Chapter 22 – Illusions Pt. 2

Jaden held two cards in his hand. He had only 900 LP left, and he tried to keep an even breath as he played one facedown and ended his turn.

"Do you honestly think that will help?" Hassleberry's voice behind an evil mask asked evilly.

"It'll do for now, my heroes can face anything!" Jaden replied fiercely.

Truth of it was, Jaden didn't even know what was going to happen. He was shaking, he was weak. He'd been attacked multiple times by his friend's Hylian Deck, but no damage was taken out of his life points at times. This sick freak controlling Hassleberry's soul enjoyed the pain Jaden felt.

'When I dueled Link, I barely made it out, of course it was for fun…' he thought, 'but I need to pick up my game if I'm gonna win this!'

Jaden watched as the one behind the mask of Gyorg drew a card from his deck.

Now, to check out the field: Jaden has two monsters on his side of the field, Elemental Heroes Bladedge in ATK (2600) and Clayman in DEF (2000), Gyorg had Gyorg, the Gargantuan Fish in ATK (2400) and the field spell Great Bay which allowed Gyorg to stay on the field until it was destroyed by either in battle, or if the spell went away, Jaden has a facedown, and so does Gyorg.

"Now first, I'll play my trap that I have, Four Sword, so don't bother trying to play that facedown of yours."

'Darn! I had a feeling he might do something like that!'

"Next, I'll play Sonata of Awakening. You know what that does right? You should! So I summon a spirit monster for a small price." Gyorg explained as he groaned from the pain he felt.

His LP dropped down to 900, and now the two were even, but it didn't matter.

"I special summon Giant Aquatic Amoeba: Morpha in ATK!" (2300), "Now for my normal summon, I summon a Desbreko," (200)

'Why would he summon THAT?' Jaden thought.

"I know, I know," Gyorg mumbled in Hassleberry's accent, "why would I make such a stupid move, right? Well little human, watch and learn!" Gyorg took a card from his hand and placed it on the duel disk he held and Jaden read the title.

'Hylian Exchange,' he read.

"Okay, now what? What does that do?" Jaden asked.

"Let me show you! I sacrifice my Desbreko and my Morpha. Now their Attack points go straight to Gyorg's points! Have fun in the afterlife!"

'No! There has to be something I can do! Wait…the other card in my hand. I can play it right now!'

"Hold up! I play a Counter Trap from my hand!"

"Say what? You can't do that!"

"Looks like you didn't think this all the way through! Negate Attack stops your attack and ends your battle phase." Jaden explained.

"No! That means…I've lost!" Gyorg panicked, "I was so sure you couldn't so anything to win! How could I loose to a Human?"

"What do you mean?" Jaden asked confused as Negate Attack's effect took place.

"When I use Hylian Exchange, there is an after effect…now Morpha and Desbreko's added points are gonna be taken out of my Life!" Gyorg yelled.

"Well," Jaden smiled slightly, "serves you right. Now let Hassleberry go!" Jaden pointed as the effect took effect and a huge energy surrounded Gyorg.

"Hehe…This isn't over, there is more to everything…you'll see." Gyorg laughed as the same white light flashed.

It made Jaden feel sick and dizzy. Suddenly, he was in the room he was looking for in the first place. This was Majora's Chamber, and beside him, Zelda lay face down.

"Zelda," Jaden tried to shake her awake, "Hey, Zelda…wake up…"

He collapsed and fell unconscious next to his friend. Whatever had happened…whatever was happening, it was near over. No matter what, Jaden knew he'd face whatever comes with his friends, no matter how awful the ending, or great. No he only wished he got the chance to tell somebody.

Zane held a card out showing to his opponent, Malefic Cyber End Dragon. He sacrificed his Cyber End, which was already on the field and summoned the other card. It seemed to be an exact replica and Twinmold didn't understand why he'd do that.

Twinmold only had 2 cards on the field, not including his field spell. He had Twinmold himself (2600), and a spell called Song of Double Time. He'd played this card numerous times every turn, sending it to the grave, and using a Masked Beast's effect to bring it back. This time, Zane was going to get rid of it.

Cyber End had 0 attack points because of a smart move Twinmold had made. Turns out, Zane didn't need this Cyber End.

"By sacrificing my Cyber End Dragon, I can summon Malefic Cyber End Dragon to the field as long as I have a malefic monster on the field." Zane explained.

"You have no such thing!" Twinmold hissed.

"Not literally, no. But with this," Zane held up a card, "I can. I play Malefic Cross so I can summon Malefic Parallel Gear from my grave. And now-"

"Hold up pretty boy," Twinmold smirked, "You can't possibly think you're going to attack, are you? My Song of Double Time won't let my Twinmold be destroyed, you know."

"I know, that wasn't my plan, oh smart one." Zane added sarcastically. He grabbed the last card in his hand, and smiled at the realization that Twinmold had no cards in his hand. This duel was his for the taking!

"I play the last card in my hand, Mystical Space Typhoon, and I rid of your spell Song of Double Time. Good luck without it, now Malefic Dragon, attack Twinmold!" Zane commanded.

"Ugh!" Twinmold grunted after the attack caused him to drop to his knees, "I still have 100 points, boy!"

"Not after malefic Dragon goes to the grave."

"What? You mean you aren't done yet?" Twinmold panicked.

"Absolutely not. Since there are no more face up spells on the field, Malefic Dragon can't be on the field anymore, and my second Malefic can now attack you."

"I can't believe this….I lost."

"Yes, you have." Zane smiled at his victory, and began to feel dizzy.

Not only that, but he was sick to his stomach, and he felt weak. Any moment, he could collapse. A white light flashed, and he thought it was happening, but when people faint, they don't know it's happening when it happens. He sees all of this: White and then different colors.

The colors seemed to move in the walls and ground. Beside him, he spotted Zelda and Jaden both lying on the ground. He didn't have time to ponder what was going on, because he, too, fell with them.

Alexis woke up again. She thought she saw Zane's face. His beautiful face glowing and blocking the sun above her. He talked; she could see his mouth moving. When her sense of hearing came back clearly, she heard a voice, but it was a high pitched and worried voice.

Suddenly, the fantasy of Zane disappeared and Alexis was snapped back into reality.

"Syrus!" she gasped.

"What did you guys do up there?" Atticus asked from behind Syrus.

The ground wasn't shaking as it was before, and all four of the boys who'd lost themselves within Link were collapsed on the dirt to the side of the three students.

"They're back?" Alexis asked astonished.

"All of them: Audre, Hassleberry, Chazz, and Jarrod!" Syrus explained.

"Lexi, what happened?" Atticus kneeled beside his sister and put his hands on her shoulders.

"We dueled. I tied, and I guess everyone else won. Are they not back?"

"No…Link, Zelda, Zane, and Jay are still up there." Syrus began to start tears.

"Don't worry Sy. Whatever happens…?" Atticus stopped talking because he felt the shaking earth again.

"Do you think they can handle it?" Alexis asked as all three kids stared up at the rocky moon in the sky.

"Of course they can!" Syrus chirped, "Together I mean…Jaden and my big bro are the best duelists in the school!"

"Link and Zelda are pretty hot, too." Atticus added, "I mean not hot like THAT, Lexi! I meant dueling!"

Atticus scratched the back of his head nervously catching Alexis's glare.

He looked up serious again, and watched as the moon began to fall slowly down on the earth.

'You can do it Zelda…I believe in you…'