Episode 1: Return to Sender

[Noland Hardy]

For the past three months since nationals, the Resistors have mostly been off the grid when it came to their Bakugan being deployed out in the open. Without anything threatening them other than the Brawlergate scandal where their so-called message to the children of their generation is toxic, none of them had any reason to fight that way anymore. All of them were very happy to return back to their casual lives, including many of the negative warriors. Police activity has been increasing along with their ego and superiority complex, making the public very cautious in police presence. This type of environment where Bakugan were not being used as weapons compared to the previous outcry made it extremely easy for an unexpected visitor to encroach on this somewhat peaceful period of time. The sign of something coming was signaled with the appearance of a dimensional tunnel above the Eiffel Tower in Paris sometime in mid-August. What arrived was a red drone that was shaped like a Bakugan in ball form.

Whoever was controlling it obviously didn't know where they were going, so they started flying around to explore the area until they unintentionally pissed off the Russians for flying in a restricted zone when they reached that country. Hordes of Falconeer surrounded the drone in an attempt to swarm it. A voice was heard from the machine, stating that it was looking for a particular man with a Dragonoid that defeated Emperor Barodius. None of the Russians chose to answer, so the drone departed from them to go to continue the search. Unfortunately for them, they pursued it, and it understandably took this as a sign of aggression. It transformed into its Bakugan form: a mechanized Dragonoid. Its eyes lit as it unleashed hell against his airborne foes, shooting all opposition out of the air and placing the area in a state of turmoil. The mech jetted away from the area at supersonic speeds to avoid attracting anymore unwanted attention. 

It eventually came across a country that had similarities to Vestal's own overpopulation problem: China. The bright atmosphere of Hong Kong mesmerized the Bakugan enough for it to be spotted by an American tourist who was just a little girl. After being forcefully grabbed out of the air after flying too low to the ground and being taken to her parents, the Bakugan forced its way out of her grip and introduced itself as Farbros. It asked if they knew anyone that owned a Pyrus Dragonoid. Its mechanical stature prevented the adults from answering the question, but the little girl immediately named the person who owned the Bakugan and where he was out of admiration before they had a chance to shut her up. Now knowing who and where this person and Bakugan was, Farbros left the area without saying another word.

Farbros's operator figured out a way to use wifi connection to direct its path. Along the way, it looked up information on these two subjects: Noland and Drago. While this was going on, this explosive partnership was still going strong as they were proving why they were the kings to their competition during exhibition matches against brawlers such as Komba, Chan, and even Carson himself. The constant eyes around him thanks to the sham that was the Brawlergate controversy made him deny numerous challenges after triumphing over top prospects in the country without any hint of struggle, possibly because of a hidden detail that he was never willing to talk about in the open. This made Farbros's controller very excited that they have finally found the ideal warrior. 

When it presented itself in the United States, they were not as excited to see a mechanical Bakugan in their airspace, especially since it wasn't theirs. Since the controller was ignorant to the policies surrounding that, he/she attempted to reason with them to possibly prevent the confrontation from becoming violent, but they didn't listen. The Farbros was steered off course by the air traffic and appeared just above the New York Revolution's Coliseum where Markus was practicing with the team. Markus and Gargulion were being put to the test by an early in-house scrimmage. Considering that many of the so-called pros were not very aware of battle conditions as he was, he trolled them by rigging their brawls to where Gargulion secretly stole power away from the stronger brawler in each match so that the weakest links on the team would continue to advance. He was very entertained to see them get chewed out by the coach while he drove his way to the top without much of a challenge, which got him a lot of laughs and recognition from the start. Everyone in that location witnessed Farbros lure his stragglers to that area and annihilate them in one burst of energy, causing an earthquake that led Markus to saving his entire pro team from being crushed by the falling debris thanks to Gargulion's power. Before he had a chance to scan the one responsible for this, Fabros had already left, leaving Markus very puzzled.

In order to not get spotted anymore, Farbros returned to ball form and stayed very low to the ground. It finally arrived in Maryland after that mishap where it sensed a battle happening in the Washington Legion's stadium, which was conveniently shared with D.C. United. It saw Tank and Gladion going through numerous drills that tested his target acquisition. Farbros remarked that he was very talented before leaving, but it had to be quick since a projectile was intentionally shot at it by Gladion since he detected it. Tank was already made aware of what was going on since news of its exploits got around very quickly. He was very eager on taking it out, but didn't get a chance to since the controller did not feel like wasting time with him and dusted both him and Gladion as it sped towards its final destination. As usual, Tank did not listen and intercepted it with Gladion's Scythe of Kronos. Farbros emerged into Bakugan form once more to defend itself. Not wanting to get in a drawn-out battle with him, Farbros played defensive until he got the chance to destroy Gladion's time-warping scythe with a pulse wave before it attempted to flee again. When Tank and Gladion tried to follow it again, Farbros unleashed a powerful beam in their path that made multiple buildings collapse in front of them, forcing them to make an immediate stop to save the innocent bystanders susceptible to death from their fall. 

After escaping the Aquos Resistor, Farbros came across an emotionally disturbed Noland who was walking on his lonesome on the outdoor track of the Sports and Learning Complex. He had just got into a slight tussle with Alana and Hydranoid over some words that were exchanged between them, so he was taking a breather by himself with Drago constantly recommending that they really need to work their relationship out as it wasn't healthy. Farbros descended onto the football field, which made everyone run in horror, except for Noland. The controller introduced itself as a representative of Vestal and requested his help in the fight against an enemy called the Hurranians. Already hostile from the fight with Alana, Noland told the mech that he wasn't interested in helping someone who already "helped" them out plenty with its better than average tdm scorecard. The controller tried to reason with him for a second time, citing their late father's knowledge of Vince as their motivation for coming there as he was potentially their last option. Before Noland could dismiss Fabros for the second time, Drago appeared on the field in his monster form and told it that the answer was no before getting ready to attack. 

(Boss Theme 1)

[Xavier Turano]

"Very well then, Master Blaze..." the Bakugan lamented, "You and this Dragonoid hold the power that can save us and even your planet from impending doom, so I will act accordingly to ensure that your energy is used for the greater good, with or without your cooperation." The Farbros mechanism leapt into battle with the same tenacity as the Dragonoid, meeting every single punch, kick, tail swipe, and horn charge with incredible response time on its counters. A gate card was soon planted on the field, so it jumped backwards to get its bearings before Noland had the opportunity to encase him in a lethal trap.

"Double ability activate!" the machine declared. "Twin Horn Pulsar plus Fire Spartan!" Farbros positioned its shoulder claws to point directly at Drago. The three openings on each claw shot powerful lasers towards the enemy at an impressive speed. It then released the hatch on its knees to reveal the flamethrowers. Still having its sensors set on Drago, Farbros activated them to shoot powerful streams of fire to complement the earlier attack.

[Noland Hardy]

Noland grinned when the Farbros Bakugan basically called him a selfish hero who doesn't want to do what he's known for: saving people. His reaction couldn't be considered unreasonable when something from another planet makes that kind of a first impression, and then wants to ask someone for help. "Your motivation from the very beginning was to drag me back to your home planet if I exercised something called 'free will' and not be a yes man based on my history, wasn't it? What a shame," Noland responded, activating his BrawlX for battle. "I'm 'sorry' that I don't feel like going to war every second of my life. In the end, I still would have refused regardless if you became hostile with us or not."

Drago stepped back after going through multiple barrages and observed his opponent revealing weapons systems from its body. "Are you sure you need me to do your job? You seem capable of doing that by yourself," Drago commended, not knowing why he would be needed if the Farbros was capable of matching him blow for blow so far in the battle. Noland swiped a card on his BrawlX before Drago was struck, but chose not to reveal what he had played until the smoke from the laser blasts resided. The flamethrowers continued to clash against a physical object, but once everything was clear, it was obvious that a little fire was nothing compared to his own.

"Dismantle it, Drago! Ability activate! Molten Ire!" An upgraded version of his Dauntless Spirit ability, this ability cloaks his body in a bright, lava-like red to amplify his body's power. This empowerment easily raised his resilience to come within meters of his Subterra rival's skill, making the two attacks that struck him unreliable and unsatisfactory. "Try harder, Vestal. Earth doesn't bend to oppression so easily," Noland taunted. Drago charged straight for the Farbros unit and attempted to smash it in with one powerful blow to its chest. 

[Xavier Turano]

"If we were able, then there would be no reason for me to appear in front of you today; yet, here I am. Shouldn't that tell you something, Drago?" Farbros responded. "Gallium Shield!" Farbros's eyes illuminated as a red barrier was erected to shield against the incoming weight of the Dragonoid. As planned, the barrier was able to counteract the force of the attack due to its power draining properties. It was able to halve the Dragonoid's power, but even that wasn't enough to prevent its display of power from appearing to be more menacing.

The barrier it had projected was nearly shattered completely from that one punch, and that was after power had been taken from him. "They certainly weren't kidding...this one packs a mean punch," the controller spoke concerning Noland's power. After repelling Drago, Farbros unlocked an extension to the knee cannons to use its next attack. "Don't think of it as oppression; consider it a necessity to stop a threat that dwarfs the one you've already quelled," Farbros reminded him.

"Ability activate! Close Flame!" The cannon extension on its knees gave it access to this ability. A charge is briefly made between the two weapons, and then the individual attacks are shot into the air as laser beams. Once they reach a certain height, they undergo a certain reaction that makes them implode, scattering a multitude of laser blasts across the location to inflict massive damage anything it touches.

[Noland Hardy]

"Reading and living through are two different experiences. Don't try to mix the two to belittle the hell that bastard put us through. That especially won't go too well if you were to say that to someone like Tank or Seiki...even Alana to a certain extent," Noland sternly expressed, explicitly glaring at his foe menacingly at the same time. "I'm actually interested to know your reasoning behind the belief that one person can fix a problem your entire population couldn't fix. That would certainly be more worth my time than a baby crying because it didn't get what it wanted." Noland swiped one ability card on his BrawlX, hoping that this maneuver would be enough to actually land a hit. "Ability activate! Absolute Defense!"

Drago initiated a mode change on his ball form to combine his wingspan together to form a large, bulkier set. This increased his weight to allow for more defense, but would decrease his speed by a little bit. He immediately covered himself with his wings to act as a shield much like his Flawless Shield and Faultless Guard abilities from the past. "Should have come prepared," Drago countered in retaliation to Farbros's statement. He then coated himself with energy similar in wavelength to the Gallium Shield ability, bringing their enemy's rising power to a screeching halt. He then flapped his wings to unleash a powerful force down range, colliding into the mechanical and sending it skidding along the football field.

[Xavier Turano]

As the Farbros was skidding along the ground, the controller yelled, "Yes, it does sound ridiculous to say that you are our only hope, but there is nothing else to be said when your Dragonoid contains the power we need to stop this virus from spreading! It is the only way it has ever been beaten! What is so difficult about that to understand!?" The mech rebounded to its feet and started the process of activating another ability. "Ability activate! Hellion Breath!" Farbros channeled a lot of power to its mouth upon activation. It opened its jaws and fired an extremely hot breath of air towards Drago.

This attack's searing temperature was high enough to completely stun anything that it touched regardless if it was a Pyrus Bakugan or not. "Did you not think there was a deeper meaning behind your special power that allows you to use a whole new array of abilities? That amount of strength wasn't just meant for application in battle, Master Blaze. It ended wars and saved lives." It moved its shoulder claws into position for them to be deployed once more when the controller was satisfied that Drago can be hit by this attack. "And it will end this one, unlike how your precursor failed to do so in the past. Now, ability activate! Garland Claw!" Farbros launched the claws in Drago's direction to restrain and send electrical currents into his body until he was no longer able to fight.

[Noland Hardy]

"Oh, don't have me mistaken. I understand what you said to me. I still don't believe the 'several reasons why I should care' list was ever sent to me," Noland defiantly answered. "Now let's say I was being severely unfair to you by repeatedly telling you I wasn't fighting whatever the heck the Hurranians are - the feeling you probably have in your head right now - and decided to say, 'I'll go ahead and be this generic hero, journey to this other planet because someone told me there was a bad guy acting up, and risk my life for your benefit all in the name of being this savior that people make out of me.' Now I want you to repeat that in your head over and over again to see how messed up you are."

Noland swiped a card on his BrawlX, disregarding the potential threat Farbros's claws could spell for himself and Drago if they were to hit. "Ability activate! Rage Flash!" While Drago had his arms in front of him to provide some resistance to the baking fire breath Farbros had concocted, he used his wings to provide a much needed response to his enemy to stop the attacks. They crackled with red electricity as he swiped them across his view, sending a violent wave of red energy down range. This attack pierced its hull, propelling it backwards a little bit - making the claws unable to hit the desired target - and had an uncontrollable static coming from the point of impact. "For someone who claims to want to take me back by force, you're pretty weak to be honest," Drago claimed.

[Xavier Turano]

The ground-destroying, air-shattering wave that Drago's evolution allowed him to effortlessly produce disrupted the entire flow of Farbros's attack procedure. The attack definitely caught it off guard, and the breach in its armor was proof that it didn't have adequate protection against Noland and Drago's power. Unfortunately, the way in which the supposedly different wavelengths of power was portrayed may have been the straw that broke the camel's back. The unstable energy coming from where it was hit - the chest to be specific - started to exit the machine as if they were sentient beings themselves. "...That was NOT supposed to happen..." the controller regretted, knowing that what was just released changed everything.

Farbros's head looked in all directions as this phenomenon took place. These currents suddenly materialized into the ground and started constructing Bakugan for them to use. "You'll have something on your list in the very near future to care about exterminating these Hurranians, because..." Farbros stepped backwards for a moment to stay out of their way. "You're about to fight one." Soon, numerous Lasermen and Robotallion - made in an alteration of their robotic-like image - rose from the ground and continued to do so as the Hurranian became acclimated with their genetics to the point where they can be continuously reproduced. "Consider this to be the perfect time of saying 'I told you so.'"

(Boss Theme 2)

[Noland Hardy]

"What the-" Drago watched this event take place in horror. He took a few steps back as the resurrected Lasermen and Robotallion rose up to start a fight they shouldn't be able to participate in. He had a flashback of this exact occurrence happening right in front of him when he was still a very young Dragonoid back in the day. He didn't remember any of them by name, but he recalled how they functioned on the battlefield because he was faced with this crisis before. "They've returned..."

"Sounds like you know something I don't. You mind filling me in here?" Noland uncomfortably responded, taking the same steps backward as his partner did. Drago didn't respond to him in a timely manner, and the enemy Bakugan were getting ready to assume their role in destruction. "Drago?" The Dragonoid appeared to be suffering mentally by seeing this creature again for the first time in a very long time. "If these Bakugan aren't destroyed in a timely manner," Drago began answering, "...every living thing on this planet...will become theirs...just as they have in the past. This threat Vestal is speaking of is credible, and it applies to everyone, regardless of where these pests are..."

"Hmm..." Noland was very tempted to ask how Drago is familiar with the Hurranians, but decided against it since that was a detail left unsaid when encountering something that is as dangerous as Drago and Farbros's controller portrays them. He raised his right hand in the air to signal his gate card's opening. "Gate card, open! Element Durance!" The card made all opposing forces glow in their respective attribute colors, and, while they were under its influence, had the energies move in a downwards motion towards the gate card that eventually ended up in Drago's body.

"Let's go then, Drago! Ability activate! Novia Charge!" Drago's horn gleamed in a translucent red as it became the central point for the tornado-like stream covering him, making him appear like a comet as he changed his wingspan back to the usual four and soaring through the air. He plowed through the enemy's ranks one by one, but units continued to be downloaded and amassed to their side, essentially making this fight a little one-sided from a wider perspective. "We can't win if they keep making these Bakugan. Is there a way you can stop it at its source?" Drago eyed Farbros specifically as he made his rounds, and then focused attention on it specifically. "Don't worry...we'll deal with that very shortly," Drago assured.

[Allen Silva]

After everyone else ran from the football field, Allen arived. He would have been there earlier, but he thought to ask somebody about the bakugan. When he arrived, Noland was already battling the mechanical dragonoid. It didnt look like he necessarily had the fight either." Think we should butt in?" Allen asked Gorem, who was as always floating by his shoulder.

"Drago might not like it, but i think we could help him out." Gorem said, almost implying that there was no question. Allen proceeded to grab the brown ball out of the air.

" Bakugan brawl. Lets rock this robot." Allen called out, tossing Gorem onto the battlefield." Stand up Titan Gorem." Allen introduced this new form. Titan Gorem had armor pieces now completely covering his body, as well as a new helmet piece. This helmet has the normal Gorem horns, but was more circular. There are eye slits for Gorem to see out of. There are dark brown markings circling his ankle and shoulder pieces. Allen puled out one of Titan Gorems abilities." Ability activate, sentry golem."

Gorem slamed his fists into the ground, as a charging stance for the abilities. The markings begun to glow with Gorems energy. Gorem then.launched a brown energy pulse after Farbaros, intending to at least knock him down with force alone

[Xavier Turano]

Farbros watched the Hurranian progressively install units to the field faster than Drago could hit them. It transformed its left arm into a repair tool and quickly patched its chest area before another Hurranian could escape from its body to make the situation even worse, that is if there were any more that tagged along for the planetary trip. "The payback's just getting started," the controller morbidly suggested as it activated Fire Spartan on demand, revealing the flamethrowers on its knees and waving it across the entire Lasermen and Robattalion army to assist Drago in shutting them down.

The controller was taking a huge gamble helping Noland deal with the Hurranians since he was probably still gunning for the Farbros unit, but that was irrelevant compared to the greater threat at hand. As expected, this moment of a supposed truce was called off when its sensors detected a Bakugan that was roughly on par with Drago enter the area. Thus, its attention was forced towards Allen and his newly-evolved Gorem when they intruded on its battle with Noland. "The Iron Juggernaut..." it gasped, "That makes you the second Resistor that I had no intentions of meeting in battle just yet...not that I wanted to fight any of you in the first place."

Farbros placed its hands towards the pulse Gorem shot at him. "Super Cell!" Its hands were coated in the same energy used for the golem's attack. An identical pulse was shot towards the opposing force to forcefully cancel the ability, releasing a disturbing earthquake-like force throughout the field. Farbros got back into a defensive stance to watch for Gorem and Drago's movement in case any of them chose to launch another attack at it rather than the growing Hurranian threat.

[Noland Hardy]

Noland and Drago cut their eyes when he heard Gorem's attack being declared. "You joined this fight just to help me out?" Noland asked using a tone of voice that implied he wasn't going to believe Allen if he answered yes. He closed his eyes, shook his head, and looked straight ahead, refusing to establish any eye contact with him. "I imagine you'd act as her pillow a bit longer." Drago sharpened his eyes when he heard the outburst, and immediately tried to quell the hostile attitude his partner was wearing before it got worse. "This is a really great time to talk about that, you guys. Totally okay. The planet isn't in danger of being assimilated or anything!" he sarcastically yelled.

"Assimilated?" Drago bobbed and weaved throughout the air as he was driving through the enemy ranks, struggling to avoid getting shot down by the menacing power being pumped through their dead bodies. "They integrate themselves with our biology, then control and mass produce us as if we are machines..." Drago started gathering energy towards the central point of his mouth, opening it slightly to give everyone a glimpse of what he was about to unleash.

"Hyper Igniter!" Drago unleashed a giant stream of fire downwards as he flew across the army, catching as many as he could in his unforgiving flames. Aside from the incontestable temperature of it all, the attack appeared to be some form of a twister along the ground. It ruthlessly caught bystanders even if they weren't under the direct gaze of the attack due to the mighty flames being dispersed with each passing. "We're subbing out for now. I take on the Hurranians, you smash Farbros in. Deal?"

[Allen Silva]

Gorem took a battle stance before replying to Drago." I got Farbaros. Just make sure we don't become robots, alright." Gorem both agreed with the current plan, as well as tried to disspel the tension that came with Allen and Noland's argument. He then noticed Farbaros took a defensive stance, in anticipation of Gorem's next ability." Allen look. He thinks he's smart. How about we show him what the Juggernaut can do?"

Allen already knew what to do. If Farbaros wanted to play defense, Gorem could do just that. The thing is, he's much better at it." Ability activate, Unshaken Fort." Allen activated a new defensive ability. Gorem placed his arms in front of the rest of his body. Then he projected a wall shield out of his energy. After that was done, the armor on his legs shot down, anchoring him into place. Now he was ready to defend against anything Farbaros sent his way." Hope you didn't expect me to initiate the actual fighting. Because if you did I would point out I'm the Iron Juggernaut, the unbreakable wall of the resistors."

[Xavier Turano]

"Unbreakable wall, you say?" Farbros began to raise its tail after the Dragonoid and Gorem considered not to pressure him any longer. It was beginning the process of activating an ability to turn the tide of the battle, not directly in its favor though. "Ground. Breaker!" Farbros forcefully slammed its tail directly into the gate card. What this did aside from giving everyone a disturbing shock was completely shatter the gate card Drago was utilizing to fuel his power. This brought the Hurranian-controlled Bakugan back up to speed, making their attacks more frightening than they should have been without his interference.

"Boasting of your resilience should be the one thing you prevent yourself from doing after what I've read about both of you," the unit suggested. "That in itself lies the problem with both of you as it seems. One favors offense. The other favors defense. One side functions without the exercising of the other. You fight like this, and you live by this." The controller than inquired about the certain argument that was overheard from Noland's comment about Allen's arrival. "That is why your trio is in a state of shock, isn't it? What will that wall serve for when you have the opposing force that can shatter it?"

[Allen Silva]

Instead of dealing with Allen and Gorem, Farbaros' attack focused on taking out Nolands gate card. It did shake up Gorem a bit, but to call that a counter would be giving it too much credit." The bucket of bolts is ignoring me." Allen said, bewildered that his opponent thought so little of him." I don't think you have the right to talk about what we have done. Compared to the odds we have faced not too long ago, you are just a angry toy. Now ability activate, Magnitude Crash!"

" Im not just a defensive powerhouse bud. you can think of me as a truck. hard to take down, and knows how to use its size." Gorem touted about himself.Gorem then shifted out of the defensive stance he was in earlier. Now he was in more of a rushing position, with his right shoulder poised to lead the charge. He rushed at Farbaros head on, gaining momentum and a aura around him as he did so. This aura was made as to lower the surface area that would connect if the attack goes through, adding a lot more punch to this ability.