Girls' Night Out

Narrator: One bright morning, Leslie, Mr. Big's assistant, heads into the coffee shop to get her daily coffee before going to work.

Leslie: One cup of cappuccino. (She gets it) Thanks. (Sits in at a table that could fit in more people)

By that time, Beatrice Bixby also walks in to get a coffee.

Beatrice: Make mine a latte, extra whip cream. (Gets it and notices Leslie) Mind if I sit here?

Leslie: Don't mind if you do.

They start drinking, and then Ms. Question flies in on her question mark.

Ms. Question: Can I get mine an espresso? (Obtains it and sees the girls) Hey, aren't you Leslie, Mr. Big's assistant? And you're Lady Redundant Woman, right?

Beatrice: Cut that out, you know who we are; we see each other at the villain conventions all the time! Now, sit down!

Ms. Question: Aren't I already?

Beatrice: Whatever.

Granny May burst in then with her armor.

Granny: Coffee, black! And make it snappy! (She's handed the cup, grabs it, and then drops the armor) About time… (Sees the girls) Hey, hey! Ms. Question! Leslie! Lady Redundant Woman!

Beatrice: That's Beatrice at the moment. But it's always great seeing you, Granny May. You are the stuff of legend!

Granny: Oh, I don't need to brag. I am pretty good at what I do.

Ms. Question: Can you tell us your secret?

Granny: No can do, dearie. Top secret stuff, that is. In fact, I'm even lucky to have secret stuff if I have to get away from Word Girl.

Beatrice: Word Girl! She's always ruining things for us! With so many villains in town, why haven't we stopped her by now?

Ms. Question: Because she's quick on her feet? The men villains can't defeat her?

Beatrice: So true! They're always messing things up! Why, we're the only ones who could always get away from and always get the best of her!

Granny: You're quite right; I never had a battle with her that I couldn't get away from the first time around. She had to learn from the fights we had before she could catch me! (Makes a laugh)

Beatrice: My copies could always disappear on the dime, so she could never get them.

Ms. Question: Don't my question marks always make her vulnerable and to question herself?

Leslie: My ideas to Mr. Big are the ones that made him overpower her, but he never gives me credit…

Granny: Hmm, maybe this time, he will… It's obvious we all have the skills to take down Word Girl. Who else but a woman can get into a young girl's mind…?

Beatrice: So by combining our strengths…

Ms. Question: We can end Word Girl's reign?

Granny: Better yet… We have her join us!

All: What?!

Leslie: That's highly improbable… She would never give up superheroing…

Granny: Don't worry, we'll cross that bridge when we get there. For now, we need the men villains to get out of town for a while…

Ms. Question: But how?

Granny: Leave that to old Granny May, but I'm going to need you to get the other girl villains on our side.

Beatrice: That'll be the Birthday Girl, the Energy Monster, and Victoria Best.

Ms. Question: How do we convince them to join us?

Leslie: They'll be tough nuts to crack.

Granny: You'll figure something out. If it helps, just work on each one. Say Leslie does Birthday Girl, Lady Redundant Woman to the Energy Monster, and Ms. Question to Victoria; that simple.

Beatrice: In that case… (Touching her nose to transform) Let's go, move, and be off!

Narrator: Meanwhile, Becky Botsford heads to school…

Becky: (Walking with a book to her face) Oh, Bob, this is a really good book!

Before Bob could stop her, she bumps into Victoria and they both fall.

Victoria: Watch it, Botsford! You almost ruined my recorder!

Becky: Sorry, Victoria.

Victoria: You better be… (Composes herself and walks off in a huff)

Tobey: (Coming over to Becky; slightly gloating) Well, looks like you've gotten on her bad side again.

Becky: Don't rub it in.

Tobey: Face it, Becky. You and Victoria are never going to get along.

Becky: I'm fully aware of that.

Tobey: Then why even try to be nice to her?

Becky: Who knows? Maybe she'll actually be nice back.

He starts laughing uncontrollably. Becky just rolls her eyes and heads to class.

Eileen: Cupcake? (She offers a tray of chocolate cupcakes to Becky by the door)

Becky: Wow, thanks, Eileen. (She is about to grab one, but Eileen pulls it away)

Eileen: You can have one if you got me a present for my birthday.

Becky: (Sighs) I would, but that would mean getting you a present from now on.

Eileen: And what's wrong with that? It's my birthday every day, so I should get a present every day!

She just shakes her head and takes her seat, awaiting the lessons that are being taught today.

School ends for the day and Ms. Question and Leslie track down the girls there. They wait for them to come out. Leslie bribes to Eileen on a birthday treat she's got and Ms. Question throws a question mark on Victoria and grabs on to her to ride on her flying question mark. They arrive moments later at the café.

Victoria: Hey! What's the big idea?! Kidnapping me! I'll report you to the authorities!

Eileen: Yeah, it's my birthday and I need to go celebrate!

Granny: You can always celebrate it tomorrow! And settle down, prissy pants! We are here to offer you two a deal you won't be able to resist.

Victoria: Fine, but it better be worth it!

Eileen: Alright, but you better give me a big present to make it up for missing today!

Granny: Oh, there will be a big present… but first, we need your help converting Word Girl.

Victoria: (Chortles) Convert Word Girl? Yeah, right.

Granny: I know it'll be hard to do, but if we could just get rid of Word Girl's other foes in the meantime, we'd be giving her a considerable option.

Victoria: You mean… if every guy villain was gone and it was just us girls… Hm, maybe it would work…

Granny: Lady Redundant Woman is getting the Energy Monster as we speak to carry out the plan.

Eileen: Wait, my Energy Monster is a girl?

Victoria: I always thought it was a guy.

Granny: Nope; Two-Brains told us about his little stunt with the Energy Monster and found out she was a girl named Maria.

Victoria: Whatever works; in fact, that's great! We could use some extra muscle just in case!

Granny: And we wouldn't have to bend the girls' only rule.

Ms. Question: What if we still can't convert her?

Granny: Then we just have to defeat her and girl villains rule the city!

Victoria: Works for me. (In her thoughts) And once we do take control… I'll take the reins! Queen Victoria… I like the sound of that…

Eileen: (In her mind) Once we take over, I'll own every party place in the city so I can celebrate my birthday!

Ms. Question: (Thinking as well) When should I strike? After we take control? Then should I be the only one in charge?

Granny: (Thinking) For now, we'll work together… but once we have the city, I'll be the one you take orders from!

LRW: Okay, I got her. (Holding a glass jar with the small monster inside)

Granny: Excellent! (Taking the jar and looked through the glass) Now listen to me, Maria… (The monster suddenly got excited by the mention of her real name and listened to the plan) Now, I'm going to give you to Eileen, since you two do have a history, but you will not eat any appliances until the time is right, got it?!

Maria nodded her head several times. Then, Granny released her and she went to Eileen's side.

Eileen: Oh, it's good to have you back!

Granny: Remember, she doesn't eat anything electrical!

Eileen: Okay…

LRW: Now how are the men going to be gone, left, departed?

Granny: Patience, dearie. As much as I hate to admit it, but there are more men villains than women villains.

Leslie: Shall I give you an estimate?

Granny: No need. As president of the Villains' Association, I know the exact number. And I need your skills, Lady Redundant Woman; I need copies of this fake ticket for a cruise…

The girl villains all look at each other in confusion…