Mega Man Star Force 3: Black Ace

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"Found you, oh so tough leader guy of the UL! Or whatever your name is!" Aidan declared, pointing his weapon at Aeon.

Aeon turned over in his chair and said nothing towards the three agents. He instead, stared at them with an icy glare.

Before he got a chance to speak up, Aidan continued. "No words! Up yours, leader dude!" He stated, unloading a MadVulcan3 into Aeon's chest, causing him to grunt in pain.

"He-hey! Not cool, Aidan!" Rat shouted, moving his hand away from Aidan.

"Yeah! We need to arrest him, NOT kill him!" Jeremy chipped in, not wanting to avoid a conflict.

Aidan rolled his eyes. "Yes yes, let's leave the evil genius and head of an evil company alive and where he can still get information from his associates. Grand idea. There's no sense in leaving him alive, so let's just write this off as a casualty."

Rat frowned, seeing as how there was no way to change his mind. "Gah...fine. Go ahead."

Aidan smiled, and continued unloading the MadVulcan into Aeon's chest, seemingly killing him. He pulled his arm up victoriously.

"All right! He's dead. Now, let's leave and get a party in our honor or something." The others remained silent as they walked away from the area.

--- In the shadows of the same area... ---

"He...he's dead..." Thiago stated, shocked as to what just occurred.

The hooded figure turned towards him. "Maybe not. Why not go see for yourself...?"

Thiago nodded, and ran towards the lifeless body of his father. He knelt down, and decided to try speaking to him.

"Father...?"

Suddenly, Aeon's eyes shot open, and he glanced at his son. "S...son. Good....you are....alive. Listen to me."

Thiago nodded in response, listening carefully.

"Those WAXA brats.....I need you to kill them. All of them. This includes your brother, Final, and that magi-human."

"But...they are my friends! I can't just kill them..."

Aeon grabbed Thiago by his shirt. "Let me finish..! I am going to give you a gift. This gift will let you corrupt whoever you deem worthy to your side. The power of darkness is strong in you. Your brother rejected this power, preferring the Sun. You didn't. You can use it to it's full potential."

--- UL HQ, a few hours later ---

Xel and Miranda wandered through the now trashed base, as the pair where looking to see if the boss' plan had worked out.

"Sheesh. This place looks worse than my room." Xel pointed out, as he hopped over a fallen down computer.

Miranda chuckled. "Well, at least it's actually possible to walk through. You know, you never did tell me why you always spend time with that crystal."

"What, did Dash tell EVERYONE before he left? Sheesh. Well, it's bec---"

Xel was cut off by Sheen and Jimmy at the boss' door. Both of them looked considerably darker than usual.

"New boss....wants to see you two..." Sheen spoke in a monotone.

The pair shrugged, and entered the room, to a new sight.

The boss' room was pulsing with dark energy. In the boss' chair was Thiago, but he had looked like he had gotten some dangerous upgrades. Notably, he was wearing black armor and had a torn red cape around him. His eyes where also blood red, and he had looked like all of the happy had vanished from him.

"Ah, my two elite agents are here. Good, good. Now it is time for you to accept more power." his voice had become, well, deep.

Xel and Miranda looked at each other, then where subject to chains wrapping around their arms and legs, binding them to the floor.

"Hey, what the hell?! I already got dark in me! So does Miranda!"

Thiago chuckled. "Oh, I know. I am unlocking your full power. Now, my friends, it is time you become...darker...."

Thiago placed his hands to their foreheads, causing both of them to get darker considerably. When he had finished, they both had dark auras around them.

Xel blinked for a few seconds, then felt himself smile. "Woo....that was fun. I feel all dark and stuff."

The chains unbinded and released Xel and Miranda. The pair stared at their new boss. Xel spoke up, "So, boss. What's our next order?"

Thiago turned around. "Have everyone prepare for battle. We are going to invade WAXA and obtain some new recruits."

Xel and Miranda nodded, and they had walked outside, motioning for Jimmy and Sheen to come.

Thiago smiled silently. With his father's power, soon everything would be changed for the better...

So then my power would make me immune to Thiago's..