(Rated I for Immature)
The "Super Friends" put on their gear and got ready to make their jump. All of them wore different colors to distinguish themselves: Oliver wore green, Barry wore red, Brainiac 5 wore blue, James wore black, Nia wore white, and Alex wore pink. The six of them were about to skydive into Metropolis Park for the fun of it. "Come on, we're out of here," Barry said excitedly.
"Easy, Barry, not everyone is as fast as you," Alex scolded.
"We're fifteen seconds from the drop zone," Oliver said super-serious.
"Yeah, let's do this!" James shouted enthusiastically.
"I can't believe it. I'm going to be the first Naltorian/human hybrid transwoman to skydive on Earth," Nia said excitedly.
"She's not wrong," Brainiac 5 calculated.
"You're up," Oliver said to Nia.
Nia flung herself out of the airplane with no fear. James followed suit, then Brainiac 5, then Barry, until only Oliver and Alex were left. "Show me something cool," Alex challenged Oliver.
"Too easy," Oliver smirked and then jumped out of the airplane with a snowboard on his feet. Alex rolled her eyes and then jumped out herself.
The six made elaborate spins in the air as they enjoyed themselves. They eventually came together in a ring. "Wow, this sky diving thing is super easy," Barry remarked.
"Alright, guys, break," Oliver ordered.
The six unleashed their parachutes and then controlled their descent so that each of them landed on a giant target in the park surrounded by hundreds of people. As soon as James landed, Lena went up to him and gave him a kiss. "This charity drive has saved the Metropolis Observatory," she told him.
"Nice," James smiled.
Alex met up with a beaming Kelly and gave her a kiss. "That was amazing," Kelly said of her.
"Maybe next time you'll join me," Alex suggested.
"Me? No way," Kelly declined.
"That's what I love about you. You're so different from me. You're my anchor," Alex said lovingly.
"Who's up for some rollerblading?" Barry asked the group.
"Got to go. Team building and all that," Alex said to Kelly.
"Have fun," Kelly encouraged her.
The six proceeded to rollerblade around the city passing through a construction yard as they did. Little did they know something sinister was underneath the foundations of one of Lex's new skyscrapers. Lex Corp construction workers uncovered a stone seal of some kind. They used a crane to move the seal and immediately a giant hand with a purple egg in its grasp emerged from the ground.
"What the fuck is it?" one of the construction workers wondered and then touched it like an idiot. The construction worker was immediately zapped and thrown to the ground.
"Well...shit," the construction supervisor realized all the worker's comp he would have to file on this.
Super Friends
The "Super Friends stopped their rollerblading once Alex got a phone call. "What is it, Hank?" Alex asked.
"I've discovered some fucked up shit. You better get your ass down to the Tower," Hank ordered.
"Hank, I don't work for you anymore," Alex reminded him.
"Now!" Hank shouted.
"Sounds serious," Oliver remarked.
"Let's go," Alex said to the group, their fun over.
The Super Friends arrived at the Tower thirty minutes later due to traffic. "I can't believe we all fit in that one cab," Barry said amazed.
"What's going on?" Oliver asked super-serious.
"We've tracked a powerful energy signature in Metropolis that is overloading everything," Malefic said to them.
"We must act quickly. The planet is in danger. You see that thing?" Hank asked the group, showing a picture of the egg in the construction yard.
"What is it?" Alex asked.
"It's Ivan Ooze, Let's just say he's bad news. He tried to conquer Mars thousands of years ago. We sealed him away and sent him into space where he happened to land in Metropolis," Hank said.
"I swear this city is like a magnet for supervillains," James said dryly.
"How did you know?" Brainiac 5 asked curiously.
"He must be returned to the depths before he is released. So, get to it," Hank ordered them.
"Wait, we were just there skating. Why did we have to go all the way to the Tower to learn this?" Barry asked confused.
"Why aren't you coming with us?" Alex asked him.
"I have to guard the Tower," Hank said obviously.
"Why not call Kara or Mon?" Nia asked.
"We don't need them. We can deal with this on our own," Alex said confidently.
With heavy traffic, the Super Friends arrived at the construction site at nightfall. "It would be faster if I simply carried you all there," Barry said.
"No," Oliver refused.
The six came across the egg only to have it be wide open. "It stinks," Nia said immaturely.
"Hey, what are you guys doing here?" the construction supervisor asked.
"You haven't by chance noticed a freaky alien genotype walking around here?" Alex asked.
"A freaky alien genotype? What the fuck is that?" the construction supervisor asked. "Wait...did it look like this?" he asked as he morphed into Ivan Ooze.
Ivan Ooze was completely purple in dress and body. He wore long robes, his scalp resembled that of a raisin, and two small horns formed a goatee under his chin. "Eww...gross," Nia said of him.
"Too kind. Allow me to introduce myself. I am the galactically feared, globally reviled, universally despised. They call me Ivan Ooze," he introduced himself.
"Well, prepare to pack your bags. We're sending you back to wherever you came from," Barry pointed at him.
"Ah, a white straight cisgender male with a big mouth. Not much has changed in six thousand years," Ivan mocked.
"You obviously don't know who you're dealing with," Alex warned him.
"Really?" Ivan asked unimpressed.
"Yeah, we're the Super Friends," Oliver told him off.
"Woohoo, where's my autograph book? Ha! Super Friends, huh?" he mocked as he turned his back to them. "So, the Martians still use a bunch of kids to do their dirty work. Well, meet my kids!" Ivan said as he zapped pools of purple slime strategically placed around the area.
The purple slime pools turned into versions of himself with animalistic intelligence. "From this moment forth, the world as you know it shall cease to exist. Bye-bye!" Ivan said to them and then disappeared in a flash of purple light.
"Well...shit," Oliver muttered.
"What do we do?" Barry asked.
"There's plenty of room, down there," Brainiac 5 pointed out below them.
As five of them jumped down to the flat level below, Oliver got a few good punches and kicks on the purple beasts. He eventually retreated as well to rejoin the other five. "Spread out," Oliver told the group.
Oliver took his bow and swung it around like a staff hitting a few of the beasts that had surrounded him. James punched and then kicked one of them tripping him up only to get punched in the face. Nia dodged a beast charging her, slammed two beasts together, and then used a judo move to slam them both to the ground. Brainiac 5 kicked one several times sending it to the ground and then punched through his chest getting purple ooze on his hand.
"Fascinating," he said studying it and then got ambushed by two beasts taking him to the ground.
Alex used her martial art skills to take down a few beasts but was forced to retreat away. Barry also took down a beast with punches and kicks only to get forced back as he was being hit. Finally, Oliver was forced back towards the group as he was being kicked by several beasts at once. Oliver landed on the ground stunned in front of the group. James was then thrown into the pile. The beasts cornered the six of them against a cliff wall.
"I suggest using your powers," Brainiac 5 said obviously.
"Let's do it," Oliver agreed.
"Pink Pride," Alex called out.
"Blue Brainiac," Brainiac 5 called out.
"Red Flash," Barry called out.
"Black Guardian," James called out.
"White Dreamer," Nia called out.
"Green Arrow," Oliver said finally.
After they had called out their superhero names, they looked around to find the beasts had taken off. "The fuck they go?" Oliver wondered.
"They went that way," Brainiac 5 said helpfully.
"Careful, it could be a trap," Oliver said super-serious.
At the Tower, Malefic was a little anxious. "What if he comes here?" he asked Hank.
"No one can get in unless they have the passcode," Hank said obviously.
"What about that?" Malefic pointed out.
Ivan then oozed himself through the doors. "Shit," Hank realized.
"Pretty fancy. You must have invested your money well, Martian," Ivan complimented the room.
Malefic went for a punch on Ivan eliciting a mere burp from him. "Bad idea," Malefic realized too late.
Ivan laughed at him and then zapped his brain disabling him. "If you want a real challenge go after me," Hank said to him. Ivan blasted Hank to the floor with purple electricity. "Your people locked me away for sixty centuries. Do you have any idea what that's like? It's boring," Ivan said to him.
"You won't win, Ooze," Hank said confidently.
"You people robbed me of my prime. I was the Supreme Ruler of all the universe. And now, it's time to pay the piper," Ivan said.
"Wait..what?" Hank wondered not catching the reference.
Ivan materialized a flute in his hand and started firing at the equipment inside the Tower destroying the TV, the computers, the weapons, and sensor equipment. Once Ivan was done, the interior of the Tower was in ruins with both Hank and Malefic barely alive from their burns.
Back at the construction yard, Brainiac 5 took the lead. "Do you even see anything?" Barry asked him.
"I see everything," Brainiac 5 informed him with his red vision. "Over there," he said finally as they were ambushed.
"Thanks, Barney," Alex said annoyed.
"Take them down," Oliver told them all.
The six used their respective powers against the beasts. Alex fired twin pistols at the beasts splattering purple ooze on the floor. When she ran out of bullets, she resorted to her Martian bracelet forming a sword and then slice them up as they came near her. Brainiac 5 whipped out metal tentacles from his hands blasting holes through the beasts or whipping them to pieces. Nia extended energy cables that wrapped around two beasts and then sliced them to pieces. Oliver fired arrow-after-arrow causing heads to explode upon impact. Barry used his speed to punch multiple beasts at once exploding purple slime all over his uniform. James blocked with his shield and then slammed it into their chests.
Oliver fired a cable arrow to the second floor and rose up to it. A beast followed him up. Oliver quickly kicked the beast off the ledge where he splattered completely against a concrete pillar. Barry and Nia teamed up for the first time as they battled the beasts. Nia blasted one of them into the air where it exploded against a metal frame.
"What a messy night," Nia remarked.
"Team up?" Barry asked James.
"Yeah," James grinned inside his helmet.
Barry rushed towards a beast punching him hard to the head against Guardian's shield exploding it.
Brainiac 5 was cast off the second level of the unfinished building by a beast. Brainiac 5 shot a cable up to a pipeline on the second floor and came right back up. He then threw the beast off the ledge where he splattered upon hitting a drain net. Barry leaped off a ledge and kicked a beast a few dozen times with fast-paced kicks as he came down. The beast splattered upon hitting a wall. Several beasts ganged up on Nia getting some hard hits and kicks on her. Brainiac 5 dropped in to defend her and helped her back up.
"Thanks," she said gratefully.
"Of course," Brainiac 5 said to her.
Alex morphed her armband into a whip hitting multiple beasts at once. One beast was tripped up, another was forced towards Alex where she kicked it to the chin, and another was smacked in the face sending it to the ground. "God, I love this thing," she said pleased with her weapon.
The six then came together as the remaining beasts charged. "You have failed this city," Oliver said to the remaining six. He shot an explosive tipped arrow at a cable carrying a large metal container. The container dropped on top of the beasts squishing them. "I'll call the Tower," Alex said and then got no answer.
"This isn't good," she realized.
"Let's head to the Tower," Oliver said urgently.
Upon reaching the Tower, the room was a total mess with Malefic unconscious on the floor and Hank severely wounded from electrical burns.
"What happened here?" Nia asked stunned.
"Hank!" Alex shouted as she came to his side.
Brainiac 5 came up to Hank and looked him over. "He's dying," he determined.
"Alex...thank God you're safe," Hank said sincerely not really caring about the others.
"We're going to get you help," Oliver said resolved.
"I'm afraid that's impossible. I must be taken back to Mars, but I lack the strength to survive the journey," Hank said subdued.
"Hank, you can't leave me. Ever since you've come into my life, you've been like a father to me," Alex said tearfully.
"You must be strong, Alex," Hank said to her.
"Super...Friends," Malefic gasped waking up.
"Malefic, are you okay?" Alex asked.
"I'll be fine. I can buy you some time by sharing my life force with my brother," Malefic offered.
"Buy time for what?" James asked curiously.
"There may be a power that can save J'onn and destroy Ivan Ooze. It's on the distant planet of Phaedos. It's very dangerous. All who have tried have perished," Malefic said.
"We have to try," Barry said resolved.
"I won't be able to last long. You don't have much time," Malefic said as he began sharing his lifeforce energy to Hank.
"How can we get there?" Oliver asked.
"We can use the Vindicator Cruiser. I know where it is...or where it should be," Brainiac 5 said.
"James, I don't know. You're needed in the Senate," Nia said to him.
"Fuck the Senate," James said instantly.
"I can agree to that," Oliver smiled rebelliously.
"Remember, even without J'onn, we're still the Super Friends. Let's go," Barry said to them all.
At the Fortress of Solitude, Kara and Mon were blissfully unaware of what was happening. The door to the fortress opened with Ivan casually entering. "Honey, I'm home," Ivan said cheerfully.
Kara immediately confronted him wearing a large white maternity gown. "Who the fuck are you? How the fuck did you get through my security? What the fuck are you even?"
Ivan threw some purple ooze over her mouth to shut her up. "Finally, someone shut her up," Mon said thankfully.
"I know, right?" Ivan smiled. "Have you been working out? You look great."
"I have, actually. Wait...are you coming onto me?" Mon asked suspiciously.
"Oh, I'm sorry. No homo," Ivan assured him.
"Right, no homo," Mon smiled reassured.
"I'm thinking you two need a vacation. I think circumstances call for a new leader and I pick...ME!" Ivan said to Mon.
"Who the fuck do you think you're dealing with?" Mon asked pissed-off as Ivan sat on a throne chair suspiciously made of swords out of crystals.
"The boogieman is taking over," Ivan clarified.
"The fuck you are," Mon doubted and then blasted Ivan with a beam from his hand.
"Stop it, it tickles," Ivan mocked chuckling. "My turn," he said becoming deadly serious. He zapped both Mon and Kara into a snowglobe in his hand.
"Way to go, bonehead," Kara critiqued Mon inside the snowglobe.
"Shut your hole. At least I actually hit him," Mon shot back.
"Oh, I love snowglobes," Ivan said shaking it. After playing with it for a little while, he set it down. "Next, the Super Friends," he said menacingly.
Ivan spat on the floor a purple blob. The blob grew until it formed a squad of bird-like humanoids called Tengu warriors. They had the general humanoid form but had talon feet, wings, and body armor. "Now, go my Tengu Warriors. Find the Super Friends and tear them apart!" Ivan ordered them.
The Tengu warriors then took off to the air.
The Vindicator Cruiser landed on a rocky coastline on Phaedos. The six then exited the cruiser and looked around at the alien environment that suspiciously looked like Australia. Nia then saw something disturbing in the rocks.
"Hey, look over here," Nia called out.
Barry was there in a flash. "Oh my God," he said stunned.
Oliver frowned as he looked upon the skeleton of a humanoid goat species that was wearing a headset. "A bounty hunter," Brainiac 5 identified.
"Barry, do a perimeter sweep," Oliver ordered quickly.
Barry took off and made wide circles looking for anything that could potentially be a threat and came back. "Got nothing," he said.
"Let's get moving. We have a job to do," Oliver said super-serious.
As the six walked about, a woman in a green cloak and staff spied on them.
Earth
Meanwhile on Earth, Ivan took over the Acme chemical plant to produce more of his ooze that would turn the people of Metropolis into zombies. He would then have said zombies dig up his ancient machines he had buried deep in the ground. He proceeded to convert the chemicals in the factory into ooze with power from his hands. Seeing his plans unfolding without the Super Friends, he laughed maniacally.
In short order, Ivan was able to recruit an army of adults who had children that loved purple slime. He made them march down the streets and then start digging up his machines as Ivan watched.
Phaedos
The Super Friends continued to walk along the coast aimlessly. "You okay?" Oliver asked Alex.
"I was just thinking about Hank. You know, everything we've been through together these last several years. He's a total asshole...but he's still a force for good, you know," Alex said reflectively.
"He's going to make it," Oliver assured her. "We'll find this great power and kick Ivan Ooze's ass."
Tengu Warriors suddenly descended upon the six. "What the fuck was that?" Oliver wondered as he was nearly hit by one of them swooping low.
The other four ducked as the Tengu Warriors made a pass. Oliver shot his bow while Alex fired her pistol at the Tengu with little effect. "Take cover!" Alex shouted at the rest of them.
Two Tengu dropped James and Brainiac 5 to the ground. Barry beat a few of them back with his fast punches and kicks. Nia blasted one away with her hands. Oliver gave one a solid kick back. Brainiac 5 entangled one of them with his cables and avoided the rest of the fight. James slammed his shield into a Tengu's beak stunning it.
Alex ran out of bullets and resorted to kicks. A Tengu grabbed a hold of her shoulders with its talons and took her away. Oliver kicked a Tengu away and fired an arrow at the Tengu forcing it to drop Alex to the ground. He was then slammed to the ground by two Tengu. Other Tengu cornered Barry and covered him up so he couldn't move around.
"This is some bullshit," James said as he was tackled to the ground.
Suddenly, a whistling sound could be heard in the distance. The Tengu Warriors released their hold on the six and flew off in pain. The cloaked woman from before dramatically threw the cloak off revealing a green bikini body. She was blond and athletically slender resembling an Australian. Once the Tengu were gone for good, she turned her attention to the six.
"Hey, thanks," Barry said appreciatively.
The woman struck him with her staff. "God damn," Barry said backing away from her.
"If you want to thank me, you'll go back to wherever you came from," she said in her alien language.
"Barney, we need a translator," Alex called over. "Barney, where the fuck are you?"
Brainiac 5 sighed and divided himself in two. His liquid metal skin came off his cyborg body and morphed into another version of himself. He then walked over to the group while his solid cyborg body continued to dissect the Tengu Warrior he had captured.
"You're a Brainiac," the woman accused.
"Yes," he said nonchalantly.
"And who are the others?" she demanded.
"They are my servants," Brainiac 5 replied. "You will lead us to the Great Power."
"And why the fuck should I help a Brainiac?" she asked.
"Ivan Ooze is free and J'onn J'onzz is dying," Brainiac 5 said simply.
"You are so fucked," she concluded.
"Not unless you lead us to the Great Power," Brainiac 5 insisted.
"Hear me, this land is littered with the bones of those who have tried and failed to acquire the Great Power," she warned with Brainiac 5 translating.
"Yeah, well, we're different. We won't fail our planet," Oliver said walking up to her.
The woman easily knocked him to the ground with her staff and placed the end at his neck. "Clearly," she mocked. "I am Dolcia, master warrior of the planet, Phaedos. I'm someone you don't fuck with," she said as she released Oliver from her hold.
"Follow me," she said to the group taking them away from the coast.
After a few hours of hiking, Alex started to become suspicious. "Where is she taking us?" she demanded of Brainiac 5.
"You will know soon enough," Brainiac 5 said.
"I don't trust her," Alex said.
"That is a wise policy," Brainiac 5 allowed. "But there is a monolith on this planet that is interfering with my navigational abilities. We simply have no alternative."
"What if she is the one that killed that thing on the beach?" Alex asked him.
"I'm not concerned...for my own safety," he assured her.
"Don't be an ass," Alex scolded.
"Your thoughts betray you, Alex. I've noticed your subtle eye moments, pupil dilations, skin temperature, and the slight quiver in your voice. You find her desirable," Brainiac 5 said.
"I am completely faithful to Kelly," Alex shot back.
"You can't choose what your body instinctively craves," Brainiac 5 said dismissively.
"Even if it was true, it doesn't matter. I have self-control," Alex told him off.
"We're here," Dolcia interrupted them as they reached a temple ruin on top of a plateau that looked over a large jungle and the monolith in the distance. "Inside the monolith is the Great Power but it is heavily guarded. Everything between here and there wants to kill your ass. No one has ever survived the attempt to reach it," she warned.
"Then, how can we?" Nia wondered.
"I have faith that J'onn didn't send you here on a suicide mission," Dolcia said.
"Your optimism amuses me," Brainiac 5 remarked.
"Can you help us?" Oliver asked.
"I can give you armored ninja suits," Dolcia offered. "But it will require a ritual."
"Is this really necessary? We already have our costumes," Barry wondered.
"Yes, very necessary," Brainiac 5 lied, wanting to see the ritual.
"Buried deep within you is an animal spirit specific to your planet's ecosystem waiting to be released. Close your eyes and look deep inside," she began.
"Fascinating. This is like the time when you discovered you were a homosexual," Brainiac 5 said of Alex.
Alex gave him a dirty look. "Fuck you, Barney."
Dolcia then blew highly flammable dust on a campfire making it roar. The six of them were then given brightly colored ninja uniforms corresponding to their color. "Yeah, this is tactical," Oliver scoffed.
Dolcia then went up to each of them individually. "Nia, you are the white swan, ugly as fuck when you were young but now beautiful as ever," she said knowingly.
"Finally, some respect," Nia said gratefully.
"James, powerful, smart, you are the mighty ape," she told him.
"Because I'm black, right?" James frowned.
Dolcia ignored him and went to Brainiac 5. "Barney, you are the blue falcon, the buddy-fucker, one who will sacrifice everyone in pursuit of your intellectual goals."
"You're not wrong," Brainiac 5 allowed.
"Alex, fierce and unstoppable, you are the mighty pink panther," Dolcia complimented.
"Thanks," Alex blushed like a schoolgirl. "Wait...," she realized something was off with that.
"Barry, you are the red wolf, cunning and swift," she said to him.
"Makes sense," Barry agreed.
Dolcia finally came to a pissed-off Oliver. "A frog? Really?" he asked.
"Yes, a green frog. Like a handsome prince, you are the lord of the swamp," she said obviously.
"But that story comes from Earth and...," Oliver protested.
Dolcia silenced him with a gesture. "If you are in tune with your animal spirit, anything is possible. But you must do this on your own. One step farther from these ruins and I'll age into an old hag," she said.
"I don't know, that sounds like...," James began and was stopped by an elbowing nudge from Nia.
"May your animal spirits watch over you...because I won't," she said turning into an owl and flying away.
"Well, ain't that a bitch," Oliver muttered.
The next morning, the six awoke and stared together at the monolith. "It's time," Oliver said super-serious.
The group proceeded to cross into the jungle and hiked several miles. "This jungle goes on forever," Nia remarked.
"It doesn't help that we're going in circles," Brainiac 5 revealed.
"The fuck?" Oliver wondered.
"Shall I be point man, now?" Brainiac 5 asked condescendingly.
"Fine," Oliver relented.
They soon came across a graveyard with the bones of giant creatures. The bones, however, were completely shattered into small pieces with obvious scorch marks. Brainiac 5 noted them as he passed them by. "I wonder what happened to them all?" Nia said anxiously.
"I'd rather not find out," James said dryly.
The group continued onward until they reached the monolith completely unmolested. On the ground were shattered creatures made of rock with their armor still on them. The group gave these creatures odd looks and then noticed the Great Power had already been unsealed.
"Stay here," Oliver said as he bravely approached.
The monument had a giant hole where the animal spirit seal should be. On the ground was a handwritten note with a weird language on it. Oliver handed it over to the group. "Can you decipher it?" Oliver asked Brainiac 5.
"I cannot," he lied.
"Bullshit, this is Jin-Saiyan," Alex noticed.
"Barney?" Nia asked suspiciously.
"It says, 'Your battery now belongs to me, Mon-El, Prince of all Jin-Saiyan,'" Brainiac 5 relented.
"That son-of-a-bitch," Alex cursed.
"Where has he hidden the Great Power?" Barry asked.
"Typically, Mon will take the battery and destroy it," Brainiac 5 said.
"The fuck?" Oliver asked incredulously. "You're saying he's already been here, destroyed every living thing in the forest, and stole the Great Power just for the fun of it?"
"It would appear so," Brainiac 5 said calmly.
"What the fuck do we do now?" James asked exasperated.
"We go back home," Alex said pissed-off.
It was night when Ivan Ooze positioned himself on a communications tower in Metropolis as his robot monsters caused destruction in the city. The scorpion was two stories tall and as long as a bus. The mantis was several stories tall. "Citizens of Metropolis, how do you like my friends?" Ivan mocked.
The two mechanical monsters fired on random cars with people fleeing in terror. "The boys are back in town," Ivan said joyfully.
The Vindicator Cruiser then appeared over Metropolis. "Inconceivable. The Super Friends," Ivan scowled. The Vindicator Cruiser landed in the city square with the Super Friends quickly exiting.
"That detour to Phaedos may have been a total waste of time and effort, but we still have powers. Let's use them," Oliver said to the group no longer in ninja uniforms.
"Oh my God, what is that thing?" Nia pointed out the scorpion approaching them.
"I guess Ivan's been busy," Oliver said dryly.
The scorpion fired a warning shot at them blasting a car to pieces. The mantis then approached from behind them. "So, a scorpion and a mantis. I hate bugs," Barry sighed.
"We have to stop these things," Alex encouraged them all.
"I'll be in the ship," Brainiac 5 said leaving the group.
"Great, what are we supposed to do?" Nia asked hopelessly.
The Vindicator Cruiser went straight for the scorpion and fired multiple missiles at its legs. The scorpion remained unaffected by the hits and fired back damaging the cruiser. Brainiac 5 piloted the cruiser away from the scorpion to avoid getting hit again and then went to work to repair the damage.
Nia got in front of the scorpion and fired an energy cable around its neck. The scorpion fired at her nearly taking her out. With her left hand, Nia formed a force-field to protect herself as she kept the scorpion from moving. Nia charged her right hand zapping the scorpion with her energy cable. The scorpion struggled against her and fired again hitting her force-field.
"I need back-up," Nia said overwhelmed.
"I got you," Oliver said shooting explosive tip arrow after arrow at the scorpion's backside. When that didn't seem to work, he fired a cable arrow at the scorpion's tail. Oliver then quickly tied the arrow's cable to a heavy dump truck. The scorpion tried to shake off the dump truck in vain.
Meanwhile, James confronted the Mantis. "You want some of this," he challenged.
The Mantis blasted his shield forcing him back. Alex leaped off the roof of a building and landed on the mantis' neck. She then went to work trying to cut into the mantis' neck with her armband sword. The mantis tried to shake her off and firing energy blasts from its eyes as it did.
"Hang in there, Alex," James said worriedly.
Barry sped around the mantis with a cable wrapping up its legs. The mantis got tied up and fell to the ground in a heap. "Just like that good Star Wars movie," James said giving Barry a high-five.
The Vindicator Cruiser targeted Ivan Ooze on the tower directly firing laser beams at him. "So, you want to play, huh?" Ivan challenged firing back with his own lightning overloading the Vindicator's Cruiser's systems. Brainiac 5 fought for control of the ship and then retreated away.
The scorpion finally threw off the dump truck off its tail but losing its firing weapon in the process as it broke off. "I'm losing my grip, here," Nia struggled to keep control of the scorpion. "Someone help me, please."
"Nia, disengage. I have a clear shot," Brainiac 5 radioed her and then fired missiles at the scorpion.
"Holy shit!" Nia cried out as the scorpion was blasted to pieces with heavy shrapnel going in all directions. Nia put up her shield to avoid getting hit.
"They destroyed my beautiful creation. Now, I'm getting really pissed-off," Ivan said angrily. Ivan then liquified himself into the mantis making it larger and more powerful. Ivan's face was now on the mantis' head. Getting up, he snapped off the cables around his legs and eyed the Super Friends below him.
"I'm going to lure him into space," Brainiac 5 informed the others.
"The cruiser won't be enough to destroy him," Alex doubted.
"I know," Brainiac 5 replied sacrificially. The Vindicator Cruiser took off luring Ivan away from Metropolis. As predicted, he followed sprouting bug wings. "You can run but you can't hide," Ivan taunted as he took off.
Ivan chased after the Vindicator Cruiser as it headed towards the moon. A bright object from the dark side of the moon swung around and went straight for them. Brainiac 5 piloted the Vindicator Cruiser towards the bright object and then turned away at the last second. Karina, in Prime Mode, revealed herself to Ivan as she came closer.
"Oh, no," Ivan realized.
Karina punched Ivan with enough force that it caused a massive explosion, incinerating him completely. Karina then did a victory lap around the planet Earth before shooting towards her home in Russia.
In Metropolis, the Super Friends saw the explosion in the night sky. "Really?" Alex said peeved.
"Target destroyed," Brainiac 5 said obviously.
"Yeah, we kind of got that impression," Oliver said dryly.
"So, did we really make a difference?" Barry wondered.
James smiled as he signed autographs to his many fans with his helmet off. "I think we made a difference for these people here," Nia pointed out.
"I feel we're forgetting something," Oliver said thoughtfully.
"Oh, shit. Hank!" Alex realized.
The Super Friends minus Brainiac 5 arrived at the Tower. "You made it back," Malefic said exhaustedly. "But I'm afraid, you're too late," he said somberly.
"This can't be," Alex said over J'onn's body.
"Remember what that lady said. With belief, anything is possible," Oliver reminded them.
"What are you saying?" Alex asked tearfully.
"Yeah, what are you saying?" James questioned.
"Zap his heart, Barry," Oliver ordered.
"Oh, yeah, I can do that," Barry recalled and then threw an electrical discharge at J'onn. He suddenly gasped wide awake.
"Hank!" Alex embraced him.
"The planet out of danger?" he asked.
"Yeah," Alex told him vaguely.
"I knew you all could do it," Hank smiled pleased.
"Well...," Barry winced.
Oliver stomped on his foot to shut him up. "Let's go celebrate and get drunk as fuck."
As the Super Friends partied, Kara and Mon became free of the spell they were under and returned to normal size. "Now, I know what the people of Kandor must have felt," Kara remarked.
"Too soon?" Mon wondered.
"It really isn't," Kara said dismissively.
Kara sat on her crystal throne of swords and immediately realized she was sitting in purple slime. "Eww...gross," she said immaturely getting off it.
Mon instantly laughed at her but then noticed the slime was trying to get away. Seeing the threat, he blasted the last of it to nothing.
Author's Notes: I couldn't resist comparing the Super Friends to the Power Rangers. It's like they're on the same maturity level and have identical plotlines. I suppose, the ultimate question is whether Dolcia was in on the joke that the Great Power was already gone. James and Oliver are both gone from CW but I am still keeping them around for the foreseeable future.
