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*Glen Kern Island, Colin's House, 11:47 AM*
Sam: So how was Spain guys?
Sam had entered the living room and saw mountains of Books all over the room. Colin was on the couch sleeping with a book on his face, while Jeremy was trying to organize them and Derek was pushing them aside so he could get into the room.
Jeremy: Fine. Except for the duel runner crash.
Sam: Yeah, I saw that on TV. I can't believe she's alright.
There attention turned to Colin who rolled off the couch and hit the floor hard, but was still sleeping.
Derek: Unbelievable. He was up all night reading these books.
Sam: Did he find what he was looking for?
Jeremy: No. Most of these books are historical events with only brief references to the Rose Guardians.
Sam: Well he better wake up cause the girls are making Lunch.
Derek: o_o! They're What? ! Rita's in there isn't she?
Jeremy: Don't worry, I'm sure she's not that bad. And Just in case, Ali, Laura, Makoto, AND Krystal are cooking. I'm sure there will be some other-
Just then they started to hear a noise from the kitchen.
Krystal: GAH! IT'S MOVING!
They heard the sound of Steel pans Banging something on the head repeated times and being thrown into a boiling pot.
Krystal: There! The meats now Tenderized! ^_^ Teehee!
The guys stood in the living room in horror of what's to come. The Girl's were still cooking in the kitchen each at their own little station. Ali was chopping some carrots and she looked over at Krystal who had put a Jar of Peanut Butter, 2 bags of Potato chips, a trey of Bacon, and a ton of Chocolate bars into her cooking pot.
Ali: What are you cooking?
Krystal: My family's Legendary "Skyler Surprise Stew"!
Ali: I'll be surprised if it doesn't kill somebody.
Krystal stuck her tongue out at Ali and continued to throw random foods into her pot. Meanwhile, Makoto was having a little trouble with the food she was making.
Makoto: Hmmm…needs more cooking oil.
She reached up above the cabinets, but couldn't see what she was grabbing at. She missed the cooking oil and grab a small bottle labeled BLEACH and ended up pouring it into her food with looking at the bottle and tossed it into the recycling can. When she tossed it away, she noticed Rita seemed a little zoned out and not paying attention to her food.
Makoto: RITA!
Rita: Huh?
Makoto: YOUR FOOD IS BURNING!
Rita looked down at her food and saw that it was Burnt to a crisp and caught on fire!
Rita: O_O! OH SHIT!
Rita placed another Pan on top of the first and that put out the flame and Rita sighed.
Krystal: Wow Rita you seem awfully out of it today. You ok?
Rita: It's just Colin, he just seems different lately.
Makoto: Differn't how?
Rita: He just seems to be avoiding me. I want to talk but he won't listen.
Makoto: Well yeah Rita, he's a man after all.
Rita: No that's not it, I just think something's bothering him. He won't even look at me directly and he seems to ignore me sometimes.
Makoto: I'm sure your just imagining it.
Rita: -_-…I don't think so…
(Flashback)
Last night, when everyone was sleeping, Colin was still awake, downstairs Reading a book on the Rose Guardians looking for anything he could use. He sat on the couch, looking over every pointless detail to find some sort of hidden truth, When Rita came down the stairs, wearing a sexy Black Nightgown, that showed off all of her lovely features. She walked up behind come and wrapped her arms around his neck.
Rita: Cooolin, I'm so "Tired". Aren't you going to come on up to "Bed"?
Colin never took his eyes off the book.
Colin: If you're tired you can go up, don't let me keep you.
Rita: But it's So cold. I would like "Someone" to keep me warm.
Colin: There are some extra Blankets in the closet. Take one if your cold.
Rita: And It's So "Lonely". I'd hate to go to bed "Alone".
Colin: Krystal's down the hall you can talk with her.
Rita let go of Colin and smacks him in the back of the head.
Rita: YOU DUMBASS!
Rita Walk's away and stomps back up the stairs in an Angry fit. Colin Rub's his head as he turns and see's Rita Storm off.
Colin: Geez! What's up with her? She's so Strange.
(End Flashback)
Makoto: -_-…what an Idiot…
Rita: I know.
Krystal: Rita, I think I see the problem. I can sorta feel a…inner conflict inside him. Like he's guilty about something.
Rita: Guilty? About what?
Krystal: I dun know…Maybe he kissed another girl?
CHOP!
Ali: OW!
The girls looked over at Ali who accidently cut herself with the knife she was using. Ali quickly grabbed some bandages and wrapped it around her finger.
Rita: Krystal, that's not even funny.
Krystal: Hey, it's just a theory.
Rita: Colin is a lot of things, but a cheater is not one of them!
Krystal: I never said that. I just said he might have kissed a girl. If he did, he probably wouldn't like it.
Ali: And why wouldn't he like it? !
Ali just forced herself into the conversation and had all the girls staring at her now.
Ali: I-I mean, he's ALWAYS with Rita! What if he wanted to try something different and...and...never did it again because how much he loves Rita? Right?
Makoto: That's no Excuse! He's in a committed relationship, he shouldn't even be looking at other girls! Let alone kissing them!
Rita: Can we just stop talking about this! I don't want to get the idea that my boyfriend's unfaithful!
Just then, Laura comes through the door.
Laura: Ok everyone! Lunch is ready!
Everyone went outside and saw a picnic table filled with all this delicious looking food spread across it and everyone was in awe of how good it looked.
Sam: Wow, this looks amazing!
Marc: ^_^ That's the Laura I know!
Laura: Well, naturally. Only the best French cuisines for my best friends. After all, I am the best cook of everyone here.
Rita noticed something under the picnic table and reached under to grab it. It turned out to be several restaurant take-out boxes.
Rita: Chateau de Dauphin French restaurant? You ordered take-out?
Laura: *gasps* I am insulted you would assume such a thing! This is work of the French masters, providing elegant and delicious food for all to enjoy!
Rita: Laura, it says that on the back of these take-out boxes!
Marc: -_- That's the Laura I know.
The group sat down for the very delicious take-out lunch. They were eating the food while Colin was opening a new book, looking through it. Rita took the book away from him.
Colin: Hey, I was reading that!
Rita: And now you're eating! So, eat!
Colin: I'm not hungry.
Makoto then took the book from Rita and flipped through it.
Makoto: This book isn't even in English! How do you understand this?
Colin: Well, it's Latin. I took a course at Duel Academy actually.
Jeremy: They taught Latin at Duel Academy?
Colin: Yeah, they did. And I think I came onto something when Rita snatched that book from me? Something about a Joan de Leblanc.
Makoto: Joan de Leblanc?
Just then, Makoto's yellow Rose Mark started to glow as did the book she was reading and it projected a vision of what the book was saying. The vision was of a woman with strawberry blonde hair and white armor. She seemed to be just walking through an old medieval town and on her right Hand was the Mark of the White Rose. Putting all the Elements together she looked very familiar.
Laura: Omg, she looks just like Ali.
The Comparison was uncanny. Ali stared at the lady as she walked around the town, but the vision then disappeared and Makoto looked back at the book.
Makoto: What? That's it?
Colin took the book back from her and began checking it.
Colin: Ok, My Latin's a little rusty, but let's see what else I can find…
Colin looked over the page for a second, and turned the page.
Colin: Ok, It says "Joan De Leblanc, was guardian of the white Rose in the time of the War of the Roses. Considered a living saint, she would never cause harm to others and was invaluable in the war Against Sheh. It is Unfortunate that she was…."
Colin stopped for a moment and reread the page.
Colin: I hope I'm wrong here, but it said she was murdered by another Rose Gaurdian.
Jeremy: Really? Which one? And Why?
Colin Read the next 2 pages and the others watched with anticipation. He then closed the book.
Colin: Wow I'm hungry! What's for Lunch?
He started munching on the food.
Ali: Colin, who did it?
Colin: Munch! Munch! Munch! Sorry, couldn't understand a word that book said.
Ali: Bullshit! What did it say? !
Colin: Nothing, it was a bio on her! It didn't give a name!
Makoto: Well, maybe I'll be able to show more visions of that with my Rose power.
While the group continued to talk and have their outdoor picnic, someone was beginning to approach them from the road. It was a man who was covered in black robes, except for his eyes. They recognized him immediately as Asu Al Diri.
Colin: Asu? What brings you to our lovely part of the world?
Asu: You do. I challenge you to a rematch!
Colin: Um, can it wait until after lunch?
Asu: No, it can't! You better meet me on the small, secluded island not far off from this one. Time is of the essence.
Asu turned and walked away, leaving everyone in a bewildered state. When they were done eating, the group took a boat to the small, secluded island, which was big enough to hold a duel and Asu was there waiting for them. Colin got off the boat and readied his duel disk.
Colin: All right, let's duel!
Asu (LP 4000): *thinks: I need to see how far along the progression has gotten. Hopefully, he hasn't achieved consciousness yet. I just hope I'm not too late.*
Colin (LP 4000): I'll go first! *draws* I'll set one card face-down in defense mode and two cards face-down!
Asu: That's it? How pathetic!
Colin: Excuse me?
Asu: You heard me! Setting two cards face-down? That's so predictable of you!
The rest of the group was watching the duel from the boat.
Laura: Wow, asshole much? What's that guy's problem?
Krystal: That doesn't sound like Asu. Last I remember, he was an honorable duelist.
Marc: Well, people change, Krystal. Maybe he did.
Krystal: I don't know…
Asu: *draws* I activate the Spell Heavy Storm to destroy all of your face-down Spells and Traps!
A huge storm rocked the island and destroyed Colin's two face-downs, Mirror Force and Trap Jammer.
Asu: Now I'll summon Apprentice Assassin (Lv.3 1300/1300)! And then I'll activate the Spell Assassin's Seal! This allows all Level 4 or lower monsters with "Assassin" in their name to attack you directly!
Apprentice Assassin jumped over Colin's face-down monster and inflicted 1300 points of damage to him.
Asu: And I'll end my turn with a face-down!
Colin (LP 2700): Okay, my turn! *draws* I sacrifice my face-down Gear Golem, the Moving Fortress (Lv.4 800/2200) to summon my Spell Canceller (Lv.5 1800/1600)! And now Spell Canceller will attack your monster!
Asu: I activate the Trap Kunai with Chain! This can allow me to both switch your monster to Defense Position and increase my monster's attack power by 500!
The Kunai with Chain wrapped around Spell Canceller and Apprentice Assassin was wielding the chain, gaining 500 attack points.
Colin: I'll end my turn with a face-down!
Asu: Of course you do! There's nothing else you can do! With that pathetic deck of yours!
Colin: Dude, what the hell? !
Asu: *thinks: Forgive me, but it's the only way.* *draws* I summon Dark Assassin (Lv.4 1200/1200)! And now Apprentice Assassin will attack your Spell Canceller!
Colin: I activate Negate Attack!
The attack was negated.
Asu: I'll end my turn with two more face-downs!
Rita: Come on, Colin! You can win this!
Asu: That's your girlfriend, huh? You need her encouragement? What's the Matter? You're not man enough to duel without her support? !
Colin: Shut up! *draws*I summon the Tuner Spare Part Machine (Lv.3 100/1500)! And I'll tune my Spare Part Machine with Spell Canceller to Synchro Summon Dragonic Machine King (Lv.8 3500/2700)! Now, Dragonic Machine King, attack!
Asu: I activate the Trap Smoke Bomb! This allows me to prevent an "Assassin" from being destroyed and reduces the Battle Damage to 0!
Dark Assassin disappeared in a puff of smoke and Dragonic Machine King's attack misses.
Colin: Rrggh! I'll activate Graceful Charity to draw 3 cards and discard 2! *draws and discards* I'll end my turn with two face-downs!
Colin began to feel pain in his arm and he held it.
Jeremy: *whispers* Is it just me or is Colin letting Asu get to him too easily?
Makoto: *whispers* What do you mean?
Jeremy: *whispers* Colin's not the type to get worked up over a few insults like that and Asu's not the type to insult at all. It just seems strange to me.
Krystal: *whispers* This whole duel seems strange. Ever since it started, I felt this strange pressure. Something is not right.
Asu: *draws* I'll activate the Spell Cost Down! I'll discard 1 card from my hand to summon Master Assassin (Lv.6 2200/1950)! And now I'll activate the effect of my Apprentice Assassin! If my Apprentice Assassin is equipped with a card, I can switch the equip card to another monster I control! And then I'll equip my Master Assassin with United We Stand! This increases his attack power by 500 for each monster I have! There are 3, so that makes a total of 1500 more attack points! Now you will feel bitter defeat when I destroy your pathetic monster!
Colin: SHUT UUUUUUP!
Colin's scream was full of anger as it froze all who were around him. He fell to his knees and looked down to the ground and then a Dark Aura appeared around him as he seethed with anger.
Rita: C-Colin?
Asu: I did it, now let's see-
Colin (?): Stupid stupid Asu! I have to thank you.
Asu: No!
Colin got to his feet and lifted his head up and his eyes were blood red.
Asu: *Thinks: I'm too late*
Ali: This Feeling…It can't…
Krystal: I-I can't move…
Asu: Master Assassin! Attack Dragonic Machine King-Quickly!
Master Assassin threw the Kunai with Chain at the Dragon Machine King.
Colin (?): I activate Call of the Haunted to bring back the discarded Robotic Engineer (Lv.4 1200/1500)! Then I'll activate the other Trap Urgent Tuning! Now To Tune The Engineer with The Dragonic Machine King TO Synchro Summon the All Powerful MACHINE OVERLORD (Lv.12 4000/3800)!
The Machine Overlord was successfully Synchro Summoned, but once he was the Back Aura entered its Robotic frame and turned it into an evil looking robot. It appeared as if Machine Overlord was trying to fight the control of the dark aura, but with no luck.
Colin (?): Now I command you! Counter attack with ATOMIC CRUSH!
Machine Overlord's fists charged up and he struck Master Assassin. At that moment Ali's Rose Mark started to glow and she projected a Barrier Shield to protect everyone. Then Machine Overlord's attack caused a small nuclear explosion which turned the Island into a Shallow Crater in the lake. Asu and Colin were knee deep in water and Asu lost 300 life points.
Asu (LP 3700): Damn it!
Colin (?): HAHAHAHA! I've been waiting for this! Thank you boy! I've always wanted this power! Now, MY MOVE! *Draws*
Colin Draws his card, but he sees that it was Piece of his Meklord Emperor Zeroth Cards. His Hand started to shake as the Card made a high-pitched sound and then The Dark Aura Disappeared and Colin's eyes returned to Normal, as did Machine Overlord. Colin fell to his Knees, clenched his arm which was in extraordinary pain and the Dueling Holograms disappeared.
Colin: *huff*… *puff* What… What the f*** was that?
Asu came over and helped Colin get back to his feet.
Asu: I was afraid of this. I'll explain everything back on dry land.
They left their crater and returned to Colin's House and Asu sighed.
Asu: After I was revived by Osiris, I could feel a dark Presence inside my soul. My family had an Art to Extract the Evil. I later found out it was a mark left by Knossoss. I went and found everyone Knossoss had possessed during the world tournament, and I freed their souls. I thought I had them all. Then I saw the Duel between Colin and Jack Atlas. I couldn't believe I missed it.
(Flashback)
Colin And Jack Atlas were in a Turbo Duel, when Knossoss Attacked them. A strand of shadows then attached itself to Jack's Duel Runner and locked itself onto its engine. Jack was speeding up and he wasn't able to turn.
Jack: I can't turn!
MC: Oh, looks like Jack Atlas is having some trouble with his Runner! He better get control fast because the turn's coming up!
They were approaching the curved turn and Jack was heading for the cement wall at the edge of the track, but Colin came up right alongside Jack and rammed hard into his side in a turning motion.
Jack: What are you doing? !
Colin: I'm saving your ass!
Colin was able to get Jack's Runner to turn around the corner and they both successfully made the turn. The audience sighed with relief.
Colin: Hey, open up your engine! I think I take that thing out!
Jack opened the hood to his engine while the turbo duel was still going on. Colin was able to see a black thing attached to the engine.
Colin: Okay, you come here, you little bastard.
Colin reached in to try and grab it, but it suddenly just latched onto his skin and it burned like unholy hell.
Colin: Gah!
Knossoss:You are mine now! You will be consumed by the shadows!
Knossoss tried to take control over Colin, and he began to see all of these images appearing before him. They came and went so fast that he couldn't make any of them out. Colin then grabbed onto his arm and when he did this, the shadows began to disintegrate from his arm.
Knossoss:What? ! No!
Colin heard the shadow screech and the burning pain subsided from his arm.
Colin: Oh, thank heaven!
(End Flashback)
Rita: Hold on! Are you saying what I think your Saying?
Asu: I'm afraid so. Knossoss still lives. He and Colin now one.
Ali: Can't you just Expel Knossoss? Like you did with the others?
Asu: I Can't. I was able to expel the spirits before Knossoss became couscous of his existence. It is impossible now.
Rita: NO! There has to be way!
She looked over at Colin and he was sitting on the couch holding his head.
Knossoss (In Colin's Mind): You hear that? You and I are one now Boy! Herherher!
Colin: Scuse me guys. I need to be alone.
Colin got up and walked out of the room to be alone.
Knossoss (C M): Herherher! Alone? You'll never be alone again! And When I'm done, you'll be exactly like me! Herherher, HAHAHA!