Batman raised his head in pain to take in his surroundings, and the spies made small noises of discontent, eyes closed. Batman watched as Gorilla Grodd filled the Oscillator with power from the very conductor he and the spies were strapped to.

"Let's go! These humans will be fried. Time to finish the plan," the ape said, then left the room, followed by the man in red and Bowman, who lingered near the door.

The archer walked back towards them and looked at the spies, conflicted, then turned his head back to the door with a frown.

"Hey, can't I keep one of them?" he pleaded, then looked down to Clover.

"Get over here, you buffoon, or I'll seal you in with them," the ape ordered from just outside the exit.

Bowman's eyes widened, then he turned around and ran back out of the room.

"Okay, who can reach a gadget?" Sam asked in a shaky voice.

The humming from the generator increased, and electrical currents sputtered off its outer casing at irregular intervals. All four heroes struggled to move their hands, though their arms were bound securely to their sides. The electrical power continued to increase frighteningly, and they desperately increased their efforts.

Batman tapped a button on the palm of his hand to cause a tiny compartment to open on the underside of his glove. A small tube landed in his fingers, and he turned it upwards, positioning it carefully, then pressed the side to cause a laser to ignite.

He sliced through the cable at an angle that kept the intense beam from hitting himself, then shut it off as the severed cable dropped to the floor. He and the girls were up in a flash, then ran for the sealed doors as the electric currents surrounding the tower increased in size and frequency.

The spies used their Laser Lipsticks on the door to no effect, while Batman pressed the center of his belt buckle. He then popped out the wings on his bat-winged jetpack, thrusters ablaze.

"Lasers aren't strong enough for this door?" Clover exclaimed.

She aimed at the wall, gritting her teeth, and the laser failed to cut through it as well. Alex aimed for the floor, but her laser couldn't cut through. Sam angled a beam to the ceiling, then moaned in frustration when it too remained intact.

"What is with this room?" she lamented. Alex and Clover looked to her in agreement.

"Not to worry. I called a friend. Get ready to fly," Batman said tensely.

They shut off their lasers and looked to Batman in hope.

A thunderous crash caused part of the ceiling across the room to blow inward, debris raining down. The night sky peeked through a bit of smoke above. The spies ignited their jetpacks and flew close behind Batman, mindful of the electrical spikes from the nearby generator.

They flew out into the fresh air, and the girls caught their breath. The metal tower in the building below wildly shot electricity in various directions. It culminated with a white flash that filled the room. Shortly after, the lights below went dark, and smoke drifted up through the hole.

"That was intense!" said Alex, shoulders slumped while still hovering in midair.

Clover and Sam looked to her and made sounds of assent. Clover then turned to Batman.

"Thanks!" she said, latching onto Batman's arm. "My hero!" she added, smiling broadly.

"What about me?" a young man's voice inquired.

Everyone turned to see a slim man covered head to toe in a blue and black bodysuit. He had red goggle-like eyes with yellow rectangular pupils and a white mouth area that could alter its shape. Twin jet booster rockets protruded from wings on the back of his metallic armor, keeping him aloft.

Curved objects that resembled beetle antennae protruded up from his shoulders, and shorter ones that resembled legs curved around his torso. His 'hands' changed from twin blue metallic blasters to normal hands and arms covered in black. His legs were covered in blue armor, with a two-toed claw design to each boot.

"Thanks for blasting that hole in the roof," Batman said to the man. "Spies, this is Blue Beetle."

Sam smiled at him, "Nice save. Thanks. I'm Sam."

"N-no problem," Beetle replied a bit flustered.

"Clover," the blonde said, then gave a small wave.

"Alex," the brunette said. "We're from the Earth without superheroes."

Sam breathed out deeply, still shaken by the blast from the weapon and close call after.

"What was all that about?" she asked everyone. "Just a trap?"

"That, and likely a way to power up the Phase Oscillator," replied Batman. "We need to figure out their next move before it's too late."

He looked to the side, and Clover finally released his arm with an embarrassed look. He then noticed Alex, who studied her lavender compact intently. She handed it to Batman, who looked mystified.

"Hm-" he started.

"You look fine, Mr. Batman," she said cheerfully. "That dot on the screen is that archer dude. I slapped a tracker on his quiver-thingie." She pointed to the X-Powder, then flashed a peace sign. "You can borrow this."

Batman blinked at her in surprise and looked down at the gadget to see a black screen in place of a mirror. On it was an iconic overhead view of the neighborhood, and a retreating red dot.

"Good work. Thanks," Batman said.

He pressed his belt buckle, and a torpedo-shaped jet appeared from below with a whoosh. On its bat-like wings were tapered cylinders with light blue light shining from within. It had the same eye-like headlights in the front and tall vertical fin in the rear as the Batmobile. Batman flew above the cockpit, and the blue glass slid open. He switched off his jetpack, retracted the wings, and landed inside.

Sam brought out her X-Powder, and Clover and Alex flew alongside both sides of her.

Sirens rang out in the distance, slowly increasing in volume. The Batplane blasted off, followed by the spies and Beetle.

Clover pressed a button on her X-Powder, then held it to her ear.

"Nice jet," she said pleasantly.

"Thanks," Batman replied. Clover's voice came from Alex's X-Powder attached to his control panel to keep it from moving. "I changed the Batmobile into jet form. We're going to need it," he explained.

"Wow," Clover voiced with approval, fighting to stay focused on the numerous buildings of varying heights they passed by.

"More importantly," cut in Sam over her X-Powder, "who were those guys?"

"Blue Bowman and Dyna-mite are evil versions of heroes from my world. Dyna-Mite can shrink or grow at will. That's how he appeared out of nowhere," Batman said, eyes peering ahead. "The ape is Gorilla Grodd, a villain from my world."

Sam hummed in understanding, then called loudly over the rushing wind to Clover.

"I like that we have two superheroes on our side for this one!"

Clover's eyes flicked to the side for a moment, and she gave a slight smile and nod.

"But let's not fuss and fight over Mr. Tall, Dark, and Handsome. At least until after, okay?" Sam finished, eyes forward.

Hair rippling about in the wind, Clover thought for a moment.

"Yeah!" she replied, brows set in determination. "No rookie mistakes on this one."

Off to the left of the spies, Beetle fought valiantly to keep looking forward, but felt his attention pulled to the beautiful trio. They seemed just as good at flying as he did, maybe even better.

Alex glanced over at Beetle, then her eyes widened.

"Beetle, look out!" she called over.

The hero was looking at her dreamily until her change of expression. His head whipped forward, only to smack face-first into a billboard. He slid down the Gotham Art Museum ad like a giant insect and landed on the rooftop below that was supporting it.

Alex let out a surprised gasp and peeled out of formation to land on the rooftop beside him and help him back up by giving a hand.

"Are you okay?" she asked.

"Ugh," he responded, still reeling a bit. He shook it off, then smiled; his mask surprisingly allowed his expressions to show through. "S-sorry about that. Thanks," he said.

"No prob."

She released him, satisfied he was unhurt.

"I'm glad Batman didn't see that," he said in relief. "We'd better catch up," he added, firing his jet blasters up.

Alex made a sound of agreement, and the two took off to catch up.

In his jet, Batman's eyes flicked to the red dot, noticing it had stopped at a familiar location.

A/N: Thanks to: theinkslingerr, adriancampbell8, fatfaceheart, Moskii, Cocoghost and everyone else who's supported the story so far. Hope it's going well with you all.