(Jaune and the Shinkengers are seen with Kamen Rider Blade and Stella Vermillion)

Stella: Are you sure we should trust Hal, Ikki?

Anthony: I had my doubts at first. But I believe he's trying to do the right thing this time.

Blade: Oh, just like John after his supposed death.

Jaune: Vixen and Black Lightning seek redemption for their wrongdoings too.

Virginia: We must not forget about The Flash.

Zach: What about Aquaman?

Kevin: Gee, forget it. He's too stubborn to want to help us. He said with all letters that he won't allow his own people to bleed fot the surface world anymore!

Blade: Let's try to knock some senses into him!

Jaune: Calm down, Henry. We can't push things too far. Or else we will be no different than the Regime is.

Blade: (sighs) The Regime...

Cynthia: You still remember, don't you?

Blade: How would I forget the day I almost lost my faith in heroes?

(Then everyone gets silent.)

(Some moments later in the underwater kingdom of Atlantis, the king - the one known as Aquaman - has listened to their request from Jaune to join their fight against Brainiac. He...does not take it well.)

Aquaman: Jaune wants my Marines to fight his battle? Like the time Superman ordered me to invade Metropolis?

Blade: You were in the wrong side of the past war, Arthur!

Aquaman: The next time my people's blood is spilled, it will be for ATLANTIS, not the surface world!

(Aquaman slams trident to punctuate his point)

Stella: You're of us, Arthur. Your father... 

Aquaman: My father was human, but my DUTY is to Atlantis! I don't trust you, Stella! You, Henry or ANY surface dweller! Now, leave. And remind that Arc bastard to stay away from my seas!

Blade: (points to image of Brainiac's ship) And when THAT's on your doorstep?

(The image suddenly disappears. Sounds are heard outside the dome of the main throne room)

Stella: Maybe sooner than you think. We NEED to help each other.

Aquaman: GO! I don't need your distraction!

Blade: (draws his sword) We're not leaving!

Aquaman: (raising his trident in defense) Need I remind you whose kingdom this is?

(No one is more powerful in the sea than Aquaman. But he is running and jumping. Kamen Rider Blade subdues the King of Atlantis.)

Blade: I'm sorry. I...I didn't come here to fight you. This is exactly what happened up there. First, they take out communications. Then,...(loud booms are heard outside the dome) they invade!

(Sure enough, the same "meteorites" streak down towards Atlantis. Counter-measures are fired, but the Betas are just too numerous. The trio stands back-to-back as Black Widow, Winter Soldier and Super Soldier come in.)

Stella: Bucky? What are you doing here?

Aquaman: Wonder Woman and Black Adam attacked their former hideout. So I let them stay here for a while.

(Then the heroes prepare to attack.)

Super Soldier: They're your oceans...but it's also MY fight. Let's go!

(A dozen or so Betas march down the hall towards the throne room.)

Aquaman: (sighs) Cover me! (runs off to rally the troops)

(Super Soldier uses his heat vision while Black Widow and Winter Soldier use their weapons to shoot the Betas down. Kamen Rider Drive and Stella slash the remaining Betas in half. Then Cheetah comes in.)

Cheetah: I was hoping to torture Aquaman, but it looks like a bunch of "Insurgents" have come here!

Winter Soldier: What do you want, Cheetah?

Cheetah: I was expecting to find out where Wonder Woman is hiding. And I don't need a golden lasso to extract the truth from you!

Stella: (blocks her way) You'll have to get through me first!

Cheetah: With pleasure!

(Cheetah's an excellent hunter and no doubt about that. But simple claws and bloodlust seem to have little effect against the Crimson Princess. She gets some good swipes in, butStella's blaze of purgatory is too much for her.)

Stella: Bad kitty!

(Explosions occur outside of the dome. Kamen Rider Blade and Stella look for Aquaman. They find the king in another room, fighting off countless Betas. As Aquaman uses his trident, the duo uses their respective swords to slash them. Aquaman puts his trident through the head of the last one.)

Aquaman: My people are getting flanked! Hold this line! Be our rear guard!

Blade: On it! And you?

Aquaman: I'm the vanguard! (runs to fight more Betas)

(As Aquaman leaves, the duo hears a pounding outside a door. The door slams open to reveal Joker Undead, holding the head of an Atlantean soldier.)

Joker Undead: Henry Trevor. (throws soldier away) You have returned.

Blade: It's good to be a hero again.

Joker Undead: I thought the Regime had broken you. But it looks like I'll have to do it myself!

(They fight an intense battle. Joker Undead was extremelly willing to kill Kamen Rider Blade, but the hero manages to bring his archenemy down.)

Blade: BREAK THIS!

(Then Kamen Rider Blade pierces Joker Undead in the belly.)

Aquaman: (comes in) We're locking down the gates but the fight's not over. You put yourselves at risk for Atlantis. Maybe you two CAN be trusted.

Stella: So...you're in?

Aquaman: I can't. I belong here, defending my people.

Blade: I see...

(Then a a red light glows nearby. What looks like a 'Boom Tube' opens...and from it emerges a large, ugly humanoid creature...and a cat. They both wear Red Lantern rings; they are literally fueled by rage. The tall creature is the head of the Red Lantern Corps, Atrocitus.)

Atrocitus: Henry Trevor and Stella Vermillion.

Aquaman: Red Lanterns?

Stella: John told me about them. Atrocitus and Dex-Starr. Agents of vengeance, powered by rage. I'll handle them!

Aquaman: Good luck! (returns to the battle)

Stella: What brings you here?

Atrocitus: (creates red construct of Sinestro) Sinestro's Yellow Lanterns slaughtered millions! And their victims demand vengeance!

Stella: Wow, you talk with dead people.

Atrocitus: Dex-Starr would tear your heart out and lap your blood.

Stella: Ew, that's disgusting...

(Atrocitus looks at Kamen Rider Blade.)

Atrocitus: As for you, Henry... I sense you have a higher calling! A spark glowing within you! A spark...of RAGE!

(Then Stella blocks his way with her sword.)

Stella: You're gonna have to pass through me first!

(Atrocitus is planning to kill Stella for interfering with his plan. But her power and her will are stronger than even of a Green Lantern. Then she manages to bring him down.)

Atrocitus: Your world is burning! And, when it is ashes, you will both BEG for vengeance!

(Atrocitus creates another portal and he and Dex-Starr leave through it.)Blade: The others don't need to know about that one.

Stella: I'm with you about that.

(In the other side of Atlantis.)

Super Soldier: We're not safe here anymore.

Black Widow: Okay, no more secrets. We'll show up and try to stop those three from freeing Superman!

(To be continued)