Kathleen felt pretty exhausted after her sparring session with Renee. She was shorter than her in height, but Renee proven her to be a strong and worthy opponent. She managed to outspeed and overpower Kathleen, taking the blonde wrestler down into the canvas. However, Kathleen wasn't satisfied yet. She doesn't want to disappoint her inspiration Taylor Parker, who was a skilled wrestler and a champion in AFW. "I want to succeed her when I join AFW someday. Let's have a go one more time, shall we?" challenged Kathleen. Renee obliged and readied herself in the ring again.
"I won't let you win that easy this time. Bring it on!" said Renee before she charged at Kathleen.
Meanwhile in Valhalla's HQ, Freia prepared for Charybdis' invasion of Angel Grove. First, she asked her Agents to take Caitlin's dead body out and clean the remains of her blood so that no one knows that she was killed by Freia. After she was done with getting rid of Caitlin, she told Charybdis to shape shift into Dr. Little so that she could fool Kathleen that the scientist has returned from his mission to expose Valhalla's wrongdoings.
"Make sure you vring zat fraulein vit you. Tell her zat you have completed your mission" said Freia.
"Yes, m'am" said Charybdis in its disguise as Dr. Little. It then went back to Angel Grove using Dr. Little's car. Freia smirked as her plan went into motion. "Now zat zis consortium ist mein, I shall prepare my next stage of my plan: to find worthy ones for my wunderbar project. But, I'll need a few more frauleins for zis one, especially zose who could fight well" said Freia before she laughed maniacally.
Kathleen managed to beat Renee again with a pinfall.
"Better. But not good enough to beat Charybdis. I feel it'll be a one tough creature to deal with and after this sparring match, I can tell what you're gonna need to work on. Go get cleaned up and ready, and I hope you can fight that thing. Come back here again later, and I'll take you to my place" said Renee.
Kathleen stopped walking out of the gym upon hearing the last part. "What place?" said Kathleen. She was very curious and went back to Renee again. The raven-haired wrestler showed her a website for a place called AFW. The memories of her watching Taylor's match on AFW's TV channel flashed back. "Ooh.. I can't wait to see my idol when I get there! Look out Taylor Parker, another Parker here is out to take that Entropy belt and trophy of yours!" said Kathleen as she excitedly dashed out of the gym. Suddenly she bumped into someone familiar.
"Excuse me?" said the bespectacled man. Kathleen opened her eyes and couldn't believe that Dr. Little has returned. "Dr. Little, is that you? I'm glad you're back again! How was your mission back in your place?" asked Kathleen with a smile on her face.
"It was… fine. I have done… what I should have done. Freia… is…" said Dr. Little. Kathleen felt something wrong with Dr. Little's speech manner. He stuttered like the Deviants she fought before, one disguised as her deceased mother and one disguised as Violy's deceased boyfriend. She stepped back a bit with a rather scared and shocked face. Sweat dribbled from the girl's dirty blonde hair as she nervously watched Dr. Little slowly pacing towards her.
"What's the ma-a-atter? I'm back.. alright… I'm ba-a-a-" said Dr. Little before he flopped into the floor and writhed spontaneously. What Kathleen saw was horrifying. The scientist that talked to her days ago at her adoptive mother's diner was actually Charybdis itself! Its mandibles were drooling with saliva, its sharp arms twitched and its eyes were set on Kathleen herself. Renee watched in fear from behind the gym's door as Kathleen was about to be preyed upon by the horseshoe crab-like Deviant.
"No, I can't turn back now. I want to fight Charybdis, I want to protect those who I loved, I want to protect Angel Grove! Have at you, wretched bastard!" said Kathleen as she readied herself to fight Charybdis.
"Now we're talking! Go for it, Katie!" cheered Renee from behind.
Kathleen would attempt to dropkick Charybdis, but the Deviant managed to grapple her with its claws and throw her into a wall. Her body slammed against the concrete wall and fell into the floor. "Not yet.." said the blonde wrestler as she rose up from the rubble and charged at the Deviant in an attempt to perform a clothesline on it. Renee watched in amazement as Kathleen refused to give up. "Give 'em hell, Katie!" cheered Renee from behind. The blonde wrestler managed to hit Charybdis, though it managed to tank her with its armor-like body. She then dodged the Deviant's claws by rolling down, outmanuvering the demonic being.
"You'll gotta do MORE than that to stop me!" taunted Kathleen. Charybdis growled in anger and attempted to slash Kathleen, though she quickly backflipped and dodged its blade-like claws again. She then delivered a Shining Wizard with her muscular right leg upon the Deviant's head. Charybdis then staggered to the back as Kathleen's attack managed to daze the Deviant a bit. "Come on, do your worst you mangy bastard!" taunted Kathleen again with a punkish smirk on her face.
Despite Kathleen's speed, Charybdis' tough armor-like body allowed it to recover from the daze it sustained. It then stabbed a hunk of concrete from the street with both of its claws, picked it up and hurled it towards Kathleen. The blonde girl was too busy taunting the Deviant, that she forgot to dodge. Kathleen grunted as she fell into the ground, crushed by the rubble. On top of her was Charybdis' salivating mandibles and its compound eyes staring upon her.
"I can't lose… now.." said Kathleen. Suddenly a glow of cyan flashed from her pendant, healing all of her wounds. She was able to stand up again to fight against Charybdis. Renee was surprised to see such miracle happening to her friend. "This is for my Mom, my Dad, my younger sister and everyone else you've killed" said Kathleen angrily as she readied herself to fight Charybdis again. "Look at her, she's like a superheroine straight out of a comic book! Just look how strong she is!" said a kid to another as they were amazed by Kathleen's toned physique and her fighting spirit.
She then went for a flying knee on Charybdis' head. This time she managed to break its mandibles, giving the Deviant some pain. She then went for a dropkick into its head to bring Charybdis to the ground. Upon seeing a pipe jutting from the crater created by Charybdis when it carved and dug out a piece of concrete, she ripped the pipe and used it as a weapon. "You're in for a world of pain.." said Kathleen as she approached the weakened Charybdis before bludgeoning the monster with the pipe.
"Take this! And that! And some of this! DIE DIE DIE DIE DIEEEEEEEE ALREADY!!" said Kathleen as she bludgeoned Charybdis. Her pipe suddenly snapped as Charybdis went back on its foot again, though on its last legs. It growled on Kathleen again and attempted to slash her. Kathleen then remembered Taylor's iconic shooting star DDT, Sparks Fly. "Taylor, if you're seeing this, I thank you for inspiring me" said Kathleen before she jumped into the top of a stop sign. She imagined herself as Taylor Parker, delivering her iconic finisher upon her opponent.
Kathleen closed her eyes and went for a full backflip towards Charybdis. She then grabbed the Deviant's neck with her sleek and muscular legs before slamming it into the ground. Thanks to the power she gained from the pendant, she managed to overpower Charybdis that it felt so light to her. She slammed the Deviant hard into the concrete, that it finally lost its consciousness and succumbed to the blonde girl.
"DING DING DING!! The winner is me, Kathleen Parker! The new Entropy Champion of AFW.. well not really, hehe" said Kathleen as she struck a victory pose similar to her idol's.
"Sis, I'm glad you're safe!" said Ashley as she saw her adoptive sister winning against Charybdis. "Me and Mom were very worried about you. You haven't returned since this morning when you went to Renee's gym to spar against her. We thought you're gone but no, you took down that monster all by yourself!" she continued with tears on her eyes. She then cuddled Kathleen as she cried.
"It's OK, Ashley. Let's go back home and eat lunch together" said Kathleen. "I'm glad those times I saw Taylor on TV paid off. She motivated me to become a strong and brave person, and she indirectly taught me wrestling moves that I never knew. She's my idol, yet I dream of seeing her someday, though she's miles away from Angel Grove now, ever since she moved to Japan to pursue her pro wrestling career. Me and her may share the same last name, but we're different. Someday, I'll be as good as you, and I'll join AFW to meet you in the ring!" she continued in her thoughts as she walked alongside Kathleen.
Not long after that, Charybdis' body was taken away by hooded figures. Its limp and unconscious body started to turn into a pupa. It's not truly over yet.. Did Kathleen truly defeat the monster, or did she help it morph into something much worse?