On the planet Orando, the Legion of Super-Villains has made its new headquarters, easily taking over the medieval world and downing the cruiser of Queen Projectra and Karate Kid upon their return to their homeworld. The so far silent leader of the Legion of Super-Villain twists the Legion flight ring and says something rather cryptic.
“Then let me twist their alarm signal, as I once did as a Legionnaire—and let them come running to their doom.” – Unknown Leader of the LSV…
The Legion fresh from their detour keeping Mordru under wraps leaves the Sorcerer’s World of Xerox and follows the signal only to land in the midst of one of Zymyr’s teleportation warps, only Dawnstar is swift enough to evade the trap as it sucks Ultra Boy, Mon-El, Wildfire, and the Legion Cruiser containing Shadow Lass, Phantom Girl, Timber Wolf, Chameleon Boy, and White Witch.
On Earth, Element Lad rallies the remaining Legionnaires on Earth to the rescue leaving Cosmic Boy on duty on Earth and Invisible Kid II who is mysteriously missing at this point along with his back from the dead counterpart Lyle Norg.
In the dungeons of the Castle Royal of Orando, Light Lass awakens to see Karate Kid and Projectra imprisoned in machines. Light Lass is feeling rather helpless, but when her brother Lightning Lord comes in for one last attempt at conversion, she refuses.
Lightning Lord: ”… Change your mind, Join us. Survive.”
Light Lass: ”No.”
Lightning Lord: ”You are a fool, Ayla, to believe I can protect you much longer. I am Lord of the Lightning, but not master here. DO you not want to live?”
Light Lass: ”No.”
Lightning Lord: ”Please, sister—Let Esper Lass Into your mind–Let her fix you, so you no longer are deluded. Aid us willingly and you too may make the passage to the new universe that waits for us, a universe we shall rule.”
Light Lass: ”No.”
Lightning Lord: ”I am your brother damn you. Obey me and live.”
Light Lass: ”No.”
Things do not look good for our heroine, now do they?
Outside the Royal Castle we see that Dream Girl, Star Boy, and Shrinking Violet’s cruiser has crashed as well, no doubt through another teleportation warp that Zymyr used. Dream Girl awakens first and recognizes the castle itself from her prophecy in which a Legionnaire dies. Dream Girl is ambushed by Hunter and Silver Slasher and we are left to wonder about the three Legionnaires fate as the scene shifts.
In space near Orando, the remaining Legionnaires are fighting for their lives against most of the LSV and appear to be losing while reinforcements arrive via Element Lad, Dawnstar, Brainiac 5, Blok, Sun Boy, and Colossal Boy.
Back on Orando, we see what the supervillains are referring to with regards to this great passage they are taking. The fusion powersphere has been assembled around Orando and the fusion powerspheres have been placed in it in order to transport the planet itself to another dimension where the Legion of Super-Heroes does not exist. One in which the villains will be able to conquer and rule.
We also see who the leader of the Legion of Super-Villains is, the Legion Traitor known as Nemesis Kid.
Taking a page back from an older Legion story introducing Karate Kid, Princess Projectra, Ferro Lad, and Nemesis Kid, the story inducted all four of them into the Legion but it was fairly obvious early on that one of them was a traitor. Nemesis Kid spent the story working for the Khunds while simultaneously framing Karate Kid for his crimes. The Legion turned on Karate Kid, but in the end Nemesis Kid gave himself away and was teleported away by the Khunds. This group of new inductees shall forever be tied together by bonds of betrayal and blood.
The next time the Legion encountered Nemesis Kid, he was a member of the Legion of Super-Villains training academy that had blackmailed Colossal Boy into turning traitor.
Now, Nemesis Kid had ruthlessly wrested control of the Legion of Super-Villains and demanded vengeance of each of the new members, each must kill a Legionnaire. Nemesis Kid’s ability is to adapt any power to make himself immune to the power of another person. His goal, the death of Karate Kid.
Once it appears the tide has shifted and the Legion of Super-Villains is losing the battle, Nemesis Kid calls his plan into action and teleports Orando away and any Legionnaires who happen to be in the wake with them.
On Medicus One, we visit the new parents of Graym Ranzz, Lightning Lad and Saturn Girl on the holocomm(phone) with Cosmic Boy discussing the new plans they may have with the Legion.
Back in space near Orando, we discover that the Legion of Super-Villains succeeded in kidnapping Element Lad, Phantom Girl, Ultra Boy, Shrinking Violet, and Chameleon Boy. Putting Dream Girl back in charge as Acting Deputy Leader with Star Boy back in his role as temporary Deputy Leader.
The storm rages on Orando in its limbo dimension as the Legion of Super-Villains debate their next move. We see here the eventual beginning of the breakdown in most villain organizations, control and passion. While Tyr wants to go after the Legionnaires in the other dimension some of the other villains are content to be happy with the eight Legionnaires that they have hostage now.
Nemesis Kid decides to give Tyr his chance and lets him take those who want in a cruiser to go attack the Legionnaires from the safety of the limbo dimension. As the Legion waits, in another instance now Wildfire has disappeared (do not worry however, his disappearance has nothing to do with the Legion of Super-Villains, but instead of where Invisible Kid II happens to be).
On Orando, Light Lass wakes up from what was believed to be a fatal attack from her brother. She is aching and hurting but yells out and manages to blast off her power dampeners to which she believes is just dumb luck at this point. Upon leaving her cell she sees that the other Legionnaires have been captured and are in the same machines as Karate Kid and Projectra. Light Lass says to Karate Kid that her powers are really useless and that she is going to go get some help.
Karate Kid halfway believes her then he realizes that the machine is sapping his strength or will. Karate Kid being a master of finding a flaw finds a way to break out of the machine and soon frees the others.
Karate Kid: ”Your powers— the others– All Inborn or accidents. I BUILT MINE, every day of my life. No Machine… unhhhh.. can take them…. AWAY!”
Light Lass has stowed away on the ship that Tyr, Hunter, Silver Slasher, Terrus, and Titania have taken in order to hunt down the remaining Legionnaires. Realizing she has one shot at this she spots an open circuit board and rips a few wires out causing a backlash in the bridge that electrocutes Hunter, Tyr, and Silver Slasher.
Leaving Terrus and Titania conscious, Light Lass now faces the two remaining villains.. or perhaps I should correct that…as it appears that Lightning Lass is back. The bolts that Lightning Lord sent through Ayla Ranzz changed her powers back from nullifying gravity into electrical powers. The villains who were prepared for “gravity lightning girl” were unprepared for the electrical barrage Lightning Lass unleashed and she takes the cruiser back to Orando to help the Legionnaires to fight the remaining villains.
Checking in on Earth, Dream Girl sees that Cosmic Boy has called in help from the Legion of Substitute Heroes and the Legion Academy to assist in the Legion’s time of need to help protect Earth in the place of the main team, still in space looking for their lost comrades.
The seven Legionnaires having escaped from their prison attempt to find a way to stop the supervillains’ plans. Element Lad theorizes the fusion powerspheres are possibly the weak point but before they can all fly off to that point, Karate Kid releases himself from Chameleon Boy’s grip in order to confront the traitor Nemesis Kid. The Legionnaires are confronted by a team of villains and are soon struggling to stay conscious, Projectra flies off to find Karate Kid.
Karate Kid and Nemesis Kid are locked in mortal combat, as Karate Kid lies unconscious, Projectra attempts to intervene only to have Nemesis Kid adapt immunity to her illusions and to begin striking her repeatedly in the face. Karate Kid then rises again to defend his wife.
Projectra watches as Karate Kid sacrifices himself.
Karate Kid, more than likely already suffering from fatal internal injuries from the beating he took at Nemesis Kid’s hands flies into a fusion power sphere in order to stop the Legion of Super-Villains from completing its task and moving to another dimension fully.
Next Time: One Legionnaire dead. Six Legionnaires helpless. One returning to help save them all. Its time for An Eye For An Eye.
