Transcript:
A New Threat II

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Original Air Date: September 25, 2010

(Previously <2:34>)

(Opening)

ACT 1 <3:34>

(It is now well into the morning; the sun gleams between the tall skyscrapers at the center of the city. The clock on the front of Zora's building reads half-past 5 in the morning; maybe Domino's just that sunny, or maybe it's broken. Luna and Leo run through the plaza outside, and burst through the front doors of the entrance to Yusei, Jack, and Crow's basement flat.)
Leo: Yusei?
(They look around. A large door that may be the garage door is wide open. The tarps or blankets that covered the guys' duel runners are in disarray on the floor. Akiza is standing at the table against one wall, strewn with papers and notepads, with a map posted on the wall above it.)
Leo: Hey, where is every-- huh?
Luna: *Akiza*...?
Leo: What're you doing here? Where're the guys?
Akiza: I don't know, but I had this bad feeling.
(Luna is holding her right forearm)
Luna: Oh, no. And I thought it was just *me*.
(Akiza looks at her own right forearm)
Akiza: I'm afraid not; *my* mark has been signaling me as well, something's wrong.

(As she gazes at her arm, she can clearly envision the claw mark of the Crimson Dragon glowing upon it. She speaks in VO.)
Akiza (VO): After all, the bond we share as Signers is a strong one.
(End vision.)

(Luna is gazing at her own forearm.)
Akiza: If *one* of us is in danger, we *all* can feel it. Take heart; Yusei has a strong spirit. He can take care of himself.
(The twins dubiously share a look. Akiza looks up at the window above.)
Akiza: ... I hope...

(The duel rages onward. Jack and Crow are following it, one on each of two highways that run parallel to the duel track.)
Crow: What *is* that thing?! I've never seen a duel monster *like* it!

Jack: Seems the Ghost has a few tricks up his sleeve.

(Yusei zooms onward with his Max Warrior, while the Ghost and his Machine Emperor Wisel loom behind.)
Crow (VO, via radio): C'mon, let's get a closer look!

(Coming up is a point where the duel track and the highway converge side-by-side; the gate between them is labeled with a sign that reads DUELGATE 0014. Jack and Crow are now riding side-by-side. Crow's runner screen shows an image of Machine Emperor Wisel, then shows the cards of which it's composed.)
Crow: What in the *world*? That *one monster* is made up of *five different duel cards*? How can *that* be? Or better yet, how can Yusei take it down?
Jack: I dunno, but he better figure out a way *fast*! For all *we* know, that's the creature that put Trudge in the hospital, and maybe the others, too!
Crow: Yeah; if *Yusei* can't crash that creature, then *he* could end up crashing.

Yusei: I place two cards facedown to end my turn!
Ghost: To *me*, then. (draw)
(Scoreboard Ghost 4000,2 ; Yusei 4000, 2)
Ghost: ...And to my Machine Emperor Wisel. Attack Max Warrior with Stainless Steel Slash!
Yusei: Huh... I activate the trap "Shock Reborn"! Now, all battle damage dealt to me is cut in half! Sure, this is still gonna hurt-- but it's not gonna hurt as much!
(Machine Emperor Wisel scores Max Warrior across the front; Yusei's monster explodes in a huge cloud of black smoke. Yusei hangs on, riding through it.)
Yusei: Hhuugh. Thanks, Shock Reborn.
(Yusei's lifepoints now stand at 3150)
Yusei: And thanks for the monster I can now summon! Because due to my trap, I can bring back a monster with less attack points than the damage I just took! That means, you're up, Turbo Booster!
[Turbo Booster 0///]
Chost: You'll need a bigger boost than *that* to stand a chance against *me*! I place one card facedown and end my turn! Heheheheheheheheheheh...
Yusei: Then *I'm* up!
(Scoreboard. Ghost 4000, 3; Yusei 3150, 3.)
Yusei (think): *And* up for some serious damage if I can't find a way to get back in this duel! It's now-- or never.

ACT 2 <<6:20>>

Yusei (think): Alright, time to turn things around before the Ghost turns *me* into his latest victim. The only question is, *how*? Hmm...
(He glances over the cards on his field-- Turbo Booster and a facedown card-- and the cards in his hand-- Gauntlet Warrior, Speed Spell - Angel Baton, and Debris Dragon.)
Yusei (think): Wait a sec...
(Yusei visualizes a combo: Angel Baton, Gauntlet Warrior, Debris Dragon, Turbo Booster, Stardust Dragon, and his facedown Meteor Wave--)
Yusei (think): That's *it*!! (aloud) I activate the "Speed Spell - Angel Baton"! With this, if I have two or more speed counters-- I get to draw two cards from my deck! Then I have to discard one card in my hand to the graveyard. (Gauntlet Warrior) But it's all worth it, because now I can summon-- the dreaded Debris Dragon! And he's *dreaded* because when this beast is summoned, I'm allowed to bring back a monster from my grave with less than five hundred attack points, so come forth, Gauntlet Warrior!
[Gauntlet Warrior 400//L3/]
Yusei: And now I'll tune 'im with my two other monsters, Turbo Booster and Debris Dragon, in order to synchro-summon, Stardust Dragon!!
(Debris Dragon forms four rings, through which Gauntlet Warrior's three and Turbo Booster's one stars align.)
Yusei: Let's rev it up!!
[Stardust Dragon 2500//L8/wind]

Crow: All *right*, what a *move*! That puts Yusei right on top!

Ghost: Hmhmhmhmhm...
Yusei: Next I activate the trap, "Meteor Wave"! Now, for this one turn, my synchro monster's attack points are increased by three hundred!
(Stardust's new total is 2800.)

Jack: Then you'd better make the most of it! Yusei, let 'im have it!!

Yusei: With *pleasure*! Stardust Dragon, attack that Machine Emperor Wisel!
Ghost: I activate Wisel Guard's special ability! Now *he* takes your attack, and Machine Emperor is left unharmed!
Yusei: What?!
(Yusei's attack hits Wisel's arm; big explosion, cloud of smoke.)
Yusei: Clever move, but it doesn't stop the effect of my Meteor Wave! Now since my monster attacked *your* monster in defense mode, *and* had higher attack points than *your* defense points, You take damage equal to the difference!
(The Ghost's lifepoints decrease all the way to 2400.)

Crow: Way to go, Yusei; I wish Trudge coulda been here to see that!

(Machine Emperor's still standing, though, looming over Yusei with only one arm left.)
Yusei (think): I can't believe that Wisel Guard was able to block my attack! Oh, well; at least it's outta the way now. (aloud) I place one card facedown and end my turn!
Ghost (think): This duelist is not like the others...! (A picture of Yusei's face comes up on his runner monitor.) Ah, *that* explains it...! Yusei Fudo-- the individual who defeated Director Goodwin! (aloud, mutters) I *suppose* that I should be trembling in my boots. Hmph! ...But then again, that's not really in my nature. No! I'm unlike *any* duelist Yusei has *ever* faced!
(The Ghost draws. Scoreboard; Ghost, 2400,4; Yusei, 3150, 4)
Ghost: It's my turn! And first I'll summon Wisel Guard Three!
[Wisel Guard 3 0/2000/L3/earth]
Computer: Wisel Guard Three is a dark-attribute (sic) level-three machine-type monster, that can redirect your opponent's attack to itself.
(Wisel Guard Three hovers up and attaches electromagnetically to the arm socket where Wisel Guard was.)
Ghost: Nothing like having a few *spare parts* handy.

Crow: Whoa, did you just *see* that? He repaired his monster!
Jack: A combo monster! Yusei can chip away at that thing all he wants, but the Ghost can just keep fixing it!

Yusei: *Not good*...
Ghost: Oh, Yusei... Hmhm, don't you see, it's no use! My Machine Emperor will *never* break down.
Yusei (think): As much as I hate to admit it, he's right. If the Ghost has enough cards in his deck to keep rebuilding that thing, he can just keep blocking all my attacks! Talk about a *well-oiled machine*...!
Ghost: Hmhmhmhmheheh, you'll soon be going down like all the rest, Yusei! The moment you lose is the moment you crash!!
Yusei: So is that what this is all about for you? Bullying random duelists you find on the road?!
Ghost: Hah! *Bullying*? Of course not, that's just an added bonus-- dessert for after I achieve what I've *really* set out to accomplish.
Yusei: Whadda you *talking about*?
Ghost: I'm talking about *useless* little things called synchro monsters! *That's* why I cruise the roads at night, Yusei-- so that I can find them and rid the *world* of the wretched things! And now it's time to rid the world of *yours*! Watch the synchro-slayer at work!
Yusei: You're out of your mind!
Ghost: Oh, am I? Machine Emperor Infinity (sic), demonstrate!! I activate your special ability!
(Machine Emperor Wisel's chest glows in an infinity symbol; beams shoot out of it and wrap around Stardust's limbs, neck, waist, and torso like glowing ropes, dragging Yusei's monster toward it. Stardust roars and fights against them.)
Yusei: Stardust Dragon!!
Ghost: It's too late, Yusei, there's nothin' you can do! You *dragon* is about to become just another gear in my machine!
Yusei: *No*!!
(Stardust Dragon shrieks one final time, and turns into light, getting sucked into Machine Emperor Wisel's chest.)

Jack: Did you see *that*?! His monster has been--
Crow: Has been trapped!!

Yusei: Stardust Dragon, *no*! ...Ah!

(Flashback. Yusei recalls Trudge's warning to him.)
FB Trudge: The Ghost...! Watch out...! Synchros are *useless*!!
(End Flashback)

Yusei (mutters): Trudge tried to warn me...! This is what he meant! 'Synchros are useless' because the Ghost can *capture* them!
Ghost: Oh, they're not useless-- at least not to *me*! Because now that your Stardust Dragon is mine... his attack points are mine, too! That's right, Yusei; thanks to your synchro monster, my Machine Emperor now gains twenty-five hundred more attack points to do damage to *you* with!!
(Machine Emperor Wisel's new attack point total is 5000. Its left arm, its attack arm, is glowing with Stardust's iridescent shimmer, and seems to be taking on vestiges of the shape of the dragon's distinctive head.)
Yusei: Oh no! It absorbed all of Stardust Dragon's strength?!

Jack: This is *not good*!

Ghost: Huh! All right, then, Machine Emperor-- attack his lifepoints directly! Tell me how it feels, Yusei-- to have your own monster play a part in your demise!!

Crow: If Yusei takes this hit, *he's* gonna hit the asphalt!
Jack: Then he'd better do something-- and quick!

ACT 3 <<12:06>>

(The aerial view of freeways, runner tracks, and bridges crisscrossing New Domino's sea looks a bit like a half-woven spider web. The jewel atop the golden teardrop at their center shines and sparkles like a diamond as the sun shines right through it. Below and to one side, Yusei and the Ghost race past.)
Ghost: There's no escape, Yusei! Your fate is to lose at the hands of my Machine Emperor!
Yusei: Wrong! I play "Scrap-Iron Scarecrow"! Thanks to this trap card, when your monster attacks, I can negate that attack, and then I'm allowed to place it right back down on the field to use again!
(Scrap-Iron Scarecrow absorbs the blast, then retreats back into its card and replaces itself facedown on the field.)

Ghost: Fine! You survive *this* round. I place two cards facedown and end my turn.
Yusei: Then it's my move! First I'll summon Bicular in defense mode!
[Bicular /200//]
Yusei: And then I'll end my turn with a facedown card!
Ghost: Heheheheheheh... You call that a move?
Yusei (think): I don't have *anything* in my hand that can beat that Emperor! For now, I just have to try and hold on.
Ghost: My turn!
(Draw; Scoreboard. Ghost, 2400, 6; Yusei, 3150, 6.)
Ghost: And I'll start it off by playing the trap Wise A-Three! ("Wise A-3") With this card, by sending the Wisel Attack I have on the field to the graveyard, I can summon Wisel Attack Three from my hand!
[Wisel Attack 3 1600//L3/]
(Machine Emperor Wisel's left arm disappears, and it gets outfitted with a new, nastier-looking one that has a long sword blade built into it.)
Ghost: *Why* would I do such a thing? *You guessed it*! Because Wisel Three raises my Emperor's attack points even more!!
(Machine Emperor's new total is 5400.)
Ghost: And now I'll have 'im use those attack points-- to lay waste to *you*!
Yusei: Ungh..! I re-activate "Scrap-Iron Scarecrow"!

(We see Jack and Crow keeping pace behind the duel over the Ghost's shoulder.)
Crow: I dunno how long Yusei can hold on like this.
Jack: But what else can 'e *do*? His best monster has been effectively turned against him! Playing that trap's his only chance to survive.
Crow: Actually, I gotta *bad feeling* that trap might not be enough, Jack.
(Ahead, they hear the Ghost begin to laugh evilly.)
Crow: Ghost sounds like 'e's up to something.

Ghost: ...Ahahahaha, hahahahah! *Tell* me you didn't think I'd fall for the same trap twice! I activate the trap "Battle Return"; thanks to *this* card, by cutting the attack points of the monster I just targeted in half, I'm allowed to attack with 'im once again!
Yusei: *What*?
(Machine Emperor Wisel's attack points descend to 2700.)
Ghost: Machine Emperor Wisel, go!
(The Ghost's monster lunges for Yusei...)

Crow: Yusei's in for it, now! That trap a' his only works once per turn!
Jack: Yusei!

(Machine Emperor Wisel annihilates Yusei's Bicular; the impact causes Yusei's runner to swerve and sway as he fights for control.)
Ghost: And don't forget Wisel Three's special ability! Since *its* attack points are greater than *your monster's* defense points, the difference is dealt to you as damage!
(Yusei's lifepoints plummet to 650.)
Yusei: Now... *I* play a special ability!! The ability of Bicular! You see, when he's destroyed in battle, I'm then allowed to summon *this* guy-- Unicycular!
[Unicycluar 100//L1/]
Ghost: Whatever-- on to *my* next move! I activate my facedown, "Trap Recycle"! True, I must get rid of a card in my hand to use this trap, but then I get to return to my hand a trap in my graveyard! And the trap I want back is-- "Battle Return"!
(The Ghost places it in his hand next to "Speed Spell - Reload".)
Ghost: But it can't wage battle *just yet*. I'm not allowed to place this card back on the field until my next turn.

Crow: Then that means Yusei has this *one turn* to turn things around, or he's done for, for sure!
Jack: You're absolutely right, Crow; because once that "Battle Return" card is laid down, Yusei's lifepoints will be going down the tubes!!

Yusei: Ugh! Here-- goes!
(Draw. The scoreboard reads Ghost, 2400, 7; Yusei, 650, 7. Yusei's card is Sonic Chick.)
Yusei: Hhaagh...
Ghost: Hmhmhmhmhm. It seems that someone didn't get the card that they were hoping for. *What will you do now*, Yusei? After all, there *are* no second chances in a duel!
Yusei: Wait a second, there *are*! I activate the effect of "Speed World 2"! Thanks to the field spell, by removing seven speed counters I can draw one *more* card from my deck! (think) And there's only *one card* that can help me; but I'll need all the help I can get to draw it!
(Then, as he stares at his deck, the Mark of the Dragon's Head on Yusei's arm starts to shine through his glove and sleeve.)

(Crow's Sign glows red through his cloth armguard.)
Crow: Whoa...!
(Jack's Sign burns bright through his glove and sleeve.)
Jack: Why're our marks glowing?!

(Akiza and Luna are holding their right forearms side-by-side, watching their two Signs light up. Leo is standing between them, eyes bugging.)
Akiza: How strange...
Leo: What's happening, you guys?
Luna: I'm not sure, but I think it's Yusei, I think he needs our help!

(Jack, Crow, Luna, and Akiza's marks vanish from their arms just as suddenly as they glowed. The Seal of the Crimson Dragon, all five marks combined, ignites on Yusei's back, glimmering through his jacket.)
Yusei: The Mark of the Crimson Dragon...! It's lending me its power for this one last draw! Ghost! You're about to see that the power of synchro monsters can *never* be contained! And right *here* is the proof!
(The top card of Yusei's deck starts to glow golden. He draws and raises the card high.)
Yusei: Now, *watch*!! I summon the Majestic Dragon!
[Majestic Dragon 0//L1/]
Yusei: And next I activate "Synchro Material". Thanks to *this* trap, I can now synchro-summon with monsters that are on *your* side of the field! Monsters like the Stardust Dragon!
Ghost: What?!
Yusei: That's right-- return, Stardust!!
Ghost: Ugh! No! This isn't fair, I captured him! He's mine!
Yusei: Not *anymore*, he's not!
(Stardust Dragon takes the field once again, roaring to the sky.)

Jack: He got 'im back!
Crow: And *that's* just to *start*!

Yusei: Hm! Now, Stardust Dragon-- tune with Unicycular and Majestic Dragon!
(As Yusei speaks, his monsters are performing the dance of a synchro-summon.)
Yusei: Ghost, you called synchro monsters wretched little things that the world should be rid of; well now it's *their turn to respond*, and they'll respond-- with all their might!!! Show 'im what I mean, Majestic Star Dragon!!
[Majestic Star Dragon 3800//L10/]
Yusei: And don't forget, since Machine Emperor lost Stardust, he also lost that attack point bonus!
(Machine Emperor's attack points are now a mere 2900.)
Ghost: Don't *you* forget; I still have Wisel Guard Three-- and thanks to his special ability, any attack you try to wage will just be *blocked*!
Yusei: That's where you're wrong; because Majestic Star Dragon *negates* the special ability of your Wisel Guard!
Ghost: So what! Your attack's still not strong enough to defeat all the parts of my Emperor!
Yusei: It doesn't have to be-- after all he's a *combo* monster, not a synchro! I'm afraid your Machine Emperor's greatest strength is also his greatest weakness.
Ghost: Ah! No! You're wrong!
Yusei: Attack 'im and you'll only destroy one *part*-- but if it's the *right part*, *all the others will go with it*!! Majestic Star Dragon, attack!!!
(Like a blue star flying straight out of the daylight, Majestic Star swoops in, aiming for Machine Emperor Wisel Infinity, the combo's head. It strikes right through, faster than the eye can see, leaving an explosion and cloud of smoke in its wake and soaring back up to glide above. The headless Machine Emperor starts to spark and crackle with unnatural purple electricity, then explodes. The Ghost rides through the smoke, his lifepoints falling to zero.)
Ghost: Gghhuuuooooggggghhhh... Aaaaaaaagggh!!!
(The Ghost keeps riding in a straight line, and goes over the edge of the track. He hits the ground below in a big explosion of smoke and flame.)
Yusei: Ghost!
(Jack and Crow brake at the edge where a column of smoke is wafting up from the crash site, and run to the edge of the track to look through the translucent plastic side of the track. The runner hit the ground somewhere in the dense forest below.)
Crow: Oh, no...!
Jack: Quick! We gotta get down there!

ACT 4 <<6:49>>

(Ominous black smoke is still curling up from where the Ghost landed in the forest below. Down among the trees, the new Director with the sword approaches the fried wreck, which is sparking with electricity. He picks up a plate of the duel runner, which has the Machine Emperor Wisel cards on it, then looks up at the track. Majestic Star Dragon can be seen gliding serenely above the trees.)
Primo: Mmmm. Yusei Fudo; it *has* to be. Well, well. This should *certainly* make things interesting. Heheheheh...

(As soon as Primo leaves, Yusei, Jack, and Crow run up to the crash site.)
Yusei: Ghost! Are you okay?!
Crow: C'mon-- let's help 'im up and get 'im to a hospital.
(Crow reaches for one of the Ghost's shoulders; as soon as he touches it, the static shocks him and the arm falls off at the shoulder, sparking on its own on the ground.)
Crow: Aah--!
Yusei: Huh!
Crow: Or maybe a *mechanic*...?!
Jack: What's going on here?! Am I seeing what I *think* I'm seeing?
(The socket that held the arm is a metallic fixture; the Ghost's eyes are open, but lifeless.)
Yusei: So Ghost... was a *robot*?!
Jack: This makes no *sense*!
Crow: We need some answers.

(The clock on the front of Zora's building still reads half-past-six; I think it's broken. This looks more like early afternoon. In the basement, several photographs are spread out on the table; one shows the broken, inert Ghost astride his crashed runner; others depict the metal arm socket, the Ghost's face, and similar.)
Yusei: Good to see you're feeling better, Trudge.
Trudge: Hey, I'm just glad you guys finally caught up with the Ghost.
(Gathered around the card table are Jack, Yusei, Crow, Trudge, Mina, Luna, Leo, and Akiza.)
Yusei: So what do you think?
Trudge: Well, from the looks of these pictures you took, I'd say what we have here is a duel-bot.
Mina: Sector Security has been experimenting with robotics. Duel-bots are at the very cutting edge of those experiments.
Jack: So how come *this* one got loose?
Trudge: Don't know. But my hunch is someone stole a prototype from headquarters, and then they must've somehow *reprogrammed* it. Now the question is *why*? I only wish we could check the bot's memory chip.
Yusei: Already did that, Trudge. Only problem is it had nothing on it. *My* guess?
(Yusei tosses the tiny chip to Trudge, who catches it in his palm.)
Yusei: The Ghost's memory systems were set to automatically *erase* if it lost a duel.
(Trudge examines the chip closely, then turns to Yusei accusingly.)
Trudge: You know, it's a *crime* to tamper with evidence!
(Yusei seems to be trying not to smile.)
Crow: Oh, give it a rest, wouldja? If not for us Sector Security would *still* be tryin' to catch the Ghost!
Trudge: That's right, no one tries harder!!
(Mina sighs. Leo is eagerly examining the photos.)
Leo: Wow, a dueling robot! *So-o* awesome!
Luna (scolds): *Leo*, that thing did a lot of damage!
Leo (sheepish): Oh, yeah.
Crow: What *I* don't understand is all that weird stuff the Ghost was saying about synchro monsters. What's it mean?
Jack: I don't know; but the one thing that *is* certain is that there's somebody out there who's up to no good.
Yusei: I agree, Jack. And if that means that our city is in danger, we have to be ready to defend it!
(Crow nods, his light grey eyes warm; Jack nods levelly, frowning slightly.)
Yusei (think): And be ready at all times, because I have a bad feeling that this *duel-bot* was just the beginning, and from here on out, things are only going to get worse!

END

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