Out in the city, a woman was covering her head with a newspaper as she made her way home, but she stepped in a pothole on the sidewalk.
Then she heard a creepy voice: "...Come in here where it's warm, Mommy..." It said.
The woman backed up. "No, please!" she exclaimed, before the creepy guy yanked her in, making her drop her groceries.
But before he had a chance to do anything to her, a blue-gloved hand reached out and yanked the guy into a dumpster. "I am the terror... That flaps in the night..." said an echoing, whispery voice that seemed to vanish into the night.
"What the hell was that?!" The guy grunted.
"I hope you're not afraid of a little darkness..." A female voice said with some piercing yellow cat-like eyes before the figure seemed to flash away from darkness.
"Who's there?" The guy glared sharply. "Show yourself, you coward."
"I am the four-parter that doesn't live up to the hype..." said the first voice again.
Suddenly, a jet-black whip lashed out of the shadows and wrapped around the guy, dragging him screaming back into the darkness. The guy yelled out of fear.
"Amateurs..." A third voice chuckled which followed by a thunderclap with a light lightning bolt in the far off distance.
"Sometimes these geeks just make it too easy." The first voice remarked.
"I think you watch a lot of cartoons though." The second male voice chuckled from the first.
"I gotta admit this though... That was actually pretty fun..." The third voice said. "Reminds me of the good old days sometimes."
"Yeah," The first voice seemed to smile. "Like the good old days, but better."
"Should we look around for more?" The third voice smirked. "This is almost... Arousing..."
"But of course, Cara Mia." The first voice said.
The three stepped into the light together as they all shared smirks with each other.
"We can't tell the kids." Voltage said.
"At least not right now." Catwoman II replied.
"Exactly," replied Bat-Mite. "Probably Felicity, though. She's old enough for this sort of secret."
"Oh, yeah, she's always been mature for her age, even if she had a hard time fitting in with other kids..." Catwoman II sighed.
"Kids are just hard to connect with sometimes," Voltage said. "I had a great time home-schooling her though."
"At least she's made some friends now," Bat-Mite replied. "And with her at home, there won't be any trouble."
"We're great parents." Voltage beamed.
"And great predecessors for Batman and Catwoman," Catwoman II added. "I just hope that Terry took the news alright. Maybe we'll see him when he's a little older if he's accepted what's been asked of him within a few months or so."
"Let's hope so," Bat-Mite replied as they headed off.
Elsewhere in the city, a taxi was waiting for its passengers. A woman was shoved into the backseat, followed by a tall man in a white cowboy hat and coat.
"Get'cho ass in the car; we're takin' a ride." The tall man snapped.
The driver just paid no mind to this and kept his eyes turned to the road.
"Please, Silk!" The woman sobbed as she was forced into the car. "Not the face."
"You're paining me, Joannie," The tall man smirked as he brought out a switchblade knife to keep her quiet. "You're messing with my livelihood."
"Hey, man, take it somewhere else," The driver complained. "I just had the seats cleaned."
"Shut your hairy face and drive." Silk scoffed as he gave him a bunch of money.
"Dog-eat-dog world, I guess." The driver said as he accepted the money.
"Look, Joannie, you went and grew a new nostril." Silk told the hysterical woman.
There was then a loud thud heard above them.
"What the hell was that?" The driver asked as that almost made him jump.
"Something's on the roof. Someone thinks they're gonna mess with me?" Silk asked, taking out a gun and sticking his hand out the window... Only for it to get punched out of his hand. Then, a huge, gaping hole was torn in the roof and he was yanked through it.
While Batman was whaling on the guy, Joannie got out of the car and ran for her life.
The driver decided to use that time to get away, though his car seemed to stall a bit. "Oh, man, oh, man. Start already."
Silk groaned as he was thrown onto the hood of the car which startled the driver. Batman impatiently knocked on the window then. The driver looked over before rolling his window down only for The Dark Knight to take the money away from him to shred it up into pieces.
"All risk... No rewards." Bat-Mite snickered.
Batman looked over to the three.
"Batman," Voltage said. "Long time, no see."
"Yeah," Catwoman II added. "I thought you retired."
"Tried it, it wasn't for me," Batman replied. "This city needs me."
"Are you sure you want to at your age?" Catwoman II asked.
"I have to... Wait... Gothy...?" Batman replied as he felt surprised.
"It's Catwoman II now," The heroine told him. "Lady Gothika died a long time ago."
"Rather, she's been retired." Bat-Mite replied, now wearing a black suit with red wings and a red bat-insignia on the front.
"Hmm..." Batman paused thoughtfully.
"Also, Thunder Boy grew up." Voltage added.
"I guess none of us could stay away from The Hammer of Justice." Batman said to the three.
"Indeed," Bat-Mite replied. "So let's use it to nail down crime!"
"Now you're talkin'." Batman smirked from that.
And so they headed off to dispense some serious justice.
"Are we sure it's a good idea for him to come back to work?" Voltage whispered.
"Probably a good idea to just go with it until he snaps out of it." Catwoman II whispered back.
"Solid." Bat-Mite added.
Meanwhile, two girls were walking home in the rain.
"Great... Figure I wanna get all soaked." grumbled the first girl, a redhead with glasses.
The second girl with long black hair followed after her as it rained down on them. "I don't know," she said with a bit of a whimper. "I heard the Mutants hang here."
"A little backbone, Michelle?" The redheaded girl advised. "Better in here than out there. At least the lights are bright."
As if on cue, the lights shot out which left them in the dark.
"Carrie?" Michelle whimpered from that.
Carrie rolled her eyes. "Don't go all billy; they'll come back on in a sec." she told her friend.
But then they heard creepy noises. "Chick-chick-chiiiick... Chicken legs..." said a voice.
Suddenly, they found themselves surrounded by the Mutant gangsters.
"Chicken legs, licking legs," said one. "Slice-and-diiiice."
Catwoman II stealthed around like her catty aunt would as she came to sneak by with the others to stop this thug. Batman tossed out some sharp Baterangs at the knived gangster which made him yell out from pain.
"What?" Another gangster asked the hurt one. "What happened?"
"My arm!" The guy cried out from pain. "Something's stuck in my arm."
"I got my nine. Anything moves, I'll-" The third glared as he took out his gun until he yelled out as he got hit by thunderbolts which seemed to come from nowhere.
"Where'd you go?!" asked the fourth as he took up his gun and tried to shoot Batman, but he kept missing. Just then, Bat-Mite leapt down, bobbed and weaved through the hail of bullets, then grabbed the punk and threw him into the neon sign, electrocuting him.
The two girls glanced at the vigilantes who had saved them.
"Don't you know... It's dangerous to go out alone?" Bat-Mite remarked with a wink.
"What the...?" Carrie asked. "Where did you guys come from?"
"You don't wanna know..." Voltage said a bit ominously.
A bolt of lightning lit up the night sky, and the next time Carrie looked, the group was gone.
"Who were they?" Michelle asked Carrie.
"I'm... I'm not sure..." Carrie replied.
It seemed to be a long night for Batman and his little helpers, though it was mostly fun for them. They each leapt across the night skies, as lightning flashed and illuminated their silhouettes. This, of course, did not go unnoticed by most citizens on the night streets of the city. Batman soon leapt down onto the roof of a car being driven by bank robbers and attacked them, making them crash near an abandoned building. None of them were killed, but they were disoriented by the crash.
"Sorry, not sorry." Catwoman II remarked from the impact before she stepped back into the shadows.
The robbers groaned as one got out of the car and removed his mask as he held out his gun.
"That was the Batman." The robber glared as he looked around for the Dark Knight.
The others came out, but they suddenly had to hide away as the police car came to them as they ran away into the building.
"I never thought he was real," The passenger cop said before pointing ahead to see Batman. "Look."
"These men are mine." Batman told them gravely as he dashed off to go after the robbers.
"Batman sure is destructive tonight," Catwoman II remarked from his behavior. "Sorta reminds me of when we had to team-up with Harley Quinn to prevent the... Erm... Plantzoids as Bat-Mite would say."
"That's just because he's been out of action for so long," Bat-Mite replied. "He's been itching for a chance to get back into the swing of things!"
"I don't whether to be proud or scared." Catwoman II remarked.
"C: All of the above." Voltage said from that.
"Works for me." Bat-Mite shrugged as they followed Batman into the building.
"You heard the man." The older cop smirked a bit as he came out of the car.
"You crazy? I'm going in." The younger cop scoffed as he followed after Batman with his gun.
"You don't wanna do that, kid." The older cop tried to warn him.
Meanwhile, inside the building, the thugs were on the verge of panicking.
"Couldn't be... Turk said he killed Batman..." said the first.
"Turk says a lotta things." replied his friend.
Batman decided to make his entrance with his grappling hook as the thugs walked among each other.
One thug felt apprehensive as he stepped onto the floorboard in front of him which nearly sank from his step. "This floor don't feel safe." he then spoke up.
"Live dangerously," The other told him sharply. "And shut up."
Batman was about to climb up the rope, though he felt a bit winded due to his old age.
"Maybe you should set this one out." Catwoman II said to him as she felt worried he might hurt himself.
Batman said nothing, he just kept going.
"If it IS him, he'd hafta be pretty old." said another thug.
His friend shushed him as they suddenly heard a creaking noise from one of the pipes.
"This is freaky..." said one thug. "He never made noise before..."
Batman grunted as he tried to climb up, though the thugs saw him and shot their pistols right at him.
Catwoman II stepped back a bit with worry before she looked around as she looked down to see she had company. "Where'd you come from, huh?" she asked before she bent down to pick up the cat who mewed at her, nuzzling up against her.
Some other cats began to come out all around her like they usually did with her aunt in the old days. The thugs were still shooting.
"Watch it, you're gonna hit..."
"Mackie? Yeah, I think I did."
"But I still don't see-... HKKK!" Any further words the man would've uttered were silenced when a rope shot around his throat and yanked him down like a fish on a hook.
"Don't make me make the forecast sunny with a chance of thundered justice." Voltage warned firmly.
One of the thugs stomped down the stairs as the rookie cop stood behind Batman. "Everybody freeze... OW!" he yelped as Batman knocked his gun from his hand.
Blending back into the darkness, Batman watched and plotted his next move. Sensing his next opportunity, he launched a kick to the thug's stomach, breaking his femur bone. Voltage cupped his mouth, but swallowed thickly as he tried to stay strong.
"Has anyone seen Catwoman II?" Bat-Mite asked as he came to help out Voltage and Batman.
"Those cats look like they're attracted to her somehow." Voltage pointed out to the clowder that surrounded Catwoman II.
Bat-Mite walked curiously towards the clowder of curious felines surrounding Catwoman II.
"You're under arrest, mister!" said the rookie. "You just crippled that man!"
Batman didn't even look up. "He's young... He'll walk again," he replied. "But you'll stay scared, won't you, punk?"
The rookie kept his gun trained on him. "I mean it. Get away from him!"
But his superior just put his hand on the gun with a stern look. "He's being patient with you as it is, kid," he told him, before tipping his hat at Batman. "Nice to have you back, Bats."
"Hello." Voltage said.
"Oh, and you've brought friends with you," The superior cop said before looking at the rookie a bit sharply. "Go to their car, kid. Get the loot."
"The pain," The thug groaned as Batman frisked him a bit. "I can't stand it."
"I don't believe this." The rookie grumbled as he walked off with a flashlight.
"It's not in their car; was there a second car at the bank?" Batman asked firmly.
"Yeah, an old jalopy," The older cop replied. "Didn't think-"
"You weren't supposed to." Batman cut him off.
The older cop hid a small smirk from that. "You know, I saw you once before. Years ago, I was a rookie like schmuck-face there and-"
"Tell Gordon we have to talk." Batman firmly requested.
"Sure thing, Bats," replied the cop. "But how's he supposed to get in touch with yo-" But when he turned back, Batman and the others were gone.
The cop adjusted his hat. "...Oh, yeah; now I remember." he remarked.
Of course, this was all over the news the next day, including a case of two abducted children who were luckily found.
"You kids try to have a good day at school," Cherry said as she cleaned up after breakfast. "Felicity, turn off that TV."
Felicity looked over before she did as her mother asked of her before she hugged her knees. "I'm not sure if I can go to school today..." she said softly. "I feel... Too sick."
"You sure?" asked Cherry, coming over and feeling her forehead. "Well, you haven't got a fever... What's going on, Felicity? You can tell me."
"...How can I show my face in school after what happened the other day?" Felicity sighed as she held her head.
"So that's what's up..." Cherry said softly. "Felicity, look... As long as you have friends who surround you and love you, the other people don't matter. Even the roughest days of school between me and Atticus always felt just a little bit better when we had each other, he was like a brother to me."
"That was the old days though," Felicity pouted. "Things are different now."
"Well... What about those kids you met at the park?" Cherry asked.
"They probably forgot all about me." Felicity sulked as she looked like she could cry.
"I doubt it," Cherry replied. "So I suggest you go find them as soon as possible in school today. They probably miss you very much and are looking forward to seeing you again."
"Yeah," LJ replied. "Ya never know until you try."
Felicity sighed a bit.
"What if I went into school with you?" Cherry offered.
"No... That would look weird..." Felicity pouted. "Going into school with my mom? I'd look like a big baby or something..."
Cherry looked very soft. "I would've given anything to have my mother come into school with me..." she then said softly as she gave her older daughter a tight hug to help comfort her. "Come here."
Felicity hesitated, but eventually returned the hug to her mother.
"Atta girl," Zofia encouraged her sister. "Besides, you wanted friends, we helped you meet them. I think they'd be awful bummed that their pal wasn't at school."
"Do you think they'll still talk to me?" Felicity asked. "Maybe they just pretended to like me."
"Oh, you stop that," Cherry firmly pouted as she patted her on the head. "Kids, go grab your stuff. I'll take you to school today."
The kids looked to each other and walked off to get ready for the school day.
"Hey, guys," Cherry said as she came into the bedroom as Thor and Lionel were in bed together, though Thor looked a little sick, but not too much. "I'm gonna take the kids to school today. I think Flick needs a little confidence boost."
"Well, alright then," Lionel replied. "Give her my regards."
"...Are you guys about to snuggle without me?" Cherry pouted. "I'm cold too..."
"Lionel can snuggle with you later," Thor smiled sickly. "I'm gonna stay in bed a while longer. Thanks for driving the kids and taking care of breakfast."
"Well... All right... See ya..." Cherry said as she walked out of the room from that.
"We'll keep it warm for ya!" Lionel called, before turning to face Thor. "Now... Where were we?" he asked with a smile.
"I believe I was about to be punished for not paying my cable bill?" Thor smirked.
"Ah, right..." Lionel replied, a bit confused about his response.
Thor chuckled a bit.
"Is that medicine making you loopy?" Lionel asked.
"The princess needs a special cookie to save the kingdom." Thor replied.
Lionel sighed. "You know what? Let's just make a pillow fort." he replied with a shrug.
"Yeah!" Thor beamed.
Lionel rolled his eyes as Thor smiled as he hummed to himself.