Disclaimer-The New Warriors and the four villains are property of Marvel Comics. Booster Gold and Arrowette are property of DC Comics. No offense to citizens of Stamford Connecticut, but this was how it happened in canon.

Stamford Stupidity

"I said this once and I'll say it again. This is suicide!"Microbe, the New Warrior's resident 'eccentric' hero, yelped.

"Oh,don't be such a baby,"sighed Namorita, pushing back some bushes blocking her way to the residence of four unknown,yet dangerous super-villains.

Cobalt Man,also known as Ralph Roberts,a D-List rogue of most notably Iron Man and Hulk,but had had run-ins with STRIPE,Rocket Red,and even Superman once. Due to a accidental chemical explosion in an experiment involving the element cobalt, he had enhanced strength and durability, plus the ability to redirect the energies inside him to release blasts inside concussive blasts, as well as a mutant ability to fly. His skin was almost as tough as carbonadium, the very elements that make up Omega Red's tentacles, which enabled him to be able to withstand punches from the Hulk, as well as simply absorbing multiple bullets,missiles,and tranquilizers fired at him on his prison escape.

Coldheart, also known as Kateri Deseronto, a a C-List foe of Spider Man and Batman, who used to be a member of Arashikage alongside the GI Joe soldiers Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow. She rebelled, disliking the clan's code of honor, and moved to America, to become an assassin for hire. Her sword automatically freezes whatever it happens to slash. She is also an amazing swordswoman, having nearly bested Batman in combat once. Her physical attributes are near Olympic level, making her one of Batman's most challenging foes, and a problem for the Friendly Neighborhood Spider Man, too.

Speedfreek aka Joss Shappe, a B-List Hulk enemy. His childhood was filled with foster homes, abusive families, and eventually, he snapped, murdering his twelfth foster family with a rage of cold-hearted fury. He stole adamantium from chemical facilities all across America,finding enough to create two swords and a spear. Also, after encountering Numbuh 1 of Sector V, part of the Kids Next Door, an organization of children fighting adult tyranny, he amassed a pair of the preteen's jet boots. Murderous,bloodthirsty, and working for money, Speedfreek is one of Hulk's deadliest opponents.

Their last member preferred keeping to himself, not even SHIELD or Providence had details on him. Only Question had a few paranoid conspiracy theories on the lanky teen. The only records of him were Level Ten clearance in Charles Xavier's Mutant Protocols on Cerebro, the X-Men's mutant tracking computer.

Namorita flew forward,hammering into the mysterious fourth member, while Booster Gold,their oldest member, at 27, flew forward into Cobalt Man, while Arrowette and Microbe attacked Coldheart, meanwhile Speedfreek and Speedball were duking it out.

"You brats aren't taking us back to prison,"scowled Cobalt Man, hammering one of his famous cobalt haymakers into Booster Gold's jaw, rocketing the hero of the 25th century back into a two story house, thankfully uninhabited.

"Oh,really?"snorted Debrii,a fourteen year old psychic. Using her telekinesis, she hurled a silver SUV at Cobalt Man,hurling him back. Now greatly annoyed, he hurled the van off his bulky frame, and rushed the fourteen year old psychic. However, Booster Gold was up again.

Firing a barrage of yellow stun bursts, he was surprised to see that they had no effect on the escapee's metal armor. Debrii's telekinetic surges also barely made a dent in his armor.

"All right,this is just plain annoying!" snapped Debrii, hurling an entire garbage truck at Cobalt Man, which Arrowette, momentarily glancing away from her fight with Coldheart, gladly fired an acetylene arrow in response, detonating the garbage truck over Cobalt Man. To add insult to injury, he was also covered in garbage, filth. Banana peals, already been chewed gum, and rotten eggs were all over his uniform, leading almost every teenager on the field to burst out laughing, much to Robert's chagrin.

"Man,Steve, this is great shooting!"the team's manager exclaimed with glee,rubbing his hands in anticipation. The only response he got from the teenage cameraman was a shrug that meant 'shut-up-and-lets-watch'.

Unfortunately for the two civilians,Speedfreek was avoiding Speedball,avoiding the young man's energy globules, aiming for the only people stupid enough to stay and film a superpowered brawl. Sadly, Speedfreek's accuracy was head on, his spear slicing through both of their throats at forty-five miles per hour.

"Bullseye,"the mercenary chuckled,reengaging Speedball in combat.

Arrowette and Microbe took on Coldheart. Microbe had enough trouble avoiding her slashes, while Arrowette was a Hollywood gymnast and trained in immense physical activity daily, he was overweight,exercised once a month at best, and ate more junk food than almost any normal human.

Microbe however managed to defeat the swordswoman, by forcing the bacteria to mutate into an alien disease, usually native to alien planets. He was really thanking the Warrior's team up with Starfire on Tamaran right now.

Slowly, Coldheart's skin was torn off, painfully causing her to seep into an unconscious state. Microbe sighed in relief,panting.

"Nice,Zack!"grinned Arrowette. Microbe blushed,it wasn't often a pretty girl complimented him.

"Uh, n-no problem,Cissie,"Microbe shyly replied.

"No problem,Zack,"Arrowette chuckled, slightly embarrassed over his crush on her.

Meanwhile, the fourth villain was getting a hideous beatdown from Namorita. Every punch thrusted him backwards into automobiles,residential homes,and office buildings, as well as Stamford's dominant amount of trees.

Wheezing, the fourth criminal gasped for precious oxygen,struggling to rise up from the unrelenting fury of the adolescent cousin of Namor. Speaking of Namorita, she was preparing a (literal) flying haymaker towards the criminal. To her shock, he smiled evilly, his very legs disappearing, morphing into pyrokinetic energy, slinging himself into the air. Namorita thanked every deity she could think of that she had invulnerability.

"Ha ha, not so good now, you worthless Avatar reject!"grinned the fourth villain. "Now get out, or Nitro'll have to teach you a lesson!"

"Yeah,good luck with that,"Arrowette snorted, firing an arrow she thought was a cryo arrow. But in reality, it was an arrow her mother required her to use. A perfume arrow. The only reaction she got from Nitro was a racking cough, and a ferocious glare that reminded her of her mother when angry.

"Really, you stupid Barbie dreamhouse? Really?" snapped Nitro, firing a stream of explosive energy from his hand, detonating near the young archer, knocking her out for the duration. Nitro was about to make the killing blow, but thankfully, Namorita interfered, slamming him with a right cross towards the cheek. Another blow hit the stomach, with a final one hitting the jaw. Nitro was flung backwards towards a school bus aimed at Stamford Elementary School.

"It's over,Nitro. Time to meet the big house,"Namorita said,trying her best to sound heroic,but in actuality, afraid of the explosive energy spewing mutant.

"Oh,baby,don't you know, you're playing with the big leagues now,"Nitro chuckled, lifting his head up, his eyes filled with an unearthly titian aura. Namorita winced from the energy emanating from the criminal, and Nitro happily noticed this. He raised his hands, and brought them down.

What happened was something humanity would never forget, even after a thousand savings from metahumans. Nitro exploded, immediately incinerating every New Warrior and villain on the battlefield. 612 citizens in the immediate vicinity were murdered brutally. People just eating lunch, oblivious to the super powered brawl downtown, were suddenly engulfed by a plethora of flames. Nitro's flames caused one of the most deleterious forest fires New England ever experienced.

Human/metahuman relations would be held off for one hundred years because of this incident, even more than when Superman under Darkseid's mind control leveled Metropolis, or when Ben Tennyson was sixteen,framed by William Harangue, played as a villain.

The after effects were much worse for regular humans, however.

JUSTICE LEAGUE WATCHTOWER.

Bored, the sound generating hero from Detroit, Vibe, wearily flipped through channels on the 3-D television, made from technology from Earth,Thanagar, and multiple other planets.

"Today, we discuss witches. After the Halliwells revealed themselves-"

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"Mutants are a threat to humanity! Mutants are a sin that must be abolished! Mutants are-"

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"In downtown Stamford, an unknown super villain has detonated himself-"

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"Wait,Vibe,go back!"Luke Cage, former Hero for Hire, now hero for free, blurted out. Vibe shrugged,changing the channel.

"In a battle with who appears to be the reality TV stars the New Warriors, and their apparent guest star Booster Gold, the adolescents were all murdered, as well as 612 humans, by Robert Hunter aka Nitro-"an overly cheery reporter on the Daily Planet news reported.

"All those people,"gasped Ice forlornly, utterly mortified.

Even Guy Gardner was horrified, appalled even. Giant Man decided to state his opinions bluntly and crassly.

"What idiots! They took on a group of supervillains, one who's a walking nuke, and decided to fight him in a heavily populated area! For the love of Pete, why the hell were they so stupid!" he snapped, furious, angered beyond belief.

"Now, hun, I'm sure t-that it was exaggerated,"Wasp sadly commented, although it was obvious she was about to start crying.

Agent Six was a former agent of Providence, he reminiscent about the close call in New York City. A large number of EVOs were assaulting, and their leader Agent White wanted to destroy the city to get rid of them. His adopted son, Generator Rex had saved the entire city, and the seven million people residing within its maze of skyscrapers and industrialism.

Nightcrawler simply bowed down his head and prayed to the lord for the lucky survivors, the unfortunate deceased, and most of all, the man who murdered them all.

THREE HOURS LATER, CONGRESS.

"This proves we need superhuman registration! Not just aliens, not just magicians or whatever, not just mutants or metahumans, but all of them! If they live on Earth, they need to work for us!" Senator Robert Kelly pronounced. He met little opposition from the fellow senators and congressmen, as they were all furious about the deaths of many at Stamford, Connecticut.

"AYE!" the entire group chorused. And such, the Superhuman Registration Act was founded.