The Merlins 'n the Skulls of the Pedestal

We were searchin fer the meanin of our powers. We had a slug of them now and wondered why we were gettin them. We liked them, but knew there had to be a reason we were the ones gettin them. We felt we were bein summoned to Merlin's cavern, and when we got their we got the shock of our lives. I guess I'd better say shocks because they were comin at us fast and furious. First, the skulls of the pedestal turned out to be somethin we never imagined. It'll knock yer socks off to find out what I'm tellin ya. Then we discovered somethin we never imagined would ever happen. Uncle Timothy and the rapscallions we'd put away in the worst prison in China, had escaped. It gets worse. They were callin themselves Revengers and had the power of the dark force behind them now. Foul Manchu, one of the lords of the dark force, was givin them powers to try and defeat us. They were not only goin to take the treasures we'd found, they intended to rule the world with their dark powers. We couldn't begin to guess what they were goin to do to us if they could strip us of our powers.