Chapter 4: Keep your Chum up!
"This isn't really going to be a fair fight!" Alexis announced to everyone, "Chumley may be
stronger now, but he's no match for Morgan!"
"I believe in him!" Jaden said, giving Alexis, a goofy smile, "Chumley is a lot stronger then you
think!"
"Not that strong!" Alexis repeated, crossing her arms. The match began, and Chumley won the
first shot.
"Ok, then..., Chumley whispered, drawing a card, "I can do this this!"
"Come on, kid!" Morgan hissed, impatiently, "I'm part of this game, too. Don't keep me waiting!"
"Ok, then...," Chumley spoke up, grabbing a card from his hand, "I play, Ghost Horsemen, in
Atk mode!"
Zoooom
Ghost Horsemen, takes the field. A headless horsemen, with a purple glow.
Ghost Horsemen(Atk: 1200/Def: 1200)
"Heh!" Morgan snickered, "you call that a move?! My grandma can play a better card, then that!"
"Oh, yeah?" Chumley said, "then I'll end my turn by placing one card face down!"
"About time!" Morgan gaffed, "I thought I was going to have to order a pizza, with all the time
you were taking!"
"Very funny!" Chumley laughed. He sounded really nervous.
"My move!" Morgan shouted, with confidence, "I play Zombie of Grave, in Atk mode!"
Zombie of Grave(Atk: 1500/Def: 0)
"Wow! What a move!" Alexis gasped, when she saw Morgan's monster.
"What's up, Alexis?!" Jaden asked, not sure what she was so excited about, "What's so great
about that monster?"
"When that monster is on the Field, all other monsters with less Atk points then his own, are
automatically destroyed!"
"That's not all bad!" Jaden sighed, thinking it could be worse. It was.
"That's not all!" Alexis continued, "When all monsters, weaker then him are destroyed, he gains
Atk points, equal to half of each destroyed monster!"
"Huh?" Jaden and Sy, both gasped.
"Looks like I'm going to win this quicker then I thought!" Morgan predicted, "you can't win!"
"I'll show you!" Chumley spoke back.
"No, actually I'll show you!" Morgan said, "Now, Zombie of Grave, use your Special Ability
and destroy Ghost Horsemen!"
"Ukkkkk!" Zombie of Grave cackled, as he swung his bone sword. Smash!
"Ugh!" Chumley winced, covering his eyes.
"Now," Morgan continued his speech, "my monster gets half of your monsters, Atk points.
Zombie of Grave(Atk: 2100/Def: 0)
"Wow! A 2100 Atk monster on the first turn!" Alexis sighed, "Chumley is over his head!"
"Hmmm...," Jaden hummed to himself, looking back at the match.
"Give it up now, kid!" Morgan told Chumley, "you can't win!"
"Maybe not!" Chumley admitted, "but I should at least try! I activate my monsters special ability as
well. When he's destroyed in battle, I can automatically Summon a stronger monster from my
hand, as long as it has "Ghost" in it's name!"
"Fine! Let's see your card!" Morgan, coldly accepted.
"I play, Ghost Magician, in Atk mode!" Chumley called out, pulling a card from his hand, and
throwing it down on the Duel Disk.
Ghost Magician(Atk: 2200/Def: 0)
"And it's only going to get better," Chumley began, with a smile on his face.
"Fine! I set one card face down, and end my turn!" Morgan hissed, coldly.
"My move!" Chumley sang, drawing a card. He looked at it and smiled more.
"Looks like Chumley has a few cards up his sleeve!" Jaden said, holding back a laugh, "Get it? Card
up his sleeve?"
"Ugh!..." everyone groaned.
"I activate my face down card, "Spirit Orb!" Chumley called out, waving his hand, "with this
Equip card, my Ghost Magician will now gain 200 Atk points, every Stand by Phase, for every
monster in my Graveyard, with "Ghost" in it's name!"
"Nice move, buddy!" Jaden shouted, so loud that everyone jumped.
"Sit down, you goofball!" Alexis scolded, grabbing his arm, and tugging him back onto his seat.
"Nice move, kid!" Morgan complimented, "but that won't help you much, for what I have in
store."
"Then I end my turn, by placing one card face down!"
"Alright, then!" Morgan agreed, drawing a card, "hmph! Well, what do you know?! Guess what I
just pulled out of my deck."
"Huh?" Chumley gasped, not sure what to expect.
"I sacrifice my Zombie of Grave, " Morgan called out, "so I can summon, Nightmare Griffon!"
Nightmare Griffon(Atk: 2400/Def: 2000)
"Whoa, hang on!" Chumley growled, "how can you summon a high Atk monster like that, with
only a weak monster like Zombie of Grave?!"
"Because, of his special ability!" Morgan sighed, "Nightmare Griffon can be summoned with only
one weak guy like that, if I give up the difference of Atk points of my sacrificed monster and him,
from my own Life Points!"
"Darn!" Chumley hissed, under his breath. Morgan(LP: 3700)
"So, now I can attack your Ghost Magician!" Morgan yelled, "Go, Nightmare Griffon! Attack
with Chaos Blast!"
"Growwwl!" Nightmare Griffon bellowed. He attacked, and blew away Chumley's Ghost
Magician!"
Chumley(LP: 3800)
"Ugh!" Chumley groaned, as his monster was destroyed.
"So much for your monster!" Morgan taunted, "And here I thought you were going to pose a
challenge to me! Silly me!"
"Just you wait!" Chumley growled, "you activated my Trap Card! The King's Command!"
"What does that weak excuse for a card do!" Morgan snuffed.
"When you destroy any of my monsters on the Field, I activate this!" Chumley yelled, sounding
proud, "if I lost any Life Points in the turn, from any of my monsters being destroyed, you take
the same amount of damage I did!"
Morgan(LP: 3500)
"Gee, I'm so hurt!" Morgan joked, but without a smile, "I'm foolish for not seeing that coming."
"Make jokes if you want!" Chumley barked, "but I will beat you!"
"Yeah, whatever!" Morgan groaned, "just go!"
"Fine!" Chumley agreed, drawing a card, "I summon Ghost Guardian, in defense mode!"
Ghost Guardian(Atk: 0/Def: 2500)
"Nice barrier...," Morgan sighed, a taunt, "...if you want to defend yourself against attacking
mosquito's!"
"Jerk," Chumley cussed under his breath, "I end my turn!"
"Fine!" Morgan sighed, drawing his next card, "I activate Pot of Greed! I can now draw two new
cards."
"I have to say, that Chumley has lasted quite a while against Morgan," Alexis admitted, "but he
still has no chance of winning, against a top world Duelist like that!"
"You just don't know Chumley like I do!" Jaden said, showing off his goofy smile, "when Chumley
looks down and out, he finds a way up again!"
"I hope you're right!"
Upon drawing his two new cards, Morgan grunted. That was his version of a laugh.
"Well, with these two cards...," Morgan began, "I think this match is over!"
"Oh, really?!" Chumley snapped, not convinced of Morgan's confidence, "then play your cards, if
they're so great!"
"Very well," Morgan agreed, " I first activate my face down card! Clone Wars!"
"What the heck does that do?!" Chumley asked, afraid for what might be coming.
"It allows me to clone one monster on my field, as long as I deduct the Atk points it has from my
Life Points!"
"What?!" Chumley gasped, almost dropping his cards. The crowd got rowdy.
Morgan(LP: 1100)
"Now, my Nightmare Griffon, becomes two!"
His monster glowed for a second, and then split apart. Now, two Nightmare Griffon's stood
before Chumley.
"But why would I use those two to attack?" Morgan continued, "especially since they still don't
have the fire power to do away with your monster!"
"Man, what will he do now?" Chumley asked himself.
"It's because," Morgan called out, "I play Polymerization and fuse my two Nightmare Griffon's
together! Now I can form the ultimate Nightmare creature! Meet...Nightmare Centaur!"
Nightmare Centaur(Atk: 3200/Def: 2500)
"Uh-oh!" Chumley tensed, "this isn't good!"
"You may be thinking, that even though I have a strong monster on my side, You have a strong
defense, so nothing can happen to your life points. But you're wrong."
"Why is that?" Chumley asked.
"Because of my second card I drew! Dark Pendulum! This lets me change one of your monsters
Atk or Def to 0."
"Aw, geez!" Chumley sighed.
"No I equip my monster with, Fairy Meteor Crush! This allows me to attack your weak defense
monster with my strong monster, and deduct the difference from your Life Points. Seeing as your
monster has 0 Atk points, all my monsters Atk points will be dealt to you!"
"No way!" Jaden gasped, holding onto the chair in front of him.
"This may be the end for Chumley!" Alexis predicted.
"But why stop there?!" Morgan went on, "by attacking now, you will still have Life Points left
over. However, thanks to my monsters special ability, If I give up 1000 Life Points, I can boost
him up 1000 points. Not a bad trade, eh, kid?!"
Nightmare Centaur(Atk: 3200/Def: 2500)
"Now, attack my beast! 1000 Fists of Fury!"
"Haaaggh!" the beast bellowed. He ran forward, and started pummeling Chumley's Ghost
Guardian with a heavy helping of punches.
CRASH
"Nooooo...," Chumley rang out, as he covered his face. Chumley(LP: 0)
"Aw, man...," Jaden sighed, hanging his mouth open, "that's one bad dude."
Morgan said nothing, as he walked off the stage. As he ascended the stairway, he turned to look
at Jaden. Jaden stared back.
We will meet in battle, Jaden, Morgan told Jaden, in his head. He walked away. Chumley came up
the stairs, shortly after.
"Hey, buddy!" Jaden smiled, "nice match. You kicked some butt!"
"Yeah...I guess...," Chumley flatly said, head hanging.
"Why so down?" Jaden asked, bear hugging him, "you can't win them all. Now you can say that
you faced a top ranked Duelist, and gave it your best shot!"
"Hmmm...Yeah!" Chumley said, feeling better. When he looked up, he was smiling, but with small
tears on the edges of his eyes, "I did do my best! Now I can train harder and beat him, next
time!"
"That sounds like a plan!" Jaden cheered.
"The next match will now be decided!" Dr. Crowler announced. The computer board, ran
through all the remaining names. It stopped on two.
"Whoa!" Jaden gasped. Seto Kaiba vs. Kai Kotan.
"This match will be played, after a short break!" Dr. Crowler yelled. The kids got up, and started
walking out of the stadium.
"Talk about a big match! Alexis smiled, "We get to see Seto Kaiba in action, very early!"
The group got up, and left. Jaden stopped at the doors, and looked back. He watched Kaiba
walk out behind the curtains, behind the Duel stage.
"Time to check up on who this imposter really is!" Jaden told himself, "starting with the
Abandoned Dorm!"