Eleven-year-old Max receives a baseball cap that turns out to be the key to a series of teleport ""portals"" left by the ancient Lemurians, which as the foretold ""Mighty One"" he must use to defeat the evil Skull Master.

Skull Master uses the crystal of souls to awaken the former soulless undead inhabitants of the Lost City of Atlantis to retrieve the cosmic cap from Max along with his head. When the underwater zombies arrive on the scene, Norman and Max decide to stand their ground to combat them. Virgil tells them that this is totally pointless and dangerous because the zombies cannot be killed, as they are soulless and already dead.

His warnings are ignored, so Virgil decides to take the cap away from Max to save the lives of both the Mighty One and Norman. He travels through the portals to find a place where he could destroy the cap. Max and Norman remember that the cap is indestructible and Virgil already knows that. That Virgil is going to find any futile means to destroy the cap even if it means sacrificing himself in the process. Can Max and Norman get there in time to save their fowl feathered friend?

Lava Lord escapes from his prison after the destruction of the crystal of souls and is out to seek his vengeance on the one who imprisoned him, Skull Master. An all out war breaks out in the center of the earth between the armies of Skull Master and Lava Lord. Virgil tells Max that now is the time to strike in order to fullfill his destiny of destroying Skull Master.

With Norman, they travel to Skull Mountain where things start to go wrong. They are separated from each other and Virgil is captured by Skull Master. Norman and Max regroup and attempt to find Virgil. When the two find him, they are horrified to discover that Virgil has turned to evil by joining the side of Skull Master.

TO BE CONTINUED

Lava Lord attempts to destroy Skull Master with the help of his creation, ""Megus"", but is unsuccessful. Max and Norman are hurt and confused by Virgil's betrayal. Their doubts are put to rest when they discover that Virgil has not become evil, but has setup Skull Master. Virgil helps Max and Norman take control of Megus. This gives Max the opportunity to fulfill his destiny as the weapons of Megus are locked on Skull Master, ready to fire. Skull Master quickly grabs hold of Virgil to use as his protection.

Max is on the brink of ridding the world of Skull Master, but he won't fire because his friend's life is more important to him than fulfilling the prophecy. Despite Virgil's objections, Max chooses not to kill Skull Master in order to save the wise old fowel. During the final moments of the confrontation, Max uses a portal to transport him, Norman, and Virgil back to the surface. But in the process he also frees Warmonger and Skull Master who releases the dragon. On the dragon

Max is miserable during his birthday celebration because Virgil and Norman haven't arrived or communicated with him in a while. He creates a ruckus by tearing apart his birthday presents and cake in search of a message from the two, but there is nothing. He is happy when they do arrive, but is puzzled when they tell him that he must leave immediately to take care of something urgent relating to his birthday.

Virgil and Norman takes Max to their home where he jokes, but is serious about hanging out with the two sometime in the future. Virgil is mysteriously saddened by Max's comment. He reveals to Max the source of most of his knowledge by partly pulling down a curtain to reveal a large mosaic of pictures. Which show the events that have transpired so far in Max's journey since he received his call as the Mighty One. Virgil goes briefly through it and reveals that Skull Master is not dead as they originally thought, but is alive and well and has reconstructed the crystal of souls wi

Realizing that there is nothing that he could do to alter his destiny, Norman decides to engage the spider in final combat and go down fighting. Max attempts to help Norman, but Virgil pushes Max into a portal and then follows after him. Furious and saddened, Max questions Virgil's actions and tells him that they could have saved Norman. Virgil tells him that there was nothing both of them could do because Norman's death was foretold by prophecy and that when his time comes at Stonehenge, that he would want Max to respect that. He warns Max not to go Stonehenge during the winter solstice because that is when darkness is at its strongest. Virgil makes Max promise not to travel to Stonehenge during that time and they prepare to get going, but are stopped in their tracks when they run into Skull Master and Warmonger. Max is sent to the Astral Plane by Virgil, a place where Skull Master is forbidden to follow. Virgil is then taken captive by Skull Master and Warmonger.

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