A/N: Well, here it is. Chapter 25. Yes sir, a lot happening here.

Disclaimer: Fairly Oddparents copyright Butch Hartman, Federator, and Nickelodeon. Superhero trademark DC and Marvel Comics. Rudy Reed and Sammy created by Amras Felagund, used with permission.

A.J. carefully weighed the options.

On one hand, they could stay in the cafeteria and attempt to fight off two very powerful foes without the guidance of their leader, who had been taken to some unknown location.

On the other, they could flee through the hole Ace and Clefto had made through the metal plates surrounding the cafeteria and attempt to flee, in which case they would surely be hunted down. If they stayed together, they would all get captured at once. If they split up, they'd be picked off one by one.

Life certainly had a way of throwing very bad situations their way.

Finally, A.J. decided. "Guys, quick, we need to get out of the cafeteria!"

"Who died and made you leader?" Princess snapped.

"Hey, can you think of anything better?"

"I agree with A.J.," Wonder Gal interrupted, bending back to avoid Doombringer's sword. "It probably was a good idea to get out of here."

The cryogenic heroine looked like she was about to object, but was cut off by another laser blast from Shallowgrave. It struck her in the stomach and pushed her back through the hole that Cosmo and Wanda had created.

Giving an amused smile at what had just happened, A.J. gathered all his energy and summoned the biggest psychic shield he could muster. It grew big enough to separate two sides of the cafeteria, his friends on one side, Doombringer and Shallowgrave on the other.

As the two assassins began pounding on the shield, the boy genius strained to keep the barrier up. "Okay, everyone out!"

Unlike Princess, the rest of the class agreed without hesitation. In less than ten seconds they were all out except for Wonder Gal and A.J. The heroine grabbed her classmate's chair and pulled him toward the exit, allowing him to devote all his energy to keeping the wall up.

The pair leapt through the hole just as the shield finally disappeared. As such the class didn't have much of a chance to rest before the two villains burst through the wall of their own accord. Immediately Shallowgrave let loose a barrage of laser blasts, which lit up the entire room.

Princess quickly summoned a wall of ice, which shattered mere seconds later. As shards of frozen water flew everywhere, the young heroine fell back, landing near Sonic's feet.

The young boy responded by flying into the air and unleashing a powerful sonic scream. The attack struck Shallowgrave in the chest, knocking him off his feet and sending him into the metal plating that still coated the cafeteria.

Meanwhile, Doombringer continued to demonstrate her impressive sword fighting skills. She brought her blade down on Fatale's head, but it was blocked by a set of claws. Undaunted, the swordswoman swung again, only to be stopped once more.

At that point, the evil substitute noticed Wonder Gal was running toward her ready to punch. Quickly, she stuck out her palm, shooting three black stars. The raven-haired girl jumped to avoid the attack, still coming toward her target with a flying kick. The villainess blocked another set of claws, then swung her sword to knock her other opponent out of the air. The super strong heroine went tumbling across the floor before striking the wall. It was out of good fortune that the broad side of the sword had struck her.

Doombringer smiled confidently at her temporary victory. However, she didn't have much of a chance to celebrate it, as she was immediately hit by a bolt of Sparky's lightning. The treacherous teacher fell to the floor from being caught off guard.

At that point, A.J. finally began to re-gather his wits, his brain pounding from keeping the shield up. He looked around. The doors had been sealed off, obviously by their two enemies. That left just one way out.

"Everyone, quick! To the teleporters!" he ordered.

This time there was no objection. The seven heroes in training began to dash down the hallways while their two opponents were stunned. However, luck was not on their side. In mere seconds both opponents were on their feet and following their targets.

Actually, the heroes did have some luck, as they managed to reach the teleporter before their enemies caught up with them. The moment they were all inside, A.J. sealed the door, resulting in the two assassins pounding on the steel barrier.

"That's not going to hold them for long," the boy genius commented.

"Then let's get out of here," Princess snapped, running to the teleporter.

"Hold on, they may have done something to it. Let me check it first."

"Why should we do what you say?"

"Just let him do it," Wonder Gal interrupted. "He may be right."

The tow headed heroine huffed, and the boy genius quickly checked the readings. "It still works. Now let's use it before…"

A.J. was cut off by the door suddenly blowing open, courtesy of one of Shallowgrave's weapons. The force of the explosion sent the entire class back. The boy genius and Princess landed inside the teleporter.

Muncher Lad landed on the controls, turning the machine on.

The teleporter hummed to life, and seconds later their was a flash of white light.

When it dimmed, the two students had disappeared.

A split second later, the teleporter was hit with a barrage of bullets, courtesy of Shallowgrave's machine gun arm, rendering it unusable.

Now, there was only the five of them, cornered in a small room, against two very powerful foes.

They were beginning to think it was a mistake to let A.J. lead.

Cleft blinked. The creatures were still there.

He blinked a second time. They were still there.

He had to blink five more times before his brain began to accept it. The Crimson Chin had always told him that in their line of work, nothing was impossible, but this was too much. Fairies? He must have hit his head or something.

"My fairy godparents?" he repeated the creatures, still in disbelief.

"That's right, Timmy," the pink haired one (Wanda, was it?) commented, "What do you think?"

"I think I need to get back to my team," the boy chin wonder answered as he turned around and began running. However, before he could get anywhere, a traffic gate appeared in front of him in a poof, blocking his path.

"Hold it, tiger, we have a lot to talk about."

"I don't care," the hero snapped, "my friends are in trouble. What's so important that we have to talk about it now?"

"Your powers."

That got his attention. "My powers?"

"Yes. The same ones that manifested themselves during your fights with Crocktopus and the Baby Shredder."

Okay, now he was interested. "What can you tell me about them?"

"Well, there's good news and bad news."

At that point, Cosmo interrupted. "The good news is that having these powers dooms you to facing the most powerful evil ever conceived by any living creature."

Silence. "That's good news?"

"Oh, wait, that's the bad news."

"Then what's the good news?"

"I found a nickel!" the fairy exclaimed happily, pulling a coin out of his pocket.

"The good news," Wanda said, annoyed, "is that we've been sent to help you get these powers under control."

"Well, what's the deal with them?"

"Alright, it's a long story, so listen carefully.

"We fairies have been hiding from humans for centuries. We do this because we want your race to find the path to peaceful coexistence on your own. We only step in and guide in the right direction when we absolutely must.

"We also keep an eye on particularly powerful heroes and villains. You see, there is a prophecy that a very powerful evil will arise, and that a young hero with a higher power will stand to oppose him.

"Logically, we thought this higher power must mean our advanced magic, so we kept an eye out for the human who would posses it. Finally, one did: you."

Cleft blinked. "Me? How? According to every read out, I have no powers."

"We fairies are to blame for that. You see we needed you to not rely strictly on your powers, as they will only carry you so far. When your parents gave birth to you, you had both of their powers combined, so much that it catapulted you straight into magical levels. So, we repressed your powers. Without them, you were forced to learn to think on your feet and react quickly. Having to work harder than everyone had made you strong, and that's what we need."

Timmy blinked as he took all this in. He was often ridiculed by heroes outside his class for not having powers and it turns out he was probably more powerful than any of them were. After a minute of silence, he spoke.

"So, what is this powerful evil?"

"Truthfully, we're not sure. That's why we need to begin your training."

"Fine, but first I have to go help my friends."

"Don't worry about them, we have more fairies watching them. They'll make sure nothing happens. Right now, we need to have a word with our superior."

"Well…alright."

"Hey!" Cosmo exclaimed, suddenly flying in front of Cleft and glaring at him. "Why are you talking to her so much? Are you hitting on my wife?"

"No, of course not!"

Now Wanda was mad. "Oh, what, I'm not pretty enough for you?"

A sweat drop ran down Timmy's head. He had a feeling he was better off with those two psychotic assassins.

If Wonder Gal could say one good thing about her father, it was that he was very experienced at fighting. One thing he had always told her was, "You'd be amazed what you can accomplish when you're staring death in the face."

Indeed, she was. Because when Shallowgrave unleashed a barrage of lasers at her, she blocked every single one with her armbands with speed she wasn't aware she had. Smiling at her accomplishment, the heroine stood confidently in front of her four classmates, who were also in ready positions.

"Ha! You're going to have to do better than that."

The cyborg smiled. "With pleasure." With that, his hand morphed into a gun with a bigger opening. It fired, it's projectile flying past the class and into the wall behind them.

"Ha! You missed!"

"Did I?"

Suddenly, the class realized that a beeping sound was filling the room. They turned to see the bullet was still in the wall. It was a small orb with a flashing light on top.

Beep…beep…beep…beep…beeeeeeep!

"Oh n-"

Wonder Gal never finished, because at that point the orb exploded, sending every inhabitant of the room rocketing forward with the exception of Shallowgrave and Doombringer, who remained firmly planted in position. As the kids came flying near them, they reached out their arms. Doombringer caught Fatale and Shallowgrave caught Sparky, while their classmates crashed out into the hallway.

Doombringer smiled. "Finally, I got…" she was caught off when her captive, who was not as stunned as she appeared, sank her claws into her ribs. The beautiful assassin shrieked in pain and dropped her victim, clutching her side in pain. Sparky, also more battle ready than he appeared, sent a bolt through Shallowgrave's body, causing him to yell in pain and causing his robotic arm to flail around wildly.

As both students hit the floor, they ran to join their teammates, who were also recovering. The two villains, also recovered, lunged at them. The class quickly split into two groups, with Wonder Gal, Fatale, and Muncher Lad running down the hallway in one direction and Sparky and Sonic dashing down the other way. Quickly and professionally the two assassins split up, the female half chasing the first group and the male half taking the second.

As Wonder Gal and her classmates dashed down the hallway, she realized something. "Hey, aren't there rooms in the Academy that are supposed to be safe houses if a villain enters?"

"Yeah," Fatale answered. "In fact, we're coming up on one right now," she said as she pointed to an open steel door.

"Wow, these things seem to conveniently pop up for us," Muncher Lad noted.

No more words were exchanged between the three. Instead, they ran inside and closed the door just as Doombringer brought her sword down. The blade bounced off the metal, causing a light scratch but no serious damage.

Meanwhile, Sonic and Sparky managed to get into another room, leaving Shallowgrave to shoot the door fruitlessly.

"Some leader you turned out to be," Veronica muttered dryly as she came out of her dorm, back in civilian clothes.

"Hey, I did my best, okay?" A.J. defended. "Right now we have to find the teachers and tell them what's going on."

"Whatever, I just don't see why we needed to get out of uniform."

"Because we don't want to draw attention to ourselves when we're outside. Who knows what other villains are out to get us.

"Um, hello?" a new voice cut through the air.

The two heroes froze. "Who is it?" A.J. asked.

"It's coming from the front," his teammate replied as she ran in that direction. When she reached her destination, she let out a high pitched squeal. When he caught up, he saw why.

There, standing in the dormitory's front lobby, was a woman the two students had never met in person, but had deifintely heard of before. She looked to be in her early twenties, with long blonde hair that ended past her waist. She was wearing a white belly shirt that was sleeveless on the right arm but long sleeved on the left with matching pants and white boots.

"Hi! I'm pop diva Britney Britney. I was just driving down the street when my car ran out of gas. Can I use your phone?"

A.J. blinked. "Well…

"Oh my gosh! Britney Britney!" Veronica squealed loud enough that her classmate was sure she would have shattered every window in the building had they not been built to withstand gunfire. "I'm your biggest fan! Come in, we have a phone in our dorm!" With that, she started dragging the singer by the hand to her dorm. After another moment's shock, the boy genius began to follow.

"Uh, Veronica," he whispered, "maybe we should be concentrating on finding a way to help our friends."

"Oh, come on, what could go wrong in a few minutes?"

"Everything! It took Gary only a few seconds to kidnap us!"

"Yeah, well, don't worry so much," she muttered as the entered the dorm. She then spoke out loud. "Well, here we are! There's a phone in the corner."

"Oh, what an adorable room!" the singer gushed. "Does anyone else live here?"

"Yeah, but they're not here. In fact, we may be the only ones in the building."

"Good," the pop diva said as she closed the door. "No witnesses."

Before either child present could ask what that meant, something happened. Metal suddenly sprang from her back and began encasing her body until she was wearing a metal version of her regular outfit, complete with a metal mask over her eyes and a sinister looking cannon on her right wrist.

"Now you're going to be cut down by The Platinum Princess!" With that she fired three discs out of her cannon.

Veronica, being smarter than A.J. gave her credit for, summoned a wall of ice to protect her. Sadly, it proved to be ineffective, as the discs cut through the barrier like a hot knife through butter. The three projectiles flew passed the blonde and embedded themselves in the wall behind her.

A.J. immediately fired a mind blast at his enemy, which she dodged and countered with three more discs. However, the short scientist was no longer where she was aiming. He had already grabbed his classmate's arm and began pulling her toward a seemingly normal wall.

Like the Academy, the dorms were built with safe rooms students could hide in if an intruder got in. The genius hero pressed a button, causing a hidden door to open up. Quickly the two heroes in training ran into the hidden room, closing the door just in time to block three more discs.

Angrily, the Platinum Princess continued firing razor sharp discs at the door in an effort to rip it apart.

After he was teleported into a new room, Cleft blinked in surprise at the sight of the fairies' leader.

Due to Cosmo and Wanda's short stature, he wasn't expecting the leader to be very tall. Boy, was he wrong.

This fairy was huge, big enough to even tower over the Chin with a jaw to match. He had white hair cut in a military haircut. In fact, military pretty much explained his whole appearance. He wore a green sleeveless muscle suit with camouflage pants and black combat boots. Like the fairies the boy chin wonder had already met, a crown floated above his head. He was extremely muscular, so much so he looked to be a match for Sargent Strength or Wonder Man. Instead of a wand, he carried a staff taller than he was, with a huge yellow star on its tip.

"So, this is the puny human who is supposed to save the universe? Well, I guess beggars can't be choosers," he spoke in a booming Austrian accent.

"Hey, what's that supposed to mean?" the boy snapped.

"Never mind. I an Jorgen Von Strangle, commander-in-chief of Fairy World."

"Wow, real creative name for your home," he muttered sarcastically.

"Quite, puny mortal boy! You were not brought here to make stupid jokes, you were brought here to unlock your powers! We need you to learn to use them quickly."

"If you need me to learn to use them, why did you repress them in the first place?"

To Cleft's surprise, the massive fairy didn't snap at him. In fact, he seemed to expect the question. "Having so much power at such a young age would have been overwhelming. You might not have been able to control it. It needed to be repressed. Add to that the fact that not having power taught you to use your brains, wits, and reflexes. It honed your skills and taught you discipline. You needed that to unlock your full potential."

"I see your point. So, when do I begin this training?"

"Tomorrow. The only reason you're here today is to lift the repression on your powers. Cosmo, Wanda, the spell!"

With that, all three fairies lifted their wands (or, in Jorgen's case, staff) in the air. All three stars began glowing. Moments later, they shot three golden beams in the air. The three projectiles arced in the air, coming down on the boy chin wonder.

It took every bit of Cleft's restraint not to leap out of the way. He was ignoring four years of training that taught him to jump out of the way whenever beams of energy were heading for you. Nevertheless, he stood there until the blasts hit him.

Instantly he was filled with a burning sensation. It burned, but it wasn't so painful that he screamed in agony. It wasn't long before a tingling sensation began moving through his body. His mind began numbing, and before long he couldn't think straight.

Then, it was over. Cleft looked down at his body. It didn't look any different. He didn't feel any different either.

"I feel exactly the same," Cleft complained.

"Of course, tiny Timmy Turner, your powers haven't sprung up just yet. We've removed their restraints, but they still need a while to spring up."

"Fine. Can I go help my friends now?"

"NO! First I want you to get a physical from our doctor. We need to make sure your body can take the power that's been hidden after being repressed."

"Then can I go help my friends?"

"Yes! Now go!"

Wonder Gal, Femme Fatale, and Matter Muncher Lad all sat in the dark room, wondering what to do now.

"She's been quiet for a while," Muncher Lad noted.

Trixie just sighed. "I wish Timmy was here."

"You would," the other heroine spat.

"Okay, that's it, what is your problem? Ever since our first fight with Gary you've barely said a word to me. What's wrong with you?"

"What wrong? What's wrong is that you've been sneaking off to have make out sessions with Timmy!"

Wonder Gal froze, her face whitening at the accusation. Muncher Lad, meanwhile, looked shocked and somewhat amused.

"Wh-what did you say?" the super strong heroine asked.

"You heard me! I saw you kissing Timmy in the hallway!"

"Way to go, Cleft!" Chester commented.

Both girls glared at him.

"Sorry."

They returned their glares to each other.

"You knew I liked him!" Fatale accused.

"Yeah, but I like him too and you never made a move on him!"

"I was planning to!"

"Uh, girls?" Chester tried to cut in.

"Yeah, well, planning doesn't get you very far."

"You only care about yourself!"

"No, that's part of the reason I waited, to let you make a move! But you didn't so I stopped waiting!"

"Girls…" Muncher Lad tried again.

"You didn't wait long enough!"

"I did! I put serious thought into dating him! Do you know what I'm risking? If my dad found out…"

"GIRLS!"

"WHAT?" they both yelled, turning their attention to their classmate.

They immediately noticed he had a frightened expression on his face, and he was pointing towards the door.

They turned to the door, and all their anger melted into fear.

The door was open, and Doombringer was standing there.

"I slashed at the door a while before I realized I'd have to pick the lock. It took a while, but I got it open. So now, we're going to finish this!"

Sonic and Sparky sat in their own safe place, listening to Shallowgrave pound on the door. Sadly, there was nothing to do but think.

"How come, on Gilligan's Island, the Professor could build a radio out of coconuts, but couldn't fix a hole in a boat?" Sparky asked.

"Perhaps a better question would be if he could not fix a boat, how could he build a rocket?"

"…What?"

"There was a cartoon called Gilligan's Planet where the Professor built a rocket and got them trapped on another planet."

"…You're making that up."

"No, I mean it! It was on in the eighties."

"That's just dumb! Who on Earth would believe that? A show that stupid couldn't possibly exist."

(A/N: I swear, this show does exist. It belongs to Filmation, although I wouldn't be boasting about it if I were them.)

"I'll bet you twenty bucks it doesn't exist."

"It is a deal!"

At that point, the door finally gave way to the constant beating it was given. It flew open, allowing Shallowgrave to walk in.

"Well, look what I found," he said, leveling his gun.

As Veronica paced back and forth, A.J. watched her wearily.

"Could you sit down or change your pattern or something? You're making me queasy."

"Well, you're just sitting there. You should be thinking up a plan."

"I have a plan. We wait, the teachers save us."

"How will they know where to find us?"

"Veronica, this is our dormitory, odds our they'll come here."

"Well what if they don't? I'm just supposed to waste away here with you? No thanks," she spat as she headed for the door.

"What are you doing?"

"I'm gonna see if she's gone."

"Brilliant plan. What if she's not?"

"Well it's better than sitting here! You want to just wait until someone else comes? Man, I forgot I was stuck here with a loser!"

"Yeah, well I haven't forgotten that I'm stuck with the idiot who let Ms. Psychopath in here in the first place!"

"She looked normal!"

"Oh, what, was she supposed to have an arrow with the word villainess over her head? All it took was the prospect of an autograph and you lapped it up like a big dumb dog!"

"You know what? I'm going. I'd rather be cut into confetti than look at your face."

"Go, I'm not stopping you."

"I bet you won't. I bet you would let a girl go off to her doom."

"Not just any girl, you're special."

"I can't believe I'm spending what could be my last moments on Earth with you!"

"I hope these last moments, five more minutes with you and I'm gonna…"

"You're gonna what? Loser!"

"Moron!"

"I hate you!"

"I hate you!"

The two were silent for a moment, glaring at each other with intense hatred.

Then, suddenly, they grabbed each other and pulled each other close. Before either of them knew it, they were kissing.

They continued kissing for about seven seconds before they broke apart and looked at each other in shot at what they had done.

"We so need to get out of here," A.J. concluded.

"Uh-huh." Veronica agreed.

At that point, Platinum Princess finally managed to get through the door. As the barrier fell off its hinges, she calmly stepped into the room.

"Hello, fans! It's time to rock!"

A/N: BTW, if A.J. and Veronica's first kiss looks familiar, it's because it was Xander and Cordelia's first on Buffy: The Vampire Slayer.