Chaos Dragon Fox: glad you like it, I got a kick out of writing his riding duel
Chapter 5) Dueling in the future: the Bug Swatter strikes!
Last Time: Marik's attack on Trudges defending monster failed and he lost life points and his monster flipped into face-down defense mode.
And now the continuation:
"Easy" Marik claims with the utmost confidence "I'm gonna win"
'You know' thinks Ishtar 'I believe him'
"Okay here's how I play" he sets a trap card and a speed spell card face-down on the field "your move badge for brains" he yells at officer Trudge who growls.
"Your grasping at straws fugitive" Trudge draws a card from his deck, Speed counters 3 all, "I play the Speed Spell card Upstart Goblin allowing me to draw an additional card to my hand" Trudge draws a card, Marik's life-points increase by 1000.
Marik's life-points: 4700.
"I summon Pursuit chaser in Atk mode" a machine type monster resembling a high speed robot "I also switch Gonogo to Atk mode and attack your defense position monster" Gonogo destroys Marik's face-down Cross-Sword Beetle, his D-Wheel shudders as he takes 500 points of damage.
Marik's life-points: 4200.
"What the Fu..!" exclaims Marik.
"Now, now" Trudge mocks him "I wouldn't want to have to add offensive language to your ever-growing list of offences, I might not have room on the charge sheet, I mean what with stealing a D-wheel, reckless driving that could endanger public safety, resisting arrest,, I could go on for quite a while here"
Marik growls deep down in his throat.
"As long as my Pursuit Chasers face-up on the field his effect inflicts 500 points of damage to your life-points each time I destroy one of your defense position monsters" Trudge explains.
"Fine" Marik activates his trap card "soul rope allows me to special summon a Lv 4 monster from my deck for the bargain price of 1000 life-points when you destroy one of my monsters in battle"
Marik's life-points: 3200.
"I choose to special summon Shiny Black "C" in Defense mode" an extremely tiny black bug appears beside Marik's D-wheel.
"Don't you learn?" Trudge asks him "Pursuit chaser take out his puny insect" Marik activates his face-down Speed Spell "I play Speed spell Mirage Tube since you attacked one of my face-up monsters you take 1000 points of damage" he declares.
Trudge gasps as his D-wheel takes the hit and shifts down a gear allowing Marik to widen the distance between them.
Trudge's life-points: 3000, Trudge's Speed counters: 2
Shiny black "C" is destroyed by Pursuit Chaser and Marik takes 500 points of damage riding out the turbulence.
Marik's Life-points: 2700.
Trudge sets a face-down card and ends his turn.
"My turn" Marik draws a card, Marik's Speed counters increase to 4, trudge's Speed counters increase to 3, "And now I play the Speed Spell Insectoid Draw I discard an insect monster like my Level Eater from my hand and draw 2 new cards from my deck"
"And now I summon the Dessert Protector in Def mode" a long legged insect type monster "And activate Speed Spell Double Summon allowing me to tribute dessert Protector for Scary Moth" a scary looking LV 6 insect type monster "Now I can special summon Level Eater from the graveyard in Def mode y reducing scary Moth's LV by 1" a small bug resembling a ladybug with a level star shape marking appears beside Scary Moth whose level downgrades from 6 to 5.
"I attack pursuit chaser with Scary Moth" declares Marik but Trudge counters with a trap "Dark Spirit of the Silent switches your attack to Gonogo" he declares as his monster is destroyed taking 450 points of damage.
Trudge's Life-points: 2550.
"And now your monster is flipped face-down" states a smug looking Trudge as Marik calmly flips his monster into defense mode "big deal he mutters" Scary Moth's got higher Defense points anyway" he ends his turn.
Trudge draws a card and smirks, Marik's Speed counters increase to 5, Trudge's Speed counters increase to 4.
"I summon Frequency Magician and due to it's effect it gains a spell counter" a spell counter type monster that emits frequency waves "I now remove it's spell counter to increase Pursuit Chasers Atk by 500" Pursuit Chaser (Atk-1400 becomes 1900)
"That's not enough to take on my Scary Moth" Mari sates glancing back over his shoulder at Trudge's monster.
"Who said it was going to?" asks Trudge "I activate my own Speed Spell Double Summon and Bring out Search Striker, I tune my Frequency Magician and Search Striker to Syncro Summon Goyo Guardian!" a monster resembling a Japanese theater warrior appeared beside Pursuit Chaser.
"Not if my Shiny Black "C" has anything to say about it" declares Marik removing one of his fallen insect monsters from the graveyard "by removing if from play I can destroy your Syncro monster"
Despite Goyo Guardian's destruction Trudge didn't seem concerned "I attack Level Eater with my Pursuit Chaser" Level Eater is destroyed and Marik takes 500 points of damage and he struggles to control his D-wheel.
Marik's life-points: 2200.
"And now I activate the Speed Spell Reverse of Reverse!" declares Trudge.
Goyo Guardian is special summoned back to the field it whirls its whip about menacingly.
"Now I attack and destroy your Scary Moth with Goyo Guardian" Trudges monster attacks Marik's snagging it with its whip, and dealing 500 points of damage to Marik's life-points.
Marik's life-points: 1700.
Goyo Guardian drags the defense position Scary Moth over to Trudges side of the field.
Marik glances back over his shoulder and gulps, "give up" sneers Trudge "you can't beat me now fugitive"
'Is he correct?' thinks Marik 'can I not win with this deck?"
To Be concluded!
Speed Spell Insectoid Draw: activate when your Speed counters are higher than your opponents, by discarding an insect type monster with less than 1000 def points from your hand you may draw 2 cards from your deck
Speed Spell Reverse of Reverse: you only activate this card on your turn after successfully destroying an opponents monster when your speed count is 4 or more all monsters destroyed by a card effect are special summoned to the field in the same position they were in when they were destroyed