Yu-gi-oh
No Limits
Chapter 32- Collapse
By Kevin Jones
Wilson
"My draw, and I play Monster Reborn, now I can special summon Trishula, Dragon of the Ice Barrier back from my graveyard!"
Now the huge, blue and silver dragon is back. Its roar is so loud, everyone who hears it is starting to look worried, even my Sparkman.
"And now the true test begins." As Taft says this, we all turn towards him, hesitant at what he plans to say next. "As I said before, the point to this duel is to see who has what it takes to take over Segas. If it is to be Chase Rhodes, then he must win this duel. If it is to be Wilson Leonson, then he must survive his next move."
"What's that supposed to mean?" I have a bad feeling about this.
"Chase," Stratos is trembling, "this is where the duel gets dangerous."
"I activate the continuous trap that makes the hearts of 1000 brave men stop beating! I play the trap card, Geass!"
What the hell, the glass beneath my feet is now glowing purple. What the… now that I look at the entire platform; it looks like the purple energy is forming a shape.
"If you're wondering what shape the energy's becoming," says a happy Taft, "it's becoming the sacred symbol of Geass."
"It looks kind of like the Segas logo."
"Very perceptive Ms. Sorentino, actually, the name Segas is no more than an anagram of Geass. As for our logo, it's the symbol that is now appearing on the field!"
"Now, I banish Trishula-Dragon of the Ice Barrier, in order to special summon, Trishula the Geass Dragon!" (ATK: 2700/DEF: 2000)
The 3 headed blue and white Dragon has now been replaced with an even bigger 3 headed black dragon with glowing purple armor. None of the 3 heads have eyes. Instead, each head has the symbol of Seg- or apparently Geass where the eyes should be. The claws are long enough to be swords and the wings look like Sickle blades. It's roar even has me shaking and- wait a minute… is the glass… is the glass cra-
"Now it is time for the true test of this duel. Which one of you can end the duel before the energy being created by Trishula causes the platform to shatter!"
"You're crazy," yells Toni, "At the rate the glass is cracking, we only have few minutes until this whole thing shatters!"
"Looks like it," this doesn't seem to bother Taft. "If this duel doesn't end soon then this whole platform will break and we'll all be killed. Luckily, Wilson is about to make his move."
"Now, I am obligated to use Trishula's special ability! For this part of this ability, one of Trishula's 3 heads will now fire a beam of energy…. Since the middle head's beam of energy just blew up your Sparkman, the following things will happen: first of all, you must banish your Sparkman for the remainder of the duel. Second: I cannot conduct my battle phase this turn and third, you now lose half your life points!" (1000-500)
The energy, it's so powerful, it- it's got me in the air! There's nothing for me to grab on to! I- I'm about to go over the edge! There, there's nothing stopping me, I'm going to fall, I'm going to fall to my death and everyone's going to be at the mercy of The Grand Master and it's all my- someone's got my foot! I'm now hanging upside down over the ledge. As I look up, it looks like… the others; they've all got me by the foot. They must have run over here, the minute my feet left the glass.
"We're not letting you go Chase," says Vanessa," ever!"
"Less talking," says Kai," more pulling."
I lift my other leg up and someone grabs it. Toni then says, "1, 2, 3, pull!"
I'm now back on the glass, everyone's shaken up, but we're all still alive.
"Maybe, I shouldn't skip Gym class," says an out of breath Toni.
"You- you guys saved me. I was about to fall to my death but you guys saved me."
"Of course," starts Vanessa, "like I said before, we're friends and friends are always there for each other.
"I hate to break the sappy moment," says Kai, "but can we please end this duel before the glass shatters and we all die anyways."
"Don't worry Kai; I know what I need to do to end this duel right now." As I stand up, I turn my head towards Taft. "I surrender, go ahead and make Wilson your new leader."
Everyone is speechless. "You can't surrender;" Taft is mad, "this duel is to decide who will gain my master's powers!"
"I don't care; no amount of power is worth risking anyone's lives."
"I don't think you understand boy, this duel has become a Shadow Game, which means you can't surrender. The only way this duel can end is if someone's life points hit 0.
"That can't be true!"
"Actually Chase, he's right." I look at Stratos but before I can say anything, he says, "When someone's life points hit 0 in a shadow game, it disrupts the flow of shadow energy. The only other way to disrupt the flow and end the shadow game would be for me to make physical contact with Wilson."
"Like with a direct attack?"
"That would be our best bet."
"Great, so in other words, nothing's changed except if I don't win this duel in a few minutes, we're all going to die."
"Basically."
"I end my turn."
Chase
"My draw," this is not good. I only know one of his Trishula's 3 effects, granted the one I do know could end this if he gets another monster on the field. I have 2 cards in my hand and neither of them are Stratos. I've got one move to make and it's a long shot. "Alright, here we go, I summon Elemental HERO Bubbleman (ATK: 800/DEF: 1200) in defense mode. Now, because I just summoned Bubbleman while I control no other cards, I get to draw 2 more,"…shit. "I end my turn."
Wilson
"I draw, and next one of Trishula's 3 effects will activate!" If the middle head's effect activates again not only will life points go lower but I'm not sure if the others will be able to save me, seeing as the cracks in the glass have now spread out to about ¼ the platform.
"It just came from Trishula's left head!" As Vanessa says this, the beam is hitting my graveyard, granted I don't feel a thing this time…oh crap I just lost Polymerization.
"Now since a card was just banished from your graveyard, you now have to send the top 4 cards of your deck to the graveyard!"
There goes- wait a second… maybe there's a way to turn this game around.
"Next I pay the continuous spell card Revealing Light of Geass! Now, so long as I control a Geass Monster, neither of us can play face down cards!"
OK, making a comeback just got a little bit harder.
"Where on earth did he get that card?"
"Very simple Ms. Sorentino, my master has made dozens of Geass cards over the years. When he gave little Wilson the means to summon a Geass Monster, it's only natural he gave the boy a few support cards as well."
"Now Trishula, destroy his Bubbleman, Trinity Geass Stream!"
The energy from the blast, I can feel it pushing me back- wait a minute, Bubbleman is now standing in front of me! The blast just destroyed him, but he standing in front of me was enough to keep me from being thrown over the edge. I wonder if that means-
"I end my turn."
Chase
There's no time for me to wonder about anything except the duel for now. "My draw… sorry Taft but I think it's time to take that Dragon down! I summon the tuner monster, Debris Dragon!" (Level: 4/ATK: 1000/DEF: 2000)
"That's odd," starts Toni, "normally when Chase summons Debris Dragon, it jumps around, interacts with the opponent and even talks, but today it's just standing there."
Toni's right, since Debris Dragon isn't here, the hologram version of him is just acting like a normal monster. "Now Debris Dragon's effect activates, which lets me special summon a monster with 500 or less ATK from my graveyard!"
"You don't have any," says Taft.
"Hate to break it to you, but that mill from last turn helped me more than it hurt me, because now I can special summon, Tuningware! (Level: 1/ATK: 100/DEF: 300) I'm not done yet, because next I play the spell card Double Reborn! Thanks to this card I get to special 1 monster my side of the field, and one monster to your side of the field! First up, to your side of the field, I'll give you back your Forest Wolf, (ATK: 1800/DEF: 300) meanwhile I'll take back my Elemental HERO Avian (Level 3/ ATK: 1000/DEF: 1000)!"
"All right Chase," says Kai, "now beat this kid! Seriously, beat this kid, quickly I think we got about 5 minutes left!"
"Now, I tune my level 4 Debris Dragon, level 3 Elemental HERO Avian, and my level 1 Tuningware!"
Debris Dragon flew like a bullet into the air and as it spread its wings it dematerialized and turned into 4 large green rings. At that moment Avian and Tuningware jumped into the air and dematerialized into 4 bright stars that fashioned themselves equally within the rings (4+3+1=8) and with a burst of light, "I Synchro summon Stardust Dragon (ATK: 2500/DEF: 2000)!"
"So," says Taft, "the legendary Stardust Dragon. When I saw the video feed of the duel between Chase and the circus guy I didn't believe what I was seeing until now. That being said, I fail to see how this dragon will help in destroying Wilson's dragon."
"Just watch, because now thanks to Tuningware's effect I get to draw 1 card! Next I play the spell card H-Heated Heart! Now thanks to this card, Stardust Dragon gains 500 ATK points! (2500-3000) Now, Stardust Dragon, show that dragon that 1 head is better than 3, Heated Cosmic Flare!"
Stardust's blast is now twice as big as usual and has a tint of red flame in it. Trishula is bracing for impact but it is still sent flying off the building thanks to Stardust's power. (600-300)
"All right," happily says Kai, "Trishula's gone and now the cracking stops!"
Taft is now laughing, "not exactly!"
What's he mean by- oh shit, now that the smoke is clearing, I can see that Trishula is still on the field.
"I guess I forgot to tell you all, Geass monsters can only be removed from the field if the Geass Trap Card is removed from the field. The funniest part of that effect is that the Geass trap card can't be removed from the field. You were hoping that by destroying Trishula, you could release my master's hold on little Wilson. Not only has that idea back fired on you, but it's now what's going to cost you this duel."
"This isn't good Chase; the only card in your hand is Big One Warrior and the cracks are almost to this side of the platform."
"Thank you Stratos for the vote of confidence. I end my turn."
Wilson
"My draw and next Trishula's effect activates!"
Oh crap, this time it's the head on the far right and it's heading past Stardust and straight for my he- wait a minute, the beam has now turned really small and is just shining on Big One Warrior.
"This is the last of Trishula's effects." As Vanessa says this, I place Big One Warrior in my pocket along with my other banished cards.
"Now Trishula's 3rd effect activates, since you removed a card from your hand, he gains 1000 ATK points!" Of course he just made his Trishula stronger, it's not like it was already unstoppable. (2700-3700)
"Uh Chase," starts Toni, "we're running out of solid glass."
"Now Trishula, destroy his Stardust, Trinity Geass Stream!"
"I'm not dead yet! I activate another card that got milled before, Necro Gardna! Now by banishing Necro Gardna, I can negate your attack and save my life points."
Even though Trishula, Stardust and the ghostly image of Necro Gardna are in the air above us, the energy from Trishula's blast is accelerating the cracking. We're almost out of time.
"I switch Forest Wolf to defense mode and end my turn."
Chase
"My draw"… not Stratos but- the glass, the glass has just shattered. I was too late, I could have won last turn but I couldn't bring myself to win while Wilson would still be under the control of this weird Geass power. Now we're falling- wait a minute, power, there may be one chance, "Stardust, save us!"
As we all fall over the edge of the building, Stardust Dragon darts towards us and scoops us up and hold the 4 of us tight against his chest.
"Chase," yells Kai, "what's going on."
"If Trishula had become real enough that he could throw me over then I figured Stardust had become real enough to catch us!"
"How long will this last?"
"Well Toni-… I don't know! Quick Stardust, get us back on solid ground!"
"We can't yet!" We all turn towards Vanessa. "It's Wilson; he's falling down the side of the building!"
Vanessa is right, Wilson is falling fast down the side of the building and since he's still under the control of Geass, he's silent as a ghost. Now how am I-
"Quick Chase," shouts Stratos "use your last card to win the duel and then summon me so I can go save Wilson. Don't ask me why just do it!"
"I play the quick play spell card, Enemy Controller! This lets me switch Forest from defense to attack mode! Now Stardust Dragon, destroy Forest Wolf, Cosmic Flare!"
Winner: Chase Loser: Wilson
"Next I play Elemental HERO Stratos," as Stardust Dragon's blast engulfs Forest Wolf, my deck spits Stratos out from the bottom of my deck. No time to waste, I put Stratos on the card reader and he materializes. He quickly dashes towards Wilson and grabs him. There out of hearing range but it looks like Wilson is freaking out at what's going on here, a good sign.
"We're heading down!" Kai's right, I don't know if Stardust Dragon is losing power or if this is just his way of landing but- oh crap we're about to hit the-… we're on the ground, safe and sound.
"Can we go back up a few stories," says an exhausted Toni, "I think I left my stomach up there."
"What the hell just happened!?"
We all look over to see the idiot brigade, the FBI, running towards us.
"Basically," I say as I get back up on my feet, "Stardust Dragon knew he only had a few seconds to remain a physical being so he brought us down fast enough so that he could use the last of his energy to cushion the impact and keep us alive."
"So…" says a confused Mustang, "what just happened?"
I can tell there's- "Chase, what's going on here?!"
We all look over to see a scared and confused Wilson looking around. Behind him is Stratos who has just nodded his head. I nod back and look up at Stardust Dragon. He looks down at me and nods his head. I smile and nod right back.
"Ah, how cute, a boy and his Dragon, I think I might cry."
We all look towards the side of the building to see an old man standing in front of a crowd of people.
"Sir," starts Mustang, "please step back with the rest of the crowd. The FBI has everything under control."
"On the contrary Roy, I'm the one who has the situation under control."
"Wait a minute," starts Vanessa, "I know you!"
The old man puts a sinister looking smile on his face as he changes his position from Mustang to Vanessa. "And where do you know me from, my pretty?"
"I- I… don't know… it's like I know you from somewhere… but I don't know where."
"That's normal, the longer you look at me the more you'll feel that way until your brain is able evaluate why you no memory genuine memory of me, apart from a feeling of fear."
Nervously, Vanessa backs up and places herself between the old man Wilson. Come to think of it, Wilson has the same combination of fear and confusion on his face. How can one little old man place so much fear in to 2 people who don't even know how they know him? Wait a second… this is like before when-
"Ha, ha, ha, by the look on your face Mr. Rhodes, it would appear you have figured out who I am."
"You're, you're"-
"I'll save you some time. My name is Benjamin Canton Beach and I am the Leader of Segas, a group consisting of me and like… I think 3 or 4 other guys. I started Segas using a magical power called Geass. I'm sure some of you by now have realized that Segas is little more than an Anagram of Geass. The reason for this is"-
"Yeah, yeah," starts Mustang. As he says this, him and the 3 other FBI agents pull out there guns and aim them at Beach's chest. "I'm sure you have some grand tale of how you got your wacky powers and why you're trying to take over the world. How about you put your hands up and you can tell us the whole story back at my office."
"Must you be so gung-ho Roy, it's not like it will make you seem any more threatening. Don't forget Agent Mustang, you may have more guns but I've still got a bomb."
"I don't see any bomb," says Mustang.
"Ahhh" screams Toni, "we completely forgot about the bomb that was attached to the glass platform!"
"You all might have but I didn't. In fact, I think it should be showing up… right…about- ah, here it comes."
What the heck, the black box that was under the platform… seems to have a helicopter propeller attached to the top and is landing in front of Beach. "I don't think Air Hogs has ever made anything this cool. I knew once little Wilson would activate the Geass trap card that the glass would begin to crack and eventually shatter. That is why I had a custom bomb made that would actually fly itself away upon Geass' activation."
"So you planned all of this," says Kai, "even though you could have killed all of us."
"Exactly, that being said, I was certain one of them would have ended the duel before they hit the pavement and I was technically right. Now it's time for Chase to receive his prize for winning."
"What's that, some grey hair dye so I can look like you?"
"Funny," he's actually laughing, "but we have to get going. You see we have a tight schedule to keep."
"Sorry," yells Mustang, "but neither you nor Rhodes is going anywhere except down town."
"Actually we have to go up town and- oh will you put the gun down, the bomb is designed to go off if it picks up something that sounds like a gun shot."
"There's no such thing," says Hawkeye.
"Does anyone here want to take that chance… I thought not." A black car has just pulled up next to Beach. "Now then, Mr. Rhodes we need to get going. As for you Roy, if you don't believe me about what will happen if you fire your gun near my bomb, I could just use the actual detonator and blow us all up anyways."
"There's no need for that," I'm screwed. "I'll go peacefully, so long as you promise not to hurt anyone else."
"Chase," says Toni, "you don't have to do this."
"Oh yes he does. I spent a lot of money renting this car and I'll be damned if I found out it was all a waste."
Without saying anything, I walk towards the black car. No one says anything as Beach opens the back door to the car. I enter the car, slide all the way to the left and he says to everyone. "Roy, he'll call you when we're all done, until then, may all of you have a happy Halloween."
With that, Beach enters the car and says, "Mr. Rhodes, meet… something Harrison. He's the one who told me about you in the first place."
Before the skinny guy can say anything, I say, "What do you want with me?"
"All in due time Chase but first I must apologize."
"For what?"
"For lying to you."
"What do you me"- what the! I just heard an explosion from behind us!"
Next Time: Acceptance of evil
"I want you to be armed with your Assault Mode monster so you'll be able to have your most powerful monster with you when you realize just how weak you are."