"Come now Astral you can't hold me back forever, and right now you need me. You can't get out of this mess without my help."

"I don't need your help!" Astral snaps at the voice.

This makes Vector and 96 jump from Astral's sudden outburst.

"Well if you won't talk then we're just going to have to make you." 96 says and holds up his hand which takes on a red glow.

The crystal starts to glow which increases the amount of Chaos within, Astral let's out a small painful yelp as he's shocked.

"Now that we have your attention are you going to tell us who you're talking to?" Vector asks.

"It's none of your business." Astral snaps back.

"Oh well looks like someone's got an attitude." Vector chimes up.

Back with Yuma and the gang, they meet up with Kite and explain the situation at hand as well as getting Dark Mist's injuries taken care of though he's far from healed. Everyone throws out suggestions on where Number 96 could of taken Astral to and they all draw the some conclusion, Barain World.

To try and get Astral to talk 96 repeatedly shocks him with Chaos, which makes Astral feel weak and sick. He leans against the back of the crystal trying not to pay any attention to the voice in his head. It continuously tells him to let it have control and that it will save him from the Chaos that's weakening him.

"This guy's a pain." 96 mutters and puts his hand through the crystal, laying it on Astral's chest.

Astral cries out in pain as 96 shocks him directly with his power, this shock brakes the crystal. Astral falls to his knees holding his chest in pain.

"You can't last much longer Astral, why do you still continue to hold me back from helping you?" The voice asks with mock concern.

"I'll never let you take control of me again." Astral whispers through clenched teeth.

"Then the only thing you can do is suffer." The voice says and seems to go silent.

But Astral knows better, he can feel it. His metal reserves are be chipped away ever so slowly by the voice, it desperately wants out and it's willing to weaken him by any means necessary to do so. 96 feed up with Astral refusal to talk lays his hand on Astral's forehead and shocks him with a much stronger volt of Chaos. Astral screams in pain and fall on his back, for a moment he lays there rubbing his temples to ease the pain that has ripped through his head and surgeries down to his body. Slowly he gets back on his knees, his mental defenses have taken a serious hit from the Chaos and this makes things all the more easier for the voice.

"Do you feel it Astral, the Chaos coursing through you? Draining away the strength from your very being." The voice asks maliciously happy.

"As long as I have any strength, no matter how small it is I won't give into you." Astral whispers trying to reinforce the barriers he put up to keep the voice at bay.

"Are you going to talk or do you want to get shocked again?" 96 asks, "I do so enjoy your screams of pain. He smirks.

Yuma and the others finally arrived in Barian World and begin their search for Astral. But so far they haven't found any trace of him nor have they seen Vector and Number 96. The other Barian Emperors spot them but watch them from afar.

With Astral trying to rebuild his mental defenses he doesn't answer 96 which prompts him to shock Astral again. He cries out in pain as the Chaos shreds through the barriers he had rebuilt, the voice seizes its opportunity and pulls Astral down into the darkness of his unconscious mind.

"No I won't let you take control of me!" Astral cries out holding his head trying to fight back again the voice's control.

Vector and 96 can only watch Astral struggle against an unseen force.

"What's happening to him?" Vector asks a bit frightened.

"Apparently there's another personality within that's trying to take control or it's the dark power that he's scared to use." 96 replies.

"You're to weak to hold me back any longer Astral!" The voice screams and uses all of its will to force Astral down.

"No!" Astral screams then his arms suddenly drop to his side, his head down so his face can't be seen. His skin slowly starts to change to a blackish purple color and his whitish blue ora turns to a fiery mix of red, yellow, orange and purple.

Vector and 96 watch the change in Astral with slight fear and fascination. Dark Mist gets a sudden sinking feeling in his gut and brakes off from the group to go check around in the palace. He picks up on a dark presence that leads him into some kind of throne room. Dark Mist peeks in to see the now changed Astral lifting his head up to show hid face. Half of it has turned to a blackish purple color and his eyes have lost their light colors, being replaced with a dark white right eye and a dark muddy gold left one.

"Oh no." Dark Mist whispers and shivers at the site before him.

The changed Astral grins evilly and looks around the room, spotting someone peeking behind the door. He has a good feeling on who it is.

"It's been awhile Dark Mist, and it's so nice to see you again." He says in a menacingly sweet voice.