"Guy… Guy… GUY!" yelled Kelly, Guy's twin sister.
"What is it?" he called back.
"You need to help me with cleaning the basement. Aunt Agnes left a lot of odd things that need to be cleaned out." Agnes Munroe was the kids' great aunt. She had died three years ago. In her will, which was discovered long time after her death, she left the house and everything to her only family. Guy, Kelly and their parents, Droosha and Boxter Hamdon. It's been a month since they began the process of moving.
"We need to do as much as we can, so mom will not be overloaded when we start our new school." says Kelly.
"Okay, I'm coming." The twelve-year-old kids moved into the basement only to see that "odd" was not covering what they were seeing. "Weird" was a better word.
"This stinks. I mean, we had a place, why could we not have just sold this house and not move. This summer vacation was horrible." Guy complained as he sat down watching Kelly look at the items that were not in boxes. "We should just trashed this whole room."
"You know Aunt Agnes was a collector of stuff and she was planning on selling it for her retirement."
"Yeah, I can see someone wanting buy this junk." Guy picked up a pink box next to where he was sitting and started to act like an auctioneer. "Okay, ladies and gentlemen, who will get me two cents for this girly box. Great for girls that boss there brother around."
"Well, I am the older sister."
"Only by three minutes."
"You forget girls mature earlier than boys."
"If you mean by being all girly, feminine and bossy, I guess you are manure."
"That's mature!"
"I say manure cause is stinks!" to add to this, Guy waved his hand in front of his nose.
This was the moment Kelly snapped. She comes to Guy and tries to get the box from him, but he doesn't want to give it up. In the process of fight, Guy accidentally throws the box it flies and hits the wall. The place the box hit started moving, until it opens a hidden safe door. The twins come there with caution to see that in the hidden safe with a pink ring inside.
"Woo…" the twins said in unison.
"What do you think it is?" asked Guy.
"No idea…" answered Kelly. "But this thing looks… Cute. Maybe I should try it…" Kelly grabs the ring. At this moment, the twins closed their eyes, preparing for something terrible to happen. However, nothing comes. Kelly opened her eyes and admired the ring.
"I'm keeping it." she said.
"Why are you keeping it?" Guy said. "You'd never found it if I wasn't here with you!"
"Oh please, Guy." Kelly laughed. "Why would you need it? You're a boy. And boys don't wear such accessories…"
"Oh, I got it. Okay then, I don't need some tacky girly pink ring!" said Guy, only to start struggling to get it from Kelly. "Give it now!"
"Guy Hamdon, stop this at once, or I will make sure the game system does not work!" Kelly pushed Guy away from herself, then put the ring on her middle finger and started admiring it.
Guy knew that Kelly was a computer whiz and could crash the games system, so he didn't try fighting again and went to looking like he is working. With a sigh, Kelly went about cleaning the basement too. The twins fell into a routine, of Guy doing some work and Kelly giving the orders for heavy items to be moved. The two got along like most siblings. Fighting was just a way to communicate. But if someone else got involved, the two joined forces. This was need less and less for they had gotten older and bullies quickly knew of them, but tomorrow was a new school…
The next day was typical - typical for the new kids at new school. Everyone knew everyone and everyone was already friends and had to share what they did over the summer. Classes progressed and Kelly soon showed that she was not only smarter than her brother, but probably smarter than the other students. It was at the field where Guy showed his abilities as a daredevil. But this was soon shut down by the teachers. These actions did get the kids at the new school to take notice. But unfortunately, Jack was one of them.
Jack was not just your run of the mill bully; his dad was the principle. After classes, Guy waited for Kelly, as she was talking to the teachers about something. Jack and his gang came up to Guy.
"Hey, new guy! So, you think you some big hot shot. Well, around here I call the shots, so you best just watch it, or you will end up on my list."
"And is that the list of the handsomest, coolest dudes around? I am on everyone's list for that." Guy's bravado worked in the old school, but with Jack and the two guys with him, it didn't
"Looks like you find out what type of list." said Jack. Guy saw a teacher poke their head out but quickly retreated. Guy was about to call the teacher, but he heard an odd sound.
"Woohaa, get back Jack! I told you to stop bullying kids!" Guy looked at the kid that ran up and was standing next to him in a fighting stance. Guys smiled at the new kid, he was about two inches taller and had a look that he was afraid of nothing. Guy turned to look at Jack and his gang. They were laughing.
"Maz, you dweeb, I thought they held you back." Jack said. "Guys looks like we got two on are list as of today."
A few minutes later Maz and Guy were walking away, trying to pull the wedgie out of their rear ends.
"Not the best first day of school." said Maz.
"You just took the words right out of my mouth." said Guy. "Thank for trying to help me, anyway."
"No problem." Maz said back. "I am just tired of Jack bullying everyone just because his dad runs the school as a principle. Moreover, nobody tries to stop him from this. Nobody dares to lay a hand on the precious little Jackie."
"All what we can do is just get used to it, I guess." sighed Guy and then held his hand up. "Name's Guy Hamdon."
"Maz Kepler. Nice to meet you." said Maz shaking Guy's hand. "Here is where our ways are separate. Hey, how about we hang out together after classes?"
"This would be nice." Guy said. "I'll see when I'm free to do so."
"Okay, bye!"
"Bye!"
Guy got home and still Kelly's not to be found. He was not too happy about it; they are a team and never let bullies get the upper hand. Guy does not like using their dad as a trump card, but Kelly is not afraid to let others know the Boxter Hamdon was a decorated police officer. Guy went to her room, and again no Kelly around. But as he was about to leave, he saw the pink ring.
"Hm. If she's so okay with me being picked up by some jerks and having my underwear pulled up to my head, she can miss out this ring." Guy thought and grabbed the ring. Then he went down to the basement.
Guy started to search for the perfect place to hide the. After a few minutes, he heard Kelly come in and kept on working.
"Too bad I don't have superstrength, then I could move these boxes with ease." thought Guy as he started to sweat. "Oh, if I want to get muscles like dad, I got to put in some effort."
As these thoughts came, he noticed that the ring in his hand glowed a little. He started looking over it. It was not special, just a pink ring with a white "S" that had small diamonds around it. Driving away weird thoughts, Guy put the ring on his middle finger.
As it was happening, Kelly could hear the grunts of her brother from the basement.
"Serves him right, let him do some of the work for a change." Kelly mused as she headed to her room. At first, she did not notice, but within a few minutes she saw that the ring was missing. She started to look all about her room, but it was not there.
"Oh, that brother of mine" Kelly said, moving to the basement. She heard Guy's fuss. She got to the bottom of the stairs to see Guy standing there with the ring on his hand.
"What do you think you're doing?!" Kelly said with anger.
"Oh, look, that's my witty sister." Guy said in a mocking manner. "Looks like she already misses her fancy ring. Oh, look - I got it!" he waved his fingers, showing the ring.
"Give it back to me now!" Kelly said. "I thought you're more mature than this. But looks like I was wrong."
"Whatever." said Guy. "I couldn't miss the opportunity to have some fun. I don't get why you need it? It's so tacky and fancy, not your style. This thing more for girls who are like this." Guy put on a silly face and started to act like stereotypical glam girl. "Oh, look at me! I'm so fancy-schmancy. Pink color rules! You go, girl!"
Guy suddenly felt dizzy. His body got covered in a bright pink light that lit the whole room. Kelly shut her eyes from that blinding light. After a few seconds, the light faded away. Kelly opened her eyes only to see that some weird-looking person standing where her brother was standing seconds ago.
"Guy? What happened?" she asked.
"Huh? I don't know what you are talking about. I feel okay." said the unknown person in Guy's voice. Looks like it was Guy himself, but different. His hair got long and ebony black, with a pink bang. His face was covered in makeup, with long eyelashes, mole on his cheek and a pink star under his eye. His clothes changed entirely. Now it was black bodysuit with pink collar, pink corset with white band over the chest that had the same "S" as on the ring. Another "S" was on the dark-pink and black belt. Under the belt there was a pink skirt. He also had white boots and gloves with pink pointed tips. He had dark-pink cape on his back.
"Maybe you feel okay, but…" Kelly suddenly burst into laughter. "But I can't say the same about how you look like!"
"What? What's wrong with my…" Guy looks at his hands only to see the said white gloves. "What the hell?!" Guy exclaimed. "Kelly, help!" Kelly let out more laughter.
"Why, your corset too tight? Or you are worried your skirt is too short for young miss?" she said mockingly.
"I'm not a miss! I'm a dude." replied Guy trying to sound macho.
"Well, dude looks like a lady." Kelly said in a giggle.
"Shut the front door!" Guy ordered. "If mom and dad come here and see me like this, there will be a long and awkward talk between us." Kelly nodded and quieted down. She then started looking over him.
"Hm." she scratched her chin. "I think that this ring we found belonged to some sort of a superhero. Like one from the comic books you like to read. But in this case, it was a superhero-INE."
"It's not the time for teasing!" Guy said angrily. "All I want is to take this suit off me! And after we do so, you can have the ring and all this girly stuff it brings. I'm a boy, and boys do not wear skirts!"
"First we have to find out how this thing even works." said Kelly. "What exactly triggered the transformation? And how is it even possible that a ring does such things?"
Guy held his hands up and suddenly felt something weird. A tingling feeling in his head. He looked around and noticed the ring was glowing. He held the hand with the ring up and started to move across the walls. At one point on the wall, the ring glowed brighter. Guy pressed the ring against this place. The glowing spread around, creating a likeness of a door that appeared on the wall right after the glowing faded. The door had the same "S" as on the ring.
"Okay, now what is THAT?" Kelly asked.
"I don't know." Guy whispered. The door opened right in front of them. Twins looked at each other. The two moved through the door to see stairs going down. The area was lit by small lanterns in the wall. As they walked, the stairs ended into a large cave.
"Whoah…" said the twins as they looked around the room. It was a cave with metal constructions on the walls, holding up the ceiling. The cave was lit by a huge floodlights on the ceiling. There was a motorcycle in the corner, colored pink and black and having the same "S" insignia. There were a bunch of metal filling cabinets, also pink, and a huge computer screen with several seats before it.
"Cool! It's like some superhero secret hideout!". said Guy in excitement, and Kelly rolled her eyes.
"And this boy said all he wants is to get out of the weird suit a second ago." she muttered.
"If you think it's cool, then you'll definitely like me." the female voice came out of nowhere. The twins looked around and noticed that the computer screen is lit. There were a pair of pink lips on the screen, smiling at them.
"Oh, my apologies, kids. Did I scare you?" the voice said as the lips moved, like they were saying these words. "Welcome, SheZow. I"m Sheila the beyond state-of-the-art super supercomputer and your loyal ally."
"Nice to meet you..." Kelly said back, looking at the computer in awe. "I'm Kelly, and this is my brother Guy." she pointed at Guy, who awkwardly waved his hand.
"Yes, I know who you are." Sheila said.
"Then you probably know that this doofus is not to be superheroine, I should be." Kelly said puffing up her chest.
"Don't bust your training bra, but no, you're wrong, miss smarty skirt. The skirt is on the right girl, or in this case the right Guy." said Sheila, and Guy and Kelly let out a collective gasp. "Oh, close your mouths before you two catch a fly." she smirked. "I know you may have tons of questions about what's going on here. I can answer some of them without popping a processor."
"Then answer me what happened?" Guy exclaimed. "What is this ring? And why do I look like this now?"
"Don't be so nervous, boy." said Sheila calmly. "I have the answers. What happened is that you wore and activated a power ring, that is what it is called. The power ring holds the power of SheZow, a superheroine on the watch over the people's lives. A glam-amazon girl - that's who SheZow is. And now, you're the one to have the power. You are the new SheZow."
"Oh no, no, no!" Guy said, shaking his head. "I'm not taking this! I'm a guy! I can't be some girly superhero!"
"Unfortunately, you don't have a choice here." said Sheila, with some disappointment in her voice. "You activated the ring, and now it's stuck to you. This is how the ring chooses a new wearer after the previous owner is no more. The first person who wore and activated it will be the new hero and it's for life."
"Hey!" Kelly exclaimed in realizing. "It means that Aunt Agnes was the previous SheZow!"
"You're right." said Sheila with a smile. "Agnes Munroe held the power ring until her inevitable demise. However, nobody could have imagined that the ring would ever stick to her great-nephew."
"Oh, man…" sighed Guy. "So I am going to stay dressed in this ridiculous costume forever?" he asked, and Sheila let out a laugh.
"Oh no, boy, of course not. SheZow maybe a hero, but it doesn't mean she has no personal life. You transformed into SheZow with a code words - and there are other code words for transforming back."
"Great!" Gut exclaimed. "So tell them!" right after he said it, the computer screen changed to red with an exclamation mark on, and the sound of alarm came off.
"What is it?" asked Kelly.
"Looks like transforming back is going have to wait, Guy." said Sheila, as the red screen and the alarm sound are gone, and the map of the city appeared on the screen. "I'm reading a report of the bank robbery in process right now. The police car is stuck in traffic due to the truck crash. Your duty is to go and stop it."
"Oh no, I'm not playing this!" Guy said, crossing his arms. "I'm not going out like this."
"So you're going to let all of this just happen?" said Kelly. "Guy, if you don't understand yet, SheZow is not just a fancy-dressed girl. She is a SUPERHERO! I know that you've always wanted to be one…"
"So?" Guy said.
"It is your chance, you idiot!" Kelly yelled, and Guy sighed.
"Okay, you're right. Let's try this new look." he turned to Sheila. "So, how am I supposed to get there?"
"The She-Cycle." she answered, and the motorcycle in the corner suddenly turned on and drove itself to Guy. "Your personal transport. Get on and have a good ride. Don't forget to put on the helmet."
"Alright, here I come!" Guy responded and jumped on to the motorcycle and fasted the helmet. It was pink with "S" on the side and a pink visor. Guy raced out of the cave.
"I didn't know Guy knew how to drive a motorcycle…" said Kelly.
"Guy doesn't, but SheZow does." came from the pink lips on the computer screen.
"Does this work for superpowers he has? Of course, if he has them." said Kelly, looking a bit worried.
"He has. And trust me, he'll figure it out in no time."
"Woohoo! This is great!" Guy yelled as he exited the tunnel from the cave. "I always wanted to ride a motorcycle. I must be a natural."
"It is a She-Cycle, and SheZow is a natural at a lot of things as you will find out. There is a built-in communication link with video and audio feedback to the She-Lair." Sheila said inside the helmet. "You see a heads-up GPS to tell you where you need to. Is everything cool?" asked the computer.
"A little too cool, I am getting a lot of wind blown up my skirt…" the new hero replied. "Oh, my, I can't believe I called it a skirt."
"Well get use to it, the ring is yours and will stay yours until you basically die. And that could be seventy to eighty years from now. Now the bank is just on the right. I have checked the security cameras and the baddies are tying up the customers and employees. This just turned into a hostage situation. Be ready to take them out as quick as you can." came from Sheila.
Guy pulled the She-Cycle up to the front and got off.
"Don't forget to check your hair. There is a She-Spray in your Beautility Belt." said Sheila.
"My what?" Guy asked. "Oh, wait, you mean this belt of mine…" he looked over it. "And why do I have to look good to bash the bad guys?" he grumbled.
"As SheZow, your hairdo is another source of your powers, like the ring." answered Sheila from the helmet. "If your hair is all messy, you lose all your powers. So you need to keep it neat."
"Okay, okay…" Guy groaned as he checked his hair. "Everything's fine with it."
"That's good." said Sheila. "The surveillance camera on the inside show four figures, two of them having a weird-looking guns. It is not your standard issue anywhere. You need to take them out and make sure no one else gets that guns."
"I got it from here, I have not been playing video games without learning a thing or two..." said Guy.
He came closer and looked around. He knew that coming from the door would definitely catch an unneeded attention, so he must find another way to get in. Then he noticed a window above the bank's logo. He thought that this could be his way. As he thought, he noticed a detail about his gloves that he didn't see at first. On his wrists were small metallic tube-like constructions. Guy looked at his wrist, then on the window up there.
"Let's chek this out." he whispered. "I hope this works…" he threw his hand forward, aiming at the window. He felt that something was coming, and suddenly, a dark-blue tape came out of the tube on his wrist, reaching the window and sticking there. It was like a ribbon, but stronger.
"Cool!" Guy whispered, as he climbed up to the window, holding the ribbon tightly. After he reached the top, he heard a quiet clicking sound. He looked at his wrist and noticed that the ribbon was cut off at the wrist, leaving the tube clear and ready to use again.
"I think I'm getting used to it." Guy whispered and then looked at the crime scene through the window. The bank customers and employees were all tied up and sitting in the corner, and the four men in dark clothes and masks were standing next to the safe door. Two of them were holding the weird-looking rifles, while the third was sitting and trying to hack through the code lock and the fourth was checking something on his communication device.
"Boy, these new toys rocks!" he said with a smile. "The boss surely provided us with excellent equipment. It's not so bad working for a meta-human."
"Stop babbling, Fridge, and help me!" his partner, who was hacking the door, said. "This cursed lock is so hard to hack." right after he said so, the lock beeped, indicating that it's unlocked. "Um, nevermind…"
"Great job, Trick." said Fridge, getting closer to the door. "Let's open this baby up and get the cash."
Guy had moved into the opened window. "Now!" he thought and jumped down.
"Not so fast, boys!" he exclaimed, mimicking the girl's voice. In his mind, he was facepalming on how fake it sounded, but he couldn't help it.
"What?" Fridge turned around and saw the pink-clad heroine. "Who the hell are you?"
"I'm SheZow!" heroine said. "And I'm here to stop you from robbing this bank!"
"Oh, really?" said Fridge and laughed. "You better go back home and play with your dolls!"
"I don't play with dolls!" said Guy, nearly losing his girlish voice.
"Guys, deal with her." said Fridge, and his three partners started moving towards SheZow. The two of them aimed their guns.
At this moment, Guy felt the same tingling that he felt home, when he found the She-Lair. This feeling had flown across his body, causing one thought: "Jump!" Guy did so, and it was just in time, as the thugs pulled the triggers, causing the guns to shoot reddish rays. These rays hit each other, resulting in a small explosion that made the thugs and Guy to fall on the floor.
"Blasters?!" Guy thought. "Who are these guys?"
He quickly got up and stood in the fighting stance. He was ready for fight. The bandits got up too, aiming their blasters at the hero. Guy moved his arm to the belt and grabbed the first thing he felt in his hand. It turned out to be a pink brush-like thing.
"Here goes nothing…" Guy thought while throwing it at the thugs. The brush hit the bandits' hands, making them to drop the guns, and then fly back to Guy, spinning like a boomerang.
"Great!" he thought. "I guess it's some sort of a boomerang, but in a form of a brush." Before the bandits could reach down to pick up their weapons, Guy fired a ribbon from his Ribbon Shooter, and it tied up one of the thugs. But the second one picked up the gun and fired. Guy, feeling the tingling, ducked, and the bandit missed. Before he could do another shot, Guy rushed at him and punched him in the face. The bandit fell on the floor unconscious.
"Wait, how did I do this?" Guy said, realizing that he - a twelve-year-old, - knocked out an adult bandit with one punch. His thoughts were interrupted by the third thug, who picked both of the guns and aimed them at Guy.
"Goodbye, little girl." he said with an evil grin. Guy started searching for something else in his belt. He then took out a pink device, stylized as a lipstick.
"And what should I do with this?' Guy whispered, as the bandit laughed. Guy then noticed a button. The bandit fired from both of the guns, and Guy shut his eyes, reflexively pressing the button and swishing it in front of himself. Guy was ready to feel the shots, but nothing happened. He opened his eyes and saw the pink energy blade coming from the lipstick. The bandit was looking at this in shock.
"Laser Lipstick? Cool!" Guy said and moved to the bandit. He was in shock, unable to do anything. Guy sliced the guns in a half with the Laser Lipstick and then tied the bandit up with the Ribbon Shooter. Then Guy started looking for the last thug, Fridge.
"Goodbye, loser!" Guy heard from behind. He turned around and saw that Fridge is running to the door with two big bags in his arms. Guy rushed to him and…
Somehow, Guy reached the thug and appeared right before him in no time.
"How the hell did you do this?!" said Fridge in shock.
"Sorry, can't help myself having a superspeed." Guy said with a smile before performing a roundhouse kick. Fridge fell down, knocked out. Guy just tied him up with a Ribbon Shooter. He then noticed a thug he knocked out earlier - he got up and was trying to run away. Guy just threw a Boomerang Brush at him, which hit him in the head.
A few moments later, all the thugs were tied up by the ribbons, and all the hostages were freed.
"Looks like my job here is done." Guy said before turning and heading to the exit. "Be careful and have a nice day!"
"We all can't thank you enough, girl." said the bank owner, who was among the hostages.
"I'm not a girl!" Guy exclaimed, but quickly cooled off, realizing that he shouldn't reveal the secret. "I am SheZow, your pink-clad defender!" after this, Guy hopped on the She-Cycle, put on the helmet and drove away.
Soon Guy arrived back to the She-Lair.
"Woohoo! I can't believe that I'm saying this, but it was AWESOME!" Guy said, getting off the She-Cycle and pulling off the helmet.
"Looks like someone is not burning with a desire to get rid of this "ridiculous girly suit" anymore…" Kelly smirked.
"Yeah, about that…" Guy turned to the computer. "What about the code words for turning back to normal?"
"Oh, yes, of course…" said Sheila. "Do you remember what you said when the ring activated?"
"Hm… Give me a second…" Guy said, scratching his chin. "U-huh… "Fancy-schmancy"… "you go, girl"…" Guy stopped. "Wait… "You go, girl"!" he exclaimed in realization. "That's what I said!"
"That"s it." Sheila said, smiling. "You go girl!" - that's the code words for the transformation. To turn back to your civilian look, you must say "She-yeah!" Guy chuckled.
"She-yeah"? Not the best pun I heard-" before he finished, the pink flash came out. When it faded, Guy was back in his normal clothes.
"However, it worked." said Sheila.
"Now you're back to normal." said Kelly.
"Oh no, sis…" Guy smirked. "With this ring, I'll never be normal again…"
"Is it bad or good, brother?" said Kelly, smiling.
"I'd say it's…" Guy stopped, thinking, and continued. "Awesome."
"She-yeah!" said Sheila.