Chapter 6: Duel in Death Valley
Professor Hawkins is in his lab, comparing photos that he'd found when he went to Atlantis. Meanwhile, Rebecca Hawkins, his granddaughter was on her way back from getting groceries when she saw a helicopter flew above and landed in front of their house. "That's weird, grandpa wasn't expecting visitors." Rebecca wondered but broke the thought when she saw Professor Hawkins being dragged out into the helicopter. Rebecca gave chase when the house exploded into flames. She looked at the house until she saw a card fall out of the helicopter and in front of her. "A duel monsters card? But why?"
Kaiba and Mokuba left immediately, not wanting to get mixed up in Yugi's fantasy trip again. The heroes were stumped. They had no leads and have a card that is blank. Yugi just thought of something. "Why don't we go see Professor Hawkins? I'm sure what he and Jackie came up would get us some leads." Everyone agreed and hopped on Dukes car. Duke, Tea and Jade in front, Yugi, Joey and Tristan in the back while Rex and Weevil were placed in the trunk with the luggage.
When they arrived to the laboratory, it was night time. The flames that once engulfed the house were out and left only rubble. "You think this is the place?" Duke asked. Yugi exited the car and saw Rebecca walking up to him and grabbed the surprised Yugi in a hug while sobbing. "They took grandpa Yugi." She held a note to Yugi who read out loud.
Pharaoh,
We have Professor Hawkins and Jackie Chan. If you want to see them again, meet us in Death Valley. You and Jade will duel Rafael and Hak Foo in a tag duel.
From,
Valmont
Yugi looked worried. Rebecca led them to her mobile home. "I don't know who Jackie Chan is, but I do know that grandpa speaks highly of him. And why do they want the pharaoh and this Jade person?" Rebecca asked Yugi. Jade approached Rebecca, their height aren't much different. "I'm Jade, and Jackie is my uncle. And as for why they would want us, it seems to be connected to the Orichalcos."
Yugi nodded and assured Rebecca that they will rescue her grandpa. "What will Uncle Jackie do without me to save his butt?" Jade claimed. The heroes were preparing dinner and Joey eating sausage links like a dog. Rebecca gave Yugi and Jade a stone that her grandpa discovered, hoping that they are after the stone.
Later that night, Yugi couldn't sleep. He quietly slipped on his duel disk and woke Jade up to go save Professor Hawkins and Jackie. Rex and Weevil overheard their conversation and raced to get a bike. "Come on Rex, we don't want to miss the big tag duel between Yugi and Jade, and those other guys." Weevil said as they raced against the horse that Yugi and Jade are riding on.
Meanwhile, Jackie and Arthur woke up in some sort of ware house to be greeted by Rafael. "Who're you?" Jackie asked. Rafael held his necklace. "That is not important, you will forget all about your discoveries." Jackie and Arthur were about to protest when they were shot with a bright green light.
Joey fell over and woke up. Looking around he didn't see Yugi and Jade. He asked Rebecca where they went and soon after, all the lights went on to everyone's surprise. "Take it easy Joey; I'm sure you would've done the same thing." Joey scoffed and Tristan responded. "No, we would've talked some sense into them."
"How far is it to Death Valley?" Duke wondered. "About an hour drive." Joey, Tristan and Duke were about to jump into the car when they saw two people. One of them, carrying another as they arrived to the mobile home. Professor, Jackie. They raced to help Jackie bring Arthur inside while they filled them in on what happened. "Where's Jade?" Jackie asked. Rebecca sighed and told them about the ransom. "Don't worry, Jackie. Yugi is with her and everything will be fine." Tea told the Archeologist. He felt better about having Yugi with his niece ever since the mess she was in at the graveyard with Yami Bakura.
Jade and Yugi finally made it to the duel site to be greeted by Hak Foo and Rafael. "Nice trick cowboy, but it'll take more than a few rodeo tricks to get out of this." Yugi and Jade walked across the bridge. "Alright, we came. Now let the professor and Jackie go!" he shouted. Rafael smiled. "They are already let free, but why not stick around?" Hak Foo took two axes while shouting "Black Panther slices escape!" All four duelists activated their duel disks and the duel is on.
Jade: 4000 Yugi: 4000
Hak Foo: 4000 Rafael: 4000
Jade's hand:
Flame Ninja: ATK 1400/DEF 500 [warrior/effect] ***
Shadow Ninja: ATK 500/DEF 3000 [warrior/effect] ***
Dragon Ninja: ATK 2000/DEF 1500 [warrior/effect] ****
Ninja Art: Blend in Shadow: normal trap
Noble Assassin: ATK 2100/DEF 1500 [warrior/effect] *****
Double Summon: normal Spell
"I summon Flame Ninja! And his ability activates, you take 500 points in damage. So let's do some damage on Hak Foo!" Hak Foo didn't flinch. "I activate Double Summon! I can summon another monster this turn, so goodbye Flame Ninja and hello Noble Assassin!" Noble Assassin took the field as Jade finished her turn by placing one card face down.
Jade: 4000 Yugi: 4000
Hak Foo: 3500 Rafael: 4000
Rafael's hand:
Guardian Grarl: ATK 2500/DEF 1000 [dinosaur/effect] *****
Gravity Axe- Grarl: equip Spell
Guardian Kay'est: ATK 1000/DEF 1800 [sea serpent/effect] ****
Rod of Silence- Kay'est: equip Spell
The Seal of Orichalcos: Field Spell
Pot of Greed: Normal Spell
"I activate the spell, Rod of Silence- Kay'est, which allows me to summon Guardian Kay'est to equip it. Then I activate Pot of greed, allowing me to draw two cards." Rafael drew his cards.
Drew cards:
Double Summon: Normal Spell
Exchange: Normal Spell
"I activate Double Summon, now I can summon another monster. So I Activate Gravity Axe- Grarl and sacrifice Kay'est to summon him." Kay'est disappeared along with the Rod of Silence to make way for the new monster. "Now I activate Exchange! I can choose one of you and we trade a card in our hand. I choose Jade!" Rafael and Jade approached each other. "Your Dragon Ninja will serve me well." Jade scoffed. "Just give me your card." Rafael complied as they went back to their side. "I'm sure you'll enjoy the card I gave you."
Jade didn't pay much mind until she saw the card in her hand. "No! Not the Seal of Orichalcos!" Jade panicked. Rafael laughed. "We know that deep down, you and the pharaoh are evil! If you want to prove me wrong, then activate the seal on your next turn!" Yugi looked in horror at the news that Jade now holds the Seal of Orichalcos. "Jade, whatever you do, do not play that card!" Yugi told her. "She will play the card. The stone in her pocket is telling her to!" Jade took the stone out of her pocket and it began to glow. "I end my Turn."
"My Turn!" Yugi shouted.
Yugi's hand:
Obnoxious Celtic Guardian: ATK 1400/DEF 1200 [warrior/effect] ****
Monster Reborn: Normal Spell
Dark Magician Girl: ATK 2000/DEF 1200 [spell caster/effect] ******
Double Summon: Normal Spell
Dark Magician: ATK 2500/DEF 2100 [spell caster]
Gazelle, the King of Mythical Beasts: ATK 1500/DEF 1200 [beast-warrior]
"I don't have the card I need to get rid of the Seal from Jade's hand." Yugi thought. "I summon the Obnoxious Celtic Guardian in defense mode! And I set one card and end my turn."
"Bear catches fish!" Hak Foo shouted, drawing a card.
Hak Foo's hand:
Force Spell: Normal Trap
The Seal of Orichalcos: Field Spell
Goblin Attack Force: ATK 2300/DEF 0 [warrior/effect]
Defense Paralysis: Continuous Trap
Upstart Goblin: Normal Spell
Goblin Attack Force: ATK 2300/DEF 0 [warrior/effect]
"I set one card face down and summon Goblin Attack Force!" Hak Foo set Force Spell and summoned his goblins. "I end my turn."
Jade: 4000 Yugi: 4000
Hak Foo: 3500 Rafael: 4000
"My turn again." Jade said.
Jade's hand:
Shadow Ninja: ATK 500/DEF 3000 [warrior/effect]
The Seal of Orichalcos: Field Spell
Flaming Kunai: Equip Spell
"I activate Force Spell!" Hak Foo shouted as his trap card was revealed. "I reveal a spell card, and if you have the same spell in your hand, then you must activate it!" Hak Foo revealed the Seal of Orichalcos and since Jade has the same card in her hand, she has no choice but activate it. "Sorry Yugi, but I activate the Seal of Orichalcos!" Rafael and Hak Foo reveled in what is going on while Yugi looked on in terror.
"What have I've done?" Jade was covered in an aura of darkness as she shouted. The Seal encircled the field in the barrier. Jade's eyes glowed red as the seal etched itself upon her forehead. "You were a fool to make me play this card! And with its power, I shall destroy you!" Her Noble Assassin began to glow red in the eyes to resemble a shadowkhan and its attack points increased by 500 and the seal was etched on its forehead. "Now I summon Shadow Ninja in attack mode!"
"Noble Assassin, destroy Goblin Attack Force!" Noble Assassin drew its sword and sliced the goblins to pieces. "I equip Shadow Ninja with the Flaming Kunai, increasing its attack points by 500. I end my turn."
Jade: 4000 Yugi: 4000
Hak Foo: 3200 Rafael: 4000
"I knew it, deep down your evil! The seal draw out a person's true nature and you are just as evil as when you were queen of the shadowkhan! Mankind is wicked and children like you are no exception. You crave power and will burn anything to get what you want! And pharaoh, you are the cause of the shadow games. Face it; the two of you deserve to have your souls taken as an act of redemption. Your souls will be feed the great beast and will cleanse the world!" Yugi wasn't going to have any of it. "Just make your move!"
Rafael's hand:
Pot of Avarice: normal Spell
Dragon Ninja: ATK 2000/DEF 1500 [warrior/effect]
"I'll end this right now." Rafael played Pot of Avarice to return his graveyard to his deck and drew two cards.
Drew cards:
Guardian Eatos: ATK 2500/DEF 2000 [fairy/effect] ********
Celestial Sword- Eatos: Equip Spell
Rafael smiled at his coming victory. "I special summon Guardian Eatos! And equip her with the spell, Celestial Sword- Eatos! Increasing her attack points by 300 and gains additional attack by the monsters on the field! So combining the attack points of Noble Assassin, Shadow Ninja and Celtic Guardian, Eatos gains 6000 attack points! Go Eatos, wipe out Shadow Ninja and seal Jade's soul!" Eatos drew her sword and was blocked by Shadow Ninja, but Jade's life points went to zero. "Jade!" Yugi shouted as he used his Millennium Puzzle to redirect the seal to him instead. "If anyone were to get absorbed by the seal, it shall be me!" He shouted as he was pushed out of the way by Yugi. "Your right, pharaoh, it needs one of us, so I'm letting the seal take me instead." Yami Yugi looked shocked. "No, Yugi!" The seal absorb Yugi's soul as Yami fell unconscious. "Well, that was unexpected." Rafael and Hak Foo deactivated their duel disks as Joey, Tristan and Duke arrived. Hak Foo stomped on Jade to make sure she was absorbed. After no response, he picked her up as Rafael picked Yugi up and boarded the helicopter.
"Where are you going with our friends?" Tristan shouted as Hak Foo threw jade hard on the ground and Rafael tossed Yugi on top of her. "We already came for what we were here for." Jade groaned as she woke up. She couldn't get up as she was underneath an unconscious Yugi and needed help. Joey and Tristan helped them up. Jade felt pain in the back of her head where Hak Foo stomped on. She didn't feel like herself as her skin is no longer her original color; except it was blue and her eyes still glowed like a shadowkhan. She didn't know how it happened, but she was thankful that she didn't get swallowed by the seal. Pharaoh felt worst as he was in a break down that Yugi was gone.
Their drive back was silent as not only did Jade seem to look like she was when she was queen of the shadowkhan, but also Pharaoh was in grievance that Yugi was gone. When they made it back, Rebecca went to her Yugi to find that Pharaoh wasn't able to save Yugi. "It's not Pharaoh's fault. It's mine. I activated the seal." Everyone was shocked that Jade confessed that she was responsible for Yugi's soul being stolen. Rebecca ran up and punched her in the face multiple times while sobbing. "You knew that card was evil and you still activated it, how could you? Now I'll never get my Yugi back!" She was ranting a storm while still punching Jade as hard as she can. Jackie pulled Rebecca away with help from Tea. "Jade didn't play the seal on purpose, she had no choice. She was forced to activate it by Hak Foo!" Everyone stood silent as Jade suddenly fell on the ground from the beating she received from Rebecca. "Yugi's gone, and I couldn't do anything about it." Pharaoh said until Joey punched him in the face. "Joey, I've already broken up one fight, let's not go for another one." Jackie said.
Dartz wasn't happy about Rafael's failure to obtain the pharaoh's soul. He showed an image of Yugi. Rafael was speechless. He knew he was dueling the pharaoh and that he'd defeated Jade, so why isn't her soul there?
Done with the first tag duel. I'll get to work on the next chapter on Wednesday.