Court of Limbo, Asteroid X150, between Automata and the Penal Planet.

Near the rear of the courtroom, the Thunder Kittens were telling the older Thunder Cats what had happened in Chambers.  "And then, the so-called defence attorney subtly made Kevin lose his temper," said Wilykit.  "I think that just when Kevin was about to say a certain word was when Mason slapped his hand across Kevin's mouth to shut him up."

            "Then," said Wilykat, "Condor pointed out a picture that he was studying and that was of the defence attorney.  He pointed out that a large freckle was reversed."

            "Reversed?" exclaimed Lion-O incredulously.  "Do you know who it is?"

            "Don't you?" asked Wilykat.  "We were here when the Silver Hawks first encountered him!"

            "Holy Jaga!  A-Tom-U-Lar!  Shouldn't you two get out of here?"

            "Oh, really!"

            Captain N took the judge's bench after the court reconvened.  The spectators were all surprised.  Captain N announced to the whole courtroom, "I regret that Judge Lana has just received a rather serious shock.  So, as a part of the law, I am legally allowed to take over her duties, since she is presently unable to preside over this preliminary hearing.  I believe that the case left off as Burger asked Condor of the Silver Hawks what he wished to tell the court and as Condor answered by saying that that was not the actual defence attorney assigned to this case.  Now, I would like Condor to return to the stand and finish what he was going to tell us."

            Simon called, "Condor of the Silver Hawks will return to the stand."

            As Condor returned to the stand, Kevin said, "I hope that I need not remind you, sir, that you are still under oath."

            Condor nodded and sat onto the witness chair in the witness stand.  "So do I.  Now then," Condor said, "according to His Honour, I just testified that the bozo sitting over there next to Mo-Lec-U-Lar is not the actual defence attorney assigned to the case.  Now, what was I going to say after that?  Oh, yes!  I know the real guy.  He cross-examines - and cross-examines well - all the witnesses for the opposing side unless he has good reason not to.  I know this, as I've attended about ninety-six percent of the cases he's defended before.  Now, then, if he does not cross-examine his witnesses, that must not be the right guy.  No other lawyer cross-examines the same way he does, not even the great Perry Mason.

            "That brought me to the picture I had in my pocket in my set of lawyer-photographs, which I keep so I can identify attorneys whose names I don't recall immediately.  It is this one, the picture of him."  Condor showed the picture to Mason and Burger, who came up.  "See?  That distinctive feature is clearly reversed.  Someone must be substituting as him."

            The 'defence lawyer' (A-Tom-U-Lar) sprang up and said, "I object!  How is that possible, Your Honour?  Mo-Lec-U-Lar is the only being in the galaxy who can transform his molecules to some other substance!"

            "Your objection is overruled," ruled Kevin.  "Do not forget all the years during which this gentleman has been a police officer.  His experience is valid."

            "As I have just said," said Condor, "someone is in here and is substituting for the guy in the picture.  Since Mo-Lec-U-Lar is plainly-as-day in this court, not even I understand who could be using this guy's body.  However, I know someone is!"

            "I do not understand why you do not sustain my objections!" pled A-Tom-U-Lar.  "This police officer is speculating, making up junk!"

            "Is that all you have to say?" asked Condor.  "The Thunder Kittens have nearly photographic memories.  As we humans commonly say about elephants, the two youngest Thunder Cats forget very little.  Let's ask them!"

            "Oh, Your Honour!  Asking minors!"

            "Your Honour, they are not minors!  They're actually older than Your Honour!  Their bodies naturally mature more slowly than humans'."

            "May I be permitted to call Wilykit to the stand, then?" asked Mason.

            Kevin said, "Very well, Mr. Mason.  Condor, you are excused.  Will Wilykit of the Thunder Cats please come forward and be sworn."  Condor left the stand.  Wilykit came up.

            Bailiff Simon said, "Please raise your right hand."  Wilykit did so.  "Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?"

            "I do," said Wilykit.

            "Please state your full name and whatever occupation you have."

            "I am Kit Astutus {ahs-tú-tuhs} van Wily, second-youngest member of the Thunder Cats."

            "You may be seated."  Wilykit sat on the witness stand.

            "Now, how are you appropriately addressed?" asked Mason.

            "The way I introduced myself to the court is according to the formal Thunderian system of address," said Wilykit.  "Personal name plus maternal grandfather's last name plus van plus paternal grandfather's last name.  The common system is paternal grandfather's last name connected to the personal name plus the maternal grandfather's last name.  Normally, one is addressed by the latter without the mother's grandfather's last name.  Thus, I am addressed as Wilykit."

            "Very well.  Now, can you help us clarify this mess?"

            "Yes, I can, and gladly.  While you, the other two attorneys, His Honour, and Condor were conversing back there, my twin, Wilykat, and I peeked at the picture of the defence attorney.  We know who this guy is."

            "Who?"

            "Your Honour, please!" said A-Tom-U-Lar.  "She's making this up!"

            "Overruled!" said Kevin.  "She was back there; she tried to stop an argument.  Wilykit, please continue."

            "With pleasure, Your Honour.  Mr. Defence Attorney, do you deny that you are really A-Tom-U-Lar, Mo-Lec-U-Lar's evil older brother?  Do you deny that this is the only way you could have saved your brother, although you are more powerful that he is?  Do you deny that your only weakness is that you transform into a mirror image of the person as whom you're disguised?"

            "YOUR HONOUR. . ."  Suddenly, a streak of recognition went through Steelheart's head.

            "I shall clear this up right now," interrupted Steelheart.  She got up, grabbed the hands of the 'defence attorney,' bashed them together, and therefore transformed the 'defence attorney' into his true form, A-Tom-U-Lar.  "Yes, A-Tom-U-Lar!" said Steelheart, all the other Silver Hawks standing.  "Remember that I burst you once for imitating a police officer?  You burst into Dolare, turn into one of the guards, and attack Lord Cash and make off with the entire banking world.  I'm glad that I stopped you before you robbed Dolare clean, globe-brain!"

            Condor came up and grabbed the atomic transformation ring from A-Tom-U-Lar's hand and said, "I'll take charge of this, A-Tom-U-Lar.  You will not need it where you are going."

            "How did you know, Wilykit?" asked A-Tom-U-Lar, rather indignantly.

            "Call it a good memory," said Wilykit.  "And I'm not the only one who noticed.  My brother did, too."

            Condor said, "At least you won't have the chance to blow a hole in Switzerland's banks again.  Keeping all the latinum, gold, and silver of monetary value of the world in one place is not a good idea."

            "I'll still get vengeance for your stopping that heist!" said A-Tom-U-Lar, being put into a steel straight-jacket by Steelwill.

            "Don't forget that Steelheart and I burst you for trying to take over Automata by transforming yourself into a disk," said Steelwill.  "We could almost never have found you, and Limbo would have been shut down.  At least I did find you."

            A-Tom-U-Lar said, "I'll get you and your blasted sister, Steelwill!"

            "Don't forget about me!" said Kidd.

            "I shall never forget about you, bothersome brat!" said A-Tom-U-Lar.  "Your defeat of me was the most irritating defeat of all!"

            Kevin brought down his gavel and said, "The defendants are bound over for jury trial in a court on the charges of armed robbery and assault on police officers.  Mr. Burger, I suggest that you charge A-Tom-U-Lar with practising without a licence. . . and for breaking out of the Penal Planet."

            "Very good, Your Honour," says Burger.

            "Court is adjourned," said Kevin.  Everyone rose as he said this.  The courtroom then started to get flooded!

            "What?" said Steelwill.  "A flood!  As that Ludwig said!"

            "This is your handiwork, Windhammer!" yelled Steelheart.

            "Nonsense!" retorted Windhammer.  "I haven't my Tuning Fork!  Without it, I cannot change the weather!"

            Kevin exclaimed, "Oh, dear!"  He then entered Chambers and exited a moment later in his normal clothes.  Wilykit had rushed to the back to join her brother.  The two saw Ludwig and Eggplant rush up to the defence table.

            "Look, 'Kat!" said Wilykit.  "Ludwig von(Bowser)Koopa and his companion are joining the defendants!"  Wilykat was still sitting; just then, the water rose above his head!  "Wilykat!"  Wilykat stood up and spat water out of his mouth like a fountain.

            "Well, we can't do anything about it!" said Wilykat.

            "No," said Cheetara, "but I can!"  She zipped out.

            Ludwig von(Bowser)Koopa and Eggplant Wizard went up to the defence table.  "Hello, I am Ludwig von(Bowser)Koopa, and this is Eggplant Wizard," said Ludwig.  "No time for further introductions.  Let's get the devil out of here!"  Mo-Lec-U-Lar, A-Tom-U-Lar, Melodia, Windhammer, and Hardware escaped through the double doors, held almost closed by the water pressure.  Ludwig and Eggplant Wizard pulled the doors closed and Ludwig said, "Mo-Lec-U-Lar, can you seal this door shut with Mo-Lec-U-Tar?"

            "Hee, hee, hee!" said Mo-Lec-U-Lar.  "I certainly can!"  He pointed his 'bolt hand' (right hand) at the doors.  The end of the bolt opened up and released a super-strong tar that sealed the doors.

            "Bwah, ha, ha, ha, ha!" laughed Hardware.  "Now, those infernal Silver Hawks will drown to death!  Bwah, ha, ha, ha, ha!"

            Mon*Star came up and said, "They are not the only ones who will drown!  Hee, hee, hee!  All those goody-goody Thunder Cats are in there!  Ha, ha, ha, ha!"

            "Not quite all of them, Mon*Star," said Cheetara, running toward them.

            "Not you!" exclaimed Mon*Star.

            "Aw, don't make your stars go supernova," said Liquidator.  "Too good around the ears?  Remember to get all of that good grime off with the Liquidator!"  Liquidator bashed Cheetara with a wave of water.

            "Yaaah!" screamed Cheetara, being washed outside.

            "Yes!  And, since cats hate water and dogs, be sure to get rid of them with the wettest, foulest mutt of all, the Liquidator!"

            A laser blasted through the doors, which were afterward forced open and which smashed into Mon*Star and Hardware.  Steelheart and Steelwill emerged, shoulder-lasers smoking.  Steelheart said, "Did you think that you could drown us, water-brain?  Well, think again!"

            "Just great," said Liquidator.  "Another set of super-heroes against whom to fight!"

            Bushroot said, "I'll take care of these guys while the rest of you run!"  The rest of the evildoers left through a door to a docking port.  Bushroot tossed some green beans on the floor in front of the Steeltwins, then ran to the vehicles.

            Steelwill said, "A few green beans?  These peas couldn't stop a quarter-pound weakling!"  Suddenly, the beans opened up, grew larger than the Steeltwins, and engulfed the Steeltwins in their pods!  "Yaah!"

            Kevin ran along and blasted the pea pods with his Zapper.  The Steeltwins came out.  "Thanks," said Steelheart.  "Let's stop them."

            "There's no time," said Kevin.  "We must rescue Darkwing Duck first.  He'll know how to stop F.O.W.L."  The Silver Hawks all opened emergency flood doors and drained the water out of the planet.  They then left through a warp zone to Hawkhaven that they had made.  They went to the room where some others were working.

            Once they had found the others, Mason said, "Paul, have you gotten that warp made?"

            "Yeah," said Drake, "but F.O.W.L.'s captured Darkwing Duck; GizmoDuck; Launchpad McQuack, Darkwing Duck's pilot; Scrooge McDuck; and Gosalyn Mallard, Darkwing Duck's adopted daughter."

            "They are not the only ones on Darkwing's Justice Ducks," said Kevin.  "There are some others, including Morganna McCawber, Neptunia, and Stegmutt."

            "Who are the villains?" asked Paul.

            "The villains," said Kevin, "are F.O.W.L. agents Liquidator, Bushroot, Mega Volt, Quacker Jack, Negaduck, Steelbeak, Ammonia Pine, Moliarity, and Tuskerninni.  Two were accompanying the Mob at court today, and they were Liquidator and Bushroot.  The ones that have Darkwing and his friends are most likely Mega Volt, Quacker Jack, Negaduck, Steelbeak, and Ammonia Pine.  Moliarity works independently from the other agents, as does Tuskerninni, but they all join up once in a while.  Moliarity lives underground.  His eyes are sensitive to the light of the sun.  Tuskerninni is more unpredictable.  He occasionally hangs out in the Old Haunt in the Bad Part of Town, though."

            "Okay, we'll go see if we can find Darkwing," said Mason.

            " 'We?' " said Kevin.  " 'We' are going nowhere.  Mason, you, Paul, Tragg, Hamilton, and the rest of you stay back here where it's safe.  The Silver Hawks and adult Thunder Cats, as well as the rest of the N-Team, can come with me."

            "Oh, come on," said Mason.  "I've usually joined in your adventures since I moved to VideoLand."

            "Believe me, you'll have plenty of work," said Kevin.  "I'm just not that ready for your help at this present time, though.  Your turn will come."

            "Okay, if you put it that way," said Mason.  "I'll wait until you need my help.  Then, you call me and tell me what to do.  Okay?"

            "Okay," said Kevin.  "Steelheart, we'll need to use your radio to get ALL the N-Team, Silver Hawks, and Thunder Cats assembled in one place."

            "Right, Kevin," said Steelheart.  "We'll organise all three of our groups together, then we shall go to Saint Canard and free Darkwing."