Chapter 3: Bandits From Nowhere
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"Whose bright idea was it to head west?" Zero asked, visibly irritated as she, Kaje, Koukin, and Dylan shuffled through the blustering winds and shifting sands that lay to the west of the City Zone, where the opening ceremony had occurred. Even in the slanting rays of the red evening sun, the heat was barely short of unmanageable, and the blowing sand wasn't really helping. Zero mopped her brow with her bare forearm, her dark blonde hair sticking to her arm as she pulled it away. "I wanted to go east, but no, we didn't want to end up following any of the guys we just met."
"What can I say?" replied Kaje with a tired grin. "I'm a trendsetter, not a trend-follower. Conformity is beneath me."
"Yeah, well, at least you have to suffer, too," said Zero bitterly.
"Misery loves company," Koukin pointed out, waving a giant paper fan at himself.
"Where did you even put that fan before now?" asked Dylan, staring at the ornate white paper decorated with fancy black characters. "That thing's huge!"
"Because keyboard and mouse," Koukin answered, folding the fan and putting it behind his back, where it disappeared completely.
"That's not an answer!" Dylan protested, but Kaje just shook his head.
"Don't think too much about it," he said with a shrug. "Koukin's a ninja magician. As long as you're part of the audience, you'll never know how he does anything."
"See?" asked Koukin, as if concluding his point. "He gets it." Zero looked like she was about to say something, but Kaje put a hand on her shoulder, silently bidding her not to challenge their friend's logic. They continued on in silence for awhile, making their way through the seemingly endless desert as the sun maintained its downward course past the horizon.
"A-any chance w-w-we could find a t-t-t-town sometime s-soon?" Dylan asked once the sun had gone down completely. Both he and Zero were shivering violently. Surprisingly, Koukin didn't seem to be in much more discomfort than Kaje was in, despite their difference in stature.
"Yeah," agreed Zero with a shaky nod. "It's c-cold as hell out h-here!"
"Ignoring the total lack of logic in that statement, I think there's a town not too far ahead," Kaje said, pointing in the direction the group was headed. "Look!" Indeed, there was a faint light in the distance, no doubt some establishment of civilization, though its size was indeterminable through the haze created by the airborne sand.
"Well, what are we waiting for?" Dylan demanded excitedly, his zeal granting him a momentary forgetfulness of the desert night's cold. "Let's go not die of hypothermia!" Before they could go much further, however, there was a sudden increase in the velocity of the wind, causing the minor shifting of the sand to become a full-blown sandstorm. This was accompanied by the presence of a blinding light that shone on the quartet of friends.
"Who turned the sun back on?!" wondered Zero frantically. The light was coming from above them, steadily increasing in intensity as it lowered, getting closer and closer to the ground. As it got closer, the sandstorm became more and more violent, until the source of the disruption was revealed to be a giant spaceship. The fuselage was as big as a house, with a dome-shaped bridge at the top and wide wings that held a dozen engines apiece. The craft hovered in place as supports dropped out of the wings and the fuselage, and a staircase opened from under the bridge.
"I'd say something like 'Wow, aliens!', but I wouldn't be all that surprised at this point," Koukin remarked as four figures descended the staircase. Like the group standing on the ground, there were three males and one female. Two of the men were stocky in build, with one being just slightly shorter than Kaje and sporting long dark hair. The other was only a little taller than his other two companions, and his hair was a short medium brown. The third male was slight in stature, with thick glasses and a curly mop of bright red hair. The woman was of a medium build, and her long hair was stark white. "I guess the whole premise of this tournament kinda ruined the question of extraterrestrials for me."
"Extraterrestrials?" asked the tallest of the strangers. "That implies that we live on a world different from your own."
"We're best described as nonterrestrials," the redhead of the group added.
"You mean you don't live on any world?" Kaje asked incredulously. "How is that possible?"
"Our world was destroyed!" answered the albino woman bitterly. "We existed in a place full of independent people who created everything they had for themselves."
"But a race of parasites took over the rest of our people," the last member of the ship's crew said. "They took everything from us, leaving us to escape in a ship we built ourselves, while the Meinar-Controllers left our world and destroyed it!"
"So in search of a new world, you found Duelia," surmised Dylan.
"That's about the gist of it," the redhead confirmed. "We travelled here in the Vibis, and we intend to win the tournament that has just started on this world."
"Why is that?" asked Zero. "It's not like winning a few card games is gonna fix your world. You could just live here, no strings attached."
"If we just wanted a place to live, we would've stopped at Traverse Town, which was about three light-years back," the tallest man replied simply. "Mass here picked up a huge energy signal coming from Duelia, though, and I think we could restore Crafting Paradise if we had a power source that big." The redhead nodded in solemn agreement.
"I'm still not understanding what the tournament has to do with this," speculated Koukin. "If there's a huge power source here, just look for it."
"The energy source wasn't centralized," said the redhead, apparently called Mass. "Air was the one who discovered the tournament, and she suggested that we join the contest to find out why that is."
"That's why I'm the information specialist," the woman replied confidently. "I've already gathered enough information to learn how this Duel Monsters game is played, and Piston, Reboot, and Mass in turn learned from me."
"We are experts in theory," explained the shorter of the dark-haired men. "It is unfortunate that we've had to use force to acquire Decks, but the three Duelists we took them from will recover. Now Piston is the only one without a Deck."
"Well, you're not beating the crap out of any of us for our cards!" Dylan protested. At this, Reboot merely laughed.
"If we were going to do that, we would have chased you down with the Vibis," he said with a wave of his hand. "After spying on the aliens that destroyed our world, we came very close to mimicking their weapons. The difference between our weapons and their Dracon beams is if you get shot with ours, you live."
"Kinda," pointed out the taller man, called Piston.
"Either way, we're going to win our last Deck, fair and square," Mass said, holding up his arm. On it was an iron-gray Duel Disk with a red insignia depicting the profile of a running wolf.
"What the hell are you getting at?!" demanded Zero. "You honestly expect one of us to wager our Deck against you?"
"Not unless you don't think you can win," Air said with a grin. Zero's face became red as her left eye twitched. Before the blonde could say anything, Kaje stepped in front of his friends, his arm up and ready with a silver Duel Disk. The image on the top showed seven crystal shapes, each shining in one of the colors of the rainbow.
"I'll represent our group," he volunteered calmly. "If you can beat me, you can take my Deck, and two Accolades."
"Are you nuts, Kaje?" asked Dylan, his jaw slack in surprise. "What if they meta the hell out of you? You'd lose your cards!"
"Somehow, I don't think many of the other worlds know about the metagame," Kaje answered. "Besides, if I win, we've showed them a thing or two. If I lose, they have another chance to bring their world back and save their people from the parasites."
"We might want to check him for a concussion…" Zero muttered.
"I believe in him," said Koukin. "He may have fallen for Magic Cylinder back in Ketto Sekai, but Kaje is a skilled Duelist. We should have faith in our friend."
"I guess you're right…" Dylan admitted.
"Thanks, guys," said Kaje amiably. "Now, who will face me?"
"That'd be me," Reboot said. Mass looked disappointed, but he stepped back to let his comrade take his place. Reboot held up his Duel Disk, a maroon number with a red and white circle that resembled the top of a parasol. Kaje opened the top of his Duel Disk and inserted two of his Accolades.
"Let's Duel!" both combatants shouted, causing their Duel Disks to activate.
"Just to let you know what you're getting into, I'll go first," said Kaje, drawing six cards. "First, I activate the Spell Card called Crystal Tree!" As the card slid under one of the white spaces on Kaje's field, a bare tree sprung up in front of him.
"Take note, Piston," Mass advised. "You're gonna need to know how to use your new Deck."
"Next, I'll summon Crystal Beast Sapphire Pegasus!" Kaje announced. A blue gem floated in front of the tree, and then turned into a white horse with a deep blue horn jutting out of its forehead. It spread a pair of magnificent white wings decorated with a pair of blue stones and reared briefly onto its hind legs, letting loose a mighty bray as its Attack Points display materialized, reading 1800. "Once my Pegasus has been summoned, I can activate its special ability and place a Crystal Beast from my hand, Deck, or Graveyard into my Spell and Trap Card Zone."
"I've never heard of a monster going into the Spell and Trap Card Zone…" muttered Air, taking out a device with a large screen and tapping on card icons. "Most monsters only do that when they're being equipped to other monsters using card effects."
"You'll find that the Crystal Beasts are quite special, indeed," Kaje confirmed. "Now, for my selection, I think I'll take the Ruby Carbuncle from my Deck and place it on the field." A red jewel appeared in a flash of light, and a sparkling apple grew suddenly from one of the tree's branches. "As for that piece of crystal fruit, my Crystal Tree grows one of those fruits whenever a Crystal Beast enters the field in its gem form. I'll show you what that means, later, but for now, I'll place a card face-down and end my turn."
"My turn," said Reboot confidently. "I'll place a monster face-down, a Spell or Trap Card face-down, and I'll activate the Everliving Underworld Cannon!" A giant cannon made of bones assembled in front of Reboot. "That's all for me, so make your move."
"Everliving Underworld Cannon, huh?" Kaje wondered. "Sounds like the zombie apocalypse could be upon me if I'm not careful."
"That's right," confirmed Piston. "Reboot here is the master of the undead. Back on our homeworld, no zombie would dare attack him. Even the Wither let him pass through the Nether without trouble."
"Well, I suppose I should fight my hardest, then," Kaje said with a grin. "Now, it's my turn, so I'll place my own monster face-down and have my Pegasus attack your monster! Go, Sapphire Pegasus! Attack with Blue Blitz!" The white horse flapped its magnificent wings and flew through the air, trampling the card in front of Reboot. It turned over, revealing a turtle with a pyramid for a shell. Sapphire Pegasus reared back and ran its shimmering horn through the turtle, causing it to explode in a shower of pixels.
"When you destroy my Pyramid Turtle, I can Special Summon a Zombie-type monster from my Deck," informed Reboot. "The only stipulation is that the monster I select must have 2000 Defense Points or less. Luckily, that condition is met by every single monster in my Deck."
"Oh, man," Koukin commented. "With a setup like that, monster combos will be a piece of cake for that guy."
"I knew he was a madman!" insisted Dylan. "No sane person would put that much on the line, and now he's facing a Deck that can pump out monsters as fast as the Crystal Beasts can."
"You always have to be careful which challenges you make, and which ones you accept," Reboot said sagely. "In any case, the monster I've selected is the mighty Il Blud!" A corpulent humanoid figure in a striped suit appeared. Its head was a dark mass with round, glittering eyes and wild spiked hair. As it waddled forward, an Attack Points display appeared above it that read 2100. "Now for the effect of my Everliving Underworld Cannon." The mouth of the bone structure was filled by a glowing spherical skull, which was immediately launched in Kaje's direction. He brought up his arm to block the projectile, but it exploded on contact and took his Life Points down to 7200.
"Well, I suppose that wasn't terrible…" said Kaje bleakly. "I'll end my turn there."
"Now that it's my turn, I'm going to Normal Summon my Il Blud," Reboot announced.
"Hang on!" demanded Zero. "You can't summon a monster after it's already been put on the field!"
"You can when it's a Gemini Monster," Koukin pointed out. "While on the field and in the Graveyard, they're treated as Normal Monsters, then you can summon them again to give them a special ability."
"That's right," agreed Reboot. "And now I'm doing that to Il Blud." As he said this, the zipper on the front of the monster's suit burst open to reveal a sneering undead face. It wriggled out of the suit, revealing the puny arms and legs that matched the skin tone of the face. "Now that Il Blud is an Effect Monster, I'll activate its ability to Special Summon a Zombie-type monster from my hand! I summon Vampire Lord!" A blue-haired man appeared from a coffin that rose from the ground. He spread his arms to show the bat-winged cape he wore as his Attack Points display appeared, showing a value of 2000. "Now, I think you know what's coming next," Reboot continued as a new skull grew in the cannon behind Vampire Lord. "My Underworld Cannon smacks you with another 800 points of damage. Fire!" The skull was launched at Kaje, causing his Life Points to fall to 6400. "Now for the fun part: Il Blud, attack Crystal Beast Sapphire Pegasus!" The two-faced monster waddled forward and opened its mouth wide.
"Not so fast!" Kaje interrupted. "I activate my face-down card, Rainbow Path! By sending my Ruby from the Spell and Trap Card Zone to the Graveyard, I can negate your Il Blud's attack and add a Rainbow Dragon from my Deck to my hand." The red gem disappeard, and a prismatic sphere popped up in front of Il Blud. A swirl of colored light enveloped the gruesome monster, turning it around and around until it was sent running back to Reboot's side.
"That's fine, because I can still attack with my Vampire Lord," said Reboot as the dapper vampire rose into the air and swooped down at Sapphire Pegasus. He sank his fangs deep into the majestic horse's neck, causing it to dissolve into pixels and reform as a blue gem as Kaje's Life Points took a hit and stopped at 6200. A blue cluster of berries also appeared on a branch of the Crystal Tree. "Now, since I've inflicted Battle Damage to you with Vampire Lord, I can choose a card type, and you'll have to send a card of that type from your Deck to the Graveyard. I select Monster Card!"
"Oh, no…" Kaje remarked sarcastically. "I'll send my Crystal Beast Amethyst Cat to the Graveyard. Is it my turn?"
"Yeah," replied Reboot simply, a look of disappointment on his face. "I thought making you get rid of a monster would put you in a bad spot…"
"Ha ha ha, no," Kaje answered, drawing his next card. "I activate the effect of my Crystal Tree! I send it to the Graveyard to bring a Crystal Beast gemstone from my Deck to the field for each piece of fruit on the tree's branches." The tree's fruits dropped from the branches as the plant itself withered and disappeared. "I select Amber Mammoth and Topaz Tiger to join my crystallized Pegasus." As Kaje slid the cards into place, two stones appeared next to the blue one that was already floating behind the face-down monster; one orange, and one yellow. "Now, I'll activate a Spell Card known as Crystal Promise!" announced Kaje. "It allows me to grant an animal form to one of the Crystal Beasts on my field that are trapped in jewel form. I select my Sapphire Pegasus, so say hello to him again!" In a flash of bright blue light, the winged horse was once again present, this time shielding itself with its wings as a Defense Points display appeared over its head, reading 1200. "Now, with its effect, I'll bring Cobalt Eagle to the field in its gemstone state." Where the sapphire had been appeared a bluish-purple stone. "Now for a change of scenery! I activate the Field Spell Card 'Ancient City – Rainbow Ruins!'" Suddenly, the darkness of the desert night turned into a bright sunny day with fluffy white clouds overhead. As a rainbow spread across the sky, a coliseum rose from the sand. Five torches adorned the wall behind Kaje, and three of them lit up in colors that matched the jewels on the field. "With that, I'll end my turn."
"Whatever that does, I'm not about to let you keep it for long!" Reboot shouted defiantly. "I activate my face-down card, Mystical Space Typhoon!" As the card flipped up, a tremendous funnel of lightning and water opened up, aimed for Keje's Duel Disk. When it cleared, nothing had changed.
"Impossible!" sputtered Mass. "Mystical Space Typhoon destroys a Spell or Trap Card, and Reboot clearly targeted that Field Spell!"
"That's the beauty of this stadium," Kaje explained. "For each Crystal Beast gemstone that I control, this mystical edifice gains a special power. The first power, by the way, is unconditional protection from destruction by card effects. I'm afraid you've wasted your card, Reboot."
"Fine," said Reboot as he drew his next card. "If I can't destroy it with card effects, I'll use the game's rules to my advantage. I activate a Field Spell of my own! Go, Zombie World!" Gravestones began to rise up from the floor of the coliseum, but they all shattered as Sapphire Pegasus spread its wings and began flying around, eventually flying straight into the Graveyard slot of Kaje's Duel Disk. "What's going on now?!"
"The third power granted to me by my Rainbow Ruins," said Kaje calmly. "I can negate the activation of a Spell or Trap Card you play as long as I send a Crystal Beast with an animal form to my Graveyard."
"This is becoming very tiresome," Reboot grumbled. "Fine! If I can't take out your Field Spell, I'll just have to overwhelm you with damage! I use the effect of Il Blud to Special Summon a Zombie from my hand, and this time, it's the mighty Red-Eyes Zombie Dragon!" As Reboot set the card down, a black dragon flew down from the sky and landed next to Il Blud. It opened its mouth wide and roared, revealing rows of rotting teeth as a black aura rose like foul smoke from its wide wings. An Attack Points display appeared above it, reading 2400. "Now, my cannon will slam you with even more damage!" Another glowing skull was fired at Kaje, sending his Life Points ticking down to 5400. "Now, I'm going to transform my Vampire Lord into something much more frightening! Rise, Vampire Genesis!" The blue-haired monster hunched over as he grew, his face contorting and his cape fusing to his back and splitting into two halves. As the transformation completed, the resulting monster stood upright to reveal its more beastly appearance, its face resembling that of a bat, and a pair of leathery bat's wings flapping where the cape had been. It let out a hideous screech as an Attack Points display materialized, reading 3000. "To ensure your demise, I'm activating the Spell Card called Solidarity! As long as I only have one type of monster in my Graveyard, all monsters of that type on my side of the field gain 800 Attack Points!" A black aura shone from Reboot's Graveyard, enveloping his monsters. Il Blud's Attack Points display changed to read 2900, Red-Eyes Zombie Dragon had a total of 3200, and Vampire Genesis sported 3800. "All right, there's no way any monster you have face-down can survive this! Il Blud, get his monster now!" The corpulent mutant hustled forward, flipping the card over and revealing a turtle with green spires of glimmering stone sticking out of its shell. Its Defense Points display read 2000, which was nowhere near enough. Il Blud began to bite down on the jewel-encrusted shell savagely, tearing the monster into pieces before it reverted into a shining emerald and floated backward to join the other gems. "Let's see your Field Spell save you now! Red-Eyes Zombie Dragon, have at him!" The decaying dragon flew forward and shot a stream of black flames at Kaje, taking his Life Points down to 2200.
"It was foolish for that man to challenge us," Air commented. "One more attack, and he's finished."
"I can't believe Kaje let himself get backed into such a corner," said Zero, staring thoughtfully at the field.
"Don't count him out just yet," Koukin assured her. "I'm sure Kaje has at least a couple more tricks up his sleeve."
"For his sake, I hope so…" Zero replied. "What's he gonna do without a Deck if he loses?"
"Probably be stuck at three Accolades permanently," conjectured Dylan. "He'd make it to the finals, but he wouldn't be able to compete unless he can scrape together another forty cards."
"You had a lot of confidence when you challenged me," Reboot gloated. "I wonder how much you'll have after this. Vampire Genesis, finish him off!" The monstrous bat-creature flew at lightning speed, latching onto Kaje and sinking its teeth into his neck. Several strings of 1's and 0's bled from the wound as Kaje's Life Points began to drop.
"I'm… activating the second… power of my Rainbow Ruins!" said Kaje, struggling to stay conscious from the vicious draining of the vampire. "With that power, I can cut the damage from one attack in half!" The bleeding numbers slowed to a halt, and Kaje's Life Points reached a halt at just 300.
"A close call," mused Reboot with a grin. "Fair enough that you should get one final chance to defeat me. After all, you haven't damaged me once in this Duel."
"Oh, man," Dylan worried. "If Kaje can't pull a miracle out of his Deck, he'll be kissing it good-bye."
"He's absolutely right," agreed Reboot. "Now, draw your last pathetic card."
"My Deck has no pathetic cards!" defended Kaje. "Not even Ruby Carbuncle, because each monster has a special value that at least one Duelist can turn into a great power!" He drew his card, and looked nonplussed.
"What's the matter?" taunted Reboot. "Didn't draw anything that'll net you some great power?"
"Not yet, but that's why I have my Rainbow Ruins!" Kaje responded. "With its fourth power, I can draw an extra card once per turn, so here goes!" He drew his next card, and his eyes lit up. "Now maybe you'll believe me when I say that any Duelist who trusts in his Deck can achieve victory. I activate the Crystal Abundance Spell Card!" The four jewels in front of Kaje swirled around, creating a tornado of color that grew and grew, until it engulfed the entire field. It became so powerful that even the walls of the coliseum collapsed and were absorbed by the storm of light. When it cleared, five swirling portals appeared in front of Kaje, but nothing else remained.
"W-what have you done?!" Reboot demanded, his eyes wide with trepidation.
"I wiped the field," explained Kaje with a smirk. "You see, since I had four Crystal Beast gems on my field, I was able to activate that Spell Card and send every card on the field to the Graveyard. These portals represent the number of cards on your side that I was able to remove. Each of these portals paves the way for a Crystal Beast in my Graveyard to be reborn, so I'll bring out Amethyst Cat, Cobalt Eagle, Topaz Tiger, Amber Mammoth, and Sapphire Pegasus." Through each portal stepped a different animal. First, a mauve cat wearing a collar that was studded with a large purple stone; next, a great bird with bluish-purple wings, each decorated with a matching gem. Third was a white tiger with glittering yellow eyes; after that, an enormous gray elephant with orange eyes and wildly curved tusks. Last to emerge was the brilliant white horse, bringing with it the red gem it had brought at the beginning of the Duel.
"This can't be!" Reboot protested. "With just one card, you've taken all of my monsters and left me powerless!"
"That would be the idea," affirmed Kaje. "Now, Amethyst Cat has 1200 Attack Points. Add that to Sapphire's 1800, Cobalt's 1400, Topaz's 1600, and Amber's 1700, and you have a grand total of 7700. Know what that means?"
"It means it's time for a Crystal Beast stampede!" Zero chipped in excitedly. "Go get 'im, Kaje!"
"With your blessing, my friend," Kaje said with a grin. "Go, my Crystal Beasts! Let's even the score, shall we?" All five of the large Duelist's monsters charged forward, creating a cacophony of cries as they crushed Reboot and left him with 300 Life Points. "For my next trick, I'll give myself a little insurance, in case you're still feeling a little cocky. I equip my Amber Mammoth with the Crystal Release Spell Card." Seven brilliant-cut gems circled around the massive monster, causing it to glow as its Attack Points rose to 2500.
"Why didn't you do that before you attacked?!" asked Reboot frantically. "You could have finished me."
"I thought it only fair that you get a final chance to defeat me," Kaje mocked. "So, draw your last pathetic card."
"That's… it!" Reboot bellowed. "I will not be mimicked by a novice! I have studied all of the rules, all of the clauses! I am an expert in Duel theory!" He drew his card, and his eyes glinted maliciously. "I summon Vampire Lady, in Attack Mode!" A coffin rose up in front of Reboot, opening to reveal a shapely teal-skinned woman with green hair. She sat up and swung her legs over the edge of the coffin, standing up and smoothing out a few wrinkles from her purple dress as her Attack Points display formed, reading 1550. "With this monster, I'll have just enough power to take you down. Vampire Lady, devour that Amethyst Cat!" The green-haired vampire bared her fangs and leapt forward. However, at the last second, Amber Mammoth intercepted the attack, and Vampire Lady's hit one of its powerful tusks. "What trickery is this?!" Reboot howled.
"It's the special power of my Amber Mammoth," Kaje said smugly. "When you attack a Crystal Beast, Amber Mammoth can charge in and take the hit. Normally, that just means I take less damage, but this time, it's a matter of victory and loss." As Kaje spoke, Vampire Lady's fangs began to crumble, followed by the rest of her body. This was coupled with a growing ball of light that formed inside her mouth as Reboot's Life Points began to tick down.
"Piston, now!" shouted Reboot as the ball of light exploded into a blinding burst.
"Wait, where did that taller guy go?" wondered Dylan.
"Kaje, behind you!" Koukin yelled. Before he, Dylan, Zero, or especially Kaje could react, however, Piston dashed up to Kaje and delivered a quick jab to the back of the giant's neck. Kaje began to fall forward, so Piston followed with a sweeping kick that changed his adversary's direction, allowing the Meinar to grab hold of the silver Duel Disk and press a button. The Dueling instrument reverted to its simple idle shape, and a compartment opened that contained Kaje's Deck. In a flash, the Deck was in Piston's hand, and he was sprinting toward his friends.
"Get back here you bastard!" ordered Zero. She ran forward, but Reboot pressed a button on a remote he had pulled from one of his pockets, and a force field sprang up between the advancing blonde and the group of wanderers, surrounding their enormous spaceship.
"I wish we could've done this legitimately," said Reboot. "but we cannot afford to take risks. Our world must be restored. The Yeerks cannot win." With that, he, Piston, Mass, and Air retreated up the staircase and back into the Vibis. The engines fired up, the supports folded into the ship, and the force field disappeared. Within a few seconds, Kaje and his friends were once again pitched into the darkness of the cold desert night.
0:364:12:23:57
My apologies for the length of this chapter. I thought the Duel was going to turn out to be as epic as the last one, but the Decks I was using are both very fast-paced if played correctly. As a matter of fact, I didn't even get to introduce a part of the story that I wanted to dedicate this entire chapter to! Oh, well… I'll work it in at some point. I hope you enjoyed this chapter, and if you read, please do leave a review.