The Nightmare
Part 1
(One this day, like any other day, Wordgirl and Capt. Huggyface are battling one of their many villains, but on this day, for some reason, she's battling villain after villain and the same thing has been happening for the past two weeks or so.)
Wordgirl/Becky: (Feeling the stress and fatigue.) Huggy, what are the all the villains trying to do? (Huggy, I don't know. Maybe it's just a coincendence that they are all committing crimes on the same day.) Yeah, I guess. (She is just finishing a battle with the Whammer, who had tried to rob the museum, and now she's heading across town to calm down and defeat The Birthday Girl, and earlier, she was in a heated battle with Chuck, who was robbing the bank.) (After a hour of trying to calm down and defeating the Birthday Girl, Wordgirl doesn't hear anymore alarms or cries for help and she and Huggy zoom home, to get some much needed rest.) (But just as she is about to lay her head down to get some sleep, she hears the Help Guy with her super hearing.)
Help Guy: (Calling for help from the middle of town.) HHHEEEELLLPPPP! TOBEY'S ROBOTS ARE DESTROYING THE CITY! HHHHEEELLLLPPPP!
Wordgirl/Becky: (Kicking off her covers, with fury and vigor.) I…don't….believe…it! Let's go, Huggy! WORD UP! (She gets to the center of town and she sees Tobey's robots destroying things.) TOBEY!
Tobey: Ahh, there's my lovely Wordgirl. So, let's see if you can destroy 60 robots! (She destroys all of the robots but then goes over to Tobey and grabs his remote, thus destroying it as well.) HEY, THAT'S MY MASTER REMOTE! Now I have to fix it!
Wordgirl/Becky: Tobey, I've just had it up to here with you villains causing all this crime! Everyday for the past two weeks, I've been battling you all non-stop. I am frustrated and stressed out and I…I JUST WISH THAT ALL YOU VILLAINS WOULD JUST GO AWAY AND NEVER, EVER COME BACK!
Tobey: Whoa! That was a bit harsh, don't you think?
Wordgirl/Becky: At this point, I don't care! None of you seem to care about me, so why should I care about you?!
Tobey: But…
Wordgirl/Becky: Just go away. Tobey! (She grabs Huggy and flies home.) (Huggy, don't you think you were a little hard on Tobey?) I know, but I'm just so tired of this. I just want to go home and not worry about villains anymore. (She finally gets to sleep and as she sleeps, she starts to think about what if something were to happen to the villains, then she and the whole town wouldn't have to worry about them causing chaos again.)
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(Wordgirl begins to have a nightmare, but it doesn't seem like a nightmare or a dream at all.)
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(Becky and Bob wake up and go to head for the breakfast table.)
TJ: Hey there, Becky.
Wordgirl/Becky: Hey TJ.
Mr. Botsford: (Coming into the kitchen to begin making breakfast.) How about some morning TV time during breakfast?
Wordgirl/Becky: I think there's an early morning episode of Pretty Princess on.
Mr. Botsford: There you go.
(As the Pretty Princess cartoon is about to begin, the news comes on.)
Wordgirl/Becky: Oh, come on!
Newscaster #1: This just in…Local, Old-Time villainess, Granny May was found dead this morning in her home.
(At this point, everyone in the house stops and listens to the news report.)
TJ: What did he say?
Wordgirl/Becky: Granny May's dead? (Whispering to Bob.) That's impossible. We just defeated her two days ago and she seemed to be normal and quite healthy. (Bob shrugs his shoulders, I don't know what to tell you.) We better get over to her lair and find out what happened. (She finishes her breakfast and after putting away the dishes.) Dad, Bob and I are going to going somewhere. We'll be back.
Mr. Botsford: Ok Becky.
Wordgirl/Becky: (They step out of the house and transform.) WORD UP! (They then zoom to Granny May's lair/home and she sees a bunch of police officers around and she also sees Granny May's family, including Eugene and Great Granny May, mourning the loss.) Excuse me, can anyone tell me what happened?
Police Commissioner: It seems that Granny May died of a heart attack or something.
Wordgirl/Becky: But that's impossible. I just battled her two days ago and she seemed fine to me. In fact, she seemed very healthy.
Police Commissioner: I don't know what to say, Wordgirl.
Wordgirl/Becky: (She walks over to Great Granny May and Eugene.) Hey, I'm sorry for your loss.
Great Granny May: Thank you, Sugar.
Eugene: Granny May said that I can keep her cat, if anything were to happen to her. But I miss my grandma.
Great Granny May: And I miss my only daughter. She may have been a super, evil villain, but she was still my baby girl.
Wordgirl/Becky: Like I said, I'm so sorry for your loss and I offer my condolences for you and the rest of your family.
Great Granny May: Thank you, Baby. You know, my daughter may have battled you a lot, but she really admired your spirit and your battles made her feel young.
Wordgirl/Becky: She was a very wise woman and I admired her too. She was very smart, a lot smarter than most of my younger villains. She will be missed by my sidekick and I.
(Great Granny May and Eugene thank Wordgirl for her kind words and go to plan Granny May's funeral, which Wordgirl and Huggy were invited to, as well.)
(The next day, everyone gathers at Granny May's funeral and after the priest performs the ceremony and after everyone has given their eulogy, Wordgirl walks over to the other villains, who are all gathered around Granny May's tombstone.)
Chuck: (He sees her walk over to the tombstone.) Hey there, Wordgirl.
Wordgirl/Becky: Hey there. I'm really sorry about this. I had just battled her like a few days ago and she seemed in top form. I don't understand.
Chuck: I understand. Maybe it just happened, you know. Maybe she didn't even know it was going to happen.
Dr. Two-Brains: And I hope you know that you can't prevent anyone from dying of natural causes.
Wordgirl/Becky: I know. But why do I still feel guilty?
Dr. Two-Brains: Because you feel bad about Granny May's death and you feel responsible for it somehow.
Wordgirl/Becky: Yeah, that's it.
(Later, after placing a bouquet of flowers onto the grave, Wordgirl and Huggy fly home slowly and transform as soon as she enters her room.)
TJ: Hey, where have you been?
Wordgirl/Becky: I was up here. I'm kind of sad to hear that Granny May died.
TJ: Well, at least we know we don't have to worry about her robbing anyone anymore.
Wordgirl/Becky: Don't you have any feelings?
TJ: Well, I guess. But she was a villain.
Wordgirl/Becky: Yeah, but that shouldn't matter. She's still a person with a family, just like everyone else. (She then heads to her room and begins to think about how did Granny May die, since she was in great health the last time they battled, which was about three days ago or so.) Huggy, do you miss Granny May, like I do? (Huggy, Yes, I really do. It was a real tragedy to hear that she died so suddenly.) Yes, I agree with you, Huggy. Well, she was 75 years old, that's not exactly young. But then she did have as much vitality as anyone half her age, including myself.
(She wakes up the next day and heads for school.)
(In class, Scoops comes up to her and shows her a copy of the Daily Rag.)
Scoops: Hey Becky, did you see the article in the Daily Rag. It's all about the sudden death of Granny May.
Wordgirl/Becky: (She then goes to read the article.) "Granny May 1932-2008, died from a sudden heart attack." (She continues to read the rest of the article.) I'm sure she would be proud of this article.
Scoops: Wow, Granny May read the Daily Rag?
Wordgirl/Becky: I'm sure the Big City Times wrote an article about her death as well. But still find it odd that she would die from a heart attack. I remember that she was battling Wordgirl like two days before she died.
Violet: Maybe she was very sick and she didn't know it. Or maybe she hid her poor health and didn't want anyone else to know. Sometimes some people try to cover up things like that.
Wordgirl/Becky: You may be right, Violet.
Ms. Davis: Ok Class. Let's get started on today's lessons.
(What Wordgirl or anyone knows is that there's a mysterious person, who's unknown and has decided to grant Wordgirl's wish of making the villains go away forever. But this being is fulfilling this wish by ending their lives.)
(The person has gotten a list of all of Wordgirl's villains, the first one on the list is: Granny May. The person than takes a black marker and crosses off Granny May's name.)
Mystery Killer: One down, 23 to go. Who's my next victim? (The mysterious killer looks on the list and sees the next villain to who's destined to die.) Eileen, The Birthday Girl. (The Mystery Killer laughs manically and then cackles.)
(A few days later, Eileen is in the park, playing on the swings, then she's approached by a strange person.)
Birthday Girl: Hewwo, I'm Eileen.
Mystery Killer: That's nice. I've heard of you, Eileen. You like to celebrate your birthday everyday.
Birthday Girl: That's wight.
Mystery Killer: Well, how would you like to have a special Birthday Girl cupcake? It's chocolate.
Birthday Girl: Chocowate? I wove chocowate! Gimmie! Gimmie!
Mystery Killer: Here you go. (The person then hands her the cupcake and stands there as Eileen devours it, without hesitation or control.) Was that a tasty cupcake?
Birthday Girl: Yes. Thank you. I have to go home now. Thank you for the cupcake.
Mystery Killer: No problem, (then in a whisper.) you little nieve child. (Laughs and then takes the black marker and darkens Eileen's name on the list of villainous victims.) Pretty soon, all of these villains will be dead and the greatest wish will come true.
(A few days later, Becky is sitting in class when the principal makes an announcement to the whole school.)
Principal: I have some rather bad news for the student body and staff of Woodview Elementary School. I have gotten a call from the mother of Eileen, the Birthday Girl. It appears that Eileen ws found dead in her room, two days ago, by her mother.
Violet: (Hearing the death of Eileen makes her very upset.) Oh No! That's so sad. (She then begins to cry.)
Wordgirl/Becky: (She tries to confort her best friend.) There has got to be a reason behind this. How would Eileen die? She's only 11, like us.
Principal: Her mother has issued an autopsy of her body to find a cause of death. But until then, we're going to end class early today.
(A few minutes later, school lets out early and a few days later, Eileen, the Birthday Girl is laid to rest.)
Wordgirl/Becky: I don't understand what's happening. First, Granny May and, now, The Birthday Girl?
Scoops: (As the funeral ends and everyone leaves the cemetery, Scoops takes out a copy of the Daily Rag.) I don't know if this is the right place for this, but I found out the result of Eileen's death.
Violet: What?
Scoops: She had eaten a poisoned cupcake.
Wordgirl/Becky: How would she get something like that? Why would she eat it anyway?
Violet: Maybe she didn't know it was poisoned.
Wordgirl/Becky: (She then goes to read the rest of the article.) "Another of the city's villains dies. Eileen, the Birthday Girl 1997-2008." This is so sad. I know somewhere, Wordgirl is sad as well.
(She and rest of her friends place bouquets of flowers onto Eileen's grave and they sadly exit the cemetery.)
(Elsewhere, the Mystery Killer is marking off the list of the victims.)
Mystery Killer: That's now two down and 22 to go. Who's next on my list?
(Over the next few months, Wordgirl's villains are dying. One right after another. Right after Granny May and Eileen died, Steven McClean, Timmy Timbo, Seymore Smooth, and Capt. Tangent are also found dead as well.)
Wordgirl/Becky: Huggy, I don't know what's going on. It seems that someone or something is killing the villains. But why just the villains? (Huggy, we need to warn the rest of the villains. They might all be in danger.) You're right. Come on, let's go. And we need to keep the rest of the villains safe from whatever or whoever is killing them. And we need to do this, because if we don't, the villains will all be dead.
The End…
Next…Wordgirl's Nightmare continues…
