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*Washington Duel Stadium, Washington D.C., U.S.A., 7:31 PM LST*
Colin was tightening the bandages around his right hand while preparing for the duel to start.
Colin: Come on, already... I wanna get this thing started.
Jeremy: If you want, I can duel for you in your place.
Colin: You'd like that, wouldn't you?
Jeremy: A chance to upstage you, save the world and be a hero? Yeah, I would like that.
Colin: Keep dreamin'!
Rita: Uh, Colin...
Rita pulls Colin to the side and whispers to him.
Rita: *whispers* Maybe you should let Jeremy duel after what happened this morning.
Colin: *whispers* Rita, it's fine, I got it.
Rita: *whispers* But Colin-
Colin: *whispers* You know, I like a girlfriend who worries, but worried doesn't look good on ya.
While Colin and Rita were having their secret conversation, Derek was talking with some of the other team members.
Derek: Okay, these are the Decks as we know them. As you can see, we don't really know a lot. Aside from your duels with Necros, Raquel and Marcantus, we don't know anything about this Desiree person's Deck or this Typhon person's Deck.
Nick: Wait, Typhon?
Nick got a little closer to Derek's laptop, as well as Alice Knightley, to get a better look and it was the same Typhon they encountered before.
Nick: Ho-ly crap!
Alice: That's the same guy who burned down a whole hotel! He uses a Volcanic Deck!
Marc: Well that's one mystery solved. Now who's this Desiree person?
Derek: I don't know, but she's hot!
Derek enlarged the picture of Desiree on his laptop. She was very flashy in her revealing attire. Sam, Marc and Chris huddled up next to Derek and they all stared at the picture of Desiree.
Chris: Ogle ogle ogle ogle...
Krystal, Laura and Ali glared at them.
Krystal: Oh, those are so fake!
Ali: Men...
Laura: Marc, you're such a perv!
Derek: Aherm!
Derek closed the picture of Desiree.
Chris: Aww, man!
Derek: Anyway, we got the lineup, but we need someone to start. Any volunteers?
Nick: I guess I can do it.
Ryan: So you're gonna duel them, even though you never faced them before? Trust me, Nick, these guys aren't the crazy criminal psychopaths that chased you around the world.
Everyone's attention turned to the doorway and they all saw Ryan standing there.
Ryan: I WAS going to have some kind of grand entrance, but you had to go and say something stupid.
Nick: What do you mean something stupid? ! I thought that was pretty cool!
Ryan: You? Be cool? Ha!
Nick: And where the hell have you been, Mr. Cool? !
Ryan: I'm so glad you asked. Back in Vegas, Crazy Spider Bitch kidnapped my son. She made me duel her and she threw him off a cliff.
Krystal: Oh my God!
Ryan: He's fine, because I jumped after him.
Laura: You jumped after him? !
Ryan: Well yeah! I wasn't going to let my son die!
Alice: How are you still alive? !
Ryan: Bada-bing!
Ryan then shows off his Blue Rose Mark.
Ryan: When we hit the water, it hurt like hell! But the entire time, this thing would not stop glowing! I think this little rose kept healing us while we kept drowning until we resurfaced. Eventually, we got pulled up by some guys and when I went to go back for my Duel Runner, it was gone! So I had to find alternative transports all the way to Toronto just to get him home, then I went all the way back to Cleveland, only to find out you came all the way to Washington! So here I am!
Nick: Well, nobody wants you here, so get the hell out!
Alice: But Nick, when you heard Ryan might be dead, you seemed a little depressed.
Nick: Don't tell HIM that!
Ryan: Aw, Nick was worried about me! Don't worry Nick, I'll see you in Silver Cup finals.
Nick: Yeah, and you'll lose like the last two times.
Ryan: Ouch, my pride. Anyway, I think I should probably duel first. I know how these creeps actually duel.
Nick: Yeah, but I actually saw Typhon duel and he's up first.
Ryan: Yeah, but you're overlooking one detail: You're not registered with the team.
Nick: … Damn NDC regulations!
Ryan: So it's settled, I'm first!
Derek: Done. Okay, so in order, we got Ryan first, followed by Laura, Krystal, Colin, and then Ali.
Ali: Huh? W-Why am I last? Didn't Colin make a big deal about becoming a closer?
Derek: Well, yeah, but he said he just didn't feel like being the last one up. I don't know why he did that, but that's how it is.
Ali thought on that for a moment and then left everyone else behind.
Makoto was on her way back to the team with pre-duel snacks for everybody before the team when she found little May sitting in the hall, against the wall, hugging her knees. Makoto set down the stuff gently and kneeled down to May's level.
Makoto: May? What's wrong?
May: Like you care!
Makoto: Come on, talking about it will make you feel better.
May looked up at her, but then turned away. Makoto sat down next to her and held a box of candy in front of May.
Makoto: Tell me for a box candy?
May: I'm not baby! You can't bribe with some stupid cand-OOH M&M's!
May took the box and opened it up. She then looked up at Makoto and sighed.
May: ...I'm just kid.
Makoto: So?
May: I can't seem to do anything. Why am I even bothering being here?
Makoto: Because you want to help. You probably are too young to help, but for being so small you have a big heart and you'll grow up to be a truly remarkable person.
May looked at her for a moment then went back to her M&M's. Makoto smiled since May seemed to understand.
Ali washed her face in the women's restroom. She looked herself in the mirror and thought about the things she heard Raza say.
(Flashback)
In the Lair of the Umbra, Raza removed his fingerless gloves and showed her his hands. His hands had a Dark-reddish stain on them.
Raza: This is her Blood…my hands are stained with her Blood.
At the Lincoln Memorial, as Ali and Alice walked away from him.
Raza: JOAN! GET BACK HERE! JOOAAN!
During the Vision of the past they all saw, Raza was Sending Joan away...
Raza: And Joan...Be safe.
(End Flashbacks)
Ali: *Thinks: Could he possibly feel guilty? Is he trying to recruit me to ease his conscience? That doesn't matter. He still needs to be stopped.*
MC: LADIES AND GENTELMEN! The Duel is About to Begin!
Ali: *Thinks: I better get back.*
Typhon stood ready with his duel disk to be called up to the stage.
Typhon: Why the hell do I have to go first?
Marcantus: Because you are the weakest. You don't even have your title bestowed upon you yet. Your purpose is to be a landmine. You are to maim, not kill.
Typhon: Yeah, frack, whatever!
MC: Now duelists, take the stage!
Typhon then went out onto the stage and saw his opponent, Ryan Edge.
Raquel: Wait, he can't be...! He should be dead!
Marcantus: Apparently not.
Raquel was surprised, but she felt a strange feeling of relief.
Ryan: So, you're the Typhon guy. Nick told me a lot about ya. I'm not impressed.
Typhon: Shouldn't you be at the bottom of a canyon?
Ryan: I should... but I came back just to piss you guys off.
MC: Duelists, are you ready?
Both: DUEL!
Both duelists drew their five cards as their duel disks activated.
Typhon (LP 4000): *draws* I'll set this monster face-down in defense mode, as well as two more cards face-down!
Ryan (LP 4000): *draws* First, I'll use Polymerization to fuse Meteor Dragon with Red-Eyes Black Dragon to create Meteor Black Dragon (Lv.8 3500/2000)! Then I'll use the Spell Card Reload! This allows me to return my hand to my Deck, reshuffle and draw the same number of cards I sent!
Ryan did just that, placing the cards in his hand into his Deck, his duel disk auto-shuffled and Ryan drew 3 cards from his Deck.
Ryan: Then I activate the Spell Future Fusion! I send from my Deck to the Graveyard Lord of Dragons and Divine Dragon Ragnarok, and then I can summon the Fusion Monster during my 2nd Standby Phase! And now Meteor Black Dragon will attack your face-down monster!
Meteor Black Dragon fired a molten fireball from its mouth and it destroyed Typhon's face-down Volcanic Blaster (Lv.3 1200/600).
Typhon: I activate the Trap Backfire! Now each time a FIRE monster is destroyed and sent to the Graveyard, you take 500 points of damage!
Volcanic Blaster exploded as it was destroyed and it inflicted Ryan with 500 points of damage.
Typhon: And since Volcanic Blaster's been destroyed, I can place a Volcanic monster in my Deck to the top and I choose Volcanic Shell!
Ryan (LP 3500): I'll set one card face-down and end my turn!
Typhon: *draws* I now activate my Blaze Accelerator Spell! And I can send the Volcanic Shell I just drew to the Graveyard to destroy one of your monsters!
Volcanic Shell was loaded into the Blaze Accelrator and fired at Meteor Black Dragon, destroying it.
Typhon: And since I can't attack and my Volcanic Shell is in the Graveyard, I'll just pay 500 Life Points to add another Volcanic Shell to my hand! *adds card to hand* And then I'll summon Volcanic Slicer (Lv.4 1800/1200) in attack mode! Then I activate his effect to inflict you with 500 points of damage!
Volcanic Slicer shot a fireball at Ryan and inflicted him with 500 points of damage.
Typhon (LP 3500): That ends my turn!
Ryan (LP 3000): *draws* I summon Luster Dragon (Lv.4 1900/1600) and then I activate the Spell Stamping Destruction! Since I control a Dragon, I can select a Spell or Trap and destroy it!
Luster Dragon stomped on Typhon's Backfire Trap and destroyed it.
Ryan: Oh, and you also take 500 points of damage! Now Luster Dragon, attack Volcanic Slicer!
Luster Dragon destroyed Volcanic Slicer and inflicted Typhon with 100 points of damage.
Ryan: And I'll end my turn!
Typhon (LP 2900): *draws* I'll use the effect of Blaze Accelerator again to destroy your Luster Dragon!
Another Volcanic Shell was loaded into the Blaze Accelerator and it was fired at Luster Dragon, destroying it.
Typhon: Then I'll pay 500 more Life Points to add another Volcanic Shell to my hand! *adds card to hand* I'll end my turn with one card face-down!
Ryan: *draws* Now that it's my 2nd Standby Phase, I can finally Fusion Summon King Dragun (Lv.7 2400/1100)! Now I'll activate Pot of Greed to draw 2 more cards! *draws 2 cards* Oh, awesome! First, I use King Dragun's effect! If I have a Dragon in my hand, I can summon it to the field and I choose Tyrant Dragon (Lv.8 2900/2500)! And now Tyrant Dragon will attack you directly!
Typhon (LP 2400): I activate the Trap Firewall! Each time you make a direct attack, all I have to do is remove a Pyro-type monster in my Graveyard from play to negate it!
Typhon removed his Volcanic Slicer from play and a wall of flames appeared in front of Tyrant Dragon, stopping its attack.
Ryan: How many Pyro monsters do you have in your Graveyard, buddy?
Typhon: There's 3 left.
Ryan: Well, I guess attacking you now would be pointless, so I'll go to my 2nd Main Phase and activate the Spell A Wingbeat of Giant Dragon! I return Tyrant Dragon to my hand to destroy all of our Spells and Traps!
Tyrant Dragon flapped its wings ferociously and destroyed all Spells and Traps on the field, including Ryan's face down Dragon's Rage, and then it returned to his hand.
Ryan: I'll set one card face-down and it's your move!
Typhon: Grrr! *draws* First, I activate my second Blaze Accelerator! Then I send it to the Graveyard to activate Tri-Blaze Accelerator! And now I'll send it to the Graveyard to Special Summon Volcanic Doomfire (Lv.8 3000/1800)! Now, Volcanic Doomfire, destroy his King Dragun!
Ryan: I activate De-Fusion!
Before the attack hit King Dragun, he separated into Lord of Dragons (Lv.4 1200/1100) and Divine Dragon Ragnarok (Lv.4 1500/1000) and the attack went right between them.
Typhon: Damn it!
Ryan: Phew, that was a close one! Getting a little edgy there, aren't we?
Typhon: Shut up!
Ryan: *draws* I'm getting all the lucky draws today cause now I'll summon my Level Stealer (Lv.1 0/0) Tuner monster! And he'll steal 4 Levels from Volcanic Doomfire!
Level Stealer took 4 Levels fro Volcanic Doomfire and grew four times in size.
Ryan: And now I'll tune Level Stealer with Lord of Dragons to Synchro Summon the Black Dragon Knight (Lv.9 3600/3300)! And he gets 700 extra attack points for each Dragon on my field, that's why I left Divine Dragon Ragnarok out, so his attack power becomes 4300! Slay that Volcanic Doomfire!
Black Dragon Knight sliced Volcanic Doomfirein two and destroyed it, inflicting Typhon with 1300 points of damage.
Ryan: And now Divine Dragon Ragnarok will finish you off!
Divine Dragon Ragnarok attacked Typhon directly and reduced his Life Points to 0.
Ryan: NEXT!
Ryan returned to his team and Raquel was getting ready to duel.
Raquel: How pathetic. You can't even beat one duelist?
Typhon (LP 0): Oh, shut up! Like you can do better? !
Raquel: I surely can. Just sit and watch like the good dog that you are.
Raquel then took to the stage and Ryan smirked.
Ryan (LP 3000): Well, look who it is! You're not gonna try to throw me off a cliff again, are ya?
Raquel (LP 4000): If I recall, you jumped, quite foolishly in fact.
Ryan: You know, I'm glad you're not showing any remorse. It's gonna make this duel all the better when I BEAT YOUR ASS!
Raquel: *draws* I summon Leech Spider (Lv.4 1500/1500) in attack mode! And then I use his ability to equip itself to your Black Dragon Knight and place it under my control!
Leech Spider crawled onto Black Dragon Knight, bit his neck and he moved to Raquel's side of the field.
Raquel: And I'll end my turn with two cards face-down!
Ryan: *draws*
Raquel: I activate Solemn Wishes! Now whenever I draw cards, I gain 500 Life Points!
Ryan: I'll set one card face-down and switch Ragnarok to defense mode!
Raquel: My turn! *draws gains 500 Life Points* I summon Arachnashingami (Lv.4 1900/1000)!
The skull of a spider with a shadow body appeared in front of Raquel.
Raquel (LP 4500): Now Arachnashingami will attack your dragon, but I have to pay 500 Life Points!
Raquel paid 500 Life Points so Arachnashingami could attack ad destroy Divine Dragon Ragnarok.
Raquel (LP 4000): And now your Black Dragon Knight will put you out of your misery!
Black Dragon Knight slashed his sword at his former master, reducing Ryan's Life Points to 0.
Raquel: What was that you said? "Beat my ass"? How preverse.
Ryan: No, I was just warming you up. You have to face her now.
Laura came storming onto the stage and gave an evil glare to Raquel.
Ryan (LP 0): She wants some payback.
Ryan then whispered something into Laura's ear that Raquel couldn't hear. Ryan then left the stage and Laura activated her duel disk.
Raquel (LP 4000): You? Of all people? Hahaha! Please, don't insult me.
Laura (LP 4000): Insult you? You kidnapped me, attacked my fiance, threw my engagement ring into the darkness and used me as a puppet! You are going down you POMPOUS, STUCK-UP BITCH!
(To be continued...)
Raquel's Cards
Arachnashingami
Insect/Effect (ATK 1900 DEF 1000)
Level 4/DARK
When this card attacks, you must pay 500 Life Points.