Hey everyone! Thank you SO much for the reviews and favorites and follows! I'm really glad to see that the fandom is still alive.

I meant to update this the day after I first published it, but I just moved into college on Tuesday and my schedule got way more hectic. Yay for me. :P So unfortunately, I don't have a good idea of how fast I can update. I might write an entire chapter in a day, or one chapter might take me two weeks to finish (hopefully not, though!). Please stay patient with me?

the guest asking for Two Brains to be a major character - I am planning to write a lot of episodes for him, and one will be coming soon. Thanks for letting me know you want more of that character. :) If any of you have ideas for him (especially a redemption story arc) I'd love to hear them. I know some of you know the character a lot better than I do.

Disclaimer: Again, I do not own the show Wordgirl.

Divided We Fall, Part Two

"No, Bob, I don't find the castle suspicious. I'm not surprised that the creators of the series would choose to build their castle by Fair City - everyone here loves those books! It makes complete sense. And besides, the only villain I'd expect to build something like this is Mr. Big, and he and Leslie have been gone on that business trip for the past few weeks. Don't worry about us! You have your communicator, right?" Bob chattered and held up his belt. "Good. I've got mine too. If there's any trouble, let me know. But try to take care of it yourself, okay? I want to enjoy the entire day without any villains taking up my time, for once."

Bob nodded, changed into his Captain Huggyface outfit, and climbed out through her bedroom window. Becky waved at him for a second, then dashed down the stairs. She didn't want to miss a minute of the day she had planned.

Becky saw Violet and Scoops already waiting outside, and waved to them through the window. "Dad, come on! We need a ride to the Princess Triana castle, remember?" she said to her father, who was watching the morning news report.

"Oh, that's right, pumpkin! I'm coming," he said hurriedly as he sprang up from the couch and grabbed his car keys. "Why do I have to drive you there, again?"

Becky opened the door as she answered. "It's a few miles beyond the city limits - because it's so big! It wouldn't fit in the city."

"Hi Becky!" Violet exclaimed. "Ready?"

"You bet!"

"I've already started writing a story about it!" Scoops said excitedly. The children began discussing potential headlines as they got in the car and were driven away to the castle.

Twenty minutes later, the castle was in sight, and so was a giant robot standing outside the parking lot. Becky squinted and made out a small figure perched on its right shoulder. "Looks like Tobey's already here."

As they pulled into a parking space, the robot's hand lowered, carrying the blond boy. He hopped off and strolled towards the group. "Ah, nice to see you all managed to not be late."

Becky rolled her eyes. "Don't make me regret inviting you."

Becky Botsford was having the time of her life.

She and Violet had already spent over an hour riding ponies, dressing up, dancing, and exploring the exquisitely decorated rooms. Right now they were admiring items in the display cases of the throne room. "Violet, look at this amulet - doesn't it sparkle just perfectly? And the inscription is in the ancient language of the High Elven clan, just like in the book!"

Scoops had tagged along at first, but he quickly got caught up in interviewing people, so they agreed to meet up after the labyrinth event. Thus, Tobey was left to trail behind the girls by himself. He had found many of the events fun, but this part - admiring trinkets that he had programmed robots to create - was far less interesting, so he let his mind wander.

Hopefully the other villains were on schedule with preparations; they didn't have much more time before their crime spree had to begin. His remote hadn't beeped in alarm yet, which was a good sign; Wordgirl hadn't shown up yet to stop their plans before they could be carried out. That meant she was probably inside the castle right now.

He sighed and let his gaze wander around the crowd. But where was she? No one here looked like they could be Wordgirl - except Becky, of course. Not only did she fit the profile, she was the only person he knew that even came close. And yet Tobey still had no solid proof. All of the facts fit, but despite the similarities, the two seemed so different. Or was it just how he perceived them? Maybe his personal bias against Becky had clouded his thoughts on the subject too much.

Lost in thought, he didn't realize his eyes had focused on Becky until she met his stare and made a weirded-out face. He could feel his cheeks start to turn red and turned away quickly before she could notice. A moment later he felt his remote vibrate - the signal that it was noon - so he reached into his pocket and pressed the button to begin the maze competition.

Becky was admiring the Ever-Wand when she noticed Tobey staring at her through the glass case. She shot him a what-the-heck-stop-staring-at-me look, and was about to decide whether to go over there and tell him off for it when a pre-recorded voice sounded over the intercom system. "Time for the competition of the Ogre's Labyrinth! Please make your way to one of the maze entrances."

"Come on, Becky! Let's go!" Violet said, pulling her towards the line forming in front of the closest entrance. "Tobey, aren't you coming?"

"Oh, right, sorry. Got lost in the… painting over there. Yes, I am."

A few minutes later, a ding rang through the castle and the entrances all opened simultaneously. Becky and Violet pushed their way inside and began to discuss which hallway to enter. "Wait!" Tobey called, dodging past a few children in fairy outfits. The girls turned around. "I know how to get to the center of the maze."

Becky narrowed her eyes. "How would you know?"

"Um… my robuts scanned the building with their x-ray vision before you got here. I memorized the layout."

"That quickly?"

"Yes..." Tobey said uncomfortably. Of course, he'd designed the maze over the course of a day and a half, but they didn't need to know that. "Anyway, we need to take a left… here."

Becky and Violet exchanged skeptical glances, but followed him. After a few twists and turns in silence (except for some 'excuse me's and 'whoops, pardon me's), Becky spoke up. "Are you certain you've never seen the maze layout until today? You seem really confident about where you're going."

"Um… yeah, of course. How would I have been able to see the layout for this labyrinth before today? I would've had to be the one that built it." Tobey laughed nervously. Why had he made the path so long? They were barely halfway through, and if he didn't get Becky into the trap before she got too suspicious, he would miss another opportunity to prove that she was Wordgirl.

"Ah, here we are! The center of the maze! Ladies first," Tobey stepped aside to let Becky and Violet pass, and Becky rolled her eyes. They walked into a dimly lit, circular room. A spotlight in the center shone on a pedestal with a crown on it. The girls gasped and smiled at each other.

"Violet, would you like to try it on?" Becky asked.

"Yes! But you can go first."

"Okay!" Becky ran over to the crown excitedly and placed it on her head. "How do I look? Whoa…" she said, putting a hand on the pedestal to support herself. Why did she suddenly feel sick? The last time she had felt this way, she was wearing… Lexonite!

Tobey pushed up his glasses and gave her a smug smile. "Feeling sick? Woozy? Not yourself?"

"No, of course not," Becky said as her head started to throb. "I'm just fatigued from the long walk. Violet, how about you try it on?"

Her friend nodded and quickly took the crown off Becky's head. Instantly her head began to clear, but she still felt tired. Violet put it on and twirled. "How do I look, Becky?"

"Great, it looks great on you…"

Tobey wasn't giving up that easily. "Fatigued? You, the person that always wins field day competitions, fatigued after a bit of walking? Really."

"Yes, Tobey. Fatigued. Exhausted. Being extremely tired, usually after mental or physical exertion."

Tobey almost gave her a snappy reply about really being Wordgirl, but hesitated. What was the point? She would just deny it, as usual, and there was still a small chance that she really had just been tired for a moment. He sighed and pressed the button on his remote to close all the doors to the center room. Better safe than sorry.

The doors all around them slid shut. "What's going on?" Violet said, confused. "We won, right?"

Becky put two and two together quickly. The remote, the lexonite, his knowledge of the maze, the absence of crime from major villains for the past few days… "YOU! You… built all this? As a trap for - for Wordgirl? Why… how… oh, no." Her eyes widened. "You're all still working together."

The bank teller dove for the Wordgirl alarm, and managed to press it before Chuck's condiment ray covered her in ketchup. "You'll never get away with this!" she cried, struggling to break free.

Granny May laughed. "I think we already have, dearie." She whipped out her knitting needles and shot yarn at the alarm. It muffled the sound well enough that they could barely hear the clamor from twenty feet away. "Come on boys, we've got some shopping to do. Or should I say, stealing…"

"Tobey! Let us out of here!" Becky punched the door they had came through, but her fist rebounded off of it and left only a tiny dent. The lexonite affected her superpowers even when she wasn't touching it.

"Hmm… no."

"Tobey, I don't have time for this! If there's villains running loose around the city, my family will be worried about me. Violet's family will be worried, too."

Tobey rolled his eyes. "Don't you have a cell phone? Call them."

"I don't have one." Which was kind of true, because Becky Botsford didn't have one, Wordgirl did; strictly for work purposes, of course.

"Fine. Use mine." Tobey unlocked his phone and handed it to her. Instead of using the number pad she scrolled down the list of contacts until she found his mother's number.

"Hi, Mrs. McCallister? No, this is Becky Botsford" Tobey's face began to drain of color and he leapt at her to try and grab the phone out of her hand, but she stepped aside calmly and continued. "Your son has trapped me and my friend in a - yes. That one. Mmhm. End of the maze. Thanks, see you soon." She handed him his phone. "Thanks for letting me make a call."

Tobey pressed the alarm button on his remote and then backed away from the girls. "How could you do that?!"

"Why do you think being a jerk will get you what you want?!" Becky replied angrily.

"Jerk? I don't - I - when I destroy things they get rebuilt anyway! And it shows that I'm capable, and - and smart, and powerful -"

"It just shows that you don't care about anyone or anything! You try to get people to like you by threatening to take away what they love, but after all these years, even though you're sooo smart, you still don't get it!"

"Well, I - well, you - well…" Tobey sank to the ground and stared at his remote. "It's who I am. I'm a supervillain. I destroy things. Even when I try to do good, my creations end up doing evil instead… what's the point of trying to be good?"

"This isn't trying to do good! This is actively participating in crime!"

"We'd had this planned for a long time! I can't just back out of a villain thing because I feel like it -"

"Not a good enough reason, Tobey."

Chuck positioned his crusher over the center of the city - or as close as he could get to it (there was a tall building in the way). "There you go… you need any help with that?" Chuck asked.

"Nope, I'm good. Just watch the monkey while I'm working." Doctor Two Brains tucked the cheese ray in his lab coat pocket and the stand underneath his left armpit before pulling himself up onto the ladder on the side of the crusher. Suddenly his alarm started beeping and he almost fell off of the ladder in surprise. He managed to catch himself, and proceeded up the crusher's side much more cautiously.

After their argument Becky and Tobey were silent; first in anger, then in thought. Violet left the crown on the other side of the room, then sat by her friend and tried to get her talking again, but with no success. Becky just looked at her and then leaned her head on her friend's shoulder.

A while later the silence was broken by someone banging on the door. "Tobey! Open the door this instant!" Tobey cringed, and slowly pressed the button to open all of the doors. The one in front of him slid to the left, revealing his mother. "You're coming with me, young man."

Becky and Violet jumped up and left through the door closest to them. "Violet, I need to go stop those villains. You should go find Scoops."

"Sure… wait, which way?"

"Um, I don't remember. Word up!" Violet stepped back in surprise as her friend changed into her Wordgirl costume. "I'll make a shortcut." With the Lexonite left behind, Becky's superpowers were back to normal. She plowed straight through the walls, giving Violet a direct path out of the maze.

Doctor Two Brains set down his cheese ray to set up its stand. "Almost… ow… there we go." He turned around to pick up the ray, but it was had vanished.

"Looking for this?" Wordgirl's triumphant voice rang out from behind him. Doctor Two Brains turned around.

"Wordgirl!"

"Doctor Two Brains! I'm here to foil your evil plan."

Doctor Two Brains grinned. "Not if my friends have anything to say about it!" Wordgirl suddenly was hit with a barrage of meat from her left, and fell to the top of the crusher. She tried to keep her grip on the ray but it was yanked out of her hands by yarn. "Bet you didn't expect all of us to team up again," the doctor continued.

Wordgirl struggled to break free of the meat pile, but stopped when the Butcher raised his hands up to attack again. "I figured it out earlier today. I have to admit, I'm surprised you all managed to get this far. Usually when villains team up they end up accidentally sabotaging each other's plans." She paused. "Wait, where's Captain Huggyface?"

"Oh, the monkey? We caught him before he had a chance to alert you. He's hidden someplace you'll never find him!"

"He's inside the crusher, isn't he."

"... Maybe. But it doesn't matter! We've already stolen all the valuables in the city! Soon the whole place will be turned into cheese, and you can't stop us this time." Granny May handed Doctor Two Brains his cheese ray, and he placed it delicately on its stand. Wordgirl watched helplessly as the scientist laughed and pushed the large red button. There was a flash, then a halo of green light quickly spread out from the tip of the device and out to the city limits.

Wordgirl looked down at the city in fear, and was surprised to find that nothing had happened.

"No! I had it on the wrong setting! It was supposed to turn everything underneath the ray to cheese, not above it!" Doctor Two Brains turned to stare at the top few floors of Mr. Big's skyscraper worriedly. "Do you think he'd hold a grudge against me for that?" The other villains shrugged.

With all of the villains distracted, Wordgirl seized her chance to break free. "If he does, he'll have to take it up with you… in jail!" she proclaimed. "Because that's where you're going." The villains turned around in surprise and tried to attack, but she had already sprung into action. She zoomed down to free Captain Huggyface from Granny May's yarn, used the yarn to tie up the villains, and dropped them off in jail. Then she moved all of the money and jewels the villains had stolen from the crusher down to the street, and let the police take care of redistributing the valuables to the worried store owners.

"Violet, slow down. Tobey built this castle? To distract Wordgirl while other villains committed crimes? This is going to be the best news story yet!" Scoops gave her a tight hug, then pulled back and smiled at her. "Want to help me write it?"

"Sure!" Violet said, blushing.

Becky suddenly joined them. "Hey guys! Scoops! Get enough interviews?"

"Nope. I just found out about the crime sprees - I think I'll need an exclusive interview from Wordgirl. You have time later?"

"How about we do it at my house tonight?" Violet offered.

"Sounds great!" Becky and Scoops said in unison. The friends laughed and headed out to Mr. Botsford's car together.

Eh, the plot got super messy because I didn't write it all at the same time, and I tried to find all the continuity errors but I might have missed something. Forgive me if it was confusing or strange… I'm still working on this whole writing-fiction thing. I swear I'll get better at it.

Soon I want to write a thing about Granny May's retirement, but I don't know if I can make it into an entire chapter. I would feel bad about just mentioning her retirement on the side and never talking about her again since she was one of the original five, but I don't love her as much as many of the other villains. Thoughts? :/