Amnael's Endgame Part 1

Chazz Princeton let out a loud groan as he woke up and then he pushed himself into a sitting position.

"Where am I?" He asked himself, the last thing he remembered was Dueling the last Shadow Rider with Aedan and then a strange spell had appeared on the field which destroyed their monsters. He looked around to see that he was inside a giant bubble of some kind and then he looked see several other bubbles. He then saw someone in one of them.

"Who is that?" he wondered and then he could see Alexis lying on her stomach. "Alexis?" then he looked to see a sleeping Atticus in another along with Aedan in another bubble. "Atticus and Aedan too? What the, where on Earth am I?" then he turned and gasped when he saw the giant planet of Earth right in front of him "Actually, let's make that, where off the Earth am I?"

...

Meanwhile, over in the abandoned Dorm, one of the remaining Key Keepers Neria was lying on the ground. She woke up and groaned as she pushed herself up and she looked around to see that she was in some kind of lab that seemed to be from a horror movie.

"What, where am I?" Neria questioned

Then she heard a wicked laugh and she turned to see a figure in a dark grey robe with white hair and a mask covering his face. "Welcome to my lab key keeper."

"So I guess that you're the final shadow Rider?" Neria questioned. "Well I know that you've defeated Alexis but I'm going to save her."

The Shadow Rider laughed. "Well it won't be easy, I'm the final Shadow Rider so I will be the hardest, so I will duel you and take your key when I win." He then activated his Duel Disk and Neria did the same with hers.

"**Duel!"**

**Neria: 8000**

**Shadow Rider: 8000**

…

Meanwhile, outside on the Island, Jaden along with Syrus and Chumley looked at the large pillars of light.

"What are these pillars of lights?" Syrus wondered

"I think they are from the Spirit Gates." Jaden said "And by the looks of them, eight of them are now open. But how did this happen?"

"**I'll tell you how."** The voice of Ojama Yellow came and Jaden looked at Chazz's cards which he had gathered up. **"Chazz and Aedan dueled the final Shadow Rider, it was horrible Jaden, he had a strange card, they were on the verge of winning and then one card turned it all around."**

"So Aedan and Chazz have lost their keys." Jaden said. "But who was the fourth key."

"Jaden, there you are!" A voice came and Jaden turned to see Solona and Daylen along with Theorn and Kallian.

"Hey guys." Jaden greeted

"Jaden, did you see what's happened?" Daylen asked

"I have." Jaden replied. "Eight of the Spirit Gates have opened. Chazz and Aedan lost but I don't know who else."

"It was Alexis." Solona stated. "We found her cards in the forest."

"Alexis!" Jaden gasped. "So this Shadow Rider beat Chazz, Alexis and Aedan."

"That means it's just us three left." Daylen added. "As well as Neria."

"And where is Neria?" Syrus asked

"That Shadow Rider took her." Kallian stated

"We are distracted by the pillars of light and then the Shadow Rider just grabbed her" Theorn added

"This Shadow Rider must be tough, let's just go and hide." Chumley whimpered

"I'm not leaving Neria!" Daylen hissed

"That's right!" Jaden stated. "I've never run before and I'm not running now."

Syrus looked scared. "But this Shadow Rider must be tough and there are only three keys lefts apart from Neria's."

Solona narrowed her eyes. "That makes it an even bigger reason why we need to find the Shadow Rider, it would be better if we found him and he didn't find us."

Theorn smiled. "Right, so we're going to find this Shadow Rider and then we will defeat him and rescue our friends."

Kallian smiled but then her smile fell "That's a good plan but we're forgetting one thing, we don't know where the Shadow Rider is."

Jaden groaned in frustration but then he heard a hum and turned to see the Mark of Amnael again. "It's that mark." then the mark faded but reappeared a few feet away

"I think it's trying to lead us somewhere." Daylen stated. "So let's follow it, hopefully it will lead us to the next Shadow Rider." He then ran off and followed the mark with Solona, Theorn and Kallian following him and later by Jaden, Syrus and Chumley.

…

Meanwhile, back with Neria's duel with the final Shadow Rider, she had her Judgment Dragon on her field and had just used its ability leaving the Shadow Rider wide open.

"Now Judgment Dragon, attack him directly with Justice Blast." Neria ordered and then Judgment Dragon unleashed a blast of blue light which engulfed the Shadow Rider and threw him back.

**Neria: 1500**

**Shadow Rider: 500**

"And I will end my turn there." Neria finished. *'If I can survive this turn then I may have a chance of beating this Rider and saving my friends.'* She thought.

But the Shadow Rider just summoned a big golem like monster onto the field which was the same one that beat Chazz and Aedan. Then he played a spell which unleashed small meteors onto the field which shattered all over the field and Neria watched as her Judgement Dragon groaned before shattering. Then Neria watched in horror as the Golem sent a small fireball towards her. The last thing she saw was the fireball exploding near her.

**Neria: 0000**

**Shadow Rider: 500 (Winner)**

Neria screamed and she fell to the floor and the Shadow Rider walked up to her and laughed. "All has gone according to plan. All that remains is the end game, where Jaden, Solona and Daylen face a dueling tribe like they have never seen before." He laughed as the Mark of Amnael flashed.

...

Meanwhile, Solona and the rest had stopped for a break but then they noticed the lightning strikes. One hit a nearby tree which caused the trunk of the tree to crack and then the tree started to tip before collapsing. They all jumped out of the way just before the tree fell on them

"Um, Timber." Jade said simply

"That was way too close." Syrus stated

Daylen then turned when he heard fizzing and saw that electricity was running along the remains of the tree and then the Mark of Amnael returned "Hey look at that"

"It's the Mark of Amnael again." Theorn stated

Then the mark faded and reappeared again. "It must be trying to lead us somewhere." Kallian suggested

"Well we're not going to find the last Shadow Rider standing here." Jaden said. "Finding him is going to be easier than I thought so let's go."

Jaden then ran off into the woods as he followed the Mark and soon they came to the Abandoned Dorm.

"The Abandoned Dorm again." Solona groaned. "What is it with this place and the Shadow Riders"

"It's the perfect hideout." Theorn stated

Then they all went inside and went down a corridor. "I should have known that the final Shadow Rider would be here." Jaden spoke up. "The Abandoned Dorm was where all this started so this is where it ends."

"Anyway, come on let's keep moving." Solona stated

Then there was a loud crash of thunder outside and they gasped as they looked out a broken window to see a large lightning strike. Professor Banner's cat Pharaoh hissed and became scared and then quickly jumped out of Chumley's arms and ran along a corridor.

"Pharaoh wait, come back!" Kallian called but the cat had already run off.

"Oh great, now we'll have to go find Pharaoh." Jaden stated

The three key keepers along with their four friends went down the corridor and then down a small tunnel as they called out for pharaoh. Then Chumley noticed something. "Look, a passage, and pharaoh's paw prints." He said as he saw a small opening with broken wood and stone and there were prints down the tunnel. They soon squeezed through the gap and went down the new corridor though there were protests from Syrus about this.

Eventually, they came to some strange door at the end.

"That's strange." Jaden stated. "This door has never been here before."

"So I bet our final Shadow Rider is hiding in there." Daylen stated and then he opened the door and they had a look around the strange new part of the abandoned Dorm.

"This place looks like some kind of a lab from a horror movie." Solona said as she looked around the room to see that it was some kind of a lab.

"This sure looks like the place where our last Shadow Rider is hiding." Jaden stated

Theorn then looked at three massive stone tablets at the end of the room.

"And take a look at those." He said as he saw carvings of three scary and dangerous looking beasts engraved on the tablets. "They must be the three Sacred Beasts."

"But where is our Shadow Rider hiding?" Kallian wondered

Syrus then closed his eyes in fear. "Not sure, but you know, if he's where my gut feeling is telling me, I'm going to need a change in shorts."

"A coffin?" Jaden questioned as he looked to see where Syrus was pointing his torch and he saw a coffin leaning against the wall.

"I doubt our Shadow Rider is in there though it may contain a clue." Daylen stated as he walked over.

"Right." Jaden agreed. "It might also contain a location to where Banner is." Then he and Solona walked up.

"Hey wait you three." Chumley called

"Stay back." Syrus added

"This could be a trap." Kallian suggested

Jaden and Daylen ignored them and together, they removed the lid from the coffin and they quickly gagged when they saw what was inside. Syrus and Chumley hugged each other while Theorn covered Kallian's eyes. Solona looked ready to be sick and Daylen looked confused.

"A mummy." Jaden questioned as he saw a body in the coffin that was decomposed with green wrinkled skin

"But what is it doing here?" Solona wondered

"This body looks like it has been dead for a long time." Daylen added

"Maybe we should get out of here." Syrus suggested

"Yeah, I'm with Syrus on this one." Chumley added

Jaden then noticed something was familiar with the mummy.

"Hey wait a second." He said and then he looked at Theorn. "Can I borrow your torch for a second Theorn."

"Why?" Theorn questioned

"Because this mummy looks very familiar." Jaden answered and Syrus, Chumley and Kallian looked confused. "There's only one way to find out." Jaden then rolled back the mummies coat to reveal a name tag which made Jaden gasp "Oh no, I was right, it is him."

"Who Jaden, who is it?" Syrus asked

Jaden turned to them. "This is, or was, Professor Banner." He said which made everyone gasp and they looked at the mummy to see that it really did look like Professor Banner as the mummy had his hair.

"No way!" Chumley shouted. "Professor Banner couldn't have mummified this fast. I can't even make beef jerky in the time he's been gone."

"This body looks like it's been dead for months." Theorn added. "Professor Banner hasn't been missing that long."

"So then do you think that this is a fake?" Solona questioned

"Yeah, it had to be something to throw us off the trail." Kallian suggested

"It's probably made out of wax." Syrus added. "Right."

"Wrong!" came a voice and then the lights turned on. "That is the body of the one you know as Professor Banner."

Daylen narrowed his eyes.

"Who's there?" He demanded

They looked to see a figure wearing a dark grey robe and had white hair and a black mask covering his face.

"I am the Twelfth Shadow Rider" He sneered

The Spirit of Ojama Yellow appeared next to Jaden. **"That's him, he's the duelist who took out Chazz and Aedan. And he's really good."** He said as he hid behind Jaden **"But you've got to beat him. You have too so we can get them back."**

Daylen narrowed his eyes at the Shadow Rider.

"Where's Neria, what did you do with her?" He demanded

The Shadow Rider laughed. "You mean the Lightsworn Duelist, she's with the others now." The Shadow Rider held up a key which made everyone gasp when they saw that it was Neria's Spirit Gate key which glowed and vanished. They felt a rumble when another Spirit Gate opened.

"Now there are only three keys left." Theorn gasped

The Shadow Rider laughed "If you want to get your friends back, you will have to beat me, Amnael."

"So you're Amnael, as in the mark of Amnael?" Jaden asked

"That's right." the Shadow Rider known as Amnael sneered. "And I have your friends' right here." He pulled out a tome with the Millennium symbol on the cover. "And if you cannot defeat me then you will be joining them."

Jaden looked at him. "But what about Professor Banner?" Jaden asked. "How do I get him back? Or is it too late?"

Amnael smirked behind the mask. "It was always too late for him. It is best you forget the man you know as Banner, he is no more."

Jaden gasped "What do you mean no more?" He demanded. "What is this, I want to know just what you've done to Professor Banner."

"If you want to understand then you must defeat me." Amnael sneered. "Now who will I duel"

Jaden was about to step forward but Daylen stepped in front of him.

"I'll take you on." Daylen hissed. "You made this personal when you took Neria's soul."

"So you have accepted my challenge." Amnael laughed. "But only after you have defeated me will your friends return and the secrets of this tome will be revealed."

"Well then let's get on with it." Daylen snorted as he activated his Duel Disk

"Daylen, be careful." Solona called

"Don't worry sister, I will." Daylen called. "I'll beat this guy and then the last of the Shadow Riders will have been defeated"

Amnael laughed as he activated his dark grey academy Duel Disk.

"That remains to be seen." Je smirked as he and Daylen drew 5 cards.

"**Duel!"**

**Daylen: 8000**

**Amnael: 8000**

"All right" Daylen shouted. "It's time for the final battle because I'm getting my friends back, no matter what it takes"

Amnael laughed. "But what if you don't have what it takes Daylen." He sneered. "After all this Duel will be like none you have face before, now observe." Amnael drew his next card. "And I'll start by activating the spell card Chaos Distill." A large distill machine appeared on the field. "Due to its effect, all cards on mu field which would be sent to the grave are removed from play instead.

"Removed from play?" Daylen questioned

"That's right." Amnael smirked. "And now I play the spell card Steel Lamp. I can play this card when Chaos Distill is on the field, now I can use this spell to summon Alchemy Beast Salamandra the Steel in attack mode." A small dragon made of silver metal appeared on the field (Level 3 Attack 500 Defense 500) "You see, by summoning my Alchemy Beasts with their spells, they can attack you directly." This made Daylen gasp. "And that will be a big problem because I play the spell cards Bronze scales and Lead Compass which allow me to summon Alchemy Beats Ouroboros the Bronze and Leon the Lead." A bronze snake and lead Lion appeared of the field (Level 3 Attack 500 Defense 500 X2) "and now I will end my turn with a face down card."

Daylen narrowed his eyes at Amnael.

"He's summoned three monsters on his first turn." He hissed. "Those Alchemy Beasts may be weak but they can attack me directly. I will have to be careful." Then Daylen drew his card.

"I draw." He looked at his hand. "I hope you are ready Amnael, because I have just the card I need. I summon Skilled Dark Magician in attack mode." A Magician wearing a black robe and holding a black magical rod appeared on the field (Level 4 Attack 1900 Defense 1700) "And he has a special ability, so now each time a spell card is played, I can add a spell counter to him, and when he has three spell counters, I can sacrifice him to summon my ace monster, Dark Magician. But I might as well start using my Skilled Dark Magician's power and take out one of those Alchemy Beasts. Now go Skilled Dark Magician attack."

Skilled Dark Magician sent a ball of black magic from his rod which went towards Leon the Lead.

"Too bad you've wasted your attack, go Dark Energy Absorber." Amnael sneered as he played a trap. "Now when you attack with a Dark Attribute monster, I can remove a Dark attribute monster from my hand to negate your attack. And too bad for you, the card I have left in my hand is Kuriboh so now your attack is negated." Amnael removed his Kuriboh and the ball of magic disintegrated

"Oh man, now he can negate all my attacks." Daylen groaned. "I play one card face down and end my turn."

Amnael smirked as he drew his card. "Now it's my turn, go my Alchemy Beasts, attack Daylen directly." He ordered and then Salamandra and Ouroboros unleashed breaths of fire while Leon sent sharp spikes at Daylen. The attacks made Daylen groan in pain.

**Daylen: 6500**

**Amnael: 8000**

"Daylen!" Solona gasped

"Oh man, that Shadow Rider has taken the early lead." Syrus groaned

"And he can negate all of Daylen's attacks." Theorn added

"Let's hope Daylen can come up with a plan." Kallian added

"Well Daylen does have one advantage." Jaden stated. "That Shadow Rider only has one card in his hand so on Daylen's next turn, he can gain the upper hand."

Amnael laughed. "That's what you think." Je laughed. "You should have paid more attention in class then you would know that when you face my Alchemy deck, things are not what they seem, that is why I play the spell card Black Process Negledo. When Chaos Distil is on the field and there are no cards in my hand, I can use this spell to remove all my Alchemy Beasts from play and then draw two cards for each"

"Wait, you're destroying your own monsters?" Daylen gasped as the three Alchemy Beasts were engulfed in fire and then shattered

"That is the way of the Alchemist." Amnael stated. "Destruction and rebirth. But I assure you Daylen, if you are destroyed, there will be no rebirth for you. Now since I removed three Alchemy Beasts from play, I can draw 6 new cards." Amnael drew 6 cards from his deck. "And now I will play some of them. I play the spell cards Tin Spell Circle, Mercury Hourglass and Silver Key" the three spells were absorbed by Chaos Distill "And now I can summon Alchemy Beasts Moonface the Silver, Aretos the Tin and Ekenas the Mercury." A large eagle, walking rock monster and shark appeared on the field (Level 3 Attack 500 Defense 500 x3) "And now I will place one card face down and end my turn."

Daylen narrowed his eyes.

"This Duel's not over yet." He said as he drew his card and smirked at what he drew. "You can only stop my attacks when you remove a dark Attribute from play. But now I will destroy your trap. But first I will use my Skilled Dark Magician's effect, now thanks to you using those spell cards, my Skilled Dark Magician has 3 spell counters which means I can now use them and sacrifice my Skilled Dark Magician in order to summon his master, the Dark Magician." Skilled Dark Magician was engulfed in a veil of bright light and then the dark purple robed magician appeared on the field (Level 7 Attack 2500 Defense 2100)

"Check that out, its Daylen's Dark Magician!" Jaden gasped

Amnael laughed. "No matter, my Dark absorber will negate its attack."

Daylen smirked. "Not when I play this." He smirked. "The spell card Dark Magic Attack, now since I control Dark Magician, all your spell and trap cards are destroyed." Dark Magician waved his staff around and sent a blast of magic towards Amnael's field.

However, Amnael was ready. "Sorry but I play my face down card, Magic Jammer, now by discarding a card from my hand, your spell is negated, though my card is removed from play instead." Amnael removed from card and the blast of magic vaporized.

"Oh man." Syrus groaned

"He was so close." Kallian added

Daylen smirked.

"Don't worry." He said. "A good duelist always has a backup plan which is why I summon Breaker the Magical Warrior in attack mode." A spellcaster wearing a red and orange robe and holding a sword and shield instead of a staff appeared on the field (Level 4 Attack 1600 Defence 1000) "And now, I use his ability, when he is summoned, he gets a spell counter, but by removing it, I can destroy one spell or trap card on your field, and I choose your Elemental Absorber." Breaker swung his sword and destroyed the trap card

"Yes." Solona cheered. "Now Daylen can attack without having to worry."

"And those Alchemy Beasts have low attack points so Daylen can deal a good bit of damage to Amnael." Theorn smiled

"Now Dark Magician, attack that Aretos the Tin." Daylen ordered and Dark Magician sent a blast of magic from his staff which engulfed and destroyed the eagle.

**Daylen: 6500**

**Amnael: 6000**

"And don't think I forgot about Breaker, now attack that Ekenas." Daylen added and Breaker slashed his sword and destroyed the shark.

**Daylen: 6500**

**Amnael: 4900**

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

Amnael snarled at him. "You may have gotten away with that battle, but this battle is far from complete. I play Gold Ring which allows me to summon Alchemy Beast Gordon the Gold in attack mode." A golden warrior appeared on the field (Level 3 Attack 500 Defense 500) "And now I play the spell card known as Alchemy Alembic, know for every Alchemy Beast that's removed from play, my Alchemy Beasts on my field gain 500 attack points until the end of this turn, however they cannot attack directly." Gordon and Moonface glowed as they gained power (Attack 500-3000 x2)

This made the others all gasp.

"3000 attack points!" Daylen gasped

"That's right, now watch them all in action." Amnael sneered. "Go my Alchemy Beasts, destroy those monsters." Gordon seny yellow lightning from his sword at Dark Magician while Moonface sent sharp silver spikes at Breaker. There was an explosion on Daylen's field as his monsters were destroyed and Daylen groaned as he was thrown back.

**Daylen: 4600**

**Amnael: 4900**

Jaden and the others gasped in horror.

"Oh no!" Syrus gasped

"Daylen!" Theorn shouted

"Are you alright brother?" Solona asked

"I'm fine." Daylen stated. "I'm still in this Duel."

Amnael laughed.

"But you won't be fine for long." He sneered. "I have taken out your monsters and I am at an advantage again. Now make your move."

"Oh I will." Daylen hissed as he drew his next card. "And I summon Armageddon Knight in attack mode." A dark haired warrior wearing a red mask and rusty armor appeared on the field. "And when he's summoned I can send one Dark monster from my deck to my graveyard." Daylen discarded a second Dark Magician from his deck "And now my Armageddon Knight will attack that Moonface" Armageddon swung his sword and destroyed the rock monster.

**Daylen: 4600**

**Amnael: 4000**

"And now I will throw one card facedown and end my turn" Daylen finished

Amnael sneered. "One Alchemy Beast destroyed won't affect me. Actually, it will help me, I play the spell card known as White process Albedo, since I have Chaos Distil on my field, this spell card allows me to Golden Homunculus in attack mode." A new spell went into Chaos Distil and then a huge column of fire appeared on the field. "Forged in flames, Golden Homunculus doesn't work like any other cards. You see, his attack points are the number of cards that have been removed from play and then multiplied by 300. And thanks to you, I have 18 cards removed from play so that gives my Homunculus 5400 attack points." A huge stone golem appeared on the field (Level 6 Attack 5400 Defense 5400) "This Duel is over Daylen, I expected much more from you, but when my monsters attack, you will just have 100 life points left and then I will win this Duel soon. Go my Alchemy Beasts, attack." Golden Homunculus raised his fist and sent a giant fireball to Daylen's field

"Oh no, if that attack goes though then Daylen will lose his defense!" Jaden gasped

"And then Daylen will be left with very little life points!" Syrus gasped "I don't think even Daylen can make it this time."

"Don't say things like that!" Theorn hissed. "There has to be a way."

"My brother always finds a way." Solona stated

"I sure do." Daylen smiled. "Like my face down card, go Negate Attack, now your attack is negated and your battle phase end now."

Amnael growled. "So you survived this attack, well your luck will soon run out, I place one card face down and end my turn."

"I don't duel in luck." Daylen stated as he drew his next card. "I use tactics by using the right cards at the right time. I play the spell card Monster Reborn which allows me to get my Dark Magician back from the graveyard." The purple robed Magician returned to the field. "And next I sacrifice my Armageddon Knight in order to summon the Dark Magician's apprentice, the Dark Magician Girl." The blue and pinked robed female Magician appeared on the field (Level 6 Attack 2000 Defense 1700) "And I have another Dark Magician in my graveyard which I sent there with Armageddon Knight so my Dark Magician Girl gains 300 more attack points" (DMG Attack 2000-2300)

Syrus gasped. "What, when did Daylen get that card."

"I don't know but it sure is great to see that card." Jaden smiled

Theorn frowned. "It may be great but they're not going to help get rid of that Golden Homunculus."

"My monsters can't but this spell will." Daylen smirked. "GO, Dark Magic Twin Burst, when Dark Magician and Dark Magician Girl are on the field, I can combine their attack points together and launch one big attack." Dark Magician and Dark Magician Girl locked their rods of magic together (Attack 2500-4800)

"It's still not enough to take out Golden Homunculus." Amnael smirked

"I'm not aiming for your Homunculus." Daylen smirked. "You still have an Alchemy Beast on your field and if I attack it, I can take out the rest of your life points. How go, attack with Twin Burst Magic Attack" Dark Magician and Dark Magician Girl swung their staffs and unleashed a great blast of magic which then exploded on the field.

Kallian, Syrus and Chumley all cheered.

"All right." Syrus smiled

"He did it, Daylen beat the final Shadow Rider." Chumley added

But then the smoke cleared and Amnael was still standing.

"You're not the only one who can negate attacks." He sneered as he showed his own Negate Attack.

Daylen groaned, "I end my turn by throwing one card face down."

Amnael sneered. "Since another card has been removed from play, Golden Homunculus's attack increases." (GH Attack 5400-5700) "You won't be able to escape this attack, go Golden Homunculus attack that Dark Magician Girl." Golden Homunculus sent another fireball at Daylen's field

"I play my trap card known as Shift which switches your attack to Dark Magician." Daylen stated as he activated his trap and the fireball struck Dark Magician, the Magician groaned before shattering, the fireball also burnt Daylen.

**Daylen: 2400**

**Amnael: 4000**

"And now my Gordon will attack you directly." Amnael added as Gordon sent lightning from his sword which threw Daylen back and he collapsed to the floor.

**Daylen: 1900**

**Amnael: 4000**

"You may as well stay down Daylen, just face it, you have lost." Amnael laughed

"Don't listen to him brother!" Solona snapped. "Don't give up now, you still have a chance."

"Your sister is right." Jaden added. "A duel is not over until the last card is played"

"If you lose then it will be up to Jaden or Solona, you just have to win this duel and get our friends back." Theorn added. "Think about Neria, would she want you to give up"

Daylen heard Theorn speak about Neria, he never had the chance to admit that he has a crush on her and now she needed his help, so he pushed himself up. "My friends are counting on me and I will not give up." Daylen drew his next card "And I have everything I need with me, I play the spell card Pot of Greed which allows me to draw two new cards" Daylen drew two new cards. "And I will play both of them, Wonder wand and magical formula, with these cards, my Dark Magician Girl gains 1000 attack points and my 2nd Dark Magician in the graveyard gives it another 300" Dark Magician girl's wand changed into one with a green orb at the end and a magical spell book appeared in the other hand. (DMG Attack 2300-3600)

"So what!" Amnael sneered. "That monster can't help you, Golden Homunculus will destroy it on my next turn."

"Too bad he won't be around." Daylen smirked "I play the spell card Dark Burning attack"

"Dark Burning Attack?" Syrus questioned. "That's the name of Dark Magician Girl's attack"

"It sure is." Daylen smiled. "And now this spell card destroys all monsters on your field." Amnael gasped as Dark Magician Girl unleashed a red and black fireball which destroyed his Golden Homunculus. "And now you're wide open, so go Dark Magician Girl, attack him directly." Dark Magician Girl unleashed another fireball which blew Amnael back and his mask began to crack.

**Daylen: 1900**

**Amnael: 400**

"All right, way to play!" Syrus cheered

"Daylen's winning this duel again." Kallian smiled

"One more turn and he's won." Jaden added

"I knew my brother could do it." Solona smiled

Daylen smiled as his friends cheered him on.

"Now make your move." He stated

Amnael drew his card and then laughed. "You think that you have won this Duel because you have dealt me a lot of damage?" He sneered. "Well this Duel is not over yet, I play the spell card known as Alchemy Formula, this card allows me to summon the monster powerful alchemy beast, a combination of elements, a monster that gains power from my other monsters that have been removed from play. I summon Alchemy Beast Conrad the Compound in attack mode." A large multicolored dragon appeared on the field (Level 8 attack 0 Defense 0) "Sure he may be weak, but he gains 500 attack points for every monster that has been removed from play. And I have a total of 9 so that gives him 4500 attack points. And he has another ability, for every monster that had been, once per turn, I can select one monster on your field and lower its attack points by 100 for every monster that had been removed from play. So your Dark Magician Girl loses 900 attack points." Dark Magician Girl moaned before her attack points lowered (DMG Attack 3600-2700) "And now I play the spell card known as Hinotama which deals 500 damage to you." a fireball appeared on the field which exploded and threw Daylen back.

**Daylen: 1400**

**Amnael: 400**

"Oh no, if that attack goes through then Daylen will lose!" Theorn gasped

"No, there must be something he can do!" Kallian gasped

"I don't think there is." Syrus whined. "Daylen has no face downs that he can use."

Daylen turned and looked at his sister. "I guess it's up to you two now, at least I tried."

"Daylen." Solona whimpered as tears began to fill her eyes

"Don't worry sister, I believe in you." Daylen stated. "I tried my best, but you can do better, you and Jaden."

Everyone looked at Daylen as he stood up straight while Amnael smirked. "Well that is sweet." He commented. "Giving hope to your friends, but it will not save you, now Conrad, destroy that Dark Magician Girl and the rest of his life points." Conrad opened his mouth and unleashed a massive blast of fire which struck Dark Magician Girl who screamed and then exploded and the blast blew Daylen backwards and he collapsed to the floor as his cards fell out of his Duel Disk

**Daylen: 0000**

**Amnael: 400 (Winner)**

"DAYLEN!" Solona gasped

Amnael sneered as he walked over and then he bent down and picked up Daylen's key.

"Another key down." He smiled as the key vanished and then he opened his book and everyone gasped as Daylen began to glow.

"No, leave him alone!" Theorn snapped

But Amnael didn't listen and then Daylen faded as he was absorbed by the book while Solona and the others could only watch in shock and horror.

"NO!" Solona screamed

"WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?" Jaden demanded

Amnael laughed. "Your Key Keeper has joined the others that I have defeated. He is now locked within the pages of this tome."

"GIVE HIM BACK!" Solona demanded

Amnael laughed. "He lost to me so he is mine. If you want him back then you will have to defeat me. But should you fail then you will join him."

Solona glared at Amnael.

"So be it." She stated as she activated her Duel Disk

Amnael then looked at Jaden. "Now I think we'll make this better, we'll do a two on one, me vs the final two Key Keepers then I can take the final two keys at once."

"Oh yeah, well get your game on!" Jaden hissed as he stepped forward

Syrus, Chumley, Kallian and Theorn looked at Jaden and Solona.

"Good luck you two." Theorn stated

"Take them out." Kallian shouted

"Show them how you fight." Chumley added

"We believe in you two." Syrus added and then he felt something brush against his leg and he looked down to see Professor Banner's cat Pharaoh rubbing his leg "Oh, hey Pharaoh, I see you've come. Have you come to watch Jaden and Solona beat the final Shadow Rider? Here, I'll give you a good view." Syrus picked up Pharaoh but then Pharaoh gave a loud meow and slashed Syrus' face with his claws which caused him to drop Pharaoh.

Jaden then watched as Pharaoh ran fast him which made him gasp.

"Oh Pharaoh come back, that guy is dangerous." But then he watched as Pharaoh began rubbing against Amnael's leg. "Wait, Pharaoh?"

"Wait, what's Pharaoh doing?" Kallian questioned

"What's going on?" Syrus added as he rubbed his face where Pharaoh had slashed him.

Chumley looked confused. "Pharaoh is never friendly with strangers."

Jaden looked at him.

"Chumley's right." He stated and then his eyes widened with horror. "But then Amnael…"

"Is no stranger to Pharaoh, or to you." Amnael stated and then he removed his mask and showed his face which made everyone gasp.

"What!" Solona gasped

"It can't be!" Theorn gasped

"Wait, Professor Banner?" Chumley gasped. Amnael's face was Professor Banner's though the face was wrinkled and cracking in places.

Jaden looked confused. "Wait if you're Banner then, who is that mummy?" Jaden asked as he pointed to the mummified body then had found in the Coffin earlier

Banner laughed as he picked up Pharaoh. "That mummy is also me, you see you two, there is a lot more going on than you can possibly imagine."