Okay, so I ran out of time for Reality Shift - Mechtanium Surge today, so I decided to upload Destruction today instead. It does replace tomorrow's chapter. There will be a regular chapter tomorrow. Also, how many of you can guess the next Reality? Enjoy!

With Keith missing, it fell to us to help everybody break the bonds of their Reality to save Helios. However, before we could go anywhere, our fatal flaw kicked in and we fell unconscious. With the three of us out of commission, Takato and the other tamers decided to try and get to the Digital World to figure out how to help. What they found were the remains of Bakugan Interspace and Chaos Bakugan. However, because of Marucho's quick work, Takato and Guilmon were able to combat them and unlock a new ability. But even with all of that, we got no closer to figuring anything out, the Destruction, Keith's location, nothing. We're running dry here.

Powers locked away inside

Step up to give the gift of divine

There is no knowing what we face

But we know it to be unsafe

The time now to find

Our guiding light

And save everything that is known

To protect our home

Spectra watched the Reality twist and turn on its regular path, waiting for a perfect opportunity. Within, Keith was fighting as hard as he could. "You cannot hold me forever!" He yelled. The restraints holding him were brought tighter around him. He could hear an evil laugh.

"That's where you're wrong, Keith Clay." Spectra appeared in front of him again. "You have not been able to resist at all yet, so I see no reason why you could now." Spectra chuckled. "But go ahead, show me what you can really do." Keith struggled against his restraints, but to no avail. "You see? That's why you will never win against me, against your evil! In all honesty, you should be glad Master picked us instead of another. After all, where's the fun in restraining yourself to not go above and beyond? What's the point of holding back! All there is now is power, and I intend to claim as much as I need to uphold our Master's agenda!"

"You're a fool!" Said Keith. "As much as I loved power, it was nothing compared to what I learned! In order to have power, you must have control, otherwise you run the risk of losing it. That's a truth I learned the hard way and that's why I laid you to rest!"

"And it was that thinking, that want to be with others, that drained your power, Keith." Said Spectra. "Now, we are free! Free to become as powerful as we want!"

"But power isn't everything." Spectra glared at Keith.

"If it isn't everything, then why am I in control? It's because I have more power than you. You gave up your power to be with others. You gave up your power, leaving me an opening. And you claim that power isn't everything?" Spectra began laughing, and it began to build. "Now who's the fool? You claim to not want power, but you claim it needed. You gave up power for control! Now look at you. Broken, defeated, and forced into this situation. You will wait, Keith. You will wait until I am done." Spectra vanished as Keith again tried to break free of his shackles.

"That's where you're wrong." Said Keith. One of the restraints loosened. "I will not wait!"

"So, how does this work?" Asked Henry. Terriermon was being scanned.

"Simple, really. It just samples the DNA and analyzes it, then compares it to the rest to get a good compilation of it." Said Marucho.

"Makes sense." Said Henry. "Then how do you put it into the card?"

"That's the easy part." Said Marucho. "All I need to do is put the DNA into the correct spots within the code I've written and it creates a custom card." The computer beeped. "Speaking of which." Marucho typed a few keys, and something began to form nearby. When it was done, Marucho opened the door of the machine and grabbed the card. "Looks like Terriermon is similar to a Ventus Bakugan."

"So, if Pyrus is fire, is Ventus wind?" Asked Henry.

"Exactly." Said Marucho. A few paces away, the rest of us were waiting behind a wall.

"Anybody have any ideas what's going on in there?" Asked Rika.

"They're probably going over all the technobabble involved in this." Said Kenta. "Not something I need or want to know."

"I think most of us can agree to that." Said Takato. "But it does take a while."

"At least it gives the others more time to recuperate." Said Atom.

"Speaking of which, how did you wake up so quickly?" Asked Dan.

"I've been Shifting the longest out of anybody here." Said Atom. "Over time, I've built up a better resistance to the effects. They still get me, but a lot less powerfully."

"Makes sense." Said Dan. "But how will it affect us?"

"Not sure." Said Atom. "After all, none of you have actually been able to shift." The door opened.

"Okay, Henry and Terriermon are done." Said Marucho. "Who's next?"

"I'll go." Said Rika. "Might as well see why it takes so long." She got up and went into the room. Renamon followed her.

"So, how'd it go?" Asked Takato.

"I'm impressed at how much technology has developed differently in this Reality." Said Henry. "It's almost a dream." Atom laughed.

"Believe me, you'll get lots of those eventually." Henry was about to retort, then thought better of it.

"You're probably right." He relented. "But I don't know of any other places where there even could be Digimon."

"I can name 4 other Realities off the top of my head." Said Atom. "But don't worry, even Azion doesn't know of them all." The door opened again.

"Okay, that was quicker than I thought." Said Rika. She held a card with the Aquos symbol on it.

"Okay, who's next?" Asked Marucho. Suzie jumped up and down excitedly.

"Me next! Me next!"

"Suzie, don't you think we should" Lopmon didn't get a chance to finish as Suzie grabbed her and ran into the room. Marucho looked at the rest of us in surprise.

"She does that a lot." Said Henry. "You'll get used to it." Marucho shrugged and went back into the room. Henry turned back to the group.

"Any guesses?" He asked.

"I don't know." Said Kazu. "I've never dealt with these types before."

"None of us have." Said Kenta. "But it would be amazing if we could control fire!"

"No. No!" Said MarineAngemon. "Light!"

"Light?" Asked Kenta. "But you can't do anything with light!" He caught Atom glaring at him, then looked the other way to see Runo glaring at him. "Uh." He feigned zipped his mouth closed and throwing away the key. Atom chuckled.

"Relax, Kenta." He said. "I know you. You're someone who likes to fight with brute force after careful deliberation on how to use that force."

"Sort of." The door opened again.

"Suzie and Lopmon are Darkus." Said Marucho. "Kazu, you're next." Kazu got up and went through the door, followed by Marucho. Guardromon tried to get through, but got stuck.

"A little assistance please?"

"Just stay there, you're close enough for the scanner to work." Said Marucho. Lots of beeping could be heard as he booted up the machine.

"I bet ya that Kazu's going to be Subterra." Said Kenta. "He does carry most of the traits I've seen in Julie."

"He does?" Asked Julie.

"Aside from the hyperactivity." The beeping got more intense in the other room.

"There's much more data with Guardromon that the others!" Said Marucho. "I'm readjusting the parameters now!"

"You better hurry!" Said Guardromon. "I'm going blind!" The beeping suddenly stopped, then a small alarm blared.

"Oh come on!" Yelled Marucho. The machine then sputtered, and managed to get a card out before the shutdown procedures activated. Marucho opened the door for black smoke to come out of it. He reached into the machine and grabbed the card. He then swiftly closed the door and turned on the ventilation. He and Kazu pushed Guardromon out of the way to get out of the room, and Marucho slammed the door closed. He and Kazu coughed a little to get the excess smoke out. "That could've gone better." He wiped off his glasses.

"I'll say!" Said Guardromon. His entire front was covered in soot.

"It's a good thing I was able to grab the card." Said Marucho. He looked at it, only for it to disintegrate in his hands. "Oh great."

"That doesn't sound good." Said Dan. "What happened?"

"The system overloaded." Stated Marucho. "It's going to need to reboot and restart. Not to mention cool down."

"Well, it could be worse." Said Atom. "After all, four of them did get done, right?"

"We got Takato, Henry, Rika and Suzie all ready to go with their new cards." Said Marucho. "But as for the other three, we're just going to have to wait."

"Sir, we just detected something near Reality 5569875."

"What is it this time? More strange masses?"

"Not this time, sir." The tech put the image on screen. In the top left corner, the image of a red and white ball flashed. In the center, however, was a red being. The Commander took a closer look at it and realized it looked humanoid.

"What is that thing?" He asked.

"I'm running a scan on it now, sir." Said Syark. He pressed several buttons and looked over the data. "Looks like it's one Keith Clay."

"Keith Clay?" Asked the Commander. "Who's he?"

"Keith Clay is a Vestal from Bakugan." Said Claip.

"You always seem to come at the right time." Said the Commander.

"Of course sir, call it a gift. Anyways, Keith used to be an evil entity, but when he was converted by the Brawlers he changed his ways. However, he was never able to completely get rid of his evil and has simply pushed it down further and further to stop it from rising."

"So how is he out there and why?"

"Sir, DNA scans show a Realital Gene of unknown typing!" Said Syark.

"Unknown typing?" Asked the Commander. "Designate a type for it now! We need to know what it is we're dealing with!"

"Sir, that's the problem."

"What?"

"The typing isn't just giving a negative reading for a known type, the computer is saying it just doesn't exist!"

"A gene that doesn't exist?" Asked the Commander. He began to think. "Hold on. Do we have any data on the Shifters that attacked the other Realities?"

"Pulling it up now, sir." The data began pouring onto the screen, and the Commander couldn't keep up. "Gene matches that which has been detected in the Negative Shifters."

"Does that mean" started Claip.

"Yes." Said the Commander. "Keith has been taken over by the Destruction." He turned back to Syark. "Get as much data on Keith as you can!"

"Sir yes sir!"

"What is he doing out here?" Wondered the Commander.

"Another part of the text has been translated! The word is Pokémon."

Tom sat down, holding something that looked like a Pokeball. "I really hope the new episode recorded correctly." He turned on the TV, only for the news to be blaring.

"Another location has faced total annihilation! Still no leads as to what is happening, except that another kid went missing." The TV showed what used to be a fair, completely decimated. Then it showed the destroyed park and the evaporated lake. It then showed the images of Atom, Azion and Chaos above them.

"Hold on, they're the missing kids?!" The news continued on, and Tom thought, unmoving on the seat. He didn't even want to watch the new episode of Pokémon now, he was too worried about his friends. "Where could they have gone?"

"Tom." Tom began to look around a little. "Tom."

"What's that? Who's there?"

"Tom, we have need of your move set."

"My move set?"

"You must return to help your friends!" A bright glow appeared in front of him, and a blue Pokeball came out of it. The glow stopped, allowing Tom to look at it.

"What?" He picked up the Pokeball. "Is this a Pokeball? Where did it come from?" It then began vibrating with vigor and Tom dropped it. It opened on the ground and created a type of portal in front of him. "Whoa! What is this thing?" He tried to pick it up, only for the portal to suck him in. The Pokeball got sucked up too, and Tom was able to catch it. He was pulled into the portal and it closed, sending him on his way without a trace.

"So, what now?" Asked Rika.

"I say we go after Helios." Everybody turned to see Azion in the doorway. "If anything, we're going to need him."

"That makes sense." Said Henry. "But where could he be?"

"I don't care how long it takes." Said Azion. "We are going to find Helios!" Nobody knew they were being watched.

"So, they're planning on going after Helios, eh?" Wondered the being. "That makes my plan even easier! Helios is Realities away from Spectra! This is perfect!" He cackled, and resumed watching.

"We have to help him!" Said Azion. "He's our best shot of finding Keith!"

"As much as I want to find my brother, and as much as I want to bring Helios home safely, I don't think we can attempt a rescue." Said Mira.

"Are you serious?" Asked Marucho. "I would've thought you of all people would've wanted to go find them!" Pyreon got another message.

"I need help! I can't get to him!"

"I just got another message!" Said Pyreon. Everybody looked at him. "Look, I don't know about you guys, but we need to save Helios. I can't tell why, and I don't know how, but I just feel like we need to save him!"

"That's enough for me." Said Atom. "Let's go!"

"But what about Chaos?" Asked Runo. "He's still out cold."

"Not quite." Said Chaos. He walked into the room. "Now, are we going or not?"

"We've detected another anomaly!"

"Let me guess, it's someone appearing next to the Pokémon Reality?"

"Yes sir."

"Should I?" Asked Claip.

"Just send the gene already. It's going to take longer to reach the Pokémon Reality."

"On it, sir." Claip left the room.

"We got another part translated!"

"And it is?"

"A six fingered hand." The Commander sighed.

"Why do these clues have to be so cryptic?"

"Where am I?" Asked Tom, reorienting himself. He looked across the vast expanse, realizing he was outside of Reality. "Between Realities? But I thought I couldn't get out here anymore!" He looked at the Pokeball. "And why do I have this?" He tried to toss it away, but it just returned to him, by hitting his head and landing in his hand. He gave out a small yelp of pain, one that Spectra heard.

"Who's there?" He demanded.

"Tom." Said Tom. "And you?"

"The mighty Spectra!"

"Sir, the Brawlers, Tamers and Shifters have left the Bakugan Reality. Should I send them"

"Yes." Said the Commander. "Just send them to Pokémon."

"Okay guys, we're on our way." Said Azion. "Let's get going!" He accelerated further than the rest of the group, only to run into a hole and vanish inside of it.

"Let's go!" Yelled Dan. Everybody piled into the hole, and it closed behind them.

"Spectra?" Asked Tom. "How did you get out here?"

"That's for me to know." Said Spectra. "And you to never learn." Tom heard something in his voice.

"Hold on, that's not the voice I remember. Who are you?"

"I told you, I'm Spectra. No one else."

"If you're Spectra, then where's Keith?" Asked Tom. Spectra laughed.

"Oh, he's locked away. I'm in control now!"

"You're in control?" Asked Tom. "But you two were the same person."

"No, we were different forms of the same person. I am the true one!" Nearby, another hole appeared. Azion fell out of it first, followed by everyone else. Azion began looking around.

"Every time we've been transported like this, we've helped one of our friends." He said. "Any idea which Reality this is?"

"I don't know." Said Chaos. "I don't think we've ever been here before."

"You're the true one?" Asked Tom. The entire group could hear him. "That's impossible! Keith was the one who put on the mask and the one who gave it up."

"It's Tom!" Said Atom.

"Are you sure about that?" Asked Spectra.

"And that sounds like Spectra." Said Dan. "Which means we found Keith!"

"I've been given control by my Master, The Destruction!" Yelled Spectra. "Keith is no more!"

"Or not." Said Marucho. "Let's go!"

"Bakugan, Brawl!" Said Spectra. "Bakugan, Stand! Rise Helios!" Before him rose a Pyrus Viper Helios.

"What the?" Asked Dan. "Where's Helios?" Pyreon got a message.

"Over here!" It yelled. Pyreon looked back and forth, and saw something glinting.

"I see something!" He said. He pointed it out to Azion.

"What is that?" He separated from the group.

"Where are you going?" Asked Takato.

"Who said that?" Asked Spectra. He began looking around, and saw everyone. "So, you've arrived. Just as the Master expected."

"Since when do you follow someone?" Asked Dan. "Last I checked, you never followed anyone but yourself!"

"I follow him because he gave me freedom. Freedom from Keith!" Azion approached the glinting, and found a crystal clear tube. As he got closer, however, he was able to see something within it.

"Hold on, is that" he started.

"Helios?" Finished Pyreon. The duo came closer, followed closely by Dragonomon. When they got to the container, they found Helios within. "Helios!" Helios managed to turn enough to see them.

"I didn't know my thoughts held that much power." Pyreon heard. "I can't do anything out here."

"Don't worry, we got you!" Said Pyreon. Azion grabbed the container, then headed back for the rest of the group. What he saw shocked him. Spectra had put his hand on Drago, and he was roaring in pain. Spectra threw something behind him, then rushed Tigrerra. She suffered the same pain and Spectra threw another thing behind him. The first one flashed, then transformed into another Drago. Spectra continued his dance, avoiding everyone and managed to create a copy of them all.

"Oh no!" Yelled Azion. The dark clones began to attack their counterparts, distracting them. "I have to stop him!" He grabbed Pyreon. "Bakugan, Brawl! Bakugan, Stand! Rise Pyrus Pyrokinetic Pyreon!"

"Spectra, stand down!" Yelled Pyreon.

"And why should I?" Spectra rushed Pyreon, having finished with the others, and attempted to make a copy. However, Pyreon managed to dodge him. Tom watched from nearby, then looked at the Pokeball in his hand.

"I can't do anything here." He said. "My partner is distracted by the other one, and this stupid thing doesn't even do anything!" He tried to throw it away again, only for it to hit him again. A light flashed nearby. "If only I could help, but I got nothing here." Atom noticed a beam heading towards Tom.

"Tom, brace yourself!" He called. Tom looked at him a moment before the beam hit. The familiar triangle formed on his Pokeball. Then, the light abruptly stopped. Everybody but the copies and their originals looked at him.

"What was that?" Asked Spectra.

"I don't know." Said Tom. The Pokeball began vibrating in his hand again, and he dropped it. It opened up and a flash of light came out. A Palkia appeared. "Whoa!" The Palkia screeched.

"What is that monstrosity?" Asked Spectra. Keith was wondering the same thing, still buried.

"It's a Palkia." Said Atom. Leo got hit by his clone again. "Okay, that's it! Time for us to go full out!"

"I'm with you Atom! Just say the word!"

"You will not!" Said Spectra. He held up a card.

"No way!" Yelled Dan.

"Ability Activate!" He threw the card and it wrapped around all of his clones, including his Viper Helios. "Absorption X!" All of the clone Bakugan absorbed the chains, but nothing seemed to happen.

"That was useless." Said Dan. "Ability Activate! Dragon Thrasher!" Drago glowed and rapidly attacked every clone Bakugan, but to no beneficial effect. In fact, he seemed to be making them stronger.

"What?" Asked Drago. He was suddenly hit by a fireball from his clone. Spectra began laughing as he continued to chase Pyreon.

"Absorption X causes my Bakugan to get stronger the more attacks you hit them with! All the energy you would've gained is instead transferred to them twofold!"

"No way!" Yelled Marucho. "That means we can't"

"Can't win!" Said Spectra. He continued to chase Pyreon. "Exactly!" Palkia screeched.

"What can I do?" Asked Tom. He looked at the Pokeball.

"Spectra, stop!" Yelled Azion. "You have to stop!"

"No, I don't." Said Spectra. "I never have to, not unless my Master commands it!"

"You will stop!" Said Dragonomon. He got in the way of Spectra, and took the blow he was aiming at Pyreon. He was blown back.

"Dragonomon!" Yelled Azion and Pyreon.

"No!" Said Pyreon. He looked at Spectra. "That's it! I don't care if you are Keith or not!"

"Let's do it!" Said Azion. He began focusing his energy, and the Pyrus symbol on his hand glowed along with the light symbol on his D-Power.

"Not this time." Said Spectra. "I've been given the perfect way to stop all three of you from using your abilities!" Spectra threw a small device at Azion, and it hit his chest. The glowing stopped as he was shocked.

"Azion!" Yelled Atom. His light symbol began to glow, only for Spectra to throw another device at him. He was shut down in the same way. Chaos didn't even get a chance to do anything, and was instantly hit. Now that the three threats were dealt with, Spectra turned his attention back to Pyreon.

"Now, as for you. There's something special in you that I need to get."

"No!" Said Pyreon.

"You will not get the chance!" Yelled Tom. He approached Spectra quickly, who dodged out of the way. However, Spectra did not see the Palkia coming at him and was struck by it. "I finally figured out what I can do!"

"Too bad it won't work for you!" Said Spectra. He tossed another one of his devices, only for Tom to hold out the Pokeball again.

"Protect!" He yelled. Instantly, a purple shield appeared in front of him and blocked the device.

"What?" Asked Spectra.

"This thing allows me to use Pokémon moves as my own!" Proclaimed Tom. "Palkia, get him!" The Palkia began charging up an attack and Spectra noticed it early. Just as the attack was launched, the Viper Helios got in the way. Energy began compounding into it. Spectra laughed.

"You cannot win this game!" Suddenly, the energy Helios was supposedly absorbing blew past him, heading right for Spectra. "What?" He was hit, and the Helios glowed, defeated. Palkia vanished. Then, the energy keeping Atom, Azion and Chaos from doing anything abated. Atom got ready first.

"With those things out of the way, let's get to work!" Leonidas was struck by his copy.

"Do it quickly!"

"Let's do this guys!" Called Azion. His hand began to glow as his D-Power did.

"With you all the way!" Said Dragonomon.

"Let's finish this once and for all!" Said Pyreon.

"I'm game." Said Chaos. All three readied themselves.

"Let's fight back!" Said Vladitor.

"Energy Twist!" They called. "Light!" Leonidas attained his Light Form while both Pyreon and Dragonomon hit their forms. Pyreon appeared to be a Haos Bakugan, but still had aspects of Pyrus. Chaos's deck changed to a lighter shade as Vladitor gained white armor. "Ability Activate!"

"Negative's Blight!" Leo blasted a pure, white light at his copy, destroying it instantly.

"Pyrus Glow!" Yelled Azion. Pyreon destroyed Drago's clone and Slight's clone.

"Fusion Spear!" Called Dragonomon. He launched a spear and it beamed into Tigrerra's clone, then Preyas's clone, and finally Hydranoid's clone.

"Darkness Shroud!" Vladitor created a dark cloud that didn't seem to do much until it hit the dark clones, then it simply destroyed them. Chaos turned to Spectra. "Time to finish this!" He drew a card. "Evil Separate!" The card blasted a small beam at Spectra, and it pierced him deep.

"What are you doing to me?"

"I'm bringing Keith back from you!" Keith heard this from within, and renewed his struggles. The restraints began to fail as he gained a bright aura around him.

"Now do you understand why I needed friends?" He asked no one. "Now do you understand?" The restraints broke apart. "You know nothing about who to be!" Keith vanished from Spectra's mind, and found himself outside of his body.

"No!" Yelled Spectra. He looked at Chaos. "You will pay, boy!" Spectra turned and fled, straight into a hole. Keith looked to the group.

"Thanks guys. He said. "I'm not sure what would've happened if I was still stuck in there."

"Sir, it seems that Keith has split."

"What?"

"Putting it on screen now." The screen showed Spectra getting hit by the beam and then Keith appearing next to him.

"Amazing." Said the Syark. "And here I thought he had returned to his old ways."

"Sir, DNA analysis shows that Keith now has a normal gene within himself."

"Good work."

"So Keith, what happened?" Asked Dan.

"To be honest, I'm not completely sure." Said Keith. "I noticed a black smoke coming towards me and Mira, and I got her out of the way. Then it grabbed me, Helios and my old mask. Then, after that happened, I guess it grabbed my old outfit. When I woke up, I was in a strange place and there was a being over me."

"Any idea what it looked like?" Asked Atom.

"No, it stayed out of the light in order to remain shrouded in darkness. Then, it told me that it was going to release my evil that I had kept contained. He put my red cloak on, and it took over my body. Then my body put on the mask, chaining me within my own mind."

"That must've been awful!" Said Runo.

"And it was thanks to you guys that I was able to get out of there." Keith sighed. "But now, we have another problem. I don't know where Helios is. The being sent him somewhere out here and I don't know where."

"I think I have the answer." Said Azion. He held out the container.

"Wait, is that" started Julie.

"Helios!" Said Keith. He seemed ready to open it when Atom stopped him.

"Hold on a second." Atom looked at Leonidas. "Think you could help him?"

"Of course." Said Leonidas. Energy began to build up, then a beam came out and hit Helios.

"That's much better." He said. "Thanks!"

"No problem." Said Leonidas.

"Now you can open it." Said Atom. Keith tried to pry it open, but had no luck.

"Let me try this." He lifted up the container, then smashed it against his leg. Small shards went flying everywhere, and Helios was freed.

"Freedom is a blessing." Said Helios as he floated to Keith's shoulder.

"It sure is." A hole opened nearby.

"That's our ride home." Said Atom. "Let's go!"

"We're with you!" Said Ryo. The entire group followed into the hole.

Sure, Spectra might've lost the first encounter, but he won't be gone long. The Destruction is intent on destroying at least one Reality that we are defending, and that means we go under a siege we haven't seen before. But when it goes after an unprotected Reality, it's going to take more than general knowledge to stop it. But when things get hectic, will uncommon knowledge be able to save the day?"