G.O.O.D vs. E.V.I.L #

"Shock & Awe"

Dakota harbor, 11:45 p.m.

"How much longer do we have to do this?" Bocoe whined.

The members of E.V.I.L were using a sub Dr. Eggman had built to scour the waters of the city. A large vacuum-like hose emitted from the bottom, and the two robots were manning the hose controls, and also using the sonar to scan for anything odd.

"Until we find what we're looking for" Dr. Eggman replied.

"And what exactly are we looking for?"

Eggman appeared embarrassed by the question "you'll know when you find it!" he replied.

"I don't see why we can't give this a rest" Dr. Drakken chimed in "it's clearly not down there."

"If Vilgax says it's there, then it's there" Eggman replied "and we have to find it. It's essential to his new plan, whatever that is."

"Whoa, hang on, we've got something!" Bocoe shouted, as the vacuum hose began to shake.

Something flowed through the vacuum and ended up in the transparent containment dome attached to the hose. It was a large humanoid creature, completely shadowlike in appearance, with tiny flames emerging from it.

"What is that thing?" Decoe questioned.

"What we're looking for" replied an authoritative voice.

"Nice of you to finally show up Dun" Eggman said with contempt "you couldn't have helped us earlier?"

"Frankly, I don't understand why Vilgax has saddled me with you two lousy excuses for geniuses" Darius replied "but since he has, I'm trying to make do. Now let's get that thing back to our temporary base."

"'Let's get that thing back to our temporary base'" Drakken said mockingly "who put him in charge?"

"Nobody" Eggman replied "but for now, that's irrelevant."

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Several minutes later, back at their secret base, the containment unit had been hooked up to a large, computer-like machine.

The creature inside banged against its' prison, but could not penetrate it.

"Don't worry, you'll be out of there soon enough" Darius said "and then you'll be thanking us."

He turned to Eggman "activate the DNA reconfigurer" he ordered.

The doctor, who was standing next to a nearby console, pulled a lever and a laser-like device, mounted on an arm, moved over towards the dome.

A small hole opened in the dome, allowing the device to come inside.

Eggman then pushed a button on his console and the laser activated, zapping the creature. It began to break apart, like an amoeba. After a few moments, the creature was gone and in its' place were two figures.

One was a teenage boy with yellow & red spiky hair, a red T-shirt, brown pants and green sneakers.

The other was a humanoid figure that resembled a living shadow wearing only a grey vest.

"What happened?" the kid asked, looking at his hands in astonishment.

"What are you, blind? We're not stuck together anymore" the other one replied "and not a moment too soon. I didn't enjoy sharing a body with you."

"Hey it was no picnic for me either pal" the guy replied.

"Looks as though the device was a complete success" Darius said "Vilgax will be most pleased."

"Hey fatty" the shadow guy said "thanks for splitting us, but I'm sure you didn't do it out of the goodness in your heart."

"Yeah, what gives?" the teen asked.

"We are in need of your assistance" Darius explained "we have a proposition for you that I think you'll enjoy."

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Dakota streets, 8:00 a.m.

Meanwhile, a collection of members of G.O.O.D just happened to be in town for a different purpose.

"So do any of you know where this Static guy is supposed to live?" Ron asked.

"Um, he's a superhero" Ben replied "it's not like we can just look up his number in the phone book or something."

"Well if he's as good as I've heard, he'll be a fine addition to our team" Kim added "provided we can find him first."

"Could we put off finding him for a while?" Jenny asked "I really want to shop!"

The robot girl was wearing a newly designed human skin, one that would hopefully not take control of her again. Deciding to be more modern, the new skin had green hair, as well as ripped , punk-style clothes.

"Please, oh please can we shop?" Jenny pleaded "I've never been to another city in my skin before and I really want to have as many human experiences as possible."

"I don't think that's a good idea" Kim said, but Jenny began to pout.

"Hey, where did you learn the puppy dog pout?" Kim asked.

"I saw you do it once" Jenny replied.

"Well, in that case, I guess we can shop, but only for a little while."

"Yeah!" Jenny exclaimed and skipped off, with the others in close pursuit.

"Hey, where's your cousin?" Ron asked Ben "aren't you supposed to bring her along when you go on a mission."

"She's not my babysitter" Ben said, "I can handle myself. Besides, she won't care."

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Back at G.O.O.D HQ:

"Bennnnnnnnnnnnn!" Gwen shouted "I'm going to kill that little booger when I find him!"

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Sounds like somebody's in trouble. Next time, Ben & Ron meet some new friends at a comic store and our heroes attempt to stop a chemical factory robbery.