In this chapter, Jenny's going to discover the secret of Mr. Krupp. For some strange reason, even though George and Harold are aware of his identity, Mr. Krupp himself is not. Then again, he is brainwashed.
She's also going to meet the title character of the Captain Underpants series in the flesh! With an emphasis on flesh. He never puts clothes on.
Also, we're going to meet the villain. If the fanfic goes well I'll include more than one villain in future chapters. I think that is fun.
Chapter 2: Secret Identity
George and Harold were drinking milk at the cafeteria. They were so glad that Jenny had bailed them out of that horrible situation. They dreaded the thought of having detention for a week and having their precious Captain Underpants books destroyed. But that nightmare wouldn't become a reality after all.
However, Mr. Krupp was watching them, so they had to be on their best behavior. It seemed that he didn't want George and Harold to start any food fights. It was a shame really. They simply loved playing with their food.
It was a shame really. It was fun pulling pranks on the cafeteria ladies. Even if they had decided to quit because of them once. To be fair, they shouldn't have tried to bake so many cupcakes at once using only one oven.
At that very moment, Jenny approached them.
"Hey boys! How are you doing?" asked Jenny.
"We're fine, thanks." answered Harold.
"Who would have thought that Mr. Krupp was so terrified of the superintendent?" inquired George. If they had known that maybe they could have used the superintendent against him somehow.
"He wants to keep his job I guess. Just remember to ask me if you need my help. It's a snap!" exclaimed the girl.
Immediately, she snapped her fingers.
George and Harold gasped in surprise. They weren't expecting her of all people to suddenly start snapping her fingers in front of Mr. Krupp.
"Is something the matter?" asked Jenny.
She noticed that they seemed to be looking at someone.
Curious, she decided to look behind her.
She noticed Mr. Krupp...but there was something off about him. Since when did he have a big grin on his face? She never recalled him smiling, ever. He was a very grumpy man.
Suddenly, Mr. Krupp took off his toupee and began to strip down to his underpants.
Jenny gasped in shock. What was Mr. Krupp doing?
"I wish that I didn't just eat right about now..." remarked the girl.
Mr. Krupp then took a nearby curtain and wore it around his neck like a cape.
"Tra la la! I'm the Amazing Captain Underpants! And I'm going to fight evil now!" exclaimed Captain Underpants.
He then proceeded to fly out the window.
As soon as they realized that their school principal had once again transformed into the amazing Captain Underpants, George and Harold yelled out their familiar catchphrases.
"Oh no!" shouted Harold.
"Here we go again!" exclaimed George.
"Again?" questioned Jenny.
Jenny wondered how the heck that her school principal was flying. Humans couldn't fly, could they? If they could she wanted to know how.
Curiously, none of the students seemed to notice. They were busy eating cafeteria food. Jenny wondered how could they be so oblivious.
"OK, give me a moment to get the imagery of seeing my school principal wearing nothing but his underwear out of my head..." thought Jenny. Why was Mr. Krupp being so immodest? She didn't think stripping down to your underpants was even legal in public.
Suddenly, she remembered something.
Wasn't Captain Underpants a comic book character created by George and Harold?
This made her suspicious. Now that she thought about it, Mr. Krupp was now dressed exactly like him and was going outside to fight evil, just like a superhero would.
She decided to go ask the two about what was going on. She had a lingering suspicious that the two had something to do with this.
They were just getting ready to leave the cafeteria to make sure that their principal remained safe and sound, which was pretty much a full time job.
"Can I ask you two a question?" asked Jenny.
"Yes?" answered George. They were in a hurry but Jenny was a friend of theirs so they owed her a favor.
"Why is Mr. Krupp wearing nothing but his underwear and going outside to fight evil?" inquired the girl.
George and Harold sighed. It looked like they had been caught redhanded. It seemed that Jenny was smarter than most students at her school. She had realized that Mr. Krupp was now the exact same superhero that they had written about in their comics.
For some strange reason, nobody seemed to notice that Mr. Krupp and Captain Underpants were one and the same...up until now.
"Alright, you got us. We hypnotized our school principal into becoming the amazing Captain Underpants. We thought it would be a fun joke...but we thought it would only be a one time thing." explained George.
"We had no idea he would transform into Captain Underpants every time someone snapped their fingers. Every time that happened, we always had to find a way to change him back." continued Harold.
"How do we change him back, anyway?" inquired Jenny.
"Oh, that's simple. We just splash him on the head with water. He'll be back to his familiar grumpy self in no time." explained George.
Jenny pulled out a milk carton. Luckily, she hadn't drank it all.
"Way ahead of you." stated Jenny.
"Will you help?" asked George. Captain Underpants may have been older than them, but he was pretty fast when he was chasing after evildoers.
Jenny nodded. As much as she disliked Mr. Krupp, she didn't want him to be in danger. Who knew who he was trying to save? There could be a fire emergency for all that they knew.
Immediately, the trio began to look for Captain Underpants.
They didn't have to look far, thank goodness.
Currently, Captain Underpants was trying to save the day...from a thug that was trying to mug an old lady.
"Gimme your money!" exclaimed the thug.
"Help! He's trying to make off with my five dollars!" shouted the old lady.
"Five dollars? Aww..." complained the petty thief.
"Get your hands off her purse!" exclaimed Captain Underpants.
"I'll do that if you put some clothes on! Sheesh!" shouted the thug. At least the police had the decency to keep their clothes on before they tried to arrest him.
The thug let go of the old lady's purse.
"Thank you! But can you put on some pants?" asked the old lady. Thank goodness her grandson wasn't with her. She was planning to go with a walk with him tomorrow.
"You're welcome! Now it's time for me to continue fighting evil!" exclaimed Captain Underpants.
At that very moment, George, Harold, and Jenny approached him.
"Well, if it isn't my friends, George and Harold! But whose the girl?" asked the captain. Last time he checked, there were only two of them.
"I'm Jenny. Pleased to meet you I thought you were only a comic book character up until now." answered Jenny.
She proceeded to shake his hand. She had to admit, Captain Underpants was a lot more preferable to be around than his school principal counterpart, even if he was wearing nothing but his underwear.
"Well, it's time for me to continue fighting evil a-"
Jenny splashed Captain Underpants on the head with the milk carton.
At that very moment, Captain Underpants turned back to Mr. Krupp.
He looked around, wondering what he was doing outside the school. He scratched his head.
"Where am I? I need to head back to the school so I can continue oppressing kids...right after I put on some clothes!" exclaimed Mr. Krupp.
Mr. Krupp proceeded to go home so he can put on some clothes. This wasn't the first time he had ended up wearing nothing but his underwear, now that he thought of it. Was this some sort of prank that George and Harold had come up with? He wouldn't put anything past them.
"Thanks..." answered George. He was surprised how fast they had managed to catch Captain Underpants.
"So let me get this straight, snapping fingers turns Mr. Krupp into Captain Underpants, and splashing water on his face turns him back into Mr. Krupp?" asked Jenny.
"Yeah, pretty much." nodded Harold.
"I'll try not to snap my fingers in front of Mr. Krupp in the future." answered the girl. They wouldn't want him changing into Captain Underpants while they were in the middle of class.
"Much obliged." said George.
The two of them went back to school and finished their lunch.
"How did you turn Mr. Krupp into Captain Underpants, anyway?" asked Harold.
"We used the 3-D Hypno Ring..." answered George.
"The 3-D Hypno Ring? I heard that those were recalled because they didn't work the way they intended to on women..." questioned Jenny.
"Funny you should mention that, we once got in trouble because we tried using it on Ms. Ribble instead of another man like Mr. Krupp...she ended up becoming the Wicked Wedgie Woman like in our comics." stated Harold.
"Now that you know what we did to our school principal can you keep a secret?" inquired George.
"Sure...but can't you just use the 3-D Hypno Ring to undo what you did to Mr. Krupp?" asked the girl. They seemed to be frightened when Mr. Krupp transformed into Captain Underpants.
"Sometimes we need him to fight the forces of evil..." answered Harold. Sure, Mr. Krupp wasn't the best school principal in the world...but if keeping him around to defend the world from evil was what they needed, then they were willing to put up with him.
Jenny shrugged. That did make sense. But what kinds of evildoers were there in the city?
She wanted to know already.
Meanwhile...
A UFO landed at a nearby farm, ready to draw some more crop circles. The UFO was black as ink and had green markings on it as well.
"This is fun..." remarked the alien in the spaceship. She could do this all night.
However, her work was quickly noticed by a farmer, who stepped outside to investigate.
"Don't tell me that space aliens are after my cattle." answered the farmer. He wanted some more of their delicious milk.
He quickly noticed the flying spaceship vandalizing his crops.
"Hey! What do you think you're doing to my crops, bub?" asked the man.
The alien stepped out of the spaceship to talk things over with the farmer.
"Hey, I'm just having fun. And why did you just call me bub?" answered the space alien. She looked humanoid, but had black eyes and had green skin. She also had purple hair.
"I'm calling the FBI! You're going straight to Area 51! That'll teach you to mess with my crops!" exclaimed the farmer.
"Sorry, can't let you do that..." stated the alien.
She pulled out a freeze ray and froze the farmer solid.
"Brrr..." said the farmer.
She had to admit, having state-of-the-art technology had its perks. Strangely enough, she heard that some humans on this planet were capable of creating technology similar to that of her planet's. They were in the minority though.
"Hmm, it seems that the humans here don't respect aliens at all...perhaps if I conquer this planet they'll show us some respect..." noted the alien. Of course, that seemed like a daunting place like herself, so maybe she would start off small.
Her name was Nebula. Remember that now, just like you remember the names of George and Harold. Oh, and you should remember the name of Jenny while you're at it. She's the author's original character, just like Nebula.
And yes, the author is aware that aliens already invaded Earth in Book 3, which had a ridiculous long title, about as ridiculous as Captain Underpants himself in fact.
We hope that you enjoy this villainous OC anyway.
"Let's see now...I guess I'll start with where I am now. That seems as good of a place as any. Those Earthlings will tremble in fear before me...or maybe they'll just threaten to call the FBI like that farmer just did. Stupid humans." remarked the space alien.
It looked like Captain Underpants was going to have to save the world once again. Those aliens simply wouldn't stay on their home planets and leave Earth alone. Why couldn't they be like the comic version of Captain Underpants who was actually friends with the humans?
Back at school...
"Hey, Melvin? How are you doing?" asked Jenny.
"Why are you hanging out with those two losers, George and Harold?" inquired Melvin.
"That's just disrespectful!" exclaimed the girl.
"What can I say? They're not intelligent as us and they never will be!" exclaimed the nerd.
Jenny sighed. It seemed that Melvin Sneedley thought that the other students were beneath him.
Then again, he wasn't acting much differently from the teachers at their school.
She decided to leave Melvin Sneedly be. Those two boys were actually pretty smart underneath their mischievous exterior.
Still, she wondered where they had gotten the idea to brainwash their principal into becoming the amazing Captain Underpants. Had they been reading too much of their own comic books?
At least Mr. Krupp wasn't mean whenever he transformed into a superhero.
Still, if anything happened to him, they would be at school without a principal. She wasn't sure if she wanted that. Who would replace him? Ms. Ribble?
Since Melvin wasn't a nice boy, she decided that she would hang out with George and Harold from now on. Sure, they were mischievous, but they were good at heart. She could tell that.
Besides, their pranks were actually rather funny, though she probably wouldn't participate in them herself too much. She didn't want anything added to her permanent record. She wanted to go to college.
Suddenly, she remembered something. How exactly was Captain Underpants able to fly? She understood now that Mr. Krupp had been brainwashed into believing that he was Captain Underpants, but how exactly was he capable of flight?
She decided to ask the two boys.
"Can we help you?" asked George.
"How does Mr. Krupp have superpowers when he transforms into Captain Underpants?" inquired Jenny.
"Oh, he drank some power juice. We found it in an alien spaceship." answered Harold.
"An alien spaceship? Funny, there's been reports of crop circles lately..." noted the girl.
"It can't be. We already stopped those aliens from taking over the world..." remarked George. What alien could be making those crop circles now?
Perhaps they should watch the news in order to investigate.
After they went to the school, George and Harold went to watch some cartoons.
After a while, they decided to investigate what was on TV.
Apparently, a farmer had been frozen solid.
"Frozen solid? But it's the middle of summer!" exclaimed George.
A rescue team thawed him out, but he was stuttering too much for him to explain what had happened to him.
"I wonder what's going on..." remarked Harold.
Were they being visited by aliens...again?
This seems like a good stopping point. In the next chapter, we're going to see more from our alien villainess...what do you think of this fanfic so far?