"Jack, good to see you." said Trudge walking around a corner.
"Officer Trudge, what a surprise. Is everything alright?" Jack asked while shifting the bags he was holding.
"No, everything is ok. By the way, what do you say to a friendly duel? I could use a good match, it's been to quiet recently." Trudge said taking one of the bags to help Jack.
"Thanks for the help, and why not. Just let me drop this off with Yusei and Crow, and we can have a match." Jack said when he saw Akiza. "Akiza, everything alright? Any problems with you know what."
"No, it was weird, I summoned it, but nothing happened, it almost seemed normal." Akiza said.
"Is something going on? I should know if there's a problem, you guys can trust me." Trudge said as Jack and he opened the door to Zora's basement.
"I'm back guys, here are the parts." Jack said. "Trudge and I plan on having a quick duel, so if you need anything, just call." Jack said while grabbing his helmet and deck.
"The Kaibadome is empty this time of day, so let's head over." Trudge said.
"I should keep an eye on this, the third key may be played in this match, once they are all used, the true power can be released." said the same shadow from before, only it looked slightly more human.
"Duel." said Jack and Trudge simultaneously. Jack life points 4000 speed counters 0 Trudge life points 4000 speed counters 0: "I'll go first Jack." Trudge said while drawing his cards. "First I summon out my Pursuit Chaser in attack mode, and play two cards facedown. Your move."
Jack life points 4000 speed counters 1 Trudge life points 4000 speed counters 1: "Well in that case, I draw." Jack said as he looked at his hand. "I summon out Big Piece Golem using his effect, next I play a facedown card, now I attack with my golem."
"I play a trap, No Entry, this forces both our monsters into defense mode, so your attack is null and void." Trudge said.
"In that case, I end my turn." Jack said while rounding the second corner.
Jack life points 4000 speed counters 2 Trudge life points 4000 speed counters 2: "My move, and I summon out Search Striker to join my Pursuit Chaser." Trudge said while switching Pursuit Chaser into attack mode. "Now Pursuit Chaser destroy Big Piece Golem." Trudge said.
"I play my own trap, Archfiends Call, now I send one card in my hand to the graveyard, and my golem switches battle modes, meaning he's in attack mode." Jack said while discarding Earthbound Immortal Aslla Piscu.
"That's just great, I end my turn." Trudge said.
Jack life points 4000 speed counters 3 Trudge life points 3300 speed counters 3: "My turn Trudge, and I summon out my Small Piece Golem, and now I get to summon my Medium Piece Golem as well." Jack said as his three golems stood behind him.
"Not so fast, I play a second trap, Torrential Tribute, that destroys all monster on the field." Trudge said as the torrent washed all the monsters away.
"Well, in that case I play a speed spell, summon speeder, and play my Double Coston in attack mode, now I attack you directly Trudge." Jack said.
"Nice move, looks like training for the WRGP hasn't caused you to lose your edge. You guys will be fine." Trudge said.
Jack life points 4000 speed counters 4 Trudge life points 1600 speed counters 4: "My turn, and I drew a great card." Trudge said with a laugh. "I play the Backup Unit speed spell, now we both add a monster to our hand from our graveyard, the catch is it needs to be the same type as one on our field if we have one already." Trudge said while adding Search Striker to his hand.
Not good, the only other dark monster in my graveyard is that, Jack thought as he reluctantly retrieved Aslla Piscu from his graveyard.
"Now I play, Double Summon, so I play Torapart, and Search Striker, now I tune my monsters together, in order to synchro summon Goyo Guardian. Unfortunately my Guardian is unable to attack until next turn, but just in case I'll throw a facedown and end my turn." Trudge said as his ace monster appeared behind him.
"Lester, it seems your stone tablet has arrived, you best collect it before sector security does." Jakob said.
"Yeah, I can't wait to see how powerful Skiel is, for all I know, it might be even stronger than Wisel." Lester said with a laugh.
"We shall see Lester." Jakob said as Lester teleported away.
Jack life points 4000 speed counters 5 Trudge life points 1600 speed counters 5: "Trudge, their actually is something going on, but you should know it is a benefit to us, everything is under control, so don't overreact to my next move, because I'm about to win." Jack said as Double Coston split into two monsters. "My Double Coston counts as two tributes for a dark attribute monster, and so I sacrifice it in order to play this, Earthbound Immortal Aslla Piscu." Jack said as the card he battled before now stood by his side.
"Jack, where did you get that?" Trudge asked. "You remember what those things can do."
"Yeah, but they may be our only weapon against whatever is coming next, synchros don't work so we need to use the next best thing, Aslla Piscu attack." Jack said as trudge lost the rest of his life points.
"I hope you guys know what you're doing." Trudge said dismounting his runner.
So do I Trudge, so do I, Jack thought as he looked at the sky.
"Wonderful, with this only two remain, then I can complete my plan. The signers are setting up their own downfall, and they don't even realize it yet." the shadow said before chuckling into the darkness surrounding it.
What's going on, I played that immortal once, and now every few hours my arm burns, I have a bad feeling something is going to happen at the WRGP, Yusei thought before noticing his mark of the Giant was flashing purple for a few seconds, but then went back to crimson. "This is bad. If I'm having this kind of effect, who knows how the others are doing?" he asked before staring at the sky.
(Jack called out Aslla Piscu, and Trudge now knows the Earthbound Immortals are back. Yusei is beginning to notice his mark reacting, but doesn't know what it is. Next chapter Lester will enroll at duel academy, and Visor will enter the picture. As always any reviews or critique is appreciated.)