With every good turn there is one bad. Hopefully you all understand what I mean! I was bored, so I'm uploading another chapter of Destruction. Enjoy!
With everything going on, it's a wonder everything's been quiet. Hopefully it stays that way, but hope doesn't go that far. We need to stay alert and keep active, or else everything may be lost.
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
"Okay, so does anybody have any idea where the heck those Shifters went?" Asked the Commander. "Anybody?"
"Not here."
"Nope."
"Nothing." Said Syark. "They simply vanished."
"No traces of gates, no traces of them leaving the Reality, nothing." Said Claip. "We've got nothing!" Something pinged.
"Uh, sir, we just got a reading of Atom."
"Atom?" Asked the Commander. "Where?" Nothing came up.
"I'm sorry sir, but we can't get a definite reading on him." Said Syark. "We just know he's still out there somewhere."
"Are we getting any closer?" Asked Dipper.
"I don't know." Said Guilmon. "Are we?"
"Not quite yet." Said Renamon. "But just a bit further."
"I don't know about you guys, but I'm thinking we're lost." Said Robbie.
"We should press on." Said Shun. "The sooner we get there, the faster we can continue."
"Easy for you to say." Said Dan.
"Dan, stop complaining." Said Runo. "We're all too tired to argue."
"I'm not!" Said Ryo.
"Do you even hear yourself sometimes?" Asked Rika. "We're all tired, and no matter how much you deny it, you are too."
"I'm thinking we need to take a break." Said Ford. "Otherwise we'll be unable to do whatever it is that we need to do."
"Yeah man, I, like, totally agree with that, but it seems that not everybody agrees." Said Soos.
"Oh stop it!" Said Mabel. "It could be worse!"
"Why did you say that?" Asked Dipper. "Murphy's law is going to kick in now!"
"Oh come on! You worry too much!"
"Dipper's right, Mabel." Said Ford. "By saying that, you've increased the chances of it getting worse by 45.98%." They heard a splash.
"Who put this river here?" Asked Guilmon.
"Point taken?" Asked Ford. Mabel sighed.
"Come on Guilmon, swim!" Said Takato. He was trying to pull Guilmon out of the water, but was having little success.
"I'm trying!" Takato fell in as well.
"Okay, everybody stop. Give me a second." Said Ford. He began thinking, figuring out how much force it would take to get the two out of the water. "Okay, grab my hand Takato." Ford reached his hand out and Takato grabbed it. "Now Guilmon, grab Takato's other hand." Guilmon did so. "Hold on tight!" Ford leaned back, then took a few steps. Takato began to rise out of the water. Then, Ford grabbed onto a tree and began to pull his hands together. Takato and Guilmon came out of the water and back onto the bank.
"Thanks." Said Takato. "But how did you do that?"
"Simple physics." Said Ford. "All I did was"
"Don't." Said Rika. "The two of them wouldn't be able to understand it."
"That's besides the point." Said Dan. "We still have this river to get over!" Dan looked back at the river, only to see a similarity to something he had seen before. "Hold on a second, why does this look familiar?"
"What do you mean?" Asked Runo. "I don't see any similarities!"
"Dan's right." Said Shun. "It's the same river we crossed when we were trying to restore the Second Shield on Neathia."
"But how can that be?" Asked Drago.
"I'm not sure." Said Dragonomon. "Let me give it a look." He closed his eyes, then his hands began to glow. "Huh, it doesn't seem to be real."
"It was real enough for me!" Said Takato, still dripping wet.
"No, it is real, but it's not actually there." Said Dragonomon. He opened his eyes and he stopped glowing. "It's there, but not."
"And that means what?" Asked Robbie. "It's still there and we can't cross it!"
"We'll find a way!" Said Mabel. Cassie's drone watched from above.
"Why are they complaining about a river?" She asked. "There isn't one there."
"You're right." Said Tom. "There really is nothing there."
"That's what we perceive, but maybe it's not what they perceive." Said Azion.
"Let me try something." Said Chaos. He envisioned something and strange goggles appeared in his hand. "Okay, this should show us what they're seeing." He put them on. "And there's a river now."
"But how can that be?" Asked Cassie.
"We're not in any Reality." Said Azion. "And it's borrowing images of what they've seen to give them a trial." The group looked back to the image.
"I have an idea!" Said Dan.
"Oh boy, this ought to be interesting." Said Runo.
"I'm going to try what I did back then!" Said Dan. He walked a bit back then charged. He began running on the water.
"Is he really that insane?" Asked Rika. "He'll sink!"
"Never doubt Dan." Said Shun. Dan continued to run across the water.
"Are you kidding me?" Asked Takato. "That's some ability!"
"Can we do that?" Asked Guilmon. Dan was almost to the other bank.
"I don't think it works that way." Said Ryo. Dan jumped up.
"There go the laws of physics." Said Ford. Dan landed on the other bank.
"Yeah! It worked!" He shouted. He turned back to the group, and didn't see a river. "Wait, what? There's no river?!"
"There's no river?" Asked Dipper. "But how is that possible?"
"It's both." Said Ford. "From this side, it looks like a river. However, from Dan's side, it doesn't."
"So how do we change it for us?" Asked Shun.
"If we get a different angle on it, it should look different." Said Ford. "Mabel, do you still have"
"Grappling Hook!" Shouted Mabel. She fired it up and was whisked into the treetops.
"Where does she hide that thing?" Asked Robbie.
"I'm not sure any of us know." Said Dipper.
"Wherever she hides it, she has it." Said Shun. He jumped up and followed her.
"So, does anybody know what's going on?" Yelled Dan.
"There's no river!" Shouted Shun.
"It's a dry river bed!" Called Mabel. Shun jumped back down and Mabel came down with her grappling hook.
"Okay, so now we know that there isn't a river." Said Ford. "Now, how do we go about seeing that?"
"Well, the being did ask us if we were Reality Shifters." Said Rika. "What if we need to change what we know and see ourselves?"
"It's worth a try." Said Ford.
"Let's do it!" Said Takato. He looked at the river again. "There is no river." He whispered. He trained his mind on that, and the river began to dry up. "It's working!" He began to walk. "There is no river." He kept that mentality as he began to run.
"It's actually working?" Asked Dipper. Takato got to the other bank.
"It worked!"
"Nice one!" Said Dan. The two high-fived. The rest set up their mentality, and walked across. The only two left were Dipper and Janthide.
"Come on Dipper, it has to work!" Said Janthide.
"I just don't know." Said Dipper. "I mean, it's there! I can't deny that."
"Come on Dipper!" Called Ford. "Just change what you know!"
"I can't." Said Dipper. "I rely on hard facts. The fact is that I see a river, so there is a river!"
"But you're a Reality Shifter." Said Janthide. "Your sense of reality changes as you change! That's what you do! So snap out of it! There are facts there that you can't see! The mystery is there, so solve it!" Dipper sighed.
"I wish I could, but there are some mysteries you just can't solve."
"So you're just giving up?" That hit Dipper. "You're giving up on the mystery?"
"Those words aren't in my dictionary." Said Dipper. "I won't give up!" The river waned a little. "I may not have all the facts, but I know that this is a test. We are Reality Shifters, and we will pass!" The river dried up and Dipper broke out into a run. He approached the other bank quickly. "That's what we need to do. We need to prove to ourselves that we are Reality Shifters!" Dipper stopped running when he got to the other bank, hand aglow. The symbol of a six fingered hand appeared on it. "I can't believe that worked." He huffed. The symbol vanished.
"Let's keep moving." Said Rika. "It can't be much further." She and Renamon kept moving.
"The sooner we do this, the better." Said Renamon.
"Okay everybody, let's go!" Said Ford. The entire group set off. Cassie's drone watched.
"I can't believe that Dipper was able to do that." Said Cassie. "He's never done it before!"
"They're all Reality Shifters." Said Azion. "It's their nature, and ours." Cassie moved her drone a little past the group and saw nothing.
"Huh, I wonder what's there. That's where the glow was." Said Tom.
"We have to wait and see." Said Chaos. They all returned to the video feed.
"Come on guys, just a bit further!" Said Rika. She pushed aside another branch and saw what looked like an alleyway. She stopped moving.
"Why did you stop" started Renamon. "Oh, I see now." A kid ran across the alley.
"Who's that?" Asked Dan. The kid stopped cold.
"Dan Kuso?" He asked.
"Yeah, how do you know me?" Asked Dan. He walked forward.
"I, uh, I mean, uh, who are you? I've never seen of you before." The kid looked at his watch. "Gotta go!" He ran off.
"What was that about?" Asked Drago.
"I don't know, but something's not adding up." Said Dan. A tablet appeared in front of him.
"Another one?" Asked Dipper. "How many are there?" Dan grabbed it and it flashed.
"Okay, does anybody know what this means?" Asked Dan. "It says 'To you who has entered this land, you must do much to understand. One kid of this place knows of you and your race. You must get his trust and make him open up, or else you are doomed to stay and decay."
"Could it be talking about that kid we just saw?" Asked Ford.
"I don't know dudes, this is all too weird for me." Said Soos. "And I'm talking about this as a survivor of Weirdmageddon."
"Whatever it is, we need to find that kid again." Said Dan. "If he knew of me, then he knows about Bakugan!" Dan started running.
"Dan! Wait!" Said Runo. Dan didn't listen and ran around the corner, trying to follow the kid. "Why doesn't he listen?"
"When does he ever listen?" Asked Shun. He followed Dan.
"Should we follow them?" Asked Kazu.
"It would probably be a good idea!" Said Guardromon. The two ran off after Dan.
"Let's go!" Said Dipper. The rest of the group ran forward and around the corner. Nobody could see Dan or the kid, not to mention Shun.
"Where did they go?" Asked Mabel.
"I'm not sure." Said Ryo. "But we're probably going to find out!"
"So, where are they?" Asked Chaos. "It looks like a city from back home."
"And then there's that strange kid they saw." Said Azion. "He seemed like he knew Dan, or at least of him." His Fusion Loader banged. "Oh, knock it off!"
"Freedom!" Seethed the Vexos Dragonomon.
"Oh, can it!" Said Tom. "You're stuck there. Accept it!" Azion's Fusion Loader banged again.
"I'm amazed at how much he's fighting." Said Cassie. "I thought he would've given up by now." The Fusion Loader sparked a little.
"You sure your modifications will hold?" Asked Azion.
"Positive. You need to stop worrying. He's contained." Cassie looked back to the screen.
Dan was running, trying to catch up with the kid. "Dan, are you sure this is the right way?" Asked Drago.
"To be honest, I'm not." Said Dan. "But, I think we need to find that kid and get some answers. He knew my name, that's gotta mean something!"
"Where are you running to, Dan?" Dan stopped and turned to see Shun.
"It's not safe to go alone." Said Skyress.
"Especially in an unfamiliar land." Agreed Teressmon.
"You guys worry too much. We need to find that kid anyways!"
"Dan, I'm not sure you understand the situation here." Said Shun. "We're lost. We don't know this place, nor do we know where the kid is." Dan turned back around.
"So? It doesn't mean we can try!" He looked around a little. "Hold on, there he is!" Shun looked where Dan was looking and saw the kid.
"You got lucky."
"Sometimes that's what it takes." Said Drago. Dan got moving again.
"Hey! You! I want to talk to you!" The kid turned quickly, saw Dan, then bolted. Surprising Shun, he was outrunning Dan.
"Leave me alone!" Said the kid. "I don't know who you are!" Shun smirked.
"Shouldn't we help him?" Asked Teressmon.
"You read my mind." Shun jumped up and began jumping from lamppost to lamppost.
"Please stop! I just want to talk to you!" Said Dan. "I know that you know who I am!"
"I've never heard of you before!" Said the kid, still pulling away. "Leave me alone! I don't know you!" Shun jumped down in front of him and he skidded to a stop. "Shun Kazami?"
"I don't think you're telling us the truth." Said Shun. Dan ran up.
"It's time to talk!" The kid looked back and forth between the two.
"I'm stuck between these two. I'm screwed!" He thought. "I can't outpace Shun, and I probably can't surprise them now. What do I do?" Thunder rolled. "Huh? There wasn't any rain in the forecast today!" Lightning struck nearby, blinding all three. The kid was the first to look again. What he saw was very surprising for him. "A Bakugan?"
"See, I knew he knew about us!" Said Dan. He looked at where the lightning struck as well. "Whoa!"
"I don't like the looks of this!" Said Shun. The Bakugan roared at them.
"I've never seen a Bakugan like that before!" Said Drago. The Bakugan attacked, whipping its tail at the kid.
"Look out!" Said Dan. He shoved the kid aside, making the attack miss both of them. The Bakugan roared again.
"This is unreal!" Said the kid. "Bakugan, invading my home. Not quite what I had in mind, but great nonetheless!"
"You think this is a good thing?" Asked Shun. "If we don't stop that thing, it's going to tear the city apart!"
"I've always wanted to see a real Bakugan!" Said the kid, not fully grasping the situation. The Bakugan charged up an attack in its mouth.
"It's going to attack again!" Said Shun.
"Not on my watch!" Said Dan. He grabbed Drago. "Bakugan, Brawl!" He threw Drago, but nothing happened. "What?"
"Why didn't it work?" Asked Drago. The Bakugan unleashed a dark beam, aimed at the kid. Shun grabbed him and jumped away.
"Why is that Bakugan only attacking him?" Asked Shun.
"I don't know." Said Skyress.
"Who are you?" Asked Shun. The kid looked at him, then looked away.
"Nobody." He said. "I'm just a nobody. Someone that can be wearing neon in a crowd and not be noticed."
"Any idea why that Bakugan is attacking you?"
"No. I don't even know what a Bakugan is." The Bakugan attacked again, this time with its fists. Shun got the kid out of the way again.
"You seemed to know a lot just a few seconds ago!" Said Dan. "What changed?"
"I, I can't say."
"Well you better start talking!" Said Shun. "I can't avoid this guy forever!"
"Does anybody have a lock on Dan and Shun?" Asked Runo. "I'm worried about them."
"Not over here." Said Takato. "And no, no luck finding the kid either."
"Nothing over here!" Called Rika.
"Nope." Said Ryo.
"I can't detect anything!" Said Ford.
"Nothing up here!" Said Mabel, holding onto her grappling hook. "Wait, what's that?" She saw a pillar of smoke nearby, a few blocks away.
"What's what?" Asked Dipper. He looked where Mabel was looking. "Okay, that's a problem!"
"Let's move!" Said Soos. "We need to fix the problem dudes!"
"Let's do it!" Said Runo. "It's time to figure out where they went!" An explosion rumbled and shook the ground.
"What was that?" Asked Kazu.
"Don't know, don't care!" Said Takato. "Let's go!" He grabbed his Pyrus card. "Digimodify!" Nothing happened. "What?"
"I don't feel anything." Said Guilmon.
"We still need to get going!" Said Robbie. "That's probably Dan and Shun!"
The Bakugan attacked again, toppling an entire building. A news helicopter floated above. "What the heck is happening?" Asked the reported. "What is this creature? Could it be related to the random acts of destruction we've been seeing recently?" The Bakugan turned its attention to the helicopter and swatted at it.
"Leave now!" Said the Bakugan. "Or you die!" The pilot quickly fled.
"Hey! What are you doing?" Asked the reporter. "We need to get closer!"
"Not on my watch!" Said the pilot. "We're out of here!" The Bakugan turned back to where Dan, Shun and the kid were, only to see nobody.
"Where did you go?" Asked the Bakugan. The three were hiding in a nearby alley. Dan turned to the kid.
"Okay, spill. Who are you? And how do you know about Bakugan?"
"I'm, uh, I'm, um"
"He's in shock, Dan." Said Shun. "Give him a second!"
"My name is Andrew." Said Andrew. "And I told you already, I don't know what Bakugan is!"
"If you didn't know what Bakugan was, then how did you know of us?" Asked Shun.
"I don't!" Said Andrew. The buildings to either side began to shake.
"I found you!" Said the Bakugan. The buildings fell over, revealing him. "Time for me to do what I came here to do!" Andrew stiffened up.
"That voice." He said. "I've heard something similar to it before."
"Andrew, you need to open up!" Said Dan. "You need to tell us what you don't want to say!"
"I, I can't." Said Andrew. "I'll never tell anyone."
"If you don't start talking, you might not live!" Argued Shun. The rest of the group ran up behind the Bakugan.
"That's one big ugly." Said Runo. "Ready Tigrerra?"
"Of course!"
"Bakugan, Brawl!" Said Runo. Tigrerra opened, but didn't transform. "What?"
"This is unprecedented." Said Tigrerra.
"The Digimon can't become Bakugan and the Bakugan can't transform." Said Rika. "We can't do anything!" The Bakugan laughed.
"It's time for you all to meet your end! The time is now to strike!" The Bakugan began charging up his strongest attack yet.
"Andrew, if you don't talk now, this entire city's going down!" Said Dan.
"It's my secret, and I don't want to share it! I would only share it with my friends, and I have none!"
"I bet if you'd open up, you'd find more friends." Said Shun. Andrew gasped. "You need to tell us!" Andrew looked down.
"I, I just can't!"
"Any final words?" Asked the Bakugan.
"But I have to."
"That's it? Very well. Prepare to be"
"Bakugan is something that I love! And I won't let this secret take its hold over me anymore!" A light flashed in front of Andrew and shot into the sky. A gigantic vortex appeared among a massive gathering of clouds.
"What's happening?" Asked Dan.
"I cannot let my silence bring the end to my home!" Said Andrew. Something began to emerge from the vortex. "I don't care if I have to reveal my secret! I will not let anybody, Bakugan, Human, Neathian, Vestal or Gundalian stop me from protecting my family!" A dragon lowered from the vortex and roared. Andrew looked up. "What the?"
"No! It can't be!" Said the Bakugan. He looked above. "It can't be Magnatron! It just can't!"
"Magnatron?" Asked Andrew. Another glow appeared in front of him and took the form and color of a Darkus Bakumeter. "This can't be. A Bakumeter?"
"I think we cracked the code." Said Shun. Andrew grabbed the Bakumeter and put it on.
"You will not harm my partner!" Said Magnatron. "Nor will you destroy anymore of this city!" A being watched from a nearby rooftop.
"So, the first has been awakened." Said the being. "That leaves one more to unlock before the major tests." The being looked at the other glowing area. "I know you will all succeed where we failed. The safety of the Realities falls to you." The first shifter vanished from the roof. "I give to you half of my power, Andrew." A spark of light appeared where the first shifter was and it flew down to Andrew. It landed in his Bakumeter. "Use it well against the coming Destruction."
"So Magnatron was the voice I've been hearing in my dreams." Said Andrew.
"Yes. I knew that there was only one way for you to open up about who you truly are." Said Magnatron. "So, I began speaking to you in your dreams. And now, because you've allowed me to come here, I will not leave your side! It's time for us to take down this bully!"
"I'm with you!" Said Andrew. A small stack of cards appeared in front of him.
"What's going on?" Asked Dan.
"I think I know why we couldn't fight here." Said Shun. "Our Bakugan literally couldn't!"
"And the Digimon faced the same distance from their power as the Bakugan!" Said Takato. "That's why the card didn't work!" Andrew grabbed the first card.
"Ability Activate!" He said. "Stardust Lancer!"
"I think it's time we take you down!" Said Magnatron. He aimed with his tail, and fired. It hit the other Bakugan.
"So, you've finally joined the fight, brother." Said the Bakugan. "I think I should tell them who I am. I am Magantron! I am the older brother, and I shall beat my younger brother!"
"Just because you're older, doesn't mean you're stronger." Said Magnatron. "Andrew, unleash the power within me!"
"You got it!" Said Andrew. "Ability Activate! Star Buster!" Magnatron's chest began to glow as the gem within it began to charge.
"Time for you to understand why a partner is much stronger than whoever compelled you to do this!" Said Magnatron. He fired the beam at his brother. Upon hitting, Magantron started to vanish.
"You will never defeat me, brother. I have the power on my side!" Those words echoed away as Magantron fully disappeared. Magnatron glowed and returned to ball form. He went straight to Andrew, and landed on his shoulder.
"He's gone, for now. But I sense that he won't be gone forever." Said Magnatron.
"What the heck just happened?" Asked Dan.
"I don't know." Said Shun. "But I'm not sure I want to." Andrew's Bakumeter lit up.
"What's going on?" Asked Ryo as he ran up. He noticed Andrew's Bakumeter. "Why is that thing glowing?"
"I don't know." Said Andrew. He looked at it, and saw half of a circle shown.
"You have been granted a power of old. This power is shared among all of you, but Andrew is the controller. You now have the info you need." The Bakumeter stopped glowing.
"What the heck does that mean?" Asked Rika. The entire area began glowing again.
"What's going on?" Asked Andrew. The entire group vanished from the city as it vanished from where they were, leaving only forest once again.
"Where did they go?" Asked Azion.
"I don't know. The drone stopped responding." Said Cassie. The image went very fuzzy and vanished. "And now the video feed is gone." The Fusion Loader banged again and sparked. Nobody noticed.
"What the heck just happened?" Asked Chaos.
"I wish I knew." Said Tom. The Fusion Loader banged again, and again.
"What the heck do you want this time, Vexos Dragonomon?" Asked Azion. He looked at the Fusion Loader, only to see Vexos Dragonomon vanishing. "What the? Cassie! What's going on?" Cassie looked at the Fusion Loader.
"What the! That shouldn't be possible!" Something laughed.
"The unparalleled power of this Digimon will be usable beyond comprehension! Thank you for giving it to me. Now then, to test its power!" The Fusion Loader flashed and the Vexos Dragonomon started getting out of it.
"This isn't supposed to happen!" Said Cassie. The Vexos Dragonomon got freed of the Fusion Loader and fell through the cloud.
"Freedom!" He yelled as he fell. "I will defeat any who stand in my way!"
"This is bad!" Said Azion. The Vexos Dragonomon landed on the ground. "I hope everybody can keep themselves safe!"
Dangers are abound when we approach the location Terriermon saw in the distance. However, none of us expected what we saw. A place where everything we want comes to us. Too bad it has a dark secret. And then when it started getting demolished, we faced a power unlike any we have ever seen before! It was a powerful Digimon, and it resembled Dragonomon! Keith starts saying a few things about his past and what he thinks is a way to stop it. But then, we get help from an interesting source, someone who knows more about the Digimon than the rest of us! But, that backfires whenever that Digimon is attacked in any weak spot. It just keeps getting stronger! What the heck are we supposed to do about it?
Andrew and Magnatron are creations of SeriousGrenade. Magantron is a character I created to add more to the story. Also, later chapters are probably going to be longer than usual, so enjoy them!