I look down at the scene with my keeper sight as the goodlies try to register what is going on. I did not have to wait long.

“Guards!” Shit! As my foxes run away I quickly grab the new flesh golem with my hand and dump it into the room that broke into the enemy base. I am somewhat pleased that my latest creation gave them pause. It was made from dire apes and like the old model was packed with extra muscle. It had two extra arms attached under the old ones and with the opening in its stomach and shape it looked kind of like one of those abominations from the warcraft games and was even armed with things like a giant steel cleaver for that horror movie effect. Not that they could see what it looked like though because it was covered in steel armor.

After my researchers have had time to study the anti magic weapons recovered from goodly attacks they found that it works by creating a whirling storm of energy around one point on the object that when it collides with other energies it diverts their flow scattering what is meant to move in a controlled pattern and as such disrupts the spell. And though they are still working on a way to protect spells against this with no results as of yet they have determined a range of this energy storm from its point and so an idea of how thick armor would need to be to protect constructs like my undead. Unfortunately it’s too thick to work with any conventional undead but the new flesh golem is large enough for it to work.

I keep my focus on the area long enough to see if it works and the Goodly Heroes shake themselves from their short moment of shock and let the arrows fly and they bounce off of the thick steel armor. There is a short moment of tension before the golem appears to tip over only for one foot to stomp forward and in leans down to take a swing with its giant sickle cutting half of the group in range in two while the others were able to dodge. Satisfied with what I saw even if it only got that many because of the narrow space making it too hard for most of the goodlies to get out of the way in time I take two more defensive measures.

First I create blockades protecting vital areas. This meant a wall of barricades in front of a wall of century traps set in a pattern with the normal kind then the party cannon model which is one of the fun toys Pinkie designed for me when she and Vinyl were working together designing traps when I was at that Halloween party. This pattern continued until it reached from one side to the other. The party cannon ones didn’t do as much damage and had half range but they had a good knock back effect, had a scatter shot which is great for when the enemy gets close and was cheaper mana wise to keep around. And finally the last of the three century traps I have, one bass cannon designed by Vinyl was set up behind the front row of cannons. This model’s range was four times the length of the normal model and did ten times the damage but was such a gas guzzler on my mana it normally just isn’t worth it. I then set teams to guard each point.

Second I have my Elites gather my forces and those prepare for battle while I release my mindless dead. As an afterthought I look to the shadow box. When I was afraid that I was going to run out of dead bodies I had my imps work on shadow production twenty-four seven, but that stopped after the gift of those corpse chests. I’m going to have to abandon this dungeon now anyways which means the light that cast them and now sustains them will just have to go out anyways so I just open the box and in less time than it takes they’re already swarming the place I hope that slows them down long enough.

Finally all of my minions that have not been trained to fight are immediately put to work removing everything from my dungeon to my black castle starting from most to least important. So I create a portal in the nursery to get started. My room is the most secure part of my castle at the moment so that is where I’ll send them. As the little ones were being brought to me I glance back over to the breach. The flesh golem is doing well. Enough that if it fell right now I would still be happy with this model and make more later. Unfortunately Most of the goodlies are just storming past it while the few fighting it are more focused on keeping it from attacking the main force that are charging past.

Turncoat, thunderbolt, inferno, swords of revealing light! I cast as strategically as I can but they are hard to keep down. So I turn my attention to the tokens I have. Yes I can split my focus for one more if it helps. Wanting to summon reinforcements into the battlefield quickly I try a little experiment.

Using my hand of evil I tap Asphyxious’s token and try to send a feeling of urgency through it. It works and a portal opens up in my room. I can hear the familiar music of Toon World fill the air making me think that I got the wrong token for a moment.

That's when Asphyxious jumps out of a portal with cartoon dragons on his shoulders. “You call?” He asked with a smile, he was taller. And his hair was now white, that's when he noticed the sound of battle going on. “What’s going on?” To answer his question I drop one of my foxes in front of him.

“Hello. Mistress has sent me to talk for her. She is going through ascension into a goddess and can’t move at the moment. Would you be so kind as to help defend the dungeon?” The fox asked.

Asphyxious sighed as he picked up the fox. “Sure, just let me know if there’s anything I shouldn’t mess with. I already got into trouble when my unliving started to worship Ava.” He said, as Asphyxious points the toon dragons forward. The toon Dragons laughed before speeding down the hall, as Asphyxious follows after them. The fox climbs up the lich’s arm and sits on his shoulders like a child.

Asphyxious paid it no mind as he started to hmm something to himself. “Oh can you tell me, can you tell me, the way that this should work.” He stopped when something missed his head. Asphyxious first looked at what missed his head, then to the one that tried to shoot him. It was one of a team of griffins with crossbows.

“Oh goodie, someone for me to eat.” Asphyxious said as he licked his lips. “I hopped you made your peace, because unlike Rin. I show no mercy.” Asphyxious then started to turn into some kind of dragon, an eighteen foot tall dragon. With black scales that had blue highlights. He let out a roar before changing at them.

“Please tell me you're making progress with that demon!” One of the attackers shouted behind him.

“What demon?” Asphyxious asked as he was in the middle of eating a griffin. Just then a unicorn that was cut up all over flew past them and was impaled on one of Asphyxious’s horns.

“I don't understand! The spells we're using are made to banish even the highest level demons!”

“Ewww, guys really? Throwing dead bodies at me… Really?” Asphyxious asked as he removed, the unicorn only to find the unicorn was still alive. “Also I’m a dragon, say it with me. D-R-AG-ON. Also is this one of yours?” After saying that he saw a new group behind the ones he was fighting moving away from something. There was a brutal crunch and a spray of blood from down the hall. The ground shook with footsteps as Killer the deathclaw walked in and picked up a screaming pony by his head and bite into his torso like he was a juicy melon.

“I so want one.” Asphyxious said with a smile, showing off the rows of fangs in his jaws. But Asphyxious decided to cut down as many of the intruders with his claws and tail. Before the deathclaw could get to them. “So you work for Rin?” He asked the deathclaw that tilted its head at him before continuing its attack.

“I’ll take that as a yes.” Asphyxious said then changed into his lich form. “No need to stay in one form, let’s keep them guessing.” He then pushed on to find where the fighting was at its thickest, as well as where Rin is. Asphyxious cut a griffin in half as it ran out from another hallway, with his large sword. “So messy.”

“Take a left.” The fox clinging to his head said while pointing to the next turn.

“Sure thing skipy.” The Lich replied as he followed the fox directions.

“Skipy? I'm not a skipy I'm an imp.” The fox said. Asphyxious just laughed as he kept going down the hall. He soon came to a large group that was moving down the tunnel with some kind of flame thrower siege weapon that they fired into a room before moving it to the next.

“Oh is it my birthday?” Asphyxious asked. As he ran his metal fingers over his sword, as it gave off this horrible sound of metal over metal. “HEY JACKASS!” Asphyxious yelled as he moved to close the distance. “If you're playing with fire, get ready to BURN!” At his words the ones guarding the weapon turned to engage him as the weapon was fired into the next room. As the goodlies took fighting stances Asphyxious froze. Not because of the fear the knights were trying to fill him with but because of the now burning baby toy that was blown out of that room when the weapon went off.

“My… Children…” Asphyxious asked as the shadows started to grow longer and climb up the walls, even the lights were struggling to keep the dark back. “What have you done… TO MY CHILDREN!” Asphyxious roared as he casted caustic mist on to the knights. There armor started to be eaten away by the acid like mist. But the lich didn’t stop there as he casted hellfire on one of them then, impaled one with his hand and the other with his sword. “YOUR SOULS WILL BE MINE!”

Asphyxious swing both arms down sending the body's flying into the floor, with a wet slap. Blue mist rose from the bodies and took the forms of the ones he had just killed. It didn’t take the souls long to realize what was happening as they screamed in fear as they were sucked into his soul cages. ‘Wack!’ He stopped after he was struck with the blunt side of a pickaxe on the head by his passenger.

Asphyxious slowly turned to the one who hit him and glared with all of his fury. “Mistress told me to do that when you couldn’t hear me talking to you. She wanted me to tell you.” The fox said before giving the message like she was reading it off a piece of paper. “You idiot, did you honestly think that the first thing on my mind when the dungeon was compromised wouldn’t be to evacuate the children?”

“Sorry, but I’m still angry right now. And thank you for letting me know they're safe.” Asphyxious then throws his sword into the siege weapon. Puncturing the gas line making fire jet out of the back of it, setting its crew on fire. “But the fact they would dare try to harm my children, is unforgivable. And like I said before, I will not show them mercy.”

“The problem isn’t that they are evil, they are just stupid. They didn’t even bother to look into the rooms they blast with that thing.” The fox said.

“Really? There that stupid?” Asphyxious asked. As a pony ran past with Red Eyes Toon Dragon on its back hitting the pony on the head with a frying pan. “Did that just happen?” He asked looking back at the Fox imp.

“Yes.” The fox said plainly before talking like she was reading aloud again showing that it was Rin talking. “Fear and desperation make anyone stupid. Especially when they were surprised like this. I was expanding a room and realized too late that their main HQ was right next door this entire time. We broke into their counsel room when they were having a meeting by mistake.”

Asphyxious went over to the siege weapon and pulled his sword free from it. He looked at the bodies, and had a thought. “How well can they handle undead?” He asked, looking over the weapon. It wasn’t bad, but his warjacks could easily have something like this mounted to their arm.

“They like to use magic nullifying weapons so good. I’ve already lost half my skeletons. My new flesh golem model is doing okay though but only because of the ridiculously thick armor that I can only give it because it’s so huge.”

“I better change forms then, if they hit me with something like that in my lich form. Who knows what will happen.” Asphyxious added, until he knows how strong these nullifiers are. He was going to play it safe and go back into his human form. “Where do I go?” The fox just sat there a moment like it was waiting for something before responding.

“The breach is not far and it is where most of the fighting is. The flesh golem is making it hard for them but many are ignoring the dangers and are just running through. Take the next right and follow that until you see a barricade held by a Trixie with a pokeball cutie mark and my pokemon. Once you get there you should be able to get there from the sounds of my giant undead abomination thrashing around.”

“Let me guess, you set up a lot of traps ahead of them.” Asphyxious asked as he started walking. “You should have a glue and father trap just for kicks.”

“I have a party cannon sentry trap made by Pinkie as well as party landmines that launch enemies into the air while hitting them with a temporary gravity enchantment that makes them as light as balloons so the slightest breeze makes them fly around.”

“My god, your dungeon is like a fun house for my toon monsters.” Asphyxious said, as he pulled out a card and out popped a toon Magician girl who giggled. “Go have fun.” The toon give a fluttershy like yay before flying off. Just as soon as she left two individuals jumped into Ax’s path. One was an obesily fat earth pony while the other was a completely bald minotaur wearing jeans and a T-shirt.

“My god you look like butters.” Asphyxious said, then blinked at what he just said. “Where did that come from?”

“Stop monster! We heard you talking and know that thing riding on-” The pony began to say before Ax screamed.

“AHHHH! Monster!” Asphyxious yelled pointing at them and ran away from them. But really this was a trap on his part. He was having too much fun with this.

“Look out!” The fox screamed and Ax turned just in time to be bowled over by the fat pony that was sliding along the ground penguin style. Leaving a trail of grease behind.

“Dude, are you sonic’s fat cousin?” Asphyxious then looked at the grease. “Eww… Dude have you ever heard of a bath?”

“We are the disciples of Strong Heart! We have come to avenge him!”

“Oh you mean the fat ass I pushed down the stares… That was funny.” Asphyxious added with a smile.

“How dare you! Trash like you doesn't deserve the honor but I will crush you with my magical transformation!” The bald minotaur shouted in outrage.

Asphyxious then took out a book and started reading it. As he was doing this the minotaur balanced himself on one hoof and started spinning like a ballerina. Soon there was a tearing sound and he gave off a light that blinded Ax for a moment. When he could see again the bull was standing there completely naked. Not even fur to cover his private parts. The light came from foil that was glued to the inside of his cloths that were now lying in tatters on the ground.

“...Here hold this.” Asphyxious said throwing the bull his book. “Not even Ava would go near that.” He added before lighting a fire spell. “Let me ask a question, is this grease flammable?”

“Nice try monster but no. That is my sweat!” The pony boasted and the fox tried to scoot further away from the part of Ax covered in it. While he was distracted the bull jumped onto Ax and grabbed him in a full body lock.

“Now where is the dark fox!?” The pony demanded.

“Blizzard.” Asphyxious said as cold wind and snow explodes around them, turning the hall into a frozen tundra. “As for your question, don’t know. But seeing as you're naked and the other ones covered in sweat. Let see who lasts longer in the cold as your body freezes over.” Soon the bull started to shiver but stubbornly hung on. Even started trying to poke Ax in the eye with his nipple.

“...Are you coming on to me?” Asphyxious asked as he kept his eye closed. “Also what was the point of that?”

“Use whatever weapons you can.” The bull said before shouting in surprise when the fox whacked him on the head with her pickaxe. ‘Thunk thunk thunk thunk thunk thunk.’ “Stop that!”

“Funny, that’s my saying only I would not do something as stupid as use a nipple.” Asphyxious said as he pulled out his cutlass. “But here’s a question for you. What freeze faster, a naked body or a body covered in sweat…” Asphyxious just pointed back to the bull’s friend, who was shivering while pulling icicles off of his body. He reached under himself and pulled a surprisingly long one and ran at Ax trying to use it as a dagger.

“You don’t know who you're dealing with.” Asphyxious said, as he pulled out his shotgun, and fired it. Taking out one of the pony legs, making him fall over in pain. “I love the sound of acid.” Asphyxious added, as the pony screamed even louder in pain. As his leg is being eaten away by the acid rounds. “Let me guessed how you cloned him, mirror pool right?”

“Handsome Jack!” The bull shouted his friends name in panic at seeing him taken down with the shot. “You bastard!”

“Oh my god! He’s called Handsome Jack?!” Asphyxious burst out laughing. “Oh god, I have to tell Jack about this!” Asphyxious then started to make a call on his echo. “Jack you won’t believe this, there’s a fat pony with your name! No I’m not joking, I shot him in the leg… No I will not send you a picture.”

“Stop ignoring me!” The bull shouted as he let go of Ax and lowered his head to impale the lich. Only to be bit on the nose by Blue eye toon dragon.

“Raven you fool go get backup!” Handsome Jack shouted to his fellow disciple.

“Oh my god… I am never telling my Hoard mate about you, or she’ll kill me for the jokes I could make.” Asphyxious said laughing, As the Toon dragon would not let go of the bull’s face.

“I am so confused. At first when this fight started the mistress was begging Luna to gouge out her eyes while screaming about them multiplying. But now she’s just laughing while trying to tell herself to keep raining spells on the enemy.” The fox said.

“It a displaced thing, you’ll understand when you’re older. Or when Rin tells you.” Asphyxious replied as he shot the bull in the knee and started to walk off. Leaving the toon Dragon to jump on the bull, like he was a trampoline.

“I have two months before I expire. Will I know by then?” The fox asked curiously as if it were a normal question. Asphyxious looked at the fox sadly before cuddling it.

“You poor thing.” He said cuddling it as he walked off while the Toon dragon fired off it special attack. Before flying away to look for someone else to play with.

“I don’t understand your reaction.” The fox said blankly before listening to my words to her. “You misunderstand. I am a more advanced kind but I am an imp. I have no soul or mind of my own. I am created using my creator's mind to make an advanced kind of magical A.I.”

“I still feel bad you have a short life span.” Asphyxious replied.

“It can’t be helped. The mistress can’t make the kind that feed off her magic without them overloading and exploding now that she is a goddess and my kind require life force. The more life force used in our creation the longer we last. And what was in reserve was divided between ten of us.”

“So, any more bad guys I have to find or have my toon monsters dealt with them?” Asphyxious asked, looking at a dead body.

“The front lines.” The fox reminded. “That way.” She pointed from his arms. Asphyxious smiled and walked that way. Then started singing a song to himself. The trip was pretty uneventful as they found the barricade with the Trixie commanding a Blastoise, Mr. Mime and an Electabuzz. Once they passed it the battle got more intense as wave after wave of goodlies attacked him.

“Damn… They're like ants.” Asphyxious said, as he castes a lightning spell shocking them. “How many are there?”

“I don’t know. We broke into their place by mistake.” The fox said but had to grab onto Asphy when he stumbled at taking an arrow in a place far too cliche to say out loud.

“That… Was to close… and still went into my leg…” Asphyxious growled as he pulled the arrow out. “Haha! You missed my balls!” Asphyxious yelled as he castes hellfire at them with caustic mist into the opening. As he burned and cut his way through the waves stopped and he could hear cheering from the goodlies chanting for the coming of something called the storm golem.

“Why does it have a number on it?” Asphyxious asked blinking at it. That’s when he remembered what Dark Magician aka Marshal told him about numbered monsters. “Oh please let this be a coincidence.”

“Wait isn’t that the Mmmmmmmmmm! Pu pu pu!” The fox said while looking up at it.

“You okay?” Asphyxious asked.

“Sorry, I wasn’t supposed to repeat that. When the mistress was talking one of the babies put something in her mouth.” The fox replied.

“That is so cute.” Asphyxious replied as he gave a whistle, and his three toon monster showed up by his side. And the Red eyes was wearing a pan on it head. “So, how do we take this thing down?”

“The mistress was trying to say isn’t that the Gate Guardian?”

“I don’t know, I don’t know much about these cards.” Asphyxious said looking at the deck of cards he pulled out.

“Mistress said it’s from a show and this one is an extremely powerful one created by combining three monsters. Their elements are lightning, water and wind.” The fox said.

“Yeah, Dark told me something like that” Asphyxious then found something odd, the Guardian was looking at him. “Ummm, it's staring at me… What do I do?” The giant stood there for a moment before twin pegasi flew in front of it and struck a pose.

“We apologize for being late.” The first one said.

“But rest assured we now seal their fate!” The second replied. Asphyxious just blinked at them as they started to rhyme, he sighed at this and thought he didn’t have time.

“Listen here you pare of clods. Back off or I’ll kick some arss!” Asphyxious shouted back.

“You’re just mad that your side does suck!” Brother #1 said.

“For this one’s number means your bad luck.” Brother #2 said.

“Do you not tremble at the giant you’ve seen?” Brother #1 said.

“Because you will now die by Gate Guardian thirteen!” Brother #2 finished.

“You guys suck that is a fact, so I challenge you to a dual how about that?” Asphyxious asked, as he realized what the just said.

“We accept if that is your last request.”

“Now prepare for us to lay you to rest!”

“Wait I take it back!” Asphyxious shouted but but it was too late as a circle of magical energy formed around them.

“What is this trick that you have planed?”

“Against our giant it will not stand!”

“I have no idea, what about you gang?” Asphyxious asked, as the toon monsters turned back into cards and went into his deck. “Oh… I think I know now. We’re in a dual, so we have to play by the game’s rules… I know nothing about this game!?”

“Hahaha! Fell for your own trap not knowing the way?”

“...But brother. We do not know how to play.” At his brother's words he froze before looking at the cards that appeared out of nowhere on his foreleg nervously.

“Well...buck.”

“Ummm, Sparky. Any help?” Asphyxious asked the fox. “Does Rin know anything about this game? If not have her call the Dark Magician by his token for help.” After a short moment an illusion image of three foxes in strange looking cloths appeared in the middle of the two sides and giant cards appeared over their heads as they started explaining the rules.

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“So, who’s turn is it?” Asphyxious asked, looking at the brothers.

“The first honors shall be mine!” The left brother said. “First I place two cards face down and summon my Jirai Gumo in attack mode!” (Atk 2200/ Def 100.)

“Okay here goes nothing.” Asphyxious said looking at the cards in his hand. “I summon Toon Cannon Soldier. And play one card face down… Wait, did I do that right?” (Atk 1400/ Def 1300) The Toon posed as it made bring it gestures with its hands.

“It doesn't matter you’re still going to fall!” Said one brother.

“Once this mess is over we’ll destroy you all!” Said the other brother as he drew a card. A deep frown showing on his face.

“Wait, you’re both playing me? That's not fair it’s two against one!” Asphyxious yelled at them. They just smirked at this.

“Now I play one card face down and end my turn.”

“And now I’ll Ahhh!” The other brother shouted when he tried to draw a card and was badly electrocuted for it.

“Ummm, I guess the game agrees with me…” Asphyxious said blinking in confusion. “Now what do we do?”

“But there is no one else in this circle to play!”

“Are we stuck in this trap for the rest of the day!?”

“Do you think we’ll get to keep these?” The fox sitting on Ax’s head asked while holding up a deck of cards.

“Wait… You have a deck too?” Asphyxious asked, then started smiling. “It’s your turn!”

“But I can’t strategize. I’m a construct.” She replied but then paused.

“Relax you have one thing they don’t. Rin helping you.” Asphyxious said and put the fox down. The fox nodded and looked at her cards. Her ears twitching like she was listening to something.

“I place one monster down in face down defense position. Then I play the field card Yami. I then place two card face down.” She said as the area was surrounded in darkness. Her ears twitched again. “Oh, okay. I’ll also play Pot of Greed and draw two new cards. That ends my turn.” Once that was said the pony that got cooked gave his deck a few experimental taps before drawing a card

“Now I sacrifice my Jirai Gumo to summon my Labyrinth Wall in attack mode!” (Atk 0/ Def 3000) The pony declared as a small stone walls formed in front of him.

Asphyxious then tries to draw his next card, Only to get shocked. “Ouch! Okay… I guess I was out of turn or something. My bad.” Asphyxious said, in between turns he had been reading what the cards do. Now all he had to do was work out how to play them the right way.

“Now I play Shield and Sword! This spell swaps all of our monsters attack and defense points!”

Labyrinth Wall (Atk 3000/ Def 0)

Toon Cannon Soldier (Atk 1300/ Def 1400)

“What the crap!?” Asphyxious yelled in surprise. As the Toon Cannon soldier looked back at him in panic.

“Now my wall, destroy that toon and take a chunk out of the creature's life points!” The toon looked panicked as the walls moved towards it but before it was crushed it vanished in a flash of light and was replaced by the face down card. Once the attack was made a strange fuzzy slime creature jumped past the walls and into one of the brothers. “What's this!? What have you done!?”

“Who would ruin my brothers fun!?”

“Um, you activated my trap card. Shift. When one monster is a target on our side of the field I can chose another to take its place. You attacked my Giant Germ. If a monster destroys it in battle then you loose five hundred life points and I get to special summon others of the same name from my deck.” The fox said aloud making the brothers growl as another giant germ appeared on the field.

Asphyxious laughed at this. “Nice move Skipy! I was a little worried there.” The Toon then jumps on top of the wall dancing and laughing.

“I have no choice but to end my turn.”

“Don’t worry brother this victory we will earn.” His brother said as a single life point box appeared between the two brothers going down to [7500] While this was happening both cringed as red energy coated them for a moment.

“Wait our partners share our score?” Brother #1 asked.

“So we don’t need to worry about facing one more.” Brother #2 replied.

“Oh I don’t know about that.” Said Asphyxious with a smile. “It’s my turn now right? Anyway I summon Toon Alligator in defense mod.” (800 Atk 1600 Def) “Next I give up 1000 points to use my face down card Toon World.” At this a cartoon pop up book sprouted into existence. “Now I’ll attack with Toon cannon, Open fire little dude!” The Toon Cannon Soldier smiled as it fired the cannon and hit the brothers directly. The two shouted in surprise of the explosions. “I end my turn.”

Team Ax [7000]
Team paradox [6100]

“Now it’s my turn!” The second brother said as he drew a card. “Now I play soul exchange so that I can sacrifice one of your creatures to summon my own. Say goodby to that deranged cannon and hello to my Dungeon Worm!” (Atk 1800 Def 1500) “Unfortunately I can’t attack the turn I use soul exchange so I end my turn.”

“How could you do that to my monster.” Asphyxious asked as the Toon Alligator cried. “You even made the toon gator cry.”

“It shot me in the face!” Brother one shouted.

“Besides it wasn’t a waste.” The other added. Toon Alligator just made faces at them.

“Now it’s my turn!” The fox shouted as she drew her card in a manner far more dramatic than necessary. “You may have the advantage of the craziest hair here!” The fox shouted making everyone look at the afro created when one of the brothers got shocked. “But it won’t be enough to save you! I place one monster face down to defend my life points and end my turn!”

“...What does my mane have to do with this?”

“And what’s with the spasms and strange twists of the wrist?”

“...I don’t know. Mistress told me to say and do those things.” The fox admitted. Asphyxious sigh and facepalm at this.

“...I draw!” The first brother shouts out after a moment of eye twitching. “I place one monster face down in defense mode and play another shield & sword and attack your face down with my labyrinth wall!” At this the walls began shifting again and rushed forward to hit the fox’s face down monster. There was a loud crashing sound but when the wall moved back the creature was still there. A dead human with glowing red eyes and a fine purple cloak wielding a scythe.

“Nice try! But my Spirit Reaper of bouncers can’t be destroyed in battle!” The fox shouts out.

“I don’t see any I.D.” The reaper said.

“Wait, you guys can talk?” Asphyxious asked, as Toon Alligator nods its head and give the lich a hug. “Okay…”

“Then I end my turn.” The brother said in an aggravated tone.

Asphyxious draws his next card, and the Toon Alligator laughed evilly at the card he just got. “Oh you want me to play this, you sure?” Asphyxious asked. The Toon nods its head with a big cartoony grin. “Okay I send Toon Alligator to the graveyard in order to summon Toon Summoned Skull.” A large claw like hand comes out of the pop up book and grabs Toon Alligator and pulled it into the book. It slams shut as it was making strange sounds then the book opens again with Toon Summoned Skull popping out laughing evilly. (Atk 2500 Def 1200) “I then place one card face down and end my turn.”

“Then it’s my turn.” The next brother said as he drew a card and looked at it. “...Brother would you miss your hand?”

“That’s a loss that I can stand.”

“Then I play card destruction! Now we all must discard our hands and draw the same number of cards we’ve just lost.” The pony said forcing everyone to throw away their hands and draw again.

“Crap, I only have 4 cards in my hand.” Asphyxious said to himself as he looks at his new hand of cards.

“Now I sacrifice my dungeon worm and my face down to summon the lord of thunder Sanga. (Atk 2600 Def 2200) “Now destroy that abomination the toon summoned skull!”

“You set off my trap Magical hats!” Asphyxious yelled, as the toon summoned skull jumped into a hat. Then 2 more appeared and start shuffling themselves. “You get to attack my hats but if you got the wrong one then my Toon gets away free. But I get to chose any non-monster cards from my deck to place under the other hats. And if you attack one of those it activates! Wow I’m getting way too into this.” The brother looks at the hats that were dancing around the field to the song one of these things is not like the other.

“Now attack the hat that just did a split! How does a hat even do that!?” The pony shouted.

“...I don’t know, they don’t have legs.” Asphyxious said in a deadpan manner. At the surge of lightning struck the offending hat. Purple mist started to come out of where the hat was destroyed.

“Nice but not close, you set off Call of the haunted. That can bring back one monster from my graveyard, and I picked Toon Alligator.” Said Asphyxious, as the Toon Alligator get up with it arms out like a zombie before laughing and dancing the thriller.

“Brother we are losing this bad!” The brother that just attacked said.

“We can still win this so don’t get mad.” His brother said.

“I place one card and end my turn.” Brother #2 said.

“Okay I-” The fox started to say.

“Get on with it!” The brothers shouted at the same time when it was clear she was about to ham it up again.

“I draw, and I place one monster face down and play different dimension capsule.” A green coffin appeared on the field while the fox looked through her deck and chose one card to place off to the side. On the field a giant card was placed in the coffin and sealed inside. “I end my turn.” The fox said in a Maud approved monotone. The brothers were now giving that coffin a suspicious glare as two hour glasses formed on either side signifying a count down.

“I draw, and because I don’t want to know what is in that coffin I’ll take it out now with harpie's feather duster destroying all of your magic and trap cards!” The first brother said and a harpy came into the room fussing about how dusty everything is and dusting the fox and then Ax in the face with a feather destroying all of their magic and trap cards. With toon world gone Toon summoned skull died and so did Toon Alligator with Asphyxious trap card.

“Oh crap…” Asphyxious said as he looked at the field.

“Now I sacrifice my wall and face down card to summon Kazejin the politician!” The first brother said as he summoned the big green wind bag. (Atk 2400 Def 2200)

“Is that its real name?” Asphyxious asked with a raised eyebrow.

“It’s the name on the card.” The pony replied while giving the card a suspicious glance. “Now Kazejin attack the defenseless one!”

“I promise free money in every cereal box, I promise no more crime, I promise an easy medical plan that won’t screw you over!” The wind monster shouted out blasting Ax with a strong gust of hot wind.

Team Ax [4600]

“Well that sucked… Did I just make a pun?” Asphyxious asked.

“No. If you had said that blows you would have.” The fox relayed for Rin.

“Right my turn.” Asphyxious said as he looked at his next card. “I place one monster card face down in defense mode and end my turn.”

“Then I draw and play monster reborn to bring back the Suijin that I discarded when I played card destruction. Now my brother and I can tribute our three monsters to summon our Gate Guardian!” (Atk 3750 Def 3400) “Now attack his face down monster!” The pony said while pointing at Ax. There was a brief image of a dragon screaming in pain as it was blasted before shattering like glass. “And that ends my turn.”

“Damn it.” Asphyxious growled. “How’s anyone meant to kill that thing.”

“Mistress said when brute force fails think outside the box.” The fox said as she drew a card. “I place one card face down and remove three fiend typs from my graveyard to special summon Dark Necrofear in defense mode.” (Atk 2200 Def 2800) I then set one monster face down in defense mode and end my turn.

“Outside the box…” Asphyxious said to himself as he looks at the cards in his hand.

“Now it’s my turn. And I play change of heart so that I can attack with the Gate Guardian and take out one of your face downs.” At this it attacked the last card the fox played destroying it.

“You attacked my Newdoria the troll. Like all fiends he’s vindictive so when he’s destroyed he takes one of your monsters with him.” The fox said as the Gate Guardian exploded into shards.

“Nice try but I activate call of the haunted to bring our guardian back.” Brother #1 said. “I place one monster in defense mode and end my turn.”

Asphyxious then smiled at the cards in his hand, he had a plan. But he needed something to make it work. He draws his next card. “I play Ancient Rules. I can now Special Summon one Level five or higher monster from my hand. Blue eye white dragon in defiance mode.” Asphyxious said, as the card appeared on the field. A large dragon roared as it place on the field. (3000 Atk 2500)

“But that’s not all I then use polymerization, guess what coming next?” Asked Asphyxious.

“No you don’t Magic Jammer!” One of the brothers shouted revealing his face down. “I don’t know what that card does but you were too confident.” He said as he discarded a card.

“There goes my plan.” Asphyxious then looks at his cards again, he then had an idea. “Hey Fox, think you can bring back Toon world for me?” The fox blinked at him before revealing her face down trap card Graverobber.

“How did you know what my face down was?” The fox asked as he took a card that floated down. “This is going to be expensive.” Once she played the card it took the 1000 life point cost to play and the 2000 life point cost from using grave robber.

Team Ax [1600]

“I know but bear with me here. I use monster reborn next to bring Red Eyes Toon Dragon to the field, then I sacrificed my blue eyes to call on Toon Magician girl. I then place this card face down and end my turn.”

“Then I draw. And attack your magician.” At his ponies words the guardian charged up and attacked.

“You set off my trap card Mirror force.” Asphyxious said as the card takes the attack and sends it back at the brothers Guardian destroying it.

“Then I use my own Call of the haunted to bring back our guardian and end my turn.” The pony said.

“They’re really clinging to that monster aren't they. Mistress said.” The fox voiced.

“My guess is it’s the only monster with any real firepower in their decks.” Asphyxious replied annoyed.

“Okay I draw.” The fox said and looked at what she just drew. “Is your hand good?” The fox asked Ax.

“Not really, I just need something that can kick that Guardian to bits.” Asphyxious replied.

“Then I flip summon one of my face down cards. Morphing Jar. Now we all discard our hands and draw five cards.” The fox said as she tossed her one card and drew five. “Now I sacrifice my jar and giant term to summon one monster face down. Can I see what’s in the others graveyard?”

“I guess so?” Asphyxious replied. “Do you have a card that lets you do that?” At this a list appears in front of the fox which she looks over then nods.

“I play monster reborn to bring back Blue Eyes Toon Dragon.” The fox said summoning the little creature which waves excitedly over at Ax.

“Nice to have you back buddy.” Asphyxious said to the toon dragon.

“Now I play Riryoku which allows me to cut one monster's attack points in half and give those points to another until the end of my turn.” At the fox’s words the brothers eye’s widen and they look to their guardian in fear as its attack points drop to (1875) and Toon Blue Eyes’s attack goes up to (4875) “I think this is going to hurt...you...a lot. Blue Eyes please attack that guardian.” Blue Eyes Toon Dragon laughs before sucking in air as his body expands like a balloon. Before releasing its attack in a huge beam of light blowing the guardian away. “I end my turn.”

Team Paradox [3100]

“What do you think of that? We didn’t just destroy your monster once but three times now. Once more and you're out of here!” Asphyxious said with a smile.

“I draw.” Brother #1 said in agitation. “And I play Scapegoat to defend myself and end my turn.”

“Okay, what do I play.” Asphyxious thinks hard about this, to him it looks like he has nothing useful. But maybe he was going about this the wrong way. He draws his next card and looks at it. “Oh to hell with it, Red eyes attack these nut jobs.” Red Eyes Toon Dragon smiled showing off its fangs before firing a huge fireball at one of the scapegoats blowing it away.

“Next up is Toon magician girl attacked the next scapegoat.” He ordered. Toon Magician girl held her wand like a bat and hit one of the goats sending it flying. “I now end my turn.”

“Then I draw and place one monster to defend myself and end my turn.” Brother #2 said.

“Okay. I’m going to win the game now if you don’t mind.” The fox said before she drew a card.

“Go for it Sparky.” Asphyxious said with a smile. “Kick there asses to OBLIVION!” Everyone waited a moment while looking at Ax expectantly. After a moment there was a sound of a throat clearing and he turned to see a donkey behind him.

“Ummm, no offense?” Asphyxious said.

“None taken.” The donkey said. “You won't believe how hard it was to get all the way over here and into this thing when my donkey senses started tingling. All those royal guards outside didn’t want me to pass but princess Celestia let me through.”

“Wait what!?” One of the brothers shouted at hearing this.

“While your trump card the Gate Guardian was trapped in here Mistress was taking down the other invaders and stalled long enough for princess Celestia and her royal guards to get here. The battle ended ten minutes ago. That’s what mistress is telling me to say.” The fox relayed.

“Well that’s good to hear.” Asphyxious said with a smile.

“Now I switch my toon to defense mode and play the magic card Spell Reproduction. It lets me send two cards in my hand to the graveyard and in exchange I can get one spell card back and I chose a card you made me discard before. Curse of Fiend which forces all defending monsters into attack mode and all attack mode monsters into defense mode. And now that your two scapegoats which have zero attack points are in attack mode I attack one with Blue Eyes!” The toon laughed manically before flying over and belly flopping onto the helpless goat. Doing 3000 points of damage to the brothers life points. “Now Dark Necrofear take out the last scapegoat and the last of their life points.” At the fox’s command the bald woman leaped forward and crushed the last goat with her broken doll ending the game. With that the magic circle keeping them trapped evaporated along with the cards that weren't there to begin with. When the area was clear the brothers laid knocked out on the ground as the card of the Gate Guardian fell to the ground and was quickly snatched up by the hand of evil. "Mistress wants me to say yoink!"

“Well that was fun.” Asphyxious said looking around. “Wait… Did she just take my blue eyes toon dragon?” he looked at his deck and sighed in relief that it was still there. “I better see Rin and make sure my kids are okay.”

“That’s fine. We can take it from here.” Celestia said as a portal opened up in the floor near by which Ax took quickly and came into a large room made from black crystal with the babies and the changelings all over the room.

“I would give you a high paw but I’m a little buried at the moment." I said from under the babies that were using me as a jungle gym while Luna was just sitting back giggling.

“What happened to you?” Asphyxious asked walking over to me. “Come on kids off of Rin now.”

“What do you mean?” I ask as I sit up getting a look from him. Then I remembered Summer said that my powers and body may go through some changes during the transition period of my ascension. Using my magic I summon a mirror to look at myself. My fur has changed to black and I am now wearing that mask I wore before I became a displaced only the expression changed to a more quizzical one and instead of eyes I have empty sockets with small blue fires floating in them as my pupils. I reach a paw up to take off the mask but quickly realize that’s my face.

“Got to say the mask looks cool on you.” Asphyxious said as he’s looking over me.

“That’s my face.” I say only to see in my reflection my mouth didn’t move. “What?” I say as I blink and now the expression on my face was surprised. Deciding to test the waters I made different faces but the mask only changes when I blink and it’s instant. “Great my face work’s like Hexadecimal’s from Reboot.”

“That’s… Interesting.” Asphyxious said blinking at me with his good eye. “Well, you still look lovely as ever.”

“And it’s still never going to happen.” I say before I summon another token of the Dark Magician. “Alright I know you’ve been spying on me again. Was that one of your number cards?” I asked aloud.

“I know don’t get your fur in a twist.” Asphyxious replied. “Oh and Katily is a dragon now.”

“Yeah. That is one of them. Want me to come over to pick it up?” Dark Magician asked from over the token.

“I want to know how it started that game.” I say as I create a portal to get the children somewhere safe before I let the hand of evil drop the card in my paws in case it popped out again. I could feel it try and push its will on me but I push back a lot harder.

“Beats me on that one. Asked Lich Boy. He's the one who issued the challenge in the first place.” Dark Magician answered while sounds of Dark Magician Girls giggling can be heard in the background.

“Why ask me? I don’t know how that all got started.” Asphyxious replied then blinks. “Wait, how am I hearing you?”

“And why does your girlfriend’s voice sound deeper?” I asked.

“Magic or pulling a Pinkie Pie take your pick and my girlfriend has become a busty pink dragoness thanks to Ava.” Dark Magician answered.

“Like I said, Katily is a dragon now.” Said Asphyxious calmly.

“Oh is pervy Lich there with you too?” Dark Magician Girl asked over the token.

“No, this is Asphyxious pervy girl.” Asphyxious repled bluntly and disinterested.

“Not that such a bickering would not be entertaining but aunty. You said some kind of game was started?” Luna asked.

“Yes and I want to learn how it works.” I reply.

“Well up until thy friend arrived we could feel thee tapping into thy divine powers. Was one of thy many aspects not games?” Luna asked.

“...that was me?” I asked incredulously. But then I stopped to think about it. “That would explain why the game shifted in and out of Yu-gi-oh the abridged series territory.”

“I’ll need to look up what that is on my echo some time, wounder if Jack has the internet?” Asphyxious asked as he rubbed his chin.

“I got internet in my tower.” Dark Magician said over the token.

“Not interested Marshal.” Asphyxious quickly replied. “I trust you a little more than your perverted girlfriend.”

“Hey Dark I’m surprised you haven’t come around to check out my new library. I just got a butt load of worshipers for my aspects of lost and forbidden knowledge and they’ve been coming from worlds all over to add their arcane knowledge to it.” I say aloud.

“I already know about that library. Some of the Revive Twilight's have been there. Plus by creating that place you had saved yourself from getting sniped by that goodie member that just won’t died.” Dark Magician answered the question.

“I have a question why did you dump a Sunset in my world, I still call bullshit on your noctromanic.” Asphyxious asked with irritated growl.

“The Revives have the right to go wherever they want. Some need to be given a little push. Plus I know you like Sunsets.” Dark Magician answered back calmly.

“Still don’t make what you're doing right. You’re taking beings who have died and denying them their right to rest in peace. To me that’s not helping… It’s playing god.” Asphyxious replied in a cold tone. “Also, she’s not my Sunset… So I’ll do what you can’t. Give her a place to call home.”

“...He’s doing what now? You aren't taking them from their after lives are you?” I ask.

“Some Revives calls my town home some don’t so they look for some place else. Plus I am giving them a chance to live a full life that was unjustly cut short.” Dark Magician answered back. “Honestly one or two Twilights argues with me more times then I can count.” He added with a sigh.

“If it’s a wandering soul that stays by choice that’s one thing but taking from the afterlife is wrong.” I say.

“You’re breaking rules you do not understand.” Asphyxious added. “Even in necromancy there are rules and rights that must be followed. You should stop this before something happens to your world, who knows what unforeseen damage you could be doing.”

“I am taking steps to deal with any damage that comes my way.” Dark Magician answered back.

“No one ever listens to me.” Asphyxious said waving his arm in the air.

“Death has been at this a lot longer than you and he hates being cheated. He’ll find a way to make you pay for every soul you take.” I say sadly. “Please don't get yourself killed.”

“Actually Death is a girl well a displaced one at least.” Dark Magician deadpans.

“That is a death. I’m talking about the original. Even if he doesn't do that much reaping himself anymore he still gets involved.” I reply.

“And for all we know there are more than one… One for each Equestria, for every life you bring back. Is a soul they lose. They have to be pissed.” Asphyxious added looking around my room.

“I will deal with them when the time comes. Right now shouldn’t you be checking for any Goodie Heroes that may have gotten away?” I just sigh at his stubborn refusal to believe he could get himself in over his head.

“Some probably have and I don’t doubt that the other basses know about my dungeon by now. It’s being stripped as we speak and I already have my foxes digging and fortifying a new location.” I say as I look over the Gate Guardian cared in my paws before it glows and forms in my room. “OH SHIT!”

“Cool your fox tits. It works for you now since you got its card and your will is strong enough to control it.” Dark Magician deadpanned.

Asphyxious then started to drum his fingers on the table the bell sprout was planted on making the small pokemon look up at him curiously before it started to sway to the beat. It was a 4 tap bet, a short pass then he repeats. He looked up at me as I stared at him. “What?” He asked. I just shook my head at this as a red flash appeared in the room bringing Octavia who was now upside down on the floor.

“You did better the first time. Have something for me?” I ask her. She just stares at me for a moment and gets up to walk over to me. She climbs up into my bed and starts rubbing up against me like a cat. “...what are you doing?” I ask her.

“That is something I’d like to know.” Asphyxious asked with a smile, as he was watching this. Octavia’s eyes widened in horror when she realized what she was doing and jumped away.

“I’m so terribly sorry I just don’t know what came over me. I just… I feel like a million bits! Something about you is making me feel amazing. Like I can take on the world!” She said with a huge smile. “I think… even my hunger for blood has been filled.

“I felt the same way when Ava has her way with me, and my hoard mates.” Asphyxious added with a cheeky grin. I just sigh at his words.

“Ax I got drunk and went on a rampage around the multiverse and now I am a goddess of darkness, games, pranks, lost and forbidden knowledge, monsters, dark heroes and lastly and what is probably influencing her right now. Undeath. Strange things are going to happen.” I say.

“You should meet Dox and Ava. The story’s they could tell.” He replied.

“I’ve already met Dox.” I say. “He was grouchy.” I then turn to Octavia. “So, report?”

“Three hundred and seventy two captured and more than twice that dead. Because you have everyone moving everything to the new dungeon location the bodies are all still laying around. As for our losses we lost ninety percent of our mindless dead including the new flesh golem to what witnesses call the peeing monster. Apparently it attacks with water wind and electricity.” Octavia said with a look of disgust. Asphyxious bust out laughing. “Honestly who builds a golem with a water attack and has it come out from between its legs? Anyways the bone golem is fine. As for our intelligent forces We’ve suffered our first losses. We’ve lost two dragons, four black knights and the hydra.” I sigh sadly at this.

“I guess it could have been much worse. Have the Hydra frozen so I can use its blood and bones.” I then turn to Ax. “Think your dogs would appreciate the meat?”

“I think they would enjoy it.” Asphyxious replied with a smile.

“I’ll have to remember to build the next dungeon with more space. Make large areas connected with tunnels instead of so many tunnels with some rooms. That will make it easier for my undead to swarm and I probably lost the hydra because it’s not built for cramped spaces.”

“Sounds like my den back home.” Asphyxious replied.

“For what it’s worth Rhino was devastating in this fight.” Octavia said.

“A heavily armored giant bore in tunnels where no one can get out of the way of his charge. Yes I can see that.” I say. I then look up to the Gate Guardian. “So what kind of job would you like?” I ask and without making a sound it projected its response to me. “With a name like Gate Guardian I should have guessed. You can act as a guardian of my new city then.” I say and the giant bowed before leaving my room. “Well anyways I have a lot of work ahead of me building a new dungeon and having everything moved so I’ll talk to you guys later.” I say to the other displaced.

“Ok. I will talk to you another time. Right now I’m going to go watch my sister Blaze set Scout’s ass on fire again.” Dark Magician said as sounds of him walking away was heard on the token. Asphyxious was rubbing the back of Octavia head, and I found it cute how she kept trying to bat his hand away like a cat.

“Oh before I send you home Ax. You said you wanted a deathclaw earlier?” I asked him.

“Not right now, I would like one but after the eggs hatch and Raven’s baby is born.” Asphyxious replied. Sounds like he’s going to have his hands full.

“Well just letting you know we do have eggs and they are at the level of smart dogs so they can be trained.” I say to him. He then hugs me.

“Please can I have one?” Asphyxious asked looking up at me, like I was his mother. While he was doing this I moved my tail around to his soul cage and in a quick motion removed and forced the souls of those goodlies into the afterlife without Ax noticing.

“So long as you promise to be a responsible pet owner and take good care of it.” I say summoning an egg and a copy of my notes on proper deathclaw care. Asphyxious nods his head and took both the notes and egg.

“I’ll look after it as if it was my own.” He added, putting his ear to the egg. I just smile gently at that.

“Then if you’re ready our contract is complete.” I say and a portal opened for him to use to get home. Asphyxious waves good bye as he walked into the portal and left. I then sigh as I focus on my new dungeon and summon a gem to collect some life force to create a new dungeon heart.

“I've been meaning to change out the one made from conjured materials anyways.”

Author's Notes:

No having a duel was not what I planed for this chapter it's just what happened.