With the help of the con-artist Simian, Argit starts a secure transport firm called "Argistix Securities" employing a group of Techadons as workers. Ben immediately becomes suspicious of Argit's business, considering the latter's history.

A dangerous Chronosapien named Maltruant attempts to obtain total control over the time-space continuum with the help of an old relic called the Key to Time; Ben 23 is sent by the Azmuth of his dimension to Ben Tennyson's dimension in order for the latter to act as a "mentor" to the former.