The PJ Masks, Greg, Connor, Amaya, Catboy, Gekko, Owlette, Luna Girl, Night Ninja, Romeo, etc are all © Romuald and Disney Junior. The only part of this work that I claim ownership of is the story itself. Again, none of these characters are mine.

It's worth noting that I typically like to denote short breaks in the story with a series of 3 asterisks. This site doesn't seem to like that, so I'm having to resort to using horizontal lines. After the first horizontal line in this chapter, all the rest denote short breaks in the story.

There is a little bit of violence in this story. Consider yourself warned...


It's an unusually calm night in the city; it's a new moon tonight, and it is eerily dark, despite the streetlights that line the streets. Suddenly, three lights streak across the sky: one blue, one green, and the third reddish-pink. They dash through the sky and spin around a bridge before entering the top of a large totem pole in the park: PJ Masks HQ.

Inside, three heroes materialize: Catboy, Owlette, and Gekko. The three look very serious; there's a lot at stake tonight. The picture player activates, and Catboy looks over to his feathered colleague, Owlette. "Owlette? What've you got for us?"

Owlette, red-pink outfit and wings swaying with her excitement, walks over to the picture player's interface and taps a few buttons. "Well, the computer has analyzed everything since the earthquake. I was here a few hours ago working on it before I had to go home. From what I can understand, it's unusual that we haven't had any aftershocks."

Gekko nods, his green eyes making a concerned look. "Yeah. Remember, we learned about earthquakes last year in school. They always have aftershocks."

Catboy nods; he's not the most scientifically minded of the group. "So, what does that mean?" Catboy's baby blue eyes look confused. "Does this mean we can say for sure it's not a natural earthquake?"

Owlette nods; during the day she has calm, brown eyes, but at night in her superhero form, she has intense-looking dark-red eyes. "Yes. If it was natural, there would've been aftershocks associated with it. The computer told us earlier today there was a 95% chance it was an artificially created phenomena; last time I checked the computer, it had decided there was a 99% chance."

Catboy eyes Owlette. "Uhm, in English, please?"

Gekko speaks up. "It was definitely not a natural one, Catboy."

Catboy nods. "Thanks. So, this is serious. If Romeo can cause earthquakes, he could seriously take over the world this time. This earthquake thing is probably the closest Romeo ever gotten to taking over the world; if we fail tonight, he might actually manage to do it." He pauses to let that sink in. Gekko and Owlette nod solemnly. "So that said, we need a plan, and we need to all be at our best tonight. Usually we have some sort of immature stuff hindering us. We can't do that tonight."

Owlette nods. "I think we're all feeling like getting down to business tonight, Catboy." Pause. "Now, as far as a plan goes, I think I've got a good one…"


About twenty minutes later, Romeo, mad scientist extraordinaire, grins from his spot in his chair, laid back. "Robot, any sign of those PJ pests, yet?" Romeo looks around the underground cavern, with its reinforced concrete walls and the large sophisticated machine situated in the middle of it.

Romeo's Robot, a large spherically shaped robot with stretchy mechanical arms and legs, responds from his position near a screen. "No, master. No sign of them."

"They'll be here," Romeo says as he stands up, revealing that he's changed from his usual Howie-type lab coat to one seen more often worn by doctors and scientists. Unlike the Howie-type lab coat he has worn in the past, which was always buttoned up completely and had a turtleneck-like collar, the lab coat he wears now has been left unbuttoned and has a collar that leaves much of the area below his neck revealed. The lab coat he wears now, which is unbuttoned, reveals that he is wearing a teal-colored turtleneck sweater, grey pants, grey boots, and teal gloves that match his shirt. The lab coat has pockets on the sides, and he has a notebook in one of them, along with something resembling a gun in the other. In his breast pocket, there is a pen and a small screwdriver. His black goggles are raised up to his forehead, revealing his baby blue eyes, which are brimming with excitement.

As he walks over towards the machine in the middle of the cavern, Romeo glances over at his mobile laboratory, which is parked nearby the massive machine. Looking back at the massive machine, he marvels, "This has been our best plan to date, Robot. If we can keep those meddlesome PJ pests from destroying the Earthquake Generator, we will take over the world this time! People will have no choice but to surrender when they find out that I can generate earth-shattering earthquakes any time I want to."

Robot replies, "Yes, Master. You are most brilliant. We shall succeed this time for sure."

"Don't speak too soon, Robot. We always underestimate those PJ Masks," Romeo remarks as he checks a status display on the Earthquake Generator. He hits a few buttons, and declares, "In about an hour, we'll have the machine charged enough to trigger a magnitude 6.5 earthquake, Robot. That should be enough to demonstrate my power to the world without seriously hurting anybody." Romeo rubs his hands together excitedly as an electronic hum can be heard in the air.


Another twenty minutes later, in the moonless night, the Owl Glider comes to a silent, soft halt several dozen feet above the ground in the middle of a deserted field several miles outside of the city. Just like a real owl, the Owl Glider's wings are almost completely silent, making its approach extremely stealthy.

The field consists mostly of some bushes and lots of tall grass. Nearby, a lone, two-lane highway appears empty of traffic. Aside from the highway and the field, which is about the size of a baseball field, the area is surrounded by dense forest. It appears as if there was once a large building here in this clearing, but it was torn down many years ago. Inside the cockpit, the PJ Masks sit quietly. Only the Owl Glider's two powerful headlights illuminate the area, as Catboy looks at Owlette. "Alright Owlette, your time to shine."

Owlette nods. "Yep, just like we planned." She taps a button that dims the headlights to a low setting, taps another button to open the cockpit, unbuckles her seatbelt, and she flies out, and calls, "Super Owl Eyes!" The area around her eyes illuminates red, and she scans the field diligently with her super vision. The plan is for them to go undetected as they find an entrance to wherever Romeo is hiding.

Catboy unbuckles and sits in the driver seat, ready to move the vehicle at a moment's notice. After about a minute, Owlette shouts. "Catboy, Gekko! Over there!" She points to a bush.

Catboy grins. Gekko shouts, "Good job, Owlette! C'mon, let's go." Catboy steers the Owl Glider over toward the forest, closing the cockpit, and Owlette follows behind. The team knows Romeo is probably watching for them, and they're trying to avoid being seen. Once they're several hundred feet away, they stop, and Catboy completely deactivates the glider's lights and reopens the cockpit. Owlette flies over and Catboy relinquishes the pilot's seat to her. Catboy and Owlette look at Gekko. Catboy speaks, "Alright, Gekko. Our next step is to send you in. Remember the plan?"

Gekko nods as he removes his seatbelt. "Yep. We're going to activate my PJ Communicator and Owlette is going to fly me down to the forest floor, and I'm going to use my camouflage to sneak into Romeo's hideout. Once I go in the trapdoor, you guys are going to wait for me from really high in the sky for ten minutes, then you're going to come in after me, or if I yell for help."

Owlette nods. "Sounds about right." She taps a few buttons on the Owl Glider's control panel and a speaker clicks on in one of each of the PJ Masks' ears. "Test it out."

Greg touches near his ear, saying "Testing. Do you hear me from your communicators?" Owlette and Catboy both nod. "Alright, then let's go." Gekko takes Owlette's hand and says, "Super Lizard Grip." His hand glows green.

Catboy says, "I'll reposition the glider. Good luck Gekko." He pauses, and eyes Gekko with concern. "Be careful buddy." Gekko nods solemnly, and Owlette flies out of the glider with Gekko, and takes him down near to the ground.

They continue flying until they reach the edge of the forest, where the clearing starts. Owlette stops at the edge, landing softly. "I'll direct you to the bush from the Owl Glider using my super owl eyes, okay? Catboy and I will be about twelve thousand feet in the air, to avoid being detected." Gekko nods, releasing his Super Lizard Grip from Owlette's hand. She smiles at the younger boy. "Be careful, Gekko. Don't do anything without thinking it out first, okay?"

Gekko nods, saying, "I'll be careful." He hugs Owlette quickly. "I'll see you and Catboy in a bit." They hold the hug for a moment, and Gekko whispers "Super Gekko Camouflage," turning himself invisible. Gekko releases her and grabs a stick lying on the ground. Calm as ever, Gekko says, "Let's do it. Watch this stick move and you'll be able to see me."

Owlette nods and points towards a bush about a hundred feet away "That's where you're going." She takes off, using her super owl eyes to spot the Owl Glider, which is several thousand feet in the air already. She takes a few deep breaths and wings toward it, and following it until it stops. The cockpit opens, and she goes inside, where Catboy sits in the pilot's seat. He closes the cockpit when she's inside. "Super Owl Eyes!" She finds Gekko's stick in the middle of the field, already about halfway to his destination.

She touches her communicator. "Alright, Gekko, I can see where you are. Point your stick in the direction you're going." The stick points directly toward the bush that Gekko needs to be heading to. "Okay, good. Keep going." Once the stick is nearby the bush, Owlette speaks again. "Okay, you're pretty much there, so you can drop the stick."

On the ground, Gekko has cautiously navigated his way around this field, taking care to avoid potential traps and anything that he could've ran into. He drops the stick cautiously and steps up to the bush. In his ear, Owlette speaks, "Alright. There is a hatch beneath the bush. When I first looked at it, it looks like the bush is fake; you should be able to lift it." Gekko grabs the bush and pushes it away from him, discovering that it is extremely light. Without using his super muscles, he moves the bush and opens the hatch by turning a handle and pulling. There is a ladder in an access tunnel, here. He touches his communicator. "Alright, I'm in. I'll report back in when I can."

In the Owl Glider, Catboy and Owlette look at each other apprehensively. Owlette taps a few buttons, and a timer starts ticking down from 10 minutes. Owlette looks back at Catboy. "What do you think is down there?"

"Nothing that we can't handle," Catboy says.

Underground, Gekko, still invisible, steps onto the ladder, and begins descending, closing the hatch softly behind him. The tunnel is pitch black, but he looks down and can see lights beneath him. He keeps descending until he reaches the spot where the light is coming from: the ladder opens up into a cavern. Using his Super Lizard Grip, Gekko climbs onto the ceiling and surveys the area. Romeo's mobile lab is here, as is some big machine. The air feels dry and electrically charged, and there is an electronic hum. Gekko looks around more, and spots Romeo sitting on a type of lawn chair. The boy is laying back in the chair, using a tablet computer. Nearby, Romeo's Robot is watching what looks like a security monitor.

No wonder Romeo didn't spot us; he's letting his Robot watch the security monitor, Gekko thinks. The Robot is intelligent, but it's not always very thorough. Gekko continues crawling slowly along the dome of the cavern, examining the machines and the rest of the area for some way to disable the giant machine in the middle of the cavern. The electric hum seems to be intensifying, but Gekko thinks nothing of it.


Meanwhile, in the Owl Glider, Catboy and Owlette are concerned. Since Gekko went underground, several of their sensors in the city have started to detect energy signatures. Catboy scratches his head. "So, he's getting ready to trigger another earthquake, Owlette?"

Owlette nods. "I think so, yes. We can't wait for Gekko to call back in. We need to go in now."

Catboy nods. "I agree. He's probably going to trigger a more powerful one this time." Pause. "Take us in, and go loud about it."

Owlette nods, and begins a descent path toward the field. She turns the Owl Glider's headlights on high, giving away their position.

Catboy touches his communicator. "Gekko, beware. We think that Romeo is trying to start another earthquake. Owlette and I are going to bust in there early. Find a way to disable whatever it is Romeo is using to start them. We'll be there in a minute or two; stay hidden!"


Underground, Gekko hears Catboy's communication, and redoubles his efforts to find a way to disable the large machine in the middle of the room.

Robot, at the security console, says, "Master! The PJ Masks are approaching!"

Romeo looks up from his tablet, pausing the science fiction show he had been watching. He sits the tablet down. "About time. Was beginning to think that they might not show up…" He stands up and walks into a position that gives him a good view of the ladder that leads down into the cavern. He lowers his goggles over his eyes and speaks, "Robot, be ready to help hold them down. I want them to watch as I use my Earthquake Generator to become ruler of the world." Romeo takes the gun out of his lab coat's pocket. "If they don't cooperate with us, then we'll just have to put them on ice, with my Freeze Ray."

"Yes, Master," replies Robot.

Gekko hears all of this, and he begins to get nervous, but he persists in his effort to find a way to disable the Earthquake Generator. Still invisible, he climbs down to the floor and steps onto it, walking quietly over to inspect a particular part of the Earthquake Generator that looks vulnerable.

Just as Gekko does that, Catboy and Owlette climb down and emerge into the cavern. Romeo smiles and points his Freeze Ray at them. He shouts, "Stop right there or I'll freeze all of you!"

Catboy and Owlette look around the cavern and then down to Romeo. After a quick look around, Catboy decides that there is no good escape for them. He decides to comply. "Okay, Romeo. We'll do what you say. We just want to talk anyways, okay?"

Romeo laughs, still pointing his Freeze Ray at them. "Oh, I'm sure you did." He gestures at the ground. "Climb on down. I want you to see what's about to happen. I'm about to take over the world and none of you PJ pests can stop me."

Owlette and Catboy climb down to the ground slowly, and raise their hands in surrender once they're on the ground. Catboy eyes Owlette, and then looks back at Romeo. Calmly, he says, "Fine, we're down here now, Romeo. Now what? Don't you want to talk about this?"

Romeo shakes his head. "No, not really. I'm very glad you're going to get to see this, though, kitty litter boy."

Catboy growls, as Robot approaches them. Owlette speaks next, "Romeo, if you trigger another earthquake, you might hurt somebody. You normally try to avoid hurting us, and we're your mortal enemies. Are you sure you want to hurt all those people?"

The hum of the machine grows ever louder as Romeo shrugs. "Silly feather-brain. I know that. I don't want anybody hurt. That's why my next Earthquake is only going to be powerful enough to demonstrate just how much danger I could put the world in. The world's leaders will be forced to surrender to me." He laughs maniacally.

As Robot nears Owlette and Catboy, he says, "Master, one of them is missing."

Romeo's eyes grow big. "Wait. Where is lizard-legs?"

Suddenly, Gekko's voice rings out. "I'm right here, science boy!" He's standing next to the Earthquake Generator, holding a thick steel beam he found on the ground while Catboy and Owlette distracted Romeo and Robot. "Super Gekko Muscles!" He swings the steel beam and hits what looks like an important component of the machine.

Romeo's eyes show horror as smoke pours out of the machine and the cavern rumbles ominously. "No! What have you done?! You fool; the capacitor will cause the whole machine to explode!" Romeo shouts, angrily turning his Freeze Ray toward Gekko.

Just as he does, an explosion happens beneath one of the small panels on the side of the machine, sending the panel flying out at them. Catboy, with his super speed and reflexes, sees this and knows the panel will hit Romeo. "Romeo!" The lightning stripes on his body glow blue as he dashes over to Romeo and covers the boy, taking the brunt of the impact from the panel on his own arm. The impact sends both of them flying backwards.

To Romeo, all he witnessed was a blue blur and then suddenly he was on the ground several feet away. A crumpled, unconscious Catboy lies on top of him. In shock, he realizes what just happened. Robot jumps over to him. "Master! Are you injured?"

Romeo shakes his head, dumbfounded. "N-no." He looks at Catboy; the boy's left arm, which took the impact, lies at an unfortunate angle; it's obviously broken. Remorse, guilt, and a storm of other powerful emotions flood through Romeo. "B-but, he is." Romeo never meant for anybody to get hurt like this; he's a scientist, not a killer. He's so awestruck by this result that Romeo, in fact, has trouble processing the unconscious superhero on top of him.

Gekko, who had been standing at his spot next to the machine, stands there dumbfounded at what happened. After a moment he shouts, "Catboy!" He runs over to them, and Owlette flies over as well.

A red light starts flashing as small fires begin burning on the Earthquake Generator, causing Romeo to come to his senses. He shouts, "Computer, damage report!"

A polite, but firm, computer voice says, "Warning: damage to capacitor; containment failure in 3 minutes. Explosion imminent. Evacuate."

Gekko and Owlette arrive to Romeo as the computer finishes speaking. Romeo looks at them. "Quickly, one of you take your friend. We have to go!"

Gekko picks up Catboy, cradling him like a baby, and taking care not to hurt his arm further. Romeo reaches into a pocket inside his lab coat and removes a remote with several buttons on it. He pushes a green one, and the ceiling above them begins to slide open. As he replaces it, he looks at Gekko and Owlette. "Lizard legs, come to my mobile lab with me; I will help you and your friend get out." He looks at Owlette. "You, uh, feathers; go get whatever one of your annoying vehicles you brought and take it far from here. The explosion will be big enough to destroy anything within a thousand feet of the blast."

Owlette looks at Gekko. "Can we trust him?"

Gekko looks at Romeo's eyes; after a second, he decides Romeo is sincere, and then he nods at Amaya. Romeo dashes toward his lab, Gekko following him closely with Catboy in tow. Owlette flies out through the now-open roof. Robot says, "What shall I do master?"

Romeo opens the door to his mobile lab. He shouts to Robot, "Grab my tablet and that chair and follow me!" Robot goes to carry out that task.

Romeo ushers Greg into the mobile lab, showing him into the back. "Use your lizard grip or whatever to hold on to the floor; the ride might get bumpy. I'll help with his arm when we're away from the blast!" Romeo says as he climbs into the front seat. He hits a button to activate the vehicle's escape rockets. Robot grabs onto the lab just as the rockets engage; the lab is propelled into the air and goes out of the cavern and into the field. Romeo takes the remote back out of his pocket and hits the green button again, closing the lab's ceiling. He hits a red button and then puts the lab into gear, driving towards the highway and then gunning it to get as far away as he can.

Owlette glides over them in the Owl Glider, and the two vehicles frantically fly move away from the field. In the back of Romeo's Lab, Gekko eyes Connor's arm, concerned for his friend.

Suddenly, there's a loud boom and a second later, the mobile lab is shaken by a shockwave. Gekko hears some shouting from the front area where Romeo was driving, then the mobile lab is shaken again, and Greg feels them go airborne. They crash back to the ground and then everything goes black as Gekko is tossed into the wall behind him.