Natsu went at another attempt to reach for Cobra and it worked for the two of them are dueling against Midnight and Angel in front of the museum. Midnight and Angel had 3200atk points and had Angel's Shamsiel at 2000atk points. Cobra and Natsu were knocked down with both of them having 2800LP and they only have one face-down.
"You boys aren't doing so well." Angel said.
"And it's about to get worse. I activate my Distortion Shield trap." Midnight said and a invisible force moved around both him and Angel. "As long as this trap remains on the field, you won't be able to attack us directly."
"So we can't deal any direct damage?" Natsu said.
"That's what he just said." Cobra said. "That's Midnight's style. He tries to make it difficult to actually attack him."
"You guys are going to get schooled. No one can beat Midnight." Racer said.
"We'll see about that." Natsu said as he drew his next card. "I activate Reignited Soul. This spell allows me to bring back a level four or lower monster in my graveyard and it also gives him an extra 300atk points. Welcome back, Fire Dragon Talon!" Talon came on the field with his attack points rising to 1800. "Since there's a fire attribute monster on the field, I can special summon Fireball Dragon!" A fireball flew out to the field and turned into a dragon with 1300atk points. "The downside is that since he was special summoned, he loses 500atk points." The dragon's attack points dropped to 800.
"So why summon him?" Angel said.
"He's planning a tribute summoning." Midnight said.
"That's right. I sacrifice both my monsters and summon Igneel the Fire Dragon!" Natsu said. Both monsters were released and Igneel flew out on the field and had 2500atk points. "Igneel, roast that angel's wings with Fire Dragon Roar!" Igneel breathed out the flames and blasted Shamsiel. He was destroyed and Midnight/Angel's life points dropped to 2700.
"And since he was destroyed, you lose another 400LP." Cobra said. Angel felt pain as she glowed purple and the points dropped to 2300.
"I'll end my turn." Natsu said.
"My move!" Midnight said and he smiled at what he drew. "I activate Midnight Hour. With this spell, I can summon any dark attribute monster I want and I have just the one on the field. I summon Spiral Nightmare Menace!" A large and hideous monster rose on the field and had 2800atk points.
"Look at that thing!" Lucy said.
"Whatever it is, it's scary." Wendy said.
"Say goodbye to that lizard. Attack with Compressed Nightmare Bomb." Midnight said. The monster held up its arms and formed dark energy. It tossed it straight at Igneel and there wasn't anything Natsu could do.
"Not so fast. I activate my trap, Sound Wall!" Cobra said and the attack hit a soundwave. "By paying 400LP each time, I can prevent a monster from being destroyed until the end of the turn." He gave up those life points and they dropped to 2400.
"That won't stop you from taking damage." Midnight said as they both felt the shockwaves and their life points dropped further to 2100.
"Wow! I can't believe Cobra actually saved Natsu's monster!" Lucy said as all of the found that as a shocker.
"Again, don't get the wrong idea. I just don't like losing." Cobra said.
"Say whatever you like." Midnight said. "It's not going to help you in the slightest. I activate Darkened Midnight. Thanks to this spell, I can take any spell or trap I want and place it in my hand." The card popped out and he took it. "I place one card face-down and end my turn."
"I'm up!" Cobra said. "I'm activating Shedding Skin. This spell allows one reptile in my graveyard to come back. I'm bringing back my Twin Headed Snake." His snake came back with 1400atk points. "Thanks to his special ability, I can use it as two monsters for this. I sacrifice my snake and summon Cuberin the Poison Dragon!" His snake was gone and his dragon flew out on the field with 2600atk points.
"I knew he was coming." Midnight said. "I activate Invisible Compress." Both dragons had something invisible coiled around them and had them trapped as it pressed down.
"What just happened?" Natsu said.
"That's the power of my trap." Midnight said. "It prevents both of your dragons from attacking or using their special abilities."
"They can't attack?!" Wendy said.
"Those dragons are their best chance of winning. How are they going to get out of this?" Gray said.
"I guess I have no other choice, but to end my turn." Cobra said.
"And since it is, Spiral Nightmare Menace's ability activates which takes away 1000atk points from a monster." Midnight said. "I'll go with Cuberin." The monster's nails grew out like tendrils and all of them saw horror and Cuberin seemed weakened as his power dropped to 1600.
"My turn!" Angel said as she drew her next card. "I give up 300LP so that I can summon Barakiel, Angel of Lightning!" An angel with three faces came on the field and had 1900atk points as Angel's life points dropped to 2000LP. "Those are life points I don't mind giving up because I play Angel's Blessing. This spell will restore the life points I lost from summoning my angels. With Barakiel and Shamsiel, that's 600." Her life points went back up to 2600. "Now for the fun. Barakiel, destroy Cuberin with Light Oblivion!" Barakiel unleashed a bright light that Cuberin got caught in and was destroyed with Cobra getting shoved down as their life points dropped to 1800. "Spiral Nightmare Menace, it's your turn against Igneel!" The monster tried again and was able to destroy Igneel this time and Natsu got shoved down as their life points dropped further to 1500. "I place one face-down and end my turn. Have you had enough?"
"Not even close!" Natsu said as he drew his next card. "I guess all I can do now is play defense, but this one is great for defense. I summon Scale Guard in defense mode." A dragon-like creature with large, thick, and dense scales rose on the field and had 1900def points. "Good luck trying to get through this guy because as long as he stays in defense mode, he has to be attacked twice. I place one card facedown and end my turn."
"Nice. That will buy them some time since Barakiel has the same amount of attack points as Scale Guard's defense points." Lucy said.
"Yeah, but I don't think that's going to matter." Gray said.
"Here goes." Midnight said as he drew his next card. "Since attacking will be pointless, I'll just place one card facedown and end my turn."
"Back to me." Cobra said. "Perfect! Just what I need. I activate Poison Splasher. This spell destroys the power spell and trap cards that are currently active on the field." Poison splashed out on Midnight's Distortion Shield and made it useless.
"So you can attack us directly now. What good will it do if you can't get pass our monsters?" Angel said.
"Wait and see. For now, I place one face-down and end my turn." Cobra said.
"That's it? You're pathetic." Angel said as she drew her next card. "I activate my trap: Angel's Rejection. To use this card, I must discard two cards with the same name. I'll discard my two Angel's Messengers. By doing that, you boys lose 300LP for each copy in the grave. Since there are three, you lose 900LP." Three balls of light were shot out blasted the both of them and the lost more of their life points as they dropped to 600.
"Bet you're regretting betraying us, Cobra." Racer said.
"It's going to get worse." Angel said. "I lose 1000LP so that I can summon Raguel, Angel of End Times." A new angel appeared with multiple heads blowing horns as Angel's life points dropped to 1600 and his attack points were 2600. "Next, I use Raguel's ability to destroy that scaly beast." Raguel blew the horns and destroyed Scale Guard.
"No! That was their last line of defense." Wendy said.
"It's all over and all the pain is coming your way, Cobra. Barakiel, attack and end this!" Angel said. Barakiel was going to attack and Cobra couldn't stop it.
"Not so fast. I activate Destructive Heat!" Natsu said and a wall of fire was formed between them. "I suppose I should thank you for destroying Scale Guard. When a monster is destroyed by a special ability, Destructive Heat prevents you from attacking with monsters that had more attack points. That means you can't attack this turn."
"You can't postpone the inevitable." Angel said. "Just in case you get any ideas, I activate Angel's Clearance. Now, even if my angels get destroyed, I won't suffer damage from their abilities. That means that I am clear to use Barakiel's ability. If I release him, I can look into your hand. I can select which card stays in your hand, which goes back at the top of your deck, and the rest go to the graveyard. Let's see what you got, hothead." She said as Barakiel was destroyed.
"She's talking to me, isn't she?" Natsu said and all of his cards were shown in his hand. He had Monster Reborn, Fire Dragon Winger, and a card called Forcing Help.
"This is bad. She's trying to prevent him summoning another monster." Lucy said. "They're almost left defenseless."
"Monster Reborn can stay and Forcing Help can go to the top of your deck. That means Fire Dragon Winger goes to the grave." Angel said.
"Darn it." Natsu said as he had to get rid of those cards.
"This has been fun, but it's time to end. Midnight, don't you agree?" Angel said.
"You're right. I activate my trap: Spiral Pain!" Midnight said. "This card is very powerful. Come my next turn, all cards on your field will be destroyed and you lose 700LP for each card destroyed. Not that it matters because you'll lose 700 points regardless and you only have 600."
"Say what?" Natsu said.
"All he needs to do is wait until his next turn." Cobra said. "Once that happens, that card will finish us."
"Not unless we pull out a miracle." Natsu said as he drew his next card.
"No matter how you look at it, it's the end." Midnight said. Natsu looked at the two spell cards in his hand and tried to figure something out.
'If I use Monster Reborn, I could bring back Igneel, but he doesn't have enough power to end this.' Natsu said. That's when an idea came into his head. "I've got an idea, but for it to work, we need to get rid of one of those monsters now. How can we do that?"
"You need one of them gone? Consider it done." Cobra said. "I activate play my Offering of the Snake King! By discarding one of my snakes, I can destroy one of your monsters. So I'll say goodbye to Hydra Snake and to that hideous angel." A giant snake rose up under Raguel and swallowed it whole.
"Why bother fighting? You can't win." Angel said.
"That's what you think." Natsu said. "I'm activating Monster Reborn."
"Bringing back Igneel or are you using Raguel?" Cobra asked.
"Neither. I'm bringing back Cuberin the Poison Dragon!" Natsu said and Cuberin rose baack on the field.
"You fool. You could have brought back a game changer, but you messed up." Midnight said.
"I don't think so. I'm doing this to show how strong Cobra and I are when we work together" Natsu said which seemed to have touched Cobra. "I activate Cuberin's special ability to take away 500 of Spiral Nightmare Menace's attack points." Cuberin breathed out the poison and the monster's points dropped to 2300. "Next, I'm activating Forcing Help. This spell allows me to take one monster in my graveyard and equip it onto another and it gains all of its abilities. The only catch is that they have to be the same type. I equip Igneel on Cuberin." Cuberin and Igneel joined together with Cuberin gaining his scales, wings, and claws.
"I don't get it. Why would he do that?" Racer said.
"Wait and see. First, Cuberin, destroy that fiend!" Natsu said. Cuberin unleashed a combined power of poison and fire with the monster destroyed and Midnight's points dropped to 1300.
"I still don't see why he used that Forcing Help." Wendy said.
"Because Forcing Help has more than one effect." Cobra said.
"That's right. Every card has more than one use." Natsu said. "By sending Igneel back to the graveyard, Cuberin can attack again." Igneel and Cuberin separated and he was ready to attack again.
"Attack with Poison Breath Decade!" Natsu and Cobra said. Cuberin unleashed the attack and blasted Angel and Midnight with both of them taken down.
"No way! They actually lost!" Racer said. Midnight and Angel got back up, but they could see that they lost.
"Let's get out of here." Midnight said as the four of them made a run for it.
"Let me know when you want beaten again." Natsu said and turned to face Cobra. "Thanks for the help."
"Don't mention it. Sometimes they get on my nerves." Cobra said.
"Listen, cobra. We really could use your help." Natsu said. "I can't explain it, but there's something big coming and we have these marks because we were chosen to stop it. If you at least want answers, you should get in."
"You were serious about that?" Cobra said. "This sounds like a big deal. I suppose I should at least hear you out."
"Trust me, it's out of this world." Natsu said. So far, he's worked with the fifth dragon well, but will it be enough to stop the darkness that is to come.