"W-where am I?" Dark Mist asks himself.

"It's about time you woke up." Dark Mist turns his head to the source of the voice, standing in the door way of the throne room is Black Mist and the Barians.

"Where am I?" Dark Mist demands.

"Why you're in Barian World." Black Mist answers back with a grin.

Dark Mist tries to move, but finds that he is strapped to a metal table.

"Let me go." Dark Mist demands.

"Now why would I do that?" Black Mist replies with a smirk.

A cloaked figure watches as the events unfold, unknown to both Dark Mist and Black Mist.

"You are different, you don't seem to have the same personality as me." Black Mist says in a questioning tone.

"Of course not, I'm the complete opposite of you." Dark Mist replies back.

"Well we were going to use this on Astral... but I guess you will have to do for now." Black Mist says with a evil grin.

"What are you up to?" Dark Mist asks, fear and concern creeping into his voice.

"I've been able to develop cutting edge technology that is able to change the mind set of a person to fit the desires of another." Dumon said, as Alito wheeled in the device.

"I call it the Brainwave Interface." Dumon said.

The Brainwave Interface looked like a old fashioned tv expect it had three headsets labeled one, two and three.

"I won't let you control me." Dark Mist shot back in a low dangerous tone to Dumon.

"You're in no position to be making demands." Black Mist said with a smirk.

"That doesn't mean I still can't fight back." Dark Mist cockily shot back.

"Hook him up." Black Mist command.

"Right." Came the reply from Dumon.

"Stay away from me!" Dark Mist yelled at Dumon, squirming in his restraints trying to get away.

"Someone hold him still." Dumon said.

"I got it Dumon." Vector said holding Dark Mist still so Dumon could put headset two on him.

Black Mist went over to the other side of the room, sat in a nice comfortable chair and put headset one on. Dumon managed to get headset two on Dark Mist, with minor trouble.

"Are you ready Number 96?" Dumon asked, Black Mist nodded in reply.

Dumon calibrated the interface so that headset one would have the dominant brainwave pattern, then tuned it on.

Slowly both Numbers lost consciousness as there brainwave patterns showed up on the monitor.  Black Mist's brainwave pattern being labeled one while Dark Mist's is labeled two. Dark Mist begins to twitch, while Black Mist sat completely still.

"Why is he twitching like that?" Vector askes.

"He's fighting against the interface, he didn't like the fact that it's forcing him unconscious." Dumon answered.

*Dark Mist POV*

When I regained consciousness, all I saw was darkness. That's when I realized I was in my subconscious mind. Something felt off to me, but I couldn't put my finger on it. I knew something wasn't right. Out of nowhere a dark figure appeared before me.

"Hello, Number 96." It said to me.

"Who are you?" I asked it.

"Why, I'm you. The real you." It's voice sounded familiar to me, but I couldn't remember where I'd heard that voice before.

Suddenly Astral's voice rang out to me.

"Don't trust him Dark Mist! He's trying to take control of you!" He told me.

I look around, trying to find where Astral was. But he was no where to be seen. When I looked back to the figure, I saw Dark standing before me.

"Dark?! What are you doing here?!" I yelled at him angrily.

*Black Mist's POV*

I was confused when my alternate side called me Dark, but then I remembered what Astral said. I came to the conclusion that this Dark person, must be an enemy of their's. Or maybe, this is his mind's subconscious response to make him fight back against me.

*In the real world*

"Why did the other Number 96's  (Dark Mist's) brainwaves suddenly change?" Vector asked.

"I don't know, he could be fighting with the one we know." Alito replied.

"Or it could be someone's trying to interfere with Number 96 (Black Mist) taking over." Mizar said, looking at the monitor.

"I don't think so, look at how calm the brainwaves are for the Number 96 we know. Dumon said pointing out the difference between the Numbers brainwave patterns.

*Within Dark Mist's Mind*

*Black Mist's POV*

I looked at my alternate side, I was trying to figure out how I could make myself look different from this Dark person. The answer hit me when I realized that this was all just an illusion that his mind was playing, to get him to fight me. I also realized that he trusted Astral, how he listened to Astral's voice telling him to fight back. Now that gave me an idea.

*Dark Mist's POV*

I'm watching Dark to see what he's going to do. But he isn't doing anything, which is strange.

"What is he up to?" I ask myself quietly.

Then Astral's voice rang out to me again.

"Dark Mist..." he said.

Only this time he was standing where Dark was only moments ago.

"A-Astral?" I called out.

I couldn't tell if that was really Astral, or Dark trying to make me think he's Astral.

*3rd Person POV*

Dark Mist sees Astral, or the person he perceives to be Astral standing in fort of him.

"Come Dark Mist, let's leave this place together." The fake Astral said, extending his hand to Dark Mist.

Dark Mist took a step back

"Where did Dark go?" He asked.

"Don't worry about him, he's already taken care of." Black Mist replied, trying to reassure Dark Mist that everything was okay.

*Real World*

"That's strange, now his brainwaves have become calm. Vector said noticing how Dark Mist's mind has calmed down from earlier.

"Number 96 is taking over, yet he isn't actually fighting with him." Dumon noted.

The cloaked figure that is secretly watching has a look of concern on his face, as he watches Dark Mist's brainwave pattern sink with that of Black Mist's.

*Dark Mist's Mind*

Dark Mist looked at Black Mist, who he thought was Astral.

"Are you sure? Dark is not that easy to stop." Dark Mist said, unsure about the situation at hand.

"I'm sure, or do you doubt me?" Black Mist said in a voice that sounded hurt.

"I know Dark isn't that easy to stop."

The illusion that Black Mist is Astral shatters and is replaced with the illusion that Dark is standing before him. Black Mist switches tactics and tries to do his best to manipulate him. His hard work pays off as Dark Mist's eyes take on greenish tint.

'Perfect.' Black Mist thought to myself. 'I've almost got him.'

*Real World*

"That's it Number 96, just a little bit more." Vector encouraged as he watched the brainwaves synchronize.

I know this might seem a little confusing, so if you have any questions please leave them in the comments and I will answer them when I can. Find out next chapter if Black Mist successes in charging Dark Mist's personality.