Hybrid kneels to one knee and begins scratching at the sidewalk. The leather on his gloves begin to wear and small claws pierce out of his fingertips. As sweat begins to bead on his forehead, cement begins to rip from beneath him. Frustrated at his current progress he rips off the top of his girlscout uniform. Hair on his chest and arms begin to puff out. He digs furiously like a wolverine. So fast, in fact, he falls through as the ground gives way and he splashes into the sewer water with his legs sticking up and out of his girlscout skirt.

Fused: Whoever said super-hero life was nothin but glitz n' glamour was full a $#!t, huh Hybrid?

Hybrid raises a defiant middle finger towards the openning he had fallen through and begins to burrow wildly into the earth until he is no longer seen. Up top Ace goes to Fused and puts his arm around his shoulder and begins conversing teamwork strategy. Wednesday stands ready fists clenched as dawn light begins to dance on his reflective skin. Britannica runs to the Mobile Lair Unit and pokes his head into the door.

Britannica: TTT! RM! Come quickly! I have a plan.

Registered Member 552: Heya, Brit. So do we.

Britannica: We must make haste, my good man. My particular plan requires flawless timing.

Registered Member 552: That's the beauty of it Brit. Ours doesnt. We'll have plenty of time to get to yours. I've built this tracking device.

Between RM's thumb and index finger he holds a tiny metallic pin with '=JLR=' inscribed into it. Above the inscription is a microscopic blinking red light.

Registered Member 552: It's got a tiny supermagnet in it. Whoever we place it on, we'll be all over em like Wednesday on a Hooter's waitress.

Britannica: Gross. Anyhoo, Superlative work RM! Just be careful whenever you decide to attempt to plant that device. How do you intend to do that, may I ask?

Registered Member 552: Well Brit, We don't know where the CSF are. But we do know where theyve been. . .To be more precise, we know when they've been. . .

A toilet flushing sound is heard and the bathroom door opens. The Time Trust walks out before them wiping his hands with a washcloth.

Britannica: Ahaaaahh. . .

Midnight Spectre 2.0: (Brit I don't know what youre doing in there. . .but I don't know how long I can hold this thing off.)

Britannica: (Be right there!) Ah, got to motor, lads. Keep up the good work! And come out as soon as you can.

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The midnight hero leaps into the air and plants his feet on the side of an outside wall of an electronics store. He bounces off and tucks his knees into his chest and double flips towards the Umber Hulk. He uncurls and digs his heel into the back of its neck and quickly taps the top of his head with his other heel which bounces him a foot in the air above him. The Umber Hulk clamps his claw above his head missing the hero's feet. Midnight bounces off the claw like a spring board then falls and grabs the creatures arm like a gymnasts bar and with all his weight swings around and rams both of his feet into the Hulk's face.

Ace: Brit! Brit! I found my flash cards.

Ace runs up to Brit and shows him the first of a series of cards: 7 X 8 = 56, then 3 X 9 = 27, then . . .

*slap!* Brit slaps the multiplication table cards from Ace's hands.

Ace: Ohhh. . .

Britannica: Are you and Fused ready?

Fused: Ready as Heddy and steady as Freddie.

Midnight Spectre 2.0: Guys!

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Earlier that evening. . .

Terminatrix: Venn "Fused" Codek?

Fused: Well yeah, that's me. I'm- -

T-X pulls a handgun out of her jacket and points it towards Fused's face. Reflexively he pulls his arms to his face and blocks 5 rounds that go directly into his bionic arms.

Fused: AAGGHH! ! !

Ace pulls Fused by the back of his jacket to go around a cement truck away from the attacking woman. They get to the other side and bump into the chest of Grendel. His eyes blood-shot and mouth widening expose vicious teeth. His chest heaves with every evil breath.

Fused: Have I said that this really sucks yet?

The Terminatrix begins to circle around the cement truck when suddenly she feels some static interference in her CPU. She hears a double flashing sound behind her. POP She spins around to see what was the shape of a man zip away like a ghost.

The Time Trust now behind her plops the JLR tracking device on the back of her shoulder. It clicks onto her like a refigerator magnet. She spins again and in one fluid motion points her handgun into The Time Trust's face. He smiles and waves.

POP

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RM is scanning through digital geographical city maps of Big City. Suddenly a red glowing beacon flashes on the screen in a residential district. He zooms in times 5. Then by 2.

POP

The Time Trust: Did it work?

Registered Member 552: Apparently! Even with the reality spikes and disturbances the beacon remained on the T-X.

The Time Trust: Great! Well? Where is she?

Registered Member 552: She's at someone's private residence. The. . . Henderson's residence.

TTT and RM: . . . . . .

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Mrs. Henderson worriedly paces back and forth in her living room then looks at her clock that reads 5:43 am. She brings her hand to her mouth and bites onto her fingernail. She hears a knock at the door.

Mrs. Henderson: Alex???

She rushes to the door and opens it. An attractive woman stands before her with an icey stare.

Terminatrix: I am looking for a boy. . .Alex Henderson?

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Chessmaster: Thanks

Ace: Uhh.. . Brit?

Britannica: My pleasure, my good man!

Britannica says and he gathers the rest of The Chessmasters chess pieces.

Wednesday: Briii-iitt. . .. . .

The Midnight Spectre double somersaults backwards and dodges Umber Hulk claws that pierce and crash through a foot of pavement with each strike.

Midnight Spectre 2.0: BRIT!

Britannica: Yes! Now, NOW!

Wednesday runs straight towards the Umber Hulk and elbows it in the face. Shocked at the blatant audacity of the attack it stands confused in front of the over-confident hero. It becomes enraged and raises both his claws into the air and roars.

*Zap!! Z-z--Zap! Flash!! Poof! Poof! Flash!!*

Fused sonically charges Ace's sonic cards paired with his flash-bang cards as they cut through the air with a sonic boom and flash and explode in the Umber Hulk's face.

Britannica: Now!

Wednesday runs up and throws another elbow into the Umber Hulk's face and a hard uppercut into it's chin. With minimal visibility it sees Wednesday jump into the air, cross his arms on his chest, put his legs together and dive feet first into the hole Hybrid had dug. Fused and Ace flick more charged cards at the beast and follow Wednesday down the burrowed flume. The Umber Hulk pauses, fumes with anger and finally crashes down after them.

Spandex Monkey Man: I hope you know what youre doing, Britannica.

Britannica: It's all in the bag, Mr. Monkey Man.

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5 minutes later, hundreds of feet deep and a few miles away an empty burrow that Hybrid had dug out lays still.

Wednesday: AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH! ! ! ! *THUMP!*

The steel hero falls out of a hole on the side of the burrow and collapses to the floor. He stands up and dusts his pants off.

Fused and Ace: AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH! ! ! ! *TMUMP! D-THUMP!!*

The 2 other heros barrel out of the same hole and crash into Wednesday and they all crumple to the ground.

Wednesday: Get offa me you pricks!

Ace: What. You don't consider this bonding time?

Fused: Wait... Sh-Shh. You hear that?

The ground begins to shake and the grumbling sound emitting from the hole they fell out of grows louder and louder. Dirt crumbles and sprinkles onto the 3 heroes heads.

Wednesday: Get up. . .Run. . .

Ace: RUN! ! ! !

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Hybrid digs and digs like a wild animal. . .

Hybrid: OK I'm really starting to get sick of this racket. I need to get my head examined for going along with all this crap.

He then feels and hears the ground behind him quake. He also hears faint screams in the distance. Both sounds slowly approach and increase in volume.

Hybrid: What. . . the hell?

Ace, Fused and Wednesday: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH! ! ! !