Jack and the Girls entered HIM's lair by slowly opening the front door. They had been about to crash through his roof like they had when they left Major Man but Jack managed to stop them in time by pointing out that they didn't want to alert HIM to their presence too soon. The girls agreed and Jack jimmied open the door giving them access inside.

They looked around at an all-red living room. The entire place, walls, floor, and most of the furniture was either red or pink with the exception of a few green chairs. Jack stands awestruck for a few seconds before regaining his voice.

"And I thought seeing you fly was different."

The girls quietly giggle as the foursome splits up to search HIM's lair.

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Bubbles was examining the rooms along the hall when she suddenly heard a loud, masculine voice.

"WHAT!? You idiot! How could you tell them!" it yelled.

Oh, no! Bubbles thought, HIM! They had worried that HIM would be home but had decided to risk it since now was the only time they would have a clear shot at getting the spell in their hands. Bubbles didn't bother hearing the rest of HIM's rant as she rushed to the living room where Jack and Blossom were searching.

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Jack saw Bubbles flying frantically right at him.

"hmis phobe dro" Bubbles said, though Jack had no way of knowing that she was saying "HIM is on the phone in his bedroom!"

"Bubbles, sweetie, what's wrong?" Jack asked, worried, "Bubbles, you know I can't understand you. Is that demon thing, HIM?"

Bubbles nodded her head vigorously, a very scared look on her face.

"He's here?"

Bubbles continued nodding and pointed at the bedroom.

"Okay, let's try and stay away from there." Jack said, hoping they could find the spell without having to go there and before HIM realized he had unwelcome visitors.

As Jack looked around the living room with the girls, he saw Blossom looking at a safe hidden behind a picture of some naked red guy who resembled a devil that had let himself go. Blossom quietly ripped open the safe and carried a piece of paper inside of it over to Jack.

Jack examined the paper closely. Though it was hard to read, it was written in English, and was undoubtedly the magic spell they were looking for. When Jack told the kids this Blossom and Bubbles were, without a doubt, excited. Buttercup, however, seemed almost sad that they'd found it. But their celebration over their success didn't last very long.

"Pardon me..." said a feminine voice behind them, "but I believe that's mine."

"o wn m" Buttercup shouted, only Blossom and Bubbles heard "Oh, no! HIM!"

Indeed, HIM was standing at the entrance of the hallway, a very angry look on his face.

"Now, if you wouldn't mind." HIM said in his feminine voice, continuing in his masculine, "Giving me back what's mine!"

"And if we don't." Jack said, all but daring HIM to try something.

HIM swiped one of his lobster claws in front of him and suddenly Jack was thrown sideways into a wall, the spell falling out of his hands.

"Ampa!" Buttercup yelled. She attacked HIM head-on followed closely by Bubbles and Blossom.

"You won't catch me off-guard this time." said HIM, back in his feminine tones.

HIM twirled his claw and an orange energy barrier appeared around him and bounced the girls to the floor. He then used some telekinesis, an easy feat for someone like HIM, to hold the children to the ground. He dropped the barrier and walked slowly to the girls

"You know..." HIM said, in his feminine voice, "I'm almost glad Major Idiot told you about the spell. Now you will know I was the one fully responsible for your deaths."

"Not so fast, buddy!" someone beside HIM said right before punching him right in the jaw.

"Take that you Devil-wannabe!" said Jack Keane as he gave HIM a few more socks to the face and stomach. "Guess you didn't count on their grandpa being a Citysville District Heavyweight Boxing Champion!"

The attack broke HIM's concentration and his hold on the Girls broke, allowing them to get off the floor. HIM, recovering from Jack's assault, was about to attack the old boxer when the girls again charged the demon and started their own flurry of punches and kicks. They began beating on the creature with even more ferocity than they had back at the Hillside Infant Manor. All Jack could do was stay out of the kids' way while watching them with awe.

One day, Jack thought, I should try to teach them how to box. The mere thought of what that powers of theirs could do if they were taught to use them properly just left him speechless.

The girls finished their beat-down and floated to Jack, who picked up the spell and looked at the fallen monster. Jack clearly saw that if that thing were human, it never would have survived the assault. Jack wasn't even all that sure it survived even though it wasn't human.

But that wasn't Jack's concern now. He once again allowed the girls to carry him though the air back to the convention center so they could get the station wagon and go home.

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Sandy and Utonium were nowhere near as happy as Jack and the kids were at gaining the spell. To Jack, they seemed so angry at him that he would be hearing a lot of colorful language if the kids weren't sitting quietly on the floor. They weren't angry just because he'd gone against their wishes and taken the girls to the convention center, in fact, Sandy was expecting him to do it since last night. They were angry at the fact he'd put their babies at such great risks, not believing they were much older, at least in mind if not body.

"Okay...let me see if I have this right..." Sandy said, mirroring Jack's own responses to Major Man's story, "...you took the girls to that demon-thing's lair, knowing full well it tried to kill them the day before. And all because of the fairy tales of that Major Glory wannabe!"

"And you come home prattling on about some magic history changing spell. What were you thinking?" Utonium said, more furious than Jack had ever seen him before.

"Hey, hey, hey," said Jack, holding his hands out in front of him, "I know it wasn't too bright, but those girls were fully capable of handling themselves. And if you don't believe me about the five-year-old thing, Sandy, test them. You're a Kindergarten teacher, you know what to look for.

"Aside from talking and motor skills, they have the minds of Kindergartners. I even think Blossom might be a little higher then that, she at least seems to be the leader."

Buttercup and Bubbles glowered at their smug, smiling sister.

"Okay, I will, Right now. And I'll let you know the results as soon as I'm finished." Sandy stated, picking up Bubbles and taking her to an office Utonium made for her. Jack and Utonium picked up the other girls and took them in there to let Sandy do her work.

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