Superhero Blues
Chapter 7: You Know What Happened Last Time
Hey, it's been a while since I decided to get my butt on this chair and open up Word to type this. What happens when Kendra decides to take advantage of her friend's powers?
"Hey, Zoey." Kendra carried out the last small piece of wood outside her mansion's garage. She already set down her father's toolbox and other cut pieces of light wood on a beach towel in the paved driveway. Several metal nails lay on the sunlight next to Kendra's feet.
Kendra was expecting her friend Zoey Shape. Kendra called Zoey earlier to come meet at the garage. Zoey looked at Kendra, then at the pile of small wood boards and a toolbox. "Want me to help, Kendra? I have all the time I need, and my parents won't mind."
Kendra grinned and pulled herself up from the ground. The nails rolled onto her path as she moved. Zoey saw Kendra step on a pile of them. But she didn't warn Kendra or told her to be careful. Zoey knew that Kendra was superhuman twin of Wilbur Robinson, and that she had indestructibility.
"That is exactly what I want you to do!" Kendra replied to her friend. She seemed to ignore the fact that the silver nails are making a mark on her foot. They didn't even pierce her heel.
"Okay, maybe I can help you hold the wood or help you hammer the nails or something…" Zoey suggested, then asked, " Wait, what are we building?"
Kendra set down her toolbox on a folding table she set out earlier. Then, she dumped the wood on the table. "A birdhouse. I just thought I would build one since it's a great day out here."
Zoey agreed, and pulled out some nails from the ground. She rummaged through the toolbox for a hammer. She didn't see any. "No hammer. What happened to it?"
"I think that would be a long story to tell," Kendra explained, remembering how Wilbur tried to use it to dig a hole to China in his backyard, but ended up in Paris. She picked up Wilbur from the Eiffel Tower and realized that the police there confiscated the hammer.
"So what are we going to do then? Fly to the tool store?" Zoey thought. Kendra looked at her, smirking. Zoey knew what that could mean. "No, no, Kendra! Do you know what happened last time you asked for me to turn into a hammer?"
"What last time?" Kendra wondered, then remembered what happened that time. "Oh, that. It wasn't that bad…"
Zoey rolled her eyes. She remembered how Kendra called Zoey to come over. Zoey saw Kendra with a picture frame and a couple of nails. "Hey, Zoey." Kendra had told her. "I'm hanging up a picture here. Would you help me?"
"Sure." Zoey remembered agreeing, and decided to morph into an iron hammer head with a wooden handle. It was supposed to happen less than three seconds or so. Kendra grabbed Zoey and banged her on the nail as she held the nail.
Minutes later, Zoey changed back to herself, but looked all scratched and beat. Kendra finished hanging the picture, but there were lots of nails that were bent being stuck on the wall just to hang it up. Zoey stared threateningly at Kendra and blew one of her tangly yellow hairs to her side of her head.
"Kendra, I am never going to be your tool ever again."
"What about the birdhouse I would make later on? You could help me with that. I want to see some birdies!"