No Such Duel
Chapter 19: Sacred Beasts Arise (Part 2)
Meanwhile, down at the Royal Woods Facility Prison,
Visiting hours were normally as pleasant as visiting inmates could possibly be. But for Rita and Lynn Sr., who were face to face with Lynn's father, Leonard Loud, things could not more unpleasant, "Lynn, Rita, there had better be a GOOD explanation as to why you both treated your only son as badly as you did," Leonard stated, sounding extremely irritated with both of them.
"Well, it's not like we could help it! Lincoln's sisters all said he was bad luck, so it had to be true!" Lynn explained.
"Lynn, did you seriously use the whole 'if enough people say the same thing, then it has to be true' rule against Lincoln?" Leonard asked, pinching the bridge of his nose.
"Well, yeah. That's how you guys raised me," Lynn replied.
"Yeah, we raised YOU with that rule. That doesn't mean you get to enforce it on anyone else! Least of all your own flesh and blood!" Leonard snapped.
"Now how is that fair?! You guys get to do it to me, but I'm not allowed to use the same methods on MY kids?" Lynn Sr. argued, sounding quite irritated.
"Because Lynn, nine times out of ten, after your siblings do a little digging around, they find evidence that can easily prove that you were lying! Let me guess; Your daughters follow that 'women's intuition' thing, which is almost always based on rash conclusions, to deduce that their brother is to blame, right?" Leonard yelled.
"Well, when we thought Lincoln clogged the toilet with the Princess Pony book, his sisters were basing it on the fact that he flushes stuff down the toilet that shouldn't go down there, so naturally, we had to believe it to be true," Lynn Sr. replied. His father groaned in irritation.
"I don't get why you can't give Lincoln the benefit of the doubt. Is it because he hates sports? Newsflash Lynn, not every boy has to be athletic! Lincoln seemed perfectly happy reading comics and playing video games. Are you just that against him because he'd rather pick up an issue of Ace Savvy or a game controller instead of a baseball bat and glove?" Leonard interrogated.
"Well, I just wanted to have the ideal father/son relationship that every father wants. Besides, Lincoln needs to be more active. Which is why we signed him up for football a few months back," Lynn Sr. replied.
"Lynn, does Lincoln EVER show any athletic talent or interest?" Leonard asked.
"Well, no, but we just don't want him to be lazy. We only want what's best for him," Lynn Sr. replied.
"You mean you want what's best for him for YOUR sake. You both were trying to forcibly change Lincoln into something he isn't, while at the same time, allowing your daughter's to do whatever they want, and never worry about the consequences of their actions," Leonard chastised.
"Well, it doesn't matter either way. Lincoln still broke the 'No Duel Monsters' rule we established in our house. No matter what anyone says, he's the only one in the wrong," Rita stated. Leonard just sighed in exasperation. Were these two really so stubborn that they refused to see their daughter's faults and focus only on what makes Lincoln seem like a bad guy?
"Hey, what's going on outside?!" a guard exclaimed. Everyone looked out the window, and saw dark clouds beginning to form all over Royal Woods, and were spreading.
"What is happening?!" Leonard exclaimed, as he got up, "We'll finish this discussion later! I'm going to see what's going on!" he said, storming out, leaving the Loud Parents in the visiting room, completely bewildered.
"I don't understand it. Why is Dad so insistent on having Lincoln's back? He knows that Lincoln's the one in the wrong," Lynn Sr. commented.
"It might take some time, but I'm sure he'll come around to see things our way, just like everyone else will," Rita replied, as the guards came in, and roughly took them both back to their cells.
Meanwhile, back up at the Spirit Gate,
"There's no way I'm letting you guys win this Duel! It's my move now, and I draw!" Lincoln exclaimed, drawing his card.
Lincoln Loud: Hand: 7
"First up, I'm going to set the Pendulum Scale with Scale 1 Yoko-Zuna Sumo Spirit and Scale 10 Kai-Den Kendo Spirit!" Lincoln said, placing both cards in the Pendulum Zones, "Now I can summon as many monsters between Levels 2 through 9 as I need! I Pendulum Summon Level 7 Dark Magician and Red Eyes Black Dragon, and the Level 2 Tuner Monster, Dark Tinker!" Lincoln proclaimed, as he summoned all three Monsters.
"What's this?! A new form of summoning?" Hamon exclaimed.
"And there's more! I also use the Spell Card Monster Reborn to bring back one of my Blue Eyes White Dragons!" Lincoln said, as he resurrected his Dragon, "Now for some fun! First up, I Tune Level 2 Dark Tinker with the Level 8 Blue Eyes White Dragon, in order to Synchro Summon Level 10 Dragocytos Corrupted Nethersoul Dragon!" Lincoln proclaimed, as Dark Tinker turned into two green rings, which then surrounded Blue Eyes White Dragon, turning it into one of Lincoln's most powerful Synchro Monsters, "But I'm not done yet! Next, I Overlay Level 7 Dark Magician and Red Eyes Black Dragon in order to build the Overlay Network, and XYZ Summon Rank 7 Dark Anthelion Dragon!" Lincoln proclaimed, as both monsters were sucked into a galaxy like structure, and reemerged as Dark Anthelion Dragon.
"What is this 'Synchro' and 'XYZ' garbage?" Uria questioned.
"You see, while you guys were sealed behind the Spirit Gates for all these years, Duel Monsters have been evolving, and new rules are constantly being added," Lincoln explained.
"This is good! Now Lincoln has three super strong monsters on his side!" Ross commented.
"Now then, onto the Battle Phase! First, I activate Dark Anthelion Dragon's ability! By using one Overlay Unit, I can choose which of you guys to siphon the power from, and have my Dragon increase it's Attack Power by half the amount you have. So, I'll have my Dragon take 2000 Points from Hamon!" Lincoln said, as his Dragon absorbed an overlay unit, and began to take half of Hamon's power.
Hamon, Lord of Striking Thunder
Attack Power: 4000 / 2 = 2000
Dark Anthelion Dragon
Attack Power: 2500 + 2000 = 4500
"Now to do some real damage! Dragocytos Corrupted Nethersoul Dragon will take out Hamon!" Lincoln said, as his dragon attacked and destroyed Hamon.
Sacred Beasts (Possessing Lynn Loud Jr.)
LP: 8000 – 2000 = 6000 LP Remaining
"And due to my Dragon's ability, it can attack a second time since it was able to destroy a Monster!" Lincoln said, as his Nethersoul Dragon blasted Uria.
Sacred Beasts (Possessing Lynn Loud Jr.)
LP: 6000 – 1000 = 5000 LP Remaining
"That's the way! One attack from Lincoln's Five Headed Dragon will finish this Duel!" Randy commented.
"Don't be so sure," Yusuke replied, looking at the two Face-downs the Sacred Beasts laid down.
"Now, Five Headed Dragon, attack their LP directly!" Lincoln commanded.
"Don't be so quick to rush in! I activate the Trap Card, Magical Cylinder! It negates an attack on my LP, and redirects the blast directly at you!" Lynn explained, her tone still being dark, as she activated one of the Face-downs, which sent the Five Headed Dragon's attack back at Lincoln.
Lincoln Loud
LP 8000 – 5000 = 3000
"Tsk, probably should've seen that coming. And that other Face-down will probably be something to cancel out Dark Anthelion Dragon's attack, so I guess I'll end my turn with two Face Downs, and now both my Pendulum Spirits return to my hand!" Lincoln said, as both of his Pendulum monsters returned to his hand.
Lincoln Loud:
Hand: 2
"Now it's my turn! I draw!" the Dark Power Possessed Lynn said, as she drew her card.
Dark Power Possessed Lynn Loud Jr:
Hand: 2
"First up, I activate Pot of Greed, which let's me draw two cards!" Lynn said, drawing two cards.
Dark Power Possessed Lynn Loud Jr:
Hand: 3
"Next, I'll activate both Uria and Hamon's hidden abilities!" she proclaimed.
"Wait, their hidden abilities?!" Lola exclaimed.
"That's right! Both Hamon and Uria have abilities that aren't printed on their cards!" Hadji exclaimed.
"I now discard one Spell and One Trap Card from my hand to resurrect both Hamon and Uria!" the Dark Possessed Lynn said, sending two of her cards to the Graveyard, which brought back both Sacred Beasts.
"Oh boy, that's not good!" Lori commented, as both Sacred Beasts took control of Lynn again.
"And it's about to get far worse, human! We now activate the Card of Demise! This allows us to draw five new cards from our deck, but in five turns, we must discard our entire hand," Uria said, as they played the aforementioned Spell Card, and drew five new cards.
Uria and Hamon:
Hand: 5
"Now the fun can really begin. We now activate the Spell Card Phantasmal Martyrs! You see, when Uria and myself are both on the Field, we can activate this Spell Card by first sending our entire hand to the Graveyard to Special Summon 3 Phantasmal Martyr Tokens!" Hamon explained, as they discarded two cards from their hand, and brought out 3 demon monsters.
Phantasmal Martyr Token
Attribute: DARK
Level: 1
Type: Fiend
Attack / Defense : 0 / 0
"And how fortunate that one of those cards was the Continous Trap Card, Stronghold, the Moving Fortress. Now my power increases by 1000!" Uria proclaimed.
Uria, Lord of Searing Flames
Attack: 3000 → 4000
"Next, we'll activate that Face Down, Graceful Charity! We now draw three new cards, but discard two of them!" Uria explained, drawing three new cards, smirking at the sight of one of them, "And it would appear that we've drawn the only card we need to complete our strategy."
"Oh boy, that doesn't sound too good!" Luan commented.
"Bear witness, mortals! We now sacrifice all three of our Phantasmal Martyr Tokens to summon Raviel, Lord of Phantasms!" Hamon proclaimed, as the three tokens were absorbed into the card, and a big blue demon monster began to materialize.
Raviel, Lord of Phantasms
Atttribute: DARK
Level: 10
Type: Fiend / Effect
Cannot be Normal Summoned or Set. Must be Special Summoned (from your hand) by Tributing 3 Fiend-Type monsters, and cannot be Special Summoned by other ways. Each time your opponent Normal Summons a monster(s): Special Summon 1 "Phantasm Token" (Fiend-Type/DARK/Level 1/ATK 1000/DEF 1000) for each monster Summoned. These Tokens cannot declare an attack. Once per turn: You can Tribute 1 monster, this card gains ATK equal to the original ATK of the Tributed monster, until the End Phase.
Attack / Defense: 4000 / 4000
Like before, Lynn's eyes began to glow a new color, this time, being blue, "Ah, free at long last!" the voice of Raviel spoke through Lynn.
"Not good!" Lincoln exclaimed.
"Ah, if it isn't Lincoln Loud, one of the fools who sealed us away so long ago," Raviel commented, spotting the orange clad boy.
"Indeed. While it was that Theodore human who ultimately orchestrated out release, it was Lincoln's sister down there that unlocked the spirit gates," Uria replied. Raviel then looked down, and spotted the possessed Lynn.
"You mean the three of us were summoned by that weakling? Her soul isn't even worthy of being fed to the shadows!" Raviel stated.
"It's not ideal, but it does give us a chance at freedom, and to take our revenge on the eight fools who imprisoned us," Hamon replied.
"True, so, can I count on the two of you help me out with dealing the final blow?" Raviel asked.
"We could, or we can show Lincoln the maximum extent of our unholy power!" Uria suggested.
"Much as I would agree with you on that, Uria, I kind of want to show these mortals the terror I can bring," Raviel replied.
"It's only fair, Uria. After all, we've shown what we can do," Hamon added.
"Ah, very well. If you insist," Uria replied.
"Excellent. Now then, Lincoln, prepare yourself, for now I activate my special ability! By tributing one Monster on our side of the field, I can increase my own Attack Power by that Monster's Attack Strength. Hamon, lend me your power!" Raviel said.
"My power is yours, Raviel," Hamon replied, as he disintegrated, and merged with Raviel, strengthening the third Sacred Beast.
Raviel, Lord of Phantasms
Attack: 4000 + 4000 = 8000
"8000 Attack Points?! That's enough to wipe Lincoln out completely!" Randy exclaimed.
"And now, Lincoln, say goodbye, to your friends, family, home, and soul!" Raviel said, as he went to attack Dark Anthelion Dragon, when…
"I activate my Face Down Trap Cards, Enchanted Javelin and Half Unbreak! Enchanted Javelin increases my LP by the original Attack Points of a Monster that's declared an attack, while Half Unbreak not only prevents Dark Anthelion Dragon from being destroyed, but cuts the damage I would've normally taken in half!" Lincoln explained.
Lincoln Loud LP: 3000 + 4000 = 7000
Damage Calculation
2500 + 8000 = 10,500 / 2 = 6500
Lincoln Loud LP: 7000 – 6500 = 500 LP remaining
"Tsk, I had forgotten about those two Face Downs! Don't worry, I shall rectify this by continuing what you had started, Raviel!" Uria exclaimed, as he went on to attack Dark Anthelion Dragon, when…
"I activate Dark Anthelion Dragon's Ability! By using it's last Overlay Unit, your Attack Power gets cut in half and transferred over to my Dragon!" Lincoln proclaimed, as his Dragon absorbed it's last Overlay Unit, before siphoning Uria's Power.
Uria, Lord of Searing Flames
Attack: 4000 / 2 = 2000
Dark Anthelion Dragon
2500 + 2000 = 4500
Dark Anthelion Dragon effortlessly smacked Uria away, causing him to be drestoryed.
Lynn Loud JR. (Possessed by the Sacred Beasts)
LP: 5000 – 2500 = 2500 LP Remaining
"Tsk, it can't be helped. I end my turn," Raviel said, before realizing something crucial.
Lynn Loud. JR. (Possessed by the Sacred Beasts)
Hand: 0
Raviel, Lord of Phantasms
Attack Points: 8000 4000
"Oh no, I don't have any cards left in my hand, and those three Dragons are poised to strike at any moment!" he exclaimed.
"Right you are, and I'm not about to let you get your second wind! It's my move, and I draw!" Lincoln exclaimed, as he drew he next card.
Lincoln Loud
Hand: 3
"First up, Dragocytos Corrupted Nethersoul Dragon will now destroy Raviel, Lord of Phantasms!" Lincoln proclaimed, as his Syncrho Dragon obliterated Raviel.
"No, not again! We aren't going back to that stony prison!" Raviel screamed, as he was destroyed.
"Due to my Nehtersoul Dragon's effect, it can't be destroyed in battle. So now, all that's left is to attack your LP directly!" Lincoln said, as he dragon blasted Lynn with it's full power.
Dark Possess Lynn Loud JR.
LP: 2500 0
Winner:
Lincoln Loud
Lynn fell to the ground, as a beam of light shot out from her stolen Duel Disk, dispersing the dark clouds, and restoring life to everything, "Lincoln did it! He won!" Samson cheered.
"There's no time to celebrate, chairman! We need to reseal the Forbidden Deck, now!" Yusuke said, as he and the other top Duelists rushed over. Theodore reverted back to his near skeletal form, and fell to his knees. Randy and Ross wasted no time in rushing over to him.
"Theodore Ferguson, you're under arrest for conspiracy to commit mass genocide," Randy said, as he slapped a pair of handcuffs on the elderly man.
"Please officers, is it so wrong that I just wanted to be young again? It's what all men my age desire," Theodore said.
"We can't stop the hands the time, brother. What you did could've destroyed our entire world," Samson explained, as Randy took Theodore away. Meanwhile, Lincoln and the other Top Duelists had just finished rebuilding the shrine the Forbidden Deck was kept. Lincoln went over, and took the deck and the Sacred Beasts from Lynn's Duel Disk, putting it into the box it was in, and returning it to the altar, "Come along now, I have to seal the Spirit Gates back up," Samson said. Ross collected Lynn, as they all made their way back to the shore.
"So, what do we do about Junior?" Randy asked.
"We'll take her to the hospital to be treated. Afterwards, we'll figure out a suitable punishment for her. And I don't think a simple grounding is going to cut it," Ross replied, as they all left.