Calvin was wandering the corridors of the ship boldly. He was loving every second of this. Every once in a while, he'd point at something and freeze it. It was great practice, and he only froze things that belonged to Vetvix.

"So far, my training to be a Pet Forcer has been great," he said to himself. "I'll show Starlena that I can be the best there is!"

Suddenly, he heard something behind him. He jumped in horror, whirled around and blasted a non-moving barrel in ice.

"Hello?" he asked nervously.

The noise came again.

"I have ice powers and I'm not afraid to use them!"

"Yes, but the question is can you use them right?" said an evil voice.

Calvin looked behind himself, but he couldn't see anyone. He spun in circles, trying to figure out who was talking.

"Who's there?" he shouted.

Suddenly, the spot before him seemed to change shape. It became…

"VETVIX!" Calvin screamed. He attempted to blast her with his ice hands, but missed and instead hit some pipes overhead.

"Ah, so you must be Calvin," she said, bending over to get a good look at him.

"What's it to ya, evil mistress?" he growled.

Vetvix ignored him. "Tell me something, Calvin. Do enjoy having superpowers?"

Calvin arched an eyebrow. "Yes?"

"That's what I thought. Now then, how would you like to use those powers for your own use, rather than to protect the universe?"

"Never!" Calvin shouted. "I'm willing to do whatever it takes to protect this universe!"

"But let's say the universe didn't need protecting," Vetvix said with a sly grin. "Would you use these powers to your advantage?"

Calvin wasn't sure where this was going. "Um, maybe?"

"Are you positive?"

"A little."

"I see. Now, do you know how you could get a life like that?"

"Where?"

Vetvix checked to make sure no one was around. "If you worked for me."

Calvin's eyes shot open wide. He turned and tried to run away, but Gorbull blocked him.

"What do you want from me?" Calvin demanded.

"Nothing much," Vetvix said evilly. "Just to have you on my team."

Calvin tried to say no, but something within him, coupled with Vetvix's dark magic, was keeping him from doing that. His brain suddenly felt a little numb, and he kept blinking.

"Okay," he said simply.

"Excellent," cackled Vetvix.

Meanwhile, Hobbes had infiltrated the ship and was floating around, trying to find the rest of Pet Force. He was hot on their trail, and so far, he couldn't find anyone to fight.

"I need to get out of this chair," Hobbes moaned. "I'm getting leg cramps. I don't know how Compooky can stand this thing."

However, he couldn't get out of the chair until the universe was saved and the powers were returned to Nermal and Pooky, so he was in trouble.

He arrived at a weaponry closet. Hoping there was something in there that he could use, he entered.

Hobbes scanned all the guns and such, hoping to find something worthy of battling these creatures.

"There's bound to be something good in here."

As he rummaged through the stuff, he accidentally backed into the wall, or at least he thought he did. When he turned around, he saw that he'd actually backed a special containment for a rather large gun.

"This could prove productive," he said.

He then noticed the inscription on the casing. It read: This gun is to only be used when Vetvix is mad and wants to send someone to another dimension, preferably towards a ghostly dimension where there is no escape.

Hobbes about fell over. This was the same gun that Vetvix had used to transport the original Pet Force away, and it sent a chill up his spine that he was looking at something that was a big mark in this universe's history.

"This is what is needed," he said to himself. "This will prove productive!"

He pulled a laser off the nearby shelf and blasted the casing open. When the thing cooled, he pulled out the special gun.

"Oh, this shall be a night to remember," he whispered.

Quickly, he stored it in a special compartment and started out of the room.

However, something short in a weird little uniform was blocking his path.

"Calvin?"

Indeed, Calvin was looking at Hobbes with an evil look in his eyes.

"Okay, look, before you yell at me for disobeying Garzooka's orders, let me explain: I found the gun that sent the original Pet Force to the ghostly dimension. If we use this on Vetvix, she'll be sent there too, and the universe is saved!"

But Calvin didn't reply. He was glaring at Hobbes like he was about to kill him.

"Uh, Calvin, I'd like it if you'd say something in response," Hobbes said, getting worried.

"You wish to bring pain upon the all-powerful one?" Calvin asked.

"Well, that's not how I'd describe her, but I guess so, yeah."

"Then you must suffer."

Hobbes' eyes snapped open. "Huh?"

Calvin snapped his fingers. In an instant, the lion-moose-tiger-kangaroo-shark-bat-eagle-triceratops jumped down from its hiding place (where that thing could hide, I don't know) and landed an inch behind him.

"Get him!" Calvin shouted.

The LMTKSBET leaned back on its hind legs, and then it leaped towards Hobbes.

"AAAAAAAHHHH!" Hobbes cried.

He quickly put his hovercraft into hyper speed, and he flew off down the corridors.

"HELP!" he screamed. "Someone, help! Garzooka! Odious! Anyone but Vetvix or her minions! That should narrow the field a bit!"

The LMTKSBET was stomping after him, roaring its lion roar.

Garzooka, Odious and Starlena were still trapped in their magical prison when Hobbes slammed into it. When he collected himself, he saw the others inside.

"GUYS! You're here…in a magical prison…which is bad."

"Yeah, no kidding," snapped Starlena.

"Hey, that's my line," said Garzooka.

Just then, the creature was there. It pounced.

Hobbes ducked.

KERASH!

When everyone opened their eyes, they saw the creature had collapsed in a heap after crashing headfirst into the invisible force field.

"Everyone okay?" Hobbes asked.

"Well, considering the fact that we were just saved from a giant Lion/Moose/Tiger/Kangaroo/Shark/Bat/Eagle/Triceratops, I'd say I'm doing pretty good," said Garzooka.

"Bark!" said Odious.

"Good, because I've got news: Calvin's evil!"

"What else is new?" muttered Starlena.

"No, I mean he's under Vetvix's influence. He's been hanging out with the wrong crowd."

"I think we all know who's fault that is," Garzooka snarled, looking at Starlena.

Starlena snorted and looked away.

"But on a positive note, I have what got rid of the original Pet Force!"

"Great!" cheered Garzooka. "Can you bring them back?"

"I'm afraid not. This thing is a transporter, not bring-baker."

"Figures."

"If we use this on Vetvix, she'll be sent away, and presto! Saved universe."

"I like this!" said Garzooka. "If that's what we do, then that means no more coming back here! No more responsibility! No more Emperor Jon! No more Abnermal! Sure, the muscles are nice, but that's a small price to pay for freedom."

"Right. Plus, if we get rid of her, all her dark magic goes away. No more mutants, Calvin and I go back to normal, Abnermal and Compooky come back, and Emperor Jon is happy. Guess I'm not so useless after all, huh, Starlena?"

Starlena glared at him. "I'd like to see you get us out of here."

Hobbes typed something into the computer on his hovercraft. Numbers flashed on his monitor, which turned blue, and a bolt of electricity shot out and hit the force field, freeing the rest of Pet Force.

"Nice touch," commented Garzooka.

"There we go," said Hobbes. "Anything else you'd like? I could juggle dishes while playing bagpipes."

Odious barked happily and stretched like a normal dog would. It was good to feel free.

"Whatever," said Starlena. "Let's just go deprogram Calvin and get this over with."

She set off ahead with Odious walking directly behind her.

"She's not the easiest cat to get along with, is she?" Hobbes whispered.

"It's been twenty-five years and counting," Garzooka replied.