"Since Jinzo – Lord is no longer in play Jaden can now use all the traps he wants, and Billy no longer has that monster to give power to his Machine King, so old tall metallic and scary now loses 100 of his extra points." said Laiza.

(ATK: 2300)

"Jaden's monsters may be back to their full strength, but Billy's still got more life points then he does. It's going to take more then a late but flashy arrival to win this duel." said Sabrina.

"Well he did just take out one of Mr. Jobs' best monsters." said Alessandra "I think that counts for something."

"Jinzo – Lord was just one of my best monsters." said Billy "I still have plenty of tricks left up my sleeve."

He drew his card.

"Like this, I activate the spell card Power Bond!"

"Oh no, not that!"

"Yes, that." replied Billy "And I'll use it to fuse the Barrel Dragon and the Blowback Dragon in my hand in order to fusion summon Gatling Dragon with twice as many attack points!"

(ATK: 5200 DEF: 1200)

"Oh no!" said Laiza "It's the mighty Gatling Dragon, and with twice as many attack points! It looks like this duel is all done!"

"That it is, for now I activate his special ability, now I can toss a coin three times, and for each time it lands on heads I can destroy one of Jaden's monsters, but since he only has one monster on the field I only need to toss one coin."

"How do you know it'll land on heads?" asked Jaden.

"Let's just say I feel lucky tonight."

(Yeah right)

Billy tossed his coin in the air and caught it in his hands.

"Heads, Gatling Dragon destroy his Elemental Hero Steam Healer!"

BUDDA BUDDA BUDDA BUDDA BUDDA BUDDA BUDDA

When the smoke cleared Jaden's Steam Healer was gone.

"Since I just destroyed one of your monsters my Spoils of War spell card let's me draw two new cards, but it doesn't really matter because this duel is over! Gatling Dragon attack Jaden directly!"

"NO!"

"GASP!"

"JADEN!!!"

BUDDA BUDDA BUDDA BUDDA BUDDA BUDDA BUDDA

"MWAH AH HA HA AH!!! ALEXIS IS MINE!!!"

"I don't think so."

"WHAT?!"

When the smoke cleared Jaden's life points were untouched.

"THIS IS IMPOSSIBLE! I JUST DEFEATED YOU! HERE'S PROOF THAT HE'S A CHEATER!!!"

"I never cheat Bill. You just forgot about my face down card, The Flute of Summoning Kuriboh, which I used to summon my good old friend Winged Kuriboh, and since I had a monster on the field your Gatling Dragon had to attack it, and since you destroyed my Winged Kuriboh I don't take any damage this turn."

"FINE! I STILL HAVE ANOTHER MONSTER! AND SINCE I HAVE GATLING DRAGON ON MY FIELD HE GAINS 100 ATTACK POINTS!"

(ATK: 2400)

"MACHINCE KING, ATTACK!!!"

Billy's Machine King aimed it's arm at Jaden and fired, but when it made contact Jaden's life points didn't drop.

"WHAT?!"

"What did I just say Bill?"

Bill may have been wearing a mask, but they could tell that he must be furious.

"You have only delayed the inevitable slacker! One way or another Alexis will be mine! And take a look, you have no cards in your hand and no cards in play!"

"That's not good."

"No **** Sherlock, if you draw a monster I'll just blow it away with my Gatling Dragon, and even if you draw a spell or trap card that can destroy all the monsters on my side of the field you'll still be defenseless!"

"Yeah well in the meantime your turn is over, which means now your own Power Bond card takes a toll on your life points."

"That's right folks!" said Laiza "Power Bond may double the attack strength of any Machine monster you summon with it, but at the end of your turn you need to pay life points equal to the monster's original attack points!"

(Billy: 4700)

Billy felt the shock from the stadium floors as a result of losing his life points, but it didn't bother him as much as the last time. In fact it didn't seem to hurt him at all.

"Aren't you going to twitch or something?" asked Jaden.

"Sorry, but I didn't feel a thing. My suit is outfitted with a built in insulator system to protect me from an electric shock."

"Then why didn't it work the last time I dealt damage to your life points?"

"I didn't have it on last time, I didn't expect to get shocked, but then you some how hacked into my mainframe and told it to shock me as well! I guess I should have expected that from a cheater like you!"

(Is he a complete hypocrite or what?)

"… I'm done trying to convince you Bill."

"Good, now draw your card and make your move, but nothing you draw is going to stop me this time!"

"And the score is just about even, but if what Billy says is true then will it make any difference?!"

"Not unless Jaden has a Magic Cylinder in his deck." said Chazz.

"I'll bet you a million American dollars that his next card is a table turner!" said Syrus.

"Syrus, I bet you've never even seen a million dollars." said Blair.

"I can't let Alexis down. Come on deck show me some love." thought Jaden.

Jaden drew his card.

"Just what the doctor ordered! Okay Bill, I activate the spell card Emergency Card Stash!"

(You wish this was a real card)

"What?!" exclaimed Billy "That's one of the rarest cards in the game!"

"And with good reason, when there are no other cards in my hand I can use this spell card, which lets me draw until there are six cards in my hand!"

Jaden drew his cards.

"Yes! I knew I was going to need this! I activate the spell card System Down!"

"No! Not that!" exclaimed Billy.

Jaden smiled, he couldn't resist.

"Yes, that." he said "By paying 1000 life points I can now remove all Machine monsters on your field and in your graveyard from play!"

(Jaden: 3500)

Billy's Gatling Dragon and Machine King shut down right in front of him and crumbled to pieces, leaving his life points wide open for a direct attack.

"Whatever, thanks to my Machine Insurance spell card I still get the average of both those monsters attack and defense points added to my life points!"

But Billy's life points didn't change in the least.

"WHAT?!"

"Bill, I'm pretty sure that only works when your machine monsters are sent from the field to the graveyard, not when they are removed from play. How do you expect to beat me when you don't even know how your own card works?"

Billy may have been wearing a metal mask, but he sounded like he was ready to explode.

"On second thought don't answer that, I will for you. But first I'm going to throw down a face down. Next I summon Elemental Hero Captain Gold!"

(ATK: 2100 DEF: 800)

"Now Captain Gold, Attack Billy's life points directly!"

Captain Gold jumped from the top of the skyscraper and blasted Billy.

(Billy: 2600)

Billy was once again shocked by the stadium's electrified floors, his suit's built in insulator didn't seem to work as well as it did last time.

"And Jaden Yuki takes the lead!" said Sabrina.

The audience broke into applause.

"This can't be!" thought Billy "This duel is supposed to show the Slifer red slacker as the big fat fake he is, but the whole world is cheering him on like some kind of hero!"

Alexis looked like she was trying to say something, but her words were muffled by her mouth gag.

"Don't worry Lexi, I'll have you out of there in no time."

It was impossible to tell what Alexis was trying to say, but Billy could read her body language.

"All right… That tears it! NO MORE MR. NICE GUY!!! Time to resort to… The big gun…"

(BUM BUM BUUM BUM BUUM)

(To be continued)

What has Billy got up his sleeve?

Can Jaden keep his lead over this insane spoiled rich man?

Who will be waiting for Alexis at the altar?

The duel continues in…

Chapter 11: HYPER-DEATH!