A/N I had no intention of writing a sequel to "Miss Keane Strikes Back". Sequels are rarely as good as the originals (there are exceptions though- whether this is one of them I'll let you decide, but I doubt it) but last night, I was bored. Studying for my psych mid-term was getting boring and I'm experiencing mild writer's block for "End of an Era" so I randomly got an idea for a sequel to this. And really, I think Miss K is cool! She's my favorite non-puff, non-bad guy character!
Oh! And if you haven't yet, please R&R "Miss Keane Strikes Back" part one! While I hope this will be good on its own, it might clear a few things! Although this chapter is mainly a recap… anyway, I tend to ramble, on with the story!
The City of Townsville was enjoying a beautiful May afternoon. The weather was so lovely that Miss Keane and her Pokey Oaks kindergarten class decided to have lessons outside that day. As the class sat down on the grass, Miss Keane stood before them, telling them one of their favorite stories.
"…and there I was, alone facing the vengeful Mojo Jojo. The Powerpuff girls were defenseless and I knew that it was up to me to save them. Mojo Jojo with his evil snarly eyes growled at me, his laser pointed right at me. He fires! I dive out of the way, but I knew I was trapped. One false move would be the end of me. Just when I thought it couldn't get any worse, along came…" she allowed a suitable and obligatory dramatic pause before saying, "Him!" even though the kids knew the story very well by now they gasped.
"What did you do?" Elmer asked awestruck, eating his candy glue like it was popcorn. (he wasn't allowed to eat real glue at school.)
"What could I do? It was little me, a lowly kindergarten teacher against two of the most powerful villains in Townsville!" she said.
"Oooh!" the class moaned.
"So naturally…. I kicked their butts!" Miss Keane laughed. The class cheered. "It was easy too. I had Mojo Jojo down in an instant! And then there was one. It was down to me and the 'evilest of evils'!" she said. "He tried to control my mind, trying to make me turn against the Powerpuff Girls, but then I realized something. Him was powerless! He was all about image! He couldn't destroy the Powerpuff Girls himself, oh no. He just used his evil image to scare people, and hide the fact that he was a loser!"
Buttercup rolled over laughing, "Ha ha! That's so true! What a wimp!"
"I realized that the reason he never did the work himself, and always tried to get someone or something else to do it for him, was that he wasn't really all that powerful. So I merely pointed the fact out to him, and Him left us, obviously embarrassed!" Miss Keane laughed. The class joined in. "He's not so evil!" she laughed. "So then I saved the Powerpuff girls and returned to class."
"Yay Miss Keane!" everyone cheered.
They all shared a laugh and Miss Keane sighed, "OK class, let's get started on some math!" The class nodded and obediently pulled out their notebooks and listened to her intently.
As Miss Keane taught the class she reflected on that day in March, how close she came to losing her job, and couldn't get the class to pay attention to her at all. But less than a week later, not only was her job saved, and she won over the respect of the class (and their attention), but she earned a Teacher of the Year nomination to boot! To teachers that award was like the Oscar to movie stars.
There was a lot more to winning the award than getting nominated. It was a lot of work, and in less than a week she and the other teachers nominated would give a presentation to the school boards and the PTA's from various districts to earn their votes and the following week-end at a big ceremony in Townsville Community Hall, the awards would be announced.
Things were looking up for her. Not only had she begun working on her presentation the evening she was nominated, but the class was more than helpful in helping her prepare. Not only that, but her class went from having one of the lowest averages, to above average grades in such a short time. All she needed was to gain their attention.
After a while Miss Keane dismissed her class for the day and everyone waved good-bye as they gathered their things and left. Blissfully, and excited about the awards ceremony coming up, Miss Keane straightened up her class room and said to herself, "Oh I am so happy!"
Meanwhile a shadowy figure who had been watching her class all day, including her story watched her in loathing and whispered, "You maybe happy now, but not for long. Not if I can help it." Of course the stalker that hated her so was in fact… Him!!
He still couldn't get over the fact that Miss Keane, a pathetic kindergarten teacher would dare defy him. Not only defy him, but make fun of him, insult him, embarrass him and then dare to mock him in front of her class, not once, but at least once a week during their daily story time. It was the class's favorite Powerpuff adventure story, along with the one about the Boogie man, and the time Him possessed sidewalk chalk. Ever since Miss Keane saved the day, Him had become the laughing stalk of Pokey Oaks kindergarten. No one feared him anymore! The sidewalk chalk idea looked like a splendid idea in writing! It wasn't that lame!
Him frowned, Ok, maybe it was. But he defended it to himself, reminding himself that that incident was just to let them know he was still out there. In actuality he was saving his best plans, and his energy to get his revenge on not the Powerpuff Girls, but the young woman who ruined Him's perfectly evil image. He had a personal vendetta to settle with her before he can continue his ultimate plan in destroying the Powerpuff Girls and taking over Townsville. His therapist was right. As much as he didn't want to admit it, she had lowered his self-esteem and until he dealt with it, he could never succeed.
He would've gone after her right then while she least expected it and he was at the greatest advantage, but not only did it not fit in with the plot of this story, but "Trading Spaces" was on, and he still couldn't program his VCR, so he decided to keep the ominous image and suspense and whispered, "Soon Miss Keane, you will rue the day you dared hurt my feel…I mean, insult me!" with that he vanished.
A/N I hope you enjoyed this chapter! Maybe this chapter wasn't very funny, but I personally think it's a funny concept of Him having a therapist (although he does need one!) Thanks to everyone who reviewed Part One!
Hairy Gregory: o_O! 2601 reviews (and counting)! That's a lot! (and that's not including anonymous reviews and reviews to stories that were taken down as well right?) Crazy! Kudos to you for that by the way! It's super nice of you because as every writer knows, reviews are a wonderful encouragement! And I noticed that you always seem to have something to say in your reviews! Thanks so much. I'm sure I'm not the only one who appreciates them.
PinkPuff514: Thank you so very much for your last review! It really did make me happy! Thank you so much! (Does happy dance in excitement for PinkPuff514's review)
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Pilfered Sympathy: Didja really think I'd let Miss K get fired? I wouldn't do that to her! Thanks for the review and for being a faithful reviewer!
I have a question for all you hardcore PPG fans out there… did they ever give Miss Keane and Professor Utonium a first name? Lady K's "Face the Future" (read it btw, it's really good!) calls them John and Sandy, but I don't recall their names ever being mentioned in the show, so I don't know if those are their real names or not. I'd appreciate some clarification on that subject. Thanks!