Sorry this took so long, folks. I had a lot of inspiration to find. Anyways, hope you guys enjoy this.

***STILL DON'T OWN CHAOTIC! …*sob* Goodbye, my entertaining friend. You never had a chance against the legal issues that arose…***

Match in the Drome

It's been a few days since Tom was betrayed by the OverWorld and became an UnderWorld player. Needless to say, when his friends found out, they were pretty surprised. And who can blame them? Tom's been an ally of the OverWorld since they've known him.

But after explaining his reasons for doing so to Kaz, Peyton and Sarah, they understood. And they decided to support Tom's decision to fight in the name of the UnderWorld, even though Kaz was a bit jealous of Tom gaining UnderWorld citizenship. So, despite Tom having a few decent UnderWorld scans, Kaz and the others traded any UnderWorld scans they had for most of his OverWorld scans. Even Klay and Krystella were willing to pitch in; no strings attached.

From Kaz, Tom received a scan of H'earring, Xield, Toxis, and Pyrithion in exchange for Frafdo, Arias, Staluk, and a Song of Resurgence. For his OverWorld version of Intress plus Najarin, a Staff of Wisdom and an Iparu scan, Sarah gave Tom Kamangareth, Canon of Casualty, Melody of Malody, and a scan of Khybon. Peyton traded Tom his scans of Barrath Beyond, Borth-Majar, Skreeth, and a Pyro Blaster in exchange for Yokkis, an OverWorld Refrain of Denial, Song of Stasis, and his scan of Kiru City. Krystella actually had doubles of Nivenna, a Viledriver, the Song of Fury, and a Destructozooka, so she gave them to Tom free of charge. Klay gave Tom an exceptional scan of Lord Van Bloot, a Gothos Tower, and a scan of the Gauntlets of Might in exchange for his scan of Maxxor: which Tom was all too happy to part with.

With his battle team ready, we now find Tom in the Amzen Drome, ready to face off against a new player. An OverWorld player by the name of SlickNick.

"MajorTom, huh? I've read up on you. Nice stats." said SlickNick.

"Thanks." Tom replied dryly.

"I've been looking forward to this! Haven't had an all OverWorld battle in a while." SlickNick commented.

"Uh huh." droned Tom.

The two players docked their Scanners and began to select their Battle Teams

"OverWorld creatures rule! The other tribes? I wouldn't want any of them in my deck! We agree on that, right?" asked SlickNick.

Tom didn't reply. He was too busy staring at the new scan of Intress he had. The version of her that he scanned after her transformation into an UnderWorlder. He still remembered what happened after that.

***Flashback…***

When the light died down, Tom was looking at entirely new versions of the OverWorld creatures that stuck by him.

Most of the changes were minor, such as Aivenna's hair being a darker shade of blue, her skin turned from pink to red, and her canine teeth grew a bit longer and sharper.

Xaerv didn't change much either. Except his skin became darker blue with these sharp black markings under his eyes. Garv was also just a darker shade of brown, but seemed to have gained a bit more muscle mass.

A couple of changes were far more drastic. Tartarek had completely changed from a humanoid tortoise into a snapping turtle, as proven by the new design of his shell along with his longer and sharper beak.

Mezzmarr too had changed significantly. Now, rather than resembling a merman mixed with a moray eel, he looked like a merman crossed with a sea dragon.

But it was Intress that had the most drastic change. Her hair seemed to have grown longer and looked a few shades darker. Her fur turned from orange to black with her cream colored underbelly now turning orange and her stripes becoming a more snowy white. Her two upper fangs also lengthened until they were jutting out from her upper lip like those of Homotherium; the scimitar-toothed cat. Finally, her tail was now longer than before and had some sort of barb jutting from the tip.

Once the Mugic had finished it's work, the six former OverWorlders fell to the ground unconscious. Naturally, Tom grew worried for his friends and rushed to make sure they were okay, only to be stopped by Agitos.

"Wait! You mustn't disturb them. Their bodies are currently adapting in order to handle the powers that come with their new forms. If you wake them now, you risk killing them." warned Agitos.

Though he was reluctant to do so, Tom decided that having friends that are out cold is better than ones that are dead. He didn't know how long it would take for them to awaken, but when they did, he'd be ready.

***Flashback Over…***

"Alright, Intress, I'll put you in my cleanup crew. Now I need a good UnderWorlder in the front lines. Kamangareth. That should shake this guy up!" Tom thought to himself. "I'll use Barrath Beyond and Van Bloot for some muscle, Nivenna for a little more Mugic power, and finally, H'earring."

Once he'd selected his creatures, Tom moved onto selecting Battlegear. And he knew exactly what to give to whom.

"Kaz told me that Xield can be used as a creature OR a Battlegear, so I'll equip him to H'earring. The Gauntlets of Might will give Van Bloot some extra muscle. I'll give a Liquilizer to Nivenna so she can use water attacks, and this Viledriver will boost Barrath's fire attacks. I'll give Kamangareth some Stonemail for extra defense, and for Intress: the Ring of Na'arin."

Now Tom began to cycle through his Mugic, knowing he might need to improvise this time.

"For Mugic, the Canon of Casualty always works for Kaz. I'll use that for offense. And for defense? I'll use a combination of Chorus of Cothica and Symphonic Shield. I'll also use Geo Flourish for healing, the Song of Fury for extra power, and the Melody of Malody in case of an emergency."

The camera shifts so that we see SlickNick selecting his ten locations. And Tom was ready as well.

"SlickNick wants OverWorld battles? Thanks, but I'll use these new UnderWorld locations I got. Plus one little surprise." Tom thought cryptically.

"Players, lock your decks."

They did, and their battle boards became visible to each other. What SlickNick saw severely ticked him off.

Tom's army

Front Row: Kamangareth, H'earring and Barrath Beyond.

Middle Row: Nivenna and Lord Van Bloot.

Back Row: Intress: Feral Huntress

"YOU'RE USING UNDERWORLDERS NOW?! That's disgusting!" he snapped before asking "And since when did Intress become an UnderWorlder? Did you hack your Scanner or something?"

"Oh, you'll find out soon enough." Tom said in a cryptic manner.

Outside the Drome in the pub, Tom's friends were waiting in anticipation for the match to start.

"Because SlickNick won his last battle here in the Amzen Drome, he will be the attacker. Activate your Location Randomizer."

The aforementioned player spun his Randomizer, and a location was selected.

"The first location: The Forest of Life. SlickNick, choose your attacking and target creatures, please."

"Raimusa attacks H'earring!"

Both players touched their cards and were enveloped in their creature codes. SlickWick became a humanoid OverWorld creature that looked like an olden day Samurai, while Tom became a certain lop eared UnderWorlder we all know and respect. Tom felt a bit uneasy being an UnderWorlder at first, but quickly got over it.

"Let's get Chaotic." H'earring said.

Raimusa bowed in response to this.

In a flash of light, the two creatures were transported to the Forest of Life. As Raimusa used his Wind Whip Battlegear to break through the Underbrush, he heard a sound. Slowly and carefully, he made his way to the entrance of a clearing where H'earring had his ears poised as he listened for any signs of his enemy.

"UnderWorld loving traitor!" growled Raimusa. "Pebble Storm!"

The samurai creature launched a barrage of pebbles that had the force of bullets behind them, narrowly missing H'earring by just a bit. Rather than go on the defensive right off the bat, the little green guy had other ideas.

"Smoke Surge!" intoned H'earring.

The rabbit-like creature launched a cloud of thick smoke right in Raimusa's face, causing him to cough and choke on the stuff. But it cleared quickly, and Raimusa saw that H'earring had used the smoke to try and run away. And I swear you can briefly hear a banjo playing in the background.

Rather than letting his foe escape, the samurai used his earth based powers to launch a Vine Snare at H'earring and trapped him long enough to do this.

"Fortissimo!"

Using one of his Mugic Counters, SlickNick as Raimusa cast a Mugic that is well known by all players. Seven notes played in the air as the OverWorlder was enveloped in a bright light, causing him to grow several stories tall.

H'earring gasped in fright as he was picked up by the now colossal creature.

"Now, UnderWorlder," growled Raimusa. "You are code!"

H'earring screamed at the top of his lungs as he was thrown far out of sight. Raimusa sighed in contentedness as the screams faded.

"I am certain that he will soon be coded, and we shall return to the Drome." Raimusa said to himself.

"I don't go down that easy!"

The OverWorlder did a double-take as he saw H'earring flying towards him on Xield's back. A sight that was both awesome and totally ridiculous at the same time.

"Ash Torrent!" H'earring cried.

He shot out a stream of ash from his hands and scored a direct hit against Raimusa. The Samurai creature was knocked onto his back with a thunderous thud, and sat up as he glared at the UnderWorlder.

"You are cheating! Xield is a creature!" Raimusa accused.

"Yeah, he is. AND a Battlegear. Which makes him double trouble." replied H'earring.

In retaliation, Raimusa blew a gust of air at H'earring in an attempt to knock him off of Xield. It didn't do any more than momentarily send Xield off balance before he righted himself and flew to a different spot near Raimusa.

"Here's some REAL hot air! Inferno Gust!" intoned H'earring.

He shot a gust of burning hot winds at Raimusa, intent on hitting his mark. The Mugic had worn off by now, meaning he stood no chance as the Inferno Gust hit him and coded Raimusa.

Back in the Drome, Tom had just turned back to normal as SlickNick decided to do some trash talk.

"Nice move. Maybe you should change your name to… Uh… UnderDork!" SlickNick lamely insulted.

"You call that an insult? I've heard better insults from my grandma!" Tom quipped. "No, seriously, she is one crabby old lady."

Now, it was Tom's turn to attack.

Barrath Beyond attacks Zalic in UnderWorld City.

Winner: Barrath Beyond.

Orith attacks H'earring in Ravannah Ridge.

Winner: H'earring.

Kamangareth attacks Velreth in Fear Valley.

Winner: Kamangareth.

La'arina attacks Nivenna in the Riverlands.

Winner: La'arina.

Kamangareth attacks Ulfhedinn in Gothos Tower.

Winner: Ulfhedinn.

La'arina attacks Lord Van Bloot in the Riverlands.

Winner: Lord Van Bloot.

Barrath Beyond attacks Ulfhedinn in Everrain.

Winner: Ulfhedinn.

Ulfhedinn attacks Lord Van Bloot in the Mipedim Oasis.

The two creatures were now facing off against each other in a last ditch effort to code the other. Both were down to ten energy, and had no Mugic Counters left. Suddenly, Van Bloot made his move.

"Rock Wave!" shouted Van Bloot.

He punched the ground and sent a literal wave of stone at the humanoid Snow leopard, but Ulfhedinn was prepared.

"Mirthquake!"

Ulfhedinn laughed and unleashed a blast of sonic waves that launched the Rock Wave back at Van Bloot. Despite his best efforts to get away, the attack hit home and coded the UnderWorlder that could be considered Chaor's equal. And back in the pub, Tom's friends were getting worried.

"That's not good. Van Bloot was Tom's go-to creature!" Kaz said in worry.

"I hate to say it, but Tom is really going to have his hands full now." Klay added.

"Don't count him out yet, guys. He's still got H'earring! And he's got a certain tigress who turned to the UnderWorld to help him!" Krystella pointed out.

Back in the Drome, SlickNick was getting arrogant.

"You're down to the bottom of the barrel, mister UnderWorlder! Let's see who the REAL winner is now!" SlickNick taunted.

Tom just spun his Location Randomizer in response.

"The next location: Skeleton Springs."

"Intress: Feral Huntress attacks Ulfhedinn!"

Both players touched their cards and transformed before being transported to the location.

As Ulfhedinn prowled around Skeleton Springs, he had no idea that he was being watched from the shadows. A pair of amber eyes were all that were seen in the shadows before they disappeared with a feral growl.

"Yo, MajorTom, let's finish this!" Ulfhedinn called.

When no response came, he thought that something might be wrong. He gasped as he saw a ball of fire headed straight for him, and just barely dodged the attack. When he looked again, he saw Intress walking towards him with the Ring of Na'arin materializing on her finger.

Wasting no time, Ulfhedinn shot a Torrent of Flame at the prehistoric tigress woman, intent on roasting her alive. But she used her Ring of Na'arin to create a shield that tanked most of the attack. But it couldn't stop her from taking a glancing blow that dealt five damage. And after that single use, Intress' Battlegear was now useless. And Ulfhedinn smirked as he knew he could take advantage of that.

"You're gonna need more than finger bling to beat me! Lavalanche!" Ulfhedinn declared, launching his attack.

But Intress was ready for him.

"Chorus of Cothica! Symphonic Shield!"

Using two of her three Mugic Counters, Intress cast the Chorus of Cothica generic Mugic so she could use the Mipedian Mugic known as Symphonic Shield. Music notes played in the air as a beam of light shown down upon her and created a forcefield that shielded her from Ulfhedinn's attack. But the Snow Leopard wasn't done yet.

"Iron Balls!" Ulfhedinn shouted.

He launched a barrage of literal iron balls at Intress, but she just leapt out of the way and got to higher ground. She growled at Ulfhedinn before unleashing her final Mugic.

"Canon of Casualty!"

Music notes once again began to play as a beam of red light descended upon Ulfhedinn. The startled OverWorlder was hit directly, lowering his energy to thirty. But he was far from finished, and fought back.

"Viper Lash!"

As he held out his arm, several venomous snakes sprang from Ulfhedinn's fingertips. Taken by surprise, Intress was unable to dodge in time and was knocked down by the attack. But she got back up, holding her arm as she felt the venom beginning to spread through her bloodstream.

"You see now, MajorTom? Switching to UnderWorlders did nothing but make you lose!" Ulfhedinn gloated before adding "Any last words before I code you?"

That's when Tom as Intress remembered what a certain Mipedian told him.

"Every end's a beginning. Every beginning an end. And YOUR end's beginning right here!" Intress declared.

She then pounced on Ulfhedinn and began to glow with a red energy as her claws dug into her opponent's flesh. And in a flash of light, both creatures were code.

Outside the Drome, the others could only look on in shocked surprise.

"What was that?!" Sarah asked.

"Just something Tom learned… from a friend." Peyton answered.

Back in the Drome, SlickNick was very confused.

"I don't get it. Who won?" he asked.

"You have no creatures left. MajorTom has H'earring. MajorTom wins the match."

"Hey, great match." Tom said, holding his hand out in good sportsmanship.

But SlickNick didn't take losing well, and slapped his hand away.

"You won with a cheap trick! Typical UnderWorlder…" growled SlickNick.

Tom didn't like how his opponent handled losing, but didn't let that get him down. He just exited the Drome so he could check up on his friends.

***To Be Continued…***

Card Data

Name: Intress: Feral Huntress

Tribe: UnderWorld

Title: UnderWorld Warrior Muge

Stats;

Courage: 60 - 75

Power: 55 - 80

Wisdom: 75 - 110

Speed: 50 - 60

Energy: 40 - 60

Mugic Counters: 3

Elemental Powers: Fire and Water

Special Ability: Sacrifice Intress: Feral Huntress, deal 30 damage to target creature.