"Continue working!" Chazz shouted, motioning for his new lackies to continue their work on the Obelisk Blue Girl's Dorm. They were going to be altering it to serve as headquarters for their female branch, Alexis' home base now that she was one of Sartorious' loyal soldiers, shown the power of the light. "Every moment you delay is an insult to the glorious Society of Light!"
"He's lost his mind, ain't he?" Johnny said from his spot in the forest, hidden by some bushes.
"You can say that again." Souta muttered. "Should bring my big brother here to deal with these fools…him and Kagome could snap them out of this."
"Sí, this is the Senorita Kagome that travels through a well into Feudal Japan?" Hector asked, kneeling next to them. Johnny gave his boyfriend a thumbs-up for the joke.
Souta glowered. "Just keep laughing…"
"What are you three doing?" Hector, Johnny and Souta let out yelps, then quickly covered their mouths, turning around and staring at Prof. Malloren. Viola shook her head, shifting Lacey up on her hip. "You better not be spying on the girls."
"They bad?" Lacey asked. "Can Hyper punish them?"
"No…let mommy handle this." Viola said. She turned back to the boys. "So…spill."
Johnny decided to act as the spokesman for the group. "We came to spy on the White Organization. You know…the guys that have been brainwashing all the students."
Viola rolled his eyes. "You sound like Dr. Allen and his theories about the Rare Hunters."
Souta frowned. "And Arliss and Nessa transforming into duel monsters?"
"Holograms." Viola said simply. "They did some tinkering to mess with Dr. Allen's head…and we saw how he went nuts."
"No, he vamped out…" Hector said.
"More holograms."
Johnny frowned. "This is the part where you say there is no such thing as ghosts, and then some big red hairy one appears and chases us while some 70s music plays?"
Viola groaned. "No, Scooby."
"Scooby!' Lacey giggled. "Scooby, Scooby, Scooby!"
"But things have been really strange on this island…" Souta said. "LOST strange."
"And has anyone noticed how much Nessa looks like Kate?" Hector said. "And Arliss looks like Sawyer."
"Arlen looks a little like a taller Charlie." Souta supplied. "And Mayday a bit like Jennifer Garner if she had blonde hair…"
"Could we get off the "This person looks like this celeb" game?" Viola asked as Lacey wiggled out of her arms and began to chase after a butterfly. She paused, watching her daughter play, before turning to the boys. "Seriously…don't you people have better things to do then watch them play their games?"
"Games?" Hector asked. "Senorita…are you in mucho denial?"
Souta nodded. "This ain't a game…they are preparing for war or something."
Viola frowned. "Don't be…"
"Mama!" All 4 heads snapped up, and Viola rushed out of the bushes to find Lacey screaming her head off, Alexis holding her tight by the arm. "Mama, it huwts!"
"Hey!" Viola snapped, storming over to Alexis. "Let her go."
"And why would I do something like that?" Alexis sneered. "The little brat just got in my way."
"Brat?" Viola snarled. "Ok, I humored your little play time, but enough is enough. Its time to stop acting like a bitch, Alexis, and let go of my daughter."
Alexis Rhodes didn't do that though. Instead, she held on tighter. "Your child got in the way, and needs to be educated in the ways of the light. Maybe if you let us teach her, she won't grow up to be a whore like her mother."
BAM!
Alexis stumbled back, still gripping Lacey, her nose trickling blood. Viola rubbed her hand as she glared in fury at this student. "I don't know what the hell you are trying to pull her, but now I am going to make your life miserable. You'll be lucky to graduate from this academy by the time your 90!"
"Dios mios, she nearly broke her nose!" Hector exclaimed.
"Shut up!" Johnny whimpered. "Don't let them find us."
"And what makes you think we care about the academy?" a new voice called out, and the 3 boys watched as Chazz Princeton walked towards a fuming Viola. Lacey was whimpering, struggling to get free, but Alexis held tight. "Soon this academy, this world, will know the power of light, and none of this will matter!"
"You know, first I thought you were a snob." Viola said, activating her duel disk. "Now I think your nuts. You want power, big boy? Bring out your deck and lets play."
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Doc K rolled his neck, trying to work the kinks out. The last thing he remembered was getting ready to tear into Arlen…
'Now that was stupid,' He groaned. 'let the whole bloody academy know your Camula's childe, ya wanker. Adrian, you've had brighter days…' The part of him that was still the great vampire Adrian Kratos rebelled at the thoughts that should have done things differently. 'damn stone, making me feel all human…' he cursed, not for the first time.
A part of him was worried by his recent feelings. He had gone for years accepting that he was stuck like this, with the morals of mankind. But the instant he had felt his mother turn to ash, her power joining with his and bringing him one step closer to ultimate power, his demon had rebelled.
He knew Anna…'Eliza, you git. Her name is Eliza now'…and him were 2 of the last vampires on Earth…infact, it was very likely they could be 2 of the last 3. He knew only one remained for sure, the vampire Drake, the legenadary vampire general that had led the armies against the humans. Doc K had warned him to stay away…lest he kill his uncle.
It was more out of fear of what he would become if he killed the man…if the vamp infact the final vampire outside Eliza and himself.
Doc K knew for certain that he was close to becoming what many humans feared he would become: A vampiric god. Only a bit more power, and he would ascend, the final weaknesses that plagued him gone. With Eliza's death, he did not know what would happen…but still, he did not even want the godly power.
His mind went back to his memories. He had gone after Arlen, only to suddenly appear chained in some palace, some daft bint screaming about wanting to do her brother…
"Your awake." Sola said.
'Bugger'
Doc K frowned. "That I am. What do you want?"
"My brother here to service me? The throne of heaven shattered, the gods gone and my kingdom returned." She said simply. She walked over to him and smiled. "But you will have to do, my pet."
Doc K growled. "I ain't your pet…"
"Sola…Mistress Sola."
"Sola." He said, refusing the 'mistress' word to come out of his mouth. "Well, I ain't her to amuse you or service you. So, let me down and I can go back to plotting the deaths of Arlen Lockehart and Jaden Yuki."
SLAM!
Doc K groaned as Sola brought his head hard against the wall. "You will learn to address me proper, pet." She slammed his head again. "You are going to be stuck her a long time…"
The good doctor panted. "I really didn't want to do this…" Sola's eyes widen as the chains snapped, and Doc K punched her, sending her flying.
"Those chains…" She gasped, gripping her face, "…were designed to hold an immortal."
"Well guess what?" Doc K snarled, his skin going blue. "I'm a bloody vamp…much better then an immortal!"
The fight was on.
&&&
Chazz nodded, activating his own duel disk. "Prepare to feel the power of…"
"The light…yea, I get it." Viola said. "I draw first. I'll set one card facedown and end my turn."
"And I will begin my turn with this, the V-Tiger Jet, in attack mode!" The card flashed, and the mecha tiger appeared with a roar. "And foolish you, leaving yourself open to attack…"
"Not so fast." Viola said. "Activate trap: The Winds of Fate!" The trap flipped and a massive blast of air encircled her. "As long as this card is on the field, you can not attack. The only downside is that I can not summon any monsters as long as it is on the field…you end your turn?"
Chazz merely nodded, and Souta, Johnny and Hector silently cheered.
"I will now set another card face down, and end my turn."
Drawing another card, the White Society member nodded. "I have the perfect card to get rid of your wind: The Altar of Light!" Behind Chazz, a grand sacrificial alter rose up. "By sacrificing this W-Wing Catapult from my hand to the grave, I can destroy all the cards on your side of the field!"
"I chain the Judgement of Paris!" Viola exclaimed as the Catapult was placed on the altar. "I can now select one card from my deck and set it on the field, but I then have to discard my entire hand." She searched her deck, setting one card and sending the rest to the graveyard.
"Little good it will do!" Chazz shouted as his W-Wing was shattered, destroying her winds along with it. "For now I will attack…"
Viola chuckled. "Will you ever learn? I just got to pick any freakin' card out of my deck…and you didn't think for a second I wouldn't select something to stop your monster?" She flipped the trap. "Mirror Force."
Chazz cried out as his monster was sent back at him, shattering into pieces and leaving his field bare. Alexis frowned, tugging on Lacey's arm and causing her to scream.
"You want to get popped in the nose again…"
"Take another step…" Chazz warned, "And you forfit…and you will face the power of light much sooner then even I expected."
Viola glared at Alexis. "Touch my daughter again and you will face the power of my foot in your ass much sooner then even I expected." She turned back to the duel, Lacey whimpering for her mother. "Don't worry baby, mama is gonna finish this duel." She drew and nodded. "I will summon my Trojan Foot Soldier to the field, in attack mode." The card flashed, and an ancient warrior, wielding a spear and a sword, stepped onto the field, clad in simple armor. (1000/1200)
"I've heard of this card." Johnny said. "When it is destroyed…"
"Trojan Foot Soldier, attack Chazz directly!"
The soldier nodded, launching his spear and driving it into Chazz' chest. The duelist grunted, stumbling back as his lp dropped (Chazz-3000).
"You think that weak little warrior can hurt me, a follower of the light?" Chazz asked. "Allow me to show you true power! I summon my Z-Metal Tank to the field, and have it attack your Trojan Foot Soldier!" The yellow union machine appeared on the field, its cannon ports opening and firing off twin blasts. The Trojan warrior could not stand up to the assault, and shattered. "So ends your…what?" (Viola-3500)
On Viola's side of the field, a new foot soldier had appeared.
"The effect of my foot soldier…when he is destroyed, he can summon 1 new foot soldier from my hand." She grinned. "Gets better. And for every Trojan Foot Soldier monster in my grave, all the foot soldiers on the field gain 300 attack points."
"Like that will help you against the Z-Metal Tank." Alexis scoffed.
"Mama's gonna beat your boyfwiend!" Lacey shouted.
"No…she isn't" Alexis said with mock sweetness. "And soon you will be calling me mama."
"Hyper doesn't like you!" She shouted, kicking Alexis hard in the shin.
"Ow!" Alexis screeched. "You little brat…" She made to grab Lacey, but the girl dodged her and darted away. Viola, focused on Chazz, prayed her daughter could outrun the crazed Queen of the Academy.
"Now then…" Viola said. "Your move."
Chazz nodded, drawing a card. "I summon the powerful X-Head Cannon! It is time to deal with your soldiers. First, my Z-Metal Tank attacks!" The machine powered up, shattering the soldier and summoning a new on to the field, this time with 1600 attack points. "And then my X-Head Cannon will attack!" The new machine fired off a blast, shattering this foot soldier too. "And now your foot soldiers go bye bye!" He laughed. "And with no more in your deck, you can't summon any more!" (Viola-3100)
The prodigy duelist frowned. "You really don't understand my Trojans, do you?" She took out her deck. "They are all about cycling. One dies, another appears. And when one group is gone…another appears." She held up the card. "When there are 2 Foot Soldiers in my graveyard, and a 3rd is sent there, I can special summon from my deck one Trojan Champion to the field."
One Viola's side of the field, a new warrior appeared. Dressed in grander armor, he wielded a shield, a spear, and had a sword at his side. Taller, meatier, he stood tall and proud next to the duelist that had summoned him. (1800/1300)
"I get it…" Souta whispered. "Viola's deck is designed to always have a monster at hand. When one dies, she can bring out another one, only bigger and better. And when all 3 of one type are gone, she can special summon a new group!"
Johnny nodded. "Yes…the power of her deck is to insure she always has someone ready to fight."
"Then let us hope this monster will aid her now!" Hector added.
Viola drew her next card, and then turned to her Champion. "Attack Z-Metal Tank!" She called out. The warrior nodded, hefting his spear and sending it into to machine, shattering it to bits. (Chazz-2700)
"You can strike me once, you can strike me twice, but I will never give up my mission to show you the light!" Chazz shouted with a laugh.
"He is loco." Hector mumbled.
"I will now summon my Y-Dragon Head, and fuse it and my X-Head Cannon to summon the XY-Dragon Cannon!" He grinned like a madan as his two monsters fused together into one super-machine. "Now, destroy the Trojan Champion…show him the power of light!"
The machine let fire a blast of energy, totally eliminating the Trojan Champion. Viola calmly selected a new one from her deck, and summoned it to the field. Its effect activated, much like the Foot Soldier, gaining it 400 attack points.
"Attack." Viola said, and the Champion rushed at the Dragon Cannon, weapons firing at it and causing it to shatter just as it fired off its spear, killing Chazz' monster. Viola calmly summoned her new Champion. This one launched at Chazz, striking him and draining much of his lp. (Chazz-500)
'Once he attacks this, I can special summon my Trojan Charioteer. With him, I can wipe out anything Chazz throws up. Huh…this is easier then I thought.'
However, Viola had forgotten one simple fact, her years as a mother and away from dueling causing her skills to become rusty. She had neglected to prepare for spells and traps, and Chazz had the perfect one in mind.
"It is time to end this duel!" Chazz shouted, slamming a card down on his duel disk. "I activate the spell card Radiance of Light!" The spell flashed, and a beam of light struck him. "This card can only be used when Altar of Light is in the graveyard. I can now summon 5 monsters from my graveyard to the field…"
Hector's eyes grew wide as he realized what was about to happen. "Chazz has one of each of his union monsters in the grave!"
Souta gulped. "That means he can summon the VtoZ Dragon Catapult Cannon!"
Johnny nodded. "And with its effect, Viola's monster will be removed from play, and unable to call a new monster!"
Sure enough, as they spoke, the 5 machines began to pull together, fusing into the giant mecha. Chazz laughed his head off as the machine fired, remove the Champion from play.
"MAMA!" Lacey screamed. Viola turned to find her daughter hanging by her throat, Alexis' hands strangling her.
"You think you can disrespect me? Alexis Rhodes!?" She squeezed harder. "You are dirt…a bug…you dare do that to me…I'll show you just how powerful I am!"
"LACEY!" Viola screamed.
"VXXYZ, Attack!" Chazz roared, the blast heading right for the professor.
"Oh God…no…" Viola whispered. "Help me…"
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Sola's part of the palace was being destroyed.
Pillars were shattered. Art ripped to shreds. Walls held holes made from crashing bodies. It was a wreck, and still, the two battled on.
Sola fired off some blasts of white magic, but Doc K ran along the walls, dodging them before firing his blood lightning attack. The goddess barely moved out of its way before she grabbed a piece of stone and threw it with all her might. Dr. Allen managed to avoid the projectile and launched himself at her, talons digging into her tanned flesh.
"I don't care what the hell you are!" he roared. "I-AM-LEAVING!"
Sola's eyes glowed as she thrashed, pressing her hands to his back. "NEVER!" She struck out, fingers going for his spine, only to find something much harder.
The gem embedded in his back.
The good doctor roared in agony as his body exploded in purple energy, eyes rolling back and steam firing from his mouth and nose. Sola continued to twist, till, with a sinkening crack, she ripped the gem from his back.
Shoving the body aside, she glared at her 'pet'. "And you thought you could defeat m…"
"hahaha."
Sola froze as the body began to rise, laughter echoing from its mouth. The vampire twitched as he rose up, eyes wide as he looked at his hands. "Free." He whispered. "After all these years, I'm finally free!" He let out a whoop of joy and leapt into the air. "Free of that blasted stone! Free of the morals of man! Adrian Kratos lives again!" Lightning crackled around him as he cackled in joy. Sola could only stare as the vampire slowly lowered his head, face twisted in a sneer.
"And you saved me…I think I should reward you." His muscles rippled as he transformed into his demon bat form, enlarging further and further till he stood 30 feet tall. "Oh yes…for freeing me from the power of the crippling rock…I will grant you a warriors death, little girl."
Sola glared at him as she allowed her own power to swell, growing to match his height, crystalline spider-legs jutted from her back. Her eyes glowed as her hands went black, summoning dark energy "Bring it on, big boy."
&&&
"You rang?"
Viola's eyes snapped open to find the world around her frozen. She herself could not move, only speak, her eyes darting over to where Lacey hung, tears frozen on her cheeks.
"Who's there?" Viola whispered, frightened.
"A friend." A long, lithe man said, appearing from thin air. "Robin Goodfellow, at your service."
Viola looked at the man, mind racing. "What…what do you want?"
"My dear girl, to help you! You called for the gods…and my master, he has heard."
"Your master."
"But of course. One of the oldest of the gods…and most powerful. And luckily for you, he has taken a shining to you. He has watched you…longed to meet you…he was about tome and save your daughter when you called out…timing, isn't it."
Viola's voice trembled. "My daughter…"
Robin nodded, glaring at Alexis. "Yes…my master can save her…save you both. He has that power. Infact, he has the power to insure you or your child never feel pain again. Which is why he sent me here…to make a deal."
"A deal?"
"Why, of course." Robin said. He pulled out a contract. "He will save you both, and use his power to take revenge on these fools…but you, my dear…will have to pay for such services."
"and what is the payment?" Viola asked.
Robin grinned. "Nothing too terrible. Infact…I would say it is more then fair…that the price alone is worth it." Viola was confused by the riddle speak. "What say you, Viola Malloren? Will you accept the offer?"
With her next breath, Viola would change her fate, the fate of her daughter, and of the world. She would experience pain, joy, death, birth, weakness, power, hatred and love. Everything she knew would be wiped out, and a new beginning made. For these members of the White Association, a painful death would come for each of them…some soon, some in old age at the end of their lives. For the regular students, a choice would soon be made: Submit to the White Society, Stand and Fight, Join the Rare Hunters, or experience the power of Robin Goodfellow's Masters. Some would die, others be reborn, a man would become a new powerforce and bring his wife with him, another man would ascend to godhood, and a fallen god would join with the darkness to take over the heavens.
"Yes…I accept." She whispered.
Time began again, and Robin batted the attack away with his arm, sending it into the sky.
"What?!" Chazz bellowed in shock. "Who dares interfere with the white society?!?"
"My master." Robin said, fading from sight as he pointed above them. All looked up ans gasped.
The clouds parted, thesky tore apart and from his hidden palace Anarchy, the Titan-God of Chaos, descended to Earth. Viola, Chazz, Lacey and the rest of the group could only stare as the massive being slammed down at last, rising up and narrowing his silver eyes. The tallest of the White Society members barely came to his ankle, and the wicked immortal laughed before lashed out, striking several of them and sending them into the ocean.
"BEEN A WHILE SINCE I TOOK THIS FORM!" He boomed, his eyes flashing as he began to shrink. "BUT IT IS…OVErkill." He rolled his head as he finally came to a stop, roughly 6 foot 5 now. "I can kill you just as easily at this height."
"Who do you think you are?" Alexis called out, still holding onto the frightened Lacey.
The God, in utter anger, held out his hand and Alexis' mouth was sealed shut. "My name is Lord Anarchy. And if you want to ever breath again…" Alexis' nose was sealed tight, and she began to let out muffled screamed, tearing at where her mouth had been. "You will let the girl go…now." He hissed.
Chazz took as step forward, only to find Anarchy in his face. The god grinned, and with a flick of his hand, the duelist watched as Alexis began to struggle harder, Anarchy drawing the oxygen out from her very skin, speeding along her death.
"I could easily just consume her." He said. "Like this." Before he could blink, Chazz watched as Anarchy drove his hand into one of his new lackies, the young man screaming as the god began to drain his blood, flesh and organs from him, until all that was left was bones. Anarchy burped, a grin splitting his features. "yum yum yum." He turned to see Lacey staring at him, eyes wide. "Damn it…the big sad eyes are making my tummy flip flop." He sighed, waving his hand and getting rid of the skeleton. "Now then…the girl?"
Chazz nodded towards Alexis, who had barely managed to keep ahold of the little girl and struggle to breath. Johnny, Hector and Souta watched as Lacey was freed, the girl running to her mom and curling up in her arms.
"Now…that wasn't so hard…" Anarchy unsealed Alexis' mouth. "Now then, Princeton, mortal to god…I have a bet I would like to offer you."
Chazz looked at the god, wondering what sort of deal he could have. "And what could you offer me that the great Society of Light couldn't?"
"Power." Anarchy said. "I am older then the pathetic gods that now rule…and I have knowledge none of them have. Now, one must drink the heavenly nectar to become a god, and even then, you are weak, and must spend millennia training. But me?" Anarchy flexed his fingers. "I can make you stronger then any of the god kings…with a snap of my fingers." He glanced at Chazz. "Or are you one of those pathetic cult people that would rather make your leader a god? I could do that…Sartorious did bring me back to this world…I could easily make him powerful…not all powerful, as not even I am that…yet…"
"Are you saying the great Sartorious isn't all powerful?"
Anarchy paused, then looked to the sky. "PUCK!" The lithe sprite general appeared next to his master. "What would one call a person in this age that keeps repeating the same thing?"
"A broken record, my lord?'
"Thank you." He turned to Chazz as Puck disappeared. "What say you? You and I duel…I win…I get, hmmmm, 2 of your men. You win, someone becomes a god. That fair? Or…do I just kill you now?"
Chazz activated his duel disk. "You have insulted Sartorious…you will pay once you see the glory of the light!"
Anarchy held up a hand, summoning stone tablets. "This will be fun."
Next Time on G/X: Hunters- Viola has made a deal with Anarchy, and now Chazz will pay the price. Summoning his Union machines, he tries to take out the god. But when Anarchy reveals a dark truth about Duel Monsters, Chazz realizes that no one stands a chance against the God of Chaos.
Meanwhile, Doc K is no more, and in his place Adrian Kratos has return. As he battles Sola in the palace, the two of them see the power the other holds, and their fight will take a startling turn.
First Date Part Two
Author's Note: Anarchy calls himself a god, but he is technically a Titan. However, where he is from, Titans are called gods, and thus he only knows that title. At times, I will refer to him as the God of Chaos or the Titan-God of Chaos…but never the mere Titan of Chaos.
The same applies to Sola, the Titan-Goddess of Chaos.