"Play time is now officially over slacker! It's time I sent you on Cloud Nine where you belong!" said Billy.
"Just try and kill me." said Jaden smiling.
"Slacker, you're already dead."
"And how do you know that? The rules say this duel isn't over until someone's life points hit zero."
"I know you're not going to win because Alexis and I are destined to be together! I knew it from the moment I laid eyes on her! I knew one day I would make her mine! IT'S FATE!!!"
"Sorry Bill, but I don't believe in fate."
"Just end your turn so I can start ending you!"
"Okay then, I'll end my turn by activating the spell card R - Righteous Justice, and I'll use it to destroy your Machine Insurance so you can't boost your life points any more."
"Very well, I didn't need that card anymore anyway. Now it's my turn! First I'll activate the effect of my Rushed Production spell card and give up 1000 life points to special summon Gadget Soldier from my deck with half it's attack and defense points!"
(Billy: 1600)
(ATK: 900 DEF: 1000)
Now I activate the spell card Graceful Charity, Now I draw three cards and discard two… Perfect. Next I activate the spell card Cost Down, with this I can reduce the level of one monster in my hand by two.
"Oh no folks!" said Laiza "That means Billy can now summon a really powerful monster with only one sacrifice!"
"Precisely, and now I sacrifice my Gadget Soldier in order to summon… PERFECT MACHINE KING!"
(ATK: 2700 DEF: 1500)
"Wait a minute!" exclaimed Blair.
"What? What is it?" asked Chazz "Never seen a Perfect Machine King before?"
"No it's not that, rewind it!"
Chazz pressed the rewind button on the DVR remote.
"Right there, stop!"
"What do you see?"
"Zoom in on Billy."
They were looking at Billy from the side.
"Press play, but make it slow."
They all saw Billy pull a card out from underneath his gauntlet.
"Is that supposed to scare me?" asked Jaden.
"No, but this sure will, I activate the spell card known as THE HYPER-DEATH RAY!!!"
(I don't have to tell you it isn't a real card, do I?)
A huge laser cannon appeared on the back of Billy's Perfect Machine King.
"That doesn't sound good."
"Of course it's good slacker, well good for me that is. Now not only does my Perfect Machine King deal damage even if he destroys one of your monsters in defense mode, but he also gains an additional 1000 attack points for every Machine Monster in my graveyard!"
(ATK: 4700)
"Now my Perfect Machine King blast Jaden's Captain Gold away with your… HYPER-DEATH RAY!!!"
The huge laser started to glow and then a huge green blast erupted out of it.
"Sorry Bill, but you seem to have forgotten about my face down card."
"WHAT?!"
"That's right, Hyper-Death ray or no Hyper-Death ray, your attack can't bypass my Hero Barrier, as long as I have an Elemental Hero on my side of the field I can negate one of your attacks."
"Err… You can't keep this up forever slacker! One way or another Alexis will be mine!"
"Not even in your dreams." said Jaden.
"And Jaden just barely survived a devastating blast from Billy's Perfect Machine King, but can he keep this up?" said Sabrina.
"How can he when this jerk is cheating?" asked Blair.
"He has to!" said Mindy "Alexis can't marry that crazy swearing tycoon!"
"Jaden's been in worse situations then this and he's always come out on top, of course he's going to win!" said Syrus.
Jaden drew his card.
"Yes! I am so glad I added this card to my deck all those years ago, after all it saved me in my duel against the Card Master."
(See it in my other fanfic Mystery of Duelist Isle, if you haven't already)
"Hurry up and make your move slacker! My bride is waiting."
"You mean my bride." replied Jaden. "Sure I may not have anything in my hand that can destroy your death ray wielding Perfect Machine King, but I can stop it in it's tracks."
"WHAT?!"
"That's right Bill, I play the Swords of Revealing Light!"
Several luminous swords fell from the sky and trapped Billy's Perfect Machine King where it stood.
"Fine… You can have your precious three free turns, it won't change anything!"
"We shall see."
Billy drew his card.
"I play Magical Stone Excavation! With this spell card I can discard two cards from my hand in order to get back one spell card in my graveyard, I'll use it to get back my Graceful Charity, and get this slacker, the two cards I'm sending to the graveyard are machine monsters, and thanks to the effect of my HYPER-DEATH RAY my Perfect Machine King gains another 2000 attack points!"
(ATK: 6700)
"And now I'll use my Graceful Charity to draw three cards and discard two more machine monsters to increase my Perfect Machine King's attack strength even higher!"
(ATK: 8700)
"But since I can't attack you this turn I'll just play this card face down and end my turn."
"In just one turn Billy has made his monster's attack points jump by 4000!" exclaimed Alessandra.
"Is there a single card in Jaden's deck that can stand up to that kind of power?" asked Laiza.
"No… But I've never relied on the power of a single card before." thought Jaden.
Jaden drew his card.
"Okay, I'll play…"
"Not so fast slacker, I activate the trap card Light of Intervention! From now on whenever either of us summons a monster in defense mode it must be face up, no more surprises from you."
"Okay then… I summon Elemental Hero Ocean in defense mode."
(ATK: 1500 DEF: 1200)
"Elemental Hero Ocean… With that monster you can return one hero monster from your side of the field or your graveyard to your deck, a pity that it's worthless."
"Sure Ocean's effect isn't much help, but right now I need some monsters on the field."
Billy drew his card.
"I pass there's nothing I can do."
The Swords of Revealing Light would only last for one more turn, and the only card Jaden had in his hand was Neo-Spacian Flare Scarab.
"Come on deck don't fail me now."
Jaden drew his card.
"I summon Sinister Serpent in defense mode!"
(ATK: 300 DEF: 250)
"Sinister Serpent?" thought Billy "Why would he play that card? It's not an Elemental Hero or a Neo-Spacian. No matter, it won't make any difference."
Billy drew his card.
"Perfect. I activate Card Destruction! Now we both discard our entire hand and draw the same number of cards we discarded, and since both the cards I'm discarding are machine monsters my Perfect Machine King gets another 2000 attack points thanks to the HYPER-DEATH RAY!"
(ATK: 10700)
"Tell me that attack meter is broke." said Hassleberry.
Due to Card Destruction's effect Jaden had to discard his Neo-Spacian Flare Scarab to the graveyard and draw a new card. Instead of the card he wanted it was the spell card Cocoon Party, and that could do nothing against Billy's Perfect Machine King. When Billy ended his turn the Swords of Revealing Light vanished.
"It's over slacker! Alexis is mine! On my next turn my Perfect Machine King is free to attack, and it doesn't matter which monster I destroy, because thanks to the HYPER-DEATH RAY you'll still receive damage even though your monsters are in defense mode, and he has more then enough attack points to wipe out your life points. Alexis is mine no matter what card you draw."
Jaden had to admit it looked hopeless. The only card in his hand was Cocoon Party, and Billy had a monster powerful enough to destroy any of his three monsters and wipe out the rest of his life points.
"There's only one card in my deck that can save me… but the odds are against me… I don't know if I can do this…"
Just then Jaden looked up at Alexis, her words were muffle by her mouth gag, but it sounded like she was begging.
"No, I won't give up. One, because this is a Duel Monsters Cage Match and no one leaves until someone's life points hit zero. Second, because Alexis is counting on me."
"It's come to this, so draw your card and face your fate. Alexis will be mine and you will burn!"
Jaden reached for his deck.
"Come on Jay! Kick his butt!" said Syrus.
"Alexis… no matter what happens… I love you."
Jaden drew his card.
"Oh I can't bear to watch!" said Mindy.
(To be continued)
Is this the end of Jaden Yuki?!
Will our Hero be blasted into oblivion by Billy's Perfect Machine King?!
Is he doomed to utter destruction?!
Will Alexis willingly walk down the aisle or will she be marched down at gunpoint?!
The Duel concludes in…
Chapter 12: Game over!