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I found the place where they had stashed the professor easy enough. It was the dead of night and the clouds were covering the moon and country stars but my ghost's vision was unimpaired. They only had eight armed guards and I took them all out invisible before returning to my human form and moved into the storage shed the Professor was in. "We suggest that you give up on your research old man." A voice I didn't recognize said. I slipped round a couple of boxes and peered around the corner at a standard looking grunt who was standing over Arthur.

"Never…" Arthur coughed he was down on the ground with his hands bound behind his back but other than some scraps on his suit I couldn't see any evidence of any significant injuries. "I dedicated my entire life to this research. Those ruins don't belong to you. And letting the world know about them is worth more than my life." Arthur said angrily.

"Well then, I guess your life isn't going to last much longer is it?" The grunt laughed. "The only reason you are still breathing is because Rafael wants to use you to lure out the big fish. After that you will have served your purpose."

I had heard enough, moving up behind him I raise my duel disc up. "You should make sure you can handle the big fish." I said right before bringing the corner of the duel disc down on his head. He staggered and feel to the ground, a trickle of blood coming from the wound on his head. But he would live… until his master claims his soul. "You alright Professor?" I said moving over to the bound elder. I opened up my field zone slot which doubled as an ecto-knife and cut the binds.

"Danny, it is so going to see you. Please tell me that Rebecca is ok." Arthur asked lightly rubbing his wrists.

"Not a scratch on her. She's back at the trailer with Yugi and his friends." I said helping him up. "It's going to be a long walk, sorry."

"Don't be… it seems I owe you again." Arthur said as were went out the door.

"Don't think that you're just going to walk out of here, Professor!" A voice shot through the darkened night. I whipped my head around and saw the outline of a figure. Some of the clouds parted enough to let the moon light shine down on the person and my heart shank.

There in the middle of the camp was someone in a black high tech suit with a few red lines and a red face mask. One the left arm was one of the black duel discs like the one the Handyman wore. "Danny?" She said when she spotted me.

"Val… what… what are you doing here?" I said but I could feel the answer.

"You… you know I am the Red Huntress?" She said a little guiltily.

"I knew since you first started after the incident at the lab." I said still in disbelief.

"You always were smarter than anyone gave you credit for Danny." She sounded a little uncomfortable. "I'm supposed to make sure that the Professor doesn't leave." Val said and I could see the pale blue and green glow from the stone around her neck.

"Val… you work for Dartz… he's evil Val." I said as my heart was falling apart.

"No Danny, everyone else is evil." Valeria said with the venomous voice that she usually saved for ghosts. "At first I thought it was only the ghosts, but I was wrong. Even Vlad Masters was a monster, and some humans are even worse than he is. They are all evil and need to be erased just like the monsters."

"You can't mean that Val. Just think about what you're doing, if you revive the Great Beast than it will kill everything, not just the evil. It will kill you, me, your dad, Star. Don't you understand that Val." I said trying to get through to her.

"Danny… It's worth it… Justice must be served." She said looking at me and the stone around her neck glowed stronger. "You should join us, Danny. Dartz can give you power like you have never imagined. We could be together again." Valerie said holding out one hand to me.

I stepped back and stood protectively between her and the professor. "I can't Val… it isn't right." I said hoping that she would snap out of it.

Her eyes looked hurt through the visor and her head fell. "I'm sorry you feel that way Danny…" She said with bitterness in her voice. Her duel disc folded out and she drew six cards before putting one in the field spell slot. "I play the 'Seal of the Orichalcos'!" My eyes widened with horror as the wind kicked up and the green circle expanded outwards and pushed Arthur away. "If you will not join us willingly, then you will just have to become one with the Great Beast." The seal was stamped into the middle of the visor over her forehead.

Valerie 4000

Danny 4000

"Val… what have you done?" I said pushing the tears from my eyes. "Now… one of us will lose our soul."

"I know. I play 'Ally of Justice Unknown Crusher'!" (1200+500, 800+500) A large steel gray metal elephant like machine appeared and gave out a loud cry. "I play a card face down and call it a turn. Know go Fenton so that I can claim your soul for my master."

The words stung, she was going back to only calling me Fenton. "Val…" I said but drew my hand. "I'm sorry… I will find a way to make this right someday… but I'm sorry." I looked down at my hand. "I play one monster face down and two face down traps. That's all."

"You always did suck at this game Fenton. Probably because you use that loser Spirit deck that Sam gave you." She said angrily. She wasn't Val anymore. Atleast… she wasn't my Val. "But if you're too weak then let me show you how it's done. I summon 'Ally of Justice Searcher'."(1400+500, 100+500) It was a green tank with twin lasers on the top and two robotic arms. "Now by discarding a card from my hand I can switch one face down monster to attack position." The robotic arms stretched out and grabbed onto my card and the card shifted into Ryko. The dog struggled and then grew into a giant wolf snapping way from the arms. (300, 200)

"You just activated Ryko's special ability, whenever he is flipped he can destroy one card at the cost of three cards from my deck. And I choose your 'Ally of Justice Unknown Crusher'." I said. 'I don't know what kind of effect if has. Even if it does have less attack it is the greater danger. Ryko bounded over to the elephant and the monster shattered. Ryko returned to his normal Husky puppy size.

"What… that isn't in your spirit deck. What is this?" Valerie said angrily.

"I had an upgrade." I said sadly. I didn't like all the hatred in Valerie's voice. It was always there, but never directed towards Danny Fenton.

"Doesn't matter. 'Ally of Justice Searcher', attack!" The tank shot it's lasers at Ryko who was destroyed. I felt searing pain as I took the battle damage.

Falling down on one knee I reached up and felt my cool blood between my fingers. The attack had reopened the day's wounds.

Danny 2300

I pushed myself up to my feet. "Val…" I look up and pushed the tears out of my eyes. "My turn!" I drew a card. "I will start things of by summoning my Lightsworn Paladin, Jain!" The Fright Knight appeared in a swirl of purple flames, but then the fire disappeared and cracks formed in his armor and as it fell away it showed a white armor underneath it as well as a red and white cape. The helm split in two and I could see the same messy white hair that was on the card.

"I will clear the path of you, Boy." He said pulling out a sword and lifting his shield. (1800, 1200)

"Then go, Jain… attack her Searcher." I said a little quietly. I knew that it would cause Valerie pain… but there was nothing I could do.

"I know it is painful for you. But stay strong." Jain said before dashing forward.

"Are you as stupid as everyone says that you are? You Paladin don't have the points to take down my Ally." Valerie said.

"Whenever he attacks Jain gains 300 attack points, making him stronger than you tin can." (1800+300, 1200) 'Sorry Val…' I couldn't help but think as she was hit by the attack and stumbled back. Her tank was gone.

Valeria 3800

"I end my turn and two cards go from my deck to my grave." I looked as the cards as they left. 'Gragonith, Lightsworn Dragon' 'Yes.' "Your move Val."

"Don't call me that. We aren't friends." She said drawing a card. "And it is time I proved it. I play 'reborn the monster' to bring back my Searcher. But he won't be around for long since I am going to sacrifice him to bring out my 'Ally of Justice Omni-Weapon'!"(2200+500, 800) A machine with several different types of weapons attached to it appeared. "Attack!"

The thing started to move forward on wheels as the drill attachment started to spin pointing at my Paladin. "Not so fast, I activate my trap, 'Glorious Illusion' to bring back my Lightsworn Dragon!" Gragonith appeared and gave a call like a bird. (2000, 1600) "My dragon's power grows with each other Lightsworn that is in my graveyard. And I have three from the cards that I removed from my deck and Ryko." (2000+900, 1600) Gragonith glowed brighter as her strength grew. "And I follow it up by…"

"I activate the trap 'Black Horn of Heaven' which cancels your special summons." Valerie said with a grin. The horn blew and my dragon shattered.

'Shot.' Was all I could think as I closed my eyes and took the hit from her monsters attack, losing my Paladin in the process.

Danny 1400

If she hadn't done that I would have activated my cover-fire trap card and boosted Jain's attack points by Gragonith's.

"Now I get to draw a card because my Monster destroyed a light type monster." Valerie said taking the new card. "You should just give up Fenton. You were always weak." Her words hurt me more than the damage from the duel.

'Maybe if I surrender, she will snap out of it. Realize all the harm she is doing.' I thought looking down at my deck. 'Even if I win… she would lose her soul.' "You're right Val… I should just give up. I don't want to be here, not if you are like this." I lifted my hand and was going to put it in the surrounding position. I closed my eyes and was preparing to let my soul be taken.

But something held back my hand. I opened my eyes and saw Lumina standing there holding my wrist. Her other hand came and slapped me across the face causing me to fall. Arthur and Valerie were staring in disbelieve. "You idiot. What good would giving up do you. She is under their control and will continue to be even if you lose." She said standing over me. "The only choice you have is to win and keep fighting to rescue all the souls that have been taken. Don't you dare disgrace the Lightsworn by giving up now." Her anger rebooted my brain and I thought about everything I had to lose from losing instead of what I had to lose from winning. I had to continue. It was the only real way to save Val… My Val.

"Thanks." I said quietly before looking over at Valerie. "I guess I should finish this." I said drawing a card. 'Roll of fate'. "I will risk everything with my 'Roll of Fate' magic card. I roll a die and what ever number it lands on I draw that many cards as long as I discard that many from my deck." The die shot out and landed on a five. 'this is it.' I thought. The first two cards were useless. The third was Lumina and the final card was the one I had been hoping for. "I am sorry Val… I will save you. I promise."

"I don't need your saving. And you will be fed to the Beast anyways." She spat.

I closed my eyes saying one final goodbye to the real Val. "I summon my ace, the 'Judgment Dragon'!" A light came down from what seemed like the heavens and white feathers were scattered everywhere as my dragon appeared. The roar shook the air and earth alike and it settle its gaze on Valerie. (3000, 2500)

"How… how can you summon a monster like that without a sacrifice?" Valerie said looking wide eyed.

"There were sacrifices. Each one of my Lightsworn that fell into the graveyard helped to summon him. Because after four or more different Lightsworn are in there I can special summon him to the field." I said. "Now let me show you his ability. By paying 1000 of my life points, my dragon destroys all other cards on the field. Including your field spell!" I felt the dragon draining me of my energy and I fell back down to one knee. The feathers flew about and each exploded into brilliant white light as they touched the ground.

Danny 400

When the light cleared Valerie's monster was gone as well as my trap, but the seal remained. "I guess it was too much to hope, that the dragon could break us out of the seal." I said miserably. "But I can't stop. I use my normal summon to call out my Lightsworn Summoner, Lumina!" I said and played her card. The circle of light rose from the ground showing her standing before me.

"I'm sorry Danny, but we will save her later." She said with an apologetic look.

"Just… just do it." I said tears forming in my eyes. There attacks fired and hit Valerie and she collapsed the seal's circle closing in around her. "Val…" I sobbed slightly. "What have I done?"

Valerie -200

"Sorry… Danny." Valerie said I looked at her through my tears. "I guess I messed up, just like with Vlad. I always was a hot head… You're strong Danny. I always knew you were." She said tears in her eyes to. "I guess you're going to have to clean up my mess again huh. If anyone can do it… it's you." She said as the light was getting more instance. "Danny… I love you."

The light shot up across the sky… taking Valerie's soul with it. I walked to her body lifting it into my lap. Her suit retracted and brushed her hair out of her face. She looked like she was just sleeping but… I cried. My sobs turning into an almost inhuman wail that cut through the night air. I let it all out, the frustration, the fear and the self hatred. I poured it all into that one cry. After a good three minutes I felt a hand on my shoulder. It was Professor Hawkins. "You can't help her here…" He said looking at me with misgiving in his eyes.

I picked her up and carried her to one of the SUVs that the thugs had. Hawkins started up the engine and started to drive. 'Val… I will get Dartz for this… I promise.'

We were still a mile away from the wreckage of the lab when the SUV we took ran dead, so we had to walk the last mile with me carrying Valerie on my back. The entire time we walked in silence other than the first questions about how Becky was.

Valerie was light, but the feeling that I had failed her made my feet feel like stones. Once we had gotten back it was almost noon. The others were all outside of the trailer. "Hoooa!" I shouted getting their attention as we picked up our pace.

They looked up to see us but they were all acting strange. We stumbled up and they started at us like deer into headlights. Becky had tears coming from her eyes and ran up and clung to her grandpa. "Grandpa… they got him, grandpa…" She was crying. My head shot up and I looked over the group. Everyone was there as far as I could tell.

"What do you mean Rebecca? Who did they get?" Arthur said as confused as I was as he scanned the group. Rebecca lifted one hand and pointed at Yugi.

Yugi was standing there with a pained look on his face same as the rest of them. It took me a moment to realize what was going on. "… Which one are you?" I asked a little afraid of the answer.

Yugi looked up and he had that darker expression and was holding himself in a way you didn't see with nice kids. The Pharaoh was there… Yugi was gone. '…Rafael wants to use you to lure out the big fish…' The words of the Thug came back to me.

"No… this is all my fault…" I said sadly they all looked to me in shock. "If I just brought you with me to get the Professor then this never would have happened. If I had never failed to protect the Professor in the first place… I just keep messing up." I said through gritted teeth.

"No… it is my fault…" The Pharaoh said getting my attention. "I… I was the one that played the seal that took Yugi." He said looking down in shame. "I gave into my darkness… and Yugi paid the price."

My eyes widened with first shock but then rage. "You played it… you were insulting me for what I am and they you go and use something like the 'Seal of Orichalcos'? How could you do something so monumentally stupid!?" I shouted everyone flinched and I realized that I let my Ghost energy into my voice. My eyes were still flaring green. I closed them and tried to return them to their blue state. Valerie's presents on my back weighed heavy on my thoughts. 'Anyone can be tempted.' Dan's face appeared in my mind surrounded by a burning city. 'I'm no exception.'

"You're right… I am the evil one… not you." The Pharaoh said beating himself up.

"I didn't say evil, I said stupid. I don't think you are evil, anyone could make the mistake you did." I growled even though my words were supposed to be comforting. I didn't like the Pharaoh. "Doesn't matter… no matter what has been done it doesn't change what needs to be done." I said and turned my back on the Pharaoh completely.

I put Valerie down in the back of Duke's car before kneeling down to Becky. "Don't worry Becky, we'll get Yugi back before you know it."

"You promise?" She asked looking up at me.

"I promise." I said smiling. 'She already knows…' "And a Phantom, always keeps his promises." I let the green come back into my eyes and hover over them. She blinked a little but then smiled. I stood up and turned to the rest of the group. "The only question remains, where do we go from here?"

Keep moving forward. That was the only way we were going to save Yugi... and Val.

Why did everyone guess Raphael? Don't they realize that Yugi losing to him is important to the plot? Oh well.

It was the easily brain washed Valerie, putting Danny in the same boat as Joey was in.

We have gotten to the end of what I have written so far. So sorry if this story drops off my radar. I have some plans for it, but I am not sure were to began.