A/N: Wow, I actually got this up when I hope I was going to, cool!

New identities in this chapter. The who's who will be posted at the end this time, however, to avoid spoilers.

Also, this is a parody of an episode of Justice League entitled Wild Cards. If you haven't seen it yet, go out and get the season two DVD, because it rocks! You'll be able to understand this chapter without having see it, however.

Disclaimer: Fairly Oddparents copyright Butch Hartman, Federator, and Nickelodeon. Basic plot of this arc copyright Stan Berkowitz and Dwayne McDuffie. Superhero trademark DC and Marvel Comics. One of the debuting characters was sort of created by Amras Felagund, used with permission.

The week that followed Gary's betrayal was pretty tense.

The fact that someone had gone through all the trouble to make an imperfect clone of Cleft clued the class in to one thing: someone was out to get them.

And that someone had access to good technology and magic, as well as a legion of super villains to help him. All things considered, surviving the semester wasn't looking to good.

The Academy had given up on moving them to new dorms. Whoever was behind this was obviously keeping an eye on them and would be aware of the change. The entire class was nervous about what would happen next.

Still, all that was nothing compared to the tension between Wonder Gal and Femme Fatale.

Timmy had honored Trixie's request, and the pair had kept their relationship under wraps since their first kiss a week ago. Still, that didn't change the fact that Tootie had seen them confessing their love.

As a result, Tootie acted rather icily toward her former friend. She acted as if any chair occupied by the super strong heroine wasn't there, and only spoke to her when she had to.

She didn't try to win Timmy over. At least, not yet. As much as she was friends with Trixie, she knew that the main spark for their friendship was the fact that they shared a room. She was aware of her shallow nature…well, she was less so ever since she started the school year. She was counting on her to simply get tired of him and dump him to move on to someone else.

Still, she was worried. She knew that Trixie had been shallow when she arrived, but noted that she was gradually becoming less snobbish. Eventually, she would completely accept people. What if that came before they broke up? It certainly kept her up at night.

Still, life, for the most part, kept going. The following weekend, the class decided to meet in Cleft's dorm to watch some television, hoping they could forget that people were trying to kill them.

At about six o'clock that night, the entire class was gathered. While Wonder Gal and Cleft were gathering snacks (or so they claimed) the rest of the class had their attention focused on a very urgent order of business: deciding what to watch.

"Let's see," Muncher Lad said as he flipped through the TV Guide. "FOX is showing a Family Guy marathon."

"No," A.J. said abruptly. "That show's stupid. I hear it's written by manatees."

"Alright…um, here's a show about a foster home for imaginary friends.

'No," Tootie said just as abruptly, "that caretaker on the show gives me the creeps."

"Why?" Sparky asked. "She's really nice."

"Yeah, but for some reason she reminds me of Vicky."

"Okay…here's a show about a guy who fights terrorists in real time."

"These shows are stupid," Sonic commented. "They should be making a show about us."

The rest of the class looked at him. "Of us?" A.J. asked.

"Why yes. We've been attacked so many times, it's like an adventure cartoon show."

"Actually," corrected Elmer, "it's more like a bad AU fan fiction based on a humor show written by some loser with too much free time."

"Oh, please," Princess said. "Who would read a story about a bunch of kid superheroes?"

Silence.

Just then, Cleft and Wonder Gal entered, carrying bowls of chips and popcorn. "alright, let's get this started," Trixie said.

"What took you guys so long?" A.J. asked as he levitated a bowl of popcorn out of his friend's hand and into his lap.

"Oh…uh…we had trouble getting the popcorn popper to work?" Cleft answered weakly.

A.J. was about to accept this answer when he noticed something. "…is that a lipstick stain on your cheek?"

Cleft quickly wiped away the incriminating mark. "No," he said quickly. "And I certainly wasn't kissing Trixie."

A.J. shrugged. "Works for me."

Muncher Lad pointed the remote at the television. "And now, without further adieu, our evening's entertainment," he stated, turning the TV on.

However, instead of a television show, they saw a logo. It was a cartoon mouth, grinning wildly, showing a perfectly aligned set of teeth.

"What the heck is that?" A.J. asked.

Muncher Lad ignored the question and changed the channel…only to find the logo on the next station as well!"

'What the…?" the hero asked. With that, he began rapidly flipping through the channels…only to find the same thing on every one of them.

All the heroes-in-training were confused now, but Clefts voiced the one question they were all asking. "What's going on?"

As if he could be heard through the television, the logo faded away to an unpleasant sight. It was an image of a man Cleft had seen before.

"Hello, all you couch potatoes," the man said, grinning ear to ear.

"Oh no," Cleft said.

"What? Do you recognize that guy?" Wonder Gal asked.

"Yeah. The Chin showed me his picture after he got out of the hospital. That's Dr. Bender. He's the one who let the villains attack the hospital!"

"That's Dr. Bender?" Muncher Lad asked, shocked.

Cleft looked puzzled. "What, have you heard of him?"

"Oh, yeah," Muncher Lad said bitterly.

Before he could elaborate, Bender continued. "I know you're upset about your favorite shows getting preempted, but look at what you're getting in return: action, thrills, and suspense. So stay tuned…the next hour is guaranteed to be a killer!

"Now then, all you heroes at the Dimmsdale Superhero Academy probably know who I am, and your probably getting ready to come and stop me." Bender said on the television.

He was right. Bender's television debut had interrupted a meeting of the staff of the Academy. They were all getting ready for battle as he spoke.

"Well, don't! Because I have a bomb buried somewhere underneath the city of Dimmsdale. If any hero tries to come after me, I'll push this button," he said, lifting up a detonator, "and BOOM! No more city!" he laughed maniacally. "But wait, there's more. The bomb is set to go off anyway. I have a timer on it. I'm only allowing one group of heroes to try and diffuse it: the exclusive class, first year at Dimmsdale Superhero Academy! If anyone else tries, I press the button and the city goes out with a bang! Now then, I'll give them five minutes to get into town. If they're not here by then, the button gets pressed."

The teachers turned to one another. "Well, what are we going to do about this?" Hanker-Chief asked.

"We can't just let the kids go out there and put themselves in danger!" Catman objected.

"I don't think we have a choice," the Chin responded. "Bender is holding all the cards. Besides, they've all proven themselves to be worthy opponents."

"Yes, but we don't know what Bender's planning," the vice principle objected. "It's obvious he isn't relying on the bomb, or he would have set it off by now."

"Our hands are tied," the Chin answered. "If we leave the academy, he sets of the bomb, if the kids fail to show up, he sets off the bomb. We're stuck!"

"We cannot endanger their lives!" Catman protested.

"I don't think any choice we make is going to affect anything," Teaching Titan suddenly interrupted.

The rest of the staff looked at him oddly. "Why not?"

He pointed at the television.

The entire class was already in the city.

"Ah, yes," Bender said from his studio. "It looks like our heroic little tykes have decided to show up. Good for them. Oh, and what's this?" he mockingly asked, zooming one of his cameras in on Muncher Lad. "It seems one of them is Matter Muncher Lad, son of the biggest loser to ever put on a cape!"

Keeping his lunatic smile, Bender walked over to another monitor and turned it on. The image on screen was him fighting Matter Muncher Man, Muncher Lad's dad. The hero was losing…badly. "I faced him lots of times, and every time I drove him into the ground. He was pathetic, a loser, a nitwit. Is his son any better? Probably not, but we'll see!"

The class had seen this report on a giant TV in the town square. They all turned to Muncher Lad. "Is that where you heard of him?" Cleft asked immediately.

Muncher Lad glared at the screen. "Yeah. He embarrassed my dad so many times. When I enrolled in the Academy, I swore I'd beat him someday."

"Yeah, well, we can't go after him now. Finding that bomb is more important," Cleft said. "A.J., please tell me you have some sort of bomb finder built into that chair."

"Sorry, no," the boy genius answered.

"I said please. Couldn't you have humored me?"

"In that case," Wonder Gal interrupted, "we better split up. We can each search an area of the town."

"Right," the boy chin wonder answered. With that, the eight of them split into opposite directions.

"Ooh, it looks like the kiddies are already on the go. Well, they're on the clock, so here's their time limit," Bender said, motioning to the corner of the screen. A timer appeared there, slowly counting down.

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"Now then, let's go to our eye in the sky for an update on what's happening."

The scene shifted to the interior of a helicopter. Inside it, wearing an earpiece, was Vicky. Down below, visible through the machine's front window, was an ariel view of Dimmsdale. Cars were backed up for miles, with people screaming and honking, trying to get out of the city.

"Well, as you can see, people are so scared of the bomb they're even willing to go to Chincinnati!" Vicky said with a malicious tone as she watched the scene below. "That leaves the place nice and empty for the twerps to try and stop the bomb. Still, I doubt they'll do it," she laughed evilly.

The scene cut back to Bender. "Good. Now, let's see how this is affecting the local economy!"

The scent cut once again to an arcade, which was completely empty. "Huh, not a single child is popping in quarters…" Then the camera panned onto a boy playing a zombie shooter game. "Uh, kid?" Bender said over the microphone, "aren't you scared?"

"Of what? It's only a video game," the kid answered, not looking up.

The scene cut back to Bender, who looked a little confused. "Uh…right. Well, anyway, let's check up on the kids, shall we?"

The scene again shifted to Vicky in the helicopter. "Well, Dr. B, Muncher Lad seems to be headed toward the arcade, and he's calling his classmates there, too. It's almost like he sees something in there."

The scene cut back to Bender. "Sees something there? Oh, of course. Unlike his dad, he's smart enough to use his radar to locate the bomb!" With that, the mad doctor slapped his forehead with mock frustration.

The monitor behind Bender showed the audience what was going on. Muncher Lad lifted a panel on the floor, revealing a hidden compartment with a bomb inside. Shortly afterwards, Cleft, Wonder Gal, Fatale, Princess, and Sonic arrived on the scene.

"Oh dear," Bender said mockingly. "It appears I've lost…but appearances can be deceiving! You see, I've got a few aces in the hole!"

As slowly as he could, Muncher Lad lifted the casing of the bomb, revealing a complicated series of wires and a timer, slowly counting down.

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49:42

"Oh man. What do we do?" Princess asked.

Cleft responded by pulling out his cell phone. Ordinarily, he didn't bring it into the field, but he felt it would be best if they all stayed in touch. "Don't worry, I'll give A.J. a ring and he can…"

Cleft was cut off by a black object crashing into the side of his head. As he went to the ground, the object performed a u-turn and headed in the opposite direction. It was finally caught by…

"Gary!" the entire class screamed.

Gary, dressed in his Nega-Cleft uniform, smiled. "That's right! I'm back, and this time, I brought friends!"

He was right. Standing behind him were five other kids, each wearing a costume and a malicious smile.

"Ah yes! One day I started thinking, 'Hey, if the heroes can train people, why not villains?' So, with the help of my master, I created a Super villain Academy! And here are the first year students now. Let's get to know them, shall we?"

Gary drew his staff and charged at the recovering Cleft. The boy chin wonder quickly pulled out his own staff and got ready to block. Gary's attack pushed him back, but he managed to stay on his feet. In a matter of seconds, the two of them were locked in combat. Cleft eventually managed to cut Gary with a chin-a-rang, but the injury quickly healed.

"Gary here is an imperfect clone of Cleft, created by my buddy Crocktopus. Why did we go through the trouble of cloning him, you may ask? None of you business! Still, we made improvements to him. The best one is that you can hit him with anything and he'll bounce right back! And we've recently fixed his little weakness to the cold, so that won't save them this time!"

The boy next to Gary was dressed in a red uniform. It was spandex with white gloves, boots, belt, and a white area on the chest. In this white area was a red octagon. He wore nothing to cover his face except a pair of sunglasses, also tinted red. He had messy blonde hair which seemed to be gelled in some places. He charged straight at Wonder Gal.

The heroine-in-training prepared to punch, but as she pulled her arm back the villain lifted his hand and fired red rings out of his palm.

The rings hit Wonder Gal, but she wasn't hurt. Instead, she slowed down. She was now moving in slow motion, ten times as slow as normal as she usually did.

The villain then punched her in the face as hard as he cold. Ordinarily, this wouldn't have affected her by much. But since she was moving ten times slower, it felt like the punch was coming ten times faster.

The attack caused Wonder Gal to go flying across the room until she crashed into a DDR machine.

"This talented kid is named Stop. He can manipulate anything so that it moves slower than usual, meaning all his attacks have an extra punch thanks to the time change, so he should be able to put a dent in even the super strong brat's defenses!"

The kid next to Stop had dark skin and short, black hair, but other than that he could pass as his twin. He was wearing a costume similar to Stop's except there was green instead of red, right down to the green tinted shades.

This young villain grinned as he was suddenly covered by a dull green aurora. Sonic looked at him, waiting for him to strike. Then he did something he quickly regretted.

He blinked.

His eyes were closed for a quarter of a second, but when he opened them he saw a green blur heading for him. Suddenly, he felt three punches land on his face. Before he knew it, he was flying through the air, coming in for a crash landing a few feet away.

"Go has the exact opposite powers. He can speed anything up, including himself. And if you think he's dangerous by himself, you should see him team up with his pal. Stop and Go are quite a formidable force!"

The next child in the group was a girl. She was about Cleft's height, but had long brown hair that reached down to her knees. She was wearing a white, metallic costume with black gloves and boots.

Smiling, she stuck both her hands out to either side of her, palms open. Suddenly, two long strands of light radiated from her palms until they formed two glowing whips. She grabbed the ends of both of them as if they were solid.

She then swung her newly formed weapon at Fatale. The strand of light struck her in the chest, sending her back. She recovered in time to see the strand about to come down on her head. She managed to get out of the way just in time. The strand crashed into the floor, causing a small rivet to be left in the ground.

"This sweet little girl is named Aurora. She can make light solid." He paused as he watched Aurora hit Fatale with another attack. "Very solid. She can make any weapon she wants, but her favorite is the light whip…very efficient!"

The fourth villain was also a girl. This one had brown hair curled into two puffs on either side of her face. She was wearing a white costume with what looked like a target on the front.

This young girl pointed her pointer and middle fingers at Princess like a child would pretending to shoot a gun while playing cowboys and Indians. The only difference is when she did this, something actually erupted from the tips of her fingers. A red blast of energy erupted from her fingertips, striking its target in the stomach and sending her back. She crashed right next to the machine the unknowin boy had been playing at when Bender first surveyed the area. The boy kept playing like nothing was going on.

"We've affectionately named this little girl Ace. If you couldn't tell, she can fire energy from her fingertips. Another interesting fact: she never misses!"

The final child, surprisingly, looked like Bender. Except for his size, he could pass as a clone of the demented scientist. He even had a backpack just like his, which opened up to reveal a saw, a drill, and a magnet charged with energy.

This Bender look alike headed strait for Muncher Lad, swinging his buzz saw downward. Muncher Lad managed to get out of the way, but the child kept coming at him with every weapon, forcing the young hero to constantly dodge.

"And last, but not least, is my son, Wendell. He uses weapons just like his old man. And he's very capable with them! And it seems he's going to carry on the family tradition and make sure loser heroes stay losers.

'Now, I bet you're wondering, if Nega-Cleft's a clone and Wendell is my son, where did the other four come from? Well, I'll tell you," Bender said, walking over to a monitor and turning it on. The screen showed old black and white footage of Ace.

"Believe it or not, that sweet little girl is over eighty years old! She was born with her powers in an immensely wealthy family and enjoyed practicing her skills. Eventually, she decided to practice it on Arch Duke Ferdinand. That's right, folks, she's the cause of World War I! Anyway, when her parents found out they had her shipped away to a cold and desolate place so they could save their own hides! While there, she fell into some extremely cold water and was frozen solid! Years later, we found her and revived her!

"As for the others? They were born with their powers, but couldn't control them! Their parents didn't have superpowers and couldn't cope with their gifts. So, they abandoned them, condemning them for something they couldn't help. The poor kiddies were homeless until we found them, took them in, and made them family! So now, their completely loyal to us, and will do anything we say, including destroying other kids before they can grow into bigger nuisances.

"Now that that's out of the way, lets get back to the action, shall we?"

So far, the small army was proving to be quite a deadly force. In minutes, the arcade became a battlefield, all being shown on national television. Go proved to be too quick for Sonic to hit with anything. Eventually Go knocked the hero-in-training into Wonder Gal, who was faring no better against Stop.

As the two heroes rose to their feet, Go ran up to Stop "Well, Stop, I guess these two aren't going to go down easily."

"I agree, Go. It seems we'll have to combine our powers."

Wonder Gal, not caring what they were saying, began to run toward them.

This turned out to be a very bad move, because as she did Stop hit her with his red energy, slowing her down.

Following that, Go ran up to her and punched her in the stomach. And since he was going ten times faster that an ordinary person, there was a lot of force behind the attack…a whole lot.

Wonder Gal didn't even remember her trip across the room. When she regained her senses, she was against the wall with a throbbing pain in the back of her head.

Aurora, meanwhile, was proving to be more than a match for Fatale. She had all of the heroine-in-training's reflexes and agility, with a farther reaching attack to boot.

As she swung her light whip, Fatale jumped over the weapon and toward her opponent. She landed just in time to duck under the next swing. She then sprang forward and swung her claws at the villainess.

The sharp claws cut through the armor, causing sparks to fly out. One of Aurora's whips dissipated as she was pushed off balance by the attack. When she recovered, she aimed her whip-less hand at Fatale.

The heroine was hit by a blast of light directly in the face. She was knocked off her feet and onto her back. She looked up in time to see the remaining light whip come right at her. She quickly rolled out of the way, letting the attack hit the ground.

Ace was in a shooting match with Princess. True to Bender's word, Ace never missed a shot, but they could be blocked. Every time an energy blast erupted from her fingertips, Princess conjured an ice shield to block. She then fired icicles at her opponent, but her aim proved to be noticeably poorer than Ace's, and the villainess was able to dodge all of them.

Cleft and Nega-Cleft were locked in an endless staff battle, each wanting to do the other in. Several times Cleft managed to strike his clone, but any injuries he inflicted soon healed.

That just left Muncher Lad and Wendell, continuing a feud that had already been in their family for years.

"Well, well, well, my papa was right," Wendell said, as he was attempting to strike Muncher Lad with his saw and drill, "you really are a loser!" The young villains voice sounded like his dad's, only noticeably higher pitched.

Muncher Lad gritted his teeth at this statement, then launched forward in an attempt to tackle his opponent. Wendell easily dodged the attack, and the tow headed hero landed on the ground behind him. He quickly moved as soon as he landed, which was a good thing because two seconds later a drill was occupying the area he was in previously.

Bender was watching all this in the safety of his studio. "Ah, it's so nice to see youngsters with such potential. Too bad about half of them are going to be dead in a moment. For you see, our little protégées are slowly but surely getting the upper hand in this confrontation."

To emphasize his point, he motioned to a monitor showing the fight His words were correct, the heroes-in-training were slowly but surely losing. "Anytime now, those little brats will be gone!" He laughed evilly as he watched Go about to strike Sonic again.

However, before the speedy villain could commit the act, he was struck by a bolt of lightning in the side, sending him tumbling sideways.

The camera panned to show A.J. and Sparky finally making their entrance.

A.J. quickly floated up to the bomb and looked inside it, at the slowly ticking timer.

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"I'll need a minute to diffuse it," the boy genius stated as he began reaching inside the powerful explosive."

"Go ahead. I'll cover you," Sparky replied. He then turned to the battlefield and stuck his palm out, ready to shoot any one of the villains who tried to interfere with his teammates work.

Fortunately, only one villain, Go, wasn't distracted by another hero. The lightning quick villain shot back toward Sparky, eager to make him pay for shooting him in the side.

Sparky shot a bolt from his fingertip, but the attack missed.

But Sonic's super scream didn't.

The powerful sound waves distracted the villain for only a few seconds. Fortunately, that was all the time A.J. needed.

"Got it!' he proclaimed proudly, holding up a set of cut wires. The rest of the class, even in the middle of battle, was somewhat relived.

Until there was a loud beep.

A.J. looked down.

The timer was back on.

And it had reset itself.

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Now, a lot of you are probably asking why Remy wasn't in that group of villains. Well, I wasn't sure I wanted to use him yet. I'm trying to avoid characters that had knowledge of Fairy World on the show. Now, for the cast list.

Stop-Tad (or is it Chad?)

Go-Chad (or is it Tad?)

Aurora-Sammy (sort of OC created by Amras Felagund, used with permission)

Ace-Maryanne (Hall of Shame godchild in episode 'Hassle in the Castle. Please note I haven't seen that episode in a while, so the description's probably way off.)

Wendell-Wendell (duh)