Reality Redux
By ArchangelUK & Digicowboy

DC: SORRY SORRY SORRY SORRY!
AAUK: *glowers*
DC: My computer is evil!
AAUK: *glowers*
DC: IT'S NOT MY FAULT!
AAUK: *glowers*
DC: Are you going to kill me?
AAUK: *nods*
DC: We do not own Digimon-(backing away)-in any way- (Opening a bomb shelter)- shape or form. (Jumps in and closes door) Now all I have to do is make it to the end of the chapter.

Chapter 10: Keymaster

Mr Yamashita gazed open mouthed at the Animatic. This was just too bizarre. The screen was switched off. The power was cut. It was still working. It wasn't fair, he reflected bitterly as he gulped down another glass of sake. He didn't deserve this. All the time he'd spent on this series and now it was turning around and kicking him when he was down. He'd felt a ray of hope when he saw MyotismonIf anyone could kill those chosen ones' who were wrecking his cartoon and his nerves, it was him. And thenhe gritted his teeth. And then Myotismon had been made aDigimon partner. To one of the two pests that were single handedly taking his beloved series apartBut maybe, he mulled, Myotismon is still the answer. We created him. He's like a son to me. And no son of mine is going to disobey me

In the Tokyo plaza, the air rippled and stretched like silk, and presently a Digiport opened and from it came ArchangelUK and the rest of the Digidestined.

We're back! AAUK announced cheerfully. And you'll never guess what we've been through.

"Hey - what the???" Joe began, but Izzy finished it for him.

"Where did you spring from? I thought you were going off to find Gennai and sort everything out."

"Yes." Angelus nodded, "I did and have, remember time is rather up the creek at the moment, I've actually been away for a week but for you merely a split second - I'll tell you what happened later, okay?" Unnoticed by him, the Digidestined were all staring at him. Then he noticed the state of the plaza. Various Digidestined were being enthusiastically re-united with their estranged parteners, Davis and Cody were still out for the count on the pavement, and in the centre of it all was a fair sized crater.

Someone's been busy. He remarked. Without warning, Ben popped his head out of the crater.

Wingy! Hi! he shouted. We'll be right over! He blinked, and shook his head.

You do know you haveGod, this sounds so dumb wings, don't you? ArchangelUK looked bemused, and slowly reached his hand over his head towards his shoulders. His hands touched feathers. They hadn't been there before he opened the port to Earth, he knew that much.

The human mind is a funny thing. You would have thought that the first thought to go through AAUK's mind would be something along the lines of Hooray, now I can get to town without paying bus fares' or Wow. I have wings!' as it turned out however, his first thought was unprintable. Which is a pity, because it summed up the situation almost perfectly.

Gennai sat on top of Azulongmon's temple. He needed to think. Beware the Keymaster' What did it mean, and where had he heard it before? It nagged at his mind. He knew that he had seen the word written somewhere, recently. But where?
Keymaster, Keymaster he muttered under his breath. And then it came. In the prophecy there was a section that he and his fellows had given up on. It seemed to be about the time of Unification, but it was so obscure as to be incomprehensible. He went to look for it.

time of our despairThe dark beast He thumbed through the immense tome that contained the prophecy in its entirety. Ah! Here we are And the Gatekeeper and the Traveller shall be revealed to you, for such is their destiny. And the Gatekeeper will protect the Three- This place, and the place of the Chosen Children, and the place that was his home, and he shall be the Guardian, and the Darkness shall not pass. Pity on the Gatekeeper, for such is he confined and may never venture past. And the Traveller shall go forth, and it is his task and burden to free other worlds like this one. Pity on the Traveller, for he shall never return home.
And in the time of the Gatekeeper and the Traveller shall arise the greatest threat ye have ever faced, and he shall be the Keymaster, and he shall strive to undo the freedom that this world sorely deserves. And the Keymaster comes not from this world, or from the world of the Chosen Children, but the from the world of the Gatekeeper and the Traveller. Beware the Keymaster.'
Gennai rubbed his eyes with the back of his hand. The Book of The Light always left him feeling drained of energyAnd he didn't feel any closer to discovering who the Keymaster could be

In his defence, Mr Yamashita has been under a lot of stress lately. Almost anyone would be, in his position. Had he been in a normal state of mind, he would not have started to listen to the dark voice.

it whispered in the confines of his skull. You have a great destiny, Yamashita And he sat up, and he listened. He sat and he listened and he learned what the dark voice told him. You have a great destiny, Yamashita It always came back to that. You are the master of the Digital world, YamashitaYou created it, did you not?

Yes, I suppose I did

The Digital World was once yours, Yamashita. And the world of the Digidestined. Were they not like children to you?

And the Children should not disobey the father, should they? And why are they deserting you, your own children?

The Chosen Ones

Yes. If you can deal with them, you can be a the voice paused. happy family once again. All you have to do, Keymaster, is listen to me

That had been, it seemed, a long time ago, when the Chosen Ones were still both in the digital world. The old Yamashita was concerned with profits. The old Yamashita was, all in all, a good employer. The old Yamashita thought of himself as a businessman. The new Yamashita thought of himself as a God. The new Yamashita would settle for nothing less than blood. And under the silent tuition of the dark voice, the power that had been his to command since the day he created the Digital World was brought into play.

There was now a large crowd of curious spectators in the square.

Calm down, Angelus. It's no big thing

YOU WOULD SAY THAT! AAUK shouted at Patamon. What the hell am I supposed to do with wings, for crying out loud? None of my jackets will fit. He added. Ben looked visibly embarrassed.

Do you think we should get him inside? People are starting to stare

Gee, I wonder why that is murmured Gatomon.

Hello, Gatomon.

she cried as he appeared out of the crater.

Well, he was kind of sent here to kill Ben, but Mimi shrugged. It doesn't look like he's going to, anymore.
Ben looked sheepish.

I didn't get time to tell you before Wingy here started kicking up hell, but Myotismon is kind of my

Yamashita closed his eyes. The dark voice had been right. He could sense them out there.
Are you sure about this? he murmured to the dark voice.

You must, if you are to fulfil your destiny and reign over the Digital World forevermore. Yamashita sighed, and focused his thoughts. And behind and above Myotismon, the Gate of Destiny opened.

Almost before Ben was aware of it, Myotismon was being pulled backwards into the air. Desperately, he lunged for the wrist of the Chosen one. But it didn't work. Ben was also being tugged back by the irresistible force emanating from the pure white circle.

Poison Ivy! Vines wrapped themselves around Ben's legs as Palmon and Mimi tried frantically to pull them away. With a sudden tug, Myotismon disappeared into the Gate, laving Ben a mere half metre away from the deadly opening.

We can pull you in, Ben! shouted Mimi, the hair streaming around her face as the ethereal winds screamed around the group on the ground.

No! I'm going to follow him!

I'm not going to let you go! she screamed back. Palmon started to pull her vines back in, visibly wilting under the strain. Ben regarded Mimi in silence for a second, indecision plain in his eyes. Then he shook his head.

.When I come back ,I may want to talk to you about that, Mimi. He turned his head towards Sora. And say hi' to mum for me! he shouted, pulling his foot free of Palmon's vines. No longer being pulled in two different ways, he shot into the Gate, and disappeared from sight. Slowly, the gate closed.

To Be Continued....

DC: You see? I did survive the chapter!
AAUK: *various weapons scattered around him* How, exactly?
DC: I made the shelter out of plot twists. *looks proud*
AAUK: Next time, DCNext time.

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