35Hello my readers! Well, Trey's secret is out, as well as others will be revealed in this chapter.
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Chapter 12: Truth Will Out
Alex was shaking his head. "Okay, I might still be a little out of it from the brainwashing. But it sounded like you said you were Michael Gehabich's grandson?!" He said to Trey on the big screen.
"No you heard me correctly. He is my grandfather, my dad's dad to be exact." Trey said.
"Seriously?! You're just mentioning this now?!" Aria screamed.
"Well, I didn't know how to tell you guys considering this all started because of him." Trey said. Holding his head down.
"Trey, we're not mad because you're related to Dr. Michael, but that you kept it a secret from us." Tyler said.
"Oh, look at the pot calling the pan black, Mr. Nicklebags!" Iris said.
"Ugh, what?!" Jason said, who was also on the screen.
"I think she means pot calling the kettle black, and I think she meant to say Mr. Pennybags." Maria said.
"Okay I get the first one now, but who's Pennybags?" Jason asked.
"It's the guy from the Monopoly game!" Alex and Aria said in unison.
"Okay…" Iris said, creeped out by the twin thing. "But it's reasonable for him to want to keep this a secret. It took him a lot of courage to admit that to me, and to the rest of you guys as well."
"Yeah, I suppose that's true." Aria said in a calmer voice. "I think we're all still on edge from the kidnappings."
Trey took a deep breath. "I'm gonna start at the beginning. See, my dad had a younger brother and as sister, and six years ago we all visited her in Germany, and when we got home we drove in separate vehicles. The one my parents were in got hit by a truck and ended up in comas. My uncle and aunt weren't so lucky."
"So you went to live your sister? You mentioned being raised by her." Tyler said.
"Not exactly. Lila was still a teenager so we went to live with our grandfather, but was always in his lab so Lila raised us more than him. But seven months ago when the Bakugan cards fell is when he disappeared, the first time." Trey said.
"What do you mean, the first time?" Maria asked.
"Well, roughly six months after he disappeared he came back. I was so happy when I first saw him I forgot I still had my Bakugan card in my hand, and he saw it he looked like he saw a ghost. He then locked himself in his lab for the next few days researching the Bakugan. Then he disappeared again, the same day Alex and Drago came together. By the way, how is Drago?" Trey asked.
"Well… He's not as…" Alex scratched his head. "He's not making as much growling noises as before."
"Well I think it's pretty obvious what we need to do. We need to go to your grandfather's lab." Tyler said.
"But my grandfather's lab is back in Moscow." Trey said.
"No worries. I can get us all there. I'll just have a plan pic you and Iris us, and you too Jason." Tyler said.
"Um, I can't go just yet. My brother has his final treatment tomorrow, but after that I can travel." Jason said.
"My grandma won't mind if I leave for a while, as long I'm with you guys I think." Iris said.
"It might take some convincing, but I'm sure my parents will let me leave." Maria said.
"I don't know about ours." Alex said.
"Oh I'm sure mom and dad will let us go, they trust us not to get into trouble. Especially considering they don't know about this crazy shit." She said.
"Oh and I have one last secret to tell." Trey said.
"What now?" Iris said.
"Trey isn't my real name. It's Michael… as was my dad's name." Trey said.
Tyler then snapped his fingers. "Trey! As in three!"
"Wow, how did you get that so quickly? Normally I have to explain."
"Well I'm around a lot of old money families, any they have a lot of father and sons who share names, and they usually have nicknames to distinguish individuals." Tyler explained.
"Yeah well, ever since I could remember everyone in my family called me Trey, so nobody call me Michael okay." Trey said.
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It was the evening and Aria was packing her suitcase. "That was easier than I thought to convince mom and dad to let us go." Aria said to her partner Hydra.
"Well, you we're a little bit manipulative, constantly mentioned being stuck in that hospital room for months." Hydra said.
"Come on Hydra, we need to do this. We have a mission." She said as she then looked at a photo, the same photo she looked at when she first got him from the hospital. She smiled and put the photo in her luggage and then walked down stairs.
"Finally. Why does it take girls forever to pack?" Alex complained.
"Maybe because we pack more than one pair of underwear!" Aria rebuttaled, laughing.
"Okay kid." Their mom said as she embraced them in a hug. "Be safe, and take care of each other. I love you both." She then kissed them both before they left for the car out front.
They drove to an area next to Tyler's place, a large hanger where Maria and Tyler were waiting in front of a metal monstrosity. "Just what the heck is that thing?" Alex said.
"Oh, this. Well this is what we're gonna be living in. It has four bedrooms, two half bathrooms, two more bathrooms with showers, a small kitchen and lounge area." Tyler explained as the twins got out of the car. "With the seven of us plus the pilot, who is former Air Force, we all have to double up. I'll bunk with the pilot."
"Okay. Then I'll share with Iris when she gets her, and Trey and Jason can share." Maria said, then turned to the twins. "You two don't mind right?"
"Oh of course not. We shared a crib until we were 3." Aria said.
"You guys shared a crib until you were 3?" Tyler reacted. "Why? Couldn't your parents afford another crib?"
"Rude!" Aria said. "But no. And it was an extra large crib since our grandpa custom made it for him and grandma's first set of triplets."
"Oh. Wait a minute, first set of triplets? How many were there?" Tyler asked curiosity in his voice.
"Well, first there was our mom and her two brothers, a set of two girls and a boy after that, and three sets of twins after that." Alex said, counting his fingers after that.
"Wow! You said your mom's family was big, and with you two being twins I suspected there was a couple of multiple births, but you never mentioned ALL of them were!" Maria said, surprised too.
"Oh even our grandma was a twin and her mother was too!" Aria said.
"Seriously?" Tyler said. "I know fraternal twins can run in families, but Aria… I wouldn't be surprised if have like Quadruplets one day!"
"Oh one of our aunts did. But yeah, I expect and want a house full of kids one day." Aria said with a laugh.
"Okay, well why don't we all get into that metal monstrosity and fly to Moscow." Alex said.
"Yeah lets." Maria said.
Once they all got in the hatch behind them closed and locked. "Wow, this place is muck bigger on the inside." Alex said as he looked around. "So how long until we get to Moscow?"
"About ten hours." Tyler said as he sat down on one of the three couches in the living room area.
"Oh so we should get there right before sun rise." Maria said.
"Un no. Actually it will be closer to noon due to the time zone changes." Tyler explained. "And Alex, Aria, if your family needs help paying off your medical bills, I'll be happy to help."
"Oh that's sweet, but we're good. We won a settlement." Aria said as she sat down as the air craft took off.
"A settlement?" Maria asked. "You two have never mentioned that."
"Well…" Alex then looked at his sister, who shook her head in agreement. "A month or so before Aria got sick the city hired this construction company to renovate this old building in town and turn it into a rec center."
"I heard about that. But it got shut down months ago." Maria said.
"Well, the building was unoccupied for decades so nobody know it was made with a toxic chemical." Alex said.
"Oh, like asbestos and lead paints!" Tyler said as he snapped his fingers.
"Yeah. They just ripped the stuff out and dumped it, took none of the persuasions and I got sick because we walked past there every day to and from school." Aria said.
"Shit Aria. How come you never mentioned this before?" Maria said.
"Well it a tough lawsuit. Because the cut corner they could afford 1000 dollar an hour lawyers! But the entire family chipped in and we got 1000 dollar an hour lawyers to. We got enough to cover Aria's medical bills, and so left over to put into a college trust for the two of us, plus a retirement fund for our parents." Alex explained.
"But still, you never told me!" Maria said. "I'm your best friend and you didn't tell me."
"I'm sorry. We just didn't think it was important. I HATED being in that hospital, and I really want to put that behind me. Plus, it wasn't really a lot of money anyway since most of it went to paying my medical bills." Aria said.
"Yeah but earlier you were screaming about keeping secrets." Tyler said.
"Hey, keeping that I won money from the people who poisoned me is different than hiding the fact that Trey was related to the one person who can help us save another dimension!" Aria ranted. "But still… I guess I should have told Maria since she is my best friend." She then turned towards her friend.
Later after dinner everyone went into their respective rooms, with Alex and Aria in the same one. "I think maybe we should get a curtain or something. We might be brother and sister but it would be nice for a little privacy."
"I agree." Aria said as she pulled out a set of pajamas. "I go change in one of the bathrooms real quick." She said as she walked out.
Alex changed into his sleep clothes, then saw a photo in Aria's luggage. "Did she really…" He walked over and held the picture of him, his sister, and the teenager.
Hydra then popped open. "She was little conflicted about bringing that." He said.
"Did she tell you what happened?" Alex asked Hydra as he picked him up.
"Yes." He responded. "And I am very sorry for that. I can see it weighs on you both."
"It's why I'm so determined to save your world." Alex said. "Not just because it's the right thing, but I do it to honor him. We do it to because it's what he would have done."
The door then opened and Aria walked in, but Alex quickly placed the photo back in Aria's things. "Alex, why are you holding Hydra?" She asked.
"Oh, I'm talking to him about Drago. I'm really worried about him." Alex said, looking at his dark colored Bakugan on the dresser next to the bed.
"Alex, the Bakugan said that since your exposure was brief, Drago should return to normal soon." Aria said, sitting next to her twin.
"I know, but still, we all have a connection to our Bakugan. And I'm really concerned that Drago might not return to normal." Alex said.
"Well, then you'll figure it out. You and Drago weren't the best match at first, but then you guys turned out great. I know you two will work it fix this." She said, rubbing his back. "Now get off my bed. I've gotta get some beauty sleep."
"Yeah you need it." Alex said with a smile as he put down Hydra.
"I heard that." Aria said.
"You were meant to!" He said as he got in the bed.
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Alex was adjusting his red and white cape when his sister walked into the room, adjusting her bow. "I gotta say, I love those black out curtains. You wouldn't know it is almost 10, local time…" Aria said.
"Yeah. So what are we gonna about breakfast?" Alex asked. "Don't tell me Maria's gonna cook…"
"No Tyler is." Aria said. "And what do you have against Maria's cooking?"
"Oh come on! The woman ruins bacon! BACON for crying out loud." Alex said.
"Yeah you do have a point there." Aria said as she then left.
Alex was right behind her when something unexpected happened. "Aren't you forgetting something?" A voice said.
Alex turned and saw Drago popped open. "Whoa! You're talking! Again." Alex said as he picked up Drago. The color of his eyes in ball form was back to normal, but his dark colors were still there.
"I can feel the negative energy I was exposed to is fading. I'm getting my mind back… but I can still fell the violent impulses."
"Well still the fact that you're talking again is a good sign." Alex said as he picked up his partner and headed out into the living area.
"Man, when woke up I forgot we were 30 thousand feet in the air." Maria said.
"You get used to it." Tyler said, bringing in a stack of pancakes. "Dig in." He said.
Everyone did, and everyone enjoyed them. "Wow, these are delicious!" Aria said.
"Yeah. Where did you learn to cook?" Maria asked.
"OH what? Just because I'm rich I don't know how to cook?" Tyler said. "Alright, I guess a lot of rich people don't cook themselves. But I taught myself. On occasion I would even cook for the staff." Tyler said as he sat down.
An hour or so later they group arrived just above Trey's house, in the middle of nowhere. They landed and saw Trey and Iris standing in front of the house.
"Welcome to Russia guys!" Trey said with a smile.
"Wow, I did not expect it to be this… warm I guess?" Maria asked.
"Let me guess, you guys thought it would be sub zero all the time." Trey smiled. "I'll admit the winters can be brutal from time to time, but we do get spring and summer as well, very mild weather. Now come inside, I want you guys to meet my sister and cousin!" Trey said opening the door.
"It's good to see you guys in person, again…" Iris said, following her friends inside.
"Guys, this is my sister Lila." Trey said, gesturing to the 20 year old woman, who was dressed in a simple white collar shirt with a small black ribbon, a red skirt that went just above her knees, and white fake fur boots. She had the same green eyes as Trey, but had short jet black hair that didn't go past her shoulders.
"Greetings Americans." Lila said with a smile.
"And this is my cousin Alice." Trey the gestured to a 14 year old girl, dressed in a split yellow dress revealing her green blouse and white shorts, plus she had green and white short boots. She had reddish orange hair and hazel eyes.
"Hello everyone." Alice said. "So you all came from America to find something in our grandfather's lab."
"Um yeah, see…" Tyler said, trying to figure out how to explain how what they were doing.
"Oh we know bout the Bakugan." Lila said. "Trey filled us in. You think that something in our grandfather's lab could help you save another dimension, or something."
"Oh, well, then let's go." Tyler said.
It took a walk but they made it to the lab. "Wow, this it big." Alex said.
"Yeah, our grandfather had a lot of investors in his projects." Alice said, opening the door.
The place was huge, lots of screens, gadgets, and there was a large rectangular machine in the center of the room with a shattered screen. "Wow that thing is large." Aria said.
"Okay guys, if there are any clues as to what my grandfather was up to it will be here." Trey said, everyone then fanned out.
Mayura then popped open on Iris's shoulder. "Iris, do you feel that?" She asked her human partner.
"Feel what?" Iris asked.
Tyler looked over at the keyboard of a large computer and saw a blinking button.
Tigrerra then popped open on Maria's shoulder. "I feel it too." She said.
"What do you feel?" Maria asked.
Drago then popped open. "Negative Energy." He said in an angry voice.
"Seriously?!" Alex exclaimed.
Tyler was startled by Alex's outburst and pressed the button. All the other keys lighted up and a video appeared on the screen.
Trey looked and gasped. "That's our grandfather!" He said.
Everyone gathered around and listened to Dr. Michael's recording on how his teleporter accidentally opened a gate to another dimension, Vestroia. How he encountered Naga and returned to Earth six months later and discover that the Bakugan were pulled into this world. "But there's more-" Dr. Michael then walked away and the video then blacked out.
"Hey! Where's the rest?" Alex exclaimed.
"I'm sorry but the video seems corrupted…" Tyler said as he began to type on the computer.
"Well, now we have conformation that your grandfather did indeed go to Vestroia." Aria said, turning towards the three Russians.
Alice then pulled out a Field Card. "I just now realized something. Our grandfather's teleporter looks likes the back of a Bakugan card."
"It does!" Lila said. "I guess that makes sense considering that machine brought the Bakugan here. But where did he disappear to this time? Did he get sucked back in Vestia or something?"
"Guys, there another part to this video." Tyler said, pulling it up.
The black screen faded and a green creature was on it. "All hope is lost!" It said.
"Gav-no!" Lila, Alice, and Trey said simultaneously. "Is that our grandfather?!" Trey yelled.
"My name is Hal-G! Bow down before me!" He said.
"Hal-G?!" Aria said.
"Soon both the human world and Vestroia with be under the control of the great Naga!" He then grabbed his cape and cackled as the video went dark again.
"What the Hell happened to our Grandfather?!" Alice said. (RUS)
"What did she just say?" Alex asked.
"She asking what happened to our Grandfather!" Lila translated. "And frankly I want to know too!"
"It's Negative Energy!" Hydra said. "Like what happened to Alex and Drago, but on a much more drastic scale."
"But how?!" Trey said.
Leviathan the popped open on Tyler's shoulder. "Simple, if this is the place where the portal between our two worlds were forged, then when Naga stole the Silent Core and unleased the wave of Negative Energy, it must have leaked into here and infected Michael." He explained.
"Hey guys, you might want to take a look at this." Tyler said as he pulled up the last image of the video. "I noticed something right before the video ended." Tyler then zoomed in on the corner of the image, revealing a blurry figure, then the blur came into focus revealing one particular person.
"Havoc!" Alex said, seeing her on screen.
"If Havoc's in this video, then at mean's she's in Naga's pouch." Iris said.
"The term is pocket but yes. Seems Havoc is working with Naga as well." Aria said.
"But wait, if Hal-G was Michael, the Havoc is…" Maria then turned towards Lila and Alice.
"No!" Trey said. "I see where your heading! But none of us were even here that day!"
"Wait you think one of us is that masked girl?" Lila asked.
"Well, who else would be in this lab?" Maria said.
"Look, there's a bus stop nearby that comes by three times a day, and we left early in the morning to go into the city and came back that evening. Me and Trey stayed together the whole day and Lila was in a bar for most of the day." Alice said.
"Woah, wait, you can drink? But you're like 20." Aria said.
"In Russia the age in 18. Not my proudest moment, but considering I just got dumped you my yearlong boyfriend I thought I deserved it." Lila said. "Bastard also was cheating on me for three months prior." She said with a creaked voice.
"Oh my. But still someone was here and someone got turned into Havoc." Iris said.
"Well our Grandfather had some assistances when he first disappeared. We haven't seen them in months but maybe one of them came or something. But it wasn't my cousin or sister!" Trey said defensively.
"Fine, we believe you. But considering Havoc is working for Naga, I don't think her identity is as crucial as before." Aria said.
"I don't care. She's still an evil bitch who needs to go down!" Alex said, pointing his finger down.
"And we still need the Infinity Core. There's gotta be clues somewhere or else we're doomed!" Drago yelled with anger.
It was several hours and night had fallen. "Any luck on your search?" Lila said, setting the dinner table.
"Well obvious clues, but Tyler's looking through the digital notes Dr. Michael had on his Bakugan research." Alex said.
"Well I hope we find something cause I want to kick that dragon in his fire balls for what he did to my Grandfather!" Trey said furiously.
"Whoa, calm down little dude." Maria said as she walked in. "We'll find a way to save him. But first we need to save our world first. That Hal-G said Naga wants both Vestroia and our world."
"Man that guy is greedy. It's bad enough he threatens his own world, but he wants ours too." Iris said.
"Naga always was power hungry. But until he took the core I never realized how. But wanting both worlds is just madness." Drago said.
"I agree." Leviathan said on Tyler's shoulders as Tyler walked in.
"Guys! I found something!" He said with glee. "We need to call Jason!"
The Brawlers went into the plane and called Jason who answered. "Wow guys, you all are in the same place! And I have good news; my brother is officially cancer free!" Jason said with a smile.
The Brawlers filled Jason in on everything. "Wow. So Trey's grandfather is now Hal-G, and is helping Naga. And Havoc is connected to this. Any clue as to who she is?"
"No but it doesn't really matter now that we know she's working for Naga." Aria said. "Who she was before doesn't seem to matter. Look what happened to Trey's grandfather and Alex. It didn't matter who they were before, but they each turned out nasty. No offence to anyone." Aria turned towards her brother and Trey.
"None taken. But still, they need to go down for the good of our world, and the Bakugan world. I just hope we can save them." Trey said. "Even though Havoc's an evil psychopath she's still a human under Naga's control, like the people she used herself."
"And I think we can. Leviathan told me once the Silent and Infinity Core are cosmic opposites. So if Hal-G and Havoc were turned into what they are because of the Silent Core-" Tyler was saying.
"Then the Infinity Core could reverse it and save them!" Trey finished.
"Yes, and I think I have a lead. According his research there are places there the dimensional portal opened up wider than others, the largest opening was in a place now referred to as Bakugan Canon." Tyler said.
"Bakugan Canyon? Are you sure?" Jason asked.
"Why? Have you heard of?" Iris asked.
"Well aside from being a place known for its abundance of Bakugan, my step father was there recently and picked me up a couple of rare Bakugan. I even read that one of the top ranked Brawlers found a talking Bakugan there!" Jason said.
"Well the link to Vestroia and Earth is strong there, almost as strong as the link up here. It's in Australia so it'll take a while to get there. You're still in America Jason so you'll get there quicker. How does tomorrow morning sound?" Tyler asked.
"Sure. Just let me know where to go and I'll see you tomorrow… in Australia." Jason said.
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It was Havoc's lair and she was watching her monitor. On it was a fancy room with four people in it. One was a girl with dark hair and a red Asian dress, one was a small dark skinned boy with a backwards baseball cap, another was a huge muscular latino teenager, and the final one was a silvery haired older teenager in a fancy blue suit. Then a firth person walked in, he was wearing a letterman jacked and a baseball cap.
Havoc chuckled. "Since I can't have my favorite one pawn anymore, I'll just have to settle for the second, third, fourth, fifth, and tenth best pawns." Havoc then started cackling.
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Well, that was a Hell of a chapter, even one that didn't have Brawling in it, but over 4,300 words though! As Havoc's identity, it has just been torture for you guys hasn't it? First it looks like Aria is her, then when she isn't you might think it might be Trey's sister I once mentioned, but then I throw in Alice (Who is my most favorite character of the original series, and I HATE how the poor girl was just sidelined.) the original masked identity villain in the Bakugan Universe, and NONE of them are Havoc! Just who is this girl or boy (don't forget, Masquerade was as technically Alice, a girl, the whole time) behind the mask?
