Chapter 9: Dartz's Father
The gang was gathered in Dartz and Riou's room waiting for Ulrich and Yumi to come back from their date. They ran in breathing hard and out of breath.
"Sorry we're late." Ulrich said. "You have no idea what traffic is like at this time of night."
"Don't worry about it, Ulrich." Lisa said.
"Just cop a squat." William said. "Dartz is about to start his story." Ulrich nodded and the two sat next to each other on the floor.
"Alright, so it was about four months ago…" Dartz started.
FlashbackDartz, Duke, Jeremy, Lisa, Aelita, Odd, William, and Sam were gathered in Jeremy's room talking.
"I can't believe Xana's back." Jeremy said. He shook his head sadly. Aelita patted him on the back.
"Don't worry about it, Jeremy. It's not your fault." She said.
"Aelita's right, Einstein. Xana's return is my fault. I didn't check for traces of him in Lyoko or on the network." Dartz said solemnly. A knock came to the door and Odd opened it.
"Oh hey, Jim. What's up?" he asked.
"Is Dartz in here?" Jim asked. Dartz stood up and walked over to the door.
"Right here." He said. "Something wrong?"
"Oh, no." Jim said. "Your father is here to see you." Lisa noticed Dartz clench his fists tightly.
"You okay, Dartz?" she asked.
"Perfect." Dartz said through clenched teeth. "I've gotta go." Dartz ran past Jim and quickly down the hallway.
"Wow. Didn't know he could run that fast." Jim said before walking in the opposite direction.
"I wonder what that was about." William said.
"Who knows? I just hope Dartz'll be okay." Aelita said. "I'm gonna follow him."
"I'll come too." Odd said.
"We'll stay here and hold the fort." Duke said. Aelita and Odd nodded. They walked out of the room, shutting the door behind them, and walked in the direction Dartz ran. As they walked out side they saw Dartz and a man in his mid- 30s yelling at each other.
"If you would just listen to reason…" The man was saying.
"I'm not going with you!" Dartz interrupted. "Mom has 100 percent custody over me! You aren't even supposed to be here!"
"Well I am." The man said. "And I'm only here because your mother is dead!" Dartz was silent for a moment.
"How?" He mumbled. 'Not like I need to ask. I know you're responsible.'
"She was murdered." The man said.
"And I know who did it." Dartz said. "You murdered her to get custody over me. It's not gonna happen. You aren't even a father anymore."
"You don't have any choice in the matter." Dartz's father said.
"Yes I do. I'll make you a deal. We have a duel monsters match. If I win, I stay here, and if you win you get full custody over me."
"Works for me." Both pulled out a duel disk.
"Get your game on." They said in unison. Odd and Aelita looked at each other and nodded. They ran back into the dorms.
(Dartz LP: 8000)
(Father LP: 8000)
"I'll go first." Dartz said. He drew a card from his deck. "And I'll start with one monster in defense mode, plus two cards face down. Turn over." Dartz's father drew a card.
"I'll summon Snipe Hunter in Attack Mode." A small green and white alien with small bat wings on its head and back and wielding a laser gun appeared. "Then, I'll activate its ability." A circle of numbers appeared around snipe hunter. "You see, if I get a 1 or 6 when I tell the wheel to stop, I can destroy any one card on the field. Stop!" The wheel slowed down then completely stopped on a 2.
"Oh, too bad your little green man isn't doing anything." Dartz said. "It's my turn." He drew a card. "Now I use soul exchange to tribute your snipe hunter and my facedown Elemental Hero Clayman to summon Elemental Hero Neos." A silver alien man with red stripes on his sides appeared on the field.
"You never had that card before." Dartz's father said with a scared look on his face.
"No chance in saving your butt this time. Lucky for you I can't attack this turn due to Soul Exchange's side effect. Your move." Dartz's Father drew a card.
"I summon one monster in defense mode and end my turn."
"I summon Elemental Hero Sparkman in attack mode." A man in blue and yellow armor appeared on the field. "Then, I activate the spell card Foolish Burial. Now I can send one monster from my deck to the graveyard." Dartz pulled a monster from his deck and placed it in the graveyard slot. "Now I'll use Sparkman to attack your defense monster." Sparkman sent a beam of electricity at the facedown monster and destroyed it. "Now Neos attacks you directly." Neos fired a ball of energy strait at Dartz's father.
(Dartz LP: 8000)
(Father LP: 5500)
"I'll play Lightning Vortex. By discarding on card, I can destroy all monsters on your field."
"Not gonna happen. I activate Magic Jammer. I discard one card from my hand to negate Lightning Vortex."
"One monster in defense mode. Turn over."
"I'm activating the ability of Elemental Hero NecroShade. While he's in the graveyard, I can summon one Elemental Hero from my hand without a tribute, so I summon Elemental Hero BladeEdge. Now Sparkman attacks your defense monster while Neos and BladeEdge attack you directly. I place a card facedown and end my turn."
(Dartz LP: 8000)
(Father LP: 400)
"I'll use Monster Reborn to bring back the monster you fear most." Dartz's father smiled. "I reborn Tyrant Dragon!" A large brown dragon with blue wings appeared on the field. "All I have to do is discard Darkblaze Dragon." He took a card out of his hand and placed it in the graveyard. Dartz looked at the monster with a raised eyebrow.
"And that's supposed to scare me how?" Dartz asked.
"This dragon shall be your bane!" his father shouted.
"I think it's the other way around." Dartz said grinning a bit. "That dragon will be your bane. I activate Opposite Fusion to fuse Elemental Heroes Neos and BladeEdge."
"Opposite Fusion?"
"Never heard of it? Opposite Fusion is like Polymerization, but it can only be activated on your opponent's turn. As I was saying, say hello to Elemental Hero Blade Neos!" Neos appeared on the field again, but he was wearing BladeEdge's armor.
Elemental Hero Blade Neos: Attack: 3200
Defense: 2800
"No way!"
"Yes way. Also, thanks to Blade Neos's ability, the strongest monster on the field is forced to attack him. That means your Tyrant Dragon has been slain." Tyrant Dragon attempted to burn Neos, but was thwarted by a swift slice on the neck.
(Dartz LP: 8000)
(Father LP: 100)
Dartz's father put his hand on his deck.
"I surrender." He said.
"Did you really think you stood a chance against me?" Dartz asked. He turned toward the dorms, but quickly turned and stuck his claws through his father's neck.
End Flashback
"Wow." Odd said. "I've heard that story before and it still scares me." Aelita and Jeremy nodded in agreement. Lisa glanced at her watch.
"Uh oh. We ran a bit late." She said. "It's 10:47."
"If Jim catches us in here we'll be in big trouble." William said.
"He won't catch us." Garrett said. "Jim's either fast asleep somewhere or on the top floor."
"How do you even know that?" Sharon asked.
"I've done my fair share of sneaking around." Garrett said.
"Okay…" Ulrich said slowly. "We'd better get going." Ulrich and Yumi left for their dorm followed by Odd, William, Garrett, Sam, Lisa, and Duke. Riou looked over at Jeremy and Aelita, who were still seated.
"Something wrong?" Riou asked. Jeremy's head shot up.
"No. Everything's fine. See you in the morning." He said. He and Aelita stood up and left. Riou looked over at Dartz, who was doing something on his laptop.
"Did you really do that?" Riou asked.
"What?" Dartz asked looking up from his laptop.
"Kill your father."
"Yep. He deserved it, too."
"Okay…Well, night." Riou lie down on his bed and fell strait to sleep. Dartz sighed and closed his laptop before turning out the lights and climbing into bed.
"I know you're out there, mom. I'll find you someday. Even if I have to dedicate my life too it." He said before falling asleep.
Me: Well, there's chapter 9. I've already started working on chapter 10. It should be up next month. Remember, one review for the next chapter. Till then, see ya on the flip side!
