Next Time, on G/X: Hunters- The battle between Lexie and Alexis continues. Lexie uses the versatility of her Seed Knights to counter every move Alexis makes, destroying all her advances. But Alexis isn't a fool, and using the ability of her White Rose card, is able to swarm Lexie's monsters and bring her close to the end. But the former Shadow Knight will not go down easy, and places all her hopes of her newest fusion, Gaia, Goddess of Earth
Alexis glared at her dark counterpart, annoyed more then anything else. "You continue to avoid the glorious light."
"And I'm gonna keep avoiding it. Seen what no personality does to you, not interested in having it done to me."
Alexis didn't have a retort for that, instead she drew her next card. "I'll set this monster face down on the field, and set two other cards as well, ending my turn."
"Goodie, more things for me to kill." Lexie said. "I will summon a Seed Knight #1 to the field in attack mode. Next, I will have it attack your face down monster…"
The Seed Knight nodded, rushing the defense monster and stabbing it with its sword. However, at the last moment, an arm reached up and caught the blade.
"My Blade Skater has 1500 defense points…same as your Seed Knight's attack points. Which means we have a stalemate."
Lexie shrugged. "Not a big deal, will just kill your monster with my Witch's Weed. Attack with Pollen Potion!" The Witch nodded, throwing a potion right at the Blade Skater's head.
"I don't think so." Alexis said with a grin, flipping the first of her cards up. "Reveal Doble Passe." Bull fight music began to play around them. "With this card, each of us is allowed to attack with one monster."
Lexie frowned. "Big deal. Worse deal for you then me, really. Seed Knight, attack." She ordered calmly.
"Not really." Alexis commented. "Not when I activate this: Hallowed Life Barrier." Around her body glowed a blue force field, blocking the Witch's attack. "By discarding one card, I can prevent all damage I would take this turn." She smirked. "But you still take the damage from my Blade Saker!"
Lexie rolled her eyes. "When are you going to learn?" She pulled a card from her jacket pocket. "Seeds are effected by the environment. Your trap added the perfect amount of…trappiness…for my Seed Knight to grow into the Snap Trapper!"
The Seed Knight glowed red, body twisting and splitting until it burst into form. In place of the seed was now a huntress, various venus flytraps hanging from her arms, root-like hair in tangles and long dark arms ready to strike.
Marco raised an eyebrow. 'A card for every occasion…' He thought, activating his scanner.
Snap Trapper
Earth
Level 7
2000/1250
Plant/Fusion/Effect"This card only be special summoned by sacrificing a monster with "Seed Knight" in its name from the field when a trap card has been activated. As long as this card is on the field, you may play trap cards like Quickplay spell cards."
"And now, I will use Snap Trapper's effect to activate the trap card Enchanted Javalin, which will increase my lifepoints by your monster's attack points." The trap flashed, negating any damage Lexie might have taken. The Shadow Knight-turned-Rare Hunter shook her head. "Anything you throw at me, I will counter. You can't come up with a strategy I don't know, because duh, I am you, only with more creativity!"
Alexis frowned. "You are nothing more then a copy of me."
"So was Microsoft 95 to Microsoft 98, doesn't mean 95 was better!"
The whited out duelist rolled her eyes. "You talk to much. I set one card and one monster face down on the field, and end my turn."
"Didn't we just do this?" Lexie asked. She shrugged, holding out a monster. "Might as well replay it all; I summon Seed Knight #1 to the field." The little black seed warrior appeared, ready for battle. "Seed Knight, attack the face down card!" The knight nodded, leaping at the defense card, sword swinging.
"Reveal face down monster: Cyber Vaulter!" The card flashed, revealing a woman in a purple and orange bodysuit, cracking her knuckles. "When this card is flipped face up, she is allowed to do 500 points of damage directly to your lifepoints!"
The Vaulter leapt over the Seed Knight, sprung over Lexie's other monsters, striking her in the chest and using Lexie's body to vault back to her position. (Lexie-3450)
"Doesn't matter…little Vaulter still gonna die." Lexie taunted.
"Not really. Reveal trap card Intermission! With this card, all battles end when you attack a Cyber warrior, your battle phase is over, and…well, I'll leave the last effect for later…"
"In that case…" Lexie said. "I will now make one final move…one you know well…I will not tribute my Seed Knight #1 and fusion summon the Blooming Surprise!"
The Seed Knight began to glow, transforming into a large closed flower. Marco raised his arm, once more scanning the card.
Blooming Surprise
Earth
Level 5
1850/1000
Plant/Fusion/Effect
"This card only be special summoned by sacrificing a monster with "Seed Knight" in its name from the field when a flip effect has been activated. You may pay 400 lifepoints to negate a monster's effect. The negated effect can not be used for the rest of this turn."
"Thanks to your flip effect, I can not counter all other monster effects!"
Alexis frowned. "It is barely worth it, however. 100 points of difference…"
"For Vaulter…but I am betting you have other effect monsters I can cancel out." Lexie taunted.
Alexis merely took out her deck. "The second effect of Intermission is activated, allowing me to special summon to the field one Cyber warrior from my deck to the field. And I select Etolie Cyber!" The female monster appeared, ready for battle. "But she won't be here for long. First, I will flip summon Cyber Vaulter, and you will activate your Blooming Surprise effect."
Lexie did so, the bloom opened, revealing a strange grinning flower that fired out a blast of pollen that left the Vaulter twitching. (Lexie-3050)
"Luckily, the Vaulter wasn't my goal. You see Lexie, your Seed Knights are full of potential. But there is one fatal flaw they all have: Once they mature, they are locked into their new forms. Which means, all I had to do was get you to waste a Knight on one card, while activating another. I will now tribute my Etolie Cyber and Cyber Vaulter to summon Cyber Olympian!"
The two monsters glowed, transforming into one female Cyber monster. She had long blonde hair, a white body with some golden armor upon her shoulders and golden boots. She waved her hand regally before turning towards Lexie. Marco did a scan.
Cyber Olympian
Light
Level 8
2600/2100
Warrior/Effect
"When this card destroys a monster, place one "Gold Metal Token" on this card. When this monster would be destroyed as a result of battle, remove one "Gold Metal Token" instead. Remove 3 tokens to decrease your opponent's lp by 1000."
Lexie stared at the monster, slightly impressed. "Nice…but even if you do attack, I will be able to power up my other plants…"
Alexis wagged her finger. "Not so fast. It seems you are putting all your posies in one basket. Do you remember those three cards I discarded to the graveyard during my first 3 turns?"
"Of course."
Marco quickly did a scan of Alexis' graveyard, eyes widening. 'Brilliant…risky but brilliant!'
"You see, the three cards were my White Rose spell cards. When three White Rose cards are in the cemetery, I am allowed to select one monster on my side of the field and have it attack all the monsters on your side of the field!"
"NO!" Lexie shouted.
"Attack Witch's Weed, Snap Trapper and Blooming Surprise!"
"I activate the Blooming Surprise's effect one last time!" Lexie said in a hurry, her blossom firing a pollen shot one final time to the face of the Olympian. "That will protect me from your effect…" She grunted, taking on all three strikes from the Olympian. (Lexie-1100)
"Not so tough now, are you?" Alexis asked as Lexie managed to set a card on the field, ending her turn. "You talk a rather big game, but you fall quite easily." Alexis looked over her hand. "I don't need these cards to take you out. Olympian, attack!"
"Reveal Negate Attack." Lexie said, standing tall once more.
"A minor pause in your journey to see the light."
Lexie shook her head as she drew her new card, grinning manically. "No Alexis…it is time you see my true power. Those other seed knights…they were nothing compared to the greatest of their forms. And I drew the card that will set it all up. I activate the field spell the Great Garden!"
All around the two duelists, the road and buildings faded into a great valley. The sun shone brighter, a clear steam appeared near them, and the soil was rip from all matter of life. It was a place where plants could grow free…a Garden of Paradise.
"The Great Garden has two effects. All my plant monsters gain 400 attack points, and once per turn I can search for one spell card in my deck and add it to my hand." Lexie removed her deck and selected the card. "And now I activate Reseeding! This card allows me to cut my lp in half in order to add 5 plant monsters from my deck to my hand." Lexie took out her deck once more, selecting the 5 perfect monsters and shuffling her deck. "And now, I will summon my Seed Knight…#2."
On Lexie's side of the field, a small white, bulb-like seed appeared, spear in hand and wearing a knight's helm. "That's it?" Alexis laughed. "That pathetic thing will stop me? It only has 1900 attack points thanks to the Great Garden."
Marco stepped out of the alley, unable to keep quiet. "Foolish girl…if this Lexie has done what I think she has done, you are already dead."
"Marco…" Alexis warned. "What are you doing here? Trying to scare me into thinking this copy can beat me…"
"You idiot!" Marco roared. "I will not hold my tongue, bella! You have lost this game, and have shown no respect to me or the girl." He sighed. "I had hoped, perhaps, to save you from this…but now, I allow the girl to finish you." He turned to Lexie. "Madam, finish the duel…I grow tired of Alexis." He turned to leave.
Lexie raised an eyebrow. "Wait…you will wish to see this. Its gonna be good…" Marco paused as Lexie turned to her white half. "And now, I finish you. I sacrifice my Seed Knight…"
"But I have activated nothing!" Alexis protested.
"Ah, but my seeds can grow in my own soil. I sacrifice the Great Garden and the Seed Knight to summon the master of my garden, the Goddess of Earth-Gaia!"
The seed drove itself into the dirt, and Lexie moved to stand where it stood. Throwing her head back, Lexie was engulfed by the ground, hidden completely. Several seconds went by, until she reappeared in her fused form. Blonde/brown hair now made of pink rose petals, skin a dark brown, standing 10 feet tall, the earth connected to her feet, dressed in a gown of leaves, Lexie/Gaia was a sight. Marco fell to his knees in surprise, and to Alexis' shock, glowed white as he transformed into his true form as Archlord Mars.
Goddess of Earth-Gaia
Earth
Level 8
2200/2000
Plant/Effect/Fusion
"This card can only be summoned by sacrificing one monster with "Seed Knight" in its name and one "Great Garden". Increase the attack of all plant monsters on the field by 400. As long as this card is on the field, you can special summon any plant monsters in your hand to the field (in face up attack or defense position) during your main phase."
Lexie paid no attention as she held up her hand. "My first effect…" She said, voice booming. "I will now summon Homunculus the Alchemic Being, Lekunga, and Lord Poison in attack and Fairy King Truesdale in defense." All four monsters appeared, standing next to their goddess. Truesdale glowed bright, powering up the plants. "And I activate my second effect, allowing me increase all our attacks by 400. Making me stronger then your Olympian!"
"NO!" Alexis shouted.
"I attack with Rage of Titans!" She raised her bare foot, breaking it free from the grass and soil, and slammed it down, the ground breaking and engulfing the Cyber warrior. "And now attack my plants!"
Alexis cried out as she was hit over and over, finally knocked unconscious. Lexie/Gaia moved towards her, raising her foot to deliver the final blow.
Only to be stopped by Marco/Archlord Mars. "No."
Lexie frowned. "You dare…"
"The matters of mortals are not the matter of us." Marco said sternly. "This girl…at the moment, is under my protection, as are all the white society."
"Funny…" Lexie said. "Because the hunters are my family…and I will kill anyone that hurts them."
Marco nodded. "Then we are at a stalemate…I will take this girl…go back to your hunters…but Miss…"
"Lexie…Lexie Lockehart."
"Lockehart…I will find you soon…and we will discuss the affairs of immortals, bella."
"Alright, Mr…"
Marco lifted Alexis in his arms, spreading his wings. "Giovanni."
"Mr. Giovanni."
"Call me Marco." He said simply, flying away.
"Ok…Marco."
&&&
High above, Lord Mars watched his son, his own father Jupiter coming to his side.
"Does he realize yet, my son?"
"That Lexie is the one we have selected as his bride? No father…let him find out on his own."
Next Time on GX: Hunters-While Lexie has her fun, Hayden and Cassandra make their move on Kaibaland, to plant the virus Arliss wanted. But when Sartorious sends the Native American Duelist Jonah Redleaf to secure the area for his sister's duel, the two sides collide. With Hayden wanting to test his new connection to the shadow realm, he strikes out to take down the Society member. But with monsters that are constantly joining to grow stronger…can Hayden come out on top?
Episode 73- Manifest Destiny