Well, here we go with chapter two.
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"In theory, there is no difference
between theory and practice.
But in practice there is."
-Yogi Berra
Chicago, better known as the windy city, me and my friends where originaly comming here in order to have some fun, and duel.
However, while we're going to get the duel part, we won't be having any fun, we've got to save the world, again.
This time, an old enemy of my father's has returned with a dangerous game, and we all have to put our souls on the line in order for the world to be safe.
Lets hope we can survive.
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CHAPTER 2:
THE CHICAGO CAPER
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"We are now entering our initial descent into Chicago O'Hare Airport, please return your seats and tray tables to the upright position," the voice over the intercom says.
Darren and Renee had been dueling on the tray tables for the last hour, and pick up their cards before returning them to the upright position.
"Lets call that one a draw," Renee says, putting a tally mark on a pad of paper. "Okay, I won 4 times, and you won 3, plus one tie."
Katie is looking out the window, getting a slight gimpse of another plane, this one designed like a Blue-Eyes White Dragon, is also going into a decent.
On the other plane, Ariel Kaiba is piloting the Blue-Eyes White Jet. She had left from her private airstrip to make her way to Chicago, but she has no idea what's ahead of her.
Chicago, something is deffinately going on there, but what? She thinks to herself. We are approaching the end of the first quarter of the tribulation period, but at the same time we must begin to prepare for Armageddon.
"O'Hare tower calling KC-1206," the air traffic controller's voice comes over the radio.
"This is KC-1206, Blue-Eyes White Jet, requesting permission to land," Ariel replies.
"Permission granted, Blue-Eyes White Jet, please proceed to landing on runway 5 (not exactly going for accuracy here), the hangar for your plane is waiting, welcome to Chicago, Miss. Kaiba," the voice replies.
"Good to be here," Ariel says.
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The three Swordsmen of the Orichalcos rides an elevator to the top of a tower in central Chicago, and exit, bowing before a man with long aqua hair.
"Master Dartz, Vivian Wong lost against Katie Motou," Damien says.
"Yes, that is distressing, but we shouldn't have trusted her to deal with such a problem," Dartz says. "With Doppler gone, its up to us to keep up the master's work."
"Sir, if you don't mind me asking, just who is this 'Master?'" Kari asks.
"That's for me to know, and for you to find out," Dartz says. "In the meantime, we have to prepare for the comming war, get in contact with all the agents we have ready, the minute that Katie Motou and her friends arrive at O'Hare, its time to make sure that they can't leave without us allowing them to."
"Yes sir," the three swordsmen say, and exits the room.
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The plane lands at O'Hare, and after a few minutes, they unboard, proceed to pick up their luggage, and start heading out of the airport.
"Katie, Katie Motou!" A familiar voice calls out, and they turn to see Marie running up to them. "Oh, I'm so glad to see you guys, we've got trouble!"
"Yeah, we know, Katie dueled someone using a card called the Orichalcos or something," Wendy says with a yawn.
"Oh, that was you?" Marie asks.
"Yeah, do you know anything about the Orichalcos?" Katie asks.
"Yeah, follow me," Marie says, and starts walking towards the exit.
"Should we?" Darren asks. "I mean, after what happened, can we trust her?"
"Hey, this is Marie we're talking about, we can trust her," Katie says, as the 4 friends walk after Marie.
They reach the curb outside the airport, and a limo with the symbol of a two-headed dragon pulls up, and the door opens to reveal Ariel sitting there.
"Katie, Wendy, Renee, Darren, good to see you again!" Ariel says as the 5 duelists climb into the limo.
Suddenly, an explosion is heard above the city, and the 6 duelists climb out of the limo, as a huge dark purple dome forms over the City of Chicago.
"I'm having a sudden Simpson's Movie moment..." Ariel mutters. "All we're missing is the giant image of a politician appearing on the side of the dome."
"Come on, lets get back into the limo, I think its time the truth is revealed," Marie says, and the 6 friends climb into the limo, and the driver starts it up.
"So, exactly what do you know," Katie asks.
"The Orichalcos isn't just a broken card," Marie says solemnly. "The card is pure evil. 30 years ago, a war occured that was beyond anything thats ever happened before, the Orichalcos War."
"Katie, you where told that my father beat yours once, but no one told you the circimstances under which they dueled," Renee says. "My father was one of what where called the Three Swordsmen of the Orichalcos, like those three punks we saw in the airport. He dueled against your father in the desert, he's always regretted what he did to your father, and the Pharoh."
"Your father used the Orichalcos?" Katie asks.
"Not just her father," Marie says. "Wendy, your mother worked for the Orichalcos too, as did my mother. There where three cards that appeared to help in this war, Timeas, Critias, and Hermos."
"Wait, Timeas and Critias, as in the books written by Plato to describe the city of Atlantis?" Wendy asks.
"The same," Marie says. "Dartz was from Atlantis, he was once the king before the Orichalcos hit, and corrupted his city. He claimed to have seen the light so to speak, and tried to clense the world with the Orichalcos 30 years ago, but he was stopped by your father, Katie."
"Of course, Yugi had help," Renee says. "Joey Wheeler and Seto Kaiba also played big roles in the Orichalcos War, Seto even dueled alongside Yugi against Dartz in the final confrontation."
"I don't even know if your fathers knew my mom was involved with Dartz," Marie says. "She was more of a special-ops thing for the Orichalcos, even more than the Rafael, Alister, and Valon, and left Paradias before she could run afoul of Yugi."
"Who's Alister and Valon?" Darren asks.
"Wait, Alister? I know him," Ariel says. "He's a low-level manager at Kaiba Corp, something about taking the job to appologize to my father for something he did in the past."
"That would be what happened in the Orichalcos War, your father dueled him twice, first time at Pegasus' Castle on Duelist Kingdom, the second time on your father's plane, both times your dad was lucky to win," Marie says. "At least that's what I was told."
"We lost track of Valon years ago, we think he might've gone to Australia or something, but no one's really sure," Renee says, adjusting her sunglasses slightly.
"So, exactly what happened in the end?" Katie asks.
"Well, all I know is that Yugi beat Dartz, and the Leviathan, but that raises two questions," Renee says. "For one thing, who is behind the Orichalcos this time, Dartz can't be back again, can he?"
"And the second question?" Ariel asks.
"The Leviathan was destroyed 30 years ago, so what is powering the Orichalcos?" Renee asks.
Everyone falls silent at the question, but none of them can give an answer.
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"Oh yes, what indeed, what gives me and my servants powers such as this?" Dartz says, with a chuckle. "You shall learn in good time, you shall all learn."
A cell phone rings, and he picks it up. "Dartz here," he says.
"Herr Dartz, I would enjoy the pleasure of facing your adversaries first," a german accented voice says on the other end.
"Doctor, so good to hear from you, if that is what you desire, then far be it from me to refuse your request," Dartz says.
"Thank you, Herr Dartz, I shall not fail you," the doctor says.
"We shall see," Dartz says, and hangs up.
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Yeah, I know its short, but its just a filler chapter, I hate filler chapters so I wanted to get it done fast.
Next chapter, Wendy's up for her first Orichalcos duel against a scientist opponent, who has a familiar deck from Season 2 of Yu-Gi-Oh GX. Can she overcome a deck of relativity? Find out in, "Everything's Relative."