It had been a few hours since the tag duel and whilst the unconscious bodies of Anna and Tyson had been taken to a hospital on the mainland Chelsea, Tyler and Chloe where currently trying to work with the laptop that had been left behind by Sarah as the duel was ending with Tracy's help, they were currently in the IT Room and since she was the least technically savvy out of the people in the room Chloe was sitting to the side chiming in when she could.
"So, you find anything?" Tracy asked and Chelsea frowned.
"Some standard stuff, this thing still uses IE as its browser so it's probably a company laptop." Chelsea commented as she worked at the laptop. "Hmmm, wonder what's in this file?" Chelsea asked before she tried to access the file, she frowned however when she saw that it was encrypted. "Shit, I should've known that she'd have some kind of encryption in place."
"Can you hack it?" Chloe asked and Chelsea nodded.
"With Tyler's help I can hack it easily, if that woman was stupid enough to not heavily encrypt the file that is." Chelsea said before yawning. "What time is it?" Chelsea asked before checking the time on the computer clock. "9:00, Tracy, you mind if I try to hack this thing tomorrow? I don't know how long this will take me to hack it and I want to be up nice and early for my match tomorrow."
"Sure, I was about to suggest that anyway." Tracy nodded as she glanced at the clock on the wall. "But you or Tyler will have to take the laptop with you, I have an IT Class in the morning and I don't want any of my students playing around with that thing."
"Leave that to me." Tyler responded as he picked up the laptop, Chelsea went to protest but Tyler shook his head. "Chelsea, your room at Osiris Red is cramped enough without another laptop in there."
"Good point, I'll come by in the morning before my match to see if you've made any progress." Chelsea nodded in response before turning to Chloe. "So if you wake up and find that your alone in your room don't panic."
"Ugh, Chelsea I only did that once." Chloe grunted as she pinched the bridge of her nose in annoyance. "And that was when I was still a new student!"
"Hey relax; I'm just messing with ya." Chelsea reassured her before yawning. "I don't know about you Chloe but I think we'd better get some sleep."
"Good idea." Chloe agreed with a yawn. "We'll see you guys tomorrow." Chloe added before following her roommate out of the IT Room.
"Tracy, if there's any developments I'll send you an e-mail." Tyler told her and Tracy nodded.
"I'll keep an eye out for it." Tracy responded as Tyler tucked the laptop underneath his arm and left the room. "I know your there Hamden." Tracy added as the younger teacher entered the room.
"What can I say? When I heard that the woman left behind something that we could actually use I got curious." Hamden said as he shrugged his shoulders. "If anyone can crack that encryption it's Tyler and Chelsea."
"I know but I'm just a bit concerned about what they'll find on it." Tracy said as she folded her arms. "That's pretty much the reason I told them to not hook it up to the network, for all we know that thing has a virus on it and it was left behind purposely by that woman."
"Do we have any clues as far as her identity is concerned?" Hamden asked and Tracy shook her head.
"Chelsea couldn't find anything pertaining to her identity, she's smart, I'll give her that much." Tracy said begrudgingly and Hamden nodded. "I'd better pack up for the night; it's been a long day what with the tournament matches, my classes and the Orichalcos Duel."
"Agreed, I'm heading back to my office at the Osiris Red Boy's Dorm." Hamden responded before leaving the room, as he walked down the hallways and passed he couldn't shake the feeling that something was wrong. "The last time the students were attacked by duelists wielding the Orichalcos was during the Battle City Tournament, this time the attacks started again just as we were getting ready to host this tournament." Hamden thought as he left the main building. "The first time is a coincidence, second time? I think something fishy is going on." Hamden thought before walking off.
*the next day*
Chloe woke up with a yawn and looked around, Chelsea was nowhere to be seen and neither was her laptop but otherwise things looked normal for a room shared by two seventeen year old girls, Chloe swung her legs over before started to get changed out of her nightgown and into her casual clothes as she glanced around the room.
"Did she leave already?" Chloe thought as she put her jeans, navel exposing tanktop and blazer on before she noticed a note on the coffee table where Chelsea normally kept her laptop, Chloe picked it up and read it. "Chloe, since your still asleep I figured I'd leave this note instead of waking you up, I went to Tyler's dorm room to see if he's made any progress with the laptop we found and I don't know how long I'll be, don't worry, Tyler will send Brandon to keep you company and I should be back in time for our match but if not I'll meet you at the main building, signed: Chelsea." Chloe read the note aloud and frowned remembering that the laptop had left her roommate unable to get any sleep; she heard the door open and glanced up.
"Good morning Chloe." Brandon greeted her as he entered the room. "I see you got Chelsea's note."
"Morning Brandon and I think the fact that I was reading it outloud pretty much confirms that." Chloe answered as she put the note down. "Is there something wrong? You don't seem happy." Chloe asked and Brandon sighed.
"The new ban list was released this morning and it's put a major dent in my deck." Brandon commented as he folded his arms and Chloe looked at him curiously. "Sangan was banned."
"Wait, seriously? Wasn't banning Witch of the Black Forrest enough?!" Chloe asked and Brandon shook his head. "They didn't ban any of my cards, right?"
"Nah, you're safe unless you count Greed of the Tyrant being limited, Pride of the Pack and Lightning Recharge where also limited but it doesn't really hurt Andreas or Chelsea's decks since they only run one copy of those cards anyway." Brandon shrugged his shoulders in response and Chloe sighed in relief. "Before I came over I was looking up cards that could replace Sangan and I found a few, with Tyler's help I was able to get my hands on them too."
"Mind if I have a look?" Chloe asked and Brandon nodded before reaching into his pocket and showing her the new cards. "Tour Guide of the Underworld, Tour Bus from the Underworld…..they look like good cards, though pretty much the only cards I've heard of are D.D. Survivor and Mystic Tomato."
"I'm not surprised, Tyler said that that the Underworld cards where released a few weeks ago." Brandon commented with a shrug as Chloe handed his cards back. "In any case I plan to add these cards once I get back to Obelisk Blue."
"So how are Kimberly and Theresa taking the news? I know Theresa runs Sangan in her Dark Attribute deck and that Kimberly runs Sangan in her deck." Chloe asked and Brandon thought back for a bit.
"They found out at the same time I did, we were doing research into those Mermail cards that Anna used when we stumbled upon the new banlist." Brandon answered with a frown. "Kimberly can live without that card really, she has plenty of good cards in her side deck, and Theresa on the other hand is looking into getting a new card for her Dark Deck."
"Makes me glad I never considered running that thing in my deck." Chloe said with a frown before glancing at the time on her cell-phone. "Speaking of which I'd better get going, my match is starting soon."
"Sure, I and Theresa will be rooting for you." Brandon told her before stepping aside to let Chloe past him; he followed Chloe out of the dorm but not before closing the door behind him.
*earlier, at the Obelisk Blue Boy's Dorm*
"It feels so weird walking down the Obelisk Blue Dorm Room halls as an Osiris Red Student." Chelsea thought as she walked down the hallway with her hands in her pockets, her blazer alone was getting her some confused looks from the Obelisk Blue students but they just shrugged it off when they remembered that she was friends with Tyler.
"Oh, good morning Chelsea, here for Tyler I'm guessing?" Chelsea looked up and saw that it was Evan that had addressed her; she saw a toothbrush in his mouth and quickly guessed that he was going through his morning routine.
"That's right, I'm going to see if he's made any progress." Chelsea said with a nod as she turned to the older student. "It'll have to be a short visit for obvious reasons."
"Right, your match is today." Evan said with a nod once he realized what she meant. "Not sure who I'm routing for, you and Chloe are good, don't get me wrong but Donny and Drake are no slouches themselves."
"Yeah, I learned that the hard way when I faced Drake in a duel." Chelsea said with a nod before frowning. "This time I'm ready for any life-point protection traps he has!"
"Good to see you learn from your mistakes." Evan commented with a shrug and Chelsea grinned at that. "Well, I won't keep you any longer, if we spent any more time chatting then you'd be late for your match."
"Right, see ya later." Chelsea said as she waved to the departing Obelisk Blue Student, she made her way to the dorm before knocking on it. "Are you decent Tyler?"
"If I weren't I would've yelled "getting dressed" the moment you knocked." Tyler called out and Chelsea sweat-dropped. "Come in, I was expecting you."
"Thanks Captain Obvious." Chelsea thought to herself before opening the door. "Morning Tyler, had any luck with the laptop?" Chelsea asked as she entered the Obelisk Blue Student's dorm room, Tyler looked up and Chelsea was taken aback a bit, Tyler's eyes where bloodshot indicating that he had been up all night. "Actually I have a better question, did you get any sleep last night?"
"No, I spent most of the night hacking the encryption and I'm still not done." Tyler answered before inviting Chelsea to take a seat; Chelsea did so and scooted her chair a bit closer to the screen. "Feel free to use the extension cable to plug in your laptop." Tyler told her as he pointed it out to her and Chelsea did so. "The encryption's more advanced than you thought; whoever encrypted these files knows what they're doing."
"I should've known that would've been too easy." Chelsea grunted under her breath before looking at the screen and noticing several cans of Red Bull near the laptop. "Is that how you stayed up?"
"It helped, that's all I'm saying." Tyler answered as he typed in some commands on the keyboard. "Was Chloe awake by the time you left?"
"Nah, I figured she would need a good night's rest ahead of our match against Donny and Drake later on." Chelsea shrugged her shoulders in response. "I did leave her a note before I left though, including the part about you sending Brandon over to keep her company."
"Good thinking." Tyler nodded in approval. "This will take some time, you sure you don't want to prepare for your match?"
"And pass up an opportunity to inspect the laptop? Besides I did some preparation yesterday before I went to bed." Chelsea commented before setting up her laptop and booting it up. "I heard the banlist was released today."
"Did you get a good look at it?" Tyler asked and Chelsea shook her head. "Lightning Recharge, Greed of the Tyrant and Pride of the Pack got limited and Sangan got banned, that's as far as how it affects us and our friends."
"Good thing I only run one copy of it." Chelsea shrugged her shoulders before it hit her. "Sangan got banned? Seriously?! Why did they ban that and not every new card those Orichalcos Duelists are using?!"
"I think I know why." Tyler commented before nodding to his duel disk. "On a hunch I tried playing that Greed Cyclone card that Tyson used yesterday against Evan, only the card didn't register."
"It's a fake?!" Chelsea asked and Tyler nodded. "Let me guess, same story with Destructive Greed?" Chelsea asked and Tyler nodded again. "So why did it register with Tyson's duel disk?"
"I'm not sure, my father's company never made the Orichalcos Duel Disks, those things are custom built, but even then these cards shouldn't be able to register on them." Tyler answered and Chelsea frowned. "The weird thing is, pretty much the only legitimate cards being played by those two where Anna's Mermail monsters, that archetype have been creating quite a stir at a few regional level tournaments since it was released."
"So in other words, they have access to legitimate cards but whoever their new boss is has had someone create these fake and horrendously broken cards." Chelsea responded and Tyler nodded, it was then that she remembered the company logo that had served as the laptop's wallpaper. "What about that name we got from Robert? Victor Santiago? Doesn't the Wallpaper for the laptop have the name "Santiago Inc" on it?"
"Yes it does and I'm familiar with him and his company, he's a Latin American businessman who operates out of Los Angeles, and his company specializes in duel monsters much like my father's company does." Tyler told her as he showed her his picture.
"Sounds like you don't get along with him." Chelsea commented and Tyler shook his head.
"I never met the man but my father has told me about him, he used to be business partners with him starting shortly after he announced his retirement from Duel Monsters but something happened that caused them to break off that partnership, my dad refuses to elaborate, since then Victor's tried to buy my father's company several times and I think you can guess how successful that has been."
"Yeah, if Kaibacorp had been brought out you'd think we would've heard about it by now." Chelsea agreed with a nod. "So what's his connection to these Orichalcos Duelists?"
"I have no clue, this laptop obviously belongs to his company which means you were right about it being a company laptop but besides that I won't have any concrete proof until I can access these files and given the level of encryption this will take some time even with your help." Tyler commented and Chelsea frowned. "I can't track it back to its owner either; it has multiple profiles on it which suggests that it's meant for more than one user."
"And I don't really have time for that thanks to my tournament match." Chelsea said as she glanced at her laptop clock. "Shit, it's starting soon, Tyler, you mind if I leave me laptop in here?"
"Sure, after today's matches are done I'll take it to your dorm personally." Tyler told her and Chelsea grinned before standing up and closing the laptop lid. "Chelsea, be careful, we have no idea what these Orichalcos Duelists are planning next."
"I'll pass the message along to Chloe when I bump into her." Chelsea answered before leaving the dorm room, Chelsea made her way out of the Obelisk Blue Boy's Dorm and over to the main building before looking around for Chloe.
"Good morning Chelsea, ready for the match?" Chloe asked as she approached her roommate, Chelsea looked up and smirked confidently before holding up her duel disk.
"You bet!" Chelsea responded and Chloe smiled at that. "Tyler told me to keep an eye out for any Orichalcos Duelists or any suspicious activity in general, I figured I'd pass the word too you."
"Thanks for the warning." Chloe responded as she folded her arms. "Did you make any progress with the laptop?"
"Let's just say that it's going to be harder than I initially thought." Chelsea responded as the two girls made their way to the Duel Field. "Tyler stayed up all night working on it but I had to leave so I could duel today….."
"Wait, what?!" Chloe asked once it hit her. "He does realize that the match featuring him and Marcus is right after our match, right?"
"I never brought it up." Chelsea shrugged her shoulders earning an annoyed look from Chloe. "Give me a break, I was more interested in seeing if he had learnt anything but like I said there wasn't much progress."
"Well, here's hoping that they can win the match in spite of that." Chloe commented as the two girls entered the duel arena. "But first we have our own match to win!"
"Yeah, hopefully we'll win." Chelsea grunted as they looked up and saw Donny and Drake waiting for them. "You ready?"
"Ready as I'll ever be." Chloe responded as the two girls hopped onto the duel arena.
"Welcome to day three of the Tag Team Tournament!" Martin announced earning some cheers from the crowd. "Our first match today features a team from the Osiris Red Girl's Dorm and a team Osiris Red Boy's and Ra Yellow Boy's Dorm, please welcome the teams of Chloe Richardson and Chelsea Cunningham and Donny Cramer and Drake Derringer.
"I hope you girls aren't planning on advancing to the next round." Donny said as he and Drake activated their duel disks. "Drake beat Chelsea before and he'll do it again!"
"Err, yeah, newsflash! Drake wouldn't have defeated me if it weren't for his damn trap card!" Chelsea grunted in annoyance and Drake shook his head.
"Is that a fact? You have a funny way of remembering things, you know that right?" Drake responded and Chelsea's eyes narrowed. "I seem to remember being in the lead for most of the match!"
"That doesn't matter anyway….." Chloe chimed in as she and Chelsea activated their duel disks. "Besides that duel was a while back and Chelsea's a much better duelist now!"
"You ever consider that we've improved as well?" Donny retorted as the four duelists drew their opening hands. "Okay, I'm guessing we're sticking to the usual format?"
"That sounds good to me." Chelsea agreed as she looked over her hand. "So Donny's first, then Chloe, then Drake, then me and back to Donny right?"
"Well I was going to suggest ladies first but if you two are comfortable with that order I won't object." Donny responded and Chelsea turned to Chloe who nodded as if to say that she agreed with that layout.
"We don't mind you two going first." Chloe responded and Donny nodded before drawing his opening card. "This way we can get an idea of what to expect is this duel." Chloe thought as she waited for Donny to make his opening move.
"I start my turn with a staple of any Dragon Deck, Lord of Dragons in attack mode!" Donny played the card and the tanned; dragon protecting spellcaster appeared on the field (4/1200/1100). "Next I play a spell card called Flute of Summoning Dragon! Donny played the card and the dragon shaped flute appeared in Lord of Dragons' hands, he played a single note on it and Donny picked up two cards.
"I know what that card does; you'll be able to Special Summon two dragons with it!" Chloe said with a frown and Donny nodded.
"That's right and I use the spell card to special summon Vice Dragon and the Tuner Monster Dread Dragon!" Donny announced and Chelsea's eyes widened when she heard the last part.
"Crap, he's going for a first turn Synchro!" Chelsea yelled out once it hit her as the two monsters appeared on the field, the first one was the ugly purple dragon that Chloe had seen in action during Battle City (5/2000/1000) and the second was a smaller red dragon with purple hair (2/1100/900).
"Well, since Chelsea's already figured it out, I won't waste any more time!" Donny commented as the two dragons leapt into the air, Dread Dragon dissolved into two green Synchro Rings that surrounded Vice Dragon, once the bright flash faded a card that Chloe was all too familiar with landed on the field. "Say hello to Exploder Dragonwing (7/2400/1600)!"
"That card's bad enough on its own but with Lord of Dragons on the field….." Chloe trailed off and Donny grinned.
"That's the idea! Next I play another Spell Card called Raiding the Dragon's Cave! Since I have a Level 5 or higher Dragon Type monster in my graveyard I can now draw two cards." Donny played the card and quickly drew twice. "I set two cards facedown and end my turn." Donny announced and Chloe drew her card once the two facedowns appeared on the field.
"Suddenly I'm regretting my decision to let them go first!" Chloe thought with a gulp before looking at her hand. "You think you're the only one with the ability to Special Summon? I start things off with Reinforcement of the Army, with this I can add one Level 4 or lower Warrior type monster from my deck to my hand!" Chloe announced before picking up and searching through her deck, once she found the card she was looking for she added it to her hand.
"I'm still not seeing any Special Summons." Donny commented and Chloe frowned.
"I'm getting to that! I summon Marauding Captain in attack mode!" Chloe played the card and the brown haired captain appeared on the field (3/1200/400). "And now his effect activates which lets me special summon a Level 4 or lower monster like Rose, Warrior of Revenge to my side of the field." Chloe added before playing another card and the red-haired female warrior appeared on the field (4/1600/800).
"Okay, we all know that Rose Warrior's a Tuner Monster so go ahead and do that Synchro Summon!" Drake commented and Chloe quickly looked over her hand.
"Actually…..I'll set two cards facedown and end my turn." Chloe announced ignoring the surprised looks from Chelsea and her opponents as Drake drew his card.
"What's she thinking? She was in a perfect position to bring out a Level Seven Synchro….." Chelsea thought before eyeing Chloe's facedown cards. "Maybe the cards in her back row have something to do with it, well whatever her reason was I'll have to make up for that mistake if it backfires."
"Two can play at that game! I activate my own Reinforcement of the Army!" Drake played the card before picking up his deck and searching through it, once he found what he needed he added it to his hand and shuffled his deck before sending the Spell Card to the graveyard. "Next I activate Seven Star Sword! Think of it as kinda like Trade In except you banish a Level Seven Monster for the same result."
"Why would he waste a powerful card like that?" Chloe thought as Drake pocketed the monster before drawing twice.
"He likely has another card that will let him retrieve the monster like you do with Level Modulation." Silent Magician answered as Drake looked over the cards in his hand. "And I know what you're planning Chloe, are you sure it'll work."
"I admit, it's a bit risky," Chloeadmitted as she glanced at the cards on her side of the field. "But it's like Hamden said in that last class I had with him yesterday, no-one got far in Duel Monsters without taking a few risks."
"I understand, let's hope that it doesn't backfire." Silent Magician answered as Drake played another card.
"Now I activate my Spell Card D.D.R. – Different Dimension Reincarnation!" Drake announced before discarding a card from his hand. "And I'm using it to bring back the card I just discarded, a card I added so that my deck will work with Donny's, Buster Blader!" Drake played the card and the warrior made famous by Yugi Motuh appeared on the field wielding his sword (7/2600/2300). "And since there are two dragons in his graveyard Buster Blade gains one thousand attack points!" Donny added as Buster Blader's attack increased to 3600.
"Had a feeling he'd add that card to his deck just for the tag duels." Chelsea thought as she looked over her hand. "No problem though, if he sets Spirit Force I'm ready for him!"
"I set two cards facedown and end my turn." Drake announced as he set the two cards and once the cards appeared on the field Chelsea drew her card.
"Your Blader may be strong but I have something that'll bring his attack down a notch!" Chelsea said confidently before playing a card. "First I activate Terra-Forming and I use it to add a Field Spell to my hand." Chelsea announced before picking up and started searching through her deck, once she found the card she was looking for she added it to her hand before shuffling her deck and sending the Spell Card to the graveyard. "And anyone who's familiar with my deck won't need an introduction for this card! I activate Wattcastle!"
"Here we go!" Drake commented dryly as the scenery changed to the cartoonish castle. "Ever thought of trying something different?"
"It's like I said back at our first duel, why fix what isn't broken?" Chelsea asked before playing another card. "Next I play Solidarity and as soon as I get a few of my Thunder Type Monsters in the graveyard this Spell Card will give them a much needed power-boost!" Chelsea announced before picking up two cards. "I set one card facedown and a card in defense mode." Chelsea announced as the cards appeared on the field. "And now the real fun begins, it's your move Donny."
"Don't have to tell me twice!" Donny said before drawing a card. "And I activate Dust Tornado, and I use this trap to destroy Chloe's facedown card on the right!" Donny announced as a tornado sped towards Chloe's facedown…..
"In that case I chain it! Go Threatening Roar!" Chloe activated the trap and a load roar echoed through the building making Exploder Dragonwing, Lord of Dragons and Buster Blader cower in fear, the trap card was destroyed the roar subsided with it.
"In that case I'll use Dust Tornado's second effect to set a card facedown!" Donny said as he set the card. "That's all I've got!" Donny announced and Chloe drew her card.
"Okay, phase one is complete, I just gotta hope that this works!" Chloe thought before playing a card. "First I summon Gemini Elf in attack mode!" Chloe played the card and the twin elves appeared on the field (4/1900/900).
"Okay, maybe her plan was to tune Rose Warrior and Gemini Elf to make Colossal or something…." Chelsea thought before Chloe played another card.
"Now I play the spell card White Elephant's Gift, I send Gemini Elf to the graveyard….." Chloe trailed off as the monster shattered. "And I draw two cards." Chloe said before drawing twice.
"Okay, maybe not." Chelsea thought as a large sweat-drop rolled down her head. "Chloe, no offense, but what the hell are you doing?!"
"You'll see." Chloe responded with a reassuring grin but Chelsea remained unconvinced. "Good, I have Silent Magician Level 8 in my hand, if I can draw Trade-In, Level Up or Level Modulation I can get her out quickly." Chloe thought before adding the drawn cards to her hand. "First things first….." Chloe trailed off before pointing at Lord of Dragons. "Rose Warrior, attack Lord of Dragons!" Chloe commanded and Rose Warrior pulled out her knives before stabbing Lord of Dragons in the chest with them destroying him and bringing Drake's life-points down to 7600. "And thanks to her effect you lose three hundred more life-points!"
"That's nothing compared to what you'll lose once my next turn begins!" Donny countered as his life-points dropped to 7300 only to realize that Chloe had activated her other trap. "Is that Urgent Tuning?!"
"That's right and I'm giving you three guesses as to what cards I'm tuning together, last two don't count!" Chloe said as Rose Warrior and Marauding Captain leapt into the air, Rose Warrior dissolved into four Synchro Rings that quickly surrounded Marauding Captain. "I tune my two monsters together so that I can Synchro Summon a new addition to my deck, Driven Daredevil!" Chloe played the card and the green armored warrior once used by Theresa appeared on the field (7/2400/2100).
"Wait, Theresa, isn't that your card?" Brandon asked and Theresa shook her head.
"Was my card, I'm officially retiring the Warrior deck once the tournament ends, I figured she could get some good use out of it." Theresa explained and Brandon nodded. "And as confusing as her initial moves where I have to admit, that was a good move."
"Now I play a Quick Play Spell called Forbidden Chalice!" Chloe announced as Exploder Dragonwing started glowing a sickly green color…..
"I see where this is going and it's not going to work, I chain it with Spell Shield Type B!" Donny announced as his trap flipped up. "Since Forbidden Chalice targets a monster I can use my trap to negate and destroy the Spell Card!"
"Well, so much for that." Chloe grunted in annoyance as she sent her spell to the graveyard. "I set two cards facedown and end my turn." Chloe announced as the two cards appeared on the field and Drake drew his card.
"Okay, I know from experience that attacking Chloe's monster will just be a waste of time due to its effect." Drake thought as he glanced towards her monster. "Chelsea on the other hand has a facedown monster and knowing her deck its likely Wattdragonfly or even Shining Angel." Drake thought before adding the card he had drawn to his hand. "Buster Blader, attack Chelsea's facedown monster!" Drake commanded and the swordsman charged towards Chelsea's monster before cutting it in two, the monster was revealed to be Wattdragonfly and Chelsea grinned.
"Thanks, now Buster Blader loses the thousand attack points he gained thanks to his effect." Chelsea said as Buster Blader's attack points dropped down to 2600. "And thanks to Wattdragonfly's effect I can special summon another Watt Monster from my deck!" Chelsea added before picking up her deck and searching through it. "And I choose Wattcobra!" Chelsea played the card and the electric colored snake appeared on the field (4/1000/500).
"I thought so." Drake commented as Wattcobra's attack increased to eighteen-hundred thanks to Solidarity just before his eyes widened when he saw Chelsea activate her facedown card. "Please tell me that's not Judgment of Thunder?!"
"It is!" Chelsea said bluntly as lightning started striking the ground. "And my target is…..your facedown card!" Chelsea announced and Drake's eyes widened when lightning struck the card destroying it.
"Why target that and not Buster Blader?" Drake asked before noticing the look on Chelsea's face. "Well?"
"Drake, you really need to work on your poker faces." Chelsea said as she shook her head. "I could tell from the look on your face when I destroyed that facedown card that it was Spirit Force!" Chelsea commented and Drake remained silent for a few moments before turning the card around confirming Chelsea's suspicions.
"I should've guessed that you'd be on guard as far as that card is concerned." Drake shrugged his shoulders before sending the trap to the graveyard. "Well played, I end my turn at that." Drake admitted and Chelsea drew her card. "Little does she know that that was a bluff, I have a card in my deck that will wipe the floor with their monsters, just requires a bit of setting up, and thanks to D.D.R. I already fulfill one half of the requirement."
"Okay, I got rid of that trap that crippled my deck in my last duel against Drake but I still don't know what else he has up his sleeve." Chelsea thought before looking at her drawn card. "I set a card facedown….." Chelsea trailed off as the facedown card appeared on the field. "Now Wattcobra, attack Drake's life-points directly!" Chelsea commanded and the cobra leapt over Buster Blader before biting Drake in the arm bringing his life-points down to 6200.
"I've had worse." Drake grunted in pain and Chelsea grinned.
"And since my cobra's inflicted battle damage his effect activates, this lets me search for another Watt Monster and add it to my hand." Chelsea said before picking up her deck and searching through it, once she found the card she was looking for she added it to her hand and shuffled her deck. "That ends my turn." Chelsea announced and Donny drew his card.
"Okay, those two have drawn first blood but now it's our turn." Donny thought before looking at his drawn card. "I activate Cards of Consonance; I discard one weak Dragon type Tuner from my hand….." Donny said as he discarded the card. "And I draw two cards." Donny added before drawing twice.
"And even better, since there's another dragon in his graveyard my Blader gains five-hundred more attack points." Drake added as Buster Blader's attack increased to 3100.
"Yeah, we kinda guessed that already, no need to tell us." Chelsea commented with a grunt and Donny shook his head.
"And there's no need to be a smart ass about it but that didn't stop you, nor has it ever come to think of it." Donny retorted and Chelsea went to retort but thought better of it. "Anyway, since attacking Driven Daredevil would just cost me a powerful Synchro…..Exploder Dragonwing, attack Wattcobra!" Donny commanded and the dragon breathed fire at the cobra….
"It didn't work for Drake and it's not working for you! By discarding Honest from my hand…..well you know the rest!" Chelsea announced and Drake's eyes widened as Wattcobra leapt over the flames and bit Dragonwing on the neck destroying it and bringing Donny's life-points down to 6600. "Sure, my Cobra lost the attack boost from Solidarity but I can live with that if it gets a pain in the ass Synchro Monster off the field."
"Aren't you forgetting something? Because Dragonwing's destroyed Buster Blader gets stronger!" Drake pointed out and Chelsea frowned as her monster dropped down to its original attack power whilst Buster Blader's attack increased to 3600.
"That's not all that move did! Since I just inflicted Battle Damage again I can search through my deck for another Watt Monster!" Chelsea said before picking up and searching through her deck again, it didn't take her long to find what she was looking for and she added it to her hand. "So thanks for the extra monster!"
"At that rate you'll deck yourself out." Donny pointed out and Chelsea simply smirked confidently. "I set two cards facedown and end my turn." Donny announced and Chloe drew her card.
"Much as I hate to admit it I have to agree with Donny." Chloe thought as she added her drawn card to her hand. "That's the fourth deck thinning that Chelsea's done and the duel just started! If she keeps this up I'll have to face them alone because she's decked herself out!" Chloe thought before looking at her drawn card. "Greed of the Tyrant, can't really use that now, neither of them appear to have cards that start a chain." Chloe thought before adding the card to her hand. "Driven Daredevil, attack Donny's life-points directly!" Chloe commanded and the monster charged forward…..
"I activate my trap card Defense Draw! I'll still take the hit…." Donny trailed off before wincing as the swords connected. "But the damage is negated and I get to draw a card to boot!" Donny added before drawing a card.
"I'll end my turn at that." Chloe grunted in annoyance and Drake drew his card.
"All right, I've drawn the other card I need to get in my graveyard; I just need to get it in the graveyard first!" Drake thought before adding the card to his hand. "Let's try this again, Buster Blader, attack Wattcobra!" Drake commanded and the swordsman charged towards Chelsea's monster….
"Thanks, I was wondering when I'd get a chance to use this card!" Chelsea said as her trap card flipped up. "I activate Lumenize, since you targeted Wattcobra for an attack this lets me negate the attack and Wattcobra gains Buster Blader's attack until my end phase!" Chelsea announced as Buster Blader's sword hit a yellow forcefield and Wattcobra's attack increased to 4600.
"I can't let her attack my life-points with that much strength, unfortunately that means getting rid of the monster I sent to my graveyard earlier." Drake thought with a frown before turning to Chelsea. "Go ahead and take your turn." Drake announced and Chelsea grinned before drawing her card.
"Then let's cut to the chase, go get him Wattcobra!" Chelsea commanded and with a mighty leap Wattcobra leapt over Buster Blade…
"I remove Necro Guardna from play to negate the attack!" Drake announced as he pocketed the monster and the ghostly figure of Necro Guardna appeared on the field blocking Wattcobra's attack. "Sorry but you just wasted your trap!"
"You've gotta be kidding me! This is our first duel all over again!" Chelsea thought before it hit her. "Wait a sec, if that's the card he discarded for D.D.R. then why didn't he use it earlier? His life-points would be in much better shape if he did!"
"That's an excellent question Chelsea." Wattchimera agreed with a nod. "Careful, he may be up to something."
"When haven't I been careful? Don't answer that!" Chelsea responded before looking over her hand. "Damn, not a single trap to protect my monster! And since Honest is a limited card I can't use its effect to save Wattcobra!" Chelsea thought before turning to Donny. "That's all I've got for this turn." Chelsea announced and Donny drew his card once Wattcobra's attack was reduced to its normal amount.
"Good, I was getting tired of you searching your deck anyway." Donny commented ignoring the fact that Chelsea had rolled her eyes at that statement. "Not much that I can do but this will do nicely, I summon Axe Dragonute!" Donny played the card and the black, axe wielding dragon appeared on the field (4/2000/1200). "Now I could destroy Chelsea's monster but my dragon would lose half its attack strength thanks to her field spell."
"And attacking Driven Daredevil would just be a suicide run!" Chelsea pointed out with a grin. "Either way, we win."
"Actually no, I do intend to destroy Driven Daredevil." Donny answered earning confused looks from the two Osiris Red Students. "I'm well aware of that thing's effect but with this Spell Card that's no longer an issue!" Donny said as he played the spell. "But first I equip my dragon with Axe of Despair, this gives him an extra one thousand attack points." Donny announced as Dragonute's axe was replaced with a sinister looking one. "Axe Dragonute, attack Driven Daredevil!"
"Fine, he'll survive the attack and your monster will be destroyed." Chloe said with a smirk as Driven Daredevil endured the attack and whilst Chloe's life-points went down to 7400 Daredevil went for a counterblow…..
"Not gonna happen! I activate my Quick Play Spell Effect Shut!" Donny announced as the Spell Card appeared on the field. "Since your effect monster's effect just activated this will negate the attack and destroy it!" Donny announced and Chloe's eyes widened as Driven Daredevil's hologram shattered. "And now Axe Dragonute goes to defense mode due to its effect." Donny added as the dragon crouched down. "I end my turn." Donny announced and Chloe drew her card.
"Great, we had a strong start but now they have the advantage!" Chloe thought with a frown before looking at her drawn card. "I set a monster in defense mode and end my turn. "Chloe set the monster down and Drake drew his card.
"Well that's one pain in the ass out of the way, let's get rid of the other!" Drake commented before looking at his drawn card. "I summon Card Trooper!"
"Wait, what?!" Chelsea yelled out as the small toy robot appeared on the field (3/400/400). "Your deck's a warrior deck, what the hell is a machine doing in it?!"
"I have my reasons but first I activate Card Trooper's effect, I mill three cards from my deck." Drake commented as he sent the cards to his graveyard, he briefly looked at them and grinned. "Perfect, just got to draw the card I need and I'll be all set!" Drake thought before sending the cards to the graveyard as Card Trooper's attack increased to 1900. "Card Trooper, attack Wattcobra!" Drake commanded and the machine charged towards Chelsea's monster destroying it and bringing Chelsea's life-points down to 7100, at the same time Card Trooper's attack went down to 900 due to Wattcastle. "Buster Blader, I think it's time I got some revenge for those direct attacks!"
"This is gonna suck!" Chelsea gulped as the swordsman charged towards her before slashing her across the stomach and bringing her life-points down to 3500.
"At this rate it'll be a repeat off our first duel." Drake commented as Chelsea got to her feet. Neither he nor Donny noticed that Chelsea was losing her temper but Chloe did.
"Chelsea, calm down, losing your temper won't help!" Chloe pleaded with her and Chelsea just ignored her as she gathered up her cards.
"That should do it for my turn." Drake commented and Chelsea quickly drew her card. "Feel free to surrender off course, I beat you before and I'll….."
"SCREW YOU!" Chelsea snapped at him as she drew her card, it was then that Donny and Drake realized that her legendary temper had been set off.
"You just had to go and deal over four thousand points of damage to a girl who's known for being a sore loser and having a fierce temper!" Donny pointed out and Drake gulped.
"What's the worst that can happen?" Drake asked as Chelsea set the card she had drawn. "Besides there's no way she can come back from that!"
"Drake, she made a comeback in her test duel with only fifty life-points left!" Donny pointed out and Drake frowned when he realized that he had a point. "This is probably a walk in the park for her!"
"Oh god, her temper is going to cost us the duel! I just know it!" Chloe thought as she pinched the bridge of her nose in annoyance.
"Last I checked it's still my move!" Chelsea said as she played a card. "And I summon Wattgiraffe in attack mode!" Chelsea played the card and the electric colored giraffe appeared on the field (4/1200/1000). "Next I play a spell card called A Feather of the Phoenix, I discard one card and in return I'll return Honest to the top of my deck!" Chelsea played the card and after she discarded a card she moved the sole fairy in her deck to the top of her deck. "And that means that Solidarity's effect comes into play again!" Chelsea added as Wattgiraffe's attack increased to 2000.
"So what's the plan? Are you going to attack my life-points again?" Drake asked and Chelsea shook her head whilst maintaining her glare.
"I'm not about to let you send any more cards to the graveyard and since the attack directly effect isn't mandatory….." Chelsea trailed off as Wattgiraffe charged towards Card Trooper before destroying it and bringing Drake's life-points down to 4600.
"By destroying Card Trooper you activated his other effect which lets me draw one card from my deck." Drake announced as he drew a card. "Perfect, this is just what I needed!"
"I set a card facedown and end my turn!" Chelsea announced and Donny drew his card.
"I have to admit, I'm just as confused as Chelsea is about the presence of Card Trooper in Drake's deck." Donny thought as he looked over his hand. "I get that having as many cards in his graveyard as possible helps with his deck but the presence of Card Trooper confuses me even with that in mind." Donny thought before looking at his drawn card.
"Are you going to make a move sometime today?!" Chelsea said impatiently and Donny shook his head at her impatience and general temper.
"It's a miracle that that girl's temper hasn't gotten her in serious trouble since she's joined Duel Academy, unless you count the abandoned dorm incident but that has more to do with her twisted sense of what a joke is." Donny thought as he played a card. "I set a card facedown." Donny announced as the facedown card appeared on the field and he switched Axe Dragonute to attack mode. "Now, who to attack, if I take out Chelsea's monster than Drake will be free to finish her off on his next turn….."
"Don't get any smart ideas, it doesn't suit you!" Chelsea grunted as she activated her trap. "So to protect both of our monsters I activate Threatening Roar!" Chelsea announced as a loud roar echoed out causing Axe Dragonute to cower in fear.
"Fine, I guess I'll leave the attacking to Drake!" Donny grunted as he looked over his hand. "I end my turn." Donny announced and Chloe drew her card.
"I activate Spellbook inside the Pot!" Chloe played the card and Chelsea grinned slightly as she drew three cards as did the other three duelists.
"Good, once they attack I can use Honest's effect again!" Chelsea thought as Chloe looked over the new cards in her hand. "Here's hoping Chloe drew something that can help her!"
"Next I activate Trade-In; by discarding a Level 8 monster from my hand I can draw two more cards!" Chloe said as she discarded a card and drew twice. "But that monster won't be staying in the graveyard for long, I activate Level Modulation!" Chloe played the card and Chelsea grinned as she recognized the combo.
"Hah! Sweet, she's using the same combo she used in her duel against Cameron!" Chelsea thought as she watched Silent Magician Level 8 appear on the field (8/3500/1000) and Donny and Drake drew two more cards. "If she has Mischief of the Time Goddess in her hand…wait, Chloe never got Mischief back from Rachel after her team was eliminated two days ago! Here's hoping we can still win!" Chelsea thought as her eyes widened.
"I set three cards facedown and end my turn." Chloe set the three cards down and Drake grinned before drawing his card.
"I was hoping that I'd get a chance to use this card." Drake said as he retrieved two of his monsters from the graveyard. "And thanks to Card Trooper I can! I remove one light and one dark type monster from play…."
"Wait, one dark and one light…" Chloe trailed off as it her and Chelsea like a ton of bricks. "Oh please tell me you're not summoning what I think you're summoning?"
"Well, let's see, its counterpart has been banned since before I got my first deck and I'm running warriors." Drake commented as he pocketed the monsters. "I summon Black Luster Soldier – Envoy of the Beginning in attack mode!"
"SHIT!" Chelsea yelled out as the two girls' eyes widened and the new monster appeared on the field, a tall pale man wearing blue and gold armor appeared on the field (8/3000/2500) and a shocked silence fell over the arena at the site of the monster.
"I know what you're thinking, how could an Osiris Red Student get his hands on a card this rare, right?" Drake asked as he grinned broadly. "My dad's a collector of rare cards, when I expressed an interest in the dueling side of the game he gave me a copy of this card."
"Just like that?" Chloe asked with a skeptical look on her face. "Besides, I thought Yugi Motuh had the only copy of the card in his deck!"
"You thought wrong, there are several copies but because this card is so powerful only a handful of the cards were made." Drake corrected her and Chloe's eyes narrowed. "As for your first question, my dad has three of the copies."
"I'm not sure if I want to know how he has three copies of that damn card!" Chelsea commented with a frown. "Why would he have three copies of that card anyway? It's been banned as long as Chaos Emperor Dragon – Envoy of the End!"
"Like I said, my dad's a collector; he's never actually played the game." Drake answered with a smirk. "As for the point of it being banned…..well it did come off the banlist a couple of formats back."
"Yeah, I almost forgot about that." Chloe admitted with a frown. "But are we going to stand around talking about this monster or duel?"
"Yes, I guess I did waste a bit of time there." Drake admitted before shaking his head. "And Black Luster Soldier – Envoy of the Beginning wouldn't be so infamous if it weren't for his effects, wouldn't he? Now I could attack Chelsea's monster and then go for a direct attack but I know that she has her copy of Honest in her hand thanks to Chloe's Spell Card and attacking Silent Magician would just be suicide, so instead I'm using his effect to remove Silent Magician from play!"
"Oh shit!" Chloe gulped as the swordsman charged towards Chloe's monster, Silent Magician tried to block his sword using her staff but it eventually broke in half leaving the soldier free to cut her down the middle destroying her, Chloe reluctantly pocketed the monster and bit her lip. "I can't use D.D.R. to bring Silent Magician back due to her effect; I hope Chelsea has an idea."
"Now obviously Black Luster Soldier can't attack the turn it removes a monster from play." Drake continued before smirking. "Buster Blader on the other hand is under no such restriction! Buster Blader, attack Chloe's facedown monster!" Drake commanded and the swordsman charged towards Chloe's facedown monster before cutting it in half, however the monster was revealed to be Apprentice Magician (2/400/800) and Drake frowned. "Go ahead and summon whatever you like, it won't save you!"
"We'll see about that!" Chloe said as she picked up and searched through her deck, she found the card that she was looking for and set it on the field before shuffling her deck.
"I set two cards facedown and end my turn." Drake announced and Chelsea bit her lip as she drew her card.
"Great, Chloe's best monster has been removed from play by that ridiculously overpowered effect and even if she draws her own copy of D.D.R. Silent Magician's effect prevents it from working on her!" Chelsea thought before looking over her hand. "My best chance is to attack Black Luster Soldier with Wattgiraffe then use Honest's effect again to send it to the graveyard, and that's if it works!"
"And you accused us off taking a while to make your move." Drake commented and Chelsea's eyes narrowed.
"You're that eager to lose your best monster?" Chelsea asked as she pointed to Wattgiraffe. "That's fine by me! Wattgiraffe go ahead and attack Black Luster Soldier!" Chelsea commanded and the giraffe charged towards the soldier. "I'll lose Solidarity's effect again but considering how limited my options are at the mo…." Chelsea thought as she got ready to discard Honest.
"And you accused me of having a bad poker face!" Drake said as he activated his trap. "I activate my trap card Mind Crush! All I have to is declare the name of a card and if it's in your hand you have to discard it, and I know that thanks to your Spell Cards you have Honest in your hand!" Drake announced and Chelsea's eyes widened as Wattgiraffe's attack dropped down to 1200.
"But…that means…" Chelsea trailed off as Wattgiraffe was decapitated by Black Luster Soldier's sword bringing her life-points down to 1700.
"That means that I can defeat you with either of my monsters!" Drake said with a grin before noticing that Black Luster Soldier was in pain. "What the…"
"Forget about Wattcastle's effect already?" Chelsea taunted him and Drake frowned once he realized that she was right which was only confirmed by Black Luster Soldier's attack dropping to 2000. "That move may not have had the intended effect but once we get a strong enough card on the field your monster's toast!"
"I have other cards that can prevent that!" Drake countered as he grinned. "And as soon as I get past your defenses I'll punch our ticket to the next round!
"Hey numbnuts, it's still my move!" Chelsea pointed out before picking up three cards. "I set two cards facedown and a monster in defense." Chelsea announced as the three cards appeared on the field. "That ends my turn." Chelsea announced and Donny drew his card.
"Hmmm, decisions, decisions." Donny mused as he looked over his hand; he added the newly drawn card to his hand before turning to Drake. "Drake, could I borrow Black Luster Soldier?"
"Well, if it defeats them any quicker than I'm all for it!" Drake responded as Black Luster Soldier walked over to Donny's side of the field.
"Wait, Donny, you don't have Chaos Emperor Dragon in your deck, right?" Chloe asked and Donny looked at her as if she had just said that Yata-Garasu should come back.
"Chloe, even if I had a copy of that card it would be useless to me because of the banned list." Donny pointed out with a frown. "And last I checked this tournament isn't using the Traditional Format like Battle City does."
"Oh, yeah, I didn't think about that." Chloe said with a nervous laugh as the other three duelists sweat-dropped.
"Anyway, Black Luster Soldier, attack Chloe's facedown monster!" Donny commanded and the soldier charged towards the monster, revealed to be another Apprentice Magician, which was quickly destroyed.
"I use Apprentice Magician's effect again!" Chloe announced before picking up and searching through her deck, once she found the card that she was looking for she set it in defense mode.
"Fine, I'll use Black Luster Soldier's second effect, when it destroys a monster it gets another attack." Donny announced as the soldier charged towards the facedown monster, revealed to be Chloe's third and final Apprentice Magician and she, like the others, was destroyed with ease. "Let me guess, using Apprentice's effect again."
"Yeah, I am." Chloe said with a nod as she set the monster. "I don't know how long I can keep this up! Unless I draw my copy of Pot of Avarice my life-points will be a sitting duck by Drake's turn!" Chloe thought as she turned to Donny.
"Your turn Axe Dragonute, attack Chloe's facedown monster!" Donny commanded and the axe wielding dragon charged towards the facedown monster, revealed to be a pale with wild white hair wearing tattered armor (2/1300/400) who was quickly decapitated. "Axe Dragonute moves to defense mode due to its effect….." Donny trailed off as the dragon knelt down. "And I end my turn." Donny announced and once Black Luster Soldier was back on Drake's side of the field Chloe drew her card.
"Okay, I've drawn Pot of Avarice, it's now or never!" Chloe thought before playing the card. "I activate Pot of Avarice!" Chloe announced before returning the three Apprentice Magicians, Marauding Captain and Driven Daredevil to their respective decks and drawing twice.
"Why didn't see return Rose Warrior? She could've gotten out some of her stronger monsters with that card." Chelsea thought as Chloe looked over the two new cards. "I hope you know what you're doing Chloe."
"Okay, here goes….." Chloe thought before picking up the cards that she had drawn. "I set two cards facedown and end my turn." Chloe set the cards down and Drake drew his card. "I hope this works, if not then we're out of the tournament."
"I'll cut to the chase, Black Luster Soldier; attack Chloe's life-points directly!" Drake commanded and the soldier charged towards Chloe before slashing her with his sword bringing her life-points down to 5400. "It's your turn Buster Blader!" Drake commanded and Buster Blader charged towards Chloe before slashing her with his sword bringing her life-points down to 800. "As soon as Donny's turn begins he'll be able to eliminate you….."
"I activate my trap card Damage Condenser!" Chloe interrupted him as her trap card flipped up. "I discard one card…." Chloe said as she sent Blade Knight to the graveyard. "And I can special summon a monster with attack equal to or less than the damage I just took."
"Crap! That means you can Special Summon a monster with over 3000 attack points!" Drake yelled out as his eyes widened, Chelsea on the other hand was grinning broadly.
"Yes! We're still in this!" Chelsea said before it hit her. "Wait, Chloe, besides Silent Magician, do you have any monsters with over three-thousand attack points in your deck?"
"Unfortunately no, I don't." Chloe answered as she played the card. "But what I do have is Magical Exemplar in defense mode!" Chloe played the card and the dark haired spellcaster wearing green robes appeared on the field (4/1700/1400).
"And you let the attack by Buster Blader go through, why?" Chelsea asked with a confused look on her face and Chloe gave her a reassuring look.
"I have to admit, I'm wondering the same thing." Drake admitted as he moved to his second main phase. "No matter, I'll just use Black Luster Soldier's effect….."
"Not going to happen! I negate Black Luster Soldier's effect by discarding Effect Veiler from my hand." Chloe announced as she discarded the card and Drake frowned.
"You're a lot more persistent than I thought you'd be, I'll give you that much." Drake grunted before looking at his hand. "I end my turn at that." Drake announced and Chelsea drew her card.
"I don't know what she's up too; in fact as it stands we'll both be eliminated if they get past their defenses in one move." Chelsea thought before looking at her drawn card. "Wait, Into the Void? Why do I still have this card? I took out Pride of the Weak a couple of weeks back." Chelsea thought before adding it to her hand. "I don't have that good a hand so what do I have to lose?" Chelsea decided before playing it. "I activate Into the Void!"
"Wait, what?" Drake asked as Chelsea drew one card. "Why do you still have that? I heard that you took out Pride of the Weak?"
"I did but I must've forgotten to take this out as well." Chelsea shrugged her shoulders before looking at her drawn card. "I set a card facedown and end my turn." Chelsea announced and Donny drew his card once Chelsea discarded the rest of her hand.
"I know what you're going to ask so go ahead and borrow Black Luster Soldier." Drake told Donny and Donny nodded as Black Luster Soldier marched over to his side of the field. "The duel's pretty much over anyway!"
"Right, once Chloe's out then your turn will begin and you can finish the job." Donny said with a nod as he turned to Chloe…only to realize that she had activated Thunder of Ruler whilst he was talking to Drake. "Why didn't I hear you announce its activation?"
"I did announce it but you must've missed it somehow." Chloe shrugged her shoulders as she sent her trap to the grave. "So, what are you going to do now?"
"Is she really asking that?" The other duelists thought simultaneously before Donny shook his head.
"Isn't that obvious? I'm using Black Luster Soldier's effect to remove Exemplar from Play!" Donny announced as Black Luster Soldier charged towards Chloe's monster.
"Go Imperial Iron Wall!" Chelsea activated the trap and Donny and Drake's eyes widened as Black Luster Soldier was stopped in its tracks. "Sorry boys but I just rendered one of your Soldier's effects useless!"
"I'm not even going to ask what that's doing in a Watt Deck." Drake admitted as Black Luster Soldier returned to their side of the field.
"Well I did add it encase we go up against Brandon and Theresa later on in the tournament but they don't need to know that." Chelsea thought as she folded her arms. "Anything else you wanna do?"
"No, I'm ending my turn." Donny announced and once Black Luster Soldier was back on Drake's side of the field Chloe drew her card.
"Magic Planter, I wonder if this will work on Chelsea's cards as well." Chloe thought before playing it. "I activate Magic Planter; by destroying Chelsea's Imperial Iron Wall I can draw two cards and more importantly my Exemplar gains two spell counters!" Chloe played the card and once the card's hologram shattered she drew twice.
"I hope you know what you're doing Chlo that was our only defense against Black Luster Soldier's effect." Chelsea said with a gulp and Chloe took a deep breath as she looked at her new cards.
"Chelsea, if this works we won't have to worry about that monster!" Chloe reassured her before playing a card. "First I activate Lightning Vortex!" Chloe activated the trap and Drake and Donny's eyes widened as lightning struck their monsters destroying them, after Chloe had discarded another monster off course.
"Aren't you forgetting something? All we'll need to do is draw a Monster Reborn and Black Luster Soldier will be back!" Drake pointed out and Chloe grinned.
"You won't get a chance! I activate Magical Exemplar's effect, by removing two Spell Counters from her I can Special Summon a Spellcaster type monster with the same level as the number of Spell Counters removed, so I remove two Spell Counters to Special Summon Night's End Sorcerer!" Chloe announced as the spellcaster that had been Special Summoned earlier via Apprentice Magician's effect appeared on the field.
"Why would you summon that?" Drake asked and Chloe grinned.
"Because when he's Special Summoned his effect kicks in! It allows me to remove two monsters from the opponent's graveyard and I'll give you two guesses as to what monsters I'm choosing!" Chloe announced as Night's End Sorcerer started to cast a spell.
"You're removing Black Luster Soldier and Buster Blader!" Drake realized as his eyes widened before reluctantly retrieving the two cards and pocketing them.
"That's not all I'm doing! Exemplar still has two more Spell Counters and I'm using her effect again to Special Summon Magicat!" Chloe played the card and the small cat in magician's robes appeared on the field (2/600/500). "And finally I activate my trap Trapped Level Soul!" Chloe activated her trap which depicted Armed Dragon Level 10 escaping from a vortex. "This is a bit long winded so bear with me! This card can only be activated if I have a Level Monster that's been banished and monsters whose levels equal that level on my side of the field."
"Right and in this case it's Silent Magician Level 8 and your three monsters." Drake said with a nod and Chloe frowned.
"For starters the monsters on my side of the field lose 500 attack points." Chloe continued as Exemplar, Night's End and Magicat's attack points dropped to 1200, 800 and 100 respectively. "But in return my Level Monster comes back to the field with her effects negated!" Chloe played the card and Silent Magician Level 8 returned to the field with her arms crossed (8/3500/1000).
"So you got your best monster back, so what? You've weakened your other monsters to do it!" Donny pointed out and Chloe grinned.
"There's one other thing you need to know about Night's End Sorcerer, he's a Tuner Monster!" Chloe announced as the three Spellcasters leapt into the air, Night's End Sorcerer dissolved into two Synchro Rings that quickly surrounded Magical Exemplar and Magicat and once the flash faded Colossal Fighter appeared on the field in Exemplar's place (8/2800/1000). "And thanks to Colossal Fighter's effect he gains one-hundred attack points for each warrior in the graveyard, I have Rose Warrior and Blade Knight and I know that Drake has a few as well." Chloe added as Colossal Fighter's attack points increased to 3300.
"That's enough to eliminate me from the match." Drake realized as he smiled. "It's been a good duel; I'm just disappointed that we didn't make it as far as we hoped too."
"Believe me, I know the feeling." Chloe said as she thought back to Battle City and being eliminated by Theresa. "Silent Magician, Colossal Fighter, attack Drake's life-points directly!" Chloe commanded and the two monsters charged up their respective attacks, the two attacks hit bringing Drake's life-points down to zero. "It's all up to you Chelsea; feel free to use my monsters."
"Believe me, I will." Chelsea responded as she drew her card and Chloe's two monsters went over to her side of the field. "Last chance to surrender Donny, unless you draw something like Mirror Force we're walking away with the win!"
"Your right, there's pretty much no point in trying to mount a comeback at this point." Donny agreed as he surrendered. "Well done girls, you earned this victory."
"Here are your winners, Chelsea Cunningham and Chloe Richardson!" Martin announced over the PA system and the crowd cheered, Chloe and Chelsea gathered up their cards before making their way to the backstage area only to be surprised by a polite clap.
"Good show, good to see that Osiris Red students are working hard to defeat their reputation." An English Accent rang out and Chloe and Chelsea looked up, they saw two male Obelisk Blue students standing by the doorway, the one that had spoken up had shoulder length red hair in a ponytail and blue eyes and his friend had short spiked up dirty blonde hair and brown eyes.
"Err, do we know you?" Chloe asked and the red head smiled warmly.
"No but we've seen you both around our dorm, your friends with Tyler Kaiba and Brandon Thomas right?" The blonde asked and two girls nodded. "I'm Alexander Bender and he's Anton Kramer."
"And you're facing our friends next." Chelsea finished for him with a frown. "Let me guess, your trying to get any Intel on their duel strategies, right."
"No, no, we are just being friendly." Anton insisted and Chelsea looked at him skeptically. "I understand your skepticism but don't worry, we mean you no harm."
"I'm guessing you were back here so you wouldn't be late for your match?" Chloe asked and the two students nodded. "Well we'll be watching the match so good luck."
"And good luck to you two in the tournament." Anton responded as the two boys walked off.
"I don't know Chloe; something seems off about those guys." Chelsea commented as they walked over to the audience section. "Maybe it's because of the recent attacks on students by the Orichalcos duelists that has me on edge."
"I get what you're saying but they just seem like nice guys to me who don't let their dorm get in the way of that." Chloe shrugged her shoulders as they started searching for seats. "I mean, what's the worst that can happen?"
*meanwhile*
"Your orders are clear, find the laptop and retrieve it before they get access to any of the files on it." Victor said into the earpiece of a man dressed in all black, including a Ski Mask, as he made his way towards the Obelisk Blue Boy's dorm. "The tracer Sarah installed has pinpointed its location in Tyler Kaiba's room at Obelisk Blue."
"Don't worry, it's just some spoilt rich kid's room, how hard can it be?" The thief asked as he made his way to the dorm. "I know that's unlikely since there's duels going on but what should I do if I'm caught?"
"You have the Seal of the Orichalcos in your deck, make use of it." Victor responded as the thief made his way to the dorm's entrance.