Chapter 14: Turbo

On the screen in the stadium, the faces of Daring, Blitz, and Crown appeared.

"The team of Daring Dash and Rainbow Blitz will be dueling Ruby Crown," Zach said, "And the special rule for their duel shall be…" the image of Speed World 2 appeared on the screen, "… a Turbo Duel. Will the duelists please exit the stadium and prepare to duel." A circular track appeared on the screen. "The track will be circumnavigating the Empire."

The twins and Crown left the stadium and the screen began to play what was going on outside. Blitz wore the duel disk, though both twins were wearing helmets that allowed them to communicate and for Daring to see the cards in Blitz's hoof. Crown's duel runner was jet black and streamlined, with boosters on the back that increased speed.

The duelists activated their Speed World 2 field spells, causing a holographic countdown clock to appear. Once it his zero, all three duelists began to speed off, forming two rainbow colored streaks.

Rainbow Blitz and Daring Dash: 8000

Ruby Crown: 8000

The twins were neck and neck with the duel runner as they came close to the holographic starting gate. When they were almost there Crown smirked and slowed down, causing the twins to get the get the first move.

"We draw!" Blitz called out, "Hey Daring, let's do the booster summoning technique."

"Totally," Daring replied.

"We activate Speed Spell – Overboost, increasing our speed counters to six (R&D SPC 6). Now we activate Speed Spell – Spectrum Stream. We can special summon from our deck Prism Knight Violet (ATK 1400)." The purple warrior appeared and flew beside the twins. "And since we used a Spectrum card, we can summon Prism Knight Yellow (ATK 800). Now we summon Prism Knight Indigo (ATK 1000). We tune our three monsters together and synchro summon Prism Sentry (ATK 2300). And when Violet is used for a synchro summon, you get hit with 500 points of damage."

Crown: 8000-7500

"Now we set this and end our turn (SPC 1)." A face-down card appeared beside Blitz for a second before disappearing.

Crown drew (C SPC 1) (R&D SPC 2), "Dagger gave me a brand new deck to duel with, something that gives me the combined strength of Hope and the rest of you. I activate my own Overboost (C SPC6). Now I activate Speed Spell – Solar Recharge. First I have to discard a Lightsworn, like my Ryko to the graveyard. Now II get to draw two cards. Now I mill two. And guess what, I milled a Wulf, Lightsworn Beast, so I can summon it (ATK 2100)."

Back in the stadium Hope was thinking, "So, she's using Lightsworns? We've seen Sky use those plenty of times."

"She said she was using all of your strengths. What is yours?"

"My xyz monsters. Or maybe…"

In the duel Crown placed another card on her field, "I pay four speed counters (SPC 2) to play Speed Spell – Charge of the Light Brigade. I mill the top three cards of my deck and add a level four or lower Lightsworn to my hand, like my Minerva. I banish the light Ryko in my graveyard and the dark Blackwing – Zephyros the Elite to summon Chaos Sorcerer. Now I summon my Minerva, Lightsworn Maiden (ATK 800). I pay two speed counters (SPC 0) to activate Speed – Spell Falling Current to lower Wulf's level to three. I tune Minerva to Wolf and Synchro summon Celestial Wolf Lord, Blue Sirius (ATK 2400). I use the effect of my Chaos Sorcerer and banish that Sentry." A black hole appeared behind the monster and pulled it in. "Now, Blue Sirius, attack them directly!"

"We activate Sakuretsu Armor!" Blitz called out, say goodbye to Sirius."

Red and black armor appeared around Blitz and he punched right through the wolf.

"I'll end my turn (SPC 1)."

Blitz drew (SPC 2), "Let's see. Should we use this?"

Daring looked at the card Blitz was talking about and nodded, "Let's try this out."

"We activate the speed field spell Rainbow Nexus." The road became covered in a long rainbow.

"A speed field spell?" Crown asked, amazed, "Where did you get one of those?"

Speed field spells were special speed spells. They were placed on top of the Speed World 2 card, but didn't destroy it. And Speed World 2's effects remained active, along with the spell counters.

"We pulled this puppy from a booster on the way here," Daring answered, "We decided to put in our deck and hope for the best."

"Now we get to use its effects," Blitz continued, "Once per turn, we can pay life points to special summon a Prism or Spectrum monster from our grave. We pay 100 points to summon Prism Knight Yellow (ATK 800)."

R&D: 8000-7900

"Now, we summon Prism Knight Green (ATK 1600). Now we tune our level one Yellow to our level four Green to synchro summon Prism Gardna (DEF 2300). And guess what, Prism and Spectrum synchros get an extra 500 attack and defense points because of Rainbow Nexus (DEF 2300-2800). When Green is used for a synchro summon, I can banish the monsters required for another synchro monster and synchro summon it. So come forth, Prism Roc (ATK 2300-2800)." The monster that appeared was a bird with glass wings that acted as prisms. "Let's tune our monsters together and accel synchro summon Spectrum Pegasus (ATK 3500-4000). Spectrum Pegasus, attack!"

Crown: 8000-6300

The attack made Crown slide out of the barrier a bit, making her shiver with the cold.

"We end our turn."

Crown pulled back inside the barrier and drew (SPC 3), "I return a card to the top of my deck to bring back the Plaguespreader Zombie in my grave (ATK 400). And since I special summoned a monster I can pay a speed counter to activate the Speed Spell – Inferno Reckless Summon (C SPC 2). I get to bring out two more Zombies from my deck. Now I summon Lyla, Lightsworn Sorceress (ATK 1700). I switch her to defense mode to destroy your Rainbow Nexus (ATK 4000-3500). Now I tune one of my Zombies to Lyla and synchro summon Blackwing Armed Wing (ATK 2300). Now I banish my Zombie and Lyla to special summon the instrument of your destruction. Come forth, Chaos Emperor Dragon – Envoy of the End (ATK 3000)."

A black hole appeared at the top of the Empire's barrier. A dragon flew out into the cold and followed the duelists from the outside.

"Now, I'll use the effect of my dragon. I'll pay a thousand points to get rid of all our cards."

Crown: 6300-5300

"And guess what, we lose nine cards, dealing you twenty-seven hundred points of damage."

Nine cards flew through the air and turned into a black and gold sphere. The sphere exploded, knocking the twins back.

R&D: 7900-5200

A blue snake appeared on the field and hissed. Crown explained, "Since my Lightserpent was sent to the graveyard, I can bring it back (ATK 1200). Lightserpent, attack!"

R&D: 5200-4000

"I end my turn."

Blitz drew (R&D SPC 4) (C SPC 3), "We set one monster and end our turn."

Crown drew (SPC 5) (SPC 4), "I activate Speed Spell – Pot of Duality. I shuffle five monsters back into my deck and draw two cards." Crown grinned. "I banish another copy of my Zombie and my Ryko to bring out Chaos Emperor Dragon a second time."

"Oh come on!" the twins called out.

In the stadium Night asked, "What are the odds of her drawing that card again?"

Zach didn't answer. Instead, he was looking down at the finalist section.

"Where are Cherry and Cinnamon?" he asked.

Pinkie got between Zach and Night and looked down there, "I think their Pinkie Sense acted up. I felt a tail twitch, pinchy knee, and itchy back."

"What does that mean?"

"It means total dragon pownage."

"Lightserpent, attack the face-down." Crown said. The face-down was another copy of Green (DEF 800). "Now, Chaos Emperor Dragon, attack them with Chaos Inferno!"

A beam of black energy fired from the dragon's mouth, hitting both of the twins. They flew backwards, trying to pull out of the hit. Daring managed to pull out alright, but Blitz's back hooves skidded along the ground for a second before he recovered.

R&D: 4000-1000

"Hot, hot, hot!" Blitz called.

"Now I activate the effect Speed World 2. I give up all four of my speed counters to reveal the speed spell in my hoof, Acceleration Limiter, to deal you eight hundred points of damage."

R&D: 1000-200

"Now I use the effect of Chaos Emperor Dragon one last time."

Crown: 5300-4300

This time, the two other cards flew around the Dragon's claw, forming a dark aura. Chaos Emperor Dragon slashed down at Blitz.

R&D: 200-0

Blitz couldn't swerve out of the way in time and was knocked right out of the air. He bounced along the road a couple times before coming to a stop.

"Blitz!" Daring called out as she flew towards her brother.

Crown slowed to a stop and removed her helmet. She stared at the twins and thought, "One of her friends is now defeated. Soon, all of her friends will be gone. A fitting punishment for having all the friends I want."

Blitz was covered in cuts and bruises. Daring was holding his head and whispering into his ear, "Come on bro, you've taken harder spills than this. Get up!"

Cherry and Cinnamon came running up to the blue twins, a gurney between them.

"Load him up," they said.

"How did you get here so fast?" Daring asked.

"Our Pinkie Sense activated," Cinnamon replied, "So we snagged a gurney and got over here as quickly as possible."

Many Pegasi, including Rainbow Dash and Soarin, sped over to the crash area. When two medical ponies loaded Blitz up onto the gurney Rainbow tried to shake him awake.

"Say something Blitz!" Rainbow cried out.

"Ms. Dash," a medical pony said calmly, "Do not shake him. We need to get him to the hospital soon to perform a scanning spell and get x-rays.

"I may be able to put some worries to rest," a familiar voice said. Both Lux and Discord had teleported to the crash. Lux lowered his glowing horn to Blitz's chest and the glow began to spread to the rest of him.

After a moment Lux's horn stopped glowing and he stood up straight, "He has cracked ribs, a minor concussion, and a broken wing. When he wakes up he'll be in for a world of hurt, but he'll live."

Rainbow, Daring, and the twins sighed in relief. Then, Rainbow turned towards Crown, who was on her way back to the stadium. The cyan mare had a scowl on her face.

Back in the stadium, everyone was also sighing in relief over Blitz being somewhat okay. Everyone but Dagger, that is. He had a look of mild surprise and amusement on his face.

"Crown didn't do that on purpose, though for her it must have been a happy accident," he thought, "The natural magic properties of the Empire are perfect for Oblivion's resurrection. I might not even need to unleash Wrath to gain the power required. Perfect."