heart of the sun or something, King Justice always took a few hours every weekend to give tours of the League of Big Justice Hall of Big Justice. After the tour, he always had a question-and-answer session. You’d think that if people had the chance to ask a question, any question, to the superhero responsible for saving the Earth about a hundred times, they’d ask better questions than “Can you create a rock that you can’t crush?”
After the guy had asked that question, King Justice considered his answer carefully. “I...I can’t create rocks,” he finally replied.
“You can’t? Oh.” The man also took a moment to think. “But I’m just saying, like, if you
could
create a rock, could you create one that you can’t crush?”
Another boy raised his hand. “King Justice! King Justice! In episode 42 of
Alias,
why did Sydney allow Sark to escape when she knew he was working with the Covenant?”
King Justice shuffled a foot and turned an embarrassed shade of red.
“Uh...I don’t know. I don’t watch that TV show,” he confessed.
“It’s not a TV show!” the kid yelled back. “It’s
Alias
!”
“If you were on an deserted island, which superhero would you vote off first?” a girl called out.
King Justice puffed out his chest. This was an
easy
question. “I wouldn’t vote anyone off. I’d build a large platform for everyone to stand on, then help The Librarian to fly us off the island.”
“You can’t fly off the island ... unless it’s an Immunity Challenge,” the girl corrected him.
Small beads of sweat formed on King Justice’s brow. “An... Immunity Challenge?” he wondered aloud. King Justice looked to the door, probably hoping it would blast off its hinges and a supervillain would come and strap him to a rocket and blast him into the heart of the sun.
Or something.
Chapter Three
The Chapter in Which Even More Stuff Happens!
“Hey! Hey! Who ordered doughnuts?” Boom Boy asked as he strolled up to the curb. King Justice was gone, picking through the rubble of the League of Big Justice Headquarters of Big Justice while Pumpkin Pete wandered about the parking lot collecting doughnuts and any loose change he could find.
“No one ordered doughnuts,” I explained. “What? What? They just fell from the sky?” Boom Boy replied.
“Yeah. Kind of. After Pete blew up Donutz Village, it just kind of started raining doughnuts.”
Pete looked up. He was on the other side of the League of Big Justice Parking Lot of Big Parking with an armful of chocolate-frosted doughnuts and a fistful of change. “I didn’t do it!” he shouted.
“Wait a second! You’re saying that you blew up Donutz Village without me?” Boom Boy blurted out.
“What do you mean, without you? It’s not like Pete and I got together and said ‘Hey! Let’s blow up Donutz Village, but not invite Boom Boy.’ Pete blew it up by accident. I think.”
“So that’s how it’s going to be, huh? You think you can just go and blow up Donutz Village without Boom Boy?” Boom Boy snarled and balled his fists. “All those months of planning! Ruined! Those doughnuts should be mine, I tell you! Mine! I’ll show you what happens when you blow up Donutz Village without Boom Boy!”
With that, he stepped back from the curb and balled his fists. His face grew redder and redder as he prepared to blow himself up.
“Why’s Boom Boy trying to blow himself up?” Exact Change Kid asked. It was time for the daily sidekicks meeting and soon all of them would be here.
“Because we blew up Donutz Village without him,” I explained.
Boom Boy doubled over and grunted loudly. His face grew more and more red.
“What?! You blew up Donutz Village?” Exact Change Kid cried out. He pulled out his notebook from his utility belt and flipped to the middle. He tore out several pages and threw them at my feet. “All those months of planning! Ruined! Those doughnuts should be mine!”
I picked up one crumpled piece of paper.
After the guy had asked that question, King Justice considered his answer carefully. “I...I can’t create rocks,” he finally replied.
“You can’t? Oh.” The man also took a moment to think. “But I’m just saying, like, if you
could
create a rock, could you create one that you can’t crush?”
Another boy raised his hand. “King Justice! King Justice! In episode 42 of
Alias,
why did Sydney allow Sark to escape when she knew he was working with the Covenant?”
King Justice shuffled a foot and turned an embarrassed shade of red.
“Uh...I don’t know. I don’t watch that TV show,” he confessed.
“It’s not a TV show!” the kid yelled back. “It’s
Alias
!”
“If you were on an deserted island, which superhero would you vote off first?” a girl called out.
King Justice puffed out his chest. This was an
easy
question. “I wouldn’t vote anyone off. I’d build a large platform for everyone to stand on, then help The Librarian to fly us off the island.”
“You can’t fly off the island ... unless it’s an Immunity Challenge,” the girl corrected him.
Small beads of sweat formed on King Justice’s brow. “An... Immunity Challenge?” he wondered aloud. King Justice looked to the door, probably hoping it would blast off its hinges and a supervillain would come and strap him to a rocket and blast him into the heart of the sun.
Or something.
Chapter Three
The Chapter in Which Even More Stuff Happens!
“Hey! Hey! Who ordered doughnuts?” Boom Boy asked as he strolled up to the curb. King Justice was gone, picking through the rubble of the League of Big Justice Headquarters of Big Justice while Pumpkin Pete wandered about the parking lot collecting doughnuts and any loose change he could find.
“No one ordered doughnuts,” I explained. “What? What? They just fell from the sky?” Boom Boy replied.
“Yeah. Kind of. After Pete blew up Donutz Village, it just kind of started raining doughnuts.”
Pete looked up. He was on the other side of the League of Big Justice Parking Lot of Big Parking with an armful of chocolate-frosted doughnuts and a fistful of change. “I didn’t do it!” he shouted.
“Wait a second! You’re saying that you blew up Donutz Village without me?” Boom Boy blurted out.
“What do you mean, without you? It’s not like Pete and I got together and said ‘Hey! Let’s blow up Donutz Village, but not invite Boom Boy.’ Pete blew it up by accident. I think.”
“So that’s how it’s going to be, huh? You think you can just go and blow up Donutz Village without Boom Boy?” Boom Boy snarled and balled his fists. “All those months of planning! Ruined! Those doughnuts should be mine, I tell you! Mine! I’ll show you what happens when you blow up Donutz Village without Boom Boy!”
With that, he stepped back from the curb and balled his fists. His face grew redder and redder as he prepared to blow himself up.
“Why’s Boom Boy trying to blow himself up?” Exact Change Kid asked. It was time for the daily sidekicks meeting and soon all of them would be here.
“Because we blew up Donutz Village without him,” I explained.
Boom Boy doubled over and grunted loudly. His face grew more and more red.
“What?! You blew up Donutz Village?” Exact Change Kid cried out. He pulled out his notebook from his utility belt and flipped to the middle. He tore out several pages and threw them at my feet. “All those months of planning! Ruined! Those doughnuts should be mine!”
I picked up one crumpled piece of paper.
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