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The Orichalcos Saga
Fanfic Chapter 216: The Secret of Doma
Episode Basis: Paradise Found
Previously on Yu-Gi-Oh! The gang was back together but that was the only good news. Bad news was abounding. First was the revelation that Kaiba Corp. had been taken over by Dartz. And the second was that Harold had fallen fighting the Warriors of Doma. But there was no time to commiserate. Everyone headed to Florida where Kaiba revealed that he already had a team there uploading the pictures. Doma got to them but not before they were able to upload the images. But the images were too grainy to read. So Yami and Kaiba undertook a dangerous mission to Kaiba Corp. to clear up and possibly even interpret the images. Now they're running a gauntlet of Orichalcos-controlled monsters. This'll be brutal.
"Obnoxious Celtic Guardian!"
"Vorse Raider (1)!"
"Attack!" Yami and Kaiba commanded. The two monsters tore up the enemy monsters allowing Yami and Kaiba to access the doors at the other end. Kaiba tried his keycard again but this time it didn't work.
"Oh no, it won't work!"
"What happened?"
"Somebody must've reprogrammed it!"
It was then that Obnoxious Celtic Guardian and Vorse Raider were destroyed and the enemy monsters made a beeline towards the boys.
A white orb burst from Yami's pocket and let out a blinding flash that kept the monsters back. "What is that?" Kaiba asked.
"You could say it's my guardian angel," Yami said with a smile.
"Great, but unless it can unlock doors, we're in deep trouble."
"Need a little help?" A disembodied female voice asked. The doors opened and Yami and Kaiba bolted through. The white orb made it as the doors closed slicing a monster's claw off. But at least the boys were safe.
Rebecca, her Grandfather, Joey, and Kevin had descended a manhole cover and Rebecca now had her laptop hooked up to some wiring.
"I don't know how you did it but you hacked into Kaiba Corp.'s security system."
"It's a good thing I decided to tag along on Kaiba's little field trip. Let me know when this is over if you want your security system upgraded."
Kaiba regarded the claw which was floundering on the ground. "I'll consider it," he said. "Let's go, Yugi." With the white orb providing light, the two ran to the next chamber. The door to the third chamber was also locked but Rebecca opened them as she opened the next three sets.
"I managed to clear the way for you guys," Rebecca reported over the intercom system. "But I can't access the central computer it's on a different network."
"That's okay, I got it from here," Kaiba said as he and Yami entered a room filled to the brim with computers. Kaiba went up to the control panel and used his locket card to turn it on. "Begin retinal scan," he commanded. A red beam briefly ran over his eye.
"Retinal scan complete, identity verified. Welcome back, Mister Kaiba."
"Reboot using back up system," Kaiba instructed. Noticing Yami's curious glance, he said, "The back-up system has less of a chance of being hacked than the main system." The lights dimmed for a second and then came back on. Kaiba inserted the disk that contained the pictures. "Okay, I'm clearing up the images. Computer, analyze these images cross-referencing with every known archaeological database."
"Working," the computer reported.
"Rebecca, are you getting them?" Yami asked.
"Yup, clear as crystal," Rebecca quipped.
"Did you have to say 'crystal'?" Joey asked.
"Sorry." Rebecca looked at her Grandpa. "Grandpa?"
"All right." Arthur Hawkins studied the image. "'After centuries of slumber, the black serpent will swallow the sun and rebuild paradise.'"
"Sounds ominous," Kevin said crossing his arms.
"But what does it mean?" Joey asked.
"The paradise they're talking about might be Atlantis," Arthur guessed.
Kaiba noticed something on the screen. He began typing commands into the computer. "What is it?" Yami asked.
Kaiba pointed to one of the pictures which revealed a strange symbol. "That symbol, it looks familiar. Just a minute… I knew it!"
"Knew what?"
"The symbol represents a secret group that has acting in secret for centuries."
"What's the name of this group?"
"If I'm reading Gozaburo's old files, then they've gone by many names over the years. The Illuminati, the Para Dias, there most recent incarnation is…" Kaiba stared into Yami's eyes. "The Doma Group!"
"Doma!" Yami gasped. "Kaiba, I know you don't believe in magic but I don't believe in coincidences."
"Agree. Computer, web search everything on the Doma Group." The file came on a compilation of monitors. "Nobody really knows how long they've been in service but apparently they have a hand in everything! Politics, religion, economics, you name it. It is said that they control the world!"
"Didn't you say that your step-father believed something was behind a few attempted takeovers in Kaiba Corp.?"
"You're right Gozaburo might have some information on local drives." Kaiba ran a search. Gozaburo's face appeared on the screen.
"Kagemaru has informed me that the training camp on his island has been destroyed. I'm pretty sure the Doma Group had a hand in this. I've worked too hard to be stopped by a bunch of political nut jobs with their own agenda. I will not let Kaiba Corp. fall into their hands!"
"Interesting," Kaiba murmured. "Maybe he has some more info…" Kaiba studied his consol. "Oh no, Yugi! The Doma Group, it not only exists but look at who its head is." An image of a teal-haired man with green and gold eyes appeared. "It's Dartz!"
Yami gasped. He looks just like the man who fought Ironheart and Chris during the battle of Atlantis. Is he the evil king? "Kaiba, where are the Doma Group located?"
"Just a minute, I'll check."
Suddenly the computer started sparking. Kaiba and Yami dove for cover as screens started exploding.
Rebecca's laptop screen suddenly went dark.
"What happened?" Kevin asked.
"I lost the link! Someone or something is interfering!" A low roar came from behind them. "Joey, tell your stomach to be quiet."
"I don't think that's my stomach," Joey said scared. Rebecca, Arthur, and Kevin turned to see a bunch of red eyes staring at them. "Oh man, I don't think we can fight them all."
"Then we'll need to break out of here!" Kevin said.
"How…?" Joey looked down at his deck. "It's a long shot, but…"
"I know what you're thinking," Kevin said drawing a card.
"Kevin, I thought your favorite card was destroyed?" Rebecca asked.
Kevin gave her a smile. "You know that a Duelist can't build a deck around one card." He held up his card. "Storm Shooter (2)!"
The street cracked open as a giant bird man rose into the air. It carried a Hawkins in each arm, Kevin on his back, and Joey was hanging off its talons.
Rebecca looked down at the broken ground I hope Kaiba and the Pharaoh are all right.
A rich laugh echoed through the darkened room. Yami and Kaiba stood back-to-back as black energy swirled around them. "So close yet so far." Dartz appeared standing on The Great Leviathan. "Greetings, Nameless Pharaoh, and Seto Kaiba, thank you for coming to me. You saved me the trouble of having to look for you."
Yami gasped at the voice. "That voice!"
Nobody else can hear you, Pharaoh," a voice said. The voice had a rich tenor to him, like honey and acid. "I am speaking to you through your heart."
"Who are you, how can you do this?"
"That is unimportant right now. But what I have to say is important. I can help you produce the card you need to win."
"But why, how can you do this?"
"Panik has the same power. He tried to create the Exodia cards for Ghoul during his duel against Joey and Serenity. As for why, all you need to know is you are needed for a great mission, a mission that will benefit both of us. But until that mission is completed, you must continue to live no matter what."
"I understand. Okay, what do I need to do?"
"You were the one who talked to me during my duel against Panik in the Shadow Realm!"
"You are correct it was my power that gave you the Help from Beyond card that won you the Shadow Duel."
"So you aided me in that duel against Panik just so you could take my soul later on?"
"Hardly."
"Then what do you want?" Yami asked.
"Isn't it obvious? You are the Chosen Duelists, aren't you? Then prove it!"
"I don't have to prove anything to you," Kaiba said shaking his fist at Dartz. "Now give me back my company!"
"And release the souls you've captured," Yami threw in.
"As I told your little friend, you are not in the position to be making demands." Dartz made a show of staring at his wrist and when Yami and Kaiba followed his glance and gasped.
"That's Harold's Armlet!" Yami gasped. So Harold really was beaten. "What have you done with Harold?"
"Interested in your little friend? Very well, I'll show you his final hours."
Around Yami and Kaiba appeared a 3-D image of a temple where Harold and a simulated Dartz had a single monster on the field and a face-down card. Harold, on the other hand, had three monsters on the field.
"Now I sacrifice Guardian of the Throne Room (3) and Thunder Nyan Nyan (4) in order to summon Wingweaver!" Two of Harold's monsters disappeared and his favorite one appeared. "Wingweaver, attack him with Light Spark!" Wingweaver fired a gold colored energy blast which destroyed Dartz's monster. "Now Banisher of the Light (5) removes the monster from play."
"You are skilled but only moderately so. You have only a small fraction of life points left."
(H: 200)
(D: 9000)
"A handful is all I need to defeat you."
"Pegasus said the same thing in his duel against Mai and you know how that turned out. Sorry but it all ends for you. I'll activate a trap card: Orichalcos' Chosen One. You triggered this trap when you destroyed my monster." A multi-colored die appeared. "Now I role this special die and whatever color it lands on, all monsters with the attribute matching the color are destroyed and their attack points are taken out of your life points." The die was rolled and came up yellow. "Yellow, that means all light attribute monsters are destroyed." Wingweaver and Banisher of the Light were both destroyed.
(H: 0)
(D: 9000)
"You lost the duel, but more than that, you now lose your soul!" The Seal of Orichalcos shrunk around Harold.
"No… I can't," Harold staggered. He dropped Wingweaver and his Legendary Dragon card. "Somebody… YAAARRRGGGHHHH!" Dartz waved his hand and Harold's body was thrown against the wall next to Jonah's. Suddenly Solon came to life. With a roar, it blasted a hole in the roof. It picked up Wingweaver and flew through the hole.
Even Kaiba could see that Yami was barely holding in his anger. He stared right at Dartz. "I'll make you a deal." He activated his Duel Disk. "Battle us and if we win, you must release your captives!" Kaiba activated his Duel Disk as well.
"We call upon the Legendary Dragons!" Both boys cried out. Timaeus, Solon, and Critius appeared.
Dartz regarded them with an amused glance, "Ah, three of the four Legendary Dragons, a shame Hermos couldn't join us." He looked specifically at Timaeus. "Timaeus, how's the eye?" In response, Timaeus roared and fired a blast of green fire. The other two dragons followed suit firing blasts of yellow and blue fire.
Both Dartz and the Great Leviathan vanished like they weren't really there in the first place. But they could still hear Dartz's voice. "The ancient battle continues, this time the whole world will not be safe from the wrath of Atlantis. And soon, the light of Doma will purge the wicked. Your souls will be mine and I will complete the Atlantians' dream of rebuilding paradise, until then farewell."
"Come back here!" Yami commanded. But the black energy was already dissipating leaving them in the darkened control room. Yami kicked the destroyed control panel in frustration as the white orb nuzzled his cheek. "He's gone."
The door burst open and monsters poured in. "Come on," Kaiba called. He grabbed Yami and pulled him to an elevator on the other side of the room. As they rode up, they could feel the whole building shaking. The two emerged onto the roof. Monsters were swarming around it. Kaiba pressed his lapel pin and said, "Get ready to jump."
"What?" Yami asked aghast.
"I trusted you, now you trust me."
Yami nodded and placed the white orb back into his pocket. The monsters burst from the elevator shaft onto the roof. Yami and Kaiba stood with their backs to the edge. They leapt off. The monsters were suddenly blinded by the headlights from the Blue-Eyes White Jet rose up, Kaiba and Yami in the cockpit.
"I think it's time we get out of here," Yami said.
"You don't have to tell me that." The jet pulled away and started to ascend as monsters strafed them.
A six-eyed demon appeared in front of them. It fired energy blasts which struck the jet sending it crashing to the floor. Yami and Kaiba leapt from the jet and watched as monsters started attacking the Kaiba Corp. building. The building burst into flames and soon imploded, caving in on itself.
"This isn't over," Kaiba declared. "I won't let Dartz take my company apart!"
Yami looked up and gasped, "Uh… Kaiba, I think we have more pressing concerns." Kaiba also looked up and saw a faint image of a serpentine-like beast.
"Is that?"
"Yes, it's the Great Leviathan. We must get to the Doma Group's headquarters before the whole world's destroyed."
"I doubt it will come to that but Doma does need to be brought down. It's the only way I can get my company back." The two ran off down the street.
Duke and Mokuba were the only ones back at the trailer. They were waiting for the others to return. First to appear was Tristan, Amara, and Tea, out of breath.
"What happened to you guys?"
"We ran into some kind of zombie rock creatures," Tristan explained. "They wore the symbols that Mai and Rex were carrying.
"Oh yeah, and don't trust the police, they're on Doma's payroll too.'
"Any word from the others?" Tea asked.
"You guys are the first to return," Mokuba explained.
"Ahoy there," a voice called from above. "Coming in for a landing!" Kevin's monster carrying him, Joey, Rebecca, and Arthur landed. "The good news is we found out that this whole mess is Dartz's fault."
"The bad news is we lost contact with Kaiba and the Pharaoh soon after," Rebecca took over.
"Don't worry, guys, I'm sure Seto won't let anything bad happen to Yugi," Mokuba assured them.
"In the mean time, we have to figure out where the Doma Group is," Joey said. "Come on, Amara!" He grabbed her arm and dragged her away.
"Huh, why me?"
"Because you have a working Duel Disk."
"Wait," Tristan called.
"Go with them, Tristan," Tea instructed.
"Right, if the others return, tell them what happened." Tristan followed after them.
Valon stood on top of a hill with his motorcycle. The radio clicked on. "This is Valon."
"It's me," Raphael said from the other end. "The Pharaoh and his friends are heading your way. Now's your chance to take revenge for Jonah."
"The stick Sheila can go suck an egg for all I care, I'm going to show Joey Wheeler who the true man is!"
"Valon, wait…" But Valon clicked off his radio.
Valon put on his helmet and started up his motorcycle. As he drove off, he thought, I'm coming for you, Wheeler, and I'll prove to Mai that you are nothing but a worthless clod unworthy of a rock let alone a woman.
Joey was thinking along the same lines as he ran down the street with Tristan and Amara behind him. I'm coming for you, Dartz, and I'm not leaving without Mai and Harold and ESPECIALLY Yugi.
The End
Duel Monster Database
(1)
Name: Vorse Raider
Level: 4
Type: Beast-Warrior
Attribute: Dark
ATK: 1900
DEF: 1200
(2)
Name: Storm Shooter
Level: 7
Type: Winged-Beast/Effect
Attribute: Wind
ATK: 2300
DEF: 500
(3)
Name: Guardian of the Throne Room
Level: 4
Type: Machine
Attribute: Light
ATK: 1650
DEF: 1600
(4)
Name: Thunder Nyan-Nyan
Level: 4
Type: Thunder/Effect
Attribute: Light
ATK: 1900
DEF: 800
(5)
Name: Banisher of the Light
Level: 3
Type: Spellcaster/Effect
Attribute: Light
ATK: 100
DEF: 2000