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The Orichalcos Saga
Fanfic Chapter 207: The Black Scorpion Pt 1: Daring Escape
Episode Basis: None
Previously on Yu-Gi-Oh! Rebecca, Duke, and Kevin stumbled upon Mai and Valon in the desert. Rebecca was determined to duel Valon to get Yugi back and Kevin tried to use his favorite monster, Harpie's Brother to remind Mai of their relation because she had forgotten all about him. Unfortunately, both plans were for nothing. Valon wasted Rebecca and Duke with his armor monsters and Mai tore up the Harpie's Brother card. Then she took off because something triggered in her mind.
The Hawkins trailer was deathly quiet. Professor Hawkins was reading while Rebecca and Kevin just stared into space. Actually Kevin was staring at something. One of the pieces of the Harpie's Brother card.
Rebecca sat on the floor next to him. "You know, Harpie's Brother is a very common card," she said conversely. "I'm sure you can get another."
"It wouldn't be the same," Kevin said. "This card may be common but it was given to me by Mai. And now the very person who gave me that card destroyed it." He closed his eyes. "It looks like I'm truly alone."
Rebecca looked down then took a card from her pocket. "Look at this."
Kevin looked at the card and read the title. "The Ties of Friendship?"
"Yugi gave it to me when we first met. I keep it with me all the time to show that no matter how far apart we are, our hearts are always joined. Right now you and Mai are far apart, but your hearts will always be joined together." She noticed that Kevin's free hand was shaking and she took it in both of hers.
Kevin looked down at her, "Thanks, Rebecca."
The road was straight, unhindered by obstacles. This was a good thing, because the road was the last thing on Mai's mind.
What was that? She thought. When I tore up that kid's card, something happened in my head, like a memory. But I've never seen that kid before. For a moment, I felt like I did before. This makes it all the more important that I beat Wheeler, then I can truly close the door on who I once was and be reborn anew.
Jonah unlocked the door to Harold's cell. The boy was sleeping at the far end of the cell. The empty tray was on the other side near her. Jonah stared at him. She actually felt sorry for him, it wasn't his fault humanity was evil, it was just the way things are. Hopefully, once the Great Leviathan has cleansed humanity of all the evildoers, then they could start repopulating the world with those who were pure and honest. Part of her even hoped he was one of those pure and honest people. She picked up the tray and closed the door behind her.
As soon as she was gone, Harold opened his eyes. He reached underneath his shirt and took out the knife that was included with his food. He crept over to the door and after making sure there was nobody there stuck the end of the knife into the screw of the hinges. He started unscrewing the door from the hinges. Once he unscrewed the door, he slid through the crack formed by the off-hinge door. "Good, I'm free," he said quietly. "Now to find my way out of this Temple of Doom." He ran down one of the hallway unaware that Jonah was watching him from a darkened hallway.
Harold ran down several hallways before coming to a stop at an intersection. "Okay, this would go a lot smoother if I knew exactly where I was heading. What I need is a sign."
A green glow came from the hallway to his left. Harold looked up and said, "Thanks!" He ran towards the green glow.
The green glow led Harold to a large stone room. Two podiums stood at opposite ends of the room connected by a stone bridge. In the pit below them were thousands of black scorpions. "Yikes, I definitely don't want to fall there." He walked onto one of the podiums.
"I've been waiting for you." Jonah appeared from the other end, equipped with a Dark Duel Disk.
"Oh crap, busted," Harold moaned.
"Master Dartz was right," Jonah said. "You were lured by the Orichalcos here meaning your heart isn't pure. Now I shall claim your soul for the Great Leviathan!"
"Who wants what from where?" Harold asked.
Jonah activated her Duel Disk. "Your soul is mine!"
"Look, lady, I don't know what I did to tick you off," Harold said activating his Duel Disk. "But I like my soul and I'm not giving it up for anyone."
"You don't have a choice," Jonah said. "Let's duel!"
(H: 4000)
(J: 4000)
"I activate Weak Alliance," Jonah said activating a magic card. "Weak Alliance lets me summon an extra monster as long as the first monster has less than 1000 attack points. So now I summon Fiend Scorpion (1) in defense mode and Steel Scorpion in attack mode."
"I see, you're planning on holding out for that Seal of Okinawa," Harold guessed.
"Seal of Orichalcos," Jonah corrected. "And you're wrong nothing can beat my scorpion deck."
"I guess that means I'm lucky since people have called my deck nothing but trouble," Harold cracked.
"We've been watching you and your friends for a long time and know all your deck strategies including your infatuation with light attribute monsters. Each of my allies have structure their decks to counter the decks of you and your friends. Raphael's built his Guardian deck around stopping the Pharaoh, Alister used his deck to counter Blue-Eyes White Dragons, and Valon designed his to counter Joey Wheeler's for some reason. And my deck is designed to counter you."
"Why me? Why single me out/"
"Because that was my assignment and I will get your soul for Master Dartz."
"So Dartz must be the big cheese around here," Harold guessed. If she's telling the truth, and they have been watching us for some time and know our deck strategies, then she probably expects me to summon either Serapheem (2) or St. Joan (3). Little does she know that I have a few new tricks up my sleeve. Now let's see… I have a monster, but which monster to attack. She left her Steel Scorpion in attack mode so she must want me to attack that which means that it probably has some nasty trick designed to counter and destroy my monsters. So I'll bide my time for now and take out her Fiend Scorpion. "I summon Warrior of Zera (4) in attack mode!" A green-armored man holding a sword appeared.
Jonah's eyes bugged out. "But that's an earth attribute monster, I was told you only use light attribute monsters!"
Harold made a show of studying the card, "So it is an earth monster. Oh well, what'cha gonna do about it? Zera, attack her Fiend Scorpion!" The warrior charged forward and sliced the little scorpion to pieces. "I'll set a card face-down and end my turn." Now that I caught her off-guard, I can retain an advantage over her.
Jonah drew a card. "I sacrifice my Steel Scorpion in order to summon Needle Burrower (5) in attack mode. Attack Zera with Axe Tail!" The larger metal scorpion with needles all around it swung its tail and destroyed the warrior. "Since Needle Burrower destroyed a monster, it can damage your life points equal to 500 times the level of the destroyed monster."
"You lost me."
"Since Zera was a four star monster, that means you lose 2000 life points plus the 100 point difference between our two monsters' attack points." The Needle Burrower launched its spikes which all struck Harold.
(H: 1900)
(J: 4000)
She's better than I thought, Harold thought as he recovered from the attack. She already took over half my life points. I better prevent myself from receiving another attack.
"Next I activate the magic card Terraforming which lets me take any field magic card from my deck and add it to my hand." As she took a card from her deck, she let out a laugh. "Finally, I will prove to everyone my skills as a Duelist!"
"Say what?"
"I play the Seal of Orichalcos!"
"Hold on, can't we talk about this?" Harold asked. Jonah just inserted the card into her field magic card slot. "Guess not." So the Seal of Ornament is actually a field magic card. That gives me an idea on how to stop it. A circle landed around them and the symbol was traced on the ground. Jonah's dark eyes took on a red tint and the Seal of Orichalcos appeared on her forehead.
(NB: 1700-2200)
"Now I am unbeatable!"
"I wouldn't say that," Harold said.
"What did you say?"
"I said that your precious seal isn't as powerful as you might think."
"Take that back, the Seal of Orichalcos is the most powerful card to ever exist!" She lowered her head. "I should know, I made it."
"No way!"
It's true. My father was one of the most prestigious card designers at Industrial Illusions and I sought to follow in his footsteps. My drawing skills were second to none. But then we lost everything. Master Dartz came to my father and offered him a position in his organization the Warriors of Doma. My father agreed but only if he would bring me along. Master Dartz asked me to design cards for the Warriors of Doma to use. I designed tons of cards. I designed the Purity of the Cemetery for Raphael and Balrog for Alister. I even designed Armor Gravitation for that idiot Valon though now I think that was a serious mistake. And I designed the card that would prove to be humanity's undoing: the Seal of Orichalcos.
"Between Master Dartz's magic and my design skills, the Warriors of Doma now possessed cards no other Duelist has! These cards are specifically designed to give the Warriors of Doma an advantage that the enemy does not have."
"And who, pray tell, is the enemy?" Harold asked.
"You are! You, your friends, all man kind is the enemy! And in the end good will always triumph over evil! And my cards will perform a major task in that triumph."
"First of all, you have a twisted way of looking at good and evil. Second of all, I still believe that your Seal of Oregon isn't as strong as you might think."
"It's the Seal of Orichalcos! And what do you mean not as strong as you might think?"
"Look, the Seal is strong, I'll give you that. It's one of the strongest field magic cards that I ever came across." Harold drew a card. "But it's still just a field magic card, which can only remain on the field until another field magic card is put into play." Harold's field magic card slot opened up. "So I'm playing my own field magic card, Luminous Spark!" The room started to get brighter. Jonah had to turn away. "Now not only is your Seal destroyed, but the power boost advantage is now mine!" But as visions came back into focus, Harold saw to his shock that the Seal of Orichalcos was still there. "What, the Seal of Onigumo is still here?"
Jonah chuckled, "You're such an idiot. The Seal of Orichalcos is so strong that it can remain on the field even if other field magic cards are put into play. The only difference is while yours affects the entire field, mine only affects my side of the field."
Nuts, I could've sworn I found a way around that Seal of Oleander's effect. But wait a minute, that gives me an idea. Right now, two field magic cards are in effect meaning that both players can have a field magic card at the same time. And as luck would have it, I have another field magic card which could help, but first I'm going to need to bring back an old friend. "I activate my trap card Soul Resurrection which lets me resurrect any monster from the graveyard in defense mode. Of course since I only have one monster in my graveyard, it shouldn't be too hard to figure out which one. So come on back, Warrior of Zera." Zera appeared, on one knee.
"Your own plan backfired," Jonah said. "Since Zera is an earth attribute monster that means he doesn't get the power bonus from your Luminous Spark field magic card."
"I know," Harold said casually. "That's why I'm trading it in for another field magic card."
"Huh?"
"If I'm reading you right, then I can have a field magic card in play too as long as you retain your Seal of Okifenokie…"
"Orichalcos!"
"Whatever, anyway I'm ditching my Luminous Spark magic card in favor of a new card: The Sanctuary in the Sky!" The ground behind Harold started to shake. A large temple floating on a cloud rose up behind him.
"What is that?" Jonah wondered.
"It's the Sanctuary, where all the knowledge of the angels are stored. And now, Zera, ascend the Sanctuary!" Zera did a back flip and landed in the Sanctuary. The Sanctuary started to glow.
"What's happening?" Jonah asked.
"By ascending into the Sanctuary, Zera gains the power and wisdom of the heavens and as such, a transformation takes place. Zera may have gone in a warrior, but now he emerges as… the Archlord Zerato (6)!" Zera emerged, but this time he was wearing red with large white wings and a mask over his face. He carried a cutlass sword with him. "And as an Archlord, he has a very special ability. By discarding a light attribute monster from my hand, I can destroy all monsters on my opponent's side of the field." He took his Wingweaver (7) card and slid it into the graveyard slot thinking, Sorry about this, Wingweaver, but I'd much rather have you in the graveyard than on the field where you could succumb to whatever mischief she has planned. "Zerato, Sanctuary Slice!" Zerato swung his cutlass and released a crescent of energy which destroyed Needle Burrower. "But wait, I'm not done yet. You see, that was a special effect, not an attack. But this is an attack. Zerato, attack her life points directly!" Zerato flew forward and slashed Jonah right down the middle.
(H: 1900)
(J: 1200)
"Booyah," Harold cheered. "I may not be the strongest Duelist in the land, but I still pack one serious punch. Now I summon Venus the Agent of Creation in attack mode and pay 500 life points to summon Mystical Shine Ball from my deck."
(H: 1400)
(J: 1200)
"That ends my turn." He noticed Jonah, her whole body shaking. "Uh… are you okay?"
"I can't… I won't go back there… I have to make Master Dartz proud of me."
She doesn't care what happens to her, Harold realized. Only as long as she can give her master what he wants. That kind of sounds like me in a way. I was willing to throw my life on the line dozens of times, like when I took to the field to help Yugi defeat Joey and Tea when they were under Marik's control or when I jumped into the fire to protect Yugi, Joey, and Tristan. Jonah is literally bending over backwards to make sure Dartz succeeds. "Jonah, it's your move!"
Jonah drew a card. "I play Pot of Greed which lets me draw two extra cards." She drew her two cards and stared at her four cards. "I summon Don Zaloog (8) in attack mode." A blue-haired man wearing an eye patch appeared. The Seal of Orichalcos appeared on its forehead below the strap of the eye patch.
(DZ: 1400-1900)
"And next I play Mustering of the Dark Scorpions! With this, I'm able to summon as many monsters with Dark Scorpion in their name as I have in my hand. So now I summon the Dark Scorpion Gorg the Strong (9)!" A burly bald man carrying a hammer appeared.
(DSGS: 1800-2300)
"Nice try but even with the Seal of Onomatopoeia, you can't hold a candle to my Archlord.
"Then it's a good thing I have this. A card I made especially for my deck, Scorpion Strength. When I have at least two or more Dark Scorpions on my side of the field, I can increase one's attack points by 500 points for every Dark Scorpion on the field.
(DSGS: 2300-3300)
"Gorg, pound Zerato!" The strong man swung its mace and knocked Zerato back destroying it."
"Phew," Harold said. "Good thing I had my sanctuary out."
"How come your life points didn't decrease?"
"Simple, it's my Sanctuary in the Sky card. As long as it's out on the field, I can't receive any damage when a fairy-type monster is destroyed."
Jonah scowled, "I know your deck; it's not entirely filled with fairy monsters. Your Sanctuary won't be able to protect you forever and sooner or later the kink in your chain will appear and then I'll inject it with my venom and destroy you! Your soul will be sent to the Great Leviathan! And everyone will see that I'm not just loyal, but strong too."
She's right about one thing: my Sanctuary won't be able to protect me forever. I have to find some way to prevent the Seal of Oklahoma from taking either of our souls. But how can I save her when I can't even save myself?
To Be Continued
Duel Monster Database
(1)
Name: Fiend Scorpion
Level: 2
Type: Insect
Attribute: Earth
ATK: 900
DEF: 200
(2)
Name: Serapheem
Level: 8
Type: Fairy/Ritual/Effect
Attribute: Light
ATK: 3250
DEF: 2700
This card can only be Ritual Summoned with the Ritual Magic card Heavenly Light. You must also offer 1 Wingweaver with attack points of 3200 or more. Special Summon up to 4 Normal Light monsters from your graveyard when you Special Summon it. Increase this monster's ATK by 200 points for each monster summoned this way. The monsters return to your graveyard at the end of the turn this monster is summoned. Once per turn, you may summon 1 Normal Light monster from your graveyard for one turn only.
(3)
Name: St. Joan
Level: 8
Type: Fairy/Fusion
Attribute: Light
ATK: 2800
DEF: 2000
(4)
Name: Warrior of Zera
Level: 4
Type: Warrior
Attribute: Earth
ATK: 1600
DEF: 1600
(5)
Name: Needle Burrower
Level: 5
Type: Machine/Effect
Attribute: Dark
ATK: 1700
DEF: 1700
(6)
Name: Archlord Zerato
Level: 8
Type: Fairy/Effect
Attribute: Light
ATK: 2800
DEF: 2300
(7)
Name: Wingweaver
Level: 7
Type: Fairy
Attribute: Light
ATK: 2750
DEF: 2400
(8)
Name: Don Zaloog
Level: 4
Type: Warrior/Effect
Attribute: Dark
ATK: 1400
DEF: 1500
(9)
Name: Dark Scorpion – Gorg the Strong
Level: 5
Type: Warrior/Effect
Attribute: Dark
ATK: 1800
DEF: 1500
A/N: This one time in college my dorm door was stuck so I had to use a knife to unscrew the hinges and unstuck it from there. That's where I got the idea from. After that, they WD-40d it but I had to pay a fine for what I did to the door. Ah, memories.