Author's Note: Ta da! I'm back with another chapter!
Disclaimer: I do not own Bakugan.
Dan, Shun, and Marucho immediately went back to the others to tell them what they saw. It took their Vestal friends a while to understand since they were talking all at once. But nonetheless, they got the message.
Mira waved her hands in front of them to shut them up. "Hold up, how did she even get here?" she asked them.
Marucho shrugged. "I don't know. But maybe it had something to do with her grandfather. Dr. Michael does know a lot about Bakugan too. Maybe he opened a portal or something."
"It doesn't matter how she got here!" Shun yelled. "All that matters is that we rescue her. I bet that the Vexos are just using her to get to us."
Dan nodded his head at his friend. "I'm with Shun on this one guys. The sooner we get Alice back, the better."
"What exactly do you plan on doing?" Ace interrupted. The Darkus brawler waited until he got everyone's attention before continuing.
"We can't exactly attack the airship from where we are now. It could be long gone by now. I say, we wait for the Vexos to show up and then we'll see what happens."
"Ace is right." Mira said. "I know how hard it is, but we still have to protect the Bakugan. Besides, we all know that Alice is a brawler; she can take care of herself. So there's really nothing to worry about."
Dan and Shun hesitated but they still managed to smile at their friends. Alice was a brawler, but without her bakugan, she doesn't stand a chance against the Vexos. That's what they were worried about.
"It's getting late guys. We'll rest up here and continue in the morning." Ace said and everyone agreed.
Once their conversation ended and everyone else went to their rooms, Shun was left with Dan. The Ventus brawler decided to talk to his friend.
"You really think she'll be alright?" the Shun asked.
Dan took a while before answering. "Yeah, Alice can handle herself. There's no way she's gonna let someone like Spectra hurt her. Like Mira said, she's a brawler."
"I guess. Ok then, I'm gonna turn in. See you in the morning, Dan." And with that, Dan was left alone in the command center.
Dan looked around before he called for his partner. "Drago."
The bakugan landed on his partner's shoulder. "You are still worried about Alice. I know; me too. Why did she come to New Vestroia anyway?"
Dan turned to look at the Pyrus Bakugan. "The same reason why Marucho, Shun, and I came here." The Pyrus brawler smiled. "To see our partners again. That's why she came here."
After a moment of silence, Drago responded. "Dan, we should do something about this. My guess is that Spectra and Helios are using her to have another battle with us."
"I feel the same way buddy, but how do we get them to battle us again?"
Then, as if on cue, one of the Vexos' hologram things appeared in front of them. It showed a hologram of Spectra Phantom.
"Dan Kuso, you and I will brawl once more. This hornet will bring you to our battle location. If you refuse, well, I saw your "van" from the airship and I know that you know that one of your friends is here. If you wish for her not to be harmed, it would be wise for you to accept this challenge. Make sure you come alone."
The hologram disappeared and the hornet, as what Spectra called it, began to fly away. Dan hesitated but he followed the hornet.
Spectra brought Alice back to her room as soon as he saw the Resistance's van/headquarters. It was getting late anyway so after eating a quick meal, Alice went back to her room without any arguments. Now, Spectra was outside her room; he would need her as leverage against Dan in their brawl later. But before he took another step, he thought of how valuable she could be to the other Vexos. If he handed her to Dan now, then the other Vexos wouldn't trust him and he'd be on his own and without an airship. No, that shouldn't happen, he still needed to travel around in order to train Helios.
Before the Pyrus brawler could turn around and leave, the door opened to show a very startled Alice.
"Oh, is there something you need?" she asked.
The Vexos leader quickly thought of an excuse. "I wanted to check on you before turning in but after today, you must be exhausted so I decided not to."
"Are you going somewhere else?"
"Just to my room. It's been a long day for me as well. Helios is there now, he's tired too. I'll be going then, good night Alice."
Spectra then left.
Alice was about to enter her room but from the corner of her eye, she saw something land on Spectra's shoulder. It was Helios. Alice examined the Pyrus brawler more carefully and saw that his gauntlet was still on his arm. He was either going to train again or he was going to have a brawl. Either way, the Darkus Brawler was going to follow him.
She went back to her room to put her gauntlet on and luckily, he wasn't too far ahead of her. When Spectra had reached the door to the control room and had entered, Alice stopped; she knew these doors open automatically so she couldn't get a peek at what he was doing.
But fortunately, the Darkus Brawler heard the very familiar sound of teleportation. So when that noise was gone, she entered the control room. It must have been really late since nobody else was there. And now, she had no clue as to where Spectra could have gone.
"Think Alice. There must be something in this room that could help me." She looked around the room and saw the control panel.
It was times like these that made her glad that she was a granddaughter of a scientist and it was also times like these that made her regret not bringing that teleportation card she used as Masquerade. Nonetheless, Alice went through files and she found the one she needed: The list of places that Spectra and his comrades teleported to.
She looked at the most recent one and after inputting those coordinates, she was teleported to another location.
It was a barren desert, there was nothing for miles except a few rocks and boulders. The Darkus brawler looked around for any sign of Spectra or maybe even Helios since there was going to be a brawl taking place somewhere around.
"The brawl didn't start yet I suppose." Alice thought.
She then decided to walk for a while. It was scary yes, but knowing that Spectra was nearby calmed her. It made her know that there was someone else around.
Alice only walked for a few minutes when she heard a voice.
And it didn't belong to Spectra. It belonged to another on of her friends.
"It's Dan!" That's when the Darkus brawler started running.
She could make out two figures now, she guessed the other figure was Spectra. Before, she came any closer, she hid behind a nearby boulder to hear what they were saying. She had to know why Spectra came to brawl Dan and not bring her along. She had a feeling she wouldn't get the answers she needed if she asked him directly.
So Alice listened in carefully.
"All right, Spectra. Where's Alice?" Dan asked.
"Why, she is in the airship. Did you want to see her?"
"Duh! I thought that was the plan."
Spectra smirked. "Now where did you get an idea like that? I only said that you should accept my challenge or she would get hurt."
Dan tightened his fists. "You Vexos jerk! Where is she? You better not hurt my friend."
"I can assure you, Dan Kuso that she is in safe hands. You see, she is very valuable to the Vexos. Can we get on with brawl now?"
"On one condition, if Drago and I win, you bring Alice back to us."
Spectra was intrigued. "And what if Helios and I win?"
"Hold it Dan!"
Both Pyrus brawlers were shocked to hear a voice familiar to both of them. Alice appeared from her hiding place and before going to Dan, she approached Spectra.
"Alice! Be careful, he's a bad guy!" Dan yelled.
"I'll be fine, Dan."
Alice frowned at Spectra. "So, you guys were just using me? You're a Vexos?"
Spectra was as calm as ever. "Actually, I'm their leader. We just needed you as leverage."
"And the gauntlet you gave me?"
"To gain your trust."
"You knew where Hydranoid is all along?"
"Yes, and if you had just stayed, we could have let you seen him in his… frozen state."
Alice couldn't take it anymore. Without a second thought, she slapped the Vexos leader on his cheek.
Spectra simply rubbed his cheek and kept his cool. "Are you done yet?"
"I really thought you were better than this. Treating Bakugan like that, it disgusts me."
Alice then turned and approached Dan. She hugged her friend.
"Are you all right Alice?" Dan asked.
Alice softened her expression. "Yes, I'm fine."
Drago appeared on Dan's shoulder. "Did they hurt you?" the bakugan asked.
"No. I'm ok."
Spectra sighed, annoyed. "If your little reunion is over, can we get the brawl over with?"
Alice stood aside and the two friends looked at the Vexos leader.
"All right, Spectra. You're going down!"
Spectra smirked. "Keep telling yourself that, Dan Kuso."
Then the brawl began.
Author's Note: That was a very emotional chap. Anyway, don't forget to review! Ok, until next chap!