[Galvantula]

Vilgax's lair deep in underground Bellwood...

As the former ruler sat in his custom made chair he pondered about his future. Granted he had much time to mull about that when his first attempt at the Omnitrix left him with next to nothing for a body, but this time was something special. Now thanks to Diagon or rather his power he had one final gambit left to go after Ben: The Dark Horoscope Switches!

'It seems that while I've lost power, I have gained something greater than that' he thought as Pysphon entered the room with the uncousoius bodies of Cash, JT and Emily. 'A chance to make Ben suffer as I did when he nonchalantly told me that my world was in ruins. But should I go ahead with this or risk losing Dark Cancer or Dark Capricorn by having them attack Ben and his friends to soften them up for the new recruits?'

As if he was saying these things vocally Pysphon answered his master. "Perhaps it is wise to have the two of them, as well as myself weaken Ben while you work on getting our guest ready for their next mission in life." Vilgax nodded his approval, a sick grin forming on his face.

"I'm impressed that your Dark Libra powers allow you to read minds. But perhaps the true power of this form is its special abilty to become more than it normally does for short periods of time. With Argit and Aggregor working alongside you I'll have plenty of time to ready these children for our needs." As Pysphon went to go get his two other partners Vilgax stopped him with these words:

"I must admit that your loyalty is remarkable. Not many beings can say that they will follow a leader until death and be truthful about it. I must take the time to thank you for your effects in our plans and I wish to see you improve your skills as time goes on" Pysphon thanked his master as he changed to the form of Dark Libra and it was a horrid sight to behold!

Whereas Kouhei's Libra was like a cockroach Pysphon's was inclined more like a mantis. Sharp and jagged blades were on his elbows and shoulders. His helmet had two red eyes as opposed to Kouhei's one. Apart from those differences and the form being more green with mantis wings it was about the same as the first Libra.

"I shall serve you until I am no longer able to, Lord Vilgax" as Dark Libra bowed to his master. He then when to get Argit and Aggregor to start this new plan. Vilgax was quite pleased to this indeed.

Downtown Bellwood...

Sure it was a rocky start but the Guiding Stars have gained steady clientele and are about to start their second week of business! Ben was quite pleased with this as while the Plumbers did pay him for his line of work it couldn't cover both himself and his guests. He was thankful that they were willing to help out with his bills. Now as he drove to a customer's house with Julie, Gen and JK in his car Ben wondered if things will get better as time goes on. Starting a new business was always stressful and he didn't want to think about how much he'd have to give up to pay for everything should this go south. But as he pulled up he put those thoughts aside and got out of the car, ready to face the new day.

"Good morning my good sir! We heard that you were in need of housework done! Well then let the Guiding Stars do the work so you don't have to!" Ben announced in a somewhat overly cheerfully tone. The man, who was a bit heavyset looked at the group with a inquisitive eye, not totally sure if they can do the job he had planned for them.

"Where's ta rest of ya?!" he barked, getting spit over Ben's face to his disgust. "I ain't got all day!"

Just as the words left his mouth Kevin's lavender car pulled up in the driveway and Yuki, Tojiro, Erin and Ran got out to greet the grumpy fellow.

"Sorry about getting here as late as we did, old dude. Traffic is terrible this time of day" Tojiro told the pudgy man. He gave the rocker a look and then gave a sort of half smile, letting them all know they can do the work he had planned for them.

"OK, so here's ta thing. I gots to watch over this mansion here and it gets dirty faster than ya would think. Can ya cleans it all up for me?" he wheezed lazily. Ben told him that his group would be able to do it, but truthfully he was not paying full attention to Ben as he was gawking at the girls, making them uncomfortable. "OK then! Ya got until sundown to finish this job or I'm gonna blacklist the lot of ya! I got things ta do so try to do your best job!" as he entered his old truck and drove off, leaving the GS to their deeds.

"Oooookkk then. Now then I want all of us to do the best job we can because we're.." Ben left the sentence hang for the others to answer but Manny crashed down by them, making them wobble as the earth shook from under them. When things have calmed down all eyes were on the Tetramand.

"Hey, jumping is the only way I can get to the places we need to be. In case none of you have noticed I'm not the lightest person in our group and do you think I can fit into Ben's car, let alone Kevin's?" Manny retorted. While none of them were mad at him Manny never felt truly comfortable in his own skin. Whenever he asked girls on dates they generally end with the human girls getting weirded out or the Tetramand girls saying he's not really their type. He thought he had a thing with Helen, but after Pierce's death she had no time for anything Manny wanted to do, least of all romance.

"No one here was blaming you. It's just you startled us a bit, but we're OK" Ran told him. She did care for Manny like everyone else but after being looked at by a overweight pervert she answered him with a sharper tone than she'd like to. But Manny was relaxed by what she said to him nonetheless.

"Thanks Ran. Y'know, for a first year you got a good head on your shoulders" as he rubbed her hair in a friendly way, although she was a little freaked out by this. But she was both thankful he stopped as soon as he started and a little sad, as she wanted to be more open to people but it was a slow process for her.

Erin cleared her throat and stated the plan of attack: "If we begin on the top floor then keep working down we'll have more energy to do the harder work first and save time by not loading and unloading our supplies all the time. Besides how bad can one man be at getting a three story mansion dirty?"

She soon learned the hard way that their customer was quite good at making messes. The floor was literally covered in pizza boxes, rotting and moldy foodstuffs, old clothes that were too ripped up to ever use again and various liquors in pools on the ground below, making it impossible to tell what color the rug was before the current occupant took residence here. The walls were soaked in odd stains in every color you can find food in and there was piles of porn EVERYWHERE. Plus the aforementioned items were covered in a thick layer of dust and keep in mind this is only the first floor! To make matters worse the bathroom was flooded with toilet water, about a foot or so, but Erin found that out the hard way as she opened the door and it rushed all over her shoes.

Erin was never a person to handle stressful things all that well and this was one of the worst things she has ever seen before. Screaming at the top of her lungs, scaring Yuki and JK in the process Erin then sat down in a old chair and cried in frustration. "HOW CAN ONE MAN DO ALL OF THIS?! WE NEED A HAZMAT TEAM TO CLEAN THIS OUT, BUT WE DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO EVEN RENT ONE! HE SHOULDN'T BE ABLE TO LIVE HERE, HE'S MORE LIKE A PIG THAN A MAN!"

As Yuki tried to calm her friend down, Ben looked over the carnage that was this man's house. Clearly he didn't deserve to live in such a nice place, but he figured that they were all thinking that by now. Selecting Terraspin Ben then blew the garbage out onto the yard to the amazement of everyone there.

Erin calmed down enough to see Ben's handiwork and she was very pleased indeed. "Bugoi. Ben, you're amazing! I wish I had a Omnitrix like yours! While it would make my job easier I plan on becoming an astronaut under my own skills." as she ran up to Ben or rather Terraspin and hugged him out of gratitude as did Yuki. "Thank you so much Ben-san" both girls told him as they buried their faces on his shell, making Julie a little jealous.

"O-OK girls, it's time to let go now" Terraspin pleaded to no avail as both girls were snuggling his turtle chest as they were glad Ben was being such a big help and the fact that they both think Terraspin is cute. "But you can hold on for a little while longer. I'm cool with this" as he blushed a darker green. Truthfully Ben did like having two hot girls fawning over him and wished they would do so in his normal human form.

But Tojiro was getting impatient with all this. "C'mon guys, we're burin' daylight here and the less I see of this pigsty the better", holding his nose to block off the horrid smell of years of neglect. Erin and Yuki let go of the turtle reluctantly and everyone got back to work.

11:49 A.M., standard time...

It was more work than they thought but soon the first floor was spotless. Granted Gen and Ben did most of the work, with Gentaro using his Fourze powers to reach arenas that the others couldn't get to and Ben power washing the walls with Water Hazard, lifting heavy items with Fourarms and eating things that couldn't be thrown away nor recycled with Eatle, but everyone else did more than enough work cleaning the mansion floor and making sure that everything was looking spic and span. But soon the reality of having to do the other two higher floors sank in and everyone was worried that this job wouldn't get done by the time they client got back.

JK was exhausted by all of this, more so than the others. "Can we PLEASE stop for lunch? I don't wanna do anymore work on a empty stomach" he whined, his stomach grumbling with hunger..

"I agree with JK. We should have a relaxing lunch so we can unwind and be able to focus on the rest of the day without too much stress" Gentaro cheerfully told the group. The girls nodded happily about having a chance to stop doing this dirty work and relax with a good meal, while Manny pointed to Ben who was still Eatle.

"Yo Ben, you hungry or what?!" he shouted at Eatle blasted the garbage into smaller chucks with his laser powers. When he was finished he turned to Manny and walked over to him.

"Yeah, I guess I'm still a little hungry. Even with Eatle's powers I'm still workin' up a sweat here" as Ben reverted to human form, rubbing his stomach.

"Then if we're all in agreement let the lunch break begin!" Yuki declared with passionate zeal, her face aglow with happiness.

Meanwhile, just five block away from where our heroes are now...

Argit and Dark Libra were under the streets of Bellwood, going over the plan to weaken Ben. But so far Argit was having some difficulties with understanding this plan of attack.

"Ok, so let me get this straight. We're just going to rough him up a bit, right" he asked as Dark Libra rubbed his face in annoyed disbelief.

"It's far more than that, you simpleton. We need to drain Tennyson of his power so that when Vilgax gets the others ready then Ben will be crushed utterly!" Dark Libra explained, slamming his fist down into his open hand for dramatic effect as Argit finally got it. He wished that he understood sooner, but better late than never, as the humans are so often fond of saying.

Aggregor was already in his Dark Capricorn form. It had leather pants, spiked boots and belts, black armguards and a leather duster over a demonic goatman body. He wore a chestplate with the Capricorn constellation on it. However that didn't change his overall personally at all. "At least you now understand what our duty is" he hissed though his teeth. To think that he must now work for Vilgax, of all people! 'Maybe I shouldn't have blown up my ship, now that I have had time to think that over' he thought.

"Yup! I'm raring to go here! Just say the word and I'm already there! But I have to ask you somethin', if that's OK with ya" Argit asked Dark Capricorn, not totally sure if he would even want to answer his question.

"You may speak to me" D. Capricorn told the rat alien, a hint of malice in his voice.

"You really gotta get those growths on your head check out, Kevin. You might have something going on in the ol membrane that you REALLY don't want in there" Argit admitted to Aggregor, causing him to raise a eyebrow in annoyance. How Argit can tell one Osmosian from another, but keep confusing him with the hatchling Kevin, he would never know.

"Enough chatter, the both of you! We're approaching Ben and his little play group, so keep your mouths shut" Dark Libra snapped, causing Argit to clam up instantly and Dark Capricorn to glare at him for ordering him around, but no more than that. "Soon Ben will fall before our might and Vilgax shall rule this universe and perhaps all others as well!"

Noon...

Ben had to admit the lunches of the KRC members looked really good. All sorts of sushis, ,meat dishes, rices, vegetables and deserts looked good enough to eat. Their lunches made his peanut butter and tofu sandwiches look feebly by comparison. As he sipped his apple juice from his thermos he regretted not taking the time to make a better meal for himself. Granted he was dying from cellular breakdown and he was doing a lot of work with Gwen, Kevin and Grandpa Max offworld, but at least he should have made time to make something better than, well, PB and Tofu sandwiches!

Gentaro walked up to Ben and had something to say to Ben. "I noticed that you were rushing to get out the door this morning. So I thought I would let you have some of mine to help you out, Ben-san" as he offered Ben his octopus sushi and natto. The smell alone was too much for Ben, even though he knew Stinkfly's odor was far worse. Still he couldn't just snub Gentaro away, not after he was nice enough to offer part of his meal.

"Thanks man, but I'll manage" he politely declined. Gentaro looked a little sad that Ben was going to eat a small and rather unappetizing lunch, but he was willing to respect his wishes and headed back to where JK and Tojiro were eating.

Since they finished early Erin and Yuki wanted to show the group their idea for their mascot. In Erin's hands was a odd animal with eight legs and a weird looking snout, but she was holding it as if it were the cutest thing ever.

"This is a Tardigrade, or as it's better known as, the Waterbear" Erin explained to the group. "So far they are the only animals to survive the vacuum of outer space. Plus they're cute as can be!" as she snuggles with the plush toy. Yuki was admiring the toy as well, but Ben was a bit grossed out by their choice of mascot. He had a good number of aliens that can survive in space, Upgrade being the first to prove that, but he doubted that everyone wanted him to be the mascot.

"Of course Erin-chan as well as myself think it's rather cruel to force innocent animals out into space for experimentation. We think that by choosing this animal as our mascot we have a strong totem to draw strength from in times of need" Yuki bubbly told the group as she smiled one of her cute smiles. Gentaro loved seeing her happy and he would always be willing to support her in her dreams of space. After all she did invite everyone of her friends to join her plus he always wanted to go out into space and make friends with all sorts of beings! But he was a little bothered by their choice of totem animal, but he was polite and kept quiet as they presented their ideas to the group.

JK however was not thrilled by the odd looking plushy and the effects it was having on his appetite. Yuki was his club chairman and he did love her as a dear friend, but sometimes she finds the weirdest thing to talk about. Normally he'd just go with it but he was wanting to eat and he couldn't with that thing in his line of sight. Manners be damned, that thing had to go away!

"Yuki, put that ugly thing away! It's grossing me out!" he bellowed, hurting both Yuki and Erin's feelings, causing Yuki to sob and Erin to tear up a bit. Ran was not pleased by what he did.

"How rude! I wasn't too happy about it myself, but you could at least shown a little tact JK-kun! They worked hard on that and you were rather blunt about how you felt about it!" her voice shaking from anger. JK started to feel bad about what he did to the older girls. Sure he didn't share their love of space but they were polite in listening to him and Tojiro talk about rock and roll without complaining one little bit. "I think you owe them both a apology JK-kun" Ran growled at the older boy. " I won't tolerate bullies, not even if they're my fellow club members"

JK swallowed hard and tried to work up the nerve to tell Yuki and Erin he didn't mean to hurt their feelings, but he was too nervous to do so. Gentaro, normally a person to see the best people no matter what, was looking at JK as if he was Sudodeath himself. It was not a look JK liked seeing from Gen, even more so when it was directed to himself.

Admitting defeat he was about to tell them he was sorry about what he told them about the waterbear, but before he could get a word in to the girls Dark Libra and Dark Capricorn busted in from the sewers, with Argit hot on their heels.

"Greeting Ben Tennyson, savior of the universe, hero of the Highbreed invasion and legend to all" Dark Libra mocked the Omnitrix bearer. Ben had to roll his eyes at the odd scene before him, as Pysphon was always a drama queen and his new form of Dark Libra would perhaps never change that fact.

"C'mon Pysphon, surely you of all people know by now that I outgrew that part of my life. But since you came all this way you do deserve a treat: knuckle sandwiches for all Horoscope members!" as he slapped down the dial and became a one-eye form. But it was not the right one.

"Ah, c'mon! Wildvine! I wanted Chromastone!" Ben just shrugged it off. "It's cool. I can work with this. I've dealt with Omnitrix malfunctions before. This time is no different" as he threw seed bombs at Dark Libra, who swatted them away with DIKE, knocking them back to Wildvine, who tunnled below ground to escape the blasts. "No givebacks!" was his response.

During Ben's battle with D. Libra Argit was now facing the Plumber known as Manny Armstrong. Even Argit, dumb as he was, knew he needed a edge against a Tetramand warrior and the Dark Cancer Switch was all the edge he needed. "Check this out, you big lummox!" as he clicked the Switch to life and became the titular Dark Cancer himself. He was a blue crab humanoid with white pecs and claws that can change into strong claws when he willed them to. On his chest was the Cancer constellation. Doing a roundhouse kick to Manny's head he was able to knock the wind out of his lungs and stagger him. Argit wasted no time and jumped onto Manny, punching him over and over with his claws, cutting into his flesh. "Ha ha! Who's the big guy now, huh? Hey Kevin, check me out! I'm kickin' butt out here!" But the man who Argit thinks is Kevin was paying him no mind.

As Dark Capricorn and Fourze clashed Gen was still worried about Yuki and Erin. But the both of them were able to put JK's harsh words out of their minds, helping people out of the crossfire along with the others. Still JK needed to tell them he was sorry later. That moment when he wasn't focusing on the fight left him open to a sharp jab from Dark Capricorn.

"Are you even a warrior, boy? If you do not wish to fight then die right here and now!" as Aggregor tried to kick Fourze's head off, but he blocked it with the Shield Module. He was then open to counter attack by the Gattling Module, damaging his form and setting him square on his back.

Gen then used the Brush Module to wrap up Dark Capricorn in ink wrappings. "I'd fight with you some more but it seems you're a little wrapped up right now" he joked and Wildvine gave him a thumbs up to show his approval. But so far the heroes were not gaining any ground in this battle.

"They're too strong for us! We gotta fall back" as Manny threw Dark Cancer off and rubbed some blood off his face. "Hey Ben, you got any other aliens that can help out a little more? Wildvine's not cutting it against these jokers!"

Turning the dial Ben went to Eatle and bit down on the Dike, breaking it. As Dark Libra snarled at him Ben contently chewed on the broken staff and swallowed it. Burping loudly he gave the opinion that it "Needed salt" Pysphon was so angry that he went Supernova, changing to a big black dog with teeth sharper than saw blades. As Eatle went wideyed at Dark Libra's new form he quipped "I get that you see yourself as Vilgax's loyal hound, but what does that have to do with Libra?"

Drooling Dark Libra roared out "This is the power of the BLACK ZODIAC! You bore witness to its powers before, but I have mastered all my abilities! Now DIIEEE!" as he tackled Ben to the ground, trying to bite his head off but Benn wouldn't hold still long enough to give him that window of opportunity.

Fourze was shocked by Dark Libra's form. Surely normal Horoscopes couldn't do that. When he turned around he saw that Dark Capricorn was in Supernova form too, his being a nasty looking fish headed man with suckers on his hands. "What's going on here?" the Rider wondered, but Dark Capricorn would give him no quarters. shoulder ramming Fourze and grabbed onto his head, draining away his energy.

"GEN! BEN! Hold on guys I'm coming- AAAARRRRGGGGHHHHH!" as Dark Cancer in his snake Supernova Form started to crush the very life out of him. "Ah ,Argit. Pick a animal and stick with it!" but his pleads were ignored by the hissing Dark Horoscope as he continued his dark deed.

Things were looking bad for the three and as much as the rest of them wanted to help they knew they would only get in the way. 'If only Ship were here then I could save them. But Kevin can't keep his spaceship in one piece even if his life mattered so Ship had to take them while his was getting repaired. Of all the times for this to happen' Julie thought as her face was one of absolute worry. But the matter on her mind that worried her more was just was this Black Zodiac that they're talking about? Could Jimmy know about all this?

Eatle was having the best luck out of the three, but given that he was still fighting for his life that wasn't saying all that much. Gen and Manny were dying and he couldn't do a damn thing about that! Soon everyone would be in danger and he was powerless to stop it! If only Azmuth left the Ultimate function on the new Omnitrix, then things would be different, that's for sure! But that's not going to happen. If he wanted to turn the tide then he had to think his way out of this. No more can he fall back on going Ultimate.

"Ready to die?" Dark Libra growled at drool dripped onto Eatle, making the beetle a tad ill. But Ben didn't want to die, not from overuse of the Ultimatrix and certainly not from becoming Psyphon's chew toy!

Just a block or two from where the battle was...

Prof. Emoto was just wanting to see how their new business was doing. But it seems n matter where you go there will always be those who seek to harm the innocent. Luckily he was able to finish something that may turn things around. He just hoped he got there in time.

Back to where we were before...

Fourze's vision was growing dimmer as his life force was drained away. No matter how much the others pleaded Dark Capricorn kept taking away his life force."When I'm done with this foolish boy I shall see to it you will never interfere with my plans again" he hissed, causing the KRC to step back in fear. But soon he was struck by a flash of light from...Meteor?

No it wasn't Ryusei. It was Emoto holding a laser that held a spare Meteor Switch in its butt. "Forgive my lateness, everyone" Emoto chuckled nervously. He then turned to Dark Capricorn, who was reeling from the blast, anger in his eyes. "You will not kill this boy. He believes in friendship more than most of us and it would do this world and mine no good if he was taken away from us again." as Dark Capricorn was staring at him. Deep down in his soul Aggregor was stunned that a human could give off such a glare.

"Gentaro, use this" as Emoto threw both the spare Meteor Switch as well as a purple Switch with a globe on it. Not missing a beat he answered "I don't fully trust Ryusei with the Meteor system. That's why I have a spare on hand in case the worst happened." as his features softened.

"Who would trust Ryu?!" JK shot out. He was still upset that Gentaro forgave him so easily, seeing as he was the one to kill Gentaro. But Gen, being who he was, understood that he did it to save his friend and was able to get the others to understand why he did that. Granted JK will never trust Ryusei fully again after the students of Subaruboshi High were forced to kill the Kamen Rider Club after Gen's death. That was a memory that would stay will the youth for the rest of his life and he has been wanting to say this for some time now. "Ryusei sucks!"

But even at death's door Gentaro was willing to believe in his fellow Rider. "Ryu-san was only trying to save his friends. He deserves our trust and surport" But even saying that was hard as he was drained of almost all his power.

Emoto however wasn't too worried. "Use the Switches I gave you Gentaro! You will have power beyond what you thought possible." Listening to his advice Gen placed the Meteor Switch in the Circle slot and the Fusion Switch in the Square slot and brought them both to life.

"Meteor ON!"

"Fusion ON!"

Soon Fourze was fully restored as he now wore a purple suit with gold shoulder pads. On his arm he wore the Meteor Galaxy and in his free hand he held the Barizun Sword.

"Behold...Fusion States" Emoto told the group before him. "Now Fourze has the power of both himself and Meteor"

"Yata! Thank you, Emoto-sensei!" Fourze thanked the professor as he kicked Dark Capricorn away with his newfound mastery of Jeet Kune Do. "I feel closer than ever to Ryusei-kun. Our hearts must be as one at this moment."

Emoto nodded happily at this. "I'm glad you feel that way Gentaro. Now end this battle before anyone gets hurt" With his advice in his heart Gentaro fired off a salvo of missiles from the Launcher Module, which thanks to the Fusion Switch, were stronger than normally. They hit D. Capricorn hard as the explosions rocked him up into the air. Before Aggregor could react Fourze prepped a Limit Break just for him.

Setting both the Drill and Meteor Switches to full Power Gen then leapt into the air and began to come down hard, the Drill Module glowing with the power of Meteor Storm.

"Rider Meteor Drill Kick!"

The attack hit Dark Capricorn dead in the heart, sending Aggregor back to his normal form. He soon crumbled to stardust, never to darken the doorsteps of the Plumbers again.

"KEVIN! NOOO!" Dark Cancer was shocked by what he saw. He reverted to his normal form and fired off acidic bubbles at Manny. Manny however was thankful he let go as his bubble were easy to dodge. "I am not a guy to hug other people but in your case I'll make an exception!" as he grabbed onto the crab Zodiarts and jumped about 30 feet into the air before crashing down with a Pile Driver...over the mansion he thought was abandoned. The force of his final strike utterly ruined the old dwelling, causing it to implode on itself. But Manny popped up as happy as can be. But he wondering why the rest of the group was glaring at him. "What?"

Knocked out of Dark Cancer form Argit crawled out of the wreckage and sat down. "Aw man, poor Kevin. How am I going to break this to Gwen? He would never have to worry about that as he was soon beamed up by a Plumber ship piloted by Gwen and Kevin themselves. "Kevin! Oh man, I thought I lost ya, buddy!" as he hugged his former partner.

"Glad to hear it, but you still have jail time for all the crimes you pulled. But still thanks for getting rid of Aggregor for us. We're heading back to Plumber base so you can relax before I chuck you into the Null Void" Kevin stated as Argit gulped out of fear.

Turning back to the Earth before he rocketed out he solemnly said this to Ben, although he didn't hear it. "I'm kicking you ass for painting my car all girly like" as Gwen protested his reaction to the car's new paintjob. As the both of them quarreled Argit knew it was going to be a long flight back...

With Dark Libra not focusing on biting him right now Eatle was just about ready to end this. But he needed a little pick me up. Which Erin was happy to give in the form of a bag of moss. As Eatle downed the whole bag Erin did a sort of sea chantey, the in-joke lost on everyone but Julie and Manny. With his horn at full power Ben blasted a beam of energy at the mad dog Zodiart, sending him on his back. Then with his horn glowing with power Eatle gored Dark Libra and threw him up in the air, after which he crash down and demutated to Pysphon. "Perhaps this wasn't the smartest of ideas Vilgax has had. If you live long enough you will learn to fear the power of Psyphon!"

Pysphon then turned tail and ran out of there as fast as his legs would carry him. Ben wanted to give chase but the Omnitrix powered down, and his cellular breakdown was causing him great pain. Everyone went over to Ben, worried that he might not survive before he gave a weak thumbs up to show he was alright...for now.

Later in the day...

Everyone was bummed out about the mansion being destroyed. Manny tried to apologize but no one wanted to even speak to him right now. "AW, C'mon! That house was a health hazard and you all knew it! We should be celebrating the fact that it's gone!" No response. Manny sighed in defeat and turned to walk back home, when.

"I'm glad I was able to catch up with you kids! As it would turn out the owner and the client you took the job from was a notorious drug runner, as well as one of America's worst crime lords. We caught up to him around noon when he was trying to buy some cocaine. There was a horrible shootout but we were able to shoot him down, although we wanted him to stand trial. Also don't worry about cleaning up his dump, it was where he made his poisons down in the cellar." The police officer saw that the mansion was totally smashed from the earlier battle. "My mistake! Since you kids were nice enough to tear down that old, condemned pigsty here's half a million for your troubles." He then drove off after giving Ben the money, leaving everyone there in a state of disbelief.

"I guess all's well that end well" JK cracked wise, trying to lighten the awkward mood. But then everyone remembered that he insulted Yuki and Erin during their lunch break. JK then quailed away in shame as he knew he was in big trouble.

"When we get back you have a lot to apologize for" Gentaro demanded of JK as they drove back to the house, money in tow.

Later, at Vilgax's base...

"Forgive me master. I tried to kill Ben but Emoto made some odd Switches that ruined everything! Aggregor is dead and Argit is in Plumber custody!" Psyphon begged Vilgax to understand that what happened wasn't his fault. Not totally true, but he hope his master would see his viewpoint.

"I understand. We have lost most of our members, but that no longer matters! I was able to corrupt Ben's friends into our final members! Soon they will fear the power of Dark Sagittarius, Dark Leo and Dark Scorpio!" as he laughed his evil laugh, the three Dark Horoscopes standing to the back of him.

Psyphon bowed out of gratitude and walked away, thankful that Vilgax was finally getting his way. But perhaps he should start planning ahead, in case this plan of his master's backfires. Touching a comlink on his wrist guard he contacted three shadowy figures. "If Vilgax dies then I may have a job for you three" as two of the trio smiled evilly and the third just clucked his approval. He then turned the device off and went on to do his duties for Vilgax...