Back at the Rustbucket, it was looking less and less like they were going to make it to New York to repel the invasion.
"Good news" Gwen said, "it seems that heroes from all over the world have shown up and are fighting off the invaders."
Then she let out a gasp of surprise "Oh my gosh! One of them is Kim Possible!"
"Who?" Ben asked.
"Are you that ignorant?" Gwen asked, "Kim Possible is only the greatest teenage hero ever. She fights crime and helps people all over the world. She's my idol."
"Um, hello, I fight evil and help people too" Ben said, "plus I've got cool alien powers. How come you don't idolize me?"
"Cause I don't respect dweebs" Gwen replied.
Before Ben could think of another comeback, Max ordered the two to stop fighting.
"We'll need some extra speed if we're going to get there in time" he added, "Ben, do you think you can do it?"
"If you mean go Upgrade, you bet" Ben said "New York City, here we come!"
Transforming into Upgrade, Ben covered the RV and it zoomed off down the highway.
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Back in New York, the action was heating up. Vlad and Danny battled each other to a standstill, while Weather Vane put her skills to the test against the other heroes. She had them right where she wanted them, until suddenly, a quartet of strange monks attacked. Their element powers were too much for her to handle, and she was forced to retreat.
And, the final two players were immediately entering the scene.
"Thanks for picking me up" said a little blue haired boy "it's very important that I get here."
"My pleasure" replied the redhead in the green spandex "although I'm still not sure what a young boy like you can do."
"You'll see" the boy replied, "let's just hurry."
Sam agreed and rushed into the fray, with the young boy in hot pursuit.
"Just stay behind me" Sam ordered, "I can't have you getting hurt or…" she suddenly noticed that the kid was now in front of her.
"Hey! What did I just say?" Sam asked.
The boy ignored her and ran towards Magnacat.
"The Tamer!" the evil monster said, "what a fortunate opportunity. I get the chance to wipe out the major threat to my plans."
"Not unless I stop you first!" Zick replied, reaching for his Universal Dom Box.
Magnacat simply grinned and began to use his hypnotic powers on the boy. "Surrender child" he said, "you cannot resist my powers! You are helpless to defeat me."
"Guess again punk" came Jake's voice from above. Magnacat barely got a look at him before the red tail slammed into him.
"Hypnotize that, ya weirdo" Jake said, before checking on Zick "you okay kid?"
"I'm fine" Zick replied "thanks for the help."
"Hey, we're all on the same side here" Jake said, "so whatta you say we whoop some bad guy booty?"
Zick nodded and got on Jake's back; "hang on" Jake cautioned as he took to the skies.
Meanwhile, Sam had noticed Terence and headed over to confront him.
"Freeze Terence!" she said, her Windtunnel 9000 at the ready "you're going back to your cell at WOOHP HQ."
"I think not" Terence replied, "have you met my friend Dr. Drakken? Or his associate Shego?"
At that moment, Shego jumped Sam from behind; she knocked the hairdryer from her hands and held one of her glowing palms over her.
"Time for an extreme makeover" she chuckled.
"Good idea, how about we start with your face?" Kim asked.
Shego barely had time to react before Kim kicked Shego in the back, knocking her to the ground.
"You ok?" Kim asked, as she helped Sam to her feet.
"I think so," Sam said, "say, you look familiar."
"I get that a lot" Kim replied, "now if you'll excuse me…" and she jumped towards Shego, ready for battle.
Meanwhile, the Upgrade enhanced Rustbucket was mere feet from the battle site, when Ben's time expired and he transformed back.
"Aw man! Now what?" Ben asked.
"Don't worry Ben, you got us close enough" Max replied, "but you'd better stay in here until you can regain power."
"I appreciate all your help docs, but I got an enemy out there to take care of" Ace said, "hopefully, I'll see ya again."
"Wait!" Gwen called, but it was too late. Ace had already exited the RV and was heading straight for Weather Vane.
"So, those robots didn't destroy you" she said, after spying him, "good, that means I get the pleasure of doing it myself!"
She fired a blast of lightning, but Ace dodged it and blasted her with his sword.
Observing from the sidelines were the Xiaolin monks.
"A giant bunny?" Omi remarked "now I have truly seen everything."
"Never mind that" Raimundo said, "he's distracting weather lady. Whatta say we give her a taste of Wudai power?"
"I'm with ya" Clay added.
"Me too" said Kimiko.
"Wudai Star Formation!" the monks said, forming their 4-man pose.
That increased their abilities were enough to knock Weather Vane asunder.
"Not bad monk dudes" Ace commented.
Back in the RV, Ben had regained power to the Omnitrix. "All right!" he cheered "Fourarms time!"
He transformed into the massive red alien and ran out to join the fray.
Elsewhere, Kim squared off against Karai.
"You think your martial arts abilities are good?" the evil ninja asked, "you are an amateur compared to me."
"We'll see" Kim said, launching a flying kick; Karai held up both arms to avoid it, then retaliated with a kick of her own. Kim ducked to avoid it, then launched forward with a chop.
"Impressive" Karai replied, blocking the chop with her arm "but still not good enough!"
Before Kim could even move, Karai kicked her in the gut; then she pulled out her kusarigama, and entangled Kim's foot with the chain.
"Farewell, foolish girl" Karai said, pulling Kim close and then raising the scythe part of the weapon.
"Not so fast lady!" somebody's voice said.
Karai looked for its' source, only for receive a kick in the face from Sam for her troubles.
While she was distracted, Kim sprang into action; she jumped up, freed herself from the chain, then pulled the weapon from Karai's hands.
"Shall we?" she asked Sam.
"Let's" Sam replied cheerfully, and both girls delivered a powerful kick to Karai's stomach; she went down like a stone.
"Thanks for the assist" Kim said.
"No problem" Sam said, "we're all in this together."
While that was going on, Karai's usual nemesis Leo was battling the Huntsman.
"Accursed reptile, I shall have your shell as my trophy" Huntsman said, blasting with his staff.
Leo avoided the blasts either by jumping or blocking them with his katanas. "I don't think so" Leo replied, as he jumped in the air, both swords at the ready.
With a powerful swing of his blades, he cut the Huntsman's staff in two.
"Oh blast" was all he could manage before a kick to the face took him down.
Meanwhile, Fourarms had focused his attention on trying to stop Magnacat. "I don't know who, or what, you are" he said "but you're in for a butt kicking!"
"Guess again, my powerful friend" Magnacat said, sending his hypnotic powers towards the red alien.
"What the…?" Fourarms replied, before grabbing his head "ahhh! What's going on?"
"Give in to me" Magnacat said, "there's no way you can hope to resist my power.
Surrender your will to me, and use your strength on the others."
"N-n-n-never" Fourarms said, kneeling on the ground, clutching his head in pain.
"It's useless to resist" Magnacat continued "your may have big muscles, but your brain is not so large. And soon, you will be under my power!"
Suddenly, something blasted Magnacat from behind; he growled and looked to find the source of the disturbance.
It was Ace.
"Step away from the alien" Ace said "or I'll fry me up some ugly monster."
"You annoying creature!" Magnacat shouted "I'll destroy you for this!"
"You're not destroying anyone!" came Fourarms voice, seconds before he picked up the evil Gorka.
"You can't do this!" Magnacat screamed "I am your master! I order you to put me down now!"
"Now that's an order I'll be happy to obey" Fourarms replied, "Fourarms goes for a pass…" he said, before tossing the villain away, "and it's good!"
"AAAAAAAHHHH!" Magnacat screamed as he sailed through the air, landing on Jack and Drakken.
Fourarms dusted off his hands "that takes care of that load of trash" he said, before turning to Ace. "Thanks for the help back there", he said.
"Eh, no problem doc" Ace said, "after all, you helped me."
Meanwhile, in yet another area, Zick found himself facing the evil Vlad Plasmius. "So child, do you have any last words before I blast you into oblivion?" Plasmius asked.
"Don't underestimate me" Zick replied "I'm a great Tamer."
"But not great enough to defeat me" Plasmius said.
"Don't be so sure" Zick replied, whipping out the Dom Box.
"Ooh, a gun, I'm so frightened" Plasmius said mockingly, "no stupid toy can beat me, I'm half-ghost."
"Exactly" Zick said, pointing the Dom Box right at Plasmius, "fortunately, this works on all kinds of supernatural beings."
Plasmius suddenly found himself being sucked toward the device. "What? Nooooo…" he yelled as he was sucked into the Dom Box.
"Oh fudge sticks."
After Plasmius was boxed, Danny flew over to Zick.
"Cool device" Danny said, "I've got one like it myself. Presenting, the Fenton Thermos" he said, taking it out "it can suck up any ghost."
"My Universal Dom Box is primarily designed for monsters" Zick said, "I'm just glad it worked on this guy."
"Me too kid" Danny replied.
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Back in his spaceship, Vilgax was receiving a status report from his Robot Lt.
"Things aren't going well for our side sir" he said, "all of our operatives were defeated."
"Activate my transport" Vilgax ordered, "I'll go down personally and handle those heroes."
"Yes sir" the Lt. replied, rushing off to prepare the iron ball.
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Looks like the heroes will have to deal with Vilgax now. Will their combined powers be enough to stop him? Read the next chapter and find out.