Booster Gold

"This is beneath me." Booster Gold, hero of the future complained as he moved aside rubble to clear a path.

Skeets, Boosters AI drone companion from the 25th century floated his small golden body closer. "Superman is helping. If Superman can help clear the rubble-"

"Yeah, yeah, yeah. I get it." Booster sighed. "But he's got actual super powers. All I've got is future tech. My muscles are just human muscles, not super muscles."

Skeets looked around, "Wildcat is helping to cl-"

"I'll shut up. I'll shut up." Booster waved Skeets off. "It would just be a little easier if Beetle were here. Ted would make this..." Booster trailed off.

"We all miss Ted, Booster." Looking up Booster Gold found Superman floating ten feet off the ground, a ruined suv over his shoulder. Superman gave him a sad smile. "And you are right, Ted would have made this easier on us all with a bad joke or two and a far fetched scheme to make cleaning this up easier."

"Yeah." Booster nodded his head.

"Tell you what. I'll handle rubble. You and Skeets survey the buildings one block down and see if there are any structural problems we need to deal with." Superman offered.

"Thanks Superman." Booster Gold turned and looked down the road, "You heard big blue, Skeets, we've got a job to do."

Walking down the road Booster looked up at Skeets, "So whats the first building we need too take a look at?"

"Nick's Knacks: Curios and Odds and Ends." Skeets flew to a two story building that was a junk shop on the 1st floor and an apartment on the 2nd floor. "Initial scans show no signs of life."

Booster shivered as he approached the shop which was missing its entire front window. "You check that the building isn't going to collapse on us and I'll look for... bodies."

Skeets flew thru the missing front window and Booster jumped thru a second after. He wrinkled his nose at the smell. It didnt take long to find the source of the smell as a city trash can had apparently landed in the shop. Rotting food, half finished drinks and various trash items were spread across the floor. "Ew, is that a diaper? Ugh... trash."

"There is a high probability that the trash can is what took out the front window." Skeets observed. "Basement entrance found. I will return after inspecting the foundation." Skeets floated away to do as he said he would.

Booster carefully walked around the store. Eyes on the floor for trash he didnt want to step on. Also on the look out for bodies.

Something shiny and gold caught Boosters eye as he moved behind the counter of the store. Bending down he eyed the object. Reaching out he picked up an old oil lamp. Peering closely at the oil lamp he spotted runes. Runes that glittered without a light source. "Magic runes?"

"You gotta be kidding me." Booster looked around. He was, for the moment, completely alone, no one could see him make a complete jack ass out of himself by trying to rub a magic lamp and wish on a genie like he was a little kid.

Right hand holding the oil lamp tight, Booster rubbed three times with his left hand. He was only partially surprised when pink smoke seeped out of the oil lamp while the whole lamp began glittering like a disco ball.