"Man that duel lasted ages." Chelsea thought as she checked the time on her watch, it had only been a few minutes since Chloe and Chelsea had defeated Andreas and Damien allowing the two girls to advance to the third round but due to the length of the duel it felt like more time had passed to her. "We're only in the second round and this is how crazy the competition is getting, almost makes me wish that I had lost that tag match." Chelsea thought before shaking her head. "I can't think along those lines! I mean with any luck I'll finally be in Ra Yellow by the time the third round starts!"
"Hey, did you see that last tag team duel?" Chelsea overheard a male Ra Yellow student say to his friends. "Man, if that's how the Osiris Red Students duel I definitely came to the right place!"
"All though on the other hand getting my ego stroked definitely helps!" Chelsea thought a small grin on her face but decided to not butt in on the conversation between the male students. "At worst they may end up hitting on me not realizing that I'm gay, and besides I want to head back to my dorm room and play some Total War before my first class starts." Chelsea thought as she made her way out of the main building. "And that's not taking into account what their thoughts on gay people are….."
"Ah, we meet again Chelsea." Chelsea blinked before glancing over her shoulder and seeing Hu Wukong, Ash's rival, approaching her with his hands in his pockets. "That was quite an impressive duel."
"Yeah well, I would've preferred it if Chloe didn't have to bail my ass out every other turn but I'm not complaining." Chelsea responded as the Chinese student caught up with her. "Are you heading over to the Ra Yellow Boy's Dorm?"
"Yes, I don't have another class until later on this afternoon." Hu nodded as the two of them left the main building. "All though I was wondering something about you."
"Don't tell me, you've been asking around about me, right?" Chelsea asked and Hu nodded much to her annoyance, Chelsea sighed to herself as she pinched the bridge of her nose in annoyance. "Okay, before you continue, what exactly have you heard about me?"
"I heard that you're a short tempered woman who is passionate about dueling but has been kicked out of several schools because of her temper." Hu responded and Chelsea just shook her head. "In other words we share a lot in common, well besides the kicked out of schools part, and the juvenile record."
"Are you going somewhere with this?" Chelsea asked as she turned to him. "And how did you find out about my record in the first place? The only other person on this island who knows is my roommate Chloe and she promised not to tell anyone!"
"It's mentioned in your Duel Academy profile." Hu answered and Chelsea face-faulted.
"Note to self, have the IT staff members take out that part!" Chelsea muttered under her breath as she got up to her feet. "Let me just get one thing clear, the only reason I have that record to begin with is because I punched my first round opponent in my first ever tournament who happened to be a pro-duelist who's agent pressed charges." Chelsea added as she turned to him. "Saying that it's not one of my prouder moments is like saying that Thousand Eyes Idol is a pretty weak monster!"
"I can understand that." Hu nodded in understanding as he turned to her. "But still, given how much we have in common I was wondering if you were interested in getting together sometime."
"Wait, my Duel Academy profile doesn't mention anything about my sex life?" Chelsea asked and Hu shook his head. "Typical, mentions my first and only arrest but conveniently leaves out my sexual orientation, I'm going to have a chat with the IT Staff about this!" Chelsea thought before turning her attention back to Hu. "Sorry to disappoint you Hu but I'm taken…"
"I see." Hu sighed to himself. "Whoever he is, he is a very lucky man."
"Yeah, that's the other thing, as much as I appreciate the complement." Chelsea responded as she glanced at him. "It's not a boy I'm dating, it's another girl."
"Oh." Hu said as it hit him. "If you don't mind me asking, how long have you been out of the closet?"
"About two years now, give or take." Chelsea answered with a nod. "The girl I'm dating is another Osiris Red Student called Beth McKenzie, she joined at the same time I did."
"Is she in the tournament?" Hu asked and Chelsea shook her head.
"She was but her team was eliminated in the first round by a team of Obelisk Blue Students." Chelsea answered as she pocketed her hands. "Her anti-cure deck is good but she couldn't hang with an Archfiend and a Spellcaster duelist unfortunately."
"Anti-Cure is a difficult deck to run." Hu responded and Chelsea nodded. "What version does she run? Simochi? Nurse Reficule?"
"Reficule, she even has a tattoo of that monster about her naval." Chelsea responded with a frown. "Part of the problem was that beside Sangan which she played on her last turn, and that duel was before Sangan was banned before you ask, she literally relied only on Reficule." Chelsea added before deciding to change the subject. "Anyway, you know what deck I run so what deck do you run?"
"I run a Fire Fist deck, I heard that there's a team in the tournament who has that deck in it." Hu commented and Chelsea nodded. "My deck mostly relies on XYZ monsters though as opposed to yours since your deck relies on Synchros."
"I wouldn't say relies, I've actually won a few duels without either of my Synchros." Chelsea responded before grinning as she got an idea. "Hey Hu, you have enough time before your next class for a duel?" Chelsea asked and Hu grinned as he got the idea before checking his schedule.
"You're in luck my next class isn't for a couple of hours." Hu answered with a grin. "So, were too?" Hu asked and Chelsea thought for a moment.
"Well the duel fields were being used last I checked and we both know how long these duels can last." Chelsea answered after thinking for a moment. "Why not one of the clearings on the island's north side?"
"Isn't that area of limits?" Hu asked and Chelsea shook her head.
"No, just two areas, the Abandoned Dorm and the volcano, trust me I went up to the Abandoned Dorm once and I almost got expelled for it." Chelsea responded with a grin. "They've lightened up a bit since then because back then the whole North Side was off limits but now? As long as we stay clear of those two areas we'll be fine." Chelsea answered and Hu nodded. "Probably had something to do with the fact that any duelists and/or couples who go up there to duel or make out, or possibly both I've heard of weirder things, were staying clear of those areas."
"Does that include you and your partner?" Hu asked and Chelsea shook her head.
"Beth, my partner, is a total clean freak, we often joke that the day that I have sex with her outside her dorm room is the day that Yata-Garasu comes off the Ban List." Chelsea responded getting a chuckle out of Hu. "Tell ya what, I'll go ahead and find us a spot…..crap, I just realized that I don't have your number on my phone!"
"You do now." Hu responded as he wrote down his phone number onto a piece of paper and showed it to her, Chelsea added the number to her phone and nodded. "I need to get my duel disk from my dorm anyway."
"Good, I'll see you later." Chelsea answered before making her way to the northern area of the island quickening her pace when she saw a certain trio of Obelisk Blue students emerge from the Main Building. "After a win like that there's one thing I don't need and that's an encounter with Thomas, Cameron and Jessica."
"I agree." Wattchimera's voice rang out and Chelsea grinned at that. "And you called me crazy for suggesting A/D Changer and Electromagnetic Turtle for your deck."
"In my defense my deck doesn't have a lot of ways of getting cards in the graveyard unless you count Beckoning Light." Chelsea answered as she shook her head. "I'm still on the fence about Damage Reflector though."
"Well, why not? Once you remove it from play you can possibly turn a duel around." Wattchimera pointed out and Chelsea paused before retrieving the monster from her side deck.
"You have a point; maybe if I had this back when I took my test duel I'd be in Ra Yellow already." Chelsea thought as she glanced at the monster, on the surface it was a Level Two Dark Fiend Type Monster that had zero attack and eight hundred defense but it's powerful effect made up for its weak stats. "Screw it!" Chelsea decided before adding it to her main deck. "I'll use my duel with Hu as a test run for this card and if it works it's staying in the deck." Chelsea added before frowning. "But if it backfires it's going back in my side deck."
"You should consider adding the other card I suggested." Wattchimera added and Chelsea blinked before looking at the card.
"One for One, this card did help Andreas get his combo off the ground, not to mention his back-up plans." Chelsea thought before nodding and adding it to her deck. "I'm applying the same policy as Damage Reflector to One for One before you ask."
"When have I ever done you wrong since becoming your Duel Spirit Guide?" Wattchimera asked and Chelsea shook her head.
"Well, beside your failure to find those new Watt Cards that are coming out next year?" Chelsea asked with a small grin, she had known about the new cards for a few months now but ever since Wattchimera had gotten her Lightning Recharge she had been hounding him about it.
"I told you before, I'm working on…." Wattchimera trailed off and Chelsea raised an eyebrow. "Chelsea, call the others."
"What? Why?" Chelsea asked with a frown, there was something about the Duel Spirit's tone that had her unnerved.
"There are two Orichalcos Duelists in the clearing ahead of us." Wattchimera answered and that was all Chelsea needed to persuade her to get her phone out.
"Okay, Chloe, Theresa, Brandon…..oh shit!" Chelsea said out loud once it hit her. "Wattchimera, we have a problem, the other students with Duel Spirit Partners are in class."
"I won't chastise you for that as you had clearly forgotten." Wattchimera answered and Chelsea nodded. "Anyone else you can think off?"
"I think Ash, Jason and Chakra are in class as well, Beth is pretty busy with homework and she might not have time to spare to run over, only one I can't think off is….." Chelsea trailed off before dialing Hu's number. "Come on, come on pick up already!"
"Chelsea?" Hu's voice rang out from the cellphone and Chelsea sighed in relief. "Have you found a spot for our duel already?" Hu asked and Chelsea sighed.
"Yes and no." Chelsea responded as she leaned against a nearby tree. "Have you heard of the Seal of the Orichalcos?"
"Off course, I was following the Battle City Tournament." Hu responded and Chelsea nodded. "Why do you ask?"
"I've found a pair of Orichalcos Duelists on the North Side and I don't know about you but I don't think facing those bastards in a handicap Orichalcos Duel would be good for my health, you know?" Chelsea answered before waiting a few minutes to let it sink in. "Just so I'm clear, the only reason I'm contacting you in the first place is because anyone who's decks I'm familiar with is in class right now, otherwise I'd call them and we were going to have that duel anyway, I'd understand if you want to back out Hu…."
"I'm on my way." Hu interrupted her before hanging up.
"Huh, that was easy." Chelsea commented to herself before pocketing her cell-phone and glancing around. "Okay Wattchimera, how far am I from those bastards?"
"You're not far, that is how I was able to detect them." Wattchimera answered and Chelsea nodded. "Chelsea, will be okay going into this duel? You were just in a grueling match."
"I know but don't worry I'm tougher than I look." Chelsea responded as she started making her way towards the duelists with directions from Wattchimera.
*meanwhile*
"Never thought I'd see the day when I was going into an Orichalcos Duel with someone who I've known for a day." Hu commented to himself as he looked over his deck. "Still I can't deny Chelsea's talent or passion for dueling, if she was straight and single I'm sure we'd make a great couple."
"Yes, you'd argue all the time and the police would be called to your house quite often." Ashitaka's voice rang out and Hu looked up seeing his rival. "What's this about an Orichalcos Duel?"
"I and Chelsea were going to have a friendly duel over on the North Side of the island." Hu responded as he loaded his deck into his duel disk slot. "But she just called me and informed me that she's found two Orichalcos Duelists and that I was the only one available to team up with her."
"I'm not surprised since I just got back from class." Ashitaka responded with a nod. "Are you sure that you want to team with her?" Ashitaka asked and Hu nodded. "In that case I'll come with you for support, take it from me, you're going to need it!"
"Fine, now you'll be able to see how much better my deck is than yours!" Hu responded as the two Asian boys left the dorm and made their way to the North Side of the island.
*meanwhile*
"Wattchimera, I thought you said that those bastards where nearby." Chelsea grunted as she walked up the hill. "I mean I'm in good shape but even I have my limits."
"You're not far Chelsea." Wattchimera answered and Chelsea rolled her eyes.
"Err, yeah, you've said that about ten times already." Chelsea responded with a frown. "I swear if this is some elaborate ploy to get me to exercise I'll…..actually I don't know what I'll do!"
"Trust me if I joked about that then Chloe's duel spirit will be chewing me out over it before long!" Wattchimera responded and Chelsea grunted. "Besides, you're here." Wattchimera responded as she came to a clearing, Chelsea stopped in her tracks and leaned over for a better look seeing two cloaked figures, one male and one female, in the clearing but the one thing she noticed almost immediately was their Orichalcos Duel Disks.
"There's no way in hell I'm going in there alone, I may be confident in my abilities but I'm not suicidal!" Chelsea thought with a frown before looking around for Hu. "But if Hu doesn't show up soon I might have no choice!"
"Chelsea, I'm over here!" Hu's voice rang out and she looked up seeing the two Asian boys approaching her. "Ashitaka is here for support, where are they?"
"They are in that clearing." Chelsea answered as she motioned to the clearing with her head. "Before I continue let's get the basic facts of the Orichalcos out of the way, don't bother trying to destroy it because Ash made that mistake yesterday, the only real way to get rid of that thing without the opponents playing it is to prevent them from playing it all together and try to avoid direct attacks at all costs."
"Doesn't the last one go without saying?" Hu asked and Chelsea shook her head.
"Let me put it this way, my first, and to date only, Orichalcos duel ended with me aggravating a rib injury that left me out of action until the tournament." Chelsea answered with a frown. "In other words, monsters are real and so is the damage, understood?"
"Yes, I understand perfectly." Hu responded with a nod before turning his attention to the Orichalcos Duelists who hadn't even noticed the three teenagers at this point. "How should we proceed?"
"Our usual approach is to go ahead and challenge them, and that's if they haven't targeted one of us specifically using underhanded tactics." Chelsea responded as she joined Hu. "Not too late to back out if you're unsure about this Hu."
"I appreciate the concern but I wouldn't have come here if I wasn't sure about this." Hu answered and Chelsea nodded. "If anything I should be worried about you, you were just in a grueling duel."
"Don't worry about me I'm tougher than I look." Chelsea reassured him and Hu nodded.
"If you say so, and since you where the one who found them in the first place I think it's only fitting that you issue the challenge." Hu answered and Chelsea nodded before walking towards them.
"Well, well, we didn't even have to lure anyone out this time." The female agent said with a grin. "The Smurfette can leave we're only interested in Hu!"
"Did you just call me Smurfette?!" Chelsea echoed whilst staring at the female agent. "Okay, first off, of all the things to make smartass comments about you chose my hair?" Chelsea added as she grabbed one of the streaked strands of her hair and pointed to it using her free hand. "I mean seriously, do you know how much hair dye it takes to get this much blue in my hair? I practically keep the hair dye industry alive with the amount of the stuff I buy!" Chelsea added before letting go of her hair and letting it fall back to her shoulders.
"Err, Chelsea, your rambling." Ashitaka pointed out and Chelsea sweat-dropped.
"Oh, sorry, second, there's no way in hell that I'm letting Hu compete alone." Chelsea added before nodding to Hu as they activated their duel disks. "Like it or not we're facing you two bastards together!" Chelsea added and the two agents shared a look.
"You were the one who insisted on dragging me along!" The male agent pointed out and the female agent sighed in resignation.
"Fine, you want a tag match? You got one! But it's your funeral!" The female agent responded and Chelsea grinned as they removed their hoods, the female agent had short black hair and blue eyes one of which had a scar down it. "You can call me Marissa." Marissa added with a smirk as her partner removed his hood revealing short spiked red hair and brown eyes.
"And you can call me Tony." Tony added as the two duelists activated their duel disks, the four duelists drew their opening hands and they looked over them. "Okay, I know a tag team tournament has been going on at this school so I think it's safe to assume that you two know the rules of tag team duels."
"Considering I was in a tag match about twenty minutes ago I think it is a bit obvious." Chelsea responded before looking over her hand. "Huh, A/D Changer, Electromagnetic Turtle and Damage Reflector in my opening hand, just need to get these things into my graveyard and I'll be set!" Chelsea thought with a grin before looking up. "Okay, so what's the order going to be?"
"I'll go first, followed by Chelsea, then Tony and finally Hu, any objections? Well that's too bad!" Marissa responded before drawing her first card. "No sign of the Orichalcos and I don't have any ways of searching it out yet, but it's not like they'll be able to attack until my next turn." Marissa thought before picking up two cards. "I set one card in defense mode and a card facedown." Marissa announced as the two set cards appeared on the field. "And I end my turn." Marissa announced and Chelsea drew her card.
"Beckoning Light? Perfect! Better hope this card survives the rest of the turn!" Chelsea thought before picking up two cards. "Normally I hate being a copycat but my hand isn't too good right now, I set one card facedown and a monster in defense mode to end my turn!"
"Well, this is getting boring!" Tony grunted before drawing his card. "But that's about to change! Marissa, if you draw the Orichalcos after this turn consider it a dead draw!"
"You don't mean….." Chelsea trailed off as Tony played the card.
"Yes! I activate the Seal of the Orichalcos!" Tony played the card and Marissa grinned as the seal encircled all four duelists, seconds later the seal appeared on Tony and Marissa's foreheads and Tony grinned. "You should've taken our advice Chelsea! Because now the amount of hair-dye you use is the least of your worries!"
"The day I back down from you bastards is the day I give up dueling!" Chelsea answered back before turning to Hu. "You remember what I said?"
"As clear as day." Hu answered with a nod before frowning. "But it'll all be for naught unless I can get one of my powerhouses on the field!"
*meanwhile*
"Man, I never thought that class would end." Chloe muttered under her breath as she exited the class alongside the other students, Hamden's classes rarely dragged on for long but when they did the whole class felt it and that was usually because of one thing, a test, as was the case with this class. "Okay, Chelsea should be back at the dorm room, likely playing a game on her laptop, and neither of us have class for another hour so…."
"Chloe, there you are." Chloe's train of thought was interrupted when she heard Theresa's voice and she looked up seeing Theresa alongside the other students. "That was a great duel by the way."
"Thanks." Chloe thanked her with a grin before noticing the look on their faces. "Let me guess, Orichalcos Duel?"
"Yeah our Duel Spirits just told us, Chelsea is competing with Hu Wukong in a tag match against two Orichalcos Duelists." Brandon responded with a nod before raising an eyebrow. "Wait a sec, Silent Magician didn't tell you?"
"If she did I didn't hear her because I was focused on the test." Chloe said as she motioned to the classroom. "Were too?"
"We're going to a clearing on the Southern end of the North side of the island." Andreas answered and Chloe nodded. "Why do they keep going there?"
"It's out of the way, heavily forested and has two areas that are forbidden for students to even approach let alone enter." Lance responded with a frown. "They probably figure that it's the last place on the island anyone would think to look for them." Lance reasoned before shaking his head. "But obviously it's backfiring!"
"How about we just focus on getting there?" Chloe suggested and the others nodded before leaving the main building. "Hey Silent Magician, I have a quick question, why didn't you tell me about the Orichalcos Duel anyway?"
"What you said about your test was partially correct I knew that Hamden was unlikely to let you get out of it early so I knew that telling you would be a waste of our time." Silent Magician responded and Chloe sighed.
"The one time you do live up to your name and it's when my roommate and an Asian friend's rival who happens to be a male version of my roommate are in an Orichalcos Duel." Chloe responded getting a chuckle out of her duel spirit partner as she followed the others out of the Main Building.
*back at the duel*
"Chelsea, the others are on their way, their classes have just ended." Wattchimera told her and Chelsea nodded as she watched the duel, Tony had ended his turn with a facedown card and Hu had opened up with Fire Formation – Tenki which he was using to search through his deck. "If you had been a bit more patient you'd be teaming with someone you know."
"Number One: I had no way of knowing when their classes where ending especially since Chloe has that test today, Number Two: if I had waited they could've gotten away before I had the chance to contact them, Number Three: Chloe was in that tag match as well but she doesn't have my stamina, I don't think she would've been in any condition to duel." Chelsea pointed out as Hu found the card he was looking for and added it to his hand.
"You raise some excellent points." Wattchimera admitted and Chelsea turned her attention back to Hu.
"Now I summon the monster I just searched out, Brotherhood of the Fire Fist – Bear!" Hu played the card and a large bear appeared on the field, it was surrounded by flames and growled menacingly (4/1600/1200) and its attack increased to 1700 thanks to Tenki's effect. "I set a card facedown and end my turn." Hu set the card down and Marissa drew her card.
"About time, I start my turn with my own Spell Card, Mystical Space Typhoon! Say good-bye to your facedown card Chelsea!" Marissa announced as the tornado whipped towards the trap card….
"In that case I chain-activate it! Go Beckoning Light!" Chelsea activated the trap and once it flipped up she gathered up the rest of the cards in her hand. "I discard my entire hand and I get to replace it with Light Type Monsters, I have four cards in my hand which means I get four new cards." Chelsea explained before discarding the cards and searching through her deck, once she found the cards that she needed she replenished her hand and shuffled her deck as Beckoning Light's hologram shattered.
"Like those cards will help you!" Marissa scoffed as they sent their respective cards to their graveyards. "I summon Enraged Battle Ox!" Marissa played the card and the angry Minotaur appeared on the field (4/1700/1000) and its attack increased to 2200 thanks to the seal. "And I flip summon my facedown monster, Obnoxious Celtic Guardian!" Marissa announced as the swordsman appeared on the field (4/1400/1200) and his attack increased to 1900 thanks to the real.
"What is this, a retrained deck?" Chelsea asked with a nervous gulp. "If she's smart she'll attack with Battle Ox first and as much as it will hurt I'll have to let the attack go through, I'll save Damage Eater for an attack with more bite." Chelsea thought with a frown as she braced herself.
"That's exactly what it is! Enraged Battle Ox, attack Chelsea's defense monster!" Marissa commanded and the Minotaur charged towards the monster, revealed to be Wattdragonfly (2/900/100) which was quickly destroyed bringing Chelsea's life-points down to 5900.
"I may have lost life-points but Wattdragonfly's effect lets me Special Summon another Watt Monster from my deck!" Chelsea announced before picking up and searching through her deck, once she found the monster she was looking for she summoned it revealing it to be Wattcobra (4/1000/600).
"Why did she summon that and not Wattaildragon, that monster is far stronger than her guardian?" Hu thought with a frown as Chelsea shuffled her deck. "If she had set Judgment of Thunder as well as Beckoning Light I'd understand but this move makes no sense!"
"It's your funeral because there's no way in hell that snake's getting anywhere near me! Obnoxious Celtic Guardian, attack her cobra!" Marissa commanded and the swordsman charged forward…..but was stopped by a field of electricity. "What?"
"Truth is Marissa I would've activated Beckoning Light even if you hadn't activated MST." Chelsea said as she held up Electromagnetic Turtle (4/0/1800). "This little guy is called Electromagnetic Turtle and if I remove him from play the same turn he's sent to the graveyard I can end the battle phase immediately!" Chelsea added as she pocketed the card. "And I have a lot more where that came from!"
"And you didn't use that sooner because….." Hu asked with a raised eyebrow and Chelsea sighed.
"I wanted to get Wattcobra on the field first! How could I have known that she had Enraged Battle Ox in her deck?" Chelsea pointed out and Hu sighed in resignation.
"Good point." Hu admitted before turning to Marissa. "Your battle phase is over and unless you have another move you can make its Chelsea's turn!" Hu pointed out and Marissa looked over her hand.
"I end my turn." Marissa announced and Chelsea drew her card.
"Sounds like things are getting heated already." Chloe commented as she and the others approached the clearing, Ash looked up and saw them approach. "What's the score Ash?"
"Everyone's life-points except Chelsea's are untouched and you can thank Enraged Battle Ox for the damage to Chelsea's life-points." Ash responded as they approached the wall. "She would've lost more life-points but she discarded Electromagnetic Turtle earlier in the turn for Beckoning Light's effect." Ash added and Chloe nodded.
"Yeah, I remember that thing from the tag match, didn't get to see its effect in action though." Chloe responded as Chelsea looked over her hand. "Here's hoping that'll be the last points of damage she'll suffer."
"Trust me Chloe, the feeling's mutual." Chelsea responded as she glanced over her shoulder at her roommate who nodded in response and Chelsea turned her attention back to her hand. "At least I can get some revenge for that attack now!" Chelsea thought before pointing to Wattcobra. "Okay Wattcobra, why don't you show Marissa what you can do and attack her directly?" Chelsea commanded and the cobra leapt over Marissa's monsters…..
"I know full well what that card and the other Watt Monsters can do but it's not going to work! I activate my Trap Card Spirit Barrier!" Marissa activated the trap and Chelsea's eyes widened as the attack didn't damage her life-points one bit. "As long as I have a monster on my side of the field…."
"I can't damage your life-points, I know!" Chelsea snapped at her before quickly turning to Hu. "You have MST in your hand, right?"
"If I did I would've chained it to Spirit Force's activation." Hu responded with a frown and Chelsea growled in frustration before turning her attention back to Marissa. "For now we'll have to hope that the other cards in your graveyard can help."
"They can but I don't want to waste them." Chelsea thought before picking up a card. "I set one card facedown and end my turn." Chelsea announced and Tony drew his card.
"I won't waste any time then, Marissa, I need your monsters." Tony told her and Marissa nodded as Enraged Battle Ox and Obnoxious Celtic Guardian made their way over to his side of the field. "Enraged Battle Ox, attack Wattcobra!" Tony commanded and the Minotaur charged towards her monster…..
"Thanks for that!" Chelsea responded with a grin as her trap card flipped up. "I activate Lumanize! Not only does this trap card negate your Ox's attack….." Chelsea trailed off as the Ox was temporarily blinded by a flash of light forcing it to stop its attack. "But my Cobia gets an added bonus, namely Ox's attack points!" Chelsea added as Wattcobra's attack shot up to 3200.
"Fine, I may not be able to destroy your monster but your partner's monster is right for the taking, go Obnoxious Celtic Guardian!" Tony commanded and the swordsman charged forward…..
"You're not doing any destroying, period!" Chelsea interrupted him as she pocketed a monster and A/D Changer appeared on the field. "I remove A/D Changer from my graveyard to force your Guardian into defense mode! And before you ask, A/D Changer was another monster I discarded for Beckoning Light!" Chelsea explained as she pocketed the monster and the guardian crouched down.
"Thank you, now I can do something about that Guardian on my turn." Hu thanked her and Chelsea grinned at that.
"No problem. We should be fine unless they have another copy of that monster." Chelsea responded and Hu nodded in response.
"I end my turn." Tony grunted in annoyance and once Wattcobra's attack returned to normal and Marissa's monsters returned to her side of the field Hu drew his card.
"So far, so good, Chelsea may be behind on life-points but depending on what else she sent to her graveyard we should be fine." Hu thought as he looked over his hand. "Right now our best bet is an XYZ summon but the only other Level Four Monster we have is Wattcobra." Hu thought before turning to Chelsea. "I need to borrow Wattcobra."
"Go for it." Chelsea told him and Hu nodded as Wattcobra made his way over to his side of the field. "If you're planning an XYZ summon then go for it, it's probably our best bet right now."
"All right, I will!" Hu announced as Wattcobra and Bear where sucked into the overlay network. "I use Wattcobra and Brotherhood of the Fire Fist – Bear to XYZ Summon Maestroke the Symphony Djinn!" Hu played the card and minutes later a new monster appeared on the field, he was a tall slender magician wearing a magician's outfit and wielding a sword (Rank: 4/1800/2300). "Now I activate his effect, I detach one overlay unit….." Hu trailed off as he retrieved Wattcobra and tosses it to Chelsea who sent it to her graveyard. "And I do so in order to force Enraged Battle Ox into facedown defense position." Hu added as the monster disappeared from the field.
"Err, Hu, what was the point of that?" Chelsea asked with a raised eyebrow. "Maestroke is the only monster on your side of the field."
"Yes, but I haven't made my normal summon yet!" Hu responded and Chelsea grinned once she got the idea. "As I was about to say before my partner interrupted me, I summon Brotherhood of the First Fist – Gorilla in attack mode!" Hu played the card and a second monster appeared on the field, as the name suggested it was a gorilla with fiery fists (4/1600/1000) and its attack increased to 1700 thanks to Tenki. "Maestroke, attack Obnoxious Celtic Guardian!" Hu commanded the Djinn charged towards the defense position monster before cutting him in half destroying him. "Gorilla, attack her facedown Enraged Battle Ox!" Hu commanded and the gorilla charged forward before destroying the monster. "But there's more, when Gorilla destroys a card by battle I can take one Spell/Trap card from my deck and set it down, so I set this and end my turn." Hu announced and Marissa drew her card.
"Your partner shouldn't have been so quick to surrender her monster! Because now she's ours for the taking! I summon Dark Blade, the Captain of the Evil World!" Marissa played the card and a tall, menacing figure wearing Dark Blade's armor appeared on the field (4/1800/1500) and the monster's attack increased to 2300 thanks to the seal, "I'll get to its effect later but I will say this, I added this to my deck on the off chance that I ended up fighting either you or your roommate Chelsea."
"That's comforting to know." Chelsea muttered sarcastically under her breath.
"Before I go in the attack I activate Foolish Burial!" Marissa played the card and searched through her deck, once she found the card that she needed she sent it to the graveyard. "But I'll explain that later! Dark Blade, attack her life-points directly!" Marissa commanded and the monster charged forward…..
"I defend with Hot Tag!" Hu announced as he activated the trap. "And your new target is Maestroke!" Hu added and the captain changed course….
"Fine by me, you will lose life-points regardless!" Marissa responded as the captain slashed at the Djinn.
"But I won't lose my monster!" Hu responded and Marissa's shock Maestroke survived the blow as Hu's life-points dropped to 7500. "By detaching an overlay unit from Maestroke I can save him from being destroyed in battle." Hu explained as he sent Bear to the graveyard.
"Fine, Tony will just finish the job on his turn." Marissa scoffed before looking over her hand. "I set this and end my turn." Marissa announced and Chelsea drew her card.
"Okay, what do I have that can defeat Dark Blade?" Chelsea thought as she looked over her hand before sighing. "Not a lot but I've drawn Lightning Recharge and with any luck that will help!" Chelsea thought before playing the card. "I activate Lightning Recharge! I remove Wattcobra and Wattdragonfly from play and I draw two cards in return." Chelsea pocketed the two monsters before drawing twice. "Okay, I got One for One and…..NICE!" Chelsea thought with a broad grin as an idea popped into her head. "I activate One for One!"
"Err; are there any Level One Watt Monsters?" Lance whispered to Chloe who shrugged.
"You're asking the wrong girl. I may have dueled with Chelsea's deck once but I didn't get a good luck at it." Chloe responded as Chelsea discarded a monster and picked up her deck and searched through it.
"As a matter of fact there is and that monster's called Watthopper!" Chelsea played the card and a new monster appeared on the field, it was a large grasshopper with an electric blue back that was surrounded by electricity (1/0/0) and the monster quickly crouched down in defense mode. "Why did I summon him? I'll get to that latter," Chelsea said as she shuffled her deck. "But for now I summon another Wattcobra!" Chelsea played the card and Wattcobra appeared on the field.
"Do you really think those two weaklings will protect you?" Marissa asked with a scoff. "Just wait until Tony uses Dark Blade's effect!"
"Times like these I wish I had drawn Judgment of Thunder a while back." Chelsea thought before setting a card facedown. "I set this and end my turn." Chelsea announced and Tony drew his card.
"Marissa, I need to use Dark Blade." Tony said and Marissa nodded as Dark Blade walked over to Tony's side of the field. "I don't have a Dark Type Monster in my graveyard…..yet…..but I can still attack! Dark Blade, attack Wattcobra!" Tony commanded and the captain charged forward…..only for Watthopper to jump in the path off the blade at the last moment destroying it. "Okay, now what?"
"You really think I'd summon a Watt Monster with zero attack and defense points for no reason?" Chelsea asked with a grin as she sent Watthopper to the graveyard. "As long as I have another Watt Monster on my side of the field Watthopper in the only monster you can attack!" Chelsea explained and Tony growled.
"I end my turn!" Tony announced and once Dark Blade returned to Marissa's side of the field Hu drew his card.
"Perfect!" Hu thought as he looked at his drawn card and played it. "Spirit Barrier is no more! I activate Mystical Space Typhoon to destroy it!" Hu activated the card and Marissa braced herself as a storm washed over the field destroying her trap card. "Now my partner is free to attack as she sees fit."
"That's not all I'll do!" Chelsea added as her facedown card flipped up revealing it to be Call of the Haunted. "I use Call of the Haunted to Special Summon the monster I discarded for One for One's effect, Wattaildragon!" Chelsea played the card and the huge, electric blue dragon appeared on the field with a growl (6/2500/1000). "As soon as my turn begins your Dark Blade is history!"
"Or so she thinks." Marissa thought with a grin before turning to Hu. "Are you done?"
"Not quite, first I switch Maestroke to defense mode!" Hu added as the monster crouched down. "And I summon Coach Soldier Wolfbark!" Hu played the card and a small white and yellow werewolf appeared on the field wearing blue pants (4/1600/1200). "I use his effect to Special Summon Bear from my graveyard!" Hu added as the other monster returned to the field. "Now I use Bear and Gorilla to open up the Overlay Network once more!" Hu announced as the two Beast-Warriors where sucked into a portal.
"I could've negated Wolfbark's effect easily." Tony thought as Hu retrieved a monster from his Extra Deck. "But he still could've used Wolfbark and Gorilla in an XYZ Summon! I'll save it for whatever he's summoning!"
"I use my monsters to XYZ Summon Brotherhood of the Fire Fist – Cardinal in attack mode!" Hu played the card and a tall robed man appeared on the field, his robes where white and gold, had what looked like the Fire Attribute Symbol in the center and he was surrounded by flames (Rank: 4/1800/2200). "Now I activate his effect which requires me to detach both of his Overlay Units!" Hu announced as he sent his monsters to the graveyard. "With this I target the two Fire Fist Monsters in my graveyard and two cards on your side of the field, namely Dark Blade and Tony's facedown monster, and shuffle them back into the deck!"
"You're not getting rid of our monsters that easily Hu! I negate Cardinal's effect with Effect Veiler." Tony discarded the monster and Hu frowned as Cardinal stopped his Spell.
"I end my turn." Hu announced and Marissa grinned before drawing her card.
"Perfect! I now have the perfect combo for Dark Blade!" Marissa thought before retrieving a monster from her graveyard. "I activate Dark Blade's effect! By banishing one Level Four or lower Dark Type Monster from my graveyard I can take one Light Type Monster on my opponent's side of the field and equip it to Dark Blade!"
"Oh shit!" Chelsea cursed as Wattcobra disappeared from the field. "Wait, why did you equip Wattcobra and not Wattaildragon?"
"I'll show you! I activate Dark Hole to clear the field!" Marissa played the card and the opposing team's eyes widened as all the monsters, besides Dark Blade, where sucked into a black hole destroying them. "Why did Dark Blade survive? Simple, if Dark Blade would be destroyed by a card effect or by battle whilst it has a monster equipped to it than the equipped monster is destroyed instead!"
"Err, Wattchimera, should I use Damage Eater now or save it?" Chelsea asked with a nervous gulp as she braced herself.
"Save it, you have no idea what might happen on Tony's turn." Wattchimera answered and Chelsea nodded in response before looking over her hand.
"Best monsters I have are Wattpheasant and Wattgiraffe, great cards but they'll be rendered useless if she equips them to Dark Blade." Chelsea thought before turning her attention to Marissa, "Bring it!"
"Your funeral, Dark Blade, attack her life-points directly!" Marissa commanded and the knight charged towards her before slashing her with his sword bringing her life-points down to 3600. "I end my turn but unless you draw something worthwhile you're finished!" Marissa taunted her and Chelsea growled before drawing her card.
"I need something good and fast!" Chelsea thought before looking at her drawn card. "Did I just draw Mystical Shine Ball? I mean, seriously? I added those things alongside that agent that summons them because I figured that Gaichi-Gaichi-Gaichi would be a good fit for my deck! This is easily the worst dead draw I've ever had!"
"We're waiting!" Marissa said impatiently and Chelsea gulped.
"Better hope that Damage Eater can bail me out!" Chelsea thought before setting her drawn card. "I set this and…." Chelsea was about to end her turn but Hu turned to her with an angry look on his face.
"That's the best you can do? Seriously?" Hu asked as Chelsea glared at him. "You where the one who dragged me into this mess in the first place!"
"Oh yeah, because I totally knew what card I was going to draw on my last turn and how this duel would turn out ahead of time!" Chelsea growled as she turned to him. "You may as well yell at the birds for migrating!"
"Err, should we intervene?" Tony whispered to Marissa who grinned.
"Are you kidding? At the moment I wish I had popcorn!" Marissa answered as their opponents continued to argue. "Besides, we didn't tell them that the time limit from the duels is in effect! Just let them argue for three minutes, tell them at the last minute and they'll lose!"
"That's not the point! Do you realize what will happen if we lose?" Hu argued back and Chelsea's eyes narrowed.
"Err, yeah I do! There are three duelists in the infirmary because of these bastards for fuck's sake!" Chelsea snapped back as she pointed to their opponents. "Okay, not them specifically but you get the idea!"
"YAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!" Their arguing was cut off by Ash jumping into the air and slamming his kendo stick into the wall, the attack, obviously had no effect but it got Chelsea and Hu to stop arguing. "My apologies, it was the only way I could get your attention."
"Ash, anyone ever tell you that you have a fucked up way of getting attention?" Chelsea asked as a large sweat-drop rolled down her head.
"Quite often actually but that's beside the point." Ash answered as he seethed his Kendo Stick. "Basically, this is what I was trying to tell you, they had conveniently left out the fact that there is a time limit on this duel and by my watch you two just spent two minutes of a three limit time limit arguing!" Ash added and Chelsea gulped before turning to her opponents.
"Right, thanks for that Ash!" Chelsea thanked him before taking a deep breath. "As I was saying, I end my turn!" Chelsea announced and Tony drew his card.
"Then this duel's over for you! I summon my own Enraged Battle Ox!" Tony played the card and the angry Minotaur returned to the field. "Marissa…."
"Say no more!" Marissa nodded as Dark Blade made its way over to Tony's side of the field.
"Finish her off!" Tony commanded and the two monsters charged towards Chelsea as she retrieved a monster from her graveyard and pocketed it, Enraged Battle Ox destroyed Mystical Shine Ball whilst Dark Blade slashed her with his sword.
"CHELSEA, NO!" Chloe shouted out as her eyes widened.
"Chelsea, I'm sorry." Hu sighed to himself as he and Chloe turned away.
"…..you guys can look up now." Chelsea told them after a few minutes and they looked up seeing that she was back on her feet and that the seal wasn't closing in on her. "Sorry about giving you a heart attack there but I wanted them to think they had eliminated me!" Chelsea said as she held up her duel disk to show her life-point counter.
"What?" Marissa asked and her eyes widened when she saw Chelsea's life-point counter. "7600? What the hell just happened?"
"You're asking me?" Tony asked as he stared at her in disbelief. "Her duel disk must be busted or something!"
"No such luck, there was a third monster I discarded for Beckoning Light's effect a few turns back and that was this little guy here!" Chelsea said before reaching into her blazer's breast pocket and retrieving Damage Reflector. "Say hello to Damage Reflector, this guy may be a Fiend Type Monster but he has an effect that helps me out a lot! If he's in my graveyard and I'm about to take damage from two monsters I can remove him from play to turn all that damage into Life-Points." Chelsea said before returning the monster to her hand. "Sure, it means that I have to skip my next draw phase in return but I'll make do!"
"You….you tricked us!" Marissa trailed off as she stared at her in disbelief. "Fine, you just said that you'll have to skip your next draw phase anyway so we'll finish you off next turn."
"We'll see about that!" Hu responded as Tony gave him the nod to draw his card. "I activate Spellbook inside the Pot! My partner may be forced to skip her next draw phase but this Spell Card shall more than make up for it!"
"You realize that we get to draw as well." Marissa pointed out and Hu shrugged as they drew their cards.
"It's a sacrifice that I'm more than willing to make!" Hu responded as he sent his Spell Card to the graveyard. "For my follow up I summon another Coach Soldier Wolfbark!" Hu played the card and the Wolman returned to the field. "I use his effect to summon my first Wolfbark!" Hu announced as a second one appeared on the field.
"Another XYZ Summon?" Chelsea asked as she turned to her partner.
"Yes, but first I activate my Enemy Controller Spell Card!" Hu announced as he played the card. "And I use it to force Dark Blade into defense mode!" Hu added as the monster crouched down, seconds later the overlay network opened up again and the two Wolfbarks where sucked in. "Now I use my monsters to XYX Summon Photon Papilloperative!" Hu played the card and a new monster appeared on the field, this one was a massive humanoid butterfly that was clearly female and had purple wings (Rank: 4/2100/1800). "I activate her effect but to do so I need to detach an overlay unit!" Hu announced as the monster was sent to the graveyard. "I use it to force Dark Blade back into attack mode!"
"She still can't beat my monster so why bother?" Marissa asked as Dark Blade stood up; however she quickly noticed that her monster was clearly in pain. "What have you done?!"
"That's the other half of my monster's effect; the affected monster loses 600 attack points!" Hu explained as his monster took flight. "Now then, attack Dark Blade!" Hu commanded and the monster flew towards the captain before cutting him in half bringing Marissa's life-points down to 7600. "I set this and end my turn, unless you have another Dark Blade your life-points are ours for the taking!" Hu added as Marissa drew her card.
"Getting the damn monster on the field isn't the problem; it's getting another Light-Type monster in the graveyard!" Marissa thought before looking at her drawn card. "I set this in defense mode and end my turn." Marissa announced and Chelsea didn't draw due to the effect of Damage Reflector.
"Okay, what did I draw thanks to Hu's Spellbook Inside the Pot?" Chelsea thought as she looked at the cards in her hand. "Burial from a Different Dimension, huh, I could combo this with Hu's monster." Chelsea thought before turning to Hu. "Can I borrow your monster?"
"Yes, by all means, please do." Hu responded as his monster made her way over to Chelsea's side of the field.
"Good, first I activate Burial from a Different Dimension! With this I take three of the monsters I've removed from play and return them to my graveyard." Chelsea said as she activated the Spell Card and retrieved A/D Changer, Wattcpbra and Damage Reflector and returned them to her graveyard before sending her Spell Card to the graveyard as well. "Now I remove A/D Changer from play to force Enraged Battle Ox into defense mode!"
"I think I can see where this is going!" Hu commented as the Minotaur crouched down.
"That's right! I detach her last Overlay Unit and use her effect to force Enraged Battle Ox back into attack mode!" Chelsea announced as the Ox stood up clearly in pain. "Now I'll summon my final Wattcobra!" Chelsea played the card and the small snake returned to the field. "Hopefully this will work this time! Photon…you know what? Fuck it! I'm not even going to try to pronounce the second half of her name!" Chelsea decided as a large sweat-drop rolled down her head. "Attack Enraged Battle Ox!" Chelsea commanded as the monster flew towards Enraged Battle Ox and cut it in half bringing Tony's life-points down to 7500.
"You really think that will stop us?" Tony growled and Chelsea grinned.
"Maybe not but this will put us on the right track! Wattcobra, attack Marissa's life-points directly!" Chelsea commanded and the monster leapt over Marissa's set monster before biting her and bringing her life-points down to 6600. "And that means I can finally use my damn monster's effect!" Chelsea added before picking up and searching through her deck, once she found the monster she was looking for she added it to her hand. "And I end my turn with a facedown card!" Chelsea set the card after she shuffled her deck and Tony drew his card.
"We may have lost our monsters but we can defend!" Tony thought before picking up and setting a card in defense mode. "I set this in defense mode and I end my turn." Tony set the monster down and Hu drew his card.
"I activate the Spell Card Instant Overlay! With this I target my XYZ monster and it instantly becomes an overlay unit!" Hu announced as the monster started glowing. "And guess what? My monster's effect applies to facedown monsters as well so I'll remove its overlay unit and use it on Marissa's facedown monster!" Hu announced as the monster flipped up revealing it to be another Obnoxious Celtic Guardian as its attack dropped to 1300. "Now I summon another Bear!" Hu played the card and Brotherhood of the Fire Fist – Bear appeared on the field and its attack increased to 1700. "Bear, attack Obnoxious Celtic Guardian!" Hu commanded and the bear charged towards the guardian before punching him and bringing Marissa's life-points down to 6200, he pointed to his remaining monster who charged in for a follow up attack bringing her life-points down to 4100. "That will do it for my turn!" Hu announced and Marissa drew her card.
"Ugh, we keep getting dead draws!" Marissa thought as she looked over her hand, she quickly set a monster and turned to Chelsea. "Take your damn turn already!" Marissa told her and Chelsea quickly drew her card.
"I activate Pot of Dichotomy! And no, I don't know what that means! Basically it's a watered down version of Avarice!" Chelsea played the card and took Damage Reflector, Wattaildragon and Electromagnetic Turtle from her graveyard. "It requires me to shuffle three monsters of different types into my deck, shuffle it and draw two cards." Chelsea added before shuffling her deck and drawing her cards. "Only downside is that I lose my battle phase!" Chelsea added before looking at her drawn cards and grinning. "But this makes up for it! I summon Agent of Creation – Venus!" Chelsea played the card and the blonde haired fairy appeared on the field (3/1600/0).
"I was wondering if you had that after you set Shine Ball earlier." Hu commented before raising an eyebrow. "Which brings me to my next question, why use that in a Watt Deck?"
"Yeah, I mean was it some kind of stealth pun because of your sexuality?" Marissa chimed in and Chelsea glared at her.
"I'm not even going to ask how you know I'm gay." Chelsea said as her eyes narrowed. "And on a personal note, I hate the cliché of fairies being associated with gay people as an insult; have you ever actually read the bible? I'm guessing no because if you did you'd know that fairies where pretty bad-ass in their own right!"
"Chelsea, you're rambling again." Hu commented as he face-palmed again and Chelsea shook her head.
"Wait, again?" Chloe asked with a look of confusion on her face.
"She went on a bit of a tangent earlier about how much hair-dye she uses in response to being called Smurfette." Ash responded and Chloe sweat-dropped when she heard that. "Though considering blue isn't a natural hair color I'd believe it."
"Anyway…." Chelsea trailed off as her life-points dropped to 6600. "I pay one thousand life-points to summon my other two Mystical Shine Balls!" Chelsea played the cards and the two mystical balls of light appeared on the field (2/500/500). "And now I use my balls…..anyone who even thinks of making a dirty joke at my expense will get a kick up the balls." Chelsea added and the boys started whistling innocently…..including Hu and Tony. "Whose side are you on?"
"You opened the floodgates by wording it like that." Hu pointed out and Chelsea's eyes narrowed. "Besides do you really want to argue again considering what happened last time?"
"…yeah, that's a good point actually!" Chelsea admitted as the overlay network opened up and the two Shine Balls where sucked in. "As I was saying, I use my MYSTICAL SHINE BALLS…." Chelsea yelled out as she glared at the males present. "To XYZ Summon Gachi Gachi Gantetsu in defense mode!" Chelsea played the card and the small rock ogre appeared on the field (Rank: 2/500/1800). "And since he has two overlay units he and the rest of our monsters gain four hundred attack points and defense points for each one!" Chelsea added as Wattcobra's attack went up to 1800, Gaichi's attack and defense went up to 900 and 2200 respectively, Venus's attack went up to 2000 and Hu's monsters' attacks went up to 2100 and 2500 respectively. "As much as I'd like to attack I gave up my battle phase earlier so that's all for now." Chelsea announced and Tony drew his card.
"I didn't think she, off all people, was a bible reader." Lance admitted with a sheepish grin. "And I'm not saying that because she's gay either."
"I come from a Christian family Lance." Chelsea answered as she looked up at him. "So yeah, I've read the bible, hell I read it whilst listening to metal." Chelsea added before sweat-dropping. "And yeah, it made coming out of the closet even more awkward than usual."
"I'm not sure if that explains a lot about her or not." Theresa commented as she scratched her head and Chelsea just shook her head.
"All I'm going to say is that I'm not exactly a regular church goer back home in Chicago." Chelsea answered as she waited for Tony to make his move.
"And I thought Victor and his cronies where weird." Tony muttered under his breath before looking at his drawn card. "I pass my turn I can't use the card I just drew!"
"Very well, the duel should be over soon anyway." Hu commented as he drew his cards. "Chelsea, I need Wattcobra and Venus."
"You didn't need to ask." Chelsea responded as her three monsters made their way over to Hu's side of the field.
"Good, Gorilla, attack Marissa's defense monster!" Hu commanded as the gorilla charged at the monster, revealing it to be another Dark Blade, which was quickly destroyed. "Photon, Venus, finish her off!" Hu commanded and the two female monsters launched their attacks bringing her life-points down to zero, Hu waited until the seal enclosed around her sealing her soul in the process before pointing to Wattcobra. "Wattcobra, attack his life-points directly!" Hu commanded and the snake leapt over his defense monster and bit Tony bringing his life-points down to 5700. "I end my turn but since I've eliminated your partner it goes straight to my partner's turn, face it, you're finished!"
"And if, for some reason, you don't believe my partner I'll show you!" Chelsea said as she played a card. "I activate Shield Crush! Say good-bye to your last monster!" Chelsea played the card and the facedown monster, revealed to be another Obnoxious Celtic Guardian, was destroyed. "Shame because that would've brought you another turn, not that I'm complaining." Chelsea added before turning to Hu.
"You're about to win us the duel yet your still asking if you can use my monsters." Hu commented with a chuckle as Chelsea grinned sheepishly. "Go for it." Hu told her and Chelsea nodded as his monsters made their way over to her side of the field.
"Gladly, okay guys let's bring this duel to a close!" Chelsea commanded and the monsters charged towards Tony before hitting their attacks bringing his life-points down to zero. "I'm glad that's over." Chelsea sighed to herself as the seal closed in around Tony.
"The feeling is mutual." Hu responded with a nod as they deactivated their duel disks. "Sorry about the argument but as I'm sure you can understand I tend to get passionate about dueling."
"Let me put it this way." Chelsea responded as she turned to him. "If I did complain about that then I may as well have been calling the kettle black." Chelsea responded with a grin as she turned to Marissa and Tony's unconscious forms. "So, who gets to tell the teachers this time?"
"I called Martin on the way over, he was in the middle of a meeting but he said that he'd send security over once I called him back to confirm that the duel was over." Theresa answered with a nod before frowning. "Something needs to be done about the security on the island during the duels, we've done well to keep the casualties as low as we have been but it's only a matter of time before another student gets captured, as you almost where Chelsea."
"What can I say? I like having a flare for the dramatic." Chelsea said with a sheepish grin before frowning. "You do that, I just want to head to my dorm room!"
"I don't blame you." Theresa nodded in understanding before turning to Hu. "Are you okay Hu?"
"I'll live." Hu responded before grinning. "But if you need an extra hand whenever you decide to go after those bastards just give me a call."
"Will do, I'm guessing Chelsea has your number?" Theresa asked and Hu nodded, the teens left without another word knowing that security would be there soon.
*meanwhile*
"What did I tell ya? That was a total waste of resources that could've been used to create new cards for them!" Jack pointed out over the earpiece. "I'm telling you Victor, these thugs we're hiring need to know their place."
"I know but I'll get to that later." Victor responded with a nod. "As for you, return to base, we need to plan our next move." Victor added and Jack nodded before hanging up.