"Where was that stupid building again...?" A teenage girl muttered to herself, "he said it was somewhere on the outskirts of town..."
The Girl wandered around for a bit, before a brown bakugan floated in front of the girl, as it opened up an looked towards the girl. The girl then let out a sigh, and crossed her arms as a result.
"No Grifftrix, we aren't lost, it's just these buildings are too similar," The girl said, in a somewhat annoyed tone.
"Are you trying to get fresh with me?" The Bakugan stated.
"N-no! It's just... really annoying trying to find this place. I always lose track of where exactly it is," She replied.
"Are you sure you know where you're going?" The Grifftrix asked.
"Yeah... It should be over here," She said. 'Well...I hope anyway.'
The girl then ran over to what looked like an abandoned factory building that was located a couple miles out of the city of bayview. Its black exterior and no windows gave it an ominous appearance, which sent a chill down her spine.
"Victoria, are you sure you want to go in there?" Grifftrix asked.
"For the last time it's VICKY. How many times do I have to repeat myself to you?" Victoria replied back with a bit of bite to her tone, as she glared at her bakugan, "And yes I'm sure, this is where we were supposed to hide out for the time being remember?"
"Very well, if you say so then, let us venture on in there," the bakugan replied, as it took its perch on Victoria's shoulder.
Victoria then walked into the into the abandoned warehouse, as her hand suddenly started to glow with a deep blue color, as it illuminated the area around her. She started walking down the hallway, before coming to a branching path, as she looked both ways, trying to figure out which direction to go in.
"Didn't he tell you which way to go?" Grifftrix asked.
"Um... Yeah. I-It's the left hallway... I think" she replied back.
"You think?" The bakugan said back in a curious tone.
The teenage girl sighed as she took a deep breath as she turned left, hopping that she was going in the right direction. She ran down the hallway for a couple of minutes, trying to get a feel for where she was, although unfortunately coming to a dead end.
"Well…. I guess he told me to go right then..." she mumbled to herself.
"I KNEW I shouldn't have let you take the lead, you and your terrible sense of direction" the bakugan snapped at her.
"Yeah…. I know. Sorry. Let's just go the other way then okay?" She mumbled before turning around and running in the opposite direction down the other hallway, hopping she doesn't make that mistake again.
Meanwhile in a room off of the main storage room, there was a man who was laying back on what seemed to be a computer chair, and had his feet up on a desk and his hands back behind his head. He took a deep breath, before looking over to his partner bakugan.
"So, when do you take that Victoria will arrive?" Denziel asked
"It shouldn't be too long from now, she's always been a good girl when it came to being on time," he started, "I can't wait for those two to meet her. That will be one very… interesting meet up,"
"When are we going to go back for those two?! I'm ready to obliterate them!" Denziel exclaimed, floating over in front of Peotas' face.
"Don't worry Denziel, don't worry. You'll get your chance. First I want to allow Victoria to get a crack at the two of them, it will give us a better idea of what their level is as competitors. Besides, they have a few... Mishaps to solve first, I believe," Peotas stated, laughing a little bit at his partner's excitement.
"But you said that-"Denziel started
"I know what I said Denziel. Eventually were going to break that seal, eventually. Patience is a virtue in life. Our goal is to get her back to where she rightfully belongs, and more importantly, get her back to who she truly is" Peotas stated.
He then sensed something, which caused him to get out of his relaxed position, and stood up holding a fist.
"Actually… I believe she's right on cue. Let's go find her shall we?"
"I'm sorry, but you want to what now?" Dan asked his sister, as he shot a glare at her, as she sat on his bed.
"What…? You're the one who keeps going "I want to beat Torchy!" I'm just trying to help. Is it really that much of a problem?" Emily asked.
"Yes, because Drago is MY bakugan! Not yours, MINE. Why should I make an ability that forces you to be with me in order to use?" Dan exclaimed.
"Well, unless you want to lose to Potato-whatever man again, I suggest listening to me," Emily said.
"No way, that's not happening. I can beat him by myself" Dan replied in a prideful voice, swinging his computer chair around back at the monitor, crossing his arms in a frustrated motion.
"Fine, whatever! Just say I didn't warn you!" Emily said, as she jumped off the bed, and started walking out of the room. Just before she exited, her hand glowed an aqua color as so did the chair Dan was on, as she tilted him back, causing him to fall backwards.
She then ran down the hallway and down the stairs, looking around the house to see if anyone was in her sight, before she darted for the door, and flew up to the roof. She picked a relatively level spot, before sulking looking up at the sky, and wrapping her tail around her legs.
"I just don't understand…..this is where I was supposed to go?" she questioned herself, "Maybe they were mistaken…. This just doesn't feel right at all."
While she looked up, she noticed a few stray birds flying over the city, chirping to one another.
"What happened to the nice family I knew…..I just want that back. This isn't anything like I hoped it'd be. Kuse made it sound so…..exciting. Now look, I can't even make a suggestion without being yelled out," she muttered to herself, "I just want to be the free spirit again. I hate being cooped up like this, it just isn't right…"
Meanwhile, in his room Dan let out a frustrated sigh as he threw himself onto his bed, with his face colliding with the pillow.
"I can't stand her sometimes! Getting in the way of my own hobby, she doesn't even know what she's getting herself into probably!" Dan yelled to himself, in a muffled voice.
"I think she's just trying to help you against this mysterious man that we ran into a couple of days ago. She seem to know about what that man and his bakugan were able to use," Drago replied, floating over to Dan.
"Suuuure, because you haven't seen a bakugan that's literally impossible to defeat without what, a bakugan that cannot naturally use whatever that ability is?" Dan asked.
"That's what is seems like to me," Drago replied.
"Oh, now you're taking sides?!" Dan yelled, sitting up on his bed in frustration.
"I'm not taking anyone's side. I'm just saying maybe you should try REASONING with her before you think you're the best out there. Last time we checked, he was at the top of the brawling ranks." Drago said.
"Ugh…. Fine I guess you're right. Let's go see if we can find her," he said, grumpily walking out of his room, trying to find Emily.
"Just face it Victoria, we're lost in here. You should have waited for him to come out like he said," Grifftrix said.
"VICKY, and come on, I've only gone down the wrong path like um….5 times?" She replied
"There's only been 7 different intersections, and yes I have been counting" Grifftrix said in a confident tone.
"Ugh, whatever. I'm sure we're bound to find him eventually" Vicky muttered, walking down another hallway.
"Why keep looking when he's right here?" Said a voice.
The sudden third voice caused the girl to freeze up mid step, and caused her to lose her balance and fall over on the floor. She cringed slightly, before she got back up, and dusted herself off.
"Dammit Peotas, can you not scare me like that?" She asked.
"Well, I thought I told you to wait outside, so I was outside looking for you," he replied.
"See, I TOLD you we should've waited outside, but no you wanted to get lost and explore the darn place!" Grifftrix scolded Victoria.
"Okay okay fine….sorry," she started, then look towards Peotas, "So, what happened that was so special you needed me for?"
"I have a pair of….people I think you'd be interested in meeting," he said with a smirk on his face.
"Wait-you don't mean you actually-"she started, starting at him with pure shock.
"Precisely. I've finally found them! What better way to get to know them then introducing yourself now?" Peotas said.
"Well….I mean I guess we should get going now," She replied.
"Perfect! Let's get going then shall we?" Peotas said, as he started walking down one of the dark hallways.
"I suggest following him, so you don't get lost this time," Grifftrix said.
"R-Right!" Victoria replied shakily, running after Peotas.
"Ugh, where the heck did she go darnit!?" Dan exclaimed in frustration.
"She has to be around here somewhere, be patient," Drago replied.
"Somewhere?! We've looked inside the whole entire house!" he exclaimed.
"Maybe she went outside?" Drago asked.
"Right, I highly doubt-"Dan said, as he walked outside and looked up at the house, "Well….maybe you were right?"
"See? You've been living with her for quite some time, you should of known she likes to be outside a lot" Drago replied.
"Ugh, whatever" Dan muttered, before cupping his hands and shouting towards the roof. "Emily! Get down here, I want to talk to you!"
She looked down towards the ground and saw Dan calling for her, and muttered something under her breath and then jumped downward towards the ground. When she landed, she wrapped her tail around her waist, and shot a glare at her brother.
"Just leave me alone, I don't want to talk to you," she simply stated, before turning around to take off.
"Wait, I just wanted to-"Dan started, but was unable to finish due to his sister taking off, "Darnit! Why does she have to-"
"I suggest going after her, your mom won't be happy if she finds out that she just suddenly disappeared," Drago said.
"Right! Yeah we should get going!" He said, as he grabbed his bike and rode off down the road after Emily.
After flying off, Emily looked around the city for a safe landing spot. Eventually she found herself flying over a park, where she noticed a group of medium sized trees that looked like a good landing spot.
"Okay…. I think that looks pretty good," she muttered.
She then started to descend down towards the trees to use them as a nice hiding spot, before her eyes suddenly went wide. She felt a rush of negative energy, and when she looked she noticed a black blast hurdling towards her.
"Gah!" she screamed, as she dodged the blast, colliding with one of the tree branches in the process. She then crashed down onto the floor, letting out a groan.
"Ugh…" she moaned, trying to get up from where she made a crash landing, "Wha….what the heck was that?"
"Hey! Are you okay?" Shouted a girl voice, as she came running closer to Emily.
"Huh….what? Yeah I'm okay… I think," Emily muttered, leaning against the tree and holding her head.
The girl ran over, revealing to be a girl with a short light brown shirt ontop of a longer dark brown shirt. She had long hair and blue pants, and was wearing to what looked like boots with spiked circle on them.
"Do you need any help?" she asked
"I….think I'm alright," Emily said, as she held onto her arm and looked up at the girl.
"Oh! You look hurt, let me check it out!" She stated, trying to move Emily's arm.
"N-no! I'm fine," Emily replied back in shock, causing her hand to glow as she jerked her arm away.
"Oh… wow. You have that too?" the girl asked.
"…..Excuse me?" Emily replied, blinking in confusion.
"I have that too," she started, as her hand glowed a light blue color, "I just usually use mine for healing, which is why I wanted to look at your arm"
She then grabbed Emily's arm while the young girl looked in confusion at the girl infront of her, as she started getting to work on the cut.
"What's…..your name?" Emily asked, suspiciously.
"Mine? It's Victoria. Is there a problem?" She asked with a smile on her face.
"N-no…. I don't think anyway. It's just that I've never seen an aura user before… besides my mom,"
"Oh, really? Your mom was an aura user? That's cool! I wish my parents were aura users, I guess they just had the recessive gene in them that gave it to me," Victoria said.
"Um… English?" Emily asked.
"Oh, right, sorry. You probably don't understand genetics. They had the trait, except they were able to use it themselves." She replied.
"Oooooh….that makes sense. I think," Emily said back, trying to make sense of it.
"So, do you live in this city?" Victoria asked.
"Unfortunately," Emily muttered back.
"Unfortunately? Why? This city is amazing!" Victoria exclaimed.
"No, it isn't. Not when you're stuck in a house with a bunch of people you don't know." Emily muttered again.
"Are you…..an orphan of some sort?" Victoria asked.
"No. I live with my brother and the people who he has the guts to call his parents," she replied.
"Wait, what do you mean by, "call his parents"? Aren't you living with your parents?" Victoria asked
Emily moved her head towards the ground before crossing her arms and looking at Victoria at out of the corner of her eye. Her expression showed obvious gloom.
"Oh….I'm sorry. I didn't know," She replied.
"No, it's okay. To be honest I never actually met my father anyway. I've been on my own for most of the time after my mom died. I only moved in with my brother like a month or two ago," Emily said.
"Really…? That's…..different," Victoria stated.
"Oh, Victoria, there you are!" A bakugan said, as she floated up to her partner.
"You…..have your own bakugan?" Emily asked, curiously.
"Me? Of course I do. Most people nowadays have their own bakugan, this is my partner, subterra Grifftrix," Victoria said.
"It's a pleasure to meet you Emily," Grifftrix said.
"It's a pleasure to…..wait. How did you know my name?" Emily asked the bakugan, raising an eyebrow.
'Dammit!' Victoria thought to herself, while she looked at her bakugan trying to keep her composure.
"Well…. It's because…" Grifftrix started.
"Dammit there you are!" Shouted a male voice, as Dan slammed the breaks on his bike, infront of the two girls, "You're coming home with me now!"
"Excuse me, but I was in the middle of a conversation!" Emily snapped back.
"You RAN away from me! That's not exactly allowed, you're not a free spirit anymore!" Dan shouted back.
"Maybe I want to be a free spirit still! Maybe I'm not exactly enjoying living with you!" Emily said back.
"I'm your brother, it's MY job to make sure you're okay!" Dan said.
"Excuse me, but you don't exactly seem like much of a brother to me!" Emily said, before turning around and glaring out of the corner of her eye.
"Excuse me, are you-"Dan started.
"Daniel just leave her be, I think she just needs some time to herself," Drago said, floating in front of his partner.
"No, this time I'm right. She needs to learn her place in this family," Dan said glaring at her.
"I'm sorry, but what family?" Emily started, "if you consider you and your foster parents my family, then you are really mistaken."
"Are you-"Dan started, before noticing Victoria out of the corner of his eye, "Wait, who are you?"
"Oh, my name is Victoria. I'm sorry, I didn't know she ran away like that! She just got crashed into a tree and I came over to help her!" She replied.
"Wait, you what?!" Dan exclaimed, turning towards Emily and grabbing her jacket, "How can you be so reckless?"
"I wasn't being reckless! There was just this rush of negative energy and this Disaura shot that just-"Emily started.
"Wait, what? Disaura, does that mean-"Dan started.
"Wait, hold on. Disaura?!" Victoria started, then muttered, "Dammit he said he wasn't going to attack her!"
"Wait…..do you know who shot that blast?" Drago then asked.
"Ugh. Great, Grifftrix I think our cover is blown," Victoria said.
"What, cover?! What cover?!" Dan asked, turning to what now looked like a mysterious girl.
"I believe she was reffering to the fact that she's been working with me, Daniel," A voice said, as Peotas then suddenly appeared behind Victoria, with a confident smirk on his face.
"You, but, how-"Emily started.
"Simple, she's working with me, is that a very hard concept to grasp?" Peotas stated.
"But you guys don't even… you guys aren't….. How?" Emily looked up.
"Apparently I was mistaken, with everything you were wrapped up with you aren't able to comprehend this with your child brain," Peotas sighed, shaking his head.
"Why are you here?!" Dan exclaimed.
"It's a very simple answer boy. We're just here to introduce our new member, Victoria here to you two. I'm sure you three will become acquainted with one another rather quickly," Denziel said, as he floated in front of Peotas and in Dan's face.
"Oh yeah, and why is that?" Dan said, flicking Denziel out of his face.
"How dare you do that to the mighty Denziel, you will pay for that!" The bakugan shouted, as he rushed Dan in the head, causing him to lose his footing for a few seconds.
"That's because…." Victoria started, before pulling out a gate card, "I want to challenge you to a brawl"
"Wait, what?! Are you nuts?" Dan yelled, "With him around?!
"Relax boy, I'm not one who would get in the way of another's battle," Peotas said.
"Dan, be careful, she has-"Emily started.
"I don't need your help Emily, I can do this on my own!" Dan started, then pulling out his own gate card, "Alright, fine I accept your challenge. Just be prepared to loose"
"Don't get cocky now, or it just might be your downfall," Victoria stated, holding up her gate card.
"I think that's just my style, and it's done me justice so far, so I think it might work," Dan replied, holding up his own gate card and grabbing Drago.
'Shoot, I need to do something fast,' Emily thought to herself, watching the scene unfold.
Just before they were able to open the field Emily managed to grab onto Dan's other arm with her tail, to make sure he wasn't able to push her away.
"W-what are you doing?!" Dan exclaimed
"I need to watch this!" She yelled back.
"Just let her come Dan," Drago stated.
"Ugh, fine, whatever. Just don't get in my way, got it?" Dan said as he sighed.
Then Dan and Victoria's gate cards started to glow, as time seemed to stop around them, and they warped into the oh so similar brawling dimension.
Okay, guys, I finished another one :D. I hope you like my new character Victoria, you'll find more about her later ^^. She's pretty cool lol. I'm really happy I was able to finish this before thanksgiving though, cuz I was able to post 5 chapters within a year :D(not on here, somewhere else). It makes me feel really proud that I'm sticking through with this story finally. It's really near and dear to me, so yeah ^_^.
Oh, and in regards to one of the anonymous reviewers that asked me a question(since I can't PM you back) No, she isn't Gohan's friend or anything lol. Emily isn't actually in any way related to the main DBZ cast. It's a bit off, but another character is. You'll learn more later, don't worry, just, spoilers lol.