Hope you're enjoying the story so far. Like I said I'm still fairly new to writing. I hope I can improve over the course of this story and others. Hope you enjoy the chapter.

Shark and the others were just standing there as the stranger whose name was now revealed to be Michael disappeared in the portal.

Rio is the first one to speak by saying, "So what do we do now?"

Quinton said, "We track him of course.

Rio replies, "That's all you have to say after what just happened!? One of your friends was just taken!"

"And we're going to do everything we can to rescue him. Just because we learned about his past doesn't mean our objective has changed.", Quinton said.

"Tell me Vetrix why didn't you say anything about this sooner?", says Astral.

Vetrix clenched his fists with regret and replied, "I wanted to follow the child, truly I did, but if I wanted to stop the three worlds from imploding into each other, I had to stay where I was."

"That's no excuse!", Shark exclaims, "You broke up a family and now he wants revenge for it! Now doesn't that sound familiar! Huh, Vetrix!?"

All Vetrix could do was grit his teeth and show a look of regret.

Then, Trey stepped in and said, "Don't talk to our father like that!"

Quattro joined in and said, "Yeah, he did all he could! Sure, he made a mistake, but he was trying to reunite a family, not destroy it!"

Shark got even angrier and said, "Yeah well because of that mistake Yuma and the others are all gone!"

Quinton turns and says, "Yes, and if we want to rescue them, and get your sister's memories, we have to work together, and not bicker amongst ourselves."

Meanwhile, in Michael's dimension, "How could you have lost!? That was our chance to get rid one of our biggest threats and you screwed it up!"

All Number 96 could do was stand there and look down.

Michael sighed and said, "Well all is not lost. I was able to turn your extreme failure into an advantage, lucky for you. Now that they know my past, I may have a chance to destroy them from the inside out."

"And how do you plan on doing that?", Number 96 asks, "They may be bickering now, but they'll recover. They always do."

Michael grins and replies, "Yes I suppose you're right. In that case, let's use their friends against them."

"What do you plan on doing?"

Michael grins and replies, "Oh, you'll find out."

Back at the lab, Shark walks towards the exit elevator and says, "Let's go Rio."

Rio replies, "We're leaving?"

"That's what I just said."

"Yes, but…it isn't safe out there."

Astral says, "Rio is right, Shark. It would not be wise to leave this place alone. Isn't that why you came here in the first place? We may be able to use Zexal but I fear even that won't be enough."

"Astral is right Shark. We need you.", Quinton says.

"Why can't you do it yourself? You yourself said you know how to track him right?"

Quinton replies, "Actually we already have."

"Then there you go. You don't need me."

Vetrix steps in and says, "He's in a dimension of his own making that only a Barian or an Astral being can get through."

Shark turned around in shock and said, "Wh-what?"

Trey says, "Your spirit is connected to Astral, and the power of the Crest isn't enough to get through."

Quattro adds, "Which means out of all of us, only you can pass through. Kinda convenient Astral was able to get a hold of you, huh?"

Quinton says, "Shark, you're the only one who can do this."

Then, Quinton gets a small handheld remote looking device with three buttons." "I invented this device to travel between dimensions. The top button is to open a portal, the middle button locks on to a certain dimension, and the bottom one transports you back here."

Vetrix adds, "Once in this dimension, you'll find where he has Yuma and the other people he's captured, rescue them, then transport yourself back here. Simple."

Shark says, "You honestly think he won't have some sort of counter plan?"

"Well that's all we got right now. Honestly, we're lucky to have made it this far.", Quattro says.

Shark looks at Astral, Astral nods, and Shark says, "Fine. I'll do it."