Album 25: Darkness Before Dawn

Connie gets her first credit card and learns the lesson of responsible spending. Simon learns about responsibility in the window-washing trade. Eugene deals with the loss of Katrina.

Vandalism hits Odyssey, including Whit's End. Sam and Lucy have their bikes stolen (and then Sam's is returned). Bart criticizes mayor Tom Riley for all the vandalism.

Jack, Billy McPherson and Sam start up the Israelites, a "good gang". Butch is recruited as a spy on the bad guys and diffuses a few of their plots. Lucy and Connie try to figure out what's going on with Sam and Jack.

The Bones of Rath are behind the vandalism and Butch is used as a spy to give information to Jack's "good" gang: "The Israelites". But when Butch is caught and beaten up by the Bones' new leader Jellyfish, Jack disbands the group.

Jason returns to Odyssey and is interested in opening the underground tunnel as a display. A state inspector must be called, who turns out to be Professor Bovril and Philip Glossman, who insist they will have to investigate a "mineral" in the tunnel. Jason learns about the Israelites and is determined to start them up again, which causes Jack to quit his job at Whit's End.

Tom Riley is confronted with evidence that he was bought out by Edgebiter Chemical Company, a company that seemed to pollute his land. Richard Maxwell shows up to tell Tom that he believes Blackgaard is behind all of the trouble, but Tom won't listen. After Jellyfish talks to Glossman, Richard runs into him. The city council votes to recall Tom.

A new Mayoral candidate has entered the race to replace Tom Riley... Dr. Regis Blackgaard! And unfortunately for Whit's End and the town of Odyssey, he's receiving a lot of support! Edwin Blackgaard leaves town as his brother returns. Jason visits Blackgaard, but Blackgaard records the conversation to piece together later. The city council closes Whit's End.

Eugene creates a search program in the Imagination Station to search for information about the history of Whit's End. But to test the program, he uses the search engine on his own history.

Blackgaard and company take over the Harlequin and Jason puts the Israelites back together to stop the havoc in Odyssey. Then, just as Eugene is discovering the truth... a surprise attack causes the Imagination Station to crash!

Tom is accused of hiding information about Whit's End. Dr. Blackgaard collapses in public, but later claims he was simply exhausted. Bart claims the Israelites vandalized his store, but Rodney knows the Bones did it. He is so angry that he throws a punch at Jellyfish, who informs him that this is all part of the plan. Jellyfish shuts down the Bones. Richard helps Eugene decode Imagination Station programming which refers to "the silent one". Later, Rodney tells Richard of Jellyfish's computer that keeps track of everything that has happened so far. Richard tries to get the laptop, but is captured by Dr. Blackgaard and thrown out of a car. He slips into a coma at the hospital.

After seeing Richard at the hospital, Eugene and Jason question Rodney. They get Bernard to place a device next to a computer so they can see what Jellyfish has written. However, instead of Jellyfish's, they see Bovril's computer. Jason sees that the computer contains the formula for TA-418 and that Blackgaard is trying to make Ruku virus. He rushes home, only to be arrested for threatening Blackgaard. Tom and Richard forgive one another. Jack goes to the jail and he forgives Jason and learns everything that has happened with Ruku/TA-418.

After Jason tells Jack about Dr. Blackgaard's endgame, Jason sets plans into motion to arrest Bart Rathbone and Philip Glossman. Meanwhile, Jack Allen corners Dr. Blackgaard in the Underground Railroad tunnel.