In a time before recorded history, Cronus the god of time sat upon the throne of Othrys. His rule was absolute with none daring to oppose him. Then one day he had a vision that the humans he ruled over would obtain incredible powers! Powers that could rival those of the gods, and these beings would be known as Super Heroes! Cronus fearful for his rule decided to take precautions. Using his powers over time and space he began studying these so called super heroes. Cataloguing their abilities, source of power, and most importantly their weaknesses! After his tome was completed, he placed powerful protective enchantments on the book, making it not only indestructible but also so that only the worthy (namely himself) can read it.

Feeling confident that he had secured his rule for all time, he encountered another vision of the future. This time it showed another group of super powered humans, ones whose powers could match those of the super heroes, the Super Villains! So once again Cronus began recording their powers. However before he could finish this second book, his son Zeus staged a rebellion against him; and during the battle the pages of the uncompleted work became scattered across the winds. Since Conus didn't place any protective spells on the pages they could be read by anyone, and soon men with greed and ambitions in their heart would stumble on these pages. Using the inscriptions to give themselves super powers for their own twisted desires!

Luckily those pages weren't the only thing to fall from Othrys during the uprising. The Heroes' Tome also appeared on earth as well, and whether by accident or fate or by other forces, it always found its way to the hands of the worthy. Granting powers to those who would rise up to the challenges of battling evil. This will mark the end of the age of monsters and gods, and give rise to the era of heroes and villains!

Deep in space, a crew of mining robots were digging a green asteroid collecting samples of the strange ore. Then one of the robots reported to have found something weird. "Well what is it!" this angry voice with a thick accent yelled from the communicator. The robot beeped his response, pointing a camera to a humanoid figure buried in the asteroid.

"So you found him eh," the voice sounding pleased. "Bring him on board, and be very careful. I don't want him damaged." the voice warned. The robots dug the man out of the asteroid and transported him into the ship. There they dropped him off, and I mean literally dropping him, in the medical room. "Careful you fools!" this voice scolded as he activated the medical scanners. "Ah he is alive. Now the fun begins." the voice laughed as he activated these sinister looking devices that shot huge volts of electricity at man they just salvaged. Soon the asteroid incasing the man began breaking apart and his hands started moving. As soon as his body was freed of the asteroid, the machinery stopped zapping him and the robots placed an electronic collar around his neck.

"Where, where am I?" the man spoke.

"You are on my ship Vlad Plasmius," the voice informed him.

"You know me? Who are you?" Vlad asked, getting suspicious to what's happening.

"Of course I know you, you fool! I am the one who saved you, and therefore I am you new master! Dr. Hämsterviel!" this small furry creature exclaimed coming out of the shadows in his command chair.

"You're kidding right," Vlad said feeling flabbergasted. "No seriously, who was I just talking to?"

"It's me you simpleton!" Hämsterviel scolded.

"Either way, while I do appreciate you saving me from the disasteroid, I have no intentions of working for you or anyone." Vlad mused.

"We'll see about that," Hämsterviel said as he pressed button on his remote deactivating the collar around Vlad's neck. Vlad screamed in pain as his body slowly started to crystalize. "As you are aware, that disasteroid as you call it is comprised of ecto-ranium. A rather toxic substance to ghost type beings like yourself. Your overexposure to it is causing your body to slowly and painfully fossilize and only my technology can save you!" Hämsterviel explained. Vlad stared at his hand and saw that what the rodent was saying is true. His hand was almost completely turned into ecto-ranium. "So are you going to serve me or do you just want to live the rest of your miserable life as a statue?"

"Well I'm always looking for more career opportunities, and working for a space gerbil sounds great!" Vlad replied.

"I AM A HAMSTER!" Hämsterviel ranted.

"My mistake boss," Vlad apologized.

"See that you don't forget it!" Hämsterviel warned as he reactivated the collar which sent out an electrical surge forcing the crystalized parts to break off his body restoring him back to normal.

"So what's the job boss?" Vlad asked brushing off the remaining crystals from his body.

"On a certain island you call Hawaii, there are several evil experiments there." Hämsterviel showed him a video of all the experiments. "I want you to capture them and bring them to me so I can make them my evil army! I'm certain that should be a snap for someone with your ghost powers!"

"Why not just make more of these experiments?" Vlad suggested. "That just seems easier than trying to round up all of these creatures."

"Unfortunately only that fool Jumba can make experiments!" Hämsterviel screamed.

"Jumba, who's that?" Vlad asked.

Hämsterviel pointed to a picture of Jumba with this one eyed alien, one of the experiments, and what Vlad assumes is a mother and daughter. "My old partner, the one who betrayed me and stole all my experiments!"

At this point Vlad started to ignore Hämsterviel rambling and studied the files on the experiments and on Jumba. That's when he noticed something of great interest to him. "You know boss, I believe that we can produce our own vastly superior monsters." Vlad proposed.

"Been there done that," Hämsterviel scoffed. "The new ones were a sad disappointment."

"You mean the ones made by Jumba, your old partner that betrayed you? Did it not occur to you that he deliberately made it defective?" Vlad pointed out. "Me on the other hand, not to brag, but I'm quite the scientist myself. With the right resources, I can produce the greatest monsters the universe has ever seen! And not so cute." Vlad gagged. Yes the small and furry type were definitely not his style. That would be the first thing he'd have to change.

"Oh and what will you be needing?" Hämsterviel asked curiously.

"Well it just so happens that I have a secret lab in Hawaii that we can use. All I need is Jumba's research, and with my ghost powers, stealing that will be a snap!" Vlad boasted.

"Excellent, I will set course for earth. In the meantime you get some rest. We have a busy day ahead." Hämsterviel ordered.

"Yes, thank you boss," Vlad bowed politely as Hämsterviel left. After making sure that he's gone, Vlad turned on the video to one of the older pictures of Jumba again, back when he was just starting his evil experiments. "Yes there's no mistake that is one of them." Vlad declared looking at this piece of paper Jumba was holding on to. While Vlad has no idea how an alien got hold of it, he recognize the markings. It was the same as the paper he and Jack found in college, and used to make the first prototype ghost portal! Which in turned gave him his ghost powers. After becoming a millionaire and villain, he soon learned of various items of power. In his quest to obtain these relics, he discovered that they all originated from one of two sources. The first being the Heroes' Tome and the second..."A page of the Villain's Tome!" Vlad laughed. "To think I would find another one here." It would seem that fate is once again working to his favor.