Episode 4: Love Triangle

[Noland Hardy]

In the same manner Alana's "transgression" was spread like a wildfire, so was the scene of the battle Noland and Allen had against their counterparts on the Spartans that made many people interested to see brawlers that can bring that duo to their knees. Implications began to be made about what would happen if Damian and Jamal were to come face to face with Tank and Markus at the same time. Neither of those two were really worried about that since they were ignorant to certain people planning to pay them a visit later, so the only ones receiving all of the attention were Noland and Allen at this juncture. Noland arguably received more attention than Allen did due to an unseen onlooker of that brawl that had very serious intentions on watching him...very closely. 

No one knew of this mysterious individual until the next day after Noland and Allen - both being too frustrated at what was being said during the battle - postponed their discussion on what happened to them since tension started to build up. They met at the complex after their practices and apologized for how rocky it got during the fight, but Drago and Gorem weren't too pleased to see the fracture extend all the way to those two and essentially forced them to do something about the Alana situation before it escalates into a full-blown battle royal. Noland wasn't sure if any of them understood the awkwardness that comes into effect whenever both of them are together, which was countered by Gorem's insistence that they stay apart. Drago challenged Allen and Gorem to make the first move considering Alana and Hydranoid are falling on them for support, which inadvertently means both him and Noland will have to cut them off too even though they don't want it to come to that. Allen told them to do whatever they had to do while he did the same. Knowing that the conversation was not going in the proper direction, Noland walked away from him without entertaining that remark at all. 

He didn't get too far before being approached by an extremely irate Alana and Tracy near the pit in the field house. Caught off guard by their sudden entrance and maddened faces, Noland understandably kept his distance and asked what was wrong with them, especially Tracy since he barely talked to her outside of practice due to her other extracurricular activities, one of which involved her capstone project. Tracy warned him that he took things too far, confusing Noland greatly until Alana started elaborating on this situation. She began accusing him of sending a blue-haired "blank" after her just to maliciously harass her for the Vince and Karen incident. Noland thought it was funny that he was now guilty before proven innocent, which angered Tracy even more that he was laughing about it. Noland rudely tossed her to the side by telling her that she was starting to develop a habit of butting into business that she has no clue of and shouldn't have any relevance in. Before the ladies could exact vengeance, Allen stepped in after listening to the conversation enough off to the side as he was going to the same place Noland was headed to after their workout. Noland and Drago patiently waited to see if Allen and Gorem were going to defend her again this time, but were slightly disappointed when the girls were asked what happened, delaying the eventuality until they were done speaking while the blue-haired girl in question was eyeing Noland from a distance near the pinball machines.

[Yita Aileen Nyx]

“Hehehe, that was fun, wasn’t it Neri?” The blue haired girl giggles, leaning against the ping pong machine where a small kitten with blue and yellow markings sat, watching the small group bicker about what happened just now with unamused blue eyes.

“I suppose it was…” The cat referred to as Neri says in response, her voice strangely sounding part robot, tail waving side to side for a moment before resting beside her sitting form. “They were kinda weak though.”

The blue haired girl merely shrugs, “Well you are made by me, of course you’ll be super powerful!~” She hums, petting the cat before looking at the scene she had caused, glaring at the two girls. “They’ve gotta know… He’s mine, and mine only…”



It didn’t happen all too long ago, Yita decided that she would make her move on getting those two pesky girls away from her one and only, her partner Neri following her steps beside her in the form of a white kitten. “Now where are those two? Don’t tell me they’re hiding…” Yita says with a sigh, walking around the area keeping her eyes peeled as she grips what looks like the doll of someone with brown hair and brown buttons for eyes.

Neri sniffs the air and looks around, her blue eyes quickly scanning the area for any matches on the person her creator was trying to find. “I don’t see them here… But over at that structure.” The cat says softly, her tail pointing in the direction of the field house.

“If you say so Neri, lead the way then.” Yita says happily, shoving the creepy looking doll that resembled a certain someone back into her pocket before following her cat. “Neri, stay as you are and shift on my word.” Yita says as they approach the field house, her blue eyes landing on the people has was searching for. She slows her running to a walk, her cat following, getting closer to the two girls before stopping a few feet away from them, calling out, “Ahh, there you guys are! Tracy White and Alana Cortese. I'be heard much about you two.” Yita happily calls out, pushing up her sleeve to wave her hand before lowering it, having the sleeve go back to covering her arms. “Tracy the lovesick brat, and Alana the Karen-Killer. You know, that's kinda catchy... Karen-Killer."

[Alana Cortese]

Alana was moping around the field house with nothing better to do than to sulk in her developing madness. Hydranoid was basically just there as a novelty rather than an emotional pillar for her as he should have been. His knowledge of the atrocities he was responsible for committing under Nero's leadership didn't bother him all that much since he knew his mind was not his own, so he couldn't relate to Alana who had full control of her actions. He could only turn his three heads towards one another and be left without any meaningful words to say to her, which was a shame since he deems it appropriate to come to her defense even if it's against the Bakugan that redeemed him.

Tracy noticed Alana's depression and came to comfort her, which was a surprise to her considering her alias was such a nuisance to her. A simple greeting turned into a mini conversation that started to progressively cheer her up. It felt like Tracy was the only person on her side, and that started to make her feel happy...that is until a certain someone chose to show up out of nowhere and called her a killer. "Who is this bitch? You think that's funny?" Hydranoid carelessly cursed out when he slowly turned his heads towards this individual. "Don't think that just because two guys managed to match Drago and Gorem means you can prance up in here and talk all that shit to us. I've demolished cities, tore through ranks, and started a revolution. What have you done that makes you able to speak to us that way?"

Alana's anger started rising up when this girl decided to try her at the worst time. Even Tracy trying to hold her back wasn't enough to stop her from gripping Hydranoid and proceed to summon him. "I'm not letting this become a precedent. This girl is getting burned. You either step up or get out of my way, Tracy," Alana strictly warned the Haos Resistor as she readied her launch. "Bakugan brawl! Alpha Hydranoid, destroy!" The Darkus Bakugan rolled out in front of her, performed a series of spins and swerves before standing upright. He then violently snapped at Yita to send the message that they weren't taking any of that any longer.

[Tracy White]

"A-Alana...what has this done to you...?" Tracy asked in astonishment of how fast an original Resistor like her would get this mad so quickly and attack another brawler out of anger and possibly hatred. Hydranoid may have contributed to this reaction like he always does, but it was clear that she had enough and was ready to snap at any time. She realized that when she was trying to calm her down. Hearing someone degrade Alana in this manner and in the tone she presented it summoned a gut-wrenching feeling in her stomach that perfectly summed up just how sick she was of where society could be headed with people like this living among them. The insult to her was hardly anything harmful, but Alana's was just...inhumane. When she was given the choice to join the fight, there was no need to think about an answer, not after what was said.

"I'm stepping up," Tracy accepted, knowing that Alana wasn't turning back regardless of what she chose to do about it. She tossed Skystar into battle without a moment's notice, showing no signs of hesitating in her speech nor her movement. "Get in there, Skystar! Bakugan Brawl!" The Haos Bakugan arched over to the left of Hydranoid and stood in her monster form. Unfortunately, she didn't quite get any cool new abilities like some of the others got with their evolutions, but Guardian Skystar still had the capabilities to show that her powers were not obsolete. "This goes without saying, you should have kept your big mouth shut," Skystar scolded.

[Yita Aileen Nyx]

"Hey, I'm just merely stating the facts Alana." Yita hums as she motions for her little kitty to hop onto the field. "And I'm able to talk to you like this is not because of what I did that was so magnificent such as causing destruction dear Hydra. Oh no no no, it was nothing I did at all." The Spartan explains in a bored tone with a hint of amusement to what Alana's bakugan had said to her. "It's what you filthy people do, tainting my beloved with your dirty hands. Both you you, all of you." Yita growls as she narrows her eyes at the two opposing girls. "There's definitely no way I'm losing to you two." She then raises her arm in the air as she calls out, "Go get 'em Neri!"

The once cute and innocent looking cat transformed into some kind of feline that resembles the sphinx and a few feathers here and there. "I've heard that you two are strong... Darkus Alpha Hydranoid and Haos Guardian Skystar." The cat says says in a calm manner, tail swishing from side to side in anticipation. These two were rumored to be pretty strong after all, something that the Bakugan hadn't encountered in quite some time. "I look forward to fighting you two. Try to at least put up a decent fight, I haven't been getting enough of those lately."

"I'll be surprised if they actually do Neri." The girl yawns, rubbing her eyes before looking at her two opponents. "Because I feel so generous today, you two can make the first move. But it's pointless to do so, just sayin'."

[Alana Cortese]

Alana rolled her eyes at this disturbing harasser just after listening to her reason why she chose not to take the first step. "Oh, the irony," she said, which was a much kinder belittlement of those words than what the hydra had in mind. "Don't talk down to me!" Hydranoid viciously warned before revealing his miniature heads from his wings. "I have more than enough power in this body to make you scream all the way to the damnation you rose from. The only thing you'll remember once taking a hit from me is how foolish you were for not believing in what you've heard."

Alana swiped an ability on her BrawlX to initiate the first move like Yita wanted, but she chose to play conservative on her offense just in case the feline had more in store than what meets the eye. "Light her up, Hydranoid! Ability activate! Chaos Leap Sting!" Each head became charged with Hydranoid's energy, enabling them to become mini cannons on their own. With deadly precision, each one rapidly shot at Neri at a high rounds per minute, leaving zero room for error in judgment and power. "You'll disappear in a flash," Alana angrily proclaimed.

[Tracy White]

"There goes another case of blind hate from someone who has no idea what they're saying out of their mouth," Skystar stated in disapproval, shaking her head at the brawler who was starting to look very dumb to her. "You can't talk facts and then spew conjecture. That's not how it works, 'missie.'" Tracy gripped her newly acquired BrawlX from nationals - a gold plated one at that - and decided to play defense while Alana went offense. "Ability activate! Sparkling Field!" This ability was meant to converge the feeling of hopelessness on Neri right from the start, and thanks to the menacing power level Hydranoid already has, this was a very effective start.

Skystar gripped her staff and shined it very bright to where anyone could see its glow. She conjured a force field around herself and Hydranoid that acted as a protective shield against anything Neri would try to throw at them; a nice additive of this shield was that it allowed her and Hydranoid's attacks to exit the area of protection without any problems as it only reacts to whatever tries to enter. Another capability of this shield was power absorption as seen with the numerous light particles appearing across Neri and siphoning over to Skystar. "I bet you're just waiting for the perfect opportunity to tell us exactly how we're terrible people that ruined whatever your 'beloved' is, right?" Tracy wondered, not caring for a response or how the response would be just for curiosity's sake.

[Yita Aileen Nyx]

"Eh? Disappear in a flash?" Yita asks amused, raising her eyebrow. There was a bunch of smoke from where Hydraniod had sent all of his blasts, hitting Neri dead on for sure. She then motions her arm to the clouds which were now dispersing, revealing a battered up, close to death looking feline. "I applaud you for your strength, it's very impressive indeed. As expected from a murder." Yita snorts, covering her mouth to hide a sly smile. "Ability Activate, Regini!"

The once beat up cat glitched slightly, a blue grid and a bunch of 1's and 0' engulfing her figure for a second before was back up on her legs, looking like nothing had ever happened to begin with. Then Neri charges towards the two, leaping into the air and doing a twirl before smashing down into the barrier, digging her claws into the surface. The barrier started to spark and act up at the fact that an opposing bakugan was touching it, but before it got too chaotic, Neri sunk her fangs into the barrier, redirecting the ability. And the next thing you know it, the cat did a back flip to her original location, the barrier of light absent only to reappear infront of the Spartan's bakugan. "Ability redirection complete."

Yita shifts her attention the haos resistor, "Now as for you Tracy, you know very well whom I'm referring to. And besides, you should stop poking your nose in places where it doesn't belong. It's a bad habit of yours."

[Alana Cortese]

Hydranoid scowled very loudly at his opponent's mysterious method of cheating defeat in the way that it did. The siphoning of his power thanks to Skystar's ability being reversed didn't bother him at all since he barely felt what was going on. His muscles pulsed with adrenaline every time he heard anything close to insulting Alana the way that Noland has implied. Nothing could be done to him to distract him from that no matter how much of his power is lost. The thought of knowing the cat was physically unable to handle his blows like his more powerful adversaries - Drago, Gorem, Gladion, Gargulion, and even Sksytar - can made him more eager to land another one just to give them the increased displeasure of pain that unfortunately could not measure to the pain they were bringing to Alana.

Speaking of which, Alana's cold demeanor got even colder when Yita responded to Tracy's question that way. "At least she cares, unlike SOME PEOPLE, hypocrite," she fired back, holding three cards across her face in preparation of swiping them. "Triple ability activate! Terminal Trident!" Hydranoid conjured the blast in front of his central mouth with the aid of his right and left to form an unstable energy mass with bomb-like characteristics. Once configured, he launched it straight at the shield Neri had around it. The attack was powerful enough to obliterate the shield in one go, leaving the opponent susceptible to his remaining two attacks.

"Plus Phantom Transmission," she called for, making Hydranoid instantly teleport right in front of Neri to eliminate any chances for a rebound attack. "Plus Destroy Vanish!" Hydranoid got a grip on Neri using his miniature heads, restricting its movement completely. All that was left to do was to pull it in very quickly so that his revved-up saw blades can finish the job just as his first attack should have done.

[Tracy White]

Piggybacking off of what Alana implied, Skystar shook her head while sarcastically saying, "You must be some kind of troll after saying that. It's impossible for someone to be this stupid on purpose..." Tracy was just as confused about Yita as she was; yet, she couldn't help noticing that this girl was hiding something that seemed too crazy to not know about. "One would think that asking a question about something like that to a a person they haven't seen before would mean that they don't have an idea of what you're talking about, and that's if you're smart," Tracy scolded. "I don't need someone telling me who I should care for and when I should care for them. Perhaps you should take your own advice and leave your imaginary reasons for hatred outside."

Tracy swiped a card across her gauntlet while having an amused look on her face, becoming just as annoyed of Yita as Alana was. "Ability activate! Arc Caster!" Skystar raised her staff as it became amplified in a dangerous current of electricity. This power placed an electrified barrier around her. She carefully applied this power to Hydranoid's body to accelerate the movement of his saw blades as well as extend this line all the way to his miniature heads to continuously zap Neri as it was being pulled in to its doom.

[Yita Aileen Nyx]

"Oh no! Neri!" Yita cries as she reaches out towards the said bakugan who was once again being mercilessly targeted by an enraged Hydraniod being backed up by Skystar. She then collapses to her knees and buries her head within her long sleeves. Her body shook in the pattern of what seems like crying, but it was something else... "Hehehe, psych!" The girl hops back up onto her feet, holding out a few cards. "Neri, you can stop with the damsel in distress now. Let's do out own little chain. Triple Ability Activate, T-Skill."

The said feline looks over at Yita, nodding as what was left of her tail that was able to move, swished around altering the battle slightly by regaining her chances of bouncing back into action as her partner calls out the next ability. "Followed by Doskey," Neri sinks her claws into one of the heads to once again redirect, this time Destroy Vanish's ability direction to attack both Hydraniod and Skystar and Skystar's ability to benefit the feline as well who had wiggled her way out of the Hydranoid's deadly grasp. "Aaand Photon Tempest."

"I'm astounded by your power Hydra, and your support Skystar." Neri says as her fur starts to stand up on edge, glowing with a light blue light as any damage done on her was healed. "But I can't loose today, Yita's orders." She states as she leaps into the air, launching two blue light versions of herself zooming towards the opponents, sparking with electric with Skystar's ability raising the power levels.

"I agree with you there Sky." Yita hums, looking at the said bakugan, "So you people can stop acting all innocent about your acts. And my hatred isn't fake. Ask yourself this Tracy." The blue girl points her finger at the Haos Resistor, "If my hatred was fake, would I be attacking you two right now?" Yita says as she holds up a few photo-sized pieces of paper in her free hand, shaking them slightly for emphasis with her next sentence. "I have much better things to do just so you know, but like I said to your bakugan, you people are filthy. I'm just doing a favor for him and possibly teaching you two a few things..." She says, putting the photos back into her pocket as her tone goes to what sounds like a dark one. "That is, if you are listening." Yita says, ignoring Alana's remarks with a smile on her face.

[Alana Cortese]

Hydranoid bravely stepped in front of Skystar as the clones of Neri approached them. He placed his palms in front of him, awaiting Alana's next action. "Why don't you outright say his name since you talk this much. If you're so obsessed with whoever it is, you'd be proud to tell everyone about him," she suggested before playing her ability. "Ability activate! Infernal Bastion!" A fiery-like veil covered Hydranoid's body to serve as an energy-thieving barrier. He stopped both of the Neri's in their tracks, not even moving an inch due to the impact. He began absorbing all of the power gained from the clones, restricted them in place using his tail, and then used two of his heads to sink his teeth into them, dispersing them very quickly.

"Hydranoid, kill that cat," Alana heartlessly commanded. "Ability activate! Death Trident!" Hydranoid charged three individual blasts in his mouth before shooting them towards Neri with extreme prejudice. Thanks to the power he took away from Neri earlier, the projectiles were much larger in size and grander in power. "You can squirm all you'd like to," Hydranoid confidently assured, "None of your ridiculous abilities can mask how much of a freak you are for suddenly placing yourself on a higher level of stupidity, calling them filthy while you're emotionally abusing someone else. I truly hope you have the worst possible outcome in this battle."

[Tracy White]

"How does she keep surviving all of our attacks? That Bakugan should be defeated by now...this doesn't make any sense," Tracy relayed to herself in her head, shaking her head that Yita was still not defeated despite various showings of her Bakugan being far behind Hydranoid's power. She picked two cards for Skystar to use, but she was being very careful about what Yita was doing since there was a certain pattern here involving her Bakugan being defeated rather quickly and then resurrected as if nothing happened at all. "If your goal was to educate us on how much we suck as a society, you did your job well," Skystar said in rejection of Yita's personal reasons.

"Double ability activate! Sentinel Automation plus Energy Dissection Blade!" Skystar detached her shoulder discs to allow them to autonomously control themselves throughout the battlefield. The edges carried a steady charge of energy designed to disrupt the functions of the target's body. She figured this would be a good ability to try to prevent Yita from reviving her Bakugan again if it was still possible while providing decent cover fire for Hydranoid at the same time. It seemed like a win-win situation for them at the time, especially since the enemy hasn't presented any meaningful signs of danger to them yet. "We've already dealt with three terrorists, but you already know that apparently," Tracy informed her opponent, "At this point, I don't see how you're any different from them after what you just said."

[Yita Aileen Nyx]

"Wow, looks like they really are ticked off huh?" Yita asks her partner to who simply stands there, watching the Hydraniod shoot some projectiles at her and Skystar backing him once again. The girl sighs and holds up a card, then shifting her finger to the side to reveal two of them. "First the special ability. Reconfigure."

The feline nods in acknowledgement as she lets out a loud roar, shattering the charge of energy and dissolving the projectiles before they reached her. "Then the normal ability, Power off." Now Neri made a dash towards Hydraniod, her tail ring glowing a bright blue, leaving a trail of some kind of blue colored energy restraint once close to the darkus opponent.

The energy restraints wrap around Hydranoid as Neri finished circling him, the restraints growing and entangling the opponent more preventing from any attacks or counters. "I would like to experience that someday Hydranoid, a bad outcome, the worse possible kind... But just not today." The cat says as she leaps back close to Yita, looking at her two opponents for any signs of attacking again. "And Skystar, how come you continue to support? They say that you should be a fairly strong Haos opponent. I would like to fight you, yourself rather than you supporting Hydranoid." Neri says before her partner starting talking again.    

"That should keep you from pulling off any more nasty moves." Yita says as she swipes her hands together, wiping off imaginary dust. "Now, I'm quite aware that you resistors fought the terrorists, but don't go grouping me with them. They were just empty shells, fighting without a reason. But I'm a little different. I can assure you it's all in the name of love." She hums happily, a grin appearing on her face. "And I would much rather have you guys figure it out yourself Alana, there's no fun if I straight out tell you after all."

[Alana Cortese]

Hydranoid didn't feel like the entanglement Neri placed him in was anything that could hold him, but he was horribly surprised when he found out how wrong he was. His arm and leg muscles continued to give up on him every time he tried to pull away, so he was locked in the exact place he was standing. "You've got to be fucking kidding me..." he cursed. He then tried to use Terminal Trident again to catch the cocky feline off guard while she was talking trash, but all that left his mouths were trails of smoke. He roared loudly in frustration, knowing that an opponent this frail has him in shackles, and there was nothing he could do about it.

"How...is...any of this...out of love...?" Alana slowly asked in a very desperate tone. Judging by how she was sounding, she was very close to losing control of her emotions, a costly penalty to her growing depression that was made even worse by the appearance of this spiteful girl that she doesn't even know as a person. "How...could you...have fun...doing this to me? Who could hate me this much...?" Hydranoid rolled his eyes as Alana said that, and, like the instigator he was, said what he was thinking out loud without any regard to how her or Tracy was going to take it. "Someone related to a particular victim perhaps?"