Turn 9: Rise of the Ocean Lord

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

Turn 9 “Rise of the Ocean Lord!”

“How dare he call me the scum of the Aurora Remnant! I am one of the best. I have tampered with time long before the Aurora Remnant existed.” Justin sits in a bar, drinking a couple of drinks. There are only a few people around. “Bartender, pour me another one!”

The bartender, a grey haired man with a white and black uniform, walks down to him with a bottle of a colorless substance. He places it near the glass of Justin. Justin simply grabs the bottle and pours another glass of the drink he was drinking. It seems it is something alcoholic.

“Why? Why was I the one who had to duel just the guy who could negate my truth wielding powers? Why me?” Justin takes another sip and looks around. There are only a few younger men around and no girls. “Yes, he has given me another chance, but why I am a disgrace to the Aurora Remnant. For god sake, WE are a disgrace to the Arcadia Movement.”

“Keep it down, will you?” The bartender had returned to him as he was speaking loud. “Many people are here to think over their sins, but they are not as loud.”

“Don’t you know who I am?” Justin speaks to the bartender. “You should be scared of me. I am the one responsible behind the attacks on the city, behind that thing in the park!” The bartender backs down. “Yes, you should back down. You heard me correct.”

The bartender looks at him before going to the other side of the bar where two new people were sitting down just then. “Hey Shaido, Rhuarc. Glad you could make it. It is poker night tonight, wanna play?”

The two man who the bartender had spoken to nodded and take a sip from their drinks. They shot a short look at Justin, before turning their attention back on the drinks they had in front of them.

You soon will enter the world of the dead.

“Who said that!” Justin shouted and he looked around frantically. “Whoever said that may join me in a duel and be beaten up severely.”

''The veil between the living and dead is lowering. You soon will enter the world of the dead.''

“Where are you?”

“Excuse me, sir.” The bartender knocked on his shoulder. “But are you alright? Do I have to call someone?” The bartender had brought a phone with him and was about to dial a number, when Justin jerked with his head and the phone fell on the ground.

“I am fine, thank you.” Justin drinks up his drink and leaves the bar, holding his head in both hands. As he leaves a mysterious figure watches him. He was wearing a black cloak and hat. He cracked a smile, while he lifted his head a little, revealing his glowing green eyes.

“What is going on with me?” Justin held his head like he had a head ache. “Ever since I have lost this duel against that Kaito guy, I keep hearing voices.”

You have heard the voice of Death.

“Stop it! You hear me! Stop it!” Justin screams out loud and a few by passers looked at him, before quickly moving on. “Stop torturing me, you hear me! Stop doing funny things!” He ran around, until he bumped into a wall. The cloaked man with the hat smirked and disappeared with a turn on the spot.

Your time will come.

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A tiny streak of light was falling into a big chamber. There were multiple devices, cocoon like machinery lined up around the walls. There were legs visible inside these cocoon like devices, which means there were men inside those machines. Also there was a single electronical chair in the middle of the room.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Mmmm,” the person in the chair murmured and it was visible some sort of helmet was attached to her head. Wires went from this helmet to multiple machines in the chamber. The person opened the eyes and the person was revealed to be Grace. She was bound to the chair. “Mmmm, where am I?”

<span style="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 looked around and then noticed she could move her legs and arms a little. She was cuffed around her stomach to the chair and she tried to wreck those cuffs but they would not budge. “What happened with me? Last thing I remember was that I was in a duel with this dude who made all damage real.”

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

''”Rainbow Zephyroid (2600/2200)! Attack her directly!” Tyson ordered, donning his grey-green robes of the Aurora Remnant. The gigantic winged beast rises into the air flapping its wings and firing at the helpless Grace who was with one leg on the ground. “You lose, Grace.”

Grace – 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;">******

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“True, I lost.” Grace tried to move and then noticed the small streak of light getting wider and wider. The light fell on the machines and it was revealed that indeed there were humans inside those cocoon like devices. “But where am I? Why am I held 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;">“You are held here, because we need you.” The mysterious voice of Jasmond entered the room. The electronical chair turned around automatically and Grace faced Jasmond, who was leaning against the door post. “We need your energy, your will to duel, to find what we want. To complete our goal.”

<span style="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 goal?”

<span style="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, our goal. Our goal of cleansing the world of all the people who are not like us.” Jasmond walked around Grace and pointed at the machines around the chamber. “Like them you will soon be nothing more but a puppet that simply fuels our goal. And when you’re up, you are done, we get rid of the useless shell you are then.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Don’t even think about it.” Grace smirked and held her head down. Jasmond shakes her head and stops in front of 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 have no choise, you are at our mercy.”

<span style="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 I said, I don’t even think about it.” Grace suddenly moved, kicking the legs under Jasmond, making her drop on the ground. As she did not move, Grace pulled on the cuffs until they broke. They were not really tight and she stepped from the chair.

<span style="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 walks around Jasmond kicking her once more in the side and then looks around as the cocoon like machinery was revealed by the light that brightened the room now. She saw human shapes in the machines. As she comes closer, she recognizes one of the human shapes.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Jason!” Grace tried to open the door of the machine cocoon, but it would not budge. She kicks it a few times, but neither that works. She then looks around and sees a girl with blonde hair two tubes further from Jason. “Hey I know her 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;">Grace then looked at Jasmond, picked Jasmond`s duel disk and runs out of the room.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">When Grace was no longer to be seen, Jasmond opened her eyes and stood up, smiling.

<span style="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 on the move. Prepare the 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;">

<span style="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 gone?”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Gillian was talking with Ken on the virtual phone on her laptop. Ken had dyed his hair in a darker shade of blue. Gillian was sitting in a hotel room. It was rather small and dodgy. She had paid for one night, she did not have a lot of cash money 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;">“Yes, Jennifer is gone. My father is behind it, I am sure, but I am pretty sure as well that he will deny anything. He does anything to protect my or his reputation.” Gillian walks down to the window and looks outside. It was quiet outside, not to many people are on the street. “I want to find my sister, Ken. I don’t care anymore what my parents want, what they will do to stop 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;">“And you won’t be alone.” Ken shows her his duel disk and draws a card from the top of his deck. “Me and my Wave Force Guardian will stand at your side at any time. In fact I am planning on joining you in three days and then we will fix everything.”

<span style="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 no, there is no need to come down here so all of a sudden.” Gillian tells Ken who smiles and shakes his head. “I mean I can do this without anyone`s help.”

<span style="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 sure you can,” Ken replies to Gillian and he looks at her. “But still I am coming over. Kamon can win the next tournament on his own as well, he does not need me. In the mean time you really should get in touch with Blake. With all that going on in Chicago and your father searching for 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;">“He is not searching for me!” Gillian interrupts.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Trust me, he is searching for you. Of course he is searching for you for the simple reason that he has invested so much in you he does not want to lose sight over his investment. That is business.” Ken thinks for a second and for a second it was quiet between the two of them. “There is much more going on then you think or I even 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;">“I don’t know, Ken.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Just do it. I’m stepping on the plane the day after tomorrow and I’ll be with you as soon as I can. Until then, hold on tight to what you have.” Ken smiles and logs off, turning the screen black. Gillian looks around in her hotel room, before picking up her cell phone and dialing Blake`s number. As she was waiting, she realizes that he might not pick up and it went on voice mail.

<span style="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, this is Gillian. We need to talk. Jennifer has disappeared. I really do not know who to turn to, which is why I turned to you. Please, please call me back? Bye.” With those words Gillian ended the conversation. She walks down to the window and looks outside.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Unbeknownst to her Sir Gill Randsborg was waiting at the side of the street, looking straight at her window. He had seen her, move in front of the window. He was dressed in a brown cloak, but pieces of his golden armor could be seen coming from under the cloak.

<span style="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 there you are, my lady.”

<span style="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;">“Now let me see, where do I go 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;">Grace was holding her left arm. It ached thanks to the rough help her capturers had given her. She was standing very close to the wall, hoping not to be seen by any bypassing member of the Aurora Remnant. She didn’t notice however that there were camera`s following 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;">“Very good.” Gakyru sits in his throne like chair in a dark room, watching Grace venture through the hideout of the Aurora Remnant. “She has no idea where she is, although she is in a very common place.” He turned to a window looking outside, seeing the side of 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;">“Master Gakyru,” Jasmond walks inside the room. “Shall I proceed to the dueling site?”

<span style="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 Jasmond. Are you sure you want to do this yourself?” Gakyru turns to his fellow master and Jasmond nodded. “I see. May our soul be united.”

<span style="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 Grace moves through a double door, she ducks behind a crate, standing in the middle of the hallway. Two people in green uniforms walk through the hallway as well from the other side, not noticing the girl behind the crate.

<span style="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 how am I going to get out of 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;">’ Grace silently steps from behind the crate and walks around another corner, slowly moving away from the hallway and the two men. She moves on. ‘ ''Wow, there are a lot of doors here. How do I ever figure out where to go 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;">’

<span style="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 she walks next past another double door, they all of a sudden open. She looks around the corner and sees no-one except a round arena. The stands are quite large and the arena in the middle was circular.

<span style="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 is 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;">At that moment four ray shields flipped from the ceiling and sealed Grace inside the arena. She runs back to the ray shield and bounces off on it. Grace shakes her head, shuddering off her confusion.

<span style="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 you right where I want 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;">Grace turns around in one move and finds herself face to face with Jasmond, who was dressed in every day clothing. Grace nodded and Jasmond smiled deviously. Grace suddenly realized why she could get out this easily.

<span style="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 was set up!”

<span style="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 finally caught up?”

<span style="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 did you set this up?”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Rather simple. We needed you to duel once more before we can seal you inside one of our Soul Cocoons. A Soul Cocoon in which your cousin is already trapped.” Jasmond picks a duel disk from behind her. “That is why we lead you here to the Arena. To the last place where you will be before giving in to your demise.”

<span style="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 demise? Don’t make me laugh. I am far too young to die 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;">“Who said we want you death? No, we need your energy and soul power before we dispose of you. You still serve a purpose.” Jasmond begins shuffling her deck and inserts it in her duel disk. “But I give you a fair chance to defend yourself. After all I have some new cards I want to test out on 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;">A second duel disk was levitated to Grace who grabs it and equips it to her arm. Next she picks her deck out of her deck box and inserts it in her duel disk, making it shuffle her deck automatically.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Fine then, I will take your challenge. I will leave nothing left of you when I am done with you. You’ll pay for doing this to me.” Grace draws her first five cards and so does Jasmond. “Throw down.”

<span style="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;">Jasmond – 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;">Grace – 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;">“I’ll start off, with Umi!” Jasmond shouted and the field spell slot was opened and a massive flood of water appeared from everywhere. Grace ducked, but she was soaked by the water. In the end it lowered to feet height.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Geeze, can you not just play a different card that will not drown 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 play Cost Down, discarding 1 card to play Amphibian Beast (2400/2000) with no tributes on the field.” The green amphibian beast appeared on the field. Its mouth opened and let out a horrible roar.

<span style="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, a power house on the first turn.” Grace smirks. “Not to impressive.”

<span style="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 when you see it up close.” Jasmond picks a card from her hand and it glowed with white energy. “Now this is the card of the Aurora Remnant, Door to the Other World. Normally this is a field spell, but it can be played as a continuous spell card as well. Now not only my monsters are treated as their attributes, but also as Psychic monsters.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Clever move.” Grace looks at her own hand, spotting no card to combat that now. The door that appeared behind Jasmond was gigantic and surrounded by demonic statues.

<span style="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 now. 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;">“Then I’ll start by destroying your Umi, with my Future Visions field spell.” The water washed away as the area becomes inverted and surrounded by stars. The stands are quite different now as well. “Next I summon Fortune Lady – Light, but due to Future Visions, I have to remove it from play in order to bring it back in my next standby phase.”

<span style="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 play Fortune Ladies? I know since Justin told me about it but still surprised you run them after Justin beated 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;">“Yeah, well they work.” As the yellow dressed spellcaster disappeared from the field, a red dressed spellcaster appeared on her side of the field. “Now since Light had been removed I can Special Summon Fortune Lady – Fire (?/?) to the field. And since it already is Level 2, it gains 400 attack and defense points (400/400).”

<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;">“These are weak and useless monsters.”

<span style="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 they are not. Now I play Swords of Revealing Light, which means I shut down your attacks for three turns.” The infamous swords appeared around Jasmond and she was not happy. Her smile faltered. “I can see you are not happy with that. Too bad for you. Now since my Fortune Lady – Fire has been summoned through the removing of one Fortune Lady on the field, I can destroy a monster on your side of the field and deal damage equal to its attack 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;">Jasmond – 1600

<span style="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 Fortune Lady – Fire attack her directly!” Grace orders as the red dressed Fortune Lady attacked Jasmond directly.

<span style="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 – 1600 -> 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;">“Due to Door to the Other World, I regain half of the lifepoints I lost during the Battle Phase.” Jasmond spread her arms as the energy flowed right back into 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;">Jasmond – 1200 -> 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;">“I end my turn.” Grace concludes her move and watches Jasmond, waiting for her to make her move. “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;">“Oh I will.” Jasmond picks a new card from her deck. “Sea Enchantress arise (900/800)!” A new female spellcaster appeared on her field. She donned a light blue crystal around her neck and her hair was full of green flowers. “Now I discard 1 card to the graveyard and special summon Ocean Strider LV4 (1600/800) to 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;">A new monster appeared on her side of the field. It had spider-like legs, a blue skin and green jewels around its arms and legs. “Now since your Swords of Revealing Light are still in play, I can draw another card thanks to Sea Enchantress.”

<span style="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 have no cards anymore in your hand, so that leaves you with little choise but the obvious.” Grace smirked knowing Jasmond could not do different but agree 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;">“Yes, it indeed seems that I have to 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.” She picked up a new card from her deck. “Now I play Soul Absorption, which allows me to gain 500 lifepoints every time I remove a monster from play.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Of course and with Future Visions you fulfill 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;">“Exactly. Then my Fortune Lady – Light returns to the field (?/? -> 200/200). Next I tribute my Fortune Lady – Fire to Special Summon Fortune Lady – Dark (?/?) to the field. However since I normal summoned it, I must remove it from play until my next standby phase.” The black clad spellcaster appeared on her side of the field, but disappeared instantly, absorbed by the inverted surroundings. “This allows me to gain 500 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;">Grace – 4500

<span style="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 activate in the meantime Psychic Rejuvenation. I gain 1000 lifepoints per Psychic monster on the field, and since due to Door to the Other World all monsters on my side of the field are Psychics I gain 2000 lifepoints.” Jasmond smiled as new energy flew inside her body.

<span style="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 – 3400

<span style="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 I have still one more turn left from Swords of Revealing Light. You can only attack again at the beginning of my turn and I am afraid that will be not enough to beat me.” Grace inserts a card in her duel disk. “I set this card 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 then!” Jasmond draws a new card and smirks. “I sacrifice my Sea Enchantress to Special Summon Ocean Lord – Neo Serpent (2200/1000) to the field.” A great rainbow-colored winged sea serpent duck up from the ground, splashing water around, soaking Grace, who has to cough to keep herself balanced. “Next I level up my Ocean Strider on my field from LV4 to LV6 (2200/1200) from 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;">The new sea creature appearing at Jasmond`s field. Its long paws were all spouting out water. “Now for my Card of Sanctity, allowing us all to draw until we hold six cards.” She picked five new cards up, while Grace only picked three new cards. “Now my Neo Serpent`s effect activates and I deal 300 points of damage to you per cards drawn by me, which is 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;">Grace – 4500 -> 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 activate Deep Sea Pendulum, another field spell card that is also treated as Umi when on the field.” The water came up again. “Once per turn I can place 1 Coral-Counter on this card.” The corals around Grace and Jasmond glowed and some shards were spread around. Grace nearly is hit by one, but she ducks in 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;">“Another Umi card.” Grace very well realized the pro`s of using such a card. ‘ ''I never heard of that addition. Come to think of it, I never heard of those Ocean Strider and Ocean Lord cards 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;">’ She then smirks. “At least my Future Visions is gone.”

<span style="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 now end my turn with one face down card, which means your Swords fade away!” Jasmond smirked. Her monsters are ready for battle in the next turn, but can Grace stop her? ‘ There is no way you can now stop 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;">’

<span style="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 – 3400 <span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Grace – 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;">

<span style="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 is your interest in this matter?”

<span style="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 my sister for god`s sake!”

<span style="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 Gillian who was standing in the middle of her hotel room that she rents. There was a police officer and two normal clad men standing opposite of her. Gillian is furious that the men and the police officer refuses to take her seriously.

<span style="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 sorry, Madame. We have no record of your sister being reported missing anywhere. Therefore we cannot do anything. According to the records, she is still being held at the prison facility where she was entered in when we arrested her.” The police officer already started to pack his stuff. “There is simply nothing we can do at this moment.”

<span style="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!” Gillian shouts against the officer. “There is something you can do, you can find my sister!”

<span style="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 sorry, Madame. She is still there where this sheet says where she is. I will go back to the agency and check if you wish, but I am pretty sure she is still there in the cell.” The officer tipped his hat and leaves the room 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;">‘ Great, what am I going to do 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;">’ Grace walks back inside her hotel room and closed the door behind her. She sits on the bed. ‘ ''Wish Blake would answer my call. I need help, and I do not know who to turn to but him now. I desperately need help.''<span style="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;">At that moment her cell phone went over and she picked it up, making the message pop up. It was an unknown number. Hopeful she answers the call.

<span style="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?”

<span style="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 lucky.<span style="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 voice of her father sounds at the other side of the line. “ ''We always had the best for you in mind. We bought you rare and expensive cards and this is how you repay us? Betraying us in favor of people that do not have as many influence as us?''<span style="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;">“Dad? Where is Jennifer?”

<span style="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 none of your business. The thing you must do is return home and come back to us. Forget that this ever happened. Maybe then I will let your sister 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;">” Her father sounds quite calm and reserved, but the serious undertone betrays his real intention. “ ''Come home to us. If you do not, I promise to you the consequences will be severe.''<span style="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;">“Are you threatening me, dad?” Gillian was shocked at the sudden change of tone. “Are you actually threatening 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;">“ ''There is too much at stake for me and your mother. If you don’t return to us, our bonds will be severed in an instant. Then you have chosen for the other side. And then……<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">” Her father takes a deep breath at the other side of the line.” we will have to get rid of both you and your meddlesome sister.''<span style="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;">“And that comes from the man who could not beat me at any occasion in a duel. Not even when you were given the Dark End Dragon to try and combat my monsters.” Gillian sniffed and she was about to hang up, when a secondary voice entered the conversation.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“ ''Gillian, dear. Please come home. I promise you we will set our differences aside and we will live a normal life. Or at least as normal as it can be.''<span style="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 her mother. Even her mother tried to lure her home. She knew better and she knew that going home was the last thing she should 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 am sorry, mom ….. dad.”

<span style="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 are we.<span style="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;">Gillian closes the conversation and logs onto the Duel Online Community (DOL) and sees at the moment no-one was online, not even Ken. Oh well, she hopes Ken would hold true to his promise and come down to 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;">---

<span style="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 are we.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Gillian`s father was sitting in the limousine, with his wife next to him. He was wearing a black suit, but the scratches and bruises he had were not visible. Not far from them, Mr. Gerardson was sitting and at the other side of the limousine Master Gakyru was sitting 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;">“And?” Gakyru asks Mr. O’Hare himself and ignores the stares of Mrs. O’Hare and Mr. Gerardson. “Does she come 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;">“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;">“Then you know what we will do.” Gakyru pulled out a strange looking device with a small screen on it. “You know what we will do to your daughter.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Mr. O’Hare looks out of the car and sighs. He shakes his head, putting on his sunglasses. The sun was shining after all. He looks at Gakyru and shakes his head, before opening the door, stepping out. At the last moment he turns around to Gakyru and sighs 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;">“I have no daughter. Do whatever you 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;">--

<span style="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 – 3400 <span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Grace – 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;">“My turn!” Grace picks up a new card and her Fortune Lady – Dark returns to her side of the field. “Now my Fortune Lady – Light increases in power and level (ATK/DEF: 200/200 -> 400/400). Next I set this card and activate Polymerization!”

<span style="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 fusion between Fortune Ladies? Now I have seen everything!” Jasmond acts surprised. “I suppose it has the same effect as all Fortune Ladies?”

<span style="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 fact it does.” Grace explains as the new Fortune Lady appeared from the Fusion Vortex. It was wearing a black-white robe, in the shape of all Fortune Ladies robes. The crown like diadem on the head was golden and she had big silver eyes. “Fortune Lady – Twilight (?/?)!”

<span style="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 what does its power up effect involve?”

<span style="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 gains 400 attack and defense points per Level it has, which is seven (?/? -> 2800/2800). Attack! Twilight Typhoon!” Grace orders and the Fortune Lady fires a typhoon of black and white energy at the Ocean Lord – Neo Serpent.

<span style="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 afraid not! Tornado Wall!” Jasmond counters and walls of water caught the attack of Fortune Lady – Twilight. “You really don’t think this would be that easy? Now you first have to destroy my Tornado Wall before hitting me with attacks.”

<span style="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, she locked my battles down.<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">’ Grace looked at her hand and noticed a card at the left. ‘ At least her Ocean Lord – Neo Serpent is destroyed.<span style="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 set a card face down and lowers her duel disk. “I end my turn 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;">“My turn,” Jasmond draws her next card. “And now Pot of Greed. I can draw 2 more cards.” She picks two more cards from her deck. “Now I level up my Ocean Strider to its most powerfull level, Ocean Strider LV8 (2800/1600).” The new monster that appeared on her 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;">“It is equally as powerfull as my monster, however Twilight gains an additional 400 attack and defense points because its level raises by 1.” Twilight`s power raises to 3200. Grace smirks.

<span style="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 not done yet as I play Water Dump, which lets me drop three monsters from my deck into my graveyard.” She picked three cards from her deck and placed them in the graveyard. “Then I play Monster Reborn and bring back the Eria the Water Charmer (500/1500) from my graveyard. And then I equip my Ocean Strider LV8 with Black Pendant (ATK: 2800 -> 3300). Ocean Strider! Oceanic Roar!”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Grace – 3200

<span style="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 1 Fortune Lady from the graveyard in order to ignore the destruction of my Fortune Lady – Twilight.” Grace was happy she could save her monster from defeat just in the nick of 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;">“And that is not all as my Ocean Strider LV8 sends all your monsters back to the hand when he has attacked.” Jasmond smirked as a big wave of water fell on Twilight, returning it to Grace`s hand. “Oh right and for my last move, I play Watering Merger, which allows me to fuse my Eria with 6 Water attribute monsters from my graveyard and my 2 including Eria, monsters on the field to Fusion Summon Ocean Lord – Hydra (?/?)! Plus you get a blow of 500 points due to Black Pendant.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Grace – 2700

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Ocean Lord – Hydra …… wait I remember that card.” Grace suddenly realizes it is the very same card Jasmond used against Gillian back in their championship duel. “It is that card that created such a flood, that knocked down Gillian.”

<span style="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.” Jasmond smirks as the gigantic leviathan swims around her. It had a dark green skin and bright yellow eyes. “It gains 500 attack and defense points per monster used for Fusion Summoning it (ATK/DEF: ?/? -> 4000/4000). Now since I can no longer attack you, I set this card 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;">‘ ''Great, now her Ocean Lord – Hydra monster is even more powerfull then it was in the duel with Gillian. As this is a psychic duel, I have to watch out for every sting and bite, we don’t know what it may 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;">’ She picks up a new card from her deck. “I summon another copy of Fortune Lady – Light (?/?) to the field.” Another yellow donned dress wearing spellcaster appeared on her side of the field. “Of course, since its level is only 1, it gains 200 attack and defense points (?/? -> 200/200).”

<span style="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 lucky you do no longer have your field spell card on the field, otherwise you would have lost already.” Jasmond mocked Grace, but Grace was not scared. ‘ Of course, I have to bring out her full potential, in order to fuel the Silent Core.<span style="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;">“Now I utilize my Double Summon spell card and bring forth my Fortune Sage tuner monster. Now it adds 1 Level to my Fortune Lady – Light, but I am not done yet as I reveal my Time Passage card, increasing its level by 3 until the end phase.” Grace smirked as Fortune Sage becomes two stars, shining brightly and becoming three dimensional rings. “I tune in my Fortune Sage with my Fortune Lady – Light! With wealth comes fortune and with fortune comes hope! Become the queen of hope! Synchro Summon! Rise, Fortune Queen – Alistarias!”

<span style="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 multi-colored queen of the Fortune Ladies appeared again on her side of the field. She had a big staff, rainbow-colored. ‘ Mwah, only next turn I can increase Twilight`s attack power by another 400 and make it even to her Hydra.<span style="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;">“Now Fortune Queen – Alistarias gains 300 attack and defense points on top of the 2000 she has (ATK/DEF: 2000/1000 -> 3800/2800).” Grace then notices the electricity around them in arena was starting to grow. “What is this? The loser of this game is electrocuted?”

<span style="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.” Jasmond smirked and points up. “That current is from the potential you show and the energy that is transported to our means of reaching the goal we wish to reach.”

<span style="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 really care, I will finish you off soon!” Grace speaks to Jasmond and lowers her duel disk. “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,” Jasmond picks a new card from her deck. “I call upon the powers of Call of the Haunted, and bring back Ocean Strider LV6.” The insectoid monster appears on the field, his fins striking back and forth. “I now summon Amphibious Bugroth MK-3 (1500/1300) to the field.” The machine appeared on her side of the field. Its turrets pointed at Grace. “Now since Deep Sea Pendulum acts as Umi as well, I can attack you directly with 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;">Grace – 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;">“Now I remove 2 Coral-Counters from Deep Sea Pendulum which means I can deal 1000 lifepoints of damage to you!” Jasmond smirked as the coral around them shoots at Grace, hurting her seriously.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Grace – 200

<span style="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 activate another effect of my Ocean Lord – Hydra, destroying a spell or trap card without activating them.” The card was flipped up and destroyed. “Next I activate the spell card Summon Pod, which allows me to roll two dices and special summon monsters with total level equal to the rolled number. They cannot attack.” The two die were rolled and ended up at 4 and 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;">“Great, I summon Abyss Soldier (1800/1300) from my side of the field, who by discarding 1 Water attribute monster from my hand can return one monster to your hand. However as I have no cards anymore in my hand, I am afraid I cannot use it.” Jasmond looks at Grace. “Don’t act as surprised. If I could use my Deep Sea Pendulum`s effect every turn I would have beaten you 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;">“Don’t count on it.” Grace draws a new card and looks at her Fusion and Synchro Monster. ‘ ''Well, there is another thing I can think off. But I require the right card. This can help.''<span style="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 inserts a card in her duel disk. “I activate Gracefull Charity and draw 3 cards, discarding 2.”

<span style="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 hope you have drawn something interesting.”

<span style="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 for a fact. I activate a second Polymerization and fuse!”

<span style="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 what will you fuse?”

<span style="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 Fortune Queen – Alistarias and my Fortune Lady – Twilight!” Grace chanted. “The stars call for her power! Fortune Advent – Twilight Queen (?/?). A new power which occasionally has been used by many duelists, the power of Fusion Synchro`s!” The new Fortune Lady appeared, sitting on a throne. “This card gains 400 attack and defense points per level it has, which is eight, so it gains 3200 attack and defense points.”

<span style="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 good will that 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;">“Well for one, like my Fortune Lady – Twilight it can reduce the attack power of the monster it battles by 1000.” A blast was charged on the staff of the Fortune Advent. “Luminise Burst!” The blast is fired at the Hydra, reducing its attack power by 1000.

<span style="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 – 3200

<span style="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 by discarding one more card from my hand….” Grace smirked and the electric current around the arena became bigger and she actually felt something of it. “Luminise Burst her Abyss Soldier!”

<span style="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 – 2500

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

<span style="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, because I now activate the card you had send to the graveyard in your previous turn. It can be activated either in the graveyard or at the field. It is my Fortune Cookie trap card. When destroyed or activated, I can draw 1 card.” Grace picks up a new card and shows it is Fortune Lady – Earth. “Now for the secondary effect I can send that card along with all other cards in my hand and field to the graveyard and attack again. Luminise Burst her Amphibious Bugroth MK-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;">Jasmond – 1650

<span style="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 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;">“You know that now you have given me the turn, I can simply do damage to you again due to Deep Sea Pendulum right?” Jasmond questions Grace and Grace nods. The door behind Jasmond glowed and she got reimbursed by new energy. “I gain half of the lifepoints I lost last 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;">Jasmond – 1650 -> 2525

<span style="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 ****.” Grace realizes what was going to happen 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;">“Now I remove 2 Coral-Counters from my Deep Sea Pendulum and deal 1000 lifepoints of damage to you!” Jasmond frantically yelled as the door behind her glows and the Deep Sea Pendulum glowed with energy and hits Grace, throwing her on the ground and knocking her unconscious.

<span style="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 – 2525 <span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Grace – 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;">“You lost.”

<span style="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 ray shields lowered, the Door to the Other Side deactivated and disappeared into Jasmond`s deck. The duel was over and Jasmond turns around as she heard clapping. Tyson and Gakyru entered the arena 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;">“Well done, very well done. Her potential is high enough to be put in one of the Soul Cocoons.” Gakyru congratulated Jasmond and she followed Gakyru and Tyson, who has picked up the unconscious Grace from the ground. “Come.”

<span style="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 they slowly walked to the door next to the arena chamber, they entered the same chamber where Grace was held previously before she escaped. Tyson dragged her over to one of the machine like cocoons and put her inside, wiring her to some screens and closing the door. A yellow liquid slowly entered the machine as they turned around looking at each of the captive people inside the other cocoons. One of them was a blonde haired girl. She was sleeping. It was Jennifer O’Hare.

<span style="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 all will serve a new world order 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;">At that moment, a green robed aide appeared inside the room. He bows to Gakyru and he nods.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Sir, the Silent Core did it! The Silent Core found the Sacred Temple Gate!” The aide placed a virtual screen in front of Tyson, Gakyru and Jasmond. It showed a certain location. “Never did we think it would be so close.”

<span style="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 is it?” Tyson asks Master Gakyru.

<span style="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 here,” Gakyru replied with a shocked face. “It is below the catacombs of 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;">As Gillian was still staying in the hotel room she had booked, the night had fallen over the city, the dark robed figure slowly advanced onto her room. It clearly was Gill Randsborg as he slowly opened the lock of the door with a knife and proceeded through the lobby, up the stairs and found himself soon face to face with room 218, the room where Gillian was staying. He throws of the cape, standing in full fake golden armor, drawing his sword and shield like duel disk and opens the door with the knife 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;">“My conquest will begin with thee, milady.” Gill softly spoke and he reached down to the bed where Gillian was sleeping. He put a hand over her mouth and put his finger in front of his lips. “Shhh, be quite. We do not want to wake anyone up.”

<span style="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 the moment he picks her up, he is tackled from behind by two individuals. One of them pushes the fake knight against the ground, the other one places Gillian, now revealed to be a doll, back in the bed.

<span style="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 thought someone would show up.”

<span style="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 Blake and the one knocking Gill Randsborg against the ground, was Lance. From behind the door Kaito and Yuni appeared, with behind them Gillian. Gill pushed Lance from him and Blake placed his foot on his 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;">“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;">“How dare you humiliate a humble knight?”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“How dare you to break and enter? 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 do not answer to you, young lad. I only answer to the art of the sword.”

<span style="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?” Blake looks dumbfounded.

<span style="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 means he only answers by duel,” Lance explains and Blake nods, equipping himself with his own duel disk.

<span style="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, let us begin our match. If I win, you will give up your bosses and be never seen here again. If I lose, you can do anything you want with me.” Blake proposes to Gill, who nods in agreement.

<span style="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, we will 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;">“No.” Lance equipped himself with his duel disk. “No, Blake. I will duel him. I have been waiting to show off some new 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;">“You, young lad, are brave enough to step in for your friend, so I will accept your fight.” Gill equipped himself with his own duel disk, the shield, while sliding his sword back into his sheath. “Outside, each 4000 costly 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;">Outside, in the inner park of the hotel, Lance and Gill Randsborg positioned each other opposite of each other.

<span style="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;">Lance – 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;">Gill Randsborg – 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;">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 have been waiting for a while to release this turn and next, because I loved the characters and cards that they play, and I have created for them. Not all by the way, Ocean Strider LV4, LV6 and LV8 are created by The Quiff from the Pojo forums. Full credit for these cards go to 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;">In the first outline for this duel, Grace would have won and Jasmond would have had her last duel in ARC 1. Now it is actually the other way around. Jasmond lives for at least one other duel and Grace is basically done.

<span style="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 hope to see you for Turn 10!