Yubel could see what was going on inside Alexis, the baby was kicking and clawing, over for the last nine months it had been living inside its mother and had bonded with her, now it could feel her anxiety and distress, and it knew it was in danger.

"It's okay." said Yubel "No one is going to hurt you… You hear that? That's your daddy out there fighting for both you and your mommy… He won't let anything happen to you."

When the baby's brain had developed enough Yubel found she was able to communicate with it. She had told the baby about how great its parents were, she had told it that everything was going to be fine, and the baby trusted her.

"This duel is far from over, do you hear me!" said Jaden.

"This duel was over before it started." said Billy "But if you insist on delaying the inevitable then make your move."

"Gladly! I activate the effect of the Elemental Hero Necroshade in my grave, so I can summon Elemental Hero Bladedge!"

(ATK: 2600 DEF: 1800)

"Bladedge, attack and destroy his Mechanicalchaser!"

Bladedge sliced Mechanicalchaser in half, but as soon as he did the effect of Billy's Shrapnel trap activated.

(Jaden: 800)

(Billy: 3250)

Jaden's cage was engulfed in fire again.

"That hurt you more than it hurt me, slacker. Now it's my turn. I activate the spell card Rushed Production!"

(For those of you that haven't read "Dog fight", not a real card)

"I pay 1000 life points so I can special summon Blowback Dragon from my deck"

(Billy: 2250)

(ATK: 1150 DEF: 600)

"Sure it only has half its attack and defense points, but that doesn't matter because now I'm going to use Polymerization to fuse it with the Barrel Dragon in my hand to summon Gatling Dragon!"

(ATK: 2600 DEF: 1200)

"Now I'll activate his special effect! Now I flip three coins, for every heads I get, I can destroy a monster on your side of the field!"

"Wait a minute!" said Blair "Let me see that coin."

"Why should I show you my coin?"

"Because last time you cheated and used a two headed coin."

"Fine, this is heads, and this is tails, satisfied?"

"Yes."

Billy had to flip the coin all three times before it landed on heads.

"YES! This duel is over! Gatling Dragon, destroy his Bladedge!"

BUDDA BUDDA BUDDA BUDDA BUDDA

"Now attack him directly!"

"I don't think so, I activate the trap card, Negate Attack!"

Jaden's Negate Attack absorbed the hailstorm of projectiles fired at him by the Gatling Dragon.

"That was a close one." said Atticus breathing a sigh of relief.

"But Jaden's still behind."

"Aster's right, he's going to need to pull a winner out of his deck if he wants to turn this around." said Zane.

"I thought you guys said the Supreme King was tough."

"He is Jasmine. But Jaden isn't using the Supreme King's deck, he's using his own, that way Jaden doesn't lose control, it's like Spider-Man's black suit." said Syrus.

Jaden had three cards in his hand, but none of them could turn the table, and Billy's Gatling Dragon could destroy up to three monsters before attacking. He hated to admit it, but it looked like this was his last turn, unless Billy had some really lousy luck.

"I'll summon one monster in defense mode and end my turn."

"Is that all? Well then it's your funeral!"

Dr. Death looked like a kid on Christmas; he had his eyes on the mountain on Alexis' stomach.

"It's okay Lexi, no one is going to hurt your baby." said Atticus.

"Don't worry Alexis, once I destroy Jaden I'll make it as painless for you as possible." growled Billy.

Blair, Mindy, and Jasmine all formed a wall in front of Alexis.

"It all comes down to this… three flips of the coin."

Down below the crocodiles looked up hungrily at Jaden.

Billy tossed the coin in the air, but it landed on tails.

"Shoot."

He tossed it again, also tails.

"Oh for crying out loud."

He tossed it for the third time, tails again.

"Damn it!"

"Three strikes, you're out!" said Jesse.

"Whatever, he just got lucky. Gatling Dragon, attack his face down monster!"

BUDDA BUDDA BUDDA BUDDA BUDDA

"Since you just destroyed my Wroughweiler his effect activates, now I get to take a Polymerization and an Elemental Hero from my grave and add them to my hand."

"All the good it will do you, Darth."

"What did you just call me?"

"You heard me."

Jaden knew he had to pull a game changer out of his hat right now, or he was going to go swimming with the crocs.

"I play Graceful Charity, this lets me draw three cards from my deck, as long as I discard two."

Jaden drew his cards.

"Excelent. I activate Polymerization, and I'll use it to fuse Elemental Heroes Burstinatrix and Bubbleman to summon Elemental Hero Steam Healer!"

(ATK: 1800 DEF: 1000)

"Next I'll normal summon Elemental Hero Stratos!"

(ATK: 1800 DEF: 300)

"When Stratos is summoned I can destroy one spell or trap card on your side of the field for every other Elemental Hero on my field, and I choose Shrapnel!"

Stratos blew Billy's shrapnel trap away.

"Big deal, even if you no longer lose life points for destroying my machines, your monsters still don't have enough attack points to face my Gatling Dragon."

"They will when I play this, the field spell Skyscraper!"

Giant buildings rose out of the ground.

"Since my Steam Healer's attack points are less than your Gatling Dragon's, he gains 1000 extra points!"

(ATK: 2800)

"Steam Healer, attack his Gatling Dragon!"

Steam Healer blasted Gatling Dragon with steam, and it rusted until it disintegrated.

(Billy: 2050)

"Now thanks to Steam Healer's effect, I gain back life points equal to your monster's attack points."

(Jaden: 3600)

"Now Stratos, attack him directly!"

(Billy: 250)

"Way to go Jayden!"

"No! You promised me I'd get to do the deed!" said Dr. Death.

"Patience Jack, I still have plenty of cards up my sleeve… figuratively speaking of course."

"He has more than ten times as many life points as you! And I'm losing my patience."

"What's with this guy? He sounds like he enjoys it." said Mindy.

(Warning: The next paragraph gets a little intense, sensitive readers may want to turn away, p.s. I'm not insane; I've just seen The Dark Knight too many times)

"I do, and you know why? My father was a drinker… and momma used to beat me with a rolling pin when I didn't get straight A's. Somehow I escaped that hell-hole and put myself through medical school, that's when I met the girl of my dreams… my angel of mercy… we fell in love and married… then I heard she was pregnant… nine months later when she was giving birth we found the baby was in the wrong position…"

Dr. Death took out a big scalpel, and he had sick look on his face.

"Save the baby… save the baby… cut me, save the baby… those were her last words… I couldn't even hear my own heart breaking because the baby was screaming so loud… So I took this very same scalpel… and I said, Let's put a smile on that face! HA-AH-AH-HA-AH!"

At that moment Chazz pulled out a gun.

"Be as quiet as possible, or I will spread your brains like jam on ******* toast!"

"You don't have the guts." said Dr. Death smiling.

"Do I?"

Chazz pointed the gun in the air and fired.

"Party pooper, no cake for you."

"Wait a minute Chazz… I thought they took all our guns when they knocked us out, where did you get that one?" asked Blair.

"Uh… I'd rather not say."

(To be continued)

Baby fact #11: By week 27 the third and final trimester has begun. Only a few more weeks to go. The baby looks fully formed now. If the baby is for some reason prematurely born the odds of survival are 85%