Turn 6: The Champion's sister

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

Turn 6 “The champion`s sister.”

It was night in Chicago and a few lanterns were lit outside the house of Blake. A shadowy figure was moving around the house. The shadowy figure was wearing a black suit, rather tight. The face was covered by a black mask, with only the eyes, mouth and nostrils visible. There was some blond hair coming from below the mask.

The figure looked at every lock and window to see whether it could be opened. The figure finally came near the front door, ducking to avoid being eventually seen through the big windows. The figure picked up a rock and takes it into the left hand. As the figure takes a look inside the house, the figure noticed there was no-one inside. The figure walks towards the door and knocks a little window, shattering it. The figure opened the door from the outside and walked in, closing it carefully.

As the figure takes off the mask, the figure is revealed to be female. Her long blonde hair waves around her as she looks around and sees a closet with cups, prices Blake had won due to dueling in tournaments. As she had heard nothing moving upstairs, she carefully walked to the closet and opened the door, careful not to touch anything.

“Where is it?”

She looked through the closet, not noticing the shadow moving behind her. There was no-one in the room besides her. It was a humanoid shadow and it definitely was not the girl`s shadow. She looked at each of the cups individually as she picked out one. It was a cup from a recent tournament.

“That has to be the one.” The girl picked up her bag and put the cup inside before closing the closet. She then did hear noise from upstairs. She quickly walks back to the front door, opening it carefully, stepping out and closing it again.

“Who is there?” Blake`s mother asked down, putting the lights on. She had a flashlight with her, holding it the wrong way so she could use it in self defense. As she looked around she saw nothing, even failing to notice the broken glass. She went back upstairs.



“Where am I?”

Gillian opens her eyes as she looks around. It was quite late in the night. She looked at the clock on the wall, seeing it was 5 AM, an unconventional time for her to wake up. She noticed the window of the room she was in, was open.

“Hello?”

A female figure came around the bed and walks through the opening of the curtains around Gillian`s bed. It was a nurse, with black hair. She was wearing a pink uniform with a white apron.

“You are in Cennial Hospital, your parents have brought you here. What is the last thing you remember?”

“The fact that I was in a duel and a giant wave of water came at me, that was my last memory. I must have been knocked out afterwards.” She also realized something else from back then. “How is my father?”

“He is …… well fine. We keep him in an artificially induced coma, which strengthens his recovery. Your mother told me to tell you that she would come by later tomorrow. She had some errands to run.” The nurse continued to write on her block. “In the meantime, is there anyone we can 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;">Gillian was thinking as she reflected back on what happened, but looked up when the nurse asked the last question. “Yeah, there is in fact someone you can call. Someone I can use right 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;">“Who?”

<span style="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 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;">“I have no idea, officer,” the mother of Blake tells the officer as she was standing outside her house along with Blake and the police. They had found out about the robbery just this morning. “When I came down the stairs to check out whether something was wrong, apparently nothing seemed to be the matter. It was dark, you know, and even though I put on the lights I had not noticed the broken glass.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Obviously the one who did it, must have gotten away before she got down, before she called me,” Blake continued from where his mother started. “Do you have any records of someone breaking in the last few weeks?”

<span style="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.” The officer wrote something on the block while looking around. At that moment two duel runners approached the scenery and from it Lance and Grace stepped. “Excuse me you two, you cannot come any closer until we have finished 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;">“They are my friends!” Blake protested.

<span style="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 you are a suspect,” the officer countered. “It is a tad obvious that all of a sudden a cup from your collection would be stolen, right?” Footsteps were heard and Laurence Bishop came from 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;">“Oh please, he is no suspect,” Laurence intervened and signalled to Lance and Grace to come closer. “He would not break a window and then later call it in himself.”

<span style="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 not call it in himself, his mother did.”

<span style="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 does not matter,” Laurence countered and he picked the block out of the hands of the other officer. “Now, Michael, go write out some parking tickets.” The other officer called Michael, left the area and Laurence picked the block, put it back in his bag and looked at Blake, Lance and Grace. He was wearing his usual blue police uniform and he now had black hair.

<span style="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 why do you recon someone would steal a cup from your house?”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Beats me,” Blake ponders as he looked at his friends and at Laurence who was still taking some notes and erasing the last statement of Michael. “Not that I honestly care a lot about trophies, I rather love to 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;">“But you have some enemies due to defeating so many opponents. There must be someone who wants revenge against you. Or claim a trophy of yours as theirs.” Lance and Grace looked around. “The same someone may even be 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;">“Don’t count on it. If they were fixated on getting the trophy, they most likely will not return here. Now if you excuse me, I have to go. Grace, we had that dinner appointment tonight right?” Laurence questioned Grace and Grace smiled, nodding. Laurence stepped back in his police car and drove 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;">“You like him?” Blake taunted Grace and Grace smiled.

<span style="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, we are going to dine just as friends.” Grace replied and she walked with them back into the house. “Just as friends.”

<span style="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 was still lying in her bed when the nurse that previously in the night came back in and pulled away the curtains around her bed. She had been staring out of the window since she woke up. She had no idea who brought her here and she smiled, making the nurse smile 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;">“I have a surprise for you,” the nurse tells Gillian and Gillian tries to sit up, but her side hurts. “Hoho, easy girl. You have experienced quite the hard hit when that duel occurred. Who in his right mind would take on a Psychic 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;">“In my defense,” Gillian grumbled and she looked at the nurse. “I did not know she was a Psychic duelist, let alone be someone of the Aurora Remnant.” The nurse picked a box at her side with buttons and pushed on, bringing Gillian in a sitting position. She then picked up a trophy from the bag she was carrying.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Someone came bringing me this, just this morning. She told me to give it to you and give you this note as well.” Gillian widened her eyes as she recognized the trophy. It was a Tournament Trophy. “You seem to know what kind of trophy this is?”

<span style="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,” Gillian nodded and she remembered very clearly what kind of trophy it was. “What did the girl look like?”

<span style="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 had fairly long blonde hair, she is a couple of years younger then you, a little shy. Do you know someone who likes like that?” the nurse asked Gillian and Gillian had to nod. “You don’t get a trophy like this anywhere, it must be a replica. It is an official tournament trophy.”

<span style="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 know who it is,” Gillian nodded and unfolded the letter. “May I please read this by myself?”

<span style="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, dear.” The nurse walked away. “Just call me when you need anything.”

<span style="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 eyes raced over the letter, which was rather short, but her eyes widened by every word she had read. She shared a smile with no-one in particular as she fumbled a little on her pink dressing gown.

''Dear Gillian,

I know he told you, you should have won this cup. And I know as well, that this is not the way, it is supposed to be given to you. But I want you to know, I will always support you, like you did me. They never did, but you did and I wanted to repay you for that. Even if it means I have to go to jail for that, because they will do so if it means protecting you.

With love,

You know who''

<span style="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 suddenly realized to whom the trophy belonged too and also who the author of the letter was. She picked her phone from her cabinet and dialed a number, looking at the wall for a minute and then pushed the green button, putting it against her ear. After some time it went on voicemail.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Hey, it is …. uhm ….. me. I know you don’t want to talk to me, but I have something that may belong to you. I don’t know how it got here. If you want you can come and pick it up, Cennial Hospital, Room 327.” With those words, Gillian closed her phone ending the conversation with the voicemail.

<span style="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`s phone was in his room and went off, however Blake was not there, so he could not pick up the phone. Grace came into the room and saw at the last moment someone left Blake a message.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“ '' Hey, it is …. uhm ….. me. I know you don’t want to talk to me, but I have something that may belong to you. I don’t know how it got here. If you want you can come and pick it up, Cennial Hospital, Room 327.''<span style="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;">Grace spread her eyes, being surprised that Gillian actually called Blake at this time. They were in a fight for years and now she suddenly wanted to help Blake, give him something back that belonged to him? There was something happening, most definitive.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Hey Lance! Where is 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;">“Doing some rounds around the park. He could use the exercise or so he said.” Lance replied, walking into the room as well. Grace gives him the phone and Lance listens to the message of Gillian. “That can’t be good.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Agreed. She might want to lure him there and challenge him again for the title.” Grace was a little aggressive by the action of 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;">“Oh, come on. In her state that she is now? No chance,” Lance replied and he and Grace walked out of the room. “Let us check it out first. Blake won’t return for the first couple of hours and we can’t reach him 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;">

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Archknight Galeros!” a female voice ordered as Blake was riding around the park on his duel runner. He looked around as he heard the female voice shout. A brown armored knight with silver crests took the field and plunged his sword right into a Shining Angel.

<span style="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 win!” the female duelist shouted out loud, being excited over her win and over the fact that she dueled out in public. “And you lose!”

<span style="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 and drives his duel runner into the park, stepping off and walking down the lane to the dueling place. He knew that girl from somewhere and the playing style she had. She had two the same monsters on the field. He has heard of that strategy 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;">“Excuse me,” Blake walked up to the girl and the boy who picked up his stuff and left. The girl turned around, putting her duel disk in her bag and looked at Blake widening her eyes. She picked her duel disk out of her bag again and equipped it to her arm. “Whoho, I didn’t mean to scare 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;">“Oh, I am sorry,” the girl lowered her arm again and smiled. “I just get a little jumpy when I am excited after a 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 was more to this girl and Blake knew it. He took her up in his mind and looked again. “I know you from somewhere.”

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

<span style="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 last name?”

<span style="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’d rather not say that. I am sorry,” Jennifer apologizes herself to Blake. “My family is known to be a little shy and jumpy when it comes to themselves introducing them with their family name.”

<span style="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, Jennifer. I am Blake Connoly and I do not mind you don’t tell me your last name, but may I just say, you sound and play familiar?” Blake smiled and he picked his duel disk from his duel runner, which was a hybrid duel runner. “Fancy a duel here and 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;">“You don’t waste time.” Jennifer joked and Blake smiled as well, activating his duel disk. “Yeah, I am willing to duel.” She activated her duel disk as well and inserted her deck, which was shuffled immediately. Blake did the same and he smiled. “I like playing against the big guys.”

<span style="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 then,” Blake pulled off his first five cards. “Let us 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;">“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;">Jennifer – 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 start!” Blake pulled off a new card from his deck. “I summon Blackthunder Neo Crusader (2200/1000), which can only be normal summoned when there are no monsters on the field.” A warrior appeared on his side of the field, wielding a great big sword, with silver gems in it. His armor was designed with lightning flashes.

<span style="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 famous Blackthunder deck of Blake,” Jennifer smiles. “I have heard a lot about 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;">“Yeah, well then you may see this coming. I pay 1000 lifepoints to summon the Blackthunder Cocoon (0/2200) to the field.” The infamous cocoon appeared on his side of the field. “Now both of the Blackthunder’s gain 1 Blackthunder-Counter every 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 – 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;">“Now I set this card face down and end my turn,” Blake placed a card face down on the field and he looked at Jennifer. “Now show me some of your moves.”

<span style="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. I summon Archknight Galeros (1400/1200) in attack mode.” The brown armored warrior appeared on her side of the field. “Now I send 1 card from my hand to the graveyard and add 1 Light Arch Bow to my hand. Now I equip my Archknight with a Light Arch Bow. Now as you probably know, these are twin 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;">“That is what I know this strategy from.” Blake realized.

<span style="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 now I play Double Summon and summon another Archknight Galeros to the field.” A similar warrior appeared on the field. “Now I do not have to destroy them both as long as they are both on the field. 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;">“Hmmm,” Blake picked a new card from his deck. “Both my Blackthunder monsters gain 1 Blackthunder-Counter. And now I remove 2 Blackthunder-Counters to add 1 level-3 or below Blackthunder monster from my deck to my hand.” He shifted through his deck, selected a card and added it to his 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;">“Not so impressive, I have seen people play better cards then that.” Jennifer almost cynically laughed about Blake`s play, although there was not really anything to laugh about. “I have seen you play many times in tournaments.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Aha, I have a fan.” Blake smirked and he slammed a card on his field. “I summon Blackthunder Shadow Snail (1100/800) in defense mode.” The snail with the blackened feathers around his main body and silver accents and the blackened golden shell appeared on the field, closing its 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;">“A snail? Really, you are planning to fight me with a snail?”

<span style="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 yeah, as you cannot select my monster as an attack target. Next I play Lineage of the Thunder. We can both draw 1 card for every Blackthunder monster on my field, which means we each draw 3 cards.” He picked three new cards from his deck as she picked three cards from her deck. “Next I send two of them to the graveyard and place 2 Blackthunder-Counters on my Cocoon.”

<span style="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 what could he do again with Cocoon and any amount of Blackthunder-Counters?<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">’ Jennifer shakes her head. ‘ ''Come on, I have seen that duel between him and her. He played it 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;">’

<span style="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 send my Blackthunder Cocoon with 4 Blackthunder-Counters to the graveyard and summon my Blackthunder Griffin (2300/1700) to the field.” The rather famous griffin, because it had been used during the duel against Gillian, appeared on the field. Its black feathers and golden beak were glowing in the sunlight.

<span style="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 Neo Crusader! Attack her Archknight Galeros directly!” Blake ordered as the warrior flipped out his big sword and plunged it into the Archknight, destroying it. “And you Blackthunder Griffin! Destroy the other Archknight Galeros!”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Jennifer – 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;">“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;">“You destroyed my Light Arch Bow`s as well and both my Archknight`s can only be destroyed when they are both destroyed in the same turn. Plus the bows lower the attack power by 500 of the attacking monster or the attacked monster.” Jennifer laughed as she saw Shadow Snail. “Oh bugger.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Correct, Shadow Snail attacks you as well!” Blake ordered and the smug that was spit out by the snail, hit 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;">Jennifer – 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;">“Now I end my turn,” Blake lowered his duel disk and looked at Jennifer. ‘ ''I am not sure whether she is, but she looks like someone I know. Someone I have dueled 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;">’

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Hmmm.” Jennifer looked at her hand. ‘ ''Damned, I only have one of those cards in my hand. I can’t bring them out both unless I draw something good 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;">’ She picks up her next card and her smile brightens.

<span style="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 that you have drawn something good?”

<span style="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 yes.” Winds started to come up as a gigantic arch appeared behind Jennifer, built out of silver stones and golden lines around it. There were six pillars around it with each one attribute. “I activate my field spell card. Sacred Arch!”

<span style="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 of that card 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;">’

<span style="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 since my Archknight Galeros was destroyed last turn, I can summon Archlord Galoy (2400/1200) to the field.” As the spirit vanished into the graveyard, a new warrior appeared on the field. It had brown-golden armor, an axe in the right hand and a sword in his left hand. “And this bad boy can attack twice 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;">‘ Oh there is the trick.<span style="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 Galoy, destroy his Griffin!” Jennifer ordered as both the axe and the sword came down on the Griffin, destroying it. “Now for the second time, destroy his Neo Crusader!” The warrior was brought down 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;">Blake – 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;">“I activate Blackthunder Legacy.” Blake`s card flipped up and revealed a shining black light bursting out of it. “Now I can Special Summon Blackthunder Mosquito from my deck.” The large mosquito appeared on 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;">“Well to conclude my turn, I summon Arch Spearman (1000/700) in defense mode who can only summoned when there is an Archlord monster on my side of the field.” A man with brown skin, many tattoos, light brown pants and a red scarf, holding a spear in both his hands, appeared on her side of the field. “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 – 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;">Jennifer – 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;">Gillian was sitting right up in her bed as the sun was shining inside her room and she was looking at the news on her TV above her bed. As there was no-one in her room next to her, she had no-one to talk to.

<span style="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.”

<span style="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 looked up and saw Grace and Lance entering her room. She smiled as she recognized Grace and Lance, being both friends of Blake. Grace and Lance were both wearing their clothes they wore back in Blake`s house, as they immediately had come down 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;">“Hello Grace and Lance. I see Blake send 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;">“Well no, actually. We came on ourselves. After what you did to him, we thought it was best to come check it out for him before we would actually tell him. So what was that voicemail all about?” Grace wanted to know and Gillian sighed. “Oh come on, it must not be all that hard.”

<span style="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 picked the trophy from her bedside and showed it to Grace and Lance. “This trophy is Blake`s trophy he won in his first tournament. It appeared this morning, been given by a nurse from this hospital. She got it from a girl I am quite familiar with.”

<span style="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 why are you giving it back to 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;">“We may not be friends, but I do not want to possess something that is rightfully Blake`s. So you can give this back to your friend,” Gillian handed it over to Grace, who placed it carefully inside her bag.

<span style="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 who did this? Who stole the trophy?” Lance asked Gillian, who shakes her head. “You 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;">“I do 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;">

<span style="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 – 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;">Jennifer – 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,” Blake picks a new card from his deck. “I call out Monster Card.” He flipped around the card, revealing it was the silver Omnicard, Blackthunder Spiral Spirit (1600/300). “Now my Spiral Spirit acts as a Tuner monster. And now by paying 500 lifepoints I can Special Summon Blackthunder Zephyr (800/600) from my graveyard 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;">Blake – 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;">A new bird appeared on his side of the field. It had big golden eyes as they both glowed with energy. It had two antenna like sprouts on its head. “Now I tune in my Spiral Spirit with my Shadow Snail and Zephyr! 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!”

<span style="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 big dragon of Blake appeared on his side of the field. Its golden gems were shining in the sunlight. The big black beak was covered by 2 rows of teeth. It flew a few levels higher then Blake was watching Jennifer looking in awe to the 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;">“You like 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;">“Oh yeah. Now I am fairly certain who I am dueling. The very same one that beated someone I knew.” Jennifer suddenly darkened her face. “Someone that is very valuable to me, someone that I care for very deeply.”

<span style="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?”

<span style="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 of no concern 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;">“Well, I will let my cards talk for me! Blackthunder Helios Dragon! Blackened Helion Stream!” The dragon fired a beam of black fire at the Archlord, destroying it. “Now I can place 1 Blackthunder-Counter on my 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;">Jennifer – 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;">“Mwah, because you attacked my Archlord I can remove my Spearman from play in order to bring the Archlord back to the field.” Jennifer smirked as her warrior returned to the field. “Now show me what your deck has further.”

<span style="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 for this turn,” Blake picked a card from his hand. “I set this card 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;">“Then allow me to continue,” Jennifer picked a card from her deck as more and more people came watching the duel, definitely because Blake dueled as well. “Due to Sacred Arch I can draw two cards instead of one.” She picked another 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;">“Now allow me to introduce you to my Allure Mage (1400/1000). This card is considered to be a Arch monster as well, but that aside. When a Archlord exists on the field, I can Special Summon a second Allure Mage to the field.” Two crimson dressed mages appeared, holding each a golden staff. “Now I equip my first Allure Mage with Allure Staff, which allows me to place 1 Allure-Counter on this card 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;">“That card…….” Blake sought deep in his memory. ‘ ''I have played an exact duel like this before. She is someone I knew, someone I know that knows someone I 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;">’

<span style="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 seem to recognize this 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;">“Yes,” Blake was not sure yet, but would be when she made her next move. ‘ Now if I am certain of what she will do next, I can counter 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;">’

<span style="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 this card face 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;">‘ ''Exactly. There is no doubt 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;">“And now I play my Allure Awakening,” Jennifer`s field was surrounded by an orange misty glow. “Which in turn activates the face down card I just played, Fountain of Forgotten Spells. Now Allure Awakening allows me to attack you directly with both of my Allure Mages. Destroy 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;">“Negate Attack! I don’t even think about losing.” Blake flipped up his card. “And I now know who you are.”

<span style="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 my Battle Phase is over which forces me to send both my Allure Mage cards from my field to the graveyard.” Jennifer placed both cards in her graveyard slot. “Now Fountain of Forgotten Magic activates, allowing me to draw a card per monster destroyed by a spell card effect.” She picked up two cards, showing them to 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;">“And you can activate a card according to which type you have drawn. A monster and a spell.” Blake smiled and he looked as Jennifer was not even surprised he knew what came.

<span style="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, due to Fountain I could now tribute one monster and special summon a level-6 or higher monster with one tribute, but I have none in my hand.” She looked at her empty hand and knew what Blake was thinking. “I now choose 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;">Blake – 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;">Jennifer – 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;">“Now Jennifer ……………” Blake took a gulp of air and then continued. “…… O’Hare, sister of Gillian, tell me why you are here and why you took this duel with 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;">“She is your 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;">Grace and Lance gasped as Gillian has told them what the relation between herself and the girl who stole the trophy was. They were as surprised as Blake probably would be to hear the girl who stole the trophy was Gillian`s 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;">“Yes, Jennifer is my sister. Jennifer O’Hare.” Gillian handed Grace the letter she got with the trophy. “She wanted to take care of me as I always supported her. If our parents find out she stole the trophy, I don’t know what they will do. They might go as far as allowing the justice department to lock her up, in order to secure my career and loss of 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;">“They are willing to send her to prison?”

<span style="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.”

<span style="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 have to get to Blake and her before the authorities do.” Lance and Grace ran out of the room, with Gillian looking after them. From behind a door, Gillian`s mom appeared, holding a phone at her ear. She smiled as Gillian widened her 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;">--

<span style="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 Jennifer O’Hare, the sister of the very same Gillian O’Hare you defeated.” Jennifer had her long blonde hair hanging behind her now and some sweat dropped from her forehead. “And yes, I am the one who took from you what rightfully belongs in the hands of 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;">“That is thievery!” Blake countered and Jennifer nodded. “Are you willing to set your sisters reputation on the line for 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 am doing this to protect her. Our parents have been pressing her into the dueling world since she was little. Since she could talk and hold cards, she has been taught to duel and then you came along.” Jennifer explained to Blake and Blake widened his own eyes. “They already thought I was a waste of their time, but you were the only thing standing between a glorious career for Gil and a friendship that would deliver her nothing.”

<span style="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 are other ways to do this, 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;">“I know, but I knew you would never voluntarily give up that trophy, that actually should have belonged to my sister, had she not been knocked out of the tournament by that friend of yours, 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;">“Yeah, well Ken has the habit of defeating good duelists.” Blake straightened himself and then pointed to Jennifer. “If I win this duel, I get my trophy back and I’ll drop eventual charges. If you win, Gillian can keep the trophy and you can walk away unharmed.”

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

<span style="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 draw,” Blake pulled a new card and his lifepoints dropped. “I pay 500 lifepoints and bring back my Blackthunder Zephyr (800/600) from the graveyard.” The winged beast returned 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;">Blake – 1700

<span style="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 initiate its special effect and attack you directly!” Blake ordered and the winged beast, sporting golden gems around his body and on the tops of his wings flew at Jennifer hitting her 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;">Jennifer – 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;">“And to continue, I place a Blackthunder-Counter on Blackthunder Helios Dragon.” Blake gloated as his dragon`s gem central shined again. “Now since I have already attacked once, I cannot activate its effect and lower your monster`s attack power to 0. But I can still destroy your Archlord! 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;">“I remove my Mirage Fairy from my graveyard from play!” Jennifer countered and the stream of black fire was countered by the invisible shield of Jennifer. “Now all your monsters are 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;">“I lower my Dragon`s attack power by 500 (ATK: 3500 -> 3000) to negate his destruction, but alas I lose my Blackthunder Zephyr again. I knew about your Mirage Fairy, you haven’t changed a bit, Jennifer since the last time we dueled.” Blake picked another card from his hand and inserted it in his duel disk. “I set this 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;">“Then I continue,” Jennifer pulled two new cards and adds them to her hand. “Now I place another Allure-Counter at my Allure Mage [2]. Now I play Pot of Greed, drawing 2 more 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;">“Jennifer! Stop this duel right now if you want your sister not to fall back in her reputation!”

<span style="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 and Jennifer both looked up and saw Mr. Gerardson appearing in the park. He was wearing his business suit and held a brown suitcase in his right hand. Blake recognized him in an instant.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Excuse me?” Jennifer asked Mr. Gerardson. “We are in the middle of a 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;">“You have stolen property of someone else. If this gets public, your older sister`s reputation will go to rubbles and we can start all over again. Stop this duel, return the trophy to his rightful owner and come with me.” Mr. Gerardson 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;">“You are Gillian`s manager, not mine. I have chosen to accept this duel no matter what happens. Gillian is proud of me and I wanted to repay her trust and pride of me. I admit stealing the trophy was not a good idea.” Gillian looked at her hand. “I activate Banner of Courage. During the Battle Phase all of my monsters gain 200 attack 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;">“Do what you want, but I will do what I consider necessary in order to secure Ms. Gillian`s reputation.” He sat down on a bench and pulled out a cell phone, dialing a number. “You have a choise, stop this duel and retreat, coming with me, or face the consequences.”

<span style="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 think what I just did, made my point.” Jennifer picked her two Allure Mage`s from her dueldisk along with the Allure Awakening. “I tribute both my Allure Mage`s to special summon Archking Gai’lure (2600/1700).” The new monster appeared on the field, holding a large golden sword while being donned in white armor with golden crests. “Now I activate Card Shuffle. At the cost of 300 of my points I can shuffle 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;">Jennifer – 1100

<span style="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 all these random spell cards? Does she want to confuse 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;">“Now due to my Gai’lure second effect, I can reequip my Allure Awakening to it along with the Allure-Counters already placed on a monster before.” The Archking was surrounded by a golden glow. “And since Gai’lure negates the equip requirement, I am able to do so. Now Gai’lure, attack his Blackthunder Helios Dragon! Sword of the Heaven Arch!”

<span style="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 how?!”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Gai’lure gains 300 attack and defense points per face-up continuous spell card on the field, plus another 200 from my Banner of Courage (ATK/DEF = 2600/1700 -> 3500/2300 -> 3700/2300). Destroy 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;">“I lower my dragon`s attack power by 500 (ATK: 3000 -> 2500) and negate its destruction!” Blake saw how his dragon weakened, but he knew he would not need much more. “Good going, 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;">Blake – 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;">‘ ''I have his lifepoints below mine. Now unless he pulls a Megamorph out of his hat, this duel is in the bag. And I bet he is willing to call it even.''<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">’ Jennifer smiled, seeing how Mr. Gerardson was no longer placing the phone call, but rather watch the duel with interest. ‘ With one more continuous spell card in play, I can totally beat him 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;">‘ You have no idea what you are facing, 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;">’ Mr. Gerardson smirked. ‘ ''I have studied Mr. Connoly`s tactics since the moment he has entered the Pro Circuit. You have no idea what he can pull out of 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;">’

<span style="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 switch my Archlord Galoy to defense mode and end my turn.” Jennifer lowered her dueldisk and heard far distinct sirens. ‘ Oh great.<span style="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;">“Draw.” Blake shifted off a new card from his deck. ‘ ''I have to few lifepoints left in order to activate my Zephyr`s special ability and bring it back. This card can help me though, if her cards do not have some kind of effect in the graveyard that can counter mine.''<span style="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 inserted a card in his dueldisk. “I set this card face down and remove my Lineage of the Thunder card from my graveyard in order to bring back Blackthunder Cocoon (0/2200).”

<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;">“Oh great, not that thing again.” Jennifer grumbled as she looked upon the monstrous cocoon that appeared on Blake`s 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;">“Now I place 1 Blackthunder-Counter on my Dragon [3] and one on my Cocoon [1] and now I activate my face down card…….” Blake pushed the button on his dueldisk and his card shot up. “Blackthunder Spirits. By removing all Blackthunder-Counters on all cards I can increase my Helios Dragon`s attack power by 400 per counter, which is four, which means 1600 extra attack points!”

'''Blackthunder Helios Dragon = ATK/DEF = 2500/2000 -> 4100/3600 Blackthunder Cocoon = ATK/DEF = 0/2200 -> 1600/3800'''

<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;">“You are kidding me right?”

<span style="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 Hammer Shot, and destroy your Archking Gai’lure!” Blake gloated as the hammer fell down on the king, destroying it. “Not nice, but effective. And now I switch my Blackthunder Cocoon into attack mode and finish you off with my Blackthunder Helios Dragon! 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 attack hit the Archlord that had remained on the field, obliterating it, making it vanish into light particles and Jennifer fell on one knee, feeling the impact of the blast, though hologram, but very real 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;">Blake – 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;">Jennifer – 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 ….. I 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;">“I would like to get my trophy back now.” Blake offered her his hand and she took it, standing up. “Where is 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;">“It is with my sister.” Jennifer explained and she looked around. “My sister has it. I brought it to her when I stole it from your house.” Blake nods and deactivated his duel disk and puts his deck back in his deck box.

<span style="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 then, I guess we have to get it back from her.” At that moment Mr. Gerardson came walking down to them, along with two police officers. “Excuse me, Mr. Gerardson, but we need to get through.”

<span style="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 think so. You see she still needs to be charged for her stealing your trophy.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Officer,” Blake looked at the officers. “I have just decided to drop the charges against Ms. O’Hare. There is no need to take her into custody.”

<span style="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 it is not that easy.” Mr. Gerardson showed Blake and Jennifer a paper. “You see Mr. and Mrs. O’Hare have filed charges as well. They seem to care about you getting your trophy back and the court has decided to judge Ms. O’Hare as well. Officers, if you please.”

<span style="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 can they do something like 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;">“Justice.”

<span style="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 mean to their own 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;">“Business and reputation. You may also want to read the rest of the paper. Ms. O’Hare`s parents have filed charges not only for stealing your trophy but as well for stealing their money and breaking and entering in their homes.” Mr. Gerardson turned around and followed the officers, who had taken Jennifer with them to the police car.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Their own daughter.” Blake shakes his head as behind him Lance and Grace pop up. “I don’t understand how parents can be this heartless.”

<span style="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, that is not your problem.” Lance handed Blake the trophy. “We have picked this up for you at Gillian`s hospital room. If I may give you a piece of advice, do not get involved further in the O’Hare family`s business. That is dangerous. They know people and they can get you out of the picture in a matter of minutes.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Maybe it is time to resettle things with Gillian, Blake. Maybe it is time to put your differences aside. She was genuinely sorry when she gave us the trophy, she really was.” Grace advised Blake, who 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;">“I don’t know, Grace. I don’t know, I really 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;">

<span style="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 double doors inside the Aurora Remnant`s chambers opened and two cloaked figures appeared. One was armored with golden armor below his cloak, the other one was shorter. The other one, the unarmored one, was the fourth member 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;">“How are things proceeding, comrade Lynn?” the dark red haired man, the leader of the Aurora Remnant asked the unarmored member.

<span style="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 is still searching and there has been no sighting of Ne’us anymore. In the meantime the Silent Core got a major energy boost thanks to the duel between Blake Connoly and Jennifer O’Hare.” Lynn then turned to the armored man. He throws away his cloak and reveals to be dressed in an odd Romanian armor. He picked his blade out of his sheath.

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

<span style="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 Gill Randsborg, I am pleased to meet you. After your early defeat at the hands of the Black Rose Witch.” The dark red haired man walked down to them, still not lowering his hood. “You have been offering your services to any organization that fights against Psychic duelists, though you seemed really interested when we approached 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;">“Even though we are Psychic duelists.” Lynn continued. “You know what we are, you know what we do. You know what your mission is?”

<span style="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, noble lady. I will do as you please. My Masked Knight deck is at thy service.” Sir Gill Randsborg bows and turns back to the doors. “Now if you excuse me, I will prepare.”

<span style="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.” The dark red haired man walked down to the big windows around them. “Tyson is on his way, searching for duelists with the highest potential. Justin is still around the racing track and Jasmond is smacking duelists around in the harbor. What will you do, comrade 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;">“Master Gakyru, with your permission, I’d like to venture to the Cennial Hospital. I have some business to attend there. An old friend of mine is there, with high potential. Allow me to test 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 well,” the dark red haired Gakyru nodded. “You may proceed. We need more Ener-D if we want to complete our task and release the Silent Core into the Sacred Temple Gate and find the Infinity 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;">He turned around as Lynn bowed and walked 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;">“Soon the world will be  perfect<span style="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;">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;">Well, there you have it. All five members of the Aurora Remnant now have names. It tends to work better if they all have names. The Aurora Remnant was a real good invention if I may say so myself. I still have no idea how I came to the name.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Jennifer`s deck has been created by two friends of mine, Leon_Star and The_Wolf (both members on Pojo). All credit for the cards she used, except Fountain of Forgotten Magic, were made by them. The cards will surely return someday.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Anyway I hope you liked it and up to Turn 7!