"Okay! Chapter 3!" Breezyfeather yells. "Oops. In the last chapter I messed up the tenses at the outro... whoops."

"Smooth," Shadow laughs. Breezyfeather takes out a wooden Kendo sword and whacks Shadow in the head with it. "Ow!"

"Not the golf club?" Shun asks.

"I lost it in my room somewhere. Plus this is a slightly-less-lethal weapon," she says.

"No comment."

YAY THE NEXT EPISODE OF BAKUGAN GUNDALIAN INVADERS IS OUT! KAZARINA YOU WITCH! DAN YAY YOU'RE AWAKE! … Wow I really need a life... xD

Shun landed easily on the hard packed dirt floor of New Vestroia, his heart pounding at that close encounter with the Vexos. A quick glance around revealed that Dan was on his hands and knees, shaking from anger. Julie and Alice were standing close to each other, looking around curiously. Dr. Micheal was staring at the trailer and looked up as Shun landed there. Then, the gate closed behind him.

"Shun, why did you stop me? He could have taken me to Runo," Dan asked, standing up and glaring at Shun. Shun sighed.

"If you had stayed, they would have left you. Or, Spectra would have kidnapped you. We have to think these things through," Shun said. Dan still looked mad, but he closed his eyes and nodded. Alice and Julie walked over, still looking around. Shun looked at them and grinned. "We barely escaped. We got lucky," Shun told them. They glanced at each other and nodded. "We should get inside. Come on."

"Okay," Alice said with a smile. Dr. Micheal heard them and walked over, allowing Shun and Dan to lead the way into the trailer. Easily, they navigated their way into the control room, the girls and Dr. Micheal marveling all the while. When they arrived, they were greeted by a happy Barron and Marucho, while Ace was too absorbed in whatever he was doing at his computer to notice that they walked in.

"We're back," Dan said in a bad mood. Then, he sighed. "I'm gonna take a shower."

"Okay Dan," Marucho said, watching as he disappeared into the back of the trailer, mumbling something that sounded like, "Why did they have to take her just a week away from Christmas?" Marucho watched him go sympathetically. Then, he grinned at Julie and Alice, walking up to Dr. Micheal and shaking hands with him. "Welcome to New Vestroia! This is the base of the Bakugan Battle Brawler's Resistance!"

"Hi, guys," Barron said, getting out of his chair and walking over to Julie and Alice. Julie, they now noticed, had her roller skates in her hand, and she know bent down and strapped them to her feet. Ace looked up at that and shook his head, getting up, too.

"If you like roller skates, then boy do I have something for you," Ace said with a grin. Julie blinked, skating over to him. "Have you ever skated with roller blades?"

"Yeah, and I like them better, but if you're waiting tables it's best to have the best support," Julie said, following him. He led her over to a panel in the wall that rose up when he touched it. Julie stared in shock at the pair of roller blades that sat there and then gasped.

"No way! Those are so cool!" It was a pair of pure white roller blades with little crystal wings on the sides. They didn't have to be laced up. Instead, they looked like they were made of crystal and, when Julie put her hand next it, it glowed. Then, the crystal wings on the side turned brown, recognizing her brawling attribute as Sub-Terra. Julie squealed in happiness, glancing at the wheels, which were made of some hard, durable material. Maybe a special type of plastic.

"You can use them if you want," Ace said with a grin. Julie stared at him.

"You mean it?"

"Sure."

"Oh wow! Thank you!" Julie cried. She took them carefully out of the wall and sat down on the floor, pulling her own skates off. She slipped the other skates on easily, and her eyes widened when they shrank to fit her. Alice and Dr. Micheal watched with curious eyes as she got to her feet. Ace and Barron were grinning as she easily skated over to the other side of the room, and more quickly as well. She turned herself to stop and it came to an easy stop. She smiled. "These are great! Where did you get them?"

"They're made with Vestal Technology," Barron explained. "Vestal sells them, but since they're really expensive not many people buy them. And they're supper expensive because of what they can do."

"What do you mean?" Alice asked. Dr. Micheal was watching the skates intently, as if they would suddenly do something extraordinary. Ace grinned.

"Say Winged Crystal Road," Ace told her. Julie looked at him, then said it.

"Winged Crystal Road," she said. She yelped as a narrow path – about 2 feet long – flew out from under her skates, perfectly straight. She stared at it in surprise, then imagined it looping upward. It did just that. Alice and Dr. Micheal watched, stunned, as she pushed herself forward with the skates, following the path with ease. She grinned, bending the path around the room, making sure to stay low enough so that she wouldn't hit the ceiling.

"These are so awesome!" Julie cried.

"And since you're Sub-Terra," Barron said, "you can use them to go through certain walls. You might want to touch them first with your hand before trying to actually skate through them. Mira had that issue... she ended up unconscious on the floor and refused to use them again."

"I'll be careful," Julie vowed. She grinned. "Best Christmas present ever!"

"Alice," Barron said. Alice jumped and looked at him. "You have Masquerade's transporter card, so things shouldn't be too hard when it comes to finding Runo. But, I have something special for you, since Julie got the skates and because neither of you have Bakugan."

Barron led Alice over to a case in a different wall and opened it, then handed her a purple visor. She blinked at it. "Put it on," he said with a smile. Alice blinked again, then placed it over her eyes. Her fingers detected a rough piece of metal jutting out of the visor and she identified it to be a switch, so she pressed against it with her fingers. She gasped when she saw what popped up in front of her eyes. Barron was red!

"It shows heat signatures," Ace explained. "We don't usually need to use those. I had for the most part even forgotten that we had them, since we hid them away in case we were raided."

"Since we're gonna be going on a rescue mission, it seems appropriate that we use all of the things we can," Marucho smiled. Elfin popped out on his shoulder.

"We're gonna rescue Runo. We decided while Dan and Shun were getting you guys," she said.

"Elfin's right," Ingram announced, popping out on Shun's shoulder. "We can't abandon Runo."

"You got that right," Barron said.

"Mmhmm," Julie agreed.

"You bet," Alice said with a smile. Dr. Micheal nodded.

"Marucho," he said. Marucho looked up. "Would you mind explaining to me how this technology works, son?"

"Oh sure," Marucho said. "In fact, I'll give you all a tour!"

"Oh yeah, and Alice, if you were to slide those over you're ears, you'd be able to hear conversations from over a mile away. There is a tuning feature on it to let you select conversations that people are having," Barron said. Alice nodded, grinning.

"Hm? Where did Shun go?" Julie asked, looking around. They all glanced around the room, then Barron and Ace shrugged.

"He must have disappeared again," Ace said, sitting back down in his chair.

"He still randomly vanishes?" Alice asked. (LOL, "A" for both Alice and Ace. Both are Darkus Brawlers. I just realized that.)

"Yep," Barron grinned. "Come on, I'll show you guys were you can stay. We have some extra clothes: a Darkus and Sub-Terra uniform for the girls. Dr. Micheal, we have a few adult clothes, too."

"Alright," Dr. Micheal said. "Lead the way, Barron my boy."

Julie brought herself back down to the floor while Alice turned off her visor. They all followed Barron and Marucho out of the room while Ace watched them go. As soon as the door closed behind them, he turned his attention to his screen.

During Runo's battle with Lars Lion, he thought, pulling up a window, she floated up and was able to deflect one of her attacks. The window showed Runo floating up and making the arrow disintegrate. Ace moved on. When Julie threw her Bakugan, she was able to invoke the power of Sub-Terra. The new window now showed Julie throwing her Bakugan ball. She lifted her leg up into the air and the Sub-Terra energy flashed around her. Alice was able to transform into Masquerade and use the power of Darkus, he thought, watching her take off the mask and it vanish from her fingers. Shun once used the power of Ventus to his advantage in a battle with Masquerade. The screen showed Shun standing in the middle of a green tornado of Ventus energy. Marucho has exemplary battling skills and a close link to his partner. Plus, he has endurance. That and his smarts make up for any power that he could have, Ace decided, then, pulling up a screen, noticed something he hadn't before. When he finished his battle with Frosch, the light that had been dancing around him centered around his body like an aura. Ace grinned. And then there's Dan. Dan's Bakugan, Drago, is able to harness the power of the Perfect Core. He has also been able to throw down his cards in a completely unique way. And he's been able to hold flaming cards in his hands. He has tremendous courage and loyalty, and extremely powerful battling skills.

"Ace, is it possible that these six are the ones the Ancients told you about?" Percival asked. Ace was silent, still staring at the screen. When he spoke, his voice was quiet.

"It's very possible. When then Ancients came to me in that dream, they spoke of six humans who can harness the power of the Six Attributes," Ace told him. "Julie, Marucho, and Dan don't really show it that much, but it is there. Like water, Marucho can effectively mold to his surroundings and use the opponents weaknesses to his advantage. He determines them first, and is able to easily flow from each attack to the next, wisely playing the cards he has. I think Frosch granted him some more enlightenment with his victory," he murmured. "Julie uses the earth to her advantage. She can camouflage her Bakugan to blend in with it's surroundings. She can have Gorem harness the power of the earth."

"Mira can do that too, can't she?" Percival asked. Ace tensed at the mention of her name.

"Not as effectively as Julie can. Mira is a little bit more hesitant."

"That's something that only you could pick up."

"Sh- shut up!" Ace's cheeks were red and he seemed annoyed, so he turned his attention back to the screen. "When Dan threw down his ability cards back then, he used Pyrus cards that caught fire in his hand. For other Pyrus battlers, that didn't happen, because they usually didn't throw their cards. Only Runo, Dan, and Shun really threw their cards. But he never got burned. Plus, his Bakugan is Pyrus Dragonoid, and he is the Perfect Dragonoid. And all of them had a tremendous power in the final battle with Naga. Dan, Runo, and the rest of them were able to attack Naga with a power that was all their own. Dan was selected, as were his friends, by something beyond our comprehension. Fate maybe. But he and his friends are special, and the Vexos must have figured that out."

"Maybe they haven't yet," Percival said.

"It's possible, though. We're gonna have to be careful," Ace said. "Bottom line, those guys are not regular kids."

(And now, back to Runo! What's going on now?)

"Runo... wake up," Mira murmured, gently shaking Runo awake. She groaned.

"Fimomimuts" she mumbled in distinctly.

"What did you say?" Mira asked.

"Five more minutes," Runo groaned.

"No, Runo," Mira said, shaking her more vigorously. "Come on!"

"What?"

"Come on, get dressed. Breakfast."

"Oh. Right." Runo remembered now. She was Spectra's prisoner. So far it hadn't been so bad, since she had only seen him when he kidnapped her. It had just been Mira after that... but now it was breakfast. If Mira was insisting that she get dressed, it must mean that they we're going to go and eat with the Vexos. Runo gulped, standing up off of her lower bed. Mira handed her her clothes and she ducked into the bathroom, pulling them on again. She would have to ask Mira to wash them for her sometime, because she doubted that she would be let out to find a washing machine.

She yanked a brush through her blue hair until it was silky, then she pulled it up into it's usual pigtails with her hair ties. She came back out of the bathroom then, discovering Mira by the door. She looked perplexed, and then she jumped as it opened. Runo flinched as Spectra and Gus walked in, scanning the room and their gazes landing on her. She glared at them and placed her clothes on her bed.

"What do you want?" she asked. Mira walked over to her and stood beside her, looking at Spectra warily.

"It's time for breakfast, and since we can't just leave you here without anyone, you're coming with us," Gus said briefly. Runo noted that his eyes still looked a little red and felt a little satisfaction, but didn't change her facial expression. Mira glanced at her.

"Come on," she said. Runo sighed and followed Mira out the door. Spectra took the lead while Gus hung behind Runo a little. They didn't travel in a line, but Mira stood a little ahead of Runo to her left and Gus behind her slightly, to her right. Spectra stood in front of her, with a smirk on his face.

As they walked, Runo glanced around, trying to memorize an escape route. Gus noticed and narrowed his eyes at her back. "You're not leaving, Runo, so you should just give it up," he said. Runo glanced back at him and stuck out her tongue. Gus growled, glaring at her.

"Leave it, Gus," Spectra called. Gus stopped growling and calmed down. Runo rolled her eyes.

He really is Spectra's little lap dog, shethought, turning forward again. She kept trying to memorize the twists and turns the corridors took, but in the end, it was all in vain, for they didn't come across an exit and she lost track after a few minutes. When they arrived at the dinning room, Runo blinked in surprise, gazing around in wonder in spite of herself.

There was a crystal chandelier hanging from the white ceiling. The walls had a few curtains draped across them despite the fact that there were no windows. One of them was red, another green, then blue, then purple, then yellow and white, and finally, brown. Each one had its respective symbol on it. The red one had a bright orange symbol for Pyrus, the green had a neon green Ventus emblem, the blue had the Aquos symbol, and so on. Runo stared around at the cream colored walls and then her eyes came to rest on the table in the center of the room.

It was a large rectangular shape, much like a dinning room table, but large enough to sit 10 people. It was covered in a white table cloth with a table runner that featured what looked to Runo like the night sky. A crescent moon at one end supported her hypothesis. It contrasted greatly with the white table cloth, but the effect it had was one that was well thought out and clearly deliberate. The table itself was set with fine china: all white. There were silver utensils laid out next to the plates and each had a glass and a mug set next to it. A few of them were steaming.

Then Runo caught sight of the Vexos, who had all looked up when they entered the room. Mylene's cold gaze skated over Spectra, Gus and Mira, coming to rest on Runo. Shadow looked up, smirking, meeting Runo's gaze. Runo shivered, remembering how he had almost prevented her from traveling back to Earth. Volt regarded her with a nod, his gaze not quite cold but not quiet friendly either. Runo decided she liked him best. Lync smirked at her, his lip curling slightly to reveal his white teeth. Runo glared at him. They're right that he's a snake, she thought. Tricking Alice... he's gonna get it for that.

Spectra walked forward toward the table and then turned back to Runo and Mira. "Go on, have a seat," he said. Runo glanced at Mira and followed her as she sat down next to Lync. Runo sat down next to her, noting how Lync's chair had the Ventus symbol carved into the back of it. Spectra took his place at the head of the table, thankfully on the other end. Shadow sat across from Mira while no one was directly across from Runo, which she was grateful for. No one to make eye contact with was better, she decided.

Then waiters came in, carrying trays with sausages and bacon, pancakes and waffles. Then a few dishes that were alien to Runo, but didn't look revolting. There were some biscuits and pieces of toast, and scrambled eggs. Despite her situation, Runo couldn't help but marvel at the dishes in front of her. Half of them she recognized, but the other half were either form different countries or different planets. She didn't know. She thought she spotted a doughnut but the waiter placed it on the table in such an area that it was out of her line of vision. (It is so hard to write this part. I can't picture all of the Vexos sitting down to eat a formal meal like this, but I can't exactly see them individually seated at a random table eating cold cereal either... so I figured I'd go with the more elegant option)

One of the waiters poured something into her mug so tat now it steamed. Runo had been too busy observing the many outlandish dishes that she hadn't noticed what the liquid was. She now examined it, realizing that it was hot chocolate. She glanced at Mira, who was twiddling her thumbs in her lap. She was clearly nervous to Runo, but none of the Vexos seemed to notice. But and then again, none of them were looking at her. They were all looking at either their dishes or, in Shadow's case, at Runo. She shifted uncomfortably as his face broke into a wicked grin. Then, he reached for a biscuit and tore into it like a dog.

Mylene glanced at him and rolled her eyes, using her fork to snag a few pancakes and placing them onto her plate. Volt speared some sausages and let them rest on his plate and then reached for the eggs and toast while Lync snatched one of the dishes that Runo didn't know the name of. Mira placed a bagel onto her plate and reached for the butter and grape jelly. Gus seemed to be waiting for Spectra to take his food before reaching for his own, and Spectra was looking straight at Runo.

"Go on, help yourself. The food isn't poisoned, you know," he said. Runo jumped, then glared at him and reached for a bagel, like Mira. It was covered in poppy seeds and she took the butter after Mira was finished with it.

They ate in silence for a little while. Runo wondered if this was always how their breakfasts were, but she doubted it, since all of them sneaked glances at Spectra when they thought she wasn't looking. Mira kept her eyes downcast and seemed surprised when her bagel was gone, while Runo had discovered that she was ravenous due to the fact that she hadn't eaten dinner the night before and helped herself to a serving of eggs. As she sprinkled salt on them, she caught Mylene's eye, and she narrowed her eyes at Runo. Runo broke the eye contact and started to eat her eggs.

She didn't like this. All of the Vexos sitting around her was making her nervous. Especially the way they looked at her. She could feel their gazes burning on her skin every so often. Occasionally she glanced up slightly to see one of them watching her. She glanced at Mira, who seemed more tense. "Mira," she whispered. Mira glanced at her, noticing how taught her shoulders were and how tightly she gripped her fork. She blinked in sympathy, a gesture that Runo noticed. Mylene glared at them, but neither of them looked up.

"So, Runo, waddaya think?" Shadow asked, laughing. Runo jumped, turning her gaze toward him. He was smirking. She shrugged, then darkened her gaze.

"I'd much rather be home since it's a few days till Christmas," she said through clenched teeth. Spectra's mouth curled slightly upward, but no one took notice but Gus.

"Huh?" Shadow asked.

"Christmas?" Mylene repeated.

"It's a holiday that they celebrate like us, at the end of December," Mira explained, daring to speak up. Her gaze wasn't cold, but it was daring any of the Vexos to speak against her. None of them did but regarded her with a nod.

"Well, sorry, but you're not gonna be celebrating," Lync smirked. Runo glared at him, then stood up, noticing the water jug near him. The Vexos stiffened but Runo rolled her eyes.

"Will you relax? I'm just getting water!" she snapped, walking over to the metal jug. She realized it was filled with ice and water, but more water than ice. But the water must be ice cold, she decided. Picking it up, she turned, then as she was walking back toward Mira, she lifted the jug and pouted it all on Lync's head. He gasped, shooting to his feet and knocking over his chair, which Runo jumped out of the way to avoid. Mira stared with her mouth open in shock while Shadow started howling with laughter. Mylene and Volt just stared, their lips parted slightly. Runo smirked, crossing her arms with the jug still in her hand. "That's what you get for betraying my friends," she said, placing the jug back on the table and walking back to her seat.

Lync stared at her as she sat there, not looking at him. She rested her head in her hands after pushing her plate back and sighed. He glared at her, hissing as water dripped down his face. His hair was completely soaked, hanging limp from his head. His cape and shirt were also drenched. He curled his lip, walking out of the room. Runo glanced in his direction as he stormed out of the room and smirked.

Runo: 1

Vexos: … also 1

"Ha ha. Go Runo! Show them who's boss!" Breezyfeather cries happily, punching the air. Runo stares at her, putting her head in her arms and responding with a groan.

"Did she have to pour water on my head?" Lync asks.

"Yes."

"Why?"

"I was bored."

This is Lync: -.-' (face with a sweat drop, in case you didn't know. ^.^)

Thanks to all of you reviewers! I love getting reviews, they're like candy. xD