Turn 12: Speed Phantom

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

Turn 12 “Speed Phantom!”

Phantom Rider – 4000 [SPC: 0] Jasmond – 4000 [SPC: 0]

“I will take the first move!” Phantom Rider placed a monster card on his black duel disk. “Phantom Rider – Abua (900/400) appear!” Next to his long and big duel runner a new motor cycle shaped monster appeared. It had a flaming red design and the rider on it had a skull head. “Now prepare for a duel of Phantoms!”

“Phantom Riders?” Jasmond searched her memory. “That is an archetype that was supposed to be experimental. How did you get your hands on those cards?”

“Yes, they are.” Phantom Rider pulls of a card from his hand. “Once per turn I can place 1 Phantom-Counter on my Phantom Rider – Abua.” The monster motorcycle was riding next to him.

‘ ''I never dueled against those cards. This is quite new for me.''’ Jasmond looked at her deck. ‘ ''No matter what happens, my deck can pull me through. It is for the greater good.''’

“I set these two cards face down and end my turn.” The Phantom Rider along with his monsters shot past Jasmond who felt the backlash of the speed the machine of Phantom Rider had. “Try and keep up.”

They rounded around a corner as both their SPC-Counter shot up to 1.

“Draw!” Jasmond pulls a new card and inserts it in her card holder. “Activate Speed Spell – Water Storm, which can be activated if my Speed World card holds 1 or more Speed-Counters on it. I can now special summon 2 weaker Water-attribute monsters from my hand to the field. Come out Abyss Soldier (1800/1300) and Armed Sea Hunter (1800/400).”

The two water based monsters appeared on her side of the field, swimming along with her as Jasmond on her duel runner was a little behind Phantom Rider and Phantom Rider – Abua. Phantom Rider however was not at all impressed by her play.

“Two monsters in one move, impressive, but will it be good enough to stop me?” Phantom Rider smirked as he stretched out his arm and the first of the two face down cards flipped up. “Phantom Flock. For each 500 lifepoints I pay I can summon 1 Phantom Rider Token (0/0) to the field.”

“These Tokens have undefined attack power.”

“I pay 1000 lifepoints to summon two Phantom Rider Tokens (2x 0/0) to the field. Now when my Battle Phase is done, their attack and defense power is set equal to the amount of damage you dealt to me.” Phantom Rider gloated as two more machines appeared at his side, though smaller, they kept up with Phantom Rider and his Phantom Rider – Abua.

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

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I don’t mind at all, they are an easy prey for my Armed Sea Hunter and Abyss Soldier. Go Abyss Soldier, Abyssal Sword!” The water warrior attacked the Phantom Rider Token, but the second card flipped 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;">“Draining Shield,” Phantom Rider kicked in and his lifepoints raised. “The attack is negated and I can raise my lifepoints by the amount of the monster attacked!”

<span style="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 still have my second attack from my Armed Sea Hunter. Sea Slash!” The Armed Sea Hunter attacked the second Phantom Rider Token, but it stays on the field. “What? Why is it still on the field?”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Because Phantom Flock`s effect kicks in, increasing its attack power by the damage I would have gotten from the first attack. (ATK/DEF: 0/0 -> 1800/1800). Now you have to get through them next turn first before actually touching my Phantom Rider – Abua.” Phantom Rider smirked from under his helmet, his eyes visible through the visor. “And now the attack has no effect.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Hmmm,” Jasmond groaned while picking a card from her hand. “I set this card face down and end my turn.” She turned around the next turn, still meters behind Phantom Rider. She looked at him, but he seemed not to care to look back at her. “Well, are you going to make a move?”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Yes, I suppose I make my move now,” Phantom Rider picks up a new card from his hand as their Speed-Counter total raise to 2 for both. “Because more then 1500 lifepoints of damage have been negated or dealt to me, I can Special Summon Phantom Rider – Kol’uak (0/1500) to the field in attack mode.”

<span style="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 secondary fiendish motor rider appeared at his side. The motor had a flaming red design and a large brown shotgun at the back of the rider. “Now activate ability. Since three spell or trap cards have been played previous turn, this card gains 500 attack points (ATK: 0 -> 1500). Next I play Speed Spell – Angel Baton, which allows me to draw 2 cards and discard 1.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Which means another increase of 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;">“Yes,” Phantom Rider agreed as the attack power of Kol’uak raised (ATK: 1500 -> 2000). “Now first things first. Abua, attack her directly due to your ability!”

<span style="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 -> 3100 [SPC: 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;">“Now Kol’uak destroy her Armed Sea Hunter!” Phantom Rider ordered, while he made a 180 turn to face 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 – 3100 -> 2900 [SPC: 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;">“Activate Door to the Other Side!” Jasmond kicked in and a card flipped up on her field. “I can play this directly from the 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;">“And you have to pay 2000 lifepoints because it is a non Speed Spell!” Phantom Rider explained.

<span style="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 really,” Jasmond disagreed. “This is a special trap card based on the original Door to the Other Side card we use in Ground Duels, but it does have the same effect, which means all my monsters are Psychic type monsters now too.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I set this card face down and end my turn.” Phantom Rider was still ahead of Jasmond, more then at least ten meters away now. The only way Jasmond knew what Phantom Rider would do was either because she could see it visually or hear it through the com system. “Which reminds me, because a new trap card has been played Kol’uak gains 500 attack points (ATK: 2000 -> 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;">“My turn,” Jasmond picks a new card from her deck as she speeds after Phantom Rider, the giant door hovering behind her and the Abyss Soldier still on the field. “I play Speed Spell – Healing Draw. By dropping my Speed-Counters to 0 I can regain 1000 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;">Jasmond – 2900 -> 3900 [SPC: 0]

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Her Speed-Counters were on three like Phantom Rider`s, but now she was in a serious disadvantage.

<span style="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 my Accel Zone trap card!” Phantom Rider kicked in. “When your Speed-Counters change, this card is activated and grants me an additional 5 Speed-Counters [SPC: 3 -> 8].”

<span style="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 in the advantage now!” Jasmond slightly panicked but realized she had to stay strong for her own good. ‘ ''Jasmond! Hold yourself together, girl. This is not the way we at the Aurora Remnant behave.''<span style="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 to smile about her own thought, but she was right. “I remove my Armed Sea Hunter from my graveyard from play and tribute my Abyss Soldier to summon Ocean Lord – Deep Sea Serpent (2700/1000)!”

<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;">The duel lane all of a sudden became flooded by water, but Phantom Rider was too far away to be bothered by that. A gigantic light blue sea serpent appears from the water. It had large yellow fangs and threatening red 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;">“An Ocean Lord monster,” Phantom Rider iterated and he stepped on the gas and smiled as he was about 500 meter away from Jasmond. “Your water based decks contains  Ocean Lords<span style="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 for its effect.” Jasmond sends one card to her graveyard. “When I send a monster to the graveyard once per turn, I can force you to discard a number of cards from your deck equal to its level. And my Eria`s level is 4!”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Hmpf,” Phantom Rider groaned as he flipped four cards from his deck and sends them to the graveyard.

<span style="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 Ocean Lord – Deep Sea Serpent, attack his Abua!” Jasmond commanded as her serpent dove around the corner and hit Abua. However, the face down card of Phantom Rider flipped up, showing a tunnel of light.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Phantom Acceleration,” Phantom Rider interfered as Abua disappeared into the tunnel of light. “I remove my Phantom Rider – Abua from play until my next Standby Phase. However neither of us can now gain Speed or Phantom-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;">“You saved your Abua from defeat for now, but can it survive next turn? I end my turn now with two face down cards.” Jasmond sped up and was now only a hundred meter behind Phantom Rider, who did not even bother to look around.

<span style="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,” Phantom Rider picked his next card. “My Phantom Rider – Abua returns to the field. However since another trap card was activated I can increase the attack power of Kol’uak (ATK: 2500 -> 3000). Now I utilize the effect of my Abua, and attack you 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 – 3900 -> 3000 [SPC: 0]

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Now, Phantom Rider – Kol’uak, attack her Deep Sea 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;">“Alas, by removing Eria in my graveyard from play,” Jasmond exhaled and was glad she had the chance. “I can negate the destruction of my Deep Sea 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;">Jasmond – 3000 -> 2700 [SPC: 0]

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Now since I have more then 5 Speed-Counters I can activate Speed Spell – Phantom Mirror. For every attack I did with my Phantom Riders I can send one card from my graveyard back to my deck and shuffle it.” He picked two cards from his graveyard slot and added them to his deck, after which it was shuffled. “Now I activate the effect of my Accel Phantom in my graveyard and special summon it back to my 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;">“That is a tuner!”

<span style="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! I tune in my Accel Phantom with my Phantom Rider – Kol’uak and my two Phantom Rider Tokens. The night falls as the moon shines brightly. From the clustering stars the rider king comes! Synchro Summon! Arise, Phantom King – Accel Rider (2400/1700)!” Phantom Rider chanted. From the Synchro vortex a new rider appears. It had a heavily green glowing motor cycle. The rider was donned in a light green armor and had a grey skull head with a purple flaming helmet.

<span style="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 Synchro monster, bet I can do better!” Jasmond frantically countered.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Many have tried, but many have lost. Now for its effect. By removing 1 Phantom Rider from play I can deal 200 points of damage per levelstar to you!” The Phantom King – Accel Rider raised his sword and slowed down to level with Jasmond, slashing at her. “I remove Kol’uak 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;">Jasmond – 2700 -> 1900 [SPC: 0]

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Next I discard my top three cards from my deck to the graveyard to activate the second effect of my Accel Rider, to regain 500 lifepoints.” Phantom Rider saw the energy flowing back into his 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;">Phantom Rider – 3000 -> 3500 [SPC: 8]

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I set this card 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;">Phantom Rider – 3500 [SPC: 8] <span style="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 – 1900 [SPC: 0]

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

<span style="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 clustering stars come together to show a path that light shines upon! Lighten up the sky! Synchro Summon! Rise, Ancient Sacred Wyvern!” a duelist in the park chants as he was dueling with his dragon against a defenseless duelist. “Now Ancient Sacred Wyvern, attack him directly! Sacred Flame!”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Unknown duelist 1 – 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;">Unknown duelist 2 – 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;">“And my second win!” the first duelist who used the Ancient Sacred Wyvern thriumphantically jumps around. From a short distance Gillian and Yuni were looking at the duel.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“He was quite good,” Gillian remarked and Yuni smirked. “No seriously, he could have given me a run for my money.”

<span style="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 sure, how late did Blake say they would meet us here 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;">“In 15 minutes, Yuni, so relax.” Gillian turned around to face her newfound friend. “So how did you meet 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;">“It was quite simple in fact. Some day at school, some people were bullying me because of my fascination with writing stories and making up my own legends, you know. Like my own heroes, princesses and kings and knights on white horses.” Yuni looked around, but only saw the familiar but smiling face of Gillian in front of her. “I was never a big fan of the known fairytales. I found them rather boring.”

<span style="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 were bullied? And what ……. Blake intervened and stopped them?”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Yes, just like you say, Blake intervened and told the kids off. I believe it was a year after you two had the fight. Of course they did not want to go off that easily which was why Blake challenged them into a Gauntlet Duel. He won against all four of them without breaking a sweat, without choosing to recover a thousand of his lifepoints in the mid of the duel. He almost compared it with his situation, how he felt.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Was he distraught after what I had done?” Gillian interested asked Yuni and she thought. “If he had asked me why, I would have told him why.”

<span style="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 ask you why, at least that is what he tells me, but yeah he was a little taken down by the moment. He picked up dueling quite fast afterwards, building a new deck, his Blackthunder deck as a sign of evolution and putting the past behind him. It was why he fought you back in the final of that Open Season Tournament with the Blackthunder deck and not with his Black Feather deck that has brought demise upon many of his opponents during the times you two dueled in the Junior Circuit.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Tell me about it,” Gillian sighed out loud. “We have tag dueled many times during that time, even a Duel Board championship. I remember we once dueled against two guys called Remy and Mack. Well, let’s just say they won’t like to face our Light End Dragon and Blake`s old Black Feather – Raging Gale Condor 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;">“Raging Gale Condor was Blake`s old ace card, 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;">“Yeah, after what happened between me and Blake he must have decided to definitely break with the past and take upon him a new ace monster, one that is definitely just as powerfull as his old ace card.” Gillian remembered how she was beaten by Blake`s Blackthunder Helios Dragon. “Maybe once this situation is over and Grace and Jason are safe again, Blake will show you his old deck.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I would love that. I just don’t hope Blake will combine his old Black Feather and new Blackthunder decks together.” Yuni smirked at her own remark. “Oh wait, those two do not really go well together.”

<span style="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;">There was not much traffic around the Aurora Stadium. The entrance roads for both Duel Runners and cars was clear and only a lone duel runner was standing at the other side of the street of the Aurora Stadium. From the windows far above the entrance of the Aurora Stadium Tyson was overlooking the street. He did not however notice Kaito, who was standing behind a group of cars, spotting the entrance.

<span style="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 this is the place where they are hiding out.” Kaito slowly walked around the cars, his eye twitching a little. Kaito had no idea someone was watching him from above now since he moved in the open.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“So someone has come.” Tyson speaks to himself as he hears footsteps and turns around, seeing Justin entering the room. “Haven’t you found your prey yet?”

<span style="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 have, but there is no way I can get to her unless having to face her 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;">“She has no friends. She is a weak person without friends. You can easily corner her. Go, do it now, or I will duel you myself.” Tyson became a little aggressive.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Justin turned around without saying a word.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Was it you who send Lynn after Blake Connoly? Was it you who knew that mysterious turbo duelist called Phantom Rider would show up eventually when Jasmond would travel on the Duel Lanes?” Justin questioned Tyson`s motives and acts.

<span style="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 who assigned us to our targets, Justin. Now move, before you are going to run into to massive trouble.” Tyson threatened Justin and Justin shrugged, before leaving the room and Tyson looked outside, now noticing Kaito had vanished from side. ‘ ''The first one has already arrived, but Master Gakyru has not returned yet. All our searching, all our duels, it has been the motive for only one goal. We all know what that goal is or so we think at least. But do we know everything? Do we know about any hidden agenda?''<span style="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;">He looked around the city surroundings again, noticing nothing out of the ordinary. He knew Kaito was inside now and he patted 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;">‘ ''Don’t worry, my friend. I haven’t shown them my ultimate weapon yet, 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;">’

<span style="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;">Phantom Rider – 3500 [SPC: 9] <span style="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 – 1900 [SPC: 1]

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">As she could see the engines of the Phantom Rider`s duel runner, she knew he was not far from her. His dueling tactics however made her doubt her own. He had shown no clear strategy now. There was no order in his deck, rather chaos and still he had the upper hand on 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;">“Draw,” Jasmond picked a new card up as she gained a new Speed-Counter, which was now at 1. “I summon Ocean Strider LV4 (1600/800)!” The green humanoid fish soldier appeared at her side of the field. “Next since I normal summoned that monster I can Special Summon Poseidon Guardian (900/800) from my hand.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">A new warrior appeared, in aqua blue armor. It had the crest of the ancient god on his chest. “Now for its effect I can select one of the two. I choose to attack you 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;">Phantom Rider – 3500 -> 2600 [SPC: 9]

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I discard the top three cards from my deck to increase my lifepoints by 500, due to Accel Rider`s ability.” Phantom Rider smirked as his rider next to him had his eyes glow red.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Phantom Rider – 2600 -> 3100 [SPC: 9]

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Next I summon Phantom Rider – Obocuras (1000/0) to the field,” Phantom Rider continued on Jasmond`s turn. “Obocuras can be special summoned from the graveyard when I have one Phantom King Synchro monster on the field.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Your deck is really peculiar,” Jasmond admits as she looks at the newly appeared rider on a dark red motor cycle, based around Phantom Rider`s duel runner. “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;">“Draw,” Phantom Rider pulls off a new card. “Now by discarding three cards from my deck directly, I gain 500 lifepoints once again.” He slid three more cards from his deck into his graveyard. “Oh right, and Phantom Rider – Obocuras gains 1 Phantom-Counter per turn, which allows it to gain 200 attack points (ATK: 1000 -> 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;">Phantom Rider – 3100 -> 3600 [SPC: 10]

<span style="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 no real and straight strategy in his deck. There is no end to his Phantom Rider Army, but I have my Deep Sea Serpent, I can beat him. Why was I held 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;">’ Jasmond pondered about her opponent. ‘ Better, why did I hold myself 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;">’

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Phantom King – Accel Rider, attack her Deep Sea Serpent! Phantom Killer Blow!” Phantom Rider suddenly turned his duel runner 180 degrees, facing Jasmond directly as his Synchro rider attacked Jasmond`s sea 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;">“Why? It is much too weak!”

<span style="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 the trap card Obscure Phantom.” The card flipped up on the right of Phantom Rider. “For every Phantom-Counter placed on a monster it gains 1000 attack points for the turn only, when attacking a monster with a higher attack power. (Accel Rider: ATK: 2400 -> 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;">“It is to strong!”

<span style="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, Phantom Killer Blow 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;">Jasmond – 1900 -> 1200 [SPC: 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;">“Now I believe I still have my Phantom Rider – Obocuras. Attack her directly!” Phantom Rider dashed forward with Obocuras at his side, but it bumped into a barrier, absorbing the attack.

<span style="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 did you do this time?” Phantom Rider then noticed the card activated. “Draining Shield?”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“An old school card, but it works in these situations. Now I gain 1200 lifepoints due to you trying to inflict them to me!” Jasmond smirked. “Even more, as I gain half of my lifepoints I lost now by Door to the Other Side`s effect.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Jasmond – 1200 -> 2400 [SPC: 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;">“All right then, you have survived another turn.” Phantom Rider slowed down to ride next to Jasmond. “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;">‘ ''At least I regain some of my lost lifepoints. But this guy is strong and somewhat strange. If he really is the one so many people have lost against, wouldn’t you expect a better play then what he has done sofar?''<span style="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 smiled as the energies from the Door to the Other Side flew into 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 – 2400 -> 2850 [SPC: 3]

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Now allow me to play Speed Spell – Angel Baton. Since I have more then two speed-counters I can draw 2 cards and discard 1.” She picked up two new cards and discarded one. “Now by summoning a second Poseidon Guardian (900/800) to the field, I can attack you directly twice.”

<span style="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 not going to do that?”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I am attacking you directly once.” Jasmond pointed to her left Poseidon Guardian. “Poseidon Guardian, attack him directly! Aquatic Wave Shot!”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Phantom Rider – 3600 -> 2700 [SPC: 11]

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Next I activate the secondary effect of my second Poseidon Guardian, making it unable to be destroyed in battle.”

<span style="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 now it is my move in your turn. I remove my Phantom Rider – Kol’uak from play to deal you 800 points of damage!” Phantom Rider countered as the spirit of Kol’uak turned into stars which formed a blast, shooting at Jasmond, who barely escaped with her life, as she dodged 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;">Jasmond – 2850 -> 2050 [SPC: 3]

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I set this card then and I end my turn.” Jasmond sighed as she knew there was not much 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;">“My turn again,” Phantom Rider pulls out a new card from his deck. “From my graveyard I Special Summon the Tuner monster Phantom Roxes (0/0). Next I activate the special ability of my Accel Rider again and discard the top three cards from my deck. Next I 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;">Phantom Rider – 2600 -> 3100 [SPC: 12]

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Next I can still Normal Summon, so I summon Black Potan to the field.” Phantom Rider placed the new monster on the duel disk. A brown round fiend appeared on the field. It had one single horn on its head and giant red eyes. “Now I have the fit requirements for what I need. I tune in my Phantom Roxes with my Phantom King – Accel Rider and Black Potan!”

<span style="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 a Level-10 Synchro Monster?!”

<span style="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 the clouds part, the moon is eclipsed. Hear the dragon roar as its mighty wings flap in the air! Synchro Summon! Rise, Phantom Eclipse Dragon!” Phantom Rider chanted as from the Synchro vortex a dragon appeared. It was magnificent. Its body was glowing in the light and its purple colored gems shine with light. “Now for its effect, I can turn every monster except this card face down and deal 500 points of damage to the owner. Since I have none except Phantom Eclipse Dragon, I don’t lose any. You however….”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Lose 1000,” Jasmond realized as the dragon roared and shot a blast of purple fire at 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 – 2050 -> 1050 [SPC: 4]

<span style="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 with both your Poseidon Guardians face down, you cannot attack me directly next turn. But this is not all. Since I used monsters with Phantom-Counters on them to Synchro Summon my dragon, I can place them on Phantom Eclipse Dragon.” Phantom Rider saw more of the gems of his dragon glow. “That means he now has 5 Phantom-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;">“Does that result in an interesting effect?” Jasmond spotted.

<span style="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 will next turn,” Phantom Rider concluded. “You see it cannot attack during the turn it was Synchro summoned, but next turn will proof to be fun for both me and you. 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;">He shot past her again and was around the next corner. Jasmond sighs and boosts her engine, before going after Phantom Rider. ‘ ''I thought he was just bluffing but he did have an ace monster. I wonder what he can do with that thing. Ah well, guess I’ll have to flush him out 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;">’

<span style="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 picked up her next card and looked at it as her face brightened a little. “Excellent. Activate Speed Spell – Dimension Merger. With four or more Speed-Counters on my side of the field, I can remove any number of monsters from my side of the field from play to Special Summon 1 monster from my deck or graveyard.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Both the face down Poseidon Guardians disappeared from the field as water gushed onto the runway again. The giant sea serpent 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;">“Arise, Ocean Lord – Deep Sea Serpent (2700/1000)!” Jasmond greeted her old friend. “Next I send my Electric Eel from my hand to the graveyard and deal 800 points of damage to you!” The Electric Eel appeared on her side of the field and released lightning onto Phantom Rider.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Phantom Rider – 3100 -> 2300 [SPC: 12]

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Next since my Ocean Lord – Deep Sea Serpent was summoned to the field, I can activate Underwater Birth trap card, which allows me to special summon a water attribute monster to my field from the hand or graveyard. Come forward Giant Red Seasnake (1800/800)!” Jasmond commanded as the red ocean drooling sea serpent appeared on her side of the field. “Now 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;">Phantom Rider – 2300 [SPC: 12] <span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Jasmond – 1050 [SPC: 4]

<span style="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 and Yuni were still in the park waiting on Blake and Lance, still talking about Gillian`s past with Blake and what happened until now. Gillian had brought them a soda and Yuni was rather looking around anxiously.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Relax, Yuni. Blake and Lance will be here soon. We don’t need to worry more then we already do because of the threat of the Aurora Remnant.” Gillian looked around for a sign of Blake and Lance and saw the sun shining. She decided to put on her sunglasses. “So what kind of deck do you run?”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Mostly fantasy cards. Duel Tech ran a card creation contest and the winner would be allowed to design a set of their owns. I somehow won. It was back in the time that Rex Goodwin was director of Sector Security.” Yuni pulled her deck out of her deck box. “The man died as you know, but I got my set released. My favorite card is Gold Wolf.” Her card was shown to be a level-8 Synchro monster.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Interesting card and effect I see.” Gillian nodded. “Yeah I remember about Rex Goodwin. Was supposed to have died due to some storm above Neo Domino City, 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;">“Yeah, or so they said.” The voice that had replied was surprising as Gillian and Yuni turned around, to see themselves face to face with Mr. O’Hare. “Hello Gillian. I knew I would find you 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;">“Dad.” Gillian shrugged and directly looked for a way out, but saw herself cornered by three men in black suits. They all were a head taller then them. “Dad, what are you doing here? I said I wanted nothing to do with 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;">“Correct, but I have other uses for you now.” Mr. O’Hare tells Gillian and he nodded to the suited men. “Take her. You two take care of my 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;">“Yes sir,” the three men replied and the blonde haired man took Yuni by the arm. “Now come little one. If you do not struggle, this will not cause any pain. At least, no real pain.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Let go off me!” Yuni shouted as hard as she could, that someone might hear her, but to no avail. “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;">“Yuni, don’t worry about me. Make sure Blake knows!” Gillian shouts to her new found friend, before being pushed inside a van. The father nodded to the blonde man, who pulls a gun out of his pocket. “You, take care 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;">The blonde man takes Yuni with him behind some trees and pushes her on her knees and Yuni shed a tear, waiting for the impact. The man clicked the gun, but at that moment heard the roaring sound of a duel runner. Yuni turned sideways as a duel runner shot through the air and hit the blonde man, knocking him down on the ground. It was a black duel runner with yellow lightning stripes at the side. Behind them a second duel runner stops. The man that jumped from the black duel runner after pushing down the man violently was revealed to be Blake and the other man was Lance of course.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Who are you?” Blake demanded from the man as he grabbed him by the collar. Lance simply kicked away the man`s gun. “Are you someone from 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;">“Do you really think we are this stupid?” the man asked Blake and Blake wondered why he said that. “No, I am not a member of this Aurora Remnant you speak of. I just do my job.” He stood up, pushing back Blake and Lance jumped between them. “Now if you excuse me. I would be quick if you want to get Ms. O’Hare out of that van.”

<span style="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 pointed to the van that rushed off and Blake and Lance directly sat down on their duel runners. The man shakes his head and Blake and Lance leave on their duel runners, with Yuni on the back of Blake`s duel runner. The man picked a cell phone out of his pocket and dialed a number.

<span style="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, this is detective Reel. Yes sir, they are just on the move. Inform Bishop that they are and that Operation Clean-Up can start.”

<span style="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;">“Why would that man suddenly help us?” Yuni asked through the com system of the spare helmet Blake held in his baggage compartment of his duel runner, below his seat. “Is it a trap?”

<span style="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, it most likely is,” Lance agreed, pulling up next to Blake and Yuni. “But we have to find Gillian and meet up with Kaito wherever he is to finish 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;">“Speaking about Kaito,” Blake pointed to the screen on his duel runner, receiving an online transmission of Kaito. The screen of his duel runner turned into the big head of Kaito, who was in a rather dark room. “What is it, Kaito?”

<span style="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, I am inside the Aurora Stadium right now. This is it. This is the hideout to the Aurora Remnant.” Kaito whispered as he looked around. “Come down here quickly. I do not know exactly what is going on here, but it 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;">“I would be surprised if you would know what was going on. Where are you exactly and where can we meet you the best?” Blake sighed and he turned right on the highway with Lance close 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;">“I am in an abandoned office right now, just two floors below the top tier of boxes where only high ranking people stay in official duels.” Kaito explained and he cut of the transmission and Blake shakes his head.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“He is always quick. Oh well then. Let us proceed to 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;">“Better,” Lance pointed in the distance. “The white van seems to go the same way.”

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

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Phantom Rider – 2300 [SPC: 12] <span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Jasmond – 1050 [SPC: 4]

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“All changes now,” Phantom Rider proceeded. “For my Phantom Eclipse Dragon`s effect now. By releasing one monster from my hand I can deal half of the attack or defense points, whichever is the lowest to you as damage. I send my Phantom Rider – Obocuras from my hand to the graveyard.”

<span style="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 – 1050 -> 550 [SPC: 5]

<span style="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 had a second copy?”

<span style="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. However it comes with a minus for me.” Phantom Rider thrusted his hand forward. “I can deal no battle damage to you when I have activated this effect. Then I choose to activate Speed World 2`s effect and remove 7 of my Speed-Counters [SPC: 12 -> 5] and draw 1 card.” He picked up an additional card from his deck.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">‘ ''That guy is crazy sometime. There is no real way to determine a strategy against him. Is that his deck? Is there no real way to play into 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;">’ Jasmond sounded a little infuriated in her own thoughts.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Next for my turn, I set this card face down. The card I have drawn with Speed World 2`s effect will be the deciding card I play in this duel. I end my turn.” Phantom Rider slowed down near to Jasmond. “You people of the Aurora Remnant have no idea what the world and the future is really about now do 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;">“We know what the future is all about. We know that if we want to create a better world for the future, we need to cleanse the world and bring forth a human race that is perfect. A world that is perfect.” Jasmond proudly tells Phantom Rider in his face. “Now enough talk, 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;">“Ah yes, and your Door to the Other Side`s effect activates.”

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

<span style="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 – 550 -> 800 [SPC: 6]

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“And thanks to Door to the Other Side`s other effect I can activate this card. Psychic Shock!” The card flipped up, the last one set on the field by Jasmond. “Now for every Psychic monster on the field I can deal 300 points of damage to you.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Phantom Rider – 2300 -> 2000 [SPC: 6]

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Next by removing my Psychic Shock card from the graveyard, I can Special Summon a Psychic monster from the hand.” An alien crab appeared on her side of the field. “Deep Sea Crab (1500/1200). Now I can deal 500 points of damage for every monster on my 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;">Phantom Rider – 2000 -> 1000 [SPC: 6]

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Interesting move. No duelist has gotten this far. But as I said before, my next turn is the finishing line 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;">“I am prepared for you.” Jasmond tells Phantom Rider and Phantom Rider smiles. “What?! Don’t you believe 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;">“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;">“We’ll see, 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;">“Then it is my turn. First hand, I activate Phantom Blocker.” The card he activated was the card he had placed face down previous turn. “Now any effect from the graveyard is negated. I know about your second Deep Sea Crab in there, Jasmond and it won’t reduce the damage 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;">“How did you 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;">“The one you placed in there with your own Speed Spell – Angel Baton.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Darn, he was not fooled at all.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“No,” Phantom Rider faced her again heads-on. “Now you managed to hold out long enough, but it has been fun and all fun things come to an end. Phantom Eclipse Dragon, attack her Deep Sea Crab! Phantom Storm Outburst!”

<span style="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 purple hazing blast of the dragon hit Jasmond, making her swing from one side to the other side of the road, nearly dropping off the duel lane, however the purple dragon caught her with his wing.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Phantom Rider – 1000 [SPC: 6] <span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Jasmond – 0 [SPC: 6]

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Jasmond was slowly riding on her duel runner, a large gap between her and Phantom Rider, but the Door was still there. Phantom Rider looked at Jasmond before boosting his engines and disappearing into a flash of orange light.

<span style="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. Please. I will do anything you want. Let me stay 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;">The door slowly opened as Jasmond started to look frightened. Wind was blowing through her hair as the invisible forces from the door picked her up from her duel runner and dragged her inside the Door, which closed.

<span style="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;">The door slowly disappeared on the duel lane, leaving only the duel runner behind as evidence from the duel that had happened. A cackling laugh was heard through the dueling lane.

There is no living in the land of the death.

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

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Are we near?” Lance asked Blake and Blake looked around. He saw the huge stadium in the distance. “Oh wait, now I see it myself. Those pillars really are huge, even from this distance. Hey, is that Duel-Academy which is so lighted that everybody sees 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, it is.” Blake boosted the engine again and shot on, Lance following him. “Don’t worry Kaito, we are on our way.”

<span style="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 far from them orange light entered the duel lane they were on and Phantom Rider appeared from the orange light. His long duel runner slowed down so Blake and Lance would take no notice from Phantom Rider appearing all of a sudden on the duel lane.

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

<span style="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;">Phew, I got through this turn with a few difficulties. I really started with good will and stuff, but it was hard in the end, but eh it is 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;">Phantom Rider is in fact the duelist from TDDS that appeared in Season 3 back then. He uses the same deck as back then, but is not the same person behind the mask. In TDDS it would have been Lean that was the Phantom Rider. Lean choose to take that personality because he wanted to be different in the Turbo Duel world. He uses a Dark Warrior deck as a Ground deck, including the Wolf Lord Zen-Aku and the Phantom Rider deck as Turbo 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;">Hope I see you all return for Turn 13!