Pay attention to: penalty and jury-rig

A new week has begun but not just any week, today was the beginning of sports week! A celebration of all kinds of sports, from basketball to soccer and everything in between! The three kids, Violet, Becky and TJ were at the stadium witnessing the baseball game, cheering for their team of course; the fair city skunks (not exactly something to be proud of).

So far the team was at a tie, "one more goal and the victor will be known!" The announcer hallowed, during the game two of the players got into an argument, to which the coach gave them both penalties, "say Becky what's a penalty?" "Oh a penalty is a punishment imposed for breaking a law, rule, or contract." Becky explained, "like those two players broke the rules and are being punished for it!" "Or like how you punish bad guys as wordg—" Becky immediately covered Violet's mouth. "Oh right the whole 'secret identity' thing…." The game was about to meet its conclusion with the skunks' batter ready, but just when the pitcher was about to throw, the batter fell into a trance and intentionally missed all three strikes, shocking everyone. "And uh that's …game…?" The announcer said, shocked.

"That's Odd, the skunks have never lost a game before!" Violet commented, "so we lost one game, it's nothing to cry about!" Becky replied, Violet however felt suspicious and the whole thing, something about it didn't seem right, she was 99% sure that the pitcher was deliberately missing shots for some reason….

Meanwhile under the stairs layed a pair of twisted villain's mr. Big a man dressed in a black suit and green tie with silver hair and a purple mask, and his assistant Lessie: a blonde glasses-wearing woman in a velvet red suit and yellow necklace. "Hahahaha! It worked Lessie! My new mind control device is a success!" Mr. Big laughed, "and why did we jury-rig the game sir?" Lessie asked, confused, "that's on a need to know basis!" Mr. Big replied rather defensively. "But I'm your…" mr. Big immediately covered Lessie's mouth, "Let's just get out of here and return to the penthouse!"

Unbenounced to them the strange alien creature observed them from afar. "Using mind control to jury-rig a human competition?" It said to itself irritated, "this planet is even more pitiful than I thought… though it does give me an idea…."

The next day at the basketball game, the three kids witnessed a similar event with the player's intentionally failing at the last minute. It happened at the football game then the soccer game and even tennis! This only made Violet more and more suspicious about the whole thing.

At her house Violet used the recordings from her TV to analyze each of the games. So far nothing… "hmmm nothing… Maybe Becky was right…" Just then Violet noticed something about all three players: all of them were suddenly going into a daze then deliberately losing the game almost like they were…. "I knew it!" Violet exclaimed, "mind control! And there's only one person who uses mind control…."

"Mr big?" Asked Becky as they were headed to school. "Trust me I know it!" Violet replied, "he's been jury-rigging the games for some evil plot, I know it!" "Ok say I believe you, how can you prove it?" Becky asked suspicious, leaving her friend confused, how was she able to provide evidence? It's not like she could just fly to Mr big's lair as whirlwind without any evidence unless….

"The hockey game after school!" Violet exclaimed, "you can transform into wordgirl then search for him!" "Ok, say if I believe you Violet, but what am I going to find?" Becky asked confused, "I don't know, but something that is related to mind control!" Violet remarked but was met with a suspicious look by her friend. "What's with you lately?" She asked, "you seemed more confident lately, not to mention those bags under your eyes!" "Oh! Uh… that… Well, I didn't get enough sleep last night… yeah…." Violet replied, hastily, to be honest she really didn't get enough sleep, what with her patrolling late at night and practicing her new moves. She needed to keep Becky and everyone else from discovering her identity as whirlwind, though it pained her so much to lie to her friends….

Meanwhile at the penthouse lair, Mr big and his assistant stared out the window, "just one more game and my plan will be complete!" Mr big laughed maniacally, "still sir, why are you jury rigging the games again?" Lesslie asked, confused. "Well in the spirit of transparency Lessie…." Mr big replied irritatingly "it is a matter of justice, to make things right!" "Riiight…" unknown to them the strange alien creature managed to sneak into the building and locate the mind control machine "so… this is the mind control machine? Primitive but perfect…." It replied before pulling out a strange small rhombus shaped device. "If he can jury-rig his way into victory…." It then placed the device on the machine, "then so can I…."

At the hockey game Violet and scoops were witnessing the game unfold, "thanks for inviting me to the game Violet!" Scoops thanked, "but what happened to Becky?" "Oh she said that she's getting some popcorn!" Violet lied. "Though since it's just the two of us…" "oh I think I heard Becky needing help finding the popcorn!" Violet interrupted before standing up and rushing off, "I'll go help her!"

Finding someplace secluded, Violet grabbed her backpack and with one unzip, she pulled out her whirlwind costume. She made sure that it was large enough for it to fit inside. Now that she's got her costume on, it's time to help her friend.

At the same time, Becky and Bob, in their superhero personas, searched around for their friend's tip. She wasn't sure if this was a prank or a genuine piece or information. Still though, since when is Violet so confident and slightly more quirky than usual? Usually she's more chill and adorable!

After a few minutes of flying, the two heroes saw nothing, they were about to give up until hearing a screeching sound. They turned around and saw, to their surprise, mr big and lesslie with the mind control device. Violet was right! With no time to figure it out the two heroes immediately dashed into the scene.

"Mr big!" Wordgirl alerted, "wordgirl! Wait, how did you find out about my evil scheme?" Mr big paused "I MEAN- what evil plot? There's no evil plot here!" "Yeah you already got the genie out of the bottle!" Everyone turned to see the air superhero, leaning on the side of a tree. "Whirlwind! How did you get here?" Wordgirl asked surprised. "I noticed that the players were a little different when our teams were about to win, almost like mind control!" Whirlwind replied as they floated towards them. "So I put two and two together and here we are!" "Wait wait wait, THAT'S whirlwind!?" Mr big responded baffled, "uh yeah, you want an autograph?" Whirlwind replied, "no way that's her ACTUAL voice! She sounds younger than Wordgirl!" Mr big replied, whirlwind looked at herself seeing that the suit made her slightly taller than her civilian form.

"Look, how about we keep this short, I've got places to go!" Whirlwind groaned, "uh no, LESSLIE ATTACK!" Lesslie immediately jumped and rammed into huggy, the two brawled into each other and thrashed around. While the windy hero and the vocal crusader surrounded Mr big. "Alright big there's two of us and one of you." Whirlwind said calmly. "I suggest you surrender to avoid a massive humiliation!" "Oh I believe that you're gonna be the ones that will want to surrender!" Mr big said sinisterly. "Yeah right, you and what army?" Whirlwind asked sarcastically. "THIS ARMY!" Mr big immediately pressed the button causing the mind control machine to activate and bring the players to them, surrounding the two heroes. "Whirlwind, one word of advice." Wordgirl announced. "Never EVER say 'you and what army' that always ends badly…." The mind controlled players immediately rushed towards the heroes. "Don't hurt them!" Wordgirl announced, "You don't have to tell me twice!" Whirlwind replied as they were fending off the players while trying not to hurt them.

The two heroes were able to subdue the players with whirlwind's air locking powers. Unbenounced to them, the alien had observed the fight from afar. It used its goggles as binoculars to get a closer look, more specifically at whirlwind. "Bingo, the white terra diamond's in sight…." It said, "interesting to see what the host is using it for, oh well time to execute phase 2." It then used a wrist gauntlet to type in a command code.

As the fight continued so far the heroes were winning. "Well Biggs, this won't take much longer, I suggest raising your start putting on the cuffs." But suddenly the players went into a different trance, with their eyes turning from green to purple. And began to attack whirlwind. "Whoa! Hey! One at a time!" "Uh Lesslie, is it supposed to do that?" Mr big asked concerned about the sudden events. "No sir, did you activate the one at a time mode?" Lesslie asked as she and Huggy stopped fighting. "No we didn't install one remember?!" The mind controlled players grabbed whirlwind while they were resisting them.

"Grab white terra diamond…." The players repeated over and over, "terra diamond?" Whirlwind asked confused, "you need some help?" Wordgirl asked before pulling whirlwind out of the jam. "You know it!" Whirlwind replied as they got to the ground floor. "You take care of the mind control device, I've got the players!" The two then split to do their things, while Wordgirl tried her best to stop the players, whirlwind went for the mind control device and immediately destroyed it with a hurricane punch. She then noticed something from the rubble a small rhombus shaped device on the ground. "Huh, well what do we have here?" She asked curiosity while picking it up.

With the machine destroyed the players had returned to their normal selves, to the dismay of the alien creature. "Blast, it was in my reach!" It growled, before noticing Mr big, "while you are simple minded, human… I believe you could still be of use to me…."

With his plan foiled, Mr Big and his assistant were soon apprehended by the two heroes. "Well someone's gonna get a penalty for jury rigging the competition!" Wordgirl said proudly, "what does that word even mean?" Mr big groaned, "it means to make a makeshift arrangement of machinery or the like." Wordgirl explained. "So question Biggs, what's up with the mind control players thing? Seems kinda pointless!" Whirlwind asked confused, "I've been meaning to know that too sir!" Lesslie added, "alright fine!" Mr Big complained, "Every year I bet a bunch of money with other big rich guys like me to see who's team will win each sports week, in which I usually bet on the other team. But every year I lose big time! So I thought why not jury rig the games to win!" "Why couldn't you just bet on your team instead?" Wordgirl asked, confused. "I can do that!?" Everyone besides Mr big had face palmed.

With the villain deafened, our heroes returned to their civilian forms and watched as their team won the gold. "Looks like fair city's back on top!" The announcer said proudly. "You don't say? Whirlwind helped you and stopped them?" Violet commented during their conversation. "Yeah and turns out you were right! I guess I owe it to ya! Say how did you figure it out anyway?" Becky replied, confused. "I guess some of that detective work you do kinda rubbed off on me!" Violet lied, scratching her back. "Riiight…." Becky replied suspiciously, there was something definitely going on with her….

At her house, Violet examined the small device she recovered from the machine, she thought about what went down near the stadium. this device, where did it come from? This was surely not from this planet, nothing like that could do that. And This "white terra diamond" the players were talking about, what was it? She turned to her chest seeing the glowing rock in it pulsating, is this what they were looking for?

In fair city prison, the two villains were laying on their bunk beds in defeat. "Well this was a great plan that was worth getting caught." Lesslie replied sarcastically, "I thought we were going to work on the sarcasm Lesslie!" Mr big said irritatedly, "but you are right, this definitely wasn't one of my finest moments…." Suddenly to their surprise, the door to their cell opened and a police officer was standing behind it. "Bail's been paid, you're free to go!" He said irritatedly before walking away. "Guess rich guys can have friends…." The two villains were confused about what just happened? Who would pay their bail for them? Usually someone would just use their lawyers to get out, they've done it in the past! Nevertheless they exited their cell and went to the very entrance of the prison.

Outside, they were looking around for their pick but to their surprise, it wasn't some kind of limousine for them to cruise in. Instead it was a large car with some kind of robot holding a sign saying their names next to it, they entered their ride with the robot in the front seat and driving. While the two were greeted by a mysterious person that was fairly large and whose body was covered by a large silver cloak…. "Hello chili, Lesslie…." It said in a demonic and electronic voice. "Welcome to the big time…."