Chapter 14: Immortal Victory! Stop the Obelisk Force!
"Wait, you're telling me that some evil school from another dimension called Academia invaded two other dimensions and now they're targeting us?" Crow demanded in shock. "That's what I've heard. And those ruins in the Xyz Dimension looked pretty banged up," Yugo nodded.
"I'll go to the trash facility and -" Crow was interrupted by a phone ringing in his pocket. "Going fast! Makes me feel alive! My heart beats! In hyperdrive!" his ringtone sounded. Crow hastily answered it. "Yello?"
"Crow! We need help! There's scary people on big hang gliders all over the city!" Frank shouted, looking at Amanda and Tanner, who were watching the sky above, which contained a flock of people flying bright orange hang-gliders.
"What?" Crow stiffened. Yugo paled. "Orange hang gliders . . that's Obelisk Force," he gulped.
In a flash, the orange-haired Duelist was remounting his D-Wheel. The two burly men, who had been waiting for Crow to finish talking to Yugo, started in surprise and began to move towards him. "Oi! Stop! You're coming with us like the rest of the losers!" one of them shouted.
"Like hell I am!" Crow retorted. "My kids are in trouble, and I'm sure as hell not just gonna sit around!" he declared, and as he did, a red mark appeared on his naked forearm. A mark that closely resembled a dragon's head.
Crow gunned his D-Wheel's engine and sped off. "What? Where's Crow Hogan going?" Melissa frowned in confusion, but shrugged. "Eh, he's a loser, it doesn't matter. Now, in a few minutes, it'll be time for the last Duel of the semi-finals! Yuzu Boyle versus Sergey Volkov!"
"What?" Yugo demanded. "We're being invaded and they're continuing the tournament? Urgh . . someone's gonna have to defend the city. But who? Where could I find several strong Duelists capable of taking on the Obelisk Force now?" Yugo wondered.
His gaze settled on the door losers were taken through after they lost in the Cup.
"It's time for you to go back to your room," one of the bodyguards commanded,. "No, wait. I want you to take me to see the losers," Yugo commanded.
The two looked at each other. "Why?" one of them questioned.
"I, uh," He hastily thought up a half-believeable lie. "I want to gloat about my victory," he rushed out.
Once again, they looked at each other. Eventually one shrugged, the other nodded and they looked at him with a nod. "Very well. Come with us,"
X
Yuya waited in boredom, alternating between looking out the window and gazing at Odd-Eyes Meteorburst Dragon. "A Synchro . . . how did that happen?" he wondered, stroking his little dragon, who snoozed peacefully in his lap. He gazed out across the City, lit up with lights against the slowly setting sun. "It's a strange place," he settled on, before spotting something silhouetted against the sky. "Is that a fleet of hang-gliders?" he frowned, squinting - and then he stopped dead. "Those are Obelisk Force hang-gliders," he gulped. "They're launching their assault on Synchro Dimension,"
Picking up the snoozing dragonet, he put his Deck back together and strapped his Duel Disk on, before crossing to the door. "Hello? Someone? I need to be let out right now!"
"I'm not allowed," a muffled voice responded from the other side.
"Please. People might be in trouble out there. I need to go help them," Yuya begged, tucking Junior's sleeping form into the inside of his coat.
There was no response. Yuya sighed, despondent.
Suddenly the door swung open, and Sam's young face peered up at him. "Don't tell anyone, okay?" he whispered, letting Yuya through. The boy nodded his gratitude. "Thanks,"
He turned to leave, but Sam stopped him. "Yuya," he quietly said.
"Yeah? What is it?" Yuya turned back to him. "You did well in your Duel today," he quietly responded.
Yuya paused, and nodded. "Thank you,"
X
"I'll meet you two back here in half an hour. I'm gonna go find the other people who lost and gloat," Yugo grinned at his bodyguards as soon as the elevator doors that led into the trash facility opened, and he strode through them at as rapid a pace as he could manage. "Hey, wait!" one shouted, but he ducked behind a machine and was immediately sprinting to escape them.
"That was close," he breathed once he stopped, getting his bearings and looking around. "Okay. Where are the losers," he trailed off at the sight of a certain purple-haired girl.
"RIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINNNNNN!" he shouted, throwing his arms in the air in excitement and rushing towards the girl, pure delight breaking across his face.
Selena turned in surprise, before frowning and holding out her fist. Yugo's face collided with it, knocking him backwards and sending him sprawling onto the floor as a result of his own forwards momentum.
"Not you again," she snorted.
"You," a voice came from the other side of the trash line. "It's your fault I'm in this dump!" the man who had once been referred to as Duel Chaser 227 shouted.
"Oh, give it a rest. Our dimension's being invaded and you're going on about your own misfortune. Shut up!" Yugo fumed.
"What do you mean, the dimension's being invaded?" Gong came over and questioned.
"Obelisk Force," Yugo spat.
In an instant, Flare and Shun were rushing over at the sound of the hated enemy. "Obelisk Force? Here?" Flare demanded. "Yeah," Yugo nodded. "I knew that the people who had lost in the Cup were the best bet if I was gonna get anyone to get out there and help,"
"But how will we do that? We're stuck in the trash facilities. Security's everywhere," 227 pointed out.
As one, Flare, Shun and Selena raised their Duel Disks, Shun and Selena with serious frowns and Flare with a wicked smile. "Security's nothing compared to Obelisk Force," Selena shook her head. "If we can't break out of here, we don't deserve to fight against those bastards!" Shun agreed.
"But that won't happen," Flare finished. "You two start clearing a route, I'll go find Gong and Sawatari. And maybe those Shinsei and Megan guys too,"
"What about me?" 227 demanded. "Distract as much of Security as possible. Hell, take over this place for all I care," Shun shrugged, before chasing after Selena.
"Take over the trash facility, huh?" 227 thought to himself. "There's loads of disgruntled ex-Security members down here. If I can get them all together, we could stage a coup and take over this place," he realised. "Maybe that Shinji kid was onto something. All for one and one for all!"
"I'd better get back to the bodyguards before they start thinking something's wrong," Yugo decided, turning to leave, before looking back at 227. "Don't let us down, okay?" He gestured up at the office that Gallager occupied. "Next time I come down here, I want to see you sitting in that office,"
227 saluted. "Yes sir! As of right now, I am Ex-Security Revolutionary No. #001!"
Yugo whistled through his teeth at the somewhat overblown name. "Try 007. It sounds more badass,"
"Yes sir! Attention all Ex-Security! The time has come to make our stand! Stand with me, my friends, and we will take over this place!"
Yugo blinked in surprise as he began walking back towards the elevator. "Wow, get that guy revved up and he can really get going," he observed, somewhat in awe.
X
"Everybody, please welcome our last Duelists! Sergey Volkov and Yuzu Boyle!" Melissa declared as the two sped into the track.
"You planning on saying anything?" Yuzu asked her opponent, and Sergei merely grunted in response. "I'll take that as a no," she snorted.
"Riding Duel! Acceleration!" Melissa declared, and the two sped off down the track.
Sergey's oversized D-Wheel had a far more powerful engine than Yuzu's did, so he rapidly outpaced her. "My turn," he passionlessly commented.
"I've gotta be careful against this guy. He beat Shinji in a single turn," Yuzu thought to herself.
"I activate my Field Spell, Earthbound Prison," Sergey rumbled. Once again, the track crackled with multicoloured lines of energy and turned black as grasping hands erupted from the ground on either side of the track.
"While there is a Field Spell on my side of the field, I can Special Summon Earthbound Prisoner Stone Sweeper from my hand," he continued, and a tall black figure arrived, armed with a broom. "I now Normal Summon Earthbound Prisoner Line Walker from my hand," he continued, and a shorter black person appeared on the floor, slowly and resolutely shambling down a line of energy.
"I tune my Level 3 Tuner monster Earthbound Prisoner Line Walker to my Level 5 Earthbound Prisoner Stone Sweeper," The Synchro Summon was processed, and a tall, genie-like figure appeared from the black energy pillar. 3 + 5 = 8.
"Appear, Crimson Mefist," Sergey growled, and the genie-like monster was revealed to be a tall goblin dressed like a stage magician with a sadistically playful smirk on his green face and a bottom half that was nothing but a trail of energy. Crimson Mefist was Summoned and laughed maniacally, displaying 2800 ATK.
"Oh my gosh . . . where did Sergey get that card? It was supposed to be destroyed," Melissa shivered in horror.
X
Jean-Michael nodded to himself. "It was extremely difficult to get that shadow card, even for me, Sergey. Do not waste it,"
The chief of Security paused as an alert registered on his screen. "Sir? We might have a problem! There are strangely dressed people appearing all over the City!" one of his officers shouted as there was an explosion in the distance.
Jean-Michael's eyes widened in shock and worry. "Obelisk Force. They're invading already? This can't be happening, not now, not now! Mobilise all Security forces! I want every last officer out there yesterday!"
X
"You ready?" Shun asked Selena. She nodded, frowning at the mob of Security in their way, blocking the entrance. The two were crouching behind a corner, making sure they couldn't be seen.
"We go on three," he declared, and she nodded again. "One. Two,"
Suddenly, in a single movement, the entire mob turned and rushed out the door. "New orders! The City is being invaded! We must defend our home!" one of them shouted.
Shun paused in surprise. Selena looked around the corner and nodded. "Convenient,"
A moment later, Gong, Sawatari and Flare, the latter of which was carrying her backpack full of cards, accompanied by Shinsei and Megan, arrived. "Where's ninja boy?" the black Duelist asked. "Probably with Declan and Reiji," Gong shrugged.
"Where are they? I'm gonna pound those Obelisk Force bastards into the ground!" Sawatari declared.
Selena looked at Shinsei and Megan in curiosity. "So, you two came to help," she commented, and they nodded. "I guess it just sounded like fun, eh partner?" Megan shrugged with a grin, clapping Shinsei on the back. The blue-haired Duelist nodded with a smile. "I was getting bored,"
"This is not a matter of fun. This is no game. This is life and death," Selena glared at them as the group chased Security up the ramp, soon emerging and looking out across the city.
"Aww, come on. How bad could it be?" Shinsei shrugged.
Behind them, a massive explosion sounded as a huge monster appeared. The Ancient Gear Chaos Giant crushed a building underfoot as it appeared against the skyline.
"Maybe we should have stayed in the trash facility," Megan gulped.
"How are we gonna get all the way over there?" Sawatari demanded.
Flare looked around, and realised that they were standing outside a Security building. And someone had left the ground floor garage door open. "I think I've got an idea," she grinned.
X
Yuri stood atop a tall building and looked around. "So. They've arrived. I do wonder if the Professor decided to let our little dragon out to play this time," he mused to himself, but shrugged. "Well, I haven't got anything in particular to do. Might as well kick back and watch the fireworks,"
X
Crow skidded the Blackbird III to a halt outside his house, dismounting and rushing inside. The man breathed a sigh of relief at the sight of Frank, Amanda and Tanner huddled together underneath a window. "Crow!" Tanner cheered, letting go of the others and rushing over, hugging his leg. "Hey, hey, get off, okay?" Crow demanded with a relieved smile.
"Who are they?" Amanda asked. "Obelisk Force," Crow fumed. He looked out the window and saw a pair of Ancient Gear Chaos Giants. "We can't stay here," he decided. "Come on. We've gotta go see what's happening,"
"How?" Frank frowned.
Crow smiled at his kids. "Remember when I used to take you all for little drives on my D-Wheel?"
X
"I end my turn," Sergei declared, Crimson Mefist cackling evilly, and Yuzu drew. As she did, she spotted the Ancient Gear Chaos Giants on the skyline. "What the heck is that thing?"
"Irrelevant. Take your turn," her opponent demanded.
"Okay," she gulped, intimidated by the large man.
"In case anyone doesn't know, Crimson Mefist is one of a small amount of cards created several years ago as part of an experiment to create monsters capable of inflicting real damage. It backfired horribly, often killing the test subjects. They were discontinued instantly, but a small amount escaped to the general public. I don't know how or why Sergey has it but it's bad news for us all," Melissa gulped.
"Oh dear," Yuzu breathed. "I play Polymerizarion, and fuse Aria the Melodious Diva with Solo the Melodious Songstress in my hand," Yuzu decided, as her two singers pirouetted out of her hand and into the fusion vortex. "Appear, Schuberta, the Melodious Maestra!" the girl commanded, and a large singer dressed in orange and black appeared, chorusing a deep note of 2400 ATK.
"I activate Schuberta's effect! By banishing three cards from either Graveyard, she gains 200 ATK for each!" Yuzu commanded. "I banish Earthbound Prisoners Line Walker and Stone Sweeper from your Grave, and Aria from mine!" she added, and the three cards were removed from the game as Schuberta's voice increased in pitch, boosting her ATK to 3000.
"Schuberta! Attack Crimson Mefist!" Yuzu commanded.
Sergei snatched an Action Card from mid-air. "I play Miracle. My monster is indestructible and battle damage is halved," he explained as his Life Points dropped to 3900.
"I end my turn," Yuzu glared at her opponent, who emotionlessly drew.
"My turn," he decided. As he did, a screen popped open, revealing Jean-Michael's stern face. "Obelisk Force is invading! Finish the girl off and go help Security!" he commanded, a note of panic being expressed in his usually calm voice.
"Yes sir," Sergey nodded. "I Set a monster in face-down defence position and equip Crimson Mefist with Mist Body," A Set card appeared, and Mefist's body became hazy and translucent, like mist. "Through the effect of Mist Body, Crimson Mefist cannot be destroyed in battle. I end my turn,"
"Alright! My turn! Draw!" Yuzu frowned.
"During your Standby Phase, Crimson Mefist deals you 300 damage for every card you control," the muscular man declared. The monster cackled and snapped his fingers, taking 300 points from Yuzu's Life.
"Since I can't destroy Crimson Mefist, I'll destroy your other monster. Go, Schuberta!" she commanded, and her monster obeyed, unleashing a powerful blast of sound.
The face-down monster briefly revealed a short white figure wearing a jet pack before it was vanished. "When Absolute King Back Jack is destroyed by battle, I can excavate the top three cards of my Deck and place them on top of the Deck in any order," Sergey responded. Three cards were revealed from the top of his Deck; Earthbound Prisoner Ground Keeper, Ring of Destruction and Giant Trunade.
Sergey placed first Giant Trunade, then Ground Keeper, then Ring of Destruction. "I activate Back Jack's Graveyard effect. By banishing him, I excavate the top card of my Deck, and if it is a Trap Card, it is Set to my field," He pulled the Ring of Destruction from the top of his deck, and it was instantly Set to his field. "That card can be activated this turn. So I activate Ring of Destruction. I destroy Schuberta and we both take damage equal to her ATK,"
A flaming collar appeared on Schuberta's neck, which exploded, taking her 3000 ATK points out of both Yuzu and Sergey's Life Points. Sergey was reduced to 900, while Yuzu was left with 700.
"Just like against Tsukikage, Sergey uses Ring of Destruction to inspflict major damage!" Melissa gulped.
Yuzu gulped. "I Set a monster in face-down Defence Position, set two cards and end my turn -"
"Crimson Mefist's effect! Every time you Set a card, you take 300 damage!" Sergey added, and she winced as her Life Points were cut further, reduced to 100.
"Turn end," Yuzu managed to stammer out, frantically searching for an Action Card.
"My turn! Draw!" Sergey declared. "I immediately end my turn,"
"What?" Yuzu asked in shock. "Crimson Mefist inflicts damage during my Standby Phase," she realised, failing to take the card offered by her Deck. The fiendish Synchro monster cackled as the D-Wheels' onboard computers forced her into the Standby Phase, and Mefist charged.
In a flash, Yuzu remembered what Melissa had said. "It backfired horribly, often killing the test subjects,"
"No! No!" she shrieked, frantically twisting the handlebars of her bike and trying to get away from the horrible monster.
In her panic, she didn't realise until it was too late that she had driven off the side of the highway. Her speeding bike arced through the air and crashed into the side of a nearby office building, obliterating the desks and furniture.
"Oh no! In a desperate attempt to escape Blood Mefist, Yuzu's driven off the highway and crashed!" Melissa gasped. "Quick! Get someone to go check if she's okay!"
"Good work. Now, go destroy Obelisk Force," Jean-Michael commanded Sergey, who wordlessly obeyed, speeding away on his D-Wheel as the Duel was interrupted.
X
"I hope no one misses the D-Wheel I borrowed from the garage," Yuya gulped as he sped down the roads of the Commons dwellings, Junior tucked into his jacket and the boy blissfully unaware of Yuzu's current situation.
As he watched, a Chaos a Giant fired at a building, causing a massive explosion. "Obelisk Force," Yuya fumed. "I won't let them get away with this,"
Just then, he heard a massive, echoing dragon's roar. "What was that? Was that Flare? Is she fighting Obelisk Force too?" Yuya frowned.
X
The car the seven Duelists had 'borrowed' bounced along the highway, accelerating through the hexagonal grid towards the part of the city where Obelisk Force was wreaking havoc. Shinsei was in the driver's seat - he was the only one apart from Flare capable of driving a car, and the redhead wanted to save her strength - with Gong riding shotgun on the grounds that if he sat in the back his muscular frame would take up too much space, with the other three crammed into the back. Shay and Selena had commandeered the last D-Wheel left in the racks and were driving behind them.
"Enjoying yourself back there, Sawatari?" Gong grinned back at his teammate, crushed as he was between Flare and Megan.
"Normally I wouldn't complain, but seriously! You two both desperately need to go on a diet!" the blonde protested.
Seconds later, there was an ugly bruise adorning the boy's left cheek courtesy of Flare, and Megan had her pistol pressed against his other cheek. "Now, partner, are y'all gonna take that back or do I have to be insulted enough to pull this 'ere trigger?" the cowgirl demanded with a furious smile. "I take it back, I take it back!" Sawatari squeaked. "Good choice,"
Everyone paused and looked up as an amplified dragon roar echoed through the sky - everyone except Flare, who, for some reason, closed her eyes tight and clutched her head in pain. "Flare? What's wrong?" Gong frowned, seeing his friend's pain.
"I don't know," she muttered, massaging her temples with one hand as the sound died and clutching at her Deck in her Duel Disk with the other. "I just feel like there's suddenly something - I dunno, alright? Just something really bad,"
"Sounds like we need to find whatever made that roar," Shinsei commented. "I think it came from that direction," he added, turning the car into a street to the right.
Megan poked her head out of the window and gulped. "Ah, guys? That big dragon wasn't there before, right?"
Everyone craned their necks to look out the window, and in unison their eyes widened. Above them in the sky was a massive two-headed cyan dragon with two glowing blue eyes on either head and a pair of long tails whipping in every direction, its massive wings kicking up gale-force winds. An amplified voice echoed down from the dragon. "TWIN BURST STREAM OF DESTRUCTION!" With that command, both heads opened their mouths and fired massive pillars of blue energy from their mouths.
One of the lasers cut through the support pillar holding the section of highway in front of the car in place, and Shinsei instantly slowed the car to a halt just in time. As the chunk of highway collapsed under its own weight, the road in front of them was torn away with it, leaving the vehicle metres from a gaping hole. "We're gonna need to backtrack," Megan off-handedly commented.
Further conversation was halted as the huge dragon swept down towards them. Shinsei floored the reverse pedal, backing the car away in horror as the great monster bore down on them until it was hovering right in front of them, its four bright blue eyes vehemently glaring at them.
Then, to their surprise, one of the heads lowered itself, touching its forehead to the jagged edge of the highway. A small figure who had been perched on the dragon's back slid down the long, scaly neck and regained their feet atop the head, calmly walking across their monster's brow before jumping onto the highway.
Sawatari's jaw dropped. He looked at the girl, then looked at Flare, then looked back at the newcomer.
Gong had a similar reaction, but his response was more resigned than shocked. "Great. More people with the same face," he complained.
Wordlessly, Flare opened the car door and got out, staring down the girl who, other than her bright blue eyes and windswept, spiky white hair that fell around her back and shoulders in place of Flare's orange irises and orange-and-red hair styled upwards the shape of a flame, had an angular, vaguely draconic face that was an exact duplicate of Flare's. She wore a uniform like the one Selena had once worn, but hers had the sleeves rolled up and the shirt partially unbuttoned, exposing her neck, and it was coloured Obelisk Force-blue instead of Selena's red. The two-headed dragon behind her vanished into rapidly dissipating polygons, and she smirked as Flare frowned. "Oh hello! I'm Kisara. It really is a pleasure to destroy you," she 'greeted' them.
"Who the hell are you and what are you doing with my face?" the redhead demanded.
"I could ask you the same question. But I didn't know I had a counterpart in Synchro Dimension," the other girl simpered with half-closed, smug eyes.
"I'm not from Synchro Dimension," Flare growled, and the dragon within her growled, angry with this smiling psychopath that dared to share her face.
"Oh? Then let me guess, you're one of those half-cocked goons Declan brought with him from Standard to help fight the Fusion armies," Kisara snorted with a slight eye-roll.
"I am from Heartland!" the redhead barked, clenching her fists.
The newcomer seemed genuinely surprised at this. "Really? Well this is an unexpected bonus. I missed out on all the fun my friends had hunting down the Xyz scum a couple of months ago, so I'm gonna relish the chance to try it out for myself," she sadistically smiled, arming her sword-shaped Duel Disk. "You know, I heard the fireworks were spectacular. But I guess you'd know. You were there to watch your city burn, after all,"
Flare clenched her teeth and armed her own Duel Disk. "You wanna see a firework? I'm the goddamn Black Flare! Number three on your wanted list! You are dead!"
"The Black Flare herself? What a rare treat, oh, this is going to be delicious," the girl grinned, a maleficent light appearing in her blue eyes "Well, I am Kisara. Kisara Akaba. Let's Duel,"
A/N
A/N
Well, this is a real BOMB. :)
If anyone's wondering, I basically think that everyone has interdimensional counterparts. It really isn't that difficult to imagine. I personally think there's a very close facial resemblance between Shinji and Sawatari - and possibly Allen Kozuki, but I haven't seen enough of him to make up my mind either way on that one. And if you give Reed Pepper a tan and a few yellow marks on his face, boom, Crow Hogan. Not to mention Yusho Sakaki and Enjoy Chojiro.
Also, Flare and Kisara do have 'Synchro and Standard' counterparts, and they're both minor canon characters. Can anyone guess who?
And finally . . . . yes, Crow's phone ringtone is the 5D's opening theme 'Hyper Drive'. XD
No original cards and only one review. Sorry;
Thanks for the support, Leafeon. I won't say anything juuuuuust yet, but I CAN tell you that the next Friendship Cup match in a couple of chapters (because obviously when you're being invaded by another dimension the best thing to do is hold a card game tournament) is going to be Shinji VS Sergey. Make of that as you will.
Peace! :)