Needless to say, Chosen found it ten times easier to train Purple to control his powers rather than Second.
While Second forgot he had powers, and most of the time never had a use for them, and fed off of fear of losing his friends to something he really can't control, Chosen found Purple's powers feed off of intense anger and fear.
To test this theory, Chosen put both sticks(and Dark just for the hell of it), in the middle of a circle with random objects around the house.
One of the objects in the individual circles was a photo that had some sort of connection to each stick.
A photo of their closest allies.
In order to test the theory, and subsequently help Purple in the process, Chosen had them think about something they fear the most.
Knowing Dark, he knew Dark's abilities were easier to control, but Second and Purple were…much harder, to say the least.
They were much harder to understand, given they had multiple fears: Second having fears of losing his friends and letting them down, and Purple having self-worth issues and having fears of being left alone, it was a little bit harder for Chosen to help.
It didn't stop him from trying.
"How the hell are you gonna have Chosen control your powers?!" Red asked Second.
"I'm obviously here to test a theory. We're supposed to be helping Purple, I know that. But Chosen has a theory of some sort."
"Essentially, they're powers run on somewhat of a similar basis: fear and anger. When Dark killed you guys before Navy took control of the ViraBots, Second's only major emotions in that moment were rage and fear, which activated his powers."
"And how does this fit with Purple?" King asked.
"Purple's powers have a similar basis. His powers activated when we were in danger, which caused the overload that defeated Navy and Orchid."
"Interesting. And you're thinking…"
"I'm thinking if I can channel those emotions again, they might have an easier time controlling them so when Purple does go after Orchid, his powers don't go haywire and potentially kill him, like Night Shade worries about."
"Night Shade might not know what he's talking about. He's probably just paranoid."
"If he was right about Orchid's powers, which are unstable and led to her downfall, then he might be right about Purple's. The chances that Orchid took the time to control her powers are low, and that led to her dying. We can't risk it with Purple."
"That's your explanation? Really?" Green muttered.
"Would you rather Purple die killing his mother and have King deal with that, or do you want to have powers Purple could use for good in the future?"
Green glared at him. "Fine."
"I still don't get why you're sitting us in a circle with random objects." Second pointed out.
"I want you two to try levitating items before we try anything else. Obviously, we know Purple can create giant energy beams with his hands that he can control seemingly fine. We're also aware Second has laser eyes-"
"Which I still don't remember!"
"You're called The Chosen One's Return in the task manager for a reason when you were first created," Chosen deadpanned. "Anyways, we're aware Second has laser eyes, which we'll figure out later. For now, we need to focus on what really drives Purple's powers to grow the strongest and how we can activate them."
"How do we do that?" Second asked, obviously knowing the answer to the ridiculous question.
"Simple."
"How is controlling my powers simple?!" Purple snapped, staring down at his hands again."
Purple fireballs appeared in his vision again.
"What the-"
He wasn't in a circle on the desktop anymore.
Instead, he was on an island in the middle of the ocean.
With his friends nowhere in sight.
Seeing this twice now, Purple wanted answers.
What the hell was this?
Is this…a vision?
Back in the real world, Chosen was about to answer Purple's question before he suddenly went still.
"Purple…?"
Looking a little closer, Purple's eyes were whiter than he'd ever seen them before.
"Uhm…King? Slight issue?"
"What?"
"Your kid's under some sort of spell or something…"
Chosen didn't get to finish his sentence before King was at his side.
"Purple! Purple, hey, listen! It's King! Wake up!"
Second and Dark left their respective circles and joined the two with Purple.
"What the hell is happening?!"
"This didn't happen last night!" King exclaimed, shaking Purple's arm to wake him up. "Wake up!"
Chosen suddenly noticed a faint lilac colored glow among the items in Purple's circle. "What in Alan's name is going on…"
Chosen started drowning out King's frantic voice and focused on the items around Purple. They were all illuminated in a faint glow, something they easily could've missed if not for Chosen's keen eye.
"Guys….I think I might know how Purple's powers activate." He suddenly said.
"How?"
"Purple's seems to be under an intense amount of pressure from fear and stress. That's what's causing the object to…start….flying…"
Chosen stared as the small objects started lifting off of the ground. "Holy shit!"
King wasn't focused on that. "Purple, please! Wake up!"
Purple stared up at the decked out base in the middle of the ocean. It was a very odd sight.
"What the fuck…"
Suddenly, Orchid's voice came from above.
"Night Shade! I've done it!" She exclaimed. "I've gotten Purple to realize his true worth!"
"That's great!" If it wasn't Purple's years of tracing emotions just by voices, he would've missed the tint of uneasiness in the familiar voice.
"Night Shade? Why is that name…so familiar?" He asked himself.
"What more can we do?"
"Simple. Now that he's weakened enough, we might be able to kill him!" Orchid exclaimed happily. "Just like Navy wanted!"
"Weren't we going to allow Navy the honors once we resurrected him?" Night Shade asked.
The question made Purple's heart drop.
"They can't be planning that…"
"Oh yes, we were! Once we resurrect Navy, we'll kill off that purple menace, erase his memories, bring him back, and then all world power will be ours!"
Purple froze.
Kill him?
Erase his memories?!
World power?!
No. He can't let that happen!
Something pulled him out of the illusion before he could do anything.
"Purple!"
Suddenly, Purple's eyes returned to normal, and the object clattered to the ground.
"HAH! I KNEW IT!" Chosen exclaimed. "That was awesome!"
Purple still sat frozen where he was, shaking like a leaf and taking slow, shaky breaths.
"Purple? What happened?"
King reached out to grab his hand before Purple let out a strangled sob, pushed King away and ran inside the house.
"Purple! Wait!"
"Purple?! What-"
The group remained outside, very confused.
"What the hell was that about?"