A/N Damn it! I wanted to write something not Bakugan, but then I saw that OMQ Dual Dimensions is the 7th most favorited story in the Bakugan Archive.
Le Gasp!
It also has the most reviews! You guys are awesome.
Though this chapter is promising to be INSANELY long, it's the freaking brawls man. THE FREAKING BRAWLS!
Anyways, I need a Disclaimerer
Masquerade: What? That's not a word.
JetravenEx: Don't question me! I needed one word rather than have to say 'I need to someone to say the disclaimer'
Masquerade: That's crap logic.
JetravenEx: *pouts* Shut up, and don't you have a concussion? You should be resting!
Masquerade: I would but I'm stuck in the middle of a brawl partnered with a bimbo.
JetravenEx: Suck it up, MIKE!
Mike: *enters* What am I doing here?
Jetravenex: Oh you're here to do the disclaimer
Masquerade: *smirks* What no 'be the disclaimerer?'
JetravenEx: Shut up.
Mike: *blinks * oh okay, JetravenEx doesn't own bakugan. She wishes she did though, since it'd be so much better than the crap they produced for Mechtanium Surge.
JetravenEx: too true, now onto the chappie!
Chapter 51
It had been a long hour. Mike was sitting hunched over on the couch the phone he held in a death grip by his ear as he and Aidan argued over the truth and logic behind what Mike was saying.
"Aidan I'm telling you, for that world it makes sense, and where else can Jet and Viki be?!" Mike said his free hand gripping his hair as he looked at the tv across from him not really paying attention to whatever show Tyler had put on.
The Texan had paid all of three minutes to Mike's side of the conversation before snatching up the remote and putting on whatever cheap cartoon was on. He sat on the opposite end of the couch smiling and laughing every so often at the show.
"But that's the thing Mike, your unconsciousness has crafted that dream in such a way that it could be believable to you. You've already told me you've had dreams about Masquerade dropping hints that he has Jet, and this is just another manifestation of them." Aidan said his voice calm and smooth not showing any signs of stress at the ongoing argument. Mike could even hear the click of computer keys, the arrogant bastard, thinking himself so smart, messing around on his laptop when they needed to get down to business and find a way to get to Jet and Viki!
"Then explain how we all had the same dream!" Mike shouted throwing his hand in the air his fingers twitching as he grinded his teeth in frustration.
"Coincidence." Aidan said. "Now if you don't mind Mike, I have important work to do, like finding out where Viki and Jet actually are." Mike opened his mouth to retort when the call ended with a click and a beeping noise came from the speaker.
Scowling Mike tossed the phone onto the coffee table and fell back against the cushion crossing his arms across his chest and glaring at the TV, taking note of what was on it.
"What the hell are we watching?" He asked glancing at Tyler and eyebrow raised as he glimpsed a pink pony trot across the screen.
Tyler held up a hand. "Dude shush! I want to hear Pinkie Pie's song!" He said eyes glued to the bouncing pony on the screen.
"Pinkie… Pie..? You're watching My Little Pony Friendship is Magic?" Mike asked raising an eyebrow and tilting his head gaping at Tyler for a moment.
Tyler blinked. "Is that what this is?" He said picking up the remote to raise the volume before settling back into his seat.
Mike facepalmed shaking his head heaving a sigh at Tyler's brainlessness. "Yes Tyler, and its also a show for little girls."
"But dude its like kinda funny and weirdly fun to watch, its like bakugan you want nothing more than to hate it but you just can't."
Mike kept shaking his head as he pushed himself to his feet. "Ya know what, you go ahead and watch colorful ponies, I need to take a walk to try and wrap my head around everything." Mike walked around the couch and walking towards the door.
"Where you going?" Tyler asked not looking up from the TV.
Mike snorted as he snagged his coat off the coat rack, after the freak warm rainy day that had occurred when Jet and Viki had disappeared the climate outside had returned to its standard freezing winter temperature. "I don't know, out!" Mike said as he yanked on his jacket, "Tell my Uncle I'll be back in an hour or so."
"Okay," Tyler said then grinning broadly he turned in his chair and called. "Oh yeah, better take your bakugan and cards in case you meet Masquerade!"
Mike stiffened and with a snarl shoved his shoes on and stomped outside hunching his shoulders against the cold working to tune out Tyler's roaring laughter.
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Masquerade blinked and then blinked again once the blinding flash that signified the opening of the field had passed. Instead of being in the white space with the multicolor background they were instead standing in the clearing by Masquerade's mansion, Masquerade and Jenny a good ways away from the Docorrians across from them.
"Wha-what's going on?" Jenny asked looking around eyes wide. "Why hasn't the field opened?"
The Docorrians erupted into laughter, the sound making the pounding in Masquerade's head worsen making the darkus brawler have to fight to resist the urge to grab his head and cover his ears. But his situation was dire as it was, he couldn't afford to show any weakness. So gritting his teeth and clenching his fists he straightened up and spat.
"What are you clowns playing at?!" He spat.
Vanessa chuckled. "We figured you'd want to get one last look at your home, considering it'll be the last time you see it." She said. "We're going to have a battle Royale battle."
Masquerade scowled, "A free for all basically, with you three ganging up on me and Jenny,"
Vanessa smirked standing tall chin tilted upwards hands on her hips; on her shoulder a black bakugan ball was open. "Not quite, it'll be three on three, and each of us gets to use 1 ability card apiece, though one of you can use two." She said.
"And the team whose bakugan are too low, lose!" Victor added smirking.
Masquerade turned his head to glance at Victor. "Could you refrain from speaking, your idiocy is showing." He said flatly. Victor opened his mouth. "Very well, lets get on with this then!" Masquerade said.
"Agreed." Vanessa said nodding to the boys. "Send out your bakugan Masquerade, since this fight will decide whether we will be taking you back with us to Docorrus or you will miraculous win and walk away free, you will throw your bakugan first."
Masquerade snorted. "Whatever it won't help you." He said flatly frowning. 'I don't know how making me go first will grant them any advantage.' He thought glancing at Hydranoid frowning. 'It's not like I'd start with any other bakugan.'
"You can count on me Master, I will destroy them." Hydranoid said softly.
Masquerade had been very tense up to that point, but when he'd heard his partners reassurances he could feel his muscles relax marginally. Though he would never admit it, he was worried about this fight, because for the first time there was more riding on this battle than any he'd fought before.
"Right," Masquerade said nodding his head marginally grabbing him off his shoulder frowning when he realized he didn't have his launcher. Oh well, it wasn't like he had a gate card he had to actually try to shoot at.
"Obliterate them Hydranoid!" Masquerade shouted pulling back his arm. "Bakugan Brawl! Hydranoid stand!"
Hydranoid appeared in a blaze of dark purple light. He straightened up and roared at his opponents red eyes flashing.
Hydranoid enters battle at 450 gs.
Jenny looked at her bakupod. "Man, am I glad that I never had to face that guy." She muttered softly to herself as she fingered the Siege she had in her pocket.
Vanessa's expression remained calm as she held out her hand her bakugan falling into her palm. "Not bad, but high levels alone won't save you." She said. "Your prey's in sight Felanoid! Let the hunt begin!" Vanessa shouted hurling Felanoid up into the air. The ball popped open in a flash of light midair revealing a black cat with a bright red collar studded with teeth, she had black armor covering her body and the majority of her legs.
Felanoid barred her razor sharp teeth and curled up into a ball spinning midair before landing on all fours in front of Hydranoid.
Darkus Felanoid enters at 420 gs.
The cat like bakugan smirked at Hydranoid. "It's a pleasure to meet someone so strong, it'll make defeating you so much sweeter."
Hydranoid snorted. "Ha! A weak bakugan like you?! Don't make me laugh."
Felanoid merely chuckled as Jenny threw in her Aquos Siege and Trent threw in Subterra Kravoid.
Aquos Siege at 400 gs, combined power level with Hydranoid 850 gs.
Subterra Kravoid at 430 gs combined power level with Darkus Felanoid at 850 gs.
'They're tied with us already.' Masquerade thought grimacing as he considered the field. 'But what sort of abilities will they use will be the question I suppose. But what to counter with-Wait.' A smirk formed on his lips as he reached into his pocket.
Jenny turned to him. "Um, I don't have anything particularly strong so-"
"Don't worry." Masquerade said as he drew out a darkus bakugan ball. "I have just the thing." He tapped the bakugan ball and it popped open revealing the four winged dragoness that was Darkus Skylord. "Skylord, are you among the living again?" He asked smiling slightly.
The dragoness was still for a moment in his grip before she groaned closing up her top two wings and bringing her claws closer to herself. "Ohh my head-" She moaned. "What happened?"
Masquerade smirked as the dragoness looked about seemingly disoriented. "Long story short, I possessed you," Skylord stiffened up her wings snapping open fully, Masquerade continued on regardless. "The bakugan failures lost, and now I need your help so I released you from the mind control." Skylord growled.
"And why, would I help you?" She hissed.
Masquerade chuckled. "Well I figured I'd ask nicely for you to give me your cooperation in this fight, and then I'll take you back to Jet." He said.
Skylord eyed him. "Why should I trust you?" She hissed. "You turned me against my friends! You-"
"Quit stalling!" Victor's voice came from across the field. Masquerade and Skylord looked up as the boy wound up his arm gripping his bakugan ball tightly before letting it fly. "Darkus Ventus Mage Go!" He shouted hurling the bakugan ball, not at the field with the others but directly at Masquerade.
The masked blonde's eyes widened beneath his mask as he ducked under the fast moving bakugan ball which popped open as it flew. It flashed green and black before disappearing and reappearing over the field. An explosion of the two colors occurred and the silhouette of a entity wearing a pointy hat made itself known.
As the smoke cleared overhead, a green haired elven looking woman wearing a black dress with a cape that reached down to her upper thighs, she had on long black and green stockings ending in black boots, she wore long black gloves on her arms. A black staff clutched in her hand, and a black and green accentuated hat on her head.
She smiled darkly down at Masquerade and Jenny exposing her fanged teeth. "Hello, its so nice to have new toys to play with after so long."
Darkus Ventus Mage at 410 gs, combined Docorrians power levels at 1260 gs.
"Throw out your next bakugan already Masquerade!" Trent shouted. "Or we'll take your delay to mean you're not throwing anyone else out." He said grinning. "And we'll massacre your two bakugan."
Masquerade scowled and glanced at Skylord who lifted her head and snorted. "Skylord, I-"
"Say please."
Masquerade paused blinking down at the dragoness mouth snapping shut before he tilted his head slightly to the side. "Come again?"
"I don't know what's going on, I don't know if I should help you, but to have the great Masquerade be reduced to asking a bakugan nicely to battle for him, I'll accept that as confirmation you won't break your word with me." Skylord said sounding smug.
Masquerade glared at her gritting his teeth for a moment grunting. But Skylord remained unmoving and then he sighed. "Fine, Skylord, please help me fight these guys."
"Done!" The darkus dragoness practically chirped snapping shut in his hand.
Masquerade raised an eyebrow at her quick change in attitude before he gripped her tightly in his hand and he pulled his arm back. "All right you freaks, here I come! Bakugan Brawl!" He shouted hurling Skylord onto the field, she bounced twice before settling beside his Hydranoid and popping open. "Rise Darkus Skylord!" The dragoness erupted from her ball form her purple gem in the center of her body flashing brightly as she spread all four of her wings and roared loudly.
"Oh it feels so good to be back in the game." Skylord said giving a toothy grin as she took to the air sizing up her opponents.
Darkus Skylord enters battle at 440 gs combined power level with hydranoid and Siege at 1290 gs.
Masquerade frowned and had his mask scan Skylord once more. 'Skylord's 20 gs lower than she was, is that a side effect from her breaking free from the mind control? Or did I have her burn so much energy in that last battle that she just lost it?' Then he sighed and shook his head. It didn't matter they were still ahead even with Skylord now at 440 gs rather than 460.
Vanessa eyed the bakugan on the field. "Now that all the bakugan are here, the fight can finally begin." She snapped her fingers. "Destroy them!" She ordered.
Felanoid hissed before she launched herself at Hydranoid long sharp silver claws erupting from her paws as she slashed at Hydra's face. Hydranoid ducked under the slash and swung his tail around smacking her away with it.
Skylord flew at Kravoid eyes narrowed. "You belong to the big kid on your side right?" She asked eyes narrowed.
Kravoid cackled as he flapped his wings raising an eye ridge at her. "And if I am?"
Skylord snorted as she snapped her teeth sparks flaring up by her maw. "Then I got something for ya!" She snarled drawing back her fist and punching the pterodactyl like bakugan in the face. Kravoid grunted at the blow wincing as he flapped his wings rapidly backing up a bit from Skylord before he glowered at her and then took to the air flying above her. Skylord snarled and flew after him.
Mage grinned and glanced at Victor. "I think its time we start this party!" She said raising her staff dark and green energy erupting from the circle at the end of the staff.
"Ability Activate!" Victor shouted. "Spell binding Circle!"
Masquerade frowned as a circle appeared at Hydranoid's feet, Felanoid leaping away from the dinosaur like bakugan. "Hydranoid look out!" He shouted yanking out a card.
Hydranoid growled glancing down at his feet when chains erupted from the glowing green circle. "What the-" Shackles latched onto his legs immobilizing him, a collar appeared around his neck a chain reaching down into the ground preventing his head from moving, and then lastly an iron muzzle covered his mouth.
Masquerade's eyes widened. "No damnit! Ability Activate Double Dimension!" He shouted raising the card above his head.
Nothing happened, the card didn't glow, and Hydranoid wasn't released from his bindings.
Masquerade frowned and glanced up at his card. "Why isn't this working?!" He growled.
Across the field Victor laughed folding his arms across his chest. "Oh well ya see, you can't activate an ability card on a bakugan that's not in play." Vanessa smirked and Trent grinned.
Darkus Hydranoid unable to battle, Docorrians at 1260 gs, Skylord and Siege at 840 gs.
Jenny's eyes widened and Masquerade clenched his fist.
On the field, Felanoid crept over to Siege who raised and held his staff out in front of him defensively. Felanoid grinned exposing her fangs as she stalked closer the knight retreating several steps.
Skylord flew overhead eyeing Mage and Kravoid as the two began to draw near, she growled at them and flew higher whenever she thought they were getting too close.
"I do believe that's game over." Vanessa said with a laugh. "How will you ever come back from a difference of 420 gs?!"
Jenny glanced at Masquerade but his teeth were gritted and his head bowed, he seemed to be thinking hard.
'What are we going to do? It's two on three, and even if we could come up with the difference, who knows what kind of dirty tricks those nasty Docorrians have left to use.' Jenny thought eyes wide as her heart froze. 'We're-we're doomed.'
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'Am I going crazy?' Mike thought as he kicked at the ground, head down as the wind blew harshly off the lake that lay sprawled beside the path he walked on, rousing the icy waters to crash against the side of the path and whipping the falling snow at him. He'd only been out for 10 minutes and already he was beginning to regret storming out without a hat and gloves. But then again he shouldn't have let Tyler get under his skin so easily. Sighing he shoved his cold hands into his jacket pockets only to frown when his fingers bumped against something round in there.
Frowning Mike pulled out a blue bakugan ball. He must've left this in his old jacket when he'd left Chicago last year. He wracked his brain trying to remember which one it was when the bakugan ball began to glow in his hand.
Mike's eyes widened as the snow around him began to circle around him like a cyclone, he looked up and thought he saw what resembled the aurora borealis.
'Michael Pasters.'
Mike stiffened as a shape of a large alligator formed in the snow.
"Wh-who are you?" Mike asked taking a step back, the snow cyclone moving with him. He released the bakugan he held which floated up and popped open to reveal Abis Omega, one of his old favorites. The bakugan's eyes glowed and the alligator solidified and Mike's eyes widened.
"You-You."
'I'm using your beloved Abis Omega to speak with you, unfortunately the last time I tried to summon you we were unable to get your physical body to come with you.'
Mike jabbed a finger at the alligator. "I saw you! Right before I fell asleep driving past that lake! I thought I was hallucinating but you were there!"
The alligator sighed. 'Yes, yes I appeared to you once before, however it took a few tries to get you and your friends to reach the temple in your dreams.'
Mike frowned. "Wait, you did that?"
'With a little help from Chiveria and Carniverus yes, but that's beside the point.'
"Who are you?" Mike asked peering up at the alligator tilting his head as he studied him.
'I am Aquos Hydrogator.'
Mike's eyes widened. 'Holy cow a talking bakugan.' Then he coughed slightly and regained his composure taking on as aloof of an expression as he could manage. "Okay, Hydrogator, do you know where Jet is?" Mike asked stepping forwards. "I saw her in the pool, I heard Masquerade mention her in that weird dimension."
'That 'weird' dimension is the universe where Bakugan are actual living creatures, and yes your friends are there.' Hydrogator said glancing at the water.
Mike's eyes widened. "I was right…" He said eyes darting side to side a grin erupting on his face as he turned to the lake and punched the air. "HA! I was right wait till I tell Aidan-" Then he gasped and whipped back to face the alligator. "She's in the bakugan world! With Masquerade, who could do all kinds of unspeakable things to her!" He took a step towards the alligator. "You've got to send me there! I have to help her!"
The alligator eyed him the water from the lake beginning to crash louder against the side of the path water splashing up and hitting Mike making the boy wince at the icy cold water's touch. 'Do you truly wish to go to the Bakugan Dimension?'
Mike stamped his foot. "Yes! My friends may be in danger and I need to help them," 'And I also need to get evidence that I was right and then proceed to rub it in Aidan's smug face.' He thought smiling slightly at the thought.
Hydrogator raised an eye ridge at him before continuing. 'Very well then,' The waves crashed against the path again this time hitting the top of Mike's winter jacket making the boy jump a bit cursing softly. 'Mike Pasters,'
Mike looked up at him. "Yes?"
Hydrogator and Abis Omega's ball form glowed brightly. 'Prepare to enter a real brawl.'
Mike blinked as the alligator reverted into a glowing blue ball which floated down into his hand along with Abis Omega. "Okay… That was rather anti-" He glanced out towards the lake taking in the sight of a giant wave rising up in front of him. "Climactic?" He squeaked his eyes widening as he turned to run away when the wave crashed down on him carrying him off the path.
Mike gasped a flurry of bubbles erupting in front of his face as he flailed around in the water trying to distinguish between up and down.
'Its all right,' Hydrogator's voice spoke in his head. 'It's just like the pool in the temple.'
But Mike didn't see any sort of portals appearing anywhere around him, had he imagined the whole thing and was now sinking to a watery grave? His lungs were starting to burn, this sure felt like real water.
'Let go.'
Mike closed his eyes sending a soft prayer to God above that he wasn't dying when light erupted around him and the next thing the boy knew he was falling.
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The situation for Masquerade and Jenny looked incredibly bleak. As the two puzzled over a solution to save their skins. Skylord and Siege did everything they could to keep the docorrian's bakugan away from them. But they were starting to look tired, and the Docorrian's seemed to grow fed up with waiting for Masquerade to surrender.
Jenny swallowed she could see Trent moving to raise a card when her eyes widened and she knew what she needed to do. At the very least they couldn't allow for these jerks to get ahead. Hastily whipping out a card she spat out. "Water Refrain!"
Her Siege jumped away from Felanoid's swiping claws to raise its staff and slam it down into the ground blue ripples escaping from it disabling their opponents abilities till the end of the battle.
Vanessa's eyes narrowed as Trent lowered his arm. "It won't help you, and unless some sort of miracle falls from the sky, you're still-" She trailed off as a bright blue flash of light flooded the area from above and the next thing they knew a person was falling from the sky.
Masquerade's head snapped up as did Jenny's and his eyes widened as the light died down and the boy landed in a heap beside Jenny.
Jenny lowered her head slowly to look at the brunette boy dressed in a blue parka. The boy groaned softly pushing himself up. His eyes opened to reveal bright hazel colored irises. His eyes widened as he took in the sight of Jenny, Masquerade, and the battle taking place.
Gaping he moved to sit up rubbing his head. He shook his head tried to say something.
"What the hell!" Victor shouted from the other side, Vanessa and Trent studying the newcomer with confused expressions.
Mike glanced at the opposing three and then back at Jenny and Masquerade and finally managed to get a grasp of his voice.
"Am I interrupting something?"
Preview for Chapter 52
Heya fans. Mike Pasters here. Coming to you from the bakugan world, but unlike my friends Jet and Viki who got an easy fight, I've got to fight against this crazy amazon female supremacist and her two cronnies with Masquerade and Jenny. If I survive this, I am going to rub this in Aidan's face for all eternity. If I don't, I am haunting Jet for this. Bakugan Brawl! I really hope the odds are in my favor for this fight!
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A/N Welp! Its done! Mike has entered the Bakugan world, and in the middle of Masquerade and Vanessa's death match no less!
Mike: Why me.
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