Episode 15 – Duel in the Desert
Julie is freaking out because her friends are late arriving at Bakugan valley. They finally arrive and she gets blown over by the jet engines as the plane lands. The ramp opens and Julie is now ecstatic to see her friends! She gives Dan a huge hug (which seems to annoy Runo) and tells them how glad she is they could all come visit her (especially Dan.) Runo continues to be unimpressed. Dan reminds them of their mission to find the Infinity Core and they set out to start searching. Julie thinks that her and Dan can get some alone time after they find it; Gorem rolls underneath Dan’s foot and trips him.
The group is walking around the bottom of the valley, unsure of where exactly they should go. Dan hopes they won’t get lost when Julie suggests a specific direction. Runo is displeased; Dan asks her if she’s jealous of Julie (which makes her more annoyed) and then Julie jumps into the argument as well. The girls keep fighting. Runo eventually screams which sets off a ton of bats. They all run out of the cave and slam into a rock which falls over and they stumble into a perfectly-lit room.
All the Bakugan balls leave their owners and rise up into the air; Drago says that this is definitely the place where the Infinity Core is. All of the Brawlers get taken to the Vestroia dimension. Tigrerra shows Runo her homeworld of Heyos. Preyas shows Marucho Aquatown (which is on fire). Gorem tells Julie that their world is morphing into evil. Shun and Dan are both shown what’s going on. Drago explains to Dan that the two worlds are colliding with each other, causing Vestroia to collapse. They all awake back in their own world and the room starts to cave in. They all run for the exit. Shun tells the group they have to figure out what the link between that valley and Vestroia is.
Out of nowhere, Billy and Charlie appear and challenge the brawlers to a battle – they show their doom card and immediately Dan accuses them of being Masquerade’s lackeys. Julie can’t understand why Billy would join Masquerade, and it’s obvious her friend isn’t himself anymore. Shun decides to battle first. Julie is really upset with Billy and so they have a tag-team battle.
Billy opens with Hynoid and he and his teammates try to rile up Shun and Julie. Shun starts with Falconeer (330) and Billy opens his gate card, playing the Desert Thunder ability card which raises Hynoid to 460 Gs. Shun activates his ability card (Shadow Scratch) and Hynoid’s gate card is nullified bringing him down to 310 Gs. Falconeer wins.
Komba plays El Condor (340) and Julie plays Tuskor (350) with the Nose Stomp ability card. Komba nullifies her ability card with his and Tuskor gets tossed around. El Condor lands on Julie’s gate card, Komba opens it, and wins.
Billy is a bit annoyed that Komba won his battle, but restarts with Wormquake. Julie is about to play again, but Shun intercepts and plays Falconeer. Komba throws in El Condor again and the Brawlers are behind by 10 Gs (330 vs 340). Shun opens his gate card which doubles their power, but Komba plays the Solar Plexus ability card which drops the Brawlesrs to 280 Gs. Falconeer gets sent to the Doom dimension. Julie is confused what to do next and asks Tigrerra for help, but even she doesn’t have an answer.
Julie plays Rattleoid (300) and Billy counters with Cycloid (370). Julie opens her gate card, doubling Rattleoid to 600 Gs. Billy activates his ability card, Left Giganti, which nullifies Julie’s card and returns her Bakugan to 300 Gs. Rattleoid gets sent to the doom dimension.
Shun keeps the game going with Monarus and Komba responds with El Condor again. Meanwhile, Gorem consoles Julie and promises to end her sadness. Julie plays Gorem; Billy opens his gate card, and Gorem wins easily. However, the gate card was Frozen Quicksand and Gorem gets stuck. Billy tosses in Cycloid, but Shun activates the Scarlet Twister and moves Gorem out of the way.
No one can understand why Shun sacrificed his Bakugan (including Julie). Komba sets his gate card and plays Bee Striker. Julie plays Gorem again, Komba opens the gate card, and Julie plays her ability card, letting Gorem win.
Shun finally brings in Skyress and Komba plays Harpus who taunts Skyress for being old. He also plays his ability card, but Gorem easily blocks it. Shun plays his abillity card and Skyress easily beats Harpus. Gorem knocks out Bee Striker, only leaving Cycloid to defeat. Julie plays Gorem against Cycloid and it looks like he’s winning when Billy plays the Right Giganti ability card. Gorem uses Heavy Impact and the Brawlers win.
Julie tries to maintain her friendship with Billy but he won’t have anything to do with her. Billy and Komba leave Julie crying.
Related posts:
- Episode 10 – A Perfect Match
- Episode 11 – Grandpa’s Got a Brand New Bakugan
- Episode 14 – The Story of Vestroia
- Episode 16 – No Guts No Glory
- Episode 12 – Bakugan Stall
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