BIG thanks to white-tsubasa for sending me my very first review. This chapter is dedicated to you Jacquelina THX. Mira is in it, it's a different way that she found out that bakugan were intelligent and she is already friends with Baron. Enjoy…

Chapter II

It had only been sixteen hours since Shun's 'arrest'. He was slowly gaining consciousness. There was a bright light shining in his face, blinding him momentarily wile his eyes adjusted. His body felt numb and cold. When he could finally see clearly, he found himself to be inside a HUGE fish bole looking thing filled with a cold liquid.

His first thought was to swim to the surface of the water, but at closer inspection, he found two problems, one there was no surface, the fish bole was actually a full sphere and two, he was chained to the dome by hands and feet. Wait, how am I breathing?

"You have caused me a lot of trouble young man," came a voice, "first you destroy my indestructible Vester's Destroyer, and then to top it of you disgrace my stun guns witch are suppose to stun you the first time, not the sixth." The voice came from a man with pinkish hair; he was in about his mid thirties wearing a lab coat.

" but luckily I have a good use for you, Bakugan Radiation is much like the electricity in my guns, let's see if you can sustain that" he continued with glee, he was anxious for the results of the experiment.

The lab in witch they were was brightly lit by spot lights; they were alone until suddenly some one came thru the door at the far back. She was young, with short pixie like orange hair; she wore a brown shirt with a white jacket over top, brown pants that were shorts on one side and white boots.

Mira's POV

"You wanted to see me father?" I said, then I noticed this big tank in the middle of the room, I gasped, it contained a boy that looked about my age. He looked like he just gained consciousness and was floating in the middle of the tank, chained there from his hands and feet. His short, raven black hair and strong build looked rather familiar, like a long lost figure she would have found in Baron's collection of action figures, and even though he was restrained in place inside a big tank filled with water and the fact that he could still breath, his features didn't look scared or startled in the least.

"Mira you made it just in time to see my greatest experiment" the boy glared at him "I am going to attempt to turn this young trouble maker into a bakugan" he finished proudly.

"Do you have his consent?" I freaked getting frightened for the boy.

"Did you not here me correctly, this is the one who destroyed my airship, this is his punishment." Father said angrily.

He DESTROYED the airship? The Vester's Destroyer? The airship that was sucking up all the bakugan?

He must have good reasons. Think, why would someone destroy an airship that was sucking up non-intelligent creatures, he doesn't look all that menacing to be wanting the bakugan for himself, "WAIT, what if the bakugan are intelligent? This boy would be saving the bakugan, we would be the ones who are using the bakugan for our amusement. That has to be it." Her father looked sheepish, her eyes widend, "you knew about this? We're invaders!"

I need to get him out of here, I need to do something. The connecter cord! I can un-pug it and buy some time to get him out. I ran to the cord and yanked in out of the receiver. That should do it. Now how to get him out. As I turned around, I slammed into someone.

"What do you think your doing?" It was Shadow. He bent down and plugged the cord back in "you trying to save the criminal of his punishment?" he said and then burst out laughing.

"Shadow, what are you doing here?" said father.

Shadow calmed "Herd about your experiment professor Clay and thought I should check it out, looks like it paid off" Shadow responded slyly.

"Well if you wish to watch, please keep an eye on my foolish daughter will you."

"What's in it for me?" asked Shadow.

Father sighed "you can test run him." Shadow produced a grin and when I tried to run, he grabbed my arms below the shoulder.

No this can't be happening, he's going to turn this boy into a bakugan for king's sake! And I can't do anything about it. I looked back at the boy in the tank, he was looking at me as if saying 'thanks for trying'. Now I'm sure that I know him from somewhere, wait, his eyes, there different, there not vestle, there human', if only I knew his name. Wait, why would a human be on New Vestroia? Unless…no, it can't be, a Battle Brawler? Those people that Baron keeps going on about? The ones who saved Vestroia? THIS NEEDS TO STOP!

"NO, THIS IS WRONG" I tried to run again but Shadow's hold on me tightened before I could get any were, "FATHER, THIS NEEDS TO STOP" It was then I noticed that I was crying.

"To late" he pushed a button.

"NO" As he said, it was too late. The machines started huming. The sides of the tank started to glow all sorts of different colors. The human started trembling, there were visible tremors rolling of him. I tried to catch his eyes again, to see his emotion but his eyes were clamped shut with pain, his jaw clenched. NO, THIS IS INVESTANE².

"IT'S WORKING" screamed the man I am expected to call father, Shadow was laughing his head off behind me.

The boy was changing color, his skin turning from pale to gray, his hair getting darker if it were possible. His nails were changing to, lengthening, sharpening and turning black in his balled fists, drawing blood; his teeth sharpened and did the same with his bottom lip. His ears were changing form and were now pointed up almost like a horse. Though, the biggest changes and the hardest to watch were the things peaking out from behind his back. From supposedly the base of his spine came a demonic tail, mostly black with green on the triangular tip. But most mortifying of changes were the wings that sprouted from his back, they resembled those of a Preyas Diablo but instead of purple rimed with red they were black rimed with green.

I had to put my hands on my mouth to not scream when the machines stopped and boy stopped moving. Professor Clay went over to the screen where his vitals were displayed; he cursed under his breath and pushed a button. Two bolts of electricity sprouted from the sides of the tank. The boy was still unconscious. Professor Clay looked back at the boys vitals. "I"VE DONE IT! I'VE CREATED A BAKUGAN!" I could barley suppress a scream, HE HAD ALMOST DIED! And Shadow thought that was funny! HE WAS LAUGHING LIKE A HIENA (sp?)! The boy started glowing gray, I couldn't see him any more, then the light got smaller and rounder, then it disappeared, there was now a small sphere in its place.

Professor Clay pushed another button and the water drained out of the tank, once emptied the tank itself retracted into the floor. Then 'father' went and picked up the sphere. "Just a couple of tests and then you can try him out Shadow" he said "and I still need to brainwash him. I wanted to grab the 'bakugan' and run but Shadow still had a grip on me. I was still crying.

Professor Clay put the bakugan on a scanner, "Interesting, this bakugan appears to be equally Ventus AND Darkus"

"HA!" said Shadow "Link is going to be so jel.! What's its name?"

"Uh, let's see…Shun"

"That's it, just Shun?" asked Shadow.

"That's it" He lifted Shun up and held him out to Shadow "Brainwashed and ready to brawl"

This was my chance, I managed to escape Shadow's grip and I grabbed Shun from my father's hand before Shadow could; if I couldn't save him from my fathers experiment then I could at least save him from Shadow. I dashed out of the lab. My father and Shadow yelling for me to come back but I kept on running, not stopping to look back until I made it back outside and to my bike. They weren't following me for some reason but I didn't care why, I was going to Barons.

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' If you paid close attention to the shows you can see that there is a difference in the eyes of a human and the eyes of a vestal.

² My sad attempt at making inhumane work for vestals.

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