Shadow looked at himself in the mirror in his room and said, "What did you do back there and how did you get out?"
Inside his mind Stork coward from his dark side and said, "You hurt my friends but your not gonna hurt my mom. She was the only person to care back home. What were you gonna do to her?"
"I was going to capture her and bring her back here to serve me." Said Shadow
"You can't do that."
"Yes I can. Now stay in the back of my mind for another few hours, I have business to do." Shadow said as he mentally slapped Stork before walking out of his room and down to the dungeon, making a quick stop by Master Cyclonis to pick something up.
In the dungeon were five scared bloodied and bruised Merb's. A red one named Robin, a blue one named Jay, an orange one named Chirp, a purple one named Caw, and a dark green one named Finch. They all retreated to the far back wall when the door opened and in stepped Shadow.
Jay stood shakily and asked, "Dude, what are you gonna do to us?"
"Nothing to bad my dear Jay. In fact I plan to make you so powerful you'll thank me for the rest of your life." Stork held up a familiar green crystal, "Behold, the Chi Stone."
Finch screamed, "No man, you can't do this. Just kill us instead. We don't want to be trapped in our own minds forever."
"Please, spare us." Begged Chirp
"We'll do whatever you want." Pleaded Caw
"Yeah, anything." Agreed Robin
Shadow suddenly became very angry and snapped, "You ungrateful cowards have no idea the power I am about to give you. Now stop sniveling. You know the rules that whoever transforms the Merb is their master so prepare to be my bitches, just like I was yours so long ago." Shadow held up the crystal and the room filled with a bright green light and the five agonized screams of the Merb's being pushed to the back of their own minds
"Now have a great night. In the morning we go after the Merckraiders so get lots of rest." With that he left the hall. As he passed a room he looked inside and got a look at the clock. His eyes widened as he saw the clock said 11:55. He ran as fast as he could back to the dungeon and got in the cell opposite of his old bullies still writhing in pain. He ordered the guard to lock him in until one and not let him out until then no matter what. The guard agreed with a weird look and locked the Merb in a cell. Only seconds after Shadow fell to his knees grasping his head.
Stork looked up and nearly vomited at the sight of five fellow Merb's transforming into monsters before his eyes. The reason they were transforming was because he had shot them with the Chi Stone. He felt so dirty that he wanted to kill himself. But if he did that he would die in this awful place. He just began to wail in sadness. The guards that heard it felt a tug on their almost none existent hearts at the sound of pure hopeless sadness.