Hi Ho, He Cometh!
This is a large city. How will I achieve the task you have set for me?
Yes.
I understand, My Lord.
Who must I find first?
They will join our ranks. There is no escape.
"Miss? Are you alright?"
"H-huh? Oh, yeah, I'm okay. Hey, actually, could you help me with something?"
"Sure, what is it?"
"Submit to me." The young woman sat up and looked to the man. Her eyes turned black.
"What the hell?" The guy backed away, and the woman jumped up and snarled. He turned to run but she jumped at him and thrust her arm into the man's chest. He screamed, but then his screams were silenced.
"Good. Now then…" The woman rolled the man over as her eyes returned to normal. His panting is faint, and his eyes are yellowing and bloodshot. "I am Anya. And you are now my servant. You will obey my will, and you will open your mind to me. Understand?"
"Yes, Lady Anya."
"Good. Now you will go forth and find the one called Phillip Vulcan. Take this deck." Anya opens her deckbox as black mist pours from within. She reaches her hand inside and hands the man a deck. "The dark power infused in these cards will turn all who lose to my cause. And now, due to the mental connection, I will duel through you. Understand?"
"Yes, Lady Anya." The man takes her deck and stands. "I will find Phillip Vulcan for you, My Lady."
"Good. Now go. Now." The man nods and then staggers off. "Ha! This will be an absolute cinch! Don't worry, I won't get carried away again. Yes, I do realize what happened last time. It won't happen again. I promise you."
Anya's puppet staggers through the streets, barely looking at the city, and more looking at the people. A large blimp flies overhead, with a speaker blaring an announcement. "Meet the infamous undefeated Phillip Vulcan and his Flare deck! He's in the city for one day and one day only! If you want to get an autograph, go to the Conference Dome on 56th street!"
Anya's puppet growled and wandered off down the street.
"Heeeeeeeere he is, the undefeated Phillip Vulcan!" The MC screamed as the lights flashed. The crowd screamed as he walked onto the stage and up to the autograph table. He threw his hands into the air.
"I challenge you, Phillip Vulcan!" The crowd grew silent. Anya's puppet pushed through the crowd, Anya now in control. Phillip laughed as he walked onto the stage.
"You? You don't look so well, pal. Plus, I am the undefeated champion. You really think that you can beat me?" Phillip replied snidely.
"Not only can I beat you, but I will have you beat by my second turn." This time it was the crowd to laugh, as Phillip shook his head. Suddenly, his shadow split apart, as it transformed into black, snake-like shadows that traced a circle around the two duelists, filled with symbols that emanated evil. The duelists were trapped within the Dark Seal.
"What the…"
"Oh, did I not mention? This is a Dark Duel, after all."
"Mister Vulcan!" The man came rushing forward to try and pull Phillip out of the duel, but he disintegrated as soon as he hit the edge of the symbol, leaving ash, smoke, and a splatter of blood that splashed onto the horrified crowd. "AAAAAAAAGH!"
Phillip gulped and looked from where the assistant was standing to Anya's puppet. He gulped. "O-okay. Let's duel."
"Terrific."
Anya's puppet: 4000 LP
Phillip Vulcan: 4000 LP
"I will make the first move." Anya's puppet drew a card from his deck. "I discard three cards to special summon Dark Tuner – Ultravetrix!"
"Dark Tuner?"
"That's right! Now, I normal summon Catastroph the Dark Centipede in attack mode!" Anya's puppet threw his hands into the air. "I tune negative Level 11 Dark Tuner – Ultravetrix to my level 2 Catastroph the Dark Centipede!"
The eleven black Level stars of Ultravetrix burst out and flew towards Catasroph, and then forced their way inside, an expression of pain twisted into the Dark Centipede's face. Two of the black level stars from Ultravetrix impacted with two of the white stars from Catastroph and vanished. The nine remaining stars flew out of the dying Catastroph, fading away completely before it hits the ground. The stars floated in a circle, held together with black lightning. "When the shadows are devoured by even darker shadows, the curtain pulls back to reveal a world without light!"
A burst of darkness appeared and the negative Level stars fly into it. The darkness expands and then takes the shape of a warrior made of darkness. "Dark Synchro Summon! Hi ho, he cometh! Frelt, the Ender of Lives!"
"A big bad monster is all you've got, eh?" Phillip chuckled. "On my turn, I win. You clearly weren't prepared to duel me."
"Make your move, Big Mouth. Prove to this crowd that you are worthy of being revered. Then again… That crowd is dead." Anya's puppet chuckled.
"What?" Phillip looked to the crowd and his smug look turned to one of terror. The people in the crowd were aging at an accelerated rate, with their life energy flying out of them and directly into Frelt. "What do you want from me? Make this nightmare end!"
"It ends when someone loses. Want to save them? Beat me. Otherwise, they will be lost forever. All seven hundred people." Anya's puppet replied. "Ha! Ha ha ha ha!"
"Fine! It's my turn! I know I'll win, because my whole deck is a burn deck!" Phillip placed a card on the field. "I activate Flaming Hurricane! This card inflicts 500 damage for every card in my hand! That's 5, so you take twenty-five hundred damage!"
"The effect of Frelt, the Ender of Lives activates! When I would take effect damage, I only take half the damage, and you take the rest!"
"Huh? Augh!"
Anya's Puppet: 4000 LP-2750 LP
Phillip Vulcan: 4000 LP-2750 LP
"So that's your endgame, is it? Draw or bust?"
"You could say that. Will you risk it?"
"I activate another Flaming Hurricane! You'll take two thousand damage!"
"The effect of Frelt activates!"
"I activate Damage Multiplicity! This will double the damage I would take and rebound it back at yourself!"
"The effect of Frelt activates!"
"Augh!"
Anya's Puppet: 2750 LP-750 LP
Phillip Vulcan: 2750 LP-1750 LP
"I activate my Ookazi Spell card! This card will inflict 800 damage!"
"Frelt's effect activates!"
Anya's Puppet: 750 LP-350 LP
Phillip Vulcan: 1750 LP-1350 LP
"I set one monster facedown and set one card facedown. That'll end my turn." Phillip looked determined, yet relieved. My facedown monster is Flame Bowman, which will inflict 800 damage when flipped face-up. My Trap is Magic Cylinder. His monster has 2600 Attack, so even with its effect, I'm safe. I just have to survive his next turn and I will win.
"You think that you are safe, do you? Well, you are very, very wrong." Anya's puppet drew a card. "Frelt, attack Phillip's defense monster!"
"You've activated my Trap card!"
"By discarding this Darkwave Trapmaster in my hand, I can negate the activation of one trap card during the Battle Phase and destroy it!" Frelt picks up its mighty sword and slashes downward at Phillip's defense monster. The second the sword made the slightest contact with the card, it exploded.
"My monster's Flip effect activates!"
"Not so fast! When Frelt attacks a facedown Defense position monster, it is automatically destroyed before effects can activate. And, if such is the case, I can discard my hand to have Frelt attack again! Frelt! Use Nightmare Slash!" Frelt removed his sword from the ground and loomed over a whimpering Phillip. The sword faded into pitch black and then he leaped and slashed at Phillip at the same time, hitting him at full force.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGHHHH!"
Phillip Vulcan: 1350 LP-0 LP
Phillip dropped to his hands and knees. "I failed them…"
The evil markings in the ground began to writhe like snakes again and slithered up Phillip's arms. They crawled all the way up to Phillip's head and forced their way into his eyes. "Aaaaaaaaa-ha ha!"
Phillip covered his eyes as he screamed. He collapsed, and removed his hands from his eyes. After a moment, they opened, and were pitch black for a moment before returning to their original lavender color. "Lady Anya. I am now in your service."
"And what service is that?" Anya's puppet questioned as Phillip stood up.
"The service of the Dark." As these words flowed out of Phillip's mouth, Anya's puppet's mouth curled into a menacing smile.