The lightning, radiation from the hairdryers and taste from the smoothie's had combined to create some sort of powerful chemical reaction towards the girls, which caused them to undergo a totally rad transformation. Their clothes started to turn into some slimming spandex; red velvet for Penny, green-blue for Bridget, regular red and light red for Chrissy, blue and light blue for Ping and green and light green for Mac. Complete with matching masks.
"Huh?" Penny groaned "What happened?"
The girls helped each other up from the rubble and were finally standing.
"I have no idea, Penny" said Chrissy "Any ideas, Mac?"
Mac pondered "Well, it was definitely electrical, some kind of massive overload and I detect some radiation involved"
"Nice intuitive insight, Madame Curie" Bridget rolled her eyes "Now can you tell us about our outfits?"
The girls looked down and noticed their new outfits.
"Wowsers" Penny remarked as she looked down "Look at this"
"Great Gatsby" Chrissy remarked "Either we blacked out and started doing aerobics or something mega-strange is going on here, guys"
Just then, the guys and dogs emerged from the rubble.
"Wow" said Adrienne "Groovy new looks ladies"
"Yeah, what happened?" asked Zeke.
"That's what we've been pondering" said Chrissy.
Just then, someone shouted from the building across the street "HELP US! HELP! GET US DOWN FROM HERE!"
"Hey! Someone's calling" said Chrissy.
Mac squinted her eyes and she somehow zoomed in on the building and saw Nightingale and Larry trapped.
"I see them" she said "Two guys are trapped in that building!"
"How do you know that?" asked Bridget.
"I can see them through the walls" Mac replied.
Everybody looked at Mac with confused faces.
"What?" she asked.
"HELLPP!" Larry shouted.
"We've gotta find a way to get up there and save them" said Penny.
"But how?" asked Zeke.
Ping thought for a minute "Maybe if we charted a plane, we could probably fly-"
Just then, Ping started to zoom up into the sky.
"Did Ping just...fly?" asked Zeke.
"It would seem that way, yes" Chrissy replied.
"AAAAHHHH!" Ping screamed as she flew into the sky "Oh my God! Oh my God! Oh my God! I hate heights! Okay Ping, don't be a spaz. You're just flying without a plane, it happens...NO IT DOESN'T!"
Just then, Ping flew right past Nightingale's laboratory.
"No wait!" she said "That's where I want to go!"
The gravitational pull on Ping's newfound powers caused her to float right to the balcony where Nightingale and Larry were. Inside the lab, it was all smoking and there were sparks and electrical jolts flying everywhere.
"Excuse me, I'm trying to save you" she called out to the two people in danger.
"Boss! Boss! Wake up" Larry shook his boss awake "There's someone here to save us"
"Get her out of here" said Nightingale "We don't need to be rescued"
"Sure thing" Larry said as he approached a flying Ping "Hey! Get lost! We don't need help"
"Dude, your place is in flames" Ping remarked "What do you call that?"
"Gotta go" Larry retreated back to his master.
"Great" Ping rolled her eyes "These guys don't want to want to be rescued and I can't get down-"
Just then, Ping started plummeting down to the ground and shouting.
"I'll catch you, Ping" Zeke said as he held out his arms.
"STOP!" Ping shouted, then stopped and landed right on the ground "Wow, that was easier than I thought"
"Dude, that was so weird" said Bridget "So what happened, Ping?"
"Those guys don't want to be saved" Ping replied "I don't get it. Why would anyone not want to be saved?"
"Well we have to save that bloke, no matter what" said Adrienne.
"Adrienne's right" Penny nodded "After all, my Uncle John always tells me that we heroes have a code of honor and that's to save them"
"Penny, I thought we we came here to settle down, not get involved in anything dangerous like this" Bridget snapped her fingers and then disappeared.
"Oh my God!" Penny exclaimed "Bridget! You just disappeared"
"I did?" asked Bridget's voice.
"Bridget? Where are you?" Ping looked around "Are you a ghost?"
"No, I'm invisible" said Bridget's voice "But how?"
"I think it must've happened when you snapped your fingers" said Chrissy "Try snapping your fingers again, Bridge"
Bridget snapped her fingers again and reappeared "Cool! I can turn invisible!"
"Great" Chrissy rolled her eyes "Now everyone has powers but me"
"Don't be a diva, Chrissy" said Mac "It's not that big of a deal"
"Yeah, I don't have any powers and I'm doing just fine" Zeke smiled.
"And neither do I" said Penny "At least I don't think so"
Chrissy glared at the two.
"Not helping, Penny and Zeke" Bridget remarked.
"Bridget's right" Penny nodded "Now, we needs to think of a plan to save those guys"
Penny started to think and all of a sudden, the rubble started to float in mid-air.
"Oh my God! I'm making things float in mid air" she exclaimed "I think that zapping gave me some form of telekinesis"
"Oh for God's sake!" Chrissy stomped her foot "I'm head cheerleader! Where's my power?!"
Chrissy got angry and hit a car in the parking lot, which flew right across the block and landed in another parking space.
Chrissy flexed her muscles "I've got super strength. Maybe I could use this during cheerleader practice when we're doing a pyramid with-"
Mac tapped Chrissy's shoulder "Not to be a drag or nothing, but can we get back to the guys who are in trouble?"
"Oh right" Chrissy grinned "Come on, Penny!"
"Right behind you" Penny followed Chrissy.
The two blonde's then got into the building and were ready to save Larry and Nightingale.
"Somebody need rescuing?" Chrissy placed her hands on her hips.
Just then, Penny saw Larry on the floor and picked him up.
"No worries, little guy" she said to Larry "Penny and Chrissy are here to save you"
"No" Larry pleaded "You don't understand!"
"Sorry, but we've gotta get out of her or we'll both die" Penny told him.
Chrissy turned around and saw Nightingale digging through a file cabinet.
"My plans for world domination! I must save them!" he said as he tossed some papers.
Chrissy then tapped on Nightingale's shoulder and grabbed him by the coat. Next thing you know, Penny was holding Larry and Chrissy was holding Nightingale.
"What're you two doing?" asked Nightingale.
"We're getting us out of here before this place blows to bits" Chrissy replied.
Penny and Chrissy ran over to the exit, but saw that it was blocked by a giant beam from the ceiling.
"Crumbs" Penny exclaimed "What're we gonna do now, Chrissy?"
"I don't know" said Chrissy.
Chrissy looked around and saw a wide open window.
"Follow me!" she told Penny.
Penny (with Larry in her arms) followed Chrissy (with Nightingale in tow), who was running towards the open and shattered large window.
"What're you doing?" Larry asked, frightened.
"I'll tell you if we survive" said Chrissy.
Back outside, the others were waiting for Chrissy and Penny to get out.
"You think they're okay?" Ping asked the others "They've been gone for a whole two minutes"
Just then, Mac saw something coming down from so many feet in the air "Oh my God! Scatter!"
Zeke, Adrienne, the dogs and the girls scattered and Chrissy, Penny and the two guys landed right in the middle of the road, creating a large pothole.
"Wowsers" Bridget exclaimed "Look at that hole"
Just then, Chrissy and Penny emerged from the smoke.
"Oh man, I think I pulled a hamstring" Penny groaned.
"Memo to me; go on a diet" Chrissy groaned as she straightened her back.
"Chrissy!" Mac and Ping exclaimed and hugged her.
"Penny!" Bridget ran up to Penny and hugged her.
All of a sudden, Larry and Nightingale emerged from the smoke and pothole.
"You!" Nightingale pointed to Chrissy and Penny "You two are going to pay for what you did!"
"Who's the yellow dude?" Mac asked Chrissy and Penny.
"That's the guy Penny and I just rescued from a destructing building" Chrissy folded her arms.
"You two blonde brats have ruined everything I've worked for!" Nightingale ranted "I will have my revenge! Larry!"
Larry pressed a button on his arm and in the blink of an eye, a black car arrived and the two drove off into the sunset.
"Geez, that guy could show us a little gratitude, don't you think?" Penny remarked.
"I don't know..." Adrienne rubbed his chin "There's something about that bloke, but I can't put my finger on it"
Zeke grunted "Okay, this night is officially freaking!"
"I'm not surprised it is" Bridget remarked "Freaky stuff happens to me and Penny every week"
"Well regardless, how did you guys get those powers?" Zeke demanded.
"Well, it must've been that electrical jolt that changed us, must've mixed up our molecules somehow" Mac deduced "But that's just what I think"
"Who cares how it happened? The point is we've been blessed with awesome super powers and since we're superheroes, we should be partying like rock stars!" Chrissy exclaimed.
"I don't think it works that way, Chrissy" Bridget told her "I mean, these super powers are awesome, but also a special gift"
"Bridget's right, babe" Adrienne agreed "You five have been blessed with these awesome and precious gifts and with great power, comes great responsibility"
"Like in that movie about that guy who got bit by that spider" Zeke remarked.
"Your cousin has a point, Chrissy" Penny said "You think it was easy when my uncle got his gizmos and doohickeys?"
"Oh my God! This is bad" Ping started to panic "My parents are going to hyperventilate when I say 'fly' and- Wait a second! I just said 'fly' and nothing happened. Hold on! I said it again! Fly! Fly! Fly!"
Nothing happened and all of a sudden, the girls started to transform back into their old selves.
Chrissy gasped "Oh my God! Mac look through something!"
Mac grabbed a board and squinted her eyes "Nothing"
Chrissy grabbed the board and tried to break it, but nothing happened "Rats! Penny! Try moving it with your mind"
Penny put her fingers on her forehead and focused her eyes on the board, but nothing happened.
"Crumbs! Nothing happened" she exclaimed "Bridget! Snap your fingers!"
Bridget snapped her fingers and nothing happened "Nope! Nothing"
"That was a short lived experience" Chrissy rolled her eyes.
"Oh don't feel so bad, ladies" said Zeke "At least we still have each other"
Chrissy, Ping and Mackenzie glared at Zeke, who grinned sheepishly.
That night, Penny, Bridget and Chrissy were getting ready for bed. After brushing their teeth, Chrissy climbed into bed and Penny, Bridget and Brain snuggled into the inflatable bed.
"It's a shame we lost our powers, Chrissy" said Penny.
"Yeah, I really wanted to keep them a little longer" Chrissy remarked "Well, until I have my own talk show that is"
"All I know is that we'd better not see anything weird anymore" said Bridget "I just want a chance at a normal life, for once"
"Don't worry, it won't be so bad, Bridget" Penny comforted her "Almost everywhere we go there's something abnormal or freaky"
"Gee, thanks" Bridget rolled her eyes.
"You're welcome" Penny nodded "I'm glad I could help"
"Besides, tomorrow's the weekend and we're going to the park for cheerleading practice" Chrissy told her new friends "Maybe you guys can go one day without running into anything strange"
"I hope so" Bridget remarked.
"Well goodnight guys" Chrissy smiled "See you in the morning"
"Night Brain" Penny turned to her dog, who was sleeping between her and Bridget "I love you"
Penny, Bridget and Chrissy each gave Brain a kiss and they finally fell asleep. However, Penny had something on her mind.
"I don't know, but somehow I think we haven't seen the last of that mad doctor and our powers" she said in her thoughts before drifting off to sleep.
Meanwhile back on an uncharted island in the tropics, the block of ice had finally melted and therefore, the young inhabitant was thawed out of his icy prison.
"Huh?" he looked around in confusion "What happened? I'm free! But where am I?"
The youth then looked at his wrist and pressed a button on his communication device.
TO BE CONTINUED...
Author's Note:
The girls' powers may be gone, but I don't think that Penny, Chrissy and their friends have seen the last of their superpowers and that Nightingale character. Meanwhile, who could've been freed from that block of ice? You'll have to stay tuned for new developments in this story arc!
But can you please try to guess who was in the ice block and what could be so weird about this story? Just try to guess.