Miranda looked in horror as the world was coming to an end, Ben had brought Hell to Earth, and everyone was his slave, even her, but he would still make her marry him. This wasn't looking good for anyone. The groups all met up and saw what was happening. Luci's laugh was heard as she was enjoying the power as much as her dad was.

"Luci, stop it, you promised you'd never hurt me!" Marie snarled. "Now let everyone else go!"

Luci chuckled, showing her hand. "Sorry, had my fingers crossed, Marie Felman!"

"WHAT DID YOU CALL ME!?" Marie scowled, wanting to charge for the girl. "Why I oughta-"

"We won!" Luci merely laughed. "Nobody can stop us now!"

Marie was about to attack, but she was slipping and falling, grabbing onto a rock as there was lava deep down below.

Luci smirked, she then knelt down by her 'best friend' and grabbed her hands. "Long live the King..." she taunted, then let go.

Marie screamed as she was falling to her untimely death.

"MARIE!" Mike cried for her and ran just in time to catch her.

Marie still screamed, then stopped and looked to her savior. "Oh, hey Mike..."

"Man, that was a close call..." Mike said as she carried her, then set her safely on her feet. "You okay?"

Marie scoffed, but had tears in her eyes. "I'm fine... Who needs friends, right?" she folded her arms and turned her back coldly.

"Don't say that, you're a good person, better than your sisters, and I think you're a good friend as well." Mike soothed her, she had become Marie's first real friend after all.

"Marie, are you crying?" Cindy asked the older girl.

"Shut it, shorty..." Marie hid her tears, looking angst due to what has happened to her lately. "I don't cry..."

"Marie..." Cindy drawled out her name.

Marie looked back at her, then cried out loud, pulling her into a hug.

"Okay, you didn't need to hug me!" Cindy squeaked, a little claustrophobic.

Eddy and Duncan were looking at Alisha and Lexi flirt with Jo and it made them laugh.

"Geez Jo, I never knew you had two more girlfriends." Eddy laughed.

"Yeah, you're a babe magnet." Duncan added, also laughing.

"Ah, shuddap." Jo scowled at them.

"Where is Ben?" Mary Ruth asked Marie.

"Up there..." Marie pointed to a very long and high staircase where a throne was followed by flashes of lightning.

"You'll never beat my daddy, you see," Luci looked to Mike to make sure she heard this especially. "He brought your mother back to life and captured her!"

"Mom?" Mike's eyes widened slightly.

Miranda was kneeling beside Ben's new throne, she had a chain wrapped around her neck that was attached to his chair.

"Yep and my daddy is gonna make her his queen and slave!" Luci laughed in victory.

"Good always beats evil!" Mike snarled to Luci.

"First time for everything, Mastinky!" Luci retorted, getting in her face.

Mike growled and went to pounce her, but Luci transported away from her, making Mike fall against the ground.

"Missed me!" Luci taunted.

Mike tried again, but still missed Luci. "Stay still! How come I keep going through you?"

"Ghost and witch powers run through my veins..." Luci taunted. "Give up now or your friends will be goners..."

Suddenly, the others were chained up in a dungeon that had fire on the ground and they were held up against the walls.

"Guys!" Mike cried to them as they were trapped and imprisoned.

"The choice is yours, Michelene," Luci taunted before disappearing. "Your mother or your friends..."

"Go on and save your mom, Mike!" June encouraged.

"Your mother needs you more than ever!" Eddy added.

"Trust us, if we die, it was great being friends with you, Mike..." Trent said softly.

Mike had tears in her eyes. "I can't just leave you guys!"

"Mike... I was always told that family comes first..." Cindy said to her. "Go on without us..."

"I can't believe I'm saying this, but family is more important than your friends right now." Duncan said, rather maturely, surprisingly enough.

"In case we don't make it, it doesn't mean we won't watch over you, because we will." Double D soothed.

"You're the only one who can stop Ben, now go!" Dawn urged her to go forward.

"And one more thing is that we love you, Mike, we're all like a family, a second family." Sammy sniffled.

"You guys sure?" Mike frowned softly to them.

They meant it, they let her go without them. This was so hard, but Mike was going to go save her dead mother.

Mary Ruth was by her side, making Mike look up to her, shocked. "I'm coming with you, Michelene." she told the tomboy.

"Who are you and how do you know my name?" Mike looked at her strangely.

"I know all, my dear..." Mary Ruth said calmly. "And I trust you to both save your mother and my granddaughter with your friends."

"But, you heard what Luci said... I can't save them both..." Mike said to her.

"Never say 'can't, dear... That's quitter talk... Now, do you trust me to go with you?" Mary Ruth asked.

"Yes, I trust you, but, I don't think I'm strong enough to defeat Ben and save the people I love." Mike sighed.

"Who says you're going alone?" Mary Ruth smiled. "I'm stronger than I look... I spent the past eight years keeping my granddaughter safe without anyone even knowing about it... I cleaned up Ben's messes, I can handle anything."

"You knew Ben as a child?" Mike asked, curiously.

"Before I got married to Cindy's grandfather and we had her mother, I was a live-in nanny to get away from my mother." Mary Ruth explained.

"What about his bratty daughter?" Mike asked her. "She has ghost/witch powers, how are we gonna defeat her?"

"That, my dear, is in the eye of the beholder..." Mary Ruth advised.