CHAPTER ELEVEN
Despite Pinkie’s loss, she actually took defeat well. “That was so much fun!” she cooed “We should do it again sometime.”
Clover and Marc could not believe their ears, but before either of them could say anything, Pinkie began to glow in a flash of bright light “Oops, gotta go. See ya later.”
Then she was gone.
“Ah, rude much!” groaned Clover.
“Let it go, Clover.” Marc simply said “At least you won.”
Clover nodded, but then she and Marc wondered if their other plan was ready to work out.
Just then, Marc’s wrist-com began to blink and beep in warning. “Amber alarm!” he cried “Something’s going on at WOOHP?”
“Jerry…!” Clover cried softly.
The two spies managed to swiftly make their way to the front door of the funhouse and prepared to take off, when they skidded to a halt just outside the door. Spike was right there, and glaring at them sinisterly.
“Leaving so soon? You’re going to get past me.”
Clover and Marc suddenly realizing that they were much larger than Spike was, tried to run past him, but Spike managed to hold them back with the power from his astral mark.
“I can’t move!” cried Marc.
“This is so not my night!” groaned Clover.
The spies struggled and struggled, but they couldn’t break free, but suddenly, Marc could see a shadowy-- Lee-- figure standing up from the shrubs and aiming a gadget at Spike.
“Now, which of you two wants to go first?” Spike hissed.
Marc grinned cheekily “You do!” and before Spike could even react, Lee leapt out from the shadows and fired his laser-net, trapping Spike. This broke Spike’s concentration, releasing Clover and Marc from his magic.
“Way to go, Lee!” Clover said giving him a thumb-up.
Lee gave the peace-sign in striking pose of triumph, but the WOOHP alert began to blink off again. “You guys go ahead…” said Lee, and then he cast a look at Spike in the net. “I’ll handle this little half-pint.”
Spike used his magic to break the laser net, just in time to see Clover and Marc fly away. He then turned angrily to snarl at Lee.
“So, you’re the little pipsqueak who’s been turning my sibs and friends against us.” Lee sneered.
Spike grew angrier than ever “Ya know, I am getting really tired with all these cracks about my height. I’m the personal and favorite assistant of Twilight Sparkle.”
“Twilight Sparkle…?” asked Lee.
Spike nodded “Speaking of which, our little plan must be nearly complete by now.”
A chill ran down Lee’s spine “What do you mean?”
Clover and Marc took the emergency WOOHP tunnels to help them get back to WOOHP faster. They tried to contact, Jerry, but he wasn’t answering. “I hope we’re not too late!” cried Marc.
“I don’t even want to think about It.” added Clover.
Soon, they emerged on the top of the WOOHP building, and they could already see the danger down below; the large crowd of brainwashed people trying to make their way into the locked down building, but what worried the two spies worst, was the lilac light seemed to be emitting the brightest from inside the building.
Suddenly, the light began to fade a bit, as if whatever was happening had stopped. “We better get inside, now!” cried Marc.
Clover nodded and activated her drill-boots. “Fasted way in; going down!” and she drilled right through the ground, breaking the ceiling, and the two spies landed in Jerry’s office, only to find they were already too late.
“Look at this place?” cried Clover.
The chairs and the sofa were tipped over, broken glass lay all around. The consoles were at half power, obviously from some sort of electrical surge, and it didn’t take much to figure out how and why…
Marc found Jerry’s duel disk on the floor, and his cards scattered all over. “Oh, no!” he murmured.
Clover sat herself down at the console trying to get it going. Finally, she got the security camera tapes going, and played back everything…
Jerry had been dueling against a pony; Twilight Sparkle.
He had summoned his Ancient Gear Golem, and had Twilight down to her last 100 life points, but Twilight then pulled off some fancy move, and summoned a really large Xyz Monster, it was too big and it was too dark in the room to make out what it really was, but it completely overwhelmed Jerry in one thunderous attack, and shorting out some of the systems, including the camera.
“Jerry!” Clover cried softly.
Marc pounded the floor with his fist angrily. “I swear, when I find out where they’ve taken him, they’re gonna be sorry.”
Suddenly, there was a message that appeared on the monitor, it was Twilight Sparkle, or rather a recording she had made just before Marc and Clover arrived.
“This is a recorded message to any of you remaining agents. If you are playing this, means you are already too late. We have your boss; he is now one of us. He has basked in the light of harmony. This gave our other agents the chance to get to every last other one of your agents, and make them see our way of thinking, and soon the rest of you will follow…”
The image faded into an image of Duel Academy Island, and two flashing dots indicating the ponies were heading there to attack next, obviously coming for Sabrina and I, and all the other unaffected students.
“As for the rest of you, there is still time to spare yourselves…” Twilight said “We offer you this one final chance to set yourselves free. If you choose to accept willingly, come to the area you see on the map. I will be waiting. Either way, the light will cleanse all, and the harmony will reign above all. I will say no more.”
That was all, and Clover and Marc gazed at each other with deep concern.
Lee was half in shock and half in outrage. “You guys are just sick!” he thundered at Spike.
Spike only snickered “Well, then… I suppose there’s only way to truly settle this…” naturally he was insisting they duel, which Lee had been waiting for some time; having learned of some, only some of the cards Spike used, and having restacked his deck just a little…
“I hope I’m not gonna regret this.” he said silently to himself as he prepared his disk and ready his deck “Okay, Dinos… time to rumble!”
Spike was ready as well, and the scores were set…
SCORE:
Lee: 8000 VS Spike: 8000
“Feel free to make the first move.” Spike said.
“Thanks, I was hoping you’d say that.” said Lee, and he drew his card.
As for Spike, he gazed down at his first five cards, and saw that he already had his Future Fusion and a Dragon’s Mirror. “Excellent!” he thought silently “Crushing this guy ought to be easier than I thought. On my turn, I’ll summon my Five-Headed Dragon, and crush him down to size.”
Lee liked what his first draw was, having thought of and suspecting what Spike’s move would be. “All right, time to chill out. I activate the spell COLD WAVE!”
“Ah!” Spike gasped, and a big frigid wind seemed to blow across the field, frosting over everything around them, while Lee stood with a cheeky grin on his face. “Thanks to this spell, until my next turn, neither one of us is allowed to play or set any spells or traps.”
“No!” Spike thought in shock and outrage “I was all set to summon my great beast! Well, I’ll have to improvise then.”
“Now for the fun bit, I summon GILASAURUS!”
(Atk: 1400)
“Since he was in my hand, that counts as a special summon, meaning I can bring out another one.”
(Atk: 1400)
“That ends my turn. Now let’s see what you’ve got.”
Spike growled as he drew his card. Since he couldn’t play any spells or traps, he decided to keep low a bit. “I’ll place a monster in defense-mode, and end my turn.”
Lee grinned wickedly, feeling this was a perfect chance for him to take point. He drew his next card. “First, I play CUP OF ACE!” A large holographic coin appeared and begun to spin around, and it turned up “Heads” which let Lee draw two cards, giving him five in his hand.
“Now it’s time for some heavier duty power. I overlay my two Gilasaurus. With these dinos, I build the overlay network. I Xyz Summon GRENOSAURUS!”
(Atk: 2000)
Spike gazed up at the fierce dino and actually felt a little nervous.
Lee then ordered his dino to attack. Spike's facedown monster was a MASKED DRAGON, and it got destroyed. “When you destroy my dragon, its ability activates, letting me summon another dragon in its place. I choose ELEMENT DRAGON!”
(Atk: 1500)
“Not too shabby, but I get to play my monster’s ability. When he destroys a monster in battle, I can use one overlay unit and that deals you 1000 points of damage!”
SCORE:
Lee: 8000 VS Spike: 7000
Spike was not amused, and Lee still wasn’t finished…
“Now, I summon URABY in defense-mode!”
(Def: 800)
“And even though he can’t attack, I can still use this; the spell card DINO BLAST! Now for every level my dino has, you take 300 points of damage.”
“Ah!” Spike groaned as he took a full 1200 point blast…
SCORE:
Lee: 8000 VS Spike: 5800
Lee had almost wiped out half of Spike’s life points, and Spike was impressed, feeling that Lee was not like all the others he had faced. He was playing so perfectly, almost as if he knew what to expect.
“I’ll place two cards facedown and end my turn.” Lee said “Let’s see if you can keep up.”
Spike drew his next card, and liked what it was. “Ya know I have to confess…” he said to Lee “You seem to know your stuff well. You remind me much of myself.”
“What do you mean…?” Lee wondered “No… wait… I take that back…!” but he was too late, as Spike had already begun to explain his own origin.
Being Twilight’s assistant was wonderful, but there were still so many things he couldn’t do that she could. She could actually use magic, yet he was still very small, and not like other dragons that were fierce and frightening and made others fuss in panic.
Even his friends, the ponies would tease him from time to time…
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At times he would feel insecure, unsure of anything he was…
Worse than that, he couldn’t even confess his feelings to Rarity.
This shocked Lee, the fact that Spike was actually crushing on a pony.
Spike then shook himself back into focus “The point is, that was all before I saw the light. Now, at last, I can be so much more. Just look what I’ve done… I’ve stood for my friends. I’ve avenged their losses, and most importantly, I’m really making a difference by getting rid of all the scum on Earth like you so the light and harmony can cleanse you.”
Lee had heard enough, and while he felt sorry for Spike’s self-doubt, he just had to say “The only scum that’s really around here is you guys and what you’re trying to do to us.”
“Ha! Deny it all you want, your world will soon be completely bathed in the light and warmed by harmony.”
“Yeah… and crushed from above if you guys aren’t stopped and soon.”
Spike obviously didn’t believe him about that crack of the moon hitting the Earth. He had a job to do and friends to fight for, and he wasn’t going to let anyone or anything stop him now!
Meanwhile, Clover and Marc managed to snatch a WOOHP jet and were flying over the pacific. It was very difficult to steer due to the strong wind currents. “It’s no good…” cried Marc “The moon is getting closer. Excessive lunar activity is messing the climate even more. There are storms all over the place. LOOK OUT!!”
Clover screamed and pulled hard on the flight-stick, just barely avoiding a huge wind gust. “Okay, starting to feel a little airsick here.” Clover groaned.
“We have to stay focused.” said Marc “We’ve gotta make it back to Duel Academy to help the others.”
Suddenly, the plane began to lose speed and height. Clover pulled on the stick and tried the controls, but nothing was responding. “Something’s pulling us off course!” she cried.
“Look down there.” cried Marc.
Out the viewport they could see a small, flat rocky island, where the lilac light seemed to be emitting the strongest, and a larger white light was there as well; the magic portal connecting the human world to the ponies’ world of Equestria.
The plane was heading for a perfect soft touchdown, and they could see why. “It’s her…!” Marc murmured angrily.
Twilight Sparkle was using her unicorn magic combined with her astral powers to drag the plan down. Then, she made the plane magically disappear, and the spies fell hard onto their bottoms. “Ouch! Hey, I could’ve broken something in there!” Clover groaned as she rubbed her sore bottom.
Marc was more angry than hurt as he gazed furiously at Twilight as he stood up, like a real showdown was about to begin. “You…!”
Twilight could only snicker as she glared at him. “I am Twilight Sparkle; leader of the Mane Six, and personal pupil of Princess Celestia.”
“And kidnapper of our boss!” sneered Clover.
“Where is, Jerry? We know what you’ve done.” added Marc.
“I am here…” said a familiar voice, and Jerry appeared through the white portal, along with the other five ponies, even Pinkie Pie.
“What?!” snapped Clover “I thought we like totally beat you guys.”
Twilight shook her head in dismay going “Tsk, Tsk, Tsk… you only beat them in duels and dispelled their lights. You haven’t beaten anything.”
“Our power is drawn from the princess.” said Rarity.
“Even if you guys knock us down, we’ll just get right back up again.” added Rainbow.
“Yes ma’am” said Applejack. “There ain’t no one powerful enough who can dispel the light of harmony. It’s just too much a job.”
“Now that we’re back, we can continue with what we started.” said Fluttershy.
Pinkie Pie was bouncing with glee and excitement “This is going to be so much fun, I can’t wait to get started.”
Marc and Clover gazed at each other in deep concern “It’s going to start all over!” cried Clover.
“No… it can’t!”
“Spies, just give in already.” Jerry said “It’s so much better this way. Why just now I’ve seen a whole new world, and I’ve never felt so young and chipper in my life.”
Marc was more than convinced Jerry didn’t realize what he was saying. “Jerry, have you forgotten about the moon?” he asked “Remember, it’s going to crash into us and destroy the Earth unless we stop the ponies.”
The ponies and even Jerry laughed, still in disbelief.
It was in vain that Marc tried to show them that the night sky, in the gaps between the remaining lights were, was much too bright as the moon was getting closer, and the tropical storms and abnormal weather patterns across the globe were happening because of all this.
“I don’t believe you.” said Twilight “Princess Celestia would never allow such a thing to happen. We are not monsters, we are peace-loving creatures, and we care for harmony and friendship. Unlike some creatures...”
Clover scoffed “Some friendship. If this is how you treat your friends, I’d hate to see how you treat enemies.”
“Twilight, please… try and understand.” said Marc “What you offer us is not friendship nor harmony, it is non-existence. Well, I don’t actually mean that, but what I’m saying is you can’t enforce your ways into us like this. Now I admit the human race isn’t all that it’s cracked up to be, and we have made many mistakes, but we learn from these, and we try our best to evolve as people. All you’re doing is brainwashing us humans and turning us into thoughtless and mindless creatures with no free will. You’re taking away our freedom!”
“Huh?” peeped Twilight. The other ponies gasped in shock, and even Jerry felt confused, but Twilight then shook her head, still in complete and total disbelief. “Celestia would never allow such a thing to happen. She only wants to bring joy and harmony of your world, and that’s just what we’re going to do.”
The other ponies urged Twilight to “Give it to them” and “Let ‘em have it!”
Not wanting to disappoint her friends, or let Celestia down, Twilight eagerly agreed and prepared her duel platform, and she glared at Marc. “Stand and face me, human!”
Marc clenched his fist and stepped up “Fine then, if that’s how it has to be…”
He prepared his duel disk and his deck.
“Marc, are you sure about this?” Clover asked “They said it wouldn’t do any good.”
Marc didn’t care a bit; he had been waiting to have at these ponies all night long. “Let’s do this!”
Meanwhile…
Spike was ready to continue “I summon DELTA FLYER!”
(Atk: 1500)
“A Tuner monster!” cried Lee.
Spike grinned wickedly “Correct, and what’s more, thanks to his special ability, I can increase my Element Dragon’s level up by one, changing it from four to five stars. Now, I can tune both my monsters together. I Synchro Summon STARDUST DRAGON!”
(Atk: 2500)
The dragon roared as it stretched out its wings.
“Oh, boy; I didn’t see this coming.” Lee muttered.
“Now then…” said Spike “I think it’s now safe enough to play this card; FUTURE FUSION! Now I’ll send five dragons form my deck to the graveyard.”
Spike discarded his dragon cards, and looked forth at Lee, but he did nothing to stop him. Still, Spike wasn’t entirely sure he was in the clear yet. “Since I don’t trust you very well, I’ll activate this card, GIANT TRUNADE! It’ll send all the spells and traps back to our hand.”
“I don’t think so!” snapped Lee “Activate MAGIC DRAIN! Now I can negate your trap’s activation and destroy it.”
Spike snickered “Sure ya can, unless I discard one spell card. So there goes my Dragon’s Mirror, but my Trunade card works fine.”
“Think again!” snapped Lee “I’ll activate my other card first; WABOKU!”
“Ah!” groaned Spike.
“Ha!” snapped Lee “Now you won’t able to destroy my monsters, and I won’t take any damage.”
“Perhaps…” spike sneered “But you won’t stop me this time. After all, I always carry spares.” He showed Lee that he indeed had a second Dragon’s Mirror in his hand.
“Ah! Oh, no!” cried Lee.
Spike snickered and activated his card, and Lee was powerless to stop it now. “I banish five dragons form my graveyard, and now prepare yourself for the big one! I summon FIVE-HEADED DRAGON!”
(Atk: 5000)
The giant dragon appeared and roared very loudly. “Man! How could I let this happen?” groaned Lee, while Spike laughed loud and sinisterly.
To Be Continued...!