[Galvantula]

Being Dark Gemini did nothing to change the hate Will felt towards Ben. To think that a such a dangerous child would get a weapon of mass destruction and be a role model for children the world over! Will hated that no matter what he did Ben got off scott free. But after he destroyed the London Bridge he got an idea. He needed Overlord or rather Dark Pisces's help but the two of them got along well. If this works he may get rid of Ben 10 yet.

Early morning, Bellwood

Manny was quite pleased with himself. Having the idea that everyone would switch out doing chores was a stroke of genius on his part. After having meatless breakfasts for the last week he was now able to do the meal he wanted.

"Breakfast is served! It's full of meaty goodness!" he beamed as the aroma drifted to his nose. On each plate was a few strips of candied bacon, toast, honey ham slices, breakfast sausages and pancetta. It was his ideal breakfast meal, but to the others it wasn't all that great.

While Erin was a American be birth she never enjoyed bacon all that much. Just the smell of it made her ill and here was a good size portion of it on her plate. "Couldn't you added some fruit instead of the bacon? I don't think I can eat this" she stated, not bothering to hide her disgust with Manny's cooking.

JK tried a slice of candied bacon and wanted to spit it out. But the sight of the Tetramand told him to be polite and swallow it, albeit not by his complete choice. "It's delicious, Manny-san. You really outdid yourself today" he outright lied to him. Manny brought it however to JK's relief and he reluctantly ate some more of the meal.

Ran, Tojiro and Julie were trying to eat this meal with insentient but their faces were saying a different tune. Manny can cook very well but his foods of choice were not ones they themselves enjoyed all that much and in Julie's case outright hated. Yuki and Gentaro noticed that if they ate faster then they would be able to leave that much faster. But this was far from the Japanese breakfasts they enjoyed back home but it was against their customs to just throw it away.

Yuki was about ready to barf due to all the greasy meats she had to eat. Motioning to Gen that she had to go to a bathroom he honored her request. "Yuki-chan wishes to use the bathroom. Is that OK with you, Manny-san?" Gentaro asked politely.

"It's no thing at all! You shouldn't even have to ask! After all we're young adults here!" Manny cheerfully answered. But his good mood was ended by Yuki ralphing on the floor, the food too much for her delicate stomach to take. "I guess you don't like bacon as much as I do" he nervously chuckled as he wiped up the mess with a washcloth. Yuki thanked him for cleaning up her sick then when to the bathroom to freshen up.

Ben was still in bed after his busy day. He wasn't feeling good, but for once it wasn't just his cellular breakdown causing his illness. He felt horrible about killing Zombozo yesterday even though he had a warrant for his death and it was obvious that he would never be redeemed. Still he wasn't feeling hungry and Manny's bacon was just making it worse. As he pulled the covers over his head Yuki went in to check in on the sick Plumber. "I heard about what happened with Zombozo. Nobody blames you for what you had to do, but he was so far gone I doubt anyone would have been able to reach him" she comforted the young hero.

"T-'cough'_Thanks, Yuki" Ben got out with some difficultly. Yuki may be overly fond of space at times but she was one of the nicest people you can ever meet. She smiled warmly at him as Julie went to check on her boyfriend, her face a bit green from Manny's cooking.

"Ben, I talked with your parents about yesterday and they don't blame you for what happened out there. Your mom told her that they wanted to let you know that they love you no matter what and that you'll get better soon. Although they don't know about how bad things really are for you" she choked out the last sentence with extreme emotional pain as so far no Earthlings other than Max, Gwen, Kevin and herself knew about Ben's terminal illness. Julie then couldn't hold in her sadness anymore and broke down crying as Yuki hugged her, upset that she could do nothing to help out Ben. Gentaro went up to check up on the trio and seeing how bad things were in there broke his heart.

As he rubbed Yuki's head to comfort her he told Ben "We won't let you die like this. It's the code of the Kamen Rider to do anything to save the lives of the innocent. Plus now I know that you're a good friend. The way you treat your buddies is something that warms my heart. You have the soul of a Rider and I should have never had tried to hurt you" he quietly told him. Ben however was happy to hear that from him.

"It's no biggie. I think we both messed up and now we're going to work past that. Because that's what friends do for each other" he answered. Their hearts full of emotion Gentaro and Yuki hugged the ill Plumber and soon bygones were finally bygones. "Now that we have this out of our hair we should have some fun. I don't wanna just lay on my bed and die! We should totally hit the arcade and just rock out!"

After Ben had said what they were going to do everyone was on their merry way. Perhaps Tojiro was the happiest of all since Ben told him that there were plenty of guitar games there and he knew that if given the chance he can be a great musician. Hearing that from Ben made Tojiro quite pleased and he was ready to get his rock on! But what he saw made his heart sink: on the doors was a sign that said "CLOSED DUE TO NATIONAL EMERGENCY" in bright red letters.

"AW c'mon! You'd think that with all the alien bullshit that goes on here they'd be open more often!" Tojiro raged. JK tried to calm him down but the rocker was in a state of anger that was upsetting Julie. Ran however just grabbed his arm and twisted it, bringing him back down to a calm state of mind.

"Try to keep in mind that these people haven't seen Zodiarts before. So try to think about others before you run your stupid mouth off" Ran scolded. Tojiro was not pleased with being told off by a younger student but knew deep down that she was right. However they were no Zodiarts in sight.

"Perhaps there could be a gas leak or something else we don't know about" Erin calmly inquired about their odd situation. But what she said caused Yuki to freak out a little bit, worried that she might be in danger from the gas that might be very real and very deadly. Holding onto her fellow student gently she told Yuki that "If there is anything wrong I'm sure we can fix it. After all we're friends, right?" Yuki calmed down and the two girls hugged, knowing that they're safe as long as they believe in each other and their friendship.

But a sharp sound broke the tranquil moment they were sharing with each other. The voice on the other end was one that Ben knew all too well: Will Harange!

"For some time now I warned you all about Ben Tennyson being a danger to everyone around him. But even I never would have guessed he's destroy both the London Bridge and the life of Zombozo so easily and without any remorse. Due to the seriousness of this situation I ask that everyone remain in their homes while we run checks on the general populace for any contamination from Ben. We ask that you remain calm and do as you're asked in a prompt and orderly manner. That is all."

Ben was furious! Will was a bigger threat to the people of Bellwood and he knew it! Who in their right mind would create a killer robot that attacked whoever it pleases just for ratings? The guests from another world were worried too, as Julie filled them in on how unstable Harange really was.

JK was the first to speak up about this grim bit of news. "I think we should look around and see if there's anyone out right now. The more people we ask, the more likely we can solve this without insentient."

Gentaro liked that idea a good deal. JK wasn't the bravest person he knew but he was one of the more social aware KRC members. Soon all of them nodded their approval of his plan and were about to set off in search of any info that may be useful. But a scream of terror cut that hunt short.

"That came from our high school!" Julie cried out with worry.

A few minutes later...

Cash and JT were stunned at he sight before them both. Here was both Will Harange, a total jerkstore reporter and Captain Nemesis, the disgraced former hero, working together with Psyphon of all people! Not only that but they were forcing their fellow classmates to try and turn on these weird looking 'Switches' to become...Zodiacs or some darn thing. So far they had no luck and it was showing on Psyphon's face.

"Is it bad enough that these children have no potential to evolve past their humanity AND be eternal thorns in my side as well?" he bemoaned, fists clenched by his sides in frustration. So far every one that tried to switch on a Horoscopes Switch was lying down in pain or knocked out cold. Thankfully no one was killed but since there were so few students left that haven't tried yet that may soon change.

However before he could hand a Switch to JT Psyphon was attacked by ArmorDrillo. Dodging his drill punch he jumped back and scowled at the alien form that Ben was. "Must you ruin everything that my master plans?!" Psyphon cursed at ArmorDrillo as the others approached.

"Yet, pretty much" ArmorDrillo quipped, paying no mind to Psyphon's anger. "But I can make things work out, am I right?" he said at no one in particular. Emily, who was in the group with Cash and JT flipped Ben the finger. "I'll take that as a no" Ben said with some disappointment.

Ran stomped over to where Will was standing and was going to give this man a piece of her mind. "Do you think you can order students around because you're older?" she raged at reporter. To her disgust he told her "Yes I do. Young people like you have no will of your own to make enlightened decisions for yourselves. But we are only doing this for your own good and when Ben's dead and buried then you can live your lives however you want to" In fury Ran struck Will in the face, knocking out a tooth and sending him down. Ran didn't care that he was a reporter, as she hated when older people felt the need to lord over and bully those they feel weaker than themselves. That was part of how Haru became the Musca Zodiarts and nearly brought their friendship to an end. Ran didn't want these people to suffer the fate that almost befell them both.

Will was furious at this girl for striking him down. Dusting himself off he shouted at Overlord to transform and deal with these intruders. Now in the form of Dark Gemini Will threw cards at Ran, trying to kill her but ArmorDrillo blocked them off, but not without some pain on his end.

Gentaro was already Fourze and listening to Yuki's advice to transform early was paying off as Dark Pisces was attempting to gore him with Eros. his harpoon. But Gen was able to dodge with the Wheel and Stealth Modules, causing the monster form of Overlord to fall over and hit the ground hard.

"If you wish to challenge someone then fight with someone who can defend himself!" Fourze barked at D. Pisces. Overlord then kneeled down and tried to use his water cutter to decapitate the Rider but Fourze dodge rolled from the attack as it hit the wall, phasing out without a fuss. Switching Rocket for the Fire Switch Gentaro changed to Fire States and shot fireballs at Dark Pisces, burning his Zodiart hide.

On Ben's side things weren't looking so good. Dark Gemini kept spawning clones with his Supernova and having them attack Ben, then when they were all over him blew up, causing his yellow armor to sizzle. Thinking that Ben was dead Will approached the limp form of ArmorDrillo but was caught off guard when Ben went into the form of Echo Echo. Before he could counterattack Ben screamed at him, damaging his form and hurting his ears.

Over to the side Julie could not help but feel sick and it wasn't because of Manny's cooking. Echo Echo was the form that nearly ruined their relationship together and every time he saw this form she felt like something would go wrong at just the wrong time. This was noticed by Erin as she wanted to know why Julie was acting this way around a form of Ben's

"It's because there's some bad memories involved with Echo Echo. I don't really care for this alien all that much anyway" Julie stated to Erin. But deep down Julie knew that wasn't the total truth. She was so hellbent on making Ben stay and watch her first professional game over stopping the Forever Knights that he did what he did. Granted he should have been honest about seeing the Sumo Slammers movies first and foremost but she knew that it was partly her fault that happened. She was stubborn and headstrong and she was willing to admit that she can be rather selfish at times. But she was working on improving herself and trying to better herself. Sure it was hard but everything worthwhile is that way.

Meanwhile Ben and Gen's battles weren't going over so well for them. Dark Gemini's cards and clones kept Echo Echo's clones and sonic wails at bay and Dark Pisces' water form and attack were easily countering Fire States' every move. As the two boys rolled over to each other Ben got an idea.

" I was thinking we should switch dance partners, what do you say about that chum?" he asked. Gentaro nodded his approval to the plan and went after the other's opponent.

"Do you think that attacking another foe will do you any good, you foolish child?" Dark Pisces mocked Ben as he screamed at him with his sonic voice. But the Dark Horoscope was caught off guard by the fact that there nothing physical to counter, rendering his water power useless against Echo Echo. Trying to escape he turned into his liquid form and leapt into a nearly pond.

Ben wasn't a straight-A student but he knew that sound travels better in liquids than air and Overlord made a HUGE tactical error on his part. Cloning himself until there was around 20 Echo Echoes they all placed their heads underwater and screamed. The sonic bombardment was too much for Overlord as he resolidifiled in pain, leaving him open to a finishing blow from the boy that believed he was a true hero.

Recombining and changing to AmpFibian Ben grabbed onto Dark Pisces and shocked him until he was back to human form. As Overlord ejected his damaged armor he tried to run away but Ran body slammed him down, knocking the wind out of his lungs. Soon AmpFibian was shadowing him and the jellyfish-like form made him nervous.

"Just why did you do this, Nesmith? I thought you were going to get clean for Jennifer but here I find you working for Vilgax and harming my fellow students?! Were you ever a real hero or was it all for fame?!" he snapped at Overlord, causing him to flinch out of reflex. But soon he regained his bearings and stood up to talk to Ben.

Breathing in some air he answered "There was a time that I really wanted to do good for the world. Just seeing people safe and happy was enough for me. But time and age catches up to all of us and soon my heart grew cold. I was willing to send Computron after the people I saved just to try and regain my fame. I drove Jennifer Nocturne to Stockholm syndrome and killed because I was so far gone that every face was a blur to me. But something happened that I never planned for: she truly fell in love with me and I returned those feelings. So where she got hurt during our last battle I couldn't stand to see her like this. So I took full responsibility for my actions and went back to jail, but I was still angry at you after all that happened. Hated blinds even the wisest men and when Vilgax offered me power I was foolish and accepted, not caring who I was hurting. But perhaps there may be peace for me yet." As Ben and Ran looked on they saw that the body of Carl Nesmith AKA Captain Nemesis AKA Overlord AKA Dark Pisces was crumbling to stardust.

But he looked totally at peace with himself. Ran however was on the verge of tears. "Please, let us save you! The Plumbers can help you stop this! You can be free of this!" she sobbed. But Carl just looked at her and stroked her hair. While Ran normally doesn't like older people touching her without her consent she was willing to let this slide.

"I am free now. Tell Jennifer that she deserves better that some old fool." He turned to Ben and for the first time since that fateful tug-of-war game that started all this nonsense in their lives they were willing to be civil with each other. "Ben, I'm sorry. You're more of a hero than I'll ever be. Please keep protecting the people of Earth, the planet we both love" With his final words the stardust that was once Ben's childhood hero drifted away into the wind. Ran was sobbing into Erin's arms as Ben went back to his human form and saluted the fallen hero.

Just a short while back Dark Gemini was having a fit with Fourze Fire States. His damned flamethrower kept his card attack from hitting and his clones were shot down by the Launcher and Gattling Modules. Plus when he tried to punch Fourze he kept striking the Shield Module, causing his knuckles to bleed under his Zodiart form. 'How can this child be smarter and stronger than me?', he thought to himself.

As if Gen could read minds he answered, "Because I believe in the youths of this day. Sure we may screw up and do stupid things but that why we have older people to look after us and help make us into better people. It is my hope that I can make friends with everyone and better all of our lives! Because we are stronger when we cover our weaknesses and improve our strengths instead of doing things alone. When we have friends that love and support us then we can make our dreams reach out into space itself!" he proudly exclaimed as the other Kamen Rider Club member cheered him on. Cash booed him as he thought what Gentaro believes is corny but Emily and JT punched him in the gut to shut him up.

Will was dumbstruck! To think that some teenager was the better man than himself, a respected reporter and journalist! "How dare you insult me, you bastard?! I'll kill you for your insolence!" Yuki tried to warn him about letting his anger get the better of him but the blood pounding in his ear blocked out all sound from reaching his brain. As Dark Gemini charged toward Fourze, not aware of the change going on in his body Fourze prepped a attack that can reach though whatever Will can dish out.

"Claw on!"

"Chainsaw on!

A small mob of Dark Gemini clones was now by Will's side, each roaring madly like wild dogs. But Gen wasn't worried at all.

"Spike on!"

"Scissors on"

"Limit Break!"

"Rider Buzzsaw Spinner!" With four of his most painful Modules at his side Gentaro began to spin around like the buzzsaws of the attack's namesake and tore through all the clones before hitting the real Dark Gemini, causing everyone present to winch at how painful that must of hurt. But the aftermath was something that no one expected, least of all Will himself. Before him was another Will Harange, only with a eerily white mask on his face. As he looked on in fear he wondered if perhaps Vilgax played them all for something that they didn't know as the clone ran out to parts unknown.

Gentaro powered down and hugged Yuki, who was in a state of shock from this happening again. If Gen didn't defeat the first Gemini when he did then the darkside that came out would drain away everything that make her Yuki Jojima until one of them was dead. Thankfully Gentaro stopped Dark Yuki from rampaging and returned all of her lifeforce to her, but she was worried about Will. What fate befell the corrupt man now that the darkness that was himself is now out in the world for all to see?

But Will wasn't worried at all. Every one of the Kamen Rider Club shouted that he needed to stop his darkside before it took everything from him but he just sneered at them and walked off, not caring about what they wanted to tell him.

"Gen-chan, I'm worried about Will. Do you think we can save him?" she asked, fear pregnant in her voice. But Ben stepped in and answered her question for her.

"I don't think we can save Will from himself. Trust me, I tried" he told her sadly.

As all of the group looked on at the man walking away they wondered if he knew that he was in laymen's terms, a dead man walking in both senses of the meaning. Cash and JT were confused about all of this but figured they can ask Ben later when things have cooled down.

24 hours later...

It was quite a shock for the young couple to find a body with a ghastly white mask just by the spot they were making out by, paying no mind to the note he held in his dead hand.

Please help me! He took my face and now he wishes to have my life! He gave away my Switch to Vilgax so I couldn't stop this! If anyone is reading this please help me!

But no one would ever read that depredate note that the real Will Harange wrote in his final hour of life. To the general public it was some homeless man's mad rambling. Because they were watching the latest news report from Will Harange now.

"I must apologize for the attacks on the student body caused by some madman thinking he was me. I hope that a issue like this will never happen again and I hope to regain you trust. I sadly must report that Captain Nemesis has passed away yesterday from causes unknown to modern science, but we will have more on this story as we gain more info on this"

When it was time for a commercial 'Will' stepped out for some fresh air. He was pleased that the body of the Will Harange he was trapped in was dead and he was now free. As he looked on at the night sky he wondered now that he gave away his Switch to Vilgax what will he do with his life now.

Perhaps rethink his plan of attack on Ben Tennyson. After all now that his 'good side' is gone he could really cause some damage! But first he always wanted to go to Bora Bora. He heard it was quite lovely this time of year...