Eventually, the group woke up from their little nap.
"Anyone else hungry?" Thor asked with a yawn.
"A little bit." Cherry replied.
"Sure, I could eat." Lionel replied as he cracked his neck.
"I always feel hungry after a nap." Thor said.
"Guess that makes you the girl of the relationship," Cherry smirked playfully. "Since you like to cook and clean."
Thor blushed at that, while Lionel patted him on the back. "...I guess~" he replied.
"Oh... I didn't offend you, did I?" Cherry asked.
"Nah," Thor replied softly. "You're lucky I like ya, otherwise you're gonna end up like those Howling Wolves."
"I wonder what happened with that girl they knew who was apparently 10-years-old?" Atticus remarked.
"She probably moved away," Mo guessed. "Can't say I'd blame her."
"Like us." Atticus smiled.
"Yeah!" The Toon Force beamed from that.
Atticus soon found a note and checked it out that was left from Superman and Wonder Woman.
"What's it say?" asked Patch.
"'Showing Star Boy and Jessica around, might have to request help later in the Watchtower'." Atticus read aloud.
"Well, alright then." Lionel replied.
"Should we go with them?" Thor asked.
"It might be a good idea," Atticus shrugged. "I mean, see what they're up to."
"It'd give us something to do, that's for sure." replied Lionel.
They soon came to explore out of the entertainment room a bit as they came into the Watchtower as the adult heroes were hard at work. Batman and Miss Martian seemed to watch Star Boy and Jessica as they explored a bit with Jessica in her new outfit which was that of The Green Lantern.
"I intercepted a transmission I can't identify." Mr. Terrific reported from the system.
Superman took a look with the readings. "The cyborg?" he then asked.
"That'd be my guess." Mr. Terrific told him.
"Whoof..." Lionel remarked.
"You're awake." Superman said to the kids.
"Yeah, cartoon marathon wore us out a bit." Thor smiled bashfully.
"But we're okay, and willing!" Lionel added.
"We're trying to find out more on what happened earlier today," Superman replied. "Jessica and that Star Boy are exploring a bit."
"And I can see that Star Boy is like a fanboy over this place." Atticus pointed out as Star Boy looked nostalgic.
"And that goes for the others." Lionel replied, talking about LJ, Zofia, Felicity, and Terry.
"Sure looks it." Atticus nodded to that.
"The Watchtower," Star Boy smiled as he took a look around with Jessica. "I have the playset for this. It's an antique. I keep it in my room at the clubhouse."
"What clubhouse?" Jessica asked as that puzzled her.
"I told you, I'm a superhero." Star Boy replied obviously.
LJ nodded. "In the future, we're part of a group called The Legion of Superheroes. We have our own clubhouse, so... Yeah." he explained.
"Sounds pretty cool." Atticus said as he came by.
"It can be sometimes, Uncle." Zofia replied.
"Heh... Uncle..." Atticus chuckled. "I like the sound of that."
"Yeah, same," replied Terry. "I mean, we've heard stories about the old Justice League, but meeting them in person... It's just... Wow."
"Well, it's good to meet you too." Thor smiled.
"If only it could be under better circumstances." Cherry muttered slightly.
"That's for sure," nodded LJ. "Sorry that those bad dudes came back to your time."
"Well, I guess it's not really your fault," Cherry replied. "Just maybe if you do this again in the future, don't let it happen again?"
"We shall try." Zofia promised.
"Next time, we're gonna stop the creeps before they get to the time machine." Terry promised.
"If there will be a next time." Felicity said.
"There will be," Zofia reassured. "I know that there will be one, Sister."
"Isn't there always?" LJ added. "Anyway, let's get on with the rest of the tour."
"We'll help you out," Cherry replied. "We've been here for a while. It's pretty much our home away from home."
"I wanna know about the future myself, but Cherry says that might cause a paradox." Atticus added.
"That, and learning about the future ruins the surprise of knowing what will come next," Lionel added. "Which could alter the future itself."
"We've seen enough of the future anyway." Batman told Cherry.
"Can we at least know how far into the future?" Cherry asked.
Batman whispered an answer to her.
"100 years?!" Cherry jumped back with a gasp.
"Yep, and you and the rest still look great after all that time!" LJ replied. "He's kidding, it's only at least 10 years from now."
"With five extra years." Terry added.
"Grr... You're not funny!" Cherry complained at Batman.
"It's not my job to be funny," Batman told her. "You think I'm from some goofy superhero TV Show from the 1960's or something?"
"Hmph." Cherry crossed her arms sharply.
"Not in this universe, at least." Lionel replied with a smirk.
"We just got a message from the Fatal Five." Mr. Terrific soon told the others.
"Finally, progress," remarked LJ. "What's it say?"
Mr. Terrific invited them over to see for themselves of what looked like a holographic message.
"Do not take this threat lightly," Mano warned as a holographic image of himself was shown. "Metropolis will be but the first of your cities to be flattened. Then the others, one by one, and in a synchronization of destruction you never dreamed possible. Or simply hand over the Lantern."
Jessica narrowed her eyes from that.
"We promise no harm will come to her," Mano's voice continued. "We only need her assistance. Decide quickly. The cost of hesitation is the blood of innocents."
"That's where the message ends," Mr. Terrific told the others as the hologram stopped. "There's no way to trace the signal."
"So what's our play?" Miss Martian spoke up.
"We don't negotiate with terrorists," Wonder Woman replied. "Even the 31st-century kind."
"Agreed." Batman stated sharply.
"Lousy bastards," LJ spat. "They're askin' for a futuristic ass-kickin'."
"Hey. I'm picking up that energy frequency I found earlier," Mr. Terrific spoke up as he typed away. "Multiple signals. My guess is they connect to Tharok. These are receiving transmissions."
They soon all took a look to see a tracking map with blinking red lights that looked very important.
"Wild guess: those are spots that those guys intend to attack." replied Lionel.
"But of course!" Thor proclaimed. "Let's move out, gang!"
And so, with great determination, the group quickly exited. Superman flew off quicker.
"Whoa! Wait up, Supes!" Saiya Man called out as he went after his adoptive father.
The rest of the Justice League (at least, who were on call) followed behind with the group. Stray bombs soon shot off as towers came crumbling down. A tower came down by a group of civilians who panicked as they went to run off from the tower before they would get crushed. Superman flew by to stop the tower from falling, though it seemed to be too much, even for him as Saiya Man and Wonder Woman flew by to give him some sort of assistance. Another bomb soon hit another tower which meant that that would fall as well if nobody stopped it.
"I've got this! Go!" Superman cried out as he would stay where he was.
Wonder Woman nodded and quickly flew off to deal with the other explosion. Saiya Man then flew beside Superman to help him out with the tower. Mr. Terrific soon dashed off as he and the others began to leave The Watchtower.
"I should do something." Jessica said.
"You're the one they're after," Batman replied as he looked at her and Star Boy firmly. "Stay here. Both of you."
"But I'm a superhero." Star Boy said.
Jessica gave him a look for that.
"I am..." Star Boy said softly from that. "You saw."
"If Batman tells you to do something, you better DAMN WELL DO IT!" Cherry told him sharply.
LJ shrugged. "When Mom gets like that, it's tough saying no," he replied. "...Personally, I think we're better off doing what she says."
"That's right, I'm your mother, so I say you stay here too or you're grounded." Cherry then said.
"Of course." Felicity said softly.
Cherry nodded sharply as she came to go with Batman as she took out her superhero costume. Lionel quickly changed into his costume so he could be prepared to assist the others. A plane was taking off down the runway, but as it got in the air, it was bombed and was about to crash downward. Luckily for everybody on board though, Mr. Terrific swooped in to help save them. The plane flew somewhat better and was gently set down on the runway without a crash.
Meanwhile, in the subway, several explosives went off when a train was approaching. The conductor tried to stop, but the train veered off the rails and fell on its side, almost hitting the people. Luckily, Miss Martian used her intangibility powers to protect the people from the train. But then, another train was fast approaching. Both the conductor aboard and the passenger on the tracks panicked. Miss Martian flew out to grab the subway as it sped down the tracks and they both skid together from the brute force. Luckily, the subway car began to stop just before it could collide with the other with Miss Martian leaning up against the speeding one. Miss Martian sighed in relief from this before she looked up to see another bomb going off, so she flew off to go to stop it.
Meanwhile, Jessica and the others watched from their spot as Star Boy came over. "...Are you alright?" he asked.
"No, nothing about this is alright," said Jessica. "And you'd understand that if you weren't even more messed up than I am!"
Star Boy looked down, feeling guilty.
"I'm sorry," said Jessica. "It's just that I dunno what to do. I know what I'd LIKE to do: get the hell out of here."
"...Scary guy should've let you help," replied Star Boy. "You're Limelight. You're the bravest."
"Just stop!" Jessica lashed out. "I'm not the bravest. Most days, I'm scared to put this ring on, scared to get out of bed."
"I felt that way too when I realized that I had to fight my siblings in secret." Felicity remarked.
LJ and Zofia looked soft from that.
"I apologize for the trouble I caused while working under my new mentor, but it had to be done," Felicity told them. "I promise that I would never try to hurt you on purpose or for my own selfish gain."
LJ and Zofia were about to hug her until Jessica suddenly yelled out with pain like a dog affected by the dreaded silent sound to humans that was a dog whistle.
"Whoa, what's going on?" asked Terry.
"I dunno!" replied LJ.
"Can you give me a minute?" Jessica asked.
"Uh, sure." Star Boy shrugged before he soon turned around to fly off.
Jessica looked over at Felicity, LJ, Zofia, and Terry.
"We wanna know what you're up to." Terry told Jessica as he refused to leave.
Jessica put up a hand to him as she turned around. "Tharok... What do you want?" she asked.
"You're a smart girl," replied the villain's voice. "You know we're not bluffing. How many more people need to die? You have the power to stop this. Follow the signal, and come alone."
The four looked to each other as Jessica had a job to do.
"I must go." Jessica told them all.
"We'll come with you." Felicity said.
"No," Jessica replied. "I have to do this myself."
"Tharok did say to come alone..." noted LJ. "...That, and Mom and Great-Uncle Bruce said we had to stay here."
"What if things go bad?" asked Terry. "You might need the backup."
"You do not make things easy, do you?" Jessica shook her head with a sigh from that.
"Not really, no," Terry replied. "So we're coming with you, whatever what that jerk wants, he's gonna get from us too."
"I guess we can follow from a distance, and using cloaking power," decided LJ. "That way, they won't know that we're accompanying you."
"I don't know about this..." Jessica replied.
"Just trust us," Felicity said. "It might be the smart thing to do, especially if you have to meet someone that's... Well... Shall I say, mysterious?"
"Or less-than-trustworthy," replied LJ. "Considering that we're from 30 years from now, we know how these jerks roll."
"I thought you said you were from 15 years from now." said Jessica.
"I realized that wouldn't really make sense, age-wise." LJ explained.
Jessica pulled a bit of a face from that.
"Time travel is complicated," Felicity said. "Bottom line: we're coming with you."
"Yep." Terry nodded.
Jessica sighed. "...Fine. Just keep out of sight." she replied.
The others nodded in response. Jessica dashed off and so the others followed behind in their own special way.
We are soon shown just outside of town into a creepy and dark forest. Jessica narrowed her eyes bravely as she walked into the woods to meet up with who she was supposed to. Shortly after she entered, she met up with Tharok, Persuader, and Mano.
"I'm here." said Jessica.
"That was quick," remarked Tharok. "Maybe I should be called 'The Persuader'."
"You've made a brave choice, girl." said Mano.
"Yeah... Real brave. I just surrendered." said Jessica sarcastically.
"You bought life for your city; you care about your people." continued Mano. "Like I care about mine."
"...Whaddyou want?" asked Jessica.
"We're going on a little road trip," explained Mano. "See some old friends."
"And if I don't go along...?" asked Jessica.
Tharok put out his robot hand in the shape of a finger gun, and mimicked a "p-chuu" noise. As if to punctuate his statement, an explosive went off in that exact spot.
"No, wait!" Jessica protested. "I'll take you wherever you want."
The villains approved of her decision while the four hid away while listening in.
"Should we interfere?" Zofia asked the others.
"Not yet," replied LJ. "At most, we should tag along while staying shrouded. That way we don't spoil the surprise too early."
"Come over here, I'll take care of that." Felicity offered as she took out what looked like a black ball into the palm of her hand.
LJ, Zofia, and Terry each approached, looking quite curious. Felicity soon waved her arms a certain way which began to make the ball glow briefly before it shot them all with a blast that made them like shadows in order to blend in so the bad guys wouldn't see them sneaking along since Jessica was asked to come alone. And so, now in Shadow Mode, the group followed behind Jessica as she went off with the villainous trio. Felicity just reminded them all to keep quiet so they wouldn't get found out. Jessica used her Green Lantern ring to beam them all up into a green ball as they entered the deep and dark vacuums of space and soon stopped in front of a ringed planet.
"Oa." Jessica told them.
"Of Course," Tharok replied. "Who else but the fabled Green Lantern Corps could hope to hold the two mightiest beings in the galaxy?"
"It won't work," Jessica retorted. "They'll stop you."
"I hope they try," Persuader challenged. "They're nothing but a legend in our time. Perhaps I'm the one who ended them."
"Sadly, you will not have that chance," Tharok told him. "Most of the Green Fascist Corps are currently fighting some obscure war on Rann. Their interplanetary Gulag is currently... Understaffed."
"It doesn't matter," replied Jessica. "The scion cells are impenetrable. There's no way to-" she stopped, before looking down at her ring. "...I'm the key..."
"Green Lantern Jesssica Cruz of Sector 2814, this is an unscheduled approach." said a robotic voice in a British accent.
Persuader pointed to his head.
Jessica looked confused, but went along. "I have prisoners bound for the scion cells. All good, situation green." she said.
"Please proceed to the detention compound." said the voice.
A door soon seemed to open from the planet's surface which would be their gained access inside. Felicity controlled her own Dark Ball to lead them in after the four ahead of them. After they both passed, they soon came into a whole new world.
Finally, Jessica's bubble dispersed as they came down, though Tharok took position just in case he was needed later. Jessica went down into the holding cells with Mano and Persuader, followed discreetly by the others. Felicity and the others decided to follow after Jessica, Mano, and Persuader. The three came down into the center of where a glowing, golden sphere was as the shadowed others also followed, but of course, secretly.
"Say it just as I told you." Mano instructed Jessica.
"Sarya: Empress of Venegar. Validus." Jessica spoke to the sphere calmly.
The sphere glowed bright, and showed the two prison cells by having them each glow green. The three flew up to the first cell.
"Open it." ordered Mano.
Jessica glanced down at her Lantern Ring, then lifted it to the lock. In a crackle of green light, the cell doors gradually opened.
"We gotta do something." Zofia whispered to the others in concern.
"Yeah, you're right," replied LJ. "This is looking seriously bad."
"I'd hate to meddle, but this is why we came," Felicity replied. "I'll get us out of this."
Zofia hugged her sister happily from that news. A bright green light shot out as the doors soon opened up from Jessica using the ring to gain access into. The group looked on as the doors gradually opened.
"And now for my Empress." Mano said as he soon flew off with Jessica.
The others flew after them in secret to see where this would go. They flew up to another cell, and Jessica put her ring into the lock hole, opening the door.
"Child's play." remarked Mano.
"Wanna play?!" asked a deep masculine voice. "Play with this!"
It was the Green Lantern Kilowog, and he charged at Mano, his construct in the form of a massive sledgehammer, which smacked him to the ground.
"Situation green: Lantern under Duress. Glad ya did your homework, kid," Kilowog smiled at Jessica. "You alright?"
"I'm not that you're-" Jessica began only for the Persuader's ax to slice through a green shield.
"I don't know what all we can do, but let's get going." Felicity told the others as she used another form of dark magic.
"What's this?" Terry asked.
"This will help make all of you fly like Uncle Atticus." Felicity replied before she soon demonstrated with a back-flip in the air.
"What?! I told you guys to stay back!" Jessica glared slightly.
"Funny thing about us," replied Quad Star. "We're not too good at takin' orders!"
"Especially me," Terry chuckled as he put on his Batman mask. "Let's take out the trash."
Jessica growled a bit, though she had bigger problems to worry about right now.