Nigel and Ra-Vu went to the laboratory. Luckily, by the time they got there, Seneschal had left and no one was there.

"O.K," Nigel said. "You would probably be able to destroy the machine quicker than I could, so you destroy the machine and I will stay on guard."

"Of course," Ra-Vu said. He went to destroy the machine while Nigel stayed close to the entrance. At first, everything seemed to be going fine. However, when Ra-Vu hit one of the wires, an alarm sounded.

"Quick," Nigel whispered. "Come here. I can banish you and grab on so we can hide in the creature realm."

However, it was too late. He could already hear the Choten coming with an army of minions. He knew what he had to do. He quickly banished Ra-Vu before the Choten came in with two minions and saw the damage.

"What happened to my machine?" The Choten asked, looking around.

"A creature came through a breech in the veil," Nigel lied. "I banished him, but he had already damaged the machine."

The Choten walked over to the machine. "The damage looks more than just a random attack," he said. "It looks as though a creature purposely planned to destroy the machine."

"The creatures do show a certain amount of intelligence," Nigel said.

"Yes, they do," The Choten admitted. "But in order to do this amount of damage and exactly at critical points, the creature had probably prior knowledge of the machine, or at least knew what exactly to attack. Do you believe Seneschal did it?"

Nigel hesitated. He knew he couldn't say the truth, but he couldn't put an innocent creature in harm's way just to protect himself.

"Why the hesitation, Nigel?" The Choten asked. "I'm sure you know something about the creature."

Nigel sighed, knowing that any lie he told him about the creature would help the Choten hurt innocent creatures. He also was not going to put Ra-Vu in harm's way. There was only one thing he could say.

"I did it myself," Nigel said. "I quit working for you and I will not let you hurt any more creatures."

"Really," The Choten said. "Then I suppose we're enemies."

"Yes," Nigel said. "We are."

"Minions," The Choten ordered. "Destroy him."

The minions summoned their creatures. One of the creatures was Earthstomp Giant from the nature civilization and the other creature was Reef-eye from the Water civilization.

"Rodi Gale, Night Guardian," Nigel said. A hole in the veil opened and the light creature came out.

"Rodi Gale, attack Reef-eye," Nigel said, pointing his gauntlet to the water creature. Rodi Gale attacked Reef-eye, and Reef-eye was banished. The minion who summoned Reef-eye summoned Bolshack Dragon, a powerful creature from the fire civilization.

"Earthstomp Giant, attack Rodi Gale," The other minion said. Earthstomp Giant attacked Rodi Gale, who lost the battle and was banished.

Bolshack Dragon quickly went in for an attack. Nigel used a shield to protect himself from the attack.

Before Nigel had time to summon another creature, Earthstomp Giant attacked again, and Bolshack Dragon attacked immediately after. Nigel knew that they were making him use up all his mana, but he could do nothing about it. If he took down his shield, he would face a direct attack from the creatures, which could kill him. He had to keep the shield and hope that he can face whatever happens when his shield breaks.

Eventually, his shield broke and Nigel fell down to the floor. "Aranchnoir of Cobweb Cavern," The Choten said. A spider-like creature appeared.

"Attack," The Choten commanded, pointing his gauntlet at Nigel. Nigel tried to get away, but the creature attacked him with its stinger before he could go far enough to avoid the attack.

Nigel gasped. He knew that Arachnoir of Cobweb Cavern was venomous, at least to creatures. All he could hope for was the venom only affected creatures.

He tried to escape the fight, but one of the minions grabbed him. "Take the traitor to the donjon," The Choten ordered. "There, he will suffer to my creature's venom."

The minion took Nigel to a cell in the donjon. Nigel tried to escape, but the minion was strong and managed to drag him into the cell and lock the door before he could escape.

At least Ra-Vu is safe for now, Nigel said. But when the Choten repairs the machine, every creature will be in danger. That thought terrified him.

He felt the venom already weakening his body, and he was beginning to loose hope.

"Please," he quietly begged to no one in particular. "Let the order of the Kaijudo duel masters learn about the Choten's plans and stop him. Even if I never see the victory."

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Meanwhile, Gabe, who was using stalker spheres to spy on the Choten, saw the fight between Nigel and the Choten. He ran to Master Jaha to show her the footage.

Master Jaha thought for a moment. "If Nigel is fighting the Choten outside of an arena, then it could very well mean that Nigel turned against him," She said at last. "And a sting from Arachnoir of Cobweb Cavern is extremely venomous, even to humans."

Just then, Master Nadia and Master Chavez came in. "Is everything alright, Gabriel?" Master Nadia asked. "I saw you run in here with a shocked looked on your face."

"I saw Master Nigel fighting against the Choten in his laboratory and lost," Gabe explained. "The Choten used a venomous creature on him and a minion took him away."

"So Nigel turned against the Choten," Master Chavez said.

"He may have," Master Nadia said. "We do not know the whole story. It could be a trick."

"How?" Gabe asked. "I saw The Choten use Arachnoir of Cobweb Cavern on Nigel."

"The Choten could have made the creature miss Nigel, but still be close enough to look like it hit," Master Nadia explained. "Or the Choten could have made an anti-venom to give to Nigel immediately afterwards, so he does not suffer the effects."

Master Jaha thought for a moment. "You may be right, Nadia," she said. "But how would the Choten know a stalker sphere would be out there and have time to plan such a trick. What we saw is likely Nigel actually turning against the Choten."

"What do we do?" Gabe asked.

"Get Allison, Raiden, and Master Kimora," Master Jaha said. "The children, Master Chavez, and myself will go and rescue Nigel. Master Nadia, you and Master Kimora will stay and begin developing an anti-venom for Nigel. And we'll all hope that Master Nigel turned against the Choten like we believe."