When the door open it was almost three on Friday afternoon when Penny walked up to the doors of Captain Hammer's manor and knocked on the door. A moment later, Captain Hammer opened it, dressed in his usual grey outfit- Minus the gloves- after four months. It was kind of good to see him back in his usual outfit, and yet it wasn't. At least the city had the hero back, but his arrogance never left. Penny announced, "Dr. Horrible left the E.L.E."

Captain Hammer slightly tilted his head, contorting his face out of utter confusion. "Huh?"

"Dr. Horrible left the League, so he is no longer a threat, but Bad Horse and the others are," she stated, getting straight to the point.

An arrogant smirk spread across his face as he placed a bare hand on the door to lean against it. "Let me guess: Your little friend at the Laundromat told you?"

Penny blinked. "You know about… Billy?" She quietly asked. She was there when the two had met, but she didn't know that he knew Dr. Horrible's real identity.

"That your laundry friend was Dr. Horrible?" He gave a look as if it was obvious. "Yeah because I had beaten that face in plenty of times to know who he is outside of his outfit and, boy," he smirked with humor, "did he have a thing for you. Poor guy actually thought he was actually going to get you."

Penny felt a pang at those words, but didn't want to say anything, not trusting her ex in any way. Why did she even fall for him in the first place, she still wonders that. He definitely help Billy's cause to fix the world, but he was what Billy hated in people; the arrogance, the lies, hypocritical- Everything that fueled Billy's anger and she dated that.

The hero looked at her with a smirk of disbelief. "Don't tell me you actually have feelings for this guy, Penny."

"He left the League," she repeated, standing strong.

"He's a villain. He tried to kill me and you believe him?" He slowly shook his head. "Penny, Penny, Penny." His brown eyes looked at her in her own. "He's the bad guy. He's a liar, that's what he does. He's willing to tell you anything just so he can have you."

Penny shook her head, starting to step back, wanting to leave. "You don't know him."

"And you thought you did?" He smirked. "He's the villain, Penny, and he's still Dr. Horrible." He was raised a hand. "I won't hurt him as bad like I promised, but I don't trust him."

"You don't need to hurt him," she stated, not taking her gaze off her ex-boyfriend. She should've known better than to come here to tell him that Dr. Horrible was no longer considered a threat. He was too arrogant and ignorant to understand or to believe her. As long as Billy was out of his way, then that was all that she hoped for. Tomorrow she'll tell Billy that Hammer was going to stop the E.L.E., but if Billy did leave the League, then he should not have a worry about running into Hammer… Right? Either way, she was going to make sure he was not going to get hurt, unless he really did lie to her.

Opening his closet, Billy instantly spotted the crimson lab coat, but ignored it, pulling out the white lab coat beside it. "Hello, old friend," he murmured. Then threw on the coat, slammed on the white boots and gloves, and lastly, placed the goggles over his forehead. "Wow," he whispered, looking at himself, "feels like four… five months ago. Now, then." He clapped his gloved hands. "Time to save my life." He briskly headed to the lab as he was going to finish up the Death Ray II. Yesterday he managed to power the ray up, but it quickly died and he was going to make sure it worked because it was his life or death. There was no way he wanted the thing to explode in his hands again- The pain was awful, but pain was the least of his worries if it did.

It took two hours to manage the power's stability and when he did, he aimed the gun at a coconut he had bought yesterday and blasted it, causing it to instantly fry. Placing the ray back on its stand, the doctor approached the baked coconut, picked it up, and shook it. Not hearing any liquid, he grinned manically. "It worked! It worked, it worked, it worked!" He slammed the helpless coconut back on the table, sneering at it. "Bring it on, Evil League of Evil. I'll be waiting for you."

A knock on the door earned his attention.

Sighing, he made his way to the front door, opening it to Moist.

"Hey," his friend began, then frowned. "You're wearing your white one? But the red looks cooler…"

"The red is more intimidating." He crossed his arms. "What is it?"

"Just wanted to bring your mail, but it was junk, so I thought I should've told ya. Why are you wearing your lab coat, anyway?"

Billy grinned. "Death Ray II works," he whispered.

Moist's eyes grew. "It does?"

He nodded, still grinning.

"What are you going to use it for, since-"

"Bad Horse wants to kill me tomorrow, but I will be ready for whoever he sends after me."

"Bad Horse… Wants you dead?" Moist blinked. "Man, you got to get out of town- out of the country. He'll-"

"Not unless I get to him first."

"You're going to kill Bad Horse?" He whispered.

"Or whoever he sends after me. The reason I hadn't told you yet is because I didn't want to worry you. Now," he was still grinning like an excited idiot, "I won't go down without a fight."

Worry entered his friend's eyes. "Do you have a plan? Do you need backup?"

Billy shook his head. "No, but I do plan on waiting out at the Coin Wash, knowing that they will find me, but when they do, oh-ho, I've got the Death Ray II with me." He tilted his head with a mocking frown. "What now, Bad Horse?"

Moist looked unamused. "You should put that in a blog."

He smiled excitedly at the idea. "I should when I succeed! Well, love to chat, but planning for save my life. See ya!" He closed the door on his friend, too thrilled about the Death Ray II working and if he does die, it would have been a hell of a fight.