Ch. 4: Trolley Trouble
Cody, Drago, and Hsi Wu are trying to bust the door down, but the constant smoke is weakening them as they all cough violently. Jackie is just coming up to see what is taking so long when he sees the door padlocked and smoke vapors coming from under then door. He gasps ran to the door, and kicks the padlock off, unlocking the door. The J-Teens came out fast and coughing.
"Are you guys alright?!" Jackie asks with concern.
"We're fine, Jackie," Colleen assured him, "but someone sabotaged the float."
Moments later, the parents rushed back after hearing about what happened. An ambulance and a fire truck came in. All six J-Teens were breathing into oxygen tanks when Mikey and Mr. Collins came up to them.
"What's wrong? Did Colleen lose her temper so bad, she blew smoke instead of steam?" Mikey laughed.
"Not funny, Mikey!" his dad yelled, "They could have been killed. What happened?"
"Somehow, the float began to blow, and somebody locked us in the gym," Chrissie explained.
"And I know why," said one of the firemen, "Someone planted a smoke bomb in the dragon's mouth."
"And I think I know who!" Sophie angrily approaches everyone, "Stacey was missing while we were taking our break! She probably sabotaged the float to get back at me for not choosing her idea!"
"Why don't you accuse me of your poor fashion sense while you're at it," Stacey sneered.
"Sophie, don't point fingers!" Finn commanded, "There's no proof that she did it."
"Oh I know she and her thug friends did it! I never even wanted them to work on this float! The only reason I agreed to this is because my darling mother, her and Mikey's psychologist, made me to help them with their esteem issues!"
"Wait! Stacey and Mikey are getting help?" Drago smiled, "This is rich!"
Finn covers Sophie's mouth to prevent her from talking further when a woman with his red hair and in casual mom clothes comes in crossing her arms.
"Hi, Sis," Finn sheepishly smiled.
"Oh no! It's Sophie's mom."
"When it rains, it pours," Hsi Wu said while covering his eyes.
"Sophie, I came here to make sure you weren't in a fire, and you go and tell what's going on between me and Stacey," Dr. Reilly lectures.
"I think it's best if we return home after a tough day," Jackie said, "and tell Captain Black about what happened."
Jade was about to leave when she see Stacey in front of a window alone. She walks over to see what's wrong with her. When she came in close, she saw the awgwa instead of Stacey's reflection.
"Nice try, Stacey, but we will get them when they are on the trolley home," the awgwa said.
"Stace, what are you-?" Jade asks.
Jade then gasps when she sees the awgwa in the window. Stacey turns and sees Jade.
"What are you looking at, Squirt?" Stacey yells.
"N-nothing, Stacey," Jade said nervously.
"Well keep telling yourself that."
Jade turns around with concern on her face.
Moments later, she, Jackie, Cody, Colleen, Chrissie, and Finn take a ride on the trolley home.
"You can bet my dad will bounce off the walls when he hears this," Colleen said, "What's the damage with Sophie and her mom."
"My sister took her home to give her a lecture about her temper tantrums toward Stacey," Finn replied, "You can bet that when I get to her house, Sophie will shout "I am never speaking to you again", run to her room and slam the door."
"Tch. Typical teenage drama," Jackie said, "No offense, Guys."
"None taken, Jackie," Colleen said, "Sophie's a good person; she just feels her mom prefers a pretty, popular girl like Stacey over a smart overachiever like her."
"Plus, she tends to let her pride get the best of her at times," Finn added.
Suddenly, the trolley began to go faster.
"Is this trolley going way too fast to you?" Jade asks with a nervous look.
The trolley is now going faster and faster.
"The trolley is out of control!" shouted the engineer, "I can't control it!"
The people scream after hearing that. At a nearby trolley station, the awgwa uses Stacey and his power to zap magic into a trolley cable, casting a spell on the Trolley to make it fast enough to crash. The Teens zoom by Stacey and see her under cable.
"Stacey is behind this!" Colleen said.
"It's not her fault; it's something else!" Jade tried to say.
"Talk later!" Jackie said.
They Trolley is now going downhill, heading straight to San Francisco Bay.
"We're heading to the Bay!" Finn shouted.
"Cody, use your Earth powers!" Colleen informed.
"You got it!" Cody said as he raises his hands.
Cody uses his Earth power to make the street rocky and bumpy, causing the trolley to slow down and stop before it fell into the bay.
Moments later, police and an ambulance came in after getting the call. Captain Black is there as well.
"Is everyone alright?" Captain Black asks with concern.
"We're fine, but we got a problem," Colleen said, "Stacey is literally out to get us. We saw her casting some kind of spell on the cable. I think Sophie may be right about her sabotaging the float."
"I don't think she's doing this, Col," Jade informed, "Before we left I saw some kind of monster in her reflection. It looked like a black chimp with spikes all over him and a bull ring in his nose. It looked really familiar to me."
"Are you sure, jade?" Colleen said.
"Positive, Col."
"We better get over to Xua Wing and tell him about it."
Stacey and the awgwa look at them from the crowd evilly and walk away.