Before we start, yes today is a short one. Not feeling too great today and I don't wanna force myself and wind up in another writer's block. That being said, enjoy.

BROKEN KEY, LOST GATE

[Caius' Perspective]

"Fix the Key, Find the Gate"

I wake up with a start again, thankfully back at my place this time, and then I hear what woke me, someone knocking on the door. I get up and answer, it's Aeon.

"I see you didn't let yourself in this time. C'mon in..."

He nods and follows me through to the kitchen, then puts his deck down on the table.

"Caius, you haven't seen my new deck yet have you?"

"Only what I saw yesterday, but don't tell me. I trust you to make the right moves when it matters."

"Clear enough, in any case it's not why I'm here"

"Then why are you here, Aeon?"

Aeon nods and sits down in front of his deck; I sit down across from him. "Well, I've been thinking, when I dream, I see a place, and I talk to the monsters in my deck..."

"I know exactly what you mean." Aeon has a connection to the spirit world like me.

"Where do you go?" He seems nervous about it.

"A castle; what about you?"

"Skyline... The field spell... It's a city"

I nod slowly. "Want to see the castle?"

"...That's possible?" He leans forward

"Master? Do you wish for Void Ogre and me to bring him in?"

"Yes Aeon, It's possible. And yes Beelze, Please do"

He tilts his head, he didn't hear Beelze, then our marks activate and the world turns black.

My eyes snap open again; I sit up, smirking as I look around. Beelze is stood beside me, holding her hand out, I take it and stand.

"Welcome home master, Aeon is over there" She points to the side, at Aeon who is being helped up by one of the Maidens... Abi I think. I walk over to him and look around. We're near the castle, on a beach. Between us and it is a rolling field, and a copse of trees. It's very pretty.

"What do you think Aeon?"

"I think you could use a few more people here. You are a real loner if the only ones here are your maids..."

"Oh shut up. It's not such a big deal as you think"

"Sure thing, Caius" He says, rolling his eyes and walking toward the castle, I tell the maidens to go ahead and walk beside him.

"I like this place, it's calming" I chuckle and glance to him.

"Caius, If you like it so much, why isn't it a field spell in your deck?"

"I don't like field spells, that simple. My deck works in normal duels or turbo duels if I don't use one"

He nods and stops moving. "Do you hear that?"

I do, something is rumbling out to sea, under the water. We turn back around and watch, something like a Nazca line is glowing on the surface of it, reflected in the sky above. I can't make out what it is, but there's a path racing toward the shore, like a road.

"Aeon... What the hell is that"

"No clue..."

Beelze taps my shoulder and gestures behind us, our runners are there waiting. I love dream worlds sometimes. Anything you need you can just have.

"Road trip Aeon?"

"Game on"

I get on my runner, Aeon gets on his. We ready up and start riding along the path of light out to the glowing mark.

"Fix the key" A voice rings in my head. It's so familiar, warm, kind... And yet I can't place it. I glance over to Aeon and I know he heard it too. We keep riding.

As we reach the end of the path, there's some kind of Aztec pyramid in the middle of the lines. We get off and walk into it. We already know what we need to do, we have to go inside. We know what we'll find. And there it is, on the top of the pyramid. A gateway with a great stone door in it, on the front is the completed crest of the dragon, eyes and all, even Leo's mark that is yet to appear...

"You found me, now you must open it"

What... No... This isn't right. Why are we doing this? I step back and look away from the gate, the voice suddenly cuts out.

"Aeon! Turn your back!"

He looks at me, and in that moment he's not looking at it, he gasps like I do when I wake up, and walks over to me.

"What the fuck is this place?"

It suddenly clicks what shape the lines are.

"We need to move! Now!"

I run down the steps and get back on my runner; Aeon gets on his, and rides alongside me back to the beach. I look to Beelze and sigh.

"Wake us up please" She nods and looks out to the sign.

"Master... What is it?"

I throw a quick glance back to the mark in the sky, and then pull my gaze away.

"You already know Beelze... It's that thing"

I shake my head, and as the world begins to turn black, I try to clear my mind of the thoughts of that mark left on my heart...

Poison Dragon.