Well, here's the other chapter. I guess...

The group had panned out. All except Trini and Karolina. Trini's heart couldn't stop racing.

"You think…they're going to die?" Karolina placed a hand on her shoulder.

"It's not that hard to believe. They haven't eaten in… a while. Their last meal was destroyed by Molly." Trini mumbled. "If they're not fed soon, they're dead."

"But you have their lives. How can they die?" Karolina panned down to look Trini in the eye.

"I don't know. But I feel their death coming soon."

"And you're scared you might die, too."

Trini nodded.

"Alright, this looks like the epicenter of Tall, Dark and Horrific's warpath." Nico announced. "I want everyone combing the rubble, see if you can find any clues as to where this thing might have-."

"HELP!" A voice cried.

"What?" Nico panned.

"Behind you!" Trini raced around Nico towards the rubble.

"Please help me!"

"Allow me, Karolina. It's the least I can do after I embarrassed myself in battle against that overgrown-."

"Way ahead of you, Xavster!" Molly announced as she yanked the boulder off of the man who was trapped behind it. "But if I gotta keep lifting stuff, am I allowed to buy a can of diet Cherry Vanilla Dr. Pepper? Or a two-liter?" He seemed fine; yet terrified.

"Oh, thank god. I thought I was gonna…" The man stopped and gasped. "Wait. You're…the Pride's kids. You're the ones who murdered your parents!"

"I don't know which episode of Art Bell you heard from, but our 'rents got themselves killed." Nico corrected.

"Get away from me! I had nothing to do with this!" He reached into his belt.

"Calm down, sir. No on it accusing you-." Karolina started.

"GET AWAY FROM ME!" The man pulled a gun from his waist and shot off towards the kids.

Karolina quickly pulled a field around the group. "Ooo! Did you see how fast I pulled that one up?"

"That's my girl." Xavin praised.

Victor lit up his fist, "Glock 21, right? .45 cal with a thirteen-round magazine. Polymer receiver, but the slide is sweet, sweet steel."

"I'm not even gonna ask how you knew that." Trini commented.

"I don't know how I knew that either." He then proceeded to take the gun apart piece by piece.

Nico pointed her staff at the man's face. "Give me one reason why I shouldn't turn your ugly face into mealworms."

"You got no right to hurt me! I used to be a cop!" The man shouted.

"Is that why you opened fire on unarmed teenagers?" Nico narrowed her eyes.

"All the more reason to attack him." Trini crossed her arms.

"It's not my fault!" The stranger insisted. "I didn't turn the old guy into that monster; the magical doodad I nicked from one of your evil folks did!"

"Which 'old guy' are you rambling about?" Nico interrogated.

"Walters! Geezer who's been running this antiques joint since the dawn of time." He answered.

"Is this him?" Molly picked up a picture from the rubble. It was a picture of the couple standing together. "His wife is super-pretty."

"His wife is super-dead, kid." The officer attempted to stand. "Got whacked by a gang of teenage hoods way back when my old man was on the force."

"I'm sure your dad will be proud when he hears about us hauling your fat culo off to jail." Victor threatened.

"Don't even." Trini waved her hand. "We hand this dick over to his kind; they'll just let 'em go. Besides, we still have to deal with Jolly Purple Giant."

"Let's go slay a giant." Molly smiled eagerly.

"There it is!" Karolina shouted as she pointed at Walters' monster form.

"Firing lasers." Victor announced as he shot off the beams towards Walters' head.

"Ribbit. Cease And Desist…Or Face Annihilation." The Leapfrog ordered.

"Which is a big fat lie. Since the 'Frog is almost out of juice." Victor bit his lip. "Nic, if this doesn't work, I just wanted to say…"

Trini twisted her face; sensing what he was about to say.

"Don't jinx it, Vic." Nico interrupted. "You and I will live long enough to have a lot of awkward conversations, I promise."

"Lemme do this." Trini stood up. "I shape shifted last night and-."

"If a shape shifter is what you need, then why not send me out there?" Xavin questioned.

"Trini needs to learn how to control her powers. So let her do this." Nico ordered.

"Lemme see her picture, Molly." Trini held her hand out to Molly, who handed her the photo. Trini stared at it for about a couple seconds before she actually began to transform into the woman in the photo.

"Whoa!" Molly smiled. "You did it!"

"I did…" Trini glanced down at herself wearing a long white dress; she was taller than before, and even from her shoulders, she could see the red locks.

"Go out there!" Xavin shouted.

"Screw off, She-man!" Trini snapped as she stomped towards the opening of the Leapfrog.

She took a deep breath as she stepped out. "Stop it, you big dummy." She said softly. "You're going to hurt yourself."

"KRRRN!" Walters exclaimed.

"Yes, my love." Trini nodded. "It's me." She paused. "I know what you're trying to do…but it isn't going to work."

"VRKHRR!" He replied.

"You can live in the past all you want, you can even shake the hands of time until yesterday becomes today…but none of that will bring me back to you." She didn't even know how she knew what he was thinking or what exactly she was saying, but it might have been working. "The only way the dead live on is through the people they leave behind. I have to go now, but if you miss the way things were, then be the kind, gentle man I fell for all those years ago…" Victor flashed the high beams until Trini couldn't be seen. "And not the monster you've become."

"SRR-EEE—EYEM…SAR…EEE…" He began to shrink down until he was an old man on the floor.

"Trini!" Karolina called as she flew out. "Trini, you were fantastic!"

"Seriously, that was amazing." Victor praised as he walked off with Molly in his arms.

"Can we go home now?" Trini looked back as she transformed back into her normal self. "I just…I wanna go home…"

At the Tar Pit

"Trini! Chase is back!" Molly exclaimed as she ran into her room. But then she stopped. "Trini?"

She quickly wiped her face with her sleeve and turned around. "Yeah?" Her voice cracked.

"Are you okay?" Molly strolled in.

"N-no…I'm not okay…" Trini whispered. "I'm…I miss Jake. And…Gert."

"I do, too." Molly sat down next to Trini on her bed. "Jake was pretty cool. Even though he scared me a lot."

Trini chuckled. "Yeah…"

Molly rested her head on Trini's arm. "I'm sorry Jake's gone."

"No need to apologize." Trini sighed and rested her head on Molly's. "Everything's gonna get better."

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