Cissie: I've decided not to be either a superheroine or a model.

Quickshot: What!?

(Panel 2. Quickshot rushes up to Cissie, grabbing her arms. Quickshot also starts to fade away.)

Quickshot: Mother! You can't do this to me! If you don't be a heroine, I won't exist!

Cissie: I'm sorry.

(Panel 3. Quickshot fades out.)

Quickshot: Mom! Please… reconsider…

(Panel 4. Quickshot disappears.)

Cissie: I know you want me to be a model, mom… but I think I'm better off staying here and trying to concentrate on my studies.

Bonnie: I understand, Cissie. I wish you'd reconsider, though.

(Page 25, panel 1. Outside the building, Bonnie and Frank walk to Frank's car.)

Frank: Well, I guess you won't be needing me anymore. Of course, my fee is non-refundable.

(Panel 2. They continue to walk out to Frank's car.)

Frank: You know, Ms. King-Jones, I can't believe how calmly you're taking this.

Bonnie: Excuse me one moment here…

(Panel 3. Bonnie goes up to a nearby tree. Panel 4. Bonnie strikes the tree hard, shaking it.)

Bonnie: ARGH!!!

(Panel 4. Focus on Frank's face.)

Frank: Now that's the Bonnie King-Jones I know.

(Page 26, panel 1. Epilogue. It's Oscar night and we see the crowds lined up for the ceremony. Cissie King-Jones is dressed in a sexy, formal gown, which is a bluish color. On her arm is Impulse, who is wearing a tuxedo. The two of them are walking into the arena, followed by a two-year-old girl in a pink dress. The crowds are being held back by security, and the media is taking photographs of both of them as they walk down the corridor.)

Cap (N1): Epilogue. The time is the future.

Cap (N2): Cissie King-Jones decided to become an actress after her appearance on Wendy the Werewolf Slayer.

Cap (N3): Right now, she's nominated for an Oscar in the Julia Roberts Story.

(Panel 2. An aging Ace Atchison (from YJ #1) points a microphone at Cissie King-Jones and Bart Allen.)

Ace: Cissie Allen! Ace Atchinson, from Entertainment Monthly! You're nominated for an Oscar for your performance as Julia Roberts in the Julia Roberts story! Are you nervous?

Cissie: Not at all. If I win, I win. If not, it's no big loss. Well, gotta go…

(Panel 3. In the auditorium, Cissie sits in the center next to Impulse, while Delia sits to her right. They nervously await the award announcement.)

Announcer: And to announce the winner in the best actress category, here are Christina Applegate and Al Santos.

(Panel 4. The aforementioned actors enter the stage. Christina is dressed in a formal black gown, and Al is dressed in a fancy tuxedo.)

Christina: (1) The nominees for best actress are:

Al: (1) Cissie Allen for The Julia Roberts Story.

Christina: (2) Carla Franklin for Reach Across the Stars Tonight.

Al: (2) Teri Jewel Jackson-Malone for The Horror of North Rock.

Christina: (3) Karen Pemberton for Smiling the Fatal Smile.

Al: (3) and Misty Walters for Run Across the North Sky.

(Panel 5.)

Christina: And the winner is…

(Panel 6. Christina and Al read the card in the envelope.)

Christina: Karen Pemberton for Smiling the Fatal Smile!

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