A/N: Initially, this was meant to be the trailer. Then I went, no, no, I'm making this the prologue. It may be a bit disjointed but I like it.
Plus this prevents me from having to deal with all the explanation and build up and go right into the darting all around the various dimensions.
Anyways, lets just get on with the story!
Prologue
We're greeted with static before it clears up to display the floor of a vehicle. In the right hand corner we can see the red 'Record' circle as well as a battery.
"You got it on Tyler?" Mike's voice sounds nearby, and the camera view jumps up to show us the brunette's face, the boy looking tired and haggard.
"Yeah I got it on," Tyler said.
Mike heaved a sigh and ran a hand through his hair. "Good, good, maybe now we can get a message out." He shifted sitting a little straighter in his seat across from Tyler, raising a hand to cover his mouth as he cleared his throat. "Okay, well Hello to anyone who is watching this. Hopefully this reaches you Meredith. Um… We kind of need your help."
We flashback from Mike talking into a video camera; to Jet, Mike, Aidan and Tyler standing in the doom dimension, the bones and decomposing carcasses of giant bakugan all around them.
"We were trying to escape the Doom Dimension." Mike narrates; as Jet jabs a finger straight ahead towards something that is glowing in the distance. The group taking off in that direction.
They arrive at the source of the light which appears to be a swirling whirlpool of colors and light with a wall of tall sharp rocks behind it and a bank near where the group was approaching. The four gather around Tyler kneeling down and peering into it, while Jet and Aidan hold back Mike with his hand out ready to grab Tyler if he fell into the portal.
"But something decided it wanted to steal our ride home."
Bolts of dark energy erupt from off to the side blasting the four back from the portal. A figure jumps down from a tall stone, dressed rather oddly, wearing all black armor with a cape and a helmet that covers his face showing only his blood red eyes through the slits. He walks over to the portal and peers down into it.
"Tyler and I were closest to the portal and we watched in horror as an image manifested in the center of the portal."
The figure raises his hand and dark energy flows into the portal. The portal changes from bright and colorful to a dark and murky, but still maintaining its ethereal glow, granted much more foreboding in coloration. The whirlpool shifted to expose one image in the center, it was the image of a very familiar city to the four kids. A city with a tall tower, with several other buildings still fairly tall gathered around it.
"He was planning to go into our home,"
The dark figure laughed throwing back his head. "Finally freedom shall be mine! I will escape from this place and return to my mission of conquest!" He said raising his fists to the air. "And no one shall stop me." The man lowered his hands and began to step into the portal.
"But we weren't about to let that happen."
"HEY!" Tyler shouted jumping to his feet. "What do you think you're doing?!" He said rushing over to the edge of the portal. "That's our ticket home!"
The blond boy tried to jump in after him but the other three quickly regained their feet and grabbed onto him trying desperately to pull him away from the portal. The dark figure was beginning to sink into the portal laughing as he raised his hand and gave a mocking salute at the three.
"So we all ended up in the portal."
Tyler snarled a blood vessel popping out on his forehead as he dug in his feet and launched forwards. His rage giving him the strength to dive into the portal, and drag his three friends in with him.
The dark figure's glowing red eyes behind the helmet seemed to widen. "No!" He cried as the four landed and squirmed in the whirling portal, the image of Chicago shattering and reforming into something else. "You fools! You've-" He was cut off as the whirlpool exploded upwards sending a twister of light and energy up into the air.
"Unfortunately, it wasn't our best solution." Mike said shooting an irritated look towards the camera, clearly looking at Tyler, who was holding the camera. The camera shifted up and down as Tyler shrugged off screen and Mike scowled. "Stop moving!" He said.
"Just get on with the story." Aidan's voice comes on and Tyler moves the camera to focus on Aidan seated next to Mike, who is scowling and has his arms crossed.
The camera swivels back to Mike as the brunette sighs and looks up at the camera.
"Anyways, as I was saying it wasn't the best solution." Mike said he glanced out the window of the car. "The portal blasted us out of the doom dimension all right, it just missed on the location."
A tornado of colors appears in the sky above what appears to be Wardington City. The four kids fall out and land in a heap on the ground near the park.
"For a moment we'd thought we'd made it." Mike said clasping his hands together and leaning forwards heaving a sigh. "It really looked like we'd landed in Wardington City, but… there was something… Different."
"The park was empty." Aidan said.
The four looked around in confusion, while Tyler jumped up.
"Look guys! We're in Wardington! We made it!" Tyler cheered.
Jet frowned as she looked around. "Yeah but something's strange." She said raising a hand and tapping her chin. She looked up at the sky. "It looks like its afternoon." She said.
Aidan nodded. "Yeah about 3 o'clock if I had to hazard a guess." He said fixing his glasses that had been knocked askew by their landing.
"So what if its 3 o'clock?" Tyler asked as Mike got up beside him and dusted himself off. "Who cares what time it is if we've made it out of the doom dimension?"
Mike frowned. "If its 3 o'clock, why is this place deserted?" he asked. Tyler tilting his head in confusion. "Tyler, I may have walked past here only a few times during our time in the bakugan world, but every time I've walked past on a sunny day this place is always crowded with a group of kids with their bakugan. This is their favorite place to brawl."
Tyler blinked. "Then… What does that mean?" He asked.
Aidan frowned and grabbed his chin. "It could mean nothing, perhaps we've just arrived a few months in the future, and there are no more bakugan and everything was resolved, or perhaps we've arrived when school started up again and most of the kids are at school."
Skylord popped open on Jet's shoulder. "All we've got are theories and what not, let's find someone we know and ask them."
"Once we found the area by the fountain was empty we began to wander around." Mike said. "We were looking for someone who might know about bakugan and who could give us some insight into what was going on."
"After all, it could just be that no one wanted to play right now for fear of Masquerade and Naga." Aidan said. "The lack of brawlers wasn't hard evidence that we'd messed up entirely."
The camera returned to Mike who sighed and shook his head. "But then we bumped into the one person who threw any hope we had of this being the Wardington we'd left behind out the window."
The four had walked down the path leading deeper into the park. They looked around for any sign of the brawlers that still might've avoided capture. Then they froze as they arrived at the basketball court.
Dribbling up to the hoop and going up for a lay-up that went in with a swish, was none other than Dan Kuso.
"That wasn't the only thing. This Dan… Was much older." Aidan said.
"Uh guys, is it just me or does Dan look… Older?" Tyler ventured from the back of the group.
Jet nodded. "Yeah, he looks like he does in that new series. Uh Gundalian Invaders?" She said studying Dan.
Aidan frowned. "Yes, I can see that. But then that'd make him… 16?"
"Then that means-" Mike was cut off as a basketball was thrown his way. The ball slammed Mike in the chest knocking him back a step. Although he felt like the air had been knocked out of him he was able to recover gripping the ball before it dropped.
"Sorry," Dan said jogging over to them. "You guys were looking like you wanted to play or something."
Mike winced as he handed Dan back the ball. "No sorry, we just… Thought you looked like someone we knew."
Dan blinked and then he chuckled. "Oh its all right," He said reaching up a hand to rub the back of his head. "I guess I just have that kind of face," He said smiling slightly.
"Yeah," Mike said lamely before he held out his hand. "Er well I'm Mike Pasters, my friends and I were just passing through."
Dan grinned and took his hand giving it a firm shake. "Dan Kuso, nice to meet you Mike, and who are your friends?"
Mike turned to the others. "This is Aidan Baxter, Jet Raynet and Ty-" His eyes widened as did the other two members of the group as they realized Tyler was missing. "Tyler's missing." He said.
"Just as we were about to find out once and for all what was going on Tyler decided to go missing." Aidan said.
"I thought I saw the evil dude lurking around!" Tyler's voice protested.
"Yeah well thanks to you we got in a whole heap of trouble." Jet ground out, the camera turning to reveal the brunette girl, blue eyes locked on the road hands gripping the steering wheel like a life line. "You chased after him into the Marukura house! Who not only doesn't know us they thought you were a thief!"
"I didn't mean to knock over the vase! It was an accident!"
"You shouldn't have been in their in the first place!" The other three snapped.
"And then you go and get US tangled up in your mess!" Mike says as Jet jerks the wheel to the right taking a hard turn right that threw the others to the left, Aidan smacking his head into the window.
"Easy Jet!" He shouted at her.
"Hey! You try to ditch cops, not hurt anyone, and drive all the way to Chicago when you haven't even taken Driver's Ed yet!" Jet snapped shooting a glare at the rearview mirror. She swerved around another car. "Oh god, why did I have to drive?!"
"Your sister has her license." Mike said.
"And none of us have any experience behind the wheel." Aidan added
"Just because I backed up the car out of the driveway ONCE doesn't mean I have experience!" Jet shot back.
A wail of sirens up ahead made Tyler turn the camera towards the windshield revealing several cop cars driving towards them. "Uh oh, I think they're trying to cut us off."
"I swear to god I am going to kill you all." Jet ground out as she looked at the rearview mirror and then at what was in front of her. "I have two cars behind me and now I've got two in the front. WONDERFUL!"
"Well anyways, if we're going to get caught soon might as well try to finish this up," Tyler said turning the camera back to Mike.
"ARE YOU SERIOUS?!" Mike shouted at him. "We're in the middle of a crisis and you want us to keep filming?!"
"It may be our only way to reach Meredith and our friends from our world!" Tyler said. "We've got to at least finish it."
Mike exchanged looks with Aidan who sighed. "I think all it'll help to do is make them think we're batshit crazy. But okay, lets give it a go."
Mike sighed as Tyler focused in on him again. "Anyways, as I was saying it was Tyler's fault in the first place."
Mike, Jet and Aidan had left a very bewildered Dan behind at the basketball court. Now they were running up the main street in Wardington City.
"Okay, if you were a potentially very crazy pyromaniac, where would you go?" Mike asked.
Jet growled. "Anywhere, you know how he gets! Once the bonehead thinks of anything he runs off to go do it, no matter how idiotic and dumb it is!"
Aidan was about to add his two cents when a black car pulled up next to them on the wrong side of the road, the window rolled down and Tyler's head poked out of the window. "GUYS! I know what we have to do no!"
The three just looked blankly at Tyler for a moment.
"Where did you get a car?" Jet asked.
"Why the hell are you driving?" Mike asked.
"What do you mean 'what we have to do?'" Aidan said narrowing his eyes as he fixed his glasses.
Tyler rolled his eyes as he opened the driver side door. "Look get in someone take over as driver and I'll explain on the way."
Mike, Jet and Aidan exchanged glances. Then both Mike and Aidan rushed for the back and got in before Jet could react.
Jet's eyes widened. "Hey! I don't want to drive!"
Tyler shrugged. "Oh well, I guess I can drive." He said moving to get back in the drivers seat.
"NO!" All three of his friends shouted at once making Tyler jump as Jet reluctantly got in on the drivers side and slammed the door shut.
"I'll drive," Jet said as she slowly pulled out onto the (thankfully empty at the moment) road. "Where are we going."
Several red and blue lights were beginning to appear in the mirrors. "Oh well, for starters… away from them."
"WHAT?!"
Mike sighed as he reached a hand to touch his forehead. "The moron, had not only entered the Marukura home but hotwired a car on top of it." Mike lowered his hand and glared at Tyler. "What the heck were you thinking?! This isn't grand theft auto! You can't go around breaking into places and stealing cars and not expect trouble!"
Tyler winced. "Well… we needed a car, how else were we going to get to Chicago?!"
"How do you know for sure, we need to get to Chicago?" Mike questioned narrowing his eyes.
Tyler snorted. "Uh, the bad guy told me that's where he's going just as he showed it in the portal."
"YOU IDIOT!" Aidan shouted before it was cut off by a loud bang as the car jerked forwards. All four heads whipped around to see a police car smashing into their back bumper making the car jerk forwards. "We're going to get thrown in jail for this ALL BECAUSE YOU LISTENED TO THE BAD GUY?!" Aidan roared throwing his hands in the air. "ARE YOU STUPID?!"
Tyler shrank back the camera view expanding slightly as he moved back showing Aidan's outraged expression and Mike's disappointed frown. "I was just… trying to help."
Aidan snarled and was about to continue when there was a loud popping sound and the car dropped down a bit the squeal of metal on the ground for an instant, just before it skidded out of control.
"Oh shit, oh shitshishitshit." Jet said slamming her foot desperately on the brake. "The tires, they popped the tires." Jet was jerking the wheel in every which way trying desperately to get some form of control over the car. But the car continued to skid going sideways. She threw her hands over her face. "Oh god we're going to hurt someone!" She cried covering her eyes and drawing back in the seat a few sobs escaping her. "Oh god, oh god," She whimpered.
Skylord popped open on her shoulder. "It-it's gonna be okay Jet." She said desperately glancing out the windows. "There's no one else on the street except for the cops."
After a few tense seconds the car slid to a stop just a few feet away from the police cars.
Jet continued to cover her face breaking down, her whole body shaking as she sobbed.
Aidan slowly glanced around watching as the cops held back behind their vehicles. "All right here's what we do." He said slowly and keeping his voice down. "Tyler turn off that video camera."
Tyler did as he was told shutting it off.
"Put it down on your seat." Aidan said keeping his eyes on the cops. Tyler did as he was told setting the camera down just as a loud voice shouted from outside.
"Everyone in the car put your hands out the window!" An angry male voice shouted.
Mike gulped and glanced towards Aidan. "Do we?"
Aidan nodded rolling down the window before he stuck his hands out of it. "We comply, maybe it won't be so bad." Jet snorted from up front. "Listen up, everyone's bakugan," Skylord, Chiveria, Carniverus and Hydrogator focused on him. "You all do not say anything. From this point on you are toys, you do not talk, you do not move. If they find out you can talk and move you will get sent to a lab, trust me I know so get in your owners pockets and remember you're toys, nothing more."
Several nods as the bakugan disappeared inside their brawlers pockets as the voice came again.
"GET YOUR HANDS OUTSIDE THE WINDOW!"
Mike finished rolling his window down and stuck his hands out the window, Jet and Tyler following suite.
"Now everything should be fine." Aidan said. "They'll take us away, and we'll find out how much shit we've gotten ourselves in. After all its not like we're carrying guns or anything…" He trailed off as all 3 sets of eyes fell on Tyler.
"Tyler." Aidan said slowly. "What do you have on you?"
There was a long pause punctuated by the officers ordering Jet to turn off the car and put the keys on the roof, which she did all while keeping a fearful gaze on Tyler, waiting for his answer.
Tyler gulped. "Uh… A few grenades. Maybe some matches… Some other stuff."
"ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!" Aidan roared at him, making Tyler shrink into his seat. "Great! Just great! We're gonna be stuck in this Alternate universe, where no one knows us, besides the fact that we're juvenile delinquents! AND IT'S ALL YOUR FAULT!"
Tyler's eyes widened before he looked down. "I was just trying to-" He began his lips trembling slightly.
"WELL YOU DIDN'T!" Aidan spat.
"Aidan!" Mike cut in making Aidan fall silent as the officers roared at them from outside. "You're not helping." He said.
"Driver open the door from the outside and step out!" The officer behind them shouted.
Jet sniffled. "They're doing a traffic stop." She said with a whimper. "I recognize it cause Dad," Her eyes watered. "Taught us all about it!" She said breaking down.
Mike winced. "Jet just, just step out. Do as they say it-it's gonna be okay." He looked at his friends, the distressed Jet, the angry Aidan, and the hurt Tyler. He took a deep breath and said more firmly. "It's going to be okay."
Jet sniffed wiping her eyes with the sleeve before she opened the door from the outside and managed to get it open. Mike watched as she stepped out taking another step to the side before shutting the door.
"Step back towards the sound of my voice." The officer boomed.
Aidan sighed as he watched Jet walk back towards the officer. "Welp to Juvie we go." He said.
Mike sighed. "Your positive thinking is so encouraging." He snapped. "Look just shut up, you've made your point, we get it. Now shut up." He turned away. "Please."
Aidan winced frowning slightly. "All right."
Nothing more was said as they called Aidan back next. The blond repeating what Jet had done. Walking back towards the cops, and then dropping to his knees to allow for them to cuff him.
Mike debated going before Tyler. Would it be better or worse for them if they discovered Tyler had grenades before him. He just got up the courage to step out when they called the passenger out.
Tyler opened the door from the outside as Jet and Aidan had done before and then stepped out. Kicking the door closed.
"He's got something in his pockets." One of the cops said, Mike wincing.
"Get down on the ground!" One of the cops shouted at Tyler. "Get down on your knees without using your hands and lie down on your stomach."
For a moment Mike feared Tyler wouldn't comply but Tyler did as he was told, slowly he got down on his knees and then got down on the ground. He spread his arms out to the sides and didn't move.
Mike watched as the cops advanced on him one moving towards Mike.
"Get out of the car with your hands up." He ordered Mike.
Mike did as he was told shooting a look back to see Jet and Aidan being pushed into one of the police cars.
"Keep your eyes in front of you!" The cop behind him snapped, Mike jumping as he looked ahead.
"Put your hands to the small of your back thumbs pointed to the sky."
Mike did as he was told and winced as one of his hands were grasped in a harsh punishing grip. Then a moment later he felt metal being pushed against his wrist and a hand cuff slipped on one of his hands. Then the officer grabbed the other and cuffed that hand.
"All right, now move back with me kid." The officer said one hand holding onto Mike's cuffs the other grasping Mike's shoulder as the officer walked backwards Mike following his lead.
Mike watched as one cop sat on Tyler's back as they searched him then a shout of 'He's got a grenade!' sent all the cops into a frenzy. The grip on Mike's shoulder became punishingly hard as he was brought over to the car.
"Put your head down on the hood." He ordered Mike.
Mike sighed closing his eyes as he did so.
This wasn't how he'd thought their escape from the doom dimension would go down.
A/N :
Well that's the prologue. The neo brawlers have arrived in Chaq's a series of events that led to one end. Next chapter will have us meet Chaq's versions of the bakugan characters.
Man that went so easily! After DD having been so much work as of late, this one flowed so easily.
Now unfortunately I'll prolly have finished this before I post it mainly because Aidan has broken free of his spell, and I'd rather not post this until after Chapter 78 of DD where Aidan breaks free from the spell in DD and Mike, Tyler and Aidan all join Jet in the DD.
In fact I'll try and get that done now.