The Bakugan Battle Brawlers in:
Earth Under Siege
All over the Earth, every news outlet was trying to cover the current disaster. There was up-to-date coverage. Unlike something like a war, this was an incident that appeared to be taking place worldwide seemingly at the same time, affecting most of all the countries all over Earth, literally catching the whole of Humanity off guard.
Many of the Bakugan who had been roaming Earth, including lone Bakugan stuck in their ball forms, were filled with jubilation as they had taken their real form. For some, it was the first time in years. Those Bakugan were filled with a sudden urge to battle, as was their primary instinct. It didn't matter where; it could be in the city, the fields, or even underwater. As far as they knew, it was a free-for-all just like the days of Old Vestroia.
Around the islands of Hawaii, there was a Ventus Ravenoid battling against what looked like a Pyrus Atmos. The Pyrus bird ignited its wings and flew right at the Ravenoid, connecting its wing with its stomach, and sending it falling to the ground. Below it, there were people screaming and running in a panic as they just saw their homes and a local restaurant destroyed.
The Atmos cawed as it was looking to go for another attack. "I got you now!"
"THAT'S ENOUGH!" From a higher altitude Atmos saw both Garfield and Aquafibian, both in their Ascended Reversion Forms, they were kept afloat by their winged scarves. "Reversion Ability – Torpedo Dive!" Both Bakugan and Partner were covered in raging torrents of water and they both shot down to Atmos, however. At the last moment, Garfield veered off-course, flying right past Atmos.
"A human using Bakugan abilities? How in the- GAAAAHH!" He paid the price for completely ignoring Aquafibian as he was struck down by a diving elbow from the Aquos Bakugan.
As for Garfield, he positioned himself right at the fallen Ravenoid and he threw himself into the Ventus Bakugan, knee first. The water surrounding him had splashed as he made contact, falling as light rain around the locals.
After their attacks had landed, both Bakugan immediately retreated to their ball forms and Garfield caught them both. "You're going to behave from now on!" he exclaimed before pocketing the two Bakugan. He eyed the people who eyed him curiously. "Everyone, find shelter... this isn't over yet!" he extended his winged scarf, and he flew up to meet his partner and they moved to where more Bakugan was rampaging around the islands.
At the same time up in the stars of space, Daro's Mobile Assualt as well as Cybertross had already fallen into the atmosphere and was halfway down toward its target. Yukiko was about to prepare several of her warships including hers and Rena's for entry into the atmosphere.
"Does everyone have their assigned targets?" Yukiko asked.
One of her crew turned to her. "Affirmative, we have five Warships ready to attack our main targets. As the invasion continues, the rest of the New Royal Guard will be attacking other major Earth cities."
Yukiko sat back. "The rest of those major cities don't stand a chance... but if we can claim those three Bakugan hotspots as ours, then we'll have a strong foundation to lead our population of Earth."
"Then why are we going to 'New York.' " Yukiko smiled as she sat back in her seat.
"To make a point!" she simply said as their warship was starting to shake as they entered Earth's gravitational field.
There were alarms going off from all five warships. The Lynx Alursian looked at the radar and saw multiple red blips moving toward them. "Ma'am, we have nuclear missiles! Lots of them! And they are heading straight for our fleet!"
"Persistent aren't they!" she commented. "But good thing we prepared." She then made an announcement to all 5 warships. "The expected counterattack is commencing, Laserman Squad, prepare to launch."
Within the hangars of the warships, there were Darkus Laserman that looked to have Assault Gear attached to them, this gear gave the Bakugan a large pod on its back, as well as three finned wings with additional rear-mounted boosters to assist it in flying both in space and within Earth's atmosphere. The pods themselves had openings that allowed the firing of plasma beams.
On each Warship, there were members of the Royal Guard in white and purple space suits getting into the pods that were fitted onto the Laserman. One of them, A tiger Alursian was excited as he strapped on his gauntlet within the cockpit. "Oh man, I'm really excited for this!"
"Calm yourself!" A dark-haired female Fabregan said as she was tinkering with her gauntlet, typing on it. "The Artillery Assault Gear isn't tested in zero gravity, and we're teetering above Earth's atmosphere. We don't know if Laserman can survive re-entry on its own."
A confident male Fabregan got into his pod. "At least now we get to do something important. All I did was sit on the sidelines before Yukiko took charge. Hey, Minka you sure you can reach the pedals in your pod, mice are tiny after all." he said with a mean chuckle.
"STOP IT!" a female mouse Alursian exclaimed as she was preparing the controls for her Assault gear in her cockpit. "Don't make me blast you into Earth's atmosphere so that you'll get sucked in and drown somewhere!"
"You two need stop bickering..." a calm male Fabregan who was bald and wore glasses. "If we miss even one nuclear missile, then it's game over. You remember that right?" Both pilots when silent. "And last I heard; Earth has an abundant supply of that destructive weaponry."
"Wait..." the tiger Alursian started. "If they have millions of those things, what's to stop them from using all of them."
"Because they need to save some to use on each other as a deterrent to prevent other countries from attacking them. Something they call 'Mutually Assured Destruction' If they are fired upon, then they will fire back. So, we only need to survive their first and only wave. The deeper we get into the atmosphere, the more damage the nuclear missiles will do to their own cities so they would dare fire on us close to the atmosphere above major cities, unless they want to take themselves out along with us."
"Hah!" Minka laughed. "That's our Henry, smart as always."
"Enough with the chatter you lot," Yukiko said, immediately silencing the young pilots. "If it's a nuclear missile, fire at it! Simple. And I must stress, don't stray too far from the ships unless you want to either burn up in entry or end up in a strange place where we can't find you. You're entering the atmosphere with the warships, understood?"
"YES MA'AM!" they exclaimed.
Within the bridge, the alarms were continuously going off. "The missiles' distance is closing and fast."
"No more wasting time! Now Rena!" Yukiko exclaimed.
"Will do! Launch the Piercian Defenders!" Each of the Warships had let out the Bakugan Trap – Piercian. And they were hovering in front of the Warships, with boosters of their own attached to help maneuver in the zero-gravity environment.
"Lazerman Squad, Launch!" Yukiko commanded. From each of the Warships, the Laserman with their Artillery Assault Gear had launched. And each of them had a Piercian beside them. "Let's try to take them out in one shot, we will deal with any surviving missiles in due time."
The female Fabregan pilot had two cards in her gauntlet. "You heard the lady, let's make sure none of these things created by human filth get close to us!"
"Ready!" They all exclaimed. They were going to use the same two abilities. "Double Ability Activate! Tank Bunker!" Each of the Piercian's shields had turned to large mirrors and each of the mirrors had nuclear missiles within their reflections, with the Piercians ready, each of them unleashed the full power of their Assault gear. "Plus, Assault Gear Ability – Photon Zapper!" the Lazermans' eyes shone bright purple and each of the open ports of the Assault Gear was charging, and they each fired long rays of white, purple energy that were zipping around in space making sharp turns as they were being guided to their targets. Them being Piercian instead of the nukes. Each of the bolts was absorbed into Piercians' shield mirrors absorbing and enhancing the Darkus Energy.
The nukes were closing in and each of the Haos defenders managed to catch all the Darkus Energy, and suddenly each of the mirrors fired a tremendous, reflected burst of purple energy. The single reflected beams combined, and the tremendous purple energy beam looked like it was going to engulf the entire area of attack the nukes were sitting in.
Once the reflected energy blasts had engulfed the missiles, they all detonated almost instantly, creating a blinding explosion that whitened out the entire area for a moment. The energy from the explosion was enough to shake the ships and it blew each of the Laserman pilots back in the direction of the Warships.
The white atomic glare took over two minutes to fade away, and all that could be heard on the comms was a lot of static. This was due to the excessive radiation in the area. "Ma'am, it appears the Laserman might be incapacitated. Maybe the pilots are unconscious."
Yukiko looked out at Earth. "Very well, let's catch them before the Earth's gravity drags them too far from us. The main attack fleet will move forward. Send the command to the fleet behind us to follow us in."
"Yes ma'am."
...
Valerie was in her garden at her home in Unison City, she could hear many Fabregan Warships leaving Fabregan space.
"Miss, it looks like Yukiko is making her move," Oscar said from behind her.
"I thought so..." she turned to her right and it was revealed that Alice was standing there. "Alice, it is time. I need you to contact Garfield and find out what is happening on Earth." Alice pulled out her dimensional card. "Afterward we can move on from there."
It was starting to drizzle around Bakugan City, Luna was seen sprinting to a home that lived on the outskirts, all the while she was still trying to call someone on her phone. Once her call was ignored again, she then knocked on the front door. A Man in his late thirties answered.
"Hello sir, is Hayato home?"
...
The person in question was trying to sleep in his room before receiving a knock on his door. He groaned and stayed under the covers. "Hayato, it's me, Luna." He angrily threw the covers off, got up, and opened the door to his room.
"Annoyingly persistent, aren't you? What do you want?"
"In case you haven't seen what's going on? Bakugan are taking their real forms all over the world."
"I know... everyone does, but I don't see how that's my problem."
"Look I know you quit, but we need all the help we can get. Bakugan are raging all over the world, and anyone that can battle is trying to control the situation... But I think something worse could be coming, you heard the speech that fox person gave."
"As I said, I don't care."
"Seriously! You were our best battler, and you let one loss do this to you? Yeah, I get we treated it as a game. But now we need everyone that can battle on deck."
"You're on your own. Plus, I don't have a partner. Novess left a long time ago. So, I've just been going about my life without Bakugan."
"You seriously won't even re-consider?" he shook his head. "I took you for a lot of things, but I never made you out to be a quitter." She suddenly got a call and saw it was from Kira. "Kira? Is everything all right?"
"Well... we're calming down several of the Bakugan but there is something huge falling from the sky!"
"WHAT!?"
"It's heading to one of the stadiums it looks like... It looks like a Bakugan... no giant robot... whatever the case, it's huge!"
Luna turned away from Hayato. "Fine, Surgewolf and I are on our way!" she hung up. "I get that you quit Bakugan, and want nothing to do with it anymore. We could really use your help, if not, then that's fine. All I ask is you take care of yourself. Moping in your room all day can't be good for you." Hayato watched her leave and once he heard her close the front door. He punched the side of his fist into the wall while tightly gripping his hand.
"Dammit!"
Luna was outside and the drizzle was coming down harder as it was starting to rain and Surgewolf let her climb onto her back. "So will he agree to help?"
"Nope, he quit, and he wasn't looking too good either... but we should-"
*BOOM*
Above her she could see a glowing purple figure in the sky, breaking the sound barrier, and speeding right down to the city. "That must be what Kira talked about! Surgewolf follow it!"
"Yes, Madam."
As Luna and Surgewolf followed the figure, revealed to be what would be Cybertross with its Ultimate Mobile Assault gear, was speeding through Earth's atmosphere.
Daro sat in the cockpit as Cybertross' structure was shaking. It fell closer and closer to the surface. He made sure to make it fall at an angle, and he could see his target marked as a green crosshair in his direction. "Control, I am about to land on the target, once I do, I shall proceed to cut their communications."
He could only hear static, as a response. Suddenly his console was beeping, and he could see that there was a text message on his display that was his orders from Yukiko that read. 'Nuclear attacks have cut communications for the moment, proceed with Phase 2 and 3.' Daro smirked. "Ok Humanity, prepare to bow to your new leaders!" he pulled back on the control levers he gripped, slowing Cybertross' descent and allowing him to straighten his body as he was approaching his target, The Main Battle stadium of Bakugan City, and yet despite the ensuing chaos, there were two Bakugan engaged in battle there. An Aquos Hammersaur and a Haos Hynoid. It was marked on Daro's display as well as their current power levels and attributes. "Heh, an audience! Even better!"
Many of the spectators in the stadium had noticed and were pointing to Daro's massive mech that was heading straight for them. Some had filmed the event on their phones while others rushed to leave the stadium in a panic.
Ultimate Cybertross had righted itself and landed hard on the stadium grass, its large mass bulldozing through Hammersaur and Hynoid, instantly defeating them and bringing them to their ball forms. Their forms were brought up to Daro's cockpit as he took possession of the defeated Bakugan. "Infant's play!" he said as Ultimate Cybertross stood tall in the middle of the stadium. Its tremendous, hulking frame scared many of the stadium goers and made them leave. "Yeah, you better run," he said as his control console moved forward and away from him and was replaced with a holographic interface that showed live telemetry about all of Cybertross' body parts and which parts were taking the most damage. He slid a card from the right side of the holographic interface to the center where it shone. "Time you humans knew what real power is, behold your reckoning! Ability Activate, Surging Blackout!" Ultimate Cybertross' entire body was surging with dark purple electricity, and he stomped hard on the ground, sending an extremely powerful pulse of electric energy through the entire area that was spreading through the whole city. Originally designed to stun enemy Bakugan and nullify any abilities and gate cards, it doubled as a highly destructive EMP. The electric pulses surged through anything that used even a millivolt of electricity. Large and small, all electrical devices were violently overloaded, resulting in them blowing their circuits. This included all Gauntlets and everyone currently in Bakugan City had their gauntlets disabled hampering their combat capabilities slightly.
The violent surge of dark electric bolts dug through the ground in all directions, ripping the ground apart, making roads undrivable as well as toppling some small homes. Daro on one display could see the progress of his electric pulse and to his utter delight, he could see that Bakugan City was becoming dark, one city block at a time, and any Bakugan that happened to be in the way and wasn't powerful enough to resist the attack was immediately defeated and were brought back to their ball forms. Daro saw that all over Bakugan City, several Bakugan were being defeated by his pulse.
"Hah, they are just as weak as I expected!" After a few moments, everything in the city went quiet, and the loudest noise was the rumbling of Ultimate Cybertross' Star Core as well as the rain that came down. "Communications are down, now I just have to see which of these weaklings are brave enough to stop me."
Within the Fabregan Warships that were close to Earth's atmosphere, they had gotten map data of Bakugan City sent from Cybertross' The Lynx Alursian relayed this information to Yukiko. "Ma'am, Bakugan City has gone dark, their communications and electrical systems are down."
"Perfect! Now the real phase begins! Queen Rena and I will take our forces down to New York, we're going to knock on the United Nation's front freaking door! The rest of you will head to the world's capital cities and lock them down until I can reach an agreement with the United Nations. The same rules as Daro apply. Don't attack unless you are attacked. Aurea!"
She called out to the woman who was within the hangar of her own warship giving instructions to Ren. "Yes Yukiko?"
"You will take Dan, Ren, Runo, Julie and yourself to the region of Wardington. Lock down the city and make sure everything is in order."
"Why Wardington?"
"Because according to my research, that was the site where the Original Battle Brawlers of Earth defeated the White Bakugan, Naga. If resistance is to start somewhere, it will be there. Should it happen, stomp it out with extreme prejudice."
"Affirmative."
"Darius, you will join Daro on the surface of Bakugan City and help him out there. Also, we get to test out if our Reversion Experiments on the Bakugan we've acquired have been successful."
Darius who was in the hangar, floating in zero gravity was rubbing the top of Spinark. "Aww, I wanted to head down with ya' see what damage we can do together."
Yukiko chuckled. "No matter how many times you ask me out, the answer will always be the same. Anyway, you have your orders, support Daro in Bakugan City. Now lastly... Marucho."
The person in question was tinkering with his gauntlet and was shocked when Yukiko called out to him. "H-huh, yes Yukiko ma'am?"
"Since Heros and Queen Rena will accompany me to New York, I've made the executive decision to send you, Shun, Lena, and Zenet down to Bayview."
"B-but you want me to lead?"
"You've proven to be very intelligent, even rivaling many of our very own Fabregan Scientists. I'm 100% sure you can handle it."
"You got it!" Elfin exclaimed speaking for Marucho. "He'll make sure no one gets in his way.!"
Yukiko smiled. "Great, do your best down there." As she hung up on Marucho, she looked ahead as the Earth took the bridge's view as their ship was starting to shake. "Everyone else, you have your assigned locations, make sure they are locked down with no resistance. Remember, this is for the sake of our survival, so make sure you do your best out there." once she ended the transmission, the Lynx Alursian turned to her.
"Ma'am, the Laserman pilots as well as our Haos Piercian have been successfully boarded! We are clear for Entry."
Yukiko stood up. "Finally! Let's get this done as quickly as possible. Everyone, descend!"
Each of the Fabregan Warships was diving down to their locations, immediately becoming covered in an orange-red hue as they were cutting through the Earth's atmosphere that was pushing against them while being pulled in by the sphere's gravity. From within Earth, they only looked like black dots that could be seen in the skies over every major city on the planet.
Because their nuclear missiles failed to stop them, there were many anti-air artilleries that were being primed at various military bases all around the world. Fighter Jets were being scrambled to monitor the airspace of their various countries. Already, military generals were trying to figure out where the warships would land.
Meanwhile, on one of the islands of Hawaii, Aquafibian had kicked down a Darkus Ravenoid, while Garfield had shot a powerful jet of water at a Haos Jeldon, forcing it back into the sea. "Jeez, what is going on!?"
He saw a dimensional portal appear close to him, he clenched his fist as he prepared to fight, but his nerves calmed when it was revealed that it was Alice. "Oh, it's only you?"
"Valerie told me to come to get you? What's going on?"
"Your guess is as good as mine! All the Bakugan all over the world stood all at once, so everyone lost it!" He got a notification on his phone and saw the feed that the nuclear attack on Earth's invaders had failed. "W-when did they launch nukes at them!?"
"They did what!?" Alice gasped.
"Guess we both have no idea what is happening. Where are the others?"
"Still in space above Fabrega. How can we stop what Yukiko is planning without knowing where she will attack first? There could be several places she would go." They both saw two black dots in the sunny Hawaiian sky. "Wait what is that!?"
"It could be them," Garfield said. "Ok, change of plans... Alice, bring the whole gang here. It would be better to come up with a plan here rather than traveling back and forth."
"But what about those Fabregan warships up there?"
"You let me worry about them, but just bring everyone here as quickly as possible. If we can prevent them from taking the Hawaiian Islands, then we can start our fight back from here. And we could learn more about the invasion from the people in those ships."
"Are you sure you can handle this?" She watched Garfield nod with a determined expression,
"Besides... it is a chance to get used to this new form. But I'll handle it, just... don't take too long."
Alice smiled before she looked back to the dimensional portal. "I need to go. I'll be back as fast as I can!"
Alice disappeared behind the dimensional portal before it closed. Garfield turned back to his partner.
"What are you thinking Garfield?" Aquafibian asked.
"I've got a plan to stop them in their tracks," he said as he held a few gate cards in between his fingers.
Several minutes after Alice came back, most of those capable of battling were gathered in and around Valerie's office. She just relayed her meeting with Garfield to everyone else. "You mean Yukiko is attacking already!?" Jayden asked.
"Unfortunately, yes," Valerie answered. "And her warships are still entering the Earth's surface, so we have no way of knowing where exactly she will strike. And I can't exactly get Alice to teleport everyone to major areas one at a time. Not to mention we're short on Warp Gate cards."
Radion opened on Akira's shoulder. "Seriously... there must be something we can do. Other than sit here."
Spectra was next to speak. "Unfortunately, we can't go somewhere where we think she may send her main forces. It is effectively a one-way trip. And chasing the fleet with the Valkyrie's forces seems risky seeing that they got the jump on us. Though according to what Alice said, they managed to deter Earth's nuclear attack. So, it's clear Earth's defense forces are fighting back... but they have zero idea of what they are up against."
"Hold up. What about Garfield?" Aisha asked.
"He's still in Hawaii, holding off two Fabregan warships..." Alice answered.
"All by himself!?"
"He assured me, he can handle it, but we need to be quick so he isn't overwhelmed. We need to figure out who's fighting on the ground."
"Well, obviously we are going," Cameron said. "But even with Garfield, I'm not sure we can stop the invasion by ourselves."
"I'm going too!" They heard Kimiko say. "I'd feel guilty just staying behind while everyone else did all the fighting."
"This isn't about being a hero, Kimiko," Spectra warned. "This is do or die... are you sure you are up for this?"
She thought back to when Aisha had saved her from the exploding gauntlet when her role model had earned her Reversion Form. And when she attained her temporary Reversion Form. "Surer than anything I've ever been in my life!"
Aisha had smothered her in a hug. "Haha, that's my girl!"
"Don't forget us!" Xaramesi exclaimed referring to herself, Sakuya, and Phoenix.
"The Valkyrie had done a surprisingly good job repairing Almos..." Phoenix said. "It would be quite rude to not put it to good use." Sakuya next to him had signed that 'She and Reiko are in'
Zaria though approached Sakuya. "You sure about this...?"
"I am..." she whispered.
She scratched the back of her head. "Well, I can't let you show me up now... Count me and Dragness in too."
Akane confidently looked forward. "Heh, I'm definitely-"
"No!" she heard Akira speak.
"Wait, excuse me?"
"I feel you would be better suited to stay here with the other citizens."
Radion opened in front of Akane. "We both talked about this for a while... and it's not that you and Hanami are weak but..."
"You're better off going after the rest of the Royal Guard while we are busy taking on the strongest of their forces. Once we beat them, the rest of the forces will have to surrender."
Akane smiled. "Look at you, last time I saw you on Earth, you could barely leave my side. And now here you are, just begging to fly and leave the coop." the smaller girl blushed in response and Akane patted her head. "Alright, I'll do as you ask. Show them what you're made of sis!"
Maia held her hand up and forcibly raised Vesta's. "Two Reversion battlers here, and given the mess you guys are in, you guys will need all the help you can get."
"H-hey!" Vesta took her hand back. "I-I mean I was going to go anyway, Garfield is down there. And I'll do anything in my power to help him."
Maia had her arms folded. "You've got it bad, don't you?"
"H-hey!" Vesta exclaimed with a blush.
Andreas, who leaned by the corner, had his arms folded. "Well, this will go some ways to make up for all the damage I've caused. So, I'll help where I can." His pupils aimed upward as if he was in thought. "Plus, I've got a cat to come back to, so I won't be as reckless as usual."
"Wait when did you get a cat?" Xaramesi asked.
Andreas blushed, cleared his throat, and folded his arms tighter. "Never mind, it's more of a recent development."
"HEY!" They heard Marvellion yell. "Down in front, we've got a volunteer!" and Jax's cheeks were burning from embarrassment.
"Marvellion... I-I mean I'd like to go with all of you... if you'll allow me."
"This isn't a field trip, you know," Spectra said
"Oh, he knows," Leiya said as she met up with the rest of the group. "He said that: 'He can't let the Fabregans be remembered for violent invaders.' Believe me, I tried talking him out of it."
"I can vouch for him," Alice said. "I think he's going to be useful on Earth."
Jax sighed in relief. "Thank you, Leiya, Miss Alice."
"So that leaves."
They all saw Zavanna walking toward everyone, her appearance was a little different. Her long hair was dyed a pale blonde color, similar to her mother's. "I am going too!"
Cameron approached her. "Are you sure about this?"
She nodded. "Of course, as dangerous as it is... We can't let Yukiko get away with this. Even if my family doesn't approve."
"That looks like everyone," Spectra said. "We should leave as soon as possible. If you need to go and say your final goodbyes. Now is the time to do it."
...
Andreas was on his way to Spectra's ship to wait for the rest of the battlers, his hands were dug into his pockets. "Master Andreas? Are you well?" Gleamroller asked.
"Yeah, just a lot on my mind right now. A lot of things happened, I used to be arranged to be married, in the Royal Guard. And now, I'm fighting against the people I used to fight for, and I've got a crush on a cat girl- I cannot believe I just admitted that." Suddenly a weight crashed right into his back.
"Heeeey, Andreas~!" Tammy sang as she leaped and held onto his back.
"You heard all that, didn't you?"
She giggled. "Yep, there better not be any other cat girls you're talking to."
"Heh, if there were, wouldn't you have found out by now?" She let go and stood beside him.
"Good point. So, what's happening with the Earth?"
"Yukiko has hit the ground running, so we need to hurry and make a plan."
"Shame..." Isolde said as Rogue, Lola, and Dwayne approached. "Ya thought you could just leave without sayin' anythin'."
Rogue chuckled. "Yeah, why should your girlfriend get all the attention?"
"So, you guys already put a label on us?" Andreas asked as Tammy stood beside him.
Lola tilted her head. "So, are you two not dating?"
Andreas thought for a moment before eyeing Tammy, and he grabbed her hand. "We'll cross that bridge when we get to it. But I'd like to see where this takes us."
"I'm happy for ya!" Isolde said as he patted his back. "And we'll be going't Earth to kick ass together, like the good-ol days."
"Heh, I don't deserve you guys," Andreas said with a smile.
"Well, you're stuck with us, so get used to it!" Tammy said poking his cheek. "And you better come back! Or I'm going to come down to Earth and bring you back by myself!"
Andreas chuckled and was about to leave but turned to face them. "On a serious note... thanks, all of you. I wouldn't have made it this far without all of you."
Rogue smiled. "Weird seeing you being so... grateful. It's almost scary." he joked.
"Ha, ha." he droned sarcastically. "Take a picture, because I won't do it often." He started to leave with Isolde behind him. "Later guys, next time we meet... it will probably be on Earth. Until then, keep yourselves safe." After he left his posse, it was just him, Gleamroller, Isolde, and the hissing Hydrapent.
"So, feeling better?" Gleamroller asked.
"Strangely... a lot better, still there is still one loose end I need to tie up."
Isolde chuckled. "A thought just came to me, if you and Tammy go all the way. Are you going to have kids? A half-Fabregan cat, eh?" This earned an eye-roll from Andreas. "Relax man, I'm just messin' with ya."
...
"So... how is your family doing?" Cameron asked as both he and Zavanna were sitting by the park fountain.
"Honestly... not too well. My Dad refused to let me go... but Sapphire let me sneak away." she held her arm. "I feel like I am tearing the family apart."
Cameron held her arms. "Please don't say that! I wish we could do something about the situation... but I can't even think of where to start."
Blazeon opened. "Your father's a blockhead. Just ignore him for now."
Cameron took her hand. "Ok... maybe I don't agree with Blazeon, but we'll figure this out together. I promise." She let out a sigh and nodded while smiling at Cameron. "Oh... I should have said it earlier, but I really like your hair color."
She blushed in response and shyly turned away. "T-thanks... I was hoping you'd notice. I chose this color in honor of my mother. I... I just don't want to ever forget about her. I know a part of her will always be with me, but... for me, this just feels right."
"Hey." They turned to see Andreas and Isolde walking toward them. "I'd like to talk to Zavanna," Andreas said as he was eyeing the pair. "But if you don't want-"
Cameron curiously eyed his other half and she nodded. "It's fine," she said.
"Ok, I'm going to meet the others," Cameron said and Isolde smirked.
"Let's go, man, I don't even think we've talked much," Isolde said walking with Cameron.
Once it was just Andreas and Zavanna, the former started to speak. "I know that a simple apology isn't going to cut it for everything I've done to all your friends, to you. But even then, I'm sorry. I... wanted to be with you so badly that I never listened to how you felt. I took some drastic measures; said some things I shouldn't have. Hell, done many things that were reprehensible, the truth was, I was jealous of how you saw Cameron and I let that get the best of me. This isn't the best apology in the world, but it needed to be said. Zavanna I'm sorry and I regret all I put you and all your friends through."
Zavanna sighed and her arms were folded. "You've changed, a lot. It still doesn't excuse what you have done. Cameron gave you two chances, and I'm happy that his trust wasn't betrayed... the second time. And I should thank you for saving our people. But I don't think I am ready to -what does Cameron say- 'throw a bridge underwater?' Maybe someday I'll forgive you for everything you've done, but for now, I think I can let go of past transgressions so long as you remain on the right path." she extended her hand out for a handshake.
Andreas reached out and shook her hand and Gleamroller spoke to Zavanna. "Greeting Zavanna, it is nice seeing you again."
"Wow! Gleamroller, you can talk?"
"I suppose so."
Scorchiree then opened on Zavanna's shoulder. "Hmm, Zavanna let me try something. Gleamroller what is your opinion on Andreas?"
"Well, Master Andreas was lost for a very long time. But each day, he's gotten closer and closer to finding himself. And I can see that he's genuinely tried to change... I just feel he's struggled with expressing his true feelings correctly, but he's getting better at that."
"I can see that."
Andreas groaned as he was blushing. "Can I leave now?"
Zavanna giggled. "Fine... but I do appreciate you making all this effort, maybe... maybe I was wrong about you." She turned around. "I have to go but if you want, maybe when all this is over, you can try to stay with us?"
He shook his head. "Sorry, but I've got my own plans for after we get through this. I've kind of got my own people."
"Does that include your 'cat'?"
"W-wha-" Zavanna giggled as Andreas gasped to himself. "Who told you?"
"Isolde talks... a lot."
Andreas pinched his nose. "I like the guy... but I wanna punch him sometimes."
"I think it's adorable. Just don't hurt her, ok?"
Andreas turned away from Zavanna to hide his true sorrowful emotion when he thought about potentially hurting Tammy the same way he hurt Zavanna. It was partly his fear of hurting her that kept him from pursuing Tammy when she made a move on him. But after everything, his recent actions, and after Tammy literally slapped some sense into him, he realized he needed to trust himself the way everyone else did. "I won't. That's a promise."
Over the skies of New York, there were two Fabregan Warships that were slowly falling toward the city. There were sirens going all over the city, and people were panicking as they were being evacuated. It was very tough because of the typical New York traffic that was tough to navigate, even on a good day.
The Warships had stopped their descent in mid-air where the main hatch had just opened, Yukiko was sitting on top of Kyubis and overlooked the entire city. "Alright, time to pay the UN a little visit!" but before she could figure out her next thought, there was a squad of four fighter jets that zoomed past the two idle warships. "Those are too big and fast to be birds!" They all cycled back toward them
Queen Rena spoke to Yukiko on comms. "So apparently those are 'fighter jets'. It looks like they are here to intercept us."
Yukiko sighed. "Guess Earthlings aren't in the talking mood."
"They did fire nuclear weapons at us..."
The fox woman walked to the edge of the open hatch and saw a missile being fired at her ship right in her direction. Both she and Kyubis had black Sakura petals blowing past her. She fired a beam of red flames with black Sakura petals inside. These flames easily destroyed the missile, making an explosion outside. The shockwave slightly blew her and Kyubis back. "Kyubis... I've had enough of this." She closed her eyes and the next moment she transformed into her Evolved Reversion Form, and she leaped out of the bridge along with Kyubis with the fighter jets passing over the warships.
As the jets passed over, each of them dropped shells on top of the warships, damaging them. The scared screams of the crew were heard. "OH NO, YOU DON'T! Chrono Dilation!" The entire area was covered in a red hue that spread from Yukiko and suddenly everything stopped moving. Yukiko kicked off Kyubis in the direction of the fighter jet that just passed over her warship. As she flew right at the jet, she held each of her dual swords in her hands. "Nogitsune SLASH!" As time stood still, the black flaming sword cut right through the jet like it was butter, instantly engulfing it in an explosion. "Kyubis, take care of the other two. I'm taking the next one over Rena's ship." She leaped off the warship to push herself back into the air. She hovered over the jet, swooped down, and blasted dark red, Sakura flames down at the still fighter and it blew up, blowing shrapnel all over the sky.
Kyubis leaped up off the Warship herself and as soon as she covered the Sun, she used another ability. "Kumiho Fury!" She summoned black and red meteor rain that was falling from the sky.
When Chrono Dilation ended, the red hue cleared and the two other fighters were hit by the meteors, instantly destroying the aircraft and sending their remains down to the river. Everyone in the warships had seen all that Yukiko and Kyubis did, all in less than the blink of an eye.
"Whoa..." Rena breathed.
"My Queen?" Yukiko started. "I'm going down to the UN building to confront them. Cover me!"
Both she and Kyubis sped to the ground.
"On it, Leader!" Rena leaped out and her Haos Gleam Rattleoid stood in mid-air, and she caught Queen Rena and they were both speeding down to Midtown Manhattan.
As people were evacuating the city, they could see the warships as well as the explosions in the sky as well as shrapnel falling into the river.
Heros hummed within Rena's ship as he was mentally preparing himself for the battles ahead.
Yukiko had gotten down to the entrance to the UN headquarters, and she sheathed her swords onto her back. She sprinted into the lobby and could see that it was completely empty, her ears twitched trying to hear anything, she couldn't even pick up a scent of anyone. "The freaking cowards!"
After speeding through the whole building, she made it to the area where the international delegates would sit, she saw it was completely empty. She let out a sigh. "Queen... the place is long empty. They probably evacuated while we were in Earth's Orbit"
"So... what now?"
Yukiko sighed. "The leaders of Earth have made it very, very clear that we are not welcome. But we aren't leaving! And since their leaders won't confront us in person. We're taking control of the situation, secure the city!" she exclaimed. "We have superior firepower, and we will take over their major cities until they are forced to surrender!"
She then heard Kyubis in her mind. "Yukiko, armed men entered the building."
Her ears ruffled and she half turned to see army personnel aiming rifles at her while taking cover. There looked to be about ten people. "Drop your weapon and surrender immediately!"
Yukiko slowly grabbed the hilt of one of her blades. "Surrender? I don't think you all understand what you are up against." As soon as she took a single step there were sounds of gunfire coming from inside the building.
Kyubis was outside and she was seen swinging her tails, flipping several NYPD-branded police cars while many officers knew they were outmatched.
"Watch out, Kyubis!" Rena sang as both she and her Gleam Rattleoid landed beside them. "Can't let you have all the fun."
Right as Rena landed Bakugan of the Royal Guard were being thrown out and many of them were only to act as a menacing presence to convince Earth's leaders into surrendering. This was already troublesome as there were already many wild Bakugan that were roaming around New York as well as Bakugan that already had partners.
A news helicopter was hovering over the river, filming this while many police helicopters were patrolling the city. "No matter what. Keep filming, we're being invaded by aliens and these weird creatures we thought were children's toys. This could literally be the scoop of the century!"
Meanwhile, Heros and Mortar were seen landing hard onto the grass of Central Park. Already, the ground below was burning from their mere presence. "I shall hold this spot," he said as there were many other Bakugan that were spread out across the entire Manhattan region.
All corners of New York were taken over by the Royal Guard. Soon Yukiko was revealed to have walked out of the UN building and met with Kyubis, Rena, and Rattloid that were defending the area.
"Welcome back leader, so what's next?"
Yukiko then pressed her earpiece. "Launch the mobile assault and Assault Gear Bakugan. First Pyrus Mantris!" the hatch of Yukiko's warship opened and there was a Mantris with Mobile assault attached that gave the mantis an appearance of a giant spider with elongated scythes. He screeched while the battlers were inside the mobile assault, and it was launched from Yukiko's battleship, and it looked like it was headed for Queens.
"Next Aquos Jeldon!" The next Bakugan was an Aquos Jeldon that had Assault Gear that gave it extra tendrils and it had the appearance of an octopus with the extra tendrils. It was launched from the rear of Rena's warship, and it splashed into the water making a small tsunami-like wave that washed through the ports of Staten Island.
"Finally! Ventus Fly-Beetle!" the Fly beetle that just had its assault gear attached, had rotary miniguns on its shoulders as well as extra armor and an extra set of wings made from carbon fiber to make it as light as possible. The gear also gave an extra set of horns that stuck out next to his real one. The battler on the Fly Beetle had tapped on her twice and she was directed to hover over Brooklyn.
"While those Bakugan hold those areas... our focus will be Manhattan. Once the rest of our targets land, our invasion will be complete. Then I will make an announcement and demand their surrender."
Rena had a thought as she sat on top of her serpent Bakugan. "Looks like things are going swimmingly well. But the result was never in doubt, Humans have failed to fully utilize the Bakugan that live among them."
"This is their awakening, and the future of their planet now rests in their hands. Either they let us live here, or we take control. Simple!"
On one of the Hawaiian beaches, there was a Pyrus Freezer, as well as a Ventus Garganoid. They were hovering alongside their partners who were patrolling the beach. Both Royal Guard members a Fabregan and an Alursian had seen a child with a gauntlet.
"Oh, um... hey little guy. You lost?"
The child was muttering to himself. "What was I supposed to- Oh yeah! Gate Card Open, Mine Ghost!" It was revealed the two Bakugan were standing on a Mine Ghost Command card. After the command card showed, the two battlers were shocked as they were engulfed in an explosion. They flew back and their Bakugan landed in front of them in their ball forms.
"W-what the hell was that!?"
Where many of the Royal Guard members were landing, they were either getting blown up with Mine Ghosts, or getting stuck in the ground with Quicksand Freeze. Whether they were in the forests, beaches, or even the cities and towns. There were Gate Card traps set seemingly all over.
Garfield was watching from one of the mountaintops and could see that his traps were working and thought back to when he proposed his plan.
...
Garfield was standing in front of some Hawaiian battlers as well as Several Mermaid and Silkie Alursians. "I'm gonna need your help. If you play Bakugan. I need you to place trap Gate Cards... literally all over the place. Spread the message to every battler you know. Because I can't fight all the people there by myself.
"Um... are you sure we'll be fine?"
Garfield walked over to the little girl and gently put his hand on her head. "I promise, nothing bad will happen." He eyed many of the Mermaids and Silkie. "You guys set up traps for aquatic Bakugan. If we can trap and take out all of them at the same time. Then this might just work."
...
As Garfield watched Bakugan getting defeated all over the islands, he heard a scream coming from one of the forests. He saw a Pyrus Warius had fought against the Silent Land gate card, and it was swinging its mace. It instantly whacked the girl's Bakugan, an Aquos Wontu. It transformed back into its ball form and landed in front of her. The wolf Alursian glared at her.
"You really think you can trap me! I'll show you what happens when you-!"
*BOOM*
He heard someone land behind him, and it was Garfield in his base form. "Hey, leave her alone!" Aquafibian then landed hard behind Warius.
"Hello there." Aquafibian playfully said as Warius was sent flying by a massive tail whip.
After Warius was defeated, the Alursian watched Garfield transform into his Ascended Reversion Form and gasped. "R-reversion!?" The wolf was so scared that his knees buckled.
Garfield then leaped up onto the Aquafibian and the wolf watched them take the girl with him and shoot up into the sky.
"Oh, Yukiko will not like this..."
...
Garfield dropped off the girl, close to a town. "Quick, get to safety."
As the girl sped off with her Bakugan, Garfield looked up and saw the warships still hovering in the sky. But a large portal appeared behind both, and flying in was the Vestal Destroyer. Hydranoid and Helios leaped off the deck of the ship and began their attack. They flew behind the two Fabregan Warships, and they opened their maws charging their photon attacks.
"Clamour Quasar!"
"Death Trident!"
The black and purple beams had hit the rear-mounted engines of the warships, causing alarms to blare all over the hulls of the ships. They both were seen losing altitude fast despite the pilots trying to keep control of them. Both warships had crash-landed on the surface, one in the water and another near one of the beaches.
As Garfield stood looking at the downed warship another dimensional portal opened behind him, Alice was the first to step out of it, and following behind her were the Neo Brawlers, Zavanna, Andreas, Kimiko, and Isolde accompanied by their Bakugan.
"Wait is everyone-? Is it only you guys?" Garfield asked.
"Nope, everyone else is on Spectra's Ship," Aisha said.
The top hatches of the downed ships opened, and two Bakugan were seen leaving them, a Pyrus Saurus with Assault gear that looked like an axe with two shotgun barrels, and the second was a Darkus Fear Ripper with Assault gear that looked like an extra set of claws that was attached to its upper waist.
"Battle Gear?" Garfield exclaimed.
Isolde eyes grew slightly. "Hold up... those are my Assault Gear designs... but they were incomplete!"
"Looks like Yukiko rushed production," Cera responded.
The Saurus landed in front of them and raised its axe but Aisha, after transforming into her Ascended Reversion Form, had her hands above her head while charging a large ball of magma. "EVERYONE STAND BACK! MAGMA JAW!" she tossed the large magma orb at the Saurus who staggered back from the impact, later Bearth appeared in front of the Bakugan and shoulder charged the Saurus and it lost grip of its axe. Then Bearth caught it, and he swung the blade sending the Saurus back into the water. Bearth then pulled the trigger that was on it, and it fired red shrapnel at the Bakugan immediately sending it to its ball form in defeat. The Assault Gear also had compressed to its smaller form.
The Darkus Fear Ripper was slowly descending as its extra set of hands allowed it to hover. But a figure was hovering a distance in front of it. Radion had held her large throwing star and tossed it. The star swerved in the air and only ripped through the Battle Gear, shredding it to pieces.
Once the Fear Ripper was falling, there was a bright green figure shooting up towards it and Akira in her Ascended Form was seen slicing through the Bakugan with her sword as she flew upward. The Fear Ripper looked like its two halves were separating before it shrunk to its ball form. Akira then landed in the sand, turned back to her base form and she caught the Fear Ripper as it fell to her hand.
"So cool..." Kimiko whispered.
"Hehe, I know right," Aisha responded while patting her head.
...
Much later the crew members and all the Bakugan battlers from the two Fabregan warships were tied up on the beach. All their Bakugan were captured as well. Zaria had tied up the last person and was approached by Garfield. "Hey, where's that Spectra guy?"
"He's in the bridge of one of their spaceships. Grabbing data to find out what Yukiko's plans are."
Both Spectra and Andreas were on the bridge of one of their ships. "C'mon... how long is it going to take!" Helios howled impatiently as he watched Andreas typing on one of the ships' consoles.
"Patience, Helios," Gleamroller said. "He is doing the best he can."
Andreas sighed. "Nope I can't get in, it's level 4 Fabregan Encrypted. The ships' past data logs, including any information on their invasion, can only be accessed by the likes of Yukiko or Queen Rena. Not even the staff on the ship can access it."
"Can you hack it?"
"Not me... but maybe someone else can."
...
They dragged Phoenix over to the bridge with Xaramesi and Sakuya in tow. "Level 4 Encryption huh?"
"Can you break into it?" Spectra asked.
Phoenix nervously looked at it. "I never tried... if anyone tried to access that kind of data, the old King described horrendous consequences for those found breaching it. I've only hacked into data that no one would be monitoring..."
Xaramesi put a soothing hand on his shoulder. "Just try? Everyone is counting on this." Phoenix blushed and quickly turned away and he eyed the panel.
"A normal person would take days to hack this... Xaramesi and Sakuya frowned. But I'm no normal person." He took Almos out of his pocket and the mechanical bird opened. Alright Almos, let's break into this thing." Almos sat in a space where a Bakugan would sit in for identity verification. Phoenix plugged a wire from the console in his gauntlet and he was typing on it.
"Give me a moment... Usually, anyone who breaks into this type of stuff has Fabregan hit squads find them in minutes. So, if we were to get access to this data, we're going to get pinged almost immediately."
"Meaning?" Andreas questioned while folding his arms.
"The second we get this data... Yukiko and her cronies will know exactly where we are. So, we would probably need some battlers to stay back here. Granted it may take some time, but there will be forces coming to check the ship."
"Give me a number. How long?"
"Depends on the nearest Fabregan ship closest to this location, but it's likely a distress signal was sent as soon as the ships crashed. So, it's likely a warship is heading to our location right now... My guess is it might arrive in an hour."
Spectra folded his arms, that works for us. Valarie and her Valkyrie Squad are currently taking the long way to Earth they are disguised with the rest of the Fabregan fleet, so they'll blend in perfectly. They will probably arrive in about 40 minutes since they are just starting re-entry, so we should have enough time."
"Do it!" Andreas said.
Phoenix typed onto his gauntlet while Almos was making typical robotic noises as its processing power was being put through its paces. The data was being copied onto Phoenix's gauntlet, and as the data was being copied, there was a warning that read: 'Unauthorized Access! Location Revealed!' The amount of data transferred was counted in percentages and when it hit 100%, Phoenix ripped the cable from his gauntlet. "Got it!" As soon as he ripped it out, he moved over to the main console on the bridge and plugged his gauntlet into the big screen so he could display the entirety of Yukiko's attack plan. "C'mon already!" He started to type on the keyboard that was below the large screen and soon enough, the plan was displayed using multiple floating windows. "Uh... I think this is it!"
Andreas turned around. "Great, I'll gather everyone here!"
...
Everyone was gathered on the bridge, and once they saw what Yukiko had already accomplished, many of them were completely shocked. What they saw in front of them were screens showing the progress of Yukiko's conquest. And others showed pictures of the Royal Guard Bakugan managing to easily dispatch any military that was ordered to take them down.
Tanks were being disintegrated, while other advancing military vehicles were stopped by electrical abilities that let out a pulse, stopping them in their tracks. Within other world locations, there were many Bakugan, some of them with battle gear equipped were the main driving force.
Another surprise was seeing the five of the Original Battle Brawlers, fighting against anyone that stood up to them, be it Bakugan or Human.
"'Survival' huh?!" Akira seethed as she clenched her fist. "If Yukiko won't get her way, she'll destroy everything until she does!"
"How awful..." Zavanna said as she had her hand over her mouth.
"W-we're supposed to fight against all that... all at once!?" Jax exclaimed.
Isolde folded his arms. "Looks like it, and it don't help we're stretched thin anyways... plus... there's the matter of that!" Isolde brought their attention to the screen that showed Daro's Ultimate Cybertross. "Looks like Cybertross got yet another update."
"And he's in Bakugan City it looks like." Jayden noted
Cera closed her eyes. "That arrogant- and you just know he will be prepared for anything."
"Everyone!" Spectra yelled, getting their attention. "We have little time to dawdle... if Earth surrenders, then it's over. We need to put an end to this invasion and fast. Yukiko's forces have spread across the world. But the strongest of their forces have convened at four major locations."
Spectra showed the world map, three areas were within the United States while one was in Japan. "Wardington, Bayview, Bakugan City... and New York, where Yukiko herself is waiting. If we rid the Fabregan-Alursian presence in these four locations, the rest of the Royal Guard will lose morale, making this easier to turn around."
"So, the important question." Zaria started. "Who goes where?"
Phoenix typed on the keyboard. "Luckily, we have a manifest of all their battlers so we can strategize as to who will battle who."
Cera folded her arms. "Right, let's plan carefully. The most effective strategy is if we shut them down all at once rather than one at a time. Effectively surprising them just as they did to Earth."
Phoenix had come across more data as he was going through their battle plans. "So, guys... you might want to see this." He pressed a few keys on his gauntlet and blueprints for what looked like a person, a Bakugan, and a pod were seen.
"Wait... I've heard of that!" Isolde said. "One of the Old King's black projects... apparently since Reversion is unattainable for most people... there was a proposal of making a compatible person from scratch using the Bakugan's essence. Apparently, they were called Reversion Clones. In theory, if they are made to suit the Bakugan, Reversion should be much easier to reach."
Zaria blinked. "Wait... you don't mean?"
"Yep... the proposal was... 'Why bond and train someone to reach Reversion with a Bakugan when we can build all that into a clone from scratch?'
"W-wait... making a person using the power of a Bakugan?" Cameron asked. "T-that freaky."
"Well... there are only three of them for now," Phoenix said, but they are all gathered in Bakugan City, along with whoever is accompanying Daro.
Maia spoke up. "They aren't the real deal, right?" Phoenix nodded. "So... if they were made like I was... How am I different from them...?"
"So, um..." Zaria started. "Who's going to Bakugan City, then?"
...
Within Bakugan City, many Fabregan Bakugan were dualling with the resident Bakugan as well as other battlers.
Many Bakugan were being defeated all over, and there was one Darkus Bakugan that managed to fight off what looked like a Ventus Terrorclaw, sending it to its ball form. "Got them Scorpedo!" Beside the scorpion/spider Bakugan was the former Team Sellon battler, Chris. She held up an Ability card in between her fingers. "Ability Activate, Thunder Claw!" purple thunder had surrounded the claws of the creature and it slammed them down onto the ground, stunning many of the Bakugan that came her way.
"Get her!" there was a dark-skinned Fabregan who was on top of a Haos Jetro. "Now Ability Activate, Sonic Torment!" he exclaimed activating his gauntlet, the side eyes of the bug-like Bakugan shone green and discharged shockwaves to both Chris and Scorpedo.
"LOOK OUT!" A figure had tackled Chris to the ground, making the circular shockwaves miss her, but Scorpedo wasn't so lucky as the waves had hit the Bakugan making it hiss in pain. Once she was down on the ground the girl took out a card. "Ability Activate, Darring Arrow!" Above the Haos Jetro, there was a Spidaro of the same attribute and it was firing down on the Bakugan with rapid-fire bolts of bright yellow energy.
This made the Jetro stop its attack.
"Chris are you all, right?" She looked up to see her friend and team partner.
"Soon?"
"Yes, but I didn't come alone."
An Aquos Ziperator had kicked the weakened Jetro and sent it back to its ball form, instantly defeating it. They saw a laughing Jack Punt slide into the scene. "What's the matter? Too weak to take on a couple of small-fry Bakugan! Hahaha!" he laughed.
As Soon helped Chris up to her feet, she groaned. "Ugh, I forgot how annoying he was... so why is he stuck with us again? Why aren't we going after that giant thing in the stadium?"
"All communications are down all over the city; everyone has no idea what is going on. All I know is that there is a combined effort led by what remains of Team Generation to take down the Darkus Bakugan that caused all this."
"Then why are we out here!? We should help them!"
"Sorry, not letting you get close!" They all heard; a figure was walking past the defeated Fabregan. The person who was seen bore a very striking resemblance to Mira Firmin, except her skin was grey and had brown Fabregan eye rings. Though she looked as young as she once was when she was a part of the Battle Brawler's Resistance.
"Wait... aren't you, Mira Firmin?" Soon asked.
"And why do you look all weird?" Chris followed up.
The girl let out a single chuckle. "You ask a lot of questions for a pack of vermin that are about to be eliminated."
"Whatcha say!?" Chris angrily asked.
"If you want an answer... let's, say I am on the winning side, and you three are about to be history!" She tossed a gate card that spread as an orange, disappearing sheen. "Bakugan Brawl! Stand Magma Wilda!" The original Subterra Magma Wilda stood on the ground and flexed his muscles.
"Wait... why are you fighting us?" Soon asked. "I thought-"
"You thought wrong! And if you won't attack, then I will do the pleasure!"
Magma Wilda: 700
Scorpedo: 800 / Spidaro: 800 / Ziperator: 800
Jack scoffed at Mira's threat. "Maybe you were knocked so hard that you forgot how to count, Mira! But it's three versus one. And I can beat you by myself!"
"Then by all means... go ahead!"
Jack held a card in his fingers. "Gladly! Ability Activate, Wave Booster!" The Aquos Ziperator's wings shone blue, and he threw a water orb at Wilda making a cloud of steam on impact.
Magma Wilda: 700(-200)= 500 / Ziperator: 800(+200)= 1000
Though Wilda was still standing tall as if the attack did nothing. "My turn!" After calmly slotting an ability into her gauntlet, she raised it up. "Ability Activate, Volcanic Smoke!" Out of Wilda's port holes, he made a smokescreen that covered the entire field in a thick cloud of smoke
"W-what! I can't see!" Chris exclaimed.
"Careful, she plans to strike fast." Soon warned.
"You'd be right!" As the smoke covered the field it was seen that 400Gs were subtracted from everyone except for Wilda.
Magma Wilda: 500(+200) = 600
Scorpedo: 800(-400)= 400 / Spidaro: 800(-400)= 400 / Ziperator: 1000 (-400)= 600
Chris held up an ability. "I don't need to see you to do this! Ability Activate, Rock Launcher!" the rocks that jutted out from Scorpedo's claws had launched as glowing purple darts and were guiding themselves toward Wilda, giving back Scorpedo the 400Gs that was lost putting him at 800.
Mira then folded her arms, and Magma Wilda crossed his arms to block the rock needles from hitting him. Once the attacks had concluded. They could hear Wilda walking to them despite the attack.
The smoke cleared and Mira eyed Wilda she had a card in her gauntlet that looked different from her usual cards, and it looked like Spectra's Forbidden card except it was shaped like an 'X'. "Ability Activate, Reversion X." the card shone bright orange. Both Mira and Magma Wilda were surrounded by a bright aura, Wilda grew slightly and had magma cracks going through his arms and legs. His eyes turned red, and he stomped hard on the ground, cracks spread through the earth, and pillars of steam were shooting out from those cracks.
Mira also looked like she had cracks in her arms that revealed Magma flowing behind them. "This is different... but I feel so much more powerful!" Wilda's power increased to 800Gs.
Jack flipped a card up. "Ability Card activate, Water Rush!" Ziperator sped to both Mira and Wilda while covered in water.
Magma Wilda: 800(-300)= 500 / Ziperator: 600(+300)= 900
Mira held up a gauntlet, "Ability Activate, Chest Burn!" Wilda's chest was covered in an orange glow and a hot haze spread forward to Ziperator who felt the water evaporate from his body, instantly nullifying his ability.
Magma Wilda: 800 / Ziperator: 600
Mira on instinct leaped upward where she would meet Ziperator's head as he was still rushing forward. "Gallows Punch!" she chanted, and she threw a punch right into Ziperator's head with her gloved hand and this instantly stopped his momentum cold. Right after the impact, Ziperator lost 300Gs putting him down to 300Gs.
The three were completely shocked as they saw the partner of a Bakugan taking part in the battle. "W-whoa... y-you didn't just see that, did you!?" Chris exclaimed.
"I see it..." Soon muttered. "But I cannot believe it... It must be from that Reversion X card... But From what I've gathered about Reversion, it should only give added power to an unusual ability. The Neo Brawlers and some of Team Generation utilized this technique... but this is something completely unprecedented."
"Well, we better do something! Fast!"
Soon held up an ability card. "This might work. Ability Activate, Spidaro Trap!" Spidaro shot a bolt of light that opened into a web that covered Wilda and sparks were covering him as he struggled to move.
Magma Wilda: 800 (/2)= 400
Scorpedo: 800 / Spidaro: 400 / Ziperator: 300
"Spidaro Trap stuns and traps the Bakugan, halving its power level and preventing it from using any abilities!"
Mira clenched her fist and smirked. "Wilda might be trapped... but I'm not!" she threw a heavy punch into the ground. Before long the ground around them was separating and rocky hands managed to grab hold and trap them and their Bakugan. "How do you like my Land Twister? It traps and nullifies any abilities." Wilda's power level was brought back to 800Gs
"I can't move!"
"Ay leggo of us!"
"Hey... why grab us, we're not Bakugan!?"
Mira eyed them. "Perhaps... but this is about sending a message!" a card appeared in her hand that had the design of a Fabregan Reversion Ability. "To remind people to not get in mine or our way! Reversion Ability Activate, Volcanic Gun Lock!" Wilda's entire body had become super-heated, melting the web fired from Soon's Spidaro. As this happened, his port holes were charging with orange energy.
"Crap, we can't fight against that!" Chris exclaimed.
Wilda fired an explosive blast of energy that engulfed all six of them, human and Bakugan alike. The ground beneath them crumbled to pieces.
Magma Wilda: 800 (+400)= 1200
Scorpedo: 800(-400)= 400 / Spidaro: 400(-400)= 0 / Ziperator: 300(-400)= 0
Mira saw two Bakugan slowly falling to her palm, both the Haos Spidaro and Aquos Ziperator that belonged to Soon and Jack respectively. Speaking of them, they were both down and out with bruises and burn marks on their outfits.
Only Chris and her Darkus Scorpedo were barely standing. She also had many bruises but was desperately crawling to her partner, hoping against hope that Mira wouldn't take him too.
"Not a bad Bakugan if it survived that... but I'm under order to stomp out any resistance-"
"HAAAAAAA!" A figure ran over and threw a fist in Mira's face, sending her rolling back. She slid to her feet and rubbed her cheek. Mira got up to see the person who punched her.
"Hmph, Well I never expected this. A Fabregan fighting against their own forces." It was revealed to be Kimiko in her Castle Knight uniform, having a serious expression on her face.
"There's plenty more where that came from Clone Mira!" Kimiko defiantly said.
"Oh wow... so you know about that? I can only wonder what else you know?"
Kimiko had her partner on her shoulder. "You shouldn't have done that, Kimkio... It's too dangerous. To partake in the battle yourself."
"I did what Aisha would do, plus they are hurting innocent people!" She eyed Mira. "I saw what you did... So, as you can tell... I'm a little pissed!"
"Let's see if that fire gets you anywhere?"
"Bakugan Brawl! Lykie stand!" Lycanine slowly rose up and growled at the bigger Wilda. Once he stood, she eyed Chris behind her. "Take your friends and get as far away from here as possible..." Chris wanted to help but given that she and her Bakugan were nowhere near in the right shape to fight, she folded.
"Give her a whoopin' for me!" Chris managed to get the unconscious Soon and Jack onto her Darkus Scorpedo. She climbed onto the Bakugan as well and they were leaving the scene, leaving Mira and Kimiko alone.
"Kimiko, be careful. She's glowing, so she's probably capable of-"
"Reversion...Just my luck!" she finished in her thoughts."
...
Luna of Team Generation was speeding through the city on her Surgewolf and she slid to a stop when she saw her teammates in front of the stadium. "You guys? What are you doing here? You should be going in there!?"
"We were waiting on you," Kyle said with a smirk.
"Yeah, you really expect us to go in there without our leader?" Kira exclaimed.
"I... was outvoted." Kaleb huffed.
"And Hayato... any luck?" Kira asked.
Luna leaped from her Bakugan. "Nope... he's wallowing in anger and self-pity... what did you expect?"
"Hah, not like we needed him anyway!"
Luna huffed. "He would have gotten in the way if he battled in that state. But we don't have time to lose! So, here's the plan, the five of us work together to take down that Mobile Assault Unit that cut power to Bakugan City. We might have a chance, but once we go through those doors... There's no turning back!"
Kira put her hand out. "Well, I'm in, not only do we have to stop this, but I'm a top battler, what would that say about my Rep if I just cut and run."
Kyle was next. "I love a good fight, so let's send these invaders packing!"
Kaleb sighed and put his hand down on top of Kyle's and Kira's. "I'd rather we try and find help... but right now... this is all we can do. It's not like the military can do anything. So, I'm in!"
They all eyed Luna who blushed, and she put her hand down on the others'. "Just so you know... I'm leading us because... no one else will. Now let's put a stop to this madness!"
...
Darius was relaxing on a rock with his hands behind his head. "Are you sure we should be lying on the job!" Darius got up and saw the Clone of the fallen Gundalian, Sid Arkale who had grey colored skin, in his human disguise with red eye rings in his eyes, was glaring down at the Fabregan. "We should be looking for more fools to crush!"
Around them were the knocked-out bodies of the former members of Team Anubias long ago, them being Ben, Noah, and Robin. Clone Sid juggled the Ziperator that he had taken from the three.
"Ah Sid, Sid, Sid... why bother when the fighting will come to us?" They heard steps and he smiled. "Like that!" He got up from the rock to see both Maia and Sakuya. "Huh... I think I've seen you," he said looking at Maia before turning his attention to Sakuya. "Not you though..." Sakuya was seen shaking but she felt a presence gently grabbing her shoulder from behind.
"Stop worrying Sakuya... We already know the plan. You've got this... If you want me to jump in, say the word and I'll take the reins... but it needs to be full control if it's bad!"
Sakuya nodded to herself. Maia eyed her battling partner. "Hey, you good?" Sakuya silently nodded. "Good... cause if we don't do our part, then we're screwed. And don't sleep on that Darius... he's part of the High Council!"
"Haha, I'm flattered," Darius said. "But you're only here for one reason, and I take it that you aren't here to just talk us to death... even though one of you only clearly talks."
"Numbers running a little thin if you're making Clone Battlers from scratch."
Sid smugly pointed at Maia. "Hah, we were built to be better than the originals!"
Maia closed her eyes. "Sid Arkale... I know of you. In a way... we're kind of the same. You were built by the Fabregans, I was built by the Gundalians... specifically Kazarina. So... are we getting this show on the road?"
Darius then tossed a gate card on the field which disappeared after creating a blue sheen. "Bakugan Brawl! Spinark Stand!" He stood on the field and the prehistoric Bakugan roared.
Clone Sid tightened Rubanoid in his palm. "Bakugan Brawl! Rubanoid Stand!" Rubanoid stood on the field before his emerald eyes shone. Sid chuckled. "Now it's your turn!"
"Hmm..." Maia thought. "Would this technically make us siblings...? Ah forget it, think about that later! Bakugan Brawl! Liaru Stand!" Liaru angrily roared as he stood hard on the field. "Okay, Sakuya... you're up."
The wolf girl shivered to herself... she thought back to the words of Phoenix and Xaramesi.
...
Xaramesi was holding Sakuya's hand. "Don't worry Sakuya, you're in good hands with Maia."
"She's pretty capable." Phoenix added, "Plus I'm sure that other person in your head will keep you safe."
"Yeah... for about abrasive as Reiko is... I can tell she cares about you. Mind if I talk to her?" Xaramesi asked
Sakuya nodded and closed her eyes, suddenly her eye shape changed, and they grew sharper and shot open and the girl yawned. She rubbed her tired eyes before giving a groaning response. "What do you waaaaant? I was sleeping." she tiredly asked.
"How do you even sleep?" Phoenix asked. "Actually, never mind."
Xaramesi backed away from Reiko and gave her a serious look. "Sakuya is going to go into battle... I need you to watch over her. Let her battle for once."
"If you want Sakuya to fight on her own... why bother me about it?"
"Because if Sakuya is struggling, then I want you to take over. But only if Sakuya asks you to, if I hear you took control by force, I'll..."
"You'll what?" she smugly asked. "Sakuya and I share the same body, so your threats are pretty damn empty." She then eyed Xaramesi and folded her arms to turn away shyly. "But... I know how much Sakuya means to you, and how she feels about you in return. But if Sakuya is in trouble and she can't decide, I'll take control of the situation and give it back if she asks. We have a deal?" Reiko extended her hand for a handshake.
Xaramesi shook it. "Please keep her safe... I still love her, so if I lost her..."
"Yeah, yeaaah. I get it, don't have a cry about it!" she eyed Phoenix who looked slightly downtrodden after Xaramesi had pronounced her love for Sakuya. "Heh, don't give Sakuya all the attention, or am I wrong in assuming your attention is split two ways?"
"What are you talking about?"
"You know what? Never mind. I'm going back to sleep now, and don't worry, I'll watch over her." she closed her eyes and Sakuya woke up with a yelp.
"So now that Reiko is in on the plan, it's up to you Sakuya. Don't worry, you can do it! And we'll have a big celebration when we re-unite again." Sakuya nodded with a smile.
Sakuya smiled after recalling the memory. "B-Bakugan Brawl! Nightshade, Stand!" Nightshade slowly stood on the field and took his position next to Liaru. "Focus Sakuya, and don't worry. I've got your back."
"Yes... thanks, Reiko."
...
Rex Vulcan had just punched a Darkus Goblinball and it transformed back into its ball form and it bounced on the ground. The Reversion Clone of Gus Grav was on the ground next to his Bakugan.
"Ey!" A mechanical-organic hybrid, three-headed cobra arrived. Gus saw Isolde leaping off it. The Fabregan noticed that Gus had orange eye rings with grey skin. "Whoa... so the manifest really was right. They got around to that Reversion Clone project."
"And you are?" Clone Gus asked.
"Isolde Martinus... former member of da Royal Guard and Level 3 Researcher. Nice to meetcha' If you don't mind, do you have insight into how they completed the Reversion Clone project?"
Clone Gus glared at him. "I've been given orders to take down any Bakugan or battler that stands up to us. And that includes you!"
"Guess there is no talking to ya then!" Isolde tossed a gate card that disappeared right after setting it. "Without my gauntlet... I can't use my Assault Gear... this is going to be tough."
...
While Daro was watching a live feed of the worldwide invasion, he was interrupted when he saw four figures walking into the stadium. Cybertross' optical sensors picked them up. Daro voiced his amusement through the megaphone. "Hah! Just four!? Aren't you short of a Haos and Ventus... Because you'll want the full set if you want even an iota of a taste of victory."
"Smug alien, aren't you!? Well, we're the best battlers Earth has to offer!" Kira hotly exclaimed.
"Ohoho, consider my curiosity piqued. Well, if you are as good as you say you are! Then step up to my greatest creation! The unbeatable, Ultimate Cybertross!"
The hulking Bakugan took a hard step making the entire stadium rumble. "P-probably shouldn't have egged him on like that!"
Luna raised her Surgewolf that shone in the light. "This is where we make our stand! Don't even think about holding back!" They followed suit with their Bakugan.
"Bakugan Brawl! Bakugan Stand!"
Kaleb's Terrila stood on the field and pounded his chest before throwing his fists on the ground.
Out of a large bubble of water, flew out Lutherion as he glared at Cybertross, preparing to fight him off.
Verdan was next as the darkus, four-armed Bakugan took his place on the field and gave an angered glare.
Surgewolf was the last and she stood up, growling at Cybertross while embers fizzled off her spined fur.
Since their gauntlets were out of commission, they resorted to using old BakuPods to track the battle data. Kira prepared hers first. "So, let's see what we're dealing wi- Holy SHI-!"
"WHAT!?" The other three exclaimed.
"Guys... I think we're in over our heads..." Kira said while comically sweating.
Surgewolf: 750 / Lutherion: 800 / Terrilla: 800 / Verdan: 900
Their power levels were displayed but all were staggered when they saw the mere starting power level of their foe.
Ultimate Cybertross: 2050
"There's no way in hell we're going to bridge that gap!" Kaleb said.
"I didn't think it would be that high!"
"HAH!" Daro laughed. "You're gonna run? So much for the 'best battlers Earth has to offer.' You four disgust me! I am under orders to not attack anyone unless I'm attacked. My ditzy desperate little sister has more guts than you, and she's as weak as they come. So, this is my first and only warning! If you don't want to end up as another casualty in this war, you better turn around, leave and convince everyone to surrender! Do that and I won't harm a hair on your tiny roach heads. Hahahaha!"
He continued laughing and he looked to have gotten under Luna's skin as she formed a fist. "Surgewolf... what do you want to do?"
"Earth is my home, Luna... I shall defend it to my dying breath." Luna stepped forward next to Surgewolf.
"Then so shall I!"
"WHAT!?" the other three cried.
"If you guys want to run, then go ahead! I'll try and buy all of you some time to gather as many people as possible so you can leave the city."
Kaleb was stupefied. "That's stupid! And suicidal! Why would you stay?!"
"Because Surgewolf wants to stay and fight. And like it or not! Where she goes... I go! I can't say I've had many friends... but Surgewolf has stuck it out with me... the least I can do is repay that loyalty!"
Kyle stepped forward and folded his arms next to Verdan. "Luna's right... we came all this way, and we threw our Bakugan into battle. We can't just abandon them to fight on their own!"
Kaleb stepped forward without saying anything but only huffed. "I don't have a speech, but you guys are kind of my only friends... so I'll stay."
Kira looked out at her teammates. "Kira?" Lutherion asked.
"You know what... I'm terrified... On my own, there was no way I'd think of fighting something this strong. But with all of you..." she clenched her fist. "M-maybe there is a small chance, but a chance anyways!" she stepped forward. "I'll never abandon you guys! Not now, not ever!"
"ENOUGH!" Daro exclaimed. "Your corny speeches are going to make me puke, ugh! Just for that, screw orders, I'll give you a taste of what-"
"Ability Activate!" Kira exclaimed. "Whirlpool Dive!" Lutherion leaped up into the sky and his lower half was covered in a tornado of water he flew in the sky and was aiming for Cybertross' dragon head.
Ultimate Cybertross: 2000(-200)= 1800 / Lutherion: 800 (+200)= 1000
Cybertross' boosters activated and he moved to punch Luthetion who was speeding down at him.
"Kira! Don't go on your own dumbass! Ability Activate, Trailing Punch!" after transferring 300Gs putting him at 1100Gs and Cybertross down to 1500Gs, Terrila sped forward with his orange glowing fists to help Lutherion.
Both Luna and Kyle nodded at each other, and they both raised an ability card. "Ability Activate!" they both exclaimed.
"Spectrum Wave!"
"Blast Howl!"
As Surgewolf was taking a deep breath, Verdan clapped all four of his hands, sending a shockwave right to Cybertross, while Surgewolf had sent a fast jet of fire that looked to combine with the shockwaves.
Ultimate Cybertross: 1500 (-200)= 1300
Surgewolf: 750(+200)= 950 / Lutherion: 1000 / Terrilla: 1100 / Verdan: 900(+200)= 1100
As both Terrilla and Lutherion were flanking Cybertross from either side, he saw the Blast Howl, Spectrum Wave combination heading straight for him.
Daro had moved a card to the center of his console. "Coming at me like that won't work! Ability Activate! Omnidirectional Chaos!"
There were glowing lights that shone bright purple all over the top half of his body. Four on the chest, four on the back, two on his stomach, and two on his lower back. They each fired a piercing purple beam that shot through both Lutherion and Terrilla, hurting them and making their attack stop. The beams also neutralized the Spectrum Wave, Blast Howl attack.
Ultimate Cybertross: 1300(+500)= 1800
Surgewolf: 950 / Lutherion: 1000(-500)= 500 / Terrilla: 1100(-500)= 600 / Verdan: 1100
Kyle had two abilities prepared. "I'm going in! I'll hold him back till you think of something. "Double Ability Activate! Forbidden Strength plus Quad Core Assault!" Verdan's muscles were flexing and pulsing with veins threatening to pop. Verdan sped to Cybertross.
Ultimate Cybertross: 1800 / Verdan: 1100(+500 +400)= 2000
Verdan threw a hard punch into Cybertross' face, reeling the body to one side. Before he threw a punch with his upper left arm, the next was in the gut with both his lower fists. Verdan was pushing Cybertross back as he was hitting him with numerous punches and elbows. His last assault was one elbow into the face, and him throwing all four of his fists into the chest of Cybertross, trying to heave the mechanical Bakugan.
Cybertross slid back. Daro inside the cockpit had shaken his head and prepped another ability. "You are not worthy of touching my creation!" Cybertross had shoulder charged into Verdan, sending the Bakugan sliding back in pain.
Kira held a card. "Luna, Kaleb, get ready. I'm covering us! Ability Activate, Vapor Lock!" Lutherion had created a very thick mist cloud. This added 400Gs to Lutherion, putting him up at 900Gs.
Luna was next to go for an assault. "Kaleb, got something to bring his power down?"
"Just two, and I'm saving the stronger one for later, so this is what you got, make use of it! Ability Activate! Sand Ripple!" His power increased by 250Gs putting him at 850 while dropping Cybertross to 1550. Verdan punched the ground and send pillars of sand shooting forward in Cybertross' direction.
"Surgewolf, go with the sand!" Surgewolf sprinted, keeping pace with the sand. "Ability Activate, Call of the Wild!" Surgewolf was sprinting around the Sand pillars and leaped in front of it and suddenly summoned five translucent clones of herself. They ran in a pack formation along with the Sand Ripple.
Ultiimate Cybertross: 1550(-400)= 1100 / Surgewolf: 950(+400)= 1350
Daro couldn't see because of the mist, not even Cybertross' sensors could see much. "Switch to infrared mode!" His vision switched to infrared mode, and he could see the hotter sand approaching while he could only see one Surgewolf approaching, but not the ghastly clones since they didn't put off heat.
Daro smirked. "Nice try, Ability Activate, Destroy Death Beam!" Cybertross' maw opened and was charging a dark purple energy pulse. "This is the end for you all!"
"Stop, him Surgewolf! Ability Activate, Sharp Iris!" Surgewolf eyes widened as Cybertross was covered in a red outline, and there was a surge that made Cybertross cut his attack. Surgewolf's power had gone up by 100, putting him at 1450Gs "His ability is nullified, go for him!" The ghastly clones were sent forward first and these staggered Cybertross, the real Surgewolf sped to him, and she bit a chunk of the metal armor as she collided with him. Revealing some of the insides of the Mobile Assault. This combined with the sand engulfing him did damage to the Bakugan's internal systems.
Surgewolf spat out the chunks of metal. "Madam, we aren't finished yet!"
Kira held up a card. "Kyle, you and me, next! Ability Activate, Hydro Combat!" Lutherion had extended his hands and fired large, rapid-fire water bullets at Cybertross.
"Tornado Assault!" Kyle called out as his card was shining. Verdan spun to the opponent like a top and planned to pummel Cybertross.
Ultimate Cybertross: 1100(-400 -400)= 300
Surgewolf: 1450 / Lutherion: 500(+400)= 900 / Terrilla: 850 / Verdan: 2000 (+400)= 2400
Daro was rapidly typing on a keyboard to stabilize Cybertross. He then dragged an ability into the center. "Human filth! Ability Activate, Positron Jammer!" On his arms and legs, there were plasma shields that were made of multicolored light generated from shield generators on his arms and legs. He used this to block the water bullets that were pelting him. The positron jammers seemed to be doing their jobs. But there was still the issue of Verdan.
Ultimate Cybertross: 300(+600)= 900 / Lutherion: 900(-300)= 600
"Ability Activate, Surging Blackout!" There was black electricity surrounding him and this sent out an electrified shockwave that managed to hit all the Bakugan on the field. Stunning and damaging them. This also managed to stop Verdan from approaching.
Everyone on Team Generation had their Power levels dropped by 800.
Ultimate Cybertross: 900
Surgewolf: 1450(-800)= 650 / Lutherion: 900(-800)= 100 / Terrilla: 850(-800)= 50 / Verdan: 2400(-800)= 1600
As everyone was stunned, Daro glared at Verdan. "You're next! Ability Activate, Atomic Lasers!" Cybertross aimed his fingers at Verdan and they each fired bright purple beams at him. Verdan tried to raise his arms, but he was hit squarely in the chest, was shot far across the field being slammed into the walls of the stadium. He fell onto his knees and then onto his arms.
"Verdan!" Kyle exclaimed.
Ultimate Cybertross: 900(+700)= 1600 / Verdan: 1600(-300)= 1300
As the mist was clearing, Daro smirked and continued to put on the pressure. "Double Ability Activate, Wattage Overcharge!" the mobile assault let out deadly pulses of electricity as it looked to be charging with his motors drawing more power from the Star core energy source. Cybertross took a step forward as he was glowing in a static purple aura. "Wattage Overcharge successful future attacks boosted by 200." the system notified. The ability had increased his power by 600, putting him at 2200. "And now... you're mine! Sky Apocalypse!" Cybertross' fists had shot out and there were blue flames jetting them forward right at the hurt Verdan. Both fists hit his stomach and chest, making Verdan's pupils disappear as the fists sent him through the stadium walls and past the hallways, and into the outside.
Ultimate Cybertross: 2200(+200)= 2400 / Verdan: 1300(-700)= 600
Verdan was stunned, had bruises all over his body, and was covered by a purple light and he compressed to his ball form. And unfortunately, it sped over to Cybertross and a hole in the cockpit had opened to allow Daro to collect his winnings.
"Verdan..." Kyle muttered sadly.
"Kyle!" Luna exclaimed. "Go and help anyone out there in the city, staying here would only put you in harm's way."
"But-"
"Don't worry, we'll get him back for you."
Kyle nodded and when he left. Kaleb eyed his teammates. "So, on a scale of 1 to 10. How screwed are we?"
Kira had a card in her hand. "I'm not giving up! I've got a plan... but I need you guys to keep him busy so Lutherion can hit him!"
Kaleb nodded. "Well let's hope this works." Luna had two cards ready.
"Surgewolf, are you ready?"
"Whenever you are Madam!"
"Double Ability Activate, Blaze Power plus Rolling Fury!" Fiery red winds were being blown all over the field and she curled up and rolled toward Cybertross while covered in flames.
Cybertross: 2400 / Surgewolf: 650 (+100 +200)*2= 1250
She rolled over while Kaleb prepared another ability. "Ability Activate, Juggernaut Boomerang!" out of Terrila's shoulders, was orange, energy boomerangs. Terrilla grabbed them and he tossed them over to Cybertross, dropping his power by 500, putting him at 1900Gs.
As the boomerangs sped over to Cybertross, he generated his Positron shields, and the boomerangs were blocked, Surgewolf and Lutherion were speeding to Ultimate Cybertross. Surgewolf took the lead going through the Positron shields and crashing into Cybertross, but it later squashed Surgewolf with its hands after she grits into him. She was thrown back and Lutherion vaulted over his ally. "Now Kira!"
"Ability Activate, Freezing Fist!" Lutherion reeled back a fist and punched Cybertross in the arm and as soon as he made contact, A shell of ice covered both Cybertross and Lutherion, and once they were both frozen, Lutherion phased through the ice, immobilizing Cybertross taking 650Gs away from him, throwing him down to 1750Gs.
Luna moved over to her partner. "Surgewolf, are you all, right?"
"Y-yes... just a flesh wound madam..." she said getting back up.
Within Cybertross, Daro was shivering while trying to find a way to thaw Cybertross out from the ice. "Damn you!" he said with his mouth producing a mist. There was a notification that Wattage Overcharge was disabled. He then saw a slider to adjust the Star Core energy output and slid it up to its maximum output allowing Cybertross to draw more power. "Soon under the ice, Cybertross was glowing red."
"Crap, he's thawing out!" Kira panicked.
Kaleb nodded. "I figured that was the case, and with my gauntlet disabled... I can't summon my battle gear."
Luna thought for a second. "Kira... I have a plan; we must hit him with hot and cold attacks. One after the other to weaken that armor and then Kaleb... You finish him off when he's wide open."
Kaleb smirked. "Giving me the honor to deal the final blow? I'm flattered." They saw Cybertross breaking out from the ice and glowing bright orange while letting out a mighty roar. "I need to get Terrilla's power up! Double Ability Activate, Crashing Roar plus Jungle Spirit!" Terrilla who was covered in a gold aura took a deep breath. He then let out crimson shockwaves in a loud roar and when the roars crashed into Cybertross, it toppled the Bakugan right as it broke out of the ice and it fell over.
"GAH!" Daro grunted.
Ultimate Cybertross: 1750
Surgewolf: 1250 / Lutherion: 100 / Terrilla: 50(+800 +400)= 1250
Kaleb fist-pumped. "Go get him! I'll be back here. Fusion Ability: Brown Nucleus!" Terrilla was slightly growing due to his muscles expanding and he was surrounded by dark brown lightning. Terrilla tightened his fists. "Terrilla is charging. Luna, Kira... it's your turn!"
Kira then held a card up. "Now we're cooking with Kira, step one Wash your ingredients! Ability Activate, Mirror Magic!" Lutherion had made a pillar of water splash through Cybertross. And when the water cleared, there were reflective ripples that were occasionally seen, reflections could be seen in the ripples.
Ultimate Cybertross: 1750(-600)= 1150
Surgewolf: 1250 / Lutherion: 100 / Terrilla:1250
Surgewolf took the lead as she ran right at Cybertross she leaped above the titan and held her breath. "Now, Wolf Shriek!" Surgewolf had howled, releasing soundwaves that fell all over Cybertross. And thanks to Blaze Power, the power was doubled.
Ultimate Cybertross: 1150 / Surgewolf: 1250(+400)*2= 2050
The soundwaves were covered in flames, and they hit Cybertross who was pushed further into the ground. Daro was trying to get Cybertross to stand up, but the controls weren't responding as fast as he would have wanted. "Crap... now it's overheating! Ugh... I've lost two coolant cells! Get up, damn you!"
Cybertross was slowly getting up and Lutherion was shooting his glare at the mechanical Bakugan. "I may be low on power... but I can still do some damage! Ability Activate, Aqua Blade!" Lutherion hands turned into jagged blades made of water and he flew over to Cybertross. This transferred 300Gs between them putting Cybertross at 850 and Lutherion at 400.
Daro grunted and he used another ability. "You're pissing me off! Ability Activate, Atomic Lasers!" Cybertross aimed his fingers at the speeding Lutherion. Ten bright purple beams were fired at Lutherion. But before they could hit, there was a bubble mirror that deflected the beams with a ripple and some of them hit Cybertross. "Hah!" Kira laughed. "That's the effect of Mirror Magic, as long as it's up! Any ranged attack will be bounced right back at ya!" Any power boost and drain made by Atomic Lasers was instantly reversed, leaving Cybertross open to be slashed in the chest and torso by Lutherion, sending large amounts of metal off the body of Ultimate Cybertross. Exposing Daro to the fresh air.
Ultimate Cybertross: 850
Surgewolf: 2050 / Lutherion: 400
Daro was quick to use another ability. "AHHH STOP! IT! Ability Activate, Synthetic Nano Repair!" all the damages that was taken through the battle was being repaired. It looked as if all the lost armor and metal, were being repaired thanks to the nano-machines that were embedded in Cybertross' body. The armor looked to be healing rapidly, sealing up cuts and re-growing any metal that was lost. When his damage was being repaired, Luna knew she needed to strike. His power increased by 1000, putting him at a power level of 1850.
"Surgewolf we've got to keep his power down!"
"And this will be our last shot! I'll make it count!"
"Double Ability Activate, Energy Charge! Plus Reversion Ability, Misty Assault" Exploding, wild flames cloaked Surgewolf and she howled before she disappeared into the darkness.
Ultimate Cybertross: 1850(-300)*2= 1250
Surgewolf: 2050(+300)*2= 2650 / Lutherion: 400
The armor was trying to repair itself, and Surgewolf had dove leaped from behind and crashed and ripped open the armor again, once this happened, Cybertross' power decreased to 1050
There were two more black Surgewolves speeding toward him and they crashed right into his chest, making him back away. Dropping his power down to 650
Alarms were heard in the cockpit and the lights pulsed bright red. "ABILITY ACTIVATE! DESTROY DEATH BEAM!" Cybertross' head was charging a dark pulse of energy and he discharged a tremendous burst of energy that engulfed everything. He turned his head and attempted to sweep over everything.
Kira saw that Terrilla was going to be hit, and Lutherion immediately knew what he had to do once he saw Kira's face.
He swept the tremendous beam that was digging up and incinerating the ground. Surgewolf was hit and screamed in pain.
Ultimate Cybertross: 650
Surgewolf: 2650(-900)= 1750 / Lutherion: 400(-900)= 0 / Terrilla: 1250(-900)= 350
Kaleb watched as the beam was closing in on him and Terrilla watched and stood his ground in case he survived. But both were shocked when they saw Lutherion standing right in front of both of the while holding up a large mirror bubble.
"Lutherion!?" Kaleb exclaimed.
"Believe me, it's for the greater good... this is what Kira wanted too... Don't waste your shot you two!"
The beam had crossed over Lutherion and he held up the shield, both casting a large shadow as he protected both Kaleb and Terrilla. The bubble barrier popped, and the beam completely covered him. The beam stopped firing and when Kaleb had uncovered his arm from his eyes, he saw Lutherion shrinking to his ball form and landing on the ground close to Kira.
The defeated battler picked up Lutherion. "Thank's Lutherion..." she eyed Kaleb. "It's down to you and Luna, but don't worry. You've got this!" she said with a wink.
Kaleb chuckled awkwardly. "Heh, of course, I've got this!" He eyed Luna who was in front of him glaring at the machine. And he turned back to Terrilla who was shivering and his fur was standing up on end as the aura had covered his entire body in a gold sheen. Terrilla howled and he punched his fists together. "Luna! He's ready!"
"Surgewolf! Blind him!" A final black Surgewolf appeared from thin air, appearing to run on thin air while surrounded by fire. She bit down on the dragon neck of Cybertross and ripped it clean off its body.
This immediately cut Daro's vision as all he could see was static. "NO!" he cried.
Ultimate Cybertross: 650
Surgewolf: 1750 / Terrilla: 350(+800 +700)= 1850
Jungle Spirit and Brown Nucleus were finally added to Terrilla and he shot off like a rocket and howled as loud as possible as his gold body was covered in raging, brown electricity and the electric sparks moved to his right fist.
'PROXIMITY ALERT! PROXIMITY ALERT! HEAVY COLLISION IMMINENT!'
"From where?! Where!?" Daro demanded
'Direction: 0 degrees. Predicted Damage: Unsustainable Core Breach! Suggested Action: Ejection!'
Daro grit his teeth, undid the safety belts, and got up from the cockpit while grabbing a black and purple futuristic suitcase. "You roaches haven't won yet! Cybertross EJECT!"
Right at the moment the proximity alarms continued to go off, the beeps sounded more and more frantic.
Outside Terrilla had landed the punch right where the cockpit was, sending gold spiderweb cracks all over the mobile assault, the cracks started to split the entire Mobile Assault apart the internal temps of the gear had gone beyond its thermal limit.
*BOOOOOOOM!*
The resulting explosion had destroyed the Mobile Assault, sending an almost earsplitting shockwave across the stadium.
"COVER YOUR EARS!" Surgewolf exclaimed as she curled around Luna, Kira, and Kaleb as all three had done as instructed and they felt the intense storm blowing through them. But were anchored by Surgewolf.
When the smoke eventually cleared, what was left of their foe was littered all over the field in a mix of fire, ash, and metal.
Surgewolf released her grip on the humans, and they saw what remained from their battle. "Whoa... we did it," Kaleb said falling to his knees. "We actually freaking did it!"
"I never thought this would work..." Kira admitted.
Luna smugly smiled at her teammates. "Hah, it's why we're the best team on Earth, right?" When they saw Luna's smile, both Kira and Kaleb laughed to themselves at the disbelief that they actually pulled off what they did. Luna joined in the laughter, their Bakugan were drained but at least the battle was over.
"HEY!"
They looked up to see Omni Cybertross still headless, hovering in the air with green circular wings and his body shared the color scheme as well. Daro was without his pilot's helmet, had cuts on his face, messed up his hair, and had sweat all over his face. He glared down at them. "This isn't over you bloody SCUM!"
Cybertross hovered and landed hard on the ground and shifted back to his Darkus form. "Oh great... the final boss has a second form!" Kira cried.
"He's damaged... we might have a chance..." Luna said.
Daro leaped down to the ground with his suitcase. "Since you three destroyed my Ultimate Mobile Assault, I'll make sure you three don't leave here, ALIVE!" he dropped the heavy suitcase and he opened it with his Gauntlet by typing in a code.
After the suitcase received the correct code, there was a hiss from the suitcase releasing a cold mist before slowly opening. Inside were silver trap Bakugan of different shapes, each one had accent colors representing one of the six attributes.
"The hell are those?" Kaleb asked.
"Trap Bakugan..." Luna whispered
The capsules that covered the Bakugan all opened one at a time and they were launched into the air. "The Ultimate was long done, and just in case, I brought my backup plan! Cybertross, initiate Maxus formation!" Cybertross leaped up into the air. "Starting with Pyrus Pyrder!" a hexagonal-shaped gear with a flat end, opened revealing a spider-like mechanical Bakugan. It sped over to Cybertross and attached itself to host Bakugan. The back of the spider was attaching itself, and two legs attached themselves to Cybertross' shoulder with two legs protruding out over the shoulders. The remaining bottom legs hung to the sides of Cybertross' stomach. The gear also plugged into the neck of Cybertross, the host's head was repaired with nano-machines, and his eyes shone red for a second.
"Next Subterra Moleodon!" A rectangular prism opened, revealing a four-legged mole-like Bakugan that transformed into an arm module, and it covered Cybertross' left arm. The nose of the moth was a drill with diamond dust mixed in the metal drill, Cybertross' eyes shone orange.
"Ventus Pterodactylizer!" The right-sided triangular prism trap opened, and a mechanical pterodactyl formed in the air, and it attached itself to Cybertross's back and folded its neck backward. It had turbines attached inside the wings as well as missile ports. Cybertross' eyes gave off a temporary green glow.
"Darkus Coblight!" A spherical trap opened, and it was a mechanical cobra that coiled around Cybertross' right arm, opening its mouth, and revealing Cybertross's fist behind it. The fist clenched as its eyes shone purple.
"Aquos Terastion!" a cubed shaped trap opened, revealing a mechanical turtle that formed on Cybertross' left leg with the head of the turtle appearing over the talons of Cybertross, with its small tail appearing at the heel, and its shell folding to form a sort of leg guard for Cybertross. The host's eyes shone blue.
"And finally! Haos Foxtrot!" A diamond-prism-shaped trap opened, and a mechanical fox Bakugan opened, and it transformed to attach itself to Cybertross' right leg the fox tail appeared behind his knee and it let out electric sparks that spread to Cybertross' head where the eyes were shining bright yellow.
Daro laughed. As he was in the new purple-tinted cockpit that sat to the right side of Cybertross' head. "Introducing, my second upgrade to Cybertross. Maxus Cybertross!"
Kaleb raised a card but before he could do anything, Maxus Cybertross stepped on the ground hard sending a Tsunami wave that towered over Terrilla. Once he was swept away, he was instantly defeated and was sent to his ball form and rolled back to Kaleb.
"J-Just one hit!?" Kaleb exclaimed.
"RUN!" Luna exclaimed but red beams were fired from the top spider legs, they were aimed at the stadium exit that was closest to them. The debris fell and the exit was blocked.
"Oh no, no, no... You're not going anywhere! Not after what you did. No, you're going to get what you deserve you roaches. He raised his gauntlet. "Ability Activate, STAR CORE ANNIHILATION!" all the trap Bakugan had let out electrical elemental energy and they all gathered around Cybertross' head. Once this energy was gathered... Daro only needed to make the command. "Cybertross! Expunge the Filth that infests our new world!" He fired an all-consuming white, rainbow-outlined beam that was rushing to Team Generation.
A shadow loomed over the three and they saw Surgewolf blocking the powerful blast with her head as she was being dug into the ground. Luna saw this and she was about to rush over to her. "Surgewolf! NO!" Kaleb grabbed her before she could get close. "LET ME GO!"
"Lu...na... r-run!" she said as she was struggling to keep the blast back.
"Not without you!"
"You must... No matter what happens, I cannot live with myself if something happened to you because of me." She swore she could see a smile from the wolf Bakugan. "I-it has been a pleasure serving you Madam, I only wish we had more time."
Luna was slowly shaking her head. "No... no this isn't happening!"
"Don't let this bring you down. While this is the end of my journey, I will do what I can to make sure you live and continue your journey."
"No! We can get out of here together!" Luna cried, tears ejecting from her eyes, she knew what was coming, but she tried to believe that she would get out of this with her partner.
"Kaleb... as a final request... please take care of her..."
"M-me?" He immediately regretted his words and changed his tone. "I will... I'll try..."
"Thank you... all of you. Now live on... SHARP IRIS!" Her eyes shone red and suddenly the rocks blocking the path were telekinetically being lifted by Surgewolf and threw them out of the way. "And madam, from the bottom of my heart. Thank you for navigating Earth with me."
Surgewolf's final breath was taken before everything was covered in a bright light, blinding everyone for a moment. The scene was deafening as Team Generation were thrown back by the attack and by Surgewolf's intervention. There were tears in their clothing and cuts in their exposed skin.
Kira was the first to get up and she saw the bright lights fading, and she saw Kaleb coughing next to her, and in front of her was a sniveling Luna who was kneeling in front of them while reaching out for the red sparkles fell around them as she was being dampened by the falling rain and her tears
"Surgewolf..." she silently cried to herself. She saw a red sparkle land on her hand and soon after, the red glow faded into nothingness. Tears were falling onto her palm and she couldn't hold back her emotions as her hands covered her eyes as she fully broke down. "SURGEWOLF!" her heartbroken voice reverberated around the entire stadium and a small radius outside of it.
Daro smirked. "Cybertross may be stunned by that stupid wolf... but that's one less parasitic Bakugan standing in our way." a proximity warning went off in Daro's cockpit, notifying him with rapid beeps that a projectile was heading his way. Cybertross ducked under what looked like a bright purple arrow. His sensors revealed that it came from a Darkus Lunaris that hung in the air with a power level of 950Gs. "Hah, it's them again! Now the fun begins!"
Another proximity warning beeped, and he saw Infinity Helios and Spectra above him and his creation. A large, dark purple beam was firing down onto Maxus Cybertross. Daro growled in response and threw his cobra arm up to defend and it let out a multicolored positron deflector that bounced the attack off him and it split eight ways downward, forming what looked like a cage around Cybertross.
"Nice try Spectra!" but you are out of my league. He fired bright green guiding beams into the sky "Disappear! You, insignificant speck!" Helios was whizzing through the air while dodging the lasers in the dark sky. Though Helios was caught off guard by Cybertross who was boosting into the sky and soon shoulder-charged the Bakugan. But Daro noticed that there were bright yellow sparkles surrounding him after his attack. "Huh? What is all this?"
Father away Solaria had twirled in the air and stretched her open palm downward. "GOTCHA' NOW! BOOOOOM!"
The sparkles shone brighter and grew. They got so bright, and they all ignited, making an explosion in the air, covering him in black smoke.
As the smoke was clearing, omnidirectional purple beams were speeding through the smoke that managed to hit all three Bakugan. Sending them landing on the stadium ground. After they hit, Maxus Cybertross landed hard on the ground nearly knocking off Bakugan that stood against him.
Cera leaped off Lunaris and saw the battered and bruised Team Generation, she rushed over to them. "Are you hurt?" She noticed Luna crying in Kaleb's arms.
"That bastard, he killed Surgewolf..." Kaleb said.
Cera nodded. "We will defeat him, I promise! But right now, get out of here. If you can, assist everyone on the outside." Kaleb and Kira nodded, and they slowly made their way to the exit while dragging a crying Luna along with her.
Daro smirked. "I just killed a Bakugan, and I'll be more than happy to add 6 more bodies to the count. If you all really want to die so badly... I'll be more than happy to dig up your graves right here!"
Spectra then eyed Cera as both he and Vesta leaped off their Bakugan. "So, what is your plan now?"
"Easy, rip that thing apart!" Cera despite not being in her Reversion Form summoned her bow. "Shred Cybertross into pieces so small it can never EVER be repaired!"
Vesta nodded. "Sounds great!"
Spectra pressed his fingers on his mask. "A Maxus Bakugan huh? This is going to be challenging. But nothing is too much for me and Helios!"
"You're going to regret going through the assembly line!" Helios quipped.
Lunaris and Cera soon transformed immediately into their Ascended Reversion Forms. Daro gasped while tightly gripping his control console. "W-what that's new!"
Lunaris spoke. "You will pay for all the people you've hurt, Daro!"
Maxus Cybertross: 2250
Lunaris: 950 / Solaria: 750 / Infinity Helios: 1200
A/N: And so, starts the 'Invasion' part of Invasion Core. The final arc is in full swing, and I hope to post an update once a month at least. Thanks for reading I'm extremely grateful, and hopefully, I'll see you next month.
