"Yuzu has sent a message!" Ruka said in her black hoodie as she looked at her duel disk. "She was able to find two of them in a jail cell…. but…"
"But what?!" Mercy said. Mercy was purple haired girl with her hair tied back walked along the Arcadia floor. She wore a black coat with heart symbols across it with black-netted stockings and black boots.
"Two more are apparently still missing… Yuya and Yuto." Ruka said. "She says she's going to look for them!"
"Tell her to get them out of here! If they're not in the jail cells than Arcadia might be experimenting on them! I know where they do it as well." Mercy replied.
"Right, I just hope this Yuzu girl will listen…." Ruka said as she sent a message back on her duel disk. The two Synchro Dimension residents than continued their way through Arcadia as a CCTV Camera zoomed in on them.
Euridice Office
Euridice watched live footage on a big screen in her office. Behind her was a portrait of a male in a black shirt with green waistcoat and white tie. She looked at it.
"Brother…. if only you could see as to how close we are to fulfilling your dream." Euridice thought while looking at it. "Soon we will rid this world of those who wronged us… starting with these invaders!" Euridice picked up a phone from her desk and hit a button.
"Yes Lady Divine?" replied Aki.
"Seems that the traitor and the other have finally been seen on CCTV and they're heading for the test subject… stop that at all costs."
"Understood." Aki replied.
Aki was in her room. She stood up and looked at herself in a mirror before putting on her red duel disk. She walked out as she gripped her fists.
Hallway
"All the guards must be guarding." Mercy said.
"I can take care of them." Ruka replied.
"Yeah, we're almost there." As the two ran forward, a force field appeared in the corridor and two ran directly into it as they didn't see it appear. The force field shot them across the floor.
"What on earth?!" Ruka said as she saw a second force field appear behind them.
"We're trapped!" Mercy said. The corridor had no exits or windows to escape from."
"At least this way you won't escape." A tile on the roof slid open and Aki jumped down as the tile sealed shut. Aki stared faced Ruka and Mercy with a frosty look."Hello traitor!"
"Aki…." Mercy said with worry. Ruka stepped in front of her.
"So the traitor and the girl who uses her powers to help the weak in Tops and Commons." Aki replied. "We did the digging on you!"
"You know I have… powers?!" Ruka said. "Not even Security knows?!"
"As soon as we picked up your image on the CCTV, I went upstairs to our mind reader… they gave me all." Aki said smugly.
"You let us go!" Mercy said.
"I'll duel you one at a time, than you shall learn how Arcadia deal with traitors!" Aki's red duel disk activated. Mercy activated hers.
"Ruka, try and find a way out of here!" Mercy added.
"Just try!" Aki replied.
"You can handle her Mercy; I'll find Yuya and Yuto." Ruka replied.
"You got it!" Mercy replied. Ruka held out a Monster Card and disappeared, Aki looked impressed.
"We'll soon gain that power." Aki said. "Now Mercy, let's go."
Turn 1
Aki LP: 4000 Hand: 5
Mercy LP: 4000 Hand: 5
"I start by summoningCactus Fighter!" A tall Cactus which walked on two legs came to the field. He had sharp claws.
Cactus Fighter ATK: 1900 DEF: 400 Earth/Plant/LVL 4
"Next since I control a Plant Monster, this can appear! Tuning Seed!" A brown seed emerged.
Tuning Seed ATK: 0 DEF: 0 Earth/Plant/LVL 1/Tuner
"Tuning Seed's level can be changed once per turn between one and four! I change it to level two!"
Tuning Seed LVL: 2
"I tune level two Tuning Seed with level four Cactus Fighter!" Tuning became green rings as Cactus Fighter went through.
4+2=6
"Appear Queen of Thorns!" A female in a dress made of vines and leafs appeared. It was green and she wore a red skirt. Her left hand was a venus flytrap.
Queen of Thorns ATK: 2200 DEF: 1800 Light/Plant/Synchro/LVL 6
"I set one card and end my turn!"
Turn 2
Aki LP: 4000 Hand: 2
Mercy LP: 4000 Hand: 5
"I'll start by summoning Skeleton Knight Foot Sol-!"
"Wait! Due to Queen of Thorns, you need to pay 1000 lifepoints to summon a non-Plant Monster!" Aki replied.
"What?!... Fine!"
Mercy LP: 4000 – 3000
"Appear Skeleton Knight Foot Solider!"
Skeleton Knight Foot Soldier ATK: 0 DEF: 0 Level 1 Zombie/Dark
"With this card I can send a Skeleton Knight Monster to my graveyard from my deck except Foot Solider. I send Skeleton Knight Pike-Men to the graveyard from my deck and via Foot Soldier, I can draw a card! Next I play the Spell Skeleton Grave Dig to add a Skeleton Knight Monster from my deck to my hand; I shall add Skeleton Knight Shield-Men!"
"Pointless, you can only summon three more Monsters before you lose!" Aki shouted.
"I set two cards and end my turn!" Mercy said as she ignored Aki.
Turn 3
Aki LP: 4000 Hand: 2
Mercy LP: 3000 Hand: 4
"Draw!" Aki said. "Next I reveal my set card! The Continuous Trap Rose Flame! Next I use the Spell Plant Planting! By paying halve of my lifepoints, your remaining Monster Zones gain a Plant Token in defence!"
"Plant Token?!" Mercy replied.
Aki LP: 4000 – 2000
"Now I shall grant you these four wonderful plants!" Aki said as four green weeds emerged on Mercy's field in defence.
Plant Token X 4 ATK: 0 DEF: 0 Earth/Plant/LVL 1
"Rose Flame's effect! Each time a Plant Monster is summoned on your field, you take 500 points of damage!"
"Damnit!" said Mercy as she braced herself.
"I see you fear me, good, so you should!" Aki's Trap shot bullet seeds at Mercy four times. The first bunch sent her against the force field; the second round hit her in the chest, ruining her top. Third time hit her cheeks which slashed them. Finally the fourth hit her legs, making her fall to the ground.
Mercy LP: 3000 – 1000
"You should never have left here Mercy, Divine and his sister set this place up to protect our kind… then you just throw that all away!" Aki replied.
"I don't wish to end the world though and make it purely for Physic Duelists!" Mercy said as she slowly stood up.
"It's not just about that, it's our time to shine. After all these years, Physic Duelists will be on the top! Not even my own father would understand me! Go Queen of Thorns, wipe out her Foot Solider!" Queen opened her venus flytrap hand and was about to slam into Foot Solider.
"Go my Trap Skull Knight Sacrifice! I destroy Foot Solider to destroy your Monster!" said a weak Mercy. A skeleton hand arose from the floor and pulled Queen of Thorns into the ground, destroying her.
"Cheap move."
"And now I use the effect of Skeleton Knight Pike-Men in my grave! When another Skeleton Knight is destroyed, Pike-Men can appear!"
Skeleton Knight Pike-Men ATK: 1300 DEF: 500 Dark/Zombie/LVL 2
"And when summoned via this method, Pike-Men doubles its attack!"A skeleton fisherman arrived.
Pike-Men ATK: 2600
"I end my turn with two face downs..."
Turn 4
Aki LP: 2000 Hand: 0
Mercy LP: 1000 Hand: 4
Mercy drew her card, she looked beaten but was still able to carry on, and she looked at Aki directly in the eye.
"Four years ago I joined Arcadia as a homeless Psychic Duelist. People called me a freak and I thought Arcadia would work with Tops and Commons to allow them to see that we're not freaks, but no, Arcadia is being used as a terrorist group!" Mercy hit back.
"Yes, I know your story. You never embraced our ideals and your main power never even came! Yes you're capable to make real damage like me, but you never got to master it!" Aki replied.
"I destroy my Skeleton Knight Pike-Men to Special Summon Skeleton Knight Reaper via its effect!"
Skeleton Knight Reaper ATK: 2100 DEF: 1000 Dark/Zombie/LVL 5
"You can't do anything else since my Tokens are blocking your field!" Aki replied.
"Not with this, go the Trap Skeleton Bone Crush! If I control a Skeleton Knight, I can destroy another Monster on my field! Be gone one Plant Token!" Mercy's field was free by one more space. "I summon Skeleton Knight Horse-Men!"
Skeleton Knight Horse-Men ATK: 1200 DEF: 900 Dark/Zombie/Tuner/LVL 2
"I tune level five Reaper with Horse-Men!"
5+2=7
"I Synchro Summon level seven,Skeleton Knight Commander!" A skeleton in a red cape appeared.
Skeleton Knight Commander ATK: 2500 DEF: 1200 Zombie/Dark/Synchro/LVL 7
"I attack directly! Go Knight Commander!"
"Go my Trap Plant Cutter!" Aki replied. "When my opponent controls a Plant Monster, all of them are destroyed and then for each, I gain 600 lifepoints!"
"What?!" Three Tokens disappeared and Aki glowed in a red energy.
Aki LP: 1000 – 2800
The Knight hit Aki but since Mercy wasn't using her powers, the hit was only minor.
Aki LP: 2800 – 300
"I end my turn!"
Turn 5
Aki LP: 2000 Hand: 0
Mercy LP: 1000 Hand: 2
"My move!" Aki drew. "Mercy, you have one more chance, come back and you won't be punished. I understand you're confused with the world but we can make it better!"
"Not going to happen!" Mercy replied.
"Fine, then like the others, I shall use you as a message to the world! I play Seed Gift! I give you two Plant Tokens but this time they're in attack with 1600 attack and you take no damage this turn so my Rose Flame is useless."
Seed Tokens X 2 ATK: 1600 DEF: 0 Dark/Plant/LVL 4
"But now I can draw two cards as a result! I summon Gigantic Cephalotus!" A plant with legs and a big mouth appeared.
Gigantic Cephalotus ATK: 1850 DEF: 700 Earth/Plant/LVL 4
"Go Gigantic! Wipe out a Token!" Gigantic launched forward but Mercy was ready.
"I send Skeleton Knight Shield-Men to stop any of my Monsters from being destroyed!" A skeleton bearing a shield blocked the move. Aki looked annoyed but she got over it quickly.
"I set one card and end my turn."
Turn 6
Aki LP: 300 Hand: 0
Mercy LP: 1000 Hand: 2
"My draw!" Mercy said. "I summon Skeleton Knight Sword-Men!"
Skeleton Knight Sword-Men ATK: 1800 DEF: 1200 Dark/Zombie/LVL 4
"I set a card and now I use Knight Commander's effect! By destroying a Spell or Trap on my field, I can destroy a Monster on yours! I destroy the Trap Skeleton Knight Curse Field, to wipe out your Gigantic!" Aki's Plant Monster was destroyed.
"Hm, not bad." Aki said.
"And now, I end this with Commander! ATTACK!" Mercy yelled.
"Go Storming Mirror Force, this returns all attack Monsters to your hand!"
"Not that?" Mercy saw her two Tokens get destroyed while her Skeleton Knights also disappeared. "I can still set this card and end there! It's not over yet Aki!"
"Yeah it is." Aki said. Mercy looked nervous.
"You don't need to do this Aki; I know you're a good person! We could both leave here, make new friends!"
"Friends? The only friends I want are Arcadia… my true best friend died when Security killed him! Sayer was my best friend, now I take his goal forward without him!"
"What about your father?! I overheard you be-" Aki heard those words and her rage lit up. The anger built up so much that Mercy was slammed against the force field wall.
"Never mention him! My father is on the City council and has done nothing to change it!" Aki yelled.
Turn 7
Aki LP: 300 Hand: 0
Mercy LP: 1000 Hand: 0
"Draw! I destroy a Continuous Spell or Trap to bring back Tuning Seed! Be gone Rose Flame!" Aki's Tuner returned.
Tuning Seed ATK: 0 DEF: 0 Earth/Plant/LVL 1/Tuner
"I make it level three!"
Tuning Seed LVL: 3
"I tune my Monsters!" Tuning Seed encased Gigantic Cephalotus in green rings as the Monster became white orbs. "Flying through the sky as the bringer of justice, make your mark Black Rose Moonlight Dragon!" A mighty black dragon with red petals around its body was summoned. It had a long black spiky tail.
Black Rose Moonlight Dragon ATK: 2400 DEF: 1800 Light/Dragon/Synchro/LVL 7
"That?!" Mercy said.
"Yes, that."
"I play Call of the Haunted and return Skeleton Knight Reaper!"
Skeleton Knight Reaper ATK: 2100 DEF: 1000 Dark/Zombie/LVL 5
"You really should remember my Monster's effect! When a level five or higher Monster is summoned, I return that to your hand!"
"How could I forget that?!" Mercy said as her Monster was blown away by Moonlight.
"You're nervous… You could've been more than just a traitor! Go Moonlight, direct attack! Petal Storm! Moonlight glowed as red petals came shooting forward to a doomed Mercy. They hit her which sent her flying across the floor.
Mercy LP: 1000 – 0 Aki Wins
Mercy remained on the floor, knocked out. The force field disappeared and Aki walked off. She hit her duel disk.
"Lady Divine, Mercy is dealt with." Aki replied.
"Good, we'll send her back to the Tops as a warning sign."
"What about that other girl?"
"She's heading towards the test subject now, our guards are ready." Euridice replied.
Mina Yugo - Storage
Mina and Yugo had reached the storage facility and Yugo looked around to find his D-Wheel.
"So you broke in through here?" Yugo asked. "How'd you managed that, I'm impressed!"
"It was easy, this place sucks at security." Mina replied. She still had the tazer in her pocket; she had her hand on it as Yugo looked through the storage boxes.
"Found it!" Yugo said as he pulled out his D-Wheel from an open storage container. "Did that nasty lady hurt you….?" Yugo spoke to his machine.
"The nasty lady is right here!" Euridice appeared and Yugo as well as Mina looked in surprise.
"Who are you?!" Yugo replied.
"I'm the head here at Arcadia, all my guards and students are currently occupied so I'll be dealing with you two." Euridice said.
"You locked me up!" Yugo shouted. "You won't take me or Academia!"
"I have no idea what you're referring to but…. I will retake you! And you little girl, sneaking into here is quite impressive."
"Yugo…. you go first."
"First what?!" Yugo said cluelessly.
"Just go! I'll take this witch down." Mina said.
"I can't do that!" Yugo said.
"Trust me… no one shall get their hands on you!" Mina said. "I told you were the exit was."
"Okay…. stay safe!" Yugo mounted on his D-Wheel and drove off quickly. Euridice smirked at Mina.
"Good, now we can chat." Euridice said.
"You want to talk to me, personally?" Mina replied.
"I know what you thought after you told Yugo that no one shall get their hands on him… you thought "except me!""
"What?!" Mina said. "How could you know that?!"
"Child, you've entered an adult game of war. I'll show you no mercy."
Yuzu Ruri
Yuzu and Ruri reached the corridor where Yuzu had teleported to with Ruka and Mercy.
"I need to find Yuya." Yuzu said.
"And I need to find Yuto but that message you were sent from Mercy and Ruka said we should go." Ruri replied.
"Yeah but you don't think we should leave without them either, do you Ruri?" Yuzu said.
"Um…. er….."
"Ruri, we need to ignore their advice, we have to help our friends!"
"You're right…" Ruri said. "Let's go."
Ruka
Ruka arrived at the metal door of the testing room. Ruka stepped forward and the door opened.
There before her was a room of Arcadia students and guards, all with their duel disks activated.
A/N Thanks to Royal2 for the excellent cards/deck he gave me a while ago as well coming up with Mercy's character. Thanks dude as well as Rom who made Mina and others. /credits :P
Mercy – OC Cards from Royal2
Skeleton Grave Dig/Normal Spell
You can add one level 4 or lower Skeleton knight monster from either the deck or the graveyard.
Skeleton Knight Reaper ATK: 2100 DEF: 1000 Dark/Zombie/LVL 5
You can special summon this card by destroying on monster on your side of the field and when you do you can select on card on either side of the field and destroy it. When a monster is on your side of the field is destroyed by battle or card effect and sent to the graveyard you can special summon this card and if this card is summoned by this effect you can make your opponent must send one monster on their field to the graveyard (this effect doesn't target.).
Skeleton Bone Crush/Trap
If you control a Skeleton Knight Monster, you can destroy one other Monster on your field.
Skeleton Knight Commander ATK: 2500 DEF: 1200 Zombie/Dark/Synchro/LVL 7
One Skeleton Knight Tuner + one or more Skeleton Knight Monsters
Once per turn you can destroy one spell or trap card on your side of the field to destroy one monster on the field. When this card is destroyed (by battle or card effect) you can destroy one card on your opponent's side of the field.
Skeleton Knight Shield-M en ATK: 0 DEF: 300 Zombie/Dark/LVL 1/Tuner
You can send this card from your field or hand to the graveyard and for the rest of your turn all your monsters can't be destroyed by battle or by card effect any damage you take is cut in half. When a monster on your side of the field is destroyed by battle or card effect and this card is in the graveyard you can special summon this card and if this card is summoned by this effect this card can't be destroyed by battle or by card effect.
Aki
Tuning Seed ATK: 0 DEF: 0 Earth/Plant/LVL 1/Tuner
If you control a Plant Monster, you can Special Summon this card from your hand. Once per turn You can declare a Level from 1 to 4; this card becomes that Level until the End Phase.
If this card is in your graveyard, you can Special Summon it by destroying a face up Continuous Spell or Trap you control.
Seed Gift/Quick-Play Spell
Special Summon two Plant Tokens (Seed Tokens X 2 ATK: 1600 DEF: 0 Dark/Plant/LVL 4) to your opponents field. They take no damage this turn. You then draw two cards.
Plant Planting/Spell
Pay halve of your lifepoints and Special Summon Plant Tokens (Plant Token ATK: 0 DEF: 0 Earth/Plant/LVL 1) to your opponents field X the amount of free spaces they control.