Dustin woke up to find himself in the same room that he was in after his attack. He got up and rubbed his head. Walking out of the room he found his friends talking, along with sensei.

"Hey guys what's up," he asked.

"Hey bro how you're feeling. You took a nasty fall there," asked Hunter.

"I'm doing fine, nothing medicine can't fix. Did you guys find anything?"

"Yeah, and you might want to seat down for this," said Cam.

"Why what is it?"

"We found some information on why you are feeling this way and becoming weak. When the Larkus attack you, it was setting you up to change you."

"What do you mean…change me?"

"You see Shadow have this ability to change things into creatures…"

"Like Larkus."

"Exactly. Once they are changed, they are used to do Shadow's biding. Shadow lived for a hundred years, it's no telling how many things out there he have. My guess, he's turning you into a Larkus to have you destroy us. That's why he's working for Lothor, to get rid of us and to have another minion under his control. Both get what they want."

"Do we know how to destroy Shadow or a good question do we know how not to let me change?"

"You're right Dustin, that is a good question because we don't know."

Dustin let out a long sigh. He can't believe this is happening to him. He looked up into the faces of his friends and saw that they were all looking at him with sadness written on their faces.

"Well, what do we do now," Dustin asked.

"Now, I work twice as hard to see what I can do to find a cure for you. In the meanwhile, you gather some things from your house and stay here. It's no telling when you're going to change and we can't take the risk of you changing in public."

Dustin walked over to the exit and walked out to the moon shining bright. He looked at it and felt a slight pain coming from his neck. It moved to his neck to his lower back and then to his entire body. Dustin fell to his knees. He let out a little shriek. Suddenly his nails started to grow and so was his hair. More pain shot through his body and now Dustin was on his back. The clothes on him start to rip until he was completely naked. His body grew bigger and hairier. His mouth grew long and his mouth was filled with sharp long teeth. Dustin was in extreme pain and his eyes were turning a yellow color. He screamed and ….

Dustin woke up to find that he was laying in a bed in Ninja Ops. He was sweating all over andbreathinghard. He got up and walked over to a glass of water that was placed on a table next to the lamp. He finished the water in three gulped and put the glass back down on the table. He looked from the table to see a mirror in front of him. He looked at his tired and damp self in the mirror without noticing the Larkus standing behind him. He turned around and the Larkus jumped on him, he tried to push the white creature away but it was no use. He screamed and ….

Dustin woke up for the second time in a cold sweat. He looked around to make sure that nothing else was in the room with him. He began to move things around in the room to make sure nothing was hiding in there with him. He stopped to catch his breath and reached over to the glass of water on the table to drank it. He stopped himself from drinking and looked up into the mirror. Nothing was there. He turned around to see if nothing was behind him and nothing was there. He rub his eyes and then pinch himself to make sure he wasn't dreaming again. When he realized that he wasn't dreaming, he decided to go in the room with his friends. They were talking to each other but soon stopped when he walked into the room. Tori and Shane were the first to greet their weak friend.

"Hey, buddy how you're doing," asked Shane.

"Not so good, I had a dream…or two dreams, I don't know. But talk about being in a horror movie."

"Well, we're glad you're okay. You took a nasty fall there."

Dustin looked at Shane confused. It's like he heard him say that before but he just shrug it aside.

"So did you guys find any new information yet," asked Dustin.

"Yeah and Dustin you might want to seat down for this," Cam suggested. Dustin looked at Cam confused. Again he shrug it off.

"We found some information on why you are feeling this way and becoming weak. When the Larkus…"

This time Dustin couldn't ignore this. Cam was saying exactly what he was saying in his dream. How could this be…he made sure he wasn't dreaming before he came in the room.

"Shadow used this to…"

"Change me into his minion," Dustin interrupted.

Everyone looked at Dustin in surprise. Dustin started to rub his forehead.

"I can't believe my dream is coming true," Dustin mumbled to himself.

"Dustin, how did you know what Cam was going to say," asked Tori.

"Because it happened in the same way in my dream."

"You dreamed about this," asked Hunter.

"Yeah."

Dustin looked up at his friends and then at the exit. As much as he didn't want his dream to come true he headed for the exit, with his friends right behind him. He walked out and the moon was shining bright. He looked up at it and then closed his eyes. Realizing that there were no pain, he opened up his eyes and looked himself over. He let out a laughed. This was one part of his dream that he didn't want to come true.

"Alright," he bellowed.

"Dustin what is it," asked Shane.

"Dude, I didn't change," Dustin said as he start to jump up and down. His friends look on with smiles on their faces as they watched their young dark hair friend being his himself again.

"I'm glad to see that you are feeling okay, Dustin but in the meantime, you need to…"

"Yeah I know…pack some of my things and stay here until you find a cure. It's better to change in Ninja Ops then in the public."

"Yeah…I was about to say that," Cam said confused.

"Come on Dustin, I'll take you home," said Tori walking to her van. Dustin ran to his friend's car and jumped in. The others said good night to Cam and jump into the van as well. Tori start the van and they were off.