Things had been business as usual for a very long time, and President Business couldn't believe how tired he was of it. He swivelled in his chair, reflecting on how strange it was that he was still President even after trying to freeze the Universe.

But that was long behind him. As was the Lord title.

Even the Duplo Wars felt like ages ago.

He swivelled around and around, trying to amuse himself, until finally he lifted his arms to the ceiling and yelled, "Will something please happen already?!"

Suddenly the doors to his office were thrown open and Bad Cop rushed in, followed by three Robot Freds.

"President Business," he barked, "I'm afraid something has happened."

Business grinned and cried, "Thank you!"

He leaped out of his chair and followed his subordinates to the main security hub.

"What am I looking at?" One end of his unibrow rose as he stared at a giant blank white screen.

"Nothing sir," piped up one of the Robots.

"You said something happened." He gritted his teeth. "Nothing isn't something."

Bad Cop resisted the urge to smirk as he said, "In this case it might be. That security camera is currently pointed at the south coast of Middle Zealand."

"What? Really?" He turned from the screen with a mix of excitement and concern on his face.

"Yes, sir. And before you ask, it's not something wrong with the camera." Bad Cop pulled out a clip board and looked it over. "We sent out some Robots this morning, and according to their report, 'it's gone. Just... gone,'" he said in an imitation Robot voice.

"The camera?"

"Middle Zealand."

Business rubbed his hands together, trying hard not to laugh like the maniacal bad guy he had once been. "I think it's time to gather... The Universe Squad!"

Bad Cop nodded, but then paused. "Is that the name you guys finally agreed on?"

"Uh... no." Business fidgeted. "It's a nickname... just between you and me." He leaned in and whispered, "Don't tell the others."

After the infamous TAKOS Tuesday, the people of Bricksberg, under Emmet's direction, built a giant statue of Vitruvius in honour of the late wizard, and inside his head was the secret hall of the awesome heroes who kept saving the Universe. It was here that they met to discuss the troubling disappearance of an entire world.

Except that as soon as they were in a room together, the usual argument got started.

"We are not calling ourselves the Universe Squad," growled Batman, who was glaring across the table at President Business. "It's lame."

Business huffed and countered with, "And the Bat Brigade, isn't?"

"Why don't we just call ourselves the Justice League?" offered Lucy.

"Because Superman would throw a conniption."

"Oh yeah... I thought it sounded familiar."

"Yar, I still says we should be called Metalbeard's Crew!"

The only one who wasn't paying attention was Emmet, who was looking around at everyone with a confused frown. Finally he turned to Bad Cop, who was standing by the door, and asked, "Where's Benny?"

For indeed, the blue Space Guy was missing.

Bad Cop shrugged. "He didn't answer our email, so I had some Robots search Space Zone. Couldn't find him."

"That's too bad. He loves these meetings." Emmet watched as Metalbeard threw his coffee mug at Batman, and Unikitty suggested 'Super Sparkle Rainbows' as their team name. "Can't imagine why," he grumbled.

He sighed and tried to get everyone's attention. Shouting and whistling didn't work, so he got up on the table and jumped up and down.

"Jeez guys," he said when they were finally looking at him. "How many years have we been arguing over this?"

They blinked and looked at each other until Business said, "I don't know..."

Emmet rolled his eyes at him. "K. Whatever. You did call us here for a reason right?"

The President opened his mouth to answer, but Unikitty jumped on the table and shouted, "I know! I know! Middle Zealand's gone missing!"

While everyone reacted in shock, Business slumped over and whined, "But that was my news."

"Are you sure, Unikitty?" Said Emmet. He placed a hand on her shoulder.

She nodded gravely. "Yeah. They're right next to Cloud Cuckoo Land, so I can usually see them from the terrace, but this morning the whole world was... gone..." She gasped. "Does this mean my world is next?"

Emmet his other hand on her as she wilted. "Hey, hey, we don't know that."

"Will you two get off the table already?" snapped the President.

They sheepishly did as he asked, and once they returned to their seats, Lucy stood up and said, "So an entire world has disappeared? What does this mean?"

That got everyone talking at once, trying to voice various terrible scenarios over one another.

It was Metalbeard's turn to fight for attention, which is much easier when you're a big, loud, robot-pirate. "Everybody calm yer knickers, this not be the first time this has happened."

"It's not?"

President Business scratched his head. "Yeah, he's right. I think I do remember something like this happening before, but it's all... fuzzy..."

"Aye, long ago the worlds started disappearin' one by one, and then everything went dark."

Unikitty was shaking as she asked, "And what happened?"

"It came back."

"Huh?"

Metalbeard stroked his metal beard. "I don't really know what it was about, but everything came back. We calls it, the Great Dark Age."

Most of them shuddered, but Batman said, "I think I would remember something like that."

"Like I said, this be a long time ago, before you lot were around."

They couldn't argue with that.

Emmet was the only one who didn't look troubled. He smiled. "Wait, this is good right?"

Lucy frowned at him. "The Universe is going to disappear. How is that a good thing?"

"If this happened before, and it turned out alright, we can assume that's what'll happen this time too. Everything's going to be fine."

"It most certainly will not!"

They all jumped and Batman whipped out a Batarang. "Who said that?!" he demanded, for it was not one of their voices.

"I did," came the answer. From the ceiling descended a white clad ghost holding a green tipped staff.

Emmet was wide eyed and slack jawed as he said, "Vitruvius..."

"Hello Emmet, my friends," he said in his warm, ghostly voice. "I'm afraid I have appeared before you to offer a grave warning. Captain Metalbeard is right, the Fourth Great Dark Age is upon you, and it is the final one. When it is over, the Universe is going to be torn apart and will cease to exist."

They gasped, and Emmet said, "Oh Dang."

But the ghost wasn't done. "However, do not give into despair, for there is still hope."

"What do we have to do?" said Lucy.

"I was getting to that. You must discover the truth of the Original Builder. Find the First Set, for it holds the key."

"The First Set?" Lucy frowned. "What the heck is a Set?"

Vitruvius was drifting upwards so Emmet jumped back on the table and yelled, "Wait! We don't know what type of Set you're talking about!"

The wizard vanished without answering.

"Perhaps he means a set 'o coins?" offered Metalbeard.

Unikitty bounced around. "Ooh, ooh, or a set of butterflies!"

Emmet jumped down and said, "I think we need to get the other Master Builders in on this."

The Dog had been rebuilt along with Cloud Cuckoo Land, and even though there was no longer a reason to hide, it was still the accepted meeting place for the Master Builders. They were piling in quickly now. The news had spread of Middle Zealand's disappearance, and they were eager to find out what was happening and what they could do about it.

Emmet was standing near the speaking platform with his friends, so he noticed right away when Benny arrived. He waved him over and said, "Why weren't you at the meeting?"

"I got an email on that Batphone you guys gave me," he answered cheerfully, "but I couldn't figure out how to open it."

"Again?" Emmet scratched his head. "But where were you? Bad Cop said they searched Space Zone, and they couldn't find you."

"Oh..." Benny's smile faltered. "Well I-"

He was cut off as President Business loudly greeted the crowd.

While he spoke, Wonder Woman was trying to ignore the antics of Superman and Green Lantern beside her. She was getting frustrated because lately the big guy seemed to be following her around and always sitting too close to her at meetings. She was also bored with the speech and panic going on around her. The Universe was ending, big prophecy, yadda, yadda... This was pretty much normal to a superhero like her.

I mention this because her bored, wandering eyes spotted something everyone else was too busy to notice.

Benny the Space Guy, who was standing behind his friends, wasn't smiling.

It was strange to her. She had rarely ever seen him not grinning like a lunatic, but now he was frowning thoughtfully; which made it even stranger.

President Business said, "So, this "Oldest Set" thing: does anyone have an idea what it could be?"

"First set," whispered Emmet.

"What was that?" he whispered back.

"Vitruvius called it the First Set."

"Same difference."

As Wonder Woman watched, the Space Guy started to look around, making sure no one was paying attention to him. She lowered her eyes when he turned her way, and when she looked up again, he was inching backwards towards the door. As soon as he reached it, he dashed out.

"That was weird," she said to herself.

Superman leaned into her space. "I know, right? How have we known each other for this long and not gone on a date?"

She put her hand in his face and pushed it away. Standing up, she said, "President Business, I think I might know how to find out about this Set thing, and I'm going to investigate it right now."

"Wonder Woman! Great! You do that."

She nodded to him, then vaulted up the stands and out the window. Once outside, she flew to the top of the Dog and started searching the wacky landscape for some sign of her target. She might be suspicious of him, but he had helped save the Universe. No one would appreciate baseless accusations against him, so she would have to find out what he was up to on her own.

Finally she spotted a little blue blur near the far edge of the cloud.

She flew over and landed on a rainbow just above where he was quickly building something. Silently she pulled out her lasso, gave it a few test twirls, and flicked it expertly, catching him and pinning his arms to his sides.

She jumped down from the rainbow and pulled him back a few feet. She almost felt bad when he fell on his butt and yelled, "Waaah! What's going on?!"

Like a panther she stalked around him and leaned in his face. "I could ask you the same question, Space Guy."