Later, in the streets of Philadelphia, Billy was busy wowing the crowd with his lightning blast powers while Lionel sat by and watched. Surprisingly, Billy had made a decent amount of money from excited passersby who were enthralled by such a sight.
"Come on, now," Billy smiled at the crowd and soon shot lightning from his hands to the beat of the song "Eye of the Tiger". "Hands. Lightning with my hands. Lightning with my hands. Lightning with my hands~"
Freddy soon limped over and kicked the boombox aside as people gathered around to film Billy on their phones.
"Hey! Hey! Hey, young man!" Billy called out to him. "Whoa, whoa, whoa! I'm in the middle of a show right now. How can I help you?" he then asked with a scoff.
"I just wanna say thank you for showing up to lunch today." Freddy explained with disdain in his voice.
"Oh, yeah! I... I didn't wanna come to that, you wanted me to come to-" Billy was about to retort.
"Yeah, I got a little something called a suitcase wedgie, right?" Freddy continued to rant. "I don't know if you've ever heard of it, but it's when someone grabs your underwear like that and hold you like a suitcase, walks you down the hallway," he then added before taking out his underwear that had been ripped off of him before he tossed it aside. "And this was my underwear."
"Gross." Billy grimaced.
"You said you'd come." Freddy glared.
"You said I will come, I never said I was..." Billy glared ack. "I'm a superhero, dude." he then smirked as he flexed his arms.
"Well, you're acting real heroic. How much are people paying you today?" Freddy asked with a scoff before seeing Lionel. "And what's this? Leon's your new best friend or something?"
"I'm supervising him, thank you," Lionel stated calmly. "Somebody has to since you were stuck in school for the day."
"Listen, I have serious responsibilities now, okay?" Billy told Freddy. "But that's cool because I can carry that burden with my..." he started shooting lightning again. " Hands! Lightning with my hands!~ "
Unfortunately, one of the stray bolts zapped one of the tires on a city bus, causing it to careen out of control and crash, dangling precariously over the edge.
"That... Doesn't look good, to say the least," Lionel remarked. "You'd best do something."
"All right... It's hero time." Billy remarked.
Cherry and Thor shrugged at that as they came by.
Billy then dashed off to see what he could to save the bus before the situation would become gravely messy. "Holy moley." he then muttered once he saw the bus from where he stood after running off with super speed.
"Don't move!" The bus driver warned his passengers. "Nobody move!"
"Oh, no. No, no, no, no, no. Stay, stay. Stay. Stay. Stay. Oh." Billy panicked.
The bus was closer and closer to sliding out the edge and one guy let go of the pole and suddenly whacked against the front windshield, leaving a crack in the glass.
"Oh, that looked like it hurts." Billy winced for the poor guy.
"Looks like it's time for someone to-" Atticus began as he suddenly poofed into the scene.
"No," Cherry said darkly as she narrowed her eyes and looked like she wanted him dead. "You're not IN this story."
Atticus's eyes widened before he suddenly poofed away again.
"It's him!" said a woman. "It's the superhero guy!"
Lionel discreetly used his powers to conjure up some old mattresses for Billy to find so they could put them directly under the bus windshield for the people to jump to safety. The windshield was shattering quickly as the people looked relieved at the sight of Billy.
"Save us!" A man panicked.
"Come on. Come-" Billy panicked before he saw the mattresses and soon took them to move them around in place.
"What's he doing? What's going on? What?" The civilians panicked before yelping as some went flying to the windshield, making the crack bigger and the bus was closer to falling from the edge.
"Oh, no. Oh, no, no. Please don't make me do this," Billy began to panic. "That is the worst idea ever!"
The bus soon shot down very quickly, coming off of the edge and soon colliding with Billy.
The boy then opened his eyes to see that he'd actually caught the bus! "Oho! Oh, I did it! I did it!" he gushed. "I got the bus! I got the bus!"
"Great work, kid!" Lionel called. "Now just place it down gently!"
Before Billy was about to put the bus down, he spotted a dog sitting nearby. "No, no, no, doggie, doggie, you have to move. Move!" he begged.
The dog simply stared at him before slowly walking away.
"Yes, thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you," Billy said in relief before he soon backed up a bit to set the bus down back on the ground. "Yeah. Yeah."
The bus was soon slammed right down on the ground and soon, the doors opened and the people began to file on out.
"I was in the neighborhood, you know, so I thought-" Billy smiled, trying to sound cool and confident.
"Thank you, thank you." A couple of women smiled thankfully.
"You know, it's kinda my fault, anyway." Billy spoke innocently to the saved civilians.
An ambulance soon drove by to take some people away who were hurt, but otherwise, it was a good day for those people.
"So, it seems Philadelphia has gotten an early Christmas present in the form of its very own superhero," A newswoman reported as she was being filmed before her story ended. "And we're out."
"Hey, thank you very much." The cameraman said before he left with the newswoman.
"Oh, of course, yeah." Billy nodded.
Cherry, Freddy, Thor, and Lionel soon came by.
"Guys! Guys, guys, guys, did you see that?" Billy gushed in excitement once he saw them.
"Yeah, you electrocuted a bus and almost killed these people." Freddy scoffed.
"And then I caught it!" Billy replied as he sounded as excited as a child on Christmas morning. "Freddy! I caught a bus with my bare hands, man! I caught a bus like people catch fly balls, like... Who does that?"
"You remind me of bit of a very young Atticus Fudo." Cherry smirked in a Slappy Squirrel voice.
"I gotta admit, that was pretty cool," acknowledged Lionel. "Next time, don't cut it so close, alright?"
"Billy, you do nothing!" Freddy retorted. "You take selfies and make people pay you! You know what? Forget it... I can't really talk to you when you look like this."
Billy glared. "You just wish it was you."
Freddy turned back. "No shit! You think?" he asked. "I would KILL to have what you have! Cuz everything I do is like some desperate attempt to get people to notice me, to not feel sorry for me! I mean, look at me. Look at me! Do you even see me?! Cuz most people DON'T! ...Cuz they don't want to. And now you don't, either. I mean, you think this is who you are? Billy, you're 14! And now you're no better than the Breyers! All this power and all you did was turn into a show-off and a bully."
"Well, at least he's not using his brother just to be popular." Cherry narrowed her eyes at Freddy.
"Who asked you?" Freddy retorted.
Billy snorted. "Whatever, kid! I do what I want! ...And I'm like, mid-20's, probably!" he shouted.
"Don't fight." Thor frowned, though it seemed to be too late for that plea.
A mysterious man soon hovered down which startled some people in the background.
"Maybe even, like, 30." Billy then shrugged as the man touched the ground.
The man soon began to approach Billy, sounding cold and stoic in his tone of voice. "Chosen One. The so-called perfect man," he said as he circled and examined Billy. "Pure of heart. Flawless in every way. What made you so worthy?"
"I'm sorry, can I help... Can I help...?" Billy asked, stammering slightly as he didn't recognize or know this man before he had an idea of what was going on. "D'you want an autograph or somethin'?" he then asked.
"Give me your power... Or die." The man demanded as he removed his sunglasses and one of his eyes seemed to be a glowing blue, almost like a gem.
"Guys, call it a hunch, but I think we've met our villain." Cherry whispered to Lionel and Thor.
"Dr. Sivana, I presume?" Lionel remarked.
"Oh, snap!" Billy put 2 and 2 together. "You're like a bad guy, right? Okay, okay, okay, okay...look, before this gets really stupid for you, you should know that I'm basically invincible-" but he was instantly cut off by a fierce blow to the gut that made him double over, then he uppercut him right into a police car.
"Alright, we are gonna be in for a ROUGH time." Lionel sighed.
"I see you have heard of me." Dr. Sivana smirked at Cherry, Lionel, and Thor.
"Yes, we have, and we're gonna help kick your butt." Cherry glared.
"How amusing," Dr. Sivana chuckled. "I'd love to see how you plan on doing that."
Two cops tried to rush him, but Dr. Sivana simply put out a hand, and electrocuted them away. "The weapons of man draw no blood from our kind," he explained. "The only thing that extinguishes magic... Is magic."
"Magic, huh?" asked Lionel. "Looks like it's our time to shine."
"Aw, yeah~" Thor smirked eagerly.
"Time to transfer your power to me." Dr. Sivana firmly told Billy.
Billy soon suddenly shot his fist right against Dr. Sivana's lower thigh which sounded pretty painful at first. "Oho, you did not see that one coming, did you, Grandpa?" he then smirked as he looked successful. "Them's street rules!"
Dr. Sivana narrowed his eyes sharply as he grabbed Billy's fist that was about to hit him in the face and soon grabbed Billy by the shoulder with his other hand and the two soon shot straight up in the air as a storm cloud suddenly appeared over Cherry, Lionel, and Thor and they were shot by a thunderbolt which transformed them into their Toon Force counterparts. Thunder Boy soon summoned a stormcloud before grabbing Lady Gothika and Bat-Mite, making them sit with him before he made the cloud hover in the air to go after Dr. Sivana and Billy. The people began to look panicked and concerned.
MEANWHILE, 2,000 FEET IN THE AIR...
Dr. Sivana had flown Billy up to a massive height.
"Okay, okay, okay, okay, okay! I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry!" Billy panicked. "I never should've punched you in the nuts like that! That was totally my bad! We can talk about this!"
Sivana glowered. "You grovel like a child." he remarked.
"That's because I am one! I-I'm a kid!" Billy replied. "You don't wanna hurt a kid, do you?"
But the doctor had no such qualms as he punched Billy, sending him hurtling towards the ground.
"Kid!" Bat-Mite called. "You gotta fly outta this!"
"Fly?!" Billy asked.
"FLY, BILLY, FLY!" Lady Gothika urged.
"I believe I can fly! I believe I can fly! I can fly!" Billy panicked as he tried to make himself fly, though it seemed impossible. "Freddy said if I believe, I can fly! Then I can fly, so I believe! I believe, oh, please! Okay!" he then tried to pose like a certain Man of Steel for whenever he would fly. "Superman! Superman! What arm is it?! Why am I not flying?!" he then cried out as he passed the buildings and was dangerously close to hitting the pavement which would very likely kill him. "Please, I don't wanna die!"
"And who do we have here?" Dr. Sivana asked as he faced Lady Gothika, Thunder Boy, and Bat-Mite. "Some petty little mascots?"
"I'm your worst nightmare," Lady Gothika glowered. "You wanna get nuts? Let's get nuts!"
"I don't have time to waste with you," The doctor scoffed. "I've got bigger scores to settle."
"Oh, sure, you can settle your scores," Thunder Boy said calmly before shooting a thunderbolt at him. "RIGHT AFTER YOU GET A TASTE OF THIS!"
Sivana just held out his hand and absorbed the electric energy into himself. "Thanks for the pick-me-up." he remarked.
"I'll give it a shot." Bat-Mite remarked as he wound up his fist and tried to hammer Sivana, who simply backhanded him into the distance.
"Sorry... I guess I didn't think that through... And he made me mad." Thunder Boy said, feeling like an idiot.
"That's okay, Thunder Boy." Lady Gothika reassured.
Billy was shown to not have fallen on the pavement and had survived after he found out that he really could fly only to suddenly get hit by a truck, but not die.
"BILLY!" Lady Gothika called out.
"And you, little lady, what do you have for me?" Dr. Sivana asked her fiendishly.
Lady Gothika glared before she soon brought out a whip and decided to lash it out at him and tie him up with it.
Sivana scoffed. "...This is the best you have to offer?" he asked, before he broke free from the whip with ease and flew down after Billy, who was recovering from getting blindsided by a truck.
"Not your smartest move." Bat-Mite grunted as he reappeared next to his friends/lovers.
"He is not making this easy." Lady Gothika groaned.
"He's pretty tough," Thunder Boy added. "But we can't give up!"
"I'm floating!" Billy laughed happily as he floated freely in the air. "I can fly!"
Dr. Sivana soon suddenly flew quickly towards Billy and punched him, sending him flying further away and crashing into a building's window suddenly.
"...Billy?" Freddy asked in concern.
"Freddy!" Billy called out as he flew out to see him. "I need your help!"
Freddy was too dumbfounded to properly respond. "...You can fly?"
Dr. Sivana soon came back to continue beating down on Billy in a classic superhero vs supervillain fashion.
"Who's the other guy?!" Freddy soon called out to his foster brother.
"Let's go help the guy out." Bat-Mite replied as he teleported after the two combatants, who suddenly popped up inside of a mall, with Captain Thunder landing inside of a dressing room.
"I'm just gonna chill in here for a little while, if that's okay..." Billy grunted to the other two people inside the room.
The both of them looked at each other as Billy closed the door and got to his feet.
"This is crazy! This is crazy..." Billy muttered. "You don't have to fight this guy! This isn't your job. You can run, right? Yes! You can run. Awesome!" But he was instantly silenced by Sivana, who burst into the dressing room and body-slammed Billy straight through the mirror, breaking the wall into a toy store.
"You got lucky this time, Doctor, but now you're about to get an apple a day!" Lady Gothika threatened.
"You make no sense, girl," Dr. Sivana mocked her. "You three are back for more, eh?"
"That was just a warm-up last time," Thunder Boy glowered. "When we're through with you, you're gonna be Dr. Goodbye!"
"Less talking, more fighting!" Bat-Mite replied as the three of them tried to cover Billy while he made a run for it.
Meanwhile...
"Santa!" A little girl beamed as we are shown a shopping Mall.
Santa smiled as he had the little girl sit on his lap.
"So, like, what you and Mrs. Claus do in the summertime?" The little girl soon asked.
"Well, in some ways, Santa's always here for you." Santa smiled warmly.
A man dressed like a Nutcracker soldier was about to take their picture until they all heard something. There was then some rumbling heard as Billy flew away as Dr. Sivana chased him right out of Santa's throne, scaring the jolly old fat man. Lady Gothika soon shot magical energy blasts at Dr. Sivana as she dashed after the villain. Bat-Mite pondered on his next move until he got an idea! Quickly waving his fingers over the toy aisles, he brought the toys to life and then had them all attack Sivana, swarming him long enough for Billy to scramble to his feet and make a break for it. Dr. Sivana glared as he began to fight the toys.
"What is this, Babes in Toyland?" Lady Gothika scoffed.
"Ooh! That's a good story!" Thunder Boy grinned.
"Not the time!" Lady Gothika glared before looking around. "Okay, I think Billy, or, uh, rather, Captain Thunder made it out."
"Well, I couldn't fight him directly," Bat-Mite replied. "And last I checked, you two weren't making much headway, so I had to do SOMETHING!"
"Thunder and Lightning magic is all I know." Thunder Boy pouted as he felt like he was in trouble.
"And he's feeding on that, so it's basically like giving him granola bars," Bat-Mite replied. "...Wait. What happens when you eat too MANY granola bars? Or too much of anything, for that matter?"
"Personally I get sluggish and slow down and wanna take a nap." Thunder Boy remarked.
"...Forget it," Bat-Mite rolled his eyes. "I was thinking we overload him and short circuit his powers, but you completely missed the point of my analogy."
"Ohh..." Thunder Boy frowned softly.
"I dunno if that'll keep him away forever, but it's the best we got." Lady Gothika agreed with Bat-Mite.
Just then, the group heard a bolt of lightning come crashing through the ceiling.
"Looks like Captain Thunder decided to change back," Bat-Mite replied. "Since Sivana doesn't know his mortal form, he should be able to hide as Billy Batson, which is our cue to exit."
"Should we change back too to be on the safe side?" Lady Gothika asked.
"There's using your noodle." Bat-Mite replied, and in a nod, he changed the trio back into their normal forms and ran off.
Cherry took out her phone to see she was getting a call and quickly answered it. "I'll call you back." she then said before hanging up and she kept on running with Lionel and Thor.
Billy looked around as he got away from Dr. Sivana and soon saw that he had other company.
"Billy, thank goodness you're not dead!" Thor smiled.
"Shh!" Billy shushed. "That bald guy could be looking for me."
"Relax, he's looking for Captain Thunder, not Billy Batson," Cherry told him. "And while he's busy looking, we can get you out of here."
"All right... And guys?" Billy said.
"Yeah?" Cherry and Lionel replied.
"Thanks." Billy said softly.
"...You're welcome." Cherry said with a visible smile for about three seconds before it went back to a stoic frown.
"...Did that just happen?" Billy asked.
"Don't get used to it." Cherry replied as she and the boys got Billy out of the mall.
"Believe me, I'm not." Billy told her.
They soon made it back over to the Vasquez home with the adults looking scared and worried to death.
"Oh, my God, are you okay?" Mrs. Vasquez asked Billy in concern and rushed over to him. "You okay?"
Billy just followed her, carefully walking among the icy road.
"What happened? Are you hurt? Come inside." Mrs. Vasquez told Billy as she went to bring him inside of the house.
"We need to have a talk," Mr. Vasquez added before looking at Cherry, Lionel, and Thor. "Please go home."
"Alright..." Lionel replied. "Good luck, Billy. I think you're gonna need it."
And so the trio decided to leave, especially since Billy was in for a heap of trouble now.
They soon went back to the hotel as Cherry took her call in the other room.
"Hey, Lionel, I'm really sorry I messed up," Thor said bashfully. "You must think I'm an idiot."
"No, I don't think you're an idiot," Lionel sighed. "Look, it's been a long day, so I'm kinda stressed out."
Thor nodded calmly and decided to go over to the couch and read one of Cherry's old books.
"Look, I'm sorry, but I don't know if you can come or not, it's up to Thor's uncle," Cherry said on the phone before pausing and sighed sharply. "Yes, I know you've wanted him to do something with you ever since we found out about your secret..." she then face-palmed and rolled her eyes. "Sure. I'll hold."
"Who is it?" Lionel asked, while channel-surfing.
"You remember that friend of mine who moved in after Sabrina went AWOL?" Cherry asked back.
Lionel stopped to think before nodding.
"It's her," Cherry replied before quoting. "Ya know... 'I'm Power Girl's niece'... 'I'm part werewolf'... 'Let me join you guys'. I guess she found out that we went on this adventure."
"Ohhhh. Good grief..." Lionel sighed. "Well, I suppose we could use the extra help..."
Cherry nodded as she waited for Cathleen to come back. "All right, Cath you're in," she then said. "Just get approval from Thor's uncle first."
Cathleen soon squealed on the other line and Cherry then hung up the phone.
"I'm so sorry." Cherry said to him.
"It's not your fault," Lionel replied. "Today has just been... VERY emotionally exhausting. I need a nap, and some food. I didn't get anything to eat while I was hanging around with Billy."
"Get some rest, Lionel," Cherry said. "We could all use some after dealing with that Dr. Psycho."
Thor decided to have some leftover pizza before holding out a couple of slices for Lionel.
"I think that's actually one of Wonder Woman's archenemies..." Lionel replied as he took some of the pizza slices. "...but why split hairs..."
Cherry just shrugged.
"Let's just relax for a while," Thor smiled. "It's been a long day for us all, so we should try to keep up our strength while we can."
Lionel and Cherry both agreed as they tucked into the food and afterwards took a nap.
Thor joined them in the food and soon decided to nap along with them.
Meanwhile...
"All right, maggot, listen up!" Drell glared as he turned his head and marched in front of Cathleen as she stood and acted like a training soldier in the army. "You may go on this mission since you chose to accept it, I'm well aware of your father's abilities which passed down onto you, but I need you to prove that you can be a responsible and mature young heroine! That means there will be no arguing, no boasting, no bragging, and absolutely NO mockery, especially of my favorite nephew and future niece or nephew-in-law! Do I make myself clear?!"
"Crystal, sir!" Cathleen replied as she saluted him.
"All right!" Drell glared as he got in her face. "But before you do that, I need to see what you're made of before this trial period! Then I will determine and decide if you're qualified to go on these missions and become a new member of The Toon Force or not and once I decide, that is final and there will be NO back sass or counter-arguments! NOW GET MOVING!" he then yelled, blowing her hair back a bit.
Cathleen soon took out her own superhero costume and began to run through a training course and would meet Cherry, Lionel, and Thor much later on.
Back with the trio, they continued to sleep soundly before they would see Billy/Captain Thunder and Freddy again. Little did they know, things had gotten pretty wild while they were asleep, though they were in spirit form while they were asleep so they could get a look at what was happening, but not directly interfere... Like astral projections.
"Huh? What's going on?" Cherry asked as she floated a bit. "Did I just die?"
"I don't think so, Cherry, I think it's some kind of magic." Thor replied as he floated beside her.
"We're astral projections following Billy," Lionel explained. "Looks like he's still going after his mother."
"Well, shall we go on then?" Cherry asked. "This is probably for the best."
"Sounds good to me," Thor replied. "Let's get going."
The three soon floated away from their respective bodies and went to go check on Billy.
"I feel so concerned for this kid sometimes." Cherry sighed to herself on the way.
"Yeah," Lionel agreed. "He CAN be good, he just chooses not to show it."
"He's had a rough life," Thor said softly. "We all have."
"Indeed..." Cherry nodded. "Though... Your home life seems nicer compared to ours?"
"My dad's being funny about all of us being together," Thor shrugged. "He doesn't talk to me as much as he used to."
"Well... If he has a problem, he can say it to our faces." Lionel replied firmly as they followed Billy across a bridge leading to an apartment complex.
Thor nodded, a bit firmly with his eyes narrowed and a pout on his face.
Billy soon made it inside and walked down the very long hallway with various, muffled, indistinct voices talking behind the doors as he made his way to a certain room. Room 707 was the boy's destination and he soon came in front of the door and his hand knocked on it.
"Just a second!" A woman's voice muffled from the other side.
Cherry, Lionel, and Thor soon watched this as Billy waited and after a few moments, a young, frantic looking woman got the door and found Billy there.
"Hey, look, I'm late for work already, all right?" The woman told Billy, sounding exhausted already. "We don't need any magazines or whatever."
"Oh, I'm not-" Billy tried to explain. "...You probably don't recognize me, but I found my way home. Mom. It's me." he then said softly as he held out a trinket in his hand that he knew that she would recognize.
"...Oh, God," The woman grew wide-eyed and startled. "...Is it? Um, hang on."
"Who's at the door?!" A man's voice demanded.
"It's um... It's no one, Travis." The woman called back to him softly.
Lionel, Cherry, and Thor all looked at each other, then back to the action. Billy went in for a hug, but the woman stopped him. She then stepped outside and closed the door.
"...That wasn't Dad, was it?" asked Billy. Marilyn shook her head.
"Listen, it's um..." she began. "It's really you, huh?"
"I didn't mean to run away," said Billy. "You know that, right? I let go, but it was by accident, I-"
"Yeah, I know, I know," replied Marilyn. "I saw you."
"...What?" asked Billy.
"I saw you after," replied Marilyn. "So, it was never your fault."
Cherry winced slightly for Billy.
"I was 17..." Marilyn explained to Billy emotionally as he just stood there and took in the depressing news. "And my dad, he kicked me out. And your dad just... Decided not to be a part of anything. And I was hurting and I was screwed up."
Billy looked at her sadly before the trio suddenly saw a burst of magic which showed them more of Billy's backstory of when he was younger with his estranged mother at a carnival during the wintertime.
"A carnival during the winter?" Thor asked, feeling confused.
Cherry and Lionel just shrugged at that as they watched what was going on as Marilyn appeared to be trying to pop some balloons while Billy sat on the counter in front of her.
"I wanted the tiger." Billy pouted.
"I know, I know, honey, but Mom's not exactly going pro here, okay?" Marilyn said as softly and patiently as possible.
The next shot then showed Marilyn looking to her side in a crowd. "Billy?" she asked. "Billy? Billy! Jesus Christ, Billy, this isn't funny!" she grumbled, making her way through the crowd. She then saw her son in a police car, being comforted by two cops.
"But it was just... Once I saw you with the police, I realized that they could do a better job taking care of you than I ever will," Marilyn continued as she walked away in the flashback.
By the time it was over, Billy looked like he was ready to cry... And could you blame him? Cherry frowned softly as she put her hand over her heart as she seemed to glow briefly.
"You okay?" Lionel asked.
"Y-Yeah," Cherry replied. "I just felt something... Deep inside... Don't worry about it."
"Only if you're sure." Thor then said to her.
"I am." Cherry nodded calmly.
"But you're good, right?" Marilyn then smiled sadly at her estranged soon. "I mean you landed on your feet. 'Cuz, I mean, you look real good. It's just... Now is not a really good time for me, Billy."
Billy swallowed thickly, feeling a massive lump in his throat. "All I wanted to do was let you know I'm doing good, but... I have to get back to my real family, so..." he gave her the ball compass. "Here."
Marilyn looked down at the trinket. "What's this?" she asked.
"Marilyn! What's going on out there?" called Travis from inside.
"You might need it more than me." Billy said as he walked off.
"Poor kid." Lionel said, feeling bad.
Just then, Billy's phone rang. He picked it up and saw Freddy's number on it, then answered. "Freddy, you were right; sorry I yelled at you-" he began.
But the voice that answered wasn't Freddy. "Come home, Billy. Come home."
"Billy!" Freddy yelled. "Supervillain! Supervillain!" and then the line went dead.
Billy's sadness had evaporated. He knew what he had to do now. Making it to the roof of the apartments, he looked around, and then made a run for the edge. Leaping off the roof, he shouted the magic word: "SHAZAM!" And in a bolt of lightning, Billy Batson was once again the world's mightiest mortal, Captain Thunder, who took off into the sky to save his family.
"Oh, Billy!" Thor frowned before facing Cherry and Lionel. "We gotta do something, you guys!"
"We need to go find him." Lionel replied. "But firstly, we have to wake up so we can go after him for real!"
"Come on, let's go then!" Thor nodded.
"Follow me, I think I know where I'm going." Cherry said before she floated off.
The trio's bodies were unconscious and completely immobile before their spirits returned to their bodies and they suddenly looked wide-eyed and gasped after glowing for a brief moment.
"I'm not sure what exactly that power was, but we'll worry about that later," Cherry said. "We gotta help Captain Thunder."
"Right!" Lionel and Thor added.
"You're not alone, you guys, you're going to have some help." A voice soon said to them.
"Uncle, your voice has changed." Thor said as he looked around, scratching his head.
"It's not your uncle," Cathleen said as she suddenly came out of the hotel room's closet as she crossed her arms. "I'm helping out on this adventure. Drell said if I helped out and I did a decent job, I could become a new member of The Toon Force."
"Ohhhhh. I forgot about that," Lionel replied. "Anyways, let's go!"
Lionel shrank into his Bat-Mite form, Thor punched his fists together and became Thunder Boy, and Cherry used a spell to change into Lady Gothika. Cathleen then spun around like in a tornado swirl and soon wore her own superhero outfit which she had dubbed as Midnight Moon.
"All right, let's go then!" Lady Gothika said.
"You wanna ride my Cloud Car?" Thunder Boy asked Midnight Moon.
"No thanks," Midnight Moon smirked. "I can fly."
"Suit yourself." Thunder Boy shrugged and soon opened the window to jump out and he soon flew to the air and grabbed some clouds and turned them solid before making them into a car to let Lady Gothika ride with him and Bat-Mite too if he wanted.
Bat-Mite climbed on with them and rode in the cloud car with them as Midnight Moon flew at the side. Thunder Boy then slapped the back of his cloud car and flew off with them as they followed Billy.
