espite never entering a contest, Ben and Zane won an all-expenses-paid trip to Endsville, a radiation-scarred city with residents who weren't doing much better. Most of the townspeople were either completely oblivious or totally insane, and none of them noticed the tentacles coming up from the sewers or the mysterious cloud of fog. Despite being clawed, chewed, and strangled on their way through town, neither of them died. Maybe it was a bizarre twist of fate, or the beneficence of incomprehensible beings from beyond the stars. Or maybe it had something to do with that skeleton on a leash tied up in someone's yard.

The Cartoncasters were hard at work, scoping out Manhattan for another story, but took a wrong turn and wound up in the extravagant mansion of a Machiavellian billionaire. A huge shape jumped from the building, revealing itself to be the leader of the Last of the Gargoyles. Goliath (along with some idiots) told the dark tale of how they were betrayed. Ben and Zane were skeptical until they realized Goliath was at least three fourths Batman. In summary, Xanatos wins.

Stardate 3571-247: Ben and Zane have left the ship to enter a portal leading into a strange landscape. They found themselves in a pocket dimension, controlled by benevolent yet condescending aliens. They propose a test to find out if humanity is truly good: The Cartoncasters must consistently confuse Star Wars and Star Trek on the internet, and hold their tongues against any backlash. In addition, they have to participate in the Prisoner's Dilemma, as well as refute Hume's Guillotine once and for all. With all the knowledge and experience they accumulated over 14 years in Star Fleet Academy, they managed to successfully seduce the aliens.