Chaos Dragon-Fox: the next chapter will finally wrap up the dueling in the future storyline.
Chapter 6) dueling in the future: Spiders Venom!
Marik was racing along the Neo-Domino city streets on a stolen D-wheel while been pursued by Sector Security Officer Trudge riding a Sector Security D-wheel.
Currently Marik's life-points stand at 1700 while Trudge has a more stable 3000; currently Marik has no cards on the field while Trudge has Pursuit Chaser and Goyo Guardian in Atk mode along with a Def position Scary Moth.
Some would say Marik was playing a fools game, some would say he'd had his fun and now was the time to throw in the towel, some would say he should just pull over and give himself up t the long arm of the law. What Marik would say in reply is unprintable, but a watered down version would go along the lines of "get stuffed!"
Marik draws a card, Marik's speed counters increase to 6, Trudge's Speed counters increase to 5.
:/we're in a pinch want me to take over?:/ Ishtar asks Marik who considers his proposal, as much as he hated letting his Yami take over even if he wasn't as evil as he used to be it still meant admitting he couldn't handle the situation himself, he didn't want to give up control, but this riding duel was dragging on, and he was beginning to tire.
:/Very well, but don't lose:/ Ishtar takes control of their body glancing at their current hand he grins psychotically 'this is going to be fun' he thinks.
"First I activate the Speed spell Spider-shot" he selects Desert Protector in his graveyard and then Trudges Pursuit Chaser forcing it to defense mode and dealing a 1000 points of damage to Trudge's life points.
Trudges Life-points: 2000. Marik's speed counters decrease to 4, Trudge's speed counters decrease to 4.
Marik and Trudge downshift, the gap between them decreases.
"Pointless" sneers Trudge.
"Not quite" cackles Ishtar "for now I can special summon Mother Spider in Atk mode" a large purple spider appears beside Ishtar.
"A level 6 monster, but you can't summon it without a tribute" protests Trudge.
"Didn't I say it was a special summon? When my opponent controls 2 or more defense position monsters I can special summon Mother Spider from my hand, and now I normal summon Hunter Spider in Atk mode"
Mother spiders Atk increases (Atk- 2300 increases to 2700) Hunter Spiders Atk increases (Atk-600 increases to 1000)
"First I attack Scary Moth with Mother Spider" Mother Spider rips Scary Moth to shreds "then I attack Pursuit Chaser with Hunter Spider" Hunter Spider bites into Pursuit Chaser destroying it.
"So what?" demands Trudge "your pathetic Spiders still aren't strong enough to defeat my Goyo Guardian"
"Details, details" Ishtar plays a Speed Spell Instant Syncro "now I'll summon a Syncro monster of my own" hunter Spider tunes with Mother Spider to Syncro summon Widower Spider in Atk mode, a large black Spider with spindly legs.
"You should have played it in defense mode" sneers trudge moving alongside Marik's D-wheel "I'm going to crush your overgrown bug next turn"
Ishtar snorts "spiders are arachnids not bugs" he states proud of knowing that fact, neither he nor Marik liked spiders, but they could make an exception just this once.
"I call an attack on your pathetic tranny monster" claims Ishtar throwing his hand out at Goyo Guardian, Widower Spider launches itself at Trudges monster.
"But it'll be destroyed!" exclaims Trudge.
"Your point?" asks Ishtar "Venom strike of Widow!" Widower Spider attacks Goyo Guardian who deflects its Atk back at it, destroying Widower Spider and dealing 400 points of damage to Marik's life-points. His D-wheel scrapes past a wall and shudders along, Ishtar barely remaining in control.
Marik's Life-points: 1300.
"Ha, ha" laughs Trudge "look like I win next turn" suddenly a horrifically injured Widower Spider launches itself out of the smoke and into Trudge before exploding taking out his remaining life-points.
Trudge's life-points: 0000
Trudges D-wheel spins out of control causing him to crash.
Ishtar cackles evilly (as he does) delighting in the officer of the law's misfortune seconds before his D-wheels stabilizer breaks sending him spinning out to crash into a wall. Which just went to show karma did sometimes happen to bad people.
Ishtar crawled away from the wrecked D-wheel dazed but more or less intact and gladly relinquished control back to Marik who groaned and staggered, before he can gather his wits he's grabbed by two Sector Security officers "your in big trouble now buddy" one of them states coldly while the other asks him for his name "Marik Ishtar" Marik replies just as coldly, he'd been arrested before back in Domino (usually for drunken disorderly, and assault and battery while out drinking with Yami Bakura) he'd gotten used to the process involved, however this arrest came with a twist.
"Impossible" Officer Trudge scowls as he limps up to them, holding his arm at a funny angle "you're only a Teenager and besides he was deported for the umpteenth time only last week" having slapped the handcuffs on Marik one of the security Officers turns around to talk to Officer Trudge "There is a definite resemblance though" he states thoughtfully "could always be his grandson"
The Security Officers bundle Marik into the back of a squad car and set of towards the station, Marik leans back as comfortably as he could to enjoy the ride when without a warning he disappears.
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Meanwhile Yami was staring down Red Dragon archfiend unflinchingly "I've faced all three God cards" admittedly not all at once "the Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon, the Five Headed God dragon, and Toon World, I've fought and won against Kaiba, Pegasus, Yami no Marik, and Anubis I am not about to lose to a Demon dragon and a blond freak whose been taking arrogance lessons from Kaiba" he declares with pride.
"I'll set a face-down card and end my turn" announces Atlas "you have one more turn left before I finish you of"
Yami quirks an eyebrow he was impressed by the bravado especially since for the moment he couldn't deny that claim "Then I'll treat this turn as if it were my last and go all out" he draws a card "I tribute King's Knight and Jack's Knight to summon the Dark Magician!" his key card, the Dark Magician never let him down.
"Oh please no one bothers with that card anymore, my red Dragon archfiend can have it for breakfast" claims Atlas "it doesn't even have an effect"
"Perhaps not" admits Yami placing three cards face-down "but just you try to take him down"
Yami gazes unwaveringly at Atlas who draws a card "how touching" he sneers, Yami glowers at him, even Kaiba showed him a little respect as a worthy opponent even if he didn't like him, this guy, was just a bastard.
"First I activate my trap card Reckless greed allowing me to draw 2 more cards, and then I summon montage Dragon by discarding Big piece Golem, Medium piece golem and Twin Barrel Dragon from my hand" A three headed Dragon monster with muscular arms and legs "and due to it's effect it's Atk becomes 3900!" states Atlas "before I attack though I activate Mystical space typhoon and destroy your face-down card in the middle" Mirror Force is revealed and destroyed.
"To bad" comments Atlas "Now my montage Dragon will destroy your pathetic Dark Magician!" Yami activates the face-down card on the right "Magic cylinder reflects your attack right back at you" but atlas was prepared and plays a Quick-play spell card "Ring of Defense shields me from all effect damage this turn, and now Red Dragon Archfiend attack and complete what montage dragon couldn't destroy his dark Magician!"
Yami activates his third and final face-down card, the one on the left "Spellbinding circle ensnares your Dragon and reduces its Atk by 700" Red Dragon Archfiend (Atk-3000 decreases to atk-2300)
Atlas growls low in his throat but was unable to make another move having used up all his cards, and due to reckless greed's effect he couldn't draw any new cards for two turns. "Go!" he snarls.
Yami draws a card "because that's the way to play" he smirks infuriating atlas "I play my pot of Greed spell allowing me to draw 2 cards" he smiles victory was his "I play thousand Knives and destroy Montage Dragon" Montage Dragon is skewered by a thousand knives that rain down from the heavens "now it's just your Dragon vs my Magician and we both know whose monster is stronger"
!To Be Concluded!
Speed spell spider-shot: Decrease your speed counters by 2, select one of your insect type monsters in the graveyard, select one of your opponents monsters whose level is equal to or lower than the selected insect monsters and switch it to defense mode, deal 500 points of damage for each defensive position monster on your opponent's side of the field.
Hunter spider: Earth, Lv 2, Insect/Tuner, Atk-600, Def-400. Effect: Increase the Atk of all face-up 'Spider' monsters by 400.
Speed Spell Instant Syncro: this card can only be activated during your battle phase, you can perform Syncro summon in the battle phase.
Widower Spider: Dark, Lv 8, Insect/Syncro, Atk-2400, Def-2800. Effect: When this card is sent to the graveyard by battle while in Atk mode inflict damage to your opponents life-points equal to the original Atk of this card. When this card is sent to the graveyard by battle while in Def mode increase your life-points by the original Def of this card.