After taking down the first controller, the Resistance continued their way to the next city, which was Beta City.

"According to this, Beta City should be right past this mountain," Mira analyzed, looking at the map.

"Baron, adjust course for rough terrain," Ace told their driver.

"You got it, Ace," Baron replied.

"Better not be too rough," Shinobu muttered.

"I'm pretty sure some bumps along the road won't trigger Minoru's sickness," Tsunamyss assured him. "Besides, she's looking a lot better, and Seth is looking into that illness of hers. Just relax, will ya?"

"Easy for you to say."

Just then, the door opened, and Marucho and Minoru walked in. Both had a tray of warm drinks in their hands.

"We thought you guys might be thirsty," the boy said.

"Thanks, guys," Dan thanked, taking a red cup. "Alright! Next up, Beta City and their dimensional controller!"

"What did you guys make?" Bella asked, taking the other red cup, as Dan downed his.

"Wheat germ puree," Minoru answered. Whether he didn't like the taste or it was still quite hot, no one knew, but Dan spat the stuff out.

Mira was not at all liking that, especially where he almost spat on. "Hey! Watch the instrument panel! It doesn't need a bath!" she scolded, while Ace face-palmed at Dan's stupidity.

"Sorry about that," Dan apologized.

The door opened again, this time revealing to be Seth walking through. "Man that was a long night, last night," he yawned.

"Well look who decided to come to the living," Ace stated.

"Sorry. But I was busy last night. Didn't sleep until around four," the Darkus human brawler explained.

"True story, by the way," Xenon Reaper supported.

"What for?" Bella asked.

"Well, I did waste some medicine pills back in Alpha City. Had to make more of them. You'll never know when one of us suddenly gets sick," Seth reasoned.

Assuming he specifically meant her, Minoru apologized. "I'm sorry..."

"No, I don't specifically mean you, Minoru."

"He's right. Any of you humans and Vestals may catch a cold for whatever reason," Felgrand pointed out.

The female Haos brawler cheered up at those words, but only a little bit.


That night, the group stopped in the middle of a field and were having dinner near a field of flowers. While most of them were calmly enjoying the meal, a couple of them were stuffing their faces as though they hadn't had anything to eat in forever.

"Guys. Do you really have to make so much noise while you eat?" Mira complained.

"Forget the noise; you guys eat like you hadn't eaten a thing. Slow down or you'll choke on something," Bella supported.

"Runo used to say that, too," Dan sighed sadly.

"Who's Runo?" Mira asked.

"I know that name! She's one of the six original Bakugan Brawlers! Am I right, Master Dan?" Baron answered, a little too happily.

"Right," the male Pyrus brawler answered.

"You miss her?" At Mira's question, Dan choked on his drink.

"You sound jealous," Ace teased.

"I just like to know where I stand," the Subterra brawler corrected. "She's your girlfriend?"

"No, she's not," Dan answered.

"Sure didn't look like it not even a minute ago," Seth teased.

"Nor is it what I heard from Runo," Marucho added in.

"Or the blogs," Minoru also added in.

"Yeah. People have been commenting on how cute a couple you both make," Bella agreed. "I think I remember reading one about the two of you actually going out on a date once."

"What?! Guys!" Dan cried out in embarrassment.

Just then, Drago popped out from his place in his brawler's pocket. The Bakugan opened himself up and, after spinning some, asked, "She's not?"

"No she's not!" Dan cried out, in what sounded like slight desperation. "I don't know where you guys get these ideas! Right Shun? Right Shinobu?"

Shun calmly sipped his drink while Shinobu looked at him with blinking eyes. "She's not?" both asked in unison.

Dan anime fell at their response.


Later that night, everyone was sleeping peacefully in their room. Well, almost everyone that is.

"So have you found out anything?" Shinobu asked Seth.

The two of them were in the med bay, where Seth was bringing up Minoru's current medical file.

"I kind of did, but at the same time, I didn't," he answered, confusing the male Gushiken. "I'm pretty sure the doctors back home have already told, if not showed you this, but I took a sample of Minoru's blood the other day and... This is her blood sample now." The doc of the group pulled up some data analysis of Minoru's blood cells. "Normal as can be, right?"

Shinobu nodded at the question. "Yeah. In fact this is exactly what many doctors showed me when they took, her blood sample. Cells looking fine, red as blood should be, dna is looking normal too. At least, that's what I think. I don't have much medical experience to know."

"And I'm sure you don't need any to know that this is abnormal." Before Shinobu can ask what Seth meant by that, the doctor pulled up another set of data. Only this one... did not at all make sense to the twin.

"What the heck?" he breathed out.

The analysis, as Seth said, was nowhere near normal to him. The blood cells shown were either shrinking and disappearing or the inside was turning black, to the point where the cell would seem to have faded away then.

"What the heck is this? What did you do to her blood?"

"I didn't do a thing," Seth answered. "Believe it or not, this... This was Minoru's blood a few minutes after I took a sample. During that time, I had tried to take some notes on this and figure out exactly what was causing this to happen. But..."

"By the time he grabbed all the medical books that were in this trailer and found chapters that included abnormal blood cells of any kind, all these cells somehow returned to normal," Xenon Reaper explained.

"But that doesn't make any sense," Tsunamyss said. "How can this sort of disease just disappear after a short period of time? This isn't like getting a cold for humans."

"You're right, Tsunamyss. It isn't," Seth agreed.

Shinobu looked at him in confusion. "What are you saying? Is Minoru sick with a curable disease or not?"

"I'm saying... she may not be sick. But that doesn't mean she's completely healthy." It was silent between the two of them. Neither knew what to say, especially not Shinobu. All this time, he had hoped there was a cure for this sickness his twin had. And now he was hearing that this disease isn't any normal disease? No, not that it wasn't a normal disease; if he didn't know any better, his own younger twin was born... with a curse of some sort.

"I can still find out if there's a way to cure her of... whatever this is," Seth said. "For all I know, maybe it is a disease. A new one, at that, to us humans. And these Vestal medical books may have something, any sort of information on it. Maybe even a cure." The male Gushiken lifted his head when he heard that. "Look, Shinobu. I am training to be a doctor. And if there's one thing I know for sure, it's that a doctor will do whatever they can in their power to make sure their patient gets better. Minoru is my patient, and I promise you, I will find a cure. For now, we can only hope that Bakugan can still help her. And of what we can see from her blood cells now, it looks like that theory is working."

All Shinobu can do as nod in agreement and got up from his seat. "You're right. Thanks again for this, Seth."

"Any time."

With that, Shinobu took his leave.


As he walked, Shinobu found himself heading towards his sister and their cousin's bedroom. He opened the door just a little bit and peeked inside, watching his twin sleep in bed. As he watched her, his mind went back to his conversation with Seth.

'My sister's not just sick? All this time... is she cursed?' he wondered, getting worried about the girl.

As if sensing the worry, Felgrand, who was sleeping right by Minoru, popped open and turned to the door. "Shinobu?" he called in a whisper. The Bakugan flew over to him. "What are you doing up so late? You should get some sleep now. You don't want your own sister to worry about you as you do for her, do you?"

Shinobu just nodded, not really listening to what the Haos Bakugan said.

Felgrand noticed this and sensed something else was wrong with him. "Alright, what's up? Why are you so silent? And not only that, but you seem more worried than you usually are towards Minoru."

"It's nothing," Shinobu said, walking away. "Go back to sleep. And stay by Minoru's side."

Felgrand wanted to go after him, to know what was on his brawler's twin's mind, but of what he can tell, Shinobu wasn't going to tell him a thing. Not now at least. Plus, it was late. That being said, he flew back to his brawler's side and slept. Or at least attempt to.

"Go punch it! Come on, Julie!" came a sudden shout.

"I'm up! I'm up!" Bella jumped out of her bed in shock at the noise.

Minoru, who was sharing a room with her cousin, slowly woke up and rubbed her eyes. "Bella? What is it?"

"Runo, I don't think this is safe," came a different voice, surprising the two girls.

"I'm not the only one who heard that, right?" the Pyrus brawler of the two asked.

"Or seeing an aurora in the trailer," the Haos Brawler of the two added in.

"I'll take that risk! Now just hit the switch!" Both got dressed and rushed outside, where all their fellow human brawlers have gathered. They all looked around the area in great confusion, wondering where the voice was coming from.

"It's coming from everywhere!" Shun exclaimed.

"Is that Runo?" Dan questioned.

"But, what if I read the instructions wrong? You can get hurt!" the second voice asked the first.

"That's Julie's voice. This is too creepy," Marucho stated.

"But how can we hear their voice?" Seth asked.

"And what's with this weird light show?" Shinobu followed.

By this time the Vestal brawlers joined them outside.

"What- What's going on?" Mira asked.

"I thought I was dreaming, but it's real," Dan said.

"Stop talking! Let's have lift off! I could've been there already!" Runo's voice urged.

Unknown to them, they weren't the only ones who were hearing the voices and seeing the lights. And with that, will come some more trouble.

"I don't know. Maybe we should stop this while we still can, Runo," Julie suggested.

"Don't bail on me, Julie! Dan needs my help! Julie!"

"But Runo..."

"Julie, stop! Have you girls lost your minds?!" came a different voice.

"Who's that?" Bella asked.

"Dr. Michael?" Marucho spoke in confusion.

"It's now or never!" came Runo's voice once more.

"Julie, you mustn't!" came a different voice.

"That's Alice's voice," Shun identified.

"I need to help Dan! Please!" Runo begged.

"Okay Runo!" Julie gave in. Next they knew, the light show ended.

"Wow, am I going crazy, guys?" Dan asked.

"... Dan." Everyone turned to the source of the voice and, to their great shock, they saw a girl around their age behind them. This girl had blue hair in pigtails and wore a yellow dress with a white shirt over it. To some, they didn't know who she was, but most of them knew exactly who this girl is. Although... something was off about her.

"Runo!?" Dan gasped.

"No way!" Marucho followed.

"That's Runo?" Mira asked.

"But how is that possible?" Bella assed.

"Wait... Something's wrong here," Seth muttered.

"Runo... You never give up, do you?" Dan asked, approaching the girl.

"You doofus! Why'd ya ditch us?" Runo questioned, as she rushed to his arms. Or at least, she attempted to, as she went right through the boy, much to everyone's shock. Upon further inspection, everyone, even the girl herself, realized that Runo... was see-through.

"Julie, do you remember the coordinates you used?" came Michael's voice again, as the lights returned.

"Um..." was Julie's response.

"... No. The transport is incomplete." Everyone gasped at the info.

"Are you sure? But how come Runo disappeared?"

"According to these readings, Runo was transported. But she's trapped between here and New Vestroia. We have to find a way to save her before it's too late. Once the dimensional gateway closes completely, I'm afraid she'll be lost between worlds forever."

No one knew what to say to this newfound and horrible information.

"Well... At least I finally got to see you again, Dan," Runo spoke. The two tried to grab each other's hands, but sadly, Runo's went through Dan's.

"We're not giving up!" Dan cried out, refusing to accept Runo's fate like this. "Dr. Michael, can you hear me?! How do we save her?!"

After a few seconds of silence, the light came back, as Michael answered, "Dan, is that you?"

"It's me, Doc. I'm here!" Dan answered.

"I'm sending you coordinates! Take Runo there, immediately!"

"You got it! Come on, Runo," Dan told the girl.

"Right," she nodded.

With that, the group all returned to the trailer and drove to the location Michael sent them.

"According to the coordinates, the gate should be somewhere west of that mountain we're heading," Seth informed.

"Is that it? The white one over there," Minoru asked, pointing at a light near the base of the mountains.

"That's it!" Dan confirmed.

"Then let's go. Before the gate closes," Shun said.

"Okay then! Let's do this!" With that, Dan and Runo both rushed out the trailer. Well, not before the latter spoke to Shun.

"How did you get to New Vestroia? I mean, in one piece," she asked. "Sorry. It's just... Well... I'm glad you're here with him."

"Me too, Runo," the Ventus brawler answered.

Bella looked out the window and saw something that made her narrow her eyes. "We got company. Something tells me we're not the only ones who know about Runo!" At that warning, everyone rushed out the trailer after Dan and Runo.

As expected, standing in Dan and Runo's way was Shadow Prove. And by the looks of things, he wasn't going to let them pass without a brawl.

"Dan wait!" Marucho called out. "Just get Runo to the gate. I'll take care of Shadow Prove. You don't have time to waste on a dude in fur and tights."

"You're the best, pal," Dan thanked.

"I know. Now go!" At those words, both Dan and Runo continued on to the gate. As they ran, Seth looked to Shinobu, thinking back to a short conversation they had as they were driving to the gate before them.


*FLASHBACK*

"Seth," Shinobu whispered to the doc, as they rushed back in the trailer. "I want you to get my sister to the gate too." Seth looked at him in shock and confusion. "It's the only way for her to be safe. With the two of you there, at least I don't have to worry about her condition getting worse or her suddenly dying on me."

The human Darkus brawler noticed something in his words. "'Two of us'?"

"So far, you're the only doctor who knows more about her condition than any other we went to. I'm counting on you to find and make a cure for her."

"Wait, what about you and Bella?"

"Better yet, how are we going to explain to your sister that her brother asked us to take her to safety while he risk his life saving New Vestroia?" Xenon Reaper asked.

"She can hate me as long as she wants, but I only want my sister to be safe and be free of whatever it is that's threatening her life like this," Shinobu said. "I'm sure Bella wouldn't forgive me, either. But it's either this... or my sister goes up against the Vexos alone like she did before and... Or worse, her condition suddenly gets worse from all this fighting and..." Seth didn't need him to finish either of those sentences to know what he was going to say.

"I'll find that cure. And protect your sister," he promised.

Hearing those words put the male twin at ease. "Thank you..."


*END OF FLASHBACK*

'Getting her to that gate without questions is easier said than done, though...' the doctor of a brawler thought. 'How am I even going to convince Minoru to go in there with Runo if it meant separating from her brother for who knows how long?'

"Gauntlet Power Strike!" While Seth was busy forming a plan on getting Minoru to the gate, Marucho and Shadow were starting their brawl.

Shadow: 100%
Marucho: 100%

"Gate card, set!" And first to take the move was Shadow. "Bakugan brawl! Darkus Silfee stand!" What seemed like a mechanical bug emerged from the ball form.

Darkus Silfee: 400 Gs

"Ready to roll, Elfin?" Marucho asked his partner.

"You better believe it, Marucho!" the Aquos Bakugan answered.

"Bakugan brawl! Elfin stand!" The boy tossed his partner to the field and out came the Bakugan's true form.

"Sun, wind and rain, combine! Let Aquos Elfin appear~!" she chanted. "You're in trouble now~!"

Aquos Elfin: 400 Gs

The Bakugan noticed something off about her opponent. "Hey, where ya going? I'm talking to you!"

Turns out, to everyone's shock, the Bakugan was going after Dan and Runo. Shadow let out a laugh. "How'd you like that? Silfee can attack anything in the battlefield including Dan and that whiny girl!" he informed.

Marucho gasped at the info. "That's cheating! Bakugan aren't supposed to be used against a human brawler!" he exclaimed.

"To think Vexos would stoop this low!" Shinobu said, gritting his teeth.

"And it doesn't help that Dan and Runo are helpless out there, considering the gauntlets keep other Bakugan in their ball form," Bella added.

"That's pretty clever. Who knew that Shadow Prove had a brain under all that hair gel," Ace couldn't help but comment.

"Hurts to lose, doesn't it~?" the enemy brawler mocked. "Silfee, let's turn up the heat!" The Bakugan closed its wings and tucked its arms/legs in and charged up some energy within itself. After getting some much needed energy, it fired a shot at Dan and Runo.

The attack struck the ground in front of them and blew them both back. Well, actually it was Dan who was blown back by the attack. Because of Runo's current condition, nothing really happened to her.

"Dan!" she cried out in worry, rushing to his side.

"Elfin! We've got to protect Dan and Runo!" Marucho told his partner.

"You got it! I'm ready to pulverize!" she agreed. "I can't believe those cheaters totally ignored me!"

"Count me in! Percival!" Ace was about to join in, when Shun stopped him.

"Ace. Summoning another Bakugan may be dangerous," he calmly told him.

"What do you mean?" Ace asked.

"The dimensional gate is already unstable. Too much extra power could destroy it."

"He has a point," Minoru agreed. "The portal looks like it's giving out already!"

At her words, everyone turned and saw that what she said was true.

"Runo! Hurry to the portal! Now!" Bella shouted.

Abis saw something from the corner of his eyes and couldn't believe their luck. "Oh no... Sssomeone hasss to go with her now!"

They turned to the Aquos Bakugan in confusion.

"What are you saying?" Stug asked.

"Over there! More Vexxxosss!" The group looked where he was 'pointing' and were shocked to see, hiding behind some boulders, Spectra and Gus nearby.

"That's not good! We can't let them get to Earth!" Bella exclaimed.

Seth saw this as a chance to get Minoru to the portal. "We'll go!" Before the others knew it, he grabbed Minoru by the hand and ran to the gate.

"Wait- Seth?!" the girl gasped.

"Hey, stop!" Bella was about to run after them, when Shinobu held her back. "What are you doing?!"

"We don't know how many of us the gate can hold!" he reasoned. Though it was mostly a lie, to prevent Bella from stopping Seth from sending his twin to a safer place. Despite his 'reasons' that didn't stop Mira and Baron from going after their two members.

With the duo in question, they both saw Runo heading into the gate, followed by Spectra, Gus, and Lync. Before Minoru knew it, they too went on through, along with Dan, Mira and Baron.


After some time of traveling through, both she and Seth were finally on the other side. Both managed to land on their feet, though Minoru staggered a bit, prompting Seth to be her support.

"Whoa. You okay, Minoru?" the doc asked.

"Y-Yeah..." she answered.

The two then noticed bright light behind them, followed by a pair of screams. Seth thought fast and got Minoru away from their spot, as Dan and Baron both fell out of the portal, with Mira following them out and landing on top of them.

"Dan! You're back!" came a familiar voice. It was then, both Seth and Minoru realized the Resistance weren't the only ones in... wherever they were. Looking around, they noticed a not-see-through Runo, two other girls around their age, and an old man also with them.

"Hi guys," Dan groaned. "Just thought I'd... drop by for a visit." Getting back to his feet, he then introduced his old friends to the new ones.

As he did so, Reaper jumped on Seth's shoulder. "Well, that felt weird compared to my own portals."

"No kidding," the brawler agreed.

"Hey girls, meet the Bakugan Resistance," Dan introduced the group to his friends.

The Vestal members looked around in slight awe, not believing they ended up on Earth. "Hey there," Baron greeted.

Minoru looked around and noticed something missing. "Wait, didn't the Vexos enter the portal before us?"

At her question, the Resistance and Runo tensed in realization. Micheal looked at his machine, which was reading some more heat signatures coming from the portal he made. "Looks like we have company," he informed.

And right on cue, the trio of Vexos members appeared through.

"Vexos! Worse boy band ever!" Dan exclaimed. "Get this straight, guys! This is my home turf and you aren't welcome here!"

"Hear that, Mighty Spectra? You're not wanted here on Eart," Lync told the Pyrus Vexos brawler.

"You got that right!" Baron confirmed.

"Fine then. I'll go. But I want... a souvenir!" Suddenly, Spectra jumped down from his spot, grabbed Runo and rushed out from the ceiling window.

"Runo!" Dan cried out.

Lync and Gus followed their leader out of the building, through the door unlike Spectra, and split up. Dan and everyone rushed after them to look for their abducted friend. Well, almost everyone.

"Minoru, stay here where it's safe," Seth told the sickly girl.

Before Minoru could reject the idea of being left behind, the Darkus Resistance brawler rushed after the rest of the group, leaving her with Michael and Alice.


Some time later, Minoru sat on the transporter, watching Michael work on the machine to get it to function, with Alice also watching the professor.

"How's it coming, grandfather?" Alice asked.

"Not bad. I think it's still in working order, Alice," Michael answered.

"That's great!"

"Does that mean we can send the Vexos away with the transporter? When the others save Runo?" Minoru asked.

"Considering the damage they've done to New Vestroia, the faster they return, the better off Earth will be," the doctor answered.

Felgrand landed on his brawler's shoulders and opened up. "I don't like how you interpreted that, but at the same time, I can't help but agree," he said. "In New Vestroia, the damage is not much and can be repairable. It's not a fragile world as Earth is. Should they remain here for too long, who knows how long Earth will last with those Vexos around."

Michael nodded at the Bakugan's words. "There's only one problem now. How do we find them and bring them here to send them back to their own dimension?"

The two girls and the Bakugan were in thought at the problem he brought up. As he said, neither of them knew where the Vexos went. And even if they did, they wouldn't just agree to follow them to the transporter and be sent home.

Minoru let out some hard coughs, breaking everyone out of their thoughts.

"Are you okay? That sounds really bad! Do you feel cold?" Alice asked in a worried tone, comforting the female Gushiken.

"I-It's fine," Minoru answered in a hoarse voice. "This happens some times."

"Yeah, when you experience a sudden change in temperature more than once," Felgrand pointed out. "Taking you to that portal was a horrible idea. If I could do it, I would teleport us back to New Vestroia. Though doing that may worsen your condition..."

At those words, an idea popped into Alice's mind. "That's a genius idea!" she exclaimed, much to everyone's confusion. "Don't worry, guys. I know exactly how to get them here. Just leave it to me.


With Seth, he, the other resistance, and Julie, split up to increase their search for the Vexos, namely Spectra. As he ran, he couldn't help but think about the twins.

'How am I suppose to explain to Minoru that her brother wants her here? No, better question, what's going to happen if we find a safe way back to New Vestroia? Shinobu wants me to keep her safe here, but now that the Vexos are here, and with two of the strongest members, no less, Earth isn't as safe as he wants it to be at the moment,' he thought. 'Spectra took Runo for a reason. Who knows what he'll do next? Besides, he and Minoru brawled once before. Not a one-on-one, but still!'

While he was lost in thoughts, Reaper jumped on his shoulder. "You seem awfully quiet," he noted. "Something is on your mind, and I can guess what it is."

"Is it really that obvious?" Seth asked, slowing his run to a stop.

"She has to know eventually. About her brother's wishes."

"I know that. But still... If I do tell her, I might make her feel like she was a burden. I can't do that to her."

"Okay, then let's say that we found a way back to New Vestroia and Minoru came along with us. What will you tell her brother then?"

"Well, considering the Vexos are also here, what else can I say other than that it would be safer here than on Earth?" Seth asked back.

"Then there you go. You tell Shinobu exactly that, and maybe he'll let you off the hook. And if that doesn't work, he said he took Minoru to a number of doctors and hospitals, right? Then you can tell him that there are herbs in New Vestroia that can only be found there that may help with Minoru's condition. Plus, surely the Vexos has some doctors. You could tell him that the next time they infiltrate a city, you can grab some medicine only found in their world."

Seth thought about what his partner said and found that to be true. Safe Minoru would be here, if the Vexos weren't here that is, he still had to find out about what was causing her sickness and find a cure for it. According to the male Gushiken twin, they took her to many doctors, but none found a solution for her. And it was safe to say they tried to find a way to heal her of it. But what about Vestal? Maybe they have something to help rid Minoru of whatever she was sick with. And even if they don't, he shouldn't forget of the fact that Bakugan, supposedly, helps her get well. Perhaps there is something in New Vestroia that can help, if nothing else.

... Thinking about these things now, Seth regretted going with Shinobu's idea.

'Why did I not think of these things much earlier?!' he wondered, mentally beating himself up for it.

"Argh! This is not the time to ponder on it any further! We have to find Spectra and Runo!" Seth said.

"You're right, Seth! Go!" At Reaper's words, the doctor continued the search.


Soon enough, he met up with majority of his group, with Runo on their side as they all stared down at Spectra and Gus.

"Free the Bakugan first and then I'll believe!" Dan shouted at the blonde Vexos.

"Not until we bring down Hydron!" Spectra retorted.

'Okay, I definitely missed something,' Seth thought.

"What's the matter? You afraid to give up all your power?" Runo mocked.

"That's why we'll never side with you, Spectra!" Dan said.

Suddenly, Alice appeared between the two groups.

"Alice?!" Seth gasped, making himself also known to both parties.

"Freaky," Dan followed, bringing his attention back to the Russian. "How'd you do that?"

"Remember?" Alice asked the human Pyrus brawler, holding up a card. "This is the card Masquerade used to transport himself. I used it to help me find you guys and warp me here." Turning her attention to the two Vexos members, she added, "And as for you two, you're taking another trip." The card in her hand started glowing.

"A trip?" Spectra questioned, not knowing what she meant by that, as Alice ran closer to him and Gus.

"Alice, wait! What are you doing?!" Dan asked, as he saw the light coming out of the card begin to engulf her and the two Vexos. Not wanting his friend to be alone with the enemy, he rushed into the light. "Alice!"


Next thing Dan knew, the four of them were brought back to Michael's lab, right in front of the transporter.

"Dan, Alice, get out of there!" the professor shouted.

Instantly, the boy pushed Alice away from the transporter.

"Now!" At that last shout, Minoru pressed a button on the keyboard, causing the transporter to activate.

As soon as the doors open, the portal started to pull Spectra and Gus in. It took everything in their power to try not to get sucked in, but soon enough, both were forced through. The second both went in, the transporter's doors were closed.

"Man, that was close," Dan sighed in relief.

"Pretty good reflexes, Dan," Alice commented. Upon realizing that the boy was still holding onto her, she added, "I'm okay. You can let me go anytime now."

Dan looked down at the girl and realized how close he was to her and hastily released his hold onto the Russian.

Minoru, on the other hand, noticed something wrong with the transporter. "Doctor Michael, the machine! It's shorting out!"

"Got it!" The old doc quickly grabbed a fire extinguisher and sprayed the contents onto the device, cooling it down.


By the time everyone reunited at the lab, the sun was up, and the dimensional transporter... so to say, it was a wreck.

"So Spectra and Gus have been sent back to New Vestroia?" Mira asked, after being told what happened to their enemies from Dan and Minoru. "I guess they're out of our hair for now."

"If they were sent back, what about Lync? What happened to him?" the female Haos Resistance brawler asked.

Baron, who saw the Ventus Vexos last, answered, "Well, you got me. Once I trashed his Bakugan, he took off into the woods and I completely lost him."

Seth, bringing his attention to the machine, said, "The transporter seems like it's in a bad shape. Is it still good to use, Doctor Michael?"

"I'm afraid that last warp was too much for it," he answered. "I'll have to rebuild it from scratch before I can send anyone back again."

None of the Resistance took that news so well.

"What?! My parents! They'll ground me for staying over in another dimension!" Baron exclaimed.

"And what about our Bakugan pals?!" Dan questioned. "Hydron turned them into statues!"

"And let's not forget our other friends back in New Vestroia," Minoru added. "We have to help them free the Bakugan!"

"We must complete our mission to free them all," Drago agreed.

"Please, Doctor Michael. Can't you fix it just enough for one more trip?" Dan pleaded.

"I think so, Dan. But it will take me some time," the professor answered.

"He has a point. I'm not a mechanic, but I can tell that this machine may take days or even weeks to get fixed. Plus, there's also the fact that he has to test it to make sure nothing happens to us as we're going through the portal," Seth pointed out.

"Then... what do we do in the meantime?" Baron asked.

"Slumber party~!" answered Julie, so positively. "We'll make a new plan to save the Bakugan! And have popcorn and watch movies-"

Not believing what she was hearing, Runo yelled, "Are you for real, Julie?! The whole planet's at stake here! This isn't a party, Julie! We need a serious strategy!"

Minoru let out some heavy coughs. "Can we do it in a warmer area?" Felgrand requested. "It may not be so bad right now, but I'd rather not have my brawler get really sick while we're here."

"We can do it in my house back in Japan," Dan suggested. "That okay, guys?"

At his suggestion, a certain Resistance was all for the idea, one hundred and ten percent. "It's more than okay, Master Dan! It's awesome! Totally awesome!"

"Well someone's excited," Reaper muttered.

"That'd be an understatement coming from Baron," Seth agreed.

The group then heard what sounded like a plane nearby. "Hey. Looks like our ride is here," Runo informed, looking outside.

Everyone walked out and saw a private jet landing near the entrance of the lab.

"Whoa. Where'd you guys get a pirate jet?" Seth asked in an amazed tone.

"Well, this is what happens when you're friends with a rich kid," Runo answered.

As they got to the airstair, the main Battle Brawlers were saying their farewells to Alice.

"See you. Good luck," Runo said.

"Good-bye, Alice!" Julie said, giving the Russian a hug.

"We're counting on you, Doctor Michael," Dan said to her grandfather.

"Don't worry," he assured him.

The group then heard screaming and looked to see someone fall off a tree, with some snow piling on top of him. Emerging from the pile of snow was none other than-

"Lync!" everyone exclaimed in unison.

"Hey. It looks like you're stuck with us for a while," Dan told the Ventus brawler.

"Yeah. A little birdie told me," Lync said.

"So? What are you going to do?" At Mira's question, the boy was silent.

"Want to come with us?" Dan kindly offered.

Lync smirked at what was coming out of his mout hand said, "Like I need you. I can find my own way back without you amateurs."

Not amused with the answer, Dan said, "Whatever. Suit yourself then! We're out of here."

The rest of the group boarded the plane. As she walked up the steps, Minoru stood in place and looked back to Lync. "Are you sure you don't want to come along with us?" she asked, getting everyone's attention. "We don't have to be enemies right now."

As much as Lync didn't want to go with them, truth is, he was prideful, and he actually didn't want to be alone.

"Ignore him, Minoru. The guy doesn't want to have anything to do with us," Dan told her.

"Master Dan is right. Just leave him," Baron supported.

Reluctantly, the girl continued up and boarded the plane. As soon as she was up, they headed to their next destination; Japan.