Cherry was shown to be lying down in the middle of the floor with her pupils missing from her eyes before she blinked rapidly and her eyes went back to normal as she sat up. "Well, I hope that message got through to him." she then said after she did what she did earlier.
"Oh, I think it did." Sabrina smiled.
"Thanks for the help," Cherry said. "You're sure it worked?"
"It came from one of my father's old spellbooks," Sabrina replied. "Would I steer you wrong?"
"Hm... I guess not..." Cherry smirked before a knock came at the door and she decided to answer it and saw Atticus there.
"All right, I'm not sure how much time we have, but I decided we're all gonna round up together to help defend the former Justice League," Atticus replied. "You too, Sabrina, even if you're not a superhero like us."
"Wahoo!" Sabrina cheered.
Atticus beamed while Cherry shrugged with a small smirk. "Thanks so much for helping Cherry and thank you for your own helping," he then told the girls as he took out his phone to make a group text. "We gotta stop this Cyborg Superman and fast!"
"Yeah," Cherry nodded. "After all, the real Superman would never guilt-trip someone."
"Based on what I know, nope," Sabrina agreed. "Salem, we have an adventure coming. Do you wanna come too?" she then asked her cat.
"Eh, I guess it's better than sitting around at the house," Salem shrugged as he came by. "What have I got to lose?"
"That's the spirit." Sabrina smiled.
"All right," Salem replied as he stretched. "Let's get this show on the road."
Atticus nodded as he texted Lionel, Mo, and Thor as an emergency group text.
"You hopin' Mo will come?" Cherry smirked at Atticus, making his eyes grow wide. "Y-Ya want her to come over and be your sidekick?"
"You're not funny!" Atticus complained.
"Let's bring your dog too." Salem told Atticus.
"Good idea," Atticus smiled. "I know Patch will love to help out. Surprised you would suggest that a dog come along, Salem."
"I wasn't always a cat," Salem rolled his eyes. "But yeah."
Sabrina petted Salem a bit to calm him down which made the cursed warlock act more like a cat due to his new form as punishment for trying to take over the world. Cherry, Atticus, and Sabrina soon heard Salem purring as the witchling pet him. Cherry snickered a bit from that while Atticus and Sabrina seemed to "aww" as it seemed cute.
"Don't judge me!" Salem glared from that which made Cherry laugh a bit more.
Meanwhile...
Thor carried Lionel on his shoulder and the two soon ran off to go meet up with Atticus and the others as Patch laid in the middle of the floor at Sombra's place, feeling bored until he saw them out the window and decided to go out and follow them.
"I wonder where they're going?" Patch asked before running off to follow Thor and Lionel.
Lionel looked over to see Patch. "Oh! Hey." he then smiled and waved at the Dalmatian.
"Where are you guys going?" Patch asked as he followed them.
"Emergency meeting at Sabrina's place!" Thor replied as he kept on running. "Atticus sent a group text! I think he'd want you there too anyway!"
"So then what are we waiting for?" Patch asked while running.
"What do you think I'm doing?!" Thor replied. "I'm not running to the library!"
The others soon waited for Thor, Lionel, and Patch before soon, Thor crashed through a window and landed in the middle of the living room.
"...Thor, there's a hip new invention called a doorbell," Cherry deadpanned. "I think you should try it out before crashing through a window."
"Saw it in a movie," Thor replied before smiling at Sabrina since his uncle and her aunt were very close these days. "Hey, Cousin!"
"Hi..." Sabrina muttered.
They soon heard a knock at the door.
"I bet that's Lionel." Sabrina said.
Cherry got the door to see Lionel. "I thought you guys were going together." she then said to Thor and Lionel.
"I kinda fell off, but Thor refused to stop for me," Lionel crossed his arms firmly. "Bad Storm Cloud!"
"I'm sorry, Lionel," Thor pouted bashfully. "I guess I was just so eager to come over."
"Now we're just waiting for one more person." Atticus said.
"Uh..." Cherry blinked.
"Mo." Atticus told her.
"Oh, right," Cherry smirked. "Your giiiirlfriiiiend~"
"Sh-She's not my girlfriend." Atticus blushed.
Cherry chuckled a bit.
"Cut that out," Lionel scolded Cherry before smirking. "I like to ship them too."
Meanwhile...
Mo checked her phone and looked around as she decided to sneak out of her bedroom of LexCorp as Lex barked orders to her aunt, uncle, brother, and sister which made her frown firmly before she continued to get going before anyone would see or hear her. Once she was out, Mo rushed to the Spellman house.
"What was that?" Lex demanded.
"Uh..." Gloriosa grinned nervously. "I think Mo went out for a walk?"
Lex narrowed his eyes. "I think it might be time for your little sister to start pulling her weight around here," he then said. "She's so lazy and she seems to go outside all the time without telling me."
"She's just such a free spirit." Gloriosa smiled nervously.
Carolyn and Dr. Brody began to look worried and protective as Lex was talking down to their older niece.
"See that she stays out of trouble and out of my way, though it might be time for her to get a job." Lex replied sharply.
"Yes, sir." Gloriosa nodded.
"That goes for you two too," Lex then told the adults who already worked for him. "If you want a place to stay and food to eat, you will all do as I say."
"We will, Mr. Luthor." Carolyn and Dr. Brody sighed.
"Just don't hurt Mo," Timber spoke up. "She's a good kid."
Lex looked at Timber firmly as if he had forgotten his place in the situation.
"...Please don't hurt her." Timber frowned.
"I'll see what I can do, boy," Lex replied. "If you want to stay with me, you'll live by my rules."
"Yes, sir." Timber frowned softly.
"See that you remember that." Lex told him firmly.
"Yes, sir." Timber said softly.
Soon, Mo smiled to herself as she made it over at Sombra's place and rang the doorbell.
Thor stuck his head out through the doggy door to see her which made her look puzzled. "What's the password?" he soon asked her.
"...Uh, I dunno," Mo shrugged. "Superman Rules?"
"Atticus, time to change your password!" Thor called out, wiggling a bit as he got stuck. "Oh, this is not good."
"Need some help?" Mo asked.
"Yes, please." Thor smiled sheepishly.
Mo soon grabbed Thor's head and wiggled him a bit. Thor grunted and strained before his head soon popped out through the door and he ended up on the other side, seeming to have swirls in his eyes as he looked dizzy and a bit dazed.
"What did we learn?" Lionel rolled his eyes. "Welcome to Casa de Sombra, Mo."
"Alright, now that we're all here; time to get down to the matter at hand." Atticus said.
"All right, what's up?" Mo asked him.
"It's about Cyborg Superman," Atticus replied. "He's manipulating people into making a new Justice League, though it sounds very nice, especially after losing the former Justice League, we can't let it happen."
"And we won't," Lionel said. "So, what's the plan?"
"It was actually Cherry's idea." Atticus started.
Cherry looked a bit bashful from that.
"We rise up and stop before this new Justice League spreads and stand up against Cyborg Superman," Atticus decided. "I already told him that I'd come home and round up my friends to 'help out'." he then added with air quotes.
"Awesome." Thor smiled.
"I always had a bad feeling about him." Lionel said.
"It can't get too much worse from that, can it?" Sabrina asked.
"Well... There's the fact of Uncle Sombra's involvement." Atticus remarked.
"That answers my question." Sabrina said.
"Plus the device Cyborg Superman is using to make others into superheroes is more like something to control people." Atticus told them.
"Yeah?" Sabrina asked.
"I guess you didn't see it, but yeah, there was a meeting in town about it with President Dale," Atticus explained. "This one guy volunteered and he suddenly changed like that and had new powers."
"So it's a cult!" Lionel glared. "Why, that no-good, skeevy, bucket of bolts! If he were here, I'd jump on a cloud with Thor and make it rain cats and dogs all over him!"
"And I'd throw thunderbolts at him quicker than a bunny with nothing on it!" Thor added, just as aggressive.
"Oh, yeah, and how do you think everyone in Metropolis would react to that?" Cherry asked them.
"Who cares?! He deserves it!" Lionel glared.
"Lionel W. Schwartz..." Cherry replied firmly.
"...Yeah, you're probably right," Lionel sulked in defeat. "But still," he then glared while grumbling. "Rass-a-frassin'... Bloodsuckers... Sons of witches..."
Thor snorted from that.
"No offense." Lionel grinned sheepishly.
"Okay, time for a Plan B." Cherry then said.
"Yep." Patch nodded.
"And what exactly is Plan B?" Mo asked.
"Think of Plan C." Cherry said nervously.
"Didn't you just tell me we should rise up against Cyborg Superman and his new Justice League?" Atticus reminded as he crossed his arms.
"Yeah, well, I don't know if we could take on a whole army of Cyborg Supermen!" Cherry replied.
"Training montage!" Thor beamed as he grabbed his friends into a hug and bobbed his head.
There was then a magical zap before they soon appeared in Thor's uncle's gym.
"Let's work out until we sweat blood." Thor grinned.
"And what do we explain to our parents?" Mo asked.
"What parents?" Cherry sighed and rolled her eyes. "My parents don't notice anymore, my parents are jerks."
"Now, Cherry..." Atticus tried to tell her.
"I know, I know, they gave me life, but I give up on them," Cherry replied. "Plus, I don't think sweating blood is such a good idea, Thor."
"Hmm..." Thor then put them down and paused in thought of what to do now.
"How about we just train without the whole sweating blood thing?" Atticus suggested.
"Family expression," Thor smirked. "Plus eight hours in here would at least be one hour in the Mortal Realm."
"...Seriously?" Cherry asked.
"Oh, yeah," Sabrina then said. "My aunts told me about that like whenever I go to the Netherworld with them to pick up ingredients for their spells and potions."
"Yowza..." Cherry said.
"So then when should we start training?" Patch asked.
"Right... Now." Thor smirked.
Cherry shook a chill down her spine from Thor's smirk since he looked so much like his uncle. "Let's do this then." she then said, trying to hide her nervousness.
"I'm sorry, Uncle Sombra, but you made me do this!" Atticus glared as he got ready and determined.
"This is going to be great training." Lionel said.
"So, what should we start with?" Patch asked.
"I'ma hit the barbells," Thor smirked. "My uncle's record is 99,999."
"Well, good luck with that," Atticus replied. "I guess we could all try to get in a little bit of shape since we can't have Wonder Woman, Batman, or Superman help us until we can find a way to bring them back."
"If they even wanna come back," Cherry said softly. "...I really saw Bruce as a father figure, even after our visit with the Teen Titans."
"Of course they'll come back." Lionel smiled.
"I guess..." Cherry muttered.
Soon, the group got themselves in shape and did some physical training in the gym from the Other Realm as Thor tried to act like a coach like his uncle would sometimes act around him with their playful bonding through roughhousing and they soon started off with some weight-lifting.
"All right, guys, let's do some sets." Thor then said.
"I'm not sure if I wanna do this." Cherry replied.
"Oh, come on; you gotta keep up your strength." Thor told her.
Cherry groaned as she soon tried to lift weights with the others. "This is Gym Class all over again..." she muttered to herself. "Gym Class is a living Hell."
"I have to agree." Lionel muttered, but he did his best to put up with it.
"Wow, Mo," Atticus said to the tomboy. "You're pretty strong for a girl."
"That better not be a sexist comment." Mo glared at him suspiciously.
"No! No, it isn't." Atticus promised her.
"Good," Mo smirked. "But thank you. I'm pretty athletic when I wanna be."
"Cool." Atticus smiled before he suddenly felt like he was getting pushed by Patch a little closer to Mo.
Mo continued to do what she was doing. Patch looked hopeful for Atticus as he played an innocent look.
"Ah, you sneaky little..." Atticus whispered a bit from that.
Patch began to look all innocent as he had his puppy dog eyes.
"He's cute." Mo smiled.
"Yeah, I suppose he is..." Atticus smiled back a bit.
Patch began to do his own exercising.
"We need some sort of back-up," Cherry said. "I'm sure all of us can do this if we all work together."
"You have a point, Cherry, but stay focused and hope for the best." Atticus suggested.
"That optimism was so cheesy that I could almost smell it." Lionel commented.
"Yeah, Atticus can get pretty cheesy at times." Cherry said.
Atticus narrowed his eyes at that. Cherry and Lionel chuckled a bit from that though.
And so each day, the group would go into the gym and train and while also making it seem like they were part of Cyborg Superman's Justice League. Mo flexed her arms a bit with a smile as she seemed to grow stronger.
"Nice muscles." Atticus smiled.
"I sometimes work out in my room," Mo replied. "But thank you. Yours look better than mine though."
"Well, he has had his powers for a long time and it pays to exercise." Cherry said.
"Glad to see you on board this time, Cherry." Atticus replied.
"I guess it's what Batman would want from me," Cherry shrugged. "He may not be as strong as your Superman, but he's strong in his own right, especially to keep up with bad guys of his own like killer clowns."
"That's true." Atticus nodded.
"I don't feel much different though." Cherry said.
"You are strong," Atticus smiled as he took her arms. "You've changed a lot since we started all of this."
"I wish I could feel that way." Cherry mumbled.
"It's deep inside you." Patch smiled.
Cherry let out a small sigh.
Drell grumbled as he walked through the gym, passing them. "Hey, kids..." he said before he stopped in his tracks with wide eyes. "HUH?!" he then turned around to see them. "What are you kids doing here?!"
"We're flying kites, what does it look like?" Lionel deadpanned as he ran through a treadmill.
"Let me rephrase that. Since when did I give you kids permission to be in here?!" Drell asked.
"Okay, guys, I made you some healthy and energy inducing snacks!" Thor smiled as he came out with a platter. "I made everything to everybody's liking, especially since Lionel doesn't like pork products."
"Thor, did you bring your friends here?!" Drell asked sharply.
"Oh! Uh, hello..." Thor grinned nervously. "...Well, um... Yes, I did." he then admitted bashfully.
"That explains why they're here." Drell sighed.
"I'm sorry, Uncle Drell," Thor almost cried. "But we just wanted to stop Cyborg Superman before he would get too out of control!"
"Aw, jeez, don't cry, kiddo," Drell said as he patted Thor on the head. "Next time you come by, at least ask for my permission. It's not nice to invade people's personal space like that."
"You drop in at my house nearly every day just to see Aunt Hilda and kick out Vice-Principal Kraft." Sabrina spoke up.
"That's different." Drell told her.
"I have pictures to prove it." Sabrina said.
"Sabrina, ain't nobody wanna see that." Lionel grimaced.
Drell growled a bit while Sabrina smirked before he looked at her. "Hey, Sabrina... You look stronger..." he then said. "Lemme feel your muscles."
Sabrina felt nervous, but held out her arms to her soon-to-be-uncle by marriage.
Drell felt her arms and chuckled. "Heh, that's a great improvement," he then said with a fond chuckle. "Seems like you just had chicken arms the last time I saw ya, maybe you could join the Justice League too."
"Wahoo!" Sabrina cheered.
"But who would be her mentor?" Lionel asked.
"Too bad Aunt Hilda and Aunt Zelda wouldn't be in the League." Sabrina frowned.
"Yes, your aunts are very busy these days, especially Hilda," Drell replied. "I'd do it myself, but I have to take care of the Magic Council and Other Realm."
"There must be someone else that also knows magic." Sabrina said.
"Let's see..." Cherry paused. "I remember Bruce talking about John Constantine once, but he might not be up your ally."
"I hear he talks to dead people." Sabrina shook her head.
"Also, one time he took us to Las Vegas," Cherry then said, referring to Lionel and herself when she said "us". "There was this girl named Zatanna."
"She'll do." Drell said.
"Zatanna?" Cherry asked. "But she's more like a magician with rabbits out of a hat and making people disappear than a witch."
"You got a better idea?" Drell replied.
Cherry shrugged.
"It sounds exciting and a bit scary at the same time..." Sabrina said. "Is that normal?"
"Let's just say this," Thor smiled as he put his arm around Sabrina. "Welcome to the team, Cousin."
"Yay!" Sabrina cheered.
Thor soon gave Sabrina a big tight hug.
"Oof! Thanks, Thor." Sabrina grunted a bit.
"All right, you might as well stay here until you're ready to rise up against Cyborg Superman and maybe even Sombra's army, but you might need back-up for that second part." Drell gave in to letting them stay as he decided to get an apple from the tree which was very big as he began to bite into it.
"Thanks, but I need to start patrolling as Superboy." Atticus said.
"Same time tomorrow?" Thor asked.
"Hopefully," Atticus replied as he took a sandwich to go and ate it before smiling. "Mm... Steak sandwich." He soon changed into Superboy before flying off as he ate the sandwich.
"Where's your favorite uncle's sandwich, huh?" Drell asked Thor, crossing his arms.
Thor looked bashful as he gave his uncle a Reuben sandwich which was his favorite.
"Thanks." Drell said, taking it and eating it as he walked off.
Superboy soon came back into the Mortal Realm as he flew to the skies, and where he saw almost an army of super-powered people flying out of a building so they could patrol the city. "Man... This must be what Lionel calls 'Nightmare Fuel'." Superboy shuddered with both worry and nervousness as Cyborg Superman seemed to be able to manipulate everyone in town to join his side.
Superboy made sure to take a look at how each person with the device on them acted. They all seemed to glare at him with the same expression and all looked very firm and busy. Cyborg Superman looked out to his followers as he stood large and in charge. Superboy began to do his best to help in any way he could in case anyone needed help.
"Superboy." Cyborg Superman called.
Superboy gulped before grinning bashfully at him.
"Aren't your friends coming?" Cyborg Superman asked.
"Uh, yeah, um... They'll be here later," Superboy replied. "They, uh, wanna make special entrances."
"Hmm... Well, alright." Cyborg Superman said.
"Anyways, I'll go and see if anyone needs help." Superboy replied.
"I know you won't let me down... Son." Cyborg Superman told him.
Superboy glanced at him for that before he soon took off. Cyborg Superman noticed Superboy didn't seem to smile when he called him son, but decided to deal with it later.
It was very concerning at the Whitney household, especially with Mary calling and talking with a friend on the phone while Kevin did his homework and Melanie was asleep in her room. Krypto was seen ready, flying off as Superdog.
"Krypto, be careful," Kevin whispered softly. "It could be dangerous out there. Even Mom thinks so."
Superdog flew off to Metropolis to check out how everything was.
Superboy looked around himself before grunting as he and Superdog flew into each other. "Huh? Oh! Hi, Krypto," he then smiled before chuckling. "Oops, I mean... Heh... Superdog."
"Atticus?" Superdog asked.
"Yeah... The town's gone through a bit of a makeover." Superboy nodded.
"You're telling me." Superdog said.
The two soon flew off together all over the town to see if anyone would need help, but it seemed quiet so far. And where the only one that seemed to need help was just someone that needed directions.
"Huh... Maybe we could help him..." Superboy said. "It's not much, but at least we're helping someone, right?"
"Yeah, I guess." Superdog shrugged.
The ones who followed Cyborg Superman soon acted like typical heroes with stopping bad guys and meeting fan kids, though they seemed to forget about their friends and family since their transformations. And where one of the followers seemed to beat them to the person that needed directions.
"Hey!" Superboy complained.
"Are you with us or against us?" A follower asked Superboy and Superdog.
"Oh! Uh, of course, with you," Superboy grinned bashfully. "Like I'd ever disobey Superman."
The follower soon turned his attention to the person that needed help with directions.
"Very true." The follower replied.
"Oh, uh, excuse me." The man said.
Superboy came beside the follower curiously and hopeful so he could feel useful, despite Cyborg Superman's reign.
"Yes, civilian, how may we help you?" The follower asked the man.
"Trying to figure out this new map..." The man said as he looked over his map, feeling lost.
"New maps can be a bit tricky." Superboy said.
"Uh... Who is this?" The man asked about one of Cyborg Superman's followers.
"Don't worry about him," Superboy replied. "I'll help you out."
"That wouldn't be wise, Superboy," The follower told Superboy. "Maybe I should step in."
Superdog and Superboy both looked unsure, but wanted to see how this would work out.
"I'm just trying to find a hotel, uh, if that's alright with you." The man said to the follower.
"Come with me." The follower replied as he took the man suddenly and flew up in the air with him.
Superdog cupped his muzzle as that looked a bit extreme, especially since the man began to scream and yell out in fear.
"That's a little extreme." Superboy said.
"That shouldn't happen, whether that guy visits a town with superheroes or not." Superdog said a bit firmly.
"You're right." Superboy nodded to him.
"We gotta stop this." Superboy glared.
"Oh, believe me, I want to," Superboy glared back. "I've had just about enough of these Supermen," he then sighed a bit sadly. "I miss the Superman I know and love... And I really regret that one of our last times seeing each other was me yelling at him and feeling embarrassed that he got with Lois Lane and pretty much abandoned Wonder Woman who feels like a mother to me."
They soon saw a woman walking by before seeing her stop as she saw Eric with some kids.
"That woman looks familiar..." Superboy commented. "I think I saw her during Cyborg Superman's speech."
Superdog soon flew with Superboy to take a look at Eric as he talked with the kids who were like young fanboys.
"Eric?" The woman asked in concern.
"Can you fly?" A boy asked the man.
Eric soon jumped up in flight and did a flip which made the boy and his friends smile and laugh. The woman smiled, happy to see that Eric was alright before getting tackled and having her purse stolen from her by a thug.
"Oh, come on, not again!" The woman complained.
Eric looked over but before he could do anything the thug ran into Superboy. The Boy of Steel soon returned the purse to the woman.
"Um... Thanks..." The woman said to him.
"No problem," Superboy smiled. "It was my pleasure."
"Well, at least you have good manners." The woman then said.
Superdog nodded in agreement.
"I'm Becky." The woman said.
"Well, it's nice to meet you, Miss Becky," Superboy smiled. "Superdog here and I are sorry that Superman's followers are giving you trouble."
"Somehow, I don't think I'm the only one," Becky sighed a bit. "Ever since he put on that device; I haven't heard from Eric in days."
"I'm sorry about that," Superboy frowned. "I wish I could help you out there."
Superdog felt the same way as the Superman followers didn't act like they had a will of their own.
"Should probably tell Steel and Ms. Lane." Superboy soon whispered to himself.
Superboy and Superdog soon flew off to find Steel and Lois.
"They aren't too far away, are they?" Superdog asked.
"I think I can keep up with them," Superboy replied. "Just don't be alarmed when you meet Steel. That's the Robot Superman, but he has a bit of a secret."
"I think I see him near a building." Superdog said.
"We'll go that way then." Superboy replied.
The two then flew off that way as Steel made his way over to a building.
"That must be the lab." Superboy then said before he saw Steel come into a broken-down hole.
When they walked into the building, they didn't see a lab, but a storage room.
"Whoa..." Superboy muttered.
"Superboy?" Steel asked.
"Hi, there," Superboy smiled and waved. "Hope you don't mind a little company."
"Not at all." Steel said.
"We didn't think you would." Superboy replied.
"We?" Steel asked.
Superboy smiled as he brought in Superdog too.
"Nice," Steel nodded as he soon walked in with them before calling out. "Doyle, I know you're here. I'm not looking for trouble. I just need information on some alien tech you may have unloaded," he then saw a rather scary sight. "What the hell?"
"What happened to them?" Superdog asked Superboy.
"Something tells me a certain too serious Superman got here first." Superboy said.
"I think you might be right." Steel replied.
"Is this what happened?" Superboy asked a man beside him. "Superman got to you?"
"Yeah... Superman cleaned us out," The man grunted weakly and it was bad enough that his arm was in a cast. "The one in the shades."
"The Eradicator?" Steel asked the man.
"Here." The man said, holding out his phone with his good arm.
"What's this?" Superboy asked as he took the phone.
"Traces on our stuff," The man replied weakly as Superboy soon saw what looked like a tracker on the screen. "You can catch up with him if you hurry. Go get him."
Steel nodded at that as he got ready with Superboy and Superdog. "Don't wait up." he then told the man.
Superboy and Superdog soon flew off with Steel to find where the Eradicator was.
