"Beldar?" Papergirl gasped.

“Uh, hi Papergirl," Beldar meekly replied. “How, Tim, Fenris, everyone, how’s it going?”

“You betrayed us? Why?” Papergirl questioned her friend.

“Well, I was hungry, and Plan 9 had a Snickers Crunch bar, and he said he give me one if I betrayed you guys. Sorry, but I was real hungry at the time, and I heard those things were tasty. Fenris, you understand, right?” Beldar asked the wolf.

“Well, kinda.” Fenris recalled the times his great hunger for cakes resulted in chaos. “But still, betraying your friends for a Crunch bar is kinda low.”

“Ook ook-ook.”

“See, Pulse agrees with me, and he’s one of the conspirators too!” Fenris said.

“Aww, poopie.” Beldar grumbled.

“Well Plan 9,” Howyadoin walked over to the little green alien, “I have to admit, that was a pretty clever plot and all, what with Beldar and Pulse, poisoning Jack Tango, summoning those fictional characters, and everything. Too bad you make your mistake when you got me involved. Now I’m going to have to…”

“Fictional characters? The grog are you talking about?”

“Would you mind? I’m trying to be threatening here.”

“No, tell me what you were talking about when you said ‘fictional characters’.”

“DeMonStar and Z-Mage. The big red monster and that sorcerer you had with you. Remember?”

“Ahh yeah, those guys. Sorry, but I didn’t summon them.”

“Well then, who did?”

“Grog if I know. Maybe the others are responsible.”

“What others?” Expletive Deleted asked.

Plan 9 giggled. “You think I’m the only main villain around here? Nope, there’s another gang of shadow conspirators someplace. I’ve been trying to whoop them as well.”

“Who are they?”

“I don’t know, why do you think I called them shadow conspirators? I’ll prove to them that I’m the top bad guy here, and not even those fictional goons can top me!”

“Plan 9, shut up. We caught you, remember?”

“Never underestimate the power of an alien! Now, if you’ll excuse me and my associates, we will be leaving only to return for the Grand Finale!” And with that, Plan 9, Pulse and Beldar vanished in a flash.

“Aww man! Now I can’t finish my threatening speech!”

“Great, now we got to chase them around again.” Papergirl grumbled.

Just then, a beam of light came form out of nowhere. As eerily beautiful music played, a voice was heard.

“Thanks again, Telly!”

“No problem, baby.”

As the light faded, Slick and Greg Hatcher woke up.

“Egads! They’re alive! ALIVE!!” Expletive Deleted yelled.

“ED, what did I say about Slick’s deal with..”

“Telly Savalis, I know, I just wanted to say it. So guys, how was heaven?”

Slick answered, “As usual, pretty nifty.”

“Oh No!’ Everyone yelled, as they knew what would happen next.

“Calm down everyone. When I got shot, the brainwashing died with me. I’m good as new. So, Plan 9 was behind it. Who knew?”

“How’d you know about Plan 9?” Howyadoin asked.

“Looked down from Heaven, of course.” Slick answered

“Well everyone, time to find the stupid alien again. Man, what a problem he is.” Papergirl said.

“I don’t think that’s important now,” Greg Hatcher cut in. “I think we need to help Demonicuss and Z-Mage with those fictional villains.”

“Why? DeMonStar’s acting like Demonicuss’s bodyguard, and that wizard guy doesn’t seem like too much a problem.” Papergirl asked.

“I’ve been thinking about that. Remember what the wizard said about killing their creators?”

“Not really, I was busy with Plan 9. Why would they kill Demon and Z?”

“I thought they couldn’t. If the creators died, the villains would too.” Fenris added.

“If that was the case,” Greg said, “then why did that wizard attack Z-Mage? I think something could happen if those guys killed Demonicuss and Z-Mage.”

“What?”

“I don’t know. Personally, I think it could lead to a paradox, destroying us all!”

“That’s bad.” Expletive Deleted said.

“The master of the understatement as always, ED.” Wolvie’s Girlfriend chimed in. “But what about that DeMonStar?”

“I don’t know much about him, but I think that a possible outcome could be beneficial to him. Whatever the case, we need to find them before it’s too late!”

“Okay everyone,” Papergirl said, “Anyone know how to beat two powerful fictional villains?”

"Better yet, why? I say, we hunt down Plan 9," Howyadoin said as he loaded his Desert Eagle. "Greg, why do you want to help the Rumblers anyway?"

"Demonicuss told me of the threat to my life, I owe it to him to save his." Greg replied.

"Okay then. Anybody have any idea how to stop two unstoppable villains?"

“I’ll think something up!” AussieBoyPeter yelled as he leapt in the fray. “I’ve been itching for some action! Let’s go!”

And the crew ran off to try to stop two of the most powerful beings ever created.

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“DeMonStar, stop here,” Demonicuss said to his carrier as they sped through the halls of the CBR complex.

“Why?”

“We’re near the Rumbles locker room. I got some gear there I could use.”

“Right.”

And the creature carried his creator to the lockers.

As Demonicuss unlocked his locker, his thoughts raged. He had to know..

“DeMonStar?”

“Yes?”

“When Z-Mage, the wizard, when he talked about killing me, what did he mean?”

DeMonStar silently sighed; he knew that eventually this moment would pass.

“The whelp is an idiot. You should know that.”

“Yeah, but, what would happen if you did kill me?”

“I told you, Demonicuss, I could die as well.”

Demonicuss felt fangs of dread as he continued. “When you said ‘could’, that meant that that was only one possibility, didn’t it?”

DeMonStar nodded. “One of many possible outcomes.”

“So, what benefit would you get if you killed me?”

DeMonStar was silent for a minute, and then answered his Creator. “What would happen if you met your Creator, your God, and found him to be mortal, vulnerable? What would happen if you killed Him? Would you die, would you create a paradox, or..”

“Go on.” Demonicuss steeled himself for the answer.

“Or what if, by killing your God, you took his place? Became omnipotent, became perfect?”

“So that’s why you became my bodyguard. You were keeping me safe while you determined if you could become a God by killing me.”

“Correct. However, due to my limited resources here, I cannot estimate the results here. I will still protect you here.”

“What if you knew that you’d be God?”

DeMonStar gave a small smile. “I’d snap your neck. You’d die quickly and without pain. I respect you, creator, and will continue to do so after your death.”

“Thanks for being honest with me, DeMonStar.”

“You’re welcome, Demonicuss. Now then, what did you need here?”

“This.”

From his locker Demonicuss took out a small metal handle. As he hit a button, it extended, Predator style, into a wicked spear. The tip broke away into three points and extended, becoming a pitchfork. Demonicuss swung it around, getting a feel for his weapon. “Pitchfork. A weapon I had Grimlock make for me. We were going to become Knights..”

“Demonicuss?”

“Sorry, got lost in thought. Let’s find the Z-Mages.”

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Z-Mage ducked as he entered the Superman board. He had to make sure that he’d be protected if the wizard found him. Damn his bad luck! He lost almost half his pokemon! He grabbed one poke ball and released the contents.

“Char!”

Z-Mage smiled, at least he got a good fighter. He’d take this brief rest to form his PokeArmy, and prepare himself for the worst.

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