Wordgirl's Life Story Series
Part 7: Second to Last Chapter
(Becky is sitting with her friend, Violet in the doctor's office.)
Doctor #1: Well, according to the tests we had run on you, Mrs. Ming, it shows that you have heart disease and it's too advanced to do anything about it and getting a heart transplant at your age will not be a safe option. But since your diet seems to be healthy, I say you have about five to six years to live.
Violet: I see. Thanks for telling me.
Doctor #1: I'm sorry.
(Violet and Becky both leave the doctor's office together, without saying anything until they get to Violet's car.)
Wordgirl/Becky: I'm sorry to hear about this, Violet.
Violet: Thanks. It's just the way my mother died and my father. They both had some kind of heart disease. I guess it was by time that I did too. My mother and I were vegetarians and we tried our best to live healthy lives. But I guess anyone can get heart disease, no matter how healthy they are.
Wordgirl/Becky: Maybe in your case it's hereditary, like Victoria's breast cancer was. She got it from her mother, who got it from her mother.
Violet: Yeah, I know. I just didn't want to believe it would happen to me.
Wordgirl/Becky: I can't say I understand because I've never inherited an illness from my birth parents but I've been in many situations where I thought I would die. I almost died from exposure to Lexonite when Miss Power's sister threw that piece of pure Lexonite at me. It was more potent than previously because it wasn't exposed to Earth's atmosphere. And the reason Stephanie wasn't affected was because she has Tobey's Earthling DNA and that protected her.
(They arrive home and Violet goes to lay down.)
Violet: Becky, you'll always be my best friend.
Wordgirl/Becky: And you will always be mine. (She then goes to hug her best friend.) And Violet, I'll always be here for you, if you need anything.
Violet: Thanks. I'm just going to take a nap now.
Wordgirl/Becky: I'll be in the living room, working on the second to last chapter of my book, if you need anything.
Violet: Ok, thanks.
(Becky leaves the room as Violet lays down to sleep and she heads to the living room to continue writing her book on her life story.)
My Life Story
By: Rebecca Botsford-McCallister
AKA Wordgirl
Chapter 6: My Children
Stephanie, Teddy, and Charlene
This next chapter is one that is personal to me. I'm going to talk about three of the most important people in my life. I'm talking, of course, about my three children, Stephanie, Teddy, and Charlene.
Stephanie McCallister-Guy, my eldest child was born when I was 22 years old. I found out that I was pregnant with her like two weeks after Tobey and I got married, she must've been conceived during our honeymoon, like two days after our wedding. Anyway, when Tobey and I found out that we were having her like two weeks after our wedding, we were so excited. We then told everyone and they were all just as excited as we were. And not just my family and close friends, but my former enemies as well. On the day she was born, just before her birth and after my friends had come to visit us, four of my former enemies came to visit. Two of them had their own child with them. And even though they used to battle me all the time, I felt safe around them, like I actually always felt. They helped me get through my painful contractions and after she was born, they all came to see and to welcome her. And one of the last people to meet her on the day she was born was Granny May. She was a patient of the hospital as well and she came to see us, despite the fact that she was sick herself. And she saw Stephanie as if she were one of her own grandchildren or great-grandchildren. My daughter's full birth name is Stephanie May McCallister. She was named after two of my former enemies. Dr. Two-Brains and Granny May. And she became best friends with the daughter of Doc and Lady Redundant Woman, despite the fact that their daughter was three years older. She seemed to like being around my former villains. One former villain she particularly seemed to find enjoyable to be around was the Whammer. I'm guessing his personality was what drew her to him. If you are asking, yes, Stephanie did inherit my powers and she was the only one of my children to do so and she became a second generation Wordgirl and she even had a sidekick of her own, my former, late sidekick's son, BJ. She had no villains of her own, she just battled some of former villains, that were still, at the time, committing crimes, along with some common criminals. Then after awhile, Stephanie had decided to go into retirement after the last of my villains had quit committing crimes. She later married a young man named, Matthew Guy, who's the stepson of another former villain of mine, Chuck, the Evil Sandwich-Making Guy. They soon had two children of their own, Molly and Joshua. Like Stephanie and I, Molly had also inherited my Wordgirl powers and became the third Wordgirl. Molly soon got married and had a daughter of her own, Nadine, the fourth Wordgirl. And Joshua had gotten married and he now has son named Mack. Mack is destined to take over the sandwich shop that was first opened by Chuck and his brother, Brent and has been passed down from Chuck to Matthew to Joshua and soon, to Mack. Nadine is now 27, married, and she is now expecting her first child. Mack is now 19 and attending college. Stephanie and her husband, Matthew are now living with my son and his wife. Stephanie is now 70 years old.
My second child is my son, Teddy McCallister. He was born when I was 23½ and he was conceived like less then a year after Stephanie was born. He was named after his father, grandfather, and great-grandfather. His full name is Theodore McCallister the 4th, but we called him 'Teddy'. He had developed the love of building robots, just like his father, Tobey, but he never made any that were as large or did he build any that were sent to destroy the city. I had made a rule that he wasn't allowed to make robots for the same reasons his father did and I'm guessing that he listened. The only times he made robots for combat reasons was when he and his father built them together and that was to help in a major battle with the siblings of Miss Power. When I used to see Tobey and Teddy building robots together, it made me smile to see the man who I used to battle, when we were young children, share his passion with our only son. Unlike his sister, Stephanie, Teddy didn't inherit any of my powers. And like Stephanie, Teddy became friends with some of my former villains also. Teddy soon married Holly Ming, the daughter of my best friends, Scoops and Violet and he went to work with Holly at the Art Gallery which was first owned by my best friend, Violet. They soon had two sons, Theodore the 5th and Steven.
My third and final child is my daughter, Charlene McCallister-Markas. She was born when I was almost 32. And like Teddy, she also never inherited my powers. I named her after another former villain of mine, Chuck, the Sandwich Guy and she really cared for him and for many of my former villains. Her full name, at birth, is Charlene Claire McCallister. She was also named after my husband's mother, who was killed by my ex-boyfriend, in a 'car accident'. She had developed a love for animals and when she grew up and went to college, she began to study to become a veterinarian and that's what she still does now. She and her husband live in what used to be my Super Secret Spaceship Hideout when I was protecting the city as Wordgirl. When Butcher died, he had given her his Lil'Mittens 2 to care for. While her father and I were living on Lexicon, Charlene had married a man name Michael Markas and they had two sons as well, Owen and Charles.
So, these are my children. They make me proud to be a mom and from them, I now have six grandchildren, several great-grandchildren, and I soon will have a great-great grandchild. I know Tobey is proud as well and if he were still alive, I know he'll say that our children make him proud to be a dad.
(After finishing this chapter of her book, Becky goes to check on her friend, Violet.)
Wordgirl/Becky: Hey Violet, how are you doing?
Violet: I'm doing fine, thanks Becky. I can really use some tea though.
Wordgirl/Becky: I'll go and get some. If you want, you can read some of my book.
Violet: Thanks Becky. This book is really coming along well. How many chapters do you have left?
Wordgirl/Becky: One major one left. I'm hoping that it'll be the greatest of my chapters.
Violet: I'm sure your whole book will be a great seller. Becky, I have some arthritis in my hand, but would you like for me to do the art work for your book?
Wordgirl/Becky: If you wish to. But I don't want to burden you with this.
Violet: It won't be a burden. Just think of it as a gift from me to you for being the great friend that you are. For being here with me, in my final years.
Wordgirl/Becky: Thanks Violet. It'll be a legacy that we worked on together. And I promise that you will have recognition in helping me with this book.
Violet: Thanks Becky.
Wordgirl/Becky: In the last page, I will make my many thanks to those who helped to make this book possible.
(Later, Becky and Violet go to have tea and talk about the past.)
The End…for now.
Still more to come…