Chapter 9: Masks of Deception! Emotions Aloud!(1)

Chapter 9 “Masks of Deception! Emotions Aloud! (1)”

“… Dark Sorceress Pamadala, Dark Lady of the Different Dimension!”

The female person standing in front of them looked down on Lean, Jen and Rontaro. Her haughty eyes quickly turned from one side to the other as she paid little to no attention to the rest of the surroundings. Lean turned his eyes to both sides, however none of the others attempted to look up.

He did look up and this made one of the Giant Orcs whip his back with a whip. Lean crunched as he was forced onto his knees again. Pamadala walked from one to the next in the row and waited with every single person. She kept staying in front of Lean, eyeing him intensely.

“Uh…” Lean tried to start. “Hello?”

“Shut it when the Dark Sorceress is not talking to you,” the  Chaos Sorcerer snapped while watching the Dark Sorceress standing still in front of Lean.

“This one,” the Dark Sorceress spoke calm but with a grim voice. “Bring him to the arena. Prepare him for the test.”

“Test?”

Lean was dragged onto his feet by the two  Giant Orc standing guard next to him and the others. They dragged him up the long stairs, with his feet bumping each other and the steps by every step they took.

“Lean!” Jen shouted, but once again she was on the recieving end of another whip.

“The others,” Pamadala started and she watched to Jen. “Bring her to Arena Two, him back to the prison.”

Jen was dragged out by two Battle Footballers while Rontaro was dragged back to the prison where he woke up next to Lean. As they closed the gate after him, he slowly moved back to the corner where he originally was and placed his head between his legs, closing his eyes.

-

“He took them 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;">Kamon pounced on the table as hotel security had come to their appartment, due to the ravage. It had become morning in the meantime and except for the mess, the thrown around chairs, the damage done to the lamps and such, nothing had shown any sign of supernatural stuff having gone on there the previous night.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Calm down sir,” one of the arrived police men told Kamon. “We understand you are upset because of your friends being kidnapped.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Upset?” Kamon wondered and he looked at the man. “I am devastated. They took my friends from my hotel appartment and they were here because of 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;">“Kamon!” Dragen warned him. “Calm down! I am sure they will find them 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;">“Yes we will,” the officer told Kamon and he made some more notes. “Did you also want to report the stolen 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;">“Yes,” Dragen intervened to not let the conversation get out of hand. “Yes we do. They snatched our decks, our tournament legible decks and only left a handfull of cards 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 only a handfull?” the officer wondered. “Why not take those 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;">“Like we know that!” Kamon told the officer. The door to the appartment opened and Graem entered the room. “Graem!”

<span style="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 Kamon,” Graem greeted the adolescent. “Your father wishes to speak to you when you are finished 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;">“Of course, we were planning on coming by 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;">“We have all for now,” the police officer announced and he nudged to his partner and they left 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;">“Phew,” Kamon sighed. “Okay, now we need to get our friends 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;">“How are you planning on doing that?” Dragen wanted to know. “That portal is gone, no way we can open 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;">“Uhm Kamon…” Graem tried to entere the conversation.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Graem, we’ll pass by dad later on,” Kamon told Graem and Graem nodded. “Right now, we must figure a 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;">“Actually,” Graem inserted and Kamon looked at him. “I think we have a way to help you on that, but we only have a limited window of oppurtunity.”

<span style="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;">“There is another rift in the dimensional barrier,” Graem explained. “For years we have been trying to steady the rift in the barrier, to make it better accessible for human travellers, a few got through and most returned but not 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;">“Where?”

<span style="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 Academy,” Graem concluded and he pulled out a PDA from his pocket and puched a few buttons. “Remember the dimensional incident on Duel Academy roughly ten years ago, when a certain student named Jaden Yuki and a band of his best friends decided to travel to a different dimension to save one Jesse Anderson?”

<span style="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 same rift?” Dragen wondered, having heard of the story. “It is said, they did return but not all of them.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Correct Jesse Anderson was saved and returned being all well,” Graem continued. “However we have never anymore seen Jaden Yuki, Zane Truesdale, Bastion Misawa or Adrian Gecko. Anyway, what I am trying to say is that tonight at eight thirty the rift opens once again and not only will the equipment of McFlinn Corp attempt to control and steady it, but may you be able to travel to the dimension your friends are held in.”

<span style="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 worth a shot,” Kamon decided. “Tell McFlinn Copter Services to prep a helicopter for me and Dragen. I need to get by home for some stuff, then we’ll meet up with father before we leave for Duel Academy.”

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

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Lean was still being lead by the Giant Orcs, this time into a wooden arena. Stands were built around it and various prisoners were sitting around the arena. They were all chained to their seats and Lean looked for a way out. The only way out was where he came through and it was heavily guarded by three groups of  Goblin Attack Force<span style="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;">Lean eyed the other prisoners and found one familiar face chained to a seat, Sara, he did not know her by name but he recognized her from the boat on which they came to Hisehade City. He looked around and saw a duel disk chained to the ground with a green light on a device at the end.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Strap it on,” one of the  Battle Footballer<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;"> told Lean and Lean was released from the confines that held him. “Strap it on and insert 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;">Lean felt his deck box attached to his belt and pulled out 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;">“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;">“Strap on the duel disk,” the  Battle Footballer<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;"> continued. “Strap it on and go into the arena.”

<span style="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?”

<span style="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  Giant Orc<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;"> accompanying the  Battle Footballer<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;"> pushed Lean towards the end of the corridor where the arena was at the end. Lean decided the best was to comply and single handedly walked over to the opening to the arena.

<span style="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 will I be facing?”

<span style="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 will be facing one of the Lords of Emotions,” a voice above them spoke. Lean looked up and saw Dark Freed standing over the arena watching him appear inside. “Your gracious host will explain exactly why you are 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;">Dark Freed moved away and Pamadala entered his spot. She eyed Lean as he stood near the chained duel disk.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“You will be subject to extreme pain during this duel,” Pamadala spoke and she nodded towards the chained duel disk. “Your energies will come good to the cause of our grand master plan.”

<span style="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 energies?”

<span style="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, your energies,” Pamadala spoke and she raised her arms into the air as another individual joined her.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“You!” Lean bit as he recognized Assassino. “You brought me here!”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I know,” Assassino spoke. “What do you think? Will he suffice?”

<span style="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 will see after this duel,” Pamadala injected. “Let the Lord of Anger make its grand 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;">The doors on the opposite side of the arena opened, shoving aside sand, making room for a black-purple armored individual. He had a long neck with a demonic face on top of it. Where the neck began a face was painted with an angry smiley.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Greetings duelist,” the Lord of Anger commented. “I am Anger Mask, Lord of Anger and one of the three Lords of Emotions.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“This joker is going to duel me?” Lean directed his question towards Pamadala and Assassino. “Better hope he brought some hankerchiefs.”

<span style="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 hope you are worth it,” Assassino spoke as he raised his hand and Dark Freed stood next to him. “You may begin!”

<span style="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;">Anger Mask - 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;">Lean - 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;">“Start!” Anger Mask spoke and he pulled of the sixth card from his deck. “Summon forth Anchor Knight (1500/600) to the field!” An armored monster appeared on his field holding a large anchor in both hands.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Great,” Lean sighed. ‘ A card I have never heard of!<span style="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;">“Anchor Knight’s effect! By discarding up to three cards once per turn, I can deal 600 points of damage to you.” He revealed three cards from his hand and placed them in his duel disk. “Here, you can have this damage!”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Lean - 4000 -> 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 one of the cards I send to the graveyard without being activated, is activated! Resurrection Bomb!” Anger Mask smirked as the trap card returned to his hand and he inserted it in his duel disk. “Resurrection Bomb is equipped to a monster I control, which in this case is Anchor Knight.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“It does 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;">“Actually it does, but you’ll find out soon enough,” Anger Mask looked at his hand. “To be ensured of my safety I set this card and end my turn.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“My turn,” Lean swept off his next card from his deck. “I summon Iron Guard Knight (1500/1200) to the field in attack mode!” A metalic armored monster appeared on his side of the field. He held a shining white blade in 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;">“It has the same attack power as mine!” Anger Mask declares. “Your Knight will never surpass my Anchor Knight!”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Actually, by Iron Guard Knight’s effect I can once per turn add one Equip Spell Card of my chosing to my hand!” Lean searched his deck and added the  Appropriate<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;"> card to his hand. “Next the added equip spell card is activated,  Mist 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;">! This card is equipped to my Iron Guard Knight!”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Great!” Anger Mask shouted. ‘ Little does he know, that is exactly what I want him to do.<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">’

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Iron Guard Knight attack Anchor Knight!” Lean ordered and the two knight charged at each other and clashed. In the explosion that followed, Iron Guard Knight was the one that kept standing. “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;">“No!” Anger Mask thriumphantically shouted. “Resurrection Bomb activates! You lose 1000 life points of damage, because Anchor Knight can resurrect itself!”

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

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I do have to pay the cost of sending one card to the graveyard,” Anger Mask dropped another card in his graveyard. “And by Resurrection Bomb’s second effect, I remove the top two cards from my deck from play, to return Resurrection Bomb to my hand.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">‘ Great, which means when he uses Anchor Knight’s effect again next turn, I do not only lose life points but also a great portion of my life 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;">’ Lean panicked for a moment as he felt the pain going through from the shock he got that was guided by the chain, putting him at his place.

<span style="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 continue?”

<span style="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 continue,” Lean angrily spat and he looked at his hand. “I now end my turn with one face down card.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Draw card,” Anger Mask shoved the next card into his hand, holding three cards. “And now you will feel the full force of my Anchor Knight! I discard all three of my cards and activate Anchor Knight’s special 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;">Lean - 1200 -> 300

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

<span style="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 had one face down card remember? Dark Will!” Lean’s spell card activated itself. “This card can only be activated when I have less then a thousand life points and I would lose more then the life point I actually have. I halve the damage!”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Tough break,” Anger Mask now looked at his empty hand. “It seems my attempt at defeating you has been foiled, however do remember…”

<span style="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,” Lean sighed and saw how Resurrection Bomb returned to Anger Mask’s hand and into his duel disk.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Correct, Resurrection Bomb is equipped to a monster I control!” Anger Mask smiled victoriously. “And since Anchor Knight is the only capable monster, I equip it with 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;">“Dark Will’s second effect, I add one Dark Attribute monster from my deck to my hand with equal or less attack points then the damage I lost,” Lean picked one card from his deck 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;">“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;">Lean still very shaky from the multiple shocks he incurred thanks to the chain he was held with, now started to feel the true damage being done to him. He felt like energy was being drained from 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;">“D-draw card!” Lean slowly now pulled off the next card and widened his eyes. “I now tribute my Iron Guard Knight to Special Summon my Dark Sphere Master (0/0)!” A new fiend took the place, being large and his robes widened over 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;">“What good will a measly monster like that do?”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“For instance, I 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;">Anger Mask - 4000 -> 3700

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“However that is not all, I now invoke the spell Dark Sun. This card allows me to tribute a Dark Attribute monster like Dark Sphere Master to summon forth a Dark Attribute monster with an equal level from my deck!” Lean shifted the card he wanted from his deck and placed it 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;">On the field a boney warrior appeared. He held a big shield in front of itself. The helmet of the warrior was made of a skull, but an actual human head was placed inside 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;">“Devil Armament - Magahr (1800/1600)!” Lean commanded as he held the monster on his field. “First spell card Spirit of the Spring! Then trap card open,  Skill Drain<span style="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 do not have 1000 life 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;">“Correct,” Lean’s spell card glowed. “However Spirit of the Spring allows me to, when my life points are dropped to zero, increase them to 500 instead. If I do that, it loses its continuous effect and is removed from play. However now I am able to utilize  Skill Drain<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">, preventing your Anchor Knight from reviving and making your Resurrection Bomb absolete!”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Lean - 300 -> 0 -> 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;">“Now to add an extra layer of security I activate  Fairy of the Spring<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">, allowing me to recycle one equip spell card from my graveyard,” Lean retook his  Mist 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;"> and placed it in his hand. “I now attack your Anchor Knight with Devil Armament - Magahr!”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Anger Mask - 3700 -> 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;">“I end my turn,” Lean concluded his turn and looked at Anger Mask. “You go.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Clever moves,” Anger Mask praised Lean. “But this is over soon. Draw!”

<span style="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?” Lean wondered. “This is not over! Not for me at least.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“ Reload<span style="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!” Anger Mask inserted the spell card and returned his hand cards to his deck and returned one card from his deck to his hand. “Normal Summon Anchor Knight number two (1500/600).” A second copy of the monster appeared, after which immediately the second face down 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;">“Next trap card activate, Violent  Salvage<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">! I can only activate it when I control a Anchor Knight,” Anger Mask returned three cards from his deck. “Next I place one card in my duel disk.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Okay…” Lean wondered. ‘ He still can’t use its 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;">’

<span style="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 what you are thinking,” Anger Mask smirked. “However that will not suffice. I activate Dramatic Pose!”

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

<span style="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. With this card all your monsters lose 500 attack points, and mine gain 500,” Anger Mask concluded. “I may not be able to use Anchor Knight’s effect on dealing damage however I can defeat you another 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;">Devil Armament - Magahr -  1800<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">/1600 ->  1300<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">/1600 <span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Anchor Knight -  1500<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">/600 ->  2000<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">/600

<span style="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…”

<span style="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 you don’t! As I enter the Battle Phase, I activate my face down card  Mystical Space Typhoon<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">,” Anger Mask inserted as the face down card kicked up with a windstorm. “This card destroys your Spirit of the Springs, so bye bye life point regain!”

<span style="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…”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Anchor Knight!” Anger Mask shouted and the heavily armored warrior stroke forward. “Destroy his Devil Armament - Magahr!” The bony warrior was 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;">Lean - 500 -> 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;">Anger Mask looked onto Lean as he cringed in pain because of the last shock he recieved from the dueling equipment. Lean dropped on his knees, grabbing his arm in pain and looking around. He suddenly felt aloss in the arena as multiple prisoners around him on the stands watched him on the ground.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Pamadala and Assassino looked at him, before turning away. As Lean was dragged up by the  Giant Orc<span style="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 had him brought into the arena, the two Battle Footballers escorted him out of the arena. As Lean went out of sight, Pamadala and Assassino eyed the arena, speaking with each other.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“He was weak,” Assassino asserted. “He was no better when I dueled 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;">“He served his purpose,” Pamadala spoke, closing her eyes. “It is time for the next arena fight. Tell the Lord of Laughter to prepare 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;">“Who will face 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;">“The girl, that boy was familiar with,” Pamadala spoke and she nodded to the stands. “And make sure he watches 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;">“Shall I be needed to check upon the lab?”

<span style="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,” Pamadala spoke and she turned away towards the direction of the temple, which had a direct passageway to the arena. “No, we’ll check upon the lab after the next arena fight.”

<span style="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;">Kamon opened the door to the corridor leading to his father’s office. There were multiple lights on both sides, but they were not lit. He carried a briefcase with him and his duel disk was attached to his left arm. Dragen was next to him and Graem followed him on a short distance.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Did he tell you what he wanted to talk to me about?” Kamon asked Graem and Graem shook 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;">“Not exactly,” Graem answered and he walked past them before they arrived at the office. “We have had a bit of a security issue last night, but everything is alright 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;">“Good,” Kamon nodded and Graem opened the door for him. Kamon entered the large circular office, being at the top floor of the tower. His father had a split level office, with a lookout point on a higher level with his desk there and a staircase leading up there. As he moved to the next level, he noticed his father standing at a window, overlooking the city.

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

<span style="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 dad,” Kamon smirked and he walked over, looking into the same direction as his father did. “What did you want to see me about?”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Kamon, it is so good to see you,” his father greeeted him again. “How are you doing?”

<span style="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,” Kamon hesitated for a second. “I am fine.”

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

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Mom’s fine, she didn’t like to let me go here, but she knew there was nothing against it to do,” Kamon smirked. “Marcy promised me she would come as soon as possible.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Good,” Mr. McFlinn smiled and placed his hand on Kamon’s shoulder. “I have heard what you were going through thanks to some idiots. I have heard what you will undertake to get them 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;">“Yeah…”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I have alerted the scientists and researchers at Duel Academy Island that they must prepare the equipment to get you over safe and sound,” Mr. McFlinn pulled his hand from the shoulder of Kamon. “Where is Sara?”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“She is gone too,” Kamon sighed and Mr. McFlinn looked at him. “I am sorry dad, I do not wish to involve you to much in 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;">“You already have,” Mr. McFlinn sat down at his desk and Kamon took place in front of him. “Seeing as it involves our employees and what happened here, it certainly does involve McFlinn Corp.”

<span style="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 happen here 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;">“Last night we have been attacked, Graem was locked into the communications chambera and three security guards were engaged by a hooded assailant. Graem was just in time to prevent the assailants from getting to me,” Mr. McFlinn summed up and he looked at Kamon. “The reason why I asked you here was to make sure you were okay and you knew about this, before you set upon your probably dangerous quest to find your 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;">“Okay,” Kamon asserted. “Thanks for the warning. But if you don’t mind, we have to go now.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Kamon and Dragen moved back towards the doors and Graem followed him. Mr. McFlinn looked after 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;">“Kamon,” Mr. McFlinn spoke while they were at the door. “I know you blame me for not being there when she died. But you can be there for your friends to prevent them from undergoing a similar fate.”

<span style="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,” Kamon turned around once more. “This is not the time.”

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

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Alright,” he answered. “The helicopter is waiting on the roof. And son …” Kamon looked at him when he mentioned him as his son. “Good luck.”

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

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

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Lean had returned to the cage where he previously was and Rontaro was awake to help him to sit on the ground.

<span style="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 dueled…”

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

<span style="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 called him like that yeah,” Lean spoke and he thought back on the duel. “He seemed angry.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Anger Mask is what they call him,” Rontaro told him and he pulled out a flask and gave it to Lean. “Here take this, I managed to fill it with water. You’ll need 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;">“Did they force you to duel him 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;">“Not him,” Rontaro told Lean and he looked to the temple. “I faced 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;">“Is she 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;">“You have no idea,” Rontaro sighed and looked while Lean took a big gulp of water from the flask. “Easy, easy, we may not have the oppurtunity to refill.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Sorry,” Lean wiped some of the water from his mouth and looked around. “Has anyone ever managed to escape 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;">“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;">“Really no one?” Lean was not to surprised. The place seemed heavily guarded by the Monster Spirit forces the Dark Sorceress had under her wing. “It seems like a believable thing, since the place is heavily guarded.”

<span style="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 just heavily guarded,” another soft voice spoke not to far from them. Lean looked up and saw Sara sitting in another cage opposite of them. “There are more mysterious forces at work here. If they brought you to the arena first, it is only a matter of time before you or your friend are brought there 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;">“You are the girl from the boat,” Lean recognized 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;">“Yeah.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">At that moment a set of goblins from the  Goblin Elite Attack Force<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;"> came past, dragging the barely conscious Jen with 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;">“Hey!” Lean shouted as he recognized the girl, his friend. “Leave her alone!”

<span style="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 no use,” Rontaro spoke. “As long as we are in here there is nothing we can do 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;">

<span style="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 was weird,” Dragen sat in the helicopter and spoke with Kamon through the communication headphone. “I mean…”

<span style="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 what you mean,” Kamon agreed and looked at Dragen. “Did you manage to assemble another 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;">“Yeah,” Dragen pulled out his deck from his deck box. “Along with the cards he did not grab, I had a spare set of cards at home. So you blame your father? I thought…”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I know what you thought,” Kamon expectantly looked at him. “I know what you thought, but I no longer exactly blame my father. Okay, he was not there when he needed to be, but I don’t blame him. I have realized that by 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;">“Good,” Dragen nodded and he placed his duel deck in his duel disk. “I do remember that day, we were supposed to be dueling in a small tag tournament later that day.” Kamon looked at 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 don’t want to talk 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;">“Okay,” Dragen looked at Kamon’s metal suitcase. “So what did you do to assemble a 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;">“Well aside from the cards I have left, I mean he took my dragons and most of their support cards, I am a collector as well. I have tons of cards at the mansion, nearly as much as I had in Japan,” Kamon patted the suitcase. “I have assembled a deck that may reflect back on the power of my original 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;">“Wait…”

<span style="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,” Kamon nodded. “Those cards I have been working on with her before her 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;">“Okay,” Dragen understood. “I understand, you don’t want to talk 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;">Kamon nodded and looked out of the window, as they by now were flying over the sea in the private airplane of McFlinn Corp. Dragen looked at him and Kamon knew he was full of questions.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“So what does it exist 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;">Kamon sighs and turns to Dragen.

<span style="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;">Jen was taken to the same arena as where Lean had previously fought Anger Mask. She was still being escorted by the two goblins of the  Goblin Elite Attack Force<span style="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 was a little drowsy, but very well aware of where she was. As she was pushed into the arena, once again Pamadala and Assassino were standing in one of the stands of the arena, surrounding the arena.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">As the two goblins placed her near a duel disk with a chain on it, one of the two goblins forced Jen’s arm into one of the duel disk’s holds and equipped her with it. The two goblins retreated into the corridor where they came from. Jen looked around noticing Pamadala and Assassino and turned to them. Pamadala moved closer to the edge of the heightened platform to speak to her.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“You will be subject to extreme pain during this duel,” Pamadala spoke and she nodded towards the chained duel disk. “Your energies will come good to the cause of our grand master plan.”

<span style="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 master plan?” was the first Jen could say, and both Assassino and Pamadala looked at her. “Wait what?! My energies? For 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;">“That is none of your concern,” Pamadala interceded and looked at the doors at the other end of the which slowly started to open. “You should know you are obliged to enter into this duel now and that you cannot leave until either of you win, not that I expect you to win.”

<span style="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 doors completely opened and out came a new duelist. This one was smaller than Anger Mask, but had sharp spikes at his shoulder. He was wearing the same armor as Anger Mask, however at his chest a smile face was revealed. The duelist carried a wooden brown duel disk with a deck inserted in 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;">“Hahahahahahahaha,” the masked duelist spoke as he took position opposite of Jen. “I am one of the Lords of Emotions, Laughter Mask! Hahahahahahahahaha!”

<span style="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 sure what is so funny about that,” Jen wondered and looked at Pamadala. “So I am supposed to beat this joker?”

<span style="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,” Pamadala nodded. “If not he will beat 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;">“That makes sense,” Jen pulled out her deck and inserted it in the chained duel disk. “Very well, we will battle until the end, but if I win you will release us 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;">“We’ll see.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Jen looked at the smiling duelist opposite 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;">“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;">Jen - 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;">Laughter Mask - 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;">“My turn,” Jen lifted of the card from her hand as she felt restrained by the chain linked to her duel disk. “Time Window activate! I can place two Time-Counters on a Time-Hero in 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;">“Hahahaha - 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 will stop laughing when I am done,” Jen slapped a card onto her duel disk. “When two Time-Counters are placed upon this card while in the hand, I can Special Summon it to the field. Time-Hero Vanguard (1000/1900) in defense mode!” A warrior-like machine appeared in crouching position.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Hahahaha, that’s so funny!” Laughter Mask opened one of the cards from his hand and a dark-red and black clown appeared on the field. “When you Special Summon a monster through its own effect, I can Special Summon Devil Clown (0/0)!”

<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;">“Great he plays a circus freak 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;">“Hahahahaha, that’s not so funny,” Laughter Mask spoke. “For you that is! You see when I special summon Devil Clown this way, I can remove up to two Rough Exploder from my hand from play and deal you 500 points of damage!”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Jen - 4000 -> 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;">“Next I summon Time-Hero Twilight Crosser (500/0) from my hand to the field. Once per turn I can place one Time-Counter on a card in my hand.” A light started floating over one of the cards in her hand, while Jen grabbed her chest in pain of the shock she endured due to the life point loss. “Now I set two cards 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 card - hahahaha!” Laughter Mask flipped a card into his hand. “Burial from the Different Dimension activate! Return my Rough Exploders to the graveyard!” Two cards returned to his 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;">“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;">“Activate spell card Reverse Burial. When cards are send to the graveyard or returned from the removed from play pile I can pay 500 life points per card to return a card per 500 life points I paid! Hahahahahahaha!” His life points dropped by a thousand, allowing him to return two monster cards to 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;">Laughter Mask - 4000 -> 3000

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I now summon Fool Clown!” A wicked clown appeared, being unsteady but wicked. “By this card when summoned, I can send all cards in my hand to the graveyard.” Laughter Mask revealed to have three Rough Exploder in 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;">Jen - 3000 -> 1500

<span style="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 so funny? You lost life points 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 know! Hahahahahahaha!” Laughter Mask laughed even harder. “Now to finish my move I set one 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;">‘ Still unknown what is so funny,<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">’ Jen sighed and she looked at her drawn card. “Activate Twilight Crosser’s effect. I place one Time-Counter on a card I have in my hand. However since it is a second counter for that monster, I can summon it forth! Come forward! Time-Hero Quantum Leaper (800/300)!” A small machine appeared, bipedal and armed with a laser cannon.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Hahahaha, that is supposed to scare 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;">“Since it was special summoned, I can move the two Time-Counters to a different Time-Hero in my hand!” Jen removed the card from her hand that two lights came hovering over. “However that is a Time-Hero Quantum Leaper as well! Which means I can Special Summon it to the field!” A second machine, little different in color, appeared.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Haha - 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;">“Following up is  Card of Sanctity<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">, allowing us both to draw until we hold six cards.” They both drew new cards.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Now special effect activates! Quantum Leaper one attack 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;">Laughter Mask - 3000 -> 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;">“Quantum Leaper two attack directly 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;">Laughter Mask - 2200 -> 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;">“However,” Jen concluded. “Twilight Crosser’s effect activates! I deal you 100 points of damage times the number of Time-Counters placed on cards in my hand!” The two lights in her hand hit Laughter Mask.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Laughter Mask - 1400 -> 1200

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“And I am not done, I still have two regular attacks! Twilight Crosser’s second effect activates, once per turn one other Time-Hero monster gains 300 attack points (Vanguard ATK: 1000 -> 1300)!” Jen pointed at Laughter Mask. “Now Vanguard attack his Devil Clown!”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Hahahahahaha,” Laughter Mask smirked as he flipped a card from his hand. “I remove a second Devil Clown from my hand from play to make damage zero!”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“And I use my Twilight Crosser to take care of your Devil Clown then!” Twilight Crosser was able to destroy the Devil Clown.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Laughter Mask - 1200 -> 700

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“End turn,” Jen concluded her 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;">“Begin turn,” Laughter Mask looked at his hand. “Hahahahahahahahahahaha!”

<span style="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;">“Oh don’t be such a party pooper!” Laughter Mask danced around. “The party is only starting!”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">‘ Why does he feel nothing and I feel everything?<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">’ Jen almost buckled over in 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;">“ Pot of Avarice<span style="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!” Laughter Mask inserted the spell card into her duel disk. “I return up to five cards from my graveyard to my deck, shuffle it and draw two cards. Well look at that!” He picked Devil Clown and three other cards from his graveyard and inserted it into his deck zone, shuffling it and drawing two cards.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“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;">“I set this card face down and use Fool Clown to once again get rid of my hand!” All cards he held in his hand were send to the graveyard again. “However this allows me to summon forth Fake Cannon (500/500)!” A weird cannon appeared on the field. “First you are hit by two Rough Exploders who had returned to my hand!”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Jen - 1500 -> 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;">“Then Fake Cannon activates! By removing one Clown monster from my graveyard and dropped the attack power of this card by 500, you lose 500 life points!”

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

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Jen - 500 -> 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;">Jen got hit with one final shot, knocking her over onto the ground. She gasped for air, feeling very dizzy. She heard footsteps and looked up, seeing how Pamadala and Assassino left the arena again. Laughter Mask just stood there laughing.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I will get you!” Jen shouted, but Laughter Mask smirked as he turned around and the doors through which he came opened up again and he left as well. “I will get 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;">“Come scum!” The two goblins from before dragged her to her feet and dragged her out of the arena. “You are going back to the cages, with the other scum!”

<span style="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;">Pamadala and Assassino walked towards a large door and Pamadala placed her hand against it, making the door disintegrate at contact. They moved through the door, which changed the surroundings entirely. They were in a large dome with hundreds of rows with bubble-like cellars all around 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;">Below them new bubblehead-like cellars came rolling in through plasma-gates connecting the dome with various other places. Pamadala smirked as she and Assassino overwatched the scene from a balcony.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Where are your latest catches?” Pamadala asked Assassino and he waved his hand as two bubble cells appeared in front of them with in it an unconscious Illian and Dyllan. “Aha, so these were the last who resisted before you came 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;">“Yes milady,” Assassino spoke as he waved again with his hand. “We have harvested enough of them sofar. Do you wish us to continue?”

<span style="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,” Pamadala spoke. “We have enough of them indeed. Besides more disappearances will only draw attention in the Human Realm. He must come as silently to gain access to the Human Realm.”

<span style="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 milady.” Assassino bows and left the dome through the same door as they came through. Pamadala eyed the various cells with her eyes shortly flashing from dark-red to light blue and back again. She shook her head as she left the dome as well. The lights went out as it became cold and dark 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;">---

<span style="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 helicopter appeared above the shore of an island. On the side the letters MCF were clearly seen as various people were standing on the shore, waiting for the helicopter to land. One of the man was an elderly man with a crimson long jacket. He had a bald head and a moustache that went around his mouth.

<span style="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 to him a more frantic figure was standing. He had blonde hair, but wild hair and was held together in a ponytail. He was jumping up and down a bit as the helicopter set down on the shore and both approached the helicopter. The helicopter doors opened and Kamon and Dragen stepped 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;">“Kamon McFlinn,” the bald man greeted Kamon. “Dragen Kando.”

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

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

<span style="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 DARK DUELIST 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;">Yes, I broke the ruling on  Pot of Avarice<span style="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 it has to be exact five cards, but I did not want to resort to a one-shot card that I probably would never use again, which I felt would waste my time 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;">Yes you have seen Anger Mask and Laughter Mask before. GX Season 3 remember? Those three spirits fusing together with those three Duel Academy students becoming the three opponents for Jesse, Jim and Axel. I kept their decks only added a few personal touches to it. I liked those three characters and you can be sure Emotionless Mask appears as well. Just for convenience I dubbed them the three “Lords of Emotions”, which is rather funny since Emotionless Mask is well emotionless.

<span style="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 original chapter 9 would have been the first of a double episode involving Kamon and Dragen dueling against a duelist named Sean who would have lead the attack on the hotel where he would have dueled in a tag duel against Sara and Jen, which Assassino now did 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;">Also since TDDS is being rewritten completely, I will also start posting the created cards from now on in the chapter threads themselves.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">See you for Chapter 10!