"Our goal," Scarlet snapped, "is to realign Darkus Hades with his true heritage; the heritage he disowned twenty years ago. And as to why Kai hasn't yet used the card to defeat your little friend over there...? He's testing her, that's why, trying to determine the connection between them."
Dante, still shocked by his loss to Scarlet, looked wearily over at Lindsay who was slowly wearing Ventus Atmos down. But then something unexpected happened. Kai pulled out what looked like a Forbidden Card and used it to increase Atmos' strength to higher than that of Hades'.
"Prepare for the end, newbies," Scarlet sneered.
Lindsay, do something! My power is almost depleted, Hades spoke hurriedly.
All the time she'd been fighting Kai, a memory had been struggling to rise to the surface. When Hades' panicky tone entered her mind, it finally clicked and Lindsay recognized who Kai really was.
"Kai? You're my brother?" The words seemed far away, as if Lindsay hadn't spoken at all.
"Forfeit the battle, Lindsay!" Dante yelled, trying to get through to her.
In a daze, the Darkus child shook her head and collapsed to her knees as Hades returned to Baku-Ball form and approached her. Get up, Lindsay! Get up! We still have to save the legendary Bakugan!
Atmos hovered beside his master, undecided on whether to attack or not.
"Leave the little runt," Scarlet scoffed at how miserable Lindsay looked. "Kai, come on. Let's get back to the Statue Room."
At that exact moment, in the Statue Room...
The monument that had kept one very pissed off three-headed hydra prisoner shattered completely and a tremendous roar was heard.
Back at the hallway...
Scarlet's eyes widened and she snapped her head in Kai's direction. "Alpha Hydranoid!" she spat. "He's loose. Damn it!"
She hesitated only for a second before Terra returned to her mistress and the Aquos pair raced towards the Statue Room.
"I'd offer you a place with the Vestals..." Kai began, looking at his sister.
"Shut up!" Lindsay screamed, as she stood up, and slapped her treacherous sibling.
Neon, are you okay? Hades asked the Pyrus Bakugan.
Turning to Dante, Lindsay felt really pressured. "We've got to go after Scarlet. There's no telling what she might do to Hydranoid."
As the Darkus and Pyrus children hurried after Scarlet, Kai looked on.
Back on Earth...
Alice slowly awoke from her coma, only to find that Dan, Runo, Shun, Julie and Marucho were all unconscious in beds near hers.