"The countdown's begun for Earth," Zyx told the others as they hid behind a large asteroid not too far from Brainiac's skull ship, "I've seen White Witch used this power before. We've got just about an hour before it wears out-"

"And Earth is digitized," Light Lass finished his sentence, "along with the Legion…our families…all those innocent people."

Danielle and Magnetic Kid studied the ship, dozens of robots guarding every possible entry point. "Alright, Zyx," Magnetic Kid glanced back at him, "your magic is the only way we're going to get inside that ship and find Invisible Kid and the others."

"How do you know they're in there?"

"Because if I know anything for sure about my brother," Danielle spoke firmly to them, "it's that he's always first to volunteer for stealth missions. And where does one have to be stealthy with Brainiac?"

"His own ship," they all replied with a smile. "Good thing we found an extra flight ring for Danielle back at headquarters," Light Lass held hers up, "or this never would have worked."

"Exactly. Now let's get in there and help save the world."

"Nice of you to join us, Dawnstar," Kel-el whipped a Doomsday into the side of a building, "too bad it won't be slowing these guys down."

"We're not making any progress either way back there," she replied as her team joined up with his and Superman, "besides, Matter-Eater Lad was telling me how he's always wanted to see what kryptonite tastes like."

Multiple Doomsday were charging towards Shadow Lass and Element Lad, calling out something like a war cry. "You cannot defeat us," the original Doomsday stood up in his sponge armour, "we outnumber you one legionnaire to a hundred coldblooded warriors!"

Superman gazed up at the giant bird covering the skies. "Kara…please tell you're okay…!" He dodged a punch from a Doomsday covered in Kryptonite and sent it flying, but being cast in the element's presence caused him to waver, allowing more Doomsday to dogpile him.

"Get off him," Saturn Girl used a mind blast to clear them away as Timber Wolf helped Superman up, "Superman, are you okay? All this kryptonite has to be wearing down on your nerves."

"I'll be…fine…"

"We can handle the Doomsdays," Timber Wolf told him as Element Lad turned another set of kryptonite armour into a silk dress, "go and check on the others in the Legion cruiser." The three of them spotted it spinning round and round the top of a building like a merry-go-round ride. "Something tells me they may be in a tad bit of trouble."

"Look out!"

Bam!

In his ball form Bouncing Boy smacked Cosmic Boy and Star Boy into the main console before repelling back and forth in the bridge room, knocking Brainiac's robot soldiers all over the place. The same could be said for his fellow legionnaires.

"Yikes!" Star Boy pulled them to the floor as Bouncy flew over them again.

"Can't you stop this ship with your gravitational powers, Star Boy?"

"You don't think I've tried? Duck!" They held their heads down as a robot flew over them.

Dream Girl got down beside Karate Kid by the wheel. "This wasn't part of my vision."

"You saw this in your dreams?"

"Bits and pieces," she admitted to him as Bouncy was flung over them, toppling robots over like bowling pins, "but Brainy was too busy to hear me out. I should have been more forward with them, even if they were fuzzy."

"How fuzzy?"

She smirked. "Teddy bear fuzzy."

Triplicate Girl tried to fly around until Bouncing Boy came whipping her way. She split into three, just barely avoiding him. Before the triplets could celebrate, however, he rebounded, slamming into the purple triplet and throwing her on top of Dream Girl. "Stop moving, Bouncy!"

"Can't stop," he whipped past her while speaking, knocking robots to and fro, "won't stop!"

The orange triplet looked out the cruiser's window and smiled. "Superman!"

The ship hit a lurch and slowly came to a halt as he grabbed the front and held it in place beside a tall apartment building. He looked in and saw them, smiling himself. "The ship's holding," she turned back to the others as they stood, Bouncing Boy wobbling around on his legs, "let's take care of the rest of these dumb machines!"

Karate Kid kicked them back as the triplets joined hands and knocked a hole through their ranks, giving Star Boy room to toss them against the walls.

"Cosmic Boy," Dream Girl got beside him as she flipped over a toppled robot, "they're made of weaker metal than the others, mere diversions. Care to clean this up?"

He smirked at her and, using his powers, scrunched all the robots together, finishing them off in a big ball of broken metal. He shrunk it down as Star Boy moved to the main controls. "Star Boy, cut C.O.M.P.U.T.O off, now!"

"You may cut me out," C.O.M.P.U.T.O. warned them as the triplets quickly opened up all the control panels, "but you cannot hope to stop Brainiac 6. He will bring order to this chaos and save you all, even if I am no longer around."

"That's enough from you!" Star Boy tore the wires out with his powers and changed their weight, letting them float in the air as the ship began to plunge. He focused on the metal beneath him, and together with Superman they carefully landed the ship on the ground as the legionnaires moved out and into New Metropolis.

"So much for keeping watch over the city," Triplicate Girl shifted back into one, "where to now, Cosmic Boy?"

"Let's return to headquarters and help deal with the Scavengers," he pointed to her and Superman, "the rest of you, head off to help keep the Doomsday under control…as best you can."

They split up and flew their separate ways. "Let us hope White Witch can hold out long enough for Supergirl and the others to accomplish their own mission," Karate Kid spoke aloud, "before we are all…"

Have your own say on how Karate Kid was going to finish his sentence; allow your mind to wander through all the possibilities. Because he sure wasn't going to say anything positive. The Legion is on the ropes, even with the left over C.O.M.P.U.T.O programming dealt with. Brainiac and his army are surging forward, and that means something no one ever wanted to hear.

It may be up to Zyx and his team to save the day.

Until the next chapter!