Hope for the World

Summary: A 'freak accident' landed a young girl in the care of a new mentor from a land far, far away. Now she's back, and her name is Taylor Hebert, DEFENDER OF EARTH (Bet)!

When he was first told that it was a spaceship, Armsmaster wanted to smack the young girl who came out of the rocket that had half embedded itself in the pavement, somehow only creating a tiny little crater and a small, harmless explosion that somehow only kicked up dust. Even though it had hit the ground at approximately fifty three point six percent of the speed of light.

Needless to say, the entirety of Brockton Bay should be gone after that impact.

The girl who came out was wearing a weird spandex blue suit. Naturally, she was instantly assumed to be a Cape. It was a correct assumption, as she introduced herself as Taylor Hebert, DEFENDER OF EARTH! and even in his mind, Armsmaster heard the caps and the exclamation point.

Naturally, Armsmaster's software was on point, and it only took his systems a minute or so to link Taylor Hebert to the girl who had disappeared months ago from Winslow High School, after apparently preparing some sort of biological weapon in her locker.

Attempting to arrest her on those charges had proven to be a terrible idea, as Armsmaster's broken arms would attest to. Admittedly, at least she apologized after the fact, apparently she had 'forgotten how squishy humans can be'. That raised a few red flags. That would've been bad enough if it hadn't been for the fact that Armsmaster had a horrible realization as he agonized in the ground and she was actually crying as she apologized.

Oh fuck, no! NO NO NO! It's like Mouse Protector all over again!

Armsmaster screamed, though whether it was in pain or anguish, no one but him knew.

"Silly little man, it seems you have a big idea in your head... to come and conquer me!" she shouted, punctuating her statement with loud, boisterous laughter.

An absolutely massive, forty foot tall dragon crashed to the ground before her, creating great deep gouges on the pavement, half melting it from the white flames that enveloped him, before launching like a missile at her, the flames exploding.

Taylor bent her knees and when the Dragon came in range, jumped into the air and delivered a devastating flying kick to its multi-jointed snout, where she imagined its chin to be, shattering the bones with a satisfying crack and launching the entire dragon into the air.

Smiling, Taylor remembered the lessons given to her by her mentor. There was no point to being a Hero, to being a DEFENDER OF EARTH! if you didn't do it with the correct flair.

Three thugs surrounded a young girl with lecherous smiles.

Taylor's eyes narrowed as she touched the ground, the sound echoing in the alleyway, bringing the woman's frantic struggles and their laughter to quiet.

"Well I don't mean to go and wreck your day, but you better turn and run away, or there'll be a big, big price to pay!" she ordred, cracking her knuckles.

They didn't.

Taylor could've done without the woman thinking she was a guy and kissing her in gratitude though.

"'Cuz I am the one you should fear the most!"

A whirling mass of blades and hooks was brought to the ground, the ground cratering beneath his massive form as she performed a half-remembered move, something something Justice Leg Drop.

"'Cuz I'm the one who'll take you down!"

A pair of twin giants was defeated, disabled and ready for pickup while a man in Iron Armor could only glare impotently, his blades shattering against her Justice Garb, as she finished her speech and pointed her finger at him. Explosions went off behind her, punctuating her statement.

"And as long as I exist, there's hope for the world!"

Taylor's fist crashed against the watery after image, shattering both her own fist and the 'Water Echo' that had caused so much damage.

She leaped forward and her left fist crashed against Leviathan's face moments after. This time she shattered her entire left arm, but she knocked it flat on its ass and flattened a large portion of the beast's upper body.

It did not make the creature take pause.

The water echo reformed, and with a slap it knocked her back to the beach, and she carved a new trench with her body.

Leviathan was now poised to make a strike.

"So you brought trouble to our girl," a new, loud and unmistakably male voice rang.

"We are here to help you with your attitude," a mature female voice added.

"YOU-THINK-YOU-ARE-SO-BAD, YOU-THINK-YOU'RE-SO-TOUGH-HUH" a robotic voice continued, quickly.

"You better wave the white flag or it will be the end of you!" The first voice shouted.

Three flashes of light and an explosion heralded the arrival of reinforcements.

"We're here to save the world!" three voices shouted.

"DEFENDERS OF EARTH, UNITE!"

There was a massive explosion as the three figures were revealed. It was a man who looked like he was straight out of the fifties, a scantily clad woman with big breasts and a robot that for some reason got everyone thinking of the phrase 'DANGER, WILL ROBINSON!'

However, Leviathan did not care for any of them, and instead it rushed towards its downed target.

As it would deliver the finishing blow, however, there was a flash of green light, and the arm it was going to punch Taylor with went flying off instead of making the full motion to punch, and the main body of Leviathan was thrown away by a massive explosion.

"Kurtis!" Taylor shouted.

"It's not the time to give up yet, Taylor! I TRAINED YOU BETTER THAN THIS!" a... green stuffed penguin with peg legs and bat wings said, somehow managing to look cool despite the fact that it was a green stuffed penguing with peg legs and bat wings.

Taylor's eyes filled with tears. "You guys..!"

"We'd never abandon a fellow DEFENDER OF EARTH!, Taylor!" the man in an outfit reminiscent of Taylor's own shouted. "NOW COME, IT'S TIME TO SAVE YOUR WORLD!"

Leviathan would never know what hit it.

Fun Fact: While they didn't manage to find a way to kill Scion even with all the Disgaea-tier insanity they're capable of, it's okay.

Captain Gordon knows Laharl, and Kurtis knows a guy that can get Overlord Zenon to drop by for a visit. The Warrior is fucked.

Incidentally, Taylor and the Defenders of Earth boast lyrics out of Power Rangers songs. I was also going to include a sequence where Taylor faced Alexandria in a fight after exposing the Protectorate and PRT's corruption (maybe Cauldron as well) to the tune of I Will Win.

For the record, Sophia skipped town and never got caught, but it's okay. Taylor has powerful friends as a DEFENDER OF EARTH!, and Archangel Flonne is a fan.