by Nowhereman, Happy Noodle Boy, Jonah'sWhale, Monopoly guy and Disco Steve
As Agent F7 formulated a plan, Dragnet Zero and Disco Steve arrived.
Nowhereman looked on, disgusted. He thought to himself, Oh no, Disco is here. He's weird, and the others are standing around doing nothing. I wanna bust some heads! With that, he ran off toward the MBL Headquarters.
Marv Velo: "Where's Nowhereman?"
"Oh, no, you don't think he's..." Agent F7 stopped mid-sentence and looked at the others.
All: "OH SHIT!"
Agent F7, Zed, Marv Velo, Dragnet Zero, and Disco Stave followed Nowhereman, trying to stop him being a damn fool. They caught up to him as he was about to break into the MBL Headquarters.
Hardy New-Born sat before Smasher and the Dragon Stone-wielding Gerald Forrest. Thanks to the Rhymer's healing powers, he would be healed up within a matter of moments, but he wondered whether it would be enough time to stop these two madmen.
Smasher and Forrest stared each other down, daring the opposing man to drop their guard. Hardy New-Born stood up, and was about to try a rhyme force blast, when through the opening in the wall came Nowhereman, screaming and attacking wildly.
Hardy New-Born: "Fuck."
"What has Nowhereman done now?
Has he ruined HNB's plans, how?"
Nowhereman suddenly remembered the beating he had received from Smasher. "Smasher, get ready for an ass-whupping!"
In a blink of an eye, he unleashed the full force of his bio-electric blasts at Smasher and then began throwing blows to his face until he was unconscious.
"Ha! That'll teach you!" Gloating at his achievment, Nowhereman failed to notice Forrest, who in turn rendered him unconscious.
Hardy New-Born looked at the unconscious bodies of Smasher and Nowhereman, then let a full-force rhyme blast go at Gerald Forrest.
Forrest got up, dusted himself off, and said, "You fool, don't you realize how powerful I've become? This stone will help me rule the world!"
Hardy New-Born threw himself at Forrest, and the two began to fight. Forrest threw the Rhymer off effortlessly.
"Now," Forrest said, "to destroy the MBL!"
"Will he destroy the MBL,
Will he put them all through hell?
The metahero known as Money-Grubber arrived outside the MBL Headquarters as the MBLers followed Nowhereman inside. "Can I join your super-gang?" he said to them. "I keep myself clean and have straight, almost-perfect teeth."
Ignoring him at first, Jonah's Whale paused a moment, searching for answers while channeling Hero's powers to analyze the compound. While the other MBLers rushed into the front door, Jonah's Whale decided to try the back.
Money-Grubber: "What's up? Need help?"
Jonah's Whale: "Who are you?"
"Money-Grubber. I saw the newscast, but didn't believe it."
Jonah's Whale: "That makes one of you. I've already had several people try to kill me over it."
Money-Grubber: "I came to help."
Jonah's Whale took off for the back door, with Money-Grubber at his side. "So... what is it exactly that you do, Money-Grubber?"
Money-Grubber: "Real Name: Jack Vernon. Origin: I invented a toupee glue which didn't cause a rash or blotching, the only of its kind, and thus became filthy, stinking rich. Took up crimefighting as a hobby.
"Powers: Often people say you can't make a problem going away by throwing money at it. Well, I'm going to give it a good try. I'm ladened down with the finest gadgets moolah can buy, although sometimes I will have to resort to throwing bags with dollar signs on them. Enemies: Anyone who tries to crash the stock market. Thieves."
Money-Grubber paused for a moment, his nose in the air as if smelling something. "The stock market needs me."
Jonah's Whale: "We need you here more."
Money-Grubber: "But it's down two-hundred and sixty points."
Jonah's Whale: "There won't be a stock market anymore if Forrest runs free."
Money-Grubber could have sworn he heard creepy, suspenseful background music as Jonah's Whale opened the back door of the MBL compound.
Inside, Hardy New-Born picked himself up off the floor again and threw himself at Forrest. Both recovered, Nowhereman was pinned down by Smasher, who flipped a switch.
A wall of yellow energy formed a cage around the approaching MBLers, trapping them and isolating Hardy New-Born and Nowhereman to face their doom. Only Jonah's Whale and Money-Grubber were in a position to save the day. But the odds were impossible.
Smasher broke Nowhereman's nose with a powerful right cross. Forrest blasted Hardy New-Born with a heat ray, causing third degree burns on the Rhymer's left arm. He could do nothing but scream.
Money-Grubber pulled out a thousand-dollar bill. He folded it into an airplane and tossed it at the console. As it tripped the proper switch, the field surrounding the other MBLers disappeared, and the MBL was free to attack. So they attacked.