Yumeí:*singing* All the world is falling down, falling down, falling down. All the world is falling down, it is crazy!

Dream: Nothing is falling except the Palace.

Haloid: Hope Hydron has "bakugan damage" insurance.

Dream: I don't think that exists.


Yumeí looked at Helios and Drago's senseless fighting and shook her head. Why did some boys have to be idiots and hotheads? She much preferred them to think just a little bit more before tearing buildings down.

"What do we do now?" she heard someone say. "Those two idiots are going to tear the castle apart."

Turning around, she could see the Vexos coming around the corner. Volt was the one who was speaking. Deciding to not hide herself, she walked to meet them.

"Isn't it obvious? You need to take off. Go back to Vestal."

Her sudden appearance caused every one of the Vexos to put themselves on guard.

"Why should we listen to you?" Mylene demanded as Shadow cried "Where'd you come from?!"

Yumeí rolled her eyes and ignored Shadow. Why did Mylene have to be so perceptive? The last thing she needed was for an enemy to find out she had connections to the Doom Dimension.

"I don't need to prove that I'm just trying to be helpful," she said instead. "It really doesn't even matter if you listen to me or not. You'll reach the same conclusion as me in a matter of time."

Right on cue, the whole building trembled from the impact of the powerful Dragonoids. Yumeí looked out the window, not letting concern show on her face, trying hard to look bored. The Vexos rushed past her without another word. Yumeí threw out her arm to halt Lync.

"Where'd you stash Gus?"

"I didn't do anything to him," was his reply, but he was far to eagerly pushing against her for Yumeí to even consider that he wasn't lying.

There was a feeling like a static shock where her skin met hers, and Yumeí saw what Lync was thinking about: a metal walled room with Gus sitting in it, knocked out.

Yumeí put her arm down to let him pass, then ran down the hall. She looked over each of the doors, searching for the locked one.

After a long search-too long, Yumeí thought-she found him. She used a Doom portal and walked through. Gus was unconscious.

"Well, all the easier to do this," Yumeí mumbled. She scooped the Vestal boy up and returned through the portal. SLinging him over her shoulder, she ran down the hall until the ceiling was tall enough for Premo Vulcan to fit.

"Okay, time to wake up."

A static shock revived Gus, who spent the next few moments staring at her, trying to understand without asking. When he failed to do so, he burst out, "What are you doing?!"

"Between Spectra and Hydron," Yumeí answered, "helping you and your master is the lesser of two evils. At least Spectra still has Keith under that mask."

"How do you know?"

Yumeí didn't respond and proffered her hand instead. Gus took it, grudgingly, and allowed her to pull him to his feet. Another tremor shook the building.

"We don't have much time," Yumeí said. "More accurately, you don't. I have some stuff to tell you really fast. First, Mylene and Hydron are blaming Spectra for this."

"I know-" Gus started, but Yumeí refused to be deterred.

"Yeah, I know, but I'm gonna say it anyway. Second, you need to get down to your ship. The dimensional controler won't hold for much longer. Vulcan's gonna shoot up out of ball form. Third, Hydron and the other Vexos are going to Vestal. Zenoheld will take control from there. Keep an eye on them. And fourth, when the time comes, Spectra is gonna need to talk to me. Just forewarning."

Gus glared at her. Yumeí rolled her eyes and started to walk away, tripping almost every time the idiots outside made he palace shake.

"How can I trust you!?" Gus called after her. She turned around, cupped her hands around her mouth and yelled back:

"Take a leaf out of Spectra's book, and just do it!"

"That's not what I meant! Why should I? You're my enemy!"

"Figure it out!" Under her breath she added, "Baka." Then she ran, unbalancing as the fight outside got more intense.

Hydron's trophy room was her destination. She arrived barely in time to see Mylene drag Hydron away. Snickering wildly, Yumeí peeked inside.

Shun, Mira and Marucho were busy typing. Elfin, Ingram and Wilda hopped from key to key, trying desperately to unlock the password. Fixing the combination in her mind, Yumeí imagined where the buttons should be on the keyboard. Once that was acomplished, she waited, jiggling her foot to relieve the nervous tension.

Though it took longer than she'd have liked, the correct impact on the Palace sent Elfin flying. Clenching her hand into a fist, Yumeí sent invisible flurries of Doom Energy directly at the tumbling Bakugan.

"Let me off this ride!" Elfin called as the wisps pushed her onto the correct keys. Yumeí laughed as the three Bakugan paraded in a circle. More tremors knocked her over, but she kept laughing, literally rolling on the floor. She rolled too far: at the slightest pressure, the window shattered, and Yumeí was suddenly left dangling on the edge of the building.

"Crud!" she exclaimed as she looked at the drop. Yumeí wasn't afraid of heights, but she knew if her slim fingers failed, she would be dead before she hit the ground. Haloid popped open and floated above her.

"Stupid Dimension Controller!" he declared.

With a loud crack, Yumeí saw the giant green gem atop the Palace cracking, then suddenly a piece of it fell off and hurtled toward her. With a gasp, her grip failed, and she fell. And despite all her internal promises to herself, she screamed as she plumetted toward the planet's rocky surface.

"Yumeí!"

Haloid chased after her, abruptly bursting out of ball form. He reached out with one large hand and managed to grasp her. Yumeí's mouth moved without her permission and a male voice issued from it.

"Get out of sight!"

Haloid obeyed and flew into Gamma City's crevice. Yumeí gasped in shock, trying to wrap her head around the fact that she was still alive. It was bewildering to say the least. After ten minutes, she felt ready to talk.

"Haloid?" Her voice cracked a little, but she continued. "Did you just call me by my name?"

"I believe I did, my queen."

"Keep doing that."

They lapsed into silence as she listened to the Palace explode. Yumeí was suddenly struck by a question.

"Did I just sound like a guy back there?"

It was I, the Doom Dimension's voice whispered. I do hope you are not upset that I seized control of you like that, but we risked being seen fleeing the Palace. We were not supposed to be there. Your brother was quite explicit about it.

Yumeí shrugged. The silence after the explosion was more deafening that it had been, and she was desperate to get to work fixing New Vestroia.

"Are we going to keep your brother in suspense?" Haloid asked, cocking his large head in the direction the the Resistence's general location. Yumeí shook her head.

"Let's go see how mad he is."


Dream: Odd to see you so calm.

Yumeí: *shrug* It was an emergency.

Haloid: And you fell to your death.

Yumeí: I did not! I just fell.

Dream: I'm going to nap.