Friendly people in an unfriendly place. A dark, cold cave illuminated only by scattered torches on the dank, gray stone walls. In cages were aliens from various worlds and times. In one iron cage was Sir Sagramonte of Antaire, an old man in a Knight's suit of armor; one of the many alien beings calling himself Thor, this one from our universe; a chubby man dressed in royal navy uniform of red--Admiral Zarht; and the rotund black suited, top hat wearing Dr. Marvello.

Next to that cage was one holding Captain Kraspo, a commander looking like a space pirate; the circus-like manager Farnum B with his twirling moustache and purple-blue top coat and hat; the small bespectacled old man, Mister O-M, and a blob shaped being called Gitt Proto.

Across from that cage was one containing the green floating lady Athena and her mate Urso, a giant of a green man, both from the Green Dimension. Next to their cage was another holding the elf faced sort of feminine teenage boy with pointed ears, J-5; the golden suited and very feminine and shapely Finestra who wore a strange hat that looked as if something were orbiting something about her head of brown silky hair; and a green dressed Irish leprechaun named Patrick!

Zarht was yelling in his loud and overly obnoxious voice, "You army of Mr. Kidnos! Let me out for a proper revenge, I say!"

Thor put a finger to his ear and tried to clean out the vibrations of Zarht's yelling at their captors, then he gave up and plopped down to a wooden bed in their cage, "Why did they have to put me with you?"

Patrick pranced up and down his cage, "I wish I wasn't locked in. I could use me magic then, yes, indeed I could, I could indeed, use me magic I would."

Just then Will, Penny, Barry, Captain Tucker, Kowalski, and Stu Riley came tumbling down. Ski was wearing the remains of his sailor pants. Will stood up and helped Penny along with Barry, "Who keeps bouncing us around like this?"

Tucker was not amused. "I want me hand on em, whoever they might there be."

Thor gasped at the group, "By the bouldering dams of the Great Tree, what are ye?"

Penny turned around and saw someone else she knew, "J-5! J-5, is that you!"

"Hello Penny," he said sheepishly but added more confident, "Told you we'd be seeing each other again real soon." Penny moved closer.

"Are you real?" She took his hand from between bars.

"Never mind the happy reunion! We want out of here!" Farnum yelled.

Kraspo frowned, "Look who wants out..."

Penny was shocked and drew air in, "Mr. Farnum! Captain Kraspo!"

Gitt Proto saw Will and said, "Can you get us out, young Earth traveler."

Will looked around, "But how?"

"Will, Will Robinson?" An old man sat up, Sir Sagramonte, "By the dragons, I'm ready to fight again. It is you!"

"We haven't any weapons," Finestra rolled her eyes.

"No, no, no, we don't, no weapons," OM bustled, "None at all, no weapons, no toys, nothing at all, at all at all."

"And we're behind bars," Finestra continued.

"Yes, yes, yes, we are, we are indeed," OM yelled and jumped up and down nervously, "Behind bars we are, so we are, we are indeed..."

Finestra nodded, "Will you control yourself, please Mister OM is it? You're beginning to sound as bad as that, that TERRIBLE LEPRECHAUN over there."

"Did someone call me name?" Patrick heard and his ears pricked up.

Kowalski yelled, "Hold on, all of you. We'll..."

Barry looked ahead where the exit seemed to be, "Someone's coming," he whispered frantically.

Kowalski grabbed Penny's waist and pulled her behind a rock wall. Debbie followed. Tucker pushed Barry and Riley into a niche between the cages of Athena and J-5. Will hid behind a boulder that looked as though it were used in the past as a kind of rack to stretch victims onto.

Megazor of Zon, Myko, a Roman Centurion, and a Persian Soldier came to the cages. They stopped in front of Kraspo's cage. Myko smiled, "Your group is next."

"These can't fight," Kraspo yelled.

Gitt Proto squirmed at him, "Speak for yourself biped."

"Make it good any way and in any event," Megazor gloated, "We will be busy."

Farnum B asked, "Doing what may I inquire?"

"You may. Busy in our plans to assassinate the Ruler. It will be difficult enough without some entertainment going on in the arena. So make it good. It is even more tricky now that one of the Ruler's friends has arrived."

Myko took out his long knife from his belt, "Yes, well, we'll have to get rid of Professor John Robinson as well." Will's eyes widened in the darkness. Myko went on, "...quietly but effectively. How I will enjoy it."

Barry tugged Tucker's arm, "Keys."

They saw the keys dangling form Myko's belt. Tucker whistled as lowly as he could and his metal bird Nick appeared on his shoulder. Tucker whispered, "Ye blasted bird, keys." Nick knew this was not time to argue about his services. His eyes lit up and the keys transferred to his metal mouth.

"Now all of you be quiet," Megazor ordered, "Or my guards...will finish you off now."

Myko smiled, "The games are merely to find out who is stronger and to put those in our army."

Gitt Proto squirms, "Truth is your games also eliminate undesirable elements shall I note."

"You murderers, that's what you are, yes indeed, I say so, murderers, yes yes," OM squeaked out.

Megazor laughed along with Myko and the four left.

Tucker came out of hiding, "Hidin' and skulkin' about isn't me style!"

Will came out too, "If you'll forgive me saying so, Captain Tucker, that's you all over."

Kraspo laughed long and hard as did Zarht. Kraspo said, "Why the boys got you figured out, Tucker matie!"

Tucker snarled, "Aye, I ougtta leave ye in there...in fact...I think we have no way to get you out..."

Barry smiled, "He's just kidding...we have these." He held up the keys that he took from Nick's mouth.

"Arrggh," Tucker looked at the bird on his shoulder, "When did you let that nipper have those?"

"Never mind, never mind, never more," Nick chirped and vanished before Tucker could punch him off his shoulder.

"Well lad, let em all out of there blasted cages!"

Ski joined the main group but Penny kept back. She looked around the dank cave interior some more. She felt something she knew but couldn't be sure until the bald headed light purple skinned man in black appeared. "Mr. Arcon! Ohh, it's so good to see you. Along with all our other friends..."

Arcon spoke fast in that deep voice of his, serious as always Penny noted. She smiled. He went on, "I cannot stay, young Penny Robinson. The Saticons are after me this very millisecond. Yet I can manage. You...you will need this more than I..." He took off the Galaxy Belt from around his waist and put it around her's, "There, that will do. As if it never left..."

"Oh but I..."

"Tally ho, Penny Robinson."

Arcon vanished, his voice lingering in the air, "Till next time, my dear, tally ho."

"But... but," Penny looked around, shrugged, and looked at the belt. She rejoined the others who were all freed now.

Hitler in the villa at night was questioning Don West and Doug Phillips. "You came to steal zis. Admit it and I shall zee you vill live." He held a diamond shaped object.

Don knew what Hitler meant, "Nice and warm, we'll be, when you put us in some concentration camp."

Genghis Khan slapped Don, standing nearby, "Insult our leader again and you will not live." From behind the dias, Hirohito smiled.

Doug looked, "That thing..."

"It looks like a diamond, Doug."

"So you are here to compfinscate zis?"

"We don't even know what it is," Doug stood.

Attila the Hun laughed, "We say you do!" He approached Doug and pushed him back down.

Don smiled, "How can we answer any of your questions when you already have ZE answers?"

Doug said, "They can't figure us out, that's why."

Cortez and Machievelli walked over to them. "We...two have been discussing them...and know of them."

Khan turned, "You have met them before?"

"Not both but this one, same jacket and everything --- else about him is the same," Cortez pulled on Doug's coat.

Machevelli smiled grimly, "Yes indeed. He is a time traveler. I saw him at Gettysburg."

Doug shrugged, "Plenty of people go to Gettysburg."

"Not in 1863 they don't. That's when I met you in Gettysburg via what he called, the time tunnel, I think."

Ann, watching from Tic Toc labs time tunnel imager, said, "I remember that."

"Can we get Don and Doug?" Kirk asked, not taking his eyes off the horrible men in that room.

"No." Ray looked at the console, frowned and looked again, "Wait. Yes. General, I can't explain this but every time the tunnel looks the most incapable of doing something----it's able to do it!"

Ann nodded, "Only we need something to differentiate Doug's signal from Machevelli --- they're the same signal, remember."

Outside the doors, the two men and the horrible villains heard two guards gasp and fall. The doors burst open and two English people came in. Hitler screamed, "Who are zey? Where are my guards?"

The man, a British gentleman in a business suit and tie, a bowler derby on his head of short dark hair, and carrying an umbrella, smiled politely, "Indisposed."

His partner was a lady with auburn hair, long past her shoulders, wearing a black leather jumpsuit covering a shapely figure. The Chinese villainess Sue Zie came up to her and poked long fingernails up toward her face. The British woman smiled, "Is that nail polish. I sometimes wear it but..."

The old Chinese woman smiled, "Poison for you!" She moved her hand at Mrs. Peel's face but Emma kicked her away and the Chinese woman fell back.

Khan waved a sword out at Steed but Steed blocked it with his umbrella. Don jumped into action and punched Cortez's stomach and pushed Attila into Machievelli. Emma Peel held of Sue Zie's newest attack by grabbing both her arms and forcing the nails away from her face. But Mrs. Peel was being forced back to the dais. Cleopatra, still sitting, picked up a snake from her lap and put it on Mrs. Peel's neck! Doug grabbed Hitler's arm as the German-Jewish man pulled a revolver. Doug forced him into the chair. The diamond fell from Hitler's grip and onto a counter against the wall. It started to glow green.

Ray looked at the blip on his radar scope, "Look. A power source. If Doug were to pick it up..."

Don punched Attila as the Hun picked up his sword which fell. Attila's feet fell past the diamond as he hit the counter and knocked it down without realizing it. Emma kicked the Chinese Sue Zie off her and grabbed the snake which hissed at her, its tongue not far from her nose. Steed punched Vlad the Impaler and with his umbrella wrapped the snake off Mrs. Peel. Hirohito pulled a gun on them. Steed whipped the snake onto the arm of the Japanese dictator. Cleopatra pulled the gun from Hirohito's hand as Hirohito got rid of the snake. "I may be new to this weapon or it to me but I will use it."

Steed smiled, "No need," he took off his hat and tipped it, "My name's Steed..." From across the dais, he brought the bowler hat down onto her gun and the metal hat made the gun fall. As Cleopatra looked the fallen gun and marveled at the metal hat, Steed finished, "John Steed."

Doug pushed Hitler over the chair as the madman tried to get up. This gave him time to grab up the diamond.

Nero, trying to figure out the weapon he found under the table, stood up finally and held the flame thrower on Doug, "Put it down or I deflame you!" Nero laughed a hearty laugh, chuckling, his fat frame shaking, "Get it, deflame you! Oh it's soooo funny, heeeehheeee."

Ann gasped, "I...we have a fix! All four!"

Vlad pushed Don and Doug into Mrs. Peel and Steed. "You know, Mrs. Peel, I do believe these are not the real fake items."

"Steed?"

"I mean usually we encounter people masquerading as it were," Steed turned to Don to explain, "...as historical figures but these..."

"Steed!"

Nero laughed, "I do believe I have the hang of this thing! I have been trying all day to figure it out."

Mrs. Peel shut her eyes and nodded to Steed, "...are the real things."

"Ahh ahh," Steed waved his umbrella, "That's it," he smiled, "I think you've got it."

Nero laughed, "Drop the diamond or you'll go up faster than Rome did." He cackled an awful dry laugh.

Ray grabbed a microphone on the console in the Time Tunnel Lab, "Doug," his voice sounded out, "You mustn't put that down!"

Nero shot a line of fire, laughing.

Kirk yelled, "Switch them, quick!"

The foursome, Mrs. Peel, John Steed, Don West, and Doug Phillips vanished as a line of fire passed the air they had been in seconds before. Hitler rose up from behind the chair he was hiding behind, "Gone! Mobilize our forces! Ze march on the force-zzz field area!" He looked around the room and spoke more softly now, "And will zomeone pleazzz put out those curtains before they make the entire room go on fire!"

Nero shrugged as all the leaders looked at him.

Nelson's group walked on sand under the city-sized three legged building. Crane looked up, "Admiral, there's a dozen ways inside." Ramps lead to open doors on each leg while ladders were being lowered from the belly of the device. Bridges stretched from one side of the triangular underbelly to the other. All of it was open to the air.

Nelson felt uneasy. He squinted, "Someone knows we're, ahh, here."

Judy asked, "Do we go in, sir?"

"If we want to find out who is behind it all."

"Listen," Jai cricked his head a funny way. It reminded Nelson of an animal listening for sounds the human ear couldn't. Jai turned his dark head of hair, "I hear a funny sound, Admiral."

"Jai," Val put her hands on his bare shoulders and tried her best not to sound patronizing and that fact made her sound more so, "I don't hear anything," she smiled patiently, "Or see anything."

"I know but I do, miss."

A flying disk with safety bars around its edges held many strange occupants as it flew into the forcefield, illuminated, and then passed right through it. On a center stall was a spiked glowing brain. Seven bubble faced ghost like androids stood on the outer edges of this disk. They wore multi colored robes. The disk flew on, holding Omir, a sophisticated android shaped like a man. He wore only green slacks, dark shoes, and dark shades over his eyes. His bare back was full of circuits which lit up as he waved his hands over the brain, standing over it. His robotine voice and his appearance were that of Tony Newman, whom he had been modeled after by his human creator.

An alien robotoid, Robby the Robot in design, stood between the older Sesmar, his golden giant man Raddion, and an automatic wheel seat which the plump Tabor Ulrich filled...with much difficulty. The wheel seat was Tobor's mode of transportation as he was crippled by his weight. An android patterned after the Revolutionary War colonists, right down to the curled hair, Fedor, rounded the platform with the totally silver alien machine OTT, and numerous white faced, black suited cyborgs.

Sesmar, his near bald head aligned with some gray streaks, laughed at his own genius, "I knew my forcefield penetrator would do the job."

Ulrich sat nearby, picking grapes from a bowl held by one of the ghost androids, "I must admit, my dear Sesmar," every word followed by a heaviness of breath through his nose and mouth, "...your extra terrestrial intellect comes close to my own. Very close," he bellowed as he laughed.

Fedor walked over to them, "Stop bragging."

Omir turned, took off his glasses and revealed yellowish, green glowing eyes. "All of you will commit to silence. We are one. As one we will take the servo actuator," as he spoke with the calmness of one who knew he would win, it was all the more chilling. The disk flew toward the metallic device building.

Darth Vader confronted Alpha, Mr. Pem, Mallory, Olos, and Fieldar along with the Trader and Dr. Chronos. He waited until the group left the wall bank that Dr. Smith, previously had tampered with. This was the tape room. Smith hid behind the Robot while three Saticons crept behind and alongside Darth Vader. "Have you managed to stabilize the damage the Earth moon's appearance caused?"

"Yes!" Chronos turned, "No thanks to him--he could have ruined all our plans!" Chronos pointed to Smith. "Let me turn him into something so old and yet alive that he will not even be recognizable as a human being!"

"Oh dear," Smith gasped quietly though.

Mallory smirked evilly, "Allow me..."

"No, I will..."

"He's mine..."

"Oh the pleasure of doing that one in is mine..."

"I want to!"

Darth Vader pounded the air with his fist and Smith could swear it made a sound as he hit it. "This Earthling is mine to question! Do not harm him!"

Mallory walked up to Vader, "Now look, whoever you are. Who do you think you are? You have no right to..." Vader was already picking Mallory up by his neck. Smith gulped and sunk lower behind the Robot. Vader tossed Mallory over his own feet and Mallory flew into the allies, spreading them all over the room. As they recovered, Vader said, "Next time," his voice steady and heavy with the breathing, "...I shall snap it in two."

Smith rose up, "Thank you so much, kind sir, for I am Doctor Zach..."

"You will not speak again or I will snap you in two," Vader warned him, "Until I tell you to speak. Understand? Do you understand?"

"Yes your...highne...I mean yes," Smith flapped a hand over his own mouth, as if this would stop him from talking on and on.

The Space Trader moved over to the Robot, "At least let us melt this one down into something useful." As he said this, the Robot put his bubble up and his arms out.

"This primitive Robot is known to me." Vader said.

The Robot put his bubble down.

"It is not entirely of Earth origin. He is of much value."

Smith looked at the Robot from the other side of Vader and started to condescend to the Robot, "Not of Earth origin indeed, why I am...OH!" Smith realized he was talking again.

Vader turned to him, his mask hiding any humanity. The coldness dripped off him as he pointed, "I will not warn you again, spiny Earth man." He waved to the Saticons, "Take them both to another area."

"Our pleasssure," the Saticons glided to Smith and the Robot and huddled around the two. They moved them out of the room.

"I will warn you all again," Vader breathed heavy as Mallory rejoined them. "Do not attempt to cross me. I will find the missing component to the servo actuator and it will be my own." Two silvery Cylons, red lights for eyes in their face plates, walked in.

One had its voice hum before it spoke in tone, "Your high command. An enemy warship has penetrated the defense shield."

"Destroy it!" Vader punches a fist...this time into a wall.

Valerie, Jai, and Judy walked up to one of the legs of the machine. Judy looked in, "Admiral, captain! We can get in here."

Jai wasn't looking in. He was pointing up to the sky, "I did hear something." He ran to Nelson and Crane, "See, I wasn't lying."

"What in..." Nelson saw the disk, using his hand to block out the sun, "Quick, get in!"

The two girls rushed into the leg and saw a huge metal hallway...and two huge metal men, Cylons, coming down it. The Cylons marched right at them. The girls raced back outside. Judy yelled, "No good!"

Val gasped, "Something like Cybermen coming!"

The disk flew lower toward them. Nelson and Crane pulled Val and Judy while Tony grabbed Jai under his left arm and plucked him off his feet. Omir looked down at them.

Over Omir's shoulder, Sesmar did also. Dispassionately, he said, "Judy Robinson."

"And Captain Crane," Omir said, flatly, non emotional.

"Destroy them!" Ulrich spat, "Nelson and Crane! Annihilate them! Annihilate them!"

Omir turned Ulrich, "Our fight is not with them," he said calmly, "It is with the ones who run this. We will rule our enemies later."

Fedor looked over the edge, dreaming to himself, "Later --- the Robinsons --- later."

Cylons rushed out of ramps that rose up each leg. They shot cannons up at the disk, which faltered under the sheer firepower. Nelson, Crane, Judy, Val, Jai, and Tony stopped directly under the device. Tony yelled above laser blasts, "We've come to the end of the journey!"

Omir pointed a finger down as the disk hovered. From his finger came a deadly blue laser that literally imploded many Cylons. The bubble faced androids uses their trigger arms to fling bombs off the disk. These bombs exploded many android Cylons. Explosions rained around the humans. A bomb landed in front of Judy, Val, and Tony. They try to shield themselves as it blew off. They scream. Crane yelled, "We have no defense!"

"Sit tight," Nelson yelled, "We mustn't let ourselves draw attention!" An explosion rocked behind them.

Val screamed, "We stay and get killed! No!"

"Stop it," Tony grabbed her arm as she tried to run off, "Stop!"

Nelson helped Tony, "Miss Scott, you've been through worse than this!" Sand shot up at them and they all fall.

Cylons fired onto the bottom of the disk. Fedor pulled glowing spears out from the rails and flung them into Cylons, exploding them. Jai felt metal under his hand, "Admiral! Captain! Look!"

Nelson moved sand away with his hand, "It's an elevator top." They all tried to stand but it moved up and they got down again. It ascended up toward the underbelly of the device.

Crane squinted, "Admiral, I don't see any opening!"

The Cylons were all smoking in heaped masses. Ulrich yelled, "Destroy them too! Now!"

"Not now," Omir remained quiet, "A better time will come."

"It's gonna flatten us!" Val screeched. As the belly met the elevator, a six pronged door slid open sideways, spiraling. The elevator rose up into it and the hatch closed. The disk flew under the device and settled on a bridge. Omir hopped over the rail, "We conquer." Sesmar shrugged and nodded for Raddion to follow Omir. Ulrich's chair moved to the disk's small door which collapsed down and made a ramp for him. He wheeled electronically out.

Raddion walked up to a hatch, passing Omir. "We...con...quer.," he said monotonously and hit the hatch with both fists. It smashed inward.

Ulrich laughed loudly, surrounded by his cyborgs. The ghost robots silently bopped after Omir, who looked back at Ulrich as Ulrich laughed. Omir said to no one in particular, "All humans are fools."

"I agree," Sesmar, not far from Omir, in fact hiding behind him, said.

Myko retook his seat behind John Robinson in the Roman Coliseum. John didn't feel particularly comfortable with the bloodthirsty villain behind him but he had no choice. People from all eras filed the audience out, enjoying games where people from all eras and planets killed each other.

Will, Barry, Penny, Riley, Ski, Tucker, Finestra, Dr. Marvello, Sagramonte, Thor, OM, Patrick, Urso who was leading a floating Athena by holding her hand with his, Kraspo, a slithering Gitt Proto, Farnum B, J-5, Zahart, Chipper, and Debbie all paraded down a dim cave.

"Two ways to go," Will pointed, "Don't any of you know where these go?" A din of noise resulted in useless answers from all of the former captives. Will blinked and his ire rose, "Quiet! Quiet! Quiet, all of you! My dad is in danger and all you can do is yell and bicker!" All stopped now.

Thor stepped forward, "Ye little elf, I will help ye," he slapped a hand on Will's shoulder and nearly floored Will, who stood up, rubbed his sore shoulder, and forced a smile. Thor went on, "I'll take half of us this way."

Tucker nodded, "Aye and I'll take another here."

Zahart bellowed, "Mr. Kidno! Here we come---or at least half of us!"

Finestra hit him on the shoulder, "Don't tell him we're coming! We want the element of surprise." She rolled his eyes as he rolled his.

Thor took Urso, Athena, Kraspo, Farnum, Zahart, OM, and Sagramonte down one way. Tucker lead Will, Penny, Ski, Stu Riley, Barry, Finestra, Marvello, J-5, Gitt Proto, and Patrick down the other.

Tucker frowned, "Good, that blasted singin' green girl was giving me a splittin' headache anyways."

J-5 pulled Penny aside as the others went by, "That Farnum B said he knew you."

Penny smiled, "Mr. Farnum's an old friend."

"Can you trust him...or any of these...friends?"

"J-5, haven't you learned anything about friends?" Penny puffed.

Kowalski had a torch and came out of the darkness, "You two come on or you'll get lost."

"Coming," Penny called to him, "J-5."

J-5 shrugged and followed her.

Steve Burton walked toward the city device. He looked back and saw Inspector Kobick, the giant from the Special Investigations Department on the Giant Planet towering overhead. Steve looked for a place to hide and saw none. Kobick was holding Fitzhugh, Dr. Lovelace, Keel, the Slave of the Thief, Piper, and Professor Multiple. Fitzhugh was yelling, "Help! Help!"

As Steve watched, Dan and Mark fell from the sky, out of the time tunnel maze corridor and landed on top of him. All three piled onto the sand. Steve stood up, his anger about having been used as a landing cushion quickly faded, "What the..."

Dan grabbed his arm, "Steve, are you...?"

"Kobick," Steve pointed, "No time for..."

Mark looked up, "He seems to be in a trance of some sort."

Dan watched as Kobick stomped right past them, "He didn't see us."

"He's got Fitzhugh," Steve puffed, "And I want him back."

"So?" Mark shrugged.

"We get on his leg!" Steve ran at the slow moving Kobick.

"On his leg?" Mark said, "You're crazy!" But Dan was already following Steve. "On his leg," Mark gave up and followed them. The trio jumped onto Kobick's stomping boot and clang to his pant's leg. Kobick walked toward the city-satellite like device.

In a corridor of the satellite, Nelson pushed Val, Judy and Jai through a wall's door. Crane and Tony followed. Tony said, "They're following!" The people followed them but passed the door and kept moving on in the hallway. All of the people were wearing black robes with hoods and all muttered the same thing, "Peace, peace, peace."

Sharkey and Betty rode the train outside and it headed up to the satellite. Suddenly the tracks bent up and the train shot up---straight at the satellite's underbelly. There was no warning. Sharkey pulled Betty forward as she screamed, the ground far behind them already. A door opened and the train moved up into the satellite. The door shut behind them and the tracks fell back to the sand. The train thumped to a halt, throwing Betty and Sharkey up into the air. They fell up and then back down onto the train seat. It was in a hallway. The pair recovered and got off the rain. They found themselves in a landing bay. Among them was Spindrift, the Jupiter II with its legs down, a Flying Sub, and a number of alien spacecraft. Betty looked around, "Chief. They've stolen our ships." Sharkey nodded and Betty followed him to an open rounded door. He pulled her down as Omir, Raddion, the Robotoid, Sesmar, and Ulrich passed by.

"Oh man, oh man," Sharkey said, "What a group that was!" He looked out and made sure the robotic gang was gone. He nodded back in to Betty for her to follow him. They moved out into the hallway. From another hall, catching Sharkey off guard, came a group of black hooded people, uttering, chanting, "Conformity, conformity, conformity. Conformity." The crowd marched slowly but Sharkey and Betty were in their way.

Betty looked, "What?"

"C'mon," Sharkey pulled her arm, "Unless you wanna conform." They ran another way--to another exit which lead away from the Omir group as well.

Tucker's group stopped at the maw of the cave which exited from the dungeon. Ski said, "Stay out of sight. Look."

"Quano," Will gasped, recognizing the limp body on the rack. An Egyptian was there---heating a branding iron on hot coals. Two Sumo wrestlers came down a long stairwell with a young Dorcon alien, a boy with a strange pike weapon.

"We're here for that group," the Dorcon pointed up to the cages hanging.

Megazor arrived from the steps as well, flanked by three Romulan soldiers. All wore swords. The two Sumo wrestlers uncurled a heavy chain wrapped into the wall mechanism which held the cage up and this movement lowered the cage that held Niolani, Guiliano, Etrec, Qexcotl, and Keran. Megazor smiled at the Dorcon boy, "I thought you may need some help with these."

"A Dorcon warrior needs no help."

"That is the warrior strain I have been striving to create," Megazor puffed out his chest, "You will lead our attack."

"Fitting that a Dorcon lead."

Niolani scowled, "Ugh, the pride of men. Let me out, Megazor of Zon and I'll show you a fight or two." The cage was still being lowered.

Bending down with Tucker, Will leaned on Tucker's shoulder with his own, "When they open the cage, we make our move."

"Nipper, they be carryin' weapons, crude ones, aye but..."

"Cap'N, that boy, the Ruler's son, is a friend of mine," Will moved forward as if to tell Tucker that he will do it with or without his help, "I have to try."

"Then try we do, bucko." Tucker smiled ahead at him, the gulped and nodded--this was foolish.

Will turned but missed the nod. "I know I can count on you, cap'n."

Riley, behind J-5 and Penny, whispered, "We need a diversion."

J-5 started to get an idea. "Penny," he whispered, "I'm going to try something I haven't called on in a long time. At least not since I met the Colonel..."

"J-5, like what?" Penny knew but didn't want to even think about it.

"You'll see," he lowly purred. "Meow."

"Oh J-5, not the Zaybo?" Penny criticized him.

"It is alive, Penny, independent of me. We need its help."

Penny could say no more. She fingered the galaxy gift, the belt Mr. Arcon gave her. "We do," was all she could whisper and to herself.

To the right of the rack a huge green, octopus like thing appeared. It had one giant yellowish glowing eye centered inside of a many tentacled body. The three Romulans, the Dorcon, and Megazor began to hack at it. Niolani looked down, "There's nothing there. They play boy games."

The Sumo wrestlers looked at the thing's many tentacles moving about the warriors and released the chain from their grasp, startled. This made the cage drop as the chain free, unwound. "Oh no!" Penny gasped and hit the belt device on her waist. The cage suspended itself in mid air and lowered gently to the ground.

"Now," Will said and ran out to Quano, followed by Captain Tucker.

Marvello, Finestra, J-5, and Penny raced to the cage. The Zaybo monster advanced on the five panicky warriors who could not understand why their chops at it had no effect. Penny brushed back her hair and turned to Marvello, "Can you get them out?"

"Stand back, beautiful and innocent Penny Robinson and watch a master of the fine art at work---a professional who cannot err, for I..." Marvello was grandstanding at a time like this...in his best circus caller voice.

He had more to say but a hand clamped over his mouth, 'Doctor Marvello," Finestra said, politely, "...the problem at hand..."

Marvello nodded and she removed her hand as he waved his arm over the cage, melting the bars. Niolani came out, "It's about time, male magician."

"Uhhh, dear lady," Marvello took off his hat and swung it through the air in honor of Niolani.

"Oh, how nice," Niolani said and turned, "Penny Robinson..." She saw Will carrying Quano near them, "And the male earth...I mean Will..."

Will turned to see Tucker, Ski, and Riley trying to punch the bellies of the Sumo wrestlers. "Noble Niolani, your nobleness, if you don't mind my friends need your help!" The wrestlers bounced Tucker, Ski and Riley between them.

Megazor turned, aware of what was happening, "It's an illusion!" The Zaybo thing dissipated and only a purring, invisible cat was left. Megazor ordered, "Them! Kill them now!"

Barry was closest to the Dorcon, who jabbed his sword straight at his stomach. Gitt Proto materialized between Barry and the Dorcon and the sword went thrusting right into Gitt Proto. Barry saw the end stick out of the other side of the blob man. The Dorcon, confident he killed this thing, pulled the sword out triumphantly. Gitt Proto used a slimy hand extension of his own to cover the Dorcon's mouth.

The Dorcon teen mumbled, "But I..." He passed out.

"How did...?" Barry started.

"My composition is not like your own, young Earthling..."

"Thanks, my name is Barry. Good thing you're built different than we are."

"Yes, it is something to think about, isn't it?" Gitt Proto pondered.

Niolani kicked the sword out of Megazor's hand and pushed him over a torture table. Will sat Quano down onto a chair and turned to see the Romulans waving swords at Keran, Guiliano, and Quexcotl. For the moment, they and Etrec avoided them. "They can't keep that up for long." He stood up, "Finestra, where are you?"

"Right here, Will," she came to him and took his hands. He closed his eyes. "That's right, focus," she told him. Large round gray shields appeared in the hands of Keran, Guiliano, and Quexcotl. Will turned to see the three blocking the swords; Etrec ran from the area to Barry. Keran fell on his back but was able to use the shield in his hand to block the Romulan sword that came down at him.

Finestra was excited, "Great Will, you've improved!"

"I was hoping for weapons," Will said as Penny came to him.

"Your mind is not violent enough," Finestra looked at the fight.

Penny was inspired suddenly, "But they'd be on equal terms with us if they had no weapons!" She hit the belt again and the swords of the three Romulans vanished. Keran stood up and flipped the Romulan over his back. Quexcotl punched another. The third pushed Guiliano into an iron maiden which was open. The spikes just missed hitting Guiliano. This third Romulan ran to Barry and Etrec.. He found a sword on the floor and raised it over Etrec's head.

"My name is Etrec of Archanon, Achanon, the peace planet. You are a Romulan, I believe, the most noble and majestic race or at least they used to be. I'm sure you have heard of the peace planet---we love all beings. We love you." Barry was astonished at Etrec but he actually made the Romulan drop the weapon to the floor. The boy seemed like he had a British accent but he was alien.

Niolani was kicking Megazor into the wall while the wrestlers were bouncing each other on top of either Riley, Ski, or Tucker. The Egyptian torturer grabbed a hot branding iron and said, "All I want to do is get out." Keran drop-kicked the his Romulan unconscious while Quexcotl punched his Romulan into the wall. Niolani punches Megazor into the steps.

The Romulan near Etrec seemed in a trance, "My friends."

Etrec took his arm, "They'll be all right. I will see to it they are healed."

Megazor fell on the stairs. Niolani turned and launched herself into the Sumo wrestlers. Keran and Quexcotl helped her push the wrestlers off Riley and Tucker. The torturer helped Megazor up and the two sneaked up the stairwell.

Soon the fight was over and the wrestlers were thrown into the cage which Marvello once again made safe by melting the bars into each other so the chubby, no fat Sumos could not get out again. Etrec and Barry went over to Will, Penny, J-5, and Patrick. Will introduces them to each other with Barry's help but as he did, the fallen Dorcon boy awoke and crawled toward them, unnoticed. He reached a fallen sword, grabbed it, and saw Will's back as he crawled further to them. Will said, "Etrec, maybe you can help all those wounded but about Quano here?"

Quano saw the Dorcon getting up and lunging at Will's back, the sword point aimed between Will's shoulder blades. Quano jumped the chair, "Look out, Will Robinson!" Quano threw himself in front of the sword which the Dorcon buried in Quano's stomach!

Will turned to see it entering, "Quano, no!"

The Dorcon pulled the sword out. Surprised, he was taken unaware as the Native American Keran moved up with a found knife and stabbed the Dorcon down. Etrec yelled, "Enough killing!" Keran looked up at him as the Dorcon crumbled down.

Keran said, "You...I saw my whole village wiped out."

Etrec frowned, "There is no need, no excuse for this." He put a hand on Will's shoulder as Will held Quano in his arms, bent down a bit, on his knees. Will was crying.

"He saved me," Will cried, "He can't die."

Etrec moved closer to his ear, "Unfortunately, Will Robinson, that is the one thing all of us definitely have in common. We can all die." Gently he took hold of Will's shoulders and moved him back as Quano was laid on his back. Etrec handed Will over to Penny and Barry, then moved over Quano, kneeling next to the dying or dead Ruler's son. Etrec lifted his hands over Quano, then over his own head, "I acknowledge. Thank you." He lowered his hands to Quano's chest, emitting a bright light. Etrec shut his eyes. A bright flash filled the room and everyone shielded their eyes. Etrec removed his hands and Quano sat up---and so did the Dorcon and the two Romulans. All looked different somehow, inwardly, they were changed. "War makes you bitter and hard. Hate makes you like those who war on you." All scars on Quano's body were gone.

Penny went up to Etrec and helped him up, touched his hands and said, "How did you?"

"Not me alone," Etrec smiled, "Love did this. He did it."

Penny knew what he meant, "He is love."

Even Quano's back was healed. No scars at all.

Giant humanoid Inspector Kobick walked up to the city satellite and dropped Fitzhugh, Lovelace, Piper, Multiple, Keel and the Slave to the sand as gently and easily as he could. Steve yelled to Dan and Mark, riding the pant's leg of the Giant, "Get off, quick!" They did and Kobick shrank down to their size. He was about the same size as a normal Earth human now. Kobick was rubbing his eyes, holding his glasses in one hand and rubbing with both hands--the knuckles of the hand with the glasses and the fingers of the opposite hand.

Steve watched, stunned. He waited until Kobick adjusted himself to this change and for the man to put his glasses back on, "Inspector Kobick, I've been waiting for this for three years." Steve punches Kobick's jaw and Kobick fell. Fitzhugh, by now, saw them and ran over to them. Steve looked at a surprised Dan and Mark, Mark gaping in amusement. "I couldn't resist that."

Mark looked as Piper lead the other four villains toward them, "What have we here?" Keel and Slave stood up, taking longer to recover.

Dan said, "We could fight them."

Steve pulled his arm, "And win I'm sure but let's get inside this thing." The three men ran up to the leg ramp and started to climb, "Fitzhugh come on!" Fitzhugh lagged behind but caught up. The four ran inside.

Lovelace yelled, "Don't let them get away, slowpokes!"

Piper smiled, "They are running into the spider's web."

"True, Piper, true," Lovelace laughed, "Our's."

Multiple made puppet dolls of Steve, Dan, and Mark appear on strings--all meshed in rope and entangled in cords. He, Lovelace, and Piper laughed as one. Keel and Slave went up the ramp. Keel began to change, backing into a corner of the top of the ramp near the doorway's corner. He slowly changed into the werewolf creature that he was, snarling, foaming at the mouth. Piper toots his flute, walked up the ramp, and said, "Obey me, Keel."

In the dungeon, the Dorcon boy and the Romulans were changed. They were actually apologizing to Quano, Will, and the others. Niolani smiled sardonically, "Okay now that we've smoked the peace pipe---no offense..." She turned to Keran, the Indian boy, "...Keran, how do we get out of here without killing anyone?" No one had an answer for her.

After a long pause, Etrec finally had one. "We use our mind."

Gitt Proto squirmed nervously, "Splendid idea."

"How original, our minds," Finestra pondered.

"Good idea," echoed Tucker, "Good idea." But he made no motion to start.

"You phonies," Will said, half heartedly, smiling and moving toward the stairs, "You're all afraid. Come on, I'll lead." He went up the steps, quickly followed by Barry, Penny, and J-5.

Kowalski patted Riley on the arm, "Are we going to let the kids upstage us?"

Riley shrugged, "We did promise Robinson if we found them, we'd take care of them." The two chased after the kids.

Thor lead his group out of the dark recesses into the bright light of day. Once the sun was cleared from their eyes, they could see that they now stood in the middle of the arena! Myko had his knife out, ready to plunge into John Robinson's back. The Ruler turned to look at Myko, who quickly moved the knife down, out of sight. The Ruler said, "They've escaped."

"No matter," smiled Myko, "Let them prove themselves here---and now. They would have ended up here any way. Sooner or later. Let it be sooner."

The Ruler looked down at Thor's group, "They look a shoddy group to be in the arena."

Myko sneered, "Then let them die in it." The Ruler frowned and looked back at him, turned back to the arena again. Myko raised his knife again.

In the arena, a Chinese-American dressed in denim slacks, a brown jacket, and a floppy cowboy hat faced a six armed alien. John asked, "Who is that?" The man radiated power and peace at the same time.

"I believe he said his name is Kwai Chang Caine," the Ruler nodded, "From your planet, Professor, the 1800s, I think. And the alien with the arms is an Aradasian, the most skilled race in weaponry."

John said, "We've seen the females of their race." He noticed in each hand of Ardasian muscle man was a deadly weapon---a knife, a sword, a spear, a spiked ball and chain, a spiked star for throwing, and a pike.

Having put away his knife, Myko got up and went over to Gromak, his own body guard and muscle man fighter, "Go and see to it that more fighters are set loose in there."

Thor looked as Caine blocked each thrust by the six armed Arsdasian, "I hate unfair fighin' as my Hildy taught me to hate such unfairness."

Kraspo yelled, "Look where you lead us, Thor!"

"No use placing the blame," OM said, "No use at all, no, no, no, no use at all, at all, at all."

Farnum removed his hat, "Maybe I have a few tricks up my sleeve."

Sagramonte pointed, "Make it of the utmost haste, honorable Farnum B, for look yonder! Or hither!"

OM gasped, "Oh dear, me, oh dearie, indeed!"

A cage door held huge warriors from other planets. Large, hairy, misshapen mutants with larger swords and lances. Other aliens were shaped like moles, aardvarks, termites, beetles, possums, and crabs! All looked furious and angry. The mixture of their sounds frightened those in the arena. Thor smacked his fist into his own hand, "If only I had thy hammer!"

Caine continued to block every arm of the alien and hit a rapid succession of kung fu chops and bare footed kicks. Each weapon fell to the dirt floor. Thor found a fallen sword. Sagremonte grabbed the spear. Caine spoke softly, "You cannot...hold them all off."

Myko sat down again and unsheathed his knife. Gromak walked to a wheel turn in a stone passage behind the stadium. He started to turn the wheel to the cage. Tucker came up behind, from the stair top landing with Will behind him. The two spotted Gromak. The cage door, in the arena, began to rise up and the monsters growled with anticipation. Tucker came up behind Gromak and double fisted, punched him in the back. Gromak fell.

Tucker turned to an impressed Will, "Good clean fightin' nipper."

Will pointed, his face fallen, "Captain!" Gromak was up and pushed Tucker into the wall in a bear hug! Penny, J-5, and Barry joined Will. Will said, "We have to help him!"

Will hit Gromak's side, running at him. Gromak didn't feel it. He looked at Will and laughed a bit but continued to crush Tucker. Riley and Ski ran up to them. Gromak saw Tucker had enough and dropped him to face the new men. Gromak pushed Will down and punches Ski's stomach. Ski doubled up and fell. Stu yelled and rushed Gromak but Gromak flipped him. He then turned the cage wheel some more, raising the cage door a bit higher. Tucker grabbed Gromak's leg from the floor and tripped him, hitting the right spot on the calve.

In the arena, a white hairy gorilla with a large horn on its head -- the Mugatu, tried to pull the cage door up some more. Thor, OM, Sagremonte, and Caine watched. The six armed alien was on the ground, unconscious now.

Niolani ran to Gromak and kicked his stomach. Gromak collapsed, "Need some help, Tucker old boy?"

"As a matter of fact..." Tucker stood up, "I do, handy lady."

"Thank you, Captain," she said, "Perhaps some men do have taste, after all."

Tucker snarled, "Aye."

"Oh Niolani," Penny puffed, ashamed.

Niolani shrugged.

The rest of the group came up. Quano pointed, "I...I see a way out, Will." They followed Quano out of a passage and they all found a small door which lead out into the arena.

John looked down as they emerged, "Will! Penny!"

"Dad, behind you!" Will shouted, "Myko's gonna kill you!"

John turned and grabbed Myko's arm. Myko was forced to drop the knife as John squeezed. The Ruler stood up, "Myko! You would dare!"

"Yes, I would!"

Quano called up, "Father! Myko and Megazor plot to kill you!"

John punches Myko down as the villain took out a smaller knife from his other sleeve to try to stab the Ruler.

"Megazor?" The Ruler took out his sword, "So you made a deal with him, after all?"

"Megazor?" John turned to see Megazor come out from behind a pillar with the Egyptian. "Oh no..." Megazor threw a spear and it hit the Ruler in his chest, sinking in deep.

"Father!" Quano yelled.

John ran at Megazor, not giving him a chance to do more. Megazor, however, took out his sword just as John arrived. John stopped short in front of it. "Now for a score long unsettled," Megazor said, dripping with evil revenge.

The Mugatu found its way out of the cage. Thor stabbed at it as it came at him. But as it tried to claw Thor, Sagramonte speared it in the side and killed it. Marvello zapped the cage door back down. Will yelled, "Dad, lookout!"

Megazor waved his sword but John jumped back. "I'm going to savor this moment." John fell over a bench. Megazor picked his sword up higher over John and lunged. John rolled off the bench and elbowed Megazor. Myko stood up and came up behind John as Megazor charged again. John grabbed Megazor's arms and leapt away. Megazor, charging, stabbed Myko in the stomach. Myko lost some air out of his lungs and doubled over the sword in him. Megazor didn't blink but heaved the sword out of Myko. Myko backed away and arched his back and fell in a huff. John kicked Megazor's sword out of his hand and moved in to punch Megazor. The Egyptian came up behind John with an axe. Penny yelled, "Dad, behind you!" John ducked the swipe of the axe and plunged his head into the Egyptian's stomach.

Will gasped, "Captain, he can't fight them all!"

The Egyptian fell but now Megazor rose up behind John and grabbed the Professor's arm. Megazor took out his knife from his belt and tried to jab it into John's stomach from behind. John twisted Megazor's arm and moved out from in front of Megazor---just as Megazor jabbed. This movement made Megazor stab his own stomach deeply. Megazor slowly fell.

John watched, not able to do anything. He yelled for the crowd to quiet down, "The Ruler was a good Ruler. All of you---listen to me! The Ruler was good until he came under the influence of these two. We want to get beyond the forcefield---to those manipulating this universe-planet. Help us set things right!" John brushed back some of his hair that fell to the front of his face, making it neat again.

A paid gladiator, free to fight as he wished---or not, came up to John. For a moment, John thought he would have to fight him and wasn't ready to. He was tired. The larger man, nearly naked, merely said, "We will."

Quano, Will, Penny, Barry, Stu, Etrec, and Ski came up to John from the arena. Etrec began healing the dead Ruler, "He is not...dead," he looked at Quano.

"He..."

"...is not...dead." Etrec smiled at Quano, "Please, you must believe that."

Quano stood over him and his father, "I...I do believe." He kneeled as he saw Etrec touch the Ruler. And his father's hand moved to touch his bare leg. "Father!"

The Ruler touched Quano's shoulder as Quano knelt, "You were right, my son...you were...right and I was wrong."

Etrec sealed the wound by laying his hands on the Ruler, "Mr. Ruler, sir. It takes a man to admit he was wrong. Quano---it takes much more to forgive. You are both made of this. Confessing and forgiving. Perhaps, it will give you cause to bring back more to your homeworld than you have brought to this universe-planet."

"Yes," the Ruler looked deeply into Etrec's eyes, "Perhaps it is time. Time to look at how we treat our females."

John, Barry, Penny, Kowalski, Stu Riley, and Will vanished with an ear stirring, almost musical pop.

In Tic Toc, Ann watched them vanish from the arena. "Ray, they...they're all there---at the source now. Apparently the TIME TUNNEL got them all there."

Ray nodded from his seat, "But what will they all find once they are there, I wonder."

In a glowing red room, a sign hung MISERY LOVES COMPANY. A clawed reddish hand waved over a control device on a board. A gravel filled mouth made a sound through fanged teeth, "What more trouble can I stir up?"