"Silent Magician, finish it!" Chloe commanded and her strongest monster nodded before pointing her staff at Chloe's opponent, one of the new girls at her dorm who she was facing as part of Duel Theory which happened to be her last class of the day, and firing a beam of light at her bringing her life-points down to zero. "Good duel Natalie." Chloe complemented her as she deactivated her duel disk.
"Thanks." Natalie responded as she got to her feet and deactivated her own duel disk. "I didn't think my first duel in this academy would be against the girl who inspired me to join in the first place though."
"Eh, these things happen." Chloe shrugged as she glanced around, Martin was currently observing the duels from an elevated position and most of the duels that where taking place as well where wrapping up such as Chelsea's duel against Marcus. "All though I will say that I'm flattered to hear that from you." Chloe added as she blushed a bit.
"All I'm going to say is that I wasn't the only one." Natalie responded and Chloe nodded. "Did you think you would become such an inspiration when you signed up for Battle City?"
"Actually I was selected by Duel Academy, same goes for the other participants from the school." Chloe responded with a sheepish grin. "If it where up to me I wouldn't have attended in the first place."
"Why's that?" Natalie asked and Chloe sighed.
"You know the tournament took place in New York, right?" Chloe asked and Natalie nodded. "I'm from New York and…..let's just say I don't have good memories of that place."
"If you don't want to talk about it I won't pry." Natalie responded and Chloe smiled at that, they heard Marcus yelp out in surprise and looked up to see Chelsea grinning victoriously.
"Sorry big guy but that restriction Martin placed on ya really bit ya on the ass." Chelsea said with a grin as she shuffled her deck. "Nice try though."
"Yeah, yeah, just wait until our teams meet in the tournament." Marcus said as he got up to his feet. "They'll be no restrictions and nothing to stop my dragons from running over your Watt Monsters."
"Keep telling yourself that, don't forget that Chloe's my partner in the tournament and she kicked your ass once." Chelsea responded with a grin before noticing that Chloe and Natalie where listening in. "Weren't you still using the first version of your deck at the time as well?"
"Yeah, I was." Chloe nodded as she walked up to her roommate. "But he's improved his deck as well so who knows who will win if we face off again?"
"Why don't we find out now?" Marcus asked with a grin. "Come on, there's gotta be some time left in the class right?" Marcus asked just as the bell rung signifying the end of the class. "Well, so much for that."
"I'll take you up on that offer if we ever have the same Duel Theory class, that or either of us will get a Duel Request Form, either way we'll duel again." Chloe responded and Marcus nodded in agreement as they left the classroom. "Well, that was my last class of the day, what are you guys going to do for the rest of the day?"
"I'm going to look around the island, I'm still getting used to this area." Natalie responded as she adjusted her bra strap. "The north side's off limits, right?"
"Just the Abandoned Dorm and the Volcano, you should be fine as long as you avoid those areas." Chelsea responded and Natalie nodded. "As for me I'm heading back to our dorm room, got some homework to do and after that I'm hoping to get some progress done on Rome: Total War 2."
"Just don't wake me up by yelling every swear word in the dictionary again." Chloe responded with a sheepish grin. "Not to mention inventing a few new ones."
"Not my fault that the damn AI is so cheap!" Chelsea responded with a grin. "What about you Marcus?"
"I'm heading back to my dorm as well; Jeff's apparently trying to set us up with some roommates from the influx of new students." Marcus responded as he turned to her. "If he does I want to be there for when he has a roommate ready for me."
"Sounds like a plan." Chloe responded as Natalie walked ahead of the group, once they were alone Chloe frowned. "We'd better stay in contact encase those Orichalcos Duelists show up again."
"I don't know, I mean in the past they attacked us just as the Tournament Duels had ended for the day and they ended a few hours ago." Chelsea pointed out once she checked her watch. "Not that I'm complaining off course." Chelsea added before nodding. "Still, it's better to be safe than sorry."
"Definitely, I'll call if anything happens." Marcus responded with a nod before he left the two girls alone to head over to his dorm and Chloe and Chelsea made their way over to their dorm.
"So, are you as anxious to team up again as I am?" Chloe asked Chelsea as the two girls made their way to the Osiris Red Girl's Dorm, Chelsea grinned at her question before answering.
"Is Yata Garasu one of the most broken cards in Duel Monsters History?" Chelsea asked and Chloe grinned at that. "Considering how well our duel against Drake and Donny went last week I think we should be fine going into the next few rounds."
"That is unless we're unlucky enough to face off against Theresa and Brandon in the next round of course." Chloe responded and Chelsea gulped at the thought of that. "Speaking off, any teams you want to face in the next round?"
"Well, I'd say Amelia and Caitlin but they have a pass to the third round." Chelsea answered after thinking for a moment. "Yeah, I'll have to get back to you on that."
"You don't want to face Cameron and Jessica?" Chloe asked and Chelsea shrugged.
"It would be good to kick their asses but I'd rather have time to think up a counter for Cameron's Steelswarms and Jessica's Acid Golem." Chelsea answered with a frown. "We already have Mask of Restrict for dealing with Cameron's monsters but for all we know he's added something like Trap Eater to his deck to get around it."
"Maybe you can look up some cards on I2's website." Chloe suggested before pausing. "In between homework and Rome: Total War 2 at least."
"Yeah, that might work." Chelsea agreed with a nod. "Maybe you can give your old man a call whilst you're at it."
"Yeah, if there's someone I can rely on to get new cards fairly quickly it's him." Chloe agreed with a smile as the two girls entered their dorm room…..and found it a mess. "What the hell? Did a tornado pass through this room whilst we were at the Duel Field?"
"Oh yeah, because a tornado would only focus on a small bedroom used by two teenage girls." Chelsea said sarcastically before it hit her. "Chloe, you have your side deck, right?"
"No I left it here in one of my jacket pockets." Chloe answered as she shook her head. "Why do you…." Chloe trailed off before it hit her, she searched frantically for the jacket and once she found it she located her side deck. "Come on; please still be in here…."
"You left The Eye of Timeaus in your side deck?" Chelsea asked and Chloe nodded. "Chloe, what if it was stolen?"
"Look, it wasn't as if I would've been dueling at the arena today or in Duel Theory and well, the last time I wore this thing was during the Battle City Semi-Finals." Chloe said as she searched through her deck. "I figured no one would think to look in…..it….." Chloe trailed off as all color drained from her face. "The Eye of Timeaus isn't in here!"
"That's not funny Chloe." Chelsea responded with a nervous laugh but then she saw the look on Chloe's face. "Okay, okay, I'm going to call Theresa and Lance and tell them what happened, if the thief was an Orichalcos Duelist then we'd better be prepared for anything."
"Yeah, thanks for saving me from that conversation." Chloe thanked her as she noticed a note on the floor. "Chelsea, I've found something."
"What is it?" Chelsea asked as she leaned over, Chloe picked up the note and the two girls read it out loud.
"Missing a certain dragon? Meet me outside the abandoned dorm by midnight or I'll rip it up, bring your duel disk. Signed: MacLeod," The two girls finished reading it and shared a look.
"Chloe, this has to be a trap." Chelsea pointed out as Chloe bolted for the door. "Besides do you really want to go back there after what happened last time?"
"I'll take the long root, no cameras, and no second expulsion duel and most importantly I'll have The Eye of Timeaus back safe and sound." Chloe answered as she pocketed the rest of her side deck. "Call the others as well, and Hamden if you need too."
"Hamden? Why should I call him?" Chelsea asked with a confused look on her face. "He may be our unofficial tutor but how would he help."
"He snuck off to the dorm when we were dueling the duel spirits; it's likely he knows the quickest route that doesn't involve the cameras." Chloe answered before tossing Chelsea the note. "If they need proof of this….."
"Say no more." Chelsea nodded as her roommate ran out of the room. "I hope Chloe knows what she's doing." Chelsea thought as she started tidying up the dorm room. "Who am I kidding? She's faced at least a dozen of these guys without her Legendary Dragon backing her up and she did just fine, still I'd better make that call as soon as possible." Chelsea thought as she dug out her cell-phone.
*later on*
"Okay, maybe taking my chances with the security cameras would've been a better idea." Chloe thought as she walked towards the Abandoned Dorm, she knew that it wasn't that far from her current position but her legs were starting to ache from the long walk. "I can't let that distract me! That bastard has my Legendary Dragon and I'll get it back one way or another!" Chloe thought before stopping for a rest, she could see the Abandoned Dorm from where she was but she couldn't see MacLeod anywhere, she quickly checked the time on her watch and saw that she had plenty of time left. "Please tell me that he isn't in the dorm!"
"He isn't Chloe." Silent Magician chimed in as she appeared alongside her. "Armed Dragon has been on alert since Chelsea told Theresa about the incident and he said he'd contact me if anyone entered the dorm."
"And no one's gone in there?" Chloe asked and Silent Magician nodded, Chloe took a deep breath before continuing her trek up the hill, she eventually reached the dorm and looked around. "I know you're here MacLeod, show yourself!" Chloe called out before waiting for a few minutes, soon a pair of footsteps came from behind the dorm and a robed figure emerged from it.
"So you're Chloe Richardson, a pleasure to make your acquaintance at last." MacLeod greeted her in what was clearly a Scottish Accent and Chloe's eyes narrowed.
"Cut the pleasantries." Chloe snapped at him as her eyes narrowed. "You have something that belongs to me and I want it back!"
"Oh, you mean this?" MacLeod asked as he held up The Eye of Timeaus. "Take it, it's yours." MacLeod added before tossing the card at Chloe's feet, she bent over and picked it up whilst keeping her eyes on MacLeod. "I bet your wondering why I would even steal it if I didn't want it?"
"Yeah, among other things, why would you give me this back in the first place?" Chloe asked as she stood up straight. "If you had used this against me you…."
"I wouldn't have been able to use it in the first place." MacLeod cut her off and Chloe blinked in confusion. "I tried using it on my Duel Disk whilst I was waiting for you to arrive but it simply didn't work, seems it'll only work when used by its mistress."
"That's a relief." Chloe answered as she quickly added the card to her deck and shuffled it. "Why do I get the feeling that this was a blatant ploy to get me to duel you?"
"You got that right lady!" MacLeod answered as he removed his hood; he was a tall man with wild brown hair and a matching beard with brown eyes. "You already know my surname but you can call me Sheamus."
"Whatever your name is you'll pay for taking my card!" Chloe responded as she activated her duel disk and Sheamus did likewise. "I have no idea what this guy's running…." Chloe thought as they drew their opening hands. "Maybe I should let him go first?" Chloe thought as she looked over her opening hand. "I know it's customary for you to let the lady go first and all but I'd rather let you go first."
"That's fine by me!" Sheamus responded as he drew his opening card. "I activate Terra-Forming! But you've dueled against my partners in crime enough times to know this combo!"
"Yeah, I know it." Chloe responded as Sheamus picked up and searched through his deck, once he found the card he was looking for he added it to his hand and shuffled his deck. "Knowing these guys that card was likely his copy of The Seal of the Orichalcos and whilst I won't be able to destroy it at least I'll know what to expect."
"Now I set three cards facedown, two Spell/Traps and a monster in defense mode!" Sheamus continued as the three cards appeared on the field. "And I activate Exchange!"
"Wait, what?" Chloe asked as Sheamus walked over to her. "But…..the only card in your hand is…."
"Aye lass The Seal of the Orichalcos is the only card left in my hand." Sheamus nodded as he showed her the infamous Field Spell Card, Chloe hesitated but knew she had little choice but to take it. "Now let me see your hand."
"Fine, here it is." Chloe responded before showing him her hand which consisted of Apprentice Magician, Marauding Captain, Arcane Barrier, Magician's Circle and Trident Warrior.
"I'll take your Captain." Sheamus decided and Chloe handed it over, Chloe quickly added the field spell to her hand and Sheamus did likewise. "And I end my turn at that." Sheamus added once he was back on his side of the field and Chloe drew her card.
"Okay, that was weird." Chloe thought as she added her drawn card to her hand. "Why would he give me the Seal of the Orichalcos rather than play it…."
"Play it!" A voice rang out and Chloe stopped mid thought, she was used to hearing Silent Magician Level 8's voice but this voice was different.
"Who's there?" Chloe asked but there was no response. "I summon Trident Warrior in attack mode!" Chloe played the card and a tall, muscular warrior appeared on the field, he was wearing midriff exposing blue armor, had a beard and was wielding a trident (4/1800/1200). "And when he's summoned his effect activates, allowing me to Special Summon a Level 3 monster like Familiar Knight to the field!" Chloe played the card and the knight she had used several times appeared on the field (2/1200/1400). "Okay, he saw my hand when he played Exchange so there's a good chance that he knows that his monster can't stand up to Trident's attack…."
"Activate the Seal." The voice rang out again and Chloe bit her lip.
"Well, it would ensure that my warriors can attack over whatever he's got set….." Chloe trailed off before shaking her head. "No! I still remember the pain I was in during my first Orichalcos Duel, I'm not activating it!" Chloe thought before pointing to Sheamus's defense monster. "Trident Warrior, attack his defense monster!" Chloe commanded and the warrior pointed his trident at the monster before firing an electric shock at it….but Chloe quickly recognized the defense monster. "That's Golem Dragon!"
"That's right lass and with two thousand defense points your warrior can't make a dent in it!" Sheamus answered as the shock bounced off of the rocky dragon bringing Chloe's life-points down to 7800. "Off course, if you had activated the seal lass then you wouldn't be behind in life-points."
"It's still early in the game and if you think for one second I'm activating that Spell Card then you can forget about it!" Chloe grunted in response before looking over her hand. "Silent Magician, can you please do something about the voice in my head?"
"I'm doing my best Chloe but it has something to do with the Seal." Silent Magician responded and Chloe sighed.
"I'll figure it out myself." Chloe responded before picking up Magician's Circle. "I set this card facedown and end my turn." Chloe announced and Sheamus drew his card.
"Jack, she isn't taking the bait, any ideas?" Sheamus whispered into his earpiece as he drew his card.
"She'll come around eventually but if not you have that card from Victor to help you." Jack responded and Sheamus frowned. "Do you have that Spell Card?"
"No but I have another one." Sheamus responded before playing his drawn card. "I activate Pot of Betrayal!" Sheamus played the card which depicted a knight stealing the Pot of Greed from the castle featured on Royal Decree. "This Spell Card can only be activated if we both have cards that weren't ours originally."
"And thanks to Exchange we do." Chloe grunted as her eyes narrowed. "I get the feeling it's a broken effect but what is it's effect?"
"Not at all Lass, we both get to draw two cards." Sheamus responded and Chloe's eyes narrowed as she drew two cards as did Sheamus. "But unless we both use those cards by the end of your next turn then we both take three thousand points of damage."
"Wait, what?" Chloe asked as her eyes widened.
"And to save myself from the damage I'll summon your Marauding Captain to the field!" Sheamus played the card and the brown haired, twin sword wielding captain appeared on the field (3/1200/400), "And I use his effect to summon Alexandrite Dragon!" Sheamus played the card and the beautiful diamond encrusted dragon appeared on the field (4/2000/100). "Now I use my two dragons to construct the overlay network!" Sheamus announced as the two dragons transformed into white orbs of energy that swirled into a vortex, from it emerged a monster that Chloe recognized from the tournament duels, Queen Dragun Djinn (Rank: 4/2200/1200). "Queen Dragun, attack Familiar Knight!" Sheamus commanded and the dragon breathed fire at the knight bringing Chloe's life-points down to 6800.
"Sorry but the joke's on you Sheamus! I can now use Familiar Knight's effect to Special Summon Apprentice Magician!" Chloe played the card and the young Spellcaster appeared on the field (2/400/800). "Not the most idea solution especially since he can use it as well but at least she'll keep my life-points safe."
"And I'll use Familiar Knight's effect to Special Summon Rare Metal Dragon!" Sheamus played the card and the metallic dragon appeared on the field (4/2400/1200). "And I activate one of my traps, Dimension Slice, since I just Special Summoned a monster Trident Warrior gets banished." Sheamus announced as the trap flipped up and Trident Warrior got sucked into a portal. "Your magician may be in defense mode but not for long, I activate my other Trap Card!"
"Oh great, now what are you up too?" Chloe asked as the Trap flipped up depicting The Unhappy Maiden standing up to the Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon. "Defiant to the End, I'm afraid to ask but what does that do?"
"Glad you asked lass, it forces your weakest monster into attack mode!" Sheamus responded and Chloe's eyes widened as Apprentice Magician stood up. "Rare Metal Dragon, attack Apprentice Magician!" Sheamus commanded and the dragon breathed fire at the magician destroying it and bringing Chloe's life-points down to 4800.
"I use my Magician's effect to summon another one in defense mode!" Chloe said as she quickly set the monster down. "Man, I knew I should've used Arcane Barrier!"
"Fortunately for you Defiant to the End only works on one Face-Up monster." Sheamus said before pointing at Marauding Captain. "Marauding Captain, attack her defense monster!" Sheamus commanded and the warrior charged towards the monster, revealed to be Old Vindictive Magician (2/450/600) which fired a beam of light at Marauding Captain destroying it. "Why didn't you target my Queen?"
"Maybe I did it so you wouldn't use my own monster against me." Chloe responded as she sent both monsters to the graveyard and pocketed Trident Warrior. "You're all out of attacks so if your plan was to force my hand then you're out of luck."
"There's other ways to deal damage lass!" Sheamus responded as he picked up a card. "I activate XYZ Bullet! With this Spell Card all I have to do is target one XYZ Monster I control and detach the overlayed monsters from it…." Sheamus explained as he sent Alexandrite Dragon and Golem Dragon to the graveyard. "And you take five hundred points of damage for each monster detached from for Djinn!" Sheamus added and Chloe grunted as her life-points dropped to 3800. "It seems your stuck between a rock and a hard place lass, either use the Seal or lose the duel, I end my turn with a facedown card."
"Chloe, he was joking about that, right?" Chelsea's voice rang out and Chloe looked up, her roommate was standing behind her with the other duelists with Spirit Partners and Hamden.
"I wish he was." Chloe sighed as she added her drawn card to her hand. "During his first turn he forced me to add the Seal of the Orichalcos to my hand via Exchange and has been trying to force me to use it since."
"Well, you don't exactly have to play it right?" Marcus asked and Chloe shook her head.
"He used another Spell Card, Pot of Betrayal, which gave him two more draws since we both have cards that weren't ours originally." Chloe responded before sighing. "But unless I activate it before I end my turn I'll take three thousand points of damage." Chloe added before looking at her drawn card. "But this could help." Chloe thought before playing the card. "I activate Spellbook inside the Pot." Chloe played the card and both duelists drew three times.
"Err, Hamden, if she uses that Spell Card under these circumstances how much trouble would Chloe be in?" Brandon asked and Hamden turned to him.
"The security cameras are currently down for maintenance and that probably explains why he came here in the first place." Hamden responded as he glanced around the dorm. "But the technicians will pick up on the fact that she's used that Spell Card if she does use it."
"Well, her Duel Disk has been faulty lately, that's why she was able to use Ultimate Offering's effect during her duel against Chakra two days ago." Chelsea responded and Hamden turned to her. "Maybe we can use that as an excuse to the other teachers."
"Say that Sheamus played the card but the Duel Disk read outs got faulty from that moment onwards?" Hamden asked and Chelsea nodded. "It might work as long as there aren't any other witnesses to this duel."
"I set one card facedown and a monster in defense mode!" Chloe set the two cards and got ready to pick up a third.
"Activate the Seal! Harness its power!" The voice rang out and Chloe bit her lip.
"And I end my turn." Chloe announced earning shocked looks from the others, Sheamus grinned as a dagger appeared above Chloe's head. "And I chain Pot of Betrayal's side effect to my Quick Play Spell Card Spell of Pain!"
"WHAT! NO?" Sheamus yelled out as the dagger flew towards him bringing his life-points down to five thousand. "You clever bitch, you'll pay for that!"
"Just start your turn already!" Chloe grunted and Sheamus drew his card. "That was close but if I can hold out for a few turns I can find a way to win without the Seal."
"There is no way." The voice rang out again and Chloe's eyes narrowed. "Even if you don't use the Orichalcos he will still be free to attack others."
"He….he has a point, what if he targets someone like Natalie or Nicola because I didn't use the Seal against him?" Chloe thought as sweat started pouring down her face.
"Don't listen to him Chloe!" Silent Magician's voice rang out again and Chloe stopped. "I'm doing what I can but for now use your facedown card!"
"Queen Djinn, attack the facedown monster….." Sheamus's command was cut off by an ear piercing roar. "What the…."
"Threatening Roar, it's an old card but it forces you to skip your Battle Phase." Chloe responded and Sheamus growled.
"Fine, I'll end my turn at that." Sheamus announced and once he discarded some cards due to the hand size limit Chloe drew her card.
"I've made it this far but how long can I keep going?" Chloe thought as her eyes rested upon the Seal of the Orichalcos which was currently in the far right corner of her hand. "God, I wish Card Destruction hadn't been banned!"
"Activate the Seal! It's the only way!" The voice rang out and Chloe shook her head determinedly.
"NO! I won't give in!" Chloe responded before picking up the card she had drawn. "I set one card facedown and end my turn." Chloe announced as the facedown card appeared on the field and Sheamus drew his card.
"I'll give her credit, she has some serious will power to keep going this long." Sheamus thought but before he could give the order to attack he realized that Chloe's facedown card had been flipped up. "Thunder of Ruler, you know you can't stall for much longer right?"
"I'll stall for as long as possible." Chloe responded as Sheamus looked at the card in his hand….and grinned sadistically. "What are you up too now?"
"I'll show you! I activate my Spell Card Spell of Sacrifice!" Sheamus played the card and the Spell appeared on the field depicting an unknown Spellcaster casting a powerful spell. "This card will prove to a sadistic choice for you lass! With this Spell Card I can inflict damage equal to the number of monsters on the field times a thousand, that's four thousand points of damage lass, you lose!" Sheamus pointed out before grinning. "But if you have a Spell Card in your hand then you can activate it now and save yourself."
"If you're trying to force me to play the Seal of the Orichalcos again then you're going to be disappointed." Chloe responded as she reached for Arcane Barrier. "Or did you forget that I still have Arcane Barrier in my hand?"
"I didn't and that's why my Spell Card has another effect." Sheamus responded and Chloe blinked. "Almost any Spell Card can be used…except for Continuous Spell Cards." Sheamus added and Chloe's eyes widened as she looked over her hand.
"Chloe, don't worry." Brandon called out as he activated his duel disk. "Take the damage and I'll take out this bastard myself!"
"Yeah, and if he tries the same stunt on him," Chelsea added as she activated her duel disk. "Then he'll have to deal with me!" Chelsea added and the others nodded before activating their duel disks including Hamden but they didn't know what was going on in Chloe's head.
"Play the Seal my child! There is no time like the present!" The voice rang out and Chloe bit her lip.
"Chloe, don't!" Silent Magician's voice rang out. "You heard your friends! They are more than happy to pick up where you left off!"
"How do you even know if he'll stay in the same spot for much longer?" The voice rang out again and Chloe's eyes widened.
"He could move on, target some other student…." Chloe thought as she reached for the Seal. "I can't let that happen."
"Chloe, listen to me!" Silent Magician's voice rang out one more time and Chloe sighed.
"Guys…..I'm sorry…." Chloe trailed off as her Field Spell Card slot opened up.
"Chloe, wait!" Chelsea yelled out as she made a rush for her friend.
"…I activate The Seal of The Orichalcos!" Chloe played the card and the Seal quickly encased both duelists sending Chelsea flying back, Tyler and Brandon helped her up and the Seal appeared on Chloe's forehead.
"It's about damn time." Sheamus responded and Chloe glared at him. "Now obviously I can't attack due to your Trap Card so I'll just end my turn." Sheamus announced and Chloe drew her card without a word.
"Err, what the hell was Chloe thinking just now?" Chelsea asked as she got to her feet. "She had pretty much all her friends minus Lance willing to take her spot!"
"I don't know to be honest, Chloe has been stubborn before but this is ridiculous." Theresa responded with a frown. "As much as I hate to admit it I don't know who to root for at the moment."
"Root for Chloe, she may have played it but I think she feels that she was forced into a corner by Sheamus." Tyler responded with a frown. "Don't forget that if he hadn't broken into Chloe and Chelsea's dorm room in the first place she wouldn't be in this situation."
"Yeah and I should've remembered to lock it before heading over to the Duel Field for today's matches." Chelsea grunted with a frown. "I hope Chloe knows what she's doing."
"I activate my Spell Card Hand Destruction!" Chloe played the card and both duelists discarded two cards before drawing two more. "Great, I can win the duel with this combo." Chloe thought before playing the card. "I activate Trade-In; by discarded one Level Eight monster from my hand I can draw two more cards." Chloe quickly discarded the card and drew two cards. "Now I activate Level Modulation!"
"And I think I can guess what card you're getting back." Sheamus responded as he drew two cards and Chloe played the card, shortly afterworlds Silent Magician Level Eight appeared on the field (8/3500/1000) and her attack increased to four thousand thanks to the seal. "And now to bring this to a close, I activate The Eye of Timeaus!"
"Perfect!" Sheamus thought as the two cards seemed to merge together…..and Chloe's eyes widened when she saw the fusion fail. "I think there's something wrong with your disk lass."
"I….I don't understand…." Chloe trailed off as she reluctantly sent The Eye of Timeaus to the graveyard. "It worked when I fought Stephan last week but why…."
"Chloe!" Silent Magician's furious voice rang out and Chloe stopped short, she looked up and realized that Silent Magician was glaring at her from over her shoulder. "Chloe, you can still win this, I'll sort it out after the duel."
"But…." Chloe trailed off before looking at her other drawn cards. "I activate Megamorph, since my life-points are lower than yours this will double my magician's attack until the end of the turn." Chloe played the card and Silent Magician glowed as her attack shot up to eight thousand.
"It seems you have enough power to defeat my lass, give me your best shot!" Macleod taunted her and Chloe's eyes narrowed. "And once she does I'll activate Dimensional Wall to direct the damage back to her, best part is if she somehow destroys that trap I have Magic Cylinder to finish her off instead!"
"I have one more card to play and you may remember this from my duel against Stephan!" Chloe said as she played the card. "Diffusion Wave Motion, for the cost of a thousand life-points I can attack each monster on your side of the field!" Sheamus's eyes widened as Chloe's life-points dropped to 2800. "Silent Magician, finish it!" Chloe commanded and Silent Magician powered up her staff before releasing a beam of light at his monsters one by one bringing his life-points down to zero.
"No! No!" Sheamus yelled out as the Seal closed in on him, he let out a blood curding scream and seconds later his soul was captured and Chloe dropped to her knees both from exhaustion due to the long trek up the hill and from the mental shock of it all.
"I won; I defeated an Orichalcos Duelist before he could hurt anyone…." Chloe thought as she looked towards the Seal. "But there's no way I can feel good about this win…."
"Chloe…." Chelsea's voice rang out and Chloe didn't turn around.
"Look, if you guys want to read me the riot act for what I just did go ahead, it's not like I don't deserve it." Chloe said with a sigh as she turned to them.
"Actually, I think she will do that for us." Brandon responded and Chloe looked up, Silent Magician was still on the field and had turned her attention to her with a scowl on her face.
"Silent Magician…..I can…." Chloe trailed off before the magician pointed her staff at her. "W…..what…what are you doing…."
"Sorry Chloe, it's the only way." Silent Magician said and before the others could intervene she fired a beam of light at Chloe and the others turned away. "You can look now." Silent Magician said after a few minutes and they did, Chloe was still on the ground more or less in one piece.
"Err, what did you just do?" Chelsea asked as she approached the two of them and Silent Magician sighed.
"A purification spell, it eliminated any traces of the demonic force behind the Seal from her mind." Silent Magician answered before twirling her staff around and pointing the safe end of the staff at Chloe who grabbed hold of it, Silent Magician pulled her up and folded her arms. "I told you to ignore him Chloe." Silent Magician said sternly and Chloe sighed.
"I know but I didn't want that bastard to get away." Chloe responded as she glanced at the others. "I heard what you guys said but whoever that other voice was pointed out that he could've left."
"What, with seven other duelists here? We would've surrounded the area." Theresa answered as she shook her head. "There would've been nowhere for him to go except for inside the dorm."
"And those doors are normally locked." Silent Magician added before her eyes rested on the Seal of the Orichalcos card that Chloe had used. "What do you want to do with that?"
"Tear it up and pretend that this never happened." Chloe responded as she picked it up. "I don't think I'll be in any condition, mentally, to duel again after this."
"I'll tell Martin to let you skip some Duel Theory sessions until you feel up to it, I'll think of something, leave that to me." Hamden responded and Chloe nodded.
"No one else must learn what happened here." Silent Magician added as Chloe started ripping up the card. "The Technicians will have picked up on this but I'm assuming that you will tell them the story you came up with earlier?" Silent Magician added and Hamden nodded. "Chelsea, get her back to the dorm room, I think she's had enough excitement for one night."
"Gotcha, common Chloe, let's get out of here." Chelsea answered and Chloe followed her down the hill as Silent Magician vanished. "Don't worry; I cleaned up the mess Sheamus left."
"Not all of it." Chloe sighed and it didn't take Chelsea long to figure out what she meant. "I should've listened to you and let you guys take over."
"Hey, what's done is done and besides, I'm not gonna chew you out over it." Chelsea responded and Chloe sighed in relief. "The older students might but I'll be there to back ya up if that happens."
"Thanks." Chloe sighed as the two girls left the area. "Man, how could I be so stupid? I knew how dangerous the seal was and I still used it." Chloe thought as she walked down the hill. "At least they won't try that again, right?"
*meanwhile*
"Err, Victor, do you want the good news or the bad news?" Jack said into his earpiece as the speedboat sped away from the island. "Bad news is Sheamus's soul was claimed by the Orichalcos, good news is Chloe was pretty shaken up by the experience."
"Yes, I can see that." Victor responded and Jack nodded. "Come back to HQ, I will discuss this in detail when you get here."
"Got it Victor, see you in a few hours." Jack answered before hanging up.