//------------------------------// // Turn 20, Absolute Chaos // Story: Yugioh EQG: Shadow Gates // by Banshee531 //------------------------------// Inside the stadium a man and his son stepped out of the restroom and were making their way back towards the seating area. "Come on daddy," the eight year old boy said as he tried to pull his father along, "we're gonna miss Flash's Duel." "Relax Heart," the boy's father said, "we've got plenty of time before the next round." "But I don't wanna risk it," Heart said. "You really like this Flash Duellist don't you?" The father said. "Yeah," Heart replied, "he's got an awesome deck and I love how cool he looks when he Duels." "Well don't worry," the man said, "we'll see him Duel don't worry." However, in that moment the two turned a corner and almost collided with someone. "Oh," he said pulling his son back and out of the way before, looking towards whoever they were about to hit. The person was part of a trio. They were all wearing black hoodies, with the hoods up blocking their faces from view, and each carried a backpack. The three looked towards the two, their eyes showing glares. "Sorry about that," the man said, "my son's a little overexcited." "Sorry," Heart said. "Yeah well," the tallest of the three said, "watch it." With that the three continued to walk forwards, leaving the two very unnerved. "So what's the plan again?" One of the three said once they were out of ear shot. "I don't know yet," the leader said, "but when we find something good we'll do it. No matter what we're gonna get pay back for what they did to us." Suddenly a nearby megascreen lit up and showed the Celestial Sisters. Celestia: The Duel between Flash Sentry and Cloak N Daggers will begin in ten minutes. Everyone please return to your seat if you don't want to miss an awesome Duel. Hearing this the leader chuckled, before turning to the other two. "Boys," he said, "I have an idea." Up in the VIP, Thorax had a tablet out and was web searching something. "What are you looking up?" He turned to look over his shoulder and see his mother standing there scowling at him. "I was just trying to see what info I could find out about this Cloak N Daggers guy," Thorax said, "I'm just curious." "I don't blame you," Sunset said, "he's very off the grid. But a few people I know from the Underground Duels had a run in with him a while back." "What did they tell you?" Cadance asked. "Not much," Sunset said, "except that he never takes off that goofy bath robe and he ain't really fond of playing nice." "We've already seen that," Shining said, "in his last few Duels he won by using sneak attacks." "Let's just hope Flash can beat him," Sunset said. "He will," Shining said, "that kids on a roll." "We'll see." Everyone turned to see Cold enter the room, looking as stoic as ever. "Where have you been?" Sunset asked him with a raised eyebrow. "Had some business to take care of," Cold replied as he moved over to the window and stared at the image of Cloak N Daggers on the screen. This might be their last chance to find out whether or not he was working for Sombra or not. "Be careful," he said. Up in the stands, Grand Hoof stood their waiting for his grandson's Duel to begin. "Let's see what else you've got kiddo," he said. In another part of the stands, Flash's friends were also waiting impatiently for the next match. "I'm worried," Twilight said, "Flash had never faced anyone like this Cloak fellow before." "Don't worry Twilight," Scootaloo said, "my brother isn't going to let some creep in a cloak knock him off his game." "Yeah," Rainbow said, "he'll be fine. Plus now he can Xyz Summon, so if anything bad happens he can just do that." "Just because he can now Xyz Summon," Rarity said, "doesn't mean he isn't going to use his other summoning styles." "Yeah yeah whatever," Rainbow said, "just watch. I bet he'll use it." "If he can," Applejack said, "it all depends on the cards." "Yeah sure," Rainbow said. "He'll need to be careful if he wants to win." The group turned to see Timber and Gloriosa standing next to their seats. "Oh hey," Twilight said, "come on sit with us." "Sure," Timber said as they did so, "thanks." "This'll be interesting for you," Spike said, "the two guys who beat you in the tournament now facing off against each other." "Yeah," Timber said, "and it'll be interesting to see which of them will overcome the other. Flash's deck is very diverse but can he beat Cloaks trickery." "We'll find out soon," Twilight said, "their about to start." The stage lit up as Celestial and Luna stepped out. Celestia: The second and final round of the A Block tournament is about to begin. Whoever manages to claim victory will face off against Applejack for the Block Champion Title. Luna: Let's welcome our Duelists out onto the stage. First up we have the Pendulum Duelist, Flash Sentry! Flash stepped out onto the field, waving at the crowed as he did so. Luna: And his opponent. The mysterious Duelist, Cloak N Daggers. Cloak also stepped out onto the stadium, though something seemed off about him. The two met in the centre, as the ref did the coin flip and it was decided Flash would take the first move. The two nodded and stepped back to a fair distance. Celestia: Now let's see which Action Field they'll be Duelling on today. She held up her remote and pressed the button, causing the floor beneath them to glow as it generated the Action Field. "AUGMENTED REALITY COMBAT SYSTEM ENERGISED." In the blink of an eye the two found themselves on a street in the middle of the night. The only light coming from the dim light of the street lamps. Luna: Dark City! Cloak suddenly began to chuckle, before breaking out in high pitched laughter which made everyone go uncomfortable. "Okay," Rainbow said, "did I miss a joke." "If you did then so did I," Twilight said. "Something's wrong," Timber said, "that doesn't sound like the Cloak N Daggers I Duelled" "You wanna tell me what's so funny?" Flash asked. "You're about to find out loser," he replied. A pang of memory rang in Flash's head. He'd heard that voice before. "Surprise!" Cloak screamed as he grabbed his cloak and yanked it off of himself, revealing who was under it. "NO WAY!" Flash screamed seeing who it was. "You gotta be kidding me," Spike said. "What's he doing here?" Scootaloo asked. Garble stood there with a wicked smile on his face. "How are you here?" Flash asked him, "what's your game?" "My game," Garble said, "is to get revenge on both you and your little friend Cold." "Friend of yours?" Chrysalis asked Cold. "Hardly," he replied, "he was caught cheating and banned from any of my tournaments." "If that's so," Thorax said, "how'd he become Cloak." Suddenly a ringing could be heard from Cold's pocket, making him take out his phone and answer the call. It was one of his security officers. "What is it?" "Sir," the man said, "we discovered a man who claims to be Cloak N Daggers. He's severally injured and well...naked." Cold growled and cut the call before looking back down at the field. "So what will it be?" Garble asked, "you gonna Duel or are you a chicken?" Flash growled. He wanted to take the punk down, but he had more important things to worry about. "What am I saying," Garble said, "it's not like you have a choice." "What do you mean?" "Hang on Flash," Rainbow said as she and the others ran down to the lowest area of the stands. "We got your back," she said as she went to jump over the barrier, but when she did she suddenly felt herself slam into something. "What the?" She asked as she staggered back. "Are you okay?" Fluttershy asked her. Twilight stepped forwards held her hand out, only for it to touch something invisible. "A force field." "It's the stadium's defence grid." They all turned to see Grand stepping down to them. "It keeps the audience safe from stray monster attacks," he said. "Well it's keeping us from getting to Flash," Spike said. "Exactly," Grand said, "he planned this." "Don't you get it," Garble said, "the only way out of here is through us." "Us?" Flash asked. Suddenly two more figures stepped out onto the street. It was Garbles pals, Fume and Clump. "Us," Garble said, "we're taking you down and when we do we're taking your deck." Flash frowned hearing this. "We heard how you managed to beat Cold Steel," Garble said, "so when we win we're gonna take your deck and use it to get our revenge on the guy who beat us." "Not happening!" Flash yelled before looking up at the VIP box. "I can take them. Let me do this." Cold heard this and sighed. It was obvious now that Cloak wasn't on Sombra's side, so there was nothing to lose. He opened a com and spoke. "I will allow it, but the three of you will be getting arrested win or lose." "Yeah right," Garble said before turning to Flash. "Let's do this." "Let's," Flash said. The four pulled out their Duel Disks and activated them. Celestia: Er...okay then. Let's get this Duel started. In three! Luna: Two! Both: One! "DUEL!" Flash: 4000 Garble: 4000 Fume: 4000 Clump: 4000 "ACTION CARDS DISPERSED!" "I'm up first," Flash said as he went to his deck, "I draw and I'll start by setting the Pendulum Scale with scale three Magna Caster Exitium and scale eight Magna Caster Estella." He slapped the cards down on his Duel Disk as the columns of light appeared on the field, with two monsters flying up into them. One of them was a man with green and white armour carrying a staff with a head in the shape of a DNA helix, while the other was the star clothed magician. "Cut through space time and carve the arc of victory," Flash called out as the portal formed above him, "I PENDULUM SUMMON!" The portal opened and a single light shot out and struck the ground. "Target sighted, Magna Fighter Radium." (A1600/D1400/L4) "Next I summon Shine Crest Magna Wolf to the field in ATK mode," Flash said as he wolf appeared next to the warrior. (A1200/D1100/L3) "Then I'll use Estella's Pendulum ability," he continued, "to increase his Level by one." The spell caster waved her staff and caused stardust to fly our and around Magna Wolf, increasing his Level. (A1200/D1100/L4) "Two Level fours," Garble said. "And now I'll use these to monsters to build the Overlay Network," Flash said as his monsters glowed before flying into the air and into the black hole, which opened at Flash's feet. "Destiny is the thing that binds us together, now new bonds will be formed and grant unbridled power." The black hole exploded, releasing Flash's monster. "I XYZ SUMMON!" The light faded revealing Flash's monster. "Destiny Bound Dragon!" (A2400/D2100/R4) Celestia: In one turn Flash managed to summon the monster that won him the previous round. Luna: How will Garble and his friends do against this? "I end my turn with a face down," Flash said. "Then it's my turn," Garble said as he went to his deck, "I draw and I'll set the Pendulum Scale with scale two Dark Rouge Assailant and scale seven Dark Rouge Assassin." "Those must have been Cloaks," Flash guessed as the the columns of light appeared on either side of Garble. The two were filled with monsters in black cloaks, which each held out a knife which fired out a beam that opened the portal. "I PENDULUM SUMMON!" The portal opened and three beams of light shot out and hit the ground, changing into dragon monsters in DEF mode. "Golem Dragon!" (A200/D2000/L4)X2 The second was a humanoid dragon carrying a crossbow. "Archer Dragon!" (A1000/D1000/L3) "Next I'll play the Continuous Spell card Hand Shrink," he said, "this card lowers our hand limit by two." "But that means they can only hold four cards," Sweetie said. "Their planning something," Twilight said. "I end my turn," Garble said, "and with that Archer Dragon's ability activates. Dealing you three hundred points of damage." The dragon raised its crossbow and fired a flaming arrow, which struck Flash in the chest and causing him to yell out. Flash: 3700 Garble: 4000 Fume: 4000 Clump: 4000 "It's my turn," Fume said as he went to his deck, "I draw and like my boss I'll also set the Pendulum Scale with scale two Dark Rouge Assailant and scale seven Dark Rouge Assassin." "Not again," Flash said as the columns of light appeared and the two monsters floated up into them. "I PENDULUM SUMMON!" Fume cried out, as the portal opened and the three lights shot out and hit the ground. "Golem Dragon!" (A200/D2000/L4)X2 "Archer Dragon!" (A1000/D1000/L3) Flash didn't like the look of this. "Now I'll play my own copy of Hand Shrink," Fume said, "lowering our hand limits by two more." "Now they can only hold two cards," Applebloom said. "And a'h get the feelin we know what the last guy's move's gonna be," Applejack said. "I end my turn," Fume said, "and with it my Archer Dragon's ability activates." Once again the dragon raised its crossbow and fired a flaming arrow, which struck Flash in the chest. Flash: 3400 Garble: 4000 Fume: 4000 Clump: 4000 "It's my turn," Clump said as he went to his deck, "I draw and I to will set the Pendulum Scale with scale two Dark Rouge Assailant and scale seven Dark Rouge Assassin." Once again the columns of light appeared and the two monsters floated up into them. "You can't be serious!" Flash almost screamed as the portal formed above them. "I PENDULUM SUMMON!" Fume cried out, as the portal opened and the three lights shot out and hit the ground. "Golem Dragon!" (A200/D2000/L4)X2 "Archer Dragon!" (A1000/D1000/L3) "Now I'll play my copy of Hand Shrink," he said as he placed the last card into his Duel Disk. "But that means we can't have any cards during the end phase," Flash said. "Not that we need any," Garble said. "That's right," Clump said, "I'll now end my turn and activate Archer Dragon's ability." The dragon fired a flaming arrow, which struck Flash in the chest." Flash: 3100 Garble: 4000 Fume: 4000 Clump: 4000 "Okay," Rainbow said, "I'm all for luck in Duelling. But there is no way those three could draw the same six cards." "They must have rigged their Duel Disks," Twilight said. "But that's cheating," Spike said. "I don't think they care," Grand said. "This is insane," Sunset said, "how's Flash suppose to beat them like this." "All he has to do is destroy Archer Dragon," Thorax said, "then he won't take damage." "Except he can't," Cold said because of Golem Dragon. Seeing the boys confusion, Cadance explained. "While Golem Dragon is on the field, Flash can't attack any other monster." "And with two out," Shining said, "they create an un-passable barrier." "So Flash can't attack anything?" Thorax asked. "Exactly," Sunset said. "It's my turn," Flash said, "I draw." He looked at the cards in his hand and nothing he had could get him out to the situation. "I end my turn." "Don't forget to discard your cards," Garble said. Flash frowned but did so anyway. "It's my turn," Garble said, "I draw and end my turn." As he discarded his card his dragon once again fired the arrow, which struck Flash. Flash: 2800 Garble: 4000 Fume: 4000 Clump: 4000 "It's my turn," Fume said, "I draw and place one card face down and end my turn." Once again the dragon aimed its crossbow and fired, striking Flash and reducing his life points. Flash: 2500 Garble: 4000 Fume: 4000 Clump: 4000 "My turn," Clump said, "I end my turn." He discarded his card and his dragon fired its crossbow at Flash, hitting him again. Flash: 2200 Garble: 4000 Fume: 4000 Clump: 4000 "This is nuts," Spike said, "there's gotta be something he can do?" "Flash needs to get rid of those Golem Dragons," Twilight said." "But how?" Scootaloo asked, "if he summons Flash Heart he'll only get rid of one of them." "Come on Flash," Grand said. "It's my turn," Flash said, "I draw." He looked at the card he'd drawn and his eyes went wide. "I activate Mystical Space Typhoon," he said, "to destroy Grable's Hand Shrink." At least now he'd get to keep some cards. "I activate my Trap," Fume said, "Magic Drain. This card negates your Spell, unless you discard a Spell card." Flash growled, having no cards to discard his Spell was destroyed. "I end my turn." "My draw," Garble said, "I set one card and end my turn." Once again Flash was shot. Flash: 1900 Garble: 4000 Fume: 4000 Clump: 4000 "My turn," Fume said, I end my turn." He discarded as Flash was shot again. Flash: 1600 Garble: 4000 Fume: 4000 Clump: 4000 "My turn," Clump said, "I end my turn." He discarded as Flash was shot. Flash: 1300 Garble: 4000 Fume: 4000 Clump: 4000 "My turn," Flash said as he drew, but got nothing. "I end my turn," he said as he discarded. "My turn," Garble said as he drew his card and smiled. "I summon another Archer Dragon." "Oh no," Flash said as the second crossbow wielding dragon appeared. (A1000/D1000/L3) "I end my turn," Garble said as both monsters fired their arrows. The first one hit. Flash: 1000 Garble: 4000 Fume: 4000 Clump: 4000 Then the second. Flash: 700 Garble: 4000 Fume: 4000 Clump: 4000 "It's my turn," Fume said as he drew, "I end my turn. Flash: 400 Garble: 4000 Fume: 4000 Clump: 4000 "My turn," Clump said, "I draw and end my turn." Once again flash was shot, causing him to fall to his knees. Flash: 100 Garble: 4000 Fume: 4000 Clump: 4000 "Next round I'm gonna enjoy beating you," Garble said with a smirk. "Come on Flash!" Spike yelled, "you gotta do something." "But what can he do?" Rarity asked, "he's got no cards in his hand and one turn to defeat three Duelists with full life points. "There has to be something," Fluttershy said. "I don't know," Rainbow said. "Flash," Twilight whispered. "Come on," Garble said, "take your turn. I can't wait to see what last ditch attempt you use to try and win." Hearing this made Flash shake, as his anger began to build. He wanted to wipe those smug looks off their faces, but how? Suddenly an idea popped into his head, making him go to his Extra Deck and pull out the last of the blank cards. "Come on," he said, "work. Come on!" He shut his eyes and focused on the ruins and when he opened his eyes, he was there. "Flash Heart!" He called out, "Destiny Bound! Get out here!" A gust of wind caused him to look around and see his two dragons standing near the statue. "Show me the last statue!" He ordered, "I'm not losing to a bunch of cheaters. So take my to the monster that's suppose to go with the Xyz card." The two dragon's glanced at each other, obviously not sure about this. "NOW!" Flash yelled. With that the dragons turned towards the statue and Flash rushed over to it. Barely a few seconds later the statue began to sink into the ground, the elevator mechanism lowering them down. They arrived at the area where Flash had awakened Destiny Bound, but they continued downwards towards a second level. When they arrived at the location, the elevator coming to a rickety stop, the corridor lit up with torches. Flash rushed through the corridor, arriving at the giant wooden door, and began slamming his fist against it. "Open up open up open up!" He yelled until the door slowly began to open. Rushing inside he saw what he'd been looking for. Sitting in the centre of the room was a giant statue, larger then the one Destiny Bound had been sealed inside, which was shaped like a humanoid sitting with its legs crossed. It carried a giant staff with several large gears at the top. "So this is it," he said as he began to float up to the dragon's head and placed his hand on its head. "Alright listen," he said sternly, "I need your help. I'm up against three cheating Duelists and nothing I have can stop them. My only chance is whatever ability you have, so come on let's get going." However, when he took away his hand the statue remained how it was. "Come on!" Flash said as he placed his hand back on it, "work with me here!" Still nothing. "I said wake up!" His hand went into a fist, which he used to punch the dragon's face. "I am the only one who can wake you up," he yelled out, "the only one who can make a connection between you and my world." He punched the statue again. "You're nothing without me, so you will listen to ME!" He punched the statue one more time, more powerful then ever, and the force of the punch caused the stone to crack. "That's right," he said seeing them, "now WAKE...UP!" With that more cracks began to appear and enlarge, spreading around its body before shattering and unleashed a powerful ray of light. Flash was pushed back by the explosion, but unlike last time he didn't feel the need to shield his eyes as he heard the sound of the dragon's powerful roar, which rattled the entire chamber. Suddenly his eyes began to glow, as his vision was filled with nothing but white. Everyone watched as Flash just stood there quietly. "Is he okay?" Rainbow asked. "Not sure," Scootaloo said, "never seen him like this before." "No," Twilight said, "we have, when he summoned his monsters before." The others all suddenly realised what she meant and looked back down at the field. "Hey lamo," Garble said, "what's the matter? Decided to just give up." Celestia: Flash Sentry, It is your turn. You must make a move, or you will be disqualified. "Come on!" Garble called out, "I didn't come all this way just for you to give up. I wanna see you suffer." Flash's eyes suddenly shot open, but they were not the calm ocean blue they usually were. They were now a dark crimson red, filled with anger and hatred. "I'm gonna wipe those smug look off your ugly faces," he said, his voice ripe with venom. This alarmed everyone. It wasn't like Flash to insult people, even if he didn't like them. "Flash," Twilight whispered, "what's wrong with you." "It's my turn," Flash said as he went to his deck, "I draw!" He looked at his card and nodded, before turning to his opponents. "With my already set Pendulum Scale, I'll now cut through space time and carve the arc of victory." The two wizards pointed their staffs and fired beams of light, which struck the spot above Flash and formed the portal. "I PENDULUM SUMMON!" The portal opened and shot out a beam of light, which struck the ground and took the form of an all to familiar monster. "Shine your light of devastation, FLASH HEART DRAGON!" (A2500/D2000/L7/P4) Garble's two cronies shook seeing that card, causing him to roll his eyes. "Would you two relax," he said, "so what if he's got that monster out. It won't stop our strategy, even if he does get rid of a Golem Dragon and attacks, our monsters are in DEF mode. Plus he'd only be able to beat one of us, so the other two can take him out. We're fine." "That's where you're wrong," Flash growled, "you are not fine. Furthest thing from it." Though he wouldn't admit it, Garble felt a twinge of fear. "I activate Magna Caster Exitium's Pendulum Ability," Flash said. His monster raised his staff and waved it, unleashing an unusual energy which radiated around Destiny Bound Dragon. "Now I can change Destiny Bound Dragon's Rank into a Level," Flash explained as his dragon's glow died down. (A2400/D2100/L4) "An Xyz Monster with a Level?" Rainbow said in amazement, "no way." "Now I activate Magna Caster Estella's Pendulum Ability, to increase Destiny Bound Dragon's Level by three." The wizard waved her wand and unleashed the stardust, which spiralled around Destiny Bound and caused it to glow. (A2400/D2100/L7) "Two Level seven monsters," Garble said in horror. Dark clouds were beginning to form above them, darkening the field. "And now," Flash said as his monsters glowed, "I'll Overlay my Flash Heart Dragon and Destiny Bound Dragon to build the Overlay Network!" His two monsters transformed into streams of light, shot up to the sky and into the clouds as black hole formed within them. "Light and darkness, hope and despair, creation and destruction," Flash chanted and the black hole grew bigger, "two sides of the same coin. But when they're all brought together, they create...ABSOLUTE CHAOS!" Flash took the once blank card from his Extra Deck and slapped it on his Duel Disk, as sparks of black energy surged from the card. The black hole exploded with light, releasing the monster that was inside. "I XYZ SUMMON!" Finally the light faded and the clouds disappeared, revealing Flash's new monster. It was the same creature Flash had seen as a statue, which was about twenty meters tall and now had bronze armour with streaks of red and purple here and there. It had a pair of robotic crescent moon shaped wings and carried a large staff with the gears on the top moving. Its feet were both crossed, looking like it was in a meditation stance. "DESCEND, CHAOS COMMAND DRAGON!" (A3000/D2500/R7/P4) "No way," Garble said. "What do we do boss?" Fume asked. "Relax," Garble said, "it's only one monster." "This one monster will be what ends you," Flash growled, making them all tremble in terror. "I activate Chaos Command Dragon's ability! On the turn he was Xyz Summoned using an Xyz Monster as an Overlay Unit, he can send every monster on your field to the bottom of your decks!" The three's eyes went wide hearing this as they looked up and saw Chaos Command raise it's giant staff, which fired out a beam of light into the sky. The sky suddenly seemed to break, creating a tear in the space time continuem which unleashed a sucking force. Garble and his cronies looked around and saw their monster being sucked up into the hole. "Be gone!" Flash chanted, "banished to the furthest reaches of time." As the last monster was sucked into the hole, it was suddenly sealed shut. The three looked at their now empty fields, before looking back up at Chaos Command. "Now for his second ability," Flash said, his voice sounding creepily happy, "by removing an Overlay Unit, he can attack once for every monster sent to the bottom of the deck." The three's eyes went wide hearing this. "That means three attacks for your lackeys and four attack for you," Flash said, "but since I'm sick of looking at you I'll speed this up and unleash all the attacks at once." One of the Xyz Monster's Overlay Units flew into its staff, which began spinning its gears as lightning surged from it. "No," Garble said, "please. We give up okay." The three removed their decks from the Duel Disks, but Chaos Command did not disappear. "Oh no," Flash said, "you're not getting out of this. Chaos Command Dragon...ATTACK!" And with that the Xyz Monster unleashed three powerful bolts of lightning, which flew at the three and struck them. Their screams of pain could be heard from miles away, as each of them was scorched alive. Finally the attacks ceased and the three, now smoking, fell to the floor. Flash: 100 (Winner) Garble: 0 Fume: 0 Clump: 0 Everyone was silent, after what had just happened no one knew what to say. Meanwhile, as his monster vanished, Flash suddenly blinked as his eyes changed back to blue. he looked around confused. "What the," he said, "what just happened?" He looked around and saw Garble and his friends on the field. "Wow," he said, "what happened to them?" He looked up at the stands, right into the eyes of his friends, but he didn't like what he was seeing. Each other them were staring at him in horror, as if they'd just seen him commit the most heinous of crimes. "Guys?" He asked but before he could finish his eyes suddenly shot open, before his whole body went ridged and he felt himself fall to the ground. The last think he remembered before passing out was Twilight's voice, screaming his name.