Loxx returned to the fishy smelling factory of Sammen Eggs Inc.. "Loxx! Have you destroyed the city yet?" Dr. Sammen Hammen Eggs asked Loxx.

"Not yet, Boss. I'm working on it!" Loxx replied.

"You nitwit! Why are you here chatting with me, instead of destroying the city?"

"Uh, I don't know, Boss. There's a little problem."

"What?!?"

"Bad Joke Man!"

"D'oh!!!"

"Yeah! I ate him, but he upset my stomach."

"You nitwit! Kill him!"

"Hey, I don't believe I like your tone of voice. And by the way, my name is Loxx, not nitwit."

"So? Whatcha gonna do about it? I OWN YOU."

"Rrrrrrr." Loxx growled.

"Oh, by the way, if you don't happen to work out, I got a giant sea monkey in the back room that says he can take out Bad Joke Man or any old thug, day or night."

"SEA MONKEY! You rat!" Loxx shrieked, now enraged, right before he thrust the evil Dr. Sammen Hammen Eggs into his mouth, and ate that cad right up. *Gulp!!*

Meanwhile, it was time for Herbie to go to school. "Ha ha ha! No bully's going to boss me around today! When Herbie got to school, the bully was waiting.

"Hey Herbie, some loser came yesterday and told me to shape up. But you wouldn't know anything about that, would you?"

"Uh, no...of course not."

"Good, good. Say, you got any money for me today?"

"What for?"

"Protection money. It's for your own good, you know."

"Oh.yeah." Herbie said hesitantly. "I got money for you." Herbie threw several pennies at the bully, then ran off quickly.

"Hey! You jerk!" the bully shouted at Herbie. When he got to class, Herbie told Mr. Mahooley, and the bully was soon deported to Australia. Then, class started.

"Herbie, use the word iota in a sentence, please."

"Yessir. Iota be able to leave class and go eat some ice cream."

"Very funny, Herbie. But it is incorrect, so use the word abolished in a sentence."

"Yessir. Abolished my shoes last Tuesday, but now they're kind of dirty."

"Sigh."

After school, Herbie went home with a big grin, because the bully was now in Australia, and he was safe from harm. BJ, though, was another matter altogether. He was sitting on the couch, feeling sorry for himself, because he couldn't figure out a way to beat Loxx.

"Eureka!" BJ exclaimed.

"You don't smell so good yourself," Herbie replied.

"Shut up, enough wisecracks. I could build a trap!"

"You did that all the other times you needed to beat the villain. Think of something original this time."

"Oh, fine." BJ sulked on the sofa for about 15 minutes, then jumped up, shouting, "EUREKA!"

"You don-"

"DON"T SAY IT!"

"Aw, fine."

"Anyway, I was thinking that we could find his one weakness, and then exploit it!"

"And what would that one weakness be?"

"His socks!"

"His socks?"

"Yeah! He is kept alive by his Dr. Sammen's Animating Plaid Socks!"

"How did you know that?"

"You know what, little buddy?" BJ replied. "I don't know."

"BJ, I'm scared."

"Me too." BJ and Herbie then grabbed each other and trembled. After they got over that, they sat down and brainstormed ideas, until Fran Mann kicked them out for getting the carpet wet. (From the rain from the brainstorm!) Anyhow, they sat outside on the sidewalk thinking. "We could flee the country."

"Nah. Too cowardly."

"Ah ha! Now I've got it!"

"What is it, BJ?"

"We should get our super hero suits on, and then our ideas will be more interesting!"

"Unless they come from you, of course."

"HEY! I think of lots of great ideas!"

"Sure. Just tell me the last time your idea wasn't a trap!"

"Uh.um.ah.choo! Oh, I don't know? The first one?"

"Pretty close! That's all you ever think about!"

"Oh, shut up and get your costume on!" Two minutes later, Bad Joke Man walks out of BJ's room, and a giant chicken walks out of Herbie's room. "Stupid!" Bad Joke Man screamed. "Your other costume!"

"Bokk!" the chicken squawked. Then, Super Herbie walked out, and stood next to the giant chicken.

"Priscilla! Get back in my room!" Super Herbie scolded the chicken.

"Bok bok," the chicken squawked pitifully as she hung her head down and walked back in the room. Back