#50 Big Trouble

Females Of Evolution
F.O.E.
Episode L
Big Trouble 

The next day, Kate is overseeing Kristine as she lies in a coma. Kate's eyes are reddened and puffy, she’s been visibly upset since Kristine’s attack. Kate just sits and watches Kristine, unsure of what to do next. She wants revenge on Mel. She feels it's her fault he turned to Diana, in the first place. Every few hours Dr. K checks in on them, he is worried about both of them, Kristine’s coma and for Kate’s mental state. A tear runs down Dr. K’s face, as he shuts the door.

Once closed Jenna walks up to Dr. K, and begins to explain. “This could end up being a good thing, I know she’ll fight out of the coma. But while she’s in it, I can use my abilities on her.” Dr. K looks uncertain, even after the explanation. "I sure hope you're right, if your abilities work on her." He states. "Once i bring my dad, her grandfather and the other two members of TGJ, she'll get great training. They trained me as well, but Kristine is immensely more powerful than i am. Kristine has already far surpassed me as it is, this should push her to much greater levels… maybe even higher then Diana.” Dr. K looks shocked. “Let me put it this way… I was only around 35apl then, after I was almost at 200apl. So if she’s around just under 2,000… that would put her at about 10,000 after.”

Kate opens the door, “I heard what you just said, 5 times stronger… sounds like I’ll need to train hard to keep up with that. Please hurry and use your abilities on her.” Jenna nods and goes into the room, she begins to charge up her Aura. She explains that It’ll take a while to setup, for Kate to begin her own training. Dr. K watches as Jenna’s Aura begins to glow, it surrounds Kristine. The Aura seems to enter Kristine, or as if it was being absorbed by her.

 

Kate goes down to the gym, she finds the others already training. Kate joins them, hoping that they can unlock this mysterious Aura Evolution. They all take turns brawling and Aura charging, trying to focus their Aura into a new state. Just as they feel they are getting somewhere, there is a loud bang at the door.

The door is flung open, and Mel walks in the door. Kate and Kiki rush Mel, but they fail to land a hit on him. Mel attacks Kiki, and just as he lands Kammi lands multiple hits on Mel. Mel turns his attention to Kammi, “Oh, your fast eh?” Mel’s body becomes very lean and slender. Mel’s speed increased dramatically. He can land a hit on Kammi, even when she’s trying to dodge. This blow knocks her against the wall.

Mel speaks to all the FOE, “You have 24 hours to prepare, I’ll return to finish you all then. Be stronger, or run, the choice is yours to make. Bye for now…” Mel promptly leaves the FOE, and returns to SERD.

 

The Girls go and inform Dr. K and Jenna about Mel, and the group all think of what to do. They all decided to move to a new location, at least for a little while. The household all goes to Jenna’s family’s home. Oddly enough her family is out of town, which will give them enough room for all of them. They pack limited belongings and clothes, and the trip will only take about half an hour.

They make it there just over 30 minutes later, and Jenna shows them around the town. Jenna tells them “This is the town that I and your uncle grew up in.” The girls get an idea from hearing this and ask about where their family's home is. Dr. K looks puzzled but agrees to go see who lives there. They all travel to the old Witworth home, they get there and Kate walks up to the door.

Kate knocks on the front door, it’s not long before they hear a voice answering. “Just a minute, I’ll be right there…” They all seem shocked, and an elderly woman answers the door. “How can I help you dear… huh?” She asked then looked confused, she questioned Kate “Is that you Kylie? You look… so young dear.” Kate looks very freaked out by this. Jenna speaks to the old woman, “Are you Isabel Witworth?” She nods, and questions Kate. “So where have you been Kylie?” Kate finally corrects her, “Ma’am, my name is Kate, not Kylie.” The old woman looks emotional, “Are… are you Kylie’s children?” Kate becomes quiet. Jenna explains to Mrs. Witworth, “When you say Kylie, do you mean Diana?” Mrs. Witworth quickly replies, “Well yes, Kylie Diana Witworth, that’s my daughter's full name.” Kate looks into the old woman’s eyes, “Grand… Grandma?” Mrs. Witworth smiles, "Yes… I do believe so dear... please won’t you come in?”

They all enter the old Witworth home, and Mrs. Witworth sees Kristine is hurt. "What happened to her? Is she alright?" They explain everything that happened, Mrs. Witworth looks very sad to hear this. She questions what happened to their mother, and they give her the whole story. Mrs. Witworth is in disbelief, she cries a bit but accepts it. "I'm sorry my daughter, Your mother, was such a monster. I guess the stories of her killing Chuck was..." Mrs. Witworth cries, "I'm sorry girls..." They talk with her, this helps her feel better. “Your uncle Chuck was Kylie’s older brother, my oldest child... He was a great hero in this town, way back in the 1980s. He died in…” Mrs. Witworth begins to tear up once again, and Kate comforts her. “Thank you, it’s just so difficult to talk about, even more so now that I know…”

After a while of catching up, Mrs. Witworth invites the girls to live with her for now. “I know it will be quite cramped, but I’d feel safer if you all were here.” They all agree and choose to stay, they place Kristine in Diana’s room, where Kate also stays. The Rest stay in Chuck’s room, with Dr. K and Jenna deciding to stay at Jenna's family's home for the time being. With the living arrangements finalized, Mrs. Witworth asks to see how strong the girls are now. They all look a bit puzzled but agree to explain or demonstrate their power. They are then lead to the backyard and into a large shed, Mrs. Witworth pulls out a device shaped like a crescent moon.  “That looks kinda like a small weight scale…” Kammi notes. “This will record and capture a small bit of you Aurozukikaiatchi.” Mrs. Witworth explains. “What did you just say? You mean Aura right?” Kate questions. “That’s the olden times name for it, I forgot about that till just now. How Nostalgic…” Jenna answers Kate.

Mrs. Witworth giggles, “Let’s just refer to it as Aurozu, okay? Now Kate, stand near this…” Mrs. Tosses the scale on the ground, Kate stands just behind it. Kate begins to increase her aura just a little, as she does the device begins to glow light blue. Mrs. Witworth tells Kate not to hold back as the glow brightens the entire shed. “Fine here you go, grandma…” Kate powers up to full power, and the scale begins to count up. The display shows “-32A” and “C80”. Mrs. Witworth seems some happy, but mostly unimpressed. “So, that’s your current full power Kate?” Kate looks surprised. “I have been stronger, but I was very upset. I can’t really just… do my power like that…” Kate answers.

Mrs. Witworth shakes her head, “Training can and will fix that issue… From your current state, I would not try fighting Kylie yet”. Kate looks down hearing this, Mrs. Witworth encourages Kate to not feel too bad she is quite strong. "There is always the option to only focus on your base from, that'll ensure a better minimum output. Relying on fancy transformations can end up being overly used, almost like a crutch. This isn't something I'd recommend, you don't want that. I'm just sayin', you're better than pure gimmicks alone." Kate nods in agreement and walks back over to her sisters.

 

The girls all return to their old family home, and Mrs. Witworth prepares a meal for them all. She seems so happy to do so, after being alone for 20 years. They all have a chat as they eat with her. Mrs. Witworth explains to the girls how the coma's dream-like training can help. "It's kind of like a lucid dream, only it's completely real. She now has a chance to train with my beloved and his teammates too. This means she'll continue to become stronger, with any luck she'll keep pace with you all." They all are excited to hear this news, they all wonder how much stronger she'll be when she awakens.

"So is the 5x boost the norm for the training, is Jenna correct with that?" Kate questions her grandma. Mrs. Witworth looks puzzled and begins to explain. "It all depends on Kristine. For a normal person, they could likely get a boost to reverse a close rivalry. If someone was around 25% or less stronger than them, that's a fair increase. With time the increases may become less, but overall it should be a good boost. There's a scale for how the battle turns out, the 25% is possible to win against. You'll need the endurance to hold out though. Now 50%, 100%, 150%, or 175%-200%+, they make the difference. 50% you're unlikely to win without a mid-battle boost. 100% most your basic offenses have little or no effect. 150% is where even your most powerful attack will do nearly nothing. 175%, um... Well, to be clear your best attacks are more or less useless, with the fact that their strong attacks will likely kill you instantly. Finally, 200% level enemies will Tank everything you try, and one-shot you with weak to mid-power basic attacks. If they are that strong or even stronger, avoid them at all costs. To be honest with you, you're mother falls into the last category at this time." The girls all look upset to hear this news but accept it.

 

The girls begin to train with their grandmother. As they do she brings to set end goal levels. "Kate you must reach beyond FFF." Kate quickly questions this, "How strong is that???" Just before Mrs. Witworth can answer Karen replays. "4,095apl. The system she goes by is hex code." Mrs. Witworth nods and agrees, she sets the goal of 2D'h. Karen turns her head, "Okay now that's new... 2D and H. I'm guessing 2D with a lower h, meaning it's a multiple of hundred." Mrs. Witworth is amused by this and nods.

"Your goals are, to reach a point where you can win in base. No, using power-ups, other forms, or Aurozukikaiatchi-overdrive, unless it's absolutely required to do so." They all agree, but then Kammi questions Mrs. Witworth, "I know you say that, but we were all wondering about our next..." Mrs. Witworth looks at Kammi with a confused look. "Are you speaking of Aurozukikaiatchi-Awoken?" Kate answers her, "We refer to it as Aura Evolution Drive, to be sure your thing is the same as ours... It's like..." Mrs. Witworth interrupts Kate, "You don't need to explain, It's one and the same. I know this due to the fact that none of you, not one, has learned or Awoken your Aurozu..." Kate begins to get worried, however Mrs. Witworth explains more. "It is far from easy to use that technique. Even I've had issues with it." All the girls looked shocked. "Don't get that idea girls, I'm unable to use that one. The only person that I know could... was my dear Charles, he had difficulties with it too. So if you think you're gonna train for a few days and learn that... well that's crazy. I will say, the one thing you all have in your favor is... Diana is very lazy with self-improvement. Or at least she was the time I knew her..." Mrs. Witworth looks sad again. She begins to train the girls on the Aura Basics, and all the basic fighting skills she knows of.

 

Meanwhile, deep inside Kristine's coma mind. Kristine is becoming something kin to being lucid in a dream. She walks around her coma space. After some time has passed, she finds an oddly dressed fellow. She is happy to see anyone, and she walks over to him. She's just about to question him on what's going on, and as she prepares to speak she stops. The Man begins to smile at her.

"So, it's you we're here for... you're a special one aren't you Kristine?" Hearing her name from this strange man gives her weird feelings. "Please, can you tell me where I am? And How do you know who I am?" She asks the man. The man turns partially away from her, "Guys, I found her." He then turns back to face her. "I'll try to explain this as simple as I can. You see, your friend Jenna, she's the Daughter of one of my buddies. She used her gift to bring us to you. You are currently in a coma." Kristine not caring about her state questions the man on her sisters. "Don't know anything about them right now. Before we were spawned into your... let's call it coma Space... Your Sisters were okay, other than Kate being super upset" Kristine looks depressed upon hearing about Kate.

 

A few other men walk up behind the stranger, The Tallest one gives the first met a look. "Sorry, I didn't answer your other question. I am Charles, this big guy here is Jenna's father, Ray. The other two are Tyler and Fred. We are called Totally Groovy Justice, or TGJ if you prefer." Kristine looks a bit confused, and Charles sighs. "I am your Grandfather" Kristine stares at Charles, she can't hide her emotions from him. "Grandpa?" Charles hugs her, "It's okay we're here to train you." Kristine looks happier than she's ever been. The Other members of TGJ smirk at her reaction and eagerness to train with them.

 

 

"I know we can get win if we all train together, Mel you're going down pal!"

-Kate