"Your gonna pay for what you did to Alexis kid!" Atticus yelled out once again his eyes full of hatred towards Al who seemed to respond by growling with frustration and ruffling his hair.
"For the love of…I didn't do anything!" he yelled out again.
"If you keep saying that I'll just have to beat it out of you" Atticus yelled out as he drew his first card.
"But this is a duel not a fist fight! If you want to beat me up then come and throw a punch!" Al yelled his tone frustrated but confused as Atticus ignored him pointing out the obvious.
"I begin by playing Indomitable Fighter Lei Lei and then I'll play one card face down" Atticus called out and a muscular warrior wearing old fashioned armour while the bottom half of his body was goat legs appeared. (2300/0)
"And by the way I heard about your strategy and how you use the cards in your hand to compliment the monsters on the field through things like that Phantom Metal Salvage!" Atticus called out thrusting a hand towards his face down card which flipped up revealing a burning camp site.
"So I play my disturbance strategy card which sends all cards in your deck back to your hand!"
Al growled a little as he shuffled his hand back into his deck. Atticus had been right with his assumption. In his hand he had the phantom metal wraiths prepared to go and in the next turn was more than prepared to summon them with phantom metal salvage.
"Fine I can still bounce back…" Al murmured as he drew a new hand "I begin by playing one card face down in defence mode and two cards face down then I'll end my turn" The face down cards appeared from out of black mist in front of Al.
Atticus drew before placing a card down. In a flash of light something sprung up from the ground and appeared in front of Al. A white mouse dressed in trousers and with a mop of short black hair. He took a pose in front of them, the crane style.
"You've got to be kidding me…" Al muttered as he looked at the kung fu mouse that let out a threatening squeak as it kicked forward with one leg.
"I summon Chu-Ske the Mouse Fighter" Atticus called out proudly as the mouse took another fighting pose, the mantis. (1200/0)
"Then I'll play two cards face down" he called out before pointing at the card in defence mode.
"Now I'll attack with my Fighter and Chu Ske" Lei Lei jumped forward towards the face down card with both it's shoulders pointed forward while Chu Ske jumped high into the air with it's leg raised above it's head.
"I play my face down card Black Phantasm!" He yelled out as a card with a terrifying black demon appearing out of smoke in front of some scared villagers flipped up.
"With this I can destroy an attacking monster and play a Phantasm Token in its place that has exactly the same attack power!" A dark mist suddenly filled the lungs of the Lei Lei before it yelled out in pain and exploded on the spot. In its place was a dark image of Lei Lei except it seemed misty and had glowing red eyes. (2300/0)
"It doesn't Matter I still have Chu Ske!"
"You're still attacking?" Al murmured confused as Chu Ske fell from the sky.
"Of course you still have one face down defence card" Atticus called out with a tone of mockery in his voice.
The mouse split the defending card in half with the guillotine like kick. The card flipped up to reveal a broken looking robot made from black metal. Its arms were made from springs and legs were in complete and looked like the smallest kick would cause it to fall to pieces. The robot fell to the ground its rubble covering the floor as it blew itself to pieces.
"Now finally I'll play block attack on Chu Ske to set him into defence mode" he called out as a card with a knight raising his sword above his head but had a cross cutting through him appeared.
"My move woman!" Al called out as he drew a card causing Atticus to growl.
"Don't make fun of my hair"
"Who said anything about the hair I just question your sexuality?" Al asked before slapping down a new card.
"By the way you destroyed my Malfunctioning Prototype when it's destroyed I can use its remains as a substitution for one of my sacrifices" He called out before the black mist formed under the rubble and the image of Indomitable Fighter Lei Lei.
"I sacrifice my token and the rubble of my prototype to summon Phantom metal Towering Despair!" The black mist covered the materials before the small monstrous creature appeared from the mist looming down over the mouse that now stood in the crab pose. (2800/3000)
"Phantom Metal attack!" Her yelled out before the dark mist formed in the giant's mouth before turning into the same brilliant energy, "Devastation!"
The beam fired down at Chu Ske hoping to consume him just like it had done in his duel against Missy. But for some reason this wasn't going to be the outcome.
"No…way…"Al murmured. The mouse had jumped straight into the line of fire with its fist punching through the energy. The mouse was fighting back against the beam of raw energy.
"I activated my face down card" Atticus called out as a card flipped up revealing a lone man dressed in rags with a black background, "its called lone wolf which will make my mouse unable to be destroyed as result of battle and unaffected by any of your monster effects"
The beam of energy thinned out before ceasing entirely the mouse moved its hands about in the air before striking another pose. Al stared blankly at the mouse, how did this creature block a blast of pure energy again?
"My turn!" Atticus called out before drawing and slapping down a card "I play Kaminote Blow!" The same ragged man appeared on the face of a magic card smashing rock with his bear fist. Chu Ske's arms suddenly buffed up his biceps becoming huge as he clenched his fists.
"With this any monster he battles with becomes destroyed at the end of the turn!" Atticus called out before another card flipped up revealing several priest like people chanting, "This is Waboku and with this card any life point damage to me becomes zero for this turn" he called out before pointing at towering despair.
"Chu Ske Attack with Kaminote Blow!" he called out before Chu Ske leapt at Towering Despair it's fist pulled back before he plunged it into the middle of the mechanical giant's chest. The creature let out a wail of pain as cracks ran through its metallic skin.
"Now that that's done I play Monk Fighter in attack mode" he called out before another burst of light appeared in front of Al and a silver haired man wearing orange silk clothes leapt into the air before spinning and landing at Chu Ske's side. (1300/1000)
"Now I think it's time your Towering Despair was destroyed I end my turn" He called out before the giant metal monster began to crack and fall apart. Its arms fell to the ground as it let out a low groan of slow pain.
"Well before I begin my turn I activate Reapers Equal Game!" He yelled out before a trap card flipped up revealing the grim reaper plunging his hands into the chest of two warriors who were staring each other down.
"With this if one of my monsters is destroyed I can send the monster that destroyed it to the graveyard as well and we both loose 500 life points!" He called out, as Towering Despair crumbled away the arena around them darkened.
Something moved in the darkness. Something cold and silent that seemed to walk in and out of the world like it was skipping the barrier of life and death.
"What the…" Atticus called out before reeling back as the sound of a blade scraping along the ground was heard.
The darkness suddenly lifted the last sight of Chu Ske and Towering Despair was both of their sliced in half bodies falling into pools of dark mist.
Atticus Life points: 3500
Al's life points: 3500
"Scared?" Al asked as he looked towards Atticus "Well this is what it's like when you deal with death in the way I do" he murmured before he drew a new card leaving Atticus speechless.
"I summon Phantom Metal Hurricane in attack mode" he called out as a tornado of black mist appeared in front of him and formed into pieces of black metal. A knight was formed from the black metal. In one hand it held a spear while in the other hand it held a sword, its bottom half was a giant spike making it look more like a spinning top than a machine. (1800/700)
"I wouldn't attack if I were you Al" Atticus called out with a smirk; Al raised an eyebrow as he stared towards Atticus.
"The trap card Lone Wolf doesn't just protect Chu Ske it also protects Monk Fighter so even if you attack him he'll still be standing at the end of the turn…and on top of that my Monk Fighter's effect makes it so I don't receive damage when he's attacked"
"So even if I attack him I won't be able to hurt you?" Al asked a light smirk creeping up on the corner of his mouth.
"Yes" Atticus declared proudly.
"So if I attack him I won't be able to hurt you?" He asked again emphasising the 'you'.
"Yes you…" Atticus stopped "Wait a minute…"
"I play Wing Reaper!" He yelled out and revealed a card with the Grim Reaper on it but with angel like wings sprouting from his back, "Wing reaper allows him to attack your life points directly so long as the damage is halved"
Phantom Metal Hurricane lurched forward before two grey angel like wings sprouted from its back. It flapped them once before it soared into the air above pointing its spear forward and holding its sword backwards.
"Phantom Metal Hurricane attack him!" He yelled out before the robot flung itself forward. The machine spun towards Atticus before hitting him dead centre in the chest.
Atticus life points: 2600
Atticus reeled backwards as Hurricane took itself place in front of Al who slapped down a card, "I play one card face down and end it there"
"Well then I can now summon a monster that's also protected by Lone Wolf because I summon Master Monk in attack mode by tributing Monk Fighter!" He called out before a yellow aura surrounded Monk Fighter before he transformed into a muscular tanned man with long white hair and a long white beard. (1900/1000)
"Now I'll play another Kaminote blow and legendary black belt on him!" Master Monk's biceps doubled in size while a black belt wrapped around his waist.
"Now attack Master Monk with North Star Fist!" Atticus declared before Master Monk flew at Hurricane and punched him in the centre of its metal body shattering it into metal fragments.
Al's life points: 3400
"And on top of that I can now attack again because of Master Monk's special ability! Attack his life point's directly!" Master Monk flew towards Al his fist raised, a bead of sweat formed on Al's brow. For the first time since he had got the phantom metal deck someone was actually posing a threat.
"I play Ghost Factory!" He called out and a trap card with the picture of a ghost white building with smoke rising from the chimneys appeared, "With this I can special summon a phantom metal monster that has level equal to the number of monsters in my graveyard!"
The same ghost white factory appeared behind Al before melting away into white mist before forming again into a new machine. A metal skull with slot machine reels for eyes and a slot machine handle on the side of its head.
"And since I have three monsters in the graveyard I can summon Phantom Metal Skull Casino in defence mode" (0/1000) Al called out before Master Monk smashed it to pieces before his eyes.
"With the power of Black Belt Al I can now inflict the difference in attack and defence on your life points!" Atticus called out before the fist burst through the machine and his Al in the chest causing him to take a step back.
Al's life points: 2500
"Lucky break" Atticus murmured "I end my turn"
Al drew one card from his deck before looking towards Atticus "Now I can draw an extra card so long as I discard one from my hand thanks to Phantom Metal Casino's effect" he called out before drawing one card and putting on in the graveyard.
"And now I'll play the magic card Reaper at the Poker Table!" A magic card with the Grim reaper playing cards with Dark Ruler Ha Des and Dark Necrofear appeared on the field.
"With this I take one of the monsters from my graveyard and you have to guess if it has an attack higher or lower than your Master Monk and if you guess wrong I can special summon it to the field"
A poker table suddenly appeared out of the dark mist that surrounded Al. Al walked forward to the table and took out his graveyard from his duel disk before picking out a card and laying it face down.
"So go on…choose" He said before motioning to Atticus, he walked forward briskly before stopping in front of the table.
"It's obviously going to be Phantom Metal Towering Despair because you have no other monsters in your graveyard that can match up to him!" Atticus called out with a wide grin "Higher!"
"Wrong"
The moment he uttered the word the entire table exploded into black mist before forming a new creature in front of them. The two duellists stepped backwards, one in awe the other impressed.
The black mist formed in front of them to shards of black metal that floated around a circular metal ball, "This is the card I dumped thanks to Skull Casino's effect it's called Phantom Metal Element!" (1000/1000)
"Now I'll play Friendship between the Reaper" A card with a picture of a small boy shaking hands with the Grim reaper appeared in front of Al, "I'll get to his effect later for now I'm going to use Phantom Metal Elements ability and discard two phantom metal monsters to the graveyard to raise his attack to three thousand until the end of his next battle"
Two cards appeared above the element. They turned completely into black metal before shattering into metallic shards and forming around the strange object. (3000/1000)
"But…he'll be destroyed at the end of the turn" Atticus called out with an eyebrow raised.
"I'm willing to do the damage" he replied his eyes narrowed on Atticus.
"But even if you do that you only have one card in your hand how are you going to be able to summon anything?" Atticus called out a look of confusion crossed his face.
"True I have no cards in my hand and I don't have a monster in my hand" he called out "Which reminds me I play this card face down on the field" he called out before playing it.
"Now where was I? Oh yeah well even though I have no cards in my hand friendship with the reaper allows me to draw the same amount of cards that I discarded at the cost of 300 per card so since I discarded three this turn I get three cards at the end of my turn"
"Now attack Phantom Metal Element!" The pieces of metal that surrounded the element began to spin rapidly before they fired out at the Master Monk like projectiles.
"I activate rising energy!" Atticus called out as a card with a picture of Monk Fighter on it surrounded by a yellow aura flipped up "With this card I can raise my Master Monks attack power by 1500!"
The same yellow aura surrounded Master Monk. He clenched his fist with a low growl his veins popping out as his body tightened with the raw power flowing through his veins. (3400/1000)
The projectiles bounced off Master Monk before suddenly Master Monk held one hand back and threw a fist forward. A blast of pure yellow energy flew out from his fist and consumed Phantom Metal Element leaving nothing but a bright yellow explosion where it stood.
Al's life points: 2100
"You've got to be kidding….kung fu mice and now a monk that fires energy from the palms of his hands…you based your deck on every cheesy kung fu that exists didn't you?" Al asked with a tone of disgust in his voice.
"Hey my deck changes depending on my mood and what I want to represent!" Atticus called out fiercely "If I want to be a rock star then I make my deck show all the glitz and glamour of the showbiz world"
His eyes narrowed on Al "But if somebody attacks my sister then I do what any hero does and I make my deck represent the fierce warrior spirit within me"
Al stared blankly at him. He opened his mouth to say something as if thinking over his next words, "First of all rock isn't about glitz and glamour…maybe if you purchase a pair of testicles you'd know that….second of all"
He drew three cards from his deck a dark aura surrounding his hands as he did so. He was activating the effect of friendship of the reaper as his turn ended.
Al's life points: 1600
"I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING!" He yelled at him gripping his head with one hand in frustration.
"Shut up it's my turn!" Atticus yelled out before Master Monk began to glow with a bright white light as Atticus slapped down a new card, "Now I can power up my Master Monk to the final level!"
"I'll sacrifice my Master Monk to summon Monk Master: The Chosen one!" He declared before the brilliant white light surrounded Master Monk transforming him into the same monk warrior but this time he was dressed in a white karate uniform and had silver dragon emblems imprinted all over it and his hair was a bight shade of silver. (2400/1900)
"With this monster he can't be destroyed as a result of battle and every monster he battles gets destroyed at the end of the turn!" He called out before he pointed at Al.
"Now Chosen One attack him directly! Devine Justice Fist!" He called out before the Monk flew at Al, his fist burned with a glowing white flame.
"I activate Cold Iron Wall!" Al's voice yelled over the sound of the burning fire as a giant wall of iron suddenly rose from the ground in front of Al. It had a gruesome twisted face in the centre of it but yet this did not stop the monk from smashing its burning fist into the centre of it.
"What the hell is that?" Atticus called out before letting out a yelp as the iron walls twisted face opened up and let out a loud groan of agony.
"This is a permanent trap card of mine that allows me to discard one monster card from my hand so I can deal half the damage of your attack to both of us!!" he called out before clutching his ears as the same groan of agony filled his ears.
Al's life points: 400
Atticus's life points: 2200
"Well that may have saved you this turn but next turn won't be my love for my sisters too strong too keep down!" Atticus called out as the monk took his place in front of Atticus "I end my turn"
As the giant iron wall sank into the ground below Al looked onwards towards Atticus. His eyes seemed to glaze over, as if he was staring into death itself.
"What's wrong? Aren't you going to make your move?" Atticus called out with a snarl his fists clenching.
"Atticus…" Al murmured his voice suddenly struck with a dark echoing tone, "So scared Atticus…afraid that the closest family you have will be taken away…so you lash out at what you think is the enemy"
He began to draw the card from his deck slowly, a smile twisting on the corners of his lips, "Your love for your sister touches me Atticus…but you are reckless…you will not last against the tormentors…they will open you up and cut out your heart"
"What? What are you talking about?" Atticus snarled viciously as a bead of sweat formed on his brow.
"You are nothing but a scared little boy Atticus…" Al whispered slowly before he slapped down the card on his duel disk "I play one card face down before I activate my Reapers Ace card"
A card with a picture of the Grim reaper holding the four aces, the ace of spades it held on fire, appeared on the field "When this card is the only card in my hand I can substitute it for any low level monster card, magic or trap in my graveyard"
The same flaming Ace of Spades appeared in front of him before it was consumed in black fire forming a monster card but not revealing the picture, "And along with it I activate Pity of the Reaper if I have less than 2 cards in my hand I can draw until I have five cards"
He drew five cards from his deck before pointing at the burning card in front of him, "Now to carry on with the card I was bringing back from the graveyard…"
The burning card formed into a card with a picture of a metal dragon with curved wings a chain like tail and a metal ring for a body.
"I bring back the card I discarded to activate Cold Iron Wall my Iron Weapon Dragon!" The same dragon rose out of the card and appeared on Al's side of the field with a screech its curved wings flapping forcefully. (1700/1400)
"And you should know he comes with a special ability…whenever he's summoned I can play any weapon dragons from my hand so long as at the end of my turn I loose fifteen hundred lift points"
"So what the chances of you having more than one must be slim" Atticus spat at him but only received a dark chuckle as a reply.
"True…I only have three weapon dragons in total but I put all my faith in Pity of the Reaper…and the reaper rewarded me with all of them" He spoke before chuckling darkly and slapping down two cards.
"So I'll now summon them both! I play Titanium Weapon Dragon!" He called out before a dragon with a shield shaped body a metal scorpion like tail and two metal circles that acted like helicopter propellers for its wings. (1800/1600)
"And also I play Steel Weapon Dragon!" Another powerful looking dragon appeared with a thick metal body armoured head and tank tracks for legs appeared next to them. (1900/1500)
"So what they still don't stand a chance!" Atticus called out but yet again Al merely laughed in the same dark tone.
"And now I sacrifice all of them" he muttered causing a sudden outburst of confusion and alarm to echo through the stadium.
"All of them?" Atticus spat his eyes wide with shock.
"Yes all of them" The final card Al held in his hand was burning with black fire yet he didn't drop it or seem phased by its threatening appearance as he slapped down the card. His duel disk burst into black fire.
"And this will summon…." he murmured slowly as the three machine dragons suddenly began to sink into the ground below without so much as a screech of pain or roar of protest.
There was a dead silence that went through the air; the room seemed to suddenly grow so much colder.
"The Black Dog"
The very duel arena shook as a huge burst of power erupted from under the three dragons and tore them away. Dark mist spewed from the ground like a geyser covering the floor. The very air around them turned a darker shade.
"What's happening?" Atticus shouted over the sounds of the hollowing wind and the explosions of black mist.
"Your monk best say his prayers" he called out, Atticus let out a scream as he looked at Al. Al no longer looked human. Part of his face had broken open revealing a giant red eye beneath where his original dark eye should be; his wide grin was now full of razor sharp fangs, black mist was drenching his skin. He was cackling with a loud evil tone as his eyes narrowed on Atticus.
Something was moving in the dark mist. The sound of something screaming was ringing through the arena. Two giant red eyes peered through the floor of dark mist. A banging sound was heard as they pressed up against the glass. Whatever it was the darkness was a barrier between it and the world above.
It slammed itself against the barrier and it shattered like glass sending a spray of dark mist spiralling upwards.
Atticus fought through the mist trying to get a look at what he was facing.
A low growl was all that was heard behind the mist. The monster walked through it revealing itself to the arena. A huge scream echoed through the arena as they witnessed the creature.
It was a dog. A huge black dog with snarling white fangs, drool splattering the floor below. Its body was covered with black fur and it's claws shone with a dull grey as if made from metal. There was a spiky grey colour around it's neck and from what looked like an open wound in it's back were hundreds of ghost like souls pouring out of the dog.
"This is the dog of death…one of the reapers forms that comes to the bodies of those who are destined to die" Al spoke gesturing to the creature above him. On the creatures stomach was a metallic skeleton positioned like a cross on his chest.
"His attack power is equal to all the monsters in my graveyard times 1000 and since I have ten monsters in my graveyard his attack power is ten thousand"
The giant dog let out a howl as the machines rose from the black mist below his feet. They disappeared behind sheets of black mist that formed into the souls that poured from the dogs back. (10000/10000)
"What!" Atticus yelled out in disbelief. This creature was like nothing he had ever seen, he was like a god!
"On top of that I can discard all the magic, trap and effect monsters from my hand to make it so that he can't be affected by magic traps and effects for this turn…but you don't need to worry about that because I have no cards in my hand" He chuckled from out of his bared fangs.
"And sure your monk may not be able to be destroyed but my Black Dog has enough attack power to send him to the underworld anyway" Al called out opening his mouth and cackling as the giant black dog through back it's head. The souls from its back seemed to be also pouring from his mouth.
"Now Black Dog Final Calling Attack!"
Al's voice echoed over the giant howl that erupted from the Black Dog as it threw its head forward and a river of souls poured from its mouth in a destructive wave. The monk himself seemed to cry out in fear and try to run out the way but the wave of souls reached out and grabbed him tearing his body apart as it dragged the pieces into oblivion.
Atticus's life points: 0
The duel arena was in silence. The cheer leaders that had gathered to support Atticus were now in silence. And Rox who had been stood in silence as he watched his comerade play in what had at first seemed a harmless game, now stood with an uncomfortable shock on his face. Jaden's mouth was dropped in terror as Atticus fell to his knees.
The dog towered over the two of them. Al stood in silence under the creature his face now back to normal and dark eyes looking blankly towards Atticus. Atticus had no pupils in his eyes; it was like he was no longer conscious.
"Sleep" he murmured before Atticus fell to the ground. The screams of the arena filling the air.