"Seniority first, I draw. I summon Maternal Junk in defence mode." A woman made out of junk was summoned. Defence was 1500. "Alright you whippersnapper, show me what you're made of." He set a card face down.

"Don't worry, I'm planning on it. I'm not goin' easy on ya just cause you're old. I draw, I summon Blackwing Vayu and since birds of a feather flock together, I can summon another Blackwing from my hand to join Vayu on the field. Say hello to Bora the Spear. When this Blackwing attacks another monster in defence mode, and it's rockin more attack points then defence points, it slams you with the difference. Duck and cover you old fogie because Bora's attacking, with spiralling spear." Crow's monster attacked. Feather wriggled in the sling. I peered inside. She was awake, but just barely. She yawned and made a yawning noise. I heard Emily 'aw' behind me.

"I activate a trap, Scrap-iron Scarecrow." It stopped the attack.

"Nice," Jack said.

"Looks like Bashford's using a junk deck like mine."

"After Scrap-iron Scarecrow scraps your monsters attack, I can once again place it face down on my field. So, there." Crow snickered.

"I'm thinking I might underestimate you gramps," Crow said.

"It's my turn. I draw." He drew his card. I stared at him. He looked like he was in a trace and talking to himself.

"Hmm," I said.

"What's wrong?" Emily asked me.

"Nothing," I said back.

"Well, okay. If you say so," She said back. I still felt her eyes on me. I glanced over and saw Yusei staring at me too. I glanced back to the duel.

"Hey grandpa, something wrong?" Crow asked.

"It's nothing just...just, just never you mind," Mr Bashford retorted back.

"Alright, alright, so make a move already," Crow said annoyed.

"I summon Paternal Junk in attack mode." He threw it down. "And when Maternal Junk is on my field, Paternal Junk gains an additional 500 attack points and now from my hand, I activate the Junk Factory field spell." A factory appeared onto the field.

"What's this about?" Crow asked.

"It's about winning sunny-boy and don't you forget it," Mr Bashford said. "See here in the Junk Factory, every Junk monster on the field gains 500 attack points."

"Pretty good old dude, you nearly doubled the monsters power without having to sacrifice anything," Crow complimented. I stared over at Jack.

"Bashford's got a good pair and if he summons what I think he'll summon he'll have a full house," Jack said. Blister stared at Jack too.

"What does that mean, 'he'll have a full house'?" Blister asked. "Are you saying Crow's done for?"

"No way, I'm pretty sure Crow's got some feathers up him sleeve," Yusei said. Feather wriggled and said a cute baby noise. I giggled and cuddled her closer to me. She must have heard her name being called or noticed Yusei's voice.

"Let's battle. Go Paternal Junk attack." It attacked Crow's monster. Crow groaned. His life points went down to 2200.

"You just helped me out ya goofy-geezer. Because Blackwing Vayu the Emblem of Honour only has the power to Synchro summon from the graveyard. My comeback will be starting right now." Crow seemed happy. I giggled.

"It's hard to make a comeback in the Junk Factory sonny," Bashford said.

"What do you mean?"  

"In the Junk Factory, when one of my Junk monsters destroys one of your monsters, I can snag it from your graveyard and send it packing back to your deck."

"Ahh, oh man," Crow yelled. "Not bad, I gotta hand it to ya, ya old dog you still know a lot of tricks."

"Heh, well for my next trick, I play three cards face down and end my turn," Bashford ended. Where's the other card? The third one.

"Why won't he summon it?" Jack asked curiously.

"Summon what?"

"The third card," I said.

"What third card?" Blister asked. I didn't answer him. Let's just see if he summons it later on.

"It's my move. I activate the Black-winged Strafe which wipes out one of your monsters in defence mode, by sending a Blackwing from my hand to my graveyard. Let's say goodbye to my Shura the Blue Flame and say goodbye to your Maternal Junk."

"Not so fast, go Scrap-iron Barricade. During this turn, you can't destroy the monster protected by this barricade with card effects.  ¬Crow groaned. "And just like Scrap-iron Scarecrow, after being activated Scrap-iron Barricade can return to its face down position on the field.

"Pretty good old timer, but let's see how you handle Blackwing Blizzard the Far North," Crow said. Blizzard was summoned and made a noise. "When Blizzard of the Far North is successfully summoned, I can then special summon one level 4 or bellow Blackwing from my graveyard to join him on the field. So I special summon, Blackwing Shura the Blue Flame in defence mode"

"Then I'll just activate another trap, Scrape-Iron Pitfall."

"Huh? You gotta be kidding me."

"Afraid not sparky. When you use a special summoning to bring a monster to the field, it falls right into my Scrap-Iron Pitfall and returns to your hand."

"Oh man," Crow said.

"And now, just like my other traps this card returns to its face down position," Mr Bashford said. Crow looked deep in thought. I wonder what he's thinking. Feather wriggled in the sling. I looked down to see that she was wide awake.

"Hey sweetie, do you want to watch daddy duel?" I whispered. She blinked. I giggled and took her out of the sling and held her in my arms, with her eyes staring at the field. Her head is so fragile to hold, but I took control of it by having her lean her head back on my arm.

"The old man's starting to rattle our easily rattled friend," Jack said.

"Crow just needs to find a way around all those traps," Yusei commented.

"It's not all that easy," I said. Feather made a cute baby noise. I giggled. "Do you have faith in daddy sweetie?" She made another noise.  Emily giggled.

"I guess she does," Emily smiled.

"From my hand I activate the Cards for Black feathers spell, which gives me the power to draw two new cards from my deck, in exchange from sending a Blackwing from my hand to the graveyard.  So by shipping off my Shura the Blue Flame I can draw." Crow smiled. "When there's another Blackwing on my field I can summon Gale the Whirlwind from my hand in attack mode. Now I activate whirlwinds special ability. This Blackwing can halve one your monsters attack and defence points. With that done, now Bora the Spear can attack Paternal Junk" Bora attacked, but Crow forgot about the facedown cards.

"I activate my trap, Scrap-Iron Scarecrow."

"I was afraid you'd do that," Crow said. It blocked the attack.

"You're never getting to me sunny-boy," he said smirking.  

"Heh, never say never you old gibber-gabber. Cause you never know, Gale the Whirlwind, recycle that Paternal Junk."

"Crow realises that Blackwing and Paternal Junk both have 1300 attack points doesn't he? Does he want to destroy the both of them?" Blister commented. I smiled, I know his strategy.

"Before attacking, I activate the Moon Shadow's special ability from my hand. By sending this card to the graveyard, I can increase Gale the Whirlwinds attack points by 1400."

"Ah, so he's not crazy."

"Gale the Whirlwind, attack," Crow ordered. The old man lost some points. Then the ground started to shake a little. The junk was falling down. This isn't good. "How do ya like that, never count me out." I blushed. Crow was just so darn cute with everything he does.

"Let's see if you're still doing your little happy dance after I activate my trap card"

"What? You've got another one." I blushed at him again. His voice is just amazing. Feather wriggled in my arms. I looked down to see that she was concentrating on the duel. I smiled at the thought.

"With the trap Junk Spirit in play when a Junk Monster is destroyed in battle and send to my graveyard, I can re-summon that monster in the end phase. How do YOU like THAT?" Bashford countered.

"No way," Crow yelled. "I place one card face down and end my turn." He seemed a bit disappointed.

"And now Paternal Junk returns to the field and once again, because of my Maternal Junk and Paternal Junk's special abilities, Paternal Junk gains some attack points."

"Ah great, do we're back to where we were," Crow commented.

"Okay, now I'm confused. What's the old guy waiting for?" Yusei asked confused.

"I know, he seems into the old family structure tactic, so why hasn't he completed it yet?" Jack asked.

"So you're saying that Paternal Junks the father and Maternal Junks the mother then that means, that means there's a third card missing from that family," Blister stated.

"Yep, Kid Junk. If he'd summoned it to the field, Paternal Junk would gain another thousand attack points in order to protect the kid from any harm," Yusei explained.

"Gotcha: and if that happened then the old man would have this in the bag, is that it?"

"Well if that was part of his plan he would have done it already. With Maternal Junk and Paternal Junk both on the field, gramps could have used their abilities to summon Kid Junk straight from his hand," Jack said.

"So, why wouldn't that be part of the old man's plan?"

"Who knows?" Yusei gasped and started walking away.

"What's going on Yusei? Where are ya off too?" Blister asked.

"Gonna poke around in the old man's house, I've got a hunch about something," Yusei said. Emily was shocked.

"What kind of hunch?" Yusei smiled.

"Let's just say that if it turns out I'm right then Crow has nothing to worry about." He walked off.

"What is he talking about? What is his hunch?"

"More importantly, why would he snoop around?" Emily asked. I shook my head. Feather made her cute baby noise. I smiled and continued to watch the duel.

"My turn sonny," Mr Bashford said. "I draw. I activate the Junk Barrage spell card and I equip it onto Paternal Junk and with that boost, now Paternal Junk, attack Blackwing Gale the Whirlwind." It attacked and Crow lost his monster and most of his life points. More of the junk piles were sinking. "Looks like the birdbrain of a monster you have is about to be destroyed and your life points are about to fly the coop Crow. It's over" Crow screamed. "Get ready for a thrashing scooter." Crow screamed again.

"This funny old guys not so funny anymore," he said. More trash piles started sinking.

"Whoa what is that?" I placed Feather back into the sling to keep her safe.    

"Feels like the commotion from the duel is gonna bring these mountains of junk crashing down on us. Crow, stop the duel. We gotta get outta here."

"Huh? You heard him gramps, let's go," Crow said. He looked towards me. "Wendy, take Feather out of here alright. I'll be fine." I gasped, nodded and ran slowly away with the others.

"What's the matter sunny-boy? You're not scared of losing to me are ya?"

"Alright, if that's how it's gonna be..." I gasped and had to keep running. As Crow ended the duel more trash fell.

"Crow," Jack yelled.

"Hey, look out!" Blister yelled. The trash near Crow fell down onto the arena with a loud crash. But where were Crow and Mr Bashford? Are they okay? I ran over to the area where Crow was standing last.

"Crow? Crow, where are you? Darling?" I started to shed tears. Feather started to cry. I held her tightly. Just then a refrigerator door opened. Crow held it up. I smiled happily. They're okay.

"Were you lookin' for us?" he said. I still hard tears flowing from my eyes. Crow looked up at me. "Wendy, it's okay. I'm okay," He walked over and held me. I cried in his arms. Feather wriggled in the sling. We both smiled.

"No... Adam's duel arena, this can't be," Mr Bashford said. He tried to get to the arena, but Crow held him back.

"Stay back," he said.

"Let go of my squirt. I have to get into my house." He struggled to get away.

"I'm afraid there's not much left of it," Yusei ran over.

"What were you doing?" Blister asked. He walked over to Mr Bashford.

"I'm sorry. Your house was buried in the rubble but I was able to get out in time with this." He held out a family photo. "I thought you might want it"

"Aw look at that. A nice family moment," Crow said with his arm around me.

"Family? We figured you didn't have a family."

"I don't I, well I, I did," He stuttered.

"You didn't summon Kid Junk. I'm guessing that's because it's not part of your deck. Right?" Yusei asked. Crow held me closer.

"That's right. I use to have it but I gave it to my son. I was a sculpture artist and I was so focused on my work that I neglected what was most important to me. When I realised how I've been acting, I built this duel arena to try and make amends but it was too late. I have woken up every day since thinking, maybe this will be the day my son comes home for a duel." Everyone saddened.  

"So that's why you don't want to leave this place. You're waiting," Blister said.

"Is that right?" Yusei said.

"Yes, I've spent an entire lifetime waiting," he started crying.

"You know what? You've got yourself a new son right here," he pointed to himself with his thumb. Then with his arms out wide he continued. "In fact, you've got four, four giant little boys. Plus two beautiful daughters and..." he grabbed Feather lightly from the sling and held her out to Mr Bashford. "And...a gorgeous granddaughter." Mr Bashford stared in awe at her. A beautiful baby girl was in front of his eyes. "Go on, you can hold her," Crow said nicely. Mr Bashford held his arms out to hold her. He did. Crow wrapped his arms around me as we stared at the sight. Mr Bashford started to cry.

"She's...beautiful Crow," he cried.  "What's her name?" Crow and I smiled.

"Her names Feather, Feather Hogan," Crow answered. Emily giggled.

"I'm a proud godmother," she said. I giggled. Mr Bashford handed Feather back over to me.

"You better be," I answered. Crow snickered.

"AND if you live at Martha's you'll be surrounded by more grandkids than you can shake a cane at," he said.

"That sounds nice," he said.

"Well then, what are we waiting for," Crow said. A few minutes later and we were back to Martha's place. The kids greeted us.

"Crow, Wendy, you're back," Jake said. Jasmine ran out and hugged me. Martha had a few words with the boys and Mr Bashford. They explained everything. Mr Bashford decided to make a life-like Stardust Dragon sculpture. The boys, Emily and I decided to stay and watch with the kids. A few hours later and it was dusk. Mr Bashford was done with the sculpture. The kids awed at how amazing it was.

"It's like the real Stardust Dragon," Jake said.

"No, it's even better," Jasmine said. Mr Bashford laughed.

"Well I don't know if I'd go that far," he said.

"It seems like he'll be happy here. You've done your good deed for the day Crow," Yusei said.

"You think so?" He said. I nodded. I kissed his cheek. He blushed lightly and laughed.

"Hey Crow, get over here. My shoulders are killin' me. Come here and rub 'em for me would ya?" Mr Bashford said. Emily and I giggled.

"Huh? Why do I have too?" Crow answered.

"Quit whining and help a tired old man out, Crow. Don't you wanna get in your good deed for the day?"

"I did that," Crow protested. Yusei lightly pushed Crow forward.

"Go on Crow," Yusei said.

"You're his new son remember?" Jack said. Crow groaned, walked over and started rubbing his shoulders.

"Oh yeah, that's the stuff right there. Don't be weak, put some strength into it," Mr Bashford said. Crow looked over, smirked and said:

"Oh, like this?" he squeezed Mr Bashford's shoulders hard. He groaned.

"Ow, ow, ow, ow, ow!"

"You said to put some strength into it," Crow said.

"I did not. Don't you know you're supposed to be gentle with your elders?"

"I can't win with you," Crow said. We all laughed. A heard a little yawn. Feather was getting tired. It was time to go home. It has been a long day for all of us.

"I hate to say this, but I think we should go home. Feather's getting tired and I have to feed her soon," I said. Everyone nodded. We all said our goodbyes to the kids, Martha, Blister and Mr Bashford and we all headed home. Emily rid on Yusei's runner with him. She blushed the entire time. I giggled. A few minutes later and we were home. As soon as we walked in the door, I ran upstairs and fed Feather in Crow's and my room. Crow walked in quietly as I was feeding her. He looked over and smiled at her drinking. He sat on our bed and held me close as we both watched her drink. Crow and I stared at each other with love.

"You know I'm very proud of you darling. You continue to amaze me," I said with a smile. Crow snickered and kissed me on the lips. It was long and tasteful. We broke away when Feather made a cute noise. She was done with her dinner. Crow wanted to burp her again. I handed her over and he did. Soon, she fell asleep on his shoulder. Crow smiled and placed her into her cradle. Crow held me close as we watched her sleep.

"Darling?" he whispered. "How many more children do you want?" I smiled.

"About three in total I suppose," I answered. He smiled.

"No more than three?"  I giggled.

"You're wanting more?" I asked. He nodded.

"I want to experience and cherish these moments with more of our future children," he answered staring down at Feather. "It's just too amazing being a parent." I smiled.

"Well," I wrapped my arms around his neck. "How about we make it three minimum? We'll see how many children we can afford to have." I said. It's true; we need to be financially stable to be able to take care of children. We're already struggling. He smiled and kissed my lips.

"Do you want to try for another one now?" he growled. I giggled.

"Not now darling," I said. He pouted. I giggled again and kissed his lips. I turned on the baby monitor and took the other down stairs with us. It was Emily's turn to cook dinner. She finished up the lasagne and we ate in silence. What Blister told us about the meteor that hit was starting to rattle us.

*Flashback*

"Guys, now that the old man's happy we need to talk," Blister said.

"Talk about what?" Yusei asked.

"Did you guys see the reports about the meteor that hit outside the city?" He asked.

"We didn't need a new report. We heard the impact," Crow said.

"I've been picking up some weird chatter about it on the BSB channels (British Satellite Broadcasting. Don't know why it would be on the British channels though. Haha)"

"What sort of chatter?" Jack asked.

"Cryptic stuff, from what I can gather it seems like it wasn't a rock that fell. I've heard a few references to the Stone Tablet."

"This was two weeks ago right?" Yusei asked. "That was the same time that duelbot Ghost started showing up"

"Think there might be a connection there?"

"I don't know but whatever it is that fell it seems the Public Security Bureau got a hold of it and it keeping it very hush-hush," Blister said.

"A stone tablet? A duelbot? What exactly is going on around here?"

"Well whatever it is, one thing is clear someone doesn't want anyone to know," Blister said.

*End Flashback*

We all couldn't get that information out of our heads. We finished up our dinner and we decided to get some well needed sleep and that we'll talk about it tomorrow. Crow kissed me goodnight and hugged me closely. Soon we fell fast asleep.

"Now let's do this," Jaden said. Yubel was given the signal to start the distraction. She shot a blast in the middle of the city. People screamed. "Nice job scaring them off Yubel. That's right everyone, keep running and don't look back."
"I hope this scares off Pegasus and that way he won't be crushed by that building," my grandfather said while staring at me.  I looked over and smiled. He smiled back.
"Right, then him and the future of Duel Monsters will be safe," Yusei said.
"I think not," the mysterious man said. The man drove his duel runner violently into the centre of the city and stopped.  Yugi, Yusei and Jaden stared at him preparing for a duel. I stayed on the sidelines and kept safe.
"You listen here, we know what you're up too and we're not gonna let it happen. Got it," Yugi said. "So why don't you make it easy on yourself and go back to wherever it is you came from."
"Where I came from is why I'm here. Perhaps it's time...we get acquainted," the man took his mask off. "The names Paradox"
"Paradox..." Yusei said.
"I doubt that you've heard of me. In fact I'm very much certain that you haven't. After all I don't come from any of your eras in time. I come from the future," he explained.
"What's that suppose to mean?" Yusei said.
"Forget it, he's just trying to get in your head," Jaden said.
"We don't care about your back story. We just care about keeping out world safe," Yugi said.
"Oh is that so," Paradox said. He then laughed. "Too bad, nobody thought to keep me safe. Or those I loved. And now I will finally have my revenge. I will rid the world of all my pain a suffering. That is why I am here. Because I've realised something about this game you love so. This Duel Monsters. The world will be a far better place without it. The monsters, the spells, what good has come from it?"
"I've heard just about enough from you," I butted it. Everyone looked towards me. "A wise man once told me that any good can come from the game. Even if evil arises, it's Duel Monsters that keeps the world safe. What about the confidence in humans and friendships that builds from the game? I for one wouldn't have met my best friend because of it. I wouldn't have been allowed to study at Duel Academy to learn more about the game." Yusei, Jaden and Yugi were shocked at what I said. Yugi smiled.
"Sweetness, you went to Duel Academy too Wendy?" Jaden said. I nodded with a smile.
"Nice words Wendy. Couldn't have put it better myself. Where did you learn that from?" he asked. I gasped. "Oh um...my grandfather once said that to me." Paradox laughed.
"Wendy how lovely it is to see you. I've heard so much about you. Should I let loose who your grandfather is?" he smirked. I gasped.
"N-No...p-please don't," I pleaded.
"Then I suggest you shut your mouth!" he yelled at me. I gasped and sunk my head down.
"Wendy..." Yusei whispered. He growled. "So that's why you're here. To rid the world of Duel Monsters"
"That's correct. Once and for all," Paradox said.
"Not on our watch you're not," Yusei said.
"You senseless dolts, don't you see, instead of trying to stop me, you four should be trying your best to help me. I told you, where I come from is the reason why I am here. Where I come from is a doomed future," Paradox said. Yusei gasped.
"No, our future is a bright one," he said.
"It's not. It is a desolate place. So desolate, that I could no longer bear to see it with my own eyes. I took to wearing a mask and it was through this filter that I finally began to see why things had ended this way and the answer was Duel Monsters. So what better way to destroy this file is by travelling back to the beginning and not letting it spread? Time travel is an easy feat. But where there is a will, there's a way. And there was a will," Paradox said.
"But don't you realise, you're not just wiping out Duel Monsters but people too. You're destroying everything and everyone ever touched by the game," Yusei said.
"Of course I realise that Yusei as a matter of fact that's what I'm looking forward to the most," Paradox said. He's happy that he's destroying people's lives.
"You're one sick puppy," Jaden said.  
"Maybe the games not perfect but it's created more good things than bad," Yugi said.
"And another thing, the future isn't written yet, there's still time for things to change," Yusei said.
"Well then, seems we have a difference of opinion. Since I doubt anymore words will settle our impasse, perhaps we should seek to settle it another way," Paradox said.
"If you're saying you wanna duel, bring it on Paradox," Yusei yelled.
"Fine then, I think it fitting to destroy the three of you with the very cards that you try to save," Paradox said back. His futuristic duel runner made a few changes and flew into the sky.
"Paradox, get ready to get your game on," Jaden said. I noticed Yubel was behind him. Yusei mark glowed and he raised his arm in the air.
"Your twisted time crusade stops here," Yusei said. The Crimson Dragon was behind him. "Let's rev it up." I then noticed a figure that looked similar to Yugi beside him. He said something to him. That must be the Pharaoh that my grandfather has said about him, from the Millennium Puzzle around his neck. The puzzle flashed and out came the Pharaoh. I gasped at the thought of being about to meet the spirit that was with my grandfather for years.
"I just have one thing to say to you Paradox, it's time to duel," he said. He voice sounded like my grandfathers in the future. Just then my forehead started to glow. I gasped and quickly covered it. The glow...seemed to look like an eye. The eye or ra! How is that possible?
"Let's go," they all said. They raised their arms and activated their duel disks.
"Yeah, beat him to a pulp guys," I yelled still with my hand on my forehead. Jaden gave me thumbs up, and Yusei and my Yugi smiled. It feels weird addressing my grandfather by his first name. Yusei looked at me with concern. Since Jaden and Yugi were looking the other way, I slowly let Yusei see what I was holding back. He gasped. I put my hand over my forehead again and nodded at him. Paradox looked over at me and snickered.
"You think you can escape your power Wendy?" He said. I gasped. "Well think not. That power is with you always." I let my hands off my forehead as the Pharaoh and Jaden gasped.
"That's the eye of ra! Only people who can control the Egyptian Gods have this mark. But how?" The Pharaoh asked.  "But that means...Wendy...are you...somehow related..."
"Yes Pharaoh, I am related to Yugi," I said. He gasped. I saw the spirit of my grandfather appear with a shock.
"You also know of me?" he asked. I nodded.
"When I said my grandfather said those words, what I mean is, the guy you have shared a body with for years said that to me, when I first started learning Duel Monsters. I was 4 years old," I said with a smile. I thought that this was the time to tell him. Both the Pharaoh and my grandfather were speechless. The Pharaoh smiled.
"I'm sorry Wendy, but we must start this duel. We'll talk a little more after this," the Pharaoh said.  
"What makes you so sure that you'll win?" Paradox asked.
"Because of the belief in the heart of the cards," I said smiling. The Pharaoh smiled back at me.
"Well put," he said. Paradox groaned.
"I'll go first," Paradox said. I stared at him, preparing for what was going to happen. I just hope the boys can beat this guy. After all, I know their decks quite well. And I think I'll start by activating the field spell Malefic World." He activated the field spell and out came this darkness. We all gasped. It fused with the power of his duel runner and the scenery changed. It was...kinda pretty.
"What just happened?" Yusei said in awe.
"Malefic World. Now instead of drawing a card during my draw phase, I'm allowed to add a random Malefic monster from my deck directly to my hand. Next, I'll send Cyber End Dragon from my extra deck to the graveyard, which means Malefic Cyber End Dragon now appears," Paradox exclaimed. A large black version of Cyber End Dragon appeared. I gasped and walked back a little.
"Hey, does anyone know what this Malefic thing is all about?" Yusei asked.
"It's not something it's the type of deck I use. The type from the future. One of the very advantages of time travel," Paradox said.
"Jaden did you see how he just summoned the Malefic version of that dragon?" Yusei said.
"Aha, just by banishing the regular version of Cyber End Dragon to the graveyard. That's all it took," Jaden said.
"In other words, by destroying a monster good version it could give life to its bad. It seems Paradox truly does only see the dark side of Duel Monsters," the Pharaoh said.
"Yes Yugi and I'm going to use it to defeat you all," Paradox said.  "But, let's not get ahead of ourselves. I end my turn with one facedown"
"Listen Jaden, Yugi, we know what's at stake here. Our friends, our very future, it all hangs in the balance; it all hangs hinges in the duel. It's true. We may have all just met and we may not know each other's duel styles and strategies, but even so, right now, we have to fight as one. All out skills, all our past experiences, let's use them, let's focus all of them to this one common cause," Yusei said. Jaden and the Pharaoh smiled.
"Agreed Yusei and I think that you should be the one to start us off," the Pharaoh said.  Yusei smiled and nodded.
"Right, here we go," Yusei drew a card. "First I play the spell card Reincarnation of Hope. By sending two monsters to the graveyard now we can draw a monster card later."
"Fool, don't you realise there won't be a later for you or your friends," Paradox said.
"Well right now I'm summoning Junk Synchron and because I was able to summon him, now I can summon a level 2 or below monster to my field from my graveyard. Sonic Chick, fan your feathers in defence mode. Next I'll play Quillbolt Hedgehog's ability from my graveyard. An ability that since I have a tuner monster already on the field, allows me to summon my hedgehog straight to the field. But it won't be around for long. Nor will any of my other monsters, atleast not in their present form, cause I'm tuning them all together.  Just as Yugi, Jaden and I are combining our might, these three have no combined theirs. I summon forth, the Synchro monster, Junk Gardna," Yusei said.
"Synchro what?" the Pharaoh said. I snickered.
"Pharaoh, by sacrificing any monsters with an equal level of six, one being a tuner monster, Yusei is allowed to combine the monsters to create a type of monster called a Synchro Monster by Synchro summoning those monsters together," I stated. "It's a form of special summoning a high level monster in the future." Jaden and the Pharaoh took in what I had to say.
"I didn't get that, but I like it," Jaden said. "Too cool"
"I place two cards face down and end my turn," Yusei ended.
"How truly pathetic, if that's the best you can do then you all might as well give up here and now. You decks are no match for mine. Not since I snatched Yusei's Stardust Dragon," Paradox said. Yusei groaned. "It's my move. And with it I'll show you a beast with true might. I send Rainbow Dragon from the deck to the graveyard, which as you saw before I can summon Malefic Rainbow Dragon." The scenery changed and out came a different version Rainbow Dragon. The scene changed back to Malefic World.
"How dare you! Leave my pals card out of this," Jaden yelled. Well that is Jesse's card.
"Why do you think I was time hopping in the first place? So I could collect the cards I would need to destroy Pegasus. Until that time comes, I'll use them to destroy the three of you. Malefic Rainbow Dragon, attack. Spectral Surge," Paradox said. The dragon attacked.
"I activate my Junk Gardna's ability and with it, your dragons about to be switched into defence mode," Yusei said. The attack was stopped and switched into defence mode.
"Fine then, you stopped one of my Malefic Dragons but as you recall I have two out," Paradox said. "Malefic Cyber end Dragon attack." It attacked Junk Gardna and Yusei was flown to the ground on his back.
"Yusei," I yelled.
"Are you okay?" the Pharaoh asked.
"Say something pal," Jaden said. Yusei slowly got up.
"I'm alright," he said. His life points weren't though.
"Well you won't be when your life points run out because in a Malefic duel you don't just lose the match you lose your soul," Paradox said. Lose their souls? If that happened then my grandfather would die and I wouldn't exist. But since I haven't faded away they don't lose. Right? Yusei stepped up.
"I play Junk Gardna's second ability. When it's destroyed, it switches one of your monsters into defence mode and next I play the trap Miracles Wake. This allows me to wake up a monster my graveyard that was destroyed this turn," Yusei said. Junk Gardna came back into the field. "I'm sorry; I lost us some points there."
"Don't be sorry Yusei," the Pharaoh said.
"Totally, you just fended off attacks from two super tough monsters. Way to go," Jaden commented. I smiled.
"Yeah Yusei, your move was great," I said.
"Thanks guys," Yusei said. "I did my best."
"Against a deck that is staked with the best cards throughout all of time that's all we can do and that's what we're going to have to keep doing to win this duel," the Pharaoh said. Yusei and Jaden nodded. I smiled and what he said. My grandfather really turns out to be like him.
"In my time travels I've listened into your past pep talks. But that was by far the most pathetic. I place a card face down and end my turn," Paradox said.
"Well alright then it's my turn to take a crack at ya. Here goes," Jaden said drawing a card. "Yusei cool if I piggy-back off your play?" Yusei nodded. "Well alright, then I play this, Polymerization now fuses Junk Gardna with Elemental Hero Neo's that's in my hand. This is a first, two monsters from different times teaming up together as one. Here comes the best of both worlds, Elemental Hero Neo's Knight." I gasped. Two cards from different times fusing together was amazing. "Now Elemental Hero Neo's Knight gets a supercharged power up equal to half the attack points of Yusei's Junk Gardna. And you better believe I'm going to put that power to good use. So charge Neo's Knight. Vanquish that Malefic Cyber End Dragon." It attacked and destroyed the dragon. "Oh and uh by the way, Neo's Knights ability allows him two attacks in one battle."
"Two attacks?" Paradox said. Neo's Knight flew past and destroyed Rainbow Dragon.
"You're not so tough," Jaden said.
"Let's see if you're smiling after this. I play the trap Malefic Tune. Now since a Malefic monster has been destroyed, I get to draw two cards from my deck," Paradox said.
"Fine then I play four cards face down and end my turn," Jaden finished.
"Jaden that was awesome," I said. Jaden smiled and gave me a thumb up.
"Nicely played Jaden, you have to tell me, where you learnt to duel with such heart and passion?" the Pharaoh said.  
"A little place called Duel Academy and believe it or not I usually skip class," Jaden said.
"The same place Wendy learnt to duel?" the Pharaoh asked. I giggled.
"Actually Pharaoh, I learnt from you, uh...Yugi," I said with a smile. The Pharaoh snickered.
"Well I bet Yugi is a great teacher," he said. The eye of ra was still glowing on my forehead.
"He definitely is," I said with another smile.
"Enough with the talk, it's my turn," Paradox said. But instead of drawing I'll use my field spell to add a random Malefic Monster to my hand. Excellent, now I have all that I need to win this right at my fingertips. The future will soon by cured of the Duel Monsters play. I send Stardust Dragon from me extra deck to the graveyard; now rise up Malefic Stardust Dragon." It can't be; Yusei's card.
"My Stardust..." Yusei said. "Paradox you snake, what have you done to it?"  
"I've simply introduced it to the power of the Shadow's and there's more to come. Next I summon Malefic Parallel Gear. Now Parallel Gear, tune with my Malefic Stardust Dragon."
"What?" Yusei and I said.
"You two are not the only ones here who can Synchro Summon. Behold, as the shadows drip down through the cracks of time, and witness how the darkness pulls together to create pure evil. I Synchro Summon, Malefic Paradox Dragon," Paradox said. I lightly screamed as my hair was pushed back from the wind that the summoning created. Out came a black dragon.
"Not good," Jaden mumbled.
"And next I'll activate its special ability. You see since I Synchro Summoned I'm allowed to bring back a Synchro Monster from my graveyard straight to the field. So rise once more Stardust Dragon," Paradox said.
"Two dragons again," Yusei said.  
"That's right Yusei and now Paradox Dragon reduces that attack points of Jaden's monster by the attack points of the monster just revived. So Neo's Knight, power down," Paradox said.  The monsters power decreased to 700 attack points.
"Neo's no," Jaden said.
"I would say you three put up a fight only you didn't. Malefic Paradox Dragon, destroy Neo's Knight." It attacked.
"I play a trap, Hero Barrier. Thanks to this, since I have an Elemental Hero out on my field, I can negate your attack," Jaden said.
"Well done," the Pharaoh complimented.
"Nice move," Yusei said.
"I wouldn't be so sure. I play the trap Malefic Claw Stream. Since Malefic Synchro monsters on my field, I'm allowed to destroy one of your monsters." It destroyed their monster.
"I'll see your trap and raise it with one of my own. Elemental Mirage. Now when there's an Elemental Hero on my field was destroyed with an effect, I can bring it back. Return to battle Neo's Knight," Jaden said.
"A perfect counter," the Pharaoh commented. Jaden winked and saluted the Pharaoh.
"Oh, I just figured it would have been rude of me to let you go without a monster out there with ya," Jaden said.
"Thanks, and you can count on me to put Neo's Knight to good use," the Pharaoh said. Here we go. The legend himself. The Pharaoh that my grandfather would always tell me about is about to make his turn.
"I'm sorry Yugi but even your best won't be good enough here," Paradox said. Everything he said made me rage beyond belief. "Not so long as I have Stardust Dragon. Because due to Malefic Paradox Dragon's ability, your monsters attack points decrease by Stardust Dragon's attack points."
"This is all my fault," Yusei said.
"Stardust Dragon is your card, but you're not controlling it. Atleast not yet," the Pharaoh said.
"What do you mean?" Yusei asked.
"Next I'll place two cards face down to end my turn," Paradox said.
"Then it's my move now, so get ready," the Pharaoh said.
"Very well. Let's see what you've got, King of Games," Pharaoh said. I breathed out. He can do this. He is a powerful duellist.