Two days had passed since Mephisto's defeat at the hands of Stargirl and her friends, and life in Blue Valley began to return to normal, well close enough. Mike and Jakeem still had to conduct plenty of damage control from when he had the Thunderbolt Pen without the new JSA's supervision.
Together they had successfully reversed about 95% of all his wishes. Leaving the biggest ones for last, and while most of his giant-food wishes had been taken away by locals to the county fair as attractions, there was still one no tow truck could carry away. Namely, the life-sized gingerbread house Mike discovered during his search for Jakeem and the Thunderbolt.
The two boys walked through the front door with ease, finding themselves inside of a fully functioning Gingerbread house. Everything surrounding Mike and Jakeem, from household appliances to the living room furniture, had transformed into some form of candy or another. There was even a chocolate heater in the corner, currently melting itself as it pushed warm air into the house.
"This is insane! I had a dream like this once." Jakeem announced as he hurried past Mike into the living room.
"I know this looks cool, but it's a real problem we need to work on fixing ASAP," Mike said, trying to take a more serious role in their partnership, still wanting to take a seat at the table in the JSA.
Unfortunately, Jakeem was too distracted, pulling apart the sofa to see if it tasted any good, "Mike, check this out! It's filled with peanut butter!" he yelled excitedly.
"Knock it off. We got a job to do." Mike said, taking charge.
"You're right, man. But, you have to admit this is pretty cool!" Jakeem announced as he took out the Thunderbolt Pen, feeling pressured to make the first wish that came to mind.
"I wish this gingerbread house and everything in it was normal." Jakeem declared, without considering the consequences of his wish. But nobody could fault him. Even Mike didn't catch it right away as The Thunderbolt shot out of the pen.
"You got it, kid!" he said, zapping the floor, though none of their surroundings seemed to change much as a result. Electronics turned off, and furniture became more jagged, composed of candy pieces rather than made entirely out of candy.
"What happened? We're still inside a gingerbread house?" Mike asked, confused by this odd turn of events. His surroundings might have changed, but not in the way they expected.
"I'm gonna go outside and take a look," Jakeem announced, walking towards the door, but he was frozen in his tracks as The Thunderbolt spoke behind him.
"I wouldn't do that, little man," he said. His warning comes too late as a sudden earthquake knocked both boys onto the ground, returning The Thunderbolt to his pen.
"What the hell was that?" Mike asked, his eyes widening as he looked up at the ceiling to see the roof being ripped clean off the building, revealing a gigantic Beth dressed in a green and red Christmas sweater. The sound of Christmas music flooded into the Gingerbread House, and the song playing was "All I Want For Christmas Is You" by Mariah Carey.
The Ebony giantess was in the middle of constructing a holiday treat for her friends, a perfectly scaled-down gingerbread house. With the added features of a fully functioning home, such as a Living room and stairs leading to a second floor.
Mike was astonished by her size as he scrambled to get her attention. The two of them might be smaller now, but at least they were lucky enough to shrink around someone they could trust. "Beth, down here! It's me, Mike! Courtney's step-brother, and my friend Jakeem, help us!" Mike yelled, his body seizing up as he attempted to wave her down.
His skin and clothes solidified, quickly turning him into a real-life gingerbread man. Unfortunately, he wasn't alone as he underwent his transformation as Jakeem followed suit, becoming a snack for giant towering over them, unaware of their current situation as she peered into the gingerbread house moments after their transformation ended.
The boys couldn't move a muscle, their bodies stuck in place, and turned to the edible dough by Jakeem's wish. If the Gingerbread house was supposed to remain inconspicuous, everything inside, including them, couldn't stand out either. But that meant they were entirely at Beth's mercy while she had them in her sights.
"Run, run, as fast as you can. You can't catch me. I'm the gingerbread man." Beth sang, reaching down and forcing Jakeem to do a running dance between her nimble fingers.
"I gotcha, little guy. Guess that means I win a prize. How about a snack?" Beth teased, lifting Jakeem out of the gingerbread house towards her lips.
"I should save some for the rest, but one bite couldn't hurt too much." Mike and Jakeem heard, their hearts skipping a beat as she moved Jakeem into her mouth. Was she going to bite his head off?
The tiny gingerbread man could see clear to the back of her throat, worried he was about to take a one-way trip into the new Dr. Midnight's belly, and he was otherwise powerless to stop her.
Luckily, she turned her to the side at the last moment, wedging his right arm between her sparkling white teeth, the tip of her lips covering the majority of his body as she chomped down on his limb, ripping it from his body entirely.
He was left helpless to watch as she chewed his arm to mush and swallowed it right in front of him. "Mmmm, tasty. Consider yourself lucky I don't gobble you up. But, I have to save something for my friends to enjoy later." Beth teased, lowering Jakeem into the Gingerbread house to reunite with Mike.
Mike was worried, Jakeem seemed to be in bad shape after losing his arm, but it was nothing The Thunderbolt couldn't fix. On the bright side, being turned into Gingerbread Men meant there was no blood leaking from his arm, so he probably wouldn't die from losing a limb or two.
Shortly after, Beth put the roof back on over their heads, and Mike was free to move once more, allowing him to check on the extent of Jakeem's injury firsthand. "Dude, are you okay? Beth ate your arm!" Mike declared.
"Yeah, I'm fine. But that girl, she didn't just eat my arm. I was holding the Thunderbolt's Pen, inside the hand, she swallowed." Jakeem announced, causing a pit to form in Mike's gingerbread stomach.
"So you're telling me our only hope for getting back to normal and fixing your arm is currently in Beth's stomach. Then the only way we could get it back would be to have her swallow us as well." Mike announced, rationalizing their situation. Although, getting eaten by anyone didn't sound like a pleasant experience, especially since they didn't know what would become of them if she bit their heads off.
What will happen to them? Who will have the honor of eating the newly formed Gingerbread Men?
1. Courtney & Yolanda. Beth is already at a Christmas Party at the Whitmore family home, and she's about to present the Gingerbread house to her friends.
2. Courtney/Barbara. Beth delivers the Gingerbread house to the Whitmore family home, handing it off to Barbara when she realizes Courtney isn't home. But will Barbara be able to resist taking a bit of the holiday treat before her daughter returns home?
3. Yolanda. Beth drops the Gingerbread House off at Yolanda's house, hoping it would help keep her company since she wasn't on the best terms with her mother.
4. Beth herself. She enjoyed the first bit of her tiny Gingerbread Men. and heads back to finish the job. Deciding she could always bake more for Courtney and Yolanda later.
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