Training 101
A week had passed since the Incursean's defeat and Ben's ears were still ringing from the conversation he had had with his Grandpa about him becoming a Space Demon, during the conversation he had been held at gun point by a group of Plumber's just encase but after he explained his reasoning as to why he joined the Space Demon's he was both let off the hook and considered even more of a hero amongst the Plumber's. A side from that and moving onto a better note, Ben was greatly enjoying having a little brother and Jimmy was ecstatic at having his idol as an older brother, it did disturb Ben a bit at how quickly Jimmy had become adjusted to being in a new family, it was like he had just forgotten about his original mum completely. Ben was now taking Jimmy, with the permission of Max, on one of the patrols he did with Rook they had surprisingly encountered a lot of criminal activity during their patrol that was also surprisingly mainly human's being the source of the problem.
After several hours they stopped for a bite to eat, as they ate Rook decided to raise a question "forgive me if I am being too personal, but about 4 days ago I heard a lot of yelling coming from a room you Magister Tennyson and a group of Plumber's went into may I ask what it was about?" Rook asked
Ben gave a sigh "it's because of this" he said and he showed Rook and Jimmy his tattoo.
Rook's eyes widened and his mouth dropped "I didn't know you had a tattoo?" Jimmy said
"yeah this is a special tattoo that only a certain group of people are allowed to have"
"cool"
"no Jimmy it is very not cool" Rook said as he regained his composure before turning his attention back to Ben "Ben may I ask why you joined the Space Demon's" he asked calmly, Ben then explained what had happened. When he was done Jimmy and Rook were now more than impressed "to do such a thing to save your planet is a truly noble thing to do" Rook said
"yeah that is really cool Ben" Jimmy added
"thanks guys"
"well onto a different topic I haven't seen or heard from Ester in a few days" Rook said
"well Grandpa Max signed her up for basic training at the Plumber Academy, once she completes that she'll be a full fledged Plumber, she will get skipped a head due to her help in the Incursean War"
"I wonder how she's doing?" Jimmy questioned
"don't know but knowing her two things are going to happen, 1. She'll pass with flying colours or 2. She'll be kicked out" Ben replied and they all laughed.
Meanwhile
Ester had finally arrived at the new Plumber Academy on the other side of the galaxy, due to the old one being destroyed by the Vreedle Brothers. For the first time in ages she actually felt nervous due to the fact that she was so far away from home and didn't know anyone, but she put on a brave face and began trying to find her room. As she walked around looking from left to right she bumped into someone "oops sorry" she said
"eyes forward larval dipteroid" the person she had bumped into said
"gees, I said I was sorry, no need to be rude"
"are you giving me attitude?"
"are you giving ME attitude"
his eyes narrowed "I'm senior cadet Brannigan, commander of Alpha squad and you'd better watch that tongue of yours" he said
Ester rolled her eyes "alright then commander, if you're so great then you can tell me where this barrack is" she said and she showed him the piece of paper.
Brannigan looked at the piece of paper and his eyes widened "oh dear god, she has HER barrack" he said
"are you serious!?" one of the guys said who was with him asked and they all looked at the paper before looking at her Ester
"if you can stand more than two days with her you will have my respect" Brannigan said before he pointed down the hall "keep going down this hall turn left and on the right hand side it'll be the odd coloured door"
"uh thanks" she replied and walked off while just faintly hearing "I bet she won't last 2 minutes".
It was an odd coloured door that's for sure it had vertical rainbow lines on it "okay then" she said while raising an eyebrow when she opened it she was immediately hit by a very sweet smell, it was like she had walked into a candy store. As she looked around she saw the walls, the floor, the ceiling, and the beds were all different colours, at the back of the room she saw a figure who looked similar to Vilespa (only minus the horns and lizard like features and having her candy covered red liquorice hair done up in 4 braids that stuck up and arched out to the side) licking the walls "uh hello?" Ester said as she walked in
the girl stopped licking but still had her green tongue pressed on the mostly green wall "oh I" she said before she took one big step back while turning at the same time, swaying back and forth as if she didn't have any bones, looking at her lean limbs and body add to her perfectly round head and she looked like a lollipop, she then pushed her tongue back into her mouth and gave Ester a huge toothy grin showing her rainbow coloured teeth.
The girl zipped over to Ester and stuck her hand out "hi I'm Goo, what's your name?"
"Ester...so your names Goo"
"yeah it's really short for Goofilledgumdrop, but everyone just calls me Goo, I guess its cause Goo is a lot shorter than Goofilledgumdrop because people don't really have a lot of time to say my full first name, and I don't blame them because my first name sort of sounds like a sentence more than an actual name cause on my home planet everybody has names like that" Esters left eye twitched a bit at her new really fast talking roommate, but what was really disturbing her at the moment was that despite Goo's head being perfectly round when she opened and closed her mouth there was absolutely no movement to indicate a jaw "well what are you waiting for come in come in pick a bunk any bunk except for the pink one the pink one's mine, its funny that no one else has wanted to stay in these quarters with me, its kinda like these are my own personal quarters that's why I like to constantly change the colours of this room using my tongue which acts like a paint brush that I can change colours all the time" she then stuck her tongue out and made it change a multitude of colours before she sucked it back in Ester walked in and dumped her bag on a green bed. "Ooo you chose the green bed, is there any reason you chose green, is green your favourite colour my favourite colour is pink though I guess rainbow would be my second favourite colour seeing as how I like so many colours that's why nearly everything is a different colour-"
"Cadet Lollipop!" they both looked at the man, who Ester guessed was Magister Hulka, now standing in the doorway "what have I told you about decorating your barracks!" he said
"oh I know that you told me that I shouldn't do it but I thought to myself-"
"I don't care!" he then looked at Ester "if you have any problems here just let me know"
"affirmative sir" Ester said and saluted
the man nodded "the record is 1 day" he said before he left.
Ester had a slight idea what he was talking about turning around she found her nose now just pressing up against Goo's "okay let's just get one thing straight if we're gonna be staying in the same barrack" she then put her index finger on Goo's chest and pushed her back until her arm was out straight "this is my personal space okay?"
"oh sorry about that I should have realised that you need your personal space because everyone needs their personal space just like me, I like to have my personal space but I'm perfectly okay when people enter it..."
'it's going to be a long month' Ester thought to herself
The Next Day
Ester, Goo and several other new cadet's were now at the firing range listening to Magister Hulka "this is a top-of-the-line Mark 12 Techadorian Multiblaster. It is capable of delivering a maximum energy burst of three petawatts. You will learn to assemble it blindfolded with one hand behind your back. And once again Cadet Lollipop I do not mean that literally! You will keep it cleaned and maintained. Used properly, it will save your life and the lives of those you've sworn to protect. A plumber's blaster is his best and only friend. Now put your friend back to-" "done" "gether again" Magister Hulka droned out before he walked off.
Goo watched her barrack mate put her blaster together in seconds "oh my gosh, oh my gosh, you're so fast at putting that together, I remember when I first took this class it took me ages and ages and ages to put it back together, and even when I did put it back together I did it the wrong way and it blew up in my hands, good thing I have the ability to regenerate otherwise I wouldn't have any hands and I wouldn't make much of a Plumber if I didn't have any hands"
"wait how long have you been here?" Ester asked
"I've been here for 2 years now, every time I finish here my parents immediately sign me up for something else here I've completed every single course here 3 times in both basic and advanced, I don't know why my parents keep doing that, I guess it's probably because they want me to be the best Plumber there is" she replied
'I can think of another reason' Ester thought.
Soon they were all firing their weapons at targets Ester was making perfect shots on her target, hitting the spots dead centre. The other's did fairly well, but Goo on the other hand wasn't even aiming for the targets she was more interested in making a smiley face on the target "Cadet Lollipop! stop playing with your target and shoot it!" "fine" she then put her blaster over her shoulder and fired multiple rounds. Not only did she hit her target she also hit the missed targets that the other Cadets didn't hit leaving everyone minus Magister Hulka shocked
"wow she's got amazing aim" one of the cadets said with the other's agreeing.
Later
It was now lunch time and everyone had gathered in the mess hall, Ester and Goo were the only ones sitting at a table that was in the far corner of the hall. Even while she was eating Goo was still talking, even choking a few times in the process but she still kept talking and eating until Ester finally had enough and she slapped her hand over Goo's mouth making her stop talking "now I'm going to take my hand off of your mouth and when I do I want you to only talk after you've finished your lunch, understand"
"mmhmm" Ester then took her hand off of Goo's mouth and the two ate in silence, shocking everyone in the mess hall. Throughout the whole time anyone had known Goo, that was the first time anyone other than Magister Hulka had gotten her to be quiet.
Once Goo had finished her lunch Ester saw she started to open her mouth to speak 'hear it comes' "do you want something sweet?"
"uh sure"
Goo then plucked her four candy covered braids off of her head and gave them to Ester before 4 new braids grew out "try them they're good"
"um no thanks I just lost my appetite"
"suit yourself" Goo then rolled the braids into a large ball and tossed it into her mouth, her lips moved to indicate that she was chewing before she swallowed it. "you know a lot of people ask me why I eat parts of myself but I just tell them that it doesn't hurt, I taste great, and I can regenerate, nearly everyone I know thinks it's gross when I do it but it doesn't bother me in the slightest, I bet if everyone could regenerate and tasted good they would eat themselves as well, I also find it weird that that I'm totally immune to heat and cold and yet my body melts when its eaten which is really confusing" before she could say anymore Ester got up and put her hand over Goo's mouth and then dragged her out of the mess hall, much to a lot of peoples relief.
Ester and Goo were back in their barracks with the former now really on edge, Goo was going on and on constantly changing from one subject to another which was making Ester get closer and closer to breaking, until... "WILL YOU SHUT UP! do you know why you're always here in this barrack by yourself, it's because nobody can stand you! You're annoying, you're weird, and you talk too much! Everyone here makes bets to see how long people can stand being in the same room with you, they constantly make fun of you, no one wants to be friends with you because you're absolutely crazy, and I'm pretty sure to only reason your parents keep putting you through every class here is because they can't stand you ether!" Ester shouted at her.
Goo went silent before she hung her head and headed out of the room, not even noticing that she had almost bumped into Magister Hulka on her way out, Hulka looked at Ester "quite the speech you gave her" he said
"you heard that huh?"
"yes I did, Cadet Flare do you know why she has been here so long?"
"no, sir"
"it's because her parents were making her take every single class so she can become the best she can be"
"wait were? What do you mean?"
"*sigh* her parents only wanted her to take every class in both basic and advanced once but unfortunately her home planet was destroyed in a freak asteroid collision, after doing a thorough check it turns out that she's the only pure Tekmarion left in the universe, it's hard enough to tell someone like her that her parents are dead let alone informing her that she's the very last of her kind"
Ester now felt sick to her stomach at what she had done "I take it she doesn't know?"
"no she doesn't, I haven't told her yet because I don't know how she will react, as you know she is really unpredictable and I fear for everyone here if she had a fit of sadness or rage. She may not look like it but she's the deadliest thing in this academy at the moment, that's why I've put her through all of the classes twice so she'll be able to take the news better"
"I'm going to go find her"
"see that you do" he said and she left.
After searching for about an hour she was close to giving up, she looked out the nearest portal and her eyes almost popped out of her head as she saw Goo sitting outside, in space "ether she's trying to kill herself or she can breathe in space" seeing her chest expand and contract she realised that it was the latter she grabbed a helmet and headed to the closest airlock.
Due to her ability to breathe in space Goo had decided to go out and think about what Ester had said, now that she actually thought it over she realised that everything she said was true 'maybe I should just leave here and find another planet to live on' she thought to herself before a helmet was shoved on her head
"mind if I join you" Ester said as she sat down next to Goo
"sure" she replied with a small smile. The two sat in silence before Ester broke it "Goo, I'm sorry about the things I said earlier"
"no its okay Ester, your right I am annoying, weird, and I talk too much"
"look Goo I'm really sorry for all of those things I said, you're not weird, you're just care free and it's who you are. You're actually very creative and try to put a positive on nearly everything"
"do you think the reason I've been here so long is because my parents don't want me?" she asked
Ester took a deep breath and sighed "Goo about that I found that you're ho-oly crap!" Goo turned her head and her eyes widened as they saw the mother of all asteroids headed straight towards them. Defensive lasers on the academy opened up and began firing at it but the blasts had absolutely no effect, a force field went over the academy leaving Ester and Goo on the outside
"shields not going to work, that asteroid is going to smash this place to bits" Goo said as it rapidly approached
"Goo if you have any abilities whatsoever use them, I'll do what I can" Ester said before she sucked in every scrap of air in her suit making the midsection of her suit burst open as her torso rounded out she then tore off the rest of her suit before corking her mouth with her thumb and making a hole in it, she then blew nearly all of the air in her over inflated lungs into her arm making it expand to humongous proportions, she reared the arm back and launched it forward. her large arm struck the asteroid with such force that it slowed the asteroids speed by ¾'s. Retracting her arm she divided the air equally into both arms and began pulverising the asteroid turning it into space dust, snapping out of her shock Goo responded by firing beams from all of her fingers turning the car sized chunks of rock that got past Ester's fists of fury into blobs of jelly which splattered on the outside of the academy, the two kept it up until finally the asteroid was no more. Ester finally retracted her arms and released all of the air in her body 'shit' she thought as she realised that she was now no longer able to breathe, she could see Goo's lips moving but she couldn't hear a thing, she saw Goo stop and get a look of shock on her face 'she must have realised by now that I can't breathe' she thought before she was lifted off her feet by Goo and rushed over to the hatch where they had both come out unfortunately due to the shields still being up she was unable to open the hatch.
Ester was now starting to feel light headed due to the lack of oxygen, Goo saw that Ester was quickly running out of time and was racking her cotton candy brain to try and figure out what to do, her eyes then widened and she slapped her helmet before zapping Ester's underwear (due to that being the only thing she was wearing at the moment) turning it into a plumber suit complete with a helmet and oxygen Ester took a deep breath as oxygen filled her lungs again she then began coughing and spluttering "Ester are you okay!" Goo asked
"yeah *cough* thanks a mill *cough**splutter* for saving me"
"of course, you're my barrack mate"
"wanna be friends instead"
Goo's eyes widened "really, you want to be my friend?" Ester nodded "oh my gosh, oh my gosh, oh my gosh, I've never had a friend before, I guess it's because of my weirdness and the fact that I go on and on and on..."
'hmm strange her constant talking isn't bothering me anymore' Ester thought before the shield dropped allowing them to finally re-enter the academy.
Once inside they had no sooner taken off their helmets when magister Hulka marched up to them and stopped in front of them "Flare, Lollipop if I ever see you two do something that stupid ever again I will personally make sure that you clean your barracks from top to bottom with your tooth brushes everyday throughout your duration here, do I make myself clear!"
"yes Sir!" they said in union
"good now report to room 106 on the double!" he said before he left
"that's Hulka talk for 'thank you'" Goo said while leaning over Ester who grinned
"I figured" Ester replied and the two had headed to the class, not knowing that they were only two of the few people in the academy who knew how close they had all been to being killed.
As the two walked to the class, Goo chatting up a storm, Ester's hands were now starting to throb, Goo stopped talking when she noticed that her new friend was in pain "Ester what's the matter?"
"my hands are killing me" taking off her gloves she saw that both of her hands were cut up and bloody with blood pouring out of her gloves "wow that asteroid tore up my hands badly" Ester said with a forced smile as the pain increased
"here let me fix that" Goo then zapped Ester's hands and in an instant they were completely healed
"wow how did you do that?"
"i have the ability to heal others in an instant, as well as to turn anything into anything else like turning your underwear into a plumber suit that can stretch to any size to suit your abilities"
Ester's eyes widened before she extended both of her arms 10 meters in front of her with her suit stretching with them "wow Goo thanks a billion for this"
"you're welcome" she replied before turning Ester's blood filled gloves into clean ones and handed them back to her "we should be getting to class, if you think Hulka's bad just wait until you get an earful of Magister Glace" Goo said and she ran off dragging Ester behind her.
It turned out that the first class was about none other than Ben Tennyson, she heard a lot of people wishing that's they could meet him 'man I am going to pass this with flying colours' she thought
"you should pass this easily Ester seeing as how Ben's your boyfriend!" Goo blurted out making everyone look at her in shock
"are you really the girlfriend of the great Ben Tennyson?" Magister Glace asked
"yes and I was hoping to keep that a (turns to Goo) secret" hissing the last bit at Goo who comically sucked her head into her body, making Ester crack a smile.
After class Ester was bombarded by questions by people wanting to know what the great Ben Tennyson was like 'now I know how Ben feel's' she thought to herself as the questions just kept coming, this continued for most of the day until it was finally time to retire for the night, Ester flopped down on her bed and gave a sigh "finally away from all of those questions" she said
"once again I'm really, really, really sorry that I told everyone that your boyfriend was Ben Tennyson. I really should learn to keep my mouth shut especially when people tell me to keep it a secret. I guess I'm not really that good at keeping secrets that's why no one has ever told me a secret except for you-"
"Goo I'm gonna have to cut in here and tell you something very sad"
"what is it?" Ester took a deep breath and exhaled
"Goo, you are officially the very last of your kind"
"what?"
"your home planet Tekmar was completely destroyed in a freak asteroid collision making you the last Tekmarian in the universe. If you don't believe me speak with Magister Hulka, he'll confirm it"
Goo took a few steps back in shock "wh-when did it happen?"
"I'm not sure but Magister Hulka has known for a while, I guess he just didn't have the heart to tell a sweet girl like you that kind of news" Goo sat down on her bed and remained completely silent "Goo?" she then watched as a green liquid began coming out of her eyes and she began sobbing lightly before fountains of green tears began gushing out of her eyes.
'It's like she just jumped straight out of a cartoon' Ester thought to herself as she got up and sat down next to her as she kept crying, she went to hug her for comfort only for Goo to hold her in a crushing hug 'it's a good thing my bones are like rubber now or she'd be crushing me' Ester thought as Goo kept crying.
1 hour later
'how the hell does she have this much liquid inside her?' Ester questioned as she had moved them both to an upper bunk as Goo's tears had fill up the barrack and now despite the fact they were sitting on a top bunk Goo's tears were now up to their chests "okay Goo seriously enough is enough" she said making Goo's tears turn down to a trickle "I know that you've lost everything but if you keep crying like this were going to drown in tears, which would be a very weird thing on our death certificates" Goo started to giggle at that "and I know it's not exactly the same but both of my parents are dead as well"
"I'm sorry to hear that"
"it's okay I've learned to live with it" before they could say anything else they heard a slight yell before all of Goo's tears went gushing out of the now open door, once all of the tears were gone Ester and Goo hopped off the bunk as a green and very angry Magister Hulka entered before he roared out "Flare, Lollipop!" making the two girls gulp, Ester and Goo soon found themselves mopping up Goo's tears which was not an easy task
A week later everyone was shocked at how well Ester and Goo got along with each other, they were expecting Ester to go nuts but instead she had become friends with Goo. Today they as well as another group of cadets were out in space on a stationary asteroid standing in front of what could only be described as the ultimate obstacle course. "Alright you lot, your task is to get to the end of this course in the shortest amount of time and (shifts his focus to Ester and Goo) you are not allowed to use any of your super powers" he said "ready, go!" and the cadets (minus Ester and Goo) began making their way through the course
"hop on and hold on tight" Ester said as she kneeled down, Goo did what she said and as soon as she tightened her grip Ester jumped up and bolted through the course making the others stop in shock. Ester made it to the end of the course in 20 seconds "so Goo what did you think of that" she said before she realised that only Goo's arms and legs were holding onto her turning she saw a limbless Goo still at the start, she then watched as new arms and legs burst out of her stumps and she got a cheeky grin on her face before she started to do the coarse as well 'wow I know that she said that she could regenerate, but I didn't think she could do it to this scale' Ester thought in surprise.
Once everyone had completed the course Magister Hulka looked at Ester "cadet Flare I specifically stated that no super powers were to be used"
"but that wasn't a super power, I can now naturally run that fast"
"how?"
"a lot of training"
remembering her profile he knew that she was half human and half Kraaho, so that meant that she was telling the truth because she didn't have super speed as a natural ability "now that you have completed the course you have to do it another 10 times backwards and forwards now go!" He ordered and they did what he said. Once they were done most of them were quite winded "now because of cadet Lollipop and Flare's little stunt earlier, the five of you are now going to have a combat exercise!" Magister Hulka said making the other 3 cadets glare at Ester and Goo.
Soon the group arrived at another section of the asteroid "you are the plumbers on duty. Alpha squadron has taken a hostage. Your mission is to rescue that hostage using your plumber training (looks at Ester and Goo) and not your powers! All multiblasters are set on stun, now go!" Magister Hulka ordered the group ran forward and down a slope where they were immediately pinned under fire
"if you don't mind I'll take charge" Ester said before she handed her multiblaster to Goo "Goo because you're the best shooter out of all of us you go first, Jingkz, Zzazz, Coffrof, you back her up and subdue the other team, I'll go for the team leader and rescue the hostage, okay go!" now armed with two multiblasters Goo raced out and began firing at the other team while the others began following her. Ester watched as Goo shot the other teams weapons out of their hands which gave the rest of her team mates an opportunity to take them down, seeing that the team leader was distracted she took her chance and ran to get the hostage.
Cadet Brannigan frowned as he saw the other team disabling his team with relative ease thanks to Goo's amazing marksmanship "wait a second where's Ester?" he asked looking around he then spotted her running up the slope, he began firing at her but she ether dodged or blocked every blast.
Ester dodged one final blast before she struck Cadet Brannigan in the chest making him tumble back, as he got back up he raised his blaster only for Ester to kick it up out of his hands, she then did a leg sweep knocking his legs out from underneath him and when he landed on the ground she stomped down hard on his chest and caught his blaster she then cocked it and pressed it up against his helmet "now you have to ask ya self one question; do I feel lucky? Well? Do ya, punk?" Cadet Brannigan gulped at this
"The exercise is over. Stand down" Magister Hulka said Ester grinned at Cadet Brannigan as she retracted the blaster and took her foot off of his chest allowing him to get up "how could you let yourself be taken down? You're supposed to be the elite squad" Magister Hulka stated as they all regrouped
"with all due respect sir she's not like everyone else here. She's strong, she could have killed me if she was even trying" he said with a serious tone Hulka looked at Cadet Brannigan and then to Ester
"its true, I am stronger than anyone here, and you should know since I destroyed that asteroid with my bare hands"
"with your power's I might add"
"yeah but still you'd all be dead if it wasn't for Goo and I"
Hulka's eyes narrowed "seeing as how you find yourself so superior to everyone here Cadet Flare you'll be spending the next 8 hours working out intensely"
"awesome" was Ester's only reply.
Everyone in the gym was in awe at how much weight Ester (now only wearing gym shorts and a tank top) was exercising with, she was currently bench pressing 600 pounds but to her she felt like she was only doing 50 pounds "so you think you're tough huh?" a Tetramand said as he lifted the weights out of Ester's grip
"um yeah"
"then how's about a real challenge you and me in the training arena"
"are we allowed to fight"
"as long as its training"
"then you're on" the two entered another room that was also filled with exercise equipment but in the centre was a large ring that appeared to be crudely painted on the ground 'something doesn't feel right' Ester thought to herself, the door sealed shut and locked behind them "this is a trap isn't it?" she said turning to the Tetramand he then reached up and pulled off an ID mask revealing himself to be Kolar
"my you are smart"
"so why me?"
"after Ben Tennyson sent me back into the null void with two broken arms, I've been planning revenge against him and what better way than to kill his girlfriend, this room is completely sealed off so no one can save you and everything we now say is being transmitted through the P.A. system as well as broadcast on every monitor in the academy so everyone can hear your screams of pain as they watch me break every bone in your body"
"the only one who's going to be screaming in pain here is you" Kolar growled at this and threw a punch at Ester only for her to block it with an open palm Kolar began throwing more punches with Ester still blocking them effortlessly, she blocked two punches at the same time and then thrust her arms forward making him skid back on his feet.
When he stopped he smirked "not bad, how's about we kick it up a notch" he said before he ran at her again and his arms became blurs but Ester dodged every hit effortlessly, finally she knocked all four of his arms to the sides followed by an uppercut that sent him slamming into the roof and then crashing to the floor.
He got into a kneeling position and looked up only to see that Ester was no longer in his sight "you looking for me?" he turned around and went to lung at the grinning Ester only to be knocked down again with a right hook.
Everyone watching were now in awe at how easily Ester was beating this guy even Magister Hulka who had been trying to break into the room before was surprised at how well Ester was doing. When Kolar was back on his feet Ester ran forward and began rapidly punching Kolar in the face and chest she kept this up for about 30 seconds until a final punch sent him tumbling until he hit into a large machine that was connected to the wall. Using the machine for support he got back on his feet and smirked before turning the machine on "you're much stronger than I expected, however I had planned for this little problem which is why I chose to trap you in this particular room, you see this is actually a gravity training room and as such I can increase the gravity to any level I want" he then picked up a fallen dumbbell "I'm pretty sure you've noticed by now that the gravity has changed quite dramatically, it's now 20 times greater than what it was before" letting go of the dumbbell it shot down and embedded deep into the floor "your hopes of winning are falling faster than that dumbbell"
Ester snickered making Kolar's smirk fade "maybe if this was 500 times normal gravity you'd have the advantage, but 20, I don't even feel it"
Kolar scowled "your just bluffing"
Ester put on an innocent face "maybe I am (tilts head to the side) hard to tell"
"shut up!" Kolar shouted and he began trying to punch her again but she just dodged even more effortlessly than before she then stunned him with a punch to the stomach and sent him crashing into a wall again with a windmill kick to the head.
When he looked at her his eyes widened as he saw her doing push ups on her right pinky finger with her other arm behind her back, she stopped and looked up at him "so do you still think I'm bluffing?" she asked, with one final push she was back up on her feet. Kolar growled at her as he too got up "why don't I show you a special Kraaho technique that only I have mastered" she said her pink skin began to turn red and steam began to come off her body "I'd love to show you what I'm truly capable of in this form but due to the size of the room I don't think I could show you, so I'll just end it now" Kolar then charged at Ester who bent forward and began pumping her arms upward so fast that they disappeared just leaving jet streams in their place, and when Kolar got close enough it was like he had 10 fists pressed up against him. Everyone watched as Kolar was lifted off of his feet as he was bombarded by jet streams which were actually Ester's fists, he was carried back before slamming into a wall and was forced further and further into it until he finally burst through it and into the wall on the opposite side of the hall where he fell unconscious, Ester looked up at one of the camera's and winked while giving a victory sign.
Ester later found out that her attack had sent Kolar into a comatose state, Magister Hulka was both impressed and disappointed at Ester's over excessive force, she had also found out that one of the Cadets in the academy had assisted Kolar in hacking into the P.A. and monitor systems. Through a lot of trial and error Ester finally passed Plumber Academy she was now standing at her shuttle which was ready to take her back home, she and Goo were now having a very tearful goodbye "I'm really going to miss you Ester, you are without a doubt the best friend I have ever had"
"and we still are friends, hopefully we'll work together some day"
"same here, I'd like that" the two gave one final hug before letting go. Goo watched as Ester walked through the door way into the shuttle, with one final wave the door closed, she watched the shuttle blast off until it was out of sight "well back to my barracks" she said, giving a sad sigh she headed back to her barracks.
4 days later
Ester finally arrived back at Plumber HQ now wearing a custom purple plumber suit that Goo had made for her as soon as she exited the shuttle she was greeted by the love of her life, the two instantly embraced each other and kissed. When they separated Ben looked Ester up and down "I take it by that stylish suit you passed"
"barely" Ester replied sheepishly
"that's my girl" he said before Max came up
"congratulations on passing Ester, I got the report from Magister Hulka seems like you had quite the adventure there"
"it was an experience that's for sure"
"how about we talk about it over lunch?" Ben suggested
"sounds great I haven't had anything good to eat in over a month"
"yeah the food at plumber academy isn't the best" Max said making them all laugh before they walked off.