The Overlord and The Hero stared each other down. The Demon had appeared on the Earth suddenly and without warning and had immediately been engaged by the Earth's heroes. Etranger, the reformed Darkdeth, the surprisingly-now-competent Prism Rangers, The Genric Defenders of Earth. All had engaged The Overlord and all had been defeated. Only one of the first responders remained, the silent champion: Absolute Victory Unlosing Ranger!
...Who would just not stay down. They'd been fighting for hours and honestly, Overlord Laharl was starting to get pissed off. One Overlord's Wrath and the other hero fell once more, and silently the Hero pushed himself back up. It would be commendable if it wasn't so irritating.
And there come the sound of helicopter blades and the engines of military vehicles. The Overlord would utter a foul swear if such actions were not beneath him. Instead, he settled for a comparatively mild "damn it!" Wait for a second-he recognized the soldiers flooding out. That was the Earth Defense Force. If they were here, then that meant.
Jumping down from a Helicopter came four figures. A man in a futuristic space suit, a voluptuous blonde in an outfit far too revealing, a vaguely egg-shaped robot, and a green prinny. They all landed in dramatic poses and began reciting a speech
"Demon! You'll progress no further," the man said. "You face not one hero but the best of the best of the best the Earth has to offer." Unlosing Ranger had finished returning to his feet and joined formation with the four newcomers. "How can you possibly stand up to the combined might of Absolute Victory Unlosing Ranger and CAPTAIN GORDON, DEFENDER OF-" It was then that the Defender of Earth actually noticed who the demon was. "Wait a minute..."
"Harley," the blonde asked, "why are you invading the Earth?"
"Beeb boop beep," began the robot, "he's obviously gone mad with power. Begining aura analysis, analysis complete: Levels of Anger, Frustration, and Determination are off the charts. Malice is at 100% saturation. Power Level is Over Nine-Error, Error. Rebooting. Reboot complete. Analysis complete: He's pissed off!"
"It's not an Invasion!" the Overlord shouted. Before he could explain his presence to Captain Gordon and his team, he was interrupted by a new arrival.
"Laharl!" came a voice from the aether. A pillar of light descended from the heavens and within it materialized what would have been a beautiful angel if she was physically a few years older. As it is, the figure with her big poofy wings, long poofy white dress, long blonde hair, blue eyes and her matching ribbon was more cute than beautiful... Not that The Overlord Laharl would ever admit it, you idiot. "Why are you fighting the Prism Rangers and Absolute Victory Unlosing Ranger!?" She blinked. "And I guess Gordon and Jennifer and Kurtis and Thursday." The angel waved to the human heroes... Then saw Unlosing Ranger with them and stomped. "Oh darn it! I just had to go and interrupt the greatest superhero team up in ages. Oh well."
It was due solely to the years-long totally-just-friendship-if-even-that between the Overlord and the Angel that Overlord Laharl didn't comment on her odd behavior. Instead, he simply asked, "How?"
The angel understood immediately and pointed high in the air and off in the distance. Turning to the object of her focus, Laharl saw a high-quality drone. "It's been streaming live to Nether-And-Celestial pay per view Channel Six hundred sixty-six for hours. I've already pre-ordered the DVD and Blueray combo set."
"Okay well-"
"Flonne?" Jennifer, side kick to Gordon, asked. "You're an angel again?"
"Archangel," the apparently younger blonde said with a smile. "But this was... Oh, wow, we've been out of touch for a while."
"Can we get back to the task at hand?" asked the Overlord. Seeing that no one was going to interrupt him again, he continued. "As I was saying, this isn't an invasion. I came to Earth and was immediately attacked by those spray-painted Bio-Suits." The overlord pointed to the generic Defenders of Earth laying in the corner of the battlefield. Most of them were still unconscious but two were playing poker with Prism Aqua, who'd also regained consciousness. "I tried to explain that it wasn't an invasion, but no one would listen!."
"Ohh," said just about everyone, save for the Unlosing Ranger who simply placed his hand behind his head in such a way as to imply that he was grinning sheepishly. The Silent Hero then went to help his fallen allies evacuate the battlefield. Soon only the four Defenders of Earth who have actual names, the Overlord, and the Archangel.
"So, Harley," began Jennifer as she walked to the Overlord's side-the demon subtly flinching, "why did you come to Earth?"
The Overlord didn't answer. He simply looked to the ground. The Archangel approached him. "Laharl?"
"Sicily has gone missing," The Overlord finally answered, to be met by the angel's gasp.
"I'm sorry," Captain Gordon interrupted, "but who is this Sicily?"
"My sister," the Overlord answered.
Three of the four Defenders jumped back, aghast. Kurtis the Prinny simply stood stoically. "You have a sister!?" Gordon, Jennifer, and Thursday asked simultaneously.
Overlord Laharl blinked. "Yeah, she... Oh wow, it has been a long time."
"Laharl," asked Archangel Flonne, "when did she go missing?"
The Overlord pulled from his scarf a folded piece of paper-Jenifer smirked, unnoticed, at the brief glimpse of a pendant hidden within-and read it aloud. "Big Brother, I found out we have a cousin on Earth. So I mailed myself to her. I'll call and leave a message when I get there and do it again when I think you've woken up. Love, Sicily. PS. I baked some of those Prinny cookies everyone likes and left some in the pantry for you." Laharl folded the note back up. "I took one of my naps, and when Ioke up Sicily was gone, the note was on top of my casket. I checked the calls, there was no message from Sicily. I waited a day and she didn't call and then I started looking for her myself." The Overlord was uncharacteristically serious and solemn.
A further testament to how serious the situation was was Overlord Laharl not pushing Archangel Flonne off when she hugged him "I'll help find her."
"As will we!" Shouted Gordon. "How could we call ourselves heroes if we wouldn't help an old friend find a lost girl."
Flonne released the Overlord from her hug and stepped back. "Now, all we need is Miss Etna and it'll be just like old times! We'll find Sicily for sure."
"Etna and her apprentice are at a wedding," Laharl stated, "she'll be back tomorrow morning. Which means," the Overlord said with his lips curled into a wicked grin. "That tomorrow we're going to find Sicily and give this so called cousin a piece of my mind."
Many, many Earths away, in a house full of super powered teenagers, Taylor Hebert, alias Akuma, sneezed.