Meanwhile in town, a large truck got blasted, causing it to careen onto its side and release three rolling steel pipes, which would've flattened the citizens if not for a certain Power Ring's energy converting into the form of a ramp and making the pipes fly into the air and land on some guy's car.
"What the hell?!" exclaimed the guy as Jessica Cruz made herself known.
"That's what insurance is for!" The girl replied.
A blast soon shot out which sent her flying into a building and she fell flat on the ground from that. Jessica groaned as she looked up from the road where she had landed.
"You're coming with us," Tharok told her sharply as he floated down with the others. "If you resist, my colleague here is called The Persuader for a reason."
"Leave her alone!" A voice called out from not too far away.
It was Star Boy, now accompanied by Quad Star, Energex, Felicity, and Batman Beyond.
"Let's. Get. Dangerous!" Quad Star exclaimed, shifting into stone mode.
Jessica looked up with amazement. Star Boy was soon shot at which sent him flying back.
"I suppose I'll see if these guys are afraid of the dark..." Felicity said before smirking a bit. "I sure hope that you guys aren't."
Energex looked a little startled from her older sister's dark sense of humor as they helped out.
"Run!" Star Boy told Jessica urgently.
Tharok aimed his hand blaster and fired, knocking Star Boy into a wall. In retaliation, Jessica used her Lantern Ring to blast Tharok and Mano. She tried to do the same to Persuader, but he was beating back her energy power like it was nothing. Jessica yelped as she got hit with some sort of electrical charge as Persuader continued to pursue after her. Persuader soon grabbed the girl by her throat as this looked like a bad sign for her. Star Boy looked concerned about that.
"Seems like this era hasn't been treating you too well, Star Boy." Tharok mocked the young hero.
Star Boy just put out his hands and caused a fissure to break open under the three villains, making Persuader lose his grip on Jessica, so she socked him in the face. She then flew over, grabbed Star Boy and his friends via energy bubble, and flew off. The villains groaned from their sudden defeat.
"Well, that was easy..." Felicity muttered a bit.
Soon as they were out of danger, Jessica tossed them down onto the ground. "Okay, who the hell are you, and what is going on?!" she ordered.
"You want those questions answered in any specific order?" asked Quad Star.
"Yeah, wait up." Energex added.
"Star Boy, he just said it," Star Boy reminded Jessica. "And you shouldn't have used your ring."
"Why?" Jessica asked.
"When lambs are lost in the mountain, they cry," Felicity advised. "Sometimes come the mother, sometimes the wolf."
"Who are the wolves?" Jessica asked.
"The Five." Felicity replied.
"I counted three." Jessica retorted.
"Looks like three, but it's five," Star Boy told her. "I remember."
"Yeah, try not to overthink it." Batman Beyond advised.
Just then, a piece of the building behind them was smashed open; luckily, Jessica shielded them from any debris, though the villainous trio was responsible for it.
"Stay put, girl, there's nowhere to run." remarked Mano.
Quad Star snickered. "Who said anything about running?" he asked.
Suddenly, Miss Martian rose out from the floor, accompanied by Mr. Terrific, Wonder Woman, and Batman, who swung down from out of nowhere.
"It's him" Felicity gasped from seeing Batman.
"Well, well," Persuader remarked. "Ye old Justice League. Where's your friend?" he then asked. "Still licking his wounds?"
"I don't know who you are but-" Wonder Woman glared.
"Ah, yes. The 21st-century pleasantries," Mano replied. "I am Mano, this is Tharok, and this is-"
"Dead man walking?" Wonder Woman narrowed her eyes.
"Oh, snap." Energex smirked off that reply.
Persuader threw his axe at them; luckily, they dodged, but Persuader used the opportunity to tackle Wonder Woman, and Tharok fired a stream of mini-missiles. Miss Martian was able to make herself intangible, but the car behind her exploded, flinging her forward. Mr. Terrific tried to shield himself only to get pushed back himself. Felicity's eyes seemed to glow brightly as a black aura rose above her before she soon was engulfed in the darkness as she slithered over like a snake to kick away the Fatal 5. Tharok glared from that before shooting a beam of light onto the ground to break her darkness, pushing her away and seeming to zap her like a laser shot.
"HEY! NOBODY DOES THAT TO MY SISTER!" Quad Star roared as he launched a magma blast to melt Tharok's hand off.
"Little runt!" Tharok glared from that as he attempted to dodge.
"Runt?! More like a SPITFIRE!" Quad Star retorted as he decided to switch from magma to liquid nitrogen, freezing Tharok in his tracks.
Felicity groaned a bit as she rubbed her head.
"You okay?" Batman Beyond asked as he held out his hand for her.
"Yeah, I'll be fine, thanks." Felicity said as she took his hand before standing up next to him.
"Don't get too comfy, guys," advised Quad Star. "We still got two more to slag here!"
"Right," Felicity said as she crossed her arms. "Hopefully I still got some dark magic up my sleeves."
"We'll need it." Energex approved.
Wonder Woman soon began to square off against Persuader.
"Aw, yeah," Energex beamed from that. "Time for me to help out."
"What are her powers?" Wonder Woman wondered.
"Energy absorption, as well as shooting it right BACK at enemies." Quad Star explained.
"Hmm... Impressive." Wonder Woman remarked as Energex began to demonstrate just exactly what she could do.
Tharok tried to fire his blaster again, but Energex had sapped it of its energy and fired it right back at him, knocking him off his feet.
"Way to go, Energex!" Quad Star cheered. "Hm... Now that we know Felicity's a hero, should she have a new name? Possibly something less... Morally ambiguous?"
"Probably easier to pronounce too with that Frenchy stuff." Batman Beyond added.
"Can't help it," Felicity said as she helped out with dark-bending. "But I suppose you're right."
"How about... Nightblade?" suggested Quad Star.
"Hmm... Maybe..." Felicity paused.
"Noir Silver?" Energex tried.
"That one's pretty good too." Felicity replied.
"Okay, both good ideas." Batman Beyond replied.
"They are," Felicity agreed with them. "Oh! Look out!"
Wonder Woman kneed Mano away from her only to get blasted against a car from Persuader.
Meanwhile, the others were on their way.
"Okay, we should be coming around here based on the energy signal." Thunder Boy told the others as he rode on a storm cloud that was like a hovercar.
"Great," replied Bat-Mite. "Let's hope we haven't missed out on any of the action!"
"We should be almost there." Thunder Boy smiled a bit.
"Good to see you focused, buddy." Saiya Man approved.
"I try my best." Thunder Boy saluted.
The storm cloud soon rumbled with lighting streaks shooting out as Thunder Boy was about to land with it as thunder rumbled from it.
"Eat, thunder, ya mooks!" Thunder Boy grinned.
Meanwhile, Mr. Terrific was taking on Tharok and Mano, using his T-Spheres to send them flying. Suddenly, Persuader took off into the sky, and Wonder Woman and Mr. Terrific flew after him.
"Help Persuader," said Mano. "I'll handle the others."
Tharok nodded and flew off after them. Saiya Man landed next to Wonder Woman.
"I thought you were taking some time off." Wonder Woman said to him.
"I thought you could use a little help." Saiya Man replied as he took a car and threw it at the villains.
Suddenly, a loud crash was heard from nearby; turns out Mano had used his corrosive power to destroy a parking garage and Batman and the others with it. And so, he strolled through the destruction to check out his handiwork when he saw Miss Martian. He kneeled down and reached towards her, but she beat him to the punch.
"Heard you were grabby..." The alien remarked as she delivered a few punches to his dome-covered face.
Persuader soon flew off with Jessica in his arm.
"Who is that?" Saiya Man asked as Wonder Woman took out her golden lasso.
"You let me worry about that," Wonder Woman told him as she got ready to fly off. "You and your friends can help, but stay out of trouble."
"I'm not a little kid, you know." Saiya Man pouted a bit.
Wonder Woman soon flew away from him, leaving him alone at first.
"All right... Who wants a blast of energy?" Saiya Man soon glared as he tried not to let that bother him.
Bat-Mite threw a label shaped like a stop sign that stuck to Persuader's back, and he ground to a halt in mid-air, causing him to drop Jessica. Luckily, Mr. Terrific caught her, but Tharok had his laser hand primed to fire... Until he heard loud crunching noises. He held up his laser hand and saw it was being devoured by metal-munching termites!
"Hope I didn't bug you too badly!" Bat-Mite cackled like the Cryptkeeper.
"Metal eating bugs...?" Wonder Woman asked Bat-Mite. "I didn't think those existed."
"They don't," Bat-Mite replied. "I made them myself."
"Superman and Batman did say that you were different..." Wonder Woman said.
"Not different, just unique," Thunder Boy smiled as he came by Bat-Mite. "Just like me."
"Aye." Bat-Mite nodded.
Just then, Tharok managed to get off one good shot before his arm was completely eaten, knocking Jessica out of Mr. Terrific's hands and sending her plummeting once again. But before she could hit the ground, a flash of red and blue flew by and saved her.
"And just in the nick of time, too." Nature Girl smirked as Superman had flown in to the rescue.
"Yay!" Saiya Man beamed once he caught a glimpse of Superman.
"Don't you have a puzzle to solve?" Superman asked.
"Yes, I know, but I can't wait to tell you more about that," Saiya Man beamed. "The most amazing thing had happened-"
"We'll talk later, I gotta go." Superman said as he soon flew off to save Jessica.
"To me..." Saiya Man finished with a sigh. "...Wonder Woman, Superman, why are you ignoring me?"
"Well, they are kinda busy right now." Nature Girl told him.
"In case you haven't noticed, they're in the MIDDLE OF A FIGHT!" Bat-Mite pointed out. "Or did you forget?"
"I just wanted to tell them that we solved the puzzle about my parents," Saiya Man said softly. "I was so excited."
"Ah, buddy, you can always tell them later." Thunder Boy smiled.
"Yeah... I guess..." Saiya Man replied.
"Preferably at a time when they're not in the middle of a fight," Bat-Mite replied. "Don't wanna seem too selfish, you know."
"I guess..." Saiya Man said.
"Come on, don't be like that," Lady Gothika told him. "There'll be plenty of time to socialize after we kick bad guy butt."
"Right." Saiya Man nodded from that as he decided to retain his focus.
Meanwhile, Mano was still battling Miss Martian, and it looked like she had him on the ropes, but he then smashed a motorcycle, generating a ring of fire around her, causing her to leap back in fright.
"Mano. Superman's back," Tharok's voice reported. "He's got the girl."
"Everyone, regroup." Mano then commanded.
Miss Martian looked scared as she was trapped with the fire until Batman swooped over the flames to save her. Batman held onto her, but she still felt scared.
"He's under there," Miss Martian told the Dark Knight with worry. "I can't get near him."
"I think we can help with that!" Bat-Mite exclaimed as he popped up nearby. Cocking his hand like a rifle, he fired away and disintegrated the debris around them.
Saiya Man took a very deep breath and soon blew away the flames with his Super Breath like a child blowing out their birthday cake candles. Superman smiled proudly from that as he landed over with Jessica in his arms. Star Boy was soon coming out as he was being freed.
"Yep-yep! Just call us the clean-up crew!" Bat-Mite grinned. "Not professionally, of course..."
"I'm sorry we weren't listening to you earlier." Wonder Woman said to Saiya Man.
"Oh, it's okay," Saiya Man replied. "I guess I was just so psyched to tell you my news that I wasn't thinking straight."
"Alright, now that things have wound down, you can tell them." replied Thunder Boy.
"What's on your mind, kiddo?" Superman asked.
"Well... Okay... As you know, for the past weeks or so, I've been working on that puzzle to find out where my parents are after we found out they were actually alive somewhere." Saiya Man began.
"Of course," Wonder Woman replied. "We voiced our support for you since you're our son too."
"Well... Uh... I finally solved it..." Saiya Man told the two heroes who were his parental figures for the past while now. "So, I found my parents."
"Yep," replied Bat-Mite. "We found them, saved them, and brought them back home."
"Well, that's great, son!" Superman smiled. "Congratulations."
"Oh, um, thank you!" Saiya Man beamed happily from that.
"I just gotta ask though... Who are you gonna live with after this?" Lady Gothika spoke up.
"Huh...?" Saiya Man asked as that pulled him out of his reverie. "Oh... Gosh... I guess I hadn't thought about that..."
"I guess you could still live with Supes and Wondy," Bat-Mite shrugged. "And maybe bring your parents?"
"Hmm... I need to think about this..." Saiya Man said.
"Well, in the meantime, let's get out of here." Batman suggested.
"Alright," replied Quad Star. "Back to the Hall of Justice."
They soon left the scene of the crime while they still had the chance. Shortly, they all returned to the Hall of Justice.
"Hmm... Mm... Mm... La, la, la, la, la~..." Thunder Boy sang as he decided to make sandwiches for himself and his friends.
"You're chipper this evening." Lady Gothika crossed her arms a bit.
"Just so happy that Atticus found his parents and we saved the day in the same day!" Thunder Boy beamed. "Isn't that awesome?!"
"I guess it's pretty cool," smiled Lionel, taking off his mask. "I guess this universe is finally becoming a bit more lighthearted."
"Even if Sabrina still seems a little unhappy..." Mo shrugged. "At least she got over some of the jealousy she had with how Hilda and Zelda seem to look after us like their own kids whenever we need their help."
"Yeah," Lionel nodded. "Maybe we could find her another place to live."
"But where?" Cherry pondered with a shrug.
"That always seems to be an issue... Finding out where to live after all this time..." Atticus said to himself as he felt distracted with his own dilemmas.
"Dude, we're talking about Sabrina, not you." retorted Lionel.
"Huh? Oh, yeah..." Atticus replied.
"You still don't know what to do about your family complex, huh?" Cherry asked.
"I guess I just thought the answer would be obvious once I would solve my family secret," Atticus sulked. "I guess I just didn't think of what would actually happen once we would find my actual parents."
"I guess you find a living situation and continue living your best life," replied Lionel. "In the meantime, I guess Sabrina could crash with us until we figure something else out."
"Mm-hmm..." Atticus nodded. "That sounds like a good idea with both accounts."
"Alrighty then, glad we got that settled," Lionel replied. "Oh-kay, Chef Thor, what's on the ol' menu tonight?"
"Ooh, lots of sandwiches," Thor smiled. "Ya got your BLTs, your turkey clubs, your grilled cheeses, your pizza burgers, anything but the typical PB&J. Also, my own creation: The Brain Food Bunzilla."
"What is that?" Cherry asked about that last part.
"It's peanut butter and fish on a toasted bun." Thor smiled.
Cherry looked at him like he was insane.
"Don't knock it 'til you try it." Thor advised.
"Is the fish at least fried?" Lionel asked. "I dunno why, but I'm in a fried mood this week."
"I have fried and baked." Thor smiled as he let him try his new concoction.
Lionel took a few bites... Then gobbled it down. He then looked at Thor, and calmly put his hand on his shoulder. "...Sometimes I wish I could marry you, man." he spoke.
"Gaaah...?" Thor looked wide-eyed and a bit overly happy from that.
"And the true bromance begins." Cherry smirked from that.
"I love ya, man." Lionel replied as he hugged Thor... Or at least tried to, since his arms were a bit short.
Thor helped Lionel up into the hug.
"Now kiss!" Cherry smirked.
Lionel blanched. "I think we can wait for a little while until doing that," he replied as his face went red. "I mean, this is all happening so fast, and I don't wanna do anything if he's not cool with it firsthand..."
"I love ya too, Lionel, but I'm a little bashful about that," Thor smiled nervously. "I have a commitment with my pillow after all."
"Hey, that's perfectly fine," replied Lionel. "I just want us to both be on the same page with this sorta thing, you know? Like if we do eventually kiss, then I wanna be sure that we both make that choice."
"Uh... Okay...?" Atticus shrugged, not sure what to make of his friends right now.
"Mm-hmm..." Thor said as he rubbed his arm bashfully.
"Everything alright, Kitten?" A voice asked as a certain cat-based woman appeared beside the perky goth.
"Huh? Oh, hey... Yeah, I think we're all good for a while." Cherry told her new parental guardian.
"Yeah, pretty much," Lionel replied. "Atticus got reunited with his parents, and I'm feeling like I might be bisexual."
Selina looked curious from the other part.
"He seems to be in love with Thor." Cherry explained.
"Hmm... Interesting..." Selina remarked.
"And yet, I still care deeply about Cherry," replied Lionel. "I love the both of 'em the same amount, but I hate feeling like I gotta choose, ya know?"
"Hmm... Yes..." Selina smirked. "Have you considered polygamy?"
Mo did a spit take from her carrot juice from that suggestion.
Lionel pondered. "Not really cuz I dunno what that is, but it's worth consideration."
"That's when three people share a relationship together," Selina replied. "I saw a trio of kids trying that out with hanging out with a ghost friend of theirs they call The Funky Phantom."
"Heh... You learn something new every day..." Atticus said bashfully.
"Believe me, I know," Selina slyly smirked. "I won't think any less of you though, Kitten. In fact, I feel happy for you to get this sort of attention from the boys."
Lionel jotted down notes. "Very interesting... Thanks for the info." he replied.
"I guess you could say that Cherry is starting to blossom!" Patch remarked.
"Cherry Blossom!" Thor beamed from that.
The others looked from that.
"...I'm sorry." Thor said bashfully.
"No, don't be; it was clever," replied Lionel. "Also symbolic."
Thor beamed again as that made his day a bit as he ate a Brain Food Bunzilla for himself.