Chapter 21: Oblivion Pt 1

Well, this is the first chapter in this duel. I have decided, due to the estimated length, this duel will be split into two or three parts. Also, most of Dagger's cards two chapters ago, along with Paradise, were created by Taylor Gorrel (AKA Vile). Read his Numbershots.

Zach's body, now its normal pony form, fell to the ground. Everypony ran towards him.

Ditzy sat down and propped Zach's head on her leg, "Wake up Zach!"

Zach's eyes slowly opened and he leaned over and projectile vomited more of the red plasma about five yards away.

"Sorry," Zach panted. His entire body began to glow red and he whispered, "I love you all."

Hope got to Zach's level and slapped him in the face, "Fight this thing!"

"I can help," Discord said as energy built up on his claw.

"No," Zach objected. He got up and stepped back, "If you do this, I'll die almost instantly. Nothing can raise the dead." The glow grew brighter. As Zach began to fade away, he whispered, "I'm sorry." He exploded into red particles.

-Meanwhile, thousands of miles away-

Within Tartarus, Oblivion's crystal began to crack.

"I am free!" Oblivion called out as the crystal completely shattered, releasing a black 'light'. This light sped out of Tartarus.

-Meanwhile, in the Crystal tool shed (why am I doing this?)-

Hope and Ditzy were crying over Zach when Oblivion descended from the sky and possessed Dagger's unconscious body. A dark aura covered Dagger's body as he stood up.

"So much power," Dagger whispered, a grin overtaking his face.

Hope looked up and slowly stood, "This is your fault!" Hope activated her duel disk, "I challenge you to a duel!"

Dagger raised his arm and the aura condensed into a duel disk, "Fine. If I win this duel, Oblivion will be freed; and your world will fall."

"And if I win you free Dad!"

Dagger shrugged, "All souls that I captured will be freed if you win."

Night and Discord stepped in front of Hope.

"We're not going to let you duel this guy," Night said.

"We'll save your father," Discord added.

"Please," Dagger said. He raised his duel disk and all seven Elements of Vice appeared, revealing a one-eyed fox for the Element of Sloth and a blood red dragon for Lust. "You two have absolutely no chance. Of course, Hope doesn't either. Attack them!"

All seven monsters attacked. Before anyone could react, Utopia appeared and blocked all of the attacks with his wing-shields.

"You will not destroy them!" Utopia called out, "I will avenge my partner!"

For once, everyone could see Utopia when he appeared. He turned to Hope and said, "I will join you in this battle." He turned towards Discord and Night, "You cannot physically fight with her, but physical combat isn't the only way to fight." Cards flew from each of Hope's friends and into Utopia's hand. Then Utopia turned into a beam of energy that flew into Hope's deck.

"Are you all done yet?" Dagger asked impatiently, the Elements of Vice returning to him, "I will only duel Hope." An invisible force moved everyone back except for Hope, who shuffled her deck. "Master Oblivion gave me a deck with some surprises in store."

Dagger: 8000

Hope's Light: 8000

"I will go first," Dagger said, drawing, "I will end my turn."

Everyone was confused. Hope shrugged off the bad feeling she was getting and drew, "I activate Realm of Shadows."

As the world began to darken, Dagger placed a card from his hand onto his disk, "I activate my own field spell, Viceful Realm!" The darkness shattered, being replaced by a realm of red and black energy.

"You can't activate a field spell during your turn!" Daring Dash called out.

"This one can," Dagger called back. He turned back to Hope, "Continue."

Hope placed a card on her disk, "I'll set a monster and use the pendulum monster Shadow of Yin. Your move."

"I will activate the effect of Viceful Realm," Dagger said, "Instead of drawing, I can add a Vice spell or trap from my deck to my hand, and if it's a trap I can activate it directly." A card extended from Dagger's deck and he placed it directly in a monster zone. "I activate the trap monster Statue of Vice (ATK 0)."

The monster that appeared was an old statue, worn from time. Dagger activated another spell, "I activate Call of Vice. This allows me to special summon two Vice monsters with zero points from my deck. I call two copies of Herald of Vice (ATK 0x2). I overlay my three monsters, with my statue gaining a rank equal to the levels of my level three Heralds. I xyz summon Element of Vice – Lust Dragon (ATK 2500)."

Lightwing cringed as the creature that possessed her appeared.

"Lust Dragon, attack the face-down."

The monster that flipped and exploded was Shadow Beast Harpy. Two more appeared on the field (ATK 1300x2).

"I end my turn."

Hope drew, "I summon Shadow Beast Stalker (ATK 1200). I overlay my three Shadow Beasts and xyz summon Shadow Beast Knightmare (ATK 2400). I use Knightmare's effect and add a Shadow Beast to my hoof. Now, since I have a card that technically counts as Realm of Shadows, I special summon Shadow Beast Destroyer (ATK 3000). Destroyer, attack Lust Dragon!"

"I use the effect of Viceful Realm. I can send the top card of my deck to the grave to negate an attack against a Vice monster. If it's a spell or a trap, I can use its effect too." Dagger pulled the top card of his deck. "Monster."

"I'll set a card and end my turn."

A card extended from Dagger's deck and he took it, "The final effect of my Viceful Realm activates during my standby phase; I can overlay an Element of Vice for another. If I don't, I destroy the spell and all Elements I control. I overlay Lust Dragon and xyz summon Fox of Sloth (ATK 2400). Go, Viceful Xyz Evolution." The freaky one-eyed fox appeared and licked its lips.

"I activate Viceful Empowerment, increasing my monster's points by a thousand (ATK 2400-3400). Sloth, attack Shadow Beast Knightmare. Then I use Sloth's effect."

Dagger: 8000-7000

"I activate an effect of Sloth; I use an overlay unit from it and Knightmare to keep you from performing your next battle phase. I end my turn and your monster returns to you."

Hope drew, "I summon Shadow Beast Miasma (ATK 0). I copy my Destroyer (ATK 0-3000). I overlay my two level eight monsters and xyz summon Shadow Beast Dark Leviathan (ATK 4000)." Darkness roared at Dagger.

"Servant of Oblivion, we shall destroy you!"

"I use an overlay unit to destroy all the cards on the field!"

Darkness unleashed its devastating power, putting cracks in the ground and in the stadium. But when the onslaught was complete, Dagger was just standing there with all of his field and a card in his hand.

"If the only spell or trap I control is Viceful Realm, I can activate Vice Shield from my hand. This stops an effect that destroys cards I control. You just wasted the power of Darkness."

Hope sighed, "Since there's an xyz monster on the field, I can special summon Photon Slasher from my hoof in defense mode (DEF 1000). I tribute my Slasher and Knightmare to call forth Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon (ATK 3000). I end my turn."

Dagger normally drew this time, "I Viceful Xyz Evolution, Element of Vice – Relic of Greed (ATK 3000). I set one card and end my turn."

"I have to get rid of that thing, but the field spell will stop any effect or attack."

Hope drew a card and her eyes widened, "I activate Over-Spectrum."

"That's our card!" Blitz exclaimed.

"That's right! It allows me to draw two cards for every light monster on the field. Galaxy-Eyes gives me two cards. Now I activate Galaxy Expedition! This allows me to bring out Photon Caesar in defense mode (DEF 2800). I overlay my two Photon monsters and xyz summon Number 62: Galaxy-eyes Prime Photon Dragon (ATK 4000). I overlay Darkness and Galaxy-Eyes. I combine the forces of Dark and Light. Alone they are powerful, but together they are unstoppable. Come forth, Apophis the Chaos Snake (ATK 3000)."

Apophis appeared, hissing in rage. Hope raised a foreleg and called out, "I use two overlay units to allow Apophis to attack directly. Go, Chaos Devouring!"

Dagger: 7000-4000

When the smoke cleared from the attack, Dagger was unscathed. His cloak was shredded, however.

"I set a card and end my turn," Hope said nervously.

Black energy built up on Dagger's hand, "Power of Oblivion, give me the card I desire. Ultimate Draw!" He pulled the top card of his deck away. "Now, I will evolve Greed into Element of Vice – Wrathful Butcher (ATK 2500)!"

The Element of Vice appeared. Its face was Zach's, but it was like he was in pain. His eyes were scrunched shut.

"Zach," Ditzy whispered.

"Dad!" Hope called out.

Zach's eyes opened. His irises had turned red and completely overcame his pupils. His sclera were jet black.