Susano-o: Guess who's back, back again, Yugi's back, tell a friend.
Sekhmet: And Kaiba, But that's not so important. We are VR! Troopers, three! Virtual Reality! (Couch dances)
Susano-o: We literally just referenced them in the title, nothing more.
Sekhmet: Yes, I just like the song.
Susano-o: And we get the return of Kaiba's "If these VR pods were real he would probably be arrested for inventing a torture/death machine" VR games.
Sekhmet: I'm convinced he later pioneered the Occulus Rift equivalent in Yu-Gi-Oh and invented VR Chat in a weird misguided effort to duel Yami's metaphorical VR ghost.
Susano-o: Yes, also the beginning part of this chapter is my absolute favorite, everything about it from meeting Yugi to the dance party is amazing.
Sekhmet: I fucking love the dance party. Stadium Rave A is my favorite background music.
Susano-o: Yes it's magnificent.
Sekhmet: On with the show!
Duel 40: VR Troopers
"Oh, this is bad." Yuko said, looking at a crumpled note from Syrus. "I have to go make a call."
"What?" Rose asked from the desk where she was packing for their trip to Domino City.
Yuko simply gave her the note and went to find a phone. She dialed the number for the KaibaCorp main building and got put through to the man himself.
"What is it, sister of Yugi?" Kaiba said with disdain.
"Trust me, you're gonna want to hear this. There's a cult at the school. They erased the blue dorm and-" Yuko started, but was cut off immediately by his angry ranting, promising nothing less than near death. "Kaiba, focus! There's a school trip to the city today. According to the intel I got, the leader, Satorious, is going to appeal to you for a favor. Just make sure he doesn't get it, and if you really want, you can have security beat him up." Yuko explained.
"Can I beat him up too?" Kaiba asked, irritated.
"If you really want." Yuko said. He just hung up. Yuko sighed, and went back to the dorms to finish packing.
…
"Ha that's the loser's boat?" Chazz smirked looking at the small red boat sitting at the dock. "That'll barely be big enough to fit them all."
"The less of those crazy bastards the better." Syrus growled.
"Where are they anyway?" Alexis asked. "We're supposed to be leaving in a few minutes."
"I know I saw them," Bastion said confused.
Then suddenly their massive yacht exploded, sending a massive fireball into the sky.
"What the-!?" Chazz yelled.
"Fucking-Not again!" Syrus screamed.
"What did you do!" Crowler yelled angrily as he ran down to the docks, Bonaparte waddling behind him.
"You think we did this?" Syrus said indignantly.
"Who else is here?" Crowler asked glaring. "You can't blame Ms. Warren this time, she and her dorm left earlier today."
"Wait how-?" Alexis started before looking over at the dock to see Rose's submarine was gone. "Of course," She groaned.
...
"Bomb has been detonated," Rose laughed as she watched the dock's cameras from her captain's chair. "And now they're stuck with that tiny ass boat," She cackled as Hassleberry handed her a martini from the bar.
"That'll be quite the setback. And that's only the first phase." Yuko said, sipping her own mixed drink.
"At least we don't have to take that awful boat," Princess Rose said shivering.
"Yep all thanks to my submarine, the USS M'DICK," Rose said gesturing around before turning to her army and smirking. "Speaking of which."
"Oh my gods." Yuko groaned.
"I've been meaning to ask," Rose snickered.
"I KNEW you had this joke stockpiled!" Yuko groaned.
"How does it feel riding M'DICK!" She yelled breaking down into laughed as she gestured to her crotch.
"Seventeen months! Seventeen months you've been holding onto that one!" Yuko shouted.
"You don't know the patience I have," Rose smirked. "Still haven't answered."
"It's tight and damp!" Yuko shouted.
Rose laughed even harder nearly falling out of her seat as she did.
"Please don't let us die here," Hassleberry whined. "I don't want that to be the last joke I heard."
….
"Oh they finally made it," Rose said, sipping her martini as she watched the red boat finally make its way into port followed by a smaller speed boat. Bastion quickly ran out and started vomiting uncontrollably into the harbor. "Have a fun trip?" She asked from her seat utop her submarine.
"No," Chazz said glaring. "Our boat was sabotaged."
"Oh no, what a tragedy." Yuko said sarcastically, bottoming out on her drink.
"You did it!" Alexis accused. "I'm sure it was also you that left that other speed boat there so Crowler and Bonaparte didn't have to ride with us didn't you?"
"Well Crowler definitely, Bonaparte was just an unfortunate tag along," Rose shrugged.
"Yes, very unfortunate." Yuko added. The white dorm student's glared at her.
Rose smirked as she stood up. "Come along everyone," She said clapping her hands. "We have a tour to take!" The rest of the Black Knights erupted into excited chatter as the group disembarked and got started on their tour of Domino City.
Sartorius glared. "Alright then," He said annoyed. "Lets go, we have a meeting with Mr. Kaiba," He said walking to their rented bus, or rather what remained of their rented bus as it appears it and the yellow dorms bus had been disassembled and combined with the red dorms to form a triple decker black bus. "What!" He yelled angrily as the massive monstrosity of a vehicle drove away, with the entirety of the Black Knights flipping them off as the drove past. "Ok," HE growled. "I guess we're taking a city bus."
"...What is that?" Chazz asked confused. "Is that some peasant thing I'm too rich to understand."
Sartorius sighed and simply smacked him in the back of the head. "Someone call a bus!" He ordered.
….
"So did someone remember to give the prisoners to someone who can feed them?" Rose asked as she looked at her guide book.
"Eh, I left it to Camula and Tania." Yuko said.
….
"Ready for your breakfast!" Tania said happily as she shoved a feeding tube down Lorenzo's throat, much to his horror. "No don't struggle or you'll get the funnel!" She said darkly, and Lorenzo's struggles quickly stopped.
"Darn I like the funnel," Camula hissed.
….
"Oh ok then," Rose said. "So we're going to see your card shop first right?" She asked excited.
"Fine, but you can't mob Yugi or my Grandpa or anyone else famous if they're there. Especially not Joey, his fake ego doesn't need to be inflated more." Yuko said.
"I can only promise to not even try," Rose said excitedly bouncing up and down. The rest of the bus quickly agreed with her.
"Oh hey look!" One of the Black Knight's yelled excitedly pointing at a random dock. "That's where Joey and Yugi dueled chained up by Marik to an anchor!" He explained everyone but Yuko rushed to the windows excitedly.
"My brother and uncle almost died there." Yuko said in a deadpan voice. Everyone looked at her awkwardly. "What? It's true." Yuko said.
"Ok then," Rose said looking away. "Are we there yet."
"Nope." Yuko said and the rest of the ride was awkward.
"We're here!" Hassleberry yelled as the card shop came into view.
The entire bus cheered as they piled out of the bus and ran into the store, taking out the old man sweeping the floor in their haste to get inside.
"Grandpa, are you ok?" Yuko said, suddenly stricken with worry and helping him up.
"I'm alright Yuko. But I must admit, I didn't think you'd be home so soon!" He said, dusting himself off.
"But I told you that I would be here on a field trip today." Yuko said.
"I thought that was happening next week." He said. "Oh well, the mind's not what it used to be."
"Hello," Rose said smiling as she bowed. "You're Solomon Muto correct?" She asked excitedly.
"I am, yes." He said, a bit unaware of where this was going.
"Can I have your autograph?" Rose asked holding out her autograph book. He was a little taken back, after all people usually asked for Yugi's autograph, not his, but was glad to oblige.
"Thank you!" She said happily jumping up and down as the rest of the dorm crowded around them to hear his stories.
"How did you get into archeology?"
"When did you open the store?"
"What is the best card you have?"
Grandpa was ecstatic to go into all his tales, from his early archaeology days to the latest tournament. His story of how he found the Millennium Puzzle in particular was enthralling.
"And so I brought the Puzzle back to Japan, because back then it was alright to do that, and I gave it to Yugi as a birthday present." He finished up his story, excited chatter flowing from the students.
"Did you call me Grandpa?" As if on cue, the King himself approached the crowd of students, a jar of olives in hand.
"Holy Sam Hill! Tarnation! Butter my backside and call me a biscuit!" Hassleberry yelled in shock. "It's the dangum king of game himself Yugi Muto!" Yuko blinked at that, but then realized a split second too late the mob's intentions.
"WAIT!" Rose yelled before the mob could charge the poor confused lad. Taking his olives and setting them down on a counter Rose held out her autograph book. "Can I please have your autograph," She asked giving him her best puppy dog eyes, even lowering her sunglasses to do so. Truth be told, she didn't need to, as Yugi was plenty agreeable and would have done it without the extra effort. Without any hesitation, he signed her book. Rose squeaked in happiness as the rest of the student's also joined in asking him questions.
"Alright, stop mobbing my brother. We're humans just like you guys." Yuko said, trying to calm the crowd a little.
"Eh Yugi," Joey said poking his head in. "Where do you want the rest of the groceries?" He asked opening the door so Tea, Tristin, Bakura, Duke (With the faint sounds of Sexy Back playing behind him), and Mai could also come in.
"Holy Sam Hill! BWAHHHHH!" Hassleberry yelled as the crowd tried to mob the group.
"Yuko!" Tea yelled. "Who are these people?"
"They're my classmates! The sane ones at least. And what did I just say about mobbing my family!" Yuko explained.
"-But it's Joey!" One yelled. "Most lucky duelist in the world!"
"Still just a human being!" Yuko said. "And stop feeding Joey's ego!"
Joey ignore this as he basked in the praise, Mai rolled her eyes but accepted people's things to sign as well.
After another 30 minutes of mobbing them, the class finally made their purchases and headed back to the bus so everyone could talk without destroying Yuko's home. Yuko was very grateful for this, and after a quick explanation and visitation, was able to depart with her classmates. What she hadn't counted on was the gang wanting to come with her.
"So you beat up an entire dorm?" Yugi asked Yuko as she explained what had happened since she went back to Duel Academy.
"Well the whole dorm beat up another dorm. I was just on one side." Yuko said.
"She punched the leader in the face!" Hassleberry yelled excitedly. "Then Rose slammed him in the face with a steel chair!"
"To be fair, he deserved it for starting a cult." Yuko said.
"You beat up a cult leader?" Joey asked before grabbing her in a hug. "Aww my little niece is growing up so fast!" He fake cried.
"It's actually a really scary situation. But yeah, I helped beat up a cult leader." Yuko admitted.
"Yeah scary," Rose said smirking. "Considering what we've done to them, I'd classify them as mildly annoying, also did you sic Kaiba on them?"
"I might have brought key information he might be interested in. Why?" Yuko asked.
"You don't seem that scared of them," Rose sniggered. "I wonder how Kaiba is dealing with them?" She asked rubbing her chin.
….
Kaiba watched Sartorius enter his building with a glare. "Send him up," He ordered his secretary before she could even call.
"Mr. Kaiba," One of the security members said. "We're ready for him."
"Perfect," Kaiba said sipping his wine.
Sartorius looked at the scene before him with confusion, Kaiba had at least three bodyguards with him and seemed to be openly hostile, but knowing how important this was to his plans he walked into the office anyway. "Ah hello Mr. Kaiba," He said smiling.
"What do you want?" Kaiba asked curtly. Sartorius blinked at the curt tone, but pressed on. "I request complete access to Kaibaland, I'm a very powerful man and have access to the funds necessary to do so," He explained.
"Hmm, yes very interesting." Kaiba said sarcastically. "Usually you would have piqued my interest at this point, but I don't give out favors to those who destroy my favored dorms."
"I'm sorry what?" Sartorius asked confused.
"Don't play dumb. I know what your little cult is doing in my school, and I'm not having any of it!" Kaiba sneered. "If you thought you could get away with cult activity in my school you've got another thing coming." With a snap of his fingers, his bodyguards converged on Sartorius and pummeled him into the carpet. Finishing his glass of wine, Kaiba also joined in.
….
"I'm sure he's being calm and collected," Yugi said trustingly.
"I don't know. He seemed really angry on the phone, and for good reason. We have enough cultist activity on the mainland." Yuko said.
"Ooh!" A student said excitedly. "Look that's where Battle City started!" He explained. "It's where Yugi dueled that 'Exodia' Rare Hunter!"
Everyone turned to Yugi excited to hear the story. He was a bit flustered being put on the spot like that, but he told the story regardless, with Joey adding his own unique commentary along the way.
The next site they saw was Yugi's first battle with an Egyptian God card. "What was it like?" One of the students asked as she rubbed herself up against Yugi's arm not realizing what she was doing.
"It was like staring down the barrel of a gun, not being sure when it would fire." Yugi said. "Terrifying, to say the least."
"Woah," Rose said shocked. "Hey can we duel sometime?" She asked excitedly. "I want to take on the Egyptian God cards!"
"Maybe someday. But from what Yuko's told me, now isn't an opportune time." Yugi said.
"Oh Yuko is a weenie hut junior," Rose said dismissively. "I can take you on!" She said confidently.
"Rose please. You don't need more distractions right now." Yuko said.
"Yuko we're winning this...war...occupation...thing...fight we're winning this fight," Rose concluded. "So I don't think it matters."
"Guys there's some people in the road!" Hassleberry yelled as the bus braked hard. Outside the bus was an ambiguously Mexican man and another man whose eyebrows were lightning bolts.
"Who are you?" Rose asked sticking her head out. "If you're with the government or the church get the fuck out of the road!"
The two just laughed, and the first one spoke up. "We challenge the people on the bus to a duel! We're looking for someone specific. We don't know who, but we know that they're on this bus!"
"It's probably Yug," Joey said shrugging.
Yugi glared as he left the bus, the two took one look at him and quickly teleported away.
"That was...anticlimactic," Rose said looking at the spot where the two were before. "Also how did that do that!?"
Yuko shrugged. "Who knows. But they won't be bothering us again, that's for sure."
…
"You didn't even try to duel them!" Sarina yelled angrily as Frost and Thunder cowered in fear. "What happened?"
"They has the King of Games with them; there's no way we could have won!" Frost said.
"He's right, that deck is stupid broken!" Thunder agreed.
Sarina glared as she summoned two mirrors and sucked them into them. "You two are worthless to me," She snapped before looking over at Blaze and T-Bone. "You two go out there and duel these two," She said holding out photos of Yuko and Hassleberry. "We need to get Rose to go to Kaibaland and into the virtual reality room so I can administer the final test to her and Aster together," She explained.
The two were terrified of her, so they just nodded and teleported into the city.
….
Rose looked at the cacophony of white students trying to block her from entering the hotel. "Are we really gonna have a 'White Dorm Gets Their Ass Beat 2: Electric Boogaloo'?" Rose said with a sigh as she rubbed her face.
"Slackers aren't allowed," Chazz sneered. "Go camping like the animals you are."
"Yeah you dweebs," Alexis smirked.
Rose sighed as she took a step forward, only to be doused by a bucket of cold water, Syrus laughed till he suddenly remember what his brother told him the last time someone did that. "Oh shit," He whispered.
"Hey Aniki, what's that interesting thing in the distance?" Yuko said, pointing to absolutely nothing.
"Huh? What thing?" Yugi asked, turning around to look.
….
Bastion sighed as he sat in the lobby of their hotel, enjoying the free snacks and drinks. "This is the life," He said smiling before Chazz came flying through the lobby window, followed by a thoroughly disinterested Rose.
"This really isn't even fun anymore," She said wailing on Chazz's face. "Seriously it's almost getting boring having actual fisticuffs with you because you barely put up a fight," She explained as Chazz's nose shattered into pieces. "Torturing you guys physically and psychologically is much more fun," She said grabbing Alexis and dragging her over to a nearby plant pot. "Though I will admit!" She yelled slamming Alexis head first into the planter. "Planting dumbass trees is always fun!" She laughed dusting her hands off.
Bastion tired to run, but unfortunately Rose's vision based movement saw him running and allowed her to grab him and drag him out behind the hotel. "No please!" He screamed.
"Shut up!" Rose yelled slamming him into the dumpster. "Know your place trash!"
….
"Yeah, it's just over the highway!" Yuko insisted, trying to keep her brother distracted while one of her hands clamped on Syrus' throat, preventing him from making noise while she used her other hand to lift him up and hang him from the fountain, stranding him there.
"Are you sure?" Yugi asked.
"Oh yeah, you can't miss it!" Yuko said, clawing another girl across the face, barely missing an eye.
The rest of the gang looked on in horror. After going on their adventures with Yugi and ten years of peaceful times, seeing such brutal violence was a bit shell shocking. First off, the cult was real. Second, they were just as horrible as Yuko had said. And three, such measures of violence were used simply to keep them in check.
Joey was the only one excited by this, and was in fact doing some delightful color commentary.
"Atta girl, just like I taught ya!" He cheered, excited that what he had taught Yuko was coming in handy.
Yugi however, was not amused. It was a conflict of interest, really. He had never believed violence to be the answer, and that part of him was disappointed in his sister. However, was the situation really that bad that a simple card game wasn't applicable anymore?
As Yuko ground her fist into another white student's face, she drew on what Joey had taught her. "Aim for the soft spots, the nose and the eyes. They'll stun the poor sap, and then you can land body shots, which is what really counts." She followed through on exactly that, sinking two quick jabs into the liver and floating ribs. She moved onto the next student almost immediately, repeating what she'd been taught.
When the dust cleared, the white dorm lay beaten and broken for the third time that year.
"Welp!" Rose said slamming her hands together. "Let's head inside and get this party started!"
"Agreed. I gotta say some goodbyes first though." Yuko said, dusting herself off. She said goodbye to her friends and family, whose reactions ranged from quizzical horror to a playful noogie.
"What fun could you all be having?" Chazz gurgled over a mouthful of blood.
…. (Stadium Rave by Mark Governor)
The speakers of their hotel suite thumped loudly, boosted by an impressives DJ array and Rose's own dark powers they were powerful enough to rattle people's teeth and shake the objects around the room, had everyone not been wearing ear protection they would surely be bleeding from the ears.
Rose claimed her spot in the center, leading the largest group in a choreographed dance of sheer insanity. The level of synchronization rivaled Riverdance, had anyone outside the dorm actually seen in. Each step let off enough force to resemble a small earthquake. Yuko in particular was pumped. Sure, they did this every night, but it was oddly energizing to her, and she was always excited for this. She blamed it on the song.
….
Sartorius was enraged, he hadn't been willing to stay outside with his dorm and slipped into his suite room when the party got started. However at some point they had switched speakers and now the music was so loud and bass boosted it was rattling things in his room, including his bed. Worst of all, he didn't have any earmuffs so it felt like he was right there beside the speakers. All in all Sartorius was an unhappy man.
….
Bonaparte was faring no better. Caught off guard by the party he too was subjected to the same fate as Sartorius; not for the first time tonight he considered downgrading his room to one on the first floor to get away, but knew that meant admitting defeat he simply tied a pillow around his head using his belt to block out the sounds.
….
Crowler slept soundly in his bed. Having been warned ahead of time he brought his strongest pair of earmuffs and a few block and spring sets to raise his bed off the shaking floor and keep it stable. Rolling over, he let the beat lull him to sleep.
….
Sartorius sighed as the song started to die down, maybe now he could finally get some sleep...only for it to suddenly explode out even louder, shaking his room down to the foundation and sending him flying off of his bouncing bed.
…
Bonaparte was catapulted from his bed hard enough to send him flying into the TV mounted on the other side of the wall, sending the two falling to the ground in a giant messy display.
….
Crowler merely shifted a bit to let the bed bounce him in such a way it acted like a massage bed and went back to sleep.
….
"It's been 12 hours!" Sartorius yelled as he cowered in his bathtub from the rocking furniture. "It can't go on much longer!" Unfortunately, He was very, VERY wrong. Not only did the rave music continue, but for at least six hours more, bordering on the 18 hour mark before finally tapering off at around 7:50 AM.
"18 HOURS!" Bonaparte yelled as he hung from the ceiling fan.
….
Back in the dorms everyone was actually asleep, the party ended right after Stadium Rave A, but they 'forgot' to turn the music off. Rose had actually 'accidentally' hit the volume dial and cranked it all the way to the top. Yuko had laughed her ass off at this, though it couldn't have possibly been heard by anyone but her. The dorm collectively woke up about 7:30 AM, but had all agreed to let it go for 20 more minutes for good measure. They woke refreshed and ready to take on the world, as they always did. After all, having a leader like Rose made them confident, bold even.
"Ok everyone!" Rose yelled over the music. "Let's go! We're visiting Kaibaland today! " A loud cheer was had by all, especially JR, who let out a Yeet in response. "Lets go!" Rose yelled as they all charged down to their bus. The students piled into the bus with such force it almost tipped over in a comedic fashion. This was basically Japan's Disneyland.
….
"Master Sartorius!" Chazz said shocked at his leader's disheveled appearance. "What happened to you?"
Sartorius looked at Chazz with his bloodshot eyes. "Shut up," He hissed walking into the bus and crashing on the back seats.
The rest of the Society looked at their leader in shock, but their brainwashing made them stupid enough not to question it.
"Sarina," Sartorius muttered into his phone. "Have you found them yet?"
"Yes," Sarina said back. "They're coming to Kaibaland right now."
"Great," Sartorius muttered closing the phone and falling asleep.
….
Having gotten to the amusement park first, the Black Knights marveled at, well, everything. A state of the art theme park with all the latest dueling tech and a boatload of other amusements, and it's not like teenagers aren't gonna gawk.
"Oooh a first edition Duel Disk!" One of the Knights said touching it.
"Don't touch." One of the security guards warned curtly.
"Oooh a Capsule Shooter!" The Knight said agan touching it.
"Don't touch!" The same guard said, irritated.
"Oooh a prototype Duel Runner!" The Knight said again touching it.
"Do I have to follow you all day?" The guard said, frankly wondering if the kid was just plain stupid at this point.
Rose smiled as she watched her dorm enjoy themselves. "So Yuko," She said, turning to her friend. "What do you want to do now?"
"I dunno." Yuko shrugged, biting the head off a cotton candy in the shape of a Blue Eyes.
"Yo! You can duel me!" A voice said behind them. The two turned around to find a large kid around their age dressed in baggy yellow clothes trying to catch their attention.
"And me!" Another voice said appearing behind the other. Another kid with a leather coat and extremely done up eyebrows.
Yuko looked at Rose, looking for an answer. After all, two randos accosting then for duels wasn't just weird, but also not all that intimidating with the obviously fake gangster accents that they were putting on.
"Who the fuck are you?" Rose asked.
"It's me! The one and only Notorious T to the B to the O-N-E!" The kid in yellow said.
"And I'm Blaze!" The other one said.
"And we're part of the Light Brigade!" The two yelled together.
"So are you guys part of the cult or…?" Yuko asked.
"It's not a cult," Blaze glared. "It's an organization that promotes love and unity."
"You're with the cult. In that case, no thanks. I don't feel like dealing with your crap today." Yuko said.
"You don't have a choice," A dark voice said from nowhere as Blaze was sucked into a mirror that appeared behind him.
"Blaze!" T-Bone yelled shocked.
"Is the dark mirror monster also part of the cult? Cause I know a creature who might like a good fight. That, and it would make you guys a hell of a lot scarier." Yuko asked.
"It's my power," A woman wearing a Miko uniform said from the mirror.
"Oh shit," Rose muttered as her face turned bright red.
"Not the time." Yuko said.
"I can't help it!" Rose squeaked out.
"I'm Sarina," The woman explained. "I'm Sartorius's sister, and the leader of his Light Brigade."
"And a perfect 10," Rose whispered trying to look at her.
"So that's a yes to the cult. Also did you just kill that kid?" Yuko asked.
"Maybe," She said vaguely as T-Bone's deck did. "They live on in his deck at least," She smirked. "So here's how this is going to work, you," She said looking at Yuko. "Will duel him, and you will meet me in the Virtual Reality room and we will duel, or else I will destroy your friend," She said showing an image of Hassleberry inside a pod.
"Well you'll probably kill me anyway, but whatever." Yuko said. "You don't gotta threaten an outside party."
Sarina shrugged. "Sartorius told me to do it, something about 'Punishing DJ Tyranex', whatever that means."
"Oh, so THAT'S what this is about. Honestly, he wasn't even the DJ. Worth it though." Yuko laughed. "Alright, let's do this if you're gonna be like that."
T-Bone looked at his deck shocked, but glared and got ready.
"I'll be back soon," Rose said walking away. "Time to do one of the two F's," She said snickering.
"Good luck, can't bail you outta this one if things get hairy though." Yuko said.
Rose glared at that. "I'll be fine, honestly I'm leaning towards the first F right now."
Yuko nodded, and Rose took off to find the Virtual Room. Yuko turned to T-Bone. "So is she omnipresent?"
"Yeah," He said nervously. "It was quite a shock when she appeared in my shower once."
"'Kay, didn't need to know that. But it looks like a last minute sneaky reasoning is out of the question then, unless we both wanna get vaporized. So the only way out is through." Yuko said, activating her duel disk.
"Duel!" (LP: 8000)
"I'll go first. Draw!" Yuko said, drawing her card. "I'll set this monster and two facedown cards. That's it."
"That's all? Then I'll draw!" T-Bone said. "I'll summon 'Mine Golem' in Attack Mode!" A golden golem with a green eye emerged from the field. (1000/1900) "Now I'll activate 'Guidance to Ore'! Whenever a Rock type monster of mine is destroyed, another replaces it from my Deck. I'll set two cards facedown and end my turn."
"Oh good, another stall deck. Just what I wanted to fight today." Yuko said sarcastically, drawing. "I activate "Swords of Revealing Light" to stop all attacks for three of your turns. Next I'll use "Pot of Greed." Yuko said, following the card's instructions. A red hot feeling shot up her arm. "Eraser and 'Inferno Reckless Summon', a perfect setup for when he summons his boss monster." She thought. "I'll set one card facedown and end my turn."
"I draw!" T-Bone said. "I tribute my 'Mine Golem' to summon 'Granmarg the Rock Monarch' in Attack Mode!"
A larger rock golem took the field in place of the smaller one. (2400/1000)
"When he's Tribute Summoned, he can destroy one Set card on the field! And I choose mine!" T-Bone declared. Granmarg punched one of his cards to shards. "And now the effect of 'Dormant Volcano' activates, inflicting 300 Damage to you!"
Some shards turned into embers, embedding themselves into Yuko's skin. (Yuko's LP: 8000-7700)
"The only upside for you is that we both get to add a Fire type monster from our Deck to our Hand at the end of the next turn. Usually Granmarg would shatter that monster of yours, but since you've got those Swords, I'll just end my turn." T-Bone said. (Swords Counter: 1)
"It's best that you didn't." Yuko said, drawing. "I special summon 'Gilasaurus' using its special ability. The downside of this is that you can summon a monster from your Graveyard, if you wish."
"Why wouldn't I?" T-Bone said, and resummoned 'Mine Golem'.
"Now I play 'Inferno Reckless Summon' to special summon two more. Again, the downside is that you can do the same." Yuko said.
"Man, you're messing up big time! I'll use it to summon my two other Granmargs!" T-Bone said, and two more appeared on the field.
"Did I? I tribute my three Gilasaurs to summon 'The Wicked Eraser!" Yuko said.
The ground shook, and Eraser erupted out of the ground in a burst of hellfire. (?/?) T-Bone looked absolutely horrified.
"For every card on your field, Eraser gets 1000 Attack and Defense!" Yuko announced. (0-6000/0-6000) "Eraser! Take out the first Granmarg with Digestive Breath!"
Eraser popped his helmet and bathed the first Golem in murky green fog. (T-Bone's LP: 8000- 4400) (6000-5000/6000-5000) "I'll set one card facedown and end my turn."
T-Bone was at a loss as he drew his card. If he put another card on the field, that thing would only get stronger. But with his plan for 'Demigurge Ema' already ruined thanks to 'Inferno Reckless Summon', what else could he do?
"I switch both my Granmargs to Defense Mode and end my turn." He gulped. (Swords Counter: 2)
"I draw!" Yuko said. Perfect. If she played this right, she could win this duel the turn after Swords faded, even if he managed to destroy it. "I play the spell card 'Fairy Meteor Crush', and equip it to Eraser. Now he can deal piercing damage! Go, attack the second Granmarg! (T-Bone's LP: 4400- 1800) "With that, I end my turn." (5000-4000/5000-4000)
"I draw!" T-Bone said. He was relieved when he saw what he drew. "I tribute 'Granmarg the Rock Monarch' to summon 'Zaborg the Lightning Monarch'!" A silver and white golem took Granmarg's place. (2400/1000) "And when he's tribute summoned, I can destroy one monster on the field! Say goodbye to your Eraser!"
Yuko smiled. He had taken the bait. A lightning bolt struck Eraser, exploding his head in a violent burst. To T-Bone's shock and horror, Black blood poured from Eraser's neck stump, swamping the field. "When Eraser is destroyed, he nukes the field on his way out!" Yuko explained as the rest of Eraser, Zaborg, and all of the cards on the field were dissolved in the acidic blood.
"I place two cards facedown and end my turn." T-Bone gulped.
"Very well. I draw!" Yuko said, and her grin got wider. "This is the end for you! I use 'Monster Reborn' to bring back Eraser! And you know what that means!"
T-Bone paled as Eraser shot back out of the ground with a roar. (2000/2000) "Now finish this with a direct attack!" Yuko commanded. Eraser bombarded T-Bone with a flesh melting cloud. (T-Bone's LP: 1800-0. Winner: Yuko)
"I honestly wasn't expecting your boss to just kill one of her followers for no reason." Yuko said. "If she weren't listening in on our conversation, I would have offered to help get him back."
"Wait, really?" T-Bone asked.
"Yeah, sure. Honestly I just feel bad your friend got vaporized. He didn't do anything wrong. At least, not that I know of. Anyway, I guess I'm gonna go see if Rose needs help." Yuko said. "Assuming that Sarina is a bad sport and I die along the way, I'll tell your friend you said hi." With that, Yuko ran off in the direction that Rose had.
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Rose looked at the Virtual Reality room with a big smirk, this was gonna be easy as pie.
"Hey!" A voice called out behind her, turning around Rose saw Aster walking towards her.
"What are you doing here?" He asked accusingly.
"I think the better question is, why do you think you can talk to me," Rose responded rising to her full height. "I beat the shit out of you before and will do so again if you don't wise up," She threatened. Aster rightly took a step back, his neck throbbing with phantom pain where she slammed him into the concrete. "That's better," Rose said smirking. "Now what are you doing here?"
"Sarina told me too," Aster said nervously.
"Oh what a coincidence she kidnapped my friend to get me here too," Rose snarked as she walked inside. "Well come on then, let's go meet her."
The two walked inside the facility following the one lit path till they entered a large empty white room, the moment they crossed the threshold a bright light enveloped them.
"Oh great," Rose growled bringing her darkness to bear. "Show yourself!" She ordered into the bright light.
Suddenly the light dissipated and the two found themselves inside a large computer generated grid city. "Really?" Rose said annoyed.
"What happened?" Aster asked.
"We've been transported into a virtual world," Rose explained. "I'm guessing the only way out is to win."
"Win what?" Asked asked.
"A duel obviously," Another voice said from above them. Looking up the two say Sarina looking down at them from the top of a nearby building. "If you win you can leave," She said before teleporting down to them. "However if you lose, you'll be trapped here forever."
"So wait the two of us will be dueling you?" Aster asked.
"In a manner of speaking," Sarina said as she split into two copies of herself. "Two on Two," Sarina-1 said.
"Us vs you," Sarina-2 finished.
"I feel an odd sense of deja-vu," Rose muttered rolling her eyes. Far away a pair of Brother's sneezed at the same time. "-But fine, however," Rose smirked as she let her power flow out into the virtual world. "We're not gonna do this in a normal duel," She explained as her power started warping the world around them. "We're in a KaibaCorp virtual reality testing room, so we're gonna play a Turbo Duel!" She yelled as the world broke and they appeared in a new world that consisted of a large stadium surrounding a race track, outside the virtual reality world all the screens in KaibaLand glitched out and started showing the four's duel.
Outside the room, Yuko caught a glimpse of the battle about to ensue via the broadcast screens. "Only Rose." She sighed.
"What is a turbo duel?" Three of them asked looking at Rose.
"It's a new type of duel involving," She started to explain as four motorcycles appeared on the track. "Motorcycles!" She said happily.
"Card games on motorcycles?" The three thought looking at Rose like she was insane.
...
"Virtual reality is one hell of a drug." Yuko said, full attention now on the screens. Suddenly, she got an idea, and ran off to find the pods.
...
"Yep," Rose said throwing off her jacket and hat as she sat down on one of the motorcycles. "I'll let the announcer explain."
"That's right ladies and gentleman!" An announcer yelled. "The latest and greatest innovation from KaibaCorp. Turbo Duels will change the way we look at dueling forever! 60 miles of track! Speeds upward of 350 MPH! All the fun of a regular duel but in HYPERDRIVE!"
A giant screen suddenly appeared over them with a waving chibi person on it that started showing what the announcer was saying. "How this works is both duelist duel on what is called a 'Duel Runner', these are assisted piloting motorcycles that contain all the needed data to keep the duel going, rules are very similar to regular duels except in one main way!" He yelled. "Spell cards require 'Speed Points' to activate, Speed Points are obtained during your standby phase, whenever you pass a checkpoint and whenever you inflict 1000 or more points of damage to an opponent, however you lose speed counters when you take 1000 points of damage. 'Speed Points' also govern how fast you go, because as you can tell the faster you go the faster you get counters!" The announcer said happily. "Speed can also be obtained by summoning monsters with high levels, the higher the level the more speed! Conversely losing a monster of high level will lose you a lot of speed!"
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In the commotion of the new broadcast, the white dorm students, who had finally arrived, coalesced around the screen.
"You've gotta be shitting me." Syrus said.
"What are those freaks up to now?" Alexis sneered.
"Something stupid, I bet." Chazz said.
While his followers gazed at the screens, Sartorius was inwardly fuming. Nothing has gone to plan this weekend. First he was denied his favor, because somehow the plan got leaked and made it all the way to Kaiba, then the rave at the hotel kept him up all night, and now this. He wasn't sure how much more anger he could contain.
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Getting to the VR bay was a lot easier than Yuko thought it would be. There was barely any security, she just waltzed right in.
Now came the hard part: how did you operate these things?
Yuko walked over to Hassleberry's pod, running her fingers over the glass while she looked at the control panel. It was a mess of buttons, and there was no obvious way to eject. Out of curiosity, she pressed a button that looked the most like an eject button.
"Warning: Force Eject May have adverse effects on the psyche, including brain death. Are you sure you want to proceed?" A computerized voice announced. Yuko quickly pressed the cancel button.
"This is gonna be a lot harder than I thought." She sighed.
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"As you are all first time Turbo Duelists we'll exchange your spells for their speed spell versions," The announcer said as static ran down their decks, though Rose's stayed for a bit longer. "And we'll set the track to a nice easy level 1-," The announcer started to say before Rose shifted the programing a bit. "100!" The announcer finished as the track changed to the new level, filling itself with large loops, corkscrews, tunnels, and even an area that went up at a 90 degree angle."
"What the hell!" Aster said in shock. "Are you trying to kill us!" He yelled at Rose.
"Oh please you can't die in virtual reality," Rose said rolling her eyes as she sat down on her duel runner.
"You most certainly can!" Sarina-1 yelled.
"We don't have a choice," Sarina-2 said nervously. "We can't leave till someone wins."
With that statement the other 3 mounted their duel runners.
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Yuko was no closer to figuring out how to get him out. In fact, everything she seemed to do either did nothing, reversed her progress, or threw Hassleberry deeper in.
Exasperated, she took a step back and seethed a bit. "Think, Yuko." She told herself.
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"ALRIGHT TURBO DUELISTS ARE YOU READY TO DUEL!?" The announcer yelled.
"Ready!" Rose yelled smirking as she revved her engine.
"Ready," Aster said.
"Ready," The two Sarina's said.
"THEN ON YOUR MARKS! GET SET! READY? GO!" The announcer yelled and the four took off.
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"I give her half a duel before she crashes." Chazz said.
"I give her 11 minutes." Syrus chuckled.
"You all have too much faith in her. I give her five turns." Alexis said.
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"I'll go first," Sarina-1 said smirking as she drew her first card and her speed spell counter went up by one, her deck didn't use many spell cards so she was fine with the new rules. "I summon 'Silver Spirit Ukyo' (800/600) in attack mode!" She yelled as a bandage-wrapped spirit appeared on her field. "Then I'll play 'Full Moon Mirror' and set a card to end my turn," she said as an orb covered in closed eyes appeared on the field.
"My turn," Aster said drawing his card. "I summon 'Destiny Hero-Captain Tenacious' (800/800)," He said summoning a shirtless man with giant shields attached to his arms appeared on the field. "I'll set a card and end my turn."
"Alright then," Sarina-2 said drawing her card. "I play 'Silver Spirit Sakyo' (600/800)," She said as a mirror of Sarina-1's monster appeared on the field. "I'll also set a card and end my turn."
"Well this is boring," Rose said drawing her card. "I play 'Goblindbergh' (1400/0) in attack mode," She said summoning a small goblin in a red biplane appeared on the field. "Now I get to special summon one level 4 or lower monster from my hand and switch 'Goblindbergh' into defense mode, so come on out 'Tune Warrior' (1600/200) in attack mode!" She yelled as a red warrior made of radio parts appeared on the field and 'Goblindbergh' turned blue as it switched to defense mode. "Now I play 'Synchro Boost' to increase 'Tune Warrior's' level by 1, and tune him with my 'Goblindbergh'' to synchro summon 'Stardust Dragon' (2500/2000)!" She yelled as her 'Goblindbergh' disappeared into four rings and 'Tune Warrior' turned into a wireframe version of itself with 4 stars inside it. The rings then became filled with a massive column of light. "Let's rev it up!" Rose yelled as a giant silver dragon appeared on the field with a roar as Rose's speed increased insanely, shooting her through a checkpoint.
"What was all that?" Aster asked shocked at what just happened.
"It's called a synchro summon," Rose explained. "I take a tuner monster and a non-tuner monster and combine them to form a 'Synchro' monster equal to their combined levels."
"How did you figure out how to do that!?" Aster yelled.
"Internet," Rose laughed.
The Sarina's hissed as they watched the two in front of them argue. "She's very skilled," They thought together. "Could she be the one Sartorius, or is she just an obstacle?"
"Now 'Stardust Dragon' attack 'Silver Spirit Sakyo' with Cosmic Flare!" Rose ordered as 'Stardust Dragon' reared back and fired a giant silvery white beam at the spirit.
Sarina-2 smirked. "Not so fast, go 'Mirror Bind'!" She yelled activating her facedown card. "When you declare an attack when we have 'Ukyo' and 'Sakyo' on the field, all monsters we can destroy all face-up monsters your two control with original ATK equal to or less than the ATK of the attacking monster!"
Rose smirked as two mirrors appeared to reflect 'Stardust Dragon's' attack. "Go 'Stardust Dragon' activate Victim Sanctuary!" She yelled. 'Stardust Dragon' responded by suddenly exploding in a shower of twinkling starlight that surrounded 'Mirror Bind' and shattered it. "See 'Stardust' has an effect that I can tribute him to negate the activation of an effect that destroys a card or cards on the field, and destroy that card," She chuckled. "-But that's not all, see now I'll set two cards and now when I end my turn 'Stardust' comes back!" She yelled as her dragon reappeared on the field in a shower of light.
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"Oh that is just pure bullshit!" Syrus said. "You can't just make up new summoning rules!"
"She just did." Alexis said.
"This is gonna be faster than I thought." Chazz said grimly.
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Yuko went through everything she'd tried one more time. "Ok, I think I've got this." She thought.
Yuko pressed a series of buttons, and with a fog hiss, the pod door opened. Hassleberry rubbed his eyes and sat up.
"Well congratulations to me." Yuko muttered.
"How in tarnation did they pull one over on me?" He groaned.
"That mirror woman must be around here somewhere." Yuko said, thinking.
"I hate magic." Hassleberry concluded.
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"City lights are burning bright behind me!" Rose sang loudly as they approached their first loop. "Top down! I push it to the floor!" She yelled as they entered the loop. "Woohoo!"
The Sarina's gripped their handles tighter as they went over the loop, had that last attack hit the two were sure Sarina-1 wouldn't have been able to make it over. "My move!" Sarina-1 yelled drawing her card annoyed her counter didn't shift because it took 1 to keep her 'Full Moon Mirror' around and that meant she couldn't activate her drawn card. "I end my turn," she said glaring.
"My move," Aster said drawing his card as his counter went up again. "I summon 'Destiny Hero- Doom Lord' (600/800)," He said as his Spawn like monster appeared on the field. "And now I use his effect to remove your 'Silver Spirit Ukyo' from the field for two turns," He said smirking.
"Oh no you don't," Sarina-1 said. "I use 'Silver Spirit Redirection'!" She said activating her trap. "It will not only negate your effect, it will also remove your monster from play," She said as 'Doom Lord' became absorbed in a white light. Aster hissed at that. "Alright then 'Captain Tenacious' attack 'Sakyo'!" He ordered as his monster slammed his massive shield into the mummy monster (Sarina-2 LP: 8000-7800). "Now I'll set a card and end my turn."
Sarina-2 glared as she drew her card. "I set two cards and end my turn," She said annoyed.
"Alright then!" Rose yelled as she drew her card. "I play 'Speed Warrior' (900/400) in attack mode!" She yelled as her rollerblading monster appeared on the field. "And now the first time when he attacks his attack doubles (900-1800/400), 'Speed Warrior' attack Sarina-2 directly!" She ordered.
Sarina-2 hissed as Rose's monster sped towards her. "I play 'Soul Mirror'," She said activating her trap. "-By sending a card I control to the graveyard I can special summon a monster from it, so I'll send my 'Mirror Bind' to resummon 'Silver Spirit Sakyo' (600/800) in defense mode!"
Her spirit returned to the field just in time to intercept 'Speed Warrior's' kick, destroying him.
"Oh well," Rose shrugged. "'Stardust Dragon' taker her down!" Stardust reared back and threw a giant blast of silver light at Sarina-2 (Sarina-2 LP: 7200-4700). Sarina-2's duel runner suddenly braked hard sending her back behind the other three pretty far. "And with that I end my turn," Rose smirked. (Speed Warrior (1800-900/400).
Sarina-1 glared as she drew her card, now that they had passed a checkpoint she had a counter to use, and her 'Full Moon Mirror' now had two counters on it. "I play 'Mirror Route' to allow my 'Silver Spirit Sakyo' to attack you directly," Sakyo quickly charged ahead to attack Rose.
"Nope," Rose said chuckling. "Go 'Scrap Iron Scarecrow'," She said activating her facedown, summoning a scarecrow in front of her that absorbed the attack. "One per turn I can negate an attack and then reset the card," She explained as the card reset itself.
Sarina-1 growled. "I end my turn!" She yelled. "She lucky," She thought.
"Is it luck or is it destiny?" Sarina-2 thought back.
"My move," Aster said drawing. "I summon 'Destiny Hero Fear Monger' (1000/100), and I'll send him to attack 'Silver Spirit Sakyo' and I'll discard 'Destiny Hero-Blade Master' to add 800 attack to him! (1000-1800/1000). Sarina-1 monster was quickly vaporized in a red light (Sarina-1 LP: 8000-7000) as her duel runner stalled for a second, setting her back. "Now I end my turn (Fear Monger 1800-1000/1000).
Sarina-2 drew her card. "I set a card and end my turn," She said nervously.
"Oh and now it's over for you!" Rose said smirking as she speed up again. "I summon 'Junk Synchron!' (1300/500)!" She yelled as her orange machine monster appeared on the field. "And now I tune him with 'Speed Warrior' to summon 'Junk Warrior' (2300/1300)!" She yelled as 'Junk Synchron' pulled it's rip cord to activate the summoning, ending with a blue warrior made with a giant scarf appearing beside her and her duel runner speeding up even more. "Now 'Junk Warrior' and 'Stardust Dragon' attack Sarrina-2!" She yelled. "Scrap Fist and Cosmic Flare!" 'Junk Warrior' flew towards Sarina-2 at full speed as 'Stardust Dragon's' beam followed behind him, resulting in him smashing into her just as the beam enveloped them in its silvery light (Sarina-2 LP: 4700-0).
"NO!" Sarina-1 yelled as Sarina-2's duel runner suddenly shut down, sending her skidding across the tracks.
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"One down, one to go." Alexis said.
"Not again with this." Chazz groaned.
"Yeah, Sarina can't even use Rose's useless lesbianism to save herself now." Syrus added.
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"Now I set a card and end my turn," Rose chuckled as her duel runner reached it's top speed. "Speeds over 350 miles per hour hells yell!" She laughed.
Sarina-1 growled as she drew her card. "I set two cards and end my turn," She said annoyed, her 'Full Moon Mirror' only had 3 counters, she needed 7 more.
"Alright then," Aster said drawing. "I summon 'Destiny Hero-Double Dude' (1000/1000)," He said summoning a man in a suit. "And I'll send him to attack you directly.
"I activate 'Soul Mirror'," She said activating her trap. "I'll send my 'Return Talisman'' to resummon 'Silver Spirit Ukyo' (800/600) in defense mode!"
The spirit was destroyed by 'Double Dude's' cane. "Well guess what," Aster chuckled. "He can attack twice!" Her ordered at 'Double Dude' turned into a massive hulking beast that punched Sarina-1 (Sarina-1 LP: 7000-6000). "Now I end my turn."
"And now I'll end this," Rose said smirking as she drew her card. "I play 'Scrap Fist' She said activating a spell that covered 'Junk Warrior's' fist in a glowing orange light. "Now you take double damage from his attack, end it you guys!" (Sarina-1 LP: 6000-0).
Sarina-1 screamed as her duel runner stalled and crashed. "And that's the end," Rose smirked as the simulation faded away back to a bare white room.
….
"Well that's that." Syrus said. Chazz just groaned.
"I can't believe this." Alexis said.
Sartorius could barely contain his anger. The one thing that was supposed to go right had gone wrong, and now this whole trip was for nothing.
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"There's the mirror bitch!" Yuko said, finding Sarina's pod. She pushed a few buttons, but the pod made an error sound and didn't open. "What's the matter with this thing?"
As if to answer her question, an audio readout started playing. "Player has opted to stay in the Virtual World. The only way to get them out is by Force Eject."
"Well damn. I'm not gonna fry her brain over something like this." Yuko admitted.
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"Well that was not as big of a waste of time as I expected!" Rose said happily as Sarina reappeared in front of her. "So you wanna go get a drink? Maybe see the rest of the park?" She asked smiling.
Sarina blinked. "Did you just ask me out?" She asked confused.
"Yep," Rose said smirking. "Why what's the worst that could happen?"
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This was the last straw. Sartorius took a deep breath. "Excuse me for a moment." He said, and left before anyone could say anything.
The mirror inside the men's restroom shattered as he drove his fist into it. The shards clattered to the floor.
"Rose… I'm not sure how you managed to ruin EVERY aspect of my plan, but mark my words. You'll pay dearly for your transgressions this day." He growled, his face contorting into something nasty. After a moment, he calmed himself, and plucked out the shards that had found their way into his hand, discarding them into a nearby trash can.
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Sarina blinked again as she shook her head. "Sorry, but I have to stay here, I must watch over my brother."
"Well your brother is gonna be getting his ass whooped so I think you would be better served being in the real world to patch up his broken body and spirit," Rose said shrugging as she put her jacket and hat back on. '-But you do you and I do me so bye," Rose said walking away as the simulation crumbled away around them. "So now then," Rose said looking at Aster. "I'm gonna find my friends and get a chimichanga, bye," She said waving over her shoulder.
Aster was incredibly confused by the events of today, and in the end decided to go back to his trailer and take a nap.
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Yuko And Hassleberry found Rose quickly after that.
"I found him. Now there's no bargaining chip." Yuko said.
"Well I guess that's that then," Rose said shrugging. "Wanna get a chimichanga?"
"Hell yeah. And a drink too." Yuko said.
…
"Well all and all I say this was a fun trip," Rose said chuckling as she poured out another can of gasoline.
"Hell yeah. And this'll be the icing on the cake." Yuko agreed.
"I think it may be a little too far," Hassleberry said nervously as he watched the rest of them wire up some dynamite.
"Nah it's fine," Rose said chuckling as she grabbed a match. "Alright everyone get back!" She ordered. The entirety of the Black Knights took a few huge steps back as Rose threw the match onto the boat, sending it up in flames.
"Can they all fit on that tiny speedboat?" Hassleberry asked looking at the boat Crowler came on.
"Maybe if Chazz and BitchTits McFuckstick didn't go, their egos would take up too much space," Rose said shrugging.
"Yeah, honestly their capacity issues are the least of our problems by now." Yuko said. "They're a friend stealing cult, after all."
"Ok lets go!" Rose said getting inside the USS M'DICK. "Everyone inside M'DICK!"
"Please tell me you mean the submarine!" Yuko said. Rose just laughed.
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"What happened!" Alexis yelled as she looked at the flaming remnants of their boat.
"MotherFUCKERS!" Syrus yelled. "They've trapped us here!"
"Well we have the speedboat," One of the Society members said.
Crowler and Bonaparte looked at each other before taking off running at the boat, the Society members quickly attacked them, trying to get the boat keys from them. Sartorius just shook his head and sighed.