Me: Yay! First update in forever! Okay here is Chapter Two. This chapter will show what is happening both on New Vestroia and Earth. In this chapter you will meet the mystery person from the author's note last chapter. So hope you enjoy, and please R&R.

Luna: Yes please do, and Brightcloud0915 does not own Bakugan nor does she claim to, but she owns me, Drakona, Dr. Atkins, another OC, and that OC's Bakugan.

?: So this is the chapter we're being introduced in? Hmph… whatever just do the best you can. *footsteps are heard leaving the room*

Leonidas: *sweatdrops* Well that was… interesting.

Masquerade: *shrugging* If you say so. Anyway please review after you read the chapter.

[Revised Chapter Two]

Chapter Two

On Earth

'I wonder why Shun called a meeting of the Bakugan Battle Brawlers? Hmm… guess I have to find out for myself,' a girl with black hair and green eyes thought to herself as she walked to one of the largest buildings in Wardington City. She wore a red shirt, black pants, fingerless black gloves with open patches on the back of each, and red tennis shoes. It wasn't long before she stood on the street across from the millionaire's house. The girl smiled as she saw the movements of the security cameras. She strode across the street, making herself seem as inconspicuous as she could. Once across she pressed herself against the wall that surrounded the building as a camera turned towards her. Once she was sure that the camera was no longer looking at her she launched herself over the wall.

Dropping down on the other side the girl watched for the tell-tale movements of the cameras. She counted all of the ones she saw move, which gave her a count of about five in her area. One of the cameras on her right moved, and she moved behind it. Once it swiveled back to watch the spot where she had been she moved diagonally to get behind a camera on the left. She continued this pattern until she was close to the building's wall. She looked for a side door, but she couldn't see one. She did however see an air vent about three feet above her. The girl jumped and grabbed onto the grate covering the opening. Then she reached into her pocket, and pulled out the small screwdriver that she always carried with her.

The girl began to unscrew the bolts. She detached three, and left the grate to hang by the last one in the top left corner. That done she pulled herself into the air ducts and crawled through. She continued to move through them as she looked for a floor-level grate. She finally found one after moving through the ventilation system. Once there she situated herself so that she could kick open the grate. She kicked at it causing it to make a clanging noise. The girl winced at the sound, but kept at it. It finally gave way, leaving it banged up.

The girl crawled out of the air ducts, and into the hallway. She started off to her right. Soon she came to a bend in the hall. She peeked around the corner. The girl saw one camera in the middle of the passage. She grimaced as she started forward, her eyes on the camera. The camera suddenly started to swivel towards her. The girl's eyes widened and she dashed underneath it, flattening herself against the wall. Once she was sure that she hadn't been discovered she continued moving down the hall.

She paused for a second to glance around the corner into the next hall. She found to her surprise that there were no cameras in this hall. Then she entered it. Halfway down something caught her eye. It was a staircase to the next floor. The girl grinned in triumph as she ascended the stairs. Near the top she crouched down and peered over the last step. Now the cameras were back. The girl could see at least three.

Darn you Marukuros and your need for security! The girl shouted silently. After composing herself she slipped silently into the second floor hallway. She glanced around for a way to avoid the cameras. Her gaze slid over another vent grate before suddenly jerking back. And as luck would have it, it was right by the stairs. The girl smiled as she grabbed her screwdriver again and took care of the screws, this time taking them all out.

After doing that she laid the grate down on the floor and then slipped inside. As she pulled herself forward she kept an eye out for the next grate. She found it after seven minutes of crawling through dust. She once again kicked it out of its holding and grimaced at the noise it created. She peeked out of the vent and was happy to find no cameras in the immediate vicinity. She did, however, see a few doors close by.

She came to the first on the right and pressed her ear against it. It was silent from whatever room lay behind it. She crossed the hall to the first door on the left. Someone was laughing, but it sounded more muffled than a regular voice would. From that she deduced that it was most likely a T.V. She crossed the hall again, and this time she heard voices, but they were older sounding and the girl judged that they were staff members. She checked three other doors and they were all silent.

She rounded the corner and saw a door next to another flight of stairs. She once again pressed her ear against it and heard snoring. She backed away from it slowly and silently. Then she turned and headed up the stairs. She paused again when she reached the top and peered over the last step. There were two cameras here and no air vent close by.

Figures I get closer to the top and that's when security starts to get tight, the girl sighed. Then she noticed the door directly across from her. She stood slowly and carefully before walking forwards. She pulled out a small black box with wires dangling from it and a clip. Then she crept up on the first cameras blind spot. Once she was underneath it she jumped and clipped the wires onto the camera leaving the box to dangle off to the side.

Now the footage from that camera will only show an empty hall. Now all I have to worry about is the other camera, the girl said to herself. She slowly approached it and let out a small sigh of relief when she entered its blind spot. Then she flattened herself to the wall and moved toward the door. She almost laughed when she reached it without any trouble.

Ha take that technology, the girl said mentally to the cameras. After that she pressed her ear to the door before grinning in triumph once again.

Yes I found them, she said mentally. Then she turned her full attention on the muffled conversation be held behind the door.

"So, Shun why'd you call this meeting again?" Dan's voice sounded.

Why indeed? The girl asked herself.

"Yeah Shun I've been wondering that too," Marucho's voice was unmistakable.

"I can't say just yet. There's still one last person who needs to be here," Shun said. Silence greeted this.

Hmm, who could possibly be missing? If anyone of the brawlers were to call a meeting I would think they'd all show up immediately. Unless… no he couldn't mean… the girl's thought trailed off as the conversation restarted.

"Aren't we all here though Shun?" Marucho asked.

"Yeah you're here, Marucho's here, Dan's here, Julie's here, Alice is here, and I'm here. Who else should be here?" Runo asked the Ventus brawler. There was no answer from Shun, but the girl heard footsteps heading to the door.

"Hey Shun, where're you going?" Dan asked. Again no answer was heard from the Ventus brawler. Then the door knob turned. The girl backed up and tried to seem innocent. Then the door opened and Shun stood there. Once he'd seen her he grinned and stepped out of the door frame. The girl closed her eyes smiled as the brawlers stared at her. When she opened her eyes she took in the room's occupants.

Shun stood by the door watching the staring contest. Marucho was sitting in an arm chair near a large flat screen T.V. Dan sat on the sofa facing the door, while Runo, Julie and Alice sat at the couch facing away from it. All their bakugan sat on the low table between both couches.

"So, just who is this Shun?" Runo asked narrowing her eyes slightly at the girl. Gazing back calmly the girl said nothing.

"Her name's Cinder Chase. She's a friend of Luna's," the Ventus brawler replied as he gestured to the dark haired girl. Cinder waved before walking farther into the room.

"Okay so she's Luna's friend, but why's she here," Julie asked before a look a realization crossed her face, "Could it be that you were waiting for her to show up?"

"Yeah I was," was all the Ventus brawler would say. Julie looked at the dark haired girl who was now leaning against the wall.

"Well, now that that's out of the way why don't you spill it Shun," Dan said. Shun glanced at his friend before closing the door.

"Now I normally wouldn't worry, but Luna didn't come home last night and she's still not back," Shun said. The room was filled with silence before Runo spoke up.

"You don't think that she was kidnapped do you?" the blunette asked. Julie gasped.

"I bet she was, but who would do such a thing?" the Australian asked.

"Well if Masquerade were still around I'd say he did it," Runo growled. Cinder saw Alice's expression darken at the mention of Masquerade's name. The Russian girl's hands were clenched tightly on her lap.

"Speculating will get us nowhere," Marucho said as he stood from where he'd been sitting.

"Is something the matter Alice?" a voice asked. Everyone turned to look at Cinder who shook her head and held up her hands. Then her eyes widened as she remembered what she had brought with her. Reaching into her pants pocket she pulled out a red, white, and yellow sphere. After doing that she crossed the room until she stood by the table the bakugan were sitting on. Once there she set down the sphere she was holding allowing it to pop open.

The sphere now resembled Hydranoid's first form. Dan inspected it closely.

"Hey is that a Pyrus Hydranoid?" the pyrus brawler asked. The bakugan in question turned to look at him.

"I would hope not after all I am a girl. The name's Firina, Pyrus Firina. Now Alice is something troubling you?" the bakugan turned Alice as it asked the question. The Russian looked at the others guiltily.

"Well… I'm sorry, but I really felt I needed to keep this secret," Alice said looking down.

Dan looked at the red head curiously before looking at Shun who shrugged. Runo exchanged a glace with Julie. Cinder kept her gaze on Alice trying to figure out what the other girl could be hiding.

"Keep what a secret? What are you talking about Alice?" Marucho asked.

"Well, what if I were to tell you that Masquerade isn't gone? But also that he and I are no longer one person" Alice asked.

"You mean that creep's still hanging around?" Runo blurted, "Then he must have taken Luna!"

Alice's brown eyes widened.

"No he's not like that anymore!" the Russian girl shouted.

"How do you know this?" Drago asked. Alice looked guiltily at the floor.

"I've been visiting him and well he's different than what he used to be," Alice said quietly.

"That's good enough for me," Dan said suddenly, "After all he did help us when we went to Vestroia to stop Naga after all."

"How can you defend him Dan? Did you forget that he was the one who sent you to the Doom Dimension?" Runo asked hotly.

"I'm with Runo on this Dan," Shun said, "Just because he helped us in Vestroia and Alice has visited him multiple times it's just her word against his past and that's not much."

Alice was downcast. Cinder glanced at her bakugan and sighed.

"That's not all there is to it is it Alice?" Firina asked. Alice glanced at the Pyrus bakugan before nodding.

"Yeah," Alice said, "See I went to see Masquerade yesterday, but he wasn't there."

"That proves it. Masquerade kidnapped Luna!" Julie declared.

"We don't know that for sure. It could just be a coincidence that they both disappeared. I am curious as to how Masquerade can exist without you as a host," Marucho spoke up his eyes filled with curiosity.

"I'm really not sure how that happened. One day he was just gone from my mind, and the next he showed up at the house," Alice said. Marucho looked even more curious than he had before.

"Well sitting here will get us nowhere. But how exactly will we find them?" Dan asked.

"I think I have a solution, but I need to know whether either of them had something that we'll be able to track," Marucho said confidently. The youngest brawler then looked pointedly at Shun and Alice.

"Well, Masquerade had the DT, but how will that help?" the Russian asked. Marucho didn't answer, instead the Aquos brawler turned to Shun.

"I think Luna had her cell phone with her," the Ventus brawler said.

"Okay now all I have to do is go to the computer room and I should be able to find them using the electronic frequency generated by both the DT and Luna's cell phone," Marucho said as he walked over to the table and grabbed Elfin, his new partner Bakugan. Then he turned and headed for the door. Shun and Alice quickly grabbed their bakugan and followed Marucho out the door. Runo and Julie followed just ask quickly after they had grabbed their bakugan as well.

Cinder made to follow, but a hand on her shoulder prevented her from doing that. She glanced behind her and found that it was Dan, although it wasn't surprising seeing as they we're the last people in the room. Dan was holding a red, white, and yellow sphere out to her. Cinder grinned sheepishly before grabbing her bakugan from the Pyrus brawler.

"Uh can I ask you something?" Dan asked as they made their way to the door. Cinder placed Firina on her shoulder. Then the dark haired girl shot a sideways glance at her companion before nodding.

"Okay then, so, uh why don't you talk? Is it because you can't or what?" Dan asked. Cinder laughed at his lack of tact.

"She can, but she prefers not to waste her time with pointless words. She figures that they don't get you places like actions do," Firina piped from her shoulder perch.

"Is that so?" Dan asked. Cinder nodded though she didn't look at Dan as she did.

"Well for what it's worth I kinda feel the same way sometimes. I mean I was ready to get going, but I figured I should hear what everyone had to say," Dan said. Then a strange look crossed the brawlers face.

"DANIEL GET BACK HERE! HOW COULD YOU JUST LEAVE ME LIKE THAT?!" Drago's voice echoed from behind then.

"Aw man how could I forget Drago like that?" Dan asked himself before heading back to the room they had all exited. Cinder shook her head in amusement as the Pyrus brawler went to retrieve his partner.

On New Vestroia

Luna groaned as she came to. She brought her hand up to the side of her head. A clanking sound met her ears, but she ignored it. As she rubbed her temple something cold touched her neck, and she heard the clanking sound again. She turned her head and started in surprise.

Chains? Wh-why am I in chains? What happened? The Haos brawler asked herself. A groan caught her attention and made her look to the left side of the room. She saw a boy with spiky blond hair and remembered seeing him when she had traveled through the portal. Luna tried to move closer but the chains prevented her from doing so. Luna heard footsteps retreating from the door, and she whipped her head towards the noise.

When she looked back towards the boy she found that he had changed positions, and was reclining against the wall. However, she still couldn't see his face because it was wreathed in shadows cast by a small torch.

"Where is this?" the boy spoke up. Luna thought she should recognize his voice, but she couldn't place it.

"Couldn't tell ya. This is all new to me," the Haos brawler said. Suddenly the door was thrown open.

"Ah good you're both awake," another boy with blond hair said as he walked into the room. His choice of clothes puzzled Luna, especially the feathers along his red coat's collar and waistline.

"Uh… where exactly are we?" she asked. The boy turned his gaze to her before smiling. Luna gulped, nearly flinching when she saw the mask and its mechanical blue eye.

"All will be revealed in good time. Now on to business," the red clad boy said. Luna glanced at the other boy in the shadowed left corner.

"What do you mean by business?" the shadowed blond asked emphasizing business. The boy in red laughed.

"Straight to the point I see," the boy said, "I just need an answer to one simple question."

"And what might this question be?" Luna asked warily. The masked blond regarded the Haos brawler intently.

"Just, who are you?" he asked.

"And what makes you think we'll just hand over our names like that. We don't even know who you are," the boy in the corner said.

"I don't think I know you will," the masked blond said smirking. He motioned for someone to come in. Luna gazed at the gray haired man that walked in. He looked at the shadowed boy, and then at the Haos brawler.

"My lord who do you want to talk to first?" Luna shuddered at the word talk. It didn't seem like he actually wanted to talk. The masked boy glanced over at the man before gesturing to the other blond boy. The man went to the door and said something to someone standing outside. The door was opened a third time and two burly men walked in. They went to the boy and one unchained him, while the other pinioned his arms behind his back. The one holding his arms marched him forward.

As he stepped into the light Luna found she could not see his face because of the mask-like visor he wore. Her breath caught in her throat.

"How are you alive?" Luna asked incredulously. The boy with the visor looked at her.

"That's a very good question, however, I have no answer," the boy said. The boy in red looked between the two.

"So you know each other then?" he asked.

"Well, I know him, but he shouldn't know me," Luna said. The boy in red motioned the gray haired man, the other blond boy, and the guards out. The four left the room, while the masked blond remained behind. Luna was uncomfortable with the silence. The masked boy looked at her intently.

"So who is he?" the masked boy asked. Luna blinked in curiosity.

"Why should I tell you?" Luna asked. The boy smiled coldly at her. Luna gulped.

"You know I was hoping you'd ask that," something about the tone of his voice made Luna shiver, "Let's just say if you don't give to me there are other ways for me to find it. Well what's your answer now?"

"It's not my place to give it to you. If he doesn't want to volunteer it willingly than what right do I have to give it to you?" Luna asked hotly while glaring at the boy though her inner voice tried to convince her to reveal his identity. The boy sighed before walking to the door.

"Tell the doctor to start his interrogation," the boy said to someone outside.

"Of course sir," a man's voice said. Luna heard footsteps receding. The boy walked back over to her.

"I'll have your cell mates name soon enough, but while we wait why don't you give me yours?" the boy said.

"And if I refuse to, what then?" Luna asked.

"Then the doctor will see you after he's finished with your friend," the masked boy said. Luna considered the boys words.

How bad could a doctor be? Well I suppose he could be very bad, but still… Luna's thoughts trailed off. She looked at the masked blond before her.

"I think that's something I'd like to keep to myself," Luna said.

"I was afraid you'd feel that way," the boy said. The boy leaned towards the Haos brawler, who refused to back down. Suddenly a gloved hand connected with her face. Her head snapped to the right. Blood trickled from her mouth.

"I'm usually very patient, but you are pushing me to my limits girl. Now I will have your name," the boy in red growled. Luna gazed back at him ignoring the blood running down her face. The door was opened and the gray haired man from earlier stepped in. Two guards dragged in the other masked boy. However, he looked worse for wear. His white trench coat was torn and bloodied. His mask was cracked on the left side, while on the right it was missing the bottom half of the lens though it still hid his eyes. There was a small cut on his left cheek that was bleeding.

"So doctor did you get the information that I wanted," the boy asked. The doctor nodded.

"Of course sir. His name is Masquerade. Do you need my assistance with the girl?" the man asked. The boy shook his head.

"I don't think that will be necessary," the boy in red said. The doctor bowed, and motioned for the guards to put Masquerade back in chains.

"Now do you want to end up like him or are you willing to give me your name now," the masked boy asked. Luna swallowed, and glared at the floor before muttering something.

"What was that?" the boy said with a smirk.

"My name is Luna you monster," Luna spat. The boy looked at his prisoners in triumph before walking towards the door.

"Now see that wasn't so hard no was it?" he asked before leaving the cell. His footsteps grew dim as he strode away from the cell. Luna looked over at Masquerade.

"You look wonderful," Luna said sarcastically to the Dakus Brawler. Masquerade laughed bitterly.

"I have that doctor's goons to thank for that," the masked blond said, "I don't plan on sticking around for the next treatment though."

"And just how do you plan on getting out of here? There are no windows, and only one door," Luna said.

"I don't plan on using conventional methods. I still have the DT," Masquerade said as he reached into a pocket on his coat, "Hmph they must have taken it from me. At least I still have my Bakugan."

Luna's eyes widened as she remembered her own. She reached into her pocket and pulled out the white, yellow, and purple sphere.

"Leo are you okay?" the Bakugan nodded to answer his brawlers question.

"Of course I am Luna. We have other things to worry about at the moment.

"Yeah like how to get out of here," Luna said.

I think I have a plan but can I really trust Masquerade? I shouldn't after all he's never done anything good. Well he did help Dan and the others in Vestroia… augh this isn't helping at all. But if my plan is to work I'll have to put it into action sometime, Luna argued mentally with herself while glancing at the Darkus Brawler.

...

Hey, Luna here. So I have a plan to get out of this cell, but it involves trusting Masquerade. If he pulls through then we'll just have to worry about guards, but even that won't stop me from getting out of here and heading home. Fingers crossed that this will work right Leonidas? Bakugan Brawl! Time to perform a Houdini escape.

Me: Okay so there's the rewrite of Chapter Two.

Masquerade: Curse them for taking the DT from me.

Luna: I wonder if my plan will work.

Firina: Still children the whole lot of them.

Me: Well since their off in their own little worlds then I ask that you all R&R. See ya next time.