Chapter 5: double trouble tag duel
Yugi and friends landed in San Francisco airport to be greeted by Uncle and Captain Black. Uncle heard the news that his grandniece was going to be here from Captain Black. Once everyone was acquainted, Captain Black led them to a Limo that Pegasus provided them. The guards were packing their luggage in the trunk when they found a gym bag. "I don't remember having that bag, do you?" Tea asked around. "Nope, mines the white one." Yugi answered as the guard sent the bag to the lost and found.
As the limo drove through San Francisco, Jade was showing everyone the sites, but Yugi wasn't paying attention. His eyes were fixed on his dragon card, worried that such a card could be dangerous like the god cards.
They were wondering how far they've gotten when the limo came to an unexpected stop. The driver walked out of the vehicle and into an abandoned oil station. "Why are we in the middle of nowhere?" wondered Jade. A few minutes later the oil station exploded in a flaming inferno as the youths jumped out of the vehicle. A loud sound of motorcycles sounded as several bikers rode in with chains appeared and cornered them. They whipped their chains at the heroes as they constricted each one tightly by the chains. As the bikers were about to take their guns out to kill them, an unexpected biker rode up and tossed cards into their helmets, knocking them out.
Joey picked up a card to see that it is a Harpie Lady, only for it to be snatched by the rider. Joey ran to release every one of their chains when he remembered who the biker was. "That person was Mai. I saw the card and it was definably her." The youths, now without a ride tried to hitch a ride to take them the rest of the way. Valon and Rafael watched the rescue took place.
Once they made it to Industrial Illusions, the heroes entered the building, only to be trapped inside. Valon, Rafael and Mai walked in from the second floor to greet the heroes. "Looks like we got you right where we want you." They heard a voice from somewhere. It sounded as British as Yami Bakura as a figure emerged from the shadows. "Not you!" Jade shouted which made Yugi wonder if Yami Bakura returned, which would make sense since Yami Bakura did have a knack of escaping imprisonment. The figures hair was white, but unlike Yami Bakura, it was tidy with a pony tail extending to his back and he was wearing a green suit. Valmont stood before them, leaning on his cane and sporting a chaos duel disk. "Yes, Jade it is me. It is always good for my nemesis to remember the leader of the Dark Hand."
Jade prepped her duel disk when Valmont interrupted. "Unfortunately, I will not be dueling you today, instead, I'll have these two duel you and Joey in a duel. Winners go free, losers get their souls absorbed." Valon and Mai stepped to challenge Joey and Jade. "You deal with Jade, Wheeler's mine." Mai told Valon as they prepared their duel disks. "Fine by me, I was going to take on the little brat anyway." Jade and Joey readied themselves "Let's show them what real duelists are like." Jade nodded and activated her duel disk.
*meanwhile*
Kaiba had just finished his duel with the disguised Alister when he received a call from Roland, telling him to get back to Kaiba Corp. immediately. Kaiba had the jet refueled and disregarded the call as he raced to Industrial Illusions.
*Somewhere in San Francisco*
Rex and Weevil were lost as they wandered the streets when they saw an antique store called "Uncle's rare finds". Rex entered the store to get directions to Industrial Illusions. "Welcome, to Uncle's rare finds, how may I help you?" The voice sounded familiar as they heard the same voice while they were in the bag. Rex was about to ask Uncle for directions when he saw a big man entered the shop with tea. "Can you tell me where Industrial Illusions is?" Uncle looked at a map and told them where it is and wondered why he was asking. "Uh, we are meeting with…" Rex was trying to remember the name of the person Uncle said at the airport. "Jade!" Weevil intruded. "We are meeting with Jade there. We are good friends with Jade and her friends." Uncle smiled at the duo and directed them to where they can find it.
Rex and Weevil were walking down an alley as a short cut when they were cornered by thieves. One of them stole Weevil's wallet but was stopped by someone who threw a die at the thief. Duke Devlin appeared before the duo as the remaining thieves made a run for it. Duke had Rex and Weevil hop in his car as they made their way to Industrial Illusions. "So you guys know Yugi?" Duke asked. Rex and Weevil reassured him that they are friends with Yugi. "Well, any friend of Yugi is a friend of mine. Now hold on." Duke sped the car as they raced to their destination.
*Industrial Illusions HQ*
Valmont smiled as the duels began to get underway as Valon activated the Seal of Orichalcos.
Jade: 4000
Valon: 4000
Valon's hand:
Full Armor Gravitation: normal spell
Magnet Armor: normal trap
The Seal of Orichalcos: field spell
Active Guard: ATK 0/DEF 2500 [machine/effect] ****
Burning Knuckle: ATK 0/DEF 1000 [machine/effect] ***
Double Summon: normal spell
"I'll think I'll start our game by summoning Magnet Armor!" Valon summoned a piece of armor in attack mode. "That's weird; it doesn't have any attack mode." Jade wondered. Valon then activated the spell Full Armor Gravitation. "With this spell, I flip over 10 cards in my deck and summon any armor card that is revealed." Valon flipped the cards and summoned in attack mode: Psychic Armor Head, Burning Knuckle, Black Hole Shield, and Over Boost. Jade was confused on the cards on his field, but changed to worry as Valon equipped the armor on himself. "I end my turn."
Jade's Hand:
Ninja Art: Blend in Shadow: normal trap
Shadow Ninja: ATK 500/DEF 3000 [warrior/effect] ***
Flaming Kunai: equip spell
Horn of Jerall: dragon
Reveangence: normal trap
Noble Assassin: ATK 2100/DEF 1500 [warrior/effect] *****
"I set two cards face down and set one monster face down and end my turn." Jade didn't want to take a chance in getting hit by Valon's attack. "Alright, my move!" Valon Drew a card.
Valon's hand:
Burning Knuckle: ATK 0/DEF 1000 [machine/effect] ***
Double Summon: normal spell
Cowards retribution: normal spell
"I activate Cowards Retribution! This card destroys one face down monster and returns all of your spell and trap cards to your hand." Three blades skewered the face down Shadow Ninja, destroying it and her two face down cards are returned to her hand. "And my burning Knuckle gets 200 ATK for every armor piece on the field, and I'm going to use them to attack you directly!" Valon launched himself and punched Jade into the barrier as her life points went down.
Jade: 3000
Valon: 4000
Jade struggled to get up from the attack. "I actually felt that attack." Jade muttered. Valon laughed. "Of course you felt it because within the seal, we take damage for real." Valon activated Over Boost ability, which allows him to attack again. Jade felt the force of the punch intensified as she slammed harder against the barrier. "Over Boost ability, I can attack again, but once I do, it goes away. But not for long."
Jade: 2000
Valon: 4000
Jade could hardly stand. She was practically hurting everywhere as she struggled to draw a card.
Jade's hand:
Noble Assassin: ATK 2100/DEF 1500 [warrior/effect] *****
Reveangence: normal trap
Ninja Art: Blend in Shadow: normal trap
Flame Ninja: ATK 1400/DEF 500 [warrior/effect] ***
Horn of Jerall: dragon
Jade set two cards face down and summoned Flame Ninja. "And due to Flame Ninja's ability, you take 500 points in damage for every card I have." Jade said as Flame Ninja was about to toss his Kunai until Valon interrupted. "I activate Black Hole Shield's ability, by sacrificing it; I take no damage this turn." Jade's effect was negated and she was almost out of strength until Valon sensed something is amiss. Valon called the duel offered a draw. "I call a draw; I need to take care of something." Jade automatically accepted the draw as the seal disappeared without taking a soul.
Mai was about to lose the duel when Valon used his ring to break the seal, causing a giant cloud of dust. As the scene settled, Rafael stepped in. "You two may be the luckiest duelists for today. But soon, I will show no such mercy again." The gang vanished along with Valmont and the enforcers.
Jade limped her way to Joey, who didn't feel much physically, but inside he was torn apart. The security system was deactivated as Duke, Rex and Weevil entered the main hall. Duke looked at the injured Jade. "Who's this?" he asked Yugi. "This is my friend, Jade." She gave a weak smile before falling on the ground. Duke picked her up and carried her to Pegasus's office when Kaiba shown up. He wasn't pleased to see Yugi and Jade, but decided to see what Pegasus wants.
Duke carried jade on his back as they made their way to Pegasus's office to look for the compound. Yugi swiped the card he gave him and opened the door. It was bizarre as a room full of statues of toon monsters were everywhere. Jade was able to walk again and jumped off Duke as they walked up to a hologram projection.
"Greetings Yugi boy or I hope it is you. If you are seeing this, then I am already captured. The men who are after you are the disciples of the Orichalcos led by an evil man named Dartz. Dartz wants to resurrect the great leviathan by sealing away souls of human and monster alike. I have done research and found that four dragons are the only means to stop them. They are special cards that can fuse with any monster, spell or trap card into anything the duelist needs. Hidden in this room is a card that will unlock the full potential of the dragons when the time is right." The projection ended as the heroes searched the room for the card.
Rex and Weevil looked at a pot of greed and was about to jump for it when Duke looked inside. "Guys, this card is blank." Just then, Jade, Yugi, Kaiba and Joey's deck started to glow. They each took them out and looked at the dragon. "Kaiba, you have one as well?" Yugi asked. Kaiba had shown them the card. "Do you know what this means?" Yugi asked again. "It means that we can use these dragons to save the world?" Jade shouted. Yugi nodded as Kaiba scowled. "No way am I going to believe some fairy tale! They may be entertaining for someone like her, but I am Seto Kaiba! President of Kaiba Corp.!" Jade took offense to the statement and began to make a comeback. "Well, this kid have beaten you in a duel, very fast in fact."
Rex and Weevil were dumbfounded; there is a duelist that can rival Yugi? The four duelists held their dragon cards as they were glowing.
Finally, it is done. Valon's deck was very hard to pull off. And for those wondering why I haven't covered Kaiba vs. Alister and Joey vs. Mai, it's because nothing changed in those duels.