"Ah, you've returned." Victor said as he turned around to greet Sarah as she entered the room, the robed woman grunted as she glared at him. "Not in the best of moods I see?"
"I left behind a clue to my identity when I was fleeing the island, by the time I realized it I was on the helicopter back here." Sarah said and Victor's eyes narrowed. "I wouldn't worry; the clue was so vague that those idiots will never figure it out."
"I hope for your sake that you are correct." Victor responded as he turned to his desk. "Karina will be dealt with shortly, I sent another agent to turn off her life support."
"That's a little extreme isn't it?" Sarah asked and Victor shook his head.
"All the agents under Phillip's command, besides Presario, Robert and Michael for obvious reasons, have been trying to get plea bargains by testifying against Phillip even though no one knows where he is or even if he's alive." Victor answered with a frown. "If he ever does come back then he'll be arrested for so many crimes his head will spin."
"And you're hoping to avoid that." Sarah said as she leaned against the door. "What's our next step?"
"Jack is currently recruiting more agents, as far as the students go…" Victor said before typing away at his computer. "Duel Academy decided to treat a certain number of students by taking them to Domino City for a field trip in two weeks' time, it just so happens that the students we're targeting are among them."
"So we attack them in force?" Sarah asked and Victor shook his head.
"Too risky, they'll have backup in the form of the other students on the trip and that's not even taking into account the possibility that they'll simply call the cops on us." Victor answered before smirking evilly. "No, I have a far more cunning and effective strategy in mind and I have an agent in place to do just that."
"And that strategy is?" Sarah asked and Victor's smirk grew.
"Divide, and conquer." Victor said with a sinister chuckle and Sarah left the room having heard all she had needed to here.
*a week later on the duel academy ship*
It had been two weeks since Chelsea's Orichalcos duel and her rib injury where fully healed as where the injuries Beth had suffered at Karina's hands, security had been tightened up at the academy to prevent something like this from happening again but the students were having their doubts.
That wasn't all that had happened however, it was the week of the Tag Team Tournament and with it starting at the end of the week Duel Academy had decided to take the students on a field trip, the ship was docking at Domino pier and the students had been called to the front of the ship so that they could be debriefed.
"All right boys and girls, I know you are all eager to leave the ship and explore the city." Martin said as he tried to make his voice heard over the chatter between the students. "But in the interest of safety we must go through these rules, Number 1: Stay with your assigned groups."
"We haven't been assigned groups!" Lance quickly pointed out and Martin sweat-dropped.
"Yes Mr. Alvers, we're well aware of that, you will be assigned groups as soon as we're finished here." Martin responded as he cleared his throat. "Number 2: we are well aware that several couples are on this trip but if you sneak off to have sex and we catch you we will force the both of you to spend the rest of the trip on the boat in separate rooms, public displays of affection such as holding each other's hands or kissing are acceptable." Martin added earning several groans from the students in question. "Would you prefer that or being arrested for indecent exposure?"
"Much as I hate to admit it, he has a point there." Chelsea whispered to Beth who merely grinned at that.
"If anything that rule will just encourage the couples even more." Beth pointed out and Chelsea laughed at that. "Don't get any ideas Chelsea, just because I was forced to send you that e-mail doesn't mean we'll have sex in public." Beth quickly added and Chelsea, alongside several male students who were close enough to listen in, groaned at that, the male students quickly backed off once they got death glares from Chelsea.
"Rule Number 3: you are free to Duel, whether it is between yourselves or duelists you meet in the city, with that said please respect the rules of the game and remember that you are representing Duel Academy." Martin added and he quickly caught several students rolling their eyes at that one. "Yes, I realize that's a pretty obvious rule but it needed to be said regardless."
"What does he take us for, rookies?" Tyler muttered under his breath as he watched the speech.
"Rule Number 4 and most importantly off all, have fun." Martin said before noticing the looks that his last comment was getting him. "And before anyone asks, no I'm not sure if hell's frozen over or not."
"Did he really just say that?!" Chloe asked Chelsea who shrugged her shoulders in response.
"He did and I'm expecting the world to end any moment now." Chelsea answered with a grin and Chloe giggled at that.
"That it is all so I will allow the other teachers to take it from here." Martin said before turning to Jeff who was trying to hide his amusement at Martin's previous statement.
"All right, as I call out your names please step forward and stand next to me." Jeff told the students before looking at his clipboard which had a list of the students he was looking after. "Can the following students please step forward, Chloe Richardson, Chelsea Cunningham, Rachel Travis, Kyle Winston, Donny Cramer, Drake Derringer, Beth McKenzie, Lance Alvers and Tyler Kaiba." Jeff called out and the students stepped forward and stood next to him.
"You heard him students." Maria said as she looked over her clipboard. "Can the following students please step forward, Theresa Daniels, Andreas Freshier, Marcus Reynolds, Brandon Thomas, Evan Grant, Jason York, Nicky Tryon, Kimberly Troy, Nathan Troy and Damien Tarnow." Maria called out the names and like before the students whose names were called out stepped forward and stood next to Maria.
"And that leaves me and Martin with the rest of you." Hamden said as he set his clipboard aside and the remaining students joined them.
"Now before we leave we have two things to discuss." Martin said and the students groaned. "I know, I know but I'll try to make this quick, your assigned teachers are in charge of where you go and where you stop to eat on this trip, however if a student is say vegetarian and his/her group ends up eating at a McDonalds don't hesitate to ask if you can eat somewhere else." Martin added and the students nodded in agreement. "The second thing is simple, be back at the pier by no later than 7:00pm, if you are late you will get detention."
"Man that's harsh." Chelsea commented before sweat-dropping. "But then again this is Martin I'm talking about; he practically wrote the book on being a strict teacher."
"Yeah I know, and that's why I actually feel sorry for the students who they are looking after." Chloe whispered to Chelsea who turned to her. "For one thing, knowing how strict Martin is they'll be under constant watch, especially considering how many times Jessica has sex with men other than Cameron."
"Yeah, I know what you mean." Chelsea agreed with a grin. "At least we didn't end up in the same group as Cameron, Jessica and Thomas, if we had I would've thrown them overboard before the moment they insulted me."
"And you'd probably be left on the ship." Tyler pointed out and Chelsea sweat-dropped as she turned to him. "But still with them in that group we should be able to relax, though to be honest I would've preferred to be in Marcus's group."
"So you could strategize with him right?" Chloe asked and Tyler nodded. "Tyler relax, this is a field trip after all."
"Yes, a field trip that just happens to be on the eve of the Tag Team Tournament." Tyler pointed out and Chloe frowned when she realized that he had a point. "Well if anything we can use this time to prepare anyway."
"Yeah, that's true." Chloe said with a nod as they followed their group off the ship and onto the pier. "Here's hoping that we can avoid any more Orichalcos Duels."
"Ugh, don't remind me." Chelsea said with a shudder as she thought back to her duel against Karina. "I still have nightmares about it."
"Wait, Osiris Red's resident tough girl has nightmares?" Rachel asked as she overheard the conversation and Chelsea groaned.
"Shut up Rachel! I'm not in the mood and besides, you haven't been in one!" Chelsea groaned as she pinched the bridge of her nose in annoyance.
"And I don't intend to end up in one." Rachel answered and Chelsea rolled her eyes. "Anyway, you have any idea where Jeff's taking us?"
"Beats me, just as long as we can find some good duelists I'm not complaining." Chelsea shrugged her shoulders and Jeff nodded in agreement. "And as long as he takes us somewhere other than McDonalds I won't complain."
"You realize Martin was just using that as an example right?" Kyle pointed out and Chelsea shook her head.
"Don't care, I hated that shit as a kid and I hate it now." Chelsea responded as they reached one of the three busses that Duel Academy had rented for the trip.
"Okay, I know you are tired of being nagged at this point but there's one more thing I need to discuss." Jeff said as he turned to the students in question who groaned. "Don't worry; I'll make this as quick and painless as I can."
"So in other words this will be the exact opposite of one of Martin's lectures." Chelsea muttered under her breath getting a few giggles out of the students close enough to hear her.
"I'll be sure to repeat what you just said to Martin at the end of the day Chelsea." Jeff said bluntly and Chelsea laughed nervously as she sweat-dropped. "You all have your cell-phones on you, now if one of you for whatever reason gets separated from the group then you shouldn't hesitate to call either me or one of the other teachers, any questions?"
"Yeah, what if the area we're in has bad reception or our cell-phone dies on us?" Donny asked and Jeff frowned.
"If that happens there are a couple of options open to you, if there's a police officer nearby then approach them and tell them that you got separated from your group for Duel Academy's field trip." Jeff started before thinking for a moment. "Alternatively if you get separated because you were challenged to a duel you can always ask your opponent if you can borrow their cell-phone, last but not least, there are pay-phones dotted across the city and you were told to bring spending money, it may be a bit old fashioned but they should still work."
"You mean to tell me that someone uses those things for reasons other than the most obvious place for public sex?" Chelsea commented and Beth shrugged.
"Apparently they do." Beth responded with a shrug before they and the other students got on the bus, the couples in the group opted to sit next to each other whilst the others merely chose where they wanted to sit, the bus doors closed once Jeff was aboard and the bus drove off.
*meanwhile*
"Sir, the targets are on the move." A robed figure who was watching the action from a nearby rooftop said into an earpiece. "How should I proceed?"
"Get one of the students alone and isolated from the group, then challenge him/her to a duel under the guise of looking for a challenge." Victor answered and the robed figure nodded. "Also, the student should catch on the moment you reveal your Duel Disk to them, at that point just drop the pleasantries." Victor added and the robed figure nodded. "Are there any questions?"
"Yeah, who's going to be observing the duel?" The figure asked and waited for a few moments.
"Jack will be because Sarah's busy at the moment." Victor answered and the robed figure frowned.
"I thought he was busy recruiting." The figure asked and Victor sighed before he answered his question.
"He was but he's agreed to take time out of his busy schedule to watch this duel." Victor answered and the figure nodded. "Don't screw up or do I need to remind you what happened with Karina two weeks ago?"
"Nah, I got this." The figure said before hanging up. "It's a bunch of students, how tough can they be?" The figure thought before following the bus via the rooftops.
*sometime later*
Jeff's group had decided to stop at a card shop (not the one owned by Chloe's stepdad since that was across town from them) so that the students could do some last minute card shopping before the tournament, the group was currently walking together in a large crowd…or so they thought.
"Great, the only Spellcaster and Warrior cards I could get aren't that good!" Chloe thought with a frown as she looked at the cards she had brought from the card shop. "Hopefully the next one we visit will have better cards, if not I can always have dad send me some."
"Err, Chloe?" Silent Magician interrupted her train of thought and Chloe blinked as she heard her Duel Spirit's voice.
"Oh hey Silent Magician, what's up?" Chloe asked her Duel Spirit who sighed.
"Weren't you with the other students on the field trip a few moments ago?" Silent Magician asked and Chloe's eyes widened as she looked around for the students, however she couldn't see anyone from Duel Academy much less anyone she knew.
"Great and I've never been in this part of the city before!" Chloe thought with a nervous gulp before getting an idea. "Duh, I'll just give Jeff a call!" Chloe thought before digging out her cell-phone…..which was subsequently accidentally knocked out of her hands by another pedestrian. "Oh come on!" Chloe thought before quickly picking it back up. "Oh great, this has to be the worst possible time for my cell-phone's battery to die out!"
"Ever consider getting a new one? That thing's battery life seems to die out a lot." Silent Magician asked and Chloe frowned.
"Do you have any idea how much these things cost?! I got this thing for my eleventh birthday and dad's already getting me a laptop for my birthday!" Chloe answered with an annoyed frown.
"Any payphones near you?" Silent Magician asked and Chloe glanced around.
"No, and there isn't any cops either." Chloe answered with a sigh. "I could try that card shop but they only had one phone in the whole shop and that was around the back."
"And I doubt retracing your steps will help you given the size of the crowd." Silent Magician added and Chloe gulped. "Actually I have an idea."
"Let's hear it!" Chloe responded with a sigh of relief and Silent Magician nodded.
"Look for a duelist, there's bound to be some in the area and you may get a duel out of it!" Silent Magician suggested and Chloe grinned before she started searching for one, unfortunately for her all the duelists in the area where either dueling or was taking their duel disk's to be repaired and didn't know where the other students where, Chloe eventually found herself in an alleyway and she groaned in annoyance as she kicked away an empty soda can. "How could this happen?!"
"Don't blame yourself, it was a large crowd." Silent Magician answered as Chloe put her hands in her blazer's pockets. "Chloe, up ahead, that young man has a deck." Silent Magician said suddenly and Chloe looked up, the youth in question was shuffling his deck and had neck length black hair with bangs and blue eyes, he was wearing a red t-shirt blue jeans and black boots.
"Thank god! We might actually get somewhere with him!" Chloe thought before running up to the young man.
"Not often that a pretty girl comes running up to me." The duelist commented with a chuckle before noticing the look on Chloe's face. "You okay? You seem worried."
"I…..I…..give me a sec to catch my breath." Chloe said before taking a deep breath. "I'm on duel academy's field trip into the city but I got separated from my group."
"Ah yeah, I thought I recognized your blazer." The duelist commented before frowning. "I'm a former student myself, graduated last year from Obelisk Blue."
"Yeah, I'm, in Osiris Red myself." Chloe commented before sighing as they started walking side by side. "I honestly don't know how I got separated, one minute I was walking alongside my roommate whilst looking over the cards I had brought from a card shop, the next minute I was alone in a crowd with no one I knew in sight."
"Hey don't worry; I'll get you back to your group in no time." The duelist reassured Chloe and she grinned at that. "My name's Rob by the way."
"I'm Chloe." Chloe introduced herself and Rob nodded in response. "So you have any idea where my group is?" Chloe asked and Rob thought for a moment.
"Unfortunately I don't." Rob answered and Chloe lowered her eyes dejectedly. "But I know a guy who said he spotted some students from Duel Academy."
"You do?" Chloe asked as her hopes rose.
"Yeah, I had a duel with the guy about ten minutes ago and he mentioned spotting some Duel Academy students after he beat me." Rob explained and Chloe grinned at that. "So what deck do you run?"
"I run a hybrid deck of Spellcasters and Warriors." Chloe answered and Rob blinked before it hit him. "Let me guess, you recognize me from the Battle City Tournament."
"Yeah, I'm surprised I didn't recognize you sooner, I was rooting for you to win the whole thing." Rob said honestly and Chloe looked at him strangely. "What can I say? I like a good underdog story, that and the fact that I would've preferred it to Otto winning."
"What about Theresa?" Chloe asked and Rob grinned.
"She's a great duelist, don't get me wrong, but everyone else in my group of friends was expecting either her, Brandon, Kimberly or Otto to win." Rob shrugged before noticing someone. "There he is!" Rob said and Chloe looked up, standing at the end of the alleyway was a tall lanky man with wild black hair and blue eyes, he was wearing messy clothing and was smoking a cigarette, he looked up when he heard the footsteps approaching him.
"Looking to get your ass kicked again?" The man asked bluntly as he glanced towards the two duelists. "Wait, that girl was with the Duel Academy students, why is she here?"
"She got separated from her group Logan." Rob told him and Logan smirked. "Chloe this is Logan, he's the duelist I mentioned."
"So you're Chloe huh? I guess you want to get back to your friends as soon as possible." Logan commented dryly before tossing the cigarette aside and stomping it out.
"Chloe, careful, I get the feeling this man is hiding something." Silent Magician warned her and Chloe frowned.
"Why don't we make things interesting?" Logan asked as he stepped in front of the alleyway's exit. "We're both duelists and we obviously enjoy a good challenge, what do you say to a duel?"
"Honestly I'd prefer to get back to my group as soon as possible." Chloe said as she tried to push past Logan. "Otherwise I would've accepted the challenge."
"Do you even know where they are?" Logan asked and Chloe stopped in her tracks. "How about this, we duel and win or lose I'll let you use my cell-phone to give your teacher a call."
"Well, since I don't have much choice." Chloe sighed before turning to Logan. "But maybe we should duel somewhere with a bit more room."
"She has a point, our duel was incredibly cramped and who knows? Maybe her group will spot the duel in progress." Rob pointed out and Logan thought for a few moments before nodding.
"All right, you have yourself a deal." Logan answered before leading her out of the alleyway and into the street, the crowd gave way to allow the two duelists enough room for their duel and Chloe activated her duel disk. "Give me a moment." Logan said before digging into the bag he was wearing over his shoulder and producing a duel disk…..an Orichalcos Duel Disk. "What's the matter, you look like you've seen a ghost." Logan asked before grinning sadistically. "Oh, that's right; you've seen my duel disk in action before!"
"Where the hell did you get that?!" Chloe demanded and Logan smirked.
"Oh, you mean this old thing?" Logan asked and Chloe's eyes narrowed. "You honestly don't think I'm stupid enough to tell you that huh?"
"Rob, did he use that thing against you?" Chloe asked as she turned to him and Rob shook his head.
"No, he used a standard Duel Disk." Rob answered as his eyes narrowed. "Hell I don't even know if he was using his true deck against me."
"Guess what Rob? You're right!" Logan responded as he strapped on his duel disk and turned it on. "You know what else? The teachers and your fellow students won't realize you're missing until it's too late!"
"You're wrong; they'll be here before you know it!" Chloe snapped at him and Logan smirked.
"How can you be so sure?" Logan asked and Chloe bit her lip nervously. "Oh that's right, you can't!"
*elsewhere*
The students and Jeff where unaware that Chloe had been separated from the group and like Chloe that was because of the large crowd of people, eventually the group stopped at a small restaurant near the center of town for something to eat.
"Okay, quick headcount before we go in, Chelsea Cunningham?" Jeff called and Chelsea shot her arm up. "Beth McKenzie?" Jeff continued and Chelsea's girlfriend shot her arm up. "Rachel Travis?" Jeff asked and the young Osiris Red student followed suit. "Kyle Winston?" Jeff asked and Kyle rose his arm up. "Okay, only a few names left, Donny Cramer, Drake Derringer, Lance Alvers, Tyler Kaiba and Chloe Richardson?" Jeff called out the names and one by one the students raised their hands, all except Chloe off course. "Chloe, are you there?" Jeff asked and Chelsea looked around.
"Err, Jeff, I don't see her!" Chelsea called out to the teacher's eyes widened. "She must've gotten separated from the group after we left that card shop."
"That makes sense, what doesn't make sense is why hasn't she called?" Jeff asked and Lance thought for a few moments.
"I think I know why, whenever I and Chloe where together she'd always complain about how crappy her cell-phone's battery life was." Lance explained…..before blushing like a madman. "Any students, whose minds are in the gutter, please remove them before I use a crowbar to do it." Lance warned them and the other students started whistling innocently. "I don't remember seeing any pay-phones either."
"This is just great." Jeff grunted before digging his cell-phone out of his pocket. "I'm going to see if any of the other teachers have seen her."
"Don't her parents live in the city?" Donny asked and Jeff nodded.
"Yes, they do, however they live across the city from where we are so it's unlikely that Chloe went that far." Jeff answered as he waited for Maria to pick up. "There's no need to worry them anyway, Chloe's a smart girl and she'll be able to find her way back to us."
"I hope your right." Tyler said with a worried frown as he folded his arms.
"Lance, Chloe is in grave danger." Thestalos told him and Lance blinked. "She's about to start an Orichalcos Duel."
"Oh for fuck's sake, not again!" Lance thought before running off. "Jeff, I'm going to search for Chloe, if I find her I'll call you."
"Lance, wait…." Jeff called out to him only to realize that Tyler and Chelsea where running after him.
"Teach don't worry, we're just going after him to make sure that he doesn't get lost as well." Chelsea reassured him as she ran after Lance.
"Okay but once you find her call me!" Jeff called after them as they disappeared from site.
"I'm guessing you guys got the news as well?" Lance asked once they caught up to him, they nodded as they ran in the direction where they last left Chloe. "We don't even know where she is, how are supposed to find her?"
"I don't know, dumb luck?" Chelsea shrugged her shoulders causing the two teens to face-fault in response. "I don't see you guys coming up with any better ideas." Chelsea pointed out as she helped her male companions up.
"How about we just focus on trying to find Chloe?" Lance offered as they resumed their search…until they quite literally bumped into Rob. "Hey man, how about you watch were you're going!"
"Sorry, I was in a hurry." Rob apologized as he helped Lance up. "This is actually pretty convenient; I was looking for Duel Academy students."
"Okay…..why?" Chelsea asked and Rob cleared his throat.
"Well I had just finished a duel when a Duel Academy student ran up to me telling me she got separated from her group." Rob told them and the students blinked.
"This duel academy student wouldn't happen to be 5ft 2, around her age with Elbow Length Dark Brown Hair, Green Eyes and is wearing a red and white stomach exposing tanktop under her Osiris Red blazer, would she?" Tyler asked and Rob blinked a few minutes before nodding.
"Yeah, that's her, I'm guessing you guys are from her group, long story short she's in an Orichalcos Duel." Rob nodded…only to end up pinned up against the nearest wall by Chelsea.
"WHERE IS SHE YOU PIECE OF SHIT?!" Chelsea demanded and Rob started sweating bullets, the scene earned them a few odd looks from passersby who chose to mind their own business.
"I never thought I'd complain about a pretty girl pinning me against the wall." Rob commented and Chelsea growled as she tightened her grip on his shirt. "Oh come on, can't we talk about this over coffee or something?!"
"If you're asking her out don't bother, not only is she taken but she's been out of the closet for…about a year right?" Lance asked Chelsea who nodded in response. "Yeah, she's been out of the closet for about a year."
"Why is it always the pretty ones?" Rob groaned and Chelsea growled. "Look, I had nothing to do with it, I had just fought the guy in a duel and I thought that he'd be able to help her out, I didn't think this would happen."
"You had better be telling us the truth." Chelsea warned him as she let go. "How about we start over? I'm Chelsea, he's Lance and he's Tyler." Chelsea introduced herself and Rob nodded.
"Name's Rob, I'm a former Duel Academy student." Rob introduced himself as he straightened his shirt. "They aren't that far from here, if we hurry maybe we can get there before the duel starts."
"Guys wait up!" Their train of thought was interrupted when they heard several footsteps approaching them, they looked up and saw Theresa, Brandon, Andreas and Marcus approaching and it was Theresa that had spoken up. "You guys got the message as well."
"Yeah, and Rob here was about to take us to the duel location." Chelsea said as she turned to him. "Isn't that right?"
"Well I would've if you hadn't threatened me but yeah, I was." Rob answered before nodding to Theresa. "Good to see you again Theresa."
"Yeah, it's good to see you too." Theresa said before turning to Chelsea. "Okay, why exactly where you threatening my ex-boyfriend Chelsea?"
"Wait, he's your ex?" Lance asked as he scratched his head. "How many boyfriends have you had?"
"Three, Rob here was my first followed by Drew and finally Brandon." Theresa answered before shaking her head. "We dated briefly when I first moved to the school but since he was a Ra Yellow Student and I was in Osiris Red we agreed to end it on good terms due to how difficult it was to keep that relationship going."
"Makes me glad I'm dating a girl in my own dorm." Chelsea muttered before shaking her head. "As for your question, he said that he was looking for Duel Academy students due to Chloe's Orichalcos Duel, needless to say I lost control of my temper."
"For about the hundredth time this month." Marcus muttered under his breath only to get a death glare from Chelsea. "I'm shutting up now!"
"That's not important, what is important is that we get to the duel site and give Chloe the support she needs." Chelsea asserted and the other duelists nodded in agreement.
"Follow me." Rob instructed them before leading them away.
*back at the duel*
Whilst that had been going on Logan had opted to go first once he and Chloe had drawn their opening hands, unfortunately for Chloe she could tell from the look on his face that he either had the Seal of the Orichalcos in his hand or had a way of adding it to his hand.
"Why don't we play a bit of a guessing game to start things off? I activate Pot of Chance." Logan played the card which depicted the Game Show Host from Question handing over the Pot of Greed to a contestant. "Here's how it works, I take the top three cards in my deck and set them facedown and you have to guess the identity of one, if it's a monster it's Special Summoned to my field whilst ignoring the summoning conditions, if it's a Spell then I get to activate it, if it's a trap then I can activate it if it was a Spell Card, the other two cards get added to my hand."
"That's gotta have some kind of drawback, otherwise it's broken." Chloe protested and Logan grinned as he picked up the top three cards in his deck and set them down one by one.
"Tough shit, now choose!" Logan told her and Chloe grit her teeth.
"Didn't Karina play a broken card during her duel with Chelsea two weeks ago? Maybe this guy's working for the same guy Karina did." Chloe thought with a frown before pointing to the middle card. "That's the card I choose."
"Let's see whose luck has paid off!" Logan announced before turning the card around. "What do you know? It's a Spell Card and the worst possible spell card that you could've chosen!"
"You don't mean…." Chloe trailed off as her eyes widened.
"That's right! I activate The Seal of the Orichalcos!" Logan played the card and Chloe braced herself as the Seal surrounded both duelists sending any unfortunate onlookers who got too close to the duel flying, once the Seal completely surrounded them the Pentagram appeared on Logan's forehead and he grinned. "If you think I'll be as easy as those idiots you faced in New York then your sadly mistaken!"
"Did he even see my Battle City duels?!" Chloe thought with a frown as the passersby who were sent flying by the activation of the Orichalcos where helped up.
"Now let's continue the trend of luck cards, I activate Dangerous Machine Type 6!" Logan played the card and Chloe's eyes narrowed as the Spell Card that gave her so much trouble during her test duel appeared on the field.
"Don't bother explaining that thing's effect; this isn't my first time facing that thing!" Chloe told him and Logan smirked.
"Good to see you're smarter than you look." Logan said snidely before picking up two cards. "I set two cards facedown and end my turn."
"No monsters? What's he up too?" Chloe thought as she drew her card. "Great, the one time I could really use something like Heavy Storm and I don't have it in my hand." Chloe thought before adding her drawn card to her hand and picking up two cards. "I set a card facedown and I summon Gemini Elf!" Chloe played the cards and the twin elves appeared on the field (4/1900/900) and needless to say the elves didn't look thrilled to be in the Orichalcos again.
"People still use that outdated card?" Logan asked with a smirk and Chloe smirked.
"Yeah, but why not, it's a member of the 1900 club and is a Level 4 Monster, sure they lack any effects but if all else fails….." Chloe trailed off as the elves fired twin bursts of magic at Logan…..
"I activate my Trap Card, go Pythic Victory!" Logan activated the trap which depicted a field full of dead bodies. "The attack will go through but your monster will be destroyed and not only will you take the damage but I get to draw cards equal to its level."
"Okay, that's definitely broken!" Chloe protested as the attack rebounded towards her going straight through the two elves (destroying them in the process) and striking her in the chest bringing her life-points down to 6100, once that was done Logan drew his cards. "Why would I2 release cards like that, Pot of Chance and Ritual of the Ancients?!"
"I'd be stupid to even consider answering that. "Logan said snidely before grinning. "Well, well, looks like we have company." Logan commented and Chloe blinked before looking up and seeing the other students arriving with Rob.
"Man I'm glad to see you guys!" Chloe sighed in relief as she saw them, once Chelsea caught her breath she turned to her roommate. "I know your probably wondering how I got separated from the group in the first place…"
"Chloe, how about we focus on how you got separated from our group after the duel." Chelsea suggested to her and Chloe nodded. "It seems this guy's using Luck Cards."
"Yeah, and he's used two cards that are as broken as Ritual of the Ancients." Chloe responded and Chelsea frowned as she remembered the card from her duel with Karina.
"Didn't Kaiba say he had never heard of that card?" Theresa asked and Tyler nodded. "Anyone want to bet that he's never heard of the cards this guy has used?"
"I'd say that's a safe bet." Tyler agreed before digging into his pocket and producing his Cell-Phone. "I'm going to call Jeff to let him know that Chloe's been found."
"And that she's in an Orichalcos Duel?" Theresa asked and Tyler nodded before searching through his contacts.
"I end my turn." Chloe said and Logan grinned before drawing his card.
"That's all ya can do huh? This'll be a piece of cake!" Logan taunted her before looking at his drawn card. "And now, Dangerous Machine Type 6 activates!" Logan announced as the arrow in the center of the machine started spinning.
"Come on, give me a four!" Chloe thought as she waited for the machine to stop, however she frowned as it eventually it stopped on 3.
"Well, it must be my lucky day." Logan smirked as he drew his card. "And to make sure that my luck continues I activate the Continuous Spell Card Second Coin Toss, I'm sure I don't need to explain it since not only is the card old but its name pretty much describes its effect perfectly." Logan played the card and Chloe frowned.
"Your luck will run out eventually!" Chloe snapped at him but was unable to hide her unease. "If he has more than one copy of that Pythic Victory card I'm in big trouble!"
"I don't see it running out any time soon, especially with a Spell Card like Cup of Ace!" Logan played the card and dug around his pocket before producing a coin. "Don't worry, unlike that idiot that your boyfriend faced….."
"HE'S NOT MY BOYFRIEND!" Chloe snapped at him and Logan smirked.
"That's not what the newspapers say." Logan smirked before showing both sides of the coin to confirm that it wasn't double headed. "I'm using a legit coin, but with Second Coin Toss it may as well be double headed!" Logan explained before tossing the coin into the air, it landed in the palm of his hand and he looked at it. "Tails but don't get your hopes up, I'm using Second Coin Toss's effect to toss again!" Logan said before tossing it into the air again, when it landed he looked at it and smirked. "And it's heads."
"Ugh, fine, just draw already!" Chloe snapped at him and Logan smirked before drawing twice and sending his Spell to the graveyard.
"Now the real fun begins! I summon Jirai Gumo in attack mode!" Logan played the card and a huge brown spider appeared on the field growling menacingly at Chloe (4/2200/100) and its attack increased to 2700 thanks to the seal. "Normally I'd be stupid to even consider running this card nowadays but with Second Coin Toss I can't lose."
"Yeah, except for the fact that you have already used up its effect." Chloe pointed out and Logan frowned when he realized that she was right. "So, you want to run the risk or not?"
"Do you think I'm stupid? Don't answer that." Logan responded before picking up two cards. "I set two cards facedown and end my turn."
"Good, I drew a monster…." Chloe thought before Logan activated his trap. "Is that Tour of Doom?"
"You got it, basically during your standby phase I toss a coin, heads, you can't summon any monsters except for Special Summons, tails and I get that restriction." Logan explained before grinning. "And that's where Second Coin Toss comes in!" Logan said as he tossed the coin into the air again, it landed on his palm and he smirked. "Tails but no matter, I'll just activate the effect of Second Coin Toss!" Logan said as he tossed the coin into the air, it landed on his palm and he smirked. "Guess what? You can't Normal or Flip Summon this turn." Logan said as he held up the coin to show that it had landed on heads.
"Fine but that thing doesn't stop me from setting this monster in defense mode!" Chloe set the monster down and frowned. "And that ends my turn." Chloe announced and Logan drew his card.
"Let's see if Lady Luck's still on my side, I activate Dangerous Machine Type Six again!" Logan announced as the wheel started spinning, however Chloe jumped for joy when it landed on one.
"Hah! That means you have to discard a card!" Chloe taunted him and Logan smirked. "Why are you smirking? Dangerous Machine is a dice roll card!"
"I know that, which is why I activate Dice Re-Roll!" Logan activated the trap and grinned. "The first dice roll is negated and I get another shot at it!" Logan announced as the wheel started spinning again, his grin grew wider when he saw it land on five. "Well, well, looks like your facedown monsters going bye-bye!" Logan taunted her as a beam of light struck the monster, revealed to be Apprentice Magician (2/400/800), which was quickly destroyed. "Too bad, that little lady would have saved you from a world of hurt!"
"Or you think! Go Threatening Roar!" Chloe activated the trap and Jiri Gumo cowered as a loud roar echoed throughout the area.
"Fine, I set one card facedown and end my turn." Logan set the card down and Chloe drew her card. "And now Tour of Doom's effect activates!"
"Yean, yeah, I know." Chloe said impatiently as Logan tossed the coin up into the air, it landed on tails and Chloe frowned. "Let me guess, Second Coin Toss?"
"You got it!" Logan said with a grin as he tossed the coin into the air, when it landed he frowned. "Tails again, you got lucky."
"Good, I set one card facedown and a monster in defense." Chloe set the two cards and Logan activated his trap.
"Before you end your turn I activate my trap, Lucky Chance!" Logan announced as the trap revealed itself. "When an effect like Jirai Gumo's is activated this trap will let me draw one card if I call another coin toss right."
"Great, that means another combo for Second Coin Toss." Chloe grunted before sighing. "I end my turn." Chloe announced and Logan drew his card.
"And you know what the means!" Logan said with a grin as Dangerous Machine's wheel started spinning again, it eventually stopped on three. "Good, that means that I get an extra draw." Logan said before drawing a card. "Heh, why leave it at one Second Coin Toss?"
"You don't mean….." Chloe trailed off as Logan activated a second copy of his Spell Card.
"So, wait, Logan now gets three chances at getting a coin toss right?" Chelsea asked Tyler who nodded in response.
"Unfortunately yes, and that means that he has a very low chance of Jiri Gumo's side effect hurting him." Tyler responded as he folded his arms. "But he's made one mistake, namely his entire back row is occupied."
"He's right, once Chloe draws Heavy Storm or a similar card Logan's combo goes down the drain." Brandon said as he folded his arms.
"Actually I'm not so sure if that's a good thing." Chelsea admitted and the two boys turned to her. "All five of Logan's Spell and Trap Card zones are occupied, if he draws something like Mirror Force or another copy of Dice Re-Roll it'll be a dead draw."
"She's got a point; as long as Logan's Spell and Trap Card zones are occupied Chloe will be free to attack once she draws something stronger than Jiri Gumo." Theresa agreed before frowning. "But that doesn't take into account the possibility of her not drawing a strong enough monster before her life-points are depleted."
"Theresa, you are aware that I can hear you, right?" Chloe asked her and Theresa sweat-dropped whilst laughing nervously. "And Chelsea's right, with no more room for Spell and Trap Cards you'll be lucky to not get dead draws from now on!"
"Doesn't matter, I have everything I need to beat you and take your soul!" Logan responded with a grin before looking over his hand. "Obviously I can't Normal or Flip Summon any monsters due to Tour of Doom's effect but you know what? I have my giant spider here to make up for that! Jirai Gumo, attack her defense monster!" Logan commanded and as the spider charged towards Chloe's facedown monster Logan dug into his pocket and produced the coin again. "I call heads!" Logan announced before flipping the coin into the air.
"Okay, if he calls that wrong then Jirai Gumo's effect will cut his life-points in half, if he calls it right then the attack will go through." Chloe thought before frowning. "But on the other hand as long as he has two copies of Second Coin Toss on the field he can flip a coin as much as he needs too." Chloe thought as the coin landed on Logan's palm and Logan grinned. "Please tell me it was tails?"
"You'd like that wouldn't you? But no, it landed on heads which means Jirai's attack goes through and more importantly I get to draw a new card thanks to Lucky Chance!" Logan announced before drawing another card, the Spider charged across the field and at the facedown monster, revealed to be Familiar Knight (3/1200/1400) which was quickly destroyed. "Familiar Knight huh? I have to thank you for that because now we can both Special Summon monsters from our hands."
"Don't thank me too soon because I'm using Familiar Knight's effect to Special Summon Silent Magician Level 4 from my hand!" Chloe played the card and the weaker of her two ace monsters appeared on the field (4/1000/1000).
"I bet you think you're real clever don't ya? Well I'm not letting that little tyke get strong enough to Special Summon her mommy!" Logan said before picking up a card in his hand. "I use Familiar Knight's effect to Special Summon Gambler of Legend!" Logan played the card and a tall man appeared on the field, he was dressed like a cowboy complete with a hat and had short blonde hair (4/500/1400) and his attack increased to 1000 thanks to the seal.
"He doesn't look like much." Chloe said confidently as she folded her arms. "Once you draw a card my magician will be stronger than him!"
"She won't get the chance. I move to my Second Main Phase and I activate the effect of Gambler of Legend!" Logan announced before digging out the coin again. "I toss this coin three times and depending on the result certain effects will activate, if I get three tails my entire hand gets discarded, if I get one head then I have to destroy a card I control, two heads and I can force you to discard a card from your hand." Logan said before smirking. "But three heads…then all your monsters get destroyed."
"That's a big risk." Chloe pointed out and Logan smirked as he tossed the coin into the air.
"That's the point." Logan said as he caught the coin in his palm and looked at it. "Tails but no big deal, if I get two heads then I can still do damage to you!" Logan said confidently before flipping the coin again, once he caught it his eyes widened. "What the…..Tails again?!"
"Looks like you're between a rock and a hard place; if you get heads then one of your monsters goes bye-bye." Chloe pointed out with a smirk. "And if you get another tails…"
"I KNOW!" Logan snapped at her before flipping the coin up into the air, when it landed his eyes widened. "Tails…I activate Second Coin Toss!" Logan quickly announced before flipping the coin three times again….only to get the same result. "I activate my second copy of Second Coin Toss!" Logan announced as he flipped the coin into the air three times, however he once again got the same result. "You…..you can't be serious?!"
"Looks like your luck's finally ran out!" Chloe said with a smirk as Logan reluctantly discarded the rest of the cards in his hand. "And that means that once you draw a card Gambler of Legend is a sitting duck!"
"Just start your turn already!" Logan demanded and Chloe drew her card. "It doesn't matter; Silent Magician Level 4 only gets power from my draws, if she thinks I'm letting her monster get strong enough to beat Jirai Gumo she's got another thing coming." Logan thought before getting his coin out. "Tour of Doom's effect activates!" Logan announced before tossing the coin, when it landed he smirked. "Heads, looks like your left with your puny magician."Logan taunted her and Chloe growled before looking at her drawn card.
"She's not puny! And I prove it with this!" Chloe said as she played her Spell Card. "I activate my Spell Card Spellbook Inside the Pot, we both draw three cards but more importantly my Silent Magician gets three Spell Counters!" Chloe played the card and both duelists drew their respective cards, at the same time Silent Magician's attack increased to 2500.
"Shit, once I draw my card Silent Magician will be strong enough to take down Jirai Gumo!" Logan thought as Chloe pointed to Gambler of Legend.
"Silent Magician, attack Gambler of Legend now!" Chloe commanded and the magician fired a beam of light from her staff at Gambler of Legend destroying him and bringing Logan's life-points down to 6500. "I set two cards facedown and end my turn." Chloe announced and Logan quickly drew his card, once he did Silent Magician's attack increased to 3000.
"Dangerous Machine Type Six activates!" Logan announced as the wheel started spinning, however Logan's eyes widened when he saw the wheel stop on six. "No! That means….."
"That means that Dangerous Machine Type 6 is destroyed!" Chloe interrupted him as the machine started the short circuit before self-destructing. "Good, now I don't have to worry about that thing destroying Silent Magician before I can bring out Level 8." Chloe thought as she glanced up at Logan.
"You know what? That works fine for me! First I activate Magic Planter! I destroy Tour of Doom…" Logan announced as Tour of Doom shattered. "And I draw two cards." Logan announced before drawing twice.
"And my magician gets stronger!" Chloe pointed out as Silent Magician's attack increased to 3500.
"I can live with that! I activate Autominous Action Unit and I use it to take Gemini Elf from your graveyard." Logan announced and too Chloe's shock the twin elves appeared on Logan's side of the field complete with the power boost from the Seal. "It may cost me fifteen hundred life-points but you know what? It's well worth it!" Logan said as his life-points dropped to 5000.
"You'll excuse me for not seeing how it's worth it!" Chloe said with a frown before it hit her. "Unless…"
"That's right! I equip my Jirai Gumo with Megamorph!" Logan played the card and Jirai Gumo doubled in size and strength, all the way up to 5400. "Jirai Gumo, attack her monster now!" Logan commanded before digging into his pocket and pulling out the coin for Jirai Gumo's effect. "I call heads!" Logan called out before flipping the coin up; when it landed he smirked before drawing another card due to Lucky Chance's effect.
"Don't tell me, heads?" Chloe asked and Logan shook his head.
"Actually I got tails but that just means that you won't be getting your lead back anytime soon." Logan said before wincing as his life-points dropped to 2500.
"That's where you're wrong; I activate Mystical Space Typhoon to destroy Megamorph!" Chloe activated the Spell Card and Logan's eyes widened as a tornado ripped through the area destroying the Spell Card and returning Jirai Gumo's attack to 2700, Silent Magician fired a beam from her staff at the giant spider destroying it and bringing Logan's life-points down to 1700.
"I end my turn with a facedown card." Logan growled and Chloe drew her card.
"Good, because that means that I can bring out my best monster!" Chloe announced as Silent Magician started glowing and growing eventually evolving into her strongest form, Silent Magician Level 8 (8/3500/1000).
"I don't care how strong that bitch is! I'll still survive!" Logan said confidently and Chloe growled when she heard that.
"I'll show you! Silent Magician, attack Gemini Elves!" Chloe commanded and the Magician powered up her staff…..
"I can't believe you fell for that again! Go Pythic Victory!" Chloe's eyes widened when she heard the name of the card but it was too late to do anything about it, the beam went straight through Silent Magician Level 8 destroying her and striking Chloe in the chest bringing her life-points down to 2600. "And now I draw cards equal to Silent Magician's Level!"
"Wait, what?!" Chelsea yelled out as he drew a total of eight cards. "How did that card even get made? That makes Yata-Garasu look like Dian Keto the Cure Master for fucks sake!"
"Tell it to someone who cares! Besides, even if I draw a monster with 200 attack points next turn your through!" Logan said with a big smirk as he looked over his eight cards. "Are you done defeating yourself? Don't worry, your friends won't suffer."
"I set a card facedown." Chloe quickly set a card as she glared at Logan. "And end my turn." Chloe announced and Logan smirked before drawing his card.
"Hah, I don't even need to summon a monster! I equip my elves with Mage Power!" Logan played the card and Gemini Elf's attack rose to 4400.
"Shit! That's too much!" Chelsea winced and Rob gulped fearing her wrath should Chloe lose the match.
"There's no kill like overkill bitch!" Logan responded before pointing to the elves. "Gemini Elf, finish her off!" Logan commanded and the elves prepared their attack.
"Go Scapegoat!" Chloe activated the trap and the four sheep tokens appeared on the field.
"Fine, I target the Scapegoat token on the far right!" Logan announced as the elves redirected their attack towards the red token destroying it. "You saved yourself this time bitch! I end my turn!" Logan announced before discarding most of the cards he had drawn last turn, once he had Chloe drew her card.
"I activate Blasting Vein, with this I destroy my facedown card and in exchange I get two more cards." Chloe announced as one of her facedown cards shattered and she drew her cards. "This duel's over!"
"Finally came to your senses huh? Enjoy your time in the seal Chloe!" Logan taunted her but blinked when he saw the grin on her face. "Why are you smirking? I have the clear advantage?"
"Why? Because you're about to lose that advantage, I activate Level Modulation to bring back Silent Magician Level 8!" Chloe activated the Spell and Logan's eyes widened as Silent Magician Level 8 returned to the field.
"Please, that bitch can't even beat my elves and you've already used up one of your drawn cards!" Logan scoffed as he drew two cards, when he saw two of them his grin widened. "I drew another Pythic Victory! With this I can finish her off for good if she somehow gets rid of my elves on her next turn!"
"Actually you're wrong; I drew Level Modulation with Spellbook Inside the Pot a few turns back, it was just a case of waiting for the right card to use it with." Chloe explained and Logan blinked as it hit him.
"Then…..then what DID you draw?!" Logan asked as he started to panic.
"I drew these Spell Cards go Eternal Rest!" Logan's eyes widened as the Gemini elves shattered into a million pieces, he reluctantly tossed Gemini Elf back at Chloe who sent the monster back to her graveyard and Logan did likewise with his Spell Cards.
"Yeah, so fucking what? You still can't attack because of Level Modulation!" Logan pointed out and Chloe grinned as she played a card. "Is that Mischief of the Time Goddess? Why is it that an Osiris Red Student can get that card and I can't?"
"Being friends with Seto Kaiba's stepson has its quirks." Chloe said as Silent Magician got ready to attack. "Silent Magician, finish him!" Chloe commanded and the magician pointed her staff at Logan before firing a beam of light at him bringing his life-points down to zero.
"Man that was too close." Chelsea commented with a sigh of relief as the seal closed in around Logan, Chloe was too busy gathering up her cards to notice Logan's scream as the seal took his soul and Chloe walked over to her friends.
"Err, yeah, I'm sorry if I worried you guys back there." Chloe apologized and Chelsea grinned. "As for how I got separated in the first place, blame the large crowd we were in."
"Don't worry about it, we're just glad that you're safe." Chelsea responded and the others nodded in agreement. "We'd better get back to our group, Jeff's sure to be worried by now."
"We'll do likewise." Theresa said as the group went their separate ways unaware that Jack was watching from the rooftops.
"Hey boss, Logan's big gamble was a big bust." Jack grunted as he walked away from the duel area. "The guys I recruited should be on their way to your regional office in Domino City as we speak."
"Good, call me if there are any problems, in the meantime I want you to accompany them to the office." Victor responded and Jack nodded before making his way towards the office.