Chapter 32 The final battle part 2
At the same time Yusei was making his way to the area where Jeagar and the girls were being kept. Jack was heading towards the place where Goodwin was waiting. Goodwin could tell that someone was closing in but didn't care who since for him it would just be another mark for him to make his own. He already had half the marks and knew that with the remaining two he would gain the power he needed to make his dreams become reality. 'Come my signer brothers. Duel me and bring me one step closer to my dream! Give me your strengths to make this world mine! With the power of the Crimson Dragon and the signer's powers I will never fall or lose!' He thought before laughing evilly. After he finished thinking about the future he would bring Jack kicked open the two doors with authority and stood firmly in the doorway where he saw Goodwin standing in front of the dragon's temple. He shrugged and made his way into Goodwin's face and grabbed him by the collar and hoisted him off his feet.
"Where are Luna and Akiza you prick?! You had better tell me now before I rearrange your pretty face!" Jack roared with anger raising his free hand into a fist in front of Goodwin's face. Goodwin then grinned and simply shook his head smiling.
"Sorry to disappoint you Jack, but I'm afraid you took the wrong path to find them. They are down the other hallway so you won't be saving them anytime soon. Now if you would be so kind as to let me go so we can settle this the way we all should settle our differences?" He asked holding up his duel disk arm. Jack grunted and let Goodwin go with a thrust and walked away to get a fair distance to begin the duel.
"So if they are not here with you, then they are down the other hallway that was opposite of this one?" Jack asked to confirm.
"Yes indeed. I am quite certain that you and Yusei split up and he took that path while you came this way. But it didn't matter to me who took which path since I plan to defeat all of you like I did the other two." He smirked then lightly laughed
"You Bastard! What did you do to them?! If I find out you hurt them physically in any way I won't be duelling you, I will be crushing you under my foot!" Jack warned pointing right at him.
"I assure you that I didn't do them any bodily harm. I simply beat them in a fair and square duel and then they collapsed in front of me. I honestly didn't think that just by duelling me and losing that they would lose all their strength and collapse in front of me." He sighed with a distrustful smile.
"Your lying through your teeth asshole! Now tell me the TRUTH! I want the whole truth right now!"
"It seems that whatever I say won't matter. Goodwin sighed now with annoyance. You are too far gone with your anger and blindness. I guess now the only left for us to do is to duel to see if I am lying or not." Goodwin said activating his disk.
"So be it. I'll will show you that no one messes with the king's friends! Not even you!" Jack stated doing the same.
"DUEL!" Jack: 4000 Goodwin: 4000
"I shall go first. I draw. I summon Grannel Core in defence mode. Lv1 0att 0def. Then I shall place two card face down and end my turn." Jack looked at his field and wasn't sure what to make of it. He had never seen this monster before nor did he know why Goodwin was obviously making no effort to hide that he wanted him to attack his monster. ' I don't know what that monster is Goodwin and I don't know how you beat Akiza and Luna. But I can assure you that I won't go down so easy!'
"I draw! He looked and smiled at his card. I play the spell card: Cold Wave! Now neither of us can use or set spells or traps till the end of your next turn. And now,since you have a monster on the field and I don't I can special summon Vice Dragon from my hand with half it's original points! Lv5 2000-1000att 2400-1200def Then I shall summon Dark Resonator from my hand! Lv3 1300att 300def. Now I tune my two monsters together to Synchro summon: Red Dragon Archfiend! Lv8 3000att 2000def. Now I will blow away that piece of junk with my dragon since any monster that my dragon attacks in defence mode is automatically destroyed! Attack my dragon and destroy that core with Absolute Power Force!" The dragon threw a fist that became red with fire and collided with the Grannel Core and blew it to pieces. Goodwin smiled at the instant he saw his monster blown into pieces knowing that his strategy had worked. He had truly sucked Jack into his plan and now thanks to Jack's own monster and spell card Goodwin had all the advantages.
"It must be a real shame that a idiot duelist like you is actually the king of turbo duels for the city. I am sorely disappointed in your amateur like abilities."
"What the hell are you spouting off now asshole?! You just lost your only defence and your spell and traps are sealed until my next turn! How dare you insult the true king of duelling!" Jack was steaming furiously hearing that even in his current position Goodwin was acting like he had already won.
"I am only stating a truth Jack so no need to blow your ego inflated top. You can watch for yourself as my monster's true power shall now awaken." Goodwin told him pointing to the scattered pieces of his monster as they began to glow.
"What the hell is happening?!" Jack snapped as he took a step back.
"That is my monster's effect. When this monster Grannel Core is destroyed by a card effect it allows me to summon: Machine Emperor Grannel! Lv1 0att 0def. Grannel Top! Lv1 0att 0def Grannel Attack! Lv1 0att 0def Grannel Guard! Lv1 0att 0def and Grannel Carrier! Lv1 0att 0def Now my monster, combine into the ultimate monster!" The five pieces came together to form a giant mechanical machine that towered over Jack and his dragon. Jack stood in awe and in shock as he had never seen this monster before. He had no idea why but deep in his heart and gut he knew he was in big trouble.
"What in the world is that monster?! I have never seen anything like that before you bastard! Tell me right now what the fuck that piece shit is!"
"If that's what you want then I will be happy to. Goodwin smirked. This monster attack and defence points are actually equal to that of my life points for the whole duel. So since I'm at full health my monster is at full power." 0-4000att 0-4000def. Jack watched again in terror as the monster he had no knowledge of was now even stronger than his dragon and thanks to his own spell he couldn't defend himself by setting anything. He quickly realized that Goodwin had truly suckered him. 'Damn this bastard! He knew all along that I was going to summon my dragon and use it's effect. And now it's me who's backed up into a corner and I honesty don't know what he's got planned next. I'm such an idiot for falling for his trap!' Jack cursed himself shaking his head trying to get rid of his pain.
"If that's all your monster has is attack power then your going to need a lot more than tat to beat me." Jack smirked trying to get his momentum back.
"You think that's all my monster's good for? Fine then, I shall sow you what it can really do. It's my turn. I draw. I now activate my Machine Emperor's effect. Once per turn I can absorb one synchro monster on my opponent's side of the field and add it's power to my emperor."
"You can WHAT?! That's not fair you piece of shit!"
"You really don't have any manners do you Jack? Then let this duel teach you some! Now my emperor, absorb his monster!" Goodwin ordered. The Machine Emperor's chest area began to glow and immediately shot beams of light that wrapped themselves around the red dragon's limbs and neck and slowly pulled the beast into it's chest area. Jack watched in complete horror at the sight of his beloved dragon and partner being turned into a power supply for Goodwin's monster. The dragon was then completely absorbed by the Machine and all of it's attack power was taken as well. 4000-7000 'No wonder Akiza and Luna were beaten so badly. What can we do against a monster that can absorb our synchro monsters?! There must be a way to win and as the king I WILL find it! I swear that I will not lose to this maniac! I SWEAR IT!' Jack swore in his mind with a strong fist forming in his hands.
"Now I think I will just put you out of your misery quickly so you won't have to suffer THAT much. Now my great emperor, attack Jack directly and end this duel." The monster released a charged beam of light from it's left arm and targeted Jack. As the attack almost hit Jack he smiled which caught Goodwin's attention.
"I activate: Battle Fader from my hand! Now when I am targeted by a direct attack and this monster is in my hand, I can special summon it and end the battle phase!" Jack announced summon his monster. Lv1 0att 0def. Goodwin wasn't overall impressed at the move since he knew that without that monster Jack would have lost. He quickly chuckled lightly and took a strong look at Jack.
"SO the great King of Turbo Duels has to resort to a tactic like that just to survive another turn? Not at all am I impressed Jack. I expected more from you to be fully honest. But I guess a pitiful child will always be just that: A child." Goodwin's words had filled Jack's anger meter to it's absolute max. He had had enough of the insults and the tricks and pain he was causing everyone.
"I will show you right now that I AM NO CHILD! I draw! I summon Blizzard Dragon in attack mode! Lv4 1800att 1000def Now I activate it's special ability. Once per turn I can choose one of your monsters and it can't attack or change it's battle position. I choose your Grannel's attack!" 'My monster can't do anything next turn because of that annoying effect. Oh well I will still obtain victory one way or another.' Goodwin thought unaffected by the current events.
"Now I place one guard face down and end my turn."
"I am not yet impressed Jack. I thought you were going for some major kicking butt strategy and yet all you could is stall my monster for another turn. Very well then I shall draw. I place two cards face down and end my turn without anything else." Goodwin sighed without a care.
"Well if all you got Goodwin is that giant piece of shit metal that I wouldn't want as a can opener on your side of the field then I won't have to stay back for long. I draw! He looked at his card and smiled. I now sacrifice my Blizzard Dragon to summon: Strong wind Dragon in attack mode! 2400att 1200def And this dragon lives up to it's name since it gains half the attack power of the dragon that you sacrificed to summon it." Jack smirked. 2400-3300. Now I activate the spell card: Dragon's Revenge! By releasing a dragon type monster form my field and giving up 1000 life points I can deal all it's attack points as damage to you!" Now Goodwin was shocked at Jack's bold move. He was destroying his only defence and lowering his own life points just to damage his. He quickly realized what Jack was aiming for.
"Bastard! You intend to weaken my own monster as well by doing this! Damn Brat!"
"Well this is what you get for underestimating me! Now my card activates!" 4000-3000lp The dragon became a pillar of light which bypassed the emperor and smashed into Goodwin hard. Goodwin flinched at the impact and was quite surprised by Jack's sudden and yet heavy move. 4000-700lp 7000-3700att/def.
"That was most impressive I will admit Jack. You did catch me off guard with that one and I applaud you for such a well accomplished plan." He lightly clapped trying to keep his composure over the fact that what Jack just did truly did anger him.
"I will never lose to you Goodwin! I will defeat and then I will find the girls and take them and Yusei out of here! I end my turn with that." He declared.
"I think that now would be the time to teach you a lesson Jack. I draw! I think that now you should get a taste of real pain. I shall now activate the spell card: Mystical Space Typhoon! Now your final face down is destroyed and so is your chance to win!" Goodwin laughed as his card created a storm which blew away Jack face down. Jack then smirked and began to laugh a little manically himself which caught Goodwin's attention.
"What is so funny?! You just lost your chance to win and your laughing?! Could it be that the thought of losing has driven you mad and insane? Or could it be that you are simply trying to mask the pain with laughter?"
"Neither of those dick head. You just activated my face down card: Security Orb!" As Jack finished his sentence a orb with claw like finger appeared in the smoke and soon headed straight for Goodwin's Emperor.
"What's that little machine doing?!" Goodwin asked noticing it attaching itself to Machine emperor's attack arm.
"It\s simple Goodwin. When Security Orb is face down and destroyed by my opponent it can destroy one monster on the field and I choose Machine Emperor Grannel Attack!" The arm then exploded with Goodwin grunting as he saw his monster's attack abilities vanish.
"Damn it!"
"I won't let you use My own Red Dragon Archfiend against me Goodwin. You will never beat me with my own power unless I say so! You got that you old buzzard?!" Jack told him before flipping him off with his middle finger.
"Not bad Jack. But now I activate the trap card: Self detonator! Now I can tribute one machine monster on my side of the field and I can deal half it's points as damage to you." Goodwin smirked.
"What was that?!"
"Your not the only one who can use this strategy Jack. I release my Machine Emperor Grannel's carrier and deal you with 1850 points of damage!" The carrier then blew itself to bits and shot the pieces right at Jack sending him flying backwards and landing on the floor hard. He slowly grunted as he could feel the pain and surge all through his body. 3000-1150 He then tried to regain himself by pulling himself back up while looking at Goodwin's face with was smiling evilly at him.
"Not…bad asshole. But can you… do more than that? Or is that… all you got?" Jack grunted standing up again.
"I assure you Jack that I have plenty more where that came from and you will soon be the victim of it all. You may have gotten a good blow in earlier but now your luck has run out. You can't win with only one card in your hand and next turn I shall finish you for good with your own monster." Goodwin smiled brimming with confidence. Jack knew that Goodwin's words weren't false because he could tell just from looking at the field that he was in trouble. He only had one card in his hand and his face down trump card was gone. His favourite monster was still on Goodwin's field giving his monster power and he had nothing that could go against it. Jack at this moment was feeling mixed about what was happening to him. In his entire career he had never been pushed into a corner like this before in his life. And yet he was enjoying it deep down since he was truly being put into a situation where he had to use ALL of his skills to take it all back and turn it into victory. 'I can't believe that for the first time in my life I am actually in this position. I honestly never thought that I Jack Atlas would ever be put into a position where I had to rely on one draw to save my deck and my duel. Is this what it's like for you Yusei?' Jack thought picturing Yusei in his mind knowing that Yusei would always end up in these positions and yet still turn it around by believing in his deck to the end.
"Goodwin. I truly hope you are enjoying this duel because you have become the first duelist to ever make me Jack Atlas fall into a corner that literally has me worried. So believe me when I say good job because now I will turn the tide completely!" Jack declared strongly pointing again at Goodwin.
"Whatever you say Jack. I shall end my turn with that. Now show me what you are talking about."
"I shall! Jack stated drawing his card strongly. He looked at his card and couldn't believe what he just drew. I now play my spell card: Card of Demise! Now I draw until I'm holding five cards, and then in five turns my hand goes to the graveyard. Goodwin's face grew a frown at the fact Jack's hand was now replenished. Now I play the spell card: Mind Control! I can now take control of any monster on your side of the field although I can't tribute it or attack with it."
"So what do you plan to do with…NO!" Goodwin blurted out realizing Jack's motive.
"That's right Goodwin, I am taking back MY dragon!" The red dragon then burst from the Machine Emperor chest and flew back to Jack's side of the field spreading it's wings and letting out a mighty roar. Jack was truly happy to see his monster back on his field and also knowing that Goodwin's monster just lost a lot of strength. 3700-700.
"This is not good." Goodwin muttered under his breath again but loud enough for Jack to hear it.
"You got that right that it's not good… for YOU! Now I summon Majestic Dragon to the field! Lv1 0att 0def. Now I tune my Majestic Dragon to my Battle Fader and my Red Dragon Archfiend to synchro summon: MAJESTIC RED DRAGON!" lv10 4000att 3000def Goodwin was now the one standing in shock at the sight of Jack's new dragon. He had never seen this dragon before and it truly was a mystery to him.
"Where the hell did you get a dragon like that?! You have NEVER had a card like that before! So where did you get it?! Tell ME!" Goodwin demanded now with sweat running down his face as he had lost his calm composure at seeing Jack's new dragon.
"To be honest Goodwin I myself don't know fully how I got this card. But I can tell you this for certain, both me AND Yusei have it." He smirked.
"What did you just say?!" Goodwin spat hearing Jack's unbelievable words.
"Allow me to explain what happened. It was just a little while ago while Yusei and I were having a duel."
Flashback: Jack and Yusei were duelling in Jack's back yard and were at the end of the duel. Jack had Vice Dragon out in attack mode and one facedown with two cards in his hand and 700lps while Yusei had Sonic Chick out in defence mode with no cards facedown and 400 lps left with two cards in his hand and it was his draw.
"I draw Jack! I now play the spell card-" Yusei was then cut off by his arm burning from his mark and a red light was appearing between him and Jack. Jack was also feeling the same pain and burning from his mark.
"What the hell is this?!" Jack asked in pain crushing his own arm with his free hand.
"I don't know, but look in the light! Something is forming inside of it!" Yusei noticed pointing to the center. Soon the light faded and the image of the Crimson Dragon appeared between the two of them and started to speak.
"You who bear my chosen marks that carry the light and power of the stars. I grant you a new star that shall grant you the strength to pierce the darkness that will soon come. A great power will soon come against you that you cannot defeat without a new hope to call upon. For you two who have the strongest duelling spirits of my chosen signers I grant you this power!"
"Hey wait! What do you mean power we can't defeat?! And what are you doing to us anyway with these marks?! I want some answers now DRAGON!" Jack demanded stomping his foot. The dragon then let out a flash of light which covered the two duelists completely and then vanished without a trace. They soon looked around to see nothing had changed and everything was as if it never happened. The only thing was is that both their decks were glowing on top with a new card. They both drew it and saw Majestic Dragon. They both were in shock that what just happened between them wasn't just in their imaginations but tried to forget it and return to the duel.
"Now Jack I summon from my hand Debris Dragon! Lv4 1000att 1000def. Now I activate it's effect! I can summon a monster with less than five hundred attack points from my graveyard and I choose: Shield Wing! Lv2 0att 900def. Now since I have a tuner monster on my field I can special summon: Quillbolt Hedgehog from my graveyard as well! Lv2 800att 800def. Now I tune my three monsters together to synchro summon: Stardust Dragon! Lv8 2500att 200def. Now Jack let's see this new power in action shall we?" Yusei suggested looking right at Jack.
"Go ahead Yusei! Let's see if this Crimson Dragon gave us anything worthy of us!"
"I now play the Spell card: One for One! Now by sending a monster in my hand to the graveyard I can summon a level one monster and I choose: Majestic Dragon! Lv1 0att 0def. Now I tune my three monsters again to Synchro summon: Majestic Star Dragon!" 3800att 3000def. A brand new dragon appeared from a giant white pillar of light and spread it's wings and revealed itself like a angel from the heavens. Jack and Yusei were both stunned and in complete awe at the sight of this magnificent creature. They both quickly regained themselves and returned to the duel.
"Well Yusei, I must admit that even I Jack Atlas am quite impressed by this gift of the Crimson Dragon." Jack smirked knowing that even though he probably had lost it was worth it to see this power. End flashback:
"That's how we got these cards. I honestly am right now feeling mixed emotions right now since I didn't ask for this and yet I truly am grateful for it. On one hand it sucks that the Dragon said I couldn't win on my own but again I wouldn't have this awesome new power without him so I will forgive him this time. But now it's time for you to say GOODBYE! I activate my monster's effect! It can negate one monster on your field and absorb all of it's attacks points and add them to my dragon!" The red dragon let out a bright red stream from it's mouth which engulfed the emperor and took all it's attack points with it. 4000-4700
"That's impossible! There's no way that can be possible!" Goodwin face froze in shock!
"Your not the only one who can ABSORB power now Goodwin. Now it's time for you to get a taste of your own medicine! Now Majestic Red Dragon attack his Machine Emperor Grannel Top with Majestic Power Force!" The dragon flew in and blasted the Emperor to pieces which sent Goodwin flying backwards with Jack smiling in triumph.
"I win this duel Goodwin. Now tell me where the girls are and make it fast since I'm tired of looking at you."
"Are you sure you have won this duel Jack? Maybe you should look again at the field." Goodwin grinned and lightly laughed as he started to stand up again. Jack was confused for a quick second and quickly looked again to see that only the arm was destroyed and Goodwin's life points were unaffected. 700lps Jack's eyes flew open and became saucers at the true sight in front of him. Goodwin's life points weren't damaged and that beast was still around. Something wasn't right here.
"How can that be you cheating asshole?! I hit the head of your beast dead on! There is no way it could have survived that! Explain yourself now!" Jack demanded.
"Very well then. Look at my field if you want your answer Jack." Goodwin answered pointing to a trap card that had been activated.
"What is that card?!"
"That my friend is my trap card: Rotating Parts. When a machine type monster on my side of the field is attacked I can switch all the damage to another one during the damage step of the battle. So I switched it from Top to Guard in order to avoid the life point damage." Goodwin explained before breaking into a soft but evil laugh.
"You got to be kidding me! I can't believe this! How could I let this happen?!" Jack cursed himself with a boat load of anger.
"Well you did Jack. Now do you mind finishing your turn so I can make mine?" Jack looked at his hand and saw nothing that could help him now. That dragon was his last chance and he knew that if not for Goodwin's trap he would have won the duel. 'Sorry Crimson Dragon, but it seems I wasn't able to use the power you gave me to it's fullest potential. And I'm sorry Akiza and Luna for not being able to save you. I am ashamed to call myself a king when I can't even protect my friends. Leo and Yusei…forgive me.' He lowered his head and quickly raised it back up.
"I end my turn Goodwin. There's nothing more I can do this turn. And at the end phase of my turn Majestic Red Dragon goes to the Graveyard and Red Dragon Archfiend is summoned back to the field."
"I see. So your big finishing monster only lasts one turn and then leaves you huh? So be it. It's my draw. I now activate my Emperor's effect. Once per turn it can absorb a synchro monster on your field and I choose your dragon again. 700-3700 Now I shall finish you by summoning this: Grannel Attack 3! A new arm appeared and attached itself to the emperor giving it attack ability again. 'I see. So these parts have levels to them as well. Be careful Yusei. I'm leaving the rest to you.' Jack thought with a smile.
"Now I shall finish you Jack Atlas. Attack my emperor and end this duel!" Goodwin ordered as his monster threw a powerful punch which collided with Jack and sent him flying backwards with tremendous force. He landed hard and was knocked unconscious from the impact. 1150-0lps Goodwin smiled and deactivated his disk causing the emperor to vanish. He then walked over to the unconscious Jack and lifted his signer arm with the dragon's wings and snickered. 'Now I shall possess the fourth signer mark. And when I have the fifth and final one courtesy of Yusei Fudo, the Crimson Dragon's power will be mine! Oh great Crimson Dragon who sleeps I the heavens. Grant me the power of this fallen signer and grant me the path I desire so that I may take his place and continue to bring your power to the world. I ask you Crimson Dragon of the stars: Grant me this Signer's MARK!' Goodwin chanted like before and again the mark disappeared from Jack's arm and appeared on Goodwin's chest. Now he had a mark on each arm and on his front and back. Once he had all five they would combine into the Crimson Dragon symbol and allow the Dragon to fully appear in this world. 'Just one more to go. One more!' As Goodwin was thinking this the duel with Yusei and Jeagar had ended as well with Yusei winning and returning to Akiza and Luna. He had just found them both safe and sound and was truly happy being in his loved ones arms again. To Yusei this was a feeling he never wanted to lose ever again. He soon loosened his hug on them and looked Akiza right in her eyes to see the beauty that he always knew he saw in front of him. He truly was happy even with the current circumstances being with Akiza.
"Did you come to save us by yourself Yusei?" Luna asked breaking his train of thought.
"No Luna, Jack is also with me though he went down a different path. He is also determined to save you two so he came as well. I am truly grateful to have a friend like him when I need it."
"I'm happy too. I'm glad to see that Jack really does care about us even though he honestly never showed it around us before." Luna mentioned.
"Well I can assure you that with how determined he is to save you both from Goodwin, his actions speak way louder than his words." Yusei smiled at the young lady. Luna smiled back and gave Yusei a big hug with Akiza smiling at hearing that Jack was also there to save them. 'Jack truly is a good hearted person deep down in his heart. I hope that he and Carly truly are happy together since they both are truly my friends.' She thought watching Yusei hug Luna happily. Yusei then decided to save the happy stuff for after they were all safe and sound.
"Now that I have you both safe and sound, it's time to go and find Jack and then deal with that no good wise guy Goodwin." Yusei stated not wanting to curse in front of Luna.
"I agree with there completely Yusei. We have to warn Jack about Goodwin's deck if he should run into him." Akiza mentioned which caught Yusei's attention.
"Why is that? What's so special about Goodwin's deck? Did he cheat that much or just use a lot of rare or forbidden cards?" He asked trying to figure it out.
"Well I can tell you for certain that is rare and I say it SHOULD have been forbidden." Luna jumped in.
"What is it?"
"A monster that can absorb synchro monsters and add their strength to it's own. It's called a machine Emperor and it's made of five different monster parts." She explained. Yusei looked at her bewildered. He had no idea a monster like that even existed not too mention that it sounds like Goodwin had something no one should. He now knew why Akiza and Luna were beaten and were locked up in this room.
"I see. Thanks for the heads up. He said seriously. I will be sure to remember that so don't worry. I'll make sure that somehow I can work around it." He then smiled trying to assure them.
"Yusei. There's more to it than just having a unique monster. Akiza warned him. He has power very similar to mine and he has much more control over it than I do."
"So your saying he's also a psychic duelist?!" Yusei asked in a voice that was starting to wonder if Goodwin was even human.
"I don't know for sure. But when we duelled him everything definitely became real. But it didn't feel like psychic energy at all. It felt much darker and colder than anything I have felt before. But it only appeared when his monster did so I wonder if the monster wasn't the source of it." Akiza explained with her head down trying to figure out Goodwin's power for herself.
"Well it's doesn't matter what he tried to do because Jack and I won't ever lose to a man like him and we certainly are going to leave here together with our marks and our friends together. I promise you both that!" Akiza and Luna both started to smile again at seeing Yusei's strength and determination. Akiza knew Yusei would never say something without truly being able to make it happen and knew that she could trust his words. 'I love you so much Yusei. I promise that the first thing I'm going to do when we get out of here is tell you about this child of ours growing in me.' Akiza thought rubbing her lower stomach area. Yusei then stood up and began to look down the hallway to see no one coming. The three of them then left the room and proceeded down the other way down the hallway. They ran for a few seconds until both Akiza and Luna recognized the hallway and saw that they were headed for the Crimson Dragon's temple.
"Yusei! This path leads to the Crimson Dragon temple that's beneath this mansion. That's where we were taken for our duel with Goodwin!" Akiza panted while running.
"So then that most likely means that he is still there and right now Jack and him are probably duelling. I just hope Jack can overcome those Machine Emperors you both mentioned before. Jack's strong but even he can't win without having a strategy against those things."
"Let's hurry and get to the room then so we can help him if we still have a chance to. I'm worried about him." Luna huffed as she was almost out of breath since she wasn't used to running. They soon made it to the doors to the temple room and opened the doors without hesitation to a sight they weren't prepared for. Jack was down and unconscious on the ground at Goodwin's feet with Goodwin staring up at the temple and slowly turning his head around to meet them eye to eye with a sadistic smile.
"What have you done to Jack, Goodwin?! Tell me now!" Yusei exploded instantly with rage.
"I did the exact same thing I did to your two lovely companions there Yusei. He stated pointing to the girls behind Yusei. I simply beat him in a duel and took his signer mark as my reward for my victory." He told them showing them all the marks over his body.
"Then explain those burns and scratches all over his clothes and body! Yusei snapped pointing to Jack's body. That wasn't from simply duelling! Are you a psychic duellist or what?! Tell us the truth now!" He demanded now pointing back at Goodwin. Goodwin just simply smirked and then laughed while Yusei's anger was rising fast in his mind. He quickly calmed down enough to know that he should Jack out of there quickly so he didn't get worse than he already was.
"Akiza, can you and Luna pull Jack out of there so he's not caught in between us? I need to take this guy down and I need total concentration or I won't be able to win. Please?" He asked Akiza sincerely. Akiza nodded and walked up with Luna to grab Jack's body. Goodwin simply stood there and allowed them to do so since he knew that he would have gotten in between them if just left where he was. Then soon had Jack in their arms though he was heavier than he looked. Yusei noticed this and helped them out and got Jack to the doorway. Akiza then stayed by Jack's side while Yusei and Goodwin walked further into the room and got their duel disks ready.
"I assure you Goodwin that your reign end here! I won't allow to bring any more harm to any of my friends! This is going to be the final duel and I want you to promise me that if I win this duel you will never and I mean NEVER bother anyone close to me again no matter what."
"That's fine with me. I give you my word on that one Yusei. However young one, if you lose this duel then I will get your mark and then with that I will make sure that you are the first I will test the power of Crimson Dragon on." Goodwin grinned back at Yusei.
"Just try it Goodwin! This is the end of your plans and everything you have done!"
"DUEL!" They shouted together.
A/n: Well the final duel with everything on the line shall now begin. Also Goodwin will reveal how he got his deck and how he can steal the marks of the signers. All will be revealed in the next chapter as this battle comes to an end.