Sekhmet: Yuko gets another friend. That's all I'm allowed to say.
Susano-o: And we add someone new to the party!
Sekhmet: Here we gooOOOOOO!
Duel 20: I'm Gonna Put a Spell on You, Part 2
Yuko day in the infirmary, 'smoking' a bubblegum cigarette as the group planned their next move.
"So I vote we get a few sticks of dynamite, shove them in all her orifices, light the fuses, and then just let whatever happens happen," Rose proposed.
"I can't believe she really did that," Alexis said looking over at the doll clutched in Midori's hands. "Rose how quickly can you get access to dynamite?"
"...damn it not for another week," Rose said with a sigh. "Fucking hell."
"This is really bad guys," Chumley said from where he was watching over Atticus. "-But Atticus woke up for a minute and told me to give you his pendant, he says it'll protect you from Camula's magical mumbo jumbo."
"Then it's still up to us." Yuko said, taking the cig apart and chewing it. "Syrus, I want you to stay here for this one. I'm not letting your soul get stolen."
"But why! I can be a hero!" Syrus said with an angry pout.
"Not today. You mean too much to me for you to be there." Yuko said.
"Guys," Chazz said from the hallway. "The bitch came back."
Yuko got up. "Stay here." She said with a little menace.
The group approached the castle again, and this time were allowed to enter. The eerie castle was covered in death and decay, cobwebs and ruined furniture.
"Another place thats slightly better than our dorms," Rose quipped as she pulled out a crude wooden stake and a jar of holy water.
"What no garlic?" Chazz asked.
"Banner took it all," Rose answered waving her flashlight around. "Ok you Castlevania wannabe get out here!"
"Looking for me?" Camula asked, appearing on a balcony above.
"Yes, now get down here so I can shove this stake up your ass, and then in your heart."
Camula chuckled. "I have no interest in little schoolchildren."
"I will literally shove my foot up your ass!" Rose yelled back. "My foot will go into your ass I will be kicking you so hard!"
Camula ignored her and turned her attention to Zane. "Are you ready darling?"
"Yeah," Zane said walking over to her. "You know the drill, I win and you give us Crowler back."
"And if I win, I get your soul, your Spirit Key, and I get to continue my quest to release the three Sacred Beasts!" Camula confirmed.
"Actually you'll die because I'll be shoving that chandelier down your throat," Rose countered. "I know your mouth can stretch lets see if your gag reflex is still a thing!"
"I lost it years ago." Camula said.
"Thats hot!" Rose yelled back. "I'll make sure to shove my dick down your throat before I murder your ass!"
"You don't have a dick." Yuko said.
"As far as you know," Rose said smirking.
"Moving on," Zane yelled from the balcony. "Lets duel."
"It's been too long, darling." Camula grinned. "Age and beauty goes first," Camula smiled. "I summon 'Vampire Lady' in attack mode (1550/1550)," She ordered as a rather pretty looking vampire woman took the field, giving Zane a mocking smirk and a curtsy. "And I'll end with a face down."
"My turn," Zane said drawing his card. "I play 'Power Bond' to fuse my three 'Cyber Dragons' to form 'Cyber End Dragon' (4000/2800)!" He yelled as a massive 3 headed dragon appeared behind him. "And now because of 'Power Bond' it's attack points double (4000-8000).
"That's weird. Usually he's more methodical." Yuko said.
"Well duh. He's probably mad as hell." Chazz said dismissively.
"Quite a powerful card, but are you prepared to handle all the consequences?" Camula asked with a smirk.
"I don't think I'll have to worry about consequences," Zane said. "'Cyber End Dragon' attack her 'Vampire Lady', eternal evolution burst!" He ordered.
The three headed dragon reared back and let out a massive blast of blue fire towards 'Vampire Lady'.
"Not so fast, you forgot about my face down 'Red Ghost Moon'!" She yelled activating her face down. "Now by discarding a zombie type monster, not only does this card end the battle phase, but I gain life points equal to your monsters attack points!" She yelled as a bright light started to envelop her.
"Not so fast, I activate 'De-Fusion' to turn my 'Cyber End Dragon' back to three 'Cyber Dragons' (2100/1600)," He explained as his dragon defused. "-But that's not all, since my 'Cyber End Dragon' is gone your card is destroyed," Zane smirked.
"Yeah, now 'Power Bond' won't dick him over and he gets three monsters to kick her ass with instead of one!" Rose yelled.
"Yeah. It's not the OTK he was hoping for, but it's still good." Yuko agreed.
"'Cyber Dragon' tear her to bits!" Zane yelled. One reared back and fired a blast at 'Vampire Lady' turning her to ash (Camula LP: 8000-7450). "And now the other two hit her directly!" (Camula LP: 7450-3250). "And now I'll set a card and end my turn."
"My move," Camula said. "And I play 'Illusion Gate'!" She yelled activating her ultimate card and clearing Zane's field.
"No! Fuck this card!" Yuko shouted.
"I will shove that card up your piss hole!" Rose yelled.
"Not this again!" Chazz said angrily.
"Fuck you!" Midori screamed.
"Oh, that's not good." Bastion said haunted.
"Yes this again," Camula said laughing as the door opened. "Now who should I pick?" She asked as her copy looked over the crowd hungrily. "I guess dealer's choice is the best way!" She yelled as her copy struck, however this time Atticus's charm shined brightly protecting Midori and Bastion and forcing the copy away just as well as the others duel spirits. "Oh no!"
"Oh no!" The copy yelled as well.
"Oh yeah!" Chazz yelled smirking. "There's no one here you can use now!"
"Hey guys I'm here to help!" Syrus yelled running inside the ballroom.
"Oh no!" Yuko yelled.
"Oh no!" Zane yelled.
"Oh yeah!" Camula yelled as her copy sunk her teeth into Syrus's neck and dragged his soul out of his body. "Now I'll bring back your 'Cyber End Dragon' (4000/2800)!" She yelled as Zane's dragon appeared on her side of the field.
"You fucking bitch!" Yuko screamed, and tried to rush Camula. She was unsuccessful however, as Camula's bats started clamoring around her, preventing her from getting closer. "Fuck you sky rats! I'll bite all your heads off!" She raged.
"Oh keep screaming I love it when my victims scream," Camula joked as she lazily leaned on the balcony railing. "I'll take your key now," Camula laughed.
"Zane keep going!" Syrus yelled weakly, and was promptly ignored as Zane put his hand over his deck before throwing his key at Camula.
"Rose kill her!" He yelled before he was also transformed into a doll.
"I must admit," Camula said as she played with Zane's doll. "You where a lot less than what I was expecting," She joked as Syrus's body fell to the floor. "Oh well, goodbye for now children!" She yelled before they all found themselves back outside the castle.
Yuko clutched Syrus in her arms and wept, grossly and without restraint. "W-why did you do that?! This is why I didn't want you here!"
"I-I wanted to be a hero…" he stuttered.
"Never do that again!" Yuko cried.
"Syrus that was stupid!" Rose yelled. "No it was worse than stupid it was fucking stupid!" She yelled. "You are grounded for life!"
"But you're not my parents!" Syrus said.
Rose hauled the boy up to her face. "I am your superior and you will listen to me!" She yelled in his face. "Did your ears go blind or have you forgotten I can not only kick your ass both inside and outside the dueling arena!" She yelled grabbing the boy by his ankles and turning him upside down. "Say it maggot!"
"You are my superior ma'am!" Syrus whined as all the blood flowed to his head.
"Exactly!" She yelled dropping him on his head. "Now drop and do push up until I'm tired!"
…
"So now we've lost Zane too," Alexis said depressingly.
"Yeah, and this time she took his doll too," Rose growled as she kicked her seat. "I didn't say stop maggot!" She yelled at her chair.
Syrus whined as he readjusted to Rose's weight to continue his push ups. "Good, maybe at 100 I'll drop a leg down!" Rose yelled.
"Illusion Gate is completely out of control. It almost killed Syrus. I'm not letting this go. But what could I possibly do?" Yuko thought. Her bubblegum cigarette let out its one puff of sugar "smoke". "Maybe Dreadroot knows." She went into her Soul Room and approached the barrier.
"Long time no see." She said.
"Oh so the sniveling brat comes crawling back," Dreadroot laughed.
"I only did that because you insulted my brother so much. I didn't come here to start an argument though." She thought.
"You already started this, and unfortunately for you, I do not need to continue it, you will lose in the end," Dreadroot laughed even louder.
"Well I'm arguing with a god, of course I'm gonna lose. But I need your help. You saw what Illusion Gate did out there. It's a danger to us all. Do you have any ideas on how to stop it?" Yuko asked.
"I do not know, I could help you, but I sadly can not talk to you about it," Dreadroot said smirking down at her. "There seems to be a giant barrier preventing me from helping you."
"Huh? How?" She asked.
"You would need my brother, Eraser. With how the vampire plays, he will be instrumental in her defeat. However, to use him, you will need to make room in your soul for his soul fragment. This requires you to drop that infernal barrier and present an offering of the highest degree."
"I can put in a window." Yuko said.
"A compromise, very well," Dreadroot said shrugging. A large circular panel of thinner glass appeared in the top of the dome. "Alright, now you need and offering."
"Sounds easy enough. What's the best offering?" She asked.
"Meat, and a lot of it. I think he will be satisfied with all the meat in the Ra Yellow dorm." Dreadroot elaborated.
"That's a lot of meat. But I'm up for the challenge." Yuko said, and ended her thought stream. She got up from her chair and walked out of the room.
"Yuko where are you going?" Syrus asked.
"To get help. Don't follow me." She replied.
"But-" he started, and was cut off by Yuko flicking on the terror aura.
"I said don't follow me!" She growled, before flicking it back off and continuing towards her destination.
"You haven't finished your workout Syrus," Rose said evilly. "Now you'll have to start over," She said before crossing her legs on his back, putting all her weight on his back. "Go maggot!"
…
"And that should be the last ham. Where should I take this?" Yuko thought asked, shoving a raw ham into a large burlap bag. She had long ago chewed up her gum.
"Take it to the abandoned dorm. The area has a history of Shadow Games, so the barrier between this world and the Duel Spirit realm is very thin. My brother will be able to pass into your soul easily." Dreadroot explained.
"Will do." She said, and started dragging the bag, for it was too heavy to merely carry. She made it just out of the cafeteria when she spotted a trolley that gave her an idea. She put the sack of meat on the trolley and slid its walls up so that it wouldn't roll off. She almost got out of the dorm when a voice called out to her.
"Who's there?" Professor Sartyr asked, approaching from the darkness of the night.
"It's a saving the world thing, don't ask questions!" She stammered, and bolted with the meat.
"Come back here!" Sartyr yelled, but it was to no avail, as she was already gone.
Yuko ran as fast as she could with the trolley in tow. Anyone who was still out at this time and passed by her was incredibly confused.
The creaky wheels of a cart full of meat approached the abandoned dorm. Finding that she couldn't push the cart further, she proceeded with the bag on foot, heavy as it was. She dragged the bag down to the deepest part of the catacombs, where she had fought Titan long ago. She still had slightly angry memories of the duel.
"Ok, I got all the meat down here. What now?" She asked Dreadroot.
"Pile it up into the center." He instructed. Yuko dumped the bag of meat into the center of the stage. "Now you must call out to him with all you have."
"Alright, what do I say..." Yuko thought. After a few minutes she came up with something.
"Oh great Eraser! I stand before you with an invitation and an offering. With this offering of the most plentiful flesh I could muster, I invite a piece of you into my very being!" She chanted.
A few moments went by of nothing. Suddenly, the cracks in the platform filled up with a red-purple light. The entire dorm started to quake. The outer circle tightened around Yuko, and the ground around the offering seemed to collapse, taking the meat into a swirling oblivion. From the oblivion, two yellow eyes pierced the dense miasma.
"MEEEEAAAAAAT!" A voice that sounded like insanity itself rang out from all directions. "It's a baptism of blood and organs!"
"It's good to meet you." Yuko said. "I ask that you enter my soul, so that I may help my friends fend off a bigger threat."
"Hehehehehheehehehehe. Dreadroot is that you my spiky brother!?" The voice asked.
"It is, Eraser. This pathetic human plays host to me, and now she wants to get you in on it too." He replied.
"Oh I long to return to the mortal world full of meat and bile and blood and pain!" Eraser yelled in chaotic laugher.
"If you think that's nice, if you join me, you get to fight a vampire. That's endless meat and carnage for you to enjoy." Yuko said persuasively.
"Yes yes yes somebody delivered a FEAST!" Eraser screamed as a small yellow crystal floated up from the miasma, started whirling, and struck Yuko's chest, drilling deep into her body. Yuko screamed, entertaining Eraser to no end. "Thank you for riding the Psycho Express, Toot-toot! All aboard, I'll be collecting your tickets, we have beverages in the DINING CAR!" All at once, the paranormal activity ceased, and Yuko collapsed.
…
"Why aren't my fingers in someone's eye sockets right now... Why aren't my fingers in someone's eye sockets right now... Why aren't my fingers in someone's eye sockets right now... Why aren't my fingers in someone's eye sockets right now... Why aren't my fingers in someone's eye sockets right now... Why aren't my fingers in someone's eye sockets right now…" Eraser chanted in Yuko's head as she returned to consciousness.
"Because in your rush to get in you nearly broke her in two!" Dreadroot yelled. "Do you want to be stuck down here again for another century! Because that is what will happen if you kill her too far away from other people! She follows another who is much more worthy of our power so bide your time you psychotic nutball!"
"Am I still alive? Yeah, I think so." Yuko thought, patting herself down. "Welcome aboard, Eraser."
"Nipple Salad!"
"That means thank you."
"Good to know." Yuko thought. She took her hat off and took down her braid. With a new, murderous friend in her side, it was time to strike an impression.
…
"I'm dueling her next." Midori said. The group had gathered on the lake shore for their next duel.
"Are you sure? You shouldn't duel when you're angry." Bastion warned.
"What choice do we have?" Midori snapped. The group heard footsteps approaching, and they belonged to Yuko.
"There you are. It's about time you got back." Chazz said.
Something was off about Yuko. She had an aura, but it was different. It wasn't one that evoked fear, but instead she was giving off the most murderous vibe anyone had ever seen. Her hair was free from her braid, and it whipped around her head with the wind and the little physical influence that the aura had. "Why did your BLOOD stop singing its sweet song…" She whispered getting close to Chazz's face, her eyes wide in murderous curiosity.
"Yuko, are you ok?" Rose asked.
"You're acting highly unusual." Bastion said.
"No no I'm fine." Yuko said with a giant grin. "I JUST LOOKED INTO THE HEART OF DARKNESS, AND I ATE IT ALL!" She yelled. "Now come on! Who's ready to flay some scalps?!" She yelled before charging outside towards Camula's castle.
"Yeah lets go!" Rose yelled charging out after her. "We'll nuke the monster till she glows and then we'll fuck her in the dark!" She yelled before sticking her head back outside. "Oh and Syrus if you stop doing your workout I will destroy your shins!"
The group, confused but energetic, stormed the castle.
"I'm here to shank and smile! Where are you you dusty old bitch?!" Yuko shouted. "I'm here for my friends souls and I won't leave until I've torn them from your bloody finger stumps!"
Camula appeared on the balcony. "Truth be told, you're never leaving here again. Not a single one of you are."
"You're gonna scream, just like he did. Open mouth, open heart, blood and noise forever piercing my skull, poisoning me with its psychopathic purple liquid. I watched it all, and you'll feel the knife edge split down the middle. CAN YOU HEAR ME?!" Yuko screamed.
"Right…" Camula said, activating her duel disk.
"Duel!" (LP: 8000)
"I draw!" Yuko said. "I set a monster in defense mode, as well as two facedown cards. Your turn, meat."
"I draw." Camula said, and chuckled. "I play 'Zombie Werewolf'!" The iconic monster burst onto the field. (1200/1200) "Now go, attack her facedown monster!" 'Zombie Werewolf' pounced on the card, revealing a 'Nimble Momonga'.
"Thank you for the meats! When 'Nimble Momonga' is destroyed in battle, not only do I gain 1000 Life Points, but I get to summon two more from my deck!" (Yuko's LP: 8000-9000) Two cards stuck out of her deck and she placed them on the board.
"Feh. I place one card face down and end my turn." Camula hissed.
"I draw!" Yuko shouted. "I activate 'Wave-Motion Cannon'! A large green cannon appeared on the field. "During my Main Phase, I can send this card to the Graveyard to inflict 1000 points of damage for every one of my Standby Phases it was on the field. The clock is ticking. In the meantime, I place one card face down and end my turn."
"You kid yourself if you think you can win with those fur balls." Camula said, and drew.
"Oh you have no idea what's coming," Rose said smirking.
"Yeah," Midori said with a cruel smirk. "She's gonna regret this."
"We shall see." Camula said. (Turn Counter: 1) "I play 'Vampire Bat'!(800/1200) "And as you know, all my Zombie type monsters gain 200 Attack points when he's on the field! (800-1000/1200)(1200-1400/1200) "Go, 'Vampire Bat', Attack her 'Nimble Momonga'!
"I activate the trap "Threatening Roar'! This stops your attacks for this turn!" Yuko said. The card flipped up and let out a deafening roar, confusing the bats out of attacking.
"This would be infinitely less painful if you just relented." Camula said mockingly.
"Gone are the days of the tentacle and the age of the gods and mercy is far away... We are fighters of the middle, the second act in the three-part MEAT play, AND I WILL WIN BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS!" Yuko screeched in response.
"I'll take that as a no." Camula said with disdain. "I place one card face down and end my turn."
"I draw!" Yuko said. A red hot feeling coursed through her arm. "This'll take my entire hand, but I can do it."
"I special summon 'Gillasaurus' using its special ability!" Yuko declared. An especially angry velociraptor snarled as it appeared on the field. (1400/400) "The downside of this is that you can special summon a monster from your Graveyard, if you wish."
"You're very lucky I can't." Camula smirked.
"No, you're very unlucky. I tribute all three of my monsters to summon 'The Wicked Eraser'!"
"HERE COMES THE BAD TIMES!" He yelled in Yuko's head before vanishing ominously. For a few moments, nothing happened. Then, the castle started to tremble, then shake. A gigantic winged and horned serpent rocketed out of the ground, blazing hellfire behind it. It let out a reverberating roar and settled next to Yuko. (?/?)
"What in the nine Hells is that?!" Camula yelled.
"Your death!" Yuko roared. "For every card you control, 'The Wicked Eraser' gets 1000 Attack and Defense Points!" Eraser drew in power from all of Camula's cards and roared in triumph. (?-4000/?-4000).
"Well guess she found another one of them," Rose said smirking, everyone else didn't respond, they were too busy yelling for Camula's blood in as gory a fashion as possible. "Oh right, should have guessed that would happen," Rose quipped as she restrained Bastion from climbing up a decaying pillar to get to Camula, she didn't know how he would kick her ass in a perfect parabola around the sun, and she wasn't about to ask.
"Eraser! Attack 'Vampire Bat' with Digestive Breath!" Yuko shouted. Eraser's helmet opened up, revealing a second mouth with a tube Like esophagus. A large cloud of dark green fog coalesced in that second mouth, and fired a stream at her bat. (Camula's LP: 8000-5000)
"Did you forget? By sending another 'Vampire Bat' from my Deck to the Graveyard, he remains on the field!" Camula gloated.
"Ugh, fine! I'll make the sky bleed!" Yuko said. "I'll end my turn."
"I draw!" Camula declared. (Turn Counter: 2) "I set a monster and switch my Werewolf and Bat to defense mode!" The monsters took defensive stances. "I end my turn."
"My draw!" Yuko announced. "Just what I need." "I summon 'Spell Striker' in Attack mode!"
A small child like Viking appeared on the field. (600/200)
"Feh, what could a child like that do?" Camula taunted.
"I'm glad you asked. This monster can attack you directly is what it can do. 'Spell Striker'! Attack Camula directly with Whirlwind Shot!"
A small ball of wind shot from his wand and impacted Camula in the face. (Camula's LP: 5000-4400)
"I end my turn." Yuko said.
"Wretched child, you'll pay for that!" She hissed, drawing. (Turn Counter: 3) When she saw what she drew, she laughed. "I play 'Illusion Gate'! I'm sure you remember it's effects." Yuko growled. "-But first who am I gonna sacrifice?" She asked as her copy started looking around the room at everyone, she was about to attack Midori before two giant monsters appeared in front of the crowd.
"Stay away," Dreadroot growled smacking the copy into dust.
"Get out! Get out! Get out!" Eraser yelled.
"You infernal monsters!" Camula yelled. "I have to give it a soul!" She yelled before looking around with a snarl. "Fine! Sacred Beast I offer you my soul!" She yelled as a veil quickly covered her, sealing the deal. "Now first things first, all of your monsters are destroyed! Then-"
"And that's as far as you'll get." Yuko said.
"Excuse me?" Camula said.
"A monster as powerful as Eraser doesn't have only one special ability, he has two, three of you count a method to get two to work. When he's destroyed, all the cards on the field are also destroyed!" Yuko explained.
"But that means…!" Camula realized.
"Your 'Illusion Gate' will be destroyed too!" Yuko finished. As Eraser was sucked away by 'Illusion Gate', bits and pieces of him coalesced in the gate, "We'll all go together! From hell's heart, I stab at thee!" Eraser roared as the gate exploded in a ball of fire. "And without it on the field to continue its effect, you won't be stealing him from my Graveyard any time soon!"
"You destroyed my 'Illusion Gate'..." Camula said, beside herself. "I-I end my turn."
"The best is yet to come!" Yuko roared, and drew. "I activate "Swords of Revealing Light'! This card will stop attacks from you until your End Phase three turns from now!" Swords made of green light rained down from above, creating a barrier across the field. "With nothing else to do, I end my turn."
"This is getting long," Rose muttered as she bonked Chazz on the head again when he tried to get up despite the murder aura dissipating. "And you three need a time out!"
"I draw!" Camula declared. "I summon 'Vampire Bat' in Attack mode!" ('Vampire Bat' 800-1000/1200) "When that barrier comes down, you'll be nothing more! I place one card face down and end my turn!" (Swords Counter: 1)
"I draw!" Yuko shouted. "I activate the spell 'Monster Reborn' to revive my "Wicked Eraser'!"
"What?!" Camula balked. A huge portal opened up and out rocketed Eraser, fighting fit and ready to knock some heads. (?/?)
"The Bacon King returns!"
"I'm sure you remember his special ability." Yuko mocked, as Eraser roared. (?-2000/?-2000) "And do you know what the best part of 'Swords' Is, Camula? You can't attack me, but I can attack you. 'Wicked Eraser'! Erase that 'Vampire Bat' with Digestive Breath!
Eraser reared back and blasted a cloud of putrid green breath over the swords and melted the bat to ashes. (Camula LP: 4400-2400) (2000-1000/2000-1000) "I end my turn." Yuko said.
"I draw!" Camula said. "I set a monster and one facedown card and end my turn." (Swords Counter: 2) (1000-3000/1000-3000)
"Alright Yuko. This is your last chance to save your friends and their souls. Heart of the Cards be with me…" She thought, and drew. "Just what I need."
"I play the spell card "Pot of Greed'! Yuko said, drawing two cards per instruction. "Next I play 'Raigeki' to clear your field, and summon 'Spell Striker' in Attack mode! (600/200) (3000-2000/3000-2000) Now you two, Attack her directly! Digestive Breath and Whirlwind Shot!"
Eraser fired its murky breath, and a sphere of wind pierced the veil, slamming Camula in the stomach. (Camula LP: 2400-0. Winner: Yuko)
"She won woohoo!" Rose yelled jumping in the air.
"Wait what?" Chazz asked looking back and forth between the two duelists. "She won?" She won!"
"Guys look!" Midori said as the doll of Crowler slowly changed back to human and over by Camula, Zane was also changing back.
"Amazing," Bastion said smiling.
The four run up the stairs and pulled Yuko into a four-way hug. "Hey Chazz help me go get Zane," Rose said running around the balcony to where a still stunned Camula was.
"All my plans," Camula said falling to her knees. "Ruined…" She sniffed as tears sprang to her eyes. "My race will never return," She muttered smashing her fist into the ground. "Damn it!" She yelled as her 'Illusion Gate' returned to the field. Camula watched in fear as the doors opened and a giant hand reached out.
As Rose watched the hand reach out to grab Camula by her neck, she could feel every single cell in her body rejecting what her heart was telling her to do, but in the end her heart won out. "Fuck it," She muttered shoving Camula out of the way of the hand. "Go away!" Rose yelled at the doorway as 'Winged Kuriboh' came out and forced the hand back inside the doorway. "Chazz help me shut this thing!" Rose ordered grabbing the doors and trying to force them shut.
"What! Are you actually trying to save her!" Chazz yelled angrily. "Just let that thing steal her soul!"
"No," Rose growled as she fought against the hands banging on the other side of the door. "I'm not giving those beasts anyone's soul, not even a bitch like her."
"She is right. If we are the higher beings, we must do this." Yuko said. She broke out of the hug and ran over to her balcony, got on the rails and jumped.
"The gap's too long, she'll never make it!"
"I AM the shiniest MEAT BICYCLE!" Eraser shouted, and he appeared briefly to give Yuko a push to the other side. She ran over to help close the gate. Dreadroot and Eraser materialized, and between the two the gate was shut.
"Fuck off with your soul stealing bullshit!" Rose yelled kicking the gate as it disappeared into nothing.
"Wh-Why? After all that I've put you through, why would you save me?" Camula asked.
"Call it a lapse in judgement and sanity," Rose snarked with a somewhat sincere smile. "What can I say, I can't resist a crying girl," She said with a shrug. "Plus since Atticus is still unconscious you're now our best source of information, as you said this is war, and in war you take anything you can get."
"Right. I suppose that you'll want to imprison me then." Camula said, baring her teeth.
"Well I doubt the school has a jail," Rose said rolling her eyes. "Besides obviously you won't run away because your race has a ancient edict that prevents you from leaving a debt unfilled and since you now owe me one, you'll stick around till the debt is fulfilled," She joked with a snicker. Camula knew that she wasn't serious, but it was actually somewhat endearing. She blamed it on being alive still.
"So what now?" Camula asked.
"Well first, Chazz help me with Zane," Rose ordered grabbing Zane around his arm and shoulder.
"Hold on are we really doing this!" Midori yelled from below them. "We're really just gonna let her go!"
"Yeah pretty much," Rose said shrugging. "I told you, ancient edict prevents her from not helping us, might as well get what info we can," She explained."It's like sleeping with the enemy, you do it to gain information."
"That is not what that means!" Midori yelled back.
"Semantics," Rose said dismissively. "So vampire vamp," Rose said looking at Camula. "Can you do your mystical teleportation thing to get us all back to the campus infirmary?"
Camula got up from her sitting position. "I can." A heavy fog swept the room, and when it cleared, the group was all back in the infirmary.
"Ok that's super useful," Rose said as she and Chazz hauled Zane into a bed, Bastion and Midori did the same to Crowler. "Well I don't know about you all but I'm beat and we need to set up a...bed...cot...coffin?" She questioned looking at Camula.
"A coffin would be best." Camula clarified.
"Coffin then in the red dorms for our new resident Nosferatu," She said before tapping her chin. "Hey Yuko should we tell Banner or…hey you ok?"
Yuko said nothing, she was just staring at the ground, sweating. Suddenly, she barfed and groaned.
"I take it that's a no," Rose said grabbing some stuff to help her puking friend and the other's got her into another bed. "What's wrong?"
"New soul resident, that's all. Sorry about that." She said weakly.
"It's ok," Rose said handing her some water.
"Thanks." Yuko said.
"Umm," Alexis said from her bed where she had been watching this unfold. "Can someone explain to me what happened?"
"...It's a long story," Rose chuckled.