It's now time for the endgame! TJ and friends are on their way to the Ashley clubhouse to stop Ashley A's evil plot once and for all! Can they reach her before Operation Ashley S is complete?
At the Armbruster mansion, Ashley A had just gotten out of her bath and donned her signature lavender robe. Her phone rang shortly afterwards.
"Like, hey, Ashley B! How's Operation Ashley S proceeding?" Ashley A greeted.
"Bad news, Ashley A...myself, Ashley Q and Ashley T have all been defeated," Ashley B said.
"WHAT?! That means if I lose to TJ in a duel, our plans are shot!"
"Get down to the Ashley clubhouse as soon as you can! You're right in Detweiler's crosshairs!" Ashley B warned.
"Right..." Ashley A said as she hung up. She was soon in her lavender top and skirt, black blazer and lavender platform shoes. "Wolfgang, get my lavender jet..." she ordered her trusted butler. "So...Herr Detweiler has gotten past my brother and the other Ashleys..." Ashley A remarked as she plucked a rose from a nearby vase. "Like I always say, every rose has its thorn...so you'd better be careful, I wouldn't want you to hurt yourself. Leave that to me! Auf Weidershen, Herr Detweiler!" she said with an evil laugh as Wolfgang came up to her.
"Lavender jet's in for repairs, so we have the lavender limo..." Wolfgang notified Ashley A.
"Like, whatever, Wolfgang. The sooner I take down Herr Detweiler, the sooner Operation Ashley S can proceed..." Ashley A said condescendingly as she climbed aboard the limo on the way to 3rd Street School.
Meanwhile at 3rd Street School, TJ and friends had made their way to the Ashley clubhouse, where their final battle awaited them.
"We've arrived at the heart of evil..."
"Must you always be so dramatic, Detweiler?" King Bob questioned as the group entered. They had found that the Ashleys had maximized space. They now had an underground passageway leading to where the kids had stopped Dr. Benedict months before...and there was Spinelli - strapped into a steel chair and dressed all girly.
"SPINELLI!" TJ called out.
"What a touching reunion...too bad your girlfriend is almost a complete Ashley..." a feminine voice greeted with a sinister laugh. Just then a series of electric shocks crackled on the floor, revealing Ashley A.
"ARMBRUSTER!" TJ growled.
"You were expecting someone else? Well due to the carelessness of my fellow Ashleys, I'm the only one left. You can't find good help these days..."
"Look, I want my playground back!" King Bob bellowed.
"And I want Spinelli back, so can the small talk!" TJ barked.
"Is that so? Well, guess what - we all want something. As for me, I want you out of my way so that we Ashleys can complete our playground takeover. I've prepared special places for all of you in Benedict's dungeon..."
"Save it, Armbruster! It'll take a lot more than some cheap party tricks to scare us!"
"Now for the last time, release Spinelli!"
"I'm afraid the only way that'll come to pass is if you're able to defeat me - Ashley Jeannelle Armbruster. Ever since the dawn of the playground, the name Ashley has always been associated with beauty and specialness. Your girlfriend, Detweiler, was tarnishing the name...it's a tarnish I will correct once I finish Operation Ashley S!"
"Come on, you expect us to believe that garbage?"
"Originally, duels were battles where combatants wagered their souls...we shall follow that example," Ashley A said as a Chaos Duel Disk manifested on her right arm.
"In that case, allow me to take you on!" King Bob said as he stepped forward.
"You can't, your majesty!" Vince called out.
"Not alone. This blonde demon is far too dangerous," TJ added in.
"Then why don't you two join him? And when I defeat you, I'll get 3 souls for the price of one!" Ashley A challenged as all 4 Duel Disks slid/folded into activation.
"Alright, guys! Let's go! No turning back now!" TJ said to Vince and King Bob. "You guys ready?"
"No need to tell us twice!" Vince chimed in.
"We're way ahead of you, Detweiler..." added King Bob as the trio inserted their decks into their Duel Disks and everyone drew their opening hand.
King Bob: 8000
Vince: 8000
TJ: 8000
Ashley A: 8000
"Gentlemen, let the games commence..."
"Aw, man..." Gretchen feared.
"This is it, guys..." Gus said.
"I'll lead off. Stand back!" King Bob said, drawing his first card. "I'll begin with the Spell Card - WHITE DRAGON RITUAL! I'll discard my Vorse Raider to summon PALADIN OF WHITE DRAGON!"
ATK: 1900
DEF: 1200
"But wait, because here comes my favorite part - I'll give up my Paladin to summon my ultimate fighting machine! Now...meet BLUE-EYES WHITE DRAGON!"
ATK: 3000
DEF: 2500
"As much as I'd love to blast you to bits, I'm not permitted to attack on the first move. So I'll let Lasalle take over."
"Here I come, Armbruster!" Vince drew his first card and put his opening plan into action. "I play my DARK DRAGON RITUAL Spell Card! Watch as my Blue Flame Swordsman vanishes into thin air and my KNIGHT OF DARK DRAGON appears!"
ATK: 1900
DEF: 1200
"Now watch as I make my Knight of Dark Dragon disappear only to have RED-EYES BLACK DRAGON fly from TJ's deck to take its place!"
ATK: 2400
DEF: 2000
On the sidelines, Spinelli was watching the duel, seeing the card she gave TJ take the field. "My...Red-Eyes. That's the card I gave TJ!"
'Hang in there, Spinelli...I'm not leaving without you...' TJ thought. "My turn now! I'll begin by activating the BLACK LUSTER RITUAL! This lets me sacrifice...VALKYRION THE MAGNA WARRIOR in order to summon my BLACK LUSTER SOLDIER!"
ATK: 3000
DEF: 2500
"That should give you plenty to deal with, so I'll lay a card face-down to end my turn."
"AWESOME!" Gus cheered. "Ashley A better watch out! They just summoned 3 major league monsters on their first turn!"
"Very perceptive, you three. You appear to have grasped who you're facing. While those monsters may work in your little tournaments, I'm afraid I play a completely different game - A GAME IN WHICH THE WINNER TAKES ALL! AND THE LOSER PAYS THE ULTIMATE PRICE!" Ashley A taunted as she drew her first card, then raised one to the sky. "THIS CARD WAS BORN FROM THE DARKNESS ITSELF! Behold a power that has existed since the dawn of time...THE VERY POWER THAT SHALL STRIP YOU OF YOUR SOULS!"
The card she played...was The Seal of Orichalcos!
"Do you feel that, guys?"
"If by that you mean the sudden drop in temperature and a freaky, evil aura in the air, then yes I do," Mikey answered his military minded friend.
"Me too," Gretchen confirmed.
"Now that I've set the tone for our battle, allow me to continue. Come forth, CLAY STATUE OF THE ORICHALCOS!"
ATK: 500 - 1000
DEF: 500
"When Clay Statue is summoned, I can then summon this from my deck - STONE STATUE OF THE ORICHALCOS!"
ATK: 1500 - 2000
DEF: 2000
"And when Stone Statue is summoned to the field, I can then summon this - BONE STATUE OF THE ORICHALCOS!"
ATK: 500 - 1000
DEF: 500
"When Bone Statue takes the field, I'm then allowed to add an Orichalcos Spell or Trap to my hand. I think I'll take Orichalcos Tritos. Next, I'll summon this to my backrow - ORICHALCOS KYUTORA!"
ATK: 500 - 1000
DEF: 500
"Normally this would cost me 500 Life Points, but due to the effect of Bone Statue, the decrease in my Life Points is nullified and instead converted into 500 Attack Points for my Bone Statue. That'll do for now."
"Then allow me..." King Bob declared as he drew his card. Once he saw it, he laughed. "How pathetic. If you're really the one composing The Ashleys' actions, you should have victory within your grasp. Instead, you left 4 weak monsters out on the field with no defense...and victory has already fallen into my hands! I have no clue what kind of duelist you are, Armbruster, but you overlooked one thing - that you are now...facing the strongest duelists at Third Street as your foes! I activate POLYMERIZATION! This lets me fuse the Blue-Eyes on the field with the 2 other Blue-Eyes cards in my hand! Show yourself, NEO BLUE-EYES ULTIMATE DRAGON!"
ATK: 4500
DEF: 3800
"NEO BLUE-EYES ULTIMATE DRAGON?!" TJ called out.
"Detweiler, if you're the true duelist you say you are, you should have no trouble calling forth our most powerful monster to wipe her out." King Bob hinted.
"Right. But for now, it's Vince's turn."
"You got it, TJ! I draw! I'll play the card I just drew - RED-EYES FUSION! I'll use it to fuse Red-Eyes Black Dragon with a card in TJ's deck! Namely, his Dark Magician! GO, RED-EYES!"
"GO, DARK MAGICIAN!"
"COMBINE TO FORM...RED-EYES DARK DRAGOON!"
ATK: 3000
DEF: 2500
"Take a good look, Armbruster! This is the monster that will bring about your destruction and return Spinelli to us!" TJ called out.
"Now to use his effect! We can destroy a monster on your field and then you take damage equal to its Attack Points! Plus, we can do this a number of times equal to the number of Normal Monsters we used to summon Dragoon! Since we used 2, 2 of your monsters are about to go sayonara! Dragoon, destroy her Bone and Stone Statues!"
On command, Dark Dragoon spun his scepter, destroying Stone Statue first, then Bone Statue.
"That should put a dent in your Life Points!"
Ashley A just laughed. "It should've, but it didn't. For you see, even though you destroyed my statues, the damage to my Life Points was still negated by my Bone Statue."
"Well, let's see if Dark Dragoon can change that with an attack on Clay Statue! Go, MYSTIC INFERNO FIREBLAST!"
Dark Dragoon launched a stream of fire at Clay Statue, destroying it only for the statue to return. But Ashley A took no damage.
"Unfortunately, your paltry attack missed the mark."
Kyutora Damage Absorption Total: 2000
"In addition, my Statue gains an extra 500 points."
"I'll lay this face-down to complete my turn."
"That means it's time for me to pick up where King Bob left off! You'll never withstand the combined power of our dueling decks and I'm about to prove it, Ashley A! With this...MY POLYMERIZATION SPELL CARD! Neo Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon! Black Luster Soldier...ULTIMATE FUSION SUMMON! BEHOLD! DRAGON MASTER KNIGHT! The Dragon Master Knight gains 500 points for every dragon on the field and in the Graveyard! And at last count, that's 6!"
ATK: 5000 - 8000
DEF: 5000
"NO WAY! 8000 Attack Points?!" Mikey gasped.
"Talk about the dream team!" Gus cheered.
"Reverse Cards open! First is Micro Ray! This lowers your Clay Statue's Defense Points to 0 this turn! Next up - METEORAIN! With this card, you'll lose the difference between my monster's Attack Points and the defense points of your monster!"
"If my calculations are correct, that's a difference of 8000!" Gretchen said.
"And that's enough to leave Ashley A with ZIP!"
"It's time to shut you down and free Spinelli! GO, DRAGON MASTER KNIGHT! ATTACK HER CLAY STATUE OF THE ORICHALCOS AND WIPE OUT WHAT'S LEFT OF HER LIFE POINTS! Your twisted game is done!"
"TAKE THIS, ARMBRUSTER!" King Bob started.
"GALAXY CRUSHER!" TJ and King Bob said together as Dragon Master Knight launched its attack, destroying Clay Statue of the Orichalcos and apparently ending the duel.
"That's it! The duel's over and Spinelli's coming home!" Gretchen celebrated, thinking Ashley A was finished. Ashley A just laughed...the attack was blocked!
"Such a valiant effort, Detweiler. Unfortunately, your attack was in vain! Now watch this!"
Dragon Master Knight's attack spread across the field, sending TJ, Vince and King Bob into deep space!
"What's going on here?" Vince asked.
"Not sure, Vince," TJ remarked as Ashley A appeared. "ASHLEY A!"
"What is this illusion?" King Bob barked. "I suggest you take us back!"
"But we never left. Your attack merely interacted with the Seal. That's how it communicates - it shows us visions of how things once were or as they might one day will be. Just look around - this is the darkness that has always been around us!"
"What are you trying to prove, Armbruster?"
"That we as humans spend every second of our lives surrounded by dark energy...it has contaminated our entire planet! And when a person crosses paths with the Orichalcos, the evil inside is set free. It was on this day 10,000 years ago that my ancestor Dartz was exposed to this powerful force and it opened his eyes to the truth!"
"You mean it corrupted his mind..."
"I should've expected such arrogance from you, Detweiler. You choose to shut yourself off from the truth, just as my ancestor and his people did so long ago...when he presided over paradise on Earth!"
Next stop...Atlantis.
"You're now looking at the legendary city of Atlantis 10,000 years ago...when my ancestor Dartz RULED AS KING!"
"Your ancestor was King Dartz of Atlantis?!" TJ called out in shock.
"Indeed he was. And I will take up that mantle - for when I defeat you, I WILL MAKE THE PLAYGROUND INTO PARADISE ON EARTH WHEN I TURN SPINELLI INTO THE ASHLEY SHE WAS ALWAYS MEANT TO BE!"
BOMBSHELL ALERT! Ashley A is now revealed to be a descendant of Dartz! But what does she have in common with the former ruler of Atlantis and what does this have to do with turning Spinelli into an Ashley? STAY TUNED AND FIND OUT!