A/N: I LIVE AGAIN.

Conner gave a high pitched squeal as he ran away from the massive horde of Darkness Creatures, ducking behind a stack of wooden crates, covered in nicks and scratches from near misses. Jade wasn't so lucky, she'd been readjusting her camera and hadn't any time to react before the flood broke out. Without thinking, she used the only weapon she could: the video camera, swinging it left and right to fend off the Attic Reapers attempting to bite her.

Bob and Ray smashed the pint size menaces, while Chavez summoned Gilaflame, the Assaulter. Gilaflame first made quick work of 'accidentally' disconnecting the stream, and then rushed around, smashing and banishing Attic Reapers with blazing speed. Conner, still watching from the sidelines loudly called out to Jade. "Hey, watch the camera! If that thing breaks, we'll be ruined!" His voice cracked as he spoke, tearing up but staying loud as ever. "RUINED!"

"Oh, jeez, I'm sorry," Jade said. "I'm just trying not to get murdered by demon fairies from the Black Swamp!" She huffed loudly, and then stomped another Reaper back across the veil. Ray grinned and turned to Master Chavez. "Looks like we're gonna get a new acolyte pretty soon, huh, Master C?" he asked, Bob blasting 5 away. Bob nodded, and with a chuckle, added: "She fights better than I did at her age."

"If she remembers," Master Chavez said, blocking an attempted attack. Ray shrugged, and went back to the battle, with the little monsters retreating back into the dark place where they'd emerged. Conner and Jade crept closer to the area, examining the suddenly pitch black room. Ray dismounted Tatsurian and joined, and Chavez quietly summoned two Cyber-Viruses to use on the reporters. Conner scoffed triumphantly, and turned to Jade with a cheeky grin.

"And now, dear viewers, we've uncovered a new mystery! The one of the dragon summoning detective father-son duo!" He said, once more turning to Chavez, who quickly pocketed the Water Creatures. "Tell me, is this a genetic send-off, or can anybody in your family do this?"

"I will be sure to tell you everything," Master Chavez boldly lied. "I just need you to look directly into this." He pulled out the cyber-virus, which clamped onto Conner's head, putting him in a trance. He pulled out the other one, but before he could do anything, the Attic Reapers suddenly lunged, pulling both Raiden and Jade into the box, and slamming the doors shut.

"RAY!" Both Chavez and Tatsurian yelled, and they ran to the crate. Gilaflame attempted to tear it open, but the combined weight of the Attic Reapers pressing up against the door and the locks made it nearly impossible. "We're tearing this thing open," Bob growled, digging his claws directly into the top of the metal casing.

Meanwhile, Raiden and Jade were completely overrun in a nearly pitch black cell, with hundreds of tiny claws and teeth slicing and chomping at them. Ray, using his shield in his gauntlet, managed to fight of quite a bit of them, but Jade was swiftly overtaken and dragged down into the mess of swarming creatures. Ray was getting tired too, which only worsened as he felt a sharp bite dig deep into the back of his neck. Losing his balance, he fell to the ground, clenching his eyes shut from the shock. The Attic Reapers swarmed, covering his entire body until all that could be seen was a veritable sea of their own kind.

Ray's eyes snapped open to a blinding white light. He groaned and squinted, and tried to rub the sudden shock out of his eyes. But, he found this just about impossible as his arms were strapped down, as well as his head, body, and legs. His eyes, being one of the only free things he could move, darted around the room as he took in his surroundings. It was a bright blue room, futuristic in design, with elements of a scientist's lab, or at least the ones he'd seen in movies. With all the highly advanced tech and neon lights hanging around, it almost reminded him of…

He suddenly became aware of another presence in the room. Whoever it was, they were in front of a table, humming softly to themselves as they worked on something that Ray couldn't quite see. But, Ray recognized the person in front of the desk, with his long blonde hair and 3-piece tailored suit, though the navy blue coat jacket was removed and his hair was a bit more unkempt.

"Th-the Choten?!"

"How did… what… I don't…" Ray gasped for the words as he tried to figure out the current predicament he was in. The Choten didn't seem to notice, or did not care as he continued to fiddle around with whatever was on the table before him. Ray strained against the electric straps pinning him to the table, though not entirely sure what he was going to do even if he were to escape. After a good thirty seconds, took a breath before the Choten turned around, a syringe and an empty injecting gun in his hand.

"Are you quite done yet?" He asked, loading the gun with a sharp click. "Or are you going to keep up with this hopeless act?" Stepping slowly towards the immobilized duelist, Ray did his best to keep a brave face, but it wavered with every inch The Choten moved closer.

"They're gonna find me!" Ray suddenly yelled out, his captor hovering directly above him. "They're gonna notice I'm gone, and they're go-!" The Choten's other hand slammed down hard on the space directly next to his head, as the other one clenched around the trigger of the injector, effectively shutting Raiden up.

"How naïve. You really think someone's going to find you in time," he hissed. "Well, let me give you a quick reminder: you are all alone. No little friends, no duel masters, no creatures, not even dear old papa is storming the castle to save you this time. You're all mine." And with that, the syringe pierced Ray's left arm. Ray's vision blurred and blended, the firey-hot pain of whatever the Choten had put in him feeling like it was making his entire body explode from the inside out. He clenched his eyes tightly, waiting for the pain to subside for all this to be over, for…

"RAIDEN. RAIDEN. WAKE UP!" Master Chavez's voice bellowed, as the muffled hissing of the Attic Reaper awoke Raiden from his nightmare. He felt all around his body, rubbing the area where he'd been pricked in his dream, it'd all felt so real. "Raiden," he repeated once again. "Breathe, it's alright. It isn't real. You're okay, whatever you saw was just a bad dream."

Ray looked around again; the crate was empty, thought massive indents and scratches embedded the ground, and Master Chavez was in front of him, making sure he wasn't too beaten up. Gilaflame was holding Jade gingerly, cradling her in his hands as she slept, the Attic Reaper removed from her neck. "Well, sign me up to never do that again!" Ray said, as he pushed open the door of the crate. Tatsurian nearly tackled him with relief, seeing that he was alright and holding him tightly. When Bob released, Ray sent him back in order to keep him from getting any more hurt, his left foot smacking a much desecrated camera, which was somehow still recording despite all its abuse as he did.

Gilaflame exited the torn open crate, Jade now cradled in Master Chavez's arms. He sent him back with a quick flick of the wrist, and called the Cyber Virus back to him. He set Jade down gently on the ground, as Conner's pupils widened, dilated, and then snapped back to normal as he blinked in confusion as to what happened. "Are we still doing the livestream? I think it's scheduled for to- OH MY GOSH."

He darted over to Jade's limp form, and started furiously shaking her. "Oh, no, no, no, no! Detective, what happened?!" Chavez, retaining an authoritative stature and tone, told him that there had been a chemical explosion, which had reacted due to a gas leak. Conner claimed this proved his theory right, as Jade stirred, mentioning having a nightmare about vampires, as she screamed at taking one look at the destroyed camera. Though, visibly upset, she claimed she could fix it with time to spare and upload.

The two duos then made on their merry way, neither noticing the video camera's tiny red light flashing and then swiftly shutting off.