"Whitney!" Layla cries, "Aquarius!"

Her friends are tied together, in EM wave form, physical and unable to escape.

"Ah, so you've arrived," the voice of their captor says.

"We can't lose to this freak," Omega-Xis says softly.

"I know," Layla replies.

"I am in need of assistance, to dispose of the Earth," the voice says, "and if you do not, I will destroy these people who you call 'friends'."

"No!" Layla says.

"Layla!" Whitney says, "Don't do what he says! We'll be okay!"

Aquarius is silent, as though the situation has left him speechless.

Layla notices a shadow coming from behind her friends.

The shadow pulls out a knife, and holds it to Aquarius' neck.

"Watch and see, dear Layla," the voice croons.

Aquarius' neck bleeds droplets of blood mixed with physical Z waves, perhaps the only thing keeping her creator alive.

"No!" Layla cries again.

Layla falls to her knees.

She forces herself to return to human form, crying, "I'm the one you want! Leave them out of it!"

Whitney's eyes fill with tears, as the voice says, "I knew you'd see it my way."

"Forgive me, Mega," Layla whispers, "Forgive me, everyone."

She closes her eyes and feels the sting of her tears.

"Yes," the voice says, "beg for forgiveness, but know that you will recieve none...none from this world that you call your own."

"M-Mega," Layla says, listening for even a noise from her AM-ian partner.

She hears nothing.

"Whitney? Aquarius?" Layla says.

Nothing.

Layla opens her eyes and says, "Guys?"

The shadow is the only one here.

Layla puts her Visualizer on.

"M-Mega," Layla whimpers, "you...you abandoned me...I'm...I'm sorry..."

"Everyone fled from you," the voice says, "because you put your friend and creator before the world...you were selfish. This world, these people...they will never forgive you."

Layla covers her eyes with her hands and begins sobbing.

"Now, now," the voice says, "you have decided to help a greater cause than these mortals, dear Layla. In the end, everyone will be begging for your mercy...but you will grant none."

"Who are you?" Layla sobs, uncovering her face, "Why do you want the Earth destroyed? Why do you want me?"

The shadow walks forward, and Layla realizes that she made a dreadful mistake.

The person who'd kidnapped her friends was none other than Omega-Xis as Morgan.