"You know what Harper, you're out of your element.  This ain't the Suicide Slum in Metropolis!" Metallo said, tossing the blue and gold clad Guardian, who landed hard and slid to near the edge of the roof.

"New servos?" the Guardian asked, sucking in a breath.

"Among other things." Metallo said, charging the fallen hero.  Right as the armored villain was almost on top of him, the Guardian kicked up his legs, which impacted nicely against Metallo's chest and brought them forward, flipping the maniac off the roof.

On the street below, the battle still dragged on, with no clear winner.  The Neriman's were holding up against the Revenge Squad, but the criminals always seemed to have the upper hand.  The brawl paused only when the black armored Metallo crashed into the middle of the street.

"Hey, who gots th' drop on da boss?" Shrapnel said, momentarily distracted.  This allowed Shampoo to get in a good hit with her bonborri, but it seemed to have very little effect on Shrapnel.

Jim Harper kept a mental list of things he did not like to do.  Jumping off the top of a five story building wasn't near the top, but it did make the list.  As it was, he tried to look graceful, his arms stretch out over his head and his feet together. Luckily, Metallo helped to brake his fall when the Guardian landed squarely on the villains chest.

"Oh Hero!  Was bettuh, catchin' th' villains or savin' th' civilians?" Shrapnel asked the Guardian as he targeted a group of bystanders, a group that included one Nabiki Tendo.

"Boom, boom, boom. Boom!" Shrapnel said as he let out a blast of razor sharp scrap metal.  Now, the Guardian wasn't as fast as those boys that worked out of the Twin Cities of Keystone and Central, but with his training and conditioning, he should be able to close that distance he needed to in time.

As the bits of metal impacted against his shield, Jim made a mental note to start doing more windsprints, he almost didn't make it.

"Shrapnel, go take a long walk offa short pier!" the Guardian quipped as he pressed a button on his shields grip.  An energy beam blasted from the badge shaped shield and hurled Shrapnel several feet from where he was standing.

The Guardian looked around, his senses on overdrive.  He was strong and he was fast, but he was only one man and the Revenge Squad still out numbered him.

"Yo, Parasite!  You ready for seconds?" the Guardian yelled, charging the energy vampire.  Apparently, he wanted to keep the kid that was sprawled at his feet to feed off him again, and the Guardian was not going to let that happen.

Parasite was caught off guard and couldn't dodge the attacks.  The echoing in his ears from every hit he took from the Guardian's shield almost prevented Parasite from hearing the hero's words.  Almost.

"Yeah, that's right!  I'm a soup that eats like a meal!  You'll be spittin' up teeth for month, now that I'm threw with you." The Guardian said, finishing with an uppercut from his shield.  Satisfied that Parasite was in a good enough daze, he went and got the kid.

Ranma could feel his strength return to him.  It was slow coming, but he could wait.  He got a good look at who ever got him a way from that… that… purple wearing freak.  It was a large man dressed in a pair of blue tights that had a cowl, gold shorts, gold boots, a gold helmet, and carried a shield.  They both dived behind a wall, which Ranma rested against, still drained from Parasite.

"Kid, duck" the Guardian told Ranma, already pulling back his fist.  Ranma did so and the man punched through a solid foot of concrete, hitting Loophole, who was on the other side of the wall.

"I… am getting… to old… for this." The Guardian said between pants.  He had tossed a five hundred pound whacko off the top of a building, outraced a blast of metal, beat up a vampire, and now he punched through a concrete wall!  Maybe he should've retired when he got out of Limbo.  He leaned against the wall, thinking that it was sufficient cover, when two large black, armored hands broke through the wall and grabbed him from behind.

"Crap!" the Guardian said as Metallo lifted the hero over his head.  His intent was easy to decipher.

"This was your last fight Harper.  None of the kings horses and none of the kings men will be able to put you back together when I'm through with you!" Metallo said, ready to slam the Guardian's back onto his knee.  But, as he did so, a blur hit him in the side.  His sensors couldn't detect it because of the speed it was moving at.  This something was definitely faster then a speeding bullet!

"T'would seem that help would be greatly received if it were to be offered." Kuno said, offering his hand.  The Guardian took it and hoisted himself up off the ground.  The five recovering villains looked at the two.

"Da Guardian and da Kryptonian?  I din't sign up for this!" Shrapnel exclaimed.  Chemo nodded.

"Yeah, if I wanted to get beaten up into a bloody pulp, I'll start robbing liquor stores in Hub City again!" Chemo said, also not wanting to continue this fight.

"I agree.  Revenge Squad!  Retreat!" Metallo shouted, signaling to Loophole to create one of his inky black portals that the supervillains disappeared into.


A/N Someone has pointed out that Kuno seems to be turning into Superman.  Well, I say nay.  No, he's not becoming Superman, though it does have a Super in the title.  As for any good coming out of this?  That's why there's the Guardian.  This version should be able to keep Kuno in check, even with his Kryptonian physiology.