Carmine

*This article is for the anime version of the character. For the comic character, see: The Heat.*

## Physical description

### Gender

Male

**Carmine** or **The Heat** was an infamous 1970's supervillain who always escaped and never got caught. Kasey says that he had been her teacher and he was gathering a team for a big job, which could land them 50 million dollars, split between everyone in the crew.

## History

### Recruiting Kasey

In the past, Kasey is told to approach a drug dealer. Once she does, she makes his head hurt and he collapses. She reveals that he had not killed them, but had made them crazy. Her group tells her that that was the last job that they had for her.

Kasey walks up to someone else and asks if they could split their earnings, but the man had heard of her before. He tells her that he would not work with her and leaves. Carmine tells her not to hate herself and tells her to cherish her power, working with people who could intuitively understand her. She does not understand, but he tells her that that is the point.

Outside, Kasey is freezing and Carmine approaches her once again. He tells her that he has work for her, since it was something only she could do. Since she had nothing else to do, she accepts.

### Infiltrating the Union of Justice

In Chicago, Johnny and Kasey walk into The Heat Cleaners, where The Heat was waiting for them.

A woman relaxes at a beach when TK McCabe brings her a drink she ordered. She asks him what he would be doing later as he steals one of her keys. He thanks her for the offer, but leaves with the key. Another man sees him using the keys to steal cars and tells his partner. As the man reaches the woman's sports car, he is called by Carmine and approached by The Gladiator, who wants to stop him.

The Diesel Brothers get angry while betting, and both of them start fighting, shocking everyone in the place. However, after a bit of rough fighting, they laugh and remember that Carmine had told them to not fight unless they made money from it. They get a call from him and mention it was bad timing.

Carmine tells Kasey that he is glad she could make it. He is happy to see her again, but does not want to visit her in San Francisco. Johnny introduces himself as well as Carmine explains how he hides in plain sight. When Johnny wanted to touch a laundry machine, Carmine tells him he does not want him to damage it, which Johnny does not like. He asks Kasey why she had told Carmine about his power, but she tells him that she had not even mentioned Johnny to Carmine, which is what made him The Heat.

Carmine tells Johnny about his past, and how Chicago is the birthplace of supervillains. Kasey says that Chicago's first supervillain was The Heat, but he had cut ties with the mafia and gathered villains who were in similar circumstances together. Johnny finds Carmine's blasters, which were very powerful and is shocked to find out that Carmine did not have any superpowers, which he mentions were not needed back in his day. Carmine mentions that it is not even necessary for the legend of The Heat to be true because The Heat is a kind of ideal that other villains have constructed. Johnny cannot believe that that was his job, since he was only lying about his career; he in turn, says that he is a supervillain because he wants to be able to live his own life freely, but Carmine simply says that he would have a hard time making money with his ego.

In his office, Carmine welcomes Kasey and Johnny to the underworld of Chicago. Carmine introduces them and tells them all that people with superpowers were popping up all over the place and thanks to groups like The Union of Justice, business had been terrible for them, which was the cause for The Network's creation, but villains who wanted to avoid joining them had a harder time as well. The Diesel Brothers get offended when The Ghost tells them that they are unknown enough for the job, which The Network was avoiding. Johnny gets angry at The Ghost when he calls him "sport" condescendingly and wants to punch him, but manages to restrain himself.

Kasey asks Carmine to keep telling them about the job. Carmine says that the first requirement is to not be mixed up with The Network, but each and every single person in the room had a unique power, which fit into a unique role for the job. The Ghost makes fun of Johnny and says that everyone had a specific job except for him, which makes him very angry. As he shows his power off, the lights across Chicago start turning off. He asks the man what his power was, which he demonstrates as he walks through him.

The Ghost explains that it did not matter where he was, he was always being used, due to his power being so great until he tried to play both sides with some bad people until Carmine saved him and let him join his gang. Johnny calms down and Carmine thanks him for his demonstration of power, but he says that he bets it could do a whole lot more than just turn lights off, which is exactly what they needed.

Carmine tells them that the mission was made out of two parts. He says that the first part would be rescuing someone else they would need for the job. He had been caught while on vacation in Florida and his name was TK McCabe, who Johnny knows. Carmine explains that TK had been caught and defeated by The Gladiator, so he is now being transported in a plane and insists that TK was very important, so they all prepare to go to Florida. In order to get the mission running, they have a supplier from Romania, who had already given them money to go.

Carmine tells them about his visit to Romania and his partner, who did not hesitate to join the mission, which meant they were funded. All the villains are happy to start and Carmine adds that the timing could not be better because The Bastard had all his reputable villains occuppied. Johnny is happy that they were out-maneuvering The Network, and Carmine tells them to go to Florida; when they got back, he would fill them in on the rest of the plan. He adds that it could be the biggest plan he's ever done in 75 years and would be great for their legacy. Johnny asks what he means by that since all the newspapers he had around were about him being caught, which he did not want. Carmine gets angry and starts yelling, but a train interrupts him.

Carmine walks into a plane rental, walking straight to reception, but is told that he would need to wait for his Cessna. However, Johnny walks in saying that they needed to call 911 since somebody had been caught by the Cessna's propeller. The receptionist leaves and so do Carmine and Johnny, walking past the man who had been killed by the small plane. They walk to a bigger plane, and walk inside, where Ghost was already waiting for them. The Diesel Brothers join them on the plane, excited to be leaving.

Johnny joins Carmine in the cockpit as they prepare to leave and they are given the cue to leave. Carmine tells him not to be worried, but Johnny says that he lives for that type of thing. He hands him the plane's manual with the wirings so he could learn them and advises him not to compare his powers to other people's because he would drive himself crazy and tells him that what was best was to find his own style.

On the plane, a Supermax guard feels a small power surge as Carmine flew above their plane. Carmine asks Johnny if he could deactivate the restraint device TK was in, but Johnny says it was impossible. The crew prepares for Plan B. While the Supermax plane tried communicating, Johnny deactivated their comms as Ghost and the Diesel Brothers throw themselves onto the Supermax plane. Their shouting alerts The Gladiator, who watches in shock as one of the brothers throws himself at a propeller. The bigger brother tries attacking The Gladiator, but receives a punch to the face which dislocates his jaw, but he tells Ghost that he had gotten rid of The Gladiator. Ghost flies down to the Supermax plane and prepares to attack the guards inside the plane.

The pilots say that they need to get to Supermax as fast as possible and start flying up. Carmine asks Johnny if he could slow them down, which he says he can do. It takes a lot of his concentration, but Johnny says that that was nothing, also mentioning that he could not think of a better way to show his style off.

Roddy fights The Gladiator, but is taken down, while told that people like him were nothing without their powers because they had no discipline. Ghost was trying to open the lock, while being laughed at by the guards. However, Carmine tells Johnny that Ghost was a famous safecracker.

Roddy reaches Kasey's boat, where his brother was waiting for him. Looking to his side, he sees that The Gladiator was asleep, dreaming about saving an underwater kingdom thanks to her powers. Kasey tells Carmine that everything was alright with them, but does not get an answer.

Ghost cannot open TK's lock, so Carmine tells them to change to Plan C, which they say does not exist. Johnny tells Carmine to fly them closer to the Supermax place and manages to turn it off. The plane starts falling fast, with Carmine and Johnny chasing after it.

As the Supermax plane plummets to the ground, Johnny tells Ghost that there was nothing he could do as Carmine realized what he was trying. Ghost tells the guards to cooperate because they would all die except for him if they crashed.

The guard cooperates and TK uses his power to stop the plane from crashing. Everybody celebrates and TK kicks all the guards out of the plane. TK asks if Johnny was with them and they all get together to leave.

Carmine congratulates Johnny, Kasey, Ghost, TK, and The Diesel Brothers on a job well done and tells them that they needed one more person for the next part of the job. He tells all of them that the job was risky but he had a plan which would be the next day. Carmine tells them that they needed to decide if they were in or out. Kasey tells Carmine that even if everybody was in, if something sounded off, she was out. Johnny asks who the target was, which Carmine says could be seen from there. Kasey realizes that Carmine wanted them to break into the Union of Justice. The villains think Carmine has lost his mind and want to quit the job since it was suicide.

The Diesel Brothers and TK prepare to leave when Carmine tells them that Brainwave, one of the heroes could read thoughts, and would probably be there within less than a minute since he could read their thoughts. Ghost grabs Carmine by the head, while TK tries to clear his thoughts. Kasey tells Carmine to just tell them what he wanted to say, and he points out that Brainwave was not there right now and was in Beijing.

Carmine and The Diesel Brothers say that they are all in, and Carmine tells Kasey that they would be making 50 million dollars. All the villains are excited by that, but Ghost asks what the real plan is. Carmine tells him that they would steal Count Orlok's helmet, who was a legendary supervillain from Romania and their sponsor. His helmet made his powers double, so they wanted to get it back. Ghost says he is in but does not want to touch the helmet. Kasey says that they need to know the most important part, how to defeat the powerful superheroes, but Carmine says that he had thought of everything.

Carmine tells Kasey the plan, and Johnny says that not even The Network would dare attack the Union of Justice. Ghost adds that The Bastard was getting ready to retire. Carmine tells them that if they moved quickly, there was a big chance that they would not need to ask The Network for money. Johnny tells Kasey that he was in and tells her that they needed to do it, but Kasey refuses. She asks where the last member is and Carmine says that he would call Forecast again. Forecast picks up the phone and tells them that he was in. Carmine tells Kasey that Forecast had the ability to change the weather and she counts herself in.

As Kasey and Johnny prepare to have sex, they get a phone call from Carmine, who tells them to sleep well and not drink, but Johnny hangs up on him.

Outside Union of Justice, Johnny, the Diesel Brothers, Carmine, Ghost and Kasey work a hot dog truck. Sammy complains that Roddy is not helping him as the latter plays solitaire. Outside, Ghost asks Kasey to make him see something pleasant if it looked like he was going to be killed, which she agrees to. Johnny says that he would not need fantasies because all he would want to see is the real Kasey until his final breath.

At the Union of Justice, The Utopian arrives, followed by Paragon and Ruby Red. Almost every superhero was there in order to join a meeting. Praetorian is the last one to make it and he walks in.

Carmine looks at his watch and says it is time for the operation to start.

Johnny tells the group that he had wanted to visit the Union of Justice since he was a kid. Carmine, Ghost, the Diesel Brothers, and Kasey move forward. Carmine tells them that as soon as the superheroes left, they would take down the security system and cut themselves out of the surveillance footage, which would be Kasey's job.

Johnny, the Diesel Brothers, Carmine, Ghost and Kasey start looking for the helmet, trying to focus on Count Orlok. Johnny and Kasey remember when they attacked a wine cellar, hoping they did not screw up like that time. They find the magic helmet and get excited.

Praetorian says he is not feeling well and is told that the rest of the heroes were handling the Necromancer. A janitor asks him if he had a good power in order to fight the Necromancer, and he says that he has the ability to hear people even if they were far away. Using his ability, he hears Carmine telling the group that they should leave before The Utopian realized that the zombies were fake.

Carmine exclaims that it is underground and yells at Ghost to phase all the way there. Ghost goes underground while Praetorian starts throwing columns from the building at them. Praetorian recognizes that there was something in his head like in San Francisco. Hitting Kasey, he is able to reveal all the villains. He looks at Johnny and tells him that he feels like they had met before.

At the Union of Justice, people run out as The Praetorian approaches Johnny, who says that he had never met The Praetorian before, and complains that it had been him who had found them. Praetorian realizes what their plan had been all along and wants to take care of things. Praetorian shoots water at Kasey, but Johnny protects her. Carmine tells them they should run while they can, so he picks Kasey up and they run. Praetorian throws a large rock at the villains as Johnny tells Carmine to leave. The Diesel Brothers complain that Praetorian has too many powers and did not even know which one would be next.

Praetorian tells Johnny that he is pathetic, while Johnny asks if he does not think he's doing a but much. He asks Praetorian how he could do that to his own HQ, but the latter does not care, telling him he never goes easy. Praetorian tells Johnny to prepare to die as he lights up two fireballs in his hands; however, Johnny turns on the fire sprinklers and manages to turn him off for a bit.

Johnny and Ghost reunite, also seeing Carmine above them. He tells Ghost to put on the helmet and say the magic words, but Ghost refuses because of the helmet's reputation of being cursed. After a bit of convincing, Ghost agrees to do it, but nobody knows the spell. However, inside the helmet "supercalifragilistic expialidocious" was written, which made Ghost realize that must be the spell. As they argue who has to put it on, Praetorian wakes up and gets ready to face them. Ghost says the spell, puts the helmet on and it turns on. He wishes to be taken somewhere far away and safe, and they vanish from The Praetorian's sight. TK and Forecast are also taken to safety.

Ghost, Carmine, Johnny, TK, the Diesel brothers, Forecast, and Kasey all make it away, as Ghost tries to remove the helmet. Johnny asks Kasey if she is okaym but she asks where they are. Carmine tells her that they are in Black Rock, Romania. Kasey tells Johnny that that was too close, but they are all happy they had been successful in the end.

A butler approaches the crew and tells them to make themselves at home. Carmine says that they should probably start celebrating with a toast in which they say that Count Orlok would be returning as the greatest supervillain ever, unstoppable even by The Network. The butler agrees and tells them that they were all invited to be part of the new Syndicate, which Kasey remembers hearing of. Carmine tells them that the Syndicate had predated the Network and Kasey goes to take a shower.

Carmine tells the group about the Syndicate, which was formed by The Heat, Count Orlok and The Bastard. In the meantime, the Union of Justice was starting, so they decided to go to Europe. Carmine says that they were a great group, but Orlok and The Bastard had never gotten along. However, as all supervillains all of them ended up betraying each other and The Bastard formed The Network. Later, the castle became a club and a movie studio. It had been 30 years since the Syndicate had been founded.

Kasey gets out of the tub, but is being watched by someone who likes her body. Kasey walks into the room, where she sees that everybody was already wasted. The doorbell rings and the Diesel Brothers get very excited about the pizza getting there. However, as Roddy opens the door, he gets punched in the face by Praetorian, who stops all of them from moving. He laughs and tells his boss everything was clear. The Bastard, his boss, walks in and wants to know if he had interrupted a celebration. He tells Carmine he could not believe his hideout and Praetorian says that they probably could not believe that a superhero like him was with a villain like him and reveals that he was a double agent.

The Bastard says that he would have never thought that The Heat would gang up with Count Orlok again and tells them that their behavior needs to be rectified. Praetorian says that they knew where they were because Carmine had shouted "The Rock" right before they disappeared. Praetorian is impressed with the power Count Orlok's helmet has, but The Bastard says it is not to be underestimated and adds that even if he was just about to retire, he needed to protect The Network. Praetorian tells them that they needed to give them more than the usual 30% because they could not operate from behind The Network's back.

The Bastard tells them that he would take everything and adds that betrayal also warranted paying extra in blood as well. He says that normally he would kill a family member, a friend, or a lover, but he was not in the mood. While, they were being watched, The Bastard makes the butler's head explode. The pizza makes its way to the front door and Orlok reveals himself, saying he had been hiding in the attic. He does not see The Bastard standing behind him and asks where his helmet is. He turns around and sees The Bastard, who tells him he hates surprises; he is in shock that The Bastard is there and starts yelling, but The Bastard makes his head explode as well. Praetorian and The Bastard walk away with all the money, but before he leaves Praetorian tells them to not tell anyone what happened or they would kill them.

Johnny turns a TV on in which news about the attack on the Union of Justice was showing, saying that Praetorian had been able to recover Count Orlok's helmet. Johnny sadly watches as he drinks. The Diesel Brothers, TK, and Carmine are also feeling down, while Ghost says they could not even do anything with the helmet now that Orlok was dead and TK says that Matts and Praetorian were too much for them to handle. TK complains that the team was bad, but Johnny reminds him that they saved him. Ghost tries to leave and thanks Carmine for getting his hopes up, but Sammy throws an axe at him. When he throws it back, the Diesel Brothers attack him together. Forecast makes it rain on top of the fight, making them separate.

After a while, the bartender tells him that Carmine was an old fool as he slept on the bar, but Johnny says that the heist was supposed to go better than planned and be the biggest thing The Heat had ever done. The bartender does not care and asks him to pay for Carmine's drinks, so Johnny goes to an ATM and withdraws some cash.

### Five years later

In Las Vegas, Carmine wins a lot of money, and bets on one number, trying to get to 1 million dollars. Security believes that he must have some sort of superpower, but he is told that they had not detected any use of powers. They confirm his identity is The Heat and they check the premises to make sure he was not up to something.

Later, Carmine is caught as his partner, Walt was hiding in a car. Walt cries, but security tells him to not be so hard on himself and recognizes him, knowing that he has the ability to see 30 seconds into the future, which meant he knew what was going to happen to the cigar box. The man lets go of the cigar box, which impacts his skull and he is killed. Carmine is lifted by the neck and told that he had 30 days to bring him 100 million dollars.

Kasey works at a diner, where Johnny walks in wearing a suit and greeting her happily. Johnny apologizes, but Kasey tells him that she has nothing to say to him, so he should get out. He tells her that he had stolen to try to get them something nice for their wedding, but she does not want to hear it, feeling him betrayed. Johnny wonders what she was doing at a diner and asks what had happened to her MBA since she had a great power and was very smart. She tells him that she got expelled from her MBA since she had punched her professor who tried to sexually harass her. She tells him that she always had low grades and even as a villain always had to work as a team, telling him to get out. Carmine walks in the coffee shop scared and falls down. He asks them for help.

Johnny reads a journal in which he fantasized about being Electro Boy and being inducted into the Union of Justice. Meanwhile, Carmine slept scared and Kasey was not feeling well, telling Johnny that she could not believe that Carmine had tried scamming The Salamander's casino. Johnny worries that they could not get 100 million dollars and knows that Carmine would be killed if they could not pay. Kasey says that their only option is to get him out of the country, but Johnny says that he got info at Supermax, but Kasey will not listen to him and tells him to get out. However, Johnny does not think that's what the Carmine he knew would do. Johnny keeps reading about Electro Boy and smiles while reminiscing.

Carmine and Johnny visit Ghost, who tells them he cannot help because every one of Carmine's job always ended in a disaster. However, Carmine tells him that it was not his idea, but Johnny's. Ghost tells them he is no longer a villain and was doing a good job as an architect; Johnny asks him to do it for Carmine, so Ghost offers him to help him live out of the country as a way of gratitude for all he had done for him in the past.

The Diesel Brothers are in a cage fight, which Carmine and Johnny think is gross. In the fight, Roddy and Sammy end up winning and Johnny believes that he would definitely need their help in order for his plan to work out.

TK, Carmine, the Diesel Brothers, Ghost, and Forecast all join Johnny, who tells them that the legend of Electro Boy was about to begin. Kasey walks into the room and tells Johnny that his plan better work.

Johnny drinks while Kasey tells him to just tell them who the target was. Johnny tells her that she would know soon enough, but they needed another team member. Carmine wakes when Kasey mentions that a target was there.

Johnny greets Glenda, who tells him that he could not decide what to wear for their date. Johnny tells him that he thinks he looks better when he wears a suit that is tighter. Glenda asks what he means by that and Johnny tells him to have a seat, calling him Gladiator. Ghost mentions that Johnny is insane, but Johnny tells him that he knew who he was thanks to Supermax and also knew that he spent time cheating on his wife, which angers Gladiator, but Johnny threatens to send an intimate photo if he did anything to him. Gladiator asks what he wants and Johnny asks for help with a heist, which angers him even more, saying that working for him would never be meaningful to him. Johnny tells him that the heist was on an island south of Japan, which was off limits for the Union of Justice and The Network.

Gladiator, and all of Johnny's friends wonder if he really wanted to attack The Bastard, but Johnny mentions that Praetorian was also there, which sparked Gladiator's interest. Johnny tells him that The Bastard was enjoying his retirement, having opened Casino Grand Granite. Ghost counts himself out, but Kasey tells him that it could work as long as they got in unnoticed. Johnny tells Gladiator that it was a good chance to get back at Praetorian and also says that he could donate his share to an LGBTQ charity of his choice, also promising to delete those photos.

Johnny tells TK, Carmine, the Diesel Brothers, Ghost, Kasey, and Forecast that he knows there is one airport on the island which meant security would be tight. Kasey does not want to use her power since she could not make an illusion without preparing it enough. She could really only hide one or two people. They get on the plane and land on the island.

On the island, Ghost separates from the group and Johnny and Kasey open up briefcases where The Diesel Brothers were being stored. The rest would be taking a ferry, but they would also jump from the ferry. On the island, Gladiator arrives by swimming butterfly at an incredible speed.

Johnny, TK, Carmine, the Diesel Brothers, Ghost, Kasey, Gladiator and Forecast all take a break on the hot sprinks. Kasey puts on a disguise so that they do not see her naked and Johnny says that he is the only one who could see her like that, but she says that she was just not wasting effort on him. The Diesel Brothers tell Gladiator that they were sorry for how things had gone the last time they had encountered him, but he tells them to not talk to him, as he was only there to destroy Praetorian.

Ghost was quiet because he is nervous about attacking The Bastard, but Johnny tells him that they have a perfect plan. TK, Forecast, and The Diesel Brothers want to know about the plan, saying that the first part would be walking to Matts' front door.

At the casino, Carmine and Johnny walk in, with the former excited that all of it could be theirs. Ghost says that he did not know there were casinos like that in Japan. TK tries a game, but tries moving it when he lost. However Ghost stops him from using his powers. The Bastard looks out at the casino with Praetorian and both of them head to the VIP room to meet their guests from the middle east.

Kasey and Johnny look at a recreation Kasey had made of The Bastard's mansion, while The Diesel Brothers join them. Ghost wonders how she had done it without being detected by the superpower sensors inside, so she says that when she touches someone, she can read minds without the sensors detecting it. Carmine says that he had done his part and tells them that the main floor had standard superpower sensors and security, but Ghost says that the real problem are the underground rooms connected to the VIP rooms at the back. Forecast gets there late from taking a bath, as Gladiator joins them. Carmine tells them they would take The Bastards briefcase, which was actually a big vault on the inside. However, the real problem are all the sensors that can deactivate their powers. Carmine says that normally the unit is switched off, but if the sensors pick up a use of superpowers, then it turns on, so they need to deactivate the whole system. They want Ghost to use his powers in order to reach it, but he tells them that the island was huge, so he would lose track of where he was, so he would die. Gladiator tells them that they should just give up, but Johnny remembers that whenever a new supervillain has to be registered in the database, they update the software, but it also means the system must be rebooted, so they could destroy it then. Carmine tells them that they would split into two groups to enter the facility.

Carmine, Ghost, TK, Forecast, Johnny, the Diesel Brothers, and Kasey all toast. He thanks them and tells them that he liked that they had a sense of duty. Kasey wonders why Matts had made it so even he could not use his powers in his mansion, but Carmine knows that he hated superpowers. Johnny tells them that he had new outfits for their plan, which Gladiator refuses to wear.

Johnny, TK, Carmine, and Forecast accept that she had left them and agree that they would not use their powers. They plan to infiltrate the security room with the superpower suppression device, in order to force the unit to update. They make a small hole and make it underground, but an alarm starts to sound. They know that they cannnot use powers as many ninjas start heading towards them. Johnny accidentally uses his powers, which activates guns, so Carmine shoots them with his guns. Johnny starts an update, and realizes that they could now use their powers.

Johnny tells Carmine and TK that he believed they were in the right place. They are joined by The Diesel Brothers, Gladiator, and Ghost. Forecast joins them by making it snow, which Johnny believes would be a good idea for the fringes on the door. Once they freeze, Sammy uses metallic arms in order to rip the door off. They look down towards the vault which was all the way down and jump. Ghost looks through a wall in order to see how many guards there were behind a wall and they finally make it through.

Johnny tells them that there was one more trap, which detected anyone except for Matts and would rip them apart. However, there was a button to turn the laser off at the end of the corridor. The Diesel Brothers get ready to race to the button and take off running. The laser cuts through both Sammy and Roddy, but both of them regenerate quickly and keep running. After five minutes, Sammy finally manages to make it to the button and turns it off. Once they all walk across safely, it's time for Carmine to use his heat guns to melt the door. He does it quickly and they finally make it to the briefcase, where all the gold is stored. Carmine tells them the system would restart soon, so they start moving out.

TK tells Johnny that with the money he would take his family to Asia. The Diesel Brothers, Ghost, Carmine, Forecast, and Gladiator run with them as well when Praetorian shows up, telling them that they were as stupid as they looked. The Bastard talks through a PA system, asking if they really thought they could get away with it and asks why they would try to steal from him if they knew who he was. Johnny makes fun of him, telling him that was now too old to stop them. That makes The Bastard very angry, but the power suppression system reboots.

The Bastard tells Praetorian that he could now kill the group. Johnny tells Gladiator that it was now his turn to handle Praetorian. However, Gladiator takes his time while Praetorian punches Johnny in the face. Gladiator tells Johnny that he had been waiting to see him get hit. Even without powers, Praetorian seems to be taking his time defeating the villains.

Praetorian defeats all the villains, telling them that they were all worthless without their powers. Gladiator finally thinks that that had been enough and tells Praetorian that he could not believe how he had fallen, seeing that he was The Bastard's bodyguard. Praetorian tries punching him, but Gladiator grabs his wrist and reveals his face, which frightens Praetorian. Praetorian tries defending himself, but Gladiator is clearly much stronger and sends him flying back and slams him into the ground. Once Praetorian was defeated by Gladiator, Carmine asks if he was dead. Johnny tells Gladiator that he was not supposed to kill him since they never did that, but Gladiator says that he had only left him with some brain damage. Johnny says they should now leave.

The Bastard asks Praetorian to bring him the villains, but gets no answer. Suddenly, he gets a call saying that Praetorian was down, as well as his mansion. He says that that was impossible, since he had been in his mansion the whole time. However, The Bastard turns around and sees that the brush strokes on his painting were different and sees that he had made Miguel's head explode.

Kasey waves towards Johnny, who was on a small boat and is brought on board. She hugs Johnny, but Carmine tells them that they need to leave, so they take off.

Ghost tells Kasey that she really had guts in order to do what she had done, as Gladiator smiles. Carmine also says that she followed the rules needed and calls her a great supervillain. Johnny tells her that she was the only one who had been able to go through all of that with her friends. Both of them hug and tell one another that they love them. Kasey tells him that they could now retire, which Johnny agrees with. Forecast, TK, The Diesel Brothers and the rest celebrate happily.

### One year later

One year later, in a casino in Manila, Carmine had been able to pay off his 100 million dollar debt and chilled out as told by Johnny. TK took his family on a trip to East Asia, Forecast invested in space exploration, while Ghost used diplomatic pressure on the Greek government and bought a lot of land there while they were in a financial crisis. Roddy put every penny of his money into the development of a four-dimensional transport system, which meant his time machine was not a bluff and he had actually earned a doctorate from Princeton. Sammy spent everything on women and liquor, while The Gladiator made sure he could never get blackmailed again, confessing he had been disloyal to his partner, later marrying him.