A New Generation Series
Wordgirl Discovers Her Future
(The year is 2100.)
Janella: (A fifth generation Wordgirl is in pursuit of a new villain, who has just come to town, Time Master.) Stop right there, Time Master! For I am Wordgirl, super hero, who comes from a long line of Wordgirls!
Time Master: Yes, I've heard of you, Wordgirl the fifth. You're the great-great granddaughter of the Original Wordgirl. And I've stolen the newest invention from Dr. Jameson. He invented a time ray. With it, I can zap you to another moment in time and not have to deal with you ever again!
Janella: Not if I have anything to do about it! (She then zooms over to him and he aims his time ray at tries to zap her with it but she dodges out of the way.)
Time Master: (He then sets another setting on it and zaps at her again, but still misses her.)
(She then zooms towards him and wraps him up and takes him to jail.)
Janella: There, now you're going to be here for a long time.
Time Master: I'll get you for this, Wordgirl!
(Janella returns the time ray to Dr. Jameson.)
Janella: Here you go, Doc.
Dr. Jameson: Thank you so much, Wordgirl. He stole it before it was completed.
Janella: So it wouldn't have worked anyway?
Dr. Jameson: No. Not at all.
Janella: Well, I have to be somewhere.
Dr. Jameson: Thanks again for retrieving my time ray.
Janella: No problem, Doc.
(She zooms home.)
Nadine: Janella, where have you been? (Being a fourth generation Wordgirl, Nadine knows that Janella was off battling some criminal.)
Janella: There's a new villain in town, named the Time Master and he stole a time ray from Dr. Jameson and we had a battle and took Time Master to jail and returned the time ray.
Nadine: Wow, good job. Your grandmother, great grandmother, and great-great grandmother would be proud. I know I am.
Kurt: Hey Sis, I heard you say to Mommy that you battled a new villain.
Janella: That's right.
Nadine: It's something, isn't it? I don't think that we had a major villain in this town since your great-great grandmother's villains all retired. I think your great grandmother was the last to actually battle any of them, before she retired herself.
Janella: I know. I think it's in that book you gave me for my 7th birthday. I think it was a little while after Great-Great Grandma died. I can't believe she lived to be 100 years old.
Nadine: Believe it. She even outlived her brother, TJ and he was younger than her. She even wrote something in the book, before she died.
Janella: I know. When I read it, it makes me believe that she's still here.
Nadine: And she'll always be with us, Janella and Kurt. Now, I think it's time for you two to get washed up for dinner.
(The next day, Janella is in class.)
Mr. Richards: Ok Class. Time to put your pencils away because we're going to have a pop quiz on our twelve time tables.
Janella: Ugh! I hate math.
Jake: It'll be ok.
Janella: Thanks Jake.
(Jake Neal is one of Janella's really good friends. Her other friends are Jane Harvey and Billy Bolder.)
Jane: I know, I'm not too good in math either.
(Later, after the pop quiz.)
Mr. Richards: Ok, now that wasn't so hard.
(Janella, Jake, Jane, and Billy are now walking home from school. With Kurt and his friends following close behind.)
Kurt: Janella, Mommy said for you to let me walk home with you!
Janella: I know that. Hurry up.
Kurt: I'm not fast like you. I don't have super speed, you know.
(Janella's family and three close friends know her secret identity.)
Janella: I know. (Just then, her super hearing kicks in and she hears Dr. Jameson calling for help again.) I need to take care of something right now. (She then makes sure that no one else is around and transforms.) WORD UP! I'll be back guys.
Jake: Do you want us to take Kurt home for you?
Janella: You will? That'll be so great, thanks. (She then zooms to where Dr. Jameson is located and she sees that Time Master has escaped jail and is trying to steal the time ray again.) Stop right there, Time Master!
Time Master: Wordgirl?! You won't get me this time!
Janella: We'll just see about that, Time Master!
(As they begin to battle.)
Dr. Jameson: Wordgirl, the time ray is fully functional and ready to use. If he zaps you with it, you'll be zapped to another time zone!
Janella: I'm just going to have to make sure that doesn't happen.
(Meanwhile, Kurt had decided that he doesn't want to be taken home and goes to where his sister flew off to.)
Jake: Hey Kurt, I told your sister that I would take you home.
Kurt: And miss seeing my sister in action? I never seen her battle a villain and I want to watch!
(Kurt is running towards Dr. Jameson's lab which used to be occupied by Prof. Robert Tubing.)
Jane: Kurt, you don't know where your sister went to!
Kurt: I don't have super strength, flight, or speed, but I do have super hearing. I heard where she went to. (He continues towards Dr. Jameson's lab.)
(Meanwhile, Janella is still trying to defeat Time Master, but is not able to do well and Time Master is still trying to zap her with the time ray, that he had stolen from Dr. Jameson.)
(Kurt, followed by Janella's friends, arrive at the lab as Janella is battling Time Master.)
Janella: Kurt, what are you doing here? You're going to get hurt!
Kurt: I wanted to see you battle a villain! This is so cool!
Time Master: Now how about I send your friends to another time zone? (Laughs with an evil tone.)
Janella: Not if I have anything to do about it! (She then sees Time Master press the button to operate the ray and sees him pointing to the anonymous kids and as she gets in the way, all five kids are zapped and transported to another time zone.)
Time Master: (Laughs evilly at the sight of victory.) Yes, I've defeated Wordgirl and she will no longer be an obstacle as I take over the city!
Dr. Jameson: Oh dear. This is not good. The time ray can only work once.
Time Master: What are you serious?
Dr. Jameson: It's only a prototype and was made to only work once. I was going to test it on this mouse, but you used it on those kids. Now they're lost in time.
Time Master: (He then begins to feel bad about what he did.) Oh, is there a way you can make another one or can you improve on this one?
Dr. Jameson: It'll take some time, but I can improve the ray. The technology is new and parts are hard to come by.
Time Master: Hmmm, maybe I can see if I have any parts in my lair. (Time Master decides to head back to his lair, which was once owned by Dr. Two-Brains, and look for parts that can be used to help fix the time ray.)
(Meanwhile, Janella, Kurt, Jake, Jane, and Billy are transported back 92 years into the past.)
(When then arrive, they are at first feeling quite dizzy from the experience, that it takes them awhile to get adjusted. But once they do, they are confused by their surroundings.)
Kurt: (Holding tightly onto his sister.) Janella, where are we?
Janella: I don't really know. But I know we're not in Dr. Jameson's lab anymore.
Jane: Maybe we teleported out of the lab and ended up here.
Janella: Sounds logical.
Kurt: Can we go home now and battle the Time Master later?
Janella: Sounds like a good thing to do. I have to get you home to Mom and Dad before you get seriously hurt.
Kurt: Ah Man! I wanted to watch you battle the Time Master.
Janella: Yes, but I don't want you hurt, Kurt. You have some of Mom's super powers like super hearing and super vocabulary, but that's all.
Kurt: Mom says that I also have an ice breath.
Janella: Well, ok. But I have them all and that's why I'm allowed to fight villains and you're not. Besides, Jake, Jane, and Billy need to head home as well.
Billy: Yeah, my dad is going to kill me if I'm not home in time for dinner.
Jane: And I have dance class in an hour.
Jake: And I have to work on my science fair project.
(Jake's house was once owned Tobey and his mother.)
(Jane and her family now occupy the home that Eileen and her mother lived in.)
(Billy's family lives in what used to be where Violet and her mother lived.)
(So anyway, Janella's friends leave to head to their homes as Janella and Kurt head to the Wordgirl Museum/Library, which is located on what was once an empty unused field.)
(Just as Janella and Kurt are walking to the Wordgirl Museum/Library, when they both hear someone crying for help. A person they've never heard before.)
Help Guy: HHHHEEEELLLLPPP! Dr. Two-Brains is robbing the grocery store! Wait? Is this the police station?
Janella: Sorry, the police station is down another street.
Help Guy: Oh thanks, mysterious-little-children-who-resemble-someone-I- know! HHHEEEELLLPPP!
Janella: Well, we're just going to have to wait to get to the museum. We have to stop a crime.
Kurt: Why does the name 'Dr. Two-Brains' sound familiar?
Janella: Hmm, I'm not sure. Let's go. WORD UP! (She heads towards the grocery store, which is in the same location in 2100.)
(Meanwhile, Wordgirl and Capt. Huggyface had also heard the cry from the Help Guy.)
Wordgirl/Becky: Come on, Huggy. Doc is robbing the grocery store. WORD UP!
(Soon, Janella, along with Kurt, arrives at the grocery store and sees a weird-looking man, stealing cheese.)
Kurt: He seems familiar to me, Janella.
Janella: I know.
(But soon, Wordgirl and Huggy arrive.)
Wordgirl/Becky: STOP RIGHT THERE, TWO-BRAINS!
Dr. Two-Brains: I don't think so, Wordgirl!
Kurt: I thought that you're Wordgirl. Who's she?
Janella: I'm not sure. She kind of looks like Mom, Grandma, even, Great Grandma. (She and Kurt watch as the other girl, who calls herself Wordgirl battle the weird-looking man, known as Dr. Two-Brains.)
(But then, Doc covers Wordgirl and Huggy up in string cheese and he heads towards the exit of the grocery store.)
Kurt: Should you help?
Janella: Stay here, Kurt! (She then zooms to the enterence of the store, blocking Doc's attempt to escape.) You're not going anywhere, Villain!
Dr. Two-Brains: Wordgirl? I thought I covered you with string cheese. (He looks back and sees that Wordgirl and Huggy are still trapped in string cheese and then still sees Wordgirl blocking his exit.) What's going on here? Two Wordgirl's? Are you a clone or something?
Janella: No, I'm not a clone.
Dr. Two-Brains: (He then sees that there are slight differences to the two Wordgirls. One has a monkey sidekick and the other doesn't.) Man, I must be eating some bad cheese or something. (He then hands the cheese back to the grocery store manager.) Here, I don't think I want anymore cheese right now. I better go and lie down.
Grocery Store Manager: Thank you, Wordgirl. (He too sees two Wordgirls.) Hmmm, how come there are two of you?
Janella: I'm not sure.
Grocery Store Manager: Well, thanks for helping me.
Janella: No problem.
Wordgirl/Becky: (Busts out of the cheese cocoons and zips over to the other Wordgirl.) Hi, thanks for the help, but where did you come from? I never seen you before in my life and you kind of look familiar to me.
Janella: I was just going to tell you the same thing.
Kurt: Janella!
Wordgirl/Becky: Your name is 'Janella'? That sounds kind of unique and pretty.
Janella: Thanks. So can you tell me your name?
Wordgirl/Becky: Not in here.
Janella: Oh, say no more. I understand. I only let my family and three of my closest friends know my secret identity.
Wordgirl/Becky: Wow, that many people know your identity?
Janella: Well, my mom was Wordgirl once too.
Wordgirl/Becky: What? Your mom was Wordgirl too?
Janella: And so was my grandmother, great grandmother, and my great-great grandmother. She was actually the first Wordgirl.
Wordgirl/Becky: Really? Your great-great grandmother was the first Wordgirl? (She and Huggy are looking at each other, feeling awkward.)
Janella: Yep. It's all in this book that my great-great grandmother gave me for my 7th birthday. She died before I turned 7, but she signed it and wrote a birthday wish inside of it.
Wordgirl/Becky: May I see it?
Janella: Sure. (She then hands the book to the other Wordgirl.)
Wordgirl/Becky: (Reads the cover.) "My Life Story" By Rebecca Botsford-McCallister aka Wordgirl.? Wait, I'm Becky Botsford.
Janella: What? Are you saying that you're my great-great grandmother?
Kurt: Are you really here? I never really got to know you.
Janella: That's my brother, Kurt. He's 6.
Kurt: If she's our great-great grandmother, where is our great-great grandfather?
Janella: I don't know. He must be only 10 or 11 years old now.
(Just then, Jane, Jake, and Billy show up at the grocery store.)
Jane: Janella! Where are we? I went to my house and I saw a red-head and her mom living there.
Billy: And I saw a blonde girl and her mom living in my house.
Jake: And I saw a blonde boy and his mom living in my house.
Janella: Guys, I think we went back in time.
Kurt: This is our great-great grandmother.
Janella: She's the first Wordgirl.
Kids: WOW!
Wordgirl/Becky: (Whispers to Huggy.) We need to get them back to the hideout. We can't let them go around and telling people about this. (Then goes to speak to the five kids.) Um, Huggy and I are going to take you somewhere we can talk about this in private.
Janella: Ok.
(They then zoom over to the Hideout.)
Kurt: This looks like Great Aunt Charlene's house.
Janella: I think this is where Great Aunt Charlene lives later.
Kurt: Oh.
Wordgirl/Becky: So, you're saying that this book was written by the Original Wordgirl and her name is Rebecca Botsford-McCallister?
Janella: Yes.
Wordgirl/Becky: (Huggy says that the author's last name is Botsford-McCallister, and that means that…) Oh no. In the future I'm married to Tobey? (She feels slightly ill at the thought of being married to Tobey.) Ugh! Do you mind of I read it?
Janella: Do you think it's a good idea? I mean, you're going to know about your future and we don't want it to change.
Wordgirl/Becky: Look, I understand that letting of me learn too much about my future, that you think I may want to change it, but I won't. No matter how disturbing it will be. (She then goes to read the book.) Huggy, do you want me to read this to you too? (Huggy says 'yes'.) No matter what we read, we can't change our futures. So whatever we read has to stay that way. (Huggy says, I understand and you have to abide to the same rules.) Yeah, yeah, yeah. (She then braces herself as she's about to read the whole first chapter.) Wow, that that was a great chapter that I read. (Huggy, I'm dead?) Yes, Buddy. I'm dead too. I want to read the chapter on the villains next.
Janella: That's like Chapter 4, I think.
Wordgirl/Becky: Yeah, but…I just feel the need to read it before the next two chapters.
Janella: It's actually a very good chapter and it's also the longest of the chapters. Because it talks about each and every villain.
Wordgirl/Becky: Wow. That does sound long. Well, Huggy, do you want me to read the chapter on the villains? (Huggy, I want to hear it.) (And after she reads Chapter 4, which is all about her villains.) Wow, that was very touching. And sad, especially when I read how they all die. Eileen dies from an aneurysm, caused by her super powers. Victoria dies from breast cancer and she's not even going to be that old. Tobey dies at the age of 85? But I did read some good things. Soon, all of my villains will give up their villainous ways. Some get married. Doc and LRW name their only child after me. (She then reads the rest of the book.) This is a very good book. (Huggy, your skills really are the best.) Thanks Huggy.
Janella: I see that you like the book. You know what? You can keep it.
Wordgirl/Becky: But it's yours.
Janella: That's ok. I'll get it back at some point in time.
Wordgirl/Becky: That's true. (Huggy, what if you villains find this book? They'll learn all about the future and they may want to change some of it.) I don't know. What I wrote in here is nothing but good things. I didn't say too many negative things about the villains. Maybe they'll like what they read and not want to change anything about the future either. Well, we have to get home now. You kids are welcomed to stay here in the hideout if you want.
Janella: Thanks but we need to find a way home again.
Wordgirl/Becky: You'll find your way home, Janella. We may need help from other sources though. I know of a scienctist who may help. But, we'll have to wait until tomorrow, I have to get home now.
Kurt: Janella, is she going to help us get home to Mommy and Daddy?
Janella: She'll try to, at least.
Wordgirl/Becky: And you and your friends are permitted to stay here in the hideout until then.
Janella: Thanks. (Janella's brother and three friends thank her as well.)
(Wordgirl and Huggy then zoom home.)
The End…
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