Demon Attacks

Theorn, Daylen, Neria, Kallian, Jaden, Syrus, Alexis, Chumley and Banner all stared in shock as the purple barrier formed which trapped Solona inside.

"SISTER!" Daylen yelled and he ran towards the barrier but was thrown back.

"DAYLEN!" Neria yelled and she ran and helped Daylen to his feet.

"Oh no, it's happening again." Alexis said as she looked at the barrier in shock

"Another Shadow Game." Kallian added

"It must be the Venatori, they're back." Daylen said "And now they have Solona."

...

Inside the Barrier, Solona turned as she heard the dark voice, she turned and she saw a figure in a black cloak. This figure could not be seen but there was a dark aura surrounding him which scared Solona a fit, but Solona was still brave "Who are you?" she demanded

The figure laughed. "They call me many names Solona Amell." He said. "But the name you should call me is the Elder One, leader of the Venatori Shadow Duelist cult."

"So you're the one behind those attacks on me." Solona gasped

"That's right, and once I've gathered all seven Old God cards, I'll be a god in the new world I create." The Elder One sneered

"Well that's not going to happen!" Solona yelled. "If you want my Urthemiel card then I'm not going to give it up easily without a fight."

The Elder one Laughed. "Foolish girl, once I beat you I'll be one step closer to my goal. I already have 4 of the cards and that just leaves yours, your brother's and the final card. Once I beat you and take your card, I'll take out your brother next."

"Well you'll have to beat me first before you hurt my brother!" Solona yelled

Outside the barrier, the others could only watch as the Elder One appeared before Solona, Daylen was the most worried.

"Sister no!" He yelled. "The last time you faced a member of the Venatori you were barely able to defeat him. And this guy is likely just as powerful."

"Sorry brother." Solona shouted back. "But there is no choice here. I have to duel to get out of this barrier."

Solona activated her duel disk while the Elder one created a shadowy like Duel disk from his dark aura.

"**Duel"**

**Solona: 8000**

**Elder One: 8000**

"I'll go first" The Elder one announced. "And I think I'll start off by summoning my Lesser Terror Demon in attack mode." A large green skinned Zombie monster appeared on the field with large claws which looked like something from a nightmare. (Level 4 attack 1500 Defense: 1300) "Then I'll throw two face downs and end there."

Daylen watched as the Elder one made his move "Uh oh, a demon deck, this isn't going to be easy."

"Why is that?" Syrus asked

"Because a Demon deck allows the player to summon out more monsters and they can be high level." Alexis said

"I just hope that Solona has a plan." Theorn finished

"All right my draw." Solona called and she began her first move. "I'll start by summoning my Hunter of Urthemiel in attack mode." A warrior dressed in a dragon scale light armor appeared on Solona's field (Level 4 Attack 1300 Defense 1200)

Theorn looked confused "Wait, I've never seen Solona use a monster like that."

"It's her new deck." Alexis explained. "Solona created that deck just recently."

"My dad created some cards which go with my sister's powerful Urthemiel card." Daylen added. "She must be using a deck with that card."

"My monster may be weaker than yours." Solona said. "Which is why I activate the equip spell Dragonbone sword which increases my Hunter's attack points by 500" A sword replaced the dagger in the Hunter's hand (HOU Attack 1300-1800) "And now my Hunter will attack your Terror." The Hunter sent a powerful slash which went through the Terror which screeched before the monster exploded

**Solona: 8000**

**Elder One: 7700**

"Oh but wait, it gets better because my hunter can attack twice." Solona revealed and then the hunter sent another slash which went through the Elder One

**Solona: 8000**

**Elder One: 5900**

"Then I'll end with a face down, it's your move." Solona finished

"Well Solona's off to a good start." Jaden said

"Yeah, she's got a strong monster and dealt a good bit of damage." Kallian finished

"Don't underestimate her opponent." Daylen added "You remember what happened last time she was in a Shadow game with that Razikale; this guy may have another Old God card."

"Well then we must hope that he doesn't play it." Alexis said

"My draw." The Elder One said as he drew a card. "I'll start by activating my face down card Call of the Haunted which brings back my Lesser Terror." The green demon returned to the field. "But wait, there is more, because now I play the spell card Terror Bite, now by discarding one card to the graveyard, I can summon a second Terror to the field." A second Lesser Terror appeared on the field. "Now with two Lesser Terror Demon's on the Field, I can sacrifice both of them to summon out my Greater Terror Demon to the field." The two lesser Terror Demons merged together to form a larger green skinned demon with spikes on its back and sharp claws. (Level 7 Attack 2500 Defense 2400) "Since that was a special summon, I can now my Rage Demon to the Field in attack mode." Another demon monster appeared on the field, this was a fiery like demon (Level 4 Attack 1600 Defense 1400) "Now Greater Terror, attack that Hunter." Greater Terror Demon then zoomed in on Solona's Hunter and the monster went through the monster so fast that the Hunter was destroyed.

**Solona: 7300**

**Elder One: 5900**

"And now Rage Demon, attack her directly." The Elder One ordered and sent a powerful fireball which threw Solona back against the barrier which electrocuted her and caused her to groan in pain.

**Solona: 5500**

**Elder One: 5900**

"Solona!" Daylen yelled as Solona was thrown back against the barrier

"Oh no, this is just like what happened with that Venatori Agent Alexius." Banner said

"We've gotta do something." Alexis said

"There's nothing we can do." Theorn stated. "As long as that barrier holds, we can't get through."

"That hurt." Solona muttered as she pushed herself to her feet.

"Well that's the nature of these Shadow duels." The Elder one said "It's your move."

"Well here it goes." Solona said. "I'll start with Pot of Greed to draw two more cards; next I Summon Sorceress of Urthemiel in attack mode." A tall woman wearing a red and blue robe appeared, holding a staff in her hands. (Level 4 Attack 1700 Defense 900) "Now I activate my Sorceress' special ability, now by discarding one card from my hand, I can destroy one monster on your field and I choose your Greater Terror." The Greater Terror Demon shattered as the Sorceress fired a blast of red magic at it. "And now my Sorceress will attack your Rage Demon." The Sorceress fired another blast of red magic from her staff which caused the Rage Demon to hiss and dissolve

**Solona: 5500**

**Elder One: 5800**

The Elder one Laughed. "You fool, when Rage Demon is destroyed, I can summon another demon monster with 1500 attack points or less so I summon my Wraith Demon in attack mode." A small green spirit which took a human form appeared on the field

"Well then I guess I'll end my turn there." Solona said

"My move." The Elder one replied. "And I'll start by sacrificing my Wraith Demon in order to summon my Sloth Demon in attack mode." A large brown demon with slimy scales and one large purple eye in the middle of its head appeared on the field (Level 6 Attack 2300 D1800) "And now I play Sloth's special ability so now I can take control of your monster till the end of this turn." Solona gasped as her Sorceress' eyes changed purple and she joined the Elder One's side. "Now both my monsters will attack you directly." Sloth lunged towards Solona while Sorceress fired a blast of magic from her staff but Solona was ready for them.

"Sorry but I activate the effect of my Spirit of Urthemiel in my hand." Solona said and she showed a card which had the image of a small purple scaled baby dragon "Now by discarding him, I take no damage for the rest of this turn." The attacks were absorbed by her spirit and the Elder One growled

"You're only delaying your defeat." He hissed. "I place one card face down and end my turn." A card appeared face down and then Solona's sorceress returned to her field

"It's my move." Solona said as she drew another card 'I need to put my defense up.' She thought "I'll sacrifice my Sorceress in order to summon my Defender of Urthemiel." The robed mage disappeared and was placed by a red armored warrior holding a large shield and a large spear (Level 6 Attack 1000 Defense 3000)

"But that card can't destroy that Demon." Syrus gasped. "What is she doing."

"While my Defender may not be able to destroy that Demon that's not my target, my defender can attack you directly so go, Spear thrust." Solona ordered and the Defender thrust his spear forward and knocked the Elder One back.

**Solona: 5500**

**Elder One: 4800**

"And after my Defender Attacks, he shifts into defense mode." Solona added and then the Defender knelled down and his shield was in front of him. "And then to finish my turn, I activate the spell card Future Fusion, now I can fuse together fusion material monsters in my deck and in two turns, the fusion monster appears. It's your move."

The Elder One drew his card. "I'll start by activate Graceful Charity so now I can draw three cards as long as I toss out two. And then I sacrifice my Sloth Demon in order to summon out my Despair Demon." The brown demon vanished and was replaced with a wraith like monster (Level 5 Attack 2000 Defense 2100)

"But why would he do that?" Neria asked. "That Sloth had more attack points and that monster still can't destroy that Defender."

"I don't plan to destroy it." The Elder One said. "But now I activate my Despair's special ability, now I select one monster on your field and now it cannot attack while my Despair remains on the Field."

"So that's his plan." Theorn realized. "Each turn Solona can deal 1000 points of damage but now she can't."

"I'll end my turn there." The Elder One finished

"Well I may not have a monster to attack with so I'll summon my Monk of Urthemiel in defense mode." A man wearing crimson robes appeared on the field (Level 4 Attack 1600 Defense 1200) "And then I'll end my turn there."

"Well now that it is my move I'll play a card that will spell your doom. I play the continuous spell card Demonic Possession. Now once per turn, I can summon 1 abomination monster from my deck that is the same level as a demon monster on my field though I can't normal summon this turn. So since I have a Level 5 monster on my field, I'll summon out a Shade Monster." A small shadowy monster like the Sloth Demon appeared on the field (Level 5 Attack 2000 Defense 1500) "Now my Shade will destroy that Monk." The Shade sent a large dark shadow which engulfed the Monk which caused the Monk to scream before shattering though Solona didn't lose any life points since her Monk was in defense mode. "I'll end my turn."

"Well it's my turn now then." Solona said. "And since it's been two turns my Fusion monster arrives, I Fusion summon my Dragon Soul of Urthemiel." A large ghostly spirit of a dragon appeared on the field (Level 9 attack 3000 Defense 2500) "And this card required my Priest of Urthemiel and two dragon type monsters. And my Dragon soul gains 500 attack points for every dragon monster in the graveyard so now he gains an extra 1000 attack points." (DSOU Attack 3000-4000) "Now go my beast, destroy that Despair demon." The Dragon Soul then zapped forward and plunged right through the Despair demon and destroyed him. "And don't forget the effect of your Demonic possession, if you don't have a demon monster on your field then all your Abominations are destroyed." The Shade shattered as well. "I'll end my turn there."

**Solona: 5500**

**Elder One: 2800**

"You'll pay for that." The Elder One snarled. "I play the spell card Demon Summoning, now by discarding one card I can summon back one demon monster in my graveyard, and I choose a card I discarded earlier with Graceful Charity, my Envy demon." A large white demon monster with flexible limbs and blood red marks in patches appeared on the field (Level 7 Attack 0000 Defense 0000)

"But that card has no attack points." Syrus stated "What's he going to do with that?"

"I think we're about to find out." Jaden stated

"My Envy Demon can copy the attack, defense and special abilities of any monster on the field when he was summoned, so now he copies your Dragon Soul of Urthemiel." The Envy Demon glowed as he gained the abilities of Dragon Soul of Urthemiel. (ED Attack 0000-4000 Defense 0000-2500) "Now I'll equip him with Demon claws which allows him to gain 500 attack points." (ED Attack 4000-4500) "Now my Envy Demon, destroy that Dragon Soul of Urthemiel with demon claw slash." The Envy Demon slashed his claws at the dragon soul which destroyed him and Solona felt the claws slash her belly and she groaned in pain.

**Solona: 5000**

**Elder One: 2800**

"To finish this turn, I'll play the spell card Nightmare SteelCage so now none of us can attack for until my 2nd turn after this card." The Elder One finished "It's your move."

"I don't like the sound of that." Daylen said

"Why is that Daylen?" Jaden asked

"Remember that Duel against Alexius, he used Swords of Revealing Light so he could summon out Razikale, I let that he must be trying to summon an Old God Monster."

"I hope Solona will be all right." Kallian stated

Solona began her move "I throw one card face down and end my turn."

"That's it?" the Elder one questioned. "Well there's not much you can do when you're trapped, but for now I play the spell card double summon so I can summon twice. I use the effect of my Demonic Possession in order to summon my Revenant to the field." A large dark armored warrior with red eyes appeared on the field (Level 7 attack 2500 Defense 2300) "And now I'll normal summon another Lesser Terror Demon to the field. Then I'll throw one card face down and end there

"Well then." Solona said. "I think I'll summon my Catapult of Urthemiel in defense mode." This monster was odd because it was a small dragon with a catapult on its back. (Level 4 Attack 1000 Defense 1800) "Now I can activate his special ability, I can destroy one spell or trap card on your field but I can't use my battle phase this turn but that doesn't matter since I can't attack anyway. So now your SteelCage is destroyed"

The Elder One laughed. "Oh no you don't." He laughed "I play the trap card Demon eyes, now your effect is negated and the card is destroyed"

Solona groaned as her catapult was destroyed. "Oh well, I end my turn."

"My move" The Elder one hissed. "And now it is time to bring out my God."

"Uh oh." Daylen said

"I don't like the sound of that." Jaden agreed

"I sacrifice all three of my monsters in order to summon Dumat Old God of Silence." The Elder one said and his three monsters vanished and were replaced by a dark dragon that looked even scarier than Urthemiel or Razikale. (Level 12 Attack 4000 Defense 4000)

"That's it." Daylen gasped. "Another Old God Monster."

"Luckily for you I can't attack this turn but just you wait till next turn." The Elder One said and then the Steel Cage shattered

"My move." Solona ordered. "Now I summon Maiden of Urthemiel in defense mode." A small fair haired woman appeared on the field in defense mode (Level 4 Attack 1000 Defense 2100) "Now I switch my Defender back to attack mode and then he'll attack you directly again." The Defender thrust his spear forward and plunged it into the Elder One.

**Solona: 5000**

**Elder One: 1800**

"And don't forget my Defender goes into defense mode after he attacks." Solona finished. "It's your move."

'*My Life points will be safe since my monsters are in defense mode.'* She thought

The Elder One laughed. "I hope you don't think that your Life points are safe because your monsters are in defense mode." He laughed. "Because when my Dumat in the only monster on my field, he can attack directly." Solona and the rest of her group gasped in shock "So go now, prepare for the pain, Dumat, attack her directly." Dumat roared and then he let out a large fire breath made of purple flames which engulfed Solona who screamed in pain as she was thrown back against the barrier again.

**Solona: 1000**

**Elder One: 1800**

"I told you that you weren't safe from me." The Elder One laughed. "Now I place one card face down and end my turn."

"I have to destroy that monster somehow or next turn I'm finished." Solona said with worry in her voice. She drew her card which was a trap card "I place one card and end there"

"That's it." The Elder One chuckled "Well it looks like this Duel is over."

"No it isn't because I play my face down card, Thunder of Ruler, now you can't declare an attack this turn."

The Elder One snorted. "Well then I play my face down, Dumat's Silence, now when I have Dumat Old God of Silence on my field, if I skip my battle phase, I can destroy both your monsters and you get dealt with 400 points of damage for each."

"No!" Solona yelled and then her Defender and Maiden shattered and Solona was hit by the explosions and thrown back.

**Solona: 200**

**Elder One: 1800**

"Solona!" Daylen yelled and then he began banging on the Barrier but was thrown back.

Solona lay on the ground and wasn't moving.

"Solona, get up!" Neria and Theorn yelled

"You can't give up now, the duel's not over until the last card is played." Jaden added

Meanwhile, Solona's mind was elsewhere

...

Solona looked around her and saw nothing but shadows around her. "Where am I?" she questioned "Am I dead?"

"No Solona you certainly are not." A voice called and she turned to see the spirit of Urthemiel standing towards her "You must return, you must win this Duel."

"But how?" Solona asked. "I've hardly got any cards in my hand and there is no way I can summon you out."

"There is always a way." Another voice called

Solona gasped and standing right near her was a man in his mid fifties. He had short black hair and blue eyes. Solona couldn't believe who it was "Father?"

"Yes Solona." The man said. "I am here or at least in spirit form."

"But where are you?" Solona asked as tears began to fall from her eyes. "What happened?"

"I can't explain but all you need to know is that this Elder One and his followers have me held prisoner, but I don't know where. Just remember this, never give up and that the Duel is not over until the last card is played."

"But there is no card that can help me." Solona said. "That Dumat will destroy me."

"Not when you have the right cards." Urthemiel said. "Just believe in your deck and those cards will come to you. Now it is time for you to go back to your body." Then Solona's vision faded.

...

Solona then woke up and was able to push herself to her feet.

"You should have stayed down." The Elder One snarled

"Don't listen to him sis!" Daylen yelled "Just keep going"

"I couldn't have said that better." Solona replied "And this Duel's not over."

"Why, there's no way that you can take down Dumat." The Elder One hissed

"If you believe in your deck, then the card you need will come." Solona said. "And I believe in my deck!" she shouted as she drew her card and smiled as she looked at it "I activate Card of Sanctity so now I draw until I have 6 cards in my hand." Solona did that. "And now it is time to play my combo, I'll start by activating Monster Reborn which allows me to summon back my Priest of Urthemiel which was used in Future Fusion." A red robed priest appeared on the field (Level 5 Attack 2200 Defense 2100) "And now I normal summon my Priestess of Urthemiel in attack mode." A female version of the priest appeared as well (Level 4 Attack 1500 Defense 1500) "And now I can activate her ability, since I have both my Priest and Priestess on the field, I can special summon my Grand Priest of Urthemiel in attack mode by sacrificing them." The two priests vanished and were replaced with a much more powerful Priest which had decorative patterns on his robes (Level 9 Attack 3000 Defense 3000)

"Big deal." The Elder One snarled. "That thing doesn't have the power to destroy my monster."

Solona then chuckled. "I wouldn't be so sure about that." Then she showed him one of the cards in her hand. "But this sure does."

"Ha" the Elder One chuckled. "That card can't help since you can't summon it."

"I don't need the sacrifices since I have this spell card, Blood Ritual, now by sacrificing my Grand Priest, I can summon out his God. So now my Urthemiel, Old God of Beauty arrives on the Field." Everyone gasped as Solona's old god came on to the field (Level 12 Attack 5000 Defense 5000) "And don't forget that I can remove my Dragon soul of Urthemiel from my graveyard and then Urthemiel gains half his original attack points." (UOGOB Attack 5000-7000) "This Duel is over, Urthemiel, end this duel and attack Dumat." Urthemiel roared and then sent a powerful blast which engulfed and destroyed the Old God and the Elder One yelled as he lost the Duel.

**Solona: 200 (Winner)**

**Elder One: 0000**

"Solona did it, she won." Neria gasped

But the Elder One laughed. "Sorry but this won't be like last time, because I'm not letting my Dumat fall into your hands. So see you later." Then the Elder One vanished in a puff of Black smoke as the Barrier disappeared

"Sister, are you all right?" Daylen asked as he ran towards Solona and the Solona felt dizzy and she collapsed into her brother's arms.

"I'm fine brother, I just need some rest." Solona assured him

Professor Banner walked over to them. "I'm sure that your sister will be all right." He said. "But right now, we need to get her to the Infirmary to rest. I need to contact Sheppard and inform him of what's happened."

...

Later, Solona had been taken to the Infirmary where Miss Fonntaine helped to keep her calm. Solona would be all right after a day's rest but just like last time she would not be able to play sports for a while. Daylen and Theorn stayed with her for most of the time while she slept. And Banner was going to contact Crowler and Sheppard.

In Sheppard's office, both Sheppard and Crowler had come after they were informed that there had been an incident.

"So what happened Banner?" Sheppard asked

"It's those Venatori again." Banner said. "The same shadow Duelists who targeted Solona during the expulsion Duels, their leader has paid Solona a visit and now she hurt again."

"So these Shadow Duelists are targeting one pupil?" Banner said

"Well it's not about Solona; it's about that powerful Urthemiel card she holds." Banner corrected

"Where is that Duelist?" Crowler demanded. "No one hurts one of my Obelisk's like that."

"I'm afraid he escaped after Solona won the Duel." Banner admitted. "But I fear that they will come back for her. I am starting to worry about Solona's safety."

"Well I guess that we must give her a protector but the question is who?" Sheppard said

Banner thought for a moment. "I think I know who might be the right person."