[b]Days later, Star City...[/b]

It was late in the afternoon when the remains of the metahuman villain Shrapnel came back to life in the Star City branch of STAR Labs. He quickly used his power to turn everything metal into a part of himself and he grew from about as many parts as what comes in a couple MP3 players to that of almost an eight foot tall human, though with a jagged and rough form. The team of young heroes had been split into two groups, one group would deal with Shrapnel in Star City while the rest of the group visited Central City to see what's happened to the Flash. The lightning bolt like speedster was due at the team's underground HQ to finish up some work and deliver the last few bits and pieces of tech and he never showed. The Flash used to be known for being late, but it's been over a day now... 

Patriot, Fenrir, Shock, Plastic Man, and Bast were on the outskirts of Star City battling Shrapnel about twenty meters from the entrance of STAR Labs. Wreckage was all around the parking lot with cars on fire and torn to shreds, Shrapnel making every piece of metal a part of himself as well as a sentient projectile. He was now standing over ten feet tall with more accumulated scrap. It seemed as if the group's been working on their teamwork since the first session in the War Room that left Apollo on the sidelines. Plastic Man again went at the legs of their enemy with his stretchy powers while the heavy hitters tried to beat the villain into submission and contain the battle ground to the parking lot. Shock and Bast seemed to be on crowd control.

"You punks don't know what you're getting yourselves intoooo!" the metahuman madman screamed as he blew himself apart to clear the area immediately around him, seconds later reforming himself into almost the same body shape as before.

[b]Central City, many states away...[/b]

In Central City Orbit, Ditto, Frostburn, Hellfire, Fate, and Cyber Knight were dealing with the combined might of both Girder and Double Down. Girder was another seven foot tall metal beast of a man with incredible strength, however he doesn't have all the strange powers of Shrapnel. Double Down is a grotesque sight peeling off an infinite amount of playing cards cursed to be fused with his skin. The fleshy projectiles are razor sharp and have the appearance of playing card tattoo'ed flesh. Hellfire with his black flames and Frostburn with his ice powers made the first move on Girder coming at him from both sides. Double Down's 'cards' were mystical and enough to penetrate the magical protection fields of Fate, and the speed at which he threw them was enough to take even the split up Ditto by surprise. 

"What have you done with the Flash, freakshow?!? We don't have time for this..." Ditto1 shouted grabbing DD from behind with his enhanced strength as Ditto2 grabbed an arm while Ditto3 came in close for a few punches before a hard stomp from Girder made the ground shake enough to take the young heroes off of their feet.

~KL~