ME: HEY GUYS! IF YOU WANT TO KNOW, I TIED LYNC UP IN A CHAIR AND GAGGED HIM WITH AN ORANGE!

VOLT: I THOUGHT THE CORRECT TERM WAS APPLE.

ME: IT'S NOT MY FAULT THAT HYDRON EAT THEM ALL!

DAN: SHE DOESN'T OWN BAKUGAN!


NORMAL POV

'Master Marucho, you have a call from Alice.' Said Kato.

'Huh, I wonder what she wants.' Said Marucho.

Everyone gathered in Marucho's computer room where they normally did video calls.

'Everyone, I know it's so sudden to call you like this, but we've got something very important to show you!' cried Alice. Multiple files showed up on the screen, nearly overlapping the video call of Alice and her grandfather.

'I know this! This is the raw data and blueprints for Professor Clay's Alternatives.' Explained Keith.

'Alternative, what's that Keith?' asked Dan.

'It's a lethal weapon that can easily destroy entire galaxies and the lives within.' He explained.

'You're kidding!' cried Drago.

'He's probably making this thing right now!' cried Dan.

'Father…' mumbled Mira.

'How did you get this?' asked Keith.

Alice looked down sadly. 'Lync left it behind for me to find.'

'Lync?' asked Keith.

'Yes, but I don't think he's-'

'Why would Lync try to get you this data?' asked Arri, with some resentment.

'Who knows? We should just be glad that we have it.' Said Dan.

'This data suggests it's unfinished.' Said Marucho. 'But they are definitely well on their way.'

'So then…' started Runo.

'We're still safe!' finished Julie.

'Not for long. It looks like in order to finish the Alternative, they need the DNA code and Battle Gear data that we have.' Said Keith.

'That means the Vexos will be coming for us soon! Right?' asked Dan.

'That is correct.' Said Keith.

'Then we'll be ready for them!' declared Dan.

'Losing is not an option, Dan.' Said Keith. 'Are you prepared to take that risk?'

'Trust me, Keith, it never has been.'


'So this is where those brawler geeks live huh?' asked Shadow. 'I think I can handle this.'

'Hm, something is definitely not right here. Getting in here was far too easy and there's nobody around. Keep your guard up, this could be a trap.' Said Mylene.

'Oh relax. You're being way too paranoid. They're probably just out.' Said Shadow.

Shadow and Mylene split up to search the house. Mylene entered a workout room looking for ay signs of the brawlers. A net came out of nowhere and Mylene sidestepped to avoid it. 'I knew it was a trap!'

'Give it up Mylene, you've got nowhere to go.' Said Marucho.

'Yeah, make it easier on yourself.' Said Elfin.

'Did you think we'd do nothing while you got your awful Alternative machine going?' said Preyas.

'What did you say?' asked Mylene.

'Your buddy Lync left a clue that told us all about it.' Said Baron.

'That traitorous little elf!'

'There's no point in trying to deny knowing anything about it.' Said Percival.

'Now put your hands on your head.' Said Ace.

'Sorry, can't do it.' Mylene pulled out her whip as the brawlers dodged it. Baron shot a net at her but she sliced through it with her whip. 'Nice try!' Ace and Mira tried their luck but the result was the same. 'You won't take me!'

'Think again!' Marucho pressed a button and a large metal cage came down from the ceiling and trapped Mylene. The whip flew out of her hand in response.

Mira walked up to Mylene. 'Why are you doing this?' she asked.

'What?'

'First you enslave the Bakugan and then you want to wipe them out. Now you want to destroy the whole universe.'

'Ha! You've got nerve lecturing me, considering who you're father is.' Mylene slipped the sword card into her Gauntlet.

'Mira, watch out!' cried Wilda.

Mylene sliced through the bars as Mira tried to step back. But, Mylene was far too quick. She grabbed a hold of Mira and held the blade close to her throat. 'Now all of us are going to take a nice walk to the rest of your team. Understand?'


'This place must have a thousand rooms! Who lives in a place like this!' Shadow was jumping up and down in frustration.

'Nice dance there, buddy.' Said Dan.

'Hey, who said that?'

'I did.' Dan came out from his hiding spot behind several of Marucho's statues. Soon after, Shun, Runo, Arri and Keith followed too.

Dan ran over to Shadow but he easily kicked him back. 'Dan, are you ok?' asked Drago.

'Yeah, I'm fine.'

Shadow jumped on top of the fountain. 'We may outnumbered but we're never outgunned!' Shadow jumped from the fountain to kick Dan. With lightning fast speed, Keith stepped between them and pushed Shadow off by his foot. Shadow tried to punch and kick him but Keith easily dodged and pushed Shadow into the fountain.

'Nice one Keith!' cried Runo.

'Give it up Shadow!' said Shun.

'There's no escape!' said Dan.

'You're not calling the shots here!' Mylene appeared with Mira in her grasp and the Gauntlet blade at her throat. Shadow stepped out of the fountain and shook himself clean. 'Now give us the Battle Gear and DNA code.'

'Forget it Mylene!' said Dan.

'You're crazy if you think we'd ever help you with a weapon for killing!' cried Arri.

Mylene pushed the blade closer to Mira, she tried to move away but there was nowhere she could go. 'If I were you, I'd be more worried about your teammate.'

Keith narrowed his eyes at Mylene. 'You win. Don't hurt her. I'll give you the data.'

Keith led Mylene, who was still holding Mira hostage, down the hall to Marucho's lab while Shadow kept watch on the brawlers, making sure they didn't try anything.

'Yeah, you keep smiling Shadow.' Said Dan.

'I'm surprised how quickly Keith gave in to Mylene.' Said Baron.

'Keep quiet! I'd hate for all your yakking to distract Mylene. She could trip and her hand might slip.' Taunted Shadow.

They continued walking until they reached a platform elevator. 'When did you get so weak Spectra? The old you wouldn't have batted an eye at a hostage, even if you shared blood.' Said Mylene.

'His name is Keith now! My brother isn't the same person he used to be!' cried Mira.

Mylene pressed the blade closer to her throat to shut Mira up. 'We used to be like minded, Spectra. We had the same desire for power. What happened?'

'I guess I came to a realization.'

'What?'

'I recognized that I was being vain and foolish, just like you are now.'

Mylene narrowed her eyes, not liking Keith's comment. She pointed her sword at his forehead. Keith didn't flinch.

'Relax Mylene, we still need him to show us where the data is.' Said Shadow.

'Patience children, we're nearly there.' Keith turned around.

'Wait a minute, he's heading to-' Marucho suddenly stopped himself so that Mylene and Shadow wouldn't hear him.

The elevator stopped. 'End of the line blondie.' Shadow gave Keith a forceful push.

'Spectra, we can take him.' Said Helios.

'Be patient, Helios. This isn't a battle field you know.' He said looking at Marucho.

'Hurry up! This is taking too long!' shouted Shadow.

'Battlefield…' said Marucho. He suddenly realized what Keith meant and ran over to the main computer terminal.

Keith led Mylene and Shadow to the Bakugan Interspace terminal room. 'This is where you're keeping the data?' asked Mylene.

'It's just a big empty room!' cried Shadow.

Keith smiled. The platform lit up and they disappeared.


'What the? What's going on?' cried Shadow.

'Where are we?' asked Mylene.

'Enough of this Spectra! You get us out of here right now!' shouted Shadow.

'I'm sorry but I'm not capable of that. I have no control from inside here.'

'So then…this is a virtual world?' asked Mylene.

'That's exactly right.' Said Marucho from the computer area. 'You're now inside Bakugan Interspace, a virtual world of my own creation designed specifically for battles. You're in my world now!'

'I am loving this! Keith is a master of the fake out! He even had me fooled!' cried Dan.

'We don't have to fight. What if you guys switched sides? You have to realize by now that Zenoheld is crazy and downright evil.' Mira tried to do her usual last minute reasoning.

'Put a sock in it! Just because we're stuck in here doesn't mean I have to listen to you yak!' shouted Shadow.

'But…'

'You said you wanted a battle? So bring it on punks!'

'And just to make things a little more interesting, why not put a little wager on things?' asked Mylene. 'Win the battle, then we'll leave the Vexos and join you.'

'Don't get too excited! We won't lose!'

'Ok then.' Keith pulled out his mask and put it on. 'Spectra is now ready.'

'Let's do this Keith!'

Shadow threw down a gate card and he and Keith summoned their Bakugan. 'You know, I've never liked you Spectra, and now I'm going to show you just how much.'

'You'll have to do better than sticks and stones, Shadow!'

'Gate card open! Phantasmorphic!' Helios' legs began turning to stone and he was unable to move.

'Keith!' Mira cried in worry.

'He can't help you now, little girl. Gate card set!' Mylene and Mira summoned their Bakugan and the girl vs. girl battle began.

'ABSIDS!' Macubass' little robots appeared and Mylene put on her scanner. The robots began firing mercilessly at Wilda. 'Is big brother going to dry your tears when this is all over?'

'Spider Cannon!' Four barrels appeared from MAC Spider's back as they locked onto Helios.

'FARBAS RX!' MAC Spider fired at Helios, creating a cloud of smoke over the area.

'Deleting field damage done by the Phantasmorphic Gate Card. Repairing 38% body damage caused by Spider Cannon. Adjusting for 27% loss of power.'

The smoke turned to fire as Helios was engulfed by it. Once the flames dispersed, Helios was unfazed by MAC Spider's attack.

'ABSIDS TR2!' The ABSIDS robots lined up in a more complicated formation, firing a more powerful blast at Wilda.

'Iron Chest!' The metal plate on Wilda's chest lit up as he fired a hot, orange blast from it, incinerating the ABSIDS robots. 'Great shot Wilda.'

'Pecks of doom!'

Helios walked up to MAC Spider. 'Who wants seconds?' he taunted.

'Tarantula Needle!' Six purple spikes from MAC Spider's legs shot up into the sky and shot down onto Helios. Helios, however, seemed completely unfazed by the attack as he kept marching towards MAC Spider. Shadow was at a lose for words. 'Blaster Needle!' Spider fired purple barbs from his mouth.

Helios held up his hand to stop the attack. 'Is that all you got?'

'Spider Net!' Spider shot four nets over Helios, in hopes of stopped his movement. 'Mega Terror Impact!' Spider jumped into the air and landed on top of Helios. It's legs extended and began electrocuting Helios.

Helios set fire to the nets to free himself. 'Hehe, that kinda tickles.' He laughed.

'Now Helios! Blackout Cannon!' Helios aimed up at Spider's belly and fired the blast straight through him. Spider fell over.

'My-my spider…' whimpered Shadow.

'Looks like your spider is as gutless as you are.' Helios turned just as Spider exploded into a million pieces.

'Nice one Shadow.' Remarked Mylene.

'That's a little spoiler of what's coming your way.' Said Wilda.

'Mylene, enough of this destruction. Let's work together for a change.'

'You don't understand. I'm not interested. I'm not doing this for Zenoheld. I'm a free agent now. Got it?'

'But why?'

'Because loyalties change. I mean, just look at your brother! I've decided that the only one I can truly trust is myself. Gate card open! Aquos reactor!'

'Wilda!' Mira cried out in worry.

'Tsunami Hydrair!' Macubass dove into the water and created a huge wave the dragged Wilda away. 'Now it's your turn. Moby Cannon!' Macubass locked onto Mira and fired. 'Goodbye silly girl.'

Mira held up her arm in defense, but the impact never came. She looked up and saw that Helios had blasted Macubass' attack.

'Well, that was a bit close.'

'Keith! Helios!'

'Can't fight your own battles?' taunted Mylene.

'Can I finish her off, please?' asked Helios

'Wait a second, this is my battle.' Said Mira.

'Mira?'

'I can do this. Trust me.' Said Mira.

'All right then, good luck. Helios!'

'Leave him in pieces!' Helios returned to Keith in ball form.

'Oh, you bet!' said Wilda.

'Do you honestly think you can take me on by yourself? And I thought you're brother was the arrogant one.' Said Mylene.

'Earth Seeker!' Wilda became engulfed in orange flames which evaporated the water from Mylene's Gate Card. 'Gallows Punch!' Wilda charged at Macubass.

'Sabre Barracuda!' Macubass attack with it's energy sword but Wilda held his arms up in defense.

'This could go either way.' Said Helios.

'Yes, but Mira will win.' Said Keith.

'Moby Cannon!'

'I'm saving the best for last! Hyper Earth Ball!' Wilda generated a fiery ball of magma and fired it at Macubass just as it fired it's cannon.

'We can do this Wilda! Let's show them that good will always prevail!' cried Mira.

'I'm sick and tired of your talk, Mira!' cried Mylene. Macubass tried to keep firing but Wilda's earth ball was far too powerful, melting Macubass to a crisp. All that was left were his legs, which fell over onto the ground and twitched.

'I don't understand…how could I have lost?'

Keith walked up to Mylene. 'Mylene, you were right. We used to have the same desire. We used to covet power. But I've learned something from the Brawlers,' Keith took off his mask, 'and it's that power comes from friendship and teamwork. And you can be a part of that if you want. We are ready to welcome you in, isn't that right Mira?'

'Right!' agreed Mira.

'Gee Keith, what a beautiful and touching speech that was.' Keith and Mira looked up in surprise. 'But it's only made me want to fight you more!' Mylene pulled out her Death Ball. 'I've failed my mission, so I must end this on my terms.'

Shadow grabbed Mylene's hand, which was holding the Death Ball. 'Easy does it, tiger.' He laughed.

'Just back off!' she said to him.

'Mylene, No!' cried Keith.

'Goodbye Spectra!' Mylene and Shadow pressed the button on the Death Ball and threw it into the air. All of a sudden, the arena started getting fuzzy.

'What the? That's not supposed to happen!' cried Mylene.

'What's happening? What did you do?' cried Shadow.

'There's been a rupture in the Interspace continuum. Sensors are showing an internal gravitational shift. We're getting several errors!' cried Marucho's lab team.

'What's wrong?' cried Runo.

'That ball that Mylene threw…it seems to have opened a dimensional portal that's causing Bakugan Interspace to shut down on itself.' Explained Marucho.

'It's no use, we're unable to stabilize the Interspace.' Said a technician.

'Keith! Mira!' cried Dan.

The entire arena started crumbling and debris was sucked into the portal.

'What's happening Keith?' asked Mira.

'Bakugan Interspace is collapsing on itself!'

Mira felt the ground she was standing break up and she nearly lost her balance.

'Mira, grab my hand!' Mira did as he said and he pulled her close to him for safety.

'Thank you Keith.'

'Marucho! You've got to do something before we lose them for good' cried Dan.

Marucho ran over to the terminal and began typing. 'I can activate the emergency shut down to stop the distortion but that could trap them inside. I'll have to extract them to be safe.'

'I don't understand…I've used the Death Ball before and it's never react like this before.' Said Mylene. 'I should've seen this coming.' Mylene narrowed her eyes at Keith. 'He's mine!' Mylene drew her Gauntlet sword and charged at Keith.

Keith held his arm out at Mira. 'Mira, stand back.' Keith drew his sword and engaged Mylene.

'You won't defeat me like you did the others!'

'Mylene, stop this! None of us are going to survive if we don't work together!'

'Mira! Keith!'

'Marucho?' asked Mira.

'The internal stability of the Interspace won't hold much longer. I need to shut down the system so as not to risk the dimensional tear coming into our world. But first, we have to get you guys out!'

'Let's go then, Mira, come on!' cried Keith.

Mira ran over to Keith. 'Not yet, we have to bring them too.' She said, motioning to Shadow and Mylene. 'Come on, hurry guys!' Mira held out her hand to them.

'I've rather die inside of here than owe you my life!' declared Mylene. The ground beneath her broke off and she was getting sucked into the portal. With lightning speed, Keith grabbed her hand.

'Spectra?' Mylene recovered from her shock and returned to her cold demeanor. 'Let me go!'

'Just quit being so stubborn Mylene. There's no reason for you to give up!'

'Ha! I chose death before dishonour.' Mylene began slipping from Keith's grip but Mira grabbed a hold of her as well.

'Shadow! Come help us!' cried Mira.

Mylene slipped from their grip but Shadow grabbed a hold of her as they got pulled into the portal.


Dun, Dun Dun! What will happen next? Stay tuned!