Team Last Will

Yu-Gi-Oh! Last Will

Episode 3: The Phantom Menace!

Previously on Yu-Gi-Oh! Last Will, the gang had just finished a tiresome day at locals. Upon their departure, they were attacked by a cloaked figure! No one got a look at the figure’s face, but it was obvious which direction the culprit went. The chase was on! The gang followed blindly. It was not long before Austin thought to himself that this might be a trap. His worst fears were confirmed as they ran around and found themselves at a dead end. Just as they got to the alley, a bulky figure fell from the roof-top and blocked their path. He was a very muscular man and it was obvious that he was not to be messed with on any occasion. Then Austin glanced up as someone began to shout from the roof-top facing the dead end. The voice was booming and sounded sinister and muffled, “Greetings gentlemen! It seems now the show can begin!”

He proceeded to jump from the building and made a swift landing that no normal person could survive. He wore a mask with an interesting design. Half of the face was covered in black and yet the other of light. The mask also had several different designs on it, chief amongst which was the line that went down the eye, almost resembling that of a scar. The mouth of the mask was locked in a smile on the left and yet was frowning on the right. “Forgive me my fellow friends. It would seem as though I might not have made quite the first impression intended.”

“You seem like a psychotic sociopath to me,” Cole said without hesitation.

“Oh, never mind then. It seems it was the exact wanted impression! Hahaha!” The man then began to laugh hysterically. Then the other man spoke with a voice of annoyance.

“Will you quit fooling around already?”

The first man stopped laughing and regained his composure almost immediately. “You’ll have to forgive me. I go a bit, crazy at times; it’s just sometimes it’s hard to listen to all the voices! Hahahaha! My name is Bizarre and that beefy fellow is Bonecrusher! Pleasure to make your acquaintance.” Bizarre then took a bow.

“I told you not to name us! And Bonecrusher was the best you could come up with? Seriously?” Bonecrusher’s voice seemed beyond irritation. You could easily tell that Bizarre was quite clearly out of his mind for angering this behemoth.

“Will you pipe down already? We have to appear united, even if your breath does reek of nachos.”

“I am going to end you one day Bizarre!”

“Hahaha, I’d love to see you try.” His voice lowered and his eyes, though barely visible, changed to match a more serious demeanor. “Now then let us get on with this before Bonecrusher has an aneurism. We have come to duel your leader!” The boys looked at each other confused. “Allow me to rephrase,” said Bizarre, “Either send forward your leader or none of you will live to see the light of day!”

Austin and Cole both stepped forward.

“I see, well if you two can’t decide on a leader, I guess I will just have to duel you both.” Bizarre said as his form split into two different beings. One being had the smile portion of the mask and the other had the frown. “Come on then,” Smile said. His excitement was clear and he seemed to enjoy this job.

“Time is of the essence,” said Frown. His voice was low and monotone.

“I got the ugly one,” said Cole.

“Which one?” Austin responded.

“Hahahaha you are a riot! I want to face you!” Smile said with his sickening grin pointing to Cole.

“You just made the biggest mistake of your life pal!” Cole spoke fiercely as he prepared for his battle against Smile.

“Come face me Austin,” Frown said.

“How do you know my name?” Austin was shocked!

“I know much more than you might think.” It was clear Frown was not a talker.

“Well then, when I defeat you, you must tell me everything you know about all of us and why you want to duel us!”

“Fine. Let us begin.” Frown speech was cleaner, more sophisticated, and it seemed as though he was a grown adult.

Austin 8000 Frown 8000

"The first move will be mine!" Frown said. "I will play 3 cards face-down. With this, I end my turn."

"Then I will make my move! I draw!" Austin gazed on his hand. It consisted of Skill Drain, Jaiotu, Taotie, Chiwen, Solemn Warning, and topped it off with an Effect Veiler. Austin was ecstatic. "Alright! I'll kick things off with the normal summon of Jaiotu, Darkness of the Yang Zing!" Atk 0

"Next I'll activate his effect! By discarding two Yang Zing cards from my hand to the grave, I can special summon 1 Yang Zing monster with 0 attack and 1 with 0 defense."

"Activate trap card, Breakthrough Skill."

"What! I still lost my Taotie and Chiwen! Nice move!"

"Spare me the pleasantries. I came here only to duel you." Frown stuck with his depressed demeanor.

"Very well. I will set 2 cards face down and end my turn."

"Turn begin. I activate Reinforcement of the Army. I will add Evilswarm Castor to my hand." Next I will normal summon Evilswarm Castor. This card allows me to summon another Evilswarm monster from my hand. I summon Evilswarm Thunderbird. Next, I build the overlay network and XYZ summon Evilswarm Ophion." Atk 2550

"Not so fast! I activate my trap card, Solemn Warning! I assure you though; this card is no mere warning! At the cost of 2000 life points, I can negate the summon of one of my opponent's monsters!"

Austin 6000 Frown 8000

"I activate my trap card, Wiretap. This card negates the activation of your trap card and shuffles it back into the deck." Austin was speechless. Frown was no ordinary opponent. He had all of the answers. What else did he have in store he thought? "Now that your little charade is over, I will activate Ophion's effect. This will add one Evilswarm spell or trap card from my deck to my hand."

"Chain! Skill Drain! Now at the cost of 1000 life points, all monster effects will be negated!"

Cole 8000 Smile 8000

"I'll be taking in this match!" Smile spoke with a sickening grin on his face. "I'll place a monster in face-down defense position and I will set four cards face down. This will end my turn! You're move funny man!"

"Alright then, I draw! I'll lead off by summoning my Tour Guide from the Underworld!" Atk 1000

"Now, I can special summon one level 3 fiend type monster from my deck!"

"Ah, ah, ah," Smile said wagging his finger. "Reveal trap card, Vanity's Emptiness! Sorry funny boy, no special summons for either of us!"

"I know what the card does, genius. That's why I play this card, Mystical Space Typhoon! Looks like the last laugh is mine!"

"Oh no! Whatever will I do? Oh woe is me! Oh wait, nevermind! Activate Shadow-Imprisoning Mirror!"

"Who main decks Shadow-Imprisoning Mirror?" Cole asked.

"A man with a forehand knowledge of his opponents deck! Haha! I'm kind of cheating!"

"Whatever," Cole said, "I'll special summon Graff, Malebranche of the Burning Abyss. Then I will overlay the two for Dante, Traveler of the Burning Abyss. The turn is yours." Def 2500

"Oooooo. Activate trap! Geargiagear! Now I can special summon two level 3 Geargiano monsters from my deck and they gain 1 level! I special summon Geargiano and Geargiano Mk-II. Then I'll start my turn. I overlay my Geargiano monsters for the amazing Geargigant X!" Atk 2300

"Next his effect will add a Geargiaccelerator from my deck to my hand! Then I will flip summon my Geargiarmor which then adds another Geargiaccelerator from my deck to my hand. Then I will special summon both of the Geargiaccelerator. Wow this is long winded! Now I overlay the Geargiaccelerators for another Geargigant X! Then he will detach and add the Geargiaccelerator that he detached. Then I will special summon the Geargiaccelerator and overlay him and the Geargiarmor for another Geargigant X! Then I will detach again and add a Geargiano Mk-II from my deck to my hand! Then I will normal summon him and with this your fate is almost sealed!" Atk 1000

"His effect activates and will now special summon Geargiarmor from my graveyard!" Def 1900

Austin 5000 Frown 8000

"When will you learn? Reveal face-down, Mystical Space Typhoon. It would seem as though you lost all those life points for nothing." Frown said with the same monotone low voice he had been using.

"Not quite. I chain my Effect Veiler from my hand. Looks like Ophion won't be searching your deck anytime soon!"

"I must admit, I am impressed. However, your Jaiotu is as good as gone. Go Ophion destroy his Jaiotu!

Austin 2450 Frown 8000

"Now that Jaiotu has been destroyed I can special summon 1 Yang Zing from my deck, so Suanni, Fire of the Yang Zing, rise and take his place!" Atk 1900

"Very well. It matters not. I end my turn." Frown said confidently.

"Draw!" Austin looked down at the spell card. This was his big break! "I activate Book of Moon! This will flip your Ophion face-down!" Def 1650

"Now, Suanni, attack his set Ophion! With this I end my turn."

"I draw. Normal summon, Evilswarm Kerykeion. I activate his effect. Now I banish Evilswarm Thunderbird to add Evilswarm Castor to my hand. Then I get an additional normal summon. Go Evilswarm Castor. I build the overlay network and XYZ summon Castel, the Skyblaster Musketeer." Atk 2000

"Now Castel, activate your effect and bounce his Suanni to his deck."

"Oh no! I have nothing left!"

"Now Castel, attack Austin directly."

Austin 450 Frown 8000

"It would seem as though you are on the brink of defeat. This was far easier than I had ever expected. You lay on the ground now the shell of a once great warrior. Now you are nothing but a pathetic excuse of a life that needs to be removed!" Frown left his monotone voice for the first time and he and Smile spoke this phrase at the same time, in the same voice.

Cole 8000 Smile 8000

"Now I activate the card to seal your demise. I activate Compulsory Evacuation Device! This card will return your Dante to the extra deck, but since your Graff is under a Shadow-Imprisoning Mirror he will not activate. So sorry funny boy!" Cole stood and watched as his ace monster was returned to his extra deck. "Now then let's roll out Geargia! Battle phase!"

It was clear this game was lop-sided and Cole was in bad shape. He looked over to Austin as his friend triumphed over his opponent's monster. If only he could have the same luck as Austin did. Cole looked back just in time to be punched by a giant machine monstrosity! This was replicated 2 more times! Cole's life points took a beating and his life fell to a low count.

Cole 1100 Smile 8000

This was not the end of the assault. Finally I small gear came up and knocked Cole down just as he had regained his balance. Cole fell to the ground and with it, his life points took a hit.

Cole 100 Smile 8000

Cole glanced over as Austin's last line of defense was returned to his deck. This could have been the end of both of them they had failed.

As Austin fell he landed next to Cole. The two looked at each other. They were on their last ropes. They each knew that they could have done better.

"It would seem as though you are on the brink of defeat. This was far easier than I had ever expected. You lay on the ground now the shell of a once great warrior. Now you are nothing but a pathetic excuse of a life that needs to be removed!" Smile left his happy, wired tone and he and Frown spoke this phrase at the same time, in the same voice.

Smile and Frown started to walk towards each other. As they approaced, they returned to their former being, Bizarre. He began laughing hysterically yet again. "Sorry my friends, but I fear this will be the end of our adventure... for now. Come Bonecrusher, the master eagerly awaits our return! Hahaha!"

"Wait! Why did you come just to not defeat us?" Cole asked.

"Oh dear child, you have no idea what the real purpose of this was. We were never here to defeat you, we came to assess you. We came to test you. We came to see if you were a threat to be reckoned with. You failed. Do yourselves a favor and stay out of our way. Let's go." With this, Bizarre and Bonecrusher left and with this the greater threat was revealed to them. Who exactly were these people, who was this master, and what was their endgame. Alas, no one knew, and they went home hoping to one day find the answer. However one member of the team was of particular interest.

William went home and took a shower. After getting out he gazed into the mirror. In a fit of rage, he punched the mirror. While looking into the cracked mirror a object began to appear around his face. It was a mask split in half between a smile and a frown. The mask also had several different designs on it, chief amongst which was the line that went down the eye, almost resembling that of a scar.