Triple Threat Reformed

by Super Shadowsonic

(Sequel to MBZ) It's been 8 months since Ness saw his friends Ninten and Lucas and he misses them greatly. But just because they're apart doesn't mean trouble isn't far behind. Ness must unite his two new brothers in arms in order to fight off a new invasion of Starmen. But what is it that the Starmen want with Lucas? What dark secrets await? Can the Triple Threat Team be reformed?

8. The Lucas Conspiracy

Triple Threat Reformed part 6

"The Lucas Conspiracy"

"A what?" Claus asked shocked. He could neither believe nor understand what his brother just said. Lucas didn't respond. "What did you say?"

"…I'm…a weapon,"

"So…" Claus walked towards Lucas his hand slowly moving toward the sword on his side. "What are you saying exactly?"

Lucas raised an eyebrow at him. "If you plan on doing any actually damage to me you might wanna rethink your weapon of choice,"

"Only a slight precaution. From what your saying, your not my brother are you?"

Lucas at Claus confused for a moment. "Wait, no that's not what I'm saying. I am me, but just not the me your thinking of,"

"You're not making any sense," Claus said titling his head confused. "Your you, but not the you I know?"

"I know it sounds confusing, but it's how things are. I don't really remember when I was given this title of being a weapon, or who gave it to me,"

"Then what makes you think you are?" Ness asked walking over as well.

"That's what the Starmen call me. They refer to me as an 'it'. They don't consider me a living being,"

"What, them? Those guys are what got you all riled up? Don't listen to them Lucas, they just like playing mind games, and they're not the most trustworthy bunch," Ness said.

"I know that, but I know it's not a lie. When they call me a weapon…it feels familiar,"

"Lucas, you've been you your whole life. I've been around you most of it. If anyone's the weapon here then it would be me," Claus said.

"But you were able to escape that title. You can grow old and die. That title for you is able to wither away, but that isn't the case for me,"

"Lucas your so confusing right now ya know that. You say your weapon, but you don't remember know what for, who made you, or that you even remembered being a weapon!" Claus said exasperated.

"I only know what the Starmen told me so far, and from the dreams I've had,"

"And you trust them?" Claus yelled. "And what dreams, you mean those nightmares you keep having?"

"The Starmen are capable of lying, but do not unless told to. They're a whole lot more advance then humans, so for them to say something it's probably true," Dr. Andounuts explained. "And sometimes dreams can be quite important, especially with you boys. That power of PSI can do incredible things with your mind when you asleep, including seeing into the future, or past,"

"The one thing that plagues me is this one gruesome image…" Lucas closed his eyes as the vision came back to him.

He sees the entire area moving at a very fast pace, and he hears heavy breathing from him and another. He sees to his left that he's in a space station of some kind. He takes a sharp turn and strange creatures block his path. He raises his hand, but the hand doesn't look human. A PSI shield shot up blocking the laser fire. He then pushes the shield at the creatures knocking away the creatures.

"AAH!" came a yell.

His vision whips around to see a human woman being strangled by a giant blue creature.

"Your weakness shall be removed," it said. It gave a good grip making the woman gasped and jerk.

"NO!" He feels himself lung at it, but is quickly knocked down by a swift and powerful punch from it. His face hit the floor. The worst part was Lucas could feel it all. The creature raised his foot as slammed it down.

Lucas snapped back to reality. He rubbed his head to ease the throbbing sensation. Everyone in the room looked at each other confused. Lucas took a breath and turned back to everyone. He saw his X-ray on the screen.

"So, is that what I look like on the inside?"

"Yes, I've never seen a structure like yours in my entire life Lucas. This can almost count as a scientific discovery," the doctor then sighed as he crossed his arms. "Pity not too many people would care, and given the current situation that just wouldn't be appropriate,"

"So, what do you think of his crazy story lack there of?" Ninten asked him. He stayed back from Lucas.

"It's very hard to say. This isn't humanely possible for a structure like his to exist. Such a complex one at that," Suddenly, an exclamation point appeared on the side of the screen. "Oh, it seems everyone has arrived. Come everyone lets give Lucas his time to rest," The Doctor quickly got everyone out of the lab.

They currently were in the underground part of the laboratory. Many hallways and pathways made the place quite the maze unless you knew your way around. Once out they left the lab Dr. Andounuts directed them toward the upstairs laboratory, however he stopped Fuel.

"What is it?" Fuel asked.

"Here I need you to give this serum to Lucas," he said handing him a needle with some strange gold liquid in it.

"Y-You want me to give him a shot!"

"Calm down. It's a serum I developed that should paralyze him. It's supposed to last a week, but with all I've seen it may be cut down to a few hours. We need Lucas to stick around for a while. We don't need him running off. It's tasteless so you can but it in something, but make sure to mix it good. Understand?"

Fuel reluctantly nodded.

Doctor Andounuts went to join up with everyone upstairs.

Fuel gulped. "I hope Lucas doesn't end up killing me,"

Upstairs Kumatora, Duster, Flint, and Boney had walked in looking very worried.

"Hey guys," Claus greeted coming up the stairs. They all turned to him.

"Claus where have you guys been, I've been worried," Flint said trying not to sound too emotional. He failed.

"I'm fine dad and so is Lucas, sorta,"

"Sorta? What does sorta mean?" Flint asked.

"Well…"

"Oh, hey guys!" Kumatora exclaimed greeting Ness and Ninten.

"Oh hi…Kumatora and Duster right?" Ness greeted.

"Yep, where's Paula, Ana, and those other guys?" She asked.

"Trapped in my time period. I have no idea how I'm gonna get back, or how to get them here to help us," Ness responded.

"Full of energy still huh Kumatora?" Ninten asked. Ness's eyes opened so wide he thought his eyeball might fall out. He stared at Ninten. "What my memory of everything is actually starting to return. I don't remember when though,"

Ness huffed rolling his eyes.

"Well its good to see you Ness, and you too Ninten," Duster greeted.

"Now then, what's up with Lucas?" Kumatora said turning to Dr. Andounuts.

"And, where's Fuel?" Claus said finally realizing he didn't come back up with them.

"People please calm down and let me explain!" the Doctor cried. Everyone fell silent. "Thank you. In order Lucas is fine, sorta. Fuel is giving him this serum I made for him. It's just something to keep him off his feet for a while. Now then…"

"Wait, wait, wait hold on. Serum? You never mentioned that," Claus said crossing his arms.

"Well its just a little paralyzer that'll render his body and powers useless for a while. However, with our current discovery of him he may just burn it off faster then I planned,"

"Okay back up. What discovery?" Kumatora said with her hands on her hips.

"Here I have the scans on this computer as well," Dr. Andounuts said walking over to the computer on the side of the wall. "Here is a X-ray of Lucas's body currently. He should be on the bed we left him on, hopefully if Fuel did what he's supposed to,"

After a few keystrokes Lucas's form showed up on screen. He was just lying there, but clearly he was relaxed instead of paralyzed. His bone structure was still the same, so no real problem. He then brought of the scan he made of Fuel, and Lucas's muscles.

"Okay, I'm sure you all can see the difference in the bone structure just from glancing at them,"

The four new guest put on their thinking faces, and tilted their heads in the same direction to think. One by one they each got a light bulb.

"Why does he have such big muscles here?" Kumatora asked pointing at the scan of Lucas's muscles.

"Why do his bones look so thick?" Duster asked.

"And why is he short some bones?" Flint asked, but more demanded to the Doctor.

"(Wait which ones the normal one)?" Boney barked.

"We don't have the answers to any of these questions I'm afraid. However, what is clear is that it isn't normal. We also have to take a look at this thing here," Dr. Andounuts said walking over to the machine Ninten had carried back. "I wasn't able to get a good look at yet, but now I should be able to,"

Dr. Andounuts went over to his computer, and took out a black cord. He went over to the machine then looked it over. However, it would seem he could not find what he was looking for.

"Darn, it would seem I must try to hack it indirectly," he said putting the cord away. He went over to his computer then began typing.

Fuel came back in the room to see Lucas lying down with his head on his hands, and his legs crossed with his ankle on his knee. Fuel began walking toward him. Lucas only shot him a glance.

"Something wrong?" Lucas asked.

"Nope, I-I just wanted to bring you something,"

Lucas ignored the nervousness in his voice, but took note of it. He sat up to look at him. "What is it?" Lucas asked curiously.

"A drink," Fuel said holding up said drink. It was colored a strange gold color.

Lucas raised an eyebrow at it. "Uh thanks. What is it?"

"Um, I got it from…the doc's fridge,"

"What kind of fridge?" Lucas asked fearing that it could be some chemical. He knew Fuel meant well, and was probably just trying to cheer him up, but he couldn't help sensing some kind of deceit.

"What other kind is there?"

"A chemical fridge,"

"No, its something called apple juice. It must be a juice from the Doc's time which is why you don't recognize it," Fuel said. Fuel couldn't help but smile as he saw Lucas seemed to of bought it. Truth be told it was actually water, but Fuel stirred the serum very badly so it turned out that way. Fuel saw the juice in the fridge and saw the colors matched. He partly kicked himself for not using that in the first place

"Well thanks," Lucas sat it down. He wasn't thirsty, and he still didn't trust it. He looked back at Fuel to see a slightly disappointed face. Lucas got a nervous look on his face. Fuel clearly wanted him to drink it, and was probably gonna stand there until he did. Lucas sighed. "Well I like apples,"

Lucas took a small swig of it. He smacked a little to really get a feel for the taste. It didn't taste bad and was oddly refreshing. Lucas drank it down all the way to the last drop. Then he let out a satisfying sigh.

"Thanks Fuel that was pretty refreshing," Lucas reached out to hand the glass to Fuel, but he froze up a little. He shook it off, and handed the glass back to Fuel. Fuel happily took it then left. Lucas then turned his attention to his still slightly unresponsive hand. "What the…" _

"Okay that should do it," Dr. Andounuts said. He was able to hack the machine wirelessly.

"About time, ya think with such a giant computer you could of done that a little quicker," Kumatora said.

"Kumatora, please," Duster said.

"Alright now tell us what this thing is doing to Lucas," Claus said.

"Okay, lets take a look at the schematics," A digital version of the machine intake appeared on screen. There were bright flashes pointing to each area of it describing its purpose. The doctor 'oh' and 'hmm' ed often while reading. It was gibberish to everyone else.

"My, it would seem that this machine can cybernetically link with the thought patterns, and alter the cerebral build," The doctor explained.

"Yo doc I got a D in science, even with Jeff's help, we might need you to dub it down a bit," Ness said.

"In simplest terms this machine is able to connect to Lucas's mind wirelessly. It can also alter it as well, but from the settings on this thing I see that altering wasn't what they're trying to do,"

"Then what are they trying to do?" Duster asked.

"If I had to guess…dig deeper into Lucas's subconscious,"

"So…their probing his brain," Ninten said.

"In simplest terms, yes,"

"Why?" Flint asked. "What could they gain from it? To bring out that monster in Lucas?"

"More then that. Because the seven needles are linked to Lucas now, since he resealed the Dark Dragon, the needles seem to also act as a seal on his mind as well,"

"So, if the needles were pulled again would that not only reawaken the dragon, but Lucas's full memories?" Ness asked.

"Possibly, but the Starmen…they don't need the dragon they want Lucas…" Dr. Andounuts began.

"So, instead of trying to get me to pull the needles…" Claus added.

"They're gonna use these machines to bore into Lucas's mind!" Ness exclaimed.

"It's like a counterfeit version of needle pulling!" Kumatora exclaimed.

"The pieces are coming together, but still the one thing that bothers me is what the Starmen plan to do with Lucas. We all know they want Lucas under their control, and are using these machines to get him, but we have no clue why they want him, and what their goal is," Ninten said.

"Perfectly said," Duster said.

"The only reason they haven't gotten Lucas yet is probably because of the fact that all seven of the machines need to be active at the same time. There's a some kind of syncing process that its been trying to do, but for someone reason the connection keeps failing. I can tell that this machine alone doesn't have the power to complete the task itself. Also, as they keep digging into Lucas's mind. More and more of a pervious life he may've had comes out, along with all that stored power,"

"Previous life? What are you talking…" Flint was cut off by an explosion from the roof.

Everyone turned their attention to see a big group of people drop in. They all dressed like ninjas. The have on black robes, and black soft shoes. All their faces were covered except their eyes. They also had many weapons on their belts. Each carried a sword on their back as well. Each ninja is well toned from head to toe.

"Ninjas? Really? This sounds like a random battle, or someone couldn't think of real enemies," Ninten said.

"AH! My roof!" Dr. Andounuts exclaimed.

"That will be the least of your problems Doctor. Now direct us to the boy named, Lucas,"

"Are these some new type of Starmen?" Ness asked getting ready for a fight.

"They sound human though," Ninten said.

"What do you want with my brother?" Claus demanded.

"Allow me to explain. We are a secret warrior group that has survived for generations, and we have lived in secrecy for years. We fight for the greater good, and for the happiness of the majority," said the lead ninja.

"Okay your good ninja, but what do you want with Lucas?" Claus asked.

"He is a threat to the world. We have kept watched over him since Thunder Tower. You and he are both seen as powerful threats. He has been watched for a very long time, but lately it's been hard keeping track of him with his fast movements. Finally, we've been able to track him here. This is where we eliminate him,"

"Hey I thought you said you fight for the greater good," Ninten said.

"I also said for the happiness of the majority. The boy Lucas is growing out of control and must be put down, so stand aside and let us work,"

"Okay one we're not standing down. Two you couldn't kill Lucas if you really wanted to, and three get ready for a beat down!" Claus exclaimed.

"Then a fight you shall get former commander," the lead ninja said unsheathing his sword. Dr. Andounuts went to a safe place to hide before the battle got started.

Everyone stared each other down for a moment. Ness being the impatient on jumped into battle first. Ness was an excellent hand-to-hand fighter, so Ness handle the ninja pretty easily. Dr. Andounuts ran back while everyone else charged forward.

Kumatora punched one ninja in the face, and ducked under a sword slash as Duster came in and knocked him to the ground. Ninten blocked a slash attempt by blocking the attack from the wrist. Ninten arm was so stern that the ninja's arm bounced off. Ninten immediately retaliated by spinning around then sending a powerful kick on top of his head. Flint batted around any enemy that dared approach him, his father instincts taking over. Flint rammed is elbow into one of the ninja's head, and then delivered a powerful punch to the gut to another. Ness was not only giving out a serious beat down, but also having fun.

"Hey guys look at me!" Ness called. Two ninja came at him at the same time. Ness simultaneously kicked one in the face and rammed his elbow into the other's stomach. "Ya know I've fought a ninja before, and she's way tougher then you guys,"

Claus was busy sword fighting with another. They seemed even in skill, but when they locked blades Claus sent a powerful discharge through his sword. This shocked the ninja, and then kicked him away. Then a big ninja appeared, and seemed to be the strongest out of them all. Claus felt a tap on his shoulder. He turned to Ninten who had a smile on his face. He nod toward the big guy. Claus gave him a 'I still don't like you' look, but Ninten egged him on.

"What scared that the big guy might hurt ya?" Ninten teased.

"No, way! Let's just see if you can keep up!" Claus said smiling.

Ninten and Claus began charging toward him. He just knocked Boney to the floor after lunging at him. Ninten punched any ninja in his way, while Claus kicked. The big guy raised both his fist then brought them down, but Ninten and Claus both separated in time to avoid it. Claus charged his right fist, as Ninten charged his left. Then at the same time gave him a powerful uppercut that sent him sailing into the air. He landed hard on the ground. Ninten and Claus bumped fist in success.

Ness suddenly stopped in his tracks as he sensed something, and it was close. A ninja surprised Ness from behind and got him in a full nelson. Another ninja came charging with his sword about to sever him. He blocked the blade with the bottom of his left shoe. Ninten came in and punched the one holding the sword. Ness could feel the full nelson he was in didn't have a tight enough grip. He was able swing forward enough to ram his knee into the ninja's face. While he was dazed Ness planted his feet against his stomach then pushed off. Ness landed in a crouched position, but he was still distracted by what he was sensing. He didn't notice a shuriken coming at him until it was too late. Luckily a blue narrow beam blasted through it. Ness gaped and turned toward the source. Ninten blew the stomach of is finger like a gun. He shot Ness a cocky smile, and Ness returned it.

They both began glowing their respective PSI color. It was clear who the winner of this fight would be.

Fuel sighed as he turned another corner. He couldn't believe he had gotten lost. He hoped that he wouldn't be passing Lucas's room again for the third time to hear him grunting. Clearly the serum had taken effect, and Fuel knew he was paralyzed, but was too terrified to go in and see how he was doing. Fuel finally turned the corner, and hoped that this wasn't Lucas's room, however luck was not on his side. It indeed was. Fuel groaned until he realized something.

"If Lucas can't move, and I closed the door when I left, and I passed it three times now," Fuel began getting a little nervous. "Who left Lucas's door open?"

Fuel cautiously walked over to the door. He poked his head in to see a boy. It was only Ness. "Oh, hey Ness I thought you went…"

Fuel stopped as soon as he got a better look at the boy as he turned around. "Nefarious!"

Nefarious faced Fuel. He raised his left hand. You could see the discharge of energy as he raised it. Nefarious then waved his hand unleashing a powerful PK Wave attack at Fuel, who was frozen in fear. A sudden flash appears, and then an explosion followed.

"Whew, that was quite a workout," Duster said.

"Yeah right, I sweat more shadow boxing," Kumatora gloated.

"For being ninja they weren't very good," Ninten said.

"Hey where'd Ness go?" Claus asked. Soon the whole room went silent as everyone looked around.

"That was weird he was right next to me putting down these guys. He must've rushed off somewhere," Ninten said.

"Might've went to check on Lucas, and see how he's doing. After all he is paralyzed, so he needs a little bit more protection," Claus said making his way over to the underground part of the lab. He knew them pretty well since he did help build them.

"Okay then one mystery down. Now then…" Ninten grabbed the lead ninja from the floor then hoisted him up from the collar. "How about you take a hike,"

The ninja was unresponsive at first. Then he began moan and graon.

"Hey pal ya hear me!" Ninten demanded while shaking him. Finally, it seemed the ninja gained his senses, but he was shocked.

"W-What am I doing here?"

"Huh?" everyone in the room said.

"Last thing I remember is that kid coming out of nowhere then…" he looked at Ninten. "AH! Oh my pork it was you!" he exclaimed trying to escape Ninten's grip. No such luck.

"What do you mean?"

"I am a former Pigmask, but when everything was reset I began a new life. Then this kid that looked just like you came out of nowhere then he did some weird thing with his eyes…now I wake up and I'm here, and boy do I have a headache,"

"That was me!" Kumatora called.

"Wait, if I'm hearing him right it sounds like he was…hypnotized," Duster said.

"From somebody that looks like me…" Ninten thought and thought. Finally, Ninten felt what Ness had been feeling this whole time. "These guys were a decoy!"

There was a sudden explosion from downstairs.

Nefarious began walking over to a disabled Lucas. "Lucky for me your friends made you such an easy target. I may actually be able to kill you while you're in this state," Nefarious said smiling.

"Hold it Nefarious!" called a voice.

Nefarious stopped and turned to the voice. From the smoke Ness was on one knee, and from the look of it he took the attack for Fuel. Fuel however, still fell unconscious. Ness looked injured from the attack though. Nefarious glared at him.

"Listen Ness, I'm not…"

"You're not gonna hurt Lucas!" Ness said jumping at him.

Nefarious and Ness got into an arm lock with Ness holding Nefarious and Nefarious unable to move Ness. From behind Claus came running.

"Ness!" Claus called.

Ness turned to Claus while holding Nefarious. "Get Lucas and run!"

Claus turned to see Lucas attempting to limp away. Claus ran over to him, and got him on his back. He noticed Fuel unconscious, and although it pained him he had to leave him behind. Claus ran out the room and took the opposite way he came to lose Nefarious. Ness was thrown out the room, and into the wall. Nefarious stepped over Fuel and walked toward him.

"W-What are you doing here?" Ness demanded as he began getting up.

"Stand aside Ness. This doesn't concern you. I'm actually not the bad guy this time,"

"Liar!" Ness said getting his feet.

Nefarious sighed then leaped toward Ness. Ness dodged his punch then knocked him the opposite direction Claus had went. Nefarious came to a stop by using his hands and feet. Ness saw his chance and dashed toward him. Nefarious however was ready, and was clearly not in the mood. Ness lashed out, but Nefarious used his speed to bounce off the corners of the ceiling. As Ness passed by Nefarious came back and slammed his elbow into the back of Ness head then plowed him into the floor with such devastating force that smoke kicked up upon landing. Nefarious casually walked out of it leaving behind an out cold Ness in the floor.

Nefarious kept walking until a giant steel door slammed shut in front of him. He heard other slams signaling this door isn't the only one. Nefarious sighed at this attempt.

"PK Boom," Nefarious said. He activated his PK Boom which smashed through all the doors in his path.

Ninten was dashing through the halls as fast as his legs could carry him. He looked at the watch the doctor had gave to him so he could keep track of the intruder, and relay information to the others upstairs. He had a bad feeling about this. He turned the corner to find an unconscious Ness plowed into the floor. Ninten gasped in shock.

"Ness! Hey Ness wake up!" However his cries fell on deaf ears, as Ness didn't respond. "Ness come on wake up!" Ninten shook him hard. He was starting to get worried. Even with his memory starting to return Ninten hadn't seen a time when Ness was this hurt before. Ness still didn't respond. Ninten growled angrily.

He got up a charged after Nefarious. "Ness and Fuel are hurt you guys. Somebody better come get them, I'm going after Nefarious myself,"

Claus ran hard. He couldn't fight Nefarious with Lucas in harms way. He needed to find a safe place for him, and fight Nefarious then. Claus looked around for any place that might do.

"Claus…something's…wrong…I c-can't move," Lucas struggled.

"Don't worry pal I'll get ya somewhere safe," Claus then thought of one place that just might be able to hold Lucas over for a little while.

Nefarious was still hot on Claus's trail. No matter how fast he went Nefarious was faster. He came to a single hallway. He closed his eyes to concentrate. "Yeah, he went this way. I can feel the evil," Nefarious only took one step as the wall just suddenly exploded.

The cause was a angered Ninten on the other side. "Nefarious you're gonna pay!"

"Why, you're the one who broke the wall?" Nefarious teased.

Ninten charged at Nefarious and tried a punch with a wide arch for power. Nefarious stepped back out of range to avoid it. "You know what I mean!" Ninten barked.

"You mean Ness? I tried telling him to stand aside. I'm not the enemy here," Nefarious said.

Ninten ignored him as he tried another punch, but Nefarious vanished into thin air. He then appeared further down the hall. "He's gonna slow me down to much. I need to hurry while he still can't move," Nefarious muttered. Nefarious looked at a pipe on the wall. He sent out a small spark with the wave of his hand and then smoke burst out. This covered his escape before Nefarious could notice.

"Nefarious get back here!" Ninten yelled. Ninten suddenly sensed someone behind him. He turned then grabbed their collar and prepared his other hand for a punch. "Gotcha!"

Ninten then noticed the person he grapped wasn't Nefarious, but the girl that was with him. "You, your that girl that goes with Nefarious,"

"Yeah, my names Star could you put me down now," She said trying to get free of his grip. Ninten put her down and turned to go after Nefarious. "Wait, stop trying to hurt Nefarious he's not the enemy here,"

"Well he hurt my friend and is trying to hurt my other friends. I don't care what his reasons are," Ninten raised his hand to send out a shockwave to clear a path. He dashed out the smoke leaving Star behind. She sighed.

Claus began to get this weird feeling. Suddenly, Nefarious appeared in front of him. Claus came to a halt.

"Darn he most of used his PK Warp to catch up. I thought Ninten would've pinned him down longer," Claus muttered.

"I don't wanna fight you Claus, but I will if I have to," Nefarious said sternly. It made Claus feel so weird with how much he sounded like Ness.

"Well your gonna have to if you plan on hurting Lucas,"

"I don't plan on hurting him. I plan on removing him from this life,"

"You wanna kill him!"

"Doesn't everybody?"

"I'm not gonna let you. I'll die before he does!"

"Don't try it. I'm too powerful,"

"Oh yeah, then lets see you take this!" Claus said as he forced his thunder sword into the ground. A giant wave of thunder burst out. Nefarious growled as it consumed him. Claus switched Lucas from his back to his arms so he could use his wings. He began flying through another hall to the right. He flew up a flight of stairs then down a hall. He felt reassured that he was gonna make to the one safe place The Danger Room. He almost made it, but a red laser shot up from the floor below them and went through Claus's right wing. This threw off his flight path as he came crashing to the ground.

Nefarious burst from the floor using his PK Boom and went flying toward them. Claus pulled Lucas in, so Claus would be taking the front of the attack. Suddenly out of nowhere Ninten came in powered by his PK Power technique. He stopped Nefarious in his tracks, but was struggling to hold him back.

"Ninten!" Claus exclaimed surprise at his perfect timing.

"G-Go!" Ninten yelled.

Claus nodded and took Lucas down the hall. Ninten focused on Nefarious struggling to hold him off. Suddenly he gained a burst of energy. With tremendous effort he threw Nefarious to wall. Nefarious crashed into creating a huge mess. Nefarious then got up from the ground.

"I see you still wanna interfere. You must not like staying conscious,"

"Yeah whatever," Ninten said throwing a few practice punches. "Ya know every since Kumatora mentioned it, I've been in the mood for a little shadow boxing. Interested?"

"Hmph, then lets play, PK Boom!" Nefarious activated his version of PK Boom. Ninten flinched at it.

Nefarious began bouncing crazily against the walls. Ninten couldn't keep up. Ninten tried to charge his PSI for an attack, but was cut off by Nefarious slamming into him. Ninten went sailing into the air until Nefarious again came down slamming him into the ground. Nefarious flipped away as Ninten stopped moving. Nefarious glared at him then looked forward to see where Claus took Lucas. He began walking.

Claus sat Lucas down on a chair to the front of the room. The room was very spacious, maybe the twice the size of a master bedroom, and has many monitors. Claus saw that Ninten was down for the count, and Ness was still out of it. Claus needed to hurry.

"Claus…" Lucas muttered. Claus turned to him. "What's wrong with…me," Lucas was starting to get some feeling again. Claus was surprised.

"You're a little uh…"

"You…know don't you?" Lucas accused. He couldn't raise his voice quite yet, but he went as high as he could.

"Well, maybe,"

"Maybe, actually he knows exactly," Claus turned to the voice while Lucas struggled to. Nefarious came walking down the steps to the main floor of the room. "Well this is a cozy little area. Glad I've reached the end of this game, so now I can finish this before it begins,"

"You're not hurting Lucas!" Claus yelled charging. Nefarious side stepped Claus at the last minute. Nefarious slammed the side of his fist into the back of Claus's head. Claus hit the floor hard also dropping his sword. Nefarious began walking toward Lucas. Claus used his PK Whip and tried to hit Nefarious, but Nefarious charged his right arm with PSI energy. He simply raised his arm without turning around to deflect it. Claus charged to get closer, but was reckless. Nefarious sent his left elbow into Claus's stomach then slammed to back of his right fist into his face knocking him to the floor.

"Now stand aside. I'm not here for you," Nefarious said. He turned to Lucas who was trying to stand. Nefarious smirked. He raised his hand and sent out a powerful PK Dark Energy Ball at Lucas. It slammed into his chest then into one of the main monitors. He broke then fell to the floor.

Nefarious took one step, but when he tried to pull his other leg it felt heavy. He looked down to see Claus grasping his ankle.

"Please…leave him alone," Claus begged.

"Why, because he's been through too much already?" Nefarious huffed. "He's a monster Claus. You may not realize it yet, and he may still not know, but that is what he is. An evil monster,"

"W-What…" Lucas coughed out.

"It took me a while, but I know who you are now. I can't allow you to regain your power,"

"Regain…what power?" Lucas struggled to stand.

Nefarious looked down at Claus. He kicked him off his ankle then walked toward Lucas. He kept walking until he was standing over him. Lucas looked up at him.

"I can sense you trying to get in contact with your evil power. Wasted effort," Nefarious raised his hands like he was holding a guitar. Lucas gaped in terror. "PK ROCKIN!"

"Connection Established. Welcome back Project G Codename: Giegue…"