Chapter 3: A taste of war!
The brawlers suddenly landed in a field of vegetation, trees, grass, flowers, the whole ordeal. The group of the six teens wandered threw the field as 6 ghostly figures surrounded them.
"This is not New Vestroia, but what it should be." spoke the ghostly figure of Oberus.
"New Vestroia is in War" announced Apollonir.
"Wa-a-a-r?" stuttered Dan
"Wait, I thought without the negative energy bakugan won't attack others?" asked Alice.
"That applied to the bakugan you know." corrected Excedra
"One day, out of the blue, a hole popped out of the ground and it started to drain life out of the grounded, leaving behing giant deserts and rocks." started Frosh.
"Then rocks started popping out of the ground, and ontop of them there where bakugan." continued Lars Lion
"Most appeared to be hostile, some where friendly, about 5 of them. The hostile ones threw those five into the whole before coming to attack us normal bakugan." finished Clayf
"So, what's the problem, you have Drago and the others, they'll finish them off easy!" screamed Dan
"The others can't, the new bakugan are capable of using multiple abilities together." defended Exedra.
"So, why do you need us?" asked Runo
"To co-ordinate our attacks" announced Appolonir with a roar.
"Jenny, I feel bad, I want to save Vestroia~." announced Jules
"Same, here Jules, even Eric had the dream." responded Jenny.
"So three out of the six of us had it." concluded Jules.
"Doctor Micheal?" asked Klaus, knocking on the door.
"Yes, hello?" asked Micheal, turning around.
"It's Klaus, Alice's friend." responded Klaus.
"Ah, come in child! Might I ask to what I owe this pleasure?" asked the scientist
"I was wondering, is the dimensional transporter working?" asked Klaus, answering a question, with a question.
"Not yet, want to go to Vestroia?" asked Micheal taking out a notepad.
"Yes, me and some friends want to go save the bakugan." responded Klaus
"Well, I'll try to get it up and running by tommorow, swing by around one, with your friends, and we'll see what I can do." replied Micheal before walking over to the Dimensional transporter.
Klaus walked out of the lab and flipped out his cell starting to search through his phone book when it rung. The aristocrat quickly pressed answer and letting out his usual "Hello, you have reached Klaus Von Hertzen."
"Hey, Klaus, it's Jenny, we heard you where organising a trip to Vestroia, my boyfriend, Jules, and I want to tag along, can we?" asked the voice on the cell, revealing itself to be Jenny.
"If you can meet me at my castle you can."
"Thanks, you won't regret it!"
"Your welcome, good bye Jenny."
"Bye!"
"OK, the group of Pyrus bakugan will go here to where Drago is to save him and Hydranoid." announced Dan.
"The Darkus troop will serve as back up." agreed Alice moving a black piece to where Dan placed his red one.
"Hum, I think the Haos troops will go save Tigrerra." said Runo moving her piece to a further section on the map
"Hum, Preyas is over there, I think it'd be most effective if I send the Aquos troops to the enemy's opponents base." announced Marucho.
"Ventus will join Aquos." added Shun.
"Then Sub-Terra will get Skyress and Gorem." replied Julie
"That's all the troops then." annouced Dan.
"Um, excuse me Sirs, and Mams, but you still have 5 more troops each." spoke a Ventus Reaper.
"Crud. Send all 6 different attribute troops to the front lines." screamed Dan.
"I'll go tell the troops where they need to go!" screamed the Reaper flying off.
"Dan, you left us defenseless!" argued Shun!
"The quicker we end this the better!" defended Dan.
"Yes, but they can now easily take over the land the bakugan already claimed!" continued Shun.
Jenny, Jules, and Eric quickly ran down a large stair case. The noise of screaming people was all that was heard to them, they dared not to speak to assure they weren't late. When they reached the lobby they quickly ran out and jumped in the waiting cab.
"To the air port!" announced Eric pointing towards the direction the airport was.
"I hope we're not to late!" spoke Jules.
"Remember, time goes slower in Vestroia!"responded Jenny getting a weird look from the cab driver.
Klaus glanced at his watch, 8:50 a.m. A bit more then 4 hours until everyone would be teleporting to Vestroia. Four hours until Klaus new he'd visit Sirenoid, he never had been more emotionally confused until now. His mind couldn't leave the fact, every time he'd try to stop counting down the minutes he would try to read poetry but that made him feel worse. His stomach began to hurt from all the emotions stirring in his stomach, he couldn't take it anymore, he needed to get out.
Chan tried to train to calm herself down but all she could think about was fortress. The practice dummy didn't help, it was red and had four arms.
"I need to talk to Joe." announced Chan walking out of her Dojo towards Klaus'.
"Klaus, your up early, are you alright?" asked Joe walking in to the garden.
"I'm fine. Just worried about Sirenoid."
Taking a seat, Joe looked at the book on the table. The sound of two sets of footsteps broke the sudden silence. Both knew the footsteps belonged to Billy and Komba.
"Hey guys!" screamed Komba.
"It's sweet!" added Billy
"Hey boys..." spoke Chan walking in from the back entrance.
"Chan!" announced Joe running up to hug his girlfriend.
"Hey Joe, are we going yet?" asked Chan
"Well, when Julio comes we're heading off, Jenny and Jules are supposedly coming as well." replied Klaus, sipping from a tea cup.
"Your so girly..."
"Chan, I'm warning you..."
"What you going to do about it?"
"I'll get Julio to sit on you."
"I'll stop..."
"Thank Frosh for private jets!" announced Jenny jumping in the jet, Eric and Jules behind her.
"Ya but Clayf, their expensive..." replied Jules.
"Hum, the Dimensional Transporter should be up in a second, but let's try teleporting this doll to first..." announced Micheal, talking to himself.
The giant doors of a machine that seemed similar to Masquerades Mask began to close, the little doll in the middle of the machines base. With a flash the doors lifted open, revealing nothing, just the floor. There was no sign of the doll, it had been teleported. In a sudden flash the Doll reappeared in his hands.
"Perfect, now to test on LARGER subjects."
In Vestroia the troops had set out to their assigned posts. The four troops that where sent to rescue the original six where succesful in their mission, when they arrived the bakugan seemed to disappear, having accomplished their goal they returned for reassignment. Success was not what happened to the other troops, they where numerous, but war pledged on, full force.
"Depth Tornado!"
"Marrionette"
"Saurus Glow!"
"Blow away!"
"Forcing Waves"
"Fire Judge!"
"Slash Zero!"
"Haos Freeze!"
The attacks where numerous, the power was incredible, the blows where aimed at single bakugan at a time, but the ability to dodge and counter was to great by the opponents. The more power that was sent toward the enemy the more bakugan fell for Vestroia's side.
"Their defenses are too strong, retreat!" screamed a Ventus Reaper as all the Ventus troops fled towards their base.
"Ready, set, TSUNAMI!!!!!"screamed a troop of Aquos Siege.
The waves formed and flowed towards the enemy, making many retreat but some waves returned and reverted the troop of Siege to ball form.
"Retreat, RETREAT!!!! RETURN TO BASE TO REGROUP!" was the scream heard as all the troops fled avoiding balls of black lightning and gushes of water as many where hit and reverted to their ball form.
As the war raged on vestroia waited for the group of teens. Klaus, Chan, Joe, Billy, Komba, Julio, Jenny, Jules, and Eric all came over the mountain that was in front of the Dr's lab. They all seemed to be running as if late for class in a hectic high school setting.
"There you are children!" announced as the group of teens approached his lab with smiles on their faces, the anticipation of going to Vestroia becoming intoxicating.
"Hello sir, is the Transporter Ready?"
"Yes it is Klaus, and might I add that Muffin basket was quite delectable."
"Your welcome, but we need to get to Vestroia ASAP." added Komba running into the machine dragging everyone with him.
In a flash all the teens disapeared, only to reapear a few seconds later in a tent with Dan and the others.
"KLAUS!" screamed Alice followed by Julie glomping Billy.
"Yo guys good to see you, we like totally need to back up!" announced Dan.
"Well, maybe if you thought out your strategy Dan we wouldn't have lost so many bakugan." snorted Shun sitting in a corner.
"Well, I conclude that we should each take a certain amount of bakugan we can take on smaller groups and capture those bakugan." responded Marucho trying to change the subject.
"Maybe your guardian and two others sound resonable." added Alice trying to avoid a fight.
"So like old times?" asked Jenny
"Master, our troops have obtained more bakugan, shall we send them to the vestal world?"
"Yes, and when they come, I Helios will tell them to take down the other bakugan."
"I see sir, I'll get right on it"
Entering a tent, like kids in a candy shop, the fifteen teens began to choose their two other bakugan. In the end this is what they ended up with:
Dan-Falconeer, Stinglash, Drago.
Marucho-Terrorclaw, Juggernoid, Preyas, Angelo/Diablo Preyas.
Julie-Centiploid, Wormquake, Hammer Gorem.
Runo-Terrorclaw, Saurus, Blade Tigrerra.
Alice-Mantris, Centoploid, Alpha Hydranoid.
Shun-Falconeer, Ravenoid, Storm Skyress.
Klaus-Griffon, Stinglash, Sirenoid.
Julio-Wormquake, Siege, Tentaclear.
Chan-Warrius, Mantris, Fortress
Joe-Siege, Robotallion, Warrius
Komba-Bee Striker, ElCondor, Harpus
Billy-Hynoid, Wormquake, Cycloid
Jenny-Juggernoid, Stinglash, Siege.
Jules-Wormquake, Wormquake, Wormquake
Eric-Juggernoid, Juggernoid, Juggernoid.
It was a normal Vestal night, cold, damp, wet, the hover-cars drove by quickly, the floating street lights flickered. A crack appeared in the sky, and from that crack cards began to fall, one similar to the ones that fell to earth. One of these cards came with a letter, this card landed in the kings thrown room. The prince was making his nightly rounds at the time and picked up the card and the note.
"Come visit us, ask your best scientist to bring you here." read the prince ignoring the rest and running off to the nearest vestal galactic records to fing the smartest Vestal Alive. Reading the name and address the prince ran off to his fathers bedroom.
"Father, Father, you know how you always complain about vestals needing more room? Look at this card and this note and the news and the Vestalnet, and talk to this guy, and, and, and. yeah!" screamed the prince, a short little 8 year old Vestal with gray hair.
"Hum, let me see son, I'll check this guy out tommorow, now GO TO BED!" screamed the angry king pulling the covers over his head getting an irritated look from his wife, the queen.
A young eight year old vestal girl sat in her room examining the card she picked up from her floor, an odd marble coming out, making the young girl scream.
"Mira, are you ok?"
"Yes, Keith, it's nothing."
With that her older brother left her room and walked to his room, curious, the little girl looked out of her window an picked up a few more cards and marbles.
Professor Clay worked in his lab, having received the message from the king the following morning. Quickly scanning the cards and bakugan sent to the vestal world the professor ran to the phone to call a 'recall' of sorts to gather all of these marbles and cards for further testing.
All over the the vestal world screens appeared in front of people.
"Hello humble vestals, we have researched the recent card rain and have found out they are strong powerfull monsters, for your safety we have sent out the vestal guards to gather these monsters. We might have also found a new land for our people since our galaxy is over populated, please give your found marbles and cards to the guards, we have scanners to detect them so no use in hiding them, your king for live."
As Professor Clay examined each and every new arrival and testing his new machines effect, the professor began to build holding cells that emit the same frequency that reverts the monsters into their marble forms.
"Wait, if I build a giant one it'll hold them easier!" announced the professor starting on building a larger scale machine and getting engineers and builders to help.
Walking away from the machine to call the king the professor heard one marble speak.
"When you get to our planet, your going to get it!"
"Sire, their has been incredible breakthroughs, their world will be ours!" spoke the scientist to his phone hanging it up before laughing maniacally.