Eric rushed to his room. He felt his regular clothes were burning. He quickly shed his clothes and looked in a mirror. He was still the Coon, but now he resembled more like a raccoon than ever before. His humanity was very nearly completely gone, but his higher consciousness remained. He freaked out, yelling in shock and fear.
"What the fudge," Eric shouted, "That jerk-hole turned me into an animal!"
His mind raced. He needed to find a way to reverse this. He also longed for revenge. He checked his arms and hands and saw that the cape had left several marks. They almost resembled tally marks. Ten were on his left arm, and one faded away as it healed. Cartman figured something out almost instinctively.
"Ten days," He muttered. He thought for a minute, Rubbing the fur now on his body.
"I need some help," He said. He pulled out his phone and sent a mass text to the Coon and Friends group chat.
It read simply, "Meet me in the headquarters in 10 minutes."
He rushed downstairs into the basement and scrambled to set up the headquarters for his friends. He then waited in the shadows. After a few minutes, the group assembled around the table.
"You need to consider updating the chat," The Human Kite quipped, "We're the Freedom Pals now, remember?"
"Yeah, seriously, dude," Super Craig said.
"D-don't be s-so hard on h-h-him," Fastpass protested, "I-it's h-hard to u-update na-names."
Captain Diabetes snapped, "Can we get this over with?"
"Eat an orange," The Mosquito offered the fruit, "You'll feel better."
Captain Diabetes took it and started snaking.
The Coon bellowed, "I suppose you're wondering why I've assembled you all here."
"Not really," Super Craig dismissed, "But pop off, I guess."
The Coon slowly immerged from the shadows. The group all gasped.
Fastpass asked, "Wha-What happened to y-you?"
"I was cursed," The Coon grimaced, "And I fear you're all next."
"Someone in South Park has the power to curse others," Human Kite scoffed, "Sure, Cartman, and I bet it's Benny too."
"Yeah," Super Craig said, "You're not fooling anyone, dude."
"You guys," The Coon whined, "This is serious!"
Human Kite got up and came to the Coon.
"Take that stupid suit off," Kyle insisted.
"It's not a suit Human Kite," The Coon protested.
"I'm not falling for any more of your tricks," Kyle said. He grabbed the Coon's tail and pulled.
"Ow, Hey," The Coon cried, "let go!"
He scratched Kyle's chest. Super Craig was quick to push the Coon away.
"Forget you, Coon," Kyle shouted. But then Kyle noticed a strange change come over him. The scratches healed rather quickly. He felt his costume bind itself to him in an odd way. He felt lighter somehow. He also realized he needed to use Cartman's name.
"Are you okay," Super Craig said, "Dude?"
"I'm fine," The Human Kite said, "It just hurt like heck, is all."
The other boys were caught off guard.
"You mean like hell," Clyde asked, "Right?"
"Yeah," Human Kite said. Suddenly, a rush of wind entered the room via an open window. Human Kite was swept up in the air current.
"Woah," He said, "Check it out, guys. I'm flying."
The Coon quickly closed the window, and The Human Kite landed gracefully.
"Wait a minute, " The Human Kite said, "Fasspass, come here for a second."
Jimmy got up and hobbled over to the Human Kite.
"Try to take off my costume," Human Kite said.
"I-if you-your s-s-sure," Jimmy answered, a bit confused. He grabbed the Human Kite's tail and pulled on it. He was met with a paper cut.
"Ow," Jimmy said. Then, a shock of electricity surged through his body, and he felt his costume attach to it.
Fastpass asked, "Wha-what Ha-happened?"
Then he rushed around the room faster than he had ever run before. He stopped, breathing heavily.
"Th-this is freaking aw-awesome," Fastpass declared.
"My turn," Clyde said. He tugged at the Kite's tail and was met with a paper cut. Then, his body was shifting and mutating. He could feel his costume graft onto his skin. Then, he resembled more a mosquito than a kid.
"Honestly," Mosquito said, "this is exactly what I expected, and I'm still amazed."
"Stop it, " The Coon protested, "You guys, this isn't a game."
Human Kite said, "This isn't a curse, dummy. It's a blessing."
"Yeah," Scott said, throwing his orange peels in the trash, "Let me get in on this."
Scott got a paper cut from Human Kite. His costume bound itself to him, and he immediately ate a handful of gummy candy. Captain Diabetes felt so strong that he picked up the table with Mosquito.
Super Craig also got a paper cut and felt his costume bind to him. He didn't feel or look any different. Then he pointed his middle finger up at a cardboard box. It immediately exploded.
"Epic," Super Craig said.
"We all got real superpowers," Human Kite said.
"Yeah," Coon said, "For only ten days."
"The-then l-let us qu-quickly," Fastpass said, "Gi-give the others th-this gift."
He rushed upstairs, stopping to wait for the others following him. Except for the Coon, who stayed behind, stewing in anger.