Lync pow:

- *whistle* It's quite bright in here for a cave. - I commented, as we walked deeper and deeper inside the underground tunnel, yellowish light from my flashlight joining the orange one from below as we found ourselves closer to discovery.

- Exacly, too bright... - Emerald responded, looking forward with focus.

- Perhabs the mix of bright orange and drak orange dusts is located there. - Fly Beetle added on his own before we stumbled upon the larger and somewhat round part of the cave with previously mentioned types of dust sticking out from almost every part of rocky surface.

- Yup, you were right. - I said to him while Emerald went from his back onto the ground and came closer to the wall in front of us, examining the dust crystals sticking out of it. - Earth and Combustion dust crystals... Who knows if they explode any second now. - She added, turning around on her heel and walking back to me and Fly Beetle.

- We did our part then, now let's leave this place. - Fly Beetle concluded before our group got itself together and departured on it's way back to the surface.


Volt pow:

- Hmm... This is a sidegrade for our situation, but I'll take it. - I said to myself while reading the newest reports from the other parts of Menagerie on my scroll.

- What's this time? - Velvet asked me, joining to the table as I took a look at the seaside and the endless water behind it.

- Apparently the news about other people on this island were outdated. In fact, Kuo Kuana is the only area with anyone who isn't Grimm or non-humane in general. - I told her, grabbing the mug of coffee from the waiter and placing it on the table after a long sip.

- Mhm. Speaking of which... - Tigrerra added jumping from Velvet's pocket and landing on her shoulder. - What do we do with the rest of the Menagerie then? Colonize with the help of immigrants from less stable regions of Remnant? - She asked me, looking to her left at the large ferry arriving to the city's docks.

- I guess we have no other option. - I responded, looking far away towards the Sun. "But we handle it no problem, especially that the rest of Remnant has no idea what they are doing...


Narrator pow:

- They have no idea what they are doing. - Shun commented as the explosives triggrred itself and broke the entreance to the vault under the Haven Academy, the rubble partially falling on the body of concussed Professor Lionheart. - Now the follow up. - He added, walking into the elevator and cutting the supporting lines with thrown kunais before falling all the way down into the vault itself.

- You don't have any Maiden Powers, have you? - Skyress asked him from the pocket, sending his doubts about the plan.

- Actually, I took a little recompensation from Raven back when we last met. - Shun retored, crossing the distance between the elevator and the doors to the relic in one quick dash before striking the doors with his left fist. - For as much as I did not absorb her Maiden Powers, I did stole her status by effectively killing her, and that means... - He paused for a while as the doors opened itself and revealed a cloudy mist instead of a floor with the lamp Shun was targeting located on a small column few feet away from them.

-... That vaults are opened by powers and the status of Maiden alike. Very clever. - Skyress ended his thought, admitting his right on this topic.

- More or less, yes. - Shun responded, throwing his grappling hook inside, taking the lamp with it and pulling it back to himself before catching the lamp into his left hand. - Now, we can go. - He added, hiding the lamp under his jacked as he turned around and slowly went towards the unusable elevator.

- That was too easy, even with a crutch. - Skyress added as Shun threw his grappling hook upwards and managed to catch a place of stable attachement for it.

- Agreed. - Shun replied shortly before leaping upwards and beginning his crawl upwards back to the Haven's Academy basic floor.


Maken pow:

- Would be nice if Kuo Kuana and Bakugan City were somehow connected. - I said, as me and Blake were engaged in a process of solving all issues in our Kingdom by beginning with the local problems.

- Agreed, Blake? - Ravenoid nodded, turning left to his brawler.

- Hmm... Whatever we will do there will be a basics for later connection across this island. - Blake responded, tilting onto my shoulder and looking down at the map. - We don't have cars nor the bullheads, without even getting to the technology for it. - She added, sighing lightly afterwards.

- This leaved the railway option. - I responded happly, making her confused. - You see, overdependence on dust crystals is one of many deadly flaws four old Kingdoms have. We however are a fifth, new Kingdom. Thursly we are free to avoid their misplaced evolution of technology by using diffrent materials. - I added, pointing at the mountainside southwest of Kuo Kuana.

- Such as? - Blake asked, beginning to gain actual interest in our work.

- Coal. - I responded, taking out my scroll and showcasing her a black, crude ore of black, stale rock. - Better than wood in terms of being burned, way more common and stable than combustion dust. Perfect option for unaffected by big business places as one we are in. - I ended the speech, switching the page onto the old schematics of steam locomotive.

- And Volt will handle it no problem. - Blake concluded, seeing where I was getting at. - Quite clever in it's own way.

- I guess so. - I responded positively, petting her head a little. - But now we need to alocate immigrant workers who seem to storm our Kingdom thanks to our promises.


Adam pow:

- I do hope that the fuss is over now. - I said to Sienna, as we took a while to end the formalities in the old hideout of White Fang, which currently was turned into the bunker for civilians in case of attack while the White Fang itself underwent the disbanding process with it's members taking many functions in other branches thanks to harsh deradicalization process implemented by Sienna.

- Sure it is, the answer was just under our noses the whole time. - Sienna responded, looking at me with a but ashamed face.

- I also wouldn't imagine that the human would solve our issue for which we went so far. - I added, looking to the left where two workers engaged in a chat during their union regulated break. - But enough reminding of the past, we have a future to do. - I concluded as I grabbed my scroll and went looking inside one of the White Fang's old messeage groups, now full of chit-chat, bakugan discussions and generally wholesome atmosphere.

- You also became a lot more... Positive as of late. - Sienna pointed out, making me crunch my face.

- Why so suprised? After all Faunus are a huge step closer to the ending goal, and so am I. - i responded with positive attitude before walking away towards the exit. - Just gotta make sure nothing steps in at the last moment...


Narrator pow:

- Huh, that trip back was too fast. - Lync said as he and his group exit the straight cave and crawled onto the surface.

- Yeah, too easy if you ask me- - Emerald was about to agree with him as she caught her returning into the ball form Fly Beetle and an obnoxious cackling was heard in the distance.

- Hmm... I think I know this one. - Lync said, looking far into the distance as silver hair on the left and a midget with a green cap appeared before their eyes. - Shadow Prove and Komba, I feel noticed. - He commented with ironic laugh as the duo stopped in their tracks at noticable distance.

- No need to thank us! Our boss is the one. - Shadow responded, swiftly switching his tone from maniacal to sinister.

- But enough talk, you still need to lose this one. - Komba added, cocking up his gauntlet.

- Not in your best dreams. - Emerald opposed, as she, Lync and Shadow did the same.

And then all four of them said the phrase.

- Gauntlet, power strike!


Author pow:

The duel between Emerald and Lync against Shadow and Komba will be in the next chapter, I would add it in this one but I didn't wanted to make you guys wait

See you next time!

Author.