The Ultimate Enemy Part 1

As the war between the Forever Knights and the Flame Keepers' Circle continues, several Forever Knights are attacked by a group of Esoterica.
The green weapon of one of the knights is knocked across the ground over to Kevin's feet with little damage and scratches.
Kevin picks it up, connects his Plumber's Badge to it, and uses it to continue fighting with ease.

" How many Esoterica soldiers are there?"

" Too many to count for my taste."

" And yet you complain that you never get to do anything fun."

" So you don't count as fun?"

Gwen made a mana dome around the four and knocked the soldiers far away.
A large tremor suddenly appears as the four make their way to the seal.
Vilgax stands before the seal as George and Ben prepare themselves to fight.
Vilgax launches white spheres of energy as Heatblast dodges them and fires fire balls.

Vilgax moves in and out of the dimension as he prepares to destroy the seal.
The team arrives to watch as George is knocked back by a large ball of energy.
Heatblast launches a sonic fire howl, hitting Vilgax directly and then making a ring of fire before hovring near Kevin.

" I thought Vilgax was dead?"

" Which Time?"

" How come Heatblast looks like a wolf?"

" Ben was in his wolf form when he selected him to fly towards the seal earlier."

Vilgax walks past the flames, undamaged from the attack as it seems.
He fires at the team, however Gwen is able to shield them with a large mana field.
Unfortunately Vilgax has been able to damage the seal just enough.
So that Diagon is able to produce a wave that transforms every living person on the planet into an Esoterica.

Ben, Gwen, Kevin, Lance, Albedo and Sir George are not effected due to Gwen's mana field
Cooper is unaffected due to ship transforming into a suit of armor around him, but every being on earth is now under Diagon's control.
Vilgax attacks again, with a large energy ball that breaks Gwen's mana shield.
Another mana shield appears and Heatblast's eyes are glowing bright green.

His wolf features are gone now since he used his wolf energy for the mana.
Heatblast is able to use his fire to melt the rocky ground under Vilgax, and he sinks in.
Vilgax is trapped, shoulder high in the rock as Ben returns to his human form.

" Here put this on."

" Away with that."

" This iron keeps Diagon from controlling you."

" Ascalon is the only protection I need."

" Good thing I had the collars reinforced."

" Really? When?"

" After what Azmuth showed us, I placed metal in our collars to prevent mind control from getting us."

" Exactly when did you do this?"

" On the honeymoon when we went on those island tours. I figured it was the perfect time."

The cave started to shake interrupting the conversation.

" Gwen."

" I'm on it. A spell to stop the Diagon."

Ben turns toward Kevin and hugs him briefly before looking into his eyes.

" Protect Gwen and stay alive."

" Have I ever let you down before?"

Ben smiles as Kevin kisses his forehead before leaving with Gwen and Lance.
Albedo gets beside Ben growling at Vilgax who is struggling to escape.
He asks his master Diagon to give him more power, so that he may free himself and break The Seal.
Diagon agrees and Vilgax glows blue and grows stronger as he breaks out of the rock.

He attacks Ben and George, and Ben transforms into Eatle to fight him.
Albedo uses his sonic howls to knock Vilgax off-guard.
Eatle fires many energy blast and soon Vilgax falls.
George makes an energy dome to trap Vilgax, but Vilgax pushes through it.

He grabs the energy connected to Aschalon and swings George around and slamming him into walls.
After a long and difficult battle, Eatle is able to ram into Vilgax and send him flying.
Vilgax breaks through several buildings and crashes into the top of a pyramid.
While George, Albedo and Ben think that he has been defeated, Vilgax raises up and breaks the top off of the pyramid, then throws it at them.

Eatle is able to cover and protect George, but the large building falls on top of them.
Vilgax crosses the wreckage and approaches The Seal, as he starts to destroy it.
Meanwhile, Gwen, Lance and Kevin have taken the Rust Bucket 3 back to her house in Bellwood.
They need to retrieve a spell from one of her books with which she may be able to confine the Diagon.

" So far so good."

" Maybe they left town when they became Esoterica."

" I seriously doubt mindless servants would disobey their master Diagon."

Soon the three were facing an army of Esoterica filling the street.

" Hey I said maybe."

The soldiers start attacking and Gwen makes a mana shield as Kevin and Lance prepare to fight."

" I could be hitting your mom or Grandpa Max."

" Last thing you need is your family members mad at you."

" Yeah well Grandpa Max wouldn't want either of us to go easy on him."

" Making sure we're on the same page."

Kevin fires blast after blast from his gun and Lance using his sonic howls to knock them back.
They hold them off long enough to enter Gwen's house, and for Gwen to put up a large mana dome around it, to keep the Esoterica at bay.
As Vilgax is attempting to destroy The Seal, Diagon is angry at him, for the power he was given was more than enough to break The Seal.
Soon a green mana bubble appears from the rubble and reveals Eatle, George and Albedo unharmed.

" Did you say vessel or fossil?"

" He is the Diagon's pawn and his doom is at hand."

" Let's just hurry before the Diagon escapes!"

The three begin to attack Vilgax again who denies he is being used by the Diagon.
Gwen, Lance and Kevin are still at her house, and Gwen is disappointed to find that none of her books have any spell that could hold Diagon.
The Esoterica finally break the shield, and she, Lance and Kevin are forced to flee.
They Esoterica attack them outside of her house, and the three begin fighting them again.

Kevin using the weapon he took, and modified during their stay at Gwen's home.
They Esoterica surround them, and Gwen tries to create a shield around them, but is mentally attacked by Diagon.
She tells Kevin that her previous experience with the Lucubra's mind control has left something inside her, and Diagon is able to control her.
Diagon then completely takes over her, and makes her use her powers to race towards him.

" Well it's time I finally used my true power."

" Wait you don't mean...?"

Lance growls and roars as he shifts into his most powerful form unseen until now.
There stood a pure-bred Cereboan with charcoal gray fur covering it's heads and simple gray fur covering his body.
His eyes were dark grey, glowing and looking at Kevin as he picked him up and placed him under his collar.

( To be clear, Lance's true form is bigger than Kevin's which is why Kevin is small enough to be carried around.)

" Okay this weird and let's go!"

" Just hang on tight and watch!"

The beast took off following Gwen as she sped to the Seal controlled by Diagon.
Eatle, Albedo and George are still fighting Vilgax even though they are getting tired.
Ben mentions to Vilgax that he is not a true servant of the Diagon, and he only wants something out of it for himself.
Vilgax is angered and attacks Ben again as George attacks as well.
Vilgax grabs Eatle and places him in front as a shield to stop George.

" You have a blind spot."

" Really? Because you have one as well."

Before Vilgax could respond, he screams in pain as Albedo sinks his fangs into Vilgax's skull.
Albedo runs his claws on Vilgax's back and green blood splatters onto the ground.
George and Eatle fire blast after blast until Vilgax lands on his clawed back.
Albedo's eyes become dark red as he digs his claws into Vilgax's chest.

Vilgax kicks Albedo in his face, loosening his jaws and hurling him into Eatle and Ben to the ground.
Vilgax launches three energy blasts at the three, thinking he finished them off.
A flash of green appears and Ben transforms into Humungousaur.
He placed George and Albedo down as he runs toward Vilgax

Vilgax manages to knock Humungousaur away again, and he nearly falls onto Kevin, who has arrived riding on Lance to tell them that Diagon's got Gwen.
Ben looks confused to the Cereboan standing beside him and noticing that Gwen isn't with them at the moment.

" Is that?"

" Yeah Lance transformed to get here quicker.

Lance was checking over Albedo while George and Vilgax continue to fight before the seal.
Gwen approaches The Seal, and Diagon expresses his disappointment in Vilgax's failure.
He then makes Gwen transform into her Anodite form making the room shake slightly.
Humungousaur approaches her, and tries to stop her, but Gwen uses her powers to knock him out, and forces him to transform back to human.
As she begins to break The Seal, Kevin runs up to her and grabs her arms, then covers her in the metal coating he was wearing.
Before pulling it back onto himself, with the exception of a metal cap over her head, to prevent Diagon's control.

" Thank you."

" You don't have a collar like me and Ben do."

Gwen, George, Lance, Albedo, Ben and Kevin now corner Vilgax and demand him to tell them how to stop the Diagon from coming, and how to change everyone back from being Esoterica. Vilgax asks his master Diagon for more power, but is met with silence.

" Looks like you're on you're own."

" Tell us how to stop this. Don't make me sick Gwen or my Cereboan husband on you!"

But a ship comes in from overhead, and Psyphon exits it. Vilgax is angry that Psyphon is late, but Psyphon claims that gathering everything Vilgax asked for took more time than expected. Gwen, George,Lance, Albedo, Ben and Kevin approach Vilgax and Psyphon, and Ben transforms into Jury Rigg.

However, a large tremor shakes the cave, and The Seal glows with a bright light, as Diagon's voice booms and reveals that it has finally escaped.
The Seal glows brighter, then breaks apart into nothing. Both sides approach it and look into Diagon's dimension, but find nothing.
They hear his booming laugh, and run out to the cave's exposed ceiling to find the giant Diagon in the sky, as he boasts that he is 'everywhere'.