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Heroes vs Sidekicks
Cassius flipped over Hal Jordan, placing the cure-tech chip they'd made for him, then turned to Savage and Klarion, both of whom glared at him.
"You're gonna regret that," Klarion said, just as a golden portal appeared off to the side, Superman, Batman, other Green Lantern, Martian Manhunter, Wonder Woman, and Hawkwoman all landing below it.
Canary stepped up beside Cassius and screamed at the main group as Cassius leapt into the air to intercept Batman, the pair crashing tot he ground and rolling along for a moment before Cassius managed to kick Batman away. Batman rolled to his feet as Cassius shoved himself up, the two glaring at each other.
"Kill him!" Klarion shouted, working his controls rapidly.
Cassius shouted in agony as he compressed his body into his goo form and stepped out of the way of Batman's fist, making no move to place a cure-tech chip. He didn't have time, because a moment after he'd avoided Batman's punch, Canary crashed into him, unconscious. He flipped, catching her just as Superman and Wonder Woman ripped Tornado's arms and legs off and Batman hurled an explosive at Red Arrow, knocking him out as well, Manhunter on his hands and knees. Cassius set Canary down as the heroes all turned and charged at Cassius. He huffed and exploded forward, spinning around Batman, Superman, and Manhunter, then drilled a fist into Hawkwoman's gut, grabbing her by the back of the head and placing a chip before spinning and slamming her into Batman, hurling him. The Green Lantern formed a bubble around Cassius, but his body erupted into a goo spike, smashing through it and missing the Lantern by an inch before Cassius regrew from the end, placing a chip before retracting the goo. Then, he formed a set of wings and flapped them hard, barely avoiding an incendiary bomb Batman had thrown at him, then again to drop to the ground and slip under Superman's Heat Vision.
He exploded forward, retracting his wings and sending his goo flashing forward, crashing into Superman's face and sending him crashing into Batman, both bouncing away before Cassius spun, ducking under manhunter's kick and slamming a punch into his back. Agony lanced through his head as Manhunter tried to brain blast him, but he resisted. Then, he spun, throwing a windmill kick at Superman, only for the Kryptonian to catch his foot and spin, flipping him over himself and smashing him to the ground, hard.
"Always you," Cassius groaned, then reversed his entre body, slamming a foot into Superman's throat, sending him staggering away, though he wasn't seriously injured from the kick.
He stood just in time to bat an incendiary grenade aside, then received a punch from Batman before spinning, his left fist crashing into the side of Batman's head. He had to admit, Batman's training had done wonders for his ability to stay awake. However, Superman caught him by the throat before he could follow up his punch with anything, slamming him into the ground before slamming a dozen machinegun punches into his face, knocking him out and reverting him to himself.
When he stirred again five minutes later, it was with Rose shaking him desperately. He groaned, pushing himself up and looking around. Cassandra was fighting Batman on relatively level ground, Connor was getting beaten around the room by Superman, and Manhunter was moving to help Superman.
"Help Orphan," Cassius said, ignoring the agony of using his goo again to once again adopt his goo form.
Rose sprinted toward Cassandra and Batman as Cassius exploded off the ground and drilled a Superman punch into its namesake's jaw just as he hurled Sphere into the ceiling, where it got stuck. He sent a strand of goo up to Sphere, ripping it free of the ceiling and retracted the goo as Connor stepped up beside him.
"Can you keep that form for long?" Connor asked.
"As long as I can ignore the agony or using my goo," Cassius said. "Long enough."
Connor nodded and they both charged, Superman flying forward to meet them. Cassius flipped over the punch aimed at him while Connor was hit. Then, Cassius's fist exploded down on Superman's back, blasting him into the floor. At the same time, Megan, who Manhunter had caught when she tried to sneak up on him, transformed into her true form and seemed to brain blast him, since he shouted in pain before she placed the cure-tech chip. Superman hurled Cassius off and flew at Megan, only for Cassius to catch his feet and spin, swinging him around into Connor's fist, which connected squarely with Superman's face, sending him exploding into the wall. He stood instantly and fired his Heat Vision at Cassius, who shot out of the way, the beam sweeping over to Connor and blasting him away. When Cassius shot forward, Superman exhaled, a wave of frigid ice freezing Cassius into place instantly.
Superman stopped to inhale and the ice exploded off, Cassius's fist exploding into Superman's face and blasting him into the wall again before dozens of arms sprouted from Cassius's torso, beginning to slam punches into Superman's face and torso as fast as Superman had been punching him in the face to knock him out before.
"Go to sleep, go to sleep, go to sleep, go to sleep!" Cassius chanted as one hand grabbed a piece of cure-tech, only for Superman to catch that arm before it could reach him.
Then, Superman slammed the back of his fist into Cassius's head, sending him crashing across the room before he fell to the lowest level just as Robin reached Batman's fight against Cassandra and Rose one level above where Cassius landed and two below where Superman was. Robin flipped over them and caught Batman's fist before he could throw a punch, pulling him off balance and allowing Cassandra to finally place a cure-tech chip to Batman's head, dropping him. Cassius stood as Connor exploded down on Superman's back as he was moving to attack Cassius again. Just as they crashed to the ground, Robin landing beside them.
"You sure about this?" Robin asked.
"Do it!" Connor shouted, struggling to hold Superman in a bearhug from behind.
Robin pulled out a small case and opened it, the piece of green kryptonite inside of it shining on the two Kryptonians, both of them groaning and collapsing. Robin quickly placed a piece of cure-tech on Superman before closing the case and putting it away, Connor panting as Cassius helped him stand, shifting back to his normal form and beginning to pant as well.
"Kryptonite," Connor panted. "That hurt."
"That's why Batman keeps it in an overwhelmingly impenetrable vault in the Batcave," Robin said, then grinned. "Or, maybe more of a whelmingly penetrable one."
"Cassius!" Cassandra said as she and Rose landed beside him.
He smiled. "I'm alright." He pulled them both into a hug. "You both did amazingly."
"Thank you," Rose smiled. "I'm glad you're okay."
"Same," Cassius smiled, then looked to Robin and Connor. "Is that everyone?"
"Megan went to help Rocket with Wonder Woman," Connor said. "And I think we got all the others on the way here."
"Good," Cassius said. "Let's go check on Canary, Arrow, and Tornado."
They nodded and headed back up several levels, arriving along with the others just as Klarion and Savage left.
"Congratulation, Team," Tornado said from his place on the floor. "You have won the day."
Just then, an alert appeared, announcing New Years day. Instantly, Wally swept Artemis into his arms.
"I should have done this a long time ago," Wally said.
"No kidding," Artemis smirked before kissing him.
Superman and Megan also kissed, and Zatanna pulled Robin into a surprise kiss and Cassius shook his head
"Aren't you going to kiss your girlfriends too?" Artemis's voice teased in Cassius's head, courtesy of Megan linking herself, Artemis, and Zatanna to him, despite all three being otherwise occupied.
"Would if I had one," Cassius said.
Just then, both Cassandra and Rose stood up on their tip toes and kissed him on the cheeks, Cassius sighing heavily instantly as all of the others began to "Ooo" dramatically, even the three couples.
"Jeez," Cassius sighed. "You two." He shook his head. "What am I going to do with you."
Both laughed, hugging him, and he sighed, hugging them back. The couples returned to what they'd been doing and the others turned away to give everyone privacy.
"Liking this team more every day," Rocket said, reaching up and kissing Kaldur on the cheek.
Cassius pulled back from the girls, who both obediently released him. Cassius picked up Tornado and Tornado gave him directions to the room on the Watchtower where he could put him back together, the girls each collecting an arm and leg for him and following.
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