A/N Hey peeps, since I'm on a roll updating my stories today thouhgt I'd throuw in a DD update for free.

Terradoll: Wooho I can do the disclaimer again right jet?

Jetravenex: sure why not.. and don't worry terra you'll get in soon.

Terradoll: yeah I'd better.

jetravenex: you forget its my story *folds arms across chest*

terradoll: ahh fooey anyways jetravenex does not own bakugan or my character Alica or Viki she belongs to Viki Boom.

Chapter 16

Masquerade was sitting in the computer room with Hydranoid looking over the bakugan stats. With a click of the mouse button all the other power levels began to disappear from the map until one number remained. Beneath his mask Masquerade raised an eyebrow in surprise.

"What is this?" Hydranoid growled bouncing up and down. The remaining number was no longer on Europe, it had moved to a place near Wardington City, and the highest bakugan had just shot up by 10 g's.

"Well, this was something I did not expect." Masquerade murmured resting his right hand beneath his chin as he studied the screen for a moment. Hydranoid floated up beside him.

"Is it possible that the dragonoid evolved?" Masquerade shrugged at the comment.

"Why don't we find out?" He moved the mouse over the number and clicked on the number. It opened up to reveal the image of the new most powerful bakugan.

The two stared at the image of the four winged black dragon that emerged onto the screen. Masquerade glanced below the image and studied the stats.

Name: Darkus Skylord

Power Level: 460 g's

Location: Last seen near Wardington city

Owner: Jet Raynet

Opponents: Chan Lee.

"Jet…." Masquerade murmured, when a rain of light erupted just to the side of him. "Chan Lee, I should assume you failed?"

He could hear a soft thud as the Chinese girl dropped to her knees.

"I-I couldn't believe it, she didn't just beat me, she-she annihilated both my warius and my Fortress with her Darkus Skylord."

"So I've heard," Masquerade said as he rose out of his chair, Hydranoid jumping off the desk and onto his shoulder. He turned around and studied the Chinese girl for a moment. Then he began to walk past her.

"There's more." Masquerade stopped and glanced back at the girl who was rising to her feet.

"And?"

"She said that if you have a bone to pick with her, that you should come face her yourself." Chan Lee said her left arm down at her side her right arm rubbing it anxiously.

Masquerade smirked. "I expected nothing less, go fetch Klaus and Billy they may serve some purpose." Chan lifted her head.

'What are you going to do?"

Masquerade chuckled slightly. "Isn't it obvious? I will go and extend an offer for her to join us, she has proved her worth, and if she refuses…" He glanced at Hydranoid. "Then perhaps a little persuasion will be in order." He chuckled as he exited the computer room.

Viki was sitting on the two pop stars patio enjoying a nice breakfast while the two pop stars were fawning over her Fireblick.

"Oh, I'm like soo jealous Viki! Your Fireblick is just so adorable." Jewls said as she scooped up the pyrus dragonoid and stroked his little head. The pyrus bakugan bashfully bowed his head.

"Er, um thank you ma'm."

"And so polite too!" Jenny squealed as she looked over Jewls's shoulder at the bakugan.

Viki lifted her head from her oatmeal and smiled at the scene, she had no doubt that if bakugan could blush Fireblick would've been beet red….Then again he already was.

A flash of light caught Viki's eye and the girls' voices stopped as they all focused on the light. They gasped as the light faded away to reveal Jet standing there.

"Oh, Jet you gave us a heart attack!" Jewls cried letting out the breath that she'd unconsciously been holding. Jet shrugged and walked over to a chair before flopping down into it.

"Sorry about that, do you guys have anything or me to eat, I was out running and I need fuel like..Now." Jenny smiled.

"Of course." She looked over her shoulders and snapped her fingers to summon a waiter. The waiter walked over to them and Jenny turned back to Jet. "What would you like?" Jet glanced at Viki's plate.

"Oh whatever, Viki's eating." Jenny nodded and relayed Jet's order to the waiter, he bowed before he retreated back inside the house. Viki turned and looked at Jet.

"Okay, I do hope there was a good reason for using the DT card and nearly scaring the crap out of us." Jenny and Jewls nodded tensely.

"Yeah, how come you guys have one anyways, were you guys like working with Masquerade?" Jet and Viki shook their heads.

"Nah, we're much too cool for that." A smug voice coming from Jet's shoulder made everyone turn in confusion. Skylord hopped down from Jet's shoulder onto the table. "Or am I the only one who thinks so?" Viki shot a questioningly look at Jet. Jet smiled weakly.

"Oh right, I forgot to mention that I found myself a guardian bakugan." Jet plucked up Skylord. "Everyone meet, Darkus Skylord." Skylord flapped her wings.

"Ello everyone." Skylord said. "I am one of the few female darkus bakugan in existence." A snort came from Fireblick.

"Great even better you're not only a darkus bakugan, but a female. Darkus bakugan are bad enough." Skylord wriggled out of Jet's grip and went over to Fireblick.

"What did you just say?" Skylord snarled.

"You heard me." Fireblick returned calmly.

"Hmph! Well I could say the same for all you pyrus bakugan! You're all hot tempered and incredibly stupid." Fireblick let out a growl and the two looked as if they were about to face off when Viki cut in.

"I'm sorry Jet; I forgot to add that I too got myself a new guardian." Viki grabbed Fireblick before he and Skylord could cause potential damage to each other. She held him out for Jet to see. "This is Pyrus Fireblick; he's the dragonoid that helped me take down Trent." Fireblick nodded his head and mumbled out a greeting. On the table Skylord let out a hmph making a point of turning away from Fireblick as he introduced himself. Silence fell among the girls.

"Excuse me miss." Jet looked up as the waiter set down a plate of food in front of her. She smiled thankfully.

"Merci, monsieur." The waiter smiled and bowed his head before walking away. She turned back to the girls. "Okay so I speak some French leave me alone." Jenny smiled and giggled slightly.

"I'm sorry I just didn't take you for that kind of person Jet." Jet shrugged.

"I am what I am, deal with it." She picked up her fork and began to dig into the plate of hot food.

"So did anything interesting happen while you were out? Run into anyone?" Jet lifted her head, a piece of bacon hanging out of her mouth. She quickly stuffed it in and swallowed.

"Eh, actually I did, not literally of course." Jet said which brought out some chuckles from the other girls and then Jet got a serious expression on her face. "I met Chan Lee." Viki didn't say anything while the other two girls gasped slightly. "I battled her and won, but it appears that Masquerade's put a target on me."

"Any sightings of the masked freak?" jenny asked Jewls nodded her head vigorously. Jet snorted.

"As if! The boy's wayyyy too chicken to come out and play…" Jet fell silent for a moment then she shrugged. "Anyways, I just wanted to let you guys know this so you wouldn't be…" her voice trailed off as light erupted directly to her left. "Too shocked, if something were to happen." She said grudgingly finishing her statement with a weary sigh, as she got out of her chair and turned to face the newcomers.

The light dulled to reveal the two boys that were standing there. Jet and Viki recognized the two as Klaus and Billy. The blue haired boy smiled at them.

"Good day ladies, I take it you are doing wuite well after achieving a lucky win over Chan Lee miss jet?" Jet snorted in response.

"Luck had nothing to do with it that was all skill and pure talent." Jet retorted. "Luck, is only when opportunity meets timeliness." Skylord flew up to her shoulder and landed down on it. "Now, what do you want?"

The blond next to Klaus smiled. "Unfortunately we're not here to brawl; we're here to deliver a message."

"And this message would be?" Viki asked as she and JJ dolls walked over to Jet and stood beside her.

Billy tapped the edge of his baseball cap. "Apparantly Jet's received the honor of having her challenge be answered by the #1 bakugan player in the world.

"That masked creep!' jenny said sounding disgusted she turned to Jet. "I know it's not your style but, you shouldn't go, you've got nothing to prove." Jet turned to her and smiled.

"But if I don't I won't have the fun of putting Masquerade in his place," jet winked at them. "And don't worry I'll have Skylord be sure to give Hydranoid a few whacks for you." Skylord grunted in agreement.

"And then a few more for good measure I should add!" Skylord declared. Jet turned to Billy and Klaus.

"So where's is the masked man himself?" Jet asked. Billy smirked.

"Waiting for you at the same location you beat Chan Lee," He replied. Jet nodded, she reached into her pocket and dug out the DT card she held it up in front of her face.

"Hmph good choice I suppose, later." Viki had been standing at the side for a while saying nothing choosing to just watch but then she reached out and grabbed her friends wrist. Jet paused in her movements and looked at her, a wry grin curving on her lips.

"Jeez, Viki you could've just said you wanted to come." She said playfully rolling her eyes she glanced past her at the JJ dolls, "And don't worry Jenny and Jewls, we'll be back soon!"

The JJ dolls nodded their heads their faces uncharacteristically solemn and focused. Jet lifted the card higher and it flashed once. Then the two girls vanished in a flash of light.

The two girls reappeared in the park near the fountain both of them clutching one end of the card. Viki released her end and jet shoved it back into her pocket. Then the two glanced around the area.

"Well this is stupid, we come all this way and they're nowhere in sight, how rude!" Viki declared Jet rolled her eyes and did a final sweep of the area.

"Masquerade! We know you're out there so why don't you quit this game of hide and seek and come out." On Jet's shoulder Skylord let out a 'humph'.

"Figures, men act all tough but really they're a bunch of yellow bellied cowards!" Skylord declared raising her head slightly. "I expected better from the 'best'.

"Well at last we finally get to meet in person, Jet." Jet and Viki whipped around to see the masked blond standing behind them arms folded, to his right stood Chan Lee. She sneered at Viki who scowled in response. "I must admit you're hardly what I expected you to be."

Jet smirked. "I could say the same for you." She replied.

"Hey what's with all the small talk?" Skylord said in a low hiss to Jet. "When are we going to brawl!"

"So, Darkus Skylord I presume?" Masquerade said as he turned his head slightly to study her. "I'm surprised by the fact that you turn out to be of all things a female bakugan." Skylord snorted.

"Make one crack about my name boy and I'll show you-" Jet grasped Skylord and closed her up cutting her threat short.

"Get to the point Masquerade, there's something you want from me or you wouldn't be here wasting your time away with this little chat we're having right now." Masquerade smirked.

"You sure cut to the chase eh? Very well, I'm here with an offer that you can't refuse."

Jet could probably have easily guessed what it was he was going to offer her. She released Skylord who grudgingly flew back up onto her place on Jet's shoulder.

"And this offer would be?" Jet asked.

"From when we first spoke with each other I knew you were worth looking into and I was right." He began to walk toward her but only stopped when Skylord let out a threatening hiss. "You've successfully passed all the tests and even Master Naga agrees." He held out his hand toward Jet. "Would you like to join our side of the battle?"

Jet glanced down at his hand for a moment. Beside her Viki shifted from foot to foot nervous and uneasy. She knew this wasn't the right thing to do. But… She glanced at her friend. Jet's blue eyes were looking in the direction of Masquerade but her vision seemed unfocused.

"The situation must feel so surreal to her." Viki thought her lips pressing together to form an apprehensive line. "At least that's how it would probably feel to me, if it were Spectra…" On her shoulder Fireblick sensed the turmoil and flapped his wings trying to grab her attention.

"It'll be okay." He assured her, he gestured towards Jet. "Your friend will do whatever she believes is right."

"But will it be what's right in her head or her heart?" Viki wondered, returning her gaze onto the scene before her. Jet standing next to her, Masquerade in front of Jet and Chan Lee, hands down by her sides as the scene in front of them unfolds. Then to her horror Jet began to lift her arm slowly….

A/N incredibly evil cliffie XD

terradoll: you enjoy making your readers suffer do you not.

Jetravenex: I'm a lot of things but thats notone of them.

Skylord: hey hey! I wanna brawl soon so all you readers out there REVIEW! So jet-jet here UPDATES! Oh and if you DON'T review. *bares teeth* I will eat you!

Jetravenex: skylord they won't taste good plus you shouldn't say that I don't want to have to fill out paperwork stating "My bakugan ate so and so."

Skylord: humph but REVIEW PEOPLESS I WANT THAT UPDATE!