YuGiOh 5D's: Konami/Kazuki Takahashi
(CFGX: WARNING: this chapter sort of crosses over with my last one.)
Bright in the morning, Carly Carmine was sleeping at a table again, as her phone rings unanswered.
"Hey, it's Carly. You know the drill; here's the beep."
"Carly, where are you? If you're not gonna actually catch this big story you say you're chasing, then gimme your lead so I can pass it off to a REAL reporter!"
Carly awakens groggily, but didn't even want to lift her head; she stared at the desk. Her eyes, with her glasses off, were full of misery. She closed her eyes, as she remembered the final events of the previous night...
Flashback...
Carly, Jack, and Mina stood on the helicopter pad next to the helicopter that took them to the Satellite and back.
"You should go now," Jack told the photographer.
"Go?"
"I have bad guys to deal with."
"And I have to get my story. Just let me take a pic- wha!" Jack grabbed the camera from her hands, pulled the memory card out, and snapped it in two with his fingertips.
"Stop going down this path, Carly," he replied, handing the camera back, "It's deeper and darker than you could possibly know. And it's going to get real dangerous."
"But I need this scoop, my whole future depends on it!"
Jack turned away, "Look, when this is over, I'll spill it all; for now, just stay out of it!"
"But, uh, don't you want me around?"
"The paparazzi? No thanks."
Jack and Mina walked away, leaving a speechless Carly behind.
...End Flashback.
"Oh, there's no way I can tell 'im that it's not just about the story anymore!" Carly whimpered, hiding her face in her arms on the table. She sat there miserably, and turned her head to the side; as she looked at the kitchen sink, she can almost see Jack standing there holding a mug...
"Go away."
She turned the other way, and saw Jack leaning against the wall...
"Go away!"
But when she saw Jack looking through the window from the couch, She sprang from her chair, tears running down her cheeks, and threw herself down on her knees, crying into the couch cushions and punching them, "I want it all back! I want the money I spent on your disguise, and I want the time I spent trying to cheer you up, and- and- and I want the flirty looks I gave you back, and I want my heart back; I want it to not be so broken!"
'...Come on, Carly, listen to yourself,' she finally calmed down, 'Forget Jack Atlas. I don't need 'im! The only thing that matters right now is unraveling the mystery behind the Crimson Dragon!'
YuGiOh: 5D's
Reverse of Arcadia
Ride 16: Digging Deeper
Part 1: A Fallen Angel
Later, out infamous journalist went downtown to a local card shop. The inside was decorated with many collectible action figures of certain female Duel Monsters: White Magician Pikeru, Ebon Magician Curran, Cyber Tutu, etcetera, etcetera. This shop is where Carly gets information on recent events in New Domino.
"So I did some digging like you asked me to, I scoured every forum and blog talking about the Fortune Cup tournament," the owner said, "From what I found, it looks like there were five tournament participants with these glowing marks on their arms."
" Uh huh, go on."
The owner showed Carly the computer screen showing images screen-capped the Fortune Cup duels of few people, "You mentioned Yusei, and Jack Atlas; now I saw some pics of that Luna kid's arm, definitely a glowing there. And there's tons a' chatter about Akiza. Then there's that Wild Card guy, Jason. So I found various cell phone shots of these five, zoomed in on their arms, fixed the resolution, and booyah!" His screen now shows screen-caps of their five marks.
"So what're these patterns here?" Carly asked, pointing to the markings, "What do they mean?"
"Well... I have no idea. I couldn't find any info on the web."
" Hmmm. Then I guess I'll have to find out from one of them. I'm done with Jack; don't know if Yusei's recovered yet, I doubt the little girl knows what's going on, I'm sure Jason's somewhere hiding (CFGX: read chapter 8 for answers), so that leaves…Akiza. But she's in that Arcadia Movement."
"I figured you'd come to that conclusion," Carly's informant holds up a booklet, "so I went ahead and gathered intel on that bunch."
"Huh...? Heheyeah! You're the best!" Carly exclaimed, snatching for the notebook…
But he pulled it out of reach, "I never said this information was 'free'."
"Ogh... well in that case... good thing I've got this," Carly pulled out a doll of some kind from her handbag and displaying it proudly. The doll was dressed in a short, revealing blue outfit, a strangely-shaped hat perched on its head over its long blond hair. As its elegant curves and large breasts attested, the doll depicted the bimbo face of Duel Monsters – Dark Magician Girl. "Ta-da!"
"THE ONE-OF-A-KIND, IMPOSSIBLE-TO-FIND, ORIGINAL DARK MAGICIAN GIRL ACTION FIGURE? …The negotiations are complete."
Moments later, a man with blonde hair in a black trenchcoat walked through the door, with Carly walking past him. Paying no mind, he walked up to the counter, "I'm here for the you-know-what."
"Ooohh, I'm sorry," the owner apologized mockingly, "You just missed it."
"What?" the man exclaimed. He couldn't believe it; he was waiting all day, "Then at least tell me who has it!"
"I'm sorry, but that kind of information is considered confidenti—" but the owner had no time to finish his sentence, as he was yanked up by the collar and slammed onto the top of the counter, "Alright, alright! She just went out the door, but you could still catch her! She has black hair with glasses so thick you can see into the future!"
Without saying another word, the man raced out the door and found the girl sitting in the car.
"Wait!" he ran up to Carly, "Wait, I need to talk to you!"
Carly, thinking the man was a mugger, panicked, "Uhh, I don't know you!" she started the car; but before the engine started, the guy moved in front of the car.
"Wait! I know you have info on the Arcadia! I'm after the same people! Please, if you looking for them, I can help you! Just give me a chance!"
"Prove it!" Carly stated, holding up the notepad, "This contains everyone who's ever had a connection with the Arcadia Movement! Just give me a name!"
"Mana Copperfield!"
Carly skimmed through the pages and there she found it: a girl with blonde hair and blushes visible on her cheeks. That was Mana Copperfield.
"…Alright, get in."
"Thank you. By the way, my name's David."
The two looked through the contacts filed in the pad, when moment later Carly noticed details of someone she knew. That person was Misty Tredwell. Perhaps if they could talk to her, maybe they could find some answers. Luckily they managed to get a hold of where the model was staying.
Now if only they could get pass the receptionist…
"Could you tell me which apartment is Misty's?" Carly asked.
" Last name please?"
" I think it's 'Treadwell'."
" Oh! So you're looking for the world-famous supermodel Misty Treadwell…," the clerk replied with sarcasm, "who treasures her privacy and doesn't wanna be bothered at her home by every kook off the street!"
"Look, I know her. We're friends."
"Really" she wasn't too sure, "That's weird, 'cause I know where my friends live. Hey, I know- why don't you tell me you have a special delivery for her, see if that works!"
"Excuse me," another new character came into the story. His grayish black hair was tied into a ponytail. His glasses protected his dark-blue eyes. He wore a navy-blue well button shirt with a black shirt underneath, black jeans, and black shoes with black socks, "My name's Kai Fox. I'm here to deliver these to her," he held up a bouquet of roses.
"Oh! Misty told me you would come here!" the clerk replied, her attitude changing in an instant, "Just wait in the lobby! I'll call her in for you."
"Thanks," the man name Kai left, with Carly flabbergasted with what karma threw at her.
"But Misty and I are friends!" she complained, "We- we met at a party once..."
"Oh, you met at a 'party', 'once'. Why didn't you say so?" the clerk then turned to David, "And what's your excuse?"
"Autograph," he replied flatly.
"It's fine, Kate," Misty said from behind Carly. The reporter turned to see the supermodel, who was dressed in a pale green dress under a white jacket, with an emerald green sash tied around her waist." Is everything okay with you?"
"You have a couple of visitors. They seem a bit off to me."
"Remember me, Misty? I wanted to ask you about something, but, but your guard dog wouldn't let me in."
"I'm sorry. Kate takes her job very seriously," Misty replied, "Come on. Let's go somewhere a little more private so we can talk."
Carly and David followed, but not before Carly gave a small taunt to the receptionist.
Misty's apartment was lit by a dazzling chandelier, and everything seemed to sparkle. While David and Kai entered, Carly just stood in the doorway, struggling to take it in. The room was spacious, elegant simplicity in earth tones.
" Don't just stand there, Carly. Come on in. I'll get us some tea," Misty said, "Sorry about the mess. I just got back from a shoot overseas."
"This place is amazing!" Carly praised.
"It's not bad, I guess. It gets a little lonely, sometimes," she soon came back with a tray of tea, "You can surround yourself with all sorts of 'things', but if you're not surrounded by people you love, it all feels empty. Do you know what I mean?"
"Gosh, I know exactly what you mean!"
"Spoken like a girl in love."
The journalist blushed, "Uh, I'm not in love, who told you that?"
"Your face tells me everything."
"Oh, that's right; you do fortunetelling by reading people's faces and stuff, right?"
"I don't think what she meant," Kai said, adjusting his glasses, "Judging by how you're looking right now, anyone can read your face."
"Th-the way I am?" the journalist fidgeted, "What do you mean? How am I?"
"Here; relax," Misty set up teacups and saucers for her guest, as they sat down, "So what's up? What did you wanna ask me?"
"This might seem kinda weird, but I'm a journalist, and I'm investigating that Crimson Dragon thing that appeared during the Fortune Cup, and, well, that led me to investigate that duelist named Akiza, and so, um—"
"So that led you to investigate the Arcadia Movement?" Kai deducted for her.
"Yeah," Carly handed the booklet of information over to Misty, "And I found out that Misty had some connection to them."
"I never got involved with them, but... they managed to sink their claws into my younger brother and..." the model suddenly paused, "they took him from me!"
Carly gasped while David's eyes widened.
"And what did they mean they 'took him from you'?" David asked.
"The last time I saw my brother, he had just come back from watching a duel in the Narrows," Misty explained, "He was totally different. He was going on and on about 'the Movement'. I asked him what he meant, and suddenly we were fighting, and then he stormed off, and... I never saw him again."
"Did you report the Arcadia Movement and have them investigated?" Carly asked.
"The authorities asked a few questions, but nothing came of it. And that was that."
"That's weird. You would think they'd step up and conduct a full-on investigation, in a case of a missing person."
"Someone in the Arcadia Movement must have some serious dirt on one of the higher-ups running the City."
"You mean, like a secret cover-up? Think it's got something to do with Goodwin?"
"I don't know... but that's the only thing that makes sense to me."
David glanced over at Kai, who took in the conversation with a stern face, "You seem rather agitated as Misty. Has something happened between you and the Arcadia as well?"
"…" Kai said nothing; he turned away and looked out the window, his eyes narrowed, "Something did happen; but I …rather not talk about it."
"This Arcadia Movement…" Misty said, "I have no idea what they're about, but I know they're not to be trusted," she then looked to Carly with a stern but concerned look, "No matter what they say to you, don't believe them, they're lying!"
Later…
Gabriella was back in her room, waiting for Katherine to come back. She was nervous about letting her got to the Arcadia Movement. But with others going with her, she figured it would be alright. But still, it wouldn't hurt to check up on her. But when she didn't answer her cell, Gabriella started to worry again. So she grabbed her jacket and started to the Movement's building.
Meanwhile…
Jason groaned as he opened his eyes; the florescent lights. He rose up from a futon, winching from the pain under his bandaged body. He looked around the small room, and saw that it was a mess; a few tools here, a couple of papers there. Now if only he knew where he was…
"Don't get up yet," a young woman, about a year older than Jason, entered the room. Her sandy-blonde hair jumbled over her head. She wore a green t-shirt and brown jeans. But what interested Jason was the marker under her left eye: two arching triangles forming a snake's fang. "You know, you were lucky I showed up when I did. Otherwise, Sector Security would've caught you when they raided the place. That would be quite possible, considering I was the one who called them."
"You mean you were the one who lead them to that place?" Jason realized, "I thought it would be secret…"
"It was a secret place. That's why I tracked you and followed you there. And with what that psycho did to you there, I'd say better late than never." The woman gave Jason a plate of mixed fruit, "Here, eat up."
"Thanks," the Satellite to a sliced apple to bit into it, "But do you mind telling me who you are?"
"I guess you'd what to know the name of the person who rescued you?" she said, "Well, no one asked me in a long time… but the name's Lyrtle; Sarah Lyrtle."
"Well, my name is—"
"Everyone knows who you are, Jason Hutchins; Fortune Cup Wild Card Champion. And don't worry; I know you're innocent on the whole 'Kidnapping Sonya Harpe' thing."
Jason smiled; this lady has really done her homework, "So where am I exactly?"
"At some warehouse," Sarah answered plainly, "But don't worry about that for now. You still need to recover…"
Dusk came over the city of New Domino. The scene now sets at the Arcadia Movement, with Sayer inside his dark, vast office, with Akiza alone with him.
"I thought there was a meeting," she assumed.
"You're not gonna be involved in group meetings anymore, Akiza." Her leader explained, scanning the city through the plate-glass window, "We've got much bigger plans for you. It's time for the Arcadia Movement to seek members across the globe, and who best to help, then our own Fortune Cup participant? I mean, you've got 'star power' written all over you, Akiza. You're going to become the living symbol of the Arcadia Movement."
The young psychic did not approve of that, "You're gonna turn me into some kind of billboard?"
Sayer turned and put a hand consolingly on her shoulder, "Don't look at it like that. This is a huge honor. You're going to lead a lot of lost souls to the one place they can turn to, Akiza. People are going to love you."
Akiza smiled slightly, but worry lingered in her eyes.
Outside Sayer's office, Carly, dressed in a pink cleaner's outfit, quickly stepped out of the way as the two walked out. Figuring out the Black Rose was right in front of her, she quickly turned to retreat, but…
"Excuse me," Sayer asked.
"Oh, uh, yes sir?" she started to panic.
"Have I seen you before?"
"Uh, yeah! I'm the one who fills in for the fill-ins when they're too sick to fill in for the sick ones."
"…Oh, that's right. Well, carry on."
Carly sighed with relief as she watched the two walk down the hall, then enter Sayer's office. As briefly explained before, it was a spacious room, with classical sculptures on pedestals spaced along the walls. Janitor clothes tossed aside, Carly was already looking through a book from the bookshelf. Soon, after grabbing another book, she accidentally tripped a lever and discovered a secret office behind the bookcase! It was a neat, cozy den, two walls lined with bookcases, a third with a high-tech computer console and chair. There was also a file cabinet beside the desk and a phone on the wall.
Afterwards, she started to look through the book there for a while, "Okay, weird. After hearing Misty's story, I made a list of people who've gone missing the last few years. Almost everyone on my list is mentioned in these files! What is this Arcadia Movement really about?" she knocked over a pile of books, and starts to pick it back up, then seeing a picture on a page of one of the books that tumbled open; she was surprised whose picture it was: Rex Goodwin! More curiosity getting to her, she read his file, "Rex Goodwin lives a life of many lies, all stemming from his—"
"Well, well. A little mouse." A voice said. Carly looked up to see the person she ran into. It was the Arcadia Movement's ringleader, armed with his golden disk, "You should be more careful. You shouldn't go scampering where there could be traps," as he approaches Carly, the so-called journalist backed away, slipping out of the office and backing up past the silent marble statues, "At first I thought you might be working for Goodwin, but judging from the look on your face, I'm guessing you're flying solo. Doesn't matter, though, 'cause now that you've seen what you've seen, I can't let you leave." Sayer then noticed a silver disk and then threw it to Carly, "However, in the interest of good sport, allow me to at least give you a fighting chance. I'm willing to grant you a very slim hope."
"Y-you wanna duel?" Carly asked, confused.
"You can try to run, or you can duel me. What do you say?" Sayer activated his duel-disk, "Or should I just lock you up forever, now?
'I'm not afraid, I can do this. I learned a lot about dueling when I dueled with Jack,' Carly's mind then floated off to who-knows-where, 'And, hey, maybe this could be good. I could… stop trying to be a reporter, and become the world's first famous dueling married couple with Jack!' with that one goal in mind, the journalist strapped on her duel-disk and slotted in her deck, "Bring it on!"
"You shoulda tried to run!" but Sayer didn't mind either way…
Meanwhile, Gabriella made it to the Arcadia building. But as soon as she passed through the doors, she was met with the last person she ever wanted to meet…
"Well, well. Look who the neko dragged in."
Standing a distance away from Gabe was one of the most feared psychics in the movement. His cruelty knows no bounds when it comes to psychic dueling. He had shown his wrath on few occasions, one of the being the Fortune Cup; the one who holds the Hyper Psychic Blaster synchro-monster.
"Divine…" his name whimpered through Gabriella's lips.
"And you know it," the psychic smiled an evil grin, "I never known you would come to a place like this. So, what's the occasion?"
Gabriella never forgotten. She never forgot what that monster did to her Katherine at the tournament not too long ago; how he adored the anguish he gave to the little girl. The way he prolonged he agony that day, it infuriated her.
"Where's Katherine?" Gabriella demanded, "Where have you taken her?"
"Katherine? Let's see… Katherine, Katherine…you mean the one with the ears? Oh, she's not feeling too good. I'd take her to her, but I think her condition's a little too 'critical' to have visiting hours."
She bit her lip, one of her canines drawing out her blood. What kind of person is capable of such insanity; such…evil?
Suddenly, a duel-disk slid towards her, "But hey, I'm a nice guy. How about a little game until the nurse come with the little missy's final results?"
He treats this like it was a game! He took the very game her darling neko-mimi cherished and twisted it into torture and torment. He could care less if she would survive. As long as he haves his fun, anything goes. But not this time. She was not going to give this demon the satisfaction.
"Fine," Gabriella strapped on the disk and inserted her Fables, "I accept your challenge."
"Let's make this a little more exciting. I'll give you one turn to stop me," Divine's grin grew wider, "Remember; if you lose, you may be joining her. But then again, that is what you what, isn't in?"
"DUEL!"
Gabriella: 4000
Divine: 4000
"We're on my turf, so I'll have the first turn," Divine drew his sixth card, "I'll start things off with the Reverse of Arcadia field-spell!" the light went out in the large lobby, and was replaced with the dark-blue neon of a large serpentine dragon outline, arched around Divine and Gabriella, "Next, I summon Mind Protector in DEF mode, "The golden-armored android appeared kneeling (DEF: 2000), "Now I throw down three face-downs. That's my turn." Three reverses appeared.
"It's my turn," Gabriella drew, "I activate Pot of Greed, and draw 2 cards from my deck. Next, by discarding one card, I summon (1) The Tricky(5/ATK: 2000/1200)," a jester-like figure stood tall in front of his master, wearing yellow-and-black armor, and a blue cape. A red question mark was branded on its chest and its face (ATK: 2000), "Next, I summon the tuner-monster, Fabled Raven," a black-armored demon appeared, its ebony wings tipped red (ATK: 1300), "Now I activate his special-ability: by sending a card from my hand to the graveyard, his level increases by 1."
Fabled Raven: (Lv: 3/ATK: 1700)
"And because I discarded Fabled Lurrie with Raven's special-ability, he's summoned directly to my field," the grinning imp was resurrected from the graveyard (DEF: 400), "Now I tune him to the Tricky to synchro-summon Fabled Valkirus!" the two monsters combined as Gabriella chanted:
"Fallen angels descend to a dark inferno! Fan the demonic flames and turn the darkness into light! Synchro-Summon! Appear as the rising devil, Fabled Valkirus!"
The fabled demon synchro appeared (ATK: 2900), "Next, since (2) Fabled Soulkius(6/ATK: 2200/DEF: 2100) is in my graveyard, I can discard 2 more cards from my hand to special-summon him as well," after discarding 2 cards, a new field appeared; a decorated golden chest plate mounted over its well-built body. Its massive bat-like wings spread out, and peered at its opponent through its red mask (ATK: 2200), "But I'm not done there; since Fabled Krus was discarded due to Soulkius' effect, her special-ability allows me to resurrect one level-4-or-lower Fables from my graveyard, such as my Fabled Grimro," the pale, raven-winged Fabled appeared (ATK: 1700), "Now I discard my (3) Fabled Miztoji(2/ATK: 400/DEF: 200) to make Grimo into a tuner-monster. And by tuning her with Soulkius, I'm ready for another synchro-summon!" Grimro ascended and separated into four synchro-gates and descended around Soulkius, while Gabriella chanted:
"Fallen angels descend to a dark abyss! Engulf them in radiance and turn the darkness into light! Synchro-Summon! Appear as the ruling daemon, (4) Fabled Leviathan(8/ATK: 3000/DEF: 2000)!"
As stone throne rose up from the synchro-summon. Sitting on it had red-and-black armor over golden braces. Its red hair spilled wildly down its back, as it peered through its black mask. Its large crimson wings shielded around the monster and its throne (ATK: 3000), "Valkirus! Attack Divine's Mind Protector!" Valkirus flew towards the android and punched a hole through it, before it exploded.
But Divine just smirked, "By destroying my monster, you triggered the Psi-Curse trap card!" one of his three reverses revealed itself, "And once activated your monster is destroyed, and then you take damage equal to Mind Protector's level multiplied by 300!" Valkirus's body was then infected by a course of electrical psionic energy before exploding. The energies backfired across the field and attack Gabriella.
Gabriella: 3100
Divine: 4000
She managed to shake it off before continuing, "Leviathan, attack-!"
"I activate the Compulsory Evacuation Device!" Divine's second trap forced the stronger Fabled back into Gabriella's extra-deck.
Gabriella cringed at how easily Divine removed her monsters. But at least he doesn't have one of his own.
"Since you don't have any cards in your hand, you don't mind if I take my next turn, do you?" Divine drew his next card, "But first I think I'll activate my face-down, Psychic Tuning!" he flipped his third and only trap, "With this, I can resurrect one of my psychics and make him a tuner monster! Welcome back, Mind Protector!" the psychic android returned, but not before emitting a sickly bright-green energy from itself, "Next, I activate Double Summon, which lets me normal-summon twice this turn; so I'll introduce you to my Destructotron and my Lifeforce Harmonizer!" a spider-like computer and a glowing mass of slime appeared and accompanied Mind Protector (ATK: 1600) (ATK: 800), "And now I tune Mind Protector with Destructotron and Lifeforce Harmonizer! Katherine and Jason already had the pleasure of meeting my most powerful monster; I'm sure you and he will get along just as nicely as they did." Mind Protector exploded and released three synchro-gates. The circles and six stars surrounded Divine as he chanted:
"Stars of verlism, unite as one! Unlock the gate of cyberspace to uncover the arms, and array me with the rods of destruction! Synchro-Summon!"
"From the depths of the cyber world, enter Hyper Psychic Blaster!" the synchro-jet broke apart, Divine now in his psychic armor (ATK: 3000), "OK, there's some good news and there's some bad news. The bad news is because Mind Protector was sent to the graveyard, Psychic Tuning is destroyed, and I take 400 points of damage for each of its level points."
Gabriella: 3100
Divine: 2800
"Good news: I can now use the Psychic Sword equip-spell to gain points equal to the difference in our life-points!" a sword then came to Divine's right hand; it was a large gray handle and guard with a much larger blade emitting emerald-green psychic energy.
Hyper Psychic Blaster: (ATK: 3300)
Gabriella grimaced at the display of Divine's skills. And how fast she became disabled of her cards; she could only imagine what his power at full-force would be like.
"Well, this was you one chance, and you blew it," Divine raised his sword behind him and charged it for one final blow. Gabriella tried to back away, but she could only go so far as the Reverse of Arcadia spell formed a barrier around the field; so no one would go anywhere, "You know, I'm sure you'd be expecting a 'your-hopes-of-wining-was-all-an-illusion' speech, but I'm pressed for time. So I'm gonna just go ahead and finish you now, okay?" and then, the psychic swept his powered-up sword into the ground, letting it drag a trench into the floor, then rose the sword up and discharged a wave of psionic energy, dragging across the floor at Gabriella.
The Fabled Duelist had no choice but to brace Divine's fury as she was swept away by the drift of power. She was knocked back against the wall of the barrier, but she couldn't escape the psychic stream. All she could do is cry out in anguish as her very life began to fade. And finally, her flame was extinguished when her torment subsided.
Gabriella: 0
Divine: 2800
With the duel over, Divine's armored disappeared as he watched his opponent slump to the floor, the dark lights finally dying out. Another idealist bit the dust, he thought. The wrath he casts upon his enemies as he watched them shiver and squirm made his day. He walked up to her to finish the job, when suddenly, Gabriella was twitching slightly. Perhaps he pulled the reigns a little on his powers. All the more to watch her shiver in turmoil, though. But that was not lightly this time…
Two massive forms erupted in front of him. Divine became so shocked that he didn't even notice when he was smacked hard, sending him flying straight into the receptionist desk. When the psychic rose from the debris, he was met with the last thing he would expect: Gabriella was seen standing at full length, a pair of massive wings spread out behind her.
"What the f—"
"You just can't help enjoying this, can you?" Gabriella chuckled, her voice not her own gentle tone; something dark, something…lustful, "Your power is no good except for inflicting pain to others. You hurt soooo many people for you own pleasure. You hurt Katherine, you hurt David Carten, and you even hurt my precious Jason Hutchins… But I can play rough too." Gabriella looked towards her bandaged arm, "You know, I was hoping I'd never have to show my true self…but I guest destiny has a way with screwing with us. Oh well."
Then, she bit a bandage strap with her cheek, and let the wrappings fall off onto the floor. Now the reasons behind those bindings were revealed: marked on her arm were lines that formed into a multi-pointed star. But unlike any old stars, the ends were flat instead of pointed. That very marking glowed as the large wings wrapped around Gabriella. Her cocoon molded its ebony feathers and dealt apart, revealing the Fabled Duelist, but as a completely different person…
Instead of her previous attire, Gabriella wore something a bit more revealing: the black halter top she wore had a cut made right in the middle, showing a bit of her cleavage. Her mini-skirt stopped just above her thighs, and her leather boots hugged themselves tightly just below her knees, just as the fingerless gloves stopped below her elbows. Her hair was now a brighter shade of green, and reach far below her back.
But the most intimidating feature she gained was her eyes…they were inked pitch-black and her pupils were pure silver. Gabriella's new form unleashed a pressure of energy too dark to even describe. While Divine was speechless of her new appearance, Gabriella took the opportunity to say one thing…
"You still wanna play?"
DUEL-MON DATABASE
(1) The Tricky
Stats: [Spellcaster/Effect] Level 5 ATK/2000 DEF/1200
Attribute: WIND
Description: You can discard 1 card to Special Summon this card from your hand.
(2) Fabled Soulkius
Stats: [Fiend/Effect] Level 6 ATK/2200 DEF/2100
Attribute: LIGHT
Description: You can send 2 cards, except "Fabled Soulkius", from your hand to the Graveyard to Special Summon this card from the Graveyard.
(3) Fabled Miztoji
Stats: [Fiend/Effect] Level 2 ATK/00 DEF/00
Attribute: LIGHT
Description: You can send this card from your hand to the Graveyard to select 1 face-up "Fabled" monster you control. The selected monster is treated as a Tuner monster while face-up on the field.
(4) Fabled Leviathan
Stats: [Fiend/Effect] Level 8 ATK/3000 DEF/2000
Attribute: LIGHT
Description: 1 "Fabled" Tuner + 1 or more non-Tuner monster.
When this card on the field is destroyed and sent to the Graveyard, you can select up to 3 "Fabled" monsters in your Graveyard. Add them to your hand.
CFGX: Sorry, readers! No preview today! You'll just have to wait until my next chapter!"