Tribore has decided to leave the Team Squad, so he can rebuild the resistance.
Despite his best efforts at a great speech, the others are not exactly impressed.
He first tames a birdlike creature for transport.
Later, the remaining Team Squad uses H.U.E. to watch television.
Gary wonders where Mooncake is. Fox admits he heard strange noises from the hangar.
Gary thus deduces that Mooncake is going through puberty and needs “the Talk”.
When Little Cato doesn’t know what that is, Gary decides to give him The Talk as well.
At least Fox is impressed.
But then a strange, red energy pulls Mooncake from Gary’s hands, and drags him away.
Gary can’t catch up with him before Mooncake is pulled out of the Crimson Light.
Gary orders A.V.A. to follow Mooncake. A.V.A. teases him that he has to say “the magic word” first. KVN takes this as a challenge and begins to guess random words.
A.V.A. does as Gary asks, if only to shut KVN up.
LIghtfolding isn’t fast enough, so Gary orders to engage drop drive. Then he and Ash leave the ship to get Mooncake.
Gary needs Ash’ powers for some final momentum. He can get her to use them by reminding her of her terrible Prom.
Almost there.
But it’s no use; Mooncake is gone.
In frustration over his failure to get Mooncake, Gary punches the wall. KVN, Fox, Ash and Little Cato think Gary is angry at the wall and join in.
Then what seems to be a lightning bug enters the ship. KVN tries to swat it, but gets zapped by it.
However, it is Bolo, contacting Gary.
He tells Gary they need to get Mooncake back. He has been taken to another dimension by the Arachnitects.
They can get to Mooncake with the dimensional key. But it has to be activated first.
Clarence thinks he knows someone that can help.
So on his advice, the team heads for BJLJXX-13
The man Clarence had in mind is Fraskenhaur.
He claims he can, but first he wants Gary to beat him at scrum, niblits, tittlepops.
Gary wins, so Fraskenhaur advices them to seek out Molelito, a cosmic locksmith.
He once more grosses out Clarence with the arm from his rectum.
Next stop, Talpa-X.
Molelito however isn’t of much help. All he says is “Sup”, which annoys Gary.
When Gary loses his patience, his yelling attracts an even bigger Molelito.
He can’t help either, but directs the Team Squad to yet another person.
That person being the Ventrexian General Cataloupe.
He and Clarence seem to share a past.
He claims they need a great leader to help them, not a simple scout like himself. They need…the leader of the Resistance.
That leader is currently looking for new recruits, and starts his quest in Sal’s saloon.
A place always filled with the hardest of the hard, which is what Tribore needs. One of the patrons picks a fight, but Tribore kills him with one blow.
Thud is chosen by Tribore to join him.
Then Gary calls to ask for Tribore’s help, but Tribore is too busy.
But he still chews out Gary for claiming Tribore is of no help.
Gary begins to lose hope, but Nightfall assures him they will get Mooncake back.
He remembers the original Mooncake
And how he was taken from him by two bullies.
Clarence knows one more person they could ask for help. His niece Dartrichio.
He didn’t bring her up sooner because she and Clarence are not on good terms currently. Nevertheless, Clarence leads the Team Squad to her house.
The enmity is mutual, evidently.
She is intrigues by the Dimensional Key, and when Gary asks her to activate it, she eats it.
After some punches to the face, she spits it out again and begins the unlocking ritual.
The first attempt fails, so she sets they key on fire. KVN seizes it and refuses to let go despite feeling the pain.
Whatever KVN did, it worked. The key is activated.
But it takes some of Ash’ power for the finishing touch.
The Team Squad is send to the world of the Arachnitects.
And there is Mooncake!
Tribore meanwhile is still on his quest for recruits.
His quest leads him right back to Sal’s Saloon. This time, Tribore recruits the Blade.
Gary demands the Arachnitects return Mooncake to him, but they claim he is needed here.
To make their point clear, they tell Gary their story. They were created by beings of unimaginable light.
On command of these beings, the Arachnitects created the Titans to help in the layering of dimensions.
All went well, until they reached the end of the universe and encountered the evil being named Invictus.
He corrupted the Titans.
Only Bolo remained unaffected, and with his help the Arachnitects sealed the Titans in Final Space.
The Titans frequently tried to escape their prison and claw themselves a way back to the main universe.
They almost succeeded once, but John Goodspeed closed the breach again with an anti-matter bomb.
However, in the process, a piece of Final Space crystallized into Mooncake. This weakened the walls of Final Space, and made the universe vulnerable to the Titans and Invictus.
The walls are crumbling already, and only Mooncake has the power to fix them again. So, he must be returned.
Gary is unwilling to lose someone important to him again, so he defies the Arachnitects and climbs to Mooncake.
Now they are both being dragged into Final Space
Then something happens nobody expected; Mooncake’s powers return to him, and he fixes the breach.
Gary proposes that Mooncake can work from home, and help fix any future breaches. His request is granted, but Mooncake must never use his powers to open Final Space again.
Elsewhere, Tribore’s resistance still needs more recruits.
And his choice is Henry, a sharpshooter….of photographs.
Then Gary calls to tell Mooncake has been found. Tribore congratulates his team, even though they played no part in the search and rescue.
On the Crimson Light, Mooncake and Clarence play a game of Shadow Blockers. All seems well again.
But Invictus is still out there, and he is coming.