Maximillion Pegasus ducked out of the way as bullets whizzed over his head. His enemies had finally come for him and his illicit business practices, even though he was owner of the largest corporation in the world and the creator of Duel Monsters. He stopped to catch his breath and pulled out a communicator. “Yes. It is Pegasus. We need to initiate the failsafe. There is no other option, Ash. Get ready.” Pegasus closed his eyes and quickly opened them, triggering the power in his Millenium Eye.
As he did this, Ash Ketchum jumped off of his bike and ran into a seemingly innocuous shack. However, inside was a hidden control panel that activates the failsafe device. Ash gulped and quickly punched in the code and watched as the console started to activate. He stepped outside and got far away as he watched.
The shack started to rumble and a giant tower started to raise up from deep in the ground. The entire land started to shake, for what seemed like a long time, until it stopped. Nothing happened and Ash was unsure what was going on, but he didn’t have to wonder for long. The power from the Millenium Eye was being amplified by the tower and shadow started to spread quickly from the tower, encapsulating the world and freezing time. The tower then fired out beams of light at specific people Pegasus had planned to bring in. As the beams connected with these individuals, they started to transform into various creatures. As the transformations finished, all of the afflicted were dragged into the Shadow Realm and deposited on the hard floor. A final three beams of light shot out, hitting Pegasus, Ash, and another, dragging them into the realm of shadows.
Pegasus landed gracefully and pulled out a magical microphone amplifying his voice. “Welcome to my realm. I know Kaiba Corp is behind this assault. Seto Kaiba wishes to use my technology to take over the world. Well Kaiba-boy, the world is mine and you will not succeed, even with the assistance of Hasbro and Bandai Namco. Kaiba Corp will not defeat the combined power Industrial Illusions and Slyph Co.
Ash Ketchum listened to the words and glanced at Seto Kaiba who seemed to be unworried and almost as if he expected this. Kaiba looked around at all of the monsters present around them and grinned. “Well, Pegasus. I got to say you are as predictable as ever.” Kaiba pulled out a briefcase and grabbed a device and slammed it on the ground. It exploded in a brilliant light causing everyone to close their eyes. When they opened them, Kaiba and his crew were gone.
Pikachu ran up to Ash and spoke, “Did you see Agumon talking to Emrakul before the flash? I don’t have a pikagood feeling about this.” Ash nodded his head in agreement and saw Charizard sizing up the Dark Magician, while Saggi The Dark Clown cackled talking to the Time Magician. Pegasus looked around at everyone and smiled. Everything was proceeding apace and as expected. By the end of this, Industrial Illusions would have no more competition.
At the new location of the Kaiba Corp, the master Seto Kaiba looked around at his minions. The Shivan Dragon and Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon were fighting to see who was stronger, and Gabumon and Gatomon were curled up on the floor sleeping, getting mentally prepared for the events to come, of course. They would never slack off.
Team Rocket was watching the scene unfold, all quickly discussing amongst themselves on how best to turn this situation to their benefit.
The stage is set. Battle for control of the world and the Shadow Realm will commence and only one corporation will come out on top.