(OOC Note: I didn't expect to have to do this but as a fan of TGWTG I feel the need to do this: this chapter is dedicated to the late Justin "JeWario" Carmichal)
It was a few minutes to go before the next tag team duel was set to begin and most of the students with Duel Spirit Guides were in Tyler's dorm room ready to watch the duel, all except for the two female Osiris Red Students that is.
"Silent Magician said that we needed to talk." Chloe told Chelsea as they found a quiet spot in the Obelisk Blue Boy's Dorm to talk, Chelsea sighed to herself quickly figuring out why. "When I joined this school that was one sentence I never thought I'd say unless I lost my mind but that's beside the point, she told me that something's bothering you and it's to do with the Orichalcos."
"You don't know the half if it Chloe." Chelsea sighed as she leaned against the wall. "Look, I know it's not exactly a memory your eager to remember but remember when you activated the Orichalcos last week?" Chelsea asked as she glanced around to make sure that no one was listening in, Chloe shuddered for a few moments before nodding. "That voice you mentioned, was it feminine in any way?" Chelsea asked and Chloe paused.
"No, it was definitely male." Chloe responded after thinking for a few moments and Chelsea shuddered. "What's wrong?"
"As I was packing up my laptop to move over to Tyler's dorm room I heard a demonic voice, a feminine one like I said." Chelsea answered and Chloe frowned clearly concerned for her roommate. "Here's the weird part, well, weirder, all she did was call out my name and nothing else."
"Is that why you asked if we heard anything?" Chloe asked and Chelsea nodded. "You sure it wasn't just your imagination?"
"Chloe that voice concerned Wattchimera enough to report it to Silent Magician, if that doesn't raise enough red flags to cover the entire island then I'm Mai Valentine!" Chelsea pointed out and Chloe nodded when she realized that her roommate had a point. "Besides, given everything that's happened these past few months I'm surprised that you're willing to dismiss it as an overactive imagination so quickly."
"I wasn't dismissing it, I just wanted to make sure that my bases where covered." Chloe answered with a frown. "You think they'll attack you in your dreams again? Like they did to me and Andreas?"
"I'm not sure and quite frankly I'd rather not think about that." Chelsea answered as she folded her arms. "Did you get anything like that recently? I mean besides the Orichalcos Duel?" Chelsea asked and Chloe shook her head.
"If I did I would've gone down to the shrink's office weeks ago." Chloe answered and Chelsea nodded. "You ever considered doing that?"
"You mean in general?" Chelsea asked and she sighed when Chloe nodded. "Chloe I have enough trouble opening up to you and Beth about my past, how am I supposed to do that with a guy who's old enough to be my granddad with a PHD in Psychology?"
"Chelsea, my first few months in foster care were mostly spent talking to a child psychologist that worked with the DA office, to help them build a case against my dad." Chloe said as she took a deep breath. "I'm sure I don't need to explain why I don't want to go into detail but I turned out fine, for the most part."
"Chloe, no offense but you were seven years old and a child abuse victim, me? The one time I was worried about how my dad would react to anything was when I came out of the closet." Chelsea responded as she glanced up at her roommate.
"Not even when you punched that pro-duelist?" Chloe asked and Chelsea shook her head.
"I pretty much knew how he was going to react once I came to my senses, let me tell ya, that was the only time I ever dreaded coming home from school." Chelsea answered with a frown. "And besides, I have been to see shrinks before, numerous times; I think you can guess why."
"You went to see them because of your anger issues?" Chloe asked and Chelsea nodded. "Didn't go well?"
"Not at all, the last time it seemed like one of those guys got through to me was the one who suggested me taking up a sport which led to me joining a karate club, haven't been to one since." Chelsea responded as she leaned against the wall. "All I'm saying is that I and shrinks don't get along well."
"Maybe you've just been visiting the wrong ones." Theresa's voice rang out and the two girls looked up seeing Theresa standing nearby. "Anyway, unless you want to miss the opening move I suggest you guys hurry."
"Oh crap, thanks Theresa." Chloe responded once she looked at her watch and the two girls followed Theresa to Tyler's Dorm Room. "So, how much of that conversation did you overhear?"
"Just the parts about Chelsea's anger issues but I knew what you were originally talking about thanks to Armed Dragon." Theresa answered with a nod. "You have any idea where that voice came from Chelsea?"
"No, I don't." Chelsea answered as she folded her arms. "And considering a demonic voice led to Chloe activating the Orichalcos I'd rather not think on that too hard."
"Yeah well if anything else happens let us know ASAP." Chloe responded and Chelsea nodded in response as the three women reached Tyler's dorm room. Theresa opened the door and held it open for the two Osiris Red Students before entering the room herself. "We didn't miss anything, did we?" Chloe asked as she took a seat near Tyler's computer and Chelsea started setting up her laptop.
"No, the participants haven't arrived yet but as you can see the stream's switched to the arena so the match should be starting soon." Tyler responded as he shifted his weight. "And before you ask my ego isn't too bruised from being eliminated this early in the tournament."
"Well, regardless I think Brandon just took your title for best duelist in the school." Lance commented and Tyler shook his head.
"I have lost before and, much like my last duel, I lost the match by the skin of my teeth." Tyler responded before frowning. "If I can be honest though, I think I would've done better if my duel was on a different day like tomorrow or Monday because at least then I would've had time to prepare my deck, that or just sticking to my psychic deck in general." Tyler added and Marcus shook his head.
"It would've been a close match no matter which deck you used." Marcus responded with a frown. "If anything I wish I had a method of summoning the Blue-Eyes White Dragon sooner."
"The only way I can think off is if you drew Mind Trust and Blue-Eyes White Dragon in that order." Tyler responded as Chelsea finished setting up her laptop. "Oh yes, before I forget, the line-up for the promotion duels on Saturday was announced."
"It's about time!" Chelsea said with a grin as she hit the power button on her laptop. "Who's facing who?"
"Chloe and Lance are facing off in the first match of the day, Chelsea is facing Martin, Marcus is facing Hamden, Andreas is facing Maria and Beth's taking on Jeff." Tyler responded and Chloe and Lance quickly exchanged excited looks at the prospect of facing off. "There are other students competing but those are the ones that affect the students in this room."
"Well, it looks like I'm getting a chance at revenge on Martin for all the times his restrictions have screwed me over in Duel Theory." Chelsea said with a grin as she took a sip of her drink. "Glad to see Beth's up for promotion as well, at least then we won't have to walk far if either of us get in the mood for sex."
"That's provided she wins off course." Tyler pointed out and Chelsea frowned. "Besides Jeff is in the position he's in for a reason, his Gravekeeper deck is very powerful and with the new Gravekeeper cards it's even more powerful than it was in Battle City."
"That deck's even stronger? Crap, now I'm glad that I'm not facing him!" Chloe realized once she heard that and Tyler blinked. "I had an unofficial match against him just before the Battle City Semi-Finals began, it was close but he beat me."
"As for how the match came about…..I don't think Chloe would be comfortable with me discussing it with her in the room." Lance added and Chloe nodded in agreement. "To put it as simply as I can, it involved her biological dad."
"Yeah, I think I get the idea." Chelsea said as she shifted her weight. "So I'm taking on Martin, anyone know what deck he runs? The only idea I have is some kind of Chess theme and that's because I had several games of chess with him whilst you guys were looking for that thief last week, I lost all of them but still."
"No one knows because it's rare that he can find the time to duel." Tyler responded and Chelsea frowned at that. "He is known to be an excellent duelist though; he was a pro league duelist before he was hired by Kaiba."
"Okay, does anyone have any footage from his pro-league days then?" Chelsea asked and Tyler thought for a moment.
"If I where you I'd check the internet for that, there's bound to be footage of him somewhere." Tyler responded before looking up at the screen. "Anyway, it looks like the duel's about to begin."
*back at the duel field*
"Welcome back to the ninth day of the tournament!" Martin announced over the PA system and the crowd cheered. "In our next match the controversial Obelisk Blue team of Jessica Stevens and Cameron Matthews will take on Osiris Red's Keri Harmon and Lacey Morse!" Martin added and the crowd's cheers quickly turned to boos as spotlights shone on the four duelists. "Also be sure to check the website as the line-up for this Saturday's promotion duels has been announced!"
"Is this really necessary?" Jessica moaned as she and Cameron stepped onto the arena where their opponents where waiting for them. "Everyone knows we have this match in the bag!"
"Everyone thought that about their opponents in the last round and look at who we're facing!" Cameron pointed out as he stepped onto the arena and helped his girlfriend up. "Relax we'll finish them off in five turns!"
"Tell me Jessica, does he always finish that early when he's with you?" Keri asked with a smirk and Cameron blushed furiously once he realized what she was implying, back at the dorm room Chelsea, Marcus, Lance and Andreas simply started laughing hysterically when they heard that. "Besides, I think your friends made a similar boast."
"You mean FORMER friends!" Jessica said as she glared at the two girls. "I refuse to associate with anyone who is beaten by an Osiris Red Reject!"
"Then why do you hang around with Cameron and Thomas? Cameron was almost beaten by Chloe and if it weren't for that dirty trick he pulled he would've lost! Lacey chimed in and Cameron's eyes narrowed when he heard that. "Unlike Thomas, who practically handed Chloe the cards to defeat him with on a silver platter!"
"First off as far as we're concerned the duel between me and Chloe never happened." Cameron growled as he glared at the two girls. "Second, Thomas made it very clear to us that Chloe must've cheated somehow in her match with him!"
"WAIT, WHAT?!" Chloe yelled out as she pushed through the other students in the room so she could get a closer look. "Is he for real? I never cheated in my match with him!"
"First off, thanks for yelling in my ear." Lance moaned as he rubbed his ear in pain. "Second, me and Tyler where there as well, I don't know about him but all your moves in that match seemed by the book to me!"
"I agree with Lance, it seems to me that Thomas is using that as an excuse to try to save face with the other Obelisk Blue Students." Tyler responded with a nod. "It's not exactly the first time something like that has happened in fact it happened to Chelsea during her first week at the academy."
"You just had to remind me of that bullshit, didn't you?" Chelsea asked with a frown on her face. "I'll admit, I'm not exactly the most graceful loser in the school but I'll never resort to cheating even if my back's against the wall in a duel." Chelsea added before sighing. "Unfortunately despite me getting practically every other girl in the Osiris Red Dorm to back me up the technicians still had to review the footage to shut up that Obelisk Blue student."
"But not before you kicked him in the balls for putting you through that." Lance added and Chelsea nodded. "Who was it again?"
"I think it was Clement, the other friend of Cameron and Jessica's who was eliminated in the last round." Chelsea said before shaking her head. "Doesn't matter, I'm just glad that he decided to not report me for the nut-kicking incident, let's just focus on the duel!"
*back at the duel*
"Now that the argument has settled….." Martin trailed off as he cleared his throat. "The order will be as follows, Cameron, then Keri, then Jessica and then Lacey." Martin announced and the four duelists changed their positions on the arena to reflect the order. "Also, Jessica, Cameron, any derogatory remarks made towards the opponents or any slanderous remarks made about Chloe Richardson will result in your immediate disqualification, am I clear?" Martin added and Jessica went to object but Cameron stopped her and shook his head. "Good, now let the duel begin!" Martin added and the four duelists drew their opening hands.
"This will be over quickly." Cameron muttered as he drew a card and looked at it. "I activate a Spell Card called Veil of Darkness!" Cameron played the card and the Continuous Spell Card appeared on the field. "I'll get to its effect next turn but first I'll set another card facedown and a monster in defense mode to end my turn." Cameron set the other two cards and Keri drew her card.
"I activate One for One! I discard one monster from my hand to Special Summon a Level One Monster from my deck!" Lacey played the card and discarded the monster from her hand, seconds later Tuningware appeared on the field (1/100/300) in defense mode and she sent her Spell Card to the graveyard without another word.
"Knowing your deck that card is likely Quilbolt Hedgehog." Cameron commented as Lacey finished shuffling her deck. "Your deck is so predictable."
"My deck is predictable yet you run a Steelswarn deck and a Burn deck respectively." Lacey commented as she rolled her eyes. "But I guess it's alright if an Obelisk Blue student uses a predictable deck! Anyway I set a card facedown and I end my turn." Lacey set the card down and Jessica drew her card.
"There's no way I can summon Acid Golem right now." Jessica thought with a frown as she looked over her hand. "But I can still cause some damage!" Jessica thought before playing a card. "I activate Wave-Motion Cannon!" Jessica announced as a large cannon appeared on the field. "But you don't have to worry about that yet, next I activate Dark Room of Nightmare!" Jessica added as the second Spell Card appeared on the field. "I set three cards facedown and end my turn."
"I bet you're glad that Heavy Storm was banned before this duel!" Keri commented as she drew her card. "Setting five cards on the field would've been suicide back when Heavy Storm was legal, thankfully for her it's not but I picked up a few tricks from our last opponents!" Keri thought before playing her drawn card and, to Cameron and Jessica's shock, Lonefire Blossom appeared on the field (3/500/1400).
"How did you get your hands on that card?" Jessica demanded as Keri sent Lonefire Blossom to the graveyard and once the monster's hologram shattered she started searching through her deck. "Did you steal it from Esther?"
"No!" Keri snapped at her as she played the card. "I brought it from the card shop last week after we kicked their asses! I thought it would work well in my deck! Anyway using Lonefire Blossom's effect I special summon Copy Plant!" Keri played the card and a second monster appeared on the field, this time it was a large brown humanoid that seemed to sprout up from the earth (1/0/0). "Next I activate Miracle Fertilizer! With this I can target one Plant Type Monster in my graveyard and bring it back!" Keri added as the monster returned to the field. "And whilst I'm at it I'll activate Copy Plant's effect, with it I can target one Plant Type Monster on the field and for the rest of the turn Copy Plant's level becomes equal to Lonefire's!" Keri added as Copy Plant's level increased to three.
"What's the point of all this?" Jessica asked as she looked unimpressed. "Actually, don't answer that!" Jessica said as her trap card flipped up. "I activate Secret Barrel! With this I can inflict damage to the two of you equal to the number of cards in your hand and on the field X200!" Jessica added and the two girls winced as their life-points dropped to 6700. "And don't forget about Dark Room of Nightmare! This Spell Card inflicts an extra three-hundred points of damage on top of that!" Jessica added as the two girls' life-points dropped to 6400.
"I set a card facedown and end my turn." Keri set the card down and Cameron drew his card.
"Well would you look at that! I just drew a Dark Type Monster!" Cameron said before sending it to the graveyard. "And since I have Veil of Darkness in play I can send it to the graveyard to draw another card." Cameron added as he drew again. "Unfortunately that effect only applies during the draw phase but I'll make do." Cameron added before looking at his drawn card. "Now I banish the monster I just discarded, Stygian Street Patrol…. (4/1600/1200)" Cameron added as he pocketed the monster. "So that I can special summon one Fiend Type Monster with two thousand or less attack points from my hand, I summon Steelswarn Scout!" Cameron played the card and a small black insect appeared on the field that closely resembled a beetle (2/200/0).
"I think I can see where this is going." Lacey commented and Keri nodded in agreement.
"Let me show you how right or wrong you are then, I tribute Steelswarn Scout in order to summon Steelswarn Girastag to the field in attack mode!" Cameron played the card and Steelswarn Scout vanished from the field, in its place stood a massive insect like monster that was black and red in color (7/2600/0). "Before you say anything about the number of monsters I just sacrificed for his summon know this, when Girastag is tribute summoned I can treat one Steelswarn monster as the tribute!"
"Why do I get a feeling that that's not his only effect?" Keri asked and Cameron smirked.
"Your right and it costs me one-thousand life-points!" Cameron added as his life-points dropped to seven-thousand. "I target one card my opponent controls and send it to the graveyard, in exchange I will get back the 1000 points I've paid! I think I'll target Tuningware!"
"I don't think so! I discard Effect Veiler from my hand to negate that big ugly bug's effect!" Keri announced as she discarded the monster and the massive bug doubled over in pain.
"For starters, despite their appearance all of my Steelswarn monsters are fiends!" Cameron said before smirking. "But it doesn't matter, Girastag's effect may be negated but its ability to attack isn't! Girastag, attack Tuningware!" Cameron commanded and the massive bug flew towards the much smaller machine before crushing it. "Fortunately your pathetic machine monster was in defense mode because otherwise your life-points would have a large dent in them, so instead I'll end my turn." Cameron announced and Lacey drew her card.
"Great, I have Machine Duplication but no way of adding Junk Synchron to my hand." Lacey thought as she looked over her hand. "My facedown card's risky but if it worked for Chloe during her expulsion duel it'll work for me!" Lacey thought before activating her trap. "I activate Reckless Greed!"
"You have to be truly desperate to risk losing two of your draw phases for two more draws." Jessica scoffed as her own trap flipped up. "I chain Reckless Greed with my Quick-Play Spell Card Chain Strike! Since I activated this at Chain Link 2 you take 800 points of damage each!" Jessica added and the two girls winced as their life-points dropped to 5600. "Now, is there something I'm forgetting? Oh yeah, Dark Room of Nightmare's effect also kicks in!" Jessica said mockingly and the two girls winced as their life-points dropped to 5300. "You may as well give up whilst you have the chance! Our life-points are untouched and you've lost 2700 life-points each!"
"We beat your friends and we'll beat you!" Lacey said before quickly snatching up her two cards from her deck and sent her trap card to the graveyard. "Perfect!" Lacey thought before playing another card. "We won't have to worry about Dark Room of Nightmare anymore! I activate Mystical Space Typhoon to destroy it!" Lacey added as the storm washed over the field….
"You'd like it to be that easy, wouldn't you?" Cameron asked as his trap card flipped up. "I activate Curse of Royal! Since Mystical Space Typhoon would've destroyed Dark Room of Nightmare this negates it and destroys it!" Cameron added as the storm subsided and the Spell Card's hologram shattered.
"Damn it! Now we'll have to put up with the extra damage for a few more turns!" Lacey thought as she picked up the other card she had drawn. "On the other hand if we can beat them before they can bring out Acid Golem we'll be okay!" Lacey thought before setting the monster down. "I set a monster in defense mode and a card facedown to end my turn." Lacey announced and Jessica drew her card.
"Not something I can XYZ for Acid Golem with but still a useful card." Jessica thought as Wave-Motion Cannon powered up. "It's been a turn since I activated Wave-Motion Cannon which means that if I send it to the graveyard now I could inflict one-thousand points of damage to you…but I won't…." Jessica said before setting her drawn card. "I set this card facedown and I end my turn." Jessica announced and Keri blinked before drawing her card.
"It's your loss." Keri responded as Copy Plant glowed again. "First I activate Copy Plant's effect, which I use to copy Lonefire Blossom's Level." Keri announced as Copy Plant's level increased to three whilst Lonefire Blossom disappeared from the field again. "I activate Lonefire Blossom's effect sending it to the graveyard so I can summon something with a bit more punch! Lord Poison!" Keri played the card and a hideous plant like being appeared on the field (4/1500/1000).
"Ugh, I've never seen something so ugly!" Jessica gagged as she stared down the monster.
"Well, it's pretty obvious that you've never looked in a mirror." Keri retorted and Jessica's jaw dropped when she heard that comment. "What's the matter? Can't handle the truth?"
"You'll pay for that comment you reject!" Jessica growled and Keri smirked.
"Yeah, this reject eliminated two of your fellow Obelisk Blue Students so I'd watch who you threw those comments around!" Keri retorted as she discarded a card. "Next I discard Pinecorno from my hand to Special Summon Acorno!" Keri played the card and an orange acorn appeared on the field before sprouting arms, legs and comically large green eyes (1/200/400).
"Cute, but I don't see the point." Cameron commented as Keri retrieved a monster from her graveyard.
"I'll show you the point! When Pinecorno is sent to the graveyard by the effect of Acorno I can Special Summon him to the field!" Keri explained as a young boy with acorn like hair appeared on the field (1/400/200).
"You're lucky I didn't draw another copy of Secret Barrel!" Jessica scoffed as she stared at the four monsters. "And I still don't see the point of it! All you've done this turn is summon four weak monsters!"
"Let me put this as simply as your tiny brain can comprehend!" Keri retorted and Jessica's eyes narrowed at that comment. "Copy Plant is a Tuner Monster! And I'm tuning all four of my monsters together!" Keri added as the four monsters leapt into the air, Copy Plant dissolved into three Synchro Rings that quickly surrounded Lord Poison, Pincorno and Acorno.
"Wait, there's a Level Nine Synchro Monster?" Jessica asked and Keri chuckled as the bright flash enveloped the field.
"You're in Obelisk Blue but you don't know that whilst you call me pathetic?" Keri scoffed as she retrieved the monster and she went to make another comment but thought better of it. "I would make a joke about who you've slept with but I'd rather not get in serious trouble with the teachers! I use my monsters to Synchro Summon Mist Wurm!"
"Oh no, not that card!" Cameron realized as the monster appeared on the field, it was a massive purple worm that looked to be the size of a skyscraper (9/2500/1500).
"You had me worried for a minute but that monster's pretty pathetic for a Level 9 Monster!" Jessica scoffed as she stared down the monster. "Then again, what should I expect from an Osiris Red….."
"Jessica, shut up!" Cameron interrupted her and Jessica turned to her boyfriend in surprise. "That monster is a lot more powerful than it looks! For one thing when it's Synchro Summoned its controller can return up to three cards the opponent controls to their hand!"
"WHAT?" Jessica yelled out as it hit her.
"Your boyfriend's right Jessica, in fact we added this card to our decks to combat Cameron's Steelswarn monsters!" Lacey chimed in as the worm let out a mighty roar. "I target Cameron's monster, Dark Room of Nightmare and Wave-Motion Cannon!"
"In that case I may as well save face! I activate my trap card Fairy Wind!" Jessica announced as her facedown card flipped up. "With this I destroy all other face-up Spell and Trap cards on the field but both teams will take damage for each card destroyed times three-hundred!"
"That's nine hundred points each!" Cameron added and the four duelists winced as each Spell Card was destroyed bringing Cameron and Jessica's life-points down to 7100 whilst bringing Lacey and Keri's life-points down to 4500.
"I was saving this for when I had more cards on the field but I'll make do." Jessica added as Steelswarn Girastag disappeared from the field. "And besides, Cameron has plenty of ways to bring back his bugs!"
"Fiends….." Cameron corrected her but went ignored.
"If I where you I'd be more worried about yourself!" Keri responded before pointing to Mist Wurm. "Mist Wurm, attack her life-points directly!" Keri commanded and the massive worm charged forward before hitting her in the face bringing Jessica's life-points down to 4600. "Wouldn't exactly be the first time you've taken something that big and phallic to the face…..."
"Shut up! Shut up your fucking reject!" Jessica snapped at her before picking up a card. "That move just proves why this school would be better off without Osiris Red or Obelisk Blue! I summon Gorz the Emissary of Darkness!" Jessica played the card and the infamous warrior appeared on the field (7/2700/2500). "And since I summoned it through the battle damage effect I can summon an Emissary of Darkness Token!" Jessica added as the younger warrior appeared on the field (7/?/?) and thanks to the token's effect its attack increased to 2500. "What do you have to say about that?"
"I set a card facedown and end my turn." Keri announced and Cameron drew his card.
"Good to see that bitch being taken down a peg." Chelsea said with a grin as she watched the duel. "She may have been able to summon Gorz but if Keri's facedown card is what I think it is then they are in big trouble!"
"Agreed, but at the same time I can't help but feel that Keri took too much of a risk in that move." Tyler commented with a frown. "For starters she left two very weak monsters on the field in attack mode where they would've been better off in defense mode, was she that willing to risk the possibility of Cameron not attacking her plants?"
"Maybe she was hoping that her trap card would scare him off." Chloe chimed in whilst sharing Chelsea's grin. "But I agree Gorz is a big problem for them right now."
"I remember facing that thing in my first Orichalcos Duel." Theresa commented with a sigh. "The only reason I won is that my opponent was dumb enough to attack even though I had set a facedown card on my previous turn which ended up being Magic Cylinder, though he was kind of an idiot."
"What do you mean?" Chloe asked and Theresa sighed.
"Whilst I was looking through his cards to claim his rarest card I realized that he had drawn MST on his last turn, if he had activated it….." Theresa added before shuddering. "Let's just keep watching the duel, okay?" Theresa asked and the others nodded in agreement.
*back at the duel*
"Jessica, I need your monsters." Cameron said and Jessica nodded as Gorz and the token made their way over to his side of the field. "Gorz, attack Mist Wurm!"
"Thanks!" Keri said with a grin as her trap card flipped up. "I activate Mirror Force!"
"WHAT? NO!" Jessica yelled out as Gorz's attack was reflected back at the two monsters destroying them. "Cameron, what have you done?!"
"Leave it to me." Cameron sighed before picking up the monster he had drawn and setting it. "I set a monster in defense mode to end my turn." Cameron announced and Lacey drew her card.
"Good, we've taken out several of their heavy hitters and if we can keep this up we can win!" Lacey thought before frowning. "But not THE heavy hitter, Acid Golem is still in Jessica's extra deck and if she draws into Tour Guide from the Underworld…." Lacey thought before shuddering and playing the card she had just drawn. "I activate Tuning! With this Spell Card I can take one Synchron Tuner Monster from my deck and add it to my hand." Lacey announced before picking up and searching through her deck, once she found the monster she was looking for she added it to her hand and shuffled her deck before milling a card. "Bad news is that I have to mill a card from my deck afterwards."
"Her deck runs Junk Synchron and presumably the other Synchron Monsters." Cameron thought with a frown as she sent her Spell Card to the graveyard. "Not exactly much of a drawback."
"And for my normal summon I bring out Junk Synchron!" Lacey played the card and the small, cute orange robot appeared on the field (3/1300/500). "I activate his effect to Special Summon Tuningware from the graveyard!" Lacey added as the small machine returned to the field in defense mode. "And finally I activate Machine Duplication!"
"Here we go again." Cameron sighed as two more Tuningwares appeared on the field in defense mode. "You realize that summoning Junk Destroyer at this time would be a waste because we don't have many cards on our side of the field, do you?"
"I wouldn't exactly call it a waste because you still have two monsters on your side of the field!" Lacey pointed out as Junk Synchron and the three Tuningwares leapt into the air. "I tune Junk Synchron and my Tuningwares together to Synchro Summon Junk Destroyer!" Lacey announced and once the bright flash faded from the field the massive, transformer like robot appeared on the field (8/2600/2500).
"Now you'll draw three cards thanks to Tuningware." Cameron commented and Lacey nodded as she drew three cards.
"And through the effect of Junk Destroyer I destroy Cameron's facedown monsters!" Lacey announced as the robot fired its weapons at the two monsters destroying them. "Junk Destroyer, attack Cameron's life-points directly!" Lacey commanded and the robot fired its weapons at Cameron brining his life-points down to 5400. "I end my turn." Lacey announced and Jessica drew her card.
"I need to get rid of those cards and fast!" Jessica thought before looking at her drawn card and grinning. "If you were hoping that I wouldn't summon Acid Golem in this duel…sorry to disappoint you! I summon Tour Guide from the Underworld!" Jessica played the card and the infamous Tour Guide appeared on the field (3/1000/600). "I use her effect to summon another Tour Guide!" Jessica added as a second Tour Guide appeared on the field. "And I use them to build the Overlay Network!"
"Shit, not this again!" Lacey commented with a gulp as the Overlay Network opened up and the two Tour Guides where sucked in, seconds later the dreaded Acid Golem of Destruction appeared on the field with a roar (Rank: 3/3000/3000). "You know as well as I do that that monster's a liability as long as it's on your side of the field!"
"Oh, I know." Jessica said with a grin before playing a card. "So here's another card you'll recognize from our last tag team duel! I activate Onmi-Gami Combo!" Jessica played the card and sent the two Tour Guides to the graveyard. "And I'll chain it with Forbidden Chalice!" Jessica added as the golem grunted in pain as its attack increased to 3400.
"Even if you attack twice I still have my facedown monster!" Lacey pointed out and Jessica grinned before playing the Spell Card Nobleman of Crossout, Lacey's eyes widened as the knight charged towards her facedown monster, revealed to be another Quilbot Hedgehog, which was quickly destroyed.
"Not even your pathetic defenses can save you now! Acid Golem, attack Junk Destroyer!" Jessica commanded and the monster punched right through the robot bringing Lacey's life-points down to 3300. "Acid Golem, use your second attack to attack Lacey directly and finish her off!" Jessica commanded and the Golem threw another fist hitting the young student in the stomach and bringing her life-points down to zero. "And now for the Coup de Grace, I activate Creature Swap! I'll take Mist Wurm and you pathetic rejects take Acid Golem!" Jessica announced as the two monsters swapped places. "I end my turn but you may as well surrender!" Jessica announced and Keri drew her card and as soon as her standby phase began their life-points took a hit bringing Keri's down to 2500.
"You are nothing but a cowardly bitch! What's the matter with you? Can't beat us without forcing us into a bullshit lock? And you call us pathetic!" Keri growled as she looked over her hand which consisted of nothing but monsters that could only be Special Summoned, in other words her hand was useless due to Acid Golem's effect, Keri gritted her teeth before sighing and surrendering without another word.
"Here are the winners of the match, Jessica Stevens and Cameron Matthews!" Martin announced over the PA system and the crowd booed whilst only a few of them, namely Obelisk Blue Students, cheered. "That's all for today's duels but tune in tomorrow where we'll have two more action packed matches! First Lemuel Hicks and Kenny Maynard of Osiris Red and Ra Yellow will take on another controversial team in Rajin Kanda and Thomas Newborne!" Martin announced and the crowd's boos increased as it was obvious that Thomas's actions in the last round had not been forgotten. "After that Kimberly and Nathan Troy of Obelisk Blue will take on Sirocco Stanley of Osiris Red and Miranda Kaiba of Obelisk Blue!"
"I guess that's another pair of duels we'll be watching from this room." Chelsea commented with a frown and the others nodded in agreement. "I'm surprised that Thomas is still in the tournament after that bullshit he pulled in the last round!"
"I don't like it either Chelsea but technically he didn't break any rules." Theresa sighed in resignation as she turned to her friend. "At the moment the only way he'll get eliminated is if his team gets eliminated and we'll just have to hope that Lemuel and Kenny can do the job."
"Honestly I'm hoping they don't because I'd rather be the one who eliminates his team." Chloe admitted and Theresa turned to her. "The asshole's been claiming that I cheated in our match to win ever since I beat him so I kind of want to give his ego another kick in the nuts."
"And I'll be happy to see that happen and help you along the way." Chelsea nodded in agreement as she turned to Chloe. "So the duels are over, what are our plans now?"
"I have a class to get to." Theresa responded once she checked her time-table. "I have Duel Theory with Martin."
"I'll be joining you then." Chelsea said as she checked her time-table. "Chloe, you mind making sure that my laptop gets back to our dorm room? I don't have time to make a quick detour to the Osiris Red Girl's Dorm and the last time I left it in here it ended up being stolen."
"I'm on it." Chloe nodded and Chelsea grinned before quickly packing up her laptop and handing the bag to Chloe. "You mind if I leave it in the bag?"
"That's fine." Chelsea nodded in response as the students started leaving the dorm room. "Have you had any progress Wattchimera?"
"I'm afraid not, if I find something I'll let you know." Wattchimera answered as Chelsea left Tyler's dorm room.
*meanwhile*
"So, you say that the machine will be ready to attack Chelsea Cunningham tonight?" Victor asked Dr. Schwartz over the phone as he sat behind the desk. "Remember, this is a delicate operation and if it fails I'm holding you responsible."
"I know Victor but don't worry, I have it under control." Dr. Schwartz answered and Victor nodded. "Her soul will be ours."