Nightfall entered the abandoned workshop, and kept aware of his surroundings. "Hello son.", Dark Gear called out from a metal throne. "I was wondering when you'd see my little surprise."
"YOU!", Night activated his duel disk! "I swear on my deck that I'm sending you to the scrap heap!"
Dark Gear chuckled. "Why fight me? All I want to do is perfect this world." Dark Gear removed his cloak to reveal that he was half machine and half man! "By distancing myself from humanity, I have achieved this form! Soon, it shall be completed! And Master Blitz shall help me reflect my image upon this flawed world!"
"You're insane.", Nightfall said flatly.
Dark Gear shook his head and sighed. "Night, Night, Night. If only you could understand my genius! But if there's only one way to make you understand..." A device on Dark Gear's left arm activated and attached to him forming a duel disk that was part of his arm!
"LET'S DUEL!"
Nightfall: 8000
Dark Gear: 8000
"I draw!" Night looked carefully over his cards. Gotta play smart here. Chances are, his monsters are pretty cutting edge too. "I summon a monster in defense mode! Then I'll set two cards and end my turn!"
Dark Gear smirked. "I draw! I summon Ancient Gear Hunting Hound! Now that he's been summoned, you take 600 points of damage!" Nightfall cringed as the mechanical hound fired a small blast into his life points! "Now I can activate his other effect! I can fusion summon an 'Ancient Gear' fusion monster using monsters in my hand or field as the fusion materials! I'll send Ancient Gear Hunting Hound and another Ancient Gear monster from my hand! I fusion summon Ancient Gear Howitzer!" A machine-type monster that seemed to be a robotic dragon with cannons for arms appeared on the field! "Now for Howitzer's effect! During my main phase, I can inflict 1000 points of damage to you!" Nightfall cringed once again as Howitzer fired a bombardment of projectiles into his life points! "Then I'll destroy your monster!" Ancient Gear Howitzer fired another barrage at Nightfall's monster! Sending it to the graveyard! "I end my turn."
Nightfall: 6400
Dark Gear: 8000
Just what I was hoping for!, Night thought with a smile! "I draw! Since you control a monster and I control no monsters, I can special summon Cyber Dragon from my hand! Now I banish Cyber Dragon Core from my graveyard to special summon another Cyber Dragon from my deck!" Two Cyber Dragons took Nightfall's field! "Now I overlay my two monsters! I xyz summon Cyber Dragon Nova!" Nightfall's Cyber Dragons turned into twin beams of yellow light and entered a swirling galaxy on the floor! A new Cyber Dragon flew out as the galaxy faded! "Now to upgrade him even further! I use Nova as Xyz material to summon Cyber Dragon Infinity!" Nova glowed with a bright light as he transormed into an even more powerful version! "Infinity gains 200 attack for each overlay unit attached to him! Now I activate Infinity's effect! I can target one attack mode monster you control and attach it to Infinity!" Ancient Gear Howitzer was turned into an overlay unit and attached to Infinity! "Attack him directly! Infinity Evolution Burst!" Infinity fired a powerful laser at Dark Gear's life points!
Dark Gear smirked. "I activate my trap! Curse of Anubis! This lets me switch all monsters on the field into face-up defense mode and reduces their defense to zero!"
"I don't think so!", Nightfall shot back! "I activate Infinity's effect! I can detach one overlay unit to negate the card you activated and destroy it!" A wave of energy shot out from Cyber Dragon Infinity that destroyed Dark Gear's trap! Cyber Dragon Infinity then fired a powerful laser at Dark Gear's life points! "I end my turn." Looks like his Ancient Gears are a bit rusty!
Nightfall: 6400
Dark Gear: 5300
Dark Gear chuckled. "So. You've brought out your ace. Well, it's time to show you mine! I draw!" Dark Gear smiled with evil glee as he stared at his card. "I play Soul Charge! This lets me revive as many monsters as I can fill my field with so long as I pay 1000 life points for each monster!" All of the monsters in Dark Gear's graveyard revived! "Now that my friends have been repaired, it's time for them to upgrade! I summon another Ancient Gear Hunting Hound! Now I'll use his effect to deal you damage!" Nightfall winced as Ancient Gear Hunting Hound pounced on his life points! "Then I'll use his other effect to send all of my monsters to the graveyard to fusion summon an Ancient Gear fusion monster! I fusion Chaos Ancient Gear Giant!" A gigantic dark grey robot with a single red eye stood on Dark Gear's field once all of his monsters had finished combining! "Attack Cyber Dragon Infinity!"
"Not so fast! I activate Infinity's effect!" Infinity was about to activate his effect, but sparks appeared instead and the energy died down! "What?! Why can't I use Infinity's effect?"
Dark Gear howled with laughter! "Heh heh heh! HA HA HA HA HAH HA HA! Fool! Chaos Giant's effect prevents you from activating card effects during the battle phase! Smash his Cyber Dragon!" Night looked on in horror as Cyber Dragon Infinity was reduced to a pile of molten slag by a blast from Chaos Ancient Gear Giant's cannons! "I end my turn with a face-down. I forgot to mention that Chaos Giant is unaffected by spell or trap effects as well."
Nightfall: 4600
Dark Gear: 5300
Not good!, Night thought! Not a monster in my deck can stand up to that thing in terms of sheer power! Wait...maybe there is! But it's too much of a risk! Still, I suppose I don't have many options. And I've got almost everything I need. It all comes down to this one draw... Nightfall cautiously drew his next card, and smiled once he saw it! "Time for Cyber Dragon to upgrade again! I summon Proto-Cyber Dragon! While he's on the field, his name becomes Cyber Dragon! Then I'll play Cybernetic Fusion Support! I pay half my life points to banish monsters from my hand or graveyard to fusion summon a machine-type monster! I banish the Cyber Dragons on my field and in my graveyard to fusion summon Cyber End Dragon!" A massive three-headed robotic dragon let out a mighty roar as it took the field! "Now to further power him up! I play the spell card Limiter Removal! This doubles the attack of all machine-type monsters on my field! Destroy Chaos Ancient Gear Giant!"
Dark Gear sneered! "Not so fast! I activate my face-down! Battle Fusion! Since you're carrying out an attack involving a fusion monster I control and a monster you control, my monster gains attack equal to the attack of your monster!" Nightfall's eyes widened in horror as Chaos Ancient Gear Giant surged with power and grabbed Cyber End Dragon by the throat! "Hmph. How obsolete. Crush him." Chaos Ancient Gear Giant threw Cyber End to the ground and smashed him with his foot as Nightfall watched in horror.
Nightfall: 100
Dark Gear: 5300
Nightfall fell to his knees. "I...end my turn..."
Dark Gear smiled. "Don't worry son. I'll see to it that you receive a far superior monster."
Nightfall scowled at his father! "You think I'm upset because my monster was weaker? No. I'm upset because my friend was destroyed so mercilessly!"
"Hmph. Your determination is admirable, but it won't save you. In case you haven't noticed, your turn is over. And now mine begins!" Dark Gear drew his next card. He ended the duel with one simple command. "End it." Chaos Ancient Gear Giant brought his fist down on the last of Nightfall's life points! Nightfall fell to the ground and struggled to try and stand. Dark Gear advanced on Nightfall and pulled three cards out of his pocket. "Now to bond you to your new partner. The Cyber Dark Dragon!"
Nightfall screamed in pain as the cards forcefully integrated themselves to him! "AUUUUGGGHHHHHHH!" Soon, metal wings similar to that of Cyber Dark Dragon sprouted on his back. Nightfall stood, but this time, his voice sounded more robotic.
"Well son? How do you feel?"
"So. This is what the gift of becoming one with machines is. Tell me. Can I share this gift with others?", Nightfall asked. Dark Gear nodded. "Good. Because I want to share this with the only one compatible with me." Night spread his new wings and took off.