Super Saturn and the Zombie King circled each other, never taking their eyes away from the other combatant. Even though he lacked fists, Super Saturn would have his raised if he had them. The Zombie King had a confident smirk as he observed his opponent's movements; Super Saturn seemed a tad shaky, likely from the events in Fourside and the unknown fate of Captain Strong. Even though the hero was rattled from those incidents, he would still give it his all to defeat the Zombie King.

After circling each other six or seven times, the King made the first move and threw his foot out, smacking Super Saturn's nose with the sole of his foot. The very tip of his nose caved in, but it was undone the minute the undead King withdrew his foot. Super Saturn stumbled back, mumbling to himself, "Ow! Ow!"

When Zoomer recuperated from the attack, he headbutted the zombie's chest and shoved him away. The King fell onto his back and hit his head on the ground. Bonk! The impact gave him a small headache that went away after a few seconds. Nonetheless, Zoomer's attack knocked the wind out of him. The King could barely focus as he desperately tried to fill his lungs with air, but his breaths were so short that there was no difference in his breathing.

Finally, the King got the breath he needed, and he was finally able to draw in air. Super Saturn watched, confused. This sort of thing had never happened to him or any of the other Mr. Saturns, and he was glad he never had to go through it before. Once the King had recovered, he lifted himself off the ground and returned to the fray.

Super Saturn and the Zombie King ran towards each other, but before the King could attack, the hero jumped up, pressed his foot on the back of the zombie's noggin, and jumped; it was the same tactic he used on another zombie in Fourside. Unfortunately, the King knew about this attack and did not go tumbling and get a mouthful of dirt. Instead, he darted around and roundhouse kicked Super Saturn as he was coming down; the attack was a swift one, sending Zoomer hurdling and tumbling over to a cliff wall.

The King walked over and grabbed Zoomer's single hair, pulling him upwards. "Do you see what happens when you try to stop me?"

Super Saturn was not down for the count, however; he was still completely focused on the fight. As the zombie leader made a spectacle of him, Zoomer started thinking of a plan. There was nothing he could do to break free of his grip. He needed to act fast.

That's when he had an idea! Although he could fidget and twitch all he wanted, the King was not going to let the hero out of his grip. So, while the zombie's leader rambled on, Super Saturn turned around and lightly kicked the King on his cheek. To his surprise, it worked! The King was so shocked from the attack, he dropped Zoomer and the vigilante landed perfectly on the ground.

"That was a clever move, Super Saturn! I wasn't expecting it," commented the King.

"Thanks!" Super Saturn replied.

"I just hope you know that my zombie brethren and I will turn the world into a planet of undead. Once you're out of the way, we will begin our quest for world domination!"

"Kay-o."

With a deft punch, the Zombie King sent Super Saturn tumbling away and falling onto his back. Zoomer was already feeling exhausted, and the fight had only been going on for a few minutes. Maybe it was because few of the criminals he faced had strength comparable to the undead King. Super Saturn needed to figure out a way to defeat the Zombie King, but what could he do? The hero was bruised pretty badly; he looked like he had come back from a bar brawl, and he was the loser. Or, maybe he went out to destroy some orcs, but the orcs destroyed him instead. Needless to say, Zoomer was in pretty bad shape. However, using the determination he was known for, he got right back up and snarled at the zombie.

As the King wondered what the hero was going to do, Super Saturn dragged his right foot across the ground repeatedly, like a bull that was ready to impale a matador with its horns. Similarly, Super Saturn lowered his noggin so the top of his head was aimed right at the zombie ruler.

"YAAAAAARGH!" Super Saturn screamed a battle cry of his own and charged for his foe, whom, out of shock and awe, remained where he was. He never expected Zoomer to be able to make such a noise, and when he was tackled onto the ground, was even more startled to see him display such brutality. Now, it was a fight! The Zombie King was excited to see his opponent's true strength.

Zoomer took off towards the cave at the northwest of the village, heading up the ladder and through the hole. Super Saturn was hoping he could knock the Zombie King over the edge of the cliff, which, although it might not 'kill' him, would definitely incapacitate him.

Sure enough, the Zombie King got up and tailed him, climbing into the cave and climbing up the cave's ladder to the cliff with. Super Saturn hopped up to the cave's cliff and, when the Zombie King emerged from the hole, jumped down and used his springboard attack. Super Saturn's attack was a success, but he needed to think of a way to get the King to topple off the cliff; although he stumbled towards it, he came nowhere near the edge. The Mr. Saturns approached the cliff to watch the fight; it had become quite intense, and both combatants were giving it everything they had.

After recovering from being used as a trampoline, the Zombie King stood up and waited for Super Saturn to make the next move. By the hero's calculations, he could probably knock the zombie over the edge, but he had to hit him with all the strength he had, and from the right angle.

Deciding not to waste any time, Super Saturn grunted and stormed for his enemy, head lowered, eyes focused. The Zombie King, savvy enough to know that the vigilante would try this attack again, braced himself, spreading his legs wide, arms up, ready to counter the assault. Super Saturn jumped and darted for the King's chest, but before his attack could land, the undead one grabbed him.

"Gotcha!"

Without missing a beat, the zombie overlord threw Super Saturn at the wall behind him. The impact was heavy, but it wasn't enough to keep the hero down, nay! Although he would have surely bashed his skull open if his bones weren't so strong, some rock chips fell from his spot and fell on his head. Although he did not notice it at first, Super Saturn felt disoriented when he got back up. Like before, he shook himself, and was raring to go!

Zoomer thought of an idea: He was going to trick his foe and get in a sneak attack! Super Saturn snarled for a third time, and lowered his head.

"Again?" asked Zombie King in disdain.

"Again! Boing!" Super Saturn exclaimed.

The zombie prepared to catch Super Saturn, but he was taken by surprise when he suddenly somersaulted. He certainly had not expected this. Before he could move out of the way, Super Saturn came out of his roll and threw out his foot, tripping the Zombie King.

"Whoa!" Super Saturn cooed when he saw the King fall to the ground.

"Yay!" the Mr. Saturns cheered. It was great to see one of their own in action and fighting a bad guy. However, the Zombie King got right back up, and kicked Super Saturn aside. The hero went tumbling to the hot spring, but did not fall into the water. Zoomer did not even seem to notice that the spring was right behind him. This was unfortunate, because it would have come in handy after what happened next.

Once again, Super Saturn attempted his springboard attack. And it almost worked, too. Sort of. When he jumped into the air, the Zombie King jumped with him. He was quite swift and nimble, despite being dead. Zoomer realized he was in trouble when the zombie jumped higher than him.

"Uh-oh."

The Zombie King clasped his hands together and brought them down upon Super Saturn's head, bashing his noggin and sending him back down to the edge. With a terrible THUMP!, Super Saturn slammed onto the ground. Although the attack and the succeeding fall would kill a normal man, a normal man Super Saturn was not. Despite his seemingly limitless stamina, he was almost knocking on Death's door by now. Well, it was more like he was on Death's driveway. But it wasn't a very long driveway, and if he was hoping to defeat the Zombie King, he had to do it now.

Super Saturn weakly picked himself up, but he could barely stand and nearly toppled over. His vision was blurry and fading, yet the Zombie King stood confidently, as if to mock him. There was nary a bruise on him, even though Zoomer got in some pretty good hits.

"Can't… Can't… Lose…" Zoomer heaved. "Must… Save… Valley… Boing."

Hoping that divine intervention would kick in, Super Saturn decided to try one more time to attack the King.

"I… Can… Win."

Zoomer weakly approached the Zombie King, but what he was going to attack with was anyone's guess; even Super Saturn didn't know. He was just hoping he could find the strength to use the attack.

"It's been fun," said the Zombie King. "Goodbye, Super Saturn!"

When Super Saturn was ready to strike, the Zombie King brought his fist up under Super Saturn's belly and thrust him upwards. The uppercut was the final nail in the coffin for the hero, because once he landed in Saturn Square, he stopped moving. Fortunately, he was not dead, but he was battered, bruised, and bloody. Super Saturn slipped into unconsciousness; a defeated groan was the last sound he made before blacking out.

The Mr. Saturns stared in shock. Here lays the one that had saved their village numerous times, brought down by a man with a towel around his neck.

"And now, I shall feast on your brains!" the Zombie King declared, pointing at the Mr. Saturns. He turned to some of his goons. "Take him back to my quarters. I want him alive!"

One of the zombie minions grabbed Zoomer's hair and dragged him away. They headed back to Threed's cemetery and headed down the ladder, entering the zombie headquarters. It was the dead of night, so nobody would see what was going on. Not that anyone would know what was going on anyway.

"Where should we drop him?" asked the zombie carrying Super Saturn.

"I'unno," replied the other zombie. "Just leave him in the corner, I guess."

The zombie carrying our hero walked over and dropped Zoomer to the floor. He kneeled down and started prodding the Mr. Saturn's brain with his fingers, but the other zombie stopped him.

"What're you doing? The King would be livid if we had his brain before he did!"

"Sorry, I forgot," replied the zombie.

"Speaking of the King, he probably wants us back in Saturn Valley. Let's go!"

The duo left the cemetery and returned to the village.

Quite a lot of time passed before Super Saturn emerged from his coma. When he came to, he was on a plank of wood. His costume was still on, but he was still in terrible shape; his body ached, and every time he tried to move, a great pain was felt by any given body part. Even his whiskers were making him uncomfortable.

When Super Saturn had opened his eyes, he found himself in a room surrounded by zombies. Their King stood at the other end of the bed, watching him. Super Saturn grunted as he spoke.

"Ugh…Where am I? Dakota…"

"You are in our base, Super Saturn! Welcome to my humble abode. Make yourself comfortable, if you can," mocked the Zombie King. The air was chilly to Zoomer, but none of the zombies noticed, or, if they did, they didn't care. In truth, they couldn't feel how frigid it was underground.

"How I get here?" Zoomer asked.

"After your little stand in Saturn Valley and your crushing defeat at my hands, my boys dragged you here. Speaking of Saturn Valley, it may be best not to go back there for a while."

Super Saturn was about to ask what the Zombie King meant, but he answered before he could speak.

"Your humble little community is now full of zombies. I don't mean human zombies; I mean your own kind. Everyone you cared about, everyone you were friends with, is now a brain-eating abomination. And do you know why? Because you failed to stop me. You tried so very, very hard to save your homeland. It was an admirable effort! It truly was. Unfortunately, you just weren't up to the task. Perhaps all those other victories of yours were pure luck! Hahaha! Wouldn't that be somethin'?"

There was no response of Super Saturn. He just looked at the Zombie King with a dead stare.
"I will stop you. Boing!"

"PFFFTHAHAHAHA!" The Zombie King laughed. "You'll stop me? What are you going to do? The only part of you that doesn't seem to be broken is your costume. Can you even walk? Your own whiskers hurt you! And you think you can bring me down? That's a good one!"

Zoomer was on the verge of tears by now. He felt like a failure. He had failed to save his friends and family, he had failed to save his village, and he failed himself as a superhero. He collapsed on the board, staring up at the ceiling. The Zombie King stood by his side.

"I'm going back outside to turn the rest of civilization into a zombie now. Feel free to stop me if you feel so inclined, Super Saturn."

He motioned to his fellow zombies to follow him, and they all returned to the staircase that led to the graveyard. "It's good to be King" was the last thing Super Saturn heard him say.

Hours passed. Zoomer didn't move from his spot. He continued to stare at the ceiling; it was the only thing that gave him solace. It was the only thing that understood his pain. That's when he noticed the TV. Zoomer looked to his right, and darted his eyes up the wall at the television. There was a news report about the zombie takeover. Various countries were reporting on the worldwide catastrophe, and the news reporters were detailing how devastating it was to watch someone you care for get mauled, thrown to the ground, and bitten. During the Summers broadcast, this fate happened upon one of the news anchors, who was attacked by zombies live on TV. Grunting and growling could be heard, as well as screams that were quickly silenced. The news anchor stood up, showcasing his blue-green skin and red, sunken eyes to anyone watching. For some reason, he tore off his clothes until he was wearing nothing but red boxers.

Despite the severity of his injuries, Super Saturn's will was renewed with the same determination he had before. Although he had lost hope, he knew now what sort of fate awaited Earth if he could not stop it. Grunting and seething in pain, Zoomer got off the table and landed softly on the ground; his joints hurt, but there was no way he was going to let them get the better of him. He limped towards the steps leading to the cemetery. He could barely walk, and the pangs of pain were too much for him, but still he trudged on. Super Saturn hid in the forested area of Threed and headed for the desert road.

"Must keep going. Must keep going. Zoom!" Super Saturn uttered to himself to give himself the ability to carry on that he so desperately needed. Although it broke his heart to do so, he did not return to Saturn Valley. He was too weak to stand up to the zombies and their king.

Although he mustered up the strength to get through the desert, our hero was so broken from the fight and the heat from the sand lands, he collapsed in the tunnel leading to Fourside. Before he lost consciousness a second time, he uttered three words.

"I have failed."