Marucho: Gone... all gone...

Kato: Master Marucho is still speechless at the moment, so I volunteered to say the title. The Bakugan Battle Brawlers in: Deletion Aftermath. Simple name, but straight to the point.

It was way too close, but the Brawlers' managed to escape death/deletion once again, but at a great cost. Not only did several hundred people and Bakugan cease to exist, but Interspace did along with them. The computers' around the room said "Deletion Complete" in big red letters on their monitors', which caused Marucho to squirm out of Jake's grip and toward the closest computer and rapidly type in codes and commands in an attempt to reopen Interspace, but it was futile. It... and everyone inside... was gone forever. "No, no this can't be! It can't be true! It just can't!" Said Marucho, desperately punching in random stuff, but it was pointless. The equipment was dead, the blueprints' were torn, all of Interspace's information was lost permanently. At that moment, the Brawlers' heard a loud commotion outside. Some of the Brawlers went out to see what was going on, while the rest of them stayed inside to keep an eye on Marucho, but if only they were prepared to face what was beyond those doors'...

Outside Scene:

(There was a giant group of people outside, even bigger than Interspace's Reopening Day. Billions of people were trying to get to Interspace, but were held back only by: striped signs, striped tape, and 100 Marukura employees.)

Person #1 (Male): What's going on?

Person #2 (Female): Where's that monopoly-man?

Person #3 (Male): I want my money back!

Person #4 (Female): Where's my baby?

Marukura Employee #1 (Female): (to Person #1) Everything's fine, sir.

Marukura Employee #2 (Male): (to Person #2) We don't know any monopoly-man, madame.

Marukura Employee #3 (Male): (to Person #3) That's out of my jurisdiction, sir.

Marukura Employee #4 (Female): Please remain clam everyone, we will find any missing children.

Basically, it was mass chaos. The Brawlers', even on their wildest adventures, have never seen this much agony. Civilians' asked question after question, people were fighting (both verbally and physically) and even their partner Bakugan in Ball Form (if any) would do the same to another Ball Form Bakugan. "This is absolutely nuts" said Dan. "Everyone's in a panic" said Gunz. "Vestals overpopulation is nothing compared to this" said Keith. The crowd was getting more restless by the minute, around this time a plumb white woman with rosy cheeks pushed her way through the crowd with astonishing speed and strength (don't worry, no-one was hurt). When she got to the front, she pointed a fat white finger to the currently present Battle Brawlers in an accusing fashion. "YOU! YOU VILLAINS! YOU LET THEM ALL DIE!" Shouted the woman at the top of her lungs, catching everyones' attention.

"YOUR NOTHING BUT MURDEROUS FIENDS'! You claim to be trying to save us, but you couldn't save those people, including my son!" Shouted the woman, now crying into a hankie she pulled out. Dan felt bad, so he went past the guards to try to comfort the woman, but that was a big mistake. As soon as he approached, he had a painful feeling in his head. The woman lifted her head to reveal demonic-looking eyes and she lunged at him, trying to choke Dan to death! The New Evil spoke in Dan's head as he was gasping for air: *As the darkness and negativity grows, so does my power and influence. Fear, anger, sadness, doubt, pain, death, pathetic emotions... it all feeds me the energy I need! Face it Daniel Kuso... no matter where you run, no matter where you hide: I'm ALWAYS watching, waiting. following, destroying*.

A second later, the guards pulled the woman off of Dan just as his face turned blue. The woman's eyes returned to normal before anyone else could notice them as she struggled against the guards, for she didn't know what was happening either. "MY SON! MY BABY BOY!" Cried the woman as she was dragged off. Other people gave similar comments: some were mad, some were sad and some understood that the Brawlers had no almost control over the situation, but were upset nonetheless. But that woman, was the only one to call the Battle Brawlers "murders". Eventually, everyone was cleared out away from Interspace and the following day, it was torn down by construction workers, burying the truth forever in darkness...

A week after this incident, the Marukura Company held a memorial at the construction site. Which of course, the Battle Brawlers attended without question. Each of the members spoke, even Marucho who was still visibly shaken up about these events'. Each of the Brawlers' went home after the service. Dan went home to his mom's house, and she and his father welcomed him. "Welcome home Daniel, I..." Miyoko tired to hug him, but Dan walked right past his parents, straight to his room. Even Dan's Bakugan were surprised by this. "Dan? Son, you ok?" Shinjiro said, but his question fell on deaf ears'. "Hmm... Drago, Razenoid... is Dan ok?" Asked Miyoko. "We're just as surprised as you Mrs. Kuso" said Drago. "Dan wasn't like that at the memorial, did I miss something?" Asked Razenoid. Apollonir and Scorpio were also confused, but they went to Dan's room as well for a good nights sleep, but Dan didn't go to sleep until 2:23am. While his Bakugan were closed in Ball Form sleeping, he just stared at the ceiling of his bedroom while what the New Evil said replayed in his mind like a scratched-up record. *No matter where you run, no matter where you hide: I'm ALWAYS watching, waiting, following, destroying*...

To be continued...

This is where my fic takes a dark turn, which equals the good stuff. See ya in next chapter and remember to review please! Even a "great chapter" or "bad chapter" can make a difference.