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Chapter 26 - Episode 8: Friending With Enemies

The Justice Brigade was packing up for vacation. Once packed, they flew to their destination in their Justice Brigade jet. On their way there, they flew into a storm that blew their jet off course, causing them to crash-land. Once they did, they climbed out of their jet and tried to determine where they had landed. They looked around and saw a harbor. Then they read the writing on one of the boats and noticed it said "S.S. Sydney". Daisy figured, "We must be in Australia. May as well enjoy it."

While in Australia, the Justice Brigade heard music playing and followed it to its source. Then they saw a stage in the middle of the street with no one on it, but a crowd was standing in front of it. The Justice Brigade entered the group and saw the singer take the stage. Then the spotlight flashed on her, and when it did, the Justice Brigade saw it was Candy, but she was dressed differently than usual and didn't have her guitar. Candy then sang a pleasant song into the microphone on the stage. While Candy sang, the crowd smiled because they liked it. Then the music picked up, and Candy sang louder. When she did, the sun flashed on her like she had done something good. When her song was over, everyone clapped for her. Then Candy walked backstage, and Hannah used her Heat Sensing Vision to see through the curtain. She saw Candy putting her costume away and getting ready to leave.

The Justice Brigade then got suited and followed Candy after her show, wondering why she hadn't used her superpowers. They saw her carrying her guitar case and going into a therapy building. The Justice Brigade then followed Candy in, but lost her since it was dark inside. Iceboy asked, "Where did she go?" The lights then turned on, and they saw that the place was full of villains wearing the same necklace. They saw almost every villain they had beaten in the past. Delilah and Candy were hanging out. The Villainous Four were all there getting spa treatments. Muffy and Flamer were playing a dance video game against each other. Madalyn, Insect Princess, The Speedsteer, Techno, The Super Crew, Clownpira and the circus freaks, and The Talking Predators also exercised in the fitness room. Penny and Samson then threw coins into the backyard well, which made Wishaldo come out and grant their wishes. Sonny and Lisa exited the elevator together, and Sungirl wasn't too happy to see Lisa. Aquaboy fearfully said, "Wow. It's like every villain we ever faced is here." Sungirl remarked, "Well, not quite. A few villains are missing."

The villains then welcomed The Justice Brigade to Super Therapy. Candy stated, "Welcome, Justice Brigade, to Super Therapy. The perfect place to live if you're a super." Ms. Fortune explained, "Yeah, even though I'm a jinx, I've learned I can use my bad luck powers for good instead of evil. I thought good was never an option for me when I developed my powers when I was born, but now I know it is." Iceboy asked, "How can we be sure we can trust you or even this place?" Miss. Fox said, "Well, for starters, you can talk to Agleh, who runs this place and straightened us out." Aquaboy asked, "Where is she?" Agleh came out of her office and responded, "Right here."

Agleh welcomed The Justice Brigade to Super Therapy, introduced herself, and gave them necklaces similar to those worn by the villains. The Justice Brigade put the necklaces on. Sungirl remarked, "You look like a nice lady; we'll give you a spin." Agleh replied, "Thank you. Now, follow me to your rooms." Agleh showed the Justice Brigade their bedroom and said, "I trust you will be most comfortable here." The Justice Brigade walked in and turned on the lights. Once they did, they saw four beds, a kitchen, a bathroom, and a TV. Iceboy then jumped on his bed, lay on it, and enjoyed the place because he was having fun. Iceboy remarked, "This place is awesome. I bet the TV is awesome, too." Since Iceboy was enjoying himself, his team left him in the room while they looked around.

The Justice Brigade saw Plant Man using his powers when they got downstairs. They hurried to stop him, but once they noticed, he was only using his powers to revive the dead plants. Heatgirl complimented, "Wow, Plant Man, you're a great florist." Plant Man replied, "Thanks. That's how I got my powers in the first place. I was a florist like anyone else, but some of my plants died. So, I created this formula that would make any plant grow anywhere, but I spilled it. And when I tried to clean it up, I got exposed to it, which gave me my powers. With the side effect of being able to grow plants anywhere, I could use them to obtain what I wanted. So, I became the leader of a villain group. But now I'm using my powers to help plants, not use them for evil. Watch this." Plant Man snapped his fingers and made a tree grow from the ground. And when it grew, it turned into an ice cream tree. Plant Man asked, "Who wants ice cream?" Heatgirl responded, "I'll take one." Madalyn replied, "So will I." Ms. Fortune added, "I will, too." Lisa added, "Don't count me out." Then sunlight shone on Plant Man, just as it did for Candy, because he had done something nice.

After their ice cream, Sungirl and Aquaboy figured Heatgirl was having too much fun to stay with them like Iceboy. Sungirl pointed out, "I don't get it. This place doesn't seem evil at all. Even though evil galor is here." Aquaboy said, "Well, then there's only one explanation. That this place is awesome, and we should have some fun." Aquaboy went to have some fun while Sungirl continued investigating. Sungirl climbed into the ceiling and crawled through it. Then she moved part of the ceiling away and saw Agleh singing in her office. Agleh sang, "Things are working to my ultimate desire. Soon, I'll have my revenge, and the world will be mine." Then Agleh laughed evilly and took off her disguise, and Sungirl saw that Agleh was Helga. She then saw Helga walk past a full-body mirror and read her name tag: "Helga," not "Agleh." Sungirl whispered, "I don't believe it, it's Helga. The evil woman who tried to enslave older people. And she just changed her name to her real name spelled backward." Sungirl then fell through the ceiling and landed in front of Helga. Helga smiled when she saw Sungirl, and Sungirl felt like Helga had caught her. Sungirl muttered, "Um, hello."

Helga pulled a lever on the wall, and the floor underneath Sungirl's feet opened up. Sungirl held onto the top of the chute and looked up at Helga. Helga remarked, "No, no, no. This place is for KIND people. All dirty-minded people go down the garbage chute where they belong. Bye-bye." Helga knocked Sungirl down the line with a broom, and she landed in a dungeon when she hit the bottom. Once Sungirl got up, Helga sealed her in. Sungirl muttered, "Great, a dungeon. I knew this place was evil." Ms. Fortune remarked, "Wow, nothing gets past you." Sungirl saw The Villainous Four in the dungeon with her, and her team came out. Iceboy said, "We figured this place was evil when we fell here." Sungirl questioned, "But I saw all of you up there. If we're all down here, who are they up there?" Yuck replied, "Those are part of Helga's evil plan to get rid of us and every superpowered person on Earth to represent her new hobby." Sungirl questioned, "Evil plotting?" Muffy corrected, "Being kind." Flamer explained, "That lady can't stand fun. She brought us here to try to make us change our ways, but we still want to be evil." Madalyn added, "So while we were having fun using our powers here, we got captured and then down the chute we went, replaced with good deed doing android doubles." Sungirl questioned, "Robots? But those things looked, sounded, and felt like real people." Clownpira explained, "True, but the minute we set foot in this place, we placed these necklaces over our heads and put them around our necks. While we were wearing them, they scanned our DNA, allowing Helga to create robotic clones of us in her office. After her androids got made, she got rid of us by throwing us down here." Sungirl figured, "So your doubleganger performed in town, Candy?" Candy replied, "Yep." Sungirl figured, "And Plant Man's doubleganger made the ice cream tree?" Plant Man replied, "Yep." Sungirl claimed, "Then we're stopping Helga."

Sungirl flew up to the top of the chute, and her necklace shocked her. Then she fell back down the chute and into the dungeon. The Archer mentioned, "We can't use our powers as long as we wear these necklaces. They'll shock us if we try to either use our powers or take the necklace off. They're like obedience collars." Sungirl figured, "Then we'll have to get out of here another way." Miss. Fox asked, "How are we supposed to do that without our powers?" Everyone looked at The Talking Predators and simultaneously said, "Hmm." The Talking Predators looked around and saw everyone staring at them. Mr. Jaguar asked, "Why's everyone looking at us?"

Miss. Hawk flew up to the top with Mr. Otter on her back. Then Mr. Otter used his claws to make a hole in the ceiling and get out. Since Mr. Otter's hole was too small, the Justice Brigade got on their hands and knees and let Miss. Fox and Sungirl climb on them. Then they got on their hands and knees while Mr. Coyote climbed on top of them and lifted Mr. Jaguar. Once they got to the ceiling, Mr. Jaguar quickly used his claws to cut a hole in the roof that was big enough for everyone. Then he climbed out, and Sungirl ordered, "Ok, everybody out, and carefully." The villains climbed up the pyramid that the Justice Brigade and Talking Predators had built, rose through the hole Mr. Jaguar had made, and escaped. Once they were all out, the villains also assisted the Justice Brigade and the Talking Predators.

After everyone escaped, their robot doubles appeared, and they all simultaneously said, "Naughty people." Robot Wishaldo robotically mentioned, "Helga won't be happy to see you all." Robot Delilah robotically insisted, "Let's show these villains how to be heroes." Robot Iceboy robotically asked, "Why did we start talking like robots?" Everyone went after their doppelganger. Lisa tried punching her robot double, but it avoided her attacks and advised, "Violence is never the answer. I don't believe in hate; I believe in love and in making others happy. You should try the same." Lisa responded, "No such luck, you talking toaster." Lisa finally punched her robot double, knocking it to the ground. Iceboy's robot double was firing ice at him while Iceboy ran. Robot Iceboy robotically said, "It's only a matter of time before I hit you. Then your beloved Sungirl will be mine." Iceboy got mad at his robot double and threw some ice at it. Iceboy replied, "I think she prefers humans."

While fighting, Helga was about to get away with her plan, dressed as Agleh. The mayor arrived in his limo, and Helga shook his hand. The mayor said, "Well, I see your plan to turn the bad to nice has worked so far. But first, I would like to see your changed villains." Helga insisted, "Of course." Aquaboy then got hit out of the building by his robot and landed right in front of the mayor. Aquaboy greeted, "Hi." Then the mayor saw Aquaboy's robot double, and everyone else was fighting their robot doubles. Shocked, Helga grabbed her broom and said, "Nasty, evil PEOPLE!" Everyone panicked when she saw the Justice Brigade and the villains fighting their robot doubles. Helga tried to defeat the villains and the Justice Brigade with her broom, saying, "No more evil." Sungirl jumped ahead of Helga and demanded, "Oh, eat dirt." Sungirl kicked Helga into a trash can and took her remote. Then she pushed the button, and everyone's necklace got deactivated and fell off their necks. Sungirl asked, "Everyone ready?"

Iceboy shot his robot double with an Ice Beam from his hand and froze it in solid ice. Delilah brought out one of her space lasers, fired it at her robot double, and destroyed it. Madalyn shouted, "I wish you had destroyed everyone's robots." Wishaldo glowed his hands and said, "So you have wished it, so it shall be." Wishaldo's robot double did the same. Then Madalyn's robot doppelganger used her powers to knock Madalyn and Wishaldo away with someone's car. Still, Wishaldo and his robot double granted Madalyn's wish and destroyed everyone's robot doubles, including his own. The police then arrived, helped Helga out of the trash can where Sungirl had knocked her, and arrested her. Then the other villains left, and the Justice Brigade thanked them for their help. They even shook hands, and the villains took off while The Justice Brigade continued their vacation, and the police took Helga to jail.

The End

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