A truck had driven into (and blew up) the entrance of the Natural History museum. Four figures stood around the wreckage. One was donned in a black ninja-like outfit with a mask covering only his nose and mouth, his black hair flowing in the wind. Another wore a long, dark brown trench coat covered in stains, with knives sticking out of all of his pockets, covering his red hair with a maroon sun hat. Another was wearing a grey robe, also having pale skin and pale hair. The last person was Icebox, who Galactic Man had fought prior. All four were wearing red collars around their necks. Ben landed on the ground behind them.

"I assume you guys did this?" He asked.

"Stay out of our way." The man in black said. He pulled out a sword and charged at the wreckage, slicing the truck in half, before running into the museum. Ben began to charge after him, but the man in the grey robe launched a blast at him. Ben was hit in the side before rolling over and returning with a cosmic blast. The two blasts collided as the remaining attackers ran inside. As the two continued battling, Ben rolled to the side again and fired a short blast at the robed man's knee, causing him to fall forward and slam his face on the pavement. Ben immediately dashed forward and grabbed the man by the collar, accidentally causing it to break.

"Wait! This isn't what you think!" The man began to plead

"Huh?" Ben responded

"We were forced to do this! All four of us!"

"Yeah, right"

"It's the truth! These collars disallowed us to think freely, we could only do what he asked!"

"Who's he?"

"I don't know who he was, but he wanted us to steal stuff that he can sell to fund his gang! He might see now that my collar was deactivated and will come to do damage control, you have to stop the others now!"

Cops began to approach the two from multiple sides. Ben left the man to the cops and flew into the museum. He arrived at a section filled with ancient Roman artifacts where Icebox and the man in the trench coat were.

"Icebox! How long has it been?" Galactic Man asked, landing down in front of the two

"Not long enough! Get him, Jackknife!" Icebox yelled before throwing a grenade and running off. It exploded, causing one of Ben's legs to be frozen. While Ben was distracted, Jackknife grabbed a pilum out of a smashed display case and charged at Ben with it, only for it to bend as it collided with Ben's skin. Ben kicked Jackknife in the groin before launching a small blast at his collar, smashing it open. He then continued down the hall where Icebox ran.

Ben eventually reached the back of the museum, where Icebox and the ninja were. The ninja was holding a rock covered in yellow crystals. Without turning towards Ben, he began to speak.

"There were a group of ancient Greeks who believed this rock, among with others, would give them the power of the Gods. All the others have been destroyed, but they believed this one would give them the powers of Zeus."

"Thanks for the history lesson pal, but you're going down" Ben said, raising his fists which began to glow.

"I don't think so"

Just as Ben began to launch his blasts, a loud explosion caved in the wall they were facing, with rocks covering the three men inside. A massive one crushed Ben in its weight, causing him to black out.

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"Galactic Man? Galactic Man! Wake up"

Ben suddenly woke up to see Elemental standing over him. He had been moved into another part of the room, where he could see the rubble everywhere, and Icebox and the other man were tied up.

"What happened?" He asked

"Icebox and that other guy, Warrior, had bombs planted outside of the museum to create an opening to escape. Unfortunately for them, you were there, and you chased them so that they stood too close to the wall and got knocked out in the rubble. Even though you got knocked out too, you still got them in a position to capture them. You did a good job today" Elemental answered, holding out his hand.

"Uh...thanks" Ben said, taking his hand and shaking it.

"Now if you'll excuse me, I'll be off" Elemental picked up Icebox and Warrior and flew off into the sky. Ben dusted himself off and walked out the main entrance. He watched recovery teams clean up the scene as Jackknife and the last member of the group were put into a police car and taken away. A he looked at the man in the robe, he suddenly turned, making eye contact with him. A voice was suddenly heard in Ben's head.

"Come see me at the station tomorrow Galactic Man...we have a lot to discuss" The voice said

"Who are you?" Ben said out loud, getting a couple looks from people nearby

"Call me Spirit" The voice said, fading away as the cop car took off.