It was Monday morning, Brainy was walking around the Legion HQ. Ema had long since gone to school as had all the other children. Almost all of the Legionnaires were in the HQ as there was no trouble and no missions. Yet again it looked like it was going to turn into a boring day. Yet there was something in the air that made Brainy uneasy. He couldn't quite place it, he felt like something bad was going to happen or perhaps currently happening. There had been no distress calls or anything, so why did it feel like there had been.

He spotted Colossal Boy sitting in a corner by himself. As the leader of the Legion he knew that it was his duty to go and see what was up. He walked over, the other Legionnaire didn't seem to notice his presence. He was too wrapped up in his own thoughts.

"Colossal Boy is something bothering you?" Asked Brainy

"It's nothing, I'm just a little nervous that's all. I keep thinking about Xio."

Brainy raised an eyebrow, Colossal boy was feeling the same as him? Xio was his son, the giant Legionnaire had somewhat ironically married an Imskian, someone from the same planet as Shrinking Violet. It was odd though. Slightly worried, he went to find Saturn Girl. He had to check something. He found her looking out the window in a different room.

"Hallo, Saturn Girl. Could you please scan all the Legionnaires present? Check their state of mind?"

"All right..." She closed her eyes "They're worried, all of them, you and me included."

"That's what I thought... Thank you."

Brainy left for his lab. Despite the fact, that he was now the leader of the Legion, he still retained his old laboratory and liked to sometimes lock himself inside of it to get away from the pressures of leadership. It had another more practical purpose however, he turned on the computer and started to search for any possible cause for the Legionnaire's bad feelings. So far, no distress calls or anything. In a way it was good in another it was bad, now he'd have to figure out what the cause of the problem was.

He was about to leave when the computer beeped frantically, it was a distress call. He turned to read it. His eyes widened in shock and horror as he realised what it meant. The Legionnaire leapt out of his chair and rushed through the HQ. He ran into the lounge, the Legionnaires too jumped up, they instantly knew that something was up, it was unlike Brainiac 5 to get so worked up over nothing.

"The schools are under attack!" He yelled "Saturn Girl try to contact Zephyr!"

"I'll try!" She said

The heroes rushed out of their HQ, heading towards both the High School and elementary. Both of which were under attack. Of course they were scared withless, there were a grand total of six of their kids out there : Zephyr, Ema, Drake, Elbe, Xio, Dacian (the son of Nemesis kid and another Leigonnaire) and Aria (Phantom girl and Timber wolf's daughter). Why would anyone attack kids? Saturn Girl succeeded in contacting her son but was having a lot of trouble.

"Mom?" Asked Zephyr

"Zephyr! What's happening?"

"Uh... Giant robots, they're everywhere... They've caught Aria!"

"What about you?"

"Well, let's just say I'm going nowhere fast..."

"Is anyone with you?"

"Yeah, Xio's out cold and Jude and Elbe are hiding under a table. There not interested in the others, it's just us!"

"Stay hidden."

"Easy for you to say!- Sprock! They've found us!"

"Zephyr! Zephyr!"

Saturn Girl opened her eyes still flying though the air. She lost some attitude from shock, Zephyr's mind had stopped receiving. Please, let him be unconscious... She prayed. It might be an odd thing for a mother to wish for but it was far better than the alternative... She caught up with Brainiac 5, unsure what to tell him. She couldn't reach Ema either.

"Brainy... The kids in the High school are in trouble, I can't reach Ema."

"We'll split up, you come with me and the more experienced half of the Legion, the rest of you go to the elementary! Move it people!"

The Legionnaires split up. Soon some smoke became visible on the horizon, Brainy's heart went into his mouth he hoped that Ema was all right. She was at the elementary school and alone at least the teens had each other to rely on. As they approached they soon saw the attackers. There were three giant robots storming around. The robots were at least thirty foot tall and resembled giant squids.

The Legionnaires landed in the school courtyard, just in time to get out of the way of a rocket that had been fired by one of the robots. The school certainly had taken a beating. Several walls had collapsed but there was no sign of the children. Garth eyed up one of the robots and prepared to blast it. Suddenly a figure rushed into him knocking the Legionnaire clean off his feet. He struggled for a moment before recognising who it was.

"Drake!" He said

"Dad don't shoot!" Yelled the boy

Drake was a bit smaller than Zephyr, probably due to his younger age and had slightly longer platinum hair much like his uncle Mekt. He had electric blue eyes like his father and slightly tanned skin. He was wearing a black jacket, with jeans. The boy pointed up at one of the robots, the adults gasped as they figured out what was wrong. Up under the ship was held a small cage, they could only just make out a girl with black hair's figure inside of it.

"Aria!" Yelled Timber Wolf recognising his daughter

"Dacian's up there too!" Drake informed them

"Drake where are the others?" Asked Garth

"We're here..."

A girl with red hair appeared. It was Drake's twin, Elbe. She looked more than slightly shaken. The girl was shaking, she had chestnut eyes and was smaller than her brother. She ran to her father and gave him a hug. Then from behind a pillar limped Zephyr carrying a little boy with spikey black hair in his arms. He staggered over to the adults before collapsing on the floor, Irma instinctively rushed over to him. He had a deep cut on his leg.

"Is he ok?" Asked Brainy as Colossal boy picked up Xio

"He's too weak to use telepathy..." Said Saturn girl "There, there. It's ok, no one's going to harm you."

"I beg to differ..."

A horrific pain hit the Legionnaires knocking them to their knees. The cause became apparent when the Legion of Supervillains appeared, they'd hoped that after all these years they might have stopped attacking them but no they continued. Esper was currently giving them a powerful mental blast. Saturn Girl knew that she had to do something. She looked at the other Legionnaires then at her son, she gently put a hand on his forehead to protect him from the mental blast she was about to create. With him being telepathic the blast might cause him some severe and possibly permanent damage.

Irma concentrated hard before unleashing the blast. The Legion of supervillains staggered backwards and Esper herself fainted. Saturn Girl smiled before feeling strangely weak, everything started to spin and become darker. She slipped unwillingly into a healing trance. The rest of the Legionnaires had by now recovered and were once more ready to fight. At least now they could fight someone without running the risk of harming the children.

"Drake and Elbe get Saturn Girl, Zephyr and Xio to safety!" Ordered Garth

"You get em' dad!" Said Drake struggling to drag Xio.

As Elbe tried to move Zephyr, the teen's pink eyes opened. He managed to get to his feet by himself before limping over to his mother. Elbe gave him a helping hand in carrying the knocked out telepath. Lightning Lad did what he did best and took a few pot shots at Tyr who was forced to get out of the way. Thankfully, the LSV was a member down since Cosmic Boy's last stand, they no longer needed to worry about Wave.

There was a crash as Colossal boy stormed into Hunter, trying to flatten the villain. Ron-kar turned into a giant bull creature and charged Brainy and Timber Wolf knocking them backwards. The teens winced as rubble flew around them from the battle. They kept on peering round the corner of what was left of a wall that they were hiding behind to see what was happening. A deflected bolt of lightning narrowly missed Elbe making her father lose his concentration and get knocked down, Hunter prepared to finish off the Legionnaire with his spear.

"No!" Screamed the children

Elbe and Drake broke cover. They eyes began to glow a blue colour. Then they unleashed two small bolts of lightning, the effect for Hunter was much like a static shock but it was enough to make him jump. It was all the distraction that Garth needed to knock the villain away from him. He soon found himself face to face with Ron-kar however. Brainy's eyes widened as he realised what was happening.

"They're trying to keep us away from the kids!" He yelled

One of the robots managed to blast him in the back. The leader of the Legion collapsed, out cold. Elbe and Drake's paths were blocked off by a robot. Two large tentacle things came down from the ship and grabbed the twins before delivering a brief electric shock which knocked them out. Zephyr tried to yell to inform the Legionnaires but remembered that they couldn't hear him. This was going to be one of those decisions he was going to regret later on, he could feel it. The teen picked up a rock and lobbed it at the robot. It did...

Absolutely nothing. All that happened was the robot put Drake and Elbe in the cage secured under it then turned it's attention on Zephyr. Already wounded he knew there was no chance of him outrunning the machine. One of the tentacles tried to grab the teen but he was able to get out of the way. A small canon appeared out of the side of the third robot and fired a net. Before the teen knew what was happening he was caught. He struggled desperately trying to free himself. This, he knew was bad... The other Legionnaires were wrapped up in their fight and his mother was currently K.O. Zephyr's mind reached out to the only other person it could.

…...

"Krin! Go turn up the furnace!"

"Yes sir!"

Rokk walked over to a burning furnace and turned a nob increasing the heat suddenly. He was covered in oil and dust. His uniform which had been a brilliant white when he had started working was now a messy brown and torn in several places. He went back to his workplace where he was busy trying to hammer a piece of metal back into shape. He picked up his hammer and resumed his bashing. He winced as sparks flew past his eyes, he knew that he should wear goggles.

"I bet you never thought that you'd be helping repair her." Said his co-worker a man called Tim

Rokk turned his head to look at the cruiser in the hangar. It belonged to the Legion of Superheroes and had been recently damaged in a Scavenger attack and now their job was to repair it. He starred back at the large slab of metal with the Legion symbol on it before letting out a deep sigh. Tim looked at him sympathetically.

"Why d'you even give up that job anyway man?" Asked Tim "You had everything! The team, the self-esteem, the girls were at your feet... I mean no offence but here you're a nobody that the rich folk spit on!"

"Yeah, I know but heck I lost that all, a long time ago and maybe I like being a nobody..." He said before smiling vaguely "Besides I got Irma and Zephs."

"You're right there, I'd kill for what you got..."

"Hmph... There's someone out there for you Tim."

"Me... Nah... I'm a nobody." Rokk looked back at the cruiser "You really do miss that life don't ya?"

"Sometimes more than you can imagine."

"It sounds like you need a stiff drink. What d'you say we get a few rounds after the shifts over?"

"Sure not to much though... I'm trying to get off of the drinks."

"Suit yourself..."

Rokk was about to answer back when he felt Zephyr's mind, it felt distant and somewhat dreamy. The father raised an eyebrow confused, the boy had never done this before... It was also the weakest that he'd ever felt, he wondered if it was just the distance but he had a bad feeling in the pit of his stomach. He felt like something was very wrong.

"Dad..." Zephyr's voice was weak and sounded broken

"Zephs! What are you doing calling me?" He asked trying to hide his worry

"There are these robots at the schools! They're taking us!"

"Is the Legion with you?"

"Yeah but there not doing so great and th-"

Zephyr's voice stopped dead and Rokk felt his presence suddenly disappear. He became aware of his surroundings once more. He had to do something! He looked around in a blind panic, nothing in here could help him, he needed to get to the school pronto! His boss seemed to have picked up that something was wrong.

"Krin? Is there a particular reason for you running around like a headless chicken?" He asked

"It's my son, sir, he just contacted me! He's in trouble and so's the Legion."

"Well, then what are you waiting for take them their cruiser!"

"Yes sir! But uh... Is it ready to fly?"

"Yes of course she is! Now go!"

"It takes two to fly. I'm going to need help!"

"I'll go!" Volunteered Tim

The two workers rushed inside of the ship. Rokk might have been nostalgic if it weren't for the fact that his son's life might be on the line. He jumped into the pilot's seat and started up the engines while Tim dealt with the rest. He put his hand on the controls and hit the accelerator. The ship jolted backwards making the people inside hit their heads on the seats. Perhaps, seatbelts would be a good idea. They started up again this time flying forwards and leaving the hangar.

"Looks like you haven't forgotten." Said Tim

"I never had anything to forget, I didn't normally fly this thing."

"I can't believe that I'm on a mission with the Legion of Superheroes!"

"Uh... Reality check please! We're mechanics giving them back their ship!"

"You're such a kill joy- whoa!" The ship did a barrel role "Careful! Do you know what you're doing?"

"Please..."

Rokk sped up slightly. They had to make it... Just just had to.