Disclaimer: Some of the material you are about to see is based off the blend of both the Star comics, which was according to the cover of the comics I have, a new world in the Marvel Universe, and the first episode of the actual cartoon which the comic version was written by the late great Stan Lee with assist by Bob Harras and the first episode was written by Dick Robbins and Bryce Malek. Also from now on, I will have this to go with my disclaimer when writing a story for Defenders of the Earth. The characters Flash Gordon, Ming the Merciless and other related characters you will see here belong to Alex Raymond. The Phantom (this is the 27th Phantom), Mandrake the Magician and Lothar all are created by Lee Falk. For all other disclaimer, see chapter one!
Chapter Two. Settling In before a story starts
Flash and Kendra arrived at Monitor, she arrived inside to meet the rest of the Defenders as the kids have already returned home from school for the week as it was a weekend. As Kendra was about to exit the ship and into the base of Monitor, she thought to herself, "No turning back now."
She walked into Monitor and found herself meeting first Mandrake the Magician and his assistant/friend/bodyguard Lothar, who had everyone to join for the meeting of Kendra Gordon.
"So how did it go?" Lothar asked.
"Everything went smoothly than I expected." Flash answered, "It all worked out and I brought my niece Kendra here."
Kendra was amazed seeing Mandrake and Lothar face to face. She knew the Defenders of the Earth were famous, somewhat famous in the way the Avengers, but never in her wildest dreams did she imagine that she would be related to one of them and that she would be here now.
About a minute later, the rest of the Defenders arrived at the control room, where Kendra had found herself face to face with Kit Walker, best known as the Phantom, currently the 27th Phantom as well as the children: Kshin, the young protege of Mandrake, the Phantom's daughter Jedda Walker, Lothar Junior, LJ for short, who was Lothar's son and finally Kendra's cousin Richard "Rick" Gordon as well as two other members a black panther Kisa that belonged to Jedda and the purple alien creature Zuffy, whom Kendra found to be kind of cute.
"So, who is the new girl?" Kshin asked.
"I would like for you guys to meet my niece Kendra Gordon." Flash introduced his niece to his team as soon she would fully be a part of this team as well.
"That means she is my cousin!" Rick exclaimed.
"That's correct."
"Nice to meet you. I am your cousin Rick Gordon."
"It is lovely to meet you indeed my dear," Mandrake would introduce himself next, "The name's Mandrake. This is my friend and bodyguard Lothar."
"And this is my son, LJ." Lothar introduced his son.
"Nice to meet you." LJ replied.
"And allow me to introduce you to my young protege, Kshin." Mandrake introduced Kendra to the young 10 year old.
"Nice to meet you." Kshin told Kendra, "I cannot wait for you to be a part of our team. This is Zuffy, the Zuffoid."
"Such a cute little Zuffoid too." Kendra knelt down to pet the Zuffoid as it was exclaiming happily.
"It is good to have another female member of the team." Jedda walked over to Kendra, "My name is Jedda Walker, and I am the daughter of one known as the Phantom."
"It is an honor to meet you." the Phantom spoke up.
"It is great to meet all of you." Kendra replied as she appeared slightly unnerved at the sight of Kisa, "Who does the panther belong to?"
"Kisa would be my panther." Jedda answered, "and you do not have to worry. She is friendly and will only attack the enemy such as Ming."
"Who I am going to face really soon." Kendra stated as she gently pat Kisa on the head, "Hey there, girl. Nice to meet you."
"There is one more person you should meet." Rick spoke up.
"And who would that be?" Kendra asked. The computer screen turned on to reveal the face of Dynac X.
"Kendra Gordon, this is Dynac X," Rick introduced the computer to Kendra, "she is our central computer of the Defenders' headquaters."
"It's a pleasure to meet you, Kendra." Dynac X told the young woman, "Flash said that a new member was going to be moving here today."
"Nice to meet you too." Kendra replied before looking at Rick, "Did you say she?"
"It is a long story." Rick answered sadly as his cousin was dense to who Dynac X really was as she was the essence to his deceased mother Dale Arden – Gordon.
"I see." Kendra replied before stating, "I am wondering how you guys came to be. Maybe you can tell me that while telling me how Dynac X came to be."
"Say you guys." Flash told the team, "Why don't we let Kendra settle into her new room and then we can have dinner and she can know how the Defenders of the Earth came to be."
"That sounds like a good idea." Mandrake replied. Everyone went about their day as Rick helped Kendra settle into her new room.
After she was settled into her new room, the Defenders of the Earth joined Kendra for dinner in the dining room as the newest member of the Defenders was about to learn the story on how the Defenders of the Earth came to be.
"So, how did you guys join forces against this Ming character?" Kendra asked.
"Well you are going to be in for a story." Mandrake began to tell the story, "it all started when Flash crash landed his ship in front of my mansion."
At first it seemed like a comet was mindlessly streaking through space and heading for Earth, but what we were about to find out, it was not a comet and what came crashing to Earth in front of my mansion, would be what would become the start of our never ending battles against Ming.
The ship that was crash landing towards Earth had Flash inside as he was on his way to warn his allies Mandrake and Lothar about Ming's plan to invade the Earth.
"All guidance systems go!" Flash exclaimed, "Right on target!"
He entered Earth's atmosphere and was closing in on his location, but not without his ship becoming damaged.
"Retros damaged!" Flash stated, "Coming in too fast! No time to level off! Cannot fail now! Too much at stake! Have to..."
With luck, Flash managed to crash land in front of Mandrake's mansion but he was unaware of it as he had lost consciousness. Mandrake and Lothar hurried outside the mansion to see what was going on with LJ and Kshin standing at the doorway.
"Stay back, LJ!" Mandrake exclaimed, "Look after Kshin in case there is danger!"
"A space ship!" Lothar stated looking at the area before him, "Whose pilot was skillful enough to miss the house?"
Mandrake and Lothar both walked over to where the ship was at.
"Stay back, Lothar!" Mandrake told his bodyguard/friend, "The heat is too intense!"
"But the pilot may still be alive!" Lothar replied.
"True old friend," Mandrake lifted his hand to use his magic abilities to get the ship door open, "but I will open the hatch my way."
Hypnotic eyes and hands combined with the world's most mystic will, and in a matter of seconds, the ship's hatch opened.
"You have done it!" Lothar exclaimed, "It is opening!"
"There is someone in there." Mandrake announced. The two men hurried to find that it was Flash and he was unconscious.
"It's Flash Gordon!" Lothar announced, "We should have known!"
"He's alive." Mandrake told his friend, "Quick, bring him inside!"
"What is he saying?" Lothar asked himself, noticing Flash muttering something.
"Must save them..." Flash said as he was out cold, "From...Ming..."
Seconds later, Mandrake and Lothar brought Flash into the manor where the blonde man was laying on the couch and Kshin prepared warm tea.
"What happened, Dad?" LJ asked, "Flash Gordon is the greatest space pilot of all! How did he crash, and why here?!"
"Patience, LJ." Lothar answered his son, "We'll learn the answer when he recovers."
"He is coming to." Mandrake announced, "The automatic impact cushion saved him!"
"Who is Flash Gordon, Mr. Lothar?" Kshin asked.
"Who is Flash Gordon?" LJ replied, "Hey Kshin, that is like not knowing Inspector Gadget! Flash is the most famous space explorer in the galaxy!"
"Oh, I see!" Kshin stated, "But who is Inspector Gadget?"
"Be patient with Kshin, LJ." Lothar told his son, "Remember he is from a different land with a different culture."
"Flash Gordon has been our friend for years, Kshin." Mandrake explained, "There is no spaceman more skillful or more fearless in battle. His most famous exploits were his battles with Ming the Merciless years ago on the evil planet Mongo. Although Ming was defeated, he swore vengeance on Earth, but with Flash patrolling the spaceways, we have never been threatened by Ming again, at least not until...What?"
"Dale!" Flash exclaimed as he woke up, "Rick!"
"He is hallucinating. He must not be excited so soon after his accident." Mandrake hurried to the area before placing Flash under hypnosis, "Sleep, my friend, all will be well."
"Something is seriously wrong." Mandrake stated as Flash was now asleep again, "When he awakes, we must learn what it is!"
"Mandrake!" Lothar exclaimed, "That noise outside..."
Some forces crashed inside and attacked the group.
"We are under attack!" Mandrake exclaimed, "Lothar, protect the youngsters while I..."
He looked to see that the attack came from ice soldiers led by Garax, which the magician was not familiar with at the time, "Robots, but like none I have ever seen before!"
"Step aside, Earthling!" Garax demanded, "We have no interest in you! It is the spaceman we seek!"
"I see no spaceman here." Mandrake replied sipping his tea, "and neither do you."
Flash was not on the couch which he was laying on, but the ice soldiers were unaware that it was an illusion by Mandrake that made Flash invisible to them.
"Then what is that space craft doing outside?" Garax demanded as he pointed to the ship that was outside.
"It appears to be taking off." Mandrake lifted his hand and had the illusion where Flash's ship was taking off.
"He will not escape!" Garax replied, gathering his soldiers together, "We shall teleport ourselves after them!"
"A smashing idea!" Mandrake replied as the ice soldiers vanished from sight.
"You haven't lost your touch Mandrake." Lothar told his friend.
"It was child's play, old friend." Mandrake replied, "But I fear the danger is greater than we know!"