An hour had passed since Lance had gotten his hands on his Legendary Dragon and he was still in the infirmary, fortunately he had only caught a slight cold as a result of the exposure to the elements and normally he would be free to go.
Unfortunately for him word of his duel with Stanley had reached the other students and more importantly the staff.
"For the hundredth time I didn't know the guy was an Orichalcos Duelist at first!" Lance grunted in annoyance as he glanced at Martin. "One of the girls had caught him spying on them whilst they were swimming in the lake near the hotsprings and since I was on lookout I volunteered to go after him."
"Yes, but you did so in your swimming trunks this late at night?" Martin asked with a raised eyebrow and Lance sighed.
"I didn't think it would take that long, either I'd get a quick duel out of the deal or I'd scare him off and return to the lake." Lance responded with a frown. "Obviously that wasn't the case."
"Indeed." Martin responded with a nod. "You were present for the talks with Theresa and Chloe about their legendary dragons, will you do the same?"
"Put in my side deck before you arrived." Lance answered and Martin nodded in approval, Lance let out a sneeze and Martin handed him a handkerchief. "Thanks." Lance said as he started wiping away the snot.
"All right, I'll instruct Jeff to let you sit out a few lessons until you're feeling better which, according to the nurse, should be this Wednesday." Martin said and Lance nodded. "We still haven't decided the duel schedule for the second round of the tournament but as soon as Jeff says you feel better we'll book your team's match."
"That's good, I tried dueling with a cold before, not only was it not fun but my opponent caught my cold to boot!" Lance responded and Martin shook his head before leaving the room, Lance quickly got dressed and had put on his blazer by the time the door to the infirmary opened and someone approached his bed. "If it's a teacher I've already told Martin all he needs to know."
"That's good and all but we're too young to be teachers." Chloe's voice rang out and Lance looked up, Chloe was standing behind him and so were the others. "How are you feeling Lance?"
"Being lectured by Martin? Not fun, being lectured by Martin whilst you have a cold? That's seriously not fun." Lance responded as he turned to the others. "Chloe and Chelsea fill you guys in?"
"Yes, they did." Theresa responded with a nod before turning to Chloe. "What did you tell the other girls at the lake?"
"We told them that Lance had gotten caught up in a duel, left out the Orichalcos part." Chloe answered and Chelsea nodded. "We figured there was no point in worrying them since those bastards have claimed three souls already."
"Ora quickly figured it out once she heard that bastard's scream but she agreed to keep quiet about it." Chelsea added with a frown. "We're going to have to do something about those bastards before they capture any more souls."
"Agreed and with all three Legendary Dragons at our disposal we are in a prime position to do just that." Andreas agreed with a nod. "Only problem is the wait until summer break."
"It'll be worth the wait." Marcus asserted with a nod. "We'll defeat those bastards, bring down the Orichalcos for good and free our friends."
"Yeah but until then we need to be careful." Lance pointed out with a frown. "I mean they attacked Chloe in her dream, who knows what other nasty tricks they have up their sleeve."
"Thanks, I was trying to forget about that." Chloe responded with a frown and Lance laughed nervously. "But your right, no matter happens we can't let anyone else's soul be captured."
"And I'd rather not be captured by the Orichalcos again." Andreas agreed with a shudder. "I think we should keep in phone contact encase there's an Orichalcos attack, even if there's a lesson going on."
"Err, yeah, slight problem there, what if it's a lesson like gym class?" Chloe pointed out with a frown. "That and we're not allowed to have cell-phones in the main building."
"That may be a rule but rules were made to be broken." Lance responded as he shrugged his shoulders. "Besides I'm sure the teachers would understand."
"I'm more than a little wary of taking that chance with teachers like Martin and Tracy." Chloe responded and Chelsea nodded in agreement.
"In any case it's getting late and the tournament is starting again tomorrow." Andreas responded once he checked his watch. "I want to get an early night on the off chance that my team's one of the first to compete in the second round."
"Good idea, I'll see you at the dorm room as soon as I'm discharged." Lance responded and Andreas nodded before leaving the ward with the others. "Man, when the hell am I going to get some alone time with Chloe without being interrupted by something?" Lance thought as he rested his hands behind his head.
*later on that night*
All the students were in their respective dorms trying to get some sleep and forget the events of a rather eventful weekend, the ones that involved the Orichalcos at least.
"Why on Earth can't I get any sleep?" Andreas wondered out loud as he leaned back on his bed, he had stopped by Lance's room to check up on him a few minutes prior but since then he had been in his room trying to get some sleep. "Let's see, I've tried counting sheep, doing homework, going over my deck…." Andreas muttered under his breath before sighing. "And nothing seems to work!" Andreas commented before there was a knock at the door causing him to sit up.
"Nightly bed check, are you in there Andreas?" One of the security guards called out and Andreas sighed.
"Yes I am, now please leave me alone, I'm having enough trouble getting to sleep as it is!" Andreas called out to him and the guard didn't respond, simply moving on to the next room instead. "What on Earth is the point of those checks anyway? The students know the routine and the ones who are in relationships usually leave a note on the door before heading over to their significant other's dorm room!" Andreas thought as he leaned back on the bed and dozed off.
*inside Andreas's dream*
"Oh wonderful, it's this dream again!" Andreas thought sarcastically as he glanced around, he was currently at the duel dome where the first two rounds of the Battle City Semi-Finals where held and a quick glance around confirmed that the same people where in the audience, however the other students were missing from the crowd of duelists surrounding the stage and instead silhouettes where in their place. "What on Earth is going on?"
"Andreas, you must leave at once!" Master of Oz's voice rang out catching Andreas's attention. "You are in grave ARGH!"
"Master of Oz?" Andreas yelled out mentally but got no answer; he heard footsteps approaching the stage and looked up, his eyes narrowed when he saw who it was. "Otto, I was hoping I'd never see you again!"
"Yes, it is me, in the flesh." Otto chuckled as he stepped onto the podium. "Are you ready for history to repeat itself?"
"What's going on here?" Andreas asked as he glanced around. "I've had this dream before but it's always ended the same way it did in real life…..and how do I know that it's a dream exactly?"
"Do you remember the last incident with Chloe's biological father?" Otto asked and Andreas's eyes widened. "I don't have as much to lose as he did, I still have my soul and my body, but I volunteered myself to take out my brother for good, if I lose all I'll feel is a minor discomfort."
"I think you mean WHEN you lose." Andreas answered as he activated his duel disk, before he could continue though he heard a series of thuds and glanced over his shoulder. "Well, I was wondering when you'd arrive."
"Yeah, yeah, laugh it up." Chelsea grunted as she, Chloe, Lance, Tyler, Theresa, Brandon and Marcus got to their feet. "Where are we exactly?"
"I remember this place; it's where the Semi-Finals of the Battle City Tournament took place." Chloe remembered as she glanced around, when she saw Otto her eyes narrowed. "And it's just my luck that your opponent is someone who I never wanted to see again."
"Trust me, the feeling is mutual." Andreas agreed with a nod. "I suppose you were brought here by the same spell Silent Magician used the last time we were in this situation?"
"I don't see how else we could've gotten here." Marcus answered before noticing the glare that Chelsea was giving Otto. "I'm guessing you're still pissed over those comments he made."
"No, I'm admiring his bad hairdo, WHAT DO YOU THINK?!" Chelsea answered back and Marcus gulped nervously before backing off. "I thought you were dropping the soap in a prison shower alongside the other Orichalcos duelists who competed at Battle City Otto."
"How cute, Chloe's even more pathetic roommate thinks she can say such things to me without consequence." Otto scoffed and Chelsea growled. "All right, enough of this!" Otto yelled out before swinging his arm and without warning the students that weren't on the podium where thrown into the stand and strapped to chairs, a lose chain quickly wrapped around their necks and Otto grinned. "The more life-points you lose the tighter the chain gets and when your life-points hit zero…." Otto trailed off before making a cut throat motion.
"You wouldn't dare." Andreas growled and Otto chuckled.
"It's a perfect opportunity really! I get to take out the holders of the Legendary Dragons without dueling them and my new boss is free to continue as he pleases." Otto said as his eyes narrowed. "My defeat of you was what motivated them to take out the Domino City branch of the Organization, now I can correct the mistakes of the past, and just so you know, anyone who dies in here dies in the real world as well."
"That isn't going to happen!" Andreas growled as he activated his duel disk. "I'll beat you and free my friends!"
"My only regret is that I can't target the Osiris Red Bitch that beat me!" Otto added as he glared at Chloe who was sitting next to Lance. "I would've preferred targeting her but I was under strict orders to target you, apparently I can't target duelists who are in the possession of those damn Legendary Dragons!" Otto said before activating his duel disk. "No matter, I'll defeat you and wipe them all out!"
"And I'll avenge my defeat at Battle City!" Andreas answered back as the two brothers drew their opening hands, before Andreas could say anything Otto drew another card.
"Guys, I know it's been a few months but didn't Otto use Cyber Dragons during the Battle City Semi-Finals?" Chelsea asked as she struggled to get free.
"Yeah, his ace card was Cyber End Dragon." Chloe responded with a nod. "I have no idea how he got his hands on such powerful cards but if I hadn't set Spellbinding Circle when I did…."
"Yeah, let's try not to think about that." Lance interrupted her and the others nodded in agreement.
"If they still think I run that Cyber Dragon deck they are mistaken." Otto thought as he looked over his hand. "After the humiliation I suffered at Battle City I swapped it out for a much better deck! One that doesn't rely on a single fusion monster but instead has several powerful monsters ready to be brought out." Otto thought as he looked over his hand. "I set a monster in defense mode and a card facedown." Otto announced as the two set cards appeared on the field. "And end my turn." Otto announced and Andreas drew his card.
"It's not like Otto to start on the defensive but based on his Battle City Duels that card is likely Cyber Phoenix." Andreas thought with a frown having watched the rest of the Battle City Finals on the plane ride home from New York. "And I have a monster that can attack over it and give me the early lead!" Andreas thought before playing the card. "I summon Enraged Battle Ox!" Andreas played the card and the angry Minotaur appeared on the field (4/1700/1000). "Attack his defense monster with Axe Slam Attack!" Andreas commanded and the Minotaur charged towards Otto's monster before slamming his axe into it…..only to be sent stumbling back as Andreas's life-points dropped to 7800. "What?"
"Oh, I'm sorry, were you expecting Cyber Phoenix?" Otto asked in an almost mocking way as the facedown monster appeared on the field, it was a large, heavily armored machine that was brown in color besides the head which was green, it was carrying two large shields that where in front of him (4/1100/1900). "Meet Geargiarmor, not only is his defense too strong but when he is flipped up I can search through my deck for another Geargia monster and add it to my hand."
"Wait, Geargias? That archetype isn't even out over here yet." Andreas pointed out with a frown. "How do you keep getting your hands on these monsters?"
"That's for me to know and you to never find out." Otto answered as he added the monster to his hand. "Oh yes, and I believe the chains should be choking your friends right about now." Otto added and Andreas's eyes widened as he heard his friends moaning.
"I set two cards facedown and end my turn." Andreas set the two cards down and Otto drew his card.
"Man, he wasn't bluffing, was he?" Chelsea groaned as she tried to ignore the pain. "Let's hope Andreas can win this."
"I'm concerned about what'll happen if Andreas takes a bigger hit." Brandon responded with a frown. "That was only two hundred life-points, what if the amount of choking goes up with the amount of damage taken?"
"Err, yeah, let's not think about that." Lance said with a gulp as he turned his attention back to the duel.
"Now since I have a Geargia monster on my side of the field I can Special Summon Geargiaccelator from my hand!" Otto played the card and a small Formula One Racing Car appeared on the field, it was blue, gold and white in color and had a pair of cartoony hands poking out of it (4/1400/800)."But before I do anything else I'll activate Geargiarmor's other effect which lets me flip it facedown into defense mode!" Otto explained as the monster disappeared from the field. "And now I'll flip it face-up and use its effect again!" Otto announced as the monster returned to the field and he picked up his deck, once he found the card he was looking for he added it to his hand. "Now I use my monsters to construct the Overlay Network!" Otto announced as the monsters turned into swirling balls of energy.
"This isn't good." Andreas commented as the new monster appeared on the field, the monster looked like something out of a Transformers cartoon from the 1990s complete with a color scheme that resembled Optimus Prime and it had a large blue gear on its back (Rank: 4/2300/1500).
"How right you are, Gear Gigant X here has a very potent effect which I'll now demonstrate by detaching one Overlay Material Monster." Otto said as he sent Geargiaccelator to the graveyard. "With this effect I can search through my deck or my graveyard for a Level Four or Lower Machine Type Monster and add it to my hand like so." Otto announced before searching through his deck, once he found the card he was looking for he added it to his hand and shuffled the deck. "But before I do anything else I activate Foolish Burial!" Otto played the card and quickly sent a monster from his deck to the graveyard.
"What was the point of that?" Andreas asked as Otto shuffled his deck again.
"You'll find out soon enough! Now if your friends didn't like your initial damage they'll hate this! Gigant, attack Enraged Battle Ox!" Otto commanded and the machine charged towards the Minotaur before punching him through the chest and bringing Andreas's life-points down to 7200.
"Andreas, if you could stop taking damage that would be great!" Lance managed to choke out as the chain tightened around his neck.
"He won't have a choice!" Otto scoffed as he looked over his hand. "I'll end my turn." Otto announced and Andreas drew his card.
"I discard one Beast Type Monster from my hand….." Andreas announced as he discarded Chain Dog (4/1600/1100). "And I do it so that I can summon the Tuner Monster known as Egotistical Ape in attack mode!" Andreas played the card and a new monster appeared on the field, it was a large transparent ape that towered over Andreas's side of the field (5/1200/1200). "Now I use its effect, which lets me reduce its level by the level of the discarded monster." Andreas explained as Egotistical Ape's level dropped to one.
"Am I supposed to be impressed?" Andreas asked with a yawn and Andreas smirked.
"You may change your tune, for my normal summon I bring out Mine Mole!" Andreas played the card and a small mole with a miner's hat and pick axe appeared on the field (3/1000/1200). "And finally, since I control two Beast Type Monsters I can Special Summon Chain Dog from my graveyard!" Andreas played the card and a pit-bull with a gold chain appeared on the field, around its neck was a golden padlock. "Now I tune my three monsters together!" Andreas announced as the three beasts leaped into the air, Egotistical Ape dissolved into a single Synchro Ring that surrounded Mine Mole and Chain Dog in seconds. "So that I can Synchro Summon the mighty and majestic Lightning Tricorn!"
"I'm still not impressed!" Otto commented as the monster appeared on the field, it was a large horse with several pink horns protruding from its body wearing golden armor and a blue mane (8/2800/2000).
"I got this card for the Battle City Semi-Finals; I just never got a chance to use the thing!" Andreas said as his eyes narrowed. "Before I continue, when Mine Mole is used in the Synchro Summon of a Beast Type Monster I can draw one card." Andreas explained as he drew his card. "Next I activate a Spell Card called Burial from a Different Dimension! With this I can return Chain Dog to my graveyard as it was removed from play via its effect." Andreas explained before retrieving the card from his pocket and placing it in his graveyard. "But that's enough stalling! Tricorn attack Gear Gigant!" Andreas commanded and the Triciorn charged towards the robot before piercing it with its horn causing a massive explosion and bringing Otto's life-points down to 7500.
"Yes! Andreas has drawn first blood!" Chelsea said with a broad grin. "And the chain's grin isn't loosening up, great!"
"Did you think it would be that easy Cunningham?" Otto scowled as he sent Gear Gigant and Geargiarmor to the graveyard. "Now to reveal why I used Foolish Burial last turn, when Gear Gigant X is destroyed and sent to the graveyard I can target one Level 3 or lower Geargia monster and Special Summon it to the field, I believe Geargiano will do nicely!" Otto played the card and a small green and white gear with cartoonish eyes appeared on the field (3/500/1000).
"Fine, I'll activate an effect of my own, Hunting Season!" Andreas played the card which depicted Berserk Gorilla about to pounce upon an unsuspecting hunter. "Since my beast monster just destroyed your monster I can make two additional draws as long as I forfeit my next battle phase!" Andreas explained before drawing twice. "And I end my turn with a facedown card." Andreas announced and Otto drew his card.
"Is it me or do Otto's monsters seem….unthreatening?" Chloe grunted as she struggled against the chain. "At least compared to his Battle City deck?"
"I noticed that as well." Tyler responded as he struggled against the chain. "But as you can see the Geargias are a powerful archetype."
"They don't seem as good as the Cyber Dragons in you ask me." Chelsea chimed in as she watched the duel. "Then again I've only seen four of them!"
"Oh how ignorant you are but you'll learn better soon enough!" Otto thought before playing a card. "I activate Card of Variation, now I draw two more cards but unless I discard one during my end phase I will take three thousand points of damage." Otto announced before drawing twice. "Now I activate Geargiano's effect, to do so I have to send him back to the graveyard!" Otto announced as the monster vanished. "And in exchange I can special summon Geargiaccelator from the graveyard with its effects negated!" Otto announced as the racing car returned to the field. "Now why settle for just one when I can have two? I Special Summon another Geargiaccelator from my hand via its own effect." Otto announced as a second racing car appeared on the field.
"So what are you going to do? Another XYZ summon?" Andreas asked and Otto smirked.
"Yes but not before I play another Spell Card, I activate the dreaded Limiter Removal!" Otto played the card and Andreas's eyes widened as the two racing cars doubled in size and attack strength all the way up to 2800. "Now your Synchro does present a problem, it is as strong as my Geargiaccelerators but I have a way to prevent that, another Limiter Removal!" Otto announced and the teens eyes widened as the racing car's attacks went up to 4200.
"Oh this is gonna hurt in the morning." Marcus moaned as he the others braced themselves for the tightening of the chains.
"There won't be a morning for you! Geargiaccelerators, attack now!" Otto commanded and the two cars drove towards Andreas, once ran over Lightning Tricorn and the other ran over Andreas bringing his life-points all the way down to 1600.
"Andreas….." Lance choked as the chains tightened around their necks. "It's getting a little hard to breath up here so if you could, oh I don't know, STOP TAKING DAMAGE that would be great!"
"I'm trying." Andreas responded as he got to his feet and gathered up his cards.
"Don't worry, the pain will pass soon!" Otto commented as the two racing cars transformed into white orbs of energy. "In the meantime I'll use my monsters to construct an overlay network and XYZ Summon another Gear Gigant X!" Otto announced as the machine returned to the field. "And I end my turn." Otto announced before quickly discarding a card to get around Card of Variation's effect.
"My friends, I'm sorry but the damage I took was for the best." Andreas sighed before activating his trap. "I activate Shock Draw and I chain Miracle's Wake! With this second trap I can special summon one monster that was destroyed in battle this turn so welcome back Tricorn!" Andreas announced as Lightning Tricorn returned to the field. "And with Shock Draw I can draw five cards since I took five thousand points of damage this turn."
"Humph, that's very impressive." Otto said sarcastically as Andreas drew five cards. "Not like they'll help you, as soon as my machine can get past your defenses you and the others are through." Otto added, unbeknownst to them or the others Lance had instinctively grabbed onto Chloe's hand for support and she had noticed it before returning the favor whilst Andreas drew his card.
"Rescue Rabbit, It's just my luck that I get my hands on this card after it is limited to one." Andreas thought with a frown. "But it's now or never!" Andreas thought before playing the card. "I summon Rescue Rabbit in attack mode!" Andreas played the card and the small rabbit in the worker's helmet appeared on the field (4/300/100). "And now I shall activate its effect banishing it so that I can special summon two normal type beast monsters!" Andreas announced as the monster vanished and he picked up his deck, once he found the cards he was looking for he special summoned them and two humanoid alligators in red and black armor carrying curved swords appeared on the field (4/1500/1200).
"Alligator's Sword, really Andreas, that's the monster you bring out?" Lance choked out with a frown. "Those things weren't cool when Joey Wheeler used them in his deck!"
"Look, I said that they were Beast Type monsters, I never said anything about them being powerful!" Andreas responded with a frown. "First off since I once again have two Beast Type Monsters on my side of the field I can bring out Chain Dog!" Andreas played the card and the dog returned to the field. "Now I use my two Alligator's Swords to construct an overlay network!" Andreas announced as the monsters transformed into orbs with light.
"You never had any XYZ monsters in your deck!" Otto protested as a monster emerged from Andreas's extra deck.
"That was true during Battle City but with the recent banning of Monster Reborn and Pot of Avarice I figured that it was about time that I invested in some!" Andreas said as he played the card. "And here's one of them! I XYZ Summon Diamond Dire Wolf!" Andreas played the card and a new monster appeared on the field, it was a large hairy wolf with silver and red armor that let out a howl as it landed on the field (Rank: 4/2000/1200).
"Well, so much for the big bad wolf! My Gear Gigant is far stronger!" Otto scoffed as he stared down the wolf.
"Don't underestimate him and I'm about to demonstrate why!" Andreas said as he sent one of the overlay materials to the graveyard. "By detaching one overlay unit from my Dire Wolf I can target one Beast, Winged Beast or Beast-Warrior monster I control and one monster my opponent controls and destroy them both!" Andreas announced and Otto's eyes widened as Chain Dog disappeared from the field and Dire Wolf charged towards Gear Gigant before tearing it to pieces.
"Hah, the joke is on you! You see Geargigant's effect activates when it leaves the field, regardless of whether or not it was actually destroyed!" Otto announced as Geargiano returned to the field. "And you've already used up your normal summon!"
"Who said I was done?" Andreas asked and Otto blinked. "Don't forget that I have a lot of cards in my hand at my disposal!"
"Yes and you'll be discarding a lot of them when your turn ends." Otto responded and Andreas grinned before playing a card.
"Not quite, I activate Polymerization, fusing Big Koala and Des Kangaroo to fusion summon Master of Oz!" Andreas played the card and once the monsters fused together Master of Oz appeared on the field, Otto appeared nervous for a moment before chucking. "And finally I equip Dire Wolf with Big Bang Shot!" Andreas announced as Dire Wolf's attack increased to 2400.
"How quickly you forget your own card's effect." Otto said with an evil chuckle. "I specifically remember the part of Hunting Season's effect that states that you have to skip your next Battle Phase!"
"I know, that's why I included the card that's about to defeat you, Mischief of the Time Goddess!" Andreas played the card and Otto's eyes widened as the turn skipped ahead to the next Battle Phase. "Dire Wolf, attack Geargiano!" Andreas commanded as the wolf charged towards the machine and destroyed it bringing Otto's life-points down to 6100. "This is for trapping me in the Orichalcos! Tricorn, Master of Oz, finish it!" Andreas commanded and the two monsters charged towards Otto before hitting him with their attacks and bringing his life-points down to zero.
"You haven't seen the last of me!" Otto scowled as he got back to his feet. "Rest assured I will have my revenge!" Otto added before disappearing, Andreas heard a series of relieved sighs and rushed over to the other students.
"Are you all right?" Andreas asked as he freed the students, Lance and Chloe quickly realized where their hands where and tried to move them without being spotted to no avail. "And I didn't really need any more proof that you two are together but thanks anyway."
"I'm really not in the mood Andreas." Lance grunted as he rubbed his sore neck. "I was holding her hand to support her through that."
"And I was doing likewise." Chloe responded with a frown. "How did Otto even get in here anyway? I thought he was in jail?"
"Err, yeah, about that." Andreas said as he rubbed the back of his head nervously. "Ever since my match against him in Battle City I've been having the same nightmares, about being trapped on the outside of the Orichalcos wall and not being able to change the outcome of the match."
"Those bastards must be able to see into our dreams somehow." Lance reasoned with a grunt. "As for how I am, my neck usually gets this sore from headbanging so I guess you could say that I'm used to it."
"I can't say the same but at least that chain isn't choking me anymore." Chloe agreed as she rubbed the back of her neck in pain. "So how are we going to get out of here? When they tried the same trick with me Silent Magician was on hand to send us back."
"You called?" Silent Magician asked as she appeared next to the students. "Chloe, I'm sorry, I tried to use my magic to prevent the chain from choking you but something was blocking my magic."
"Great, they can block the magic of a Level 8 Spellcaster Duel Sprit." Brandon grunted as he rubbed his neck in pain. "Why do I get the feeling that the only advantages we have over them are the Legendary Dragons?"
"That is the unfortunate truth Brandon." Silent Magician answered with a sigh. "I and Armed Dragon will be holding a meeting at the Abandoned Dorm with the other duel spirits to discuss this; don't worry, if the meeting requires your attendance I will use my power to bring you to somewhere that you won't get in trouble for merely being there."
"At least you've learned from the whole Abandoned Dorm incident." Chelsea grunted as she turned to the duel spirit. "Now, can we please go back? I'd rather be in Beth's nice comfy bed right about now."
"Not until she tells us what she was doing in that bed!" Marcus quickly added with a grin only to get punched in the back of the head by Chelsea. "On second thought, don't." Marcus said with a gulp and Chelsea nodded in approval.
"Yes, off course." Silent Magician nodded before casting her spell.
*back at duel academy*
Andreas awoke with a start and took several deep breaths, it felt good to get revenge on his brother for trapping him in the Orichalcos but at the same time Andreas wanted to forget about it.
"At least it wasn't as bad as Chloe's experience." Andreas thought with a frown as he leaned back. "She had to relive her past memories all in one duel, me? I took over five thousand points of damage and still won." Andreas thought before leaning back on the bed. "Wonder how the others are doing?"
*in Beth McKenzie's room*
"Argh, my neck…." Chelsea groaned as she rubbed her sore neck, at the time that she was called to Andreas's duel so was sleeping off a make-out session she had with Beth and was naked as a result.
"Is there something wrong babe?" Beth asked as she sat up using the covers to cover up her cleavage, Chelsea did the same as she turned to her girlfriend.
"Yeah, just woke up with a neck cramp." Chelsea lied and Beth nodded. "What time is it?" Chelsea asked and Beth looked over at the alarm clock.
"Just gone half nine according to this." Beth answered as Chelsea lay down again. "You want my advice? Sleep off the neck cramp, if it's still hurting tomorrow morning stop by the nurse's office and have her look at it." Beth added and Chelsea nodded. "We could always go for another round if it helps?"
"Normally I wouldn't say no to that but the pain in my neck would be a pretty big distraction." Chelsea answered and Beth nodded in understanding. "That sounds like a good plan anyway; I have IT Class tomorrow just before the tournament duels and whilst I will be stopping by my dorm room to grab my laptop I'll probably just go straight to the main building."
"It might be a good idea to text Chloe in the morning so she knows that." Beth added and Chelsea nodded in agreement. "Well, good night."
"Good night Beth." Chelsea said as she closed her eyes. "Oh man, that was way to close." Chelsea thought with a frown. "The sooner that something can be done about those idiots the better."
*elsewhere*
The other duelists were feeling the same neck cramp that Chelsea was but knew that it would go away by night's end; however the group behind the attack wasn't too happy.
"Well, that was a bust." Jack grunted as he folded his arms. "What's the point of targeting them in their dreams with this thing anyway? We won't be able to capture their souls if we kill them in their dreams!" Jack said as he kicked at the machine.
"Don't do that!" Schwartz said as he got in between Jack and the machine. "Do you know how expensive this machine was to build?"
"Dr. Schwartz, rest assured that you will be compensated for any damage this Machine takes." Victor said as he folded his arms. "And it will come out of Jack's salary."
"Yeah, yeah, I still think it's a worthless piece of shit!" Jack responded as he glared at the machine.
"Quite the contrary Jack, it is very useful." Otto said as he wiped his face. "Seeing those fools choke nearly half to death was very satisfying."
"Saying that about your former classmates, you're not just a bad student, you're a damn sociopath." Jack said as he glared at Otto. "Why Phillip decided to recruit you in the first place is beyond me, the same goes for Victor giving you a get out of jail free card."
"How very amusing, you think that you can talk trash to me." Otto said before turning to Victor. "What's our next move?"
"Your next move is to head back to the apartment I brought you and get some rest." Victor said and Otto nodded before leaving. "As for us…" Victor trailed off before getting a phone call, he answered it and frowned. "What is it?" Victor asked before waiting for a few seconds, he grinned broadly once he got his answer. "Very well, Jack will transport you to the island first thing in the morning and you are to target Chloe Richardson." Victor said getting the attention of his subordinates. "Use whatever means necessary to lure her out." Victor added before hanging up.
"I thought we weren't targeting the duelists with the dragons until…oh…." Jack trailed of as he grinned. "He's finally ready?"
"Yes, he is." Victor responded with a nod. "He'll meet you at the airport, from there you will catch a flight to Domino City and once you arrive I'll have a car take you to the pier, the Speedboat will be waiting."
"Oh man, do I have to fly commercial?" Jack moaned and Victor grinned.
"You'll get to fly first class." Victor responded and Jack grinned. "Besides the helicopter suffered some damage whilst it was transporting you and Stanley, they still haven't fixed the problem so I'm just playing it safe." Victor explained and Jack nodded before leaving. "This had better work, otherwise we're in trouble." Victor thought as he left the lab.