The smell of moisture filled Darren's nostrils. He scratched at his ribs and stretched his limbs. He slowly opened his eyes and took in the surrounding. When his thoughts registered in his mind, a look of udder horror washed over his face. He wasn't lying in his hotel room. He wasn't sure he was even on Earth. The sky had an angry red glow with that was partially blocked out by orange clouds. But the ground had a yellow/green tint that looked like old vegetables. And there was nobody around. It looked like he was in a city. Well, the remains of a city. The structures were in ruins. Bricks were scattered over the ground. And what looked like bones were mixed up with the litter.
'Where am I? I don't remember ever hearing about a place like this', Darren thought. He closed his eyes in deep concentration. He opened them with frustration on his face. 'Right now, I wish I didn't sleep in geography class every day'. He looked around the scene again. 'I get a bad feeling from this place'. He stood up and walked slowly through the city. His eyes darted from side to side. He looked for the slightest sign of life. But the only trace that anything had once inhabited this wasteland were the bone-like objects on the ground.
'Those can't be bones. They look like burned rocks. It's just the shape. They're not bones, just rocks', he assured himself. The looming clouds hung low over the city like they were spying on him. Darren stopped walking and looked around when he heard a faint scraping sound coming from his right. He noticed there were two damaged walls with space between them. 'That must have been an alley. But what's that noise?', he pondered. He crept down the alley and peeked around the corner. He quickly withdrew his head and his breathing intensified. He peered back around to make sure he wasn't hallucinating. A creature one two legs had its back to Darren. It's tan body was hunched over and it looked like it was working on something. Darren watched the creature move its arms in front of itself. A bead of sweat ran down Darren's cheek and fell off his chin. He looked down to see the droplet touch the ground. The creature stopped and stood up tall. Even from here, Darren knew the monster was bigger than him.
'Oh hell, there is no way it could have heard that'. The monster turned around with a demonic snarl on its face. In its right hand was one of the black rocks that looked like bones. Its left arm ended at the wrist. Instead of a hand, a long, sharp blade protruded like a sword. The monster growled and leapt high into the air. Darren turned and ran through the alley before turning and running down what was probably once a road. He looked back to see the monster chasing after him, gaining on him. Darren tipped and fell. He flipped over to face his pursuer. The monster stopped and was slowly moving in on its prey. Darren held up his left arm and for the first time since he arrived, he noticed there was a duel disk on his arm.
"So you want to play?" he called. He drew a card from the deck. "I summon, hey what the?! This isn't my deck. I haven't used this card since I moved to the city". He pulled another one out. "Or this one. Well a monster's a monster. Go Karbonala Warrior". His monster was a knight in dark purple armor. A sturdy sword was in its hands. "Attack that thing with Karbon Blade Strike". The knight raised its sword, but the monster was faster. While the Karbonala's hands were up, the creature stabbed it in the chest. The warrior bust into pieces. "Okay, we don't have to play", Darren said. He jumped up and started running again. He heard the crashing footsteps of the beast behind him. Darren saw a large clearing up ahead. It looked like it might have been the town square. It was a round area with no buildings. Darren's heart plummeted six feet underground. The clearing was a hole in the ground. An abyss with no visible bottom. There were three stairs around the edge. He turned to face the monster, but it had stopped. Darren took a step sideways and was about to run when something changed his mind.
A red bear with a rabid look in its eyes was standing directly in front of him. Chains were wrapped around the bear. The beast growled at Darren. "Good boy Pandemonium", echoed a deep voice (like Titan from Yu-Gi-Oh GX). Darren looked across the pit and saw a monster like the first one, but more majestic and in robes. It was walking over the hole, right on the air. "There's no use running child. You will never escape my Vilepawn or my Watchbear. The look on Darren's face was angry and fearful.
"Where is this place?" Darren asked. The tall beast laughed deeply. Darren cringed at the sound.
"You must be joking child. This is the grand city Pandemonium. The city of the Archfiends", he answered. He stepped onto the ground next to Darren. He towered over Darren at almost twice his height.
"What happened here? Why is it in ruins?" Darren pushed. The thing's face became darker.
"Ruins? This place is beautiful. I suppose your human eyes don't let you see that. To you, the city that was once here was perfect. But the power of Pandemonium has put an end to that urban wasteland. The city and its inhabitants are gone".
"What happened to them?"
"My, you do ask a lot of questions child". The man grinned. "They're dead. Vaporized by the very power of Pandemonium. All that remains are the charred bones of which my subjects eat". Darren saw the Vilepawn that had been chasing him earlier chewing on one of the black rocks. "And the same shall happen to you child, unless you swear on your life to serve me. Otherwise, you'll end up like all the others". The monster narrowed its eyes on Darren. Darren quickly snatched a card from his duel disk. "Stupid boy", the monster said. He pushed Darren into the hole before he could summon a monster.
Darren landed in the hole and looked up. The bottom wasn't that far down. The monster looked into the hole and grinned. "You brought it upon yourself child". The monster raised its right arm and black clouds filled the sky. They parted to make a ring. The sky behind was now green. In the blink of an eye, the three rings that were steps glowed green and a green beam of energy fired down into the hole on Darren.
Darren jumped up and landed on his but. Something was draped around his head. He pulled it off and was blinded by sunlight. He squinted so he could see. He looked up and noticed he was sitting on the floor next to his bed.
"Must have only been a dream", he said to himself. His heart was pounding on the inside of his chest and sweat was running down his face. He stood up and looked at the clock next to his hotel bed. "I still have a half hour. I have time to get myself clean". Darren took a quick shower and got dressed. He flipped through his deck and took a quick glance through his spare cards. "Hmm, these cards might come in handy. I'll give them a try". He looked at the alarm clock as it read 8:53. "I guess I should get going". He walked down the hall and hopped into the elevator. He noticed that the other people on the ride down had their duel disks as well. They all looked at him with determined looks. But one shorter boy stood by the button panel. He was the only one who didn't look at Darren. His dark brown hair was combed into a part. He wore round glasses and a white button up shirt. He never took his eyes off the button panel, watching the lights go down. The ceiling let out a soft 'Ding', and the doors opened. The duelists filed out of the small room and left the hotel. They walked as a group across the street to the tournament building. Darren examined each on of them. Not a single one looked any better than him.
'Maybe I was lucky enough to get paired up with a bunch of nobodies', Darren hoped. They entered the building and split up. There wasn't much talking in this building. 'I guess everyone is serious from this point on. I just have to remember, none of them have anymore wins in this thing than I do. They're all the same as me. The only difference is I'm gonna win'. He looked up at the monitor and the screen lit up, revealing the pairs of the next round. Darren looked for a few seconds and saw his name. 'Zerrato, huh?' The pictures of the duelists showed up next to the names and Darren couldn't believe his eyes. He whipped his head around to see the short boy from the elevator coming toward him. Something Darren hadn't noticed earlier was a necklace the boy had. It looked like a king from a fancy chess set.
"Are you ready for your last Kingda Ka Duel?" the boy asked right away. Darren stared blankly at the kid.
'Who does this dork think he's kidding? He looks too young to even be in this tournament. But whatever. If he wants to lose his rare cards, it's his choice', Darren told himself.
"Alright shorty, you talk a big game, let's see if you back it up. Let's duel". Darren slipped out five cards from his duel disk.
"Third page of the Duel Monsters handbook says that before a duel begins, one player flips a coin and calls it in the air. That player then decides who goes first". He pulled out a gold coin and flipped it in the air. "Tails", he called. The coin landed, showing the backside of a card. "It's tails. I choose myself to go first". He pulled six cards from his deck. "Alright, I summon my Archfiend Soldier (A1900, D1500) in attack mode. Then I set one card face down. I end my turn". A skeleton-like warrior with a dark purple robe materialized.
Darren drew his sixth card. "I play my Mystical Space Typhoon to destroy your face down card. Then I summon my Skilled Dark Magician (A1900, D1700)". The magician formed in his dark robes. It spun its staff around and slammed it on the ground. "Then I'll equip him with the Book of Secret Arts, giving him a 300 point power boost. Skilled Dark Magician, attack his Archfiend". The magician waved its staff and a purple bolt of lightning struck the skeleton soldier. "I end my turn".
Zerrato- 7700LP
Darren- 8000LP
Zerrato drew his card. "I summon my Vilepawn Archfiend (A1200, D200)". The tan monster with the blade arm rose from a vortex of data particles. Darren gasped as he saw the monster. "Next I activate my field card, Pandemonium". The ruined city of Pandemonium formed around Darren and his opponent. The ground was covered in stone fragments and charred bones. A green glow washed over the two duelists. "I'll end my turn by setting one card face down".
Darren drew his card. "I set one card face down. Now Skilled Dark Magician, attack his Vilepawn". The magician raised his staff and the purple lightning revolved around the top.
"I think not. Go Shadow Spell". Black chains shot from the violet outlined card and wrapped themselves around Darren's monster. "Now your monster is trapped in attack mode. But as a bonus to me, his attack points are decreased by 700 points".
"I end my turn", Darren mumbled. Zerrato grinned and drew his next card.
"I summon my Shadowknight Archfiend (A2000, D1600)". Another disturbing creature like the Vilepawn formed facing Darren. "Shadowknight, attack his Skilled Dark Magician". The monster raised its clawed hand and swiped down through the spellcaster. "My monster's battle damage is cut in half. Now Vilepawn, attack his life points directly". Darren put his arms up as the monster slashed at him with its sword arm. "I end my turn".
Zerrato- 7700LP
Darren- 6550LP
Darren drew his card. "I summon my Skilled White Magician (A1700, D1900)". A monster almost identical to the Skilled Dark Magician, but with white robes materialized. "Skilled White Magician, attack his Vilepawn". The magician's white robes gave off a green reflection from the light of Pandemonium. It fired a white ball of magic at the small, tan monster. "I end my turn".
Zerrato- 7200LP
Darren- 6550LP
Zerrato drew his card with a smirk on his face. 'What's he so happy about? He's hardly winning. And what's with these Archfiends? They're the same monsters from my dream last night. And this field card is the same Pandemonium. This is weird'.
"I set one card face down. Then I summon my Infernalqueen Archfiend (A900, D1500)". What looked to be a female Archfiend appeared from the projectors. "Then I'll activate her ability to increase her attack points by 1000 until the end of my turn". The monster shrieked and her attack points climbed up the meter. "Attack his monster my Infernalqueen". The monster pulled out a small knife and stabbed the Skilled White Magician. "Attack him directly Shadowknight". The Archfiend raised its claws.
"Go Sakuretsu Armor". A violet card flipped up. "This will stop your attack and destroy your monster". A large, six-sided die rose from the ground. "What's going on?"
"It's my Shadowknight's special effect. Whenever he's targeted by one of your effects, he gets a saving throw. If I roll a three, your card is negated before it activates". The die started to spin at enormous speed. "Stop!" Zerrato shouted. The die landed, revealing six dots. The die lowered itself back into the floor. The Shadowknight burst into pieces. "I end my turn". Darren drew his card.
Zerrato- 7200LP
Darren- 6350LP
"I remove my Skilled Dark Magician and my Skilled White Magician from play to summon my Chaos Sorcerer (A2300, D2000). I activate my monster's special ability. I can remove a monster on the field from play". The muscular sorcerer in black robes grinned at Zerrato. A ball of dark energy formed in his left hand. He fired it at the Infernalqueen. Before the attack made contact, another die rose from the ground.
"My Infernalqueen is gifted with the Archfiend effect as well. She needs to roll a two or a five to block your attack". The die began spinning again. "Stop!" The die came crashing down with five dots facing up. "Your effect is negated".
"Well, since I can't attack with my Chaos Sorcerer, I end my turn".
Zerrato picked up a card. "Now it is time to summon my favorite monster. I summon Terrorking Archfiend (A2000, D1500)". The robed skeleton from Darren's nightmare rose from the pit of Pandemonium. Darren's mind raced back to his nightmare.
//Flashback//
Darren looked across the pit and saw a monster like the first one, but more majestic and in robes. It was walking over the hole, right on the air. "There's no use running child. You will never escape my Vilepawn or my Watchbear. The look on Darren's face was angry and fearful.
"Where is this place?" Darren asked. The tall beast laughed deeply. Darren cringed at the sound.
"You must be joking child. This is the grand city Pandemonium. The city of the Archfiends", he answered. He stepped onto the ground next to Darren. He towered over Darren at almost twice his height.
//End Flashback//
"What's the matter?" Zerrato asked. Darren's face was that of someone who had just witnessed a suicide. "Hey, are you alright?"
"What? Yeah, I'm fine. I was just…remembering something. Continue with your turn". Zerrato looked at Darren suspiciously.
"Okay, I increase my Terrorking's attack points by 1000 points with Infernalqueen's effect. Attack his sorcerer with King's Judgement". The king raises a hammer and smashed the Chaos Sorcerer. "Now attack his life points directly". The Infernalqueen stabbed Darren in the side and jumped back to her post. "Now that my Terrorking is on the field, it's only a matter of time before I get you into check".
Zerrato- 7200LP
Darren- 4750LP
'Where have I heard that before?' Darren thought. He closed his eyes and tried to remember.
//Flashback//
Darren was sitting outside his school cafeteria at a table. Across from him was a short boy. He looked a lot like Zerrato, only a little younger. And his hair was red. On the table between them was a chess set. Darren had a troubled look on his face. He looked at the smug grin on the other kid's face.
"Just give up Darren. That's checkmate. That means there are no moves you can make that won't result in your loss". Darren looked at the board and his face made a frown.
"Fine Ronald, I give up". He reached into his pocket.
"Good, now hand over your duel monsters deck". Darren handed him the deck of cards. "There's a good boy". Tears filled in the young Darren's eyes.
"Wait! Ronald, I'll play a quick game with you". Came a voice from the side. Both Ronald and Darren looked over to see Luke walking toward them.
"You think you can beat me at a game of chess? You should no better Luke, I'm unbeatable".
"No, we won't be playing chess. We'll be playing a game with Duel Monster cards". Ronald bore a confused look. "The rules are we both draw a card from the top of our decks. Then whoever draws the stronger monster wins. Ronald grinned again.
"Okay, I'll play. But if I win, I get your deck, too".
Luke nodded his head. "And if I win, You have to give Darren his deck back".
Ronald titled his head down and the glare off his glasses hid his eyes. "Alright then". He pulled a card out of his shirt pocket and laid it on the table. He drew his top card and looked at it. "Ha! My Terrorking Archfiend. He's my strongest card. Since I drew him, it won't belong before I have you in check.
Luke set a deck of cards on the table as well. He picked up a card and his face became emotionless. Ronald nearly jumped out of his seat. "You no, gambling isn't such a good idea. Because sometimes, you lose everything", he said.
"Aha! You lost didn't you hand over your deck". Darren looked up at Luke, Luke turned the card around to show the face.
"No sorry, I won. My Beast of Talwar has 2400 attack points, making him stronger than your Terrorking. So you hand over Darren's deck". Ronald put the deck down and picked his up before walking off.
"Hey thanks Luke", Darren said. Luke sat down across from him.
"Don't worry about it. Just watch out when you make bets. Sometimes, it's not worth it. Here, why don't you have this". Luke handed Darren a card.
"Your Beast of Talwar, are you sure?" Luke nodded.
"I think it would be better if you had it". Luke knocked over the king piece where Ronald had been sitting.
//End Flashback//
"Hey, are you even paying attention? I said it's your turn". Darren shook his head and looked at his monsterless field.
"Yeah, sorry". He drew his card. "I activate my Pot of Greed magic card. This will let me draw two cards". A green jar exploded on the field. Darren picked up two more cards. "Next I summon Breaker the Magical Warrior (A1600, D1000)". The red warrior stood facing the two Archfiends. "Then I'll sacrifice his counter to destroy your face down card". Breaker fired a red aura from his blade at the face down card. "And I think we could use a change of scenery. I activate my Mystic Plasma Zone, giving Breaker 500 attack points". Black clouds formed in the sky and thunder crashed. A bolt of lighting crashed down and destroyed the entire city of Pandemonium.
"No, my city", Zerrato shouted.
"Now that my monster is stronger, I'll have him attack your Infernalqueen". Breaker slashed his sword through the queen. "I end my turn".
Zerrato- 6000LP
Darren- 4750LP
Zerrato drew his card and looked at the bricks left over from Pandemonium's demise. "I set two cards face down and switch my Terroking to defense mode".
Zerrato- 5200LP
Darren- 4750LP
"Why did your life points drop?" Darren asked.
"That's the backfire to the Archfiends. Every turn they make me pay some of my life points. But as long as I have Pandemonium as the field, that effect is negated".
Darren nodded his head in understanding. He drew his card. "I summon Sorcerer of the Doomed (A1450, D1200) in attack mode". A gray skeleton dressed in robes made from heads appeared. A staff with a skull on top was in its left hand. "And because he's a dark type monster, he gets powered up by the Mystic Plasma Zone as well. Now my Sorcerer, attack his Terrorking". The skeleton held its staff out at the king and a red flashed washed over the king and it disappeared. "Now attack him Breaker". Breaker swung his sword through Zerrato. "I end my turn".
Zerrato-3100LP
Darren- 4750LP
Zerrato slid his next card from his deck. "I set one monster face down in defense mode and end my turn".
Darren drew his card. "Yes. I sacrifice my Breaker the Magical Warrior and Sorcerer of the Doomed for the Dark Magician (A2500, D2100).
"Reveal face down card, Bottomless Trap Hole. This card sends one monster with 1500 or more attack points out of play". A hole opened under the Dark Magician and he disappeared.
"I end my turn", Darren said.
Zerrato drew his next card. "I sacrifice my face down Vilepawn for my Dark Ruler Ha Des (A2450, D1600). And because he's dark, he's increase by 500 points. Now attack his life points directly". Ha Des punched Darren with his massive fist. "I end my turn".
Zerrato- 3100LP
Darren- 1800LP
Darren drew his card. 'Okay, time to be careful. I only have a handful of life points left'. He scanned his hand. "I set one card face down. Then I activate my face down Stop Defense magic card to flip it up. It's my Cyber Jar, and when it's flipped up all monsters on the field go to the graveyard. Then we summon all level four or lower monsters from the first five cards in our decks". The Cyber Jar sucked in everything and exploded.
"Okay, I summon another Infernalqueen and my Darkbishop Archfiend (A300, D1400)".
"And I summon my Rapid Fire Magician (A1600, D1200) and my Apprentice Magician (A400, D800)". The monsters rose one the field. "I end my turn".
Zerrato drew his next card, but put it in his hand with the rest of his cards. "I sacrifice my Darkbishop to summon my Skull Archfiend of Lightning (A2500, D1200)". A muscular skeleton monster with lightning flowing around it materialized. "Attack his Apprentice Magician!"
"Go, Negate Attack! This instantly ends your battle phase".
"Well my turn's not over. I activate my Rare Gold Armor on my Skull Archfiend. This will make it so you can only attack him. Now I end my turn". The skeleton was encased in a shimmering golden suit of armor.
Zerrato- 2100LP
Darren- 1800LP
Darren drew his card. "Okay, I sacrifice my Apprentice Magician for My Summoned Skull (A2500, D1200)". An identical monster to the Skull Archfiend entered from a bolt of lightning. "Then to empty my hand, I'll equip him with my Sword of the Deep Seated and Ring of Magnetism. Now he's the only monster you can attack. I end my turn".
Zerrato drew his next card. "Here's a card you won't overcome. My Hell's Chess Set. First I sacrifice every card on my field. Then I get to search my deck for one of each of my royal Archfiends". Zerrato quickly flipped through his deck. "So I special summon Terrorking, Infernalqueen, Darkbishop, Shadowknight, and Desrook Archfiend (A1100, D1800). And not only that, Hell's Chess Set changes the field to Pandemonium". The destroyed city replaced the dark thunderstorm. "I can't attack this turn because of my magic card, so I end my turn. But just so you know, on my next turn if I sacrifice my Hell's Chess Set, my monsters can all attack your life points directly".
Darren's jaw dropped. 'There's no way in hell there's a card that let's you do that'. He drew his card. "Let's see, I need to get past five monsters to keep mine safe, but how. I have an idea, but I don't have enough cards in my graveyard. But wait, he has enough card". Darren grinned at Zerrato.
"What are you so happy about?" Zerrato asked.
"I refuse to let you win Zerrato. I activate my Charity magic card. This will let me draw three cards". Darren's hand now consisted of three cards. "Now I activate my Graveyard Expansion card. For the cost of 1000 life points a turn, this card allows us both to share our graveyards, which I needed to pull off this next move. I sacrifice Darkbishop Archfiend, Infernalqueen Archfiend, and Skull Archfiend of Lightning from the graveyard to special summon my Dark Necrofear (A2200, D2800). And finally, I sacrifice my Blast Magician to summon my Beast of Talwar (A2400, D2200)". The bald, blue woman sheltering the baby doll rose arose from a hole in the ground with a flowing black aura around her. And next to her formed a fiendish warrior brandishing twin scimitars.
//Flashback//
"Aha! You lost didn't you hand over your deck". Darren looked up at Luke, Luke turned the card around to show the face.
"No sorry, I won. My Beast of Talwar has 2400 attack points, making him stronger than your Terrorking. So you hand over Darren's deck". Ronald put the deck down and picked his up before walking off.
//End Flashback//
"No, it's impossible for you to have drawn the right cards needed to make that move", Zerrato shouted. "I built the ultimate fiend deck. The Archfiend's are an unbeatable set, there's no way you can stop me".
Darren shrugged. "I think I'm about to". He pointed at his opponent's monsters. "Attack my three fiends". The Summoned Skull blasted a jolt of electricity at the Darkbishop. Then Beast of Talwar slashed the Infernalqueen to pieces. And the Dark Necrofear hurled a wave of darkness into the Shadowknight.
"Activate Hell's Chess Set!" Zerrato's little voice cried. Darren looked shocked at the field. The monsters weren't fading away.
"Hey, what's the big idea. I did more than enough damage to take you out", Darren said in bewilderment.
"It's the secret ability of Hell's Chess Set. Instead of sacrificing it to it my monsters attack, I can use its other ability. It only works if Desrook and Terrorking are the only monsters on my field. You see in chess, there is a move called castling. This lets you switch the position of your Rook and King, so long as neither have moved yet. And the move I made is similar. Since neither monster made and attack, I could sacrifice my Desrook to give me life points equal to the position he's in and switch my Terrorking to attack mode. So now I still have 1100 life points". Darren looked at the monster sitting in defense mode as it cowered in fear before his monsters.
//Flashback//
"Stupid boy", the monster said. He pushed Darren into the hole before he could summon a monster.
Darren landed in the hole and looked up. The bottom wasn't that far down. The monster looked into the hole and grinned. "You brought it upon yourself child". The monster raised its right arm and black clouds filled the sky. They parted to make a ring. The sky behind was now green. In the blink of an eye, the three rings that were steps glowed green and a green beam of energy fired down into the hole on Darren.
//End Flashback//
'I can't wait to teat that monster a new one', Darren thought. He looked at Zerrato's face. He looked uneasy about something.
"Darren Fantasy, I concede to you", Darren looked shocked. "You have me in check and I can't escape. So congratulations, you win. Terrorking, attack the Beast of Talwar". The king pulled out its hammer, but the armed demon was too fast. In two flashes of light, the king was torn to pieces. "I end my turn and the match".
Zerrato- 700LP
Darren- 100LP
'Damn that's lucky. At the end of my next turn, Graveyard Expansion would have hit me for another thousand points, and I wouldn't have had enough', Darren thought.
(A/N- The effect of Graveyard Expansion is supposed to take out 1000 LP on each on every single turn, opponent's included.)
"Congratulations again, Darren", Zerrato said. He pulled off the top card of his deck and quickly examined it. "Here, my next draw was my bet card, Mazera De Ville. To bad I never got to pull this bad boy out", he said.
Darren looked at the card. "Thanks for the great match", he replied. Zerrato nodded his head with a smile on his face.
"Who knows, maybe we'll meet again".
"That'd be cool". Zerrato turned and walked away. Darren went over and sat down in a chair. 'I hope there aren't any other decks like that. I think I won out of luck', he thought.
'Well it would be a pretty boring tournament if everyone else was easier', Arcturas responded.
'Yeah, but another duel like that, and I might not make it to the next round'.
'Nonsense. You came here to win, and that's exactly what you're gonna do'. Darren got a determined look on his face.
'Yeah! I wonder how Andy's doing in his hot shot tournament',
Andy drew his card from his deck. He looked out on the field at his two monsters. One was a heroic man with green feathers surrounding his body. The other was a gray woman in a red jumpsuit. Opposing them was a man in yellow and blue armor. There was also a bomb looking monster with a timer and a golden dragon.
"Just face it Andy, I've got this game won. I've taken your precious Sparkman with my Snatch Steal and at the beginning of my turn, Jigen Bakudan will go off and take out your remaining life points. And thanks to my Blue Stratoshield, my Curse of Dragon won't take any damage". Andy looked at the life point meters.
Andy- 1600LP
Some other guy- 2000LP
'I only I could find a way to hit him hard enough to end the duel before that Jigen Bakudan goes off, he thought. He looked in his hand. 'Oh please help'.
"I activate my Pot of Greed magic card so I can draw two more cards". The other guy just yawned loudly. Andy drew his first card. Nothing. Then the second. Gold. "I activate my Polymerization magic card. This will combine my Elemental Heroes Avian and Burstinatrix to form Elemental Hero Flame Wingman". The two heroes merged in a column of fire and emerged as a green monster with a wing on one side and a dragon's head for an arm on the other.
"Wha…what! NOOOOOOOO!" the other guy screeched.
"Flame Wingman, attack with his Curse of Dragon with Sky Dive Scorcher". The wingman was enveloped in a curtain of flames and crashed down into the golden dragon.
"So what. You only managed to take out a few points".
"That's where you're wrong", Andy corrected. "My wingman's super power kicks in. He inflicts direct damage to you equal to the attack of your destroyed monster". The wingman flew up to the other guy and the dragon head opened up. A stream of fire covered the guy, wiping out his life points. "And that's game!'
"Ladies and gentlemen, Andy Jones has just won his first Shiek Ra duel with a deck other than his horrifying fiends. Let's give it up for Andy", the announcer shouted into the stands. The crowd went crazy. Andy took a smug bow.
Darren sat in the chair. "Oh well, I guess I'll find out when I get home".
I thought I would incorporate some of the ideas from the show, like showing the same scenes from one flashback multiple times. And I thought it would be good to get some of Darren's old life in. Also, since Andy wasn't possessed by the spirit of the Millenium Ring anymore, I decided to give him a new deck. But anyway, I know this is late, but happy holidays to everyone.