Alright guys for the rest of the month, I'll be releasing chapters every single week day until it's done!

Ever since his battle with Free and Lui, Theodore had been struggling to recover. For three days he'd spent in bed losing his mind over the battle. No matter what angle he looked at it from, or however many times he replayed the security footage, Free and Lui's victory had been set in stone especially from the beginning.

Turning off the TV, Theodore slowly rose out of bed and staggered over to the window and looked down upon his army in thought.

Despite him staying in bed for the past couple of days, Theodore had been watching over everyone making sure beys had been upgraded, training continued and the corruption was still going strong.

But no matter how many bladers he watched prepare for their reign, he couldn't help but feel uncertain that perhaps they were faking it. Many bladers had tried this trick before on Theodore, always stealing one of his outfits but what had always got them caught was the same thing: the lack of dark power.

But his bladers down there, could still look and feel corrupted but could potentially be the opposite and for Theodore it was getting harder and harder to tell the difference between his bladers and themselves.

Corruption for Theodore was always a tricky thing, often Phi would tell him or rather teach him about it's consequences. Corruption or Phi's power was controlling resonance and the more bladers he was able to control the more he had to stretch himself across all of them. Losing himself in the process.

But for Theodore he now had everyone's power to feed on until he could find a solution that was permant.

Walking away from the window, Theodore dressed himself and went over to his mirror slicking back his hair but immediately his hair rebelled coming out of place. Taking a pair of scissors he cut the hairs letting the pieces fall to the floor.

"YoU can't Even see it Theodore, they're all pRETEnding to bide thEIr time until they can rise up agaiNSt you..."

Turning away from the mirror Theodore looked around trying to find the source of the voice.

"Phi."

Turning back to his mirror not finding the source, for a split second he saw Phi in his mirror standing back at him with his arms crossed.

Theodore smashed the mirror and the image of Phi was gone.

"You CAn never really get rid oF me, ThEOdore. After all, a piece of Phoenix is still iNSide AmatERIos."

Theodore looked down at his bey in horror, dropping it to the ground with it still glowing.

Phi's laughter haunted the room appearing on every reflection all laughing at Theodore.

A shadow fell over Theodore's face and his resonance surrounded his figure but instead of it's normal teal instead it was black, taking Amaterios in his hand he destroyed all Phi's until there was nothing but silence and broken glass left.

Theodore had always been secretive when it came to his plans. In the beginning he had let Brown Eye in on everything but now, he barely showed his face anymore around the snake pit.

And now he was the most powerful blader, he was the one to now rule over the others, now he was the one to reshape the world for them. He found himself being so selfless these days doing everything for them now almost as if he was their lord or ruler.

No as their god, their savior. Yes.

Everyone always thought of him as the bad guy when really he was their savior, saving them from themselves and their power.

They would never understand as long as they were out of his control which was why he was going to make sure they were going to stay under forever.

The WBBA would be dismantled, BC Sol destroyed and replaced with a Snake Pit and out of that ashes of the WBBA would be a new reincarnation of the new age of blading.

All under the control of him.

Meanwhile he would be number one, and the reign of Valt and Shu would be over.

He laughed a wild uncontrollable laugh with his resonance building up and his eyes glowing then he paused sensing something in the distance.

******

Brown Eye climbed up the stairs to Theodore's private floor and towards his bedroom. Most bladers were forbidden on this level with a few exceptions but Brown Eye wasn't here for orders, instead he was here for business.

Opening the door to Theodore's bedroom, the ground was littered with glass and destruction looking like a tornado had come inside and destroyed everything.

Theodore sat on the bed with Amaterios in his hand looking out the broken window. He mumbled something to his bey and turned to Brown Eye.

Slowly Theodore stood up and walked over.

Brown Eye watched in silence, noticing the streaks of unusual red in Theodore's suit.

"Brown Eye."

Theodore stopped looking down at the young blader narrowing his eyes, he still sensed the dark power.

His features softened and he stumbled back over to his bed.

"You summoned me."

"Surely you among the others must all be wondering what our next phase of the plan is." He said looking out the window but not at Brown Eye. It seemed like he was off back in his own world again.

It was true, Brown Eye had been wondering what Theodore was up to. Brown Eye knew enough that even at this stage in the game Theodore wasn't done. But the question was what was his next step? He already had all the bladers minus their coaches. And soon he would have Red Eye back too.

Looking at Theodore he seemed less put together than usual but still retained an intimidating silhouette.

"March in and take over the rest of the.."

"Not quite."

"Taking over the rest of the world was never the true plan, why march and battle when I can just threaten those against us with their most precious thing: their future. Think about it, Brown Eye, you kids are the future. Not just of Beyblade but of our world and I think it's time you've learned why we really need all of these bladers."

Gripping Amaterios, a new seriousness entered his voice as if he was about to go into an important lecture but there was something off about him.

"You see this was never about taking over the world, no, no ,no this was about rebuilding the world for people like...us. That's why I needed everyone to be corrupted, normal bladers can't handle those levels of feedback."

"You see Brown Eye, beyblade has been around for many centuries and has taken on many forms over the years, whenever a blader proved their worth a fighting spirit would be drawn to them and that spirit would reside in the Beyblade. I'm sure you've heard of the term bladers attract bladers? Even back then this was true. When a spirit was strong, bit beasts as you call them would enhance attacks and moves. Some might even say bladers and their beys were able to merge together. But whenever a blader lost their bit beast the blader would have their own fighting spirit impacted which is why many bladers had periods of doubt after losing theirs. Some would even mourn them for years, and some would even disappear when they least expect it. These lost bit beasts would reside in monuments, even artifacts, some even resided in beyblades waiting to be reawakened for a new master to find them. While some were even passed down through generations like Valtyrek."

Brown Eyes' eyes widened and that only made Theodore smile even more as he got up.

"But some weren't so lucky and some even attempted to manufacture them, to control them and turn them into slaves. But out of all the bit beasts some are more dangerous than others, like Phoenix, Fafnir or even Valtryek herself all coming and going in different names and forms over the ages. But what they all have in common is that they have had good and bad usage. Imagine Valtryek being used by an evil master or Phoenix used to bring light instead. With enough dark power we can destroy everything and build it back up with more Snake Pits."

"You know as well as I do the more you resist, the more the dark power will try and control you until you're gone."

"And yet something is off..." he said, circling Brown Eye.

His resonance flared, no longer teal or purple was now black and his pupils got smaller and his eyes looked possessed as the dark power took over him replacing his sky blue eyes with black orbs. His body saged causing his arms to go limp and sway as he teeth sharpened and his face contorted matching Amaterios's.

His power was more wild now causing cracks to run along the floor and up the walls

"It sEEms your eyes have COMe upon SOmethinG they never shOUld have SEen." he said just like Phi.