YuGiOh 5D's: Konami/Kazuki Takahashi
While Gabriella's true identity was being revealed, another revelation was about to unfold. On the top floor of the Arcadia building, Carly was facing the Arcadia's leader, Sayer. And Carly was losing; BAD!
Telekinetic Shocker, attack her Fairy Hu with Psychic Shockwave!" Sayer ordered! The man in the red suit charged up with electricity and sent the shockwave at the green fairy, destroying it into pixels and then the shockwave hit Carly sending her flying back as her glasses fell off with a piece of glass breaking from it. She was then pinned to the wall with the glass starting to become a web of cracks.
Carly: 2300
Sayer: 3000
"That hurt… what was that shock?" Carly asked.
"It's the powers of a psychic duel. And so is this! Psychic Snail, attack her Fairy Swee with Snail Thunder!" Sayer commanded. The snail charged up electricity from its antennae and shot it at the blue fairy destroying it and then it shocked Carly. The journalist cried in pain as it electricity shocked her and the web of cracks grew larger.
Carly: 400
Sayer: 3000
"You… won't get away with this," Carly muttered, "Sector Security will be looking for Carly Carmine…"
"Of course they will; and you'll become another missing person. One more cold case. Sector Security can't *touch* us! (The file Carly found about Goodwin is still lying on the floor) Not as long as I know the truth about Goodwin!"
"And what would that be?"
"Everyone in this town just loves Goodwin; he's an honest leader, a model citizen, New Domino City's favorite son. But he has a secret. Director Goodwin is from the Satellite Sector; and that, my dear, is the least of his secrets…"
"But you won't be around to take it out to the public. Night night, little mouse! Go, Psychic Commander!" Chee was the final fairy to go, and the attack blasts Carly through the window into the night sky. Her life-points sunk to zero as she fell through the air. Pretty soon, she disappeared, crashing through a warehouse roof.
Carly: 0
Sayer: 3000
"Foolish woman," Sayer laughed as he stared down from his office's shattered window, seeing the broken building. Suddenly, a small alarm was set off on his desk. He clicked a button on a viewing screen, showing many security cameras displayed everywhere in the building. One of them featured a person in blonde sneaking along the corners of the building.
"These people just don't learn, do they?" Sayer sighed, "As much as I would like to do more exterminating now, perhaps I should let someone else do it for me." And he knew just the people to do it.
YuGiOh: 5D's
Reverse of Arcadia
Ride 17: Digging Deeper
Part 2: Insert Creepy, Supernatural-themed Title Here
Rico was sat quietly in his quarters, trying to apprehend everything that happened today. Divine, his most hated person had gone and hurt his friend Katherine. What's worse is that Sayer let him do it, like he doesn't even care what will happen to her. How Divine would abuse his powers just made Rico mad.
And then there was the daily meditation. Part of the reason he was in the Arcadia Movement was because of his ability to travel the Spirit World. He would go through the same test day after day, but if Sayer wanted a way in, there was no way Rico would give it to him. And that temple he was in, what was it about those two pendants what do they all mean?
Rico reached under his bed and pulled out a stuffed animal: It was a bear-like toy with light-blue fur, wolf ears and a pair of fox tails. Each tail had a zipped-up pocket on them. He opened one of them and pulled out his deck; not his Scrap deck, but his old one, before he came to be here. He took the top 3 cards from his deck and looked at it. One looked like a humanoid hedgehog with a fox's tail and sunny-blonde fur. Another was a young boy wearing a blue jumpsuit and a blue helmet with a red visor. The final card was a fearsome dragon made completely of gems and jewels.
He thought, none of this would happen if his mother was still around. She was the one who gave him this card, along with the stuffed toy, on his fifth birthday. He had never imagined that a year later he would walk home to find out that her mother had been killed. Without any relatives to go to, he wandered the streets for almost a year, searching for scraps and sleeping in cardboard boxes like a common mutt. It wasn't long before he obtained his own criminal mark by trying to make a dine-and-dash at a local restaurant. What choice did he have? He was starving then. Soon later he was taken in by the Arcadia Movement and that ended his miserable life on the streets, but that also began another nightmare in the making.
Though Sayer was so kind and loving to him like with all the others of his group, Rico couldn't help but not like the man. There was something sinister behind that facade he was wearing, Rico was sure. He avoids the other members and tries to stay as far away as possible from Sayer and his partner Divine.
But this place wasn't all that bad; there was one person he had would only and always acknowledge. That was his friend, Akiza Izinski. After he met her in the Movement, he would always stay close to her, but as cold as she was then, the psychic would always distant herself away from here. That went on for about a year until Akiza finally started to warm up to his. As Rico treated Akiza like the big sister he never had, Akiza treats him like the little brother she never had. She makes Rico's four years here a little better. In fact, he could use her support right about now. And he was about to get his wish…
Knock, knock. The door opened and allowed the crimson-headed psychic inside. "Mind if I come in?" Rico just nodded as Akiza sat herself on the boy's bed beside him, "I'm just stopping by to see how you're doing," Akiza replied softly. The boy said nothing, just clutched the toy tightly to his chest, "If there's something wrong, just tell me. I can help you," still the boy was silent, "…Listen, about what happened today, I know what Divine did upset you. But a duel was about the only way to test Leo and Katherine."
"Well, that still doesn't give them the right!" Rico snapped, hopping up from his bed, "Sayer and Divine shouldn't have had hurt them! They didn't deserve it! They knew it would hurt them but they decided to do it anyway!" his eyes then began to water, "I can't forgive them for what they did to Neko!"
"Yes, that was the girl's name, wasn't it? …Rico, I don't think you should see her anymore."
The boy could not believe what he was hearing, "But why? She's my friend! She never did anything to me!"
"But did you tell her about your special gift?"
Rico was taken aback by this. Why hasn't he told her about his power? She wouldn't think of anything less of him…would she?
"Of course you didn't," Akiza answered for him, "Maybe it's because you're afraid she might reject you, and she probably will."
"You don't know Neko!" Rico said, "Jason has powers, too! And she's been beside him for a long time!"
"She's just a child like you are!" Akiza hinted, "And even if she doesn't turn her back on him now, it's only a matter of time until she grows up and see things the way the rest of the adults see, Rico!" she was dead-serious about this, Rico had realized. Her parents had abandoned her and her schoolmates belittled her. But as hard as Rico had it, he could never have possibly know what it was like to have your parents look down on you. And as much as his mother loved him, Akiza loved him maybe even more. But does she really know what is best for the bronze-haired child?
Suddenly, Rico was met with a kind embrace from the Black Rose. With welcoming arms she wrapped them around the young boy and pulled his close, gently laying his head against her chest, "What I'm trying to say is, if you don't want that to happen, make sure you tell her as soon as possible, okay?"
The older psychic released the boy so he could look into her eyes, his sparkling bronze to her radiant ambers, "Okay?"
"Okay."
"Then go on ahead and find your friend. I'm sure she's feeling a little better by now."
Meanwhile…
The hallways were really quiet, quiet enough for someone to sneak around. And that was the one thing this person has on his mind. That's right: David Carten has infiltrated the Arcadia Movement during the last chapter. And reason's are that someone really special to him was being kept here.
A few years back, when David was entered middle-school, he spotted a younger girl on the front campus, sitting alone. He paid no mind to her then, but as the year went by, he had been seeing this girl being picked on by the other classmates. Apparently her skills at Duel Monsters weren't as good as the others. But David was willing to prove that wrong.
As it turned out, that girl was simply just nervous, as proven when David offered her a match. But the true story behind the two began when she summoned a famous monster: the Dark Magician Girl. Being one who holds a Dark Magician of his own, David could see that she was quite a duelist; all she needed was to forget all about being nervous. That very girl goes by the name, Mana.
And thus, their legacy together began. As 'David the Magician's' tag partner, Mana was also classed as the Magician's Apprentice, and in more than one way. You see, Mana has a special gift that allowed her to communicate with her cards; you would even call her a Spirit Caller. David soon found out about her power and agreed to keep it a secret between them. But that proved to be ineffective as the Arcadia Movement realized about Mana's abilities way before then. They went as far as to give her an invite, but she refused.
One day, David went to Mana's home and found the place trashed. All he could find was her Dark Magician Girl on the floor, scattered with the rest of her cards. David came to the conclusion that she was snatched away. That happened over a year ago.
So, until this day, he had been searching high and low for her. And it wasn't until a little over than a week ago that he obtained a little information from Director Goodwin. The director offered it to David if he would face Jason Hutchins in the Fortune Cup. But Thanks to Divine, that hope was taken from him. So he looked for another way until he found an informant at a local card shop. He was lucky to catch Carly before she left with it.
And now, here he was, in the lion's den trying to find his way to Mana and reunite with her. This could prove hard, considering he had to search every nook and cranny in this building and he covered three floors already. Suddenly, he spotted two people entering into a room. It was a good thing they paid no attention when he was in the middle of the hallway. So he decided to tail then. A few moments after waiting, he entered through the same room they entered.
It was dark, though, and with the little light in the room, he could see it was massive. But then, the lights suddenly turned on, revealing a wide dueling field made completely of steel. A distance in front of him, he spotted two Arcadia members, a brunette with glasses and another with dirty blonde. They both had a blank, cold expression and they were each equipped with a duel disk. They were Liquid and Okita from the very first chapter!
'Okay, this was unexpected,' David thought. Then again, maybe these two know where Mana is, "Alright, I have a question for the both of you…" but before he could answer, Okita tossed a duel-disk towards him, and they both activate their own. David couldn't say he didn't expect this. After all, the Arcadia Movement trains psychics to harness their powers through dueling. It was clear what he had to do, "Well, here my answer…" so he strapped on the duel-disk, slotted in his deck and activated it, "Bring it!"
Meanwhile…
Margaret Spires, who had woken up from his trip to the Spirit World, tried to recall everything she experienced since then: she woke up in an almost dead forest, and found a little girl wandering around. It turned out that she was a spirit whose world was in danger by some evil power. Now Magic has to find a power of her own if she wants to save it. It was a good thing she wouldn't have to face this faceless threat alone with the spirit of Silent Magician aiding her. But there was one thing she couldn't understand: if she was born in the Satellite, then how did she end up here in the Arcadia Movement? She thought really hard on the last thing she remembered of living in that island.
Magic remembered walking home with groceries in hand, when a mysterious man in a trenchcoat. He gave him an invite to join a society of some sort, but she refused. And as soon as her back was turned, her mind was like it was being boiled in a pot. Her mind went blank then. The last thing she remembered was those cold golden eyes and that…that…that red hair!
Now the pieces were coming together. She never came here on free will; she was kidnapped! Her memories were wiped out to keep her under Sayer's control! Oh, she felt so dirty how she saw treated as that man's doll! There's no way she could forgive him for what he did! It has to end now! …As soon as she finds a way to get out of this room.
Magic stood up from the bed she was in and went to the door. Just as the thought, it was locked. She examined the knob closely and found a small keyhole. 'I hope I remember how to do this…' she rustled through the pockets of her robe, hoping there was something left in there. Luckily enough, she found a large safety pin. Freeing the needle, she inserted it inside the keyhole and fumbled around. Soon enough, the tumblers activated and the door instantly unlocked. 'Hmph. Looks like I still got it,' Magic was pleased with herself and tossed the pin away.
She began her way down the hallway but was stop by Seria, who came up to her with a duel-disk in her arms.
"I'm glad to see you're awake, Miss Spires," Seria said with a smile, "I was just about to let you out."
"I want to speak to Sayer. Where is he?" Magic demanded.
""He's in a very important meeting right now. I'm sure you want to thank him for bringing you back home?"
"Save me? He kidnapped me!" Magic snapped, "That freak brainwashed me and made me his puppet!"
Seria skipped a heartbeat at the revelation. Her eyes hid behind her hair, her expression visible with shame.
"And you knew about it, didn't you?"
Sayer's assistant said nothing. She just handed the disk over to Magic, who reluctantly accepted it, "If you want the truth, then follow me."
With nothing else to say, Magic had no choice but to follow Seria to wherever she was taking her.
While the above events transpired, David participated in the 2-on-1 duel. His opponents shared 4000 point each while he has his own set.
David: 4000
Liquid and Okita: 4000
"I will make the first move," Liquid began with a monotone voice, "I summon (1) Dark Blade(4/1800/1500) in ATK position," a knight with fearsome black armor appeared; its blood-red cape fluttered slightly from the large, spiky shoulder blades. Faceless red eyes glowed malevolently from its horned helmet. In each hand it wielded a curved sword. "Next, I'll place 2 cards face-down. I end my turn."
"It's my turn," Okita said in a dull tone, "I activate the continuous-spell, Frontline Base, and use its effect to summon the (2) Pitch-Dark Dragon(3/ATK: 900/DEF: 600) union-monster," beside the knight a large dragon appeared. Its thorny, rough hide was as black as the Dark Blade's armor (ATK: 900), "Now I combine my dragon with Dark Blade!" the knight sprung up from its position and landed on the dragon's back. Dark energy crackled from them as the dragon's master gained power.
Dark Blade: (ATK: 2200/DEF: 1900)
"As you may already know, union-monsters can equip to other monster and give them special abilities," Okita explained, "And when the equipped monster is destroyed, the union-monster may take their place. Now, I place a card face-down and end my turn."
"It's my turn now!" David drew his sixth card, "I summon Rapid Fire Magician in ATK mode!" the monster he summoned was a violet-haired spellcaster who wore a unique magician's uniform with gold trimmings. In each hand he held a short staff with a colored gem in its clawed hand (ATK: 1600/DEF: 1200), "Next up, I activate the spell, Summoner's Art! This allows me to search my deck for a level-5-or-higher normal-monster and then add that card to my hand! And I choose to bring out the Dark Magician!" David showed his opponents his prized card and then placed it with the others in his hand, "And since I played a normal-spell this turn, Rapid-Fire's special-ability gets activated, dealing 400 points of damage to the both of you!" the magician's staffs burned with mystical fire, and then he launched their orbs at Liquid and Okita.
David: 4000
Liquid and Okita: 3600
"Next, I activate Double Summon and use it to bring out Skilled Dark Magician to the field!" a noble armored spellcaster cloaked in a black cape appeared (ATK: 1900), "And Double Summon is a normal-spell too, to that means another 400 points of damage!"
David: 4000
Liquid and Okita: 3200
"But the magic's not over yet! I activate Tribute Doll, to release Skilled Dark Magician! Now, Dark Magician! Take center stage!" in place of the apprentice spellcaster, the grand magician himself introduced himself into the match, wearing his onyx-black uniform and all (ATK: 2500), "Another spell, another 400 points of damage!"
David: 4000
Liquid and Okita: 2800
"Now I'll just end my turn with a face-down," David placed his last card in his disk, "And with that, an intermission!"
"It's my turn," Liquid drew, "I summon (3) Warrior Dai Grepher(4/1700/1600)," another warrior appeared, this time a muscular Caucasian man, fitted in a tight leather tank-top. He wore leather gauntlets around his wrists. His black mullet was held up by a black mask, while still showing his face. In his hand, he wielded a glowing broadsword (ATK: 1700), "Next, I activate The A. Forces continuous-spell. So the ATK points of each warrior on our side of the field by 200 for each warrior and spellcaster there."
Warrior Dai Grepher: (ATK: 2100)
Dark Blade: (ATK: 2600)
"And that would end my turn."
"It's my turn," Okita drew his next card, "I play Polymerization and fuse the Warrior Dai Grepher on the field, to the Spirit Ryu in my had, to summon (4) Ryu Senshi(6/ATK: 2000/DEF: 1200)," a multi-colored vortex appeared above the field, absorbing the warrior along with a transparent blue dragon. In their place came a yet stronger warrior, with tanner skin. He wore armor made of leathery violet dragonhide, with his full mask the same material. In place of Grepher's sword was a double-edged twin blade (ATK: 2000-2400), "And now, Dark Blade attacks." but before the knight could connect with the Dark Magician, both warriors were paralyzed by a massive gust of wind.
"Sorry," David said, "But with Negate Attack activated, your battle-phase ends early!"
Neither of his opponents showed any fear or shock, "Then we will end our turn."
"My move, then," David drew, "I activate the spell Card of Sanctity!" all three players replenished their hand to a value of six, "And remember, since I played a normal-spell this turn, Rapid-Fire Magician deals 400 points of damage to my opponent!"
David: 4000
Liquid and Okita: 2400
"By releasing Dark Magician, he gets an upgrade, as I summon the (5) Dark Eradicator Warlock(2500/2100)!" magical surges surrounded David's magician as he obtains new power. As of then, his robes were replaced with massive dark-red armor with gold trimmings. A violet-colored cape flowed behind him. Finally, his staff was upgraded to three large arches surrounding a floating orb glowing with dark magic (ATK: 2500), "Now here's where the real show begins! See, for each normal-spell I activate, Dark Eradicator Warlock hits you with 1000 points of damage! So prepare to be amazed! I activate Toon Table of Contents! When activated, I can add a 'Toon' titled card to my hand from my dueling deck, so I add another Toon Table of Contents!" David added the spell into his hand, "And don't forget: Rapid-Fire and Dark Eradicator slams you with a total of 1400 points of damage!" a large quantity of magic gathered inside the warlock's staff while the Rapid-Fire Magician charged his staffs with his own. The both fired with their combined power.
David: 4000
Liquid and Okita: 1000
"I activate Toon Table of Contents once again! And with that, this show is over!" David's final spell allowed the two magicians to wage one final attack on the two psychics.
David: 4000
Liquid and Okita: 0
Once the duel was over, the holograms disappeared, and Liquid and Okita collapsed. It wasn't duel to the effect-damage; David wasn't a psychic after all. The Magician Duelist walked up to the two to see if their okay. Their pulses were fine; they were just unconscious. It was strange, though. To think they would show more vigor while they dueled. Was there someone else pulling the strings…?
David dismissed the thought, and walked away. He still has a person to find…
But while his duel took place, another was about to begin. Magic followed Seria until they reached the outer testing arena(Arcadia had two: on in the main building and another separated next door).
Not wanting to wait any longer, Magic stopped in place, "I did what you said, Seria. Now tell me the truth. How did I really end up here?"
Seria didn't want to face the young Spirit Caller. She felt ashamed of how long she kept up this lie.
"Well?"
"I'm sorry you had to know about this, Magic," Seria turned, keeping a straight face, "But now that you know the truth I cannot let you go." She activated her duel disk, "So forgive me for what I'm about to do…"
Magic's temperament was near her limit, but she knew what has to be done, "Fine…" she activated her own disk and slotted in her deck.
"LET'S DO THIS!"
Magic: 8000
Seria: 8000
"I'll take the initiative," Seria drew her sixth card, "I set a monster face-down. Next, I place two card face-down." Three reverses appeared; one sideways in the monster-card zone and the other two in the spell-trap-card zone, "That ends my turn."
"It's my turn!" Magic drew, "I activate the Double Summon spell card! Now I can normal-summon an extra turn! So I summon Reese the Ice Mistress, then Cyber Shark!" the armored sea-serpent appeared, followed by a gold-armored great-white (ATK: 800) (ATK: 2100), "Now I tune them both to synchro-summon White Glacier Dragon!" the two monsters combined as Magic chanted:
"The cold whispering winds fills the land with their song, gaze upon the form of purity it creates. Synchro Summon! Chant, White Glacier Dragon!"
The ice-based dragon appeared (ATK: 2750), "Dragon! Attack Seria's face-down!" the dragon fired a blaze of frozen fire and incinerated Seria's face-down, which was revealed to be a stone jar. Inside it was one eye and a wicked grin.
"Since my (6) Morphing Jar(2/ATK: 700/DEF: 600) was revealed, both of us must discard our entire had, then draw five new cards." Both players emptied their hand before replenishing them.
Magic: 8000 (29)
Seria: 8000
"And now your deck has 30 or less cards…the stage is now set…"
"Set?" Magic gasped, "What are you talking about?"
But before she could get her answer, a massive tremor snuck up and shook the facility, making both duelists quiver and fall to the ground.
"What's going on?" Magic demanded, "Is this your doing?"
"No! It isn't!"
But the quake was not affecting just the Arcadia building, but the whole of New Domino.
Back in Misty's hotel room, the model herself stared down at her cup of tea as ripples ran across it, "Kai…It must be time."
The black-haired man looked through the window, upon the many buildings of the futuristic utopia. His eyes lowered at this ominous event, "And so the battle begins…"
As the Arcadia's facility continue to tremble, several purple fires erupted around it and lit up the area, incinerating anything in its path. They kept going, parting ways, drawing a shape.
Meanwhile, blue lightning is striking more often than is ever natural, and the landscape is lit ablaze with purple flames. They have at last formed into a complex work of art. A geoglyph of a small bird centered around the Arcadia building, which was the only thing left standing around or within it. A much larger shape was sketched around the bird, forming into a large star. Sayer, still at the window, was watching the ominous moment at work.
"Well, this can't be good!" the Head of the Arcadia looked towards the warehouse where Carly crashed through, and found a supposed corpse rising from its crater. Suddenly, it disappeared. As brief panic overtook him, he quickly turned to his desk and snatched up the phone, "I need a report on the damage, right now! And get everyone evacuated, but leave our 'guests' where they—" but before he could finish his sentence, a pitch-black shadow covered him. Sayer instantly turned his heels to be met with a figure in shadowed veil right outside his window. The scariest thing was that it was supported by a pair of large wings rapidly flapping in the air.
"What the f—"
But Sayer could not finish that sentence before he was driven by a massive gust of wind, causing him to tumble over his desk and fall to the floor. He looked to the door and saw a shadow of a figure facing him, retracting its massive, paper-flat wings into it.
"I want a rematch…Sayer!" Lightning flashed outside the broken window to reveal his new invader: staring down Sayer with dead, blank eyes was none other than the wanna-be journalists, Carly Carmine!
DUEL-MON DATABASE
(1) Dark Blade
Stats: [Warrior] Level 4 ATK/1800 DEF/1500
Attribute: DARK
(2) Pitch-Dark Dragon
Stats: [Dragon/Union] Level 3 ATK/900 DEF/600
Attribute: DARK
Description: This card cannot be Normal Summoned or Set. This card cannot be Special Summoned except by the effect of "Silent Magician LV4". This card is unaffected by the effects of your opponent's Spell Cards.
(3) Warrior Dai Grepher
Stats: [Warrior] Level 4 ATK/2000 DEF/1200
Attribute: EARTH
(4) Ryu Senshi
Stats: [Warrior/Fusion/Effect] Level 6 ATK/2000 DEF/1200
Attribute: EARTH
Description: "Warrior Dai Grepher" + "Spirit Ryu"
A Fusion Summon of this monster can only be conducted with the above Fusion Material Monsters. As long as this card remains face-up on the field, negate the effect of a Normal Trap Card by paying 1000 Life Points. Negate the effect of a Spell Card that targets this card and destroy it.
(5) Dark Eradicator Warlock
Stats: [Spellcaster/Effect] Level 7 ATK/2500 DEF/2100
Attribute: DARK
Description: This card cannot be Normal Summoned or Set. This card cannot be Special Summoned except by Tributing 1 "Dark Magician". Each time a Normal Spell Card is activated, inflict 1000 damage to your opponent.
(6) Morphing Jar
Stats: [Spellcaster/Effect] Level 3 ATK/700 DEF/600
Attribute: EARTH
Description: FLIP: Both players discard all the cards in their hands, then draw 5 cards.
Magic: Here's a preview for the next 5D's! I just got my memory back and now it's being taken away! With every card I lose, Seria take away everyone I ever cared about from then! I have to protect what left of my mind at all cost! Next time on Reverse of Arcadia: Digging Deeper: Part 3! Time to make some magic!"
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