"Hey, Silverwing. How do you think the Bakugan fans will like this," Shun asks leaning against the wall.
"Well, I sure hope that they like it. This is my first Fan-Fic," says Silverwing. Runo, Shun and Dan stare at her. "What?"
"This is your first Fan-fic and you're making Runo, Shun and I-" Dan starts, but Silverwing cuts him off with the swing of a golf club.
"Don't spoil the story," Silverwing shrieks. Dan rubs his head where the golf club hit him.
"Ow," he says pointedly. Silverwing swings at him again and he wisely crawls away. Ace and Mira laugh while Katie and Alice and Julie just watch with lop-sided grins. Dan gets to his feet and quickly walks over to the door frame, placing one hand on the doorknob.
"You're not going anywhere," Silverwing says, throwing a net at him. Julio and Spectra struggle to get it over Dan and pin him to the ground.
"Oh, come on!"
"Hey, you play with fire, you get burnt," Shadow laughed.
"Let's get this over with," Runo sighs. "Just start reading."
Ace, Mira, and Barron all stood at the top of the trailer, looking off into the distance. Ace thought that he could hear Dan snoring from here and smirked, finding it amusing. Mira sighed, wondering how she could have ever thought that joining the Vexos was a good idea. It had just brought her pain. And now her brother- Spectra- had tried to kill Dan. She put her head in her hands as the wind caused her nightdress to swirl around her legs. Ace put one hand on her back and smiled at her. She smiled back, glad that he understood.
"I don't want to have to go back to Vestal tomorrow," Barron muttered. "I like it here, with all of you guys. And then we're going to have to go and shut Zenoheld and the Vexos up for good and Master Dan and Master Marucho and Shun won't be there to help us." Mira and Ace glanced at each other.
"Well, we have to do this ourselves. If we don't, then they'll just come back and re-capture New Vestroia, and we all know that that won't be good," Mira said.
"Don't beat yourself up, Barron. Hopefully, Dan and I will get a chance to brawl again sometime. And this time, I'm gonna win," Ace said, Percival popping out on his hand.
"You have the right idea, Ace. There is no way I am going to let that overgrown lizard beat us," he said.
"Are you sure about that?" Ace and the others turned to see Dan and Drago standing behind them, dressed in his uniform, complete with his Gauntlet. Shun and Marucho flanked him, both also dressed in their uniforms with their attribute corresponding Gauntlets. Drago, Elfin and Ingram both floated in the air above their brawlers' shoulders. Dan chuckled. "Do you really think that you can beat the three of us," he asked.
Ace and the others blinked, surprised. Dan laughed out loud. "I'm just messing with ya. But, how about a little battle for old times sake? A memory of how strong all of us are now if we never see each other again," Dan said.
"Yes, that way we can all remember the bond we share as friends and the rivalry we share as Bakugan Brawlers," Marucho said with a smile. Ace and the others blinked again, then smirked as well.
"You bet, you guys," Mira replied. "Just let me get changed first. I'd hate to go out of the trailer in just my nightgown and slippers." She disappeared into the trailer in search of her usual brawling uniform with Wilda perched on her shoulder.
"I don't get it," Dan said a minute later, staring at the closed door. "She doesn't ever care about how she looks in battle. Why does she start to be such a girl when we aren't?" Ace and the others laughed. "What?"
"As Runo would say-" Barron started.
"Cute and clueless," Mira finished, returning. She giggled, tossing Barron and Ace their Gauntlets. Shun blinked at Dan.
"Runo called you Cute and Clueless," he asked.
"Hey, she was just messing with me," Dan protested.
"Hey, you don't think you're gonna hog all the brawling action, do you," someone called from below. Dan, Shun, Marucho, Mira and Barron all gasped.
"Is that who I think it is," Dan whispered, dashing over to the railing.
"Oh, come on Dan," Runo cried. "Don't tell me you've forgotten what my voice sounds like already!"
"Runo! Julie! Alice," Dan cried, falling over the railing. He shouted in surprise, crashing into the earth below. He moaned in pain, sitting up.
"Dan! Are you okay," Julie asked, running to his side. Runo and Alice dashed over as well, but not as quickly. Dan rubbed his head and got to his feet, embracing Runo.
"I told you I'd find you again, didn't I," Runo asked. Dan smiled and reached inside his pocket, feeling for the three Bakugan that he hadn't planned on giving to them until the next day.
"Hey, I think that some people miss you three a lot," Dan said, opening his fist. Tigrerra, Gorem and Hydranoid popped out of their balls in his hand and stared up at their bralwers.
"Is that who I think it is," Runo asked, staring, wide-eyed, at the white and gold Bakugan in Dan's hand.
"No way," Julie gasped, eyes filling with tears.
"Is that...," Alice started.
"Tigrerra!" "Gorem!" "Hydranoid," they all shouted at once. The three Bakugan jumped off of Dan's hand and flew over to their partners, who caught them and started crying with happiness. Mira, Ace, Barron, Shun and Marucho all came running out of the trailer, Mira holding three other Gauntlets besides her own. Drago floated over Dan's shoulder and would have been smiling if we weren't trapped inside his ball.
"I missed you, Runo," Tigrerra said. Runo wiped her eyes with one hand.
"Gorem, I thought that I would never see you again," Julie sobbed, kneeling on the ground.
"Alice, I missed you so much," Hydranoid said between his three heads.
Nine more people stepped out from the darkness. Dan tensed, wondering who these people were. Then, recognition flashed between them all. "Katie! Klaus, Chan, Julio, Komba! Billy, Masquerade? Jenny, Joe, is that you," Dan asked, running toward them. Joe grinned, Chan hanging onto his arm.
"Yep, and you managed to name all of us right off the bat," Joe said. Mira pulled out a remote and pressed a button on it, signaling the stadium lights on the front of the trailer to flick on. It illuminated Dan, Runo, and the party that they had brought along with them. Joe and Chan were holding hands, Julio, Komba and Billy all had their arms crossed, trying to look all tough-guy, Katie, who was Marucho's online friend, was smiling with her sand-colored pig-tails trailing down her back. Her Bakugan had been sent to the Doom Dimension by Masquerade a long time ago and her father had built her a mechanical replacement, but when Dan and the others passed their tests in the Doom Dimension, he came back just like all of the other Bakugan. Klaus was standing next to Jenny, who looked quite happy. Jenny was a Vestal that had accidentally fallen into a dimensional portal to Earth, where she met Klaus who had been more than willing to care for her.
Lastly, Masquerade was leaning against a tree. It was hard to tell his expression because of the mask that dipped down over the sides of his face like fangs, but his mouth was tipped upward in a cocky grin. "Masquerade? Is that really you," Shun asked, shocked. Ace and Barron were staring at him in shock as well, while Marucho stared at Alice.
"I don't understand. Isn't Masquerade a second personality of Alice," Marucho asked, pushing his glasses up his nose. Alice grinned.
"Yes, he is part of me," Alice explained. "But my grandfather found a way to split us apart. Now, Masquerade is his own self, but I am still attached to him through a psychic bond. We can sometimes telepathically communicate."
"It's true," said Masquerade in his deep voice. "Her grandfather is a very smart man. Now, I fight for the Bakugan Battle Brawlers."
"But, what Bakugan do you have," Dan asked.
"I managed to pair up with Exedra, so now Hydranoid can remain with Alice," Masquerade responded.
"Um, I'm not following any of this," Barron said, looking a little dazed.
"All that you need to know is that you all will be facing all of us Vexos," someone shouted. Dan and the Resistance jumped and turned to where the voice came from. He gasped, a sound that was echoed by the others.
Spectra jumped down from on top of the trailer, flanked by Gus and Mylene. Runo gasped when Shadow Prove, Lync, and Volt landed right in front of her. "Well, Dan, it seems like you have quite the army," Hydron called.
"Huh," Dan asked, looking from side to side.
"Is there any chance to go one on one with the best Bakugan Brawler," he asked, flipping off the trailer and landing a nose length away from Dan's face. Dan narrowed his eyes at him, Drago floating over his shoulder in an agitated manner.
"Resistance, we have a score to settle," Spectra said, walking forward so that he, too, stood in front of Dan. Mira's heart pounded at the sight of her brother and the rest of the Vexos, but the presence of the prince really made her nervous. Shun and Barron had to hold Ace back from going after Spectra, who had drawn his blade again, while Runo stepped up behind Dan. Dan placed a card in his Gauntlet, as did Runo when Mira tossed her a gauntlet. They both drew blades of their own, Runo's for protection. Dan stared at her in shock and then leapt backward to escape Spectra's attack.
Lync drew a blade and jumped at Runo, who blocked his attack with her blade. She had to hold her arm in place in order to keep the blade from slipping. Katie gasped, placing her battle card in her gauntlet. Masquerade and Shadow both copied her movements, making Katie smirk. "Alright, Gauntlet, Power Strike!" Katie threw down her Gate Card, shouting, "Gate Card, Set!" Then, she looked at her Chameleon Bakugan in her hand. "Let's do this, Chamelia. You'll mimic his attribute and abilities, right," she asked.
"You bet, Katie," the clear Chameleon Bakugan said. Katie grinned.
"Bakugan, brawl," Katie cried, throwing Chamelia onto the Gate Card. "Bakugan stand!" Her Bakugan popped out of it's sphere and grew in size, appearing like a giant lizard after which he was named. It was clear when it emerged because it had no opponent to mimic an attribute from.
"Is that all you got," Shadow Probe asked. He checked his gauntlet for the power-level and gasped. "No way! No attribute and a power-level of 600? That's impossible!" He sneered. "Oh well. I don't know what this thing is, but Hades and I are gonna crush it! Bakugan, Brawl!"
He chucked his Mechanical Darkus Hades at the Gate Card. "Bakugan, Stand!" It appeared, looking just like Hydranoid. In fact, he looked so much like Hydranoid that when he was first introduced to battle, he wore a thin layer of skin that mimicked Hydranoid's appearance. Shun and Ingram had thought that it was the real Hydranoid, who was locked up in Hydron's throne room, though. Now, it appeared all metallic with no skin on it at all. Chamelia and Katie grinned as Chamelia adapted to the Darkus attribute. A card formed in her hand out of little molecules. Shadow and the other Vexos gasped.
"What? You've never heard of the Chameleon Bakugan? Well, I guess I shouldn't be surprised. Their species is very rare. Whenever I go up against an opponent, Chameleon will copy almost all of the opponents abilities. I have one ability card that is unique to my Chameleon," Katie said. Shadow shouted out in anger.
"No way! This is so not cool, man," he shouted, jumping up and down.
"What's the matter, Runo? Having trouble," Lync asked, sneering.
"Shut up, creep," she shouted, slashing at his head with her blade. He ducked, but not so soon that the blade missed him entirely. She still managed to hack off a small bit of his hair. Dan and Spectra slashed at each other, ducking and jumping away from blows that could have brought about their ends. Suddenly, Runo cried out. Dan stopped in his attack and gasped when he realized that Lync, Mylene, Gus and Volt were all pointing their multicolored blades at Runo, who was cowering in the center.
"Runo," Dan shouted, dashing toward her. Spectra and Hydron grabbed him, though, blocking his access.
"Runo," Julie, Alice and Chan all cried.
"Dan," shouted Mira, Shun, and Ace. The others all turned to stare at Dan, who was struggling in Spectra's and Hydron's grasps and Runo, who was shaking in the middle of the circle made of blades. Then, they all dropped the blades and Mylene dashed forward. She touched a stick with two glowing circles around the top to Runo's side and she screamed in pain, sinking to her knee's.
"Runo," Dan, Julie, Alice and Tigrerra shouted. Dan again tried to throw Spectra and Hydron off, but had little success. Mylene clipped handcuffs around Runo's wrists and pulled her to her feet.
"Dan, the only way for you to free her," Hydron started, but Drago cut him off.
"Hydron! You imprisoned Tigrerra and the other Bakugan," Drago shouted. Hydron sneered.
"Good, so you know of me?"
"Come off it," Dan shouted, pulling out of their grasps. They made no move to recapture him, seeing as the deed they had set out to accomplish was completed. "Drago, how about we make a little deal with these two. We take out both of them ourselves, then they let Runo go."
"Ah, but if we win," Hydron pushed.
"How about... If we win," Spectra said slowly, each stretched out syllable making Dan angrier, "He and the girl have to join us."
"One more condition," Masquerade said. Dan turned toward him in shock. "Dan and I fight together to make things even."
"Ah, but don't you have to help your friend there fight Shadow," Hydron said, pointing at Katie. Just then, Shadow's Bakugan swirled back into its ball and his Life Gauge shrank to zero. Masquerade smirked and Hydron hissed in anger.
"You ready, Dan," Masquerade asked. Dan grinned and nodded, Drago closing his ball and flying into Dan's hand.
"Gauntlet, Power Strike," they all shouted. "Gate Card, Set," Dan yelled, spinning and sending the card flying toward the center of the battle field. All of the Brawlers around them dashed into the Trailer with Mira and the lead and came out at the top of it to watch. "Bakugan, Brawl," Dan shouted, tossing Drago onto the Gate Card. He popped out of his ball on Dan's command and emerged in a tornado of flame.
"Your move, Hydron," Dan called. Hydron grinned.
"Bakugan, Brawl," he shouted, tossing his Sub-Terra Bakugan onto the Gate Card. "Trioid, Stand!" A mechanical Bakugan grew from the spot that the small sphere had landed. Drago flew at it, causing to to stumble backwards.
"Ability, activate," Dan shouted, placing an ability card in his gauntlet. "Fire Tornado!" Drago shot toward Trioid, slamming into him and causing him to fall over.
"Ability, activate," Hydron said. "Nuerosame Blade!" After about twenty minutes of non-stop brawling action which Masquerade and Spectra chimed in on, Dan and Masquerade were defeated. Dan looked up as Spectra and Hydron loomed over him. Dan placed Drago in his pocket and got, shakily to his feet.
"I lost," he murmured in shock as Hydron pushed him forward. Runo stared at him in shock, as did all of the others.
"Dan, don't go," Masquerade said, standing up himself. His white coat was torn to shreds while Exedra floated above his metal breastplate that extended over his shoulders and shoulder blades.
"I made a deal, guys," Dan said, looking back. "But I won't do anything for them. Here, Chan," Dan called, taking Drago out. She stared at him as he tossed Drago to her. "Keep the Perfect Core out of Spectra's hands, got it?" He earned himself a sharp shock from the rounded Tazer thing. Shun narrowed his eyes and jumped at them using his Ninja skills so that he was a blur. He chopped down on Spectra's shoulder, who yelled in pain and sank to he knees. Dan stood there, staring. Next, Shun turned to Hydron, who shocked him in the stomach.
Shun gasped but managed to jump high with one of his Ninja jumps. He kicked Lync on the shoulder, coming into contact with his armor there. Volt grabbed him from there and threw him onto the ground, where he was pinned by Shadow until Mylene managed to bind his hands and legs together. Dan gasped when he saw his friends slung over Volt's shoulder, but Hydron just pushed him forward as Spectra got to his feet, causing them all to trip.
"Nice going," Spectra muttered. They all walked away, having to take three of the Bakugan Battle Brawlers by force. Dan looked back once and met Julie's agonized stare. Her eyes were swimming with tears. Dan sighed and forced a grin, which was taken from him when Hydron pushed him forward again.
"Move it, slowpoke. We've got a lot of ground to cover before morning," he said. Dan sighed and wished that he still had Drago like Shun had Ingram and Runo had Tigrerra. But he didn't regret his decision. At least Spectra wouldn't get his hands on the Perfect Core and cause the whole world to go out of whack. Dan sighed, continuing between Spectra and Hydron. He wondered what his captors had in store for them.
Shun stares at Silverwing. "What?"
"Couldn't you have made MASQUERADE go after them? I had some catching up to do," he shouts. Katie and the others laugh. "And why did I have to get captured? Why couldn't you just make them stun me or something?"
"Well, I have plans," says Silverwing.
"Like what?"
"Well, if I told you, I would spoil the story!"
"Come on, Shun. She takes two days to finish five pages. She'll have you guys out of there before Monday," Shadow says.
"You are telling them this why," Mylene asks.
"Well, it's true," Shadow whines. Mylene groans.
"Keep going, you two. I'm enjoying the show," Lync laughs. Ace and Spectra attempt restrain Mylene before she kills Lync with her blade.
"You two have the right idea. I'm gonna leave now," Shadow says, backing toward the door and slipping out.
"I'm with ya on that one. RUN," Lync shouts, followed swiftly by Runo and Dan.