Yu-gi-oh

No Limits

Chapter 26-Rain

By Kevin Jones

Its dark, it's cold, and I'm on my Duel Runner crossing the Holland Tunnel into one of the most desolate places imaginable, Hoboken New Jersey.

…

I should probably start from the beginning. At about 4 o'clock this morning, I heard back from Ortega. Now if you're a reasonable person and you have something to tell somebody, that isn't life or death, then you'll probably wait till the sun is up, but if you're a conspiracy theory obsessed Journalist, you wake the person up at 4 am and have them follow you on a Duel Runner while you're in a nice warm car all the way to New Jersey!
I was awoken to the sound of "buuuuuuuuzzzzzzzzzzz." You see even though we have children making holograms of Monsters trying to kill each other, if someone needs to contact a student in, what is supposed to be, one of the most sophisticated schools in the country they still have to go to the front desk, give there reason for needing the student, and then get buzzed in using what I imagine is a 100 year old intercom system.
Now at first, my response to the buzzing was to pull my covers over my head, but after about the third time, there was a new noise in my room.
"Are you going to answer that; it could be important."
I didn't know whose voice that was. Debris Dragon sounded like a little kid and Voltic sounded like a young adult but this voice sounded old and gritty. I quickly rose from my bed to see neither monster but instead, Elemental HERO Clayman looking back at me.
"Are you naked under those covers?"
I imagine I got red at that statement. "Why are you here; I thought Voltic was supposed to be following me around?"
"First things first, are you not wearing underwear right now? It doesn't bother me if you're not but I'd like to know if I'm talking to someone who's free-balling it."
"The smell on me was so bad from yesterday that last night I decided to stay in the shower till the stink was gone…and by the time I was finished I was so warn out that I just plopped under the covers. Why are you here?"
"buuuuuuuuzzzzzzzzzzz."
"Answer that first."
Annoyed and without thinking, I jump out of bed. I didn't realize the consequences of that till it was too late.
"Well, at least now I know your dueling with a decent pistol."
I quickly place my hand over my gun and bullets. "Just turn around." As he does this I run over to the intercom and push the button. "What?"
"Good morning Mr. Rhodes," said Ortega.
"It is 4 o'clock in the morning."
"And you have to duel in 6 hours, it's imperative we get this done as quickly and as soon as possible. I don't know if we can rely on the woman you wanted me to find to stay in one place for too long."
"Wait you found her, you actually found her."
"Yes, once I found the case you told me about, all I had to do was find out what Facility the woman went to. That's when things got complicated. Do you remember that city wide black out from a few weeks ago, you know the one that shut down all the prisons and there security systems."
Oh shit, "no, I was out of the city at the time." Boy I hope this guy can't tell when someone's lying.
"Yes well, apparently this woman, Ms. Nadia Brown, was successfully able to escape. She was actually one of only 4 who have yet to be accounted for from that. I tried to find out who the other 3 are but for some reason there names seem to be classified by the FBI."
"There not important."
"Are you being defensive?"
"Just tell me how you found this woman."
"Alright, alright, knowing what I know about this area, I called a friend who lives in the most likely area where the woman wound up. Luckily, she was given a very original Criminal Mark. Turns out she's exactly where I thought she'd be the suburbs."
I was tired but I knew we might not get another shot at this.
"Alright, give me a sec to get dressed." I then toke my finger off the button and took a deep breath.
"Hey do you feel a breeze down there?" Then I remembered Clayman.

…

"So this is Hoboken. Funny, even though this is supposed to be a bad area I was thinking it would be a bit livelier looking."
I ignore Clayman's statement. "You know you never explained to me why you're with me now instead of Voltic."
"Oh yes, well as Debris Dragon explained, one's spirit partner must be small enough to cross between both our worlds easily. Voltic was too big so he was only able to sustain himself in this world for the time that you were awake. Once he came back, I decided to take over for today."
"So I take it all of you will be rotating in and out until Debris Dragon is back up to snuff."
"Correct, do you think you'll miss him while he's gone?"
"Hell no."

I park my Runner across from the building where we're supposed to be in. We're basically entering a 3 story apartment complex made from red brick. All though with the color fading on the bricks combined with the amber glow of the rising sun it looks kind of like the bricks are pieces of solid turd.
"Well we better get a move on. I've been told the elevator's broken and we've got to reach the top floor."
Hoboken wasn't always like this. I've been told that once upon a time this was supposed to be a nice area. A lot of people commuted to the city through here so it had a lot of New York City business, thanks to passing tourists and big city business people who would need to pick something quick up on their way home to their large overpriced houses, but without the New York City bad habits. Then World War 3 hit. Hoboken became a major battle site because it allowed for enemy soldiers to easily access the city through a sneak attack by using the River. Once the war was over and America "won" almost every New York Suburb was destroyed. Normally this would then lead to a strong desire to rebuild. Well guess what, turns out the giant heap of dirt that was New York City took Precedent over the suburbs which Left the suburbs with almost 9 million refugees and more than double that amount of casualties, thank god for all the great Humanitarians who donated so much money to rebuilding the city and allowing for all the now homeless suburb people to watch.
When it was announced that New York would be adopting the Economic separation system that use in cities like Neo Domino City in Japan and Milan in Italy, a lot of people who were afraid they'd wind up in the new Satellite sector fled. Only problem with that was since a lot of these people didn't have much money to begin with, the best they could do was escape Manhattan Island and settle in the Suburbs. Since the Holland tunnel was left in surprisingly good condition, considering it got bombed, many of these people wound up here in Hoboken. All that was roughly 20 years ago, now it's 2040, a lot of the "relief" that was supposed to come to this area never came, all the buildings are in bad shape, (many of which still have their WW3 battle scars) the economy here is low, violent gangs control a lot of this area, crime is high and most people live here now because they have nowhere else to go. This reminds me, as I was getting dressed before I had my radio on and I was listening to the news. Apparently after 40 years the government still thinks that area in the world that needs the most aid is still the Middle East.
"Well we're here, apartment 4a."
While I was giving my history lesson, Ortega and I had to climb 3 flights of stairs. There are enough jagged pieces of wood in this place that I'm lucky I haven't gotten Tetanus or fallen through the floor.
"You knock."
"You're the kid who asked me to do this."
"If I knock on the door she's going to see my criminal Mark and lock the door."
Ortega still looks unconvinced but instead of saying something else he turns away from me and begins to knock on the door.
"Who's there?" That voice came through the door, it sounded tired, a little drunk and depressed.
"Ms. Nadia Brown?"
I can now here the sound of running feet coming towards us from behind the door followed by I now here the sound of metal being moved once, twice, three times, like I said, this area is high in violence.
The door is now opening, unfortunately whoever is opening it has only opened enough to see Ortega and at the angle I'm standing at, I can't see her face.
"How do you know that name?"
"I've been looking into the death of your daughter. My name is Ralph Ortega, I'm an independent Journalist who-"
The door has now been shut, hard.
"Nadia Brown is as dead as her little girl. Now go away and don't come back."
Instead of responding, Ortega moves his head towards me. "I thought you said she wouldn't slam the door in my face," he whispers.
"No," I whisper, "I said that she was going to slam the door in my face. I never said she wasn't going to slam it in your face. Believe me I've had a few doors slammed in my face before."
"Fine then, you try."
I walk over towards the door. "The guy with me is a Jack ass." I say this to the door, hopefully she can hear me. "We know you escaped from the Facility the night of the huge Black Out. We used a contact around here to find you; we're here to talk to you. I also escaped the Facility that night."
"Wait, what," remarks Ortega
… "Why on earth would anyone want to talk to me? This isn't for some National Inquirer story is it?"
"This isn't for a newspaper article. The Judge who oversaw your trial, Judge Taft, is part of a group that has been manipulating New York for centuries. We think you may have been manipulated by him as well."
"What the hell have you done?" Ortega says this quietly yet angrily.
"People who have grown up tough can tell when someone is lying or trying to trick them."
"So you told her something that sounds completely crazy. You are-"
"You 2 don't look high."
Instantly we both turn our heads. The woman has opened the door, partially. She appears to be in her late 40's. That being said, she looks older in ways. Her face sags a little with bloodshot eyes, thin wiry hair that I imagine was once a nice smooth brown but is now almost a sickly yellow. As Ortega said she has a distinctive Criminal Mark. Hers begins at her temple, goes down, and around the cheek and ends somewhere around her chin.
She is wearing an old, what was once white, long sleeve shirt and grey sweat pants. Her hands are what worry me. They are dry and scarred with her nails appearing brown and unhealthy. This all seems natural, with all the drugs that make their way around Prisons, plus with all the lowlifes that live around here, scoring isn't hard. Although what really worries me is the kitchen knife she has in her right hand.
"I assume I should probably let you both in."
"It would be nice," says Ortega. In response to this the woman sticks her upper body outside the door; making shore that Ortega see's the knife in her hand.
"I'm only letting you guys in here because this one," she gestures to me, "gives me the feeling that he means what he says, got it."
Ortega nods vigorously, with that we both walk into the small apartment. Ortega shuts the door behind him only to find himself shocked at what he sees.
The floor is covered in trash on a rug that is indistinguishable from mud. There appears to be only one bedroom, granted it's too dark in here for me to see anything else.
"Mind if we sit down," asks Ortega.
"Be my guest."
Ortega takes a seat on what may or may not have been a red couch at one time but is now a brown, ripped, raccoon nest, trust me, I know small vermin homes when I see them.
Reluctantly, I take a seat next to him, mostly because I don't want all the broken glass on the floor to cut a hole in my shoe.
"So," Ortega says this as he pulls out a small note pad and a black pen. "Tell us about yourself."
What an idiot and from the look Ms. Brown is giving him, I think she agrees with me.
"My name is Nadia Jennifer brown. I was born on January 12, 1992. I lived the first 24 years of my life in a part of the Bronx that is now part of the Satellite. I stopped living in the Bronx when I was convicted of murder. They said I killed my little girl by having her drink some chemical I had never even heard of. I spent almost 25 years of my life in prison. Then a few weeks ago, all hell broke loose in the Facility I was being held in when all its lights shut off. I, like everyone else, just started running. Don't know why I started running, I had nothing in the outside world waiting for me but I ran with everyone else. After about half an hour of running through chaos, I found an open service door that lead to the loading dock. I snuck away, started running and after a few misadventures I wound here in what's left of Hoboken. Now you 2 shows up, a skinny teenager and a creepy journalist, and from another planet I assume, and tell me that the man that did all this to me is some cult leader."
Ortega crosses his arm, a form of body language that basically means oh shit.
"He's not part of a cult," I begin, "he's part of a group that believes it's their job to move society forward. They include people such as judges, politician's even inventors and right now there holding a Duel Tournament to choose their new leader. Both me and 4 eyes over here are, or in his case was, part of this tournament."
"Good for you, I don't see what that has to do with me."
This next part might just be what makes her kick us out. "The leaders, and possibly its members, appear to possess strange powers. When I first heard about your case it seems like it went one sided even with all factors considered so we thought that maybe-"
"That maybe the only reason I got convicted was because the Judge was magic, is that what you're saying? We'll let me tell you something kid, I remember the trial well. I remember being turned into sum drug addict slut who got tired of her daughter so she poisoned her. The only guy who believed me was my lawyer, who was distracted the whole time by an ulcer he got thanks to his divorce."
That's Nick for you. "I know it sounds crazy but there is genuinely something unnatural and evil about Judge Taft and right now you're the only one who we can talk to without Taft knowing. So I'm asking you to think really hard, did Taft do or say anything that seemed inhuman?"
She leans back in her recliner. She appears to be thinking hard. I look towards Ortega who has a skeptical look on his face. Wait, why does his expression seem more inquisitive? Oh shit, she's moving her eyes towards the edge of the table and there's something on the table, something I was hoping Ortega would not notice.
"Oh my god!" He noticed. "That's a, that's a, needle attached to a syringe!"
Apparently this guy has never done an article on the prison/poverty drug trade.
"You got a problem with that?" Now she's mad. Please Ortega do not respond.
"That's illegal, drugs cause problems, and you could go back to prison." No shit Sherlock.
"Where do you think I first got hooked, Sunday school. I can tell just by looking at you that you've never done a hard day's work in your life and from the looks of it; pointy over here didn't spend a lot of time behind bars! I worked 2 jobs to take care of my son and daughter. I had been clean ever since the first time I got pregnant. When all this started I had my first boyfriend who wasn't either a crack addict or some drifter. I was happy, for the first time in my life I was happy. I barely got a minute to breath but I was happy. Then my little girl got sick. I held her hand as she died and then, while I felt my life crumbling beneath my feet, the police show up. Next thing I know, I'm being accused of killing my daughter with a chemical that had been discontinued years ago. That's what I told the jury but they took one look of me, the same look the doctor, the police and of course the judge gave me. I was and still am street trash. It didn't matter that my lawyer had found another explanation and it didn't matter that my mother died like my daughter did. All that mattered was that I was trash and they did what they always do with trash, they put it all together. I went from having a nice little apartment to having a woman who through her kid into the Hudson as a roommate and now and now..."
"I may be a Duel Spirit but even I can tell this is probably the first time she's admitting all this, even to herself."
"Now I have to stick a needle in my arm just to see my daughters face!"
"He'll pay."
"Chase, both the people in this room are staring at you."
"I don't care, Taft is going to pay. Ortega, do you have the symbol of Segas on you?"
"Ye-yes but I doubt she's seen it."
"Show it to her."
"Uhm, alright just let me get it out of my pocket... uh Ms. Brown, have you ever seen this symbol before?"
"Now that you mention it, yeah, I don't know how or why but I've definitely seen it before."
"I knew it, when a girl I knew first saw the symbol she recognized it to but she didn't know from where either. In fact she didn't even seem to realize that she knew the symbol until last night. A few days back she claimed something frightening happened to her but there is no way for what she claimed to have actually happened. Yesterday she showed me information that not even snow head here knew, which means that group Taft belongs to wanted me to know something. They used their powers to give her subliminal instructions on how to find the information I needed to know. While they were doing this to her, her Brain knew something wrong was going on to her so it gave her a memory that would at least let her know something bad happened. I don't why they did it on you but I intend to find out and you can hold me to that."
"Funny, I get it kid. Clearly you're the type of guy who has a short fuse when it comes to people getting ruined by the system and I appreciate it, I really do, but nothing you do is ever going to fix anything but if you want to go on some useless crusade on my behalf, by all means."

…

"So let me get this straight, you're only clue to where the match is a picture of a transvestite Prostitute and the phrase not aloud and you got Saint Patrick's Cathedral."
Vanessa says this as she runs alongside Kai and Toni. The 3 are running on the cold cloudy day to Kai's third match.
"Clearly you weren't raised Catholic," says Kai.
"And another thing, why were you so insistent that we all go get Chicken Wings for lunch?"
"Simple, when the tournament started, me, Chase and Toni made a deal. First one of us to be knocked out has to by the 4 us lunch the next day and since we couldn't contact Chase, lunch was my decision and I figured what better food to celebrate the defeat of birds than Chicken Wings."
"Just shut up," yells Toni. "We're here anyways."
The large Neo-Gothic-style Roman Catholic Church, towers over its surrounding buildings. People are constantly walking in and out of it, making it hard to find 1 of 3 people in a sea of hundreds.
"Do you guys see anybody," asks Kai.
"Well," starts Vanessa, "besides you the only people left in tournament are Chase, Charlie and that kid; we should be able to see them so long as they see us."
"Speak of the Devil;" remarks Toni, "hey guys look over there."
The other 2 look in the direction of Toni's finger, there they see a familiar face.
"Hey Kai, hey Toni, where's Chase?" Wilson runs over to the trio, a large smile on his young face.
"So Wilson you're my opponent."
Says Kai as Wilson stops in front of the 3, his big smile now being replaced with a look of confusion.
"You're not Chase." Wilson says to Vanessa.
"No I'm not, I'm Vanessa and I've heard a lot about you." She extends her arm to the boy.
"You, you have." Wilson's face is turning red but he is still able to shake her hand. "Your hand feels soft."
"Hey why didn't he get like that around me?" Asks Toni.
"Because she's not as scary as you are," answers Kai.
"O.K., Wilson stop going gaga over the girl and Kai stop pissing me off! Now will both of you please get to your duel!"
Kai's and Wilson's eyes meet.
"I'm ready whenever you are kid."
Wilson's smile returns, "Let's duel."
Kai
"Alright, since you gave a day of laughs for beating Toni, you can go first."
"No thanks, I'd like for you to go first."
"Why me?"
"I like to get the first attack."
"I like your style. My draw, I play Graceful Charity! Now I draw 3." "Sweet," Kai thinks, "I drew Burning Mummy. While he's in the graveyard, my opponent will take 500 points of damage during my standby phase and I'll gain 400 life points in response." "Now Graceful Charity forces me to ditch 2 cards from my hand. Next I summon Fire Princess (ATK: 1300/DEF: 1500) in defense mode. Next I set 1 card face down and end my turn."

"Plus Fire Princess inflicts 500 points of damage every time I gain life points. So this kids going to get 1000 points of damage next turn."
Wilson
"My go, I play Forest Wolf!" (ATK: 1800/DEF: 300)
"Is that a wolf in a dress?" Asks a puzzled Toni.
"Little Red Riding Hood!" Remarks a shocked Vanessa.
"Wait you know what that is?"
"Of course, don't you remember the story of Little Red Riding Hood?" Toni doesn't answer. "The Fairy Tale by French poet Charles Perrault?" Still no answer. "Little girl goes to see her grandmother who's been eaten by a wolf that disguises itself as her Grandma." Still no answer. "Never mind."
"Now, Forest Wolf, attack his Princess."
Forest Wolf jumps into the sky and swallows Fire Princess Whole.
"Not bad, a little weird but not bad."
"Thanks, speaking of which I also know that you have Burning Mummy in your graveyard, so to save my life points, I play Curse of Thorns." Suddenly Burning Mummy is dragged out of Kai's graveyard by barbed vines. It is now being tied between the 2 towers of the Cathedral. "Now your monsters effect is negated while it's in the graveyard and that's it for me."
Kai
"So you figured out my strategy, you're good. My draw, I summon Evocator Chevalier (ATK: 1900/DEF: 900) in attack mode. Now Chevalier attack his gender confused puppy, Knight slash!"
As the small red knight slashes the wolf in half, (4000-3900) a familiar face returns to the field.
"When Forest Wolf is destroyed all monsters it destroyed get special summoned to your side of the field. How did you know?"
"I've been around the block a few times. Now Fire Princess attack him directly! (3900-2600) I end, which means it's your go."
Wilson
"Gladly, my draw. I summon Glife the Phantom Bird."
"Perfect," thinks Kai, "a level 4, just what I need to use my Gravity Bind."
"Now I activate Glife's special ability. Now, I can destroy one spell or trap card you control"
"So much for Gravity Bind," starts Toni, "he did the same thing to my Defense Draw during our duel."
"Now Glife, attack Fire Princess! (4000-3800) Now to end my turn, I play Gingerbread House. That was a pretty sweet move wasn't it?"
Kai
"Yeah and suddenly I'm reminded of why I had so many cavities as a kid. My draw-"
"Which activates the effect of my Gingerbread House, now your Knight gets fattened up with an extra 600 ATK points. (1900-2500) but there's a catch, if he gets powered up passed 1900 he gets destroyed and I gain 500 life points." (2600-3100)
"Like in Hansel and Gretel," starts Vanessa.
"Hansel and Gretel, aren't they that couple that owns the German Deli over in the Village?"
Vanessa almost falls over after hearing this. "No Toni, "Hansel and Gretel" is the story of 2 small children who are lost in the woods until they are found by a Witch who lives in a House made of sweets. She lets them eat the sweets so she can fatten them up and eat them.
"And that's exactly what his card did to my monster but it's going to cost you. Now I play the Quick Play spell, left over sparks! Now because you destroyed one of my Fire monsters, I can special summon 1 from my hand! Now come forth B.E.S. Big Core MK-2 (ATK: 2400/DEF: 1100) and if you think he's cool now just watch as he gains 3 counters. (0-3) Now Big Core show his bird how a space ship does things, Missile Barrage! (3100-2200) Now Big Core loses a counter and if he doesn't have any counters then he's destroyed. (3-2) Let's see how you intend on stopping this monster."
Wilson
"Gladly, my draw. I summon Cinderella in attack mode!" (ATK: 300/DEF: 600)
"A pretty blond, I thought that movie was about a Boxer."
"That was Cinderella Man. Tell me were you ever a little girl?"
"Now I activate Princess's effects. First up, I can special summon 1 Pumpkin Carriage in defense mode as well as the equip spell Glass Slippers."
"A Pumpkin Carriage and Glass Slippers who, reads this stuff?"
"Most small children!" Vanessa is getting more annoyed by Toni's lack of Fairy Tale Knowledge.
"Now the effect of Pumpkin Carriage activates! Now Cinderella can attack you directly! (3800-3500) Now the effect of her accessories activates!"
"What the, why is Big Core covered in glass?"
"The same reason Cinderella is bare foot. When Cinderella inflicts Battle Damage to my opponent Glass Slippers gets equipped to one of your monsters. Now your monster loses 1000 ATK points (2400-1400) and it can't attack my Cinderella. Now I play the spell, Forest calling! Now I inflict the difference between the Forest Wolf in my Graveyard and your Big Core as damage to your life points. (3500-3100) Next, by removing Forest Wolf from play I can destroy your monster and hit you with another 500 points of damage. (3100-2600) And finally, my Glass Slippers now get re equipped to my Cinderella and she gains 1000 ATK. Next I set 1 card and end my turn."
Kai
"Clever strategy but it won't stop me. My draw, I play Monster Reborn, this lets me bring back B.E.S. Big Core MK-2. Next he gains his 3 counters (0-3) plus I play Heat stampede. Now because I control a Fire Monster I get to burn down your Gingerbread House and hit you with 500 points of Damage." (2200-1700) Now Big Core, I think it's about time to end the story of Cinderella, don't you, attack!"
"Her stories not over yet, I play Mirror Force, destroying all your monsters!"
"Oh well we tried. I end my turn."
Wilson
"My draw, now Cinderella attack Kai directly! (2600-1300) That's it for me!"
Kai
"My go, I play Pot of Greed, now I get to draw 2 new cards. Next I summon Dread Dragon (ATK: 1100/DEF: 400) and now he's going to cook a pie out of your Pumpkin Coach, Burn Stream!" That's it for me.
Wilson
"My go, Cinderella attack his Dragon!" (1300-1100)
"Thank you, now because you destroyed Dread Dragon, I can add a level 3 or lower Dragon from my deck to my hand and I'm going with Flamvell Dragnov!"
"Fine with me I summon, Tom Thumb and set 1 card face down."
"This isn't good." Say's Toni, a serious expression on her face.
"Why not?"
"Because, the field looks almost exactly like it did in our duel."
Kai
"I summon Flamvell Dragnov. (ATK: 1100/DEF: 200) Next I play the Equip spell Synchro Boost, giving him an extra 500 ATK points! Now Flamvell Dragnov, destroy his Cinderella, once and for all!"
"Oh no you don't, I play the Counter trap, Negate Attack, which instantly ends the Battle phase. Next I throw down 2 face downs and end my turn."
Wilson
"This is crazy," says Vanessa, "everything Kai plays gets countered, not even Chase plays like this."
"That's Wilson's game but I don't think Kai's ready to throw in the towel just yet."
"All right, I play, Natural Tune, now with this card I can turn Tom Thumb into a tuner monster! (Level: 4/ATK: 1300/DEF: 1500) Next I summon Tuningware (Level: 1/ATK: 100/DEF: 300) Now it's tuning time!"
Tom Thumb flipped into the air and turned into 4 green rings, to which both Tuningware and Cinderella fly through, dematerializing into 5 shining stars and with the sound of a child's horn in the back ground, (4+1+4=9) "I synchro summon Trishula, Dragon of the Ice Barrier!" (ATK: 2700/DEF: 2000)
"That's one of the rarest cards ever made; how'd you get one?"
"A gift from Segas! Now Trishula's effects activate! First up you have to remove from play the Dread Dragon in your graveyard, followed by your center face down and one random card from your hand."
"Not bad, you stopped my Sakuretsu Armor as well as my Mind Control, you saved yourself big time."
"Thanks and it's been a great duel, now Trishula destroy his monster and the last of his life points!"
Trishula's jaws opened and together, the 3 mouthed Dragon attacked.
"Wait Kai, did you just lose?"
"Not exactly Vanessa." As Kai said this, the smoke from the blast passed and even though Kai's Dragon was gone it had been replaced with 2 smaller ones."
"Wait how did you survive my attack?"
"Simple, you destroyed one trap but I had another. Thanks to my Flaming Dragon Spawn trap I was able to tribute my monster an special summon 3 Flame Dragon Tokens in defense mode. You destroyed 1 which leaves me with 2."
"You're amazing!"
"Thank you."
"I set the card I was allowed to draw from Tuningware face down and end my turn."
Kai
"My go, I tribute my 2 tokens in order to summon a monster who's going to melt your Ice Dragon! I summon Infernal Flame Emperor! (ATK: 2700/DEF: 1600) Now I activate his effect, by removing from play Fire Princess I can ditch your face down. Good bye Magic Cylinder. Next I play the equip spell Burning Spear which gives my monster an extra 400 ATK points and guess what happens next, Infernal Flame Emperor attack, burning hell stream!" (1700-1300)
"He stopped a legendary Dragon. Hey Toni, that means he beat the monster that beat you."
"Oh shut up Book Worm!"
"Your move."
Wilson
"Fine then, my draw. This could work."
"What could work."
"Just watch. I play, Reload. Now I shuffle the card in my hand into my deck and draw a new one."
"It all comes down to this," says Vanessa.
"I draw... it's been a great Duel Kai. The hardest I've dueled so far."
"Hey, what about me!"
"But it's game over. I play One Hundred Year Awakening! Now by tributing Curse of Thorns, I can special summon Thorn Princess from my deck!"
"What the, why is my Emperor changing sides of the field?"
"Because thanks to the effect of Thorn Princess, I can take control of your monster."
"Which means I lose."
"Yup, Infernal Flame Emperor, attack!" (1100-0)
Winner: Wilson Loser: Kai
"Oh well, everyone loses sooner or later, isn't that right Toni."
"Keep it up Kai and I will kill you."
"I can't believe I'm going to the finals!"
"You should be happy for yourself-" Vanessa is interrupted by the sound of Thunder, followed by rain falling from the sky.
"Oh crap," says Toni, "the weather report said it was just supposed to be cloudy, quick everyone into the church."
Everyone sprints into the tall building but before entering Kai stops and turns toward the rain.
"Something wrong Kai?" Vanessa asks, she then walks towards him as not to attract the attention of Toni and Wilson.
"No its nothing."
"You're lying."
"No it is, it's just when I was a kid my Grandma told me something about when it rains after something happens in front of a church."
"What?"
"Something very bad is about to happen."
Next Time: Warriors Vs. Fiends
"You don't get it Chase do you. Even if you beat me today, you'll never stop Segas.