"...Did you say 'banish'?" Shana asked meekly, before the opposing dragon obliterated her monster. To her dismay, Waarm was indeed banished, which made things a bit more difficult for her. If Waarm had went to the grave, she could have banished it using Volat's effect to try and mount a counterattack, but now... Oh, right, she had a giant dragon a glowing tiger to run away from. Instinctively, she brought her arms up to try and block Photon Tiger's headbutt, reducing her life points to 6300 in the process, with Galaxy Dragon's direct hit enveloping her in its blast and bumping her all the way down to 3300. "Ah, jeez, that thing's tough," Shana sighed, her smile slowly growing as she drew her next card, "it'll make taking it down all the sweeter!" One scan of her small hand later, and Shana stared down the opposing field with determination, "let's see... first, I'll use my second Summoning spell!" Playing the second copy of Summoning Of The Judgment Flame, Shana added a level two Judgment Flame monster to her hand and shuffled the deck, before slamming said card onto her duel disk with a wide grin, "come forth, Judgment Flame Fflint!" A small, large-eyed rock appeared, displaying '600/800' above it. Shana pointed dramatically once more as she cried, "his summon inflicts 200 damage to both of us!" Shana's life points only decreased by 100 thanks to her spell card, "and then I'll activate his effect, tributing him to Special Summon Teendir from the deck!" The rock crumbled and dissipated in a cloud of black smoke, which seemed to reform and shape into a burned-out plant that constantly shed ash. '700/700' flashed above the defense-position monster as Shana continued, "that's another 400 for each of us, and a further 500 for you since Teendir was summoned by Fflint's effect!" Again, Shana's own damage was halved, dropping her down to 3000LP total, with Charlotte still maintaining 6600. Things seemed a bit uneven for now, but... "And finally, I'll special summon Moltt from my hand!" Shana placed the Judgment Flame Tuner monster on her field, "I can do this by Banishing up to three Judgment Flames from my graveyard, increasing its level by one for each monster banished!" Shana removed Fflint from her graveyard, increasing Moltt's level from three to four. Seeing her upcoming advantage, Shana boastfully yelled, "Time to burn out your momentum! I synchro summon!" The level two Teendir merged with the level 4 Moltt in a brilliant flash of light, that gave way to a burgeoning flame as Shana raised her hand to the sky, "Meet an honorary member of the Judgment Flames! Come forth, Vulcan the Divine!" '2000/1600' was shown above the hammer-wielding giant of a man wearing tiger print. Shana continued, "when he's summoned, he targets a card on both sides of the field to return to the hand!" Vulcan's hammer grew bright red as he slammed it onto the ground, a pillar of lava erupting beneath Charlotte's Galaxy Dragon and Shana's Protection spell, removing them from the field. Unfortunately, Shana wouldn't be able to play her Protection spell immediately; Vulcan's effect prevented that. But at least it meant Charlotte couldn't find a way to summon her dragon during Shana's own battle phase or something! "I'll end this turn with Vulcan destroying your Photon Tiger!" Shana cried out cheerfully, believing she had dealt a crippling blow to Charlotte. There was no way she could summon that Dragon immediately like she did before, right? Once the attack was finished and Shana's turn ended, Moltt's effect would burn her for 700, which she couldn't decrease at the moment. Additionally, since Teendir was in the graveyard, both players would be losing 100 life points during their standby phases. Her LP was dangerously low, but as long as that dragon stayed off-field... ------------------------------- Life Points: 2300 Monsters: Vulcan The Divine Spells/Traps: N/A Hand: 2