The Crimson Diamonds

Chapter 9: The Assault

Power Tool Dragon marveled at the sight he was beholding. In his hand, he held a Crimson Diamond, marked with the Mark of the Crimson Dragon's Wings. He had found it a mere few miles from his tower, deep under the sea. His rust proof paint job made it easy for him to dive under and retrieve it.

A Morphtronic Videon came over to him and said, "Sir, you wanted to record a 'note-to-self', correct?"

Power Tool nodded. The Videon turned into a video camera and started recording.

"Note-to-self," Power Tool said, "Torturing Jack would have been futile. He is of strong will now that I think about it. He is also stubborn, and would never have either joined me or revealed his friends' secrets just to save his own skin. End."

The Video transformed into a robot and said, "Anything else?"

"Yes, now that I have a Crimson Diamond, you may tell the Morphtronic Datatrons that Operation C-D can commence. I am going to search the other side of Japan for Crimson Diamonds. You make sure Operation C-D is carried. Feel free to dispatch it against the Dragons at will."

Power Tool tossed the Videon the Crimson Diamond and then he flew off on his way.

Torunka approached Ancient Fairy Dragon and said, "I have had a vision, there will be a battle today. A battle that I must fight in. A battle that no one else must interfere in, for the sake of the Signers, I must do this alone. You must tell no one. Don't tell anybody. Do you understand?"

Fairy nodded and said, "Yes, I trust you. I wish you the best of luck."

Torunka smiled and said, "Good, however, there is just one thing," he held out his hand and said, "Give me your Crimson Diamond..."

Everyone received the very same text message from Luna: "Leo's back! :-)"

Bruno and the other four Signers hurried over to the twin's apartment. When they all busted in and saw Leo, Jack smirked and cracked his knuckles.

"This is gonna be fun!" he said, and he divided for Leo. Luckily, Yusei and Crow were able to restrain him. "Let me at him! He vandalized my crisp, clean, white cape!"

"Relax, Jack! The soot washed off didn't it?" Crow remarked.

"So what made you change sides again, you little traitor!" Akiza said bitterly.

"Quiet, everyone! Let Leo speak!" Luna said.

Luna looked around at the group and took a deep breath. He then told them the entire story, including everything he said to Power Tool Dragon before he left the tower.

"So you see," he concluded, "When Luna almost got...killed... because of me, I realized that I couldn't keep helping Power Tool Dragon. You guys were sure to get hurt, and I couldn't bear it if anything happened because of me! Even when I was on the wrong side, you guys were still my friends, I could just feel it. I could also feel tat what I was doing, and what Power Tool was doing, was wrong, so it's all over now, and back here to stay. I'm gonna do whatever I can to help you and the Five Dragons get those Crimson Diamonds! So, do you guys forgive me. I know Luna does."

Everyone else either nodded, said it was fine, or gave Leo a thumbs up and a smile, all accept Jack.

"Hmmph! I guess it's okay, I guess."

Leo smiled and said, "But wait! There's more! Act now, and I can get you into the Morphtronic base absolutely free!"

"WHAT!"

"Yup! That's right!"

"Well, what are we waiting for!" Luna said, "Let's get our dragons and-."

"Sorry guys! No dragons!" Leo said.

"Why not?" Crow asked.

"Because they'll attract too much attention, plus, I don't think they'll fit..."
"Huh?" Bruno asked.

"There's no time to explain, I don't know how long my 'door' will last, so we have to hurry. Just trust me!" Leo pleaded.

"I think we can trust him now," Yusei said.

"Me too," Akiza said.

"It's a trap..." Jack said

"No, Jack. Leo's telling the truth, I can tell," Akiza said.

"I believe him too, er, but, I think I'd rather be the look out that stays away from the big scary tower fortress of doom," Bruno said.

"Alright then, let's go, we don't have much time left. Bring your decks everyone, those will be our only weapons!" Leo said.

Then, the group was off.

Bruno watched as the Signers silently rowed towards the tower in the dark night.

"There!" Leo said, and he pointed to a card suspended in the invisible force field. "I slipped it in there right before it closed me out. Jack, use Ring of Destruction to destroy the monster in the card. The blast should make a hole in the force field long enough for us to get through."

"This better work," Jack mumbled, and he played the trap card. The ring appeared around the card, along with a holographic image of the unfortunate Morphtronic Celfon, and with an boom, a whole was blasted in the force field.

"Go, go, go!" Leo said, and they paddled toward the tower. They didn't notice Torunka slipping in behind them right before the hole closed back up.

The Signers paddled up to an air vent, and one by one, they slipped in and climbed up. Torunka slipped in as well, only he went in the opposite direction.

The Signers entered a storage room full of batteries. Leo ran up to a control panel. "I am Master Leo," he said clearly into a microphone, and the panel unlocked itself. "Give me a schematic of the air venting system," he said. It appeared on the screen, and Leo pointed to an area and said, "There's the Computer Mainframe Room. Once we get there, this place is history!"

"Wait, so you're just gonna destroy all of your monsters?" Yusei asked.

"Don't worry, they'll all escape in time, but they won't be having a nice base anymore!" Leo said cheekily.

"Why do robots need air vents?" Luna asked.

Leo shrugged and said, "I don't know. I think Power Tool said something about stale air promoting rust formation. He called it an 'Old-Bot's Tale'."

"Can we please just get this show on the road," Jack said.

"Fine!" Leo said as he logged off, "Alright guys, follow me!"

The Signers reentered the air vents.

Before long, the Signers had arrived in the Computer Mainframe Room. The center of the room contained a huge towering metal cylinder covered with electrically charged circuits, the main computer. The computer was surrounded by Morphtronics.

"Alright, it looks like there's gonna be some casualties," Leo whispered sadly, then he turned to Luna and said, "Rust them."

Luna nodded, and she played the Spell Card Makiu the Magical Mist. The robots were all rust statues in a minute. The Signers entered the room and approached the computer.

Leo drew to cards and stared at them. He sighed and closed is eyes. "Oh man, why does it have to be this way...but I have no choice, I can't let Power Tool succeed in his evil plan. The good guys have gotta win," he thought.

"Leo..." Luna said.

Leo opened his eyes, made a determined face, and said, "Go! Malfunction and System Down!" Leo threw the cards, and they stuck to the sides of the computer like Ninja Throwing Stars. The computer began to shutter and make strange noises.

"This place will blow in a few minutes," Leo said.

Suddenly, all of the doors and air vents sealed shut.

"Intruders," said a voice over the intercom system, "You will be kept here until Power Tool Dragon returns, then you shall receive your dire punishment."

When the intercom turned off, Akiza turned to Leo and said, "Can you undo those Spell Cards?"

Leo shook his head.

Akiza collapsed to the floor and said, "Well, that's it then..."

"Oh no, it isn't!" Jack said, "Go, Mad Archfiend!"

Yusei nodded and said, "Go, Speed Warrior!"

Akiza got up and said, "Go, Rose Tentacles!"

Crow and Luna got the same idea as well.

"Go, Blizzard, the Far North!"

"Go, Sunlight Unicorn!"

"I can't summon an Morphtronics because they're all here," Leo said, "But I know you guys can bust us out!"

The five monster charged toward the thick metal door and began their attacks.

Torunka crawled out of the air vent and into a dark room. The lights suddenly flashed on, revealing the Morphtronic Videon standing near the door.

"Another intruder? Well, it should be fun watching you get destroyed! It is about time we launched Operation C-D!"

The door behind him opened, and huge, snake-like dragon came forth. It was chrome from head to tail, and it roared viciously.

"Behold! Cyber Dragon!" the Videon declared.

"This is where my vision ended, I just hope this isn't where I meet my end," Torunka thought.

Cyber Dragon sent a laser blast at Torunka, but he dodged it easily. Torunka sent magical blasts at the monster, but they all bounced off harmlessly. Cyber Dragon lunged at Torunka again and again. Torunka dodged to the best of his ability, using his magic to triple his agility, but soon enough, Torunka was caught.

The massive dragon, who was about three-and-a-half times bigger than Torunka, was squeezing him like a Boa Constrictor. Torunka grabbed the Crimson Diamond in his pocket and said, "Please, Crimson Dragon, let my connection to Luna be strong enough for me to use this power."

Luna gasped when she saw that her mark was glowing.

Torunka felt the Diamond's power build up. Torunka smiled and closed his eyes. "Crimson...SPEAR!"

A spear of red, glowing energy shot straight through Cuber Dragon. Videon wanted to scream in rage, but he was cut short when the Crimson Spear impaled him.

Torunka gasped when he looked inside the lifeless body of Cyber Dragon. There was a Crimson Diamond with the Mark of the Dragon's Wings on it shining inside. As soon as Torunka touched the gem he vanished with a flash.

The monsters weren't getting anywhere with smashing through the door, and the computer was starting to smoke and shake violently.

"It must two feet thick! We're done for!" Crow said.

Suddenly, Torunka appeared with a flash.

"Torunka?" Luna gasped.

"No time to talk, here!" Torunka said, and he tossed Jack and Luna the Diamonds.

"No way..." Jack said, "The fourth Crimson Diamond?"

"Come on guys! Move!" Leo and Crow said in harmony.

"Crimson Control!" Jack and Luna said.

At that very moment, the main computer exploded.

Bruno couldn't believe his eyes as he saw explosion after explosion from the sides of the tower. Before long, the golden dome at the top blew. And then, with a might bang, the whole tower came tumbling down in a huge mushroom cloud of smoke. This was immediately followed by what looked like a shooting star that shot up and arced through the sky.

Bruno sighed with relief. He somehow knew that it was them. He then heard people coming out to investigate the explosion, and he boarded his Duel Runner and drove off.

This was a parody of the episode where Eggman's base is destroyed.