Michele is given a staff (that Mega used to control her and lead an uprising of water pirates) by Lilith for her birthday. She gets revenge on Mega and parades him around as a "new" female fire unit. (The magical staff apparently changes gender, because Michele secretly wanted a new friend.) Verica is the only one that notices that this girl is actually Mega, and leads many failing schemes to steal the staff back. Rashil finally notices the staff is missing...
Imagine Michele's bright smile as she figures out what's underneath the wrapping paper as she tears the present open. "Is it a suitable gift?" Lilith asks (wearing a cute little party hat.)The Lotus Axe holds up the familiar staff... The handle, the gem adorning its crown, the dial that turns to all six elements... It's the staff Mega had used to change her Element not too long ago. "It's perfect," Michele cruelly grins. "That is good to hear."The next day...Mega's in his room, polishing his axe and whistling a hearty tune, when he hears a knock on the door. Placing his axe down, he goes up to answer it. "Yes, hello-""TAKE THIS!!"In a bright red flash, Mega's bought to his knees.... Wait... Make that her knees. Mega looks at her hands, then her new attire, which is a red dress instead of her usual coat. Then at her hair... Bright red..."What did you do to me?!" she shrieks. Her hands cover her mouth as she slowly registers. "You're now under MY control," Michele darkly says with a cruel smile. "Understand?... Maggie?"With another wave of the staff, Michele takes control of Maggie, so the Fire Pirate can't call for help or say anything. Michele then directs her outside to the courtyard. "You're gonna be my new friend, got it? I don't get a lot of girl friends who don't weird me out.""Y-You're gonna force me to be your girl friend?" Maggie stutters. "Yup!" Michele then drapes her arm over Maggie's shoulder. "Oh look, it's Stya." She points to the (other) female pirate in the distance. "Don't you dare!" "Hey Stya!" Michele drags them both over to her. "Meet my new gal pal Maggie?""Hm?..." Stya looks at Maggie thoroughly. She looks as if she's contemplating something... "Nice to meet you, Maggie. A fellow pirate, I take it?""U-Um, yeah!" 'Stya please help me.'"Word of advice: Stay away from Mega. Just don't mind his idiocy.""G-Got it." 'I'm not THAT bad...'As Michele and Stya chat over Maggie, Verica notices something's...off about the new pirate. 'There's something familiar about her...' he thinks to himself. 'Wait... That staff...and that necklace that girl's wearing... That be Mega's necklace!'With a battle cry, he abruptly charges at Michele, who notices and casually flips over him. Verica then crashes into the wall and is knocked out. How anticlimactic. "O-Oh!" 'Pop! He knows it's me! I can rely on him to get me outta this mess...'No, you really can't, Maggie. Sorry. Verica continues following Michele and Maggie throughout the day. He tries everything to get the staff back. He tries dropping out of a tree to ambush Michele (she dodged), asking Thunderbird to fetch it (it screwed up as always), and tries cornering Michele (which only led to him getting tossed aside.)"I'm sorry, Mega me boy..." he weakly says as he lies on the ground after that last attempt. "I tried me best...""I-It's okay... Pop!" Maggie strains to say under Michele's control. "Y-You did your best..."Michele laughs at the pitiful display. "Aw, how sad. Come, Maggie, let's go sphere shopping.""Hold it right there!""Eh?! Who's that?!"Imagine on the roof of the nearby monster house stands Rashil, looking as disapproving (and feminine) as always. He jumps down and effortlessly sweeps Michele off her feet by knocking his own staff under her feet. With a yelp, she falls down, allowing Rashil to take the staff. "This is NOT a toy," he sternly says. He points the staff at Maggie and reverts her back into Mega, who's more than pleased. "Thank you, Rashil!" he cries happily. "Hm... Last time I tell Lilith to wrap her own present..." With that, he leaves the scene.Michele gets up, only to meet an angry Mega and Verica. "Oh, looks like that's my cue to leave, huh?" With a grin, she handsprings over the two and makes a run for it. "Hey! Get back here!" Mega yells. "Ay! We're not finished with you, lassie!"