Chapter LIX: Demon's Reckoning I
Peach climbs up from a hole, covered in baby food. Ani is looking at her like she's gone crazy. Wiping her face off, Peach grins sheepishly. Hi, everyone.
Ani waves, sipping her Mountain Dew through a pink straw. Yo. Long time no read, peeps.
Peach continues on.Sorry about the delay, guys. As you can see, I've been dealing with real life in the form of my nieces. My sister-in-law had surgery, so that means I've had to put in long hours. Anyway, I finally got this edited! Sorry about that, Ani!
Hey, no prob. I've been there. Ani points her soda straw at the readers. And you! Don't go giving my Onee-chan a hard time over the delay. Got it? She worked hard on this chapter! Seeing as it's a duel. Because we all know Peach isn't used to dueling.
Peach grins sheepishly. Let's face it. If it was up to me to duel to save the world, we'd all be doomed.
Ani grins, pacing around. Luckily, I myself love dueling via gaming. So I'm pretty sure I caught and fixed any errors while we were writing this baby. Still, compared to Peach's first duel way back in Summer Love, Summer Fears, I'd say this is one Hell of an improvement.
Thanks, Ani! And I did use the deck you made, Peach says, blushing slightly.
Oh! Yup, I should probably mention that. Take note of this, readers. The evil deck Violet has is full of REAL cards. You can find every one of them on Yu-Gi-Oh! Wiki. Real alien cards, under the Reptile type. Violet's normal deck, however, are all made-up cards. Some are based on real cards, some are of my own invention. And the Alien type is completely made-up as well. I think that about covers it. Ani takes a long sip through her straw.
Anyhow, we really hope you enjoy this chapter! Okay, recap! Let's do the time warp, YEAH!
Doctor Crowler comes on stage dressed as Dr. Frankenfurter. HEY! That's my song!
Ani spits out the soda she'd just sipped, spraying it all over Dr. Crowler. HOLY COSTUME CHANGE, BATMAN!!!
Peach sweat-drops as Dr. Crowler leaves the stage, somehow maintaining his dignity. Okay, that was weird. Anyway, last time, Violet finally dealt with her inner darkness. She revealed that she had made a just plain terrifying deck.
Ani laughs evilly. Dudes and dudettes, I'd been planning this little demon for a long time. This may be the only time you see these monsters... or not... Lightning flashes and cliché organ music plays.
Peach sweat-drops. A terrifying vision of things to come. So Violet revealed her deck and Annie broke the rule of horror movies and picked up the most evil card.
Ani flails slightly, sending her soda flying. WHEN WILL YOU PEOPLE LEARN?!?! I swear, horror movie actors and actresses get stupider every year! Don't go into the basement, don't leave the group to make-out, and of course, DON'T TOUCH THE EVIL-RADIATING OBJECTS!! Ani breathes heavily as Chazz walks on stage, her soda stuck in his spiked hair and the sugary drink covering him.
Chazz has an anger mark on his face. WHAT THE HELL DID YOU DO THAT FOR, ANI?!
Ani taps her index fingers together and looks down in a cute, innocent way reminiscent of one Atticus Rhodes. ....It wasn't on purpose.
Chazz looks ticked. Yeah, that's what these idiots say! He points angrily at his big brother and Jaden.
Chazz, it was still an accident, Jaden says, trying to soothe his friend.
Yeah, not like she dumped flour on you or something, Atticus adds with a grin.As if on cue, a pound of the white stuff drops on the black-haired Slifer. Ani hums innocently, hiding a rope behind her back.
ARRRGH! Chazz yells, only to be tackled by Bastion.
No, Chazz... Violet will harm you, remember? The Ra Yellow stares the other teen down.
Several eggs smack into Chazz's head, cracking upon impact. Violet grins deviously at the Slifer from the catwalk above. Ani and I are making Chazz pancakes, Bastion-baby! Anyone got the oil?
Annie sighs. Violet! What the heck are you doing?!
Ani and Violet both answer at once as each of them splashes a bucket of olive oil on Chazz. Making Chazz pancakes!! Duh.
I'M NOT A PANCAKE! Chazz howls.
Peach claps her hands. Guys? Should we get onto this story before Chazz kills someone?
Ani sighs. Fine, fine. See if we ever put effort into making him pancakes again.
Jaden whips some of the batter on his finger, tasting it. He needs blueberries... Or raspberries.
SLACKER!!! Chazz shouts, eyes flashing as he tries to run. Instead, both boys slip and fall.
Ani takes several pictures. RIVALSHIPPING EVIDENCE!!! These'll sell for a butt-load on eBay.
Jaden groans. There's more evidence for Spiritshipping! He flushes, realizing what he just said. Dang it!
Jesse pokes his head out from behind the curtain. I GOT A GIRLFRIEND, DANG IT!!!
Peach shows the picture she found on DeviantArt of Jesse. A lot of the fans disagree.... The evidence or lack thereof, to the contrary.
Annie blushes. Yeah, there's not much canon evidence about Jaden either way... But... is this going too long?
Ani looks back at the loads of script and sweat-drops. Uh... at this rate, the AN is going to be longer than the duel...
Peach grins sheepishly. Anyway... Do we look like we own the Yu-Gi-Oh franchise? Well, we don't! I own Annie.
I own Violet and Rosa.
And if you need any more information on what we do or don't own, please peruse the previous chapters.
The two hundred or so of 'em.
Yup. So... Let's duel!
It's time to duel! Atem walks on stage and stares pointedly at Ani.
Yugi grins and stares as well. Yup!
Ani smirks and says, Hey, I could have said: Get your game on! Before Yusei Fudo can get onstage, the curtain falls.
Authors' note: The previous introduction and the end notes are brought to you by Guatemalan insanity peppers.
Annie, possessed by the evil Alien Mother, smirked coldly as she stared at her host's best friend. "You know you can't resist, Violet. I am as much part of you as that pathetic weakling you call a spirit friend..."
Violet shuddered as she slid her normal deck, filled with the good aliens of the Solar System into her duel disk. Feeling the calming, reassuring nudge in the back of her mind from said "spirit friend" helped to calm her down a little. "Oh, I can resist! That's what I'm doing right now! And you're weaker than Mary, Alien Mother. She let go of the past. You won't."
The other teens in the room stared in horror at the scene before them. Jaden Yuki visibly tensed. "C'mon, Annie! Snap out of it! Fight her!" Deep within her mind, the possessed girl cried out in impotent grief and fury at the violation this creature had done. The boy stepped forward. "Let her go! I'll fight you!"
"Oh, no... Oh, no, no, no... I want Violet... You don't hold any interest for me, Jaden
Yuki. Besides, I could kill that transvestite freak in your deck without breaking a sweat. It wouldn't be any fun," she answered cruelly.
Jaden growled, "What did you just say?!" If Alien Mother hadn't been in Annie's body… Well, the red-clad duelist wasn't sure what he would've done, but he won't let her get away with insulting Yubel like that.
Violet grimaced and winced a bit, sending Jaden an apologetic glance over her shoulder. "Sorry, guys," she whispered.
Yubel, of course, appeared and sent a scathing glare not at Annie, but at the creature possessing her. "At least my insides are good! You're as ugly on the inside as you are on the outside, cold-blooded and all!" she threw back, agitated by the insult.
"Humph... Cold-bloodedness is an advantage that you mammals don't get. We're slow to anger and we have patience.... Something that your kind lacks," Alien Mother answered as coldly as the blood that flowed through her veins. "Now then, Violet... We will duel... But I will not use this weakling girl's pathetic deck. Based on creatures that have no knowledge of the cold," she muttered the last in a disgusted tone.
Violet frowned, eyebrows furrowing. "I figured as much. They're too goody-good for you to stand, anyway. You always did prefer your own kind. Those... monsters..." She shivered, glancing at the cards that seemed to leer up at her from the floor. Alien Mother removed the deck carrier imprinted with a crescent moon from around Annie's waist and threw it contemptuously on the floor. She picked up the Evil Alien deck, a cold, unreadable expression on her face. Tyson Hassleberry moved forward slightly as the girl knelt to pick up the deck. He was fully prepared to knock the girl quickly out.
Rosa, realizing her fiancé's intent, reached out and stopped him with a strong grip on his upper arm. "Tyson, stay here." Knowing he would try to argue, she continued without waiting for a response. "First, you don't know how powerful that thing is, and it could hurt you, too. Second, even if you succeed, it may not free Annie. It may make matters worse. Third, I think... Violet needs to face this. Don't you?" she whispered quietly.
Tyson thought about it in a split second. "Yeah, you're right, darlin'... But Private Annie..."
"The best thing to do here is support Violet. She'll win and hopefully get rid of this thing... She has to," Rosa replied, frowning a little.
They all knew the price of failure. Alien Mother finished picking up the deck and stood. She stared straight at Syrus Truesdale. "She's gone when I'm done with this body... Well, she'll be here... But she'll be so mentally damaged; you might as well have a doll, weak boy..."
Syrus clenched his fists and glared at Alien Mother, though on the inside his very soul seemed to shiver at the thought. "You're wrong."
"He's right. After I beat you, you'll be gone, and Annie will be back. I won't let you hurt my best friend... I'll take responsibility for making you this way by defeating you once and for all," Violet added, tone more serious than any of them had heard in a long time.
"We'll see about that, Violet... When this is over, you'll be possessed by a being that can help you realize your full pot..." Her voice froze and the crimson eyes turned blue again.
"Violet!" Annie cried out, having somehow wrested control of her body back.
Violet's eyes widened in shock. "Annie!!" Syrus had called the same name at almost the same time, taking an instinctive step forward.
"Violet! Stop her! Do what you have to! Even if you have to kill me!" the dark-haired girl cried. "Sy! End it for me or she won't be stopped!"
"No," Violet shook her head, eyes filled with a determined fire that hadn't been lit in what felt like years. "I won't lose another friend. Not this time. Annie, I'm going to save you by winning this duel! I won't lose!"
"Violet, just..." And Annie let out a blood-curdling shriek as Alien Mother took over again. "NOOOOOO!!!" And the blue eyes turned the horrid shade of crimson again.
"That was tiresome... well, she won't be bothering me again," Alien Mother shrugged sounding dreadfully bored. "I've locked her away..."
Syrus looked about ready to tackle his possessed fiancée himself, only his friends holding him back from doing so. "She'll be set free soon enough. Are you going to duel me or not, Alien Mother?! Your Deep Space monsters are no match for my Solar System aliens!" Violet exclaimed, gritting her teeth and raising her duel disk.
Alien Mother nodded, slamming the dark deck into Annie's duel disk and activating the disk. "We'll see who's weaker..."
"DUEL!" both girls shouted.
"I'll go first. My clan is just itching to tear your monsters to pieces, Violet," Alien Mother hissed with a twisted grin as she drew. Her bright, crimson eyes scanned the cards in her hand for a moment before she spoke. "First, I'll summon Alien Kid (1600/700) to the field in Attack Mode! Then, I'll set two cards facedown and end my turn. Oh, and a warning, Kid doesn't play well with others," she explained, smirking. A short, grey and green alien with sky blue eyes and sharp teeth appeared on the field, screeching as it hopped about and waved its yellow laser gun threateningly.
Violet took a deep breath and gazed at the currently crimson-eyed hellish version of her best friend. 'You're still in there, Annie! I'm not going to let you down!' She glanced at her hand. 'Hmmm... Outer Space would ordinarily be a good move, but I don't want to boost her monsters...' She then saw the temporary solution. "I set a monster facedown and set another card. Your move!"
Alien Mother didn't seem to care much about her opponent's move as she drew. "What a pathetic move. Alien Kid, attack her facedown monster and bring the coward out of hiding!" she commanded. The young alien gladly obliged, running forward across the field and blasting the facedown repeatedly with his laser gun.
"I activate my facedown trap, Crater Wall!" Violet shouted. "This negates Alien Kid's attack and my life points go up by the amount of attack points Alien Kid has!" Violet's life points went up by 1600 points to 5600.
A giant stone wall suddenly rose up in front of the facedown monster, and Alien Kid crashed face first into it. Alien Mother growled, fist clenched. "Fine. Keep your cowardly monster in hiding! I set a monster, set a card, and end my turn. Your move," she hissed venomously.
"Okay! I draw!" Violet drew a card from her deck. 'Good... I have a couple of the pieces of the puzzle here... but not enough yet...' Out loud, she said, "First, I flip my defense monster into face-up position... Reveal Rallis the Stargazing Bird (1100/1000)!"
A brightly colored bird appeared on the field, preening himself. "Hello, wonderful people! I have graced you with my presence," he said in a voice reminiscent of Gaston from Beauty and the Beast.
"Uh, Rallis, not the best time! I activate his special ability! Send those cards back to her hand, Rallis!"
"Gotcha!" Rallis sent the one in the middle and the one on the right back to Annie/Alien Mother's hand.
"Hmph. What a pitiful effect. I'll just reset these on my next turn. Not only is that bird weak, but he's ugly, too," Alien Mother stated, moving the two cards from her duel disk back to her hand.
"You're jealous," Rallis countered, flying back to his position and preening again.
"I'm not done," Violet continued. "Now I summon Plutonian Dragon (1600/1000) to the field!" A towering navy blue dragon with vivid green eyes and white wings appeared on the field. "And then I equip him with Raregold Armor, which means you can only attack her! And then I activate the spell card, Hinotama! I may not like fire much, but this card does have its uses... It gives 500 points of direct damage to you!" Instantly, fire balls rained down on Annie/Alien Mother's side of the field and her life points dropped to 3500. "And that does it. Your move!"
Alien Mother crumpled for only a few seconds under the flames before straightening and letting loose an evil laugh as she drew. "Is that the best you've got, Violet?! Oh, once I possess your mind, you'll know what true power feels like," she stated. "For starters, I'll flip my facedown monster, Alien Grey (300/800) into Attack Position, activating HIS effect! Allow me to introduce the A-Counter." The facedown monster flipped up to reveal a small white and grey alien with large, red eyes and pointed ears. It ran forward and slashed at Plutonian Dragon with its long, tentacle-like fingers before jumping back to position. Instantly, a grotesque, purplish lump formed over the wound. "Behold, the A-Counter; the backbone of this deck. It may not seem like much right now, but you'll soon know of its power."
"Wait... what did I do?" Violet muttered to herself.
"You mean you don't remember what that A-Counter thing does, Violet?" Atticus called from the sidelines.
"Not a clue... I don't remember... I was so angry when I made that deck," she groaned in frustration.
"It's all right, Violet. You're about to remember. The hard way. First, I'll summon Alien Warrior (1800/1000) to the field. Then, I'll have Alien Kid (1600/700) attack Plutonian Dragon (1600/1000)!" Alien Mother exclaimed as said monster charged forward.
"Oh no!" Jaden shouted.
"Oh no!" Tyson exclaimed.
"Oh no!" most of the girls shouted.
"They'll destroy each other!" Alexis shouted in confusion. "...What, you didn't think I was going to say-"
"OH YEAH!!" Atticus yelled, grinning. "Had to, sis. It's practically a rule."
"Is this the time or place for that?" Chazz shouted, exasperated.
"No. But it needed to be said, little bro," Atticus answered cheerfully. Everyone present either rolled their eyes or shook their heads, but exasperation instantly turned to shock at what happened next. The A-Counter on Plutonian Dragon seemed to suck up something with its tiny trunk, and instantly her attack and defense each dropped by 300 points. As such, Alien Kid blasted the poor dragon to smithereens with his blaster, then did a little victory dance in the center of the field.
"That was uncalled for," Professor Viper muttered from the observation lounge.
Violet frowned slightly. 'What now?' she thought, looking at her hand again. 'I'm almost there... If anybody's out there... help me...'
Alien Mother smirked. "I'm not finished yet, Violet! Alien Warrior (1800/1000), attack and destroy that annoying pin cushion!" she ordered. The gigantic white and grey alien with massive claws, which looked like Alien Grey on steroids, let loose a fearsome roar and charged Rallis the Stargazing Bird (1100/1000). With one slash of his claws, he shredded into nothing but a pile of rainbow feathers and Violet's Life Points dropped to 4600. Violet seemed amazingly calm this duel. Perhaps it was because there was so much at stake. Perhaps it was because the darkness within her was now in balance. Whatever the cause, she was focusing. And now she knew what she had to do.
Alien Mother frowned when she didn't receive much of a reaction from her opponent, brows furrowing. "Finally, I'll have Alien Grey (300/800) attack you directly. Then I'll set two cards facedown and end my turn."
Violet gave an involuntary cry as her life points dropped down to 4300. But then she straightened. "First, I play the spell card Mystical Space Typhoon and I use it to destroy the facedown card on the left!"
"Fine." The set card imploded as it was destroyed by the bolt of lightning, sent to the Graveyard.
"And now I summon Watapon Totem (500/700) to the field!" In a column of fairy dust-like sparkles, three pink Watapons stacked one on top of the other appeared. "And thanks to Watapon Totem's special ability, I get to summon another creature with Watapon in its name so I choose the regular Watapon (300/500)! Hi, Tiffles!" she called cheerfully to her Duel Spirit. "And then I use Call of the Watapon! By paying 1000 life points," she said as her life point counter dropped to 3300, "I can summon one more Watapon creature from my deck, hand or graveyard, and I choose Winged Watapon (400/600)! Say hello to my favorite aliens!"
"Man, that's a lot of pink," Chazz muttered, staring at the pink and winged last addition to the team on the field.
Alexis groaned. "It looks like the time Jaden and Syrus did the Obelisks' laundry," she muttered.
"For the last time, I didn't know that the red jacket got in there!" Jaden complained. "Besides... It's not like the majority of the campus was in white uniforms and somebody thought we'd gone nuts..."
"But Jay, the Obelisks DID chase us around the island for over an hour," Syrus reminded, sweat-dropping.
Jaden sweat-dropped, remembering that incident. Violet, meanwhile, added another two cards to the arsenal on the field. "I place two more cards facedown on the field and that'll do it for me!"
"When you Special Summoned Watapon and Winged Watapon, you activated Alien Kid's special effect! They each get an A-Counter!" Alien Mother exclaimed, grinning sadistically. Alien Kid fired his gun at each Watapon, and one of the purplish lumps formed where each was hit. That done, she drew and looked over her hand. "Hmm... those facedown cards could be dangerous. I activate Brain Control, sacrificing 800 of my Life Points to gain control of Watapon Totem!" Two giant, ghostly green hands reached out and grabbed the triple-layered Watapon, dragging it forcefully to Alien Mother's side of the field.
"Dang it," Violet muttered, hoping she could get out of this. 'If I don't... Annie might...'
"Violet, don't you dare give up!" Katai called out. "Bastion, Hiro and I are all here with you!" Violet looked back and nodded.
Alien Mother chuckled. "Now then, Watapon Totem, be a good little fuzz ball and attack your brother, Watapon. Oh, and don't forget that the A-Counter drops his attack to zero, Violet!" she explained maliciously. Watapon Totem, forced by the spell card, leapt forward in an effort to crush its older brother and Violet's duel spirit.
"Sorry, Tiffles!" the purple-haired girl apologized. "And you triggered my trap, Watapon Defense! Any creature not named Watapon is destroyed!" A ring of shocking pink energy came from Winged Watapon, leaving it and Watapon Totem unharmed while Alien Kid was blasted off the field.
"YEAH VIOLET!!!" the group cheered. Alien Grey and Alien Warrior tried in vain to shield themselves from the barrage, but blew apart in what looked like shards of glass.
"I have to put two cards from my deck out of play to use it, but it's worth the price," she added as she removed a monster and spell card from her deck.
Alien Mother waved the smoke away with an arm, field clear aside from Watapon Totem and her facedowns. "Hmph. No matter. I activate Call of the Haunted to revive Alien Warrior and then end my turn," she stated. Brain Control shattered and Watapon Totem returned to Violet's side of the field.
'If I do this right... there won't be another turn,' Violet thought. "My move... first I use the spell card, Pot of Greed!" She activated the spell card and drew two new cards. "And then I activate the spell card, Monster Reborn, and revive Watapon!" Tiffles reappeared on the field, looking happy. "But I'm not done yet! With all my Watapons on the field and the cards I need in my hand, I now use Polymerization to fuse my three creatures together to summon the Monarch of my deck, KING WATAPON!" she shouted as the room began to shake.
"Oh, no, not that thing," Alien Mother hissed as she stumbled, but managed to hold her balance.
"Hey bro, here comes the pink, fluffy version of the monarch of your deck," Atty stated jokingly.
Chazz gave his brother a death glare. "What?!"
Atticus sweat-dropped. "Well, it is! King Watapon, Ojama King. Both take three monsters that are brothers to summon..."
"But THEY don't keep me awake at night!" the raven-haired Rhodes boy pointed out, pointing at the giant pink puffball with a crown on its head.
"And then I activate the spell card, Small Canyon!" Violet added. "Thanks to its effect, you and I can only attack each other with one monster this turn!"
"Hmph. I'm surprised that giant, sorry excuse for an alien can fit in the canyon at all," Alien Mother stated, glaring up at it as Alien Warrior snarled threateningly.
King Watapon stared down at Alien Warrior with evident distaste. "Is that all?" he asked as he began to bounce forward.
"Not by a long shot. Heh, you fell right into my trap, Violet! Say goodbye to your fluffy friend; I activate Mirror Force!!" Alien Mother shouted as the doom-bringing shield sprung up in front of her only monster.
"Actually, I don't... I activate Trap Jammer!!!" The mirror broke.
Alien Mother gasped, but quickly recovered. "I still have one card left up my sleeve! I activate the Quick-Play Spell, 'A' Cell Scatter Burst! By destroying Alien Warrior, I can stick four A-Counters to your King Watapon. And without a target, his attack is negated!" she declared. The giant, clawed alien imploded and four purple lumps formed on King Watapon's pink fur.
'I'm not done yet,' Violet thought, looking through her hand. 'I may not be able to stop her, but I can protect King Watapon!' "Now I summon Black Hole (1600/600)!" she shouted and what looked like a dark hole surrounded by cosmic dust appeared on the field. "Now you can't use trap cards as long as this stays face-up on the field. But I'm not done yet! I place two cards face-down and end my turn!"
"I'm not finished yet," Alien Mother growled as she drew and made her move. "First, I'll summon Alien Hypno (1600/700) to the field and activate his effect! You're gonna love this..." She smirked as a large-headed, white alien with orange eyes and giant hands appeared, its shrunken lower body encased in a glass tube filled with green liquid. At Alien Mother's command, it began to make strange hand and finger motions at King Watapon. "This alien fits its name quite well, don't you think? During my Main Phase, I can select one monster my opponent controls with an A-Counter and take control of it. So my target should be obvious."
Violet's face tightened. 'What kind of deck did I create?' she thought in agony. 'I'm a monster...'
"No... No, you're not!" And then Violet became aware that Alien Mother was speaking. No... Not Alien Mother.... Annie had once again somehow broken through. And somehow, she'd heard that thought. "You... you were in pain when you made that deck... You are no monster..." Annie was staring right at her... "And... I know you can save me, Violet!" Her face, already pale, turned ghost white. She could feel Alien Mother's control returning and tried to move her hand to surrender the duel.
"You won't get away with that, little one," Alien Mother growled in the girl's mind. She took back over so quickly, Annie just let out a single pitiful cry before her eyes turned crimson again.
"Annie!" Violet shouted.
"Your friend's not here anymore, Violet. That's the last time you'll be hearing from her. Now then, where were we? Oh yes, Alien Hypno was just convincing King Watapon to come over to my side," Alien Mother hissed with a malicious smile as the biggest Watapon hopped to her side of the field.
"Actually, you won't be doing that," Violet said, her green eyes flashing. "I activate the trap card, 'Divine Wrath!' Alien Hypno's effect is destroyed and so is Alien Hypno!" A fiery portal opened up above the field and a lightning bolt shot down, hitting and destroying the silvery monster. "Sure I have to discard a card from my hand, but you can't control King Watapon!"
But Alien Mother just laughed as she slapped a spell card down onto her duel disk. "Actually, I can. Thanks to a lovely spell called Viper's Rebirth. And no, I don't mean that pointy-headed instructor over there," she hissed. A small pyramid sprung up out of the ground and two large, golden viper statues rose up on either side of it.
Violet sighed. 'It's a risk, but I've got to do something!' "I discard another card from my hand, leaving me with 2 in my hand! And I activate my other trap, Magic Jammer, which negates and destroys Viper's Rebirth!"
Alien Mother's crimson eyes flashed as the pyramid and statues crumbled. "Fine. I still have one more trick up my sleeve, Violet," she growled, holding up the final card in her hand. "I'll set this facedown and end my turn." She chuckled softly, staring the purple-haired girl down. "So, do you have the guts to attack me now?"
"All in good time," Violet answered. "First, I draw." 'Okay, why did I add this to my deck? Oh well, guess I did for a good reason. Wicked,' she thought, glancing at the card she drew. "First, I play the spell card, Counter Cleaner! By paying 500 life points, I remove all of those A-Counters from the field, and you won't be able to take King Watapon from me that way!"
Alien Mother's surprise shone on her face, but it didn't seem to upset her too much as the purple lumps shriveled up and fell off of King Watapon. "They weren't much help to me at the moment, anyway."
Violet took a deep breath again. 'What if that's a spell?'
"It isn't, love," a familiar voice rang in her head. It was as if Bastion was in the room with her and standing at her side. "Just attack... I believe in you..."
'Okay, Bastion,' Violet thought, smiling. "Alien Mother... you're done! King Watapon, give her a royal smack down! ATTACK!" Violet shouted triumphantly. King Watapon bounced and leapt upward, coming down on Annie/Alien Mother. Alien Mother screeched in rage as she was crushed by the giant fuzz ball. It slammed the evil spirit right out of Annie's body, but didn't harm the girl herself.
And as the holograms faded, Violet smiled shakily but confidently. "I did it... I beat her," she murmured tiredly. The duel had been long, hard, and difficult, and she dropped into a nearby chair with a heavy sigh of relief.
"YEAH, VIOLET!!!" Jaden whooped.
The evil spirit was gone, and Annie blinked, her eyes back to the shade of blue that they normally were. "Violet... thank you," she said before she fell forward, passing out.
Yusei Fudo struggles out from under the huge red curtain. DANG IT!
Jack Atlas laughs as he walks over, arms crossed over his chest. You didn't get to say your catchphrase, Yusei. What was it again? Wrong it up? You certainly do that a lot.
Yusei gets an anger mark on his head. It's REV it up, Jack. It's a heck of a lot better than "Let's kick this duel into overdrive!"
A vein pops out on Jack's forehead. You-you're just jealous because I'M rich, I'M famous, and I don't have a giant lightning bolt on my cheek like some Harry Potter reject!
Yusei smirks. Uh, Jack, in case you haven't gotten with the program yet, I'm the rich and famous one now.
Jack grumbles. Cheater.
Yusei shakes his head. Nope. I didn't summon a bunch of monsters in a single turn and I didn't screw the rules.
Jack's eyebrow twitches. At least there's someone else who knows how I feel.
Seto sighs, walking on stage. Actually, I know how to keep a job other than dueling. Jack face-palms while Yusei cracks up.
JAAAAACK~! Carly races on stage and glomps said blond.
Jack grimaces and looks at Seto. Do you have this problem, too?
Kisara saunters beautifully on stage. Seto smiles as his wife puts her arm around him. Not the glomping. It's not her style.
Okay then. Does anyone have the fan girl problem? Anyone? Jack calls as Carly clings to him like a baby koala. All the other Yu-Gi-Oh guys look at each other uncomfortably, unsure of what to say.
Carly blushes, realizing the attention is now on her. Uh... Uh...
Yugi, you had fan girls, Ani points out, fresh soda in hand. Chazz has also taken the liberty of taping said can to her fingers.
Yugi sighs. Rebecca and Vivian however were not steady girlfriends.
Mai, you had fan boys, Ani continues in a bored manner.
Mai sighs. Yeah, that idiot Magnum. The last time he tried something was right before Joey and I got married. It wasn't pretty what happened.
Good. Then at least I'm not alone. And I KNOW I'm not alone when it comes to the other type of fan girl, Jack grimaces and gets a slightly grossed-out expression on his face.
Uh, guys? Crow interjects. Guys, I think we're supposed to do something.
...And you are? Ani asks, not a watcher of 5Ds.
Crow sighs. I'm Yusei's other buddy from Satellite and I rob from Security so the poor can duel!
...So you're a modern Robin Hood, but instead of feeding the poor, you give them money to duel. Ani turns away. Yup. That's anime making sense again.
I give 'em cards! Crow groans. And we do get fed!
Talk to the pink bazooka!! Ani whips around and fires several potatoes at Crow, then turns to the readers. Now that THAT'S settled, PEACH!! I think we have a job to do.
Yup. Guys, vamoose! Each series cast gets off the stage, leaving Peach and Ani. Well, next time, we'll have a little surprise for you!
Hee. You know we love our surprises.
So next time, please join us for Demon's Reckoning II.
And don't spit out your soda when you see the surprise!
We will not be held responsible if you do. You have been warned.
THE AUTHORESSES HAVE SPOKEN. Ani throws a ball at the ground and smoke fills up the stage.