Ashley A has planted the souls of Spinelli, TJ's sister Becky, Principal Prickly and Ms. Grotke into Mirror Knights to use them as puppets to fight King Bob, Vince and TJ! How can TJ duel when attacking Ashley A may force him to attack Spinelli or his sister? Does he dare risk eliminating his girlfriend or sister forever? Our trio better beware for this is the least of Ashley A's malevolent manipulations as her dark designs come to light...

Score so far:

King Bob: 7000

Vince: 7500

TJ: 7500

Ashley A: 15000

"So tell me, gentlemen...what do you think of my newest soldiers? I'm sure there's no need for any introductions..." Ashley A remarked as she had just implanted the souls of Spinelli, Becky, Principal Prickly and Ms. Grotke into Mirror Knights.

"That's not funny, Armbruster..." TJ growled.

"Maybe not to you..."

"THAT'S ENOUGH!"

"What are you trying to pull?" Vince questioned.

"Just drop the magic act and let's duel!" King Bob barked.

"But we are dueling, you insensible twit. We're just doing it by my rules, that's all. Since I control the souls of your friends, family and teachers, I thought it would be fun to have them play along with us."

"YOU LEAVE THEM ALONE!" Gretchen screamed.

"WHAT DID THEY DO TO YOU?!" Gus shouted in defiance.

"You should be thanking me...I'm giving you one last chance to see your friends and teachers before I turn Spinelli into one of us and take over the playground."

"YOU'LL NEVER TAKE SPINELLI! YOU GOT THAT?"

"That's right, Detweiler...let your anger consume you. Feel your inner darkness spreading. It'll make me that much more powerful when I defeat you and take over the playground. Now where was I? Ah, yes - Mirror Knight Spinelli...it's time to attack your boyfriend!"

Mirror Knight Spinelli began her motion to attack TJ, but was fighting off the Seal's influence.

"No, Spinelli! Fight her off! I know you can hear me!" TJ called out.

"What's this? You still have the strength to oppose me? Well, let's see how long that bond of yours holds up...she'll be an Ashley like me soon enough..."

"We'll see about that..."

"Now let's move on. I'll lay a card face down on the field. Now let's see what you got, Caudell!"

"With pleasure!" King Bob said, drawing his card. 'I won't be intimidated just because she put a few familiar faces on her little soldiers,' he thought. Then he started implementing his strategy. "First I'll activate my POT OF GREED! This lets me draw twice more! Then I'll activate my COST DOWN Spell Card! So by tossing out La Jinn, I can lower the levels of the monsters in my hand! That means I can summon my DIFFERENT DIMENSION DRAGON without a sacrifice!"

ATK: 1400

DEF: 1500

"My new dragon can't be destroyed by monsters with less than 1900 Attack Points! And let's not forget my Kaiser Glider can't be destroyed by your Knights, either!"

"So what are you waiting for?"

King Bob just scoffed as he continued his gameplan. "Kaiser Glider, attack Mirror Knight Prickly! Detweiler...I know how much you look up to Principal Prickly...please forgive me."

"Do as you must, King Bob..." TJ said. 'What are we gonna do? If we let Ashley A win, the entire playground will be in danger. But if we fight back, we risk losing Spinelli forever!'

"So you've got an army of my most loyal subjects. Is that supposed to make me scared to attack?"

"Well, only if destroying innocent souls concerns you..."

King Bob just chuckled indifferently. "As King of the Playground, I have to do that every day. Kaiser Glider, continue your attack on Mirror Knight Prickly!"

And there goes his Mirror Shield! That means one more attack and he's gone!

"Different Dimension Dragon, take out Prickly!"

Different Dimension Dragon launched its attack on Prickly, however...it was blocked by Mirror Knight Becky!

"My sister saved Prickly!"

"Now she lost her shield!" Gretchen freaked.

"Prickly's alright, thanks to my sister..." TJ said.

"Yes...and by sacrificing her Mirror Shield, Rebecca Detweiler just ruined your attack," Ashley A told King Bob.

"Figures your sister mess things up, Detweiler. I'll lay this face down to end my turn."

"That means it's back to me. DRAW!"

Vince drew his card and put his own gameplan into action.

"I activate my POT OF AVARICE! This lets me take any 5 cards from our Graveyard, return them to the deck and draw twice! So I'll return Red-Eyes Black Dragon, Dark Dragoon, Gearfried the Iron Knight, Gearfried the Swordmaster and Dark Magician to the deck, shuffle and draw 2 more cards! Next up, I'll summon the Gearfried the Iron Knight I just drew! But he won't be out long because I'm activating my RELEASE RESTRAINT! Gearfried, unlock your metal armor! I summon GEARFRIED THE SWORDMASTER!"

ATK: 2600

DEF: 2200

"I'll lay these 2 cards face-down and end my turn."

"Back to me..." TJ said as he drew his card.

"Detweiler, you know what you have to do if you want us to win this duel - crush Prickly and your sister!" King Bob implored.

'No...I can't endanger them!'

"Are you willing to lose without doing anything?"

''They're...they're all irreplaceable...' TJ thought.

"I'll lay this face-down. Turn end."

"Oh no...TJ can't bring himself to attack as long as those Knights are out with the souls of our friends and teachers..." Gretchen assessed.

"Why must those Ashleys be so unfair?" Mikey waxed poetically.

"You had your chance...AND FAILED!" Ashley A remarked, drawing her card. "So it's up to me to do what you couldn't. But first, I'll take a few Life Points, compliments of the Orichalcos..."

Ashley A: 17500

"Now if you can't choose your destiny, I'll do it for you with this - my TWIN-BOW CENTAUR Spell Card! It's a 50/50 shot and any monster that gets hit by its arrow is removed from play. Also, the player that controlled the banished monster takes damage equal to that monster's Attack Points. For this round, I choose King Bob's Kaiser Glider and...MIRROR KNIGHT BECKY!"

"If that arrow removes Becky from the game, we're never getting her back!" Gus called out.

"And if it hits King Bob, he'll lose most of his Life Points!" Gretchen added.

"Robert...or Rebecca? Who will it choose?"

Ashley A snapped her fingers and the arrow pointing to Kaiser Glider ignited.

"Looks like you're the unlucky one this time, Mr. Caudell..." Ashley A said as the arrow pointing to Kaiser Glider was launched, destroying King Bob's strongest monster in play.

King Bob: 4600

"I wouldn't want to leave things on a sour note, so allow me to share the upside of this tragedy - my card requires me to end my turn on the spot."

"That is welcome news. Now I can do what your mutant donkey twins should've done last turn - ELIMINATE REBECCA DETWEILER FROM THE DUEL ONCE AND FOR ALL! TJ...forgive me. Different Dimension Dragon, DESTROY MIRROR KNIGHT BECKY WITH SPECTRUM SHOCKWAVE!"

But this time, Spinelli saved Becky!

"Well, isn't that cute? Maybe friendship does indeed conquer all! And thanks to your friends, family and teachers...I'LL BE ABLE TO CONQUER THE PLAYGROUND!"

"We'll see about that, Armbruster! It's the Vin-man's turn now! And I'll be playing a 2nd RED-EYES FUSION! I merge Red-Eyes Black Dragon with Dark Magician! Return to battle, RED-EYES DARK DRAGOON! And that's all for me."

"Back to me now..." TJ said, drawing his card. He knew that Ashley A's Centaur would shoot again next turn and he had to stop it. "I play MYSTICAL SPACE TYPHOON! So say goodbye to your Centaur! That's all for now."

Ashley A flipped her hair and drew her card. "You insignificant little fool - you may have managed to destroy my Centaur, but King Bob...your life is like a flickering candle in the wind...I summon ORICHALCOS MALEVOLENCE!"

ATK: 1500 - 2000

DEF: 0

"And thanks to the Seal, my power increases by another 3000 points..."

Ashley A: 20500

"Now Orichalcos Malevolence, ATTACK DIFFERENT DIMENSION DRAGON!"

Malevolence punched the ground, sending a stream of fire right at Different Dimension Dragon, but King Bob was ready.

"Hang on, Armbruster! I play a Trap - ATTACK GUIDANCE BARRIER! This redirects your attack to another monster on the field and raises its strength by 600 and I know just who to pick...TJ'S BIG SHIELD GARDNA!"

"Very impressive, Caudell. But my Life Points come out without a scratch thanks to Kyutora and your Gardna is forced into Attack Mode, Detweiler!"

Kyutora Damage Absorption Total: 24300

"While that may be, Attack Guidance Barrier forces your turn to end right here and now!" TJ explained.

"Like, do you feel the need to explain everything?" Ashley A questioned. "Just go already, Caudell. I'll end with a face-down."

King Bob drew his card and scowled "You guys better hope nothing happens to me, because you can't do this by yourselves," he said. 'I have 4600 points left and there's not a monster in my hand I can summon...' he thought.

"I'll switch my Different Dimension Dragon into Defense Mode, then position these 2 cards face-down. That ends my turn."

"And starts mine! Red-Eyes Alternative Black Dragon, destroy Malevolence now! INFERNO FIRE BLAST!"

But Ashley A was prepared.

"I reveal my Trap! GO, ORICHALCOS REFARO! This can activate while I have The Seal of Orichalcos in play and as long as this Trap remains in play, I can choose the target of your attacks. So it looks like you just attacked Detweiler's Big Shield Gardna!"

Vince chuckled. "That's what you think! I play the effect of Dark Dragoon! I'll toss Black Metal Dragon to negate Orichalcos Refaro and destroy it! In exchange, Dark Dragoon gains 1000 points! Rather than trigger another trap, I'll defer to TJ."

"It's up to me now..."

"Detweiler, if you wanna win, you're gonna have to attack those Mirror Knights," King Bob implored TJ.

'No...I can't turn my back on Spinelli!'

That's when Mirror Knight Spinelli reached out to TJ. "You have to attack! If you don't attack, you'll...lose! And too many people are depending on you!"

"But if any of you are attacked, you may be lost forever..."

Mirror Knight Becky then offered her rebuttal. "We'll be fine. Just trust your sister for once in your life..."

"TJ, you do realize you're talking to holograms with Spinelli and your sister's faces on them," Vince said.

"Vince...you're about as clueless as ever."

"Let's go, Detweiler...everyone's waiting..." Ashley A taunted the red cap wearing 4th grader.

"First I'll switch Big Shield Gardna back to Defense Mode. Then I'll lay this face-down. That ends my turn."

Ashley A laughed and drew her card. "King Bob, Lasalle, Detweiler...you're nothing but cogs of destiny. Just accept it. It's become quite apparent there's not a thing you can do to stop me. So let's put you out of your misery, shall we?"

"I've had enough...THIS ENDS NOW, ARMBRUSTER!" TJ barked.

"How right you are...I'm just about done. Once I play this card, your fates will be sealed! As will the fates of Spinelli and the playground...for The Seal of Orichalcos is about to get stronger! Witness the true power of the Seal!"

"The true power of the Seal?"

"This can't be good..." King Bob feared.

"Now behold the start of the Seal's true power...AND BE SACRIFICED IN THE NAME OF THE ASHLEYS! GO, ORICHALCOS QUADROS!"

A fourth layer of the Seal? How can the Seal of Orichalcos get any stronger? And what will TJ, Vince and King Bob do to stop Ashley A now? Find out next time!