Watch where you step, for the monsters could be right behind you. Do you have a guardian angel? Our world has seven, all led by one man (who is currently indisposed due to undisclosed gall bladder troubles).
This is his story.

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Ep. 11, Arc 1 (Psychic City Arc), Ep. 6: The Giant and The Accused
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Finally getting Derrek off of Ben, Keith sighed. He turned to Essence. "Well, I guess your city will know about monsters now..."
"Yeah, they will. I'll probably leave with you guys. It appears as if that is where I belong."
Ben chuckled. "Like we even know where we belong...those damned walruses didn't really help us much. I hope they have better information when we get back there."

There was another cackle. It appeared Dr. Graffis wasn't quite done yet. She rounded a corner and came roaring at them, throwing an innumerable amount of flasks filled with questionable stuff at them. However, this time Ben and Keith were ready. They both stuck out their wings and shot. Keith used Twinkies to clog up flasks, while Ben shot throwing knives to shatter the others. Soon, there were no flasks left, and Dr. Graffis was left without a weapon.
She cackled again. "You think you've won? Really? Well let's see about this!" She took out another flask, but this time drank the liquid in it. She transformed into a...a llama.
"Damn it, wrong flask," she said...at least that's what they had to assume. She just grunted and made llama noises, and thusly she wasn't coherent. But she got out another flask (though no one is sure from where) and downed it.

This time she transformed into herself, but gigantic. She was almost as tall as a four story building. She got out her stirrer/staff, and began jabbing a giant end of it at us.
"Damn," Derrek said, "I had hoped she wouldn't turn into a giant. I hate those things."
"Then here's your chance to take out that aggression," Keith said. "Sic 'er Kermit!"
Derrek took the suggestion quite literally. He charged at Dr. Graffis, grasping onto the stirrer with his mouth and attempting to climb it. She noticed this and began spinning it quickly. Derrek was attempting to hold on by his mouth, but eventually the force was too much and he flew off, spewing slimy green vomit as he flew into a building and dropped.

"Eww..." seemed to be the collective sentiment. Keith shielded himself with his wings, while Ben pulled out an umbrella and Essence joined him under it. The slime fell and coated the ground. Ben's umbrella almost gave way, but was reinforced by Essence's wings. Keith's wings, on the other hand, weren't enough, and he ended up looking worse than Dr. Graffis, a giant now coated in slime as well. She tried to wipe it off, but that seemed to only make the situation worse. She stepped forward and slipped backward into a building. Shouting in agony, she got back up, wiped herself clean, and pulled out one last flask. This one, however, was empty. She pressed a button on the bottom and it sucked up the slime on her and on the ground near her. She pocketed the flask again, and then looked at the four of them. Derrek was back on his feet again, and Ben had put away the umbrella (after shaking it off of course). Keith was attempting to wipe himself off, and Derrek seemed to be apologizing for it.
"Pitiful fools. You'll never be able to defeat me with such cheap tactics."
"Yes," Ben said, "because we were truly trying to defeat you with sphinx vomit."

"Time Bomb, I should destroy you right now. In fact, I think I will."
She twirled her giant stirrer and stabbed it a Ben, who quickly pulled out a longsword and deflected the jab. Essence flew out of the way, and Dr. Graffis tried again, with the same result. "Fine then," she said. "Have it your way!"
She brought it back and then grabbed one end and slammed it down at Ben. He smirked. "Perfect." He brought his wings up and pointed them out. As the stirrer slammed down, he used his wings to slice it in half and then pull it in two, not only protecting himself, but effectively destroying her weapon.
"NOOOO!!!" screamed Dr. Graffis. The rest of the stirrer cracked and fell, returning to its original size as it did so. It was back to the size of an ordinary lab stirrer. She was visibly angry now. She started taking random swipes at Essence, who was easily floating around them. Running in to try and stomp on the other three, she almost stepped on Derrek, who rolled out of the way and then ducked for cover. Ben and Keith took flight and Ben passed his longsword to Keith. Ben then pulled out another, and the two of them rushed in.

There was a loud BZZZT sound, and Dr. Graffis's eyes went blank. She swayed a little, and then fell forward, causing the angels to dodge out of the way. Behind where she had been hovered Santana, who apparently shocked her unconscious with one shot. Dr. Graffis then returned to normal size.
"Santana," Ben shouted. "Great to see you!"
Keith looked at him. "Santana? I thought his name was Dak..."
"Shush! I changed it to Santana, remember?"

FLASHBACK
Ben, Essence, and Keith were sitting outside of the school one day a while ago when Dak...Santana came up to them. "Hey guys," he said. "I changed my name to Santana, just so you know."
"Why would you do that," Essence asked.
"Well...I kinda had to escape those charges..."
"Dude," Ben said, "I can help you fight them."
"That won't really help if the charges are true..."
Essence and Keith looked away for a second, but Ben just shrugged. "Have it your way, I suppose."
"That kind of thinking is what caused this mess in the first place!"
"Oh, right..."

PRESENT DAY
"Oh yeah," Keith said, "you totally did. How did that go?"
"Let's not talk about it. Anyway, I have some news for you guys, but first, I was wondering something. Why are you guys in the lower Appalachians?"
Ben looked at Keith. "Lower Appalachians? I thought you said you knew how to get back."
"I thought I did...I guess I didn't though. Good thing Da...I mean Santana came to rescue us."

At that point, Derrek came out of hiding and pounced on Santana. "Santana!"
"Derrek? My you've grown. Quite literally, in fact."
"Nice to see you good buddy. How've you been?"
"Good. I got wings made of lightning. How bout you?"
"Aw, nothing. I was just turned into a sphinx by a witch."
"A green sphinx though?"
"Don't ask me..."
"Wait wait," Keith said. "You mean to tell me that you weren't born a sphinx?"
Ben stared at him. "Keith. You were there when Derrek was kidnapped. You mean to tell me you didn't put two and two together?"
"Yeah Keith," Essence said. "I even figured it out, and I've only seen him as a sphinx twice."
"Shut up, okay? Let's just go to Orlando."
"OFF TO SEAWORLD," Santana shouted. And the five of them departed, headed in what was hopefully the correct direction and leaving a ruined city and an evil chemistry teacher behind them.

END OF ARC 1
TO BE CONTINUED...