It was just a normal night in New Domino city like any other, but tonight something felt different. There was strange chill in the air.
"Wake up… You're the best duelist… it's time take your revenge… wake up."
In the fraction of a second a pedestrian could claim he saw the road spontaneously catch on fire, see a duel runner emerge out of the flames, then watch the runner and the person riding it race off into the night.
"That's it, no more drinks for me."
Officer Trudge had been giving the most boring assignment an officer could receive, speed trap duty. Everything was in order, when suddenly the lights from all the buildings around started flashing on and off, then everything went black.
"What in the name of… sniff… sniff… What is that awful smell?!"
"MWAH HA HA HA HA AH AH!!! MWAH HA HA HA HA!!!"
The next thing Trudge saw was a duel runner that looked like it was on fire whipping past the traffic, it had been going more than double the posted limit.
"Looks like we got us a real hotshot here."
Trudge immediately sped off after him. The guy on the runner wasn't even wearing a helmet, the way his hair danced in the wind made it look like his head was on fire, and it almost looked like the wheels of the runner were on fire.
"You on the runner! This is Sector Security! Pull over!"
The person riding the runner didn't respond.
"Very well then, I'll make him surrender with a duel."
Trudge pressed the button on his runner, but it wasn't working.
Error: Cannot override suspect's duel runner.
"What the… What's going on here?!"
At that moment Trudge heard the person's maniacal voice.
"You can't force me into anything officer, but if you want to duel then all you have to do is ask."
"Don't play games with me! You think you can mess with security and get away with it?!"
"As a matter of fact I do. Now shut up and let's duel."
Duel mode engaged: Autopilot activated.
"Game on!"
"The first turn is mine!"
(Speed: 1)
"I summon a monster in defense mode, next I activate the continuous speed spell Hellfire Acceleration, but in order to use it I must discard my entire hand!"
"What? I've never even heard of that card, and why would you willingly discard your entire hand?"
"You'll find out soon enough, officer."
"Well with no more cards in your hand it's my turn!"
(Speed: 1)
"I place one card face down and Summon Search Striker!"
(ATK: 1600 DEF: 1200)
"Search Striker, use your special effect to automatically destroy his face down monster!"
Search Striker blew the monster away.
"Since you just destroyed my Sangan, I get to take a monster from my deck with 1500 attack points or less and add it to my hand. And since your Search Striker destroyed it with its effect it switched to defense mode, and it will stay in defense mode until the end of your next turn."
(DEF: 1200)
"Just make your move punk! The sooner I beat you the sooner I get to turn you in!"
"Beat me? That's a laugh. First I draw."
(Speed: 3)
"What?! How did you just get two speed counters?!"
"It's all part of Hellfire Acceleration. From now on during my standby phase I gain two speed counters instead of one, in addition it also lets me draw two cards at the start of my turn instead of one. Now I'll summon…"
"Not so fast hotshot! I activate my facedown trap, Light of Intervention! From now on whenever either of us summons a monster in defense mode it will have to be face up. No more surprises from you!"
"So you can see my monsters, I'm still full of surprises. Now as I was saying, I summon Witch of the Black Forest in defense mode!"
(ATK: 1100 DEF: 1200)
"It's your move officer, not that it really matters."
"You watch your mouth punk. I'll play one card face down and summon Gate Blocker in defense mode!"
(ATK: 100 DEF: 2000)
"Now during your standby phase you can't gain any speed counters, even with that Hellfire Acceleration spell!"
"No one keeps me from my speed… I summon the monster Demon Warrior!"
(Not a real card)
(ATK: 0 DEF: 0)
"You call that a monster?! That thing has no attack points and no defense points! Why would you even bother having a card like that in your deck?!"
"Never judge a card solely by its points. My monster's special effects more than make up for its lack of attack and defense points, for example once per turn I can destroy one card on my opponent's side of the field!"
"What?!"
"You heard me. Demon Warrior, destroy Gate Blocker!"
The skeleton wearing the suit of armor rode up to Gate Blocker on its horse and stabbed it with its sword, after that Gate Blocker just blew up.
"Drat, now I can't use my Broken Blocker trap because Gate Blocker wasn't destroyed in battle… You'll pay for that punk!"
(Speed: 3)
"I remove Assault dog, Gonogo, and Guard Dog from my hand so I can special summon Montage Dragon!"
(ATK: ? DEF: 0)
"And since the total level of monsters I just removed from play is 10, my Montage Dragon's attack points become 3000!"
(ATK: 3000)
"Prepare to take some serious damage, but first I'll destroy your Witch of the Black Forest with my Search Striker!"
Search Striker blew Witch of the Black forest away.
"Since you destroyed my Witch of the Black Forest, I get to take a monster from my deck with 1500 or fewer defense points and add it to my hand."
"Whatever, it won't protect you from this attack! Now Montage Dragon, blow away his Demon Warrior along with 3000 of his life points!"
Montage Dragon blasted Demon warrior and everything was covered in smoke.
"And with that I'm just one attack away from turning you in!"
"Are you so sure about that officer? I think you should double check the score."
"What?!"
Trudge looked down at the score, the person's life points and speed counters hadn't changed at all, and Demon Warrior was still on the field.
"How is this possible?!"
"I told you I'm just full of surprises. My Demon Warrior can't be destroyed in battle, and any damage I would normally take in a battle involving him is reduced to 0."
"WHAT?!"
"Now if that's all you can do, it's my turn."
(Speed: 5)
"I play the speed spell Hellfire Pentagram! To use this one of a kind speed spell I must pay 500 life points."
(???: 3500)
"But it's worth it, because now I get to select one card from my deck and add it to my hand. Now I shuffle my deck, next I get to look at the top five cards of my deck and arrange them in any order I please. Next I'll have my Demon Warrior destroy your Search Striker!"
Demon Warrior charged up on its horse to Search Striker and stabbed it with its sword.
"But why didn't you just destroy my Montage Dragon?!"
"I want you to hold on to any false hope you have of beating me, it will make it that much sweeter when I win."
"You're going to regret that move punk!"
(Speed: 4)
"With my speed counter at four, I can now activate my Sonic Buster speed spell, and deal damage to your life points equal to half of Montage Dragon's attack points!"
(???: 2000)
The mysterious duelist was laughing his head off; he and Trudge were now on the Daedalus Bridge, the new bridge that connected New Domino city to the Satellite.
"So you've found a way to deal damage to my life points, talk about too little too late!"
"What do you mean?"
"This duel is over!"
"You're bluffing!"
"If you don't believe me I'll just show my hand."
The mysterious duelist laid five cards on the field.
"I summon Exodia the forbidden one!"
"NO! THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE!"
The seal was broken and Exodia was released.
"Exodia, OBLITERATE!!!"
Exodia blasted Trudge knocking him off his duel runner.
Trudge had broken his leg on the bridge, he couldn't move. Now he could see the mysterious duelist clearly. He was dressed head to toe in black leather, save for the red armor pads he wore, and the silver spikes on his gauntlets and shoulders. He also saw that it wasn't a hairstyle, his head was really on fire, and to top it all off his head was a skull!
"Who… What are you?"
"I'm your worst nightmare…"
He started to advance, Trudge reached for his gun.
"Stay back!"
He ignored the warning and Trudge opened fire, but he just stood there like he didn't even feel it. He pulled one of the bullets out of his jacket.
"Bullets… Nice try."
"Have mercy…"
"Oh sorry, we're fresh out of that, I'm afraid all we have left is untimely death."
"NO! NO! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!"
Trudge's body was engulfed in flame. He reappeared on the blank card Damian was holding in his hand.
"Much better."
Suddenly a spotlight shone on Damian.
"This is Sector Security! Step away from the runner and put your hands in the air!"
There were officers on both sides of the bridge.
"Oh yeah like I'm really going to surrender to the burglar alarm, come on."
He mounted his duel runner and drove toward the edge of the bridge.
"WHAT'S THAT PUNK DOING!?!"
Damian drove off the bridge, then the unexpected happened. His runner was riding on the water! He laughed at the officers on the bridge in contempt, then he stuck out his middle finger at them, and rode off into the night.
