Chapter 30: Protect the Crashlands! Go, Neo-Tyranno!
"Oh, what a shame this is," a voice spoke from darkness. "What are the odds that this puny little world gets attacked right as we get here?"
"If I has to guess, pretty dang low," Megan shrugged.
"Silence. After your abyssmal failure, you don't get to talk," the voice snorted.
"Isn't that a little harsh, malady?" Shinsei suggested.
"No. At least you managed to attack the holder of the power. Megan didn't even try to get close to him, and went and played around like a child on a wooden rocking-horse instead! Frankly, if she's the best Xyz Dimension can offer me, then it deserves its current condition," the voice retorted.
"Hey, now, there's no need to -" Shinsei started, but fell back under the angry flare the voice's owner was casting him. "Silence! Remember, Shinsei, even though you performed admirably during your mission in Synchro, there are lots more where you came from. Synchro Dimension may be on the rise, but plenty of people from the Commons would still jump at the chance to take your place. Question me again, and they will,"
The blue-haired Synchro Duelist nodded meekly.
"I always thought those two were bad choices," a fourth voice spoke out.
"I'm starting to agree with you, Kaze," the voice agreed, starting to think. "According to my sources, provided the possessor survives the Crashlands, he'll go to Xyz Dimension next. Kaze, I want you waiting for him there. You use Fusion, correct? Masquerade as a member of that pitiful Obelisk Force or something, it will provide a good cover story,"
"Yes, mistress. I won't let you down," Kaze grinned. "And thank you once more for rescuing me. It's kind of nostalgic to see my old home once more,"
"Don't get too attached, we aren't staying,"
Kaze nodded. "I thought as much,"
X
The Lancers rushed down the trail towards Broken Jigsaw. Katie shivered as she saw a trail of smoke rising from the direction of the town.
Flare and Shun froze, breathing in sharply as a massive, hulking figure appeared on the horizon, lumbering towards the smoke. "An Ancient Gear Chaos Giant," Flare shivered.
"Those are the things that destroyed Heartland, aren't they?" Yuya asked, gulping.
"And now they're headed towards Broken Jigsaw," Yuke agreed.
Everyone froze as a second Giant appeared and lumbered towards the town.
"The villagers are probably in trouble," Gong frowned. "Sawatari, Yuke, Yuya, Katie, with me. Flare, Shun. Can you two take down those things?" the martial artist nodded.
"I've been doing it every week for the last three months," Flare cracked her knuckles, clenching her teeth and arming her Duel Disk.
"Raidraptor - Satellite Cannon Falcon! Let's go!" Shun commanded, bringing out his white metal falcon and leaping onto its back as it soared skywards.
"You heard him," Flare agreed, pulling a card out of her Extra Deck. "Time for the new guy to show his stuff! Come on out, Red-Eyes Assault Flare Dragon!" she declared, her own massive Rank 8 erupting from the earth and charging after Shun. "They're gonna rue the day they messed with Heartland!"
"I think they've got that under control," Sawatari grinned.
"Yep, probably. Now let's give these Obelisk Force guys a thrashing!" Yuke cockily grinned, dashing down the path. The other four eagerly followed him.
When they reached Broken Jigsaw, the town was in chaos. Several of the hodgepodge old buildings had been set alight. The Heartland Overseas Embassy turned flea market had exploded, torn in two by a laser fired from the Chaos Giants.
"Split up! And whatever you do, don't die, or the man Gongenzaka will never forgive you!" Gong barked, dashing to the left, towards the farms.
Yuke ran down the Main Street, followed by Sawatari. "Where are we going?"
"We're gonna find the Sheriff and help him. That'll be a place to start," the Ritual Duelist commanded. "The people will look to him,"
"Got it," Sawatari nodded. "So, where is he?"
"Probably defending the most important part of town," Yuke surmised. "The cattle drive,"
X
Yuya, accompanied by Katie, rushed down the street that led to the butcher's. In the distance, they saw a group of soldiers advancing in their direction.
One man stood between the two groups.
"That's Pedro," Katie whispered.
"Oh no," Yuya gulped, redoubling his efforts to reach the imperilled man.
"Now, Hungry Burger! Destroy those hounds!" Pedro commanded, and his monster, which resembled a massive hamburger with eyes and teeth, bounced forwards, opening its massive jaws and swallowing an Ancient Gear Double Bite Hound Dog.
"My sincerest apologies, but I'm simply not going to stand for that," a new voice snorted, and the group parted to reveal a tall woman with magenta eyes and blonde hair, wearing a long blue military coat. "Amazoness Empress," Gloria Tyler commanded, as a tall female dressed in a maroon cloak with armour made from animal bones appeared. "Direct attack,"
The warrior charged, unsheathing its sword. It cleaved Hungry Burger in two and stopped inches away from Pedro, the tip of it's sword centimetres away from his throat.
"I - I surrender," Pedro backed away, raising his arms.
Gloria shook her head. "Don't be naive. This is war," She raised her Duel Disk and pressed a button, and in a flash of light the butcher disappeared. Katie and Yuya watched in horror as a card was slotted out of her Disk, and Gloria picked it up. She shook it a little bit, and Pedro appeared in the previously blank card art, his arms raised in a futile gesture of mercy and a horrified look on his face. "There's no surrender," she shook her head in mild amusement.
Katie whimpered, and, in a flash, her animal instincts taking over, she bolted. Yuya's head turned in surprise as she dashed into a gap between buildings and crouched behind a trash can, clutching at her own thick, furry tail for comfort.
Yuya turned his head back to look at the Obelisk Force members.
Gloria has those unsettling magenta eyes fixed upon him. They were so similar to Katie's purple irises, and yet so different. "Well?" she snorted. "Is there anyone on this backwoods planet who can actually put up a fight? I am Gloria Tyler. I expect better than this,"
The entertainer pulled a card from his Deck. "I Summon Performapal Splashmammoth!" he declared, and twenty tons of furry pink mammoth suddenly appeared, blocking Obelisk Force's way. "Splashmammoth! Cover our escape!" Yuya commanded as he dashed after Katie, and the mammoth trumpeted in agreement.
Gloria was dumbfounded, staring up at the beast that had appeared in her path. She stepped towards it. "It doesn't look like a hologram," she observed, reaching towards the monster.
Splashmammoth blew hot air at her from its trunk. "It's, ah, real. But how can this be? Surely this backwoods place doesn't have Solid Vision with Mass," Gloria rhetorically questioned.
"Didn't the Professor say something about physics being different in this place?" a member of her escort offered.
"That he did, hmm? That he did," the woman thoughtfully nodded.
Meanwhile Yuya was crouched over Katie. "She - she killed Pedro," the fox girl shivered, tears of grief brimming in her eyes.
Yuya remembered seeing Yuke scratch his sister's ears a couple of times, so he tried that, reaching out and rubbing the bases of the twin triangular flaps of furry flesh. Katie shivered, but didn't reject it.
"Come on. We have to go," the boy coaxed her.
"Okay," Katie breathed in deeply and Yuya continued to scratch the flesh around her ears as she stood up. He took her hand. "Come on. We'll find Yuke,"
"Good idea," the fourteen-year-old nodded, and her friend pulled her along behind him.
X
Shun leapt from the back of his Xyz monster and drew a hand from his Deck, plummeting towards the Chaos Giant beneath him
The Xyzian froze with a horrified realisation as he fell to the ground.
He still had Yuke's father's Deck in his Duel Disk, not his own.
"I, mm, play Gishki Aquamirror and Ritual Summon! Appear, Gishki Zielgigas!" Shun rapidly commanded.
A humongous blue portal, overlaid with runes, appeared at his feet. As the portal was completed, a large, hulking navy blue figure started to rise. Shun landed in a crouch as a giant monster arose, a size on par with the Chaos Giant. Gishki Zielgigas flexed its four muscular arms and bellowed a challenge at the opponent, raising its four arms to attack. The Obelisk Force soldier perched on the Giant's shoulder started in shock and, with a command from its master, slowly, laboriously turned to face the new threat.
Flare looked over in surprise, swooping past on a fly-by with her massive dragon. "Nice monster, Shun!" she shouted.
Shun smiled as Zielgigas slammed a heavy fist into the Giant's midriff. "Maybe there's something to all this Ritual stuff after all," he smirked, preparing for combat as his giant beast savagely grinned, raising its four arms and glaring at the Giant.
"We can't let him show us up, right Assault Flare?" Flare demanded of her dragon, who roared in agreement. "I love it when the rules go out the window," she grinned, ploughing into the other Ancient Gear Chaos Giant. Slowly, the great monster fell over and collapsed to the ground from the impact. "Strike!" Flare grinned, before noticing a trip of Obelisk Force soldiers sneaking up on two of Broken Jigsaw's inhabitants, who were being guarded by a blue-black fiend.
The redhead spread her arms, and massive wings made from pure fire appeared around them. "I'll leave you to take care of the Giant," she commanded her dragon, who grunted and nodded, and she fell off, beating her impromptu wings and gliding down to intercept.
"Nice party trick," the lead Obelisk Force soldier snorted as she landed between the villagers and their oppressors. "I've got a few more," Flare smirked, raising her Duel Disk - before pausing as she realised that if she Duelled she would have to get rid of Assault Flare . . . leaving the Chaos Giant free to attack.
She cracked her knuckles, forming whips of fiery energy. "Guess we're doing this the old-fashioned way,"
X
Gong spotted Daike's rotund frame. He was standing in the middle of a vegetable patch, and looked a bit nervous. Three Obelisk Force soldiers, each controlling an Ancient Gear Knight, had him surrounded, and his field was empty.
"It's the man Gongenzaka's turn now!" Gong shouted, arming his Duel Disk. "I use the effect of Superheavy Samurai Big Waraji to Special Summon it while I ain't got no Spells or Traps in the grave!" he declared, and a golden chest plate with shoulder bands appeared, red eyes glinting with menace. 1800 DEF.
"Oh, so someone else wants to join in?" one of the soldiers mocked. "Let him play. Just another card for my personal Deck," another smirked.
Gong ignored their insults. "Big Waraji can be used as two Tributes for a Tribute Summon! So, I Tribute him to Summon Superheavy Samurai Big Benkei!"
The armour vanished, and a tall, imposing red warrior appeared, brandishing a pikestaff. 1000 ATK. "When Big Benkei is Summoned, I can change his battle position," The monster revealed 3500 DEF.
"Congratulations. Fat lot of good all that DEF will do you," the first soldier mocked.
"I rather think it will," Gong smirked. "Big Benkei can attack while in defence position and use its DEF points as its ATK!" he commanded. "Go now, Big Benkei! Crush them!"
The soldiers scattered as Gong reached Daike. "Thanks," the farmer nodded, "That was close,"
"Is there anyone else around here?" Gong questioned, looking around.
"I'm the last one left," Daike shivered. "They - they,"
"Turned the others into cards. I know," Gong nodded.
"You've seen them before?" the man asked suspiciously.
"There's a war going on between dimensions. Up till now, the Crashlands have been unaffected," Gongenzaka gave him the short explanation. "But it looks like, when we got here, we brought the war with us,"
Daike stepped back. "Then it's your fault that we're being attacked!"
The martial artist's eyes shot open in shock, before narrowing in anger at this baseless accusation. "Now just hold on a minute -" but Daike was already turning and running towards the village. "Don't bother with any of your lies, stranger! I'm gonna tell the other survivors the truth about your little group!"
Gong opened his mouth to respond, but closed it and shook his head. "Some people just don't learn," he sighed, running back towards the village himself.
X
Yuke and Sawatari were on the edges of the farmlands, checking to see if anyone was still there.
The blue-haired boy smiled at the sight of Daike running towards them. "Daike! Good to see you're okay!" Yuke greeted his friend, who stopped dead, glaring vehemently at Sawatari. "Stay away, you vile fiend!"
The blonde blinked. "Is he talking to me? He can't be talking to me like that, right?"
"And you," The farmer stared at Yuke. "They've probably gotten you on their side too, haven't they? Well, not me! Everyone's gonna find out the truth about you lot and you'll pay for bringing these people here!" Daike declared, giving both boys a wide berth and running into the town.
Gong reached them a moment later, panting. "What was he talking about?" Sawatari demanded.
"He thinks we're responsible for bringing Obelisk Force here," Gong shrugged. "Can't imagine why,"
"That's stupid," Yuke snorted, but paused. "Still, the townsfolk will probably believe him . . . they'll want someone to blame for all this, and you lot just moved in, so you're all the most likely candidates," he reasoned, paling.
"We've gotta find Yuya and Katie," Gong nodded. "After that, we get Flare and Shun and go back to the house. We need that interdimensional transporter finished now. I get the feeling we're gonna want a quick escape,"
"If we left, then we'd just look more guilty," Yuke pointed out, shaking his head. "Still, it does make sense to have a back-up plan . . . alright. Either way, first we need to find my sister and your friend," he declared, leading the charge back into the town.
"Wait up! I'm not a fast runner!" Sawatari protested.
"Shut up," Gong groaned.
X
A thundering roar echoed from the centre of town. Katie recognised the noise. "That's the Sheriff's monster!" she declared.
"Then we're going there," Yuya resolved, changing the direction he was guiding the younger girl in.
They emerged from an alley and stopped in shock. A dozen townspeople were crowded behind Sheriff Kenzan, who had his Duel Disk armed and was facing off against a trio of Obelisk Force.
"Now, Ancient Gear Double Bite Hound Dog, attack directly!" the soldier commanded, and his monster complied, charging towards the defenceless man.
"I play my Trap, Dino Charge! This lets me Special Summon a Level 3 or lower Dinosaur from my Deck, and if I do, the Battle Phase is ended! Come on out, Babytops Rex!" Kenzan commanded, as energy blocked the attack and a small, baby T-Rex with triceratops horns appeared, mewling. 500 ATK.
"That won't get you far. Turn end!" the soldier snorted.
"You wanna bet, mate?" the sheriff snorted. "My turn! Draw!" he declared. "Now, I Tribute Babytops Rex for a Tribute Summon, because this Level 8 monster can be Tribute Summoned with one Dinosaur Tribute! So appear, electric dinosaur that reduces all in its path to cinders! Lightning Conductor Neo-Tyranno!" he commanded, and a massive monster appeared as the little dino vanished.
A thundering roar echoed through the sky and a massive brown dinosaur with metal strips running down its back appeared, electricity running down the strips and arcing from its glowing yellow eyes. "Neo-Tyranno starts with 2500 ATK, but gains an extra 200 for every Dinosaur in my Grave! And I have five," he smirked as lightning crackled and his monster's strength grew.
"That's it," Katie whispered, smiling faintly. "That's the Sheriff's ace monster,"
"And now that Babytops Rex was Tributed, I can Summon a Dinosaur with 2000 or less ATK from my Deck! Appear, Black Veloci!" Kenzan commanded, and a purple, feathery raptor appeared and screeched. 1800 ATK.
"Now I activate Neo-Tyranno's effect! By banishing a Dinosaur from my Grave, I inflict 1000 damage to you!" the Sheriff continued, and Babytops was banished. "Go, my monsters! Take him out! Black Veloci gains 400 ATK when he battles an opponent's monster!" he growled, and his Dinosaurs attacked.
The soldier he was Duelling was defeated in a flash, sprawling to the ground, and his company scattered. Kenzan grinned, before turning and spotting Yuya and Katie. "Don't worry, you two. They ain't getting anywhere near us as long as I'm around," he smirked.
Yuya slowly stepped forwards - but Katie was far less hesitant, breaking from the alley and rushing towards the Sheriff. The girl slowed to a halt a metre or two away from the Sheriff, and nodded respectfully, breathing deep. "Thank you, sir,"
Kenzan smiled. "Don't worry, kid. I know you're scared. I am too," He stepped forwards, leant down and scratched her ears.
Katie smiled. "Thanks, sir,"
"Touching, really," a voice echoed down the alley. Grace stepped forwards with a cold smirk, her pale hair glinting in the watery sunlight. "Fellowship between freaks. How heartwarming," she snorted, slowly stepping forwards. "I hear you're a big shot around here," she coldly smiled at the Sheriff.
Kenzan turned away from Katie and coldly glared at her. "The name's Kenzan, missy. Tyranno Kenzan. And I'm the Sheriff of these 'ere parts. So if you've got a beef to settle with Broken Jigsaw," he raised his Duel Disk and bared his sharp, reptilian teeth. "You settle it with me,"
"So if I defeat you, then the people are defenceless, and the hunting games can begin in earnest," Grace mused, a cold smile creeping across her face. "Well then. Game on," she declared, establishing a link between Kenzan's dark green Duel Disk and her own.
"You think it's a game?" Kenzan whispered, deathly silent. "You think hunting and killing innocent people, people under my protection, is a game?"
"Well, if you can protect them, then prove it right now," Grace smirked.
"I will! My turn!" Kenzan growled. "I use the effect of Reckless Rex to Special Summon it to my field!" he declared, and a mossy green dinosaur appeared, charging out of Kenzan's hand. 300 ATK. "Now, I play Big Evolution Pill! By Tributing Reckless Red, I can Normal Summon Dinosaurs without Tributing for my next three turns!" The monster vanished, replaced by three red pills. "So I'll now Normal Summon, from my hand, my Level 6 Frostasaurus!" A pill vanished, and a massive, lumbering brachiosaurus appeared, body covered in ice. 2600 ATK. "I Set a card and end my turn!" Kenzan concluded.
"That's your power? Pathetic," Grace snorted. "My turn. Draw!" she barked. "I activate my Continuous Spell card, Amazoness Fighting Spirit!" she declared, and a small shrine rose into view on her field. "Now, I Normal Summon Amazoness Paladin!" she declared, and a tall woman in a shredded cape with a sword and blonde hair appeared and screamed. "Paladin starts with 1700 ATK and gains 100 for every Amazoness monster I control. I only have one, but it's enough," Grace smirked. 1800 ATK.
"Not enough," Kenzan snorted.
"I agree. Paladin, attack Frostosaurus!" Grace commanded.
"Huh?" Yuya blinked. "Amazoness Fightng Spirit now allows Paladin to gain 1000 ATK!" the lady declared with a smirk as Frostosaurus was destroyed.
"Fine," Kenzan frowned.
"Like I said, pathetic. I end my turn,"
"Well then, it looks like it's my turn, eh? Draw!" the Sherrif barked, pulling a card from his Deck with the force of a primal beast. Yuya blinked. Something was up with his eyes . . . they had become slitted and reptilian.
"This farce ends now. I'll send you lot packing!" Kenzan barked. "I activate my Continuous Spell, Swords of Concealing Light! This forces all your monsters into face-down defence position!" he declared. Swords of black energy shot from the sky and pinned Amazoness Paladin, forcing her face-down. "Now! Once again, Big Evolution Pill!" Kenzan commanded. "I Normal Summon Black Tyranno!" A tall, lumbering black dinosaur roared as it appeared on the field. 2600 ATK.
"So you attack and destroy my Paladin. But why change it to Defence mode? If that thing destroyed it as it was, it would inflict damage too," Grace frowned.
"That's the thing, see," Kenzan savagely grinned. "If all the monsters you control are in Defence Mode, Black Tyranno can attack you directly," he smirked. "So go, big guy!"
The black T-Rex roared and charged straight over the trapped Paladin, and towards Grace. The warrior nearly sidestepped as the damage registered. "Not bad," she nodded, amused, as in a single blow her LP hit 1400. "Who's pathetic now?" the Sheriff grinned. "Turn end,"
It was around then that Daike, wheezing, staggered into the crowd behind sheriff turned, and, seeing that her opponent was occupied, Grace refrained from continuing the Duel until the matter was satisfied.
"What happened to you?" one of the townsfolk asked him. The farmer eagerly began his tale.
X
"Gigaplant! Finish them!" Daike, who was a lot more handsome and muscular than the chubby farmer usually looked, declared, and his monster sent an Obelisk Force sprawling onto a pile of similarly dressed unconscious bodies. "Alright! Who's next?"
Gongenzaka, who for some reason was dressed in black and had demonic horns on his forehead, stepped forwards with a savage grin baring pointy teeth. "It's no use, puny do-gooder!" he cackled. "I, like all evil villains, will now tell you, the relentless, strong, brilliant hero, all about me and my comrades' evil plot to lead these soldiers here and destroy your home! Muhuwahahahahaha!"
"What?" 'Daike' gasped. "You deserve to die for this," he declared. "But I do not have the time to waste defeating you, because I must now go and heroically save the village by warning them that these newcomers are not to be trusted, and are mind-controlling Yuke and Katie to be their evil slaves!" And with that, he turned and ran. The grinning, twisted spectre of 'Sawatari' rose up to stop him, but with a mighty blow, he knocked the 'evildoer' to the ground.
The man stopped as he reached Yuke. "Yuke, please! We're friends! It doesn't have to be this way!"
"Save it, old man! I'm with them now! Muhuwahahahahaha!" 'Yuke' cackled.
"Then I will do what I have to do," Daike resolved, shoving his former friend out of the way and running towards the village, where he reached his fellow survivors and told them of his escape -
X
"That ain't how it happened at all!" Gong shouted, running after the farmer towards the crowd.
"Back, fiend! You will not poison these people with your lies!" Daike declared. Gong groaned. "Oh, brother,"
"Gong, over here!" Yuya shouted, and his friend skirted around the crowd to be reunited with the other two. "Yuke!" Katie shouted in excitement, as Yuke and Sawatari followed.
"Hey! The evildoers are all over there!" one of the townsfolk shouted. "Get 'em!"
"Hold it!" Kenzan barked. "I'll get rid of them," he declared, stomping towards the group. "Yeah, go Sheriff!"
"Uh, sir, we really didn't -" Yuya nervously started, but the Sheriff shook his head and glared down at them. "I know Daike's telling a big one. But the townsfolk aren't likely to see it that way. They're gonna want someone to blame for all this, and it's easy to point fingers at the new people in town that nobody knows and no one'll miss,"
"What about us?" Yuke frowned. Kenzan shook his head. "Guilty by association. I'll try to stall them as long as I can, but you lot need to find your other two friends and get out of town for a while. Yuke, Katie, you two should go with them. It's your safest option," he recommended, and the two natives nodded.
"Sir? We might have a way to leave the Crashlands," Yuya suggested.
Kenzan's eyes widened, before he shook his head. "Then damn well don't shout it out for the world to hear!" he fumed, before sighing and shaking his head. "Still, it's your safest bet. You lot won't be welcome around here for a good while. Don't tell me what your plan is, best that I don't know. Now go, go!" he demanded, making frantic shooing motions, before pausing. "Yuke? Katie?"
"Yeah, sir?" Yuke asked as the five turned to leave. "Good luck," Kenzan nodded, before shooing them away and turning back to the townspeople. "I decided to be nice and give them a head start! Now, let's finish cleaning up these soldiers. Starting with you!" he declared, pointing straight at Grace.
"Oh really? Hmph. It's about time you remembered I exist," she sighed. "Now, finally. My turn,"
X
Katie was silent as the five walked out of the gate to Broken Jigsaw. "We're never coming back here, are we big brother?" she asked, gazing fondly at the 'weL omE 2: Br KeN JIGs W tOw' sign.
"It doesn't look like it," Yuke sighed and nodded.
Gong and Yuya had more immediate matters on their mind; contacting Flare and Shun. "Meet us back at the house. We need that portal operative now!" Gong barked at Shun through the Duel Disks' communication systems.
"Got it. I'm just about done with these Giants anyway," Shun nodded. Behind him, an Ancient Gear Chaos Giant fell to the ground and disappeared.
"Something happen?" Flare frowned.
"Yeah," Yuya nodded. "The townspeople think we're responsible for Obelisk Force being here,"
"But we're the ones who destroyed the Chaos Giants!" the redhead protested that.
"They don't know that," Shun reasoned to his friend. "They saw a dragon they'd never seen before and a monster that they'll probably recognise as belonging to Yuke's father destroying the Giants. If anything, they probably think his dad's miraculously returned from the dead,"
Flare opened her mouth to protest, but shook her head in irritation. "Idiots,"
"We'll get to the house and get to work on finishing the portal. Meet us there," Shun commanded. "Over and out!" his comrade winked, and the connection was shut off.
"We've gotta go," Gong frowned, shaking Yuke and Katie from their stupor. "Okay," Yuke managed to nod, pulling his sister with him.
The group turned and ran for the hills that sheltered the siblings' house as, above them, Red-Eyes Assault Flare Dragon and Raidraptor - Satellite Cannon Falcon flew in the same direction.
A/N
A/N
So, we finally see Kenzan Duel, and the Crashalnds arc is ending sooner than I wanted it too. Woo-hoo. -.-
Anyway, Kenzan's cards;
Lightning Conductor Neo-Tyranno
Level 8/LIGHT/Dinosaur/ATK:2500/DEF:2200/Effect
You can Tribute Summon this card by Tributing 1 Dinosaur-Type monster. This card gains 200 ATK for every Dinosaur-Type monster in your Graveyard. Once per turn; you can banish one Dinosaur-Type monster from your Graveyard; inflict 1000 damage to your opponent.
Babytops Rex
Level 2/EARTH/Dinosaur/ATK:500/DEF:500/Effect
Once per turn, during either player's turn; You can Tribute this card. If this card is Tributed: Special Summon one Dinosaur-Type monster with 2000 or less ATK a from your Deck.
Reckless Rex
Level 3/FIRE/Dinosaur/ATK:300/DEF:1800/Effect
You can Special Summon this card (from your hand) in face-up Attack Position. This card can be treated as a two Tributes for the Tribute Summon of a Dinosaur-Type monster. A monster that was Tribute Summoned by Tributing this monster loses 300 ATK.
In regards to the way Katie has been acting the last couple of chapters; After the (presumed) deaths of her parents, she thought she was tough. She was basically thinking, "I've already lost my parents. How tough can these Obelisk Force guys be?"
There's a VERY big difference between going to the shops and coming back to find your house has been crushed with your parents inside it, and watching a soldier kill someone you know in cold blood, right in front of you, and knowing that they intend to do the same to you. Both are bad, but Katie was nowhere near as ready for the second as she thought.
I hope you're satisfied, Leafeon! Peace!