The Lair Legion gave a collective gasp of shock as they saw the… door opener.
   “Bubba!” Lisa cried enthusiastically, running forward to give him a hug.
   “Bubba,” Jarvis said, somewhat more coldly.
   “Lisa!  I haven’t seen you since… well, let’s not go into that now.  The entire Lair Legion is here… spiffy, I thought you said it was just the two of you.”
   “Well, it was,” spiffy explained, “Until they showed up unannounced.  You were the caller?”
   “Yes, that was me,” Bubba said, suddenly very serious, “But, ah… no offense, everyone, but I’d rather discuss this with spiffy and Banjooooo… alone.”
   “Oh, THAT kind of meeting,” Lisa said slyly, “Wink wink, nudge nudge… we’ll leave you alone.”
   “Um…” Bubba said uncertainly.
   “Bye, everyone!” Banjooooo said, forcing them out the door.  The Lair Legion found themselves in the front yard.
   “Back to chess!” Fleabot announced cheerfully.

   Banjooooo and spiffy turned back to Bubba, who had taken a seat on their couch.
   “So?” the sea monkey asked, “What’s up?”
   “I have a case for you,” Bubba replied simply.
   “No kidding.  That’s why you’re here,” Banjooooo said sarcastically.
   “Well, you asked.  Now,” he said before Banjooooo could interrupt, “You both know that I have cosmic powers.  And, since I left the Lair Legion, I’ve been wandering the Parodyverse, trying to help out wherever I could.  And of course, with my powers, I haven’t had too much trouble.  But now…” he paused.
   “Yeah?  What’s the problem?” spiffy asked.
   “I… I’m being followed.  Which usually would be no problem, but… I don’t seem to be able to do anything about it.  My powers have no effect on whoever it is.”
   “What?” spiffy exclaimed in surprise, “But you’re… like… really powerful.  Hey, by the way, I have powers too!” He demonstrated by flying around the ceiling.  “No idea where they came from, but hey, I’m not complaining.”
   “That’s nice, spiffy,” Bubba said patiently, “Now, can you two help me?”
   “Well, we’ll give it our best shot,” Banjooooo said, “Wait… there’s someone coming down the stairs.  Maybe it’s your stalker!”
   The trio positioned themselves so that they could attack whoever it was.  The doorknob slowly turned and the door opened.  The heroes relaxed instantly as spiffy’s robot appeared.
   “Ahem… sirs?  You have a visitor.”  Fred moved aside to reveal the lovely and charming Elyse.
   “Hello, who’s this?” Bubba said, smiling charmingly.
   “Back off, Bubba,” Banjooooo said warningly, “That’s my girlfriend.”
   “Oh, sorry.”
   “You’re so cute when you’re protective,” Elyse said, kissing Banjooooo lightly, “Oh, hey Mark.”
   “Hey,” spiffy replied.
   “So what’re you doing here?” Banjooooo asked, “Not that you’re unwelcome…” he added hastily.
   “Right.  I just thought I’d check on you.  Did I mention that your friends are weird?  I had to step over a bunch of beavers to get here…”
   “Beavers?  Aw, no, not them again!” spiffy groaned.
   “What, you usually have beavers around here?” Elyse asked.
   “Ah, long story,” spiffy started, but he was interrupted.  Bubba was screaming in agony, and fell to the ground.
   “Omigod!  What’s wrong with him?” Elyse screamed.  Her only response was a malicious laugh that drifted down from above them.