"The whole surface of the planet is melted lava," Cadet said as they looked at the planet's image coming toward them. "Where could we land?"
"How about there?" Blossom suggested. "Where the light comes from."
"I like the way you think." Dodgers agreed.
On the planet...
Bubbles looked to see there was a door that had showed a Chess Tournament and looked a bit wary. "Are you sure this is the right place?"
Buttercup shrugged. "Good enough."
The Powerpuff Girls, Cadet, and Dogers then opened the door just to see what horrors this volcano planet had to offer. There was a huge coliseum like in Ancient Rome and it was swarming with an audience with a pillar just to play the whimsical and wondrous game that was Chess.
"Why are we here again?" Dodgers asked the others.
"How will we com-com-com... Chat with him?" Cadet asked, a little nervous now himself.
This looked to be a big puzzling challenge for most. How could they speak with the dastardly alien cat?
"Who dares to challenge the unbeatable Maximus?" Minimus PU called to the audience with an evil grin for them to make fools of themselves in front of the great and powerful Maximus IQ.
"I know the answer to that." Blossom grinned as she had an idea to speak with Maximus herself.
Meanwhile, Jack Spicer had captured Atomic Betty and was now holding her hostage in his evil grip.
"Tell me where they are." Jack demanded to Betty, grinning evilly.
"I'll tell you nothing!" Atomic Betty retorted as she dangled upside down, not caring about the annoyance of blood rushed to the head.
"All right," Jack decided to bribe Betty as he showed his minions with her own men. "I was about to have some fish fingers, and I could use a new garbage bin on my ship. Wouldn't you like to know what's happening to the other one?" he then looked to Sparky and pointed to him to get his attention. "What are you?"
"Expandable." Sparky replied as a robot was stretching him out.
"Oh, enough of these riddles," Jack grumbled, then poked Atomic Betty in the nose. "We'll kill your friends if you don't talk!" he then threatened.
"Get out of my face!" Atomic Betty still wouldn't budge. "I'll say nothing!"
Jack grinned evilly. "Continue." he told his robot minions to destroy Betty's friends to get her to talk.
This eventually broke her down. "STOP!...You win, I'll tell you..."
Jack grinned, this was going to be most excellent.
Back on Volkanis, the crowd was booing as it seemed that Maximus was losing to a little girl.
"The crowd is impatient, they know your only move is the king again," Blossom smirked, taunting the mastermind. "But since you have already moved it ten times, there must be 10,000 volts flowing through it. That's why they call it live Chess, don't they?"
Maximus had enough of her sassiness. "Give up the game." He demanded.
"Why?" Blossom grinned. "I'm winning."
Maximus got in her face. "Name your price."
Blossom got back into his face. "Information."
"About?"
"Malware."
"I'm his humble minion," Maximus smirked, leaning back. "I can take you to him."
"Why do I know you're not lying?" Blossom bounced back.
"Give up the game."
Blossom knew it was a dumb move, but she did as he said, making her piece drop on the board in order to let him win.
"Why did you do that!?" Dodgers scolded the girl. "I was betting on your victory! Now the Cadet has to pay 1,000 Astrodollars or he'll be fired!"
"I'm a gentleman, though I keep my word." Maximus informed him, giving Blossom the price for the information she had wanted from him.
Blossom decided to go with Dodgers, Cadet, and her sisters.
"No," Maximus waved his finger to them once he saw they were all anxious to learn the information as well. "I said I'll take you," he pointed to Blossom. "Not all of you."
"What!?" Buttercup got mad.
"It's okay, Buttercup," Blossom calmed her. "Prepare the ship for take-off."
Maximus put his paw against a secret door to open it and lead Blossom through it.
"I hope you're no trying to double cross me, Maximus."
Maximus picked up a torch and led her through the door. "Don't touch the walls, they are poisonous." he cautioned her with a rather evil smile.
Blossom kept following until she caught a sight for sore eyes. It was known as The Cave of Malware and there was lava flowing through it.
"Do you know why it's practical to surround your base with magma?" Maximus smirked as he disposed of the torch, and reached into his robe to take out an intergalactic weapon. "You don't have to bother with the bodies." he answered for her, having tricked her.
Maximus was smiling, he was about to shoot her, however, before he could, a frying pan came up behind him and knocked him out cold, making him drop to the ground instantly. It was revealed that a familiar duck had wielded it.
"Dodgers!" Blossom looked to him, surprised, but a little confused. "What are you doing here? I told you to wait in the ship!"
"Or you could just say thank you instead." Dodgers folded his arms at her.
"I'm a super hero, I have super strength, but thanks." Blossom shrugged that she didn't need saving, but told him what he wanted to hear.
"You remind me of my first wife, always commands, but never thanks," Dodgers said to her, then looked around. "So, what's the plan?"
"I'll speak with him," Blossom was still determined. "If he's not so cooperative, you'll distract him while I try to hack into his computers."
"Good," Dodgers agreed, but just realized what she said. "Wait... I'll do what?"
"MR. MALWARE!" Blossom yelled out anyway.
"I don't like this plan!" Dodgers grew more cowardly than the ironically named Courage.
The monsterwoke up once his name was called and stood over Blossom, looking menacing. "How did you get here?... Definietly do not like."
"We mean you no harm," Blossom tried to calm him. "We only have some questions."
"I'm at my happy place right now..." Dodgers whimpered slightly.
"Leave while I let you." Malware snapped.
"Then I assume you know nothing about Galvan." Blossom smirked.
"Galvan is destroyed," Malware stated like it was obvious. "I made it happen."
"You don't believe that either or you wouldn't be hiding here to convince yourself." Blossom smirked again.
"How dare you..." Malware was angry now. "You've just kissed your lives goodbye," He grew a cannon arm, but before he could do any damage, Dodgers took out a blue light saber to block any injury or damage. "I like it!" Malware praised the challenge, removing his hand.
"Gross!" Dodgers whimpered from fear and disgust.
Malware then grew a red light saber to fight against the unlucky duck.
"This is not fair..." Dodgers frowned.
Blossom flew off and went to the computers to get to work.
"You were the Chosen One!" Dodgers tried to fight, laser to laser, with Malware.
"What are you talking about?" Malware didn't get the reference.
"Sorry, can't miss it... I'm a big fan."
Blossom observed the encryption left all over, studying them. "The same symbols..." she then looked to the next ones. "The same three stars..." she found a sphere and circled it a little. "The Belt of Orion..." she found red text and finally found what she was looking. "Of course! Let's go, Dodgers!"
"WHAT!?" Malware had heard that.
Blossom zipped down, cutting through Malware's arm, cutting it off as it carried the saber. "You okay?" she asked the duck.
"I just imagined a life without me," Dodgers was petrified. "It was boring."
"Leaving so soon?" Malware mocked before he grew in size.
"This may be a little bit harder than I expected..." Blossom winced.
"My mom will miss me." Dodgers murmured.
Malware transformed into a hideous and giant beast, ready to kill them both. But was that going to happen? Of course not! Blossom took the blue light saber and went to slash against Malware to weaken him so she and Dodgers could escape.
"You can't beat me!" Malware mocked as his arms grew back.
"That's what they all say." Blossom taunted right back, she then took a deep breath as she knew one way to stop a fire based attack and blew her ice breath all over Malware, freezing him instantly, but knew it wouldn't last from the magma. "Come on, we can't waste more time," she told Dodgers. "This won't keep him caught forever..."