Percy Jackson: The Blue Eyes Master

The Mystery Duellists Part 2: Percy POV

I couldn't believe my eyes...and that happens a lot.

But now I seriously couldn't believe it. Standing in front of me was the one person whose death I wished I would forget, no matter how bad it seemed. His face was paler than before - the result of him coming back to life perhaps. The scar on the right hand side of his face was pure white; his hair had grown slighter longer than before and by the looks of it, he had lost a lot of weight.

But his eyes...shit, they seemed very lifeless. Devoid of all other emotion apart from...well, rage and anger. The blue in his eyes would darken every few seconds, and they just bore right into me, as if searching my soul.

"How can you be alive?" I breathed out in horror. "That's impossible; I saw you die."

"Percy, you know this guy?" Yugi asked, his gaze switching from Luke and then to me.

I nodded, the feeling of dread getting worse in my stomach. "Luke Castellan, son of Hermes. An old friend of mine turned traitor to the gods of Olympus. This guy hosted the spirit of Kronos during the Second Titan War, before he sacrificed himself to kill him. He's been dead for years."

"You thought the gods would send me to Elysium," Luke growled. "And you know what? You were right: I was standing at paradises gates, the one place where I would finally get peace at last. But as I was about to enter it, Hades had a change of heart. Apparently, most of the council did. They thought that my crimes were far greater than all the good that I manage to do in the end. So, instead of sticking me in the Underworld, they sent me to Tartarus!" He snarled the last part out.

The shock overwhelmed. The gods told me that Luke would be forgiven for his crimes. They swore they would. They lied to me...

"See now, Percy?" Luke demanded. "Those infernal gods don't keep their promises. Instead, they just lie to you, over and over again. Look at me - I'm a example of they're treachery. I spent years in the Pit, festering away and feeling like that was going to be my life from now on. But thankfully, as luck would have it, I escaped thanks to the efforts of Lord Tartarus. He let me out. He knew I wanted revenge, so he made me a deal: if I could make you suffer for what you and the rest of the Seven did to Gaia, then I would be free. I took the chance and I got out. Now I'm back, and this time things got a little more interesting."

"Whatever it is that Tartarus promised you, I can assure you that it won't happen," I told him, finally finding my voice. "Luke, this isn't you. The Luke I knew at the last moments of his life did the right thing. You saved the world, and now after all these years you want to help Tartarus destroy it again? Luke, snap out of it!"

"I don't think my new ally will listen to you," Keith said in his mind controlled state. "After I found out who he was and what he wanted, I couldn't help but feel like he deserved his chance at revenge. Unlike Keith and all my other loyal servants, Castellan isn't controlled by me - he's perfectly capable of being ruthless as he is. You've definitely proved that you are a problem, Percy Jackson. And now it's time that we claim the Puzzle, and send you two to the endless reaches of the Shadow Realm and Tartarus, ONCE AND FOR ALL!"

"Percy, don't listen to them," Yugi said calmly. "They're just trying to get into your head, making you lose your focus. Focus on the duel."

My hands were shaking uncontrollably. I felt light headed, like all the bones and blood in my body had just vanished. I closed my eyes, taking a deep breath, before I opened them again. Yugi was right - I had to focus here. I couldn't let my shock at Luke's return take over me. "I end my turn."

Hopefully, the facedown I played would come in handy. It was the trap called Counter Gate. If either Luke or Keith summoned a monster and managed to destroy one of my monsters, I would be able use this card to stop Luke's attack and draw a card from my deck. If it was a monster, I would be able to summon it despite its summoning conditions. I just hope that I get a good card, because by the way Luke was glaring at me with those hate filled eyes, I was gonna need it.