Yu-gi-oh
No Limits
Turn-16 Becoming God
By Kevin Jones
A man is sitting in a large dark room staring at Monitors; right now he has nothing else to do anyways. He's spent months watching The Arcadia Boarding School and what little evidence he's been able to dig up seems to point to something big happening tonight. Unfortunately he's spent the better part of a year trying to get his superiors to give him a search warrant but apparently naming your school after a former cult, having no real past, and having no consistency in getting students is all circumstantial, so he's spent the better part of 2 days with the entire area wired with video cameras, microphones, all of which were put in place by his undercover agent who told him "I'll do it sir but after being here for a month I've found nothing of suspicion." Which to him meant nothing because he's been investigating a school of people with mind control abilities?
"I think it might be time for you to call it a night, I'll watch the cameras."
He lifted his drooping head up to look at the blonde haired women with the amber colored eyes at the other end of the room.
"Thanks but no thanks this is my case and I'm going to see it to the end."
"With all do respect there doesn't seem to be anything suspicious going on at this school."
"That's because Turner's gone crooked."
"And what gives you that idea?"
She's having trouble trying to take him seriously because his dark eyes are have covered by his drooping eye lids and he has to keep his hand on his round head just to keep it up.
"She hasn't reported back even though I specifically told her to call back once every hour."
"She's probably sleeping it's a quarter to twelve."
"Listen all the evidence we've uncovered points to something big happening tonight, she knows that we need her to be awake now more than ever."
"Well has anything interesting happened tonight?"
"Actually yes."
"What?"
"About an hour ago there was a van parked about half a mile away. At first I thought it was nothing but I couldn't help but be curious so I started watching it. At first there were 6 people; 3 teenage boys, 2 teenage girls, and an old man. They were all looking at the one girl's laptop and than her and everyone except for the other girl and the old man stayed behind. Now from what I could tell from looking at some of the other screens I think these kids snuck into to the school through the sewer pipe that runs under it and are now doing what we should be doing."
The woman walked over next to the man, she scanned the monitors and had one question to ask.
"Where's the van now?"
The man is quiet as he scratches his dark haired head.
"I dozed off and missed that part."
"Well than now what's your plan."
"At this point it looks like the best thing to do is hope these kids have everything under control."
…
About a week ago I dueled a young girl who had powers beyond which even most Syfy channel writers can conceive. Between than and now I've been chased, attacked, drowned, held against my will, traveled up and down New York State, been manipulated by psychics, jailed and almost torn apart by a swirling energy tornado and that last one was about a minute ago. The worst part of it all is that I've dragged innocent lives into all this. People who should have nothing to do with this are now most likely hostages to a sociopath who seems to be one level below God, I can only hope there all right and that my deck is strong enough stop Ivanov.
"Make sure you knock first." Obviously I hear this from coming nowhere, but I guess I'll cooperate and knock.
"Good, good, you may come in."
I look back to give a still scared Abigail a nod as I open the door and walk through.
"Don't try turning the lights on they don't work."
"Are you actually here or are you somewhere else?"
I really can't tell its pitch black in here and there isn't enough light in the hall way to help me.
"Oh no I'm here but for now I feel the best thing to do is to keep myself a secret."
"Out of the dozens of young faces you've had over the past 80 years what could you possibly show me?"
"You'd be surprised, now than, you are in very big trouble."
"Whys that?"
"You stopped the Nine-Tailed Fox before it had absorbed enough of Abigail's shadow energy and to make matters worse you didn't have Stardust Dragon/Assault Mode on the field long enough to even tap into to your power."
I knew it; she created Stardust Dragon Assault/Mode to steal my own shadow energy.
"So for the plan to work you need this Shadow Energy stuff?"
"Of course... wait a minute do you know what the shadow realm is?"
"I'm going to take a shot in the dark and assume it's in Russia, Siberia or where ever the hell you're from."
"Well your half right but I'll get into that later, but someone with your power needs to know about the shadow realm, now listen closely because you are about to receive the final lesson anyone on this planet will ever receive."
"Enough! You've been toying with innocent lives long enough and I demand to know what you did with Kai, Damon and Tony!"
"You have an impossible card, more power than all of those 3 fools combined, have personally witnessed Shadow energy in its purist form and you don't want to know where it all came from?"
"Where are the others?"
"Apparently you're not interested in chit-chat. Very well then, bring in the prisoners."
"No that's impossible."
A light is on several feet away, which tells me how big this room is. Damon, Kai, Tony, and the old man are tied by the hands and feet via ropes to chairs with Vanessa standing next to them.
"Fine if you don't want a lesson I'll continue your test from before. Next question why is Vanessa Aaronson the one helping me keep your friends captive?"
This isn't making sense, Vanessa wouldn't do something like this, it doesn't even look like she's in control of her actions, I mean she almost... Oh no.
"It can't be, you couldn't of, when did you get the chance?"
"Give me an answer Mr. Rhodes."
"How on earth did you do it?"
"How on earth did I do what?"
"Your controlling Vanessa's mind, you've had control over it ever since we left your school the other day."
"Good, good-"
"What have you done to my granddaughter you monster!"
"Now, now Mr. Aaronson this is Chase's test, I can't give him the answers but if you like Chase can give everyone the play by play of the game I have been playing with you all."
"Damon was a bluff; you needed something to keep me from wondering about why you looked so intensely at Vanessa and what better distraction than someone who'd seem like an obvious spy.
"Correct, Damon can't alter his memories so I decided to alter them myself, that way I wouldn't have to expect anything out of him except being a distraction. Vanessa is my real watch dog. Threw her I was able to call your Millay friend and get her to come to central park and distract you all while I rounded up some fellow Sector Security agents to arrest you, than when she went to free you out of the facility I did it instead, I had Mortimer place Damon in the correct spot so you would find him and than had him attack you when the time was right, and now here you are."
"What about Sadusky and that other security agent?"
"I had Sadusky out there all night waiting for you and O'Hara would do anything I asked after all I had my seed in them."
"Seed?"
"My apologizes I forgot to explain what my true power is."
"What do you mean your true power?"
"Before when I made you list my powers you were almost right but you missed the big picture."
"Oh yeah and what's that?"
"My true power is to put a small piece of my consciousness into another possible vessel. It could be a tree, a piece a scrap metal or a lot of times a person. All I have to do is concentrate and I can place a small piece of myself, a seed if you will, into another vessel. I than have all the ability's and possibilities of the vessel while still keeping control of my own body allowing me to control 2 body's at once."
"So Vanessa hasn't actually said nor done anything threw all of this, it's just been you pretending to be her."
"Not quite, up until now the only things I've needed are her eyes and ears, after all hijacking her brain would've taken time and energy and I've needed to keep all my energy saved for the plan."
"What the hell is the plan!"
"Still haven't figured it out have you, oh well, since were at Armageddon I might as well tell you. In exactly 15 minutes it will be midnight. Once a year for a 10 second period my power can be fully realized, this allows me to place multiple seeds in multiple people, but I can only get a couple dozen at once and at that I'm usually so warn out afterwards the seeds either take forever to grow or just fade away, so for almost 30 years now I've been absorbing shadow energy from people so that 1 day I'd have enough power to place a seed inside the mind of every human being on the planet."
"Your insane!"
"Your probably right, but my mission must continue even if I have completely lost my mind."
"What mission?"
"Tell me Mr. Rhodes have you ever heard of The Soviet Union?"
"Yeah in a history book."
"Of course; sometimes I forget that I am all that is left of it."
"But how could you have lived this long?"
"I can not give you those answers, well at least like this."
"What's that suppose to mean?"
"Simple, even if we had all night I would not be able to explain to you what I am, so you and I are going to play a shadow game or a duel as its referred to now a days; in this duel every time a monster attacks you will feel it and you will get hurt, through this you will learn about the shadow realm."
"Not a chance, I know that the minute you absorb enough energy you'll just stole until time runs out."
"Lesson 1 about shadow games I cannot activate my powers while one is going on."
"Either way I'm not risking it."
"I had a feeling you'd say that. Vanessa if you please."
Another light just turned on next to where Vanessa is. It looks like a table with something black on it... wait a minute she's picking something up, it's a gun! Oh crap and she's pointing it at me!
"Here is the situation or here are the situations, we are going to play a shadow game and if you refuse Vanessa will either shoot you," now Vanessa moves the gun towards the others, "1 of them," now she's pointing it at her head, "or herself, so what's it going to be, your friend shoots her brains out or you fight and possibly stop anybody else from being killed by me and by the way if I think for 10 seconds that you are stalling Vanessa will pull that trigger, you can hold me to that."
Damn it, what do I do, all I have to do stop Ivanov is run away, but if I do that than god knows what happens to everyone else, and if I leave now I know she'll just come after me later, but if I duel than she could get all the power she needs and if I lose I may not walk out of here.
"Chose Mr. Rhodes."
"Very well than you want to duel let's duel."
Chase
"The first move goes to the visitor."
"Very well than, my draw! I summon Elemental Hero Woodsman (ATK: 1000/DEF: 2000) in defense mode, next I'll set 1 card face down and end my turn.
Ivanov
"2000 DEF points you aren't afraid are you?"
"Me, your the one who's afraid to show me your face."
"Don't you get it; darkness like this is what started this game but if you'd like something more authentic I can give you that. I play the Field Spell the Shadow Realm!"
The darkness feels different now, before I was just afraid but now there's something sinister in the air, it's still pitch black but now even the light that was on everyone else is gone.
"What kind of Field Spell is this?"
"All in do time Mr. Rhodes, all in do time but for now I summon Calm, Silent Gusta (ATK: 1700/DEF: 1100) in ATK mode next I set 1 card face down and end my turn."
Chase
"My draw," all she has on the field is some girl with long green hair, pail skin, cloak and big stick with a green ball at the end; this should be easy, "now allow me to show you just how afraid I am because now since its my standby phase Elemental Hero Woodsman allows me to add 1 Polymerization from my deck straight to my hand! Now I'm going to activate it-"
"Actually you can't."
What the, the hologram image of my card just set itself face down.
"The effect of The Shadow Realm, all spell cards have to be set before they can be activated, if you chose to activate them without setting them there activation will be negated and then set on to the field, now do you have anything else to play?"
"I set 1 card face down and it's back to you."
Ivanov
"Shame, I thought someone like you would've been able to defeat a little green haired girl with a big stick."
"Your green haired girl still can't get past my 2000 DEF points giant green guy."
"True but this can; I summon Armored Axon Kicker (ATK: 2200/DEF: 1800) in attack mode!"
"You'd have to tribute your Gusta to summon that!"
"Apparently you don't know much about Psychic type monsters, if I control a face-up Psychic Monster I can summon this card without tribute. Now Armored Axon Kicker destroy his Woodsman, Axon Slam!"
Oh crap this thing is big purple and has some kind of green liquid flowing through its body, and it just left me wide open for a direct attack.
"Now Calm, Silent Gusta attack him directly, Gusta Burst!"
"Ah!" That attack, I could feel the wind as it was released from her monsters staff and it actually lifted me off my feet and has me against the wall. (4000-2300)
"I'll set 1 more card face down and end my turn."
Chase
"My draw," ah man what do I do, she has 2 face downs and 2 strong monsters on the field, the only move I have in mind is risky, but if I don't try something I'm good as dead, literally.
"I summon Elemental Hero Ocean (ATK: 1500/DEF: 1200) in attack mode."
"Just because he has a nicer staff doesn't mean he's any stronger than either of my monsters."
"Maybe so but I'm about to give him something else, I reveal my face down card Fighting Spirit giving Elemental Hero Ocean 300 ATK points for every monster you control (1500-2100) now Ocean attack her Gusta with Deep sea slash!"
Ocean went at the green hared woman with his staff but the Gusta quick as can be blocked the sharp ends with her staff. The 2 are struggling both holding the other back with equal strength. Ocean pushes forward just by only an inch and the green haired woman's staff snaps in 2 before she vanishes. (4000-3500)
"Well it looks like you are now on the offensive."
"Thank you, I throw down a face down and call it a turn."
Ivanov
"Interesting strategy but it has only allowed you to defeat my Gusta, mean while I still have my Axon Kicker as well as this new monster, I summon Psychic Commander (1400-800) next I reveal my face down card Monster Reborn allowing me to special summon Calm, The Silent Gusta from my graveyard."
"Now My Ocean's the strongest monster on the field." (1800-2400)
"Very true but now I tune my Psychic Commander with my Calm, the Silent Gusta," The 4 eyed man in the flying saucer flew up in the air and dematerialized in to 3 green rings, the rings than lowered themselves down over a now Dematerialized Gusta and while giving off a feeling of evil, (3+4=7) "I synchro summon Daigusta Eagles!" (ATK: 2600/DEF: 1800)
A large Green armored Eagle with a man on its back now towers over the field and it's aiming for my Ocean.
"Now Gusta Eagles destroy his Ocean psychic flying Gust!"
Now I'm in the air heading for the wall again, but I got to keep Ocean on the field. (2300-2100)
"I destroy Fighting Spirit, keeping Ocean on the field."
"Only to be defeated by Armored Axon Kicker, now Axon Slam!" (2100-1400)
"Reveal trap Card! Hero Counterattack! Now you select 1 card in my hand and if it's an Elemental Hero I can destroy 1 of your monsters and special summon it."
"That won't work, even though under normal circumstances I can't use my powers in a shadow game there are circumstances where I can pull of a little trick and this is 1 of them, I am allowed to use my abilities to see what is in your hand... wait a minute why are your eyes closed?"
My Counterattack begins now!
"Remember when your overgrown green chickens wind storm threw me across the room a minute ago, well when it did that I dropped my cards, when I hit the floor I picked them up, only I had a feeling you'd try and do something like this so I closed my eyes before I picked them up so I wouldn't see what order I picked them up in leaving your guess as good as mine."
"You tricked me!"
"It isn't my fault that with all your little powers you couldn't even notice a kid with his eyes closed, now make your move but you better think twice before you chose."
Even though I can't see anything I can just imagine the angry look on her face.
"The 1 on the far right."
Time to open my eyes... "Wrong choice, I summon The Elemental Hero Burstinatrix (ATK: 1200/DEF: 800) now its time for her to fry that chicken!"
In cased in a large fire ball the hero of fire flew towards the large Eagle and set it a blaze.
"I set 1 card face down and end my turn, but be warned your hero doesn't stand a chance against my Kicker."
Chase
Maybe not but apparently you forgot about the card your little shadow trick made me set. I play Polymerization, fusing The Elemental Hero Burstinatrix on my Field with the Earth Attribute Quillbolt Hedgehog in my hand in order to fusion summon Elemental Hero Gaia." (ATK: 2200/DEF: 2600)
"There ATK points are equal."
"Some psychic, you can't even tell what my Gaia's effect is."
"What's tha- wait a minute why is my monsters points going down?"
"Simple when Gaia is fusion summoned I select 1 face-up monster you control, halve its ATK points and give those points to Gaia! (2200-1100) (2200-3300) Now Gaia Continent Hammer!"
My large black hero tightened his fist and swung his giant armored arms at Axon Kicker ending that problem and taking a serious chunk out of Ivanov's life points. (3500-1300)
"I can tell just by looking at it that those points are not going to last past this turn."
"True, so I'm going to set 1 card face down and end my turn."
Ivanov
"Not bad, not bad at all I can see how you were able to beat Sadusky, O'Hara, Mortimer, and Abigail."
"And I can see that your completely insane."
"Just because you are in the lead does not give you the right to mouth me off. I summon Grapple Blocker (ATK: 1200/DEF: 2000) in defense mode."
What the, her large Masked wrestler with Octopus tentacles has those tentacles rapped around my Gaia.
"When I summon this monster I select 1 monster you control, now that monster, AKA your Gaia, can't declare an Attack or be tributed so long as I pay 500 life points during my End phase."
"Keep that up and you won't have any life points left in a few turns."
"That is why I set this card last turn, I play Psychic Rejuvenation now I gain 1000 life points for each Psychic type monster I control (1300-2300) next I set 1 card face down." (2300-1800)
Chase
"My draw," There isn't a whole lot I can do, with 2000 DEF points and the fact that my Gaia is ensnared I don't have a whole lot of moves, but this will at least get Gaia free. "I set 1 card face down and end my turn."
Ivanov
"Tell me is it getting to you?"
"Is what getting to me?"
"All this, you are dueling in complete darkness, alone, and with no way out."
"Cut the crap you're nothing but a freak who's trying to become God."
"Oh no Mr. Rhodes soon I will be God, because soon I will defeat you and have all the power I need."
"Not quite, I activate my trap Battle Mania!"
"What?"
"Wait don't you remember I used this to beat Abigail the first time and now it's going to help me beat you because now your Grapple Blocker is switched to attack mode and has to attack me this turn!"
"Not if he's gone first! I play the trap card Mind Over Matter! Now I negate the activation of your Battle Mania and destroy it at the cost of my Grapple Blocker."
"Looks like My Gaia's free."
"Free only to die. I reveal my face down card Teleport now while you control a monster and I don't I can pay 800 life points to special summon a psychic monster from my hand. (1800-1000) Now allow me to introduce you to Master Gig." (ATK: 2600/DEF: 1400) in attack mode, now Master Gig destroy his Gaia!"
A man in some type of containment orb with spikes in it releases a large volt of lightning from it's center destroying my Gaia (1400-1200) and leaving me wide open for a direct attack.
"There now do you doubt me, now do you doubt that I merely want to be God or that I am destined to become a God!"
Chase
"I know you'd a gullible god, if you could be a God."
"What do you mean, thanks to the darkness of my Field Spell you have had to delay every single 1 of your strategies, you are defenseless and your life points can easily be picked off when I summon my next monster."
"The key word there is darkness because at the end of the day you're no more than the Bogeyman, hiding behind darkness so you can torture the mind of small children when in reality your just the moans and groans of an old house, and all your power leaves you the minute that child learns to turn on the light, and turning that light on with the help of the Elemental Hero Sparkman!" (ATK: 1600/DEF: 1400)
Now I know what you're all thinking; Even with his cool golden torso armor, glass helmet over his head and weird black wing like things he's not strong enough but I'm-
"He can't get passed my Master Gig!"
Apparently she's thinking that as well.
"Remember the card I set 2 turns ago, well guess what it's a spell, but not just any spell it's a Field Spell and since there can only be 1 Field Spell on the Field at a time my Skyscraper card is turning on the lights!"
All right it looks like my tall Buildings are replacing her shadows and it looks like while she had me in the shadows the lights turned on as well.
"You think bringing New York City into to my Duel Training room will save you, well guess what even with the 1000 point boost your Sparkman's ATK points will be the same as my Gig's and your life points are to low to risk a tie."
"I'm not; now since your Shadow Realm Field Spell is gone I can play spell cards straight from my hand so I'm going to play Hero Pressure which reduces your Master Gig's ATK points by 300 for every Hero on my field and even though that's only 1 it's still enough to be taken down by Sparkman when he gains 1000 points from Skyscraper!" (2600-2300)
Unfortunately the way her Master Gig is floating I can't see her face, man what I wouldn't give to see it right now.
"Now Sparkman shining Surge Flash!" (1000-700)
Sparkman just flew up in the air and even though Master Gig put up a force field Sparkman's lightning was still able to Peirce through and blow the stupid thing up, now let's see what Ivanov thinks of that.
"Very good Mr. Rhodes you passed my test now you are able to know the truth about what I am."
"What that you're a pysch-" What the, what the hell is going on here?
"Before you mocked me, you said all I am trying to do is become God, well than Mr. Rhodes allow me to ask you this, have you ever imagined God to be like what you see before you, no more than a brain in jar?"
Next Time: "Stalin's Endgame."
"The shadows aren't done with me are they?"
"… Probably not."