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Wonder Woman reacted before she had time to register what was happening. She was suddenly in the air, Benny in her arms as she stared back and forth between Superman and the charred spot where the Space Guy had just been.

"You tried to kill him!" she gasped.

Superman stared at what he had done with a frown. "Oops... forgot I was supposed to bring him back alive." He slowly turned to her and smiled a smile that would never belong on his face. "Thanks. Now hand him over."

"No." She held Benny tighter and angled herself so that she was between them.

Benny started smacking her arm. "Can't... breathe..." he choked.

"Sorry!" She let up.

Superman tilted his head at them. "He is the Space Guy, right? Disguising him won't work on me. I am going to take him, and I'd rather not hurt you."

"There's something wrong with you Supes," she said with a scowl. "You're not yourself."

He threw his arms in the air with a laugh. "I know! It's so liberating! You're gonna love it!"

Her eyes narrowed dangerously. So he was planing to do to her whatever had been done to him? As much as she cared about him, she would sooner pummel him into the ground then let that happen.

She was planning on dropping Benny and charging, but before she could, Superman was hit from behind by a small green explosion. He didn't flinch, but turned slowly to face Emmet, who had crept around behind him and was trying to look inconspicuous.

"What did you throw at me?"

"Just this thing I made," Emmet said sheepishly.

Superman smirked. "I know you. You're the Special." He fired up his heat-vision. "You I can kill."

Emmet managed to dodge the burning ray of power with reflexes that no mere construction worker should possess. It was uncanny; almost as though he knew every move the twisted hero was going to make.

With Superman's back to them, Wonder Woman and Benny could see what Emmet had been trying to hit. There was a black brick on his back that was painted to look like a weird, bio-mechanical slug. It had two green pieces for eyes, and it gave off a faint green glow.

Without missing a beat, Benny drew his blaster. It was awkward to aim because Wonder Woman didn't seem to want to let him go, but he managed it.

The laser blast caused another small, green explosion and nothing else.

Superman looked over his shoulder at them. "Don't do that again. You two wait quietly while I deal with this wannabe." He went back to trying to destroy Emmet.

The hero and the Space Guy looked at each other.

"We've gotta get that thing off him!" they said at the same time.

"Can you float?" asked Wonder Woman.

When Benny nodded, she let him go.

"If this doesn't work, create a distraction," she said.

"If what doesn't-"

She zipped away at top speed and crashed into Superman hard enough to cause a shockwave. It forced him back and she slammed him into the wall. He wasn't going to give her a chance to remove the device, though. He swivelled his head all the way around and used his heat-vision, forcing her to dodge.

His head stayed in place and scowled as his body turned around. "I thought I told you to wait quietly."

"Never!"

They both flew towards the other and clashed in a minor explosion.

Benny watched this for about two seconds and then floated down to the ground next to the Batspaceship. The thing was too big and obvious for them to fly anywhere in, and too slow to outrun Superman. It was useless, so he gave it a tap, causing the entire thing to fall apart in a cascade of bricks. With a large pile to work with, he started building.

Now that Emmet was no longer the centre of attention, he headed for Benny, but before he got there, he heard a ding from the elevator and stopped. The doors opened and Alfred stepped out. The elderly butler looked from the grand battle going on between the two Superheroes to Emmet and asked, "What is going on down here?"

"Superman's got some sorta mind control device on him, and he's trying to kill us!" Emmet answered rapidly.

Alfred frowned. "Well that's a problem."

"I'll say!" Emmet noticed his friend had a small, black spaceship built and was attaching grabby arms to the undercarriage. "Benny, what are you doing?" He went over to help.

Meanwhile, Wonder Woman finally managed to get around behind Superman. She reached for the device, but before she could make contact, it gave off a pulse of green. She felt it cloying up her arm; unfamiliar, cold, and laced with magic. A very persuasive voice in her head whispered, Care not, do as I say, and I will give you everything you want...

"NO!" she screamed in return. She tried to pull her hand away.

An instant later, she was thrown backwards, dazed from the strange energy.

Superman was in front of her. He had his hand on her neck, squeezing with just enough force to keep her from breathing. His other hand ran over her hair. "Don't worry, Diana. I won't kill you... not until we've gone on at least one date first."

She bared her teeth at him. "When this is over," she choked out, "I am going to find the one who did this to you and destroy them."

"DISTRACTION!"

Superman looked to his left, and Wonder Woman took the moment to kick him as hard as she could in the chin. He was knocked back only a little, but suddenly Benny, riding his latest spaceship, was upon him. The little black creation clamped it's legs around the Man of Steel, hugging him to it.

Superman was staggered from the super-kick to his head, and as soon as the ship touched him he found himself disorientingly weightless. It was enough to keep him from immediately breaking free.

Benny hit a button and jumped off as the ship launched itself out of the hole in the cave.

Wonder Woman watched it go with her mouth open.

"There is no problem that can't be solved with spaceships," Benny said gravely.

She laughed weakly at that and then sighed. "Unfortunately that won't keep him away for long."

"Uh... guys?"

They looked down at Emmet, who was waving at them from the ground. "Maybe we should run?"

They drifted down to land next to him and Wonder Woman shook her head. "We can't... not from Superman. He will follow us beyond the end of the Universe if he has to."

"Then what do we do?" asked Benny.

She looked to the side as she thought for a moment and then turned to Alfred. "Does Batman keep any Kryptonite around?"

The butler shook his head. "Unfortunately no. He did have some in the past, but he disposed of it. I believe he feared a villain might steal it from him and use it against master Kent."

She frowned. There was nothing else but to go back to the first plan. "Then we get that thing off him... get him back to normal." She turned to the two Master Builders and Alfred. "When it comes to building stuff, I'm pretty mediocre, but when it comes to battle... I can take anyone." She smiled darkly. "Even Superman."

She rose in the air and looked to the sky where a little ball of fire was fast approaching. "He's coming back. I'll try and wear him down, you guys think of a way to remove a magical mind control device without touching it."

"Wait... magical?!" Emmet tried to stop her to get more information, but she had already flown up to the hole in the ceiling.

Alfred cleared his throat. "I'm afraid I won't be of much use here, so I shall go prepare a get-away vehicle... just in case." He went to the elevator and left.

Once they were alone, Benny looked Emmet straight in the eye and said, "You can move bricks with your mind."

Emmet stepped back. "Yeah... it's this thing that's been happening since the Ridge."

One of Benny's eyes went half closed and he put a hand on the back of his head. It was aching again... pounding like Vitruvius was in there, hitting Benny's brain with his staff. He forced himself to concentrate. "Can you... can you use it to help Superman?"

"I don't know..." Emmet cringed. "I don't even know what's happening or if I can control it. I'm... I'm scared, Benny."

The Space Guy blinked, several things finally falling into place. "Vitruvius asked me to tell you something." His voice was flat.

The world screamed around them as Superman rammed into Wonder Woman, forcing them both into the ground. Suddenly there was a giant crater in the middle of the Batcave, and the two powerhouses were back in the air, pummelling each other at blinding speeds.

Emmet just barely managed to grab Benny and jump out of the way of the impact. They ran and hid behind the case that Batman kept his suits in. "Vitruvius?! Why didn't you say anything earlier?" Emmet demanded.

Benny hissed in pain and clutched his head. "I don't... exactly have a functioning brain at the moment... and he told me when I was waking up. I couldn't remember..."

Emmet eased him back against the case and tried to keep the urgency out of his voice as he said, "Okay... it's okay... Now, what did he say?"

Benny took several deep breaths. "Nothing you don't already know."

"Benny..." They could hear the battle going on behind them. They didn't have time for this, and Emmet was sorely tempted to shake his addled friend.

The Space Guy closed his eyes and tilted his head back, resting it against the cool metal. Slowly he repeated the old Wizard's exact words. "Everything in the Universe exists inside a single mind, and you are its chosen avatar. You must accept that. If you can, all will be yours to control." He sank to the ground and relaxed, letting out a low breath. "The pain is gone." He opened his eyes and looked up at Emmet.

The construction worker was frozen, eyes wide and mouth set in a hard line. He brought his hands up, and stared at them. They were shaking.

Benny stood up and gripped Emmet's shoulders. He tilted his head a little to put his face in his friend's line of sight. "He said something else too."

Emmet's eyes shifted to meet his. "Oh?"

He smiled and spoke in his best imitation of Vitruvius. "Don't be scared, man. You got this."

Eyes tearing up, Emmet let out a tiny laugh. "I got this?" He took in a shuddering breath and let it out. "I got this," he said more firmly.

Benny nodded and stepped back. Turning to look up at the battle that was still raging, he said, "So, now that that's settled... what do we do?"

Silently, Emmet watched as the two Superheroes grappled. Superman clutched Wonder Woman's arms and started spinning faster and faster until he let go and sent her careening into a wall.

The construction worker remembered back to the time when Vitruvius and Lucy entered his mind; to how it felt to simply envision something and have it appear.

With Wonder Woman momentarily out of commission, Superman turned his heat-vision on the Batsuit case, causing it to explode and reveal the two Master Builders standing behind it. He smirked and charged.

"Emmet?!" said Benny, his voice higher then normal.

This was all happening inside a mind; one just like Emmet's... and he was the avatar. It clicked.

Random bricks from the very structure of the cave came undone and formed themselves into a wall blocking Superman's path. It pushed him back several feet before he smashed through it.

He charged again, but a second wall appeared.

This time Emmet held a hand out and brought it down. The wall tilted and then slammed against the ground like a giant fly swatter.

"Woah..." said Benny next to him. "Can you build anything else?"

Superman broke through his temporary prison and flew into the air, a snarl of rage on his face.

Emmet thought about making some creatures to help with the fight, but dismissed the idea when he thought of Townhouse. Creating more life just for battle would be selfish.

Instead he ran forward and remembered the hand of the Man Upstairs; massive, strange, and impossibly strong. A replica of it formed beneath his feet and rose to meet the Man of Steel.

As the hand moved to grab him, Superman made to punch it. Emmet concentrated. The Superhero was plastic; he was made of the same substance as every brick, bit, and person in the Universe. He was special, but for the same reason Emmet was the Special... he needed only to believe.

Now Emmet believed his giant hand was stronger then Superman.

The punch impacted the palm with a shockwave, but didn't put a single brick out of place. The hand closed, and Superman just barely slipped through its fingers.

Wonder Woman pulled herself from the wall and skirted around this strange, slightly disturbing battle to join Benny.

"What is going on?!" She flailed a hand in the direction of the... hand.

Benny shrugged. "It's a Special thing."

"But..." She paused to watch the hand put it's thumb and fore-finger into an 'O' and flick Superman through the ceiling. Emmet raised his arms, and the holes in the Batcave closed up. "He couldn't do that before!"

"He didn't accept the nature of the Universe before."

Wonder Woman gaped at him, then dove and grabbed him out of the way as a chunk of rock landed where they had just been standing.

"What the..."

She looked up to find that the ceiling of the cave was cracking apart, and it wasn't Superman's doing. Emmet's hand had pulled bricks from the walls, leaving parts of them too thin to support the cave.

"Oh... this is bad..."

Another massive chunk fell, and this time she stood over Benny and caught it.

Superman got in through one of the new holes and nabbed one of the falling pieces of cave out of the air. He grinned at Emmet, who readied himself to catch it.

Instead Superman's eyes went to where Wonder Woman had tossed her rock aside and was helping Benny to his feet. She wasn't paying attention, so the twisted hero threw the boulder at them with all his strength.

They turned on time to see it almost hit them, but then it burst apart. Ever brick that it was made of hung still in the air like stars in space. Emmet had his hand up, and he pointed at Superman. The bricks swept over to him, surrounding him and encasing him in a substance that Emmet envisioned was harder then the hardest anything.

Superman was trapped.

Emmet let his giant hand crumble and slid down the loose bricks to run over to his friends. "Are you okay?"

"Yeah!" Benny wore an excited, open mouthed grin. "Emmet, that was awesome!"

Emmet smiled, but looked around at the aftermath of the fight. The Batcave couldn't really be called a cave anymore. "Also destructive," he said.

He stared at the stone that contained Superman and frowned. None of this was the hero's fault. He was being mind controlled, and there had to be a way to free him, but they would never find it from inside a super dense rock. "I can't leave him in that thing, but you two need to get away first."

Wonder Woman hesitated. She wanted to protest; to say they should leave Superman until after they saved the Universe, but... what if they didn't? She didn't want one of her oldest friends to go out a villain.

"I should be the one to do this," she said instead.

Gently, Emmet asked, "And what if you can't? I was watching, and you two are pretty much evenly matched."

She frowned and opened her mouth to argue, but realized he was right. "Can you save him?"

He stared at her for a second and then said, "Yes."

Benny butted in between them, fidgeting worriedly. "Emmet, are you sure?"

"Yeah, Benny." Emmet smiled. "It's like Vitruvius said, 'I got this.' You need to worry about doing you're thing... whatever that may be." He turned to Wonder Woman. "Keep him safe?"

"Of course." She nodded.

He nodded back and looked to the brick prison. It was shaking and turning red, but Superman was still contained. "Alfred should have a car ready by now. Go with him and lay low. You've got 100 Mississippi."

Benny and Wonder Woman wished him luck and headed out of the cave through the shattered ceiling. Benny stopped several times to look back and wave, to the point that Wonder Woman had to grab his hand and pull him away.

They reached the open air and quickly flew around to the mansion's oversized garage. It was open, and Alfred had a lovely black Benz running. Wonder Woman landed and stopped. "You get in," she said to Benny. "I just need a sec."

He did as she said.

As Alfred held the door for him, the butler asked, "Is master Emmet not coming?"

"No... he's gonna save Superman."

Alfred's brow rose, but he said nothing else as he shut Benny in the car. Moments later, Wonder Woman got in... only she didn't look like Wonder Woman anymore. She looked like a very normal woman wearing a white T-shirt and jeans. She had a khaki satchel slung over her shoulder that contained her Superhero outfit.

Benny's jaw dropped. "You... you changed?"

"We need to lay low."

Alfred got into the driver's seat and asked, "Where too, miss Prince?"

"Out of here as fast as you can go, and then... to Bricksburg, I guess."

"Very good." He slammed the gas and they were speeding up the Wayne Manor driveway.

"Prince?" asked Benny.

Wonder Woman brushed her dark hair out of her eyes. "It's my secret identity. When I'm like this, I'm Diana Prince. We don't know who Wonder Woman is."

He frowned. "Is... is that your name?"

"Kind of..." she said with a small smile. "Technically, my name is Princess Diana of Themyscira."

"Wow..."

She chuckled. "Yeah... you can just call me Diana."

They jolted at the sound of an explosion and peered out the rear window to find that the mansion was nothing but a smoking crater. Superman streaked by overhead with Emmet close on his heels.

They didn't say anything else for a long time after that.

The Joker's feed winked away from the computer screen, leaving it blank.

"What do you mean, 'We'll do what you want?!'" Lucy rounded on Batman. "I know we need to save Unikitty, but we can't let that maniac get away!"

"Story of my life," Batman growled. "We just have to play along until the cat wakes up, and then she can deal with him herself."

"Oh..." Lucy blushed. "Right..."

Batman pulled some black rope from his utility belt and started tying up the villain. He then tried to lift the limp body over shoulder and nearly put his back out. "Oooookay... so apparently he's made metal and bricks."

Lucy gave the body a kick and staggered back when her foot connected with solid metal body armour. "How are we going to move him?"

As if on cue, Metalbeard burst through the wall. "Finally!" he cried, throwing his arms in the air. "I've been lookin' all over fer ye! I got separated from Unikitty and now I can't find her!"

"That's because the Joker has her," said Batman.

The pirate paled and put a hand over his heart as he nearly fell to his knees. "She be okay?"

"For now..." Batman pointed at the trussed up Super-villain. "Meet Dr Doom. He's our ticket to getting her back, and we need you to carry him. If he starts to wake up... slam his head on the ground or something."

Metalbeard went from forlorn to grinning dangerously. "With pleasure," he said, cracking his knuckles.