Before the Collision: Genesis Exhibition

[uselessloserinfinty]

“Woooowww Atoms so cool!” Ivan chimed much like a child would. The move he seen his mentor perform had him star gazed.

“He managed to not only repair the battlefield but he also gave himself some distance as well as high ground over his enemy.” Ivan stated.
He turned to Grimm who watched with what seemed to be a smile on his face.

“OH YEAH ATOM!” “You got this buddy!” I shouted.
I waited for a response but unfortunately my comment had went unnoticed. The opposing brawlers seemed to not even care themselves.

“Jerks.” Ivan said to himself quietly. I then returned my attention to the battle.

[Merchant]

"Wavern I have a question." Grimm is floating near wavern. "So this is about healing. This actually me being truly curious about something. So is healing inside of battle legal, and what about outside of battle. When is is okay to heal and not heal. These question stem from bp healing option really." This is Grimm being curious. 'Depending on the answer of this question Atom may be in quite the pickle. No doubt that he could come out of it but we have an Ivan 2.0' Grimm thinks to himself. 'And one who uses combos so a smart Ivan 2.0' "I'm just checking because things can be much more interesting with what the answer is."

"Grimm I have been letting slide but why are you teleporting let ever half second?" Serperios  reasonably ask.

"When you are told to sit and do nothing when you cause mayhem for fun being able to sit still gets hard. So I teleport to entertain myself a little. Happy." Grimm responds. "Also for this instance I found it easier to get closer and ask then yell from far off."

"But you tech .. . . " Serperios starts.

"I don't need to be told I'm not sitting still. I'm aware of my words you old hand bag of a bakugan." Grimm snaps at his bakugan.

"Brat." Serperios fires back.

[Noland Hardy]

"As we've said, when it is your team's turn, that is when you can use BP. You may not use it outside of what we've laid out," Wavern answered in an annoyed tone.

"No, you can't heal anyone that's in the battle," Genesis Dragonoid added on the possibility of Grimm not getting the idea from such an obvious rule. "Honestly Wavern...you don't have to be THAT annoyed with him. He's just asking a question. Sheesh."

"Tsk...whatever."

"..." Noland was barely paying attention to what who was winning or losing. Some may take this as him not being entertained or deeming the other team as being too weak for him, but neither were the case in his thoughts. He was just running through everything he was seeing and hearing Atom say, because he showed some interesting things.

"Alternative and Farbros...so he's seen them too...or at least in a different time and place..." Noland noticed. "Mid-battle evolution...and Maxus whatever? Hm..."

"What do you think?" Drago wondered.

"Eh...don't really care, but it sounds and looks interesting."

[Tracy White]

Skystar LOVED everything she was hearing and seeing. The wealth of knowledge was too much to take in for her.

"Trap is an odd name for those robotic creatures, but that kind of application is interesting," Skystar absorbed. "There's probably more Alternatives out there that we'll never find out about. I wonder how dangerous the one this man saw was in comparison to what we've had to deal with. And the Farbros? Didn't Drago destroy that before the Hurranians went viral?"

"If I didn't know any better, I'd say you're more concerned about learning about other universes than if Petra wins or loses this battle," Tracy guessed.

"Of course I'm more concerned about her status in the battle. There just comes a time where you see or hear about something more interesting than the battle itself. That Bakugan forced itself to evolve mid-battle. You don't think that's interesting?"

"I'm more interesting in the name of it, Timeline Leonidas," Tracy replied. "'Timeline' must have something to do with how it acquired its powers."

"Hm...so many questions, not enough time to ask them..."

[Merchant]

"Okay. I was aware of that but when I say in battle I mean when one would heal themselves. Like If I were in the fight and got a broken bone, I healed the broken bone myself. But one of my desired questions was answered. you aren't allowed to heal yourself outside of battle unless a battle point is spent. Got it. Thank you." Grimm says. "Oh but there is one thing I don't really get. This is might just be a me thing but the team that is choosing gets to use the bp. But lets say one side wins every fight. Then what would be the point of having bp on your side if you never get the chance to use them yourself. To me that seems unfair. But you are the gods what do I know. If anything this serves a the last bit of clarification. If you don't want to answer that last one to me then fine. I will just go back to me seat and think of what taunting will get me chosen for a fight. I want to be a part of the action too." Grimm rambles outs. Speaking his mind without any concern from the annoyed god. Like he is just used to people being annoyed at him.

A phantom image appears in front of Tracy. "I can actually give you some answers. While I don't know much about his past. Atom is capable of time travel. But under strict conditions. Be has some control over it himself. Timeline energy is immense and powerful. If you aren't careful damaging one's own time has dire consequences. I hoped that answered some things and help clarify a few others. What I'm saying is Petra was set up to fail without realization. It will require such insane luck to win. I should no. I have personally tried to kill Atom several times over. So when I say he is hard to beat. He is hard to beat." The phantom Grimm fades. Leaning a small note. 'Want to know my powers walk on over. Or battle me. You don't even have to face me. Just send somebody else. It will be a great opportunity to see other amazing things in action.' The note reads. Grimm can be seen waving at her as he waits for his answer from the gods. He is pointing at his seat so she knows where to go. His goals aren't very clear. But one of them is. Grimm wants a fight.

[Tracy White]

"..." Wavern was about to waste everyone in the arena right now. She could easily remember saying one important sentence directly after Noland won his fight...

"Until we reach a certain point, you can only use them when it's your turn," were the exact words Wavern used. It's clear someone was very hard of hearing.

"Okay...Grimm, I think it's pretty clear now that you're doing this on purpose," Genesis Dragonoid sighed. "Now, just in case you're genuine about not knowing, I'm going to repeat what Wavern said after the first battle. When we reach a certain point, things are going to change. We obviously know that it's a problem if one team wins every battle. That's why it was addressed."

Tracy gave Grimm an innocent smile before replying to what he said about Petra being destined to lose. "How foolish. Judging someone else's odds based on your rate of failure? Please. Maybe for someone like you, it requires luck, but remember something. You're facing people that are different than all of you. That 'destiny' doesn't automatically apply to us," Tracy replied. "I'm not gonna tell you who, but one of us has outright overpowered someone who was using a portion of Genesis Dragonoid's energy. Selling us short because of your bodyguard's power is what gets people killed in our universe. Everyone we have is special in their own way. Nothing is guaranteed."

With that said, she looked over the note. Of course, Tracy wasn't going to attack anyone yet since she's still serving her role as the leader. Still, the offer was tempting to see what Grimm knows outside of talking trash.

"We'll think about it if time permits," Skystar informed Grimm about his proposal.

[Tank Stryker]

"Tracy, Tracy, Tracy, you gotta learn to let them talk," Tank interjected. "Look at the poor guy. This sack of shit is no different from those asshats at Texas A&M who thinks sucking off one of their teammates makes the said teammate look good."

"Um...accurate, but..." Gladion was trying to moderate Tank's language as best as he could, because the way it was going, he could get them penalized again.

"Trust me. I see guys like this all the time. He's just above everyone else. He couldn't kill Atom, so that means we can't beat him either. He's the golden standard of how everyone is going to do against Atom. I tell ya. These are the typical trash brawlers that keep getting recycled over and over again. I'd say even Maurice could shit on him. At least he learned when to shut up."

"...Surprisingly, that was tame language compared to what you could've said..."

"Tell you what. Don't even respond to him. I got all the time in the world to stand here and listen to the stupidity that comes out of his mouth. Once they get on the battlefield - if he gets on the battlefield - they perform like shit, because they're always worried about someone else."

[Merchant]

Grimm did not take to kindly to Tank's unfortunate choice of words. As him standing in fron to the guy is obvious proof. "Oh so just because I can't kill one person I all the sudden suck at fighting." Tank can feel an overwhelming amount of energy and anger coming from Grimm. Sickening so. But the way Grimm sounds says otherwise for some very strange reason. Like he is glad he is ticked off. "So you think I wont be able to live up to expectations hm. Well I can kill you here. But there is no fun in that now. But the cowardice coming from you is very prominent. Why you can't stand a little aura of death can you." It kinda is true. While Tank seems to be withstanding it. The killing intent is so thick it is making him nauseous. Then feeling begins to fade. "Feeling better now. Good. Now go further on the cowardice. It really takes one to dismiss their foes. I have a nasty habit of showing people to never underestimate me. It may cost them their lives. After all if I'm all talk. Then you would be all the more happy to put me in my place right. Or are you truly so scared to fight something you don't know that you would call it weak just to feel better. I feel sorry for your bakugan. He deserves a better brawler." Grimm can't help but laugh at the face Tank makes at the last comment alone. Grimm can sense the rising anger. Very much happy with his results. "What an amazing reaction. Say if you prove yourself right. Then I will personally upgrade you gauntlet. But if I prove you wrong and I have more bite than my bark. Well I will decide on what I want later." Behind Grimm's mask for those who can get a glimpse behind it will notice an evilly cruel smile.

[The Destruction]

I listened to Grimm’s comments, and laughed to myself. “Foolish boy, you have no idea what these guys have been up against. Their world has been in imminent danger, what, about three or four times over the past few years? To them, your words mean nothing. Actions are everything.” My hands glowed, then Tank did. Nothing seemed to happen, because it was only noticeable by me and Tank. We were in a shared mindspace, the only two in it. “So, you want to say that your opponents are worthless, do you? That they can’t defeat any of you? To me, Blaze was the weak link, so I selected her to go first to get her out of the way so she wouldn’t cause problems later. Don’t have her be your benchmark. And as for what you’ve been saying about Grimm and Atom, well, I think it’d be better if I just show you.” A screen seemed to appear in front of us, and began playing several short clips. The first was of Atom defending the original Bakugan Reality. “Atom is far, far more powerful than you think. He was able to stop me, while I was at about 50% power, from destroying the Bakugan Reality.” Leonidas fired a beam of light at the dark mass, destroying it before it reached its target. The scene changed. “Atom was also capable of drawing on a nearby Reality to bolster himself with that Reality’s main ability.” The clip showed Atom and Leonidas entering Reversion for the first time. “Of course, it was my plan to tire him out. After all, then I could destroy the original Bakugan Reality!” The scene changed again to show all the Reality Shifters facing off against me at the Original Bakugan Reality, with Atom coming in with minutes to spare to help, only to fail, and get sent away. “His mind was erased, and yet he gained even more power. This cycle continued until I was defeated, moments from victory! And keep in mind, all of those events you just saw were with Atom at only about 30% of his full power. He hasn’t even begun to try yet against Petra.” The scene changed again, this time showing Grimm. “Now, you may think that this boy is a weakling, always using more of his mouth than his skills. That’s true, he does run his mouth way too much. But it’s because he doesn’t care! He’s been facing down death for a long time, so he knows his time is limited. But his powers and abilities are, to put it mildly, deadly. He WELCOMES the penalty that’ll be imposed onto him, because then he won’t have to limit himself. And there’s also the fact that he attempted this.” On the screen, a red pillar was seen breaking, followed by an entire battlefield destabilizing and falling apart, revealing a growing, black moon in the sky. “Grimm attempted to crash the entire Doom Dimension on his world to give Bakugan living there a new home.” The black moon warped, and vanished. “Of course, he was stopped, but that didn’t mean he stopped.” The scene showed Grimm detonating a massive explosive from himself, creating his gigantic tree in the white void. “He literally made himself detonate, creating his own dimension and base for the Bakugan he had promised to give a new home. And yet, he still didn’t die.” The scene changed again to Grimm fighting against Atom. “Further, he has his own Gene, and it reacted strangely with another special thing he has, giving him access to see things he normally shouldn’t see. Just one of the six abilities he gained allows him to see his opponent’s actions and plan for them. Believe me when I say he’s not all bark.” The screen vanished. “And then, there’s me.” I raised my hand, showing that the darkness was up to my wrist. “I’m nowhere near full power as of yet. In fact, I’ll be using less than 15% of my full power if and when I fight. And that is a boon for your team, because if I were anywhere over 30%, I could annihilate your entire team and dimension with a snap of the fingers. However, because I know the fragility of you and your teammates, I won’t do that anytime soon. I prefer breaking and shattering people’s psyches, essentially breaking their minds.” I began to laugh. “And with how much I know about each of you, I can create that which you fear most!” My appearance changed. “Without their DNA codes, I cannot create Negative Shifters of them. However, I can mold my body to create the image of one of them!” My body finished changing, showing to Tank his late girlfriend, Katherine. “And I can do this with almost all of you. You have been warned.” The mindspace broke, showing that no time had passed for either of us. I smiled. “You have been warned.”

[Tank Stryker]

Tank froze for a moment. He let about five seconds pass, and then be started laughing. He made it very obnoxious for the enemy team to hear. At this point, he wanted to hear and see so much more.

"That's very telling, Destruction. You're that desperate to prove your worth to me that you'd show me Katherine? Do you really think I'm affected by that? You bringing that out says all I need to know about how misinformed you really are. All talk and full of shit," Tank stated. "You know what makes you and Grimm look even more ridiculous? All of those powers you were just talking about? Guess what? I have them, every single one of them!"

"Surprise, assholes!" Gladion chimed in.

"Speaking of which, it'd be no surprise to me if you're pulling all of those percentages from there too. There's a couple of people over here that can see that type of stuff. You can't fool us," Tank added. "That's okay though, because I expected very little coming into this. I doubt I could be more disappointed. Just look at Lydia. She's doing her work instead of paying attention to you. That should tell you all you need to know about where you're at compared to us."

Tank went over to Noland and laid hands on his shoulder. Through this, he was able to share EVERYTHING that he had just heard and seen. He then went over to Lydia and did the same to her. The meltdown for the other team was just beginning.

[Noland Hardy]

The moment that episode with the Destruction ended, Noland and Drago were right in front of the Destruction and his team via his advanced movement technique. The look on his face showed that he was less than pleased at what he was hearing and seeing.

"Is that all you got?" Noland inquired about the Destruction attempting to show his 'muscles' to Tank. "The only thing that's fragile is your ego. You can go above any percentage you make up in your head. It makes no difference. Your reaction and body language to everything we've said and done proves one thing: You're angry that there are beings from a universe that couldn't care less about your little powers."

"And you know what? I was actually looking forward to finding out what you're capable of, but after that got shared with me, I have to be honest. None of you are really worth my time after all. It's embarrassing how people that weak can go around different realities and think they're the shit. Sorry to burst your bubble, but...you're not, and with that attitude, you never will be."

With that said, Noland and Drago went back to their side of the field. They laid back and started going to sleep.

[uselessloserinfinty]

As the conversations between Ivan’s teammates and their shared enemies went on Ivan listened with open ears. The veins on his forehead began to bulge as he strained trying to keep himself in check. His fists were clenched tightly and began to warm as the seconds went by.

I let out a sigh. “No.” I clenched my fists and took a deep breathe. “I can’t blow up, but I also can’t just stand by and let them provoke my team.

Ivan stood up, after burning the ropes binding him, and faced the other team. “You know you guys should look in the mirror before trying to bash others on their behavior.” “I mean aren’t you guys suppose to be “good” well if the definition of good then I don’t think I deserve to labeled a “double bat shit crazy good” guy.” Ivan said his eyes darted across Petra. “You guys look at us like you are above us as if our moves are unimpressive it’s not fair.” “What you guys are is no longer mere confidence.” “You guys are the jerkiest heroes ever.”

[Tank Stryker]

"Oh? Well, would you look at that? The kid learned some new words. NOW I'm impressed. Who would've ever guessed that would be possible?" Tank spat. "Here's a new sentence for you: Kiss my ass. That's a simple, complete sentence without any fragments. You'll have it down by 3rd grade at the latest."

Gladion - in his robed form - kicked back on the ground and stretched out. He yawned loudly and went to dreamland. At least there, he'd be entertained.

"Daaaaamn. Three of us went to sleep on the second battle? You guys suck," Tank laughed. "You know what? Let's make that four. I'm getting tired too." Tank laid back on the ground and started relaxing. Before long, he'd be knocked out too.

"Wake me up when it's my turn or whatever. Petra, kick his ass."

[Merchant]

'Hook line and sink her.' Grimm thought. "So then Tank. How about you accept my deal. We fight next no matter who wins. We both fight a full freedom and force. I will accept the penalty already in place. But I don't think it will matter. You versus me. After ain't I just been talk. Or did you chicken out after all." Grimm sound unusually calm. "Ah I know. If you win I just won't give you an gauntlet upgrade but a Chaos bakugan from my personal army. As a sign of good faith. However if I win. I get one free action. Without the protection of the gods. Because all you can do is hide behind them right." Grimm keeps poking away at Tank with no end. "And Nolond. Take my word on this. . ." Grimm looks at him. And takes his mask off a little. He can see truly a very, very creepy smile hidden behind the mask. "Just because we flexed our muscles it doesn't make it any less true. I for one moment never doubted that you all have gone through quite a lot. But we aren't talk to you. So go sit back down." Grimm looks back at Tank. With his mask back on. "I take something back. I don't just feel sorry for your bakugan. I feel sorry for your friends too. It must suck to be the weak one doesn't it. Them always doing something. Experiencing less loss then you. Hell. Noland has use his pathetic attempt to of a showoff in order to defend. So I say with confidence. You are the weakest brawler in this stadium here. So weak that you have to rely on other for any form of power. After all who wouldn't want to face their own shadow." Grimm taps the guys should before heading to Tracy. He apologizes to her and her alone about being a bother around her. After all her bakugan just wanted to learn more. Truly no harm in that. But as Grimm walks Tank can feel a hand turn to look at it he see's himself. But different. It whispers his greatest regret. Whatever it maybe. Only he can truly hear. No one else can see it. It is like his shadow came to like. Gone just as fast it showed.

"If you wish to shut me up. Then do it in a brawl." Grimm calls over. "Your original plan be damned. Or you will let this insult go." Grimm chuckles to himself. 'Go ahead and try to shut me up. The moment we fight. Well I have one more step after that.' Is what Grimm thinks.

[Kendrick Hardy]

Kendrick's mouth was slightly open in shock. He pressed his right palm against his forehead. He then shook his head in disbelief at what he was hearing.

"That's impossible... How can someone be this stupid...?" Kendrick wondered. "I'm the weakest one on this side of the field... Everyone over here knows that... You just pull these things out of your ass, don't you? Is it the same for everyone else over there?"

"Oh boy...now even Kendrick is about to go off on this fool," Krakix noticed.

"You don't make sense AT ALL. Don't you understand that they're making you look stupid? Are YOU too stupid to know they're doing that to you? I swear, you make this so easy for them. Look at them. They're SLEEPING. How did you manage to cause that to happen? You're a joke to them, and - quite frankly - you are to ALL of us!"

"So please, just shut the fuck up! This stupidity hurts! I can't take it anymore!"