Red Daniel tipped us off about where we
could find Vocallass. In Fairfield. We arrived there. It was
deserted, except for the giant robots that were there. There were
five of them. I recognized two of them as the chaos droids that
Haisuke used against me in our duel; Double Chainsaw and Fear
Hunter. The Fear Hunter stood at the center, with the other machines
at its side. A light flickered on on the Fear Hunter's head, and a
projection of Vocallass appeared before us.
“Greetings,” she said to us. “I
heard you two would be stopping by.”
“Well, we're here now,” David said.
“And we're gonna crush you.”
“Is that so?” she asked.
“Yes,” David said. “But first,
would you mind explaining what these machines are doing here?”
“The Chaos Droids are some projects
I've been working on for a while. Weapons that the Newborn
commissioned me to build, as weapons to use against the other Fears.
Impressive, aren't they?”
“I guess,” I replied. “But if you
think you'll be using them, you'd be wrong.”
“Oh?” she asked. “And why would
you wanna stop me from crushing the other Fears?”
“Because if the Newborn has weapons
like that, it won't stop at the Fears,” David said, pointing out
the obvious.
“Well, if you're planning to stop me,
why don't we make it interesting?” she asked.
“And what do you mean by that?”
David asked.
“She's challenging us to Yu-Gi-Oh,”
I said.
“How can you tell?” David asked.
“She made me duel her servant last
time I met her, so it makes sense she would play the game herself,”
I said. “Am I right?”
“Correct,” she said. “I challenge
you to a tag duel, and if I win, you will both become my Towerborn.”
“And if we win, you'll destroy these
robots and get the fuck out of my birthplace,” I said.
“Wait, you were born here?” David
asked, startled.
“Yes,” I said. “My dad was in the
Navy at the time.
“That's... pretty cool,” David
said. “But, are we seriously gonna duel this chick?”
“Sounds easier than fighting her,”
I said. “As weird as it sounds, I think playing a children's card
game is our best option. Besides, I built a new deck the other day
for just such an occasion.”
“And where did you get the cards for
this new deck?” he asked.
“That's not important right now,” I
said.
“Daniel, did you steal those cards?”
he asked.
“No,” I said.
“Really?” he asked.
“Okay, yes!” IO admitted. “Now
shut up already! We have card games to play!”
“How are you gonna duel with one
arm?” he asked.
“I have a plan,” I said.
“Okay then,” he replied. “You
said this is a tag duel right? Where's your partner?”
Vocallass flickered for a moment, and
split into two replicas, one with red hair and a red duel disk, and
the other with blue hair and a blue duel disk. I closed my eyes for a
moment, and entered my subconscious.
“Justin, where are you!?” I called
out.
A man wearing a white mask and sleeping
under the mast of the ship woke up.
“The blonde dudes, at the helm, I
think,” he replied.
“You're the Faceless Bastard, aren't
you?” I asked.
“Yeah, what of it?” he asked.
“Weren't you resurrected or
something?” I asked.
He shrugged. “Maybe in another
universe,” he said. “Now shut up and let me sleep.”
I left him alone and approached the
helm. Justin was there waiting for me.
“Hey, Daniel,” he said.
“It's time,” I said.
“Alright,” he said. “You'll need
to walk me through this, though.”
“Right,” I said.
I opened my eyes, and allowed Justin to
take over my body.
“What the fuck!?” David asked,
startled.
“'Sup?” Justin said. He unzipped my
backpack and strapped on my duel disk. “Let's do this.”
“I'll go first,” said the red
haired Vocallass. “I summon Vocaloid Rin from my hand!”
A hologram character appeared on their
field. It was level 3 with 1400 attack and 1000 defense.
“I activate the effect of Vocaloid
Len from my hand,” Blue Vocallass said. “During any player's
turn, I can special summon this monster to join Vocaloid Rin!
Another one appeared, also level 3,
with 1300 attack and 1200 defense.
“I'll now use the spell card Vocaloid
Party!” Red Vocallass said. “With this card, I can special summon
a level 4 or lower Vocaloid monster. I summon Vocaloid Sweet Ann!”
A third Vocaloid appeared. It was level
4 with 1700 attack and 400 defense.
“When a Vocaloid spell or trap card
is activated, I can activate the continuous spell card Vocaloid
Synching from my hand,” Blue Vocallass said. “Once per turn, we
can target a Vocaloid card we control and change the level of every
Vocaloid card we control to match its level.
“Also, when Vocaloid Sweet Ann is
special summoned, I can add a Vocaloid spell or trap from my deck to
my hand,” Red Vocallass added. “I choose Vocaloid Fire Dance.
Then, I activate the effect of Vocaloid Synching, so Rin and Len will
become the same level as Sweet Ann. Now I build the overlay network
with these three level 4 monsters!”
The Vocaloids all turned into glowing
orbs and circled one of the Chaos Droids. It's eyes flicked on, and
it stepped forward. It had 2600 attack points.
“So you'll be dueling with the actual
Chaos Droids?” David asked.
“Yes,” Red Vocallass replied. “I
xyz summon Chaos Droid Blaster!”
“Careful,” David said to Justin.
“She can use it's overlay units to cut the attack powe rof any
monster in half and render it invincible in battle.”
That's a troublesome effect, I
said to Justin.
I have no idea what's going on, He
replied.
Don't worry, just do what I tell
you, I said.
“I
set a card face down and end my turn,” Red Vocallass said.
Our move,
I said to Justin.
“I'll
go next,” Justin said. “What do I do?”
Activate Ancient Rule and use its
effect to special summon Tri-Horned Dragon, I
instructed.
“I
play Ancient rule!” Justin said. “With this card, I can special
summon a level 5 or higher normal monster from my hand. I summon
Tri-Horned Dragon!”
The
dragon appeared on our field, with 2850 attack points.
“Great!”
Justin said. “This guy is more than strong enough to take that
thing down!”
Not quite, I
said. She can use its effect to weaken our monster, or
weaken her own monster and make it indestructable.
“So... what do I
do?” he asked.
Stop talking out loud, for one
thing, I told him. Then,
summon Parsec, The Interstellar Dragon.
But it only has 800 attack points,
Justin pointed out.
Trust me,
I said.
Alright, he
replied. Then, out loud, he said “I summon Parsec The Interstellar
Dragon! Since I control a level 8 monster, I can summon this guy
without tributing.”
An
alien looking dragon with 800 attack and defense emerged.
“I
activate the effect of Vocaloid Sonika from my hand,” Blue
Vocallass said. “When my opponent controls two monsters that were
both summoned on this turn, I can discard this card to increase the
attack power of a machine type monster on my field by half of its
original attack power.”
Their
Chaos Droid was powered up to 3900 attack points.
“Oh,
shit,” Justin gasped.
Don't worry about it, I
said. Now, you know how she summoned that machine by
stacking it on top of her other monsters?
Yeah,
he replied.
Do that with these monsters to bring
out galaxy Eyes from our extra deck, I
said.
“I
build the overlay network with these two level 8 monsters to xyz
summon Number 107 Galaxy-Eyes Tachyon Dragon!” Justin announced.
A
dragon with glowing eyes appeared. It had 3000 attack and 2500
defense.
Now, enter your battle phase and
activate it's effect, I said.
“I
begin my battle phase, and then...,” he paused for a moment. Um,
what do I do?
Take one of the cards stacked
beneath Galaxy-Eyes and send it to the graveyard, I
said.
Which one? He
asked.
Go with Parsec, I
said.
“I
send one of Galaxy-Eyes Tachyon Dragon's overlay thingies to the
graveyard to negate your monsters effect,” Justin said. “Also,
it's attack power returns to normal!”
Blaster's
attack power returned to 2600.
“Now,
I attack!” Justin declared.
The
attack hit, reducing their life points to 7400. The Chaos Droid
backed away and powered down.
“I
activate the trap card Death Machine's Power Charge!” Red Vocallass
said. “When a Chaos Droid monster is destroyed, I gain life points
equal to the number of overlay units it had times 700. Blaster had 3,
so we gain 2100.”
Their
life rose to 9500.
Use Galaxy-Eyes' second effect! I
instructed.
“Since
Galaxy-Eyes Tachyon Dragon's effect was used this turn, I can have
him gain 1000 attack points after one of your card effects resolves,
and then he can attack again!”
Galaxy-Eyes'
power rose to 4000, and it attacked, bringing them down to 4500 life
points.
Now, set the trap in your hand
face-down and end your turn, I
instructed.
“I
set one card face down and end my turn,” Justin said.
“My
turn,” Blue Vocallass said. “I activate the spell card Vocaloid
Encore! Now, I target two Vocaloid cards in any players graveyard,
and return them to their owner's hands. I choose to return Len to my
hand and Rin to my partner's. Then, I summon Len in attack mode!”
“And
since Len was summoned, I can special summon Rin!” Red Vocallass
said.
Both
of the Vocaloid's had reappeared.
“I
build the overlay network with these two level 3 monsters!” Blue
Vocallass said. “I xyz summon Chaos Droid Missile Fist!”
One of
the Chaos Droids stepped forward. It had giant missile launchers for
hands. It had 2100 attack and 800 defense.
“I
activate the spell card Death Machine's Heavy Cannon,” Blue
Vocallass said. “Now, any monster Missile Fist battles this turn
will lose 1000 attack points. Now, attack Galaxy-Eyes Tachyon
Dragon!”
Galaxy-Eyes
lost 1000 of it's attack points, making it just weak enough for her
to destroy. Galaxy-Eyes was defeated and we lost 100 life points.
“Now,
I activate Missile Fist's effect,” she said. “By detaching an
overlay unit, you take damage equal to the level or rank of your
destroyed monster times 100!”
We
took 800 points of damage, reducing us to 7100.
“Damn
it!” Justin said. “I knew I'd screw this up!”
“It's
okay,” David said. “Don't beat yourself up. We can still win
this.”
“I
end my turn,” Blue Vocallass said.
“My
move!” David said. He then leaned over and whispered “What's your
face down?”
“Um,
are we allowed to do this?”
“Those
two are technically the same person, so I bet they know each other's
cards,” David said. “This is perfectly fair.”
Go on and tell him, I
said.
“It's
Limit Reverse,” Justin said. “I was gonna bring back Parsec with
it.”
“Don't
bother with Parsec,” David said. “I have a better idea for it. I
summon SlenderProxy Sniper in attack mode!”
A
level 3 monster with 1700 attack appeared.
“Next,
I play the spell card Hallowed Summoning!” he said. “By
discarding SlenderProxy Dalia The Poisoner, I can summon a
SlenderProxy Hallowed Token with the same stats as her!”
A
token monster appeared on his field. It was level 3 with 900 attack
points.
“Now,
I activate this guys card, Limit Reverse, to bring back a monster
with 1000 or less attack points!” he said. “I bring back Dalia,
and by using these 3 level 3 monsters as overlay units, I xyz summon
Convocation nest- The Crow!”
I
recognized his monster as Malkator's old friend, Andrew. His card had
2200 attack points.
“I
activate the Crow's effect!” David said. “By detaching an overlay
unit, I can cut your monster's attack power in half. Now, attack!”
Their
monster was reduced to 1050. The Crow attacked, dealing them 1150
damage. The Chaos Droid backed off and powered down.
“I
set a card face down and end my turn,” David said.
“I
draw,” Red Vocallass said. “I activate the spell card Vocaloid
fire dance. Now, I can summon one Vocaloid card without tributiing,
and it gains 300 attack points until the end phase. I summon Vocaloid
Miku in attack mode!”
Hatsune
Miku herself appeared on their field. She was level 5 with 2200
attack and 1500 defense.
“When
Miku is the only monster I control, I can pay 500 life points to
summon a level 4 or lower machine type monster from my hand,” Red
Vocallass said, reducing their life points to 2850. “I summon
Thoughtborn Vocallass!”
The
purple haired hologram appeared on her field. She was level 2 with
700 attack and zero defense.
“You
summoned yourself?” David asked.
“That's
right,” Vocallass said. “And I'll use my effect. Since I was
special summoned, I can pay 500 life points to have each player draw
one card!”
Everyone
drew a card.
“Now,
I tune level two Vocallass to level 5 Miku!” Red Vocallass said.
“With these two monsters, I synchro summon the Manufactured
Newborn!”
A
giant tower made of flesh and steal rose up behind the Chaos Droids.
It was level 7 with 2500 attack and 1300 defense.
“From
my hand, I activate the trap card Fear Shackles!” Blue Vocallass
said. “I can activate this card automatically when a Fear card is
special summoned to our field. Now, I can reduce the attack power of
a special summoned monster to 0 until the end phase! I choose the
Crow!”
The
Crow had his attack power reduced to nothing.
“Now,
I attack with the Newborn!” Red Vocallass proclaimed.
The
Crow was destroyed and we were reduced to 4600 life points.
“I
set a card and end my turn,” she said.
“Looks
like I'm up again,” Justin said, drawing. “What now?”
Activate Double Summon, I
told him.
“I
play the spell card Double Summon!” Justin said. “Now I can
normal summon twice this turn.”
Bring out Dark Effigy, I
told him.
“I
summon Dark Effigy in attack mode!” Justin said.
A
level 4 dark monster appeared on our field. Justin immediately
collapsed.
What's wrong!? I
asked him, but I already knew what was happening. His form reverted
back to mine, and I regained control.
Sorry, dude, He
said. Guess we pushed it a little too far.
“It's okay,” I
said out loud. “I have a plan B.”
My shadow responded
to my words, and rose from the ground.
“Your shadow is
alive?” both of the Vocallass's asked.
“Yep,” I said.
“I use the effect of Dark Effigy. When I summon a high level dark
monster, I can treat it as two tributes, so I offer it as tribute to
summon Archangel, Lord of the Fallen!”
My shadow took the
Archangel from my hand and placed it on my duel disk. The Archangel
appeared on my field.
“So you've
finally brought it out, have you?” she asked.
“Bitch, I've got
99 problems, but your Newborn ain't one of them,” I said. “I
activate Archangel's effect, and equip him with Dalia The Poisoner
from David's graveyard! Now, when he's destroyed, I can destroy one
of your cards during the end phase. Now, I'll have him attack the
Newborn! And since their attack power is the same, they'll both be
destroyed!”
“I activate the
trap card Charged Barrier H!” Red Vocallass said. “By paying 1000
life points, I can negate your attack, than banish one spell or trap
card on the field. Since Dalia is being treated as a spell card, I'll
banish her.”
“Shit,” I said.
With her banished, the Archangel lost her effect.
“I end my turn,”
I said.
“I draw,” Blue
Vocallass said. “I activate the spell card Hateful Return. Since we
have less than 2000 life points, I can pay half of them to summon a
monster from our graveyard. Due to the Newborn's effect, I can't
summon xyz monster except from the extra deck, so I'll bring back
Vocaloid Miku in attack mode.”
Miku was summoned
to the field again. Their life dropped to 925. Just what they'd need
to bring out Fear Hunter.
“Next, I normal
summon Vocaloid Luka to the field!”
Luka appeared
there. She was level 4 with 1900 attack and 900 defense.
“I activate
Vocaloid Synching,” she said. “Now, Luka will be raised to level
5. I overlay Vocaloid Miku and Vocaloid Luka to xyz summon Chaos
Droid Dimension Splitter in attack mode!”
A Chaos Droid with
a glowing blade stepped forward.
“Since this
monster was summoned using a monster under the effect of Vocaloid
Synching, I can't use its effect this turn,” Blue Vocallass said.
“But since our life points are bellow 1000, I can use it to xyz
summon Chaos Droid Fear Hunter!”
The Dimension
Splitter backed off, and the Fear Hunter rose. It had 3 overlay units
surrounding it.
“I use the spell
card Draw Of Damnation,” she continued. “By destroying the
Manufactured Newborn, I can draw a card from my deck.”
“Why would you
destroyed it?”
“I demanded.
“So that you may
see our ultimate combination!” Red Vocallass said. “You see, if
Manufactured Newborn is destroyed, I can choose to special summon it
to my opponent's field in attack position!”
The Manufactured
Newborn reappeared behind me.
“And since we
did, we gain 1000 life points,” Red Vocallass said. Their life
raised to 1925.
“Next, I activate
the effect of Chaos Droid Fear Hunter!” Blue Vocallass said. “Now,
I can detach one of its overlay units to destroy the Manufactured
Newborn! Then, it will gain its attack power!”
The Manufactured
Newborn was destroyed, and their monster increased to 5500 attack
points.
“Next, I use the
effect of the Manufactured Newborn!” Red Vocallass said. “When
it's destroyed by a card effect while under my opponent's side of the
field, I can special summon it to my field again!”
The Manufactured
Newborn reappeared on their field.
“Then, by
discarding Vocaloid Lilly, a monster special summoned from my
graveyard this turn can't be destroyed in battle this turn!” Red
Vocallass said.
“Now, I attack
the Archangel with the Manufactured Newborn!” Blue Vocallass said.
The Archangel was
destroyed, leaving me wide open.
“Now, I attack
you directly with Chaos Droid Fear Hunter!” Blue Vocallass said.
“I activate the
effect of Battle Fader from my hand!” I said. “When my opponent
attacks me directly, I can special summon this card to the field and
end the battle phase!”
A level 1 monster
with 0 attack and defense appeared.
“I activate the
effect of Luka from my graveyard!” Blue Vocallass said. “By
banishing her, I can deal you damage equal to half the attack power
of a monster whose attack was negated this turn! You'll now suffer
2750 damage!”
Our life points
were reduced to 1850.
“You see!?”
Blue Vocallass said. “You can't win.”
“That's right,”
Red Vocallass said. “You two may be good, but your not at our
level.”
“Says the
cheaters!” David replied. “Your decks have been rigged this
entire time to give you exactly the cards you need!”
Red Vocallass
laughed. “That may be so, but it won't matter for long!” she
said. “Come our next turn, you, and your stupid friend over there
will be destroyed and brought to join the god of machinery!”
“You may be a
powerful crimson Knight and a Scion, but you are nothing compared to
the strengths of a Thoughtborn!” Blue Vocallass said.
“Never!” David
shouted. His voice had changed. It was still his, but there was a
woman's voice yelling over his.
Both Vocallass's
stepped back, startled.
“Insult!” David
shouted, even louder.
A blue aura
surrounded his body, and his irises merged together with his pupils,
forming dark pits in his eyes.
“My!” He
shouted, even louder still.
His aura expanded
behind him, taking the form of wings.
“Scions!” he
finshed angrily.
“Ah, so this is
the Vision,” Red Vocallass said.
“I set a card
face down and end my turn,” Blue Vocallass said. “Let's see what
you can do.”
“I draw,” The
Vision said. “I activate the spell card Gift From Hell! Now I can
summon a monster with 2000 or more attack from my extra deck to your
side of the field, then draw two cards!”
A glowing light
erupted before us, and The Vision appeared. She was a level 12
synchro monster with 3300 attack points.
“I can now draw
two cards, then I activate the spell card Cost Down!” TheVision
said. “By discarding a card from my hand, I can reduce the levels
of every monster in my hand by 2. Now, I offer Daniel's Battle Fader
as a tribute to summon my now level 6 Slender Man to the field in
attack mode!”
Slender Man
appeared on our field. He had 2500 attack points.
“I now activate
the spell card Tentacles Of destruction!” the Vision said. “By
discarding a card while I control Slender Man, I can target one card
on the field that was special summoned, and have it lose 1000 attack
points! Also, it becomes level 4! I choose Vision, the Fear Of
Destiny!”
That surprised me.
The Vision was actually planning to attack herself.
“Attack the
Vision, now!” the Vision ordered.
Slender Man lashed
out with his tentacles, destroying the Vision. Vocallass lost another
200 life points.
“I activate
Slender Man's effect!” The Vision said. “When he destroys a level
4 or lower monster in battle, that monster is special summoned to our
side of the field!”
The Vision's card
appeared on our field.
“The card's
effect will be negated, and it's name is treated as SlenderProxy
Hallowed,” the Vision said. “I now activate the trap card Chaotic
Wings Of Nightmare! This card will now become equipped to the Vision,
increasing her attack by 500 and restoring her effect!”
The Vision's wings
of chitin cracked and broke apart, unleashing larger wings made of
dark colored energy.
“The Vision can
attack all monster's my opponent controls once each,” The Vision
said.
The Vision now had
3800 attack. If this worked, we'd win. The Vision charged forward,
targeting the Newborn.
“I activate the
trap card Sakuretsu Armor!” Blue Vocallass said. “Now, your
monster will be destroyed before it's attack can be completed!”
The Vision's card
was destroyed, and David collapsed, his aura fading.
“I end my turn,”
he said
“My turn again!”
Red Vocallass said. “I summon Vocaloid Prima in attack mode!”
Another Vocaloid
appeared. This one was level 4 with 1500 attack and 1400 defense.
“By tributing
Prima, I can activate the effect of a normal spell card from any
graveyard! I choose Draw Of Damnation! Now, once again I'll destroy
the Manufactured Newborn to draw a card, then gain 1000 life points
and move the Newborn to your field.
Their life points
rose to 2725. The were repeating their combo.
“I detach an
overlay unit from Chaos Droid Fear hunter to destroy the Newborn and
absorb its attack power!” Vocallass declared.
The Chaos Droid
rose to 5500 attack points again, and the Newborn returned to their
field.
“I now play the
quickplay spell card fear Sealing,” Red Vocallass. “Now, I select
a Fear monster in play, and change it into a non-Fear monster until
the end phase of this turn. Also, you can't negate any battles
involving that monster! I now attack Slender Man with the
Manufactured Newborn! And since Slender Man is no longer a Fear card,
the Newborn won't be destroyed by it!”
Slender Man was
destroyed, and we were both thrown backwards by a shockwave. My
shadow melt away and returned to its normal form.
“Shit!” David
exclaimed. “You okay?”
“I'm fine,” I
said.
“Not for long!”
Blue Vocallass said.
“I now attack you
directly with Chaos Droid Fear hunter!” Red Vocallass exclaimed.
“Not so fast!”
David said. “I banish SlenderProxy Guardian from my graveyard and
pay half our remaining life points to negate your attack!”
Our life dropped to
925, but their attack was stopped.
“Oh well,” Red
Vocallass said.
“You've bought
yourself another turn,” Blue Vocallass said.
“Not that it will
matter,” Red Vocallass said.
“It'll all end
soon,” Blue Vocallass said.
“I'll end my turn
here,” Red Vocallass finished.
“my turn,” I
said, getting to my feet.
“Your shadow is
gone,” David said. “How are you gonna-”
“I have a plan
C,” I said. “I was hoping I wouldn't have to resort to it, but
here goes nothing.”
I allowed the Red
Cap's power to flow though my. I could feel my hair and eyes changing
color. Normally, it hurts me too much to try and move my right arm,
but I was hoping my masochism in this form would help me handle it. I
lifted my arm. I could feel my splintered bones digging into my
muscles. Even in Vessel Mode, the pain was almost unbearable. But I
had to defeat Vocallass, even if it hurt me. I drew from my deck, and
black mist surrounded the card I had drawn. I looked at it. It was
new. I've never had it before. It was like Archangel and Archangel
Discord. A new card.
“I activate the
spell card Fear Fusion!” I exclaimed, sticking the card into my
duel disk painfully. “With this card, I can summon a Fear fusion
monster by banishing the materials from my graveyard. I fuse
Archangel, Lord Of The Fallen from my graveyard with the Slender Man
from David's graveyard! With these two monsters, I fusion summon a
new monster!”
Another card formed
in my hand, and I slapped it on my duel disk, trying my hardest to
ignore the pain. A tall creature appeared. It wore an outfit that was
almost like a business suit, except for the armored sleeves and
gauntlets that covered its four gangly arms. Its pale head was topped
with long, black hair that fell past its high knees,a and a set of
bat-like wings emerged from its back. Its face was completely blank,
save for the glowing crimson eyes, staring hungrily at Vocallass. It
was level 9, with 2800 attack and 2400 defense.
“Behold,
Daesidgea, The King Of Fear!” I said. “When this is the only
monster I control, I can use his effect to revive a Fear card from
any players graveyard, so I'll revive the Vision from David's
graveyard!”
The Vision's card
appeared in my hand, and I fought through the pain long enough to
summon her to the field. My Vessel Mode wore off.
“I can negate the
effects of any monster the special summoned monster battles!” I
said. “Now, I'll use the Vision to attack the Manufactured
Newborn!”
The Newborn was
destroyed, and they lost 800 life point.
“The Vision can
attack all of your monsters, so I'll have her attack Chaos Droid Fear
Hunter!” I said.
They lost another
300 life points, bringing them down to 1625.
“Now, I'll end
this by attacking you directly with Daesidgea!” I shouted. “Finish
her!”
Vocallass's life
points hit 0, and she fused together into one again.
“This can't be!”
She yelled. “I won't let this happen! Chaos Droid's! Crush them!”
All the Chaos
Droid's turned on, and began walking forward.
“I should've know
she wouldn't keep her end of the bargain,” David said.
“Not so fast!”
said another voice. A man had appeared, and was standing on top of
the Fear Hunter.
“Gordon!” David
exclaimed. It was the same guy who had shown up during my duel with
Pavouk.
“Nice to see you,
Kallaway!” Gordon said. “And you, Vocallass. I thought you'd play
more fairly than that, but you proved me wrong.”
“Who are you?”
Vocallass demanded.
“My name is
Gordon Tayler,” he said. “I'm your boss now.”
“Bullshit!” she
exclaimed.
Gordon pointed the
palm of his hand at the machine beneath him, and red lightning flew
from his hand, charging through the Chaos Droid. The Vocallass
hologram screamed in pain, before flickering and dying. The sparks
continued to flow from Gordon's hand.
“Not so bright of
you to keep all of your data in one mech, Vocallass,” he said. “You
should have distributed it amongst different machines, or kept some
of it backed up on the internet. Would've made this a bit harder for
me if you had done that.”
The electricity
surging through the robot returned to his hand, taking the form of a
glowing purple ball of lightning.
“What is that?”
I demanded.
“It's Vocallass,”
he said. “Her data, her mind, her soul. Everything she is is right
here.”
He reached into his
pocket and pulled out a glass jar of brownish black stuff. He dropped
it on the ground, where it shattered. The gunk expanded, taking
bizarre shaped with tentacles or eyes or mouths, but never entering
the same state twice. He dropped the orb into the mass, and it was
devoured by the chaos.
“Ia! Ia!
Shubb-Niggurath!” he chanted. “Rise, Vocallass, and Duel for me!”
The thing began
twisting into a somewhat humanoid shape, eventually taking the form
of Vocallass.
“That
incantation,” I said. “Is that... a Shoggoth?”
“Correct,”
Gordon said. “A modified Shoggoth designed to house a persons soul,
much like Pavouk.”
“Is tht was he
was?” I demanded.
“Yes,” Gordon
said. “Also, since you've won a duel with Fear cards involved, I
think you's earn a little prize. Take this.”
A card appeared,
hovering in front of me. In was the Manufactured Newborn.
“As for you,
Vocallass,” he said, turning his attention to the Shoggoth lying on
the ground. “You will serve me, as a duelist.”
“Yes, master,”
she said, emptily.
“However, you
won't be using those Vocaloid cards,” he said. “I won't have my
servant dueling with something that ridiculous. The Chaos Droids,
however, you can keep. The cards anyway. The real things are useless
to me.”
He snapped his
fingers, and a giant, tentacle covered dragon with black and green
scales appeared, and tore the machines apart.
“Now, one last
thing before I leave,” he said. “Cthulhu God Dragon!”
The dragon looked
at him expectantly.
“Destroy this
place,” he said.
“No!” I
shouted, but the dragon's tail knocked me aside before I could try to
stop it. It a matter of minutes, it had completely decimated my
birthplace. Fair field California is gone. Destroyed by that guy's
dragon.
“You bastard!”
David yelled. “Why are you doing this!?”
“You mad?”
Gordon asked. “Good. If you're in the mood to punish me, you know
where to find me.”
He tossed a card to
David before vanishing.
So that's it then.
He destroyed the place I was born then just left. That bastard! If I
ever see him again, I swear I'll kill him!
