Riley's POV
Today was the day of the tournament and we were discussing our strategy.
"I stole these diagrams the last time I snuck into the city." Shun said. "According to this, the power generated from the battles is absorbed inside the arena and then transmitted to the outside world through the controller."
"So what's the point of that?" Dan asked.
"There's an awful lot of power generated by bakugan battles." Mira said.
"And if that power isn't released, the controller would get overloaded." Baron said.
"So if the battle still feed power into the controller-" Ace started.
"Exactly and if we can block the transmission, right here, the power will back up. Building and building." Shun said.
"Until the pressure becomes too much. Then the controller will implode." I said finishing Shun's thought.
"Then we must take advantage of the incoming tournaments." Drago said.
"Really? That's now!" Dan said.
"The battle of the bakugan is about to begin! Will all competitors please register? Don't miss your chance to brawl with the best." The announcer said.
"Okay everyone. We need to move fast! We'll have to broke up into two teams. Two people will battle together in the tournament and the rest of us will sneak inside and find the controller." Mira said.
"I call the battle! Drago and I will fight for the resistance!" Dan shouted.
"No flair! I want to fight! You always get the battles Master Dan!" Baron shouted. Then everyone started arguing. Mira and I were getting annoyed.
"Riley, do you want fight?" Mira asked me.
"I think it's better if I didn't. The Vexos know me and my bakugan from earlier brawls. It would blow our cover." I replied.
"Good point." Mira said.
"Don't you think we should break up the arguing that's going on?" I said while pointing to the five guys fighting.
"Alright that is enough!" Mira shouted. "Be quiet! We will draw numbers to decide." After Dan found out he was going to help Baron, Mira, Marucho and I find the controller, he screamed. Shun and Ace were going to be doing the battling for us.
"This is killing me!" Dan said. "I should be the one down there, battling. I can't even bare to watch this."
"Stay focused Dan. You're important to the plan." Drago said.
"Why do they get all the fun?" Dan asked.
"Because you lost the draw." I simply said and receiving a glare from Dan.
"Master Dan, look." Baron said as he pointed to the controller.
"Unbelievable." Dan said.
"That's the key to our mission." Mira said.
"Man. Those two are one odd match up." Dan pointed out.
"I agree." Drago said.
"Once again, the battle goes to the Bakugan Brawlers!" The announcer said.
"I could have finished them off a lot faster if you would have stayed out of way. Get the hint?" Ace whined.
"I saved your bakugan and you know it." Shun replied coldly.
"What?" Ace said angrily.
"Those two guys are making me nervous." Mira said.
"Shun and Ace are like fire and ice. Their battling styles are different." Baron said.
Dan screamed and said, "This is driving me completely crazy! Let me trade places with them. They can destroy the controller!" Baron and I then grabbed Dan to make him stop yelling.
"Dan, stop shouting and be quiet!" I shouted.
"Yeah Master Dan! Your letting everyone know our plan!" Baron said.
"Good. Marucho is up next." Mira said. He threw in the cutest aquos bakugan I've ever seen.
Next thing I knew, the announcer said Marucho was disqualified for losing control of his bakugan. 'Poor Marucho…' I thought. Now that that's over, Marucho was going to help us get to the controller. We all stood by a door waiting for Marucho. Then the door opened and we have Marucho to thank for it.
"Coast is clear guys." Marucho said.
"Thanks. Good work, Marucho." Mira said.
"That was an amazing performance in the arena earlier Marucho. Thanks for getting us inside. Baron" Dan said.
"I hacked into their system and downloaded their floor plans." Baron said.
"We must stay focused." Drago said.
"Lets get going then." I said. As we made our way through the building, we all noticed an increased amount of guards.
"There are more guards than we expected." Drago said quietly.
"Whenever the Vexos show up, the security is always super tight." Baron said.
"Should we turn back?" Elfin asked.
"No. We can't stop now." Marucho replied.
"This is our chance." Dan said.
"Hey. What are you doing here? How did you guys get in here? Show us your ID cards." Two guards asked us.
"We lost our ID cards!" Baron panicked.
"We left them in our other pants!" Marucho said panicking as well. Mira and I started giggled.
"Oh please tell the Vexos that their number one fans are here!" I said jumping. Mira grabbed baron's hand and I grabbed Dan's hand.
"Oh my gosh guys! They're really here, aren't they!?" Mira shouted. "Maybe we could get their autograph or maybe they'll sign my jacket!?" We all hide behind a wall and sighed.
"That was quick thinking Mira and Riley." Baron said.
"You guys are such fan girls! 'Vexos totally rock!'" Dan said trying to mimic us.
"Very funny!" Mira and I said. Dan laughed. Then the Vexos came walking down the hallway.
"The Vexos" Dan said.
"Stay cool, Dan." Mira said.
"Do you have anything to report?" Gus asked the two guards that stopped us before.
"Nothing unusual. A few of your fans snuck backstage though." One of the guards replied.
"Really? What fans?" Spectra asked.
"Should I check on it?" Gus asked Spectra.
"Don't brother. It's nothing." Spectra replied while he flipped his bakugan in his hands. 'He flips his bakugan just like I do before I throw it into battle.' I thought.
"So Spectra is here. I can't pass up that opportunity! I'm going to challenge him!" Dan said trying to bolt for Spectra. Then baron put his hand over Dan's mouth, but it was too late! Gus and Spectra heard us! So, we ran out of there before they could notice!
"Wait to go Dan." Baron said as we ran.
"Keep it together!" I warned.
"If we get caught now, it's over! And I for one do not want to get caught!" Marucho said.
"Okay, I'm sorry!" Dan said. Then we heard some kind of cheering.
"I hope that's good cheering." Dan said. Then Marucho showed us the battle and it didn't look good for Ace and Shun.
"I'd stay, it's bad cheering." Baron said.
"What are those guys doing out there? Stop stalling and start brawling." Dan said. In the end, Shun and Ace won and will now be battling Lync and Volt.
"I knew they could do it!" Dan said.
"Yeah, now it's our turn!" Mira said. Then we continued running down the hallway.
"Oh snap! Which way is it to the controller?" Dan asked.
"Let me check. I think it's this way." Baron said.
"We have got to hurry! Shun and Ace's battle will be starting at any minute now." Dan said and then took off. After a while I noticed there wasn't a tiny, aquos brawler behind me.
"Hey, where's Marucho?" I asked.
"Should I go back for him?" Baron asked.
"No, he was never good at running. We'll get him on the way back." Dan replied. Then we entered a room where all the bakugan were held captive. I personally found the sight sickening.
"What are they doing in there?" Baron asked.
"They have been put in there to keep them prisoners." Mira replied.
"It's worse than I expected." Drago said.
"No! The bakugan must be freed! Right now! Wake up! Wake up everybody!" Dan shouted.
"Dan, it's no use." Drago said.
"He's right. We won't be able to free them until we have destroyed the controller." Mira said.
"Fine. Then lets go. I can't stand watching this." Dan said. The lights came on and a bunch of guards opened the opened the door.
"You! Freeze!" One of them said.
"This is a restricted area. How did you kids get in here?" Another one said. There was no way out. We were trapped. They tied us up and then brought us to a room with a bunch of video screens.
"Kids or no kids. You guys are traitors and will be treated that way. So why don't you just confess?" the guard said.
"To what? Trying to free the bakugan and give back their home?" Mira responded.
"Enough." The guard said.
"Looks like this battle is over before it's even started! The Vexos have slammed the Bakugan Brawlers right out of the game!" The announcer shouted. 'No. It can't be almost over. They're stronger than that.' I thought.
"Well, there's a big surprise right kids? There's no one who can defeat the Vexos." Said the other guard.
"We're going to prove you wrong!" Dan said.
"Oh?" the guard said.
"I will tell you this; everything you believe in is a lie!" Dan said.
"Open your eyes fools!" Drago shouted. "New Vestroia belongs to the bakugan and we're fighting to free them." The guards gasped after hearing a bakugan speak.
"A talking bakugan is impossible!" one of the guards said.
"No it isn't!" Griffin shouted.
"We're living evidence!" Wilda said.
"Wake up! You can't deny this anymore!" Mira said.
"Do what's right!" Baron said.
"Help us free the bakugan." Dan said. Then Marucho fell through the celling!
"Oh boy! That's gotta hurt!" Elfin said.
"Did I survive? Sorry guys. I got a bit lost." Marucho said.
"Good work Marucho!" Dan shouted. We got out of the ropes and ran towards the room where the reversal switch was.
"We're running out of time! Ace and Shun won't be able to keep the battle going much longer!" Dan said. Then right around the corner a bunch of guards were waiting for us. 'Looks like a job for me.' I thought. Mira ran a cart right into them. Marucho was holding on to a leg of a guard and me and baron were holding some back so they couldn't move.
"Go ahead Dan. We'll hold them back." I reported.
"Here are the plans." Baron said.
"We're counting on you Dan!" Marucho cried.
"It's all up to me." Dan said before taking off.
Then when Dan was gone I knew what I had to do. I jammed my elbow into the guard I was heading back. He was knocked unconscious. Then one by one I knocked them all out.
"Whoa! Riley did you… kill them?" Baron asked me.
"What? No way. I only knocked them unconscious. Now come on. We'll only have a few minutes before they wake up!" I said.
"Right, lets go!" Mira said. Then we ran down the hall. When got to the door there even more guards there! But Dan managed to do it and the controller was destroyed. All the bakugan that were kept in those bottles were now freed.
"We did it!" Dan shouted.
"The controller has been destroyed." Drago said.
"Thanks to us." Dan said. Then all the freed bakugan broke through floor of the arena. Everyone was scared and was about run away.
"Wait. You have nothing to be afraid of. The bakugan are living, intelligent beings." Mira said.
"She speaks the truth." Drago said. There were gasped all over the arena. No one here ever thought a bakugan could speak.
"The bakugan deserve their freedom. They are our friends." Dan said. Everyone fell silent. Then a huge beam from the arena's structure broke and was coming down on the audience. But, before it could crush them, the bakugan the Dark Angels battled with caught the beam just in time.
"Is everyone alright?" one of them said. They all cheered. 'I guess that means they understand.' I thought. Then all the bakugan we saved thanked us and wanted to join us.
"Awesome! Our team is getting betting every day!" Baron shouted.
"Then it's settled. We all stand or fall united." Drago said.
"The Vexos won't have a chance against us!" Marucho said.
"We're still pretty badly outnumbered though." Ace said.
"Just the way we like it." Percival said.
"All right! I'm seriously pumped! We could start a bakugan revolution!" Dan shouted.
We all cheered. 'This turning out to be fun.' I thought.
