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The Orichalcos Saga
Fanfic Chapter 208: The Black Scorpion Pt 2: Dark Scorpion Combination
Episode Basis: None
Previously on Yu-Gi-Oh! Harold escaped from his prison only to fall into a trap set by Jonah, the youngest of the Warriors of Doma and the daughter of Guimo, who was defeated by Yami-Yugi. Jonah revealed that she was the driving force behind all of the super cards used by Raphael and the others. She also revealed that she was determined to take Harold's soul and allow her master, Dartz , to succeed. Harold's really in a jam, how can he hold on while staring down a monster with 3300 attack points?
Joey, Tristan, and Amara were walking down the track trying to find Tea and the Pharaoh. Tristan was currently carrying Rex's soulless body while Amara wore both Joey's and her own Duel Disks on each arm as well as carrying Tristan's sack.
"Remind me again why we're carrying this lump like a sack of potatoes, Joey?"
"I promised I would save his soul and as annoying as Raptor is, I intend to keep my word."
"Well couldn't we at least drop him off at the nearest hospital? I'm getting tired of carrying him."
"You need the exercise. Besides, I already carried him for ten miles."
"Well I'm not carrying him for another ten miles… hey I know let's get Amara to carry him for the next ten miles."
"Not on your life, buster! Who do you think is carrying two Duel Disks plus two sets of luggage?"
Tristan moaned, "This is not my day. I wonder if Harold's having as much fun as I am."
"Listen, Jonah, if you want me to acknowledge you as a great card designer, then fine, I acknowledge you as a great card designer! But you're allowing this Dartz character to lead you around blind folded! A true Duelist thinks for his self!"
"And how would you know what a true Duelist is? The only reason you're even a Duelist is because of that Armlet of yours.'
"What does my Armlet have to do with anything?"
"What if I were to tell you that I knew the true origins of your Avatar Armlet, courtesy of Master Dartz?"
"So what, I know its origins too, it's a Millennium Item!"
"Wrong!"
"What?!"
"The Armlet is not of Egyptian origin, but of Atlantian origin!"
So Atlantis really does exist! "That's impossible!"
"Think about it, your Armlet has power over Millennium Items, even the mighty Millennium Puzzle!" Harold thought back to how he stopped Yugi's Millennium Puzzle from activating during Battle City. "The only other thing that demonstrated that type of power is the Seal of Orichalcos, which is also of Atlantian origin. Come on, put two and two together."
So all this time I've been toting around an artifact made from a city that sunk thousands of years ago? But if that's so, then why has it been fluxing lately? "It's my move," Harold announced.
(H: 1400)
(J: 1200)
As long as my Sanctuary in the Sky is on the field, I won't take any damage when a fairy-type monster is destroyed. But if she is a card designer, then she might have a card that can destroy it or negate its effect. So I better be careful, because with 3300 attack points, even Serapheem won't be able to stand against it. "I play my own Pot of Greed which lets me draw two cards." Harold drew his two cards. "I summon The Unhappy Maiden (1) in defense mode." A red-haired girl in a blue smock carrying a basket of flowers appeared. "I then switch Venus and Mystical Shine Ball to defense mode. Finally I set a card face-down and end my turn."
Jonah drew a card. "I equip Gorg with Fairy Meteor Crush which increases his attack points by 400."
(DSGS: 3800-4200)
"Plus when he attacks, you still receive damage."
"Ho boy," Harold moaned.
"Gorg, attack his Unhappy Maiden with Scorpion Mace!" Gorg raised his mace high.
"Activate trap card: Enchanted Javelin. This increases my life points by Gorg's attack points."
(H: 5600)
(J: 1200)
Gorg pounded the girl.
(H: 1500)
(J: 1200)
"Fortunately, for you, your Maiden's special ability requires me to end my turn now. But I should warn you, I know there's another Dark Scorpion monster in my deck and as soon as I draw it, you will lose! So anything you would like to say before you become a slab on the master's wall?"
"Actually I do have a question," Harold said. "What's with you and scorpions? You got some sort of insect fixation?"
Jonah sighed and lowered her jacket below her back. "Look at my back." She turned around.
Harold gasped, there was a scar, the width of an index finger, running along her back, almost to her spine. "My God, what…"
"It was eight years ago today…"
My father and I were living the good life. My father, as I had said before, was the best card designer at Industrial Illusions. Being an only child, my father spoiled me making sure I had everything I needed. Then one day, Pegasus let him off. There was no reason, no explanation what so ever, he just received a pink slip and was shown the door. And nobody would even give him an answer.
We lost everything that day. We were forced to live from day to day. We had to take shelter in alleyways and sometimes even use manhole covers for shelter. My father could barely feed himself let alone me. During the summer we slept at a beachside at least until the cops threw us out. One night I fell asleep not knowing that I was sleeping on a scorpion's nest. One of the scorpions decided to take its revenge and stabbed me in the back, a literal representation of what Industrial Illusions did to my father.
My father couldn't take me to the hospital because we were poor. We wouldn't be able to pay the bills. He tried to get help but the few people he came across just thought he was a crazy man! He was ready to bury me right then and there. And then, Master Dartz appeared.
"What seems to be the trouble?"
"Please, good sir, help my daughter, she's been stung, she needs medical attention but nobody will help me. Please, help us!"
"Sure. Follow me."
Master Dartz's methods were somewhat strange. All he did was lay his hands on my bare back but whatever he did worked, the fact that I am here today speaks of that.
"You saved my daughter, sir, thank you, what may I do to repay your kindness?"
"Interesting you should ask, I'm forming an organization and need strong people to work. Do you currently have a job?"
"No, I would be honored to work for you, sir."
"Then come with me and I will give you the tools needed to bring you back up to the top."
"But what about my daughter, I can't leave her wandering the streets all alone!"
"Of course she is welcome to join as well."
"Thank you, Mister, I promise to work hard."
And I did work hard. I did everything Master Dartz told me to, even the most remedial chores. I knew I had to serve him for life, since he saved my life. We were the first to join the Warriors of Doma. Soon after, the others joined us and together we embarked to right all the wrongs done to us.
"One would think I would be scared of scorpions after that," Jonah said conversely as she re-donned her jacket. "Quite the opposite, I developed respect for the creatures. They have lived over hundreds, even thousands of years. Their venom can kill a human, and they can thrive in almost any climate. One time I went to see a shaman and she said my spirit animal is the scorpion, an animal which may be small, but is ferocious, like me."
"I think I'm beginning to understand," Harold said. "You don't care if what you're doing is evil or not, Dartz saved your life so now you owe him."
"Precisely which is why I must take your soul for the Great Leviathan."
"But that still doesn't give you an excuse to go around stealing people's souls! Don't forget that your own father fell victim to his own card."
"Even if he's not here, my father is still serving Master Dartz faithfully; his soul is being used to revive the Great Leviathan!"
"Is everyone in your organization nuts or is that Seal like crack for your brain?" Harold cracked.
"Make your move, Kumara, so I may win and prove myself!"
"Who are you trying to prove yourself to? Your Master? Your father? Yourself?"
Jonah didn't want to tell him that she believed that Valon was right and she was worthless.
Valon.
Jonah didn't like him from day one. He was rude, selfish and did as he pleased. Raphael was just as loyal as she was, and Alister didn't voice any complaints. She had been a Warrior of Doma longer than any of the boys or that rooster-head Mai. She didn't understand what Valon saw in her. Perhaps deep down, she was a little bit jealous. Mai was certainly a knock-out, it was easy to see why men like Joey Wheeler and Valon would fall for her. But Jonah herself was strong, strong in spirit. And once she proved it by capturing the soul of Harold Kumara, the Avatar, perhaps Valon would see that she could be just like Mai, a strong Duelist as well as strong person.
"It's my move," Harold announced and drew a card. He considered his options. I could have Venus attack one of her lesser Dark Scorpions, but that would do more harm than good. Even though Sanctuary in the Sky prevents my life points from going down even if a fairy-type monster is destroyed, she still has more monsters than me. She could just use two of her Dark Scorpions to take out my monsters and the other to finish off my life points. Somehow I have to block all of her monsters from attacking. Man, I wish I had a card like Mirror Force or even reliable old Waboku in my hand, that way I would be sure to survive for another turn. Unfortunately, both of those wishes won't come true any time soon. "Hit me with your best shot!"
He's obviously not worried because his sanctuary protects his fairy-type monsters from play. But his entire deck can't contain only fairy-type monsters. His Warrior of Zera is proof of that. I'll have to bide my time. Jonah drew a card. "I'll set a card face-down and not attack this turn. It would be pointless since your Sanctuary protects you. I can wait."
Now it was Harold's turn. "Activate Swords of Revealing Light! Now you can't attack for three turns!" That should give me some breathing room.
"How irritating," Jonah moaned as she drew a card. "I summon a new Dark Scorpion, Dark Scorpion - Chick the Yellow (2)!" A rail-thin person with spiky yellow hair holding a mallet appeared. "And now that he's here, Scorpion Strength raises Gorg's attack power by another 500 points."
(DSGS: 4200-4700)
"Plus Chick the Yellow gains 500 attack points thanks to the Seal of Orichalcos."
(DSCW: 1000-1500)
Where're Kaiba's dragons when you need them, Harold thought. He drew a card. "Well, who needs Blue-Eyes White Dragon when you have this: I play the magic card Cure Master and activate my face-down card Serial Spell. Serial Spell can duplicate any magic card that's played. And since I played Cure Master which raises my life points by 1000, that means I get double the life points!"
(H: 3500)
(J: 1200)
He almost got back all of his life points, Jonah thought as she drew a card. I can't activate my face-down card yet, I still need the remaining two Dark Scorpions. "Dark Scorpion - Menae the Thorn (3), come forth!" A woman holding a thorny whip appeared.
(DSGS: 4700-5200)
(DSMT: 1000-1500)
"It won't be long now, just one more turn and then I'll be free to attack you with my Dark Scorpion army!"
She must have a strategy planned involving her Dark Scorpions, Harold thought as he drew a card. Well hello old friend. "I give away 500 life points to summon my last Mystical Shine Ball."
(H: 3000)
(J: 1200)
"Now I sacrifice my two Mystical Shine Balls in order to summon Sanga of the Thunder (4)!"
Jonah gawked at the legendary monster. "I thought nobody had that monster in their deck."
"Well you thought wrong, and now you're going to pay. Sanga, attack her Don Zaloog with Thunder Stroke!" The large creature let loose a gigantic blast of lightning which destroyed the Dark Scorpion leader.
(H: 3000)
(J: 500)
(DSGS: 5200-4700)
Nuts, I botched that one big time. I should've had Sanga attack one of her weaker Dark Scorpions, that way she would've lost more life points.
No, only Gorg has enough attack power to beat Sanga of the Thunder and none of my other Dark Scorpions are strong enough.
"It's my move," Jonah announced. "And your Swords of Revealing Light are gone." The golden swords which had divided the monsters of the two opposing players had vanished.
"It doesn't matter," Harold said. "The only monster that can destroy my Sanga of the Thunder is your Gorg but if you do I'll just use his special ability and bounce your attack off. And all of your other Dark Scorpions are too weak to attack. Hate to say it, but you're stuck in a rut."
Jonah's body started to shake again.
"Soon, my daughter, we will be back on top."
"We will?"
"Yes, we will have everything that we had before. I'm sorry that I haven't been a good father to you these past few years but we are now ready to begin our plan."
"We are?"
"Your father is correct, Child."
"Master Dartz!"
"The Great Leviathan is almost ready. But it needs strong souls."
"Strong souls?"
"Yes, there is one that we especially need. It is a strong soul and I'm afraid that challenging him will not be enough."
"Who?"
"A Pharaoh, whose name has been lost from history. And we will need your help to capture him."
"My help, does that mean…?"
"Jonah, when we first met, you were on the verge of death. Now, you have risen to become one of my most committed supporters. And that unwavering support has convinced me that you are ready to join as a Warrior of Doma. Here is proof of your alliance. It's called a Duel Disk. And when you play this…"
"Daddy, it's the Seal of Orichalcos I was designing."
"That's correct, and once you play it, you will bring us one step closer to rebuilding paradise! But this honor is a double-edged sword. One wrong move and you'll face a fate far worse than if you lived on the streets."
"I won't let you down, sir."
"I promised I wouldn't let him down," Jonah said. "And I won't!" She drew a card. "I play Dark Scorpion Agreement."
"Another Dark Scorpion card?"
"Yes, and this one is extra powerful. First it lets me draw a number of cards from my deck equal to the number of Dark Scorpion cards currently on the field. And I have four."
"Four, I only see three monsters." Jonah pointed to her face-down card. "Oh."
"Now I draw four cards." Jonah drew her cards. "Excellent, I have everything I need. First I play Monster Reborn to revive Don Zaloog." The man wearing an eye patch reappeared.
(DZ: 1400-1900)
"And next I summon the final part of my Dark Scorpion team. I summon Cliff the Trap Remover (5)!" A bronze-skinned man wearing glasses and holding some daggers appeared.
(CTR: 1200-1700)
"Talk about gypped, that guy doesn't even have Dark Scorpion in his name, yet he's part of your so-called Dark Scorpion brigade?"
"That's right. And now that all five are on the field, I am all set. Oh wait, no I'm not, I still have a couple more cards left to play, one is called Upstart Goblin and with it I'm able to draw a card. But you don't walk away empty handed either, you gain 1000 life points."
"Um… thanks?"
(H: 4000)
(J: 500)
"Don't thank me yet, because now I play Dark Room of Nightmare. Now every time you suffer damage not from battle, you lose an additional 300 life points. And I'm about to stick it to you just like that scorpion stuck it to me. I reveal my trap card Dark Scorpion Combination! With this, my Dark Scorpion force is allowed to attack your life points directly! So get him, everyone!" The Dark Scorpions leapt around Sanga and each attacked Harold hard. "And don't forget about Dark Room of Nightmare, now you suffer 300 points of additional damage."
(H: 500)
(J: 500)
Harold screamed with each attack by the Dark Scorpions but the final one by Gorg the Strong threw him into the wall of the Seal of Orichalcos. He sunk to the ground unconscious.
To Be Continued
Duel Monster Database
(1)
Name: The Unhappy Maiden
Level: 1
Type: Spellcaster/Effect
Attribute: Light
ATK: 0
DEF: 100
(2)
Name: Dark Scorpion – Chick the Yellow
Level: 3
Type: Warrior/Effect
Attribute: Dark
ATK: 1000
DEF: 1000
(3)
Name: Dark Scorpion – Menae the Thorn
Level: 4
Type: Warrior/Effect
Attribute: Dark
ATK: 1000
DEF: 1800
(4)
Name: Sanga of the Thunder
Level: 7
Type: Thunder/Effect
Attribute: Light
ATK: 2600
DEF: 2200
(5)
Name: Cliff the Trap Remover
Level: 3
Type: Warrior/Effect
Attribute: Dark
ATK: 1200
DEF: 1000