Batman walked by sharply.
"Sir!" Cherry called out as she jumped to her feet with a salute to him.
"I have to go deep into someone's mind," Batman said. "Will you be alright by yourself?"
"I won't be alone," Cherry replied. "I got my friends with me."
"Yeah! We got her back!" Mo replied.
"From here on out, forever ever after." Atticus added.
Batman gave a small smile as he looked happy for Cherry.
"My little kitten's growing up." Selina beamed.
Lionel nodded. "Yep... Like a chrysanthemum!" he added.
"Hm." Cherry shrugged bashfully.
"Why don't I go with you?" Selina asked Batman as she wrapped her arms around him. "Sometimes the bat needs a little help from the cat."
"Go ahead, you two, have your fun," Lionel chuckled. "We'll stay and hold down the ol' fort."
"Hm... All right..." Batman replied. "See you around."
"See you." The kids nodded from that.
Batman soon walked off with Selina as she tightened into her Catwoman outfit.
"Guess I'll finish up some homework real quick." Cherry said as she took out her school bag.
"Well... Okay," Lionel replied, before glancing at Thor. "...You know, I'd be glad to help with the food."
"Hm? Oh, okay!" Thor smiled as he used magic in his hands which brought out a chef's hat for him and let him wear it. "I hereby dub you as my Co-Chef Lionel."
Lionel took the hat and put it on. "I'll wear it with pride, my friend." he smiled, his eyes wet with tears of joy.
"I love to hear that," Thor beamed. "I made it just for you."
Lionel blushed. "For MOI? Aw, geez, big guy..." he smiled.
"I was joking about the bromance!" Cherry told them.
"Who says I am?" Thor replied bashfully.
Cherry looked between the two a bit.
"I might consider it..." Thor said. "I just hope that my parents don't kick me out."
"Hey, if they do, then you can live with me." Lionel replied.
"Ooh... Where do you live...?" Thor asked. "Wait, have I been to your house? I don't remember."
"I don't think you have, pal." Cherry told him to make him stop worrying now.
"I haven't, but I can make a house with my magic," replied Lionel. "I been practicin'. How do ya think Wayne Manor is always in such great condition every time you get home from school?"
"I thought that was just luck." Cherry shrugged.
"I thought you didn't believe in luck." Atticus smirked.
"Ah, shush, you know what I mean." Cherry retorted.
"My point still stands," Lionel replied. "Okay, Thor... If you could customize your own house, what would you put in it?"
"Aw, gee... I guess a personal gym so I can practice for sparring," Thor replied. "I have a muscle dummy that I use that looks like a strongman you'd see at the circus."
Lionel jotted down these statements as notes. "Mm-hmm... Personal gym..."
"Yeah, gotta keep a good eye on these sick puppies." Thor smirked as he rolled up his sleeve to show a muscle before flexing his arm with a heavy grunt.
"Huh... All this time I thought you were just fat..." Cherry said.
"Subtle, Cherry." Patch deadpanned from that.
"Alrighty then," Lionel replied. "Anything else before I begin my work?"
"Hmm... Maybe a nice big kitchen?" Thor suggested. "I do like to cook."
"Oh... Uh... R-Really...?" Cherry asked almost bashfully.
"Oh, sure, you think these sandwiches are just for show?" Thor smiled. "I love to cook my own food."
Cherry smiled sheepishly. "That's pretty fascinating... I like a guy who can cook his own food."
"Alright then!" Lionel smiled before he wiggled his fingers and fired a single orange blast of magic outside.
It shot into the ground like a seed.
"Give it a couple of seconds..." Lionel said as he checked his pocket watch.
The others gathered around to see what would happen next.
"So, you cool with you, me, and Lionel being a threesome?" Thor asked with a smirk and a wink to the perky goth. "Eh, Cherry?"
"Uh... Um... Heheh..." Cherry chuckled sheepishly from that.
"It's cool," replied Lionel. "Even if both Thor and I like you, you don't have to answer right away. Think it over first."
"Yeah, sorry, it's just a lot to think about right now," Cherry said. "It was kinda sudden and all."
"Fair enough," Thor smiled. "I'm pretty excited though. I never had a boyfriend AND a girlfriend before."
"Likewise," Lionel replied. "It's strange, but fun."
Just then, the ground began to rumble. Like a plant growing forth, a house suddenly sprouted from the ground, fully formed and powered, Wi-Fi and all. Atticus moved Cherry and Mo out of the way just to be safe.
"Aweeesome..." Thor whispered with amazement. "It's like something out of a cartoon."
Lionel blushed at that. "D'awww... Thanks~" he smiled.
"It does look pretty nice, Lionel," Atticus remarked. "We'll make sure to visit."
"Thanks," Lionel replied. "Also bring a housewarming present the first time."
"Sure thing, bud," Atticus smiled. "Hopefully I'll have a plan for my parents by then."
"Here's hoping!" Lionel replied.
"I just... Don't know what to do for that yet..." Atticus sighed. "Will I even still see all of you guys again?"
"Oh, Atticus..." Mo pouted as she softly looked at him. "I will always be with you~..." she then began to sing at him to help cheer him up as he looked down in the dumps so far about choosing between his adoptive parents and birth parents after all this time. "Makes no difference where your road takes you to, Even if we're apart, now we're joined at the heart., Though our moment may be gone, you and I will still live on~"
"Does this really call for a musical number?" Cherry deadpanned to herself.
"I will always be with you~," Atticus sang back to Mo. "I'll be by your side whatever you do, Other memories may fade, but the ones that we made are eternal as a star, Now I'm part of who you are~"
Lionel shrugged. "I guess so," he replied. "You guys wanna keep this as a duet, or can me and the big guy join in? You know, just to give it a shot."
Atticus and Mo looked bashful from that.
"If you don't, that's cool..." Thor said bashfully.
"Hmm... Okay... I'm accepting of anybody, but could you guys do me a little favor?" Atticus spoke up.
"What's that?" Thor asked.
"If you guys have to kiss, don't make me watch," Atticus said. "Nothing personal, you can be in love with whoever you want, but I kinda don't wanna see that just yet. I might adjust later though."
"Hey, fine by me," Lionel shrugged. "Nuthin' sez you gotta look," He cleared his throat. "And I'll be there with you in the sound of your laughter... I'll be in the tears you cry, 'cuz the way you and I have touched one another... Doesn't end with goodbye~" he sang.
Some music swelled as the four walked about happily as they were in their own little world as they looked into each other's eyes.
"I will always be with you, like a guardian angel, constant and true~," The four sang to each other happily. "When you're lost in the night and you can't see the light, my love will see you through~"
"I will always be there~" Atticus and Thor smiled.
"You have me there~" Lionel and Mo smiled back.
"I will always be with you~" The four sang to each other as the song ended as it looked like they were all about to kiss.
Lionel then opened his eyes. "So... Double Date next week?" he asked.
"Hmm... I think we could work that out," Mo smiled. "I'm pretty much open anytime for anything."
"Awesome!" Lionel grinned, before glancing at Atticus. "Like I said, you can turn away if you like."
Atticus nodded as he turned away then, a bit bashfully, though he couldn't help how he felt, but he felt happy for the boys.
Lionel smiled up at Thor. "...You can start it off, if you like." he explained.
"Mm~..." Thor beamed from that before he seemed to pick Lionel up due to the size difference and held onto him as he gave him a kiss right on the lips.
As soon as it was over, Lionel gave a giddy chuckle as his face was now red. Thor beamed himself as he soon put Lionel back down on the floor.
"Congratulations." Atticus said without looking.
"Thanks." Thor replied.
"That goes double for me," replied Lionel. "Well... I can definitely see all that practice has paid off~"
"Uh, practice?" Cherry asked.
"You know, with his pillow." Lionel chuckled.
"Oh... Right." Cherry replied.
"It's good company." Thor blushed from kissing his pillow.
"This is really gonna be an interesting future for all of us." Atticus beamed.
"Aye," nodded Lionel. "And I can hardly wait to experience it first-hand!"
"Hmm... Now what do we do since Batman, Catwoman, and the others are taking an ego trip?" Cherry pondered.
"Guess we could pig out and watch cartoons?" Lionel suggested.
The others shrugged from that as they decided to do just that.
Thor stuck his tongue out as he flipped through the TV remote to look for something for them to watch on the big TV together.
"Alright, what've we got?" asked Patch as he joined his friends at the couch.
"Hmm... Transformers?" Thor asked.
"Maybe." Cherry shrugged.
"Hmm..." Thor paused again. "The Justice Friends?"
"Meh." Atticus shrugged then.
"Uh... Hmm... How 'bout... Duck Dodgers?" Thor tried.
"...Sure," Lionel replied. "Long as I'm with my big ol' Storm Cloud, I'm a-okay."
Thor blushed a bit bashfully from that as he put on Duck Dodgers for all of them.
"Alright, showtime!" Lionel exclaimed as he ate some of the sandwiches.
"Keep an ear out for the heroes though." Atticus advised.
"Meh," Cherry shrugged. "If they need us, they can come get us."
"Indeed they can," replied Lionel, snuggling up to Thor. "In the meantime... We have earned this."
"Yeah, Cher, just chillax a bit," Thor smiled. "Take a load off."
"Hm... Yeah... We got any kettle corn?" Cherry asked.
"Here you go." Atticus smiled as he brought out a fresh batch just for her.
"Thanks, bud." Cherry replied, taking the bowl as she ate it quite happily.
And so they ate and watched television... Until for some odd reason, a vortex opened above them and sucked them up into another world: one that would annoy and anger them soon enough.
"Hey! What the heck?!" They all yelped on the way out.
They soon came through the vortex, floating a bit in mid-air.
"What's going on?" Mo asked. "Is it magic?"
"Hmm... I live in The Other Realm, but this isn't like any magic I know." Thor replied.
"Looks like we're getting a side-story adventure for now." replied Lionel as they all landed on the ground.
"Oh, joy..." Cherry muttered.
"Anybody hurt?" Atticus asked.
The others assured him that they would be fine.
"All right, we might as well find out where we are," Atticus said before finding a billboard with black and white block letters. "'Welcome to CN City'?"
"CN City?" Lionel read, poofing himself and Thor into pinstripe suits and fedoras. "...Well, either way, maybe this should be a fun way to kill time."
"Are we gangsters?" Thor asked Lionel as he took a look at his new outfit.
"Maybe," replied Lionel. "I liked the look."
Thor shrugged a bit.
"Well, I do have to admit," Cherry told them. "You both look very handsome this way."
Thor beamed from that happily.
"Ah, shucks," Lionel grinned. "Now let's head on into town. Maybe there's a place to get chili dogs around this burg!"
They soon walked along a bit.
"Hey, kid," Cherry greeted a kid who looked like a monkey in a Boy Scout uniform. "Whatcha doin'?"
"Do you really wanna know?" The kid asked her.
"...Not really..." Cherry said, stepping back a bit.
"Then let me tell you!" The kid beamed as music began to play.
"Oh, boy..." Cherry mumbled.
"Aw, cripes, he's gonna sing," Lionel groused. "It was cute earlier, but now I feel mildly annoyed. Just give us the abridged version!"
"Whatcha talkin' about?" The kid asked before he sang anyway. "I-I-I-I-I-I'm takin' advantage of all of the things... This place has to offer, like robots and wings, If your house needs a plank or your car has a dank, You can find it at... Cartoon! If monsters need ice packs, or nerds want a beaker, if your guitar is broken or it's time for new squeaker, if you need a good book, or your pits are a stinker, you can find it at CARTOON!"
Cherry kicked him suddenly while in mid-song. "I hate monkeys."
"Grazie~" Lionel remarked, getting out a toothpick. "Now for the chili dogs!"
"Hopefully." Cherry replied.
"Did we not just eat?" Thor teased Lionel. "You got a stomach like a cow."
"Ooh, did somebody say my name?" A cow asked as she stood on two legs with a young rooster.
"Obviously... And I have a very strong metabolism," Lionel replied to Thor. "Ah. Well, do you two know where we could find a restaurant?"
"Ooh, goody!" The cow beamed. "We're about to meet Chicken's friends at Pop's Diner."
"I gotta babysit my stupid sister." The chicken added.
"That's not very nice to say about your sister." Mo scolded a bit.
"Yeah, yeah, you sound just like the girls." The chicken rolled his eyes.
"Well, that's so fascinating," replied Lionel with a bit of a yawn. "Maybe you could show us the way there?"
"When the light turns white." Cow smiled simply.
The others looked over to see a red hand before it changed into a white walking figure so they could cross the street. Down at the local diner was a redheaded boy who looked like a stereotypical redneck with another boy who looked like an athlete. Eventually, the group arrived at Pop's Moon Palace diner.
"Okay, guys, remember: look professional." Lionel whispered as he put his hands in his suit pockets, tipped his fedora, and strolled in with an air of serious cool to him.
"Oh, great..." A boy with piercings and green hair said as he looked out the window. "Doris is coming over here."
"I wonder who Doris is?" Thor said to the others.
"I guess she's trouble or something based on how that kid is talking about her." Atticus shrugged.
"No, no, Doris is a guy," The boy said to them. "Or at least he claims to be most of the time. He's a doofus."
"What makes him a doofus?" Cherry asked.
"He tells us useless facts that nobody cares about." The boy stated simply.
"Well... Okay," Lionel shrugged as he struggled to climb onto the stool. "Dammit. Yo, Big Guy, couldja be a peach and help me up?"
"Huh? Oh, sure." Thor said as he picked up Lionel to help him up into his seat before they would sit down.
"There's a million of other things I could name, but I don't want to." The boy said about the one called Doris.
"Because you're lazy?" Atticus smirked a bit.
"Watch it, kid," The boy glared at him. "You don't wanna mess with me. You don't know what I can do, especially if you dare to meet Jo Elliot."
"Dunno who this Joe jerk is, but I couldn't care less," Lionel remarked. "Dude's got two first names? Big whoop."
"You really shouldn't talk like that about Jo," The boy said. "She has powers you can't match. They say she's part demon and part werewolf."
"Oh... Jo's a tomboy..." Mo realized. "I get that. I'm a tomboy too."
"You're a girl?" An athletic boy asked. "I can clearly see you're a dude. What's your name?"
"Mo." The tomboy replied.
"Yeah, so you're a dude," The athletic boy then said. "What girl would be named Moe?"
"It's short for Monique, jackass." Lionel retorted, snapping his fingers and turning the boy into a donkey.
The other people in the diner looked surprised from that.
"Thanks, Lionel," Mo said. "I had a feeling he'd be pretty aggravating."
"Yeah... He seemed like a real dumbo." Thor addd.
"No sweat," Lionel replied. "AND ANYONE ELSE WHO BUGS ME OR MY PALS IS GONNA GET SOMETHING WORSE!" he told the other patrons.
"You're still gonna get it from Jo." The boy advised.
"Jo, Jo, Jo... If she has a problem, then why doesn't she just come here for herself?" Cherry rolled her eyes a bit.
"Somebody call my name?" A dark female voice replied as the others looked to see a girl who had long dark blonde hair, wearing sweats as she looked very angered about something which scared most of the boys in the diner.
"Oh, hello, you must be Jo," Thor smiled as he walked over to her, standing taller than her. "You look a little cranky... Skip breakfast this morning?"
"No, but I heard about a challenger, so it must be you." Jo glared at him.
"Eh, nope, dude, that would be me!" Lionel retorted. "I mean, I know my pal's a good-lookin' guy, but try to pull your eyes away from him, capisce?"
Thor chuckled bashfully from the compliments.
"You think you can talk to me like that?" Jo glared as her eyes flashed a fiery red. "You don't know what I can do."
"Why does everybody keep saying that?" Atticus muttered to himself. "It's getting old pretty fast."
"Like I said, don't know, don't care." replied Lionel with a yawn. "So you got shiny red eyes, big fat hairy deal. I can make mine blue! Or green! Or silver! Or yellow! Or orange!" Each time he named a color, his eyes changed to that color.
Cherry laughed a bit. "I'm sorry, I just didn't know you could do that."
"Jo, be nice, these people are new in town." A beautiful girl said to the jockette.
"Fine... For you, Babe... But you know I can't control my other side." Jo told her.
"I'm sorry about that, Jo gets upset a little easily." The girl told the others.
"So, you don't try to stop her from raging?" Mo asked.
"Well, no... I have a hard time speaking up sometimes..." The girl said softly. "I think it's because my father died when I was young, my mother abused my brother and me, and she had him taken away from me... It's hard sometimes."
"Well, that is rather sad, but you shouldn't let your friend here pretty much walk over other people just because she's scary." Atticus said, putting his hand on her shoulder to comfort her.
"HEY!" Jo glared, grabbing his hand. "You touchin' my girl?!"
"Jeez, Hard Head!" Lionel chuckled. "Go soak your freakin' head! He didn't mean nuthin' by it!"
"Yeah, why would I do that when I have my own girl?" Atticus added.
"I think you need anger management or something." Mo remarked.
"What?! Now you think that I'm as bad as Eva?!" Jo glared.
"They're dead." A boy said to the others.
"No, I think you got a hair-trigger temper." Lionel replied.
"What does that mean?" Jo glared a bit.
"You get angry for the littlest thing," Cherry replied. "And I thought Drell had issues."
"All right, let's go then, you and me." Jo glared.
"Jo, it's okay, just ignore them," The girl told the jockette. "I'm sure they didn't mean it."
"Hey, if you're hungry for humiliation, ol' Lionel is ready to satisfy your appetite," Lionel cracked his knuckles. "Maybe when it's done, my chili dogs will be ready."
"Hungry, huh? I love people who love to eat," The waiter/owner chuckled a bit as he gave menus to the group. "Order anything ya like."
"Is there anything on this menu that isn't swimming in gravy?" Cherry asked as she took a glance at the menu.
"Eh... Probably some possum pie?" Pops replied.
Mo looked sick from that name. "I'll just have a salad..." she then said.
"Yeah, and... 12 chili dogs each!" Lionel replied, putting some money down. "12 for me, and for my friend."
"Excellent choice," Pops smiled. "Oh, Jo's here and she looks cranky... I better open the meat locker to give her some fresh meat."
"Isn't that unhealthy?" Mo asked sickly.
"I can handle it," Jo scoffed before smirking. "I hope it's bloody. I love a bloody piece of meat."
Mo looked very sick to her stomach as that looked like it could make her throw up.
"Some people just can't match up to my awesomeness." Jo shrugged from that.
"Oh, Mo, I'm so sorry." Atticus tried to soothe his girlfriend.
"It's also unsanitary," remarked Thor. "Eating raw meat is dangerous, cuz it could be filled with parasites and stuff. That's why you cook it."
"Yeah, well, sometimes I don't have to cook it, Tubby." Jo retorted.
"Tubby?!" Thor asked, looking emotional like he could cry before he soon growled violently. "NOBODY CALLS ME TUBBY!" he then punched her right in her face which seemed to give her a black eye.
"Cheese and Crackers!" Cherry gasped from that.
"Way to go, Big Guy!" Lionel clapped. "You really showed that big ape what for!"
Thor was breathing vehemently, while still growling.
"Thor? Thor... It's okay, buddy, the big ugly gorilla is down," Lionel urged. "Look at me, buddy. Look at me! It's okay."
"You cannot do that to me." Jo glared at Thor.
"I just did," Thor glared back. "If you have a problem with it, can settle it now. I hear you're a werewolf demon, so fight me, Wolfie!" he then smirked a bit. "Oh, wait, I forgot. Werewolves can't change during the day 'cuz there's no full moon."
Jo soon tackled him, both of them crashing out the window and ended up brawling together on the streets.
"Oh, Jo, when will you learn?" The girl sighed about Jo's behavior.
"C'mon, big guy! Hit with the left! Go for the right!" Lionel shouted. "In fact... JUST KNOCK HER OUT!"
"You know, you could be more assertive with your friend rather than just sit back and let her try to beat the shit out of somebody." Cherry told the girl.
"I'm sorry, but sometimes I don't know how to," The girl said as she looked like she was going to cry. "I'm shy after all. Also, I have no parents to help guide me in the confusing journey into adulthood."
"...That was confusing." replied Mo.
"Okay, time to put an end to this." Lionel replied. He walked outside, tapped Jo on the shoulder, then ran to the front and squeezed her nose before ducking under her and giving her an overhead wedgie.
Thor glared as he sat on the road as Jo let out a very pained sounding yell.
"You okay, Big Guy?" Atticus asked Thor.
"Yeah, I guess," Thor huffed. "This place looked so cool at first."
"Hey!" A voice called. "What's goin' on here?"
"Uh, sorry, sir, but this jerk was ruining mine and my friends' day." Cherry told a person who came by with short ginger hair, a red jacket, and blue jeans and red and white sneakers.
"First of all, I'm a girl, and second, Jo, what did you do now?" The person shook her head a bit at the jockette.
"Oh, you know, getting cheesed off about people accidentally touching her girlfriend, losing her temper, and getting in fights," Lionel remarked. "Business as usual, I'm guessing."
"Yeah..." The tomboy shook her head. "Sometimes it feels like she'll never learn, especially when I have to teach her about how to be a proper wolf. Also, no drooling around me, I get sick when the girls do that to me." she then told Cherry and Mo.
"Uh... Okay?" Cherry replied.
"Yeah, why would we do that?" Mo added.
"Because girls always go nuts about me like I'm a knight in shining armor." The tomboy replied.
"Well... We both have boyfriends." replied Mo.
"I guess I have two now." Cherry added, pointing to Lionel and Thor, who waved.
"Isn't that kinda prude?" The tomboy asked.
"I don't care what anyone thinks as long as my two lugs are happy." Cherry replied as she came between the two boys.
"I'm gonna make you pay for that!" Jo glared. "You don't know-"
"What you can do," Atticus rolled his eyes. "I GET IT ALREADY! You don't know what we can do, Miss Pouty!"
Lionel smirked. "Aye. What just happened was merely a sample of my true power." he replied.
"You didn't have to torture my girlfriend... Now I'm angry... Justin's not here, so I'm on my own..." The girl known as Justine glared before she turned into a Lava Person.
"Hmm... Reminds me of the Human Torch from the Fantastic Four." Atticus remarked.
"Yeah, well, now I'm gonna give you guys a shot of lava!" Justine glared as she shot lava at them for hurting Jo. "By the powers of my Ancient Hawaiian ancestors, I will punish you!"
Lionel cracked his knuckles and launched a freeze blast at the lava blast, turning it into a rock, which plopped harmlessly onto the ground.
"So now you do something..." Atticus glared.
Duncan and Eddy soon walked by.
"Careful, Atticus, you'll unleash your Sombra crystals if you get too angry." Cherry warned.
"Who's Sombra?" Eddy asked.
"An evil unicorn." Cherry replied.
Duncan and Eddy looked to each other from that before laughing out loud together, making fun of Atticus as he looked close to flipping out on them. Lionel just snapped his fingers, turning them into a rat and a bunny.
"You shouldn't have done that," Eddy glared. "I'm a fire-bender."
"I really don't care anymore." Cherry replied.
Eddy soon attempted to shoot flames in his bunny form while Duncan tried to earth-bend by moving the ground around. Mo slammed her hands on the ground as she shot out her vines to tie them up with. Lionel then used telekinesis to bang their heads into each other. Many others soon came out to attack.
"We're getting outnumbered," Thor said. "All right, guys, let's give 'em a shot of The Toon Force."
"Yeah!" The others agreed from that.
"Role Call!" Thor yelled out as he transformed himself. "Thunder Boy!"
"Saiya Man!" Atticus added as she did the same.
"Lady Gothika." Cherry said calmly.
"Nature Girl." Mo smirked as she blossomed into her superhero form.
"And, BAT-Mite!" Lionel exclaimed as he spun around and changed into his costume.
The group soon faced the people of this world who seemed to have various powers such as animal transformation, ice powers, fire powers, earth manipulation, some had ninja skills, two seemed to have the powers that could match The Incredible Hulk, of course some werewolf moves which seemed to involve some sort of shadow manipulation, and one of them seemed to have Superman's powers even though she was a teenage girl.
"Wow, those vines seem strong." Thunder Boy said to Nature Girl as the ones who had wolf powers seemed unable to cut through the vines.
"I had to use a lot of ki for that." Nature Girl replied.
"Makes sense why they're so durable." Bat-Mite remarked.
"I didn't think this place would have so many people with superpowers anyway." Saiya Man commented.
"Neither did I," replied Bat-Mite. "I don't think we expected them to be such jerks, either."
"What did we do wrong to these guys?" Justine cried. "We just wanted to be friends. I wish my dad were here, but he's dead."
"Oh, shut up!" Nature Girl scolded. "We know your family life is tragic, but if you keep that up, it's hard to feel any sympathy for ya!"
"Yeah, that's like saying you should stay friends with an abusive jerk because their dad got killed and she was taken away from her mother and had abusive and neglectful adoptive parents." Lady Gothika remarked.
"You know about that?" Jo spoke up as that hit close to home for her.
"Oh, my... How sad..." Lady Gothika said softly. "My best friend's parents were almost killed after he was born! You don't see HIM acting like a ruthless dictator!"
"YEAH!" Thunder Boy added. "You guys are just using your tragic pasts as an excuse for being jerks! Some heroes!"
"You could show a little bit of sympathy." Mike said.
"Well, maybe we would if you guys would've not been such jerks." Lady Gothika retorted.
"Yeah!" Thunder Boy added as he hit Jo again.
"You can't hit me; I'm a girl!" Jo glared from that.
"Funny that you claim to be a girl when you act like a dick!" Thunder Boy glared back.
Bat-Mite let off a bit of a purr. "Damn, dude... Never seen this side of you before, but I frickin' love it." he remarked.
"Guess I was holdin' back a little and had to let it out somehow~" Thunder Boy cooed as he scratched the bottom of Bat-Mite's chin like he was stroking a cat.
"Ugh, are you two gonna make out now?" Jo groaned a bit.
"So what if we are?" asked Bat-Mite. "How the fuck is it any of your business?"
"That's just kinda gross, I don't wanna see that." Jo glared.
Thunder Boy looked a little sad from that as he felt nervous enough about coming out like he had earlier.
Lady Gothika looked sad for him before narrowing her eyes and kicking Jo in the face from that. "Fucking hypocrite," she then said. "No one asked you to watch, though you're gay too. If you won't give us any sympathy, why should we do the same for you? Hmph... I hope somebody takes away your powers and you'll have to be left to defend yourselves some other way."
"I couldn't agree more, Cherry." A familiar voice said as everyone looked around to see where it had come from.
"Now... Who could that be?" Bat-Mite asked.
A random elevator appeared and Drell soon stepped out from it.
"I'd say it was a pleasure, but I have to talk to you, so..." Lady Gothika said to the warlock.
"Ah, save your smart remarks," Drell cut her off a bit. "I'm here for this group. Team Howling Wolves I believe they call themselves."
"Howling Wolves?" asked Bat-Mite as he hugged Thunder Boy. "Sounds like a high school football team..."
"Drell, you better not mess with me." Jo said.
"Uh-huh..." Drell replied without care.
"You know I'm a werewolf demon and I could even be stronger than you 'cuz Trigon's my uncle and I have werewolf powers 'cuz of Mazinsky here, and blah, blah, blah, rant, rant, rant, bitch, bitch, bitch, moan, #LesbianWerewolf..." Jo ranted before Drell cast a spell on the Howling Wolves. "Huh...? What happened?"
"As of now, you are all powerless and are normal people," Drell glared sharply before looking at the Toon Force. "I was never keen on this universe. They had a little friend that was a lot like you that they claimed to care about, but they did pretty terrible things to." he then said as he pointed at Lady Gothika.
"Then I guess this is their just desserts." remarked Saiyaman.
"Hey, we so did care about our friend before she moved away!" Jo glared.
"Oh, yeah?" Drell glared back. "Why did you threaten to eat her if she acted out? Why did you sneak her into a violent R-Rated movie without her parents knowing about it when she was a fragile 10-year-old girl? Why did you tell secrets to the person she was trying to hide from because of your stupidity? Why did you let your violent girlfriend beat her shitless while you just sat there like a spineless coward? I thought I was pretty brutal with my pal Skippy, but you're all a bunch of hypocritical jerks."
Saiya Man looked so disgusted with the teenagers of the group and to have a 10-year-old for a friend and what they would do to her.
"These bozos deserve to get their butts kicked!" Bat-Mite exclaimed.
"I thought you guys could help take care of 'em for me," Drell said to the Toon Force. "That's why I sent ya here. How do you feel?"
"I feel... Quite refreshed actually..." Lady Gothika replied. "I feel like a giant weight was just lifted off my shoulders."
"Can I say something?" Jo asked.
"I thought you felt like you were holding back some kinda stress." Drell told Lady Gothika.
"Can I say something?" Jo repeated firmly.
"Yeah... I feel great..." Lady Gothika smiled a bit to the warlock.
"I have something to say." Jo said, a bit nastily.
"NOBODY CARES!" Bat-Mite roared. "You mess with my Storm Cloud, you mess with me."
Jo growled a bit.
"Ugh... What is it, She-Male?" Drell rolled his eyes.
"About what we did... We just... We just... Hubba what?" Jo replied.
"Hubba what?" Everybody asked at once like it was some running gag.
"I don't get it." Saiya Man said to Lady Gothika.
"I'm not sure I do either." Lady Gothika replied.
"Yes, well, you have fun with that," Drell said. "Let's get you out of here, Toon Force."
"Great!" Bat-Mite replied. "I was getting sick of this trash hole."
And so, a vortex appeared to bring them back home. As the Howling Wolves sat in defeat, their bullies appeared and seemed to make fun of them. This would normally be sad, but in their case, it seemed well deserved, but then again, Your Mileage May Vary.
Back at the Hall of Justice, the group was back in their normal clothes.
"All right, I better leave ya to it." Drell said as he was about to leave.
"Erm... Uh... Um... Uncle Drell...?" Thor stammered. "I... I... I..."
"I-I-I don't have a lot of time, so make it quick, Shortstuff." Drell replied.
"Uh... I like... I like... Hot dogs!" Thor said before blurting that out as he cupped his mouth bashfully, unable to say it right then.
Lionel clutched his hand gently. "It's okay, buddy," he told him. "You have the words in your mind, so open up and say them."
Thor nodded with a small whimper. Drell checked his watch a bit impatiently.
"Uncle... I might've found love..." Thor said bashfully as he tapped his knuckles together. "How does that make you feel?"
"Oh! That's great news, buddy!" Drell smiled proudly. "You got your own flame burnin'! I know how that feels..." he then smiled bashfully. "I feel that way about Sabrina's aunt."
"Well, Zelda is very beautiful." Cherry said.
The others looked at her which made her look bashful.
"Oh... Right... Hilda too..." Cherry grinned sheepishly.
"Alright, so far, so good." noted Lionel.
"Listen, son, I really have to go," Drell told Thor. "Maybe we could talk about this later, okay?"
"Oh... Uh... Okay..." Thor said softly.
"I'll see you later, I promise," Drell smiled as he ruffled up his nephew's hair. "I'll come to your house for dinner on Sunday like I always do."
"Hmm..." Thor pouted at himself as his uncle then left the scene.
"Well... It's a start," replied Lionel. "At least he said he was happy for you."
Thor still pouted a bit as he slumped on the floor which made the room shake a bit.
"Uh, you okay, buddy?" Atticus asked.
"What if he disowns me?" Thor pouted.
"He won't disown you," Lionel told him. "He's better than that. If he does care about you... Then he'll still be happy for you."
"Ya really think so?" Thor asked.
"Sure he will... Sure he will..." Cherry said as she pet his hair a little.
"Yeah!" Lionel smiled.
"Hmm... I hope so..." Thor pouted a bit. "I'm just terrified that I'll come out and they'll throw me out."
"I'm still unsure about how I feel about all of this, but either way, you're my friend, so I'll support you." Attius promised.
"Thanks..." Thor replied as he hugged Atticus.
"No problem," Atticus replied. "Now no kissing me."
Thor smirked as he gave Atticus on the cheek just to mess with him.
"Augh!" Atticus cried out. "Dude!"
"Whoops." Thor smirked.
Everyone had a good chuckle at that.
Atticus wiped his cheek, but he laughed a little too. "Well, I hope Batman and the others are having good luck with... Uh... Whatever they were doing..." he said to them.
"Same," nodded Lionel. "Here's hoping they got what they were after."
They soon went back to their cartoons while the older heroes were hard at work. Cherry sat between Lionel and Thor so that they could both be next to her and they were both happy with that. Atticus and Mo sat together in their own space.
It seemed to be a while, so they all fell asleep in their seats.
"Well, we made some progress... Oh..." Superman said as he came to see the kids. He decided to just leave a note on the table explaining things so they could read it when they woke up.
"They okay?" Wonder Woman asked Superman.
"Yes, they should be fine," Superman replied. "I just wonder though... Will our little Saiya Man choose to stay with us or with his birth family?"
"I'm sure the answer will come to him in his heart, but no matter what happens, he's the closest thing we both have as a son." Wonder Woman nodded softly.
The both of them hugged in silence for a few minutes afterwards. They tucked in Atticus a bit and moved a pillow under him as he snuggled up to Mo a bit.
"Sleep well, Atticus." Superman said quietly as he and Wonder Woman exited the room.
Wonder Woman smiled a bit on the way out with Superman.