Tsubasa opened his eyes to complete darkness. Huh? What is this place? How'd I get here? His thoughts flitted across the darkness like feathers on the wind. Eagle? What do you think? Tsubasa reached for his partner – and couldn't find it. A stab of fear shot through him like an arrow. Eagle?
Foolish human. Three voices – one like thunder, one like wind, and one like lightning – echoed through his mind in the way only Eagle's had, seemingly both from inside and outside at once. What? Who are you? Where are you? Tsubasa replied. Around him the darkness pulsed with dark energy, its rapid heartbeat matching his own.
Me – monster. Darkness. L-Drago. The voices – L-Drago's voices – answered. You – within me. Prey. Food. More power. Tsubasa shivered. He was inside L-Drago? As in, inside L-Drago's beyblade? Was it even possible to put a human soul inside a beyblade? Was this really what a beyblade looked like from the inside? Tsubasa had a vague but certain notion that it wasn't. At least, it shouldn't be. Eagle would have said something if it was. The Dark Power must have corrupted this place, just as it had corrupted the rest of L-Drago.
Eagle. The very thought of his partner somewhere in here filled Tsubasa with both joy and dread. Joy – his partner might be still be okay! Dread – what if Eagle was trapped here too? Where's Eagle? Tsubasa demanded. What have you done with my Eagle?
Eagle? Ah. Aquila. The heartbeat of the darkness grew louder as L-Drago answered. BOOM. BOOM. BOOM. Eagle not here, L-Drago said almost mockingly. But Aquila spirit is traitor. Like you. Aquila shall feed me now. Like you.
What? Eagle is no traitor! Tsubasa shouted in anger. Dimly he remembered Eagle telling him that it and Draco had been friends once, but Tsubasa couldn't see what his partner had seen in the demented dragon. Eagle and I were doing the right thing! We were ridding the world of a monster like you!
Betraying a monster is still being a traitor! The darkness shouted back. The pulses of dark energy had gradually sped up, and were now as rapid as a hummingbird's wingbeats. Tsubasa screamed as each pulse ripped through him like a raptor's talons. How could you! How could you! How could you! The darkness shrieked, its voice shrill. Tsubasa screamed as L-Drago ripped at him and tore at him and knocked him around. He hadn't felt this helpless since the first time he had battled Ryuga. Eagle! Eagle, help me! Tsubasa screamed. But there was no response save the crying of the dark wind.
Tsubasa screamed again, this time in anger. He was helpless. He hated being helpless. The last of Tsubasa's coherent thoughts disappeared as boiling rage filled him. He lashed out against the forces against him, but he was about as solid as air. All he did was give the Dark Power more anger to feed off of - which it did gleefully, draining Tsubasa and enraging him further for even more fuel.
Tsubasa was forced to endure being blown about like a sparrow in a hurricane while his rage grew and grew. The only thing that kept his anger from burning and consuming him completely was the memory of a violet-colored eagle, flying freely in a tranquil blue sky.
Eagle! Eagle, where are you? You can't just leave me alone like this! You can't! Eagle!
(A/N: The parts were L-Drago calls Eagle/Aquila "traitor" and where Tsubasa mentions that Eagle mentioned once being friends with L-Drago is a reference to another fic of mine that I haven't posted on FFN yet. It's on my dA account if you want to look. I'll probably get to that fic after I'm done with this one.)