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While this is occurring, [[Benton Dusk]] watches, and decides to cause a weather satellite to plummet towards Los Volmos. Back in their clubhouse, the Awesome Ones watch [[Veronica Venegas]] as she reports on the incoming satellite. While Wynton and Lia scramble to grab what they can before evacuate, Dan formulates a plan: if they could get their Bakugan back, they could destroy the satellite and repair Los Volmos' perceptions towards Bakugan. The team stops Kravitz on her way out of Los Volmos, demanding their Bakugan back. Kravitz declines, but as she walks past the Awesome Ones, her device that forces Bakugan out of their ball forms is knocked from her person, falling and activating the Bakugan in the cases. The Bakugan break free, and Kravitz escapes. Lia and Gorthion are reunited, and begin to help escort civilians out of the city. After seeing this, the citizens of Los Volmos, including Dan's parents, tear up their anti-Bakugan fliers, and return to accepting Bakugan.<ref>''[[Local Heroes]]''</ref>
Lia begins testing out some new technology to film Awesome Ones videos, when she notices something calling to her in the background of some of her test footage. She runs off into the woods, coming across a shining white flower in the middle of a clearing. This flower becomes enveloped in the same goop that appeared during the second Great Collision and bursts, causing Lia to recoil. When she opens her eyes, she realizes that she's holding a new Bakugan, [[Pegatrix (Battle Planet)|Pegatrix]]. After the Awesome Ones return to their clubhouse, and find [[Jenkins]] with a brawl offer from [[China Riot]] for Lia. Lia immediately agrees and signs the accompanying contract. After Jenkins leaves, Lia realizes that the contract has a clause in it that the requires the loser of the brawl to give their Bakugan to the winner. Pegatrix warns Lia against going into the brawl stubbornly and without thinking it through, but Lia brushes her off, claiming that she "won't lose".
Later, the team is driven to the location of the brawl: a giant stone room in the middle of a desert, and are greeted by China and Jenkins. Lia rushes hastily into battle, being baited by China's slow pace towards starting the brawl. Lia sends out Gorthion against China's [[Ventus]] [[Maxotaur]], but is further distracted by China. Needing a BakuCore, Lia attempts to grab a Haos one close to her on the [[Hide Matrix]], however China has a series of hidden platforms that can rise and fall on her command, which prevent Lia from obtaining access to any BakuCores. Due to her inability to grab BakuCores, and general distracted state, Lia loses the brawl, and Gorthion. Dan and Wynton step up and challenge China in order to win Gorthion back. Lia, upset over the loss of her partner, is consoled by Pegatrix, and the two of them work to help Drago and Trox. Pegatrix acts as an "eye in the sky", locating BakuCores for Dan and Wynton. With the combined effort of Drago, Trox, and Pegatrix, the Awesome Ones easily beat Maxotaur, and Gorthion is returned to Lia. However, China refuses to hand over Maxotaur, and escapes with Jenkins on a helicopter.<ref>''[[Pegatrix (episode)|Pegatrix]]''</ref>