"Ugh, my everything….." Chelsea moaned as she sat up in the infirmary, she quickly glanced around and saw that Beth was in the bed next to her and was already awake. "Hey Beth, what's up?" Chelsea said weakly and her girlfriend turned to her.
"Is that bitch still around?" Beth asked and Chelsea frowned remembering that she was unconscious for most of the duel.
"Nah, I defeated her in a duel, she…..she used the Seal of the Orichalcos." Chelsea sighed and Beth's eyes widened when she heard that. "The injury I suffered last week got reinjured during the match; I must've passed out after I won."
"I don't blame you, Chloe said those things take a toll on you," Beth answered and Chelsea raised an eyebrow. "Chloe, Andreas, Marcus, Lance, Theresa, Brandon and Tyler came in after the nurse told them I was awake, they filled me in on most of the details." Beth said before sighing. "Chelsea, I never meant to send that e-mail but she threatened to kill me if I didn't comply."
"It's okay, she told me herself and I don't blame you for it." Chelsea reassured her and Beth grinned at that. "So does that mean that Yata-Garasu's coming off the forbidden list?" Chelsea asked with a light hearted grin.
"You're such a smart ass, you know that right." Beth laughed as she tossed one of her pillows at her girlfriend, Chelsea grinned before handing it over.
"Would our nights alone be as fun if I wasn't?" Chelsea asked and Beth grinned at that. "So…..err, how are you holding up?"
"Nurse said I only suffered minor injuries from my attempt at fighting that bitch, trust me, she's as strong as she looks." Beth told her and Chelsea sighed in relief. "She said that I should be free to go soon."
"That's good." Chelsea said with a grin as the nurse walked over.
"You can't seem to stay out of my infirmary, can't you Chelsea?" The nurse asked and Chelsea grinned sheepishly at that. "Fortunately the damage your ribs sustained wasn't that bad which is likely what contributed to you lasting as long as you did, and please save me the "I'm tougher than I look" routine Chelsea, I know you're a tough girl you were in serious danger back there."
"Yeah, I know." Chelsea sighed in annoyance and the nurse smiled at that. "Beth said my friends visited her whilst I was out, are they still outside?"
"I'll check but I believe Chloe and Lance mentioned that they had to leave for their next class." The nurse said before walking off, however seconds later she heard an angry voice that Chelsea wasn't expecting.
"I WANT TO KNOW HOW MY DAUGHTER GOT LURRED INTO SUCH A DANGEROUS MATCH!" Chelsea heard her dad demand and winced, it wasn't often that her dad got mad but according to her mom she had inherited his temper.
"Please Mr. Cunningham; we are doing everything in our power to investigate what happened." Martin's voice rang out and Chelsea groaned.
"I just know this isn't going to end well." Chelsea muttered under her breath as she heard the two men arguing.
"You've felt his temper before?" Beth asked and Chelsea sighed.
"Every time I did something incredibly stupid like the time I punched that Pro-Duelist." Chelsea sighed and Beth winced remembering the story, they heard the nurse clear her throat in attempt to break the tension.
"Mr. Cunningham, your daughter is awake." The nurse said and Chelsea barely had any time to register what she said before her parents entered the room.
"Hey dad, what's…..." Chelsea started but was cut off by what her dad said next.
"Chelsea, I'm glad you're not hurt but your relationship with Beth has to end." Her dad interrupted her and Chelsea was at a loss for words. "If it weren't for her you wouldn't be here!"
"Fuck you!" Chelsea growled and her dad's eyes narrowed.
"What did you just say?!" Her dad demanded and Chelsea growled.
"You heard me; you think it's okay to blame my girlfriend because I got hurt? Why don't you blame the bitch that actually dueled me instead?" Chelsea continued as her temper flared. "You still think you can control my life….."
"Off course I can, you may be turning eighteen next year but you're still my daughter!" Her dad interrupted her and Chelsea's eyes narrowed.
"No, you can't! And like it or not I love Beth and I'm not breaking up with her because you need someone to blame!" Chelsea snapped at him and her dad growled.
"Eddy, Chelsea, that's enough!" Her mom said as she got in between them. "Eddy, I know your upset but our daughter's in a hospital bed, this is hardly the time to get angry at her!" Her mother continued and Eddy frowned.
"But Samantha…." Eddy started but Samantha gave him a stern look before turning to Chelsea.
"Chelsea, I know you love Beth but that language is unacceptable." Her mother scolded her and Chelsea's eyes narrowed.
"And I suppose him trying to control my life is?!" Chelsea demanded and Eddy stormed off not even bothering to say hello to Chloe or Lance as he walked past them. "Mom, do you always have to take his side?!" Chelsea sighed and her mom turned to her.
"I'm not taking anyone's side Chelsea; I didn't want the argument to escalate." Samantha told her daughter who sighed in relief. "And I definitely don't agree with him about Beth, he's just looking for someone to blame since the perpetrator is in a coma and will likely be behind bars by the time she wakes up." Samantha continued and Chelsea sighed in relief. "Just give him some time dear, he should calm down."
"Yeah, it's not like I'm going anywhere anytime soon." Chelsea sighed in annoyance as she glanced towards Beth who had been watching the exchange. "Don't worry Beth, there's no way in hell I'm letting him end our relationship."
"Had a feeling you wouldn't." Beth sighed in relief and Chelsea smirked at that.
"Look, girls, I'll try to reason with him but if there's one thing that Chelsea inherited from him alongside his temper it's his stubborn streak." Samantha said before standing up. "And even though I disagree with him about you and Beth I still expect an apology from you young lady."
"He should apologize first because if he wasn't spewing that bullshit then we wouldn't have had that argument." Chelsea protested and Samantha sighed in frustration before leaving the room. "Ugh, first I face possible expulsion and now this!" Chelsea screamed in frustration as she leaned back on her hospital bed. "What next?"
"Look, your mom said that she'd talk to your dad so it's not like that'll stick." Beth pointed out but Chelsea shook her head.
"Have you seen his stubborn streak? He makes me look like someone who's compliant with whatever it is that someone says!" Chelsea sighed in annoyance as she folded her arms. "And yeah I know that wasn't exactly a good example." Chelsea added earning a slight laugh from Beth.
"Err, is this a bad time?" Chloe asked as she walked up to them, Chelsea shook her head and invited her roommate to sit down.
"Nah, it was just a friendly argument with my dad." Chelsea reassured her and Chloe sat down, soon afterwards the other students who visited Beth had poured in.
"She calls that friendly?!" The students thought simultaneously as massive sweat-drops rolled down their heads.
"I'm guessing you heard my argument huh?" Chelsea asked and the students nodded.
"We could practically hear the screaming match down the hall." Theresa said and Chelsea grinned at that. "Chelsea, don't be too hard on your dad, he's just feeling a lot of stress due to your situation at the moment."
"Easy for you to say, you're not the ones whose lives he's trying to control." Chelsea grunted as she turned to Theresa. "I saw you chasing after someone before I defeated Karina Chloe, did you catch her?"
"No, she was a lot quicker than me or Brandon expected." Chloe sighed in annoyance. "But she did leave behind a clue." Chloe said before digging into her pocket and producing the picture which she showed to Chelsea.
"That looks like your folks when they were younger." Chelsea commented once she got a good look at the pic. "And the girl in it…..that's you right?"
"No, I was seven they adopted me, that girl has to be at least two or three years old in that pic." Chloe answered and Chelsea frowned.
"Yeah, I see what ya mean." Chelsea nodded in agreement before handing back the picture. "Sorry I can't be of much help there."
"Don't worry, it's fine, I'm planning on asking my dad about it as soon as I can." Chloe told her once she pocketed the picture.
"Chloe, can I see the pic?" Beth asked and Chloe passed it too her. "Well I've yet to meet your parents so I'll have to take your word for it there, besides that I have to agree with you about the girl's age in the pic." Beth commented before passing the picture back to Chloe. "Have you shown this to the teachers?"
"Yeah, I showed Jeff and Martin it when me and Brandon returned from the chase." Chloe nodded before sighing. "All that accomplished was Jeff suggesting that I ask my dad about it."
"Well to be fair it is a good idea." Chelsea commented with a shrug. "Speaking of Karina does anyone know where exactly she came from or how she got on the island?"
"I wish I knew but when I got back from Maria's class she was waiting for me in my dorm room." Beth chimed in with a frown. "I have no idea how she got in, I had my keys on me!"
"She didn't break in?" Andreas asked and Beth shook her head.
"I'm pretty sure I would've noticed if she had, if not me then the other girls in the dorm definitely would've noticed." Beth pointed out and Andreas nodded upon realizing she had a point. "Man, this is so messed up!"
"That's the understatement of the year." Chelsea said with a grin before shaking her head. "Security's investigating right? I mean they'd be stupid not too."
"Yeah, Martin told me that they were looking into it whilst you where you out cold." Beth said with a nod. "In the meantime I won't be able to use my dorm room."
"You could always stay in my room." Chelsea offered but Beth shook her head.
"I'd love too but we'd be sharing a room with Chloe and I'm pretty sure she wouldn't appreciate the sounds of her roommate making out with her girlfriend in the bunk above her." Beth commented and Chelsea frowned upon realizing he had a point. "And yes boys, we all know that you wouldn't mind that." Beth added upon noticing that Lance, Marcus and Andreas where about to say something.
"You're girlfriend's no fun, you know that right Chelsea?" Marcus asked jokingly and Chelsea grinned at that.
"I tell her that all the time." Chelsea answered with a grin before turning towards Beth. "You were saying babe?" Chelsea asked and Beth smiled at her.
"The other problem is the size of the top bunk, no offense Chelsea but that thing was designed for two people with one being on top of the other….that's not even remotely what I meant boys." Beth said upon realizing what she said and seeing the grins on the Ra Yellow students' faces. "Basically what I'm saying is that two girls being on the top bunk isn't exactly safe."
"I hear ya; it's not exactly the best solution." Chelsea realized with a sigh. "I'm sure Maria will think of something in the meantime anyway, there's bound to be some free rooms in the Osiris Red Dorm."
"Yeah, that's true, worst case scenario I guess would be me being stuck in the Osiris Red Boy's Dorm, I have some friends over there but a lesbian in a boys dorm? That's just asking for trouble." Beth agreed with a nod as the nurse came over to the two girls.
"Doc, how soon can we get out of here? I don't know about Beth but the boredom's killing me." Chelsea asked the nurse who checked her notes.
"Well you two should be free to go." The nurse said and the two girls sighed in relief before sitting up. "However Martin wants to get your statements about the Orichalcos Duel and he'd prefer it if you'd stay put first."
"Oh great!" Chelsea groaned in annoyance as she leaned back on the bed. "Didn't Chloe tell Martin what he needed to know anyway?"
"Yes but I'd prefer to hear it from the two parties involved with the Duel." Martin said as he entered the room. "Sorry students but I need some time alone with the two girls, I hope you understand."
"Sure." Lance said and the others nodded in agreement before leaving. "By the way teach, are we still on for Duel Theory today?"
"Yes, since the Orichalcos Duel was an isolated incident we saw no need to cancel the rest of today's classes." Martin said with a nod as the other students left, once they were gone he turned to Chelsea and Beth. "Girls, I'd understand if you are reluctant to relive today's events, believe me when I say that security is investigating how Karina and her associate got onto the island in the first place."
"I'm more interested in how she got her hands on that damn card to be honest." Chelsea said honestly and it didn't take Martin long to figure out what she meant. "I thought Lance took care of the last of the Orichalcos Duelists whilst you guys were still in New York City?"
"I was under the same impression Chelsea but evidently that wasn't the case." Martin agreed with a nod before getting out his pen and paper. "I'll make this as quick and painless as I can since I know that you are both eager to leave the infirmary, how about we start from the beginning Chelsea?"
"Right, after me and Chloe got back from Gym Class I intended to chill out on my laptop for a couple of hours." Chelsea started as she folded her arms. "Instead I got an E-Mail from Beth telling me that she wanted to meet me in the forested area of the island for sex." Chelsea started as she thought back to the e-mail.
"And that didn't strike you as odd?" Martin asked and Chelsea shook her head.
"Just the opposite, Beth's so much of a clean freak that we often joke that the day we, me and Beth that is, have sex outside is the same day that Yata-Garasu gets taken off the forbidden list." Chelsea responded and Martin nodded as he jotted it down. "I decided to go anyway, I figured that either she wanted to try something new or I'd get some answers once I got there."
"You didn't think to show the e-mail to the teachers?" Martin asked and Chelsea looked at him funny.
"Would you?" Chelsea pointed out and Martin quickly nodded as he realized she had a point. "I mean, in hindsight maybe doing that would've saved me a trip to the infirmary but hindsight's 20/20 right?"
"True enough." Martin agreed with a nod. "From there you proceeded to duel Karina, did she use any cards that seemed broken to you?"
"You mean besides the obvious choice?" Chelsea asked and Martin nodded. "One comes to mind, a drawing card called Ritual of the Ancients, I had never heard of it before that duel but it allowed her to draw three cards, if any ritual monsters where among them I'd take their attack points as effect damage."
"Is that without a cost?" Beth asked and Chelsea nodded. "Good god, I thought Cyber Jar was broken but that? How is that card not on the forbidden list?"
"I don't know but I think there are a couple of explanations." Chelsea answered as she turned to Beth. "Namely the fact that it's a Ritual Support card and let's face it those cards aren't exactly surging in popularity right now." Chelsea said with a shrug. "The only other explanation is that it was a custom card and whoever Karina's boss is he/she or someone with the know-how hacked her disk so that it would accept it."
"Indeed, Kaiba wants me to call him as soon as I finish the report on the incident, I'll ask him if he's heard of that card before." Martin said with a nod before turning to Beth. "That just leaves you."
"Unfortunately I don't have as much to offer as my girlfriend does." Beth said with an annoyed sigh. "But what I can say is this, after I got back from my first class of the day I found Karina waiting for me in my dorm room. I don't know how she got in or where she came from but she quickly pulled a gun on me and forced me to send the e-mail Chelsea mentioned."
"You didn't think to send an e-mail to the teachers instead?" Martin asked and Beth shook her head.
"I had that idea at first but she watched me like a hawk." Beth sighed in annoyance. "Her eyes never left the screen, she had her gun pointed at the back of my head basically I couldn't have been more trapped." Beth added before sighing again. "Once I sent the e-mail I saw an opening, she had turned her back on me to call her associate I guess and I went for her gun. I don't know what I would've done if I had gotten the gun from her hands but all I could think about was protecting Chelsea."
"I appreciate it but I would've been able to handle myself." Chelsea said determinedly and Martin shook his head.
"That's not important Chelsea." Martin reminded her and Chelsea sighed. "Beth, you realize that you could've been killed, right? And what would you have done if you had killed Karina?"
"Yeah, I do, fortunately she only beat me up and knocked me out with a pistol whip." Beth responded with a shudder. "I don't know what I would've done if I had killed her but I guess I would've called security and waited for them outside." Beth added before sighing. "When I woke up I was in here and when I saw Chelsea next to me I panicked thinking she had lost to that bitch."
"Yes, the nurse had to call in your friends to help calm you down if I remember correctly." Martin said with a nod and Beth nodded. "That should be all girls, remember that Duel Academy has trained psychiatrists on its payroll and they are always willing to lend an ear to students facing any troubles and this duel is no exception."
"We'll keep that in mind, thanks." Chelsea thanked him before sitting up. "So can we go?"
"Yes, you can." Martin said with a nod and the two girls slowly got out of their beds. "You'll need your rest so consider the rest of the day off for the two of you."
"Thanks Martin." Chelsea thanked him before she left the room with Beth not far behind her, whilst that was going on Chloe was walking down the hallways glancing at the photo that she found during the duel between Karina and Chelsea.
"I know Jeff told me to ask dad about it but what if he doesn't have the answers I need?" Chloe thought as she walked down the hallways, she was so distracted that she didn't notice Kimberly ahead of her…..until she literally bumped into her sending the Osiris Red student to the ground. "Sorry Kimberly, I was miles away." Chloe apologized as the older student helped her up.
"Don't worry about it Chloe, you probably have a lot on your mind now that the Expulsion Duels have passed." Kimberly reassured her and Chloe smiled at that. "I heard Chelsea was in an Orichalcos Duel, how is she holding up?"
"She aggravated her injury from the Duel Monster attack last week, other than that she's fine." Chloe answered as she picked up the picture. "Beth was also involved but all she got was a nasty beating from the Orichalcos Duelist."
"That's a relief." Kimberly sighed in relief as she shuddered slightly. "I still remember the day that Nathan got his soul stolen, when I heard about the duel I was worried that another student got their soul stolen."
"I was there and it was close, if she hadn't drawn Wattpheasent when she had…." Chloe trailed off as she shuddered. "Don't tell her I said it but I thought she was going to lose at first."
"Don't worry, I won't." Kimberly reassured her and Chloe smiled at that. "So what are your plans now?"
"My next class isn't for another two hours; I'm hoping to use that time to get some answers." Chloe responded and Kimberly looked at her quizzically. "It's a long story."
"If you say so, I have to get to Duel Theory anyway." Kimberly said as she walked off. "Tell Chelsea I told her to get well soon and that I'll miss her protesting her limitations."
"I will." Chloe said with a nod before leaving the Main Building, she walked past the Obelisk Blue boys dorm with a quick pace when she saw Cameron, Jessica and Thomas talking in front of it hoping to avoid a confrontation with them. "There's one thing I don't need and it's putting up with bullshit from them." Chloe thought as she headed over to the West Side of the Island.
"Hey Chloe," Chelsea greeted her as she saw her roommate approaching her. "What's up?"
"Not much, just want to get some answers." Chloe answered as she glanced at the photo, Chelsea looked at the photo and nodded.
"If you want to use Skype to call your dad go ahead." Chelsea told her as the two girls made their way to the Osiris Red Girl's Dorm. "I was scheduled for Duel Theory today but Martin gave me the go ahead to skip due to my injury."
"I think that's the only time in Duel Academy history that Martin's done that for anyone." Chloe joked and Chelsea had to stifle her laughter at that. "Oh and Kimberly said get well soon and that she'll miss your protests."
"Yeah, she would bring that up." Chelsea said with a grin as she turned to her. "Martin always held his ground but that didn't stop me, especially if it was something stupid like "You can't attack, your opponent can"." Chelsea said with a frown.
"Oh come on! Martin's strict but he's not that strict!" Chloe answered and Chelsea shook her head. "Wait, what, he actually did that?!"
"Not only that but I'm convinced that he saved that rule exclusively for me." Chelsea said with a grin before sighing. "During the first day of your Battle City preparations I had to win a duel using only Wattcannon due to that restriction, which took me the rest of the class."
"No offense but that sounds like the most boring duel ever." Chloe responded and Chelsea laughed at that.
"Yeah well, when the substitute took over I actually preferred him to Martin." Chelsea said honestly as she folded her arms. "For one thing he was actually a lot more forgiving when it came to the restrictions he place on our decks."
"That's not saying much." Chloe pointed out and Chelsea nodded in agreement. "Okay, how about we change the subject before Martin overhears and decides to stick us in detention just for the hell of it?" Chloe asked and Chelsea nodded in agreement. "How are you and Beth holding up?"
"We're both a little shook up by what happened but we'll be fine." Chelsea answered as they neared the dorm. "As for dad, I don't know, I'd duel him but I can't for obvious reasons."
"He duels?" Chloe asked and Chelsea nodded.
"Used too, he gave up that career to raise a family but he still duels on occasion though, mostly at small tournaments that don't mean much in the grand scheme of things as far as the Pro-Leagues go, like that school tournament I told you about." Chelsea responded as she put her hands in her pockets.
"Come to think of it, why was that pro-league duelist competing?" Chloe asked and Chelsea shrugged her shoulders.
"I don't know, maybe the same reason the Pro-Duelists we faced on Friday agreed to be flown in." Chelsea answered with a mere shrug. "Anyway I got that idea because I noticed that he was wearing his old disk when we argued."
"Do you have any idea why?" Chloe asked and Chelsea shrugged. "What deck did he run?"
"Not sure, I've never seen it in action and neither has mom." Chelsea answered as she turned to her. "He was good enough to win a few tournaments before retiring."
"Well, we'll think of something." Chloe told her as they entered the girl's dorm and made their way up to their room. "So…..can I call my dad?"
"Go ahead, let me just load Skype." Chelsea answered as she sat down at her laptop, Chloe's dad had been added to Skype shortly after Chloe had moved in but she never got around to using it. "Okay, all you need to do is put this headset on." Chelsea told her before tossing the headset to Chloe. "I know you're not the most technically minded student here so I did most of the work for you."
"Thanks." Chloe thanks her before putting the headset on, Chelsea got out of the chair and let Chloe sat down before making herself comfy on the bed, and after a few minutes her dad's face appeared on the screen. "Hi dad,"
"Chloe, I was about to call you actually." Scott said with a smile and Chloe smiled at that. "How are things at school?"
"Their good, things have been quiet since the Expulsion Duels." Chloe answered before frowning. "Who am I kidding? There was another Orichalcos Duel here." Chloe admitted and Scott's eyes widened as he heard the words.
"What? Chloe are you hurt?!" Scott asked clearly concerned for his step-daughter.
"I wasn't involved dad." Chloe answered and Scott sighed in relief. "Unfortunately Beth and Chelsea were hurt, thankfully Chelsea managed to beat the duelist but not before aggravating her injury."
"Give them my regards." Scott told her and Chloe nodded in agreement. "Is there something else you wanted to call me about?"
"Yes actually, the Orichalcos Duelist had an accomplice who ran off before Chelsea won, I and Brandon gave chase but she got away." Chloe explained before digging into her pocket. "But not before leaving behind a clue and as much as I hate to say it, the clue involves you and mom."
"Are you sure?" Scott asked and Chloe nodded before holding up the picture to the webcam. "Err, honey, it works before if you hold it a bit further back." Scott commented with a sweat-drop and Chloe blushed before holding it further back.
"How's that dad?" Chloe asked before noticing the look of shock on her dad's face. "I'll take that to mean that you can see it clearly?"
"Unfortunately yes, I do." Scott sighed as he turned to her. "Chloe, before you came into our lives your mother and I would regularly babysit for a neighbor's young daughter, made sense at the time, as you know your mother has a medical condition to prevents her from having children of our own."
"Yeah, you told me last year." Chloe remembered a sad nod. "This girl, is she the same one in the picture?"
"Yes, she was." Scott responded sadly causing Chloe to do a double take.
"Was?" Chloe asked and Scott nodded
"About a year before we adopted you we were driving her home, her parents would normally pick her up but their car was being serviced at the time." Scott started before lowering his head. "We were hit by a drunk driver, your mother and I made it out okay as did the drunk driver but the girl…..she was missing from the crash site, the police searched high and low for her but after a week they gave up the search and pronounced her dead."
"Oh god….." Chloe trailed off as it dawned on her. "What happened to her parents?"
"They moved away after that, the driver had committed suicide in his cell whilst he was awaiting sentencing so they knew that they would never get justice for their daughter, last I heard they were living a comfortable life in Colorado." Scott answered and Chloe sighed. "I don't know how that accomplice got her hands on that picture, sorry."
"It's okay, if I find anything else out I'll give you a call." Chloe said and Scott nodded before hanging up, Chloe turned to Chelsea and sighed.
"Didn't get the answers you were hoping for?" Chelsea asked and Chloe shook her head.
"Nah, I got answers but for once I doubt my dad's word." Chloe said honestly as she removed the headset. "To make a long story short, that girl in the pic I found? She's been dead for about eleven years."
"Wait, really?" Chelsea asked and Chloe nodded.
"Yeah, this is the part I doubt though, they often babysat the kid for her parents but one night she was killed in a collision with a drunk driver." Chloe said as she folded her arms. "The driver killed himself and the parents moved out of state, I can't be the only one who thinks that story is a bit convoluted."
"Now that you mention it, yeah, it is." Chelsea agreed before getting an idea. "Maybe I can find the news report on that accident on the net?"
"Good idea." Chloe nodded in agreement before standing up and letting Chelsea take over the laptop, Chloe sat down on the bed and Chelsea turned to her.
"Chloe, don't take this the wrong way but what if you're wrong about your dad's story?" Chelsea asked and Chloe sighed.
"Remember what I told you when I returned from Battle City?" Chloe asked and Chelsea blinked before remembering what she had said.
"You're talking about your biological dad right? What about that bastard?" Chelsea asked and Chloe frowned.
"Before I faced him I was pretty naïve, I freely admit that." Chloe answered as she folded her arms. "Now though? I'd like to think that I'm not as trusting as I was."
"Because you found out that your dad had been lying to you?" Chelsea asked and Chloe nodded. "Makes sense, I can imagine how much that revelation rocked your world."
"It rocked my world all right, to the point where I briefly considered quitting the game." Chloe answered and Chelsea looked at her shocked. "Obviously it didn't stick but I was going through a rough patch at the time."
"Must've been if you had considered quitting duel monsters." Chelsea answered as she turned back to her laptop. "Speaking of dads, what should we do about mine?"
"Well the chat with my dad gave me some time to think." Chloe said as she looked at her duel disk. "I have an idea; he'll face your Watt Monsters in a duel."
"Err, Chloe, did you miss the fact that I can't duel for a few days because of my ribs?" Chelsea pointed out and Chloe shook her head.
"Whoever said you'd be fighting him?" Chloe asked and Chelsea blinked before it hit her.
"Oh, I get watcha saying now!" Chelsea said with a nod and Chloe grinned. "I'll send my mom a text to see if he's still on the island and if he's interested in a duel." Chelsea said before getting out her cell-phone and texting her mom.
*elsewhere on the island*
"Chelsea's roommate wants to duel me?" Eddy asked as he read the text, Samantha had caught up to him at the location of the duel between Karina and Chelsea earlier that day and had finished a shouting match just in time to get Chelsea's text. "What are those girls up too?" Eddy asked as he scratched his head.
"Maybe they think that a duel would be a good stress reliever." Samantha suggested and Eddy scratched his chin. "Come on Eddy, you did insist on bringing your duel disk and deck."
"Yeah, I did but only because I don't want to risk it being stolen." Eddy answered before sighing. "Ah, why the hell not, I'll duel her." Eddy decided and Samantha grinned as she sent a reply. "She seems to be a good duelist based on her performance in Battle City anyway."
"Well she is teaming up with our daughter, that's a good indication of her skills." Samantha said and Eddy face-palmed. "What?"
"Samantha, the teams for that tag tournament were chosen at random." Eddy pointed out and Samantha blushed once she realized her mistake. "Besides that Chloe uses a Warrior/Spellcaster deck, as we both know Chelsea uses Watt Monsters, if anything they'd be better off teaming up with someone else."
"Unfortunately dad all the teams have been selected and the partners aren't negotiable." Chelsea's voice rang out and her parents turned around in time to see Chelsea and Chloe standing there, only Chloe was wearing her duel disk and Eddy frowned when he saw his daughter. "I may not be able to duel but I can still watch." Chelsea pointed out before frowning. "Or is this about the argument?"
"Look, Chelsea, I only accepted your roommate's challenge so that I can see if my skills are up to snuff." Eddy said as he pinched the bridge of his nose. "I have a tournament coming up next month after all."
"Will you really need it? Isn't it just another school tournament?" Chloe asked and Eddy frowned.
"Chelsea told ya huh? Tell ya what Chloe; I'll make ya a deal." Eddy started and Chloe blinked.
"Guess we know where Chelsea got her verbal tics from." Chloe thought as a sweat-drop rolled down the back of her head.
"You win I'll apologize to Chelsea and I'll explain why I need this duel to prepare." Eddy added and Chloe nodded. "I win, I don't know, maybe I'll give ya some tips or something."
"You didn't have much time to think this over did you?" Chloe asked as she sweat-dropped. "Never mind, I accept your challenge and your terms." Chloe said as they activated their duel disks and drew their opening hands. "I know it's polite to say ladies first and all but I'd like you to go first instead."
"Suit yourself." Eddy shrugged before drawing his first card. "I play a Spell Card, go Foolish Burial!" Eddy played the card and Chelsea winced. "Huh? It's just a card."
"It's also a card that my last opponent played." Chelsea answered and Eddy winced.
"Well, since you've seen it in action I won't bother explaining its effect to you." Eddie responded before picking up his deck and searching through it, he found the card he was looking for and sent it to his graveyard alongside his Spell Card. "Next I set three cards facedown and a card in defense mode." Eddy played the cards and looked up at Chloe. "And that ends my turn." Eddy announced and Chloe drew her card.
"I hope my idea works." Chloe thought before picking up her Spell Card. "I play the Field Spell Card Wattcastle!"
"Wait, what?!" Eddy yelled out as the scenery changed to the cartoonish looking castle. "That's one of my daughter's cards!"
"Surprised? Just you wait." Chloe said as she picked up three more cards. "I set two cards facedown and I summon Wattcobra!" Chloe played the cards and the small electric snake appeared on the field (4/1000/100). "Okay, Wattcobra, attack his life-points directly!" Chloe commanded and the cobra leapt over Eddy's facedown monster.
"I activate my Staunch Defender Trap Card; with this I can force Wattcobra to target my facedown monster instead!" Eddie activated the trap and the snake changed course taking a bite out of the facedown Morphing Jar (2/700/600).
"Huh. I was expecting something stronger." Chloe commented as she and Eddy discarded their cards and drew five more.
"Yeah well, life's full of surprises." Eddy said simply as he looked over his hand. "Like you not using your Spellcaster/Warrior deck."
"I should've known you'd catch on to that quickly." Chloe sighed as she looked over her hand. "Do you want the long version or the short version?" Chloe asked and Eddy shrugged.
"Whatever suits ya." Eddy responded and Chloe nodded. "But with that said, in the interest of keeping this duel going, what do ya say to going with the short version?"
"That sounds good to me." Chloe nodded before pausing. "Look, you remember the argument you had with Chelsea?"
"Yeah, I remember it very clearly." Eddy commented with a grunt. "What's your point?"
"As much as I try to stay out of my roommate's personal life I felt I had to help out on this occasion." Chloe started with a sigh. "Like it or not, me and the rest of Chelsea's friends overheard the argument alongside several students who didn't even know her before today and as someone who hasn't exactly had the best childhood I hate to see family members fighting."
"She calls this the short version?" Chelsea and her family thought as sweat-drops rolled down their heads.
"After I called my dad on an unrelated matter I got the idea for this duel." Chloe continued whilst ignoring the looks she was getting. "I figured you facing off against your daughter's monsters would help you resolve the issues but since Chelsea can't duel with a duel disk due to her injury I suggested that I duel you using her cards."
"Heh, Chelsea said that ya had a habit of sticking up for your friends, didn't think it'd go this far though." Eddy commented with a chuckle before shaking his head. "That's all well and good Chloe but until ya can beat me it's all for nothing!"
"And believe me; I have every intention of winning this duel." Chloe said before looking over her hand. "I'll end my turn for now." Chloe announced and Eddy drew his card.
"Okay, long-winded explanation for why she's using my cards instead of hers aside, she's not doing too badly with my deck." Chelsea thought as she watched the duel. "Hopefully the pointers I gave her before we left our dorm room will help her win." Chelsea thought as Eddy looked over his hand.
"I don't know if her idea will work but if their intention was to catch me off guard then mission accomplished." Eddy thought as he looked over his hand. "I won't let her get to me, she may be my daughter's friend but I'm a former pro-duelist, she on the other hand is just an Osiris Red Student who happened to do well in Battle City and she's not even using her usual deck." Eddy thought before playing a card. "I summon Scrap Chimera!" Eddy played the card and a mechanical version of the mythological beast appeared on the field (4/1700/500).
"Scrap monsters? That kinda puts his career choice as a construction worker in a new light." Chelsea thought as she folded her arms.
"Now I activate my monster's effect, when he's normal summoned I can Special Summon a Scrap Tuner monster like Scrap Solder from my graveyard!" Eddy played the card and a strange one eyed robot appeared on the field (5/2100/700).
"That's a bit strong for a tuner monster, isn't it?" Chloe said with a nervous gulp as she glanced at the two monsters.
"If it helps than I'll have you know that Scrap Soldier can only be used in the Synchro Summon of another Scrap Monster." Eddy answered before pointing at the two monsters. "Now then, Scrap Chimera, Scrap Soldier, attack!" Eddy commanded and Scrap Chimera pounced on Wattcobra ripping it to shreds and brining Scrap Chimera's attack down to 700 before Scrap Soldier fired its laser weapon bringing her life-points down to 5200.
"Well, at least the worst of it is over…." Chloe gulped and Eddy shook his head before activating his facedown card. "Is that Urgent Tuning? Oh come on!"
"Sorry Chloe but this is something you'll learn the hard way in the pro-leagues, there are no friends, only enemies!" Eddy announced as his two mechanical monsters leapt into the air, Scrap Soldier dissolved into five glowing rings that quickly surrounded Scrap Chimera. "I tune Scrap Soldier with Scrap Chimera so that I can Synchro Summon Scrap Twin Dragon!" Eddy played the card and once the bright flash faded a massive twin headed mechanical dragon appeared on the field, in a way it resembled Cyber Twin Dragon but it was more rustic looking (9/3000/2200).
"If I can borrow a phrase from Chelsea for a moment, this is gonna suck!" Chloe gulped as she stared down the huge monster.
"I haven't even started yet! Scrap Twin Dragon, attack her life-points directly!" Eddy commanded and the dragon's twin heads opened their mouths before firing laser beams at Chloe bringing her life-points down to 2200. "Are you regretting not using your regular deck?"
"Not yet, I activate my trap card Numinous Healer, since I just took a lot of damage I can use this to regain some of my lost life-points!" Chloe activated the trap and glowed briefly as her life-points rose to 3200. "I may be using Chelsea's cards but I did make sure to include some of my own." Chloe added before sending her trap to the graveyard. "And as soon as I summon another Watt Monster I'll use Judgment of Thunder to get rid of that thing!" Chloe thought before looking up at Eddy. "Are you done?"
"Not by a longshot, first I activate Mystical Space Typhoon and I use it to destroy your remaining facedown card!" Eddy played the card and Chloe braced herself as a storm washed over the field destroying her facedown card. "But why stop there? I activate Dust Tornado to get rid of Wattcastle!" Eddy activated the trap and a storm washed over the castle destroying it and returning the scenery to normal. "I set one card facedown with Dust Tornado's effect and end my turn."
"Man, Chloe's getting creamed out there." Chelsea thought as she watched the duel. "Maybe this was a bad idea, I may be injured but I have a lot more experience with the Watt Monsters than Chloe does." Chelsea thought as Chloe drew her card.
"So…..Chloe's facing your dad?" Tyler commented as he approached the area where the two duelists where dueling. "How did this come about?"
"Remember my argument with him?" Chelsea asked and Tyler nodded. "This duel is kinda an indirect result of it."
"I see." Tyler said with a nod. "Well she should be fine if she can bring out Silent Magician Level 8." Tyler said and Chelsea sweat-dropped at that. "This is a similar situation to her duel against Thomas Newborne a couple of weeks ago, isn't it?"
"Err, yeah, she's using my cards." Chelsea said and Tyler looked at her funny. "It was her idea."
"That doesn't explain much." Tyler pointed out and Chelsea shook her head. "From what I've seen Chloe hasn't been doing too well."
"Yeah well, I think it's because she's not used to using Watt Monsters." Chelsea answered as she glanced at Tyler. "Granted I don't know if I'd be able to do any better than she is and I've been using them since before I moved to duel academy." Chelsea added with a shrug as she watched the duel.
"So, you're using Chelsea's deck?" Silent Magician asked mentally as Chloe looked over her hand. "You realize that you won't be able to use me since I'm in your regular deck." Silent Magician added and Chloe smiled.
"Don't worry about me I have a few tricks up my sleeve." Chloe responded as she looked over her hand. "I may not be using my regular deck but I've seen enough of Chelsea's duels to know her deck almost as well as mine."
"True enough, I hope you know what you're doing." Silent Magician answered and Chloe picked up three of her cards.
"I hope so as well." Chloe thought with a gulp before setting two of the three cards. "I set two cards facedown and a monster in defense mode." Chloe announced as the three cards appeared in front of her. "That ends my turn." Chloe added and Eddy drew his card.
"I summon Scrap Beast!" Eddy played the card and a mechanical wolf appeared on the field (4/1600/1300). "Now I activate Scrap Twin Dragon's effect and to do it I target Scrap Beast and your two facedown cards!" Eddy announced and to Chloe's surprise Scrap Beast was consumed by lasers from Scrap Twin Dragon's mouth. "I destroy the card on my side of the field and in exchange your two facedown cards return to your hand!" Eddy added and Chloe frowned before returning the two cards. "And since Scrap Beast was destroyed by a Scrap Monster's effect his effect activates."
"That sounds bad." Chloe gulped and Eddie grinned.
"For you it's bad, when Scrap Beast is destroyed by the effect of a Scrap Monster I can select one Scrap Monster in my graveyard except Scrap Beast and add it to my hand." Eddy announced before retrieving a card from his graveyard and adding it to his hand. "Scrap Twin Dragon, attack her defense monster!" Eddy commanded and the twin maws opened up before firing their lasers again, the monster was revealed to be Wattdragonfly (2/900/100) which was quickly destroyed. "I know what Wattdragonfly does so get on with it."
"Right, I use Wattdragonfly's effect to Special Summon Wattaildragon from my deck!" Chloe played the card and the electric blue dragon appeared on the field with a growl (6/2500/1000).
"I've always wondered why Chelsea has that card in her deck; it clashes with her running Solidarity so much that she may as well not have it in her deck." Eddy commented dryly as Chelsea rolled her eyes. "I end my turn." Eddy announced and once she shuffled her deck Chloe drew her card.
"Okay, I have one of Chelsea's powerhouses on my side of the field, just got to think of a way to use him effectively whilst that cheap knock-off of Cyber Twin Dragon is on the field." Chloe thought before playing the card she had drawn. "I activate Lightning Recharge; by removing Wattcobra and Wattdragonfly from play this Spell Card will let me draw two cards." Chloe announced before pocketing the two monsters and drawing twice.
"How did Chelsea get her hands on that? I've been searching high and low for that card." Eddy asked and Chloe shrugged.
"She saved up, that's how." Chloe said simply before looking at her drawn cards. "I set two cards facedown." Chloe set the two cards and turned her attention to Eddy. "And I end my turn at that." Chloe announced and Eddy drew his card.
"What's the point? All dad will need to do is summon another Scrap Monster, use Scrap Twin Dragon's effect again and he'll be able to send Chloe's facedowns back to her hand." Chelsea pointed out and Tyler stroked his chin. "And for that matter, why leave Wattaildragon in attack mode?"
"That is unless she has a backup plan." Tyler commented as Eddy looked over his hand. "As for your second point, I'm not sure."
"I play the Spell Card Scrapyard, using this I can add one Scrap Tuner Monster from my deck to my hand." Eddy played the card and picked up his deck, once he found the card he was looking for he added it to his hand, shuffled his deck and sent his Spell to the graveyard. "Next I activate Cost Down and I use it to reduce the levels of the monsters in my hand by one, it may force me to toss a card to my graveyard but it's worth the price." Eddie announced as he sent a card to his graveyard.
"Smart money's on that card being another Scrap Soldier which means he's planning to bring out another Scrap Chimera." Chloe thought as Eddie sent his Spell to the graveyard. "Which means he'll be able to summon another Scrap Twin Dragon, one was bad enough but two? I don't think I'll be able to handle that." Chloe thought with a nervous gulp.
"And since he's now a Level 4 monster I can summon Scrap Golem without having to tribute Scrap Twin Dragon!" Eddy played the card and a large, golem like robot appeared on the field (4/2100/400). "Normally I'd activate his effect by now but instead I think I'll use Scrap Twin Dragon's effect again….."
"Not this time! By discarding Effect Veilor from my hand I can negate Scrap Twin Dragon's effect." Chloe quickly discarded the monster and Scrap Twin Dragon doubled over in pain.
"Fine but since it's obvious that ya don't have another Effect Veilor in your hand, otherwise ya would've discarded it last turn, I'll use Scrap Golem's effect instead." Eddy announced as he retrieved a card from his graveyard. "Once per turn I can use Scrap Golem's effect to Special Summon a Scrap Tuner Monster from my graveyard, this time I'm bringing back Scrap Beast!" Eddie played the card and the mechanical wolf appeared on the field. "Scrap Twin Dragon, attack Wattaildragon now!" Eddy commanded and the massive dragon opened up its maws….
"And let you finish me off? I don't think so! I discard Honest from my hand to add Scrap Twin Dragon's attack to Wattaildragon's attack!" Eddy's eyes widened as Wattaildragon's attack skyrocketed to 5500, it effortlessly flew over the laser blast before firing an electrical charge at the dragon causing it to self-destruct and bringing Eddy's life-points down to 5500 in the process.
"Ya may have destroyed Scrap Twin Dragon but now his effect activates! With it I can take one Non-Synchro Scrap Monster in my graveyard and summon it to the field, I think I'll summon Scrap Goblin in defense mode!" Eddie played the card and a small ape life robot appeared on the field (3/0/500). "This little guy may not seem life much but he packs a powerful effect, he can survive one attack per round and on top of that he's a tuner monster as well!"
"He has two tuner monsters? He's got to be planning something big!" Chloe thought as she glanced over her hand.
"I'll end my turn with two facedown cards." Eddy played the cards and Chloe drew her card once they appeared on the field.
"I can't let him use whatever strategy he has planned." Chloe thought as she looked at her drawn card. "Perfect!" Chloe thought with a grin before playing the card. "I summon Wattphesaant!" Chloe played the card and the electric blue pheasant appeared on the field (4/1000/800). "And guess what? Wattpheasant….."
"I know that it can attack my life-points directly." Eddy interrupted her and Chloe blinked. "Please, I helped my daughter build that deck; I know it like I know my own deck!"
"Then why waste any more time? Wattphesant, attack his life-points directly!" Chloe commanded and the pheasant took fight.
"And once again you've fallen for the same trick twice!" Eddy announced as he activated his trap, "I activate Staunch Defender which I use to force Wattpheseant and Wattaildragon to attack Scrap Goblin." Eddy announced as the pheasant changed its course.
"Big deal, I know that thing survive one attack per round!" Chloe said confidentially before seeing the look on Eddy's face. "Unless…"
"That's right, Scrap Goblin was a bluff! I activate my Trap Card Scrap Rage!" Eddy activated the trap and too Chloe's surprise Scrap Goblin's defense increased to 2500. "I may have to part ways with Scrap Goblin once the battle phase ends but since I'm giving it 2000 defense points, I'd say that's a fair trade!" Eddy added as the goblin effortlessly swatted away Wattpheseant bringing Chloe's life-points down to 1700, Wattaildragon launched a follow up attack but Scrap Goblin endured.
"Fine, I end my Battle Phase which means that Scrap Goblin is destroyed!" Chloe announced as the small robot shattered.
"And now that that's done I get to activate another card's effect, this time it's Scrap Searcher!" Eddy announced as he retrieved a card from his graveyard. "You see, when a Scrap Monster is destroyed and sent to the graveyard I can Special Summon this little guy from my graveyard!" Eddie played the card and a small green mechanical bird appeared on the field (1/100/300). "That's not all! Scrap Beast has another effect, when a face-up defense monster is attacked he kicks the bucket!"
"Okay, what is with your monsters destroying themselves?" Chloe asked as Scrap Beast exploded and Eddy grinned.
"That's the idea behind Scrap Monsters Chloe, they recycle themselves!" Eddy responded before retrieving a card from the graveyard and adding it to his hand.
"Man, I've lost count of the amount of times he's manipulated the graveyard." Chelsea commented sheepishly and Tyler grinned at that.
"It's an effective strategy regardless, and it's one that's keeping Chloe on her toes." Tyler responded as he watched the duel.
"I end my turn." Chloe announced and Eddy drew his card.
"I activate a Continuous Spell Card called Scrap Lube!" Eddy played the card and quickly noticed the embarrassed looks on the others faces. "Look I didn't name these cards all right? Anyways, this Spell lets me bring back Scrap Beast with its effects negated!" Eddy played the card and the mechanical wolf returned to the field.
"Don't tell me, you're bringing back Scrap Twin Dragon?" Chloe asked and Eddy grinned.
"Nah, I'm mixing things up! I tune Scrap Beast, Scrap Golem AND Scrap Searcher together!" Eddy announced and the students gasped as the three monsters leapt into the air.
"A Level 10 Synchro Summon?!" Chloe yelled out as Scrap Beast dissolved into four Synchro Rings that quickly surrounded Scrap Golem and Scrap Searcher.
"That's right, not only that but this Synchro Monster actually requires me to use two Synchro Material Monsters!" Eddy announced as he played the card. "I tune Scrap Beast, Scrap Golem and Scrap Searcher together to Synchro Summon Atomic Scrap Dragon!" Eddy played the card and a bright flash enveloped the field, when it faded a monster similar to Scrap Twin Dragon appeared on the field, however this was much more high tech and growled menacingly (10/3200/2400).
"Crap, that thing can wipe out my life-points just by attacking Wattpheseant!" Chloe gulped as she stared down at the monster.
"Relax, I can't conduct my battle phase the same turn I activate Scrap Lube." Eddy reassured her and Chloe sighed in relief. "So defend whilst you can but there's no way you can stand up to the power of Atomic Scrap Dragon! I end my turn with a facedown card!" Eddy announced as he played the card and Chloe drew her card.
"Wattcine, ugh, off all the times to get a dead draw!" Chloe thought before adding the Spell Card to her hand. "I switch Wattaildragon and Wattpheseant to defense mode." Chloe announced as her two monsters crouched down. "And I end my turn at that." Chloe announced and Eddy drew his card.
"Well, Chloe it's been fun but the fun's about to end alongside this duel!" Eddy announced as he activated his facedown card. "I activate Give and Take and I use to special summon Scrap Searcher to your side of the field!" Eddy announced as Scrap Searcher appeared on Chloe's side of the field in defense mode. "And that means two things, Atomic Scrap Dragon's level increases to eleven and Scrap Searcher's effect activates."
"It has another effect?!" Chloe asked before her eyes widened as Wattaildragon and Wattpheseant exploded.
"Yeah and you've just seen it in action! When Scrap Searcher is Special Summoned all monsters that aren't Scrap Monsters get scrapped." Eddy explained before sweat dropping. "Yeah, I realize how bad that pun was."
"Yeah but there's one thing you didn't realize, you summoned Scrap Searcher to my field in defense mode!" Chloe pointed out with a grin. "And that means that I'm still in this!"
"Sorry but no, I have one more card to play!" Eddy said as he played the card. "It's Mind Control and I use it to take back Scrap Searcher!" Eddy played the card and Chloe's eyes widened as the monster teleported to Eddy's side of the field. "Atomic Scrap Dragon, finish her!" Eddie commanded and the dragon prepared its attack…
"Sorry but when I said I'm still in this I meant it! I activate Nutrient Z!" Chloe activated the card and sighed in relief as her life-points increased to 5700, then the attack hit bringing her life-points down to 2500.
"I was wondering why you didn't activate that sooner." Eddy commented before looking over his hand. "I end my turn which means Scrap Searcher returns to your side of the field!" Eddy announced as Scrap Searcher teleported back to Chloe's side of the field, once that was done Chloe drew her card.
"I need to get rid of that monster if I'm going to win this match but that'll be easier said than done." Chloe thought with a gulp before looking over her hand. "My only facedown card left is Reckless Greed; it's a big risk especially if I get two dead draws in a row." Chloe thought before looking at the dragon. "But it's a risk I'll have to take!" Chloe thought before activating her trap.
"Is that Reckless Greed? You must be desperate if you're willing to use that!" Eddy pointed out and Chloe ignored him as she drew two cards.
"I set one card facedown and I summon Wattgiraffe in attack mode!" Chloe plated the cards and the electric giraffe appeared on the field (4/1200/100). "Wattgiraffe, attack his life-points directly!" Chloe commanded and the giraffe charged past Atomic Scrap Dragon and Scrap Searcher before slamming into Eddy bringing his life-points down to 4300.
"Making a last stand huh? Ya realize that all I need to do to win is summon another Scrap Monster." Eddy pointed out and Chloe grinned as her giraffe returned to her side of the field.
"Then why don't you take your turn and try?" Chloe challenged him and Eddy grinned before drawing his card.
"Ever heard of the phrase "famous last words"?" Eddy asked before looking at his drawn card. "I summon Scrap Shark!" Eddy played the card and a large mechanical shark appeared on the field (4/2100/0).
"A Level 4 monster with that many attack points has to have some kind of drawback." Chloe pointed out and Eddy grinned.
"Oh, he does, but it's not like it matters! Scrap Twin Dragon, nuke Wattgiraffe now!" Eddy commanded and the dragon opened up its maws.
"Just what I was hoping for, I activate my trap card Draining Shield!" Chloe activated the trap and sighed as the blast hit an invisible shield bringing her life-points up to 5700. "Not only has it saved my monster but it's put me in the lead, off course you could attack with Scrap Shark….." Chloe started but stopped when she saw Scrap Shark self-destruct.
"Didn't think I'd need to explain Scrap Shark's effect but evidentially I do." Eddy commented as he folded his arms. "If Scrap Shark is on the field and the effect of an effect monster or a Spell/Trap Card is activated he goes to the scrapyard." Eddy said before grinning. "But he comes with another effect, when Scrap Shark is destroyed by the effect of a Scrap Monster I can take another Scrap Monster from my deck and send it to the graveyard." Eddy added before picking up his deck and searching through it, he found the card he was looking for and sent it to the graveyard.
"So it's pretty much a monster version of Foolish Burial?" Chloe asked and Eddy nodded.
"Yeah, pretty much." Eddy confirmed with a nod. "I end my turn at that." Eddy announced and Chloe didn't draw a card due to Reckless Greed.
"Okay, Reckless Greed may have prevented me from drawing a card but I can use the other cards at my disposal to make up for that." Chloe thought before playing a card. "I play the Spell Card called Spellbook inside the Pot!"
"I'm not complaining about that, after all that card benefits me just as much as it benefits you." Eddy shrugged his shoulders before he and Chloe drew three cards.
"If this works then I'll be able to take down his powerhouse." Chloe thought before setting two of her drawn cards. "I set these cards facedown and I'll attack directly with Wattgiraffe." Chloe commanded and the giraffe charged towards Eddy again bringing his life-points down to 3100. "That ends my turn." Chloe announced and Eddy drew his card.
"Think she can win this Tyler?" Chelsea asked and Tyler shrugged.
"She's been in tough spots before and has adapted very well to your deck strategy." Tyler answered as he turned to Chelsea. "But as we have seen, your dad is no slouch."
"I summon Scrap Breaker!" Eddy played the card and a massive muscular robot appeared on the field and glared down at Chloe (6/2100/700). "Yeah, yeah, I know that a monster this strong would normally require a tribute but Scrap Breaker has a very powerful effect, if you control a monster I can special summon him, however to do so I have to say good-bye to Scrap Searcher!" Eddy added as Scrap Searcher shattered.
"So in other words you may as well have just tribute summoned him." Chloe pointed out and Eddy shrugged.
"That maybe but there's other ways around that little problem." Eddy answered before playing a card. "I activate Guts of Steel; with this Spell Card I can select three Scrap Monsters in my graveyard." Eddy said as he picked up the three cards, Scrap Goblin, Scrap Searcher and Scrap Beast. "Now you get to choose one, the lucky fella that gets selected gets summoned to either of our fields, the others? They are removed from play."
"That's a long way to go just to bring back a monster." Chloe pointed out as a sweat-drop rolled down her head.
"Leave the smart-ass comments to my daughter, now choose!" Eddy responded as he held up the three cards.
"Hmmm, normally I'd select either of his tuners since Scrap Breaker and Atomic Scrap Dragon are too powerful to tune with either of them." Chloe thought before frowning. "On the other hand I've seen this guy pull off Level 9 and Level 10 Synchro Summons so I'll play it safe." Chloe decided before pointing to Scrap Searcher.
"Looks like this little guy's back for an encore performance!" Eddy announced as Scrap Searcher returned to his side of the field and he pocketed the other two monsters. "But not for long, I play the Spell Card Scrap Sheen!"
"I get the feeling I won't like that card's effect." Chloe commented and Eddy grinned as Scrap Searcher shattered again.
"You won't, mostly because this card means the end for you!" Eddy answered as he returned Scrap Searcher to the graveyard. "Now that I've destroyed Scrap Searcher again this Spell Card will give my surviving scrap monsters a new paint job…..and more importantly one thousand extra attack points!" Eddy explained as Atomic Scrap Dragon's and Scrap Breaker's attacks increased to 4200 and 3100 respectively. "Sorry Chloe, you've done well to last as long as you have but this duel is over, Atomic Scrap Dragon, finish the job you started last turn!" Eddy commanded and the massive dragon's maws opened up again…
"That's just what I was hoping for!" Chloe interrupted and Eddy blinked as Chloe flipped up her Trap Card. "I activate Mirror Force!"
"OH SHIT!" Eddy yelled out as the blast from Atomic Scrap Dragon's maws was reflected back at his two monsters destroying them both. "Fine but guess what? Atomic Scrap Dragon shares Scrap Twin Dragon's revival effect and I'm using it to bring back Scrap Goblin in defense mode!" Eddy played the card and the small ape like robot appeared on the field.
"I was counting on that actually!" Chloe said as she activated her second trap which depicted Summoner Monk getting a gift. "Summoner's Gift, this trap can only be activated if either of us Special Summons a monster, since you just did that I can draw three cards." Chloe said before drawing three cards.
"Oh yeah, well two can play at that game, I move to my second main phase and activate Scrapstorm!" Eddy played the card and Scrap Goblin shattered. "By destroying Scrap Goblin and sending another Scrap Monster from my deck to the graveyard this card will let me draw one more card!" Eddy explained before drawing again. "And most importantly this activates Scrap Searcher's effect?"
"How many times are you going to summon that damn monster?" Chloe asked as Scrap Searcher returned to the field in a crouching position.
"I'll summon him as many times as I need too!" Eddy responded before picking up two cards. "I set two cards facedown and end my turn!" Eddy announced and Chloe didn't draw due to Reckless Greed. "This is perfect, when she tries to attack directly again I'll use my Staunch Defender/Scrap Rage combo to cut her life-points down to size, and it'll be even better if she summons another direct attack Watt monster!"
"I hope you weren't planning on using those facedown cards because they are about to go." Chloe said as she played one of her drawn cards. "I activate Heavy Storm!" Chloe announced and Eddy's eyes widened as a storm washed over the field destroying his two facedown cards.
"Great, that combo would've stopped you from using Wattgiraffe's effect again!" Eddy grunted as he sent his traps to the graveyard.
"Yeah but more importantly I summon Wattcobra to the field now that the coast is clear!" Chloe played the card and another copy of the electric snake appeared on the field. "Wattcobra, Wattgiraffe, attack his life-points directly!" Chloe commanded and her two monsters leapt over Scrap Searcher before hitting Eddy with their attacks bringing his life-points down to 900. "And now I use Wattcobra's effect to add another Watt monster from my deck to my hand!"
"Yeah, yeah, I know!" Eddy grunted as Chloe announced her move before searching through her deck, once she found the card that she was looking for she quickly added it to her hand.
"And that ends my turn." Chloe announced and Eddy drew his card.
"Perfect, just what I was hoping for!" Eddie thought before playing the card. "I summon Scrap Orthros but to summon this guy I have to destroy Scrap Searcher again!" Eddie played the card and Scrap Searcher shattered, in its place stood a large mechanical wolf that was black in color (4/1700/1100). "As for my normal summon, I think I'll use it to bring out Scrap Hunter!" Eddy played the card and a large, archaic looking robot with red concealed eyes appeared on the field (3/1600/400).
"Great, your monsters can destroy mine!" Chloe gulped and Eddy shook his head.
"I would stop there but this is to fun! You see Scrap Orthros is a Tuner Monster!" Eddie explained and Chloe's eyes widened as the two monsters leapt into the air. "And I'm tuning him with Scrap Hunter to bring out Scrap Archfiend!" Eddy played the card and once the bright flash faded a new monster appeared in Scrap Orthros's place, it was a massive jet black machine that closely resembled Red Dragon Archfiend (7/2700/1800).
"Well…..at least it's not another dragon!" Chloe said with a nervous gulp and Eddy grinned.
"That's true and unlike Scrap Twin and Atomic Scrap Dragon Scrap Archfiend is a monster that doesn't have an effect." Eddy answered with a shrug before grinning. "But you know what? Considering it's a 2700 attack point beatstick that's about to wipe the floor with Wattcobra I'll make do!" Eddy announced as the machine charged towards Wattcobra…
"Sorry but you just cost yourself the duel! Go Dimension Wall!" Chloe activated the trap and Eddy's eyes widened as Scrap Archfiend turned around and punched him in the chest bringing his life-points down to 0, Eddy got back to his feet as the holograms disappeared. "It feels so good to not be on the receiving end of that for once." Chloe commented as she gathered up her cards and returned them to her deck.
"I bet it does!" Chelsea commented as she approached Chloe, she held out her hand and Chloe gave Chelsea her cards back. "Now I just need to duel with your deck and we'll definitely be prepared for the tournament." Chelsea added before remembering something. "Just one last thing….." Chelsea trailed off before searching through her deck and picking out the cards Chloe had added to it. "I think these belong to you." Chelsea added before handing the cards over.
"Thanks, I didn't think you'd want to keep them anyway." Chloe commented as she returned the cards to her deck which she subsequently returned to her deck slot. "Most of them don't exactly fit in with your deck."
"True but Reckless Greed might work well." Chelsea shrugged before noticing that her dad was approaching the two girls. "Chloe, you mind giving us some space?"
"Sure." Chloe nodded before stepping out of the way, Chelsea looked up at her dad before sighing.
"I think I have something to say to you." Chelsea sighed in resignation before turning to her dad. "Dad….."
"Chelsea, I started the argument, I may as well apologize first." Eddy conceded and Chelsea looked at her. "Chelsea, I'm sorry that I yelled at you, as for you and Beth, whilst I do think that the two of you shouldn't be together, it's not my place to say and besides it's obvious that you and Beth are happy together and I shouldn't let my feelings on your last duel get in the way out that." Eddy sighed as he placed his hands in his pockets. "It took me a while to come to terms with your lifestyle choice; I guess this will take me just as long."
"Apology accepted dad." Chelsea sighed before biting her bottom lip. "And I'm sorry for snapping at you and making the situation worse."
"Apology accepted." Eddy said with a nod and Chelsea grinned at that. "I suppose you're wondering what I meant by preparing huh?"
"Yeah, I was wondering that." Chelsea nodded and Eddy grinned.
"Well, with you having moved home and all I'm coming out of retirement." Eddy explained and Chelsea blinked. "At first I'll be doing some small tournaments whilst I finish up my days at the construction site but before long I'll be competing in tournaments like Battle City."
"That's great dad." Chelsea said before noticing how dark it was getting. "We should probably head back to our dorm room, it's getting pretty late."
"True, we're heading home as well." Eddy said and Samantha nodded in agreement. "Keep in touch Chelsea and try to stay safe."
"We will." Chelsea nodded in agreement before the students and her parents went their separate ways.