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Just so you know there's a nice, cute ShunxAyden moment in this chapter.

I hope you enjoy it

As usual: I don't own Bakugan, only Ayden, Azreal and Maelstrom. Also dismiss grammatical errors since spell check won't tell me if I typed it instead of if lol. You know what I mean. XD

Everyone successfully made it back to the tank. Just minutes after they began their trek for Gamma City, they entered the Gamma Dimension Controller's radius, turning Drago, Elfin, Nemus, Percival, Ingram and Azreal back into their ball form.

"You're lying!" shouted Ace, grabbing Dan's jacket collar. "There's no way Mira would betray us! I don't believe you!"

"Ace, stop it!" cried Ayden, trying to calm her brother down.

"I didn't want to believe it either Ace, but it's true. She left with Spectra and Gus while we were on Earth." Explained Dan.

"It can't be! Mira and I were fighting to free the Bakugan long before you showed up. She'd never betray us!"

"I'm just as confused as you are Ace, but I know what I saw and heard her say." Said Dan, looking down sadly.

"I swear I'll…" growled Ace.

"He's not lying Ace." Said Baron.

Ace turned around to face Baron, who, right now, was driving the tank.

"Mira left willingly with Spectra." Continued Baron. Ace knew he couldn't doubt Baron's word so he released Dan's collar and pushed him in frustration.

"Arguing about this won't bring Mira back to us Ace." Said Percival.

"Who would have guessed that Spectra was Mira's brother? Maybe that's why she left with him: she wanted to be with her brother." pondered Marucho.

"Try not to think about it. We can't let this affect our overall mission in Gamma City." Said Shun.

"Shun is right. Our mission remains the same…no matter what happens." Said Drago.

"Ace…we'll be counting on you." Said Percival.

"I know." Replied Ace while thinking 'Mira…'

"Hey, Azreal." Said Ayden as Azreal jumped into her shoulder.

"What is it?" he asked.

"You don't think that that Ace…" before Ayden could finish her sentence, Azreal interrupted.

"…likes Mira? Absolutely! You remember how he rushed to her rescue when he thought she was in danger?"

Ayden recalled the Vexos trap that Marucho and Ace had fallen into, being tricked by the fake voices of their friends in danger.

"Yeah…hey, how did you know what I was going to say?"

"Ayden, I'm no stranger to romance. Ace may think he hides it well, but the trained eye can see that he is in love with Mira. After all, I have had personal experience in the romance department. Oh, how I miss my dear Skyress." Sighed Azreal.

"We'll be in Gamma City in a couple hours." Announced Baron. "So if I were you, I'd take a rest or have something to eat."

Dan and Marucho had retired to the mess hall, while Ace stayed in his room still trying to get over Mira's betrayal.

"Do you think the Vexos will be expecting us at Gamma City?" asked Shun.

"I expect they will. After our victory in Alpha and Beta City, they will be preparing for our assault." Replied Ingram.

Before Shun stepped any further, he saw a Haos Bakugan standing in front of him on the floor. It looked like a vertical cylinder shaped Bakugan that took the form of a griffin.

"You're Ayden's Bakugan Trap aren't you?' asked Shun.

The griffin nodded its head and flapped its right wing, motioning Shun to follow him.

The griffin moved quiet quickly for a Bakugan, easily hopping down the hallway. Eventually, the griffin stopped in front of Ayden's room and Shun could just make out Ayden and Azreal's voices inside.

"Well why don't you just tell him how you feel?" asked Azreal.

"Are you crazy? This isn't like the movies Azreal! Besides, what if he doesn't feel the same way as I do?" replied Ayden.

"Oh trust me, Ayden. He does. And you have no doubt noticed that I have said this many times before, but I know romance, and the two of you have it."

Shun could clearly hear them and was almost certain they were talking about him, but he needed to be sure.

"I don't know Azreal. He's handsome and an amazing brawler. What would he want with someone like me? I'm nothing like that. I'm not a great brawler and I'm not even that pretty. Besides, he's probably got a girlfriend back on Earth."

Well that certainly helped. That narrowed out anyone from Vestal and since the only guys from Earth she knew were Dan, Marucho and himself, he only needed to guess who she was referring to.

Shun couldn't take the anticipation anymore. He knocked on the door to her room.

"Come in." he heard her say. The door slid open and Shun walked in as the door closed behind him. "Shun, what's wrong?"

Ayden was sitting on her bed while Azreal sat on her bedside table. Shun walked over to her bed and sat down next to her.

"I never got to apologize for what I did back when we were battling Shadow. So…I'm sorry."

"It's ok Shun. You meant well." She said smiling at him. Shun smiled back, glad that she forgave him. "But don't ever knock me out again…" she said in a mean voice. "…okay?" she finished in a sweet voice.

Shun hesitated. "Uh…yeah…okay."

Silence followed and the only thing that could be heard was the engine of the tank. Shun and Ayden averted their eyes from each other, both pretending to be distracted by something else in the room.

"And about what happened in Beta City…" Shun turned to face Ayden while he spoke and could see that she turned once he spoke as well. Shun was suddenly at a loss for words when his and Ayden's eyes were locked. He finally found his voice and continued what he was saying, "…when I fell on top of you…"

Shun more or less whispered that last part and found himself in the same scenario as before: slowly moving his face towards Ayden.

"We're getting close to Gamma City guys. You might want to get up to the bridge." Shun and Ayden snapped back to reality and pulled away from each other once they heard Baron's voice over the intercom.

"We should probably…go." Said Ayden.

"Yeah." Answered Shun quickly. "Ayden wait."

Ayden stopped at her doorway. "Yeah?"

Shun walked up to her. "Just so you know, I think you're pretty."

Ayden gasped slightly and felt her face getting hotter by the second. Shun smiled at her and went to meet up with the others.

'He thinks I'm pretty? Wait, did her overhear me talking to Azreal?'

She put the thought out of her mind. There were far more important things to think about.

"See that tower? That's Gamma City. I'll park the tank here so the Vexos don't see it." Said Baron, parking the tank behind a giant rock formation.

They exited the tank and walked up to the tower, which not only continued high into the sky, but deep into a crater beneath the ground.

"Wow. Look at the size of that Dimension Controller!" exclaimed Dan.

"That's not the Controller, Dan. It's only the elevator that connect Gamma City to the Vest Palace." Explained Ace.

"Then where's the Dimension Controller?" asked Marucho.

"It's down there!" cried Baron, pointing down into the crater with excitement.

"You mean the whole city is underground?" asked Shun.

"That's right. Gamma City is far more secretive than Alpha and Beta City." Said Ayden.

"It was the first Dimension Controller on New Vestroia and it's the most powerful." Said Ace.

"So…then how do we get in?" asked Marucho.

"There's a central elevator over there. It should take us down to the heart of Gamma City." Said Ace, pointing to a dome on the edge of the crater.

"Ha! For once we get a ticket on the easy way in!" cried Dan, running to the elevator.

"Wait Dan!" cried Shun.

"What's the matter Shun?" asked Dan.

"It's all far too easy. Just look around, there's not a single guard anywhere and the Vexos know that we're coming. And you guys said this was the most secretive of the three cities right?"

"Yeah." Answered Baron.

"Shun's right, it's like they're waiting for us." Said Ace.

"It could very well be a trap." Said Azreal.

"Azreal is right, we cannot risk falling into a Vexos trap now that we're so close to freeing all the Bakugan." Said Drago.

"So what do we do now?" exclaimed Dan.

"I'd look for another way in Dan, but that's it. That elevator is the only way into Gamma City." Said Ace.

"We didn't come this far just to give up! We're so close now! I say we take our chances!" cried Dan.

"Then what are we waiting for!" cried Baron.

"I'm in if you are Ace." Said Ayden.

"Of course." He replied.

"How about you Shun? You in?" asked Dan.

"Yeah, but everyone has to on the look out in case we run into the Vexos." Replied Shun.

"All right, then let's go!" cried Dan.

They walked up to the door of the green dome. The doors slid open while Dan quickly checked if the coast was clear.

"Ok we're good. Let's go!" They ran towards the elevator that would take them down to Gamma City, beginning their assault on the final Dimension Controller.

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