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Alright first things first...I did NOT count how many Damns were in the last Chapter So tkbd156, Dantekoala, Zenzak101, Alicia H. Heart, and Sanokal all receive an Honorable Mention. ^_^ Anyway the storys had alot of Moments. What is your Favorite moment in this Story? Reveiw Below, Let me Know!
*GASP*
May suddenly lost all the air in her lungs as something yanked on her ankle as she stopped literally an inch from the ground. She stared at the cement sidewalk she was hovering over as she was held upside down. She was then pulled up slightly as she became face-to-face with Raza, who was holding her by her ankle with his chains.
Raza: ...No, I have something I need you to do...
May began to cry as the overwhelming fear became unbearable for her.
Raza: SHUT UP!
May choked back her tears to refrain from making Raza any angrier.
Raza: ...Team Rose will be arriving tomorrow. I want you to meet them at the Airport. Then I want you to tell Ali Clairoux- AND ONLY ALI CLAIROUX- that if she wants to confront me, she needs to understand one thing, "A house divided against itself cannot stand." Can I trust you to do that?
May didn't understand but she nodded frantically.
Raza: Good. I'll be waiting for her.
Raza then dropped her on the ground.
Raza: Now get out of my sight!
Raza let May down, not gently, and she hit the ground with a thud. May quickly got up and ran away. Raza sneered and disappeared.
*Washington D.C. Airport, 6:20 P.M. LST*
May had waited all day in the Airport with the fear that was instilled into her. She was calmer now, but couldn't help but feel that someone was watching her now. Finally, the plane landed and the passengers started to come out from the doors. Eventually, Team Rose came out of that door and May then runs up to them.
May: Hey, guys!
May said that as if nothing was wrong. First thing she did was jump-kick Colin in the face.
Colin: OW! What the hell? !
Jeremy: May? How come you always show up out of nowhere like this?
May: I'm just very, very punctual. Actually, I came here to spy on some bad guys.
Jeremy: By yourself? Isn't that a little dangerous?
May: *thinks: Yeah, no shit!* It's all right, I'm fine. And besides, I l-
May then heard the hissing of a snake in her ear and it made her froze. She looked over her shoulder and only saw the people of the crowded airport.
Jeremy: May, something wrong?
May turns back to him as if everything was all right.
May: Yeah, I just thought I heard something. Thank you for your concern, Mr. Griffan.
May then gives Jeremy a bow. May then noticed that Ali was away from everybody else, looking out the windows in seemingly deep thought.
May: Uh, excuse me, Mr. Griffan.
May bowed again and walked over to Ali. Alice, who was still with the team, noticed her go over toward Ali.
Alice: *thinks: Now what's up with her?*
Alice then snuck a little closer to hear their conversation, being the nosey little girl that she was.
May: Excuse me, Miss Clairoux?
Ali looked down at May and noticed the fear in her eyes.
Ali: May?
May: That scary man with the snake eyes…
Ali immediately understood who she was talking about…
May: ...he said if you want to face him, that I had to tell you "A house divided can't stand" or something and that he'll be waiting for you.
Ali: Did he now?
May nodded and then she heard the hissing in her ear go away and breathed a sigh of relief. Ali then turned to walk away from everybody.
Sam: Hey Ali, where are you going?
Ali stopped for a moment and looked back.
Ali: I'm just gonna explore town for a bit. Get my head straight.
Colin: All right, but don't stay out too late young lady! We got a big day tomorrow!
Ali ignored Colin's comment and walked away.
Ali had then taken her personal duel runner and drove around the city for about three hours. Finally, she arrived at the Lincoln Memorial and the popular tourist attraction was completely deserted. The reflective pool glow a strange purple color. Ali parked her Duel Runner at the steps of the Memorial and proceeded up its steps. As she entered the Memorial, she found Raza standing on the Lincoln statue's lap and cutting the palm of his hand with his knife calmly.
Raza: About time you showed up! I was beginning to think every one of you Roses is stupid!
Ali just glared at him and didn't say a word. Raza stopped cutting his hand, closed his fist and let the blood just drip down.
Raza: "A house divided against itself cannot stand"! I was there when that bearded bastard actually said that. It actually sounds like one of my favorite quotes. "Divide and conquer"! That was Queen Victoria's plan. You hear about this?
Raza began to pace up and down on Lincoln's lap while Ali just continued to glare at him.
Raza: There was actually a conspiracy planned for the American Civil War. An Alliance between England, France and Spain. They wanted the South to win the war, then they would make their Alliance public and invade the South. Spain would get the Western half, France would get the Louisiana territories and England would get the rest, minus Florida. And from there, they would completely obliterate the Americas and the country would go back to the colonial world. Sounds stupid, doesn't it? History is just full of stupid people planning stupid things for stupid reasons! I have seen the same things happen time and time again, watching from the sidelines! Ever since I was a little kid…
Raza stopped pacing and took up a position like he was thinking, with one hand on his chin.
Raza: Hmmm… Just how long have I been alive?
Ali: Too long.
Raza grinned as he enjoyed hearing that sound, the sound of hatred in her voice. Raza then jumped down from the Lincoln statue and saw Ali's duel disk and she removed the one section that turned into a sword.
Raza: Oohoo! That's cool! Did DADDY make that for you?
Ali, in a rage, charges at him with the sword and Raza takes his knife as Ali swung her sword. He swiped the knife across the sword, which blocked the attack and knocked Ali back a step.
Raza: Is that thing just for show? Because it doesn't seem like you know how to use it.
Ali: … Why?
Raza: Why? Why what?
Ali: Why did you betray the Rose Guardians?
Raza: Why did I betray…? Oh, right, I completely forgot about that!
Ali: You forgot? !
Raza didn't really forget, he was just messing with her. He went into the thinking position again to make it seem like he was thinking of an answer. Every second he waited, Ali became more and more furious.
Raza: Ah! The reason was because I was BORED with the whole thing! That whole "Protect those who can't protect themselves" and "Save the world from destruction" got real preachy after a while! So I decided to join the other side! I admit, Sheh is just as preachy in his own way, but at least he lets me have a lot more fun! BWAHAHAHAHAHA!
Raza could feel Ali's rage now, which was so intense, and he just smirked.
Raza: *thinks: Very good, Ali. Very good. GET ANGRY! With this much rage inside you, the second you strike me down, you'll become an Umbra whether you want to or not!*
Ali clenched her sword tightly and tried to calm herself, but Raza wasn't going to allow that.
Raza: Why do you even care? What happened 700 years ago doesn't even involve you! … Well, I mean it kinda does, but not personally. So why are you so mad at me? Oh, is it because of Joan? I admit, the way she died was a little… Anyways, is it because she didn't have that fairy tale ending where she hooks up with her Prince Charming? That's it, isn't it? ! You're afraid you're going to end up exactly like her! Dying on the floor with no one to care about you! And I mean, who would care about you? You're cold, detached… Well, you're pretty, but who wants THAT in a girl? ! And besides, the only guy you probably ever cared for already has a girlfriend!
Ali: SHUT UP! ! !
Raza looked surprised at Ali's reaction to his last comment.
Raza: What? Really? I was just snowballing there, but it seems I hit the nail on the head! Well if it's true, then you know how this will all end up! Either you all die tomorrow after our victory OR you grow up old, bitter and alone wondering what could have been! That must really SUCK!
Ali then went to slash Raza again and she screamed in fury. Raza didn't even attempt to block.
Ali: AAAAAHHHHHH!
Raza: *thinks: YES! Strike me down and FINISH THIS!*
Suddenly, from out of nowhere, Ali gets tackled in her blind spot. The sword Ali swung flew out of her hands and missed Raza entirely. Raza looked back at the sword that missed him and got stuck in the wall.
Raza: *thinks: … Wha?*
He then turned back and saw that Alice Knightley and tackled Ali and pinned her to the ground.
Ali: ALICE, WHAT THE HELL? !
Alice: Sorry, Ali, but this is for your own good.
Raza: YOU! ! !
Raza stomps toward them, picks up Alice by her hair and pulls her up.
Raza: You little bitch! I should have killed you back there and that's something I can easily remedy!
Raza then pulls out his knife-
Alice: I challenge you to a duel!
Raza: What? !
Alice: I challenge you to a duel, Raza! And if I win, you gotta leave Ali alone!
Raza: Why the hell should I agree to any of those conditions when I can just kill you? !
Alice: Because you don't do quick kills! You like to toy with your victims! You enjoy watching them suffer! Duel me and you'll make me suffer!
Raza clenched his teeth in fury and threw Alice down to the ground.
Raza: Fine, if you wish for a slow death, I'll happily grant you one!
A serpent-like chain came down Raza's coat sleeve, wrapped itself around his hand, wrist and arm and transformed into a serpent-like duel disk. Alice then got to her feet and activated her duel disk.
Ali: Alice, don't do this! This is between me and him!
Alice (LP 4000): Now it's between him and me!
Raza (LP 4000): You should have just accepted my generous act of mercy and walked away, girl! *draws* I activate the Field Spell Venom Swamp!
The inside of the Memorial appeared as a poisonous swamp.
Raza: Then I'll set this monster face-down in defense mode and activate the Continuous Spell Field Barrier! Now my Field Spell can't be destroyed and a new one can't be activated! That ends my turn!
Alice: *draws* I summon Hatter Madigan (Lv.4 1800/1500)! And now he'll attack your face-down monster! And when he attacks, I can place an Imagination Counter on him!
Hatter Madigan attacked Raza's face-down monster, which was Venom Cobra (Lv.4 100/2000). Its hard scales stopped the attack and Alice lost 200 Life Points.
Alice (LP 3800): I'll set one card face-down and end my turn!
A snake came out of the swamp and bit Hatter Madigan.
Alice: Gah! What the hell is that? !
Raza: During each of our End Phases, a Venom Counter is placed all monsters… except my precious Venom monsters, of course! And for each of those Counters, that monster's attack points decrease by 500! *draws* Now then, I sacrifice my Venom Cobra to summon Venom Boa (Lv.5 1600/1200)! Then I activate the Spell Card Venom Shot! If I control a Venom monster, then I can send a Reptile-monster I control from my Deck to the Graveyard to place 2 Venom Counters on one of your monsters!
Venom Boa spewed two shots of venom at Hatter Madigan.
Raza: And now Venom Boa will attack your monster!
Venom Boa lunged itself at Hatter Madigan.
Alice: I activate the Trap Down the Rabbit Hole! This allows me to negate the Battle Phase and add a Wonderland Field Spell to my hand!
Venom Boa fell down a hole and reappeared on Raza's side of the field.
Raza: I'll end my turn with a card face-down! And with another End Phase, your monster gets another Venom Counter!
Another snake bit Hatter Madigan.
Raza: Oh, and if the monster's attack power is reduced to 0 by this effect, it's destroyed!
Hatter Madigan fell ill and was destroyed. Raza then glared over at Ali who was standing off to the side watching the duel.
Raza: What a waste of my time. Ali if you just want to get your sword and kill me now I wouldn't mind. I'm already dying of boredom!
Alice: Hey! Focus on me, you jerk! I'm your opponent!
Raza: Yeah, but you are nothing. I'd call you a bug, but you're less than a bug. I'd call you dirt, but you're less than dirt. If you never existed no one would feel the difference.
Alice: *draws* First I summon the Tuner Alicia Liddel (Lv.1 500/300)! And when she's summoned, I can activate one of two effects and I choose the one that lets me summon Delilah, the Royal Spirit (Lv.4 1900/1800)! Now Delilah, attack his boa!
Raza: I activate the Trap Ambush Fangs! Since I have a Venom monster, I can negate your attack, end the Battle Phase and place 1 Venom Counter on the attacking monster!
Venom Boa wrapped itself around Delilah and bit her, negating the attack and placing a Venom Counter on her.
Alice: I activate the Equip Spell AD 52 to increase Delilah's attack points by 700! And then I activate the other effect of my Equip Spell! Each turn, I can select a card from your hand, inflict you with 500 points of damage and draw 1 card!
Alice selected a card from Raza's hand, inflicted him with 500 points of damage and drew one card from her Deck.
Alice: I'll end my turn with one card face-down!
Snakes came out of the swamp and bit Alicia Liddel and Delilah. Since Alicia Liddel had 500 attack points, she was destroyed.
Raza (LP 3500): *draws* I summon Venom Snake (Lv.3 1200/600)! Then I'll use Venom Boa's effect to place 2 Venom Counters on your monster!
Venom Boa bit Delilah and placed 2 Venom Counters on her, reducing her attack power to 600.
Raza: Sadly, Venom Boa can't attack since I used this effect, but Venom Snake will definitely take it out!
Venom Snake lunged itself at Delilah.
Alice: I activate the Trap Random Tea Party!
All of a sudden, a table with teacups appeared out of nowhere and all of the monsters on the field were having a tea party.
Raza: What the hell is this stupid shit? !
Alice: Random Tea Party ends the Battle Phase and gives us both 500 Life Points! After activation, I can place it back face-down!
Raza (LP 4000): I'll set one card face-down and end my turn!
Another snake came out of the swamp and bit Delilah, placing another Venom Counter on her.
Alice (LP 4300): *draws* I activate Premature Burial! By paying 800 Life Points, I can bring back Alicia Liddel! Then I summon Card Soldier (Lv.3 1500/1200)! Now I tune Alicia Liddel with Card Soldier and Delilah! I call forth the lost princess that shall save us all! I Synchro Summon Alice Heart, Princess of Wonderland (Lv.8 2800/3000)! And she gains 300 attack and defense points for each Wonderlanian on the field including her! Also, since Card Soldier was sent to the Graveyard, I can add another from my Deck to my hand! So now her attack power is at 3100! Now she'll attack your Venom Snake!
Alice Heart thrust her thin sword at Venom Snake and destroyed it, inflicting Raza with 1900 points of damage.
Alice (LP 3500): That ends my turn!
Another snake came out of the swamp and bit Alice Heart, decreasing her attack power by 500 with the added Venom Counter.
Raza (LP 2100): Okay, you little bitch! I'm getting so sick of you! *draws* I activate my face-down Limit Reverse Trap to bring back my Venom Cobra! Then I sacrifice both Venom Boa and Venom Cobra so I can summon Vennominon the King of Poisonous Snakes (Lv.8 0/0)! Then I activate the Spell Mystical Space Typhoon to destroy your stupid little tea party!
A mystical space vortex came out of nowhere and destroyed Alice's face-down Random Tea Party.
Raza: And here's the kicker, sweetheart! Vennominon gets 500 attack points for each Reptile in my Graveyard! With 4 in my Graveyard, that's 2000 attack points! And that's not all! I now activate the Spell Card Snake Rain! What does Snake Rain do? I'm so glad you asked! I discard a card from my hand as well as 4 Reptile monsters from my Deck to the Graveyard! And with 4 more Reptiles in my Graveyard, Vennominon's power is now at whopping 4000! Is your mind not blown yet? No? Well then I'll have to demonstrate! VENNOMINON, DESTROY HER MONSTER!
Alice: I activate Alice Heart's effect! By discarding a Wonderlanian monster from my hand, I can end the Battle Phase and switch your monsters to defense mode!
Raza: Oh, come on! That's no fun! Well, I guess I'll end my turn with a face-down!
Alice: Since the card I discarded was Card Soldier, I can add the last one to my hand! *adds card to hand*
The swamp snake came out again and bit Alice Heart, placing another Venom Counter on her.
Alice: *draws*
Raza: I activate the Trap Snake Up the Sleeve! You discard your entire hand and for each one, I have to skip that many Draw Phases!
Alice was forced to discard her entire hand, which consisted of two cards. So Raza has to skip his next 2 Draw Phases.
Alice: Alice Heart, attack Vennominon!
Alice Heart sliced Vennominon in two with her thin sword and destroyed him.
Alice: Yes!
Vennominon then came out of the swamp.
Alice: What?
Raza: BWAHAHAHAHA! YOU SHOULD HAVE SEEN THE LOOK ON YOUR FACE! First, you were like "Yes!", then you were like "What?"! YOU SEE THIS JOAN? ! YOU SEE HOW PATHETIC YOU ALL ARE? !
Raza was talking in the direction of Ali¸ who was still watching, but realized that Raza called her by a different name.
Ali: *Thinks: Joan?*
Raza, not realizing his mistake, turned back to Alice and the duel.
Raza: By removing a Reptile monster from my Graveyard when Vennominon is destroyed in battle, I can bring him back!
Alice: I end my turn!
The snake came of out of the swamp again and placed another Venom Counter on Alice Heart.
Raza: Now, Vennominon, destroy her monster!
Vennominon destroyed Alice Heart and inflicted Alice with 1900 points of damage.
Raza: HAHAHAHA! *sighs* Okay, girl, I've had enough of this. If you turn around and run away right now, my knife MIGHT just miss the back of your head and you'll live to see another tomorrow.
Alice (LP 1600): I refuse.
Raza: Gh, Dh, Dh, you are a frustrating person! Why are you involved with this? ! Why do you give a damn about this girl? ! Do you even know WHY she came here? ! TO KILL ME! MEEEE! A COLD-BLOODED KILLER WHO MANIPULATES OTHERS AND CAUSES PAIN AND SUFFERING! WHY ARE YOU STOPPING HER FROM KILLING ME? ! KILLING ME WOULD MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE!
Alice: Because you're trying to turn her into one of you!
Raza stopped talking for once and was surprised that Alice knew about his plan.
Alice: You wanted Ali to kill you in a rage! That rage would represent her Wrath and with that, the rage that's consuming your soul would consume her soul! You wanted to turn her into an Umbra! And you used her emotional turmoil to your advantage!
Ali had absolutely no idea that was Raza's plan. She actually felt her rage start to subside as she let this sink in.
Raza: … you are going to die here.
Alice: Why do that? Why go through all that? Why kill yourself just for her?
Raza: Kill Myself? ! What the Hell are you Smoking? There Was no way I would let her Kill me! The Second she stabbed me I would transfer part of my soul into her body, making her a host for my power. With the Power I would have over her, I would be able to remove the blade, and retreat quick enough to get healed.
Alice: But I thought you wanted her to take your place as the Umbra Anguis...
Raza: Did your Idiot Mother tell you that? Or was it Aurora's BFF? NOO! We needed all of the Umbra returned and we are short 1 position. The Dominus Calvariae. The One who's Pride is worthy to hold the Skull King.
Alice: So you wanted to turn her into a twisted Sociopath like you!
Raza: I AM DOING HER A FAVOR! Sheh's return is inevitable, it can't be avoided and when he does return...Let's say things will get messy. If Ali would join us, she make everything easier for us AND everyone else.
Alice: You just want to-
Raza: Whatever you're going to say, it's probably right. It doesn't MATTER! MAKE YOUR MOVE!
Alice: *draws* I'll set this monster face-down in defense mode and end my turn!
Raza: That's it? God, for all your talk, that's all you do! Unbelievable! I activate the Continuous Spell Attack Pheromones! When I attack a Defense Position monster with a Reptile monster, at the end of the battle it switches to attack mode! Now I summon Venom Serpent (Lv.4 1000/800) and have him attack your face-down monster!
Venom Serpent lunged at Alice's face-down monster, which was Cheshire Cat (Lv.4 1700/1400). Venom Serpent failed to destroy Cheshire Cat and Raza lost 400 Life Points. Just then, Cheshire Cat smelled the Attack Pheromones and switched his Battle Position.
Raza: And now Vennominon will finish it off!
Vennominon destroyed Cheshire Cat and reduced Alice's Life Points to 0.
Raza: Now then…On your knees!
Chains came out of the ground and wrapped themselves around Alice's Neck, Hands, and legs, and dragged her down onto her knees. Raza then pulled out his knife.
Raza: You wasted 10 minutes of my life! Now I am going to take all your minutes away.
Ali stood in between them stopping Raza from doing anything. Her eyes were different now.
Raza: Wha…Move aside!
Ali didn't answer him; instead she turned to Alice and placed her hand on the chain. Her hand burned for a second but the White Rose Mark began to glow. The Chains started to glow white as well and dissolved. Raza stared in disbelief as Alice stood up. Ali then walked past Raza and pulled her sword out of the wall.
Ali: Come on, Alice. Let's go.
Raza: HEY! We're not done here!
Ali: You won the duel Raza. But you lost. I'm not going to kill you.
Ali began to walk away and Alice followed her. They both hear Raza yell after them.
Raza: DON'T YOU TURN YOUR BACK ON ME! STIRKE ME!
They didn't listen. Ali started up her Duel Runner and Alice put on her Duel-blades.
Raza: JOAN! GET BACK HERE! JOOAAN!
Ali then drove off with her Runner. Alice looked back at the memorial and saw Raza standing up at the top with angry fury in his eyes, but then she rode off after Ali.
Raza: RAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAA AAHHHHHHHH HHHHHHHH!
Alice's Card
Random Tea Party
Trap
You can only activate this card during your opponent's Battle Phase. End the Battle Phase and each player gains 500 Life Points. After activation, instead of sending this card to the Graveyard, place it face-down.
Raza's Cards
Snake up the Sleeve
Trap
Your opponent must send all cards in their hand to the Graveyard. For each card sent to the Graveyard, you must skip that same number of Draw Phases.