Chapter 34- Brooklyn

Brooklyn sat at his little disk in the secret base, sipping on a can of root beer. He wondered why Matt hadn't responded. As far as I can remember, whenever I called, Matt always has responded almost immediately. There's only one explanation- something happened. It had been nearly three hours since the others had left for the second time, leaving him by himself with an inanimate body and two almost-human computers.

"Has Matt responded yet?" Chris asked S.C.A.N.

"No. It seems odd. You sent that message almost a half an hour ago. There's no reason for Matt not to have responded by now. He always is most prompt in his responses." The computer responded. "Do you think something happened to him?"

"Yes."

"And what do you plan to do about it?"

"Well, I was content to sit here and wait until this was over, but if they lost Matt, then it would seem that the others would be in a lot of trouble. Depending on how long he's actually been gone, they may already be in trouble!"

"I concur. You should attempt to help them. D.A.N. and I can watch the base and Miss Helen. The only problem is what will you defend yourself from the brute-force squad with?"

Brooklyn smiled and picked up a battleaxe off the floor. "I do like shotguns, but this will do just fine. And don't forget, I'm not bad at dueling."

"Well, before you leave, maybe I should give you the experiment."

"Didn't Matt say not to use that until he was sure it was safe? We still haven't finished insulating the barrel."

"I finished that. It's a little primitive, but it will work." D.A.N. said. A part of the wall slid up to reveal a hi-tech looking laser. The barrel was wrapped in a heavy pad. Brooklyn raised an eyebrow.

"You're right, that is primitive. But will work, I guess." Brooklyn attached the battleaxe to use belt and took the laser. "How long will it last?"

"Depending on how frequent you fire it, it will have somewhere between 12,000 to 15,000 shots. The more frequent you fire it, the fewer shots, because it will overheat much faster." S.C.A.N. said. Brooklyn nodded, slung the laser, and began climbing the ladder. There was no one at the top. Brooklyn shut the trapdoor behind him, covered it with the camo leaves, and made his way to the gate. Naturally, it was surrounded by fiends.

"Time for a little field test." He smiled. He unslung the laser, aimed at the nearest fiend, and pulled the trigger. There was no light beam and no sound, but a burning hole appeared in the fiend's stomach. The fiend fell dead with a look of utter surprise on its face. Brooklyn smiled a little smile and proceeded to pick off the rest of the army, who had no idea where the shots were coming from. Brooklyn took his time, not wanting to waste too many laser shots. He stopped firing when the only fiend left was an intelligent one.

"So, you are the one who just killed all those idiots." The fiend said.

"Yeah. Wanna duel?"

"That is my job. And it is also my job to take your soul!"

"Ha! You can't take me down. I'm just as good as my brother."

"Heh. The one who is currently our prisoner?"

"Well, that explains why I couldn't contact him. But it will take more than a few fiends to keep him down. But let's not talk about him. Let's do this!"

"Let's duel!"

Brooklyn: 4000

Fiend: 4000

"I'll go first!" said Brooklyn. "I summon my Mpirian Axe Man (Earth/Warrior/Mpire/Effect, 1900/1000) in attack mode! Then I play a facedown and end my turn."

"Fine then. I draw! And then I'll activate Toon World! I have to pay 1000 life points to play this card."

Brooklyn: 4000 Fiend: 3000

"Then, I can special summon my toon monsters! So, to begin, I play my Toon Gemini Elf (Earth/Spellcaster/Toon/Effect, 1900/900) in attack mode. And since you have no toon monsters, I can attack you directly! Go, Gemini Elf, attack this fool directly!"

Brooklyn: 2100

Fiend: 3000

Brooklyn frowned as the pain of the Shadow Game hit him like a ton of bricks. "You know, it's nice to inform people when you're going to play a Shadow Game with them. At least all the old villains would be like, 'And now, I'll destroy you with a Shadow Game!' or something of that nature when they started one."

"Ha! Screw that. Let's get on to Gemini Elf's effect. When they do damage to you, I get to discard a card from your hand." He sent Brooklyn's Return from the Dead Spell card to the graveyard. "And now, I set two cards, and I am done."

"Yes, you are." Brooklyn drew. "Before your turn ends, I play Desperate Mpirian Charge! With it, I send one monster from my Deck with a higher level than the monster on the field to the graveyard. I'll send this, Chris, King of Mpire, to the Graveyard, and activate my trap. When this card is activated, I can attack once during the end of your turn! So, Mpirian Axe Man, destroy the toon!"

"Grr…"

"And since you ended your turn, it goes to mine. I draw… and during my Standby phase, the spell card that you sent to the graveyard activates! Return from the Dead!"

"What, how? Huh?!?"

"Watch. When you send Return from the Dead to the graveyard and I haven't activated it, I can use it during my next Standby phase at no cost, instead of having to pay the usual 1000 life points. But before I do, I'll chain this Quick-Play Spell- Mpirian Destruction of the Blockade! By discarding cards from my hand, I can destroy your 'blockade'- namely those facedowns! So, I discard Andy, Lord of Mpire, and Jeff, Lord of Mpire, to destroy both of your facedowns!"

"Curses… but now you have depleted all your resources! There's no way you can win now!"

"You've forgotten my Spell- Return from the Dead!"

"Hurry up and explain it so I can beat it."

"You won't get the chance to. You see, Return from the Dead special summons as many Mpirian Royals from the Graveyard as possible- any Mpire Card with 'King,' 'Lord,' 'High King,' or 'High Queen' in the title. So, I'll bring back Chris, King of Mpire (Earth/Warrior/Mpire/Effect, 2600/1500) in attack mode, Andy, Lord of Mpire (Wind/Warrior/Mpire/Effect, 1900/1800) in attack mode, and Jeff, Lord of Mpire (Wind/Warrior/Mpire/Effect, 2100/1700) in attack mode!"

"Holy shit!"

"Hey, hey, keep it G-rated! Now, since you have no monsters any more, and I have three, I think I'll go ahead and attack directly! Go, all three of you! Destroy him!"

Brooklyn: 2100

Fiend: 0

The fiend exploded.

"That's all, folks." Brooklyn quipped. He lasered the three unfortunate fiends who had walked through the gate at that moment, and stepped through the gate to the Shadow Realm.