Yesterday, police and news reports went out about a large robot terrorizing citizens at the Perez Court Shopping Plaza in the Lakeside District of Central City. However, before several heroes arrived on the scene the robot had been defeated by a group of young heroes who eerily resembled The Fearsome Five…save these appeared to be in their teens.
When confronted, this new team asked to be called The Forever Five and that they were Central City’s new hero group. They avoided answering any questions as to why they appeared younger but seemed to confirm that they had been The Fearsome Five in a previous incarnation. However, this new team quickly began to antagonize the heroes present with their Gizmo saying that they were the NEW Titans and Jinx calling Zatanna an “old broad”.
Robin who had arrived on the scene with the other heroes however took offense and as things got hostile made the first move to hurl a batarang at the loud mouthed Gizmo. Gizmo reacted by firing a bolo from an odd gun of his that tangled Robin up. Jinx then fired fiery green chains to try to entwine Zatanna but The Mistress of Magic responded by turning the chains into a flower lei which she put about her neck before Jinx turned the lei into a boa constrictor.
Mammoth, who seemed itching for a fight then smashed his fists into the pavement before them to create a shock wave that drove some of the heroes off their feet. Shimmer than caused the pavement to turn to glass causing Flash to slip and crash into a tree in the courtyard. Troia leaped into the air and struck Mammoth in the jaw which angered his sister, Shimmer who then turned dust and debris from the street into an asphalt shield to try to protect her brother.
Psimon, who initially had taken no direct action during the conflict then mentally took control of the defeated robot nearby to slam Flash into the ground and pin him there, though Psimon kept reminding his team that they had only a certain amount of time to defeat the heroes. Psimon also made certain that he kept emphasizing to the nearby reporters and police that the heroes had openly attacked them and it was clear their motives were jealousy at being surplanted by a new super team in town and that the Forever Five wee only defending themselves.
Gizmo then took to the air as mechanical wings unfolded from his backpack and began firing rubber bullets from gauntlets on his wrists at Robin who had managed to slice thru the bolo lines with the razor sharp edge of a batarang. Robin rolled out of the way of the bullets to take cover behind an upended slab of pavement before running up the slab and leaping for Gizmo with his bo staff. He struck one of Gizmo’s rocket powered wings causing Gizmo to lose control and smash into the robot holding Flash, freeing him and causing Psimon to lose mental control of the machine. Once freed, Flash then quickly dismantled the robot at super-speed so it couldn’t be used against them again.
Zatanna and Jinx battled each other with magical spells as Jinx called herself the Mistress of The Elements before summoning gale force winds to knock Zatanna out of the air. Mammoth accidentally shattered the asphalt shield his sister had transmuted to protect him allowing Troia to move in and punch him in the eyes blinding him. Angered, Shimmer transmuted concrete around Troia’s ankles causing her to fall.
Zatanna then turned Jinx’s winds into a magical tornado that began to sweep up the Fearsome Five into it along with Robin! Flash dove into the tornado to try to rescue Robin but Mammoth got sick as he got twirled about and vomited which struck Flash in the face ( ewwwww!) blinding him and losing control to get swept up too. Troia who in falling had smashed the concrete about her ankles took cover and then hurled her magic lasso into the tornado for Robin to grab hold of. Robin managed to get hold of it but so did Gizmo and the two began to fight to keep hold of the lasso.
Psimon called out to remind his team that they were almost out of time as Zatanna seeing the havoc her tornado had created dispelled it and lift Robin to safety as Troia pulled in her lasso and knocked Gizmo who was still holding on unconscious with a blow to the face.
However, as the younger incarnation of the Fearsome Five hit the ground they suddenly appeared to be teleported away. Zatanna quickly cleaned Flash up as the heroes conferred on what had just happened. Though this incarnation were noticeably teenagers and far younger than the original Fearsome Five they did appear to be almost identical in powers and relationships ( with Shimmer and Mammoth again being brother and sister ). Zatanna suggested that they may be from the past but Flash reminded her that most of the original Fearsome Five didn’t acquire their powers until they were adults. Troia believed they may be from an alternate Earth.
Flash however believed the answer may be in the robot the team had defeated before the heroes arrived, suspecting it was a deliberate setup. Robin offered to help Flash analyze the dismantled robot back at the Bat Cave and Flash agreed.
Will the robot offer clues to the origin of this new version of The Fearsome Five? Who really are they and are they heroes or villains? What is really going on here?
(( To be continued….))
Heroes present: Flash, Troia, Zatanna, Robin the Boy Wonder ( Damian Wayne)
Others present: “The Forever Five” – ( Psimon, Gizmo, Shimmer, Mammoth, Jinx )
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