Sorry for the late update everyone. And this chapter's kinda short, but I felt it was best to end it where I did. Anyhow, enjoy.

It had been a full week since Vlad had been put in jail, and the Hero League had a nice long vacation. Amazingly, no big crimes had occurred since Vlad was captured. Everything was peaceful.

Or at least, it should have been.

To tell the truth, the League was going nuts without a mission to go on. For the time being, the group of six friends – and Hiei – Were just hanging out on Specter Star.

"SONIC!" June shouted, as a blue blur ran past Danny, who was sitting at the control panel. "GET BACK HERE!" The Te Xuan Ze ran after the Hedgehog, looking like she was ready to do some damage.

"What'd he do now?" Jake asked as he walked into the control room.

"That immature blue rodent won't stop bugging me!" June replied, finally stopping.

"Hey," Said Sonic, popping up next to June. "Who you calling a rodent?" June was about to grab Sonic when he zoomed away again. He stopped next to Hiei, who was brooding on an upper level of the control room. "June, you're just too slow. I feel sorry for all of you, who'll never attain the speeds Hiei and I can reach, am I right Hiei?" Sonic placed a hand on Hiei's shoulder, prompting one of Hiei's famous glares.

"Take your hand off me…" He said threateningly. "…before I cut it off and turn it into an ash tray."

Sonic blinked. "You wouldn't do that… would you?" In reply, Hiei began to draw his sword. Sonic moved his hand and backed away.

"Dork." Said June.

"Can we please keep it down?" Danny asked. "Some of us are trying to work?"

"On what?" Jake asked. "There's been nothing going on."

"No, but something might happen sooner or later. And we have to be ready when it does."

"I didn't realize saving the world could ever be so boring." Sonic whined, leaning on the railing.

Sora and Clover walked in carrying trays of food. "Lunch is ready!" Clover called cheerfully. "You know, cooking isn't as hard as I thought."

"Yeah," Said Sora. "It's pretty easy when you have a replicator doing all the actual work."

Sora and Clover passed everyone their food and they eagerly dug in. Especially Sonic, who immediately stuffed his face with Chili dog. Danny however kept working.

"Dude, take a break and eat something." Jake suggested.

"Yeah, you've been working all day." June added. "Aren't you overdoing it?"

Danny sat back and gave a sigh. "You're right… I guess after all these years all my ghost enemies have pretty much stopped trying, and now that we've put most of our enemies in jail, including Vlad, I feel… kinda useless."

Hiei simply gave a "hmph."

"What?" Danny asked the demon.

"Quit feeling sorry for yourself." Hiei replied. "You're complaining about having done your job too well, and frankly it's pathetic."

"Hiei, maybe you should let up on him a little…" Clover suggested. But Danny just shook his head. "No, he's right. To tell the truth, I never really expected to ever finally beat Vlad. Now that I have, its kind of weird."

"I know what you mean." Said Sonic. "Back when I put Eggman behind bars things got kinda boring. But there's always gonna be some bad guy to stop, and you can bet everyone's favorite blue blur's gonna save the day. …With a little help from his friends." Sora smacked Sonic. "Ow!"

"Hey, that is fun!" Said Sora.

Danny laughed. "Thanks guys, I needed a good laugh. Now let's eat."

The others happily agreed and the team enjoyed their lunch.

Meanwhile, Vlad wasn't enjoying himself at all. He paced his cell holding his ears, trying to filter out the loud music coming from Robotnik's cell.

"Doesn't he ever turn that music off!" Vlad demanded. He walked over to the wall and pounded on it. "Keep it down! Can't you let a man die in peace!"

If Robotnik had heard him he hadn't showed it. The music continued.

How has it come to this? Vlad asked himself. How could this happen? Here I am, dying, powerless, and I'm subjected to this awful music. That Robotnik should have stuck to building weapons instead of becoming and opera fan.

Then it hit him. Robotnik, if what he saw on the news could be believed, was one of the world's foremost inventors, and had built amazing weapons no other scientist could even come close to matching. And if he remembered correctly, it was Robotnik's own grandfather who had built the weapon responsible for shooting a hole in the moon. Such genius could be very valuable.

Vlad turned to the small television set across from his bed. Being fairly good with electronics himself, he opened a panel and did some rewiring.

Dr. Ivo Robotnik, also known as Eggman, was enjoying a performance of "The Marriage of Figaro" on TV, when the image on the screen changed to that of Vlad Masters, who had rigged the television and security cameras to create a crude two way communicator device.

"Doctor Robotnik, I presume?" Said Vlad.

"Vlad Masters," Robotnik said, unsurprised. "To what do I owe the honor of making your acquaintance?"

"I have a proposition to Make. One that could make you rich, give you your freedom, and help you take revenge on a certain blue rodent."

Robotnik leaned forward. "I'm listening…"