Reforms

Cindy put herself forward and Sandy followed (both at 17; an accomplished athlete and a budding physicist, respectively). The investiture was humble, but they weren't kidding that it would all start rolling differently immediately afterwards. Pretty much, it was the following Monday at Completion Camp (a week to make up all of the coursework you'd missed to stay on track and graduate on time), when the bullies started in on the kids who'd been too terrified to return to school for weeks at a time. Dahlia and her companion cretin had cornered someone in the 1st floor gym bathroom when Cindy and Sandy entered, intrigued. After the almost victim was rescued and dismissed, it went down pretty predictably until Cindy got close enough to use the pepper spray on both miscreants; from there, the duct-taping to a chair and the explaining real life just kind of naturally followed. "You will be governed by the laws, policies, and procedures of this school while in school; you will be governed by the ordinances and lawful operation of the city while away from school; you will - from this moment - be held accountable for your actions everywhere you go. This is non-negotiable and long overdue," Sandy explained (the wordy one). Both Cindy and Sandy administered eye wash and then proceeded to use two cans of hairspray (each) on the bullies to set their new look. There were oodles of threats, which amused the two to no end. "Them's some big fightin' words coming from two idiots stuck in chairs lookin' like Beavis and Butthead," Cindy laughed. "We should probably head back out on patrol," Sandy said. "We don't want to exhaust ourselves on two pieces of trash (and Cindy nodded). So ... ," she continued, turning to Dahlia and Doofus, "we're the Dorothies; mind yourselves or we'll drop a house and fill some buckets with water." They left the way they'd entered, orderly and casual, giving the bullies their first reformation experience: yelling for help.

Credit: references to characters and themes in "The Wizard of Oz", L Frank Baum (1900).

Credit: "Beavis and Butthead"; Mike Judge (1993).