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Chapter 12: A Fragile Alliance Part III
Inside Vector's prison sphere, Nash and Stephanie were gasping as they were both being drained of their energy.
"Hey Nash, I think I know how our energy is being drained." Stephanie said looking at Nash.
"How?" Nash said.
"You see that throne Vector is sitting on?" She said as Nash looked up to see it too. "You felt it, when he activated Don Thousand's Throne spell card didn't you?" She asked. "Because I felt it pulling on my own energy and when he activated its effect, at the same time I could feel my own energy being drained." She said. "Which can mean only one thing, he means at ending all of us at the same time. The more life points he gains thanks to his spell card, the weaker we become alongside Marin, Ryan and Dumon." She said as they both remained quiet before Stephanie spoke up again. "Nash, tell me something, is it true on what you told me, about them?" She asked.
"Yes, it's true." Nash answered. "And you can guarantee that they are hopefully safe." Stephanie then looked up.
"Oh Ryan, if only you know that they're here." She said.
"Don't worry Stephanie, if we continue to put our faith in Ryan, my sister and my friend they can defeat Dumon and that spell card." Nash said. "And once they do I will show you and Ryan to them." He said as Stephanie put on a small smile. "But make no mistake, once you are reunited we are back to being enemies." Stephanie's smile then turned back into a smirk as she looked back up at the duel.
"That's fine, never liked to see my brother helping the enemy, especially with since you two broke his heart." She said as Nash smirked as well.
"Fair enough." He said.
Ryan's POV
I couldn't believe what I was seeing. All three of our numbers together, Shark Drake, Ragnazero, and Sentry at the same time. And I knew that with all three of them on our side, we were now unstoppable.
"It's my turn now, I draw!" He said as we got ready for whatever he threw at us. "Now Manipulator of Souls, attack Star Seraph Sentry!" He said as I gasped.
"Why attack Dumon's monster with his weaker Manipulator of Souls?" I wondered as Vector's monster attacked Dumon's. But Star Seraph Sentry shield itself from Manipulator of Souls attack as it was deflected back at itself as Vector let out a painful cry and flew backwards.
Vector 4000-2500 LP
"Why would you destroy your own monster?" Dumon asked as Vector let out a chuckle.
"You don't know anything about Manipulator of Soul's special ability." He said as then we saw a fully repaired Dark Mist puppet still attached to the monster. "When it is attached to a number, it can't be destroyed." He said.
"No way." I said.
"Plus you're all wondering why I intentionally took damage." He said. "I chose to take damage because that allows me to activate this, the spell card, Card of Endurance." He said. "I take one thousand more points of damage." He said as the card then shocked Vector.
Vector 2500-1500 LP
"But that's a small price to pay just to draw a card." He said as he drew his next card. "And now I place two cards face down, and end my turn." He said. "My turn maybe over, but thanks to Don Thousand's Throne, I gain all my life points back." He said as a red aura surrounded him as he gained back his life points
Vector 1500-4000 LP
"And since I regained twenty five hundred life points, Manipulator of Souls gains twenty five hundred attack points." He said.
Manipulator of Souls (1000-3500 ATK)
"Oh no!" I said. "Now it's too strong to take down." Vector then laughed at what I said.
"How right you are Ryan." He said. "And now one of you three will lose twenty five hundred life points." He said scanning us. "Now who will I chose this time?" He asked. "Decisions, decisions, decisions." He said as he then looked at Rio. "I think I'll choose Marin again, seeing you suffer is my new favorite hobby." He said.
"I don't think so Vector." I said. "I knew you would do something like this, so I'm activating the trap card, Magnet Damage!" I said revealing my trap. "Now the damage that Rio takes, is now aimed at me." I said as Manipulator of Souls struck me hard sending me to the crystal floor.
Ryan 4000-1500 LP
As I tried to get up I could see nothing but a blur and the muffled sounds of both Dumon and Rio calling out to me. All I could hear was the hard loud beating of my heart. Then I could begin to hear their voices clearly.
"Ryan, Ryan!" I could hear Rio in her barian voice.
"Are you alright? Can you stand?" I heard Dumon as I saw them standing right next to me as the both helped me stand up.
"Yeah, thanks you guys." I said as I heard Vector give out an insane laugh.
"Oh Ryan, you still mean to protect the one that broke your heart." He said as he laughed again.
"Be quiet Vector!" Rio said in an annoyed voice. "He doesn't have to listen to anything you tell him!"
"Oh but I do." Vector said. "After all, he is helping you Marin, the one who betrayed him and then there's Dumon, the little spark of fire that took both of you and your brother away from him." He said. "If only he was strong enough to stop Dumon from taking you." He said as I felt like I came to a reality that Vector presented.
"Vector's right." I said out loud. "I wasn't strong enough."
"Ryan, no don't listen to him." Rio pleaded to me as I looked at her and Dumon.
"But it's true, my dreams were telling me that Dumon was going to take you and Shark away from me." I said to her. "And at last I can finally see things clearly, if only I had beaten him we wouldn't have been here." I said as I clinched my fist and faced Dumon. "I wanted so badly to stop him to not take you two away, but I was so blind in my determination that I wasn't strong enough." I said. "And now here I am with the one who did it." I then smirked. "After all, this is no ordinary duel, it's a battle royal meaning we don't always have to team up." I then looked up at my number. "And I think Shark Drake is hungry for both of your numbers." Shark Drake then let out a mighty roar.
"Ryan please, calm down, don't you see Vector's trying to turn you against us." Rio pleaded.
"I don't need to listen to you your majesty!" I said mockingly to her. "You maybe an empress of barian world Marin, but guess what you're not my empress!" Just then Vector then laughed again.
"Oh, seeing you squabbling is just so entertaining." He said as I looked at him.
"Don't think you're off the hook Ray, I'm still coming after you for kidnapping my sister!" I said. "And it's like you said, we have unfinished business from the past, so I'm going to destroy you once and for all." I said but then he laughed.
"But it's just so much fun, seeing your little team ready to be destroyed, just like what happened to Marin." He said as I looked at him.
"What?" I asked.
"Oops I guess I spilled the beans big time." Vector said as he looked at Rio. "Come Marin, don't you remember what happened?" He asked her as I turned to her but she said nothing. "Oh don't tell me you've forgotten. I guess I need to refresh your memory. So let's take a stroll down memory lane. The memory lane of pain!" He said as he let out a laugh. "Yes Marin, think back dearie. I'm the one who erased you and Nash from existence." He said as we all gasped. As he began to tell us what happened. "You see, I managed to get a hold of Nash's dear precious sister and tossed her over a cliff into a dark abyss where she would never return along with Nash who followed." He said as he laughed.
"Wait, I remember." I heard Rio said as I looked at her. "But what happened after…" She then trailed off.
"What, what happened after?" I asked her as then I could hear her slowly beginning to sob. "Rio…" I said.
"Ryan, it's all coming back to me now, and I can't find the words to tell you." She said as tears came flowing from her eyes.
"What, Rio what is it that you're not telling me." I asked her as she faced me. I could see the look of sadness and pain on her face. "Rio please tell me."
"Ryan, d-do you remember the night when we got into that car crash and were sent to the hospital?" She asked.
"How can I forget, it was the worst night of my life, next to getting torn away from my own family." I said.
"That's because that wasn't me and Reginald." She said as I looked at her confused.
"What, what are you talking about?" I asked her.
"Ryan…" She said and paused. "The Reginald and Rio you knew, they're dead." She said as I gasped.
"Dead? Rio and Shark?" I said as a stream of memories of my time with them came back. "No, no you're lying! You are Rio, I remember!" I said. "I remember the day we all first met how you and your brother saved me from the bullies from the orphanage I was in and you adopted me."
"No Ryan, that was your Rio and Reginald." She said. "Nash and I were given their bodies by Abyss and I now know why." She said. "The Reginald and Rio you know are our decedents." She said. "Plus there's more." She said as I looked at her.
"What's more for you to say, not only do you reveal that the true Shark and Rio died that night and you and Nash took over their bodies!" I yelled at her.
"Because it has to do with you!" She yelled as I looked at her. "It happened before Nash and I lost our past memories when we were talking to Abyss." She said.
"Abyss?" I asked her as she nodded as she began to explain.
Flashback
Normal POV
"Before I put you into your new vessels, there is something else I need to tell you two." Abyss said to the two barian sibblings. He then waved his arm when a projection of a young boy on his knees crying.
"Please come back, please don't leave me alone." The young boy said.
"Who is he?" Marin said with sympathy. "He looks so sad."
"That boy's name is Ryan, you will remember it again when you are put into your new vessels." Abyss answered her.
"And what does this boy have to do with us?" Nash asked Abyss.
"You may have not remembered, but this young boy is the reincarnation of a friend of yours. You will remember who he is in time." He said. "I wish for you two to look after him since he, much like you two is getting a fresh new start in life." Abyss said.
"We will Abyss." Marin answered.
"We will take care of the boy like he was one of our own emperors." Nash agreed as well.
"Good." Abyss said.
End of Flashback
Ryan's POV
I was amazed by what the empress just told me.
"Abyss, wanted you two to look after me?" I asked as she nodded.
"Yes, and we did. The reason why remember you is because we were also given the memories of the real Reginald and Rio Kastle, that's why we bonded with you so close, and it broke both our hearts knowing that you would side with Yuma when we revealed our true selves." She said. I then looked at her. It was true, even if the Reginald and Rio I knew were gone after the car crash, these two, they acted just like them. They poked fun at each other, bickered and cared for each other and me just like we were when we were younger. I then felt a sense of calmness inside of me as I put my hand on her shoulder.
"Never the less, even if you aren't the Shark and Rio I knew before the accident, you still acted much like them, in face you are them." I said as she just looked at me and nodded then my attention turned back towards Vector.
"But that doesn't explain, why you had caused treason Vector!" I said as he chuckled.
"Oh that's a simple one Ryan." Vector said. "You see I despised Nash. Everything he did, every word he spoke annoyed me to no end. I knew that one of us would have to leave forever." He said. "Better him then me, but I vowed to eliminate him only if things got out of hand. So I devised a clever game. A little point system if you will." He said as I was confused.
"Point system?" I asked.
"Yes, for example, if Nash annoyed me one point, if he spoke to me without bowing first, one point. When he reached a million points I would end him. But I would never thought he would do that under two days. So I decided to bait him out and of course that was his sister Marin." He said as he let out a chuckle.
"You fiend!" Dumon said.
"Yeah, your despicable!" I said.
"Oh please you're all too kind." Vector said. "After you two fell into abyss I thought you were gone for good."
"But you were wrong." Rio said. "We came back as the humans Reginald and Rio Kastle. We were reunited with Dylan when he was now Ryan Oliver and met Yuma and his friends and we grew very close to everyone. But this tormented Nash to no end as his memories of being a barian, his mission became clear. He was faced with no choice when his best friends became his sworn enemies."
"You don't think I know half of what you said!" Vector shouted back as we looked at him. "Did you not think I knew you were both Reginald and Rio Kastle." He said.
"What do you mean Vector?" Dumon asked. "You mean you knew that Reginald and Rio were Nash and Marin this whole time."
"Close but not quite." Vector said as he looked at Dumon. "When you sent us to Earth to search for numbers, I decided to drop by Heartland City, to see how our old friend Dr. Faker was doing on his part to collect numbers. And low and behold, I spot a three young teenagers and two of them just so happened to look like Nash and Marin. I was shocked and puzzled at this on whether or not that the two were Nash and Marin. So when I came back I devised a plan to destroy them from the inside out, and it just so happens opportunity struck, when we detected three humans, wondering the barian desert." He said as I gasped.
"Wait, so then that means." I said remembering what both Vextrix and Quinton once told me. "Vetrix he, gave you my parents in exchange for power?" I asked him.
"What?" Dumon said. "Ryan what do you mean your parents?" He asked as I looked at him.
"My parents were part of an exploration team that went missing and according to my sources which one of them so happens to be a former ally of yours Vetrix, said that he gave my parents to you in exchange for power to search for the numbers." I answered him.
"But, when Vector returned he only came with one human and that was Vetrix." Dumon said. "Unless…" He said as he looked at Vector. "Vector, you've had humans captive without our knowledge?" He said as Vector laughed.
"Yes, Vetrix sold out the two humans when I encountered him so I locked them in a secret location that only I knew and brought him before us." He said as he looked at me. "But since you say they are you're parents, allow me to reunite you with them!" He said as a bright glow appeared in the middle of the field.
"What is that?" Rio asked as I was wondering the same thing. The bright glow then faded as two people were on the ground. As they got up I knew who they were. The one of the right was a man who was wearing a white t-shirt, a brown leather jacket, pants and boots and had short black hair. The woman on his left was wearing a short sleeve shirt with pockets on them, a pair of shorts and boots with long brown hair like Stephanie's.
"No it can't be." I said as my heart started pounding. "Mom, Dad." Then I ran up to them ignoring both Rio and Dumon's calls to come back. "Mom! Dad!" I said as I embraced them both.
"Who, who are you?" My mom asked as I looked up at her.
"Mom don't you remember, it's me your son, Ryan!" I said as she gasped.
"Ryan, is that really you?" My dad asked as I looked at him.
"Yeah Dad, it's really me." I said with tears in my eyes as the three of us embraced each other.
"Oh Ryan!" My dad said as he looked at me. "We were so worried when we were trapped here, we wouldn't see our precious children again." He said as he studied me. "Wow, you've really grown up Ryan, you're starting to look like me." He said.
"Ryan, where's your sister Stephanie?" My mom asked.
"I'm afraid that's classified at the moment." Vector spoke up as my dad looked at him.
"You!" He said as he stood in front of me and mom. "Stay away from my family!"
"Dear, look." My mom said as she pointed over to Rio and Dumon.
"Not more of them." My dad said as I then stood between my parents and the two emperors.
"No dad, these ones are on my side." I said trying to protect them.
"It's true sir." Dumon said. "I so happens to know your daughter, but right now she's in danger."
"How do I know she's not in danger of you?" My dad asked.
"Because I would never hurt her." Dumon said as I could see why my sister would fall for him.
"Alright so here's another question, where is that sell out Byron?" My dad asked.
"He's back on Earth dad." I told him.
"Back on Earth?" My mom asked as I nodded.
"Yeah, he was working with the barians before he realized what he did was wrong." I said. "And mom, I have something of yours." I said as I took the pouch off my belt and dropped the pieces of the pendent in my hand. "It's the pieces of the pendent you once had, but I accidently broke it, sorry." I said as I then could feel her embracing me again.
"The most important thing is that you have it now, in pieces or in whole. I just wanted you to have something to remind you that you are never alone." She said as then I could feel dads hugging us both.
"Yes my son, you are not alone in this world, because even we're far away, we will always be with you in spirit." He said as I smiled. But then I heard both of my parents give out sudden groans of pain as I looked at them.
"Mom, Dad what is it? What's wrong?" I asked as I then heard Vector laugh as I looked at him. "What are you laughing about Vector?" I asked him.
"That's simple, ending this family reunion!" He said as I looked to see his hand was glowing purple. Just then I looked to see the right chests of both my parents began to glow as then two crystals appeared out of them and floated into Vector's hand. Just then my parents began to choke as I looked at the grey barian.
"What are those Vector?" I asked him as he laughed.
"These are special baria crystals that I created to keep your parents alive." He said as we all gasped. "I was planning to use your parents for my own purposes but now I have no need for them." He then let go of both crystals as they fell to the floor and then he crushed them with his foot. Suddenly I heard my parents gasp as they fell to the floor.
"Mom! Dad!" I shouted as I tried to help them up. "Mom! Dad!" I said. "Don't worry, you're going to be alright, I'm going to get you out of here. Just please stay with me." I said.
"Ryan." I heard my mom said as I looked at her as she gave a sad smile and shook her head.
"No, you two can't just give up. We just got reunited." I said with tears coming out.
"I know son." I heard my dad as I looked at him. "And we couldn't be more proud to see you again."
"Just remember, Ryan what we said be brave and be strong." My mom said as I looked at her.
"I know that, but you're going to be with me right?" I said.
"We will always be with you Ryan." My mom said. "Just now in spirit." She said as then both of my parents glowed a bright aura and then materialized.
"Mom? Dad?" I said as I could feel them disappearing.
Normal POV
Inside the prison, Stephanie could not believe what she just saw. She just saw both of her parents in front of her little brother only to now disappear.
"No!" She cried out. "Mom, Daddy, don't leave Ryan!" She cried out as she began sobbing. Nash looked sadly at her as she then looked up at the projection to see Ryan crying as well.
"Vector, you would go so far to torment another person's family." He muttered to himself. "You'll be sorry once I break out of here." He said.
Ryan's POV
Sadness, torment, grief was I could feel as I sobbed there where my parents just stood. I tried to stop the crying as I looked up at the barian who just killed them in front of me.
"What did you do to them?" I said as he began to laugh. "ANSWER ME!" I yelled at him.
"I told you those crystals were tied to their hearts as well as their life force." He said. "And when I destroyed them their life force stopped and now all of their energy belongs to me." He said as I gasped as I saw small particles of light that were floating in front of me enter into the eye in the center of his chest. "And now you are all alone Ryan Oliver, with no one to comfort you."
"You're wrong Vector." I heard Rio say as she walked up to me. "He has me and all the memories of me as Rio Kastle." She said as I smiled up at her as Vector just groaned.
"Oh this again, well it looks like I'm going to have to end you too again." He said.
"ENOUGH VECTOR!" Rio shouted out in a piercing scream that even made me jump. "Ryan, get back on your feet." She said as I didn't hesitate one moment as I quickly stood up. "Vector, it's time to finish you off, once and for all!" She said as I remembered it was her turn. "Now I draw!" She said as the card she pulled out glowed. "I now play Rank-Up Magic The Seventh One!" She said. "I now rank up Ragnazero into a chaos xyz monster!" She said as her monster then glowed. "Appear now Chaos Number 103: Ragnainfinity!" She said as her chaos monster appeared on the field. "And thanks to Ryan's field spell it gains an additional two hundred attack and defense boost." She said as her number grew stronger.
Number C103: Ragnainfinity (2800-3000 ATK/2400-2800 DEF)
"Savor your final moments." Rio said. "Because I'm sending all the pain and suffering right back at you, this is goodbye Vector!"
To be continued…
Next time on Barian Wars: Battle of the Barians: The trio continues to rally back in order to defeat a now deranged Vector. But when all their efforts come up short, one of them must make a sacrifice to make sure the other two will survive and defeat Vector. But the question is, who will it be.
Next time on Battle of the Barians: A Fragile Alliance Part IV
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