Something about this "DeMonStar" was making Captain Planet suspicious, and it wasn't just his name. Planet's Heart power was subconsciously trying to warn him about DeMonStar's plans.
Then the Heart power locked onto something else. Captain Pollution was nearby! But something seemed wrong with him...
Should he go after Pollution? Keep an eye on DeMonStar? Or stay to help the other heroes fight War World?

He scanned the crowd with his heart power and settled on someone who looked strikingly like Antonio Banderas.

"Hi," Captain said to Gginctee. "You don't know me, but I'm new here and I need your help."

"Alright," Gginctee asked, "Always willing to help. Chivalry, you know how it is. What do you need me for?"

"Thanks," Planet said "I've just sensed that a nemesis of mine has returned in a weird way. Something's odd with him and I'm a bit disoriented, so I wanted you to come with me, if that's not too much to ask."

"Sure," Gginctee responded, "Planning meetings kind of bore me and I could use some more action. Point the way."

"Great. Just one more thing I have to do."

Planet walked up and tapped Cyclops on the shoulder, leaned up to his ear and said "Me and another guy have to do something. Meanwhile, could you please keep an eye on this DeMonStar guy, one of my powers is reading people and I don't trust him."

*****

High in the skies over Khazan, Z-mage was muttering to himself as Captain Pollution did what he could to keep up.

"It'll be good to take advantage of Hart's boy scout tendencies while he still has them. When I tell him what I've done he'll never fight anyone but me again. On the plus side, if he again decides to fight me he'll be near insane, that much easier to defeat."

As the Z-mage flew towards the Hall of Justice, he didn't notice Captain Pollution fall out of the sky. He had more important things to do.

*****

Luckily for him, Pollution landed in a nuclear power plant. He relaxed for awhile, bathing in the nuclear glow. All of a sudden, he started screaming. This had never happened to him before. The Waste was burning his skin! Something wasn't right wih him. He flew out with newly rejuvenated Pollution powers.

As Captain Pollution flew off screaming in agony, Captain Planet and Ggnictee caught up with him. "Th-the waste!" screamed Pollution. "It burrrns!"
Captain Planet gave his nemesis a quizzical look. Why would toxic waste hurt Captain Pollution? Captain Planet performed a Heart scan and discovered the problem. Pulling the eco-powers of his future self out of Pollution, Captain Planet reabsorbed the weakened eco-magic into himself.
Pollution snarled as the waste started to recharge him. "I'm gonna kill that ^&#!in' Z-Mage," he snarled, blasting off. "#%@!in' murder him!"
Captain Planet wondered why Pollution didn't attack him after regaining his strength. Was he afraid of the twice-as-powerful Planet? Did he simply fail to notice his rescuer? Or was it his way of saying "Thanks"?
One thing became clear: What the Captain Planet of the future knew, the Planet of now knew. He knew of Z-Mage and his evil plans to destroy the Infinites. He also knew that if Future Planet stayed cooped up too long, he'd get stuck in a time loop. Captain Planet released his future self's energy.
"Thanks!" said Future Planet. "You saved me just in the nick of time!"
"Speaking of time," said his current self, "isn't it time you went back to yours?"
"And you've gotta get back to defeating War World," Future Planet returned. He went airborne.
"Wait!" shouted Ggnictee. "How do we destroy War World?"
"You'll find out!" smiled Future Planet.
"Come on," said Captain Planet. "Let's get back to the war council."

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