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Chapter 13: The Ultimate Sacrifice
"The Divinity Sun has 4000 ATK, making him far stronger than your little Cyber Angel." Principle Mackenzie spoke. "But in order for The Sun to attack, I must discard one card from my hand. So I discard Lich Lord, King of the Underworld and use The Sun to attack Cyber Angel Benten! Divine Ray!"
The center of The Sun's chest opened up and blasted Benten with a massive beam of gold light. Benten was instantly vaporized and Alexis' life points dropped to 2200.
"With that, I set two cards on the field and end my turn." Principle Mackenzie announced.
Suddenly Divinity Sun rose backwards up into the air. In moments his body became enveloped in thick dark clouds and vanished. In place of The Sun appeared two other monsters. One of them was Thousand-Eyed Ghost. The other was a skeleton with bones that had turned brown with extreme age. It wore a very old and tattered red hooded cloak, and on its back it had a pair of large, black-feathered wings. Over its hood the skeleton wore an ancient crown. In its right hand it carried a long wooden staff with a glowing red gemstone on the top. An eerie red light glowed from the left eye socket of the skull.
"What's… going on?" a confused Alexis asked.
"At the end of each of my turns, Divinity Sun sends itself to the Graveyard, signaling the end of the day." Principle Mackenzie explains. "When night has fallen on the field, The Sun's power allows me to bring Lich Lord and Thousand-Eyed Ghost back from the Graveyard in Defense Mode."
"Well, I guess I can't complain now that The Sun is gone." Alexis remarked as she drew her next card. "I summon Sonic Bird in Attack Mode!" A large eagle wearing a jetpack and goggles flew down onto the battlefield. "When Sonic Bird is summoned, I can add a Ritual Spell to my hand. Next I activate Machine Angel Ritual and sacrifice Sonic Bird and Cyber Gymnast from my hand to summon Cyber Angel-Dakini!"
The massive cauldron of flames appeared behind Alexis once more. A muscular woman with tan skin and blonde hair wearing a white mask with a sleeveless black bodysuit appeared over the torch before being consumed by the flames. A tendril of fire came down from the torch and consumed Sonic Bird. The flames quickly subsided to reveal a woman with blue skin and four muscular arms. Her chest and shoulders were covered in orange armor while her legs were covered in tight-fitting black pants. On her head was a gold helmet with a long back and a flat top. The woman's front pair of arms carried a bladed staff, while her remaining two arms carried a pair of swords.
"When Dakini is summoned to the field, my opponent is forced to choose and destroy one monster they control!" Alexis announced.
"Then of course the monster I choose to destroy is Thousand-Eyed Ghost." Principle Mackenzie announced. A small pillar of flames quickly incinerated the multi-eyed specter. "When Thousand-Eyed Ghost is sent to the Graveyard, I can summon a level four or lower monster from my deck in its place. So I summon Pyramid Turtle in Defense Mode!"
Appearing in place of Thousand-Eyed Ghost was a large tortoise with sand-colored scales. An Egyptian crown adorned the top of its head, and instead of a shell was a pyramid.
"When Dakini attacks a monster in Defense Mode, she deals damage equal to the difference between their ATK and DEF." Alexis continued. "Lich Lord had zero DEF, which makes him the perfect target."
"Indeed." Principle Mackenzie admitted. "And Dakini has 2700 ATK, which means I would take significant damage."
"You got that right!" Alexis responded. "Dakini, take down Lich Lord with Angelic Spear!"
Principle Mackenzie grinned as Dakini jumped into the air. "Of course, I've already prepared an adequate defense against such a monster. I activate my Trap, Staunch Defender! With this card, I change the target of Dakini's attack to Pyramid Turtle!"
Just as Dakini's spear was about to strike Lich Lord in the skull, the end of her weapon was pulled by an unknown force and made to hit Pyramid Turtle. The turtle's shell shattered apart and the monster itself dissolved into sand. Principle Mackenzie's life points dropped to 1700.
"When Pyramid Turtle is destroyed in battle, I can summon another Zombie-type monster with 2000 or less DEF from my deck." Principle Mackenzie announced. "So I summon a second Lich Lord, King of the Underworld!"
A black mist appeared on Principle Mackenzie's side of the battlefield. The mist quickly vanished to reveal a second winged skeleton identical to the first one that Mackenzie had summoned earlier.
"I guess I end my turn." Alexis announced with a sigh.
Suddenly a massive golden light appeared behind Principle Mackenzie. The Divinity Sun emerged from the light and both the Lich Lords began to burn brightly with golden flames. The two skeletons burned to ash as The Sun came down to hover over the battlefield. Principle Mackenzie then began to glow with a golden aura as his life points rose to 6500.
"What's… going on here?" a shocked Alexis asked.
"At the beginning of each of my turns, Divinity Sun rises from the Graveyard to start a new day." Principle Mackenzie explained. "The creatures of the night that are on my field when The Sun returns are burned to ash, and I gain life points equal to their combined ATK. But my life points are the least of your worries. I activate a Trap, Divine Sunrise! When a Ritual Monster is summoned from the Graveyard, that monster gains 1000 ATK for the duration of the turn!"
"Then that means…" Alexis quickly realized.
"The Divinity Sun's ATK is now 5000." Principle Mackenzie finished. "I discard one card so that The Sun can attack Dakini! Divine Ray!"
The Sun fired a massive beam of golden light from his chest and vaporized Dakini in one shot. Alexis' life points dropped to zero as she fell to her knees. With the duel at its end, The Sun vanished from the field and the wall of white flames around the two duelists vanished.
"You put up a good struggle." Principle Mackenzie told Alexis. "I expected nothing less from you. But you have lost, which means by the power of Lord Zott I now make you a sacrifice to revive his glory!"
With that, Principle Mackenzie pointed his right arm towards Alexis and fired a beam of white light from his hand. Alexis was struck in the chest and consumed by a pillar of white flames. The flames diminished and turned into a small white fireball that flew off towards the academy.
Electra stood on the roof of the academy before a large slab of grey stone. Carved on the front of the stone tablet was a demonic-looking creature that had horns and a plate in the shape of the sun that covered its right eye. Electra glanced back and saw a small white fireball moving towards her. Smiling, Electra lifted her right hand as if holding a card in her fingers. The fireball struck her hand and changed into a Duel Monsters card with the name, Sacrifice Maiden Alexis.
"Well done, my priest." Electra spoke. "Thanks to your efforts, we're now only a step away to finally reviving Lord Zott. Soon not even the Supreme King will be able to stop us. But then again, he may not even be able to survive his duel against my little assassin."
"I think I'll end my turn here." David announced in his duel with Jaden. "Go ahead and make your last move. Not that it'll amount to much."
Jaden glared at David as he drew his next card. The card he drew burned momentarily with a flash of red flames.
"First I activate the Spell, E-Emergency Call!" Jaden announced. "With this card I add another Elemental Hero to my hand! Next I play the Spell, Ancient Rules and summon Elemental Hero Neos!" The white hero of space appeared on Jaden's side of the battlefield.
"Of course! Contact Fusion!" Atticus enthusiastically spoke on the sidelines. "Now Jaden can return Neos and Air Hummingbird to his deck and summon a monster that can take down Destroyer Saturn."
"I activate the Spell, Primal Awakening!" Jaden announced. "With Neos on the field, I can add Rite of the Primal Flame and the monster it summons to my hand! Now I activate Rite of the Primal Flame and sacrifice Neos to transform him into Primal Neos!"
Two ornate torches appeared to each side of Neos and shot two fireballs into the gem on the hero's chest. Neos became enveloped in a pillar of flames that quickly subsided to reveal the hero in his ancestral form.
"Rhodie, what was that you were saying about Jaden using Neos and Air Hummingbird to summon a more powerful monster?" Reggie asked with a raised eyebrow.
"I don't understand." A confused Atticus spoke. "Sure Primal Neos is a strong monster, but even with his power-up effect his ATK would only be equal to Destroyer Saturn's."
"Maybe he's planning some kind of suicide attack using Primal Neos." Sheila assumed. "Once Saturn's out of the way, he can launch a direct attack on David with Air Hummingbird and at least do some damage."
"The only problem with that is that Air Hummingbird isn't that strong." Tabitha pointed out. "I'm sure a duelist of David Rabb's caliber has a few backup strategies in place should something happen to his strongest monster."
"That's it?" an amused David spoke. "Aren't you going to at least try to defend yourself? What's the point of brining out a monster like that if you can't do anything with it?"
"I return Primal Neos and Neo-Spacian Air Hummingbird for a Contact Fusion!" Jaden announced, startling David and the others. "With these two monsters, I summon an ancient hero of the skies, Primal Air Neos!"
Neos and Air Hummingbird jumped high into the sky, quickly fading from view. Suddenly the winds around the battlefield began to pick up. Descending from the sky above to hover above the field was Neos in a new form. His long orange hair had become green and his body had turned purple. The red markings on his body had become green, with his original flame-shaped markings replaces with curling lines meant to represent the wind. The ancient hero now had a mouth full of white fangs and the top of his head had formed a crest that made him look like a humanoid pterodactyl. Neos' hands had become like talons and on his back was a massive pair of wings with red feathers and black tips. Along with Primal Neos' original belt, the hero also had on a tattered grey toga.
"So… Jaden can use Primal Neos for Contact Fusions too?" a stunned Atticus observed.
"Because I returned Primal Neos to the deck for a Contact Fusion, I can return Rite of the Primal Flame to the deck too." Jaden continued. "But that's not all. Primal Air Neos gains ATK equal to the difference in our life points. Which means his ATK jumps from 2800 to 6500!"
"So he's 3000 points stronger than Saturn." David observed. "Not bad I guess."
"I'm not finished there." Jaden continued. "I activate Primal Air Neos' effect, Sonic Battle Screech! Once per turn I can lower the ATK of a monster my opponent controls by an amount equal to the difference in our life points! Which means Saturn's ATK drops to 100!"
Neos opened his mouth and let out a shriek that forced everyone to cover their ears. The sonic attack caused Saturn's body to crackle with blue electric sparks.
"This ends now!" Jaden declared. "Neos! Take out Destroyer Saturn with Primal Hurricane!"
Air Neos flapped his wings and sent forth a massive gust of wind towards Saturn. The robot's body began to creek as the wind struck it, and soon it exploded with a blast of fire and smoke that washed out David's entire side of the field. It seemed like Jaden had won, but the smoke cleared to reveal The Big Saturn in place of its evolved form. Even more surprising was that David still had 800 life points left.
"What's going on?" a confused Jaden asked.
"That was a pretty good move." David admitted. "But when Destroyer Saturn is taken out in battle, it cuts any damage I might take in half and summons The Big Saturn back from the Graveyard. And since Big Saturn's back, I now activate Forbidden Upgrade's secondary effect from the Graveyard! By banishing both Forbidden Upgrade and Destroyer Saturn, Big Saturn gains 1000 ATK."
"And Jaden was so close." A very disappointed Sheila spoke. "If it weren't for that overpowered robot's effect, he would've won."
"I lay down a face-down and end my turn!" Jaden announced. "And when my turn ends, Primal Air Neos goes back to my Fusion Deck."
Primal Air Neos flew off into the sky and quickly faded from view. Moments later however, Neos jumped back down from the sky in his original form.
"What the hell's that weakling doing back?" David asked with a raised eyebrow.
"When Primal Air Neos goes back to the deck, I can summon Elemental Hero Neos back from my deck or Graveyard." Jaden explained.
"So now both Neos and Saturn are back to their original forms." Sheila observed.
"This truly has been an impressive duel." Tabitha remarked. "It would've been more enjoyable if there wasn't so much at stake."
"I'll admit that you're not bad for a bush league duelist." David spoke as he drew his next card. "But it's all gonna end now! Saturn, wipe that pathetic superhero off the field! Anger Hammer!"
"I activate my Trap, Justi-Break!" Jaden quickly announced. "Since a Normal Monster like Neos is being attacked, this card destroys all monsters my opponent controls!"
Saturn launched one of his flying fists towards Neos. But before the first could strike, Neos raised his fist in the air and shot a bolt of transparent lightning into the air. The lightning came down and stuck Saturn, destroying the robot in a massive explosion.
An expression of utter shock and disbelief appeared on David's face. "This… can't be!"
"Since you're obviously done, I'm starting my turn!" Jaden decided as he drew his next card. "Neos! Attack Rabb directly and end this! Wrath of Neos!"
Neos jumped into the air towards David and quickly punched the blonde duelist in the face. The punch knocked David out cold and his life points dropped to zero as he hit the ground. With the duel finally at its end, Neos vanished and the surrounding area returned to normal. Though the sky above was still thick with dark clouds. Jaden suddenly fell to his knees, causing Atticus and the others to rush over to him.
"You okay?" Atticus asked Jaden as he and Reggie helped the wandering duelist to his feet.
"I'll be fine." Jaden assured them. "That duel just took a lot out of me."
"Hey. Why's the sky still all dark and gloomy?" Sheila noticed as she looked around.
"Because this isn't over yet." Jaden answered. "We still need to take down Electra."
"But where is that witch?" Atticus wondered.
"She's probably at the academy's main building." Reggie assumed. "I think what she needs for her plan is there."
"Then that's where we need to go." Jaden decided. "And I think if we don't hurry, the whole world might be in danger."
Author's Note: I had kind of a challenge writing the duel between Alexis and Principle Mackenzie. One big problem was that I ended up rewriting the effect of The Divinity Sun. I've been trying to build on the effects of the original Legendary Planet monsters when coming up with their Ritual forms. But for some reason The Supremacy Sun's effect was giving me some difficulty. In the end I took a little inspiration from the 5D's anime when Yusei, Jack, and Crow dueled Rex Goodwin to figure out how The Divinity Sun's effect was going to work.
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