Blackbird's Nest Part 1

A few days after Solona had dueled Jaden while dressed up as Maiden with eyes of blue, the next Shadow Rider appeared.

A lone figure was hiding in a small cave not far from the Academy and it looked like it was some kind of hideout which children would play in when they played in the woods. It was dark and raining but the cave was dry and a lone figure was looking against a wall with had the images of the remaining 10 Key Keepers. The cave also had a large nest that was made from wood and had several glass eggs that glowed. This figure was the next Shadow Rider and he wore a large black suit uniform and a cloak which looked like it was made from black feathers. He also wore a mask which was made to look like a black bird head. The figure laughed.

"My prey is ready." He said to himself. "Soon the Blackbird will strike and I will have a prize for my nest." The figure picked up his deck and Duel disk which was made to look like a blackbird's wing; he then gave a loud laugh as many birds flew around the cave.

...

The next day everyone was back in their classes. Though like always, Jaden and his group slept through them. Though the Ra Yellow students were talking and some looked like they were ready to fall asleep.

"So what's wrong then?" Neria asked Bastion who looked like is he ready to fall asleep. "You don't usually sleep through classes. You normally pay attention to help find new ways to counter your opponents." Neria and Jaden had now recovered from their Shadow Duels and were allowed to leave the Infirmary.

"I'm sorry Neria I just had problems sleeping." Bastion admitted. "All through the night I kept hearing birds cawing all night and I couldn't get much sleep."

"I heard those birds too." Neria said. "I had to place earplugs in my ears so I could get some sleep"

"Same here." Theorn agreed. "I think something is going on as I have never heard of birds gathering and making so much noise."

After class, the three Ra yellows were approached by Aedan.

"There you are." He said. "I was just informed by Professor Dorian that Chancellor Sheppard wants to see all of the key keepers in his office."

"Does this have anything with these birds?" Bastion added

"I don't know but it must have something to do with the next Shadow Rider." Aedan claimed

...

Later the three Ra students along with Solona, Daylen, Aedan, Alexis, Sereda, Chazz and Jaden were all in Chancellor Sheppard's office with the chancellor and Professor Dorian.

"So I take it you have all heard about this strange gathering of birds near the Ra Yellow Dorm?" Sheppard asked

"How could we have not?" Bastion said. "I could barely get any sleep because of all the noise they were making."

"Do you think this has anything to do with the Shadow Riders?" Theorn added

"Maybe." Sheppard claimed. "We have seen 2 missing students and a vampire so our next Shadow Rider could be anyone. I want everyone on their guard and to check around the Ra Yellow Dorm."

...

Later that night, Theorn, Bastion and Neria were back in the Ra Yellow dorm inside Bastion's repainted room which now had new formulas on the walls.

"So what do you think of this Bastion?" Neria asked

"It is very strange" Bastion replied "I have never seen birds gather like that before."

"Well it is strange and now I do believe that this must have something to do with the next Shadow Rider." Theorn added

"If this next Shadow Rider has gathered here at this dorm then we must be ready as he may want to face one of us." Neria added. "Remember when Black Soldier was here, he chose me to Duel. If the next Rider is here then one of us must be his next target."

"Well my decks are ready." Bastion said. "I just hope that this next Rider doesn't use anymore tricks Camula did with that Illusion Gate."

"I hope that as well." Neria said and then she groaned when she heard loud cawing noises outside "Oh come on not that loud cawing noise again."

Theorn looked outside and gasped at what he saw. "Uh you two might want to see this." He said to Bastion and Neria and then they too went up the window and they too gasped at what they saw. There were many black birds perched on one of the trees outside. They were looking at the Ra Dorm and cawing.

"All right this is strange" Theorn said "I think we need to inform the Chancellor about this"

"I agree" Bastion agreed.

...

Back at Chancellor Sheppard's office. All of the Key keepers had already gathered there except for the Ra Yellow key keepers, Bastion, Theorn and Neria. They were to give their report on if they had seen any Shadow Riders. Syrus and Chumley had come with Jaden because they didn't want to be left alone if another Shadow Rider came.

"Are there any signs of this new Shadow Rider?" Sheppard asked

Solona, Sereda and Alexis spoke first. "We checked the area around the Girl's dorm, the beach and the wading pool. There were no signs there."

Aedan went next. "Daylen and I checked the forest and around the Blue Dorm and we didn't see anything there."

"I searched the Slifer Dorm and the power grid." Chazz said. "As well as the docks and I didn't see any Shadow Rider there. Of course Jaden here was just sleeping in his room." Jaden gave a few weak chuckles as Chazz glared at him.

"But what about the Ra Yellow Dorm?" Dorian who was also in the room asked them. "Are there any signs around the Yellow Dorm?"

It was then that the door to Sheppard's office opened and everyone turned to see Theorn, Bastion and Neria standing there as they breathed heavily.

"Hey guys." Solona greeted. "What's wrong."

"The next Shadow Rider may be here." Neria panted

"There are loads of small black birds on the trees outside the Ra Yellow Dorm" Theorn added

"And birds don't tend to gather like that." Bastion finished.

"Then the next Shadow Rider must be there." Aedan added

"Well what are we waiting for?" Daylen added. "We must get over there now."

...

Soon all of the Key Keepers along with Dorian, Chumley and Syrus arrived at the Ra Yellow Dorm where all of the birds had perched on a tree. The loud cawing caused Alexis, Sereda, Chumley and Syrus to cover their ears.

"Oh get those birds to stop that." Syrus groaned

"It's hurting my ears." Chumley groaned

"I can barely hear myself think." Alexis added

"Well we're all there so that Shadow Rider should be here." Jaden added

And then they could hear a voice through the sounds of the birds cawing. "So the Key keepers have arrived." The voice said and then all of the birds flew from the trees and onto the ground where they started to fly around each other before combining together and take the form of a person as the birds glowed. This person was the next Shadow Rider. His wore a black robe with a black camp made from black feathers. The gloves on his hands were made to look like claws. "So you must be my prey. You don't look that much."

"Well we've got words for you!" Jaden hissed. "You're not getting our keys without a fight Shadow Rider."

The Rider laughed.

"The name is Blackbird." He said. "And I will be taking those keys to unlock the Sacred Beasts. But who will my prey be."

"I'll take you on." Jaden hissed. "I'm not afraid of you."

"The Chazz shall take you on." Chazz added as he stepped forward

Blackbird laughed.

"No." He said causing Jaden and Chazz to fall to the ground. "I've already decided on my prey. And my prey tonight will be you" Blackbird pointed at Theorn.

"Well let's Duel then." Theorn said "I'm not afraid of you."

"You should be since you will witness a new type of Dueling." Blackbird laughed

"A new type of Dueling?" Solona questioned. "I have a bad feeling about this."

"Don't worry." Neria said. "Theorn's a strong duelist. I'm sure that we will be ready for this."

"We'll see about that." Blackbird laughed as he activated his black feather shaped Duel disk and Theorn activated his academy duel disk.

"**DUEL!"**

**Theorn: 8000**

**Blackbird: 8000**

"Since I am the Shadow Rider I will go first." Blackbird laughed. "And I'll summon Blackwing Zephyros the Elite in attack mode." A monster that had the body of a human but the head of a bird with Blue feathers and two large black wings on his back appeared on the field with a long pointy beak (Level 4 Attack 1600 Defense 1000)

"Blackwings?" Daylen said with a confused look on his face. "I've never heard of this archetype, does anyone know about this?"

"I never heard of it." Aedan said

"And don't ask me either." Alexis added

Blackwind wasn't done yet. "And I'm not done yet. Since I control another Blackwing, I can summon this monster to the field. Blackwing Bora the Spear in attack mode." He said and a large bird with blue wings and light reddish feathers on his head appeared on the field holding a large spear (Level 4 Attack 1700 Defense 800) "And then I will end my turn by placing one card face down."

"My turn." Theorn said as he drew his card. "And I'll start by summoning Dalish Archer in attack mode." Theorn's elven archer appeared on the field (Level Attack 1200 Defense 900) "And then I will equip my Ironwood Bow equip spell to him which gives him an extra 500 attack points." The archer's bow changed into a bow that was made from wood which looked almost like metal (DA Attack 1200-1700) "And then I will discard one card from my hand to activate my archer's special ability which allows me to destroy your face down card." Blackbird's face down shattered. "Now Archer, attack and destroy that Zephyros." Dalish archer fired an arrow from his bow which struck the monster causing him to moan before shattering.

**Theorn: 8000**

**Blackbird: 7900**

"He drew first blood." Syrus cheered

"Don't start cheering yet." Chazz groaned. "The duel is just starting and none of the Shadow Riders have been easy."

"Chazz is right." Aedan agreed. "Theorn will have to be careful."

"I end my turn." Theorn finished

Blackbird drew his next card and smirked. "Well I said that you would get to see a new type of summoning and now you are about to see it."

"Uh oh." Theorn muttered

"I summon Blackwing Blizzard the Far North in attack mode." Blackbird sneered and then a small blue bird appeared on the field (Level 2 Attack 1300 Defense 0) "And when he is summoned, I can summon 1 level 4 or below Blackwing from my grave in defence so now I will summon back my Zephyros." The human-bird hybrid returned to the field kneeling down.

"That's it?" Jaden questioned. "That's your big summoning?"

Blackbird laughed. "Of course it is not." He laughed. "This is my summoning. I tune my level 2 Blizzard the Far North with Level 4 Bora the Spear."

"Wait you're doing what?" Theorn asked

"Tune?" Alexis questioned

"I never heard of someone doing that before." Solona added. "What is this?"

"Oh you are about to see." Blackbird said as Bora turned transparent and then became small circles with holes in which Blizzard flew through and also turned transparent and into small stars which created a large beam. "With a level 2 tuner monster tuning with a level 4 allows me to summon level 6. I Synchro summon Blackwing Armed Wing in attack mode." A large black bird with red hair feathers and holding a shotgun appeared on the field (Level 6 Attack 2300 Defense 1000)

"A what type of monster?" Theorn questioned

"This is a Synchro monster" Blackbird said. "Monsters that are in the extra deck and you special summon by combining Tuners and none tuner monsters together."

"I've never heard of this type of summoning." Bastion gasped "That type of summoning could change the rules of the game."

Sereda and Aedan looked at Professor Dorian. "Do you know anything about this Synchro Summoning professor?"

"Synchro summoning has not been around for long." Dorian said which resulted in everyone looking at him. "It was a new type of summoning created not that long ago. But it has not been fully mastered yet which is why we never showed it in class."

"Well I have the first prototype of Deck that uses Synchro monsters." Blackbird laughed. "And now you will see the full power of them!" He yelled next. "Blackwing Armed Wing, destroy that Archer." Blackwing Armed Wing held his shotgun and fired two shots from it which slammed into Dalish Archer causing him to groan before shattering and the blast hit Theorn which threw his back a bit.

**Theorn: 7400**

**Blackbird: 7900**

"I end my turn." Blackbird finished. "And if you're thinking about playing in defense mode then don't bother because my Armed Wing has another effect. If he attacks a monster in defense mode, he gains 500 attack points and the difference between his attack and your monster's defense is dealt as damage." Everyone gasped at that.

"Oh man, now Theorn has been pushed into a corner and the Duel has only just started" Syrus whimpered

"Don't count Theorn out yet." Jaden said. "He's a strong Duelist and he has that powerful monster in his deck"

"Let's just hope that he can play it." Alexis added

"My draw." Theorn said as he drew his card. *'I have no cards that can beat that Armed Wing but I can still defend myself.'* He thought. "I summon Obnoxious Celtic Guardian in attack mode." The male warrior in green armor with pointy ears appeared on the field (Level 4 Attack 1400 Defense 1200) "And then I will equip him with Lightning Blade to increase his attack by 800" The Guardian's sword turned into one that had lightning covering the blade (OCG Attack 1400-3200)

"What is he thinking?" Syrus yelled. "That card can't defeat that Armed Wing."

"No he's fine." Jaden said which caused Syrus to look at him.

"Theorn is playing smart." Bastion added. "That Armed Wing would deal damage whether his monster is in attack or defense. But Celtic Guardian cannot be destroyed by monsters with 1900 or more attack points so now Theorn has some defence on his field."

"I end my turn there." Theorn finished

Blackbird drew his card and smirked. "You think that you are safe? Well you are not. I summon Blackwing Fane the Steel Chain in attack mode." A small back bird which had its face covered by a mask appeared on the field (Level 2 Attack 500 Defense 600)

"Only 500 attack points?" Bastion questioned

"That monster must have some kind of ability." Sereda added

"And now Fane attack him directly." Blackbird ordered and then Fane shot right through Theorn causing him to groan.

**Theorn: 6900**

**Blackbird: 7900**

"But how did you do that?" Theorn demanded. "I still have a monster on my field."

"True but Fane has a special ability. He can attack you directly and as soon as he deals battle damage, I can select one monster you control and I change its battle position. And that means you Guardian switches to defense mode." Everyone gasped as the Celtic Guard knelt down "And now Blackwing Armed Wing will attack that Guardian. He may survive the attack but your life points will get hit. And remember by Blackwing Armed Wing gains 500 attack points when he attacks a monster in defense mode." Everyone could only watch as Black Armed Wing glowed as his power grew (BAW Attack 2300-2800) Then Blackwing Armed Wing fired his shotgun which caused the Guardian to groan but he remained on the field though the shots also hit Theorn which threw him backwards.

**Theorn: 5300**

**Blackbird: 7900**

"Theorn!" Solona yelled

"Oh no, Theorn keeps losing more and more life points." Aedan said

"He has to do something soon otherwise he will lose." Alexis added

"And if that happens then he will lose his key and the riders will be even closer to opening the Spirit Gates and unleashing the Sacred Beasts." Neria added

"Come on Theorn!" Daylen yelled "You can do it."

Theorn pushed himself to his feet just as Blackbird said. "I end my turn."

Theorn then drew his next card. *'I can't switch my Guardian back to attack so I shouldn't keep him on the field for much longer.'* He thought and then he looked at his hand and smirked. "I now sacrifice my Celtic Guardian in order to summon Dalish Halla Keeper in attack mode." The Guardian vanished and was replaced with an elven woman dressed in furs (Level 6 Attack 2400 Defense 1900) "And now Halla Keeper's ability, by discarding two cards, I can summon one Dalish Halla from my deck." A Beast Type monster with white fur and silver antlers which looked like a white furred deer appeared on the field (Level 4 Attack 1500 Defense 1200) "And now Dalish Hall, destroy that Fane." Dalish Halla charged forward and impaled Fane using his antlers and the monster shattered.

**Theorn: 5300**

**Blackbird: 6900**

"And now Halla Keeper will destroy that Armed Wing." Theorn added and then Halla Keeper summoned a cloud of dust which engulfed Blackwing Armed Wing and destroyed him

**Theorn: 5300**

**Blackbird: 6900**

"That will do it for my turn." Theorn finished

"Well now it's my move." Blackbird smirked. "I summon Blackwing Sirocco the Dawn in attack mode." A tall black bird with blue head feathers appeared on the field (Level 5 Attack 2000 Defense 900)

"But wait, that's a level 5 Monster." Theorn gasped. "So it requires a sacrifice to summon"

"Actually if you control monsters and I don't, then I can summon him without a sacrifice." Blackbird smirked. "Now Sirocco, destroy that Halla." Sirocco swooped in and destroyed the deer like monster

**Theorn: 4800**

**Blackbird: 6900**

"I will end my turn by placing one card facedown." Blackbird finished

"My draw." Theorn said. "Well I guess it is time for me to finally take the lead over this Duel. I'll start by playing Pot of Greed to draw two more cards." Theorn drew two new cards. "And then I will activate one of them, the continuous spell Arlathvhen. Now all of my Dalish monsters gain 200 attack points. Then I will play Monster Reborn which allows me to summon out one of the monsters I discarded with Halla Keeper's effect. Like my Dalish Warleader." A large green armored Elven warrior appeared on the field (Level 7 Attack 2600 Defense 2400) "And both my monsters gain 200 attack points because of my Arlathvhen spell." (DWL Attack: 2600-2800) (DHK Attack 2400-2600) "Now Dalish Halla Keeper, destroy that Sirocco" Halla Keeper then sent a cloud of dust and destroyed Sirocco.

**Theorn: 4800**

**Blackbird: 6300**

"And now Dalish Warleader will attack you directly." Theorn added and then Dalish Warleader slashed Blackbird with his sword causing Blackbird to be thrown backwards.

**Theorn: 4800**

**Blackbird: 3500**

"And then I will place two cards face down and end my turn." Theorn finished

"My draw." Blackbird sneered. "I'll start with the spell card Monster Reincarnation. Now by discarding one card, I can get Blackwing Bora the Spear back to my hand. And then I will play Monster Reborn to summon back Sirocco the Dawn." Sirocco returned to the field. "And then I will use Bora the Spear's ability to special summon him to the field." Bora also came onto the field. "And then I will summon Blackwing Mistral the Silver Shield in attack mode." A small bird with blue feathers appeared on the field (Level 2 Attack 100 Defense 1800) "And now I will tune Mistral the Silver Shield and Bora the Spear to Synchro summon a level 6 monster. So now I Synchro summon Blackwing Nothung the Starlight in attack mode." A tall black bird which looked like a warrior holding a sword appeared on the field (Level 6 Attack 2400 Defense 1600)

"A good monster but it still won't beat that Warleader." Jaden muttered

"Oh I know that." Blackbird smirked. "But Nothung has a special ability. First when he is special summoned, you take 800 points of damage and then one of your monsters loses 800 attack points. So now your Dalish Warleader Halla Keeper loses 800 attack points." Nothung threw two sharp spikes, one hit Theorn while another hit the Warleader and Theon groaned in pain and Warleader lost power (DWL Attack 2800-2000)

**Theorn: 4000**

**Blackbird: 3500**

"And now I use my face down card. Blackwing Bombardment." Blackwing added. "Now by sacrificing Sirocco the Dawn, his attack points are added to Nothung until the end of this turn." Sirocco vanished into golden particles which were absorbed by Nothung (BNTS Attack: 2400-4400) "And now Nothung, destroy that Dalish Warleader." Nothung swung his sword and then Warleader groaned and then shattered and Theorn was thrown back by the explosion.

**Theorn: 1600**

**Blackbird: 3500**

"I will end my turn by placing one card facedown." Blackbird finished

"Oh man!" Syrus whimpered. "Now Theorn is losing the Duel again."

"Don't count Theorn out yet." Solona said

"Theorn can win this Duel I know he can." Daylen said

"Agreed." Aedan said. "You here that Theorn, we will be with you"

"Thanks for that." Theorn said as he pushed himself to his feet. "I will start by activating my facedown Dalish Funeral. Now by discarding one card, I can summon back my Dalish Warleader to the field in attack mode." The green armored warrior returned to the field "And now Dalish Warleader attack that Nothung." Warleader slashed his sword and destroyed Nothung.

**Theorn: 1600**

**Blackbird: 3100**

"And now Dalish Halla Keeper, attack him directly." Theorn ordered and then Halla keeper sent a cloud of dust which caused Blackbird to groan and then he was thrown backwards.

**Theorn: 1600**

**Blackbird: 500**

"I will end my turn there." Theorn finished.

"Great now Theorn is winning again." Chumley cheered

"One more move like that and Theorn will have beaten another Shadow Rider." Bastion added

"And we will be one step closer to protecting the Sacred Beasts." Sereda added

"You're only delaying your defeat." Blackbird sneered as he drew his next card. "Since I control no monsters, I can special summon this monster Blackwing Gofu the Vague Shadow in attack mode." A small black bird wrapped in chains appeared on the field (Level 5 Attack 0 Defense 0)

"Zero attack points?" Jaden questioned

"What is he going to do with that?" Solona wondered

"When he is special summoned, I can summon 2 Vague Shadow tokens in defense mode." Blackbird added and small tiny black birds appeared on the field (Level 1 Attack 0 Defense 0) "And then I will play my facedown card Call of the Haunted in order to summon back Blackwing Fane the Steel Chain." The small blue bird appeared on the field

"Fane is able to attack directly if I remember." Bastion said. "But that still isn't enough to defeat Theorn."

"Well he will not be on my field for much longer. I now tune Level 2 Fane with level 5 Gofu to Synchro summon a level 7 monster. So I Synchro summon Blackwing Armor Master." Blackbird smirked and then a large black armed winged bird appeared on the field with orange marks (Level 7 Attack 2500 Defense 1500) "Then I will play Mystical Space Typhoon in order to destroy your continuous spell."

Theorn gasped as his Arlathvhen spell shattered. "Now my monster's attack return to normal." He said to himself as his Halla Keeper and Warleader's attack returned to normal. (DWL Attack 2800-2600) (DHK Attack 2600-2400)

"Now Blackwing Armor Master, destroy that Dalish Halla Keeper." Blackbird and then Armour master threw a fist forward and punched the Halla Keeper who screamed as she was thrown backwards and then she shattered.

**Theorn: 1500**

**Blackbird: 500**

Theorn smirked. "You just activated my facedown card. Offerings to the Protectors."

"Wait isn't that the card used to summon Theorn's best monster?" Jaden questioned. "The monster that nearly defeated me?"

"It is." Daylen smiled. "Now Theorn has what he needs to win this Duel."

"This trap activated when you destroyed my Halla Keeper, now by removing one Dalish monster and a none Dalish monster from play. I can special summon Dalish Varterral in attack mode." Everyone watched as the multi legged creature made from wood and rock appeared on the field (Level 11 Attack 4000 Defense 4000) but then Theorn's Warleader groaned and then shattered.

"Wait I don't get it?" Syrus said. "What just happened, why did Warleader get destroyed

Theorn sighed. "When Varterral is on the field, I can have no other monsters on my field." He said

"But it is still an impressive monster." Blackbird said. "I place two cards facedown and end my turn."

"My move." Theorn smiled as he drew his card. "This Duel is over, Varterral destroy his armour master and end this Duel and my Varterral negates all effects that take place on the field."

"Well it's a good job I have a trap." Blackbird smirked. "I play the trap card Mirror Force which destroys your monster" Theorn's Varterral's attacked was reflected by a large mirror which reflected the attack and destroyed the monster.

"Oh no, now Theorn has no monster to defend himself!" Syrus gasped

"I still have my summon." Theorn said. "And I summon Dalish Lookout in defence mode since I have no monsters on my field" The Elven scout appeared on the field (Level 5 Attack 2300 Defense 1000) "Then I will end my turn."

"My draw." Blackwing sneered as he drew his card. "I'll just have Armor Master destroy that Lookout then place another card face down." Armour master threw a punch which destroyed Lookout and then another card appeared beside Blackbird's other facedown

"My draw." Theorn smirked as he drew a card. "And my Varterral has another special ability, by removing 1 Dalish monster in my grave from play, Varterral returns to the field." The Varterral returned to the field. "Now attack that Armour Master again."

"You never learn do you?" Blackbird smirked. "Now I play my facedown Shift which allows me to select what your Varterral attacks and so now it will attack one of my Vague Shadow Tokens." One of the Shadow Tokens was crushed and ripped apart by Varterral's claws. "Fine I will end my turn then."

"My move." Blackbird said as he drew his card and smirked at it. "I play my facedown Breakthrough Skill. Now I select your Varterral and until the End Phase, its effects are negated which means I can use my monster's effects again. Now Armor Master, attack that Varterral."

"Wait but why?" Theorn gasped

"That's a poor move" Syrus said. "Armor Master is weaker than Varterral so it will be destroyed and end the Duel."

There was an explosion as Armor Master's fist hit Varterral. But when the smoke cleared, Armour Master was still on the field and everyone still had the same life points "But how?" Theorn wondered

"My Armor Master cannot be destroyed in battle." Blackbird smirked. "And I take no battle damage from attack involving it."

"But what was the point of that?" Theorn asked

"When Armor Master attacks a monster, if it is still on the field then a wedge counter is added to that monster. And you will find out what it does soon." Blackwing smirked "I place one card facedown and end my turn."

"My draw." Theorn said. "Let's try this again, Varterral attack that Armour Master and its effects are no longer working since Breakthrough skill is gone now."

"Well you should remember my face down." Blackwing smirked. "With Negate Attack your attack is cancelled."

Theorn sighed; if he could survive one more turn then he had a chance of winning. "I end my turn."

"It's time for the final move." Blackbird smirked. "My draw." he drew his card. "I now use the effect of Breakthrough Skill in the graveyard, now by removing it from play, your Varterral's ability is negated again which means you will get to see the effect of those Wedge counters. Now with Armor Master on the field, by removing the wedge counters, your monsters attack points become zero until the end of this turn."

"What!" Theorn gasped and then his Varterral became weak as it lost all of its attack points (DV Attack 4000-0000) then he sighed and he turned to Solona. "Solona, it's up to you now. Whatever happens I know you can do it, you can beat this Shadow Rider."

"Don't talk like that Theorn!" Solona shouted as a few tears started to form in her eyes. "You can still win."

Theorn sighed and he shook his head. "There is nothing I can do. This Duel is over. It's over for me; I have no more cards I can use."

"Don't talk like that!" Daylen shouted "We need you Theorn, my sister needs you, you mean a lot to her."

"You can finish this without me; I know you can." Theorn smiled. "Good luck." Then he turned to Blackbird. "All right then if you want me, then come and get me. But I don't go down without a fight, Varterral, if we're going down, then we will go down with a fight."

"So be it." Blackwing smirked. "Blackwing Armor Master, destroy that Varterral and the rest of his life points." Blackwing Armor Master threw a powerful punch which collided with Varterral who let out a loud shriek before exploded which sent a powerful shockwave and the other key keepers could barely hear Theorn's screams of pain

**Theorn: 0000**

**Blackbird: 500 (Winner)**

"THEORN NO!" Solona yelled

Alexis, Sereda, Aedan and Neria all gave looks of horror while Chazz looked shocked and then they saw Theorn's defeated body on the ground. Jaden could only gasp.

"Oh no." Jaden said

"His key is mine." Blackwing smirked as he walked over to Theorn and he picked up his key. "Another gate is now opened." Then the key vanished and there was a small shake as the ground shook again as a spirit gate opened. "And now for my prize." Blackbird added as he pulled out a small glass orb that was shaped like an egg. Then Theorn's body glowed black as did the egg and then Theorn vanished and a small model of him appeared in the egg.

"Theorn's soul is now in that glass egg!" Neria gasped

"Give him back!" Solona shouted as tears began falling from her eyes.

"He will be perfect for my nest, a relic to keep with me." Blackbird smirked and then he looked at Solona. "If you want to be with him girl then you will be next but it will have to wait, the sun is rising so find me tomorrow at my nest. The birds will show you the way."

Daylen glared at the Shadow Rider.

"We will find you!" He roared

"And we will avenge our fallen friend!" Aedan added

"Then I will defeat you all one by one." Blackbird smirked. "But my next target will be the girl that seems to have feelings for this fallen duelist. I'm looking forward to our duel, then you will be with him." then the Shadow rider turned into a flock of black birds which scattered and flew away.

"Solona." Daylen turned to his sister who now had tears in her eyes. "It's all right sister, we'll get Theorn back."

"We will." Solona said. "I will do it. This next Shadow Rider is mine. I will defeat you and get my friend back. You hear that Shadow Rider, I'm coming for you and I will defeat you all. Me and all of my friends all stand together and we will find a way to beat you and stop your dark plans."

Aedan, Daylen, Sereda and Alexis all looked proud at her while Jaden, Neria, Bastion and Chazz all gave her determined looks while Solona narrowed her eyes at the direction where the Black birds had flown.

**DUEL!"**