LP
James 0
Yami 2200
Mike 6700
Chosen 0
Shrab 2700
"Quickly, I switch Yubel to defense." Yami said.
"Why?" Shrab asked. "His effect doesn't work in defense."
"Because." James explained "If the monster revived by limit reverse is placed in defense, the trap destroys it."
Sure enough, Yubel exploded into a thousand shards of light, which halted in midair and began to come together again. "And you all know what happens when Yubels destroyed! He evolves!" Yami shrieked.
The light formed a two-headed dragon with a massive eye in is chest.
Yubel – Terror Incarnate
Dark
Fiend
Lv.11
ATK/0
DEF/0
This card cannot be Normal Summoned or Set. This card cannot be Special Summoned except with the effect of "Yubel". This card cannot be destroyed by battle. All Battle Damage you take from a battle involving this card becomes 0. If this face-up Attack Position card is attacked by your opponent's monster, inflict damage to your opponent's Life Points equal to the ATK of the attacking monster. During your End Phase, destroy all other monsters on the field. If this card is removed from the field, you can Special Summon 1 "Yubel - The Ultimate Nightmare" from your hand, Deck or Graveyard.
"Now, I end my turn! Yubel, destroy!" Yubels eye flashed and all three of the polar gods shattered, then re-formed as well.
Of course," Yami continued "The Polar gods revive themselves, and we each get their effects!"
Thor's hammer shot lightning at Shrab and Mike, who were struck, nearly causing them to wreck and taking 800 damage each.
LP
James 0
Yami 2200
Mike 5900
Chosen 0
Shrab 1900
Loki raised his hand and Barrel Behind the Door materialized in it from Mikes graveyard. Loki threw the card to Mike, who put it in his hand.
Odin's good eye glowed and a card flew out of Shrab's deck and went to his hand. Shrab looked at it and grinned.
"My turn!" Mike said. "Now then, I set a two facedowns, and activate Limit reverse!"
Shrab looked confused. "What are you summoning?"
James's eyes grew large. "No way! You don't really have one?"
Mike glanced back at James, who tailed along. "Like I said, darkness doesn't always imply evil, I revive Dark Tuner Summon Gate!"
From the ground rose a decrepit stone ring with a swirling black mass inside.
Dark Tuner Summon gate
Dark
Fiend
Lv.12
ATK/0
DEF/0
Effect:?
James shook his head. "I thought I knew you man, Dark Synchros aren't just dark, their essence is evil!"
Mike wouldn't hear it though. "I know what I'm doing James, if you don't see that, then it's your problem, not mine. I negative-tune my dark tuner to Loki!"
Loki: lv.10
Summon gate: lv.12
10-12 = -2
Everyone but James stared at him in shock,
The stone ring flew to encircle Loki, who actually looked afraid, the stone shattered, forming 12 black stars, Loki turned transparent and you could see 10 white stars inside, the black stars entered him, and the Nordic deity screamed in agony as the black stars annihilated with the white, leaving only two black stars and nothing else.
Darkness is consumed by darker shadows!
The light will leave this world!
Darkness will become my path to victory!
Dark synchro summon! Banish!
Void! Dark Dragon of the Aesir!
The stars exploded in a wave of shadow, and a dark purple dragon was left in its wake.
Void, Dark Dragon of the Aesir
Dark
Divine beast
Lv.-2
ATK/X000
DEF/X000
1 non-Tuner monster - 1 Dark Tuner
In order to Dark Synchro this card, subtract the Level of a Dark Tuner monster from the Level of 1 other monster you control; the value must equal the Level of this card. This card cannot be summoned except by its own effect or Dark Synchro. When this card is Dark Synchro summoned, remove all cards from both players graveyard, except for Dark and Divine monsters. This cards ATK and DEF are equal to the number of Dark and Divine monsters on the field x 1000. During the end phase of a turn that this card was sent to the graveyard, special summon it. When this card is summon this way, discard 1 Dark monster from your hand, deck, out of play or extra deck. Then special summon 1 Dark monster from your graveyard. Then pay Life points equal to half the revived monsters ATK.
ATK/4000
DEF/4000
"Go Void! Wipe the graves clean!" Void turned its massive head to look at Yami, its eyes flashed green, and Montage Dragon flew out of her grave, than vanished. "You'll get it back when you lose." Mike told her. "Now! Void, attack Thor! Blazing hell cannon!"
Void reared its head and in a flash, a beam of blue energy shot out, striking Thor, However, with the Orichalcos active, his attack was equal to Voids, Thor struck back with its massive hammer, Void shattered and Thor imploded.
"HA! You fools! Thor will come back, you cannot defeat him!" Yami said.
"Wrong!" Shrab said, "First, I play my facedown fairy wind, not including speed world, it destroys all face up spells and traps, and we all take 300 damage for each one." A silver wind blew across the field, destroying Imperial iron wall.
LP
James 0
Yami 1900
Mike 5600
Chosen 0
Shrab 1600
"Next I use the card Odin gave me, D.D. crow! During either players turn, I can discard him to remove one card in your grave! I choose Thor!"
"NO!" Yami yelled as the synchro flew out of her grave and vanished, at the same time, her rune eye vanished.
"Heh." Mike said. "Now it looks like you're the only one in danger of losing their soul. "I set a card facedown end my turn, now Void comes back along with his effect!"
Void flew out of the nothingness, and dark energy surrounded Mikes deck. "I send my Red demons dragon to the grave, then I revive it!"
There was a flash of flames, and a tri-horned black and red dragon flew out and took it's place next to Void, who dwarfed it.
Red Demons Dragon (Red Dragon Archfiend)
Dark
Dragon
Lv.8
ATK/3000
DEF/2000
If this card attacks a Defense Position monster your opponent controls, destroy all Defense Position monsters your opponent controls after damage calculation. During your End Phase, destroy all other monsters you control that did not declare an attack this turn.
After, Void's eyes glowed green, and a stream of light was sapped from Mike, and was absorbed by the dragon.
LP
James 0
Yami 2200
Mike 4400
Chosen 0
Shrab 1900
Shrab drew his card. "Alright! I summon King of the Skull servants!"
King of the Skull servants
ATK/9000
"I set a card and end my turn."
Yami sneered. "You may have destroyed Thor, but I'll get rid of all your monsters! I play Dimensional Fissure!"
Mike, Shrab, and James looked in shock. "A normal spell?" Mike said.
"In a turbo duel?" Shrab said.
"That's insane!" James finished.
Suddenly, Yamis runner shocked her, dealing 2000 damage for playing a non-speed spell.
LP
James 0
Yami 200
Mike 4400
Chosen 0
Shrab 1900
As Yami was shocked, her runner seized up and started swerving wildly, four times she almost ran off the path into oblivion, eventually she pulled out of it. Everything on her was scratched and she was bleeding from several nicks on her face, her hair was wild and she had a maniacal look in her eyes that was further accentuated by an insane grin.
But now, your monsters will be removed, where they can cause no harm! I end! Yubel, Obliterate!"
Yubels eye flashed and shot out a shockwave that exploded on contact with the four monsters, the shockwave nearly made Shrab, Mike and James crash. In a second though, they flew out of the smoke, along with a skull and a dragon.
"What?" Yami yelled.
"Trap activate!" Shrab said, "Return from the different dimension! I remove my King on my own terms, allowing it to come back during the end phase. Come back King!"
King of the Skull servants
ATK/8000
Mike grinned "Red Demons! Trap card go! Assault Mode Activate!"
Sure enough, red demons dragon was covered in black and red armor, saving it from Yubel.
Red Demons Dragon/Assault mode
Dark
Dragon
Lv.10
ATK/3500
DEF/2500
This card cannot be Normal Summoned or Set. This card cannot be Special Summoned except with "Assault Mode Activate". If this card attacks, destroy all other monsters after damage calculation. When this card on the field is destroyed, you can Special Summon 1 "Red Demons Dragon" from your Graveyard.
"Now then, My turn!" Mike said as he turned to Shrab, mind if I finish this?"
Shrab nodded, pulling an object out from a side saddle. Mike was curious, but there'd be time later.
"Red demons! Attack Yubel! Extreme Crimson Force!"
Red Demons gathered a ball of flames in its hand and rushed Yubel, striking its chest, however, there was a flash of light, and Red demons returned to Mikes side.
"You fools! Yubel redirects all damage back to you!"
Yubel then released another shockwave, which channeled into Red demons, whose armor turned gold.
The trap Loki gave back to me, Barrel behind the door! I redirect Yubels damage to you, and with Red demons effect, all monsters except itself are destroyed after it battles! Go Red Demons Dragon! Crimson The End!"
The dragon opened its mouth and a gold blast shot out, blowing a hole straight through Yubel, the blast destroying it and King of the Skull servants, and dealing more than 3000 damage.
LP
James 0
Yami 0
Mike 4400
Chosen 0
Shrab 1900
"I'm sorry Brigid… but it had to be done." Mike said with a note of finality as the Orichalcos converged for a second time, this time on Yami, who lay on the ground, her D-Wheel completely destroyed by the force of Red Demons attack.
Suddenly Mike had to swerve as Shrab raced past him toward the crash, a golden object in his hand. Upon closer investigation, Mike saw it was a set of scales; two small fluffs emerged from either dish and flew through the Orichalcos and through Yami. When they reemerged, they each held a ghostly image of Brigid as if they weighed nothing. The Orichalcos converged on the soulless body and vanished.
Mike and James had returned to the crash as well and could now see the fluffs were a Sangan, and a Watapon. Both souls appeared unconscious, and they all watched transfixed as the souls turned into orbs of light, which the monsters placed on the scales.
"What is this?" Mike asked.
Not turning around, Shrab said "Penalty game, you cheated by using Spells in a turbo duel. Now your soul shall be weighed against itself, the one heavier with sin and evil will stay here in the shadow realm forever."
As Watapon and Sangan let go, the one Sangan had been holding immediately lowered the scales. The other one flew up and back into the body in front of them, the heavier soul; Yami, exploded, scattering to the wind as a thousand points of light.
Mike and James rushed to Brigids side, glaring at each other. Brigid opened her eyes and looked past the two at Shrab, James and Mike followed her gaze, Shrabs hair flew wildly and his eyes glowed in a shifting rainbow, a glowing yellow eye on his forehead.
Quickly, the darkness around them melted, revealing their surroundings, they had not moved from where dark Brigid had started the shadow duel. As the darkness faded, Shrabs appearance returned to normal and he walked back to his D-Wheel, putting the millennium item back in its saddle bag.
"Wh-what happened?" Brigid asked.
"The dark side in your ring came out and dueled us." Mike said. "We beat her, and Shrab banished her to the shadows. Why didn't you tell us you were involved with the Chosen ones?"
Brigid sat up and grunted in pain, averting her gaze. "You wouldn't understand what I'm trying to do."
"Try me." Mike said.
Finally Brigid met his gaze. "We're not evil. There is a group, our spies haven't learned their name yet, but they use the power of light for evil."
"That's a contradiction if I ever heard one." James said. But Brigid shook her head.
"In the world they come from, all darkness was eradicated by two people, it created an imbalance, in the fabric of reality, the light consumed everything, this light of destruction I guess you could call it. It drove one of these two people insane, who then used his light powers for destructive purposes. The other sacrificed himself to seal the first persons soul. Now their followers are feeding of the first mans powers for their own gain. Now they want to come here, to our world. We don't know why, or anything else, all we know is that darkness has to be used to balance the equation."
"That's a load of bull!" James yelled, standing up. Mike and Brigid looked up at him. "You're telling me that stealing souls and using cards that kill is aligning yourself with good?"
Brigid stared him down with a steely glare. "And how is that so different from your powers, Psychic? Or your son?"
James's mouth opened and closed without making any noise. Then he turned and stomped back to his runner. "Shrab, you coming?" He growled.
Shrab glanced back and shrugged. "I dunno, he's my friend, you know?" Together, they raced back to town to get Silver.
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Mike had given Brigid a lift to the city, after she had found the wreckage of her brothers D-Wheel, she and Mike buried it so sometime later, they could recover it for salvage, and Mike awkwardly figured out how to accommodate two. They had almost gotten back when there was a flash of red light.
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James and Shrab made it back before Mike. He had calmed down somewhat and had told Silver what had happened.
"Silver, we're leaving, get ready to go."
"Is Akiza coming too?" He asked.
James shook his head. "No, She's staying with Mike." James turned back to Silver, who looked defiant.
"I'm staying."
James looked up and groaned. "Silver, this is no time to be petulant. Pack up, we're leaving."
"No! I'm staying with Akiza!"
James turned his head and stared ad Silver. "Do you want me t ground you? Signer or not, I can take your deck."
Silver looked at Akiza, who nodded. "Sorry dad, but we've got to stop these light guys, I'm going where Akiza goes."
James took a step forward. "Give me your deck Silver."
Silver begrudgingly took out his deck, but then swung his arm to the side, the top card flying at James, Silvers arm lit up crimson and in the sanguine light, James could see the card Silver had thrown.
"Junk Dragon!" Silver yelled. The card flashed, and a huge mechanical dragon appeared. "I'm going dad."
Anger boiled up in James, not at Silver per-se, but at Mike for causing all this. He reached in his back pocket and pulled out a card. He raised it and it too flashed. "Blue-Eyes White dragon!"
An equally large dragon with reflective bluish-white scales and sapphire eyes flew out of the flare with a roar and flew at Junk dragon, who swung around, wrapping Blue-eye's neck in its tail and throwing it to the ground with a shattering crash. Blue-eyes opened it's mouth and a beam of light shot out, Junk Dragon opened it's mouth and a beam of compressed sound shot out, blowing apart the dragons attack and hitting Blue-eyes dead on, the blue-eyes faded. A second later, Junk dragon faded as well.
Silver and Akiza were nowhere to be seen.
In a scream of rage, James got back on his D-Wheel and turned around to see Mike's runner.
"You!" He growled. "Next time we meet, it'll be from opposite sides of the dueling arena!" James gunned the engine and shot past Mike with Shrab following close behind.
Mike and Brigid watched them go and looked at each other.
"Mike, what are you going to do about your daughter?"
Mike smirked. "She's young, but she's strong. She's a signer, even if she doesn't know it. Plus she's with Silver. He has the most potential I've ever seen in a person, of any age. His powers will keep them safe, and the Crimson Dragon will lead them true. If they get into trouble, I can track them with my D-Wheel, their duel boards will give out a signal if they lose. Now the real question is, where is Tyler? I need to have a word with him.