Super Zeros

Starlight stood in her team's new headquarters and stared silently at the updated model of Metropolis. Trixie had returned to her room on Starlights in order to relax after the chaos of being branded a villain. Starlight looked across the model until she found a tiny Rerun pretending to destroy the model with a squeaky hammer.

"Your sure your up for this?" Starlight asked for what felt like the hundredth time.

"I mean, technically I'm not committing a crime," Rerun shot back "The Humdrum Costume is by all rights mine, I hand stitched the dam thing and paid for the materials, sure the tech you're looking to poach from it isn't mine, but I'm gonna call it a loophole if your that concerned why not just ask Trixie to make what you need exist?"

"We already tried that," Starlight replied "Trixie needs to know a lot about what it is she's making if she wants it to stay in existence when she's not thinking about it, it's probably why the food she creates tastes so bad,"

Rerun shrugged at the notion "Every power has some random drawback I guess, so you find out where they got my classic Costume? That silver ages one was EMP'ed so its tech is fried, and my New age Costume was the one I was wearing when I went all toon so I doubt it even still exists,"

"Since we've been gone the Power Ponies, The Mecha Manes, The Galloping Guild, and many other hero groups all came together to help fund and donate items to the Maretropolis Museme of Heroism, far as I can tell your Humdrum Suit is featured in the fallen Hero's section, best we can bet is that they left the tech in the suit, if not we're going to have to go with Plan B," Rerun's face scrunched at the notion and Starlight shared his distaste for what plan B entailed.

"So, where might my Educational destination be?" Starlight pressed a few buttons on a keypad that protruded from the table the model rested on and a building lit up, "Alright, want me to grab you anything while I'm there, hat, cup, maybe a poster?"

"Just get your old suit and hope it still has what we need," Rerun saluted and then bounced off the table, landing before the door of their common room, and casually walked out whistling a merry tune. Rerun made his way down the halls of the hand with nary a care and had just made it to the entrance hall when Stygian appeared before him.

"Not going off to cause mindless trouble I hope," Stygian questioned the toon cautiously.

"Nope, I got a solo mission, I'm off to the Museum of Heroism to get my old costume back," Stygian nodded at that while making a few small noises of concern.

"And FallenStar isn't worried you'll get distracted?"

"I'll have you know I've changed," Rerun shot back "I have horrible irreversible trauma now, and its haunting echo has so far proven to be weirdly helpful when it comes to doing a task,"

"If, by some chance, that Trama has to do with what you did to Mare Do Well..." Stygian stopped as Rerun's usually merry expression turned to a simple v-shaped frown and half-circle eyes, the universal sign to any who knew him that they had touched a nerve," "...I just wanted you to know that I had the same deal with Mane-iac. It would seem that just as it did to you, it has since ended any pleasure I have as a Villian, hence the retirement.

"Who'd you end up taking out?" Rerun questioned with mild interest.

"I found and crippled the Hero Daring Dash, I found out she was Zapps Mentor when she very quickly found my Shadow Duplicate and didn't hesitate to zap it with enough energy to tear it apart on an atomic level,"

"And I imagine that is why you're staying in hiding," Rerun noted "Well no worries I won't tell Zapp you still walk the earth,"

"I do hope you keep that promise, I doubt I could hide the hand from her for very long if she was actively looking for it again with the added desire to kill me," Stygian walked up to Rerun and held out a hoof to him, Rerun shook it hesitantly and his hand turned black as he did so.

"Whoa," Rerun shook his hand as the Shadow dissipated.

"Should I Die I pass on the Shadows to you," Stygian said simply "That small bit of my power should, in theory, temporarily deactivate your Toonforce, so should you even be in a situation when Magic becomes your crutch, simply call on the Shaodws, and try not to go on a rampage as the Dragon of Shadows," Stygian turned back into the Pony of Shadows and bowed his head "Do your best Friend, Oh, and that Shadow transformation will only last an hour and take a day or so to become reusable, so try not to use it for the sake of a gag," Rerun snapped at that, having already made a half dozen plans on how to use the power of shadows for menial pranks.

"Rats," He muttered "Oh well, thanks buddy, it been a while since I fought any hero teams so if they have any weirdly specific Magic things I'll be singing your praise," Rerun continued walking with a while and a wave and the Pony of Shadows watched him depart.

"I've really missed that guy," He decided as he went back to his daily task of making sure everything in his home was well-kempt,"