"Okay, what's up with calling me back here?" Rick asked, his three Female teammates waiting for him with folded arms inside Pat's Garage.
"I-It's about your anger issues." Beth started nervously, following Courtney's plan.
"We're all in agreement here. You're out of control, just because your strong, doesn't mean you can run off half-cocked, trying to punch your way through every situation." Yolanda continued, knowing Beth didn't have to stomach to be brutally honest with Rick.
"So what? You're going to kick me off the team?" Ricked asked defensively, grabbing his hourglass instinctively.
"No, we're not! You can stay on the team, provided we work on your Anger Management skills first. We're all willing to help you out if we have to, by any means necessary." Courtney said, walking out from behind Yolanda and Beth, wearing her Stargirl uniform and carrying the Cosmic Staff. For some unknown reason, she was the only one dressed up as her hero persona, most likely for training.
"No thanks, I didn't come here for a lecture. Call me when we're ready for the next mission, or don't." Rick said, ready to blow them off when suddenly Courtney ran around him to block his path.
"This is serious! We're all risking our lives here to stop the ISA, during our last mission you nearly got us all killed by charging in against Sportmaster and Tigress by yourself. None of us can do this alone!" Courtney argued, hoping Rick would see reason.
He realized she was right but was too stubborn to admit it verbally, deciding to brush the three girls off and leave. "I'm out of here." he scoffed, bumping into Courtney's shoulder as he passed her. She needed a way to keep this team together, and for that to happen, she needed Rick to control his anger. There had to be a way to accomplish these goals, not wanting him to leave and divide their numbers in case the next big mission came sooner than they expected.
As per usual, Courtney came to realized that the answer to her problems was right in front of her. This time in the form of the Cosmic Staff itself, she could hear it calling to her, offering its unique powers to help resolve the situation.
Rick noticed a bright light glowing behind him, his shadow stretching out over the wall in front of him before being struck from behind at the base of his spine. Rick looked down and gritted his teeth, turning around before yelling, "That's it, somebody's dead!" towards the three girls, but nobody was there on the receiving end of his call to violence, or more accurately, there was nobody who could hear him.
The three girls standing in front of him were now giants compared to him, Courtney was lowering her smoking staff and appeared to be the only person looking at him. He'd shrunk!
"Courtney! What was that!" Yolanda boomed, marching towards Rick as her feet caused the ground to vibrate underneath him.
*BOOM*, Her foot stomped inches away from his face, knocking him onto his back to look up at the two girls as Yolanda glared at Courtney.
"I'm not sure how you did things back in California, but we don't incinerate people here in Blue Valley over disagreements!" Yolanda yelled, her voice ringing in Rick's ears.
Courtney realized the misunderstanding in the works and turned up towards Yolanda, "What? No, I didn't, he's right here, look next to your foot." Courtney responded, much to Beth and Yolanda's surprise.
"What are you talking about, Courtney?" Yolonda asked, spotting what looked like a bug next to her sneaker-clad foot. Beth ran to Yolanda's side, wanting to see Rick as well, concerned for his safety after seeing him disappear in a flash of light.
"Wait, is that him? But he's so tiny." Beth said, adequately pointing out the obvious.
"Since when can you do that?" Yolanda asked Courtney, wondering why the blonde teen hadn't shrunk the ISA and crushed them under her calf-high canvas sneakers like worms during their encounters.
"Just now, apparently," Courtney answered honestly.
Yolanda and Beth's jaws both dropped in response to this news, "Wait, so you didn't know this was going to happen?" Beth asked, curious about Courtney's new power.
"Well, no, not when I first stood up to him, but I felt like the staff was talking to me, telling me this would resolve the situation. I mean, now we can force him into working on his anger management issues.
"And then what? Can you even return him to his normal size?" Yolanda asked, turning her head back down to Rick.
"Yeah, I mean. Probably, we can worry about the details later. Until then, we'll do what we set out to do and help Rick control his temper. We can take turns watching over him, although we'll keep him hidden, both at school and home, nowhere he can escape without you noticing." Courtney announced, coming up with a plan on the fly as all three girls turned their attention down to Rick at the same time.
"Until we can all agree that he has control over his anger and won't act impulsively in the field, I won't restore his size," Courtney stated very matter of factly.
"So, who will take the first shift?" Yolanda asked, speaking for herself and Beth.
1. Yolanda and Beth decide that since Courtney shrunk Rick, she should also take the first shift. She then decides to use her time helping Rick, determining the limits of his powers at his new size, by sitting on him and having him hold her above his head if he can.
2. Courtney and Yolanda both look at Beth, prompting her to take the first shift. Beth then promises to keep Rick safe, strapping him between her toes. Before putting her boot on over him and heading to the Library at the school.
3 Yolanda looks at Courtney and Beth before volunteering herself, bringing Rick back to the school gym for a workout, hiding him inside her cleavage since the clothes in her bag don't have pockets.
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