//------------------------------// // Turn 40, Father vs Son // Story: Yugioh EQG: Shadow Gates // by Banshee531 //------------------------------// We open in Freeze Stadium's medical bay, where our heroes are waiting to hear about the unconscious Flash and Scootaloo. The two were laying on a bed, each with bizarre devices on their heads which were connected to large machines that stood beside their beds. The Freeze Industries medical staff were looking them over and constantly taking notes on the two. Outside the room, the gang sat and waited impatiently. "What's taking them so long?" Rainbow said. "The medics have no idea what they're suppose to be looking for," Sunset told her, "so until we have a grasp on what we're dealing with, we just have to wait." "I don't get it," Twilight said, "how can Scootaloo suddenly fall into the same coma as Flash." "Just before she did," Spike said, "she was talking to someone we couldn't see." Grand Hoof, who was the only one sitting, looked down at the card in his hand. "Vail Pixie," he said, "why did you do this?" "Are we even sure it was that card?" Shinning asked but Grand was positive. "Yes," he said, "this card was the one my daughter was always talking about. Then when Flash summoned it here, I realised all that stuff she said was true. Now Scootaloo has inherited her mothers ability and Vail Pixie spoke to her and made her do what she did." "Okay," Thorax said, "that makes sense. But why did she fall unconscious then?" "I don't know," Grand said, "but hopefully they'll both wake up soon." Suddenly the door opened and the head doctor stepped into the hall, causing the team to turn to him. "What's the prognosis?" Cold asked him. "I'm sorry to tell you this sir," the doctor said, "but we have no idea what's happening to them." "Nothing?" Twilight asked in shock. The doctor replied by shaking his head. "Every single test we perform just leaves us more confused. We did a full scan on the both of them, but their showing no brain activity what so ever. They shouldn't even be alive, but somehow they appear in absolute perfect health." "What are you saying?" Grand asked. "I'm saying," the doctor said, "that they're still alive, but it's like their minds have be removed from their bodies." The group all wondered what that could mean, before all turning back to the room and watching the two sleeping teens through the window. They all looked off in despair, hoping that Flash and Scootaloo would soon awaken. If they didn't who knew what could happen. Meanwhile, in the ruins of the Duel Monster Spirit World. The Duel between Flash and his father Trail continued, with the fate of Flash's continuation as the one to finally face Sombra on the line. Currently, Flash's life points were higher then his father's with Flash Heart Dragon and Lumino Jaw Dragon on his field. However, Trail had just pulled out the big guns by summon Blazing Soul Dragon, Purgatory Dragon to the field. Flash looked up at the large dragon and grew nervous. "That's the card that Cold used against me in our first Duel," he said. "I know," Trail said, "so the question is, can you beat it?" "You bet I will," Flash said with all the determination he could muster. "Well then," Trail said, "I can't wait to see you try. First off, Purgatory Dragon's original ATK and DEF becomes the combined Levels of the three monsters used to summon his times three hundred. (A2700/D2700/L10) "That monsters so powerful," Scootaloo said. "Flash needs to be careful if he wants to survive its attack," Misty said. "Now for Flame Spark Dragon's Pendulum Ability," Trail continued, "during the battle phase, every Burning Soul Monster on my field gains ATK points equal to their Level times one hundred." The serpentine monster in one of Trail's Pendulum Zones held up the orb it was carrying, which suddenly split down the middle and split in two. The flames held within the orb shot out, before forming a circle around Trails monsters. Purgatory Dragon and Pyronus both soaked up the heat and felt their power rise. (A3700/D2700/L10), (A1900/D1200/L4/P5) Flash didn't like the look of this. With that power up, Purgatory Dragon could take out either of his monsters and deal him major damage. "Now attack Lumino Jaw Dragon!" Trail ordered, as his dragon brought it's claws together and formed a fireball. The fireball began to grow until it was the same size as the dragon, who now held it above his head. "I really hope that face down Flash has is a Trap," Scootaloo said. "It wouldn't matter if it was," Misty said, "Purgatory Dragon's ability negates the effects of all Traps during your fathers turn. All Flash can do is brace himself." And brace himself he did, as Purgatory Dragon threw the giant fireball towards him. It flew through the air, the heat coming off it almost to hot to bare. Lumino Jaw Dragon saw it coming and took to the sky, flying as fast as he could towards. Flash knew that his monster was simply accepting its fate and ending the attack quicker, so Flash didn't have to suffer any longer. Lumino Jaw struck the fireball, which burst and engulfed it in flames. The explosion rattled the whole ruin, causing Flash, Scootaloo and Misty to all lose their balance while Trail simple stood there. Trail: 3000 Flash: 2600 Finally the shaking stopped and they could all pull themselves together. "That's was intense," Flash moaned as he pushed himself back to his feet. He held up is card and nodded. "Thanks Lumino Jaw Dragon," he said, "don't worry, you'll get your pay back. Just rest of now." He placed the card in his Extra Deck and turned back to the Duel. "You okay?" Misty asked as she and Scootaloo stood back up. "Yeah," Scootaloo said as she dusted herself off, "but that attack was amazing." She looked over at her father, who was still standing perfectly still. "I knew dad was good from what Gramps and everyone else told me, but seeing him Duel for real is more incredible then I imagined." "He is good," Misty said, "that why we originally intended for him to use the deck. But in the end Flash was the one who used it and has managed to bring out its full power." "There's no doubt in my mind that your strong Flash," Trail told his son, "but I know everything about your deck. You may have used it more then me, but I've known those monsters for years. I know everything about them, meaning I can predict how you're going to use them. Nothing you do will surprise me. I Switch Pyronus to DEF mode and I end my turn. Flame Spark Dragon's Pendulum Ability now ends." The fire that surrounded the two monsters returned to the orb, which then resealed itself and caused the two monsters to return to their previous attack strength. (A2700/D2700/L10), (A1500/D1200/L4/P5) "Then it's my turn," Flash said as he reached for his deck, "I draw." He drew his card and when he saw it he smiled. "Nothing I do can will surprise you huh?" He asked, "we'll see about that. I summon Magna Scholar Ingenium in DEF mode!" In a flash of light, the steampunk in robes and carrying a large tome appeared. He adjusted his glasses and opened his book, to be at the ready for whatever Flash needed him to do. "Are Ingenium," Trail said, "quite the monster. Your mother learned quite a bit from studying his tomes." "Really?" Scootaloo asked as she turned to Misty. "That's right," she said with a node, "I even learned how to create the cards and have them create a link between the worlds." "His ability to allow you to Fusion Summon might have helped you turn this around," Trail said, "but without a Spellcaster or Warrior monster on your field, I'm afraid he won't he of much use to you." Flash just smirked. Obviously his father was oblivious to his plan. "We'll see about that," he said, "because once again I'm gonna cut through space time carve the arc of victory!" Solaris and Lunara pointed their staffs up and fired of the magic beams, which connected and formed the portal above him. "I PENDULUM SUMMON!" The portal opened and a single light shot out and struck the ground, taking the form of the monster Trail had destroyed last turn. "Snap to it, Lumino Jaw Dragon!" (A2300/D1600/L5/P5) "What can those cards do?" Trail said. "Watch and learn," Flash said, "because now I can use Ingenium's ability to allow me to Fusion Summon!" "But how?" Trail asked. They watched as Ingenium's hands glowed and caused the book he carried to float, before it opened and he began chanting. Suddenly the words on the pages began to glow, before flying off the page and up into the sky where they became a circle. That circle suddenly transformed into a vortex, which pulled Flash Heart and Lumino Jaw inside. "Now watch as I fuse the unequalled might of a dragon," Flash said, "with the shining light of the Pendulum!" The vortex exploded and released a burst of bright light. "I FUSION SUMMON!" The light faded, revealing Flash's Fusion Monster. "Spiral Vector Dragon!" (A3500/D1500/L8/P7) To say Trail and Misty were in shock at the sight of this monster, would be an understatement. "I...you...how?" Trail asked. "You like?" Flash asked, "this is how I defeated Shadow. I'm not one hundred percent sure how I did it, but I managed to use everyone's Ener-D to create this monster. Spiral Vector Dragon!" The two parents were amazed at this. They had no idea Flash could do something like this and maybe this was something that could be used to defeat Sombra, if Flash was able to defeat Trail. "Okay," Trail said, "I'll admit I didn't see that coming. But, can your monster defeat mine? Don't forget that during the battle phase, Flame Spark Dragon's ability increases the ATK of my monsters by one hundred for each Level point." Once again the dragon's orb split and released the fire, which surrounded the two monsters and began pumping them up. (A3700/D2700/L10), (A1900/D1200/L4/P5) "Well we'll have to see how my monster's ability will change that," Flash said as his monster raised his bazooka weapon and aimed it at Purgatory Dragon. A red beam of light shot out of its sight and struck Purgatory Dragon. "Since Spiral Vector Dragon was Fusion Summoned using a monster with a Pendulum Scale of five, I can look at the top five cards of my deck and for each Pendulum Monster I reveal, your monster loses five hundred ATK points." Flash drew the top five cards of his deck, before looking at them and smiling. He revealed his cards and showed that two cards were Pendulum Monsters. "Flash Knight and Magna Caster Exitium, so that means your monster will be losing a thousand ATK points!" Trail gasped as he looked up at his monster and saw it's power beginning to lessen. (A2700/D2700/L10) "Now, Spiral Vector Dragon attack!" Flash ordered as his monster's weapon glowed as the charge continued to build, while it aimed directly at the dragon. "Vortex Pulsar BLAST!" The dragon fired, unleashing a powerful beam of white light which flew towards Purgatory Dragon. The blast struck the dragon and caused a massive explosion, so powerful that it sent Trail flying back and Misty tried to cover Scootaloo from the dust which had been kicked up. Trail: 2200 Flash: 2600 "How'd you like that?" Flash asked as he placed the five cards he had drawn back into his deck, which then shuffled itself. As Trail picked himself up, he looked over at his son. "Alright," he said, "I'll admit that was pretty impressive. The fact that you created that monster yourself, shows just how much power you have. But you said it yourself, you don't understand how you created it. You don't have full control over the powers you have, making you a liability." Despite how he felt, Flash knew his father had a point. It's true he didn't really know how he'd done it before, but the fact that he could do it had to mean something. "I'm only saying this because I care about you," Trail said, "but if you can't control your powers, you put everyone you care about at risk." Flash thought about what he'd said. Was he really dangerous. Misty and Scootaloo turned to each other. "You really think Flash might be dangerous?" Scootaloo asked. "I don't know," Misty said, "we don't know what powers being born in this world gave Flash. So we don't know all his limitations." "I guess," Scootaloo said. "You showed me what you've got," Trail said as he reached for his deck, "now let me show you what I can do. I draw." He looked at the card he'd drawn and nodded. "I play the Spell card Blazing Soul Draw," he said, "by banish up to five Blazing Soul Monsters from my grave, I can draw that many cards. I'll banish Purgatory Dragon and my three Fireflys, to draw four cards." He did so and when he saw one of the cards he smirked. "Next I play the Spell Card Exchange." "Card Exchange?" Flash asked. "It's quite simple," Trail said, "first take the top ten cards off your deck without looking at them." Flash was confused but did as he was told, while Trail did the same before he began walking towards him. Again he was confused, but Flash did the same thing and walked towards his father and met him at the centre. "Now we look through each others cards and pick one to add to our hands," Trail said as he offered the cards to Flash. He took them and handed his cards the Trail, before shuffling through the ten cards. Finally the two of them chose a card and added it to their hands before handing the nine other card back to their owner. They returned them to their decks, which shuffled, before returning to their original spots. "So dad's got one of Flash's cards and Flash has one of dad's?" Scootaloo asked. "And neither of them know which card they selected," Misty said. "And now," Trail said once he was back in position, "I'll have my Pendulum Monsters cut through space time and carve the arc of victory." The portal formed above his head. "I PENDULUM SUMMON!" The portal opened and two lights shot out, before striking the ground and taking form. The first became a flame patterned bird. "Blazing Soul Falcon!" (A1400/D900/L4/P7) The second became a dragon Flash recognised from his Duel with Cold. "Blazing Soul Dragon, Magma Breath Dragon!" (A1800/D1500/L4) "Three monsters," Flash said looking at them. "Does he have another Purgatory Dragon?" "No I don't," Trail said as he took a card out his hand, "I have something better. I tribute my three monsters." "Here he comes," Misty said, "your fathers true ace in the hole." He held the card up high and began to chant. "With the flame of adventure burning in his soul, he will incinerate anything in his way to forge a path to the future!" His three monsters suddenly burst into flames which pulled together into a tornado of fire. Everyone watched in amazement as they saw something appear in the tornado. "Blazing Soul Dragon, Trail Blazer Dragon!" The flame dissipated revealing a massive red humanoid dragon, with two sets of wings and three large horns. Two were where his ears should be while the third was on his snout. (A3000/D3000/L8) "No way," Flash said. "Since he was summoned using three monsters instead of two," Trail said, "his ability activated and destroys every other card on the field, before dealing two hundred points of damage for each one." The dragon flapped its wings and shot giant embers onto the field, causing everything to be set ablaze. Flash watched as Spiral Vector Dragon, Ingenium and his face down were all destroyed, before the flames burned him. Trail: 2200 Flash: 2000 "Next I activate Double Summon," Trail said, "which lets me summon another monster to the field. I think I'll summon the monster I took from you. Shine Crest Magna Wolf!" In a flash of light, Flash's wolf appeared on the field. (A1200/D1100/L3) "You took my Magna Wolf?" Flash asked. "This can be quite a useful card," Trail said, "so I decided to take it away from you. Besides, Magna Wolf and I are old friends. We were always out gathering food together, so we grew quite close." "Is that so," Flash said. "Now for my attack," Trail said before whistling. Magna Wolf pranced at Flash, before slashing him with his claws. Trail: 2200 Flash: 800 "Magna Wolf has whistle commands?" Flash asked as he rubbed the spot that he'd been slashed. "After so many years together, you learn a few things." Trail then looked up at his dragon. "Finish this." A fireball appeared in the dragons mouth. "I'm sorry Flash," Trail said, "I guess you just weren't ready. Trail Blazer Dragon, ATTACK!" The dragon unleashed the fireball, which flew through the air and shot at Flash. "If this hits," Scootaloo said, "it's all over." "Flash!" Misty cried out. Flash however, didn't seem worried. "I'm not going down like this," he said as he took a card from his hand and placed in in the graveyard, "I activate the effect of Blazing Soul Magician!" Trail's eyes went wide hearing this. So that was the card he took from him. "Be discarding this card," Flash explained, "I can activate the effects of a Trap card in my grave. So I'll be activating the effect of the Defence Draw your Trail Blazer Dragon destroyed." A wizard in flame patterned clothing appeared and waved his wand, creating a force field that the fireball bounced off before he vanished. "Defence Draw cancels out the battle damage I would have taken and lets me draw one card," Flash explained as he did so. "No way," Trail said in disbelief, "its as if he knew I was gonna destroy his face down." "Actually," Flash said, "my plan was to activate Defence Draw now and then use that card later. Just luck I guess." "That wasn't luck Flash," Trail said, "that was instinct. The kind of instinct needed to defeat Sombra." "Does that mean-" "Maybe," Trail said, "you've got yourself a chance, but how you use that chance will decide how this turned out. I end my turn." "Then it's my turn," Flash said as he reached for his deck, "I draw!" He looked at the cards he'd gotten and smiled. "Time to end this," he said, "with my pendulum scale I'll cut through space time and carve the arc of victory one last time." The portal formed above him. "I PENDULUM SUMMON!" The portal opened and a pair of lights shot out, before taking form. "Shine your light of victory once again, Flash Heart Dragon!" (A2500/D2000/L7/P4) The second light became a monster no one expected. "Reek havoc, Chaos Command Dragon!" (A3000/D2500/R7/P4) "Whoa," Scootaloo said, "I didn't know you could Pendulum Summon an Xyz Monster." "Since Chaos Command Dragon is a Pendulum Monster," Misty explained, "you can summon it if its Rank is between the Pendulum Scale. But unlike other Pendulum Monsters, when its destroyed it'll go to the graveyard." "And without its Overlay Units, it can't activate its ability," Trail said, "what's he planning?" "Flash Heart's skill," Flash said, "Magna Wolf to the bottom of the deck." He smirked as Magna Wolf transformed into a stream of light, which flew into the air and hit his deck. "Welcome home boy." Trail smiled hearing this. He was happy that Flash had such a close connection to the monsters. "Next up," Flash said, "I'll summon Vail Pixie, in ATK mode." In a flash of light, the little fairy appeared and took position next to Flash's two dragons. "It's me," the real one said. "He must be planning to Synchro summon," Misty said. "But even if he did," Scootaloo said, "Flame Spark Dragon's ability will make dad's dragons stronger then both of them." "I got that covered," Flash said, "but first I'll tune Vail Pixie with Flash Heart Dragon!" Vail Pixie glowed before transforming into a ball of light, which flew high up into the sky before carving a single ring that Flash Heart flew into. "Awaken the power sleeping within us all and allow your light to shine brighter then ever." Flash Heart was consumed by an explosion of light, which flew into another tablet. "I SYNCHRO SUMMON!" The light shot off the tablet, before fading to reveal the evolved version of Flash's ace. "Flash Dragon Accel!" (A3000/D2500/L8) "Nice move," Trail said, "but with Flame Spark Dragon my monster's still stronger." "I know that," Flash said, "that's why I'm getting rid of him. I activate the Spell card Mystical Space Typhoon!" A tornado appeared and sucked up the dragon, destroying it as he was thrown out the top. "That takes card of that," Flash said, "now Chaos Command Dragon, destroy Trail Blazer Dragon!" The Xyz Monster raised its staff and unleashed as bolt of lightning, while Trail's monster launched a fire ball. The two attacks met and were even, causing them to bounce back and strike both monsters and destroying them both. "Thanks Chaos Command," Flash said, "we can win this thanks to you clearing the field." "Smart move," Trail said. "Now Flash Dragon Accel," Flash said, "attack my father directly." His dragon flew high and released its four cannons, which began to charge up. "Supreme Energy Blast!" They fired and shot four combined energy blasts at Trail. "I don't think so," Trail said, "because I'm activating the effect of Blazing Soul Defender Igniscorch! By discarding him, I can negate any direct attack." A shield wielding knight in flame patterned armour appeared and raised its weapon, blocking the attack and leaving Trail unharmed before disappearing. "Sorry son," Trail said, "close but not close enough." Flash just smirked. "I knew you might block that attack," he said, "that's why I summon Accel. His ability will make your card's effect useless." Trail raised an eyebrow at this, before thy both went up as he remembered Accel's ability. "Flash Dragon Accel!" Flash called as his monster was consumed by light, "devolve into Flash Heart Dragon!" The light faded, revealing Flash's ace. "END THIS!" The dragon's boosters exploded, propelling it forwards and allowing him to fly straight at Trail. With one solid punch, Flash Heart struck the ground infront of Trail and caused it to explode. Trail was sent flying by the force of the attack, but even so he knew he'd been beaten, he was smiling. "Well done son," he said, "you are ready." Trail: 0 Flash: 800 (Winner) "HE DID IT!" Scootaloo cheered as she jumped around in joy. "I can't believe it," Misty said, "to think that Flash would have such a strong bond with his monsters. Stronger then Trail or I even." "Of course," Vail Pixie said, "he's practically one of us. Of course he'd be close to us." As the monsters disappeared, Flash moved over to where his father had landed. As Trail sat himself up, he noticed Flash hold out his hand to help him up. Smiling he took the hand and let his son pull him up. "Well done Flash," he said, "I guess you're stronger then I thought." "Maybe," Flash said, "but I've still got a ways to go." "Even so," Trail said, "you won, so I must concede defeat and admit you are the one best suited for finally taking down Sombra." "Thanks dad," Flash said with a smile on his face, "I won't let you down." "I know you won't," Trail said. With that the two pulled each other into a hug, causing the girls watching to smile. When they pulled away, the two returned to the rest of the family. When they did, Flash saw Misty was crying. "Mom," he said, "what's the matter." Misty wiped he eyes. "Now that the Duel's over, you all have to return to our world. We just got back together and now we have to separate again." "You could come with us," Scootaloo said. "No," Misty said, "I have to remain here. I have every confidence that Flash will be victorious, but if he does lose then I need to be here to form a backup plan. There's enough people in our world to do that, but I'm the only one it this world that can." "Oh," Scootaloo said feeling sad. "Don't worry," Trail said, "once Sombra is defeat, we can be a family again." Flash, Scootaloo and Misty all smiled at this. Vail Pixie also smiled, before moving over to the centre of the ruins and holding out her hand. They glowed and unleashed that light, which began to clump together until it formed a portal. "Is that?" Flash asked. "The breech back to our world," Misty said. "Stepping through will return you to your bodies." "So this is it," Scootaloo said. "For now," Trail said. "Once Sombra is defeated," Flash said, "we'll be together, us and gramps as a family." "Do me a favour," Misty said, "tell my father thank you and that I miss him." Flash and Scootaloo both nodded. "You three better hurry," Vail Pixie said, "before the portal breaks down." Flash, Trail and Scootaloo nodded. After one more hug, the three of them moved towards the portal. Trail was the first to step through, after glancing back and waving at his family he was gone. Scootaloo was next, tears in her eyes she stepped inside. Finally Flash was the last one. "Flash," he looked over at Vail Pixie, "if you ever find yourself trapped, call on me. I'll be there." Flash nodded with a smiled, before stepping through the portal. Flash and Scootaloo's eyes shot open as the awoke. They both shot into a sitting position and gasped as they did. The medical team were all startled by their sudden awakening, several of them dropping whatever they were holding as they did. "Where are we?" Flash asked as he looked around. "Freeze Stadium's medical bay," Scootaloo said. Suddenly the doors shot open and when they looked over to it, they saw all their friends rushing in. "You're awake!" Twilight said as she rushed over to their beds. "How?" Spike asked. "Guys," Flash said happily, "it's good to see you all." "I don't understand," Grand Hoof said, "how did you just wake up like this." "With a little help," Scootaloo said, "mom and dad say hi by the way and they want you to know they appreciate what you did for them." Grand's eyes went wide at this. "I'm so happy you're okay," Twilight told Flash. "Same here," Flash replied, "sorry I made you guys worry." "So what happened to you?" Rainbow asked. "Why did Scootaloo fall unconscious?" Applebloom asked. "And how'd you both wake up at the same time?" Thorax asked. "Now hang on," Cold said, "I know you're all anxious to know what happened, but they just woke up. Let them all really settle." "We'd like to do a few more tests on them," the head doctor said. "Okay," Flash said, "as long as it doesn't take to long. We need to get ready for whatever Sombra pulls." The others all nodded at this. Now that Flash and Scootaloo were awake, it was time to move onto the final battle. But when would that be? Only time will tell.