I was walking through the halls at school one day until I was drawn to the sound of people laughing. I followed the sound of laughter and see everyone laughing at something on their phones. I then see girls who were also laughing at a video on a phone. Diana was the only one of the group who wasn't laughing along so I asked her.
"Hey Di?" I asked. "What's going on?"
"I do not know, Nancy." She replied. Then the girls started laughing again prompting us to see what's so funny. And then I saw it, poor little Garth with a starfish on his face with the caption #RiseOfStarro on it. They were laughing at someone else's pain and humiliation! It was awful! It was the one thing I couldn't stand! Which is why I never watch any fail videos, because pain shouldn't be funny. With that I snatched the phine away from the girls.
"Hey! We were watching that!" Kara said.
"You were watching someone get completly humiliated and finding it funny!" I scolded.
"Yeah, it was hilarious!" Babs replied.
"Why would you laugh at something like that!?"
"Because like I said, it's hilarious."
"'Hilarious'?" Diana wondered. "Is that what the World of Man finds humorous? The suffering of others?"
"No! It's not!" I told her. "Or at least it shouldn't be!"
"Nancy, please." Zee walked in front of me. "Diana, it's just an embarrassing moment. We all have them."
I frowned. "We shouldn't laugh at them! I don't, all I see is the person in pain. Being miserable. You can't say you don't feel bad for them!"
"You're just saying that because you don't have a sense of humor." Babs taunted.
"I do have a sense of humor. I just believe that the suffering of others isn't funny!" I argued.
We then see Lois Lane walking past the crowd and to her office. But when she tried to open the door she recieved a painful shock causing her to fall down and scattering her paperwork. And everyone laughed!
"Argh!" I groaned. "I can't take this!" I walked over to pick up Lois' paperwork and handed it to her as she got up. "Here's your paperwork Lois."
"Thanks, Nancy. You're a sweet gal." She thanked me. But she tried to open the door again and recieved the same shock and fell down again and everyone excluding me and Diana laughed at her again.
"I am so done." I groaned. "Come on, Diana. Let's go somewhere peope don't laugh at misfortunes."
"Nancy is right." Diana agreed. "Other people's suffering is no reason to laugh. Mankind is better than this." She exited along with me.
After school, I decided to hang out with Diana since everyone else was wrapped up in internet fails. We were at the metropolis mall where Diana had to return some shoes. I was hoping nothing bad would happen nor it become a meme.
"Nancy, I wonder." Diana asked me. "What does the World of Man find funny?"
"Well, people goodhearted enough to not find joy in other people's pain are into jokes." I explained.
"Jokes? What are jokes?" She asked.
"They're what people say to make others laugh." I explained. "Like so." I cleared my throat. "What do you get when you cross an elephant and a rhino?"
Diana stood silent until I delivered the punchline.
"Elliphino!" I laughed while Diana was confused.
"Such an interesting creature." She pondered. "Is this 'Elliphino' one of man's mythical creatures?"
"No no, Diana." I laughed. "That was a joke! Elliphino isn't real!"
"It's not?" Diana asked. "Then why would you say something that it isn't true!"
"Because that's the point of jokes! They don't have to make sense. It just have to make you laugh."
"Man's sense of humor is very confusing..." Diana said.
Later, Diana was at the shoe store asking for a refund while I waited outside drinking a soda. Suddenly, I heard screaming. I saw the elevator about to crash to the ground. I spat out my soda and ran to Diana.
"Diana! We got trouble!" I pointed to the malfunctioning elvator and the people inside in danger and we sprung into acton! We changed into our superhero outfits and ran to the elevator. Diana used her lasso to slow down the fall while I inflated myself into a giant balloon man to cushion the landing. Everyone was glad the passengers were safe and cheered. But one person wasn't so happy.
"Oh come on! You guys ruined my shot!"
It was Leslie Willis. One of the other bullies in school. A trouble making punk who finds new ways to humiliate people. She had to be behind this.
"You're shot!?" I said as I deflated to normal size. "So you're the one who nearly killed these people?"
"I was just having fun." Leslie replied.
"FUN!? There's nothing fun about putting someone in danger just for entertainment!"
"Zora speaks the truth." Wonder Woman agreed. "Contrary to what you may think, we believe that your inter-web theatrical comedy is in fact a tragedy, and mean in spirit."
"'Mean in spirit'?" Leslie pretened to be shocked. "Golly Gee Wilikers! And to think all those poor losers on my website who keep getting laughed at over and over again. What was I thinking?"
"Well, I am pleased that you see the error of your ways." Wonder Woman said. But I felt a bit suspicious.
"Tell you what. Why don't you and the other super hero girls watch my, uh, inter-web theatrical comedy tonight for an extra special announcement... Just for you."
"Indeed we shall." Wonder Woman and I soon left with Leslie waving us goodbye.
"Diana, there's something weird going on." I whispered.
"What do you mean? This patron truly sees that her jokes were very mean and harmful to other people and will never do them again." She said.
"Well, I happen to know Leslie for a long time. And i know she would never apologize for her pranks. I mean, who says 'Golly Gee Wilikers' anymore?"
"You worry too much, Zora. We shall see tonight how our words have changed Leslie's ways." Wonder Woman reassured me, but I can't shake off the feeling that Leslie is not through...
Later that night, me and the rest of the girls were at Karen's place watching Leslie's announcement.
"Hey everyone out there in Leslie Land. Tonight I've got a special announcement to make. Two very special people so thoughtfully pointed out my channel is mean in spirit. So therefore I'm retiring..." She got up her chair and left.
"Huh, maybe Leslie has changed." I said.
Then Leslie quickly returned. "But do not despair, Leslie fans. This does not mean the end my show. For starting now, I am handing the site over to some new management. Say hello to your new host..."
Suddenly we heard a thunderstorm outside and then from a burst of lightning came the new host of Leslie's show.
"What up, Metropolis? The name's Livewire. And you thought what Leslie was doing was mean in spirit. Well, you ain't seen nothing yet. I'm gonna supe things up. As in super-prank, super-laughs, and super-humiliation. And Wonder Whiner and the Superhero Girls, just try and stop me!"
Livewire's announcement was so shocking, that it made Karen's computer short circuit.
"That did not go the way I expected." Diana said.
"HA!" Kara laughed. "Seriously? Ms. Swak Jock thinks she can scare us? Now that's funny."
The rest of the girls exited the room to deal with Livewire. But let's just say they weren't successful. Throughout the night we saw posted videos of her humiliating the Superhero Girls. Featuring pictures of Supergirl in the trash, Batgirl running from her out of control scooter, Zatana's hair frizzed up, Green Lantern fallen flat on her face, and a gif of Bumblebee's suit short circuiting making her dance.
Later, they were back in Karen's house in complete messes.
"So how did it go?" I asked sternly.
"You know... well..." Kara replied sheepishly.
"Oh really." I then showed the girl the embarassing videos of them.
"It wasn't so bad..." Jess said.
"I'm never ever, ever coming out again! Ever!" Shouted Karen from her closet. Poor girl was too embarassed to come out. Just then, another announcement came up.
"Waddup, Metropolis? Livewire here with a major-razor invite to all my shockateers. Glen Morgan Square. Midnight. Come see my most epic prank yet. And Super-Lamo-girls, specially you, Wonder Wimp and Zora Geek-onia! You should come too. If you dare." Livewire signs off leaving a gif of her kicking Green Lantern's butt.
"Livewire dares challenge us again? Now that is funny!" Diana chuckled. But the rest of the girls felt unsure.
Later, the citizens of Metropolis gathered by a huge stage in Glen Morgan Square. In an alley the girls and I hid, Diana and I stood confident but the others were terrified.
"Sisters, why so frightened when so many have come to see us triumph?" Wonder Woman asked.
"We're not frightened. It's just they haven't come to see us triumph." Green Lantern quivered.
"They've come to see her make fools of us." Bumblebee feared.
"Come on, girls. We can't let some walking lightning bolt get into our heads." I told them. "So what if she's got footage your most completely embarrassing moment and is about to present them to everyone in Metropolis making you the laughing stock of-" The girls looked even more worried. I probably shouln't have said that. "Oops... Not helping."
Then, Livewire appeared on stage.
"Waddup, Metropolis? You ready for the prank night of the century?" The Crowd cheered. "So you may be wondering what Livewire has in store for her beloved shockateers? Let's kick things off as the queen of mean memes unleashes some mean memes." She first showed a pic of Supergirl from her trash incident. "Hah! That explains the recycled outfit!" The crowd laughed. Supergirl looked down in defeat.
Next, Livewire showed Batgirl's scooter incident. "I guess Batgirl still needs training wheels." The crowd roared with laughter as Batigirl felt ashamed.
Then there was Green Lantern's defeat. "Look! We found the cause of greenhouse gasses!" Green Lantern couldn't even live with herself after everyone saw that.
Then it was Zatanna and her hair incident. "Who wore it better? Zatanna or porcupines?" Zatanna's jaw dropped as everyone saw that.
Lastly, Bumblebee's dance showed up on the screen. "Looks like bees don't dance, huh?" Bumblebee was so ashamed that she hid in a garbage can.
Every last one of my friends were being laughed at for their faliures. And I just couldn't stand it.
"But wait a minute. We're missing two. Where is Wonder Weenie and Dork-a Gorgonia? Did they have the guts to show up tonight? Come on, Livewire's calling you out." She cried.
"Dork-a!? That's it! No one makes fun of my friends and live!" I morphed some muscles and went forth to battle Livewire with Wonder Woman following suit.
"Indeed! Let us do battle!" We stopped as to why the others weren't behind us.
"Guys, come on! We got electric booty to kick!" I told them.
"We can't go out there!" Batgirl objected.
"Why not? You guys are superheroes! You save lives like 24/7! You can't serously think they'll still laugh after all you did for them!" The girls said nothing and I sighed.
"Leave them, Zora." Wonder Woman puts her hand on my shoulder. "We will handle this ourselves." And soon we left the team to fight Livewire. We walked through the snickering crowd with our heads held high. Livewire grinned sinisterly at our arrival.
"Hey! Look who's here!"
"Shut it, you walking phone charger!" I shouted. "You're done making fun of our friends!"
"Oooh, feisty aren't we?" She taunted.
"Livewire, your reign of cruelty and humiliation has reached its end." Wonder Woman pointed her sword at her.
"No, I don't think so. If anything, it's only just begun..."
Wonder Woman and I started her attack on the villain, she drew her sword at her but Livewire blew an electric kiss zapped away her sword and everyone laughed. I turned my hands into 2 ton steel weights and charged at Livewire. But she used her powers to summon two giant arms made of electrical wiring to combat my powers. I tried to hold her back but her electric shocks was damaging me by the minute. Wonder Woman attempts to save me but the arms shocked her too. Soon I had enough and I was blasted to the floor with her completely in pain. And everyone was laughing! How cruel is that?
"See, girls? The people love mean." Livewire gloated. "Hear them laugh? Laughing at you? You're just a joke to them."
"Jokes... are s-s-supposed to be funny!" I objected weakily. "What you're doing is wrong..." I tried to get up. "And I... won't... stand for it!"
Livewire simplily smirked. "I guess you don't know true comedy when you see it. Let me show you!" She absorbed electricity from a stage light and powers up a huge blast that hit me across the stage.
"Zora!" Wonder Woman cried then Livewire hits her next. As she continued to attack us, the audience stopped laughing. Seeing their heroes getting brutally hurt filled them with worry.
"What's the matter, nerds?" Livewire teased. Then she struck one last lightning bolt and tossed us across the crowd. Everyone gasped in horror.
As we got up, Livewire became more powerful and the people ran away in terror. She struck her electric volts at us and I closed my eyes fearing the worst. But we were hit, I opened my eyes and saw Supergirl was in front of us blocking the blast!
"Supergirl?" I said.
Livewire was angered by this so she charged up an ever more powerful blast at us. But soon the rest of the team came and use their shared powers to block the attack. Soon, the villain was fed up.
"You think your friends will save you!?"
Maniacally laughing, Livewire began to gather electricity from the entire city until it was completely dark. She floated up to the sky drawing more power than ever before. We stood our ground as Livewire cause and enormous explosion that can be seen outside town! It was a good thing I was able to shield the girls from the blast. Though I am going to be tasting fillings for a week...
As the smoke cleared, Livewire laughed thinking her joke was funny. But no one else was laughing.
"Huh? Hey, what gives?" She asked. "Why aren't you laughing? This is hilarious. Whatever, losers. If that didn't grab your attention, maybe this will." She tried to summon another electric attack but nothing came out. Guess she finally ran out of juice. Ha! Now that is a joke! And everyone thought so too. They all took pictures and laughing at the villain's failiure. And I was never happier that the tables have turned. She then took someone's phone and used it to escape. Leaving only at text that said:
"Later, losers. You haven't seen the last of Livewire." Lois read.
Everyone cheered for us. We once again saved the town. I'd feel good about it but all I could feel was pain...
The very next day after school, the girls and I were at my place making something on my laptop.
"You know Nance, you were kinda right." Kara admitted. "Laughing at other people's embarrassing moments ain't funny."
"Especially when It happens to you..." Zee added.
"Sorry for saying you don't have a sense of humor." Babs apologized.
"Well, it is okay to laugh at embarrassing moments, just as long as your laughing WITH them and not AT them. But I'm glad you saw things my way." I said. "Cause I got third degree burns from Livewire's prank." I rubbed the burnt wounds in my right arm. "But now, It's safe to assume no one will ever like her videos ever again. Especially after they see our new website." I put the finishing touches on it. "Aaaaand... done!"
The website was up, it was all about the heroic and sometime fun adventures of the Superhero Girls. Today's main article was how we rescued a bunch of cats and it's getting a growing ammount of likes and followers.
"Aww! I look so cute with that cat." Karen cooed.
"It looks wonderful, Nancy." Diana addded.
"Thanks guys." I smiled.