Akito came to do a quick jog before he ran into LJ. "Hey, buddy, are we feeling any better today?" he then asked with a small smile.
"Yeah," LJ nodded. "Doing better, actually."
"Oh, that's good," Akito smiled. "You just seemed to have a lot going on last night after we faced Mandarin."
"Yeah, that was pretty wild." LJ replied.
"Want some breakfast?" Akito offered. "I could probably whip up something before we gotta go."
"Sure, I could eat," LJ replied. "Contemplating can make a guy hungry." And so he followed his cousin inside.
Akito smiled as he decided to cook breakfast for everyone else. "How was Felicity?" he then asked. "She sure sounds busy nowadays."
"She's doing okay," LJ replied. "She's got a big exam to study for, so she's gonna be busy studying for a while."
"Well, that's good that she's studying," Akito smiled. "Pancakes?"
"I'm more of a waffle man, honestly." LJ replied as he got a plate out of the cabinet.
"All right, waffles it is then," Akito nodded. "I can do both. Ya know, sometimes I like to make breakfast with Mom since I wake up so early."
"Somehow, I get that," LJ replied as he sat and waited. "It's neat spending time with the parentals."
Akito gave a small smile as he continued to make the walls.
"First one to the kitchen!" Lynn called out.
"Lynn, you're not home anymore!" Raul complained.
"Oh, yeah," Lynn grinned bashfully. "Still, I was the first one to breakfast-" she then looked over to see LJ and Akito. "...Dang it."
"Relax," LJ smiled. "Third ain't so bad if you're not competing all the time."
"Hmm..." Lynn shrugged and sat down. "What's for breakfast?"
"Pancakes and waffles," Akito smiled. "I'll make plenty of each."
"Sweet," Lynn grinned. "You should try my dad's breakfast. Now that's amazing."
"I'll keep that in mind," Raul replied. "That just leaves ample time while we wait."
"Awesome!" LJ exclaimed. "And while we wait, I'll tell a neat story!"
"A story? Oh, do tell," Raul smiled at LJ. "I bet it's something big and epic."
"I was mostly gonna tell you guys about Shazam and his battle with Black Adam, as well as more of Black Adam and Captain Thunder's backstories," LJ replied. "He used to be called 'Captain Marvel', but Marvel snatched up the copyright for that one during the mid-60's."
"Okay, Shazam, Captain Marvel, and Black Adam I think I've heard from Stinkon-" Lynn began.
Kimberly gave Lynn a firm look before she would finish her sentence.
"I-I mean Lincoln," Lynn then said which then made Kimberly smile. "Lincoln's comic books with Clyde, but I don't think I recognize the name Captain Thunder."
"Captain Thunder was the name they would've originally called him," LJ explained. "It was also the name used for DC's Captain Marvel parody until they got the rights to him!"
"Ohh..." Lynn then said, now understanding.
"Alright, so I'm gonna start from Black Adam's story, and work my way up from there," said LJ. "So keep your ears open so you don't miss anything. Also I'm gonna draw pictures to go with it."
"Great," Kimberly smiled. "I just love your drawings."
LJ took out his sketchbook and began drawing as he explained. "A long time ago, in Ancient Egypt, there was a young slave named Teth-Adam, who was chosen by the wizard Shazam to become his first champion, the Mighty Adam, so he could help out his fellow slaves."
"Teth-Adam?" Kimberly asked. "I don't think I've heard that name in school."
"Probably just in these stories," Akito replied. "Well, at least he was trying to help, right?"
"Sure, that's how it started," LJ replied. "But Teth-Adam grew greedy and selfish, becoming more concerned with helping himself instead of his fellow man. So he dethroned the Pharaoh and made himself the top dog, but Shazam realized that he'd had too much confidence in Teth-Adam and they engaged in fierce combat. It was a battle that shook the world."
"Yikes." Akito said.
"Whoa." Raul added.
"So who won?" Lynn asked, feeling suspenseful now.
"Just when it seemed that Black Adam would win, Shazam banished him to a far off star," LJ explained. "But 5,000 years is awfully long to hold a grudge, so we jump forward to present day, where in Fawcett City, young orphan Billy Batson has just lost his parents, and his scummy uncle, Ebenezer Batson, stole his inheritance and threw Billy out on the street."
"Ebenezer?" Lynn spoke up. "Now I know you're making this up. Ebenezer's not a real name! That's just from The Muppet Christmas Carol."
"It's very rare, Lynn, but it's an actual name." Kimberly clarified.
"Yeah, it means 'stone of the help'," Chrissy added. "Zofia taught us that."
"...Oh." Lynn then said, now feeling stupid.
"That's horrible though," Akito narrowed his eyes. "Knowing this story though, it got better for Billy, right LJ?"
"Yeah, because Billy was guided onto a mysterious subway train," explained LJ as he put up more drawings. "Said train led Billy to the Rock of Eternity, where the old wizard had long since resided. Sensing that Billy had a good heart, the wizard told him that he would become his newest champion, and to access the power, it took one word: SHAZAM! And in the blink of an eye, Billy Batson was transformed into Captain Thunder, the defender of justice, and one of the few stronger than Superman due to being immune to magic and Kryptonite. During his adventures, Billy gathered new friends, but fought all kinds of devious foes, but none of them were as bad as the fiend known as Mister Mind."
"Pretty epic and intense if you ask me." Akito said as he served breakfast to all of them.
"Whoa... I wish I could turn into a hero like that," Lynn smirked. "Lynnsanity could really prove great power and amazement to Royal Woods."
LJ smiled, doing a drawing of Lynn as Captain Marvel. "You know what? I could see that happening!" he replied, giving her a peck on the cheek.
"...What was that for?" Lynn blinked, surprised from the gesture.
"I like you, is all," LJ replied. "Figured it was about time I showed you."
Lynn looked over before shrugging.
"Whatya say, LJ?" Akito smiled. "A quick break for breakfast?"
"Sounds like a plan!" LJ replied. "I can tell it better after I eat anyway!"
"Get yourself some fuel and brain food," Akito smiled. "After all, breakfast is the most important meal of the day."
The group then helped themselves to the breakfast that Akito made for them and they began to eat up. The food was very wonderful luckily enough.
"Well, now that I'm re-energized, I'll continue," LJ said as he finished up. "Now, from first looks at Mr. Mind, you'd think, aw, he's just a worm, barely any trouble at all, right? Well, congratulations, you're WRONG! Mr. Mind can crawl into your ears and control your mind. There's a reason he was considered so evil that his own lawyer actually told him that he hoped he got the electric chair. Because he had a body count of 176 thousand people! But anyways, Black Adam! You all figured he wouldn't be relevant again, but he was! And he came back for revenge!"
"Oh, no!" Kimberly gasped.
"No worries, chica." Raul soothed.
"This Mr. Mind guy sounds very nightmarish." Chrissy commented.
"He was," LJ replied. "But at least he was defeated. Anyways, Black Adam! He finally returned to Earth for revenge, and it took all of Captain Thunder's allies to face him, but in the end, Captain Thunder said, 'I guess I can't stand up to you with the power of Shazmar,' and Black Adam said, 'You mean SHAZAM!' And since Black Adam had spent so much time in his super form, he never changed back to his normal body... So when he did, his body aged 5,000 years, and he perished."
"So he just... Up and died?" Kimberly's face paled.
"Well, yeah," LJ replied. "He had gotten so caught up in his power, he'd never bothered to live as a normal person. But, feeling guilty, the wizard chose to wipe his memories and reincarnated him as a young boy named Theo Adam, in order to give him a second chance at life."
"Wow... That's just... Wow..." Lynn said softly. "I had no idea."
"Yeah, and through it all, Billy never lost his good nature or his kind heart," LJ finished. "In a way, he still exemplified that things could be bright and lighthearted when every other superhero became dark, edgy, grim and gritty. And in a way... I suppose you've got a bit of Shazam in you. I could probably work on something for ya like that."
"Hmm..." Lynn paused with a smirk. "I just might have to take you up on that offer."
"Is he liking her too?" Akito asked Kimberly and Chrissy.
Kimberly and Chrissy shrugged.
"Maybe." Kimberly replied.
"Eh, not much wrong with that," Chrissy replied. "Plenty of liking to go around."
"And I thought your friend Ash Ketchum had a bunch of girlfriends." Raul commented to Akito.
"Those weren't girlfriends, they were just friends until he met Serena," Akito smirked. "Besides, you've had a dozen of girlfriends yourself for a while."
"Oh, sure, but that was until I met the wonderful and incredible Malina," Raul countered before he drank his juice. "Awesome waffles though."
"I was sure you'd like them," Akito nodded. "Mom's special recipe."
"Well, give her my compliments." Raul replied as he finished his drink.
"Of course." Akito nodded as they continued to eat up their breakfast.
Kimberly checked the time as she ate, hoping they wouldn't be sent away too quickly. Eventually, the group finished their breakfast as well.
"Phew..." Lynn groaned. "I think I'm gonna need a nap."
"Didn't you go to bed early?" Kimberly asked.
"Man, that's never fun," Lynn shook her head. "All the cooler stuff happens late at night."
"Yeah, but if you stay up so late, you'll be tired in the morning." Chrissy reminded.
"Totally worth it." Lynn chuckled before yawning.
"C'mon, hotshot," LJ said. "May as well get that shut-eye now so you're not so tuckered out later."
"Hmm... All right... Just don't make me miss the good stuff." Lynn narrowed her eyes.
"We wouldn't dream of it." Akito reassured.
Lynn nodded firmly and soon went back in their room and went to take a quick after breakfast nap.
"Oh, LJ, that looks like something Stan the Man Lee himself would draw." Kimberly smiled as she saw LJ's drawings.
"Whoa, thanks!" LJ beamed. "I really put a lotta work into them."
"I can see that," Kimberly beamed. "You're really coming a long way. Sometimes I wish I could draw like that... My friends usually do back in school."
"Well, I'd be happy to help you out," LJ replied. "Just show me what'cha wanna draw and I'll help out."
"Hmm... Sure... I'd have to think about it." Kimberly smiled.
"Aside from a unicorn based superhero, right?" Chrissy smirked.
"Yes, Chrissy, probably aside from a unicorn based superhero," Kimberly rolled her eyes playfully. "Though that would be kinda interesting to see if they have heroes based on bugs, bats, or even cats."
"It's probably a thing," LJ replied as he got a few fresh sheets of paper and some more pencils. "After all, there's Amethyst of Gemworld, and I don't mean the one who's part of the Crystal Gems in Beach City."
"Oh, yeah, I think my sister has an old video game based on her." Kimberly replied.
"Ah... The Crystal Gems..." Akito smiled. "Such a unique team... A little sad when Steven went away."
"Don't tell us, your parents met them." Chrissy said.
"Well, sure," Akito nodded. "Mom, Dad, Patch, and Aunt Cherry had an adventure with them since Aunt Jessica used to know them before Rose Quartz disappeared. I also think there was a story where LJ and Zofia's parents did a gap year with them sometime after Spinel went away with The Diamonds."
"Technically, it was a four-year gap, but who's counting?" LJ replied. "Anyways, Princess Amethyst did ride around on a winged unicorn during her adventures, so it's not completely unconventional. Perhaps we could further develop your rainbow powers to be able to convert them into weapons, like a big rainbow mallet or a rainbow sword..."
"Ooh... I think I like Princess Amethyst," Kimberly grinned and nodded out of excitement. "I also like the sound of that, LJ."
"Awesome!" LJ replied as he drew a sketch of Kimberly cosplaying as Princess Amethyst, wielding a Spectrum Sword along with him cosplaying as Shazam. "We can at least practice during the breaks."
"That looks really amazing... I just love the colors!" Kimberly beamed.
"Glad you like it." LJ beamed.
"I really do." Kimberly smiled as she hugged LJ around his shoulders and kissed his cheek thankfully.
LJ blushed and giggled at that. "Anyways, we'd best get ready before we're called into action."
"Yeah, let's do it," Kimberly smiled. "Hopefully Lynn is well rested by then."
"So, let's see here," Akito commented. "First Kimberly Lodoza from down the street of your house... Then Chrissy Damon with that time we met those so-called Teen Titans... And now Lynn Loud? You really get around, cous."
"Heh... Thanks." LJ blushed.
"I just didn't think one of them would be Lynn," Akito then said. "I guess at least she's toned down her competitive nature in some way."
"That's a huge plus." LJ nodded.
Akito nodded back as he cleared the table.
Eventually, Lynn woke up and it was time for yet another new mission with the Robot Monkeys.
"More Formless on the loose?" Raul asked. "Typical."
"Like we'd expect anything less." Chiro said to him.
"Then let's roll out!" LJ declared.
In the city, people screamed in fear as the Formless wrought havoc. Luckily, Chiro and the others were ready to go to work.
"We're in the arcade; there's three of 'em!" Chiro said over his comlink. "Over!"
"Roger that, Chiro," said Antauri. "We're en route."
"Well, we might just get done before you show up," LJ replied.
A familiar-looking food vendor backed up in fear as a Formless stood in front of him. The Formless soon made a spiked ball in his hand and was about to hit the vendor until Chiro swiped in with a smirk.
"Don't worry, Mr. Gakslapper!" Chiro reassured the man.
Antauri then suddenly slammed down from the air and sliced the Formless with his claws before Chiro could even think to do anything. The Formless then withered away into a pile of black goo in defeat.
"Them Monkeys!" Mr. Gakslapper smiled in amazement and relief as Chiro began to look discouraged.
"Uncool." LJ snorted.
A little later, Chrissy and Kimberly found the second Formless attacking the ice cream parlor. As it came out of the place, it turned and saw them. The Formless charged to attack, but before the girls got a chance to strike... Nova arrived and took down the Formless. Chrissy huffed angrily and Kimberly looked annoyed.
"Thank the monkey for us, dears." The female owner of the ice cream parlor, Ma Sheenko, waved with a smile.
"Yeah... Sure..." Chrissy sighed while Kimberly had a small pout.
A Formless soon ran into the alley and nearly ran into the wall and went running the other way from there. Turbo Tigre sat on the edge of a higher roof and soon jumped down, trying to be as ominous as Batman. He then dropped down in front of the Formless with a smirk and gestured for it to come at him as he was ready for the ultimate fight. Otto soon dove into the scene and sliced the Formless suddenly with his saws, right in front of the young son of El Tigre.
"I was gonna do something like that." Turbo Tigre pouted.
"Save your strength," Antauri told him. "There will always be battles."
Gibson checked his scanner, "Not today, thankfully," He smiled, "According to my scanner, the city is clean."
And on that, the other monkeys flew off back to the Super Robot, save for Sparx. "Need a lift?" he asked.
Chiro crossed his arms. "We can walk, you know. We don't need help with that!" He folded his arms in a pout. "I mean, we were all over those Formless!"
Sparx looked back at Chiro and shrugged. "If you say so, kid." Then he turned and flew off after the others.
"What a rip-off!" LJ remarked. "We didn't even get to take any Formless down!"
"And I had a special move mixed with something I saw on TV and from my dad's old days as El Tigre!" Raul added as he changed back into his civilian form.
"Oh, come on, guys, it's not that bad." Akito said.
"Um, HELLO?" Lynn glared. "We pretty much got upstaged by the Robot Monkeys today!" she then crossed her arms. "Or were you too busy doing the same thing from when you met the Loonatics with your brother and sister?"
"I didn't upstage Vincent and Estelle!" Akito glared back in defense. "Besides, there'll always be other missions."
"It is that bad," LJ replied. "We gotta show them that we can handle ourselves just fine."
Chiro changed back to his civilian form and he and the others stormed off.
"Whatya guys wanna do today?" Kimberly asked.
"I dunno, I'm up for anything," Raul rolled his eyes. "Until we get called away for another adventure and the Robot Monkeys can show off."
"They're not showing off." Akito reassured.
"Says the son of the world's greatest detective and superhero and has almost every power of his superpower friends," Raul huffed. "Your dad had a huge ego and you do too."
"I am not egotistical!" Akito protested.
"Alright, knock it off!" LJ thundered.
"Sorry." Akito and Raul muttered.
They soon went into another room to see a familiar face.
"It's a bully! Get him!" Lynn glared as she went to tackle the redheaded boy who often picked on Chiro.
"Lynn..." LJ sighed. "Unless we actually see him doing something bully-like, then we'll look worse by comparison."
Lynn stopped. "Oh... Alright." she sighed.
"Chiro, guys, I can't find Glenny," BT told the group. "I looked all over and he's just gone!"
"You lost your friend?" Kimberly asked as that sounded a little sad.
"Mm-hmm." BT frowned and nodded.
"Well, come on, he couldn't have gone too far away." Chrissy suggested.
They soon walked off to help the boy out, even if he was a bully some of the time.
"Don't worry; we'll find him." Chiro reassured.
"Let's check that ice cream candy store," Akito suggested. "He might've just had a sweet tooth and went on a sugar rush."
And so the group headed to the ice cream place, but it was empty too.
"Hello? Ma? Pa Sheenko? Can any of you hear me?" Chrissy called out, but she received no answers.
So next, the group checked the arcade. Surprise, surprise... Empty again.
"Mr. Poli? You around?" Chiro called, receiving no response.
"Mr. Gackslapper?" LJ called out as they checked the Hover Burger stand, but once again, nobody was there.
"This is very strange and overwhelming." Akito commented as he observed like a detective.
"Yeah, it's too weird." Chiro nodded in agreement as BT stuffed his face with a couple of burgers.
They soon walked off to continue their search.
"You're never gonna find Glenny!" BT smirked at Chiro. "Better call the Monkeys."
"The Monkeys can't do anything WE can't do." Chiro huffed.
They soon heard some dinging sounds in the background.
"What is that dinging?" Chiro wondered.
"I think that's an elevator." Lynn guessed.
"BT?" Chiro asked before he saw the boy heading towards the elevator, whose only other occupant was a creepy-looking old man with red lenses.
"Hey, wait!" LJ shouted as he ran over, but the entrance vanished.
"Okay, now things are getting insane!" Lynn exclaimed.
A new elevator opened up and out came a swarm of Formless.
"All right, now's our chance!" Raul glared before spinning his belt buckle and he became Turbo Tigre with a snarl. "RAWR!~"
Chiro then transformed into his superhero self and Akito pressed on his special bracelet which used to give him his Loonatics uniform until it was modified for him to become Saiya Boy. The creepy old man was shown at the elevator as the Formless soon ran back inside.
"Ugh..." Lynn groaned. "And I thought Mr. Grouse was sorry to look at sometimes."
"Yes~..." The creepy old man grinned before the elevator doors shut on him.
Chiro angrily banged on the doors, before the doors opened again to reveal an empty elevator. Chiro smirked proudly as he and the others ran inside, but when they turned to the door, something was amiss.
"No buttons? What kind of screwy elevator doesn't have buttons?" asked LJ.
The creepy emerged right behind them with a grin. The elevator soon chunked down and wobbled a bit before the doors opened up.
"I guess this is our stop?" Kimberly shrugged.
"Where are we?" Chiro asked as they stepped out of the elevator.
"It definitely ain't Acmetropolis." Akito remarked.
All that was around was a big gray pit and a blue night sky.
"What is this place?" Lynn asked. "And who the hell is that guy?"
The creepy guy just grinned as the doors shut and out came some Formless.
"Finally! Now we can kick their butts ourselves!" Lynn smirked.
"All right then," Akito smirked as he got ready. "I hope he's hungry for laser eyes."
"Just save some for the rest of us, Fudo." Chrissy replied.
Akito nodded at that. The Formless charged for them and vice versa as it was finally time for Chiro and the others to shine.
"THUNDER PUNCH!" Chiro called out as he made the first move.
"HAMMER KICK!" Lynn shouted as she spin-kicked some more Formless.
Chrissy let out a massive soundwave that reduced the Formless to goo while Kimberly used her rainbow rope to squeeze them in half.
"CANNONBALL BATTERLY!" LJ shouted as he fired a massive energy ball to wipe out the rest of the Formless while Turbo Tigre tore through the last of them.
"Take this! And that! And this one too!" Turbo Tigre laughed. "Yippee kay yay!"
The creepy man grinned as the elevator doors shut on him after the defeat of the Formless before they opened again and he was gone.
"There's that elevator," Akito glared. "That old guy is toast."
The doors were just about to close again, so Chiro and the group rushed inside and made it inside luckily before the doors came to a complete shut.
The creepy old man was soon shown to be on the ceiling.
"All right, Ugly, it's time you answered our questions!" Chrissy glared at the creepy old man.
But the old creeper grinned and the elevator tipped upside-down before reopening and the group plummeted into a deep, deep chasm. The group let out a scream as they fell through the air. They soon slammed down on a higher ground and slammed flat on their faces.
"Ugh..." Chrissy groaned before checking her hands. "I think I chipped a nail."
"Uh, guys?" Lynn called as she pointed something out to them. "I think we have some company."
Various people from Shuggazoom City were soon shown to be in the chasm with them.
"Hey, everyone!" Mr. Gakslapper smiled at the crowd around him. "It's Chiro and his friends!"
Akito noticed that the people were clasped in chains as he explained what happened.
"Happened to us just the same," The mayor answered. "Captured by that haunted elevator and dumped in this pit of doom."
Chiro stared up at the top of the pit.
"It's too deep to escape from, dears!" Ma Sheenko added. "And they're making us dig it even deeper. It'll never end!"
"It ends now." Chiro declared.
"Because we're gonna get you out of here!" LJ added.
Suddenly the group got zapped before they could even think to do anything else.
The Skeleton King cackled darkly as he came by with a robot suit and soon picked up the kids. "It looks as though we have a few more prisoners... The guests of honor..." he then grinned. "GET BACK TO WORK!" he then commanded the innocent people.
The Formless soon rounded up the people of the city to force them into slave labor while Chiro and the other kids were placed in a cell and had their own chains.
"Ugh... Who just tried to barbecue me and is gonna die for it?" Lynn growled as she slowly began to wake up.
"Tell it to Captain Bonebrain." LJ replied.
Chiro looked down at his shorted-out communicator. "Should have asked for help when I could..."
"Hey, Chiro," LJ replied. "We can use the Power Primate to communicate!"
"Hey, yeah! The Power Primate!" Chiro beamed as he and LJ began to concentrate.
"Monkey Team... Hear our call..." They both said within their thoughts.
"What're they doing?" Lynn asked.
"Shh~" Chrissy and Kimberly shushed her.
"...I just got shushed." Lynn muttered.
Eventually, the Robot Monkeys all did their own thing until they soon sensed Chiro and LJ attempting to contact them. A Formless soon banged on their bars with a bone to get their attention, waking Chiro and LJ up instantly.
"I know I'm not gonna like this." Raul complained.
"Hey, shut up!" LJ yelled. "Ah, man! This is getting annoying. I just need some more piece and quiet to concentrate..."
"Yeah, I don't think he cares." Akito replied.
"I know he doesn't care! I WASN'T SAYING IT TO HIM!" LJ shouted angrily.
"You don't have to yell at me!" Akito argued.
"Guys, no fighting!" Kimberly cried out.
LJ sighed. "...I-I'm sorry, it's just that I'm so stressed, and being stuck down here isn't helping matters." he replied.
"Yeah, it sucks, but it'll be a cold day on Jupiter when I give up," Akito replied. "We'll have to work together like we always do like our parents did before us."
LJ nodded firmly.
MEANWHILE...
Having heard about the situation, the Monkey Team came to help eventually. But, naturally, things didn't go as planned.
"Surrender, Monkeys!" he declared. "Or the children will suffer!"
The TV Robo switched to a view of Chiro and the others, inside their cages. Naturally, the Monkey Team gave up, and were imprisoned subsequently.
"Tomorrow, a new day will dawn on Shuggazoom City." Skeleton King announced over the TV robot, "No more meddling monkeys... No more child heroes...no more humans at all! They'll be here, digging my pit! Each and every one replaced by my monster army. And tomorrow in Shuggazoom City, only my Formless minions will stomp the streets. Evil will triumph! And I shall rule!" he cackled as he flew off.
Lynn snorted. "Geez, what a prick."
Once the robot was gone, Nova spoke up. "I so do not like that guy."
"Take a number, get in line," Raul replied.
Chiro sighed. "It's all my fault,"
"Sometimes even heroes need help." Antauri told him.
Akito cleared his throat.
Raul crossed his arms. "...I'm sorry."
"We tried to call you...with the Power Primate." Chiro replied.
Antauri smiled. "And we came, did we not?"
"Of course you did. I knew you would." LJ beamed.
"We're also stuck on some distant planet, trillions of miles away from Shuggazoom City." remarked Sparx.
"Actually...no, we're not," Chiro stated. "See that moon?"
Gibson did a double-take. "Of course. It's our moon, Ranger 7! We're still on our planet! We must be far outside the city, in the Zone of Wasted Years!" he exclaimed.
Chiro's smile fell. "We might as well be a trillion miles away. We can't do anything."
"Oh, but we can." Antauri spoke up, "We, too, can call for help."
"How?" Chiro asked.
Antauri and the other monkeys shot out some cables that stuck to LJ and Chiro's heads.
"Uh... This is a good thing that's happening..." said Kimberly. "...Right?"
Within the two boys, glowing energy balls shone from within. A shining beam of green energy shot across the sky, traveling through space.
"Super! Robot! Monkey! Team! Hyper! Force! GO!" The group declared.
"Oh, ye-e-e-e-eah! Time for the ultimate butt-kickin'!" Lynn laughed.
The group soon began to wait for their robot friend to come help them to the rescue.
"Well, on the bright side, LJ's getting to have a big impact on this adventure." Akito commented.
"Yeah," Lynn rolled her eyes. "You gotta learn that it ain't always about you Fudos. I've heard stories of how you guys mostly saved the day when you visited Felicity at her new school."
"She did stuff..." Akito defended softly.
"Sure," Lynn scoffed. "After you hogged the spotlight when it was her school with her new friends and how you pretty much took over the Loonatics."
Akito rubbed his arm bashfully as they waited. The Super Robot soon came crashing down, crushing a few Formless after deflecting away their laser blasts and came to help the Super Robot Monkey Team. It then grabbed the prison as the people began to feel worried, not knowing what was happening.
"We're going home!" Chiro and LJ beamed together.
The Super Robot took off into space, as Lynn pulled down her eyelid and stuck out her tongue at the Skeleton King.
"NOBODY TOLD ME THE ROBOT COULD DO THAT!" The villain growled. "...My Formless... Hear me: DESTROY THE SUPER ROBOT!"
The Formless on Shuggazoom nodded and then began to merge together.
"There's no way they're gonna catch us!" Lynn laughed as they rode away in victory.
They were nearing closer and closer back over at Shuggazoom City with the citizens in tow.
"LJ, you thinkin' what I'm thinkin'?" Chiro asked after a while.
"Formless!" The two boys then exclaimed together after some thought.
The Formless monster soon appeared after being merged together from The Skeleton King's orders as the Robot Monkeys shrieked at the sight of it.
"Hey, guys, what if we let you handle this one?" Sparx offered.
"I thought you'd never ask!" LJ grinned.
The Super Robot's eyes glowed bright white, and fired laser blasts at the Formless Mega, before unloading a massive multitude of weapons on it which blew it apart. Afterwards, the robot put down the prison, and let the people out.
"Bye! Have fun! Lead great lives! Try not to get hurt!" Kimberly called out and waved as the people ran freely.
Sparx soon broke out of his chains as he ran with the others before suddenly coming into a halt. An elevator door was shown and it soon beeped.
"Looks like we're not done here just yet." Chrissy remarked.
The creepy old man was shown again as he glowered and that made the Shuggazoom City citizens panic and go back to running away.
"Come on!" Nova glared as she looked ready. "If that little guy's the best that Skeleton King can do, we've got nothing to worry about!"
But just then, the creepy old man merged with the elevator, coming out of the top, before throwing off his coat and revealing that the buttons were on his chest.
"So that's where the buttons were!" Lynn exclaimed.
"Ew..." Nova cringed. "Okay, Nethervator, you are goin' down. LADY TOMAHAWK!" She slammed her fists into the ground, causing cracks to travel toward the Nethervator, but it disappeared before anything could happen.
It reappeared beside the group and fired rockets at them from the elevator doors of its body. Fortunately, Chrissy was able to disable them with a sonic screech. The Nethervator vanished again and reappeared on the other side, near Nova. It pressed a button on its chest and threw weapons at Nova.
Luckily, Nova dodged and whacked them away. "I don't think so, ugly!" she declared, before hearing a crumbling noise.
Apparently, the weapons she dodged hit a wall, which collapsed on top of her.
"Nova!" Otto cried. He ran to help her, but the creature appeared in front of him and summoned energy orbs to attack him. He dodged and knocked some out of the way with his saws, but one got to him and knocked him into the nearest wall, with the other orbs falling on top of him.
"Okay, I get the name now," Raul replied. "It's an elevator, but like something out of the Netherworld! Clever."
"Way to go, Raul." Lynn shrugged.
"Thanks!" Raul grinned.
Chiro soon jumped down right for the monstrous old man and kicked right at him, getting his attention. "Guys, help Nova and Otto!" he then called out to the others.
Sparx and Antauri soon came to help the fallen Yellow and Green Monkeys.
"You guys okay?" Akito asked hopefully.
The Nethervator soon disappeared from underneath Chiro's feet, making the boy fall right onto the road.
"The Nethervator," Gibson said as he took out a tracker. "I've got a magnetic signature reading right over... Right over..." he then said before he began to look up and panicked. "...Us."
"That's disturbing." Kimberly grimaced as the Nethervator soon hovered above their heads.
A trapdoor opened and rocks fell on top of them, burying them underneath.
"NO!" Chiro and LJ yelled as the Nethervator cackled.
The boys leaped through the trapdoor and grabbed the Nethervator; LJ pressed a button and they disappeared, before reappearing near Nova. The Nethervator tried to shake Chiro and LJ off, but neither boy was letting go.
Otto was able to break out of the pile of energy orbs and saw what was going on. "Uh-oh!"
"Get the others!" Chiro instructed, as he climbed the Nethervator and pressed another button
As the boys vanished with the Nethervator again, Nova, Otto and Chrissy ran to the rock pile and started digging away..
"What is that thing?" Otto asked, removing more rocks.
Antauri was able to emerge from the pile. "Apparently some sort of teleportation creature." he replied.
Gibson broke out and grabbed his scanner again, "According to my calculations, the interdimensional matrix at the heart of the teleporter could be disrupted by a strong magnetic field." he explained.
Sparx broke out of the rocks with his magnets, "I can make one of those!" he declared.
"Unfortunately, we need a way to put them inside that thing's energy field." Gibson informed.
Chiro, LJ and the Nethervator reappeared, but it looked like Chiro was losing. The Nethervator knocked Chiro off, but he wedged himself between the doors.
"Hang on, Chiro!" LJ cried out.
"I'm trying!" Chiro grunted.
"It's time we give each other a hand." Antauri suggested.
Nova held onto Otto and stretched out her tail and it wrapped around Chiro's torso. Kimberly did the same, only with a rainbow rope and tied it around LJ.
"We got 'em!" Nova called out.
"Now let's reel 'em in!" Kimberly added as she and Nova then pulled on Chiro and LJ, bringing them to safety, away from the Nethervator.
"Hey, Elevator Monster!" Sparx soon called out as he got a super magnet ready. "TELEPORT, THIS! MAGNETINGLER BLAST!"
The Nethervator cried out as he was suddenly hit by the magnet while the others watched with sunglasses.
"This is a lot cooler than when Lisa makes us stand outside for hours to see The Solar Eclipse." Lynn smirked.
The Nethervator was blown to bits.
"Awesome!" The kids cheered.
"Ding!" Otto grinned at that.
And so once again the day was saved, thanks to the Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperfoece Go. The group shared a collective high-five in success and victory.
"Ya know, I think we need a catchphrase." Raul said to the others.
The others laughed at that and went back to the Super Robot for a little while, but they were called away suddenly.
"What is it, Chiro?" Akito asked.
"We're needed downtown for something urgent and important," Chiro replied as he checked a distress call. "No one seems to be hurt, but it sounds pretty big, whatever it is."
"Well then, no more monkeying around!" LJ declared. "Let's burn rubber, Hyperforce!"
And so, they took off. The people of Shuggazoom City gathered around to see what the big fuss would be about that included Chiro and his friends as well as the Robot Monkeys. And they soon got their answer which was a golden group statue of the whole team together. The people then cheered and applauded gleefully for the team on their biggest accomplishment.
"They'll never believe this back in Royal Woods." Lynn commented.
"And so, let this statue be a token of appreciation to the Hyperforce," declared the Mayor. "For once again saving Shuggazoom City. Our celebration awaits on the roof!" he pointed to a nearby elevator.
The group looked at each other.
"...I think we'll just take the stairs," replied Chiro.
"We don't do stairs, kid." Sparx replied as he gave the group rocket packs.
Chiro gasped in amazement.
"Then let's take to the skies!" LJ declared. "Monkey Muscle!"
And as soon as they put on their rocket packs, they took off towards the roof. The kids cheered happily as they took off, except for maybe Akito as he didn't need a rocket pack, of course. And another victory came another frustrated rant from Skeleton King to his Formless with his prison and prisoners wasted, so they had to suffer from the same fate. The team then celebrated on the rooftop for as long as they could last, hanging out and having a good time after another win in the battle of good vs evil. All in all, it was another big win for the forces of good, and that's a huge plus.
"You gonna be okay, LJ?" Kimberly smiled softly as she put her hand on his shoulder.
"I think I might be." LJ replied.
"Oh, I'm glad~," Kimberly smiled before she took out a crayon drawing as LJ as a knight in shining armor on the back of a unicorn with her and Chrissy in superhero outfits and him in his own as the knight's armor. "I made this for you."
LJ admired the picture. "D'awww, Kim... I love it!" he beamed as he kissed her on the cheek.
Kimberly beamed and giggled. "I started drawing it when you were feeling a little sad," she then said. "I thought maybe that would help make you feel better."
"Well, it did help," LJ replied. "Thanks!"
"It was my pleasure." Kimberly smiled while blushing warmly.
LJ smiled back as this was the perfect end to a perfect new adventure.
Later...
"So the tests are still coming and going," Felicity told LJ as they video chatted. "On the plus side, I'm doing great so far, but one test I'm fearing and dreading is Mr. Deley's Science Quiz. He's a very tough teacher."
"Most teachers are," LJ nodded. "That's why I'm glad I don't have school so often. Anyways, nice to know you're doing okay."
"It won't be long now, I promise," Felicity smiled. "I'm also glad to hear you're having a good time down there too. I know how much this adventure means to you," she then raised an eyebrow slightly. "Akito's not hogging the hero stuff, is he? He tends to get a swelled head sometimes with his super-strength and other powers."
"More or less, but not by much," LJ replied. "Luckily I keep 'im in check, even if some of the others tend to call him out on it."
"I swear, that boy sometimes," Felicity sighed and shook her head. "When I first got into Auradon Prep, he just had to run into King Sombra's exhibit at the museum."
"I thought that place only had Disney Hero and Villain stuff?" LJ raised an eyebrow.
"Beats me how he got one," Felicity shrugged. "I guess just to show how useless I was whenever I'd hang out with Akito, Estelle, and Vincent."
"You weren't useless, just overlooked," LJ replied. "And besides, we're not gonna run into any Sombra crap this time around, because it's my adventure."
"Just have fun and stay sharp and safe," Felicity smiled. "I'll be there to visit eventually once my tests are done."
"Alright, see you around!" LJ waved as he signed out.
Felicity smiled as she soon turned off the video chat site and soon went back to studying before she would go to bed for the night.
Lynn sighed a bit as she sat alone in her new room in the headquarters, staring into a book of gothic poetry.
"Knock-Knock," LJ asked as he tapped the door frame. "Mind if I come inside?"
"Huh?" Lynn's eyes widened before she hid the book from him and looked bashful. "Uh... Hey, kid." she then said nervously.
"You doin' okay?" LJ asked casually.
"Me? Sure, sure," Lynn replied. "Why wouldn't I be?"
"Look, it's alright to be homesick," LJ said. "...I mean, after all, I am."
"R-Really?" Lynn asked. "I'm fine..." she then crossed her arms and shrugged with a harrumph.
"Lynn, it's okay," LJ told her. "I can understand too, you have such a big family."
"...Well, maybe I do miss them a little..." Lynn said softly as she rubbed her arm. "Especially since I've been sharing a room for Lucy for as long as I can remember."
"And that's completely understandable," LJ replied. "Change is difficult, but it's part of life. And some things don't necessarily change forever."
"Huh... Yeah, I guess you're right," Lynn said softly with a small smile. "Besides, I won't be gone from the family for long, right?"
"That's the plan," LJ replied. "And you CAN visit them."
"Yeah, that's true," Lynn said softly. "I just don't wanna look weak in front of you guys."
"Just cuz you got emotions besides being overcompetitive doesn't make you weak." LJ told her.
"Yeah..." Lynn sighed.
"Just because you're not as in touch with your emotions as much as say Chrissy or Kimberly doesn't mean you have to hide them," LJ suggested. "Don't be afraid to show a little bit of weakness every now and then."
"I guess that's easy for you to say," Lynn shrugged. "Guess you think I'm some macho Amazon He-Man girly girl hater or something."
"Eh, not even," LJ replied. "You know who else is an Amazon? Wonder Woman. She kicks all kinds of butt, and still looks pretty good. I guess in a way, you remind me of her."
"Heh," Lynn smirked. "She does get a lot of great work done. At least from what I've seen on TV."
"Yeah, true," LJ replied. "And just cuz you're not that into being a girly-girl doesn't mean you're incapable of being feminine. You have the potential to be, at least."
"Eh, I wouldn't get too excited about that," Lynn said. "But I'll definitely try to work on that some."
"Atta girl," LJ replied. "Maybe we could spar sometime, you know? Just for fun."
"Heheh... Sure," Lynn smirked. "If ya think you can keep up with The Lynnster."
LJ chuckled. "Gotta love that intensity," he replied. "I reckon we'll see for ourselves."
"You're darn right," Lynn smirked. "Maybe after the next mission."
"I'd like that." LJ replied as he tussled Lynn's hair before he left the room.
Lynn chuckled a bit as she let LJ get going.
LJ explored the hallways as it was the same for everyone, Kimberly playing with her unicorn collection, Chrissy practicing her singing, Akito lifting weights while reading a book, and Raul watching old videos as his father's old moves as El Tigre. Same old, same old, and that was all and good for a while as he soon went to go do his own thing as well. He went into his room and began reading some more of his comic books for the rest of the day.
It was a very peaceful evening for everyone, though it would end rather quickly. Before the next mission that came tomorrow, Kimberly was shown to be finishing up a letter and soon licked the envelope before she went to mail the letter.
"Sending mail, Kimberly?" Chrissy asked the girl.
"Huh? Oh, yes," Kimberly nodded. "I thought I'd write back to the cats and my human friends, Katelynn, Kaitlyn, and Charlotte."
"...I guess the similar names thing must get confusing sometimes," Chrissy replied.
"It was at first, but turns out the key is knowing which way to spell them." Kimberly explained.
"I'll take your word for it." Chrissy smirked.
"Ready to go?" Chiro asked the girls. "We've been waiting forever."
"Oh, Chiro, we weren't gone that long," Kimberly rolled her eyes. "But yes, we're ready."
"Let's do this then!" Chrissy proclaimed as she raised her fist in the air.