Sapphire
"Hyde-kun."
The blue angel's eyes snapped open, and he stood bolt upright from where he was leaning against the wall under the lamp. Magis stepped out from the shadows by the gate, and Hyde dropped into a defensive stance as he spotted his partner, who was chewing on an orange candy and grinning like the world was his. No, he told himself for what felt like the millionth time. He was a monster.
"Surprised, are you?" The monster's casual tone shocked Hyde, and his already tense body went absolutely rigid. Magis had always known exactly how to make Hyde relaxed, but he guessed that meant he also knew how to do the opposite.
Hyde gritted his teeth, forcing himself to face away from the shadow though every muscle in his body wanted to turn around and slap him across the face. No, more than that. He wanted to turn around and kill him, with every ounce of strength he had. "Agri's dead," was all he said, making his tone to stay smooth and calm. "You said to cause chaos when you told me to do this. No one was supposed to die, so how many are going to?"
The monster's tone slipped slightly, as it did quite frequently, from the familiar tone - Magis's voice - to the more monster growl that Hyde was more accustomed to with monsters. His partner's voice, though, saying this; it was unnerving for Hyde. "Damn, you are naïve. Isn't it obvious, Hyde-kun? You're a Sentai, and you prevent evil from taking over the world. And I'm a monster. Therefore I'm evil. Aren't you supposed to be the smart one? I can't believe you actually fell for this."
Everyone. He wants everyone gone. A fractured, broken Sentai means...everyone gone.
Hyde didn't resist any longer, spinning around to face his partner - no, it was not Magis. Magis's eyes were not the piercing silver that they were now. He couldn't believe he'd fallen for it. "You gave your word. You're giving Magis back when I do what you say. And you said -"
The monster laughed, and Hyde took a step back. "I repeat, Hyde-kun. I'm an evil monster. And I don't keep my word."
"You…" Hyde trailed off, realising how stupid he sounded. It was too late to back down, though. Before the monster could use Magis's voice any longer, he planted himself firmly where he stood. "I'm not doing this anymore," he declared, turning on his heel to head back to the observatory.
"Oh, I know you will." The hand closed firmly on the collar of his jacket, pulling him back with inhuman strength and flinging him onto the ground with what must have been no effort at all. And then Hyde froze, falling back onto the ground after attempting to get up, staring as the monster, donning Magis's appearance, shifted to face him with an all too familiar gaze. Speaking to him in another, all too familiar, much more horrifying voice.
"You see, I think that if you don't do what I say, you're going to end up like Agri-kun here."
He must have dug up Agri's body, because he'd absorbed it. He was using Agri's voice.
"So how about it? There is another thing I'd like you to do."
He always did things when it was Agri who asked him.
Sing once again with me
A strange duet
My power over you
Grows stronger yet
And though you turn from me
To glance behind
The phantom of the opera is there
Inside your mind.
— "The Phantom of the Opera" —