Shadow Duelists

Far away from Duel Academy, in Domino City, it was dark as the full moon shone over the city. Located at an abandoned old city dump, a hideout had been set up inside an old warehouse. Several figures were in the building as they knelled before some kind of ancient Alter.
"Is it time master?" One of the figures said. "Is it time for us to locate the remaining Old Gods?"
A ghostly figure rose up from the alter and took the form of some kind of demonic spirit. "My loyal servant Livius." The figure said. "It is time to locate the last of the Old Gods cards. That Fool Aristide though he could hide their location from us, but I see everything. One card is being held that that fool's offspring, they young girl, Solona Amell."
"Allow me master." Another figure said, this time a female. "Let me go and show this girl the truth about the shadow games.
Another man scoffed. "My dear Calpernia." He said. "The Elder One still does not think you ready for such a challenge yet."
"Alexius is right Calpernia." The spirit of the Elder one said. "Do not doubt me, your skills are incredible, but you are not ready for such a task, besides, I want the Girl brought to me alive, I intend to use her to find the remaining cards as well as her own."
"And who should perform this task?" Livius asked
The spirit then turned to another figure. 
"General Samson." The Elder one said. "Are you ready to prove yourself to me if you are truly loyal to me?"
"Oh yes master, I sure am." Samson said
"Well then, duel this Solona Amell, then bring her to me." The Elder One commanded.
"Oh yes master, I will" Samson said
"Oh and be warned, I do not tolerate failure." The elder one added
"Then I will not fail." Samson replied.
...
Meanwhile over at Duel Academy Island, deep in the forest, there was an old abandoned building which looked like a smaller version of the Obelisk dorm. Though the doors and windows were crooked and the glass smashed. The area was also fenced off and no one was allowed to enter on the threat of expulsion. However, that did not stop Alexis and Sereda from standing in front of the dorm.
"Thanks for coming with me Sereda." Alexis said
Sereda smiled. "I couldn't let you come alone in case you were caught." Sereda said. "But I also could not stop you from coming as I know how much this means to you."
Alexis smiled and then she placed the rose that she had with her on the top of a small stone in front of the dorm as she stared at the creepy haunted abandoned building.
'Be at Peace Brother, wherever you are.' Alexis thought to herself.
...
Over at the Slifer dorm, it was dark but that didn't stop Jaden, Syrus and Chumley from sitting in the Slifer canteen at one of the tables with a deck of monsters cards in front of them. They were playing a ghost story game. Each person drew one card and then they had to tell a scary story, the higher level of the monster, the scarier the story had to be. Kallian and Faren had joined them as well. It was currently Syrus' turn to tell a story after Chumley had told a not so very scary story.
"And under the light of the full moon, I see path leading to a cavern which seems Abandoned." Syrus told his story. "And deep in the cave, I see a large mysterious lake and at the bottom of the lake, beneath the light of the moon I see a rare and powerful card. Naturally I go to get it. But when I reach for it, an arm reaches out, grabs me and begins to pull me into the lake." Syrus was so into his story that he was living it out acting as if there was a hand dragging him down and he was drowning. "No, help me, not the water anything but the water." He screamed with his mouth wide open as he was acting as if something was dragging him down.
Jaden, Kallian and Faren just smirked at the story. 
"Water's not so scary." Jaden said.
Syrus was quiet. "Not even dirty swamp water."
"No." Faren chuckled
Syrus sighed. "Oh you're right, only a chump would be scared of that."
Kallian had to hold a giggle when she saw Chumley freaking out in the corner.
"Still good story" Jaden added as he picked up the level 4 card that Syrus had picked up earlier. "Mid-level scare for a mid-level card. It's your turn Kallian.
"Hey, what are you guys doing?" A voice called and it caused the entire group to jump out of their chairs. Syrus and Chumley had gone hiding under the tables.
"Help, Monster!" Syrus yelled and then Kallian laughed when she saw it was just Solona.
"Hey Solona, so you made it." Kallian said
"I sure did." Solona said and then she turned to Jaden "Kallian told me that you guys were playing a ghost story game so I hoped that I could join in."
"Sure Solona." Jaden said. "Just draw a card, the higher level the scarier your story has to be."
"Well that sounds easy." Solona said and then she drew a card which turned out to be a level 7 monster.
"Level 7." Faren said. "Let's see what you have then."
Solona thought for a moment and then she spoke up. "I think I have a story." Solona started and then she began her story. "Long ago, there was this small town. The people of this town were happy and they could bring happiness to their children. But this happiness didn't last, for one day, a complete stranger came and stayed at the local Inn. This stranger seemed all kind and friendly, but this was just the stranger's looks, for this stranger was an evil witch. Using dark magic, she enchanted several of the town's men and they were brought into the forest. Several days later, the men's bodies were found with all their blood drained from them. A mob went out to find this stranger and avenger their murdered men. But when they came to her hut, they found a terrifying witch which now wore robes of Blood red and hands glowing with dark magic, one by one, the members of the mob had their blood drained after they had been captured. The story spread, and this mysterious Woman became known as the Blood Queen, a witch who uses the Blood of her victims to power her magic."
By the time Solona had finished her story, Syrus and Chumley were back under the tables while Jaden looked quite freaked out. 
"That was a good story Solona." Kallian said. "I think that was worth 7 stars."
Syrus came out from under the table. 
"Did you make that story up?" Syrus asked. "I'm going to have nightmares for weeks now."
Solona laughed. "It was an old story that my Dad used to tell me. Daylen and I used to like making up stories with my dad. The tale of the Blood Queen was one of my favorites."
"Well I guess it's my turn then." Jaden said as he drew a card. "I hope I get a high level too." He said but was disappointed when he drew a level one card.
"Oh lucked out." Syrus said. "You hardly have to scare us at all with that low card."
"Well I think I have a story for you." Jaden said. "Well, it's more like a memory. You see long ago when I was just a little kid, I used to hear these voices when I went to bed which woke me up. But when I went to investigate, there was nothing there, except my Duelling cards."
Syrus and Chumley looked at him. 
"And?" Chumley said
"And that's the story." Jaden said.
Syrus and Chumley looked disappointed. 
"That's it." They said together
"But do you want to hear something strange, lately I've been hearing them again."
"Well the story did fit the level." Kallian said.
Solona smirked when she saw that no one else except her realized that Professor Banner had entered the canteen and then Banner laughed. "Hey I want to join in on the fright festival."
"Ahh!" The gang except for Solona screamed. 
"You just did!" Syrus added.
Jaden, Faren and Kallian had managed to stay on their seats as they only had a little jump, Syrus had fallen off his chair and Chumley had retreated back to his corner.
"We're kind of on the edge of our seats here." Jaden said
"Or at least we were." Syrus added. "But since you're here now why don't you draw a card, the higher the level, the scarier you story has to be."
"Oh well that sounds easy then let's see here." Banner said and then he drew a card which turned out to be a level 12 monster, the highest level there was.
"Woah that's a level 12 monster." Jaden said.
Syrus looked scared, that meant that Banner was going to have to tell a really scary story, one even scarier than Solona's. "Yeah, I think I'm going to go to bed now."
Kallian shook her head and then Banner laughed. "Don't you want to know about the abandoned dorm."
"Abandoned what?" Faren asked
"The abandoned dorm." Banner said. "You see there was a special dorm on the island meant for special students. It was shut down after several students mysteriously vanished."
"Woah." Jaden said
"Well, that's what I've heard." Banner said. "Rumors say it was once a research center for researching the Shadow Games."
"Shadow what?" Kallian asked
"Shadow Games." Solona said. "Dad used to tell me about them. They were duels where there was more than your Life points on the line, but your soul as well, you lose in a shadow game, and then you lose your soul as well."
"Well, I'm going back to bed now." Banner said. "Remember that we have school in the morning.
After Banner had left Syrus turned to Jaden. 
"You know I did see this creepy old abandoned building in the forest." He said
"Sweet." Jaden said. "Then you can show us the way tomorrow."
"Uh Jaden." Solona said. "I don't think that's a good idea, Sereda told me about that place, the area is closed off, it they catch you in there you'll get expelled."
"Come on Solona, it'll be fun." Jaden protested
Solona sighed. "Sorry Jaden, but I can't risk going. I'm going back to my room."
After Solona left, Kallian also stood up and left, "I'm going to bed guys." Kallian then walked away. "I hope Sera hasn't messed with the clock again." She grumbled
…
Meanwhile, what none of them had noticed was that Dr Crowler was outside the canteen having just overhead what Jaden had said. 
"This is perfect." He sniggered to himself. "I think it is time for Shadow Games to make a comeback."
…
In Domino city, it was night time and there was a duel going on in a back alley.
"Okay you win." One guy said. "Just take what you want and go."
The other guy laughed. "What I want, is your soul." He laughed
"No please." The loser cried. "Show some mercy."
"Mercy?" there was a flash and the duelist who lost collapsed to the floor.
"I see you've been dueling well Titan." A voice called and the duelist known as Titan turned to see a familiar man
"Well, if it isn't Samson." Titan said. "I thought you left to join a cult."
"I did." Samson laughed. "But my master has an important job to do."
Then Titan's phone rang and he answered it. "Hello, Duel Academy huh, I'll be over there."
"Duel Academy huh." Samson said. "I'll go with you since my target is there as well."
…
Later, on Academy Island, it was a dark night and there was fog covering the island. Crowler was standing at the docks as he waited for his contact to arrive. Then Samson and Titan approached Crowler. 
"So you're the one they call the Shadow Duelist?" Crowler asked
"I sure am." Titan said. "I heard you have a job for me?"
"I sure do." Crowler said. "I want you to scare a duelist on this island known as Jaden Yuki. I want you to scare him so much that he'll leave this Island and never come back."
"I can do that." Titan said. "But I won't just scare him, I show him the truth about the Shadow Games." Titan then walked away leaving Samson to speak to Crowler.
"So who are you?" Crowler asked Samson. "Are you a friend of the Shadow Duelist."
"I am." Samson said. "But I have a mission of my own here. Do you happen to know a Duelist known as Solona Amell?"
"Solona Amell huh." Crowler said. "You mean the female Amell twin, yeah I know her she's a Ra Yellow Student. Why do you ask? What's your interested in her?"
Samson laughed. "I don't have any interest in her, it's my master that does."
…
The next day, the students had just finished Professor Banner's class. Though Syrus and Jaden were still fast asleep as they had slept through the entire class.
Outside Crowler glared at Jaden. "Sleeping through yet another class." He growled. "Well you'll soon learn your lesson. A lesson on the Shadow Games."
Then the next Class began. This was a class which was only held from time to time. Kaiba had organized this class to help students understand the dangers of Shadow Games. Solona watched as a new teacher entered the room. This teacher had tanned skin and he wore a white Dueling robe Like Dr Crowler's but in white "Good Morning Class. I will be your teacher now." The man said. "Seto Kaiba had me come here personally to teach you the dangers of Shadow Games. The name is Professor Dorian Pavus." Dorian then started a Slide show. "Some of you have heard of the Shadow games, the duels where your soul is one the line. Now for a Shadow Game to be real, there must have some kind of Magical artifact to seal your soul inside. Otherwise the Duel is fake. Some Shadow Duelists just pretend that their Shadow Duelist so they can scare someone. Often to get a rare card. But most Shadow Duelists work in groups, it's rare that they act alone. Dorian then showed a slide which showed several symbols on. "All Shadow Duelist Cults have symbols which they go by." Dorian added. "These are just some of the symbols that Shadow cults use."
Solona watched as some symbols came onto the board. Many of them showed some kind of Dark Creature, one however caught her attention. It was a black curved dragon on a white background. Solona believed that she was sure that she had seen that symbol from somewhere.
...
Later, after class, Solona was now in the library as she was reading through a small leather bound book. She was looking through it until he found the right page. There on the page was the same symbol which Dorian had shown her in class, the curved black dragon. There were some notes which Solona read through. "The Venatori." Solona read. "An ancient cult of Shadow Duelists who believe in a group of spirits known as the Elder Ones." It was then that Solona was interrupted.
"I didn't know that you had a diary Solona." A voice called and Solona gasped and hid the book behind her back and turned to see Sereda, Alexis and Aedan nearby.
"What are you talking about?" Solona asked
"Isn't that your diary?" Aedan asked. "I didn't know you kept one."
"What Diary?" Solona added
"That one." Alexis laughed
"The one you're hiding behind your back." Sereda added
"Oh this." Solona said and then she placed the book on the desk and placed it back to the page she was reading. "It's not my diary, it's my father's diary."
"Aristide's diary?" Sereda said and then she looked at it and she frowned at the page. "That symbol looks like one that Professor Dorian showed us in class. What did your father say it was."
"The diary says that it is the Symbol of a cult of Shadow Duelists known as the Venatori. But other than that nothing, it was his last writing before he disappeared." Solona said. "I believed that these Venatori might know something about my father."
"You must be careful Solona." Aedan added. "This could get you into trouble."
"I know Aedan." Solona said. "But I just want to see my father again."
"Just promise me that you'll be okay." Aedan said
"OK, I will." Solona said.
...
Later that day, Solona had returned back to the Yellow dorm and she was in her brother's dorm room and she explained to him about what she found in their dad's dairy.
"So you think that whoever these Venatori are, they'll know something about where our father is?" Daylen suggested
Solona nodded. "I just find it hard to believe that this is no coincidence. Father learns some things about a Shadow Duelist cult and then a few days later, he goes missing. It's difficult to believe that the two can't be linked."
"I agree." Daylen added. "But we can find more information at another time. Neria and Theorn said that they would meet with us in the Ra Canteen so we can start getting to know each other."
...
It was now night time, and now Jaden as well as Chumley, Syrus and Faren were walking through the forest to find the abandoned dorm. Kallian couldn't come for two reasons. One was that she didn't want to get into trouble and also because Sera had poured a bucket of red paint on her. Needless to say, Kallian was furious and the two had ended up in a fist fight which ended with the both of them in detention for fighting. Kallian was now going to ask Banner if she could have a new room because of this.
"Shame Kallian could be here." Jaden said
"I was able to see the fight between her and Sera." Faren added. "Kallian was very cross about the red paint. I think it was a good joke."
"Well Kallian didn't find it funny." Chumley added. "Sera's always pulling pranks and that has given her a bad record. She almost got expelled once when she wrecked an Obelisk Dinner with stink bombs."
Jaden laughed. "Now that I would love to have seen." He said. "But we should be near the Abandoned Dorm, we found several places where it wasn't."
Chumley looked at him. "Well, it could be worse for Syrus, I mean, we could find a puddle of dirty swamp water."
Syrus glared at Chumley for mocking him about his story yesterday. "Very funny but I should remind you that you were the once who refused to take a bath because you were scared of the bath water yesterday."
"Well maybe if you cleaned it once in a while it would be all swampish." Chumley scoffed
Syrus glared at him. "Well if you grew up you should start taking Showers!"
It was then that Jaden saw what he thought was the Abandoned Dorm. 
"Hey guys chill out. Look at that." He pointed to the old building. "The abandoned dorm."
It was then that Faren noticed the rose at the front of the gate. 
"What's with the rose?" He asked
And then when a twig snapped, Syrus and Chumley screamed like little girls as they held each other but then Jaden shone his torch where he heard the twig snapped and he saw that it was just Alexis and Sereda.
"Oh hey Alexis, hey Sereda." Jaden said. "What are you two doing here?"
"That's funny because we were about to ask you two the same thing." Alexis said
"You know people have ways of disappearing around here." Sereda added
"Well, we heard about the abandoned dorm and we wanted to see it." Jaden said
"Well that wasn't a very smart idea." Sereda said
"Sereda's right, if they catch you here they'll expel you Jaden."
"So why are you two here then?" Faren asked
Alexis glared. "I have my reasons that's why!" she snapped
"Whoa Alexis, there's no need to snap." Sereda said. "And as for why I'm here, I'm just here to make sure Alexis isn't caught."
Alexis sighed. "I'm sorry, it's just that." she began to walk away. "One of the guys who disappeared from here was my brother."
'Oh so that explains the rose.' Jaden thought
"Although I'm surprised to see that Solona isn't here, after what she learnt, I thought that she would be here to find clues about her father."
"Solona said that it was too dangerous for her to come here." Faren said.
Syrus then looked at them. "Well if Alexis' brother disappeared from here, I say we go back."
"Well I say we go in." Jaden said and then he, Faren and Chumley went over the closed gate and they walked into the dorm. "Don't go missing while we're gone Syrus."
"Missing?" Syrus questioned and he panicked at the thought of being alone in the dark. "Oh wait up."
Sereda sighed. "I hope you guys know what you're doing." Sereda said when Syrus was gone. "So I guess we should get back then Alexis." Then Sereda noticed that Alexis was missing. "Wait, Alexis?" and then her eyes widened and she decided to go after Jaden and the others.
...
Inside the abandoned dorm, it looked like the inside of a haunted house, the wallpaper was peeling and the furniture was covered in white sheets and there were symbols on the walls.
"Not bad." Jaden commented. "Not bad at all. You know with a few buckets of paint, a few boxes and maybe a throw rug and we can totally move in here."
Syrus looked at Jaden as if he was crazy. "Are you kidding me." He gasped. "This place is worse than the Slifer dorm, I mean what's with all the symbols."
Jaden and Faren shone their torches at the walls which showed some kind of diagrams of the Millennium items that he had seen Yugi use. 
"Jaden don't stand so close." Chumley warned
"You know I think this shows the seven Millennium items. Sweet huh." Jaden said and then he turned his torch to a picture of a long brown haired boy wearing a white version of Obelisk blue boys uniform "And that shows somebody I've never seen before."
It was then that Faren heard someone enter the room. "There you are."
Syrus and Chumley gasped but Jaden saw that it was just Sereda. "Hey Sereda, what's up."
Sereda gave a few deep breaths, "It's Alexis, she's gone missing."
And then they heard a loud pitch scream echoing down the dorm. 
"That sounded like Alexis." Syrus gasped
Jaden, Syrus, Faren, Chumley and Sereda all ran into another room where Jaden shone his torch around. "Alexis?" He said and then he spotted something on the floor. They ran down and they picked it up, it was a duel monster card, Jaden recognized it as Etoile Cyber. 
"This is Alexis' card." Jaden added
"Well there only one way she could have gone." Chumley added as he pointed down a large dark corridor. The five of them ran down it and they soon came to an underground cave. Alexis was lying in a coffin at the far side of the cave and she was unconscious.
"Alexis." Sereda called
There was a loud laugh. "She can't hear you, she's far away, locked in the Shadow Realm."
"Who's there?" Jaden demanded
There was a mist on the floor and then a figure wearing large black robes came out of the mist. 
"Your worst nightmare come true." The figure sneered
"Oh give me a break." Jaden muttered
"Then let me prove it to you in a Shadow Game. My name is Titan."
After a few moments, Syrus spoke up. 
"We've got to get Alexis back!" he cried
"Yeah, hand her over right now or you'll be sorry!" Jaden snarled
Titan laughed. "The only way I will free her, is if you beat me in a Shadow Game."
Chumley looked scared. "He isn't talking about me is he." He whimpered
Jaden stepped forward. "Look, I'm not afraid to duel you, but Shadow Games don't exist."
Titan smirked. "That's what the others said. But they were soon convinced, for you see if you lose in a Shadow Game you don't just pay with your Life Points, you pay with your Soul."
"So you're the one behind those disappearances!" Jaden snarled. "Well you're not getting us especially Alexis!"
"Unless you win, she's mine forever." Titan laughed
"Go get him Jaden." Faren cheered
"Show him what happens when you mess with our friends." Sereda agreed.
Jaden nodded and then he activates his duel disk and Titan's came out from the metal armband on his arm. 
"All right then, get your Game on." Jaden growled
"Duel!"
Titan: 8000
Jaden: 8000
"I think I'll start this Shadow Game off. Prepare you fool to enter the realm of the Shadows." Titan said as he drew a card which came out from his deck that was attached to his chest, just like Crowler's. "I summon Infernalqueen Archfiend in attack mode." A large vampire like creature with leathery wings was summoned onto Titan's field (Level 4 attack 900 Defense 1500)
"An archfiend monster?" Jaden questioned
"Yes and now that she's on the field, I can increase all archfiend monsters attack points by 1000." Titan said and then his monster hissed (IQA Attack 900-1900)
"I already knew that." Jaden said. "And I also know that during each of your standby phases, you have to pay life points to keep those monsters out."
Titan smirked. "That would be true unless I activated the Field spell known as Pandemonium." The field changed into one that looked like a room from an old castle where a vampire lived. "Now I don't need to pay Life points to keep my Archfiends out, but also, when one is destroyed, I can add another one from my deck to my hand." Titan smirked as Jaden gasped. "I know what you're thinking, your friend's fate is sealed. Well guess what, you're right." The coffin Alexis was lying in suddenly closed and then it sank into the floor.
Syrus, Faren Chumley and Sereda all glared at Titan. 
"Alexis!" Sereda yelled
"That's not fair!" Faren added
"What did you do to her?" Chumley demanded
"The same thing I'll do to you if you don't shut up!" Titan growled.
"Hey!" Jaden yelled. "Leave my friends out of this."
Titan sneered. "I place one card face down and end my turn."
"All right, it my turn now." Jaden said and then he drew his card. "I'll start by summoning Elemental Hero Sparkman in Attack mode." Jaden's blue and yellow warrior appeared on his field (Level 4 Attack 1600 Defense 1400) "And now I'll equip him with Lightning Blade to increase his attack points by 800." A large sword covered in lightning appeared in Sparkman's hand. (EHS Attack 1600-2400) "And now my Sparkman will attack your Infernalqueen." Sparkman jumped into the air and then glided towards Infernalqueen but Titan activated a trap.
"I activate the trap card 'Hate Buster.' I can activate this trap when you attack a fiend type monster. Now both our monsters are destroyed but then you take damage equal to the original attack points of you monster." Titan explained
"Say what!" Jaden gasped as both Sparkman and Infernalqueen were destroyed, then a bolt of lightning zapped right through Jaden causing him to groan in pain.
Titan: 8000
Jaden: 6400
"Oh no." Sereda said. "He's already losing and it's only his first turn."
"Jaden will have to do something and quickly." Faren added
It was then that Syrus noticed something was wrong. "Jaden, your legs, they're fading/"
"Huh." Jaden said and then he looked down and gasped when he saw his legs were indeed fading. "What the, what's happening?"
"The Shadow Game is happening." Titan chuckled. "Since you just lost some Life Points, you're starting to lose your soul as well. Also, since my Infernalqueen was destroyed outside of battle, I can add my Desrook Archfiend to my hand."
"Well I'm not going to lose; I throw three cards face down and end my turn."
"Ha, it's my turn then." Titan drew another card. "I activate Premature Burial to sacrifice 800 Life points in order to summon back my Infernalqueen Archfiend, now since I have an Archfiend on my field, I can summon Terrorking Archfiend to the field." Another archfiend came onto the field (Level 4 Attack 2000 Defense 1500)
Titan: 7200
Jaden: 6400
"And since Infernalqueen is on the field, both my monsters gain 1000 attack points." (IQA Attack 900-1900) (TKA Attack 2000-3000) "And now you're about to take a huge hit in your life points, Infernalqueen and Terrorking, attack Jaden directly."
"Oh no you don't I activate my facedown, A Hero Emerges, so now you select one card in my hand and if it's a monster, I can summon it, but since I have only one card in my hand, you have to select it, so now I summon Elemental Hero Bladedge in attack mode." A gold plated armored warrior appeared on Jaden's field.
"Doesn't matter, my Terrorking Archfiend still has more attack points than your monster." Titan announced
"Oh yeah, I activate my other Trap card Negate Attack to end your battle phase." Jaden announced.
"Huh." Syrus said. "Why didn't he activate that before?" he asked
"Because Jaden wanted to get Bladedge out, to summon Bladedge, Jaden would have to sacrifice 2 monsters." Sereda explained
Titan growled. "I place one card facedown and end my turn." Titan finished.
"My turn." Jaden called. "I activate Card of Sanctity so now we both draw until we have 6 cards in our hands." Jaden and Titan drew until they had 6 cards "Now I activate Polymerisation to fuse Elemental Heroes Clayman and Burstinatrix in my hand to summon Elemental Hero Gaia." Jaden's black and grey armoured warrior appeared on the field (Level 6 Attack 2200 Defense 2600) "Now I activate Pot of Greed to draw two more cards. Now I summon Elemental Hero Heat in attack mode." The red flaming warrior appeared on Jaden's field as well (Level 4 Attack 1600 Defense 1200) "And now my Heat's special ability activates, now he gains 200 attack points for every Elemental Hero on the field so since there are 3 on my field, Heat gains 600 attack points." Flames came around Heat as he gained extra Life points. (EHH Attack 1600-2200) "And now I activate Gaia's special ability, now I can select your Terrorking and then his attack points are halved and Gaia gains them."
But Titan laughed. "Not so fast, I activate my Terrorking's special ability, now the wheel of fate arrives." A large wheel with numbers 1-6 rose above Titan, "Now I spin the wheel, if it lands on a 2 or a 5 then your monsters ability is negated and then destroyed."
A flame spun around the wheel as Jaden and his group held their breath. They were all scared when the flame stopped on 5. "Ha, it's a five, so now you Gaia are destroyed." Jaden couldn't do anything as a fireball slammed into Gaia and destroyed him as then Heat's attack points decreased. (EHH Attack 2200-2000)
"Well it doesn't matter." Jaden said. "Now Heat destroy Infernalqueen." Heat threw a fireball from his fists and shatter Infernalqueen."
Titan: 7100
Jaden 6800
"And now because your Terrorking has lost his attack power, Bladedge will destroy Terrorking." Bladedge then glided towards Terrorking and destroyed him."
Titan: 6500
Jaden: 6800
"I place once card face down and end there." Jaden finished
"Oh but before you finish, I active Desrook Archfiend's special ability, by discarding him, I can summon back my Terrorking." Terrorking came back to the field. "And now it's my move, so I'll start by playing the trap card Call of the Haunted to summon back my Infernalqueen, then I'll summon Shadowknight Archfiend in attack mode." Now Titan had three monsters on his field (Level 4 Attack 2000 Defense 1600) "And don't forget, thanks to Infernalqueen, all my Archfiends gain 1000 attack points" (SKA Attack 2000-3000) "So now my Shadowknight will destroy your Bladedge." Shadowknight drew a sword and he destroyed Bladedge "And now since your Heat now has less attack points, Infernalqueen will destroy it." Infernalqueen sent a blast from her claws and destroyed Heat.
Titan: 6500
Jaden: 6300
"But I'm not done yet, now my Terrorking attacks you directly." Titan added and then a swarm of insects flew at Jaden which caused him to groan in pain as he collapsed.
Titan: 6500 
Jaden: 3300
Jaden groaned and then more of his body began to disappear.
"It's your move now after I throw one last card face down." Titan finished
"My move then." Jaden said as he drew a card. "I'll start by summoning Elemental Hero Bubbleman in attack mode." A blue aqua warrior holding a water gun appeared on Jaden's field. (Level 4 Attack 800 Defense 1200) "And since he is the only monster on my field, I can draw two cards." Jaden drew two more cards "And now I activate a second Polymerization in order to fuse my Elemental Hero Burstinatrix with Elemental Hero Avian in my hand to summon Elemental Hero Great Tornado." A large Warrior dressed in green and yellow armor and wearing a black cape blowing in the wind appeared on Jaden's field (Level 8 Attack 2800 Defence 2200). "And now I activate the spell card Bubble Blaster which gives my Bubbleman and extra 800 attack points." A large water like rocket launcher appeared in Bubbleman's arms. (EHB Attack 800-1600) "And now I activate my Great Tornado's special ability which allows me to halve the attack points of all your monsters."
"Oh yeah." Titan said. "That is unless my Wheel doesn't negate you effect. Since your effect targets all my monsters, if the wheel lands on a 2, 3 or a 5 then your monster is destroyed."
"I've got a 50 50 chance." Jaden muttered. "If this attack is wrong then I'm finished."
The flame went around the wheel but to Jaden's delight and Titan anger, it stopped on a 4. "Looks like my monster's effect still activates." Jaden added and Titan growled as his monsters attack points were halved. (TKA Attack 3000-1500) (IQA Attack 1900-950)(SKA Attack 3000-1500) "And now my Bubbleman will destroy your Infernalqueen." Bubbleman shot a jet of water from his Bubble Blaster and destroyed Infernalqueen.
Titan: 5850
Jaden: 3300
"And now because your Infernalqueen is destroyed, both your monster's attack points are lowered again." Titan's two remaining monsters lost more attack points (TKA 1500-1000) (SKA Attack 1500-1000) "And now my Great Tornado will destroy your Terrorking." Great Tornado took his arm out and a large gust of wind came from his arm which destroyed Terrorking.
Titan: 4050
Jaden: 3300
"And now I'll throw one card face down and end there." Jaden said as he set one card.
Titan growled. "It's not over yet, I activate my own Card of Sanctity so now we both draw until we hold six cards, then I activate Monster Reincarnation to discard 1 card but get my Terrorking back to the field. And now I'll summon it." Titan's Terrorking returned to the field. "And now I'll activate the spell card Checkmate, with this spell, I can sacrifice my Shadowknight and then my Terrorking can attack you directly."
"Say what!" Jaden gasped and then a large swarm of insects attacked him but for some reason, something was wrong.
Titan: 4050
Jaden: 1300
"And now I'll end my turn there. You better make this move count because it will be your last. For on my next move, I shall finish this duel and your soul will be mine."
"Don't count on that, because I've got this all figured out." Jaden said as he drew a card. "I activate the spell card Mystical Space Typhoon to destroy your Field spell." The walls where Pandemonium were began to crack and then it shattered and they were all back into the cave and then Jaden's body returned.
"All right, you got your body back Jaden." Syrus said
"I never lost it Sy." Jaden replied. "I've got this whole Shadow Game Hoax figured out."
"Hoaz?" Sereda questioned
"This isn't a Shadow Game at all, it was just mind tricks a mirrors to make me think I was losing my soul." Jaden said.
"You're wrong, because I have this." Titan showed his Millennium Puzzle. "It's a millennium item."
"No." Jaden replied. "It's just a fake model." And then Jaden threw a spare cards into it which went right into the Puzzle
"That doesn't matter, because I still have the girl, that proves that this Millennium Pendant is real."
"He's right." Chumley said
"He still had Alexis." Faren added.
Jaden chuckled as Titan had slipped there. "That's where you're wrong." Jaden said as he remembered seeing the 7 Millennium items on the walls of the Abandoned Dorm. "You see the Millennium items were all inscribed on the walls of the dorm, and yours would be called the Millennium Puzzle not Pendent, you're just a big Fake so give us back our friend and all the others your took."
'He figured it out." Titan thought. 'I'm not getting involved, I'm out of here.' Titan turned around and he walked away
"Oh no you don't come back here!" Jaden shouted but then there was a large rumble and Titan turned around shocked. 
"What's happening?" Jaden asked
"I don't know." Titan replied but then a large purple orb expanded and engulfed Titan and Jaden.
"Jaden!" All four of his friends shouted in horror
When the smoke cleared, Jaden saw that he was surrounded by a dark purple field, Titan was nearby looking confused. 
"What happened!" Jaden demanded. "What did you do?"
"I didn't do this." Titan denied and then there was a hissing noise and hundreds of small grey blob like creatures came and surrounded the two of them. 
"What are those things?" Jaden shouted
The creatures bit and they took Titan down and bit all over him. 
"No, help me, help me Jaden." Titan begged the creatures were about to attack Jaden too but then his little spirit friend, Winged Kuriboh arrived and warded the creatures off
"Hey buddy." Jaden said. "It's good to see you old friend." Winged Kuriboh cooed in response but then they heard a crackle and Titan rose but now his eyes were glowing red
"This duel is now indeed a Shadow Game." Titan growled. "The duel will finish in the Shadow Realm, you best finish the move you started before."
"Okay I will." Jaden said and he got his hand out ready, "I now activate the spell card De-fusion to defuse my Great Tornado back into Avian and Burstinatrix, then I activate the spell card Fusion Recovery in order to add one Polymerization and an Elemental Hero from my graveyard to my hand, so I'll bring back my Elemental hero Clayman. But now I'm going to use my Polymerization to fuse Avian and Burstinatrix again in order to fusion summon my old favorite, Elemental Hero Flame Wingman." Jaden's feathered warrior with the dragon head arm appeared on his field (Level 6 Attack 2100 Defense 1200) "Sorry Titan but there won't be a next turn for you, I summon Clayman to the field in attack mode." Clayman returned to Jaden's field. "And now my Elemental Hero will destroy your Terrorking." Flame Wingman sent a fireball from his dragon head arm and destroyed Terrorking, "And don't forget my Wingman's special ability, you now take damage equal to your monster's attack points." Titan stared in shock as a flame blast from Wingman's dragon head engulfed him.
Titan: 1950
Jaden: 1300
"And now my Clayman will attack you directly" Clayman charged at Titan and he barged into him, sending min flying backwards.
Titan: 1150
Jaden: 1300
"And since my Bubbleman still had Bubble blaster, this duel is over, now Bubbleman, end this duel now!" Jaden shouted and Titan yelled in fear as Bubbleman shot a large blast of water from Bubble Blaster.
Titan: 0000
Jaden: 1300 (Winner)
The grey blob creatures surrounded Titan and they caused him to collapse again and they began to drag him down. 
"No!" Titan yelled and then his cries were silenced. Then there was a blast of yellow light and Jaden covered his eyes, when he uncovered them, he was back in the cave with Faren, Syrus, Chumley and Sereda.
"Jaden!" Syrus called
"Are you alright?" Chumley asked
Jaden chuckled. 
"Never better guys." He replied
"What happened in there?" Faren asked
Before Jaden could answer; the purple black orb shook before it expanded and exploded sending a large gust of wind which caused the coffin that Alexis was lying in to fall over. Jaden, Chumley, Syrus, Faren and Sereda all took cover on the floor, when they got back up, the orb had disappeared as it exploded.
"Ah awesome." Jaden said. "Cool magic trick, I wonder how he did it, I mean there were monsters and vortexes."
"Um Jaden." Sereda started. "You don't think that was the real Shadow Realm."
Jaden shook his head. "No, it was just mirrors and fog machines, but I would give my entire deck to learn about how he did it."
Faren looked at the group. "Well we should probably help Alexis and then get out of here before we get caught."
"I'm with Faren." Syrus said. "This place has given me the creeps; I'm going to have nightmares for weeks."
...
While Titan had gone to the abandoned Dorm to trap Jaden, Samson had gone over to the Ra Yellow dorm to find his target. Samson was smirking, soon he would have the one of a kind card that the Amell girl had, Samson had snuck into the Yellow Dorm and had sneaked through the corridor in order to find his target. Luckily, it was now dark and most of the students were asleep, but his target wasn't as Samson spotted the Amell girl inside the canteen along with her brother and another boy with brown hair and a girl with long blond hair. Samson chuckled as he came up with a plan.
In the Ra canteen, Solona sat at a table as she talked with her brother and Theorn and Neria had joined in. They group were talking about their lives before they came to Duel Academy.
"Solona and I always wanted to follow our Father's footsteps." Daylen said. "He always showed us how exciting it was to duel as you have to make up strategies in order to perform moves not just use random cards or rare ones because father said that those tricks won't work."
Neria smiled. "I just wish my parents were like yours." She said sadly
"You don't get along well with your parents?" Theorn asked
Neria shook her head. "My parents own a small corner shop, we just sold sweets and drinks to people passing buy. We weren't rich but we weren't poor either. It would have been nice but working in a shop wasn't my idea. I first learned about Duel Monsters in school and I started taking part in small tournaments. I was able to get ahold of my Lightsworn deck which I won as a prize in a small tournament. Soon, I was able to prove myself to be good enough to get a place in Duel Academy. My parents didn't like that much as I left them when my mum tried to throw my deck away to stop me from going. I was angry and I told them I never wanted to see or speak to them again. I later went to a friend and I stayed until I get a place here."
"What about you Theorn?" Solona asked
"Theorn looked at her. "I don't remember my parents, they died when I was young, I grew up in an orphanage but the boss was kind to us. I discovered Duel Monsters when some pro duelists came to visit. I got interested in the game and I soon proved to be a good duelist. My Dalish deck is actually a deck of my creation, I used to go camping in my teenage years and I loved stories about elves when I was a child. So I design this deck and when Pegasus saw it, he created it."
Solona smiled as they talked, it was nice getting to know other people who you now considered friends. Solona was also worried about Jaden, he seemed like a nice boy but he also seemed to be a bit reckless. She knew that he always slept through classes and now he wanted to go to a place off limits. If Jaden wasn't careful he could get expelled. But also, Solona did believe that there was a clue at the abandoned dorm that could lead her to her father but Solona didn't want to risk anything.
"Well it was nice getting to know each other." Daylen said. "But I think I'm going to bed now."
But as Daylen stood up from his chair, the lights suddenly went out and the room was pitch black.
"What just happened?" Neria panicked
"We must have just had a power cut." Theorn said.
"Or maybe it was just me!" A voice growled and then there was a shrill shriek
"Who's there!" Daylen demanded
"Show yourself." Solona added
"As you wish."
The lights turned back on and there was a tall man with balding black hair. He was dressed in some kind of red and black outfit. But what disgusted Solona was that there were shard of red growing from his skin. What was worse was that an unconscious Neria was over the man's shoulders.
"What are you doing?" Daylen demanded. "Let Neria go."
"You'll have to come and get me first." The man laughed and then he turned around and ran off.
"Hey!" Solona yelled. "Come back here!" and then Solona ran after the man along with Theorn and Daylen.
When they caught up to the man, they found themselves at an old abandoned building.
"I don't believe it." Theorn said. "We're at the abandoned dorm."
The man who kidnapped Neria was standing at the entrance and Neria was lying nearby. 
"Okay then mister." Solona growled. "I don't know who you are but release Neria."
The man laughed. "Oh I'm sorry, let me introduce myself, the name is Samson, and I only took the girl so I could bring you here Solona Amell."
Solona, Daylen and Theorn all gasped when Samson called Solona by her first name. 
"How do you know my name?" Solona demanded
"My boss told me." Samson replied. "You have something he wants, something he needs for his plans, and he wants me to duel you so he can have it."
Solona realised what Samson was talking about, it was the one of a kind card her dad had given her before he went missing. "Why should I duel you?"
Samson laughed. "Two reasons, one I have your friend here with me and two, I have information on your father."
"You do?" Daylen questioned
"Oh I sure do." Samson said and he revealed a symbol on his cloak which had same symbol which Solona saw in Dorian's class. "Duel me Solona, if you win, then the information is yours."
"All right then Samson." Solona said and she activated her duel disk then she selected one of her decks to use. Solona selected the deck she created when she was able to get some cards from Kaiba himself. Daylen also pulled out his duel pilot as he needed to record this in case there was trouble
"Duel!"
Solona: 8000
Samson: 8000
"Since I challenged you I'll go first." Samson said as he drew his sixth card. "I'll start by summoning Red Templar Foot Soldier in attack mode." A warrior wearing glowing red armor appeared on Samson's field. "Then I'll throw one card face down and end there."
"My turn then." Solona said and then she looked at Neria's unconscious body. 'Hold on Neria, I'll defeat this guy and make sure you're all right' she thought "I summon Kaiser Sea Horse in attack mode." A blue and purple sea horse like warrior appeared on Solona's field (Level 4 Attack 1700 Defense 1650) "Then I'll throw two cards face down and end there."
Theorn looked at Solona's monster. 
"I thought Solona dueled with dragon decks?" he asked
"She does." Daylen said. "But she has other cards as well as sometimes they come in handy."
"Well it's my turn now then." Samson said. "I summon my Red Templar Marksman in attack mode." Another warrior like Red Templar Foot Soldier appeared on Samson's field only this one had a bow and arrow (Level 4 Attack 1900 Defense 1200). "I now I activate Marksman's special ability, by discarding one card, I can destroy your Kaiser Sea Horse." Solona gasped as Marksman fired an arrow from his bow and her monster shattered. "And guess what, the card I discarded was Red Lyrium idol, so now you can't activate your face downs this turn, which means that you're wide open for an attack, so go my monsters, attack Solona directly" Marksman fired an arrow which struck Solona in the chest while Foot Soldier slashed Solona which caused her to groan in pain.
Solona: 4600
Samson: 8000
"Solona!" Daylen yelled
Samson laughed. "It's your move."
Solona narrowed her eyes, "Don't worry, I have a plan." Solona drew her next card. "I'll start by activating my trap card Call of the Haunted to bring back my Kaiser Sea Horse, but he won't be here for long as I'll now sacrifice him to summon out a monster that a friend gave me, I summon Blue Eyes White Dragon." A large pale blueish dragon appeared on Solona's field (Level 8 Attack 3000 Defense 2500)
"Where did she get that card from?" Theorn asked shocked. "I thought there were only three of them?"
"There were." Daylen said. "But Kaiba made more copies of them though they are still quite rare but Solona managed to get a whole deck for Blue Eyes. That must be the deck she is using."
"And it gets better, now I activate the spell card Burst Stream of Destruction, with this card, if I have Blue Eyes on my field, then all of your cards are destroyed." Samson glared as all of his cards shattered. "Now I activate Double Summon so I can summon my Maiden with Eyes of Blue in attack mode" A small female monster wearing a white cloak came onto the field (Level 1 Attack 0 Defense 0)
"I don't understand." Daylen said. "Why did she summon that in attack mode, it has no attack points."
"She must have a plan." Theorn added
"Now because I activate Burst Stream of Destruction, my Blue Eyes cannot attack but that doesn't matter because I activate Quick Attack so my Blue eyes can attack you directly." Blue eyes let out a large white flame breath which covered Samson but he didn't groan in pain.
Samson: 5000
Solona: 4600
"How come you didn't groan like I did?" Solona wondered
Samson laughed. "After going through so much suffering and pain, you get used to it." Samson said
"Solona groaned. "I end my turn."
"My turn." Samson added. "I'll start with my spell card Premature Burial to bring back my Marksman." Marksman returned to the field
Samson: 4200
Solona: 4600
"Now I'll activate his effect to destroy your Blue Eyes." Samson discarded a card and then Blue Eyes White Dragon shattered. "And now I play Red Lyrium Sacrifice which allows me to discard one card and remove one card from play to special summon 1 level 5 or higher Red Templar monster, so I'll summon Red Templar Horror in attack mode" A warrior with limbs turned red and looked more like a zombie appeared on Samson's field (Level 6 Attack 2500 Defense 2100) "And now I sacrifice my Marksman so my Horror can attack twice this turn, so go, this duel is over, Red Templar Marksman, destroy Solona's Maiden and then the rest of her Life points."
"Oh no you don't." Solona said. "I activate Maiden's effect, I can negate your attack and then switch her to defense mode, but the best part is that I can now summon 1 Blue Eyes white Dragon from my deck." Another Blue eyes White Dragon appeared on Solona's field as Samson growled
"Fine then." Samson growled. "I end my turn."
"My turn again." Solona said. "I'll start by activating Polymerization in order to fuse my Blue Eyes White Dragon on my field with another in my hand in order to fusion summon my Blue Eyes Twin Burst Dragon." A two headed version of Blue Eyes White Dragon appeared on Solona's field (Level 10 Attack 3000 Defence 2500) "And now my Blue eyes will destroy your Marksman." One of the head of Blue Eyes widened and let out a large burst of blue light which shattered Marksman.
Samson: 3100
Solona: 4600
"And my dragon has a special ability which allows it to attack twice each turn, so go, destroy Samson's Horror as well." The second head destroyed Red Templar horror with a blue blast of light.
Samson 2900
Solona: 4500
"And now I end my turn with one last face down." Solona said
"Well this duel isn't over yet my draw!" Samson growled. "I'll start activating Pot of Greed to draw two cards and then I make you vulnerable by clearing your field by activating the spell card Lightning Vortex, so I discard one card and destroy all your monsters." A large lightning bolt destroyed both of Solona's monsters leaving her wide open. Graceful Charity in order to draw three cards as long as I discard two, now Monster Reborn in my hand in order to summon my Red Templar Captain in attack mode" A tall warrior dressed in red armor like Red Templar Foot Soldier appeared only this one had much more bulkier armor (Level 6 Attack 2300 Defense 2100) "And when he is summoned, I can summon any Red Templar monster in my graveyard so I summon Red Templar Knight in attack mode." Another warrior appeared on Samson's field appeared but this one looked more like a walking corpse as his head was completely covered in Red Lyrium shards. (Level 8 Attack 2700 Defense 2500)
"When did he get those in his graveyard?" Theorn wondered
"He must have discarded them with Graceful Charity or Lightning Vortex." Daylen said/ "But now they have enough attack points to wipe out Solona!"
"That what you think." Solona said and she turned to her brother. "Don't worry brother, I activate my face down Emergency Provisions so now I sacrifice my other trap card so I gain 1000 Life points." Solona's 2nd face down glowed as Solona gained life points which would protect her.
Samson: 2900
Solona: 5500
"You're only delaying your defeat." Samson growled. "Now my monsters will attack you directly, prepare for the pain." Both of Samson's monsters slashed swords at her which caused her to howl in pain and then she collapsed to her knees as she groaned from the pain she felt.
"SOLONA!" Daylen and Theorn yelled
Samson: 2900
Solona: 500
"You're down to your last 500 life points, this duel is over on my next turn, you might as well just give up and accept it, you've lost." Samson mocked
"Shut up!" Daylen growled. "Get up sister, get up and beat this guy."
Solona smirked as she got up to her feet. "Don't worry brother." She said. "I will." She then looked at her deck. 'I need to make this draw count, there is one card in my deck that can help me win this, I just need to draw it.' Solona drew her card and she smirked at it, it was the card she needed.
"She's smirking." Theorn said. "She must have drawn a good card"
"Too bad it won't save you." Samson mocked. "No card will save you now."
"I wouldn't be too sure on that." Solona said. "I now activate the spell card Dragon's Mirror."
"No." Samson wailed. "Not that card."
"That's right Samson." Solona added. "Now I fuse the three Blue Eyes White Dragons in my graveyard in order to summon Neo Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon." A three headed crystal blue scaled dragon appeared on Solona's field but unlike the original Ultimate Dragon, this one looked more like a crystal. (Level 12 Attack 4500 Defense 3800) "And now he's going to destroy your Knight." Neo Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon opened all three of his mouths which let out three blasts of blue light which combined into one and destroyed Red Templar Knight.
Samson: 1100
Solona: 500
"I'll still win this duel." Samson sniggered. "You've already attacked and I still have more cards to use."
Solona chuckled and she shook her head. "You're wrong Samson; I'm ending this duel now, because I activate Neo's special ability, by removing my normal Ultimate Dragon from my extra deck to the graveyard, my Neo can attack again." Samson gasped as his other monster was destroyed and the duel ended.
Samson: 0000
Solona: 500 (Winner)
"No, master, please forgive me." Samson wailed
Daylen and Theorn ran over to Solona. 
"Are you okay?" Daylen asked
"I'm fine." Solona said and then she turned to Samson. "So now you hold up to your end of the deal, return Neria and the information about father."
Samson laughed. "The girl is fine, but I'm not telling you anything about your father."
"You Bastard!" Solona yelled. "You promised!"
"I can't tell you anything because I don't know what happened to your father or where he is, but this could." Samson said and then he threw a book which Solona caught. "So goodbye for now." Samson then vanished in a puff of smoke.
Solona then looked at the book and when she opened it, she widened her eyes. 
"This is a second Diary written by father." Solona said
"Does it say anything that happened to him?" Daylen asked
"I don't know yet but it will take time for me to find out." Solona replied
"I recorded the Duel in case we needed the evidence." Daylen added and then he turned to Neria. "I'm sure she's all right."
...
Back in the Abandoned Dorm, Crowler was walking through the halls looking for his contact and see his results. 
"Hey Shadow Duelist? Are you there? I want to hear every word of what happened." Crowler came to the room where Jaden and Titan dueled. "Shadow Duelist, are you here?" Then Crowler spotted a card of the floor. "What's this?" Crowler picked the card and to his shock, it was Pandemonium. "This is that Shadow Duellist's card, he never would have left this behind unless..." Crowler then realized that his plan failed. "He lost!" He growled and he tore the card up and stormed out.
...
When Jaden and his group came out of the Abandoned dorm, they were shocked to see Solona, Theorn and Daylen standing outside.
"Solona, what are you doing here?" Sereda asked
"I thought you said you weren't coming to the abandoned dorm." Jaden added
"I wasn't." Solona replied. "But some dark duelist kidnapped Neria and I was forced to duel him to save her."
"The same thing happened with Alexis." Faren said.
Alexis and Neria were given some time to rest before they woke up.
"Well well." Jaden said. "Morning Sleepyheads."
"Where are we?" Alexis asked
"Come on what kind of a thank you is that." Faren laughed
"Yeah we're here because we had to beat the bad guy, win the duel and rescue the damsel in distress."
"Yeah that strange man snatched me." Alexis realized
"Some guy took me as well." Neria added
"We took care of him." Solona told Neria
Jaden then handed Alexis her Cyber Etoile card. "We found your card and this." Jaden handed her the picture, Alexis' eyes widened at the sight of the card
"That's my brother." Alexis realized. "This is the first trace I've had of him in a long time."
Solona then showed the diary which Samson gave her. "I also got this, a clue to find my father." She added
"I thought that it might find a clue to help you find your brother." Jaden said
"Thank you Jaden." Alexis said and the they all saw the sunrise.
"Oh no." Syrus realized. 
"We've got to get out of here before someone sees us." He said
"We best get going then." Jaden said. "Bye guys." Jaden then ran off into the woods followed by Syrus, Chumley and Faren.
"We should get going too." Daylen said as he helped Neria to her feet. "Good luck Alexis." And then Solona, Theorn and Daylen carrying Neria went off into the woods leaving Sereda and Alexis alone
"I'll help you get back to the dorm." Sereda said.
...
Meanwhile, Samson was back in Domino city, he was scared for his master wraith for his failure, with shaking hands; he entered the hall where the other members of his shadow dueling cult were. 
"You've failed then Samson." The ghostly voice of the Elder one said.
"Yes master." Samson begged. "Oh please master, forgive me."
"I will give you the chance Samson." The elder one revealed. "You were never meant to win this duel."
"Oh thank you master." Samson fell to his knees. "Thank you thank you thank you. But what was I meant to do?"
"You were only meant to test the girl, she is clearly his daughter, we may not be able to get her by force, but we must get her into our hands."
"How do we do that?" Livius asked
"We'll worry about that later, but for now, you must prepare for our next step, but soon we will make our move."