Previously on the Review Team...

One mind screw. That is all.

Z-Squared looked outside his house and sighed.

"Okay. Rant...begin." He humored himself. "Is this what these characters have been reduced to? Sir Cinemacus's personal lackeys? I mean, getting together to watch a movie is fine, but as a full-time job of this sort? Sheesh."

He started to pace. "I mean, there was that one Justin Bieber-style monster, but that was out of annoyance. Are we nothing but a stock Justice League now? Sure, that would spice things up, but...ugh. What the hell am I even doing?" He got out a Sobe drink and chugged the whole thing down. "Never gets old."

"Hey," he heard a feminine voice. That, of course, belonging to Marceline.

Over time, the 2 have become good acquaintances. Mainly because they harbored a certain boredom with the situation at hand (Marceline considered that run-in with Satan a complete embarrassment).

"Oh, didn't see ya' there, Marce." Z-Squared replied back.

"It's Marceline, dummy." she lightly groaned. The nick-name could have been worse. It could have been Marcy or something like.

"So, what brings you here?" Z-Squared finally asked.

"I don't know. Just bored. You?" she replied.

"Well, you're answer is as good as mine. I'm bored out of my ass right now and frankly, since last week, I should be happy. I mean, GOD! This whole reviewing thing feels kinda pointless, doesn't it?" He said. "I've lost count of how many times I've fallen asleep in that theater. And most of it is high art!"

Marceline just shrugged. "Well, the pay is good, I'll give it that." she replied.

"Actually, I really can't argue with that." Z-Squared realized. An awkward silence took hold. "So....what's pixie killing like?" Z-Squared asked.

Something of a smile came on Marceline's face. "I gotta tell ya. Best. Feeling. Ever. Sure, people call it pure evil, but the little glob-knockers have it coming. They're annoying as the next jerk from what remains of that ancient location. I think dad called it New Jersey or something."

"First of all, not to sound like a psychopath, but that does sound kinda fun." Z-Squared ignored the mental screaming inside of his head. "Second, does that last bit about New Jersey mean Jersey Shore hasn't been truly cancelled? In both our worlds, that is." He almost sounded fearful at that last sentence.

"Don't even get me started." Marceline scoffed.

Z-Squared shook his head. "Okay! I'm gonna rid myself of that mental image! Anyway, subject change. Is there any kind of music that isn't rock that you like? I mean, I love that genre, but still."

Marceline though for a moment. "Nah. That orchestra stuff can get really boring and techno I guess is okay, but not by much. I haven't really divulged in the other trends."

Z-Squared chuckled. "Well, if you ever enter my world, stay away from Miley Cyrus music videos for as long as you can! You already heard what Justin Bieber can do, now just wait 'till you see what see what's cooked up in recent years!"

"Alright. Lay it on me." Marceline replied.

BREET! BREET! BREET!

Z-Squared knew that noise. It was an alarm made by Sir to call upon one of his choosing. No-one else was around, so he took it upon himself.

"Well, crap. Brother's calling. See ya, Marce!" Z-Squared bolted to the next few rooms.

Marceline was a little off put by that event, but she immediately went back to just looking out into space. Literally. The windows could allow her to see the cosmos.

"Enjoying the view?" Asked Twilight, who had walked in. "I'll admit. It's a beautiful sight. To be so close to the stars..."

"Yeah. And they don't burn you to death." The vampire agreed.

"I heard you talking with Z-Squared." The unicorn continued. "I have to admit. I feel bad for him. He's like us, being forced into this predicament. Only this time, it's his own brother that did it."

"If you ask me, he's a bit of a weeny, but, compared to that lunkhead Cinemacus, he's actually kinda cool." She replied. "I can only imagine what it's like to live with the...'boss'." She used finger quotes on that last word.

"They're family. They'll work out their issues." Twilight optimistically said.

Meanwhile in the teleporter room...

Z-Squared arrived to see a very distressed Sir looming over the controls.

"Okay, bro." Z-Squared approached him. "What's the problem?"

"Terrible news." Sir grieved. "We have run out of New York's famous pizza bagels."

Z-Squared just looked dumbfounded. "Really?" he just said. "That's the big crisis? We ran out of your favorite snack-foods? You're only supposed to press the emergency button when there's an, I don't know, actual emergency."

Sir then turned to him. "Well, I am sure that teleporting to the nearest store there will not be a problem. After all, you do seem fit for these types." He then started up the teleporter. "And it IS a crisis! Nothing can beat the simplicity and taste of a pizza bagel!"

Z-Squared just accepted the task. A few bucks spent later, he would be back and possibly play some tunes on his I-pod to pass the time. "Alright, but if I get ganged up by a bunch of crazed cult-members, guess who I have to complain to."

Sir simply shook his head at his brother's snarky attitude. "One of these days." He said to himself.

BZIT!

A few moments later...

Z-Squared walked out of the shop and decided to give Sir a call. The streets were booming with commotion at the time and the city was alive as ever. He could listen to all the sounds of the city...

BEEP BEEP!
HONK HONK!
"HEY, MOTHA-FU-."
"AHHHHH!!!"

"Annnnd there marks another reason I'm sort of glad I don't get out much." Z-Squared said to himself. "I can't imagine renting a room here."

Suddenly, there was a loud rumbling that turned a few heads. It was heard throughout most of the city. The rumbling then came again, only louder...

...and louder...

...and LOUDER...

...AND-

THOOM!

Everyone screamed in surprise and panic as a purple orb shot out from under the streets, sending some cars flying a few inches away. The police nearby sprung into action at what they saw. It was glowing weakly and it seemed to struggle to stay up. The sight was almost pitiful.

"Holy mother of MacArthur!" Z-Squared shouted. "I think it's time I made my exit!"

Silence, or lack thereof thanks to the people and machines, followed.

"Or..." He was still a bit tense. "Maybe not."

Suddenly, the orb began to glow brighter and emit a low humming noise. It got louder as the orb got brighter and suddenly, pieces of rubble and other machinery started to move a little off the ground. Everyone looked in amazement as the event unfolded. The police that had arrived were still armed.

The orb than seemed to dissipate into nothing but purple mist. It was quite an odd and brief experience.

"Impressive light show, but I won't stick around for the after-party." Z-Squared said.

No one could prepare him or anyone else, really, for what was to happen next.

The rubble, a few cars and trucks, and even parts of buildings started to fly violently into the air, hitting a few people. Everyone immediately backed away at the spectacle taking place before them.

The pieces continued to form and it seemed to be in the shape of a man, but with purple energy connecting the pieces. A bus and a truck formed its feet, rubble formed most of the body parts, a giant concrete boulder formed its left hand. Then, every sharp piece you could imagine (be it glass, sharp rubble, road signs, dog collars, etc.) became its right hand, which looked more like a sword than a hand. Pieces of road filled the area where the chest was. Finally, a taxi, supported by other pieces of rubble, attached to what appeared to be where the head belonged.

The headlights of the taxi turned on, as if the thing was opening its eyes for the first time. It was the size of a medium sized building. Almost the size of a kaiju! It looked around for a moment before taking its first step in front of the terrified onlookers.

The creature, a sort of Golem, walked through the streets, crushing all that stood in its way in just 4 steps before it stopped. Many ran for dear life, but most didn't make it.

"What in holy Hell is that?!" Z-Squared shouted. "I've seen some weirdness in my life before, but...well, it still doesn't come close to meeting the Devil."

The Golem, however, flashed its headlight eyes onto the Meta-Human and seemed to growl.

"Uh...I come in peace?" Z-Squared said weakly. "I take it you do too?" All he got was an even lower growl. "Guess not. Hold on a second." He got out his communicator device as the beast lumbered towards him. He was running for his life now.

"BRO! GET ME THE HELL OUT OF HERE!" Z-Squared screamed into the device.

"Brother, do not yell. Did you get-"

"YES! YES, I FREAKING DID! NOW WILL YOU PLEASE BEAM ME BACK UP BEFORE WHATEVER THE HELL IS CHASING ME DOES ME IN!?" He interrupted. The beast raised its left fist, which was poised to strike Z-Squared. Luckily, he dodged just in time, albiet getting clouded in dust and small debris soon afterward.

He then caught a glimpse of something. It was a family try to get into their car. The father was searching frantically for his keys as he and his wife's son and daughter screamed at the spectacle. The giant was getting closer to stomping them flat as it searched for Z-Squared.

"Awww...damn by chronic hero syndrome." He said to himself before talking to the device again. "Sir, cancel that for a minute. I've got to do something."

"Whatever do you mean, brother?" Sir asked.

Before he could continue, Z-Squared leaped to where the father was. He got out his sword.

"Here. Let me handle this. Good effort, though." He said in front of the mystified couple before slashing the car door off. "I'm pretty sure your insurance can handle that."

The siblings got out of the car and into their parent's arms. Before anything else could be said, the monster's foot was right above them now. It came down so fast...

...but Z-Squared's sword held it up. "GO! RUN! GET AS FAR AWAY FROM HERE AS POSSIBLE!" He cried out to the innocents. They did as they were told. "OKAY, SIR! Do it now!"

BZIT!

The fate of New York now lies in the game of fate. And any man could tell you in some way that a game like that is not a sane one.

Meanwhile in the Headquarters...

"TURN ON THE T.V!" Z-Squared shouted to his brother. He was still hysterical until Sir slapped him. "Thanks, bro."

"Brother, what was that all about? You sound as if you nearly died." Sir said.

Z-Squared face palmed. "Just call everyone in. I think they'd might be interested in this."

Everyone soon marched in and they were quite surprised by what they saw. The Golem was tearing a path of devastation through the city, punching at buildings and stomping a nearby highway.

"Well, I never thought I'd see something like this again." Godzilla remarked.

"What sort of creature is that? I've never seen it before." Twilight said.

"Geez. What's that thing's problem?" Finn remarked.

"Oh, look. Wanton destruction. Sweet!" Marceline said. This earned a harsh glare from Sir. "What? I'm just making the most of the situation."

"Really? Watching innocent people die is how you get your kicks!?" Basil inquired. Marceline just rolled her eyes. These humans just weren't on her priority list.

"Those poor people." Fluttershy said, with tears on her eyes.

"We should do something!" Mothra said.

"I say we should leave these fleshings to their own misery." Megatron scoffed.

"When I said we needed a little chaos in our lives, I didn't mean mindless destruction. Where's the fun in that?" Discord inquired while sipping a silly straw out of a coke bottle. Literally.

"Hmmm...for some reason, I cannot just watch and see the city be destroyed." Mr. Freeze remarked. "I feel as if I am drawn to such a disaster."

Discord laughed. "Yeah, whatever Hamlet. Why don't you go there yourself?" This earned a growl from Freeze.

Sir then turned to the group and said "I suggest we listen to what Mothra had just said, and mobilize against this beast. Something about it feels like traces of the great evil I have spoken of."

Everyone just looked at each other. Should they go up against this beast and save all the people or should they just kick back and relax.

Mothra, Fluttershy, Basil, Twilight, and Finn were the first of the team to step forward in agreement that something had to be done for obvious reasons. Discord and Marceline just shrugged and joined in on the action. Mr. Freeze and Godzilla didn't see why not and joined as well. Megatron was the only one who seemed reluctant to join.

"The day I willingly help fleshlings is the day I strap an Autobot symbol to my chest." He muttered.

Sir approached him. "Look. Imagine the praise you will receive for defeating such a titan. Or is this creature simply too much for you?"

Megatron's eyes widened in anger and immediately, he stepped forward. "Fine. You win. But do not expect any acts of so called 'heroism'."

"You're like a constant grump, you know that?" Finn said to Megatron, who just sighed.

"Now, I will send you with Z-Squared into the designated area. I will arrive shortly after grabbing my sword." With that, the team and Z-Squared were sent right into the area of destruction.

BZIT!

"Whew! They're gone!" Sir said to himself. "Now, off to watch reruns of The Twilight Zone while feasting upon my pizza bagels!"

Meanwhile in New York...

The moment they arrived there, they were greeted by a seemingly barren wasteland. Some buildings were devastated, the streets were looking really broken up/blood-stained, and a faint rumbling could be heard.

"Wow. This place is totaled." Godzilla stated.

"Forget about the city. Where's the-" Basil was soon interrupted...

...by the titan of a construct that burst through a nearby building. Everybody looked at the thing with awe as it turned its head towards the team. It seemed confused as to where these creatures in front of it came from as it looked at them like a child would.

"HI!" Discord said. "Hello! We are here to DESTROY you! You got that, junior?"

The creature, however, just seemed to hug itself. Suddenly, purple lighting began to surge through its body.

"Open fire!" Mr. Freeze shouted. "Let's ICE this monster!"

He and Megatron fired their weapons, but their blasts were small compared to what they were up against. Spreading its arms, the beast unleashed a surge of energy that sent 3 giant balls of lighting in 3 very different, very far directions. The city itself was being engulfed in a purple lightning dome. The team and the city was trapped.

Z-Squared felt his phone short circuit.

"We aren't going home, aren't we?" Finn said grimly.

"EVERYBODY GET OUT OF THE WAY!" Twilight shouted as the Golem appeared to fall down on its chest. With a loud THUD, the beast fell. Its head was staring at the team, but the lights were off.

"It seems whatever it did caused the creature to run out of energy." Mothra remarked.

"I hope he's okay." Fluttershy said, patting the taxi on the head. The lights flickered a bit. "He's alive!"

"Well, hurry and dismantle him!" Godzilla shouted. "I'm ready to smash something right now, anyway."

"Allow me to join. We must make this quick." Megatron unsheathed his blade.

"Hold on!" Fluttershy got in front of the head. "Maybe he's just alone and scared. He just came to life, after all."

"We have a job to do." Z-Squared said sypathetically. "Besides, most of New York just got leveled."

"We'd better step it up." Marceline said. "This place just says 'depressing' all over it. And not the good kind of depressing." Something about this place was also giving her certain...flashbacks.

"Sorry about this, honey." Basil said. "But, at the very least, could we search through him as to how to find out how to get out of here?"

"Give him a chance to recover." Fluttershy pleaded. "He can't do much now, anyway."

Suddenly, the lights of the head went on, spooking the team. The giant rose up rather quickly and looked down on the nearest team member: Discord (he was on a makeshift hammock trying to slack off on the job).

"FIST!" Z-Squared warned everyone as the Golem rose its concrete fist up in the air. As soon as everyone got out of the way, Discord woke up.

"Hey, guys. What did I-" SLAM! The fist slammed on top of the chaos spirit.

When the fist rose up, Discord was squashed flat on the front, but he was alive. "Don't worry, folks. I'm-" SLAM! The Golem smashed his fist onto the ground again. "Ah, c'mon! Nothing can keep me do-" SLAM! "I could do this all d-" SLAM!

"Hurt and scared, huh?" Godzilla looked at Fluttershy. "He seems more mad, if anything."

"Now, it's fight time!" Finn got out his sword.

In the midst of the Golem's futile smashing, Megatron transformed, Mothra flew up, and Mr. Freeze unveiled his jetpack-like wings (remember THAT from the movie?). The monster's attention turned to its assailants, who kept blasting him to no end. Godzilla also blasted his thermonuclear breath at the legs and Twilight used her magic to do the same thing. Basil was holding Finn and Marceline up while Z-Squared rode on him. The human and the vampire landed on the creature's shoulder and they started to hack away at the shrapnel arm. Fluttershy just stuck to flying with Mothra and warning her of the Golem's arms, which were trying in vain to kill its attackers.

It seemed like this would be an easy victory. Discord even pulled himself together and, with the snap of his fingers, an anvil smashed on the creature's head. The Golem then seemed to stop attacking, even if its body was crumbling around it. The remaining bits seemed to surge with purple lightning. It managed to shock Marceline and Finn off but luckily, they were caught by Basil.

"Is that all you got?" Discord mocked, shacking his rear. The beast seemed to growl in anger. The lights on his head suddenly glowed purple and they shot 2 very large lightning bolts.

Discord zig-zaged his body to avoid them but they followed him wherever he went. Thus, he was zapped and he started shrieking in pain. Imobilized, Discord was brought down by the creature's concrete fist.

"DISCORD!" Fluttershy flew off Mothra to help the downed chaos spirit, but not before the Golem swung its shrapnel arm, missing Fluttershy, but sending pieces of shredded metal through Mr. Freeze's wings. He went down hard, of course, before he could crack another ice pun. Fluttershy still managed to get Discord, but she flew over to the others nonetheless.

"MEGATRON TRANSFORM!" The Decepticon shouted as he landed on the Golem's fist.

As he kept pounding at the rubble, he felt a jolt of pain. The lightning began to surge into the fist and it tossed Megatron up and, like a baseball bat, hit the warlord all the way through a mound of destroyed cars.

Godzilla gave a whistle and Basil and Z-Squared heard it. "Hey, Basil!" Godzilla shouted. "Give me a lift! I'm gonna knock that guy right into next week." While this was happening, Twilight and Finn were checking on the downed bodies of Mr. Freeze and Discord, which were being tended to by Fluttershy to the best of her effort.

Basil lifted Godzilla up, and the atomic lizard fired away along with the dragon at the center of the beast. The Golem seemed to wince in pain before firing its eye bolts at them, frying them, and sending them down to the ground.

Z-Squared had managed to jump off the dragon and land on Mothra. "Jesus, s&#* just got real!" Z-Squared remarked.

Mothra continued her fight against the beast, but once again, the shrapnel arm was swung. Z-Squared managed to maneuver Mothra out of the way, but a stray piece lodged into her wing. This would just cause minimal pain, but the piece began to surge with purple lightning and she was fried like a bug on a bugzapper. Z-Squared was also shocked and he also went down alongside her.

The Golem looked at the extremely hurt bodies of the team. It had been more than a match for them all.

"Wait! Aren't we forgetting someone?" Twilight said when some members started to wake up.

"You mean Sir?" Godzilla said, feeling weakened. "Well, if we ever get back, I'LL KILL HIM!"

RUMBLE! RUMBLE!

The Golem looked around, having not made that noise. As it turned out, Marceline (the missing member Twilight was referring to) had gone into the sewers.

The reason for that was made clear when a bunch of tentacles erupted from the ground, startling everybody.

Marceline had turned into her giant tentacle monster form and proceeded to rip and tear at the Golem.

"That's right! Rip him apart!" said an extremely pained Discord.

"SEND IT TO THE PITS!" Megatron shouted.

The beast, no-matter how many times it attempted to slash and punch, was being broken apart piece by piece. Only the torso, the head, and its shrapnel arm were above the mass of tentacles after a few minutes.

Suddenly, the beast looked to the sky and, from the forcefield, many bolts of purple lightning descended onto its shrapnel arm, which was raised to the sky. Marceline was interrupted from her destruction-fest by the magical display. The arm surged with energy and, in a bizarre twist of events, the beast seemed to try to jump into the air, and it succeeded in disconnecting its body from what remained of its legs. The beast was a few feet in the air before it descended down....

...and struck Marceline with its lightning induced arm, causing the transformed vampire queen to scream in fury and pain. The mass of tentacles dissipated as electricity flowed through them. Marceline's unconscious body was left in the blackened mass.

"Marce! Are you aright?" Finn said as he and Z-Squared rushed over to her. She started to wake up.

"Ugh. Where's that stupid hunk of rock?" she groaned.

The Golem appeared immobile. Like it did with the forcefield, it must have used up a lot of energy. Everyone started to try and regroup.

Godzilla, Marceline, Mothra, Fluttershy, Basil, Megatron, Mr. Freeze, and Discord were gravely injured but alive. Z-Squared, Finn, and Twilight were wondering what was the best move to make against the beast.

"Well, to our credit, we lasted longer against him than our last fight with Satan. Huh, that's a record." Z-Squared said.

"You're not making it any better." Mr. Freeze replied.

"Wait! Look at it right now!" Twilight directed everyone to look at the being. They now could get a clear look at what was it doing to get more power. The purple energy orb could just barely be made out in the chest and it was siphoning pieces of rubble to re-form the construct.

"I think I get it!" Basil said.

"I do too!" Mothra said. "We should aim for the chest!"

"That's what I tried to do!" Megatron interrupted. "That one piece, for some reason, is impermeable!"

"Maybe we should focus all our weapons to that one spot while there's still time!" Z-Squared said.

They all prepared to attack with what little energy they had, but they suddenly realized that the beast had already reformed.

It was starting to hug itself again.

"QUICK!" Twilight shouted. "SHOOT THE CHEST BEFORE-"

THOOM!

She was interrupted as the beast projected a small mini-wall of kinetic energy big enough for the whole team to get hit. It flew everyone back really fast to one of the walls of the force-field. The moment they hit it at the same time (convenient, much?) is the moment where they were suddenly trapped in an energy prism that formed due to the shockwave (don't ask. This Golem just has a few tricks up its sleeve. Or lack thereof).

Now the team was really trapped. They, of course, were knocked out by the sudden impact and they lied unconscious in the makeshift prison.

The Golem now seemed completely lifeless. It was only recovering, but it would be a long time before it rose again after using up so much energy. Before setting down, it cast a meaningful glance at the butter-yellow pegasus in its prison. Something about the way she protected it seemed...off.

Bring on the wreckoning. (PUN!)

Meanwhile in the Headquarters,

"Hello? HELLO? BLAST! NOT AGAIN!" Sir slammed down his communication device. "That's the 27th time I tried to call them. They cannot truly be dead! I only ignored them for...twenty...thirty...maybe an hour...Nevermind! I'm getting a visual! There has to be a reason I lost communications with them!"

He turned on the television to see if at least he would get an explanation. When he saw what the cameras were capturing, it all made sense.

"No. My te-no. My FRIENDS are trapped there with a slumbering giant. How could I have been so foolish. I should have forgot about the sword and the pizza bagels...maybe...and just joined them. At least I would have tried to help." Sir put a hand on his shoulder.

He looked despairingly over the windows and looked over the cosmos. "What shall I do?"

"Perhaps 'Plan OHGODWHYDIDITHINKOFTHISTOBEGINWITH'?" said a high pitched voice.

To Be Continued...

Author's Note

(Just to let you know, I've got nothing against New Jersey. Nothing personal, anyway.)

Notable Music:

Z-Squared and Marceline conversation-Mii Channel Theme
Alarm-Encounter from Super Smash Bros. Brawl
New York-Forest/Nature Area from Super Smash Bros. Brawl
The Orb rises-Parasite Queen from Metroid Prime
Vs. Golus-The Opened Way from Shadow of the Colossus