Yugioh 5D's: Konami/Kazuki Takahashi
Beta: Mewstar0013
A/N: "Don't forget to review my Equestrienger story if you read it..."
In the abandoned amusement park where we last left off, Divine was busy with his assault on Rico when he was struck away. His assailant stood a few yards from him, as she called back her Reptilianne Gorgon.
"I was wondering when you'd show up. How's the modeling career?" Misty Tredwell did not respond, only gave him a dangerous scowl, "You're awfully quiet today. Let me guess, you still can't let it go, can you? Look, I've had more than enough of my share of trouble today. So why don't you slither away to what hole you crawled out of and forget you ever have a brother!" she still did not give an answer, but Divine must have struck a nerve because her only response was her duel-disk, which she quickly brought our from under her cape and activated, "I guess there's no use reasoning with you. Oh well, we've been meaning to take you out of the picture anyway," having his duel-disk already equipped and active, Divine gathered his cards for another match and sneered, "Let's get started."
YuGiOh 5D's
Reverse of Arcadia
Ride 52: Snake in the Grass
Divine: 4000
Misty: 4000
"This world belongs to the world strongest; and the strongest around here is me!" he drew his sixth card, "It's about time we duel on my home-field! I activate the Brain Research Lab field-spell!" a bright light engulfed the field until they were no longer outside on fairgrounds, but in a large laboratory room. There were machines of of different sizes. But the one eye-catcher was attached to a wall behind Divine: a live large brain wired up in a glass tube filled with liquid. This whole setup looked like something out of a syfy/horror movie, "Now for it's effect; a psychic-type monster can be summoned in addition to a typical normal-summon. For example, I summon Krebons in ATK mode!" just like before, the harlequin psychic was summoned on his first turn (ATK: 1200), "And for summon number two I summon Pandaborg in DEF mode!" the cyborg panda appeared beside the tuner in said position (DEF: 1400). Afterwards the brain surged with electricity and lit up the tube. When the light finally dimmed a small spherical object fell out of a compartment below the tube and rolled to Divine's feet, "Finally I place one card face-down," a reverse-card appeared behind the two monsters, "That's it for my turn. You can start anytime anytime you want," Misty still delivered the same cold glare without uttering a word, "What's the matter, lost your voice? You know you can't exactly play anything without saying anything."
"I'm sorry, I was just thinking of a way I can make you suffer the most..." Misty finally replied with a venomed tone, "But since you asked 'so nicely', allow me to indulge you. I summon (1) Reptilianne Gardna(4/ATK: 0/DEF: 2000) in DEF mode!" a large, shiny tortoise shell appeared in front of the Dark Signer (DEF: 2000), "Then I place two cards face-down and end my turn."
"Then it's my turn," Divine drew his next card, "I summon Psychic Snail in ATK mode!" the psychic mollusk appeared (ATK: 1900), "And don't forget about about Brain Research Lab's effect. I'll use my secondary summon to call Armored Axon Kicker to the field!" the armored psychic appeared as well (ATK: 2200), "In case you're wondering, I can summon this monster without tribute when I have another psychic on my field!" the tube lit up again before the machine spat out another ball, "And as for what just came out, my Brain Research Lab forms a Psychic Counter whenever I use my secondary summon. Now, after switching my panda to ATK mode, I'll have Armored Axon Kicker attack Reptilianne Gardna!" Axon's psychokinetic attack destroyed the tortoise, "Krebons, Pandaborg and Psychic Snail, attack that Dark Signer directly!" the three other psychics charged in at Misty, until another monster stood in their way, "Wait a minute, why's one of my monsters on your side of the field?!"
"After you destroyed my Reptilianne Gardna, you triggered my Alien Brain trap card," Misty revealed one of her reverse-cards, "That allows me to control the monster that destroyed it. As for Reptilianne Gardna, I can add a Reptilianne monster to my hand."
"Then I guess I'll just place another card face-down."
"Then it's my turn," Misty drew her next card, "I set a monster in DEF mode. Next, I'll use your own monster to attack one of your own! Armored Axon Kicker attack's Psychic Snail!" Armored Axon Kicker launched a surge of psychokinetic energy and destroyed the snail.
Divine: 3700
Misty: 4000
"Nice try. But there's a price for attacking with Armored Axon Kicker," Divine said, "Whenever it destroys a monster, you take damage equal to half of that monster's ATK points!" a sudden discharge over Misty's body caused her to yell in pain.
Divine: 3700
Misty: 3050
"And to add insult to injury, I'll use Psychic Snail's destruction to activate my Telekinetic Power trap card!" Divine revealed one of his reverse-cards, "And with this card, I'll be taking back that monster you took from me, as well as add it's ATK points into my life-points! But the bright side is that you can revive a monster from your graveyard whose ATK points are up to the amount of damage you took from Axon's effect."
"Fine. I cho0se my Reptilianne Gardna." Misty special-summoned her tortoise back to the field, before Armor Axon Kiciker self-destructed.
"Don't say I never gave you nothing." Divine joked.
Divine: 5900
Misty: 3050
"I'll end my turn for now."
"The I draw," Divine drew his next card, "It looks like I drew a Card of Sanctity card. I guess I'll go and activate it," both players renewed their hands, "Next I release Krebons to summon Overdrive Teleporter!" the harlequin was replaced by the white-caped psychic monster (ATK: 2100), "Now back to my Brain Research Lab. Instead of paying life-points to activate my psychics' effects, I'll just have my field-spell produce the energy they need to activate them, just as it's used to summon extra monsters! So instead of paying 2000 life-points to play Overdrive's effect, I can produce another Psychic Counter to summon two Psychic Commanders from my deck!" two tank-mounted soldiers appeared (ATK: 1400x2)(CTR: 3), "And for another, I summon Grapple Blocker to the field!" the tentacle-armed psychic appeared (ATK: 1200)(CTR: 4), "Next I activate my Psychic Rejuvenation trap card, giving me 1000 life-points for each psychic on my field!"
Divine: 10900
Misty: 3050
"And now I tune Overdrive Teleporter with one of my Psychic Commanders to synchro-summon my most prized monster!" the two monsters combined as Divine 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!"
Divine broke through the synchro-jet in his high-tech armor (ATK: 3000).
"That armor..." Misty glared at the psychic's synchro-monster costume, "I saw the many horrible things you did in that armor!"
"Word gets around fast," Divine sneered under his helmet, "You're the first person who's ever complemented on this armor. Next I tune Grapple Blocker with my other Psychic Commander in order to synchro-summon Psychic Lifetrancer!" the monsters combined and in their place stood the female psychic cyborg (ATK: 2400), "Now I activate her special-ability: once per turn, I can remove one psychic monster in my graveyard from play to add 1200 to my life-points!" after removing one of his Psychic Commanders, Psychic Lifetrancer formed an orb of light over Divine's head.
Divine: 12100
Misty: 3050
Then he the pointed his blasters at Misty's face-down, "Now let's see what you're hiding under that face-down of yours..." the monster rose from under the card as a small girl with unusually pale skin. As a Reptilianne, her lower waist was replaced by a serpent's tail. Perched over her long golden hair was a large headdress in the form of a rearing cobra. One of her gloved hands held up the card she was hiding under. When she spotted the Hyper Psychic Blaster pointing at her, she stared off in fear with her dark emerald eyes (DEF: 0).
"Zero DEF points?" Divine laughed as he charged up his blasters, "You make this too easy!" he opened fire on Naga but his target slithered away fast as the attack hit the card instead, "I love a good chase!" he proceeded to firing a series of continuous blasts to tag the monster, but his target kept zipping around the room, dodging each and every volley "Run, run as fast as you can; I will get my target!" Divine fired over and over, but soon the snake-girl was out of sight. Divine looked around the room, the monster seemed to had vanished. Suddenly he felt something his strike his armor. He looked down to find Reptilian Naga grasping his right arm, her mouth clamped on his wrist trying to penetrate the armor with her fangs to no avail, "Wow, you're a feisty one, aren't you?!" Divine shook his arm trying to get the girl off, but she gripped tightly on his arm. Not wanting her attached any longer, he tossed off with a powerful swing, throwing the girl on the floor back towards Misty side.
Naga scampered back up and quickly slithered behind Misty, hiding underneath the Dark Signer's cape. "Was there ever a time you didn't show such cruelty towards children?" Misty hissed.
"You ask as if I care," Divine sneered under his helmet, and pointed his blasters at the monster once again, "Now if you don't mind, I got some battle-damage that needs to be dealt."
Misty narrowed her eyes and scooted the frightened Reptilianne behind her back. "You'll have to get past me first."
"Fine then. Won't make a difference," Divine opened fire a large blast of energy. Misty quickly turned around and cuddled over Reptilianne Naga to protect her from the blast. Misty groaned in pain as she took the full brunt of the attack.
Divine: 12100
Misty: 50
"And the best part about Hyper Psychic Blaster, is that I gain life-points equal to the damage you took. So it's a win-win! For me, that is!"
Divine: 15100
Misty: 50
"Would you look at that! You're down to 50 life-points! I guess you Dark Signers aren't as tough as I thought..." Divine stopped when he noticed a change in his armor. He saw his armor getting turned to stone from the place where Naga had bit him, "I should've known there was something up with that freak of a child."
Misty turned to face Divine, fighting off the pain from Hyper Psychic Blaster's attack, "My (2) Reptilianne Naga(1/ATK: 0/DEF: 0) can't be easily destroyed, especially by battle. And anyone who dares to harm her gets a very nasty surprise. You lose all of your ATK points, and you're unable to attack or change battle-positions!"
Divine stood still and watched the effect spread throughout his armor, "That's just terrific-" his voice paused when his helmet was the last to be petrified. Only the sound of his muffled voice can be heard from the stone armor (ATK: 0).
Misty stood and faced the now-powerless Hyper Psychic Blaster, "And before forgot, I activated the Damage = Reptile trap card!" she said, revealing her face-down, "Since I took damage, I can summon a reptile-type monster from my deck whose ATK is equal to or less than the damage I just took. This next monster should do just fine. I summon (3) Reptilianne Medusa(6/ATK: 2200/DEF: 800)!" an obese, green-skinned, jewelry-wearing woman-snake hybrid appeared, with violet scales and a pair of crimson spines on its tail, and violet snakes slithering on its head (ATK: 2200), "Now I'm the one on the field with the strongest monster. And since you're looking a bit stiff at the moment, I think I'll be taking my next turn, thank you," Misty then drew her next card, "I summon (4) Reptilianne Scylla(4/ATK: 1800/DEF: 1200) in ATK mode!" a red-headed, brown-scaled reptilian woman appeared, her waist attached to a gruesome, three-mawed white beast (ATK: 1800), "Next I activate Reptilianne Medusa's special-ability: for each card I remove from my hand, one of your monsters have their ATK points reduced to 0!" Misty discarded two cards and the eyes of Medusa's snakes flashed. An instant after both Pandaborg and Psychic Lifetranser were turned to stone (ATK: 0x2), "Reptilianne Scylla, attack the Hyper Psychic Blaster!" the lower half of the monster spat out a large fireball that shattered the psychic statue, and blasted back the freed Divine in the process.
Divine: 13300
Misty: 50
"And now for Scylla's ability: when she destroys a monster with 0 ATK points, I can summon that same monster back from the graveyard in DEF position!" the suit of armor rose on Misty's side down on one knee (DEF: 2500), "Next I'll have Reptilianne Medusa attack Psychic Lifetranser!" Medusa lashed out her tail and shattered the Psychic Lifetranser statue.
Divine: 11100
Misty: 50
"Now I place two cards face-down and end my turn. But unfortunately, my Reptilianne Naga is switched to ATK position during the end-phase (ATK: 0)."
"Then it's my turn!" Divine drew his next card, "I summon (7) Doctor Cranium(1/ATK: 100/DEF: 100) in DEF mode!" a super-deformed man with a large cranium over is headgear and wearing a labcoat appeared (DEF: 100), "Then I place one card face-down and end my turn."
"It's my turn!" Misty drew her next card, "I send one card from my hand to the graveyard to activate Medusa's ability once more!" Medusa's gaze petrified the Doctor Cranium (ATK: 0), "Next I activate my face-down trap card, Final Attack Orders! So every monster on the field remains in ATK mode! And then, I activate this this other face-down, Serpent Suppression! And as long as there's a monster in ATK position with 0 ATK points on the field, they can't be destroyed in battle! And last but not least, I switch Hyper Psychic Blaster into ATK position, and equip him with the equip-spell Reptilianne Rage!" the armored psychic rose up, blasters ready; its helmet was then covered in a colored ceramic mask (ATK: 3800), "Now Hyper Psychic Blaster, as well as Reptilianne Medusa and Reptilianne Scylla, attack Divine's monsters!" Misty's three monsters attacked Doctor Cranium and Pandaborg.
Divine: 3300
Misty: 50
"My life-points..." Divine muttered, amazed at how fast Misty countered, "This lady's not half-bad."
"You should have known better than to under estimate a Dark Signer," Misty snarled, "It doesn't matter how powerful you think you are. If I so inclined, I would've killed you three time over."
"Well, bully for you!" Divine spat.
"You might as well tell me what I want to know, while you're still standing; I want to know what you people done to my brother!"
"I'm afraid I don't know what you're talking about." Divine said with sarcastic innocence.
"Don't lie to me! I know he came to the Arcadia Movement that day!"
"Well, why do you think I have something to do with it? It's not like I know the kid. Speaking of, there is someone who might have a clue..." after looking around he gestured towards Rico, who was lying a limp heap against the wall, "I don't know if you're aware, but he's got a special feelings towards the Black Rose. If you want some answers I'm sure you can get them from him."
"I'm well aware of his connections to Akiza. Rest assured I have special plans in store for him. But in the meantime I'll focus on the greater of evil. So for now I'll place one card face-down." a reverse-card appeared.
"It's my turn then," Divine drew his next card, "I summon Mind Master to the field!" the small, bulb-headed android appeared (ATK: 100), "Next, I activate the quick-play Emergenct Teleport! This allows me to summon a level-3-or-lower psychic from my deck, like a second Doctor Cranium!" another small doctor appeared (ATK: 100), "Now I activate Mind Master's ability: by releasing a psychic on my field, I can summon a level-4-or-lower psychic from my deck to the field! Normally I'd have to pay 800 life-points for each one, but thanks to this field-spell I'd have to accumulate more counters! So by releasing my Pandaborg and two Doctor Craniums, I summon Destructotron, Psychic Jumper, and another Pandaborg!" the tv-faced cyborg appeared (ATK: 1600), followed by another cybernetic panda(ATK: 1700) and a withered mad wearing shades and a brown overcoat (ATK: 100) (CTR: 7), "Next I activate Destructotron's ability, which lets me destroy a face-down card in your spell/trap card zone!" Destructotron fired a bolt from one of its metal claws (CTR: 8).
"I activate my trap card, Spirit Barrier!" Misty played her reverse-card, preventing it from being destroyed by Destructotron's attack, "So now I can't take any damage as long as there's a monster on my field!"
"So you can keep your 50 life-points a little longer. But I think it's time I took back my monster! I activate Psychic Jumper's ability! By choosing a monster on either side of the field, those monsters switch places! So I'll have my Telekinetic Shocker switch with Hyper Psychic Blaster!" both monsters vanished only to reappear on each other's space on the field (CTR: 9), "Next, I tune Destructotron with Mind Master to synchro-summon Magical Android!" the two monsters united to form the female shield-and-staff android (ATK: 2400), "And by the way, I ought to thank your for the extra ATK points your gave to my Hyper Psychic Blaster. Now your Reptilianne Medusa won't stand a chance against this!" Divine's blaster fired away and wiped out Medusa, "And that goes double for Pandaborg! Attack, Magical Android!" Magical Android fired a blast from her staff and destroyed Pandaborg, "And when Pandaborg's destroyed I can activate its special-ability, which lets me summon a level-4 psychic to the field, like my Telekinetic Shocker!" a red-suited man in a bulb-shaped helmet appeared (ATK: 1700).
Divine: 2500
Misty: 50
"What's this? You decide now to pay life-points?" Misty wondered allowed, "I guess your field-spell can't do everything after all."
"I can only activate its effect on my psychics while they're on the field! Big deal! Anyway I place one card face-down. And during my end-phase, I activate the trap card Metaphysical Regeneration! This adds 1000 to my life-points for each psychic that left the field this turn! I released Pandaborg and my two Doctor Craniums with Mind Master's ability! I tuned Mind Master to Destructotron to summon Magical Magician! Then I destroyed my own Pandaborg! That adds up to 6 psychics, which means I gain 6000 life-points!"
Divine: 5500
Misty: 50
"And finally my Magical Android activates her ability! And since I have four psychic on my field, I gain 2400 more life-points!" After being showed by Magical Android's light, he gave a confused look when he looked over his life-point counter.
Divine: 7300
Misty: 50
"I guess you had no idea that my Reptilianne Rage spell change Hyper Psychic Blaster's monster-type into Reptile." Misty said, ignoring Divine's scowl and drew her next card, "I activate the spell Magical Planter from my hand! By sending Damage = Reptile to the graveyard I can draw two new cards! Next, I'll give Naga the power of the Twin Swords of Flashing Light - Trice equip-spell! This allows her to attack twice in the same turn! Now my Naga will attack Hyper Psychic Blaster and Magical Android!" Naga slithered towards her two targets but was knocked back by the both of them, "Now my Reptilianne Scylla, attack Psychic Jumper!" Scylla leap towards Psychic Jumper.
"I activate Telekinetic Shocker's ability! By accumulating another counter from my field-spell, I can have him take another psychic's place if it's about to be destroyed!" Scylla bit into Psychic Jumper but was unable to destroy him, so the reptile spat him out while Shocker shattered into pixels.
Divine: 5700
Misty: 50
"Now my Naga's ability activates, reducing both monsters she attacked to 0 (ATK: 0x2) That should end my turn!" Misty concluded.
"It's my turn!" Divine drew his next card, "I accumulate another psychic-counter to activate Psychic Jumper's ability, taking Magical Magician and replacing her with your Reptilianne Naga!" the small Reptilianne on Misty's field was replaced with the Magical Android statue, "I have to thank you again for accessorizing your monsters so well! Now I can use your Naga against Scylla!" Naga zipped in and bit into Scylla, "And since she can attack twice, I'll have her attack Magical Android! But unlike her, Naga can't be destroyed in battle!" Naga reared back and sprung into the statue, shattering it to bits; Naga wobbled back seeing stars, "And since it's the end of the battle-phase, your Scylla's ATK is reduced to nothing (ATK: 0)! Now I summon to thie field another Psychic Snail!" another psychic mollusk appeared (ATK: 1900), "Now I tune Psychic Jumper to Reptilianne Naga and Psychic Snail to summon another Psychic Lifetrancer!" the three monsters combined and another copy of the pale-skinned cyborg appeared (ATK: 2400), "Now I use her ability to remove Psychic Snail from the game, giving me 1200 life-points!"
Divine: 6900
Misty: 50
"That ends my turn!"
"It's my turn now!" Misty drew her next card. The card she got gave a glint in Misty's eyes, "This next monster will do away with your army of psychics; and it's one of my favorites as well. And I'll send to the graveyard Hyper Psychic Blaster on your field and Reptilianne Scylla on mine to summon her!" the two statues slowly crumbled to dust, the debris gathering around the center of the field, forming into a vortex of blackness. Something engorged up onto the field as a giant mound of black, bronze-banded scales. It unfurled as a figure rose from inside, revealing its true form. It was a woman with long, burgundy-colored hair, pearly white skin and two sets of arms. She wore a set of regal clothing and a headdress with a cobra ornament on it. Past her waist she stood atop of a coiled mount of a giant serpent's tail. Her eyes glared at Divine with a heavy sense of malice as would her Dark Signer mistress (ATK: 2600).
"Somehow I don't like the looks of this..." Divine muttered.
"Allow me to introduce you to (5) Reptilianne Vaskii(8/ATK: 2600/DEF: 0), a monster which I can summon by releasing two monsters with 0 ATK points from anywhere on the field; that includes the monsters on your field! As for her special-ability, I can destroy a monster on your field once per turn. And there's no time like the present to dispose of your Psychic Snail!" Vaskii slammed her tail against the ground where it split open and sent a multitude of snakes to pull Psychic Snail into the earth, the chasm closing over it, "And with no monsters to protect you, my Reptilianne Vaskii is free to attack you directly!" Vaskii opened her mouth and a beautiful, inviting voice came out, while emitting enough force that knocked back Divine against the tube behind him, and slid onto the floor.
Divine: 4300
Misty: 50
"All of that flourish but eventually you're down on your knees," Misty stated venomously, "You Arcadia scum do nothing but terrible things. And now you're finally going to pay for all of the damage you monsters have done!" she was suddenly taken aback when he heard laughing from the psychic duelist. Divine was soon laughing for all he was worth. "Something funny?"
"What's funny is your ignorance!" Divine said, "You're just like all the others! You think we're monsters just because we have powers and you don't! It's been like this for a long time! I'd expect this from any other human, but I thought you'd understand! You were given enough power to destroy anyone who would get in your way! Yet you would curse me! You are such a hypocrite!"
"I was given this power to enact vengeance on you for taking my brother from me!" Misty exclaimed, "And I will use this power to to rid this world of the Arcadia Movement!" she added two reverse-cards to her field, "And with these two face-downs, you will be the first one who I will throw into the Netherworld!"
"You seemed so sure of yourself. It's too bad you won't be around to stop us, and you're still 50 life-points away from a major disappointment! turn!" Divine drew his next card, "I think I'll activate the spell Pot of Greed, which lets me draw two more cards from my deck!" Divine drew his two card and smirked, "It's time I ended this farce! And guess what, you're going help me! I activate Dark Designator!" the card appeared on the field, "All I have to do is call out a monster's name. And with this I can move a monster in your deck straight to your hand!"
"So you can use my own Earthbound Immortal against me..." Misty deducted, "But you seemed to have forgotten one thing: you have to know the name of that monster before it goes into my hand. And seeing as you weren't there when I summoned my Immortal..."
Divine sneered, "I think I got it's name figured out. And seeing as there are five control units and each represent one of you Dark Signers... I'll use Dark Designator to move Earthbound Immortal Ccarayhua!"
Misty scoffed as she moved her Immortal card her hand, "Nevertheless all you did was make it easier to summon her. But whatever you're planning, Ccarayhua will never leave my hand!"
"Don't be too sure! I activate my third spell card, Exchange!" Misty's eyes widened as Divine's card was played, "And you must know what this card does! We each have to trade a card from our hand!"
"So that's your plan..." Misty grumbled as she met Divine in the center of the field. Divine snatched the Immortal card from her hand.
"Thank you very much," Divine joked, "Just so there's no hard feelings, you can pick a card from my hand as well," Misty took a monster card before returning to her side, "It must be hard to part with your most powerful monster. But don't worry, you'll be seeing it again very soon."
"Don't get excited just yet," Misty said, "You still need to offer two sacrifices to summon my Immortal. But you have no monsters on your field!"
"Is that so? I activate my face-down, Telekinetic Power Well!" Divine said as he revealed his reversed quick-play card, "This lets me summon as many level-2-or-lower psychics in my graveyard, so long as I choose to take 300 points of damage for each of the combined levels! Now I summon Krebons (ATK: 1200), Psychic Jumper (ATK: 100) and my three Doctor Craniums (ATK: 100x3)!" the five psychic monsters appeared. The energy they suddenly gave out struck Divine.
Divine: 2200
Misty: 50
"I guess I spoke too soon," Misty muttered.
"And why stop with just one powerful monster when I can have two! I activate Psychic Jumper's ability! By paying 1000 of my life-points, I can have one of my psychics switch places with one of yours! And I have just the monster in mind! I'll have one of my Dorctor Craniums switch with your Reptilianne Vaskii!" the two monsters then traded places on each other's side of the field.
"Now you're really pushing your luck!" Misty growled.
"That makes three things I took from you; your brother, your Earthbound Immortal and your strongest Reptilianne monster. I wonder what I'll take from you next... In fact, why wait when we can ask Ccarayhua! I sacrifice my two remaining Doctor Craniums to summon this card: the Earthbound Immortal Ccarayhua!" beyond the walls of the laboratory, clouds were gathering as the sound of thunder can be heard booming from inside. A vortex of black fog spread across the ceiling as the massive seal of the Earthbound Immortal descended. It glowed in sequence a sickly green beneath the stone confines. But something was out of place; the Immortal had not escape its prison. "I don't understand. Where's that Immortal I heard so much about!?"
Misty grew a wicked smirk, "You're looking right at it. It's trapped within the stone seal!"
"Well, how do I break it out?!"
"You can't! You actually think you can control the power of an Immortal!" Misty brought out her lizard-etched mark, "It can only respond to those who bear the Mark of the Shadows! A mark which you haven't earned!"
"And you knew..." Divine snarled, growing angered by this feeling of betrayal, "Do you think you'd get away with a sick joke like that?! Don't forget, I still hold your Reptilianne Vaskii! And I'll use her effect to destroy your monster Reptilianne Gardna!"
"I activate my trap card, Offerings to the Snake Deity!" Misty opened her reverse-card, "This destroys a reptile monster on my field while destroying two more cards on yours!" a huge bolt of lightning ripped through the ceiling and incinerated Reptilianne Gardna. Two more broke in and struck Reptilainne Vaskii and the Earthbound seal. Vaskii was destroyed but the seal was intact, save for a few deep crack.
Divine laughed, "I guess you don't know your own monster! Earthbound Immortals can't be affected by trap cards!"
"I'd take a closer look," Misty said, pointing towards the seal. There was a green lighting escaping the shell. It looked like it was going to burst, "My Earthbound Immortal may not have been released, but its unique effect still lingers, an ability that, when destroyed by a card-effect, takes the entire field along with it!" she then smiled, "And don't think I don't know about Brain Research Lab's other effect. When that's destroyed, you take 1000 points of damage for every psychic-counter you acquired while on the field!" the shell then exploded, unleashing all the dark energy that should have been released. Misty's Mark flashed and formed a barrier around her to protect her from the blast.
The blast ended in a flash as Misty and Divine were no longer in the factory, back to the fairground intersection. But when the smoke cleared, his life-points remained.
Divine: 2200
Misty: 50
"Did you really think I'd fall for my own field-spell, did you? I activate this spell card, Spell of Pain!" Divine pushed the quick-play into his duel-disk, "This card redirects all the damage from a card from me and aims it towards you! Since I have 14 psychic-counters while Brain Resource Lab was on the field, you take 14000 points of damage, more that enough to wipe you off the face of the earth, Dark Signer!" the spell card launched a wide blast of psychic energy.
"I'll counter you spell with a trap card, Pikeru's Circle of Enchantment!" a large magical circle appeared in front of Misty which sucked in the incoming attack. "This card absorbs all the damage from a card-effect, making your attack useless!"
Divine scoffed, "I'd say I was impressed. You lasted this long with a speck of life-points to your name. Even you're the first to counter my last combo. No one was ever to act against Spell of Pain before. But this is where your luck runs out! I'll show you to stick your nose into other peoples' business!"
Misty's mark glowed along with her markings on her face, as a sign of elevated fury, "I became the obstacle in your way because you monsters been hiding my brother from me and wouldn't give him back to me! But I am going to make sure you won't hurt him anymore! It's my move!" she then drew her next card, her markings flashed, "I activate the spell card, Graceful Charity! With this, I can draw three cards from my deck in exchange for discarding two from my hand! But why do just that while I can activate Serial Spell!" the images of the two said spells appeared on the field.
"So by sending all the other cards in your hand that quick-play can duplicate the effect of a normal-spell," Divine muttered to himself, trying to mask nervousness, "Just what are you planning...?"
After emptying her hand, Misty drew a full six-card hand and then discarded four, leaving her with two cards, "Next, I summon Reptilianne Gorgon in ATK mode!" the hideous half-snake woman appeared on the field with a hiss (ATK: 1400).
"So that's the monster that's supposed to win for you, huh?" Divine scoffed, "Too bad it's 800 points too weak!"
"My gorgon won't be the one to finish you. She plays a bigger role in your destruction!" Misty held her sole card over her head, her Dark Signer Mark glowing even brighter. The earth rumbled while fire rose and carved into the earth. Soon an outline of a lizard can be shown in the sky.
"Akiza, look!" Mina pointed towards the direction she was driving, "That looks like the Dark Signers' Lizard Mark! Someone must be in a duel!"
Akiza looked down at her Mark, "But my Mark's not glowing; so who's there dueling?!"
"Prepare to face the last monster you will ever see! I remove all the reptile monsters in my graveyard from the game, along with my Reptilianne Gorgon to call upon my most terrifying creature!" flashes of light shot from Misty's graveyard and gathered in the sky. The energy condensed and grew intil it gave to reveal a giant serpentine beast
. Its gigantic lower body ended from a band of armor with a wicked face on it, and from there were seven fearsome snake heads, one of then wearing a bladed headdress, "I create, the (6) Evil Dragon Ananta(8/ATK: ?/DEF: ?)!"
"What kind of monster is that?!" Divine asked, stunned.
"This monster's power is harnessed from the reptile monsters removed from play to summon it! And from those 13 monsters, I can finally be rid of your vile existence!"
Divine looked on at the 7800-ATK serpent, the monster's seven heads glaring back with murderous intent. He was looking at a monster a angry as his opponent. Somehow, he found it more interesting. "Tell me, if you were to finish off the Arcadia Movement and save your brother, what then?"
"Then we'll be together again as a family, the way it should've been!"
"Don't you think it'll be too late for that?"
"You are not going to keep me and my brother separated forever! Mark my-"
Divine chuckled, "No, I mean it's a little late because even if you do manage to destroy the Arcadia Movement and bet you precious brother back, you won't have a happy ending!"
The snakes hissed over Misty as her anger grew, "I am no in the mood for jokes, psychic."
"Don't pretend you don't know what I'm talking about! You'd like to think that once you complete your little crusade that everything will be right as rain but in reality you're just setting yourself up for disappointment!"
"Shut your mouth," Misty growled.
"I bet you knew if you Dark Signers had your way there won't be a place your brother can call home, but then again why would you endanger Toby like that!"
"Shut your mouth!"
"The only logical objective I could make out of you is that you're out to reap vengeance and that only means one thing!"
"Shut your mouth!"
"You know, but you couldn't face the truth; you brother is dead and never coming back!"
"I said shut your mouth! Ananta! Send him away now!" By command, Ananta reared all seven of its ugly heads and thrust themselves towards their target. Time seemed to have slowed ad Divine stared at the serpents' heads, each one opening their giant maws, revealing their long, saliva-covered fangs. He knew this moment would come, where this Dark Signer would find a way to win...
"And Misty Tredwell still loses!" he cheered right before the main head clamped down on the earth over him...
DUEL-MON DATABASE
(1) Reptilianne Gardna
Stats: [Reptile/Effect] LV: 4 (ATK: 0/DEF: 2000)
Attribute: WATER
Effect: When this card you control is destroyed and sent to the Graveyard, add 1 "Reptilianne" monster from your Deck to your hand.
(2) Reptilianne Naga
Stats: [Reptile/Effect] LV1 (ATK: 0/DEF: 0)
Attribute: DARK
Effect: This card cannot be destroyed by battle. The ATK of any monster thatbattles this card becomes 0 at the end of that Battle Phase. During yourEnd Phase, change this face-up Defense Position card on the field to face-up Attack Position.
(3) Reptilianne Medusa
Stats: [Reptile/Effect] LV: 6 (ATK: 2200/DEF: 800)
Attribute: DARK
Effect: Send 1 card from your hand to the Graveyard and select 1 face-up monster your opponent controls. The ATK of the selected monster becomes 0, and it cannot change its battle position.
(4) Reptilianne Scylla
Stats: [Reptile/Effect] LV: 4 (ATK: 1800/DEF: 1200)
Attribute: DARK
Effect: If this card destroys a monster with 0 ATK by battle, you can Special Summon that monster from the Graveyard to your side of the field inface-up Defense Position. The effect(s) of that monster is negated.
(5) Reptilianne Vaskii
Stats: [Reptile/Effect] LV: 8 (ATK: 2600/DEF: 0)
Attribute: DARK
Effect: This card cannot be Normal Summoned or Set. This card cannot beSpecial Summoned except by Tributing 2 face-up monsters with 0 ATKfrom anywhere on the field. Once per turn, you can select and destroy 1face-up monster your opponent controls. There can only be 1 face-up"Reptilianne Vaskii" on the field.
(6) Evil Dragon Ananta
Stats: [Reptile/Effect] LV: 8 (ATK: ?/DEF: ?)
Attribute: DARK
Effect: This card cannot be Normal Summoned or Set. This card cannot beSpecial Summoned except by removing from play all Reptile-Typemonsters from your side of the field and Graveyard. This card's ATK andDEF are each equal to the number of Reptile-Type monsters you removed x 600. During each of your End Phases, destroy 1 card on the field.
(7) Doctor Cranium
Stats: [Psychic/Effect] LV: 1 (ATK: 100/DEF: 100)
Attribute: EARTH
Effect: When this card is destroyed by battle and sent to the Graveyard, you can pay 800 Life Points to add 1 Psychic-Type monster from your Deck to your hand.
DUEL-MON TRIVIA
"Hey, Duelists! Did you know..."
"In Hindu mythology, Ananta Shesha (which means Endless Shesha) is the king of the Nagas, the divine serpents. He is described as a seven (sometimes five) headed snake. He is believed to hold every planet onhis hoods and is linked to the god Vishnu."
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