"So youre telling me while we've been wasting time with Dio's cronies, weve given up the Subterra and Aquos energies?" Hope asked.

"Yeah. Not only that but Mylene and Shadow followed Billy when he visited. They know where we are now." Kenshin said.

"Well, I guess there's only one option left. Blitz the Mother Palace." Hope said.

"News flash, we don't even know where the Mother Palace is." Mahiru said.

"Wait, there is….someone who knows." Zinia said.

"Right. He has a grudge with them just as bad as we do." Jexi said. "Spectra Phantom."

"But how are we supposed to get that info from him? Spectra Force is even undercover with him, so we cant ask any of them either." Nami said.

"Well….we could call them." Abby said. "I have a phone app and I did copy that girls cell number. The one you call Sissi."

"Well what are you waiting for? Call her!" Hope shouted.

"I need to pinpoint her phone first, to make sure we're in the same….oh, this is curious." Abby said.

"What is it?" Leonis asked.

"According to my pinpoint...her phone is right above us along with a large collection of energies." Abby said.

"Its an attack." Hope said. "Get ready!"

"Wait, I'm also sensing something. Something….dark." Riku said.

"Guys! Look at this!" Marucho said as they saw large shadows grabbing onto the ship above them and anchoring it down.

"Shadows?" Jexi said.

"How fortunate. I had need of a ride." a voice said as the groups shadows grew to the wall as walking out of it was Umbra.

"Umbra!" Jexi said.

"Its a pleasure to see you younger brother." Umbra said. "Oh, the blue one is still alive? He seems to have grown a bit since last time."

"Whats that supposed to mean?" Hope said. "And what are you even doing here?"

"Blazer took me along. He wanted to make amends… for keeping Dio alive this long." Umbra said.

"Geez. At least let me tell my reason." Blazer groaned walking out with Inferno. "But yeah, we're here for Dio."

"Yes. My teacher has business with that man." Inferno said.

"Yeah. We're anchoring the ship so its easy to get on." Blazer said.

"You guys have a ship now?" Hope asked. "Oh you mean Spectras."

"Yes. Its got the coordinates for the Mother Palace in its database. And from what we know Dio's there too." Blazer said.

"Its no surprise, we've whupped all nine Glory gods." Hope said.

"No. You beat 5 of them while we took care of three of them." Umbra said. "Dio still has two stand users in reserve at the palace."

"You really gotta stop being so cocky." Blazer said. "That's kinda my thing. But still, its my fault that Dio's lived this long….so I gotta be the one who cleans it up."

:We dont even know what Dios stand does yet. Youre the one whos cocky." Hope said before Blazer grabbed him by the throat.

"You think I'm being cocky? I know how dangerous Dio is. He was dangerous before he had a stand! I don't need your opinions!" Blazer shouted.

"Blazer!" Umbra shouted as Blazer let Hope go.

"Sorry, kinda lost it there." Blazer said as he walked outside as Hope approached Umbra.

"What got into him?" Hope asked.

"Hope...Blazer was there when Dio killed Jonathan." Umbra said.

"You mean…" Hope said. "On that boat fire, right?"

"Yeah. He snuck on to say thanks because he didn't the first time. But he saw Jonathan killed instead. He was filled with a lot of emotions that day. But the ones that appeared more….were his rage and sadness. Blazer was fast, but even he couldn't have it in him to damage Jonathan's body. So he shoved Dio and Jonathan into a coffin and welded it shut before kicking it into the ocean. I found him 5 days later on the shore of a deserted island. He was terrified, scarred by what he saw. Honestly, if I were in his shoes, I would have felt that way too." Umbra said. "Jonathan was like a brother to us when we had no family to turn to. We owe him so much."

"I feel the same." Joseph said. "Theres no telling what awaits us at Mother Palace, but i know one thing. Dio will be killed by me."

They took to the air with the Crimson Cavalier and besieged the mother palace, the fight already starting, noting that Ventus and Darkus energies were taken.

"I dont understand, how come theyve won so easily?" Tulip asked.

"Professor Clay cheated." Inferno said.

"Cheated? How?" Jean asked.

"He has a device taking energy from under their feet. He can easily transfer it with…..look out!" Inferno said as he and Tulip ducked as an icicle pierced the ground.

"What the?" Hope said as Iggy became frightened for some reason.

"Iggy? Whats the mattle boy?" Fluttershy said.

"If only I had vocal chords, then I'd tell them who that is…" Iggy thought spoke as he looked at a Falcon below them. "As I thought…. Its that damn bird, Pet Shop!"

It then rose up from above with a sinister grin on its face looking at them.

"A falcon? It fired the ice spike?" Blazer said. "Then that means….its a stand user."

Iggy then barked as fluttershy used her powers to understand.

"I get…" Fluttershy said before she was scratched by Pet Shop's talons.

"Fluttershy!" Jean said as the falcon flew high above them as ice missiles formed around it.

"Cmon, whats this birds stand anyway? What god are we dealing with this time?" Hope demanded before an icicle grazed him.

"Judging from the attacks, the god of war and death, Horus." Inferno said.

"Like that wasnt obvious enough… whoa!" Yosuke said as an icicle nearly missed him.

"That damn chickens officially signed its death warrant!" Hope said.

Iggy then got before them as its stand appeared as scratched Pet Shop sending him crashing to the ground, fluttering a bit before it stood on its talons.

"There. Now we're even. So cut us a little slack and just let us go." Iggy said.

Pet Shop moved a wing to its wound as it licked the blood before spitting it to the ground.

"Man, thats one tough bird." Blazer said.

Ice formed behind Pet Shop as it soon took on the form of a skeletal bird like creature with ice around it. It touched the wound and froze it shut as ice was moving all around.

Iggy growled as he headbutted the small group into another room as it closed, separating them as he ran from the ice and Pet Shop before his own foot got caught.

Ice missiles were then fired at Iggy as smoke was created. When it cleared, it was shown that Iggy had escaped and chewed his own leg off.

Iggy was then tunneling through an open panel.

"Damn it. My leg. Its no big deal. I'll use the Fool to make a prosthetic one later. The other groups are in deep trouble and I need to help them." Iggy thought tunneling through the wires and cables before he was coming across an open space. "Huh?"

He was scared stiff when he soon saw Pet Shop was in that space waiting for him. He opened his beak as an ice missile was forming inside.

"Damn… what does this bird even want from me?" Iggy thought. "Its acting on instinct now. Its wanting to kill us so we can't reach this Dio guy. Damn it, I didn't even want to be here. Looks like...this is not all or nothing!" Iggy thought as a sudden gust of wind from the vents above the hole gusted through launching Iggy at Pet Shop. With jaws wide open, Iggy bit down on Pet Shop's beak as ice and air was leaking out before an explosion followed.

Iggy was struggling to get out of the hole as he thought about his life as a stray and the events up to now. "Damn….I screwed up." Iggy said before closing his eyes as he fell before Fluttershy grabbed the unconscious Iggy.

"Poor doggie. You wield a stand, and you didnt even want to be here. And yet you tried your best." FLuttershy said as Iggy whimpered in his sleep. "I'll give you some Coffee Gum for a job well done."

She then looked back at the remains of Pet Shop.

"I didnt know why Pet Shop was after Iggy. I guess... theres still somethings I dont know about nature." Fluttershy said walking off as a lone feather dropped among the ice.

Pet Shop: Dead

"Okay, that's the last of the Egypt Nine. Now we need to find Dio." Hope said.

"That's impossible." Umbra said appearing. "I looked over the entire ship. Dio isn't here at all. In fact, I'm starting to doubt he was even ever here."

"You think he was one step ahead of us, like always?" Hope asked.

"Dio Brando was always a clever man. He most like predicted either Jexi or Hope would do a raid on this place and escaped before we could arrive." Umbra said.

"So we wasted a trip then." Blazer said. "Stupid little son of a…!"

"Its okay. We can still try and…" Umbra said before sensing something. "The Pyrus energy...I can no longer feel it."

"The machine has all the energies inside of it now. BT system is up and running." Inferno growled.

"We gotta do something!" Hope said before seeing Drago grab the system and flew with it into the air high into space as it exploded.

"Drago!" Dan shouted.

"He...he sacrificed himself to protect his own kind." Blazer said. "If that isn't heroic, I don't know what is."

They then saw the evolved Drago land on New Vestroia as they all celebrated this victory.

After this victory, a few more events happened, Spectra Force allying itself with the Brawlers as well as Phantom Data appearing in their systems. But...as this went on with them, another event happened as a dark hole opened as Volt fell through with a strange bottle in his hands as he landed on a deserted world.

"Grr...what...right. Hydron." Volt said before seeing the bottle. "What is this?"

"You found it…." a voice said as Volt saw a strange genie like creature with rings on its body. "You found what I could not."

"Who...or what are you?" Volt demanded.

"My name is Hoopa. I've actually been searching for that thing for a while now. And since you found it...I guess I owe you stuff don't I? Hoopapapa!" Hoopa said.

"What kind of stuff, Archdjinn of Rings?" Volt asked. "Yes, ive heard of your title. Anyone with brains knows the destruction and Mischief youve caused with your true form."

"Good. You are a smart boy. Lets see….let's keep it genie traditional and I'll grant you….three wishes." Hoopa said snickering.

Volt thought about this for a second. "I have my first one. I know that with the ways are going, my teammates will almost certainly suffer death. So, my first wish, I want the safety of Lync, Mylene, Shadow Prove and Hydron when they are about to die."

"Hoopapapa! That one's an easy one." Hoopa said.

"My second wish...after Mylene and Shadow come….I wish for the destruction of Zenoheld and the Alternative!" Volt said.

"I can do that...but I need a little more power for that though." Hoopa said pointing to the bottle.

"I'll do it. But my third and final wish...I want you to become my partner!" Volt said.

"Huh? What an odd wish? You sure you realize what you're getting into by teaming up with me, right?" Hoopa asked.

"There are these… perfect links, right? I dont know why but, for some reason theres some sort of connection I feel between me and you." Volt said.

"You do huh? Hehehe. Hoopapapa! Oh, you gotta be crazy in the head. But….I'll grand the wish either way." Hoopa said. "Yeah. I'll be your partner."

Volt smirked and smashed the bottle. "I, Volt Luster….agree to unbound Hoopa from his bottle for the next three days!" Volt shouted.

Purple Smoke Surrounded Hoopa as he enlarged to his true form.

"Free!" He said laughing. "Free once again! Yes, the Vexos will live on in us!"

"No. No more Vexos." Volt said.

"Oh?" Hoopa said.

"That name was used for a destructive force. We are simply….wanderers." Volt said.

And on the outisde of the world, Helios pointed his finger to the sky after a climactic battle, saying the most memorable words ever….

"Drago! You are the Ultimate Bakugan! You are Number 1!" Helios declared.

With that phrase alone, the time stream there repaired itself to 80% complete. But there was still more trouble on in this world as Dio was still there.

"Those Heroes...no...insects are more like it. They honestly thought we could get one over on me. All I had to do was hide. Now...I'm waiting for you….on the Alternative." Dio said smiling.