Axel was in his room in the Obelisk Blue Dorm trying to regain his strength. In front of him was a large selection of food which he was eating.

"This should do the trick," he said as he reached for a burger. "The perfect combination of protein and carbs." He soon began eating anything he could get his hands over and drank an entire bottle of orange juice. "If I don't get my energy back after this then we've got problems. I've never felt this run down after a duel."

Unknown to Axel, Agnar was listening to his entire conversation behind his door.

'Why does everyone think out loud in this place,' said Agnar shaking his head. He then looked down at his Bio Band. 'Anyway, I think I know what's causing Axel's sudden fatigue and I bet this is just the beginning.'

He then made his way down the corridor.


Ragnar meanwhile was outside the campus with his mobile.

"Yeah, Hiccup just collapsed and Axel was completely exhausted," said Ragnar. "The only time I've seen him so worn down was against his first Shadow Rider."

"This is troubling news," said Thork. "I'll inform the Queen of this development and we'll inform you if there's any new developments."

Ragnar nodded. "I'll keep an eye open and inform you of anything else happens."


The next morning Ragnar joined the others in the infirmary to check up on Hiccup.

"I feel much better now," said Hiccup as he ate his breakfast on his bed.

"Do you feel better, Cap?" Wartihog asked.

Hiccup nodded.

"That was fast," said Fishlegs.

"Too fast if you ask me," said Wartihog.

"Hiccup has been through worse than this," Ragnar pointed out.

"Still I wonder what could have caused this?" Astrid frowned.

"It's not like you were in a Shadow Duel," Heather nodded.

"At least he's up and about," said Blaze.

"Any idea what could cause this?" Fishlegs asked.

"No," said Hiccup shaking his head. "One second I was fine and the next I just felt completely exhausted."

"Axel didn't look too cheery either," said Ragnar folding his arms.

Astrid then looked at Gothi with a concerned look. "Is he going to be okay?"

"According to our test results, he seems to be fine," said Gothi reassuringly. She then looked at Hiccup. "That was quite the recovery, but be careful Hiccup. Your body's been under stress, we need to be certain this does not happen again. Therefore it is my opinion that you refrain from doing anything strenuous for the next two weeks."

"I got it," said Hiccup as he finished his breakfast.

He then got to his feet and made his way out of the infirmary.

"Got go," he said running.

"Hey, wait up!" Ragnar yelled running after him.

"Hiccup!" Fishlegs yelled running.

"So much for R&R," said Wartihog following them.

"Slow down," said Gothi cleaning of the door frame, but they had already gone. She then turned and looked at the girls. "I get the feeling that he is not the resting type, but if he gets tired again do me a favour and bring him back."

"Don't worry, we won't let anything happen to him," Astrid assured.

"It's not the first time that this has happened," said Heather.

"Hey, he's gonna be alright?" Blaze asked looking at Gothi.

"He's fine," Gothi assured. "But if you can't get him to lie down and no duelling for two weeks."


Hiccup and the others made their way out of the campus.

"It's nice to get some fresh air," said Hiccup.

"Look at what the horse dragged in," said a voice and they saw Camicazi standing there.

"Camicazi," Hiccup smiled.

"I guess you're okay," she said approaching him.

"Apart from the fact and are not supposed to be duelling for two weeks I'm fine," said Hiccup.

"Ah, so you're not retiring from duelling," said Camicazi folding her arms.

"Who would come up with such a stupid rumour like that?" Wartihog asked.

Ragnar and Fishlegs looked at one another and you the culprits instantly. "The twins."

"Nice to see then you're up and around, Hiccup," said a voice.

They turned and saw Thuggory approaching them.

"Thuggory, it's been a long time," said Hiccup shaking hands with him.

"Likewise, and I've just had my deck rearranged," he smiled. "Decided that my game ever since I lost against Snotlout."

"I can't wait to see it," said Ragnar.

Hiccup then looked at him suspiciously. "Knowing you this isn't just a social call."

"You know me too well," Thuggory chuckled. "I've been monitoring certain airwaves in the air and something's off with this island."

"What do you mean?" Hiccup asked folding his arms.

Thuggory then showed them a gauge counter. "This might clear things up for you. It measures vibrations in the atmosphere. Normally there is a balance between positive and negative energy, but that's not the case here."

"It might explain how you got exhausted from just one duel," said Camicazi looking at Hiccup.

"I guess anything is possible," said Hiccup.

Camicazi looked at Thuggory. "Now what? How are we supposed to get things balanced again?"

"We start by finding the source of the problem," said Thuggory.


Meanwhile, Agnar was sneak around the forest until he reached the laboratory Drago was hiding in.

"Well, Drago, the jig is up," he said.


Drago was in his lab looking at the container of orange liquid that he had extracted from both Hiccup and Axel.

"Thank you gentlemen," he said with a smile. "Your donation was most generous. Soon the rest of your classmates will follow your lead."

He then heard a beeping sound and turned towards the monitor. "What's this?" Then appearing on the screen was Thuggory. "Looks like someone is snooping around. Oh well, I guess I just found my next lucky donator."


Hiccup and the others were were trekking through the woods following Thuggory's gauge counter.

"Wildlife conservation is a little hobby of mine," said Thuggory. "Up North I always try to help polar bears in trouble."

The gauge counter then went off the scale.

"What's up?" Hiccup asked.

"Picking up a large amount of negative energy and its close by," said Thuggory looking at the counter. "We have to be careful, could be very unpredictable."

"Are we save him?" Fishlegs whimpered slightly.

"Don't worry, I've done this sort of thing before your safe with me," Thuggory assured.

They started to move forward and then suddenly Ragnar clinched his head and roared in pain.

"Stop that ringing!" he roared.

Then suddenly out of nowhere he attacked Thuggory, but managed to pin him down to the ground.

"Easy, there," he said.

Ragnar then pushed him off and Hiccup and Wartihog each grabbed an arm and pulled him away.

"Rag, calm down!" Hiccup yelled.

"What was that all about?" Camicazi asked. "How come you're completely out of your mind?"

"Stop the ringing!" Ragnar roared.

"What ringing?" Hiccup frowned.

Quickly they all backed away from Ragnar who just growled at Thuggory.

"It appears they will do sense something then we can't," said Thuggory looking intrigued. "Well, I have to admit that a new one, but it sounds fun." He then strapped on his duel disk. "If it's a duel you want then you can count me in. I've always enjoyed going up against promising warriors, I spent my entire life training in brutal conditions."

Ragnar then activated his duel disk. "Must duel!" he roared.

"Easy there, mate," said Thuggory calmly. "I'm just looking for a friendly game."

"I don't know about you guys, but when I see a controllable warrior the last thing I want to do duel him," said Camicazi.

"I know I wouldn't fight the Llieutenant when he's like this," said Wartihog.

"Then let's go!" Fishlegs yelled. "I've got a long life ahead of me and I will don't want to be beaten to a pulp!"

"Don't worry, it won't come to that, but you might want to stand back," said Thuggory. "I'm going to do whatever it takes to get through to him and I can't be responsible to your friend's actions. Let's duel!"

Ragnar growled.

Thuggory: 4000

Ragnar: 4000

"I go first," said Ragnar as he drew he then held at the card he drew. "I play Gearfried the Iron Knight!"

Suddenly appearing on the field was Ragnar's heavily armoured knight ready to do battle. (ATK: 1800/ DEF: 1600)

"Then I play Knight Assault," said Ragnar holding a spell card with the image of several nights attacking a castle. "Now I send one Knight card to my Graveyard and half of it attack points go into your life points."

Ragnar discarded his Blade Knight, who then appeared on the field and sent a massive slash at Thuggory.

Thuggory: 3200

Ragnar: 4000

"That ends my move," said Ragnar.

"Whoa, he scored the first hit," said Fishlegs.

"Even as mindless brute, the Lieutenant knows how to duel," said Wartihog.

"I still wonder what's causing him to act like this though," said Hiccup.

"Got to say I'm curious as well," Camicazi nodded.

Thuggory looked at Ragnar trying to think of a way to bring him back and then an idea popped into his head.

'I've got it, if I wanted knocking back to normal I had to attack it with something just as strong as he is,' he said to himself. He then drew. "My go." He then looked at the card he drew. 'Just the card I need.'

He then held the card out. "All right, now I summon Flint Cragger!"

Suddenly appearing on the field was a skeleton of a small dinosaur of some kind. (ATK: 800/ DEF: 1600)

"Next I'll send him off to the graveyard, but not the boy he does 500 points of damage," said Thuggory.

Flint Cragger then fired a fireball straight at Ragnar which had with setting up was that he was not to the ground.

Thuggory: 3200

Ragnar: 3500

That attack did successfully knocking back to his senses.

"What happened?" he said rubbing his forehead. "I've got one splitting headache.

"Ragnar's back to normal," said Fishlegs.

"Maybe, depends on your definition of normal," Thuggory.

"What's that supposed to mean?" Ragnar glared getting to his feet.

"Well, you did went berserk on us," said Hiccup. "Mind explaining why? You kept on mentioning some sort of ringing."

Ragnar blinked and then remember the ringing sound he heard. "Oh yes. I'm not entirely sure, but it may have something to do with my abilities."

"What abilities?" Fishlegs asked.

"Well, I have this six sense, which was what got the Order of Knights attention, I'm not sure how to explain it, but it allows me to sense things that other people can't."

"Hmm, guess the negative energy is somehow messing with your abilities which is what caused you to go berserk," Thuggory. "Have to say you're more interesting than I originally believed."

Ragnar turned him. "What's that supposed to mean?"

Thuggory it in and send merely smiled. 'Little do they know that the real reason I sent my Flint Cragger to the graveyard was so that I could unleash a devastating spell,' he said to himself. He then held out a spell card. "I play Fossil Fusion!"

"What's that when it home?" Hiccup asked.

"You see by removing from play monsters from our graveyards unable to fuse them together into something new," Thuggory explained.

Suddenly the ground began to shake.

"Hold me!" Fishlegs panicked collecting to Wartihog.

Suddenly emerging from the ground was the remains of Ragnar's Blade Knight and Thuggory's Flint Cragger.

"I excavate the remains of your Blade Knight and my Flint Cragger then I combine them together a new fossil," said Thuggory. Suddenly they watched as the remains of both monsters began to fuse together. "From the depths of the earth, it's Fossil Warrior Skull Bone!"

Suddenly appearing on the field was a dragon-like creature with armour with the long spear attached to its right gauntlet. (ATK: 2000/ DEF: 800)

"Well, I'll be," said Wartihog in wonder. "Who knew you could mix and match your fossils like that."

"Obviously you never took Intro to Archaeological Duelling," Thuggory smirked. "Unearthing fossils is less than one. I like that class so much that I took it twice, got an A both times, but you can probably tell."

"We have to say that was pretty cool," said Ragnar.

"Well let's see if you think this is Cool, Skull Bone attack his Iron Knight!" Thuggory ordered.

Skull Bone then charged at Gearfried, who quickly raised his sword, only for it to be deflected by Skull Bone's spear and to be pierced in the chest. A few seconds later, he was destroyed and the impact struck Ragnar.

Thuggory: 3200

Ragnar: 3300

"I was hoping for a bit more from a friend of Hiccup's," Thuggory smirked.

"I'm only getting started," said Ragnar firmly. "Trust me your mix match fossils are no match for my Knights."

"Then let's put that theory to the test," said Thuggory.

"With pleasure," said Ragnar as he drew and nodded at the card he drew. "Okay, let's see you stand against my Queens Knight!"

Suddenly appearing on the field was Ragnar's female knight. (ATK: 1500/ DEF: 1600)

Thuggory frowned. 'That Knight of his only has 1500 attack points. I wonder what he's up to.'

"Next I activate the spell Sword and Shield!" said Ragnar holding out a spell card.

"Oh, no," Thuggory gasped.

"Judging from the look on your face you know what this card does," said Ragnar with a smile. "This card switches the attack and defence points all monsters on the field until the end of the turn. Now go Offensive Defensive Flip!"

Thuggory watch in horror as the two monsters on the field attack points changed. Skull Bone got weaker while Queen's Knight got stronger. (ATK: 2000-800/ DEF: 800—2000), (ATK: 1500-1600/ DEF: 1600-1500)

"Whoa, talk about a turnaround," said Wartihog.

"Now Queens Knight attack!" Ragnar ordered.

Queens Knight then charged at the now weakened Skull Bone and destroyed him with a single swipe of her sword and Thuggory was hit by the impact of the explosion.

Thuggory: 2400

Ragnar: 3300

"And with that I'll end my turn," said Ragnar.

Since the turnout ended the effects of Shield and Sword now vanished and Queens Knight's attack points returned to normal. (ATK: 1600-1500/ DEF: 1500-1600)

"What a move," Camicazi stared. "He managed to wipe out every card on Thuggory's fielding just one turn."

"And now he's in the lead!" Fishlegs cheered.

"I underestimated this kid," said Thuggory. "Both me and him are more evenly matched and I believed. Guess I just have to step up my game a little."

"Let's see how well your fossils stack up against middle-aged knights," said Ragnar.

"Okay they can stack up," Thuggory assured as he drew he then grabbed a card in his hand and held it out which was a spell card with the image of archaeologist retrieving an ancient dinosaur fossil. "I play Fossil Retrieval! Now if you happen to have a monster with the same type and level on the field that matches one in your graveyard and is automatically destroyed."

Suddenly emerging from the ground was Gearfried and he quickly grabbed Queen's Knight and pulled her into the ground leaving his field wide open.

"My Queens Knight!" Ragnar yelled.

"There's more, I've got Sample Fossil," said Thuggory. Suddenly emerging on the field was a robot made of rock. (ATK: ?/ DEF: 0) "Show him what you can do!"

Sample Fossil extended his arms and launched his claws right into the hall that Gearfried had made earlier.

"Well, what do you know? It's time for another archaeological dig so let on the remains of your Iron Knight."

"Can't you leave a knight to rest in peace?" Ragnar glared.

Suddenly emerging from the ground with a stone coffin with Gearfried's likeness on the coffin lid. The coffin then landed right on Thuggory's field.

"What a beautiful find, huh?" Thuggory mocked. "And the best part is he belongs to me now."

"Give him back!" Ragnar demanded.

"Sorry, but then I couldn't borrow his attack points."

Sample Fossil began to glow as power entered into his body. (ATK: ?—1800)

"All right, pal, attacked him directly!" Thuggory ordered.

Sample Fossil raised his claws and buy them directly at Ragnar.

"Ragnar!" Hiccup gasped.

Thuggory: 2400

Ragnar: 1500

"Is that the best you've got?" Ragnar asked he then reached for his deck and drew. "Well, watch this!" He then held out the card he drew. "I play my Graceful Charity so now I can draw free so long as I discard two."

Ragnar drew his three cards and discarded his Warrior Returning Alive spell card and his Kings Knight.

"Now I removed from play my Queens and Kings Knight from the game," said Ragnar as his two night appeared behind him and then vanished. "This allows me to summon Templar Knight to the field."

Suddenly emerging on the field was Ragnar's holy night standing tall and strong. (ATK: 2500/ DEF: 1800)

"And next I going to attack the card you stole from me!" Ragnar announced. "Demolish that tomb with Holy Saber!"

Templar Knights then charged at Gearfried's tomb and brought his sword down on top of it smashing it into pieces. The pieces then struck Thuggory and he barely had time to cover himself.

Thuggory: 1700

Ragnar: 1500

"And don't forget without him on the field your Sample Fossil loses some attack points," Ragnar demanded.

Thuggory looked and saw Sample Fossil was getting weaker. (ATK: 1800-0)

"And if you think I'm done you're kidding yourself, because next I activate the spell card Knight Ambush!" he said holding a card which showed several knights ambushing a bunch of bandits. "Now thanks to this card if you take damage this turn I can then destroy a monster whose attack points are lower than the damage you just took and then you take 500 point of damage."

"Oh no," said Thuggory.

"Got that right, because you're Sample Fossil is now weaker so say goodbye," said Ragnar.

Sample Fossil then exploded and Thuggory was hit by the impact.

Thuggory: 1200

Ragnar: 1500

Thuggory smiled. 'What a move.'

"Nice Ragnar!" Hiccup cheered.

"You said it," said Camicazi. "That was awesome!"

"Hold on guys," said Fishlegs. "Did you forget what's going on here? The weird energy waves?" He then sighed. "Of course you did, you're exactly alike."

"Of course we haven't forgotten," said Hiccup and Camicazi at the same time.

"With that I'll end my turn," said Hiccup. "I think you're about to become extinct yourself, Thuggory."

'He's right,' Thuggory agreed. 'If I don't get rid of his high-level monsters he is going to bury me.' Suddenly he got an idea. 'Wait, that's it!'

He then reached for his deck and drew. "Here goes." He looked at the card he drew and saw that he had drawn Fossil Fusion. "First I'll send a monster from my hand to the graveyard in order to activate my Specimen Inspection. So I get to pick a monster type and a level and if you have a monster that matches it goes from your hand or deck to your graveyard."

"Uh-oh," said Ragnar as Thuggory discard a card from his hand.

"It gets worse mate, because the monster I just discarded was my Fossil Mine," said Thuggory with a smile as a landmine made of stone appeared on the field. "When this goddess into the graveyard you take 500 point of damage!"

Suddenly there was a huge explosion writing Ragnar face.

Thuggory: 1200

Ragnar: 1000

"Looks like you're about to lose one of your best monsters," said Thuggory. "Now select a Level 8 Warrior-type."

Ragnar then began looking through his deck. "Gilford the Lightning is the only car that fits the description," said Ragnar as he discarded Gilford the Lightning.

"Next I'll play Specimen Confusion," said Thuggory holding up a spell card with an image of archaeologists looking puzzled over some fossils. "Now thanks to this card I convert one monster in your graveyard to any type that I wish and I think I'll convert your Gilford the Lightning into a dinosaur."

Ragnar's eyes widened as he realised what Thuggory was about to do. "Wait, you're not going to…"

"I am and I will thanks to my Fossil Fusion!" said Thuggory holding up the spell card. "So now I can exhume my Sample Fossil and your Gilford the Lightning from the graveyard." Suddenly appearing on the field was Sample Fossil and Gilford the Lightning, who now resembled a dinosaur, appeared on the field and then entered into a vortex. "Then I use them in order to make this guy! The wine and only Fossil Dragon Skullgios!"

Suddenly emerging from the ground were several bones began to merge together until they form the skeleton of a dinosaur. (ATK: 3500/ DEF: 0)

"Lieutenant looks like he's in trouble," said Wartihog

"For a bunch of old bones that being looks pretty tough," said Fishlegs.

"I'm with you Legs," Camicazi nodded. "It's over."

"No way," said Hiccup. "It's not over until the last card is played."

"All right, let's see what you've got," Thuggory smiled at Ragnar. "Now Skullgios attack!"

Skullgois then started charging towards Templar Knight.

"I activate Templar Knight's special ability," said Ragnar. "An ability that allows me to play a spell card from my hand and I think my Reinforcements trap card I will do just nicely!" Ragnar then held out his trap card. "Thanks to this card my monster gave 500 attack points!"

Templar Knight began to gain some additional well needed strength. (ATK: 2500—3000)

"Nice move," said Thuggory.

'Thuggory duels like a Pro, I've held him off for now, but if I want to win this another digging deeper,' said Ragnar himself.

Skullgois was still charging at Templar Knight and was about to raise his jaws when Thuggory snapped his fingers. "Wait!"

Skullgois suddenly came to a stop.

Ragnar frowned. "Why did he stop?"

"Sorry to interrupt, but my Fossil Dragon has a special ability you might want to know about. My monster has the ability to switch your monsters attack and defence points."

Suddenly Templar Knight got weaker as attack and defence points which. (ATK: 3000-1800/ DEF: 1800-3000)

Ragnar gasped when he realised what that meant. "But that would mean that—"

"I win," said Thuggory and snapped his fingers again.

Skullgois then dug his jaws right into Templar Knight destroying him and Ragnar was hit by the impact.

Thuggory: 1200 (Winner!)

Ragnar: 0

Suddenly their Bio Bands began to glow and to beams of light shot out of them and disappeared into the distance. Then the two of them felt extremely tired.

"Ragnar!" Ragnar yelled.

"Thuggory!" Camicazi yelled.

"That's weird, something sucked the life out of me," said Ragnar.

"I think I know what," said Thuggory looking at his Bio Band. "It's this Bio Band. I could swear that when the duel ended there they activated and somehow left us feeling tired." He then looked at Ragnar. "I don't know about you, but I think I'm going to take forty winks."

Thuggory then collapsed and Ragnar folding his knees completely exhausted.

"That is very unpleasant," he said panting.

"What was that all about?" Wartihog asked.

"No clue, but instead of finding answers I think we found more questions," said Hiccup.


Meanwhile Drago was in his lab looking at the energy that Ragnar and Thuggory have provided.

'The students seem to give it all they've got and I'm happy to take on all the way,' he said to himself with a large smile.

He then heard the sound of alarms and turned towards the monitor.

"Display visual surveillance," Drago ordered.

The security cameras yet played all across the area then began to show images and in one of them, Drago saw Agnar just outside the laboratory.

"Well, well, well, Mr Geckoson. Looks like your next."


Fossil Mine

ATK: 500/ DEF: 500

Level 2

EARTH

Rock/ Effect

If this card is sent from your hand to the graveyard you opponent will take 500 points of damage.

Knight Assault

Spell Card

Send one Knight monster card to the Graveyard and you opponent will take damage equal to half of cards attack points.

Card image: several nights attacking a castle.

Knight Ambush

Quick-Play Spell Card

If you opponent of damage this turn destroy one monster on the field that has equal off your attack points than the damage they took.

Card image: several knights ambushing a bunch of bandits.

Fossil Retrieval

Spell Card

If your opponent contains a monster that is the same type and level was the one they have on the field destroy that monster.

Card image: archaeologist retrieving an ancient dinosaur fossil.

Specimen Confusion

Spell Card

Select one monster card in your opponent's graveyard and until the end of the term that monster is treated as a type of monster from your choosing.

Card image: archaeologists looking puzzled over some fossils.