Turn 11: Doomed Thunder

'''Yu-Gi-Oh! Infinity Hunter''' ARC 1 “Rising Star.”

Turn 11 “Doomed Thunder.”

Mysterious turbo duelist – 3000 [SPC: 12] Pierce – 400 [SPC: 2]

“I activate Speed Spell - Angel Baton, which is allowed since I have two Speed-Counters on Speed World. This allows me to draw two cards and discard one.” Pierce slid one card from his hand into the graveyard as he raced around the dark duel lanes of Chicago. “Now I summon Enraged Battle Ox (1700/1000) in attack mode!”

The infamous Ox appeared next to him, carrying his heavy blade. Behind Pierce and the Enraged Battle Ox, the mysterious turbo duelist shown on the TV appeared at high speed. His gallant black-silver colored duel runner shot past Pierce, with a purple yellow flash following him. Pierce could make out a motor shaped monster in the speed.

“This means your Speed-Counters lower by another 1,” Pierce heard through his earphone. This is what the mysterious turbo duelist had done all the duel, he had hacked into his com system and spoken to him as if he was riding next to him.

“I know!”

Pierce – 400 [SPC: 1]

“You do not have the proper speed to keep up with me.” The mysterious turbo duelist already was around the next corner when Pierce started to gas up his engine. “I now remove 6 Speed-Counters and deal you 800 points of damage! This is over.”

Mysterious turbo duelist – 3000 [SPC: 6] Pierce – 0 [SPC: 1]

Pierce duel runner`s computer showed the DEFEAT sign as he slowed down to regular speed until stopping completely. His silver-blue colored duel runner, a rather standard one with a couple of golden skulls pictured over it, was all of a sudden encased by light as a couple of more duel runners came up.

“Pierce, are you alright?”

The man who previously had listened to Pierce when they saw the appearance of the mysterious duel runner on TV, stepped off his own duel runner, a red one and pulled of his helmet.

“He is quick. His cards are unbelievably powerfull and he is faster then you, faster then anyone.” Pierce explained to the other duel runners. Another duel runner came up riding and the rider pulled his helmet off. It was Lucas, the duelist that previously was riding training rounds with Grace, being led by Lance.

“I’ll take him on now. You don’t worry.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">He put his helmet back on and started the engine. As Lucas approached the dueling lane, a bright light blue light shines and a duel runner speeds past. It was the black-silver duel runner of the mysterious turbo duelist.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“You are my next opponent?”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Yes I am,” Lucas answered to the mysterious turbo duelist through the com system. “Do you have any reason why you do this?”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I live for speed,” the mysterious turbo duelist was already around the next corner. “Now come join me in this dimension of speed!”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Mysterious turbo duelist – 3000 [SPC: 6] <span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Lucas – 4000 [SPC: 1]

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">It was morning when Blake, Yuni, Lance, Kaito and Gillian left Gillian`s hotel room and went for a walk in the park. They each were wearing their duel disks of course, definitely after all that had happened that night, after the duel between Lance and Gill Randsborg.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“So what are we going to do now?” Lance asked them.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Well, we first have to figure out a way to find Grace and Jason or even find a way to track down the Aurora Remnant, find out where their hideout is,” Blake explained to his friend. He was the first to stop at a hotdog sales point. “Two please – “ he told to the seller and the sales man nodded. “ – and then we take them all out, I suggest.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I love a man with a plan,” Yuni joked and Gillian smirked. Yuni turned to Kaito. “And why did you come along anyway?”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I came to you remember?” Kaito tells Yuni and Yuni nodded. “It was me who told you of the Aurora Remnant and that we had to defeat them. And if you forget I did defeat one member already.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Yeah yeah,” Lance sighs. He looked at his own deck. “I have defeaten one now myself as well, so what is your point?”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Oh just stop it, you two.” Gillian grew tired of the bickering between Lance and Kaito. Definitely Lance, who was just two years older then Blake and her, should act more mature. “Anyway what is the plan? Where are we going now?”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I just told you,” Blake answers and he looks around. “But as usual we don’t have to look for trouble, the trouble usually finds us.” Blake takes a bite from his hotdog and then points to the park where previously the Silent Core was shining in the air, but now still is embedded on the fountain. “It seems, Gillian, you had chosen a really good spot to stay overnight.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Yeah, it seems so.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I wonder though,” Kaito began and walked down to the fountain. “I wonder why this orb or whatever it is, is embedded on the fountain, is here and what the purpose of this very same orb is. Is it good, is it bad? Is it good for us or is it good for the Aurora Remnant or whoever placed it there.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Do you know more about it?” Blake asked Kaito, but he shook his head as he touched the fountain. The silver orb started to glow a little. “It does react on your touch though. Why? Is it because you have some kind of weird connection to the Aurora Remnant?”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Not to the Aurora Remnant, no. I do have a past with the Arcadia Movement, the original organization of psychic duelists, but that is a past I rather want to forget.” Kaito sat on the fountain`s edge. “Don’t worry, you can sit on the edge, it won’t hurt you.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“So if you have once been involved in this Arcadia Movement, have you any clue of what this orb means?” Yuni asked Kaito and Kaito shakes his head.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I have heard a story once about two cores that supposedly existed thousands of years ago and since then went lost. Many people, including the Arcadia Movement have been looking for them, but until today the day that people will actually find it, still has to come.” Kaito sighs and looks around to the silvery orb. “It is a myth.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Have you yet acquired and seen your target?”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Tyson had confronted Justin in the bar where he was previously. Tyson definitely was not content with the way Justin was handling things. Definitely not after Tyson and Gakyru had given him a second chance.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“No, I have not.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“You better be doing it soon. Either Master Gakyru gets restless and will send your soul power into the Silent Core, or someone from the selection.” Tyson turned around, nodded to the bartender who poured him a cold drink.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Listen, I have been hearing things…..” Justin tried to explain to Tyson, but Tyson took a big sip from his drink. “Things, a mysterious voice. This voice has been telling me to come to the Dead Zone.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“That is crap,” Tyson continued and he looked at Justin. “You know who that is and you know we resist against it. Don’t fall for it, focus on your goal, focus on our goal.”

Kill him.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“What?!”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Justin, what is the matter with you?” Tyson wondered and he grabbed Justin`s arm. “Get yourself straight and don’t listen to the voice of death. Your fear feeds him. When you give in, you will end up like that bloke in the park we heard about yesterday. Suddenly dead.”

Kill him!

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Justin lunged forward, but Tyson dodged the blow. He grabbed Justin by the neck and pressed him on the ground. Justin`s eyes had become blurry, turning around in his socket. Tyson slapped him in the face.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Get a grip on yourself!” Tyson encouraged his fellow master of the Aurora Remnant. “Show fear and the Voice of Death will consume it and become stronger.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Show ……. no ………. fear,” Justin slowly regained control over his body and eye movement and Tyson realized that before releasing the grip on Justin. “I – I am sorry.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Rule number 1 of the Tyson Manual,” Tyson told Justin in a formal manner. “Never say sorry about being weak. Some forces are more then we can handle.” Tyson turned around, drinks up his drink and turns to Justin. “Now get moving down to the park, Master Lynn is about to make her move. She may need us. I’ll be after you shortly.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Justin nodded and staggered out of the bar. Tyson raised his right fist and spread his fingers, closing his eyes. A silver aura came around him as he stood there for a couple of seconds. He then opened his mouth to talk.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I know you are out here, Ne’us.” Tyson spoke to no-one personally.

How can a mere human see me?

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I cannot see you, but I can sense your presence. The Dead Zone may be invisible for the human eye, but not for me. We, the Aurora Remnant, are very aware of your presence. You, a Star Guardian who has defected from the original legacy and joined the Silver Order.” Tyson turned to the door, where a few people were standing but not Justin. Tyson exhales for a final time and leaves through the same door, no longer sensing the presence of the mysterious Ne’us. “You don’t stand a chance against us.”

We’ll see, we’ll see.<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">’

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Blake finished his hotdog as his friends were sitting on benches in the park. Lance and Kaito were exchanging their decks and looking through them, commenting on them. Yuni and Gillian were exchanging telephone numbers and Blake noticed a shadow near a tree. A female shadow. He turned to the others.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“We are being watched,” he whispers to the others and Kaito and Lance slowly turned around looking around the park. Lance nodded to Blake and he and Kaito stood up walking away. “Don’t move.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">The shadow was revealed to be Master Lynn, the fourth member of the Aurora Remnant. Her golden-blue duel disk was clearly shown below her cloak. She quietly moved through the bushes around the table where Blake and the others were sitting. She did notice Lance and Kaito were gone, so she quietly moved behind Yuni and Gillian, wanting to strike.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">At that moment she feels a hard push and falls on the ground. As she quickly turns around she sees Kaito and Lance bending over her. Blake soon followed them and reached out a hand to her. Lynn spread her eyes and froze them, or so she thought as Kaito simply stood there and slapped her in the face.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Who are you?” Kaito asked and Blake and Lance had regained their ability to move since Kaito knocked Lynn down. “What are you doing here?”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I am one of the Masters of the Aurora Remnant,” Lynn explained to Kaito and the others. “And I am here to challenge you, Blake Connoly.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Wow, you seem not to care about pleasantries.” Yuni joked and Lynn looked down on her with a vicious face. “And you are not too friendly too.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I have no business with either of you. I will face Blake Connoly.” Lynn repeated and Blake already had picked up his duel disk as Kaito, Lance and Gillian did the same. “Sit down, all of you.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Kaito, Lance and Gillian were forced by an invisible force to sit back down on the benches and the only seemingly able to move was Blake. Blake nodded and walked forward, attaching his duel disk to his arm and adding his deck to his duel disk, automatically shuffling it.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Very well then, I suppose you intend to duel me, so here I am.” Blake had already drawn the first five cards from his deck when Lynn did the same. A circle of light appeared around them. “What is this kind of sorcery?”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“It repels any outsiders from entering this duel.” With a nod Kaito and the others regained their maneuverability. “Now you will enter a world of pain and doom.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I don’t mind a little pain. Duel!”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“So be it. Duel!”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Blake – 4000 <span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Lynn – 4000

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“It seems as they have started.” Kaito commented as Lance returned from his sit near the dueling site. “No luck, mate, the circle is impenetrable. Blake is on his own now.” He looked onto the dueling site. ‘ Just this one trick is the one thing I cannot break.<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">’

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“My turn,” Blake pulls a new card from his deck. “Since it is my first turn, I can Special Summon Blackthunder Sky Apostle (1900/1000) to the field.” A new feathery warrior appeared on his side of the field. It had a hawk like head and one magnificent silver sword on its back.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I see, you dodged its Level 5 requirements by its effects.” Lynn nodded and she looked at the threat on his field. “No problem I cannot handle.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I can still normal summon, which I use to summon Blackthunder Mosquito (900/300) to the field.” The blackened insect appeared on the field, gazing with its big red eyes in the direction of Lynn. “And you can guess what is coming now.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Blackthunder Mosquito is a Tuner, I know….” Lynn thought a few seconds about Blake`s move. “As far as we know you only hold one Level-7 Synchro in your deck.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“As the thunder rolls and fires are burning. From the ashes a new force rises. Become the Dark Phoenix! Arise, Blackthunder Phoenix!” Blake chanted as Blackthunder Mosquito became two rings of green light and enveloped Blackthunder Sky Apostle with light, summoning forth the Blackthunder Phoenix, the great black fiery phoenix flashed onto the field. “Now it gains 1 Blackthunder-Counter per turn.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Ah, the infamous Blackthunder-Counters. Yes I have heard a lot about these strategies.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Then I wonder how you will counter them,” Blake lowered his duel disk. “I give my turn to you.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Draw,” Lynn sweeps of a card from her deck.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Activate Thunder Drain, a new trap card from my deck. Once per turn I can deal 100 points of damage to you for every Blackthunder-Counter on the field. Currently I have only two, since Phoenix gained another one.” Blake interfered and a strike of thunder hit Lynn.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Lynn – 3800

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I start my turn with this.” Lynn slapped a new card on her duel disk. “Doomed World!” The park changed around them in a black dark purple world. The arena around them was filled with large rocks and the moon was half visible behind a cloud. “Now once per turn I am allowed to add 1 Doom monster from my deck to my hand. This does force me to reshuffle my deck.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I never heard of these Doom cards.” Blake started digging his memory whether he ever came across those.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“They are supposed to be quite powerfull. They utilize fusions like the old Elemental Heroes,” Lance explained to the others.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Next I play Doomed Fusion and fuse my Doom – Inferno Slasher and Doom – Dark Killer to fusion summon Doom – Hell Flare (2200/1800)!” Two fiends appeared on her side of the field and disappeared into the fusion vortex and from it appeared a new fiendish warrior. Its armor was magma gold and it had fire shaped swords. “Now I set these two cards face down and end my turn.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“My turn,” Blake sweeps off a new card from his deck and looked flustered by it. “I activate Thunder Drain again, this time sweeping off 300 points.” A strike of thunder hit the ground near Lynn.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Lynn – 3500

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Now I remove 1 Blackthunder-Counter to increase the attack power of Blackthunder Phoenix by 400.” Blake noticed how the Blackthunder Phoenix became bigger in stature. “Next I play Divided Land, this allows me to play a field spell card on the field, but allows you to have your Doomed World card in play as well.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“So you are going to play a field spell card as well?”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Yes, Mystic Land of Thunder!” Blake`s Field Spell Slot opened and he slit in a new card. The Doomed World card of Lynn was embedded with mystical pillars reaching into the air, with glowing silver gems on them. “This card allows me to gain 1 Blackthunder-Counter per turn. Now Blackthunder Phoenix attack her Doom – Hell Flare! Heavenly Divine Flare!”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I counter with Doomed Blood. Once per turn I can increase the attack power of one monster on my field by half the attack power of the monster it battles (ATK: 2200 -> 3700). Next I trigger my Battle Doom card as well. Now Doom – Hell Flare counter-attack!” Lynn ordered and the fiend destroyed the Phoenix. “Now due to Battle Doom, you lose an additional 300 points of damage.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Blake – 3000

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">‘ ''I should have placed my Feather of the Black Phoenix card face down. It does not matter as I will prepare things for next turn.''<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">’ Blake inserted a new card in his deck and an angel appeared, throwing three cards into Blake`s hand and taking two. “Gracefull Charity. I draw three cards and discard two.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I then set one card and end my turn with summoning my Blackthunder Neo Crusader (2200/1000) to the field.” The familiar warrior appeared on the field, carrying the wing shaped sword in his hand. “You go.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I discard 2 cards from my deck to bring back my Doomed Fusion.” After drawing her first additional card from her deck, she swept off two more to take back one card from the graveyard. “Now I play Pot of Greed and I draw two cards.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Now I play De-Fusion and bring back my Doom – Dark Killer and Doom – Inferno Slasher. Now I play the returned Doomed Fusion to fuse my Dark Killer, Inferno Slasher and the Gaia Crusher from my hand to Fusion Summon Doom – Dark Infernal Gaia (3500/3000)!” Lynn chanted and the fusion vortex opened and absorbed the three monsters, creating a new monster. It was entirely existing of magma and it`s face carried a brown crown and donned dark red armor.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Next my Thunder Drain activates and deals you 200 points of damage.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Lynn – 3300

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Now I attack your Neo Crusader with my Dark Infernal Gaia. Dark Inferno Storm!” Lynn commanded as the fiend flew up and extended its arms of magma to hit the Neo Crusader, destroying it. “Now my Battle Doom card activates.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Blake – 1400

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“It inflicts Piercing Damage?!” Kaito wondered.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Yes, it does.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“He is losing lifepoints fast!” Yuni panicked.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“He should have used his Mystic Land of Thunder`s effect.” Lance notes and everybody turns to him. “What? That you did not know his new deck, does not mean I cannot know it. He has more then enough counters on it.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“The succesfull attack on Neo Crusader means my Dark Infernal Gaia gains 500 attack points (ATK: 3500 -> 4000).” Lynn lowered her duel disk and smirked at Blake. “Well that is all for now. I end my turn.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Continue,” Blake draws a new card and looks at it. “I activate Blackthunder Troop, summoning four Blackthunder Bird Tokens to the field (4x 500/500). Now I pay 1000 lifepoints and special summon Blackthunder Cocoon (0/2200) to the field. And Thunder Drain activates again. Since Blackthunder Cocoon entered the field, it gains 1 Blackthunder-Counter, so that makes four.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Lynn – 2900 <span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Blake – 400

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Now I set my last card in my hand face down on the field.” Another vertical placed face down card appeared on his side of the field. “I feel there is not much more I can do now, so I end my turn.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“My turn then,” Lynn pulls off a new card from her deck. “I play Card of Sanctity, allowing us both to draw until we hold six cards.” She picked up five new cards and Blake picked a full new hand from his deck.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">‘ Would she deliberately mill her own deck just to get resources?<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">’ Blake pondered about Lynn`s tactic.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Now I have a full hand again, I play Door to the Other Side.” Behind her the big door that had appeared in the duel between Jasmond and Grace, covered with skulls on the field. “This card can also be played as a continuous spell, although in reality it is a field spell card. Next I ditch the top two cards from my deck to return my Doomed Fusion card from my graveyard to my hand.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“She is going for another fusion?”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Doom is a versatile archetype,” Kaito explained to the others and he looked at Lynn. “Judging by her play until now, a new fusion is most likely the thing at the moment that she can do.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I play Doomed Fusion and fuse my Doom – Dark Infernal Gaia and the Doom – Infernal Crusher (1600/0) from my hand to fusion summon Doom – Infernal Sword Reaper (?/0).” From the fusion vortex a gust of black wind came through. Blake could feel the dark powers residing in the winds. A humanoid shape formed itself inside the small tornado, a humanoid warrior with a large scythe. It had a long black cape and yellow eyes.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Undefined attack power,” Yuni noted. “Does that mean ……. does that mean she is doing this on purpose?”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Either way, one is gonna lose.” Kaito tells Yuni. “Whatever they are planning on doing, it requires either of them or both of them. She is a psychic duelist. We don’t know what she is capable off.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“About that undefined attack power…… check again.” Blake pointed out to the others.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“It is …… it is increasing,” Gillian realized and it was indeed increasing. The winds were spreading out as the form of the humanoid warrior appeared.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“The attack power of my Infernal Sword Reaper is defined by the total attack power of my fusion components (ATK: (4000 + 1600 = 5600) ? -> 5600).” Lynn smirked and looked at the Door to the Other Side. “This card has a special ability, by paying half my lifepoints I can attack all your monsters, but deal no battle damage. Doom – Infernal Sword Reaper, attack his monsters! Scythe Slash Blade!”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“And her Battle Doom activates……”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Yeah……” Lance nodded.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Blake – 400

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“What?! Why did you not lose lifepoints damage due to that effect?”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Mystic Land of Thunder, allows me to once per turn remove all Blackthunder-Counters from my cards and lower battle or effect damage to 0 that turn. Additionally only my Bird Tokens are destroyed and my Cocoon stays.” Blake smirked.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Oh well, I set this card and end my turn.” Lynn lowered her duel disk and looked at Blake, waiting for him to make his move. “You can go.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">--

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Mysterious turbo duelist – 3000 [SPC = 12] <span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Lucas – 0 [SPC = 3]

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“It is day break.” The mysterious turbo duelist spoke through the com system and he rushed past the group that had surrounded Lucas after his loss. “The night of phantoms is over now. The day of the humans is starting.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">With those strange words, the mysterious duelist on his large duel runner left the scene, leaving Lucas, Pierce and the other friends of them alone flustered. They had absolutely no idea who the heck the mysterious turbo duelist was.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“He did talk strange.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Yeah,” Pierce agreed and he nudged Lucas. “Did you have any idea what he was talking about when he spoke about the night of the phantoms and the day of humans?”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“No idea at all.” Lucas sat down on the bench at the side line of the dueling circuit. “But if you defeat him, you deserve to be called a champion duelist. I mean, he only lost a thousand lifepoints and that was due to a card effect that he played himself and he kept his Speed-Counter on twelve the entire duel against me.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“He is good, he deserves that much credit.” A brown haired friend of Lucas looked at Pierce, when he had spoken. “What? I may adore my opponents now may I not?”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">-

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Lynn – 2900 <span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Blake – 400

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I draw, and a new Blackthunder-Counter is added to my Blackthunder Cocoon and Mystic Land of Thunder.” Blake picks a new card from his deck as well. “Now Thunder Drain activates and I deal 500 points of damage to you.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Lynn – 2900 -> 2400

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Next I play Regression Synchro,” Blake inserted the card into his duel disk. “I remove my Blackthunder Sky Apostle and Blackthunder Mosquito from the graveyard to Special Summon my Blackthunder Phoenix (2600/2500) back to the field.” Fires burst from the ground as the black fiery phoenix appeared on his field again, having absorbed two souls through the Synchro Gate. “Now this card gains 1 Blackthunder-Counter as well.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Unfortunately for you, you already used your option of Thunder Drain,” Lynn gloated over Blake, who was not scared back by the fact.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Yeah, otherwise I would have knocked down your lifepoints all the way to 1800,” Blake sarcastically tells her. “No, I’ll leave it with this. You see, your Doom – Infernal Sword Reaper (5600/0) may be more powerfull, but you still have to go through my Phoenix. I remove the one Blackthunder-Counter Blackthunder Phoenix holds and increase its attack power by 400 (ATK: 2600 -> 3000).”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“So what? I can still destroy your Phoenix!”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“We’ll see. I end my turn.” Blake lowered his duel disk. ‘ My face down cards should do it for next turn.<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">’

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“My turn!” Lynn draws a new card. “I activate Upstart Goblin, allowing me to draw one additional card and grant you a boost of 1000 lifepoints.” Blake regained some of his energy. “Now I regain half of the lifepoints I got dealt by you last turn due to Door to the Other Side!”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Lynn – 2400 -> 2650

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Next for my Infernal Sword Reaper, I can deal 500 lifepoints of damage to you once per turn.” Lynn shaked with laughter as the blade of the reaper hit Blake, lowering his lifepoints. “Next I play Rain of Doom Swords.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Blake – 900

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“What does that new spell card do?”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“You’ll soon find out. Infernal Sword Reaper, attack his Blackthunder Phoenix! Infernal Sword Strike!” Lynn ordered and the reaper fiend attacked the Phoenix. “Now Rain of Doom Swords kick in, destroying the Phoenix directly and halving your lifepoints.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Blake – 900 -> 450

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Great,” Blake smirked and his face down card flipped up. “Feather of the Black Phoenix, this card allows me to deal the same amount of damage to you that I got when you destroyed my Blackthunder Phoenix.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Lynn – 2200

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I set this card face down and end my turn.” Lynn inserted a last card in her duel disk and lowered it, awaiting Blake`s next move. The door glowed with purple energy, awaiting the end of the duel.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">‘ There is something wrong with that door.<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">’ Blake thought to himself. He picked up a new card from his deck while eyeing the Door to the Other Side. “Thanks to your own Door to the Other Side, you do not regain lifepoints, since it was effect damage that did it.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“However I am not done yet because now I activate my new trap card, Wing Strike Thunder. When a Blackthunder Synchro Monster has been destroyed during the previous turn, I can choose out of two options.” Blake smirked as thunder hit the ground near him. “I choose to deal 1000 lifepoints of damage to you.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Lynn – 2200 -> 1200

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“And I use my Doomed World`s effect to send one Doom monster from my deck to my hand.” Lynn shifted through her deck, found a card and added it to her hand. “This forces me to shuffle my deck.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Pot of Greed activate,” Blake draws 2 new cards and smirks. “Aha, I declare this card to be a spell card…..”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Why do you do that?”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Have you never heard of Omnicards?”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“No, I am someone who sticks with the old way, Fusion and Ritual monsters are my choise of battling, though I hold no Ritual Monster. Synchro`s are far for me.” Lynn blushed a little, showing a little emotion.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Omnicards are cards that can act as a monster, trap or spell card. You have to declare a card type when you draw them and they become that card type. In this case my Blackthunder Spiral Spirit acts as a spell card, which means I can gain 300 lifepoints for every Blackthunder monster on the field. Now I have none, but I haven’t played it yet. I summon Blackthunder Guard Hound (1000/1000) in defense mode and then play Blackthunder Spiral Spirit as a spell card.” The hound appeared on his side of the field, stretching it beak.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Blake – 450 -> 750

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Oh right and Thunder Drain deals damage to you too.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Lynn – 1200 -> 500

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“And now I am in the lead. I end my turn.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Draw,” Lynn draws a new card. “I discard 2 cards from my deck to bring back my Doomed Fusion from my graveyard. Next I activate my Doomed World`s effect and add 1 Doom monster from my deck to my hand.” Another monster was added to her hand. “Now I activate Doomed Fusion again…..”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“What? A stronger monster then Infernal Sword Reaper?”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“No,” Lynn shakes her head. “I fuse my Doom – Light Punisher, Doom – Aqua Sniper and Doom – Hurricane Devastator to fusion summon Doom – Light Zero Blizzard.” A female fiend appeared on the field. She had a blackened skin, with many burn marks. Her body was protected by a white armor. “Next I use my Infernal Sword Reaper`s special ability and deal 500 lifepoints of damage to you.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Blake – 750 -> 250

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Now for my Infernal Sword Emperor,” Lynn pointed to Blake. “I skip the attack and use the power of Rain of Doom Swords to destroy your Guard Hound and halve your lifepoints!”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Blake – 250 -> 125

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“First now I play Fissure, which destroys your Cocoon! Now Light Zero Blizzard, attack him directly!” Lynn thriumphantically orders, sure that she is about to win. “Zero Blizzard Spear!”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I remove all Blackthunder-Counters on the field from their perspective cards!” Blake counters as he activates the effect of Mystic Land of Thunder. “Next I choose to regain lifepoints equal to half the amount I would have received, which is more then enough to finish you off next turn.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Blake – 125 -> 1875

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I’ll survive your next round!” Lynn was angry that Blake managed to survive her last assault. “I end my turn.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Blake – 1875 <span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Lynn – 500

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“One will be reaching me soon.” Gakyru was still in the room with the arch, the Sacred Temple Gate. He still had his laptop with him and  Icarus<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">, the program he used to keep track of his companions. “One will be reaching me soon and the final preparations for the ritual to bring forth the Infinity Core will be set in progress.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">A new screen popped up, showing the face of Tyson, who was rather agitated. “Master Gakyru, Lynn is losing her duel. Blake Connoly is much too strong for her. Shall I intervene?”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“No.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“What? Not intervene?”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Indeed, do not intervene, Master Tyson.” Gakyru slowly turned to the arch. He could make use of Tyson`s loyalty to the goals of the Aurora Remnant, his goals. The goals he and Divine once had set. His master, killed by the Earthbound God in Satellite. “Either way, Lynn will serve her purpose.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Yes, Master Gakyru. I will not intervene.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Tyson ended the conversation by clicking the screen away as Gakyru turned back to the arch and saw a couple of symbols starting to glow. One by one they flashed and electric current ran through the Sacred Temple Gate. A shadow of the other side was shown, a void without darkness or elements.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">--

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">In the park where the Silent Core was still resting on top of the fountain, many people were drawn to the fountain by the Silent Core. The silver light was radiating brightly, reaching wide, but apparently hitting no-one.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Mommy, that light is so beautiful.” A little girl told her mother, who was standing next to her. “Is it really coming from that globe?”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Yes, honey. It is coming from that sphere.” Her mother picked up the girl. “Now come, Emma. We need to get home.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">At that very same moment the Silent Core raised into the air, stopping emitting white circles, endless circles of light. A shadowy figure appeared below it, raising its arms in the air and speaking in the same raspy voice as before.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“ ''Teh si nennogeb. Ed Silent Core si negetsegpo. Ed dlerew tmok ot njiz ednie.''<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">The Silent Core raised further into the air and burst into a flash of white light. The only distinguishable figure from the white light that was there, was the shadowy figure. As the light had gone away, the people surrounding the fountain and the Silent Core had disappeared, leaving only the shadowy figure behind.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“ Uon ag!<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">The Silent Core this time being enveloped by white light and the shining silver core in the middle shot away into the distance, towards the Aurora Stadium.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">-

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Kaito and the others were watching the duel between Blake and Lynn as the Silent Core shot past in the air. No-one but Kaito noticed it. He shakes his head and glares to Blake`s duel, before turning around and walks down to the exit.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Where are you going?”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Kaito turned around again and found Yuni facing him. The others had not noticed it as they were still looking at the duel. Kaito sighs and turns around again and walks away.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I am going to check something out.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I am coming with you! It is too dangerous for us to go out alone now. At least someone has your back then.” Yuni picked her own duel disk from the table.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“No,” Kaito implied. He shakes his head. “This is better to be done alone. When I need help or found something I will contact you all.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">With these words he left all of a sudden, leaving Yuni behind, who walks to the others.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Blake – 1875 <span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Lynn – 500

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“This duel ends this turn,” Blake draws a new card. “Thousand Rebirth. By paying 1000 lifepoints I can return my Blackthunder Phoenix (2600/2500) to the field. Next it gains 1 Blackthunder-Counter and I use Thunder Drain again.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Blake – 1875 -> 875 <span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Lynn – 500 -> 300

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Next I summon another copy of Blackthunder Mosquito (900/200) to the field.” Another blackened mosquito appeared. “Now I have monsters who total an amount of 9 Levelstars. I tune in my Blackthunder Mosquito with my Blackthunder Phoenix! My soul, my fury, my power become one. The air thunders and the lightning strikes as my soul is unleashed! Synchro Summon! Blackthunder Helios Dragon!” (3500/2000)

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">The ace monster of Blake appeared on his side of the field. Its huge stature shakes the field as the Infernal Sword Reaper and Light Zero Blizzard cowered in the sight of the magnificent dragon.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Let us end this. First Dian Keto the Cure Master, which allows me to gain 1000 lifepoints. Next I pay the very same 1000 lifepoints in order to activate Helios Dragon`s effect and lower your Infernal Sword Reaper`s attack power to 0!” Blake smirked as his dragon roared and fired a beam of yellow-black fire at Lynn`s monster. “Now Blackthunder Helios Dragon, attack Infernal Sword Reaper! Blackened Helion Stream!”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Negate attack, Infernal Sword Reaper!” Lynn ordered.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Blake – 875

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">The Infernal Sword Reaper held his scythe in front of itself and deflected the attack, leaving Blake having to wait for another round.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I end my turn.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“My turn then.” Lynn looked at her hand. ‘ ''No worries for me here. I have the exact card I want.''<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">’ She flipped a card from her hand. “Light Zero Blizzard, attack his Blackthunder Helios Dragon! Zero Blizzard Spear!”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Your Battle Doom and Rain of Doom Swords!”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Exactly. By Rain of Doom Swords I destroy your monster instantly and by Battle Doom I deal 300 points of damage to you.” Lynn thriumphantically points to the door. “Soon you will be fed to the greater purpose.” Blackthunder Helios Dragon however was still on the field. “What?!”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Blake – 575

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“You have overseen one last effect of my Mystic Land of Thunder field spell. By discarding it to the graveyard I can save my Blackthunder Helios Dragon from destruction. Plus, all Blackthunder-Counters placed on my Mystic Land of Thunder are placed on my Helios Dragon!” Blake this time had the upper hand again.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“No!”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Oh yeah.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I summon another copy of Doom – Aqua Sniper (500/500) in defense mode. Next I switch my Infernal Sword Reaper to defense mode as well. Now when Aqua Sniper is in defense mode it can attack directly. Aqua Snapshot!”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Blake – 75

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“That hurts!”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“You never felt anything because your psychic power negating friend was with you, but now that he is gone, there is nothing stopping me from hurting you really bad.” Lynn smiled. “My Light Zero Blizzard will survive next turn. I end my turn.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“But your lifepoints won’t.” Blake pointed to Thunder Drain. “First I play Spell Absorption. Every time now I activate a spell card I gain 500 lifepoints. I have two left in my hand. First I activate Monster Reborn and bring back my Blackthunder Neo Crusader (2200/1000).” The warrior returned to his side of the field.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Blake – 75 -> 575

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Now for the second spell card I mentioned, it is a simple spell card called Spell Shattering Arrow!” Blake placed the card in his duel disk and an arrow appeared on his side of the field. “I destroy your spell cards on the field!” Doomed World, Door to the Other Side and Rain of Doom Swords were all destroyed, however the big door remained on the field.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Blake – 575 -> 1075

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Why does it still stay on the field?”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“The card version is destroyed maybe, but this ancient artifact is now for real here on the field and it will absorb the loser of this duel. Now for your Spell Shattering Arrow, I discard my Doom Gardna from my hand to negate the effect damage.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Blake smirked. “I was hoping you would do that. Now thanks to Spell Absorption, I have gathered enough lifepoints for Blackthunder Helios Dragon`s effect. I lower my lifepoints by 1000 and lower your Light Zero Blizzard`s attack power to 0. Now Blackthunder Helios Dragon, destroy Light Zero Blizzard! Blackened Helion Stream!”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">The female white armored fiend was destroyed by the attack of the huge dragon and the Door to the Other Side slowly started to open.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Blake – 75 <span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Lynn – 0

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Blake fell on his knees, being exhausted from the duel. It being a psychic duel made it pretty much very hard for him to keep up with. ‘ Man, if I have to duel another Psychic duelist today, I would lose in the first round.<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">’

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Please, master! Please don’t do this!” Lynn begged. Suddenly her clothes were cut open and from the Door to the Other Side streams of smoke grabbed her, choking her and dragging her into the Door to the Other Side.

There is no living in the Land of the Death.<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">’

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Where did she go?!”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I don’t know!”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“More important where did Kaito go to?” Lance asked the others as Blake turned to them, seeing only Lance, Gillian and Yuni standing there. “Did he get himself involved into a duel? Or something like that.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I don’t know,” Yuni tells the others. “He suddenly left off, without notifying any of us. I saw him go and he said it was too dangerous to split up but that he needed to go.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“He can take care of himself,” Lance assured Blake and Blake nodded, before grabbing their stuff and one final time looking at the spot of the duel, seeing the burn marks they left. They walk of through the exit of the park. “If we find him, we can help him, but if he really wanted to do this himself, we should let him. We have to find Grace and Jason.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Pity, we did not get the chance to talk to Lynn, before she was taken by that Door.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">A sharp blue duel runner was cruising through the duel lanes. It has water designs around it and tips like waves. The rider was Jasmond, who had placed her dueling deck inside the duel disk on the duel runner. She looked up when the Silent Core rushed over the duel lane.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">‘ ''So my fellow master Gakyru has found it and summons it back to the Aurora Stadium. Everything seems to go according to plan. Now I have to find her. I have to beat her a second time.''<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">’ At that moment Jasmond noticed a duel runner approaching from behind. It was the long duel black runner of the duelist that had easily beaten Lucas and Pierce. It was fast as it appeared to be at Jasmond`s tail soon.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“So you are one of them?”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">He had broken into her com system again. He could hear anything now she would say. Jasmond leveled herself near the mysterious duel runner and turbo duelist. She looked him into the eyes through the helmet, or so she thought.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Define one of them?”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“The Aurora Remnant. You are one of the Aurora Remnant.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“It seems you have heard of us. Now should we have heard of you? What is your business with us?” Jasmond was rather eager to get moving on, but felt that the mysterious rider could easily keep up with her.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“You may have heard of me. They call me….. Phantom Rider.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“The Phantom Rider? The turbo duelist that wrecked havoc in Hisehade City a month ago?”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“The very same one.” At that moment he gassed up his engines. “And now it is time for you to fall.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“You want to duel me?”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Activate Speed World 2, override controls, Auto Pilot on!” the mysterious duelist, now referred to as Phantom Rider, started.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Auto-activation Speed World 2! Duel start.” The computerized voice of Jasmond`s duel runner replied.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“If you really want to duel me, so be it.” She draws the first five cards and so did Phantom Rider. “Now show me your power!”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Duel!”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Phantom Rider – 4000 [SPC: 0] <span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Jasmond – 4000 [SPC: 0]

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I will take the first move!” Phantom Rider placed a monster card on his black duel disk. “Phantom Rider – Abua (900/400) appear!” Next to his long and big duel runner a new motor cycle shaped monster appeared. It had a flaming red design and the rider on it had a skull head. “Now prepare for a duel of Phantoms!”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">To be continued…………

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">RANDOM INFINITY HUNTER TRIVIA:

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">I thought this turn was pretty fun. The Doom deck of Lynn was mostly created by Happyloo (from Pojo), except for a few cards I added myself and edited a few cards. Full credit for those go him.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Not much to say, but I look forward to show you Turn 12 till 14.