Rai would soon find out, as Mr. Lee's crack team was heading right for Lee Industries.

"What's the situation Ax man?" King asked.

"One of Mr. Lee's new inventions, a time-space inducer, was stolen not that long ago."

"A time-space whatsit?" Shark asked.

"A time-space inducer" Axel replied, "I'm not sure what it does myself, but I know that in the wrong hands, it can mean big trouble."

"You think Paine stole this thing?" King asked.

"Who else" Axel replied "and knowing his evil mind, he's got some big plan for it. Which is why we need to get it back."

The vehicles carrying the A.T.O.M gang pulled up in front of Lee Industries and they headed in. Axel and friends made their way down the hallways and into the lab. There they saw Garrett and the G.O.O.D members.

"Who are the new guys?" Shark wondered, "lab assistants?"

"If they are, they're hot lab assistants" Hawk added.

Lioness smacked him on the back of the head and they approached the G.O.O.D operatives.

"Hi" Axel said, "what brings you to Lee Industries?"

"We're here to regain the stolen inducer" Sam explained.

"Actually, Mr. Lee sent us to handle that" Axel said, "but you're welcome to help, if you want."

"We would really appreciate the help of a lovely lady such as yourself" Hawk said, sidling over to Sam.

Sam ignored him and faced Axel, "look, I appreciate that Mr. Lee wants to regain his stolen property, but you should just let us handle this. We know the villains and what they're capable of."

"Maybe so" Axel said, "but we know the city. If you want to find these crooks, you'll need our help."

"Good point" Sam said, extending her hand "I'm Sam. These are my teammates, Raimundo Pederosa, Kim Possible, & Ron Stoppable."

"Oh I get it, like 'impossible'" Shark said, "that's funny!"

"You're not the first person to make that connection" Kim replied, obviously unamused.

"I'm Axel Manning" Axel said, shaking Sam's hand.

"The name's Zack Hawkes, but you can call me Hawk" Hawk said, flexing his muscles. Sam simply stared at him in confusion.

"I'm Ollie Sharker, but you dudes can call me Shark."

"Crey Kingston's the name, King to my pals."

"And I'm Catarena Leone, but everyone calls me Lioness."

"And I thought our names were weird" Ron whispered to Kim.

"Come on, our vehicles are outside" Axel said, "we'll take you around the city and hopefully locate this part."

"Good idea" Sam said, "we can brief you on the villains during the trip."

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Meanwhile, in a secret location in the city, a man was watching the local news with interest.

"Our top story today" the newswoman began "is the theft of a time-space inducer from Lee Industries. Alone, the inducer is no threat, but if used properly, could spell problems for Landmark City…"

"Ugh!" the man shouted angrily "that inducer should've been mine! Who would dare steal it before I could?"

"I checked around boss" another man said, "I think I found the guys who stole that inducer thing."

The first man got up from his chair. "Is that so?" he asked, "well then, I think I need to pay them a little visit."

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Several minutes later, at the temporary headquarters of E.V.I.L the members were waiting anxiously to leave.

"I don't like having to hang around here" Jack explained, "the longer we do, the more time those heroes have to find us."

"I know how you feel, but we can't leave until Skulker repairs his battlesuit" Plasmius explained, "we'll need him at full strength in case we have to fight those heroes again."

"We still have my Immobilizer" Drakken said boastfully, "it took care of those heroes last time and it can do it again."

Suddenly, there was a knock at the door; "who could that be?" Terence asked, "nobody knows we're here."

"It might be the pizza guy" Jack said, receiving stares from his cohorts, "what? Just cause I'm in another city I can't eat?"

Jack went over and opened the door. "It's about time you got here" he said, "I'm starving! And don't think I'm paying for this, cause…"

He suddenly realized that it wasn't the pizza guy, but not before a metal spider leg slammed into him. The other villains were quickly aware of the commotion.

"Get the Immobilizer!" Terence yelled to Drakken.

The doctor fumbled with his gun, just as the door burst open. He didn't have a chance to fire before the spider leg grabbed the weapon.

"Got'cha" said the owner, who wore a black bodysuit, gloves, boots and a helmet with purple "eyes" and wore a light blue tabard with a green spider emblem on the girdle. Attached to his back were six mechanical spider legs.

Following him was a huge man who had large muscles, covered with exposed veins. He had glassy yellow eyes and his black hair was tied up in several tufts atop his head. He wore a ripped green leotard, white sweat pants and tennis shoes, and a wristband with a green stripe in the center. He quickly whacked Drakken with a barbell, sending him crashing into Plasmius.

Then, into the room walked a third man, with scars on his hands and face, and black & red hair, wearing a gray jacket and pants, a red shirt, and black shoes and belt with a yellow buckle.

"I believe you gentlemen have something that belongs to me" he said "and I'd like it back."

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However, before Paine could attack them, the villains handed over the inducer and explained their reasons for stealing it. Intrigued by their story, the villain opted not to kill them, and instead took them back to his subterranean lair.

"Sweet set-up you got here" Jack said, "how much a place like this set you back?"

"A lot, but when you're a criminal, you tend not to worry about finances" Paine replied.

"You know it's lucky I ran into you. As I mentioned, my business is chaos, and that seems to be yours as well."

"Technically, we try to take over the world" Jack explained.

"Irregardless" Paine replied, "you cause chaos all over the world. And I like what you told me about your group, E.V.I.L. What a noble concept, a group of villains gathered together for the purposes of chaos and destruction!"

"Yeah, it's a good group" Jack said.

"Indeed, and I want in" Paine explained "you see, I have a little problem with a kid named Axel Manning, and his gang of punk friends. With the resources of your group behind me, I could finally crush Manning and bring Landmark City to its' knees!"

"Well, we do owe you for not killing us" Drakken said, "I think we can get you in."

"And you want the inducer" Paine added, "you help me kill Manning and his pals and it's yours."

"I don't know, we really should be getting back…" Drakken added.

"Oh come now, we are guests of Mr. Paine" Terence replied, "as fellow villains, the least we can do is help him vanquish his foe."

"Well all right" Drakken said, "this place looks like it has a lab where I can increase my Immobilizer's power."

"That puny pop gun?" Spydah said, "you really think that thing can do anything?"

"It took care of the heroes the last time!" Drakken shouted.

"Let me play around it with it" Spydah replied, snatching the weapon from Drakken's hands. The blue skinned scientist fumed as he followed Spydah to the lab.

Suddenly, the door to the lair opened and a figure stepped in. She was a teenage girl, with black and red hair, wearing a similarly colored outfit.

"Hey dad" she said, noticing the villains "who're the losers? More rejects from the Slab?"

"Actually Samantha, these are some out of town villains who are going to help me destroy Manning and take over the city!" Paine replied.

"They don't look all that impressive" Samantha replied "what can they do?"

"Oh, just this" Plasmius replied, turning himself into a ghost, and firing an ectoplasmic blast at the wall.

"Is this guy great or what?" Paine asked, "nothing Manning can do can withstand his powers!"

"Yeah, real impressive" Samantha replied; but she was impressed, and decided she'd better keep an eye on these villains…

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Meanwhile, the A.T.O.M team had retired back to their aquarium headquarters in hopes of using their computer to locate the inducer.

"This is a sweet place ya got here" Ron said, "KP, we need to get digs like this!"

"We don't need 'digs' Ron" Kim replied, "and besides, we have a base, remember? Otherwise known as my house?"

"But your house doesn't have a pool table" Ron explained. Kim just sighed and gave up.

Meanwhile, over in Lioness' room, Rai was watching her exercise.

"You're very athletic" he commented.

"Thanks" she replied, "I'm a dancer so I like to keep in shape. And it's good for kicking bad guy butt."

"Reminds me a lot of the acrobatics I'd see back in Brazil" Rai said.

"No way! You're from Brazil?" Lioness asked, amazed.

"Si" Rai responded in his native tongue.

"I'm from Brazil too" Lioness added.

"Wow!" Rai said, "man, I can't believe I didn't notice it before."

"Well, I grew up here in the states" Lioness explained "but I'm still a Brazilian girl at heart."

"Me too" Rai said, "except for the girl thing."

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Meanwhile, in the main room, King and Sam were trying to locate the inducer.

"There ain't that many abandoned places in the city" King explained, "so your villains have to be hiding in one of them."

"That could take too long" Sam replied, "that kid Garrett said the part emitted a power source that could be traced. If we can locate that…"

"We can find the villains" King added, "good thinking."

"Well, I am pretty smart" Sam replied modestly.

King began a search, and it came up positive. "Bingo!" he exclaimed, "yo Ax, we found the bad guys. They're in the old factory outside of town."

"Then let's jet" Axel replied.

"The redheads can fly with me, if they want" Hawk said happily.

"We'll pass, thanks" Sam said.

"Besides, I'm already attached" Kim added.

Hawk lowered his head in depression "oh man, why are the good ones taken?" he asked.

"Because they don't want to date you" Lioness replied. Hawk stared at her angrily, then stormed off to his vehicle.

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Unknown to the heroes, the warehouse was not as deserted as it appeared.

"Very soon, Manning and his pals will be here to collect the inducer" Paine replied, "but they'll find a nasty little surprise waiting for them. Are our men in position?"

"All set" Plasmius replied, "the trap is a go."

"Excellent" Paine said, grinning evilly and continuing to look through his binoculars.

Meanwhile, Samantha (or as she liked to be called, Magness) had made her way over to Jack. "So, my dad says you're part of some villain alliance" she said.

"Yup, the Enclave of Villains and Insignificant Lackeys or E.V.I.L" Jack replied.

"Clever" Magness replied, "so what, you guys travel all over the world, doing evil?"

"Basically, we seek to conquer the world and all known alternate dimensions for our boss, Vilgax. He's an alien."

"I see" Magness replied "so what are you doing here?"

"We need that inducer thing yer pop stole from us" Jack explained "we're going to use it to make a device that will rip a hole between dimensions so we can wreak havoc there. Or something, that's what I was told."

"Uh-huh" Magness replied, "and my dad mentioned you guys were planning on offering him membership."

"Yeah, he seems evil enough to be a member of our crew" Jack said, "and if he helps us bust up those good guys, he's in."

"Really?" Magness asked, "that's all he has to do?"

"Pretty much" Jack said, "the others like his style. So, what do you do?"

"You'll find out when the heroes get here" she replied, "and it'll be quite a show, I guarantee you."

"I'm already excited" Jack replied.

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In the next chapter, it's a hero & villain smackdown that can only end with one team standing (okay technically that's not true, but it sounds more dramatic). Which team will come out on top? You'll have to read on to find out.