Ch. 4: The Haunting of Chrissie
A few hours later, Colleen has a meeting in El Toro's home which is a Mission-Style House.
"There's gotta be a way to stop El Sombrer'on before he goes after another girl," Colleen discusses at the meeting.
"How are we gonna capture someone who can teleport in and out of places?" Cody asks.
"Unfortunately, there aren't that many stories on how to stop El Sombrer'on except for cutting your hair," Drago said.
"Still, I've seen a lot of goblins over the centuries, but something about him is different from Froggo and his goons," Hsi Wu states while pondering.
"You mean other than he has more smarts than the four of them combine to make a brain cell?" Ice jokes.
"It's no laughing matter, Ice," El Toro tells him, "With El Sombrer'on, no girl is safe."
"Somehow, he doesn't seem so different from you, Hsi Wu," Colleen jokes, causing Hsi Wu to glare, "I better call up Daolon Wong and see if he can find information about him that has been lost with the times."
"In the meantime, you each have a room to spend the night in," El Toro offers, "As both countries say: Mi Casa, su Casa."
At midnight, everyone is sound asleep in their room. Each J-Teen has on their ear plugs in case El Sombrer'on makes an encore. Chrissie is sound asleep in her bed when a dark shadow appears over her. It removes the ear plugs from Chrissie's ears and crushes them into bits. Then, it whisks away outside and back to his host: El Sombrer'on.
"Well done, My shadow," he says, "Now to woo the young sorceress."
He plays his guitar and puts her into a hypnotic trance. Chrissie gets out of bed and walks outside.
"Welcome, my dearest Chrissie."
He takes her to a nearby barn and begins to braid her hair.
"Once I braid your hair, there will be a psychic bond between us," El Sombrer'on explains, "You will do everything I say, and once you are completely in my grasp, your power and your life force will be mine."
The next morning, Chrissie is in her bed when she wakes up without any memory of what has happened. The J-Teens are awaiting her in the kitchen where El Toro is cooking them breakfast. She comes in still looking tired.
"You okay, Chrissie?" Colleen asks with concern.
"I guess I didn't get a good night sleep," Chrissie yawns.
El Toro hands each of them a fried egg breakfast. Chrissie is about to eat hers when her eggs suddenly turn into soil, shocking everybody. El Toro knows what has happened.
"Chrissie, you've been cursed by El Sombrer'on!" he states.
Chrissie gasps with fear.