Ryan opened his eyes, and looked around. He was inside a massive check-in station, with people walking in and out. Some went one way, and only a few went the other. Ryan had a good idea where the others were going. Ryan stood up, and brushed the dust of his shirt. He walked to a mirror, and jumped back in shock. He had a yellow halo above his head, which could only mean one thing… he was dead.

'I see you're awake' a familiar voice said.

Ryan turned around, and saw Dendiki leaning against a wall.

'What happened?' Ryan asked.

'Raats killed you' Dendiki said simply, 'about ten-fifteen minutes ago. During that time, he's killed thousands of people, and the guys are desperately trying to find the Dragon Balls to wish you back.'

'They can do that?' Ryan asked, amazed.

'Yes' Dendiki replied quickly.

'If you don't mind' a booming voice said.

Ryan looked up. A giant was sitting at a massive table. He was wearing a purple suit, and was red skinned. He had a long black beard, and a surly look about him.

'Sorry Lord Yemma' Dendiki said, 'Ryan needed to catch up with what's happening.'

'Yes, but don't take to long, the line is getting bigger and bigger' Yemma replied.

'All those people are dead?' Ryan asked aloud.

'Yes they are, it's been happening regularly' Yemma said.

'Raats' Ryan said.

'Pardon?' Yemma said, 'we don't have a rodent problem.'

'No, the guy doing it, is Raats, or Slimeoid, as he is called' Ryan explained.

'Oh,' Yemma said quietly, 'nevertheless Ryan, you have an exemplary record, straight through to Other World.'

He pointed to the door to the right. Ryan waved to Dendiki, and wished him well, before walking through it. It was a beautiful place. There were many trees, all with lots of fruit. There was lush grass at Ryan's feet, and a lake with water flowing from the rocks. The sky was a radiant blue, and Ryan noticed that he wouldn't mind it if he didn't go back to life.

A small man tapped Ryan on the shoulder, and jumped back when Ryan turned round.

'Um, someone wants to see you' he said.

'Send him through' Ryan replied happily.

Ryan waited for ten minutes, and he stared into space.

'Well well, Ryan dead, who'd have thought it?' another familiar voice said.

Ryan looked round, and jumped back in surprise.

'You!' Ryan shouted.

'Me' he replied calmly.

A man with spiked black hair and pale, glittering blue eyes stared at him. Matt had returned. He was wearing different clothes though. He had a black jacket, as well as a black t-shirt, and was wearing blue jeans.

'What do you want?' Ryan asked harshly.

'To help you' Matt replied, smirking.

'Why would you do that?' Ryan asked.

'I know what you're up against, Ryan' he replied, 'Slimeoid is powerful, too powerful, for one man. If you and I were wished back, there was something that could stop him.'

'And what's that then?' Ryan shouted back.

'Fusion' Matt replied simply.

Meanwhile on Earth, people were dropping like flies. Raats grinned madly while flying from town to town, exterminating all who stood in his way. His new hobby was to rid the planet of every living thing, which was possibly the easiest thing he could do. Raats flew past a city, and smirked. He flew into it, and landed in a street. A car stopped in front of him, and the driver got out.

'What the hell was that about?' he asked Raats, who ignored him, 'you could've been killed!'

Raats looked at him, and the man recoiled in horror.

'You!' he shouted, recognising Raats brown hair, and dark green eyes.

'DESTROYER BLAST!' Raats shouted.

The blast of red energy went straight through the driver, killing him instantly. The people around Raats ran away, as Raats smirked, and laughed madly. A green aura of energy surrounded him, and he shouted at the top of his voice. There was a flash of light, and then Raats was standing in a crater. Raats stopped laughing, and flew off…

Elsewhere, Ryan was still contemplating Matt's offer.

'So what we fuse into one being?' Ryan asked inquisitively.

'Yes' Matt said impatiently.

'And we're stuck like that forever?' Ryan asked.

'No, only for 30 minutes' Matt said.

'Cool, so we will become a super being?' Ryan asked.

'Yes, now will you shut up and agree or not!' Matt shouted.

'Fine, what do I do?' Ryan asked.

Meanwhile, Spyke and Nami looked at Liam and Sam with disbelief. Dendiki shouted for joy, and Liam and Sam shown them the four Dragon Balls.

'Thought you might need them' Liam said.

'Hold on, don't we have two?' Nami asked.

'Yep' Spyke said, producing two Dragon Balls.

Dendiki let out another yelp of joy, before saying 'well, we have only one left!'

Dendiki, Liam and Sam danced around the Lookout, while Spyke and Nami looked on.

'What do we do about Raats?' Nami asked.

'Easy, we follow the trail of destruction' Spyke replied.

'Then what?' Nami said.

'I hold him off...' Spyke said, 'at least… till Ryan arrives.'

Suddenly, a voice made them stood still.

'Guys? Guys? You there?' Ryan shouted.

'Ryan?' Liam shouted, 'Ryan where are you?'

The others remained rigid, unsure whether they were going crazy.

'Listen, I'm in Other World, and Lord Yemma is letting me use the tele-link… thing' Ryan said.

'Great explanation!' Sam said, laughing.

'Listen, when you get the Dragon Balls, there are two wishes to perform' Ryan said, 'the first, is to wish everyone killed by Raats to come back to life, which will include me. The second, is to wish Matt back to life.'

There was a great uproar of shouting and cursing from Liam, Sam and Dendiki.

'What?' they shouted, 'he tried to kill you!'

'Excuse me' Matt said, silencing them, 'but if you want to kill Raats, you have to wish me back. Ryan and I have almost got this Fusion Dance down. When we return, we will fuse for 30 minutes, and be able to kick his ass.'

'Fine' Dendiki said.

The others looked on mutinously, obviously unhappy about the situation…

Raats flew towards the next city, but stopped slightly before it. He let out a maniacal laugh, but was met with a blast of blue energy to the back of the head. He turned around, and Spyke was standing behind him.

'You got a death wish?' Raats asked.

'Maybe I have' Spyke said, smiling.

Spyke prayed in his head that Nami could find the Dragon Ball quickly, or Spyke would join the list of the deceased. Spyke shouted, and there was a flash of yellow light. Spyke bow had an aura of gold around him, as well as blue sparks flying around as well. His hair was golden blond, and his eyes aqua blue.

'I see you can do that trick too' Raats said, readying for the fight.