Okay folks! Welcome to episode 3, as the duel between Shinji & the cloaked woman reaches Part 2! However, Shinji is running out of time before he has to go home, and Big has to make sure he's there to catch the ride there.

Enjoy!

Episode 3 Awaken: Timaeus(Pt.2)

Previously, Shinji was attacked directly by Zarborg & his life points were reduced to 1600, while the cloaked woman not only has 3 monsters in play (Zarborg the Thunder Monarch & 2 Lamb Tokens in ATK position), but the Seal of Orichalcos is now in play. Shinji, however, stiil has a card set (Reinforcements-Trap) on his field & his Giant Soldier of Stone in ATK position. Suddenly, he & Big releashed Timaeus, and it now resides in his hand, as his entire hand & deck have now changed.

As Big is watching on, he can't help but go into deep thought. 'Incredible! Somehow, I sensed that his entire deck is different then before! I'm not sure just how, but it might be because of Timaeus! So, if that's true, then let's see just how well he can do now! '

Shinji then announced "It's my move & I summon Obnoxious Celtic Guardian!" as an elf in a battle suit, green cape & weilding a sword appears on Shinji's field (4-star/1400 ATK)! "You do realize that your monster can't go head-to-head with my Thunder Monarch" the cloaked woman announced, as Shinji realized it was still in play & still had 2900 ATK (2400 originally + 500 from the Orichalcos). However, Shinji soon said "I know, but you forgot that you also placed your Lamb Tokens in ATK mode last turn as well, so that makes then sitting ducks! Obnoxious Celtic Guardian, attack!" The elf warrior nodded, as he sliced one of them in 2, destroying it, as the cloaked woman lost 900 points.

(Cloaked Woman-3100 LP)

"That's it? That's the best you could do?" she asked, as Shinji replied "Yea, but now it's my Stone Soldier's turn! Attack the 2nd token!" The Stone Soldier nodded, as he destroyed the 2nd token, as the cloaked woman lost 600 more points.

(Cloaked Woman-2600 LP)

"My turn's over, but look out because I'm making a come back!" Shinji said as the cloaked woman snorted at this.

As for Big, he asked himself "Now where have I seen that monster before?" Big thought for a moment until it hit him! There was only 1 person in the world who owned that same card, and it was the reigning King of Games himself! "Now I know! That card was from Yugi's deck, but that can't be!

"For now on, he shall fight by your side, Shinji, as shall I!"

If what the DMG said is true, then that means she's turned Shinji's entire deck into a perfect copy of Yugi's deck! And, that means she's somewhere in that deck as well, so it's only a matter of time until she shows herself as well!" he told himself!

"It's my move & it's time to end this!" the cloaked woman announced as she drew a card & smiles (Dark Spirit of the Silent)! "Zarborg the Thunder Monarch, destroy the Giant Soldier of Stone & capture his soul!" Zarborg nods, as he fires at the Soldier of Stone! However, with Shinji, nothing can ever be easy as he announced "I activate my Reinforcements trap card!" as his remaining card revealed itself! This card'll give my Stone Soldier 500 extra points (1200 + 5001700 ATK)! "Too bad it can't save him from being destroyed!" she said with a hidden smirk as the Giant Soldier of Stone was destroyed & Shinji lost 1200 points.

(Shinji- 400 LP)

Shinji kneed down in pain as she soon said " I'll place 1 card face down & end my turn!" Shinji huffed while a card appeared in front of the cloaked woman, as he soon said "My move!" as he drew a card (Zero Gravity), and then said "I'll switch Obnoxious Celtic Guardian to DEF mode.", as Obnoxious Celtic Guardian kneed down & defends himself (1200 DEF)! Then, he says "Then, I'll place 2 cards face down & end my turn!" as 2 cards appear in front of Shinji, but suddenly he was fading in & out of existence again before stopping! "Oh, no! I'm almost out of time!"

Big grinched in anger, as he knew something was very wrong! Even in a duel with the Seal of Orichalcos in play, Shinji could still be forced back to his own dimension! "Damnit!" he told himself "Come on, Shinji! You've got to hurry before you disappear! I can't go with you to save your world if you disappear while in the Orichalcos!"

"Now, it's my move!" she draws a card (Final Attack Orders) and says "And now, it's time to end this game! I activate the trap card, Dark Spirit of the Silent!" At this time, her face down card revealed itself as she explained "Basically, this trap card will force your Obnoxious Celtic Guardian to do battle with my Zarborg!" Shinji suddenly looked on in horror as Obnxious Celtic Guardian returned to ATK position (1400 ATK) & charged towards Zarborg. "When this attacks hits, you'll lose the rest of your life points! This duel belongs to the Orichalcos!" However, before the elf warrior could reach Zarborg, Suddenly suddenly shouted "I activate Zero Gravity! Now, the battle mode of all monsters in play are reversed!" At this time, the elf warrior stopped & returned to his previous battle position (1200 DEF) while Zarborg defended itself (1000 DEF). The cloaked woman growled in anger before saying I'll place 1 card face down & end my turn!

A card appeared in front of her as Big sensed Shinji's time was just about up! "Come on, kid! You've got 1 chance to turn this all around." However, Big's eyes turned blue and he turned to his right to see another cloaked being, a man this time, appear before him, although Big could tell it wasn't the one who got his friend. "Who are you?" Big asked him, as the cloaked man replied "You will find out soon enough, but for now, know this! Even those born without darkness can still be tempted into darkness itself, and when the time comes, your true evil 'self will come forth!" Big snorted before saying "I don't think so, bub, but maybe you can answer a question for me. What exactly are you bastards planning with this '3rd Imact' & with the Orichalcos?" the cloaked man replied "When we next meet, I will explain everything, but by then, I will reveal your evil side as we duel!" as he turned to leave. Big only seemed confused as the cloaked man soon said "By then, we'll see which hero is stronger!" as he entered a dark hallway & disappeared. Big only asked himself "I wonder what he meant by that..." as his eyes turned back to normal.

Meanwhile, back at the duel...

"It's my move!" Shinji announced, as the cloaked woman suddenly announced "I activate Final Attack Orders! Now, all face-up monsters in play must be in ATK position!" as Zarborg (2900 ATK) & Obnoxious Celtic Guardian (1400 ATK) switched to ATK position! Shinji only grinched in anger as he saw his newly drawn card (Pot of Greed), and then, in his thoughts, he tells himself ' This is my last chance! I have to draw the right card, or I'll be defeated in her next turn! So, here goes nothing! ' Then, he announces "I activate my own Pot of Greed to draw 2 cards!" as she says "Then draw your 2 cards! It won't make a difference!" as Shinji prepares to draw his 2 cards while recalling some words of advice Big once gave him.

"Whenever your in a situation in which you're about to lose the duel, trust your deck &, in the end, it'll come through!"

So, Shinji left it to his deck & drew 2 cards (Dark Magician Girl & Dark Illusion), as he then announced "Now, I sacirifice Obnoxious Celtic Guardian & summon Dark Magician Girl!" as Obnoxious Celtic Guardian disappeared & the DMG arrived, giving the 'peace sign' as a show of respect (6-star/2000 ATK)! "That pipsqueak is supposed to go head-to-head against my Thunder Monarch? HA to that!" she tells him, and Shinji can tell that this upsets the DMG, as she shows a face of anger to that! Suddenly, she turns to Shinji and tells him "It's time! Awaken the power of Timaeus!" Shinji seems shocked at first, but then says "Oh, right! And now, I play the Eye of Timaeus!" as, at last, the giant green dragon known as Timaeus arrives!

"So, Timaeus, let's see what you've got!" Big says, in complete awe and curiosity as to what it can really do! However, what Shinji said next was going to shock him completely!

"Now Shinji, combine myself with Timaeus to create a brand new monster!" the DMG instructed, as Shinji nodded! Then, he told the cloaked woman "Now, I'll fuse them together to create a brand new monster!" she only said "WHAT? IMPOSSIBLE!" as Shinji soon said "Nothing's impossible when you've got Timaeus on your side!" Both the DMG & Timaeus nodded, as the Dark Magician Girl's armor turned from that of a spellcaster to that of a knight ready to go into battle, as she rode Timaeus like a horse! "And now, meet Dark Magician Girl the Dragon Knight (7-star; 2600/1700)!" as the Dragon Knight faced it's new challenger before Shinji soon ordered "Now, Dark Magician Girl, the Dragon Knight...attack!" as DMG fired a pink beam from her sword while Timaeus fired a blue beam from his mouth before the 2 came together & charged towards Zarborg! However, the cloaked woman chucked as she said "As powerful as your monster is, she's no match for Zarborg, and with 2900 points, that's enough to destroy her & wipe out 300 of your points!" Shinji, however, chuckled, as he disacarded (Beta the Magnet Warrior) from his hand to the graveyard & said "No, your Zarborg is gone, because when I discard a card in my hand while my Dragon Knight attacks, I can negate battle damage while your monster gets destroyed!" The cloaked woman could only hang her mouth with shock as theb Dragon Knight's attack destroyed Zarborg, anniliating it! Shinji soon announced "My turn's over!"

From where Big was standing, he was pretty much proud of Shinji! With everything Big had taught him, plus with the unusual power of Yugi's deck, and add in the unknown powers of Timaeus, and Shinji might make even Big himself have a run for his money! "Might" being the key word...

"You've have your fun, and I don't know just what game you're playing with me kid, but I'm ending this now!" the cloaked woman says, as she draws a card (Card of Demise), and plays it immediantly! "I activate Card of Demise! Now, I can draw up to 5 cards, but my entire hand gets sent to the graveyard 5 turns from now!" she announces, as she draws 4 cards (Dust Tornado, Scapegoat, Monster Reborn & Dark Bat)! "Now" she continues by saying "I activate Monster Reborn to bring back my Zarborg the Thunder Monarch to the field!" as Zarborg returns to her field (5-star/ 2400 ATK), and then gains 500 points due to the Seal of Orichalcos (2400 + 5002900 ATK)! Shinji can only mutter an "Uh, oh!" as the cloaked woman then announces "Now, Zarborg, it's payback time! Destroyher Dragon Knight!" Zarborg could only nod in agreement, as he fired a thuderbolt at the Dragon Knight which caused Timaeus to explode & DMG to fall onto the ground before exploding as well, as Shinji lost 300 points.

(Shinji-100 LP)

Shinji only grinched in anger & pain as he saw his new friends destroyed. "You!" he pointed at her and then said "You are going to pay for that!" she soon seemed upset & said "For what? Pay for how your weaker monster destroyed Zarborg when, clearly, he's the superior one on the field? I don't think so! Now then, I'll end my turn with 2 face downs!" she announces while 2 cards appears in front of her , as Shinji soon says "Then, it's time for my move!" as he prepares to draw until he suddenly starts fading on & off again, but this time at a much quicker rate!

"Oh, no!" Big soon realized, and then told the 3rd Child "Shinji, you have to end the duel this turn, or it's all over!"

Shinji nodded, as he drew his card & shouted "I play Spider's Web! Now, I can use a card in your graveyard & use it as my own, and I choose the Card of Demise!" as he drew 4 new cards (Alter of Restoration, Excalibur's Sword, Monster Reborn & Fissure) and then he told himself in his thoughts ' This is perfect! I can use these cards to end this!' Then, he said "This is it! First, I play Monster Reborn to bring back my Dark Magician Girl!" as the DMG returns with a smile (2000 ATK), as the cloaked woman frowns and asks "Her again? How many times am I going to have to destroy this weakling?" as Shinji replied "You won't ever get that chance again because I play Fissure! Now, thanks to this card, I can destroy your Zarborg!" The cloaked woman seems shocked as a hole appears under Zarborg and he falls into it, thus being destroyed! She smears in anger before announcing "I activate Dust Tornado! Now, I can destroy 1 magic or trap card in play, and I choose my own Final Attack Orders", as her own trap card explodes! Then, she announces "Now, I activate my Scapegoat magic card!" as it suddenly created 4 Sheep Tokens, as the symbol of the Orichalcos appeared on their foreheads & gave them 500 ATK point(0 DEF x4; 0 + 500500 ATK)! "Now, try to get through them!" she announced, but Shinji didn't care as he solely said "Even they can't stop me!" as he continued his turn!

"Now, I play the magic card, Alter of Restoration! Now, by removing the top 2 cards in my deck from my deck, I can use a card in my graveyard right now!" So, Shinji takes his top 2 cards (Electromagneitc Turtle & Jack's Knight) & puts them in his pocket, as the Eye of Timaeus suddenly pops out of his graveyard "And the card I choose is the Eye of Timaeus!" he announces, as Timaeus returns to the field! "Now, DMG & Timaeus, refuse together & create Dark Magician Girl, the Dragon Knight!" the 2 nod once more, as they fuse & become DMG, The Dragon Knight (2600 ATK)! However, the cloaked woman chuckled as she said "Too bad, kid! I have 4 Sheep Tokens, and you've only got 1 monster! So, if my guess in right, it'll take 5 turns for you to attack me directly & I doubt that'll happen any time soon!" Unfortunately for her, Shinji wasn't laughing, as he suddenly said "You forgot one thing! I still have 1 face down card left & I'm activating it right now! Go, Meteor Rain!" as his final face down card reveals itself. "Now, according to my trap card, when my monster attacks one of your defensive tokens, you'll lose life points equal to the difference, and that's 2600 points! Now, Dragon Knight, attack!" The Dragon Knight nodded and fired away at one of the Sheep Tokens, which, in turn, destroyed the other 3 as well, as the cloaked woman screams in horror while her points hits zero & the duel is over!

(Cloaked Woman-0)

End of Duel

As the woman falls to the ground, Shinji knees down in exaustion as the Dragon Knight disappears. Big soon tells himself "That's all, folks!" before jumping down to the lower level to meet up with Shinji! However, the cloaked woman soon sees that the Seal of Orichalcos is swirling around her as she shouts "NNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOO..." before she falls silent as the seal soon disappears. "Well, I guess it works against the user as well!" Big told himself as he walked over to Shinji, who looked at Big & asked "Did I win?" as Big replied "Yea, you did!" Suddenly, Shinji was fading out of existence again, as he said "Big, I think it's time!" as Big hurries over to him. However, as the distance between them closed, Shinji soon disappeared at last.

NERV...

"Misato, we got him!" Ritsuko informed her, as Misato soon commanded "Eject him now!"

The plug-in for Unit-1 soon came out as Shinji awakened in his suroundings! He was wearing his clothing from before and he was inside the plug-in for Unit-1! 'I'm back, but was everything just nothing more then a dream? Have I only been imagining things?' he asked himself, and then looked at his right arm, and there it was! It was his duel disk, as Shinji realized his journey was as real as him. Suddenly, he felt a tap on his back, as Shinji turned to find Big right behind him. "If it was a dream, then I probably wouldn't be here at all, now would I?" he asked Shinji, who smiled & said "AH-HA! We made it!" Big only nodded, as he soon asked "So, where are we exactly?"

However, as the plug-in was being removed, Ritsuko noticed Unit-1's unexpected passenger, as she suddenly shouted "WHAT THE ?! THERE'S AN ANGEL IN UNIT-1!" Everyone suddenly stopped what they were doing and looked at the screen, as they were now fully aware of both Shinji AND Big as well! "Now what do we do, Sensei? If we open the plug-in, it'll head to Terminal Dogma!" Maya shouted, and the Misato added "And if we keep it in there, it might kill Shinji!"

"Hey, why did we stop?" Shinji suddenly asked, as Big shrug his shoulders and replied "It's probably just a technical problem! Best thing to do is be patient & wait!" Big sat on one of the control consoles in indian-style, hughed his arms to his chest & then closed his eyes, as if to meditate! However, Shinji suddenly asked "But, what if they get the wrong idea & try to kill you?" as Big, without opening his eyes, replied "Then, I guess the best thing to do is defend myself!" However, neither were aware of the danger that was to come!

End of Episode 3!

That's it for this episode, but please tune in, as next time, it's all out-war between Big vs. NERV, as Big tries to protect Shinji & himself, but with the new enemies suddenly running about, it's never easy!

And now, the 'card of the chapter':

Dark Magician Girl, the Dragon KnightShinji's card

(8-star/2600/1800/Dark/Warrior/Effect)

This card can only be special summoned from your hand or deck by the effects of "Eye of Timaeus" while sending 1 "Dark Magician Girl" on your field to the graveyard. When this card attacks, by discarding 1 card in your hand to the graveyard, you can negate battle damage & destroy the targeted monster. This effect can only be used once during your main phase!

That's it for now! Later!