Hello & welcome to another episode of NGE: Enter the Orichalcos! In the last episode, Big defeated the Dark King after fighting off the darkness in his heart and was rewarded with a new magic card: Super Polymerization. He just might need it considering what has happened to Yubel, after Dark Marik realizes Yubel has only joined the villians for her own nefarious reasons. So now, what will Dark Marik do with Yubel under his power as our heroes return to the world of Tokyo-3? Let's find out, but first...
Movie card of the episode:
Dark EVA(King Aizen's card)
(8-star; 3000/3000; Dark; Machine/Effect)
This card can only be Special Summoned by the effects of "Dark Soul Awakening"! This card cannot be destroyed in battle or by card effects(*Battle damage is still applied*). If this card is removed from the field after being summoned this way, Special Summon it to your opponent's field in Attack Position at the end of the turn with it's effects negated, with 0 Attack Points, and it cannot have it's battle position changed!
Episode 21: The Dangerous Plan! The Coming of Yubel!
Tokyo-3...
Returning to his previous spot somewhere in Terminal Dogma, Big awaited the arrival of Shinji, Asuka & Rei in order to continue their training. As he waited, Big took out the Stardust Dragon card and asked himself "What is Synchro? Carlos never mentioned it to me before, and I've never heard of it until now. Maybe there's some trick to it." Big continued to wander, as he noticed the children arrive and told himself "Well, now I have to train to get even stronger to protect both the children, as well as both worlds. Hopefully, by then I'll be able to discover how Synchro works. Otherwise, we're all in alot more trouble then expected." Big put the card away, as the children arrived.
Meanwhile, somewhere inside NERV, a dark void appeared inside the base as Kaworu exited the void alongside a hooded man. "You know where to go, correct?" Kaworu asked, as the hooded man replied "Do not worry, Kaworu! Just remember you part of the bargain!" Kaworu nodded, as he soon wandered off while the hooded man removed a card labeled 'Yubel" and said "Now go, my slave, and awaken the 2nd Angel!" as he threw the card into a random direction before it turned into a shadow and disappeared into the halls of NERV.
Back to our heroes, Big told the 3 "Now that we have everyone back and healthy, it's time for a new exercise I like to call the 'Trust Exercise '." Rei blinks, unsure of this, and asks "What exactly is this Trust Exercise?" as Big replies "Good question! In certain occasions, it will be important for the 3 of you to work together against an extremely powerful duelist. It's kind of when you're inside your Evangelion-Units fighting an Angel, except it's more tactical than just point & shoot." Asuka huffs at his reponse and says "That's not anymore different from fighting an Angel! In this case, we're playing a children's card game!" Big sighs and sarcastically asks Asuka "Oh, so shooting or stabbing an Angel with a knife is different from a card game which, if memory serves me correctly, there exists a card that's capable of taking your soul if you lose? So please Asuka, how is it different fighting an Angel as opposed to dueling some insane group of nutjobs trying to destroy both our worlds?" Asuka replies "You actually have to fight an Angel, not depend the entire world on some card game, something you wouldn't know a thing about." Shinji is about to speak up, but Big looks to him and says "No, Shinji, it's okay!" as he looks to Asuka and tells her "You have no idea what kind of hell I've been subjected to." Big soon lowered his neck collar and revealed an old wound indicating knife marks.
"What the hell?" Asuka asks, shocked, as Big replied "When I was younger, a little bit older than you 3, I was shot in the head, stabbed, had my throat slit, and left for dead. The only victory I can take from that was I survived. For more than a decade, every tough guy around the world and around the galaxy has fought me and left me for dead and I still got up! I still fought and I won! I have fought aliens, monsters, robots, and I have won! You think I haven't paid the price? Well guess what, I have! My original tail was cut off and destroyed. My arms have been disconnected multiple times and re-set. I've bled and paid the price each time, so don't tell me I don't know **** about fighting. Do you understand, Asuka?" She did nothing else but silently nod, as Big covered up his old wound and said "Now that we have that all covered up, let me make one thing perfectly clear: My job is to make sure both our worlds are safe, everyone lives, and you 3 don't die, and I will complete that mission come hell or high-water. Go it memorized?" The 3 silently gulped and nodded, as Big took a deep breath and soon said "Okay then! Now, let's get..." He suddenly stopped and quetly stared at NERV, sensing something was very wrong, as Shinji asked "Um, Big, you ok?" Big quietly replied "I don't know why, but something is very wrong inside NERV!"
Inside NERV, the hooded man found himself in the holding bay for Unit-2 when a metal pole came from nowhere and slammed right in front of him, stopping his movement. The hooded man turned to his left to see Big on top of a support beam, as Shinji, Asuka & Rei ran into the holding area and found him. "So, you didn't waste time knowing I was here, didn't you?" The hooded man asked, as Big replied "Take your hood off, Dark Marik! I know it's you!" The hooded figure removed his hood, revealing Dark Marik as Big had predicted. "So it is you! What are you doing here?" Shinji asked, as Dark Marik replied "That is quite simple, child! I've come for the Egyptian God Cards!" Shinji soon shouted "Well, I won't let you have them!" Dark Marik laughed, as Rei soon asked him "Do you know this individual, Shinji?" He nods and then replies "He's one of those guys who wants to destroy our world!" Rei soon looked at Dark Marik with a scowl and said "In that case, he is my enemy as well." Asuka suddenly spoke up and said "If you think you 2 can have him all to yourselves, you've got another thing coming!" Dark Marik laughed as Big flew down towards the 3 children, as Dark Marik said "So, I come for 3 God Cards and get 3 victims included. This will be very interesting indeed! In such a case, I propose a very special duel: A 3-on-1 duel!" Rei blinks and asks "3-on-1?" Dark Marik laughs and says "Of course...
(*Nostalgia Crititc dressed as M. Bison: Of Course! *)
..., young child! First, I have a turn! Then, you each get a turn, and then it comes back to me, and we go full circle from there!" Rei attempths to process this and says "I think I understand!" Asuka soon growls and says "It's simple, Wondergirl: No matter what he does, we'll have a tactical advantage!" Big rolls his eyes, believing Asuka didn't learn a thing from earlier! Shinji, on the other hand, would have rather it have been him alone. After all, he was very worried about what Dark Marik would do and didn't know much of anything about him. Before he could say anything, though, Asuka said "You're on!" Shinji & Rei sighs, as does Big as he realizes Asuka's attitude would still need some work. Regardless, the 3 set their GX Duel Disk as Dark Marik takes out an Orichalcos Duel Disk and draws his cards. "Then, let the duel begin!" Dark Marik announces, as the 3 children prepare themselves for anything!
(Dark Marik: 4000 LP
VS.
Shinji: 4000 LP,
Asuka: 4000 LP,
& Rei: 4000 LP;
DUEL START)
Dark Marik snickered and said "And with that, I'll begin the duel!" as he drew a card and examined his hand (Vampiric Leech, Gilgarth, Card of Sanctity, Energy Chain, Dark Nullification, Mirror Star Thief), as he announces "First, I'll summon my Vampiric Leech in ATK Mode!" Dark Marik's card soon revealed a greennish leech with teeth, as it seemed ready to attack (2-star/ 500 ATK), as Dark Marik announced "And thanks to this card, when he's summoned I can attack instantly. So go my leech, and attack the boy directly!" Shinji seemed shocked and shouted "WAIT, WHAT?" as the Vampiric Leech flew directly towards him and slammed right into him (Shinji's LP: 4000 - 3500). Then, Dark Marik announced as his leech flew back towards his side "And now, I can send one card in my hand to the graveyard to switch him to DEF mode." Dark Marik took is Gilgarth card and discarded it to the graveyard, as his leech suddenly entered a defensive state (500 ATK - 1200 DEF). Dark Marik then announced "Next, I'll place 3 cards face down on my field and activate a magic card called Card of Sanctity! Thanks to this card, we now draw until 6 cards are in our respective hands!" As Dark Marik's 3 set cards appear in front of him, he drew 6 new cards (Bowganian, Dark Spell Regeneration, Class Systen, Metal Reflect Slime, Monster Reborn & Legendary Fiend) while Shinji (Slifer the Sky Dragon), Asuka (Kaibaman), and Rei (Claw of Hermos) each drew one card. Dark Marik finally announced "And with that, the suffering shall end...for now!"
Big had to admit that he was impressed...if he hadn't seen the attack coming since it was the exact same move he had made against Yugi in the Battle City finals, and knowing how history always has a way of making repeat appearances, he felt Shinji was coming up, as Shinji soon said "Now it's my turn to show you what this 'boy' can do!" However, before he can draw, Asuka suddenly shouts "What the hell do you think you're doing? I'm going next!" Shinji, now infuriated, says "Are you nuts? You don't even know what you're getting yourself into!" Asuka chuckles and says "Trust me, Baka, I know exactly what to do and someone like you has no idea how to even..." Rei, at this time, announces "My move!" shocking Shinji & Asuka as she draws a card and tells the 2 "If the two of you are going to argue, then by all means please do so! However, remember what is at stake!" This shut Big's mouth, suprised as to how Rei just took charge just like that.
Rei looks at her hand (Graceful Dice, Skull Dice, Goblin Attack Force, Red Eyes Black Chick, Kunai with Chain, Claw of Hermos & Red Eyes Black Dragon), as she announces "First, I shall summon Red Eyes Black Chick to my field!" At this, a small red egg appeared in front of Rei before hatching to reveal a small black dragon (1-star/800 ATK). Dark Marik was not impressed, as the baby dragon started flying around Rei while she stated "Thanks to this card, I can sacrifice him in order to special summon 1 Red Eyes Black Dragon from my hand to the field." The baby chick soon roared as it began to glow, and thus, grow bigger until becoming the Red Eyes Black Dragon, who flew in the air and landed right behind Rei almost in a protective manner (7-star/ 2400 ATK). The Red Eyes roars, as Rei announces "Red Eyes, attack his Vampiric Leech!" The Red Eyes opened his mouth and fired it's fireball at the Vampiric Leech, as Dark Marik chuckled and announced "I hate to disappoint you, my dear, but that attack was obviously planned. I activate the Continuous Trap Card known as Dark Nullification!" Dark Marik's middle set card soon revealing itself and created a large barrier mirror, as he states "Thanks to this card, up to 3 times I can negate your attack and end the battle phase. Then, my opponents are free to special summon any monster in your deck with 4-stars or less." At that point, Rei could only look on as the barrier mirror stopped the Red Eyes' attack as Rei announced "Since you are being awfully generous, I choose to special summon my Little Wing Guard in DEF mode." Right from Rei's deck, a new monster, appreantly a fair wearing ligt armor and weilding a small sword and shield, appears as it defends itself with it's shield (4-star/ 1800 DEF).
In Asuka's case, she pulled out a card from her deck and announced "If you're going to play defense, I'm staying on offense and summoning Vorse Raider!" At this point, a dark-brown skin creature wearing a green vest and weilding a double-bladed weapon-like boomerang (4-star/1900 ATK). As for Shinji, he looks through his deck and comes to a decision, as he announces "I summon Queen's Knight in DEF mode!" as a woman in red armor appears and defends herself with her shield (4-star/1600 DEF). "Do as you please!" Dark Marik laughed, as he then said "But regardless, I still have the advantage." Rei soon looked at her hand and said "I set 3 cards face down to end my turn." as 3 cards appeared in front of her. Rei soon turned to Asuka and told her "Be very careful! He's up to something!" Somehow, Big agreed, sensing something devious coming from 2 of Dark Marik's face down cards. It felt like a much greater darkness was about to be unleashed. However, Asuka sighed and said "Whatever!" as she was about to draw a card when Big suddenly announced "Asuka, wait a minute!" Asuka sighed and turned around towards Big, as she asked "What is it this time?" Big replied "Before you take your turn, I want you to think very carefully about what you do! Don't just barge into it without some type of plan, ok?" Asuka was prepared to tell him off when she realized he was trying to tell her something very important about this duel...something she wasn't aware of! In fact, it was as if Big wasn't even staring at Asuka, but at Dark Marik's face down cards. Though still trying to start a staredown with Big, Asuka finally said "Okay then!" as she turned to face Dark Marik!
"Do yourself a favor and mind your own business, Big!" Dark Marik says, as he then says "Besides, you have your own problems to worry about!" Big seemed confused until he suddenly turned around and found a dark worm hole opening up right behind up, as Yubel suddenly came right through the wormhole, grabbed Big and told him "Now our fight begins!" as she pulls Big into the wormhole and it disappears alongside him. Shinji, Asuka, and Rei had taken notice of this and were shocked, as they turned and Shinji shouted "WHAT DID YOU DO TO HIM?" Dark Marik laughed and replied "Big was captured by Yubel, a creature from both his past as well as his father's! However, that has nothing to do with us for the moment! Anyway, wasn't it your turn, redhead?" Asuka growled and replied "No one, and I mean NO ONE...calls me a redhead and gets away with it! Now it's my turn!"
Asuka drew her card and then looked at her hand (Blue Eyes White Dragon, Flat LV. 4, Ring of Destruction, Monster Reborn, Kaibaman, Cost Down & Attack Guidance Armor), as she carefully looks at the field before announcing "I play the magic card, Cost Down! By sending 1 card in my hand to the graveyard, I can decrease the star level of all my monsters in my hand by 2!" Asuka sends her Flat LV. 4 to her graveyard, as she then announces "And now, I sacrifice Vorse Raider to summon this card...Blue Eyes White Dragon!" Asuka's Vorse Raider disappeared, as her Blue Eyes flew into the air and landed right behind her (8-star/3000 ATK). "That was a very clever move, little girl!" Dark Marik said in a mocking way, but then said "Regardless, even if you attack, my Dark Nullification card will just negate it!" Asuka chuckled and said "You're right, but that will only work 2 more times. Blue Eyes, attack now!" The Blue Eyes roars and fires away, as the Dark Nullification barrier stops the attack, only for a large crach to appear on the barrier itself. Then, Asuka said "And, if memory serves me correctly, now we can summon a 4-star monster from our deck, 1 each, correct?" Dark Marik nodded and replied "Of course!"
(*M. Bison: Of Course! *)
Asuka soon announces "Well, in that case, I choose to special summon X-Head Cannon!" A new monster, a blue robot appears and defends itself (4-star/1500 DEF), as Rei gets the initiate of Auka's attack and announces "I choose to special summon Rocket Warrior in DEF mode!" as a small robotic being wearing armor with a cone-shapped helmet and weilding a sword appears next to Rei's Little Winguard, defending itself (4-star/1200 DEF). As for Shinji, he takes out a specific card and says "And I choose King's Knight!" as a man with a beardwearing golden armor appears on Shinji's field, prepared to attack (4-star/1600 ATK), as Asuka suddenly turns to Shinji and asks "Why do you keep summoning those damn knights? They don't look like they do anything!" Shinji smiles and replies "Because when King's Knight & Queen's Knight are in play, they can special summon Jack's Knight from my deck!" At this, a new warrior wearing blue armor appears right between the King & Queen (5-star/1900 ATK). Both Rei & Asuka seem suprised with Shinji being able to summon 2 monsters at once, though Shinji soon tells Asuka "By the way, you had a good move too, Asuka!" Being prideful, Asuka smirked and said "Well, clearly! After all, I'm the best of the 3!" Rei, however, crossed her eyes and said "Don't get too full of yourself, Pilot Sohryu! Otherwise, your foot will not fit inside!" Asuka quickly turned towards Rei and said "At least I managed to summon something useful!" Rei, however, retorted "If you haven't noticed, your attack wasn't as beneficial as you had hoped since you haven't been able to touch him at all!" Dark Marik, by now, shouted "Will you both shut up already? Now end your turn so we can get this duel over with!" Asuka turned towards Dark Marik and said "Fine, you big baby! I set 3 cards face down and end my turn!" 3 cards appear in front of Asuka, as she ends her turn.
"Now, it's my turn!" Shinji draws and looks at his hand (Kuriboh, Mirror Force, Mystical Space Typhoon, Alpha the Magnet Warrior, Dark Magician, Slifer the Sky Dragon & Magical Dimension), as Dark Marik soon asks him "So, young boy, have you drawn your Egyptian God Card yet?" as Shinji seems a bit shocked, answering Dark Marik's question. Dark Marik soon tells him "Well, you have 3 monsters, so summon your Egyptian God Card already!" Shinji slowly starts taking in deep breaths, recalling what happened the last time he summoned Slifer...
(*Flashback to Episode 19:
...Slifer the Sky Dragon, attack now with Thunderforce Strike!"
Slifer roars into the air, as he opens his mouth and electrical energy begins to charge inside! The cloaked man can only look on as Slifer soon fires an electrical burst of energy from his mouth as it envelops him and what's left of his life points.
Cloaked Man: 0
(End of Duel)
Slifer soon disappeared just as quickly as he came as this caused a blinding light, forcing Shinji, Misato & even Big to close their eyes. However, as the blinding light subsided, they opened their eyes to find that the cloaked man had disappeared, almost as if he had never been there at all. As for Shinji, the mysterious glow had disappeared just as quickly as it had came. Big put Misato down as Sara arrived and asked "What the hell happened here? Where's Slifer?" Shinji replied "Slifer disappeared just as quickly as it came!" Sara sighed and then told them "Well, you gotta be careful! The Egyptian Gods can be very dangerous!" Big chuckled and said "You don't have to tell us!" Sara huffed and turned around to leave when she heard a *thud* sound. She turned to find that, apppreantly, Shinji had suddenly fallen to the ground as Big & Misato tried to revive him...
End of Flashback*)
Shinji looks at the card itself, and tells himself "I musn't run away! If I do, then I'll leave Asuka & Rei to fight this monster alone! Well, that's not gonna happen! Not this time!" Dark Marik soon notices a red aura starting to come from Shinji, as he tells himself "It's time!" Shinji grabs the Slifer card and announces "Now, I sacrifice my 3 Knight!" The Queen, King, and Jack turn into their respective armor colors and fly upward into the roof, disappearing and creating a thunderstorm in the process. "Pilot Ikari, what are you doing?" Rei asked, as Shinji simply replied "Just watch!" Dark Marik soon looked up, as the thunderstorm fired lightning and a being began to descend. Dark Marik could only look on, a small smirk appreant as Shinji soon announced "I summon the Egyptian God...Slifer the Sky Dragon!" With that, Slifer roars and he lands right behind Shinji and stares at his former owner (10-star/6000 ATK). By now, it was only appreant to Dark Marik that Shinji was enveloped by a red aura, as he said "At last, you summoned Slifer the Sky Dragon!" Slifer roared in anger, memories begining to surface about the terror Dark Marik had done years before, as Asuka & Rei were in shock of such a creature. "Baka, what is that?" Asuka asked, as Shinji replied "This is my friend, Slifer! Slifer, this is Asuka & Rei!" Though comically, Slifer turns to the 1st & 2nd Child and nods to them, as the Blue & Red Eyes simply seem awstruck by it's appreance.
Meanwhile, in Terminal Dogma...
The same wormhole that took Big soon threw him out as he found himself falling into a pool of LCL fluid. Big quickly manages to catch himself and fly directly towards a platform that appreantly rests a large white creature with many closed eyes and attached to a large cross. "What is that thing?" Big asked, and then added "Is this...one of the Angels?" Big landed in front of it, as Yubel's voice replied "This is Lillith, the 2nd Angel!" Big turns around and finds Yubel floating over the LCL fluid, appreantly having a strange mark on her forehead. Big squnits his eyes until he can see what the mark is: A glowing egyptian eye. "Yubel, what did Dark Marik do to you?" Big asked, as Yubel asked "Somehow, Dark Marik is in full control of my entire body! I have no control of whatever action I do from here on out!" Yubel soon shows her left hand, as the wrist transforms into a deformed duel disk. "Big, you're going to have to duel me if you're to stop me!" Yubel says, as Big seems unsure of it. Nonetheless, Big nods as his Duel Disk activates as well. "Yubel, I'm so sorry for what he's..." Big tries to say, but Yubel cuts him off by saying "Silence! Duel me or die, traitor!"
(Big: 4000 LP
VS.
Yubel: 4000 LP;
DUEL START)
Yubel announces "I'll begin this duel!" as she draws a card and looks at her hand (Magic Chronicles, Hate Buster, Graceful Charity, Mystical Space Typhoon, Yubel & Samsara Lotus), as she announces "I activate Graceful Charity! With this card, I can draw 3 cards! Then, I must send 2 cards in my hand to the graveyard." Yubel proceeds to draw 3 cards (Torch Golem, Sinister Serpent, and Zero Sprite), and then sends 2 cards into her graveyard (Sinister Serpent & Samsara Lotus). Yubel then notes that "Also, since Sinister Serpent was sent to the graveyard, I can return it to my hand in my standby phase." Big was perplexed, not sure exactly why Yubel was doing this move...something Carlos had done to him as well. Of course, Yubel continued by announcing "And now, I activate the effect of the Grinder Golem in my hand. I can special summon it to your field, and special summon 2 Grinder Tokens to my field as well." A large robotic machine with a chainsaw on it's chest appears on Big's field (8-star/3000 ATK) , as 2 smaller robots appeared on Yubel's field (1-star/0 ATK x2). "I think you know what comes next, Big!" In response, he nods, as Yubel soon announces "And now, I sacrifice my 2 Torture Golems to summon...myself!" The 2 tokens turned into shadows and were absorbed into Yubel, as a shadow soon popped out of her and took a visible form, staring at Big (10-star/0 ATK). Big stared at the 2 Yubels, but whatever thoughts were about to pop into his head stopped when he felt the entire base starting to shake, confusing both Big & Yubel. "What in the world?" Big asked himself...
...as back in the 3-on-1 duel, everyone becomes aware of the shaking base as well. "What the hell is going on?" Asuka asked, as Dark Marik replied "That should be the least of your concerns! Right now, you still have a duel to lose." Shinji, in rage, announces "I activate the magic card, Mystical Space Typhoon! With this card, I can destroy your Dark Nullification card!" With Shinji's card, a small typhoon appeared and struck the glass barrier protecting Dark Marik's field, completely shattering it. Dark Marik, however, didn't even so much as break a sweat, as Slifer roared while his power decreased (Slifer's ATK: 6000 - 5000). Dark Marik quickly announced "So what if my barrier is no longer in play. Your weakened your Egyptian God Card, and you still have to get through my leech." At this point, Asuka chuckled and said "Oh, I've got that covered. I activate Ring of Destruction!" One of Asuka's trap card activated and created a brown ring with red lightbulbs, as Asuka announced "Thanks to this trap card, I can destroy 1 monster on the field. Then, we both take damage equal to it's ATK." The brown ring floated over towards the Vampiric Leech and connected around it, as it started lighting up. "And, without your monster, you can be attacked directly!" Asuka pointed out, as the Vampiric Leech finally exploded alongside with the ring, costing Asuka & Dark Marik 500 life points (Asuka's LP: 4000 - 3500; Dark Marik's LP: 4000 - 3500).
Shinji soon saw his opening, as Asuka told Shinji "Here's your chance, Baka! So don't screw it up." Shinji rolled his eyes and then announced "Go Slifer! Attack his life points directly with Thunderforce Strike!" Slifer roared, as he started gathering energy into his mouth!" As Slifer prepared to fire, Dark Marik went from a smirk into a full blown laugh, as Shinji asked "What's so funny?" Dark Marik stopped laughing and replied "You fell for it! I laid a trap, and you fell for it! So now, the time has come for you to face real power as I activate the trap card: Mirror Star Thief!" Suddenly, one of Dark Marik's trap cards opened and revealed a glass mirror reflecting Shinji's image and displaying 10 stars. "You see, when you summoned Slifer the Sky Dragon, you also gave me the right to use this card. As for this card, it allows me to special summon any monster from your deck with an equal star level to that of Slifer, and I know just the card I want!" The mirror's starts instantly became tencacle-like hands and flow directly towards Shinji's deck as they grab Shinji's left arm and swallows Shinji's deck. "Huh? What's going on? Let me go!" Dark Marik chuckled and said "Oh don't worry! It'll let you go...after I get what I want!" The tentacles soon let Shinji go, but they also gave Dark Marik a very specific card as Dark Marik said "And now, since you summoned Slifer the Sky Dragon, I can summon the Winged Dragon of Ra!" The ground began to shake even more violently as the mirror alongside Dark Marik transforms into a golden sphere, suprising the 3 Children as Dark Marik crossed his arms towards his chest and says "And now, I will read the ancient writing on the Winged Dragon of Ra card to awaken him!" Dark Marik began to light up in a yellow aura, as he began the chant.
"Great beast of the sky, please hear my cry. Transform thyself from orb of light and bring me victory in this fight. Envelop the desert with your glow and cast your rage upon my foe. Unlock your powers from deep within so that together we may win. Appear in this Shadow Game as I call out your name, Winged Dragon of Ra!"~Dark Marik
The golden orb soon began to transform itself, as it became a giant golden winged creature with red eyes and a blue orb on it's forehead (10-star/0 ATK). The giant creature roared, as Dark Marik announced "Now, meet my ultimate servant!" Shinji growled and asked "What have you done?" Dark Marik replied "I've taken back MY Winged Dragon of Ra, and with RA, I will obtain victory!" Shinji growled, as Ra & Slifer roared a challenge towards one-another.
In another part of NERV, Misato felt NERV begin to violently shake, as she asked herself "What the hell?" as she started running, trying to find the Children and hope they were ok. Along the way, Ritsuko ran outside of her office and ended up slamming into the wall due to the shaking of the base itself as Misato had to stop and grab onto the wall to keep her balance. "Misato, why is the entire base shaking?" Ritsuko asked and added "Is it some kind of earthquake?" Misato held on and replied "I hardly believe it if everything else isn't shaking! I must be coming from inside the base somewhere." Ritsuko eyes soon went from frightened to upset, as she said "Somehow, I have a wild guess who's responsible for all of this!" and started walking carefully in the same direction Misato was headed, as Misato followed while everyone else held on for whatever they could for dear life.
Back at Big's duel...
"Now, I attack with my doppelganger!" Yubel announced, as her clone's eyes glowed and she fired a beam right through the Grinder Golem, hitting Big directly in the chest, as she explained "Thanks to my effect, I can negate my own destruction and redirect all damage to my life points to you, but you already remember that don't you?" Big held his chest in unbearable pain, as he lost 3000 LP (Big's LP: 4000 - 1000). Yubel chuckled, as she announced "And now, I'll end my turn, which reminds me! Thanks to the Samsara Lotus in my graveyard in resurrects itself onto the field during my end phase!" At this point, a small flower-like pod popped out of the LCL fluid (1-star/0 ATK), as she explains "And, due to my own effect, I have to sacrifice it in order to maintain my right to remain in play." The Samsara Lotus turned into dust and entered Yubel's doppelganger body. Big growled and shouted "Yubel, you have to break Dark Marik's control! If you don't, then I'll have no choice but to counterattack!" In response, Yubel said "Give it your best shot!"
Big drew his card and looked into his hand (E-Hero Neos, E-Hero Sparkman, Polymerization, Negate Attack, E-Hero Clayman & N-Signal) as he announces "Sorry to do this, Yubel, but you give me no choice! I activate Polymerization to fuse E-Heroes Sparkman & Clayman to summon E-Hero Thunder Giant!" At this point, the spirits of Sparkman & Clayman fused while their respective monster cards went to the graveyard while the Thunder Giant arrived and landed right in front of Big (6-star/2400 ATK). Yubel frowned at first, but silently said "Thank you!" as Big announced "And thanks to the effect of Thunder Giant, he can destroy any monster on your field with an ATK power under 2400. So farewell, Yubel!" Thunder Giant nodded and fired an electrical bolt at Yubel's doppelganger, as the doppelganger screamed before exploding. As this occured, the real Yubel instantly disappeared as Big sighed and said "It's over!" However, just as he felt calm, a booming voice said "Oh, it's far from over Big!" Big recongnized that voice, as he shouted "Dark Marik, how dare you trick me into this duel! Besides, Yubel has disappeared, thus it's done!" However, Dark Marik's voice replied "I'm afraid Big it's not as over as you think! For you see, when I took control of Yubel I modified her to become more then a match against you!" Shocked, Big asked "What does that even mean?" In response, Dark Marik's voice replied "When Yubel is removed from the field by anything other than her own effect, her 2nd form known as the Terror Incarnate, appears in it's place!"
Just as Dark Marik's voice announced it, a large amount of bubbling appeared in the LCL, as a large purple dragon suddenly appeared with Yubel appreantly on the dragon's forehead (11-star/0 ATK). "Aw, come on!" Big shouted, and added "Give me a break already!" Yubel did reply, but in Dark Marik's voice, saying "I'm afraid the worst is yet to come! Now end your turn so your defeat can begin!" Big took a good, long, look at the creature and for the first time ever, he had no idea what he was supposed to do!
Back at the 3-on-1 duel...
Shinji announced "Thanks to Slifer's effect, when a monster is summoned in his presence, he can strip it of 2000 points. Since Ra doesn't have any points, he's instantly destroyed!" Slifer's 2nd mouth opens up, but Dark Marik chuckles and replies "You must think of me as some type of fool! I'm afraid your over your head, for I activate the trap card, Energy Chain and equip it to my Ra!" Dark Marik's other set card soon revealed itself and transformed into a glowing chain which wrapped itself onto Ra's neck, as well as Slifer's! "Huh, what're you doing?" Shinji asked, as Dark Marik replied "Thanks to my Energy Chain, Ra gains ATK points equal to an opponent's monster who I choose to equip it with as well. And, seeing as how Slifer has 5000 ATK points, now so does Ra!" The Winged Dragon roars, as his power rises (Ra's ATK: 0 - 5000), only for Slifer's 2nd mouth to fire away and hurt Ra (Ra's ATK: 5000 - 3000). Shinji soon realized this was his chance, as he announced "Slifer, attack Ra with Thunderforce..." Dark Marik, however, announced "I wouldn't do that, my boy! For you see, if you attack Ra with Slifer and destroy it, you'll also end up destroying Slifer as well thanks to the effect of my Energy Chain! Then, while I'll take 2000 points of damage, you'll take damage equal to the combined total of Slifer & Ra's ATK points, which would have been 8000 and you'd lose instantly! So, by all means, you have to make a choice! Risk losing the duel, or risk having to face the wrath of an Egyptian God!" Shinji looked at the current situation, and had a choice to make as he took a close look at Ra, who quietly roared, and saw something he didn't think he'd ever see: tears dropping from the eyes of Ra!
To Be Continued!
Finally, after all the delays, this episode is finished! I hope you enjoyed it because I had to make some "creative" decisions as to what I would do with it! Anyway, here's the info for the next episode:
The duel between Dark Marik against the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Child continues as Shinji tries to figure out how to save Ra only to suddenly lose Obelisk as well due to Dark Marik's new trap cards. With so much on the line, they cannot afford to lose...if they can manage to work together! As for Big, he finds that dealing with Yubel's 2nd form is becoming much harder then it seems...until Yubel summons her 3rd form in a final attempth to defeat Big and his already depleting life points! With spirits low on both sides, it will take a miracle of some sorts to turn it all around in a final attempth to save everyone...
Our Next Episode: The Overpowering Ra! A Terror Becomes A Nightmare!
And, to wrap things up, our card of the chapter:
Mirror Star Thief(Continuous Trap)(Dark Marik's card; Original card)
Activate when your opponent tribute summons a monster! Select a monster in your opponent's deck and special summon it to your field in Attack Position with it's effects negated! When the chosen monster is removed from the field, it is sent to your opponent's graveyard. If this card is removed from the field, control of the chosem monster is returned to your opponent.
Remember, only 9 more chapters until the grand film All Heroes Assemble: The Battle for Space & Time! Until next time, later!