Episode 47: Ultimate Team

[Jamal Armstrong]

An airborne fist was already on approach before Mecha Chamelia could make contact with Ahrangi. It easily knocked the breath out of her and sent her away fast.

"Don't even think about it, little girl," Jamal denied. This would be short-lived though. Chamelia transformed herself into Tec himself to reduce how far she would go. Once her movement was halted, she transformed into Hades to declare an attack.

"Hmph...ability activate! Spatial Transmission!" Chamelia stuck all four arms through dimensional portals. Portals appeared next to all of them, but it was unknown which ones she was striking out of. Two arms quickly struck Ahrangi and Torahu in the temple. The two terrorist Bakugan were smacked right into each other, making them passed out for a few seconds. Donovan was similarly affected, but was fortunate enough not to incur that much damage from the lack of a collision. Tec was barely harmed due to his bulky stature. Hades managed to catch the fist headed for it, which was because of Andrew's forbidden power.

"Not bad..." Tec commended.

"This might actually be a challenge..." Jamal was starting to figure out why Andrew got concerned when he spotted her. It would appear that their arsenals are going to be to their own detriment. A likely weakness they can exploit is to somehow catch her in between transformations, but with it being this fluid - possibly enhanced by the Hurranians to add onto that - this was not an enemy one person could reliably deal with in this situation. If she mimics Donovan and starts lulling people to sleep, that might be it.

"She's only as strong as the ones in front of her combined," Tec understood.

[Andrew Bullock]

Andrew was highly irritated that Katie was using his own power. He growled even.

"If one of us possessed the All-Seeing ability...we'd be moving on to something else, but...something's telling me that wouldn't work anyway. The way she responded after Tec hit her was not normal," Andrew thought to himself. "Her body must have been adjusted a little to provide a better resistance if she copies the person going for a hit or if he or she already hit her. When she was alive, her transformations shared the same momentum when she was sent flying like that, no matter what she turned into. That doesn't appear to be the case now..."

Hades stepped out in front to personally take on Mecha Chamelia as the lead. With Andrew's forbidden power, it had the tools necessary to combat her no matter what member of the party was being thrown against them. Tec would act as a secondary, because someone could be killed if Mecha Chamelia unexpectedly turns into Ahrangi again; Tec's chances of stopping such an occurrence is low compared to Hades right now.

"Are you sure you want to continue?" Andrew asked Katie, considering this her last warning before someone gets killed at the end of this battle.

"Shut up and brawl," Katie commanded.

"Very well then." Andrew got serious all of a sudden. There was no going back now. "Come."

[Vince Hardy]

The argument between Damian and Alana has reached the point where they were about to go to blows with each other, their Bakugan included. When this happened, a smoke trail appeared next to them that dropped off a rather angry Excedra. The two bickerers separated themselves upon his entrance.

"Don't make me have to come back here," Excedra warned them both before disappearing.

Apollonir was silently meditating while airborne. Lars Lion was playing a melody on her harp to pass the time as she was getting bored. Vince was seen taking a nap on Lars Lion's shoulder. He wasn't asleep for long though. He suddenly woke up to something disturbing.

"You sense something..." Lars Lion recognized, having her harp disappear in a bright light.

"Trouble," Vince confirmed. As he said this, a bright, green star appeared in the sky. The light from it became brighter, because it was an orbital lazer beam gunning straight for Apollonir. Without opening his eyes, Apollonir disrupted the entire laser by flailing his tail against it. He opened his eyes and glared in the direction it came from.

"It's that thing again!" Oberus complained as she zipped past Apollonir. Slipstream has returned to be a menace to society once again.

"Don't attack it," Apollonir warned her.

"Huh? Why not?"

"There's more than one up there." Indeed. There were a total of three Slipstream units orbiting Vestal. "They're expecting you. Wait a while before you take them out."

"Our party is being attacked right now," Vince alerted the Soldiers.

"I see... They'll handle them. Oberus and Excedra will make sure those satellites don't target them. Lars Lion, monitor everyone's health. No one drops this early."

[Vengeance]

The brawlers who were patiently waiting on the Epsilon Mountains soon found themselves discovered thanks to Slipstream being nosy. That entire group were met by another. This time, the Hurranians chose to send professional brawlers after them, each one representing one of the six attributes.

The Hurranians have chosen these representatives based on how well they compliment each other. All of these brawlers have either cheated or were infected by an opponent who did cheat in the pro circuit.

Slipstream had zapped all six members there. They comprised of: Jason Drake, the Haos brawler who was stated to be a possible rival for Tank and uses the power of the Zodiac signs; Yuri Kyodaina, the Darkus brawler with a three-headed Dragonoid who specializes in AOE attacks that have been stated to be nigh impossible to evade; Makuto Kimashiro, the Pyrus brawler who has a demonic Bakugan who enjoys crippling his enemies and stacking multiple DPS attacks in an instant; Valentina Grudge, the Subterra brawler who owns a golem bigger than Allen's and usually prefers offense rather than defense; Arturo Kudo, the Aquos brawler whose attacks are often stated to be unblockable since his Bakugan uses dimensiokinetic abilities to gather large amounts of water for his attacks and he owns a sword that can slice the fabrics of reality; and Ino Mitsurogi, the Ventus brawler who prefers to support her teammates and manipulate an opponent's energy into craftable weapons.

"Our apologies, but we have no control over this," Jason spoke up, showing that they were at least aware of what they were doing. "Prepare to die. ...That's them saying that."

Yuri swiped a card on his Onyx-colored BrawlX to get this tussle into action. His Bakugan was called Damare. He may as well be the offensive specialist of the group.
"Ability activate! Black Surge!" Using all three heads, Damare conjured a black stream of energy that expanded upon release, appearing as if a particle cannon was being fired onto the enemies' position.

[Alana Cortese]

Damare's blast was quickly counteracted by a purple and black swirl of energy on an identical magnitude and size. Through Alana's activation of Indigo Nightmare, Hydranoid was able to prevent Damare from leveling the mountain and all of them by extension.

"It would be really nice if you guys just targeted Damian and Helios ONLY and left the rest of us alone. Unlike those two, people have a need for us being alive," Alana shamelessly jabbed.

Once the blast Damare shot was violently canceled out, the force of which trembled the mountaintop, Hydranoid began approaching Damare in a challenging manner.

"I call dibs," Hydranoid reserved. "And if any of you glory hogs steal my kill in the end, you'll be joining them!" How ironic.

A Haos Bakugan was making his move right around this time. This one was Aion, Jason's Bakugan. His armor became red with orange markings prior to Jason announcing his planned ability. "Ability activate! Horns of Ares!" With this, Aion sprouted large horns from his head. They became smothered in an everlasting heat. With this fiery upgrade, he charged straight toward the group of brawlers and their Bakugan, disregarding which human or Vestal gets trampled and incinerated in the process.

[Deon Irvine]

"More of that crap. Nice." Deon complained having witnessed more of the infected. 

They had to clean that mess up quick if they wanted to proceed so it is in order to crack a few skulls as soon as possible. Tyr was in position to attack and target was obvious from their point of view- the Gorem. Offense or defense all Gorems have one thing in common- slower maneuvers and speed compared to Ventus. Being an awfully quick bastard Tyr could effortlessly exploit that weakness and trample that pathetic pile of oversized rocks back into dust. "Ability activate! Mirage Rampage!" He announced. Using this ability Tyr becomes not only very quick but because of the speed he causes mirages of himself appear when striking the opponent making it difficult to locate the right Tyr. So Tyr can impale the opponent so many times before the other can realize what is going on.

"Nice pile of rocks you got there... would be a shame if something happened to it." Tyr mocked.

He focused on the Gorem, running around like crazy with mirage images making it overly difficult to hit him. He had a couple of hits in pushing the Gorem around easily and then repeating it without any issue. In a few moments that thing will lose balance and Tyr will be able to use a more powerful ability; one that could have this asshole crumble into dust.

[Damian Knight]

While it would've been nice for a defense-oriented Bakugan to stop the Zodiac freak from running them over, Damian knew that he'd probably have to take Jason on since he is aware of the different powers Aion possesses through these Zodiac signs. Helios showed tremendous raw strength in being able to seize Aion by his horns and hold him in place. The fire was not affecting Helios at all, which is to be expected considering where Helios comes from.

"What have you actually DONE during this whole campaign? If you were gone, no one would notice," Damian shot back at Alana. "The only thing they NEED you to do is go back in your little dimension. At least then, people actually had a reason to care about you."

The "pile of rocks" the Spartan spoke of was Valentina's Bakugan, Terrakonix. His large stature made it so that Tyr's attempt to knock him over would go largely unsuccessful the way he is proceeding with things. Valentina saw no need to pay him any mind for now. She was receptive to the idea of the Spartan challenging her. The way she saw it, one target was already eliminated from the equation. She could focus on targeting someone else while Tyr is at the batting cages.

"What a mess... I was hoping you'd hit us harder than that," the Russian brawler dismissed. "Ability activate! Sinkhole Fissure!"

A large, magic circle was drawn across their entire space of battle. Terrakonix then watched it all play out in front of him. The circle appeared to have some magical energy applied to it. An immense gravitational pull ensured that they would have the most difficult time getting away, and it made sure everyone stayed grouned. Then, the ground beneath them all started to swirl. It became a churning quicksand that aimed to kill all parties involved, including the ones controlled by the Hurranians.

"You should be careful. We may not move around much, but that doesn't mean speed will allow you to get the better of us," Valentina warned her enemies.

As the opponents' were having a sand bath, Makuto chose to get in on the action himself. With his Bakugan, Demontrust, he'll provide the DPS that should increase their chances of winning in the long run, if not get rid of any potential weaklings who cannot withstand his power. "Ability activate! Shadow Meltdown!"

Red spots appeared all over the sinkhole. Out of it came fiery larva who seemed to have lives of their own. They began to latch onto the Bakugan to burn straight through their skin, and then continue to grow until they eventually begin to multiply in numbers. This tactic would easily burn through them like parasites until nothing of their carcass was left. Makuto got a lot of opponents to surrender in the pro league out of fear that their Bakugan would be killed. Unlike the pro league, their brawlers were next. If there is a substantial amount of progress made by this larva, Makuto can progress to his Fusion Ability to multiply them on demand, and then it'd really be bad.

"Try not to let any of that stuff touch you, and if you do, be a pal and get rid of it soon, would ya? There's enough parasites roaming around in people's bodies already," Makoto pleaded with his enemies.

[Allen Silva]

Allen noticed that they were falling into a sinkhole. This thing could be a serious problem if they stayed in it for too long. Luckily Allen had absolutely no intention to do so. He just wanted to build up some drama so it made him look better when he saved the day." That's one nasty looking hole. Maybe we shouldnt be in that much longer. What do you think Gorem?"

Gorem, who had clearly not caught wind of what his bralwer was up to, was almost in a frenzied state of panic." We need to do something, and right now." He rushed through the sentence, trying to save breath because he thought he was gonna die.

" how bout we just clear the air a little bit, and give our allies a breath of fresh air." Allen revealed his plan, but only to those who knew all of his abilities he had two ready to roll, and was activating one of them." Dual ability activate. Equilibrium purge plus Fusion ability hard resetter."

Gorem released a cleaning wave of energy. Now instead of going through the whole thing where the sinkhole goes away, then clearing the other attack, he went straight to ridding the battle of the hazzards." Now that we have some fresh air, how bout you guys stop attacking us?"

[Vengeance]

Arturo's Bakugan, Demon Dimentio, was a jester. There was a clear pattern where her right arm and left leg were colored blue while the left arm and right leg were colored purple. This was to represent his dual attributed capabilities. She was proficient with both the Aquos and Darkus attributes. She was also quite psychotic on the battlefield, often laughing and making obnoxious noises whenever it was unnecessary to make them, which was all the time.

Allen's request to get all of the pros to stop what they were doing was quite the joke to her, even more to Arturo himself. "You see these Hurranians here, so we're not kind-hearted. So why don't you stop talking, 'cus we're just getting started!" Arturo declared. "This mountain shall be your end, but you still have time to pray to your Lord. Before I send you to Him, watch us equip the Dimension Sword!"

The Dimension Sword was to Dementio as Shadow Wing was to Master Ingram. This azure blade with a pitch-black handle appeared out of thin air and ended up in her left hand. The properties of this ability allowed Dementio to cut opponents from seemingly any range. Whenever this blade is swung, visible energy slashes appear instantly, and they have the ability to cleave through anything.

"Be ready to dodge, this one's a real killer. You can't guard against my Dimensional Pillar!" Arturo was correct in saying that this ability cannot be guarded against by conventional means. Portals will appear underneath the enemies in random intervals. Out of it will come a spiky construct that will impale the target instantly. It would be wise for the enemies to respond to this one quickly.

[Noland Hardy]

The pros seemed to be giving that group a difficult time, but, before the result could be seen, the scene shifted back to Andrew's fight against Katie. Akane was targeted primarily to acquire her bombs and use them against the alliance. Jamal and Tec found this out and began defending her, much to their chagrin. Mecha Chamelia transformed into Donovan and attempted to use wormholes to send people into the dream world to make her job easier. Jamal and Tec allowed themselves to get hit on purpose so that Niko and Donovan could release them a moment later and bear hug Mecha Chamelia. Ahrangi then came in and savagely beat her until she was unrecognizable. Akane then burned the remains.

Mini-Boss Theme

Noland and Drago showed up to confront Andrew for past reasons, which caused hatred that was amplified by the Hex Code. Niko was the only person who attempted to reason with the Resistor, but it fell on deaf ears, and Andrew and Hades were assaulted. This would've been nice for everyone else to stay out of...except that the Hurranians were also not too happy that Katie was defeated and had swarms of Fortress units ready to blast them out of existence.

To make matters worse, the Hurranians were not targeting Noland and were actually helping him, so the alliance crew had to make a choice. Jamal volunteered to divert Noland and Drago's attention so they'll have enough time to evacuate the area, considering they were also aware of the massive war going on near the area where Kyuki was.

Drago planned to ignore Tec altogether since there was no point in wasting time with the defense expert, so he started blending in with the chaos the Hurranians were causing. Out of nowhere, Makoto and Ahrangi started attacking Noland and Drago. Using the Hex Code, Drago quickly interrupted Ahrangi's offensive and was prepared to deal a devastating blow to him before Donovan snatched the terrorist away via wormhole. Noland and Drago then went after Akane and Torahu who did not seem to understand the threat level Drago was at in the Hex Code form. This allowed Noland to shock Akane with his bio-electricity, which reacted negatively with Akane's bombs and threatened to blow her up along with everyone else.

Hades then engaged Drago on its own, giving Andrew time to use his forbidden power to strip her of the explosives and throw them elsewhere before they detonated. While fighting Drago, Hades used its dimensional abilities to ensure that the explosions were contained enough to destroy the Hurranians in the area, but to not destroy the alliance members there too.

Soon enough, Hades opened a dimensional tunnel to Vestal to drag Noland and Drago in, seeing as how they were attempting to destroy much more than the alliance. In an impressive showing, they were resisting the pull quite well, but Tec took matters into his own hands and literally shoved the Dragonoid into the tunnel to get them off of Earth immediately before they got away to possibly ruin the assault on Kyuki.

Back on Vestal, Helios pushed back all six of the pros single-handedly by showing them a burst of the Third Layer's power. Fortunately for them, Ino's Bakugan was able to manipulate this massive energy into a weapon capable of inflicting heavy damage. When swung, Allen and Gorem countered mid-animation to deal heavy damage to all six of them by taking the weapon and using it for himself. Seiki and Ahio rounded all of them up so Yita and Yashu could prolong the damaged feeling they all suffered. In a very impressive showing, Ahio managed to wipe all of the pros out using a very powerful move that combined power from the techniques they all used.

Around that time, Oberus had made afterimages of herself to make it look like she was appearing in multiple places at once. With Excedra's senseless shooting, the Slipstream units were distracted long enough for the speedster to take all of them out all at once via what Oberus' actual signature ability is: Visceral Impact, allowing her to hit one Slipstream unit, and the resulting hit counted against all of the units too. With them taken care of, everything was clear...except for a large battleship that had materialized near their location. It contained firepower that even made Apollonir himself sweat when he realized what it was capable of.

[Noland Hardy]