A/N annddd here's chapter 27! Wow I'm almost at 30 chapters *glittery eyes*

Unfortunately no brawl in this chapter, and it was HELL to get out I'm not sure it came out exactly the way I liked, it felt sort of rushed to me. So if you see some really bad errors TELL ME!

This chapter did not want to start, it was like trying to get a stubborn mule out of a paddock, it sucks.

Jetravenex: everyone I'd like you to meet an old friend of mine.

Viki boom: Hello readers.

Jetravenex: the person Viki is based off, well, at least MY interpretation of her, so I'n doing my best.

?: you still look like you just woke up.

Jetravenex: Ah hey lordofdarkus!

Lord: Jet can't you act even somewhat controlled?

Jetravenex: um nope!

WhateverMyNameIsXD: She also doesn't own bakugan!

Jetravenex: um, yeah. That too XP

Chapter 27

While Runo tried to get into contact with Dan; Jet, Viki and Marucho began to scour the place for any clues. Well, it was mostly Marucho who tried to. Jet and Viki were only shifting stuff around to keep up appearances and to prevent any other questions.

After a while of fruitless searching and no moving, Jet groaned and threw up her hands. "This is pointless, there is nothing here!" Jet said irritation and impatience clear in her voice, when a loud unfamiliar voice reached her ears. Jet looked towards Runo who was holding her bakupod away from her ears as Dan shouted at her. Jet waited a moment, counted to five, and then Runo blew up at the bakupod.

"How am I supposed to answer with you doing all the talking?" Runo snapped, and Jet chuckled covering her mouth to suppress them.

"Well, sorry for being worried!" Dan shot back on the other end, loud enough for Jet and Viki to hear. Jet smirked despite herself.

"Aw, how cute, the lovebirds are arguing." Jet said, Runo looked up and shot her a glare. Jet shrugged still smirking.

"Runo, who is that, who's with you?" Dan asked his voice sounding confused. "Is that one of masquerade's goons?"

"Idiot," Jet muttered under her breath as she walked over to Runo. Louder she said. "Hello, Dan Kuso, I've heard much about you."

"What the-Who are you? One of masquerade's goons?" He demanded over the bakupod.

Much softer Jet could make out Drago softly reprimanding Dan. "Dan if she was with Masquerade why would Runo be anywhere near her?"

"For your information, he's sent my bakugan into the doom dimension just as much as he's sent yours." Jet said and after a moment to consider things she added. "My name is Jet, me and my friend Viki have found your friends Runo and Marucho trapped in what is believed to be Masquerade's mansion." Jet had to suppress a smirk at the sound of the battle brawler's gasps of surprise. Though me and Viki both know that this is his mansion.

"Okay…But what are you going to do?" He asked. Jet lifted her eyes to meet Runo's. She stepped back to allow Viki to join her at her side. Jet considered Marucho and Runo for a moment.

"I say we should investigate this place." Jet said at last, Runo opened her mouth to protest. "But since I know you guys don't trust us, would it make you feel better if Viki and I split up and went with one of you two?" She gestured with her hand around the room. "Because as fascinating, as this bare room, who knows what other secrets this mansion contains."

Runo narrowed her eyes but rather than say anything let out a soft humph.

Marucho however stepped forward Preyas, perched on his shoulder. "I think the idea is a good one," He looked towards Runo. "Jet's right, we won't learn much standing around, and who knows if Masquerade or one of his other goons won't come up to check on us." He turned back to Jet and nodded his head to her. "I like the idea, but I think we should keep in contact with one of our friends at all times." He activated his bakupod. "Dan can you hear me?"

"Uh yeah, I'm reading you loud and clear Marucho." Dan said sounding surprised to hear the Aquos brawler's voice.

Runo looked towards Marucho in surprise, "You're saying that we both can keep in contact with Dan at the same time?"

"Yes," Marucho said nodding a small smile emerging on his face. "It's a feature I added to the bakupod in case we ever had to split up and need to keep in contact with two people at all times."

Runo let out an agitated sigh, throwing Jet a dirty look. "Okay, but how are we going to find anything in here?"

"I can lead you." Reaper offered he was sitting on Jet's left shoulder, opposite of Skylord who was perched on her right. They all looked to Reaper in surprise the bakugan shifted uncomfortably under their gazes. "Any loyalty I had to Masquerade and Naga died the day he pitched me into the doom dimension."

Runo let out a soft agitated sigh. "Yeah, sure that's all good and dandy, but I don't trust either of you two." She growled jabbing a finger at Jet. "You both are far too connected to Masquerade for my liking."

Jet shrugged at Runo. "Have it your way." She turned to Marucho. "Then I guess that means you and me are together, eh Marucho?" Marucho adjusted his glasses.

"I suppose it'll work." He said walking over to Jet.

"Don't worry Marucho, Skylord is trustworthy, right Sky?"Preyas said looking towards Skylord.

"Don't call me sky and we'll get along just fine." Skylord said coldly. Jet shifted her shoulder to try and shut Skylord up.

Runo glanced over at Viki and let out a long suffering sigh. "Then I guess I'm stuck with you." She walked over to stand by the pyrus brawler.

Viki just shrugged. "I don't really care. So should we go different directions then?" She asked looking towards Jet, who nodded.

"That way we'll cover much more ground." Jet said, and then she jerked her thumb towards the door, "So, are we going to stand here discussing this all day or are we going to get moving already?"

"I agree with Jet." Marucho said. "I say we leave at once." He looked to Jet who smiled and nodded. The twosome proceeded to the door and glanced back to see Runo and Viki following much more slowly behind. Jet opened the door and glanced down the hallways warily, and then she lifted her head and scanned the walls of the hallway. Then she spotted it. A small camera mounted on the wall. Jet had to suppress the grin that threatened to break through. She had no doubt that as soon as she and her friends Masqerade and his buddies would be watching them with camera. She was half tempted to stick out her tongue at the camera but then she shook her head to herself.

"It's better to act oblivious." She decided. She looked behind to see that the others had gathered behind her.

"Is it clear?" Marucho asked. Jet smiled and nodded she opened the door all the way and stepped out into the hallway forcing herself to avoid look in the direction she knew the camera was. Marucho stepped out after her and surveyed the hallway before joining Jet. Viki followed casting a look at Jet who leaned lazily against the wall smiling slightly. Lastly came Runo who was still silently fuming at Jet.

"Okay," She snapped to Viki. "Which way are we going?" Viki frowned and looked to Jet for help. Jet mouthed "No computer room" to her. Viki nodded slightly enough for Jet to catch but not Runo.

"I think we should head that way." Viki said pointing in the direction opposite of the direction of where the the computer room was, also where she and Jet knew Masquerade was waiting for them. Viki looked to Jet. "Is that okay Jet?"

Jet shrugged and then moved off the wall. "Sure, come on Marucho, let's go this way." Jet began to walk briskly in the direction of the computer room. Marucho struggled to catch up with Jet's quick pace.

"Hey Jet! What's the hurry?" Marucho said as he reached out his hand to try and grab onto Jet and slow her down.

"Oh nothing much we just got a date with the boss of this level." Jet thought to herself, narrowing her eyes slightly.

"Hey sister where's the fire?" Preyas asked from Marucho's shoulder as the Aquos player broke out into a run to catch up with Jet. Jet stopped suddenly at the sound of running footsteps. Her sudden stop lead Marucho to crash right into her back and fall to the ground.

"Ow." He moaned laying on his back on the ground. Jet turned around, saw him on the ground and heaved a sigh. She knelt down and held out her hand to Marucho. The kid grabbed it and she helped him back to his feet.

"Sorry about that." She said frowning slightly. "I'm just sort of eager to investigate this place."

"Yeah, but" Marucho jabbed his thumb in the direction of which they had come. "We passed all those rooms back there why didn't we-"

"Look inside?" Jet said beginning to walk forward again. "Simple, my old buddy told me that the rooms here are all empty vacant, unused. They won't bring us any more clues than the room you and Runo were stuck in."

"Okay," Marucho said sounding a bit uncertain. "But why are you hurrying in this direction."

"We're heading in the direction of the computer room aren't we Reaper?" Jet said ignoring marucho's question and instead turning to the darkus bakugan perched on her left shoulder.

The darkus bakugan seemed surprise. "Your source must be very good Jet, we are indeed approaching the computer room." Then he added quietly. "But I fear we are also nearing a contact with my former master."

Jet grinned. "That is exactly what I am hoping for Reaper. I've got a bone to pick with him." She quickened her pace again, forcing Marucho to break into a run struggling to catch up with her calling after her to slow down and come back. But she didn't slow she kept going her eyes locked ahead.

"Masquerade here I come." She thought smiling darkly.

Meanwhile, with Runo and Viki.

"Aw no a dead end." Runo whined as the hallway they had been going down led them to a wall. Viki took a step forward and reached forward to the wall.

"It's not a mirror… But maybe Masquerade could have other secret passageways?" She wondered. She rested her hand on the wall. "maybe," She murmured.

"What are you doing?" Runo asked raising an eyebrow watching as Viki pressed her hands against the wall.

"I'm looking to see if there's a secret passageway somewhere." Viki said moving her hands around pressing against different points. "Because I'm pretty sure we haven't reached the other end of the mansion ye-" She was cut off when she laid her hand against a certain point in the wall and her hand sunk in. With a yelp she redrew her hand and they jumped at the sound of something scraping beside them and they turned to see a panel slide open in one of the walls.

"Huh, you were right." Runo said as she began to enter the passageway, stopping when Viki grabbed her wrist.

"Hold on." Viki said scanning the passageway. "We have to be careful, she said carefully entering the passageway and stepping ahead of Runo "For all we know this could be a-" Her voice was cut off as the panel that led into the halfway snapped shut. "A trap." She finished as they were left in darkness.

"I'm surprised that they decided to split up." Billy said as he and the others watched the goody-goody's progress on the monitor of masquerade's computer.

"Yeah, the fools, they're only making it easier for us to pick 'em off. One by one." Komba said with a laugh.

"Be quiet." Chan Lee hissed, she turned to Masquerade who had his back turned to them eyes seemingly trained on the monitor. "What are we going to do about them, surely you don't intend to let them wander around… They might stumble upon something."

Masquerade snorted. "Relax Chan, we'll be giving our guests a warm welcome very soon." Masquerade assured her smirking, as he watched Jet and Marucho walking down the hallway Jet's eyes trained forward her steps quick and hurried while Marucho lagged behind struggling to catch up and begging the girl to slow down. "And I'll make you regret defying me Jet."

Said girl was now standing with her hands on her hips glaring down at the newest problem.

"The hallway splits?" Jet groaned. She knew they were looking for a hallway that appeared to dead end at a giant mirror, which in reality hid the stairs that would lead them down to Masquerade's computer room. But, she wasn't exactly sure where to find it. She looked left and then she looked right. "Gah!" She said reaching up and yanking on her hair. "Which way? Which way?" Marucho wasn't much help the poor boy was keeling over struggling to catch his breath.

"Hey, Marucho what's going on?" Dan asked his voice sounding from the bakupod. Jet turned her head to look at Marucho. The Aquos brawler sighed as he lifted his wrist.

"Ye-yes Dan?" Marucho said still breathing hard, while Jet put her hands on her hips.

"Surely I didn't push him that hard!" She thought shaking her head at the sight.

"Did something happen to Runo?" Jet and Marucho suddenly exchanged worried looks. "I lost contact with her awhile ago." Dan sounded anxious. "Do you guys know if something might've happened to her?"

"Dan can you hear me?" Jet said making her voice loud and clear. "This is Jet, we're going to go on ahead until we reached the other end of the mansion and then we'll double back to look for Runo, but until then I think Runo and Viki can take care of themselves."

"Or, at least I think they can." Jet thought.

"This is your fault." Runo said as she crawled forward ducking her head to avoid hitting the low ceiling.

"Well, I wasn't the one who was all so eager to jump right in, in the first place!"

"Yeah, well you made me want to go in! And now here we are crawling through this tunnel, having no idea where we're going, and on top of that I've lost contact with Dan!" Runo growled brandishing her bakupod which was only showing static.

"Oh what a pity, you can no longer tell him how much you love him over and over again, yeah real big loss." Viki sneered.

"What!" Runo shrieked, struggling to turn around in the close quarters of the tunnel. "What are you implying you little-"

Her statement was cut off as the ground suddenly opened up beneath them. They blanched as they were left there on thin air for a moment before gravity kicked in and they both were sent plummeting downwards.

"I HATE YOU MASQUERADE!" Runo screamed as she fell down the tunnel, while Viki cursed their voices echoing off the walls of the tunnel. But their screams went unheard by their friends on the other side of the mansion.

They hit the bottom of the pit, Runo first and then Viki came down on top of her. They groaned in pain while their vision blurred and they blacked out.

After some debating with Reaper and Marucho, Jet had finally come to the conclusions that when in doubt, go left. So as they walked, this time Jet walked a little slower to allow Marucho to follow comfortably beside her, Marucho found it fit to ask Jet a question that had been bugging him.

"So, what is your relationship with Masquerade." He asked, the girl in front of him stiffened but kept walking.

"That," Jet said her tone of voice as cold as ice. "Is none of your concern."

"No really Jet, I mean we all have some bone to pick with Masquerade, but you seem to have something more going on." Marucho said.

Jet halted glancing around the hallway knowing she had to be careful what to say, because said masked boy and his minions were most definitely watching.

"He just has a way of pushing my buttons." Jet replied flatly resuming walking at a brisk pace forcing Marucho to run to catch up once more. 'Now if you don't mind I'd like to keep moving." Marucho tried to voice his protests but Jet kept walking fast paying him no heed. The sound of her shoes hitting the floor echoing off the walls.

The dimly lit hallways were really no help, he had to keep at least a few feet behind Jet or else she'd disappear into the gloom, but this time she was making so much noise that he could easily tell where she was.

"If you ask me Marucho old buddy." Preyas whispered. "I'm betting Masquerade dumped her. Or cheated on her, or maybe he-"

"SHUT UP PREYAS!" Jet barked, whipping her head around to flash Preyas a glare that could bore holes through steel.

"Wow, she's got good hearing."

"I heard that!" Jet snapped looking back at Marucho as she kept walking forward. "I'll have you know I'm not-" THUD! "Stupid mirror!" Jet said cursing loudly, stumbling away from the glass rubbing her head while giving the mirror the evil eye.

"Well, that's one way to find it," Reaper said struggling to hold back his laughter as he floated up beside Jet's head.

"Shut up or I'll dropkick you into the doom dimension!" Jet hissed her blue eyes flashing. Reaper drew back but still chuckled softly. Jet rolled her eyes at him before she approached the mirror.

"I don't get it." Preyas piped up from Marucho's shoulder as jet began to press against the edge of the mirror. "What's the importance of a big glass mirror at the end of the hall-oh" he trailed off as Jet pushed the mirror open. Marucho blanched at the sight.

"Children first?" Jet asked gesturing with her hand for him to go first. The Aquos brawler entered slowly before he stepped through the hidden entrance. His mouth dropped open as he gazed around the place in awe. The ground beneath him was made of stone, a big difference from the carpeted floor they had left behind. He looked around finding the walls to also be made of stone, and burning torches lined the walls. He noticed stairs off to the side leading downward. He jumped at the sound of a loud bang. He turned to see Jet standing behind him glaring daggers at the back of the mirror.

"I swear that thing is out to get me." She growled, then she looked around, before she walked over to the edge of the platform and glanced down. She swallowed. "Okay, that's a far drop." Marucho joined her and looked down, his heart freezing mid thump in his chest.

"How long do you think it'll take us to get down there?"

"About three seconds if we jump." Jet joked, while Marucho groaned, but then she grew serious as she looked towards the stairs. "Luckily we're going down, not up, so an hour? Maybe two?" She said moving towards the stairs.

"I think I'm going to be sick." Marucho moaned. But he followed after her anyways.

A/N hahahaha I loved the way I was able to steal a small quote from a movie in the last POV. So yess me like.

I have a question for you my beloved readers and reviewers.

Do you think I should make the main pairing be JetxMasquerade? Or not?

Another thing is somebody, asked me for help, so if you have an account I'd appreciate it if you PM me and I'll see what I can do for you.

Until next time my friends!

Oh yeah one more thing.

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