A few hours had passed since Maliks win against the Cyborg. Malik and Hannah had made it back to their warehouse base.
The night had rolled in, and it was past midnight. The remaining members of Team Fightback had retired for the night, expect for Malik. He was sat at the table alone.
Malik was drinking from a cup, and looking up at the star filled sky.
Morgan came down the stairs, he saw Malik at the table. He walked over to the table.
Malik turned around to see Morgan. "Malik? Even on my planet we have bedtimes. What are you doing up?"
"Just thinking."
"About?"
"Does that really matter Morgan?"
"No, but if were on the same team. We should not have secrets."
"Believe me I found that lesson out the hard way. Fine pull up a seat."
Morgan took a seat. "You know earlier today I had to beat a Cyborg. A Cyborg who Sampson created to take me down, a Cyborg created from two of my old friends."
"Yes, I thought you knew you had to take it down?"
"I do, but I was just thinking about everything."
"Everything?"
"Like how our once great City, is now nothing more then a non dueling zone. I was also thinking about everyone we have lost, and may lose in the future."
Morgan nodded his head. Malik was surprised. "I thought you of all people would tell me, don't focus on the past etc."
Morgans face changed into a downed look."Malik, I lost people aswell. My own planet was invaded by another world, by another King. I think about those people everyday and night. It may be easy to say, don't think about it. But how can you not when people who you once knew, are no longer here."
"For someone I don't really know Morgan, you do make alot of sense. What happened on your planet, if you don't mind me asking."
"Its a big blur Malik. All I can remember is flames, and people getting attacked."
"So you sensed another King? Do we know what world this guy was from?"
"No." Morgan shook his head.
"The Growth monster card I got from that Blaze guy, was a fire monster. You said there was flames? Could there be a Fire World?"
"Growing up on my world, I was told I would soon be King. The only other thing I was told was that the Kings should never meet. So there could be a Fire World."
"What is this world then?" asked Malik.
"That I don't know Malik either. As I said, your the only King I was able to sense. Which is why I came for you. So that you and me could find the third King, and deal with him."
"A Fire World, A Light World. Hard to believe that is all out there."
"Do you believe me Malik?"
"I'm still skeptical, but your face when you speak about your home. I don't think that face is lying."
"I will convince you one day." Morgan joked
Malik nodded. "What happened on this planet Malik? Mainly your City. When I read your mind all I got was a explosion occurred. What happened?"
"What happened? That was the night everything changed."
2014 - The Night Of The Explosion
The City already was a sight, but at night with the colored towers and the lighting from the tall buildings made it even more so.
As soon as you see the City, you see a massive stadium right in the middle.
The stadium was a closed oval bubble stadium. It had lighting all around the roof, making it glow.
Huge cheers could be heard from inside.
Inside The Duel Stadium
There was four stands, each side of the stadium. The stands were packed with people. In the middle was a duel arena.
A commentator could be heard, with a crowd roaring in the background. "OK Ladies and Gentlemen. Were in the fifth turn in this final battle, whoever wins this, will take on President Sampson for the Champions Cup. Can young Clark win against the Champion Tyrus?"
Tyrus was a black strong male wearing leather, Clark had a white shirt and jeans on.
Turn 5
Clark LP: 2000 Hand: 1
Clark controls Reptilliane Vaskii (2600/0 LVL 8 Dark/Reptile) Vaskii was a woman monster, with a snake tail.
Tyrus LP: 900 Hand: 3
Tyrus controls no monsters, but two face down card.
"COME ON CLARK" Could be heard from the stands as Clark was about to beat the Champion.
"Its my move and I draw!" Clark yelled.
I equip my Reptilliane Vaskii with Reptilliane Acid, this increases my monsters ATK by 500, also if this card attacks, you cant activated facedown cards!"
Reptilliane Vaskii ATK: 3100
"Now then Vaskii, finish off this duel!" said Clark pointing for his monster to attack.
Vaskii slivered her way to Tyrus, he was stood there unconcerned.
"Is this the moment, the moment the champion falls?" said the commentator.
"Not for this battle I wont." Tyrus stated. "I play the monster card, Battle Fader. By special summoning this card in defense mode, I can end the battle phase."
The monster appeared on the field, as Vaskii was knocked back to her side of the field.
"WOULD YOU BELIEVE IT!" yelled the commentator. "The champion pulls out a last ditch move to save his title for now."
"Sorry kid." Tyrus said to Clark. "Just because you stop spells and traps does not mean you can stop me."
"Very well, I end my turn Champion. But your title is mine." said Clark with excitement.
Turn 6
Clark LP: 2000 Hand: 0
Tyrus LP: 900 Hand: 2
"Bring it I draw!"
Tyrus saw his hand and grinned. "I have everything I need. First of all I place Qliport Scout and Qliport Monolith into my Pendulum scales!"
Scout and Monolith both rose in two beckons on light above the stadium.
Monolith Scale 1 - Scout Scale 9
"I pay 800 LP, in order to add one Qli monster to my hand from my deck, thanks to the effect of Qliport Scout."
Tyrus LP: 900 - 100
"I add Apoqliphort Towers to my hand!"
The card was added to his hand. "Now then with my set Pendulum Scales, I can Pendulum summon monsters which were destroyed from my extra deck. Come back Qliport Helix, Disk and Shell!"
A circle in the sky shot out three different beams of light, which contained the monsters.
"Summoning monsters from the extra deck. Now that is why you are the Champion." said Clark. "But they still don't have enough to get rid of my Vaskii.
"Not with my current monsters no. But by tributing all three I can bring forth my mighty beast,Apoqliphort Towers straight to the field!"
A massive shadow started to loom over the stadium as a mighty blue monster floated in the sky.
Apoqliphort Towers ATK:3000 DEF:2600 LVL 10
"Ladies and Gentleman, the Champions ace monster takes to the field how will Clark fare now?"
Clark had a desperate look on his face. "It still isn't strong enough."
"No, but with my monsters effect it is. But first I play the spell card Mystical Space Typhoon. This destroys your equip card."
The equip card on Clark's side of the field was destroyed. "Now I play Apoqliphort's effect. Once per turn, I can force you to send one card from either your hand or field to the grave. Since you have no cards in your hand, nor any other monsters apart from your Vaskii. It looks like its goodbye to your monster!"
"So thats why you used that MST. Very smart." said Clark. "I destroy my Vaskii and send it to the grave."
"Kid, you have been a good opponent. But now its time for me to win this. Go Apoqliphort Towers. End this!"
The mighty blue monster, fired a energy ball into Clark. The crowd cheered, as Clark was knocked backwards.
Clark LP: 2000 - 0 Tyrus Wins
The crowd was silent as they took in what had happened. "LADIES AND GENTLEMAN. What a duel. We have a Champion, and he defends his title. Give it up for Tyrus!"
The crowd got onto their feet and screamed. "TYRUS TYRUS TYRUS!"
Tyrus went over to Clark, and shook his hand. "Good game kid."
Clark shock his hand back. He left the stage, Tyrus, went back on to the field.
"Now then, as we promised. The winner of this duel will take on President Sampson. In order to win the Champion Of Champions Cup. I give you Ladies and Gentleman, our President. MR Sampson!"
Sampson walked into the arena, he was wearing a pinned suit with a yellow tie. He was smiling and waving to the crowd.
"Thank you, thank you everyone. Can I just say what a pleasure it is to have you guys here tonight. What a great duel that was. Congratulates Tyrus for you win."
"Thank you Sir." replied Tyrus.
"But now, as I promised. I would duel the winner of this tournament." The crowd roared.
"This is it folks, the rare chance to see our President duel. He was once a champion before he retired. What a game this should be."
Sampson launched his duel disk. It was a standard model, Tyrus also activated his.
"Lets duel!" They both shouted.
Turn 1
Tyrus LP: 4000 Hand:5
Sampson LP: 4000 Hand:5
"As you are the Champion, you go first." said Sampson in a kind voice.
"Very well, I normal summon Qliport Carrier. This card can be summoned without a tribute buts its LVL becomes 4 and its ATK is reduced to 1800."
The monster appeared on the field. "I set two cards and end my turn."
Turn 2
Tyrus LP: 4000 Hand:2
Sampson LP: 4000 Hand:5
"Nice move, I draw!"
The crowd cheered as Sampson added the card to his hand."I play the spell card, Normal Strength. This card allows me to special summon normal monsters from my deck X 1000 life points per monster, they are destroyed during the end phase though. I pay 3000 to bring out 3 Blue Eye's White Dragons!"
Sampson LP: 4000 - 1000
Three mighty blue dragons took to the field. One by one they landed on the field, they let out a deafing roar.
"Three Blue Eye's folks. Incredible." said the commentator.
"Now watch this, I attack Qlipoirt Carrier with my first Blue Eyes. Go White Thunder!"
The first Blue Eyes flew into the air. Tyrus looked concerned.
As Blue Eyes was about to fly at Carrier, the monster stopped.
The crowd was shocked. The monster had stopped mid air. "Er Mr Sampson, is this a card effect?" Asked the commentator.
"No.. I have no idea why my monster has stopped mid air" stuttered Sampson.
Then as he finished his sentence the other two Blue Eyes flew into the sky, along with Qliport Carrier.
"Ladies and Gentleman, I'm so sorry. It appears we have a glitch within our dueling projections. Even with todays technology, these are still holograms. We will get this fixed right away." said the commentator.
The crowd started to mutter and murmur, they were concerned they would not see the duel.
The crowd then heard rumbling coming from their pockets. They looked at their pockets, the rumbling was coming from their decks.
"What... Why is my deck vibrating?!" shouted out one member of the crowd
"Mine to!" said another.
Then, each deck released beams of blue light into the sky, one by one the decks let out a more vibrating.
"What is this?!" yelled the commentator.
Monsters from everyones decks were taking to the field. Goblins;Warriors;Dragons and more were now in the sky.
"Folks, we don't know whats happening, our system must be broken. Please bear with us." said the commentator.
Sampson and Tyrus were shocked. "What is this?" said Sampson.
Each monster's eyes then started to glow, they all roared or made a noise. It sounded like they were in pain.
Then the holograms started to change. There holographic appearance was changing, the monsters skin was started to become real, their body shape was becoming more and more bulky.
The monsters who could not fly, dropped to the ground. When they dropped, they made a massive dent like effect on the floor.
"This.. This cant be. There only holograms, how can they cause real life damage?!" yelled Tyrus.
A moment of pause was heard. The dragons let out a massive roar, the monsters then started to go wild.
One by one the Blue Eyes White Dragons, launched white fireballs into the crowd. Along with the other monsters, each one launched their own attacks. The members of the Crowd who were getting targeted at, could not move. They were scared stiff.
As the fireballs came flying in, the audience members not being targeted started to yell and panic, they were rushing to get to the exits.
Tyrus and Sampson made their way out via the entrance Sampson came in by.
"HELP US!" One member yelled.
"HELP US PLEASE!" Said another.
The exits were now blocked, and overrun with people trying to get out. "LET US THROUGH" each one yelled.
The fireballs then made contact with the people. The audience members who escaped the attacks looked back, one by one each audience who got hit by a attack fainted. Then, their bodys started to evaporate into the air.
The audience members were now stuck, as they all couldn't fit through the doors in time. The monsters on the ground, made their way to the main exit. They leapt at the crowd members with their weapons.
"NO NO NO!" Yelled a woman.
Outside The Stadium
Helicopters were making their way to the stadium, which was now on fire from the sky view.
The sound of the Fire and Ambulance services could also be heard.
The audience members who escaped were rushing out of the exits. The police had arrived on the scene and set up a barrier. The police got everyone who escaped, behind the line.
Police officers with guns then went past the barrier. They were wearing gas masks and their guns had lights on them.
"OK men, lets go in there and end this." said one of them.
"Yes Sir" they replied.
The police officers entered the now empty duel stadium, slowly with their guns drawn, ready to fire at any minute.
The smoke and the flames were covering their eyes, as they continued to walk down the corridor. Searching left and right.
Eventually they reached the duel field, which was still on fire. They looked around, but they didn't see any monsters, all they could see was massive holes in the now destroyed stands and the duel field had been badly damaged.
One police officer walked into the middle of the duel field. He looked down, there he saw peoples monster cards left on the duel field. They were badly burnt and damaged.
The officer picked them up, and showed it to his fellow police officers. They looked confused.
They then heard a massive shouting and roaring coming from outside. The police quickly made there way back outside.
When they reached outside, they saw flying monsters in the sky. The ground monsters had returned to being cards, but the flying monsters were now attacking the public outside the stadium.
The flying monsters were attacking buildings and people. One dragon launched a fireball to people running and screaming down a road, making them disappear.
Two giant insect monsters attack tall buildings, blasting a huge hole in them.
"FIRE MEN!" Yelled a officer.
The officers took out their guns and begun shooting rounds into the flying monsters.
One by one, when the monsters had been hit, they started to disappeared. The public numbers had been reduced. Most had been attacked and had now disappeared, however some had taken shelter elsewhere.
A good ten minutes had passed with constant shooting. More and more monsters begun to disappear. Finally only one monster was left. It was a Blue Eyes White Dragon.
An officer aimed his gun at the Dragon. "Say goodbye." The officer said, firing his gun.
The bullet hit the dragon, it roared in pain. Then disappeared, all the monsters had been turned back into cards, which were scattered across the street.
The officers looked around and up into the sky. All they saw was one thing. Devastation. The City had fell.
One Day Later
The fire and flames had cleared, but the City in the daylight, the true damage was seen. The entire City had fallen into a state of despair.
Sampson was in a office, looking out his window. He had a tear in his eye.
A man entered his office. "Mr Sampson. The council are ready."
Sampson made his way into a meeting room, there was at twenty people around the table. Sampson took the seat at the top of the table.
"Welcome Gentleman we don't need any introduction as to what happened last night. So to save time, I say we ban dueling from the City, for a while.."
There was a gasp around the table. "How can you ban dueling Derek? That is giving in, to the person who committed this crime." said a old council member.
"I don't want to do this, but until we know who did this. Its not safe, someone hacked the holographic system, somehow monsters became real. So let us vote, hands up if you vote no."
Six members of the council put up their hands.
"OK now hands up, if you vote to ban dueling."
"The remaining fourteen members put up their hands."
"Then it is decied, dueling is banned until further notice." Sampson then pushed a button on his desk. "Can we have six officers in here please."
Six police officers entered the meeting room.
"What is the meaning of this." said the old man.
"I was voted as the President, so I make the rules. So I'm arresting all the people who voted against banning dueling. How do I know you are not behind this?"
The officers grabbed the six council members, dragging them out of the room.
"You wont get away with this." said the councilman as he was dragged away.
"Anyone else who disagrees with me, will meet the same fate. Is that understood?" said Sampson to his remaining council.
They nodded their heads.
"Good. Now we make this public."
Flashback End
Morgan looked down at the table. "Wow. That is terrible, real monsters attacking people and making them disappear."
Malik looked at Morgan. "Yes, it was horrible."
"But why is it called a explosion? There wasnt any explosions?"
"Its called the explosion, not because there was a actual expolosion. But because there was a explosion of monsters."
"Where was you when this happened Malik, and how do you know what happened in the council room?"
"You see Sampson had recored the meeting, as a warning sign to people to not disobey him. So that was how I knew. But what I was doing that night..."
Flashback Night Of The Explosion
Malik was in his police uniform, he was evacuating people to a basement. People were running in a line to get into the basement.
"OK, one by one. Go go go!" Malik said hurrying them.
A Blue Eyes White Dragon saw the people running into the basement, and came flying towards them.
The people begun screaming. "Just go, keep going I will lead it away." said Malik, who ran out into the street and start waving his arms. "OI OVER HERE YOU OVERGROWN LIZARD!" Malik then started to run leading the monster away.
The dragon chased Malik, Malik was running as quick as he could. He took a left at the top of the road.
As Malik turned the corner, he continued to run. But he hit a dead end. There was a giant brick wall, in which he could not jump over.
The Blue Eyes landed in the alleyway and begun to walk towards Malik, who was trapped.
Malik showed no sign of nerves. Malik then pulled out a pistol, ready to fight. "I'm not going down without a fight."
The Blue Eyes stopped as soon as he saw Maliks face. Malik was surprised. "Why have you stopped?!"
The Blue Eyes roared in pain, as it shook his head back and forth. The monster then vanished.
Malik looked stunned, the disappeared monster had returned to being a card. Malik picked it up. "What on earth just happened" Malik said holding his head.
Flashback End
"So a monster stopped, right before you?" said Morgan
"Yes, even to this day I don't know why."
"I know why." Said Morgan standing up. He had a excited look on his face.
"OK why?"
"Because your the King. That monster must have recognized you even without your powers or memories."
"Morgan don't be stu-"
"Malik, one power of a King is the ability to control monsters. You wanted it to disappear, and so it did."
Malik was taken back. "Hang on, your saying a King can control a monster? Can they turn them real?"
"Yes Malik, a King can turn monsters real."
"So, was I at fault for what happened?" said Malik scared.
"No, I didn't mean that Malik."
"They have never found out who did the crime. What if... what if I caused it all?!"
Malik looked up to Morgan with a fear on his face.
Next Time: Sampson pulls his last trump card in order to save his City, and secure Malik once and for all.