This story serves as an introduction to the League of Darkness. Count Gregory's added notes are in white beneath the narrator's red type.

Once upon a time...

Around one hundred and forty years ago...

There was a man...

More of a young man, really...

A man without much luck...

What do you mean, "without much luck"? I was ripped apart and stewn about by horses! That's unlucky for you!

But a man who had visions of the future...

Obviously not very clear visions or he'd stop walking into dark alleyways at night...

Unfortunately for the man, there was also a League...

Now we're getting to the good stuff.

A League of Darkness led by the hideous Count Gregory...

What?! Hideous?! You'd be hideous too if you were allowed to rot for a few years! I demand to know who is writing this RIGHT NOW...

The League's goal was to steal the man's visions...

Dern tootin!

And use them to take over the world...

Yeah! Aristocracy rocks!

And they would have succeeded if it were not for the Foggs...

A couple of angsty English stiffs who like to blow things up...

The Foggs protected...Hey! We are *not* stiffs! I mean...Blast...

Ah hah! I knew it was you two! Gaurds!

Rebecca! I let you have the keyboard for *one* second...

Guards! Gerbils! To the control room! Kill the Foggs!

Relax, Phileas. He'll probably just threaten us, tie us to a giant pencil, or make up some stupid plan that we can escape from...

Guards! New orders! Do *not* drop the Foggs into the crocodile pit! Just blow their heads off...

REBECCA, you are *dictating*!

Muah hah hah...no foolish planning this time! Finally, the reason I have not been successful has been made clear to me...

Whoops...sorry. Out the window then!

NOOO! Guards, hurry up you lazy bums!

After you. We're on the...hundreth story or so.

Muah hah hah! There is no escape!

Oh...don't be a wuss, Phileas. We're the good guys. The good guys don't *ever* die, even if it takes a major plot hole to save them.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Eventually, the Foggs jumped out of the window together, and landed in the Aurora...which happened to be conveniently parked beneath the control room window even though neither Jules or Passepartout had any idea where the LOD headquarters was in the first place...much less the location of the control room. Count Gregory got really mad and used his fusion power, but was then exploded because the director thought they could use more special effects in this particular scene. Meanwhile, Jules and Passepartout secretly watch a comical yet slightly loving exchange between Rebecca and Phileas aboard the Aurora, and smile knowingly at each other as the theme music begins to play.