Chelsey groaned and sat up, gingerly rubbing the back of her head. She flinched, feeling a small jolt of pain shoot from the spot on the back of her head.

"Chelsey, you're alright."

She turned towards the voice, and found Jenna, awake and concerned.

"Hola. Looks like we're in some trouble, muy mala trouble, to be exact."

At Jenna's confused look, she went ahead and rephrased.

"Very bad, ya know?"

Jenna just nodded nervously. Chelsey couldn't blame her. After all, Madame Rouge was real, much to their surprise and dismay. And then the worse part, she was there. Not in the same room as them at the moment, but she was there somewhere, lurking like the shadows. And at that moment, the door up, causing both girls to whirl around, and then shudder. Stepping inside was Madame Rouge, the cold smile spread on her face.

"Hello, children. You are finally awake."

Both simply drew back.

"What do you want from us?" Jenna managed to ask, but Madame Rouge could see them shaking nervously.

"The Brain requires your assistance."

"He wants our assistance? What, exactly, does he want us to assist him with?" Chelsey asked, trying not to show she was scared, although she had a feeling she was doing a bad job of that.

"You two are from the other world, able to see what happens here from your TV screen. We need you to tell us what will happen next."

Both girls blinked and exchanged glances. They didn't really have a choice, at least until they busted out, but they still had at least one question that were nagging them. Chelsey spoke first.

"Madame Rouge, out of sheer curiousity, how did you know about our world and us?"

The woman smiled the same chilling smile that could make the girls' blood run cold.

"It was rather simple. We spoke to an old witch from another time. She told us of you two."

Both girls exchanged another glance.

"The witch from 'Cyborg the Barbarian.'" whispered Jenna.

Chelsey nodded gravely, her heart starting to pound a bit.

"Alright Madame Rouge, if you're wishing for our assistance, you'll have to tell us what recently happened. Then we would be able to tell you about where you would be in our world."

Madame Rouge smiled again before speaking.

"We have just recently captured Wildebeast and Hotspot."

At hearing those words, both girls exchanged a frightened glance. They were somewhere after 'Trust' and the beginning of 'For Real' maybe. Neither were quite sure, and they made that very clear. But before either could be questioned further, someone else entered the room. She was unreconizable by Jenna, but when Chelsey saw her, her body temporily seized up.

There stood another woman, with long brown hair. Her eyes held a cold stare as she observed the two girls. Upon taking in Chelsey, she smiled a smile that might have been just as chilling as Madame Rouge's.

"So, you've caught my cousin..."

Chelsey, looking more freaked out than when Madame Rouge had shown up at her house, hurried behind Jenna. Jenna, not too happy at being left up front, frowned at her friend, then looked nervously back at the two women.

"I suppose so, Rupta. You said you had a nice surprise for the girl, no?"

The woman, now identified as Rupta, nodded, then cackled in an annoying way. Turning towards the two captives, Rupta reached in and took hold of Chelsey's wrist, yanking her forward. At first, the girl offered no struggle due to fear, but she quickly snapped out of it and begin to fight back. Reaching into a pouch that hung at her waist, Rupta pulled out a small vial. Forcing the cork off, she jabbed it towards the captive's face, preferably the mouth. It hit its mark, causing the very surprised cousin to swallow in shock.

"I do hope that was not poison you feed her." Madame Rouge said, looking from the captives to the insane scientist.

Chelsey nearly choked at hearing this. She really didn't want to know what had been forced down her throat.

"Oh no, it's not poison, Rouge. I've already tried poisoning her and it doesn't work. Just watch and find out."

The stares were enough to make both girls' insides freeze. After a moment, Chelsey began to glow, changing. Jenna stared in silent horror. Chelsey was growing small, her hair long and a bit straighter. When the glowing finally subsided, they were staring at the new and improved Chelsey.

She was a great deal smaller, her brown and curly hair now blonde and straighter. Her tired greenish-grey eyes were now perky and blue. Even her clothes had changed. Instead of her blue shirt with ducks and red stripes and trimming, she wore a light pink shirt, with a darker shade of pink on the collar. Her blue jean shorts remained the same, and her tennis shoes were now just plain white.

She blinked in utmost confusion and stared up at Jenna.

"Nothing happened...Hey, wait a minute. Since when were you so tall?"

"I'm not any taller," Jenna replied. "you got smaller."

A blink, then a glance at her now tiny hands confirmed this. Chelsey stared in disbelief.

"It can't be..."

"It is." Jenna replied gravely, reaching towards her.

The now older girl's hand brushed against Chelsey's hair and she drew it back towards herself. They both knew Chelsey had shrunk, and the little girl was now on the verge of panic. Madame Rouge and Rupta both chuckled at her dismay.

"Enjoy your new found youth, Chels. You're now a defenseless little 5 year old!"

Rupta cackled again. She nodded to Rouge, and both left the girls in peace. At least for the moment. As soon as they were gone, Chelsey jumped to panic mode again. Before she could start venting her panic, however, Jenna seized her.

"Before you start going nuts about this, just calm down. We gotta get outta here. Then you can freak out as much as you want."

"Good idea. Question is, how do we get out?"

The two looked around. Even if they escaped the confinds of their cage, there was still the task of getting out of the Brotherhood of Evil's base alive. And with villains like Madame Rouge lurking around, that would be nearly impossible.

"I wanna get outta here...Go to Titans Tower...We'd be safe there..."

Little did both girls know they were about to get their wish. With their eyes closed, they failed to notice a glow around them. An instant later, both were gone...

To be continued.

Yeah, once again, I used my 5 year old self. And it's another cliffhanger. If this chapter was bad, I'm quite sure the next one will be fairly good. R&R please.

Mini-Marianne