How to open a portal:
In Duel Academy Infirmary, Alexis sat on a chair as she looked at her two friends Jasmine and Mindy who were lying on two beds and were still unconscious. Missy had been taken to another area so that she didn't cause trouble with the others when she woke up. Alexis was worried for her friends as they hadn't woken up.
"It's okay Alexis" Sereda stated "Jasmine and Mindy are probably just tired; they will need time to recover from this brainwashing"
"Missy as well" Kallian stated from nearby "I may not have liked her but no one deserved this"
The School Nurse Miss Fontaine walked over to them "Your friends will be fine" she stated, she was meant to have been getting ready to end for the year but had to stay behind to look after the people who had been placed in the Infirmary "They must be exhausted and they need some rest. And from what you told me, we'll have more coming here" Then just as she finished saying that, the door opened and then they all turned to see Aristide and Aedan enter the Infirmary carrying an unconscious Torimaki and Raizou "Oh my gosh, put them on the beds" the two of them then placed Torimaki and Raizou on two of the Infirmary beds "I think it's best just to let them get some rest, they've been through a lot"
Alexis looked at Aristide and Aedan and saw that they had some sad looks on their faced "Mr Amell?" Alexis questioned "Is everything alright?"
"What happened?" Kallian wondered "I thought that you would have returned with Solona"
Aedan sighed "That's what's wrong Kallian," he stated "Solona's gone"
Sereda widened her eyes "Wait, what do you mean gone?" she demanded "Don't tell me that the Venatori took her before you could rescue her?"
Aristide sighed "Not quite" he stated "We found Livius and then my son duelled and beat him, but he used Duelling energy to try and take Solona with him, his portal overpowered and dragged both him and Servis in. We thought that everything was alright but then the portal reopened and took Solona. Now she's gone and we have no idea where she is."
Alexis gasped in shock "No it can't be" she gasped "Solona can't be gone"
A tear fell from Aedan's eyes "I'm afraid it is true" he stated "When Aristide has calmed down he is going to contact Cassandra and see if she and the Seekers may be able to find where Solona is."
Kallian looked at Aedan "And how are the others taking this?" she asked
"Not good" Aedan claimed "We're all in shock as it happened right in front of our eyes and there was nothing we could do to stop it, it happened so fast. But Daylen is taking this the worst, he keeps blaming himself and Neria is unable to help him calm down."
Then the door opened again and they all looked to see Professor Dorian walk in "Maybe I can help with that" he stated, it seemed that he overheard everything "It might be best if we gathered in my office. I have an idea as to how we can find Solona. But I doubt many of you are going to like it"
Aedan looked at Dorian, Daylen would do anything to get his sister back but from the tone of Dorian's voice, it sounded like this idea he had might not be a great one but it was still worth it to figure it out. But it was Aristide who spoke up "I'll go get Daylen" he said "Since he is my son he might be more willing to talk to me"
Alexis stood up "Aedan and I will go and find the others" she said and then she left the Infirmary with Aedan while Aristide went off to find his son.
…
Out near the lake right near the Obelisk Blue Boys Dorm, Daylen sat on the edge of the lake as he threw another stone in. There were still tears in his eyes and Neria was sitting next to him as she tried to calm him down "Daylen, you can't keep blaming yourself" she stated "This wasn't your fault"
"It is my fault!" Daylen snapped angrily but then his eyes soften "I'm sorry, I'm just so angry at myself. It's just… I should have down more to help her. She was my sister and now she's gone"
"Yeah but we know who's behind this" Neria claimed "The Venatori are behind this and if the Seekers can find their base then they'll find Solona. We found your dad even after he was kidnapped by the Venatori"
"Yeah but he had been missing for a few years" Daylen hissed "I can't have my sister missing for that long"
"We'll find her Daylen" Neria stated "I know that if we don't give up then we can find her"
Daylen gave her a small smiled before he wrapped his arms around him "Thanks Neria, you always know how to make me feel better" Neria just smiled and then the two of them wrapped their arms around each other and held each other close. The two of them then closed their eyes and pressed their foreheads against each other until they heard a chuckle
"I wasn't expecting the two of you to be doing that" the voice chuckled and Daylen turned to see his father with a smirk on his face.
Daylen jumped and pulled away from Neria with a blush on his face as did Neria. The two looked awkwardly at each other before Daylen glared at his father "That was not funny father!" he hissed "Do you know how embarrassing that was"
Aristide sighed "Sorry" he stated "I just came to find you, Professor Dorian wants to see us in his office, he says that he may have an idea on how to find Solona."
"He does?" Daylen questioned "What is it?"
"He hasn't said it yet" Aristide admitted "But he did say that he doubted any of us would like it"
"But if it can help us find Solona then it must be worth it" Neria stated
Aristide shook his head "I would like to hear the plan before I decide on what to do, I would hate to put anyone else in danger"
"But it can help us bring my sister back then we have to do it" Daylen claimed "We must!"
...
About an hour later, Daylen, his father and Neria joined Professor Dorian in his office. They were joined by Alexis and Aedan who had brought Sereda, Kallian, Jaden, Chazz and Theorn. While Dorian was not a senior member of staff since he wasn't head of a Dorm, he still had his own office since he was also an advisor for Duel Academy.
"So now that we're all here, what is this plan that you have?" Aristide asked
Dorian looked at them all "If the Venatori took Solona then we must find their base. And the only person who would know their base would be a member of the Venatori"
"And how are you going to get this information?" Chazz snorted "It's not like we can just ask these cultists"
"Well we still have a Captive member of the Venatori is custody" Dorian said after he sighed
It was then that Jaden realised who he was talking about "Hold up, you mean you want to ask Alexius, the man who hurt Solona with that Razikale card, how can we even trust him"
Dorian sighed "I did tell you that you weren't going to like it" he stated "But I can't think of anything else, Alexius is the only person who can give us information. He was only in the Venatori to try and save his son which failed as Felix is dead now. But he might give us the information we need to find Solona. But there is still the possibility that he doesn't know himself. He wasn't a high ranking member of the Venatori like Livius is"
Kallian looked down and then back at Dorian "But how can we trust him on what we ask him?" she questioned "How can we know if he's telling the truth"
Dorian sighed "That's the problem" he stated "We don't know if he is telling the truth but I have no other ideas of what we can do" he then looked at Aristide "It's your daughter that is missing so I think this decision is up to you. If you allow me then I can contact Cassandra and she'll bring Alexius here and he can tell us what we can do"
Aristide thought for a moment, he did not like the idea on calling a member of the Venatori to help find his daughter. But even he could see that there were no other options, it could take years to find her if they didn't so eventually he sighed and looked at Dorian "Make the call, but I want them to keep an eye on him at all times"
"I understand" Dorian stated and then he picked up his phone and began to dial the number he needed to contact Cassandra.
…
A few days later, a small plane flew over the ocean towards Duel Academy. The only cargo this plane was carrying was Cassandra along with two other men. One was a young man who wore the same black uniform as Cassandra and had short black hair. The other was the man known as Alexius who had duelled Solona in her expulsion duel. Alexius wore prisoner clothing instead of his smart robes. He also seemed to be looking sad, ever since his son had died; he hardly had said anything at all unless he was under interrogation.
"Remember Daniel" Cassandra said to the other Seeker "You are to keep an eye on this man at all times."
"I understand Cassandra" the man known as Daniel stated as he narrowed his eyes at Alexius "If he even tries anything funny then I will send him back in irons"
Alexius said nothing but just stared at the floor and sighed, he had no idea what was going on but he knew that something bad had happened.
...
Inside Duel Academy's main duelling arena, Solona's friends had gathered. These included Daylen, Aedan, Theorn, Sereda, Kallian, Faren, Neria, Chazz, Jaden and Alexis. Aristide was there as well but he sat nearby with young Avexis on his lap. After Solona had been captured, Aristide had vowed he would look after the young Avexis and protect her. Zane Truesdale was with them as well, after what happened at the Abandoned Dorm, Zane had decided to stay behind and help while Syrus had gone home. Chancellor Sheppard was also in the room along with Dr Crowler and Professor Dorian. This planned meeting could not take place in Sheppard's office as it was too small for such a big group.
"I don't like the idea of bringing that man back here after what he did" Crowler protested
"I don't like it either" Sheppard admitted "But I see little choice"
"I know" Dorian stated "But Alexius may be our only way of finding Solona and bringing her back safely"
"Campus security reported that the Helicopter landed and they are bringing them here now" Crowler said.
Then as Crowler finished saying this, the doors opened and a few Campus Security guards walked in along with Cassandra and Alexis along with Cassandra's apprentice Daniel.
"Cassandra, it's good to see you again." Aristide stated as he handed Avexis to Daylen and then went over and shook hands with Cassandra "It's been a while since we last met"
"It's good to see you working again Aristide" Cassandra smiled "Believe me, we will do our best to locating your daughter"
"Thank you Cassandra" Aristide admitted "She means a lot to me"
Dorian walked Alexius over to a seat where he sat his former mentor down "I trust you know why we have brought you here"
Alexius sighed "I couldn't save my son!" he hissed "Do you think my life matters to me now" there were tears in his eyes "What's the point, I have nothing to live for now"
"But you can help rebuild" Dorian stated "These Venatori cultists are evil and will take over the world, we need information Dorian, they've captured Solona and now have the Urthemiel card. We need to find their base so we can rescue Solona and recover the card"
Alexius sighed "I might as well tell you everything" he stated "But I doubt there is anything you can do to find this girl"
"And why is that?" Daylen demanded
Alexius sighed "I doubt you will believe me but you'll never find the Venatori because they're not even in this Dimension"
"In this Dimension?" Aedan questioned "What does that even mean?"
Alexius looked at them "I mean as in they're not even from this world. I couldn't find a cure for my son in this world so I looked elsewhere. There were theories that there were other worlds out there so I built a machine that would allow me to communicate with these worlds. And I managed to find one."
Chazz snorted "You're a big fat liar!" he snapped "There is no way that is true, that is just a load of rubbish"
Cassandra narrowed his eyes "Actually he is right" she stated "The Seekers believe that there are other Dimensions just like ours."
"My theory was that these Dimensions orbit something like planets around a sun." Alexius stated "So one time I was able to make contact with the closest Dimension to us. I was able to communicate with them and these people that I contacted said that they could help my son if I helped them"
"So I guess this is how you discovered the Venatori?" Dorian questioned
Alexius sighed "It is" he stated "I was desperate to save my son so I said I would do anything. I rarely ever went to this Dimension but the higher ranked members came to me several times. For them, travelling between Dimensions is easy since they have the power from the Elder One himself to do this. But for other people, it requires you to create a powerful portal"
Daylen looked at him "So if we can create this portal, we can go and save my sister"
Alexius sighed "Technically you can but I would not really recommend it"
"Why?" Aedan growled
"Because this world is very different from ours" Alexius claimed "Their world is built solely around duelling but it's not a game for them, it's a weapon. There are different factions there that use Duel Monsters to wage war against each other. If you go to this Dimension then you'll end up in the crossfire, the Venatori started a huge war between the factions to create chaos so they could take over that world."
"So they duel like us but use it for war?" Kallian questioned
"They do" Alexius stated "And that's not the only problem, they could only bring your friend Solona to that Dimension because currently our two Dimensions are close together in their orbit, but in a few weeks the Dimensions will be too far apart, if that happens while you're still there then you could be trapped."
"I don't care about the dangers!" Daylen snapped "My sister is trapped there and she would do it for me. I'm going to this Dimension."
"Not alone you're not" Neria stated "I'm going with you"
"Me too" Theorn stated
"And me as well" Aedan stated
Alexius sighed knowing that there was no way he could talk them out of this "Very well, if you insist. I can create a portal that can take you to this Dimension, will some duelling energy you can open the portal but unfortunately you won't be able to use that to come back."
"So how do we come back?" Neria questioned
Alexius sighed "You'll have to find the way the Venatori travel between Dimensions" he stated "And I wouldn't take too big of a group with you, too much energy and the portal will over power and suck you all in and send you to different parts of the Dimension."
"So it's the four of us" Daylen stated "Who else is coming"
"I'm coming too" Jaden stated
"Be careful Jaden" Alexis stated "This world is not a game like it is here"
"Don't worry Alexis" Jaden smiled "I'll be fine" Alexis and Jaden smiled at each other for a while
Then Chancellor Sheppard stood up "Now before I let you do this I'm sending a teacher with you. You need a responsible adult with you"
Aristide sighed "I would like to come along to help my daughter but I have Avexis to look after" he young Avexis was currently cuddling Aristide's chest after Daylen had given her back to him.
Sheppard looked at Dr Crowler "Crowler" he spoke up "You're our best duelling teacher here so you will go along and keep them safe"
Crowler struggled for words, while he was a skilled duellist he was a bit afraid "Why of course Chancellor" he stated "I'll do what I can to protect these students"
Some of them did notice that Crowler seemed afraid but then again, many of them were.
"And since I'm a champion here, they might need me as well" Zane stated
"Fine" Alexius stated "That makes seven of you. Now two of you will have to duel in order to create the energy but not too much."
"Then I would like to volunteer" Crowler stated "And I have the perfect duellist in mind to duel" he looked at Jaden "And that duellist is you Jaden Yuki"
"Me?" Jaden questioned as he pointed to himself
"Yes you" Crowler smirked "I've improved since we last duelled in your entrance exam, I got all cocky that time but this time I won't be. Let's see how good you really are against my deck."
"Well then, I say, Get your game on" Jaden smiled
...
Later, Jaden and Crowler were standing on the duelling arena as they shuffled each other's decks. Everyone else sat at the side watching.
"I know that this seems like a bad time but who do you think will win?" Kallian asked
"Jaden has beaten Crowler before but this time Crowler won't be as arrogant" Aedan stated
"Remember, this duel isn't about who wins or loses" Daylen claimed "It's to create energy to allow us to find my sister"
Jaden and Crowler then finished shuffling the decks and then they went to the edge where the activated their duel disks "Prepare for your next test" Crowler smirked
"I'm so ready for this" Jaden smirked and then the two of them activated their duel disks.
"DUEL!"
Jaden: 8000
Crowler: 8000
"Since I'm a teacher, I will go first" Crowler stated as he drew his sixth card "And I'll start by playing an old favourite of mine. The continuous spell card Ancient Gear Castle." A large stone castle armed with cannons appeared behind Crowler "Now all my Ancient Gear monsters gain 300 attack points. And now I summon Ancient Gear Wyvern in attack mode" a large mechanical wyvern made from gears appeared on the field (Level 4 Attack 1700 Defence 1200)
"Well that's a new monster for Crowler" Sereda stated "I haven't seen him use that one before"
"Crowler isn't able to use all his monsters all the time" Zane stated
"And now that Wyvern is on the field, he gains 300 attack points thanks to my castle" Crowler smirked as Wyvern gained more power (AGW Attack 1700-2000) "Also Wyvern's effect activates, since he was summoned, I can add an Ancient Gear monster to my hand from my deck and I choose my Ancient Gear Knight" Crowler added the said card to his hand "But since Wyvern was summoned, I cannot set any cards this turn so I end my turn"
"My move" Jaden stated as he drew his card "And I'll throw one monster facedown as well as a card facedown. Then I will end my turn"
"That's not much of a move" Kallian stated
"Remember this is just the start of the duel" Aedan claimed
"I guess you're right" Kallian sighed
Crowler drew his card 'I know how Jaden duels, that facedown monster could easily be his Clayman which I could easily destroy if I summon my Ancient Gear Beast, but that facedown could be Hero Signal which my card effects won't stop. So I better pull a different move' he took a card in his hand "I summon Ancient Gear Knight in Attack mode" a large mechanical soldier armed with a large shield and a lance appeared on the field (Level 4 Attack 1800 Defence 500) "And thanks to my Castle, he too gains 300 attack points" The Knight's Lance grew longer (AGK Attack 1800-2100) "And now my Knight will destroy your facedown monster" The Knight's lance pierced the facedown card which was revealed to by Clayman, confirming Crowler's suspicions.
"You may have destroyed my Clayman, but I still have my facedown card" Jaden stated "Hero Signal, now I can summon an Elemental Hero from my deck since you just destroyed a monster, and I choose my Avian in defence mode" the small green feathered Hero appeared on the field (Level 3 Attack 1000 Defence 1000)
"Well my Wyvern can still attack" Crowler stated and then the Wyvern shot through Avian and destroyed him "And now I will end my turn by throwing two cards facedown"
"My move" Jaden claimed as he drew his next card "And I'll start by playing the spell card Pot of Greed which allows me to draw two more cards" Jaden drew two cards from his deck which made him smirk "Next I play the spell card Warrior Returning Alive, now Avian returns to my hand. But he won't be in my hand for long because now I play Polymerization which allows me to fuse Avian along with Elemental Hero Burstinatrix in my hand."
Crowler cringed 'He's going to summon that Wingman, the monster that defeated me before'
But this time, Crowler was wrong "Now I fusion summon Elemental Hero Great Tornado in attack mode" Jaden stated as a green and yellow armoured warrior with wind turbines on his hands and a green cape appeared on the field (Level 8 Attack 2800 Defence 2200)
"That monster's even more powerful than my monsters" Crowler gasped as now it was worse than what he thought
"And it gets worse" Jaden smirked "Since Great Tornado was fusion summoned, his effect activates, now the attack points of all your monsters get cut in half" Crowler gasped as his monsters lost their power (AGK Attack 2100-1050) (AGW Attack 2000-1000) "And now I summon Elemental Hero Wildheart in attack mode" a male warrior who looked like he was from the jungle appeared on the field (Level 4 Attack 1500 Defence 1600) "Now Wildheart, attack that Wyvern" Wildheart drew his sword and then slashed the wings off of the Wyvern which dealt damage to Crowler
Jaden: 8000
Crowler: 7500
"And now Great Tornado will destroy that Knight" Jaden added and then Great Tornado sent a large tornado which blew the Knight to pieces
Jaden: 8000
Crowler: 5750
"And now I will end my turn" Jaden finished
"Jaden has dealt a good amount of damage to Crowler" Sereda stated
"But now Crowler looks like he's ready to make a comeback" Zane stated
"Crowler better be careful that he doesn't get too cocky otherwise he'll make a mistake" Daylen added
Crowler drew his next card 'I have a plan though I will have to lose some life points for this' "I'll start by playing my facedown card, Ancient Gear Reborn, this allows me to summon back an Ancient Gear monster in my graveyard and I choose my Wyvern" Ancient Gear Wyvern returned to the field "And since he was summoned again, I'm allowed to add my Ancient Gear Soldier to my hand" Crowler added the card to his hand "But there's more, Ancient Gear Reborn gives my Wyvern an extra 200 attack points plus the 300 thanks to my Castle" (AGW Attack 1700-2200) "And you're not the only one who can fusion summon, I play Polymerization in order to fuse Ancient Gear Soldier along with Ancient Gear Beast in my hand in order to summon Ancient Gear Howitzer in attack mode" a large machine made up from different gears and cannons appeared on the field (Level 8 Attack 1000 Defence 1800) "And thanks to my Castle, he gains an extra 300 attack points" (AGH Attack 1000-1300)
"It doesn't make any sense though" Alexis stated "Why would Crowler fuse those monsters together, that Fusion monster is weaker than both of them and cannot take out either of Jaden monsters."
But then Zane remembered the last time Crowler used that monster which was when he duelled against Camula "True but Howitzer had a special ability. When it is destroyed in Battle, Crowler can summon any Ancient Gear Monster from his deck."
"Any Ancient Gear Monster!" Kallian gasped
"Now Howitzer, attack that Wildheart" Crowler ordered and then Howitzer fired a blast from his cannot but they didn't affect Wildheart who then the slashed Howitzer into several pieces.
Jaden: 8000
Crowler: 5550
"And now that Howitzer is destroyed, just like your friends said, I can summon an Ancient Gear monster from my deck." Crowler smirked "Now I could bring out my Golem but sadly he cannot be special summoned, but I can bring this monster out. My Ancient Gear Reactor Dragon" a large mechanical dragon made from rusty metal appeared on the field (Level 9 Attack 3000 Defence 3000) "And now my dragon will destroy your Great Tornado and he gains an extra 300 attack points" Reactor Dragon fired a blast of red hot steam which engulfed Great Tornado which caused the warrior to moan in pain before shattering.
Jaden: 7500
Crowler: 5550
"And my Wyvern still has his attack, so attack that Wildheart." Crowler added and then Wyvern swooped through Wildheart and destroyed him
Jaden: 6800
Crowler: 5550
"And now I will end my turn" Crowler finished
Jaden drew his next card and looked at it 'I guess this is the only way I can put up a good defence, it may cost me some life points next turn but at least it prevents a direct attack' "I'll start by summoning Elemental Hero Bubbleman in attack mode" s aqua hero monster armed with water pistols appeared on the field (Level 4 Attack 800 Defence 1200) "And since he's the only card I have on the field, I can draw two more cards from my deck" Jaden drew two cards from his deck "And now I'm going to activate one of them, Fusion Sage which allows me to add a Polymerization from my deck to my hand. They I will activate it in order to fuse Elemental Heroes Heat and Flash in my hand in order to summon Elemental Hero Nova Master in attack mode" a red armoured warrior with a fireball in his hands appeared on the field (Level 8 Attack 2600 Defence 2100) "Now Nova Master, destroy that Wyvern again" Nova Master threw the fireball which struck Wyvern and the monster crumbled into small parts.
Jaden: 6800
Crowler: 5150
"And since Nova Master has destroyed a monster in battle, I get to draw another card" Jaden stated as he drew another card and smirked at it "And I'm going to activate it, Bubble Blaster which gives Bubbleman an extra 800 attack points. And when you destroy him, it's the blaster that gets destroyed" a large water cannon appeared on Bubbleman's shoulder (EHB Attack 800-1600) "Now I will end my turn"
"My turn" Crowler stated as he drew his card "And I'll start by playing the spell card Ancient Gear Workshop, now I can add my Ancient Gear Beast in my deck back to my hand" the card returned to Crowler's hand "And now I play the spell card Double Cyclone, this card destroys one spell or crap card on my field and one on yours." A large cyclone shook the field and destroyed Jaden's Bubble blaster causing Bubbleman to lose his attack points (EHB Attack 1600-800) but it also destroyed Crowler's trap card only for a golden snake monster to appear "As you can see, my facedown was Statue of the Wicked which gives me a Wicked Token, by now I will sacrifice him in order to summon Ancient Gear Beast" a large mechanical sabre tooth beast appeared on the field (Level 6 Attack 2000 Defence 2000) and his attack points increased thanks to the Castle (AGB Attack 2000-2300) "And now my Beast will attack that Bubbleman" The Beast leapt at Bubbleman and tore the monster apart
Jaden: 5300
Crowler: 5150
"And now Reactor Dragon will take out that Nova Master" Crowler added as the steam fired from the dragon became too much even for the flame hero to withstand.
Jaden: 4800
Crowler: 5150
"And now I will end my turn" Crowler finished
Jaden drew his next card 'this will help be keep safe until my next turn' he though "I summon Elemental Hero Ocean in attack mode" a warrior in the shape of a dolphin and holding a trident appeared on the field (Level 4 Attack 1500 Defence 1200)
"Why would Jaden summon that in attack mode?" Kallian questioned "It can't stand up to Crowler's monsters"
"Jaden must have a plan" Alexis stated "He's not reckless"
"I guess we'll see" Zane stated
"Next I play the spell card Mirage of Nightmare" Jaden added "Now on my turn, I get to draw until I hold 4 cards in my hand. Then I'll throw two cards facedown and end my turn"
"Don't play around with me Jaden" Crowler smirked "Those facedowns are traps and that Ocean is clearly bait, I won't fall for it. But even so, my draw" he drew his card
"And mine too" Jaden smirked "Now Mirage's effect activates and I get to draw until I hold 4 cards in my hand" Jaden drew until 4 cards were in his hand and he smirked at them "And I was not baiting you, I can't activate traps when most of your Ancient Gears attack but I can stop them from attacking altogether. I activate my facedown card, Thunder of Ruler, now you cannot use your Battle phase this turn. Plus I activate my other facedown, Emergency Provisions which means that I can sacrifice my Mirage and gain 1000 life points, and it also prevents me from having to discard next turn" Mirage turned into golden particles which were absorbed by Jaden
Jaden: 5800
Crowler: 5150
Crowler grumbled at that "Well I guess there is nothing else for me to do other than end my turn by throwing one card facedown."
Jaden then drew his next card "All right, first of, I'm activating a field spell. Fusion Gate, now I can fuse monsters without Polymerization." The field changed and had a dark portal above the field "And now I'll use it in order to fuse Elemental Hero Ocean on my field with Sparkman in my hand, this allows me to summon Elemental Hero the Shining in attack mode." A white armoured hero with a bright white aura surrounding him appeared on the field (Level 8 Attack 2600 Defence 2100) "And he gains 300 attack points for every banished Elemental Hero and since using Fusion Gate banishes them, that's two removed from play so Shining gains 600 attack points" (EHTS Attack 2600-3200) "That may not be enough to defeat your Reactor Dragon but it can destroy your Beast, so attack with Shining Blast" Shining zapped through the air and went through Ancient Gear Beast and the Beast then exploded.
Jaden: 5800
Crowler: 4250
"And that will do it for me" Jaden stated
"My move" Crowler stated and he smirked at his card "And I summon a monster that's very familiar to you. My great Ancient Gear Golem" a large Golem made of rusty metal parts appeared on the field (Level 8 Attack 3000 Defence 3000) "And I can summon him by sacrificing my castle, though now my monsters don't gain any attack points" the castle vanished which caused Reactor Dragon to lose his power advantage (AGRD Attack 3300-3000)
"But now Crowler's monsters can't destroy Jaden's Shining" Theorn stated "What was the point of that?"
"Crowler must have a plan" Alexis stated
Crowler heard them "I sure do" he stated "I play the equip spell called Ancient Gear Steam Reactor and equip it to Reactor Dragon, now he gains 500 attack points" A power reactor was attached to the belly of the mechanical dragon which made the steam he produced even more powerful (AGRD Attack 3000-3500) "Everyone gasped as now Crowler could deal a lot of damage to Jaden "Now Reactor Dragon, destroy the Shining" Reactor Dragon sent out a powerful blast of steam which engulfed the Shining and destroyed him
Jaden: 5600
Crowler: 4250
"Since you just destroyed the Shining, his ability activates which allows me to add two Banished Elemental Heroes to my hand. So Ocean and Sparkman return to my hand" the two monsters returned to Jaden's Hand
"You'll need them soon" Crowler smirked "Because my Golem still has his attack, go Mechanised Melee" the Golem threw a powerful fist which knocked Jaden back
Jaden: 2600
Crowler: 4250
"Looks like Crowler now has the advantage" Dorian stated
Cassandra looked at Alexius "How much power have they produced?" she asked
Alexius looked at his laptop "Not quite enough, they just need a bit more and we'll have enough. But one thing that worries me is that if they create too much, the portal could overpower when we power it up and then it could suck everyone in. This portal is more powerful than the one Livius created."
"Let's just hope it doesn't come to that," Dorian stated
"And before I end my turn, I've got one last card to play" Crowler added "The spell card Mystical Space Typhoon, now I can destroy that Fusion Gate of yours." A blue tornado swooped onto the field and blew the card out of the field spell card zone of Jaden's Duel Disk and the portal vanished "And now I will end my turn"
Jaden placed his hand on his deck "My draw" he said as he drew his card and looked at his hand, he had some good monsters but none of them could defeat Crowler's monsters, one direct attack and it was over. But he had something that could get him more cards "I play the spell Card of Sanctity, now we both draw until we hold 6 cards in our hands" Both Crowler and Jaden drew until they held 6 cards in their hands and Jaden got the cards he needed "I play my final copy of Polymerization. This allows me to fuse Elemental Heroes Sparkman with Necroshade in order to summon Elemental Hero Escuridao in attack mode" a dark monster made from shadows appeared on the field (Level 8 Attack 2500 Defence 2000) "And she gains 100 attack points for every Elemental Hero in my graveyard, so with 12 in my graveyard, that's 1200 attack points." Dark shadows surrounded Escuridao as she gained more power (EHE Attack 2500-3700) "And now I summon Elemental Hero Bladedge in attack mode, and since Necroshade's in my graveyard, I don't need to tribute any monsters." A golden armoured warrior appeared on the field (Level 7 Attack 2600 Defence 1800) "And now I play the spell card H-Heated Heart, now Bladedge gains an extra 500 attack points" Bladedge glowed as he gained more power (EHB Attack 2600-3100) "And now Bladedge, attack that Golem with Slice and Dice attack." Bladedge leapt towards the Golem and then sliced at him using his razor sharp blades which caused the Golem to weaken before collapsing
Jaden: 2600
Crowler: 4150
"And my Escuridao will destroy that Reactor Dragon" Jaden added and then Escuridao fired black wines from her hands which wrapped around the dragon and tightened more and more until the Dragon was crushed
Jaden: 2600
Crowler: 3950
"And now I will end my turn" Jaden finished
Crowler drew his next card which made him smirk "You know, I have a lot to thank you for Jaden" he stated "Thanks to you, I have a hand full of useful cards and if you thought my Golem was tough, then you haven't seen anything yet."
"Uh oh" Neria stated "I don't like the sound of that"
"What is Crowler doing?" Alexis questioned
"I think the answer is coming" Sereda stated
Crowler carried on with his move "First I play the spell card Fusion Recovery, now I get Polymerization along with Ancient Gear Soldier back to my hand"
"Wait" Daylen gasped "He's going to do another fusion summon?"
Crowler smirked "I sure am" he stated "I use Polymerization to fuse my second Ancient Gear Golem along with my Ancient Gear Cannon and Ancient Gear Soldier in my hand." The Soldier, Golem and Cannon appeared on the field and were then sucked into a portal "Unite the wisdom and savagery of past ages into a brutal behemoth. I fusion summon, Ultimate Ancient Gear Golem" a powerful machine even bigger than the Golem with four massive legs and the upper body of the Golem attacked along with two massive hands appeared on the field (Level 10 Attack 4400 Defence 3400)
Everyone gasped at the power of this monster "That monster is more powerful than anything Jaden has in his deck" Alexis gasped
"I guess that's why it's his ultimate monster" Aedan stated
"And now I play two spell cards" Crowler added "First Ancient Gear Hammer, now by removing Reactor Dragon in my graveyard from play, I can destroy one monster of the field with less attack points and I choose your Bladedge" a large hammer appeared on the field which then smashed down on top of Bladedge and crushed him in an instant. "And the spell card Ancient Gear Blocker, now until the end of this turn, all special abilities of monsters are negated"
"Say what!" Jaden gasped as Escuridao lost her gained power (EHE Attack 3700-2500)
"Now my Golem will smash that monster of yours into pieces" Crowler smirked as Golem lifted his fist and brought it down on Escuridao which crushed the monster
Jaden: 700
Crowler: 3950
"And now I will end my turn" Crowler finished and he smirked "Now you can see the full power of my deck, I don't get the chance to show it off much but you're in a tough spot now, my Ultimate Golem deals piercing damage like the normal Golem and when he is destroyed, my normal Golem takes his place"
"Oh no" Aedan gasped "It looks like Jaden has finally met his match, I don't see how he can get through this"
"Don't count Jaden out" Theorn stated "He's been in situations like this before; he may still find a way"
But this time Jaden wasn't so sure 'How can I beat that thing?" he thought 'I don't have many cards in my hand and Ocean can't help me. I'm glad this is just a friendly duel and not a Shadow Game.' He then smiled "I'm not going to give up" he stated "I will duel until I lose all my Life points"
"That is how a true Duellist speaks" Crowler smirked "Never give up"
"I won't" Jaden stated as he drew his card and heard a cooing noise, he smiled when he saw it was his buddy Winged Kuriboh "It seems I can bring out my old friend Winged Kuriboh" a small brown furball with angel wings appeared on the field (Level 1 Attack 300 Defence 200)
Crowler smirked "It may not be powerful but it will buy you some time" he stated "Now attack Golem" Ultimate Golem threw down his fist and destroyed Winged Kuriboh
"Winged Kuriboh bought him some time" Theorn claimed "As he doesn't take any damage this turn"
"But Jaden needs to find a way this turn otherwise he's finished" Sereda stated
Jaden drew what he knew would be his final card in the duel; he just hoped that he drew a good card. When he saw it, he saw that it was just the card he needed "I play the spell Card of Demise, now I draw until I have five cards in my hand" Jaden drew until he had five cards in his hand "Next up I play the spell card Monster Reborn which allows me to bring back Elemental Hero Wildheart from the grave" the brown skinned warrior returned to the field "And now I play Pot of Avarice, this card allows me to add five monster in my graveyard to my deck." Jaden returned Clayman, Avian, Burstinatrix, Sparkman and Flash to his deck "Then I shuffle and draw two more cards" Jaden shuffled his deck and drew two cards "And next with my own Fusion Recovery, I get Bladedge and Wildheart to my hand. Then I play the spell card Wild Half which halves your Golem's attack points and summons a token" The Ultimate Golem grew smaller and a second one appeared (UAGG Attack 4400-2200) "And now I play Polymerization to fuse Wildheart and Bladedge together and summon Elemental Hero Wildedge" a new Wildheart appeared on the field but this one had one arm, one leg and the helmet of Bladedge (Level 8 Attack 2600 Defence 2300) "And with Rush Recklessly, he gains 700 attack points" a red aura surrounded Wildedge and his eyes were filled with fury (EHW Attack 2600-3300) "And since he can attack all your monsters, go, destroy those Ultimate Golems" Wildedge fired two sharp blades from his gauntlet which destroyed the Golems.
Jaden: 700
Crowler: 1750
Then like Crowler said before, the normal Golem appeared on the field "And now Wildedge, take that Golem out too" Wildedge drew his sword and chopped the Golem in two
Jaden: 700
Crowler: 1450
"Well I still have life points left" Crowler stated
"Not for long you won't" Jaden smirked "I have one last card to play" he then revealed it which made Crowler gasp "Diffusion which separates Wildedge into Wildheart and Bladedge" Wildedge split into the two monsters that made him up "And now Wildheart, finish the duel off" Wildheart drew his sword and slashed Crowler which knocked him back
Jaden: 700 (Winner)
Crowler: 0000
"All right" Kallian cheered "Jaden did it, he won"
Jaden walked over to Crowler "That duel was even better than the one we had before"
This time, Crowler did not get mad "I hated you because you humiliated me at the Entrance Exam" he stated "You may not be good at work or in class but you're a skilled duellist. But one of these days, I will beat you"
"I'm looking forward to our next duel," Jaden stated
Alexius stepped onto the field "Well now that this duel is over, I need to prepare for Portal which should take you to the Dimension where Solona is."
"And now long is that going to take?" Cassandra asked
"About an hour" Alexius stated, "I just hope that it doesn't overpower, this portal has to be powerful enough to take the whole group to the Dimension and stay together, if it overpowers even a little bit then it will separate them or worse, suck everyone in."
Cassandra turned to Daniel "Daniel, keep an eye on him while he prepares the portal" she ordered "Make sure she doesn't try anything funny"
"I will" Daniel ordered
Daylen turned to the others who would be going with him "We should go and prepare for the journey, this isn't a game anymore, and we'll find my sister and bring her back. And we all must have our decks to be as good as they can get."
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Later, after Alexius had prepared the Portal for transportation, everyone was back in the Duel Arena. The group that would be going to the Dimension stood on the arena which included Daylen, Aedan, Neria, Theorn, Jaden, Crowler and Zane. The rest were sitting on the seats and watched as their friends would be leaving them.
Alexius looked at them "Now remember what I told you" he stated "Try not to duel anyone unless you have no choice, duelling in that Dimension is like a Shadow Game. Stay together and do not go off looking for Solona on your own. And when you do find Solona, you return here as soon as you can."
"That's all I want to do" Daylen stated "Find my sister and bring her home"
"Good" Alexius nodded "Now we will lose communication when you enter and your Duel Pilots won't work so you'll won't be able to communicate with each other. Now, are you sure you're ready for this"
"We are" Aedan stated
"Then stand still while I open the portal," Alexius stated and then he walked to the sides where Cassandra, Dorian, Daniel and Chancellor Sheppard sat and then he brought out his laptop. Then he activated the portal which then opened in front of everyone.
Everyone looked at the deep blue portal which was currently calm and then they started to walk into it. Daylen went first and was followed by Neria and Aedan. The three of them turned blue as they walked through the portal and then they vanished.
But then, things went wrong just as Theorn was about to walk through when he saw sparks across the portal "Wait, what's wrong?" he questioned
Alexius looked at his laptop and he widened his eyes "Someone had hacked my system!" he gasped "The Venatori must be aware of what we're doing. They're placing more power into the portal." Then Theorn was violently tugged and pulled into the portal to the horror of the others. "I've lost all control!" then Zane and Crowler were pulled into the portal as well.
"Shut it down!" Dorian yelled and Alexius tried to cut the power to the portal but it was no use.
"It's no use!" Alexius yelled "The portal is overpowering, it's sucking everyone in"
Jaden suddenly felt himself being tugged only for Alexis to grab his hand "Jaden!" she yelled as her boyfriend was being dragged away but soon even she was being pulled in. Chazz tried to help but he too got dragged away.
"Kids!" Aristide gasped as he tried to help but he too along with Avexis got pulled in by the power of the portal and were sucked in.
Sheppard watched in horror as Sereda and Kallian were then pulled into the portal as well and he turned to Alexius "Switch it off now!" he shouted as Alexius tried everything to shut the portal down but nothing worked.
Cassandra suddenly felt the portal try to pull her in as well but a mystical barrier created by Dorian blocked all it and protected them. But now they saw that the portal was about to explode so Dorian used his powers to place the barrier around the portal and then the portal exploded and sealed itself.
Sheppard looked around, Dorian had been able to prevent the explosion from destroying the building but now everyone was gone. Only Sheppard, Dorian, Cassandra, Daniel and Alexius had not been sucked into the portal. "Great!" Sheppard groaned "This is not going to be good for the school reputation"
Dorian looked at him "We may be able to hide this for some time by saying that they went on a trip but we need to bring them back"
"And fast" Alexius stated "If we don't bring them back soon then the Dimensions will be too far apart for us and it may take years before they can come back."
"Then we must get another portal working" Dorian stated
Alexius looked at his destroyed portal "It will take time before I can create a new one." He then sighed "We will also have to do this in a place where the Venatori may hack my system again."
Cassandra looked at him "We're going back to the Seeker headquarters" she stated "The Venatori don't know its location, we should be safe there."
"I just hope that they're all alright" Sheppard stated "I would never forgive myself if anything happens to them"
"I'm sure they're all fine" Dorian stated "Now we should go and prepare to create another portal, it's going to be a long few days for us but I know that we'll bring them all back safely"
Chapter End:
Notes: Well another chapter completed after being on hold while I was writing my Rise of the Divines. Now this story is getting to the main part of the story and the next arc is starting, this chapter was a filler and now we will be in the new Dimension in the next chapter though not all the characters will be in every chapter for a while though many will take place at the same time. I hope your all enjoy this story but it will be a while until it's finished because this is another series of Yu Gi Oh.
Created cards:
Ancient Gear Steam Reactor: Equip spell: This card can only be equipped to an Ancient Gear monster, it gains 500 attack points
Ancient Gear Hammer: Normal spell: When you control an Ancient Gear monster, destroy one monster on your opponent's field.