Lord Vyce confirms that he is the one possessing the new Pollo body, not Mechakara. Vyce explains that in case he was ever defeated, he had equipped himself with a transdimensional distress beacon so that his Shades could come and rescue him. However, he waited in exile for three years after sending the distress signal. Vyce realized that because of the time differences between the universes, it could be hundreds of years before help arrived, and besides, Linkara was in the process of disabling all Shades in Vyce’s conquered universes, meaning their may be no help coming at all. Vyce considered his options and made a decision. Vyce had always known the nature of the Entity: a being a pure, living data. As a last resort, Vyce became what he hated most. He is now living data, his physical form restricted to whatever object he possesses. After Linkara had contacted Vyce through Mechakara’s hand, he turned off its communications but left the signal online. Vyce was able to transfer himself into the hand, then into the nearest receptacle that could contain his new data form: the new Pollo body. Vyce admits he is simpler than the Entity, restricting his ability to possess and limiting him only to mechanical bodies, and he is unable to transfer out. He will overcome that limitation in time, but before that he is determined to get his ship back and continue his quest to destroy the Entity.

Linkara informs Vyce that the Entity is already dead, but Vyce is incredulous, refusing to believe Linkara could destroy the Entity when he couldn’t destroy Vyce. Linkara tries to explain but Vyce is in no mood to listen. Vyce has control of the ship’s propulsion systems and claims that, with time, he can take control of the rest as well. Linkara says he’ll destroy the ship before he lets Vyce have it again, and he, Harvey Finevoice, and Nimue enter the codes to begin the self-destruct sequence. Suddenly a huge blast of energy erupts from Vyce, and he flees in the confusion. Nimue explains that Vyce has tapped into the ship’s power and is channeling massive energy into his power conduits, increasing his power tenfold. He appears to be heading towards the bridge. Linkara guesses that he’ll try to override the self-destruct there and asks Nimue if he’s capable. Nimue doesn’t know, but notes that Vyce has been able to circumvent many security measures on the ship due to his knowledge of it’s inner workings. Nimue has set the self-destruct timer at 40 minutes, and Linkara decides to use that time to escape. Linkara attempts to contact Doctor Linksano to tell him to head to the hanger bay, but he gets no response. Nimue announces that Vyce is drawing power from several sections of the ship, including internal communications, teleportation, and door controls. Linkara realizes they’re trapped. Nimue says she’s sent for a Security Sentry to force the door open, but because internal communications are down, it’s unlikely it will get the message. Linkara does the only thing he can do now: review a comic.

Internal communications suddenly come back online as Vyce contacts Linkara, demanding he disengage the self-destruct sequence and surrender the ship. Linkara mockingly asks if Vyce is having trouble, and Vyce insists that on the contrary, he’ll disable the self-destruct sequence very soon, but he’s offering Linkara a chance to leave the ship and avoid Vyce’s wrath. Linkara refuses and mentions that Vyce’s reputation as a “conquerer of universes” is somewhat exaggerated - when Pollo was working to free the other universes, he found that Vyce would only conquer one or two worlds before moving on. Vyce explains that the Entity would flee quickly whenever he closed in on it. The conquests helped identify who or what the Entity was posing as, and the reputation helped encourage compliance among future conquests. But the reputation was not undeserved: the Entity is not the only multidimensional threat he’s encountered, just the only one that survived battle with Vyce. Linkara points out that despite all that, he was able to kick Vyce’s ass. Vyce admits that he had grown complacent and was foolish to trust Linksano. The experience proved that he could only count on himself in his war with the Entity. Linkara once again insists that the Entity is dead, but Vyce simply can’t believe that a creature he witnessed devour universes in hours could be destroyed by an ant like Linkara. Linkara points out that there are visual records proving it, but Vyce brushes it aside as either a ruse of the Entity or a fabrication of Linkara’s. He once again demands Linkara’s surrender and Linkara refuses, breaking the connection.

Suddenly the door opens, revealing the Cybermat. Nimue explains that with internal communications online, the Security Sentry was alerted and able to force open the door. Five minutes remain til self-destruct. Linkara tells Harvey to find Linksano and get to the Vigilant. Linkara will head to the bridge and try to keep Vyce from stopping the self-destruct sequence.

Harvey finds Linksano in Engineering and tells him they have to leave now, but Linksano is distracted. He noticed there was a teleportation signal to Comicron-1 just before their own and he’s been trying to isolate it. Harvey tells him to forget it and they head towards the Vigilant.

Meanwhile, on the bridge, Linkara tries to sneak up on Vyce, but Vyce catches him and hits him with a massive blast of energy. Nimue warns that the self-destruct sequence has been disabled. Vyce blasts Linkara again and again, taunting him. Suddenly, Linkara’s Tom Servo replica pops up behind Vyce. “Surprise!” it says with Pollo’s voice, and blasts Vyce away. Linkara embraces Pollo, overjoyed. Pollo explains that he transfered himself into the Tom Servo body, but he found it was very different from his own and he had difficulty speaking or moving until now. Linkara assures him that he’ll get Pollo a new new body soon. They realize the Vyce has fled and is probably heading towards Engineering. Linkara hurries after him, instructing Pollo to secure the bridge.

Linkara catches up to Vyce in a hallway. He attempts to fire at Vyce, but his phaser is jammed. He overloads the phaser and chucks it at Vyce, causing it to explode and create a hole in the ship’s hull. Linkara clings to the grate below him to prevent being sucked out into space, while Vyce struggles to keep hovering. Nimue is about to activate emergency bulkheads to cover the hull breech, but Linkara tells her to belay that order. Vyce manages to hover towards Linkara, but Linkara kicks Vyce until he loses control and is sucked into space. Linkara tells Nimue to close the bulkheads and lets out a sigh of relief as the hole closes.

Later, Harvey asks why they didn’t just blast Vyce out of the sky when they had the chance, and Linkara explains that whatever Vyce did to stop the self-destruct screwed up the external sensors. They couldn’t get a fix on him. Besides, Pollo says the deflector shields will keep Vyce from getting near the ship again, especially since he was pushed away from the ship. Harvey asks if Vyce can’t just fly back to Earth, but Linksano says that Vyce was clearly damaged and his hoverskirt was malfunctioning - he won’t get very far. Besides, they were at the edge of the Solar System, even on full power it would take him decades to get anywhere. Linkara says they should still try to find Vyce and finish the job, but in the meantime, Linkara promised Pollo a new body and he intends to keep that promise.

On Comicron-1, Mechakara sneaks into a room where several Shades have been stored. His eye glows brightly, and mechanical shrieks can be heard as the Shades come to life…

Meanwhile, Linkara notices that the Tom Servo replica usually on display in his living room is missing. Just then Nimue informs Linkara that Mechakara has been located in the Science Lab on Comicron-1. Linkara is shocked to hear that Mechakara is on the ship again, and Nimue reveals that Mechakara never left it in the first place. Harvey Finevoice and Doctor Linksano come in and listen as Nimue explains that the ship’s internal sensors were damaged by the engine imbalance during Mechakara’s last attack. After they were reset, they defaulted to last used settings for “Intruder Alert” status and had to be recalibrated. They were, but the recalibration did not take into account that the intruder might still be on board. Linkara is still confused because he figured Mechakara would have caused more damage by now. Nimue speculates that Mechakara was damaged during the last encounter and has only recently become operational again. She explains that Mechakara apparently entered the Shade storage room two hours earlier and took a Shade with him to the Science Lab. Linkara is still confused over why Mechakara didn’t show up when the intruder alert reset, and wonders if he’s missing something. Harvey and Linksano urge Linkara to take action, and the three of them beam onto the ship.

On Comicron-1, Linkara, Harvey, and Linksano prepare themselves outside the Science Lab. Just as they’re about to ambush the Science Lab, the ship jolts violently. Nimue announces that the propulsion systems have been activated and that the ship is now moving. Linksano insists that he installed new safeguards and that there’s no way Mechakara should’ve been able to gain control of the ship. Linkara asks Nimue where they’re heading now and Nimue says they appear to be taking the most direct route out of the Solar System. Everyone is bewildered by this, since they figured Mechakara would immediately take the ship to Earth and decimate the nearest city. Linkara tells Linksano to go down to Engineering and regain control of the ship while they take care of Mechakara.

Linkara and Harvey storm the Science Lab, where they find a Shade working on Mechakara. Linkara and Harvey and the Shade fire at each other until the two gun the Shade down. Before it collapses, the Shade manages to activate Mechakara’s voice modulator. “Alright, Mechakara,” Linkara says, “surrender now, and you won’t get hurt.”

The robot speaks: “That…is not my name.” It’s Lord Vyce’s voice.

Linkara breaks the connection. He tells Iron Liz to be ready for Lord Vyce’s arrival, and gives her the repaired Power Morpher. They sit around for a bit, and Linkara comments on just how weird their lives are. Liz doesn’t see it.

Vyce finally arrives, but Linkara and Liz are ready and hit him with the upgraded BFG, knocking him back. They rush in with phasers but he resists them. He scoffs at Liz, calling her an “unimportant whelp”, prompting Linkara to demand he treat her with respect. “Very well,” Vyce says, “she will die alongside you.”

Liz asks Linkara if it’s “time” yet, but Linkara tells her they have to put it off till the last minute or they’ll have nothing to fall back on. Vyce attacks and knocks Linkara and Liz unconscious, but Lieutenant Munro busts in, phasers firing. Vyce recognizes him as the “Champion” who defeated the Vorsoth and says he will deal with him later, knocking him out. Harvey Finevoice shakes Munro awake and they sneak away together.

Meanwhile, Vyce prepares to beam back to his ship with the unconscious Linkara and Liz, saying he’ll keep their heads so he can always remember this fight. But there’s no response from the ship. Linkara and Liz get up, grinning. It turns out the Angry Joe Army has taken the ship and are easily mowing down Shades. They were able to board the ship thanks to Doctor Linksano, who lowered the Time Shield. Tired of fleeing from universe to universe in fear of Vyce, Linksano has been acting as a spy for Linkara this whole time.

Linkara explains that from studying the remains of Shades, he found that they need a constant supply of power from the ship. He realized that Vyce’s armor is powered by the ship as well. This universe is so different from Vyce’s that he actually needs the armor to survive, explaining why he fled when his armor was damaged. Linkara taunted Vyce to get him off his ship long enough so that Linksano could disable the ship’s power systems.

Furious, Vyce claims that the ship wasn’t his only source of power and that he will not be defeated. Linkara and Liz morph, Linkara into the White Zeo Ranger Suit and Liz into a suit of armor. They fight until they are joined by Harvey, 90s Kid, and Munro, and together they all fire on Vyce at once. Vyce collapses - defeated, but despite the fierce attack, still alive.

Later, Linkara and Vyce are on a deserted planet in another universe. Linkara cooly explains that they don’t have the power to kill Vyce, and no universe has the resources to keep him, so they have to settle for exile. The planet is similar to Vyce’s so he can survive without the suit, but even then the suit will last for 400 years. Vyce tells Linkara that he has doomed the Multiverse to the Entity, but Linkara is skeptical the Entity even exists.

Even later, Linkara is on Vyce’s ship. He thanks Joe for his help, then discusses with Liz about what should be done with the ship. They briefly consider destroying the powerful ship, but Linkara exclaims “Hell no, it’s mine now!” and runs off to find the mini-bar.

Meanwhile, back in the apartment, no one can be seen but there’s definitely some…thing there. For a third time, the synthesized cry is heard:

“Hhhhhhhhuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuummmmmmmmaaaaaaan…”

The cry becomes ominous laughter and static fills the screen.

The Entity does indeed exist, and it’s in Linkara’s home.

Linkara contacts Angry Joe, pleading aid from the Angry Joe Army. Joe is hesitant and asks if they can trust Linkara’s “contact.” Linkara assures him that the “contact” is just as scared of Lord Vyce as anyone. Joe finally gives in, but says that Linkara’s plan had better work, or he’ll regret it. Linkara answers, “If Vyce wins…we’ll all regret it.”

Later, Linkara scans Mechakara’s hand with the Sonic Screwdriver, explaining that Mechakara must’ve had a way to contact Vyce. Meanwhile, on Vyce’s ship, Vyce angrily rants about how he’ll have Linkara’s head. Judas Liz smugly suggests that Vyce is letting his emotions out of control, only enraging him further. Just then Linkara manages to contact Vyce through Mechakara’s hand, and uses the chance to brazenly taunt the conquerer, calling him a coward. “But if you want to prove me wrong…you know where to find me.” Meanwhile, Judas Liz quietly makes her exit.

The episode opens with Lord Vyce strangling Doctor Linksano, furious about the destruction of Mechakara. Vyce tosses him aide, saying that if he is to beat the “Entity”, he must fight it here, and that he must deal with Linkara himself.

Vyce and Linkara face each other for the first time. Vyce once again calls him Champion, and explains that he’s found in every universe he’s conquered, there was at least one “Champion” who would defend their world from perceived threats. Vyce has defeated sixteen Champions so far. They fight, but it quickly becomes obvious that Vyce is the superior in strength. He tells Linkara that once he’s taken over this universe he would protect it from “the Entity”. When Linkara expresses confusion, Vyce explains that back in his universe there was something wrong, a “glitch” - the Entity. Vyce traveled to other universes to try to warn them about the Entity, but they didn’t listen, and he had to force the issue. Vyce conquers galaxies to protect them. He has trapped the Entity in this universe where he can finally destroy it.

Vyce resumes his assault and Linkara flees. He calls for Iron Liz, but Pollo tells him she’s out of town, and that the Zeonizer still needs to be recharged from the last battle. Pollo attempts to take on Vyce to buy Linkara time, but he’s quickly knocked aside. Linkara fires the BFG, but Vyce shrugs it off. Linkara releases Pyramid Head from his Pokeball, but Vyce kills him. With Linkara out of ideas, Vyce proceeds to give Linkara the beating of his life.

“You are the flea that thinks itself a giant,” Vyce sneers as he prepares the final blow, “brave…but futile.” Desperate, Linkara grabs Vyce’s weapon and uses it against Vyce, creating a dent in his armor. Vyce suddenly appears to panic and teleports away, leaving behind a visibly-shaken Linkara.

When the parents attempted to take the finished weapon, now powered by the soul of their tormented daughter, it burned them. They were plunged into nightmares too horrible to describe before finally descending into madness and death.

The visions are getting worse as various characters appear throughout the review to taunt Linkara and call him a murderer. A siren sounds again, but instead of fog, the apartment is bathed in red light, indicating that Linkara is now in the Otherworld. He’s attacked by a demon nurse, but he makes quick work of her. Suddenly the Magic Gun starts burning his hand.

“What’s wrong with my Magic Gun!?”

“The problem,” a deadly serious 90s Kid says, “is that it exists at all, you sick freak.”

Falling to his knees, Linkara finds a very old book and starts paging through it.

beneath the seas besides the flame
off the coast where the lost beast came
to bring the world misery and shame
a piece of the world is missing

She didn’t get to heaven. Not even close.

i didn’t get to heaven, it hurts every time i don’t go to heaven

they didn’t love me

He looks up to find a girl wrapped in rope and bloody bandages, aka the Dolorem. Linkara puts two and two together: this is the girl who was sacrificed by her parents to create a powerful weapon…Linkara’s Magic Gun. He tries to apologize, but the Dolorem barrages him with psychic attacks, calling him “Daddy.” He begins to believe he is indeed the girl’s father and, horrified and wracked with guilt, he puts the gun to his head and pulls the trigger.

Linkara is bathed with white light and hears a small voice: “No! Partner. Friend.”

His mind clear, Linkara taunts the Dolorem, explaining that he isn’t a Silent Hill protagonist and can’t be defeated with angst and self doubt. He’s realized that the Dolorem is a demon made up of all the girl’s hate and misery that came from her parents’ torment. But the girl got revenge on her parents, and bears no ill will against Linkara. In fact, she considers them partners. So she doesn’t need the Dolorem anymore. The Dolorem sics the demon nurse on Linkara, but he releases Pyramid Head from his Pokeball, and he cleaves the nurse in two. Linkara fires on the Dolorem, destroying her for good. Almost immediately, he hears the strange, synthesized cry again.

Later, Linkara tells Iron Liz about the affair. He hopes that the little girl, whoever she was, is at peace now, and explains the old book remained after the Otherworld faded away. He also says Pollo scanned the area and found a familiar energy trace and a Shade dagger, confirming that Vyce was behind it all.

On Lord Vyce’s ship, Mechakara is furious that his plan to drive Linkara mad failed, but insists that he can still be broken psychologically if they try again. Vyce disagrees, and tells Mechakara he will use brute force to beat Linkara. He’s even found someone who can give Mechakara the proper upgrades: Doctor Linksano.

After Linkara reviews the comic based on the video game of the same name, Pollo reports that he’s receiving an interdimensional distress signal. When he attempts to play it, Ensign Lieutenant Munro beams in. He explains that after saving his universe, he set about destroying the other Forges that the Vohrsoth leader warned him about. On one Forge that was experimenting with interdimentional portals, he ran into some trouble and escaped to this universe via the distress signal. Suddenly another Vohrsoth beams in, and Linkara and Munro set upon it with phasers until it blows up. A strange, synthesized cry is suddenly heard, but it fades away and Linkara shrugs it off. Before Munro returns to his universe, he reveals that it was Lord Vyce who originally created the Vohrsoth.

Somewhere, Lord Vyce and a repaired Mechakara make a deal - Mechakara will aid Vyce in destroying Linkara, and Vyce will spare Mechakara’s universe. Mechakara asks Vyce why they don’t just attack, but Vyce explains that his resources are limited, and insists that he must not alert “the Entity” that he has found it again - he must be subtle. Mechakara points out that if he wanted to be subtle, sending the Vohrsoth was the wrong approach, and suggests they attack Linkara psychologically. “And what better instrument of such an attack than with something he feels he understands? Magic.”

Harvey Finevoice urges Iron Liz to host the show the way she wants to, so she ditches the hat and coat and talks about Star Wars. Suddenly Pollo manages to get a lock on Linkara and beam him back, along with several dark-robed creatures who attack the team. Linkara explains that they are Shades, Vyce’s robotic minions. Once they’ve defeated the Shades, Linkara mentions he was only gone for three days, while Liz informs him that he was actually gone a month. Pollo says they’re both right, suggesting time moves differently where Vyce is. Linkara and Liz finish the review together, and Liz decides that reviewing comics isn’t for her…anyway, she prefers RPGs.

Meanwhile, Lord Vyce fumes over the escape of Linkara, who he refers to as this universe’s “Champion.”