*Nevada, Desert, 5:58 P.M. LST*
The Setting Sun across the Desert lit the Sky red as if it were on Fire. Ryan was riding his Duel Runner at Full Speed across the sand. His attitude had changed from earlier. He seemed Serious and Angry.
Ryan: *Thinks: How The Hell Could This Happen? ! HOW, GOD DAMN IT ? !*
(Flashback)
Lucky 21 Casino was nearly Destroyed, Rubble and Debris were scattered around after the battle against the Skull King. The Roses were still there and had explained their whole situation to Ryan's brother, Skyler.
Skyler: So that's it? You're Guardians and your battling against an evil Cult bent on opening the gates to the Spirit world because they think it's the Garden of Eden or something, Right?
Colin: That's right.
Skyler: Now I see why you didn't tell me. Hard to believe.
Ryan: Yeah well, now you know. So now we can all beat the bad Guys, save the world, and live happily-
Riiiing.
Ryan's Cell Phone Began to ring and he picked it up.
Ryan: Ryan "Razor" Edge here, how may-
Lexi (Phone): RYAN!
It was Lexi, Ryan's Ex-wife and she sounded Frantic and upset on the phone.
Lexi (P):It's horrible, just Horrible-I can-I can't-it's just-
Ryan: Lexi calm down what happened?
Lexi (P): Some woman-she came to the house-she took him!-She took our son!
Ryan's heart stopped. He felt a surge of anger.
Lexi (P): She said for you to meet her at-
Ryan listened and Ran off.
Colin: Ryan? !
Skyler: HEY!
Ryan found his Duel Runner, hopped on it and drove off at a high speed.
(End Flashback)
Ryan Drove across the Desert and Approached the Grand Canyon. On the Edge of the Canyon, Raquel was sitting in a chair and rocking a small rocking crib with Ryan's son in it sleeping like a baby. If she used enough force, she could tip the rocker over the edge of the canyon. Ryan stopped his runner only a few Meters away.
Ryan: Give me back my Son!
Raquel: Shh, the baby's sleeping.
Ryan: You twisted bitch!
Raquel: Such language and Around a Child no less! No wonder your wife left you!
Ryan: Give me back my Son!
Raquel: Such Demands from a Dog! I'm insulted! Fine, you want him back so much then I suggest a duel!
Ryan: You want to duel to determine the Fate of a Human Being? ! That's sick!
Raquel: When you swat a fly, do you care about its Feelings or the feelings of the Larva you formed from? You are all pathetic Insects, not worthy of a second thought. But I am offering you a chance to take your little bug and leave alive. Just duel.
Raquel readied her Duel disk with a smirk. Ryan had no choice and readied his duel disk.
Raquel (LP 4000): There's a good dog.
Ryan (LP 4000): *draws* First, I Normal Summon Luster Dragon (Lv.4 1900/1600)! Then I use Polymerization to fuse my Red-Eyes Black Dragon and Meteor Dragon in my hand to create Meteor Black Dragon (Lv.8 3500/2000)! That ends my turn!
Raquel: *draws* I'll just place this monster in face-down defense position and one card face-down!
Ryan: *draws* Luster Dragon, attack her face-down monster!
Luster Dragon shot a breath of fire at Raquel's face-down monster, which was Wall Arachnid (Lv.1 200/300), and destroyed it.
Ryan: And now Meteor Black Dragon will attack you directly!
Meteor Black Dragon shot a fireball that looked more like a meteor at Raquel, inflicting her with 3500 points of damage.
Ryan: I'll end my turn with a face-down!
Raquel (LP 500): *draws* Now I activate my face-down Trap Black Spider Bite! For every monster on my field, I gain 200 Life Points, but for each monster you have, I lose 200!
The tarantula that usually sat on Raquel's shoulder crawled down her arm and leg and came onto the field, as if it knew what was coming.
Ryan: Why would you do that?
Raquel (LP 100): So I can use my Soul Card, of course!
Ryan: Soul Card?
Raquel: It's a monster that reflects my soul. Your friends just fought one earlier today, didn't they? The Skull King.
Ryan: Oh, shit!
Raquel: I summon Arachnacard (Lv.0 3600/3300)!
A black aura surrounded Raquel and her little pet spider. The spider then began to grow and grow. It became a massive, eight-legged monstrosity. Its head was like a giant spider's head from sci-fi films. The only other noticeable differences were that it had a scorpion's tail and pincers.
Raquel: Isn't he wonderful? And he's so generous as to give me 2000 Life Points when he's summoned. And now, he will attack your Luster Dragon!
Arachnacard shoots a purple beam at Luster Dragon, which shot right through it and hit Ryan on the side of his stomach, inflicting him with 1700 points of damage.
Raquel (LP 2100): And I'll end my turn with two face-down cards!
Ryan (LP 2300): All right! My turn! *draws*
Ryan then felt a sharp pain course throughout his body. He fell to his knees and held his stomach.
Ryan: What's going on? !
Raquel: Oh, that's just Arachnacard's poison. Since I inflicted damage to you, you'll lose 700 Life Points during each of your Standby Phases. And if your Life Points are to hit 0, the poison will slowly kill you. There is a solution, though. Just walk away. You can forfeit the duel and save your life. *thinks: And to do that, he has to abandon his son. The fool will abandon his own son just to stay alive. How predicta-*
Ryan (LP 1600): I activate a face-down! De-Fusion, to separate my Meteor Black Dragon into two monsters again!
Raquel: o_o W-Wh-What?
Meteor Black Dragon split back into Meteor Dragon (Lv.6 1800/2000) and Red-Eyes Black Dragon (Lv.7 2400/2000).
Ryan: Then, I'll summon Level Stealer (Lv.1 0/0)! Because your Arachnacard has a Level of 0, I can't steal any, but I can tune Level Stealer and Meteor Dragon to Synchro Summon Exploder Dragonwing (Lv.7 2400/1600)! Then I'll set a card face-down and end my turn!
Raquel: *draws* Arachnacard, attack Exploder Dragonwing!
Ryan: I activate the Trap Magic Cylinder!
Raquel: And I counter with the Trap Rainbow Life! Instead of taking damage, I gain Life Points equal to it!
The purple venom beam from Arachnacard went through one of the Magic Cylinders and came out of the other one. A rainbow aura appeared around Raquel, and when the attack hit her, she gained Life Points instead of losing them.
Raquel (LP 5700): I end my turn!
Ryan: *draws*
Ryan once again felt pain in his stomach from the poison, inflicting him with 700 points of damage.
Raquel: *thinks: I don't need to destroy him; I just need to outlast him… The fool…*
Ryan (LP 900): I activate the Spell Inferno Fire Blast! This allows me to inflict you with damage equal to the original attack power of a Red-Eyes Black Dragon I control, however it can't attack this turn!
Red-Eyes flew up high and shot Raquel with its Inferno Fire Blast, inflicting her with 2400 points of damage.
Ryan: I now switch Exploder Dragon to defense mode and set a card face-down! That ends my turn!
Ryan suddenly felt the pain of the poison disappear. He looked across the field and saw Raquel's skin become pale and holding her stomach as she drew her card.
Raquel (LP 3300): Damn you! Since you damaged me, the poison left your body and entered mine!
Raquel lost 700 Life Points due to the effect of her own Arachnacard.
Raquel (LP 2600): All I need to do is damage you again so I can put the poison back in you! Arachnacard, attack his Red-Eyes!
Ryan: I activate the Trap Dragon's Prideful Roar! If you declare an attack while I control a Dragon, I can destroy one monster on the field!
Raquel: I activate Arachnid Rebound! When an Arachnid is about to be destroyed, I can negate the effect and destroy a monster on your field in Attack Position!
Since Red-Eyes Black Dragon was the only monster in Attack Position, it was destroyed.
Raquel: And Arachnacard will now attack Exploder Dragonwing!
Arachnacard fired his poison beams at Exploder Dragonwing, destroying him.
Raquel: I'll end my turn with a card face-down!
Ryan: *draws* I activate Pot of Greed to draw 2 more cards! *draws 2 cards* Then I summon Lord of Dragons (Lv.4 1200/1100) in defense mode! Then I use the Spell Flute of Summoning Dragon to summon Armed Dragon LV5 (Lv.5 2400/1700) and the Tuner Delta Flyer (Lv.3 1500/900)! I now use Delta Flyer's effect to increase Armed Dragon's Level by 1! Now I tune Delta Flyer with Armed Dragon to Synchro Summon Black Dragon Knight (Lv.9 3600/3300)! And now he'll attack your Arachnacard!
Black Dragon Knight swung his sword at the giant spider from Hell, but he only got caught in a giant spider web.
Raquel: I activated the Trap Shadow Spider's Web! This prevents your monster from attacking me for 2 turns!
Ryan: I end my turn!
Raquel: *draws*
Raquel then felt the poison inflict pain on her again, also inflicting her with another 700 points of damage.
Raquel (LP 1900): *thinks: Damn, this is painful! At this rate, my Life Points will reach 500! I can't let that happen!* I'll set one card faced-down and Arachnacard will attack your Lord of Dragons!
Arachnacard shot another blast of poison beams at Lord of Dragons, destroying him.
Raquel: I end my turn!
Ryan: *draws* Awesome! I activate the Spell Heavy Storm! This destroys all Spells and Traps on the field!
Raquel: I activate Emergency Provisions! I destroy my own Shadow Spider's Web to increase my Life Points by 1000!
A massive windstorm blew away every Spell and Trap on the field, destroying them.
Ryan: I now summon Mirage Dragon (Lv.4 1600/600)! And since there's a Dragon on the field, my Black Dragon Knight gains 700 attack points! Black Dragon Knight, destroy Arachnacard!
Black Dragon Knight swung his sword at the spider again and sliced the monstrosity in two, inflicting Raquel with 700 points of damage.
Ryan: And now Mirage Dragon will-
Raquel: DAMN YOU!
Ryan stopped his order and saw an upset Raquel with anger in her teary eyes throw a fit of rage.
Raquel: Where do YOU get the NERVE to Attack my Poor Aracnacard like that? ! You DAMNED BRUTE! HE DID NOT DESERVER THAT!
Ryan: You both get what you deserve when you kidnap MY SON! ! ! !
Raquel: Your Son?,,,Yoouurr son? You are his father…you disgust me! You are Selfish claiming he is yours. You weren't even with him when I kidnapped him. You don't care about him-YOU NEVER CARED! ! !
Ryan: BULLSHIT! I Care deeply for him, otherwise I wouldn't be here!
Raquel: Oh yeah? ! Let's just SEE how much you care!
Raquel then turned to the rocking crib and kicked it off the edge of the Canyon.
Ryan: NOOO!
Ryan ran to the Cliff and looked over the Edge and saw the rocker falling and his son and floated out of the basket. Ryan Jumped off the cliff and fell fast until he reached level with his son. As he grabbed his son and held him close, Ryan could hear the little boy crying.
Ryan: Shhh, it's going to be okay…
As he held his boy close, they both fell into the Colorado River. Raquel had stared down the Canyon in shocked astonishment.
Raquel: He...he actually jumped after him?...He risked his own life for…his son?...
Raquel felt tears rolling down her face as the sun set on the horizon.
Raquel: It's no fair…it's just no fair…
She fell to her knees and held her hands to her face.
Raquel: What did I just do?...I…he should have just turned away! No one needed to die…Why did…
She pulled her hair as she felt this surge of emotions overflow her. She had kept them hidden away all this time and only Now they were coming out.
Raquel: AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!
Raquel then felt a hand on her shoulder and looked up and saw Raza standing there.
Raza: Heh, don't worry about it kid. The world is better off without people like that. They are too stupid to see there is no way to survive a fall like that. And I am so proud of what you've done, I shall officially grant you the title of "Regina Araneolus". You will finally be welcomed as an Umbra.
Raquel then looked back down into the Canyon, still in disbelief.
Raza: And Trust me...it gets much easier.
Raza and Raquel both disappeared behind the green flames.
Raquel's Cards
Black Spider Bite
Trap
For each monster you control, gain 200 Life Points. Inflict damage to this card's controller equal to the number of mosters the opponent controls x200.
Arachnacard
Insect/Soul/Effect (ATK 3600 DEF 3300)
Level 0/DARK
This card can only be summoned from the Extra Deck if you have 100 or less Life Points. When this card is summoned, the controller of this card gains 2000 Life Points. If the controller's Life Points become 500 or less, return this card to the Extra Deck. When you inflict damage to your opponent, inflict 700 points of damage to your opponent during each of his/her Standby Phases as long as this card remains face-up on the field or until your opponent inflicts damage to this card's controller. When your opponent inflicts damage to this card's controller, inflict 700 points of damage to the controller of this card during each of his/her Standby Phases as long as this card remains face-up on the field or until this card's controller inflicts damageto his/her opponent.
Arachnid Rebound
Trap/Counter
When an "Arachnid" monster would be destroyed by a card effect, negate the effect and destroy one Attack Position monster your opponent controls.
Shadow Spider's Web
Trap/Continuous
Select one monster your opponent controls. The selected monster cannot attack. Destroy this card during the 2nd Standby Phase after this card's activation.
Ryan's Cards
Dragon's Prideful Roar
Trap
Activate only when your opponent declares an attack while you control a Dragon-type monster. Destroy one monster on the field.