//------------------------------// // (Part 3) Turning the tables // Story: Yugioh Spiez: Opperation Duel: Final Season // by DakariKingMykan //------------------------------// CHAPTER THIRTEEN Lee stared Spike down. The score stood… SCORE: Lee: 3500 VS Spike: 4000 All Lee needed now was one last good attack. “I’ll place one card facedown, and end my turn.” he said. “You seem rather confident.” Spike said as he drew his next card. Lee smirked and said “Why shouldn’t I be?” but suddenly, the Future Fusion card began to glow brightly. “Oh, no; I forgot, it’s been two turns since it was played!” Spike snickered and there appeared before him, his third and final Five-Headed Dragon. (Atk: 5000) “Thought you’d seen the last of him, had you?” Spike teased. Lee clenched his fist, really getting tired of that big creature. Spike then continued his turn… “I play POT OF AVARICE. So now I get to put five monsters form my graveyard to the deck, then shuffle up, and draw two new cards.” He drew his cards, and then got a really nasty idea. “You’ve done well up to now; you’ve stood long and hard against my dragons; much longer than most have. That’s why I’ve decided to give you something new.” Lee gazed forth in confusion… “I activate the spell, LEVEL MIRRORING!” Lee’s Dino and Spike’s Five-Headed dragon glowed brightly. “What are you doing?!” snarled Lee. Spike snickered and explained that the power of his spell allowed him to make the level of his Dragon the same as Lee’s dino; eight. “Now that that’s settled…” said Spike “I overlay both my Stardust Dragon and my Five-headed Dragon! With these level eight monsters, I build the overlay network, and I Xyz Summon NUMBER 62: GALAXY-EYES PRIME PHOTON DRAGON!” (Atk: 4000) “Whoa! 4000 points!” cried Lee. “Oh, no…” said Spike “It’s going to get even worse, for you. Galaxy eyes, attack!” As his dragon lunged forth, Spike activated it’s epical ability; by using an overlay unit, his monster was able to gain 200 attack points times the rank of all Xyz Monsters in play, including himself, which gave it another 1600 points for a total of 5600 points. “Oh, boy!” cried Lee, and his dino got hit really hard. (Atk: 5600) VS (Atk: 3300) SCORE: Lee: 1200 VS Spike: 4000 “Man…” Lee groaned in his thoughts “I wasn’t prepared for this, and I thought those Five-headed Dragons were tough enough.” Spike loved seeing it when his victims were distraught, and seemingly helpless. “And I’ll give you something more to worry of…” he said “I play the spell STARDUST SHIMMER! By banishing the proper monsters form my graveyard, I can summon one Dragon Synchro monster that’s also in the graveyard.” He removed his Delta Flyer and a level five dragon, and that allowed him to recall his Stardust Dragon, which he had just sent to the graveyard as a former overlay unit. (Atk: 2500) “Ah, man… him too?” groaned Lee. This was not good for him at all, with both dragons in play; Spike had a huge advantage, while he was still short on options. Spike snickered wickedly “Oh, I only wish Twilight was here to watch this, but I’m sure by this points your friends have met her and are feeling her wrath too.” This made Lee feel worried. The ocean was getting really rough and the waves were getting bigger as they splashed past the rock. SCORE: Marc: 3300 VS Twilight: 8000 The ponies were still cheering for Twilight, and Twilight flicked her mane, and admired the waves as they went by. “The waters… even they can sense your defeat is near.” “Wrong…” snapped Marc “The waves are doing that because the moon is getting closer to the Earth and is messing up the climate control. Can’t you see that?! Even the skies are getting brighter.” The ponies, even Jerry, still refused to believe that, still not being able to see the moon, and dismissed the brightness as the lights in the sky radiating to Twilight’s power. “You know…” Twilight says “I think you’re just afraid; afraid that you’re going to lose it all, and afraid that Princess Celestia will be furious.” “As if…!” Clover snarled “What we’re afraid of is what you’re about to do to our world.” “It’s no good, Clover. They don’t believe us.” said Marc “The only way we’re ever going to stop this is to stop them, and that’s just what I intend to do.” Rainbow Dash laughed hard “Yeah right, chump. In case you forgot, Twilight’s got all the aces, and you haven’t got a single card in play or even in your hand.” “Eeyup.” Added Applejack “I doubt even a miracle can help ya outta’ this muddy mess.” Pinkie Pie stuck out her tongue and went “Nya. Nya…” “Now, that’s enough.” snapped Twilight “He knows what he’s up against, and I know there’s no way he escape this one.” “She’s right, what can I do?” Marc thought. Twilight’s Hierophant was much too strong, and she still has his Junk Archer which could remove monsters from play for one turn, and Marc hadn’t forgotten about the spellbook card that Twilight played facedown. Still, despite the incredible odd Marc prepared to draw his card, remembering all Clover and the others taught him and his siblings; never to give up. So he drew his card, and he softly gazed at it. “What do you know, it’s a card that you played; GRACEFUL CHARITY! Now I get to draw three cards, and then discard two.” “Big deal…” snapped Twilight “You only get to keep one of those cards, and I doubt it’ll be of any use.” But when Marc took his cards and resolved the effect… “Heh-Heh…!” “Huh?” said Twilight. The ponies, Clover and Jerry gazed forth with concern and wonder. “I must say, Twilight….” said Marc “You were playing pretty strongly, almost even smart, but it’s time I showed you what a smart move really can do. I play SOUL CHARGE!” “What?” “This card lets me summon as many monsters from my graveyard as I need.” His graveyard glowed brightly, and he summoned his monsters forth… JUNK WARRIOR (Atk: 2300) COMICS HERO KING ARTHUR (Atk: 2400) JUNK SYNCHRON (Atk: 1300) STRONGHOLD GUARDIAN (Def: 1500) QUICKDRAW SYNCHRON (Def: 1400) Twilight gasped… Rarity double gasped… “He… how did… this isn’t…?” she just couldn’t find what she was trying to say, but Marc now had a full field of five monsters, all of which stared Twilight down. “Of course there is a couple of downsides.” said Marc “I have to pay 500 life points for each of these monsters… SCORE: Marc: 800 VS Twilight: 8000 “And also, not one of them may attack this turn, but that’s the least of your worries.” Twilight was actually twitching in fear, unable to figure out what she should do next; exactly as Marc hoped, and while she was stammering, he continued his move. “Now, I tune Junk Synchron to my Junk Warrior, and I Synchro Summon JUNK DESTROYER!” (Atk: 2600) Twilight growled nervously as she gazed at the new monster with fear. “And here’s the nice thing about it…” said Marc “When this guy is summoned, I can destroy as many cards for every non-tuner monster I used, and I got a pretty good idea you know who that is.” Twilight gasped when she realized her Hierophant was in danger. Marc ordered his monster to crush it, but Twilight’s quickly used her facedown “Go, SPELLBOOK OF FATE! I banish three spellbooks out of my graveyard, and banish your monster!” Marc only smirked “Go ahead, you still didn’t stop my Junk Destroyer’s ability.” In a double flash, both monsters were gone. “And I’m not through yet…” hissed Marc “I activate the special ability of my LEVEL EATER, which I just discarded. All I do is reduce Quickdraw Synchron’s level by one, and Level Eater comes right out.” (Def: 0) “Now then, I’ll go ahead and Tune my Synchron to my Guardian. I Synchron Summon another JUNK DESTROYER!” (Atk: 2600) “AAAHH!” screamed Twilight. “Ha! Now I get to destroy another card you control.” And with that, Marc destroyed Junk Archer. Leaving Twilight wide open…! “Go get her, Junk Destroyer!” Marc shouted. Before she knew it, WHAMM!! Twilight got struck really hard and knocked out of her post. SCORE: Marc: 800 VS Twilight: 5400 “TWILIGHT!!” the ponies cried. “Oh, my...!” cried Jerry. “Yeah…! Way to play, Marc!” Clover cheered. “Maybe you don’t know as much as you think you do.” He said to Twilight as he watched her get back up again, but Twilight sneered angrily and said “I don’t think, I know…” and she drew her next card. “I activate the effect of my Spellbook Tower. I return one Spellbook card to the bottom of my deck, and draw once again.” She drew her third card, and grinned wickedly. “I play CARD OF BURIAL MAGIC. Now I can remove three spells from my graveyard, and draw two cards.” She banished her last three spell books, and drew her cards, and she really liked what she got. “Now I play MYSTICAL SPACE TYPHOON! I’ll use it to destroy my Star Hall.” “What?” Marc cried in confusion, and just like that, the Star Hall crumpled, but the six spell counters remained behind. “When Star Hall is destroyed, I can use its hidden magic. Now I can I take one Spellcaster from my deck, and I choose GAGAGA SISTER, and I summon her now!" (Atk: 200) “When she’s summoned, I get to take one Gagaga Spell from my deck, and I think I’ll go ahead and play it now; GAGAGA WIND! Now I can summon one Gagaga I have as a level four monster, and I choose GAGA CHILD!” (Atk: 800) “Not to mention, my Gagaga Sister can now combine her level with my Child’s level, making them both level six cards. So, now I get to overlay them both!” Marc watched as Twilight rebuilt the overlay network and summoned a very familiar monster. “Oh, no; Not her again…!” “That’s right; MAGI MAGI ☆ MAGICIAN GAL!” (Atk: 2400) Twilight then used her monster’s effect and snatched Marc’s King Arthur “Not this again!” cried Marc. “I’m afraid so…” said Twilight “And now it’s about to get better. I activate RANK-UP-MAGIC ASTRAL FORCE!” “Again…?” “Again…! Prepare to suffer the power of my newest monster. With my Magi girl, I rebuild the overlay network. I Xyz Summon NUMBER 11: BIG EYE!” (Atk: 2600) Clover shuddered at the sight of the new monster “Okay, eww… that is like the nastiest thing I’ve ever seen.” Twilight snickered and said “If you both think that’s bad, wait until you see it’s ability. By using one overlay unit, I can seize permanent control of one of your monsters!” “My Junk Destroyer!” cried Marc as his last strong monster left him, leaving him with only his pitiful Level Eater. “Of course…” Twilight said “My Big Eye is forbidden to attack this turn, but that makes little difference to me. Even with your little defense, there’s no way you can stop me this time! This duel is over, and it begins your initiation into our herd.” Lee was still pondering over what to do next… SCORE: Lee: 1200 VS Spike: 4000 “My dragons are growing impatient.” sneered Spike “Why not make it easier and just give up? It’ll be less painful and humiliating.” “I won’t give up!” snarled Lee, but then he thought “But if I don’t think of something soon, I just may have to.” He drew his next card. “I’ll just throw a monster in defense mode, and I’ll place two cards facedown. That’s all.” “Aw… what’s wrong, out of options?” Spike mocked and snickered. Lee did his best to keep cool and calm. Spike his next card, and then gazed at Lee with a wicked grin, which made Lee feel uneasy. “I play RANK-UP-MAGIC ASTRAL FORCE!” Lee grunted softly in outrage. “I use my dragon to rebuild the overlay network!” shouted Spike. His astral mark was glowing birther than ever as the skies went wild with magic. “I summon forth… NUMBER 99: UTOPIC DRAGON!” (Atk: 4000) “Whoa!” exclaimed Lee. He had never seen this new card before, nor had his brother Tony. “Now, I activate Utopic Dragon’s natural ability.” hissed Spike “Watch closely…” then, by magic, Galaxy Eyes reappeared on the field, much to Lee’s horror! (Def: 3000) Though it was a slight relief that it was summoned in defense-mode, and its effects were negated, but this didn’t bother Spike a bit. “I can read your strategy perfectly…” he snarled “You’re thinking of finding some way to stall up my dragons and then destroy me on your next turn.” Lee grunted softly, which gave it away. “I thought so…” hissed Spike “All the more reason for me to be well-prepared, like I’ve always been. My dragons are ready to wipe out the rest of your life points, and even if by some fluke you survive this round, which I doubt, there’s no way you can escape your fate. You will bow to the light. You will worship the harmony…!” “I will bore myself to death if you don’t HURRY AND FINISH YOUR MOVE!” shouted Lee. Spike and Lee were both growling and snarling at each other; Dragon to Dinosaur! “I’ll teach you better respect!” shouted Spike “Stardust Dragon, attack!” “Hold on!” snapped Lee “I activate the trap NEEDLE CEILING!” Since there were at least four monsters in play, Lee’s trap would have destroyed all face-up monsters, but Spike just scoffed “You dummy. You forget Stardust’s power? I can send Stardust away and negate your card’s power.” “Yeah, I know…” said Lee “But that also means you’re attack is canceled out.” “So it is… but my Utopic dragon can still destroy you!” and Spike then ordered his dragon to crush Lee’s facedown dino, and it was crushed like an egg, leaving Lee totally wide open. Spike had to end his turn, which gave him his Stardust Dragon back he didn’t even bother to quote anything. He was still acting cocky and believed he would wipe Lee clean out on his last turn. Even Lee knew this was it; the final move was ready to be made. “It’s time…” he said as he drew his next card. “I activate my trap, JAR OF AVARICE!” It lets me place five cards from the graveyard to my deck, and then I reshuffle and draw one card.” After his card effect resolved, he got a very lucky draw. “I play POT OF GREED again, so I draw two cards.” Spike merely scoffed “Draw all the cards you like, there’s nothing that can save you now.” Lee gazed down at his three cards, and his last facedown card, and then gazed back up at Spike. “I agree…” he said “There’s nothing that can save you now.” “Huh?” “First off, I play MONSTER REBORN! So my Grenosaurus returns!” (Atk: 2000) Spike was still not impressed. “You’re even more desperate than I thought, making such a lame move.” “Well it’s just the beginning.” said Lee “Next up I’m going to play this card. Do you recognize it?” He held up his card and revealed it to Spike which made him gasp the biggest gasp he had ever gasped! “But… that’s… it can’t be!” Spike cried. Lee sniggered and then slammed his card into play “I play RANK-UP-MAGIC ASTRAL FORCE!” The astral mark appeared on Lee’s head, and was glowing brightly; however it wasn’t like Spike’s at all, just a hologram, so Lee never got possessed. The mark was glowing very brightly along with Lee’s dino. “With my dino, I rebuild the overlay network!” shouted Lee “I summon NUMBER 61: VOLCASAURUS!” (Atk: 2500) Spike was outraged and confused. “This is wrong!” he snarled “How is it you have that card in your deck? Only those loyal to the light and harmony may possess the Astral Force card.” “Yeah, that’s how I got it…” Lee said, and he went on explaining how he got a little bored, just sitting in the bushes waiting for Spike to come along. So he decided to slip out and have a brief warmup duel against a person who was brainwashed, knowing he had the card in his deck. They dueled privately where no one else could see them, and Lee won very easily, and knocked the dude unconscious. This gave him the chance to go through his deck and snatch the Astral Force card to add to his deck, knowing fully-well it was not the card itself that was brainwashing everyone. “I thought maybe it was time for you guys to have a little taste of your own medicine.” Spike growled. “Now then…” snapped Lee “I think I’ll go ahead and activate my dino’s ability. By using up its only overlay unit, I can destroy one monster you control and you’ll take damage equal to that monster’s attack points.” His monster stared straight at Utopic Dragon, and prepared to destroy it. “I think not!” snapped Spike “I don’t even have to use stardust this time, but Rather Utopic’s ability. I can use one overlay unit to negate your monster’s effect and destroy it instead!” Lee’s monster was destroyed instantly, but rather than being shocked, Lee was smiling “So, that’s what you’re monster can do.” “Huh?” Lee explained how he wasn’t sure what Utopic Dragon was capable of, until Spike actually did it. Even if Stardust Dragon had done its thing, Lee was prepared for that as well. “Now I play XYZ REVENGE! Since you have a Xyz monster with an overlay unit on it, I can summon Volcasaurus right back, and take your monster’s unit and give it to mine.” “You plan to do the same move twice?” snapped Spike, and he couldn’t help but laugh. “It’s only sporting now that I give you this one final chance to surrender. You can’t possibly expect it to work.” Lee smiled again “It will work, because I still have one card left.” “Uh…?” “Take this; the trap card SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST!” Spike’s eyes widened. “This baby lets me increase my dino’s attack by a-thousand!” (Atk: 2500) ---> (Atk: 3500) Now Spike was starting to tremble. It was even stronger than his Stardust Dragon. “Go Volcasaurus!” shouted Lee, and his monster dove straight at Spike’s dragon, roasting it to ashes. (Atk: 3500) VS (Atk: 2500) SCORE: Lee: 1200 VS Spike: 3000 “No!” cried Spike. “Ha, and what’s more, when it destroys a monster, my dino can attack again!” Spike then watched in horror as his Galaxy-Eyes was roasted away. Now, everything was set for the final move, for Lee was still able to use his monster’s ability. “No! This can’t be!” cried Spike “I’ve come so far! I can’t lose! I won’t lose!” Lee’s eyes blazed with flames of fury, and his Dino Spirit was unleashed all at once. “For what you did to my friends, my sibs, and for what you’re trying to do to the Earth… You’re going down!” “No!” Lee clenched his fists. He drew in a deep breath and let out a huge roar, activating his monster’s ability, and Volcasaurus unleashed its wrath on Utopic Dragon. Without its overlay units, it couldn’t shield itself. KAPOW!! It exploded in a huge burst, and Spike screamed as the holographic flames engulfed him, "NOOOOOOO...!!!" FINAL-SCORE: Lee: 1200 VS Spike: “0000” “YEAH!!” Lee shouted, and he could feel all the dinos he had roaring in cheer for victory behind him. After that, he gazed down at the Astral Force card. “This thing really works out good.” He muttered. The smoke cleared and little Spike lay on the ground, covered in dirt and looking like he had just been run over by a stampede. “I… lost… I failed.” he groaned, and then he vanished through a portal. “Wait!” cried Lee, and he rushed right into the portal after him. Marc and Twilight’s duel was nearing its climax… SCORE: Marc: 800 VS Twilight: 5400 Spike’s flaming light in the sky was vanishing. “He did it!” cried Marc “Lee must’ve beaten Spike!” The ponies all gazed up in shock, and woe. “No.” Twilight peeped. “Spikey Wikey… lost?!” cried Rarity. Then, the magic portal appeared, and Spike and Lee materialized. The ponies all huddled around Spike. “I’m okay…” he groaned “I just need to rest up a bit.” Lee then ran over to Clover. As proud as Clover was for Lee’s victory, she was still very concerned about Marc, and Lee could see it all too. “Hang in there bro!” he called. Marc turned back and nodded at him. Twilight felt absolutely frustrated and outraged that Lee beat Spike, and now she was more determined than ever to wipe Marc out, and make him and his friends pay for deifying the light of harmony, and for thrashing her and friends around. “Enough is enough!” she growled. “Prepare for your defeat!” she sneered, and she ordered King Arthur to attack and destroy Level Eater, which it did, leaving Marc wide open. “No, Marc!” cried Clover. “And now…” shouted Twilight “Junk Destroyer, end this!” Junk Destroyer headed straight at Marc. “Bro!” cried Lee. The ponies were cheering on for Twilight’s attack to make it… but suddenly, a huge wall of fire came up out of nowhere and shielded Marc from the attack. “What?!” snapped Twilight “What’s going on?” Then in a blazing flare, Junk Destroyer was vanquished. “What just happened?” asked Pinkie Pie. “Twilight’s attack didn’t work?” peeped Fluttershy. “Maybe… but… but… No!” Clover and Lee couldn’t understand it either, but Marc on the other hand was smiling “Looks like you fell right into my trap.” “What trap?” asked Twilight “You haven’t any cards in play. I saw you.” Marc chuckled “You know, for someone who claims to be expert of magic, you neglected the fact; the hand is quicker than the eye.” When Marc played his Graceful Charity, the two cards he discarded were his Level Eater, and a trap called EXPLOSIVE WALL. When Twilight declared an attack with Junk Destroyer, Marc banished the trap from his graveyard, and thus he banished Junk Destroyer with it. “Well what do you know?” said Lee. “He had it planned all along.” added Clover. Marc spoke severely to Twilight “Maybe you’d know that better if you bothered to actually put any trap cards in your deck. True, your methods did have me in danger a lot, but now your mistakes will be your defeat.” “Enough!” snarled Twilight “I may have misjudged you, but I won’t be defeated by you.” She ended her turn, and the effect of her Magi Magic wore off, forcing her to give Marc back his King Arthur. Marc drew his next card. “Time for me to take this to the max.” he said. “Right, POT OF GREED. So I draw two cards.” Once he drew his cards, he almost had everything he needed. All he had to do now was play his move right. “I activate the spell TUNING! It lets me add one Synchron monster from my deck to my hand.” He knew just which one to pick. “Now I have to send the top card on my deck to the graveyard.” He was most fortunate the card he sent away was DANDYLION, and because it was sent to the graveyard, Marc got two Fluff Tokens, each level one summoned to his field. (Def: 0) x2 “Now I’ll summon the monster I got; TURBO SNYNCHRON!” (Atk: 100) Twilight was not impressed. “How can you possibly expect to do anything with a bunch of weaklings on your field?” “Just watch.” said Marc “Now I tune Turbo Synchron to one of my Fluff Tokens, and I Synchro Summon FORMULA SYNCHRON!” (Atk: 200) “When he’s summoned, I get to draw one card, and it happens to be RANK-UP-MAGIC BARIAN’S FORCE!” “What?!” snapped Twilight. The Barian Mark appeared on Marc’s head as his King Arthur glowed. “Now I rebuild the overlay network. Go, Chaos Xyz Evolution!” Magical explosions and flashes burst all over the place, and in a huge beam of dark light, Marc’s new monster appeared. “There you have it; CXYZ COMICS HERO LEGEND ARTHUR!” (Atk: 3000) Twilight shuddered in fear, and not only that, but because the monster was summoned with the Barrian Force card, Twilight’s Big Eye was forced to give it its last overlay unit. “And finally…” Marc said “The last card in my hand is NOSIY GNAT, and by discarding it, Formula Synchon’s level changes from two to three, just in time for one last tuning. Go Synchron, go Fluff Token, and come on out ARMORY ARM!” (Atk: 1800) The ponies didn’t understand at all. All these summons, and all the weak monsters Marc pulled out, but Clover and Lee gazed at each other with cheeky smiles, and knew fully well what Marc had just done. “You see…” Marc explained “I can equip my Armory Arm to my Hero, and he’ll gain 1000 attack points.” (Atk: 3000) ---> (Atk: 4000) Twilight was sweating in extreme fear and worry. “It’s time to end this… once and for all!” shouted Marc, and he ordered his monster to attack, and in a single slash of its sword, Big Eye was totaled! (Atk: 4000) VS (Atk: 2600) SCORE: Marc: 800 VS Twilight: 4000 “It’s gone!” cried Twilight “My best monster’s gone!” “And that’s not all…” snarled Marc “Since my monster destroyed yours with Armory Arm, you take damage equal to your monster’s attack power. That’s 2600!” “Ah!” gasped Twilight, and she got zapped by the Armory Arm’s beams, reducing her points even more. SCORE: Marc: 800 VS Twilight: 1400 “And I still have Arthur’s special ability. I can use one overlay unit, so when your monster was destroyed, you take the same damage again!” “NOOOOOOOO…!!!” FINAL-SCORE: Marc: 800 VS Twilight: “0000” The spellbook tower crumpled on top of Twilight, not hurting her of course, and the field was wiped clean. “TWILIGHT…!!” The ponies shouted. They could not believe what they had just witnessed, and even Jerry fainted in shock while Lee and Clover cheered for joy as Twilight’s light vanished from the sky. All Marc could do was stand there and smile proudly.