Chapter 85: Fusion Frenzy

The City was in chaos. Citizens ran left and right, only to be carded before they could get away as The Obelisk Force laughed menacingly.

"These punks are easier to take out than the Xyz dimension! This invasion will be a cakewalk."

"I'll say. At this rate, we'll have enough fuel in no time."

Carly darted down alley after alley, trying to get away. Desperate for a scoop as she may be, she did NOT have a death wish.

"Somebody, help!"

Without even thinking, Carly took off to find Amanda, Frank, and Tanner being cornered by three soldiers.

"Well well well, looks like we've got a three for one deal, boys."

"Somebody wake us up!"

"Hey, get away from them!"

Carly forced herself between the kids and the invaders, shielding them as best she could. Sadly, her attempts at being intimidating weren't very convincing.

"You want to deal with us? Fine with us. Come on boys, lets do this."

"Right!"

Carly gulped. She had never dueled before, but she had to do something.

"You're on."

DUEL!

Carly: 4000

Obelisk Force 1: 4000

Obelisk Force 2: 4000

Obelisk Force 3: 4000

Alright Carly, its your first duel, and its three on one in a fight for your life, plus three kids you've never met. No pressure.

"I'll start by summoning Fortune Fairy Hikari (0/0) in attack mode! Next, I activate the spell card Unacceptable Result, letting me summon a Fortune Fairy right from my hand, so come on out Fortune Fairy Chee (0/0)! And when she's special summoned from the hand, we each draw a card! And the card I drew was Fortune Fairy Ann (0/0)! And when Ann is specials summoned from the hand, I can banish a spellcaster from my deck, so I choose Fortune Fairy Swee. I'll end my turn with that."

"Is that all you've got? Let me show you how a real duelist duels! I summon Ancient Gear Hunting Hound, so take 600 points of damage!"

Carly yelped as the fireball hit her, almost causing her to drop her cards.

Carly: 3400

"If you think that's bad, just wait, because with Hunting Hound's effect I fuse it with the other two in my hand to fusion summon Triple Ancient Gear Hunting Hound! I'll end my turn with three cards face down and end my turn."

"And starts mine! I too summon Ancient Gear Hunting Hound!"

Carly barely dodged the fireball, fumbling to catch her cards as the soldier continued his turn.

Carly: 2800

"Now I fuse him with the two in my hand to summon Triple Ancient Gear Hunting Hound in attack mode! I set three cards face down and end my turn."

"You know what they say, third time's the charm, so say hello to Ancient Gear Hunting Hound! You know the drill."

This time, Carly did drop her cards, her hair singed badly as she clamored to collect them.

Carly: 2200

"I'll set three cards face down and end my turn."

"Alright then, I draw!"

Perfect! Maybe I can turn this duel around.

"Alright folks, listen up, I activate Pot of Greed! Now I can draw 2 cards. And one of them in Fortune Fairy Hu (0/0), so come on out! And her effect lets me add Swee from my banished zone straight to my hand, and now I summon her (0/0)! Now I activate the spell card Miracle Stone! For every Fortune Fairy I have with a different name, all of my Spellcasters gain 500 attack and defense points (0-2500/0-2500).

All of Carly's spellcasters grew larger, aging until they were roughly teenagers.

"Now its time for some payback! Fortune Fairy Chee, Hu, and Hikari, take out their dogs!"

The three fairies giggled before crushing the robotic dogs with their combined elements.

Obelisk Force 1-3: 3300

"Now its Swee and Ann's turn. Attack them directly!"

The soldiers didn't even flinch as the elemental powers struck them.

Obelisk Force 1-2: 800

"How do you like me now?"

But even as the soldiers picked themselves up, they couldn't help but laugh maniacally.

"Um, what's so funny?"

"The fact that you think you can win. I activate my three trap cards: Ancient Gear Reborn, Ancient Gear Spark Shoot, and Ancient Gear Booster! Ancient Gear Reborn brings back Triple Ancient Gear Hunting Hound with 200 attack points more, Spark Shot deals you half of my Hound's attack points, while Booster doubles it! Take this, you little twerp!"

Carly cried out as the blasts hit her, knocking her off her feet and her glasses off her face.

Carly: 200

"I'm...still in this..."

"Are you sure? I activate Ancient Gear Reborn, Spark Shot, and Booster!"

"Shit."

This time Carly was sent flying, hitting a brick wall with a sickening crunch.

"Ouch."

Carly: 0000

The lead soldier smirked, raising his duel disk to card her and the kids when...

(Intrusion Penalty: 2000 life points)

A streamlined white duel runner roared onto the scene, blocking their path. Jack glared at the invaders before turning to the others, who were in awe at his sudden appearance.

"You...You're..."

"Go! I'll hold them off!"

Carly was awestruck for a minute before quickly ushering the three away.

"Hey! They're getting away!"

"Ignore them. I'm your opponent now."

Undaunted, the three soldiers raised their duel disks with a vicious smirk.

"Heh, too bad you won't last long, because I activate Ancient Gear Reborn, Spark Shot, and Boost! Looks like you won't get a chance to shine after-"

"I activate Spell of Pain. Now you take any damage I would've taken."

The Obelisk Force could only watch in shock as the beam turned around and hit the sender right in the chest, pushing him back.

Obelisk Force 3: 1300

"Now, as I was saying, I summon Force Resonator (500/500). And since I summoned a Resonator, I can summon Red Warg from my hand with half his attack (1400-700/2200)! Now my Force Resonator tunes with Red Warg to Synchro Summon Scarlight Red Dragon Archfiend!"

The three soldiers stared in horror as Jack's massive ace roared at them, nearly pissing themselves in fear.

"That thing's huge!"

"Relax. Even if he beats one of us, the other two will finish him off next turn."

"There won't be a next turn for you. I use my Dragon's effect. Every Special Summoned monster on the field with equal or less attack than him is immediately destroyed, and for each one you take 500 points of damage!"

"What?!"

"Give this message to your commander: Stay out of my city!"

With one fell swoop, Scarlight crushed the three beasts under its flaming fist,sending their owners flying unconscious into a brick wall.

Obelisk Force 1-3: 0000

Jack Wins!

Jack ignored their moans of pain and drove off. He didn't know for sure what was going on, but he was going for the one person he knew who did.

"I think its time I paid Roget a visit."