At the same time the Vindicators were searching for Mara, the reserve unit held a martial arts competition. Dirk, Thom, Gim, Luornu, and Ayala were present. They were supposed to remain vigilant on Earth's security instead of goofing off. Dirk was up against an unknown alien competitor.
"Stay positive, remember your moves," Thom advised.
"Focus your mind on your body and not your dick, Dirk," Luornu advised.
"Thanks. I'm going to need all the help I can get," Dirk said as he saw his overly enthusiastic opponent. His opponent's name was Jo Nah who wore green with a golden dragon on his uniform. He was from the planet Rimbor and was supposedly superior to everyone in every way. He had a pale complexion, black hair, tall, and had a muscular physique.
"Who is this guy?" Thom wondered.
"It's Jo," Luornu said vaguely.
"He's really cute. I want to fuck him," Ayala admitted.
"God damn," Thom said stunned at her.
Dirk and Jo finally squared off. Dirk was more into punches and linear style fighting while Jo was really really into kicks. Dirk dodged several kicks and then kicked Jo to the mat. For the next round, Jo evaded Dirk's kicks and took him to the mat with his own. For the third round, Jo aggressively kicked at Dirk, caused Dirk to lose his balance, and then punched him to the mat. In the next round, Jo aggressively forced Dirk out of bounds gaining another point. Dirk then managed to get a good gut kick to Jo earning him a point. Instead of running out the clock, Jo aggressively charged. Dirk evaded Jo's strikes, gave him a kick to the gut, and elbow to the back, and sent Jo to the mat. The clock ran out giving them both a draw.
Dirk and Jo gave each other insincere bows and exited the mat. "You got held to a draw by a civilian. You're a Vindicator. What the fuck, man?" Thom wondered.
"It's not about winning or losing but dignity and spirit that's most important," Luornu said.
"That sounds like bullshit," Thom disagreed.
"Look, I'm going to take a shower. You're all free to join me. If not, I'll meet you at the bar," Dirk said as he walked off. As it happened, no one followed him into the locker room. Ayala gave Jo googly eyes before following Luornu out of the gym.
As it happened, Mysa Nal aka White Witch had been watching the fight from the Dream dimension. She created a portal and sucked the unsuspecting Jo into the Dreamworld. "What the fuck?" Jo wondered as he was sucked through the portal.
Mysa immediately put a spell on him. "How can I serve my empress?" Jo said enthusiastically.
"Destroy the reserve Vindicators, Dirk, the Sunboy, Thom, the Starboy, Gim, the Colossal Boy, Luornu, the Triplicate Girl, and Ayala, the Light Lass. You will now be my Vindicator," Mysa ordered.
"I will do as you command," Jo replied.
"Go to the Vindicator HQ and fuck it up," Mysa ordered and then created a portal to get through its security.
The reserve Vindicators hung out at the garage where they worked on their sweet ride, their own government-owned car for personal use. The car was an antique resembling that of the 21st century. "This car is going to be stylish after I pimp its ride," Thom said confidently.
"Pimp its...what?" Gim asked confused.
Luornu and Ayala then joined the boys. "Sup?" Ayala asked.
"You're just in time. Take this rag and rub it good," Thom said to her.
"Not in the mood right now," Ayala declined.
"What's wrong?" Thom asked concernedly.
"It's Jo. He blew Ayala off," Lurornu explained.
"The guy I beat?" Dirk asked jealously.
"You didn't beat him," Ayala corrected. "He was supposed to meet me at my place to fuck me and he never showed."
"Maybe something came up," Thom suggested.
"What? More important than these?" Ayala asked as she held her breasts. "My brother is gone on this other mission and I'm really trying to whore myself out while I still can."
"Damn, that's whack," Thom said dismayed.
Dirk then got a message from a Brainiac 5 drone that something was wrong at the Vindicator HQ, but it was full of static and garbled. "We should check it out."
"We should go in this car," Thom suggested.
"Yes," Dirk smiled.
The five drove in the antique car on roads not designed for it and at a relatively low speed compared to the 31st-century magnetic cars that sped past them.
The reserve Vindicators eventually arrived finding the HQ trashed and a Brainiac 5 drone disabled. "Ah, man, this place is fucked up," Thom remarked.
The damaged drone approached them. "My memory files have been destroyed. I was only able to contact you," he replied.
"Who did this? I mean, no one has access to this place without a Vindicator ring," Luornu said confused.
An alarm bell went off as a cliche pillar of light appeared just outside Metropolis. It was Jo. "We have to deal with this asshole," Dirk said to the team. "Dox, you going to be alright?"
"I'm semi-operational. I will continue to make attempts to contact Kara."
"Alright, it's Vindicator time," Dirk determined.
In a flash of light, the reserve Vindicators confronted Jo on the outskirts saying their catchphrases as they arrived on the scene:
Dirk: Jose Canseco!
Thom: Black power motherfucker!
Gim: My dick is long!
Luornu: Fried rice!
Ayala: Deep Penetration!
"Alright, let's take this asshole down!" Dirk said to his team.
"Long live Empress Mysa!" Jo said to them as he engaged them. Jo got in the middle of all five Vindicators and either evaded or blocked their strikes. He rudely kicked Luornu to the head, bitch-slapped Ayala away, and jumped up on Gim's shoulders where his balls were in his face. Jo then twisted his body to throw Gim to the ground. Jo evaded beams from both Thom and Ayala to either make him super heavy or super light. Jo used Thom's beam against Ayala and Ayala's beam against Thom as he was able to replicate any power he sampled.
"You think you're tough shit. Fight me," Dirk challenged.
"With pleasure," Jo said as they charged each other. Jo matched Dirk's power as the two went back and forth between having physical bodies and pure light. Each of them turned to light before they could hit. However, Jo was slightly better at Dirk's own power and bitch-slapped him to the ground. Jo then formed an energy ball in his hands and blasted all five of them.
"We have to retreat. We fucked up," Dirk said to his team and then teleported them all away in a flash of light.
Back in the ruined HQ, the Vindicators were disgruntled. "Communications with the Supreme Leader have failed," Brainiac 5 reported.
"Well...shit," Dirk muttered. "We need answers. How is Jo so powerful and why is he suddenly an asshole?"
"Yeah, he just bust a cap in our ass," Thom said distressed.
"I'm sorry...I don't...know..overload...overload!" Brainiac 5 said and then shut down.
"Can we get another drone? There must be billions on this planet by now," Gim asked.
"Kara's gone and this guy shows up. He was kind of hot though," Ayala remarked.
"I think we only got a small sample of his true power," Dirk said worriedly.
"This is really queer. What are we going to do?" Luornu asked.
"We prepare ourselves. We don't have Kara here to hold our dicks," Dirk said.
"Look at this," Thom said.
The five looked at the surveillance live feed of Jo taunting them outside. "Vindicators, I'll destroy you one and all," Jo promised.
"Great, he's talking shit now," Thom frowned.
"This is only round one," Dirk said resolved.
Soon thereafter, Dirk and Thom were at the gym. Dirk went into beast mode against a punching bag. "Man, I can't believe this guy. I can't get him out of my head," Dirk said frustrated.
"Dude, that sounded really queer," Thom reminded him.
"He has alien powers like we do but Kara never mentioned him," Dirk said confused.
"Do you think he was the one that attacked HQ?" Thom asked.
"No shit, Sherlock," Dirk rolled his eyes.
"What's a Sherlock?" Thom asked ignorantly.
"He's an English writer from fifteen hundred years ago or so," Dirk explained.
"Oh, okay," Thom understood.
"You ruined it," Dirk scolded. "All I know is that I went to get my hands on this guy."
"To fight him, right?" Thom asked.
"Fuck you, man," Dirk said pissed off.
On the coast, Mysa and Jo hung out. "You summoned me. I'm at your service, Empress," Jo said to her.
"Here's the sword of darkness. Kill shit with it," Mysa ordered.
"As you command," Jo said and then began practicing with it.
Mysa disappeared into the Dreamworld and let Jo have at it. Soon thereafter, Dirk teleported in a flash of light onto the beach. "I'm here to beat your ass," Dirk said to him.
Jo pointed his finger at Dirk and teleported him to the Dreamworld. "One down, four to go," Jo smiled.
At Vindicator HQ, the other four worked to repair the mess using their respective powers. "Where's Dirk, our fearless leader?" Luornu asked concernedly.
The surveillance drones spotted Jo at the beach still practicing with his sword. "Let's nail his ass," Thom said aggressively.
"But we need Dirk," Ayala objected.
"Dirk, do you read?" Thom radioed. There was only silence. "Fuck him, we go."
In the Dreamworld, Mysa confronted Dirk directly. "Take me back to Earth now!" Dirk demanded.
"Now, you're demanding. Soon, you'll be begging," Mysa mocked.
Dirk attacked her with none of his powers to help in this dimension. Mysa easily blocked his attacks and then took him by the throat. "I can finish you off anytime I choose, pathetic human."
Dirk decided to take off and hid among the white dream cones all over the place. Mysa used her staff to fire on the dream cones to get at him. Dirk continued to evade her not caring how many dreams he was indirectly destroying. Dirk eventually ambushed Mysa with a kick to the gut. "How does it feel to be outsmarted by a human?" Dirk taunted.
"No human has ever defeated me," Mysa said confidently.
"I'm about to change that," Dirk said confidently.
"Don't even bother begging for mercy because I won't grant it," Mysa told him.
"What did I ever do to you, lady?" Dirk asked dismayed.
Thom, Gim, Luornu, and Ayala arrived on the beach to take Jo down. With the sword of darkness, he got easy hits on them all. "Feel my dark power!" Jo said dramatically as he placed the sword to the ground and blasted all four of them instantly.
"This is bullshit," Thom said. "Gim, time to grow."
Gim then grew to skyscraper size with the three other Vindicators on his shoulders. Undeterred, Jo fired his sword at them. Thom and Ayala fired beams of their own and overpowered him. Gim then slammed his fist down on Jo, but he had already teleported away.
"Got his bitch-ass," Thom said pleased.
Ayala headed to her usual bar and found Jo there. He was about to leave when she saw her. "Wait, Jo, where did you send Dirk?"
"To the Dreamworld where my empress will destroy his ass," Jo said to her. "You worried about him?"
"No, fuck that guy. I want you. Sleeping with bad boys is what I do best," Ayala said flirtatiously.
"What the fuck?" Thom wondered as he entered the bar and saw Jo with Ayala. Jo then took off with an annoyed look.
"You just cock-blocked Jo," Ayala scolded.
"He's the fucking enemy!" Thom hissed at her.
"So?" Ayala wondered.
"Let's go after him," Thom ordered.
Jo evaded Thom and Ayala and entered the Dreamworld. "You summoned me, empress?"
"Yes, destroy him for me. Show me your loyalty and ability to kill," Mysa ordered.
"With pleasure," Jo eagerly agreed.
"I'm going to take a nap. His corpse better be here when I come back," Mysa told him. She then disappeared from view.
Jo faced off with Dirk. "I've been looking forward to this."
"What's your deal, asshole?" Dirk asked him.
"I am Mysa's Vindicator, and she is my empress," Jo explained.
"Mysa is evil," Dirk spat.
"And so am I," Jo clarified.
"Well...fuck," Dirk said dumbfounded.
Jo proceeded to beat Dirk's ass in the Dreamworld. "Soon, you and your friends will be a memory."
The two fought evenly with Jo merely toying with Dirk. "I don't want to fight you," Dirk said to him.
"I wouldn't want to fight me either. I have the ability to use any power imaginable including yours," Jo said.
"If you were truly a Vindicator, you would be on Kara's side and not Mysa," Dirk said to him.
"Kara will soon be a memory. Mysa will rule the universe and the Dreamworld," Jo said confidently. The sword of darkness then appeared in his hands. "How do you like my sword, its length, its thickness, its shape?"
At HQ, the reserve Vindicators and Brainiac 5 worked to locate Dirk in the Dreamworld. "We have partial power. With Nura's assistance, I was able to develop a teleportation technology to and from the Dreamworld. I'll have to input his coordinates manually," Brainiac 5 informed the group as he rapidly worked to locate him. "I've found him in the furry BMDS district of the Dreamworld."
"The fuck?" Thom wondered.
Brainiac 5 then teleported Dirk out of the Dreamworld before Jo could penetrate him. "Holy shit," Dirk said stunned. "Jo actually tried to kill me. This isn't fun and games."
Mysa confronted Jo in the Dreamworld. "You had him at your mercy, and you let him fucking escape!" Mysa screamed at him.
"Who knew he could teleport out?" Jo excused.
"You had more than enough time. Instead, you fucked around with him. I should have handled him," Mysa said angrily.
"Give me another chance," Jo beseeched her.
"You will be given another opportunity to prove yourself but for now, you will stay here and practice," Mysa ordered.
On the Metropolis beach, the reserve Vindicators took on Mysa directly. Mysa fired on them with her staff blasting all five of them at once. Mysa then grew to giant size in a puff of smoke. Gim grew to a similar height and took her on. Mysa hit Gim repeatedly with the power of her staff. He attempted to punch at her in vain missing each time.
While the Vindicators were out, Jo exited the Dreamworld and entered HQ. He quickly snuck up on Brainiac 5 and deactivated him while he was trying to communicate with Kara. He then laughed maniacally like a weird-ass psycho. "What is this shit? Who the fuck are you? What's happening?" Kara demanded on the TV monitor.
"I'm what's happening, bitch. Mysa's prized warrior," Jo said to her.
"Look, I don't have time to deal with your petty bullshit. I have to find my daughter first but when I'm done with that, I'm going to kill Mysa for good," Kara promised.
"You're wrong, she will win, and evil will rule," Jo replied.
"Evil will never win," Kara told him off.
"It will when I destroy the Vindicators," Jo said confidently.
"Yeah, good luck with that. They'll kill your ass," Kara told him.
"Enough. I'm going to end your Internet connection...for good," Jo threatened.
"What? No...," Kara said as she faded away on the video chat.
Jo laughed maniacally and then trashed the HQ again ruining all the repair work that had been done.
On the beach, Jo confronted the Vindicators. "Make my Ultra Boy grow!" Mysa said as she cast a spell on him. Jo grew to the same size as Gim. With the sword of darkness, Jo sliced up Gim several times. Mysa and Jo took turns slicing into Gim with powerful strikes. Mysa and Jo then combined their weapons to fire a spell on Gim. The other Vindicators watched as Gim fell to the ground and returned to normal size looking lifeless.
"He's totaled," Ayala said of Gim.
"I can't believe it. It's like Mysa destroyed a part of us," Thom said mournfully.
"Gim was always there for us when we needed him," Dirk said sadly.
"Now, he's gone," Luornu said distressed.
"I'm not...dead...," Gim said weakly.
The Vindicators brought Gim back to HQ to heal up. "The Vindicators are history," Ayala said pessimistically.
"It's over...game over, Mysa's won," Luornu said.
"We can't give up...on my leadership," Dirk said offended.
"Why shouldn't we? Kara is still gone, Gim is fucked up, we're outmatched," Ayala pointed out.
"Hey, even if there is a ten percent chance of victory, isn't that enough to keep fighting? The world needs us," Dirk said passionately.
"Face it, Dirk, Jo was Mysa's trump card and she played it. She won," Thom said.
"Kara won't accept that," Brainiac 5 told them all.
"Well, she's not here," Thom pointed out.
"You are reservists. Your task is to simply hold the fort until Kara and the other Vindicators come back," Brainiac 5 reminded them.
"He's right. Being a reservist doesn't make us any less a real Vindicator," Dirk agreed.
Ayala found Jo working out at the gym which was also a bar. "Jo, I think you're under a spell," she said to him as he was doing reps.
"And I think you and the other Vindicators will soon be destroyed," Jo shot back.
"We can help you. We can help break Mysa's spell," Ayala said to him.
"Mysa is my empress and soon she will rule the galaxy. You have been warned," Jo said to her and then walked off like a boss.
Jo teleported to the docks and decided to begin his reign of terror. He fired beams of light against the warehouses and shipping facilities. "All this will belong to Empress Mysa when I destroy the Vindicators forever," Jo declared from the roof of a skyscraper.
The four Vindicators teleported in a flash of light to Jo's position. "Now, I will destroy you," Jo said and fired on them. The Vindicators were blasted off the roof and fell to the street level below. Jo then blasted the surrounding area ripping apart several buildings.
"Jo, stop, you don't know what you're doing," Dirk said to him.
"I'm destroying your ass and I'm doing it because my empress commands," Jo told him off and continued to fire.
"Don't do this, man. Be cool," Dirk beseeched him.
"But I must. There is no other choice," Jo resisted and continued to fire on the city.
Gim then arrived on the scene fully healed. Jo responded by growing to the same height matching his power. Gim and Jo punched and slammed each other. "Jo, you don't know what you're doing," Gim said to him as he tried to restrain him. Jo beat Gim back with some brutal punches knocking him to the ground. Gim got back up and body-slammed Jo to the ground stunning him.
"Alright, Vindicators, let's team up," Dirk said to the others. He teleported himself and the other three onto Gim's head. "Let's do it."
Ayala fired on the fallen Jo making him super-light. Gim picked up Jo like a rag-dole and threw him to the ground. As Jo got back up, Dirk blinded him in a flash of light. Gim got more hits on Jo and then threw him through a nearby hill. The impact shattered Jo's lighter bones. Thom then fired on Jo making him super-heavy so he wouldn't be able to move.
Jo switched through various powers rapidly. He shrank down to normal size, healed his bones, and negated the powers of Thom. Gim went back to normal size and met up with the other Vindicators to take Jo down.
Jo fired on Dirk with his sword of darkness and got several good hits on him with his blade. Dirk fired a light beam on Jo which he negated and sent back to him. Thom and Ayala fired on Jo at the same time from different angles. Jo struggled to negate their powers at the same time, only able to use one power at a time. Ayala and Thom kept it up with Jo getting slammed to the ground, lifted up, and slammed back down. Eventually, Jo created an energy field to block both their beams. Dirk then blasted Jo with intense light to blind him. As Jo rapidly healed his burning eyes, Luornu divided herself into three bodies and took hold of him.
"Now," she said to Gim.
Gim grew to skyscraper size and slammed his fist down upon both of them. The original Luornu remained as her clone copies were crushed. Jo was a bloody crushed heap but quickly healed his injuries. Thom fired on Jo to keep his feet planted on the ground while Ayala fired on his sword sending it into the air. Gim caught the sword and shattered it. Dirk then blasted Jo to the ground stunning him.
Dirk then cautiously walked up to Jo. "You, okay, man?"
"What the fuck happened to me?" Jo wondered; the spell broken.
"You were under Mysa's spell but you're no longer under her power," Dirk explained.
"I feel like I've had the worst hangover," Jo complained.
"It will be okay, man. I'll hook you up," Dirk offered.
"What have I done? Did I kill people?" Jo wondered.
"Just drones," Dirk assured him. "You have cool powers, all the powers. Fight as a Vindicator by our side."
"After everything that has happened?" Jo asked incredulously as he started to remember all the fucked-up things he did.
"We need you. It's where you belong. Just don't try to overthrow me as the leader," Dirk said to him. Dirk then offered his hand to him. "If you don't, Kara will kill your ass."
Jo smiled and shook Dirk's hand. "Alright then, it's Vindicator time!" Dirk shouted.
Dirk: Jose Canseco!
Thom: Black power motherfucker!
Gim: My dick is long!
Luornu: Fried Rice!
Ayala: Deep Penetration!
Jo: Dragon Shit!
"Ready for action!" Dirk shouted.
"Working together to fight evil!" Jo seconded.
"And stop Mysa!" Thom declared.
"And all her minions!" Gim added.
"To protect the Earth!" Luornu stressed.
"And rid the universe of evil!" Ayala concluded.
Mysa eyed what was happening in the Dreamworld with dismay. "Well...shit," she realized.
Kara and the other Vindicators eventually arrived with Mara. After surveying the considerable damage in Metropolis and being briefed on the situation, Kara went to HQ to meet with the reserve team. She talked with Dirk first. "I'm extremely pissed at the destruction of my awesome city which I personally built with my own hands using super-speed and strength. However, you did give me a very valuable recruit," she said to him.
"Now, I welcome our newest Vindicator," Kara greeted Jo. "So, your power is that you have any power, just one at a time?"
"Yes, Supreme Leader," Jo replied.
"You remind me a lot of myself," Kara smiled. "You must follow the Vindicator Code: There is no right or wrong, only the Lord's orders. I will do what I must to keep the balance. There is passion, yet peace. There is serenity, yet emotion. There is chaos, yet order."
"Sounds very contradictory," Jo said confused.
"Get used to that around here," Kara smirked.
"Then, I swear to uphold it, one hundred percent," Jo agreed.
"Jo Nah, I hereby call you my Ultra Boy," Kara knighted.
Author's Notes: RIP to the original rangers who have passed away. I'd been holding back on Ultra Boy for the longest time but when I saw the team dynamics in the comics with him and his association with all things dragon, I knew he would be my Green Ranger. This also had to occur when the other Vindicators were away doing something to give me that 1 Vs 5 fight. In the 2005 version of the comics, Thom is black and Luornu is Asian despite being aliens, so I've been going with that. As per usual, the incompetence of our heroes in the original media via them not hunting down Tommy and killing him in a sneak attack while he is unmorphed allows for an equivalent level of social dysfunction, apathy, and arrogance in the AOS version.