As much as I don't want to believe it, yeah we did." Marcus said with a grim nod. "At the moment we don't know how Chelsea got roped into it but what's important is that we give Chelsea the support she needs."
"Right, let's go!" Theresa said with a nod before they ran off towards the west side of the island. "I've already told Martin about it, he told me that he'll send security to the area at the earliest convenience but they are dealing with an incident between Rajin and Thomas."
"Gee, I wonder how that fight got started." Marcus muttered sarcastically as they made their way to the clearing.
*back at the duel*
"It's one thing to see this thing in action on TV….." Chelsea thought with a gulp as she surveyed her surroundings. "It's an entirely different thing to actually experience it for yourself."
"Now let's continue shall we?" Karina asked and Chelsea didn't answer her, instead opting to glare at her. "I'll take that as a yes, now I play another Spell Card, Preparation of Rites, with this I can add one Level 7 or Higher Ritual Monster from my deck to my hand alongside a Ritual Spell Card."
"People still play ritual monsters?" Chelsea asked as a large sweat-drop rolled down her head, Karina smirked as she added the two cards to her hand.
"I don't see why not, with the right cards a Ritual Monster can be just as deadly as the most powerful Synchro Monster." Karina answered as she looked at the cards she had added. "Next I activate Foolish Burial to send the monster known as Djinn, Cursenchanter of Rituals from my deck to my graveyard." Karina played the card and searched through her deck again, once she located the card she was looking for she sent it to the graveyard and shuffled her deck.
"Okay, all she's done so far is search and thin her deck; this should be easier than I thought." Chelsea thought before gulping. "I hope."
"CHELSEA!" A familiar voice rang out and both women looked up to see Chloe quickly approaching the clearing.
"Don't come any closer!" Karina warned her as she pointed her gun at Beth's head again. "Or else….."
"Give me a break; we both know that bullets can't penetrate the Orichalcos wall." Chloe said once she caught her breath and Karina reluctantly holstered her gun once she realized that Chloe was right. "Chelsea, what's going on?"
"Remember that E-Mail? It was a set-up by Karina here; she forced Beth to send it so that I would be lured into this duel." Chelsea explained as her eyes narrowed. "But now that you're here, any tips for dealing with this thing?"
"Yeah, the monsters and the damage are real and the Orichalcos can't be destroyed." Chloe answered and Chelsea's eyes widened. "You're worried about the damage? I thought you were tougher than that?"
"I am but it's not the damage I'm worried about." Chelsea answered as she turned back to Karina. "Because of that effect I can't use Wattcastle and that means that my Watt Monsters are at a major disadvantage."
"Well…..since your little friend over there spoiled my surprise." Karina grunted as her eyes narrowed. "I'll explain the other effects of this Field Spell….."
"Don't bother, I watched the Battle City Semi-Finals on TV." Chelsea interrupted her with a growl. "Chloe, can you see if you can get to Beth?"
"I wouldn't try that if I where you." Karina told her before Chloe could even take a step towards Beth. "Whilst it's true that Bullets can't get through the walls I can easily send one of my monsters out to maul the both of you."
"Can she do that?" Chelsea gulped as she turned to Chloe.
"I don't know and I'm in no hurry to find out." Chloe answered with a nervous gulp as she backed away from Beth.
"Smart girl, I'll be sure to savor the moment when I take your soul." Karina said snidely before playing a card.
"Sorry Chelsea." Chloe apologized but Chelsea shook her head.
"Don't sweat it; I wouldn't risk it if I were in your shoes either." Chelsea reassured her before turning her attention back to Karina, she didn't recognize the Spell she had played but she did recognize the symbol in the upper right corner. "That's a Ritual Spell!"
"That's right, Gamma Sword Oath requires that I tribute monsters who's levels equal 7 in order to summon this mighty beast." Karina said with a smirk and Chelsea grinned.
"Don't make me laugh, you only have two cards in your hand and one of them is obviously the Ritual Monster!" Chelsea scoffed and Karina grinned, Chelsea was about to ask why when she noticed that her graveyard was glowing.
"Remember the monster I sent to the graveyard with Foolish Burial? Djinn, Cursenchanter of Rituals has a very powerful effect, when I activate a Ritual Spell all I need to do is remove him from play and he can be used as one of the Ritual Material monsters." Karina explained before pocketing the monster. "So I use him and Djinn, Releaser of Rituals to Ritual Summon Gamma Sword!" Karina played the card and both monsters vanished into thin air as soon as they appeared on the field, the monster that appeared soon afterwards was a multi-armed fiend that had a sword in each arm and light blue armor (7/2550/2150) and its attack increased to 3050 thanks to the seal.
"Okay, no need to panic Chelsea; you have the means to summon Wattchimera already and as soon as I can damage her life-points I'll be in the lead." Chelsea thought with a grin. "Besides she emptied her hand with that move so this should be a piece of cake."
"I end my turn for now." Karina announced and Chelsea wasted little time in drawing her card.
"Okay, this should be a piece of cake!" Chelsea thought before picking up a Spell Card. "I activate Double Summon; with this Spell Card I can make two Normal Summons in the same turn so I summon Wattcobra and Wattbetta both in attack mode!" Chelsea played the cards and the electric colored snake (4/1000/500) and the small goldfish (2/100/0) appeared on the field.
"I summon a mighty monster and all you can summon is a snake and a fish?" Karina scoffed and Chelsea's eyes narrowed.
"I'd be worried if I were you, especially since Wattbetta is a tuner monster!" Chelsea announced before pointing to her two monsters. "Wattbetta, give Wattcobra a tune-up!" Chelsea commanded and the two monsters went to leap into the air…only to be stopped by a force field. "What the hell is going on here?"
"You didn't think it would be that easy would you?" Karina asked and Chelsea gulped nervously before nodding. "The two monsters I used in Gamma Sword's Ritual Summon give Gamma Sword two very lethal abilities, Cursenchanter means that you can't do a Synchro Summon as long as Gamma Sword is on the field whilst Releaser means that you can't even think about doing a Special Summon!"
"You've got to be kidding?!" Chelsea yelled out as her eyes widened. "There's no way that those two cards are legal!"
"Until they show up on the Forbidden List I'll continue to use them." Karina countered and Chelsea growled in annoyance. "For now all you can do is defend….."
"That's where your wrong, Wattcobra, attack her life-points directly!" Chelsea commanded and the snake leapt over Gamma Sword despite the much stronger monster's attempts to stop it and bit Karina on the arm bringing her life-points down to 7000. "You can consider that revenge for whatever you did to Beth! You see most of my Watt Monsters make up for their low attack with the ability to attack directly!"
"Don't make me laugh! Gamma Sword will be able to inflict a much higher amount of damage to your life-points on my next turn." Karina grunted once the surprise wore off, Chelsea grinned before picking up her deck.
"That's not all Wattcobra can do! When he successfully damages your life-points I can search my deck for another Watt Monster and add it to my hand." Chelsea added before searching through her deck, she found the card she was looking for and quickly added it to her hand before shuffling her deck.
"That was a lucky shot, savor it whilst you can." Karina growled as she glared at Chelsea.
"Lucky shot or not, I just drew first blood in this duel." Chelsea responded before picking up two cards. "I set two cards facedown and end my turn." Chelsea announced and Karina drew her card. "Okay, she only has one card in her hand and unless it's a drawing card I doubt she'll be doing any more Ritual Summons."
"There you are!" The three women looked up and saw Theresa, Brandon, Tyler, Marcus, Andreas and Lance approaching them; it was Theresa that had spoken up. "What's going on here exactly?"
"Chloe, get them up to speed, I have a duel to win." Chelsea told her and Chloe nodded before turning her attention to the other duelists.
"For someone on the verge of losing you're awfully confident." Karina said before playing a card. "I play a Spell Card called Ritual of the Ancients." Karina played the card which depicted several well-known Ritual Monsters gathered around a pentagram. "Since I have a Ritual Monster on my side of the field this Spell Card lets me draw three cards, if one of the cards I draw is a Ritual Monster than you take damage equal to its attack points."
"Okay, that's definitely broken!" Chelsea protested and Karina grinned as she drew two cards.
"I know but you know what? I don't give a shit if it's broken or not!" Karina answered before drawing three times. "And what do you know? I drew a ritual monster with 2400 attack point."
"Oh fuck!" Chelsea cursed out loud as a dark beam of light struck her in the chest sending her flying against the wall and bringing her life-points down to 5600. "What the hell? That actually hurt!" Chelsea said with a grimace as she forced herself to her feet.
"Didn't your friend explain this to you? The damage in the Orichalcos is real and so are the monsters." Karina said before grinning. "Now, about that Ritual Monster I just drew…"
"Oh please tell me you're not going to summon it?!" Chelsea gulped and Karina grinned before playing the card.
"Why don't you see for yourself? I activate the Ritual Spell Card Synthesis Spell; I remove Djinn Releaser of Rituals from my graveyard and send Silver Fang from my hand to the graveyard to Ritual Summon Lycanthrope!" Karina played the cards and the two monsters in question vanished, alongside Gamma Sword appeared a large and menacing werewolf (6/2400/1800) and its attack increased to 2900 thanks to the seal.
"Oh this is going to suck!" Chelsea moaned as she stared down the two monsters.
"You should be thankful that I don't have anything like Lightning Vortex in my hand, otherwise this duel would be over, Lycanthrope, attack Wattcobra, Gamma Sword, do me a favor and attack that pathetic Tuner Monster!" Karina commanded and the two monsters made their attacks, Wattbetta was cut in half by Gamma Sword's swords bringing Chelsea's life-points down to 2650, then Lycanthrope ripped Wattcobra in two bringing her life-points down to 750. "Well, at least that was the worst of it…" Chelsea never got a chance to finish as Lycanthrope charged at her slamming its body into Chelsea's which in turn slammed against the Orichalcos Wall bringing her life-points down to 550.
"Did it ever occur to you why any duelist in their right minds would use Silver Fang in this day and age? Lycanthrope has a very powerful effect, when it inflicts battle damage to the opponent they also take 200 points of damage for each Normal Monster in my graveyard." Karina explained with a grin as the weaker of her two Ritual Monsters returned to her side of the field, Chelsea forced herself to her feet only to scream in pain as she felt her ribs. "I thought you were tough, or is that what you tell everyone to hide how weak you are?"
"Chelsea, what's wrong?" Chloe called out to her clearly concerned for her roommate.
"I….I think that attack aggravated the injury I suffered last week!" Chelsea grimaced as she glared at Karina. "Call the medics if you want but I'm not giving up this fight!"
"With your life-points so low you may as well." Karina said with a scoff as she folded her arms. "I end my turn."
"Which allows me to activate Shock Draw! Since I just took 4000 points of damage this trap card will let me draw four cards!" Chelsea activated the trap and quickly drew her four cards before drawing a fifth due to her draw phase. "Good, I can turn this around!"
"How quickly can the medics get here Theresa?" Chloe asked Theresa who had called for the medics once she realized that Chelsea was hurt.
"They should be here soon; hopefully Chelsea can win by then." Theresa told her and Chloe nodded as she watched the duel.
"I activate Lightning Recharge, by banishing the two Thunder Type Monsters in my graveyard this card will allow me to draw two more times." Chelsea played the card and after pocketing Wattcobra and Wattbetta she drew twice. "Next I summon Wattpheasent in attack mode!" Chelsea played the card and the electric blue pheasant appeared on the field (4/1000/800).
"How pathetic, that monster can't hope to stand up to my mighty monsters!" Karina scoffed before she noticed that Chelsea had activated a trap. "Is…..is that Judgment of Thunder?!"
"That's right and I'm using it to destroy Gamma Sword!" Chelsea announced as lightning struck Gamma Sword destroying it. "Oh and FYI, Wattpheasent has more in common with Wattcobra besides sharing the same attack points!"
"You don't mean…." Karina trailed off as her eyes widened.
"That's right; Wattpheasent can attack your life-points directly!" Chelsea announced as the pheasant flew over Lycanthrope even as the much bigger monster tried to claw at it and started pecking at Karina bringing her life-points down to 6000. "Oh, it gets better, when Wattpheasent attacks directly I can remove from play one monster on your side of the field, since I only see one that means that Lycanthrope is gone!" Chelsea announced as the werewolf vanished. "Only downside is that it returns as soon as I end my turn.
"That was a wasted effort; even after all that drawing all you did was damage my life-points and destroy one card!" Karina mocked her and Chelsea growled.
"I set two cards facedown." Chelsea played the three cards and picked up two knowing that she would have to discard them due to handsize limit. "That ends my turn." Chelsea announced and once she discarded the monsters Lycanthrope returned to the field and Karina drew her card. "Here's hoping she takes the bait."
"I equip Lycanthrope with Ritual Weapon, since Lycanthrope is a Level 6 Ritual Monster this card will add 1500 attack and defense points to his score!" Karina played the card and a sword appeared in Lycanthrope's hands bringing its attack points all the way up to 4400.
"No! That's too much!" Chloe protested and Karina grinned at her, whilst that was going on Theresa's phone went off and she answered it.
"Tell it to someone who cares! Lycanthrope, attack Wattpheasent and end this!" Karina commanded and the large werewolf charged towards the monster…
"Heh…..I can't believe that actually worked!" Chelsea said suddenly and Karina blinked. "By discarding Honest from my hand I can add Lycanthrope's attack points to Wattpheseant's attack points!" Chelsea discarded the card and Karina's eyes widened as Wattpheseant's attack points skyrocketed to 5400, she could only watch as Lycanthrope was speared through the heart by Wattpheasent destroying it and bringing her life-points down to 5000.
"You…..you tricked me!" Karina said as her eyes widened in horror.
"No, I just outsmarted you and that, apparently, isn't very hard to do!" Chelsea taunted her and Karina growled. "Oh it gets better, encase you haven't noticed your little move left you without a hand."
"Grr…..I end my turn!" Karina gritted her teeth and Chelsea drew her card.
"Who was it Theresa?" Chloe asked once she noticed that Theresa had hung up on whoever had called her.
"It was Martin, according to him he ordered the technicians to try to shut down the duel once he heard that she had aggravated her injury to avoid Chelsea getting any further injuries but the signal failed to go through." Theresa told her and Chloe frowned.
"I think we can guess what that is." Chloe commented as she glared at the seal and Theresa nodded in agreement.
"Well tell him I appreciate it but if he had done that then he'd have to deal with me being pissed off." Chelsea grunted as she looked over her hand. "Besides, it's time I made my comeback." Chelsea said confidently and Karina scoffed.
"And how do you plan to do that with only five hundred and fifty life-points left?" Karina mocked her and Chelsea grinned.
"I'll show you; first I activate my facedown card Spiritual Light Art – Hijiri and I use it to Special Summon Wattbetta from my Removed from Play slot." Chelsea retrieved the monster from her pocket and played it, the small goldfish appeared on the field without hesitation.
"Curses, she knew that I would not have been able to negate that if I wanted to." Karina thought with a growl as Chelsea's second trap flipped up.
"Next up is Call of the Haunted which I use to bring back Honest from my graveyard!" Chelsea activated the trap and a tall man in white robes with long brown hair appeared on the field, he had large wings that spread out when it appeared (4/1100/1900). "Now I activate Honest's effect which lets me return him to my hand!" Chelsea announced as the man disappeared and she returned the card to her hand. "And next I activate Magic Planter, I destroy my now useless Call of the Haunted and in exchange I draw two more cards." Chelsea played the spell and Call of the Haunted's hologram shattered, once that was done she drew twice.
"That was smart, with Honest back in her hand she has the means to power up her monsters should Karina get another Ritual Monster out, and with Call of the Haunted gone she won't have to worry about her Spell/Trap card zones being filled up with useless cards." Tyler thought with a smile as Chelsea played another card.
"And next….." Chelsea started but was cut off by Marcus.
"This has to be the longest move ever." Marcus commented and Chelsea sweat-dropped.
"It'd called Strategy, look it up." Chelsea grunted before playing the card. "As I was saying I activate Solidarity, since I only have Thunder Type Monsters in my graveyard this spell gives my monsters an attack boost of 800 points!" Chelsea explained as Wattpheasent and Wattbetta's attacks increased to 1800 and 900 respectively. "Wattbetta, Wattpheasent, attack her life-points directly!" Chelsea commanded and the two monsters charged towards Karina, their attacks hit bringing her life-points down to 2300.
"It doesn't matter, I still have the lead!" Karina said arrogantly before her eyes widened as she saw Chelsea's last trap card flip up. "Is that Urgent Tuning? NO!"
"It is and I'm about to do what I should've done a few turns ago, Wattbetta, it's time to give Wattpheasent a tune up!" Chelsea commanded and the two monsters leapt into the air, Wattbetta dissolved into two Synchro Rings that quickly surrounded Wattpheasent and once the flash faded Wattchimera appeared on the field (6/1400/1200) and its attack increased to 2200 thanks to Solidarity.
"Chelsea, I know you're hurt." Wattchimera said as he turned to her. "Are you sure you want to continue."
"I've lasted this long and I'm not going to stop now." Chelsea told him with a wince as she felt her ribs hurting again. "Wattchimera, attack her life-points directly!" Chelsea commanded and the mechanical mythological beat charged towards Karina before biting her on the arm bringing her life-points down to 100. "Normally Wattchimera's effect would activate but since you don't have a hand it won't." Chelsea added before setting a card. "I set this facedown and end my turn."
"Perfect, I drew Dimension Wall, with this trap she'll take the damage from her attack and I'll win!" Karina thought before setting the card. "I set one card facedown and end my turn." Karina set the card down and Chelsea grinned before activating her trap.
"I knew setting this would be a good idea! I activate Dust Tornado and I use it to blow away your facedown card!" Chelsea activated the trap and Karina's eyes widened as a tornado made its way to Karina's facedown card before destroying it. "Its effect also lets me set another card but I don't think that's necessary."
"Just go." Karina said through gritted teeth and Chelsea drew her card.
"Sara, I've seen enough." Victor's voice rang out through his bodyguard's earpiece and she frowned. "It's clear to me that Karina's soul will be captured, I want you back on the ship by then, otherwise I'll leave you to the authorities."
"Understood sir, I'm on my way." Sara answered before leaping from the tree top and making a run for it, however that didn't go unnoticed by Brandon or Chloe.
"Where are you going?" Brandon asked as he and Chloe chased after her. "What do you think Chloe? Think she's an accomplice?"
"I'm not sure but I've never seen her before." Chloe answered as she chased her, however Sara was able to lose them and they stopped to catch their breath. "Damn she's fast."
"Yeah, tell me about it…..but it looks like she left something behind on the ground there." Brandon pointed it out to Chloe and she bent over for a better look, it was a photo, at least ten years old, but the people in the photo caught her off guard.
"It's my parents…when they were younger I mean." Chloe realized before standing up, Brandon looked at the photo and did a double take. "Yeah, I was surprised to find out that my dad had hair at some point as well."
"It's not that I'm surprised about, who's the young girl in the picture with them?" Brandon asked and Chloe frowned, the young girl in the pic looked a lot like her but she was having her doubts.
"It can't be me, dad did have hair when he adopted me but the girl in the pic looks too young to be me when I was adopted." Chloe answered and Brandon nodded.
"Yeah, you were seven when they adopted you right? That girl looks to be around two or three based on that pic." Brandon agreed when they heard Karina's blood curdling scream. "Sounds like Chelsea won the duel."
"I don't think there was any doubt at that point." Chloe agreed before she and Brandon returned to the clearing, Karina was out cold and Chelsea had collapsed from the pain, Marcus and Andreas where busy untying Beth and fortunately for the two students the medics had just arrived and where loading Chelsea onto a gurney, Martin and Jeff where there as well and they approached Chloe and Brandon when they spotted them.
"I understand that she had an accomplice." Martin said and Chloe frowned. "And that you chased after her."
"Yeah, unfortunately we lost track off her." Chloe answered before showing them the pic. "But she did leave this behind."
"Is this a picture of your parents when they were younger?" Martin asked and Chloe nodded. "Is that you in the picture?"
"No, I was seven when they adopted me." Chloe answered and Jeff rubbed his chin in thought.
"This looks to be before I met them for the first time so I have no clue either." Jeff added and Chloe frowned at that. "Want my advice? Ask Scott about it, if anyone knows about this it's bound to be him."
"I will, thanks Jeff." Chloe thanked him before turning to Martin. "I'm guessing you want to see us in your office?"
"Correct, bring the photo with you as well." Martin told her and Chloe and the others nodded before walking off after Martin whilst Chelsea and Beth where taken to the infirmary.