Patricia watched in horror as, one by one, her fifteen Legendary summons disintegrated. The golden aura of the formidable creatures shattered, reverting them into their card forms. They flew towards her, seeking the safety of their master's grasp, but then burned into ash before reaching her hand.
"This?" she gasped, the word choking in her throat.
She felt a coldness in her midsection, a chilling void that shouldn't be there. She lowered her gaze to her stomach, staring at the massive, clean wound that had bisected her. There was no pain yet, only the terrifying realization of absolute defeat.
"What... are you really?"
She collapsed to the ground. But her body didn't bleed; instead, it cracked like porcelain and shattered into ashes, a byproduct of the clone technique she had used to escape death at the last second.
"Impossible!" Esther stepped forward, her eyes wide as she stared at the pile of ash where her opponent had stood just moments ago.
