"So what's this Abyss woman look like?", Gold asked.
"She's got pale white skin and pitch black hair.", Burst answered. "I saw her when Blitz gave her the Sacred Beast cards. Meaning that the Sacred Beasts must have some sort of combined form that requires all three to be used. Whatever she has planned, it can't be good. And chances are she's gonna put it into action really soon. Especially since I just defeated her son."
"I guess we know where Blitz gets his dark nature from.", Inferno noted. "But where'd he get the desire to be a hero?"
"Probably from my dad. Before he left, I told my dad about a dream I had as a little kid. It was that one day I'd be a superhero. I thought he'd laugh at it, but he just smiled and told me that he thought I'd be one sometime.", Burst had a fond smile as he remembered those happy days. "I guess you could say that now I've been living that dream. I've taken on foes that threatened two worlds, and triumphed over them. But I think Blitz is probably the most dangerous villain so far. Not because he's driven to conquest like Sombra or Tirek, but because he wanted to unleash evil just so he could prove himself as a hero. The worst villains are the ones that wear the mask of a hero."
"Well said..." Burst and his friends turned to see Abyss step out of a portal. "So nice to meet you formally Burst Stream. I am Abyss. You're quite well-acquainted with my son. Blitz Surge."
"Funny. I can't say it's nice to meet you.", Burst said with a frown. "Aren't you concerned that your son's unleashed multiple threats to the world?"
Abyss had a proud smile. "Actually, I couldn't be more proud. He finally gave me a reason to acknowledge his existence."
"How....how can you say that about your own child?!"
"It's simple really. I live by one code. All that matters in your life is your own desires. How you obtain them and who you use is irrelevant. I taught that same lesson to Blitz when he was but a chiled. But he had no desires at the time. So I saw little to no reason for him being. But the answer to my own desires solved that problem. My desire was to find a mate who was worthy of a woman of my caliber. And I found it in your father. Aether. He raised Blitz as his own. Fitting since Blitz had no father. Oh how Aether would talk about you. He'd go on about how he thought you'd become a hero. That was all it took for Blitz to want to become a hero. It was then that I finally acknowledged him as my son. So like any good mother, I did my best to support him. There was no evil for Blitz to defeat, so I helped him unleash it. I gave him Zorc and the Wicked God Cards. Now I have the cards that were meant for me. The Sacred Beasts! And now, I'll unleash them on you!"
"Someone's got to put an end to you.", Burst said sternly as he activated his duel disk.
"Don't leave me out of the fun!", Inferno said with a smile as he activated his own duel disk. "I let you take on Blitz alone and look what happened. I'm not making the same mistake this time! No way I'm missing out on this duel!"
"Oh, I don't mind you inviting your friend on the fun Burst.", Abyss said with a sneer. "The Sacred Beasts would like nothing more than to destroy the champions of the God Cards!" Abyss activated her own duel disk! "Ladies first!"
Abyss: 16000
Burst & Inferno: 16000
"I play Banner of Courage! This boosts the attack of all monsters on my field by 200 during the damage step! Now I'll play Card Trader! I'll also set two cards and end my turn."
"I draw!" Burst looked carefully at his hand. 'She's already got two continuous spells on the field. She's only one away from bringing out Hamon. If I'm gonna strike, I shoud do it now! However, her traps could be trouble. Only one way to find out!' "I summon White Stone of Ancients! Then I'll discard a card to activate The Melody of Awakening Dragon! This lets me add two dragons with 3000 or more attack and 2500 or less defense to my hand! Now I'll reveal the Blue-Eyes I added to special summon Blue-Eyes Alternative White Dragon! Then I'll tune him with White Stone of Ancients! I synchro summon Blue-Eyes Spirit Dragon! Now I'll activate his effect! I'll tribute him to special summon a LIGHT dragon-type synchro monster from my extra deck! I summon Stardust Spark Dragon!" A dragon similar to Stardust Draogn appeared on Burst's field! Only he had markings on the orbs in his chest. "Now I'll play Return of the Dragon Lords to revive Blue-Eyes Alternative! Attack her directly!" Both of Burst's dragons snet out blasts of energy from their mouths!
"I don't think so!", Abyss said with a smirk! "I activate my trap! Wall of Revealing Light! I pay 4000 life points! Now monsters with attack less than or equal to the amount of life points can't attack!"
'Darn! She's locked down most of my monsters! Too bad I don't have Twin Twisters in my hand. That card would be poison to her deck right about now! I guess now I'll just try and brace for the coming assault.' "I guess I'll end my turn."
'This is the same pest who messed up my son's plans? Hmph. How disappointing.' "I draw! I'll activate the effect of Card Trader! I can shuffle one card from my hand into my deck since it's my standby phase! Then I can draw a card!" Abyss shuffled a card from her hand into her deck, and drew a new one. "Ah. Perfect! I play Yellow Luster Shield! Now I tribute my three spells to summon Hamon! Lord of Striking Thunder! Then I'll activate another one of my face-downs! Skill Drain! I pay 1000 life points to negate the effects of all face-up monsters on the field as long as they're face-up! Now I'll attack your Blue-Eyes Alternative!" Hamon fired a gigantic blast of thunder at Blue-Eyes Alternative! Destroying him instantly! "I end my turn. Since your monster was destroyed, you take another 1000 points of damage!" Burst winced as another blast of lightning struck his life points! 'Only my second turn and I've already crippled both of their decks.', Abyss thought with an evil smile. "If you think the Sacred Beasts are bad right now, wait until you lose! Not only will they drain your cards of their energy! They'll sap you of your very will to duel!"
Abyss: 11000
Burst & Inferno: 14000
'Not good! She's locked-down our monster's effects! Even if we activate our monsters' effects! Meaning I can't make any use of the burn damage effect of Red-Eyes! Not to mention we still can't attack thanks to Wall of Revealing Light! Also, Hamon's effect makes it so we take damage no matter what battle position we put our monsters in! But it's like Burst says! The duel's not over until the last card's drawn!' "I draw!" Inferno smiled as he looked at his cards! "I summon Black Stone of Legend! Now I'll tribute him to special summon Red-Eyes Black Dragon from my deck in defense mode! Then I'll set a card and end my turn!" 'This trap might set us back a bit. But at least it'll get a good hit in on Abyss! You mess with a Red-Eyes, you get burned!'
'I suppose I could humor them by triggering whatever trap they've set.', Abyss thought with a smirk as she drew her next card. "I set a card and attack your monster with Hamon! " Inferno cringed as Red-Eyes was destroyed "Now his effect is triggered!"
"So's my trap! Red-Eyes Burn! Since you destroyed a 'Red-Eyes' monster, I can inflict that monster's attack as damage to both our life points! Burst, Inferno, and Abyss cringed as flames crashed into their life points! "I might've taken a chunk out of our life points, but at least you got burned too! Not to mention we've still got a good amount of life points left!"
"That won't last long.", Abyss said with an unnervingly calm smile. "I end my turn by switching Hamon into defense mode. Now his other effect activates! When he's in defense mode, he's the only monster that can be attacked. How ironic considering I've prevented your monsters from attacking me or using their effects to strike down Hamon."
Abyss: 8600
Burst & Inferno: 10600
"I draw!" Burst looked over his cards carefully. 'She put Hamon into defense mode just to rub it in our faces! And chances are that her face-down is a continuous trap! I'd better build up my defenses!' "I'll switch Stardust into defense mode and set a card. I end my turn." 'Now I just have to get her to attack!'
"I draw!" Abyss had a dark smile as she saw the card she drew. "Things are about to get wrose for you two! I activate my face-down! Metal Reflect Slime! This continuous trap also counts as a monster! Now I sacrifice my three traps to special summon Uria! Lord of Searing Flames!" Uria hit the field in a pillar of flame! "Now that he's on the field, Uria gains 1000 attack for each continuous trap in my graveyard! And once per turn, I can destroy one face-down spell or trap card my opponent controls!"
"No!" Burst watched in horror as his Mirror Force trap burst into flame!
"I've let Hamon have his fun attacking you. Now Uria will burn your field!" Uria unleashed a blast of flame at Stardust Spark Dragon!
"I don't think so! I activate Stardust Spark's effect! I can target one monster on the field and protect it from being destroyed by battle and card effects! I choose Stardust!" Stardust Spark Dragon put up a barrier around himself as the flames crashed upon him! When the smoke cleared, he was still standing! "We're not out of this duel yet!"
"You two have spirit. I'll grant you that much. But that alone won't save you.", Abyss said with a sneer. "I end my turn."
'Abyss made a BIG mistake in getting rid of her traps! Now I can use my burn effects as much as I want!', Inferno thought with a smile. "You know, I should thank you for giving me such a big target to shoot for Abyss! I draw! I play Dragon Shrine to send a dragon from my deck to my graveyard! I'll send Red-Eyes Black Flare Dragon! Now I'll play Return of the Dragon Lords to revive Black Flare! Then I'll summon another Black Flare Dragon! This unlocks his effect because he's a gemini monster! Then I'll equip Black Flare with Black Metal Dragon to boost his attack by 600 points! Since Hamon's in defense mode, I can only attack him! But he's the perfect target! Attack Hamon! Black Flare Inferno!" Red-Eyes Black Flare launched a huge fireball at Hamon, but it bounced off and Inferno took damage! "Just what I was hoping for! Since damage calculation was performed, I can inflict the original attack of Red-Eyes Black Flare as damage!" Abyss winced as flames crashed into her life points! "I end my turn."
Abyss: 6200
Burst & Inferno: 9600
'How irritating.', Abyss thought with a scowl. 'They've barely landed an attack on me and they've depleted most of my life points.' "I draw!" Abyss smiled as she saw her next card. "Ah. Just what I needed! I play Fires of Doomsday to special summon two Doomsday Tokens! Then I summon Giant Germ! Now I tribute my three fiend-type monsters to special summon Raviel! Lord of Phantasms!" Raviel appeared out of a haze of shadowy mist! "Now the time has come to unleash the true power of the Sacred Beasts! I banish Uria, Hamon, and Raviel!" The three Sacred Beasts swirled together in a vortex! "Rise! Armityle the Chaos Phantom!" A fearsome monster that looked like the three Sacred Beasts stepped out of the vortex! "Now for his effect! He gains 10000 during my turn! Now. I think I'll destroy Red-Eyes Black Flare! Chaotic Oblivion!" Armityle fired a blast of chaos energy at Inferno's monster! Destroying it and wiping out a good portion of his and Burst's life points.
"I end my turn with a face-down. Now Arimtyle's attack drops back down to zero." Abyss smirked at Burst and Inferno at the edge of their defeat. 'Even if they do decide to attack, my face-down will ensure that they can do no harm to me. Also, Armityle is immune to destruction by battle.'
Abyss: 6200
Burst & Inferno: 2600
'Her monster's nearly unstoppable in terms of attack. But it's still vulnerable to effects!', Burst thought. He then noticed a glow coming from the top of his deck. 'Time to show Abyss the power we have when we duel as one!' "Hey Inferno!"
"Yeah?"
"Let's show Abyss the power of our dragons combined!" Burst flashed the new card to Inferno, and both got the idea. "I play the spell card Absolute Fusion! It allows me to banish fusion materials listed on an 'Absolute' fusion monster from my extra deck from my hand, deck, or field! And since Inferno and I have the same field, I can banish from his deck too! I banish Blue-Eyes Absolute Dragon and Red-Eyes Absolute Dragon!" Both monsters entered a swirling vortex! "Storm forth! Dragon who wields both power and potential! Let your coming herald endless possibilities! Purple-Eyes Ultimate Absolute Dragon!" A humanoid dragon with purple eyes and grey scales that looked like Blue-Eyes and Red-Eyes fused together stepped out of the vortex! It boasted 7000 attack points! "This fusion of friendship is gonna finish you next turn!"
Abyss let out a dark chuckle. "Are you serious? One attack from Armitylem and you're done for! It's my turn now! That means he gains 10000 attack points! Destroy their dragon!" Armityle unleashed a blast of energy, but Purple-Eyes was still standing! Not only that, but Burst and Inferno's life points had increased! "WHAT?!"
"Hope you like Purple-Eyes' effect!", Inferno said with a grin. "Purple-Eyes can't be destroyed by card effects or by battle! And if we would take damage, we gain life points equal to the damage we would take instead!"
"It can't be! Armityle should be unstoppable!", Abyss howled! "I end my turn."
"Let's end this Burst!"
"Right!"
"ABSOLUTE AETHER BLAST!", Burst and Inferno yelled as Purple-Eyes fired a blast of rainbow-colored aether! Wiping out the last of Abyss's life points! Armityle faded from existence once the blast hit! Abyss slowly rose as he body began to distort and twist.
"IT'S NOT OVER! I HOLD POWER THAT RIVALS THE GOD CARDS!" Abyss's then looked like the Sacred Beasts had fused into her body!
Burst and Inferno summoned their blasters and began to charge them up! "Inferno? You know what to say?"
"Haven't we both beenhoping for this moment?"
Burst and Inferno then aimed their blasters at Abyss, and uttered a singleword before firing. "JACKPOT." Twin energy projections of Blue-Eyes and Red-Eyes shot out from their blasters! The blasts hit Abyss full force! Destroying her as the enveloped her in a blast of blue and red light!
"AAAUUUUGGGGHHHHHhhhhhhhhh!", Abyss screamed as her body crumbled into nothing! Burst and Inferno's friends ran up to congratualte them on their victory.
"Way to go you two!", Ace cheered.
"Figured you guys could handle this.", Ice said with a smile.
"Eh. Would've been more awesome if ALL of us took her down.", Steel said with a shrug.
"Wouldn't that take up too much of the chapter?", Akage asked.
"What?"
"Nothing. Just something Pinkie told me."
"You two rose to the occasion.", Gold said with a smile.
"Well done lads! Well done!", North congratulated.
"Now THAT'S how you rock the dragon!", Shadow cheered.
"That was a fantastic finish darling!", Rarity said as she held Inferno tight.
"As much as I'd like to enjoy your praise, I can't.", Burst said solemnly. "There's still one matter of business to take care of. Something tells me we haven't seen the last of Blitz just yet."