Author's Note: This was a super personal chapter for me because I run a Harpie/Melodious deck and I wanted to bring my deck to all of you. So I really and truly hope you enjoy this duel!

"No one mourns the wicked
No one cries "They won't return!"
No one lays a lily on their grave
The good man scorns the wicked!
Through their lives, our children learn
What we miss, when we misbehave:
And Goodness knows
The wicked's lives are lonely
Goodness knows
The wicked die alone
It just shows when you're wicked
You're left only
On your own
Yes, Goodness knows
The wicked's lives are lonely
Goodness knows
The wicked cry alone
Nothing grows for the wicked
They reap only
What they've sown." -"No One Mourns The Wicked" From the musical "Wicked"

Mai stared at Cecelia for a moment, speechless, before she started laughing.

"Why on earth would I want to duel a nobody like you?"

"Because if you back down everyone will know that you were afraid to lose to me."

"I'm not afraid of anything!" She barked.

"Then prove it."

"Alright, fine! You want yourself a duel, you got one!" She said, standing up. Cecelia smiled.

"Good. Get ready to lose." She said, turning on her duel disk.

"I'll start things off!" Said Mai. "I play Harpie Lady in attack mode! Then I'll lay two cards face down and end my turn. Your move, honey."

"Good." She said, smirking. "First I'll play card destruction, so we both have to draw a new hand. Now, I'll play the magic card first movement solo, which allows me to play any Fantasia monster in my deck! And I play Aria The Melodious Diva in attack mode! And because I special summoned her, she can't be destroyed by card effects or in battle! And now that I have a melodious monster on the field I can special summon Sonata the Melodious Diva! And her special effect adds 500 attack and defense points to every fairy type monster I have! And now I play the trap card heavy storm to clear the field of your trap and Magic cards! Now that that's settled, Sonata, attack her Harpie Lady!"

Sonata attacked, and Mai lost 400 life points.

"Now Aria, it's your turn! attack her life points directly!"

Her life points went down by another 2100.

"Now do you understand the force you're dealing with?" She said coldly. "I'll stop at nothing to take you down. I play one more card face down and I end my turn for now.

"Good! Now I can put you in your place!" She said, smiling as she looked at the card she drew. "Now I summon my Cyber Harpie in defense mode! And now I play the instrument of your destruction! Behold the awesome power of the seal of Orichalcos!"

The seal came down from the sky, but Cecelia was not afraid.

"Thanks to the seal of Orichalcos my Harpie gains an extra 500 attack points, bringing her power up to 2300! Then I'll play one card face down and end my turn."

"Good. It's my turn now." Said Cecelia as she drew a card. "Now, I play call of the haunted and bring forth Mozarta The Melodious Maestra from my graveyard! And her special ability lets me summon another melodious monster from my hand! So I bring forth Sophina The Melodious Maestra! And thanks to Sonata, they each gain 500 attack and defense points. Which brings Sophina's attack to 2800, and Mozarta's to 3100! You will not stand all I have set against you!" Cecelia cried. "Now Sophina, attack!"

"I activate Cyber Shield!" Cried Mai. It made her Harpie's attack equal to Sophina's, so they were both destroyed.

"Your Harpie won't stand against my Monster! Mozarta, attack!" With that, her Harpie was destroyed, and her life points were brought down to 1200.

"How does it feel?" She asked, looking Mai straight in the eye. "It's terrifying, Isn't it? Being unable to defend yourself. To know that there's nothing else you can do to save yourself. To know that you're about to lose everything. That's exactly what you made my husband felt when you took him away." She hissed.

It was then that Tristan and the others arrived.

"Oh man! Is that Cecelia and Mai?!" Tristan exclaimed.

"It is..." Whispered Tèa.

"We have to do something!" Said Yami.

"What can we do?" Asked Mokuba.

"Nothing but watch." Said Kaiba.

"You have nothing but blackness in your heart. It's as dark and soulless as you'll soon be. You took my husband away from me! You took a father away from his unborn child! And now you will reap exactly what you've sown! So in the name of my husband, Maximillion Pegasus, Aria, attack her now!"

With one swift blow, her life points were completely drained.

"You made the choices that brought you here today. And now you must suffer the consequences." Said Cecelia snidely, staring at her frostily. She watched the seal advance on her, and watched the fear in her eyes as her soul was drained away. "Good riddance." She said and turned to where Joey's body lay leaning against the fence. She didn't notice that everyone else had arrived until they called her name.

"Cecelia! Are you alright?!" Called Yami.

"I'm fine. I can't say the same for Joey, though..." She replied.

They all followed her gaze to where Joey lay.

"Joey! Oh man!" Said Tristan.

"What happened to him?!" Asked Tèa.

"She happened." Said Cecelia, voice dripping with contempt as she shot Mai a dirty glare.

"Mai did this?" Said Mokuba, surprised.

"Yes. Just like she did to my Maximillion." She said bitterly. "She finally got what was coming to her. I'm just glad I was the one who got to do her in. Now maybe I can find a little peace inside."

"We're happy for you, but we're just sad for Mai. She used to be our friend." Said Tèa.

"Some friend she is. She stole Joey's soul. What kind of a friend does that?!"

"Not a very good one." Murmured Tristan. Cecelia sighed quietly.

"It doesn't matter now. She's a thing of the past. We have much bigger fish to fry- like finding Dartz and freeing the souls he captured."

"You're right." Said Yami. "We must put the past in the past so that we can save the future. Let's go and find Dartz before it's too late!"

"Right." Said Tèa.

"Let's do it." Said Tristan.

"What have we got to lose?" Mokuba questioned.

"Let's just get this over with so that I can get my company back." Said Kaiba.

"Very well. Let's proceed." Said Cecelia.

So Tristan carried Joey on his back, and they all made their way into the alley and disappeared together into the night.

Author's note: as you can see Cecelia Is mostly very polite, but when it comes to her husband, she has no mercy. Sort of a "do no harm take no shit" attitude. I hope you liked it!

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