SailorStar9: Wha...? So, there's only one person reading this fic? Anyway, Chapter 43 goes up, this is Chapter 44. To all my non-reviewing readers, I love you all! Will love you more if you review! *hugs all round!* Important announcement: This fic will only be updated once every week after this chapter, since my Youtube subscriber puts up the episodes once every week. I will be working on my Gundam Seed/Sailor Moon fic from tomorrow onwards.
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Chapter 44: Spectra's Last Stand
In Spectra's ship...
"It's time." Spectra told his Bakugan after breaking out of his musings. "We can finally execute our plan to make you the ultimate Bakugan."
"Finally." Helios growled.
"Get ready, Dan!" Spectra hollered. "The final battle will soon be upon you!"
In Marucho's house...
"I still have no clue where those Bakugan came from." Dan remarked. "It's just so weird."
"The one I fought was crazy strong." Baron admitted.
"No kidding." Dan noted.
"I've taken so hard hits before." Nemus added. "But that was unlike anything I've ever encountered."
"I don't like this, guys." Ace noted. "There's just too many question marks involved in this."
"I'm with Ace." Percival agreed.
"Those Bakugan have to be connected with te phantom data somehow." Shun reasoned. "And I think Helios' Battle Gear probably is too."
"But how can we be sure?" Ingram asked.
"My team is analyzing the data as fast as they can, but it's heavily encrypted, so it's going to take a lot of time." Marucho replied.
"I just love a good mystery." Elfin gushed.
"Are you for real?" Preyas fumed.
"Princess, can I 'Halo Bind' them, pretty please?" Angelo mock-whined.
"Can I add a 'Fire Ring' too?" Diablo added.
"They've been around you too much." Eva glared at the Ventus Brawler leaning against the wall. Shun shrugged.
"Maybe we should chill." Runo suggested. "We don't know that they're our enemies."
"Runo has a point." Tigrerra agreed.
"Why would they hurt us?" Julie wondered. "We just destroyed the BT System."
"Our people should finally be at peace." Gorem added.
"Let's hope that's truly the case." Mira sighed.
"For all our sakes." Wilda noted.
In Spectra's ship...
"There will be no more distractions, no more rescue missions or confused agendas in my next battle with Drago." Helios growled. "I will be victorious!"
"It's good to see you haven't lost your fire, Helios." Spectra replied.
"It burns hotter than ever, Spectra." Helios declared.
In Marucho's house...
"There's nothing more you can do, Mira." Wilda soothed.
"What's wrong, girl?" Julie asked.
"Yeah Mira, talk to us." Runo agreed. "We're here for you."
"No, it's nothing." Mira snapped her photo pendent up. "I was just thinking about the phantom data. Listen, let's just do something fun for a change. Anyone up for bowling? What do you say?"
"Someone check her for a temperature." Eva joked.
"Quit pretending." Ace told the Subterra Brawler. "You're wondering where Spectra is, just like us."
"Actually, Ace, you're wrong." Mira corrected. "Keith is nothing more than a distant memory to me now. And I've laid him to rest for good."
"Mira..." Runo muttered.
"Mira, there's something I think I should tell you." Dan voiced. "Spectra may be dead to you, but I'm not willing to give up on him yet. I'm convinced he can be a great addition to the team, and I'll tell him that, if we ever see him again."
"Believe it." he winked.
"Dan, I..." Mira started. "I'm really glad. You're still this optimistic about Keith. I hope you're right and one day he'll still come around."
Later at the dining table...
"I love Tuesdays, cos it's Taco Night." Dan sang. "I love Tuesdays, cos it's Taco Night."
"Dad, he'll grow up eventually, right?" Mavelle asked her father, death-panning.
"Doubt that." Shun chuckled.
"I really like Tacos too, but..." Baron blinked.
"It's so annoying." Ace added.
"Give me a break, I'm totally starving." Dan complained.
"Dan Kuso." Spectra's voice echoed. "Can you hear me, Dan?"
"Spectra?" Dan blinked.
On a rock stump in a crayon...
"It is time, Dan." Spectra called. "Let's battle!"
At the dining table...
"What?" Dan demanded. "What do you mean? Where are you? Show yourself!"
"Come on, Spectra." Ace added.
"I think he's speaking to Dan telepathically." Shun supplied. "That's why we can't hear him."
"Great." Eva sighed. "Now we have another Martian 'Lesser Cousin' candidate to add to the list. That one list just keeps getting longer and longer."
"Tell me why you want to battle." Dan snapped.
In the crayon...
"It's time to realize my creation of the ultimate Bakugan." Spectra declared.
Outside Marucho's house...
"Are you still going on about that crazy plan of yours?" Dan demanded. "There's been enough fighting, Spectra. It's time for peace."
"Who's Dan yelling at?" Preyas asked.
"What's going on?" Elfin agreed.
"Dan..." Marucho stated.
"Ace, what is it?" Mira asked.
"Spectra's communicating with Dan." Ace replied.
"Now Taco Night's ruined." Dan cursed.
"Drago." he pulled out his partner, tossing the spoon away.
"Helios." Drago declared. "Can you hear me?"
In the crayon...
"I hear you, Drago." Helios growled.
"The time for talking is over." Spectra declared. "Let the final battle begin now!"
"I'm ready to realize my dream." Helios added.
Outside Marucho's house...
"You want a final battle?" Dan accepted the challenge. "You've got it, bit this time, you won't be walking away."
"Dan, your grip." Drago protested against Dan's hold.
"Dad, can that be considered Bakugan abuse?" Mavelle looked up at her father.
Shun silently prayed that Dan never heard that.
"Sorry pal." Dan released his hold.
"Are you ready or not, Dan?" Spectra hollered.
"More than ready." Dan replied. "Let's do this, Spectra!"
"Dan!" Mira protested.
"No, don't do it." Runo pleaded.
"Spectra abandoned you." Julie reminded.
"You don't own him the satisfaction of a final battle." Marucho pointed out.
"Don't care." Dan retorted.
"They won't leave us alone until we finish this." Drago agreed.
"Be careful, friend." Ingram added.
"Good luck." Percival noted.
"Stop it guys, you're freaking me out." Baron begged.
"We're still don't know if he's connected to the phantom data." Ace voiced.
"Calm down, Dan." Shun advised. "You're letting your emotions get the best of you."
"I agree with Ace." Marucho added. "why don't you take a bit of time to think things through?"
"Forget it" Dan snapped. "Don't need to. I know exactly what I'm doing."
"Please, don't do it." Mira begged.
"I'm sorry, but I have to." Dan replied. "What do you say, Drago? You ready to show these clowns who the boss is?"
"Absolutely." Drago nodded.
"Then I'm going too." Mira voiced.
"Me too." Julie agreed.
"I guess you guys can count me in." Runo added.
"Why should you get to have all the fun, Dan?" Ace smirked.
"We at least want to watch." Percival agreed.
"Let's go." Marucho concurred.
"We're right behind you, Master Dan." Baron noted.
Shun nodded in agreement.
"Nothing like good old teamwork to get things done, right mom?" Mavelle smiled at her mother.
"That's what we Planet Guardians always preach." Eva smiled.
"Alright, looks like we're traveling as a team." Dan remarked. "Okay Drago?"
"Leave it to me." Drago replied and unleashed his power to find Spectra. "I found him. Princess, if you will."
"On it." Eva nodded. "Take her." she passed Mavelle to Shun before removing her 'Eternal' Planet Power orb. "Planet Teleport!" she cast the spell.
In the crayon...
"I see you brought an army." Spectra noted when the group appeared. "Am I fighting your whole crew, Dan?"
"No, just me." Dan replied.
"Any last words, Drago?" Helios growled.
"Just three, Helios." Drago replied. "Bring it on."
"Oh Keith..." Mira muttered.
"Remember to be on your guard, Dan." Marucho advised.
"Something seems a little different about Spectra today." Ace agreed.
"Keep your eyes peeled guys." Baron warned.
"Watch their backs." Mira muttered.
"I'm on it." Shun promised.
"Me too." Runo nodded.
"Ditto." Julie agreed.
With a leapt, Dan jumped onto a rock stump and face Spectra.
Back in the battle...
"I'm going to enjoy this." Spectra decided.
"Not so much as me." Dan retorted.
"Gauntlet activated." the mechanical voice droned.
"Gauntlet, Power Strike!" the two Pyrus Brawlers started their battle.
"Gate Card, set!" Spectra started. "No mercy, Helios."
"Don't worry, I have not in my heart to give." Helios assured.
"Bakugan, roll!" Spectra declared. "Bakugan, stand! Pyrus Helios MK 2!"
"Drago, ready buddy?" Dan asked.
"Ready." Drago nodded.
"Bakugan, roll!" Dan called. "Bakugan, stand! Pyrus Helix Dragonoid!"
"At last, the final battle has began." Spectra remarked.
"Time to dance, Spectra! Let's go, let's do it!" Dan agreed.
"Ability activate!" Spectra stated. "'Chaos Powered-Cannon'!"
"Ability activate!" Dan countered. "'Dragon Hummer'!"
"You've gotten faster, Drago." Helios remarked when Drago dodged his attacks and leapt into the air. "Stay still!"
"You wish!" Drago blocked the energy beams with one hand.
"Helios, keep firing on him!" Spectra barked. "Ability activate! 'Pulsic Blister'!"
Not giving Drago any time to recovers, Helios hammered the Helix Dragonoid with a punch to the gut.
"Ability activate!" Spectra called. "'Discharger'!"
With that, Helios sent Drago to the ground via a chop to the back.
"I told you I'll finish you off, Drago." Helios warned, stomping on the Dragonoid's back.
"Gate Card, open!" Spectra declared. "Active Ghost!"
"Here it comes." Helios taunted.
"No way!" Dan retorted. "Ability activate! 'Bira Tornado'! This could nullify your Gate Card."
On the sidelines...
"Nice one." Ace noted.
"Great counterattack!" Marucho agreed.
Back in the battle...
"Ability activate!" Dan continued. "'Galactic Dragon'!"
Drago released the fireball and rammed into Helios.
"'FARBAS EM'!" Spectra hollered. "Activate!"
"Unable to repair damage." the mechanical voice reported. "Defensive ability malfunction."
"What do you mean it's malfunctioning" Spectra demanded.
"Damage sustained from 'Galactic Dragon', 85%." the mechanical voice reported. "Damage level orange and climbing. Defensive system failure, activating main body safety protocols."
"Not yet." Helios growled. "I can still fight."
"I can't believe we lost by so much!" Spectra snapped.
"So Spectra, finished trying to prove you're the best yet?" Dan asked.
"In your dreams." Spectra growled. "I'll rather die trying than finish second and would Helios."
"Be careful what you wish for, Spectra." Dan warned. "Gate Card, set! Go Drago! Bakugan, roll! Bakugan, stand!"
"Bakugan, roll!" Spectra tossed Helios in. "Bakugan, stand!"
"Ability Card, set." the mechanical voice droned.
"Ability activate!" Dan called. "'Galactic Dragon'!"
"Ability activate!" Spectra countered. "'Ragarock Cannon'!"
"That was a lucky shot before, Drago." Helios remarked. "You're going down!"
"Talk is cheap, Helios." Drago retorted.
"Fusion Ability activate!" Dan called. "'Dragon Surge'!"
"I will not be defeated." Drago promised, charging a fireball between his palms.
On the sidelines...
"Pyrus Kamehameha Wave?" Mavelle quipped when the attack hit Helios.
"What?" the time-traveler exclaimed when everybody else looked at her. "I was just quoting from Uncle Dan."
Back in the battle...
"Ability activate!" Spectra countered. "'Dragon Pounce'!"
"Quit jumping around!" Helios warned when Drago dodged the series of attacks.
"Ability activate!" Dan called.
"Ability Card, set." the mechanical voice droned.
"'Helix Shield'!" Dan declared. "Come on, let's go. Let's finish this, Drago buddy."
"My pleasure." Drago replied.
"You heard them, Helios." Spectra remarked.
"I"m going to tear you apart, Drago." Helios promised. "Say goodbye."
"Helios!" Drago gaped when the cyborg Bakugan slammed his claw into his chest. "What are you doing?"
"Safety circuit malfunction." the mechanical voice reported. "Energy circuit disabled. All security circuits have been deactivated."
"What have you done?" Drago barked when Helios pulled out the wires in his body.
"Now nothing can stop me from fighting you to the very end." Helios swore.
"Look at him, he's gone completely crazy." Ace remarked.
"Okay, you really want to fight that badly?" Dan challenged. "Gate Card, open! Land Pressure!"
"You think you can stop me?" Helios growled, slamming his fist into the Gate Card and smashing it. "Spectra, summon the Battle Gear."
"Ready, Twin Destructor." the mechanical voice droned when Spectra called forth the Battle Gear.
"Battle Gear Boost!" Spectra tossed in the cube.
"Ability Card, set." the mechanical voice droned.
"Battle Gear Ability activate!" Spectra added. "'Twin Destructor'!"
"Now Helios!" he grinned when Helios locked onto the flying Drago.
"Okay." Helios agreed. "Down you go, Drago."
"You're the one going down." Dan retorted. "Ability activate! 'Burning Reflector'!"
"It's no use." Spectra remarked.
"It's over." Helios growled.
"Drago!" Dan exclaimed when the attacks hit home.
"Dan 'Life Force', 80%." the mechanical voice droned.
On the sidelines...
"Oh no!" Marucho gasped.
Back in the battle...
"That was intense." Dan picked up his partner. "You were right there, Spectra. This final battle's been a whole lot of fun!"
"Gate Card, set!" Spectra tossed in his Gate Card. "Go Helios! Bakugan, roll! Bakugan, stand!"
"Here we go again, Drago." Dan remarked. "Bakugan, roll! Bakugan, stand!"
"Battle Gear Boost!" Spectra threw in the cube.
"Ability activate!" Dan countered. "'Spinning Wall'!"
"Gate Card, open!" Spectra declared. "Enemy Resetter! Battle Gear Ability activate! 'Twin Destructor Level Two'! The 'Enemy Resetter' nullifies all the opponent's abilities and it also works with the Battle Gear, doubling the attack power of the Battle Gear's abilities. There is no way you can win now."
"Your time has come, Drago." Helios growled. "Say good night."
"Drago!" Dan hollered when Helios' attacks continued relentlessly.
"Can you feel it?" Helios mocked. "Your life is slipping away."
"Hold on, Drago!" Dan shouted.
"I'm not done with you." Helios growled, despite the Battle Gear short-circuiting.
"Get up, Drago!" Dan urged.
"Keep fighting, Helios!" Spectra barked.
"What?" Helios demanded when Drago ripped off his Battle Gear's attachments.
"The Battle Gear!" Spectra gaped when the addition exploded.
"Now, it's over, Helios." Drago remarked, hammering the cyborg Bakugan with a punch.
"Never!" Helios growled. "I will destroy you."
On the sidelines...
"That was harsh." Baron remarked when Helios slammed Drago into a rock formation.
"No kidding." Nemus agreed. "My roots are just watching it."
Back in the battle...
"Enough!" Drago forced Helios to a standstill.
"I will not lose." Helios swore. "Did you hear me?"
"Yes, we will not be defeated." Spectra agreed. "Ability activate! 'Chaos Cannon'!"
"Ability activate!" Dan countered. "Not so fast."
"Ability Card, set." the mechanical voice droned.
"'Dragon Balance'!" Dan called.
On the sidelines...
"Wow." Runo remarked.
"You can say that again." Marucho agreed.
"And here we go again with the Kamehameha Wave." Mavelle muttered.
Back in the battle...
"Drago!" Dan encouraged.
"Helios!" Spectra hollered.
"You don't know when to give up, do you?" Helios growled.
"I can say the same about you." Drago added.
"We are a family." Ingram's image appeared beside Drago.
"Together we fight." Percival's image appeared next.
"As a team." Wilda added.
"Drago's battle." Nemus continued.
"Is our battle." Elfin commented.
"Our hearts are one." Eva's image stood behind the assembled Bakugan, her Holy Cosmo radiating from her armor.
"You can never defeat us!" the group declared.
"Come on, Drago!" Dan hollered. "You're almost there! Give it your all!"
"Come brothers and sisters," Drago stated. "Lend me your strength. 'Dragon Balance'!"
"Go Helios!" Spectra called. The cyborg Bakugan gave Spectra a side-glace just as the giant energy ball engulfed him.
The aftershock knocked the two Brawlers off their stone stands, with Helios managing to catch Spectra with his claw.
"Helios." Spectra sat up.
"Spectra 'Life Force', zero." the mechanical voice droned.
"I'm broken." Helios replied. "I am the one who's being defeated for good."
"Helios." Drago muttered.
"Drago, you were the ultimate Bakugan." Helios raised a finger. "You are Number One!"
"That's not important." Drago corrected.
"Helios." he rushed over to catch the weakened Bakugan. "Come on, you're okay."
"Drago..." Helios droned. "Thank you."
"You okay, Spectra?" Dan asked.
"You're good, Dan." Spectra admitted. "The best."
"Huh?" Dan blinked. "Thanks, man."
"Perhaps it's time I consider working with the best, instead of against him." Spectra concluded and removed his mask.
"Things are looking brighter." the still blond Keith looked at the sky.
"Keith!" Mira ran over to hug her brother. "Thank goodness you're back."
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