Chapter 3: Punishing Pyrus
"Don't hurt yourself trying to ponder it over," the boy said. "Wouldn't want you ruining that pretty little face of yours."
That comment got Cassie's focus. "What?" she asked tilting her head, suddenly all of her fear gone.
"Don't take this the wrong way, Dude" Alex said to the Pyrus user. "But you just made the dumbest mistake of your life," He chuckled.
"Got that right," Cassie agreed whipping out her ability card. "Gate card open!" she shouted. "Aquos Hazard!" immediately after the gate card opened, the once Pyrus Saurus, was now an Aquos bakugan, giving her the advantage. "Try using your abilities now!"
"Just a minor set back," Her opponent thought to himself.
"Go Stinglash!" The Scorpion bakugan whipped it's tail and the Saurus wailed in pain as it was easily taken down.
"No, matter," The boy said. "There are two more rounds, young lady. Hope you have more tricks up your sleeve."
Stinglash flew back into the palm of its rightful owner, while she kept her eyes on her Pyrus using opponent.
"How come I get the feeling your not trying?" She shouted.
"Maybe it's because I'm not," He said teasingly. "Bakugan Brawl!" A different bakugan landed on the card closest to Cassie. "Bakugan stand!" This time it was a Mantris.
"A Mantris?" Cassie asked. "I'm soooo scared!" She said sarcastically.
The owner chuckled. "And what do you have, Miss High and Mighty?"
Cassie smirked. She knew that little trick. There was no way she was going to battle this guy with her most precious Bakugan, Lumino. "That's for me to know and you to find out! Bakugan Brawl!" The Aqous sphere rolled off the players finger tips and landed in front of the Mantris. "Bakugan Stand!" It was her Stinglash again.
"Ability activate, Twin Sickle!" The Pyrus Mantris took one blow to its opponent and Stinglash fell to the ground, transforming back into a ball, landing at Cassie's feet.
"Come on, Cass! Your better than this! Don't fall for such amateur moves!" Alex shouted, receiving a glare from Cassie.
"Why didn't he open his gate card?" She thought turning her full attention to the the guy across the arena.
"Bakugan Brawl!" She threw her next bakugan into the battle. "Seige stand!"
A tall blue warrior stood on the card, awaiting it's battle companion.
A Pyrus bakugan was thrown onto the field. "Rise, Pyrus Tempest!" an ear to ear grin crossed the face of the Pyrus user.
"A monkey?" Cassie put a hand on her hip. "Seriously, I mean...that's your most powerful bakugan? Well, ok..."
She held her hands up defensively then shouted "Ability Card Activ-" Cassie was cut off.
"Ability activate! Screeching Fate!" The monkey began to screech uncontrollably and Seige couldn't take it. "Now for my Gate Card! Gate card open! Final Judgement!"
Cassie and her peers gasped as the voice on her Powder blue Gauntlet went crazy.
"Siege's power level reduced to Zero zero zero G's, Round won by Tempest."
"Guess you have no choice now Cassie," Cassie looked up at the mention of her name from a complete stranger.
"How do you know my name?" she asked urgently.
"Well its hard not to know the number 234th ranked bakugan player," He teased.
"Shut up!" Cassie shouted. "Gate Card set!"
Smirking, the boy threw out Tempest again. Coming to life on the new gate card, the monkey like Bakugan gave an ear-splitting screech. The battle brawlers covered their ears and screamed.
Cassie shouted to hear herself over the high pitched noise that came from the bakugan. "I can't send you out there Lumino! I just can't!" Of course...she didn't expect an answer.
"Cassie, trust me, I don't want to go out their either, but it must be done!"
"What?" She whispered digging in her pocket to reveal her beloved Penguinoid glowing a bright blue. "I must be going crazy because I thought I just heard you talk, Lumino," Cassie said poking it.
"That's because I did," Lumino stated simply, popping out of his ball form and resting in Cassie's hand. Her eyes went wide and her jaw dropped.
"But-but-" Cassie stuttered, not able to form the words needed to describe her shock.
"Just hurry up and stop that monkey!" Lumino insisted, sounding annoyed to pieces by the sound. "We'll talk about this later!"
Cassie nodded, knowing what needed to be done. She shouted as Tempest continued screaming. "You want power? I'll show you power!" She did her special throw, tossing Lumino up in the air, catching him between her index and pointer finger then spinning once, releasing him on an underhand. "Bakugan Brawl!" Lumino appeared before Tempest. "Lumino, Stand!"
"A penguin...Seriously? That's your most powerful bakugan?"
"Trust me, 'kid'," Cassie replied. "You ain't seen nothin yet! Gate Card open! Character Card!"
The animated voice updated the status. "Lumino's power doubled to seven zero zero G's."
Lumino was glowing a luminous Blue.
"Hey, 'kid', the names Sage! Ability activate!" He shouted. The gate card turned dark and the power surge quickly absconded.
"No way!" Cassie shouted checking her BakuPod. "He used a counter ability?!"
"Lumino power level decrease by three five zero G's. Tempest power level increase by one zero zero G's."
An ability card began to glow blue and Cassie picked it up. "What's this? A new ability card...for..."She looked up and shouted. "Lumino!" The bakugan looked back and nodded.
"I'm with you Cassie!" he responded, making Alex and Skyler's mouths drop to the floor.
"Remember this, Sage. The Battle's not over, till the Monkey stops screechin'! Ability activate! Northern Frost Bite!"
The stats were updated once more. "Lumino power increase by five zero zero G's."
"What? That's impossible!" Sage shouted.
The boys joined in on the disbelief. Skyler started, "No power level-"
"Could ever reach eight hundred fifty G's with just one ability card!" Alex finished.
"Take 'em down, Lumino!" Cassie instructed.
"Gladly!" Lumino was more than happy to oblige.
Tempest landed at Sage's feet. "You little brat!" He growled. Cassie caught Lumino as he returned from the battle, keeping her attention on Sage. "Your gonna pay for that..." He teleported over to her and grabbed her face. She tried to wrench it out of his grip, but to no avail. His devilish grin hinted to the guys that his hold on her was hard, and with their faces only centimeters apart he finished his threat before leaving them to be punished by the most hated teacher at school. "dearly."