Garzooka, Odious, Starlena and Calvin snuck around the planet. They hadn't found anyone yet, but they could see the effects the explosion had had on the cities. Houses were knocked over, rivers overflowed and trees were uprooted.

"Whoa," said Calvin. "This looks so cool!"

"Calvin, people could've been killed in this!" Starlena shouted.

"Wow! It even sounds cool!"

Suddenly, they heard someone shouting. "HELP! HELP!"

They all ran forward and saw that a robot was stuck in the tree branches.

"Get me down!" he shouted.

Garzooka ran forward and bent the tree down towards the ground, allowing the robot to climb down.

"Pet Force!" the robot cried. Then he spotted Calvin. "What happened to him?"

Calvin rolled his eyes and turned away.

"Never mind," said Starlena. "We need to find Vetvix to fix him. Where is she?"

"I dunno, but you might want to follow the helicopters."

"Huh?"

"There are special helicopters that are flying around the planet, keep patrol. You might like to follow them."

"Thanks," said Garzooka. "Come on."

They followed their leader down through the piles of destruction.

"There's one!" Calvin shouted.

They looked up and saw an Army Helicopter was flying over them.

"They're heading south," said Garzooka. "Let's follow it."

They all ran off in that direction.

Back on the Lightspeed Lasagna, Hobbes and Nermal had long since ended their argument. They were in opposite sides of the ship, grumbling.

Hobbes was still cheesed off because he'd been left behind. He felt he was just as powerful as the others and could be very helpful, but he was just being tossed into the background like a drummer.

He looked outside the ship, seeing nothing but silver bushes and trees and such. This planet was serious about its name.

Hobbes then decided that it didn't matter what Garzooka said. He wasn't the boss of him. He was going to out there and help defeat Vetvix, even if it killed him. He gulped and hoped that wouldn't be the case.

When he was sure Nermal wasn't looking, he snuck outside the ship and got away.

"Look out, Vetvix," Hobbes said to himself. "Here comes Hobbes!"

Using his new super-brain, Hobbes managed to locate Vetvix, and he set off as fast as he could.

Meanwhile, Garzooka, Odious, Starlena and Calvin had reached a huge spaceship that was parked in a clearing.

"What do we do now?" asked Calvin.

Before Garzooka could come up with an answer, Odious ran forward and knocked on the ship's door.

"Odious, get back here!" Garzooka shouted.

The door to the ship was opened, and some weird creature came forward.

"What do you want?" he demanded.

Odious replied by striking him with his stun-tongue that sent him into a mental meltdown. Then his tongue hit another one, and bounced off, striking several more, knocking them all out and sending them all into a heap.

Garzooka was impressed. "He's finally learned how to use that thing right," he said.

They all ran inside and looked around. Beyond the unconscious creatures was a stairwell that ran upstairs to the next level of the ship.

"What happens now?" asked Calvin.

"You stay here and keep watch," ordered Garzooka. "We'll go look for Vetvix."

"Why can't I come?"

"Because—," Garzooka started, but Starlena cut him off.

"Because you're an annoying little brat who can't handle something like this and you're too dumb to survive a Vetvix attack."

"I was going to say you couldn't handle your power yet, but that works too," Garzooka decided.

Odious just stood there; unaware of what was going on.

Calvin stuck his tongue out at Starlena and turned to watch the opening of the ship.

Starlena set off in front. Garzooka shrugged and walked after. Odious shrugged too, but for a different reason.

A few minutes after they'd gone, Calvin was getting extremely bored. "Dumb Starlena. She's not fit to be a Pet Forcer. She's barely a team player, and she just insults me! I'll show her! I'll save this entire universe by myself! I'll show her!"

And with that, he turned down a hall and disappeared.

However, Calvin should've remembered that he had to keep watch, so he didn't know that someone was sneaking on board the ship.

"I've arrived," the voice whispered.

Garzooka, Odious and Starlena were walking around the ship, keeping their eyes open.

"I'm just saying," Garzooka was saying, "that you may be being a bit rough on the kid. I mean, he's six! Right, Odious?"

"Arf!"

"Well, he shouldn't be here in the first place," Starlena shot back. "He's a human, and this is Pet Force, not Human and Animal Force."

"It's only temporary," Garzooka groaned. "Lighten up."

"Well let me tell you something," Starlena hissed. "I don't trust this kid. I could tell something was up about him the minute I me him. People who have a tiger and spiky hair are only bad news, Garzooka, and you should know that."

"Oh, really?" said a familiar voice.

They all whirled around, but a second too late. They found that they were imprisoned in a giant Pet Force proof force field, triggered by the black magic of Vetvix.

"Vetvix, have you been standing there this whole time?" Garzooka asked.

"Oh, I stepped in on the part where you said the new addition to Pet Force was bad news," she said slyly. "So, Starlena, you think this kid is bad? Is he, maybe, evil?"

Starlena snarled at the mention of Calvin. "He's the worst thing on two legs I've ever seen, after you, of course."

"Of course," replied Vetvix, an evil grin spreading across her face. "Now then, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to find this boy, and see if I can mold him into the perfect evil sidekick. Good bye."

She flicked her hair and left, her pet, Gorbull, at her side.

Garzooka slapped his forehead in disgust. "And I used to think Odious had no brains," he muttered.

Starlena rolled her eyes. "Heh, it's just as well. He was never meant to be a Pet Forcer anyway."

She then noticed that Garzooka and Odious were glaring at her, so she quickly shut up before her mouth got her into bigger trouble.

Little did they know that Calvin and Hobbes were about to prove themselves worthy to the team.