"So is this it?" asked Shappe. "Is this what our funder is worried about? These losers?"
"These losers and 2 others who aren't scheduled until tomorrow," said MacIntyre again rifling through his folder, "…Solarman and Slapstick."
"Who?" queried Shappe, exaggerating his lack of being impressed.
"Solarman… superstrength, invulnerability, flight…but only when he's in contact with the sun, so Brother Nature should be able to take him out. Slapstick though…listen to this, he uses other dimensional technology to give him the power of a living cartoon character. Reality warping. Could be bad for business."
Shappe grabbed the profile on Slapstick. "This guy?" he said. "I know this guy. I did time with this guy 'Gamecock'…he went up against him once or twice. Said he's an idiot. Said the worse thing about him is he's more obnoxious then Spiderman and She-Hulk combined."
"Hmmm…" said MacIntyre as Shappe handed the paper back to him.
"So what do you say, Protocide?" Shappe asked , referring to MacIntyre by his codename.
"My head says we postpone. These guys may not be the Avengers…or even the League of Losers…but still, we didn't plan for them. I don't like improv. Plus, whenever you do something with a villain team, you always pull in a few of the local heroes as is."
"Local heroes? We're in Jersey! Look, screw that stuff, what does your gut tell you?"
"My gut…my gut tells we have a pretty good team. My gut tells me I'd work with you guys again."
"Hells yeah!" said Shappe. "So let's get a workout and bond the troops a little. Not to mention our funder is completely against postponing this anyway. C'mon, what do you say, Protocide?"
Protocide thought for a second, then smiled. "I say, what the hell Speedfreak? Let's bond the troops a little bit."
"Excellent," said Speedfreak (AKA Shappe). "You'll see, Protocide. We're gonna get a hell of a team out of this little mission. Hell of a team indeed".
With that the two villains left the balcony above the 'Heroes Alley' of the convention at the Marriott hotel, and began to discuss strategy.