Chapter 24: Dimension Collapse! Arise, Duo-Dawn King!
Flare sped through the streets, following her D-Wheel's computer. "Not long now!" she shouted up to her friends.
"Good. I'm getting bored," Sawatari huffed.
"Shut up," Shun snorted. 'Yuya Sakaki,' he thought. 'That was impressive. Surely, someone capable of Duelling like that cannot be an enemy of my home?' he wondered, before looking down at his friend. 'Flare trusts him,' he recalled, remembering she had mentioned she had given him a copy of her Red-Eyes Flare Metal Dragon. 'Perhaps I should too,'
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"Yuzu's Yuya's girlfriend, right?" Crow thought to himself as he sped down the streets on the Blackbird towards the power grid. "The riot's winding down, they'll be fine without me. And I owe it to him to help out," he told himself. "Let's go,"
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"Come on! We've gotta save Yuzu!" Gong declared.
"Declan already had us all going to meet up at the power grid. I thought that seemed like an odd place for a rendezvous," Flare noticed as Shun resummoned Rise Falcon. "Did he predict this would happen?" she wondered to herself.
"If he did," Shun frowned, sharing the sentiment, "then that man's cunning goes far beyond what I thought it did,"
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"So, you wish to challenge me?" Jean-Michael frowned.
"That is correct," Declan nodded. Behind him, Reira peered out of the doorway, nervous.
"Well then, this should be fun! What better way to kick off my rule than with a Duel?" the man nodded, arming his Duel Disk. The connection established itself, and the silver-haired man nodded, his sunglasses glinting in the light. "Field Spell, Cross Over, Activate," the Duel Disks declared, a maze of holographic platforms appearing around them. "Fun," Jean-Michael observed.
"I will take the first move," Declan decided.
"Then by all means, go ahead. I'm waiting," Jean-Michael spread his arms graciously as Declan took two cards from his hand. "Using the Scale 3 D/D/D Rebel King Leonidas and the Scale 10 D/D Savant Newton, I set the Pendulum Scale," he intoned. A gold-plated gladiator with a long red cape appeared in one Pendulum Zone, rapidly joined by a curious maroon machine of some kind. "I Pendulum Summon," Declan declared, opening a round purple portal. "Appear, D/D Pandora," he declared, summoning a lady with long red hair in a blue dress, whose bottom half had been replaced with some kind of urn. "Now, I Normal Summon the Tuner monster D/D Night Howler," he continued, and a massive pair of jaws with two eyes appeared and roared in fury, lashing its tongue. "I Tune my Level 3 D/D Night Howler to my Level 5 D/D Pandora," Declan calmly commanded. Three rings, five stars. 3 + 5 = 8. "Prepare yourself for battle, champion, and answer my call. Synchro Summon, Level 8. Appear, D/D/D Hexblood King Siegfried," he commanded, calmly placing the card on his Duel Disk as, with a wave of dark energy, his purple-clad undead warrior appeared and took up a ready stance. 2800 ATK. "I Set one card and end my turn," Declan finished.
"Is that so?" Jean-Michael grinned. "Well then, that's just fine. My turn! Draw!" he declared. "Let's see what can be done here, eh? I Normal Summon Vylon Soldier from my hand," he declared, and a hovering white machine with heavy golden arms appeared. 1700 ATK. "Now, I activate my Equip Spell, Axe of Despair," he continued, and a heavy wooden axe appeared in Soldier's hand. "This grants an extra 1000 ATK," Jean-Michael narrated as Soldier's ATK became 2700.
"It is not enough to defeat my Siegfried," Declan shook his head.
"You think so? Battle Phase. I attack Siegfried with Vylon Soldier!" Jean-Michael commanded. "And now Soldier's effect triggers! I can change the battle positions of monsters you control equal to the number of Equip Spells it has equipped!" he declared, and Soldier's enchanting golden light lured Siegfried into a vulnerable state. He only had 2200 DEF.
"I activate the effect of Hexblood King Siegfried. Axe of Despair is negated until the end of my next Standby Phase,"
"What?" Jean-Michael frowned as Soldier suddenly dropped its axe, before crashing into Siegfried and costing him 500 LP. "Urgh. I Set a card and end my turn," he declared, and as Declan took his turn, Soldier recovered its axe, returning its ATK to normal.
"All those years lounging it up in the Security headquarters, on top of the world," Declan shook his head. "You've gotten rusty, Jean-Michael,"
"I'll show you rusty!" the man fumed.
"And I will look forward to seeing that," Declan nodded, leaping onto a platform and searching for an Action Card. "Until then, do try to keep up. Draw," He took his card and switched Siegfried into ATK position. "Siegfried, attack that Soldier,"
His monster obeyed. "Soldier! We need an Action Card!" Jean-Michael barked and his monster obeyed, floating upwards and searching. "I've got one!" the man grinned, revealing it - and freezing. "An Action Trap?" he gulped.
"Disruption. All effects on your side of the field are negated until the end of the turn," Declan shook his head, and Jean-Michael fumed as Soldier dropped its axe again seconds before Siegfried destroyed it, dealing him 1100 damage.
"Turn end," the businessman snorted.
The two looked in surprise as the door on one of the upper platforms burst open and Yuya leapt out, hastily followed by Jack Atlas.
"I don't know what you think you're playing at, but stop this at once, Jean-Michael!" Jack commanded as Yuya rushed towards a staircase that would lead down to the floor Declan and Jean-Michael were Duelling on.
"My turn! And I'll show you outdated!" Jean-Michael fumed, completely disregarding Jack's declaration. "I Normal Summon Vylon Hexa!" A hexagonal white machine with six spider-like golden legs appeared. "When Hexa is Normal Summoned, I can revive a Vylon from my Graveyard! Return, Vylon Soldier!" Jean-Michael declared, and the monster was brought back with a flourish. "And now, when I Normal Summon a Vylon monster, I can Special Summon Vylon Sampi from my hand! Come forth!" he commanded, another monster rising to join the growing group. This one resembled a massive gold and black condor machine, with a short neck and glowing red eyes. 1700 DEF.
"You wanted to see my power? You wanted me to 'keep up'? I'm so far ahead of you that I can't even see you, you pitiful junior Akaba!" the man who had once been in charge of Security spat. "I overlay my three level 4 Vylons!" he declared, sucking them into a golden Overlay Network streaked with black. "Be reborn amid a torrent of evil! Xyz Summon! Rank 4! Arise as the insatiable destroyer of all life! Appear, Vylon Disigma!" he commanded.
A hulking, bat-like monster covered in gold and black, with a massive crest behind its head, spread its massive, wing-like arms and screeched. 2500 ATK. "I activate Disigma's effect!" Jean-Michael commanded, and the Xyz monster swept towards Siegfried. "By using one Overlay unit," one of the three orbs of light was absorbed by Disigma, "I equip your monster to mine!" Disigma wrapped Siegfried in its wings and absorbed it until there was nothing left. "Now, you have an open field! So go, Disigma! Attack directly! Reality Drain!"
The monster did as it was commanded, literally sucking the energy out of Declan and reducing his LP to 1500.
"That's it!" Jack barked, arming his Duel Disk. "I will join in!"
"No," Declan spoke very deliberately. "This is my fight,"
The King paused, but nodded. "Very well," He leapt down and stood next to Reira, behind Declan as Yuya reached the floor and rushed towards Yuzu.
The younger boy flicked and looked up at the King as he placed a hand on his shoulder. "I am glad to see that you have found your own strength," he smiled, and Reira weakly smiled back.
"Good. I now equip Disigma with Mist Body! Disigma cannot be destroyed by battle as long as this card is equipped to it! And with that, turn end!" Jean-Michael commanded with a mad laugh as Disigma's body turned to colourful smoke that retained its shape.
"You think that a little thing like that will guarantee your victory?" Declan snorted.
"Yes! My Xyz monster is indestructible and all-powerful! You are doomed and that is certain!" the man maniacally cackled.
"Wrong," Declan's voice cut through his like a hot knife through butter. "There are no absolutes in business. Just as there are no absolutes in Duelling. Every monster has a weakness," he declared. "And I can see exactly what that one's is,"
"Then prove it!" his opponent snorted. "Quit blowing steam and get a move on!"
"Very well," Declan agreed. "My turn. Draw," He drew his card and nodded. "During my Draw Phase, I activate the Continuous Trap, Dark Contract with the Witch. All my D/D monsters gain 1000 ATK during your turn, and I take 1000 damage during my Standby Phase," he narrated. "Now, it becomes my Standby Puase, and I take 1000 damage,"
"Idiot," Jean-Michael snorted, and Declan's LP dropped even further, hitting 500. "When I take effect damage, I can activate the effect of D/D/D Rebel King Leonidas. I destroy him and any effect that would damage me instead restores my LP by the same amount for the rest of the turn," he continued as half of his Pendulum Scale vanished. "Now it is my Main Phase, and I use my Scale 6 D/D Proud Chevalier to restore the Pendulum Scale," he added, and a large silver knight rose into the air and brandished its lance, with a crystal '6' beneath him.
"I now Pendulum Summon. Return from my Extra Deck, D/D/D Rebel King Leonidas!" Declan commanded, and a purple portal appeared and expelled the warrior, now with 2600 ATK. "And also D/D Savant Thomas!" he added, and a golden machine that resembled some kind of stasis pod containing a golden face rose into view. 2600 DEF. "I now activate the effect of Savant Thomas," Declan continued. "By destroying D/D Savant Newton, I can Special Summon one Level 8 D/D monster from my Deck. Appear, D/D/D Doom King Armageddon!" he commanded, and a large crystalline monster rose into view with a helmeted head mounted on top of it. 3000 ATK.
"Interesting," Jean-Michael nodded.
"Now, I activate the Pendulum Effect of Proud Chevalier. By taking 500 points of damage, I can decrease the ATK of a monster you control by the same total," the purple-eyed man commanded, and the knight obeyed, throwing its lance at Disigma. xyz monster's ATK was cut to 2000.
"But he only has 500 left," Yuya gasped in shock.
"And now, due to Rebel King Leonidas' effect, instead of taking the damage, I gain 500 points instead," Declan declared, and his LP became 1000. Yuya breathed a sigh of relief and continued to attempt to untie Yuzu.
"I now overlay my Level 8 Savant Newton with my Level 8 Doom King Armageddon," the man commanded, and the two monsters were sucked into a black Overlay Network. "Arise, great warlord, and take your throne. Xyz Summon. Display your power and make these peons atone," the man chanted as a shape rose from the portal. "Appear, Rank 8. D/D/D Duo-Dawn King Kali Yuga," he declared, and a massive maroon warrior, seated upon a great, yet simple, throne, appeared and hmphed, displaying a whopping 3500 ATK.
"When Kali Yuga is Summoned, the effects of all other cards on the field are negated, and other cards cannot be activated for the rest of the turn," Declan explained as glowing purple chains shot from the throne and bound every other card on the field. "Furthermore, by using one Overlay unit, all Spell and Trap cards on the field are destroyed," Declan intoned. The cards equipped to Disigma vanished, as did Declan's Dark Contract with the Yaminari and his Pendulum Scale.
"It's time to end this," the man commanded. "Leonidas. Attack and destroy Vylon Disigma," he commanded, and his gladiator obliged, cleaving the machine in two with a single mighty sweep of its sword and cutting Jean-Michael's Life Points to 2300.
The door nearby burst open and the remainder of the Lancers, accompanied by Flare, Crow, and the three kids, surged in right as Declan commanded, "Kali Yuga! Finish him off. Order of the Dimensional Emperor," he commanded, and the monster obeyed, rising from the throne and throwing its staff at Jean-Michael.
"Well, it's about time that guy got his comeuppance," Sawatari grinned as the man in question's LP hit zero, the attack throwing him backwards as the Duel ended and the monsters vanished.
The assembled crowds watched in shock as Jean-Michael's body hit the control panel for the power grid. The control panel that had the dimensional disruptor wired into it. The impact knocked the machine over, and pulled several wires loose, which promptly began sparking with green energy.
Declan's eyes widened. "Keep an eye on Reira," he demanded, and rushed towards where the machine lay, malfunctioning, before being blown back as it exploded. Jean-Michael's unconscious form was thrown into the air, where he looked set for a heavy landing - until a swirling green wormhole opened in mid-air and swallowed him whole.
Declan was thrown backwards by the blast too, but not as much, and Jack Atlas helped him to his feet. "Everyone, be careful," he declared, looking around as though he expected another wormhole to open at any moment - which he did. "That machine's destruction has destabilised the fabric of time and space. Another wormhole could open at any moment," he gulped.
But for a few moments, all seemed safe as Yuya finally undid the last knot binding Yuzu, and the two embraced. "I thought I'd never see you again," Yuzu sobbed as Yuya hugged her.
"How come girls never hug me like that, huh?" Sawatari snorted.
A couple of moments passed, and Flare cautiously looked around. "I think it's safe," she commented as Yuzu released Yuya.
It was right at that moment that another wormhole opened in mid-air, furiously sucking air into it. "Yuya!" the punk-haired girl squeaked as she was pulled into mid-air. "Yuzu!" her friend responded, leaping forwards -
But Selena was faster, dashing forwards and grabbing the girl's hand. "Not on my watch!" she hissed, hooking her feet into the safety railing and clinging to Yuzu's arm. Yuya took up a similar stance, reaching towards the girl.
"Kids. Get behind me," Crow commanded, and Frank, Amanda and Tanner obeyed, nervous.
With a screech of metal, the safety railing tore under Selena's feet. Having lost her grip, both girls were suddenly sucked into the vortex, and Yuya seemed set to follow.
But in an instant, a tendril of flame wrapped itself around his waist. Another lashed after the girls, but just barely missed. Flare cursed, clinging to the solidified fire with one hand and holding onto Gong with the other. "How are you doing that?" Gong demanded in shock.
The redhead blinked. She had reacted on instinct, using her powers and not thinking of the consequences. "Tell ya later!" she snapped. "You two! Get Yuya!" she snapped, gesturing with her chin at Shun and Sawatari. The two boys obeyed, walking slowly and carefully towards him.
Jack was keeping a careful hold on Declan and Reira, as Declan furiously fiddled with his Duel Disk, trying to stabilise the wormhole.
Predictably, within a moment Sawatari lost his balance. The blond screamed as the wormhole sucked him towards it, but Flare loosed another tendril of fire and wrapped it around his wrist. This action had caused her to let go of Gong, and for a fleeting second she was in the grip of the wormhole as well, but then the martial artist's arms wrapped around her, anchoring her to the ground. As this happened, Shun reached Yuya, and, clinging onto the safety railings, reached out towards him, grabbing his collar.
What happened next no one could have expected. The metal lattice floor underneath Gong splintered and tore away. Flare shrieked in shock, losing control of her power. The fire vanished and, stripped of their support, Yuya and Sawatari were pulled into the vortex. Shun, not anticipating this, was pulled with them, clinging desperately to Yuya's collar. Seconds afterwards, Gong and Flare hit the railing, both having the wind knocked out of them. Once again, the railing gave way, and the two were sucked into the vortex with their friends.
"Yuya!" Reira gasped. Jack's firm grip was all that kept him from following the entertainer into the vortex.
Seconds later, Declan's Duel Disk emitted an energy pulse and the wormhole vanished, stabilised.
"What happened to everyone?" Amanda gasped in shock.
"Yeah. Where'd that nutjob Jean-Michael send them?" Crow demanded of Declan.
The man sighed. "I honestly have no idea. They could be anywhere in the four dimensions right now, and we have no way of tracking them. Not now that that machine has been destroyed," he sighed. "All that we can do is pray that they were lucky enough to be sent to somewhere within the four dimensions, and not to a location outside of them,"
"What would happen if they were sent to a place outside of the four dimensions?" Jack asked, worried for his new student.
"I honestly have no idea. No one has ever successfully returned from the void outside the four dimensions, so we do not know exactly what exists there," Declan admitted, more rattled than he cared to admit by the disappearance of the majority of his Lancers.
"So," Crow gulped, trying to come to terms with this. "There's nothing we can do for them?"
"That's not true," Reira shakily responded, clutching his stuffed bear. "We can hope,"
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Yuya moaned as he opened his eyes, feeling something poke him in the nose. "Okay, okay, mum, I'm getting up," he protested, blearily opening his eyes.
He froze in shock. "Yuzu?"
He was lying on his chest on what felt suspiciously like a pile of metal, and Yuzu's face was staring at him. But it wasn't Yuzu's face. This one was more tanned, and framed with long, light brown hair, and bright purple eyes. But otherwise, it looked exactly like Yuzu.
The face gasped in surprise. "Um, Yuke?" she shouted.
"Yeah? What is it, Katie?" a voice responded.
"There's a guy here who looks exactly like you!" Katie responded, her shrill voice echoing in Yuya's ears.
Yuya thought he heard metal clattering, and then another person, a boy, was racing up. The green-haired boy's eyes widened. The boy, Yuke, it seemed, had long blue hair that fell onto his back in a long streak, with two deep green spikes sticking directly directly upwards and slightly tilted above his ears. Yuya noticed that he was wearing a yellow jacket over a green shirt, with blue jeans and brown trainers. "Oh, shit, that is freaky," Yuke breathed.
Katie moved back to let Yuke get a closer look, and Yuya managed to get a better look at her. She really did look exactly like Yuzu, except for the brown hair that covered most of her head, tanned skin and purple eyes. She was wearing a red singlet that left her arms bare with a blue dress, and had a bracelet that looked similar to Yuzu's on her right wrist . . . . and Yuya was somewhat surprised to see she was wearing a headband with fake fox ears on it. Her long hair hid the band really well, he thought.
"Hello? Anyone in there?" Yuke frowned, waving his hand in front of the other boy's face.
"Where the heck am I?" Yuya moaned, trying - and failing - to pick himself up.
"My friend," the blue-haired boy grinned. "Welcome to the Crashlands,"
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And, for the first time in a while, due to how old Vylon is, I find myself having to make new cards to keep up!
Vylon Hexa
Level 4/LIGHT/Fairy/ATK:1400/DEF:1500/Effect
When this card is Normal Summoned: You can target one 'Vylon' monster in your Graveyard, Special Summon it. It's effects are negated.
Vylon Sampi
Level 4/LIGHT/Fairy/ATK:900/DEF:1700/Effect
When you Normal Summon a 'Vylon' monster; You can Special Summon this hand. Once per turn, if an Equip Spell is equipped to this card; You can target one Equip Spell in your Graveyard, add it to your hand, also you cannot activate cards with that name for the rest of this turn.
And with that out of the way . . . not to mention the entire Synchro Dimension arc . . . first, I just want to say 'Yuke' is pronounced 'Yuu-KAY'.
And remember what I mentioned last chapter? Everyone, welcome to what I call the Crashlands arc! Because I have finally finished the Synchro Dimension arc! More will be revealed in time, but I think this is a good start! . . . . Relatively speaking. I know this is a short chapter, but I got it out in less than a day and really wanted to finish it off. :)
So, like I said, less than a day since last update, so, no reviews. Oh well. To make up, I've got a little sneak peek for everyone to enjoy;
Hammer Tail Ritual Dragon
Level 7/EARTH/Dragon/ATK:2500/DEF:2000/Ritual/Effect
You can Ritual Summon this card with 'Seismic Energy'. Once per turn; You can target one Level 5 or higher monster your opponent controls; this card gains ATK equal to that monster's DEF. If this card leaves the field; You can destroy all Special Summoned monsters on the field.
Seismic Energy
This card can be used to Ritual Summon any Dragon-Type Ritual Monster from your hand. You must also Tribute monsters from your hand or field whose total Levels exactly equal the Level of the monster you wish to Summon. If this card is in your Graveyard, during your Main Phase; You can place one Ritual Monster in your Graveyard on top of your Deck, and if you do, Set this card face-down on your side of the field.
Peace! :)