0713MM: Hey guys! I welcome you to chapter 25! Next up is chapter 26. (Duh).

Helen: This is a wacky chapter.

Tethys: I must agree.

0713MM: By wacky, you mean strange?

Tethys and Helen: Yes.

0713MM: Whatever. I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh ZEXAL.

Jake: Some of us wish he did.

Serena: Of course.

0713MM: Chapter start.

Chapter 25: Visions of Fear

Yj sat in his chair, watching out as the mobs of people began to destroying the city building by building. He'd glance at his Cannon a few times.

It won't be long now until I fire you. Yj thought. He didn't turn his chair when he sensed one of his officers coming down the corridor and into his office.

"Sir." the officer spoke. "Those four goody-to-shoes are on there way here to infiltrate the base, what should we do?" Yj still didn't turn his chair around. Instead, he spoke.

"Let them come." Yj spoke, "I have a nasty surprise for them." The officer gaped.

"Sir?" he asked. This time, Yj turned his chair around to face the officer.

"Tell the citizens to head to that hospital and Temple Dragos." Yj commanded as he stood up and walked over to the officer. "Tell them to burn down that precious temple with any flammable material that we have. You understand?" The officer saluted.

"Yes sir, right away sir." the officer bowed, then walked out of the office to go tell two squadrons to head out and do their duties. Yj watched the officer go. After he was gone and out of his sight, Yj, walked back to look at the cameras. He noticed Helen, Tethys, Jake and Serena coming. He grinned maliciously.

Good. They're coming. he thought.

Helen, Jake, Serena, and Tethys trudged through the tall grass. The foursome trudged through the grass in silence, until…

"Hey. I see the gate!" Tethys pointed over the hill they were standing on. The other three stared out into the distance. Sure enough, the gate to Yj's factory base wasn't too far. Serena patted Tethys shoulder.

"Good job." Serena smiled down at the young girl. "Come on." Serena and Jake began to walk toward the gate, with Tethys and Helen in tow.

When the foursome made it down the tall grassy hill, the two young girls raised their hands to knock on the door, but they didn't have to. The doors/gates slowly began to open. However, what they are were expecting wasn't what they expected at all. Tethys stuck her tongue out at the hologram of what appeared to be Yj. Hologram Yj had a smirk on his face.

"Hello my pawn friends, destiny foretold you would come here."

"Oh, and why is that?" Helen scoffed in disbelief. Hologram Y continued as if there was no interruption.

"You have played your part. Now it's time remove you from this game. Just like did to kronos and the Booknerd." Yj paused, then continued, "Your parts have helped me bring peace and order from the chaos you began. Now, time flood the board with fear that will bring endless abyss of darkness which you come from. Tell nerd that his daughter was just as weak as him. And Helen, soon there will be no temple to hide in. Hahaha!" After the message, Tethys and Helen were shaking with rage. Serena grabbed one of her shoto blades and pulled it out and she went into a defensive position. Only to sense nothing, so she sheathed it. Jake glanced around and he noticed some pipe wobbling. Eventually, the pipes around them broke loose, spewing out some toxin. Jake gaped.

"Fear gas!" he yelled. "I remember Eliphas used it to calm down angry Astral Beings by making them fear." Serena gave a nod.

"I remember that too." she said. She turned to see Tethys and Helen coughing up a storm. She grabbed both of them.

"Come on!" she commanded.

Helen tried to struggle through the gas, only to see a version of Mizar and Vector burning in the temple and voices of angry citizens mobbing her friends. Then Yj's voice thundered in her head: "You know the easy way out of this fear. Summit to the darkness and all will be avoided." Helen tried to resist to the voices demand. Each step she took the voice was getting stronger and stronger. Helen eventually collapsed to the ground, shaking her head all of the thoughts and the voice compounding her. Then shadowing fear appeared in front of her, the fear she conjured had taken physical form. A form of pure darkness.

Jake eyes widened, "It's Barian World fear gas. Impossible! How did Yj get his hands on it without having fear himself?!"

Yj watched over the big screen with a smile, refusing to answer the question.

As Helen was struggling to avoid feeding to the darkness spirit. Tethys was closing her eyes as her father's fatal duel kept flashing before her. Then, a new event started. A flash before her mother falling into main reactor after her defeat. Then, the same voice got into her head, "Your father was a fool. Don't make the same mistake. Unleash your negative emotions. Let them fly free and all will be avoided,.and you will become stronger than ever before." Then, the same as Helen, the shadow presents started to form. Only this time it was in form the Shadow Mage.

Yj finally replied, "The gas was Vector's Secret Weapon to keep Barians away from his plans and cover ups. I got it from Barian World when Nash and his gang were in Heartland. I have no fear, so it never affected me." Then Yj turned away from the screen and signaled the shadow forms, which they started to cause more versions of fear in front of them. This time it was of Heartland City. With thousands of beams coming from the ground and destroying the city. The next version showed a different city; from the past, meeting the same fate just in this one it showed Yj fighting a staff of scientists until he finally punched the button causing the city crumble in on itself and finally Yj turned to show a look of total darkness in his eyes and said, "Heartland must be punished. The same as the pitiful Cityit is/ I am Nexus, the connection link"

Helen realized it first, " Wait, you're just going destroy Heartland City just because of the Light you serve, or something more powerful than you. This fear you're causing is to destroy all worlds and build one of your design."

Tethys quickly figured out what Yj was doing, "You knew the people of Heartland had great fear of the Barians, you used that to gain power and my father was hiding that so …..you targeted him through me….you monster! You destroyed him just because he was trying prevent fear from taking over!"

To this Yj finally told the truth, " Correct. Fear lead to darkness, and darkness lead to hope. These worlds that divide us are there to fool us and trick us like walls. If all the worlds were united under darkness, there could be peace and order for 1000 years or longer. Is it really a crime to restore the worlds to one?" Tethys and Helen just stared at Yj's face on the big screen. He chuckled darkly.

"Well, hope you two enjoyed my little merry-go-round of fear." Yj smirked. "But, I have business to attend to in another dimension. Later!" He snapped his fingers and disappeared. Tethys and Helen growled.

"Get back here!" Tethys yelled up at the empty screen, but there was no answer. Helen glanced around the room.

"Well, we might as well look for the Main Reactor." Helen suggested. Everyone nodded in agreement to that. (What Tethys and Helen don't realize is that their worst fears had slowly crept up inside of them).

Helen, Tethys, Jake and Serena found the Main Reactor of the New Moment at the bottom of the base. Well, what was left of it anyway. Helen walked toward the foundation of the device that used to be there. She bent over and touched the ground with her fingers.

"The Reactor was here." Helen said as she stood back up. "Yj must've taken it to this "dimension" he was talking about." Serena nodded.

"So, we regroup and figure out a plan to get to this dimension." Serena said. Tethys stopped that suggestion by pointing at a portal behind where the Cannon and the Main Reactor used to be.

"Guess he wants us to follow him." Helen mused. Tethys gave a nod.

"Right." Tethys agreed, who in turn, turned back towards Serena and Jake.

"Well, you two coming or not?" Tethys asked/demanded. Jake and Serena turned to stare at each other for a moment, then they turned back to face the two young girls.

"Of course." Serena replied. She gestured to the portal. "Come on," The two girls dashed towards the portal, with the two adults following them.

Don't worry Mother! We're coming! both Tethys and Helen thought.

Xavier stared down a his hands as he clasped the railing of the balcony.

Sister. he thought. I'm sorry for everything I ever done to you. Our past, and the present. Please… Forgive me. If you don't forgive me, I'll be taking down Yj once and for all. Perhaps this act will erase all my wrongs. Xavier just sighed.

Yj opened a dark portal, but before he entered it, a voice spoke.

"My young friend, our time is coming. Those girls will face you; it is destiny's choice. And after you win, I will finally be able re-enter the Humans' World in my true form."

Yj replied, bowing, "Yes Master, I know this to be true. I will not let destiny down."

The Voice continued, booming, "Destiny will be fulfilled. This is only step one." Soon after the Divine Voice ended the conversation with Yj, Yj began to laugh evilly.

"Soon, my Master's plan shall be fulfilled." Yj grinned malicious while clenching his fists. "It's already come this far, why stop now? Hahahahaha!" And with that, Yj ran through the dark portal towards his destination.

0713MM: I know someone I know is going butcher me for adding in a Divine Voice that belongs to another character, but I don't care. My friend who has been helping me, (not Darksawr) has given me really good and great ideas. And I thank him for this idea for this chapter.