Back in the woods, the Groove Squad had been continuing practicing their powers, while Chrissy just sat down on the rock, feeling frustrated.
"They get to master their powers, and I have nothing to take my anger out on..." She mumbled to herself.
"Okay ladies, time to take a little rest before the next part of our training lesson." said Adrienne.
"Finally, I was getting air sickness from that flying." Ping said as she landed down onto the ground.
Adrienne handed the girls some water, "Here. You'll need to stay hydrated if you want to keep up your strength."
The girls sat down and drank from their respective water bottles.
"Boy, this training thing is hard work." Penny remarked. "I could've blown my neo cortex on that mind-moving."
"And I was getting really air sick." Ping said. "Oh my God, I could've spun in midair like a piñata."
"There are only so many things I can look at with me see-through vision." said Mackenzie. "But there are also some things I don't intend on looking at."
"There are some places I intend to sneak into during the day using my invisibility." Bridget said.
"You know Chrissy, your powers should be recharged by now." said Penny. "Why don't you try giving them a shot?"
"Okay." said Chrissy.
Chrissy went over to a boulder and started to pick it up. She managed to lift it.
"Aha! Looks like I'm back in shape." She said.
Just then, her arm started wiggling and the rock fell right onto her. She burrowed her way to back to the gang.
"Great, I've lost my strength just when I got it back." Chrissy deadpanned as she got out of the hole she dug.
The girls all laughed at her, much to her irritation. Just then, Adrienne arrived back with a punching dummy.
"I hope you girls are re hydrated, because we have another round of training ahead of us." He said.
"What kind of training are we gonna do this time, Adrienne?" asked Chrissy.
"We're going to do a little something called, martial arts." Adrienne replied. "It will help you when you are trying to defend yourselves."
"In case we lose our powers in the middle of battle?" asked Mac.
"Well that, and because it's mandatory for superheroes to learn martial arts." Adrienne said.
"So which martial art are we gonna learn?" asked Penny. "Kung-fu? Karate? Jujitsu?"
"Judo." Adrienne replied. "It's a modern martial art often used in sporting events. It was originally created in 1882 by Jigoro Kano as a physical, mental, and moral pedagogy in Japan."
"Sounds real scary if you ask me." Ping gulped.
"Nonsense, it's really incredible, Ping." Adrienne assured her. "Although sparing may be involved in the future."
"What?" Ping gasped.
"That works for me." said Bridget. "Now for a super cool written training montage."
Since we can't actually do a montage, I will tell instead of show. Basically, Adrienne showed the girls the basics of Judo and they did many practice sessions. However, Chrissy wasn't having much luck. She usually just ended up accidentally missing or kicking herself in the face.
"Ooh Chrissy, that's got to be one nasty fall." said Adrienne. "But don't worry, you'll get better eventually."
"Yeah, it's not your fault you're a slow learner and a klutz." Bridget laughed.
Chrissy started to get pretty irritated when everyone started chuckling.
Meanwhile, Tim and Larry were on their way to the forest, while having a nice conversation.
"So uh, Tim, uh, Mr. Witchsmeller, how did you become such a science whiz?" asked Larry.
"Well funny you should, ask." said Tim. "My mother was a witch and my father was a mortal, so I had pretty limited skills. All of those other witches bullied me, so I made it my goal to get rid of those witches for all they did to me. I had an aardvark once to help me, but he got lost on some sort of island."
"Ah, a misfit, like me." said Larry.
"That reminds me, how did you end up like that and what's a guy like you doing with a nutcase like Nightingale?" asked Tim.
"Well, he saved my life several years ago and brought me back like this." said Larry. "But that's a story for another day. Right now, we need to focus on tracking down the Groove Squad."
"Of course." said Tim. "According to the GPS map, we should be getting to this, Groove Squad in about 3.4 miles."
"The boss is gonna love us for this." Larry cackled.
Back in the woods, Chrissy kept trying to get the Judo moves right, but every time, she kept screwing up.
"Ugh!" She grunted as she fell on her back.
"Chrissy, you've been doing this for a while, maybe you should take a break." Penny suggested.
"No, I have to do this!" Chrissy breathed heavily. "I have to win!"
"Gee, I've never seen her so frustrated." Bridget remarked.
"Neither have we." Ping and Mackenzie added.
"It's almost as if she's obsessed." Penny remarked.
Chrissy kept trying to master those moves, but kept failing.
"AAAHHHH!" She screamed in fury. "I just can't do it! I can't! I can't!"
"Calm down, baby, you'll get it eventually with a little more practice." Adrienne tried to reason.
"If it wasn't for that stuck-up cow, Star, I'd beat her skinny butt back to wherever she came from!" Chrissy stomped her foot ever so hard. "If I still had my powers, I'd give her what for! I'd crush her, destroy her, AND MAKE HER PAY! I'd make them all pay!"
Chrissy started growling harder and suddenly, her eyes turned bloodshot and angry.
"What the heck?!" Her friends shouted.
Suddenly, Chrissy started going through some sort of hideous transformation. Her skin pigment started to become some sort of dark pink, her eye seclera turned green, her eye pupils turned up like vertical ovals, she grew to almost the size of a T-Rex, and her hair became all nappy and messed up. Chrissy was turned into a big, scary hulking monster.
Everyone looked at the now-monstrous Chrissy with
"I think practice session is over." Ping gulped.
Author's Note:
Well folks, looks like we've seen a new depth of Chrissy's powers! Stay tuned for what happens next!