Chapter 12- Duel at the Docks

"Let's duel!"

Keith: 4000

Fiend: 4000

"So there was an intelligent fiend around here after all." Drake said.

"Of course. Didn't Keith say it was unusual for a fiend army that size to not have an intelligent fiend for a leader?" Matt said. He was rubbing an ointment on Julie's burns.

"By the way, Matt, how do you have so much stuff in that cloak?" Julie asked.

"I have my methods." Matt said. "No need to say."

"I'll go first!" Keith said. "Hmm… I set a monster in defense mode and end my turn."

"Fine then!" said the fiend, and drew a card. "Hmm… I summon my 7 Colored Fish (Water/Fish, 1800/800) in attack mode! Now, attack his facedown monster!"

"Hehe… that was Big Eye! And because you flipped him, I get to look at the top five cards of my deck and rearrange them!"

"So? I doubt you'll be able to use it!"

Keith picked out the top five cards of his deck, checked them, rearranged them, and put them back on top of the deck. "Oh yeah, and I'll play my facedown card, Michizuri, to destroy your monster!"

"Crud! I guess I'll just set a card and activate my Legendary Ocean spell card! Now, all water-attribute monsters gain an extra 200 points. That will be all."

"Okay." Keith said, and drew his card. "Yeah, just as I thought. I summon my Archfiend Soldier (Dark/Fiend, 1900/1600) in attack mode! After that, I'll attack you directly!"

"I activate the trap card Tornado Wall! As long as this card and 'Umi' are face-up on the field together, you can't hurt my life points! And since A Legendary Ocean is treated as 'Umi,' I don't take any damage from your attack!"

"Curses… I'll set one card facedown and end my turn."

"Good! That means I can take control…" The fiend drew a card. "Ha! I activate Hammer Shot! Now, the strongest monster on the field in attack mode is destroyed! So you can say goodbye to your soldier!"

Keith groaned. "Oh no…"

"And now, I summon Mother Grizzly (Water/Beast-Warrior/Effect, 1400/1000) in attack mode! And thanks to A Legendary Ocean, she gets a little boost… of two hundred points! (1600) Now, attack him directly!"

Keith: 2400

Fiend: 4000

"Ha! Stop me now!" The fiend said. "I'll end my turn."

"Fine then." Keith said, and drew his card. He smiled. "Just what I need. I activate Good Goblin Housekeeping. This card allows me to draw another card, so long as I return one to the bottom of my deck." Keith drew another card and slipped one to the bottom of his deck. "Next, I'll summon La Jinn the Mystical Genie of the Lamp (Dark/Fiend, 1800/1000) in attack mode! Now, attack his Grizzly!"

"Ha! Not only does Tornado Wall prevent any damage to my life points, but also I am allowed to special summon a Water-type monster with less than 1500 attack points! So, I think I'll bring out Amphibious Bugroth MK-3 (Water/Machine/Effect, 1500/1000). He gets a little boost… (1700) and also, since 'Umi' is on the field, he can attack you directly!"

"Oh dear." Keith said. "I set a card and end my turn."

"Ha! There's no way for you to win! I already have you right where I want you!" The fiend drew his card. He smiled evilly. "And this card seals your fate! I activate Big Wave, Small Wave! This card destroys all Water-Attribute monsters on my side of the field!"

"Why would he want to destroy all of his own monsters?" Julie said.

"Because now I am allowed to Special Summon as many Water-Attribute monsters from my hand as I destroyed! So I'll special summon my Ocean Dragon Lord- Neo- Daedalus (Water/Sea Serpent/Effect, 2900/1600) from my hand!"

"Oh no!" Keith said.

"He's going to lose with that thing on the field!" Drake said.

"Now, I'll activate his special effect! When the Dragon Lord is on the field, I can send Umi to the graveyard and destroy all cards in play except for him! Now, Ocean Dragon Lord Daedalus, destroy everything!" The fiend sent his Legendary Ocean to the graveyard and Daedalus began to wreak havoc on the field.

"Before it's too late, I'll activate Waboku! Now I can't take damage this turn!" Keith said.

"It doesn't matter! You'll die next turn."

"Will I?"

"Yes! How can you win this?"

"Because I've put you right where I want you."

"Not possible!"

"Really? How is that?"

The fiend scratched his head. "I just destroyed all the cards you could have won with! How can you win?"

"Because I've been planning for a situation like this. I organized my cards in such a way that if this happened, I would win on the next turn… so watch and learn." Keith drew a card and activated it without even looking at it. "Pot of Greed! Now I can draw the two cards that will end you." He drew said cards. "I summon Theban Nightmare (Light/Fiend/Effect, 1500/500) in attack mode!"

The fiend laughed. "So? What can he do? He's only got 1500 attack points!"

Keith smiled. "Yes, but when there are no cards in my hand or in my spell zones, then he gains 1500 attack points!"

"So? There's no way you can get that card out of your hand and beat me in the same turn!"

"Is there?" Keith held up his last card and turned it around. Dark Necrofear! "I remove La Jinn, Archfiend Soldier, and the Big Eye you sent to the graveyard to special summon it! Now that that is over with, my Nightmare gains attack points! (3000)"

"So? You still can't win this turn!"

"Dark Necrofear, attack the Dragon!"

"What?!?"

Keith: 1700

Fiend: 4000

"What is Keith doing?!?" Julie said. "He just threw it away!"

"Not quite. He's actually optimizing for damage at the cost of some of his life points." Matt said. "And since there are no other cards on the field, there is no risk. He's playing his cards ridiculously well."

"What did you do that for, you idiot?!?" The fiend said, and laughed again. "You just killed your own monster!"

"That I did. However…" Keith grinned. "When the Necrofear is destroyed, I can take control of one of your monster!"

"NO!"

"Yes! And now that I have two monsters with more than 2000 attack points, I can finish you! Go, Dragon Lord and Nightmare, destroy him!"

Keith: 1700

Fiend: 0

The fiend exploded. "Wow, Keith, when did you learn to plan ahead like that?" Drake asked. Keith turned around.

"Doesn't matter. Come on, let's go!" He said. "We need to get Flynn out!" They all ran onto the ship that was moored in the harbor.