Title:  The Gladiator
Date:  15 September 1999
GM:  Arm-Fall-Off Boy
Role Call:  Arm-Fall-Off Boy, Brainiac Minus One, Invisible Kid, Lightning
Lad, Phantom Lady, Riv Bartor


LSH HQ
You are aboard the LSH's Rocket-Blimp. You're in the center of a
wood-paneled room with a circular table in the center and a picto-radio at
one far end. The LSH logo is on the wall.
Contents:
Arm-Fall-Off Boy
You see a tallish boy, his head covered by an inverted metal cooking pot,
painted purple, sporting a small fin top and center, with holes cut out
for his eyes and his ears, which stick out slightly from the sides of his
helmet. He's wearing purple longjohns, and boots whose coloring vaguely
resembles that of a giraffe. His left hand is colored a scaly yellow.
Brainiac Minus One
A rather young looking man. He wears a brown business suit with a black
Belt. His blondish yellow hair is quite long around his green face. He
wears a strange brown tool belt complete with all manner of devices and
black lab boots. He wears a long white lab coat as well complete with a
pocket protector.
Invisible Kid
Before you stands Lyle Norg, otherwise known as Invisible Kid of the
Legion of Super Heroes. His young body is in good shape, and he is wearing
his tight 'mirror-nylon' black uniform with his black hood. A large
lower-case white "i" blazes across his chest.
Lightning Lad 
Lightning Lad is ready for Action and Adventure! His shocking red hair
crowns a dark blue cowl and cape. His short-sleeved royal blue tunic has
an electrifying bolt across his chest, and is cinched by a black belt with
a Legion buckle. A pair of yellow pants lead down to a set of rubber-soled
shoes. On his hands are a pair yellow gloves, with strange metal fingertips.
Phantom Lady
You see a young woman about 5'6. Her black hair is about shoulder length.
Her blue eyes betray a feeling of shyness, but she hides it well.
Her uniform is mostly ghostly white with a stripe of black that begins at
her neck and extends to her boots. She also has a cloak that billows down
to her knees. Her red touchstone shines holding the cloak on her
shoulders.
Riv Bartor
The man before you is dressed smartly in a zoot suit with a bowtie and
matching cummerbund, a pencil-thin mustache that matches his
shortly-cropped brown hair, and a purple domino mask over his eyes. At his
side, he holds a trumpet, which he occasionally twirls like a revolver
when it's not perched in his mouth.
Arm-Fall-Off Boy looks around, "Yowaza ... me ... invited to hang around
with the Legion of Super-Heroes!"
Lightning Lad nods proudly. "Well, welcome, eh?"
Brainiac Minus One looks at his slide rule and does computations.. he also
has an Encyclopedia open and a Dictionary...
Phantom Lady smiles softy and adjusts her bracelets.
Brainiac Minus One grumbles... One day they'll integrate all this stuff..
Riv Bartor blows a happy arpeggio on his trumpet: "Same goes for me, all
you guys and dolls, boys n' broads."
Phantom Lady says "Well, we always keep in eye out for possible new
members."
Lightning Lad smiles, "Gosh. It's really swell having you fellas here with
us."
Arm-Fall-Off Boy reaches for his autograph book and approaches Phantom
Lady, "Uh, yowaza miss Phantom Lady ... could I ... "
Invisible Kid crosses his arms and stands by himself.
Phantom Lady smiles, "Of course." She signs the book.
Lightning Lad says "And don't mind Invisible Kid over there. He's a quiet
sort...he's a little queer that way."
Brainiac Minus One looks out of the Grand Balloon
Brainiac Minus One chuckles
Brainiac Minus One says "he's quite a gay fellow...."
Brainiac Minus One says "always skipping around happy... and carefree...."
The Priority Alert buzzes
Buzz buzz, buzz buzz
Invisible Kid looks at the alert.
Brainiac Minus One says "Holy Moley"
Brainiac Minus One says "A Priority Alert!!!"
Lightning Lad gasps loudly. "An alert, eh!"
Riv Bartor says "Hey...what's that buzzin' sound?"
Arm-Fall-Off Boy says "An alert! Yowaza, we might be in an actual case?"
Riv Bartor blows a matching key on his trumpet.
Phantom Lady sits up and takes a new interest in the events.
Vibrato Lad's trumpet call activates the picto-radio, and the familiar
face of R.J. Brande, generous benefactor who funds the Legion, appears on
the screen.
Invisible Kid says nothing.
Lightning Lad says "Good gosh! It's Mr. Brande, our benefactor."
Brainiac Minus One says "Good Gracious..."
Brainiac Minus One says "Well, I'll be darned..."
R.J. Brande nods, "Hello Legionnaires, hello Lightning Lad. I have some
important news, especially for you, young man."
Invisible Kid listens closely.
Lightning Lad says "For me, sir?"
Riv Bartor blows "Hail to the Chief," softly in the background.
R.J. Brande says "Yes, it appears we have a lead and may have located ...
your brother."
Phantom Lady gasps.
Lightning Lad gasps even louder. "My brother? Mike?!"
R.J. Brande says "According to our contact, your brother has been seen in
Mexico, close to the city of Yucatan. I'll have my assistant radio the
city's location to your auto-pilot
Lightning Lad pales, "Good gosh...Yucatan. That's not in Canada, is it?"
Phantom Lady says "Mexico, Lightning Lad."
Riv Bartor says "He said your brother's in Mexico, m'man...Yucatan,
Mexico."
Lightning Lad nods slowly, "Riiiight..."
R.J. Brande says "You will be going to a place named," he consults his
papers, "Kooters, and meeting a Professor Daniel Hardin. He's the man who
informed us of your brother's appearance."
Invisible Kid watches the screen, his arms still crossed.
Lightning Lad says "Gosh, Mike is just a very bad man. He doesn't even
write to the family any more."
Arm-Fall-Off Boy looks back and forth between Brande and Garth, still
somewhat agog at the Picto-Radio.
Brainiac Minus One checks his abacus out... "Golly, that's approximately
15,000 miles away..."
Lightning Lad notices IK's non-reaction. "Gosh, Invisible Kid... Professor
Hardin? Do you know him?"
Phantom Lady says "but, not writing to the family, hardly is a crime."
Invisible Kid nods slowly.
Invisible Kid walks over to the auto pilot.
Invisible Kid pulls the big, rusty "On" lever.
Riv Bartor says "Well, kittens and daddy-o's, what say we find this hepcat
for old Double-L here?"
Invisible Kid turns the crank to get the engine revved up.
The Rocket-Blimp slowly turns in mid-air, and ships its direction due
south.
Lightning Lad punches his left palm. "Gosh! I wonder what Mike is doing
outside of Canada?"
Lightning Lad looks at Riv blankly, "Pardon me?"
Riv Bartor says "I said, let's go find your brother!"

*** Hours pass and slowly the Rocket Blimp approaches its destination.

Riv Bartor finishes the final notes of a three-hour long serenade.
Arm-Fall-Off Boy looks out the window and gulps, never having been outside
Lallor City before now.
Lightning Lad nods! "I better put on my rocket pack!"
Invisible Kid pulls on the big brake lever, and goes for his rocket pack.
Brainiac Minus One goes for a Rocket Pack too.
Arm-Fall-Off Boy says "Yowaza, are Vibrato Lad and I going to come along?"
Brainiac Minus One looks at Lightening Lad.
Lightning Lad says "Gosh, I suppose you'll have to now, eh?"
Phantom Lady stands and pulls her rocket pack out, and slides it on
easily.
Invisible Kid's rocket pack fits snugly.
Phantom Lady says "do we have any rocket packs to spare?"
Brainiac Minus One checks his Rocket Pack's gauges
Lightning Lad points to a closet. "I think Invisible Kid keeps them in
there."
Invisible Kid goes into the closet to get them.
Riv Bartor says "Mike, friend Brainiac...Lightning Lad's brother."
Brainiac Minus One "Yes, good friends?"
Invisible Kid debates whether it is appropriate to come out of the closet
at the present time. But he decides to do so and emerges with the rocket
packs.
Arm-Fall-Off Boy beams and accepts the pack from Invisible Kid, strapping
his on.
Brainiac Minus One says "it's very dusty in there.. you should have come
out sooner.. you could catch a disease.."
Invisible Kid nods and looks back at the closet disgustedly.
Arm-Fall-Off Boy loops on side of his rocket pack over his left arm, but
can't move his right one to slip on the other side ... he awkwardly
wriggles it on.
Riv Bartor slips his own over the shoulders of his incredibly hip suit.
Lightning Lad says "Gosh, I wonder if Mike is okay?"
Brainiac Minus One says "Just remember Invisible Kid... Not every space is
meant to have something in it.. I mean there are just some places where
you shouldn't go..."
Invisible Kid puts his hand on LL's shoulder reassuringly.
Lightning Lad says "I mean, of course, we'll have to stop him. I haven't
seen him since we invented the Transformatron with my sister Ella."
Lightning Lad looks back at his friend's face, nodding. "I know, eh?"
Invisible Kid's hooded head nods.
Riv Bartor twirls his trumpet around his finger and beams, "Is this great,
or is this great, AFOB? I mean, these are real Legion rocket packs!"
Arm-Fall-Off Boy says "Yowaza, can I do the battle cry? Can I?"
Brainiac Minus One says "yeah but be careful"
Brainiac Minus One gets ready...
Lightning Lad smiles, "Gosh, okay..."
Arm-Fall-Off Boy stands at the door of the gondola, and shouts, "LET'S GO
LEGIONNAIRES!" and pulling his flight-ring, soars off to the left ...
since he can't actually pull the other one with his prosthetic arm.
Arm-Fall-Off Boy says "aieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!"
Brainiac Minus One runs and jumps into the air his rocket pack going
off...
Invisible Kid follows suit.
Riv Bartor follow suit, in a suit. Nifty, ain't it?
Phantom Lady jumps out after AFOB, with grace that comes with doing this a
thousand times before.
Brainiac Minus One flies along side Arm and pulls his other control a
little
The Legionnaires catch up with AFOB, "helllllllp"
Lightning Lad rushes to the door, pulling his flight rings...
*fwoossh* slowly the Legionnaires descend to ground level, on the
outskirts of Yucatan.
Kooters (bar)
Outside: 	You stand outside of this seedy looking bar front. The
sign of the place catches your notice with the tacky orange background and
red letters that spell out KOOTERS BAR. Under the sign there's two oval
windows that remind you of eyes and a door in between them. In the
windows, shadows play. Some are talking while others seemingly pace.
Somehow all the shadows look menacing. Do you dare to go in?
Riv Bartor says "Hey...I think I've played here once...not exactly the
Savoy but...maybe I /am/ thinking of the Savoy."
Arm-Fall-Off Boy looks noticeably shaken up by his trip. He says, "Yowaza,
think we're old enough to get in there?"
Lightning Lad lands with a smile. "Gosh, I feel like the first Canadian in
South America. Except for my evil brother, Mike, of course, eh?"
Phantom Lady says "We could always wait till he left the bar."
Invisible Kid soars through the air.
Arm-Fall-Off Boy says "But isn't he waiting for us? We don't want to be
here all day ..."
Riv Bartor says "Should I announce our arrival?"
Lightning Lad says "That is true, Arm-Fall-Off Boy. Let's go,
Legionnaires...and friends!"
Riv Bartor brings the trumpet to his lips, looking towards the
Legionnaires.
Phantom Lady frowns, "I don't recall, Mr. Brande saying Mike knew we were
coming here."
Arm-Fall-Off Boy eeps and tries to knock the horn away with his good hand,
"Let's keep it quiet Vibrato Lad, I think the place looks pretty
dangerous"
Invisible Kid stands off to the side.
Phantom Lady shrugs and follows Lightning Lad.
Lightning Lad says "Professor Hardin said he'd wait for us inside..."
Riv Bartor says "Hey, don't bend the pipes...I'll follow your lead."
Arm-Fall-Off Boy withdraws his hand quickly, "sorrysorry"
Riv Bartor says "So are we going in?"
Lightning Lad walks to the door of Kooters.
Arm-Fall-Off Boy hangs back, but follows the others.
Brainiac Minus One walks in as well
Invisible Kid goes inside.
Kooters (bar)
Inside:	(You enter the bar.)You see a cheap metal bar that's seen better
days. In fact the whole place have seen better days. There's dents and
holes in the walls and tables. As you look up you notice the most bizarre
stuff stuck in the ceiling. There is a pool-type table near the front. It
has a few scratches but looks better off then everything else. There's a
wide assortment of people in this bar and most look unfriendly.
Contents:
Professor Daniel Hardin
You see a white-haired, tanned man -- straight-backed and clear-eyed
despite his advanced age. He is wearing khaki trousers and a loose white
shirt.
Lightning Lad looks around...
Riv Bartor says "Hey, that looks like Dr. Dan..."
Riv Bartor points.
Invisible Kid points to the Professor.
Brainiac Minus One calculates the possibility that it might be him...
Professor Daniel Hardin spies the youngsters, and gets up from his table,
going to meet them, "You're obviously the Legionnaires ... " He smiles,
and looks only a little drunk.
Lightning Lad says "Gosh, we better keep a low profile. We don't want to
stand out..."
Phantom Lady looks around coyly, carefully not letting her eyes rest on
one man too long. She knows not to tease the menfolk...too much.
Phantom Lady says "Too late, LL."
Lightning Lad nods to the old man.
Brainiac Minus One says "want to borrow my Lab Coat PL?"
Professor Daniel Hardin says in a hushed tone of voice, "Come back to my
table, kids, and we'll talk ... "
Arm-Fall-Off Boy looks around, feeling more and more uneasy in this
strange place.
Phantom Lady says "No, Brainiac. I know how to handle myself. After all, a
legionnaires pulls their weight on the team."
Brainiac Minus One leans and pats Arm-Fall-Off boy on the shoulder.. "Stay
calm"
Lightning Lad follows Prof. Hardin to the table.
Professor Daniel Hardin takes a seat as the Legionnaires cluster around
him, and motions for them to attend, "So as you probably heard, I know
where your brother is, young Garth."
Invisible Kid does not sit but stands near the table.
Phantom Lady sits at the Prof's table takes a chair nearer to the inside
of the bar.
Lightning Lad opens his eyes wide, "Gosh, you know my name...?!"
Riv Bartor eyes the Prof.'s drink, and leans forward.
Professor Daniel Hardin nods, "Mike and I had some ... long conversations,
before I realised his true ... nature."
Lightning Lad says "Good gosh, Mike is my brother, but he is an evil man,
eh?""
Invisible Kid nods.
Professor Daniel Hardin nods, slowly, "And I need your help, before he can
commit a terrible crime."
Lightning Lad punches his left fist, and several spark erupt as he does.
"A crime...!"
Phantom Lady says "What do you think Mike is involved in, Prof?"
Professor Daniel Hardin says "Well, he ... " and before he can finish the
sentence, a corps of Mexican militiamen burst though the door. "There he
is!" They point at Garth.
Brainiac Minus One says "Holy Cow!!!"
Lightning Lad gasps loudly!
Riv Bartor stands up and pulls his trumpet to his lips, waiting for the
command to blow.
The militiamen all surround the Legionnaires, guns pointed at them, "Ok,
we know it's you Rand," says the leader, indicating Lightning Lad, "Are
you going to come quietly, or ... ?"
Professor Daniel Hardin cringes.
Brainiac Minus One says "this smells of a setup..."
Lightning Lad says "Good gosh! But I'm from Canada!"
Brainiac Minus One says "they don't even have guns there!!!"
The leader laughs, "You're with the same to me dead or alive, Rand." The
militiamen ready their guns at these words.
Brainiac Minus One says "but they have them here"
Riv Bartor still has his trumpet, he looks to the Legionnaires.
Phantom Lady waits for Lightning Lad to decide fight or cooperate with the
men...
Lightning Lad says "Gosh! I...I..."
Lightning Lad stands from the table!
Brainiac Minus One leans to the side ever so slightly aiming his rocket
pack at the men with guns
Invisible Kid puts his hands on his smooth hips defiantly.
Brainiac Minus One says "Lad, what are you...?"
Lightning Lad says "As a Canadian citizen, I must respect my host
country's lawmen...I surrender."
Phantom Lady stands as well, covertly hooking her leg around the chair's
leg
One of the militiamen aims his rifle at Lightning Lad, and fires!
Riv Bartor blows with the fury of Benny Goodman and Tommy Dorsey combined!
Brainiac Minus One presses the button on his pack sending it straight at
the men!!!
Invisible Kid turns invisible!
Phantom Lady releases the chair, into the troops.
Arm-Fall-Off Boy headbutts the nearest soldier.
Invisible Kid lunges at the nearest soldier invisibly.
Lightning Lad gasps louder than he ever has!
Lightning Lad says "Good gosh! But I surrendered...!"
Brainiac Minus One says "they must hate Canadians!!!"
Phantom Lady says "Or just Garth."
Riv Bartor says "Even I hate Canadians, but I'm not gonna shoot 'em!"
The rifleman's aim is offset by Vibrato Lad's sound blast, so he merely
wings Lightning Lad's arm.
Lightning Lad cries out like a girl!
Brainiac Minus One says "snap outta it Garth and Fry em!!!"
Several of the men are plowed under by Brainiac Minus One, but one of the
manages to hit him in the ribs with a rifle butt.
One of the militiamen has his gun knocked out of his hands by Phantom
Lady's chair, and he wrestles trying to get it off.
Invisible Kid baffles and bewilders one of the soldiers.
One of the soldiers is knocked off by Arm-Off-Off Boy, but starts to
wrestle with him.
Brainiac Minus One spins trying to smack the nearest Guard in the head
with his slide rule!!!
Lightning Lad realizes that he isn't seriously wounded, and stands up...
Brainiac Minus One says "bout time!!!!"
Lightning Lad holds his good arm up, and sends an arc at the gunman who
shot him. "Gosh...I'm sorry if this hurts, but you earned it!"
Phantom Lady selects a militiamen, blinds him with her bracelet (projects
blackness over his eyes), and uppercuts him.
Riv Bartor jumps up in the air, angling his horn down at the nearest
baddie, blowing an F-sharp with tremendous force.
Invisible Kid attempts to invisibly get the gun away from his baddie.
Arm-Fall-Off Boy kicks his opponent in the shin, hard.
The Guard just looks at Brainiac Minus One, "Don't make me laugh, boy,"
and hits him.
The gunman shouts aaargh and is knocked out by Lightning Lad.
One of the militiamen is knocked out by Phantom Lady.
Lightning Lad says "Sorry, eh!"
Another militiaman is deafened by math, yielding to Vibrato Lad's
downbeat.
Yet another baddie finds his gun being taken away by an invisible force,
and shouts out, flailing, and knocks Invisible Kid out purely by accident,
and the lad falls, slowly turning visible.
Invisible Kid moans and goes unconscious.
Brainiac Minus One stumbles backward
The other militiaman says, "ow!" and hops on his good foot, glaring at
Arm-Fall-Off Boy.
Brainiac Minus One spins holding his stomach... "Okay" and grabs a nearby
bear off the table and splashes it at the Guard who punched him...
Lightning Lad turns his attention to another couple of Mexican lawmen,
sending some more arcs their way! "Gosh, I really am sorry again..."
Phantom Lady kicks a baddie.
Arm-Fall-Off Boy headbutts his opponent again.
Riv Bartor gives it a run down the brass buttons, and adds a swift kick
for good measure (get it? measure? Ahhh...you non-musicians.).
The Legionnaires quickly make short work of the baddies.
Arm-Fall-Off Boy says "Yowaza! We gotta get outta here!"
Professor Daniel Hardin nods, "Quickly, before the call for reinforcements
... Garth, they doubtless thought you were your brother ... "
Lightning Lad says "Good gosh! They thought *I* was *Mike*?!"
Phantom Lady says "Do you have a place we can go to, Professor?"
Professor Daniel Hardin says "The best place to go is Uctotol, in the
heart of the jungle ... that's where your brother will be."
Arm-Fall-Off Boy tries to hoist up the fallen Invisible Kid but he can't
quite manage it with one arm.
Phantom Lady says "thank you, sir."
Arm-Fall-Off Boy says "Maybe we should get this one back to the Rocket
Blimp? We can't just leave them here!"  He starts to topple over under
Invisible Kid's weight.
Brainiac Minus One throws Invisible Kid over his shoulder since he's so
unusually thin and pale.... 8)
Lightning Lad nods! "Gosh, you're right!"
Brainiac Minus One says "We're not leaving anybody behind soldier..."
Brainiac Minus One takes out the Big Super Scientific Elasto Stretcher...
Brainiac Minus One says "I designed this a while back"
Arm-Fall-Off Boy says "Yowaza"
Brainiac Minus One says "we better use it..."
The Legionnaires hoist their fallen back up to the Rocket Blimp, and then
descends, following Professor Hardin's directions, some way from the bar.
Professor Daniel Hardin drops at his feet a bag full of machetes. "The
only way on is through the jungle ... this way."
Yucatan
You are a few miles away from the city of Yucatan, on the edge of what
seems to be a nearly impenetrable forest.
Professor Daniel Hardin points through the dense forest. "Uctotol is that
way." He drops a pack on the ground and removes packets of machetes, which
he passes to the Legionnaires
Brainiac Minus One checks his belt.. "hmm I don't have any supersecret
devices to eliminate these vines."
Arm-Fall-Off Boy picks up a machete with his good hand, and attempts to
follow Hardin.
Lightning Lad says "Gosh...machetes!"
Phantom Lady smiles as she given a machete.
Brainiac Minus One takes out a smelling salts and waves it under Garth's
nose.. "Wake up my Canadian Friend..."
Lightning Lad looks at Brainy with a dumb facial expression. "Huh?"
Riv Bartor takes his horn in one hand, and his machete in the other.
The Legionnaires enter the jungle. They hack and hew their way forward;
the vegetation closes behind them, cutting off the universe as completely
as the submerging waves of the sea. It is hot, difficult work.
Phantom Lady says "Whew, this is such a workout!"
Lightning Lad says "Gosh, it sure is hot down here...not like back home in
Canada, eh?"
Brainiac Minus One rolls his eyes..."oh yeah."
Arm-Fall-Off Boy is sweltering beneath his metal helmet.
Brainiac Minus One says "Golly... That guard seemed to beat me up.. it was
embarrassing.."
Riv Bartor sides up beside of PL, and blows a long soft note. He bows, and
with machete in hand, hacks a path for PL. "Allow me, miss..."
The high mountains loom into view, and the Legionnaires catch their first
glimpse of the Sacred City.
Lightning Lad gasps!
Brainiac Minus One says "Woooooow ... it's the long fabled and much
shrouded in mystery Sacred City of Uctotol!!!"
Lightning Lad says "Gosh...that sure is a big igloo!"
Phantom Lady says "Why, thank you...trumpet lad."
Brainiac Minus One says "bet they ain't got those in Canada eh Garth?"
Riv Bartor says "That's Vibrato Lad, miss...but you can call me Riv...."
Arm-Fall-Off Boy feels heartened as the destination is in finally in view,
and thrashes his way through the jungle with renewed vigor.
Brainiac Minus One says "careful Arm, you wouldn't want to lose your arm
in the excitement"
Lightning Lad says "Gosh, that fella sure can swing!"
Phantom Lady nods to Riv, "Ok, Riv."
Lightning Lad follows AFOB, slashing and hacking...
Phantom Lady goes back to hacking a few vines that Riv missed.
Brainiac Minus One says "yeah he should hang out with Invisible Kid..."
Uctotol
The city stands before you: shining, white, huge, desolate, still as the
grave. You stand within the precincts of the Great Pyramid of the
Feathered Serpent, at the lower end of the Avenue of the Dead in the city
of Uctotol. The pyramid rises high into the air, its four stone faces
stepping back and inward to the temple at its top. Each face of the
pyramid is elaborately carved with representations of Quetzalcoatl, the
Feathered Serpent, himself, as well as other serpent figures with the
heads of different gods: Tlaloc, the Storm God; Itzpapalotl, the obsidian
butterfly; Cipactli, the crocodile; and Xiuhcoatl, the Fire Serpent. 
The corners of the buildings are worn with time, and you see in many parts
of the city the jungle has reclaimed its own. In one corner of the avenue
square, a hillside has its verdant complexion marred by a long, vertical
crevice which has been blasted out, revealing a crystalline substance
within which is contained barely discernibly a reddish figure. Cosmic
King, Lightning Lord, and Saturn Queen are standing or kneeling around the
crevice, hooking up various technological devices to the crystalline
substance.
Contents:
Cosmic King
You see a man with short, straight, black hair and severe features dressed
in a loose, European-looking purple shirt with midnight-blue trousers,
jacket, waistcoat, and tie.  Around his waist is a black belt and holster,
in which is a silver-handled gun.
Lightning Lord
You see a man, his white hair swept back loosely, who carries himself with
arrogance and an air of contempt.  He is wearing red jodhpurs and dark
green leather boots.  His military-style green jacket  is emblazoned by a
pair of lightning bolts which zag from his shoulders to a lightning burst
on his chest. 
Saturn Queen
You see a woman in her late twenties, with shoulder-length, red hair. She
is wearing a dark blue evening gown with a plunging neckline revealing a
generous amount of cleavage.  A small gold Saturn symbol is pinned to her
shoulder.  She has red handgloves and red stiletto heels, her legs in
fishnet stockings.  
Lightning Lad says "MIKE?!"
Brainiac Minus One says "ack.. another Canadian!!!"
Lightning Lord stands up, "Well well little brother ... brought your
little friends here to play?"
Riv Bartor says "Hey...who're those guys?"
Cosmic King sneers, "Just call us ... the Legion of Super Villains!"
Lightning Lad says "Gosh...that's my evil brother, Mike, who disappeared
after helping my sister, Ella, and me invent the Transformatron."
Brainiac Minus One says "hmm there's more to that device than meets the
eye..."
Saturn Queen says, "More than you can possibly imagine greeny ... you
little punks aren't going to stop us!"
Phantom Lady says with malice overtone, "Old 'friends' Riv."
Riv Bartor quirks an eyebrow..."We gotta fight these guys too?"
Phantom Lady says "Depends if they are going to surrender now or later."
Lightning Lad says "GOSH!"
Riv Bartor oh wells, "'String of Pearls,' anybody?
Brainiac Minus One says "there's no need for profanity Garth"
Cosmic King laughs, "Surrender, to you children? Why should we when we are
so close to having what we came for?"
Arm-Fall-Off Boy charges, headstrong, at Lightning Lord. "I'll make sure
the Legion isn't sorry they invited me along, for sure!"
Lightning Lad says "You can't be up to any good, Mike! Step away from the
device, and then we can go home to Canada, the true north, strong and
free."
Lightning Lord says "A true north we will soon rule, when we are done
here!"
Brainiac Minus One says "not with lame names like that.. I mean how long
did you actually think about the name Lightening Lord"
Lightning Lad gasps loudly at AFOB's headstrong action! "No! Watch out for
him...!"
Brainiac Minus One takes out what appears to be a big yellow ball... "Supe
Sticky Scientific Ball go" and hurls it straight at the woman who called
him greeny
Phantom Lady blinds Lightening Lord with a darkfield from the bracelets.
Riv Bartor twirls the brass up to his lips, and blows a jazzy tremoloed
note of pure power.
Lightning Lad points all ten fingers (okay 8, with 2 opposable thumbs) at
Cosmic King! "I...I...I just can't charge my brother, even if he is evil!"
Lightning Lad fires his Mighty Transformatron!
Lightning Lord is blinded by Phantom Lady's darkfield, enough that
Arm-Fall-Off Boy is able to knock him over. "Oof!" He grabs ahold of his
opponent, firing up his own Transformatron, sending thousands of volts
through him!
Lightning Lad says "GOOD GOSH!"
Cosmic King, with startling speed, draws his gun from its holster, and
shoots a spray of mercury at the Supe Sticky Scientific Ball, making it
slide right past Saturn Queen.
Saturn Queen sidles up to Lightning Lad, placing a hand on his brow, "You
really *don't* want to hurt your brother, do you?" Before Garth can fire,
he is weighed down by enormous feelings of guilt, almost paralysing him.
Lightning Lad sighs loudly, "Oh Mike..."
The various technological devices the LSV were operating survive Vibrato
Lad's sonic attack, though their dials twirl and shake in response.
Arm-Fall-Off Boy laughs, as he detaches his prosthetic arm at the
shoulder. "It doesn't even conduct electricity!" He headbutts Lightning
Lord while he is stunned, staring at the detached artificial arm he is
holding.
Lightning Lad whimpers slightly, "You...you have a Transformatron of your
own...how?"
Brainiac Minus One takes off his White Lab coat and tries to sling it over
Saturn Queen and blind her from influencing poor young gullible Canadian
Garth!!!
Lightning Lad shakes his head, "No...no...I MUST stop you...you're evil!
The Transformatron must NOT be used for evil...our parents would be so
disappointed with you, even more so than they already are, Mike!" He aims
his hands, and lets an arc rip at Mike!
Phantom Lady sees AFOB has everything in hand with LL, at the moment.
Riv Bartor grits his teeth as he sees his blast had little to no effect.
He runs head-first into the fray, like AFOB, but drops and rolls up with
another bugle blast before he actually gets there.
Phantom Lady charges at Saturn Queen, "Sorry, Lighting lad has even
conscience without your help. SQ"
Lightning Lad gasps louder than ever as he realizes how close AFOB is to
his evil brother, Mike!
Lightning Lord ows under the headbutt, and is thrown backwards ... right
into Lightning Lad's electrical arc. He screams, but manages to rest his
own Transformatron to absorb the energy. "You're ... going to ...
challenge me ... boy?" He unleashes a twofold blast at his brother.
Saturn Queen is distracted by Brainiac, and urghs as Phantom Lady charges
into her.
Cosmic King shudders and shakes, almost going down under Vibrato Lad's
blast, but manages to fire a bolt of Silenceium at his trumpet.
Arm-Fall-Off Boy ducks the electrical battle going on above him, and tries
to crawl over to the machines, to disable them somehow.
Brainiac Minus One turns and tries to smack Saturn Queen while she's down
with his portable Webster's Dictionary...
Lightning Lad gasps yet again! The he resets his own Transformatron,
absorbing his evil brother's twin blasts! "Good GOSH, Mike! You...you'd
hurt your own brother, eh?"
Phantom Lady hits Saturn Queen solidly in the head with the butt of her
machete.
Riv Bartor tries to toss the horn out of the way, sacrificing a few dents
for a permanent Silenceium coating. "Some people just have no appreciation
for fine music!"
Brainiac Minus One says "he's not a true Canadian Garth!!"
Lightning Lord pours on the power, and Garth finds his equipment starting
to overheat ...
Saturn Queen is stunned, and drops to her knees.
Lightning Lad is distracted by the sight of Brainy smacking Saturn Queen
with a dictionary...
Cosmic King spies what Arm-Fall-Off Boy is doing, and runs over there and
starts to kick him mercilessly, "Don't toy with us you stupid cripple
boy!"
Arm-Fall-Off Boy curls up, ow ow ow ow.
Lightning Lad says "GREAT GOSH! Brainiac Minus One, that's not heroic!"
Brainiac Minus One says "I don't got powers Garth..."
Arm-Fall-Off Boy says "ow! ow! ow! ow!"
Brainiac Minus One says "Arm Fall off Oh whatever your name is grab that
yellow Ball and smack the guy with it!!!!"
Brainiac Minus One realizes it's covered in mercury and let's his
Webster's dictionary go straight at Cosmic King.. "Webster's away!!!!"
Lightning Lad returns his attention to regulating the Transformatron,
desperately hoping to divert Evil Mike's power!
Lightning Lad says "...oh gosh..."
Phantom Lady casts a dark field to Cosmic King's eyes.
Riv Bartor supposes it's up to his fists...he charges at Lightning Lord
and tries to pummel him senseless form behind!
Cosmic King turns at Brainiac's words, and finds himself blinded by
Phantom Lady, so the dictionary hits him in the jaw before he can react.
He falls, right atop the machinery the LSV were working on, inadvertently
activating it!
Riv is repelled by the waves of electric power coming off Lightning Lord
... and Garth sees the dials on the Transformatron heading towards
overload ...
A charge goes from the series of devices towards the crystalline
structure, which starts to glow brighter and brighter. Saturn Queen
wriggles out from the jacket and shouts at Cosmic King, "Stop it ... it
was effected during the battle ... we don't know what it'll do!"
Cosmic King stares down at the machinery, baffled, "I don't know how to
turn it off ... " The crystals start to give of waves of energy, and
slowly crack ...
Lightning Lad says "GREAT GOSH! Stand back from the device, everyone! My
Transformatron will blow if I don't do something...and quick!"
Brainiac Minus One says "let me look at it.."
Brainiac Minus One takes a quick look at the thing...
Lightning Lad aims his Mighty Fingers at the device, and sends a massive
arc at it with blinding electricity!
Riv Bartor gets to his feet, and quickly grabs his horn..."Hey, is that
thing gonna blow up, or what?"
Suddenly the side of the mountain EXPLODES, ejecting the red substance
into the air like a comet, soaring up a full eighth of a mile!
Brainiac Minus One says "Jiminey Jillickers!!!"
Arm-Fall-Off Boy looks up ... "Yowaza!"
Professor Daniel Hardin says, "Yes!"
Riv Bartor says "Is that blood?"
Brainiac Minus One says "now what, it looks like LAVA!!!"
The object descends to the ground, and ... the living legend of World War
One, lives again!
Valor
You see a stalwart and handsome lad.  His brow is high and surmounted by
peculiarly black hair.  His eyes are wide apart, inky, unfathomable.  He
carries himself with the grace of an athlete.  He is dressed gaudily in
red tights and a red jerkin with blue epaulets.  He is wearing red
laced-up boots.
Brainiac Minus One says "Valor!!!"
Riv Bartor says "By Valor, it's Valor!"
Phantom Lady gasps unable to say more
Lightning Lad says "Great Valour!"
Cosmic King says, "Valor ... we ... I rescued you! It was my machine that
freed you! These kids are ... agents of the German Kaiser, who were
intended to defeat us!"
Riv Bartor blows "Over There" on his bent-up trumpet.
Brainiac Minus One says "oh come on Valor.. ask the guy his name..."
Lightning Lad catches on fast, "Right! Valor they were intended to replace
*you*!"
Brainiac Minus One says "my name's Brainiac Minus Five....... and this is
Lightening Lad. do we sound like Kaiser Agents..."
Valor looks around ... "I don't know any Yanks with green skin, that's for
sure ... and I can see that you rescued me, sir. Let me at these Krauts!"
Brainiac Minus One takes out his Webster's dictionary
Brainiac Minus One says "ask me any word in that book it's all in
English...."
Brainiac Minus One says "if I was a Kraut I couldn't possibly know 'em
all..."
Valor walks over to the mountain and tears out a boulder, raising it over
his head.
Riv Bartor says "Hey! I'm not a Kraut! I don't even like kraut...Hey!!!
Put that down!!!"
Brainiac Minus One holds his hands up Valor.. we surrender.. what German
would do that?
Brainiac Minus One says "Shoot the boulder Garth!!!"
Riv Bartor starts frantically playing "Star-Spangled Banner" on the
trumpet, pointing it at the rock, hoping to break it without Valor
noticing.
Lightning Lad nods slowly, watching Valour in awe. "Yes...must stop
Valour..." He raises his arms, and aims for the boulder as opposed to the
Great Canadian!
Valor says, "I have seen your tricks, you surrender to lure us in." He
acks as the boulder explodes above him, caught between Vibrato Lad and
Lightning Lad, "You were intended to replace me, right? So show me what
you're made of." He cracks his knuckles.
Brainiac Minus One says "um very frail bones..."
Brainiac Minus One says "it's a calcium deficiency.. which is why I got
green skin"
Professor Daniel Hardin waves to Valor, who doesn't see him.
Saturn Queen sidles over to Hardin, touching him on the forehead. "Sshhhhh
... sleep now."
Brainiac Minus One says "look Valor.. the woman is bewitching the
Professor!!!"
Riv Bartor says "Hey! Leave that old man alone!"
Phantom Lady frowns in thought. Oh shoot, the Professor..if SQ wants him
to sleep...
Brainiac Minus One takes out his science card...
Brainiac Minus One says "look at me I'm in a brown business suit.. would
any German agent have such bad fashion sense?"
Valor picks Brainiac up by the lapel, lifting him without strain. "I've
heard enough of your treachery, greenie."
Riv Bartor just looks around confusedly.
Phantom Lady pulls her flight rings and launches into the air in
somersault and try to land by Prof's side.
Brainiac Minus One says "fine.. could you lob me in a soft area valor.. I
got a bad back..."
Valor says, "You talk too much," and flicks Brainiac's jaw with his
pinkie, knocking him out. "Ok, who's next?"
Brainiac Minus One says "but just know I'm taking my poster of you of my
wall when I get Huuuugh!!!"
Saturn Queen snarls and turns to face Phantom Lady.
Phantom Lady throws her machete at the Queen. "Prof, you gotta wake up!"
Professor Hardin comes to groggily, "Get me ... to .. Valor ... "
Saturn Queen is caught on the jaw by the handle of the machete, and is
knocked out. Professor Hardin comes to groggily, "Get me ... to .. Valor
... "
Riv Bartor turns on his jet pack, attempting to snatch the Prof. up and
fly him at Valor.
Valor growls, "Oh, now you're trying to stop me using an old man as
hostage .. wait ... what ... Dan Hardin?"
Riv Bartor says "Yes! Dan Hardin! (...Dan Hardin?...) Yes, Valor, it's Dan
Hardin!"
Professor Daniel Hardin says, "yes Hugo ... it's me ... the ones who freed
you ... were lying ... you've been asleep for ... a long time ... "
Phantom Lady helps Riv with the Prof. "No we hope to get you to
understand, *WE* aren't the bad guys, here."
Lightning Lord and Cosmic King slowly start to back away. Don't mind us,
nope, nosirree.
Valor just blinks.
Professor Daniel Hardin says "Hugo, they didn't want to *free* you ...
they wanted to *dissect* you ... and learn how to give themselves the
power of Abednego Danner's, your father's, formula!"
:oohs, that sounds nasty.
Arm-Fall-Off Boy oohs, that sounds nasty.
Valor growls, deep in his throat, and looks around for the villains.
Riv Bartor points: "That's them!"
Valor leaps up in the air, so fast it looks like he's practically
disappeared, and he lands in front of the escaping villains. He picks them
both up, and slams their heads against each other, knocking them
unconscious. He carries them back to the Legionnaires, and deposits them
at their feet. "Gosh guys, sorry for the mix-up."
Brainiac Minus One shakes his head.. "did anyone get the number on that
tank?"
Riv Bartor says "It's cool, daddy-o!"
Phantom Lady smiles, "As long as the story is straight in the end..."
Valor smiles, "So I'm in the future eh, years after the War To End All
Wars? I see you haven't stomped out crime yet, but I can't wait to see
your rocket ships to Mars, and your atomic energy powered cars, and all
that stuff!""
Riv Bartor turns to Phantom Lady, "What's this jive he's talkin'?"
Phantom Lady says "Give him a break, Riv."
Valor blinks at Riv, "Pardon me sir? Oh, that must be some strange future
language, eh? I see I have a lot to catch up on, lots of change after the
war, no more poverty and stuff."
Phantom Lady frowns, "Valor, sir....if I may suggest...you not assume the
future is so great? We still battle poverty, and currently are in a two
front war."
Valor looks horrified, "The war never ended?"
Professor Daniel Hardin says "No ... it's more complicated than that Hugo
... "
Phantom Lady gestures to the villains, "These chumps are agents of the
Germans. WWI did end, but the results of the treaty eventually broke down
and caused this war, WWII.
Valor nods, slowly, looking distraught, "And... who are *you* kids, then?"
Riv Bartor motions to the Legionnaires...
Phantom Lady says "We are the Legion of Super-Heroes. We are a group that
make sure the allies have a fair chance to deal the evil Axis powers."
Valor nods, slowly, "It sounds like a fine organisation"
Lightning Lad says, "Well, gosh, Valour thanks."
Riv Bartor says "Hey, they're the Legion, and me and lefty here are
prospective Legionnaires!"
Arm-Fall-Off Boy nodnods!
Riv Bartor says "Hey, I bet you'd be right at home in the Legion, you're a
super-powerful hepcat!"
Valor looks at Riv, "A what?"
Riv Bartor, behind his hand to PL, "Doesn't this cat speak English?"
Lightning Lad says, "And we would be honored, if you would consider
joining the legion, Valour."
Professor Daniel Hardin says "I think that's an excellent idea Hugo ...
though you have some catching up to do, first."
Riv Bartor says "A Legionnaire, Valor...a member of the Legion!"
Valor nods, slowly, "Thank you ... I will consider it!"


THE END